I'm a 48 year old stay-at-home mom of 4 amazing children, 3 still at home. We have home schooled for 20 years. And I'm the wife of 1 wonderful husband for 27 years. I love the Lord God with all my heart, mind and soul! I have struggled with being over weight all of my life. I am trying to focus on eating healthy and being healthy. I'm looking for ideas and support from those of you who struggle with the same things as I do and someday I hope to be an inspiration to someone, somewhere.
Hello everyone......hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! I weighed in this morning and had a 2 pound loss!!! I was so shocked and excited. A couple of moths ago I figured out that my weigh in day fell on all the major holidays this winter......Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. I decided that was a good thing so I could weigh in and then not have to worry about what I ate the rest of the day because I had a whole week to work it off. Well.....I weighed in this morning and was so excited that I had finally lost 2 pounds that I really didn't want to eat much today after working so hard to loose that 2 pounds!!! I had a great Thanksgiving. I ate things that I wouldn't eat on an everyday basis but I did not stuff myself. I made the best turkey that I have made in about 20 years! It was so moist! I had a small piece of a doughnut at breakfast just to see if I still liked them....it gave me a headache. I think it was that anyway. The hardest thing to resist today for me was the bleu cheese dip and the artichoke dip with wheat thins. I did not over do though...I feel good about today and I even got in about 20 minutes of exercise, not a lot but some anyway!! Now we'll se how I can handle all the left overs calling me!!
Today it's official....I gained .5 lbs. Well, it's better than it was yesterday anyway. I am not too upset, although it is a bit disappointing whenever I have a gain of any amount. I have had a great week and plan to continue to make healthy choices! For breakfast I had a muffin, mango juice and coffee. For lunch I had green beans and a roll with marinara sauce over it....oh and then I had 1/2 c. nonfat cottage cheese. (these are on salad plates)
I am going to my friends house tonight to visit and I always have a hard time resisting all the good food she has so I'm trying to prepare myself for that......not knowing what she will have.
I had a really good day so far. I ate a good breakfast....1/2 raisin bagel w/ 1T peanut butter, 1/2 an orange and coffee. I don't like to eat too much before I go to class, it will come back up if I do. =P I did a 2 hour class today.... I worked hard! We have another test in 2 weeks to move up to a new level and I want to be sure I am ready to show what I can do. I had a great partner today and really felt confident. I ate the rest of my orange and another one when I got out of class. I had a good lunch when I got home too. Salad with raspberry dressing, 1/2 c. nonfat cottage cheese, multi grain cracker.
I have been feeling better lately, more energy.( I hope it's not just the cup of coffee that I have in the morning) I really think it is the vitamin boosts that I am taking. I took my first vitamin D last Friday and felt like I had drank a couple of energy drinks. My teenage boys challenged me to about 12 rounds of Dance Dance Revolution. I cleared everyone of them and the songs were the boys' choices.....so I wouldn't pick slow ones they said. I did get worse and worse as I went on though.Here is a video so you can see what Dance Dance Revolution is if you haven't heard of it.
I felt so good that on Saturday I stacked 2.5 cords of wood by myself!!! My husband and boys split and hauled it and I stacked. I am feel much more like myself, capable of doing things and not just wanting to take a nap all day. I hope it stays this way. Sunday, hormones kicked in and I took it easy for the day, except for church.
Monday I went to class and did 1 hour. I would have done 2 but I had errands to run. In the process of running errands I had to go to the courthouse for records and I had to park 2.5 blocks away.......ok.......so I can get in a few more minutes of exercise, right? Well, I walked over there and they tell me they don't handle records there anymore but I can walk another 2.5 blocks and got to another building and they have vital records there. OK....I'm up for it, so the guy tells me go down 2 flights of stairs to the underground tunnel to get across the street and then back up 2 flights of stairs then down 2 blocks to the building. I'm energized and ready to go!!! I get there and I have to go up to the second floor......well by this time I am getting a bit tired so I take the elevator. Get out and walk to the other end of the building and find the office. Guess what......they don't give out records anymore, you have to send away for them. Well, not all is lost I did get in a great walk for the day on top of my 1 hour class. The walk back to my car was rather quickly paced because I had only put enough money in the meter for 40 minutes. So I walk back to my car that is now about 5 blocks away hoping I didn't have a ticket......because I know that must have taken me forever to walk that much. I get there and It only took me 30 minutes to do all that walking. Wow, last year it would have taken me an hour I bet! And now I get to leave the next person 10 minutes on the meter. Three of my kids were with me all this time too....they had a blast. This was a good day. I was really tired at night though. And my foot hurt and I got a nice big blister on the back of my ankle.....no socks! ( I wasn't planning on hiking all over town!)
