The weekend has been hit and miss for success on sticking with my health goals, but I will be back at it all the way tomorrow. I am going to keep making progress this time. The last few days have been busy with birthday festivities for my youngest (age 12) and finishing up the big projects from the term.
I think I am about done with homework. I have one more assignment...due next Sunday and I think that is about it, yay!
My fibromyalgia is really kicking my butt this weekend too...way more than normal, not sure what that is all about, but I really hope this flare up doesn't last long. I really need to get in better shape for full time student teaching and hope for less flare ups:(
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Its been awhile...
I could use homework and the insanity of this term for my excuse for not blogging, but the real truth is that I have been off my program for improving my health and didn't feel like blogging about improving my health when I wasn't....
So, I got back to it on Monday and have lost 5 pounds, so I am back down to the lowest I've been yet this year! Now, if i can just stick with it, I can start making progress. but, overall, I have lost 14 pounds since Christmas. That isn't bad. I know I could have lost a lot more if I hadn't faltered, but I need to keep trying, otherwise, I am giving up and losing hope for becoming healthy!
I know I am not the only person to struggle with staying on a weight loss program, if that were the case, there wouldn't be so many programs and so much money being made on them, while we continue to have the obesity issue there is today. This program is designed to be an easy one to stick with, but life still happens. We still have temptations and stresses that lead us to make a poor choice, which leads to another and another. I think the more people we see in our lives that find a way to be successful in their efforts to get healthy, the more we can find hope in our lives. I hope that i will be able to keep getting myself back on my program until I find the healthy life I am looking for so that I can inspire others to make the same changes in their lives.
I've decided to try not to focus on how much I have to lose overall and just set little goals along the way and that each goal will be a success, then my goal is to keep that little bit off and just chip away at it until I make it. so to be brutally honest, I have gotten myself below 200 and have kept that off since the first week of january...first goal is down and successfully kept off, even when I faltered. so my next goal is to get well under 190 so that I can make the goal of never crossing that line again! so at 191 this morning, I only have a few pounds to go to be under that mark, but I will have to get to at least 185 to feel like I am safely below the 190 mark and that is my goal right now!
I have my daughters 12th bday coming up on Saturday and I spent a lot of time considering that. I thought about not getting back on track until after her bday, but didn't want to wait that long, thought about struggling through her party and all the food and figured I wouldn't be successful at it or else I would, only to "mess up" shortly after due to feeling deprived....neither option felt right, so i decided to think about the long term and realize that party's will happen in life and a little splurge at a party shouldn't be a problem as long as the rest of my life I am sticking with the plan....so I set limits on what i eat during her party and will mostly stay on my plan, but I will enjoy a SMALL slice of her cake and a piece of pizza with dinner. That is my splurge and I will enjoy it guilt free....then i am done with it and just continue on my program as if it didn't happen. I think in the long run that will result in my doing better and being able to stick to my health goals better.
Hopefully that is the right decision and should know more by Sunday! Better go tackle this homework now, just wanted to get back to blogging and set my accountability back up!
So, I got back to it on Monday and have lost 5 pounds, so I am back down to the lowest I've been yet this year! Now, if i can just stick with it, I can start making progress. but, overall, I have lost 14 pounds since Christmas. That isn't bad. I know I could have lost a lot more if I hadn't faltered, but I need to keep trying, otherwise, I am giving up and losing hope for becoming healthy!
I know I am not the only person to struggle with staying on a weight loss program, if that were the case, there wouldn't be so many programs and so much money being made on them, while we continue to have the obesity issue there is today. This program is designed to be an easy one to stick with, but life still happens. We still have temptations and stresses that lead us to make a poor choice, which leads to another and another. I think the more people we see in our lives that find a way to be successful in their efforts to get healthy, the more we can find hope in our lives. I hope that i will be able to keep getting myself back on my program until I find the healthy life I am looking for so that I can inspire others to make the same changes in their lives.
I've decided to try not to focus on how much I have to lose overall and just set little goals along the way and that each goal will be a success, then my goal is to keep that little bit off and just chip away at it until I make it. so to be brutally honest, I have gotten myself below 200 and have kept that off since the first week of january...first goal is down and successfully kept off, even when I faltered. so my next goal is to get well under 190 so that I can make the goal of never crossing that line again! so at 191 this morning, I only have a few pounds to go to be under that mark, but I will have to get to at least 185 to feel like I am safely below the 190 mark and that is my goal right now!
