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Thursday, August 21, 2008

checking in

doing good - didnt get to the gym today but about to go for a 30 min walk with my sister. food is good and exercise is good. just another week :)

toodles!

Monday, August 18, 2008

exercise

did a 30 min run & 30 min walk today on the treadmill. alternated every 10 mins and it felt great. very sweaty but great. i did this at 10am and had to go back to work so my hairline was a little sweaty even though i showered. but well worth it i think because i felt great the rest of the day! :) just thought i'd share...

monday...already?

well my weekend was fun. traveling down 95 though, no so much fun. all the beach traffic, it's ridiculous. it turns a 1.5 hour trip into a 3 hour trip. BLAH! but i did pretty good with eating. i splurged a little on my mom's stromboli (like a pizza rolled up) and guacamole (lots of cheese & sour cream in it). but compared to what the scale said last monday, it's down 2 lbs. so i think thats good. only up 2 lbs from friday! i'll take it.

nothing big planned for this week. i have a "stock the bar" party on saturday for one of my engaged friends. basically you buy them a bottle of liquor or wine to stock the bar in their new house. they are always fun parties. gotta try to be REALLY good this week and the goal is to get to the gym every day this week to stock up some extra points for the weekend. i'm not really counting points like i said but i still think in terms of "points" for some reason.

i'm surprisingly energized right now....so off to get a head start on work while it's quiet and no one is here yet!
have a great day!

Friday, August 15, 2008

fabulous friday

oh friday friday, i'm so glad it's friday!! :) my sister and i went downtown yesterday to have drinks and see american idols live. it was a blast but i definitely had too much fun and one too many drinks. i'm a little hungover. blah. hate that feeling. but the scale said 135.0! woohoo. i dont know if that's real weight or not (i tend to weigh less after drinking since i'm kind of dehydrated) but i will take it! :)

this weekend: not much planned. heading home for my brothers 4th birthday! i have 3 siblings that came from my mom and dad. my parents divorced when i was a senior in high school, remarried and each had one more child. a boy for my mom (4 years old) and a girl for my dad (3 years old). they are sweet little kids and sometimes i will bring them to each others house to play....it's really cute. my little sister has blonde hair and pretty wavy curls. not tight curls, like sausage curls. so cute. i definitely have black hair though and tan skin - its funny to think we have the same father. anyway, so we're going to the birthday saturday and then sunday probably hit the pool! so it should be a fun/relaxing weekend.

hope your weekend is fabulous! is it 5pm yet? haha i'm so ready for the weekend to begin already.

fabulous friday

oh friday friday, i'm so glad it's friday!! :) my sister and i went downtown yesterday to have drinks and see american idols live. it was a blast but i definitely had too much fun and one too many drinks. i'm a little hungover. blah. hate that feeling. but the scale said 135.0! woohoo. i dont know if that's real weight or not (i tend to weigh less after drinking since i'm kind of dehydrated) but i will take it! :)

this weekend: not much planned. heading home for my brothers 4th birthday! i have 3 siblings that came from my mom and dad. my parents divorced when i was a senior in high school, remarried and each had one more child. a boy for my mom (4 years old) and a girl for my dad (3 years old). they are sweet little kids and sometimes i will bring them to each others house to play....it's really cute. my little sister has blonde hair and pretty wavy curls. not tight curls, like sausage curls. so cute. i definitely have black hair though and tan skin - its funny to think we have the same father. anyway, so we're going to the birthday saturday and then sunday probably hit the pool! so it should be a fun/relaxing weekend.

hope your weekend is fabulous! is it 5pm yet? haha i'm so ready for the weekend to begin already.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

weekend here we come!

hi everyone! just got back from the gym. i thought of carolyn as i blowdried my slightly sweaty hairline (haha). i showered but my hair still gets a little weird after the gym. maybe its the humidity or the headband i wear. i just can't get it back to normal though and usually throw it in a ponytail.

