valsgoal's Journal

7/23/09
Jul 24 2009 12:54

7/23/09

• Burn meter:  1820
• Calories consumed:  1557
• Deficit:  263
• Minutes exercised:  0

Month to date minutes total/goal:  893/1250

7/22/09
Jul 23 2009 09:42

7/22/09

• Burn meter:  2120
• Calories consumed:  1727
• Deficit:  393
• Minutes exercised:  69

Month to date minutes total/goal:  893/1250

This is killing me, I'm so darn close to my goal and at this point  it is nearly impossible to reach!!  ARGH!!!  Whatever.  And I'm still not moving on the weight.  Again, whatever.  I'm so damn discouraged.

7/21/09
Jul 22 2009 08:50

7/21/09

• Burn meter:  1940
• Calories consumed:  1261
• Deficit:  679
• Minutes exercised:  28

Month to date minutes total/goal:  824/1250

I only took a short run.  I wanted to get on the bike but it never happened.  I also wanted to get more weights done but that didn't happen either.

I have to get more time done tonight.  I was doing good with my goal for the month at the mid-point but me not working out this past weekend threw that off a little.

Today is my sister's birthday.  She's having a birthday party Saturday that we're going to.  We're taking a train to her house this time instead of driving...mostly to see how that is.  Amtrak here we come!!  I'm going to bring my running clothes and HRM strap so I can try to sneak a run in once we get there.  She lives a few hours away so it'll be a weekend out of town type thing.  I just don't want to fall any further behind in my goal!!!  Besides a lot of eating and drinking will likely be going on so I'll need all the offsetting I can get.

7/20/09
Jul 21 2009 11:05

7/20/09

• Burn meter:  2210
• Calories consumed:  1210
• Deficit:  1000
• Minutes exercised:  80

Month to date minutes total/goal:  796/1250

Wow, now that deficit was a perfect 1000!!!  I don't want to maintain that kind of number regularly but its neat to see. 

Great news, my heart doc appointment went well and when I asked if there was any chance of lowering any of my meds...he looked over my list again and said...hmmm, we'll try lowering this one and see how you do.  WHIPPEE!!!  It's very exciting.  Now comes the possible downside to that decision...he said studies have shown that in some patients, lowering or eliminating this med can cause the heart to weaken again, revert.  If my heart muscle isn't able to maintain its strength once the dose change really kicks in then we'll have to go back to the dose I'm currently on.  IF my heart IS able to maintain then there's a better chance the med can eventually be eliminated.  Let's think positive thoughts!!!  I'm really hoping and praying that all my cardio pays off and that my ticker is able to maintain on its own...or rather with less help.

Another thing he brought up when we were discussing my exercises is that he does not want me to get to heavy with the weights.  He said he'd rather see me do more reps than more weight.  He said that weight workouts can lower my blood pressure.  My meds keep my pressure very low as it is and if I cause it to go even lower it can get dangerous.  Mind you, my BP before meds was completely normal.  But because of my heart thing, we need it at the lowest level in the safe zone as we can get.

Hubby got his question in and the doc explained things to him.  I know dh is disappointed.  Heck, I am too...but it is what it is.  No matter what, there is nothing I can do to change that fact.

W/E pooped me out!!
Jul 20 2009 10:03

7/17/09

• Burn meter:  1830
• Calories consumed:  1459
• Deficit:  371
• Minutes exercised:  0

Month to date minutes total/goal:  716/1250

7/18/09

• Burn meter:  1830
• Calories consumed:  1756
• Deficit:  74
• Minutes exercised:  0

Month to date minutes total/goal:  716/1250

7/19/09

• Burn meter:  1830
• Calories consumed:  1897
• Deficit:  -67
• Minutes exercised:  0

Month to date minutes total/goal:  716/1250

My garage sale went alright.  I won't be retiring anytime soon from my profits.  Lol!!!  I was pooped by the end of each weekend day though!!  I'm taking guesses at my food since most of the time I was grabbing and running back out to the garage.  I didn't try to figure out how much I burned lugging stuff back and forth between the days or organizing or running putting the signs out and bringing them back in but I'm sure I burned more calories than the normal daily 1830.  Maybe not a ton more but enough to make me think between my guesstimates in food and abnormal phsyical activities my deficits are probably fairly reflective of the day. 

I had invited my aunt to bring some of her stuff if she wanted and in addition to what she brought, she also brought me a box of odd and end stuff she had of my grandmother's.  A lot of it was just mismatched trinkets.  I didn't have the heart to turn it away.  I now probably have an equal amount of useless stuff that I started with.  What I got rid of in the sale has been replaced basically.  Does that sound bad?  Ungrateful?  I'll go through it sometime this week to see if I'm wrong but I doubt it.  What will I do with this stuff?  Beats me.

And as you can see I didn't get any formal exercise done.  I tried to do some weights Saturday morning before the sale but dh came down and laughed at me.  WTH??  I ended up turning red and just stopped.  I think I only got through 5 minutes before that happend.  It looks like I'll definitely have to play catch up this week!

