day whateveritis.

Okay, so I am not cut out for blogging. I fail to update.

I have been lethargic lately. I don't like it. Haven't wanted to wiifit, haven't wanted to do much of anything at all. I have on a plus side been eating a lot better. I am enjoying eating vegetarian foods, avoiding dairy and meat, and any animal byproducts.

I am supposed to go get bloodwork done to test my thyroid.

I have been eating very well for the past 6 months. When I lived in the city, and there was fast food around all the time, I would eat fast food 4+ times a week. I would eat pasta as full meals, with white sauces, indulge in chips and pop regularly. I was very unhealthy. I topped the scales at 240 about a year and a half ago.

In July of last year, I moved to a remote town, about 2.5 hours outside the city I used to live in.
When we moved here, we ate less pasta, more veggies and whole grains, instead of white rices, and pastas, I have whole wheat pasta, and as a side. In 6 months, I've had fast food maybe 5 times. I haven't been able to lose a pound. I get more activity, I eat amazingly well.

So that takes me back to the reasons behind why I'm getting my thyroid tested.

It seems impossible to me that I haven't lost a pound. Im losing my drive for sex, for moving, for anything....

So maybe im on the right path to finding out whats wrong...

Day twelve.

Today is a day of change. For the world.

Today, Barak Obama, became the 44th president of the United States of America. This is a glorious day.

If a black man, can become president, then I can lose 30 pounds.
(okay, not the BEST comparison, but still, it shows that change is possible)

I read the book skinny bitch, and I encourage everyone to go check out www.goveg.com

I haven't done much, I have been lazy, and out of town, and busy, but I am back at it now.

Breakfast (9am)
oatmeal crisp with peanuts, and fresh apple :)

Day Six. - Re-kindling the Romance.

I went for a jog last night.

For most people, this wouldn't be an "Oooh Aahhh" type spectacular event. For me? Its colossal!

I have Asthma. I am a smoker. I know the two are foolish to do together, but that's me. I have been a smoker since I was 14. (Sorry M+D if you're just learning this, but I'm sure you both knew)
As a kid it was so chronic, I wasn't able to run. I did PE class, but never really participated. I stuck to things like dance. Things that were movement-y, flow-y, but didn't require me to have full cardiovascular involvement.

Anyways back to my jog? I LOVED IT. It was short, and sweet, but done correctly, and with the puppy helping me keep pace.

Oh, and a figured out why I packed on 5 lbs. Gotta love moon cycles.

So today, my goal is to take the dog for two, yes count'em two jaunts around the block. Once this morning sometime, and once this evening.

Breakfast (9am)
Oatmeal Crisp with Yogurt instead of milk.

Snack (12am)
Soy yogurt and banana

Lunch
Peperoni (Shoosh, I was on the run)

Dinner (545)
I'm making pizzas on spinach Naan bread.
Mine has spicy calabrese salami, goat feta, mushroom, tomato


Today I bought rainbow chard, I just gotta figure out how to cook it, and fresh beets.
I'll make something colourful and exciting tomorrow I guess!!

Wheee!

Todays physical activity was me going for a jog again. Theres nothing quite like a brisk jog at 11pm. It was gorgeous out. Slightly foggy, not too cold, and no one around to watch my flail!

Tomorrow I will wiifit again.

Day five.

I feel so sedated. Not the usual kind like, "blah I'm tired", but more like all the time. I have no drive to do anything, and I really REALLY like my comfy assgroove. Even things I could do, that I enjoy doing, I just don't want to do.

It's probably SAD. Excercise and sun. NEED it.

So onto today.

I had appointments this morning, so I missed breakfast (Okay, I had coffee)
Had a egg, spinach, roasted red pepper, and goat cheese frittata with my Muddah this morning. IT was delicious. I had rye bread with it, and it came with a smoothie shooter... YUM.

Haven't wiifit yet. Getting the energy to do that.. is coming...?

*sigh*

Okay, so an update on yesterday. I didn't wiifit...

BUT

I went for a jog! :o

Yeah, thats right. I ran. I RAN.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeee

Day Four.

Please heckle me. I didn't get off the couch yesterday.

Today, is a new day, and I have plenty of time to get on the board. I can do it.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can

Here is where I run into issues. Committment. I have lots of fears of committment. Or something... I don't commit to things easily. I have a hard time staying committed. I am saying this out loud, in hopes of being able to overcome it.

I CAN DO THIS.

I can commit to life change. Life strenghtening.

So with that, here is breakfast

Breakfast (12pm)

200 grams of yogurt
1 banana
1/2 handful of peanuts.

Lunch (130)
1 egg
Onions
1 slice of toast.

Dinner (530)
Spicy Peanut Satay Stirfty.
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Salmon
Carrot
Zucchini

AND I GOT ON THE WII FIT.
45 mins, my weight has gone up .2 lbs.

Time to reward myself with some DOING NOTHING :D

Day Three.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................




















......kidding.

Thats how I feel today. My abs? Yeah, still hurt. Which leads me to believe that I really DO need to do this more. Day two/three every time I work out are the worst.
Today I totally pussed out. Its 8pm, and I still haven't stepped foot on the wii... almost scared to really. I could blame me just getting over a chest cold, but I won't. I'm just worn out!
I am going to make the attempt, and do some yoga only tonight... go nice and easy for relaxation.

Breakfast (1130am)
Oatmeal crisp

Lunch (130)
Eggs on toast

Snack (430)
Peanuts

Dinner (545)
So dinner tonight, was my twist on something craptastic!

We had Kraft Dinner (yeah, lazy day) with chorizo sausages.
I had 1/3 a bowl of KD, 1 cup of spinach, and 1 chorizo sausage.

