Now, in terms of unhealthy cures for me there is the strange option of the cucumber. Now, my body has some kind of war with the cucumber which leads to severe ....well, stomachly consequences. The one time I ate a cucumber recently I was up until four and lost some real weight because of it. If I ate one every two or three days I bet a million that would lead to weight loss. Perhaps I could then go on to become famous and promote the cucumber diet.
hahahahaha
Friday, September 28, 2007
try anything
Now, my favorite webblog girl recommends the south beach diet. It is apparently developed for people with cholesterol and heart issues. So perhaps it may work. It can't hurt to try. At this point I will try anything. ANYthing. If anyone has some kind of voodoo cure then that will be me doing it.
frustrated
I weighed myself today, now I made a point of not doing it for awhile, and of excercising and trying to eat right etc. and the weight is exactly the same. So I am frustrated and wondering what is the bloody point if nothing ever ever ever works? Why bother? This is why people turn to lipo and stomach surgery. At least you know something is going to happen.
Anyone know a discount liposuctionist?
Anyone know a discount liposuctionist?
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Junk Food Skirmish
Well, last night we had friends over for games. CSI, Uno (which is an evil, evil game) and of course there was food. It started off with one of our friends who is diabetic also saying that cinnamon in tea will help with processing blood sugar. So we invited them over for tea. Healthy, right? Half way through we decided that since it was a saturday game night we would splurge and have treats... and we all know what treats mean. So we left "the men" home and went to superstore. Now, since my brain had declared this an official healthy eating holiday the basket was full in about five minutes and I ate half a bag of reese peanut butter cups in the car on the way home. When we arrived another friend had put out an emergency call that her car would not start. So we went to help her. Now when your friend is in distress what is the first thing you should you do:
a) leap in the car and go
b) leap in the car and go after checking you have jumper cables
c) grab the doritoes and open them for easy access on the ride over
You can guess which one I went with. Luckily there was still time to check for what we needed while eating doritoes. Multi-tasking!
Today, ironically enough, the doritoes have come back to haunt me. Apparently my body has been getting used to and liking the healthy regime and has retaliated for this lapse with unforgivable bodily functions and endless trips to the toilet. I am thinking this is secretly a good thing, since the lapse wasn't worth it. No junk food really lives up to the hype. It was disappointing and ultimately empty after the initial rush. When we got in the car to go back home all my desire for junk was gone gone gone. Now only the aftermath remains.
c)
a) leap in the car and go
b) leap in the car and go after checking you have jumper cables
c) grab the doritoes and open them for easy access on the ride over
You can guess which one I went with. Luckily there was still time to check for what we needed while eating doritoes. Multi-tasking!
Today, ironically enough, the doritoes have come back to haunt me. Apparently my body has been getting used to and liking the healthy regime and has retaliated for this lapse with unforgivable bodily functions and endless trips to the toilet. I am thinking this is secretly a good thing, since the lapse wasn't worth it. No junk food really lives up to the hype. It was disappointing and ultimately empty after the initial rush. When we got in the car to go back home all my desire for junk was gone gone gone. Now only the aftermath remains.
c)
Monday, September 17, 2007
swelly feet
My feet are swelly. Recently, my oh so smart sister pointed out that there is tons of sodium in pop, esp diet pop. So I have given up pop.
List of things given up so far:
1) bread
2) lagers
3) pop
for those of you who don't know lagers, they are thin cut potatoes deep fried in lager beer that you can get at the barley mill. Yummmy, esp with the dill dip. I have been addicted. One of my greatest victories to date is ordering a side salad instead of lagers.
I have also discovered that cheerios contains modified corn starch. One of the baddest of the bad on doctor oz's list. Yet they are advertised as oh so healthy. The fourth ingredient is sugar. Yet the front of the box proclaims the whole grain oats. sigh, all my food illusions are coming undone. There is nothing healthy to eat anymore.
My love affair with Japan springs from believing that it magically makes you thin. When I lived there I did not start excercising until at least six months after I got there. Yet I started to lose weight before then, that was what gave me the incentive to excercise and continue the loss. I really think the food is just better for you there.
Go figure.
List of things given up so far:
1) bread
2) lagers
3) pop
for those of you who don't know lagers, they are thin cut potatoes deep fried in lager beer that you can get at the barley mill. Yummmy, esp with the dill dip. I have been addicted. One of my greatest victories to date is ordering a side salad instead of lagers.
