erica_starks
More past musings....
Jun 18, 2011
Post Date: 6/3/11 9:10 pm
When I weighed myself this am, I have regained 8 pounds. It took me almost 2 months to loose that. ARGH! i'm so upset with myself I could just spit. (pardon the expression). I had big plans to do well today and reward myself with a pedi, but was so busy with closing up school that I just grabbed whatever was around for lunch...which was loads of junk.
Post Date: 6/10/11 9:20 am
Personally, I am trying to increase my activity level. No, not trying...doing. (I can try at something for ever, just need to do it.) Talked to my DH yesterday and decided I will join a gym this weekend. Plus I walked 2.5 miles yesterday and have already walked .5 mile today. I am teaching summer school which is 5 hours of classrrom time with a 10 minute break. So I am breaking up the 2 sessions with a 1/2 mile walk for me (and the kids). Makes it much more do-able for them and makes me walk. Then I can do another 1-2 miles during my lunch time after they leave and before I start the grading and planning.
Post Date: 6/15/11 7:33 am
I joined the gym yesterday and lifted weights for the first time in about 3 years. I can't believe that I could only bench 30 pounds. Of course today, my upper chest muscles hurt. (A good hurt, right?)
Went back again today for a swim. Really tired since I have to get up at 5AM to make it fit into my life, but it will be worth it. Maybe tonight I will be able to go to sleep earlier than 11PM
Post Date: 6/16/11 9:26 am
Got about 7.5 hours of sleep last night! Yippee, I feel great, but my muscles are still sore from lifting 2 days ago. I am however, reaching my goal of going to the gym daily and walking at least 2 miles per day outside the gym. Yesterday I managed to not have any processed sugar either. Feeling better. Just need to stick with it.
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When I weighed myself this am, I have regained 8 pounds. It took me almost 2 months to loose that. ARGH! i'm so upset with myself I could just spit. (pardon the expression). I had big plans to do well today and reward myself with a pedi, but was so busy with closing up school that I just grabbed whatever was around for lunch...which was loads of junk.
Post Date: 6/10/11 9:20 am
Personally, I am trying to increase my activity level. No, not trying...doing. (I can try at something for ever, just need to do it.) Talked to my DH yesterday and decided I will join a gym this weekend. Plus I walked 2.5 miles yesterday and have already walked .5 mile today. I am teaching summer school which is 5 hours of classrrom time with a 10 minute break. So I am breaking up the 2 sessions with a 1/2 mile walk for me (and the kids). Makes it much more do-able for them and makes me walk. Then I can do another 1-2 miles during my lunch time after they leave and before I start the grading and planning.
Post Date: 6/15/11 7:33 am
I joined the gym yesterday and lifted weights for the first time in about 3 years. I can't believe that I could only bench 30 pounds. Of course today, my upper chest muscles hurt. (A good hurt, right?)
Went back again today for a swim. Really tired since I have to get up at 5AM to make it fit into my life, but it will be worth it. Maybe tonight I will be able to go to sleep earlier than 11PM
Post Date: 6/16/11 9:26 am
Got about 7.5 hours of sleep last night! Yippee, I feel great, but my muscles are still sore from lifting 2 days ago. I am however, reaching my goal of going to the gym daily and walking at least 2 miles per day outside the gym. Yesterday I managed to not have any processed sugar either. Feeling better. Just need to stick with it.
Past musings....
Jun 18, 2011
on June 2, 2011 8:16 pm
Published
I am a high school teacher and tomorrow is the last day of school. So in addition to finals, the junk food is flying. Some of it flew right into my mouth today. I did really good for about 3 days avoiding the 'bad carbs.' Would love advice how to make it through one more day of celebratory finals. I'll get a couple of days off, then summer school starts which typically isn't as bad as the stress of the last few days of school.
I guess I can plan to reward myself tomorrow, if I do a good job on my eating. I could get a pedicure between the last final and graduation. I'll have about a two hour break, not enough time to go home and get back, and that would really be a treat (have been to a nail salon since late October when my BF took me for my b-day).
I guess if things don't go well, I can walk the neighborhood around the school, BIG aversion since it is likely to rain!
on May 29, 2011 11:20 pm
Published
Did really good today on the no-'bad' carb thing...but was grouchy. Glad the kids spent most of the day at the neighbor's house (really better for them, than being around my arrghing face.) Did some yard work, does that count as exercise? I guess so, moved stuff around, weeding, filled up the recycle bin with stuff that should have been recycled before winter. Better late than never, I suppose.
on May 27, 2011 8:31 pm
Published
Feeling ok. Went for a walk this afternoon with both kids for about 50 minutes, but need to get off the carbs still. Don't know what I am waiting for. I know I will loose more and I do have more to loose. I think the lure of 'bad carb' is making me feel 'better' at least for a little while. Realizing that I have been feeling depressed and not sure what to do to shake it. Maybe the exercise will help raise my natural good feeling chemicals.
on May 26, 2011 9:24 am
Published
To restart my journey yesterday, I went for a 45 minutes walk with my son and played Wii fit with my daughter. Unfortunately, I don't think the cookies I ate earlier in the day were part of my restart.
