walkin', yes indeed

went for a 30-minute walk around the neighborhood in spite of some weird but consistent nausea and the fact that it's about 4 degrees out. i had plans to go for a longer walk after work, but things were just conspiring against me. but still--30 minutes of walking is way better than none.

if i make it for 30 or more minutes of cardio something 4 times this week, i will consider that pretty good.

moment of truth...

alone in the kitchen (at work) with 2 dozen krispy kreme doughnuts...

and i walked away.

that, my friends, is possibly the first step back on track. well you know, that and finding my spices, cookware, and dishes in all the moving mess. and going to the grocery store for the first time in 3 weeks.

in other news, after all the moving stuff, my pants are loose even though i have been eating crap. apparently moving heavy things around all day IS a workout. i haven't weighed yet (god knows where the bathroom scale is!), but i know i've lost something from the way things are feeling and fitting. now it's time to get back into the gym, back onto the weight machines, and back in shape. and this time, i'm actually glad about it. for all that i am still a tad run down, i do feel good about all the activity of the past few weeks. i hope i can keep it up!

pause...

hi y'all. i swear i am not dead, nor have i gained back a gajillion pounds or anything--i am just busy as hell. i am not going to bother updating this blog much over the next month. i am moving instead, and i can only handle devoting brain power to so much at once. i am still trying to eat fairly well, but i don't have time to cook as much as usual. i am trying to make large things that will last a few days. i am also getting a ton of exercise in the form of painting and lifting and packing and moving, but i am not even really trying to fit the gym into this picture. i DID, however, go ahead and get a new gym membership over near the new house, so i will be able to hit the ground running once we get moved in. moving day is march 24th, so i will keep you posted. i'm not gone--i'm just on PAUSE until i get moved. i will still be posting on my regular blog. and i WILL be back--i promise.

what the hell, people?

the sunday skinny:

02/04/07	current	goal	lost this week	lost so far	left to lose
weight:	206.2 lb	160.0 lb	1.2 lb	7.6 lb	46.2 lb
body fat:	46% (?)	25%	0%	1%	45%

ok, so you tell me. i have eaten utter crap all week long and have been to the gym exactly zero times. so why? why am i down 1.2 pounds this week??? this just makes no sense to me. i guess the lesson is, you can have a shitty week every once in a while and not pay too bad of a price for it. i know i can't continue to eat this way, however, or that get-out-of-jail-free card will definitely expire, and i will die of a stroke or a heart attack after busting through all the seams in my jeans. bleh. i am almost annoyed that i have lost anything this week since i did NOTHING to deserve it. and yes, i know that's irational and perverse. anyway--i am getting back on track today, so you know, cross your fingers for me that things go well.

what a week!!!

hi guys. here i am, having experienced a week of abject diet and exercise failure. this was one of those weeks where i have barely had time to even go pee, much less keep track of or think about what i am eating. work has sucked, and i have been as stressed as i can be and not just shut down. i have a hive. there was one day when i had a cookie for lunch, which is, by the way, a TERRIBLE idea except for that it did ward off the encraoching migraine. the nausea, it did NOTHING for. anyway, i am just calling this week a bust. i am terrified to weigh on sunday--i know it's going to be ugly. but you know, this is life i guess. some weeks just make things impossible. i just gotta climb back on the bandwagon. and i will, just as soon as i can get to the grocery store! right now, the worst part is that i am just too tired to care. hopefully i will get caught up on some rest this weekend, and that will help A LOT! y'all bear with me.

sunday morning, not so skinny

the sunday skinny:

02/04/07	current	goal	lost this week	lost so far	left to lose
weight:	207.4 lb	160.0 lb	-1.2 lb	6.4 lb	47.4 lb
body fat:	???	25 %	???	???	???

in a word--ugh. then again, i don't know what i was expecting since i have been to the gym what? once this week? i know that exercise is key for me to lose weight, and yet, still i hope i will keep losing when i do virtually nothing to make it happen. i mean, i have still been eating healthy, but you know what i mean--i need more activity in my daily life, so i need to work harder to get it there. even when it's 20 degrees out at 5:30am. and even when i feel kind of ill--unless i am really sick, i should be able to do something. i guess i just need to become more of my own drill sergeant.

saturday around the house

food log:

• breakfast: oatmeal with cinnamon, brown sugar, chopped walnuts, and blueberries, 1% milk, tea
• lunch: 1/2 a bowl of minestrone soup and a low fat pimiento cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread. this is called--we're running out of stuff in the house to eat!
• dinner: chili at jenn's house
  
• snacks/other: 3 stolen bites of the hippie's peanut butter toast
• desserts/sweets: none

activities: cleaned the crap out of the house, but that's it. still feeling a tiny bt like i have been hit by a mack truck.