"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
Inspiration for Weekend of Week 3 Induction Continues: We don't give up; we live so we can go on, we go on so we can live...
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Random Thoughts:
Every once in a while we have to take a break. For various reasons, this was a time when I needed to take a break and concentrate on something and someone else for a change. It doesn't lessen the resolve or commitment; it admits that sometimes things have to give. We do not only "diet" so we can live and we definitely don't live to diet. Whenever you reach these points in your progress to your goal, the thing to remember is to maintain if you can, but forgive yourself for whatever does come of your stopping paying attention to the details for awhile. Things have a way of working themselves out.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- My fiance's birthday was this weekend and it was a time to relax some of my personal rules so that we could enjoy the weekend.
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt (for your numbers): Did it. The follow-up checkup is already scheduled for March.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction continues: Food, Water, Exercise!! Continuing to develop a schedule and alternatives for exercise. Next week, I think I will let eDiets give me menu choices and work with their menus to develop a shopping list - takes some of the guesswork and pressure off for a week - just follow the recommendations to keep me at 25 carbs (yep - gonna come out of Induction "officially" next week and let eDiets figure out where 25 carbs are (versus the 20 or 30 that could easily happen on my own.)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Shopping is done (did on Friday) for next week. Now we just follow the plan.
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Vitals:
BP - not today
Weight: 186.0 to 187.5 (rose 1.5 pounds over the weekend)
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise:
Stretching 30 min on Sunday
Cardio 30 min dancing, Saturday night
Strength
Water: very lax on this - was low by at least 32 oz on both Saturday and Sunday; definitely need to watch this on "special occasions" better.
Food: Didn't keep good track - chose low-carb options when I could, and recognized when I did not.
Breakfast:
Lunch:
Dinner:
Snack:
Dessert:
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NOTES:
Wt: End of TTOTM finally, could have done better with water, food, and exercising this weekend (as to what factors probably affected my weight gain). Since finger points all over, all over is what I will tackle.
BP: Will take again at end of month.
Ketones: Will see later in the week - maybe Friday?
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Monday, February 2, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday Day 7 Week 2 Induction, 25 Jan 09
"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
Inspiration for Sunday of Week 2 Induction: Is exercise the key to freeing my shoulder of pain?
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Random Thoughts:
Today I really don't feel well. My fiance gives me a good massage where my shoulder/back pain feels tighter than ever. We then both apply a massager to it, then he gives me a heat-sticky-pad for it which works really well and I take 4 advil and 2 excedrin (hoping whichever kicks in first will hurry up) and lie down.
We're debating whether exercise will help the tendinitis the most, while the advil will keep the pain from the "early degenerative stages of arthritis" at bay. So, I get inspired to do a sculpting/toning show on FitTV with Gilead. It's not so bad on my body and the moves are good. I write it down on a weekly schedule to do it at least every Sunday, and maybe to find other times it comes on and do it then, too. A bellydance exercise class called Shimmy I had tried before and I did not do this Sunday (tho it's good) as I wanted to try the sculpt class and didn't want to be too tired. I see it is on Tuesday evenings and write that down on my note card as well. I'm on my way to building a weekly workable exercise schedule. I'm liking this FitTV!
The class worked well, I get back on the couch. But I've already started into comfort foods: grilled cheese on LC bread (but 9 carbs a slice) with cream of tomato soup. The canned soup has a lot of carbs per serving, so I will need to make my own in the future, but I'm wanting something comforting and I go for the soup. Later, I follow these up with Low-Carb (Sugar-Free) jello pudding - chocolate! another 24 carbs for the whole box I ingest. But I'm feeling better :)
Low Carb Bread, btw, appears to be a locally produced commodity. In Ohio, I could find it for 6 carbs a slice; in NC, the only one I find has 9 carbs a slice. Regular bread tends to run about 20-24 carbs a slice. Some, like pumpernickel, are lower, tho I don't know why. Pumpernickel is great for fat-free yogurt by the way, tho I have not yet discovered what that is for low carb...probably a great big dessert! Add some lox and cream cheese instead and maybe that works?!?? I'll find out another day.
I try to do my (small) cleaning bit around the house. Yesterday I vacuumed downstairs and halfway up the stairs. I want to finish.
