Cruising to Healthy

[brooklynfc]

Thanks Mrs. CO5, I use a website to track too....Its called Sparkpeople.com and it does help.

 

Yesterday was a better day just like I promised myself. I stayed in my calories and I did 30 mins of exercise. The ice pops are def. helping my sweet tooth. When I crave something sweet I just go grab one and its 30 calories verses 160 or more suits me better.

 

I've been trying to get outside to get my 15 mins of sun so I can get my Vita D, but unfortunately the rain has set has planted itself in VA and has decided not to budge. No sunshine in almost 4 days. That's just depressing in itself. I can def. see people have seasonal depression.

 

This morning it was cereal, half a bagel, and a banana. This afternoon (yes I did plan) is a low-carb/multigrain wrap with turkey, tomato and some fruit on the side.

 

Mom bought some canned tuna and chicken with flavor, so I think I might make some tuna or chicken salad tonight to eat in the wraps too. Light on the Light Mayo of course!

[Jesscap5]

Those are excellent choices Brooke! Stick too it and I gurantee you'll see the pounds drop! :D

 

I had half an english muffin from dunkin donuts (was running late had no time to eat at home) toasted with tablespoon peanut butter. About three quarters cup of Lite N ' Fit yogurt and a coffee with half n half and 2.5 splendas. I think I will skip the half n half next time and go with just milk or something because the cream really bothers my stomach.

 

Lunch will be a Greek chicken wrap (grilled chicken) with no onions, no chips and the dressing on the side. Yum!

 

We'll see what it will be for dinner tonight. I'm walking but only for like 20 min. I have no motivation to go up the 40 minute hills and I just cannot seem to wake up early enough to go walking! :mad:

[brooklynfc]

Oh my guys....I'm sooooo tired! I need caffeine!

 

On a good note thought, yesterday was pretty good. We actually had a surprise donor visit yesterday, so we ended up going to our Dinner Theatre performance and lunch on campus. I did good though. I took 1/4 servings of everything (there were only like 5 trays on the buffet) and I didn't eat all of my portions and skipped the fried chicken.

 

I ate a grilled cheese (dbl fiber bread) and homemade veggie/beef soup (only a cup) then I did snack on some bbq fritos and had two ice pops, but I didn't go over. I didn't get all my water in yesterday though. 4 hours spent dining and watching made that difficult, then I had to stay late to finish a report for the President.

 

Going back to the chiro tomr. to do a check on why the nerve in my leg is still causing problems.

 

Thanks for all the help and encouragement, knowing I'm not alone makes each day a little easier.

[HappyRev]

Hi Everybody,

 

I've been reading through this thread and it is nice to know that I am not all that unique.

 

I am also working to change my eating habits and trying to get to a "healthier mini-me" that is hidden somewere deep inside of me. Thanx for sharing...

[Jesscap5]

Hello HappyRev! Come on' in! :D

 

Last night I went walking for 1 mile on the track then went for Thai with my friend. I forget if I snacked on anything last night...oh yess I bought a reese's peanut butter cup (two pack) at CVS..although I saw a whole bag of fun size snickers on sale for .84¢! I was sooo tempted I kept going back to the clearance but at least I made a better choice.

 

Today has been a turkey, bacon and cheddar flat bread at dunkins (first time I've ever tried one), my usual coffee, 6inch at subway and now I'm snacking on 100cal mini bag of popcorn.

 

I guess I'll be snacking on popcorn for awhile since I recently bought 23 boxes! :eek: LOL

[HappyRev]

Hi Jesscap!

 

At this time I am on a South Beach 1.5 (I am on modified phase 1 but not quite as free as South Beach 2).

 

So I am abstaining of sugar and carbs but I allow myself some fruit... My wife and I are sailing in September... What about you?

[Jesscap5]

I have never done south beach, right now I am just trying to cut back my overall food/ calorie/ sugar intake so I can lose the weight I need too to have my surgery.

 

Currently I am in the process of booking a January 2010 group cruise. :D

[brooklynfc]

Hey Rev,

 

I posted so quick this morning I didn't even see you!

 

I did good today. I ate two hamburgers for dinner...I know I could have done just one. But I used the george Forman grill and instead of having a whole serving of chips or fries with it I took a few pieces of fritos and put them on each hamburger for a little crunch. Then of course I had a sweet tooth and of course we have an abundance of sweets in the house right now. I went for the poptart and a glass of milk. Now here is where I made a small step today.....I ate the one poptart and went to eat the second....took a little bite off the edge and then stopped and said to myself, "Is this poptart really worth going over my calories today?" Guess what the answer was???????? NO! I slipped it back in the wrapper and put it in a baggie for mom to eat later, lol. I also almost ate some more Fritos, but I asked the same question and put them back. I did go for a ice pop, but again.....so much the lesser evil.