Well, the scale is up about 6 pounds today....not sure why, it could be the new medication they said would make me gain weight or it could be water. I'm trying not to worry about it and just keep on doing the things that I know are healthy for me! My weigh-in is tomorrow so we'll see by then what it says. For the most part things are going good for me. I wish you all a great week!
I lost .5 lb this week. Not a great week but every little bit counts I guess.
I have been worried about my health and not too focused on my eating the last few days. My blood work showed that I'm anemic and vitamin D deficient. Both of these things can make you feel tired all the time and Vit. D deficiency can give you aches and pains...I thought it was just "normal" mom feelings. I have pain that moves all around my body in different joints. So, tomorrow I will start the mega doses of vitamin D. 50,000 iu of vitamin D once a week for 8 weeks. I'm not sure about taking it but, we'll see how it works. They told me to expect weight gain with it too so, I'm a bit unsure about taking it for that reason too. I'm having a hard enough time losing.....I don't need anything to make me gain!!! I started the iron earlier this week and not problems so far with that, I'm not sure how long it will take to build it up though.
I did not do class this week. I started class on Monday but then got hit in the chest and walked off the floor. I just couldn't think and wasn't having a great day anyway so when I got hit in the breast I just gave up on it. Then I have had a migraine for the last 3 days and did not do class on Wednesday either. I did exercise to night for about 30-45 minutes and it felt good! I'm hoping next week will be better for doing class and getting in my exercise. I really need to work on this.
I stayed the same this week. I don't think it was because I ate a couple pieces of chocolate yesterday though. :) It's just how it's been going for me lately.....lose a pound, stay the same. I'm still working at it and trying to make healthy choices even though the weight loss is slow.
I took DC's challenge this week. I tried on some clothes that I did not think I would fit into and guess what...they fit!!! Wow I started in a size tight 24/comfortable 26 and the pants I got yesterday were: 2 pairs size 20. I have gotten so used to my loose jeans that almost fall off me and I have to tighten my belt all the way up and fold the waist band down just to keep them up, that it felt really weird to wear a pair that actually fit again. I kept telling my husband "I don't think they will fit but I will try them....I even took a pair of 22's into the dressing room with me just to show him that they were the ones that were going to fit. I was wrong!!! the 20's fit the best so we got them. My friend gave me some 18's and they fit about the same. I really was in shock! I think I might get up the nerve to take a picture. Thanks DC for the challenge, it was fun!!
Help.....the candy is calling me. I really want some chocolate!! I'm starting to munch on things.....I better go get a piece of chocolate and get it over with before I eat other things to try to curb the chocolate craving. Hey who was it that said magnesium is what you need when you crave chocolate. Maybe I should have a glass of Calm. Too late....ok the guilt.....I just ate some candy! I thought I wanted it but you guys are right it just doesn't satisfy the way it used to. ugg...my stomach. Now I'm tired. Ok, bad choice.....
I hurt my heal in class today. I felt something pop under my heal and then I could not put any weight on it. It is killing me right now. I'm hobbling around and barely able to walk. I can't wait to get home and put it up with a heating pad. The doctor diagnosed me with Plantar Fasciitis a couple of weeks ago and I have been really working hard on stretching it and wearing good shoes, even in the house and it was starting to feel better. Then today I stepped to the side and I felt a pop and I could not stand on it. I'm so disappointed to not be able to finish class today......and to be hurt again! My kids wanted to go to Taco Bell today after class and so I gave in. Normally we take our lunch into town with us when we go. So, I wanted to share with you what I ordered: My favorite thing to go out to eat at Taco Bell. I order a taco or a spicy chicken soft taco and 2 sides of lettuce on a tray then I mix it all together and make a really good salad for 170 calories and $1.50, oh and don't forget to put on taco sauce for dressing, zero calories and price for the sauce!! I always feel good about eating that and if I'm still hungry I can get a second taco and still be in a reasonable calorie intake. Does anyone have a healthy food tip for going out to eat? please share.
