I've been a very bad blogger. I've run off and started another blog! Eep! Don't worry - it's not permanent. It's more to help me get my nutrition and weight loss back on track since I hit a major plateau about a month ago.
I'm now posting here in an effort to help keep me on track AND to help keep my friend on track. You see, she asked me if I would be her accountability partner in her 3 month clean eating adventure - to which I said "Yes". Now, I'm trying to keep a pretty well-detailed log (outside of the Lose It app) to keep track of the fitness side of things and I figured why not do it from the ol' Tumblr? I also started a Fitocracy account - which I'm still trying to figure out how to NOT post it to the She Loves You Blog tumblr but to the She Loves You Fit Blog tumblr...
Anyways - that's where I've been. Sorry for the radio silence. Something tragic also happened the last few days and I'm pretty shaken. I hate that it feels like this needed to happen before I realized how precious life is. I'll write more about it later but you can read about it here in the mean time...
Despite all that, I hope you all have a wonderful Friday
xoxo
Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Friday, May 17, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Cheat Day!
Okay, so this weight loss thing is going pretty well. I haven't fallen off the wagon or anything - I've been staying the course! We've been eating healthy at home and pretty much everywhere we go. I've been exercising like a crazy person and I've let go of the whole weight gain thing that had bummed me out last weekend. My old man declared we needed some proper food and, man oh man, what a choice!
We used to visit Bone Garden Cantina every Saturday but lately, there started being a wait. And the atmosphere had gotten really crappy. Why? Parents and their kids. Damn. We were to the point where we were like, "Bone Garden is OVER".
But we can't! We love BG so much! So today we made it a point to get there right when they opened and it was bliss. There were no kids in sight and there was no terrible wait! Hooray! What a way to kick off Cheat Day! And, oh, what a cheat day it was!
I skimped on the margarita (because I'm def getting one tonight) and indulged in some pork goodness! And when we got home, I decided why not try making a mocha. *Shrug* Why not?
Yum! Not as good as the one I had at Rev Coffee yesterday morning (which was PHENOMENAL) but it was pretty darn good. I hope the rest of the weekend continues to be this fun!
Have a lovely weekend!
We used to visit Bone Garden Cantina every Saturday but lately, there started being a wait. And the atmosphere had gotten really crappy. Why? Parents and their kids. Damn. We were to the point where we were like, "Bone Garden is OVER".
But we can't! We love BG so much! So today we made it a point to get there right when they opened and it was bliss. There were no kids in sight and there was no terrible wait! Hooray! What a way to kick off Cheat Day! And, oh, what a cheat day it was!
I skimped on the margarita (because I'm def getting one tonight) and indulged in some pork goodness! And when we got home, I decided why not try making a mocha. *Shrug* Why not?
Yum! Not as good as the one I had at Rev Coffee yesterday morning (which was PHENOMENAL) but it was pretty darn good. I hope the rest of the weekend continues to be this fun!
Have a lovely weekend!
Monday, January 14, 2013
2013 Resolutions...The Weight Game
We are well into 2013 and - SURPRISE - one of my resolutions is to lose weight (like most people at the beginning of each new year).
I've tried diets and exercising and all that and I really enjoy the Lose It app but I haven't seen any results.
So what's different this time? The old man is joining me and we are super serious about getting this weight loss thing going.
And there's already a problem. I hate - HATE - measuring food out but I'm doing it like a good kid and eve though it makes me cringe, I am portioning out EVERYTHING. Believe me when I say my measuring spoons and cups are getting a major workout. LOL. I kid.
But seriously - I'm measuring out every single thing I put in my mouth. I've gotten over that Dragon Lady stage of being hungry all the time and I've now come to accept the hunger pangs until my body readjusts but I've GAINED weight since I started losing it!
I was on a slow and steady losing streak all last week (which was our first full week) and then I weighed myself last night and, to my surprise, I'm almost back to the weight I STARTED at. Bummer.
I've even doing the things I hate. Along with measuring every freaking thing, I'm looking at fitspo blogs for motivation, following fitspo people on Tumblr AND Instagram and cooking more with recipes from Hungry Girl and Skinnytaste. I'm even running (with my Nike+ GPS app) - and I HATE running. I'm freakin' running at my old high school track - which I avoided like the plague when I was a student there.
The first two are both from Saturday. I ran the track a few times and then ran the stairs for about 10 minutes and cooled off with one full lap around. I was getting ready to leave when my iPod played a few songs that I was like, "Awww hell naw - I HAVE to run to this!" and then I ran a couple more laps.
