Fri - April 28, 2006

4-28


Back to the same weight as I was 2 weeks ago. Took one week to gain 3 lbs and 1 week to lose it. I think some was just sugar bloat. Still, took a week to lose the rest. So my setback is 3 weeks total, assuming I can lose 3.9 lbs this week. Yeah right.

Next big challenge is May 6-7 when I have a leadership conference at Sleeping Lady. I'll have to plan for certain to get a little exercise. No, a LOT of exercise. They have a weight room and I will only be there 24 hours or so. Maybe we can get there early enough to play in the river. I can do a run Sunday morning. I will. THe food there is decadent; however since they offer some vegetarian choices, perhaps there is something that is healthy. If I sit and eat sugar for 24 hours, I will be back in the same boat as WASL week.

I will NOT purchase a little fat woman dress for the wedding; I will NOT.

Posted at 11:43 PM       |

Mon - April 24, 2006

Donuts are worse than crack


And I work with pushers. Last week was WASL week and we had breakfast in the back room every morning. Leftovers were within easy reach and I snarfed them every chance I got. So, by Friday, I had gained back 5 of the 3 lbs I lost the weeks before. Grrrr. So - now I am paying hugely and pissed that I can't get to the Y more often. We did bike for 88 min on Saturday, so that racked a few fitpoints. Now, I have to get through the nasty mexican buffet at our planning-in-action meeting tomorrow night. I'll be armed properly though, knowing what's coming and planning that I will NOT choose 8 oz of sour cream. There's always a lot of salad and veggies. It's not a bad thing, to feel a little hungry instead of stuffed.
By today, I had lost 4 of those pounds. And I realized that not losing the 1.5 planned for the week would take me 7 weeks to catch up. Argh.

Posted at 03:16 PM       |

Fri - April 14, 2006

Update 4/14


Dreadmill at 7 AM today; 6 AM tomorrow, 5 AM on Sunday and (gulp) 4:30 AM on Monday.

Y at 4 for weights and yoga.

Have eaten well within plans since Wednesday; well, since last Friday actually with just a slipup on Monday that melded into Tuesday for the birthday thing.

Made my goal of 1.5 lbs for the week. Just goes to show that with an honest effort, I CAN be 110 lbs again. Not telling how much I weigh now. Phhhffffft. People always guess me at less than I am so I don't want to blow that image.

Posted at 03:01 PM       |

Wed - April 12, 2006

Dr. Phil and I


After a 2-day binge for Mike's birthday and no workout, I got on the scale, then went straight to the dreadmill. I will make my goal for the week by Friday morning; I will. Off to the Y in a bit for weights and yoga. I figured that I overate by a few thousand calories those 2 days and there is no way I can make that up over less than 4 days or so :-( Lesson learned; NEVER do that again. No matter what, I don't need to pack that much food away in 2 days. And I wasn't even stuffed, is the sad part. Just a burger and potato salad and bean salad and strawberry shortcake, rational-sized portions and it added up to thousands. Thousands, when I need to be at 1800 per day IF I work out for 500-600 cal. Much less on days I don't work out.

Still reading Dr Phil and about to hit the binge-eating chapter. The one I apparently need the most -

Posted at 03:46 PM       |

Thu - April 6, 2006

After 3 weeks back at the Y


and a half-assed bit of attention paid to what goes into my mouth, I've lost maybe 2 lbs.

So - I picked up the Dr. Phil book that has been laying here since Mike bought it a few months back at Costco, and began to read.

The truth hurts. I'm not carrying this extra weight because I don't know how to eat, or how to work out. It's because my head isn't on right about a lot of things.

I eat for many emotional reasons: stress, boredom, I'm working and need to stay awake, I'm working and need a break, I'm working and want a reason to walk away, I'm working and get up and walk to the kitchen. I'm pissed or stressed about someone or something at school. I'm hysterical that I will never finish the damn dissertation. I'm pissed that Mike or Mom is in the way of finishing the damn dissertation. I'm procrastinating. I figure its not possible to lose this weight because I'm older now and its tougher. And so on. It's stuff like - the box of donuts on the table in the staff lounge, the treat a student gives me that I eat so as not to be rude, and the crap Mike occasionally drags home. Like his birthday Monday, for instance. Strawberry shortcake. Argh. And it's not just the one meal that will be tough, its the damn leftovers. He has lost like 10 lbs over the last month. Why can't I?

