AmyT's Journal (Comments Definitely Welcome!)

[eeyore25]

Way to go on the cheat free!!!! And on not weighing yourself. My boss told me that his doctor said that it was good to weigh yourself everyday. Reason being if you gained something yesterday, you knew exactly what you ate so that you could start to watch it! I don't know if that is good or not, I still don't weight myself everyday.

Hope you are having a wonderful day!

Keep up the good work!

 

[lovinaz]

Another successful day – no cheating and no weighing! Tomorrow I will get to “officially” report my weight. TOM has finally left me alone, and I usually drop a couple lbs from that. My wish is to be at 135 (my July 1 pre-vacation weight) but I will take whatever I get. I feel like I’ve lost a pound or two, so that is a good sign! July has been a month of self-destruction and recovery (weight-wise, that is) and I can’t wait to start August with a clean slate! And I think I learned my lesson – stick to the plan as much as possible while on vacation next time!!! A small splurge is fine, but a weeklong binge is not… Today:

B-Yogurt; ½ c. LF Granola; Banana
L-Salad (Romaine, 2 LF String Cheese, LF Dressing); 17 Soy Crisps; DC
S#1-Grapes
S#2-Strawberries
D-Pork Chop; Pasta Roni; Cauliflower; FF Pudding
WORKOUT-Treadmill 5 min Intervals @ 4.5mph jog, 5.5mph run (40 min)
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Jamie-I always thought that weighing myself everyday would help me stay on track, but all it does is stress me out! I get depressed when the scale goes up 1lb when I have eaten perfectly the day before. For me it is usually all over the place. I hope the weekly weighing will help because I won't have to worry about the daily fluctuations, and if I see a loss (or gain - gasp!) I will know it is most likely the real thing. Thanks for your support!

Chris-Thanks for the words of encouragement!

 

[lovinaz]

I weighed in at 136 today!!! I was a little bummed that I didn’t make it to my goal of 135, but I tried my snug jeans on and they fit just fine! And we all know that is a WAY better indicator than the scale, right? I also feel thinner, which is a lovely feeling… When I think of the 6 lbs I gained on vacation, it makes me really mad. If I would NOT have gained that vacation weight and still lost the 5 lbs I did in July, my weight would now be at 130… I am going to make a mental note to come back before my next trip and read how frustrated I was trying to take off those vacation lbs. Hopefully that will make me understand the importance of not falling off the deep end! I know I shouldn’t dwell on it (can’t change the past), and I won’t, but I want to document how disappointed I am in myself for that senseless gaining, and also how proud I am in myself for taking it off and not giving up! I could not have done it without the support of everyone here, thanks so much!

We are going to the movies (War of the Worlds) and to Outback tomorrow. I am scheduling in some popcorn (I am only having a piece of toast at breakfast and no carbs besides the popcorn for the rest of the day). I will eat more shrimp than usual at dinner (we usually split the grilled shrimp appetizer but that is only 3 shrimps each - I will get my own shrimp and skip my beloved baked potato soup!) I am SUPER motivated to stay on track! This weekend should not (I hope) be hard to stay cheat-free now that the scale is moving and there is hope after all!

I am really going to try to meet my weekend exercise goals. My kids will be gone and we don’t have anything planned except for Saturday evening. I have no excuse not to… Today:

B-Yogurt; ½ c. LF Granola; Cantaloupe
L-Salad (Romaine, 2 Egg Whites, Cheese, LF Dressing); 2 Rice Cakes; DC
S#1-Strawberries
S#2-Blueberries
D-Chicken; Rice-A-Roni; Cauliflower; FF Pudding
WORKOUT-Pilates (25 min), Weights (15 min)

Sat:
B-Egg Beaters; Toast-n-Butter; Blueberries
S#1-Grapes
L-Salad (Romaine, Chicken, Cheese, LF Dressing); DC
S#2-Carrots; Movie Theater Popcorn
D@Outback-Shrimp; 2 Martinis
WORKOUT-Elliptical (40 min), Swimming (30 min)

