This Would Be Me

This so true for me.  Actually I really hate it when people tag me in a photo and they didn't ask me first if I like the picture or not.  And I am really picky about what I will let be posted...just ask my friends.  But I also try to return the favor and show the pictures of them to them I want to post to see if they are okay with them or not.  If not, then I won't post them.  (A lot of "thems" in this post, huh?) I just think it is a courtesy thing, you know?

I weighed myself this morning.  ***shudder***

Why Is It...

That I seem to crave sweets when I shouldn't?  I think it is because I know I shouldn't have them which makes me want them so much more.  I have read that it takes about 21 days to get over cravings but geez...how do you get through those 21 days without making yourself nuts?  I know there are worse things than craving sweets, like alcohol or drugs, but it really is just as hard to kick, though I think I'd rather have this problem than drugs and alcohol.


And by the way, I'm avoiding the scale this week....

***Sigh***

Sometimes I hate the weekends....

Random Thoughts

This is a little different than what I usually post here but I thought I would change it up a bit.

Sometimes I like to "blog hop", meaning hit the "Next blog" button at the top of page and read through different blogs that look interesting.  When I do that from this particular blog, I end up scrolling through likewise blogs, in other words, diet blogs.  Some of them have been amusing and some of them have been very honest about their weights and how much they want to lose and other issues. (Nope, I'm not putting my weight out there or how much I have to lose.)  The part I don't like is when the last time they wrote was months ago and don't come back, leaving me to wonder what happened to them.  Did they fail? Did they succeed? Did they just give up blogging? I'm thinking they probably didn't lose the weight and gave up the blog because of it.  Which I understand.  I've had this blog for years even though I haven't lost very much, but I still come on here to write as an outlet (well, except for 2014...)  At any rate, I'll still blog hop anyway.

Hector was warned by his doctor in February that he needed to lose weight because he was pre-diabetic and also he has fatty liver disease (confirmed after a CT scan).  So he started dieting in February and has already lost about 25 lbs.  It is rather irritating that he can lose weight so quickly and not even starving himself or exercising, yet I lose sooooooooo slowly and gain one or two pounds back if I eat a big meal.  I will say though he doesn't eat healthy for the most part, and I keep telling him the faster he loses it the faster he can gain it back.  I guess we'll see....I hope he does keep it off because of his health potential health issues.

I have been keeping up on the drinking water part, though I don't do well with that on weekends for some reason. It is something I need to improve on.  On week day mornings I drink 16 ozs while I am putting on make-up and getting ready to head out the door, and then at work I drink two 16.9oz bottles of water, and then in the evening I drink at least another 16oz.  I probably should drink even more than that from what I've read, but I have never been one to just sit and drink, so for now this will have to do me for now.  But I do need to improve for the weekends.

I have a love/hate relationship with going away for the weekend. I love it because I'm going to see Vikie or Tonda  or in this case for this weekend, to NC to see Nicole for her birthday, and Beau and Kyla, all of whom I haven't seen since May or June.   And then I hate it because it means eating out and for me it is just harder to watch the food intake then.  Not that I eat all day long or anything, but then maybe I should have small healthy snacks so that I don't want to eat a lot at dinner. I just have to think of what those could be, along with bringing some water with me.

I weighed myself this morning.....

Well Crud

That's all I have to say about this morning's weight.

Yeah It Is

Especially the Do-Si-Dos....my very favorite Girl Scout cookie.  However, I will say I resisted this year even though I did see Girl Scouts by Starbucks and Michaels. I walked right on by them.  It also helps that I wasn't carrying any cash with me. I think they're gone now so I'm safe.  This year anyway.

This Has Merit...

Who Knows?

I weighed myself this morning and it kind of bounced around three different weights, finally settling on a little less than Monday.   I waited a couple of seconds  and got back on it, and it said the same weight.  But I still wondered because the first two weights were above the settled-upon one, and I am more inclined to go with the higher seeing as how I don't understand how it could bounce from high to low to lower. So who knows what I really weigh, even if it was just a 2 lb difference.


My scale normally seems to be correct because when I have been weighed at the doctors, my weight is about 2lbs higher than what I weighed that morning, so I figure that would be my clothes and shoes weight, which would bring me to what I weighed at home.  And usually it doesn't give me three different weights in just weigh-in. 


So tomorrow I will jump on it again and see what (one and only) verdict is.  The lower weight would be better...

Couldn't Have Said It better Myself

I would say that sounds just about right. Whoever thinks it is easy has never done it. 

And The Verdict Is:

I managed to keep my 2lb weight loss from last Tuesday so that's good. Of course it would have been nice to have lost another, but I'll take it. I really need to concentrate though on really losing and get out of these numbers. And this weekend I'm not going anywhere so I don't have to worry about eating out, etc, which is harder to keep the calorie count down. It shouldn't be but it is. Anyway, a brand new week. Here we go.

Not So Sure....

