Not Giving-Up: Just Starting Over

Dear Reader.

You may have noticed my absence and lack of posting over the last few weeks.

Well I realized that depending on someone else to sick to the same rules as you put on yourself isn't realistic. Also with finally finding out why I wasn't loosing weight I've had to come up with a new strategy for life. This and other tidbits of fact can be found on my new blog New Leaf, Fresh Start, Redefining Me. This blog is about my research, my challenges, and the goals I've set for myself. There is no point in trying to be like people wit naturally high metabolism, I'm not that person. So I'm finding something that does work. I hope you'll come along for the ride, be uplifted, and maybe even motivate yourself to try something new and never done before.

With affection and renwed hope,
A.rose

Good News!

Dear reader,

Good news. I don't have hypothyroidism. I do have very low levels of vitamin d. So going on some supplements to help with that. Hoping this will help my problems. Getting really tired of not loosing weight and feeling discouraged with the lack of results.

Enough of my whining I guess. Have a good night!

Sincerely,
Arose

Life Unexpected... Part 1

Dear Reader,

I will be posting twice today. This first post is to tell you two things:

Number 1: I hate math exams!
I’ve spent all my precious exercising time this week studying for an exam, luckily my eating habits have stayed the same so I haven’t gain much weight, just a pound making me 188.6.

Number 2:  I had a blood test done yesterday and will receive the results sometime today.



The lily, a symbol of hope and peace
Thats all I ask for today
To feel hope that the test will show something
And the peace of mind
 That everything will turn out for the better.

Here are some of my symptoms: when I get sick its really bad, I’m cold all the time, my hair falls out and breaks easily, I have really brittle nails, my energy has been very low, my short term memory hasn’t been the best (forgetting things like were I put the keys and their in my hand), my moods have been ever changing and more irritable lately, and I haven’t lost any weight though I have had a drastic change in diet and life style.

So the doctor had me do a blood screening yesterday, and it’s possible I have something called hypothyroidism. I don’t know if it’s in my family history, or if my family has a history of similar issues. I will receive the results today. If I do have it I’ll be on hormones the rest of my life because my thyroid isn’t producing enough all by itself. If not then I’m not sure what's going on.

I will update you later today when the tests come back.

Keep me in your thoughts!

Sincerely,

Arose

Wow... I'm late!

Dear Reader,

Sorry for the late post, things have been rather busy around here lately. tonight im in a college production called scenes of life and I have been rather busy this last week getting ready for the big show.

My bread fast didn’t go as well as I have hoped, and I’m sure it would have gone better if I would have kept up with the exercise. The good news is I didn’t put any weight on, the bad news is I didn’t lose any either.

I’m still doing modified bread fast, with exercise included, though that’s not hard to add when I’m walking around for 5 hours tonight for the play… needless to say, I won’t be walking or running today. I walked yesterday and went to the rehearsal and my legs are still killing me lol.

In other news, I don’t know why, but even with adding loads of veggies to my diet, I’m still not really seeing results. I am starting to feel discouraged because of all the effort but no real effect on that silly number. Darn this is hard.

My husband hasn’t been dieting at all, though he has decided that on wrangler burger Thursday at our favorite zipps he will only have one instead of two… baby steps I guess. I really want it to stop snowing here so I can walk on the weekends as well as at school.

I wish I knew what I am doing wrong for my diet that im not having any results…. So confused!

Annoyed and Frustrated,

ARose

Trying Something New!

Dear Reader,

I’ve been here every week for the last month or so... and have had no real results. I’ve added exercise to my regimen, doing more workouts now then even when I was at my skinniest 3 years ago, a glorious 155 lbs., and I am still not really seeing results that will keep me motivated. I know I have water weight to loose, and yet it’s staying on. So I’ve decided I need to go on a week of cutting my waist's worst enemy and my mouths best friend out of my diet.

That’s right bread.

Bread and I have always been great friends, and I eat more straight bread and pasta now than ever, even staying under my caloric intake limit. So for the next week I’m going to cut out bread completely (as best as I can, I’m going to my grandma's this weekend and I heard something about piaya… and that usually means Italian bread... and she makes waffles... oh dear.) I’m not expecting radical results from this bread fast, but I am hoping by cutting it out that the number on the scale will move.