Sun:
B-Egg Beaters; Toast-n-Butter; Cantaloupe
S#1-Apple
L-Salad (Romaine, 2 Egg Whites, Cheese, LF Dressing); Pretzels; DC
S#2-Pineapple; 100 Calorie Pack
D-Salmon; Corn; Bread-n-Butter; 3 Crème Savers
WORKOUT-Pilates (40 min), Weights (15 min), Swimming (30 min)

 

[Cruise04]

Sorry that the loss wasn't what you wanted but - BRAVO - on the loss anyway!!!! You did good staying off the scale and staying as much on program as you did!!!! You did very good and should be very proud of yourself - don't think of the what if's, think of the how I'll feels!!!!!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[eeyore25]

Amy,

That is great news on your weight. Almost to your goal!!! Don't beat yourself up about it though, you are doing a great job.

I am so with you on weighting myself everyday. I just can't seem to do it either. I like to do it once a week and that is good. I know what I eat throughout the week, so I know that if I gain, I can just go back and look at what I did wrong!

Hope you get all your exercise in this weekend....

Have a great, healthy weekend

 

[lovinaz]

Can you believe it is August already? Where has the summer gone?!?!? I weighed myself this morning (and yes, my pathetic self got on the scale both Sat AND Sun!) to get my starting 5 for August weight. It is 137! That is interesting since I weighed in at 135 yesterday morning… Obviously I cannot prevent myself from stepping on the scale everyday, so I am going to change my goal to not worrying about the daily fluctuations and just “officially” counting my weight every Friday. Does that make sense?!?

This weekend I did GREAT! I stuck to the plan on everything, except exercising on Sunday. I am no longer going to schedule exercise on Sunday, that way if I am too busy I won’t feel guilty about skipping it. And if I do exercise, GREAT, it will be an added bonus! I got my swimming in on Saturday though! I also behaved myself at Outback by only having grilled shrimp (no bread, no potato soup, no dessert). I am extremely motivated to lose 10 lbs by the time we go to Mexico at the end of Sept. I think that is an obtainable goal, don’t you? It is 2 months from now. That is a little more than 1 lb per week. I can do it!!!!!!!! For today:

B-Yogurt; ½ c. LF Granola; Cantaloupe
L-Salad (Romaine, Chicken, Cheese, LF Dressing); 2 Rice Cakes; DC
S#1-Grapes
S#2-Blueberries
D-Salmon; Rice-A-Roni; Cauliflower; 3 Crème Savers
WORKOUT-Elliptical (40 min)

 

[eeyore25]

You're right, you can do it!!!!

Congrats on doing such a good time this weekend! I hear ya on exercising on Sunday. I usually use that day as my rest day. I don't totally fall off of anything, but I don't work out. Come Monday, I am more than ready to get going again!

Keep up the good work Amy!

 

[lillygator]

Hi!
I definitely think it is an obtainable goal!! Keep it up and you will be there before long!

 

[Jane E.]

Amy, great idea making your vacation a checkpoint for your next weightloss goal. You'll be able to do it because you're really motivated, working out & watching your food intake. Its amazing how much of a difference 10lbs can make. Hang in there!

I don't have scales because I would obsess about them too. I weigh myself at the grocery store. The only problem is that anyone walking by can read your weight. UGH! Why do they make the numbers so LARGE? It won't be so bad when I get down to the 120s but right now - AACCKK!

 

[lovinaz]

I signed up for 1100 minutes on the exercise challenge. It is 100 more minutes than July, hopefully I will be successful. It is so quiet with the kids gone. I enjoy having them go visit their dad every other weekend – it is just enough time to start to miss them, then they come back – but they will be gone for almost 2 weeks and I’m not thrilled about it! Plus I spend too much $$ when they are gone, since I have all this free time to go shopping! I bought myself 2 pairs of pants and 2 pairs of shorts and they are all Size 6! So even though the scale doesn’t necessarily show it, I have definitely slimmed down because I was practically busting out of my 6’s at the beginning of the summer.

