Gym - Arc Trainer

30 minutes..

On the arc trainer. This is a 1st for me!!

Man’s amazing transformation is just the inspiration you need (Video)

Man’s amazing transformation is just the inspiration you need (Video)

I don't know why, but at 1st I feared this was a joke video and almost turned it off. I'm glad I didn't!

A man was told that he couldn't walk, believed doctors for years, and now runs!

Go to the gym, get ugly, be healthy!

I went to the gym tonight, and am quite happy with my effort. I spent 25 minute, to start out with, on the arc trainer. The longest I've gone, at one time, before now was 20 minutes. Then used many of the machines and did a good stretching session.

Tonight, there were a couple of overweight people that came in after me, and left before me, and didn't even break a sweat. I remember being like these 2. I didn't want to get sweaty, have my makeup run, or get my hair messed up. Oh how times have changed! I go with no makeup, sweat like a pig, get all red faced and make really ugly faces when I lift. lol  My new slogan.... Go to the gym, get ugly, be healthy!

Now, I mean no offense to the 2 that left before me. They may have been limited on time, you never know. But my point is, that I used to go to the gym and half work out, with half the commitment and had minimal results. Also, with my minimal commitment, I hadn't fully decided to be healthy. I literally thought "I'll give this a try". If you just try, you are setting yourself up for a possible fail... just do it!

If you want minimal results, put in minimal effort... if you want huge results, put in huge effort!! I realize that "huge" sounds difficult, but it really is all in your mind. Flip the switch.. decide to be healthy!

I just want to mention this because it made me feel good... On Friday when hubby and I were at the gym there was a guy there that was an obvious body builder or power lifter. He is huge! He came over to me and told me that I'd "worked out really hard" and "had really good form". An unsolicited compliment from someone who obviously knows about working out... priceless! :-)

Stress & Unplanned Break... pressing on

Oh dear, since the last post life has dealt us a painful blow, resulting in an unplanned 24 hour "break".

Friday, hubby and I had a very rough day. I'm not going to go into details, except to say that divorce is hard on kids! Don't be selfish.. really try to work on your marriage before you call it quits. I have 2 step-kids that are suffering the consequences of having divorced parents. They didn't chose to have divorced parents, but they get to suffer. Fair? nope

The bottom line for our diet is that we decided to go off the diet for a day. I know this isn't healthy, but on the up side, we are back on track and I spent 1.5 hours at the gym Sunday night.

I knew that when we decided to take the break, that doing so is what "fat people do". Breaking, and indulging that need to feed my emotions is what led me to being overweight in the first place. Since I'm trying to think and act like a skinny person, indulging my desire to break is not good. I guess I can't expect to be cured of my unhealthy habits by taking a few trips to the gym and eating better for a short time.

The difference in this break, from the rest of my life was that I made a conscious decision, knowing the consequences and committing to get right back at it. A few weeks ago I took a break and had a hard time getting back on track. I just quit, and didn't commit to a restart date. I watched a show tonight, I think on HBO, the Big C, or something like that. One of the main characters discovered a very good metaphor for making a life change. It's like "flipping a switch". I have to agree and say that deciding to lose weight is very much like flipping a switch. You are either going to be healthy or not., eat right, or not, exercise or not.  If you are not doing one, you are doing the other. When I took this break, I was still "on" so to speak. I knew it was for a day, and I allowed myself that. I didn't beat myself up, or stress about it. Now, did I dive into a gallon of ice cream? no, but I did eat what I wanted.. I just honestly didn't want as much as I did before.


Maybe, eventually my desire to eat badly when stressed will ease up. I don't know.. probably not. Maybe this kind of thing needs therapy? Again, I don't know. But for now, I'm going to do my best to keep my switch flipped on. It's a choice. I can chose to be healthy, or not.

Yummy salad with salmon :)

This is my 1st meal today. I did have an atkins bar earlier. I'm off my schedule because of being sick.

