Insanity

I have heard that the defination of insanity is: doing the same thing over and over, but expecting a different result. That about sums up me and weight loss. For some reason I never seem to go the distance. Bob Greene, Oprah's weight loss coach, says a personwill never be successful at weight loss until they figure out their real issues. I think that means you need to feel that you deserve to be successful.
So I guess that means I need to do the work and try to find out what keeps me from attaining my goals. But I don't even know where to begin. Wish me luck...

Two Weeks

So yesterday was two weeks on the Dr. Oz plan. So I weighed in at 194.4 and my waist measurement was 41. Now I know that my waist started at 40 but that must have been wrong because halfway through I measured it and it was 42. Apparently I measured wrong...but I do feel that I lost 1 inch and I am happy with that.
I did notice that I am not hungry and am very happy with that also. The other night we had pizza and I didn't even eat all of mine....believe me that is a great improvement.
The purpose of the two weeks was to stabilize the blood sugar levels and to tame cravings. I think this was successful in my case. Anyway I am happy and plan to continue eating healthfully.
Onward and DOWNward!!

So Far So Good

I have been following Dr. Oz's plan for 4 days and am pleased with both the food and the fact that I am not hungary at all. In fact I have to work at it to eat everything..meaning 3 meals and 2 snacks. I am not sure why this is but I'll take it. I couldn't stand it and had to weigh myself this morning. Imagine my astonishment when the scale stopped at 194.8#. Wait a minute, I weighed 198# on Saturday...two days ago...that is a 3.2# difference. Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! Updates to follow!!
I got my walk and stretching in today, not at the gym but around the park. That is OK as long as I do it..
Onward and DOWNWARD!!

Dr. Oz and Me

Yesterday I started the diet outlined in Dr. Oz's book: YOU: On A Diet. I wasn't hungary and following these food options is suppose to reduce or eliminate cravings for the bad stuff like fat and sugar....
He says forget the scale and concentrate on the more important number of waist size. I didn't weigh myself yesterday because I forgot before the day was half over but I did remember to take my waist size. It is 40 so that means that the minimum number of inches I need to lose in my waist is 7.5. For women the waist target is 32.5 inches or less. For men it is 35 inches. Yikes!! I did weigh myself this morning and I weigh 198.0# so at least I haven't slipped back into that dreaded twoterville they talk about at Weight Watchers.
For sure everyday with Dr. Oz's plan you have to walk for 30 minutes and stretch for 3 to 5 minutes. That shouldn't be a problem. I hit the gym yesterday and did 32 minutes on the treadmill and also my ab workout.
I felt a cold coming on last night and woke up this morning with a terible sore throat. I think I will hit the gym to do my 30 minutes walk and stretching but that will probably be all. I have three 2 pm starts again this week so getting to the gym will be a challange especially if I have this cold...but I am determined to hang with this faithfully for at least two weeks.
Onward and DOWNward!!

Don't Know!!

The trim to Primm wasn't too bad foodwise....but the drinking was over the top. I had the worst headache I have had in years which I'm sure translated to a depressing step on the scale, so needless to say I haven't stepped on it yet. I actually probably wouldn't be so bad but then yesterday, I really blew it...last night I ate so much junk I hate myself.

Will I never learn???????????? Whose body pays the price for my stupidity????????????? That would be mine and I am sick of myself!!

It's A Test!

Tomorrow and Friday are our days off and we are going to Primm to spend the night and just have a get away.
This will be a test......I will be working to keep on track and not overeat, but I am going to have a few cocktails and enjoy myself. Afterall living life is what it is all about and I really don't feel that I will gorge myself or eat the wrong things. I plan on being in control and I will be taking healthy snacks with me.
I can do this..............
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail..............I am planning!!
Onward and DOWNward!!

