gbsfan's Journal

214 this morning. And I ate super well yesterday (well within my limits). My new exercise program is pretty kick ass, and so far today my day has started off well. Here's to another (almost) perfect day! I have class tonight, so no time to go to the gym tonight (or even tomorrow!) but I'm going to get my butt in gear to get to the gym thursday and friday.

Friday night there's a new class at the Y- Dance Sport- which is basically ballroom dancing, so I'm going to give that a try.

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I weighed myself on Thursday- 212. Down 0.2lbs from Monday. Not great but at least its a loss. Not to mention that I'm really slow in getting back into my good habits, and I only went to the gym once last week, as opposed to the 3x I had planned. There were no groceries in the house, so I basically subsided on (very salty) chicken soup, canned beans (in molasses) eggs and rice cakes, with the occasional chocolate truffle thrown in for flavoring. So not a perfect week. This may have set me back a little, but as of last night, I'm much more prepared to start fresh.

The positives: 

• Went grocery shopping with the parentals last night, stocked up on all kinds of healthy, low fat and whole grain foods/snacks
• I packed my lunch this morning, which usually means I eat healther to begin with (A turkey sandwich on french bread, lots of fruit and a 100 cal pack of cookies for my 3pm snack)
• Had oatmeal for breakfast at 6am, will have my banana in about an hour. When I start my day like that, usually things tend to fall into place better
• I'm working out today, after work. What's more, I've got an appointment with a personal trainer who's going to tweak my current program- it needs to be a little more aggressive.

I'll focus on these positives and try to build up from there.

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Alright. So I haven’t updated since September. I’m a very very bad girl. Truth is, I was still watching myself carefully for awhile, while not logging in to CC. I figured that the tools here were great, and I could still refer to them when needed, but I was alright to do this on my own. Boy was I wrong! My weight loss has stalled completely!

 

Since my last log-in, I’ve lost 2 lbs… that’s it, that’s all. 2 lbs in 4 months!! How horrific is that?!? I guess I should be happy- at least I didn’t GAIN weight. And my weight has stayed exactly the same from the end of November to now, so I haven’t gained any holiday weight, which is a huge relief. But my initial goal was to be approx 190 right now. Instead, I’m still stuck at 212!!

 

Rather than wasting too much time being mad at myself, I’ve (again) renewed my resolve to lose this weight. My first big goal of the year is to get under 200lbs, which I’d really like to be by mid-March. My next big goal is to get myself down to 150, which is a number I haven’t seen on the scale since high school. CC’s tools say that my goal weight should be 128lbs, but I think once I get to 150 I’ll have to re-evaluate the situation because I honestly don’t even remember ever being that weight.

 

I’m still juggling school and work (who isn’t?) and the pressure is on more than usual because this is my last semester of University, so I’ll be studying hard to get my GPA back up and I’ll have to look for full-time work for once I graduate. But I’m more determined than ever to get the year rolling in the right direction.

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Haven’t been very active on CC over the past few days. I’ve kept up on reading everything, but just didn’t have the chance to post, but I’ll catch up a little later in the day.

 

So today’s going to be my first day back at school. I’ve got Acco 410 today, which is accounting for non-profit organizations. I’m at the point in my degree right now where screw getting the most of my education- I want OUT. So I’m taking all the easy classes, as much as possible. I also designed my schedule that way when I just started out. That way all the hard courses were taken care of in yrs 2 and 3. Ive got 4 acco’s and 3 electives yet that I need to take. So this semester, I took 2 electives (both interesting enough subjects, both Online web courses—so no need to actually GO to school for them), and two Accos- Accounting theory (oddly enough, a 400 level course that is a requirement to my degree) and acco for non profits (which, rumor has it, is pretty straightforward). I’ve got two days of school a week, and three days of work a week. On Tuesdays (today) I work during the day and my class is from 6pm-9pm. So a busy day. But I’ve got weekends off and my week pretty much ends at 2:30 on Thursday afternoons. A fantastic schedule, if I do say so myself. *Bows

 

I actually saw 214.8 on the scale this weekend! But I stepped on the scale for my usual Monday weigh-in to find 216.8. Not really surprised, because I ate a lot of salt over the weekend, so I was probably retaining water. But then imagine my surprise when I got my monthly this afternoon! Like, a week and a half early, too. But at least I’ve got a really good explanation for my weight gain! So I’m not going to step on the scale at all until this is over and done with.

