Playoff Baseball

Almost one year ago I went to a playoff game between the Texas Rangers and the Ney York Yankees.  It was a great game and I had lots of junk(peanuts,  nachos,  garlic fries,  beer,  margaritas, & more).  Getting home the next day i felt so bloated and when I got on the scale the next AM my weight was 295.....almost 300 pounds(if I weighed sun night I might have been 300+).  It was the day that I realized I had to do something....not just for a little while but for life.  There have been days I fall off the wagon some, and times(like when I was sick this summer) when I can't eat and hydrate like I should but my day to day eating is very different now.  I usually don't eat salad dressing unless It's at home and I measure it and even then I often don't bother with it,  I eat less in general and if I'm hungry I try to drink or eat vegies, SF jello, or fruit rather than bread, cake, or candy.  I'm not perfect like some people are but I'm different and sitting at this years playoff game Monday between the Rangers and the Tigers I thought about it.

On Sunday I went shopping with a friend for a while and came home to have my dh say......tonights playoff game has been postponed due to ran to tomorrow afternoon and the tickets are cheaper, so I thought we might go.  We have a wedding in Dallas this coming weekend so he had decided we wouldn't go to a playoff game.  After discussing it over the next few hours(and watching the prices rise) it was decided to go.  Tickets were bought online and Monday at 9am off we went.  I wore the XL womans shirt I bought  at a game earlier this year....still a little tight but wearable.  Sitting in my seat I Thought about how much more room I had than last year(and I hope to be at a playoff game with even more room next year).  My Junk food this year.....2 large diet cokes and 3 hard pretzel rods in the extra innings when my anxiety was high and I was hungry(about 100cal for all 3).  We met a friend for dinner......I passed on wine and dessert this year....had a salad, chicken pomodoro with a little pasta, and more diet coke.......last year I had a dish with fried chicken in a creamy sauce, wine, and cheesecake, garlic bread....after all the junk at the game.  We got home about 2am.....my feet were a little swollen from all that sitting.  My weight today 243...which it was on Mon am also.  On Sat and Sun it was 242.....I followed my plan and in fact Sundays plan was just a little over 1000 cal and yet monday am I was 243......I'm following my plan and will see what it is on Fri.

Next Monday is Oct 17 2011,  which will be a year from when I started and I will have lost 50 pounds.  To me that is a major cause to celebrate.......with some new nail polish,  the Hawaii 5-0 DVD and maybe some CD's I want.......I will admit in the past it would have been a trip to a favorite restaurant or a lemon crunch cake.  I still have to finish losing what I gained when I was sick, but I know I will do it and I plan to have even more room in that seat at next years playoff game. 

CDCC

I've been trying all week....on tues morn the scale looked good (241) and I thought wow,  I'll make 240 by sat easy.......ha.  On thur it said 243 again and barely made it to 242 today.  I'd like to blame it on eating the whole watermelon I cut up on Wed(it was great) but since that was all my fruit  it was probably ok....I had bought some peaches, etc but they weren't good and I passed them to my dh who is the leftover king.  I even made a point of doing my exercise.  My mini goal is to be 240 by next fri when we leave for the wedding.....I thought I had it made this week,  but didn't.....but can still make it by Fri(i hope).

weight 242

loss one pound

food tracked 6/7

fluids good 7/7

exercise  done...3/7

reading   some

support  some...sorry but I've had to do some catch up for work and didn't get to everyone this week and am behind on blogs....I'll be better this week.

I think I'm going to find my NS Leslie walk DVD and try to use it this week.....I also have a good walk DVD with  Bob Harper and I should probably find it too.

Will see how everyone else did.....I promise.

CDCC Dallas

Another week done...and I'm not sure if I'm wiser and I know I'm not wealthier,  but I am weight-less.  I was good this week, except for probably wed.  My younger son had time off this week and decided to come home....however there are fare wars bet LA/Dal and therefore it was much cheaper for him to fly into/out of there. Also he had friends to visit with and a ride back with friends......so after considering how to get him home from there....I drove down on wed.  It was my first long drive by me since getting sick....not too bad. Got him and went out to eat...we shared and my devil was saying look at those great cakes and cookies, and Mir and Allan were saying remember healthy eating and weigh-ins...... I did not track that day but did the rest of the week.  Also stopped at Central Market to pick up some more produce and got home to see that we can have some extra fruit and vegies,  if needed which will help me as I have been struggling with my food plan some days. Would have bought more apples if I had know this....as i calc how many I needed.  I bought a peach....at the moment it might work as a kettle ball....hope it ripens so that I can eat it.  Tired by time we got home....it didn't used to bother me to go down and back....but getting old.  By the way, no dessert.

weight  243....down 2

fluids  6/7.....

cal 6/7....tracked and under...wed?

reading....no

ex....done....walked 3X this week

That's it for now ...hope everyone else has had a good week.

nails

my favorite splatter manicure
pls do not enlarge.........
my first picture uploaded to my blog
with my younger son's help...
I took notes...so hopefully there will be more

My Fit.... Pal

Well...I kinda like this for tracking...esp since i could figure out my salad once and then just check it for the rest of the days...and since I tend to eat a lot of the same things,  once found and checked its easy to re add.  But i don't like that it decides how many cal I should eat and it keeps telling me that I'm not eating enough...when I know I am.  Followed my plan and as of now I have 999 cal entered.  I feel full and am blogging rather than late night snacking.....I saved my snack for after Hawaii 5-0 and that worked fine...so far.  The other problem is that there is no way to put the number of steps in the exercise log...I have to put the steps as min.....lots of min.  I just got off the phone ...paced as I talked and am at 5190 for the day.....86 hours in a 24 hour day spent walking.   Oh well will cont with it for a while and see how it goes.  The only other problem is that sometimes people put funny cal amts in for things and they are wrong.  I know what a lot of my cal cts should be so find a different one if its not right, and check with calking if it's something i don't know.  I like how cal king gives you options on sizes and uses oz as i do like to weigh most things......my small apple may not be yours.  Two days down and hope it will become a habit to eat at 1200 like it was last spring.

comments

I am blown away. 16 comments....it makes me want to do the right thing just so I don't disappoint  you all.  I was real good on cal today...trying to get ready for the shift to 1200 max that starts tomorrow.  Read lots of blogs today, but not my challenge reading.  Tried on some clothes that i will blog about another day, as I still have some more to try on .  Found my pedometer and wore it shopping this evening....walked around walmart for 30 min and did 2800 steps.....a step in the right direction.  First time i have used since June.  Will try to remember to start wearing it daily again.  I probably need one to leave at work and one for home...like my reading glasses.  Time for bed. No midnight snacks tonight.

CDCC

It was actually a pretty good week.  I was under most days over one and I tossed the rest of the food that was giving me a problem.  Even a basically healthy low cal food is no good if one portion triggers 3 more and that is what happened....at midnight no less.  So sf jello and rediwhip is again going to be the late night food of choice.  Exercise is still my week point,   but I did walk some at lunchtime this week....just not enough and not as often as I should....so that needs to be improved.  Now the weight today is not as good as i would like.....however it was better yesterday and I was really good on my liquids....but kinda of late as I was up and I also used herring for my dinner.....so I suspect it is some water and will be gone by next week.

weight 245 (loss of 1)

fluids at least 120oz every day

cal wk goal made,  goal made 6/7 days

reading to be done

ex goal not met

Hope everyone else had a good week