Well... it's that time again for an update of the week for a detailed update of my week so lets get the post out of the way before things get busy this weekend with passing out candy to anxious trick or treaters and attending a baby shower. Anyway this week as you could probably tell from a couple of my posts on facebook we carved pumpkins after welcoming home Mark and mom back home from Italy, had delicious food, and of course as many of you knew I was dreading The Cleveland Clinic appointment. Yes that appointment went extremely fast and well especially for seeing a new DR. All he basically did was ask me questions on my history and such and I had to fill out a assortment of questions.
They didn't even weigh me which shocked both of us, but that doesn't mean I didn't weigh myself Thursday morning. Yes, I know I usually weigh myself Fridays but I decided to do it Thursday because I wanted to know the difference in the medical scale and our scale in our bathroom. But I guess I never did find that out. :) The Dr said everything is going well but he can't stress enough how important my medicine is. He said if I go too long without medicine there is a good chance I could have a seizure because there is disconnected abnormal brain activity on the left side that can produce seizures.
Many people believe that my seizures are cured and that's not a known fact because of the small chance I have having one if I go too long without medicine but I can say my seizures are controlled and I am happy. If you are wondering about my weight it's the same as last week. I am happy. I really got to watch it this weekend though, lots of Halloween candy lurking around the house and yummy food at the baby shower but I have a feeling I will do OK. Wish me luck. :)
If you are wondering how my work outs have been going, uh they are well but not as well as I'd like. Yes, I still do the stability bike down in our basement but as you know it's getting a little nippy out and I won't walk when it's cold and yucky outside. Mom suggested I walk up and down the stairs in our foyer and I will but I must admit I fear them at times because I took a fall on them a year ago and it was painful. Yes I was working out on them believe it or not. It's something I need to get over and I know I will. Guess this is the year to overcome challenges and focus on me. :)
Well that's all for this week, until next time bye.
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Sunday, October 25, 2015
My Transformation update month 4, (Week 1)
Well as I mentioned on my previous post I am on my transformation process and I'd thought would keep you updated on weekly blog posts on how much weight I lose and just goes on every week so that you can get a detailed view on how I am progressing. I will try and write every Friday afternoon after volunteering or during the weekend, so that people can read read it on Facebook and comment ect. Please continue to cheer me no matter how I am feeling these couple of weeks and give me advice if I need it. Today I will be telling you what my meal plan has been over these last few months and how I came to lose 10 pounds so far and what my work outs are and have been.
Breakfast Weekdays
My Breakfast consists of a packet of variety flaverored Quaker's Oatmeal and 16 ounces of water in my water infuzer.
Weekends I will have a cup of coffee with milk and sugar with the oatmeal. (No more flavored creamer.)
Lunch weekdays
Many times it's either chicken or tuna salad that I prepared ahead of time, a yogurt and some kind of fruit such as an apple and a serving of crackers to dip in the tuna or chicken salad
Other times it's a huge leaf lettuce salad with many healthy toppings added .
Weekends I will usually have the same thing but I won't be shy about having a little bowl of unhealthy soup or a cookie something along that line of unhealthiness as long as I don't have too much.
Dinner weekdays
Just like lunch it depends. If Mark and mom are having a protein such as steak or chicken I will eat it along with them but will prepare my own veggie since I prefer olive oil on the veggies rather than butter, but if they are having pizza or pasta I stay away. I will usually will do salmon or ground beef, or a chicken breast with the veggie.
Weekends
That is my meal I cheat on the most, whether it's pizza or pasta or whatever. Mark gets a kick out of it because he will ask me what I am in the mood to have as far as my cheat meal. wither it's Saturday or Sunday I only allow myself to truly cheat one dinner at the weekend. The other day I am still more careful even though I might have a bite of the side dish. :)
If you are wondering what I drink it's water. I drink three bottles of 16 ounces of water every day. Yes the weekends I will allow myself wine or juice. :)
Workout rountines
I don't have a set routine that I really stick too. Yes as many of you know I do walk and do the stability bike downstairs. Yes I love to walk but I don't like to walk in ice cold bitter weather. I will sometimes do the stairs. I try to do five miles on the stability bike in the basement and I do walk up and down the stairs just to get my heart rate up at times. I will also do ab work outs and yes every time I am working out I am listening to music and have my own workout playlist. :) I will list songs from there next week or so.
This week's progress
This week was great, despite what happened last week. I lost two pounds and I am back to my 10 pound mark I was before Mandi's wedding. This week I had a heart to heart talk with grandma that I really needed to have and ever since than I have been almost back to my normal happy self. The reason why I'm not completely myself is because I am getting nervous for my Cleveland Clinic appointment this Thursday. I just want the day to come so that I don't have to get it over with already. Well that's it for this week hope everything is going well for you all. Bye.
Breakfast Weekdays
My Breakfast consists of a packet of variety flaverored Quaker's Oatmeal and 16 ounces of water in my water infuzer.
Weekends I will have a cup of coffee with milk and sugar with the oatmeal. (No more flavored creamer.)
Lunch weekdays
Many times it's either chicken or tuna salad that I prepared ahead of time, a yogurt and some kind of fruit such as an apple and a serving of crackers to dip in the tuna or chicken salad
Other times it's a huge leaf lettuce salad with many healthy toppings added .
Weekends I will usually have the same thing but I won't be shy about having a little bowl of unhealthy soup or a cookie something along that line of unhealthiness as long as I don't have too much.
