Besides i don't want to loose to much to fast otherwise i will either put it back on OR my body wont be able to handle sudden weight loss and i get ill.
Regardless i am happy with the weight loss. Motivation to keep me going.
Been on the Weight watchers plan for little over at week and the proof that its working came on Sunday for my weigh in day. Its official i am 2.5 pounds lighter. Pretty good if you ask me. Its a little but its a start and the best way to start is at the beginning.
Besides i don't want to loose to much to fast otherwise i will either put it back on OR my body wont be able to handle sudden weight loss and i get ill. Regardless i am happy with the weight loss. Motivation to keep me going.
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So as mentioned before I joined weight watchers. Well I joined weight watchers point plus program. I joined for a few reasons besides helping me loose weight. After my diagnosis by the doctor of the beginning stages of IBS I was told to cut back on fatty and high carb food. At least for the next little while and take prohibiotics to help with my tummy issues. So this helps cut the fat, make healthy choices in food and as the BF said if I pay for a service like this I am more likely to use it as he knows how much I hate to waste money (which he is right btw)
Anyway I have been on it for little under a week now. I have been doing pretty good so far. Keeping under or par to the points I am allowed, eating more fresh fruit and veggies and cutting a lot of fat from my diet. So I have noticed some benefits so far under the plan.. - I have lost 3 pounds in a few days. This may be just the initial shock and/or water weight but its a start. Actually looking forward to weigh in day. - I have had only one two stomach issues this whole week. One I am sure was from a bad beer (hey I am allowed my days off teehee) and the other I wasn't sure about. But still better then what is was - I seem to have more energy. I am still drinking energy drinks some days but I find its more I want the taste more the I need the energy. Next week I am going to challenge myself (again) to go without - I am learning portion sizes and to be weary of them - I am sleeping better.. although I admit I need more of it (which is another thing to work on) I am not waking up 3 times in the evening. And when going to bed I am able to fall asleep faster - I am more happy. I think this goes with the energy thing. I am feeling more happy about things. This is also partially due to a me learning to stress less in life. But it all ties in. - I am able to focus more. I am able to focus at one task at a time more easily then before when I was all over the place. Especially when things got busy. - I plan ahead, particularly when it comes to meals. I make my lunch everyday (I have saved money to not buying lunch or snacks during the day) I am planning meals when it comes to going out to.. so I am not tempted by buying burgers and crap. Which is fine once I a while, but if I didn't often it becomes a problem. I remember watching Super Size Me and they mentioned that the problem kids where getting healthy meals at their school and the school experienced a decrease in problem (mainly in anger issues and students unable to focus) and I look at the benefits above and I can see why. Since eating better this week I see much more of a difference. I can feel a change in me. So my plan is to keep this up.. at least for the 3 months I paid and then assess the situation after that. pretty sure though if it goes well I will keep using it. I have two friends of mine also on the points plus system and they rave about it. One even after reaching her goal weight. So hoping to keep doing well and keep blogging about it, hopefully in the effort to keep myself motivated.. hopefully this time I will I came across this picture and it got me thinking Now before anything i don't smoke pot, but i know people who do hence why i found this photo... but it got me thinking about my consumption of pop and how much i do drink.. i mean i drink a lot. I have a friend who hasn't drank pop in over a year, and he feels pretty good about it. So i decided to give myself a challenge.. this week starting tomorrow i am going to try and not have any pop.. from Monday to Sunday. I am not sure what i am going to do but i want to see if i can do it. It will definitively be good for me.. and perhaps cut a few pounds off to (cause after all that's the main reason)
So wish me luck At Price Smart V-8 Fruit Juices were on sale for $2.47 (from $3.79 in think). I had a coupon from a booklet (Smart Source from a few months back) for $0.50 off and another coupon off the internet for $0.75 cents off. I did some research and discovered that Price Smart do coupon stack.. So you can imagine my excitement as we could potentially get $1.25 off each bottle.. So off to the store me and the BF went.