(not too bad considering I technically ate a bowl of processed crap)

Will update as to if I hop back on the horse or not. Please to heckle if I don't.

Day Two

Aren't I supposed to get a free day?

....Kidding....

(sorta)

So, my abs still hurt. Its like someone smacked me with a big huge rubber band. This is day twoooooo, how can this be good for me! (okay speaking Whineese again, I know the answer to that)
I ignored that fact when I got up this morning. I whined yesterday about it. Today? Oh My GOOOOOODDDDD, my thighs hurt. I feel like something/someone charliehorsed me or something. Waaaah waaaah waaaahhhhhhhh self pity.

So onto important things.

Breakfast (930)

1/2 cup oatmeal crisp
1/3 cut of milk
(forgot the banana)

Snack (1045)

Handful of peanuts
5 real fruit fruit snacks.

Lunch (2pm)
two eggs
my guacamole
(avacado, onion, tomato, jalapeno, and lemon juice)

Dinner (6pm)
Garlic Cod
Red Rice
Spinach salad with egg and tomato and olive oil vinagrette.

No wii fit today. I ache, so bad. I am burned out, and slept through the hockey game tonight from like 730-945. :(

I will follow through tomorrow morning with 45 mins of wiifit 15 cardio, 30 strenth/yoga. and maybe 15 of games for fun at the end!!!

I can do this

Day One.

I woke up this morning with so much contempt for exercise

Yesterday, my wii fit attempt was more of an ego boost. You know, like "So, its only been 85 days, I'm sure I'm capable of getting right back on." "It's not going to be hard" and other delusions like "This is going to be awesome!"

Well, when I tried to get out of bed, and I couldn't this morning, I laid there thinking, no... Speaking Whineese, "Whyyyyyyyyyy did I do 20 planks???" Whyyyyyyyyyy did I up my reps on the pelvic twists?" "Oh my goddddddddddddd it hurts soooooooooooooooo bad"

Yeah, sitting up was fun. Rolling over to get out of bed was even worse. WHO SAYS WE NEED ABS!?

Right. Keep my eye on the prize. Beaches, night clubs, confidence, fun, wheee!!

Okay. I'm not that shallow. I care about my health, my weight, my activity level (As I write this from my comfy, well broken in, leather couch) BUT beaches, and night clubs, and more activity, and tennis, and yoga, and and and and....

So... I got out of bed and the day begins!


Breakfast (10 am)

Limiting myself to two coffees today (usually its much more, but I say two cuz I'm .5 into my first coffee, and its cold, and I'm about to refill it.)
1/2 a cup of oatmeal raisin crisp.
1/3 a cup of 2% milk
1/2 a banana

Snack (1130)

1/2 banana
half a handful of peanuts

Lunch (1240)

100 g of Vanilla naturally sweetened yogurt
1/2 handful of sunflower seeds
1 hardboiled freerange brown egg.

Snack (330)
Tuna and curry sandwich.

Wii Fit (4pm)

My BMI is the same, and my weight is up 1.1lbs.

I have a feeling that when I tested yesterday, I was wearing a sweatshirt, and I said I was wearing heavy clothes, so it deducted 4.0 lbs. Had I said light, I would have been almsot equal to, or less today, ah well. Learning lesson.

I did wii fit for 45 mins today. I focused on strength training today. I hurt so bad from yesterday in my abs, that I did the ones that focus on legs, and did some areobics, and some balance games for fun!! (and more leg work)

Dinner

tonight is vegetarian taco salad.

For this, I use:

Mexican Ground "Feef" (its veggie ground and spicy)
spinach
onions
avacado (for healthy fat)
mushrooms
peppers
I throw in some ground flax seed.
and papadums (for crunch, one papadum will do two bowls when they're broken up and crumbed, it helps my need for bad starch out by not overdoing it.)


On a level of 1-10, I would rate this day as:

a 5. I didn't do as much on wiifit as I wanted to due to overdoing it yesterday, but I got back on the horse and did it anyways!!

I rediscovered my Wii Fit today...

...and much to my surprise, it didn't get mad at me for not doing it for 85 days.

We had the same pleasantries we always have, I turn it on, it tells me its nice to see me. It weighs me, and then tells me I'm obese. I have a BMI of 31.54. The goal is to take it to -1.54 for right now, that would just take me to overweight on BMI standards.

.. Okay so I have techbutt, and techgut. I am VERY proficient in the couchsurfing arts. My large amounts of activity are best defined as

• -Wii Tennis (but from a sitting motion since I figure out wrist flicks are GREAT for simulating actual movement)
• -Stairs (I have about 30 of them in my townhouse)
• -Cooking
• -Cleaning.

Ah the life of a newly laid off woman. SUCH hard work.

Annnnyways.

A friend and I were talking about possible travel together someday (Okay, I was talking about it and forcing her to be my travel partner in my head) and it got me thinking such things as... "Would I ever wear a bathing suit again?" and "Do I even know where mine is?"

She was talking about opening her newly purchased Wii Fit.

I thought to myself "Okay I can Wii Fit. That doesn't involve going outside in the 10 feet of snow, or the -16 weather."

Then it got me thinking, "Does Wii Fit even really work?"

Okay, so you don't need to follow my exact thought processes, but in the midst of killing myself thinking I could do the 20 reps of jacknifes.. it came to me. I could blog my progress. I could write aimlessly, where maybe one or three people tops will read it!

And that.... after my hour long wii fit workout, is what I am doing now.

So, starting tomorrow, I will mark my eating, and my wiifitting!
...Follow and motivate me if you dare!!