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Post by Tempest on Apr 8, 2010 22:00:55 GMT -5
1) Did I wake up and stay up today? And did I use that time productively? yes I did, but no I didn't. I was laying around all day long 2) How much water did I drink today? about 1.5 liters 3) Did I take my all my vitamins and herbs 2x's today? not at all 4) Did I eat as healthy as I could today? Did I eat one EXTRA serving of fruits or veggies today? eh, I could have eaten better. I did have a banana instead of a milkshake like the kiddies. 5) Did I eat anything HIGH in fiber today? NO, but I looked up foods that are high in fiber. I will post them later. 6) Did I workout with the elliptical machine? Yes, but only 3/4 mile. 7) Did I do either the arm exercise routine with the weights or my pilates DVD today? I would like the do the arm weight routine, but i just don't have the energy 8) Did I walk any today? no. 9) Did I eat anything after 8pm today? yes, a very very late dinner and I'm sure I will be snacking later 10) Did I take better care of myself on the outside so I will feel better about myself on the inside today? NO! 11) Did I do the dishes today? HAHAHAHA
PERIOD. CRAMPS. BUSY. DAY. NOT. FUN. I had horrible cramps and NO energy today thanks to mother nature so I sat my ass on the couch for the majority of the day. once the cramps subsided I did manage to do 3/4 of a mile on the elliptical. and I could barely do that. on a normal day I can do a half mile without stopping. today I would have to stop midway thru a 1/4 mile and rest. my body was just not feeling it today. I could feel the energy draining from me. so I decided it just wasn't worth struggling to get thru a mile and I didn't even finish it. I wish I had finished it, but oh well tomorrow is another day. I would like to do the arm weight routine before the night is over. but i doubt that i will do it, i am just too tired tonight. I wanted to walk to get Alyssa from school today, the weather ended up being so nice, but I didn't, and now I'm glad I didn't. I had to save all my strength just to get dinner made and the kids in bed. I am pooped and its not even 10pm yet. gah! I hate periods.
I didn't so hot with drinking water today, which is disappointing since I did so good for the two days prior to today. I drank a Dr pepper. and I want another one ... BAD! but I am going to refrain and try and drink some water instead.
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Post by Tempest on Apr 9, 2010 23:46:37 GMT -5
1) Did I wake up and stay up today? And did I use that time productively? no, I stayed on the couch all morning, til I had to get up and make lunch and watch my niece 2) How much water did I drink today? one gallon baby! 3) Did I take my all my vitamins and herbs 2x's today? yes, I did! 4) Did I eat as healthy as I could today? Did I eat one EXTRA serving of fruits or veggies today? no... can we say Easter candy 5) Did I eat anything HIGH in fiber today? NO, I still need to post that list of foods that are high in fiber. or I might just break down and by a fiber supplement to take everyday. what's one more pill right? 6) Did I workout with the elliptical machine? no 7) Did I do either the arm exercise routine with the weights or my pilates DVD today? yes I did the arm weight routine, but i only did one set of 25 reps instead of the usual two. 8) Did I walk any today? yes, one lap around the baseball field at the park 9) Did I eat anything after 8pm today? Easter candy 10) Did I take better care of myself on the outside so I will feel better about myself on the inside today? yep... nice long luxurious sensual shower... mmmmm 11) Did I do the dishes today? yep I did actually... loaded (and started) the dishwasher and washed some by hand too I laid around like an oaf today and I feel bad about it. i did get in a small walk and i drank my gallon of water, so today wasnt a complete bust. lol. tomorrow is Saturday and I plan on getting some workout in to make up for the days this week when I didn't do one or I did a half ass one. I think we are planning a trip to the mall tomorrow so at least I know I will get some walking in.