I have also discovered that cheerios contains modified corn starch. One of the baddest of the bad on doctor oz's list. Yet they are advertised as oh so healthy. The fourth ingredient is sugar. Yet the front of the box proclaims the whole grain oats. sigh, all my food illusions are coming undone. There is nothing healthy to eat anymore.
My love affair with Japan springs from believing that it magically makes you thin. When I lived there I did not start excercising until at least six months after I got there. Yet I started to lose weight before then, that was what gave me the incentive to excercise and continue the loss. I really think the food is just better for you there.
Go figure.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Cruising Goal
We are going cruising!!! Yay, this gives me a HUGE incentive. Pictures are going through my mind of me, slender and gorgeous dressed to the nines walking the decks of a fantastic ship soaking in all the admiring glances from fellow passengers. This is totally ego, but hey whatever works!
More practically, I won't have to put the airplane armrests down to prevent my thunder thighs from overflowing into a strangers seat and then sit there tightly contained for the whole uncomfortable flight.
I won't have to turn sideways to get the same thighs past all the bus seats, turning alternately from side to side feeling the seat brush my legs in that annoying way. I hate when things brush my thighs.
I won't have to max out the seatbelt.
I will be able to climb the mayan pyramids after hiking through the jungle to get there.
With my improved circulation the heat won't cause every part of my body to swell up.
Most importantly, I can wear thin people clothes!
This trip is scheduled for next November, our third anniversary.
That gives me a goal and a window to reach it in.
Wish me luck!
More practically, I won't have to put the airplane armrests down to prevent my thunder thighs from overflowing into a strangers seat and then sit there tightly contained for the whole uncomfortable flight.
I won't have to turn sideways to get the same thighs past all the bus seats, turning alternately from side to side feeling the seat brush my legs in that annoying way. I hate when things brush my thighs.
I won't have to max out the seatbelt.
I will be able to climb the mayan pyramids after hiking through the jungle to get there.
With my improved circulation the heat won't cause every part of my body to swell up.
Most importantly, I can wear thin people clothes!
This trip is scheduled for next November, our third anniversary.
That gives me a goal and a window to reach it in.
Wish me luck!
Day 7
Well, I have lost the five pounds from my weekend trip! hurrah. It also seems that those aren't "real" pounds, so my new goal is to lose a completely different set of five pounds.
So far so good today. I went for a thirty minute walk in the park. I love autumn, it has a certain atmosphere that makes you enjoy that last few days you can go outside before winter, the air is crisp and the leaves turning. It was ... I can't think of a good word. Sharp? melancholy? how about just pretty, outside today.
As for food I had organic oatmeal for breakfast, with a sprinkle of brown sugar and then after my walk I had a two cup bowl of low fat chicken rice soup. My tea addiction continues. If I can switch half my tea to green tea than that will help, I hate sugar in green tea. In english tea I looove that sweet taste. I blame my mother who used to make milky sweet tea, and dip her pinky finger in to test the temperature. I think I was ten or eleven then so it is a lifelong addiction. My water consumption needs help too.
I was watching that weight loss contest show last night, the biggest loser. I did notice that there was a huge discrepancy between men and women. The show has each team member weigh in and the team that lost the most weight wins. Now, the woman who lost the most weight in a week lost 13 pounds. The others lost, 9,7 and 10 I think. The numbers for the men however were shocking. One lost 26 pounds! and the guy with the lowest loss had lost 15 pounds. The others lost about 20. Is that fair? hell no. On the other hand, with the heart attack risks for men perhaps that is the universes way of evening out the odds. More women than men survive into their 80's . Maybe I will give up rapid weight loss for the extra retirement years.
In other news, my knee aches on the side in the morning, but the continued physio excercises will perhaps help. I have more excercises now and a total of 8 different things to do daily with my legs.
I also realized that my desire for thin thighs had been detrimental. Apparently all the side leg lifts I did as a teenager and student have caused the muscles on the outside of my leg to pull the knee cap over to the outside. I thought that this would get rid of those saddlebags on the side of the leg. Warning to all, if you do lifts on the outside of the leg make sure you work on the corresponding muscles on the inside.
So far so good today. I went for a thirty minute walk in the park. I love autumn, it has a certain atmosphere that makes you enjoy that last few days you can go outside before winter, the air is crisp and the leaves turning. It was ... I can't think of a good word. Sharp? melancholy? how about just pretty, outside today.
