This week the scales were a bit kinder to me, showing a 2 lb loss. It's not what I had hoped for, but I'll take it.
Starting out this week, I had to miss our 2nd Biggest Loser meeting because of the ice/snow storm on Monday. I was worried that I would be disqualified, but I emailed the lady in charge and she assured me that I would not be, as this was a legitimate reason to not be able to attend. If I lived right in Macomb, I would have been there.
On Tuesday, I met with Trainer Justin for my first actual workout with him. It was everything I had hoped for! We started with 20 minutes on the elliptical, which I abhor. I do it because it's one of the cardio machines that doesn't hurt my knee too bad, but I hate my time on it. He and I talked while I did it, so it made the time fly by. I need to have someone chat with me every time I have to use that hated machine!
Next we headed over to the training room for some back squats. I hadn't done those in a while, so I wasn't sure how it would go, but I gave it a try. I did some pretty light weights, but I could feel it in my knee a bit, so I didn't want to push it. After that, we did some straight-leg deadlifts, which were fun, but I can definitely do heavier than whatever I was doing.
We then had to go downstairs to the weight room for some leg extensions and hip abductors and adductors. The whole time he was really pushing me, which is what I love. He had his phone out to use the timer and made sure I only took 45 seconds to 1 minute rest between sets. Sometimes I sit and daydream and take a little longer, so it was good to have someone that stayed on top of that and kept me focused.
He offered to stretch with me or let me finish with some more cardio on the bike. I chose the bike. I hate stretching. I don't know why, but I absolutely abhor it. I know it would help and it's good for me and blah, blah, blah...but I still don't like it.
By the time I finished, I was soaked in sweat (LOVE) and my Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor showed that I had burned a little over 960 calories in 90 minutes. YES!
On Wednesday, I saw Jennifer, my HyVee dietitian. I told her about the gain I had last week, how it made me feel, etc. She reviewed my food journal and she could not figure out why I would have gained. She said that everything looked good, I was getting a good balance, and there was no reason why I should have gained. I felt good, knowing that she thought my food was pretty good. However that still doesn't explain why I'm not losing weight!
We talked about making sure I get enough water, so I made a mental goal for myself to drink at least ONE of my Casey's 33 oz bottles of water before I leave work every day. So far, so good. We also talked about my thyroid and how it may be contributing to this problem. My endocrinologist lowered my dosage of my meds in August. Since then, I've fought tooth and nail to lose and my weight has crept up. So we agreed that I should call and request some labs to be sure I'm in the therapeutic range. If I'm not, I can eat nothing but lettuce and would probably not lose because my metabolism has almost ground to a halt. It's a very frustrating disease to have. However, if I have to suffer from a disease this one is much better than others.
I called my endo's office and requested lab work to be done. I was fully prepared with my arguments, reasons, and logic because I expected the resistance that I've found with other doctors in the past. Much to my surprise and delight, they immediately agreed to do the labs and asked to what facility I wanted the orders faxed. They called me back 2 hours later to let me know the orders had been faxed and I could go get it done any time I wanted. I did, and now I'm expecting a call tomorrow (Monday) with the results. If it shows I'm out of range, then we'll adjust meds and carry on. It will take a while for my body to adjust to the new dosage, so I don't expect any immediate results.
If my labs are fine, then when I meet with Jennifer again on Wednesday, we'll have to explore limiting my carbs at each meal to a certain number of grams. I do not want to do that. If I am presented with a situation/diet plan/eating plan - whatever - where I know "I can't have that," then guess what? I WANT TO HAVE THAT! I don't like the restricted diets and I mentally fight them every step of the way. It takes me back to when I tried to follow the Paleo way of eating, where you cannot have breads/pastas/etc. Knowing that I "couldn't" have them made me want them more. It was all I could think about and it drove me nuts. I do NOT want to live the rest of my life like that. It works for some, and that's fantastic for you. However, that's not how I wish to live. Life's too short to be miserable like that.
I'm hoping I just need a tweak in my meds and all will be well. I hope I find out tomorrow. Or at least by Tuesday!
