Quick post (since I'm at work)
Today's weigh-in: 234.0
That means I've lost three pounds since...was it Sunday? Or Monday? Don't remember. I could look, but I'm too lazy.
It's all because I can't snack as often at work. I don't have much food with me, basically one snack (nuts, an apple, a granola bar) and my lunch (an under-300-calorie Healthy Choice dry pasta/rice dealio) and that's it.
Still no exercise yet. Just haven't had a chance to get into the routine. I'm working my way towards getting up before 5--right now my alarm goes off at 5:10. But even getting up that early (I was getting up at 5:30) isn't getting me much of a headstart on my daily routine. I'm afraid it's going to end up being 4:30 in order to get a work out in. Urgh.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
First day of school: a success.
Weight loss before school started: dismal failure.
Today's weigh-in: 237.0
Starting next week, I will try to work out at least three days a week, before school. I also intend to ride my bike or walk to work most days. Hopefully that will help. Also, once we get into the swing of things, I won't be able to snack much during the school day. Maybe that will improve things as well.
Fingers crossed.
Weight loss before school started: dismal failure.
Today's weigh-in: 237.0
Starting next week, I will try to work out at least three days a week, before school. I also intend to ride my bike or walk to work most days. Hopefully that will help. Also, once we get into the swing of things, I won't be able to snack much during the school day. Maybe that will improve things as well.
Fingers crossed.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Not much new to report. Still fat. Haven't been good at all about working out or eating better.
I'm looking forward to going back to work in a week. I can control my food intake much better when I'm not free to snack all day long. I really need to limit myself, though. To streamline things in the morning, I'm planning to just have a Carnation Instant Breakfast before I leave for work. Then I'll probably make myself a coffee at work (that instant cappuccino stuff that I'm sure is really horrible nutritionally, but it tastes super yummy), since the teacher I'm replacing is leaving his microwave. I'll probably take a morning and afternoon snack at first, but depending on what my class schedule is I might only have time for one or the other and not both. I'll probably just take a piece of fruit, granola bar, bag of nuts, and/or cheese stick. Then for lunch I'll either have soup or one of those Healthy Choice microwave meals. Something that I can prepare in my room and eat quickly, since I'll be working through lunch most likely. I think I'll try to assemble some casseroles and stuff ahead of time for dinners, or crock pot stuff (which will be great as it starts to get cold) so I have some time to hang out with the boy in the afternoons before my husband comes home.
Then there's my plan for exercise. My plan is to wake up early (5, probably), do our elliptical machine or a video for half an hour, then shower and get dressed. I'm going to have to get the boy up at about 6, get a bottle in him, get some cereal in him, and then get him to the sitter at 7. I need to check on my "travel time" to school. According to Google Maps, I should be able to ride my bike there in 3 minutes, or walk there in 14 minutes. I will test this next week. I'll have to drop off the boy, get back over to the house, get my bag and bike (or just get my bag) and head off. It's all downhill. If I cut over a street at a time, rather than just take my street straight down to the street the high school is on, that is; it'll take me longer to get home than it will to get there, but I should have no problem getting there in a reasonable amount of time. Walking would be better exercise, because if I ride my bike I won't have to put much effort into it on the way there, but I guess since I need to look sort of professional and put-together for work, maybe that's the way to go. It'll get me a bit windblown, but that's about the biggest downside. Of course, I'll have to lock my bike up. I don't know if I'm allowed to bring my bike inside; probably not. I'm ordering a bike cover from Amazon, and I have a lock. But it makes me nervous, riding my nice, $1800 mountain bike to school. Guess I might end up riding my crappy $300 mountain bike instead. Works fine. That way I won't feel as bad if someone tries to steal it. When the weather is less-than-perfect for biking, I can walk (like if there's a lot of ice on the road). And of course if it's really cold I can always drive the less-than-a-mile to work like a loser. :) But any of those should work since I have to be at school from 7:30-3:30, and the boy's day at the sitter runs from 7-4. Plenty of time.
So hopefully this will get my weight loss jump-started. Because nothing else has...
I'm looking forward to going back to work in a week. I can control my food intake much better when I'm not free to snack all day long. I really need to limit myself, though. To streamline things in the morning, I'm planning to just have a Carnation Instant Breakfast before I leave for work. Then I'll probably make myself a coffee at work (that instant cappuccino stuff that I'm sure is really horrible nutritionally, but it tastes super yummy), since the teacher I'm replacing is leaving his microwave. I'll probably take a morning and afternoon snack at first, but depending on what my class schedule is I might only have time for one or the other and not both. I'll probably just take a piece of fruit, granola bar, bag of nuts, and/or cheese stick. Then for lunch I'll either have soup or one of those Healthy Choice microwave meals. Something that I can prepare in my room and eat quickly, since I'll be working through lunch most likely. I think I'll try to assemble some casseroles and stuff ahead of time for dinners, or crock pot stuff (which will be great as it starts to get cold) so I have some time to hang out with the boy in the afternoons before my husband comes home.
Then there's my plan for exercise. My plan is to wake up early (5, probably), do our elliptical machine or a video for half an hour, then shower and get dressed. I'm going to have to get the boy up at about 6, get a bottle in him, get some cereal in him, and then get him to the sitter at 7. I need to check on my "travel time" to school. According to Google Maps, I should be able to ride my bike there in 3 minutes, or walk there in 14 minutes. I will test this next week. I'll have to drop off the boy, get back over to the house, get my bag and bike (or just get my bag) and head off. It's all downhill. If I cut over a street at a time, rather than just take my street straight down to the street the high school is on, that is; it'll take me longer to get home than it will to get there, but I should have no problem getting there in a reasonable amount of time. Walking would be better exercise, because if I ride my bike I won't have to put much effort into it on the way there, but I guess since I need to look sort of professional and put-together for work, maybe that's the way to go. It'll get me a bit windblown, but that's about the biggest downside. Of course, I'll have to lock my bike up. I don't know if I'm allowed to bring my bike inside; probably not. I'm ordering a bike cover from Amazon, and I have a lock. But it makes me nervous, riding my nice, $1800 mountain bike to school. Guess I might end up riding my crappy $300 mountain bike instead. Works fine. That way I won't feel as bad if someone tries to steal it. When the weather is less-than-perfect for biking, I can walk (like if there's a lot of ice on the road). And of course if it's really cold I can always drive the less-than-a-mile to work like a loser. :) But any of those should work since I have to be at school from 7:30-3:30, and the boy's day at the sitter runs from 7-4. Plenty of time.
So hopefully this will get my weight loss jump-started. Because nothing else has...
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