In all honesty... I tried this out for a few weeks, got tired and gave up on it. But I'm back. And although, I'm now away at college, I think I'm going to try to make healthier choices again. I mean, I pretty much have constant access to salad, and I should use that to my advantage.
Did I mention I also have constant access to brownies?
No bueno.
Also, I think I will sign myself up for a fitness class next term. Exciting, no? Oh, and the next goal is to use the school gym a few times a week. I just have to bring myself to attend one of the little orientations. I hate the awkward looks I get in gyms. I can feel peoples' eyes saying "Why's fat girl in the gym?". Gosh, I'm working on it. Okay?
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Food Is Brown...
So, I guess I've been doing okay in making progress with my goals. Except I haven't gone to the gym yet. What a waste of a gym membership. I want to go so badly... I also would like to buy the hip-hop abs dvd. I did get a walk in today, though. ;) Baby steps...
So, anywho. Yes, the title of this post is of some significance. I realized today that I eat a lot of brown food. I think that's a good thing, though. Like; we eat a lot of whole weat stuff and all that. Today my mom and I were making bread, and we have no white flour, just whole weat and buckwheat flour. Of course, my mom insisted we add buckwheat flour to the bread. So the bread turned out to be this dark brown, grainy color. That's when I realized, it seems like everything that my mom makes is brown... :\
Hopefully the continuation of consuming these brown foods will help me on my path to healthiness. Now, the one brown food that can't be helping me in these times...? CHOCOLATE.
So, anywho. Yes, the title of this post is of some significance. I realized today that I eat a lot of brown food. I think that's a good thing, though. Like; we eat a lot of whole weat stuff and all that. Today my mom and I were making bread, and we have no white flour, just whole weat and buckwheat flour. Of course, my mom insisted we add buckwheat flour to the bread. So the bread turned out to be this dark brown, grainy color. That's when I realized, it seems like everything that my mom makes is brown... :\
Hopefully the continuation of consuming these brown foods will help me on my path to healthiness. Now, the one brown food that can't be helping me in these times...? CHOCOLATE.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Life. On Tap.
I've recently (today) decided that I need to start drinking more water. And more on accident than intentionally, I've almost fulfilled the reccomended 8 glasses today! I think I got about 7 glasses. ;)
Oh, and in other news, I took my medicine. And I actually ate OK for the latter half of the day. Mind you, OK doesn't mean "good" it just means better. Want the rundown? Okay
Lunch:
3 chicken strips
Snack:
carrots and cauliflower
Dinner:
Burrito with low-carb tortilla, homemade refried beans, 1 slice mozzarella cheese, soy sour cream
apple
Sugar Free Pudding
Oh, and in other news, I took my medicine. And I actually ate OK for the latter half of the day. Mind you, OK doesn't mean "good" it just means better. Want the rundown? Okay
Lunch:
3 chicken strips
Snack:
carrots and cauliflower
Dinner:
Burrito with low-carb tortilla, homemade refried beans, 1 slice mozzarella cheese, soy sour cream
apple
Sugar Free Pudding
Warning: Possibly Offensive Content
Okay, so I'm not doing so well on what really is Day 1 of my new way of life. Nope.
My first problem is that I keep forgetting (purposely) to take my insulin medication. Namely because said medicine gives me unbearable stomach pain, the worst gas immaginable and the worst: explosive diarrhea(SORRY. JESUS.) after I start taking it again after a break. It also doesn't help that I'm supposed to double my dose... So, I initially say "Oh, I'll start taking it again on one of my days off" so that I don't have to be around people with my gaseousness. And then, on my day off I don't take it because I don't eat a good breakfast... and I'm supposed to take the meds with a meal. And the meds are vital because they help me use insulin to give me energy and as a result make me feel less hungry all the time.
So, new goal: take reccomended dose of medicine EACH DAY.
Today hasn't been so good so far, though either. I didn't really eat lunch. But for breakfast I had 3 lindor balls, the leftover drumstick and the rest of my POM tea...
OH GOD OF HEALTHFULNESS: Strike me with lightning now. Just get it over with.
My first problem is that I keep forgetting (purposely) to take my insulin medication. Namely because said medicine gives me unbearable stomach pain, the worst gas immaginable and the worst: explosive diarrhea(SORRY. JESUS.) after I start taking it again after a break. It also doesn't help that I'm supposed to double my dose... So, I initially say "Oh, I'll start taking it again on one of my days off" so that I don't have to be around people with my gaseousness. And then, on my day off I don't take it because I don't eat a good breakfast... and I'm supposed to take the meds with a meal. And the meds are vital because they help me use insulin to give me energy and as a result make me feel less hungry all the time.
So, new goal: take reccomended dose of medicine EACH DAY.
