Dave went to Provo to surprise Catherine with the traditional first day of school McDonald's breakfast. He says she was super happy to see him (he also took her to lunch) and seems to be doing great. The dorm looks nice, she's been getting out and meeting people, had all her syllabi printed and had READ them and overall seems determined to be a good student. All her AP and transfer work is in so she's starting college as a sophomore. Dave was really pleased and proud. I am too. It makes all the difference. We'll have to see what we can do by way of cheerleading in a month or so when the newness has worn off. She also texted me that the creamery has great fat free milk and lowfat cheese. I'll have to try the cheese! I'd love to find a lowfat variety that I like. She's down a couple of pounds which is great. She doesn't really have much to lose--she only went overboard last Christmas like I did and hasn't dropped the weight. She's taking a nutrition class and some of her roommates are health nuts, plus she has to walk up hill everyday so all that will help.
As for me, I'm doing ok too. 190 this morning--again far better than I deserve considering last week. Jennifer gave me a recipe for some oatmeal from steel cut oats that simmer in the crock pot all night. Not bad! I'm not raving about it like she is, but not bad. And definitely filling. A great breakfast. I had some points last night and wanted something chocolate, so I browsed through the ww receipes and found some chocolate chocolate cookies for 1 point a piece. Also, not bad! I brought some in for Jennifer. Both receipes will be in my yellow binder.
Yesterday I also got back to the strength training. NOT so much fun. The gym seemed hot, and I forgot that the beginning of fall semester would have an impact. It was much busier--I had to jumble up my routine to get on the machines, and full of perfect 18 year old bodies. I can't even imagine being as fit as some of these people. It's not just that they're young, it's that they are really really really fit. I'm flat out jealous--but still not willing to do the work to get there. It's just easier to grumble. Mostly, though I think it was just hot and seemed to take a long time. Dave called right at the beginning and I stopped and got the oatmeal receipe so he could get the ingredients. Walking home from the gym is slightly longer and it was over 90 degrees. I stopped at smiths for chocolate chips for the cookies. Anyway--I get off at 5 and with the 1/2 hour workout I didn't get home until 6:45. Long. But that's ok. I'll try again on Tuesday. The students will work themselves out and so will the weather. And even though I don't feel as though I accomplished anything--I'm sure it helped me get back to the 190. 190 is technically exactly where I need to be now at the end of August. I'll be super glad to see the 180's again. Today should be right on track--I've put everything into the ww site and it's all planned. The oatmeal for breakfast with milk. Some fancy irish cheese with lunch, sweet and sour chicken for dinner (still seems wrong to me that brown and white rice count the same point-wise). And cookies for dessert for both lunch and dinner. I walked to work. And depending how hot it is, I might mow the lawn too. A good day.
Losing weight in spite of myself.
I began this blog in February 2011 as a way to help me not quit trying to lose weight, and to learn a few things. It's been an interesting and powerful experience. It certainly confirms what I've long suspected--that although I am a genuinely happy cheery person in the main, I am NOT a happy cheery dieter. I DETEST losing weight. I resent being overweight in the first place and I am a virtuoso in the art of self-sabotage. And YET--I'm doing it! I'm fighting and kicking and EATING all the way down, but the weight is finally going down. The plan I was following in February was a half-baked one largely based on wishful thinking. I gained a little weight and decided to get real. I knew I couldn't just join weightwatchers or count calories or do any one plan and expect to be successful. I decided if I was going to bother to make the effort to lose weight I was going to throw everything I could think of at the problem. And so I do. My real "Day One" for this blog is April 1, 2011. I joined weight watchers, I joined caloriecount.com (awesome website), I read the blog losingweighteveryday.blogspot.com religiously, I keep this blog faithfully, I joined the health programs sponsored by my insurance, I use the principles from overeater's anonymous, I use my church's 12 step program as well, I subscribe--and use--Healthy Cooking Magazine.
The result of all this? Painfully slow progress (About 20 lbs in 10 months). But it IS progress and like the little engine that could I keep on trying in my rebellious way. I have no intention of quitting. This is by far the longest sustained weight loss effort I've ever made in my life. Successful I think, because for the first in my life I've done this MY way--which I've discovered, involves a lot of pizza and restaraunt food. I'm convinced this is the only way to lose weight. For me it must be MY way. For you it MUST be YOUR way. Not weight watcher's way, not your doctor's way, but YOUR way. Any plan or idea I use is only a tool.
The latest plan to lose weight my way began on Oct 29, 2013. It really is my own crazy plan. As you'll see if you read that post. I've implemented the best ideas of all sorts of eating plans and thrown out the scale. A couple of months in and I'm definitely healthier. I'm actually enjoying myself. I won't weigh until April 1, 2014, so I'll see then if this works the way I hope it will.
There is no magic weight loss bullet. But there IS a great deal of magic in the discovery of what I can happily live with (very different from what weight watchers tells me I can happily live with) and still have the body and health I want.
Good luck to all of us on this journey. It's quite a trip!
The result of all this? Painfully slow progress (About 20 lbs in 10 months). But it IS progress and like the little engine that could I keep on trying in my rebellious way. I have no intention of quitting. This is by far the longest sustained weight loss effort I've ever made in my life. Successful I think, because for the first in my life I've done this MY way--which I've discovered, involves a lot of pizza and restaraunt food. I'm convinced this is the only way to lose weight. For me it must be MY way. For you it MUST be YOUR way. Not weight watcher's way, not your doctor's way, but YOUR way. Any plan or idea I use is only a tool.
The latest plan to lose weight my way began on Oct 29, 2013. It really is my own crazy plan. As you'll see if you read that post. I've implemented the best ideas of all sorts of eating plans and thrown out the scale. A couple of months in and I'm definitely healthier. I'm actually enjoying myself. I won't weigh until April 1, 2014, so I'll see then if this works the way I hope it will.
There is no magic weight loss bullet. But there IS a great deal of magic in the discovery of what I can happily live with (very different from what weight watchers tells me I can happily live with) and still have the body and health I want.
Good luck to all of us on this journey. It's quite a trip!
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