Sunday, January 9, 2011

New Routine

141.0 this morning. Fuck. I can only hope it will be less than that in the morning. I need it to be less than that in the morning. Considering I'm 142.7lbs right now, not bloody likely.

I ate half an oatmeal in the morning with tea, before heading to chiro. Then water and headed to work. Hung out for a bit then Shaun showed up with his computer and I chatted with people while we got some free stuff downloaded for him. Managed to get to the gym late and only ran for 20min.

New routine day. First of 3 days, arms today, then back then legs. Changing it up a bit, kept some, lost some, added some routines. I posted on FB that I wanted to be able to do a chinup at some point in my life and Shaun saw it, so that's the plan. Get me to chinup point. He wanted to see what I could do so I tried and failed miserably. He then grabbed me by the waist and lifted me up a bit so he could see if I can hold myself once I'm up. I can't but the thought that stayed with me as that he had to hold onto me. My waist is smaller, but my hips, ass and legs are still massive.

After 35 min on the elliptical and a shower, I made the Guinness cupcakes and had to sample a bit. Then went to a movie where I scarfed on popcorn, coffee crisp bites, diet pepsi and came home to stuff my face on cupcakes.

No wonder I can't drop the weight.

Liquids only now. Tea for breakfast, juice during the day, tea for dinner. Have to head back tomorrow and the weather is awful. Blowing snow and the roads/visibility is atrocious. Devon is coming over to do my hair and we should be done by 3pm at which point I need to get on the road. I have to be organized tomorrow!!! Up early, clean, laundry, chill with some tea. Hit Walmart for a few supplies and then home to pack.

Plan for the week... not to take much more food with me. Skip breakfasts again, have salad and yogurt for lunch, rice cake before the gym. Hit the gym Mon, Tues and Weds doing Zumba where possible, and swimming otherwise. Shaun wants me away from treadmills so I'll honour that for a few days. I'm hoping I can do sub 500 cal days every day including Friday. I'm hoping I can be 135 by Friday.

6lbs in 6 days.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Here We Go Again...

And I find myself in the same damn place again.... Fat. Eating. Screwing up my plans. No self control. No will power. Lazy. Useless.



I managed to get to around 8pm. I had a tea, water, vitamin water, the berry smoothie (240cals) and a black chai tea from Starbucks. On the way home I picked up a diet Pepsi as I was getting very drowsy on the drive, and a flavoured water (10cals). I got home, changed, and made soup at 9pm (beef vegetable. 80cals and almost all broth).



Then all hell broke lose. I ate a bag of 100cal popcorn, with about 200cals worth of Nutella, several rice cakes, a fruit leather, cereal, chips and salsa and a ton of licorice.



Its midnight and I weigh 142lbs. I was 140 this morning.



I can't belive I was 137.9 4 days ago.



I have 14 or so days until the weigh in (depends on how my days off work). I HAVE to be 135 by then. I can't keep this same damn goal over and over and over again.



Tomorrow: Tea for breakfast then half of one of the protein smoothies before the gym, half after. Vitamin water and water are in order for the rest of the day. Heading out with Jason in the evening, probably a movie. I will have diet pepsi, and some popcorn (if he buys candy, I'll steal some!) But THATS IT!!!! And NO pigging out!!! Have a handful or so before the movie, put the popcorn on the floor, and pick it up again when it gets into the movie.



Sunday: All liquids. I told Stef I'd be back around 8pm, late enough to miss dinner. Tea, water, maybe a juice if I must.



Monday: Salad for lunch and yogurt. Water, tea and juice. Gym in the evening.



Basically stay the same for the week. Mostly liquids with a healthy helping of salad and yogurt to keep things going. If I can handle that all week I should drop the 5lbs or whatever it's going to be. I may even get lower if I stick to it, and the workouts.



Could I hit 125 by my birthday in March? 15lbs in 2 months... bit of a stretch considering the last 2 months, but I need to focus!!!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Almost There!

I get to drive home tomorrow... I'm pretty damn excited.

Managed to get a bit more sleep, then spent all day eating. I ate oatmeal, chocolate, sushi, my lunch and then binged on Burger King. Fuck it tasted good.

Tomorrow, liquids only I'm going to try for. Take tea, vitamin water, juice and water to work. Grab a tea from starbucks to have while driving home, and then head to the gym. I want to run (or bike... depends on the knee) and do some light weights (depends if Shaun is there or not. If he is, it will be light weights. If he isn't, I'm doing legs) then head home to CRASH!!!!

I should be back to 138 by Saturday. Want to be 136 by Monday morning.

Had the two of the district team in my store today. They both asked about my gym time, etc. I told them I was doing 2-3 hrs, 4-5times a week, but they think I"m all 'healthy' though he did say to be careful I don't take it to an extreme.... I kinda think it's too late.