We ended up buying 7 bottles of the "light" brand as we realized that the booklet coupon was for light only, where as the internet coupon is for any V8 juice, but we didn't mind. juice is juice and it all tastes better when its a good deal. Anyway all up with tax, bottle deposit and coupons off we spent $10.36. That is a savings of $20.00 (give or take). So happy with that score.. So was the BF. He loves V8 Juice and doesn't mind that its light.. he is happy we have enough juice to last us a few weeks. I couldn't help my excitement on that and spread the word on facebook about my deal. And the funny thing was two people who had made fun of me a couple of weeks ago for couponing (like an old lady as they put it and being influence by shows on TLC and what not) both emailed me asking me if the deal was true. When I said yes they BOTH want to come over and learn about it. HAHAHA.. converting the non-believers is simple when they see results.. In fact that is going to be my new motto/motivation.. show people that I can do it both finance and weight!!! Speaking of which I was in such a good mood this morning (from the deal and getting an awesome nights rest) I decided to weigh myself to see how things are going.. I lost 4 pounds.. This day is getting better and better.. Good mood metre is now set to high!!! You step on the scale.. (ok i cheated a bit. I wasn't supposed to go on the scale until the end of the month but i wanted to see my progress.. anyway...)
And the scale says i have lot 5 pounds AND then the bank sent me a statement confirming that one of my credit cards (not listed in my stats) is paid in full. I paid that off completely before i started this blog. But still seeing that statement with a zero balance has inspired me to keep on with the finances and the scale has inspired me with the weight loss. Good day!!! So today i am starting my Prevention Walk off the Weight Program. I got the book and Journal to help me along with it.
I made my lunch to take to work and went for a walk at lunch time. I also went for a walk (using the treadmill in the gym downstairs of my appartment building) and also a 10 minute bike ride. My biggest accomplishment for today was when i was doing my walk on the treadmill tonight i was able to run 3 one minute intervals without getting really puffed out and recovered well from it. So i was very happy with that... But still i have been writting down everything i eat and drink and like i said i went for a walk during my lunch break. So my goals for this is to loose 20 pounds. Which is in 8 weeks so i think thats a pretty reasonable goal to strive for. One thing i noticed when journally my food was how quickly the calories counted up. I mean i racked up 2000 today.. when my goal was 1600. And i eat pretty healthy and not alot. I would have been ok if i didn't have a starbucks frappachino when i went to have a meeting with a friend of mine. The calories i racked up i drunk. But its ok.. this is what happens at the start.. you figure out what you were doing wrong and fix it. so know i can fix it.. GO ME teehee So last week i was supposed to start my Prevention Walk off the Weight Program.. But that didn't go according to plan. Last week i was extremely busy with work and then the BF wanted to start re-arranging the furniture in the house (which needs to be done. We need to make most of the little space we have) then the weekend was busy between concerts (NKOTBSB), friend catch up drinks and continuing with the clean up. I decided i would start my program on Monday. Afterall Monday is the start of the week and can keep track that way. I should have known i would be asking for it.
Monday i woke up sick. I woke up with a headaches, sore throat and high fever.. not sure what i caught but it was nasty. I felt sooo tired. In fact i slept most of the day Monday. Its now Thursday and i still haven't got over it quite enough to begin exercising.. i still cough a lot but it is getting better. I haven't walked in 4 days. But really what can i do. I remember reading once someone explaining life as the game chutes and ladders.. just when you think you are far enough you get a chute.. but then also comes ladders which brings you back. It all depends on how you deal with it. I am not upset just more annoyed i got sick.. i HATE being sick. I worked out it was because of my bad diet (little fruits or vegetables) and busy scheduled i ran my body down. Then i realized that the month is half over and i haven't completed or got to any of my goals for the month. I have been going to bed earlier at night which i have noticed makes me less tired during the day but i need to improve on that. So my goal is to start on Saturday. Hopefully i will be fully over this.. whatever it was i got and can exercise without coughing all over the place. Also since me the BF stocked up on some things over the last two weeks (yes we have had great luck with store specials and couponing) our plan for the next two weeks is to do a small grocery shop.. little things from Save on as well as bread, milk and fresh stuff and then just eat what we have in the pantry. Only whats in the pantry. The only things we need to get is essestionals like fresh stuff. We want to completely clear out the stock we have. Also since i didn't eat much in the way of fruits and vegetables last week, resulting in me getting sick.. i also want to try out at least one completely vegetarian dish. Should be fun. So yeah.. Saturday is it. My goal was to loose 5-10 pounds this month so i better get on that :) This post is more for reminding me that you are improving and it all helps in the end. Over the last week or so when i have been walking i have feeling very tired. During and after the walk. Like i want to give up and catch the bus home but i have pushed through it knowing it will pay off in the long run.
