Jamie's Journal (comments welcome please!)

[Mykelogan]

Hi Jamie,

Congrats on day #3 Cheat Free and big whoo-hooo over passing up the carrot cake! Way to go!!!!

Hope that you have a happy & healthy night!
Mike

 

[pearlieq]

You did a great job yesterday! Congrats!

Keep up the great work!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi all!!! How is everybody this fine day? It is crazy busy here again, so I am sorry but this is going to short again. I hope to get on later and read/post more in other journals too! If I can't get on later, I am SOOO Sorry

So yesterday was pretty good. I completed day 3 cheat free! I am on to day 4 now! Oh how I was tempted though. That cake looked soooo good!!!! But I stayed away!

I exercised 30 minutes on the elliptical and I took a 45 minute bike ride last night. I found the best time to go is about 8:00 at night. There are some bugs, but the temp is great. I think it was low 90's but no sun, so that was nice! Well the sun was on it's way down!I got in 70 oz of water. Pretty good. I think I should have done more during my ride, but I ran out!

Yesterday
B at 5:30 1/3 cup cereal with 1/3 cup milk
S at 8:30 1 hard boiled egg with yolk
L at 12:45 (YIKES that was late) turkey and cheese sandwich with 1/2 service goldfish
S at 3:00 1/2 cup fresh strawberries with splenda
D at 6:00 4 slices of bacon and 2 scrammbled eggs

Like I said we had cake and I passed that up, then when I got home, right before dinner, my DH wanted cheesecake. So I made the cheesecake. I didn't eat any though. I wanted to have a little piece, but I passed. I can live without it!!! He makes me laugh so hard. He keeps telling me that I need to cut all the carbs, ( I don't think that I have a lot) but he drinks soda like it is going out of style. He takes 4 cans with him to work, usually drinks them all and them comes home and has a 2 liter! I don't get it. There are a ton of carbs in soda.....aren't there?

 

[lovinaz]

I can't believe you can pass up cheesecake!!!! I can't!!!!!!!! I bet at least 5 lbs of the weight I want to lose is directly related to cheesecake.

Men are weird, who knows what goes through their heads! Let your DH do what he wants, I think that is way too much soda, but that is just my opinion. You know you shouldn't drink that much and you don't, so good for you!

Have a great cheat-free weekend, you can do it!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Jamie,

As a man I will echo lovinaz's comment, Men are weird! hehe! Your husband sounds like I was with Coke. If he is drinking regular soda then he is definitely drinking a slew of carbs in the "worst" form, corn syrup. So it either sounds like he doesn't know that or just wants all of your carbs too! hehe

Great job resisting cheesecake! (I have seen TONS of low carb cheesecake recipes if you want to make one for him!! hehe!) and kudos for your exercise too!

Hope that you have a happy, healthy, and cheat free weekend!

Mike

 

[Cruise04]

Good job on joining and sticking with the cheat free challenge!!!! And great job on resisting the cake and cheesecake - you go!!!!!!!!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[eeyore25]

Hey all!!! Well I made it through the weekend cheat free. Day 6 is over and today is day 7!!!! Wow.....I can't believe it!!! But I am doing it and that is all that counts!

So the weekend was pretty good!!! We went out on the motorcycles and I brought along healthy snacks....instead of eating out like we always do. I did plan on it, but we didn't so that was nice. I didn't even need all the snacks that I took. It ended up being way too hot to ride too much. It would not have been so bad, but when you have on jeans, helmet, gloves and a jacket!!! That makes it hotter, but we never leave home without the gear. I just don't feel safe.

I did have a bad night Friday though. We bought a new camera and DH was taking pictures of the furbabies and he got me by mistake. And OMG....I looked terrible. I could not believe how bad/fat I looked. I can notice a change in the bathroom mirror and in my clothes, but in this picture I looked bad. I was so upset that I was about ready to give up. I just sat there and cried....but then I got over myself and back on track. Then Saturday, my DH, oh I was so mad at him, told me at lunch that I ruined my "diet" for that day because I had bread. I tried very hard to ignore him, but he made me stop and think. I starting feeling bad and then got over that too!!! I realized that I have been having two pieces of bread for a while now and I have been fine. I have already lost 10 pounds so he didn't know what the heck he was talking about. He really is no support whatsoever. He has told me that he does not think that I will lose this weight....that is hard to deal with. So I try very hard not to talk about it with him. Sometimes it is hard, because he always asks me if I want something from the kitchen and I always say no. Then that starts the "diet" talk. Sometimes I just feel that I should take whatever he wants to give me and then deal with it later. But I don't....I stay strong.

Okay enough whining......Sorry!!!