So today, I really didn't do too badly with food, and I did do a weight workout lifting over 20,000 lbs! And I broke 30,000 fitpoints, so will soon see my name on the next point category list at the Y. WOo hoo! Now, I need to get to 50,000. It seems that one weight workout gets me about 350 points, and a yoga session gets me 300. so 3 times per week of weights and yoga is 1800 points. Add in 5 days of 30 min walking for another 750, so othis would be 1950 points per week. WIll be 10 weeks til I am at 50K then. About the time school is out. Andn this much exercise is about 1.25 lbs every 2 weeks. So I need to lose the other 1.75 lbs every 2 weeks by cutting back on calories. WIll try to stay around 1300 and see what happens. I'd like to have 10 lbs off before going to look for a dress for the wedding, and another 10 lbs off before the wedding.

SO, tomorrow will bring TWO workouts as I attempt to hit the dreadmill at 4:30 AM and then the Y again at 4 PM.

Posted at 11:48 PM       |

Sat - November 19, 2005

Pre-Thanksgiving and the bike


No gains since summer, no losses.

Note to self: taking corners at 18+ mph on slick wet painted pavement is not good for bike or self.
Not to worry, the bike is fine.

Posted at 06:46 PM       |

Sat - August 13, 2005

another plateau


Seems I hit one about every 2 lbs - about once a week. Why? Because I am eating too much and am not back on the program, but randomly choosing stuff to eat and occasionally slipping up. Now that company is gone and school is starting, I should be able to get back in the Y routine, asap. Oh, wait. I have the camp weekend coming up. Fooey. There will be a way, there must be a way, and I will be certain that I will not go back to where I was.

As 50 approaches, I feel more urgently each day that I must gain health and strength steadily until i reach the point where I can no longer do so. Then, as health and strength begin to wane, I will have started with s much as possible and will enjoy more health and strength to the end.

Make sense?

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Fri - August 12, 2005

fitpoints


25,460 fitpoints but none from lifting all this month ACK.

biked today, 17 miles, 68 minutes. Av speed slow because of 2 weed-cutters blocking my way for over half a mile each time.

Then went to steamers for dinner and ate fried food. What was I thinking?

Posted at 10:25 PM       |

Thu - August 11, 2005

Scale readings


down 9.4 lbs; 36.4 to go.

Posted at 05:10 PM       |

Sun - July 31, 2005

running again


New running shoes, with Superfeet insoles. Asics,



which I never liked before, but tried on at the main REI store in Seattle today and my feet felt wonderful, especially after the insoles were replaced with Superfeet.


so i trotted down the road and UP the hill (pant pant pant). I should mention here that the first .3 miles out our driveway, the only direction you can go unless you want to rappel down a 300+ ft cliff, is up a pretty steep hill, maybe 30% grade. You continue uphill for another .5 mile, although not nearly so steep at maybe 8% but still is a bit taxing after the initial climb. I did about 2.2 miles total, the rest of the neighborhood yielding rolling hills about the same or less as the first hill. The last .6 miles as I run it is all downhill :-) unless I run down the road to the right just before I get home, and running back UP that hill is - beyond grueling. So I don't.

My left foot is screaming, still, even after stretching and drugs. Now it hurts on the outside edge, not the center where the fasciitis first set in. Go figure.

Anyway, my weight after the run was a few tenths less than yesterday but now I have had dinner and eaten like a pig so I don't want to believe I have lost anything.

Inches are melting away though, and clothes are beginning to fit once again. Down 8 lbs, 38 to go.

Posted at 09:23 PM       |

Sat - July 30, 2005

Progress


Biked 20 miles today.

