So Ive been doing some research on hashimotos thyroiditus, which I was diagnosed with about 2 years ago. The trouble Im having losing weight has led me to googling and googling and IM NOT happy with what Im finding. :(
It appears that people wish hashis struggle and struggle and do everything right, but cant lose weight no matter what they do??
Also Im kind of scared with the things im reading about how its an autoimmune disease and Im more susceptible to all these other diseases and problems.
there are so many foods, and supplements etc that are suggested, but its SO MUCH I cant even keep it all straight. Crazy overwhelming.
So many symptoms that I have, and apparently will always have, because there is no cure for this disease. :(
Im assuming at this point I just keep plugging along and hope to become a "fit fatty" with my workouts and eating. If I cant lose weight, at least I can tone up right?? *sigh
Some of the symptoms and signs of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis include:
Fatigue & Exhaustion
Unexplained Weight Gain
Anxiety & Depression
High Blood Pressure
Bloating
Periods of Sweating, Weight Loss, and Irritability
Muscle Spasms
Sore Throat
Rashes
Acne
Headaches
Infertility in Women
Insomnia
Forgetfulness
Constipation
Dry Skin
Intolerance to Cold
Swelling in the Front of the Neck
Trouble Swallowing food or liquids
Tender and stiff muscles
Friday, November 18, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Been a while, and welcome to my bodybugg journey
So its been a while since I updated my blog.... EEEK! Guess I dont have as much time as I thought I did. ;)
So as usual my blog will be about my trying to lose weight, since that is an endless battle for me.
I just got my thyroid meds upped so I REALLY hope that will help. Ive been struggling SO BAD since I had Jacoby to lose weight, and it all coincides with when my thyroid issues started, so I do think they go hand in hand.
I started over a month ago giving southbeach a try, after reading the book "why we get fat, and what to do about it" by Gary Taubes. This was all in all a good read. VERY Long winded and repetitive, but basically weight issues are from carbs (DUH). So by the end of the book he pretty much wants you on an atkins type diet. SO I figured why not... started doing atkins, lost 4 lbs the first two days, but I was really Nauseous, and decided the southbeach diet sounded healthier and like it wouldnt upset my stomach as much, so switched to that. I followed that, even tracking my food intake on myfitnesspal, for close to 2 weeks without losing another pound. Now of course during that time I Missed out on family things... For instance Jacoby had his birthday, and I didnt enjoy cake and ice cream, and yummy dinner with my family. I sat there and watched them all eat it wishing I could have a tiny bit lol!!! I dont think life needs to be that way. Everything in moderation right?
SO anyways... I decided that maybe southbeach was too low calorie for me and my body was freaking out, because most days I was taking in about 900 calories a day (THE HORROR!) and the first two weeks of southbeach, people usually lose up to 12 lbs, the fact that I lost nothing raised some redflags for me.
So anyways.... started just tracking my foods on myfitnesspal, and following the "plan" on that site, calorie wise etc.
Now for anyone that hasnt been on myfitnesspal, there are message boards on there as well, and it appears that the consensus on them is that IF you exercise, you need to eat your exercise calories back, because MFP program has a deficit set up for it already, so you should lose weight even if you are NOT working out.... but if you work out and dont eat those calories you are creating too big of a deficit and you will make your body freak out, thinking its starving etc, and it will hold onto all the fat you have. So upon reading that OVER AND OVER I decided I need to do that. so for 3 weeks I did just that... made sure my net calories (what I took in minus what I burned) was at least 1200 calories a day etc. AND yes I was working out 5 days a week. Now during that time I DID notice my pants getting a bit loser and I FEEL a bit better, but I HAVENT LOST ANYTHING!!!! GRRRR!
So I decided there must be something wrong with my metabolism or something, so last week I ordered a Bodybugg. You might have seen them on the biggest loser. Its an arm band with a high tech digital device on it that tracks YOUR PERSONAL calorie burn for the day. You wear it around the clock (yes even when sleeping) and plug it into your computer and it uploads data with your exact calorie burn. I was AMAZED how many calories I burn doing laundry and other "mom' stuff.
So anyways, with this program, you should take your daily calorie burn and then deduct from that to get your calorie intake. So for instance, if you want to lose 1 lb a week, you deduct 500 calories from your daily burn, to get your daily intake, 750 for 1.5, and 1000 for 2 lbs.
I have been doing that, but having trouble getting my calorie count high enough, cause of course you should be eating HEALTHY calories, not cheeseburgers and french fries. On the weekend days I burned well over 3000 calories a day, so I needed to be taking in AT LEAST 2200 calories. WAIT WHAT??????
Ok so someone tell me how its possible to lose weight eating that much, but also eating 1200 calories? Why are my friends eating 12-1500 calories and losing????? I am so confused with this whole weight loss thing right now LMAO!!!
I am continuing to plug along with it, and I will update my blog with details with how I do, because I know I have a lot of friends interested in this device. ;) So for now Im wishing MYSELF good luck!!! And saying "welcome back to Noelle's obnoxious weight loss blogs" I do hope this will be the last time I have to blog about this, cause I will be successful this time!!!!
Bodybugg link if you are interested: http://bodybugg.extole.com/a/clk/pDXx
So as usual my blog will be about my trying to lose weight, since that is an endless battle for me.
I just got my thyroid meds upped so I REALLY hope that will help. Ive been struggling SO BAD since I had Jacoby to lose weight, and it all coincides with when my thyroid issues started, so I do think they go hand in hand.
