Losing weight is definitely an up hill battle. Unless you're a man....then it's more of a small incline. I started dieting 2 1/2 weeks ago and I've lost about 10 pounds and I'm pretty happy with that. Scott has been on the same diet and has lost about 20 pounds. Figures!
I feel like I'm hanging in there. Changing your lifestyle cold turkey can be a really tough thing to do. I'm so used to eating salty and sweet foods. Chocolate can soothe away any of my problems. And after the HUGE sugar overload that happens around the holidays, I feel like I really did quit good food cold turkey.
I'm trying to keep things interesting by recording shows on the DVR. I can watch them while I'm on the treadmill and skip the commercials. I'm wishing it was spring so I could walk outside. The time seems to go alot faster when you're walking outside. I think that boredom is half my battle when it comes to staying on the treadmill for longer periods of time.
Tonight, I was standing in my closet and I started wondering if I could fit into some of my smaller jeans. I've already gone down one pant size and I have a stack of jeans that are the next size down. I decided I was either going to be really happy or I was going to see that I need to work even harder. My jeans went on comfortably and I can easily wear them tomorrow. So, that's 2 jean sizes. YAY!!!!
I was pretty excited. When you look at me, you probably wouldn't notice these 10 or so pounds.....but I notice it when I put my clothes on. I started rummaging through my closet and I pulled out a really fancy silk robe that I've had for years. It's floral and so beautiful. It was so expensive and I saved for a long time to buy it. So there it's been hanging in my closet for more years than I care to admit. For alot of years it was just too tight across my shoulders, but tonight it went on and it was also comfortable.
The last thing I tried on was some pretty dark blue lingerie. It has spaghetti straps and it's the softest silkiest material I've ever had on. I bought it probably two years ago and it's been haning out in my closet ever since. I've never put it on. Well, I did try it on when I bought it but it was snug. Way too snug for me to wear it in front of Scott but I was sure that I was going to lose weight and it would look good on me. Not the case! I put that night gown on tonight and it fit me. I was so happy!
I'm not saying that I look super-good in....well.....anything. But when I put that lingerie on I felt good. I have 30 pounds to go until I'm at my goal weight but at least I know that I can put some of my clothes on and have them fit me.
I think that I was starting to burn out on this diet. I was starting to feel like the weight wasn't coming off fast enough. I know they say you aren't supposed to lose weight super fast, but when you are dieting and working out every day you want the weight to come off fast. Even though it put 10 years to put the weight on. Back to my point.....I was starting to get really tired of the treadmill so I try a few things on out of my closet and it just makes me feel motivated again.
There are things hanging there that are smaller than what I tried on tonight. It makes me want to get into those clothes. I guess I just needed to find what motivates me. I tried to get Scott to put together a reward type of thing for our weight loss. We couldn't really think of anything. I was thinking a new wardrobe if I lost so much weight. Or even a long weekend trip someplace for the two of us. It boiled down to the fact that whatever the reward was, it was going to come out of the same checkbook that I have. I'm too cheap to spend money on me, so I couldn't get motivated by that.
And if I wanted to reward that involves other fun things....well Scott has a habit of not following through with those types of things. Maybe that will be better once we get ourselves in better shape too? :)
I guess I need to just keep reminding myself why I wanted to get healthy in the first place. I'm 42 and I have young kids. Simply put, I want to be around for a long time. I want to see them grow up and I want to see my grandkids (someday) grow up. That's my motivation.
Until next time....
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Here We Go Again
The holidays are past us and things are getting back to normal. I finally got all of my Christmas decorations taken down and put away. It takes me at least a week to get everything out and put up around the house and then time seems to fly by. I feel like we only have our decorations out for such a short time considering how much it takes to put it all out and then put it all away.
I'm actually not complaining, I enjoy doing it. This has been an odd holiday season. Living in Michigan, we get used to a white Christmas. We didn't have a white Christmas this year. I heard on the news that we've had snow for Christmas 9 out of the last 11 years. I guess we must have lived up north during those few years without snow, because I don't remember a green Christmas in a very long time....more than 11 years.