Now most of you are wondering what I’ll do next week when the bread fast is over, and I plan on keeping the amount of bread low, so that I won’t crave it because of complete rejection, but it won’t be that big of a portion of my diet.  While breads are out this week, veggies and meat are definitely in, meaning more salad with dinner and lunch and new ways to cook chicken and beef dishes.

Another thing I’ve started to do is cut out the yoke in my morning egg, it taste good if you add little Mrs. Dash to it.

I exercised every day last week, and twice on Monday and Thursday. Forgot a towel yesterday so only walked last night with Jackie, and today I forgot it again, but walked 3.4 miles in an hour and will be walking tonight with Jackie. Goal for tomorrow is to bring a towel so I can run and shower afterwards!

I want to get started on week 2 of C25K that went well last week, but I’ll lose that momentum if I don’t get going this week. Since I didn’t have a towel, probably won’t be able to swim at all this week, unless I convince Andrew to go with me on Friday after he gets out of class… I don’t see that happening with me also having drama practice from 2-330 then us having to leave for home, a 6 hour drive.

Sorry this week wasn’t very interesting, but at least I’m checking in! If I wasn’t then all of you might think I’ve given up lol.

Have a good week and wish me luck!

Arose

Ps: Don’t forget to comment and share this blog with family/friends/coworkers/strangers on the street./anyone!

Doing Better!

Dear Reader,

Things are slowly getting back on track, lost 3 pounds in the last week (ofically makes it back to 187). I finally gave in an ordered an android phone, mostly for the on the go exercising help.

Everyone should check out this app "C25K". It’s an 8 week regimen that will help you go from the couch to running a 5k by working out 3 times a week.





Day One (completed yesterday by yours truly) there is a 5 minute walking warm up then 8 rounds of run/jog for 60 seconds walk for 90. At the end of your last walk, you go straight into your 5 minute cool down walk. (Running tip: focus on keeping your breathing controlled, you’ll run faster and not feel as winded)

C25K has a timer that tells you when you need to switch, it works with Pandora in the background (as long as you don’t want to skip songs), as well as your own downloaded music.

I also have installed a pedometer onto the phone to help me reach the recommended 10,000 steps a day.

Andrew (the husband) has stopped keeping track completely, unless he sees me using the myfitnesspal app, but since I cook most of the time and do a lot of the shopping, some of his eating habits are more controlled.

Compromising is the key to having chocolate, instead of eating cookies; eat a 100 calorie granola bar. Their bigger and are better for you. Add a few drops of lemon juice to your water to flavor it without all the sugars lemonade has. And when you shop, don’t go through every aisle, take a list and stick to it!

Things are looking up, spring should be coming soon according to Phil, then the real fun can begin!

Talk to you all in a week!

Arose

Oh how far one can fall! Febraury 2, 2013

Hello Reader,

So I must confess. I went out of town last weekend and spent a lot of time with family....

I didn't follow my diet. And I've put 2 pounds back on. Who knew dieting while traveling could be so difficult?

My husband was somewhat helpful, reminding me when I should eat something or have to much of an item, so that was nice.

Back at school this week though and I still feel like I'm in a daze from all the traveling, still tired and cranky.

Tonight I have a dentist appointment and that will hopefully prevent me from eating until dinner as I just broke my own rule and went to the school bakery...

They had giant cookies for a dollar. Really? Where has my will power gone?

Tomorrow I will start fresh and get back in track, hopefully for more then a couples weeks this time.

Enjoy your day and remember to eat your greens!

Arose

 

It's Worse....

Dear Reader...

I’m so horrible at this. I’m back up to 190. From 186 that’s 4 pounds!

Though I am kicking myself as I write this, I must also admit to starting a swimming regimen of 3 times a week and walking 2-4 times a week. Still need to fix that body ball so I can get started on hard core crunches and pushups… tonight after work. There I’ve set a date and time.