Tomorrow morning I have a heart doc appointment.  We'll see how my ticker is faring.   He'll likely be disappointed in my weight compared to last year.  I didn't make any progress....AT ALL!!!  In fact I think I'm up a few pounds from last year.  Not for the lack of trying that's for sure!!  Dh will be coming this time.  I need him to hear directly from the doc that having more kids is out of the question.  I wish it wasn't so but it is and I need the asking to stop.  Him and my mom reminding me of these limitations of mine does nothing for my self esteem.

7/16/09...was better than 7/15
Jul 17 2009 09:00

7/16/09

• Burn meter:  1980
• Calories consumed:  1526
• Deficit:  454
• Minutes exercised:  30

Month to date minutes total/goal:  716/1250

Okay, back to normal.  I don't know what happened Wednesday.  It was just an awful day.  Nothing was going right, home, work, errands...which put me in a horrible mood the whole day.  Even my exercising wasn't picking me up.  I gave up after such a short time.  I decided to just go straight to sleep after I tried exercising, figuring it couldn't get worse if I was asleep. 

Yesterday was long but at least it was productive.  I had a dentist appointment right after work.  My crown finally came in.  It replaced a very old crown.  Anyway, I did that, got home and did the treadmill for a couple miles.  It was eat out night but I didn't get anything because I didn't know if I'd be numb.  Instead I had eggsbeaters and baked fries.  I had a corner piece of pizza too. Then, instead of doing my weights...which I was bummed I ran out of time for...I rummaged through closets for last minutes stuff and assembled signs for the garage sale I'm having over the weekend.  Finally, I snacked on a few tortilla chips before turning in for the night.  My deficit was much more respectable. 

This morning I woke up early so I could put up some of my sale signs before heading to work.  When I dropped off Lil'V at my mom's...mom had a sausage, cheese and egg mcmuffin for me for breakfast.  I smiled, thanked her and gave it to the receptionist here at work.  D'oh!!  I'd rather have my oatmeal so I could get take out for lunch today.  Besides, one of those sandwiches is nowhere near enough to satisfy me.  Sorry mom!  Damn was I tempted though!!!  It took a lot for me not to gobble it up during my drive. 

Tonight I likely won't get any formal exercise done since I'll be setting up the garage.  But that doesn't mean I won't burn my share of cals carrying tables and boxes of stuff from the basement to the garage...and carrying our bikes to the basement from the garage.  I don't want those getting sold!!! 

Wish me luck with my sale this weekend!!

7/15/09
Jul 16 2009 08:53

7/15/09

• Burn meter:  1930
• Calories consumed:  524
• Deficit:  1406
• Minutes exercised:  20

Month to date minutes total/goal:  686/1250

It was a long day yesterday.

7/14/09
Jul 14 2009 22:24

7/14/09

• Burn meter:  2230
• Calories consumed:  1074
• Deficit:  1156
• Minutes exercised:  68

Month to date minutes total/goal:  666/1250

Yikes!!  That's not a good number to have...666.  I watch too many scary movies.  Lol

My deficit is a little too big but once in a while won't hurt.  

I did complete most of what I wanted to do as far as exercises.  I did the treadmill uphill for about a half hour and then did a half hour program on the stationary bike.  I did not get in any push ups or planks.  I'll make sure I do those tomorrow though.  I'm seeing some good results in my arms and shoulders which is very encouraging!!

7/13/09
Jul 14 2009 15:06

7/13/09

• Burn meter:  2200
• Calories consumed:  1541
• Deficit:  659
• Minutes exercised:  77

Month to date minutes total/goal:  598/1250

I'm a little late posting this entry...but...better late than never!!

My exercises last night is the same as the past couple/few Mondays...a run followed with strength training.  Tonight I want to do an uphill workout on the treadmill and then the bike.  I might throw in some planks and push ups since I forgot to do those yesterday.  I did a bunch of crunches though.  I always seem to forget to do those when I'm doing my strength stuff.  I don't think I did enough of them though...I'm not sore in the abs at all.  I was last night when I was doing them...but not today.  Hmm...maybe I should do the planks and more crunches... hmmm...

Weekend was eh, ok.
Jul 13 2009 09:09

7/12/09

• Burn meter:  1830
• Calories consumed:  1888
• Deficit:  -58
• Minutes exercised:  0

Month to date minutes total/goal:  521/1250

The month is almost halfway through and I'm not quite halfway through my exercise minutes.  I did quite a bit Saturday but obviously not enough overall.  I need to do 2 more hours by the end of Wednesday to be in sync with the month.  Ya know...halfway through the month, halfway through my goal.  My cals...I need to be better.  If you look at my journal entry yesterday, my cals were all over the place.  I net a deficit but it does not feel like it.

I've got to get better!!!  On a good note, I did try to make sure I logged everything this weekend again.  I think I did pretty good.  I didn't weigh my foods enough; that still needs improvement.