It's Saturday night and I'm sitting here feeling extremely BORED! I let the kids stay home from school yesterday and we went out and about shopping. And I took them for lunch. We really had a great day. None of the kids did any fighting and that's pretty good considering we made 3 stops and were gone for about 4 1/2 hours. We went to Mongolian BBQ for lunch and it totally sucked! And to make it worse, it was $40 for us to eat. It's a buffet for crying out loud and one trip to the buffet for 2 adults and 2 little kids was $40! And the food wasn't that good. So I won't be going back. I have better things to do with my money.
Today is my mom's birthday. We were going to stop and see her and Scott and I ended up having a little "difference of opinion" as he calls it. I call it a fight. I hate fighting with him, even though I had good reason to be mad. It's been a really long time since we had an argument and I could have done without this one.
Our "get healthier" journey is going well. We're only in our first week and Scott has lost 13 pounds and I've lost 4 1/2. Seriously, that ticks me off. (That's not what our fight was about, lol) I'm not saying that weight loss is "easy" for men. I think that losing weight and getting in shape is hard for anyone. That's why we aren't all size 2. However, I think that men get better results than women do. Scott say's its from being in the military for 10 years. He got up this morning and got on the treadmill and jogged for over 500 calories. I got on the treadmill after him and went for 125 calories. I can't jog for 30 minutes, I'd have a stroke.
True to my typical nature, I was ticked off tonight and when I'm mad...I want to eat. But, I had melon so it's not my usual. I probably would have had some cheese and crackers (like Ritz which are high in calories) or chips or something. So, I'm not really happy with myself for eating, but at least I didn't eat something that was completely bad for me. It's a step in the right direction.
For dinner I think I did pretty good. I buy bags of frozen chicken breast tenders so I always have chicken on hand. Scott's a beef guy but I try to discourage it when we are dieting, I'm a chicken kind of girl anyways. So, I sliced the ckicken thin and did a saute with a drizzle of olive oil and some garlic powder. I also sauteed red, yellow, and orange mini peppers and a little onion along with slices of yellow squash....yummy! Add some fat free cheddar and we had really awesome fajita's. I was completely shocked but even my kids liked them. I didn't make them use reduced calorie cheese tho. I didn't really even notice a difference. Plus, I made rice so the kids added that in. I guess theirs was more like a burrito.
Anyhow, it turned out absolutely delish and we kept our calories to a minimum.....about 400 for the meal. That's within 30 calories of a diet frozen meal.
I'm trying to learn how to cook meals with less calories and fat. During the week we are doing frozen diet meals or a low calories sandwich with baked chips. I'm still cooking for the kids, so that's interesting....but I'm doing ok. And Chicky is helping me. Jason has even been cooking so that helps.
For dinner last night I bought boneless turkey breat tenderloins. I sliced it into small strips and then Jason cooked it on the grill. I covered it with foil and sprayed it with a little non-stick spray. Add the turkey and a little bit of Harlans seasoning and cook until browned. I also have a grill basket for veggies so we had the mini peppers, onions, and mushrooms. Throw a little organic vegetable seasoning from Costco on it and a dash of kosher salt....can't beat it. The kids went nuts for that too. Was nice to have a little normal food after eating frozen diet meals and low calorie sandwiches all week.
Maybe I should be writing this part of my recipe page? Oh well, doesn't matter. I'm just trying out different ideas and trying to see what works for all of us. It's not easy to please 6 people, especially when two are dieting. But I want my kids to eat healthier too. Jason is loving it because he is very aware of what he eats and he works out every day. He keeps telling me how happy he is to see healthy food in the house and that I'm feeding them healthy food. He moves back to his dorm tomorrow....I'll miss him like crazy!
Well I've rambled on long enough. If you have any ideas or suggestions for our diet or workouts, please share! After a week I'm already getting super bored on the treadmill. We rearranged our family room so it faces the TV and I've been watching shows on my DVR, but I'm still getting bored. I'll be glad when spring gets here and I can walk outside. I should anyways since it's been in the 40's the last couple days.
Until next time....
I'm actually not complaining, I enjoy doing it. This has been an odd holiday season. Living in Michigan, we get used to a white Christmas. We didn't have a white Christmas this year. I heard on the news that we've had snow for Christmas 9 out of the last 11 years. I guess we must have lived up north during those few years without snow, because I don't remember a green Christmas in a very long time....more than 11 years.