The vacuum is already on the landing, but just moving it up the stairs to finish, then to do the baseboards on the stairs and the downstairs hallway, does something to the pain in my shoulder. I put the vacuum up upstairs and lie down with the massager on my pain again. Two more advil would not be a bad idea. The massager helps and I go back downstairs and lie down for the rest of the day.
My computer needs cleaning up. I delete files I have no idea why I have so many (java) and find out later that apparently I needed one of those -if not all - in order to access my blog. I don't feel well enough to sit up at the one computer that I didn't screw up, so I keep tinkering with my laptop.
Cookies are turned off, it complains. I turn them back on.
Against my better judgment.
Still not enough.
I may just need to do a system restore, then go back and try to delete things again. This has been a frustrating day - between the pain and the computer - and I succumb to more carbs. I have a biscotti leftover from the gingerbread biscottis available only during the holidays. Already I feel better.
I have another biscotti later. Then go for a chocolate one (smaller) before I stop for the night. It should probably matter to me more because they are each about 24 carbs apiece, that I've just eaten about 75 carbs of sugar and flour...and not much else.
I'll be like Scarlett tho and worry about that another day. It's not going to undo my efforts entirely; it's just a little TLC that will set me back. As the saying goes, "Another Day, Another Dollar" and I'll be able to knock the effects off. Plus I know that in the past, when I hit a plateau, a good carb fest somehow knocked me right off the plateau and back into weight loss.
It seems also as if I am more impacted by the exercise than the food, tho I know i have to keep the carbs down. And I notice that I am just getting bored with food again (happens on Atkins).
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Pain in my shoulder, frustration, boredom with food, diminishing possibilities in the fridge, no romaine, no eggs
Inspiration for Sunday of Week 2 Induction: Is exercise the key to freeing my shoulder of pain?
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Random Thoughts:
Today I really don't feel well. My fiance gives me a good massage where my shoulder/back pain feels tighter than ever. We then both apply a massager to it, then he gives me a heat-sticky-pad for it which works really well and I take 4 advil and 2 excedrin (hoping whichever kicks in first will hurry up) and lie down.
We're debating whether exercise will help the tendinitis the most, while the advil will keep the pain from the "early degenerative stages of arthritis" at bay. So, I get inspired to do a sculpting/toning show on FitTV with Gilead. It's not so bad on my body and the moves are good. I write it down on a weekly schedule to do it at least every Sunday, and maybe to find other times it comes on and do it then, too. A bellydance exercise class called Shimmy I had tried before and I did not do this Sunday (tho it's good) as I wanted to try the sculpt class and didn't want to be too tired. I see it is on Tuesday evenings and write that down on my note card as well. I'm on my way to building a weekly workable exercise schedule. I'm liking this FitTV!
The class worked well, I get back on the couch. But I've already started into comfort foods: grilled cheese on LC bread (but 9 carbs a slice) with cream of tomato soup. The canned soup has a lot of carbs per serving, so I will need to make my own in the future, but I'm wanting something comforting and I go for the soup. Later, I follow these up with Low-Carb (Sugar-Free) jello pudding - chocolate! another 24 carbs for the whole box I ingest. But I'm feeling better :)
Low Carb Bread, btw, appears to be a locally produced commodity. In Ohio, I could find it for 6 carbs a slice; in NC, the only one I find has 9 carbs a slice. Regular bread tends to run about 20-24 carbs a slice. Some, like pumpernickel, are lower, tho I don't know why. Pumpernickel is great for fat-free yogurt by the way, tho I have not yet discovered what that is for low carb...probably a great big dessert! Add some lox and cream cheese instead and maybe that works?!?? I'll find out another day.
I try to do my (small) cleaning bit around the house. Yesterday I vacuumed downstairs and halfway up the stairs. I want to finish.
The vacuum is already on the landing, but just moving it up the stairs to finish, then to do the baseboards on the stairs and the downstairs hallway, does something to the pain in my shoulder. I put the vacuum up upstairs and lie down with the massager on my pain again. Two more advil would not be a bad idea. The massager helps and I go back downstairs and lie down for the rest of the day.
My computer needs cleaning up. I delete files I have no idea why I have so many (java) and find out later that apparently I needed one of those -if not all - in order to access my blog. I don't feel well enough to sit up at the one computer that I didn't screw up, so I keep tinkering with my laptop.
Cookies are turned off, it complains. I turn them back on.
Against my better judgment.
Still not enough.