I started over a month ago giving southbeach a try, after reading the book "why we get fat, and what to do about it" by Gary Taubes. This was all in all a good read. VERY Long winded and repetitive, but basically weight issues are from carbs (DUH). So by the end of the book he pretty much wants you on an atkins type diet. SO I figured why not... started doing atkins, lost 4 lbs the first two days, but I was really Nauseous, and decided the southbeach diet sounded healthier and like it wouldnt upset my stomach as much, so switched to that. I followed that, even tracking my food intake on myfitnesspal, for close to 2 weeks without losing another pound. Now of course during that time I Missed out on family things... For instance Jacoby had his birthday, and I didnt enjoy cake and ice cream, and yummy dinner with my family. I sat there and watched them all eat it wishing I could have a tiny bit lol!!! I dont think life needs to be that way. Everything in moderation right?
SO anyways... I decided that maybe southbeach was too low calorie for me and my body was freaking out, because most days I was taking in about 900 calories a day (THE HORROR!) and the first two weeks of southbeach, people usually lose up to 12 lbs, the fact that I lost nothing raised some redflags for me.
So anyways.... started just tracking my foods on myfitnesspal, and following the "plan" on that site, calorie wise etc.
Now for anyone that hasnt been on myfitnesspal, there are message boards on there as well, and it appears that the consensus on them is that IF you exercise, you need to eat your exercise calories back, because MFP program has a deficit set up for it already, so you should lose weight even if you are NOT working out.... but if you work out and dont eat those calories you are creating too big of a deficit and you will make your body freak out, thinking its starving etc, and it will hold onto all the fat you have. So upon reading that OVER AND OVER I decided I need to do that. so for 3 weeks I did just that... made sure my net calories (what I took in minus what I burned) was at least 1200 calories a day etc. AND yes I was working out 5 days a week. Now during that time I DID notice my pants getting a bit loser and I FEEL a bit better, but I HAVENT LOST ANYTHING!!!! GRRRR!
So I decided there must be something wrong with my metabolism or something, so last week I ordered a Bodybugg. You might have seen them on the biggest loser. Its an arm band with a high tech digital device on it that tracks YOUR PERSONAL calorie burn for the day. You wear it around the clock (yes even when sleeping) and plug it into your computer and it uploads data with your exact calorie burn. I was AMAZED how many calories I burn doing laundry and other "mom' stuff.
So anyways, with this program, you should take your daily calorie burn and then deduct from that to get your calorie intake. So for instance, if you want to lose 1 lb a week, you deduct 500 calories from your daily burn, to get your daily intake, 750 for 1.5, and 1000 for 2 lbs.
I have been doing that, but having trouble getting my calorie count high enough, cause of course you should be eating HEALTHY calories, not cheeseburgers and french fries. On the weekend days I burned well over 3000 calories a day, so I needed to be taking in AT LEAST 2200 calories. WAIT WHAT??????
Ok so someone tell me how its possible to lose weight eating that much, but also eating 1200 calories? Why are my friends eating 12-1500 calories and losing????? I am so confused with this whole weight loss thing right now LMAO!!!
I am continuing to plug along with it, and I will update my blog with details with how I do, because I know I have a lot of friends interested in this device. ;) So for now Im wishing MYSELF good luck!!! And saying "welcome back to Noelle's obnoxious weight loss blogs" I do hope this will be the last time I have to blog about this, cause I will be successful this time!!!!
Bodybugg link if you are interested: http://bodybugg.extole.com/a/clk/pDXx
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Houses houses houses
So this whole house shopping thing has been SO stressful! We are pretty low on our budget, because we dont want to be paying TONS Of money every month for a mortgage, and having to cut back on things etc... so its been HARD! I know that if we could spend another 20-30K it would be easier because there are better houses in that price range.
Everyone keeps telling me that I will know when I find my house, but I really think I wont find "my house" because of our price range LMAO! That being said... I think we found something pretty darn close.
This is a 4 bedroom with a basement, nice and roomy, and in great shape. It is a foreclosure and Im SHOCKED the condition its in, cause the other foreclosures I looked at were HORRIBLE!!! The only thing that is in my mind on this one is the backyard needs work. Its not fenced in, and you can see where water runs down the yard when it rains... so it was kind of muddy when we looked. Jon says we can put in some drainage and that will fix the problem, but it wont happen right away obviously. The yard does go back quite a bit too, but its wooded, so we would need to clear it out etc. HOWEVER there is a nice side yard, and a hill on the front yard... and its RIGHT smack dab at the end of a cul de sac, so the kids can play in the road on their bikes etc. And get this... its RIGHT Across the street from the pool!!! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! So anyways... we are going to put an offer on it, and see how that goes!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Everyone keeps telling me that I will know when I find my house, but I really think I wont find "my house" because of our price range LMAO! That being said... I think we found something pretty darn close.
This is a 4 bedroom with a basement, nice and roomy, and in great shape. It is a foreclosure and Im SHOCKED the condition its in, cause the other foreclosures I looked at were HORRIBLE!!! The only thing that is in my mind on this one is the backyard needs work. Its not fenced in, and you can see where water runs down the yard when it rains... so it was kind of muddy when we looked. Jon says we can put in some drainage and that will fix the problem, but it wont happen right away obviously. The yard does go back quite a bit too, but its wooded, so we would need to clear it out etc. HOWEVER there is a nice side yard, and a hill on the front yard... and its RIGHT smack dab at the end of a cul de sac, so the kids can play in the road on their bikes etc. And get this... its RIGHT Across the street from the pool!!! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! So anyways... we are going to put an offer on it, and see how that goes!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Time to move on...