Friday
B at 5:30 1/3 cup cereal with 1/3 cup milk
S at 8:30 1 egg with no yolk
L at 12:00 1 piece of BBQ chicken, 1/4 cup mashed potatoes, 1/4 cup corn - left overs!
S at 3:00 1 peach with splenda
D at 6:30 4 slices of bacon with 2 scrammbled eggs
I did 30 minutes on the elliptical and I did my normal walk to the office from the garage. I think I drank a little over 70oz of water. Not a lot, but I know I was over 64 oz.

Saturday
B at 8:30 2 waffles with no butter and 1/4 tbps syrup
S skipped - got up later than normal!
L at 12:00 turkey and cheese sandwich with 1/2 serving goldfish
S at 3:00 1 peach with splenda
D at 6:15 (any one wanna take a guess????? Amy???) 2 BBQ turkey hotdogs!!! YUM Finally I went to the store and got more hotdogs!!!! They were even on sale!!!
I did 25 minutes of weights and then I stopped. I get this menstural migraine, sorry guys and boy do they knock me down. So I didn't get all my exercise in...I was hoping to get on the elliptical too. I drank tons of water, over 100 oz. It was hot and I was thirsty!

Sunday
B at 8:30 - got up late again 1/3 cup cereal with 1/3 cup milk
L at 12:00 1 hotdog
S skipped, I was not hungry
D at 6:00 2 BBQ turkey hotdogs!!!!!
I took today off from exercising. Sunday is my rest day. I got in about 64 oz of water. Not the best, but better than nothing.

Well I better get back, so everyone have a great day. I will try and check in later!

Have a great day

 

[eeyore25]

I know that I should not really stress about this yet, but I can't seem to help it. We leave for Disneyland August 28 and we come home September 7. I was so afraid of the food out there! Everytime I think about going and eating, I just want to cry. I don't know why, I am just so worried that I am not going to follow everything that I have been.

How do some of you do it? Go on vacation, like to DL or WDW and not totally blow it?

 

[toystoryduo]

Jamie,

First of all, I want to congratulate you on being cheat free for an entire week! What a great start for you, Jamie! Woohoo! I also want to congratulate you on your 10 pounds lost. Just think: You are almost 20% of the way to your goal weight! That is wonderful!!! Jamie, I know that you can make your goal weight! Believe in yourself and hold your head high! You are cruisin' on the road to healthy living.

You know Jamie.... I've had to talk to my DH before about needing his support on my weight losss journey. Sometimes, he'll bring home Taco Bell or Krispy Kreme to surprise me and I have to gently remind him that I am trying to lose weight. Have you talked to your DH about how much his support means to you? Maybe a quiet discussion over a healthy dinner would go a long way to helping both of you.

As for Disneyland... I completely understand where you are coming from! We're going to WDW in December and I am afraid that I am going to blow all of my hard work and effort with all of that delicious food. My plan is to do several intense workouts before we go and watch what I eat very carefully. I may also workout while we are on vacation. However, I know that because I am on vacation, I probably won't watch what I am eating too closely. I hope that the pre-trip preparations will help balance out what I eat on vacation. Also, I've checked out the menus at some of the places we will eat at in WDW and have an idea of what to order and eat while there. Is there a website where you can do that for Disneyland?

Jamie, please keep on keeping on! You are doing such a great job and I just know that you will make your goals and do a great job at Disneyland!

Have a great evening Jamie!

 

[Cruise04]

I'm sorry you have had such a bad support system at home. It's the positive reinforcement you need and not the negative or none. Keep coming here - I know it's not the same as getting it at home but at least we can help...

A couple of years ago we went to WDW after I had lost 25 pounds. I went with the mindset that I was going to eat what I wanted. I would watch it but if I wanted a hamburger, I was going to have one and I did. I gained 10 pounds on that trip and lost the motivation. That was the last time I really worked on losing weight. We are going in December and I have already told myself I'm going to make good choices. We really sit down and figure out where we are going to eat, we are starting to do that now, and that helps so that I know what my choices are to eat where. I'm going to make more chicken choices in place of burgers but if I want a burger once or twice, I'm going to have one. My huge downfall is soda when I'm there and not drinking enough water - even though I drink diet soda. But I retain more fluid when I drink soda so I'm going to be more conscious of that as well. I'm hoping to be down 25 by then and I don't want to blow it. My worst fear is that I won't have a scale to get on each day to see how I'm doing. But we will be doing a TON of walking and that will help me balance things out.

So start now thinking about where you are going to be eating. Go to Deb Wills site www.allearsnet.com or here and check out the menus for Disneyland - that will help you see what choices you have. Another downfall for me will be breakfast. We are going to a few restaurants for breakfast and I'll just deal with it, beyond that though I'll make sure I take food with me to eat so I don't blow it there.

Hang in there - you WILL do this!!!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Jamie!

