Just got on the scale again this morning and am so happy to say it WAS the constipation, TOM, salty food etc!
I weighed in at 2.4 lbs less than yesterday morning.
So I was at 257 lbs yesterday, but today back at 254.6 lbs.
Don't get me wrong now, I am still not happy with that number, but I'm glad that gain was not long-lasting!
Happy Tuesday!
Casey
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
My Kitchen has closed!
Today I cleared out the last of my kitchen. All that's left to do before the cabinet guys come is tear down a few sheets of blue contact paper that I used instead of a backsplash.
They told me the kitchen would be installed within 4 days, so hopefully I'll be cooking and baking by Saturday.
So that said, I know the eating and exercise will be hard to squeeze in this week. This past week was bad enough. Constipation, TOM, too many unwise choices and a salty meal the night before weigh in was enough to push the scale upward 2 lbs. Hate that!
I'm hoping to at least maintain and not gain this coming week. Good thing is we have alot of yummy grapefruit around right now for snacks!
Hopefully I can post my Kitchen before and after pictures next Monday!
Casey
They told me the kitchen would be installed within 4 days, so hopefully I'll be cooking and baking by Saturday.
So that said, I know the eating and exercise will be hard to squeeze in this week. This past week was bad enough. Constipation, TOM, too many unwise choices and a salty meal the night before weigh in was enough to push the scale upward 2 lbs. Hate that!
I'm hoping to at least maintain and not gain this coming week. Good thing is we have alot of yummy grapefruit around right now for snacks!
Hopefully I can post my Kitchen before and after pictures next Monday!
Casey
Monday, June 6, 2011
Finally a Monday weigh-in!
Weigh-in
254.8 lbs
Boy, I have seen that number way too many mornings!
Trying to change this! :)
I've done alot of blog-related things today... except to write on mine!
So, short and sweet, a few things that are going on in my life, and most of them not related to weight loss.
Sleep well!
Casey
254.8 lbs
Boy, I have seen that number way too many mornings!
Trying to change this! :)
I've done alot of blog-related things today... except to write on mine!
So, short and sweet, a few things that are going on in my life, and most of them not related to weight loss.
- My sister, D, and her family are coming for a visit from Canada in August. And my baby sister, A, is coming back after having spent years teaching English in Japan and more years studying in BC, Canada I am SO EXCITED!!! I LOVE MY SISTERS!!!! We have LOTS of catching up to do! AND, since my sister, B, who lives here in Paraguay, and I have been doing the C25K, we decided to do a sisters 5k wog, run, jog, walk, whoever can do whatever, as long as we do it together! FUN, FUN, FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- The cabinet makers called this morning and they will be ready to install my new kitchen next week. I am SO EXCITED!!!!!!! I've been busy sorting things in my kitchen to throw away or sell at our garage sale. Can hardley wait.
- My tailbone has been hurting real bad again. Am really considering getting another one of those amazing cortisone shots again. Last one was a year ago, and the Dr. said it would probably help for about 3 months, so I'm really grateful that it really did work for the 9 months that it did.
- We went away for a night and day to a hotel with our family. It's pretty remote and rusic. All expences paid - great deal and really relaxing (cell phones don't work there!)
Sleep well!
Casey
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Not a failure - Not a quitter
I’ve been struggling!
I really want to achieve a healthy weight and lifestyle, but it’s not been easy.There is a huge difference between knowing what to do and actually doing it.
I consider myself an average woman, with a problem that affects many. There’s has been so much written about this topic, much research done. Many blogs written. The bottom line on weight loss, dieting, becoming healthy?
Eat less.
Eat less.
Move more.
For me right now though, and I’m sure most of us have experienced this, is how do I pull this knowledge together to make it work for me?
Some reasons it’s kinda fallen apart lately…
· My cronic back and tailbone pain has once again made an appearance.
· We’re having our kitchen renovated and I’m a little frustrated in the cooking department right now.
Ok, I tried to find more reasons, and they all just became excuses! J
As of yesterday morning (forgot to weigh this morning) I weigh 254.8 lbs. My BMI tells me I am right on the line between obesity and morbid obesity. This is not where I want to be. It seems like I enjoy it here though, bcause I’m spending so much time here!!
The first 25 lbs lost were between October and February. It went easy and pretty fast, I thought. But I've been between 251 and 254 for 4 months now and though I had been exercising pretty regulary, my eating habits have pretty much gone back to pre-october. Pretty ugly!
Allowing myself treats, half-hearted exercising, even not allowing myself to be held accountable through my blog are just paving my road to failure.
BUT… I haven’t failed, right? Because I haven’t quit.
I went back to October to see how I started out, what did I do then and I’m not doing now? The most obvious answer was TRACKING my food. Regardless of what I ate, I wrote it down. Simple!
