As promised, here's the story my gym posted on their "Member Success Story" board. The photo they used is this one.
I’ve been overweight my entire adult life. At 5’7" and 170 pounds I was squarely in the "overweight" area on the BMI scale. I decided to live with it as making a change is hard – working out and dieting is hard work. I learned to like myself at 170. At 29 years old I was diagnosed with severe clinical depression. I was put on medication, and while the meds gave me my life back, they brought more weight with them. I was over 200 pounds now. In February of 2004 I was given a free "body composition" test. They told me I was 206 pounds with a body fat of 37.8%. On the BMI scale I was now "obese." I began working out the next day. After not losing much in the first month, I added a strict diet to the mix and the weight started coming off. I lost the "medication weight" and was back to 170. I joined 24 Hour Fitness in November of 2004. I’ve continued losing weight from 170 down to 140 – a healthy weight range for my height. My last body fat test showed a body fat percentage of 23.6% - that’s a drop of more than 14%! I have never weighed this little my entire adult life. I love working out at 24 Hour Fitness and have really begun enjoying weight training – I can actually see some muscles now! And best of all, I am still not bored 3 ½ years later. I have so many choices for weight training and cardio that I can change it up whenever I need to and the exercise is so important in keeping the weight off. I am never going back to my fat self. I’ve gotten rid of all my fat clothes except for two pairs of my fattest jeans to remind myself how far I have come.
And if you want to read the original that the above is based on, it can be found here.
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Compounding the Problem
Calories eaten yesterday: 1329
Fat: 25g (18%)
Carbs: 85g (27%)
Protein: 160g (50%)
Weight this morning: 132.6
Calories burned in exercise today: 262
Up another half pound today! Whether I eat light or heavy, I just keep gaining!
Exercise today was walking to the laundromat and back, then down to the train station, and from my stop to work - about 1 1/2 hours total.
To make one thing clear - the gifts I bought are for my family for Christmas. They want gifts no matter how broke I am, so chill out! :-p
I found a compounding pharmacy to get my thyroid meds at. They had to contact my doctor, but they have the inside line and got right through. They are going to give me 50 300mg pills. Since I take 150mg a day, I'll cut them in half and they will last me 3 months. :) Yay! I thought for sure I was going to have to go to Cytomel which is $1 per pill. This is half that cost! :)
I talked to Brad and we will drive out there tomorrow to pick it up. Today I got the check for the vacation day I cashed in. I'll deposit that and use it for groceries and use the cash Brad gave me today to pay for the meds.
The used book I ordered came today. It's a true crime paperback called Written In Blood by Diane Fanning. I just finished watching a very biased documentary on the case and wanted to see what other evidence there was.
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Fat: 25g (18%)
Carbs: 85g (27%)
Protein: 160g (50%)
Weight this morning: 132.6
Calories burned in exercise today: 262
Up another half pound today! Whether I eat light or heavy, I just keep gaining!
Exercise today was walking to the laundromat and back, then down to the train station, and from my stop to work - about 1 1/2 hours total.
To make one thing clear - the gifts I bought are for my family for Christmas. They want gifts no matter how broke I am, so chill out! :-p
I found a compounding pharmacy to get my thyroid meds at. They had to contact my doctor, but they have the inside line and got right through. They are going to give me 50 300mg pills. Since I take 150mg a day, I'll cut them in half and they will last me 3 months. :) Yay! I thought for sure I was going to have to go to Cytomel which is $1 per pill. This is half that cost! :)
I talked to Brad and we will drive out there tomorrow to pick it up. Today I got the check for the vacation day I cashed in. I'll deposit that and use it for groceries and use the cash Brad gave me today to pay for the meds.
The used book I ordered came today. It's a true crime paperback called Written In Blood by Diane Fanning. I just finished watching a very biased documentary on the case and wanted to see what other evidence there was.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
New purse
Calories eaten yesterday: 882
Fat: 18g (19%)
Carbs: 77g (36%)
Protein: 98g (46%)
Weight this morning: 132.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 388
Here's a photo of my new purse that came yesterday. Isn't it totally cute? Click on it for a larger size.
Gained 1.2 pounds since yesterday. I only ate 882 calories! Argh!
Made it to the gym. Yay! I did one hour of weight training followed by 40 minutes on the elliptical. I walked from the train station to work to save the bus fare and burn extra calories.
Tomorrow is laundry day.
Last night the bus home never showed up. At that time of night they have only one bus running that route so one broken bus means no bus at all. I called Lisa at work and had her rescue me. I also asked her to take Janette home. She's a lady I know who takes the bus. She works at a hotel in San Francisco. We gave her a ride to Foothill and she walked home from there. Lisa dropped me at my apartment. Thank you Lisa!
Money-wise April said for Brad to go ahead and give $100 of his car payment to me. They weren't going to give me any more money this month but I asked real nice and I guess Dad said okay. That brings the total this month to $200 which is what I have been getting. Gotta buy groceries on Friday.
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Fat: 18g (19%)
Carbs: 77g (36%)
Protein: 98g (46%)
Weight this morning: 132.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 388
Here's a photo of my new purse that came yesterday. Isn't it totally cute? Click on it for a larger size.Gained 1.2 pounds since yesterday. I only ate 882 calories! Argh!
Made it to the gym. Yay! I did one hour of weight training followed by 40 minutes on the elliptical. I walked from the train station to work to save the bus fare and burn extra calories.
Tomorrow is laundry day.
Last night the bus home never showed up. At that time of night they have only one bus running that route so one broken bus means no bus at all. I called Lisa at work and had her rescue me. I also asked her to take Janette home. She's a lady I know who takes the bus. She works at a hotel in San Francisco. We gave her a ride to Foothill and she walked home from there. Lisa dropped me at my apartment. Thank you Lisa!
Money-wise April said for Brad to go ahead and give $100 of his car payment to me. They weren't going to give me any more money this month but I asked real nice and I guess Dad said okay. That brings the total this month to $200 which is what I have been getting. Gotta buy groceries on Friday.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Week 113, Day 3 (again & again)
Calories eaten yesterday: 1409
Fat: 26g (18%)
Carbs: 94g (28%)
Protein: 163g (48%)
Weight this morning: 131
Calories burned in exercise today: 175
I finally weighed in today. I'm a disappointing 131. :-p I skipped breakfast and walked down to the train, then from my stop to work - 3 miles. It took 1 hour.
Tomorrow I hope to hit the gym again.
The Christmas gifts I ordered online came today, plus a couple items I ordered for myself (a purse and a 2010 cat calendar). I'm still waiting on a paperback book I bought for myself.
I asked to cash in my one remaining vacation day so I can buy groceries this Friday. My boss asked me (half jokingly) if I'd considered fasting, lol! Little does he know how little I already eat!
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Fat: 26g (18%)
Carbs: 94g (28%)
Protein: 163g (48%)
Weight this morning: 131
Calories burned in exercise today: 175
I finally weighed in today. I'm a disappointing 131. :-p I skipped breakfast and walked down to the train, then from my stop to work - 3 miles. It took 1 hour.
Tomorrow I hope to hit the gym again.
The Christmas gifts I ordered online came today, plus a couple items I ordered for myself (a purse and a 2010 cat calendar). I'm still waiting on a paperback book I bought for myself.
I asked to cash in my one remaining vacation day so I can buy groceries this Friday. My boss asked me (half jokingly) if I'd considered fasting, lol! Little does he know how little I already eat!
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Going to the wall
Calories eaten yesterday: 911
Fat: 16g (16%)
Carbs: 70g (32%)
Protein: 97g (43%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 388
Went to the gym and worked out. One hour of weight training and 40 minutes going hard on the elliptical (in the upper cardio range)! I am so wiped! Walked into work from the train station to save the bus fare and get extra exercise.
My photo is up on the "Member Success Stories" wall at my gym! :) I wish I could show you what it looks like, but no one is allowed to take photos inside my gym. I can say that they used this photo and the story they printed is based on what I wrote here, only with with the Curves stuff taken out of course. I'll see if I can get a copy of what they wrote and post it here. They did a bit of rewriting of my story, something authors hate.
Anyway, I'm pleased as punch to be up on their wall! :)
Tomorrow I'm planning on sleeping in since there are no errands to run, and then Wednesday I hope to go back to the gym again.
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Fat: 16g (16%)
Carbs: 70g (32%)
Protein: 97g (43%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 388
Went to the gym and worked out. One hour of weight training and 40 minutes going hard on the elliptical (in the upper cardio range)! I am so wiped! Walked into work from the train station to save the bus fare and get extra exercise.
My photo is up on the "Member Success Stories" wall at my gym! :) I wish I could show you what it looks like, but no one is allowed to take photos inside my gym. I can say that they used this photo and the story they printed is based on what I wrote here, only with with the Curves stuff taken out of course. I'll see if I can get a copy of what they wrote and post it here. They did a bit of rewriting of my story, something authors hate.
Anyway, I'm pleased as punch to be up on their wall! :)
Tomorrow I'm planning on sleeping in since there are no errands to run, and then Wednesday I hope to go back to the gym again.
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
Epic Fail, take 2
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 233
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 70
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 0
Calories burned in exercise today: 319
I know I promised to weigh-in today, but I got depressed and binged last night. I haven't been totally honest about my depression lately. The truth is, I can feel my medication beginning to stop working. I get depressed more easily than I used to. I've been on Celexa for about 5 years and am currently on the highest dose. The next step will be to take a new medication. I know I respond well to SSRIs, so I'll pick another of those. It will have to be an older medication such as Prozac or Paxil - something that has a generic available. So whenever I next see the doctor I'll ask to switch to one of those.
Anyway, increased depression means I am more likely to binge.
Friday I bought some basic groceries at Safeway, then Brad and I went to Costco and I bought salad and stocked up on Brita water filters.
Saturday we left church early to go to the "Community Workshop" about changes in bus service. It was standing room only - the place was packed.
was a short presentation, followed by a chance to talk to a staff member. Each staff member had a clipboard so write down our concerns and suggestions. I also made out a comment form and voiced my concerns there.
After this Brad and I went home. I prepped celery for this week and then had Brad help portion and cut salad. Then we went to Applebee's for drinks and then a bought some yogurt at Safeway. It is after this that a good day goes bad.
At Applebee's Brad asks if I want to go to The Wild Vine (a wine bar) in Livermore. I say okay. We have a couple local stops first however. We go to Subway to redeem my "free chips" coupon. Nope - have to buy something. So I bought a small drink and gave it to Brad and ended up paying $1.50 for "free" chips. I am not going back to Subway again.
Next we go to Tuttimelon for chocolate frozen yogurt. They didn't have chocolate. I should have walked out, but instead I got plain. I asked for M&Ms on it and they skimped so I asked for more. Then I got a skinny latte from Starbucks and a chocolate brownie since I was depressed at this point.
We drove to Livermore. We walked to the wine bar and they have the loudest live band ever. It was awful! We used the restroom and then left. I wanted someplace quiet. We eventually wine up at a restaurant and bar and order wine. This is when Brad decided to eat dinner there since it was getting late and we wanted to go hiking today. I didn't get anything because nothing on the menu appealed to me. I wanted McDonald's.
By the time he finishes eating and having two glasses of wine (I also had two) no fast food restaurant had their dining room open and I didn't want drive-through. We eventually found a Jack in the Box with an open dining room and I ate there; I ended up pigging out I was so depressed and disgusted with the day.
We got home too late to go hiking today, but now that Brad has a car we can drive places so we got a good walk in along the San Leandro shoreline. Afterwords he dropped me off at work and he went off to do stuff.
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Calories burned in exercise Friday: 70
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 0
Calories burned in exercise today: 319
I know I promised to weigh-in today, but I got depressed and binged last night. I haven't been totally honest about my depression lately. The truth is, I can feel my medication beginning to stop working. I get depressed more easily than I used to. I've been on Celexa for about 5 years and am currently on the highest dose. The next step will be to take a new medication. I know I respond well to SSRIs, so I'll pick another of those. It will have to be an older medication such as Prozac or Paxil - something that has a generic available. So whenever I next see the doctor I'll ask to switch to one of those.Anyway, increased depression means I am more likely to binge.
Friday I bought some basic groceries at Safeway, then Brad and I went to Costco and I bought salad and stocked up on Brita water filters.
Saturday we left church early to go to the "Community Workshop" about changes in bus service. It was standing room only - the place was packed.
was a short presentation, followed by a chance to talk to a staff member. Each staff member had a clipboard so write down our concerns and suggestions. I also made out a comment form and voiced my concerns there.After this Brad and I went home. I prepped celery for this week and then had Brad help portion and cut salad. Then we went to Applebee's for drinks and then a bought some yogurt at Safeway. It is after this that a good day goes bad.
At Applebee's Brad asks if I want to go to The Wild Vine (a wine bar) in Livermore. I say okay. We have a couple local stops first however. We go to Subway to redeem my "free chips" coupon. Nope - have to buy something. So I bought a small drink and gave it to Brad and ended up paying $1.50 for "free" chips. I am not going back to Subway again.
Next we go to Tuttimelon for chocolate frozen yogurt. They didn't have chocolate. I should have walked out, but instead I got plain. I asked for M&Ms on it and they skimped so I asked for more. Then I got a skinny latte from Starbucks and a chocolate brownie since I was depressed at this point.
We drove to Livermore. We walked to the wine bar and they have the loudest live band ever. It was awful! We used the restroom and then left. I wanted someplace quiet. We eventually wine up at a restaurant and bar and order wine. This is when Brad decided to eat dinner there since it was getting late and we wanted to go hiking today. I didn't get anything because nothing on the menu appealed to me. I wanted McDonald's.
