Boot Camp (Let's make this a thread on accountability)
OK, I am going to measure and weigh myself on Saturday. For those of you that said some of your summer goals were to lose weight and get fit....hope you will join this thread.
Not that I am going to post my weight and measurements but maybe I need to be accountable.
Sooooooo... I will make a comment on Saturday. Then every Saturday, I am going to say weight lost and inches lost. (remember that if you gain muscle the scale will not move or go up. Use a tape measure)
I truly am going to put myself through boot camp. The program I have been watching on TV has shown that in 6 weeks with real effort, one can make a huge difference.
As well, I am going to comment each Saturday on how am reaching the goals I stated for the summer.
We all stated goals for the summer. Let us all be accountable. Some we will attain, some we may fall short on but lets all support each other.
When the fall officially starts (when the h*ll is that?), we can state what we actually achieved.
Sometimes our cyber friends are our best friends. We are non judgemental and hugely supportive.
I know for me, the hugest thing is quitting smoking.
Next, getting fit and healthy. One of my goals is to walk and hike with Cali more. That will fall in to the get fit and healthy boot camp thing.
One was to spend more time with Biko. I clip his wings in the summer, he prefers to walk anyway. I will start taking him to the park on my walks with Cali. That way he can feel he is a part of my life.
Spending more time with my BF. He is hugely busy, I am hugely busy. This is going to be a tough one.
De-cluttering....I am ready. I want it done and I want it done now. I am finally so sick of the mess that I want to do it, Get it done!
So guys, lets have a huge reach your summer goals support group. No better place than this board.
Veg on...
Di
I'm here to update since that's my saturday thing, but I don't have too much to report (mostly b/c the numbers on the scale are all messed up due to female issues, so I don't even look and I return once I know my body's gotten all of that mess out of its system!)
Stress way down. I spent all day cleaning today (hence the late update) and for the first time since DH moved in this place feels really homey. (I even figured out how to set up our PC to get our bootleg internet, so no more trying to fit two people onto my work laptop!)
Eating is a lot better. Lots of smoothies, and delicious peaches and plums for snacks. Lots of fresh produce thanks to friends and colleagues who leave me baskets of produce from their gardens. (I have neither the space nor the green thumb to grow my own.) The most dairy I had was 1/4 of a small pizza last night (went out with my friends to a new pizza place... but even then 1/4 of a small pizza and a lightly-dressed salad is a pretty healthy dinner out). Been cooking at home LOTS. No junk food sprees.
Drinking is... better, but still more than I'd like. My peak was three beers last night (out w/friends) which is a lower peak than it has been.
Working out: My knee is still a little messed up. But after two pilates sessions and one yoga session this week, I'm feeling better! For some reason my cardio has suffered lately. I did two eliptical sessions and felt like I had significantly more trouble breathing. (Perhaps it's that allergy counts are really high around here... or maybe it has to do with the dairy?)
One thing that's suffered lately is my weightlifting regimen. I really need to be better about going to the gym on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays (didn't go last night and haven't yet gone today), since I'm not trying to fit it in after yoga and pilates (and on top of cardio, which I TRY to do any time I go to the gym.) (My excuse yesterday is a horrific sinus headache during the first half of the day.)
PS--I still look hot in my dresses :) And, I have so much more energy at work, even though I forget to drink my morning coffee half of the time. So, numbers be damned, I'm pretty happy with my progress. Now to get my breathing back into gear...
ETA: Oh! I have an even more important fitness goal. It's one I've had for awhile but have been reminded of reading Oktokrewl's post. I need to drink more water. Seriously. Too much of my liquids for a day are coffee or alcohol. I notice such a difference when I drink plenty of water. I know that there have been questions about the 64-oz recommendations lately (8 8-oz. glasses) I got an uber-trendy sapphire-blue aluminium water bottle recently, which has helped keep my intake up. I notice SUCH a difference on days I drink adequate water, in terms of not being hungry, having more energy, etc.
eta: pooh bear, I haven't forgotten about you, I've been calling my friend and have yet to hear back from her.