Sooooo as the true diet whore that I am... I think it might be time to move on. Im wasting money every day by starting my day out well, eating my medifast foods, but then by midafternoon Im in the pantry eating crackers. (No my tankini didnt help) I will say I do have horrible PMS so it can probably be blamed for the past couple days, but I think either way that Ive hit the end of my medifast journey, because if you arent going to do it 100%, then you are throwing money down the toilet.
SO Ill either see if any of the peeps I know want to buy stuff off me, or Ill ebay it.
On to my NEXT idea. A friend here is doing the 17 day diet. What is that you say? Its a book that you have to buy (of course, similar to southbeach etc) where there are cycles of eating styles. It encourages clean, whole food eating. Cutting out processed stuff etc... but each cycle is different to help "throw off" your metabolism and keep it pumping. I havent read the book yet but here is some info I found online:
The 17 day diet consist of 4 cycles, each lasting 17 days with the exception of the last cycle. (which is supposed to be your NEW way of eating forever) The point of the diet is to confuse your metabolism so that it keeps actively working.
Cycle 1: Promote rapid weight loss by improving digestive health (basically low carb)
Cycle 2: Reset metabolism through increasing and decreasing calorie consumption to increase fat-burning and prevent plateaus
Cycle 3: Develop good eating habits by reintroducing additional foods
Cycle 4: Maintenance of weight loss by eating healthy during the week and allowing for consumption of one's favorite foods on the weekend.
The good part about the program is that there is no real calorie counting. The program encourages to stay within the normal range of 1200 to 1400 calories, but there are no calorie or portion size numbers to be concerned with.
Exercise is encouraged with the program of at least 17 minutes a day.
The book states people lose between 10 and 15 pounds within the first 17 days (Cycle 1). Also, you can go back to Cycle 1 at any time if you have more weight to lose.
So once I read the book and get started on it Ill of course be blogging away about it. ;)
SO Ill either see if any of the peeps I know want to buy stuff off me, or Ill ebay it.
On to my NEXT idea. A friend here is doing the 17 day diet. What is that you say? Its a book that you have to buy (of course, similar to southbeach etc) where there are cycles of eating styles. It encourages clean, whole food eating. Cutting out processed stuff etc... but each cycle is different to help "throw off" your metabolism and keep it pumping. I havent read the book yet but here is some info I found online:
The 17 day diet consist of 4 cycles, each lasting 17 days with the exception of the last cycle. (which is supposed to be your NEW way of eating forever) The point of the diet is to confuse your metabolism so that it keeps actively working.
Cycle 1: Promote rapid weight loss by improving digestive health (basically low carb)
Cycle 2: Reset metabolism through increasing and decreasing calorie consumption to increase fat-burning and prevent plateaus
Cycle 3: Develop good eating habits by reintroducing additional foods
Cycle 4: Maintenance of weight loss by eating healthy during the week and allowing for consumption of one's favorite foods on the weekend.
The good part about the program is that there is no real calorie counting. The program encourages to stay within the normal range of 1200 to 1400 calories, but there are no calorie or portion size numbers to be concerned with.
Exercise is encouraged with the program of at least 17 minutes a day.
The book states people lose between 10 and 15 pounds within the first 17 days (Cycle 1). Also, you can go back to Cycle 1 at any time if you have more weight to lose.
So once I read the book and get started on it Ill of course be blogging away about it. ;)
Monday, April 11, 2011
Cheat cheat cheat...
Week 5 was a bit CHEATY here in my house. *sigh* I went all that time without cheating, cause I knew it would mess up my diet, but then I DID cheat, and it didnt mess it up and I still lost... so now part of my brain is thinking "HEY I can eat a few crackers, and Ill be ok..." Or other various things that it decides I want a bite of. I think once you open the "cheat door" it stays open.
I still am debating how far I want to go on this plan. Obviously with buying a house, we need our money elsewhere, but on the other hand... I REALLY want to keep losing FAST so I can wear my smaller summer clothes in a couple months. Im figuring if I lose 10 lbs in April and 10 lbs in May Ill be fitting in quite a bit of it... Then I can start working out, and transitioning onto another more "real" plan. On the other hand... I cant be paying for this food, and then cheating. It doesnt make any sense!
So needless to say... NO CLUE!!!
I dug out much smaller tankini top that I wore about 6 or 7 years ago (yikes, that was a long time ago) and hung it up on the outside of my pantry... so if you come over and think Im odd, there is a reason its there lol! When I stumble to the pantry to munch on some crackers I will see it there and say WAIT A MINUTE!!!! Crackers wont help you fit in that... and hopefully then I will turn around and get a glass of water instead. LMAO!!!!
Sigh!
I still am debating how far I want to go on this plan. Obviously with buying a house, we need our money elsewhere, but on the other hand... I REALLY want to keep losing FAST so I can wear my smaller summer clothes in a couple months. Im figuring if I lose 10 lbs in April and 10 lbs in May Ill be fitting in quite a bit of it... Then I can start working out, and transitioning onto another more "real" plan. On the other hand... I cant be paying for this food, and then cheating. It doesnt make any sense!
So needless to say... NO CLUE!!!
I dug out much smaller tankini top that I wore about 6 or 7 years ago (yikes, that was a long time ago) and hung it up on the outside of my pantry... so if you come over and think Im odd, there is a reason its there lol! When I stumble to the pantry to munch on some crackers I will see it there and say WAIT A MINUTE!!!! Crackers wont help you fit in that... and hopefully then I will turn around and get a glass of water instead. LMAO!!!!