I may just need to do a system restore, then go back and try to delete things again. This has been a frustrating day - between the pain and the computer - and I succumb to more carbs. I have a biscotti leftover from the gingerbread biscottis available only during the holidays. Already I feel better.
I have another biscotti later. Then go for a chocolate one (smaller) before I stop for the night. It should probably matter to me more because they are each about 24 carbs apiece, that I've just eaten about 75 carbs of sugar and flour...and not much else.
I'll be like Scarlett tho and worry about that another day. It's not going to undo my efforts entirely; it's just a little TLC that will set me back. As the saying goes, "Another Day, Another Dollar" and I'll be able to knock the effects off. Plus I know that in the past, when I hit a plateau, a good carb fest somehow knocked me right off the plateau and back into weight loss.
It seems also as if I am more impacted by the exercise than the food, tho I know i have to keep the carbs down. And I notice that I am just getting bored with food again (happens on Atkins).
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Pain in my shoulder, frustration, boredom with food, diminishing possibilities in the fridge, no romaine, no eggs
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it. The follow-up checkup is already scheduled for March.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction continues: Food, Water, Exercise!! Plan the menus, work the plan. 30 minutes of zumba daily - at least 3x a week, maybe instead.
NEW ASSIGNMENT: . Make sure I get in my strength exercises as well - focus on making sure I get these in.
Vitals:
BP -
Weight: 184.5
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise:
Stretching 10 min throught the day
Cardio
Strength 30 min
Water: 96 oz
Food:
Breakfast: eggbeater omelet with onion powder, cinnamon and splenda, 2 maple sausage links, 2 mugs of coffee with S/L and milk, total carbs: 6 carbs for the meal
Lunch: grilled cheese sandwich on Low-Carb bread (9 carbs each) and cream of tomato soup (prob 24 carbs for the soup): 42 carbs for the meal (way over daily limit)
Dinner: cheese toast made in the microwave, 2 slices, second one with italian seasoning - another 18 carbs
Snack: 1 package of Sugar-Free Jello chocolate cook-n-serve pudding (20 carbs) and about 9 cashews (10 carbs? more) - at least 30 carbs
Dessert: 3 biscottis, each about 24 carbs - about 75 carbs total
What's the total carb count? 181??? My last maintainable carb limit (while exercising with a high metabolism) was 100 carbs...I will note that this time, the carb fest did not knock me out (put me to sleep).....
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NOTES:
Wt: up 1 pound - not so good
BP: not taking regularly anymore - will begin to look at it monthly
Ketones: a few more days before I check
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Saturday Day 6 Week 2 Induction, Jan 24, 2009
"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
Inspiration for Saturday of Week 2 Induction: Stick to your guns!
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Random Thoughts:
Weight gain of 1/2 pound when I don't think I did anything "wrong" - could be eating late, or could be exercising (more strength building of muscles, which weighs more than fat). It's probably the exercising, but since I shouldn't eat late anyway, I'll stop doing that just in case.
Not wanting to go to the grocery store. Talked about going last night to avoid crowds on the weekend (figured they'd not be grocery shopping on Friday night). We went to Home Depot and I was right that few would be there on a Friday night either, but we skipped going to the grocery store (the trip to Home Debit got to be longer than originally intended (to pick up a lightbulb and then some air filters).) I have food in the house; it's just boring me.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Needing to go grocery shopping; no plan for today; food is boring me; no romaine lettuce. Feeling good about 183.5 even if up 1/2 pound from yesterday. I worked out good yesterday, ate well - even if I did get hungry and ate late last night - and feel like I could easily just "slip" a little today with no ill effects...so risk to me is that I might slip a little with the food, then with the exercise, and that combo is what will undo me.
Inspiration for Saturday of Week 2 Induction: Stick to your guns!
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Random Thoughts:
Weight gain of 1/2 pound when I don't think I did anything "wrong" - could be eating late, or could be exercising (more strength building of muscles, which weighs more than fat). It's probably the exercising, but since I shouldn't eat late anyway, I'll stop doing that just in case.