Dinner weekdays
Just like lunch it depends. If Mark and mom are having a protein such as steak or chicken I will eat it along with them but will prepare my own veggie since I prefer olive oil on the veggies rather than butter, but if they are having pizza or pasta I stay away. I will usually will do salmon or ground beef, or a chicken breast with the veggie.
Weekends
That is my meal I cheat on the most, whether it's pizza or pasta or whatever. Mark gets a kick out of it because he will ask me what I am in the mood to have as far as my cheat meal. wither it's Saturday or Sunday I only allow myself to truly cheat one dinner at the weekend. The other day I am still more careful even though I might have a bite of the side dish. :)
If you are wondering what I drink it's water. I drink three bottles of 16 ounces of water every day. Yes the weekends I will allow myself wine or juice. :)
Workout rountines
I don't have a set routine that I really stick too. Yes as many of you know I do walk and do the stability bike downstairs. Yes I love to walk but I don't like to walk in ice cold bitter weather. I will sometimes do the stairs. I try to do five miles on the stability bike in the basement and I do walk up and down the stairs just to get my heart rate up at times. I will also do ab work outs and yes every time I am working out I am listening to music and have my own workout playlist. :) I will list songs from there next week or so.
This week's progress
This week was great, despite what happened last week. I lost two pounds and I am back to my 10 pound mark I was before Mandi's wedding. This week I had a heart to heart talk with grandma that I really needed to have and ever since than I have been almost back to my normal happy self. The reason why I'm not completely myself is because I am getting nervous for my Cleveland Clinic appointment this Thursday. I just want the day to come so that I don't have to get it over with already. Well that's it for this week hope everything is going well for you all. Bye.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
A process of Transformation
Wow it's been so long since I'd been on here it's amazing just how time flies. The last time I had been on here it was around Febuary of last year and I was raving to you how busy I was at the thrift shop and how much volunteering has changed my life. Yes I still greatly enjoy volunteering at the thrift shop but as many of my facebook friends know I am working on transformation process as far as setting weight loss goals and self esteem goals for myself to overcome. Many of you know the goals I set for myself but just in case you forgot here they are again. 1. Look in the mirror and say
something positive about myself
every day.
2. Get down to 120-125.
3. On my birthday, no matter
how much I weigh, I have to
look in a mirror and tell myself
"I'm beautiful".
I know you might be thinking to yourself, these goals are going to be easy but I assure you they aren't as easy as you might think or at least to me. Sometimes I have the hardest time doing the first one because I hate to look at myself in the mirror but I have managed to do it. Goal number three petrifies me to the fact I have anxiety just thinking about it. I remember the last time I told myself I was beautiful. I think it was in second grade when I was wearing my flower girl's dress or pink Easter dress and I was twirling around for my dad singing, " I am so beautiful, yes I am." He burst out laughing and sang along saying something like "Yes you are." Jeez the confidence you have when you are a kid huh? but that faded as soon as I got older.
As many of you know I had a boy come right out and tell me "I wasn't beautiful in eighth grade, when I confronted him he said no one in the whole wide world thinks you're beautiful." It hurt me for awhile. when I finally started to recover James and Nate were on the dating scene. As you all know Hailee and Carson are beautiful inside and out but I thought I was the ugly fat black sheep in the family and I didn't feel as pretty as them. So after many months of hiding behind a pretty smile and after an emotional day where i feel like I cracked and said to mom enough is enough, I've got to change my fat stomach."
Of course mom listened and was totally supportive, and asked James to get me started on a meal plan that is healthier and would help me lose the weight slowly. He basically said I was doing well on working out but I had to change my eating habits and yes it has worked. I feel like I have a lot more energy to work out than i ever did eating junk food. :) My starting weight was 148. i am now 140. not bad huh? yes it was 138 but due to a wedding and such I put on a couple extra but i am planning to lose those again. Well I am going to go, I am spending time with dad but I will write soon describing what I eat and such. bye. lots of love.
something positive about myself
every day.
2. Get down to 120-125.
3. On my birthday, no matter
how much I weigh, I have to
look in a mirror and tell myself
"I'm beautiful".
I know you might be thinking to yourself, these goals are going to be easy but I assure you they aren't as easy as you might think or at least to me. Sometimes I have the hardest time doing the first one because I hate to look at myself in the mirror but I have managed to do it. Goal number three petrifies me to the fact I have anxiety just thinking about it. I remember the last time I told myself I was beautiful. I think it was in second grade when I was wearing my flower girl's dress or pink Easter dress and I was twirling around for my dad singing, " I am so beautiful, yes I am." He burst out laughing and sang along saying something like "Yes you are." Jeez the confidence you have when you are a kid huh? but that faded as soon as I got older.
As many of you know I had a boy come right out and tell me "I wasn't beautiful in eighth grade, when I confronted him he said no one in the whole wide world thinks you're beautiful." It hurt me for awhile. when I finally started to recover James and Nate were on the dating scene. As you all know Hailee and Carson are beautiful inside and out but I thought I was the ugly fat black sheep in the family and I didn't feel as pretty as them. So after many months of hiding behind a pretty smile and after an emotional day where i feel like I cracked and said to mom enough is enough, I've got to change my fat stomach."
Of course mom listened and was totally supportive, and asked James to get me started on a meal plan that is healthier and would help me lose the weight slowly. He basically said I was doing well on working out but I had to change my eating habits and yes it has worked. I feel like I have a lot more energy to work out than i ever did eating junk food. :) My starting weight was 148. i am now 140. not bad huh? yes it was 138 but due to a wedding and such I put on a couple extra but i am planning to lose those again. Well I am going to go, I am spending time with dad but I will write soon describing what I eat and such. bye. lots of love.
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