By the time he finishes eating and having two glasses of wine (I also had two) no fast food restaurant had their dining room open and I didn't want drive-through. We eventually found a Jack in the Box with an open dining room and I ate there; I ended up pigging out I was so depressed and disgusted with the day.
We got home too late to go hiking today, but now that Brad has a car we can drive places so we got a good walk in along the San Leandro shoreline. Afterwords he dropped me off at work and he went off to do stuff.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
"Community Workshops"
Calories eaten yesterday: 1391
Fat: 27g (18%)
Carbs: 84g (26%)
Protein: 162g (49%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 233
Here's another "retro" photo from 1991. I'm in the middle with my sister and Mom. I was 20 years old and already overweight. Click the photo for a larger size.
Did laundry today. I walked to the laundromat and back, then down toward the train station. I wanted to take the 50 bus through Alameda all the way to the WalMart near my work, but I got on the wrong bus, causing a 10 minute walk back. I finally did catch the 50 and did the shopping I needed at WalMart. It’s payday so time to buy the necessities. Tomorrow Brad is driving me to Costco so I can buy their cheap salad. I also want to see what other basics they might have cheaper than WalMart. Time to start pinching pennies!
Tomorrow I also need to hit Safeway for wine, cottage cheese, and celery. Yes, Safeway has wine cheaper than Costco. You just have to shop the sales and drink the cheaper stuff.
Saturday Brad and I are leaving church a bit early to go to the "Community Workshop" in Alameda about changes in bus service. The proposed changes to the 53 line on Fruitvale Avenue (the line I take home at night) would leave me with no way to get home.
They want to replace the 53 with two new lines – the 20 and the 21 – but these lines would only run until 10 pm. I don’t get off work until 11, as do other people who ride that bus. I’m going to have my say about keeping some sort of late night service on Fruitvale Avenue – not just for me, but for all the other late night riders. AC Transit is once again completely clueless on how to best serve the community.
Hell or high water, I will weigh-in on Sunday and assess the damage.
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Fat: 27g (18%)
Carbs: 84g (26%)
Protein: 162g (49%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 233
Here's another "retro" photo from 1991. I'm in the middle with my sister and Mom. I was 20 years old and already overweight. Click the photo for a larger size.Did laundry today. I walked to the laundromat and back, then down toward the train station. I wanted to take the 50 bus through Alameda all the way to the WalMart near my work, but I got on the wrong bus, causing a 10 minute walk back. I finally did catch the 50 and did the shopping I needed at WalMart. It’s payday so time to buy the necessities. Tomorrow Brad is driving me to Costco so I can buy their cheap salad. I also want to see what other basics they might have cheaper than WalMart. Time to start pinching pennies!
Tomorrow I also need to hit Safeway for wine, cottage cheese, and celery. Yes, Safeway has wine cheaper than Costco. You just have to shop the sales and drink the cheaper stuff.
Saturday Brad and I are leaving church a bit early to go to the "Community Workshop" in Alameda about changes in bus service. The proposed changes to the 53 line on Fruitvale Avenue (the line I take home at night) would leave me with no way to get home.
They want to replace the 53 with two new lines – the 20 and the 21 – but these lines would only run until 10 pm. I don’t get off work until 11, as do other people who ride that bus. I’m going to have my say about keeping some sort of late night service on Fruitvale Avenue – not just for me, but for all the other late night riders. AC Transit is once again completely clueless on how to best serve the community.
Hell or high water, I will weigh-in on Sunday and assess the damage.
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Retro & Responses
Calories eaten yesterday: 998
Fat: 20g (20%)
Carbs: 58g (27%)
Protein: 122g (53%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 388
Here's an old photo of my family from 1991. I'm the one in the tie dye on the far right. I cannot believe how overweight I was then. I was 20 years old. Click the photo for a larger size.
I'm still afraid to get near the scale.
Made it to the gym today. Woot! I may be feature on a board of "member success stories" from my gym. They have a board of members of that particular location and are looking for more stories to post. My older friend John at the gym introduced me to Sandi. I told her I'd e-mail her the link to the story I posted on the 12 Million Lives website and attach some photos.
My butt is sore today. Just about everything from Monday is sore. That's what I get for not getting to the gym for a week and a half, but my butt is the worst. Cardio was 40 minutes on the stairmaster. I'm kind of tired from Monday's workout so I spent most of my time at level 5 instead of 6.
Because of my weight training and how much cardio I do I have been having 1 1/2 scoops of protein powder before and after my workouts instead of one scoop each. This gives me 30g of protein before and 30g after and I think it will help protect my muscles.
I'm nearing 13 million steps! I should hit it tomorrow. :) Tomorrow is also laundry day - fun, fun.
I downloaded a new game onto my iPod. It's a word search game and was only $1.99. I figured I could swig that given how much time it will help me kill.
Ok, now for the comments people leave here.
Janey - You have been commenting on my blog for a while now. I noticed you never have anything positive to say. All you ever do is criticize. I'm tired of it and will not allow that anymore. It must be a hard life to always see the negative in stuff and put people down. I feel sorry for you. If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all.
The diet pills are because of everything happening - I need to stock up while I can because lean times are ahead.
Justine - Thank you for your concern. I do know about water weight fluctuations. It freaked me out at first, but now I know that I usually weigh the most on Sunday and the least on Friday. So the ups and downs don't freak me out too much and I can usually predict whether my weight will be up or down on any given day.
I'm not as hard on myself as I sometimes show here. I just don't log the everyday successes in staying on plan.
I don't measure myself, but I do have a body fat scale. My body fat has remained pretty stable over the last couple of years - about 25%. I try to measure body fat once a month.
Vickie - I'm not just figuring out how to lose the weight I gained while I was away. I knew I would gain when I was on my trip so I dieted like crazy before I left and did manage to lose a couple pounds. But even at that weight I was above my ultimate goal. So there was some foresight and I worked really hard before I left, but I am still not where I want to be.
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Fat: 20g (20%)
Carbs: 58g (27%)
Protein: 122g (53%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 388
Here's an old photo of my family from 1991. I'm the one in the tie dye on the far right. I cannot believe how overweight I was then. I was 20 years old. Click the photo for a larger size.I'm still afraid to get near the scale.
Made it to the gym today. Woot! I may be feature on a board of "member success stories" from my gym. They have a board of members of that particular location and are looking for more stories to post. My older friend John at the gym introduced me to Sandi. I told her I'd e-mail her the link to the story I posted on the 12 Million Lives website and attach some photos.
My butt is sore today. Just about everything from Monday is sore. That's what I get for not getting to the gym for a week and a half, but my butt is the worst. Cardio was 40 minutes on the stairmaster. I'm kind of tired from Monday's workout so I spent most of my time at level 5 instead of 6.
Because of my weight training and how much cardio I do I have been having 1 1/2 scoops of protein powder before and after my workouts instead of one scoop each. This gives me 30g of protein before and 30g after and I think it will help protect my muscles.
I'm nearing 13 million steps! I should hit it tomorrow. :) Tomorrow is also laundry day - fun, fun.
I downloaded a new game onto my iPod. It's a word search game and was only $1.99. I figured I could swig that given how much time it will help me kill.
Ok, now for the comments people leave here.
Janey - You have been commenting on my blog for a while now. I noticed you never have anything positive to say. All you ever do is criticize. I'm tired of it and will not allow that anymore. It must be a hard life to always see the negative in stuff and put people down. I feel sorry for you. If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all.
The diet pills are because of everything happening - I need to stock up while I can because lean times are ahead.
Justine - Thank you for your concern. I do know about water weight fluctuations. It freaked me out at first, but now I know that I usually weigh the most on Sunday and the least on Friday. So the ups and downs don't freak me out too much and I can usually predict whether my weight will be up or down on any given day.
I'm not as hard on myself as I sometimes show here. I just don't log the everyday successes in staying on plan.
I don't measure myself, but I do have a body fat scale. My body fat has remained pretty stable over the last couple of years - about 25%. I try to measure body fat once a month.
Vickie - I'm not just figuring out how to lose the weight I gained while I was away. I knew I would gain when I was on my trip so I dieted like crazy before I left and did manage to lose a couple pounds. But even at that weight I was above my ultimate goal. So there was some foresight and I worked really hard before I left, but I am still not where I want to be.
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Diet Pills
Calories eaten yesterday: 1196
Fat: 25g (20%)
Carbs: 69g (25%)
Protein: 153g (55%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 210
Went into the City today to get my mail – first time in three weeks. Exercise was walking to the train station and then from my stop to work when I returned.
My thighs and butt are sore from yesterday's workout. Hopefully I can go back to the gym tomorrow.
Decided to stock up on diet pills today. I ended up re-upping my GNC Gold Card and buying Lean System 7 (review) and Rapid Slim SX (review).
On my walk into work I stopped at WalMart for a new Pullman (the same as the one I have now with the "all terrain" wheels). I also bought Lipo 6 Hers (review). I’ll take only one diet pill at a time and decided to start with the Lipo 6. Yes, I’m desperate yet again.
I've taken Lean System 7 before with some success. The other two are ones I've never tried before.
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Fat: 25g (20%)
Carbs: 69g (25%)
Protein: 153g (55%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 210
Went into the City today to get my mail – first time in three weeks. Exercise was walking to the train station and then from my stop to work when I returned.
My thighs and butt are sore from yesterday's workout. Hopefully I can go back to the gym tomorrow.
Decided to stock up on diet pills today. I ended up re-upping my GNC Gold Card and buying Lean System 7 (review) and Rapid Slim SX (review).
On my walk into work I stopped at WalMart for a new Pullman (the same as the one I have now with the "all terrain" wheels). I also bought Lipo 6 Hers (review). I’ll take only one diet pill at a time and decided to start with the Lipo 6. Yes, I’m desperate yet again.
I've taken Lean System 7 before with some success. The other two are ones I've never tried before.
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Monday, September 07, 2009
FINALLY made it back to the gym!
Calories eaten yesterday: 696
Fat: 15g (21%)
Carbs: 39g (25%)
Protein: 89g (54%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 348
First, to the anonymous person who said I made no effort to look after Brad on Friday, perhaps you'd like to know the rest of the story and not make snap judgments.
How am I supposed to look after him when he is at someone else's house? I offered to let him stay at my apartment, and I offered a glass of wine before he left and/or our favorite TV show that was about to come on. He turned me down on all of it. How do I "look after" someone who doesn't want to stay?
So get off your high horse because you weren't here. I offered him stuff and he turned me down. He wanted to be in his rented bedroom at Nicole's and I had to respect that. I wanted him to stay, just as he normally does on Friday nights. He wanted to go.
Let's start off with a photo of Xena drinking the water I drained off a can of tuna. She thinks it's the best thing since wet food. Click the photo for a larger size. :)
Made it to the gym today. I overslept but it didn't matter because the buses are on a Sunday schedule due to Labor Day (the bus to the gym runs only once per hour) so I couldn't get to there until nearly noon anyway. I did one hour of weight training and then shortened my cardio from 40 minutes to 30 minutes. I walked into work from the train station (30 minutes) and made it with a little time to spare.
Tomorrow I have to do my City run to get my mail. I was supposed to check last week but didn't feel up to it so now it has to be done tomorrow.
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Fat: 15g (21%)
Carbs: 39g (25%)
Protein: 89g (54%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 348
First, to the anonymous person who said I made no effort to look after Brad on Friday, perhaps you'd like to know the rest of the story and not make snap judgments.
How am I supposed to look after him when he is at someone else's house? I offered to let him stay at my apartment, and I offered a glass of wine before he left and/or our favorite TV show that was about to come on. He turned me down on all of it. How do I "look after" someone who doesn't want to stay?
So get off your high horse because you weren't here. I offered him stuff and he turned me down. He wanted to be in his rented bedroom at Nicole's and I had to respect that. I wanted him to stay, just as he normally does on Friday nights. He wanted to go.
Let's start off with a photo of Xena drinking the water I drained off a can of tuna. She thinks it's the best thing since wet food. Click the photo for a larger size. :)Made it to the gym today. I overslept but it didn't matter because the buses are on a Sunday schedule due to Labor Day (the bus to the gym runs only once per hour) so I couldn't get to there until nearly noon anyway. I did one hour of weight training and then shortened my cardio from 40 minutes to 30 minutes. I walked into work from the train station (30 minutes) and made it with a little time to spare.
Tomorrow I have to do my City run to get my mail. I was supposed to check last week but didn't feel up to it so now it has to be done tomorrow.
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Sunday, September 06, 2009
Epic Fail
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 169
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 70
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 175
Calories burned in exercise today: 365
Friday Brad and I went to Costco now that he has a car. I bought $237 worth of stuff. Yikes! But I was out of almost everything. Brad was very tired and didn't want to hang with me. He also thought he might be getting sick. He helped me unload everything and then left for Nicole's trailer, leaving me alone.
Saturday I went to church without him and later found he had spent the entire day in his bed at Nicole's. I went out for frozen yogurt in the afternoon and had two small frozen yogurts with toppings (and not healthy ones!). Trying to get home took forever - there were simply no buses coming, then I missed my connection, then got off one stop too late which took me WAY out of my way. That along with having already eaten way too much crap earlier caused me to binge and I ate an apple fritter from 7-Eleven. :-p
I had already eaten a ton of Becky's homemade cinnamon bread and three granola bars at church, plus the yogurt with unhealthy toppings. Breakfast had been Cookie Crisp cereal, cinnamon bread that Brad had left, two bananas, and two Yoplait Light yogurts, and some cottage cheese. I ate "breakfast" throughout the night because I couldn't sleep. I kept waking up to eat until I had eaten so much that I was full and could finally sleep.