After giving it some thought, I think the 5 day pouch test is in my future. When I had the surgery, I had hoped to have more negative effects to eating junk, but I don't. I was hoping that I would have dumping from eating sugar or fat riddled foods, but nope. Not me, nothing really upsets my system at this point. I feel like I need to restart from the beginning as the carbs are constantly calling now where they weren't in the beginning. I've read some that the 5DPT can help in getting off the sugar, flour bad-for-you-combo.
on May 25, 2011 2:21 pm
Published
I created a chart to help me keep up on the basics when I started this journey about 9 1/2 months and 104 pounds ago. It was very useful back then and should be useful now, too; but like many things, it went to the way side. It was based on what my surgeon and nutricianist suggested, feel free to adapt it to your surgeon's or nutritionists suggestions. I included blood sugar readings, beacuse while I was diabetic pre-op, I now have issues with hypoglycemia post-op, especially if I exercise.
June 2, 2011
Jun 02, 2011
I am a high school teacher and tomorrow is the last day of school. So in addition to finals, the junk food is flying. Some of it flew right into my mouth today. I did really good for about 3 days avoiding the 'bad carbs.' Would love advice how to make it through one more day of celebratory finals. I'll get a couple of days off, then summer school starts which typically isn't as bad as the stress of the last few days of school.
I guess I can plan to reward myself tomorrow, if I do a good job on my eating. I could get a pedicure between the last final and graduation. I'll have about a two hour break, not enough time to go home and get back, and that would really be a treat (have been to a nail salon since late October when my BF took me for my b-day).
I guess if things don't go well, I can walk the neighborhood around the school, BIG aversion since it is likely to rain!
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I guess I can plan to reward myself tomorrow, if I do a good job on my eating. I could get a pedicure between the last final and graduation. I'll have about a two hour break, not enough time to go home and get back, and that would really be a treat (have been to a nail salon since late October when my BF took me for my b-day).
I guess if things don't go well, I can walk the neighborhood around the school, BIG aversion since it is likely to rain!
5/29/11
May 29, 2011
Did really good today on the no-'bad' carb thing...but was grouchy. Glad the kids spent most of the day at the neighbor's house (really better for them, than being around my arrghing face.) Did some yard work, does that count as exercise? I guess so, moved stuff around, weeding, filled up the recycle bin with stuff that should have been recycled before winter. Better late than never, I suppose.
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5/27/11
May 27, 2011
Feeling ok. Went for a walk this afternoon with both kids for about 50 minutes, but need to get off the carbs still. Don't know what I am waiting for. I know I will loose more and I do have more to loose. I think the lure of 'bad carb' is making me feel 'better' at least for a little while. Realizing that I have been feeling depressed and not sure what to do to shake it. Maybe the exercise will help raise my natural good feeling chemicals.
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Yesterday and Plans for Today
May 26, 2011
To restart my journey yesterday, I went for a 45 minutes walk with my son and played Wii fit with my daughter. Unfortunately, I don't think the cookies I ate earlier in the day were part of my restart.
After giving it some thought, I think the 5 day pouch test is in my future. When I had the surgery, I had hoped to have more negative effects to eating junk, but I don't. I was hoping that I would have dumping from eating sugar or fat riddled foods, but nope. Not me, nothing really upsets my system at this point. I feel like I need to restart from the beginning as the carbs are constantly calling now where they weren't in the beginning. I've read some that the 5DPT can help in getting off the sugar, flour bad-for-you-combo.
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After giving it some thought, I think the 5 day pouch test is in my future. When I had the surgery, I had hoped to have more negative effects to eating junk, but I don't. I was hoping that I would have dumping from eating sugar or fat riddled foods, but nope. Not me, nothing really upsets my system at this point. I feel like I need to restart from the beginning as the carbs are constantly calling now where they weren't in the beginning. I've read some that the 5DPT can help in getting off the sugar, flour bad-for-you-combo.
What does Back to the Basics mean to me?
May 25, 2011
I created a chart to help me keep up on the basics when I started this journey about 9 1/2 months and 104 pounds ago. It was very useful back then and should be useful now, too; but like many things, it went to the way side. It was based on what my surgeon and nutricianist suggested, feel free to adapt it to your surgeon's or nutritionists suggestions. I included blood sugar readings, beacuse while I was diabetic pre-op, I now have issues with hypoglycemia post-op, especially if I exercise.
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May 24, 2011 |