Caught a bug! + 22 lbs to 1st Goal

I am one of the worlds most germaphobic people. Constantly washing my hands, using hand sanitizer, using hand wipes... and I get sick! Grrrr  Hubby uses the 5 second rule for nearly everything, and he is fine!

When I was at the gym night before last it was clear that I was getting sick as I couldn't lift as much weight or do as many reps. Now, I don't like being sick, but the most disappointing thing is not being able to work out. I googled "working out with a cold" and found that if the symptoms are above the neck, it is safe to work out... just to do so moderately. If one has a hacking cough (which I do), you are supposed to hold off. What is worse, it usually takes me a month or more to get over a cold! My cough is usually the last thing to end, requiring prescription cough syrup to keep me from choking to death! I really don't want the set back with my workouts, or slowed weight loss. I got on the scales this morning and I've lost a little more. I'll post it later as I don't recall the exact number. But I'm getting closer to having lost 20lbs. I have 7 weeks to go to lose about 22 lbs to meet my goal. I really want to meet my goal!!

Hubby went to the gym without me this morning. When he weighed in today at work for their biggest loser challenge, he had lost 5 lbs this week.  He is looking realllly good!  He is down in the 210 lb  range.

The scales keep going....

... DOWN!

Although I've not posted anything in a few days, hubby & I are doing great at our diet & exercise. "great" means we've been eating well, and exercising... it does not mean that it's been easy! Between last Thursday, and Tuesday at 3am, we've been away from home visiting family, about an hour away (we've been going back and forth). So it has been busy. In that time we worked out all but 3 days. Below is our gym log:

Gym Log:
Thursday 4/26: Went @ 3am (by myself, great workout) Didn't go Thursday night. (out of town)
Friday 4/27: Didn't go (out of town)
Saturday 4/28: 1 hour @ gym (we were in a hurry so we had to cut it short.)
Sunday 4/29: 1.5 to 2 hours @ gym. Very good workout. I spent 30 minutes total on the arc trainer, hubby did 40 or 50!
Monday 4/30: Didn't go (out of town)
Tuesday 5/1: 1.25 hours, good workout!

So 50% of the time is pretty good because a month ago, the only thing we did 50% of the time was hold down the couch! I've been doing no less than 20 minutes on the arc trainer each time.

Last week I saw an offer posted on twitter from snap fitness for a 1 month pass for $8.95. It was an online only offer. Well, lucky me... I went in and asked about it and they extended my 7 day pass to a 37 days pass for $8.95! So far, I am LOVING snap fitness!

Weight Loss:

Today the scales for me said 246.4. That means I've lost 16.6 lbs! That feels good. Hubby has lost 21 lbs. He is looking good :-p

It has not been easy because no one else but hubby and I are on low carb, and being away from home, and our food meant making difficult choices, and planning meals in advance. For the most part we didn't "starve". We did have to make 2 trips to BK or Mc D's for bun-less burgers. The hardest day for me was Monday. I was hungry, and had McD's, but I'd waited to long to eat and just wanted to eat everything in sight! I was MAD at myself for needing to be on a diet, and not being able to stop at any of the 50 food places I passed that night. I love food, and this is always going to be my struggle, everyday, forever!

New Clothes:
I got some new clothes for Vegas. I bought them a tad bit too small, although they look good now. All size 1 or 2 x. We still have 2 months till Vegas, so I'm leaving the tags on in case I need to exchange them. I noticed I looked a lot different just having lost 16 lbs. You wouldn't think it would be very noticeable but it is.. which means 16 EXTRA lbs is noticeable too!

Foods:
I've been eating the same things I've been posting. I've been eating eggs everyday as my 1st meal. Again, that seems to really keep me from getting hungry so fast and I feel like I have a but more energy. So I'm sticking with the eggs!

Ketosis:
I check a strip yesterday, and it confirmed I am in ketosis. The strip was the darkest shade, yeah! I've read ketosis is a bad thing (for your body), but isn't being overweight equally as bad?


How I'm Feeling:
Unfortunately, I'm sick :-(  I'm getting a cold or flu.. either one, I feel weak and exhausted! Hopefully, I'll get better soon. I don't want to miss any more workouts. I really want to go no less than 5 days a week.