I AM SO CONFUSED

OK so I like Oprah.....lately she has had on Dr.Oz touting his and the other guys book "YOU: On a Diet"
Now she has on Bob Greene who is touting his new book "The Best Life Diet".
How does a person evaluate and decide???????? I am very confused.
I have been reading Dr. Oz's book..and I must say not only have I learned a lot, I have changed a couple of things.
1. I am now taking 2 tablets of baby aspirin daily.
2. I am looking for nician
3. I am incorperating 1/2 tsp cinnamon daily.
4. I am not eating 2 hrs b4 bedtime

This is so confusing and time consuming and work intensive.

Questions

Who/what do I go with?
How can I get a difinitive program with?
How? What? Why? When? Where?

I don't know...............I want to succeed.........I will succeed............it is all a lot of work and effort.........!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh I almost forgot............when I weighed myself this morning, I weighed 197.4..............that is down from 199.6 yesterday....Go figure.........
Do ya think the "quit eating 2 hours before bedtime" Bob Greene advocates helps???????????????????

I need to keep it up!!!!!!!!!!!!

Onward and DOWNward!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday Weigh In!!

Today is Tuesday and I weighed myself....another down. This morning I weighed 198.6. Yesterday was such a good day, I was tempted a lot at work and almost went into the EDR for an ice cream cone, but I told myself to wait until my next brake and by then I had a handle on what mattered to me more...ice cream or weighing less. Thank God I was able to control myself. Afterall that is a very important element in waist management.
As I said, onward and downward. Saturday is just around the corner.

Onderland!! Again!!

It is Saturday and I did weigh this morning...199.2. I am pleased to be back in Onderland and this time I intend to stay there!!

I am getting ready now to go to the gym. I really think the interval work out I have been doing on the treadmill has been helping. In fact I was surprised I had a loss since last night I had lobster, scallops, shrimp, and a banana crepe. A day off meal can you tell??

Anyway the next weigh in will be either Tuesday or Wednesday. Onward and DOWNward. I am in control!!

January

I am still doing well and feeling on top of things. I made it to the gym this morning. I really do like going there, but in the future I will go later or earlier....I didn't like the HGTV program that was on at 10.

We are having pizza tonight but I got two extra points through activity. I have only had fruit and grilled chicken today so I can eat the pizza.

Anyway I am hanging and and plan to weight again on Sat. At 196 I will wear my red shirt....at 191, I can go get the shoes I want and wear my skirt to work. I will be wearing that by mid Feb for sure!!!

Down .2

Ok so yesterday I weighed 201 even....that is down .2. I am happy. Any down is good and I like it.
I have had a very good on program day today even though it is a day off. I went to the library today in Laughlin and read a very interesting article in Oprah's January magazine. It was about changing habits and why it is so hard to change. It was really interesting and I am trying to digest this information and make it help me.
I am determined to have 2007 be a good year for me and health. I am trying real hard to eat very healthy food most of the time. I am also trying to work really hard at the gym.

And I am hoping the combination will equal results!!

2007 Is Here!!

A new year, a new start.....and I am up to the challange. My mind is made up and I will succeed.
Saturday I weighed 201.2 pounds and I intend to weight myself on Saturdays and Wednesdays.
This is going to be very, very hard but I need to take control and make the decision to succeed. I am too old to continue carrying around all of this lard. It is not healthy and I am tired of it.
One day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.
Let't make this work....persistence not perfection.

A Long, Long Time

Well....it's been a long time since I have blogged...over three months. Our eleven week vacation is over AND I totally screwed up my hard work this summer. I gained back every pound I lost. So I guess I could say that I AM a loser...just not a loser of weight.

Now I am again back at square one, and starting over. Today is day two of being on program and I am going to take it day by day. I have also rejoined the gym.

Wish me luck and pray for me.

Let The Vacation Begin

Tomorrow our eleven week vacation begins.....who knows when I will have the opportunity to blog again. Now I am going to need to be very focused in order to keep OP while I am on vacation. I always have a difficult time on days off. What am I going to do for eleven weeks!!

