5-28-09!! 175 Pounds!!!

I'm back down to 175, I figured I would be as I haven't had time to go to the store and buy snacks. I'm a snacker, so that's my problem. Buying snacks all the time, I work a lot, so that is my biggest hurdle. That and soda. I've been doing very good on the Fast Food, only had it about once or twice this month. Normally, I would have it once or twice a week. I'm doing good. Still a long way to go, but I'm getting there.

180 Pounds!! 5-20-2009

I am back up to 180 pounds. I am only at that because I am retaining a hell of a lot of water right now. So in a few days, I will be back to 175.

I have to kick things into high gear now. I've officially submitted my entry into one event and may do it for another one sometime later this summer.

We will have to see how things go.

Still 175!! 5-9-09!!

Still175 pounds. Not making much movement in either direction, but not really doing anything either.

I know I promised meal plans, those are coming soon. I promise!!!

Meal Plan Update!!

The meal plans will come sometime tommorrow. Not sure as to the time, but tommorrow. Figure I'd do a weekly plan.

Weight loss is coming okay. Haven't stepped on the scale since last weight in. Figured it would be defeating the purpose if I got on it everyday.

Still no working out allowed, but dancing is. Just light dancing for now. May have to wear some sort of brace when I do dance though. Will update you on that.

175 Pounds and Counting!!! 5-3-09

I forgot to post my weight in the post yesterday. I'm going to start putting the weight in the title line along with the date.

Yesterday was good. Had a nice and filling meal for the game. Going out to dinner tonight with someone special. Should have lots of fun.

Still working on the tips and meal plans. Should have those up later this week.

TTYL

Doing Very Good!! 5-2-2009

I need to have a chart to see how my weight loss is going and when I weigh myself. Since the last time I weighed myself I have dropped 2 more pounds. Maybe I need to keep up with what I am doing.

Yesterday was my "Cheat Day" and even though it was, besides a few pieces of candy, I did not eat that bad. I ate a sensible dinner and only had one serving of it. I was asked if I wanted a second serving and I said no. I also walked into the kitchen and saw that there was more than enough left and I didn't do my normal "Grab A Spoon and Get A Little Bit" thing that I am known to do. Proud of myself.

Lets see how long I can keep this up.

Just Say No!!!

Okay,

I have to admit. That when I started on this whole weight loss thing. I was sort of cheating. I was taking Hydroxycut. I started it about a year ago. It worked really well, or maybe it was that I was following their suggestions and not snacking and drinking more water (some 12 plus glasses a day)??? But I thought I was losing the weight because of Hydroxycut, but I guess not.

Over the past week, I have not taken Hydroxycut. I still have this same bottle and said I would only take it if the no soda/no snacking thing wasn't working. But it worked and worked well. Not one single Hydroxycut pill in the past week. And I loss a considerable amount of weight. But that was from me eating sensibly, not snacking and not drinking soda like it was water. And WHAMMO news just broke that Hydroxycut has been pulled off the market and contains basically the same stuff as "Speed". WTF????

If you have never taken this stuff before (and don't start now, as it doesn't work). This stuff has you feeling amazing. For example, they say for the first 3 days, only take 1 pill three times a day and drink at least 10 servings of water per day. Then you can bump up to the 2 pills three times a day. That first day is a mutherF***a!!! Within a few hours after taking this stuff, you will feel very dizzy, light-headed and nauseated. You spend most of your time in bed because you feel if you get up.....you will pass out. This may happen on the 2nd day as well, but after that. You are fine. YOu actually think you are losing weight, but you are not...okay...if you are following their diet tips and stuff..you may be losing weight. But it isn't because of the Hydroxycut. You may feel sick to your stomach every now and then, but you are so geeked that you are losing weight...you say to yourself "It's worth it!". But it isn't!!

Is it worth Liver Failure??? It is worth dieing??? No, it isn't. As that is what is happening to people. I just thank god up above that I stopped taking that stuff and when i was, i wasn't taking it on a regular basis. I'd take one pill and skip a few days out of forgetfullness. If I had been popping that stuff like I was supposed to...who knows what would have happened to me.

I am going to lose weight the old fashion way. By hard work, exercise and a good diet.

Temptation Is In The House!!!

I got two giant bags of candy today. I mean these bags are huge. The kind you get on Halloween to pass out to the kids. I am seeing if I can resist going into them whenever I am in the kitchen.

Fixing a early lunch right now. 2 crab cakes and some pasta salad. Should be good. I did good by not getting a huge box of Chips Ahoy cookies. Don't want to resist to that temptation. Didn't weigh myself today, so will do it in the morning. I think I said that Friday's were the day that I would weigh myself.

Take Care & Be Blessed

The Real Test Starts Tommorrow!!!