I feel good about my progress, and how I'm sticking to it... really makes me feel good, like I'm accomplishing something. I do worry about what happens after Vegas... will I keep it off? will I still work out? Will I be able to control my portions? Not eat to many sweets, pizza, CARBS!??  I want the answers to all be positive, but I'm worried.

Hubby- at 1st hated the gym. He didn't want to go, he didn't enjoy it. Now he really likes it and even pushed me to go yesterday. So that is an awesome switch. He has seen & felt changes in his body and it has motivated him to do even better. I'm proud of him!

If anyone else is reading this, and you are on your own weight loss journey.. I wish you the courage to make changes in your life, so that you can feel better in your own skin! No one can do it for you, but you.  I tell myself this daily.

4/30, 1st Meal

Turkey sausage + 3 eggs

Important Note! Gym Day 2

This is important to note, very important!.. Before going to the gym on day 2, I felt SUPER TIRED! I just wanted to sleep! In fact I did, for a couple of hours before going. But I pushed myself to go, and I did. After getting home I felt energized! I did some work, some house work including laundry. All at like 5 am... which is so unusual for me.

So I just wanted to make a special note about this so that I don't forget about being super tired, then energized!

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Wednesday 4/25, Journal + cpap

Today was a good day! I ate well and have not been hungry until just now.

Hubby and I went to the gym tonight. We only had 55 minutes but we made the best of the time. There were maybe 10 other people there and I was the only sweating profusely. So does that mean I'm more out of shape, or that I was working it harder? Let's go with working it harder! Woot woot!

Gym Summary:

10 min on arc trainer, 5 min stretching, the rest of the time on machines. I definitely pushed myself.

Food Journal:

1st meal: 2 fried eggs and 2 sausage patties

Meal 2: salad with grilled chicken and one chicken + spinach sausage dog

Snack: (after workout) 1, atkins peanut butter bar

I missed a 3rd meal today. Gotta fit this in, I know its important!

Oh, and I used my cpap today like a good girl. I'd had trouble with the "nasal pillows" leaking air so I've not been wearing it. Well, after I put it on, it occurred to me to tighten the straps... Duhhhh. So I did and now the leaks are gone. I use ear loops to wear my mask as opposed to the standard "head gear" ... You know, so I don't have to mess up my hair! :-) Its by ResMed, and is called  Bella Loops Swift FX. Its very nice and makes using the cpap so much more tolerable!

Ok, thanks for reading! I'm off to bed

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Chicken + Spinach sausage

Hubby grilled them for dinner. I'll be eating one. Yum!

Re-post: Going Back to What you Know & Mental Work

Another inspirational video about challenges. She has lost around 80 lbs (I think) and looks awesome!

http://youtu.be/aU1Q7DhBv4k

Minus 11, Down 3 after re-start

Got on the scales, and they said 252.0. That's going in the right direction! I feel good today :-)

Re-post: When you fall down, get up! STILL truckin along!

One of my favorite inspirational people even has failures and sometimes tells herself she'll start tomorrow. Key word here is "sometimes".  She's back on track now! She talks about this nearing the 4 minute mark, but listen from the beginning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPPfZuWQltg

She has lost about 130 lbs!

When you fall down, get up! STILL truckin along!: youtu.be/FPPfZuWQltg via @youtube
— LowCarbHaley (@LowCarbHaley) April 25, 2012

Round 1 - I win!

 

 One of my main battles is not wanting to make my meals, then I get too hungry and end up eating stuff I shouldn't.. or just snacking too much. So today, I made this within 15 minutes of getting up! So for round one today ... I win!

I'm changing how I label what I eat.. I'm going to be posting it as "food journal"

The battle is about to begin

I'm laying here in bed, thinking about getting this day started. This sounds good right? I didn't get much sleep but I'm feeling excited about what I'll accomplish today, then ...bum bum buuummm... I realize my battle with food is about to begin! Grrr So this is the deal... I am the master of my fate, and I'm just going to win this battle! I'll win it 1000 times today if necessary! I'll win it every waking moment! I'm going to win today!

