I can make the promise RIGHT here and NOW that this blog emtry has very little to nothing to do with my weight loss journey!
I consider myself one of the most lucky women on the planet. It was almost eight years ago that I met the man who is now my husband and the father of my children.
To tell you a little about D. Other then that fact that he is wonderful...lol. He is five years older then me graduate from UMSL and is a delivery driver at UPS. He is the largest support in my life. He never judges my outward appearance and most definiatly not like I do to myself. He never makes/lets me feel like I fail at anything. He gets all gungho about everything that I am gungho about, which would be my weight loss journey at the moment.
If you can't tell, I adore this man!
But what I wanted to share the most is his adorable habit when it comes to the show I like to watch.
He HATES Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Drop Dead Diva, and Army Wives. Talks about how much he HATES them and how the shows are crap....but the ENTIRE time I am watching them he asks questions about things he has missed. Comment on what is going one (typically agree with me)...I find it HORRIBLY amusing!
He is so darn cute!
Ok I am done!
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Goals for 2013
So I thought that I would put in writing my goals and aspirations for 2013!
Weight loss:
1) I want to be down 100 pounds by my band-iversary of 12/27/2013
Accountability
1) Hold myself 100% accountable for my weight loss journey
2)Log 100% of my food regardless of what I have eaten. Lying in the log only hurts me it doesn't un-eat the bad choices I made. It also gives me the understanding of why my weight changes the way it does.
3)Track my exercise
Exercise
1) Exercise and move at least 300 minutes a week. (Jazzercise 5 days a week)
Motivation:
1) I want to make all the pain and suffering I went/am going though to recover from my Lap-Band surgery worth it by succeeding.
2) I want to be able to buy the adorable clothes they sell at Kohl's instead of the old lady clothing that I am forced to buy because they are all that fit.
3) I want to play with my kids and not sit on the side line because I can't keep up with a 6 year old and a 2 year old.
4)I want to free the cute thin girl that is trapped (and patiently waiting) beneath the fat suit I have been wearing since I was a kid.
Weight loss:
1) I want to be down 100 pounds by my band-iversary of 12/27/2013
Accountability
1) Hold myself 100% accountable for my weight loss journey
2)Log 100% of my food regardless of what I have eaten. Lying in the log only hurts me it doesn't un-eat the bad choices I made. It also gives me the understanding of why my weight changes the way it does.
3)Track my exercise
Exercise
1) Exercise and move at least 300 minutes a week. (Jazzercise 5 days a week)
Motivation:
1) I want to make all the pain and suffering I went/am going though to recover from my Lap-Band surgery worth it by succeeding.
2) I want to be able to buy the adorable clothes they sell at Kohl's instead of the old lady clothing that I am forced to buy because they are all that fit.
3) I want to play with my kids and not sit on the side line because I can't keep up with a 6 year old and a 2 year old.
4)I want to free the cute thin girl that is trapped (and patiently waiting) beneath the fat suit I have been wearing since I was a kid.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Week 3 Weigh in
Beginning Weight (12/20/2012) - 330.6
Last Weeks Weight - 312.2
Today's Weight - 311.2
Total Weight Loss- 19.4
Last Weeks Weight - 312.2
Today's Weight - 311.2
Total Weight Loss- 19.4
Well I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed in this
weeks weight loss. I felt this way for a brief moment before I looked back over
the week I had according to my food log. After that little walk down Shame Avenue I am now proud and consider
myself lucky to have lost a pound. Today is the beginning of a new week and I
am going to do my best not to punish myself for last weeks actions...One to
something new!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Documentaries and information overload
I am sure that you have all been there...scrolling though Netflix and looking for something ANYTHING to watch in the wee hours of the night in which there is NOTHING on TV. Which is pretty normal with our cable company. We spend $100 a month and watch maybe three channels (Four if you count Food Network on Fridays when Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives is on).
Any whoozle, I was paging though Netflix and found this documentary called Hungry for Change. Before I go into detail about thisinfomercial documentary, I need to first explain that watch these things like I am Richard Roper and thousands of people around the world are waiting on baited breath for my review. I know this isn't true but it doesn't stop me in the moment. In the moment I listen and judge and ponder the information I receive I hardly ever turn it off early even when I disagree with it and I do my best to listen to the information.
Now on to Hungry for Change, Hungry for Change starts out by following a down trodden women named Jane who is having a "Fat Week". She works long hours and has shitty nutrition all the while trying to impress a man named Jason who works in her office. Though out the movie we watch this shy attractive women who obviously hates herself go though all the motions that the "experts" spout as to why people now a days are overweight and unhealthy.By the end of the movie, Jane had turned her life around and theinfomercial documentary ended with her new outlook on life.
I remember watching this movie and half way though wondering when exactly this "Informational Documentary" turned into a "Infomercial". While the information about removing the toxins, eating more like humans did when we first pulled ourselves out of the primordial ooze I agree with 100%. I just found myself wondering if the movie was going to turn the way of the meat hating "Only eat vegan" platform that so many "diet" documentaries do.
I would say, if you are looking for information and are anti-low fat (such as myself) give it a chance. It doesn't suck...
Any whoozle, I was paging though Netflix and found this documentary called Hungry for Change. Before I go into detail about this
Now on to Hungry for Change, Hungry for Change starts out by following a down trodden women named Jane who is having a "Fat Week". She works long hours and has shitty nutrition all the while trying to impress a man named Jason who works in her office. Though out the movie we watch this shy attractive women who obviously hates herself go though all the motions that the "experts" spout as to why people now a days are overweight and unhealthy.By the end of the movie, Jane had turned her life around and the
I remember watching this movie and half way though wondering when exactly this "Informational Documentary" turned into a "Infomercial". While the information about removing the toxins, eating more like humans did when we first pulled ourselves out of the primordial ooze I agree with 100%. I just found myself wondering if the movie was going to turn the way of the meat hating "Only eat vegan" platform that so many "diet" documentaries do.