 

Jess,

 

You are doing great on the walking! Dr. Oz was on Oprah for "Better Life" the other day and they had a list of things to do to get healthy...the number one was, start walking. Dr. Oz said its the most natural form of exercise for humans. So keep it up!

[HappyRev]

For those who want to track what they eat and really stay on track, I had very good luck with a website called 'the daily plate dot com'. It is now a partner of 'live strong dot com' but it you track what you eat and your exercise. Like I said, it really my husband and I lose our weight.

 

Thanx for that info. I registered to check it out and calculated my daily calories... Looks like a good tool to help monitor progress

[brooklynfc]

I'm so over this nerve in my leg! I'm uterly frustrated, annoyed, and close to tears (not so much from pain) that it will not heal and exercise is getting harder and harder. The Chiro can't seem to fix it and its not extremely painful, buts its more like if someone kept pushing on a bruise all day, every min. Its that annoying and constitent pain that can break a person down.

 

I don't know what to do b/c diet alone will not make me, personally, lose weight.

 

I think I need to sleep on it...Oprah says sleep reduces stress and studies show that sleep is how your body resets its emotional status.

[HappyRev]

brooklynnfc,

I will keep you in my prayers...

[brooklynfc]

brooklynnfc,

I will keep you in my prayers...

 

Thank you Rev...could always use those.

[Nceremuga]

Your a strong girl Brooke I am confident you can make it through it. :) Remember to smile and laugh that helps your stress about it too. Thinking of ya.

[brooklynfc]

Thanks Nicole. Its just so aggravating. I forced myself on the bike last night though. It didn't hurt as much, but it wasn't pleasant. But I just couldn't let myself get comfortable with not exercising b/c that is a path that is much more dangerous.

 

This weekend was 1-1 for me. I was horrible on Saturday and didn't even know it. Sunday, I thought I was horrible and was just fine. Well, just fine as far as calories, not as good food choices go.

 

I did have a frosty on Friday. As I was headed to the chiro to try and fix my leg, again, I couldn't get it out of my head. I kept saying, "You have 100 calorie Skinny Cow chocolate bars at home and you don't have to spend money to get one." Well, that worked for a while, but as I got closer to Wendy's it wasn't happening. However, I ordered a small and I relished ever bite. Normally, I'd inhale it and probably not really taste it. This time if I was going to spend the calories I was going to enjoy every single slurp. And it was good and after that I didn't want sweets all weekend.

 

I'm toying with going back to weight watchers. Its a program that really works, if SOME people (and by some I mean me) could just not get lazy with the program. It really makes you think about what you are putting into your body. When I was on it before I used to think, "Well, I could have a cheeseburger for 10 points or I can eat a turkey wrap, a few chips, and 2 serving of fruit." The idea of more food for less or equal points always got me.

 

Started off my week and day crappy and I knew it, so no excuses. Chicken biscuit and a small Coke. I'm eating a turkey sandwich with a baked potato for lunch. I think a steamed chicken and veggies dinner tonight.

[Jesscap5]

Brooke, thanks for the encouragement ;)

 

I hope everything with your leg gets better soon so you can feel better and be able to excercise more.

 

This weekend I can exactly remember everything I had. I had a six inch sub from subway on saturday later was my sisters b-day party for dinner I had some sweet potato, baked beans, mac n' cheese and pasta stuff my aunt made with veggies...I only had a little of each.

 

After that I had no sugar added ice cream and cake my mom made out of sugar free jello and fat free cool whip..not healthy but "healthier" then regular cake.

 

We went to Chili's for fathers day I had a guiltless grilled chicken sandwhich on a wheat bun with fat free ranch dressing, veggies for the side. Had Water of course and no soda.

 

I did have some fig's this weekend (a few now and then) and I know I shouldn't have :o but I did have A LOT of popcorn so I wouldn't go too crazy with the fig's. (I say fig's but they are the fig cookies like fig newtons)

 

I did NOT walk this weekend so I am in desperate need of it today and the rest of the week if I am going to lose anything at all.

[brooklynfc]

Well, I haven't even put in what i ate yesterday, so I can't really tell you if it was a good or bad day according to calories, but I can tell you that I know I ate bad things for dinner.