Sigh!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
And then it all came crashing down
Well it was bound to happen... especially after my "oooooh Im not craving anything" post. I swear its my kids fault. LMAO! (jk) I have more trouble on the weekends when they are home, and here I am with kids home on spring break, and I LOST it today!!!! Did fine, till we were headed home from errands at 1 pm, drove through chick fil a to grab lunch for the kids, and MAN it smelled SO GOOD. So I started mentally having a pity party about why I couldnt have it, and how it wasnt fair, and bla bla bla.... so anyways, I got home and ate a few dill pickles to try and NOT eat anything else, but it didnt do it. I had an itch I had to scratch. :( unfortunately, the fat girl in me likes to RUN down the hill if I happen to step off course... so my one french fry I stole from Ben, turned into a few crackers, and then a handful of trader joes mini chocolate chip cookies, and then another cracker, and then a spoonful of peanut butter. I finally stopped myself there, but then wasnt hungry (and felt kind of sick) so I didnt eat my two afternoon medifast meals... ate dinner, and then decided "WELL IVE ALREADY F'D Up" cause thats how my fat girl inside thinks... so I decided to eat 2 fig newtons that Ive been lusting after for the past month when I give them to my kids for snacks, followed by a LARGE chunk of dark chocolate *sigh*
SHAME ON ME!!!!! Its alright though. Its not the end of the world. I will NOT give food any power over me. Its just food... food is food is food. The most it can do is cause you to not lose, lose a little, or gain... its just food! I am officially brushing myself off, and getting back on the horse. Tomorrow is a new day, with only medifast in it LOL!!!
SHAME ON ME!!!!! Its alright though. Its not the end of the world. I will NOT give food any power over me. Its just food... food is food is food. The most it can do is cause you to not lose, lose a little, or gain... its just food! I am officially brushing myself off, and getting back on the horse. Tomorrow is a new day, with only medifast in it LOL!!!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
One month down...
So I officially have hit my one month mark with medifast. At this point, its almost so easy that it feels TOO easy. I find that Im not craving things anymore. Yes I would love to have a sandwich, or a bowl of cereal... but I dont really think about it anymore. I was debating switching over to southbeach at the end of the month, but I really think the amount of prep time and thought that it would require would throw me off. I am going to continue on doing what Im doing for as long as I can. Once Im ready to start the transition phase, I would assume I will sort of merge into a southbeach style of eating... lower carb, but healthy carbs.... (which really is how people should eat anyways)
I feel so empowered to have broken the bonds of carbs, and sweets. I really feel soooo great with how Ive been eating. My face has TOTALLY cleared up (I was suffering from teenage style pizza face before) and Im thinking that it might have taken care of my migraines as well. That being said, its not what Im eating so much as what Im NOT eating that is making those changes... but I feel proud that Ive come this far, and I dont NEED to eat those things anymore.
My family has continued to eat normal around me... enjoying friday pizza night, ice cream, cookies etc as they normally would, and I havent had any! Im so proud of myself!!!
So anyways, down to the stats!!!!
My month is as follows:
Start 3/6/11
1st week: -7.2
2nd week: -3
3rd week: -1.8
4th week: -3
Total for month 1: -15 lbs, and 8 1/2 inches (It would be more if I had measure more body parts lol)
Thats not too shabby in my opinion. I am 5 lbs away from where I was after I had Jacoby (before gaining the 25 lbs that Ive gained in the past 2 years) then from that point Ill have 30 more to go! WOOHOOOO!!!
If anyone wants more information or wants to do what Im doing, here is my coaches website: https://youngforever.tsfl.com/
I feel so empowered to have broken the bonds of carbs, and sweets. I really feel soooo great with how Ive been eating. My face has TOTALLY cleared up (I was suffering from teenage style pizza face before) and Im thinking that it might have taken care of my migraines as well. That being said, its not what Im eating so much as what Im NOT eating that is making those changes... but I feel proud that Ive come this far, and I dont NEED to eat those things anymore.
My family has continued to eat normal around me... enjoying friday pizza night, ice cream, cookies etc as they normally would, and I havent had any! Im so proud of myself!!!
So anyways, down to the stats!!!!
My month is as follows:
Start 3/6/11
1st week: -7.2
2nd week: -3
3rd week: -1.8
4th week: -3
Total for month 1: -15 lbs, and 8 1/2 inches (It would be more if I had measure more body parts lol)
Thats not too shabby in my opinion. I am 5 lbs away from where I was after I had Jacoby (before gaining the 25 lbs that Ive gained in the past 2 years) then from that point Ill have 30 more to go! WOOHOOOO!!!
If anyone wants more information or wants to do what Im doing, here is my coaches website: https://youngforever.tsfl.com/
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
We're all fat cause we eat bon bons right?
I find it quite amusing that when people find out you are losing weight, or on a diet they are FULL of advice for you... as if you have NEVER heard of this before and have no clue what the "right" way to lose weight is. Naturally thin people must assume we dont know, cause if we did... we wouldnt be fat right?? So, we must sit around and eat junk food all day... thats why we are fat right??
It couldnt possibly be that this "fat person" has done it the right way, and it just doesnt work. Yeah it works for you, cause you weigh 120 soaking wet... If your biggest "fat size" was smaller than my "skinniest" size there obviously is a difference.
