Five Seconds of Pleasure

Calories- 1367
Carbs-103
Fat-42
Protein-100

So I was thinking about the brownie I had the other night at the meeting I attended.  I looked at all the terrible yet absolutely delicious and addicting food- chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate bars, chocolate brownies with caramel sauce, cake, chips and dips... oh gosh... and I resisted for a good while and then the temptation overcame me, and I got a half of a brownie.  Later I thought to myself was the 100 calories of loaded carbs and fat really worth five seconds of pleasure???  I have to keep reminding myself that if I want to reach my PUSH goal there will be sacrifices and times of being tempted and times of being uncomfortable.  So yesterday I had another meeting... again there was various cakes, cookies, chip, dip, nuts, and fruit.  So I walked over there and got about 3 strawberries.  Yea!!  They were absolutely delicious, and I ate them slowly.  That is a major accomplishment for me that I resisted that temptation, and I also did not think , " oh I will just do it today and not tomorrow."
     Listen.... this is not going to be easy!!  I am going to war with my brain and my body!!  But I am determined to beat myself into submission!!
    Yesterday faired well for me although I ran out of time before I could walk in the morning, and then in the afternoon there were too many things to do.  I see now that I MUST get up earlier to start my day.  The same thing has happened today.  Unless I can hurry and get to the mall to walk I will miss it today.  I think 28 degrees outside is just too cold for me.  I also have not been able to do my strength training due to my pulled back.  I know I will be at it as soon as I can twist my body and squat without coming to my knees.
      I stayed in my boundary for my calories, carbs and protein, and I just barely went over (3g) with my fat intake.   I am just thrilled that I am making myself keep this food diary.  I think this will be the success of my weight loss... keeping that food diary.  I am so reluctant to have a bite of this or that because I will have to write it down.  I could go by that cashew can and grab a bunch without a thought... so writing it down keeps me from doing that.
   I welcome anyone reading this to get on board, and we can be an encouragement to one another.  Set your goals and make a plan.  My plan is personalized to me... make your plan YOUR plan.
 

Eating Mindfully

Calories- 1403
Carbs-108
Fat-67
Protein-82
Exercise- 160 burned (walking 3.5 mph for 32 min)

   So I really did have plenty to eat yesterday.  One of the things this diary is helping me on is eating "mindfully".   I don't know if any of you have this problem, but I will grab a chip or a cracker and just pop it in my mouth without even thinking about it.  And you know that joke, " the calories don't count if you did not put the food on a plate."?  Well... of course I don't believe that, but I ACT like I do!!  Like yesterday when I went to Sam's..... And the venders were there giving samples.   You could quickly eat 300 calories by visiting each station.  I stayed away from them.  And I had a meeting last night,  and there were so many delicious snack desserts that people brought.  I stayed away!!  And then temptation won, and I had one small brownie.  The best brownie in the whole wide world!! But how long did that pleasure last?  Grrr.... I should have said in my head my PUSH goal over and over and I probably could have abstained.  Well, I won't beat myself up too much.  But I will learn from it!
     And yesterday I did manage to go walking for 32 minutes and get in around 2 miles.  My Nike sensor is wrong so it shows I walk faster and get more mileage than I really do.  I have repeatedly try to get it accurate, but it is either showing me walking at 15.22 mph or 22.15 mph (something like that), so I just gave up.  I know my pace is around 17 mph.  And I was more interested in time than mileage.  So that cancelled out 160 calories.  I could have had 1560 yesterday.  I so hope I can continue this blogging because it makes me so acountable.  I plan to keep going forward!!

My First Day of Committment

So yesterday was my first day of committment.  Rather than write everything that I did, I will just list what I have decided to do about the dietary breakdown.  So here is my goal for each day:
Calories- 1400
Carbohydrates-122g     35%
Fats- 52g                       25%
Protein- 140g                40%

So here is how I faired-
Calories-1284
Carbs- 111    34%
Fats-  52       36%
Protein-99     30%

So it is obvious I had too many fats.  I am glad I came close on my carbs, and just need to eat more protein.  I am not following  www.myfitnesspal.com   recommendations, but put it my own for my percentage of each of these nutrients.  My plan for the future with this blog is to just list my totals for each day, and not my goals.

Now exercise-  the past few days my back has bothered me ( I am down in it every so often).  It continued to get worse and worse, and yesterday I could barely walk to the refrigerator!  So no exercise at all yesterday.   But today I am much better.  I walked 30 minutes before breakfast.  I plan to do more today if I am able.  I also am suffering from vertigo...not bad, but it is still there.   Gosh... turning sixty is not sounding good.