So yeah..the whole day was an epic fail.
I had low-fat hots dogs for dinner on low-carb bread with fat-free cheese, plus some cottage cheese. That's the only healthy thing I ate yesterday.
Today I walked to work from my apartment. I made a couple of stops so my total was 6.4 miles instead of 6. It took me just over 2 hours. :) I stuffed myself yesterday so I skipped breakfast and lunch today.
Tomorrow I hope to go to the gym.
Why do I let food control me? Who's in control - me, or that food sitting in front of me? Why do I have to eat it? My body needs very few calories to maintain my weight, so why do I consistently eat more than that?
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Calories burned in exercise Friday: 70
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 175
Calories burned in exercise today: 365
Friday Brad and I went to Costco now that he has a car. I bought $237 worth of stuff. Yikes! But I was out of almost everything. Brad was very tired and didn't want to hang with me. He also thought he might be getting sick. He helped me unload everything and then left for Nicole's trailer, leaving me alone.
Saturday I went to church without him and later found he had spent the entire day in his bed at Nicole's. I went out for frozen yogurt in the afternoon and had two small frozen yogurts with toppings (and not healthy ones!). Trying to get home took forever - there were simply no buses coming, then I missed my connection, then got off one stop too late which took me WAY out of my way. That along with having already eaten way too much crap earlier caused me to binge and I ate an apple fritter from 7-Eleven. :-p
I had already eaten a ton of Becky's homemade cinnamon bread and three granola bars at church, plus the yogurt with unhealthy toppings. Breakfast had been Cookie Crisp cereal, cinnamon bread that Brad had left, two bananas, and two Yoplait Light yogurts, and some cottage cheese. I ate "breakfast" throughout the night because I couldn't sleep. I kept waking up to eat until I had eaten so much that I was full and could finally sleep.So yeah..the whole day was an epic fail.
I had low-fat hots dogs for dinner on low-carb bread with fat-free cheese, plus some cottage cheese. That's the only healthy thing I ate yesterday.
Today I walked to work from my apartment. I made a couple of stops so my total was 6.4 miles instead of 6. It took me just over 2 hours. :) I stuffed myself yesterday so I skipped breakfast and lunch today.
Tomorrow I hope to go to the gym.
Why do I let food control me? Who's in control - me, or that food sitting in front of me? Why do I have to eat it? My body needs very few calories to maintain my weight, so why do I consistently eat more than that?
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Thursday, September 03, 2009
Week 113, Day 5 (again)
Calories eaten yesterday: 624
Fat: 15g (24%)
Carbs: 41g (29%)
Protein: 69g (47%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 169
Talked with Mom and redid my plane ticket for Florida. I'll fly out the day after Thanksgiving, stay with them over the weekend, go to Disney World on Monday, and fly out Tuesday afternoon. This will enable me to work Wednesday and Thursday and not have to take those days off. April wanted me to fly up and see Mom (and everyone) the following weekend, but being around my sister, brother Rob, and three kids is most definitely NOT a vacation to me. I'm flying up the previous weekend and it will be just Mom, Bill, and I.
Today I walked to the laundromat and back, then down to the main street by the train station. I took the 50 bus to Alameda Towne Center. I am pretty much out of garlic wine vinegar so I bought several bottles of that at Safeway, then went over to Petco to get a new filtered mini aquarium. The one my fish has been living in has not worked since the brief power outage this weekend. I'm guessing it fried the motor, so a new tank is in order.
I cashed in one week's worth of vacation time - $450. I am using it to pay down my credit card bill and buy stuff at Costco. Costco is going to be mondo expensive because I am out of everything. Hopefully Brad and I can go tomorrow after he gets off work.
I won't weigh-in this Sunday. I need more time to get the weight gain off.
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Fat: 15g (24%)
Carbs: 41g (29%)
Protein: 69g (47%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 169
Talked with Mom and redid my plane ticket for Florida. I'll fly out the day after Thanksgiving, stay with them over the weekend, go to Disney World on Monday, and fly out Tuesday afternoon. This will enable me to work Wednesday and Thursday and not have to take those days off. April wanted me to fly up and see Mom (and everyone) the following weekend, but being around my sister, brother Rob, and three kids is most definitely NOT a vacation to me. I'm flying up the previous weekend and it will be just Mom, Bill, and I.
Today I walked to the laundromat and back, then down to the main street by the train station. I took the 50 bus to Alameda Towne Center. I am pretty much out of garlic wine vinegar so I bought several bottles of that at Safeway, then went over to Petco to get a new filtered mini aquarium. The one my fish has been living in has not worked since the brief power outage this weekend. I'm guessing it fried the motor, so a new tank is in order.
I cashed in one week's worth of vacation time - $450. I am using it to pay down my credit card bill and buy stuff at Costco. Costco is going to be mondo expensive because I am out of everything. Hopefully Brad and I can go tomorrow after he gets off work.
I won't weigh-in this Sunday. I need more time to get the weight gain off.
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
From One Hell To Another
Calories burned in exercise today: 175
My time off was a long, hard, and horrible. I never want to go through that again, but know I will have to.
Ok, my time off:
Last Thursday I flew to Seattle. My sister April picked me up and the airport. We picked up Dad from the adult care home and went back to April's house. I took my suitcases upstairs while April reheated dinner. After dinner we took Dad back to the home.
Friday we spent all day driving from Seattle to Grants Pass in southern Oregon. During the trip April said, "You are completely useless to me" simply because I can't drive. Um...who took care of Marina (April's baby) during the trip? Who fed her and watched her at the baby store while you shopped and stood in line? You've made the same trip without me and you still say I'm "useless"?
Saturday we spent all day working in Sunny Valley at my Dad's house (mostly throwing out food or taking it to the food bank) and the storage space in Merlin where Mom put her storage stuff when her and I moved to California 24 years ago.
Saturday night everyone took showers, went for a swim, and went out to dinner. I showed Brad around Sunny Valley and Wolf Creek, took a shower, and had dinner with Brad in his hotel room - PB&J, beef jerky, granola bars, and wine.
Sunday we all packed up and headed home. Dad said he would sell the van to Brad for $4000 (he wouldn't budge on that price), but he threw in a one year warranty on the engine and Brad said okay. April had a few things to do at Dad's house, but told Brad and I to go ahead and leave since the house was in the opposite direction from where we were. Brad and I drove back to California.
Monday Brad and I were both off. He left early to do stuff on the car (getting it cleaned, etc.). I was sick all day. I threw up twice that morning. I think it was a combination of too many days of stress, too much alcohol (to help deal with the stress), and too many Alli pills to deal with my horrible diet while I was away. I crawled out of bed only once to buy some groceries and stayed in bed other than that.
Tuesday was a binge day for me - eating whatever I wanted in whatever amounts I wanted. In the evening Brad and I went to Applebee's for dinner but I didn't feel like drinking much. I had a half glass of wine (couldn't finish it) and a Mochatini and that was it.
Today I am back at work. I slept in again today, getting disturbed three times by phone calls (once on my phone and twice on Brad's phone that he left my apartment). Tomorrow is laundry.
I ate horrible during the time I was gone and am just getting back on track today. The last time I was off plan this long I gained 10 pounds. I'm not getting on the scale for a while and am doing a 24 hour fast today.
Yesterday April e-mailed me that Dad and her will no longer be giving me the $200 a month they have been. The reason they gave was the cost of Dad's care was too high and he couldn't afford it anymore. I know he can.
The real reason if they want me to not be able to afford to stay in California so that I will move to Seattle and help take care of Dad. They have both made it very clear to me that the "right" thing to do is quit my job, move to Seattle, somehow find work there (even my sister couldn't find work and she has a college degree, I don't), learn to drive, then then work full time and take care of Dad after work. They reason that I am single and therefore have no obligations.
At any rate, the deal with the money is an effort to make me move to Seattle. I've been in California since I was 14 (the end of 1986) and and was born here. I have no intention of moving; being blackmailed won't change that.
April also said that I spend too much money on fresh food and wants me to eat frozen food because she claims it's less expensive. What can you do with a sister who wants you to quit eating fresh food?
I'm most likely canceling my trip to Florida this November/December. Mom and Bill are paying my way but I can't afford the time off. They will call the travel agent tomorrow. I also will not be visiting Dad in Seattle (again, can't afford the time off). I will take off as few days as possible (1-2) when I return to Oregon next spring. Hopefully Mom will come and rent a dumpster so we can get rid of a bunch of stuff.
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My time off was a long, hard, and horrible. I never want to go through that again, but know I will have to.
Ok, my time off:
Last Thursday I flew to Seattle. My sister April picked me up and the airport. We picked up Dad from the adult care home and went back to April's house. I took my suitcases upstairs while April reheated dinner. After dinner we took Dad back to the home. Friday we spent all day driving from Seattle to Grants Pass in southern Oregon. During the trip April said, "You are completely useless to me" simply because I can't drive. Um...who took care of Marina (April's baby) during the trip? Who fed her and watched her at the baby store while you shopped and stood in line? You've made the same trip without me and you still say I'm "useless"?Saturday we spent all day working in Sunny Valley at my Dad's house (mostly throwing out food or taking it to the food bank) and the storage space in Merlin where Mom put her storage stuff when her and I moved to California 24 years ago.
Saturday night everyone took showers, went for a swim, and went out to dinner. I showed Brad around Sunny Valley and Wolf Creek, took a shower, and had dinner with Brad in his hotel room - PB&J, beef jerky, granola bars, and wine.
Sunday we all packed up and headed home. Dad said he would sell the van to Brad for $4000 (he wouldn't budge on that price), but he threw in a one year warranty on the engine and Brad said okay. April had a few things to do at Dad's house, but told Brad and I to go ahead and leave since the house was in the opposite direction from where we were. Brad and I drove back to California.
Monday Brad and I were both off. He left early to do stuff on the car (getting it cleaned, etc.). I was sick all day. I threw up twice that morning. I think it was a combination of too many days of stress, too much alcohol (to help deal with the stress), and too many Alli pills to deal with my horrible diet while I was away. I crawled out of bed only once to buy some groceries and stayed in bed other than that.
Tuesday was a binge day for me - eating whatever I wanted in whatever amounts I wanted. In the evening Brad and I went to Applebee's for dinner but I didn't feel like drinking much. I had a half glass of wine (couldn't finish it) and a Mochatini and that was it.
Today I am back at work. I slept in again today, getting disturbed three times by phone calls (once on my phone and twice on Brad's phone that he left my apartment). Tomorrow is laundry.
I ate horrible during the time I was gone and am just getting back on track today. The last time I was off plan this long I gained 10 pounds. I'm not getting on the scale for a while and am doing a 24 hour fast today.
Yesterday April e-mailed me that Dad and her will no longer be giving me the $200 a month they have been. The reason they gave was the cost of Dad's care was too high and he couldn't afford it anymore. I know he can.
The real reason if they want me to not be able to afford to stay in California so that I will move to Seattle and help take care of Dad. They have both made it very clear to me that the "right" thing to do is quit my job, move to Seattle, somehow find work there (even my sister couldn't find work and she has a college degree, I don't), learn to drive, then then work full time and take care of Dad after work. They reason that I am single and therefore have no obligations.
At any rate, the deal with the money is an effort to make me move to Seattle. I've been in California since I was 14 (the end of 1986) and and was born here. I have no intention of moving; being blackmailed won't change that.
April also said that I spend too much money on fresh food and wants me to eat frozen food because she claims it's less expensive. What can you do with a sister who wants you to quit eating fresh food?
I'm most likely canceling my trip to Florida this November/December. Mom and Bill are paying my way but I can't afford the time off. They will call the travel agent tomorrow. I also will not be visiting Dad in Seattle (again, can't afford the time off). I will take off as few days as possible (1-2) when I return to Oregon next spring. Hopefully Mom will come and rent a dumpster so we can get rid of a bunch of stuff.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Leaving tomorrow!
Calories eaten yesterday: 1280
Fat: 27g (21%)
Carbs: 72g (25%)
Protein: 159g (54%)
Weight this morning: 126.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 292
A new low weight for me! Yay! I know I will gain while I'm gone so I needed some good scale news this morning. Click the photo for a larger size. :)
Last day of work today and then I'll be away from my blog here for a week. Once again, if you are on Facebook you can find me here. I will update my status via my cell phone while gone. Any responses should be posted directly to my wall as all wall posts are sent to my cell phone. I'll be back posting here again next Wednesday.
Today I did a couple large loads of laundry, and some packing for the trip. Tomorrow I finish the packing and I fly to Seattle in the afternoon.
Friday my sister and I are driving down to southern Oregon from Seattle. Saturday we sort and clean. Sunday I suspect we will do more sorting and cleaning, then sis and I drive back to Seattle in the afternoon.
I fly back here on Monday night. It was the only cheap flight I could find so I'll be stuck in Seattle an extra day.
Exercise today was walking to the laundromat and back, then down to BART, then from my stop to work.
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Fat: 27g (21%)
Carbs: 72g (25%)
Protein: 159g (54%)
Weight this morning: 126.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 292
A new low weight for me! Yay! I know I will gain while I'm gone so I needed some good scale news this morning. Click the photo for a larger size. :)Last day of work today and then I'll be away from my blog here for a week. Once again, if you are on Facebook you can find me here. I will update my status via my cell phone while gone. Any responses should be posted directly to my wall as all wall posts are sent to my cell phone. I'll be back posting here again next Wednesday.
Today I did a couple large loads of laundry, and some packing for the trip. Tomorrow I finish the packing and I fly to Seattle in the afternoon.