...that I am looking forward to weighing in tomorrow. I don't feel like I ate all the much this weekend (that I spent in Maryland with my friend Tonda), but I did eat more than when I am home. So we'll see.

Now There's An Idea....

No...

I didn't weigh myself this morning.  Because I had leftover lasagna and salad and 4 Oreos and milk last night. Some things are better left unweighed.

And This Morning....

I wasn't going to weigh myself but then I was like, what the heck. I've read that people who weigh themselves every day are more likely to lose weight because they are keeping track of it and know if their weight starts creeping up. Which makes sense. Of course I've also read you should only weigh in once a week. So go figure.


Anyway. I weighed myself and I was 2 lbs lower than yesterday. I did eat a lot less yesterday because I honestly wasn't all that hungry, and I drank a lot of water, and I also went to bed by 7:30 because I was pretty tired. The problem with all this water is I tend to have to get up several times at night to use the bathroom.  Yesterday I drank most of my water during the day but still got up several times last night.  Hopefully my body will get used to this and I won't have to, but I am  also trying to get most of my water in before I go home from work.  I even drank 16oz before I  left the house this morning so I only have 48 to go, though I am going to try and drink more than that.


Drink up!

Grrrrrrrrr...

I was doing so well. Even up to yesterday.  And then I weighed myself this morning and somehow had gained 3 lbs in 1 day. Which made me 1 lb over last Monday's weigh-in.  I did make lasagna for dinner last night and had a piece and a half of it, but really that was all I ate...with a salad.  And I had my coffee earlier in the day.  And I drank 72oz of water, so I even went beyond the required 64.


Soooo not happy about this.


I know I need to start some exercise but honestly I am still having some trouble breathing and I'm afraid if I get on the treadmill it is going to be a problem.  I could walk really slow and that might be okay but would it do any good?  Plus I know I would want to speed it up.  I wish I felt better so I could do this.  This week we are supposed to have pretty good weather so I may just go for a very slow walk around the block at lunch....some movement is better than none and I can go from there.


Let's hope I can breathe....

Eating Dinner Later Was A Good Idea

So last night we did have that salmon but with a little change to the menu. I baked up a sweet potato and had that instead of a salad. So dinner consisted of:


Baked Honey-Mustard Salmon
Baked sweet potato
Steamed asparagus
And this is what it looked like:

I was really full afterwards and while I didn't go to bed early (I did go at about 10:15), we did eat about 6:30 so that made it where I didn't want a snack later, which was a good thing.  I don't normally like eating that late during the week, but considering that it keeps me full until I go to bed and not wanting something sweet, it is probably something I should keep in mind and do it at least 3 or 4 times a week.


Today so far I have had my coffee (the thought of giving up my Starbucks butterscotch latte gives me hives, and right now I'm on one of their star dashes where if I buy 5 coffees between now and the 14th before 11am, I'll get 15 extra bonus stars. I mean, I can't give up bonus stars! lol) and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on 100-calorie bread.  Dinner will be late again, but a little trickier because it is going to be a fried cream cheese/spinach/parmesan stuffed chicken breast.  We could bake it but I don't know.  If I pair it with just a salad I should be okay I think. (Yeah I'm justifying myself.) Oh well. As long as I don't have that snack I oughta be good.


I am also being really good about drinking water...but it is hard. I have never been one to just drink drink drink so this isn't fun and I have to force myself.  But at least I am.


So here's to late dinners and lots of water.

Hmmm....

It is only the 2nd day of March and this diet thing....well....but, on the bright side I have lost 1.6 lbs since Monday so that's not bad.  What really pisses me off though and I know I have said it before is once the word diet pops up, it just seems like  automatically I feel hungry and crave sweets.  I wish I could just turn off my brain to cravings, you know?


And reading stuff like this:
When you think you're hungry, drink a glass of water. It should curb it.  Ummm, no, it doesn't.
When you are craving something, drink a glass of water or get up and do something.  That should take your mind off of it.  Nope, don't think so.


 I suppose they mean well and they are just trying to keep you on track, but I'm telling you they don't work for me.  And I know my sweet tooth is my worst enemy...I wish I just loved to eat veggies at 10pm instead of chocolate chip cookies.  Not that I don't like veggies because I do, just not for a 10 o'clock snack.


Tonight for dinner we are having:
Salmon w/ balsamic glaze
Roasted asparagus with garlic
Salad


Healthy and lean. I probably should go to bed really early so I don't want cookies later that will undo what the dinner did.


It's so easy to gain, why can't it be easy to lose?

Goals

A brand new month:


1)  Keep a food diary and count calories
2)  Follow a menu plan
3)  Exercise
4)  Lose 5 lbs (at a time)
5)  Drink 64oz+ water
6)  Eat healthy
7)  Limit Starbucks (a tough one here)
8)  Stay organized
9)  Weigh in every other day
10) Give up sugar (another really hard one)
11) Move more (especially at work)
12) Don't give up.