So I need coping strategies. Here is one thing I am going to do.
I am writing sayings on a note card to keep in my wallet to refer to when I need to. Actually I thing I will make two copies so I can keep one handy in the car. I always have problems on long car trips and the next four days is going to be one LONG car trip. So here is my list:

1. Persistence not perfection!

2. I am a good person and I deserve to be happy, healthy, thin, and rich!
(Quote by MaryGrace)

3. I think I can, I think I can....the little red engine.

4. If it is to be it is up to me.

5. Be strong

6. Be focused

7. Be determined

8. Succeed

9. I CAN do this.

10. I WANT to do this.

11. Don't trade what you want at the moment for what you want the
most. (HEALTH)

I really need to keep these points in mind because I am 56 years old and I want to be as healthy and productive as I can for as long as I can. This process will never be easy, I just have to want it bad enough to "pay the price".

I also will keep journaling my food. Everything I read everywhere says in order to be successful at this, journaling is crucial.

As usual Mary it is up to you....do you want it BAD enough? Be good to yourself and love yourself. You deserve to be happy!

Day Three of ??

This is my third day of being OP....been here before right?? Anyway I am keeping in mind the "sixty days to create a habit" article I read. I also need to be very careful the next six weeks while we are on vacation. Persistance, not perfection is also a good phrase to keep in mind.

Oh I weighed in at 185.4 yesterday, that is up .4 from last Saturday. Based on the week I had.....I was happy.

As usual...be focused...be determined..succeed!!

Sixty Days

I recently read a blog by Prevention's Chris Freitag about habits. According to her, it takes 60 days to form a habit. For some reason I always thought it was 3 weeks to develop a habit. Anyway....I got to 49 days in a row and screwed it up by not hanging in there another 11 days. Sounds like my luck.

My 10,000 steps a day goal didn't go very well either. I only had 2 days over 10,000 both of them were over 12,000, the other days I got about 7 to 8,000. It is just too busy now while we are trying to get ready to leave.

Now on the food front...that isn't going very well either but I bounced back OP starting today. This is just so hard!

Don't I have ANY good news???? Guess not.

When I blog tomorrow, it will be better...

It's A Bust (So Far)

Remember that 10,000 steps a day habit I am focusing on this week. Well it is not going real well...the first day I got 6830 steps and today was 6807. It was not a very smart habit to work on right now. We are just too busy trying to get ready to hit the road next. Also yesterday I was suffering horribly with a cold and a nose that ran like a faucet. The cold was much better today, but I still didn't hit the 10,000 step goal. We will see what happens the rest of the week.

Otherwise I am doing well with my OP eating ...today is day WOW I am not sure if it is 5 or 6 or 7. I will have to look that up and keep track.

Nothing else new...just to
Be focused....................be determined............and.........succeed!!

I AM OVERWEIGHT!!

I weighed in this morning at 185# which shifted my BMI from obese to overweight!!! Yes a milestone today!! The next BMI category is normal, which for my height, I need to weigh 153#. That would be 32# from now. Since, in an earlier blog this week, I decided not to make weekly weight loss goal but to instead pick a weekly healthy habit to focus on, I am not going to venture a guess as to when I will hit a normal BMI. Instead I am going to state confidently that I WILL hit a normal BMI.

I guess I need to pick a healthy habit for this week and I am going to make the commitment this week to walk 10,000 steps a day and wear my pedometer daily.

Be focused.....be determined...succeed!

I AM OVERWEIGHT!!

I weighed in this morning at 185# which shifted my BMI from obese to overweight!!! Yes a milestone today!! The next BMI category is normal, which for my height, I need to weigh 153#. That would be 32# from now. Since, in an earlier blog this week, I decided not to make weekly weight loss goal but to instead pick a weekly healthy habit to focus on, I am not going to venture a guess as to when I will hit a normal BMI. Instead I am going to state confidently that I WILL hit a normal BMI.

I guess I need to pick a healthy habit for this week and I am going to make the commitment this week to walk 10,000 steps a day and wear my pedometer daily.

Be focused.....be determined...succeed!

Day Four

Today is day four of being OP...a far cry from 48 days, but I have to get to day 4 before I can get to day 48. Just keeping on keeping on I guess. Oh tomorrow I will be weighing.

I can't really think of anything to say so I guess this will be a short blog.

Focus...succeed....keep the faith!!