On Thursday I was sick and had to miss my training session. I was so disappointed, but there was no way I could have worked out even if my life depended on it. I'm still fighting that sickness off and on, and I'm ready for it to go away. One minute I feel fine, and then suddenly I'm chilling and have a temp. Right now I feel great, but last night before I went to bed, I looked like I had the worst allergies ever. My eyes were red and watery and I couldn't stop sneezing and I felt like dirt. It's been like this since Wednesday, actually.
I can't wait to hit the gym tomorrow and get a good workout because yesterday I got some new running shoes! I've needed some but did not have the time or energy to go to Springfield to find some shoes. I've been fitted before and I know I have a neutral gait, but the choices are so overwhelming that I just put off finding some. I decided to try J C Penney's in Macomb, so I checked out their selection online. They had some Asics that looked attractive and were inexpensive (for running shoes). I did some research and they are for people with a neutral gait (ME!) and for low-mileage runners (ME!). Since I'm not able to actually RUN right now, I thought they were perfect. So I went and tried them on and they were good. I hate other shoes, but I love running shoes.
So that was my week-in-review! Right now I'm putting off a paper that I have to write and a website I need to review/write about. I guess I'd better get my butt in gear because time waits for no one.
Oh, I just wanted to add - one of the things that has been incredibly helpful for me to stay on track and make my food journals look so good for Jennifer is that I've planned all of my meals. I used to do it faithfully, but then got lazy. So I've been doing that for the last 3 weeks and it's been a HUGE help. If you are in this battle with me, start planning meals if you aren't already! If you already know that on Wednesday, you're having baked chicken, salad, and green beans - then you don't have to worry about figuring it out at 6:30 on Wednesday night when everyone is hangry (hungry+angry because they are hungry) and fall to the temptation of getting take out or fixing something that is fast, but less-than-healthy.
AND - I was almost moved to tears on Wednesday afternoon when my husband sent me an email and told me he wanted to get on board with me more than he has been. He said he stepped on the scale and didn't like the number that it showed, and he wants to change that. I cannot fully convey how happy and excited I was to see those words from him. He's always been supportive of me, but having him take this journey with me is even better. I'm just going to let him do his thing at his own pace and be there to cheer him on. He knows that if he wants more help, I'm here.
How has your week been? Is your family supportive of your healthy journey? How do you deal with those that aren't? Are you able to keep them out of your life? Do you have a good support system in place? I hope you all do. It makes a huge difference!
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Let's Play Catch Up!
I haven't posted in a couple of weeks. I had the intention but time just got away from me. To catch you all up, here we go...
Last Saturday, my weight stayed exactly the same as it has for the previous two weeks. Blah. But always better than a gain! My workouts hadn't been there because I was not able to go to the gym due to the weather and/or school closures.
I was supposed to have met with my HyVee dietitian on Wednesday, February 5, but she canceled due to the blowing/drifting snow. We rescheduled for Wednesday, February 12.
On Monday, February 10, I met with my Biggest Loser group for the first time. It was kind of hard because the meeting wasn't until 7:30p. I usually get done working out around 6:30 or so and head home, so I had to stick around for another hour, and then attend the meeting. It made for a VERY exhausting day, and I will have those for the next several weeks. BUT - I am ready to make that sacrifice. I have chosen to do so to better my health for myself and my loved ones. I'm not complaining.
Our first meeting consisted of going over the "rules" and what we could expect. Basically, if we miss a Monday meeting, we are disqualified. That kind of worries me, but hopefully the weather will cooperate and I won't have to choose between my health goals and my safety (safety will always win). We were assigned a personal trainer and will meet with him twice a week. There is also a nutrition coach that we will meet with 3x throughout the competition. I did ask her if I should suspend my HyVee meetings for the duration, but she encouraged me to continue. I didn't want conflicting info, but she said since she is still a student, she would only support what HyVee lady (Jennifer) tells me. Some Mondays we will have group exercise, sometimes we will have speakers. Whoever loses the most percentage of weight, inches, etc. will be crowned the winner, with prizes still being determined. While my competitive side wants to win, my logical side is in this more for the experience, support, and knowledge I can gain. This is set up for students, and although I AM a student, I'm sure they would prefer a full-time student wins. That doesn't mean I'm going to roll over and LET them win, though! haha
On Tuesday, I met with my trainer, Justin, for the first time for my fitness assessment. First, I had to go get weighed. Then he took my blood pressure in both arms (it was good), my resting pulse, measurements, etc. Then I did a 3 minute step test. I was worried my knee wouldn't let me do it, but it was fine. He played a beat on a metronome and I just had to step, step, step, step with each beat. Very easy, but I was a little out of breath by the end. He then took my elevated pulse. Next, I laid on a mat and had to do crunches. My fingers had to start at one piece of tape on the mat, and when I "crunched" my fingers had to touch another piece of tape. I had to do those until I couldn't any longer. I started and kept going...and going...and going...until he finally told me to stop. I had done 60. He consulted a chart was amazed/impressed. He said it only went up to 40, so I was "off the charts." I could tell he didn't expect that out of a overweight, middle-aged mom. HA!
