SBF2: Reboot boogaloo...wk of Oct 4.

lotusfromthemud

Hey, check it out, I'm famous:

http://fitbottomedgirls.com/2010/10/five-things-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-about-weight-loss/

Goals for the week:

eat my veggies (I've been a bit slackish in this department)
workout six days (today is Zumba at 10)
try to get to bed at a decent hour every night
stay on top of those goals so that I can deal with my busy calendar.

Remain calm.

That seems like enough!

Busy bee, boogaloo:flowerforyou:

Kminor67

AWESOME! Way to go!!!

mechanicmom

I thought it was strange that I felt paranoid when posting the other thread. I hadn't been paranoid in awhile.

Did everyone have a good weekend? I am glad that it's over. I did not do well food wise. Yesterday was a bomb. I don't know why I eat more when my hubby or my family is around. More comfortable I guess? I did not have wheat yesterday and I started to feel better in the afternoon. I have not slept good in weeks so I'm sleepy a lot of the time, but after I had wheat I felt lethargic and I now know the difference.
I could be in Russia two weeks from today! What's strange is that the emotions just aren't here this time. I actually consider that a blessing right now. Our feelings are so fleeting and change a thousand times a day. But it's just weird that I'm kind of numb about it.
My goals this week are: log cals everyday, drink as much water as I can (I've been averaging about 6 cups a day.:ohwell: ), do school everyday, work out everyday (whether working on the yard or my usual exercises), and no wheat. I need to work on fewer sweets too.
We had a real blessing happen to us last night. My inlaws are really sweet people but they also tend to be very negative and complainy about things. It's been so bad in the past that Steve is "afraid" to ask them for anything because they make all kinds of excuses and lay guilt trips. Well, he sent them an email yesterday asking them if they would consider watching Alex when we go to Russia. Not only did his mom write back and agree to take care of Alex, she said they are pretty much paying for our entire first trip! What a blessing! We still needed about $3k for the trip. What a burden that takes off our shoulders! Steve tends to be a pessimist so his thinking has been, "I don't think we are going because we can't afford it and there's no one to watch Alex." After his mom's email he started getting anxious and nervous. This will happen if we accept the referral.
Anyway that's my story.

Gorgeous day boogaloo!
MM

yoginimary

:drinker: Yeah V! :drinker: I still think you should write a book though, after you finish that silly PhD thing. More of a memoir than a "how to".

MM - everyone eats more when they are with other people (it's proven) - but probably even more with family. I think it's a positive feedback loop?

So, I didn't quite get finished what I needed to yesterday - so more to dos today. I really need to get started on the sequence for the "stress" and "depression" classes, because I also need to practice the sequence a few times before teaching it. Other classes I just come up with a sequence then teach it - these will be much harder.
Got a walk outside in yesterday - not sure if there's that much of a difference in my allergies today. I'm going to do a bike ride this morning though, then a long yoga session this afternoon.

Yeah, V, boogaloo!

SMJ64

Are we supposed to reply with our goals for this week? ok well, I'm going to anyway, and since I'm a newbie I know you'll forgive if I'm out of step.

Goals

1. Kale every day
2. 30 min walk every day (even if it's in 10 min segments)
3. 20 min meditation each night
4. Eat no bread, peanut butter, butter or cheese (and maybe milk too).
5. Veggies for dinner every night as main part of meal.

oy...I hope I can do all this.
Wish me luck!

Thanks for posting this Vivia!
xo
sarah

lotusfromthemud

Are we supposed to reply with our goals for this week? ok well, I'm going to anyway, and since I'm a newbie I know you'll forgive if I'm out of step.

Goals

1. Kale every day
2. 30 min walk every day (even if it's in 10 min segments)
3. 20 min meditation each night
4. Eat no bread, peanut butter, butter or cheese (and maybe milk too).
5. Veggies for dinner every night as main part of meal.

oy...I hope I can do all this.
Wish me luck!

Thanks for posting this Vivia!
xo
sarah

this is my friend sarah. welcome her! I command it.:laugh: (new blog publishing famousness going to my head, maybe.)

yoginimary

Welcome Sarah! Why no peanut butter? Is it the calorie bomb factor?

SMJ64

calorie bomb factor? yeah, it's just too rich and for me it's like crack..I can't just have a little. It's better if I pretend it doesn't exist. LOL!


sj

mechanicmom

Hi Sarah! Glad you joined us! :flowerforyou:
Peanut butter is a temptation for me, especially if it involves chocolate too.

MM

Mummsy

Just saying hello friends! :smokin:

mechanicmom

Hi Mummsy! Glad you stopped by!

Vivia, I made those brownies! Yummy! I had to experiment a little because I didn't have enough of everything and I only made a half batch, which is what I will probably stick to so I won't over eat. Very good though. Thanks for sharing it with me!
MM

cp005e

Yay, V! I knew you'd be famous one day.
Hi Mummsy, nice to see you!
MM, it's so good to hear that your in-laws are supporting you guys.
Mary, I would really like to take your class.
Welcome, Sarah! I went for years without buying peanut butter, but now I do pretty well with the natural kind. How long have you been meditating? I keep meaning to, but have never managed to get in a regular habit.

