Rethinking the plan

I put my ticker tape on my page so that I could see it move!!! Noticed it hasn't moved!!! Pisses me off! I worked out with Paul this past weekend and I am now just waiting for him to send me the plan that he comes up with. I did most of the things he showed me at the gym tonight and did 40 minutes on the elliptical. I know that I don't have the best eating habits but it is like I told my Get Fit coach, I am eating within my calorie range, I just don't make the best choices to get there. Starting tomorrow, Thursday February 25th I am going to try and not drink dt mt dew. Doesn't sound like much but for me this is a huge trigger to eat, have a pop, have to eat is like my slogan. I haven't had that much water the past few days either. I have also decided that I am going to start signing up for over time at work. My problem time is right after work, I don't eat much during the day so at 3 when I get home I think I need to eat everything in sight. I stayed at work today and got a half hour of ot then went to a union meeting until 4. When I got home I had a stomachache but that didn't stop me from polishing off a bag of cheetos, no, not a big bag but the 99 cent one. Stupid because I knew these would make me get the runs, always do, and they did. Now that I am feeling really guilty and my stomach is empty I will go to the gym. I think it is my brain that is miss firing not my glute's. Why do I do such stupid shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ready for more stupid crap, I worked out, then went to caribou for a caramel high rise, only a small one, not that it makes a difference. My brain must have been shut off when I pulled that stunt!!! Honestly I am sick of having negative posts and sick of not seeing results. So let me let tomorrow be my big day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It has to be good my boss is on vacation!!!!!!!!! BTW, I am officially out of the crap food that I like to snack on, that should help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Training Zones

We are on week 5 of the Get Fit program at the Y. This should be very exciting as it is the half way point. Well, let me tell you it is not. I haven't lost any weight doing the program. I put my food into the Vitabot system and do my workouts like I am suppose to. Well almost since I was sick for almost 2 weeks I didn't really work out nor did I eat that much and guess what? I still did not lose weight.

On Monday we learned about interval training and heart rate zones. We did a little test of these on the treadmills. She told us to walk at a pace where we could walk for a long time. I chose 4.0, she said that was to fast for me so I slowed it down to 3.7. We did this for about 5 minutes. She then had us increase the speed or incline to where we could still walk but it was a little harder, I put it at 4.0 we stayed there for 5 minutes, then we increased it again for 5 minutes, I did 5.5, lastly she had us go as hard as we could for 30 seconds I did 7.5. It was hard to judge our heart rates because the machines wouldn't measure it on the hand things they have and we didn't have heart rate monitors (I forgot mine at home). So she based it on our exertion level. For me it seemed that I did work harder than what I do when I stay at a steady pace. Maybe this is the missing piece for me. Maybe my body is so used to what I normally do when I do cardio that I don't see any results. LET'S HOPE THIS IS IT!!! Tonight I did intervals on the treadmill and have watched what I have eaten so far this week. I am hoping for some sort of movement on the scale on Monday.

On another workout note. I am going to be trained by a great trainer this weekend!! No, it is not Bob Harper, but a close second. Paul Holm!!!! I am hoping he has some fun workouts that will shake these pounds off!!! I want to be able to move my ticker tape you know!!!!!

One other thing I learned at the gym is that you always see people crank up the incline and hang on while walking, I do this all the time. This is unrealistic, you should go at a lower speed and higher incline and not hold on. As our "trainer Darlene' said " what hill are you ever going to walk that has a rope or something else for you to hang on to"? Good point!!!! Light bulb just came on!!

