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27 April 2010
The trip to Portland went well, despite waking up with a nasty cold on Thursday morning. I drugged myself up with cold medicine, drank a ton of Emergen-Cs, lots of water and V8s, and managed to get through the weekend without feeling like complete garbage. I got home Sunday evening, was finally able to relax, and the fatigue began to set in. Fortunately I had Monday off, and am taking a sick day today. My boss does not want to come into contact with this and risk ruining her trip to Arizona next week.
It was hard to eat well on the trip, but I managed to do alright. Even when I thought I was pretty hungry, less than half of what I was served completely filled me up. I think this cold was partly to blame - food tasted off. That, and it seemed that everything I was served in Portland was slightly burned. The worst damage I did was drinking beer and eating ribs and potato salad in the middle of the night with my brother on Saturday night. We hadn't gotten to spend any time together the whole trip, so that was fun. We designed a tattoo. I had shown him one I designed, and that sparked another idea he had, and between the two of us we came up with a great tattoo for him. I don't know if he'll get it, but it was fun coming up with it - definitely a conversation piece if he does.
And as of this morning I have lost 3 pounds! Yay! I think I'm on the mend now from this cold, but I'm still plugged up, so I will wait to see how I feel tomorrow before trying to get back on the treadmill. Breathing is a challenge right now, and would not be pleasant on a treadmill.
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27 April 2010
Weigh-in:
170.0 lb
lost so far:
3.0 lb
still to go:
30.0 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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losing 2.6 lb a week
21 April 2010
Yay! Did it again! I got up and worked out. Despite Rick (my long-time man) having a cold and waking me up several times throughout the night. Thankfully playing WordUp on my phone helps to put me to sleep most of the time. I've been taking Emergen-C morning and night to head that one off at the pass, plus eating vegetables and fruit.
Today is day 3 of sticking to healthier eating, ie cutting out white sugar, corn syrup, snack foods such as chips, and fast food. And but of course, one of our vendors dropped by with pastries. No one in our office wanted them, so I took them down the hall to one of the other offices in the building. I had planned out my breakfast, lunch and snack, and I'm right on track with 40/30/30! Dinner is not too much of a challenge, I don't really eat a lot at night unless we order pizza or go out. I snack on air popped popcorn (Albertson's brand butter spray helps the salt stick to the popcorn without the fat) if I'm snacky after dinner.
When it comes to the pastries of this morning, I'm not trying to deprive myself, but #1, I haven't been much for sweets in the last few months, not even chocolate. My weakness lately has been salty food like fries and chips; #2, I am focused on losing this excess fat; and #3, I know from past experience that if I eat processed food like that first thing in the morning, I'll be wanting to snack all day. Dr. Agatson (sp?) of the South Beach Diet nailed that particular tidbit; it is so true. I'm not specifically doing the SBD, but I am keeping some of the particular truths of that plan in mind.
Besides, I'm traveling tomorrow and will be attending a wedding ... I'd honestly rather drink champagne than eat cake. My biggest weakness will be the taco trucks in my brother's neighborhood! Oh, and that my brother works in a bar and makes an awesome blue cheese burger, not to mention they serve some great beer.
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20 April 2010
Ended the day with a very satisfying meal. I should probably eat some vegetables with dinner, but I ate 2-3 servings at lunch, had a banana for snack, and opted to fill myself up with MGD 64 with dinner instead ;) I am absolutely stuffed. I think eating all of those vegetables at lunch really does the trick. I'm surprised that I stayed under my RDI yesterday and today. Makes me wonder if calories are understated on FS? I've been trying to err on the side of overestimation when it comes to my portions - and I have that pretty well down anyway. Guess sticking to eating well and exercising will illustrate it pretty well in weeks and months to come.
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20 April 2010
I was going to try to work out last night, since I didn't get up yesterday morning, and again didn't do it. Late yesterday afternoon I found out an old high school friend committed suicide on Sunday. He wasn't a close friend, but was someone with whom I kept in touch every few months. We'd go out for drinks and shoot pool, that kind of thing. He was always so upbeat, and none of us who knew him ever imagined he would do something like that. It's a complete shock, and I haven't really been able to process it yet.
I did get up this morning and work out, finally. I've been telling myself every night that I would get up in the morning and work out, but then would stay up too late. Last night I made a point of going to bed right after the Big Bang Theory ... 10 pm, and woke up before my alarm went off. I am so out of shape! Just one set of 20 walking lunges has me already sore. To think I used to do 3-4 sets of 20 walking lunges with a 70 lb barbell on my shoulders ... my how things have changed. I have a feeling that after a month of regular workouts, I'll start seeing some tone again.
Get a load of the arms I used to have ...
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Good Goddess I was in good shape! Need to dig out a picture that shows my abs - I had amazing abs - and keep it by my desk! I'm thinking that once I get back into the habit of getting up in the morning and working out, I may go get a gym membership again. I have a nice treadmill, weight bench, dumbbells up to 25 lbs, EZ bar and plates, and a designated work out room in my house - but man I miss the leg machines and pullies. Plus, there's something about the gym - even if I don't feel like working out, all I need to do is just get there, and usually within a few minutes I'm in the mode.
My son is 16 and said he'd like to go to the gym with me as well. I've never done well working out with a partner, I am truly a loner in that way. My sister is a trainer, and she would help me get him set up with some workouts, then I can keep an eye on his form. If there is one thing I know, it is good form and what kind of movements cause injury. Plus it would be fun to have Luke there, good mom/son time.
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