It's my last day here at my dad's office and tomorrow morning I leave for NYC! I can't wait to see how I manage eating out 3 meals a day for 5 days. Should be interesting.
Anyhoo, adieu for now, update to come on Saturday!
Monday, August 27, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Day 117: Photo-Op
Another crappy weather Sunday here in Loserville. Last night we had a big birthday bash for my dad's aunt's 70th. It was fun to see some extended relatives we don't see very often. Some hadn't seen me ever...only my dad when he was a kid! It was also nice to see some closer relatives whom haven't seen me since Christmas. I got compliments by the dozens, very nice for the ego, I must say.
The restaurant was good, I had veal parmigiano which I hadn't had in months. It was so delicious, I had about half of a cutlet before feeling like I was going to blow up. It was good though...I didn't over-do it. I also had 1 small bite of the birthday cake, in fact, I have a giant pile of it sitting in my fridge as I type. I won't lie, I was looking for something to have for breakfast this morning...and I came across it. I opened it up, stared at it, and asked myself why I wanted it. I took a bit and put it in the back of the fridge, hopefully it'll be gone by the time I go back downstairs. It is situations like these which scare me the most. I know they'll be times where I want something for no reason, I won't always have the self-control to stop at one bite.
Anyhoo, here are the promised pics:
1. Me giving my brother a kiss
2. My dad, me, and my brother
3. My other brother, with coffee cream in his eyelids
4. I left my uncle my camera to find about 20 pictures he took of himself, this being one of them
The restaurant was good, I had veal parmigiano which I hadn't had in months. It was so delicious, I had about half of a cutlet before feeling like I was going to blow up. It was good though...I didn't over-do it. I also had 1 small bite of the birthday cake, in fact, I have a giant pile of it sitting in my fridge as I type. I won't lie, I was looking for something to have for breakfast this morning...and I came across it. I opened it up, stared at it, and asked myself why I wanted it. I took a bit and put it in the back of the fridge, hopefully it'll be gone by the time I go back downstairs. It is situations like these which scare me the most. I know they'll be times where I want something for no reason, I won't always have the self-control to stop at one bite.
Anyhoo, here are the promised pics:
1. Me giving my brother a kiss
2. My dad, me, and my brother
3. My other brother, with coffee cream in his eyelids
4. I left my uncle my camera to find about 20 pictures he took of himself, this being one of them
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Day 114
Just a quick update because I have nothing better to do. I went and treated myself to a pedicure today. It's been a stressful past couple of weeks for some reason and I had to release some of that. It felt great and now I have cute dressed up feet for New York. Other exciting news from today, I got a call from the audience coordinator at David Letterman and she had me call another woman to give me my trivia question. Thank goodness it was an easy one, we got the tickets! Next Wednesday, we start the day off at Good Morning America, and then we head over to tape the David Letterman show! It's all very exciting stuff. Last time I was in New York, we sat through 2 Ellen Degeneres shows (in the riff raff room). We even got to meet her, see Bill Clinton, BON JOVI, Denzel Washington, Regis Philbin, Nathan Lane. I'm the most starstruck person you'll ever meet so I'm looking really forward to going to all these tapings.
Anyhoo, I got a bunch of exercise today, walking up and down streets looking for this spa, and eating was kind of a pain today. I had 1 1/2 chicken tenders and I was full. I didn't want to push it, so that's all I had to eat until past 7pm. I've been a bad eater lately, don't know what's up.
Anyhoo, I got a bunch of exercise today, walking up and down streets looking for this spa, and eating was kind of a pain today. I had 1 1/2 chicken tenders and I was full. I didn't want to push it, so that's all I had to eat until past 7pm. I've been a bad eater lately, don't know what's up.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Day 113
Another boring day at the office = New update. Yay!
Alright, so yesterday I hit week 16, just 2 weeks before I hoped to finally get to Onderland. Did week 15 go well? Of course it did. Did my scale behave? No! I think weighing-in less is playing with my mind more...because if I only weigh-in once a week, I expect bigger losses. It's a no-win situation really. I don't know what to do with that damn scale anymore.
I have 7.4 lbs to go until I hit Onderland, not sure if I can make it by September 4th, I seem to have broken my "3 good week, 1 not-so-good week" pattern so who knows. I'm upping my water intake because I didn't make an effort last week and I had a few nauseous days. My hair is coming out more than last week, but still way, way, way less than I expected it to *knocks on wood*. I just hope things continue to progress, I'm getting anxious.
My big New York City trip is next week and I know the rest of this week is going to fly by. Only 2 days left of work after today, we have a big family reunion thing on Saturday so it will be fun to show off to family I haven't seen in a while. And then I'm gone Tuesday-Saturday...school starts up again on the 4th.
