SBD Group - Jan 3, 2011 Start Date

[Chaddeh]

January 2011 Start Date Group!
Going to make it happen in 2011!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Chaddeh - Day 3 - Had a light breakfast, really limited my portions at lunch, and going to eat healthy tonight. So on track...

[DCLissa17]

b]January 2011 Start Date Group![/b]
Going to make it happen in 2011!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Chaddeh - Day 3 - Had a light breakfast, really limited my portions at lunch, and going to eat healthy tonight. So on track...

DCLissa17 - Well I'm just irritated with myself. Had a lousy weekend, SB-wise. Drank WAY too much on Sunday, any had total candy binge-outs on Tuesday/Wednesday. No exercise as usual. And my sleep was all over the place. I really need to pull it together. First step: meal plan this week! Second: Don't buy more alcohol this weekend Third: Plan out my days off regarding sleeping/activities.

[play-doh]

January 2011 Start Date Group!
Going to make it happen in 2011!
Monday, March 7, 2011

Play-doh - Day 56 - I was rolling along fine last week, not too serious or focused on SBD, but hanging in there. Until yesterday... I completely blew it. Woke up at 7:00 and by 11:00 I had eaten three cupcakes. Then, feeling so droopy and gross, I went back to bed to read and quickly fell asleep. When I woke up, I worked out (great workout!) and tried to get back on track eating-wise, but instead I ate some beans and rice and had another cupcake and a vodka and orange juice. *smacks self on forehead* I don't know what got into me yesterday. Today was much better. I'll soon be 100% again.

[DCLissa17]

January 2011 Start Date Group!
Going to make it happen in 2011!
Monday, March 7, 2011

Play-doh - Day 56 - I was rolling along fine last week, not too serious or focused on SBD, but hanging in there. Until yesterday... I completely blew it. Woke up at 7:00 and by 11:00 I had eaten three cupcakes. Then, feeling so droopy and gross, I went back to bed to read and quickly fell asleep. When I woke up, I worked out (great workout!) and tried to get back on track eating-wise, but instead I ate some beans and rice and had another cupcake and a vodka and orange juice. *smacks self on forehead* I don't know what got into me yesterday. Today was much better. I'll soon be 100% again.

DCLissa17 - Ok, getting frustrated about my lack of willpower. I feel like my inability to get in the swing of exercising has now carried over to slipping on the eating end of things. First it was Valentine's candy...then a few sweets...then some wine....then too much snacking in general. And now it's like every day I get up saying I'm going to eat "clean" and yet knowing that I am going to break that, and not trying to hard NOT to. I KNOW that I can do better and be totally ok with eating clean. So why is it so hard to break this cycle? I REALLY REALLY don't want to do P1 again, it feels like that would be accepting that I have failed.

[DCLissa17]

January 2011 Start Date Group!
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

DCLissa17 - Well I was excited this morning--ate totally clean Monday night. Course then I slept for 19 hours and ended up on a backwards schedule and screwed it all up today and will go to work tonight with no sleep and be at like 28 hours awake by the time I get home in the morning. Maybe I'll eat clean tonight? Sigh.

[play-doh]

January 2011 Start Date Group!
Going to make it happen in 2011!
Friday, March 11, 2011

Play-doh - I messed up yesterday afternoon. I'm feeling discouraged these days because 1) I don't think I've lost any more weight (stuck at 144) and 2) I'm not getting the energy boost that I was getting in the first months of SBD. In fact, I'm feeling more tired than ever these days. Still, I'm going to aim to have a perfect weekend, starting now, and see if I feel a little more enthusiastic on Monday. I hope you guys have a great weekend!

[DCLissa17]

January 2011 Start Date Group!
Going to make it happen in 2011!
Friday, March 11, 2011

Play-doh - I messed up yesterday afternoon. I'm feeling discouraged these days because 1) I don't think I've lost any more weight (stuck at 144) and 2) I'm not getting the energy boost that I was getting in the first months of SBD. In fact, I'm feeling more tired than ever these days. Still, I'm going to aim to have a perfect weekend, starting now, and see if I feel a little more enthusiastic on Monday. I hope you guys have a great weekend!

DCLissa17 - Well actually ate clean last night, yay! Got a little sleep (about 5 hours) so that was nice. Today should get a good 7 hours sleep before work and then a 4 day weekend--always the challenge! Just want to try and stay consistent and have an actual meal schedule this weekend instead of formless snacking through the days. I definitely know what you mean about the tired and the bleh at this point, play-doh!