Gym Log - Day 2 - Happy Happy!

For me, this is still Tuesday and so I did go to the gym 2 days in a row. yeah me!  I have to say that I'm quite proud of myself. I did 20 minutes on the arc trainer. I hate that thing! I said going in that I wanted to do 20 minutes. After 5 minutes, yes 5! I wanted to Q U I T !! I don't know where I got this phrase but I told myself  "only fat people quit after 5 minutes!".. so I pushed on. When 10 minutes came around, the same routine that occurred at 5 minutes.. then again at 15 minutes.. then finally I had reached my goal! I didn't quit! That felt so good.  I know I didn't kill the arc trainer, but I didn't want it killing me either. I forgot to google what my max heart rate should be, and since I didn't want to die, I kept my heart rate between 145 and 150 bpm. I calculated it now, and the image of the results is below. Yes, my resting heart rate it high... sometimes is even higher :-(

My pics from the gym will show you that the place was packed! Ok, not really.. I was the only one there. It was kinda cool having the whole place to myself... at 3 am. I think I see a full time membership in my future.

After I got home, I ate one of the peanut butter Atkins bars... yummy!

Hip Abduction - 3 sets in each of the 2 positions @ 55 lbs

Abdominal - 2 sets @ 50lbs, 1 set @ 60 lbs

Lateral Raise - 3 sets @ 10 lbs

Leg Press - 2 sets @ 130 lbs, 1 set @ 150lbs

Lat Pull - 2 sets @ 30lbs, 1 set @ 40 lbs. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

I'm guessing 160 is a good target heart rate for me.

Thank you for following my journey.

Re-Post - Recovering from Cheating on Your Low Carb Diet

Very good article for low-carbers!

http://lowcarbthis.com/motivation/recovering-from-cheating-on-your-low-carb-diet/

4/24, Food Journal

So today I woke up and the scales said 254.2. I like that # better than 255! lol So I'll take it.

I have my 1st 3 followers on Twitter... thank you!

My body aches a little from last nights workout. Yeah! My body hurts from something other than just being heavy and sitting the wrong way, or hurting for no reason at all... this is good.

Today's Food Journal:

1st meal: salad minus and nuts, cilantro, and with mushrooms. I don't usually add mushrooms. They were yummy. I also added 1/2 can of salmon. And of course, I forgot to take a picture!  As for low carbing it today, so far so good.

2nd Meal: Hubby made us a salad and a steak & cheese melt (that's what I'm going to call it anyway. It's angus beef pieces with a little mozzarella cheese melted on top). I was super tired and feeling a bit of depression. I didn't want to get out of bed. Yes, I went back to bed.. I was plagued with an all too common headache. It's better now though! :-)

Snack: Atkins peanut butter bar after returning from the gym.

Yesterday you said tomorrow..

How to Maximize Your Chances of Dieting Success

An article on the Atkins site that I didn't have time to read, but need to...

No matter where you start the Atkins Diet, follow these 15 tips diet success:

http://www.atkins.com/Program/Overview/How-to-Maximize-Your-Chances-of-Success.aspx

Low Carb This..

The Mistakes Atkins Dieters Commit

http://lowcarbthis.com/good-exercise/the-mistakes-atkins-dieters-commit/

Take 2! + twitter

So I've been on a "break" for about 2 weeks? I don't even know. It's been too long, and I'm plus 5 lbs. Grrr  So this is "Take 2". I'm not officially going low carb today, but I'm committing to less carbs and more exercising.

It is 2 months from now that we leave on our Vegas trip. I had hoped to be further along in the processes but I just didn't fully commit myself to the task. So this is my consequence.

Yesterday, hubby and I signed up for a week free trial at a 24/7 fitness center. We even worked out a bit.. 50 minutes. I know it's not much, but it was all the time we had. We both felt good afterwords, and I know I'm going to keep going, hubby says he will too. If we do well, and actually GO, we will sign up for a membership. Fingers crossed, we will not let ourselves down... again.