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Post by Tempest on Apr 12, 2010 20:27:05 GMT -5
1) Did I wake up and stay up today? And did I use that time productively? no, I stayed on the couch all morning, til I had to get up and make lunch. 2) How much water did I drink today? horribly, maybe about a half gallon 3) Did I take my all my vitamins and herbs 2x's today? yes, I did! 4) Did I eat as healthy as I could today? Did I eat one EXTRA serving of fruits or veggies today? no dammit 5) Did I eat anything HIGH in fiber today? NO, I still need to post that list of foods that are high in fiber. 6) Did I workout with the elliptical machine? 3 miles baby! 7) Did I do either the arm exercise routine with the weights or my pilates DVD today? no 8) Did I walk any today? yes, to alyssas school and back this afternoon 9) Did I eat anything after 8pm today? 2 granola bars and some jelly beans 10) Did I take better care of myself on the outside so I will feel better about myself on the inside today? yep... 11) Did I do the dishes today? haha... nope
i totally rocked it with my workout today. i lagged on the water drinking tho. i had way too much dr pepper the past few days and for some reason i am under the assumption that i can drink dr pepper since i am drinking so much water. i need to get over that way of thinking. one 12 oz can of dr pepper is 150 calories, which isnt horrible, but i could be saving those 150 calories for eating something better instead of a dr pepper. and after i drink one i can feel my body craving water! someone point me to the logic in this please!
over the weekend i ate an entire bag of reese's easter egg candies all by myself. OMG! i have been craving peanut butter and chocolate! i still am. i want candy! but i was going to buy another bag of candy, i was actually on the candy aisle at the store, and i told myself "no i'm not going to do it." i have bought myself plenty of healthy and low calorie snacks, but i am not eating them. would someone show me the logic in that!!
i need a good kick in the ass back into reality!!!!
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Post by Tempest on Apr 13, 2010 22:51:28 GMT -5
1) Did I wake up and stay up today? And did I use that time productively? hell yeah, I was so productive today it made me sick 2) How much water did I drink today? ONE GALLON BABY!! 3) Did I take my all my vitamins and herbs 2x's today? yes, I did! 4) Did I eat as healthy as I could today? Did I eat one EXTRA serving of fruits or veggies today? I ate sliced peaches today if that counts 5) Did I eat anything HIGH in fiber today? NO, I still need to post that list of foods that are high in fiber. 6) Did I workout with the elliptical machine? 2.5 miles baby! 7) Did I do either the arm exercise routine with the weights or my pilates DVD today? not yet, maybe later 8) Did I walk any today? no, I wanted to, but it was way to overcast and windy 9) Did I eat anything after 8pm today? not yet! 10) Did I take better care of myself on the outside so I will feel better about myself on the inside today? I will 11) Did I do the dishes today? I sure the hell did I have found out that listening to Lady Gaga while I am on the elliptical machine makes me sweat more... who knew that music would be the key to my motivation problem.
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Post by Tempest on Apr 15, 2010 22:05:32 GMT -5
1) Did I wake up and stay up today? And did I use that time productively? no, not really 2) How much water did I drink today? a half a gallon so far 3) Did I take my all my vitamins and herbs 2x's today? yes, I did! 4) Did I eat as healthy as I could today? Did I eat one EXTRA serving of fruits or veggies today? no *drops head down in shame* 5) Did I eat anything HIGH in fiber today? NO, I still need to post that list of foods that are high in fiber. 6) Did I workout with the elliptical machine? 2.5 miles baby! 7) Did I do either the arm exercise routine with the weights or my pilates DVD today? not yet, maybe later 8) Did I walk any today? no 9) Did I eat anything after 8pm today? not yet! 10) Did I take better care of myself on the outside so I will feel better about myself on the inside today? I will 11) Did I do the dishes today? I half way loaded the dishwasher this week has been the absolute worst. it has been so damp and cold and overcast all week long. today has been just a slow steady downpour of rain. it has left me with ZERO energy and i have spent most of my time on the couch. monday was by far my most productive day, but i did work out every day this week so far, and that counts for something. i have had a very odd diet this week and i need to get back on track with eating healthier. i know i can do it.
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Post by Tempest on Apr 15, 2010 23:04:58 GMT -5
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Post by Tempest on Apr 17, 2010 1:30:00 GMT -5
1) Did I wake up and stay up today? And did I use that time productively? no and yes, i did wash everyones sheets today. and folded towels. 2) How much water did I drink today? a half a gallon so far 3) Did I take my all my vitamins and herbs 2x's today? yes, I did! 4) Did I eat as healthy as I could today? Did I eat one EXTRA serving of fruits or veggies today? *drops head down in shame for the second day in a row* well i ate some strawberries, but the rest of the day... no 5) Did I eat anything HIGH in fiber today? NO, going tomorrow to buy a fiber supplement 6) Did I workout with the elliptical machine? i cant remember if it was 2 or 2.5 miles, but i did it and thats what counts 7) Did I do either the arm exercise routine with the weights or my pilates DVD today? no, and i am going to have a serious talk with myself about this later 8) Did I walk any today? no, its too muddy out 9) Did I eat anything after 8pm today? yes a bowl of rocky road ice cream... i was hungry 10) Did I take better care of myself on the outside so I will feel better about myself on the inside today? nope not today 11) Did I do the dishes today? I loaded the other half of the dishwasher, kinda, but i didnt turn it on yet.