[play-doh]

January 2011 Start Date Group!
Going to make it happen in 2011!
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Play-doh - Today I weighed in at 146 -- UGHHHH! So discouraging! In spite of my good eating, I just don't think I'm going to be able to lose weight unless I can exercise more than just three days a week. I'm going to have to figure out how to squeeze it in during the week which will mean having to give up something... Hmmm, what what? Maybe I should quit my job.
Anyway, I had a great workout this morning and burned 600+ calories. I'll do it again tomorrow and I'll try my hardest to workout twice during the week. That's my goal for this coming week: workout on Monday and Wednesday. Lissa, yeah, my SBD honeymoon phase is definitely over. Sounds like you're hanging in there! It's gotta be hard with your crazy schedule.

[DCLissa17]

]January 2011 Start Date Group!
Going to make it happen in 2011!
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Play-doh - Today I weighed in at 146 -- UGHHHH! So discouraging! In spite of my good eating, I just don't think I'm going to be able to lose weight unless I can exercise more than just three days a week. I'm going to have to figure out how to squeeze it in during the week which will mean having to give up something... Hmmm, what what? Maybe I should quit my job.
Anyway, I had a great workout this morning and burned 600+ calories. I'll do it again tomorrow and I'll try my hardest to workout twice during the week. That's my goal for this coming week: workout on Monday and Wednesday. Lissa, yeah, my SBD honeymoon phase is definitely over. Sounds like you're hanging in there! It's gotta be hard with your crazy schedule.

DCLissa17 - Well I've been having a real emotional week (waiting on an acceptance letter to take my emergency/critical care boards) and the dog was causing trouble and after the last couple of disastrous weekends and not enough sleep, was REALLY strained going into work last night. Thankfully was busy and I did pretty good! A snitch of candy here and there but nothing troublesome. Then I've stayed up most of the day ( just feeling energized and I'm going with it!). Finally finally got my acceptance letter this afternoon and feeling good! Decided to celebrate and get some vodka for cocktails, indulge myself in some crazy snacks, and get back on track tomorrow. This is such a stress reliever!

[play-doh]

January 2011 Start Date Group!
Going to make it happen in 2011!
Monday, March 14, 2011

Play-doh - I got in a lot of great exercise over the weekend (5.5 miles on my treadmill both days) and I swore I'd do it again today, but, alas, I did not. My eating, however, was spot-on, so I'm happy. I wonder if I might be able to squeeze in a couple miles tomorrow. I'll try.

[DCLissa17]

January 2011 Start Date Group!
Going to make it happen in 2011!
Saturday , March 19, 2011

DCLissa17 - All right, long time no post! I know we've kinda wandered away from this thread. I've had a VERY stressful last 3 weeks or so and while it will hopefully be getting better, the next 6 months are going to be kinda rough. I've been cheating a lot with sugary treats and my exercise has just not happened. I do hope to improve on that as it gets warmer out and I get outside walking. However, I am tired of feeling guilty about the snacks. I thought about doing P1 again and try to be more rigid, but I think that for me, it makes more sense to just move on to Phase 3 and just have those occasional indulgences without attaching guilt to them. I'm not really trying to lose weight, just establish a better WOE, and I think I have done well with that. Honestly, I generally one have 2 starches (occ 3) and one fruit (occ 2) a day and am very good at eating enough veggies, picking lean proteins and whole grains. I feel like I have successfully made this transition. Sooo....on that note, I plan to just call myself in P3 now. I'll still post in the journals, so see you there!

[play-doh]

January 2011 Start Date Group!
Going to make it happen in 2011!
Saturday , March 19, 2011

DCLissa17 - All right, long time no post! I know we've kinda wandered away from this thread. I've had a VERY stressful last 3 weeks or so and while it will hopefully be getting better, the next 6 months are going to be kinda rough. I've been cheating a lot with sugary treats and my exercise has just not happened. I do hope to improve on that as it gets warmer out and I get outside walking. However, I am tired of feeling guilty about the snacks. I thought about doing P1 again and try to be more rigid, but I think that for me, it makes more sense to just move on to Phase 3 and just have those occasional indulgences without attaching guilt to them. I'm not really trying to lose weight, just establish a better WOE, and I think I have done well with that. Honestly, I generally one have 2 starches (occ 3) and one fruit (occ 2) a day and am very good at eating enough veggies, picking lean proteins and whole grains. I feel like I have successfully made this transition. Sooo....on that note, I plan to just call myself in P3 now. I'll still post in the journals, so see you there!

Play-doh - I already posted in your journal, Lissa, that I think your plan makes perfect sense. High fives on your success! As for me, I'm going to keep going on Phase 2, try to drop 10 pounds by the end of summer, and another 5 by 2012. That should put me right where I want to be. A new short-term goal I've added is to run a 10K on May 30 and if it goes well, maybe I'll train even harder over the summer and run another 10K in the fall. I'm feeling pretty optimistic, especially since my treadmill running/walking has been going so well.
See you in the journals!

[DCLissa17]

I am so envious of your exercise commitment, play-doh! I wish I had the willpower to stick with it. Unfortunately an insane sleep schedule and exhaustion are not really helpful in trying to start that new habit. One mountain at a time.