Today hasn't been so good so far, though either. I didn't really eat lunch. But for breakfast I had 3 lindor balls, the leftover drumstick and the rest of my POM tea...
OH GOD OF HEALTHFULNESS: Strike me with lightning now. Just get it over with.
Yeah, yeah.
It hasn't been that long... but I thought I would add an additional goal that isn't really in there with excercising and healthness and all that, but I also would like to get my teeth a few shades whiter. They kinda look yellow. :(
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Contents of My Diet (beginning)
Here's a breakdown of what I ate today (I'll let you know in advance, it wasn't good):
- Many handfuls of dry cinnamon toast crunch cereal
- Vanilla Starbucks frappuccino (the kind in a glass bottle)
- Bag of Healthy Pop Popcorn
- 4 dark chocolate lindor balls
- Wendy's Chicken Nuggets
- Wendy's (very small) $1 fries
- Caramel Drumstick Ice Cream
- 1/4 Lychee Green Tea Pom Tea
So, I'm pretty sure that was the first time I've been completely honest about what I've eaten throughout the day. I think that's because I know my mom won't see it. Anyway, admitting the problem is the first step, right?
So, this is it.
Kirsten has inspired me to have a secret blog about weight/eating healthy and stuff.
Here's the skinny (Haha, like my pun? I crack myself up.):
Background
I've pretty much been fat my whole life. Well, that's not completely true. I came into this world at about 7.12 pounds, a normal weight for a baby. I was a normal sized child until I was about 5, and the whole "fat" thing began. Not that I just ballooned up at age 5, but I started getting chubby, and the whole thing sky-rocketed from there. I think I began steadily gaining weight each year from then on out. It's funny, though: usually when people think of "fat" people, they think that this person was at one time in their life at a healthy weight. Not me. No, no, no. I've never really had the pleasure of knowing what I could look like if I were thinner. So, life has thrown some huge numbers at me, and by eating crap and not excersising enough, I've been contributing to those numbers growing. Now, the only time in my life that I've even been close to a normal weight was in about 8th to the beginning of 9th grade. When I was excercising 5 hours a day and eating next to nothing. So one can imagine why I might doubt myself early on when beginning a new regimen that involved me losing weight. However, the cause of my slow metabolism may have something to with my insulin resistance which I now have treatment for, so I should be able to lose weight unlike before.
I was doing pretty well earlier on in the year, going to the gym often, taking Paula's x-ball class, eating fairly healthy (even keeping a food journal on my good days. But I'm headed in a downward spiral, and I need to get out of it. Even my sleep doctor (the one for my sleep apnea- which also probably resulted out of my overweightness.)
The Problem
The problem is, I'm 5'7" and I weigh 250 pounds, which is considered 'unhealthily obese'. (Luckily, not morbid yet)
The Goal
My goal is to get back down under 200 at first and then slowly work my way to 160 in the long run.
My plans for doing this are:
Here's the skinny (Haha, like my pun? I crack myself up.):
Background
I've pretty much been fat my whole life. Well, that's not completely true. I came into this world at about 7.12 pounds, a normal weight for a baby. I was a normal sized child until I was about 5, and the whole "fat" thing began. Not that I just ballooned up at age 5, but I started getting chubby, and the whole thing sky-rocketed from there. I think I began steadily gaining weight each year from then on out. It's funny, though: usually when people think of "fat" people, they think that this person was at one time in their life at a healthy weight. Not me. No, no, no. I've never really had the pleasure of knowing what I could look like if I were thinner. So, life has thrown some huge numbers at me, and by eating crap and not excersising enough, I've been contributing to those numbers growing. Now, the only time in my life that I've even been close to a normal weight was in about 8th to the beginning of 9th grade. When I was excercising 5 hours a day and eating next to nothing. So one can imagine why I might doubt myself early on when beginning a new regimen that involved me losing weight. However, the cause of my slow metabolism may have something to with my insulin resistance which I now have treatment for, so I should be able to lose weight unlike before.
I was doing pretty well earlier on in the year, going to the gym often, taking Paula's x-ball class, eating fairly healthy (even keeping a food journal on my good days. But I'm headed in a downward spiral, and I need to get out of it. Even my sleep doctor (the one for my sleep apnea- which also probably resulted out of my overweightness.)
The Problem
The problem is, I'm 5'7" and I weigh 250 pounds, which is considered 'unhealthily obese'. (Luckily, not morbid yet)
The Goal
My goal is to get back down under 200 at first and then slowly work my way to 160 in the long run.
My plans for doing this are:
- go to the gym at least 4 times a week
- walk more
- eat more consciously (I'm not quite ready for calorie-counting, but I'll let you know when I am.)/perhaps I'll join weight watchers with my madre.
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