I wasn't done surprising him, though. The final part of the assessment was doing push ups. I had to do as many as I could in 1 minute. I knew I wouldn't be so great at this because I've lost so much upper body strength. I was able to do 20. He consulted his chart and announced that that was "above average." He was pleased/surprised with that, too.
I had a couple more surprises for him though. We talked about my goals and what I liked to do in the gym. He was very excited when I told him that the deadlift was my very favorite lift in the world. He was also happy to know that I had experience with lots of different weight lifting techniques/moves, which gives him more time to WORK me, than to have to teach me how to do things. We discussed the knee issues and I promised him that if something hurt in a bad way, I would tell him and not try to play the hero. We will be meeting on Tuesdays/Thursdays for my workouts. I can't wait!
Wednesday was Lincoln's birthday and the University was closed. I didn't want to waste my day off doing nothing, so I went to Macomb any way and met with Jennifer, did a workout, and met with Emily, the nutrition coach. I turned in a 2-week food diary to Jennifer and she was overall pleased with what I'm eating. She had a few suggestions for me to try and I've done exactly what she's asked. One of them was cutting down my Diet Dew consumption. I have one in the morning and one in the evening. My other drinks are water. So we cut the evening Dew. Because I still wanted a carbonated drink, she showed me some sparkling waters. I tried them and they weren't bad. I expressed a concern about switching one chemical-laden drink for another, but she reassured me that the sparkling water was ok, and the chemicals in it were better than in Dew. Eventually, perhaps I will completely rid myself of soda. We shall see.
Another suggestion was to replace some of my whole eggs that I have for breakfast with egg substitute. I've done it, but I'm not entirely embracing it yet. We also talked about snacks and how it IS ok to have a healthy snack if I am hungry between meals. I have plenty of ammo in my desk/fridge at work, so I'm good to go there. I just need to take the time to actually EAT them.
I had also taken the time to plan out all of our evening meals this week. Something I've gotten lazy about doing. All in all, last week I worked really hard in the gym and in the kitchen. I was really excited to step on the scale yesterday morning to see how much all of this work had paid off. I was absolutely crushed to see I had gained 3 pounds. I'm not going to lie, I cried. My spirit was broken and I felt so betrayed by my body. I did what I was supposed to do and it didn't work. My inner spoiled child wanted to throw in the towel, eat whatever I wanted and gain a bunch of weight, and then go have gastric bypass (I would qualify if my BMI were a little higher - right now I do not qualify because I have no co-existing conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.). Thankfully, my inner adult did not allow that to happen. I sent a couple of rant emails to my trusted friends, and talked to my husband about it. He was as puzzled as me. We have no idea, but I'm going to continue putting one foot in front of the other and continuing on my journey. Yesterday was a dark day, I'll admit, but it's going to be ok.
I was the weight recorder for our TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) group in town for 11 years, and I would always tell the people I weighed to not let that number define them or control their emotions. I needed to listen to my own advice yesterday, but it's very hard when you feel like you've done everything right and you're met with failure. And it's super frustrating knowing that there are people who can say, "I quit drinking Pepsi for a week and I lost 10 lbs!" or "I worked out for 10 minutes this week, ate at Burger King every day, and I still lost 5 lbs!" Ughhhhhh...I want to punch those people. I'm sorry, but I do! By just typing the words "Pepsi" and "Burger King" I probably gained 6 lbs.