I would say, if you are looking for information and are anti-low fat (such as myself) give it a chance. It doesn't suck...
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Head hunger
I find myself today fighting with the dreaded "head hunger"and it is driving me CRAZY!
Head hunger for those of you that don't know what it is, is the desire to eat regardless of the fact that you are not hungry. Head hunger, in my opinion, is not always a bad thing if you are in fact hungry. In that case it just makes you a little crazy about what exactly you WANT to eat. There will be times when I am hungry and my head hunger is at its worse and I am like "Ooo...I want a Chick-fil-a sandwich, McDonalds french fry, and two tacos from Taco Bell." While that might end up costing me a pretty penny for dinner and in gas at the end I was going to eat anyways...
Anywho, the type of head hunger I have been battling with today is the BAD kind. The kind that persist that you should everything in your house that is not nailed down, and some things that are, regardless of the fact that if you ACTUALLY listen to your body your will find that if you were to pass even one morsel of food past your lips you would most likely throw up.
Today I took my kids to Chick-Fil-A (was testing/celebrating my ability to drive after being off the pain meds) and I found the MOST exciting thing ever...They have brought back their Chicken Tortilla Soup. It is by far my most favorite thing on their menu and they only have it a few months out of the year. So I bought a large soup with the intention of running it though the blender (which I did). MAN did I want to eat that soup...My stomach kept telling my brain that if even a drop of food entered my stomach it would revolt and return it to sender but it didn't stop my brain from telling me that I NEEDED to eat the soup.
In the end I won the battle, which is a HUGE NSV (non-scale victory) for me. In the past I would give in to my head hunger. I wouldn't necessarily eat what my brain was telling me I wanted, but I would eat something. In the end I would not only emotionally regret the decision but I would also regret the gassy crampy feeling in my gut that my stomach tried to warn me of.
Needless to say, although I already have, head hunger SUCKS!...But today I am proud of myself. I did end up eating my soup, but only after my STOMACH told me that I was hungry...not my head!
Head hunger for those of you that don't know what it is, is the desire to eat regardless of the fact that you are not hungry. Head hunger, in my opinion, is not always a bad thing if you are in fact hungry. In that case it just makes you a little crazy about what exactly you WANT to eat. There will be times when I am hungry and my head hunger is at its worse and I am like "Ooo...I want a Chick-fil-a sandwich, McDonalds french fry, and two tacos from Taco Bell." While that might end up costing me a pretty penny for dinner and in gas at the end I was going to eat anyways...
Anywho, the type of head hunger I have been battling with today is the BAD kind. The kind that persist that you should everything in your house that is not nailed down, and some things that are, regardless of the fact that if you ACTUALLY listen to your body your will find that if you were to pass even one morsel of food past your lips you would most likely throw up.
Today I took my kids to Chick-Fil-A (was testing/celebrating my ability to drive after being off the pain meds) and I found the MOST exciting thing ever...They have brought back their Chicken Tortilla Soup. It is by far my most favorite thing on their menu and they only have it a few months out of the year. So I bought a large soup with the intention of running it though the blender (which I did). MAN did I want to eat that soup...My stomach kept telling my brain that if even a drop of food entered my stomach it would revolt and return it to sender but it didn't stop my brain from telling me that I NEEDED to eat the soup.
In the end I won the battle, which is a HUGE NSV (non-scale victory) for me. In the past I would give in to my head hunger. I wouldn't necessarily eat what my brain was telling me I wanted, but I would eat something. In the end I would not only emotionally regret the decision but I would also regret the gassy crampy feeling in my gut that my stomach tried to warn me of.
Needless to say, although I already have, head hunger SUCKS!...But today I am proud of myself. I did end up eating my soup, but only after my STOMACH told me that I was hungry...not my head!
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Second post in one day...lol
I just had a thought that I felt the need to post in the off chance that anyone finds it useful...
I am TERRIFIED of having a stuck episode since my surgery was so recent. With that in mind I have yet been brave enough to take my mufti-vitamin tablet. Instead I purchased a liquid vitamin supplement. The taste is quite bad but when added to my morning V8 juice it is quite palatable...I am happy and surprised.
I am TERRIFIED of having a stuck episode since my surgery was so recent. With that in mind I have yet been brave enough to take my mufti-vitamin tablet. Instead I purchased a liquid vitamin supplement. The taste is quite bad but when added to my morning V8 juice it is quite palatable...I am happy and surprised.
Six days ago my life changed
It is hard to believe that it was only six days ago that I got a surgery that I know is going to change my life. Ok, the surgery alone and not even the lap band that was placed will change my life but I know that I have been given the tools to change my life. For once I know, going into a new year, that 2013 will NOT be like 2012.
So far I have to admit that I am amazed by the results...I have already lost 18 pounds!...Now I know that the weight won't always come off at this rate but the more weight I can lose in the beginning the less I have to lose later.
I am a firm believer in having before and after photos. So with that in mind, I had Doug take a photo of my post op belly so that in a year I can compare it. It is not a pretty site but I know that it is a work in progress.
So far I have to admit that I am amazed by the results...I have already lost 18 pounds!...Now I know that the weight won't always come off at this rate but the more weight I can lose in the beginning the less I have to lose later.
I am a firm believer in having before and after photos. So with that in mind, I had Doug take a photo of my post op belly so that in a year I can compare it. It is not a pretty site but I know that it is a work in progress.
BRING ON 2013!
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