gym was good, going to dinner tonight with my sister and to a show. going to try to not have any carbs and stick to seafood i think. my weight is hovering around 136. which is fine. i saw 135 last friday but i think that was a fluke. it went back to 137 a day or two later. so if i can maintain 136 tmw i will be happy :) if not, no big deal. i feel great and i my stomach is looking so flat lately. i think it's from running but i'm very happy with it. i also saw definition in my legs when i looked in the mirror this morning. i think that is more important than that # on the scale....but it would be nice to see. i am down 8 lbs though since july 6th or so, gonna focus on that. :) if i can lose 5 more lbs before september that would be great but i'm prepared to wait it out.

going to grab lunch with D at corner bakery. i usually get a half sandwich (whole grain bread, turkey, avocado slice, dijon mustard) and a cup of fruit salad. its so yummy. plus they have coke zero on tap. which is my favorite soda. i'm not longer a diet coke girl. coke zero all the way.

have a nice day! it's almost friday!! :D

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

same old same old

hi everyone!

not much to write, wanted to check in. i did 50 mins on the treadmill today (hills) and yesterday i ran 25 minutes and walked 15. so far the exercise has been good and the eating has been even better.

scale is down this morning, let's see what happens friday.

off to have a drink with my coworker and watch project runway. have a good night!! :)

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

my quesadilla review on "heat, eat, and review"

love this site and they used one of my reviews! click here

yipeeee :)

Monday, August 11, 2008

just another manic monday

hi all!

hope your monday went better than me. it wasn't bad, just SUPER busy. lots of meetings and i didnt get a chance to make it to the gym. but mondays i usually give myself a free pass. i really wanted to go though. i want to take a walk later tonight and i'll definitely be in there the rest of the week.

scale was up 2 lbs from the weekend water weight and bloat. which i'm okay with. my work capri pants were SO loose today. i think i need to retire them soon. i got them at new york & company, along with an another pair (different color) - i'll be happy to pass them along to my sister and buy a smaller size.

anyway, not much else. went to the pool this weekend. we grilled out saturday night and i probably ate too much of my mom's homemade guacamole but i only have it once every other month or so, not worried about it.

off to relax and be lazy :P

Friday, August 08, 2008

finally....

hi all! :)

so i was very pleasantly surprised when i stepped on the scale this morning. i saw a number i have not seen since probably june of last year. 135.6!!! yay :) i couldnt believe it. i was just hoping for 137 or 136 maybe (i saw 136.4 yesterday). and then i saw a 5 and i had to jump off the scale and hop back on just to be sure. i dont know if that will stick but hopefully it will. and if not i'll take 136 next week when i weigh-in. but that was certainly a good feeling.

i haven't been doing ww or counting calories. i'm doing something that i've learned is called "intuitive eating" - basically you eat when you're hungry, you stop when you're full and you listen to your body and question halfway through the meal "am i still hungry?" and if not i stop eating. granted i'm doing this with diet foods so i'm sure that helps but according to wikipedia this type of "non-diet" is good for people who want to eat whatever they want, in moderation.

wikipedia says...
"Intuitive eating is the opposite of dieting, the latter of which is externally driven. It is a key component of the Health at Every Size movement. Supporters argue that eating in response to internal cues of hunger and fullness, while allowing all foods to be part of the diet, weight will be maintained to one's "natural" weight. Natural weight is the weight range predetermined by genetics.

When someone is disconnected to his or her internal cues of satiety, it is easier to be trigged by external triggers to eat, (which can be emotions, "because it's time", opportunity, and/or perceived rules of eating.)

If someone has rigid rules for so-called healthy eating, he or she is more likely to succumb to overeating, as a consequence of breaking their well-meaning rules. Scientifically, this all-or-none type of eating, built around eating rules rather than internal hunger/satiety cues, is referred to as restraint eating or Restraint Theory."

so i dont know if i'm doing it completely like that but pretty much. don't get me wrong, i think my stomach has shrunk a little from eating smaller portions and i definitely get full faster. but its working for me and i guess thats what matters. with weight watchers i would eat my points during the day and when i'd get home at 6pm and still have 10 points left over, i would eat them, just because i could and not necessarily because i was hungry. that doesn't make much sense to me. i've also started running again which i'm sure is playing a big part in it.

whatever it is, it was nice to finally see the scale move in the right direction over the past 5 weeks.

i hope everyone has a nice weekend! i will be relaxing poolside and running errands. TGIF!