GENETICS..... aaaaaaaaaaaah yes... Some of us are DOOMED to be fat, no matter what we do. YES we can fight it, and live our lives barely eating, and spending every waking moment exercising, but chances are... we will ALWAYS be a bit plump.
You can tell someone who is naturally skinny, from someone who has weight issues simply by how skinny they are. A person who is genetically predispositioned to be overweight, will always be a bit plumper than their peers... whereas those who are a bit fluffy cause they dont work out, and eat a bit too much pizza, can quickly drop it and be as thin as a dancer.
Im ecstatic that exercising and eating healthy worked for you... well guess what? It didnt work for me... Its my turn to find something that works for ME!!!!! So how about a little support?? ;)
It couldnt possibly be that this "fat person" has done it the right way, and it just doesnt work. Yeah it works for you, cause you weigh 120 soaking wet... If your biggest "fat size" was smaller than my "skinniest" size there obviously is a difference.
GENETICS..... aaaaaaaaaaaah yes... Some of us are DOOMED to be fat, no matter what we do. YES we can fight it, and live our lives barely eating, and spending every waking moment exercising, but chances are... we will ALWAYS be a bit plump.
You can tell someone who is naturally skinny, from someone who has weight issues simply by how skinny they are. A person who is genetically predispositioned to be overweight, will always be a bit plumper than their peers... whereas those who are a bit fluffy cause they dont work out, and eat a bit too much pizza, can quickly drop it and be as thin as a dancer.
Im ecstatic that exercising and eating healthy worked for you... well guess what? It didnt work for me... Its my turn to find something that works for ME!!!!! So how about a little support?? ;)
Monday, March 14, 2011
First full week
Well I did it... I made it a full week completely ON PLAN with Medifast. And I was rewarded for it with a loss of 7.2. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! I know it will slow down, the first week has a nice big loss, but then its slower after that.
I do need to get control of myself though because the past 2 nights Ive been a bit more "relaxed" with my peanut butter, and didnt exactly measure it. I need to make sure Im measuring things... I want to keep losing!!!!
This diet really does suck because I so want to eat something REAL IE a sandwich or pizza etc... but I also really want to lose a lot of weight before summer, and if this is the way I Need to do it, then so be it!!!!
I learned that a good friend of mine is actually a health coach on this program, and she has asked to be my coach, so Im going to switch over to her, and have extra help keeping myself in line!!! If anyone is interested in more info on the program, send her an email... Heres her website:
http://youngforever.tsfl.com/
If the link doesnt work copy and paste. ;)
It really is a great program, and if you follow it, you will be rewarded! Im super excited to see what loss I can get this week!!!
So here are my stats this week:
Total to goal: -50
Week 1: -7.2 (42.8 left)
I do need to get control of myself though because the past 2 nights Ive been a bit more "relaxed" with my peanut butter, and didnt exactly measure it. I need to make sure Im measuring things... I want to keep losing!!!!
This diet really does suck because I so want to eat something REAL IE a sandwich or pizza etc... but I also really want to lose a lot of weight before summer, and if this is the way I Need to do it, then so be it!!!!
I learned that a good friend of mine is actually a health coach on this program, and she has asked to be my coach, so Im going to switch over to her, and have extra help keeping myself in line!!! If anyone is interested in more info on the program, send her an email... Heres her website:
http://youngforever.tsfl.com/
If the link doesnt work copy and paste. ;)
It really is a great program, and if you follow it, you will be rewarded! Im super excited to see what loss I can get this week!!!
So here are my stats this week:
Total to goal: -50
Week 1: -7.2 (42.8 left)
Friday, March 11, 2011
Long week
Well Ive had a LONG week here... full of drama, and hunger.
Got kicked out of a mom group that I have been a part of since moving down here, AND accused of lying to everyone LMAO (SIGH) And started my diet of course.
Everythings been going great with the diet... I had a rough day on day 4. For some reason I was all depressed and wanted to give up. (I didnt though) the thoughts going through my mind were soooo depressing, but apparently it must have been part of the detox, cause I woke up the day after feeling perfectly fine... (and grateful that I hadnt eaten something I shouldnt have the night before) Im on day 5 today, with my first weigh in coming on Sunday. Im super excited (snuck a peek at the scale early yesterday, and was down 9 lbs) I cant wait to see what Im down on Sunday.
Today is Olivias birthday which means cake and ice cream tonight, but I will not be having any, nor will I partake in the takeout dinner. Nothing tastes as good as thin feels. ;)
Got kicked out of a mom group that I have been a part of since moving down here, AND accused of lying to everyone LMAO (SIGH) And started my diet of course.
Everythings been going great with the diet... I had a rough day on day 4. For some reason I was all depressed and wanted to give up. (I didnt though) the thoughts going through my mind were soooo depressing, but apparently it must have been part of the detox, cause I woke up the day after feeling perfectly fine... (and grateful that I hadnt eaten something I shouldnt have the night before) Im on day 5 today, with my first weigh in coming on Sunday. Im super excited (snuck a peek at the scale early yesterday, and was down 9 lbs) I cant wait to see what Im down on Sunday.
Today is Olivias birthday which means cake and ice cream tonight, but I will not be having any, nor will I partake in the takeout dinner. Nothing tastes as good as thin feels. ;)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Day 3
So this morning I woke up so starving, I swear my stomach was trying to eat itself. I was also really weak and shaky. that went away after eating though. I had hot choc for b fast, and it was super yummy. Had a dark choc shake with Ice for snack, and now I'm sitting down to lunch. My salad is part of my "meal allowence" and the red bowl is mf chili. We will see how it tastes. I added a whole bunch of hot sauce to it so hopefully that helps lol. Can't wait to feel great and super energized tomorrow!