My cold is finally on its last legs, I think, after I spent pretty much the whole weekend sleeping. With my work conference and traveling last week, it's been 2 weeks since I really had a "weekend"... and then re-adjusting to the time zone and having a cold kept me from sleeping well during the week. I usually can't sleep in very late anymore, but this weekend I slept late AND took naps. I think I must have really needed the rest.

But, it's official. I can't deny it any more. I've gained back about 10 pounds. I am trying not to feel sorry for myself. The truth is, it has been a very difficult year. I've been so stressed and depressed (see, Mary? ), and have not been treating myself very well. I've been eating too much, in general, and eating more junk. Since I stopped running (and working way long hours), I've been floundering on the exercise front as well. So, I am officially regrouping.

My goals this week:
- Log my calories. It's a big one that I've been putting off, but I need to get grounded again.
- Workout 4-5 days. Current plan is:
gym Monday PM (done) and one other day
yoga Tue/Thu AM
dance Tue PM
Zumba Thu PM
- Stretching/strengthening exercises for my foot/ankle every day, and a (very!) little BF running
- No sweets till the weekend (I have a box of No Pudge brownies in my cupboard waiting for me!)
- Drink more water and eat healthier snacks (mostly fruits/veggies, some nuts)
- Keep plugging away at work, but go home at a reasonable hour

Reboot, for real, boogaloo. :flowerforyou:

lotusfromthemud

CP, I had the same thing about a year ago...I've pretty much dropped the extra fat now, but it was hard to face fact and reboot for real...so I feel you. One thing that helped me when I was in crazytime/stressed/less than motivated mode was to always hold onto at least one part of my goals...so if my exercise slipped, I concentrated on keeping my eating sensible, and if the eating slipped, concentrated on my workouts. Now I feel like (for now) I've re-reached equilibrium on both fronts.

Today, I'm up way too early to go teach. Getting up before the sun rises just feels wrong...

Then, after I get home, I need to finish organizing for my show, do a short, stretchy yoga practice and shop/make something for dinner. I used up my eat out/have wheat day yesterday, MM...on a cheeseburger. I still managed to stay in my calories due to being too nervous to eat until about 4 p.m....I had my first specialist appointment yesterday...and my eyeballs are fine! This is good news, as my grandmother went (almost completely) blind from a combination of glaucoma and macular degeneration starting in her 50s. Also, I learned that the weird vision, and the vertigo, and the numbness could all be caused by a type of migraine. The bad news is that there may be still be something physical causing them. Ah well, at least I don't have to worry that my "eyeballs have exploded on the inside" (an actual fear I voiced). I'm weird.

Hope you all have a goal-reaching-filled day!

OK eyeballs, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

V, I'm glad your eye balls are okay. I don't know if I said it on here. I told other people, but my DH read a study that they found out migraines with light auras are a genetic defect, which is actually good because it could lead to a treatment or cure.
CP, glad to see you rebooting. I also had a reboot about ten days ago. I'm struggling but I've lost about three pounds. You'll get it off fast. I know you. You work hard. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

It's the typical Tuesday. Horse therapy, visit with my friends, and school with Alex. Then work out (maybe treadmill and yard work), drink water, log food, figure out dinner, no wheat.
I made biscuits last night for DH and I resisted! :bigsmile: After my last episode it has gotten a little easier to resist. And knowing I was making flour free brownies helped. :laugh:
I walked on the treadmill, did 30 minutes of taebo and worked in the yard for an hour yesterday. felt pretty good. I also came across a baby snake while cleaning. The house needs attention in a bad way though so I need to weed whack the yard today and then clean tomorrow, or today if I have time.
I had a "whoa!" moment just now. I was considering meeting with my cousin on Thursday, but then thought I'll just wait till next week. Uh, next week I will be running around like a nut getting ready to go to Russia! Wow. It's coming up fast. I know we don't know for sure that we are going but we are planning on it. It's crazy. Do I really want to make that stressful, exhausting and crazy trip again? For a child I will.

Staying focused boogaloo!
MM

yoginimary

Sorry about your gain, CP. I would blame it on your work schedule - sounds awful.
Good luck with Russia plans, MM.
V, no one should get up before the sun - of course this means we get a lot more sleep in the winter time.

I feel so much better when stuff is organized - I don't like pieces of paper hanging around, so I'm trying a iCal. I enjoy scratching things off my regular to do list, so that will be a disadvantage, but I like the seeing a month at a time aspect. We'll see how it goes.

Today - walking. After the bike ride yesterday (brrr, had to wear an extra shirt), I need more time inside today.

