Carry on and push forward

So, one of my girlfriends came over for dinner yesterday and I hadn't seen her since the beginning of December. When she came in the door, she said "Look at you Miss Skinny." Wha?!? That made me VERY happy.

I had a VERY small dinner tonight. And I worked out for an hour. I feel a little bad right now....During my workout, I asked Michael to refill my water bottle. Well, he took it to the kitchen, but never returned. After awhile, I stopped my workout and saw him eating ice cream on the couch. I bitched him out for 1. forgetting my water and 2. eating ice cream when he should have been working out, too. I am wanting a team mate, but sometimes I feel he isn't giving it his all. Maybe I am wrong...I know changing routines and habits is a difficult thing to do. I apologized to him.

Blood sugars: AM 110 PM: 99

Breakfast: coffee with creamer, Cheerios with low-fat milk
Lunch: Lean Cuisine (boring) with water
Dinner: Left-overs....small plate of enchilada, rice, beans (saucer dish size)...and brownies (sheepish look on my face.)

LOTS of water today!!!!!
Calories burned after an hour on eliptical: 675 (seems a little high)

Now, it's off for a shower and a few chapters of Harry Potter. :)

Yay for Friday

Am I glad it's the weekend. All this rain combined with bad kids (students) makes me very very difficult to get along with.


So, day three and I sat and told some of my collegues about my diet. It was interesting to hear all the stories and little did I realize that most of my co-workers are on diets, too. I am a firm believer that all this madness stems from the great American life-style of being on the go too much. So we move move move and when we stop for a second, there's only enough time to grab a burger or junk food from our pantries. Oh yeah...and it's much cheaper at Sam's Club or CostCo, so let's get the BULK. I digress.

I am feeling more energized actually. I sleep whenever I can, but I have noticed in the two solid weeks of dieting and a few days of exercise have helped me gain energy. I am still scared to get on the scale though.

It's the weekend and I am hoping I stay busy enough to stay away from food.

Blood sugars: AM: 128 (ice-cream after being on eliptical) PM: 89

Breakfast: coffee with creamer and cereal with low-fat milk
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini and tons of water
Snack: orange and tea
Dinner: 1 chicken quesadilla and salad with Italian dressing
Snack: tiny bowl of low-sugar ice-cream

I am drinking tea now. Late night is the worse for me. I get the munchies like crazy.

Total calories: estimated 1390 (190 over recommended)

Day 2: Achy a Bit

I am not sure how often I should weight myself....the number I see is so depressing, so I would rather not know.

This is how serious my cholesterol is....I got a call today about coming in for an ultrasound to see how badly damaged my liver is. Yikes. (Guess I should have drank myself silly in college anyways, huh?) I started the medicine today and have to go in 2 weeks for a check-up to see if the meds are working. I think the doctor will also be checking my weight.

A victory....today there was a surprise lunch for the principal with a baseball theme. There were BBQ hotdogs, chips, cracker jacks, peanuts, popcorn, soda, and cake. (A CostCo cake no less.) And I touched NONE of it. I am pretty proud of myself. I sat with some friends with my boring Lean Cuisine. We were gossiping like crazy which kept my mind off the junk.

I exercised last night for an hour and tonight for an hour. Total calories burned in both nights? 1497!!! HOWEVER, it takes me double this time at the gym, so I am thinking my personal elipitical is calculating too quickly. No worries. As long as I am on that thing for an hour and see some results.

Thank you to Deanna and Michelle who both took the time to read my first entry and who commented back. Your support in this in invaluable, even if it means just logging on every now and then to see what I am up to. I can't even get Michael to read. Bum.

I will be logging on some numbers just as a way to keep track without having to use pen and paper.

Blood sugar AM: 158 PM: 95 (yes, I have to do this as well. Life sucks, but now Michael doesn't have to do it alone...)

Breakfast: coffee with creamer
Lunch: Lean Cuisine (turkey and sweet potato), Diet Root Beer (8 oz)
Snack: Yougurt Smoothie and 2 graham crackers
Dinner: Salmon, Brown rice, salad with water (Helpful diet tip #1: One piece of salmon was a little under-cooked, which grossed me out enough to where my appetite went away. COOL! LOL)

calories (estimated): 1300 (100 over recommended)

Day 1: And so it begins

Day 1: 192 pounds and full of cholestorol. I had my follow-up appointment today and it wasn't exactly good news. I think the worse part of all was that the doctor suggested that we wait to have a baby and it's the one thing I want so bad right now.

Gotta start to exercise, diet, and write everything down to get healthy again. This is why we ceated the diet blog. I could hand-write, but I'd much rather type and I am so addicted to blogs anyways.

Food for today:
Breakfast: coffee
Lunch: Lean Cuisine (Chicken and pasta)
Dinner: Chicken Fetticini and salad with bread
Late night: coffee (cinnamon mocha from Seattle's)

Yes...lots of bad things today, but I got bad news and this is how I dealt. Guess this is how I got in this place to begin with.

Good news: Gauntlet 3 starts tonight and I'll be watching while on the eliptical.