Tommorrow, after I return from the grocery store will be the true test on rather or not I can maintain the weight loss. I'll be tempted like never before. We are already debating on what we are going to eat for dinner tommorrow. We have gone back and forth between Philly Cheesesteaks, Chicken Salad and New York Strip Steak. I think the Chicken Salad would be healthier for me and a better choice. I know that now I have to put in just 1 day a week of eating whatever I want. No delivery or take out. But what is in the house.

And McDonald's is now out forever. No more of that junk. I now realize that everytime I eat that crap, I am sick within a few hours and it will last a day and a half. I was so sick the other night from eating that. And it always happens whenever I eat there. So I have to say no to McDonald's for now.

That is it for now, I have to go and ice down my back. My Sciatica is acting up again, had a huge flare up this morning. So no exercising or anything until it goes away.

Take Care & Be Blessed

P.S.....There should be no reason on God's Green Earth why Estella Sebina should be visiting any of my blogs. But I guess she is such a loser that she has nothing better to do with her life than to check up on me. And here I am thinking that Darryl was the loser.

So It Is The Junk Food???

I finally figured out why I put on so much weight...and what was causing me. I'm a stress eater and I have been under a tremendous amount of stress lately. Plus, a majority of the weight was put on while I was recuperating from my injury. Not being able to be mobile and being on bed rest, I was given a bag of "goodies" everyday, so that I would only have to get up to go to the rest room. Well...imagine ingesting 2-4 Reeses Peanut Butter Cups (I'm talking about the 2 in a pack ones), 2 sodas (24 ounces each), an entire 99 cent bag (well...because of inflation..now $1.29) of chips....2 Hostess apple pies...imagine eating this 5-7 days a week??? I weighed more at my heaviest point, than I did when I was pregnant. You know how you check in to the hospital to deliver and they weigh you? Recently, I weighed more when I wasn't pregnant.

Over the past few days, I have totally cut out junk food. I have not had a soda since Monday. I have not had any junk food since last Friday. And I have lost weight. I last weighed myself a couple of days ago..not on my normal Weigh In day. It was at 180...this was like 3 days ago...I just weighed myself and my weight is now at 177.

I got to thinking again about where I wanted to be at. What my ideal weight is?? What size?? That I don't know. I keep changing. I'm thinking around the 150-160 range. More or less around 150. I have to update the weight loss ticker.

I'm hungry as hell....and an evil bitch!!! But that is due to not snacking like I want to. And trust me...it is hard as hell. Seeing "$5.00 Footlong Commercials" all day long, having to pass McDonalds to get anywhere...knowing that KFC is a short walk away. Knowing how easy it is to pick up a telephone and call some place and bring food to you....so hard to fight the temptation. I refuse to go downtown for any reason right now. All I need right now is to walk past Garrett's Popcorn!! Or an Arby's!!

But it is all for a good cause. So I will just stick it out. I also haven't done my 1 day of "Sinful" eating. You know where you allow yourself to eat whatever the hell you want all day.....everyday??? Because I know I will pack on the pounds in a heartbeat!! And I'll see that as a lost cause and go into a funk and eat and snack and then everything that I have accomplished so far will be down the drain.

So I'm sticking it out!!!

180

Todays weigh in said 180 pounds. Doing good. Better than I thought. Eating has been sporadic, but not snacking like I used to. Thinking that may be what is working.

Officially Starting

As of today, I am officially starting my diet over. I got over a very stressful time in my life and I am ready to dedicate everything to reaching my ideal weight. I figured that 35 pounds is enough weight to lose, that would put me at a size 10 or size 12. Good enough for me and good enough for others.

I will weigh myself every Friday. I keep the scale away from me now, so I am not stepping on it everytime I walk past it. I'm accomplishing a lot of my goals now, so I have no doubt that I can do it.

Update

Haven't weighed myself since the last time I got on that scale. So I have no idea what it is at right now. Today isn't the day to weigh myself as I'm retaining water like nobody's business!!!

After next week, I will start working out. My ankle kind of took a step back so I'm not able to do what I want work out wise.

Will post more later.

WOW!!!

Okay,

Yesterday was a bad day in terms of snacking. Why did I have to buy that big family pack of Chips Ahoy at the grocery store? And I brought one pack and sat it next to the computer and all day long, I was snacking. So not good. So the scale has gone back to 190 and I have to do a few days of dieting before Easter comes. Having a family dinner so I know I will be packing on some weight. Problem is, I don't know which family...my maternal or paternal. Can't have both sides. Will see.

Other than that. I have a new goal in mind. Can we say Pro-Am?? That's all I'm gonna say. If you are in a certain industry (Not Pageantry), then you know what Pro Am is. Watching too much of something on tv and it got me thinking "Hmmm....that's a good goal". June 2010 is the date!!!

