Weekly Weigh-In

Weekly Weigh-In

200lbs.

At least I am maintaining my weight.  I was expecting to have gained a lot, it being Thanksgiving and all.

I did much better working out this week.  Lots of walking.  I even pushed the boys (70 lbs!) to the park and back, 3 MILES!  I plan on doing that a couple times again this next week.  It is such a good work out, up hills, pushing my fatty babies.  I only have a couple more months until The Great Aloha Run, and I need to up my miles for distance.  I am going to work on 2-4 miles walking/jogging this week.

Medi-Fast

I started a new diet today.  It is called Medi-Fast.  A friend of mine did it, she had some left overs and gave them to me.  I have about a months worth.  It involves four prepared Medi-Fast meals per day (soup, shakes, oatmeal) just add water, shake and stir.  Then one regular meal (I prepare), lean meat and lots of veggies.  Each prepared/packet meal is about 150-200 calories.  I already tried the oatmeal one for breakfast, it tasted like paste with chunks of dehydrated apples, gag.  Since I only have a months worth I figure I am going to give it all I got, if it works well maybe I will purchase my next month (it is about $250, $10 per day).  I am hoping this will give me the jump start I need to get back on track.  I have had a awful month of cheating and binging and not enough working out.  If I have to choke down these disgusting packet meals four times a day, there is no way I am going to cheat. (Well, until my next cheat day Christmas Eve.)

So, here I go again.  GO, FIGHT, WIN!!!

A wasted week.

I haven't been doing so well with my goals.  I feel like everyday, every minute even, is a fight to do what I am supposed to.  A fight against Jay, a fight against my kids, and a fight against myself.

I did manage a couple days of working out.  My stamina when I run is getting a little better, but the progress is so slow.

I had a couple good days of eating, but mostly cheating this week.  Blah...

My sister-in-laws, cousin, and I have started a Fat Club.  Everyday day we log our food intake and work outs.  It has helped me eat a lot better...knowing that I am going to have to share EVERYTHING I eat, shame is such a marvelous weight loss tool :)  It is nice to know I am not in this alone, and have a little competition...but how I wish that I had someone here in Hawaii that wanted to work out do do things with me.

It is hard to commit to another week, when I know I plan on cheating like crazy on Thanksgiving (PIE).  But come Friday, I really hope to be back on track.  

Why me???

I am really sucking at this diet, lifestyle change, thing lately.  I wake up in the morning all ready to go, then I see the cookies Jason left on the counter, or cook some toast for Harry...and then I am off, screwed for the rest of the day.  I have lost all my motivation.  I am blaming Jason for the most part, he really does make it so hard for me to stay on task.

BUT, it is a new week and I am having a go at it again, that is after I finish the cookies and milk I am having for breakfast.

My weigh-in yesterday was 200lbs!!!  Almost back to where I started from, it makes me sick and angry.  All that work for nothing.  Arg!

I did do well working out last week:

3 days of 1.5 miles or about 28 minutes walking/jogging.

I know I can do better than that, and I need to up my jogging time/distance so I can get ready for the race in February.

I also started a sort of Fat Club with my sister in-laws...winner get a prize at the end of a few months.  I think the extra support and competition will really help keep me focused...or at least that is what I am hoping,

That is all for now.  I got work to do, and cookies NOT to eat.

Mark your calanders!

My first race (I think Jason is going to do it with me too), and I already registered so I can't back out!

THE GREAT ALOHA RUN

FEBURARY 15, 2010

8.15 miles

96 more days, ahh!

I am not entering this race to win, or run my fastest (if I can even run the entire 8 miles) but just to do it, to cross the finish line.  I don't even know how I am gonna do it, but even if I have to walk the entire time I am going to cross the finish line.

Here I go again...

I have gained 3 pounds in the last couple weeks...ugh!  That is what I get for not working out, and cheating my little heart out.

I have been off the wagon for far too long...I don't know what got into me.  Just tired of always saying no to everything I really wanted to eat I guess.  Although, Jason has enjoyed it...he is not looking forward to me starting over again.

Tomorrow I am back on the wagon, the detox diet wagon.  I am starting over from square one.  It is going to be 10x harder this time...but at least most of the Halloween candy is gone, and Thanksgiving is only a couple weeks away.

Wish me luck, I am REALLY going to need it this time around.

This is what they call yo-yo dieting... and I am a Pro at it.

Enjoying my Mexican fiesta at Cholo's, on my Halloween cheat day!

So, the whole diet thing has not been going well.  Stress, vog (the nasty volcano fog that makes it hard for me to breath, and see, and sleep and gives me pounding headaches), allergies, church parties, kids, and just plain holiday fever...it feels like everyday it is something else, something that is making it harder and harder to make  the right food decisions.  

Last week was great, except I couldn't stay on my diet.  

My cheat day was not as fun as I thought it would be, my food was yummy and it was fun going out with the family...but I felt like a cheater (cause I had already cheated all week) and I shouldn't get such a tasty reward for that.  

I wish I could say that I have started over fresh, psyched and ready for this new week.  BUT, I haven't... I had cold pizza for breakfast (courtesy of my husband) and I am planning on having a cook out with my sister later this week.  On a positive note, I have hardly eaten any of the left over Halloween candy, and I have been doing well on exercising (not super good, but good enough).

I didn't even weigh myself yesterday, and I am too afraid to get on the scale today.  This is going to be a hard holiday season...

I wish I could get that focus back that I had a couple weeks ago, when I was doing so well.  

This is not the end.  I will get back on that horse (or treadmill) and start over, yet again, and probably not for that last time.  It is just going to take me longer (a lot longer) than I thought.