Just wanted to edit and add, that the chili was not very good LOL! I dont think Ill order that next time. :x
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Day one
So, day one of medifast is underway.
I had hot cocoa for my first meal. It tasted like hot cocoa... Not bad. Second meal was a dark chocolate shake. Buzzed it up in my blender with ice, not too bad. I've been drinking tons of water like your supposed to. The peeing is going to put a damper in my social life lmao. Didn't think I could pee so much.
I thought at first this would be easy peasy, but I think I'm generally not as hungry in the am... Right now I'm feeling pretty hungry. About an hour till I eat again... ill make it. Im planning on staying completely on program, because cheating, even just a tiny bite can totally throw you off. And I want this weight to come off fast. From what I've heard the first few days, to week really suck as you detox and go into ketosis (fat burning stage) so I'm prepping for the worst. So far today isn't bad.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
On it's way...
I put my food order in tonight. I'm waiting on pins and needles now for it to arrive! I'm so excited and optimistic for this weight loss plan. I'm hoping to be able to dig around in my "too small clothes box" this summer. I will be discussing my plan and progress on my blog, so stay tuned.
The plan im doing is medifast. Everything I've read about it is fabulous, and I know several people on it. I'm super exited!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Getting ready
So... I have 2 weeks to eat all the crap in my house to prepare for a new "eating plan". I have a friend who has done this program, as well as my new "coach" who did it, and her husband did it. My friend's DOCTOR told her to do it, and she did it previously after having a baby and had great success. Its expensive and quite strict, but Im OVER THE MOON excited about it. The weight comes off really fast... so Im hoping to get to at least one goal before summer. I have about 50 lbs to lose so I cant expect it to be overnight, but Im hoping to be down 25 by vacation in June... so we will see.
I will be blogging about my plan, and my success, and more details once I get started. I need to wait to get my orders together, eat girl scout cookies, and wait till Olivias birthday is past. So my "plan" is to start on March 12th... so stay tuned. :) WOOHOOOOOOOO Im so excited!!!!
I will be blogging about my plan, and my success, and more details once I get started. I need to wait to get my orders together, eat girl scout cookies, and wait till Olivias birthday is past. So my "plan" is to start on March 12th... so stay tuned. :) WOOHOOOOOOOO Im so excited!!!!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Train potty chart
Gonna give this a try... and make it strictly for poo. We had a dora chart going for every potty, but I think its time to move onto JUST POOP! lol!!! Heres hoping! Wish us luck!!!
Poop... Glorious poop
In a perfect world, Poop would know exactly where it belongs. From the day we are born, it would carefully get itself to the toilet (without making a mess of course) but alas, it is not a perfect world, and we need to teach our children where their glorious poop belongs.
WHY OH WHY can I not do this? My first 2 got the poop thing... I never had a poop issue with them. I would read stories of these children who would wait for a diaper to be on, and then go and hide and poop, or worse yet, the children who would NOT poop for days, and become constipated, thus resulting in even more not wanting to poop... But never did I have this issue.
TILL NOW! We are 100% fully pee trained, even in public... no accidents anymore, and fully in undies and pants now. HOWEVER every freaking poop is being hatched in the undies. No matter how many times I tell him it needs to go in the potty. He will even AS he is pooping in said undies, say "poops go in the potty" then go waddling off with a log between his legs to the bathroom. One fine day he pulled his undies down and then scooped his poop up out of his undies, and placed it in the potty. How nice of him to put his poop in the potty right? AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!! That led to some crazy hand washing, and explaining that mommy needs to clean up the poop.
So anyways... on we trudge through this land of poopie undies, in hopes that one day he will get it. Think Im going to have to get some better bribes to give him when he poops in the potty. *sigh*
WHY OH WHY can I not do this? My first 2 got the poop thing... I never had a poop issue with them. I would read stories of these children who would wait for a diaper to be on, and then go and hide and poop, or worse yet, the children who would NOT poop for days, and become constipated, thus resulting in even more not wanting to poop... But never did I have this issue.
TILL NOW! We are 100% fully pee trained, even in public... no accidents anymore, and fully in undies and pants now. HOWEVER every freaking poop is being hatched in the undies. No matter how many times I tell him it needs to go in the potty. He will even AS he is pooping in said undies, say "poops go in the potty" then go waddling off with a log between his legs to the bathroom. One fine day he pulled his undies down and then scooped his poop up out of his undies, and placed it in the potty. How nice of him to put his poop in the potty right? AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!! That led to some crazy hand washing, and explaining that mommy needs to clean up the poop.
So anyways... on we trudge through this land of poopie undies, in hopes that one day he will get it. Think Im going to have to get some better bribes to give him when he poops in the potty. *sigh*
Thursday, January 13, 2011
The joys of potty training (or lack there of)
Ok so you would think my third time at this, it would be a piece of cake, but um NO! Apparently my child has other plans for me. Yes he is younger than my other two were, Ben was just under 3, and Olivia was 2 1/2... Jacoby is ranking in at 27 months right now. HOWEVER he has been in cloth since he was 3 months old (and they say cloth babies train earlier?) and he has been TOTALLY acting ready, and wanting to do it.