So I really have no clue how to work twitter, but I'd really like some "followers" and so I've signed up for twitter. I'd like to have followers for accountability reasons. Maybe it will help me stay focused? Maybe I just want to be a star! lol  My twitter name is @LowCarbHaley  Please forgive me in advance if I do twitter wrong. :-)

Monday, I didn't eat too badly, I had subway for 2 meals. 1, 6" sub for each meal. It was yummy. Too bad it's not low carb!!! And as usual, after exercising, I was famished!!

Crock pot full of yumminess!

http://cravingsugar.net/

http://cravingsugar.net/

Snack..

Green beans. Yum! I'm cooking them in the crock pot. They aren't done yet, but these are done enough for me!!

4/4 - Today's Food Journal

1st Meal: 2 turkey dogs w/ cheese

2nd Meal: Salad with all the good stuff, and a new thing we got tonight at wal-mart... its pieces of precooked Angus beef. It has 2 carbs per serving. I heated that up in the microwave and melted a little mozzarella cheese on top. It was pretty good, and another low carb option.


New things.. We picked up some nuts at walmart tonight and some new peanut butter, and something that is supposed to be like peanut butter, but isn't. I'm not sure if I like it or not. Anyway, all are low carb and the nuts are crunchy! Crunch is hard to come by on this diet.

I will probably eat again before going to bed. I have eaten a few nuts.. not to many, as a snack.

Day 14 - Review & Comments - Don't gain it again!

So today is day 14. I'm pretty pleased with the weight loss and how I feel physically. It's amazing how I feel so much lighter, less bloated and have more energy just after almost 14 lbs. I get a little depressed when I catch my reflection in the mirror and see that I'm much bigger than I think I am. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT REGAIN THE WEIGHT! Let's not go through this again! I'm below 250, I never ever ever want to see that number again! When I was at 211, I thought to myself that I would never let myself gain that weight back. How did I do this to myself? Over indulgence! Isn't that the American way? You want what you want, and you want it now... and to hell with the consequences!  Well, "to hell" is right. I've been living in a physical hell again, trapped in a body that I have failed. I choose, what I eat. I choose my fate... I choose my health.. I choose my weight. period. I am the master of my fate.

I'm 38 and to date have no health issues other than being over weight. I am very lucky! By the time my Mom was 35 she had high blood pressure. Soon followed by diabetes and high cholesterol. She's even had a gastric bypass... and today, she spends about $700 a month on medicines. I am lucky! I cannot afford to wait any longer to lose this weight! And I cannot afford to gain it back!

My Grandma (on Dad's side), we are pretty sure, died of a heart attack. She seemed to be sick for all of the time I can remember. She had all kinds of problems like heart disease and diabetes. So I am lucky! Don't waste the luck, eventually it runs out! It always does!

The more I type the more angry I get at myself for having to start this over. I have tears in my eyes now. Please don't do this again! I just need to get to where I am comfortable and stay there. I cannot become a slave to sugar! Sugar, sweets, chocolate, CARBS! Are my enemy! They will take my life if I don't keep them out of my body! (yes, I'm using a lot of these !!!... I'm angry!!!)

I love to eat. Name the food and I probably love it.. in large quantities. Although, my normal weight step kids can out eat me at every meal, I still gain weight and they don't. How is that fair?? Food is my comfort. I celebrate, I eat. I'm sad, I eat. I'm bored, I eat. When not doing low carb, I'm constantly thinking about food, and I'm not the only one. Hubby asks me right after we get done eating, what we will be having for the next meal.

Now, as I type this I am thinking about the "day off" the diet that we have planned for Saturday. It's my b-day, and we are craving pizza! So hubby & I figured that one meal off won't kill us, and will give us a reward, and treat, to hold us over until the next day off. Sounds good, but isn't that still celebrating with food? When does it end? I'm quite imaginative, I could think of something to celebrate every day! I don't know. I guess I've got some thinking to do.

