bewize | Entries tagged with diet

I'm down via WW again. In fact, I'm only a few pounds over my lightest weight the last time I did WW (pre-steroid sickness hell). I can actually see a difference and tonight, I tried on some of V's clothes, as she is a size smaller than I am.

Or should I say, was a size smaller than I am.

Oh yeah! My ass totally went down a size!

I will now commence to stealing all her best clothes and avoiding the need to buy myself a new wardrobe yet. Now, I must find someone a size smaller than I currently am, so I can repeat this process in another 15ish pounds.

Excuse me while I dance around like a lunatic. :D

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Now, if I can only get off my ass and start running again.

This is my own personal journey that I'm discussing under the cut. I realize that not everyone feels the same way and respect your choices, but please no nay-saying about my goals. Thanks. :)

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Yesterday I did the 30 Day Shred for time reasons. I'd hoped to go running, but it was not meant to be. I ran tonight, though, and good lord, am I tired.

My totals:

Week One Total: 11.5 miles; 20 minute belly dancing

Week Two Total: 14 miles; 50 minute belly dancing

Week Three:

Sunday, September 26: 30 Day Shred
Monday, September 27: 30 Day Shred
Tuesday, September 28: 30 Day Shred
Wednesday, September 29: Ran 2 miles
Thursday, September 30: 30 Day Shred
Friday, October 1: 30 Day Shred
Saturday, October 2: Ran 2.25 miles

Week Three Total: 5 days of the 30 Day Shred; 4.25 miles

I'm... sort of surprised by that. I know it's going to sound stupid, but given how sore I was all week, I'm stunned that there isn't more exercise on this list. Not that I'm dismissing the 30 Day Shred. That workout is frigging brutal.

But, I'm going to have to get back with the running and add the two together. I had a hard time with my runs this week because I wasn't doing enough of them.

Also, I really (really, really) need to be better about what I'm eating. I ran tonight after consuming all day: 1 cup of coffee, 3 garlic knots, half a Greek salad, 5 beers, a few nachos, one pumpkin latte and a peanut butter and chocolate cupcake.

That's not enough nutrients, even if the calories are acceptable. But... man, oh man. I was dizzy at the halfway point and plagued with cramps. Not that I let that stop me.

( Thoughts on Running )

Still going! Yesterday I ran 2 miles and did not do so good. I hurt. It'd been too long since I'd gone running, I guess (4 days). But, I made it.

Tonight, I did the 30 Day Shred again, with mixed success. I'm still on Work Out 1. I'm still unable to do a real push up, although I'm getting better at the fake ones (fake ones in my world aren't girl push ups. I still can't really do those, either.).

But, I can see a difference. If I make a muscle, there is a definite bump! And my calves are looking pretty good if I do say so myself.

Tomorrow is going to be an interesting day. I think I'm going to have to run in the morning. There is waaaaaaay too much going on to fit everything in as is. I'm just going to have to fake it.

I need to be better about watching what I eat, too. I didn't eat anything yesterday until last night, when I ate half a burger, a ton of tots, and drank my weight in beer. (This also explains why I can't drink as much beer as I used to be able to drink. Not enough food in there to balance it out.) I also ate some spinach dip at like 1 am today.

Tonight, I had a calzone and it was to die for. Well, V and I split a calzone. Yummmmmmm. But, I exercised afterward and nothing turns you off a food faster than exercise burping.

Lately, I've felt very disengaged from my life. I don't know what that's about and I don't particularly like it. I genuinely feel like there are huge parts of my last month that I just don't remember and can't recall.

I think I need more fun. And no, smartasses, I don't need less drugs. (Someone thought it.)

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I went to WW this morning and was down, but not by much. I'm sadly disappointed. But not enough to give up. I'll try harder this week, do more, eat better. That's what I've got, so that's what I'll do. I may try running and the 30 Day Shred. The two together should have some effect, right?

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My hearing this morning went about as expected, but without the humiliation I feared may be heading my way. So, that's a win, I suppose.