This will be another busy week with Biggest Loser meeting tomorrow night, training on Tuesday and Thursday, plus regular workouts on the other days, and somewhere in there I need to do homework. It will be worth it in the end. I'M READY!
Last Saturday, my weight stayed exactly the same as it has for the previous two weeks. Blah. But always better than a gain! My workouts hadn't been there because I was not able to go to the gym due to the weather and/or school closures.
I was supposed to have met with my HyVee dietitian on Wednesday, February 5, but she canceled due to the blowing/drifting snow. We rescheduled for Wednesday, February 12.
On Monday, February 10, I met with my Biggest Loser group for the first time. It was kind of hard because the meeting wasn't until 7:30p. I usually get done working out around 6:30 or so and head home, so I had to stick around for another hour, and then attend the meeting. It made for a VERY exhausting day, and I will have those for the next several weeks. BUT - I am ready to make that sacrifice. I have chosen to do so to better my health for myself and my loved ones. I'm not complaining.
Our first meeting consisted of going over the "rules" and what we could expect. Basically, if we miss a Monday meeting, we are disqualified. That kind of worries me, but hopefully the weather will cooperate and I won't have to choose between my health goals and my safety (safety will always win). We were assigned a personal trainer and will meet with him twice a week. There is also a nutrition coach that we will meet with 3x throughout the competition. I did ask her if I should suspend my HyVee meetings for the duration, but she encouraged me to continue. I didn't want conflicting info, but she said since she is still a student, she would only support what HyVee lady (Jennifer) tells me. Some Mondays we will have group exercise, sometimes we will have speakers. Whoever loses the most percentage of weight, inches, etc. will be crowned the winner, with prizes still being determined. While my competitive side wants to win, my logical side is in this more for the experience, support, and knowledge I can gain. This is set up for students, and although I AM a student, I'm sure they would prefer a full-time student wins. That doesn't mean I'm going to roll over and LET them win, though! haha
On Tuesday, I met with my trainer, Justin, for the first time for my fitness assessment. First, I had to go get weighed. Then he took my blood pressure in both arms (it was good), my resting pulse, measurements, etc. Then I did a 3 minute step test. I was worried my knee wouldn't let me do it, but it was fine. He played a beat on a metronome and I just had to step, step, step, step with each beat. Very easy, but I was a little out of breath by the end. He then took my elevated pulse. Next, I laid on a mat and had to do crunches. My fingers had to start at one piece of tape on the mat, and when I "crunched" my fingers had to touch another piece of tape. I had to do those until I couldn't any longer. I started and kept going...and going...and going...until he finally told me to stop. I had done 60. He consulted a chart was amazed/impressed. He said it only went up to 40, so I was "off the charts." I could tell he didn't expect that out of a overweight, middle-aged mom. HA!
I wasn't done surprising him, though. The final part of the assessment was doing push ups. I had to do as many as I could in 1 minute. I knew I wouldn't be so great at this because I've lost so much upper body strength. I was able to do 20. He consulted his chart and announced that that was "above average." He was pleased/surprised with that, too.
I had a couple more surprises for him though. We talked about my goals and what I liked to do in the gym. He was very excited when I told him that the deadlift was my very favorite lift in the world. He was also happy to know that I had experience with lots of different weight lifting techniques/moves, which gives him more time to WORK me, than to have to teach me how to do things. We discussed the knee issues and I promised him that if something hurt in a bad way, I would tell him and not try to play the hero. We will be meeting on Tuesdays/Thursdays for my workouts. I can't wait!
Wednesday was Lincoln's birthday and the University was closed. I didn't want to waste my day off doing nothing, so I went to Macomb any way and met with Jennifer, did a workout, and met with Emily, the nutrition coach. I turned in a 2-week food diary to Jennifer and she was overall pleased with what I'm eating. She had a few suggestions for me to try and I've done exactly what she's asked. One of them was cutting down my Diet Dew consumption. I have one in the morning and one in the evening. My other drinks are water. So we cut the evening Dew. Because I still wanted a carbonated drink, she showed me some sparkling waters. I tried them and they weren't bad. I expressed a concern about switching one chemical-laden drink for another, but she reassured me that the sparkling water was ok, and the chemicals in it were better than in Dew. Eventually, perhaps I will completely rid myself of soda. We shall see.