Where oh where has summer gone?
Alright, so yesterday I hit week 16, just 2 weeks before I hoped to finally get to Onderland. Did week 15 go well? Of course it did. Did my scale behave? No! I think weighing-in less is playing with my mind more...because if I only weigh-in once a week, I expect bigger losses. It's a no-win situation really. I don't know what to do with that damn scale anymore.
I have 7.4 lbs to go until I hit Onderland, not sure if I can make it by September 4th, I seem to have broken my "3 good week, 1 not-so-good week" pattern so who knows. I'm upping my water intake because I didn't make an effort last week and I had a few nauseous days. My hair is coming out more than last week, but still way, way, way less than I expected it to *knocks on wood*. I just hope things continue to progress, I'm getting anxious.
My big New York City trip is next week and I know the rest of this week is going to fly by. Only 2 days left of work after today, we have a big family reunion thing on Saturday so it will be fun to show off to family I haven't seen in a while. And then I'm gone Tuesday-Saturday...school starts up again on the 4th.
Where oh where has summer gone?
Friday, August 17, 2007
Day I-don't-even-know-what-day-of-the-week-it-is
Sorry for my recent absence...BUT I AM DONE SUMMER SCHOOL!!!!!! These past few days have been hell. No sleep, barely any eating, lots of coffee/tea, not much water. That's university finals for ya. It's been rough but I believe I've done well considering. I'm just glad to have it over and done with. I didn't do as well as I wanted to, mostly due to the fact that I'm a horrible last-minute studying person. It always blows up in my face and I always tell myself that I won't let it happen again. We'll see once the grades turn up, hopefully before I go to NYC.
That's all for today, yesterday, and the day before that.
PS: I got an amazing haircut the other day. It's VERY short, so I'm hoping this will slow down any hair loss that has and might still occur. I'd post some pics but I still haven't found that stupid camera charger!
That's all for today, yesterday, and the day before that.
PS: I got an amazing haircut the other day. It's VERY short, so I'm hoping this will slow down any hair loss that has and might still occur. I'd post some pics but I still haven't found that stupid camera charger!
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Day 105
It's the start of week 15, woohoo! I just realised that I never officially marked a weight for last week on here...so here is a slight update:
Aug 7th: -1.4, 214.7 lbs, total of 58.1 lbs
Aug 14th: -5.6, 209.1 lbs, total of...63.7 lbs in 15 weeks.
It gives me goosebumps I swear. So exciting. It's funny too because normally, it would be at this point where I'd get this fear of losing all my weight, lose track of my diet, and regain. Not this time though. I swear I'm so motivated to make this work.
I'm kind of stuck in a food rut and really needing some new recipes. I open my fridge in the morning to grab some for lunch and everything just seems so blah. I walked to the grocery store on my lunch and just walked up and down every aisle and nothing looked good, or healthy, or worth the effort of eating. Today I picked up a wild rice salad, but it wasn't too good. Now I'm eating grapes and I had about 3/4 of a sugar-free CIN for breakfast. As for supper, I'm meeting some cousins at a portugese restaurant. Should be interesting!
Gotta run, I still haven't found my camera charger, argh!
Aug 7th: -1.4, 214.7 lbs, total of 58.1 lbs
Aug 14th: -5.6, 209.1 lbs, total of...63.7 lbs in 15 weeks.
It gives me goosebumps I swear. So exciting. It's funny too because normally, it would be at this point where I'd get this fear of losing all my weight, lose track of my diet, and regain. Not this time though. I swear I'm so motivated to make this work.
I'm kind of stuck in a food rut and really needing some new recipes. I open my fridge in the morning to grab some for lunch and everything just seems so blah. I walked to the grocery store on my lunch and just walked up and down every aisle and nothing looked good, or healthy, or worth the effort of eating. Today I picked up a wild rice salad, but it wasn't too good. Now I'm eating grapes and I had about 3/4 of a sugar-free CIN for breakfast. As for supper, I'm meeting some cousins at a portugese restaurant. Should be interesting!
Gotta run, I still haven't found my camera charger, argh!
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Day 104
Well another Monday in loser-land...
I weighed myself yesterday morning and am proud to say that I now have just over 9 lbs until Onderland! Woohooo! Food-wise the past couple of days have been good. We went to this really nice chinese restaurant on Saturday and knowing I have a weakness for chinese, I was terrified. I ended up ordering chicken skewers and holy cow...they were so good! I had about 1/3 of a spring roll (not imperial/fried), an entire chicken skewer (maybe 3-4oz), and some bites of my friends sweet & sour soup. I was so full, I had to spit out the last bite of chicken because I knew it would give me trouble if I swallowed. We walked around A LOT after supper just to get that brick feeling. It was such a good meal! I was very satisfied after, which is rare these days.