Not wanting to go to the grocery store. Talked about going last night to avoid crowds on the weekend (figured they'd not be grocery shopping on Friday night). We went to Home Depot and I was right that few would be there on a Friday night either, but we skipped going to the grocery store (the trip to Home Debit got to be longer than originally intended (to pick up a lightbulb and then some air filters).) I have food in the house; it's just boring me.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Needing to go grocery shopping; no plan for today; food is boring me; no romaine lettuce. Feeling good about 183.5 even if up 1/2 pound from yesterday. I worked out good yesterday, ate well - even if I did get hungry and ate late last night - and feel like I could easily just "slip" a little today with no ill effects...so risk to me is that I might slip a little with the food, then with the exercise, and that combo is what will undo me.
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it. The follow-up checkup is already scheduled for March.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction continues: Food, Water, Exercise!! Plan the menus, work the plan. 30 minutes of zumba daily
NEW ASSIGNMENT: . Make sure I get in my strength exercises as well.
Vitals:
BP -
Weight: 183.5
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise: Nothing this saturday, coupla minutes stretching, coupla minutes strength
Stretching 2 min
Cardio
Strength 2 min
Water: 96 oz
Food:
Breakfast: 6 slices of bacon, 2 mugs of coffee with S/L and milk, and 3 oz of cream cheese with cinnamon and splenda
Lunch: boiled chicken in a dish called Lemon Chicken, including some onion and 8 black (kalamata) olives
Dinner: more chicken, about 4-6 more olives
Snack:
Dessert: SF jello pudding (peach) - about 3-4 cups of it I think
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NOTES:
Wt: up 1/2 pound, and worked out well. Could be eating late last night, or perhaps the workouts are increasing my muscle tone???? (could be - I'll not worry about that, but make sure I don't eat late again, just in case that's what it is in stead)....
BP: not taking regularly anymore - will begin to look at it monthly
Ketones: a few more days before I check
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Tues Day 2 Week 2 Induction - Jan 20, 2009
"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
Inspiration for Tuesday of Week 2 Induction: What's it gonna be? Yes? or No???
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Random Thoughts:
It snowed last night. After warm temps in the 40s, the ground not frozen, it snowed several inches and is sticking.
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Dentist's receptionist just called from her home - closed for the day. Smart move.
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Fiance called; he's heading home, early. It's 1:30. Time to get my zumba in gear if I'm gonna get any done today.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Snow: closing roads, traffic that may/may not know how to drive in snow (traffic hazards), closed facilities...lack of snow plows and presence of hills around here...need to check on where the salt is laid down before I try to head out of here. Have dental cleaning at noon, nearby; need to get to the pharmacy. Not too far. The gym is on the busiest road in town, tho.
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it. The follow-up checkup is already scheduled for March.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction continues: Food, Water, Exercise!!
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Plan the menus, work the plan. 30 minutes of zumba daily.
Vitals:
BP -
Weight: 185.5 (after coffee and lebanon bologne) - surprisingly no change from yesterday
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise:
Stretching 5 min
Cardio 50 min
Strength 10 min
Water: 96 oz
Food:
Breakfast: 2 mugs of coffee, 2 slices of thinly sliced Lebanon Bologne.
Lunch: 6 slices of bacon, another mug of coffee with S/L and milk.
Dinner: 2-1/2 servings (of 8 portions in a 13x9 casserole dish) of Moussaka, a greek eggplant dish, altered to be low carb. Surprisingly my ground beef goulash stuff I make is almost the same recipe, although when making the meat by itself, I add a few other optional ingredients and change the amount of herbs and spices, and tomatoes/paste. I will find a place to check the entire recipe to determine the nutrional value of one portion. I used ground almond flour (from a health food store, or some health food sections in grocery stores) instead of regular flour, milk as the recipe called for (tho perhaps cream would have added fewer carbs). I'll post the recipe - and the alterations and their effects - on another post (and add a link to it from here).
Snack:
Dessert:
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NOTES:
Wt: glad to see it hasn't risen more already...
BP:
Ketones: skipping since I was already getting "out" of ketosis and yesterday was sure to blow it - will check again in a few days
Inspiration for Tuesday of Week 2 Induction: What's it gonna be? Yes? or No???
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Random Thoughts:
It snowed last night. After warm temps in the 40s, the ground not frozen, it snowed several inches and is sticking.
I look out the window and Bailey is lying in the snow, licking something, maybe the snow off his paws. I need to take him some fresh water and food. He loves this weather, and tho the wind may blow a bit today, he's well-insulated. My last old english would put his nose in the snow and run like a plow whenever he got out in the snow. This baby went for a "walk-about" down the street one Saturday blizzard back in Ohio. I had to search to find the street so I could walk in just a foot of snow. He bounced back thru the yards, happy as a lark, then abruptly sat down, exhausted. It's tough running through 3 feet of snow! I won't try it today, even in 4 inches. At my age, I could slip easily.