Another suggestion was to replace some of my whole eggs that I have for breakfast with egg substitute. I've done it, but I'm not entirely embracing it yet. We also talked about snacks and how it IS ok to have a healthy snack if I am hungry between meals. I have plenty of ammo in my desk/fridge at work, so I'm good to go there. I just need to take the time to actually EAT them.
I had also taken the time to plan out all of our evening meals this week. Something I've gotten lazy about doing. All in all, last week I worked really hard in the gym and in the kitchen. I was really excited to step on the scale yesterday morning to see how much all of this work had paid off. I was absolutely crushed to see I had gained 3 pounds. I'm not going to lie, I cried. My spirit was broken and I felt so betrayed by my body. I did what I was supposed to do and it didn't work. My inner spoiled child wanted to throw in the towel, eat whatever I wanted and gain a bunch of weight, and then go have gastric bypass (I would qualify if my BMI were a little higher - right now I do not qualify because I have no co-existing conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.). Thankfully, my inner adult did not allow that to happen. I sent a couple of rant emails to my trusted friends, and talked to my husband about it. He was as puzzled as me. We have no idea, but I'm going to continue putting one foot in front of the other and continuing on my journey. Yesterday was a dark day, I'll admit, but it's going to be ok.
I was the weight recorder for our TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) group in town for 11 years, and I would always tell the people I weighed to not let that number define them or control their emotions. I needed to listen to my own advice yesterday, but it's very hard when you feel like you've done everything right and you're met with failure. And it's super frustrating knowing that there are people who can say, "I quit drinking Pepsi for a week and I lost 10 lbs!" or "I worked out for 10 minutes this week, ate at Burger King every day, and I still lost 5 lbs!" Ughhhhhh...I want to punch those people. I'm sorry, but I do! By just typing the words "Pepsi" and "Burger King" I probably gained 6 lbs.
This will be another busy week with Biggest Loser meeting tomorrow night, training on Tuesday and Thursday, plus regular workouts on the other days, and somewhere in there I need to do homework. It will be worth it in the end. I'M READY!
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Weigh in and Week In Review
I am pleased that I've lost another pound as of today. I would be lying if I said that I'm thrilled with it, because I was naturally hoping for more, but it's better than a gain. So I now have 5 lbs to go this month to hit the goal I set for myself. I will need to pick up the pace if that's going to happen!
This week was kind of crazy because we got hit with a bunch of snow and freezing cold temps. It was -15 below, but with the windchill it was "feeling like" -40+ below in areas. On Monday, the University was closed, so I got another day off. My youngest son was supposed to go back to school, but they closed, too. On Tuesday, his school closed for the 2nd day, but WIU opened at noon. That was a weird day. It worked out just fine because I had new international students to check in. I kept reassuring them that it wasn't always this cold in Illinois! I hope they believe me.
I went to the Rec Center every night this week (except Monday - they were closed) and did at least 2 miles on the elliptical and at least 6 miles on the recumbent bike. Both of those hurt my knee, but if I walk a lap or two around the track afterward, it gets better. On Thursday, I was able to buy my friend her Wellness Pass to the Rec as her graduation gift. She will get a 6 week membership and I hope she joins up after trying it. She worked out with me on Thursday and Friday. It was nice to have someone to meet there because otherwise, I may have talked myself into going home.
We both commented on the fact that both of those machines make our feet go numb after a certain amount of usage. I thought it was just me, so I just dealt with it (and was annoyed by it), but since she said they did it to her, too, I wondered if anyone else has this problem. I'll have to Google that and see what's up. I tend to move my feet on the elliptical or arc machine pedals, so I have to watch that I don't get them smashed to the edges because that can hurt, too.
It's funny because there are several TVs in front of several of the cardio machines at the Rec and I always get the machine that is in front of the TV that is showing CNN. I've become quite informed about the Dennis Rodman/North Korea prisoner controversy AND the Chris Christie Bridge Scandal. The amount of time that CNN devotes to hashing and rehashing these things just floors me.