It's Saturday night and I'm sitting here feeling extremely BORED! I let the kids stay home from school yesterday and we went out and about shopping. And I took them for lunch. We really had a great day. None of the kids did any fighting and that's pretty good considering we made 3 stops and were gone for about 4 1/2 hours. We went to Mongolian BBQ for lunch and it totally sucked! And to make it worse, it was $40 for us to eat. It's a buffet for crying out loud and one trip to the buffet for 2 adults and 2 little kids was $40! And the food wasn't that good. So I won't be going back. I have better things to do with my money.
Today is my mom's birthday. We were going to stop and see her and Scott and I ended up having a little "difference of opinion" as he calls it. I call it a fight. I hate fighting with him, even though I had good reason to be mad. It's been a really long time since we had an argument and I could have done without this one.
Our "get healthier" journey is going well. We're only in our first week and Scott has lost 13 pounds and I've lost 4 1/2. Seriously, that ticks me off. (That's not what our fight was about, lol) I'm not saying that weight loss is "easy" for men. I think that losing weight and getting in shape is hard for anyone. That's why we aren't all size 2. However, I think that men get better results than women do. Scott say's its from being in the military for 10 years. He got up this morning and got on the treadmill and jogged for over 500 calories. I got on the treadmill after him and went for 125 calories. I can't jog for 30 minutes, I'd have a stroke.
True to my typical nature, I was ticked off tonight and when I'm mad...I want to eat. But, I had melon so it's not my usual. I probably would have had some cheese and crackers (like Ritz which are high in calories) or chips or something. So, I'm not really happy with myself for eating, but at least I didn't eat something that was completely bad for me. It's a step in the right direction.
For dinner I think I did pretty good. I buy bags of frozen chicken breast tenders so I always have chicken on hand. Scott's a beef guy but I try to discourage it when we are dieting, I'm a chicken kind of girl anyways. So, I sliced the ckicken thin and did a saute with a drizzle of olive oil and some garlic powder. I also sauteed red, yellow, and orange mini peppers and a little onion along with slices of yellow squash....yummy! Add some fat free cheddar and we had really awesome fajita's. I was completely shocked but even my kids liked them. I didn't make them use reduced calorie cheese tho. I didn't really even notice a difference. Plus, I made rice so the kids added that in. I guess theirs was more like a burrito.
Anyhow, it turned out absolutely delish and we kept our calories to a minimum.....about 400 for the meal. That's within 30 calories of a diet frozen meal.
I'm trying to learn how to cook meals with less calories and fat. During the week we are doing frozen diet meals or a low calories sandwich with baked chips. I'm still cooking for the kids, so that's interesting....but I'm doing ok. And Chicky is helping me. Jason has even been cooking so that helps.
For dinner last night I bought boneless turkey breat tenderloins. I sliced it into small strips and then Jason cooked it on the grill. I covered it with foil and sprayed it with a little non-stick spray. Add the turkey and a little bit of Harlans seasoning and cook until browned. I also have a grill basket for veggies so we had the mini peppers, onions, and mushrooms. Throw a little organic vegetable seasoning from Costco on it and a dash of kosher salt....can't beat it. The kids went nuts for that too. Was nice to have a little normal food after eating frozen diet meals and low calorie sandwiches all week.
Maybe I should be writing this part of my recipe page? Oh well, doesn't matter. I'm just trying out different ideas and trying to see what works for all of us. It's not easy to please 6 people, especially when two are dieting. But I want my kids to eat healthier too. Jason is loving it because he is very aware of what he eats and he works out every day. He keeps telling me how happy he is to see healthy food in the house and that I'm feeding them healthy food. He moves back to his dorm tomorrow....I'll miss him like crazy!
Well I've rambled on long enough. If you have any ideas or suggestions for our diet or workouts, please share! After a week I'm already getting super bored on the treadmill. We rearranged our family room so it faces the TV and I've been watching shows on my DVR, but I'm still getting bored. I'll be glad when spring gets here and I can walk outside. I should anyways since it's been in the 40's the last couple days.
Until next time....
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