Last night I went to a friend's BBQ and had a couple of tiny chicken breasts marinated in this secret family recipe sauce. It was so good, very moist which seems to be key.
I tried taking pictures last night and they didn't come out too well, I'm going to have to try later. Plus I lost my camera battery charger. Oops!
I'll update tomorrow, 15wks!
I weighed myself yesterday morning and am proud to say that I now have just over 9 lbs until Onderland! Woohooo! Food-wise the past couple of days have been good. We went to this really nice chinese restaurant on Saturday and knowing I have a weakness for chinese, I was terrified. I ended up ordering chicken skewers and holy cow...they were so good! I had about 1/3 of a spring roll (not imperial/fried), an entire chicken skewer (maybe 3-4oz), and some bites of my friends sweet & sour soup. I was so full, I had to spit out the last bite of chicken because I knew it would give me trouble if I swallowed. We walked around A LOT after supper just to get that brick feeling. It was such a good meal! I was very satisfied after, which is rare these days.
Last night I went to a friend's BBQ and had a couple of tiny chicken breasts marinated in this secret family recipe sauce. It was so good, very moist which seems to be key.
I tried taking pictures last night and they didn't come out too well, I'm going to have to try later. Plus I lost my camera battery charger. Oops!
I'll update tomorrow, 15wks!
Thursday, August 9, 2007
****Day 100****
I have finally reached day 100 of my journey and I am doing just dandy.
I hit -60 lbs this morning, right on the money, 212.8! Just over 12 lbs to Onderland which is my next big mission. I don't even know what I'll do with myself when that day comes. I might have to be revived. I'm really hoping to make it there by the time school starts, Sept. 4th. We'll see...I'm not putting too much pressure on myself, I have just under 4 weeks to do it.
Eating is going okay, I hate eating, eating is a chore, most of the time. Other days I need my 3 meals and 3 snacks. Yesterday for example, I had breakfast, then fruits, lunch, then crackers, supper, and a SF pudding. Today, coffee for breakfast, 3 teaspoons of cereal for lunch and that's it for now. I have class later and I'll probably starve if I don't get some food in me by then. Argh!
On Tuesday I thought I was going to DIE. I went to Wendy's and got myself a chili for lunch, and a grilled chicken burger to eat on my way to class after work. It was just before 5pm and I started eating the chicken from my burger...2 bites in I started feeling some pains, then the super-foamies came. I knew I had to throw up, but of course they were fixing the bathrooms at work...so I rushed home trying to hold it in and about 1/2 a block from my house, I had to throw up on the sidewalk. It was lovely.
My hair has also started coming out faster than ever, it isn't so horrific yet, hopefully it will stay like this. I've been keeping my eye on my hair brush...I keep hoping that i'll be spared the worst of it.
Anyhoo, that's all for day 100!
I hit -60 lbs this morning, right on the money, 212.8! Just over 12 lbs to Onderland which is my next big mission. I don't even know what I'll do with myself when that day comes. I might have to be revived. I'm really hoping to make it there by the time school starts, Sept. 4th. We'll see...I'm not putting too much pressure on myself, I have just under 4 weeks to do it.
Eating is going okay, I hate eating, eating is a chore, most of the time. Other days I need my 3 meals and 3 snacks. Yesterday for example, I had breakfast, then fruits, lunch, then crackers, supper, and a SF pudding. Today, coffee for breakfast, 3 teaspoons of cereal for lunch and that's it for now. I have class later and I'll probably starve if I don't get some food in me by then. Argh!
On Tuesday I thought I was going to DIE. I went to Wendy's and got myself a chili for lunch, and a grilled chicken burger to eat on my way to class after work. It was just before 5pm and I started eating the chicken from my burger...2 bites in I started feeling some pains, then the super-foamies came. I knew I had to throw up, but of course they were fixing the bathrooms at work...so I rushed home trying to hold it in and about 1/2 a block from my house, I had to throw up on the sidewalk. It was lovely.
My hair has also started coming out faster than ever, it isn't so horrific yet, hopefully it will stay like this. I've been keeping my eye on my hair brush...I keep hoping that i'll be spared the worst of it.
Anyhoo, that's all for day 100!
Monday, August 6, 2007
Day 97!
Long time no update, it feels weird not to be able to update almost every day.
I had a pretty good weekend. Job interview on Saturday, I'm not very confident that I got the job, but I should be hearing back from them by Wednesday. Fingers crossed!
