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Need help with meals for my work schedule
So starting logging again, trying to drop his weight once and for all, but I am stuck trying to figure out my meals. I live in Arizona, and Arizona state labor laws do not require any breaks or lunch breaks in a day, so I work for 8 hours nonstop. Basically my schedule goes a little something like this: 1-2pm: wake up…
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Not new, but starting again!
They say time is the charm. I can only hope that they are correct. I am SquishyLaughter, or Squishy. This is my third attempt using this site. Every other time I lose 15-20lbs, drop off, and gain most of it back. This time will be different. I have recently moved 1500 miles, and am stable, after surviving a bout of…
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Running in the rain
First, I want to mention that I have no problems running in the rain. I love the rain, and I don't mind getting wet. However, I am a beginning runner. So far my "real running gear" consists of good shoes and socks right now. In the summer I got away with running in a pair of sweatpants and a cotton t-shirt. It was too good…
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One day severely under calorie goal?
Last night, I had 900 calories left in my day for dinner/a snack. I leave work at 12:30PM (swingshift) and usually go to bed at 4. However, last night, there were car troubles, I ended up walking home (6.5 miles uphill). Got home a little before 3:00, ate 700 calories (putting me at 1300 overall for the day when I usually…
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Today, I looked in the mirror.
And didn't completely hate what I saw. I saw the fat, I saw the lumps and bulges and everything I want to lose, but for the first time in years, I saw myself. I saw myself, and didn't hate anything because I know it is improving and that I am working on it. Today, I got the confidence I need to keep this up, because I…
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Trying new things!
I had 500 calories left today, and instead of eating dessert, or snack foods, I decided to just go ahead and try new things. Tonight I made some bacon wrapped baby cuttlefish and cooked up some black pudding. Fantastic! So delicious and an excellent use of my calories.
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These aren't my knees!
You know you've been fat for two long when your knees are just lumps of flesh with no definition, and you don't realize that knees can be anything but. Last night, I was wearing shorts, stood up, and looked down. Knee dimpling. I can see some sorts of indents showing a knee shape instead of just fat lumps. These aren't my…
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Just starting out, getting mood swings?
I started logging my calories officially a little over a week ago, and have since noticed that I am getting really emotional. (No it isn't my TOM). Today it hit a peak of what felt to me like it was absolutely pathetic. I had saved enough calories to eat some of the frozen pizza I purchased with my hubby yesterday, and it…
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Running while sick/congested?
Its almost Wednesday. I run on Wednesdays. However, I am started to get congested. I am not sure whether it is from allergies or from getting sick, or caused by stress. Can I still run, just maybe only run at 60%? I am in the middle of a C25K, so with that I'd probably repeat this week next if I can only do 60%. Or should…
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What the hunger is telling me
I have been a member for awhile now, I start, I fall off the wagon, several months pass, I start over again. I restarted on June 1st. I started by running. I started a couch to 5K, did day one, got a cold. Restarted the next week. Changed nothing in my diet. This time I was starting slowly. I just completed week 3 of the…
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Running shoes?
For starters, I am a beginning runner, but doing research and trying to find the right running shoe for me is proving to be very challenging. Why? Because when I was 12, I fell down a flight of stairs and injured my left foot. I injured it badly enough that while I have a high arch and underpronate on my right foot, my…
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How often to take pictures?
I am just wondering. I took a before picture on the 1st of June, and was thinking about taking another the 1st of July. Is once a month too few? I see a lot of people have pictures at certain week milestones. I just don't want to take pictures too often and get discouraged not seeing anything, but I also don't want to not…