 

Good News (I hope). I called the Chiro yesterday morning and he told me to come in that afternoon. Funny story: He thought I was almost in tears on the phone, but I was having an allergy attack from my parents tearing down the sheet rock in our living room. Anyway, he put me in the "bad room" which is the manipulation table that drops out from under your lower body. He stretched me and pulled me and all kinds of stuff. Then he pulled out the Ultrasound. He had to explain to me how it was different from the ones they use for babies,lol. The good news is that even though I was really sore and my leg was weak (its kinda like at the end stages of healing for a sprang) it wasn't the same pain I was having. I was really careful with my leg and back all evening, keeping it up on a pillow and ice'in it. I couldnt' sleep on that side b/c it felt like I was bruised on that thigh. Then, of course I had to wake up this morning and it was fine until I sat down to get dressed and went to stand up and put too much pressure on that leg. I felt the pull again, bleh! So I layed back down in the bed and rested and it helped and it feels a little better now. The chiro said 24hrs, so I'm holding my breath. I really want this too work, not just for exercise reasons and so forth, but the chiro said that the next step is........Pregnozon (sp)!!!!!! OH NOOOOOOOOO NOOO NOOOO, I have enough weight problems I don't need to be on that stuff. He said he didn't want to, but he couldn't risk damage. So please pray that doesn't happen!

 

Thanks for all the encouragement!

[Jesscap5]

You are in my thoughts and prayers Brooke. :)

[brooklynfc]

Hey guys,

 

Its a better day in my world. It seems the therapy worked. I'm still not 100%, but I'll take 75%. I tried the bike last night, but could only do 7 mins at a slow pace, so I thought I should just give it a few more days. More good news is that I haven't gained any weight since I haven't been able to exercise!

 

Well, this morning was an egg, 2 slices of bacon, a little bit of mayo on a whole wheat bagel, banana, and vanilla yogurt. The bagel was at home and the rest when I got to work. I've been craving soda lately. I slipped at drank some of my dad's soda (not diet), so I thought my best solution was to go buy some Coke Zero in cans. But I keep them at work and only put one can in the fridge at a time, so to limit my intake. And I still have to drink my three liters of water a day.

 

Lunch is going to be leftover veg/deer soup. Mom makes it with crushed tomatoes and deer, canned veggies and adds potatoes, so its not that bad. I also brought some of the homemade pickles my mom made from cucumbers in our garden, a fruit cup and a tbsp of M & M's for my sweet tooth craving lately. Yes, and its really a tbsp!

 

Dinner, last night, was grilled cheese and tortilla chips with a pickle. Ice pop for dessert, lol.

 

I hope you guys are doing well too.

 

Jess,

 

How's the walking...its always been tough for me b/c I live on a dirt road and for someone clumsy like me, its dangerous and I'm not likely to go downtown and walk the sidewalks with ppl watching me. Ever tried that DVD of walking at home? I know I heard about it somewhere....you walk in your house to the DVD.

 

Nicole,

 

I hope you had a great birthday! My birthday is def. my let loose day. I don't even try to be good on my birthday.

[Jesscap5]

No I haven't tried that DVD. I have a wii though and was thinking to get the Wii fit and I think there is a new one out also. Heard those work great. It's not the best form of excercise..but for us gals I think it would definitley help.

 

Walking is tough. My friend has been bailing on me because of some family issue's sooo I am trying hard to push myself to go anyway even if it's not very far. I've been going up a couple hills on my road (paved)..my mom says I've been coming back at a quicker time. It would at first take me 20 min now it takes 10-15..maybe because I just want to hurry up and get it over with. LOL.

 

I have been stopping up the hills less but even though it's not enough time I am putting in - I am still sweating my butt off when I get home..it's not easy for someone who's way over 300lbs.

 

Seriously- I feel like I'm not losing any weight. I haven't weighed myself but I feel like it's nothing. :(

[brooklynfc]

No I haven't tried that DVD. I have a wii though and was thinking to get the Wii fit and I think there is a new one out also. Heard those work great. It's not the best form of excercise..but for us gals I think it would definitley help.

 

Walking is tough. My friend has been bailing on me because of some family issue's sooo I am trying hard to push myself to go anyway even if it's not very far. I've been going up a couple hills on my road (paved)..my mom says I've been coming back at a quicker time. It would at first take me 20 min now it takes 10-15..maybe because I just want to hurry up and get it over with. LOL.

 

I have been stopping up the hills less but even though it's not enough time I am putting in - I am still sweating my butt off when I get home..it's not easy for someone who's way over 300lbs.

 

Seriously- I feel like I'm not losing any weight. I haven't weighed myself but I feel like it's nothing. :(

 

Not to discourage you and maybe its not the wii you have, but my aunt got that wii fit with the board you stand on and she invited us over to try it. Well, since I'm the youngest of course I had to go first. You have to put in all your info and then it weighs you.....mmmmmmmmmmmm yep, sure enough I stepped on for it to weigh me and that stupid little "me" character on the screen tilted its head and said, "Oh." And then it wouldn't let me do any of the exercises.