Thanks Hanashi ;)
I haven't posted in awhile either! I've had quite an eventful week! Last weekend my was uncles funernal, then this entire week I was sick! I have strep which has moved into my chest so now I just have this aweful cough. Needless to say these events have not help me meet my goals at all! I drank a ton last weekend with my uncles funeral and family stuff going on and then didn't really eat well or work out this week because I was sick. UGH!!! I weighted 119 lbs this morning ::) Oh well.... I can quite starting working out hard yet because I can't really breath from the cough and crap in my chest. BUT I am making General Tao's Tofu tonight for my hubby so there will be good eating ;)b
I just wish I could be more motivated! I am in such a rut lately.... It's hotter than hell in Colorado and I can't stand summer! For those of you that don't know people with lupus do not tolerate hot weather well AND the sun is like my worse enemy. Oddly enough a sunburn is one of the quickests ways to kill myself (wierd I know)....People with lupus have very severe reactions to the sun, I'm like a vampire or something (lol)! Not really, I just have to be careful with my sun exposer, especially in the summer.
I'm sick of my very well paying job that I won't quite or cut back because...well...the money! I mean not that money is everything but life is so expensive these days with gas prices and food price increase and on it goes.... I just need to get motivated somehow. Any thoughts anyone????
Well, PB, this won't help much I don't guess, unless you're wierd like me, but I find that playing "beat the last reading on the pedometer" helps me. I try to cover more ground in the same period of time. It's been working, I'm up a whole km on my beginning speed.
This week I kinda sluffed off, doing other stuff because we've had temps of like 110ºF right along. But I am sleeping well and I feel so much better! I can even handle a cup of real tea if I drink it before 10 AM! :)>>>
Nutrition wise, I did well over the weekend. Activity wise, I did horribly but it was out of my control. I had a "relapse" with my back and could barely move Saturday or Sunday. I haven't slept for 2 nights because there is no comfortable position with this pain. It is constant and brutal....I think I'd rather give birth....without the epidural!! I went to physical therapy this morning and they sent enough electricity into my lower back to light up half of Tampa. I'm strapped to a TENS unit right now and there won't be any going to the park for me today.
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Storm, I'm proud of you keeping away from the ramen and analogues this week!! I know how difficult it is to keep up eating healthy when you can't even breathe without eye blurring pain. Hang in there.
I'm on day four of medication (read confessions for more info there). It seems to be "working".... I'm waking up naturally with the sun. I'm also waking up dehydrated, so I don't want to get out of bed, but I know that drinking water will make me feel better. Yesterday, I almost went out and got some pedialyte.
I haven't really lost any more weight, I'm hanging right around 108, but even my skinny pants are loose/falling off.
i haven't posted in awhile because i'm not doing that well.. i've been really ...bothered... lately and it's making me kind of depressed and lethargic. one of bf's friends has been staying with us for the past 6-7 weeks and he was supposed to be gone after 1 month (i didn't want him there at all). i feel really out of place in my own home... i'm terribly territorial and having someone there all the time who isn't someone i even know that well is taking its toll on me. in the evenings after work i just want to lie down all evening. or drink. and then i eat a lot, really late, and then go to bed by midnight because i just don't want to deal with him being there. actually, i DO want to deal with it, but my bf keeps preventing me from confronting the guy because he says i'm 'rude'. nothing is working. and i'm left feeling miserable. i'm almost ready to just move out, myself, and would if the consequences weren't so dire (losing bf, finding a new place , paying a full rent ). anyway.. all this has led to not so great eating habits and even worse exercise. i've been maintaining around 118, but i feel so out of shape. i was going to join the ymca, like i said, but can't right now because of $$$. or lack thereof. so. hard times have befallen me, but i'm hoping to join the y on my next paycheck and hope for the best.
