Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Trim the Fat: Almost There

Trim the Fat: Almost There: So today was an okay eating day. I just need to stay out of cafeteria at school. I did have a salad for lunch, but then went and got ice...

Almost There

So today was an okay eating day.  I just need to stay out of cafeteria at school.  I did have a salad for lunch, but then went and got ice-cream.  On my way home, I did not stop at some fast food place.  But I did go out for dollar taco’s…  So I’m back in it tonight, and I’m not snacking (or at least I haven’t yet) 
I would like to say THANK YOU to Stephen Robertson and Diane Discher for the great suggestions when it comes to eating.  I’ve already started with Diane’s ideas:  I’m making a bored bucket, I’m going to be writing down things to do to keep me busy—things I would normally put off or not do (which is a lot) some items I have so far are: extra work outs, organizing my closets, cleaning my bath tub, working a head at school.  So when I’m feeling bored I am going to get into my bored bucket and pull out an activity to do, instead of eating.  What do you do to stay out of the fridge?like do 10 push
Ups, or 10 sit-ups and wrote all these little tasks down on pieces of paper and put them in a jar so whenever I felt bored I had to take a piece of paper from the jar and I had to do whatever it said. If I was still bored I would do another. It was helpful - often to avoid some of the things in the jar I would come up with other things to do and then I didn't need the jar to distract me and make me be productive.
like do 10 push
Ups, or 10 sit-ups and wrote all these little tasks down on pieces of paper and put them in a jar so whenever I felt bored I had to take a piece of paper from the jar and I had to do whatever it said. If I was still bored I would do another. It was helpful - often to avoid some of the things in the jar I would come up with other things to do and then I didn't need the jar to distract me and make me be productive.like do 10 push
Ups, or 10 sit-ups and wrote all these little tasks down on pieces of paper and put them in a jar so whenever I felt bored I had to take a piece of paper from the jar and I had to do whatever it said. If I was still bored I would do another. It was helpful - often to avoid some of the things in the jar I would come up with other things to do and then I didn't need the jar to distract me and make me be productive.
I’ve reading lots of blogs on people who also are struggling with weight loss, or where struggling.   And shocking it’s the same story: Woman is fat, tired of being fat, crash diets, does all the trendy diets, and then one day saw themselves really saw themselves.  This just happened to me; I was standing in line with my oldest sister and looked at the two of use in a mirror.  WOW!  I knew I was fat but dang; it looks like I ate her and put on a Jennifer mask with blonde highlights. 
My question tonight is; when you picture yourself doing something what do you look like?  I see myself as a college freshman. 


Determination

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Peace with Food

I don't think I will ever be at peace with food, I mean I LOVE food!  I eat when I'm happy, when I'm bored, when I'm mad, when I'm sad, or worse when I think I should be hungry.  I eat whenever I feel a type of emotion, and anyone who has ever had a conversation with me knows I'm a pretty emotional person!  So anyone who has struggled with being an emotional eater, what helps you? 

My goal this week is this: I need to come to peace with food.  I need to find something else to reward myself with or make me feel better, because food cannot do any of that for me!  So today, I'm going to start a new hobby, walking.  I enjoy, I've been doing it for around 28 years, so I'm pretty good at it.  And I did buy an awesome ski coat for a football game last year, which could double as a bad ass walking coat.  So today I finally download the runtastic app.  I typically walk at park, but it's not exactly close to where I live, so I'm going to walk in my neighborhood, it does have sidewalks.  The one good thing about the park, one lap around is a mile.  But I'm not sure if they shovel it during the winter. 

On another note, I had an okay eating day, not great but bad.  I did go to boot camp!  The bad news or good news is depending on how you look at it, I was moved into the hard class.  I feel like I don't get the same work out in the hard class as I did in the easy class.  I know this sounds strange, but in the smaller class we did a lot of crunches, etc.  In the hard class it's full out boot camp stuff, with running... LOTS of running, bear crawls, and lots of other exercisers that I can't remember.  With the easy class, I never gave up, worked and worked, but the hard class I find myself giving up or not doing things full out.  So I plan on going back on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.  Forget this Saturday morning stuff.  I like to sleep in!  Although someone in the hard class did tell me it takes about a month to do everything full out.  I found myself saying out loud, WILL POWER.  It got me through the drill.
Change your diet        Bahaha love this, I'm buying letters tonight!        Not hungry

Monday, November 28, 2011

Nothing new...

I have tried to write this several times tonight, and nothing is coming to me... Writer's block???  Overal an okay day with eating.  I did great during the day, but I came home from school and I ate crap, went Jimmy Johns (it was slim though).  I find that some days it's hard during school, and some days it's hard after school.  Tomorrow I'm going to bootcamp, and I won't want to eat before, so I will make it a plan not to out!  This is my December motivation.  And please tell me what motivates you, because I need something to light a fire under my butt, you would think getting married would!

I promise.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Day 2...Of being back.

Well today was another good day.  I had an overall good day with eating and even went to the Zumba!  Man I was never the star of the show in HS with dancing, but dang the Zumba was more than this 28 year old could take!  I was definitely the uncoordinated one there.
As for eating, I stuck to Jenny Craig for most of the day.  It does get hard at school, when they have cakes, brownies, and cookies all around.  I try never to go downstairs in the teachers’ lounge because that’s where the food typically hangs out…  Tomorrow will be the challenge I’m going to a basketball game and I’m going out for drinks.  So hopefully I will walk enough to work off the calories of the pre-thanksgiving drinks… 
My motivation this week is my health, my future wedding dress, and pictures.

Pinned Image
This is not me, but hey it does motivate me!  And maybe I'll get to be the person on the Jenny Craig posters along with all the famous people!

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Trim the Fat: I'm back

Trim the Fat: I'm back: Well since I’ve been gone a lot has happened to me, to get in my motivation… I got engaged. So that means I will be getting married this J...

I'm back

Well since I’ve been gone a lot has happened to me, to get in my motivation… I got engaged.  So that means I will be getting married this June.  As I’m typing this the song, Here Comes the Bride, is in my head and the lyrics ‘all fat and wide’ is what keeps replaying.  I do not want this song to be true of this bride! 
What am I doing???  I’m going to bootcamp, although this week, I won’t be going at all, I typically go three times a week.  This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and I haven’t given up.  (maybe because I’m afraid if I don’t show-up Brain will yell at me) So needless to say I’m moving, which right now is number one.  I’m also going to attempt to get my big butt to Zumba that a friend of my mine at school is putting on.  I did walking competition with school, not sure how I did but I did get a gift card and was told that I was one of the people that walked over 26 miles.  As for my eating…I will talk about that tomorrow.   I’m still working at the Jenny Craig.
I’m going to try to continue to walk everywhere.  I was doing a great job in September to walk about three miles a day, but I need to step that up and walk five miles a day.  So I’m looking for a walking partner, I’m afraid I’ll have to join a gym to get a walking buddy, and to walk indoors.