But last night during my walk i felt awesome. I was having so much fun. Not sure if it was because it was perfect weather (sunny with a cool breeze) whether it was because i just had my nails done or what but i literally felt.. on top of the world.. like i can take on anything.. I want to remind myself of that feeling.. because it was a great motivation tool.. When i got home from my walk i recieved some great stuff in the mail. Some great coupons that i have been waiting for for weeks but hadn't arrived due to the postal strike and my Prevention.com Walk off the Weight book, which i got for a great deal on line. So all in all a great day yesterday. I now have sooo many coupons that i have to invest in a coupon binder to keep them organized as my system now isn't working anymore. Very happy with that one. And hopefully some great deals coming up in the future.. And i plan to start the Walk off the Weight program on Friday. I would tonight but i am giving blood this afternoon and you should exercise after giving blood (give the body sometime to rest. And Thursday i have a busy day with work so i am going to rest that night or perhaps hike with the BF. depending on how i feel. The program comes with a journal book that is used to help record food intake, as well as walking and other exercises you do.. but also things like energy levels and moods.. something i think will help me over time to access things.. wish me luck.. Keep tuned for updates on how that program goes Ill explain why..
Yesterday started off to be one of those days I just couldn't do anything right. I woke up more exhausted then when I went to bed. And I don't know why and then I forgot to take my lunch to work. Which resulted in me having to buy my lunch.. BUT I thought about what I would get and got a chicken salad sandwich with a banana. Pretty good. Then when I got home I realized I didn't take out any meat from the freezer for dinner.. double doh.. I had set myself a goal of going some sort of exercise on Monday Tuesday and Friday. I thought that if I take meat out now go work out in the gym downstairs of my apartment building it will then be ready to cook, or at least give me time to think about what to cook. Then triple doh. I get downstairs and they told me to come back in 30 minutes as there were cleaning the gym area and the equipment. I knew that if I went back upstairs I would not come back down again. So I decided to go for a walk instead.. for an hour. I am happy with myself at doing that. I decided to walk in a big loop ending up at the local supermarket and pet store. I had to get crickets for my baby anyway (and when I talk about my baby I mean my pet lizard teehee) and since I was at the supermarket I would hunt for any coupons and pick up some meat that wasn't frozen. I also picked up some fresh vegetables. So yeah an hour (not including time at the supermarket and pet store). And it wasn't just a stroll either. it was a good walk.. I was breaking a pretty good sweat there. Actually I thought to myself when I first saw the sign at the gym, that if I don't move now you wont. You will have to explain this to yourself and your blog.. How are you going to make an excuse for this one. decided not to make any excuse and keep moving. Its a small step mind you but an important one. I didn't make any excuses for the gym. I couldn't use the gym so I came up with something else. And walking is a pretty good alternative. Its the small steps that eventually lead to big steps. And it was such a nice walk that tonight I might do the same thing. If the weather holds.. if not the gym it is :) So last night was researching ways to help me lose weight. I came across this article "10 incrediable ways to lose wieght". It got me thinking. Thinking of what i need to do to help me with the wieght loss. Not only with diet and exercise but little things i wouldn't think would make a difference..