So we started about a week and a half ago... stripped naked, with a potty in each bathroom. I printed out the dora potty chart, and bought M&m's. 3 m&ms for each pee, and picking from the infamous "poop bucket" when you poop. YES the bucket has had that name since Ben potty trained, and its just our candy bucket... after halloween the kids ask if they can have a candy from the "poop bucket" LMAO! Thats just what its called lol!
Anyways... things were off to a great start, we went and picked out undies, and every pee was getting put in the potty... poops were a bit more rough. The first day he went in on his own and did it, no prodding etc. The 2 following days they were in training pants either while we were out, or at nap... then the day after that they were in a heaping mound on my floor after he sat on the potty for 20 mins telling me he didnt need to poop.
The day after was the same thing... up from nap he had a tiny poop in his trainer, so I put him on the potty to get his big poop out, and he sat there for an hour and a half not pooping. Thankfully he didnt get off the potty and immediately poop on the floor that day, it took an hour to get the heaping mound on the floor. *sigh*
So fast forward a few days, and a few poops on the potty and a few on the floor, ALL the pee's were going in the potty till 2 days ago when I decided to try undies... Now mind you, with my oldest he was naked for maybe 3-4 days before I was able to put undies on him, so far at this point Jacoby had been a week in.
Anyways... He peed in his undies every time I put them on in, even flooding the high chair like a waterfall after dinner that night... so I was quite mad and yelled and spanked him.
SO... the next day, he was naked again and PEED AND POOPED all over the house all day long! Obviously I did a BIG uh oh by yelling and spanking him!!! But seriously? peeing and pooping all over the house is NOT ok, and he thinks its funny... he pees and says "LOOK at all that pee" and then laughs. Or after he poops its "look at that big poop". Yesterday he even stepped on his poop and tracked it around the floor a bit. I spent SO much time cleaning the floor yesterday. So by last night I was quite frustrated and as I was making dinner, him standing on the stool next to me, once again peeing ALL over and just watching it, I once again snapped. Hollaring and spanking. :(
HOWEVER I thought I had turned it around by being so happy and giving hugs and kisses when he pee'd on the potty after daddy got home... I was so "happy" and gave positive attention etc... but then this am he was saying he didnt want to potty... so now we have a power struggle. :(
Im not sure what to do at this point... do I just ignore the accidents at this point, and just keep being positive, if he pottys hug and kiss, if its on the floor just clean it and calmly say "this goes in the potty"
Im pretty sure overreacting is causing a power struggle with my oh so stubborn son, so I dont think that punishing for potty on the floor is a good idea... but how do I NOT act like its bad to take a big giant crap on my floor??? *sigh*
Editing to add, he seems to be doing Ok now... he has gone in 3 times and pee'd... on his way in he is saying "dont pee on the floor, pee pee's go in the potty" and he is really happy to get a hug and kiss from me. So maybe changing to positive reinforcement will "fix" it.
So we started about a week and a half ago... stripped naked, with a potty in each bathroom. I printed out the dora potty chart, and bought M&m's. 3 m&ms for each pee, and picking from the infamous "poop bucket" when you poop. YES the bucket has had that name since Ben potty trained, and its just our candy bucket... after halloween the kids ask if they can have a candy from the "poop bucket" LMAO! Thats just what its called lol!
Anyways... things were off to a great start, we went and picked out undies, and every pee was getting put in the potty... poops were a bit more rough. The first day he went in on his own and did it, no prodding etc. The 2 following days they were in training pants either while we were out, or at nap... then the day after that they were in a heaping mound on my floor after he sat on the potty for 20 mins telling me he didnt need to poop.
The day after was the same thing... up from nap he had a tiny poop in his trainer, so I put him on the potty to get his big poop out, and he sat there for an hour and a half not pooping. Thankfully he didnt get off the potty and immediately poop on the floor that day, it took an hour to get the heaping mound on the floor. *sigh*
So fast forward a few days, and a few poops on the potty and a few on the floor, ALL the pee's were going in the potty till 2 days ago when I decided to try undies... Now mind you, with my oldest he was naked for maybe 3-4 days before I was able to put undies on him, so far at this point Jacoby had been a week in.
Anyways... He peed in his undies every time I put them on in, even flooding the high chair like a waterfall after dinner that night... so I was quite mad and yelled and spanked him.
SO... the next day, he was naked again and PEED AND POOPED all over the house all day long! Obviously I did a BIG uh oh by yelling and spanking him!!! But seriously? peeing and pooping all over the house is NOT ok, and he thinks its funny... he pees and says "LOOK at all that pee" and then laughs. Or after he poops its "look at that big poop". Yesterday he even stepped on his poop and tracked it around the floor a bit. I spent SO much time cleaning the floor yesterday. So by last night I was quite frustrated and as I was making dinner, him standing on the stool next to me, once again peeing ALL over and just watching it, I once again snapped. Hollaring and spanking. :(
HOWEVER I thought I had turned it around by being so happy and giving hugs and kisses when he pee'd on the potty after daddy got home... I was so "happy" and gave positive attention etc... but then this am he was saying he didnt want to potty... so now we have a power struggle. :(
Im not sure what to do at this point... do I just ignore the accidents at this point, and just keep being positive, if he pottys hug and kiss, if its on the floor just clean it and calmly say "this goes in the potty"
Im pretty sure overreacting is causing a power struggle with my oh so stubborn son, so I dont think that punishing for potty on the floor is a good idea... but how do I NOT act like its bad to take a big giant crap on my floor??? *sigh*
Editing to add, he seems to be doing Ok now... he has gone in 3 times and pee'd... on his way in he is saying "dont pee on the floor, pee pee's go in the potty" and he is really happy to get a hug and kiss from me. So maybe changing to positive reinforcement will "fix" it.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Frustrations are looming in
ROT RO!!! Im hitting that point!! You know, the one where you are working your ass off, and nothing is changing, and you are about to give up??? Yeah Im getting to that one. Once again feeling like IM wasting my time working out and doing WW, because Im NOT LOSING at all. not even inches. My clothes feel the exact same as they did when I started doing all this working out... and Ive gained 5 lbs? WTF is that??? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH I cannot give up!!! I need to somehow remind myself that its still GOOD to be doing this... at least Im not getting fatter??
