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02 May 2014

Well, I should probably find another challenge, as my friends and I finished this challenge on Easter, but continued to check in on this "official" one beyond.

I continue to deal with pain and numbness, much to my great disappointment. 11 years is a long time to deal with hitting a wall everytime I try to get active. So, this week I only worked out every other day.

When I get down, I find reasons to give myself rewards. I know I should avoid food rewards, but sweets are my Achilles heel. That apple fritter on Wednesday sure tasted great and I won't need or want another one for a LONG time. I had been craving something with carne asada and with the heat, I was just too tired to imagine cooking when I got home yesterday, so I stopped at my favorite little Mexican food place. I should have just got the two carne asada tacos and thrown out one of the corn tortillas like last time. Instead, I asked for a carne asada burrito, cut in half and wrapped separately. I started to eat my half for dinner last night and it was so salty and overwhelming carb-wise, I ended up picking out the meat and throwing the rest away. It led to me retaining water for my weigh in this morning, I have no doubt.

I was going to take the other half for lunch today, but I just don't want to, so I'm giving it to my husband. Win for me!

I pulled out all my size 10-12 clothes that have been under the house for 5+ years. I almost fit in about half of them. I gave away a few out-of-date items and put back the true size 10s for a later date.

I washed everything else last night and pulled almost all my size 14 and 16 clothes and put them in the garage. I haven't quite convinced myself to just give them away, but I'm almost there. I tried to sell the newest items on a local board, but only had one taker. I just hate to give away hundreds of dollars in clothes!

So, I should be more motivated with all the smaller clothes staring me in the face in my closet. I'm also going to try to do well this next three weeks before I leave for a 5-day visit to see family in California. Traveling poses lots of challenges, so I want to be doing well before then.

Wish me luck! Our heatwave will be over by tomorrow, so I'll be better able to tolerate walking outside. Wednesday was 88 and Thursday was 90, which is very hot for the NW. I am looking forward to 60-something!

Weigh-in: 176.0 lb

lost so far: 14.0 lb

still to go: 16.0 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(7 comments) losing 0.5 lb a week

28 April 2014

I decided to change my goal weight today, rather than attain my initial goal of 20 lbs. and then start on a new goal.

I feel good about this decision. This means I am almost half way to my new goal.

I feel more genuine doing it this way. When I first started on this site, I wanted to put a manageable goal. Over the past few weeks, though, I have been really impressed with people that set one main goal and then work toward mini-goals. I don't want to see my color bar approaching "goal" weight when I always knew I needed to lose more than that initial 20 lbs.

So, with that in mind, my next short-term goal is to lose that first 20 lbs. (I have 6.5 lbs. to go) by my physical on June 13th. I set my first short-term goal to losing 12 lbs. by Easter (which was 11 weeks from when I started on Fat Secret). I reached that goal on the nose 2 days before Easter.

I am visiting my dad in L.A. and siblings in Monterey in 3 weeks, so I am really going to try to manage that 5 day trip as well as I've managed the holidays and my anniversary getaway.

Thanks for listening.

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27 April 2014

Trying to find some energy and motivation. Getting my butt up off the couch to go get ready for church. Sadly, the main reason I am pushing myself is that I need to buy some generic Prilosec (eating better has not decreased my reflux issues, unfortunately) as I took my last pill this morning.

Having back pain and numbness all week has really put a damper on my normal good mood. Don't have the energy to do my crafts or clean the house. Just watching Netflix and that makes my back hurt after an hour.

Yesterday my husband wanted to go see the movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel." It was playing at our historic one-screen theater. We caught the 4 o'clock matinee and then decided to give the new restaurant in town a try. I really don't enjoy eating out anymore. There isn't much that really gets my juices flowing and the calories just add up so fast, no matter how careful I am.

I didn't really enjoy the meal all that much, but it was still nice to be out with my husband. Anyone else feel that way? I made a point of not discussing calories or food choices AT ALL while out. I skipped any snacks or beverages at the movies. I had water with dinner and used hardly any dressing on my salad. I brought home 3/4 of the pasta from my "tri-tip spinach gorgonzola fettucini." Tell the truth, I think I'm just going to dump it.

Alrighty, time to get off FS and get my butt in gear. I am going to try really hard to do my strength training dvd later today. I'm going to have my monthly phone conversation with my dad later too.

Have a great Sunday, guys!

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25 April 2014

Wow. That's all I can say. I've read other people's posts when they are surprised by a loss despite either cheating or feeling lazy on their workouts, etc.

I ate at a slightly higher overall average caloric intake than my norm. I exercised far less than my average due to increased back/hip pain and numbness.

Still, I guess when you have put in the work in previous weeks, building muscle to increase your metabolic rate, you can see pay off even in weeks that you don't feel like you did amazingly well.

Yesterday was my best day in the whole week, I think. I got home quickly after work and did my strength training dvd. It hurt and felt like I was starting all over from the beginning. But, I finished it, so I'm counting that as a win.

I ate dinner and found that I really didn't enjoy my tiny pizza as much as I expected. Seriously, it's like I just don't NEED bread products as much as I used to. I love that I feel so satisfied these days with just meat and vegetables.

Enjoyed some nice, calm down time, then dressed for a night out with my son. His girlfriend got the part of "The Amazing Maisey" in "Seussical the Musical" and last night was the opening. With all the pain I've been experiencing and how much trouble I have sitting through things (church, movies, you name it), I did take half a Vicodin.

The musical was amazing, Adrienne was amazing. My son had asked me earlier in the evening if we could go out for a late dinner/snacks after the musical. I planned ahead and cut up some strawberries and grabbed a handful of almonds. I was laughing to myself at the thought of whipping out my snack at Dairy Queen while everyone else ate fries and sundaes.

Well, the cast needed to stick around to do cast pictures, so we ended up scrapping the "going out" plan. That was just fine by me, but I was still proud of myself for planning ahead.

Fridays are my day to start work later and while I didn't really sleep in (got up only 20 minutes later than usual because, duh, I have dogs that know my routine and bark to be let out, lol), I still felt less rushed and happy to be relaxing.

Add to that my 1.5 lb. loss this morning and I'm feeling pretty darn good. Oh, yeah, my husband has the weekend off for a nice change-of-pace and asked me to go to the movies tomorrow night :-)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Weigh-in: 176.5 lb

lost so far: 13.5 lb

still to go: 16.5 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(9 comments) losing 1.5 lb a week

23 April 2014

I am SO tired. I worked an extra day last week, spent too many hours on my feet cooking for Easter, with the rest of the day not being a picnic either.

I followed my eating plan for Easter with two minor exceptions (half a deviled egg and 1/2 cup of fruit salad).

When I did my 3.5 mile walk on Saturday I experienced pain in my right hip/leg. It was bad enough that I had to skip exercising on Sunday and Monday. I was too tired to exercise when I got home from work today. I needed to lay down, as I had errands to do and then was babysitting for my two grandsons so that their parents could go out to dinner for their wedding anniversary.

Thankfully, I finished the errands ahead of time and arrived at my daughter's house almost an hour early. I sent her a quick text that I was going to go for a walk around her neighborhood. Although things were still hurting when I started, I did loosen up and feel a bit better throughout the walk.

I had my husband there to help with the boys for most of the evening. Although he didn't help all that much, it was nice to have him there and he occupied the older boy while I struggled with a cranky, teething infant.

My daughter and SIL were very grateful and obviously had a lovely time. That made it all worth it.

Tomorrow I look forward to a calm night at home, although I do hope to do my strength training dvd. I am learning to be calm about my back/leg pain and just take it as it comes.

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