I need to find my boots....
Dentist's receptionist just called from her home - closed for the day. Smart move.
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Fiance called; he's heading home, early. It's 1:30. Time to get my zumba in gear if I'm gonna get any done today.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Snow: closing roads, traffic that may/may not know how to drive in snow (traffic hazards), closed facilities...lack of snow plows and presence of hills around here...need to check on where the salt is laid down before I try to head out of here. Have dental cleaning at noon, nearby; need to get to the pharmacy. Not too far. The gym is on the busiest road in town, tho.
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it. The follow-up checkup is already scheduled for March.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction continues: Food, Water, Exercise!!
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Plan the menus, work the plan. 30 minutes of zumba daily.
Vitals:
BP -
Weight: 185.5 (after coffee and lebanon bologne) - surprisingly no change from yesterday
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise:
Stretching 5 min
Cardio 50 min
Strength 10 min
Water: 96 oz
Food:
Breakfast: 2 mugs of coffee, 2 slices of thinly sliced Lebanon Bologne.
Lunch: 6 slices of bacon, another mug of coffee with S/L and milk.
Dinner: 2-1/2 servings (of 8 portions in a 13x9 casserole dish) of Moussaka, a greek eggplant dish, altered to be low carb. Surprisingly my ground beef goulash stuff I make is almost the same recipe, although when making the meat by itself, I add a few other optional ingredients and change the amount of herbs and spices, and tomatoes/paste. I will find a place to check the entire recipe to determine the nutrional value of one portion. I used ground almond flour (from a health food store, or some health food sections in grocery stores) instead of regular flour, milk as the recipe called for (tho perhaps cream would have added fewer carbs). I'll post the recipe - and the alterations and their effects - on another post (and add a link to it from here).
Snack:
Dessert:
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NOTES:
Wt: glad to see it hasn't risen more already...
BP:
Ketones: skipping since I was already getting "out" of ketosis and yesterday was sure to blow it - will check again in a few days
Monday, January 19, 2009
Mon Day 1 Week 2 Induction
"To Thine Own Self be True, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
Inspiration for Day 1 of Week 2 Induction: Help me Make it Thru the Day!
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Random Thoughts:
We're driving up to Red Robin's (Gourmet Burgers - capitalized, you know?) and I have a free BD burger coupon in my purse.
I'm okay for most of the rest of the store - I've got a list and a helper (he may pick up carbs for himself, but he also wants to get out of the store quickly. That helps.)
Doesn't quite seem like I just ate. Carbs must be working on me.
At home I go to put milk away and remove the old and a gallon of old milk falls on the floor and the cap flies off. Milk begins pouring onto the area rug on top of the wood floor, then soaking in quickly. Not good.
We clean the rug, then I clean the floor with wood cleaner, then we pull out the fridge so I can get underneath it. I wipe, then sweep, then clean again.
Do you ever have days like this?
Particularly early in a diet?
I think early days are the hardest - so many things to remember to do, so many changes going on (plus the side effects as we "detox," too).
It's okay to give up for a day - but don't give in completely and don't give up. Give yourelf a break. Then come back tomorrow or the next. It's never over until we give up.
I think I'll have a nap today and go to the gym tomorrow.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Other people's schedules (holiday), dental visit in the morning for about 90 min (and wa-a-a-y too early (8 am!)), forgetfulness
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction Week - all systems go! (Food, Water, Exercise)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Look ahead each day to the next day's menu; make sure it's ready to go; plan my meals (& work my plan!) - get back in the groove.
Vitals:
BP - At 4:10 pm, before my nap: 103/68 pulse 43
Weight: 185.5
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise: None, a little stretching
Stretching 5 min
Cardio
Strength
Water: 96 oz
Food:
Breakfast: 1/2 cup of coffee w/ S/L and milk, then bacon and leftover cream cheese "cake"
Lunch: Red Robin's Bleu Ribbon Burger (1/2) (bleu cheese on a burger, with steak sauce, lettuce, tomato, and onion straws), onion straws, and 2 diet cokes (no coke zero, no pepsi one at this store - let's start a campaign to get them into restaurants!!)