So, I guess, since I know what the problem is, I know what the solution is, the rest should be easy, right? Well, even solving the most simple math problems takes a process, and so does subtracting the pounds from my body. J
So, today, I’m back to tracking, and I will fit in some exercise, I’ll just have to make it happen.
Stay tuned!
Casey
Friday, May 20, 2011
Chirimoya and Cactus Berries
Today, I'd like to share one of my favorite seasonal, exotic fruits with you!!
Chirimoya
I checked it out on wikipedia and they're called sugar apples. And they are delicious!
My parents have a few trees in their back yard and they've had a bumper crop this season. Even here they are a very coveted fruit and most people love them. I wish I could share them with you all.
The fruit is usually round, slightly pine cone-like, 6–10 cm (2.4–3.9 in) diameter and weighing 100–230 g (3.5–8.1 oz), with a scaly or lumpy skin. There are variations in shape and size. The fruit flesh is sweet, white to light yellow, and resembles and tastes like custard. The edible portion coats the seeds generously; a bit like the gooey portion of a tomato seed. Sugar-apple has a very distinct, sweet-smelling fragrance. The texture of the flesh that coats the seeds is a bit like the center of a very ripe guava (excluding the seeds). It is slightly grainy, a bit slippery, very sweet and very soft. The seeds are scattered through the fruit flesh; the seed coats are blackish-brown, 12–18 mm (0.47–0.71 in) long, and hard and shiny. (source: wikipedia)
Now my next even more exotic fruit is nameless right now. We call them Cactus berries, but I can't find them on Wikipedia so I don't know what anyone not from here would call them.
I love to find them in the "bush" (our woods!) and eat them as they are.
They have a grainy texture and are just barely sweet, but I love them. It's worth getting stuck with thorns to have one!
Have a great weekend!
Casey
Chirimoya
I checked it out on wikipedia and they're called sugar apples. And they are delicious!
My parents have a few trees in their back yard and they've had a bumper crop this season. Even here they are a very coveted fruit and most people love them. I wish I could share them with you all.
The fruit is usually round, slightly pine cone-like, 6–10 cm (2.4–3.9 in) diameter and weighing 100–230 g (3.5–8.1 oz), with a scaly or lumpy skin. There are variations in shape and size. The fruit flesh is sweet, white to light yellow, and resembles and tastes like custard. The edible portion coats the seeds generously; a bit like the gooey portion of a tomato seed. Sugar-apple has a very distinct, sweet-smelling fragrance. The texture of the flesh that coats the seeds is a bit like the center of a very ripe guava (excluding the seeds). It is slightly grainy, a bit slippery, very sweet and very soft. The seeds are scattered through the fruit flesh; the seed coats are blackish-brown, 12–18 mm (0.47–0.71 in) long, and hard and shiny. (source: wikipedia)
Now my next even more exotic fruit is nameless right now. We call them Cactus berries, but I can't find them on Wikipedia so I don't know what anyone not from here would call them.
I love to find them in the "bush" (our woods!) and eat them as they are.
Have a great weekend!
Casey
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
What can I say...
Well, I've been going back and forth on what to write on my blog after being MIA for 2 weeks. Shall I give you all the reasons? All the excuses? Do you want to hear about guilt, frustration, my lack of self-discipline?
What can I say?
So, I decided since I'm not writing so much to entertain you, but rather to journal my journey. And the only way I can do that is to give you honesty.
But I am not going to recap every guilty thought, every frustrating moment or all the times I have lacked self-control. But believe me, I've had plenty of all of that.
I know I need to get past that to move ahead, and admittedly, it's not that easy. It would be easier if I would stop sabotaging my efforts with my bad choices. If I were to make only good choices from now on, it'd be easier to forgive the past.
I needed to get this off my chest tonight, I will be back to post more soon. And although I've not been posting for the last few weeks, nor commenting on any blogs I follow, I do still read my favorites every day. And I'm encouraged by your journeys. Never give up, right?!
Back soon!
Hugs, Casey
What can I say?
So, I decided since I'm not writing so much to entertain you, but rather to journal my journey. And the only way I can do that is to give you honesty.
But I am not going to recap every guilty thought, every frustrating moment or all the times I have lacked self-control. But believe me, I've had plenty of all of that.
I know I need to get past that to move ahead, and admittedly, it's not that easy. It would be easier if I would stop sabotaging my efforts with my bad choices. If I were to make only good choices from now on, it'd be easier to forgive the past.
I needed to get this off my chest tonight, I will be back to post more soon. And although I've not been posting for the last few weeks, nor commenting on any blogs I follow, I do still read my favorites every day. And I'm encouraged by your journeys. Never give up, right?!