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

we're goin down down....

happy hump day! the day started off great, i saw 137.8 on the scale. sure there is a 0.8 on there but at least i saw it, and i know i can get that lower by friday. i'm gonna hit the gym again today for weights and some cardio. the best part is, i put my capris on for work, straight out of the dryer. they were just a tiny bit tight but they looked fine. usually they are VERY tight out of the dryer and i have to wait for them to loosen up to feel good in them. so that was nice. i also caught a glimpse of my backside in the mirror and my booty has shrunk. :)

not much else. busy at work today but im sneaking down to the gym in about 15 minutes. project runway is on tonight! love that show! my coworker comes over to watch it with me and we have a glass of wine. so that should be fun. i cant stand suede and blaine (the obnoxious orange one who says things like "girllicious" and "holler at your boy")...blaine is no christian and he's trying too hard to be.

oh! last night i watched "true life: i can't get thin" - it was disturbing to say the least. this one guy, started at around 350 lbs. he cut off ties with his family, friends, quit his job, and moved into an apartment where he eats between 200-400 calories a day. he dropped 150 lbs in one year and just to see him so focused on weight loss was scary. he said all day long he cant wait for night to come so he can fall asleep so he can wake up and weigh himself. he loses the weight very fast and once he's reached his goal weight, he invites his sister over and they go out on the town. he ends up binge eating like 4 burgers and 3 large fries. it was really sad to watch and i feel for people who struggle with binge eating. i've heard of it but i've never seen it before. this guy, when he was bingeing, he said he couldn't feel anything, it felt like euphoria and he had no cares in the world and that the food made him so happy. watch it if you get the chance, it was interesting, yet very sad.

okay, i'm rambling. off to the gym!!

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

i was runnin

so i did something i haven't done in a while! ran on the treadmill. i've been doing a lot of interval runs on the treadmill but not straight through. well today i did 30 mins and 10 mins cooldown. it felt great! note to self: run more

scale is holding steady at 138 - i think 137 came to say hi but hopefully it's back by the end of the week. i'm finishing TOTM and the pants are loose!!

did i mention i've had fluid behind my ear for 3 weeks. its grosser than it sounds but basically my ears have been popping nonstop for 3 weeks. lots of pressure in the ears and my head kind of hurts. went to the doctor and he said it takes 2-4 weeks to go away. WONDERFUL. hopefully that means one more week. hopefully its not 2-4 weeks from when they gave me the antiobiotic. something i tried last night and this morning was the neti pot. google it but it's basically a little teapot looking thing that you fill with salt water. you stick it in one nostril, bend to the side and forward and the water comes out the other nostril. again...probably sounds gross but it cleared me out and helped the ear poppage! you must try it, esp if you have allergies. my sister got it at whole foods and we saw it on oprah a while ago.

alright...not much else to report. i had a nice relaxing weekend, probably ate up all my flex points and maybe a few more but i have a nice tan from the pool and the has already gone by pretty fast. hope you're having a great day too!!

Saturday, August 02, 2008

weekend plans

i have no plans this weekend and it's awesome! today i'm hitting up the pool and then probably just taking it easy tonight. tomorrow maybe pool again and i need to clean up a bit. but thats it! :) i need a lazy weekend.

scale said 138 today, thats after going to dinner last night so i'll take it! also its TOTM so maybe it will go down even more? who knows. but im gonna keep doing what i'm doing. i'm kind of doing WW and kind of just listening to my body. i try to assess if i'm really hungry at the beginning and halfway through my meals. usually i'm pretty full midway. so that helps. i also have definitely gotten back into the gym zone too.

hope everyone has a nice weekend :)