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My personal trainer weighed me on Tuesday. Down 2# from my original weight when I started. To me, that means I've lost even more since at first my weight went up instead of down. I'm blaming it on increased muscle mass. Anyway, it is encouraging.
erg
I've been working with the personal trainer 2x a week for over a month... yeah, I gained a pound. I am so frustrated. I know you shouldn't just base it on pounds, but man. She doesn't take it easy on me either. I do have to say that my endurance is better and I don't feel like I can't move the day after I work out like I did when I started. I just need the fat to go away. It makes me want to cry.
slacker no more
Yes, I've been a slacker. The food pyramid stuff went by the wayside after we did it faithfully for over a month. Well, I've enlisted some help. Past experience has shown that I'm usually more successful when I've got a program to follow. So 2 weeks ago, I signed up for the gym at my husband's office. Then we used some of our savings to pay for 6 months worth of personal training. Katie is my fabulous trainer and she kicks my bum, especially since I've been fairly inert over the winter. Keep your fingers crossed. I'm fairly confident this will at least make a dent.
Vegetables
I recently saw a commercial for V8 with serving counters over people's heads showing their vegetable intake. I think I need one of those. I have a tough time including them in my diet, which is bad I know. I need the fiber and the low-cal bulk. The other problem is my husband... he does not care for some of the staples like carrots and celery. He pretty much hates winter squash. That is a bummer since I just found a fabulous recipe for butternut squash soup. ("It's too squash-y") Tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers can get pretty boring after awhile, but I'm not sure what to do with other vegetables. I bought some jicama to try...It went bad after a week in the bottom drawer of the fridge, real bad. I guess we'll have to figure something out. Too bad I don't like V8.
Off the Wagon
We missed 3 days this weekend of tracking what we ate. I'm ashamed to admit that I also strayed from the path when I found a forgotten box of chocolates that we got for Christmas. Well, the box is gone now. Thank goodness. We have been using mypyramidtracker.gov. It's nice to have a visual of daily nutrition as well as trends over time. Hopefully, I won't fall off the wagon again.
2#
So here is my momentary celebration for the 2# I lost this week. Hurray for small victories, which means anything with a downward slope instead of upward. Fingers and toes are crossed for a continuation of this trend.
Lose Weight Like an Egyptian
So this week, I decided to start back with the basics. When I learned about food in school we were still dealing with the square meal idea. I started by learning about the food pyramid and standard portion sizes.
When I was on the LAWL plan, it was all about the portions. They were slightly different from those put forth by the USDA. And, come to find out, sometimes very different from the serving sizes printed on nutrition labels. Since I don't remember everything from LAWL, I figured I'd go with the USDA.
Upon further internet digging, I found some handy online tools also promoted by the USDA.
USDA Food & Nutrition Information Center Under Interactive Tools is a great list of online helps.
www.mypyramidtracker.gov This lets you input your food intake and automatically computes caloric and nutrition information.
The biggest thing I learned at LAWL was to keep track of my eating by writing it all down. For me, it forces me to feel some guilt when I reach for unplanned food, knowing that I'll have concrete proof of my indiscretion in the record I'm keeping. With that in mind, I narrowly convinced my husband to start tracking our food intake together. Yay moral support. We'll see how this goes.
When I was on the LAWL plan, it was all about the portions. They were slightly different from those put forth by the USDA. And, come to find out, sometimes very different from the serving sizes printed on nutrition labels. Since I don't remember everything from LAWL, I figured I'd go with the USDA.
Upon further internet digging, I found some handy online tools also promoted by the USDA.
USDA Food & Nutrition Information Center Under Interactive Tools is a great list of online helps.
www.mypyramidtracker.gov This lets you input your food intake and automatically computes caloric and nutrition information.
The biggest thing I learned at LAWL was to keep track of my eating by writing it all down. For me, it forces me to feel some guilt when I reach for unplanned food, knowing that I'll have concrete proof of my indiscretion in the record I'm keeping. With that in mind, I narrowly convinced my husband to start tracking our food intake together. Yay moral support. We'll see how this goes.
Ancient History
I distinctly remember lying awake in bed when I was probably 9 or 10 with my hands circled about my thigh and imagining a big laser that would shave off half of my leg. I guess my imagination wasn't too far off from what can be done now. Looking at pictures, I know that I was not fat then. My frame was larger than that of the other little girls who lived around me. I didn't understand that then. I am saddened as I realize how negative my self image was at such a young age. It follows me now. Even the times when I have been fit, I could only see the fat. My biggest hope is for a way out of this.
I Can't Sleep
Usually its not a problem for me, I can sleep pretty much anywhere, anytime. But tonight I can't sleep. An hour ago I had a minor emotional meltdown which started with an attack of despondency due to my difficulty losing weight. It ended (sort of) with my husband offering up several reasonable and sensible solutions. That's his way of trying to help in situations where he feels pretty much helpless (bless his heart).
Half an hour ago, he was snoring and I was...well, not snoring. My brain was on the short track set on repeat. Irritated with myself, I was reviewing my frustrations again and again. Finally I thought if I'm going to loose sleep over this, I might as well blog about it. So, here is my blog that no one will probably want to read, but may bring some measure of catharsis for me: my battle against the blob.
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