ONE POUND OF FAT!!

Hello, do you know me? 
  
If you don’t you should. 
  
I’m a pound of fat, and I’m the happiest pound of fat that you would ever want to meet. Want to know why? It’s because no one ever wants to lose me; I’m Only One Pound, just a pound. Everyone wants to lose three pounds, five pounds or fifteen pounds, but never only one, so I just stick around and happily keep you fat. Then I add to myself ever so slyly so that you never seem to notice it, that is until I’ve grown to ten, twenty or even more pounds in weight. 
  
Yes, it’s fun being Only One Pound of fat, left to do as I please. So, when you weigh in, keep right on saying “Oh, I only lost one pound.” (as if that were such a terrible thing!) For you see, if you do this you’ll encourage others to keep me around because they will think I’m not worth losing. And I love being around you - your arms, your legs, your chin, your hips and every part of you. Happy Days!! 
  
After all, I’m Only One Pound of fat!!!

Time Flies in October

WOW I can't believe I have't blogged since Oct 7th.  I kept thinking I would blog tomorrow.  I hate when I do that.  
So not a lot has been happening.  I made a trip to CA and did better than I expected to at eating.  I'm only getting to the gym about twice a week so I need to pick it up.  I've been slacking on my Gazelle too.   I was doing really well at counting calories and then slipped up and here it's been almost two weeks since I logged calories and food.  So I guess you can see I have slacked off a bit in all areas but I'm headed right back to it.    


So, I would really like to take a few more pounds off by the end of the month since I will be heading to Lodi to visit Cathy and we are soooooo bad for each other.  We have planned on working on our eating and exercise while we are together but we always seem to enjoy ourselves with food and eating out.  This time I'm hoping we can help each other in our goal to eat less and move more.  


Watch out Cathy, here I come!! 


Good luck ladies on the final run in October.   

Oct Week 2

Hi girls!!  Not such a bad week.  I have made it to my 179 mark and vow never to see the 180's again!  I have actually started counting calories.  I HATE IT!!  What a pain in the butt!  I made a stew today and had to look up all the ingredients.  I hate the fact that if all your eating is a salad you still have to figure out how many calories in the ingredients.  I guess that is really the only way you know what your eating.  I just always figured veggies were free but they actually have calories.  Dang.    With the healthy eating I have been able to keep my cravings in check.  Marty has been keeping his food in his own plate and not offering me potato chips and ice cream.  He even said my Salmon dinner last night was really good.  


My Gazelle is together.  I tried it out for a whole 10 minutes last night but plan on watching a little tv tonight while working out.  I tried it in socks and the grid on the foot pads hurt my foot so I'll have to wear shoes.  


So I plan on getting really good at counting calories and making good food choices.  
Drinking my 80oz's of water.
Riding my Gazelle daily
Think positive thoughts (what you say to yourself matters)
Do some tapping (EFT) each day.  (explained below)


At my last class at the YMCA a Psychologist came and talked to us about having our mind chatter be of good thoughts and showed us a technique for relaxation and stress relief.  It is called Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)  It is a series of finger tapping on different points on your face and hands and some focusing.  They use it on men with PTSD from the war.  If you think you want me to post process here let me know and I will.


Do have a great week everyone.  Off to dinner.  
        

Oct Weight

Hi Ladies - FINALLY SOME PROGRESS


I'm starting October 3 pounds down.  Yippy!!  I know I will get to the 170's this month.  I'm feeling much better about how I'm dealing with food.  This last week I have done a lot of pondering about when and why and what I eat.  I noticed my husband keeps putting stuff on my plate and I do the same to him.  We are actually trying to be caring and giving and taking care of each other but in fact that is not at all what we are doing.  I finally had to blow up at him and he realized how he was hindering my efforts.  It's ok if I take something out of his plate and eat it but he better not put it on my plate. haha  Anyway I think he is finally on board.  His M&M's are stored in his truck not the pantry anymore.  My new diet with the YMCA is working well for me. I am journaling what I eat but not counting calories yet.   It is all journaling and about spreading your protein out throughout the day, limiting your grains to 2 cups a day and eating lots of Veggies and fruits.  You also have a snack between breakfast and dinner and bed so you are eating about every 2 hours.  It seems to be keeping my cravings at bay.  The exercise part isn't going as well.  I went to the Dr yesterday about the foot pain I have had for 2 months since I rammed my foot into a cement ledge.  I have inflammation and a neuroma in the joint of my third toe.  Started Prednisone today for a week.  Dr. says it may make me irritable and hungry.  Just what I already am.  She put a pad on my orthodic with a cut out for my third toe to give my toe more room and not have to bend as much as the other toes.  I go back in a month if it's not gone.  Anyway walking is irritating to it so I will be doing more of the elliptical and my new Gazelle.  Also doing weights at the gym and want to start a stretching class.


So my goals are:
Keep up with a minimum of 80oz's of water a day.
Stay with the diet guidelines
Continue logging food intake
Start counting calories
Exercise minimum 3 days a week


I tried a recipe for Ranch dressing that is good.  
For amounts use the amounts for the package dressing mix 
Instead of the buttermilk or mayo use cottage cheese (light of course)
That is all it is, powder dressing mix and cottage cheese blended and blended and blended until smooth and creamy.
I added about 1/4 milk to make it runnier for salad.