One night I also watched (for the first time ever) an episode of "Sister Wives." ICK. I'm sorry, but I do not agree with polygamy and I think it is wrong. But the women in the show seem to make it work in their lives and that's fine. I respect their choice, but I would prefer to not watch it. However, the show was like a car accident, where I didn't want to watch it, but yet I couldn't look away. The one thing I couldn't figure out, is where do these people get their money??? None of them seemed to work and it appears they all have nice homes, nice clothes, etc. The episode I saw, they were nearing completion of their "family house" in Vegas. So if they don't work, how are they building this house? At one point, the dad said there were 22 members of his family, so that's going to be a BIG house. Or apartment complex. I don't know what it is.
This weekend the rest of the students are returning to WIU, and classes begin Monday. I'm taking 2 more graduate classes this semester, so my time is going to get a little more crazy. I've already had one of the professors, so I think I know what to expect in his class. The other one will be new, so I don't know what his will be like. Hopefully I can keep up!
Oh, the other new thing for this week was that I tried juicing! No, not steroids, but fruit/veggie juicing. The first concoction I made was called "Mean Green" (you can Google it) and it consisted of 1 cucumber, 2 handfuls of spinach, 1/2 lemon, 2 apples, 4 stalks of celery, and a little bit of ginger root. OMG, it was icky. I did not care for it at all. It was a bit too "green" tasting for me. I think I could experiment and get rid of the bad taste, but I haven't been so inclined yet. The other one I've fiddled with was one my youngest brother suggested, and it was delicious! I used some frozen strawberries and blueberries, 1 apple, 2-3 carrots, some pineapple, an orange, and a lemon. VERY GOOD!
So that's been my week. It's been kind of stressful, so I'm glad it's over. I'm really happy that my friend is working out, too. I don't care what people do to get their sweat on, just that they're doing it. Find something you love, and it's easy to stay committed!
This week was kind of crazy because we got hit with a bunch of snow and freezing cold temps. It was -15 below, but with the windchill it was "feeling like" -40+ below in areas. On Monday, the University was closed, so I got another day off. My youngest son was supposed to go back to school, but they closed, too. On Tuesday, his school closed for the 2nd day, but WIU opened at noon. That was a weird day. It worked out just fine because I had new international students to check in. I kept reassuring them that it wasn't always this cold in Illinois! I hope they believe me.
I went to the Rec Center every night this week (except Monday - they were closed) and did at least 2 miles on the elliptical and at least 6 miles on the recumbent bike. Both of those hurt my knee, but if I walk a lap or two around the track afterward, it gets better. On Thursday, I was able to buy my friend her Wellness Pass to the Rec as her graduation gift. She will get a 6 week membership and I hope she joins up after trying it. She worked out with me on Thursday and Friday. It was nice to have someone to meet there because otherwise, I may have talked myself into going home.
We both commented on the fact that both of those machines make our feet go numb after a certain amount of usage. I thought it was just me, so I just dealt with it (and was annoyed by it), but since she said they did it to her, too, I wondered if anyone else has this problem. I'll have to Google that and see what's up. I tend to move my feet on the elliptical or arc machine pedals, so I have to watch that I don't get them smashed to the edges because that can hurt, too.
It's funny because there are several TVs in front of several of the cardio machines at the Rec and I always get the machine that is in front of the TV that is showing CNN. I've become quite informed about the Dennis Rodman/North Korea prisoner controversy AND the Chris Christie Bridge Scandal. The amount of time that CNN devotes to hashing and rehashing these things just floors me.
One night I also watched (for the first time ever) an episode of "Sister Wives." ICK. I'm sorry, but I do not agree with polygamy and I think it is wrong. But the women in the show seem to make it work in their lives and that's fine. I respect their choice, but I would prefer to not watch it. However, the show was like a car accident, where I didn't want to watch it, but yet I couldn't look away. The one thing I couldn't figure out, is where do these people get their money??? None of them seemed to work and it appears they all have nice homes, nice clothes, etc. The episode I saw, they were nearing completion of their "family house" in Vegas. So if they don't work, how are they building this house? At one point, the dad said there were 22 members of his family, so that's going to be a BIG house. Or apartment complex. I don't know what it is.
