Lumpy, Dumpy, and Grumpy.....

Was this supposed to stay positive? Oh pickles! OK, then forget the title. he he.

Why do we seem to not take care of ourselves when we don't feel well? Or is it just me? I have felt sick and down this week. And you know what I ate? JUNK! Why is that? Doesn't it make more sense that when we are sick is when our bodies need good food? So why did I eat bad? I know that I had a hard time because NOTHING sounded good and then I would walk in the kitchen and grab some bad food. Crazy. So now that I recognize this do you think I can chose better foods so that hopefully I will feel better sooner? Let's hope so! Course I do have one thing that I think is a contributing factor for me lately. Our lovely mucky yucky air. My asthma has been acting up a ton and I am wondering if it is adding to my congestion and no voice.

If any of you read my other blog you might remember this plate of brownies......yummmmmmm. There were actually two plates. I only made a double batch because normally my family inhales these. I have never actually made them with frosting before. And as they are made with purred carrots and spinach then I don't mind that they inhale them. I made the frosting part for my husband. Darn him for having better restraint then me. I seriously ate WAY too much of these. Especially the yummy frosting. I ate so much that I served the last two to the kids for breakfast just to get them out of the house.OK........not sure how to feel about this and I think the picture does not give it justice. I had measured my waist earlier this month and had recorded it on the Wii Fit. My husband, being the competitive guy he is measured his and entered his. Mine was 44.5 and his was 42. What? I did not think that was possible at all! And I was quite upset. So....call me crazy. I tried his pants on today. He has always been telling me to wear his pants as I don't have many and I have always responded that I would be sad if they fit as he weighs a little bit more then me. Guess what? They fit......... They aren't tight......and they are super baggy in the legs so it does make me feel a little better. And confirms what I thought. SOMEONE sucked in his tummy when he measured it! Ha! He is caught! He heAnd this is me in my own pants. They are a bit tight and make me have a muffin top but I like them better on me. I feel better in them which is a plus.

Diet Books

So I recently finished reading a diet book. I think it kind of turned me off from the whole thing because it had some swearing in it. Now what self-help book comes with swearing? One thing kind of made me raise my eye brows in it. It said to just eat most things on top of a salad. For example to cut up your pizza slice and put it on top of your salad and add "as much as you want of your favorite dressing." Hunh? So if I want to have 1/2 a bottle in one sitting then it is OK? That does not make a lick of sense to me.

Oh.....I made a new discovery today. Apparently you need more then 3 hours sleep a night to function. You can do it after one night maybe but 2 in a row? Nope! I have been dragging all day, pretty much not eating too right. I am so tired that exercising is totally out of the question. I already finished a caffeine soda that did NOTHING. So tonight.......I hope I sleep!

Not to shabby

Yesterday.........oh man. On a good to bad food ratio.....the bad food one! But I exercised, did a little walking so I am not about to beat myself up about it.

Last night I probably got 3 hours sleep, if that, and was fully prepared for today to be bad. To be honest, when I had to get up for the day I was thinking of being totally lazy and plugging in movies all day and vegging out on the couch. Then I remembered that I teach pre-school tomorrow so no lounging for me as I had to get ready for that. To even think about eating right and exercising felt totally out of the question. But the night before I had packed my snack bowl. I had chosen some good snacks, at least I felt.And then planned on any other grazing being fruits or veggies. I am proud to admit that so far I have ate very, very well! Yeah for me! I have only exercised for 15 minutes so far but am hoping to squeeze more in before the night is through. I have been surprised how good I have felt today with being so tired.

When I woke up I did think of just grabbing some mini candy bars to eat. "Research" has shown thought that I will get very sick if I do that. Sugar on an empty stomach or too much in general actually makes me really sick so I am glad I listened to myself. (Patting myself on back now)

Week 1 -ish

Over a year ago I had my 3rd precious child. With all my pregnancies I had trouble with my blood pressure being too high. This time it wasn't going down. So my doctor prescribed a high blood pressure pill and to lose 10 lbs. And you know, I don't do well when being told what to do. But I took it to the extreme and gained 10 lbs. And that 6 month prescription has lasted over a year. Gasp....I was looking at the medicine just now and thought, "Oh how nice and strange that the pharmacy gave me an extra month supply. They must know how much I need to be on this and that it will carry me over to when I have my appointment with the OBGYN." Yes I actually thought that. Thought that maybe fate had stepped in and gave me an extra supply. Then I noticed that the prescription says to take two a day........ummmm.......I have not been doing that. Oh bother. To be honest...I don't think I took it serious enough and kept thinking I was too young. And I was too embarrassed to admit to the doctor that I still had not lost that weight. Happy to admit I do have an appointment in March. And I know she won't be happy with me and has no bones about telling me so ,but I thought about not making an appointment at all. So I am glad that I did. So in light of all that......I have decided that I need to get serious. For more reasons then just the above, but I think it plays a big part.

So here is day 1 -ish. I say ish because I have been "trying" to lose weight and eat healthier for awhile. Obviously it has not worked all that well. :) But maybe if I blog about it, then I will be held more accountable. At least I hope. I had my daughter take my picture in my workout clothes. I will be posting weekly or bi-weekly photos in the same clothes so that we can hopefully see the results.

My starting weight........gasp! 191.8! But on a good note...I have been bigger. Is that a good note? Yeah I guess it is.My husband was totally against this as he thought I would get some negative feedback. I think losing weight and trying to be healthier are positive things. And so I hope to keep my posts as positive as possible. I can't control the rest of the world so I will just try to be open if I get any negative comments.

So......here it goes! Wish me luck! :)