Friday my sister and I are driving down to southern Oregon from Seattle. Saturday we sort and clean. Sunday I suspect we will do more sorting and cleaning, then sis and I drive back to Seattle in the afternoon.
I fly back here on Monday night. It was the only cheap flight I could find so I'll be stuck in Seattle an extra day.
Exercise today was walking to the laundromat and back, then down to BART, then from my stop to work.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Week 113, Day 3
Calories eaten yesterday: 1271
Fat: 23g (17%)
Carbs: 93g (30%)
Protein: 167g (53%)
Weight this morning: 129
Calories burned in exercise today: 388
Here's a photo of some bags of snacks for my trip. In these are beef jerky (for protein), pork rinds (for fat), and some granola bars (for a treat). I later bought peanut butter and low-carb bread for sandwiches while I am gone. Click the photo to enlarge.
Gym day - the only one I'll get this week. Did one hour of weight training, 40 minutes on the stairmaster (dripping sweat everywhere), and walked to work from the train station (30 minutes).
Tomorrow I am doing laundry a day early to prepare for my trip. I have to be up early because I am doing everything - blankets and sheets, and dividing whites and colors (using bleach on the whites). The whole nine yards.
Thursday I'll pack and then I leave Thursday afternoon. As I said before, I will have no Internet access during that time. Follow me on Facebook if you want as I will be able to sent text updates from my cell phone. I don't think you have to friend me to see my profile as I set it to public. You do have to be a Facebook member, though.
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Fat: 23g (17%)
Carbs: 93g (30%)
Protein: 167g (53%)
Weight this morning: 129
Calories burned in exercise today: 388
Here's a photo of some bags of snacks for my trip. In these are beef jerky (for protein), pork rinds (for fat), and some granola bars (for a treat). I later bought peanut butter and low-carb bread for sandwiches while I am gone. Click the photo to enlarge.Gym day - the only one I'll get this week. Did one hour of weight training, 40 minutes on the stairmaster (dripping sweat everywhere), and walked to work from the train station (30 minutes).
Tomorrow I am doing laundry a day early to prepare for my trip. I have to be up early because I am doing everything - blankets and sheets, and dividing whites and colors (using bleach on the whites). The whole nine yards.
Thursday I'll pack and then I leave Thursday afternoon. As I said before, I will have no Internet access during that time. Follow me on Facebook if you want as I will be able to sent text updates from my cell phone. I don't think you have to friend me to see my profile as I set it to public. You do have to be a Facebook member, though.
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Waka Waka Waka
Calories eaten yesterday: 872
Fat: 18g (21%)
Carbs: 52g (28%)
Protein: 100g (50%)
Weight this morning: 131.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 423
Today is my sister April's birthday! Happy birthday, sis! She's 37. I tried to call her to wish her a happy birthday, but had to leave a message on her voice mail.
Did a lot of walking today just getting things done. I walked down to BART intending to go the the Mission Distract of San Francisco where I knew they sold the type of rolling cart I need. I walked to Fruitvale and saw a bank branch. I needed to make a deposit and get cash for my trip so I did that.
As I exited I saw a store across the street with a rolling cart on display outside. Score! It was just under $20. I got the cart and pulled it back home.
After dropping off the cart I had enough time to go to Safeway to pick up the bread and peanut butter I need for my trip. I get a healthy whole wheat light bread and peanut butter without added sugar.
I dropped that stuff off at home, washed my hair, then walked down to BART. I took it one stop, then walked into work.
Total walking time - almost 2 1/2 hours!
Tomorrow I think I can hit the gym, then I am doing laundry on Wednesday so I can pack on Thursday. I fly out Thursday afternoon.
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Fat: 18g (21%)
Carbs: 52g (28%)
Protein: 100g (50%)
Weight this morning: 131.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 423
Today is my sister April's birthday! Happy birthday, sis! She's 37. I tried to call her to wish her a happy birthday, but had to leave a message on her voice mail.
Did a lot of walking today just getting things done. I walked down to BART intending to go the the Mission Distract of San Francisco where I knew they sold the type of rolling cart I need. I walked to Fruitvale and saw a bank branch. I needed to make a deposit and get cash for my trip so I did that.
As I exited I saw a store across the street with a rolling cart on display outside. Score! It was just under $20. I got the cart and pulled it back home.
After dropping off the cart I had enough time to go to Safeway to pick up the bread and peanut butter I need for my trip. I get a healthy whole wheat light bread and peanut butter without added sugar.
I dropped that stuff off at home, washed my hair, then walked down to BART. I took it one stop, then walked into work.
Total walking time - almost 2 1/2 hours!
Tomorrow I think I can hit the gym, then I am doing laundry on Wednesday so I can pack on Thursday. I fly out Thursday afternoon.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Week 112 Weigh-In
Start: 154
Week 1: 150 (-4) - Week 25: 137.6
Week 50: 138.4 - Week 75: 137.6
Week 100: 140 - Week 101: 138.4 (-1.6)
Week 102: 138.6 (+0.2) - Week 103: 139.4 (+0.8)
Week 104: 136.4 (-3) - Week 105: 137.8 (+1.4)
Week 106: 137.8 (-0) - Week 107: 138.2 (+0.4)
Week 108: 137.4 (-0.8) - Week 109: 136 (-1.4)
Week 110: 133 (-3) - Week 111: 134.2 (+1.2)
Week 112: 132.8 (-1.4)
Total loss since starting a low-fat diet: -21.2
Total loss since I began dieting and exercising in 2004: -73.2
Ok, now to catch up on other stats.
Calories eaten Thursday: 1225
Fat: 17g (13%)
Carbs: 98g (33%)
Protein: 124g (41%)
Calories eaten Friday: 1159
Fat: 5g (4%)
Carbs: 71g (26%)
Protein: 62g (22%)
Weight Thursday morning: 129
Weight Friday morning: 127.8
Weight Saturday morning: 128.2
Weight this morning: 132.8
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 292
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 35
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 71
Calories burned in exercise today: 166
A new low weight for me! I need to lose all the weight I can because I will spend this coming weekend with no control over my food intake. Add that to the stress of the situation and that equals weight gain. That's why I have been working so hard to lose weight lately - so I can gain some and not get too high.
Crazy weekend. Friday morning I had my doctor's appointment. He upped my Armour from 120mg to 150mg (1 1/2 grains). He said adding 50mcg of levothyroxine was a good idea. In case I run out of Armour I got scrips for Cytomel and 125mcg of levothyroxine. This is my fallback plan, but the Cytomel is $1 per pill. I could swing it for a short time, but it's not a viable long term option
So I am currently on 150mg Armour and 50mcg levothyroxine. I did not schedule a new doctor's appointment because with the changes in medication (old Armour, new Armour, possibly Cytomel) my blood levels won't be stable for testing for quite a while. I told them I would call and make an appointment later.
The doctor gave me a compliment. First he said I was a difficult case - the medications that should work are not and my numbers are all over the map. He then asked if I'd thought about going to UCSF Medical Center. I said no and then he added, "You probably know as much as they do anyway." I do try to be an educated patient. :)
Brad drove me home and then dropped me at the grocery shopping before heading back to work. I bought what groceries I could carry since my cart is broken. The bags were heavy on my shoulders for the walk home.
I called Dad to try to calm him down about the situation with the van. Didn't do any good and he refuses to sell. This means I have to fly back from Seattle since I won't be driving down in the van with Brad. Brad called my Dad that afternoon and was able to calm him down. They had a nice conversation but he still won't sell.
Friday afternoon I went to CVS pharmacy to see if they had any Armour. They did, but only 30s, 60s, and 90s. They refused to give me 60s and 90s to equal the 150 dose I am on. I will have to call the doctor's office on Monday and see if they can phone in a script for 60s and 90s.
Between that and Dad I was really depressed. I had some wine and no dinner and then went to bed. I was too depressed and angry to care about eating.
Friday night Xena didn't sleep with me, but I wasn't too worried and figured she was under the bathtub or something. Saturday morning I looked everywhere - in every nook and cranny. She was nowhere to be found and did not show up for breakfast!
My baby was missing! Xena is the one who's been an indoor cat her whole life. She can't take care of herself outside. She snuck out sometime Friday night and neither Brad nor I noticed (I had gone to bed early anyway).
I was pretty depressed at this point and craved sugar and chocolate.
Brad and I headed to church. Between my Dad, the medication issue, and Xena, I was too depressed to participate much. I hadn't slept well Friday night so after the worship service I just rested during Sabbath School, ate some potluck lunch, and then rested again while everyone else cleaned up.
I did get up once during Sabbath School and go to the 7-Eleven next door and bought a large cinnamon roll. I sat outside and ate it, then went back to the church and continued resting (laying down across three chairs).
After church we had a business meeting. I'm the clerk so I have to go. Thankfully it wasn't the three hour meeting it usually is. We wrapped this one up in two hours. Brad and I had our ride drop us by the binge into Alameda instead of at home.
We ended up going to Zeytini's for their Happy Hour special (buy one glass of wine, get the second one for 25 cents). Brad paid, but I did give him some money to help cover my glasses.
He also offered to buy me a Mochatini at Applebee's because he knew how stressed out I was. It's my favorite drink so I took him up on it. I also got a Diet Coke because I was sooo thirsty. Brad got an iced tea and the cheese sticks appetizer. I was saving my appetite so I let him have most of it and just ate two.
We stopped at Starbucks on the way back and I got my favorite coffee drink - a double tall skinny vanilla latte. I also got a piece of the reduced fat cinnamon coffee cake and a double chocolate biscotti.
Then we went next door to Tuttimellon and I had two yogurts with toppings - a small chocolate frozen yogurt with M&Ms and granola, and a small plain frozen yogurt with M&Ms.
We stopped at Safeway on the way back for my weekly Saturday treat of two Yoplait Light yogurts. I also got a package of Hostess cupcakes - I craved the sugar and chocolate.
I checked my cell phone when I got home and found two messages from my next door neighbor (I had altered her about my cat). She said she had found my cat and Brad and I rushed over to get her. She was safe and sound, though pissed off at me for leaving her outside to fend for herself.
We came back and I ate the stuff from Safeway plus a granola bar, and the healthy chocolate pudding I made the night before. I wasn't hungry for dinner and neither was Brad so we just went to bed.
This morning we got up and walked to the train, then from our stop into work. We stopped at WalMart and I bought stuff I'll need for my trip this weekend - beef jerky, pork rinds, granola bars, hand wipes, etc. I still need bread and peanut butter, but WalMart doesn't have the kinds I like so I'll have to stop at Safeway for those.
Tomorrow I hope to go into San Francisco and buy a new cart for laundry and groceries. There are lots of little shops on Mission Street that sell those and they are right on the train line so I won't have to take any buses.
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Week 1: 150 (-4) - Week 25: 137.6
Week 50: 138.4 - Week 75: 137.6
Week 100: 140 - Week 101: 138.4 (-1.6)
Week 102: 138.6 (+0.2) - Week 103: 139.4 (+0.8)
Week 104: 136.4 (-3) - Week 105: 137.8 (+1.4)
Week 106: 137.8 (-0) - Week 107: 138.2 (+0.4)
Week 108: 137.4 (-0.8) - Week 109: 136 (-1.4)
Week 110: 133 (-3) - Week 111: 134.2 (+1.2)
Week 112: 132.8 (-1.4)
Total loss since starting a low-fat diet: -21.2
Total loss since I began dieting and exercising in 2004: -73.2
Ok, now to catch up on other stats.
Calories eaten Thursday: 1225
Fat: 17g (13%)
Carbs: 98g (33%)
Protein: 124g (41%)
Calories eaten Friday: 1159
Fat: 5g (4%)
Carbs: 71g (26%)
Protein: 62g (22%)
Weight Thursday morning: 129
Weight Friday morning: 127.8
Weight Saturday morning: 128.2
Weight this morning: 132.8
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 292
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 35
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 71
Calories burned in exercise today: 166
A new low weight for me! I need to lose all the weight I can because I will spend this coming weekend with no control over my food intake. Add that to the stress of the situation and that equals weight gain. That's why I have been working so hard to lose weight lately - so I can gain some and not get too high.
Crazy weekend. Friday morning I had my doctor's appointment. He upped my Armour from 120mg to 150mg (1 1/2 grains). He said adding 50mcg of levothyroxine was a good idea. In case I run out of Armour I got scrips for Cytomel and 125mcg of levothyroxine. This is my fallback plan, but the Cytomel is $1 per pill. I could swing it for a short time, but it's not a viable long term option
So I am currently on 150mg Armour and 50mcg levothyroxine. I did not schedule a new doctor's appointment because with the changes in medication (old Armour, new Armour, possibly Cytomel) my blood levels won't be stable for testing for quite a while. I told them I would call and make an appointment later.
The doctor gave me a compliment. First he said I was a difficult case - the medications that should work are not and my numbers are all over the map. He then asked if I'd thought about going to UCSF Medical Center. I said no and then he added, "You probably know as much as they do anyway." I do try to be an educated patient. :)
Brad drove me home and then dropped me at the grocery shopping before heading back to work. I bought what groceries I could carry since my cart is broken. The bags were heavy on my shoulders for the walk home.
I called Dad to try to calm him down about the situation with the van. Didn't do any good and he refuses to sell. This means I have to fly back from Seattle since I won't be driving down in the van with Brad. Brad called my Dad that afternoon and was able to calm him down. They had a nice conversation but he still won't sell.
Friday afternoon I went to CVS pharmacy to see if they had any Armour. They did, but only 30s, 60s, and 90s. They refused to give me 60s and 90s to equal the 150 dose I am on. I will have to call the doctor's office on Monday and see if they can phone in a script for 60s and 90s.