A bottle of light Ranch is more than 1100 calories 
A bottle of this is around 400 calories.


Next time I want to try yogurt instead of cottage cheese.  


I had a birthday yesterday and feel like this will be a good year for me.  I am going to be nicer to me and my body.  I am going to love me more.


Have a wonderful week girls.  Would love to hear from you.


  

   

Another Year :)

Just wanted to write a quick note since I will be taking off for the coast for a few days.  We bought a used 5th wheel trailer so we could spend some time at the ocean.  We bought it just in time to try it out for our 39th anniversary.  WOW  
I have been doing great UNTIL I GET AROUND DESSERT THAT I DIDN'T PLAN ON BEING THERE.
I went to a baby shower planning on leaving early and I thought I would miss the dessert.  Guess what!  Who would think they would do dessert first!  I just don't have the will power to say no when it's in my face and it is homemade and looks soooooo good.  Other than that I have been eating my veggies and fruits and grains and lots of water.  So enough of that - it's over and better luck next time.  
Sure hope I do ok camping.  I will be hiking and playing on the beach so I should get a bit of exercise.  I love to run on the beach.  
Thursday I went to the YMCA and went to a class on brain health then everyone goes for a walk.  I walked at a pretty good pace and did 2.5 miles.  I was very happy with that because my foot is giving me a lot of trouble.  Today hurts to walk at all.  I made an appointment with the podiatrist for next Thursday.
Anyway,  Everyone have a great weekend - I will   

12 Steps

Not a lot to say about how I have been doing with eating and exercising.  Not too bad on the eating and I actually got to the gym and did the elliptical machine and some weight lifting machines.  That was only one day though.

The big news I have to talk about is my new class.  I am taking a class called "He Did Deliver Me From Bondage" which combines the AA 12 step program and the Book of Mormon to start dealing with my OCD and self destructing behavior issues from the inside out instead of the outside only.  This class involves weekly meetings for discussions (with other women only) and daily reading scriptures along with journaling.  I hate to read because I never understand or remember anything I have just read.  One of the first things I had to read was about "Capturing" which is really getting hold of something and making it your own. Its more than underlining or making note of the single thoughts that stand out to you.....  That is just identifying what you want to capture.  You must copy the quotes or write the thoughts down.  That still doesn't make it your own.  There is a 3rd and final step.  Otherwise you are just a collector of thoughts.  The 3rd step is to write all that comes into your mind about the thought or quote you previously copied.  How did it connect with you?  Why was it important to you? What does it say to you?  How does it apply to your life?  This is capturing.

This is probably not new to you guys.  Especially those that have gone to college have probably done this.  It is new to me and I think it may actually help me maybe learn to like reading. (I hope)  I am excited about this class in hope of taking control of my mind and thoughts and thus my body and actions.
Hope I haven't rambled on too much.

I am also going to join a "Healthy Living Challenge" through our YMCA.  It is a program with Weekly weigh in and accountability, food journal, weekly meetings with coaches, exercise accountability.  This class starts next Tuesday.

This is going to keep me way busier than I have been in a long time.  Both classes require daily effort and I will have to get on the ball if I want to succeed.  I DO WANT TO SUCCEED!!!!

With these two classes and the requirements that come with them I should be getting my Physical and Spiritual well being on a whole new level.

So my goals right now are to get involved with following the requirements of these classes and enjoy doing it.
Continue drinking lots of water!
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Remember

Hi ladies, can't believe this week is gone already.  There are a few of you we haven't heard from this week.  Would love to know whats on your mind or happening in your day. 

Today is a big one - 9/11  Who could forget.  Peoples lives were changed forever. 


This week I have been beating myself up for being such a wimp and succumbing to every little bad behavior I'm wanting to avoid.  Then I think of how trivial this is.  I am so happy to be alive and live in this country.  To be able to do what I want, and not do what I don't want to.  To worship how and when I chose to.  To have all the food thats necessary and more than anyone could want right at my fingertips.  To have my family all happy, healthy and prosperous.  I know I want to be thinner but thats not so important that I should let it bring me down.  I let it get to me then I don't want to get out of bed, I eat anything in sight, and I won't get out there and move my butt.  And of course that is exactly what I shouldn't be doing.  It's crazy.


So I am going to work on putting things in perspective and enjoying my life.  I want to try to keep my frame of mind in a positive mode so I can stay out of the dumps.  Then I might be able to control my obsessive compulsive tendencies to eat sleep and be lazy (all in a big way).  


I have done really well with the water intake.  I haven't actually been keeping track as much as I want to so this week I plan on doing that to.  


I am thinking about joining the YMCA group that is like the biggest loser.  They have weekly weigh ins and meetings to discuss food etc.  You keep a food diary etc.  I'm kinda afraid (of what I don't know) but I think this may be what I need to get me to the gym and meet a few women that I can work out with.  It starts 9/22 


Wish me luck.  I will take determination that I haven't been able to find lately.  


Have a great day and week and remember how lucky we all are.