 

I feel you on the losing part though. I feel like if I dropped 1500 calories off my diet I should have at least lost 10lbs by now. Mom suggested that b/c sometimes I have to estimate some of my food (not listed in my online journal) that I may be eating more calories than I think. But even then I should at least be cutting 1000. My friend Shata called me last night, she works for Verizon, they have a gym and trainers that you can use for only $15 a month out of your paycheck. She is telling me about her great work outs and how good it feels to get real sweaty etc. And I'm sitting there with my leg propped up on a pillow with ice on it. The sad thing is that I probably couldn't do the kind of exercise she does even if my leg was better. I used to get that on my treadmil, but mom towed it off to the storage building while we are re-doing our living room.

 

Last night my internal dialouge said to me: "I'm losing a battle that I was never winning in the first place." I just can't put my finger on why.

[brooklynfc]

Well, my friends I have jumped back on the Weight Watchers band wagon. My wallet will be a little tight this month until I can even it out next paycheck, but I said to myself, "This is your health and you can't spend money if you can't get out of bed to do it or if your dead, sooooo...."

 

I'm hoping that this time I will hit the 50lb mark. I always loose 30, but that 50lb marker will let me know that I can really make a go of it. Mom is jumping on the band wagon to help me. She told me that she is going to stop buying so many sweets for here and dad and when she does she is going to put them away, so at least they are out of sight, out of mind. I'm hoping I can talk her into, at least for the summer, going to the indoor pool we have here at the college with me and swimming. I know at least swimming will take the weight off my back and nerve. Being in a swim suit will be hard, but I guess it all can't be fun and games.

 

Oh, PS- had to go again for therapy this morning. The chiro says we are getting close to having to go to a specialist, so that the nerve doesn't die.

 

Things start to get less, "Okay, I can do this, lalalalalalalal." and more "Okay, I HAVE to do this." When even your co-workers are giving you that look and advice of "you really need to take care of yourself."

 

Anyway, I signed up for WW today and I've already eaten more than half my points. (I let my emotions choose breakfast since I had to rush out of the house in order to make the apt this morning.) And now I have to stay late at work and they are ordering pizza for us for dinner. I guess I should have started when I started a new day, but I hear all the time that the best time to start or start over is NOW! So NOW is the time. Let's see what I can do.

[Jesscap5]

Good luck to you Brooke! At least you know you can lose 30lbs. I've never lost more then like 17 pounds in a few months time frame and that was 6 years ago!

 

And speaking of work. It was hot and humid today and of course everyone decides to get Ice Cream and the local dairy two second down the street.

 

She asked me but I said no, then when she got back and I saw all the cones, soft serves, sundays I was drooling.

 

I want Ice Cream sooo bad right now but I can't bring myself there. :(

 

I wish I had access to an indoor pool. If I lived close to you - I'd go with you! ;)

 

I already had my fix today. I bought peanut M&M's. Ate 10 of them in the morning and 11 later. I have too have a chocolate "fix" or at least a sweet fix everyday, why? You know sometimes you stop craving bad food after you've been used too eating good food? Well I would have hoped by now I wasn't still craving bad food and especially chocolate, that's what's probably keeping me from losing.:(

[brooklynfc]

Okay, maybe starting NOW was a bad idea with half the day gone and my ww points, then I stay late at work and the food they provide is ......Pizza and Blizzards. But I'll be darned if I didn't finally get my brownie batter blizzard. But yes, I still counted it all. So today is new and hopefully much better.

 

Still can't exercise, but I have a long weekend so I plan to take it easy, which should speed up the healing process.

 

Hope you all have a good weekend!

[Mrs.C05]

Good morning everyone!!! Happy Friday!!!!

 

Last night we had Beef Stroganoff - 96/4 hamburger meat mixed with Lipton Stroganoff Pasta Sides....a much better version of Hamburger Helper, lol!!!

 

Tonight my brother is flying in from Atlanta and I'm excited! I haven't seen him since January. This weekend will be an entire weekend of partying, lol! Hopefully I won't get any hangovers and also, I can go jog it out or some sort of exercise!

 

What's everyone's plan for the weekend? Anything special?

[Jesscap5]

Good morning all!

 

My plans..well tonight my best friend and I are going to see Transformers after she gets out of work. Seeing movies is our "thing". We also do go out to eat a lot but most always order healthy or "healthier" choices. She is a vegatarian and always eats healthy so even if I were too even have something bad I feel guilty - so being with her is a PLUS! :)

 

 

Tomorrow I'm not sure. I do know that my cousin is having a grand opening of her new resturant called "Out of the ordinary" it's like a pizza shop but soo much better. She has lots of healthy food and the set up inside is beautiful. She has a lounge area with crystal chandeliers, couch and flat screen tv. I'm so proud and excited for her!

 

Then I plan on visiting family while I am in the area, my grandparents and my Aunt who is dying of cancer (she found out in Dec she was in the last stage of lung cancer that spread to her brain)

 

Otherwise then that..we will see!

 

Hope you all have a great weekend as well.;)