185 And Still Going

I weighed myself and I'm down to 185. Scale is continuing to move in the right direction. I have stopped snacking after a certain time, soda is a "Privilege" now and I'm baking instead of frying.

I still don't know what my goal is. I have to figure that out, so I willk now if I'm close to it or not. Probably somewhere between 155-160. Who knows??

WOAH NELLY!!!

Okay, during my absence, I hit that mark...the "Oh Hell No" mark and it made me kick high gear into my diet and change my eating habits drastically. I hit the 200 pound mark!! Keep in mind I am about 5 feet 7 1/2 inches. It did not look like I hit 200 pounds, and lots of people said I looked as if I weighed the same. But I knew from the way that certains articles of clothing fit, that I had gained some weight.

So since hitting that mark, I have lots about 11 pounds. I have not weighed myself this morning, but I will soon. I have to get back onto a weekly weighing in schedule and not the daily one like I've been doing. That kind of defeats the purpose I think. But it does feel good to see the numbers go down, but hurts like hell when they go up a bit!!! LOL!!!

So Far So Good

So far this morning, have not had one single "Bad Food". No snacks, no soda......and as expected, i am hungry as heck!!! I'm a snacker, so snacking throughout the day is normal for me.

Last nights dinner was great. I had Teriyaki Stir-Fry. It was good, I am not a stir-fry person, so when I had it, I was quite surprised. The fact that I went out and had a sensible dinner was very surprising. Normally, when I am out, it is very difficult to have something sensible, as there is so much temptation. The fact that the awards banquet was a buffet style type of thing and I didn't lose my mind is a shocker. So maybe I will do good this time around.

I know that right now, I am really craving some Grits..."Yankee Style". For those of you who know the difference in how grits are eaten between those in the south and those in the north, you know exactly what I am talking about.

Tonights dinner should be good, I took some more chicken out. I think that is the only thing that is going to save me during this diet...the fact that I stocked up on chicken!!! So that should help me lose some weight, I also have to curb the snacking....don't know if I should just totally cut it out, or just do it in moderation. Will keep you posted on what I do!!

Today's Weigh In

I did my weigh in this morning, that is what one should do, weigh themselves in the morning. And the numbers are....180!! Not excited about that...but not upset either. I have to tweak some things, but have to get all this caffine out of my system before I do that!!!

Didn't end up getting that Philly Cheese Steak either...I had 2 BBQ chicken breasts and a baked potatoe that was so good!!! Since I had my "Eat Anything" day yesterday, today is not going to be that day. And I can't get another one anytime soon. I am only allowing myself one of these days per week.

TTYL

No Posts All Week????

That seems odd, or maybe I'm posting and forgetting to press that Publish Post button. I don't know. Either way, diet is going so-so. I allow myself one "Pig Out" day to eat whatever the heck I want and I'm debating on if I should let today be that day or should I wait until tommorrow.



More than likely, I am going to do it today. I so want a Philly Cheese Steak from the local restaurant and regardless of what I eat (if it's not that), then I'm going to think about that thing until I get one.






Tommorrow is weigh in day, so we should see what the diet is doing...if it's working, not working, if I need to adjust some things or what.

(PLEASE NOTE: I did this post yesterday and for some reason didn't post it. I'm not sure if I"m forgetting to or if something else is going on, but here goes.)

So Not In A Good Mood...Trying To Curb Stress Eating!!

So today did not start off right at all. Had to be up at 6am to ensure I'd be out of the house by 8am!!! As I still had some clothes to dry, had to straighten my hair, eat, etc. Woke up at 6:30am and had to get oldest child up, which mean, I had to sit back and wait for him to come out of the bathroom before I could get ready.

Did not find out until 5 minute before I was to leave out the house that I had to call a cab to get where I was going. Which meant that I could not eat anything before heading out. Went to where I was going, sat there from a little bit before 9am up until almost noon for absolutely no reason at all!!!!

As soon as I got home, discovered there was a problem with phone line, and the dumb ass phone company (Comcast) seemed more interested in trying to sell me the Triple Play package then they were trying to fix whatever issue was going on. Couldn't fix anything to eat, so had to snack on some cookies. I have been home all of one hour and I just feel like eating everything under the sun, but I'm trying to refrain from doing so, as that would defeat the purpose of the diet.

Diet, Diet, Diet

Okay,

So this morning did not get off to a good start. I've already downed 1 Reese's Peanut Butter Cup (one pack that is) and I have not had anything else besides that. I am not a big breakfast person at all. Yesterday's breakfast consisted of 5 pieces of bacon. I have never, ever been a big breakfast person...NEVER!!! Especially if I have to cook it.