The bottom line is this.. I was happy and felt comfortable and girly at 211 lbs. I could wear cute jeans! I need to be able to be happy in my own skin. I need to be healthy. I finally have the man of my dreams, my soul mate, my true partner for life... I don't want to cut my time short with him, or burden him with health problems prematurely. I've got to get down to at least 215, then re-evaluate my goal. No questions about it, 215! Then, I've got to watch carefully, EVERYDAY, what I'm eating to make sure I'm not slipping back into an unhealthy pattern that will lead to weight gain. EVERYDAY! This is the ONLY body I'm ever going to get! Don't waste it!!!!!!!!!

Do or do not, there is no try!

3rd Meal

Finally a decent 3rd meal. Has a can of salmon on top. Yum

Hubby has lost 17 lbs!!

My hubby is doing the low carb diet with me. He is having trouble getting into ketosis, but is still losing weight like a real low carb pro. I'm so proud of him, he has lost 17 lbs! Good job honey <3

1st meal: 2 pork grease sausage patties. 420 calories!

2nd meal: 2 double cheeseburgers with no buns and plain.  I don't know how many calories this is but its too many.. but only maybe 2 to 4 carbs total.

Still have a headache.. had one about everyday for a week or more. Other than that, I'm feeling good. That said, I can't seem to get myself to exercise. I have so much work (job work) to do, I feel overwhelmed and like I don't have time to exercise.

As of today, I'm minus 13.8 lbs!

Lazy woman's 1st meal

I mistakenly bought pork sausage instead of turkey... So this quite a few calories :(  And after eating it, I never want to make this mistake again! It was very yummy but so greasy & fatty! ick

Weight today 249.2... Which is a loss!!

Pork chop...

Dinner tonight with salad too

Better pic of my salad

Dinner tonight...

Ok, I'm eating..

Pickles + beef jerky. At least it's something!
Just a little tip.. Don't sit down with the bag of jerky! Just take out the amount you can afford and put it on a plate. Hubby sat down while "starving" today and ate most of the bag. He went over his carb limit today :(

12 Hours, No Food!?

It has been almost 12 hours since I ate. I did drink about 1/2 of an Atkins shake about 2 hours ago with my vitamins. I just couldn't stomach drinking the whole thing.. too nasty! I don't really know why they are so nasty to me now, back in 2008 I had to worry about drinking too many each day... now I dread drinking them at all!

Anyway, so it's been too long since I've eaten. I'm not hungry and nothing sounds good. I know this is a bad thing because I'll get sick if I don't eat and it will slow down my metabolism. But wait.. I don't feel like eating? Not craving food, or wanting to eat gobs of it? This part is a good thing! Big change! But I need to eat more. I'll go eat something now.. maybe.

And I just created a youtube account for the videos I will make soon.
http://www.youtube.com/user/lowcarbhaley

Jillian..

Flipping through the channels tonight I saw an advertisement for a new system by Jillian Michaels called "Body Revolution". It looks really good, I think I may get it. Jillianbodyrevolution.com. The advertisement stated a statistic about people keeping food journals lose more weight than those who don't. So yeah me for already thinking of that!!


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Minus 12.6 lbs!

As of today, I am minus 12.6 lbs. Feeling much much smaller. The amount of difference I feel is amazing for only being nearly 13 lbs less.


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Salad w/ Almond slices

Chicken Breast with Pepper jack cheese

3/31, Saturday - Dining Out

1st meal: Two turkey dogs with cheese, and 2 sausage patties

2nd meal: grilled Chicken salad at Cracker Barrel. I ordered it with no onions, tomatoes, or croutons. The menu said it had 14 carbs but since I ditched some of the stuff I'm hoping that number is lower than 14. I'm still under 20 for the day though, so that's good.

No snacks today. We spent the day out of town, shopping and going to the movies. I forgot my big purse, so we had to buy something to drink at the theater. Not to many options there! A $5.25 bottle of water was it (I hate Diet Coke). I had some single serve crystal light packs in my purse, so I added 2 to the bottle. It was good, but why does water cost so much?? Grrr

Cracker Barrel has a very good selection of low carb options.. they take up almost a full page. Thank you CB for understanding the need for low carb options!!