Dinner: 1 avocado, 7 cashews
Snack: 4 oz of coke zero (was feeling sick after cleaning up behind the fridge - see BP below- skipped the soda initially (to help calm the nausea) so I would drink my water, then napped and had a little coke afterwards)
Dessert:
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NOTES:
Wt: Up 1/2 pound again - down 2 pounds for the week, but latest trend is going up, so gotta get back "on the wagon" so to speak.
BP: Taken when I was feeling weak and nauseaus after cleaning up the spilt milk and putting away most of the groceries (before I took the nap). Wondering whazzup with this; fiance says not to let these numbers (any of the BP numbers) get me upset. I don't; just wondering. I wonder if taking my BP makes my arm hurt more as I wake up with more arthritis in my left hand, and my left arm is in pain more, but I think it's probably just offsetting the tendinitis in the shoulder (the arm pain) and the arthritis is just what it is. Still it bugs me that it's gotten worse this year as well. Step-in-step with the tendinitis it seems.
Ketones: Pretty sure if I wasn't in ketosis anymore, after today's little binge I am out now! Another goal!
Inspiration for Day 1 of Week 2 Induction: Help me Make it Thru the Day!
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Random Thoughts:
We're driving up to Red Robin's (Gourmet Burgers - capitalized, you know?) and I have a free BD burger coupon in my purse.
Initially I'm thinking I'll order it without the bun and have a side salad. Red Robin even offers a burger like that wrapped in lettuce. But their onion straws are killers, so I change my mind and do the following instead: Bleu (cheese) Ribbon burger - the bun will be about 25 carbs for the top and bottom, and onion straws ilo fries (note: "ilo" is my 'breviation for "in lieu of") - carbs TBD.
I make sure the server won't bring any free dessert or sing to me and order a diet cola (as a treat instead of water) instead of a sugary lemonade or an alcoholic drink like a Mai Tai (loaded with sugar as well as having alcohol), so I compromise on the diet soda.
I stop eating when I feel satisfied and that is only about 1/2 - 2/3 of the burger. I ate most of the side onion straws and guess they are about 25 carbs also. So wa-a-ay over my induction limits. If I'm truly not in ketosis, I'll fall out now for sure and have to restart.
I need to up my metabolimsm thru exercise to offset this, much less other effects not exercising is having. Could gain 2 lbs from this. Making sure I drink my water. Also not to add other sugary foods "just because" I already exceeded food carb limits for today.
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MLK Day and just back from grocery shopping after lunch. I pick up Lebanon Bologne in the deli after checking the carb counter, but the desserts next door look scrumptious. I force myself to stop salivating and walk past.
I'm okay for most of the rest of the store - I've got a list and a helper (he may pick up carbs for himself, but he also wants to get out of the store quickly. That helps.)
Doesn't quite seem like I just ate. Carbs must be working on me.
At home I go to put milk away and remove the old and a gallon of old milk falls on the floor and the cap flies off. Milk begins pouring onto the area rug on top of the wood floor, then soaking in quickly. Not good.
We clean the rug, then I clean the floor with wood cleaner, then we pull out the fridge so I can get underneath it. I wipe, then sweep, then clean again.
Do you ever have days like this?
Particularly early in a diet?
I think early days are the hardest - so many things to remember to do, so many changes going on (plus the side effects as we "detox," too).
It's okay to give up for a day - but don't give in completely and don't give up. Give yourelf a break. Then come back tomorrow or the next. It's never over until we give up.
I think I'll have a nap today and go to the gym tomorrow.
PERSONAL HAZARD (S)- Other people's schedules (holiday), dental visit in the morning for about 90 min (and wa-a-a-y too early (8 am!)), forgetfulness
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Assignment:
Progress so far:
Doctor Appt: Did it.
READ THE BOOK: Did what I needed, still referring to as I "work the system."
ONGOING ASSIGNMENT: Induction Week - all systems go! (Food, Water, Exercise)
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Look ahead each day to the next day's menu; make sure it's ready to go; plan my meals (& work my plan!) - get back in the groove.
