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.
I weighed in on thursday and gained .5 of a pound. Not feeling too good about it but, I did eat healthy this week. I haven't been drinking water like I should. I am feeling really tired, everyone in my family has been sick. I'm also a bit grumpy and puffy.....not a good combination. Christmas is coming so fast and I am not prepared at all. Oh well, I'll get everything done and all will turn out good I'm sure....it always does.
I started thinking about the "bad sour cream habit" that I no longer have and it lead me to thinking other habits that I have given up this year. Mayo is one of them and butter on toast. I rarely even eat toast any more. When I was in highschool I used to love to come home and make 2-4 pieces of white bread toast slathered in butter......mmmmm it was so good and it really smoothed over all the problems that I had a school that day and I felt so much better (I thought anyway). What I didn't realize was that that good tasting toast was really making things worse for me at school by making me gain even more weight. I still like toast but it is not my comforter and usually If I'm even going to have a piece it will be whole grain and very little or no butter. I do eat whole grain bagels a few times a week. Back to another bad habit dropped.....creamy salad dressings like bleu cheese or ranch dripping all over a wonderful salad. Cheese....cheese on everything at every meal. My whole family used to eat so much cheese we would buy 20 pounds every month. I cut everyone back. Now it is a treat rather than a staple.
These are just a few of the bad habits that I no longer have this year. If I had more time I could think of a few more....Oh another one....a big one...if you read my blog in the beginning the chips were always calling me and jumping in my mouth when I least expected it well, no more of that! I am in charge of those chips now!!
Please tell me about some of your bad habits that you have changed and the ones that are still hanging around. I challenge you to write about it in your blog and link back to mine to get the word around. Please leave me a comment letting me know if you did it so I can go read it. Have a GREAT day! Hope to hear from everyone.
*OH...I can't believe I forgot about the chips and cream cheese. I did the same thing as Cara only it was nacho cheese Doritos (or any chips if I didn't have those....especially jalapeno chips) and cream cheese. I started it in high school and it was my favorite snack food every time we went on vacation or had a special thing to celebrate or just when I wanted to celebrate! I did have some this summer with mango salsa over the cream cheese....that counts as a little healthy doesn't it?? :) I haven't done that in so long that I forgot about it.
I lost .5 pound this week. I thought I was going to lose more but I'll still be happy with .5. I am so close to getting that 30 pounds lost badge....I just want to get there so bad. I had a great week. I am up and moving a lot lately. I have been eating healthy. I have not been drinking as much water....maybe thats the problem. ?? I have to share with you something that has NEVER EVER happened before in my house. I went to get out the sour cream for dinner last night and it was bad! Spoiled sour cream......growing mold.....I have never in my life ever seen such a thing! I am so amazed at this because I used to eat so much sour cream on everything that it NEVER had a chance to go bad!!! I always used it so fast that it couldn't even think of going bad. I threw it out and didn't even miss it!! I am so happy about that! One bad habit gone in the trash! I have a lot to do today and better get going on it. Have a great day!
My sister got married last night. I have mixed feelings about it. I want her to be happy but I've seen her be miserable with him for the last 5 years. God can do miracles though.....I do believe that. I had a few comments from some people there last night. The good one first...."You sure are looking good!". But the one that bothered me was the....."So now that you are getting skinny you can wear something pretty". Not sure how to take that one. My husband and my friend both say it's just jealousy talking. This is one of the reasons I didn't want to tell people that I am trying to get healthy, I have a hard time with the rude comments. It wouldn't be so bad if it were just strangers that I didn't know and didn't have to see again but......it's my family. Then they start making judgment on what I should and shouldn't eat at every family gathering. I have found myself overeating or eating the wrong things just so I won't get any comments from them....I try to make it look like I am still eating unhealthy just so they won't feel guilty about what they eat and take it out on me. Is this CRAZY or what? And I'm the one who always stands up for myself in most other situations....especially with my family. uuugghhhh! The dress I wore was cute. It was dark blue and short....well, to my knees, I usually wear dresses that are pretty long so this was different for me. It felt fun on and I did feel good in it. But after I saw some pictures of me in it I felt terrible. I said " am never wearing that dress again". It is sleeveless but I wore a t-shirt under it kinda like a jumper hoping to somewhat cover my arms. Well, I should have wore a sweatshirt under it......my arms looked so huge.....I'm embarrassed now. I cropped my arm out of the photo. So here I am .....armless! lol
I got the final results of my test and had a few excellents on it and mostly goods! I was a bit shocked considering the person that was scoring me. She was a very small young skinny girl and I felt really intimidated. I had the best testing partner though!
My test went GREAT! It was the most challenging one yet! I did it and I think I did well! I will get official results on Monday. I felt so good afterwards. Yesterday we went hiking up in the woods to get a Christmas tree. It was so much fun. And I didn't get out of breath as much as I have in the past.....I have always loved going hiking though, tromping around in the woods. No snow this year, the kids were a bit bummed. The sunshine was beautiful! I'm kinda glad there was no snow. The kids always talk me into getting on a snowboard or something and I just know I'm going to break my neck! They love it and think it is the best thing to watch mom try to do what they are doing. Well, my sister is getting married tonight so lots to do today. I'm working on a plan of healthy eating for the entire day, won't get in any exercise today I don't think. I'll just be busy! Have a great day!
I had a good week. I've been real busy again this week and not much time to post. I stayed the same on the scale this week. I am glad not to have a gain. I didn't really over eat on Thanksgiving Day but I had a hard time with left overs and then we had a banquet on Sunday to go to and TOM is here all in one week. So I'm really happy I didn't gain. I have a test tonight and I am not feeling up to it. I hope I feel better after a shower and getting ready to go, maybe a cup of coffee. I know that I can only do my best and that will have to do.....I just get so worried about it. I am working on getting more activity and drinking my water this week. I am one pound away from getting a new HYC badge and I really want to make that goal. I wanted to get to 30 pounds lost by today but, did not happen. It's ok.....I'll do it but, just not by today obviously. Hope everyone is having a good week......if anyone even still reads anything here.......I barley have the time to post anymore. There are so many good blogs out there.
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.....