Between that and Dad I was really depressed. I had some wine and no dinner and then went to bed. I was too depressed and angry to care about eating.
Friday night Xena didn't sleep with me, but I wasn't too worried and figured she was under the bathtub or something. Saturday morning I looked everywhere - in every nook and cranny. She was nowhere to be found and did not show up for breakfast!My baby was missing! Xena is the one who's been an indoor cat her whole life. She can't take care of herself outside. She snuck out sometime Friday night and neither Brad nor I noticed (I had gone to bed early anyway).
I was pretty depressed at this point and craved sugar and chocolate.
Brad and I headed to church. Between my Dad, the medication issue, and Xena, I was too depressed to participate much. I hadn't slept well Friday night so after the worship service I just rested during Sabbath School, ate some potluck lunch, and then rested again while everyone else cleaned up.
I did get up once during Sabbath School and go to the 7-Eleven next door and bought a large cinnamon roll. I sat outside and ate it, then went back to the church and continued resting (laying down across three chairs).
After church we had a business meeting. I'm the clerk so I have to go. Thankfully it wasn't the three hour meeting it usually is. We wrapped this one up in two hours. Brad and I had our ride drop us by the binge into Alameda instead of at home.
We ended up going to Zeytini's for their Happy Hour special (buy one glass of wine, get the second one for 25 cents). Brad paid, but I did give him some money to help cover my glasses.
He also offered to buy me a Mochatini at Applebee's because he knew how stressed out I was. It's my favorite drink so I took him up on it. I also got a Diet Coke because I was sooo thirsty. Brad got an iced tea and the cheese sticks appetizer. I was saving my appetite so I let him have most of it and just ate two.
We stopped at Starbucks on the way back and I got my favorite coffee drink - a double tall skinny vanilla latte. I also got a piece of the reduced fat cinnamon coffee cake and a double chocolate biscotti.
Then we went next door to Tuttimellon and I had two yogurts with toppings - a small chocolate frozen yogurt with M&Ms and granola, and a small plain frozen yogurt with M&Ms.
We stopped at Safeway on the way back for my weekly Saturday treat of two Yoplait Light yogurts. I also got a package of Hostess cupcakes - I craved the sugar and chocolate.
I checked my cell phone when I got home and found two messages from my next door neighbor (I had altered her about my cat). She said she had found my cat and Brad and I rushed over to get her. She was safe and sound, though pissed off at me for leaving her outside to fend for herself.
We came back and I ate the stuff from Safeway plus a granola bar, and the healthy chocolate pudding I made the night before. I wasn't hungry for dinner and neither was Brad so we just went to bed.
This morning we got up and walked to the train, then from our stop into work. We stopped at WalMart and I bought stuff I'll need for my trip this weekend - beef jerky, pork rinds, granola bars, hand wipes, etc. I still need bread and peanut butter, but WalMart doesn't have the kinds I like so I'll have to stop at Safeway for those.
Tomorrow I hope to go into San Francisco and buy a new cart for laundry and groceries. There are lots of little shops on Mission Street that sell those and they are right on the train line so I won't have to take any buses.
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
Book review - The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still (aka Farewell to the Master) by Harry Bates
This book was short (38 pages) and bore no resemblance to the 1951 film, and even less the 2008 remake. How they got those films from this book I will never understand. Gnut (Gort in the films) lashing out in violence every time they is violence around him, Gnut being in the Smithsonian and moving around stealthily at night, Gnut trying to make another Klaatu – it’s not in the films, but is the central part of the book.
Basically, the movies are nice, but there is no woman saying "Klaatu barada nikto" to stop Gnut in the book, nor anything remotely close to it. Harry Bates would turn over in his grave to see what has become of his story.
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This book was short (38 pages) and bore no resemblance to the 1951 film, and even less the 2008 remake. How they got those films from this book I will never understand. Gnut (Gort in the films) lashing out in violence every time they is violence around him, Gnut being in the Smithsonian and moving around stealthily at night, Gnut trying to make another Klaatu – it’s not in the films, but is the central part of the book.
Basically, the movies are nice, but there is no woman saying "Klaatu barada nikto" to stop Gnut in the book, nor anything remotely close to it. Harry Bates would turn over in his grave to see what has become of his story.
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
La Vida Loca!
Calories eaten yesterday: 1269
Fat: 22g (16%)
Carbs: 100g (33%)
Protein: 125g (39%)
Weight this morning: 129
Calories burned in exercise today: 292
Crazy day. Exercise was just a buttload of walking. I switched out my old pedometer last night for a new one (same exact kind). The new one counts so much better! Who knew a pedometer could simply wear out?
Last night I went to get my rolling cart from the closet to get ready for the laundry today. I opened it and one of the wheels fell off! I looked at the wheel shaft and the metal is ripped completely away! The cart wasn't going anywhere except the garbage. I used my Pullman backpack and a garbage bag to get my clothes to the laundromat and back. :-p I don't know how I will handle groceries tomorrow.
After putting the clothes away and having some egg whites I went to Walgreens and spoke with the manager about my card. The person she needed to call at TransLink was on her lunch break. She said she would get back to me and I left the card there. They should be able to take my leftover bus pass money and turn it into regular cash so I can pay by ride. We'll see. But the next time I get my commuter checks I am buying paper tickets!
I continued down to BART, and then walked from my stop into work, stopping at WalMart for more Diet Coke. I took time out at both Walgreens and WalMart to compare prices on both Nature-Thyroid (similar to Armour with both T3 and T4) and Cytomel (a T3 only med).
I'm seeing my doctor tomorrow. I think I will ask him for a script for "dessicated thyroid" (that way I can get any available brand), and also Cytomel. That way if I run out of my meds I can at least pay for Cytomel. It's quite expensive but if I run out of options I want to be able to get my T3 in some form until Armour or Nature-Thyroid is back on the market.
I'm also going to ask the doctor to raise my dessicated thyroid to 3 grains (180-195mg, depending on brand), and to let me add some levothyroxine to the mix since my T4 levels have dropped on the Armour. I need to check my other prescriptions and see if I need new scripts on any of them.
It's been a year on this crazy thyroid journey and I'm still no closer to getting my levels where they should be. :(
My sister's in town this weekend. She's not planning on seeing me since I'll be flying to Seattle next weekend to see her and help clean out the properties in Oregon. I leave Thursday afternoon. I'll get to see Dad Thursday night. That will be good. :)
Brad is taking the bus up to take possession of the van, then we will drive back to California together late Sunday. I won't be updating my blog during that time, but I plan to post updates to my Facebook page. I have my page set to public, so if you have a Facebook account you should be able to see my updates. Facebook profile
Tomorrow I plan to buy groceries and prep salads for the coming week. I'll buy and cook chicken if it's on sale.
This Saturday Brad and I have to attend our twice annual church business meeting after worship. I'm the clerk and have to be there. Now that I have a laptop I just type the minutes as we go along instead of taking notes by hand. :) These meetings typically go about three hours so there goes the afternoon. I expect we'll get home around 7. We'll have dinner in since we are both broke. We can do hot dogs or a shrimp and veggie stir fry.
Mom has my tickets booked for the Florida trip in November/December! :) I don't have the exact days and times yet, but I know I am leaving the day after Thanksgiving and I'll be gone about a week. It will be good to see Mom and her husband. I miss Mom.
I'll weigh-in on Sunday. No weigh-in the week after that since I won't be here and won't be able to eat healthy during that time.
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Fat: 22g (16%)
Carbs: 100g (33%)
Protein: 125g (39%)
Weight this morning: 129
Calories burned in exercise today: 292
Crazy day. Exercise was just a buttload of walking. I switched out my old pedometer last night for a new one (same exact kind). The new one counts so much better! Who knew a pedometer could simply wear out?
Last night I went to get my rolling cart from the closet to get ready for the laundry today. I opened it and one of the wheels fell off! I looked at the wheel shaft and the metal is ripped completely away! The cart wasn't going anywhere except the garbage. I used my Pullman backpack and a garbage bag to get my clothes to the laundromat and back. :-p I don't know how I will handle groceries tomorrow.
After putting the clothes away and having some egg whites I went to Walgreens and spoke with the manager about my card. The person she needed to call at TransLink was on her lunch break. She said she would get back to me and I left the card there. They should be able to take my leftover bus pass money and turn it into regular cash so I can pay by ride. We'll see. But the next time I get my commuter checks I am buying paper tickets!
I continued down to BART, and then walked from my stop into work, stopping at WalMart for more Diet Coke. I took time out at both Walgreens and WalMart to compare prices on both Nature-Thyroid (similar to Armour with both T3 and T4) and Cytomel (a T3 only med).
I'm seeing my doctor tomorrow. I think I will ask him for a script for "dessicated thyroid" (that way I can get any available brand), and also Cytomel. That way if I run out of my meds I can at least pay for Cytomel. It's quite expensive but if I run out of options I want to be able to get my T3 in some form until Armour or Nature-Thyroid is back on the market.
I'm also going to ask the doctor to raise my dessicated thyroid to 3 grains (180-195mg, depending on brand), and to let me add some levothyroxine to the mix since my T4 levels have dropped on the Armour. I need to check my other prescriptions and see if I need new scripts on any of them.
It's been a year on this crazy thyroid journey and I'm still no closer to getting my levels where they should be. :(
My sister's in town this weekend. She's not planning on seeing me since I'll be flying to Seattle next weekend to see her and help clean out the properties in Oregon. I leave Thursday afternoon. I'll get to see Dad Thursday night. That will be good. :)
Brad is taking the bus up to take possession of the van, then we will drive back to California together late Sunday. I won't be updating my blog during that time, but I plan to post updates to my Facebook page. I have my page set to public, so if you have a Facebook account you should be able to see my updates. Facebook profile
Tomorrow I plan to buy groceries and prep salads for the coming week. I'll buy and cook chicken if it's on sale.
This Saturday Brad and I have to attend our twice annual church business meeting after worship. I'm the clerk and have to be there. Now that I have a laptop I just type the minutes as we go along instead of taking notes by hand. :) These meetings typically go about three hours so there goes the afternoon. I expect we'll get home around 7. We'll have dinner in since we are both broke. We can do hot dogs or a shrimp and veggie stir fry.
Mom has my tickets booked for the Florida trip in November/December! :) I don't have the exact days and times yet, but I know I am leaving the day after Thanksgiving and I'll be gone about a week. It will be good to see Mom and her husband. I miss Mom.
I'll weigh-in on Sunday. No weigh-in the week after that since I won't be here and won't be able to eat healthy during that time.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
How fat is your state?
Calories eaten yesterday: 1096
Fat: 19g (17%)
Carbs: 83g (33%)
Protein: 129g (50%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 175
Let's state off with a random cool pic of Abby. I caught her at just the right moment as she took a bite of her cat food. Click the photo for a larger size.
Okay. Moving on. Didn't weight in this morning. I'm a bit constipated so I knew my weight would be higher than yesterday and didn't want to be depressed.
I'm working overtime today so my only exercise was walking to the train station and then from my stop to work - about 1 hour total. My pedometer is not counting steps very well. I changed the battery three months ago, but I wonder if maybe it's just plain wearing out.
Here's a cool tidbit I found online: How fat is your state? Where I live (California) 23.1% of adults are obese - not merely overweight, mind you, but obese - with a BMI of 30 or above. California rates 41st among 50 states plus DC - overall one of the slimmer states.
The fattest state is Mississippi with 31.6% of adults obese, and the slimmest state is Colorado with 18.4% of adults obese.
On another subject, a word to my critics who comment on the Blogger version of this blog. I am hypothyroid, people! Maybe you don't understand what that's like. Yes, my emotions get the best of me. Thyroid hormones effect every cell in the body. Every. Single. Cell. Messing with my emotions is just one aspect of many.
Then add severe clinical depression to the hypothyroidism. I take meds for it, but the meds make me hungry and hunger makes me more likely to go off also. If I eat enough to satiate the hunger I gain weight. Try walking a mile in those shoes and then come back and criticize me! I only noticed one comment from someone who thought the thyroid meds might play a part - only one person stopped long enough to consider all the data.
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Fat: 19g (17%)
Carbs: 83g (33%)
Protein: 129g (50%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 175
Let's state off with a random cool pic of Abby. I caught her at just the right moment as she took a bite of her cat food. Click the photo for a larger size.Okay. Moving on. Didn't weight in this morning. I'm a bit constipated so I knew my weight would be higher than yesterday and didn't want to be depressed.
I'm working overtime today so my only exercise was walking to the train station and then from my stop to work - about 1 hour total. My pedometer is not counting steps very well. I changed the battery three months ago, but I wonder if maybe it's just plain wearing out.
Here's a cool tidbit I found online: How fat is your state? Where I live (California) 23.1% of adults are obese - not merely overweight, mind you, but obese - with a BMI of 30 or above. California rates 41st among 50 states plus DC - overall one of the slimmer states.
The fattest state is Mississippi with 31.6% of adults obese, and the slimmest state is Colorado with 18.4% of adults obese.
On another subject, a word to my critics who comment on the Blogger version of this blog. I am hypothyroid, people! Maybe you don't understand what that's like. Yes, my emotions get the best of me. Thyroid hormones effect every cell in the body. Every. Single. Cell. Messing with my emotions is just one aspect of many.