Not seeing results

I must say I don't know what is wrong with me, I am just not seeing results in this weight loss adventure that I am on. I ask myself daily, "what am I doing wrong"? The first week of the Get Fit program we weighed in, the 2nd week I stayed the same with my weight, the 3rd week I went up 2lbs and this week I was down 1/2 pound. In week 3 my whole group was feeling the same dis-satisfaction that I was and we all seemed to be discouraged. After all, they are promoting 10lbs in 10 weeks. This week, there were only 3 of us at the meeting out of the 8 that started. 2 of us were discouraged and the 3rd lady was the inspirational one telling us to give it time. I shared my frustrations, the trainer said that I have killer workouts but I am not eating enough!! Are you really kidding me. I have been putting all my foods into the diary even when we eat out and I drink beer and I think there has only been once that I have gone over the calorie allowance. I can have between 1385-1885 calories a day. I was staying on the lower end but she told me I have to try and get on the high end for this week. Not a good week to try, I was cautious on Monday to stay on the low end, Tuesday I was sick, and today I still don't feel the best and had a crappy day at work. Normally when I have a crappy day I eat, today I didn't want anything. Weird!!! My boss told me to have a beer tonight and let things blow over, great I don't have any and I am far to lazy to go get some. Good thing or I would be calling in sick tomorrow. haha!!! I know there is no quick and easy weight loss solution but come on can I just have a sign that the adventure will get better. How about a 3lb loss for the week, or at this point I would even take one!! Next week is the half way point and all I have done is gain 1.5lbs!!! Not what I was hoping for!

Week one of Get Fit

I love this!! So I had to post it.
I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." Marilyn Monroe...

On to the purpose to this post. I started the Get Fit at the Y on January 11th. It is a lot of work tracking all your foods into their computer program, but you can learn alot so hopefully it will pay off. I didn't realize that we had to weigh in each week, so that is another plus. I did not lose any weight the first week but I did not gain any either so that is a plus. What I learned about my food is that I eat way to much salt/sodium. The RDA is 1500mg, some days I was 4000-5000mg. This is NOT GOOD. That seemed to be the consensus with the whole group. This week one of our tasks is to monitor sodium more and try to get all "A's" for the week. Yes, this program grades you. One of our other tasks was to take a mind/body class. yoga? Are you kidding me? I sucked it up last night and took the Body Flow class it is a combination of Tai Chi, yoga and Pilate's, with relaxation and meditation at the end. The instructor made me be in the front of the class, I almost left. I found that I actually enjoyed it and will try to continue to go. The only thing that I HATED was I had to use one of their mats and the fact that bare feet had been on it prior to me totally grossed me out. You have to take your shoes and socks off for this class, which is just gross to me. I HATE FEET!!!!!! I will have to invest in a cheap mat.
Last night was a LONG night at the gym, I did the Body Flow from 5:30-6:30 then did 20 minutes on the elliptical then did Body Pump from 7:10-8:10. I was so ready to come home. Might I add that in the Body Flow class their was a lady that was 9 months pregnant, hoping to have the baby any day and in Body Pump the instructor was 8 months pregnant. What, are you kidding me? This just goes to show these classes can be done by anyone!!!!!!

Huge Reality check!!!

Last night I had a date night with my husband. We went to a movie and out for a bite to eat. I had went to the gym before we went out. I got in 30 minutes on the elliptical which was a little over 350 calories burned. I was suppose to go to Body Pump , but that didn't happen. I came home showered and much to my dismay, tried to find something to wear. After 2 pair of jeans, which were rather tight I choose to wear the jeans that have some stretch in them for more room. I hate these jeans!!!! Yet I had no choice, the others would have been way to uncomfortable to sit through a movie. That should be a wake-up call!!!! It was but since we were at the movie how was I to pass up the popcorn with extra butter and the hamburger and fries we ate after the show. Then a quick stop at Wal-mart where I grabbed a bag of peanut m&m's, why yes, it was the "big bag" for a buck!! When we got home I thought " wouldn't a beer be great with these". So I had a beer. To my disappointment it did not taste that good, nor did the m&m's. I finished the whole beer and only half the m&m's. "Like that should be a plus". Off to bed to dream about all my bad choices for the day.

Saturday, I am up the sun is out and I am geared for a great day. So far I have went to the gym, I did 25 minutes on the elliptical and then off to body pump, wow, that was another reality check. OUCH!! Done with the gym, off to tan and a massage at 4.
I have put in all my foods that I have eaten so far today for my Get Fit plan as well.
I am, even if I have to padlock the cupboards shut going to finish out my day eating what I am suppose to!!!

