A Plan Worked Out

Okay, this morning I weighed in and believe it or not, I have lost 8 lbs since I have been here.  Now 8 might not seem a lot, but considering I have been here 3 1/2 weeks, that is a good loss.  So it really got me to thinking about staying on track and not eating a lot, yet still having to feed my mother who does need to eat and gain  her strength back and gain some weight.

At dinner I told her she needed to think of what she would want to eat when I am trying to only eat a salad or even a smoothie sometimes for dinner.  Last night I made an omelet with veggies in it and a little cheese and it kept me full which is one reason I like eggs a lot.  So I plan on having eggs a couple of times a week, and while I like that, I know Mom is going to get bored with it. 

I still plan on having regular dinners 2 or 3 times a week, chicken and veggies or sweet potato,  etc,  but the other times I want to eat/drink lightly.  Mom was agreeable to it and is thinking of different things she could eat when I don't cook, and then I won't feel guilty about just having a salad or whatever while she is having what she likes.

So a plan has been worked out. 

***crosses fingers***

That Swim Thing?

Yeah...it hasn't worked out so great.  I did go out in the pool on Friday when Janie and Vanessa and Jeanna came over and played around out there but I wouldn't exactly call that exercise. Just something about going to the pool by myself I guess. This week it is supposed to get cooler, still in the 90s but the lower 90s I think.  Who knows though, I may surprise myself and go out there. We'll see. (Which in mom speak usually means no. lol)

Thursday though I did get a bit of a workout by cleaning house and cleaning the carpet. Better than nothing, you know?  And I haven't been eating a lot a lot, either.  I know that exercise is key to the whole thing and that is where I suck at. 

If I lost weight by thinking of losing weight as much as I do, I would be thin by now.

***sigh***

Did I Make It To The Pool?

No. No I did not.

But tomorrow is another day.

"Pooling" Around

Was in the pool today with Vanessa and her little girl Jeanna:

And it made me think of exercising in the pool again and the resistance of water, etc, and how it doesn't really seem like work but more like fun and much more doable.  I didn't really do any today, just played around, but it did get me thinking more about it.

So tonight I googled pool exercises and came up with a few that I am going to try:

Those are just the beginning stances of the exercise I am going to try out, starting tomorrow. Now I wish I had brought more bathing suits with me because I only have one here with me, but it will do since I hadn't really planned this before I came out. Hopefully it will stay warm for a while longer so I can get into this even though I still have Plan B and go to that gym.

Food-wise I only ate once today and I actually made coffee this morning, but...went to Starbucks after dinner.  Ooops. (Though I only had a grande.)   And I had Baskin Robbins a while ago.  Double ooops.  Fortunately the ice cream is gone so I won't be tempted to have anymore, and we really don't have any junk food around to snack on. (I don't need to go to the store to buy anything except creamer for coffee and maybe milk, I just need to go straight to the back of the store to grab those without going through any aisles. Good luck on that, right?)

So we'll see. Again. Tomorrow I plan on making it a smoothie day and figure out something for Mom to eat for dinner. It can be done. Right? Right.

Have a swimmingly great  day....I am. 

All is Well....sorta.....

So I have been here for two weeks and 3 days and have managed not to go crazy food wise, though I admit to a slip-up here and there (Baskin Robbins ice cream anyone?).  And it is a little harder since I have to feed Mom actual food so that she will gain weight when I need to lose it.  I have tried  to just make a protein and veggie and stay away from the starches. Last night though we had chicken from Boston Market with mashed potatoes and corn and a squash casserole, so I sorta blew it there with the starch and carbs. Oooops. And tonight we had grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato rice soup....yeah....I know.....

However, I have not been eating or snacking during the day at all, except I have had my Starbucks which is something I need to stop doing again and just having coffee here.  Such a hard habit to break...love my iced-quad-venti-upside-down-in-and-out caramel macchiato.

What I would love to do is just have a smoothie day every other day but then I have to think what am I going to feed Mom, and what will she eat since she has a hard time with eating anyway. Which is frustrating  so it makes everything out of whack for me.  Yeah this has been a blast. Not.

In terms of exercising I think may just start going out to the pool and exercise in it; its pretty good resistance and while getting it done, even if you sweat, you don't know because you're in a pool.  Going to google pool exercises and see what I come up with (besides swimming of course).  I figure it is still going to be pretty warm here for a while and might as well use the pool while I can, and then go to the gym down the street.

So nope I am not giving up (how old is this blog again?). 

Hey...Let's Try It Here....

Well since I am here in California unexpectantly, I was thinking it might even be a little easier to do the diet thing here because I don't have to cook for the guys and I can actually eat lighter. Yes, Mom need to be fed, and has the exact opposite problem of me and needs to gain weight (gee I wish I had that problem), but still I think I can work it out because she doesn't eat as much as the guys so I don't have to cook as much. I can make salads for me and put chicken in them and Mom can have the chicken and something a little heavier than salad. Anyway, I think this has merit. I have been here by myself for a few days while Mom is in the hospital and I have actually done pretty well in the diet department, so that is encouraging.

The next thing I may do is go to the gym that is only 3/10 of a mile from here. Hector went to it when he was here and the nice thing is you don't have to join it, you can just pay a $29 per month fee and go as many times as you want. I could also go swimming in the pool and get some exercise in there, so while I sweat I cool off too. I like that idea.

Anyway, gonna try it here. No, I'm going to DO it here. Here we go.....

My 600 Lb Life

Ok, the title is not me. It is actually a TV show about people who weigh more than 600 lbs and they get a gastric bypass and they are followed around for a year to see how their progress goes. I happened to find it one night when I was flipping channels and then ended up watching about 3 or 4 shows in a row in fascination.

The thing that really struck me were most of them were really whiny and had excuse after excuse as to why they couldn't lose the weight and would outright lie to the doctor that they were doing what they were supposed to, yet the cameras showed them eating exactly what they were eating that caused them to gain the weight in the first place. One girl ate bean sandwiches! She poured a can of beans on white bread and ate it. Ummm....nooooo. The kicker to the whole show was though that NONE of them lost all that much weight after the bypass, and a year later still weighed way over 300 lbs if not over 400. And again the camera showed them eating what they ate before.

I was like why would they do that?? They went through all that pain to have the surgery and said they didn't want to be so fat anymore, but then they still go back to it. I can think of two people I know personally who had it done 2 or 3 years ago and they lost weight pretty quickly and to this day are still at a good weight for their heights. So I look at these people of this show in and think they really need to stop the whining and do what the doctor and the nutritionist (that the doc sets them up with) says. Granted I don't care for the doctor on the show, he seems very impersonal and just not very likeable, which I think for the job he is doing you would think he wouldn't be like that. Go figure.

I don't make any excuses or whine about my weight...it is my fault and I know it.

But man I don't want to weigh 600 lbs......