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3/30 Friday, 2nd meal, Snacks+ comments

9:50pm - Tonight for dinner I had a yummy salad with a can of salmon on it.

5:30pm - I had a peanut butter bar

8:30pm - I had a little slim jim and cheese thing I picked up during checkout at walmart. It had 1 carb.

Soda: last night hubby + I shared a diet dr pepper and tonight we shared a diet root beer. --- I have a bad headache today, wondering if its from the caffeine in the Dr pepper.

Exercise: I'm still quite sore from the exercise 2 days ago! Maybe I did too much?? Even though my muscles hurt (from the squats) I feel better and like I weigh less than I actually do. One day my body will catch up with my head.

Weight: 253.6 -- minus 9.4lbs

3/30, Friday, 1st meal

Talipia with a little seasoning and "I can't believe its not butter" spray. This is 2 pieces .. I don't plan to eat anything with it.

Exercise! Too much? and Minus 8.2 lbs

Tonight I exercised, yeah me! Squats are my enemy, so I did more than I thought I could. This sounds good... pushing myself is good, right? Well, maybe I shouldn't push quite so hard. I have 6 steps to walk down to get to my office. OMG! I've never had trouble walking DOWN steps before! The pain usually comes when going up.. but not this time. The muscles that control going down are like mush.  oops! 

I did stretch good this time. I'll still be sore, but maybe not so much. We'll see tomorrow.

These are my workout partners (below). They make for a very good workout! You do have to pick them up to be effective though. lol   The ball is 8 lbs, and the hand weights (yes, the price tag is still attached) are 5 lbs each.

Weight loss.. I know you shouldn't do it, but I don't usually do what I "should". Anyway, I got on the scales tonight and they said 254.8 so that makes for 8.2 lbs lost! -- "Do or do not, there is no try" I'm doing this!

Full dinner...

This is my 3rd meal, but not the most healthy (no veggies). Actual dinner was salad + chicken breast.

A healthy fridge...

Usually filled with high carb foods, now filled with low carb! Yes, there is a sprite and juice hiding in there.. but I'm not drinking them.

Best Atkins Snack/meal bar!

 

All of the Atkins bars are pretty good, but this is the most filling and the most yummy!

Mega-T, I think it helps..

I took this back in 2008 when I lost the 80 lbs. I'm not sure if it was the type of foods I was eating, or this stuff, but I didn't crave things and have a desire to overeat. Honestly, it was probably a little of both.

Eating sugar (carbs) makes your body crave sugar, and makes you tired! <-- don't forget this Haley!

Eventually I'll list on here all of the vitamins/supplements I take. I don't know if Mega-T is considered a "supplement" or not, but that's what I'm going to call it.

3/28, Wednesday, Day 8, Minus 6.8 lbs

• Really tired! Slept for 9 hours or so. Used cpap for 6 hours
• 1st snack: 1 tbsp or so of peanut butter
• Shake & vitamins
• 2nd snack- peanut butter bar (feeling very nauseous and had sharp pain in stomach. Didn't really want to eat but figured the pain was from hunger.. I think I was right.)
• Been up 3 hours as of the time I started this post and no headache! I did take fake excedrin just in case. And how much longer am I going to have to OD on this fake stuff before the real excedrin migraine is back on the market!?!? grrr

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6:30 pm, Dinner (we'll call this meal #2)

•  Salad with all the good stuff.. including cilantro (thanks Mom for the idea!)
• Chicken breast (the sams's club Mesquite flavor)

2:30 am (Thursday) Meal 3(Picture posted)

• 2 turkey dogs with half a slice of cheese on each
• 2 turkey sausages
• a few slices of cheese (from a bar of cheese)

3/27, Tuesday, Day 7, Minus 6.8 lbs

Today, another day with an extremely bad headache!