Vitals:
BP - At 4:10 pm, before my nap: 103/68 pulse 43
Weight: 185.5
Cholesterol: Numbers from 30 May 08 (Doctor's office):
Total: 250
Trig: 56
HDL: 93
LDL: 146
Vitals that day: Wt: 171 BP: 126/82 Pulse: 72
Exercise: None, a little stretching
Stretching 5 min
Cardio
Strength
Water: 96 oz
Food:
Breakfast: 1/2 cup of coffee w/ S/L and milk, then bacon and leftover cream cheese "cake"
Lunch: Red Robin's Bleu Ribbon Burger (1/2) (bleu cheese on a burger, with steak sauce, lettuce, tomato, and onion straws), onion straws, and 2 diet cokes (no coke zero, no pepsi one at this store - let's start a campaign to get them into restaurants!!)
Dinner: 1 avocado, 7 cashews
Snack: 4 oz of coke zero (was feeling sick after cleaning up behind the fridge - see BP below- skipped the soda initially (to help calm the nausea) so I would drink my water, then napped and had a little coke afterwards)
Dessert:
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NOTES:
Wt: Up 1/2 pound again - down 2 pounds for the week, but latest trend is going up, so gotta get back "on the wagon" so to speak.
BP: Taken when I was feeling weak and nauseaus after cleaning up the spilt milk and putting away most of the groceries (before I took the nap). Wondering whazzup with this; fiance says not to let these numbers (any of the BP numbers) get me upset. I don't; just wondering. I wonder if taking my BP makes my arm hurt more as I wake up with more arthritis in my left hand, and my left arm is in pain more, but I think it's probably just offsetting the tendinitis in the shoulder (the arm pain) and the arthritis is just what it is. Still it bugs me that it's gotten worse this year as well. Step-in-step with the tendinitis it seems.
Ketones: Pretty sure if I wasn't in ketosis anymore, after today's little binge I am out now! Another goal!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Just Do it! (or, Excuses, Excuses, Excuses!)
Yesterday reminded me a lot of a year ago.
Getting off the extra high carb foods lately - dinners out for the New Year's and then with friends to celebrate my birthday in January - has been difficult.
I buckled down all last week. I had three things going for me:
1. I knew I could do it.
2. I knew how to do it.
3. I was tired of being tired (so very motivated to do it).
All I had to do was decide to do it.
What else did I know?
Getting off the extra high carb foods lately - dinners out for the New Year's and then with friends to celebrate my birthday in January - has been difficult.
I buckled down all last week. I had three things going for me:
1. I knew I could do it.
2. I knew how to do it.
3. I was tired of being tired (so very motivated to do it).
All I had to do was decide to do it.
What else did I know?
- I'm a procrastinator. I know this about myself.
- I may have adult ADD - that's my sister's working theory on me and her, shared by our Mom to explain why she couldn't train us to be more organized and neat. I do get distracted easily. I think that's just a sign that I don't really want to do something, but hey if we can blame it on something other than me, who am I to argue?
- Or is my distraction just a way of procrastinating? Wouldn't that make all procrastinators part of the ADD crowd? Sounds like profiling to me!
Okay, so the point of knowing this about myself is that I know if I am going to do something, I just have to decide to do it -- as our venerable first lady Reagan once said - "Just do it!"
I apply that now to many things. If I think of something I meant to tell someone, I'll call
Yesterday, I had excuses why I wasn't exercising:
- It's too cold at 10:30 in the morning to meet up with friends and go for a hike.
- It's too early at 10:30 on a Saturday morning to get going and out the door.
- My son didn't want to go hiking.
- It's past 10:30.
- My hip is hurting too much, better not go to the 11:00 Zumba class.
- It's past 11:00.
- I'll just read one more thing on the internet.
- I'll leave after I finish this.
My brain starts its arguing in the opposite direction:
- I'll "Just DO IT" and then I won't have to think about it anymore.
- I'll go at 2 pm.
- The dog needs it.
- The park is not far away.
Again, the son doesn't want to go, my hip is hurting, I am finding so many interesting things to read online - I can't keep up with them! I need folders and files. There's so much to do around the house. It is my day of rest.
Eventually I look up and it's 3:15. So, finally, I just put down what I am doing (which I didn't want to leave) and I force ACTION.
Guilt is gone. Pain in the hip didn't disappear, but I did have hope that moving would "oil the joint" a bit.Sometimes last year, this was all the exercising I got - a lot of arguing with myself to just "do it" and arguing against myself just as well.
So, I wasn't exercising much in January and February last year, but it was better than long nights at the office spent with vending machine goodies and pizza delivery which I had done the January and February before.
How are you doing this year compared to last year?
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