As for food I had organic oatmeal for breakfast, with a sprinkle of brown sugar and then after my walk I had a two cup bowl of low fat chicken rice soup. My tea addiction continues. If I can switch half my tea to green tea than that will help, I hate sugar in green tea. In english tea I looove that sweet taste. I blame my mother who used to make milky sweet tea, and dip her pinky finger in to test the temperature. I think I was ten or eleven then so it is a lifelong addiction. My water consumption needs help too.
I was watching that weight loss contest show last night, the biggest loser. I did notice that there was a huge discrepancy between men and women. The show has each team member weigh in and the team that lost the most weight wins. Now, the woman who lost the most weight in a week lost 13 pounds. The others lost, 9,7 and 10 I think. The numbers for the men however were shocking. One lost 26 pounds! and the guy with the lowest loss had lost 15 pounds. The others lost about 20. Is that fair? hell no. On the other hand, with the heart attack risks for men perhaps that is the universes way of evening out the odds. More women than men survive into their 80's . Maybe I will give up rapid weight loss for the extra retirement years.
In other news, my knee aches on the side in the morning, but the continued physio excercises will perhaps help. I have more excercises now and a total of 8 different things to do daily with my legs.
I also realized that my desire for thin thighs had been detrimental. Apparently all the side leg lifts I did as a teenager and student have caused the muscles on the outside of my leg to pull the knee cap over to the outside. I thought that this would get rid of those saddlebags on the side of the leg. Warning to all, if you do lifts on the outside of the leg make sure you work on the corresponding muscles on the inside.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
90 days
If Mr. Phineas Fog can go around the world in 80 days then I can lose weight in 90.
(if fog is really phog i apologize;)
Back to Oprah, the show previously mentioned had a 90 day makeover challenge by Dr. Oz. Basically if you cut out the wrong foods and add the good as well as take a 30 minute walk once a day you will notice positive changes like more energy and such. I am doing some of what he said combined with some of the core plan from weight watchers. As my spouse is diabetic we are also throwing in some diabetic diet stuff. That means portion control which can be hard. After a meal we catch ourselves looking around for more. As a cook I had learned to make lots as it is easier and that doesn't really give realistic amounts for two people.
So far so good.... ish. This is day four and my wife and I just went for our walk, we actually walked longer than we thought for a total of 40 minutes. As well, I tried out my new shoe inserts which are supposed to correct for my flat feet. My feet feel pretty good. It takes some getting used to but is worth it.
The downfall has been that we are sneaky with ourselves. As we are still not used to smaller portions we catch ourselves looking for more. This has turned into too many cups of tea, hot chocolate and coffee. Now, I am not sure that this is actually hunger, perhaps just wanting to have something in our mouths. Or perhaps though we are not hungry we are not stuffed which we have been used to. At this moment I am not hungry, but I want to eat. It is like this bizarre separation anxiety from snacks.
My wife is here with a cup of tea.
Hahahaha
(if fog is really phog i apologize;)
Back to Oprah, the show previously mentioned had a 90 day makeover challenge by Dr. Oz. Basically if you cut out the wrong foods and add the good as well as take a 30 minute walk once a day you will notice positive changes like more energy and such. I am doing some of what he said combined with some of the core plan from weight watchers. As my spouse is diabetic we are also throwing in some diabetic diet stuff. That means portion control which can be hard. After a meal we catch ourselves looking around for more. As a cook I had learned to make lots as it is easier and that doesn't really give realistic amounts for two people.
So far so good.... ish. This is day four and my wife and I just went for our walk, we actually walked longer than we thought for a total of 40 minutes. As well, I tried out my new shoe inserts which are supposed to correct for my flat feet. My feet feel pretty good. It takes some getting used to but is worth it.
The downfall has been that we are sneaky with ourselves. As we are still not used to smaller portions we catch ourselves looking for more. This has turned into too many cups of tea, hot chocolate and coffee. Now, I am not sure that this is actually hunger, perhaps just wanting to have something in our mouths. Or perhaps though we are not hungry we are not stuffed which we have been used to. At this moment I am not hungry, but I want to eat. It is like this bizarre separation anxiety from snacks.
My wife is here with a cup of tea.