DB’s friend from England is here visiting and we will most likely be going out to dinner tonight (don’t you just love last minute plans?!?). I will know after lunch whether or not we will be going. It is going to be hard to find something healthy because it sounds like we will be going for Mexican. I have no idea which restaurant but I’m sure it will be an authentic one (many to choose from here in AZ), which usually has everything dripping with lard… Hopefully they will have fajitas which are probably the most healthy thing available at that type of place. I am allergic to beans (I know, it’s weird) so unfortunately that really narrows my choices at a Mexican restaurant! I will have to make a mental effort to avoid the chips-n-salsa (which I’ve done twice now so it isn’t so bad)! For now the plan is:

B-Yogurt; ½ c. LF Granola; Cantaloupe
L-Salad (Romaine, 2 LF String Cheese, LF Dressing); 17 Soy Crisps; DC
S#1-Grapes
S#2-Strawberries
D@home-Steak on the Barbie; Pasta Roni; Green Beans; 3 Crème Savers
---OR---
D@Mexican-Chicken or Steak Fajitas w/1 Tortilla; 1 Margarita
WORKOUT-Cardio Pilates (40 min); Weights/Ball Work (15 min)
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Jamie, liligator, Jane - THANKS A BUNCH for the words of encouragement! It means so much to have a cheering section, it really makes me feel like I CAN do it!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Amy,

Good luck tonight on dinner. Mexican is my favorite and I have a hard time with portion control because I so totally love it!

Congrats on gettin the new clothes....and them fitting. That is great! I love that feeling when my clothes get too big and I am able to fit into something smaller!!!!

Keep up the good work, you are doing great!

 

[karynnix]

I, too, have a love/hate relationship with the scale. I know exactly what you are talking about!! I did get a new idea from your journal tonight. I LOVE egg whites, so I'm going to start putting them in my salads this week!!

 

[Cruise04]

Hope your dinner went well no matter what you had. I found out last week that I have a hard time with mexican too - I love the usual that I get but next time will try to either not eat the whole thing or get fajitas, which I love also. The bad thing I have is I do like the beans - A LOT!!!

Good job on getting into the better sized clothing. BRAVO!!! Sorry your scale was cruel but I think it's a good idea to do what you plan on doing. I'm trying to stay off the scale more but it's hard. Why is it so hard for us women to stay off the scale??? Although I do have to say I catch my husband getting on it more than I thought I would too.

Keep on
Chris

 

[lovinaz]

I really struggled to stay cheat-free yesterday, but I managed… My brain was somewhere it hadn't been in a while - a snacking frenzy! I held it off by heating up the can of peas-n-carrots that I was going to make for dinner and eating half the can. Hey, I was going to eat it at dinner anyway, right?!? And I’m off to a good start on my exercise challenge. I didn’t get my weights in, but I did the Cardio Pilates DVD that I ordered from Blockbuster Online (thanks for the idea, Jane E!). It was OK – 30 minutes of Pilates followed by 15 minutes of a very low-impact cardio routine. I will do it again on Thursday then send it back and get a different one.

We did not go out to dinner last night, so tonight we are going on a date!! We are finally going to use the Christmas gift certificates my brother got us for California Pizza Kitchen. I’ve already researched the menu and I am going to get a ½ order of the Chicken BBQ Salad (no black beans, extra jicama), 1 piece of bread w/butter (if it comes with bread, I can’t remember), and 1 cocktail. And here is the best part – we are going to go to Cheesecake Factory for dessert!!!!!!!!! I cheesecake!!!!!! Of course I will probably get sick to my stomach since I haven’t eaten anything that sweet in so long, but I don’t care, it will be worth every bite!!!!! Maybe I’ll save ½ for another time (ya, right!), but if not, OH WELL, this is a rare splurge and I think I’ve done so well this past month that I deserve it!! And if I gain a pound, I’m not going to worry about it - it will go away in a couple days, right? So here is the plan of attack:

B-Yogurt; ½ c. LF Granola; Banana
L-Salad (Romaine, 2 Egg Whites, Cheese, LF Dressing); DC
S#1-Apple
S#2-Strawberries
D@CPK-½ order BBQ Chicken Salad; 1 pc Bread w/Butter; 1 Cocktail; ♥Cheesecake♥
WORKOUT-Elliptical (40 min)
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Jamie, thanks for your constant encouragement, it means so much!