This weekend the rest of the students are returning to WIU, and classes begin Monday. I'm taking 2 more graduate classes this semester, so my time is going to get a little more crazy. I've already had one of the professors, so I think I know what to expect in his class. The other one will be new, so I don't know what his will be like. Hopefully I can keep up!
Oh, the other new thing for this week was that I tried juicing! No, not steroids, but fruit/veggie juicing. The first concoction I made was called "Mean Green" (you can Google it) and it consisted of 1 cucumber, 2 handfuls of spinach, 1/2 lemon, 2 apples, 4 stalks of celery, and a little bit of ginger root. OMG, it was icky. I did not care for it at all. It was a bit too "green" tasting for me. I think I could experiment and get rid of the bad taste, but I haven't been so inclined yet. The other one I've fiddled with was one my youngest brother suggested, and it was delicious! I used some frozen strawberries and blueberries, 1 apple, 2-3 carrots, some pineapple, an orange, and a lemon. VERY GOOD!
So that's been my week. It's been kind of stressful, so I'm glad it's over. I'm really happy that my friend is working out, too. I don't care what people do to get their sweat on, just that they're doing it. Find something you love, and it's easy to stay committed!
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
And we're off...
Today was off to a great start! Duke and I took a big walk early this afternoon before the 3-5 inches of snow we're supposed to get hit. We did the "Rushville Loop" which is a loop through town that is supposed to be 3 miles. I added just a little bit extra to it, but we still ended up doing 4 miles. Yay!
I'm not going to lie. There were times during the walk that I wanted to break down and call Mike to come get us. My knee was hurting pretty bad. But I hate, hate, hate to be a quitter, so I kept going. It was very exciting when we finally turned onto our street.
It was cold, but not unbearably so. I was sweating in my hoodie and t-shirt. I also had one of those face cover things - not a balaclava, but one of those that just covers the neck and lower face, my gloves, and a headband/ear cover thing. My hair was soaked when I got home. Mike thought I should wear my coat, too, but I knew it would be too much. Glad I didn't listen to him!
Since today is January 1, I figured I should weigh in and see where I am. The scale said I was 237.0 this morning. I'm up 12 lbs from my lowest weight of 225 that I hit in August. I'm going to try to get as close to 230 as I can by the end of January. With hard work and determination, I should be able to do it. My usual weigh ins from here on out will be Saturday mornings.
We are supposed to go back to work tomorrow, but I'm sort of hoping we are closed due to the snow storm. I'd love one more day off. But on the other hand, I'm looking forward to getting back to a routine. I'm also excited at the prospect of going back to the Rec so I can workout with my friend. She and I have some similar goals, I think, and it's good to have a buddy that will keep me accountable. We're both determined to make 2014 OUR year of being awesome!
I'm not going to lie. There were times during the walk that I wanted to break down and call Mike to come get us. My knee was hurting pretty bad. But I hate, hate, hate to be a quitter, so I kept going. It was very exciting when we finally turned onto our street.
It was cold, but not unbearably so. I was sweating in my hoodie and t-shirt. I also had one of those face cover things - not a balaclava, but one of those that just covers the neck and lower face, my gloves, and a headband/ear cover thing. My hair was soaked when I got home. Mike thought I should wear my coat, too, but I knew it would be too much. Glad I didn't listen to him!
Since today is January 1, I figured I should weigh in and see where I am. The scale said I was 237.0 this morning. I'm up 12 lbs from my lowest weight of 225 that I hit in August. I'm going to try to get as close to 230 as I can by the end of January. With hard work and determination, I should be able to do it. My usual weigh ins from here on out will be Saturday mornings.
We are supposed to go back to work tomorrow, but I'm sort of hoping we are closed due to the snow storm. I'd love one more day off. But on the other hand, I'm looking forward to getting back to a routine. I'm also excited at the prospect of going back to the Rec so I can workout with my friend. She and I have some similar goals, I think, and it's good to have a buddy that will keep me accountable. We're both determined to make 2014 OUR year of being awesome!
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