The second track is from yesterday. Not as many laps on the stairs but I went ALL OUT on those steps! I was a sweaty mess afterwards that I walked the rest of the time we were there.
So that got me thinking - what if the weight gain is purely muscle? After all, on my two track running days (Saturday and Sunday), I ran the stadium steps too, so...why not, right? It only makes sense. And my legs feel like cannons! They haven't felt this solid since I was weight training ages ago. Why did I stop? Because of a lower back injury that still hurts me. I've consulted with the fitness folks at work about it and they all say the same thing: Katzi, you're just too top-heavy. I don't expect my coworkers to feel the pains of a large-breasted woman...but they're usually pretty nice about it and I've cooled off on the weights.
But now I'm like: What do I do??? I don't need to get discouraged. On my Saturday early morning TV watching, I saw a bunch of infomercials for Tapout XT or whatever and diet pill after diet pill but the one that stuck out the most for me was the NV commercial with Tami Roman.
I don't watch Basketball Wives or anything but I enjoy this commercial because even though she kept popping out and interrupting this fake conversation
She does say something helpful: "Tell her the first two weeks of weight loss can be the hardest." Okay - something helpful to keep me on track...But how much longer can I take?! I think once I get settled in, I'll be able to get it together and maybe, just maybe, start seeing results. After all, the first two weeks are the hardest, right? And I'm on day 13. Oh dear... Maybe she meant the first month???
Why is my weight loss a big deal? I will share those two reasons soon...
I've tried diets and exercising and all that and I really enjoy the Lose It app but I haven't seen any results.
So what's different this time? The old man is joining me and we are super serious about getting this weight loss thing going.
And there's already a problem. I hate - HATE - measuring food out but I'm doing it like a good kid and eve though it makes me cringe, I am portioning out EVERYTHING. Believe me when I say my measuring spoons and cups are getting a major workout. LOL. I kid.
But seriously - I'm measuring out every single thing I put in my mouth. I've gotten over that Dragon Lady stage of being hungry all the time and I've now come to accept the hunger pangs until my body readjusts but I've GAINED weight since I started losing it!
I was on a slow and steady losing streak all last week (which was our first full week) and then I weighed myself last night and, to my surprise, I'm almost back to the weight I STARTED at. Bummer.
I've even doing the things I hate. Along with measuring every freaking thing, I'm looking at fitspo blogs for motivation, following fitspo people on Tumblr AND Instagram and cooking more with recipes from Hungry Girl and Skinnytaste. I'm even running (with my Nike+ GPS app) - and I HATE running. I'm freakin' running at my old high school track - which I avoided like the plague when I was a student there.
The first two are both from Saturday. I ran the track a few times and then ran the stairs for about 10 minutes and cooled off with one full lap around. I was getting ready to leave when my iPod played a few songs that I was like, "Awww hell naw - I HAVE to run to this!" and then I ran a couple more laps.
The second track is from yesterday. Not as many laps on the stairs but I went ALL OUT on those steps! I was a sweaty mess afterwards that I walked the rest of the time we were there.
So that got me thinking - what if the weight gain is purely muscle? After all, on my two track running days (Saturday and Sunday), I ran the stadium steps too, so...why not, right? It only makes sense. And my legs feel like cannons! They haven't felt this solid since I was weight training ages ago. Why did I stop? Because of a lower back injury that still hurts me. I've consulted with the fitness folks at work about it and they all say the same thing: Katzi, you're just too top-heavy. I don't expect my coworkers to feel the pains of a large-breasted woman...but they're usually pretty nice about it and I've cooled off on the weights.
But now I'm like: What do I do??? I don't need to get discouraged. On my Saturday early morning TV watching, I saw a bunch of infomercials for Tapout XT or whatever and diet pill after diet pill but the one that stuck out the most for me was the NV commercial with Tami Roman.
I don't watch Basketball Wives or anything but I enjoy this commercial because even though she kept popping out and interrupting this fake conversation
She does say something helpful: "Tell her the first two weeks of weight loss can be the hardest." Okay - something helpful to keep me on track...But how much longer can I take?! I think once I get settled in, I'll be able to get it together and maybe, just maybe, start seeing results. After all, the first two weeks are the hardest, right? And I'm on day 13. Oh dear... Maybe she meant the first month???
Why is my weight loss a big deal? I will share those two reasons soon...
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