I have my daughters 12th bday coming up on Saturday and I spent a lot of time considering that. I thought about not getting back on track until after her bday, but didn't want to wait that long, thought about struggling through her party and all the food and figured I wouldn't be successful at it or else I would, only to "mess up" shortly after due to feeling deprived....neither option felt right, so i decided to think about the long term and realize that party's will happen in life and a little splurge at a party shouldn't be a problem as long as the rest of my life I am sticking with the plan....so I set limits on what i eat during her party and will mostly stay on my plan, but I will enjoy a SMALL slice of her cake and a piece of pizza with dinner. That is my splurge and I will enjoy it guilt free....then i am done with it and just continue on my program as if it didn't happen. I think in the long run that will result in my doing better and being able to stick to my health goals better.
Hopefully that is the right decision and should know more by Sunday! Better go tackle this homework now, just wanted to get back to blogging and set my accountability back up!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Work Sample done yet?
No way...so far to go, plus all the other homework and here I sit on facebook and doing my blog....
Well health wise, how am I doing? yesterday I took too much medication. Today I have been right on track with medication and my eating. I think I waited a little long for my dinner, but that is just how the day went. I did have a couple drinks with vodka (diet lemonade and then mixed in my orange drink from the program)....but havent given into all the party food here for Hailey and her friends.
Stress level is a little high, even with anti anxiety meds....but i am working on it.
I think after this weekend and I get through all the lessons I am teaching on Mondayand then all the assignments due on Tuesday, life will get a little easier...at least the school work won't be quite as stressful. although then i have that assignment due in a class that I just can't seem to get, but the work sample will be done and turned in!
Better get a little homework done before I go to bed, so much to do, I don't even know where to start:)
I did set a goal that I can't weigh in until next Friday or Saturday so that I don't get disappointed if i am not losing 3-4 pounds a day! I need to be realistic and shoot for that in a week, which is still an amzing amount...but looking daily was getting me down. I am so close to being under 190 for the first time since last year and probably was a year before that that I was there, so I don't want to miss the first day of getting there, but I need to keep motivated and it will be just as exciting on Friday of next week as it would be if I hit it on Wednesday and checked in then, but then I won't be disappointed if I step on the scale before that and haven't gotten there yet. I am sure I will be there by Friday, although I need to control my stress level better. We all know that stress can result in pounds not coming off....
Well health wise, how am I doing? yesterday I took too much medication. Today I have been right on track with medication and my eating. I think I waited a little long for my dinner, but that is just how the day went. I did have a couple drinks with vodka (diet lemonade and then mixed in my orange drink from the program)....but havent given into all the party food here for Hailey and her friends.
Stress level is a little high, even with anti anxiety meds....but i am working on it.
I think after this weekend and I get through all the lessons I am teaching on Mondayand then all the assignments due on Tuesday, life will get a little easier...at least the school work won't be quite as stressful. although then i have that assignment due in a class that I just can't seem to get, but the work sample will be done and turned in!
Better get a little homework done before I go to bed, so much to do, I don't even know where to start:)
I did set a goal that I can't weigh in until next Friday or Saturday so that I don't get disappointed if i am not losing 3-4 pounds a day! I need to be realistic and shoot for that in a week, which is still an amzing amount...but looking daily was getting me down. I am so close to being under 190 for the first time since last year and probably was a year before that that I was there, so I don't want to miss the first day of getting there, but I need to keep motivated and it will be just as exciting on Friday of next week as it would be if I hit it on Wednesday and checked in then, but then I won't be disappointed if I step on the scale before that and haven't gotten there yet. I am sure I will be there by Friday, although I need to control my stress level better. We all know that stress can result in pounds not coming off....
Friday, February 24, 2012
too much homework...again!
I did a little better this time by taking a few very short breaks periodically throughout the day, which helped with some with the pain, but not enough. I took too many pain meds and had to take too many anti anxiety meds. But days like the last two days are giving me hopes that I can begin having more and more days like those days and will be able to decrease my dependence on those pain and anxiety medicines. I am not sure if my bigger goal is to lose weight or to cut the dependence on medication...they are both tied together so much, its such a cycle, so if I cut back on one, I am sure I wil see improvement in the other. But not the frustration of dealing with this assignment.