Monday, January 3, 2011
weight lifting is a slippery slope
So I really have no clue what I need to be doing differently, or if this is just a normal part of weight lifting, but MAN Im frustrated.
I started doing CHX (chalean extreme) 3 weeks ago, and IMMEDIATELY shot up 5 lbs when I started... I also am doing WW (weight watchers) and have been following it perfectly the past 2 weeks... HOWEVER I cannot get the 5 lbs off. Im so bummed and frustrated!
I know that weight training causes your muscles to hold onto water, and swell and all that, but seriously how long does that go on? I am SO ready for it to turn the corner and have weight start falling off now. Funny thing is I dont FEEL thinner yet either. I know that Im developing muscle, cause I can feel it, and I would imagine that Im losing some inches etc (havent checked yet) but my clothes arent really fitting any better.
Though soemtimes my pants seem to shrink along with me a few pants sizes LOL!
I guess this is the type of situation where it would be nice to have a personal trainer to tell me its NORMAL, and OK for this to be happening, and to keep on going cause it will come off eventually. Its just SO discouraging!
I started doing CHX (chalean extreme) 3 weeks ago, and IMMEDIATELY shot up 5 lbs when I started... I also am doing WW (weight watchers) and have been following it perfectly the past 2 weeks... HOWEVER I cannot get the 5 lbs off. Im so bummed and frustrated!
I know that weight training causes your muscles to hold onto water, and swell and all that, but seriously how long does that go on? I am SO ready for it to turn the corner and have weight start falling off now. Funny thing is I dont FEEL thinner yet either. I know that Im developing muscle, cause I can feel it, and I would imagine that Im losing some inches etc (havent checked yet) but my clothes arent really fitting any better.
Though soemtimes my pants seem to shrink along with me a few pants sizes LOL!
I guess this is the type of situation where it would be nice to have a personal trainer to tell me its NORMAL, and OK for this to be happening, and to keep on going cause it will come off eventually. Its just SO discouraging!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Starting fresh
Its a new year!!! I decided to take up this blogging thing again. Perhaps there is someone out there who might want to read whats on my mind. :)
This was originally going to be a blog strictly about kids etc, when I first signed up (over a year ago) Its going to just be a various subject blog though... whatevers going on, Ill put on here.
Today is January first, so the start of a new year... people usually make resolutions at new years but Ive always felt it was kind of dumb, because if you want to change something, why not change it whenever??? Ive already been working at losing weigh, doing weight watchers and working out etc since September, so I guess I can say Ill continue that??? I would like to get my flubber butt into my big box of "skinnier" summer clothes by summer, so I have my work cut out for me.
Ive been working out with the Chalean extreme video set, which is heavy weight lifting. Its really awesome! Ive always wanted to have sculpted muscles so Im holding onto hope that under all my fat Im developing some LMAO!
I am shocked at how weak some women are though... seriously 3 lb weights?? HAHHAA I could lift those with my toe ;) hehehee!!! I need to save my pennies up for the selectech adjustable dumbbells, because otherwise Ill be shelling out money left and right to buy heavier weights, which might I add are ridiculously expensive! $42 bucks for a set of 2 dumbbells? no thanks!!!
All this weight training has been making my weight go up though (added in with all the crap I ate over the holidays) and thats really REALLY frustrating. I hate to feel like Im wasting my time... if I could have eaten that cookie and still weigh the same, then why did I resist it? LMAO! I know I need to just keep at it though, and eventually it will come off!
Anyways... thats my thoughts for today. :)
This was originally going to be a blog strictly about kids etc, when I first signed up (over a year ago) Its going to just be a various subject blog though... whatevers going on, Ill put on here.
Today is January first, so the start of a new year... people usually make resolutions at new years but Ive always felt it was kind of dumb, because if you want to change something, why not change it whenever??? Ive already been working at losing weigh, doing weight watchers and working out etc since September, so I guess I can say Ill continue that??? I would like to get my flubber butt into my big box of "skinnier" summer clothes by summer, so I have my work cut out for me.
Ive been working out with the Chalean extreme video set, which is heavy weight lifting. Its really awesome! Ive always wanted to have sculpted muscles so Im holding onto hope that under all my fat Im developing some LMAO!
I am shocked at how weak some women are though... seriously 3 lb weights?? HAHHAA I could lift those with my toe ;) hehehee!!! I need to save my pennies up for the selectech adjustable dumbbells, because otherwise Ill be shelling out money left and right to buy heavier weights, which might I add are ridiculously expensive! $42 bucks for a set of 2 dumbbells? no thanks!!!
All this weight training has been making my weight go up though (added in with all the crap I ate over the holidays) and thats really REALLY frustrating. I hate to feel like Im wasting my time... if I could have eaten that cookie and still weigh the same, then why did I resist it? LMAO! I know I need to just keep at it though, and eventually it will come off!
Anyways... thats my thoughts for today. :)
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