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Post by Tempest on Apr 18, 2010 0:47:55 GMT -5
So it has been exactly one month since I weighed myself. I went to the mall to GNC and used the same fancy $1 scale that weighs you and measures your height and BMI.
weight - 231.4 (last month my weight was 234.5 -- so a loss of 3.1 pounds) BMI - dropped to 42 from last months 43 also, my BODY FAT percentage THIS month is 38% or 88.6 pounds (last months was 39% or 91.2 lbs.)
not a huge improvement, but it is something. i am especially proud of myself since i didnt really work too hard this past month. i could have and should have done better. i am going to get my game face on and see how this next month progresses. i will continue to drink water, eat right, take my vitamins, and get my workout on... i am ready to knock this bitch outta the park.
3 choices in life: Give up, Give in , or give it your all! To me there is only one choice. What's your choice today? -- Tony Robbins
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Post by Tempest on May 3, 2010 15:24:26 GMT -5
I will be getting my internet hooked up on wednesday! i am so excited! less than 48 hours! i will begin regularly posting on here again at that time.... i am so sad that NO ONE has posted since april 18th.... it was me... the day before i moved! that is so sad! poor poor I AM board... no one showing it any love. i havent been eating right or working out this past 2 weeks, stress and moving and what not have gotten the best of me.... but it is a new week and i have started back up with drinking water, taking my pills, and working out... starting today. i will update everything once i get my computer up and running.
I HAVE MISSED YOU I AM BOARD!!!
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Post by Tempest on May 13, 2010 22:05:25 GMT -5
so it has almost been a full month since we moved and since I have tried to keep up with any type of exercise routine. I have not been drinking my water like I am supposed to, nor have I been eating right or taking my vitamins. so last week was the first week that I was going to attempt to get back on track with things but I got my period so I forgot about working out. so this week was my week to restart with things. Monday turned out to be a bust and I just blew everything off, but for the last past 3 days since Tuesday I have been working out and drinking water. eating better and taking my pills will have to wait til next week... baby steps, right? I have done the elliptical machine for the past 3 days and have drank my gallon of water each day too. I am proud of myself for this. I have not wanted to work out, especially yesterday, but once I got back into doing it it felt really good to be sweating. also with the water, I am really proud of myself about that too. I am really back to craving water again and that is a good thing for me. the downside of living here at this house is that now we have to buy gallon jugs of water and get them refilled rather than having a ready supply of water coming from the fridge, but oh well at least its cheap to refill the jugs. lol
one benefit of being here at this house is that the back room of the house is filled with abandoned workout equipment. along with my elliptical machine there is a total gym, an ab lounge, a mini trampoline thing and Joel weights (there is also a treadmill, but Joel says that it does not work... I have yet to try it out). I have done a lot of work cleaning up that room and we have put speakers back there so we can plug in our MP3 players for music and also a fan since it gets hot back there. so now I have all of these things ready and waiting for me to use them, so I have NO excuse not to do it. I do need to better manage my time so I can get back there while the kids are happy/occupied because if I don't then it wont be til later when they are in bed that I can get back there to workout. and to be honest there are better ways that I want to be spending my precious free time. so I will have to work out a schedule to go back there and workout during the day.
okay last but not least I wanted to let you guys know that I really enjoy coming on here and posting. it is good to keep track of what I am eating and have a place to vent about life and working out, etc. but I am the only one posting in here and that sucks. I don't really enjoy coming in and reading my own posts with no interaction from anyone else, lol. I love you guys and had hoped that we could do this together, but no one has posted at all since I posted the last the day before I moved. and prior to me moving everyone's postings on here were getting less and less. so that being said. I will continue to post in here for one week. after that week if no one else has posted then I will stop posting in here and either create my own blog or join another message board. if you want to get back into the habit of posting in here again please let me know and I will be happy to stay and continue posting in here, but if not then its no problem and I will find somewhere else to post. and please know that this is not anything against you guys or is it to be taken personal, but it is not fair to me if I am going to be pulling my weight and coming on here to post for no one but myself.