OMG Allularpunk I know EXACTLY HOW YOU ARE FEELING. My husbands best friend recently got divorced....at first we felt bad for him so we'd invite him over to watch movies or dinner and stuff becasue he was so depressed. Well, all of the sudden he was ALWAYS AT OUR HOUSE! Every day, all time, there he was, in my face! I felt out of place in my own home also.... whenever he was over (which was all the time) I just went upstairs and hid basically. Anyway, finally I blew a gasket, said some rather mean things to DH's BF and well, he hasn't been over since :P I'm not at all proud of my actions or of what I said....I should have nip the problem in the bud long before I became that anger, but hey...he's never around ;)
Maybe you should have a talk with your boyfriend...and if you dare his friend and tell them just how you are feeling. It's your home! You should not feel like the stranger!
I haven't been doing good with my goals either.... see post on 'fear'.
Allularpunk, if that place is yours then you are within your rights to toss his ass out, you don't need the bf's consent!! Rude is overstaying your welcome, rude is leaching off your friends.....you took this guy in when you didn't want him there. Sounds like you've been gracious and accommodating and he's been a parasite and your bf.....RUDE! I'm not in your situation and have no right to tell you what to do, but it sounds like both of those guys are being disrespectful to you in your own home. Don't take it!!!
Allularpunk, if that place is yours then you are within your rights to toss his ass out, you don't need the bf's consent!! Rude is overstaying your welcome, rude is leaching off your friends.....you took this guy in when you didn't want him there. Sounds like you've been gracious and accommodating and he's been a parasite and your bf.....RUDE! I'm not in your situation and have no right to tell you what to do, but it sounds like both of those guys are being disrespectful to you in your own home. Don't take it!!!
Amen. Possession is 9/10 of the law. If your BF can't see that his friend has overstayed his welcome, and would rather have his bud around and have you be miserable, maybe you need to kick them both out. It doesn't bode well for the future if he thinks helping out with the rent means his friend can sponge on you eternally and invade your space.
Before my weekly update: Alluarpunk, I agree with everything everyone has already said on here in terms of it being your house. I hope everything gets better soon. I know how it feels to be so stressed out that the time/desire to take care of yourself just goes out the window. But like everyone always says, the exercise will help you feel better, as soon as you can take that first step (or, in the case of the y, as soon as you get your first paycheck.)
Quick update because I'm on my way to a hike! This has been a fairly stressful week, completely for work reasons. It's the end of the semester and I have three major deadlines for research before VEGAS, BABY! (We leave on Friday!!!) But, I don't think I've eaten dairy once! (I have eaten some eggs in the form of mayonnaise--didn't have any vegan around and I didn't want to go buy the expensive stuff--TJs really needs to come to my city!) Also, I only drank twice this week (once at a baseball game, and once with DH). Water consumption has been through the roof--I broke out the iced tea pot and made some delicious herbal iced teas. It's been so hot I've downed a pitcher in 24 hours!
Workouts... not as much as I would like, since I completely missed my yoga days on Tuesday and Thursday. But that's still 5 days a week. Now that's a light week for me when it used to be a heavy week for me, so--there's progress there! And my weight--the scale at the gym is pretty out of wack but I would guess I'm at about 142 now. So barring any real crackdown next week (a stressful work week) I might not break 140 by vegas, but... close enough!
Minor step in the right direction....
I made the yummiest vegan curry peanut noodles last night ^-^ and I totally pig out on them...and DID NOT throw it up. One of the times I purge is if I feel to full....I don't like the feeling. It makes me very uncomfortable and anxious. Anyway, the feeling passed after an hour or so.... Not that it's good to make a habit of pigging out, but they were really good ;)
Well, my ever-observant b/f just pointed out why my pants are looser yet I'm the same weight.... During our morning cuddling, he observed my breasts have gotten bigger!! ;D Oh well, guess I can't really complain about the pants falling off!
Well, my ever-observant b/f just pointed out why my pants are looser yet I'm the same weight.... During our morning cuddling, he observed my breasts have gotten bigger!! ;D Oh well, guess I can't really complain about the pants falling off!
Soo jealous, most of us older folks have the reverse problem...our weight falls down lower! ;D
Yabbit speaks the truth!