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I've got articles to do. And other things to do, too. And a Braves Game tonight.

I'd best get to it.

I'm sharing links, because my computer screen is bogged with them.

First, this Snow Patrol song is eating my brain. I love it, and I love the lyrics.

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Now, onto some links about feminism and obesity. No, I'm not kidding. *headdesk*

Has feminism killed the art of home cooking? - wherein Rose Prince blames feminists for obesity.

I... am utterly baffled by this link. Give me a break, please, and quit making other people's choices my fault. *rolls eyes*

Feminism to blame for obesity? Fat chance. - wherein Jessica Reed responds to Ms. Prince in a much more coherent fashion than I could manage.

And thanks to the wonders of the internet, I obtained a copy of the obesity booga-booga article also referenced in Ms. Reed's response. It's an interesting look at the effects of obesity on the individual and on a population as a whole, and the politics of calling obesity a disease.

It draws this conclusion: ( Cut for talk on obesity )

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And this is an interesting bit of meta that I'm linking on why people don't write what they claim to want to read. Why am I not writing the stories I say I want to read?

While this article is aimed at fanfic, I think it's an interesting question to consider about original fiction as well.

So I weighed in today.

I'm down.

5.4 lbs down, actually.

*GLEE*

I've officially crossed the BMI threshold from obese to overweight.

If you heard squeeing, it was from me.

Now, onward to fit in my clothes again!

I am so unbelievably tired. I need sleep. But first I need a shower. Only, I can't seem to motivate myself off the chair to do these things.

I didn't get home from work today until 10, although I did slip away to go to my WW meeting. I also stopped at 5:30 and ran a quick mile (then had to run longer to make up the needed 20 minutes under the 90 days rule). 2/90 done!

I had a closing tonight in BFG, but made it back safe and sound.

At some point, I've done something to my left hip. It... hates me and wants me to die. Painfully. Strangely, it was fine while I was running, but during random times of walking today, it gave out. I nearly face planted twice, saved once by S's quick reflexes and once by the fact that I collapsed onto the receptionist desk.

Not my finest moments.

I... really hope it just stops now. I can't deal with more fail in my body at the moment. I just don't have it in me.

LOL. This is easy, since I've not eaten much today. Thus far today, I decided to skip coffee and such this morning as punishment for being a moron (actually, I lost my phone, and spent so much time looking for it that I didn't remember to eat anything). Then, after I got to work, I realized I was *starving* so I drove to Chik-Fil-A and conned my way into a Chicken Biscuit at 11!

Wheee!

I also got a large sweet tea.

I know that these things have the combined calories necessary to keep me going for a week, but damn, they were tasty. :D

(Also, since I'm down another 2 lbs, I decided I could splurge!)

The Meme:
Day 01 - Introduction
Day 02 – Your first love, in great detail
Day 03 – Your parents, in great detail
Day 04 – What you ate today, in great detail
( If you'd like to play along )

( Diet and Exercise )

Work is going fairly well. I don't really have anything else to say about that at the moment.

I’m donating blood tonight. It’s been a while since I tried, but I figure it’s good for karma. Or something like that. I probably need to eat before hand, so I don’t throw up or faint. I’m already feeling hungry, so I know that I can’t go in and be all woozy.

I'm tired. It's hitting me all of a sudden, but man, I could sleep in the Olympics lately.

I bit the bullet and signed up for Weight Watchers again. I feel like P is right - this is the time to get our lives back under control. I don't want to be the woman in the cartoon anymore. I want everything to make sense and be easy and feel like I'm doing good things with my life. I feel like I can manage this and Weight Watchers worked for me.

( Talking frankly about weight )

I went running today again. It was awesome. ( Exercise )

During the Hall of Fame Luncheon, the speakers all talked about Winners. I'm tired of not being a Winner by their definition. "Winners make commitments; Losers make excuses."

"A winner doesn't blame others for his failures, or credit luck for his successes."

( Thinky )