Back soon!
Hugs, Casey
Monday, May 2, 2011
Day 7 of 7! And a Weigh-in, too!
First, we'll go to the weigh-in!
Last week saw me at 255.9 lbs - almost embarrasing, really!
This week I'm down to 253 lbs, and though I'm still not at my lowest, I'm glad it's going down again.
I think I'll go back to posting my weigh-in on Mondays. And even if, for whatever reason, I can't post on Monday, I will still post the Monday weight.
Just a little easier to keep track that way.
Well, my first 7 days of intentional tracking are done and this is how I did:
1. Track all food consumed and I did all my tracking at myfitnesspal.com. I may have underestimated on the calories with some foods, but since I make everything from scratch and didn't use a scale, it was a more guesswork than an exact science.
2. Stay within my calorie range (myfitness suggests 2080 calories/day) I didn't go over my 2080 calories on any day, but I did get close on 2 days - would have gone over if I hadn't done my work out. Not good!
3. Exercise at least 30 minutes/day for all 7 days. This can be a walk or a shred! As long as I sweat! Ok, here I actually missed one day, but I did make up for it on another... I did a 60 minute workout on Friday. But my goal was everyday, so I guess I fell short.So although I didn't do things just like I would have liked, it was a start!!
4. Deep clean for at least an hour/day on 5 days. (My spare room and master bedroom really need it!)I thought I'd miss this one! But... I did the spare room. It needs maybe another hour or so, but I spent about 3 hours in there over the weekend! I even got caught up on all the ironing!!!
I was going to do another weekly challenge, but I think I'll take the jump and do a May challenge. I know there's alot of challenges going around right now, but I need to do my own right now.
I'll try to post daily, evaluate weekly and keep going down with the weight.
And I'll try to stay away from the Doritos for another 18 years!!
May Challenge
1. Track all food consumed at 2myfitnesspal.com
2. Stay within or under my calorie range (myfitness suggests 2080 calories/day)
3. Exercise at least 30 minutes/day for 6 of 7 days. Shred, or C25K or Leslie Sansone DVD or even just a walk. Again, as long as I sweat!
4. Spend at least 30 minutes doing my Bible Study (Stepping up, with Beth Moore) or just in the Word and in prayer. This needs to become more of a habit and not just a sporadic thing I do.
Thank you all for reading, and challenging and encouraging me in this journey. I love reading all your blogs and am learning so much from you all!
Hugs, Casey.
Last week saw me at 255.9 lbs - almost embarrasing, really!
This week I'm down to 253 lbs, and though I'm still not at my lowest, I'm glad it's going down again.
I think I'll go back to posting my weigh-in on Mondays. And even if, for whatever reason, I can't post on Monday, I will still post the Monday weight.
Just a little easier to keep track that way.
Well, my first 7 days of intentional tracking are done and this is how I did:
1. Track all food consumed and I did all my tracking at myfitnesspal.com. I may have underestimated on the calories with some foods, but since I make everything from scratch and didn't use a scale, it was a more guesswork than an exact science.
2. Stay within my calorie range (myfitness suggests 2080 calories/day) I didn't go over my 2080 calories on any day, but I did get close on 2 days - would have gone over if I hadn't done my work out. Not good!
3. Exercise at least 30 minutes/day for all 7 days. This can be a walk or a shred! As long as I sweat! Ok, here I actually missed one day, but I did make up for it on another... I did a 60 minute workout on Friday. But my goal was everyday, so I guess I fell short.So although I didn't do things just like I would have liked, it was a start!!
4. Deep clean for at least an hour/day on 5 days. (My spare room and master bedroom really need it!)I thought I'd miss this one! But... I did the spare room. It needs maybe another hour or so, but I spent about 3 hours in there over the weekend! I even got caught up on all the ironing!!!
I was going to do another weekly challenge, but I think I'll take the jump and do a May challenge. I know there's alot of challenges going around right now, but I need to do my own right now.
I'll try to post daily, evaluate weekly and keep going down with the weight.
And I'll try to stay away from the Doritos for another 18 years!!
May Challenge
1. Track all food consumed at 2myfitnesspal.com
2. Stay within or under my calorie range (myfitness suggests 2080 calories/day)
3. Exercise at least 30 minutes/day for 6 of 7 days. Shred, or C25K or Leslie Sansone DVD or even just a walk. Again, as long as I sweat!
4. Spend at least 30 minutes doing my Bible Study (Stepping up, with Beth Moore) or just in the Word and in prayer. This needs to become more of a habit and not just a sporadic thing I do.
Thank you all for reading, and challenging and encouraging me in this journey. I love reading all your blogs and am learning so much from you all!
Hugs, Casey.
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