Yesterday, I easily had a early dinner that was well over 3,000 calories!!! Then I followed it up with a late dinner. NOT GOOD AT ALL!!!

Today, I will actually attempt to eat lunch and a sensible dinner. Will see how it goes. I will make a weight loss chart so that you can easily keep up with the progress or lack of progress that I make. I am about a size 16 right now, my ideal size is a size 10, but I will be happy with a size 12.

Will keep you updated!!

And the numbers are in.......

.....................My numbers are 5 feet 7 1/2 inches tall and weighing in at......175 pounds!!! Apparently I have lost some sort of weight between Decmeber 15th and this morning. I have not started the diet, on account...I'm really iffy about starting things in the middle of the week. So tommorrow is the day. I took a bunch of chicken breasts out to eat over the next few days or whatever.

Will keep you updated.

Diet Starts Today

Getting some good and healthy food in the house today and will start the diet today. I don't know about exercise, as my ankle is killing me. It is still so swollen and deformed looking, I don't know when I'm going to be able to walk on it correctly. So frustrating if you ask me. Still don't have a scale, but will have one later on today. I'll do an official weigh in at about 7pm my time and will post it by 10pm. I'm going to be truthful in the numbers, I have nothing to hide!! LOL!!! I know it's going to be up there, as I've been snacking my behind off since breaking my leg and being on bed rest. But we will see.

TTYL

No Diet Yet

Have not started it. Waiting until Wednesday. Long story. Cast is off. Not much to post now.

Will post when I have some news regarding diet.

Diet Kicks Into High Gear Shortly!!

My diet will kick into high gear on Sunday, in less than 48 hours. I'm excited. I anticipate getting down to about 145-150. Not sure as to what the exact number will be, but I will know once I get there. Very excited about things.

Not much else to report about the diet. I will write once I start to update on how things are going.

Almost Time!!

It is almost time for me to kick my diet into high gear. I am excited and anticipating the new look. I have decided to put off shopping for any new clothes until I reach a decent weight. Right now, I am at about 180 pounds. My goal is like 150, maybe even 145. We will see once I start to get to a decent size.

I'm excited about actually going to the grocery store now. I know exactly what I want to get now and cannot wait. I know that it's going to be hard passing by the Home Run Inn pizzas, but I have to do it.

I'm pretty tired now, so I'm about to call it a night. Not really call it a night...but get in the bed and look at t.v until I pass out. I have a pretty busy day tommorrow, so I need to be pretty alert.

TTYL

Started Early

I have started my diet a tad bit early, well ok....I've changed my eating habits a bit. Instead of snacking all day and night. I only snack at night!! I know...I know....that's not good. But my diet officially starts on Sunday. So I may as well enjoy myself. I'm going to allow myself 1 "Me" day every week, probably on Saturday. That is the day when I am going to just eat like I want, no restrictions.

I don't have a problem eating healthy, it is just that I run out of ideas. I like baked chicken and baked fish, but how many times in a week can you eat that. I have to find some meal plans that incorporate other things. I think my major problem is the snacking. If I can stop that, then I should be okay. I also "Stress Eat". By my life is really stress filled right now, but I have to learn how to stop that. I also can't exercise or let alone go for a simple walk right now, so that is an issue as well. I hope in 6 days I get something so that I can walk on this leg, this not being able to exercise like I want is killing me.

I also want to buy a new wardrobe, but everytime I shop right now at my fave online store. I have to think "There is no way I am getting into this right now!". So I hold off. I think I am going to wait until I lose at least 10 pounds then buy the new wardrobe. Who knows? We will see.

Update!!

It has been a little over 2 months since I've blogged. There have been so many things, both positive and negative that have gone on and I had to step aside and focus on them. I temporarily stopped my diet. The new start date is March 1, 2009, for some odd reason...I cannot start anything in the middle of a month or middle of a week. It has to be on the 1st day of the week or month. I have no idea how much I weigh now, as there isn't a scale in the house. Will be purchasing one today. Numbers cannot be good at all!! LOL!! Since breaking my leg back on Jan 20th, 2009, I have been at home on bed rest and have been doing nothing but snacking and snacking. It doesn't help that Papa Joe is always asking me "What do you want to eat?". I will say nothing and he will respond back with "I can get you a Bacon-Nater". I say no again and he'll go "Are you sure?". Then I cave in, but the funny thing is, I never finish eating it. That thing is massive and was perfect when I was pregnant, heck, I would get up and go get one and the closest Wendy's is about a 10 minute drive away. But not being pregnant anymore, that sandwich is good, but I can only get through half of it.

I also think I had to get past the holidays before I started a diet. I'll get back on track starting the 1st.

Will post more later.