 

This weekend I cheated a little, but well within my limits. Sunday, I went out for lunch with my aunt and grandma, and we went to an Asian buffet. I planned for it, though. So I had a smaller breakfast (only 200 cals) and my supper ended up being 500 cals. I had just over 1000 cals at the buffet (yes, I logged it all). The only bad thing I had was some fried calamari… I just couldn’t stay away (that alone was about 350cals). But the rest was healthy- steamed broccoli, some clams, Chinese noodles, and a won ton soup, basically. And no dessert. So that brought me to 1700-1800 cals in the day… more than usual, but still a 300 cal deficit. Would have liked to exercise but just couldn’t bring myself to do it, unfortunately. And about the same on Monday but I went down to the Old Port with some friends and we did a TON of walking. I had an ice cream as a treat- haven’t had one in over a month and a half- and that used to be my addiction. So I treated myself to a small strawberry cone and that was it. I savored it, instead of just gobbling.

 

My weekend was pretty great overall, and then I come to work today to find out that I’ve been filling out my timesheets wrong- so I’m missing an entire week on my paycheck, even though I just got paid for a full two weeks. But the way the system works, I get paid from the 1-15 and 16-31 of every month. And I’d been filling out my timesheets Mon- Frid, two weeks at a time. So I’m owed an entire week worth of hrs! That’s a ton of extra money in my pocket, when I need it most (tuition and textbooks are basically taking care of all the money I saved up over the summer).

 

I promise I’ll catch up on everyone’s posts/journals sometime today, its just difficult for me to get on from work sometimes.

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I was packed, I was ready. I was motivated. And Just as I was climbing the stairs to my step class, mentally preparing myself for a hard workout, the power at the Y goes out. And stays out. For no apparent reason. No storms, interrupted power lines, nothing. And their backup generators takea care of lighting the main staircase and lobby only. So because of security reasons, we all had to get our stuff and leave. So I didn't get to work out today.

No biggie. I'll just go over the weekend, but its still dissapointing...

In much better news, although I've only lost 7lbs total, one of my coworkers noticed today! It definitely feels good. Totally validates all the hard work that I've put in so far, and motivates me to continue, full speed.

And lastly, my parents are going away for Labor day weekend, so I'll be by myself from Thursday to Monday. Which is great because I'll finally have 100% control over what I eat! I went shopping with my dad today and we stocked the house with a ton of fresh fruit and veggies, beans, chicken, lean beef and whole grains.

Tomorrow night, I'm making myself a daily menu for the 4 days that I'll be alone, and I'm going to STICK TO IT. I'm also going to make myself a loose-ish hour by hour schedule because I just KNOW that if I don't, I'm going to end up sitting on my arse all weekend watching dvds. And I have quite a bit of housework and general prep (for school) that needs to get done.

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Not too much to report today. Was my off day at the gym, so I came home, had a healthy supper, helped my dad cut the grass, and then sat down to watch some tv. Lazy, yes, but I really needed it.

School starts next tuesday. My last yr of Uni. I can't wait to be done with school and out in the real world a little. If I count this (as of yet, uncompleted) yr, that would make 18 straight yrs of school, with 12 of those yrs including saturday ukrainian school. I'm beyond fed up. My family wants me to go get my designation straight from getting my bachelor's degree. But I just don't have the motivation for it anymore. I'm not saying that I'll never go back to school at all. I'm just saying that I need a break. I need to make some money/save some money (if I want to travel, or even continue my education, I need some sort of money, right?). Besides, I shouldn't have too hard a time getting a decently paying full time job with a Bach. in Accounting. And if I get into a good company, they may even pay for my post grad studies...

This was supposed to be a really short entry, I guess I had a lot more on my mind that I thought...

Going to the gym today with a friend. Doing Step Aerobics and a toning class basically back to back... so that's just under 2 hrs of activity for the day. And btw- scale said 217.4 today! Not that I'm going to pay much attention to what my stupid scale says anymore, but I like the number that I did see... :)

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I did really well all weekend. Lots of water, all healthy foods, no junk. I stayed within my calorie range (maybe not a 750-500 cal deficit each day, but a deficit to be sure) and went for long walks (which I rarely do when I’m up at the cottage). So I was really happy when, Monday morning, I weighed myself to see 217.8!



Motivated by the one lb loss, I continued my good work all day yesterday. All 100% healthy foods, within my calorie limit (my mum even cooked BROWN rice yesterday, something she’s been hesitant to do in recent weeks) AND I went to the gym for a super killer workout (more on that workout in a sec). So imagine my surprise when I stepped on the scale this morning, to be back at last week's weight of 218.8! ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I was sure that that was a mistake, so I waited about a minute and stepped back ON the scale, with the exact same result. It’s really discouraging.