After the interview I went to Addition-Elle (the store I used to work at) because they were having a 50% off every sale. I went for bras, because mine are all way too big now, but ended up with a cart full of clothes. A lot of stuff was nice, but everything I liked wasn't included in the sale. Figures! I ended up getting some really nice denim bermuda-type shorts, size 16 of course. I used to wear a 22-24 there! Incredible. Besides that I also got a nice white t-shirt, with some detail under the bust. All in all I spent just under $30. Not bad for an cute outfit I can prance around the streets of NYC in.
Yesterday we decided to get out of the city and go to the beach. The weather was so beautiful, totally worth the hour drive and 45 minutes in traffic. The bathing suit I bought in June is way too big in the bust, I need to have the straps shortened or something, I kept having to pull my girls up. All we did was lay on the sand and sleep...so relaxing. I got back late in the afternoon, met my grandparents and their friends from California...and we had a nice dinner outside. I of course was dead from being in the sun all day, I went up to bed just before 9 and passed out the second my head hit the pillows. At least I'm nice and refreshed today.
14 weeks out tomorrow!
I had a pretty good weekend. Job interview on Saturday, I'm not very confident that I got the job, but I should be hearing back from them by Wednesday. Fingers crossed!
After the interview I went to Addition-Elle (the store I used to work at) because they were having a 50% off every sale. I went for bras, because mine are all way too big now, but ended up with a cart full of clothes. A lot of stuff was nice, but everything I liked wasn't included in the sale. Figures! I ended up getting some really nice denim bermuda-type shorts, size 16 of course. I used to wear a 22-24 there! Incredible. Besides that I also got a nice white t-shirt, with some detail under the bust. All in all I spent just under $30. Not bad for an cute outfit I can prance around the streets of NYC in.
Yesterday we decided to get out of the city and go to the beach. The weather was so beautiful, totally worth the hour drive and 45 minutes in traffic. The bathing suit I bought in June is way too big in the bust, I need to have the straps shortened or something, I kept having to pull my girls up. All we did was lay on the sand and sleep...so relaxing. I got back late in the afternoon, met my grandparents and their friends from California...and we had a nice dinner outside. I of course was dead from being in the sun all day, I went up to bed just before 9 and passed out the second my head hit the pillows. At least I'm nice and refreshed today.
14 weeks out tomorrow!
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Day 93
Another quick update on me.
I've had a weird hungry day today. I eat, and then an hour later, I feel like I could eat again. I didn't do very well on protein today...I'm trying to add more fruits/veggies in my diet. Last night and for lunch today I made a delicious salad with baby spinach, feta cheese, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and my sugar-free dijon dressing. I guess that could be the reason I've been getting hungrier faster, not much protein.
Support-group meeting last night was fun, amazing how different people look from month-to-month. We talked a lot about grazing and I think I'm more confused than even. I've been trying really hard not to eat between my 3 meals, I mean if I need to, I have a snack in the afternoon...but I'm trying to avoid the BLT's as we called them at Weight Watchers, bites, licks, and tastes. I guess the best thing to do would be to visit a nutritionist. Every one's meal plans are so different!
What else...I tried going for a bike ride tonight and my butt hurt so bad from Tuesday, I couldn't even sit down. I'm contemplating returning the bike I got actually...I think the frame is a bit too big for me, and I don't think the seat should be hurting as much as it is. We'll see I guess.
Besides that next week I have a bunch of class revisions to prepare for finals which are the week after that. Stressful times I tell ya, so I don't know how often I'll be around in the coming weeks.
I've had a weird hungry day today. I eat, and then an hour later, I feel like I could eat again. I didn't do very well on protein today...I'm trying to add more fruits/veggies in my diet. Last night and for lunch today I made a delicious salad with baby spinach, feta cheese, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and my sugar-free dijon dressing. I guess that could be the reason I've been getting hungrier faster, not much protein.
Support-group meeting last night was fun, amazing how different people look from month-to-month. We talked a lot about grazing and I think I'm more confused than even. I've been trying really hard not to eat between my 3 meals, I mean if I need to, I have a snack in the afternoon...but I'm trying to avoid the BLT's as we called them at Weight Watchers, bites, licks, and tastes. I guess the best thing to do would be to visit a nutritionist. Every one's meal plans are so different!
What else...I tried going for a bike ride tonight and my butt hurt so bad from Tuesday, I couldn't even sit down. I'm contemplating returning the bike I got actually...I think the frame is a bit too big for me, and I don't think the seat should be hurting as much as it is. We'll see I guess.
Besides that next week I have a bunch of class revisions to prepare for finals which are the week after that. Stressful times I tell ya, so I don't know how often I'll be around in the coming weeks.
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