I stayed with the plan all except a little vodka in sugar free lemondade...lol. So a little stress relieving splurge, but I am not going to let that get me off track. As of this morning I have lost 3 pounds! and I want to keep going! I am not looking forward to the homework tomorrow, but I can't wait until I get to go watch Hailey playing her games!
I am looking forward to a better day tomorrow!
I stayed with the plan all except a little vodka in sugar free lemondade...lol. So a little stress relieving splurge, but I am not going to let that get me off track. As of this morning I have lost 3 pounds! and I want to keep going! I am not looking forward to the homework tomorrow, but I can't wait until I get to go watch Hailey playing her games!
I am looking forward to a better day tomorrow!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
wow...is all I have to say...
I can't believe the amount of energy I have today and what a great mood I have been in all day...I haven't felt this good in a long time!
Yesterday, I took less pain meds that normal...what a great feeling to be able to do that even when they are available! Today I had a little more pain, but I stuck with the maximum amount without going over and even went on a walk anyway. It may be slow progress to my ultimate health goals, but I am slowly getting there, reducing reliance on medications and reducing my weight.
Still haven't weighed in since I restarted, guess I want to see a big loss:) I am going to try to wait until Saturday to weigh in, but the scale is calling...
Went to meeting tonight and learned more about this program and the importance of attaining better health and all the resources provided for success on this program...its awesome!
Yesterday, I took less pain meds that normal...what a great feeling to be able to do that even when they are available! Today I had a little more pain, but I stuck with the maximum amount without going over and even went on a walk anyway. It may be slow progress to my ultimate health goals, but I am slowly getting there, reducing reliance on medications and reducing my weight.
Still haven't weighed in since I restarted, guess I want to see a big loss:) I am going to try to wait until Saturday to weigh in, but the scale is calling...
Went to meeting tonight and learned more about this program and the importance of attaining better health and all the resources provided for success on this program...its awesome!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Energy!
Good thing my energy is back! I didn't sleep at all last night worrying about all my assignments that I have due this coming week and the work load over the weekend, so i thought this was going to be such a long difficult day....but I pretty much breezed right through it, not near as exhausted as the last two days!
I had a good morning teaching, then I worked all afternoon and got that caught up so i can focus on my school work the next couple of days...hopefully I can get most of it done tomorrow afternoon and Friday so i can enjoy Hailey's last tournament without taking any extra work with me! I want to enjoy my time there!
I stayed on my eating plan easily today and realized how nice its been not to have to worry about meals the last few days when life has been so crazy! I just prepare one meal with lean meat and veggies...pretty simple! the rest of the meals are all ready with minimal effort...perfect!
Now, hopefully, off to a great night sleep!
I had a good morning teaching, then I worked all afternoon and got that caught up so i can focus on my school work the next couple of days...hopefully I can get most of it done tomorrow afternoon and Friday so i can enjoy Hailey's last tournament without taking any extra work with me! I want to enjoy my time there!
I stayed on my eating plan easily today and realized how nice its been not to have to worry about meals the last few days when life has been so crazy! I just prepare one meal with lean meat and veggies...pretty simple! the rest of the meals are all ready with minimal effort...perfect!
Now, hopefully, off to a great night sleep!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
short and sweet...
Just checking in to say that I did great today. I ate all the right things, drank lots of water and even did a few situps and leg lifts!
And also to ask for prayer for the kids and I this coming week....so many big assignments are coming due and one of them I am really struggling with the concepts on it. If you could pray for me to have large enough chunks of time to get through all these big assignments that are due on Tuesday and be able to limit my stress level i would appreciate it. The kids have all struggled with my stress level at one point or another this term and I am really trying to keep it from affecting them, but I know it will this week when my time is going to be so limited and I want to give them all the attention and time that they need...just knowing people are praying for us this would would be really helpful!
thanks!
And also to ask for prayer for the kids and I this coming week....so many big assignments are coming due and one of them I am really struggling with the concepts on it. If you could pray for me to have large enough chunks of time to get through all these big assignments that are due on Tuesday and be able to limit my stress level i would appreciate it. The kids have all struggled with my stress level at one point or another this term and I am really trying to keep it from affecting them, but I know it will this week when my time is going to be so limited and I want to give them all the attention and time that they need...just knowing people are praying for us this would would be really helpful!
thanks!
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