At the same time, I know a lot of people experience this, and I know that it’s not the # on the scale that matters, but how you feel, but its still discouraging to give it your all and not see results. I’m worried that after losing my first 7lbs, I’ve now hit a plateau. And I’ve seen people struggle with plateaus for weeks! Thing is, my body can’t be used to the exercise I’ve been getting- not yet anyways! I’ve only been going to the gym for about a month, and I’ve been doing virtually different activities from week to week. If I’ve hit a plateau already, then I’ll never reach my goal of 190 by the end of the yr. Nevermind the end of the yr. My goal for this month was a modest 7 lbs- from 221 to 214. I’m not even going to get there. It looks like possibly a 4lb loss. I may have to re-evaluate my goals by the end of this month.



Yesterday’s workout- I was supposed to go to the technogym, work on the machines (doing the routine my instructor gave). But my ipod battery died during the day. And I CANNOT work on machines without music. Not wanting to use that as an excuse to not go to the gym, I decided to take the beginner step aerobics class that I sometimes used to take on Mondays. But the instructor that usually does that class was on vacation, and was replaced by the instructor that does the advanced step class. Although this lady assured us that she was doing a beginner routine- I assure YOU that it was not. That class just about killed everyone in the room. No joke. She took no water breaks (which they normally do at the beginner level) But told us to stop to drink when we needed to. And she just kept weaving together more and more strenuous steps. By the end of the class, every muscle in my legs absolutely KILLED. I had to take a long bath when I got home. And this morning, every movement hurts. And my knee hurts a little. It could just be the weather, but I hope I didn’t push too hard… 

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The scale read 219.6 this morning... WHAT?!?! I know I had a crazy weekend, but c'mon! I've been good all week! Last week on friday I was 217.4! 2.2 lbs in one week?!? Granted, I've started doing weights the past week and a half, so some of that is probably muscle mass. But not 2lbs worth!

The only thing I could think of is maybe I'm not drinking enough water... but its still dissapointing. my mum says she can tell by my pants that I've lost weight in my butt... but I don't know if she's just trying to encourage me or if there actually is a difference. I definitely don't see one.

Its time to start taking photos, I think. Ive been meaning to do it for awhile but I kept putting it off. I can't do it right now though because I'm at work, and then I'm going straight to the cottage, and I'll only be back on Sunday night... so that'll be my project for Monday.

I've got a friend coming up to the cottage with me, so hopefully we'll have a nice "girls' weekend" with just the two of us.

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I seemed to stop writing down my daily goals- simply because I’ve just been incredibly busy. But other than this past weekend (where I drank WAY too much), I’ve been a good girl all week.

 

I’m still not all the way down to Friday’s weight of 217.4 though. I’m still at 218.6- whether that’s because I totally overdid it this weekend, or because I’m now doing some weight training as part of my fitness routine, (and gaining muscle weight) I’m not sure. Its probably a combination of both. Either way, I’m not going to focus on weight as much as overall fitness, because I am feeling a lot more confident in myself and I’m happier overall.

 

Lately I’ve been going to the gym 2x a week. I’d like to up that to 3x- so I might try swimming tomorrow morning or maybe during lunch. So far, I’ve only been doing my personal trainer’s routine once a week- because I like taking classes rather than the monotony of machines. But now that I’ll go 3x a week, I might alternate on the third day between swimming or machines, depending on how I’m feeling.

 

Other than that, I’ve got one of my bestest buddies coming up to the cottage this weekend, so starting Friday and until Sunday night, I’ll probably be away from my computer, not logging or anything. But I’ll still be watching my food intake carefully, and I can probably convince her to go for walks in the evenings, rather than sitting indoors. They’re announcing nice weather this weekend (finally)!!

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August 2- Goals

1) Drink 8 glasses of water throughout the day-- (DONE)

2) Stay under 1400 cals-- (No- was being very very good though... considering we had steak and everything for supper... filled up on salad, had very little steak or potatoes, and cut all the fat off!) Ended up at 1520 cals.

3) Do all of my laundry- (DONE) 

Will edit later tonight. A light day, but its the weekend. And If I'm going to be making small changes over time. Today I've got a full day off and I just don't FEEL like doing organized exercise. so I'm not forcing myself. I've got some pretty heavyish house cleaning coming my way, so I'll burn calories through that. On a side note: up until mid-june, I was working as a cashier, so I worked EVERY. WEEKEND. For 5 yrs in a row. Now that I've got my weekends off, it feels really strange... but a good strange! I'm still getting used to it.

Long story short, a good day, all things considered.

Daily Tally: 2/3

Monthly Tally: 2/7 (still, YIKES!) = 28.57%

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