Then add severe clinical depression to the hypothyroidism. I take meds for it, but the meds make me hungry and hunger makes me more likely to go off also. If I eat enough to satiate the hunger I gain weight. Try walking a mile in those shoes and then come back and criticize me! I only noticed one comment from someone who thought the thyroid meds might play a part - only one person stopped long enough to consider all the data.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Diet, Overtime, TransLink, & Armour
Calories eaten yesterday: 1303
Fat: 26g (20%)
Carbs: 72g (25%)
Protein: 150g (49%)
Weight this morning: 130.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 184
Settle in with some hot cocoa. It's been a busy day and this is a long post.
First, some interesting diet facts to keep you from having "just one bite."
Calories in
1 miniature peanut butter cup - 55
1 "fun size" chocolate bar - 37
1 Triscuit cracker - 20
Those calories are totally not worth the amount of "food" you get for them. I already gave up the mini chocolate bars and the Triscuits. I found out about the mini PB cups today. No more of those for me!
Well, there won't be any gym tomorrow. I was offered 4 hours overtime at work and need the money badly so I'm taking it. Today I walked down to the train station, took the train into San Francisco, ran errands, took the train back, and then walked from my stop to work. Just over 1 hour total walking.
I am so sore from working out yesterday! My abs are killing me! It must be the leg lifts I did in the Captain's Chair at the gym. I don't use it often, but it sure target those abs!
The TransLink saga continues. There is way more to explain than there is room for here, but it all comes down to going into Walgreens after not using the card for 24 hours, having Walgreens call TransLink with me in the room, and hoping for the best outcome.
Additionally, another issue I had with the card: when I bought it I put $5 cash on it to test it. I tried to test it on BART last night. I swiped it to get in and it let me in and said I had a balance of $5. Ok, fine. I swiped it to get out and it said "See Agent." The agent had to let me out the gate. I tried to use it again today and it said "See Agent" again. The agent put the card in some sort of reader and told me I had no funds on it! Argh!
I called TransLink and they looked at my card info and said they could see the $80 monthly bus pass and that I had $5 cash with a $1.75 deduction (my BART ride last night), so I have a balance of $3.25. Ok good. At least they have my records on file with the info so I shouldn't have to prove anything with a receipt.
Anyway, with all this trouble I told the guy at work who does the commuter checks to keep giving me paper checks for now which I will use to buy paper passes. I am not going to use TransLink until the program gets the bugs worked out.
Brad has had no trouble at all with TransLink; my experience is the opposite and I gather that it's quite common. Walgreens hates the TransLink cards because of the problems, and TransLink admits there are a lot of kinks to work out.
In other news, I'm trying to get ahold of enough Armour thyroid medication to last me through this shortage. I bought out the remaining stock at Walgreens. They only have the 60s which means taking two a day. At first they said they gave me 60 pills last week so I only had 40 remaining. I argued that since I have to take two I should get 80 pills. They finally listened and gave me 80. That's enough for 40 days, plus the 30 days worth I have at home. I called around to other pharmacies to see if anybody had more. One had a few 90s in stock, but only a few; the rest only had 30s and 60s. I may have to switch to Nature-thyroid. With the prescription plan ($35 a year) at Walgreens it would run me about $12 a month. I'm seeing the doctor this Friday and not sure what to do. Armour is completely unavailable.
The property check for just under $200 came today, but I also received a bill for $92 for P.O. box rental. I had to write out the check on the spot and give it to them. :-p On the bright side, my phone refund card came today and that's worth $50. :)
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Fat: 26g (20%)
Carbs: 72g (25%)
Protein: 150g (49%)
Weight this morning: 130.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 184
Settle in with some hot cocoa. It's been a busy day and this is a long post.
First, some interesting diet facts to keep you from having "just one bite."
Calories in
1 miniature peanut butter cup - 55
1 "fun size" chocolate bar - 37
1 Triscuit cracker - 20
Those calories are totally not worth the amount of "food" you get for them. I already gave up the mini chocolate bars and the Triscuits. I found out about the mini PB cups today. No more of those for me!
Well, there won't be any gym tomorrow. I was offered 4 hours overtime at work and need the money badly so I'm taking it. Today I walked down to the train station, took the train into San Francisco, ran errands, took the train back, and then walked from my stop to work. Just over 1 hour total walking.
I am so sore from working out yesterday! My abs are killing me! It must be the leg lifts I did in the Captain's Chair at the gym. I don't use it often, but it sure target those abs!
The TransLink saga continues. There is way more to explain than there is room for here, but it all comes down to going into Walgreens after not using the card for 24 hours, having Walgreens call TransLink with me in the room, and hoping for the best outcome.Additionally, another issue I had with the card: when I bought it I put $5 cash on it to test it. I tried to test it on BART last night. I swiped it to get in and it let me in and said I had a balance of $5. Ok, fine. I swiped it to get out and it said "See Agent." The agent had to let me out the gate. I tried to use it again today and it said "See Agent" again. The agent put the card in some sort of reader and told me I had no funds on it! Argh!
I called TransLink and they looked at my card info and said they could see the $80 monthly bus pass and that I had $5 cash with a $1.75 deduction (my BART ride last night), so I have a balance of $3.25. Ok good. At least they have my records on file with the info so I shouldn't have to prove anything with a receipt.
Anyway, with all this trouble I told the guy at work who does the commuter checks to keep giving me paper checks for now which I will use to buy paper passes. I am not going to use TransLink until the program gets the bugs worked out.
Brad has had no trouble at all with TransLink; my experience is the opposite and I gather that it's quite common. Walgreens hates the TransLink cards because of the problems, and TransLink admits there are a lot of kinks to work out.
In other news, I'm trying to get ahold of enough Armour thyroid medication to last me through this shortage. I bought out the remaining stock at Walgreens. They only have the 60s which means taking two a day. At first they said they gave me 60 pills last week so I only had 40 remaining. I argued that since I have to take two I should get 80 pills. They finally listened and gave me 80. That's enough for 40 days, plus the 30 days worth I have at home. I called around to other pharmacies to see if anybody had more. One had a few 90s in stock, but only a few; the rest only had 30s and 60s. I may have to switch to Nature-thyroid. With the prescription plan ($35 a year) at Walgreens it would run me about $12 a month. I'm seeing the doctor this Friday and not sure what to do. Armour is completely unavailable.The property check for just under $200 came today, but I also received a bill for $92 for P.O. box rental. I had to write out the check on the spot and give it to them. :-p On the bright side, my phone refund card came today and that's worth $50. :)Technorati tagged: diet, low fat, weight loss, health, exercise, obesity, overweight, fitness
Monday, August 17, 2009
Idiotic Cashiers
Calories eaten yesterday: 886
Fat: 18g (20%)
Carbs: 63g (32%)
Protein: 98g (48%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 405
Broke my fast after a little over 17 hours yesterday. I ate healthy - celery, salad, and chicken breast and cottage cheese later.
Went to the gym today. Did an hour of weight training and 40 minutes of cardio on the stairmaster. I dripped sweat all over the floor. :) Walked to work from the train station. Tomorrow is my bimonthly trip into San Francisco to check my mail. I should get some good walking in.
My TransLink card is all screwed up. Some idiotic cashier took my $80 of commuter checks and put them on an AC Transit monthly pass. I haven't been using monthly passes for a long time because I don't ride the bus nearly as often; I can walk many places I used to need a bus for. I wanted my $80 to be put on as regular cash and then pay per ride for the bus and train.
Unfortunately, I threw away the receipt thinking I didn't need it anymore and it didn't click in my head until last night what they did to my card. I never asked for a monthly pass! I only asked that the money be added to my card. Now I am stuck with an $80 monthly pass (and no train fare once my current paper pass runs out) that I have no use for. It's the cashier's fault, but I am the one who has to suffer the consequences of her stupidity and lose tons of money because of it!
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Fat: 18g (20%)
Carbs: 63g (32%)
Protein: 98g (48%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 405
Broke my fast after a little over 17 hours yesterday. I ate healthy - celery, salad, and chicken breast and cottage cheese later.
Went to the gym today. Did an hour of weight training and 40 minutes of cardio on the stairmaster. I dripped sweat all over the floor. :) Walked to work from the train station. Tomorrow is my bimonthly trip into San Francisco to check my mail. I should get some good walking in.
My TransLink card is all screwed up. Some idiotic cashier took my $80 of commuter checks and put them on an AC Transit monthly pass. I haven't been using monthly passes for a long time because I don't ride the bus nearly as often; I can walk many places I used to need a bus for. I wanted my $80 to be put on as regular cash and then pay per ride for the bus and train.
Unfortunately, I threw away the receipt thinking I didn't need it anymore and it didn't click in my head until last night what they did to my card. I never asked for a monthly pass! I only asked that the money be added to my card. Now I am stuck with an $80 monthly pass (and no train fare once my current paper pass runs out) that I have no use for. It's the cashier's fault, but I am the one who has to suffer the consequences of her stupidity and lose tons of money because of it!
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
No weigh-in
I binged Wednesday and Thursday last week. I fasted for 24 hours on Friday, but did wake up in the early a.m. hours and had some food. The numbers below don't reflect my 12:30 a.m. meal. It had been more than 24 hours without eating and I was too hungry to go back to sleep. However, I didn't eat any breakfast Saturday morning until I got to church.
Calories eaten Friday: 480
Fat: 4g (8%)
Carbs: 23 (19%)
Protein: 6g (4%)
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 184
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 237
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 306
Calories burned in exercise today: 293
(I did some walking every single day.)
After binging for two days straight and gaining 10 lbs. there was no way I was weighing myself this morning. I fasted Friday but ate way too much on Saturday. I'm hoping to fast for most of today to make up for eating so much for three out of the last four days.
Friday I went grocery shopping and then walked down to Walgreens to pick up a month's worth of the old Armour tablets. They tried to tell me they didn't have any Armour; I insisted they did and waited while they filled it. I tested it in Saturday and it is the old Armour. The tablets has a distinctly sweet taste when I bit into them. They only had the 60mg pills so they gave me 60 tablets and I'll take two a day. I'll use up the Armour I have first and use the newer only if I have to (I probably will).
Saturday after church Brad and I went to the pet food store up the street for some of the healthy but expensive cat food they carry. Then we walked all the way to Alameda Towne Center. We had happy hour drinks at Zeytini.
We were fighting part of the way there and during drinks. I finally got upset and told him and I wanted to be alone. I had told him earlier but he finally listened. I walked part of the way back home, decided maybe dinner at Applebee's would be nice, but never made it because the bus just didn't come and it was getting late. I decided to head back home and eat there.
Brad had left me a message saying he wouldn't be saying at my apartment that night, but later decided he was too tired to travel to Concord. We ended up on the same bus home. I mostly ignored him and stuffed myself with mostly healthy food when we arrived home; I ate well beyond when I was full. *sigh* Brad was too upset to eat anything and I didn't offer.
Today we walked from my apartment to work - I need the exercise. I'm fasting part of today, but Brad was hungry (no dinner last night and no breakfast this morning) so we stopped at KFC on the way into work. I let him eat (I didn't even have one bite since that would break my fast), but I asked him to buy me a large Diet Coke and then engrossed myself in Solitaire on my iPod to avoid watching him eat.
Tomorrow I hope to hit the gym and I'll report how long my fast lasted. I do plan on eating today; I just haven't done so yet. I had a cup of sugar-free Jello this morning, but I don't count that since it becomes a liquid almost as soon as you swallow it (Jello liquefies when warmed).
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Calories eaten Friday: 480
Fat: 4g (8%)
Carbs: 23 (19%)
Protein: 6g (4%)
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 184
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 237
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 306
Calories burned in exercise today: 293
(I did some walking every single day.)
After binging for two days straight and gaining 10 lbs. there was no way I was weighing myself this morning. I fasted Friday but ate way too much on Saturday. I'm hoping to fast for most of today to make up for eating so much for three out of the last four days.
Friday I went grocery shopping and then walked down to Walgreens to pick up a month's worth of the old Armour tablets. They tried to tell me they didn't have any Armour; I insisted they did and waited while they filled it. I tested it in Saturday and it is the old Armour. The tablets has a distinctly sweet taste when I bit into them. They only had the 60mg pills so they gave me 60 tablets and I'll take two a day. I'll use up the Armour I have first and use the newer only if I have to (I probably will).
Saturday after church Brad and I went to the pet food store up the street for some of the healthy but expensive cat food they carry. Then we walked all the way to Alameda Towne Center. We had happy hour drinks at Zeytini.
We were fighting part of the way there and during drinks. I finally got upset and told him and I wanted to be alone. I had told him earlier but he finally listened. I walked part of the way back home, decided maybe dinner at Applebee's would be nice, but never made it because the bus just didn't come and it was getting late. I decided to head back home and eat there.
Brad had left me a message saying he wouldn't be saying at my apartment that night, but later decided he was too tired to travel to Concord. We ended up on the same bus home. I mostly ignored him and stuffed myself with mostly healthy food when we arrived home; I ate well beyond when I was full. *sigh* Brad was too upset to eat anything and I didn't offer.
Today we walked from my apartment to work - I need the exercise. I'm fasting part of today, but Brad was hungry (no dinner last night and no breakfast this morning) so we stopped at KFC on the way into work. I let him eat (I didn't even have one bite since that would break my fast), but I asked him to buy me a large Diet Coke and then engrossed myself in Solitaire on my iPod to avoid watching him eat.
Tomorrow I hope to hit the gym and I'll report how long my fast lasted. I do plan on eating today; I just haven't done so yet. I had a cup of sugar-free Jello this morning, but I don't count that since it becomes a liquid almost as soon as you swallow it (Jello liquefies when warmed).
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Dear Fatty...
I did not write this. I found it and cleaned up the grammar, spelling, punctuation, and a reference to anorexia. This is a mean letter, but it makes a good point.
Dear Fatty,
You, you’re fat.