Here is a recipe that I made the other night. Italian Pizza Bake

1/3cup Bisquick- heart smart mix
2Tbsp Fat-free egg product or 1 egg white
1Tbsp water
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/4 cup diced green or yellow peppers
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup cooked chicken breast
1/2 can diced tomatoes with Italian herbs, drained
1/4 tsp Italian seasoning
1/4 cup shredded reduced fat mozzarella cheese
Heat oven to 400 spray 8x4 loaf pan. Stir Bisquick, egg, water and garlic powder, spread in pan
Cook pepper and onion , stir in chicken, tomatoes and seasoning, heat until hot. Spread over batter in pan
sprinkle with cheese. Bake 20-23 minutes or until golden brown, loosen from sides of pan
2 servings, 1 serving half the recipe= 200 calories, 6g Fat, 35mg cholesterol and 490mg of sodium


Of course I had to adjust this so my family would eat it so here goes. First I don't know where you get a loaf pan this size so I used a regular loaf pan so I doubled the crust mixture, I left out the peppers, and onions. I used about 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce instead of the can tomatoes. I also used fat-free mozzarella cheese.

It was really good. I doubled the crust so that it would cover the bottom of the pan, you might not need to as it rises, which I did not realize. So ours was sort of like a deep dish pizza crust. We cut it into 4 slices (like you would cut meatloaf) we each had one and there was one left over. Obviously changing a few things changes the nutritional info,but it still was a good healthy meal. I would try putting some sort of vegetable in it next time maybe, Spinach for me or corn for my family!!!

What to do?

Since my last post I have eaten so-so and have went to the gym 3 times, I am ok with this.
This is my newest hang-up. For the last few days I have been searching through cookbooks to find healthy things to make. I am not opposed to trying new things, however my family is a different story. I want to stay away from pasta if I can, yet I can't seem to find recipes with things that they will eat that doesn't include pasta or rice. They will eat pasta but not rice.
I don't want to make healthy choices for myself and them just eat whatever, but I get so frustrated trying to figure out what we are going to eat. Shopper Hopper, if you still belong to this blogging community you can be my witness for this dilemma. How many suggestions did you give me for what you would make when we came for Christmas? A bunch, how many would my family eat? ZERO!!!! A big fat ZERO!!!! Help!! What do I do?

Peer Pressure

I gave in to peer pressure of Wednesday night and went to the Green Mill for "just one" beer with 3 of my co-workers. Once again all the money I had with me was $4.00, I can at least get one beer. However Noelle said she would spot me so drink up!! We ordered and the beer was 4.25, what the hell I didn't even have enough money to buy myself my first drink. I ended up staying until 6 and had four beers!!! I had hardly eaten anything at work so I was getting a buzz really fast and I was starving. When I got home I ate crap that I shouldn't have and hit the hay before 9. I am such a dumb ass sometimes I had to get up at 4 to go into work at 5!!! Wednesday was fun, but not on the " healthy plan"!!!

Thursday, I was so tired today, I had some rice with a little gravy at 9:30am and had some chicken salad on half a lite bun and a delite yogurt at 2:00. I had pt today and had to be there at 4. I almost fell asleep waiting for her to call me back. I rode the bike for 3 miles, I think she forgot me on the damn thing. When I left there I had to go straight to the gym. If I didn't I knew I wouldn't go. I did 1.50 miles on the treadmill and 1 on the elliptical. Not much but I was super tired and STARVING!!! You guessed it when I got home I ate crap!!!!

I need to fricking PLAN!!!! I also need to learn to eat on some sort of a schedule. I go way to long in between meals then go ficking hog wild when I see food. Last night and tonight for sure. What is that saying "lack of planning on your part does not constitute and emergency on my part" Well for me lack of planning does constitute and emergency, I lose all control!!!! Plan, Plan, Plan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would kick my own ass if I could reach it!! hee hee
I will try and let this be a lesson and move on!!!!