Nutritionally, I had a great weekend again. I think I'm totally over my ramen addiction. I ate lots of fresh vegetables and made gazpacho and herb sour dough bread. I'm still unable to do any form of exercise. I barely got up off the couch over the weekend. It's so depressing to be basically incapacitated. I won't even step on the scale, I feel like I'm getting fatter and fatter. No matter how well you eat, if you don't exercise you can't lose weight. :'(
Yabbit speaks the truth!
Nutritionally, I had a great weekend again. I think I'm totally over my ramen addiction. I ate lots of fresh vegetables and made gazpacho and herb sour dough bread. I'm still unable to do any form of exercise. I barely got up off the couch over the weekend. It's so depressing to be basically incapacitated. I won't even step on the scale, I feel like I'm getting fatter and fatter. No matter how well you eat, if you don't exercise you can't lose weight. :'(
(((hugs)))
I can relate to that! I sprained my ankle really bad back in May. Thank God nothing iss broken or torn, but I am still unable to function normally. When I hurt my ankle, my neck went out again too...argh!
Anyway, I haven't been able to exercise either and no matter how little or healthy I eat, my weight doesn't budge and I feel huge! :(
I'm not sure what's wrong with you physically. I was too lazy to read all the back pages, sorry, but I do hope you feel better and know you are not alone! :)
i was a piggie this weekend. but i think i'm out of my unhealthy foods stage for the moment. no french fries this week! i biked 5 miles on saturday. unfortunately the bike seat is broken and keeps falling backwards so that the front of it is painfully lodged in my 'lady parts' during the whole ride, when i ride it. no idea how to fix it, and bf hasn't had time. walked around a bit sunday...
but i just baked so much this weekend... scones AND chocolate chip cookies! i did pretty well on not eating too many, buti still feel icky.
and i'm up another frigging pound.
Quick mid-week reflection:
I am infamously notorious for gaining weight during finals times. I eat quick comfort food (see: my recipe review for cabbage and noodles--SO good, but lots of butter and simple carbs!) or I snack when I can, I don't get to the gym, I eat too much end-of-semester-festivity food, and it's just bad.
What I realized today is that so much of this might be due to NOT eating.
Case in point: I had cold pizza for breakfast (leftover from my grad class yesterday, of course). It's not my normal healthy smoothie, but I can NOT resist cold pizza in the fridge. Decided not to pack a lunch because I was trying to leave my leftovers for dinner (so I could eat it while DH had something complimentary). Figured I'd get to grab lunch SOME point--right? Well, not so much. "Lunch" consisted of "lemonade" (read: canned HFCS) as I started class since I was working ALL morning.
By 5:30 I'm starving; I rush home and I grab the leftovers I was saving, a piece of fruit, and several handfuls of cereal. (So much for eating with DH)! I'm trying not to pig too much, despite being ravenous. I feel mildly piggish though.
Until I go onto fitday several hours and realize my calorie total for the day was... 1000 calories. I made myself a late chickpea salad sandwhich and feel more normal.
I guess my point here is that not eating can sabotage just as much as eating. No wonder my "normal" response would be to pig out the next day--I'm making up for a crazy calorie deficit!
Side note: I know that there's been a debate on here about food tracking, and that if one has ED tendencies it can serve as another form of control. In my case, though, it seems to point out when I don't eat ENOUGH just as much as it points out when I go overboard. So, my two-month streak of tracking has been a good thing.
I'm so ashamed of myself. :-[ I was so discouraged after P.T. today that I ate half a bag of barbecued potato chips. Then I felt so guilty about it that I skipped dinner. Now I'm just hungry and I feel like crap! Bad, bad Storm!! >:(
I'm so ashamed of myself. :-[ I was so discouraged after P.T. today that I ate half a bag of barbecued potato chips. Then I felt so guilty about it that I skipped dinner. Now I'm just hungry and I feel like crap! Bad, bad Storm!! >:(
hang in there storm! It hppens to us all! Don't let this discourage you and don't starve yourelf because you messed up! Check out what you have that is healthy in your kitchen--got any fruit or humus and raw veggies? Make yourself a nice healthy dinner and start again tomorrow :)
(((((((Storm))))))
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