Very sorry to hear that your DH is not the support system he should be for your diet efforts! I hope that this will change for you both! I think you are showing that you do know what you are doing and should be proud of your efforts!

I know that I should not really stress about this yet, but I can't seem to help it. We leave for Disneyland August 28 and we come home September 7. I was so afraid of the food out there! Everytime I think about going and eating, I just want to cry. I don't know why, I am just so worried that I am not going to follow everything that I have been.

How do some of you do it? Go on vacation, like to DL or WDW and not totally blow it?

Here comes my advice use if it you wish or not! hehe! I think that on a trip like that it is impossible to say "I am going to stick to my food plan 100%, 24/7 during this trip!" and it is also not good to say "I will take this week off and figure out how to get back on track next week!" I say, why not do both?? The key being plan, plan, plan! Make a decision for yourself what you think will be an acceptable compromise. For example, "I will eat two meals a day on plan, and then let one be off," or "I will eat as close to plan as I can at meal time but I will give myself one treat (or two!) in between." Whatever you will feel good doing. Something i would also do is see if you can track down menus for any of the places you might go, I know that there are detailed menus for the restaurants and snack carts at WDW out there so I assume they should be for Disneyland too. Look them over and have a plan for each place you might end up, even go as far to take some notes in a small pad and keep it with you on the trip. I think one other thing I would say is, regardless of how "good" or "bad" you think you eating ends up each day, see the next day as starting over instead of seeing it as blowing it because that could snowball. Most of all, have fun!!! I think it also will be fine if you find yourself off track due to all the temptation, if I was at WDW right now I am honestly not sure how good I would do being so early into my plan, but I know I would face the results and away from the temptation I would get myself organized again. Maybe write yourself a welcome home letter and leave it taped to the fridge, something to the effect of "Welcome home Tracy!!! I hope we had a blast on our trip and regardless of how things went food wise we had fun and no stress! Now that we're home, here's some ideas to get ourselves going forward..."

Hope that this rambling of mine helps a little or at least sparks some ideas of your own!! I know you are gonna do great, you just gotta know that for yourself!

Mike

 

[lovinaz]

Hi Jamie - I am very sorry to hear your DH is not supportive. Keep coming back here to get your support. PLEASE do not let him discourage you from reaching your goal! As for Disneyland, when I was there a couple summers ago, they have fresh cut up fruit cups you can buy at the stands. What I do when I go on vacation is to skip lunch. I will eat a healthy, large breakfast and then have a snack mid-afternoon (like the fruit) then have a healthy dinner. You don't have to eat at the park you know, you can go to Downtown Disney. There are healthy choices, but allow yourself to splurge a little, just not A LOT! And if your hotel has a workout room, wake up early and get a quick workout in. And whatever you do, DON'T GIVE UP if you come back and have gained a couple pounds. You need to enjoy yourself on vacation, that is what vacations are for! Don't stress about it - I do that too, I get obsessed about it. You can't control what is going to happen in the future, just make plans and stick to them the best you can. For now, concentrate on eating right and exercising and worry about the vacation when you are there, not now! Make your plan, write it down somewhere and shove it in your suitcase so it's there when you pack.

Hang in there, you have come so far, you can go the rest of the way! You survived the first cheat-free weekend! Believe me, it gets easier...

 

[eeyore25]

Hi All,

Thank you everyone for your kind words. I made a decision last night and I know that it is what is best for me. I love my DH very much, but I am just going to ignore him when he talks bad about my "diet" or whatever he considers it. I have tried to talk to him and tell him how much it would mean if I could have his support, and it works for a while. Then he turns back to this. So I am going to continue what I am doing, eating right, working out and coming here. That works for me!!!!! I know that our vacation is going to be hard because he can be pushy about things that I would normally eat that I am not going to this time. I may eat a few things, but I am not going to over do it like I do every other time. Thanks again everyone, your kind words mean a lot to me.

So yesterday was day 7 on my cheat free!!!!! YAY
I feel great. Not that I was cheating before, but making it real by joining the cheat free. If that makes sense!

Yesterday
B at 5:30 1/ 3 cup cereal with 1/3 milk
S at 8:30 1 peach with splenda
L at 12:00 turkey and cheese sandwich with 1/3 serving goldfish
S at 3:00 1 cup fresh strawberries with splenda
D at 7:00 2 corn tacos with low fat cheese. I really wanted BBQ hotdogs, but the weather told me no

I did 25 minutes of weights. I drank 64 oz of water. I was also hoping to go for a bike ride....nope bad weather!!! I was tired of the hot, now I am tired of the cold and rain. Yes it is cold!!! We are in the 60's today....unusal for here.