I did okay on my water, but not great.  So, that will be something I work harder on today.  I am reviewing my goals and speaking positively to myself.  I am focusing on getting my PUSH goal accomplished!

Committing in 2014

Gosh, I see it has almost been a year since I last posted on this blog.  I am doing a 30 day Challenge with Chalene Johnson.  It is about determining our push goal, and then adding other goals to advance our push goal.. which is our main goal.   More on that later.
   What I wanted to say today is that on Day 20 of this challenge we were going to commit to something that we find uncomfortable, or hard to do.  What I chose was this, " to blog everyday".  Now that is going to be a big challenge for me because with all the other things I like to do on the computer, blogging is not a thought for me.  I am doing this as a means to keep myself accountable on my fitness.  I decided to blog about my ideas, goals, struggles, setbacks, accomplishments, and anything else regarding my fitness journey.  My biggest challenge with my exercise is staying consistent... I would be termed more as sporadic.  I do it for 4 days and then life interrupts me and I skip for 3 weeks.  It is hard for me to get back on the bandwagon.  But 2014 is a big year for me.  You see.. I will turn the big 6-0!!   So before I list my push goal, I am going to list some of my other goals.
1.  Drink more water- drink 1/2 my body weight in ounces..(no, I am not going to tell you that number)
2.  Follow the diet of Trim Healthy Mama.  More on that later.
3.  Walk or do some sort of cardio 5 days a week.
4.  Strength training 3 days a week.
5.  No sodas, not even diet!!  (this is gonna be hard!)
6.  Get to bed before 10:30 so I can get more sleep.
7.  Keep my food diary so I will know what all I am eating in regard to fats, protein, and carbs, as well as quantity.
8  Speak positive thoughts to myself instead of that negative voice that I keep saying to myself.
9  Do not say to myself, "oh.. I will not worry about that today, I will do that tomorrow."

Which brings me to my push goal.  Originally my push goal was to exercise 30 minutes a day.  But now my push goal is going to be more specific, have an actual time table to it, and all my other goals will help me accomplish my push goal... PUSH GOAL-  lose 35 pounds by December 31, 2014.
Okay.. there I said it.... there is my commitment.. I am committing to have this blog keep me accountable.  I must blog every day which will keep all of these at the front of my mind.

So....here goes,  I am diving in!!

Facebook and Pinterest

It seems like more than reading blogs or writing on this blog, my computer time has been about Facebook and Pinterest.  I love FB because I have been able to locate so many of my old friends and reconnect with them.   I also love it because I get to share in their lives by seeing the photos of their family.  It is also a great place to find out local information... ex:  where can I find whatever?... And then instead of going to the decorating and quilting blogs, I get to see so much on pinterest and post it on my board.  But I do miss the days of writing on my blog.  I could go back and see when I posted this or that, and it acts as a journal for me.. so why don't I do it??? Maybe I will start trying to blog again.  I see that I have written two or three posts in 2012.  I hope to write more in 2013.  My last post I said I had made my last T-shirt quilt... well... I lied.. I made one for my son-in-law for Christmas.  I will post a photo of it later when I have one.  I forgot to take one of it, but I used all solid fabrics, and it has the appearance of more of a modern quilt.  So here's to blogging more in 2013.

My Last T shirt Quilt

So I finally finished my last T-shirt quilt. This was for #1 son.  I had already finished younger son's and older daughter's T-shirt quilt.  I kept asking my son for his T-shirts and his response was, " I am still wearing them!"  I had to tell him if he wanted them in the quilt, he was going to have to give them up.  He played baseball in high school and also in college his freshman year.  I also included a few T-shirts on the back from his childhood.  I loved this pattern using jelly rolls and honey buns.  I used stabalizer to keep the T-shirts from stretching. 

I'm a Grandmother Again!

Yes!!  I am a grandmother again!  This time I have a grandson.  He was born on April 2, and weighed in at 9 lbs. 9 oz.  My daughter already had a C-section planned... so, he actually came about 5 days early.  And if she had not had the scheduled C-section, she would have probably needed one anyway.   I got to be there when he was born (not in the room), stayed almost a week, and now they are here visiting at my house.  He is such a doll, and his sister treats him like he has always been there!  Baby boys just seem to be so sweet!  I wonder when it is all said and done how many grandkids I will have.  I am so blessed!