Scale dropped a little: 8 lbs gone. 38 to go.

Posted at 11:33 PM       |

Thu - July 28, 2005

plateau


Then again, I've slacked on the workouts other than some basic bike mileage. I had intended to be at the Y by 8 but then got a phone call from a mom whose son is deployed and she was pretty upset - so didn't get there. Will go after dinner tonight. Really. I want to get back on the bike, but really need the dreadmill work on an incline in prep for Rainier hikes next week. And am concerned about the shoulder pain, which is much less since taking the naproxin, but i am not sure if its resting and healing or if the pain is just masked.

The photo of the pfat person right before liposuction was starting to get disgusting. I substituted it with one of me, a few lbs ago. I will be back there, soon :-)

Posted at 09:36 AM       |

Tue - July 26, 2005

Phat update


Down 7.4 lbs, 38.6 to go.

15 miles on road bike today before Mike wanted to turn around. His butt hurt. That's ok, he still outpaced me. Took about 63 minutes; so just under 15 MPH pace. And we had to slow down many times on the way through Orting, for cars and little kids and such. Argh.

I will not eat. I will not eat. I will not eat. I will not eat........

And no this photo is NOT me. NOT. Not now and not ever.

Posted at 09:34 PM       |

Sun - July 24, 2005

Working Out


Since June 19, I've been back on the workouts, and hard.

Lost 7 lbs, 39 to go.
Lost 3 inches around waist, 1.5 around hips, .5 from each thigh.


Visit Date FitPoints Total Wt
(lbs.) Stations Sets Reps CV
(min) Cals
7/24/2005 400 0 0 0 0 80 449
7/23/2005 450 0 0 0 0 90 461
7/22/2005 605 17,475 13 26 315 60 393
7/20/2005 300 0 0 0 0 60 215
7/19/2005 597 16,650 13 26 297 60 393
7/17/2005 1,200 0 0 0 0 240 1,430
7/15/2005 515 0 0 0 0 103 614
7/13/2005 425 0 0 0 0 85 0
7/12/2005 850 0 0 0 0 170 1,311
7/11/2005 450 0 0 0 0 90 626
7/5/2005 771 16,580 13 26 300 95 653
7/3/2005 750 0 0 0 0 150 854
7/2/2005 175 0 0 0 0 35 301
7/1/2005 721 16,590 13 26 302 85 597
6/29/2005 587 15,685 13 26 297 60 215
6/28/2005 525 0 0 0 0 105 626
6/27/2005 587 15,690 13 26 297 60 215
6/26/2005 700 0 0 0 0 140 690
6/25/2005 200 0 0 0 0 40 205
6/24/2005 575 14,485 13 26 280 60 276
6/23/2005 150 0 0 0 0 30 204
6/22/2005 690 13,015 13 24 253 86 633
6/21/2005 376 7,130 13 13 154 35 229
6/19/2005 450 0 0 0 0 90 551
5/10/2005 256 12,570 13 22 249 0 0
5/5/2005 357 11,205 7 15 177 35 279
5/3/2005 546 12,595 7 18 202 70 393
4/29/2005 464 9,370 7 14 169 60 393
4/27/2005 300 0 0 0 0 60 393
4/26/2005 457 8,665 7 14 164 60 399
4/25/2005 300 0 0 0 0 60 399
4/24/2005 750 0 0 0 0 150 1,177
4/22/2005 200 0 0 0 0 40 407
4/20/2005 300 0 0 0 0 60 399
4/18/2005 453 8,325 7 14 164 60 399
4/16/2005 535 7,470 7 13 157 78 589
4/14/2005 544 7,400 7 14 168 80 356
4/13/2005 450 0 0 0 0 90 380
4/12/2005 508 2,280 2 4 48 93 687
4/11/2005 454 3,415 7 8 89 70 211
TOTALS 19,921 216,595 188 355 4,082 3,175 19,002 TOTAL FITPOINTS FOR LIFE! 9,998 to go til next level!

Posted at 06:43 PM       |

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