Requested Update

It's true, I haven't blogged in a while.  It turns out a new classroom job means lots of prep and grading.  I haven't been on an official exercisey type walk since I started.  It turns out, though, that I don't often eat lunch at work, because, you know, crap needs doing, and I went from sitting in an office chair 9 hours or more a day to constantly walking around my classroom.  This lack of calories and constant, if not deliberate, exercise has made me lose about 8 pounds so far.

Surely, I need to eat three times a day, which means my goal for this week is to eat three balanced meals.  I also want to spend some time deliberately exercising.  However, I will take the loss and run with it.

Weight: 223
Exercise: every day (super slow walking around the room) and no deliberate exercise.
According to MFP, this is an 8.4 lb loss since the last time I checked in.
Goals: 2 deliberate walks this week, eat three well-balanced meals per day

Note: Today we find out Matthew's bar results, so I'm going to be either celebrating with him or consoling him with large amounts of food and alcohol.  I predict a three pound gain from just TODAY's calorie intake.

Sunday Weigh Down

Hey, y'all!  I lost some weight this week.  Yippee!

Unfortunately, I can't say that was because I did a really good job of meeting my goals.   It's been rainy this week and I didn't get a single walk in.  I think I tracked my foods two days this week, or some such thing.  Mostly, I've been home all week, and have been eating pretty small meals.  That's the only thing I can point to as a reason for this week's success.  Pretty sure I countered all those small meals last night though, because I had two glasses of wine at the Wine and Palette class I hit with Summer, then went to dinner with Matthew and had a Ducky's Pimiento Cheese Burger.  What is that?, you ask.  Well, it's heaven on a bun.  It's also like three days of calories on a bun.  It's a burger patty, two slices of bacon, melted pimiento cheese, and regular burger toppings.  It's pretty fricking delicious.  And totally worth a week's worth of walks every once in a while.

So, I'm sure you want the stats.  Here they are:

Weight: 228.2
Change from last week: -5.2 lbs
Change from highest weight: -6.8 lbs
Exercise this week: 0 minutes (:( )

Goals for this week are track my goddamn food!  Exercise!  Come on!

Weekly Weigh In

This week has been really weird.  I had some bad news about a couple of jobs I was applying for and am getting used to a new, later shift at work (because what I needed was to stay at work longer).  It's just been weird.   I didn't exercise as much (only two times), and I didn't track about three or four days this week.  It was, overall, a pretty sucky week.

So anyway, the stats:

Weight: 233.4
Change from last week: +.8 lbs.
Change from highest weight: -1.6 lbs.
Exercise this week:  2 walks of 30 minutes each

So the moral of this story is to track foods and exercise.  Big surprise.  Goals for this week: 1.) in bed by 11:00 PM (this is often hard because my shift doesn't end at work until 10), 2.) track every day's intake, 3.) at least three 30 minute walks, and 4.) 1.8 lb weight loss. See you next Sunday.

Bad me! Bad, bad me.

So, I was 768 calories over my goal today.  That is, like, a lot of calories to be over my goal!  I had a slice of Neiman Marcus cake and a 12 oz coke, which is a lot of sugar and fat.  And, of course, I felt hungry very soon after eating because there was no fiber to fill me up or protein to keep me full. 

After dinner, I still felt like I wanted to eat more.  I knew, logically, that I shouldn't be hungry, but I felt like I wanted a little something more.  That nagging feeling is a big detractor for me, and it's hard to distract myself.  In the end, though, if I get doing something else for a while, I forget that I was still peckish. 

I also haven't exercised in a couple of days because of the rain. It's been raining off and on, and it should be a good time to exercise (nice and cool, shower built right in!), but I've been using it as an excuse not to walk.   Need to get on that tomorrow morning.  I would walk tonight, but I don't get off of work until ten. 

Next week, I think dessert will be an Angel Food cake with fresh berries.  Sounds a lot healthier than Neiman Marcus cake, but would still satisfy my sweet tooth. 

Sunday Weigh In

Hey, y'all!

It's been a pretty successful week.  I had five thirty to forty-five minute walks, going three miles per hour, and stayed within my calorie goals (according to myfitnesspal) every day except yesterday (which saw one too many glasses of milk).

All of this good behavior added up to a 2.4 pound weight loss this week!

Here are the stats:

Weight last Sunday: 235
Weight this Sunday: 232.6
Net loss: 2.4 lbs
Workouts: Five walks

I'm going to work for as successful a week next week!

Guess who didn't walk yesterday!

That'd be me.  I set my alarm for 6:30, knowing that I needed to get up and walk, then when it rolled around, so dark and early, I snuggled back up to Matthew and went to sleep.  I also didn't track yesterday.  I am pretty sure I was within the calorie goals, but I can't know because I didn't keep up with it all day.

One good fitness thing that happened though: Summer, the friend I met for coffee, also walks.  We decided to meet up on Mondays and Wednesdays and walk together.  I have a walking buddy!  It was nice to have coffee with her and catch up a little. We're also doing one of those wine and canvas things, so that'll be fun too!  So, while I didn't do well on the tracking, and I didn't go for my walk, yesterday wasn't a total draw.  Small wins, people.

This morning, I did get out of bed (yay me!) and I'm now eating breakfast before I head out to walk.  Today will be more on track than yesterday. :)

Early Mornings

Ugh. I did not want to get out of bed this morning.  It was supremely tempting to just curl up next to Matthew and say, screw you, exercise.  But I didn't.  I got out of bed, despite staying up late the night before, put on my workout stuff and hit the ol' dusty trail.  Which was quite literally very dusty because of some road work going on right now.

After my walk, I was getting ready to take a shower and looked at myself in the mirror.  Wow, I thought, I think my stomach is flatter already!  I must be doing really well!  Then I realized I was sucking in.  I mean, I honestly didn't know it until that moment.  I wonder if this is why I think I look good in the morning, then see my reflection in a building or something and realize I look blobby.  I let my tummy go and thought, Yeah, not as good.  Need to make sure I keep that tucked in all the time.

Tomorrow morning, I have a feeling it will take all of my will to get out of bed and go exercise, because a.) I'm already sleepy from very little sleep last night, 2.) it's already past 11, and c.) I have a coffee date in the morning.  But I lost another .6 of a pound today, so I guess I need to just keep on eating healthy and exercising.

I can do it.  Even if it's the ass-crack of dawn.  It can be arranged.