When you sit down to eat
people will think, "God damn is she really going to eat all that?"
Why yes, yes you are.
Because that’s how you got so fucking fat in the first place,
and apparently, it’s too damn hard to put down the fork and walk away.
I mean, that’s one of the hardest things you have to do in life!
Some people are coping with people dying or having severe injuries.
But nooo, you seem to believe those are easy things to deal with.
The real struggle is not eating that pizza or that cookie.
I’ts just sooo fucking hard for you
because you are a fatass,
because you will shove anything down your fucking throat,
because you don’t have enough self-control to say "no" to ONE single thing. ONE thing you WILL eventually eat,
but right now ask yourself, “Do I REALLY think I deserve this? REALLY?” I hope you don’t.
I hope that nowhere in your mind you have reasons as to why you deserve to eat bad foods.
You do, however, deserve to be fat.
You deserve to be the fat friend, deserve to always feel disgusting when you sit down and all your rolls come together,
disgusting when you can’t fit into any of your old jeans,
deserve, how you’re afraid to even wear any type of revealing clothing.
Because honestly, who wants to see your fat ass?
And those stretch marks you hate so much. Ohhhh, should’ve listened to your mother when she said they’d only get worse. But you just passed it off.
She was just "being a bitch," right?
You know what's a bitch - that you can’t show of your legs without feeling like everyone is staring at those disgusting marks. But if you’re skinny, honestly, someone might look at them for half a second ,and that will be it.
If I'm fat with stretch marks, they'll think , damn she really needs to lose weight.
If I’m skinny ,they might just think I lost a lot of weight, or had a growth spurt. It wont matter.
You'll be thin!
Put that fucking fork down.
Your happy weight will only take LONGER to reach if you don’t stop fucking shoving that disgusting high fat food down your throat.
That food is so disgusting.
Imagine a fat girl , eating away at McDonald’s - no way could that EVER be attractive.
People will look at you and think,
"Damn, she needs to not come here anymore."
But if a thin girl eats there, it looks like she’s just stopping for a quick snack, like she’s too busy having fun to care.
Which one do you want to be?
Oh , I guess you decided to be the fat bitch
because it was too hard to not eat that bowl of ice cream.
Damn you have it SOOO hard in life.
I hope that ice cream hits the pit of your stomach
and packs right in your already disgusting ass
and adds on to your double chin.
"But, I can’t help it I just didn’t have any control I wasn’t even thinking.”
No, but you WERE thinking.
You were thinking, "I am going to shove everything down my throat even if I’m not hungry
just to prove to everyone how much of a fat fuck I am."
HONESTLY, do you expect me to feel bad for you because you ATE?
Honestly, did somebody TIE you up and told you they’d slit your throat if you didn’t eat? No? I didn’t think so!
What I do know is that you were sitting there, being the fatass you are
when you could’ve been working out.
A thought of food came to mind,
and you tried to push it away. You said "I’m better than this. I don’t need it"
Yet, haha obviously you’re NOT because you FINALLY got off your ass,
and took that ass into the kitchen.
You make me sick.
You probably make other people sick too, but no, go ahead, take the easy road, give in "just today."
Ill see you in 5 years, at over 300 pounds,
having to breathe heavily just to walk out of the house.
Keep going the way you are you fat fuck.
Hope you enjoy being miserable.
You, you’re fat.
When you sit down to eat
people will think, "God damn is she really going to eat all that?"
Why yes, yes you are.
Because that’s how you got so fucking fat in the first place,
and apparently, it’s too damn hard to put down the fork and walk away.
I mean, that’s one of the hardest things you have to do in life!
Some people are coping with people dying or having severe injuries.
But nooo, you seem to believe those are easy things to deal with.
The real struggle is not eating that pizza or that cookie.
I’ts just sooo fucking hard for you
because you are a fatass,
because you will shove anything down your fucking throat,
because you don’t have enough self-control to say "no" to ONE single thing. ONE thing you WILL eventually eat,
but right now ask yourself, “Do I REALLY think I deserve this? REALLY?” I hope you don’t.
I hope that nowhere in your mind you have reasons as to why you deserve to eat bad foods.
You do, however, deserve to be fat.
You deserve to be the fat friend, deserve to always feel disgusting when you sit down and all your rolls come together,
disgusting when you can’t fit into any of your old jeans,
deserve, how you’re afraid to even wear any type of revealing clothing.
Because honestly, who wants to see your fat ass?
And those stretch marks you hate so much. Ohhhh, should’ve listened to your mother when she said they’d only get worse. But you just passed it off.
She was just "being a bitch," right?
You know what's a bitch - that you can’t show of your legs without feeling like everyone is staring at those disgusting marks. But if you’re skinny, honestly, someone might look at them for half a second ,and that will be it.
If I'm fat with stretch marks, they'll think , damn she really needs to lose weight.
If I’m skinny ,they might just think I lost a lot of weight, or had a growth spurt. It wont matter.
You'll be thin!
Put that fucking fork down.
Your happy weight will only take LONGER to reach if you don’t stop fucking shoving that disgusting high fat food down your throat.
That food is so disgusting.
Imagine a fat girl , eating away at McDonald’s - no way could that EVER be attractive.
People will look at you and think,
"Damn, she needs to not come here anymore."
But if a thin girl eats there, it looks like she’s just stopping for a quick snack, like she’s too busy having fun to care.
Which one do you want to be?
Oh , I guess you decided to be the fat bitch
because it was too hard to not eat that bowl of ice cream.
Damn you have it SOOO hard in life.
I hope that ice cream hits the pit of your stomach
and packs right in your already disgusting ass
and adds on to your double chin.
"But, I can’t help it I just didn’t have any control I wasn’t even thinking.”
No, but you WERE thinking.
You were thinking, "I am going to shove everything down my throat even if I’m not hungry
just to prove to everyone how much of a fat fuck I am."
HONESTLY, do you expect me to feel bad for you because you ATE?
Honestly, did somebody TIE you up and told you they’d slit your throat if you didn’t eat? No? I didn’t think so!
What I do know is that you were sitting there, being the fatass you are
when you could’ve been working out.
A thought of food came to mind,
and you tried to push it away. You said "I’m better than this. I don’t need it"
Yet, haha obviously you’re NOT because you FINALLY got off your ass,
and took that ass into the kitchen.
You make me sick.
You probably make other people sick too, but no, go ahead, take the easy road, give in "just today."
Ill see you in 5 years, at over 300 pounds,
having to breathe heavily just to walk out of the house.
Keep going the way you are you fat fuck.
Hope you enjoy being miserable.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Epic Fail
Weight this morning after yesterday's binge: 134
This is a lower weight than I really am because I woke up dehydrated. It was unbearably hot and I slept on top of the covers last night, sweating.
Why do I binge? Sometimes I don't know myself. I just know that I have two ways of dealing with stress - drinking alcohol and eating crap. Why do I do destructive things to myself?
Normally I can binge and get right back on plan, but last night I went to sleep craving chow mien noodles. The little restaurant in the laundromat has them. I had that and macaroni and cheese when I washed my clothes today. I also had a cinnamon twist donut. I was craving that, too. And that was just breakfast. :-p
I ate lots more on my way to work and after I got to work. I feel like a fat cow today and the stress is joined by self loathing. I don't think I will weigh in this Sunday. Hopefully I can pull myself together and get back on plan tomorrow. :-p I need to get back on plan because the sugar am eating will cause me to break out.
The only exercise I got was about an hour of walking. I would have walked more but I was an hour late to work as it was.
I hate myself, I hate my life, I hate everything.
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This is a lower weight than I really am because I woke up dehydrated. It was unbearably hot and I slept on top of the covers last night, sweating.
Why do I binge? Sometimes I don't know myself. I just know that I have two ways of dealing with stress - drinking alcohol and eating crap. Why do I do destructive things to myself?
Normally I can binge and get right back on plan, but last night I went to sleep craving chow mien noodles. The little restaurant in the laundromat has them. I had that and macaroni and cheese when I washed my clothes today. I also had a cinnamon twist donut. I was craving that, too. And that was just breakfast. :-p
I ate lots more on my way to work and after I got to work. I feel like a fat cow today and the stress is joined by self loathing. I don't think I will weigh in this Sunday. Hopefully I can pull myself together and get back on plan tomorrow. :-p I need to get back on plan because the sugar am eating will cause me to break out.
The only exercise I got was about an hour of walking. I would have walked more but I was an hour late to work as it was.
I hate myself, I hate my life, I hate everything.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Discouragement = Binge
Calories eaten yesterday: 1162
Fat: 19g (16%)
Carbs: 73g (27%)
Protein: 117g (43%)
Weight this morning: 128.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 388
How the hell did I gain a pound since yesterday?!? I ate healthy yesterday. I was stressed and cut out one cup of cottage cheese so I could have a glass of wine before bed. That helped relax me. So my calories were where they should be (under 1200 as you can see) and I am still up a pound this morning. I am so discouraged. :(
In the end I binged. Between the stress at work and from family stuff I just couldn't take it anymore. I ate and ate and ate and even bought a six pack of light beer and drank it in a paper coffee cup so no one would know. *sigh* I eat bad foods when I get stressed. :( But I will do better tomorrow.
I stuck to plan yesterday because I hoped to see a new low on the scale today. When I came up gaining a pound I just couldn't take it anymore. I've felt this binge coming on for a while and knew it was just a matter of time.
At least I made it to the gym. I did one hour of weight training and 40 minutes of cardio on the stairmaster. I dripped sweat all over the machine and floor. :) I walked to work from the train station. I'm still a little sore from Monday's workout and now I'm even more sore. My butt, back, and triceps hurt, but it's a good hurt. :)
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Fat: 19g (16%)
Carbs: 73g (27%)
Protein: 117g (43%)
Weight this morning: 128.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 388
How the hell did I gain a pound since yesterday?!? I ate healthy yesterday. I was stressed and cut out one cup of cottage cheese so I could have a glass of wine before bed. That helped relax me. So my calories were where they should be (under 1200 as you can see) and I am still up a pound this morning. I am so discouraged. :(
In the end I binged. Between the stress at work and from family stuff I just couldn't take it anymore. I ate and ate and ate and even bought a six pack of light beer and drank it in a paper coffee cup so no one would know. *sigh* I eat bad foods when I get stressed. :( But I will do better tomorrow.
I stuck to plan yesterday because I hoped to see a new low on the scale today. When I came up gaining a pound I just couldn't take it anymore. I've felt this binge coming on for a while and knew it was just a matter of time.
At least I made it to the gym. I did one hour of weight training and 40 minutes of cardio on the stairmaster. I dripped sweat all over the machine and floor. :) I walked to work from the train station. I'm still a little sore from Monday's workout and now I'm even more sore. My butt, back, and triceps hurt, but it's a good hurt. :)
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Easy Come, Easy Go, & Family Craziness
Calories eaten yesterday: 1316
Fat: 29g (21%)
Carbs: 80g (26%)
Protein: 169g (53%)
Weight this morning: 127.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 175
Not much to report today except a weird incident that happened as I walked to the train station. I walked down Fruitvale as usual, absorbed in the music on my iPod and my own thoughts when I suddenly came up a bunch of money! I don't know how much it was but there were 20s, 5s, and 1s - I'd say $75-80. I didn't see anyone immediately around. The wind was blowing and I knew it would scatter the bills so they had to have just been dropped. I picked everything up and stuffed the bills in my backpack.
I spotted a guy walking down the street who had been close enough to me that the money might be his. I tailed him, lost him at one point, then found him coming out of a store. I walked up to him and asked him if he had dropped something several blocks back (not stating that it was money). He checked his pockets and finally pulled out his wallet and said yes, he had had more money in it. The two bills remaining in his wallet looked crumpled, just like the one I had found. I told him I had found his money, pulled it from my pack, and gave it to him. He was grateful to get it back.
It's too bad I found him because I could have used the money, but I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I kept it.
No exercise today. I was able to sleep in and then did an hour of walking (30 minutes to the train and 30 minutes from the train to work). I stopped at Starbucks and downloaded the New American Standard Bible from Amazon Kindle to my iPod. :)
I hope to make it to the gym tomorrow.
Now for family stuff. I've been in contact with Dad, my sister April, and Mom working out my transportation to and from Seattle and trying to get Dad's permission to sell his van. It's been crazy and it's not over yet.
I'll post my itinerary when I finally get it nailed down and say whether Dad will sell the van. I think I finally wore him down today. All I know for sure right now is I am flying to Seattle the afternoon of Thursday, August 27. I will not have computer access at all during the time I am gone.
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Fat: 29g (21%)
Carbs: 80g (26%)
Protein: 169g (53%)
Weight this morning: 127.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 175
Not much to report today except a weird incident that happened as I walked to the train station. I walked down Fruitvale as usual, absorbed in the music on my iPod and my own thoughts when I suddenly came up a bunch of money! I don't know how much it was but there were 20s, 5s, and 1s - I'd say $75-80. I didn't see anyone immediately around. The wind was blowing and I knew it would scatter the bills so they had to have just been dropped. I picked everything up and stuffed the bills in my backpack.
I spotted a guy walking down the street who had been close enough to me that the money might be his. I tailed him, lost him at one point, then found him coming out of a store. I walked up to him and asked him if he had dropped something several blocks back (not stating that it was money). He checked his pockets and finally pulled out his wallet and said yes, he had had more money in it. The two bills remaining in his wallet looked crumpled, just like the one I had found. I told him I had found his money, pulled it from my pack, and gave it to him. He was grateful to get it back.
It's too bad I found him because I could have used the money, but I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I kept it.