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Post by teej on May 13, 2010 22:28:24 GMT -5
I'm here and I really want to get this going again!
love you too!
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Post by Jai D on May 13, 2010 22:32:39 GMT -5
Thank you for standing up and telling me off. I needed it to be done. Im bad. Shocking bad. Love you both so much. We can do this together I know!
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Post by Tempest on May 14, 2010 22:34:22 GMT -5
so today we had horrible weather and it really got my work out plans off track, but I was able to work out between getting Alyssa from school and making dinner. I did the elliptical as usual, and I really struggled with the first 1.5 miles, after I got over that hump I really enjoyed the last mile or so... it was good to sweat. I also struggled with drinking water today. I am almost at one gallon, just a bottle and half to go. I really really want a glass of coke, but I have been good today and have stuck with drinking water instead. maybe the water just doesn't seem so appealing after all of the rain that we have had today. lol
I haven't done too great this week with my eating. I think being here at this house has a lot to do with it. my MIL is so very weird about her eating habits. she will starve herself all day long and then gorge on whatever sweets are in the house and THEN eat some small meal and then MORE sweets. a typical meal for her is ice cream with cake or cookies, then maybe some fruit or a bagel with cream cheese or maybe a meat patty, and then more ice cream with more cake or cookies. then that will be the only thing she eats all day long. she was bragging to Alyssa that she lost 5 pounds because she was starving herself all day long between her two jobs. but now that she is only working the one job she doesn't eat any better. I told Joel that I DO NOT want her influencing Alyssa with her crazy food ways and ideals, since Alyssa is already self conscious enough about how she looks and her weight. I am trying to show Alyssa that eating healthy, portion control, not snacking when you are bored, and exercise is the way to leading a healthy lifestyle. it may be harder than I thought while we are living here. I am having a hard enough time avoiding all of the sweets and ice cream and cookies myself, so imagine how that is to a 9 year old.
next week I also plan on getting back on track with taking my vitamins and herbs. I thought there was no point in taking them since I wasn't working out, but now that I am working out again I should start taking them again. also, I plan on upping my elliptical workout from 3 miles to 4 miles. plus since there is that total gym back there I would like to add a couple days on that, and a couple days of my pilates DVD, along with my arm weight routine. I will also be revising my list of daily goals that I have set for myself and I will being posting that in here as well. what I would like to do is the elliptical machine Mon-Fri, then maybe do the pilates DVD on Mon, Wed, Fri, and the total gym on Tues, Thurs, and alternate the days with the arm weights. I am tired of looking in the mirror and seeing my huge ass, thighs, hips and arms staring back at me. and I am the only one that can change that.
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Post by Tempest on May 14, 2010 22:38:23 GMT -5
my newly revised list of questions that i will be asking myself daily starting on monday...
1) Did I wake up and stay up today? And did I use that time productively? 2) How much water did I drink today? 3) Did I take my all my vitamins and herbs 2x's today? 4) Did I eat as healthy as I could today? 5) Did I eat one EXTRA serving of fruits or veggies today? 6) Did I eat anything HIGH in fiber today? 7) Did I workout with the elliptical machine? 8) Did I do any other type of work out today? 9) Did I walk any today? 10) Did I take better care of myself on the outside so I will feel better about myself on the inside today?
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Post by Tempest on May 17, 2010 9:38:39 GMT -5
okay so it is that time of the month again... no not THAT time... time to weigh myself again. it has been a full month since I weighed myself last and in that month I have worked out maybe only 4 days, haven't been drinking my water, taken no vitamins or herbs, definitely haven't been eating good, and the stress of moving, plus all the drama that has ensued has brought me here. I had anticipated being busy with the kids today and didn't think I would make it to the mall to weigh myself so I went and did it yesterday...
here are the results...
weight - 230.1 (last month my weight was 231.4 -- so a loss of 1.3 pounds (bringing my total weight loss to 4.4 pounds)) BMI - stayed the same at 42 however, my BODY FAT percentage went from 38% or 88.6 pounds LAST month to 39% or 90.3 pounds THIS month.
I am pretty content with these numbers considering the lack of participation that I have put into losing weight the past month. I actually figured that I had gained some back. I will just keep fighting the good fight and see how I progress this next month... my goal was to break the 230 pound mark and I am and pretty fucking close at 230.1, so I is happy!
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