I think I've lost a bit of control and I need to gain it back. I'm allowing myself too many treats and thinking about what I'm missing, instead of embracing what I'm controlling. Hoping this weekend I can get back into the mindset. I can't not eat all weekend as training will kill me, but as I don't drive, I should be able to have a very very low food weekend. I'm hoping to only eat before training, and a small snack after. Soup will be consumed, but only at night and only the broth.

Can't wait for tomorrows work to end.

Mother Nature, please don't hate me too much!!! Please don't snow too crazily!!! That drive will be scary otherwise.

Zumba!!!

I woke up at 137.9lbs this morning. Almost a new LW!!!

Won't last long though, unless I can drop 3lbs overnight. I'm 140.8 right now.

Merde!!!!

Work was shit as usual.

Gym was better. Ran for 30 min and then went to Zumba. In the first 5 minutes I felt my knee go, then ignored it for the rest of the class. It was hard, but fun. Loud spanish dance music and a very energetic and emotive teacher, full class, boys included. We danced around, jumped, kicked and twirled. Definatly a class to go back to.

While leaving I could feel my legs and ass getting sore... good. Wasnt' sure if I'd done anything but this means I'm working two areas that really need the attention! Hit Stupidstore afterwards to get an icepack and ended up picking up some prunes (not too bad) and some chocolate wafers. I ate all the chocolate by the time I got back to Stefs house, and only half of the prunes. After my shower I proceeded to eat soup, cookie, candy, licorice, rice cakes, cheerios... I probably hit around 900 cals today.

Hence the 140.8lbs.

My knee hurts, I'm cranky and tired, trainer saw my post that my knee hurt on facebook and wants me to stay off it for a week. Tomorrow won't be an issue, but I was going to run on Friday once I got back home.

Tomorrow. 137 is out of the question, maybe 138 still is ok. Have tea for breakfast and maybe oatmeal (depending on if Stef is up in the morning. Later shift so I won't be able to get away with no breaky). Hit the mall to get my sisters gift, then early to work. Water, tea and salad for work. I'll take a yogurt and soup as well but want to avoid the soup. Work till 10pm, home, tea and bed. Up friday, work then home and gym. Thinking after training on Saturday I'll jump into another liquid fast until Monday morning. I've got about 2 weeks to drop to 135. I have to do it.

Maybe if I'm good I'll have a skinny somethingorother from Starbucks...mmmmmm.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Another Day

Slept in by 20 minutes, hair wouldn't co-operate, traffic was bad, still managed to get to work with moments to spare. Work was work again. I got some stuff done but I just was more interested in chatting and checking shit on my phone.... I have to stop that. Tomorrow needs to be a work day. I have a giant list of shit to do and it's not going to get itself done.

One of the big bosses was hanging around in the store today. Guess I'll have to get used to that with them all living here. Anyways, we went for coffee at Starbucks and I was going to get a black spiced tea but saw the skinny caramel machiatto so I had one of those. Only drank half, so about 80cals. Around 3pm I ate my lunch and he made a comment about why I left it so late. I did notice when I went to the bathroom that my pants are beginning to look excessively large on me. They are the same pants I wore when I was 190 (but as everyone constantly tells me I carried it well) and I just can't be bothered to go buy more if they're talking about changing the uniforms in the new fiscal year. However, if it will stop comments like that I may need to go buy pants that are perhaps a bit snugger.

Gym after work. It's so warm in the cardio area. I only ran for 20min and I could feel my calves and hamstrings tightening. Went to the womens area and did biceps on the machine and the spreader and stretcher as Shaun so delicatly puts it. I could feel my hip complaining very loudly one the pushing one so I did have to stop a few reps shy. Hit the leg press but I can't remember the weight. I could have put more on though. Then spent some time doing abs. Went 'home' after as I was hoping to see the kids but they were already in bed. After a shower I ate soup, then licorice, some candy, chips and salsa (only 6 or so), a small cookie and a rice cake... I feel like I binged but there is no way I ate more than 600cals all day. Perhaps on the bright side there will be enough in me to fuel my day tomorrow!!!

I was 139.6 before bed. I was 138.2 this morning. I am hoping to remain 138.5 or less by morning. Going to take the Zumba class tomorrow which is at 7pm. I need to hit the gym by 6pm at the latest. Do some light cardio then some weights before being at the class by 6:50 or so. Soon as the class is done, home and shower. I am sure I will end up eating the rest of that soup but if I stay downstairs I shouldn't eat too much. That's my issue, I'm in the living room surrounded by the snack plates and watching TV. Downstairs I have my laptop, book, kettle and tea... yeah there's snacks like rice cakes, but less likely to go mental on rice cakes than cookies!

Tired. Legs are tired, arms are tired. Back hurts, I just want to be at home. I miss my gym, I miss my cats, I miss my TV, my candles, my yoga class, my core class.

And in my mind I can hear a voice saying use this, use this to starve.......

Monday, January 3, 2011

11:57pm

I need to go to sleep. I'm tired, I hurt, I feel full.