• 1st meal: 2 turkey dogs and 2 little turkey sausage patties
• Salad with cilantro and avocado this time. and 2 pieces of talipia
• Did NOT take vitamins or BS today -- bad girl!
• Weight: holding steady. I haven't done anymore exercise and (any guys need to sop reading here) its that time of the month (day 3). You were warned!
• Again, I'm sure I didn't eat enough. Today I started getting sharp pains in my stomach.. probably saying "FEED ME!" but I'm not so hungry and food just doesn't sound good... except for the stuff I can't have.
• Other than the headache, I don't feel too tired. another entire night with my cpap may have helped.

1st Meal

That was 2 full hot dogs. They are yummy!

3/26, Monday, Day 6, Minus 6.8 lbs

Today, I'm feeling back to my usual level of tiredness. I still have a constant headache though, and I'm thinking it's maybe caffeine withdraw. I did sleep with my mask on all night, like a good girl. Yes, I have sleep apnea.. a curse of being over weight!

Weight: 256.2 -- that is minus 6.8 lbs!

As of 2am on Tuesday (got up at 4pm), I've eaten:

• 1st meal was a salad with all the goodies on it and 2 small pieces of tilapia. (around 6pm)
• snack (a tbsp or so of peanut butter) around 11pm
• 2nd meal 1 piece of chicken and slices of cheese (from a bar of cheese) around 1 am

I'm not sure I'm eating enough?

"Do or Do not. There is no try." Yoda teaches Luke Skywalker the force

Day 4 & 5 - Stopped & Re-started

My birthday gift came early this year from my parents, yeah! But, oh nooo! They took us to a casino, which had the best buffet in the world. Hubby & I contemplated cheating, then decided not too, then changed our minds again. So we had a one day break on Saturday, and now (Sunday) we are back at it. Thankfully, no weight was gained, but I'm not even going to check on the ketosis for a few days.

After the one day break, we both feel so incredibly tired!! We both got plenty of sleep, but feel like we've been run over by a truck! So the lesson here is... a one day cheat can be VERY costly!

I did exercise on Friday using a 8 lb ball. 2 days later and I'm still feeling the pain. I think I'd of done better if I would have stretched after.. but I had a headache coming on so I just wanted to call it quits. 

Weight: 258.0
Blood sugar (when I got up) 115

1st meal: Salad (spinach & lettuce), and 2 super yummy chicken sausage's we got at Sam's that hubby cooked on the grill.

Snack, One hard boiled egg.. and a little later a low carb shake & vitamins.... and later one more of those yummy chicken sausage things my hubby cooked. I'm probably going to bed soon cuz I am sooo tired! So this will probably be the end of what I eat today.

3/24, Day 4, Minus 5 lbs

• Blood sugar 108
• in ketosis - one shade darker to go!

3/23, Day 3, Minus 4.2 lbs

• 258.8
• Blood sugar:  
• 1:00pm (about) Celery sticks & cream cheese 

Obviously not a complete list of what I ate.

I did exercise today, with the 8 lb ball and 2 5lb weights. Maybe for 15 minutes. I had a headache so I had to stop fairly quickly cuz my head was pounding. 

1st Post!

This is a couple of days late, so I'll have to backtrack a bit.

3/21, Day One

• 263.0 lbs
• Blood sugar 120, last ate 10 hours ago.
• Drank atkins type shake, took Vitamins, PLUS chewable Calcium, aspirin, + mega green T pill.
• 6:30p Salad:spinach & lettuce, cheese, bell peppers,  and 2 pieces of pork.
• 10:30 p: Blood sugar 110  
• 1am (3/22) 1/2 can spinach.

3/22, Day Two

• 260.3
• 10:30 am blood sugar 96
• 11:15am 2 double cheese burgers from BK, no bread 
• Time? Atkins bar
• Time-4pm? Shake with vitamins. no chewable calcium (ick!)
• 9:00p Salad:spinach & lettuce, cheese, bell peppers, 1/2 can tuna
• 11:30p 1 hard boiled egg, 
• 1:30 am (3/23) celery sticks & cream cheese