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25 November 2013

So yesterday was my first low carb day. I realized I wasn't as prepared as I thought, but it's pretty easily fixed and it didn't stop me.

Yesterday went really well I think for the mot part. I was a little over on carbs, but it was my first attempt and there were some factors involved that made me extra hungry.

We had a massive snow storm yesterday and the day before so I hibernated yesterday (didn't even clean off the 2 feet of snow from my car!).

So today when I woke up, before eating or anything I took the dogs out, then went and shoveled the snow around my car and my back deck and cleared off the car. It took about 40 mins or so and was moderately intense (snow's heavy!). Then I did a couple more "morning things" (feed the cats, the dogs, empty dishwasher, etc). Very quickly after coming back in I felt sick, it very very quickly escalated to extremely unwell. I was unbelievably nauseous, sweating profusely (not from exertion), just while sitting, and so dizzy I almost fainted, twice. There were a couple things that made me feel that way, all of which are fine individually, but together with the hormones, the lack of carbs (which are pretty heavy in my normal diet) had me bottoming out. (I know it's bad when both my dogs freak out, and boy were they freaking out and fussing over me). So I knew I needed to do something quickly so I managed to eat a few crackers and dime sized candies to get my blood sugar right quickly so I could make proper food.

In the end it worked and in less than an hour I felt 100% again, (but boy what a rough hour!!).

I refuse to allow the morning to derail my plan so I'll try to compensate the rest of the day and keep things very low carb.

Made a stir fry for lunch that literally took 5 mins. Packed full of wonderful green veggies (all fresh, not frozen) and lean protein. Feels good, tastes amazing and make me feel good to know that even though I wanted to scrap the day and just eat anything, starting fresh tomorrow, but I didn't.

Small victories build to great success.

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22 November 2013

I went away for a week and it was one of those eat out a lot type of trips (I got to visit my husband!!). I was really good portion control wise, just not particularly smart with the actual food choice. However I walked... a lot! Like we had no car and walked everywhere, every day. I loved it. The good news in all of this is that while I may have eaten stuff I wouldn't normally eat, I rarely ate more than half of it, AND I increased my physical activity to help compensate which I'm proud of. I've never had a problem eating a full restaurant portion (don't get me wrong, I'd regret it instantly and feel sick for a bit, but I'd do it almost every time) but I was actually amazed at how much the small changes I've made have really affected my eating habits. I find I miss my healthier choices, I'm no dreading "having" to eat them. I like how I feel better when I eat them, my body responds to the choices, good and bad. I love how much more energy I have when I USE more energy by getting moving. I love that I sleep so much better.

Anyways, this trip was much needed. After my grandma passed at the beginning of the month I needed something to pull me out of a funk I was in (I wasn't eating often enough so when I did realize I was hungry I'd just want quick and satisfying, plus I was being less active than normal) and this trip definitely did! I feel like my very soul was soothed and refreshed. I really needed to be with my husband for the week and it looks like we won't be apart for nearly as long as we'd thought.

Overall, things are just starting to go really well and it's just giving me the boost I needed. I've re-evaluated my eating plans and have decided to start moving towards lower carb healthy eating. I'm not going to to cut out carbs all together but I know i have success with old school no carb high fat diet but if I can adapt that to a healthy diet where it's not high in fat might work faster and still not be a sacrifice. Like I said, not jumping into anything, just going to try to move that way.

Weigh-in: 263.7 lb

lost so far: 25.7 lb

still to go: 93.7 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(1 comment) losing 0.1 lb a week

25 October 2013

So I finally remembered to get on the damn scale this morning. I was happy with the results because a big part of me honestly thought I'd gained weight so the fact that I've dropped some was wonderful. I've been focusing on getting moving and walk about 10-12km a week. Sometimes more, sometimes less. I try and do at least 3km every other day although lately I've been going 4km+ because of the sheer volume of stress I've been under. The fact that the 2 most stressful life events (a dying family member and a long distance move), according to several articles I've read, are happening SIMULTANEOUSLY in my life is making things almost unspeakably difficult to manage but I'm forcing myself (as much as I possibly can) to just take things one day at a time. I just hope I don't totally lose my shit.. sorry to be crude, but it is what it is.

Weigh-in: 264.3 lb

lost so far: 25.1 lb

still to go: 94.3 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

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28 September 2013

Stone cold binged. So disappointed in myself.

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27 September 2013

Well, I'm having to get focused again after taking a break for a while now bc of personal and health issues. I know it's no excuse, but I wasn't strong enough to stay focused on eating well so I'm sure I put on some weight. I'll weigh myself tomorrow.

The fortunate thing is I haven't gone completely off the rails in terms of WHAT I eat, it's more how much of it I eat. Don't get me wrong, there were several days I made awful food choices both in what AND how much, but for the most part it was all fairly smart choices, just too much in a day.

Also my exercise slipped for a while but in the last week I've gone on 2 long walks and done yoga twice (very basic yoga - didn't realize it was so hard!! Lol).

For those of you that remember I had a couple of fainting episodes this summer and went to the doctor about it a little while back. My doc didn't want to take any chances and had me seen by several specialists and subjected to several tests ending with my second trip to the cardiologist Tues. I'm currently wearing a heart monitor (which is annoying).

I'm excited that the end is in sight... I've been poked and proded enough and I'm ready to just get the results from all of it and be done with it all. Fingers crossed.

Also, HUGE changes are starting to take place. My husband and I are moving clear across the province at separate times (My husband in a month, me 6 or so months after that). It's complicated. It means fixing up the house for sale (alone), and figuring out my medical care... it's going to be a very stressful year but hopefully, once it's done, things should probably, hopefully, settle into some semblance of a normal life. I'm really excited about the move, but dreading all the work leading up to it. Living in different cities isn't something my husband and I are unfamiliar with, he's American, I'm Canadian. The first several years of our relationship were the long distance juggle and several times in the last couple of years we've nearly moved to the US but changed our minds last minute - each time my husband moving down to the US for several months before coming back. I won't even try to explain the complexities that led to these decisions but I assure you the decisions were never whims or anything less then well thought out. Things change though and we've had to adapt. This move is definite. My husband leaves Nov 1st.

Sorry for the purge of info, I don't know why I feel the need to justify myself... but there you have it. I'm stressed but I'm really hoping to get focused and stay focused despite that stress.

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