Long day at work beginning with the alarm clock scaring the shit out of me. Guess I set it too loud. Went to work and began at my new store. Holy shit is there a ton not done!!! Policies and procedures not in place, and so much to catch up on. I'm not even sure where to start anymore!!! I have to go in and do a count tomorrow and get ready for inventory.

This is going to be a lot of work. So much work I'm not even sure where to begin.

After work I hit the gym. I checked out the pool and it's not too terribly huge. Maybe 2 lanes wide and at most 25m long? Probalby less. As soon as I finished my run there was a fleeing wish in my mind that I could go for a swim. It certainly would feel fantastic!!! Just not sure how I would feel in a bathing suit.

I headed downstairs to the weights and was a little annoyed to discover that in order for men to get to their change room they have to walk by the benches and free weights to get there. Lovely, a constant parade of initimdating men strolling past while I lift my tiny little weights.

I headed up to the yoga and it was very different. The room was very warm, 86F, and I'm not used to that. Within half an hour I was exhausted and feeling sick and dizzy. Similar to what I feel when I've had too hot a shower, or if I've been in a sauna. I managed to laze my way through the rest of the class trying not to pass out our puke. That full stomach of water was not helping but i was so damn thirsty! Up until that point I'd eaten maybe 100calories so that may have contributed too.

Once in the car and cooled down a bit I ate a rice cake and drove home. Told my friend that I'd eaten a wrap at the gym (they do have a snack bar but I have no idea if they sell wraps....) and wasn't hungry. I did eat a few chips and salsa when I got downstairs, and weighed myself. 139.0!!! After that I ate a bunch of licorice, 5 quality street chocolates, maybe a handful of caramel covered popcorn, and the last half of my mocha protein smoothie which set me back 180cals. So maybe around 500-600 cals in, most of it shit food, and around 350 cals on the treadmill, who knows on the weights and probably 75-100 during the yoga... I was 139.6 just before I jumped into bed.

If I can keep this up I should be good. I just need to eat a bit more during the day so I don't quite crash like that at the end. One yogurt wouldn't hurt!!!

I'm thinking I'll hit the gym tomorrow, and do more arms and two lots of cardio, then also on Weds and do legs then... I'd like to try the Zumba on Weds, it's at 7pm so maybe no legs. I'll take Thursday off, and go to my gym on Friday. Hmmm... Maybe I should leave legs until then.

I wonder if I could hit 136 by the weekend? If I keep this up I should be able to drop this pretty quick and then eat a bit more on the weekend before liquids only on Sunday.....

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Moving Day...

Kinda....

I woke up late, at 8:30 or so and figured seeing as I'd already slept in, I guess I wasn't hitting the gym. Probably a good thing as I got behind all day! I packed, finished laundry, did a few errands then was off when it stopped snowing. I was sad. I'm not leaving completely right now, but I'm not going back to live there 7days a week and work there again more than likely. The more I think about the people I'm leaving behind, the sadder I get. Those that I work with that make me laugh, and the ones I hang out with. Also missing those that I know at the gym. I won't be able to take that core or yoga class anymore and I'm going to miss what I'm used to.

I unloaded and unpacked slowly, trying to organize everying. It's wierd as I don't have some things I take for granted... like a shelf in the bathroom to put all my stuff! Also a bedside table to put stuff in. I did bring my scale and charts (of course) and they've promised me privacy so hopefully it will follow through.

I managed only liquids today. I had tea, a Strawberry Banana smoothie and half of the mocha smoothie (the other half for tomorrow post work out thanks to the protein!) and more tea. Not enough water though. Think I only managed 2 cups. I did notice that my friend put creme and milk in my tea which freaked me out a bit. Tea doesn't need creme!!! I just drank it anyways as I didn't eat all day.

I am a bit proud of myself though. When I got to her house there's leftover candy out all over the place. There's licorice allsorts, and quality street candy, 2 of my favourites. I didn't touch either one. Tomorrow, after the gym I think I may have one candy if they are still out.

I did check out the gym here. There's one fairly close. It's HUGE though. It could eat my gym up and go back for more!!! There's even a friggin POOL in there!!! I feel like such a small town gal now! Their class schedule is huge, but I can only see one core class, 1030am on a day I will work 8-430.. Looks like core is on me now.

The way things will work it looks like I may be able to get away with eating way less than normal. I'll try and see what happens. If I'm going to do this I need to do it quick so Shaun doesn't catch it too quickly, as if this works I could definatly get below 135 fairly soon. I'll explain a bit more tomorrow as I really have to go to bed soon!!!! ( at least try to sleep).

Tomorrow... up at 630am. Leave for work at 7:30am at the latest. If I'm there early, stop at Starbucks. Take a tea with me, skip breakfast. For lunch, salad and yogurt, taking cottage cheese and rice cake for a pre gym snack. Hit the gym. There's a class I want to do at 7pm, so I'm hoping I can get to the gym in 30 min or less (stupid big cities), putting me at a good 2 hrs to change, run, lift weights and do the yoga. 8pm head back here to my friends house and hopefully crashing shortly after.