Husband has completely given up as far as i can tell

We’re going shopping tomorrow and I’m getting V8, salad and protein bars and am starting fresh on my tracker too.

I know a lot of people would just give up but I’m completely dissatisfied with myself so I can’t.

Thomas Edison was asked when he had finally made the light bulb, why didn’t he give up?  He said “I may have learned only one way to make a light bulb, but I learned 100 ways to not make one”

Or something along those lines.

So my new goal is to keep trying new ways to stay motivated to loose weight and new foods and exercises to do to keep me going.

Also! Got a new phone to take with me on walks so I can listen to motivating music while I walk. Song #1: Cant Back Down from camp rock 2

We’re in a time and place where being XL is acceptable, and I want to be extrodanary!

I will do this, I will not be alone, and I will not quit!

With love and new strength,
Arose

2 Weeks in and going good!

Hello Reader,

Well it’s been a couple days since I was last on... ok I'll admit it was more like a week, but what is time between friends?

Anyways, I now weight 187!

I don’t know how my husband is doing he hasn’t checked in with me lately.

I have a book of tasty treats I would like to recommend. It’s called Cook Yourself Thin Faster. This is actually a sequel to the best seller Cook Yourself Thin. The book has a bunch of tasty meal ideas in it that are low in calorie. My favorite is the buffalo chicken wings. I didn’t know this until I made them the other day for my husband and I, that hot sauce has 0 calories! So there’s a great flavor adder to really any meal. Mustard is another one of these 0 condiments.

oh and I've eaten all the salad and Veggies I had at my house.... so there is nothing diet friendly there... no money for shopping until next week.

I guess I will have to go to portion control for a week and remember to use small plates and bowls to help trick my stomach.

Speaking of control.

My darling husband got to eat a donut on Monday. Do you know how unfair that is? A donut is 390 Calories people! That would be one entire meal out of my day. And that's just one!

Other than food, I haven’t been drinking as much water as I did the first week... will need to work on that.

I did go walking with a friend on Monday for 45 minutes. The mall was a great place to go walk since there’s snow on the ground and we couldn’t meet until evening. We even got our wedding rings cleaned while we did a lap!

I’ve got an exercise ball now, but haven’t started using it. I need to add more air to it then I would like to do 20 crouches on it 3 times a day just to help my waist line a bit.

Well I'll check back in soon. Hope your own diet goals are going well, and in the words of some great philosopher whose name escapes me "anything worth doing isn’t easy"!

Bye!
Arose

One Week In....

This is me, Sep 2012, my wedding day. I
was 180. It’s now Jan 2013 and I’m 193...
It’s time to make a change!

Hello everyone, not sure who all is reading this.

The point behind this blog is to track how my husband and I do on a diet.

We are using an app called myfitnesspal. There is also a web site called myfitnesspal.com. It takes into count your normal activity (like work) and weight goals and time frame before giving you your caloric intake each day. For example, my husband is able to have 2200, and I only have 1370 because he works more than I do.

We started a week ago and already he's lost ten pounds.... I've lost .2 pounds. Aside from work, I try to go for walks and do aerobics once a week.

Will hopefully be able to add more exercise once my work schedule gets more normal. Hardest part so far has been staying away from bread and cookies (both of which i have alot of in my pantry!).

Salads and steamed vegies have become my best friend.

Why am I starting a diet you may ask?

Well... I’m 5’6 and weigh 193 pounds.  I am newly married (4 months into it actually). And my clothes are too tight. I’m unhappy when I look in the mirror. I wear cloths to bed (even after sex). And I feel fat. There are more reasons, but those are enough to get us started right?

Now why are you reading this?

Maybe you’re a friend who saw a post about my blog on facebook. Maybe you somehow found it on a Google search. And then maybe you’re a friend of a friend of a friend of mine heard about this and told you to start at the beginning because this will be so inspirational to you!

Alright, probably not the last one. But who knows, maybe in a year or so, that could be a friend of a friend of yours you ask to read this....

Anyways welcome to my blog! I hope you all enjoy it and comment and talk about it with your family and friends. Those who diet should never diet alone, right?

Arose.