Planning, scheduling, organizing, boogaloo.

mechanicmom

My day is not going as planned, but it's okay. I was gone all morning until 1:30. I called the property management asking when they are going to fix the holes in my holes and he ticked me off in a bad way. I haven't been that angry in awhile. I called DH crying. He tried to be sympathetic but said he couldn't understand why I am so upset. :noway: Seriously? So I asked him if it didn't creep him out that we have rodents running around the house while we are sleeping. "Well, yeah, but I don't know why you are so upset. We are going to move as soon as we can." was his response. He really did feel sorry. I don't want you to think he's a jerk. He just doesn't have to clean up rat poop, maggots and dead flies. :explode: I was SO angry and I knew I needed to do something with my anger. Crying was just giving me a headache. I got on the treadmill because I wanted to run. It seemed like the only thing that would help. I ran a whole mile! No stopping! I've never done that before. And I didn't die! Now I can watch BL tonight and not feel guilty. :laugh:
I have decided that other than maybe weed whacking the yard, I'm not wasting my time and effort on this house any more to try to make it look better. I'll keep it clean, but that's it. My efforts will now go to deep cleaning and getting things ready to move. We may not move for six months but I will be ready when the time comes.
The property management pretty much has no intentions of filling any holes, and said he would send out the exterminator again, who said there's nothing else he can do until the holes are fixed. Either the owners won't fork over any more money, or the property manager is a jerk. Steve said he's going to send them an email and tell them to get out here and fix it. If they don't I am going to patch the holes behind the appliances myself, whether hubby helps or not.
So I feel better having run a mile instead of throwing and breaking things.
Cooling off now boogaloo.
MM
PS Thanks for letting me vent. I even cussed on the phone with my DH. That's probably only the third time or so he's ever heard me cuss. I rarely get made enough to cuss. Besides I was just referring to a rat's behind. I thought it rather appropriate. :laugh:

lotusfromthemud

MM...great job on the running.

Also, now I'm mad for you/with you:

http://www.tenant.net/Other_Areas/Texas/tenants.html

Look at the part on "health and safety"...I think it totally applies to your case!

There might be something there that you could use to motivate your landlord. Not fixing huge holes is just not right!

Also, I just almost ordered a pizza, but then thought "I promised MM I wouldn't let wheat into my house!" So, there's an almond crust pizza in the oven.

Also, if there were rats in my house, I would use a lot of "swears" as my grandma would say.:laugh:

mechanicmom

Oh, Vivia, pizza! That sounds good! Did you buy the almond crust or make it? Can you send me the recipe? Thanks for being mad with me. It makes me feel better. Steve did send them a nasty email (if Steve can really be nasty). He said if they don't respond in a few days he will start taking action, as he looked up the health and safety stuff today too. He said we have every right to take legal action. He said he'd have no problem taking action now except that it is possible we may need letters from the property management for our adoption and he doesn't want to burn bridges just yet.
On the bright side, I have not turned to food, and I got Alex's closet cleaned up. :happy: I found a box of clothes he could have worn this summer. Doh! There's still a few days of summery weather left so we can probably squeeze them in. Now I've got to get past sentimental reasons and get rid of stuff. And I also need to get out and work on my car so we can move it legally in a couple of months. Yikes! Lots of work left to do on it.
MM

lotusfromthemud

the recipe I use is here:

http://www.wellsphere.com/healthy-eating-article/son-of-grok-s-primal-pizza-recipe/456840

it's not going to pass for regular pizza, and it's high in calories, but I love it as a rare indulgence. No wheat hangover like I get if I eat too much regular pizza (even whole wheat crust, like I used to love to make).

cp005e

Oh, MM, that's awful. I understand about not wanting to burn any bridges, but this situation is truly untenable. I agree with Viv about asserting your rights. As long as you have been paying your rent I don't think there's any way they can hurt your case. I am so proud of you for running, AND not turning to food. Go you!

Just a quick check-in here, I am proud of myself so far for getting my calories logged 2 days in a row, and making it to (early! :yawn:) yoga yesterday as well as dance class. May not get a workout in because we are meeting with a kitchen designer person right after work. I am remembering what hunger feels like.

Take care, all!

mechanicmom

"I'm remembering what hunger feels like." CP that's exactly what I was thinking when I started logging again a couple of weeks ago! At first there was a "I hate being hungry but it feels like I am accomplishing something" feeling. :laugh:

It looks like I may have lost the pound I gained over the weekend, finally. AF did show up but has been really messed up so my weight has really fluctuated from day to day. I feel so much better since I started logging again. I did not realize how much I was eating, even when I thought I was doing good. Getting off wheat has helped as well.
My goals today: clean house (haven't done this in awhile), clean out another closet, make a list of things to get rid of (I have no free space to pile them for good will so they will stay where they are until I'm ready), make grocery list and possibly go to the store, work out, and start getting lists together for our Russia trip . Could be leaving in ten days! Oh and log food again. I didn't finish logging yesterday because I went over. Actually I have been going over the last few days. I'm surprised I lost a pound. Maybe it's what my body needed.

MM