So i have the list of 10 things and added what it is i need to do this. I have filed this under goals as well as i will need to refer to this when making my July goals. Hopefully by taking small steps i will see results and change my lifestyle for the better. 1. Get a Goal Well i think i have done that. I have set my ultimate goal to lose weight and regain my financial freedom. This whole site/blog is to help me achieve that, by taking little steps at a time :) 2. Clear the Clutter. The article talks about the clutter in the kitchen. Mainly they are a distraction for food prep.. which i agree. but i was also thinking about my cupboards and how cluttered they are. Have the time i have no idea what is in there or what to make with it. Goal: clearing out the cupboards, including the freezer and fridge and also write an inventory of what i do have there so i can organize my meals accordingly. 3. Eat at home more often. I have already started to do this. Me and the BF dont eat out as much anymore. Not so much for our diets but for the fact we can't afford it. hahaha. Two birds with one stone here. But what i need to do more often is bring my lunch to work. I find myself slipping sometimes and buying my lunch either because i forgot to make it the night before or was, and i admit it, lazy about it. Soon it adds up. Not only on the waist line but in the wallet Goal: to get my meal plan back into place so i know exactly what i am planning for lunch for work 4. Increase Sleep This one i know have to do. I go to bed around midnight every night and get up a 7ish. Which is still 7 hours but i always feel tired. And almost every day i say "i will go to bed earlier" This i think need more attention to. Basically i think i have to be nerdy in a sense and write down each night i plan to go to be.. AND stick to it Goal: to print out weekly my bedtime routine 5. Vary your fitness routine. This one should be easy.. well in theroy. After all i don't really have a routine to start off with. Mainly right now its walking but that will change. The problem will come when i want to vary my routine and find something that will come into my budget Goal: look up fitness thing to do that are free or cheap. 6. Eat more breakfast and less dinner This steams from point 4. Because i am usually so tired in the morning i press the snooze button a few times and then get up, get ready for work and leave.. without breakfast. And more often then not i will come to work, forget i missed breakfast and remember only when its lunch time. I have been eating more breakfast lately as i am forcing myself to remember but it still seems to happen. Gotta get into gear and have a good healthy breakfast in the mornings Goal: Steaming from point 4, need to include wake up times that include time for breakfast. Have a meal plan that incorporates breakfast AND stick to it. 7. rethink what is delicious This is a huge problem for me. I know this because all the foods i really really love are really really not that good for you.. hahaha.. This is going to be the challenge for me. But i think if i make a goal and plan it out i should be able to change my eating habits for the better. Also i admit i am lazy sometimes. If i dont' want to cook i will pick the easiest thing to make.. which is more often then not bad.. I am not afraid of trying new things in relation to food. I guess i will have to look into this more Goal: try new foods and new reciepes. By doing this i can work out which is so so and which is really good. 8. Don't skip meals or snacks This one also steams from point 4 and 6. Steaming from fatigue and general laziness i forget to have breakfast. But then there are times i am sooo busy either at work or socializing that i totally forget or are just to dam busy to eat. This needs to stop. I need to put myself first. Even with things are really busy i just need a couple of minutes to eat. And/or plan ahead when i know i am going to be busy out and about and have the meal planned ahead accordingly. Goal: make a weekly meal plan and if necessary plan it around my life for that week. 9. Get Support I have a lot of support from my family and friends on my weight loss. My BF is even planning walking trips for us. I know a lot of people were very supportive when i lost 20 pounds last year.. so i know i have it again. This site is also my support system for myself. 10: Stop dieting The article talks about not going on fad diets. I have never gone on a fad diet.. frankly i know they are a lot of BS and a complete waste of my time. But also i think i need to stop calling this a diet. Last year i told people i was on a lifestyle change not a diet cause diets don't work. I lost 20 pounds. Now that i have called it a diet again i have lost nothing. So i am going back to calling it a lifestyle change. Afterall its what it is. I know i am overweight but i do love who i am.. so i am not dieting i am changing some habits and my lifestyle to keep my lifestyle. Goal: remove the word diet from your vocabulary So thats it in a nutshell. When i formulate my goals and challenges for July. This will help me get it in order and set my lifestyle change in motion |
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