No exercise today. I was able to sleep in and then did an hour of walking (30 minutes to the train and 30 minutes from the train to work). I stopped at Starbucks and downloaded the New American Standard Bible from Amazon Kindle to my iPod. :)
I hope to make it to the gym tomorrow.
Now for family stuff. I've been in contact with Dad, my sister April, and Mom working out my transportation to and from Seattle and trying to get Dad's permission to sell his van. It's been crazy and it's not over yet.
I'll post my itinerary when I finally get it nailed down and say whether Dad will sell the van. I think I finally wore him down today. All I know for sure right now is I am flying to Seattle the afternoon of Thursday, August 27. I will not have computer access at all during the time I am gone.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Week 112, Day 2
Calories eaten yesterday: 937
Fat: 21g (21%)
Carbs: 61g (27%)
Protein: 116g (52%)
Weight this morning: 129
Calories burned in exercise today: 402
Worked out today - 1 hour of weight training and 40 minutes on one of the new ellipticals at that gym. We have new ellipticals, new stair steppers, and new bikes, and pretty soon we are getting some new treadmills. :)
Anyway, after my workout I hopped the train and walked into work (35 minutes). I stopped at WalMart to see if they carried any other thyroid medications besides levothyroxine and Armour, but they don't, and of course I can't get the Armour because it's back ordered. :-p When I run out of Armour I will do the best I can and take 150mcg levothyroxine until I can get it. :( Nothing else I can do. Maybe I should just start alternating them now. :(
I want to binge. I think that's why Saturday became as much of a binge as it did. Saturday's eating did help quash some of that desire at least. I am planning a binge the day I come back from Washington, but I need to work on losing weight until then which means being strict.
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Fat: 21g (21%)
Carbs: 61g (27%)
Protein: 116g (52%)
Weight this morning: 129
Calories burned in exercise today: 402
Worked out today - 1 hour of weight training and 40 minutes on one of the new ellipticals at that gym. We have new ellipticals, new stair steppers, and new bikes, and pretty soon we are getting some new treadmills. :)
Anyway, after my workout I hopped the train and walked into work (35 minutes). I stopped at WalMart to see if they carried any other thyroid medications besides levothyroxine and Armour, but they don't, and of course I can't get the Armour because it's back ordered. :-p When I run out of Armour I will do the best I can and take 150mcg levothyroxine until I can get it. :( Nothing else I can do. Maybe I should just start alternating them now. :(
I want to binge. I think that's why Saturday became as much of a binge as it did. Saturday's eating did help quash some of that desire at least. I am planning a binge the day I come back from Washington, but I need to work on losing weight until then which means being strict.
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Sunday, August 09, 2009
Week 111 Weigh-In
Start: 154
Week 1: 150 (-4) - Week 25: 137.6
Week 50: 138.4 - Week 75: 137.6
Week 100: 140 - Week 101: 138.4 (-1.6)
Week 102: 138.6 (+0.2) - Week 103: 139.4 (+0.8)
Week 104: 136.4 (-3) - Week 105: 137.8 (+1.4)
Week 106: 137.8 (-0) - Week 107: 138.2 (+0.4)
Week 108: 137.4 (-0.8) - Week 109: 136 (-1.4)
Week 110: 133 (-3) - Week 111: 134.2 (+1.2)
Total loss since starting a low-fat diet: -19.8
Total loss since I began dieting and exercising in 2004: -71.8
Ok, now to catch up on other stats.
Calories eaten Thursday: 1361
Fat: 25g (18%)
Carbs: 76g (24%)
Protein: 150g (46%)
Calories eaten Friday: 1499
Fat: 28g (18%)
Carbs: 76g (22%)
Protein: 134g (38%)
Weight Thursday morning: 127.2
Weight Friday morning: 128.4
Weight Saturday morning: 129.6
Weight this morning: 134.2
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 292
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 120
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 153
Calories burned in exercise today: 181
I lost 3 pounds last week so seeing the scale bounce up a bit isn't surprising and I'm not too upset. Besides which, I absolutely stuffed myself with macaroni & cheese and enchiladas at the church potluck yesterday. I ate more than I normally do on a cheat day and it was more like a binge so I deserve to gain and am happy that it was only 1.2 lbs.
I must lose weight because I am going to gain like crazy during my Washington/Oregon trip. There will be no healthy food for 4 days, much less fresh food. I'm taking low-carb bread and unsweetened peanut butter with me, but peanut butter is high in calories and will make me gain even though it is healthy. Maybe I can also bake some wheat gluten bread for something to munch on. I'm also planning on taking celery so I at least have something fresh the first day or two.
Before I relate my weekend, here's a gratuitous photo of my kitty Xena's paws. I took several good shots of her yesterday because she posed so perfectly. Click the photo to see a larger size.
Ok - my weekend. Friday I went grocery shopping, baked chicken breasts, and washed and cut zucchini. Bagged salads were on sale so I just bought a bunch of them.
Saturday Brad and I got home late from church and sipped wine and beer, munched some leftover veggies from the tray I bought to church, and pay-per-viewed Pink Panther 2. In the evening we walked down to Walgreens to put more money on my TransLink card using my commuter checks, then up to Safeway so Brad could buy cottage cheese. We also pick up wine and one Yoplait Light yogurt for me.
I did eat some donut holes and part of one of Brad's donuts that we bought down by Walgreens. Then I wanted cookies from Subway or McDonald's but thank goodness they were closed by the time we walked by.
Today we slept in, then walked down to the train station, and then from our stop to work - about 1 hour total. We stopped at WalMart so I could buy some Diet Coke.
I will not be weighing in the last weekend of this month while I am away, so whatever week I am on will be repeated twice.
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Week 1: 150 (-4) - Week 25: 137.6
Week 50: 138.4 - Week 75: 137.6
Week 100: 140 - Week 101: 138.4 (-1.6)
Week 102: 138.6 (+0.2) - Week 103: 139.4 (+0.8)
Week 104: 136.4 (-3) - Week 105: 137.8 (+1.4)
Week 106: 137.8 (-0) - Week 107: 138.2 (+0.4)
Week 108: 137.4 (-0.8) - Week 109: 136 (-1.4)
Week 110: 133 (-3) - Week 111: 134.2 (+1.2)
Total loss since starting a low-fat diet: -19.8
Total loss since I began dieting and exercising in 2004: -71.8
Ok, now to catch up on other stats.
Calories eaten Thursday: 1361
Fat: 25g (18%)
Carbs: 76g (24%)
Protein: 150g (46%)
Calories eaten Friday: 1499
Fat: 28g (18%)
Carbs: 76g (22%)
Protein: 134g (38%)
Weight Thursday morning: 127.2
Weight Friday morning: 128.4
Weight Saturday morning: 129.6
Weight this morning: 134.2
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 292
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 120
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 153
Calories burned in exercise today: 181
I lost 3 pounds last week so seeing the scale bounce up a bit isn't surprising and I'm not too upset. Besides which, I absolutely stuffed myself with macaroni & cheese and enchiladas at the church potluck yesterday. I ate more than I normally do on a cheat day and it was more like a binge so I deserve to gain and am happy that it was only 1.2 lbs.
I must lose weight because I am going to gain like crazy during my Washington/Oregon trip. There will be no healthy food for 4 days, much less fresh food. I'm taking low-carb bread and unsweetened peanut butter with me, but peanut butter is high in calories and will make me gain even though it is healthy. Maybe I can also bake some wheat gluten bread for something to munch on. I'm also planning on taking celery so I at least have something fresh the first day or two.
Before I relate my weekend, here's a gratuitous photo of my kitty Xena's paws. I took several good shots of her yesterday because she posed so perfectly. Click the photo to see a larger size.Ok - my weekend. Friday I went grocery shopping, baked chicken breasts, and washed and cut zucchini. Bagged salads were on sale so I just bought a bunch of them.
Saturday Brad and I got home late from church and sipped wine and beer, munched some leftover veggies from the tray I bought to church, and pay-per-viewed Pink Panther 2. In the evening we walked down to Walgreens to put more money on my TransLink card using my commuter checks, then up to Safeway so Brad could buy cottage cheese. We also pick up wine and one Yoplait Light yogurt for me.
I did eat some donut holes and part of one of Brad's donuts that we bought down by Walgreens. Then I wanted cookies from Subway or McDonald's but thank goodness they were closed by the time we walked by.
Today we slept in, then walked down to the train station, and then from our stop to work - about 1 hour total. We stopped at WalMart so I could buy some Diet Coke.
I will not be weighing in the last weekend of this month while I am away, so whatever week I am on will be repeated twice.
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Translink, and a Rant
Calories eaten yesterday: 1352
Fat: 30g (22%)
Carbs: 79g (26%)
Protein: 165g (52%)
Weight this morning: 127.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 292
Lots of walking today - about 5 miles. I walked down to the laundromat and back, then down to the train station, and then from my stop to work. Whew! Stopped in the the Walgreens by the laundromat and bought a TransLink card. I put $5 on it to test it, but I will have to take my commuter checks to Walgreens to load it when I get more. Unfortunately, high value BART tickets are only available using autoload online, so I am out of luck saving money on that. :(
I'll weigh-in on Sunday, but I haven't lost any weight this week over the same time last week so I have a feeling it will be depressing.
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Now for a rant:
I hate my boss! All he ever does is chew me out. Yesterday he accused me of being "lazy" and not doing my job. Why? Because the ALX system is very complicated and I remembered all but one part (a part I had never run into before). The fact that this little factoid that I needed to know isn't in the almighty "book" (a huge binder that I am supposed to memorize) escapes him.
Boss J is in the Air Force Reserves and treats our department like an Air Force boot camp. There is no such thing as forgiveness with him. He doesn't even know the word. He has stated (in so many words) that "sorry" means nothing.
He is not manager material. He left yesterday for three weeks away which will leave us to do our job without being berated - thank God! I should have just called Brad with my question yesterday. Brad is always very helpful and doesn't chew me out. J refuses to answer questions! He also wants everything logged, and important issues have to be logged in triplicate.
He doesn't do his job and thinks he can do ours better than we can. :-p
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Fat: 30g (22%)
Carbs: 79g (26%)
Protein: 165g (52%)
Weight this morning: 127.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 292
Lots of walking today - about 5 miles. I walked down to the laundromat and back, then down to the train station, and then from my stop to work. Whew! Stopped in the the Walgreens by the laundromat and bought a TransLink card. I put $5 on it to test it, but I will have to take my commuter checks to Walgreens to load it when I get more. Unfortunately, high value BART tickets are only available using autoload online, so I am out of luck saving money on that. :(
I'll weigh-in on Sunday, but I haven't lost any weight this week over the same time last week so I have a feeling it will be depressing.
Now for a rant:
I hate my boss! All he ever does is chew me out. Yesterday he accused me of being "lazy" and not doing my job. Why? Because the ALX system is very complicated and I remembered all but one part (a part I had never run into before). The fact that this little factoid that I needed to know isn't in the almighty "book" (a huge binder that I am supposed to memorize) escapes him.
Boss J is in the Air Force Reserves and treats our department like an Air Force boot camp. There is no such thing as forgiveness with him. He doesn't even know the word. He has stated (in so many words) that "sorry" means nothing.
He is not manager material. He left yesterday for three weeks away which will leave us to do our job without being berated - thank God! I should have just called Brad with my question yesterday. Brad is always very helpful and doesn't chew me out. J refuses to answer questions! He also wants everything logged, and important issues have to be logged in triplicate.
He doesn't do his job and thinks he can do ours better than we can. :-p
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Thyroid Test Results
Calories eaten yesterday: 1168
Fat: 23g (19%)
Carbs: 73g (27%)
Protein: 147g (54%)
Weight this morning: 127.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 388
Today I dragged myself to the gym and somehow got through my weight training. I did better on cardio. It was easy to keep going once I started. Tomorrow is laundry day.
Feeling so tired, but my thyroid tests came back today and they are normal. My Free T3 is not over range at all. I have to post to the About.com Thyroid Disease group and see what they think. The test results are below.
Previous test results (on 100mcg T4):
Thyroid panel:
TSH: 0.66
Free T3: 169 (230-420) (-32% of range)
Free T4: 1.1 (0.8-1.8) (30% of range)
Results from this Monday (on 120mg Armour - 2 grains):
TSH: 0.02
Free T3: 271 (230-420) (21.6% of range)
Free T4: 0.9 (0.8-1.8) (10% of range)
For the first time in forever my T3 is higher than my T4. I'm sure that's a shock to my body because I have been low in T3 for so long. I'm not sure where to go from here. I'll get opinions from other thyroid patients and make a plan.
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Fat: 23g (19%)
Carbs: 73g (27%)
Protein: 147g (54%)
Weight this morning: 127.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 388
Today I dragged myself to the gym and somehow got through my weight training. I did better on cardio. It was easy to keep going once I started. Tomorrow is laundry day.
Feeling so tired, but my thyroid tests came back today and they are normal. My Free T3 is not over range at all. I have to post to the About.com Thyroid Disease group and see what they think. The test results are below.
Previous test results (on 100mcg T4):
Thyroid panel:
TSH: 0.66
Free T3: 169 (230-420) (-32% of range)
Free T4: 1.1 (0.8-1.8) (30% of range)
Results from this Monday (on 120mg Armour - 2 grains):
TSH: 0.02
Free T3: 271 (230-420) (21.6% of range)
Free T4: 0.9 (0.8-1.8) (10% of range)
For the first time in forever my T3 is higher than my T4. I'm sure that's a shock to my body because I have been low in T3 for so long. I'm not sure where to go from here. I'll get opinions from other thyroid patients and make a plan.
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