Hahahaha
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Hopeful
I am having one of those days where you say screw it. I am sick and tired of losing the same five to eight pounds over and over. Apparently I can't drive in a car without gaining weight. I blame the gas stations. Of course, eight hours of car means zilch excercise.
The food wasn't as bad as it could have been. My family is also health conscious and it seemed that the choices weren't bad. That leaves the gas station snacking as the culprit. My advice to anyone going on a road trip: pack a lunch. That goes back to what everyone is saying, fail to plan you plan to fail. Don't think that it was the fault of the poor choices entirely, oh there was indulgences.
Timbits,many.
Pringles, yes.
Beef jerky, two packs. (there and back)
Gummy bears, whole bag.
One night of ice cream madness!
Many many diet pepsis.
Now I feel sad that the weight came back. And I was saying to myself, this sucks, why doesn't this work, why bother I am tired of trying and failing.
Now, looking at the above, can I honestly say I tried? No. Definately not. None of those foods are on my approved list, so yes the same pounds came back. Again. At least they weren't on top of the pounds I never lost. Yes, I failed. And at this very moment I have intentions of compounding that by going out tonight for wings with friends. Now, I am telling myself that this is my last big splurge. Is that true? Time will tell. My flaw is that I want this to be easy.
Dr. Phil has a weight loss book. It is really good (if you put it in practice) and it talks about the "locus of control" which means what sort of thinking you put on your weight. If you are an internally driven person then you feel that it is your fault and you will succeed by changing yourself. If you think it is the fault of the universe and cutlture etc. then you change surroundings and think about influences and how you are really in control. Apparently both these types of thinkers will lose weight.
I fell into the third category (judging by the quizz) which is the "chance" category. This means you think that everything is chance and can't possibly be influenced. Now, historically it has seemed to me that weight loss magically happened to me for reasons beyond my control. I moved countries and had a healthy lifestyle and all this weight magically came off. It did seem to take no work on my part and I didn't learn any sort of self governance that would lead to sustained weight loss. In university I had friends that worked out and I went with them and "magically" lost weight again. Now I keep thinking that God or whoever will send another mysterious set of circumstances that will lead to a healthy lifestyle without me having to grow or change as a person. It seems that my plan has been the "lazyness" plan up til now. According to Dr. Phil the chance person has the least liklihood of losing weight.
Buggar.
The food wasn't as bad as it could have been. My family is also health conscious and it seemed that the choices weren't bad. That leaves the gas station snacking as the culprit. My advice to anyone going on a road trip: pack a lunch. That goes back to what everyone is saying, fail to plan you plan to fail. Don't think that it was the fault of the poor choices entirely, oh there was indulgences.
Timbits,many.
Pringles, yes.
Beef jerky, two packs. (there and back)
Gummy bears, whole bag.
One night of ice cream madness!
Many many diet pepsis.
Now I feel sad that the weight came back. And I was saying to myself, this sucks, why doesn't this work, why bother I am tired of trying and failing.
Now, looking at the above, can I honestly say I tried? No. Definately not. None of those foods are on my approved list, so yes the same pounds came back. Again. At least they weren't on top of the pounds I never lost. Yes, I failed. And at this very moment I have intentions of compounding that by going out tonight for wings with friends. Now, I am telling myself that this is my last big splurge. Is that true? Time will tell. My flaw is that I want this to be easy.
Dr. Phil has a weight loss book. It is really good (if you put it in practice) and it talks about the "locus of control" which means what sort of thinking you put on your weight. If you are an internally driven person then you feel that it is your fault and you will succeed by changing yourself. If you think it is the fault of the universe and cutlture etc. then you change surroundings and think about influences and how you are really in control. Apparently both these types of thinkers will lose weight.
I fell into the third category (judging by the quizz) which is the "chance" category. This means you think that everything is chance and can't possibly be influenced. Now, historically it has seemed to me that weight loss magically happened to me for reasons beyond my control. I moved countries and had a healthy lifestyle and all this weight magically came off. It did seem to take no work on my part and I didn't learn any sort of self governance that would lead to sustained weight loss. In university I had friends that worked out and I went with them and "magically" lost weight again. Now I keep thinking that God or whoever will send another mysterious set of circumstances that will lead to a healthy lifestyle without me having to grow or change as a person. It seems that my plan has been the "lazyness" plan up til now. According to Dr. Phil the chance person has the least liklihood of losing weight.
Buggar.
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