Today's Good Things:
Bible time
Half Morning 15 (push-ups and sit-ups)
Did well with chore/school routines
Great day eating-wise
Afternoon 15 with ds
Success at making steak tonite! (I never do well cooking steaks)
Workout
Met water goals
Not So Good Things:
2 days behind on workout (and I felt it!)
Late getting to bed
Feeling frustrated/defeated regarding weight-loss
Note to Self: (ummmm, this whole blog is a note to myself! lol)
1. Do not allow 5 days to pass between workouts again
2. When you are emotionally overwhelmed, fresh air and exercise will HELP. Don't be afraid, GO FOR IT!
3. Low-carbing is HARD
Today was a good day. It was especially good after 2 awful days in a row. I literally gave up Monday and Tuesday. I just didn't care. Emotionally, I was struggling so much with this transition of my huband's new work/study/not working schedule. I am continually amazed at how my physical choices are dictated by my emotional feelings. I hate that. Fortunately, the Lord strengthened me today for a good recovery. I met most of my goals today.
Tonite I got back into my 9 week challenge, 2 days behind. It was a good workout, but I could tell I am already weaker. I got very tired part way through. I finished strong, burning more calories than projected, but I was beat instead of energized.
I've been working on low-carbing, trying to keep my carbs at 100 grams or lower. How am I going to do that?? Today I had no grains at all, but still ended up at 137grams. I don't want to give up the fruits, they provide the fiber I need. The beans also give fiber, but they are pretty much equal protein for carbs. So, the good foods I need are also the things I'm supposed to avoid? That doesn't make sense to me. I ate well today. I don't want to feel bad about making good choices. So, while I'll still work to keep the carbs low, I don't think I'm going to be quite as strict. Especially as the carbs I'm eating are from good food sources rather than the addictive grains and sugars.
My attempt at a Low-Carb day:
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs (gag) topped with cheddar cheese, grapefruit, apple cinnamon chicken sausage
Snack: decaf coffee - black
Lunch: Ranch beans topped with cheddar cheese, baby carrots w/ sour cream dip, caffeine free diet pepsi (I know, I know)
Snack: Smoothie (made with plain, ff yogurt, frozen fruit & banana), 4 vanilla wafers (aha! I forgot about *those* empty carbs!)
Dinner: Big Ol' Salad w/ homemade italian dressing, purple cauliflower, sunflower seeds & raisins, steak, cooked broccoli, skins from Baby's potato
Snack: Grapefruit (I need to be sure my body can move that steak!)
I'm still frustrated with the scale. I peeked today, anticipating my weigh-in on Saturday and am so defeated. Would you believe that after a whole month of working hard, logging my food, eating within my Eat-To-Lose range almost every day of the month...I'm at 1 pound down? :( I've been eating and working to lose 1.5 a week and I'm only down 1 pound for the whole month. Wahhhh....
I've got more thinking/praying to do on this. I know I've lost a bit by way of inches, since I have 2 skirts fitting me that didn't before. That's good. However, I've been working (obsessing) on loosing weight since the end of October and I've only got 8 pounds down to show for it? That leaves me feeling like a big failure. I'm doing so many things well. I sure wish someone would convince my scale to join the effort. :-/
That's all. Tomorrow is a new day and I look forward to staying on course with my eating choices and getting in all of my workouts. My Thursday afternoon skype visit with a dear friend will be a highlight to the day. God is in charge and He's revealing so much to me about myself and my need to keep focused on Him in this journey. I'm grateful this is all about far more than the numbers on a scale.
Oh Tracy I am sorry the scale says only one pound!!! For me I don't loose for a long time and then all of a sudden BAM 4-5 pounds! Your low carb day looks great! Are counting calories and low carbing? From what I read and from my own personal experience if I am low carbing I need to consume lots of food and not count calories. You really are doing a great job Tracy!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm not sure, yet, about the low-carbing. I thought I was doing it, since I've been more careful, but now I know I still have a lot of carbs in my diet for the "low-carb" standard. I don't think I'll ever get there completely, but cutting out the yeast breads has really helped. We've been w/o that for almost a month and it's been going well. Avoiding grains is my next step, I think. Choosing them only as a treat or small addition to a healthy meal.
ReplyDeleteTracy - I think maybe you should research your exersise. I'm thinking that, because you want to lose weight and not just maintain, you might need to do a minimum of 30 minutes of heart pounding aerobic workouts STRAIGHT in order to lose. I could definitely be wrong on that but it might be one of the reasons why the weight isn't coming off. But GOOD FOR YOU that clothes are fitting better! That's a HUGE indicator that the work you are doing is definitely benefitting your body!!
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