Well I better get back to work. I will try and check in again later today. If not, have a great day everyone!!! Thanks again! Ya'll are awesome

Chris- thanks for the menus for DL. I new that they were out there WDW just not DL. I have been to DL so many times I never thought to look. But since I am trying to lose weight, I checked it out. I am going to plan some meals once my vacation gets closer.

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Jamie!

I think you have made the right decision for now with your DH. Sorry that you had to though! Your actions and loss will show him you know what's up!
Huge congrats on day seven cheat free!!! You are one week in, that is awesome!

I hope that you have a happy & healthy night!
Mike

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Jamie!

I am so glad to hear that you will "keep on keeping on"!!! I bet your DH will get on board once he sees what a fabulous job you are doing! You know that all of your WISH friends are cheering you on to victory! We believe in you, Jamie and we know that you can do it!!!

Congratulations on 7 days cheat free! Keep up the good work!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

 

[lovinaz]

Jamie - I read this in Dear Abby today and I thought of you. I hope you don't mind me sharing this with you.
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DEAR Abby: Over the last two years I have lost 95 pounds. I did it by changing my lifestyle, exercising and making better food choices.

My husband, "Paul," insists that he shouldn't have to hide his cookies, potato chips and chocolate candy, and says I should have self-control. I do have self-control, Abby, but sometimes the temptation is just too great. I feel Paul is unconsciously trying to sabotage me. How can I make him understand that I don't want junk food in my line of vision, and that it isn't all about willpower? -- RESENTFUL IN CALIFORNIA

DEAR RESENTFUL: Your resentment is justified. His insistence on keeping junk food where you will find it is an attempt at control. Your husband isn't "unconsciously" trying to sabotage you; it is overt and deliberate. Your victory may be a threat to him. On some level it may have made him feel less in control of you, or he may be threatened that you are now more attractive to other men.

Because you can't control what your husband does, you must control the way you react to it. The next time you take a bite of his junk food, remember why he left it there. I'm sure it will leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
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This is not the exact situation you are in, but I just wanted you to know that there are other women like you going through similar situations! Hang in there and keep doing what you know is right!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Hi, Jamie! I am so sorry that your dh is not being supportive right now! I know it really would help if he would get on board with you and offer his support. Hopefully he will soon. But I am so proud that you are doing it anyway! You will feel so much better by sticking with it despite what your dh says right now.

 

[eeyore25]

You all are truly the best. I mean that. Without all of you, I would have given up. I just know that I would have. I hope that one day when my DH sees the changes in me he will realize that this is really working and then I can get the support. But for know, I am coming here. I will still continue to come even if he does start to support me though!

So yesterday was a great day. I got in my exercise on the ellipitcal. I was not able to ride my bike. The weather was not the greatest. It was actually cold! So I am hoping to get that in tonight. It all depends. I have to do some housework tonight because my parents will be here tomorrow. So if I can get done with that I am going for a bike ride. The weather here today is so much better than yesterday!!!

Yesterday:
B at 5:30 1/3 cup cereal with 1/3 cup milk
S at 8:45 1 peach with splenda
L at 12:00 chicken fingers with 1/3 cup mashed potatoes
S at 3:00 1 cup fresh strawberries with splenda
D at 6:15....anyone care to take a guess??? 2 BBQ hotdogs! My DH BBQ'ed some bacon and I really wanted to try it so I had two slices of that two. That was pretty good. I was not too sure about it, but it worked out that it was great! Not something I would do every night like the hotdogs though!

So we are ordering pizza tomorrow here at work. I am limiting myself to two slices. That is going to be hard because we are getting it from Anthony's and I really like their pizza. Only 2 slices....that is it!!!

Well I better get back to work. Thanks again everyone. All of you are truly the best support I could have!!!!

Take care

 

[DisDon]

Hi Jaime, sorry to hear about DH, ya want me ta come ruff him up!? just kidding, DW and I don't see eye to eye on dieting either, and 'support' just doesn't seem to work between us, always seems to ruffle feathers. We disagree (as many do) on diet plans, she like WW, i like low-carb. We can't even walk well together, her legs are longer than mine and she goes too fast!!! Hope you always feel the support from us WISHers.
Keep up the good work, good luck with the pizza! I was trying to remember Anthony's from when I lived over there, I have had good NY style pizza in the Denver area. Put some bananas on it!!!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Jamie!!!
So happy to hear that yesterday was a good one!!!
I would give two ideas (Oh I am sure you did not ask but when do I not open my big fat mouth! hehe) about the pizza tomorrow. First, remember that Anthony's will always be there, so if you want it again it will happen. Believe me, I was shocked when I learned that Reese's made more than one bag of peanut butter cups!!! Second, if you want more, why not take an extra slice or two home. You'll know you have it to have at another meal and will have a nice lunch at work too. Just some points to ponder, your mileage may vary!

Have an excellent night!
Mike