Karyn, I am glad some of my advice is useful to you, it makes me feel so good knowing that I might actually be helping someone!

Chris, I think I am just going to give up my battle with the scale. I will continue to weigh myself once a day, but only "count" what it says on Fridays! I don't know why, but it always feels like something is missing if I don't weigh myself. It is nice to know it is more of a widespread phenomenon than I would have thought!

 

[lajones81]

Thank your kind note! I really appreciate it!

Lisa

 

[eeyore25]

Amy,

You are most welcome!

Great plan for tonight. I love the Cheesecake Factory, not for the cheesecake though! I love the spicy chicken sandwich and the french fries dipped in Mayo!!!! YUM!!! I have not had it in almost 2 months though!

You have the right attitude, if you gain, it will go away. No need to worry and besides you have been doing faboulus so it is okay to spluge a little!

Congrats on staying away from the snacks. You did it!!!! How great does that feel!

Have a great time tonight!!!!!

 

[Jane E.]

Have fun at the Cheesecake Factory. Our town doesn't have one so I've never been but I've heard great things about it. I haven't had chocolate cheesecake in years! Looks like you're doing a great job, especially with those workouts! I love being able to try workouts without having to buy the dvds. So far, I've rented two different workouts but I have about 3 more on my list. Last week I went to the local Goodwill and picked up 2 videos - one was an old Cory Everson workout & the other was a newer yoga workout. I hate spending full retail when I'm not even sure I'll like the workout. Have fun on your date!

 

[lovinaz]

Boy, I guess I am not used to eating that much food anymore! I did eat more than I planned on – I had 3 chicken sesame ginger wontons (small) for an appetizer, my ½ order salad and 1 small piece of grilled chicken & roasted potato pizza w/white wine & lemon butter sauce on honey wheat crust (yum). I also had 2 small pieces of sourdough with butter and a pina colada. I got the cheesecake to go since I couldn’t have possibly enjoyed it as much as it deserved right after eating that much. But I managed to dig in about an hour after getting home. I got the chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake and , it was SO DELICIOUS!!!!!!! DB got the brownie sundae cheesecake, I don’t know which one was better. However, my body betrayed me! I really did get an upset stomach and I had to take about a ½ hour break before I could finish the rest of my dessert (I wanted to have a 1 day splurge – NO LEFTOVERS!). I was pretty miserable for a while…

So now I have that out of my system. Do I feel guilty about splurging? No, because I haven’t splurged like that since I got back from vacation last month. Did I gain any weight because of it? NOPE. The scale still hates me, but it was the same number from the day before (and the day before and the day before…). I am definitely thinner than I used to be, so I am not going to let that pesky little scale bother me ANYMORE. I will officially report my weight tomorrow for my Friday weekly weigh-in.

I am going to attempt something I haven’t done before – go to the gym and do the elliptical, then come back and do Pilates and weights. We are going camping this weekend and I will not be scheduling any exercise for Sat or Sun, so I want to try to get as much in this week as I can. If I just do elliptical and skip Pilates, that will be fine. This is a stretch goal. As long as I get at least 50 minutes of something in, I’ll be happy. Today:

B-Yogurt; ½ c. LF Granola; Banana
L-Salad (Romaine, 2 LF String Cheese, LF Dressing); 17 Soy Crisps; DC
S#1-Grapes
S#2-Pineapple
D-Pork Chops; Pasta Roni; Broccoli; FF Pudding
WORKOUT-Elliptical (40 min); Cardio Pilates (45 min); Weights (15 min)

 

[karynnix]

It's funny how you get used to eating less food. I can't eat fried food anymore because it makes me sick for DAYS!! But it's sooooo good! Cheesecake is a huge temptation for me, so I try not to get it except for special occasions! You are doing a great job!! Have a good weekend!

 

[daisy_77]

I love the elliptical...so much better than running! Pilates is also a favorite. It sounds like your body is enjoying the more healthy foods : I think you are doing a great job-Keep up the great work!