LOVE this article. Love. it.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623926/So-youre-feeling-too-fat-to-be-photographed.html?pg=1
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
A Creature of Convenience
So the exercise challenge seems to be just what I needed to get myself moving again. Unfortunately, it didn't do much in the eating department! The scale continues to climb. I hit 163 at my last weigh in. Blah...
But, I really do feel like I am getting into the exercise groove. I even exercised twice today, just because I wanted to! I don't even get extra credit for exercising twice in one day! :)
As far as the eating thing goes, I've decided that my biggest problem is two fold. I hate cooking and I hate waiting. Eating healthy tends to require more of both than grabbing a handful of crackers! Yes, I realize that throwing a chicken breast in the oven only takes a couple of minutes, but then it has to cook for 30+ minutes. It doesn't take too long to make a smoothie (though it is longer than grabbing a prepackaged snack) but then I have to measure out EACH ingredient, input EACH ingredient into the computer and then compute how much I am eating. The prepackaged stuff is already portioned out and has the calories at a glance.
Okay, funny confession here. I originally put "has the nutrition info at a glance" but changed it to calories because I realized how ridiculous that sounded. There is no nutrition in most of the crap I am putting in my mouth....and THAT information is READILY available to me to see why I SHOULDN'T be eating it! Ugh!
Yeah, I am impatient. When I decide I am hungry and have a spare minute to eat, I want to grab something and go! I know, I know, precook, pre-portion and then it is all ready....but it still takes the effort at some point! Okay, okay, I'll stop whining and making excuses now. I just know my eating totally sucks and I just have no desire to do anything about it so I sit here trying to make excuses for it instead.
Funny thing is that I had convinced myself that I was eating healthier since I started this journey. And the reality is, I AM eating healthIER but I am still a far cry from healthY.
But, I really do feel like I am getting into the exercise groove. I even exercised twice today, just because I wanted to! I don't even get extra credit for exercising twice in one day! :)
As far as the eating thing goes, I've decided that my biggest problem is two fold. I hate cooking and I hate waiting. Eating healthy tends to require more of both than grabbing a handful of crackers! Yes, I realize that throwing a chicken breast in the oven only takes a couple of minutes, but then it has to cook for 30+ minutes. It doesn't take too long to make a smoothie (though it is longer than grabbing a prepackaged snack) but then I have to measure out EACH ingredient, input EACH ingredient into the computer and then compute how much I am eating. The prepackaged stuff is already portioned out and has the calories at a glance.
Okay, funny confession here. I originally put "has the nutrition info at a glance" but changed it to calories because I realized how ridiculous that sounded. There is no nutrition in most of the crap I am putting in my mouth....and THAT information is READILY available to me to see why I SHOULDN'T be eating it! Ugh!
Yeah, I am impatient. When I decide I am hungry and have a spare minute to eat, I want to grab something and go! I know, I know, precook, pre-portion and then it is all ready....but it still takes the effort at some point! Okay, okay, I'll stop whining and making excuses now. I just know my eating totally sucks and I just have no desire to do anything about it so I sit here trying to make excuses for it instead.
Funny thing is that I had convinced myself that I was eating healthier since I started this journey. And the reality is, I AM eating healthIER but I am still a far cry from healthY.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Starting over...again
I hate that phrase. "I'm starting over." I hate it because it means I ended something that never should have been ended. Otherwise, I would be saying, "I'm still trucking along....I'm going to keep right on doing what I'm doing...", you get the drift.
I now weigh 160 pounds!! That is 30 pounds heavier than my lowest weight! Ugh! I swore I would never let myself get over 140. Then I changed to 150. Then when I went over 150, I decided that there was NO WAY I would get to 160!! It just wasn't going to happen!!
And I hovered around 157-158 for quite a while. So I was okay. That's what I told myself anyway. But I've decided that it isn't okay! I have no energy. I'm eating like crap. I'm not exercising. NONE of my clothes fit! I got rid of all the bigger ones so that I wouldn't have the option of getting the bigger clothes out of storage. But I am to the point where I need to get on the wagon or buy new clothes.
I refuse to buy new clothes. Well, I refuse to buy bigger clothes anyway.
I feel motivated this time around. I've been exercising for a few days and plan to continue. A friend challenged me to a 30 day exercise challenge and you all know how competitive I am! It was just the boost I needed.
So, here's to a healthier (and smaller) me!
I now weigh 160 pounds!! That is 30 pounds heavier than my lowest weight! Ugh! I swore I would never let myself get over 140. Then I changed to 150. Then when I went over 150, I decided that there was NO WAY I would get to 160!! It just wasn't going to happen!!
And I hovered around 157-158 for quite a while. So I was okay. That's what I told myself anyway. But I've decided that it isn't okay! I have no energy. I'm eating like crap. I'm not exercising. NONE of my clothes fit! I got rid of all the bigger ones so that I wouldn't have the option of getting the bigger clothes out of storage. But I am to the point where I need to get on the wagon or buy new clothes.
I refuse to buy new clothes. Well, I refuse to buy bigger clothes anyway.
I feel motivated this time around. I've been exercising for a few days and plan to continue. A friend challenged me to a 30 day exercise challenge and you all know how competitive I am! It was just the boost I needed.
So, here's to a healthier (and smaller) me!
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