I have been really, really fatigued. I talked to Jess (personal trainer) about it and he was excited. Isn't that rude? Just kidding. No, but he says that reaching a stage of fatigue, as long as it doesn't last much longer than like 10 days, is a good sign. My body is done using up the "usual" energy resources and its resisting moving on to burning fat. If I keep up my lifestyle of good nutrition and activity, within a few days it should shift over to using fat. Yeeehaw. And zzzzzz.
Other than that I've been feeling ok. The fatigue has been affecting my workouts. I'm doing about 1.5 hours of cardio, and about 45 minutes into it I have been crashing. Makes me feel bad for my workout buddy, my sister Sunny Jo, because she has to slow down for me. Jess recommended that as I work out I should ingest some carbs, like an electrolyte drink, some fruit or something.
I'm getting braver and more confident eating out too. It was so intimidating at first, but I feel like I'm getting the hang of it. Yesterday my sister wanted to get some Panda Express for lunch. I cringed - lots of carbs in the rice, lots of meat, and lots lots lots of sauces. When I ordered my rice, I asked for a half serving. The dude put a full scoop of rice and went in for another 1/2 scoop. I was like, "STOP!" Then I got the peppery chicken stuff. He goes, "Double serving?" I just stared at him for a second in surprise before saying "No." I counted the sauce as one of my fats for the day. It's a really, really good feeling to finish my plate, lick it clean, and feel totally comfortable. Not stuffed. Not bursting at the seams. But also, none of that weirdness of only eating 1/2 of my food. Plus the meal was cheaper.
I washed my jeans this week and since have worn 3 pairs of them. Normally, after a fresh wash, I pull the jeans about 2/3 on, then kinda lunge around my bedroom until I've stretched them out. Then I pull them 5/6 of the way on, and start doing kicks to stretch them out a little more. Then, I pull them all the way on, button them, and do something like 10 squats to loosen them up. ROFL. Why am I posting this on a public forum? Good grief. Anyways - THIS TIME, I pulled them on. Then I buttoned them. Then I left the bedroom. 3 weeks and my jeans are fitting me comfortably. Ahhhhh!
It's been the consensus that I not weigh every week. Jess wants me to weigh every 12 weeks, but that doesn't make for fun blogging. So we settled on every 2 weeks lol. Next week I'll give an update.
One more thing. What was it? Hang on let me think... No hunger by the way. I'm still taking the Form pill when I feel hungry way before my next mealtime, but my body has already adapted a great deal to the new way of eating. It's been about 21 days, so that makes sense. I am still drinking the Fixx every morning, though. Never gets old, that stuff.
I swear there was one more thing I wanted to say, but I can't remember it. Boo. I'll just have to hop back on when I remember what it was.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
My stomach is eating itself!!
So today has been a little rough. I didn't sleep well last night. (just a bunch of tossing and turning) Today I am really hungry. I've been at work since 7:00 am and I'm way hungry. I packed the normal lunch and I'm eating everything on schedule, but I feel like I need more food. Good thing for me, I have no money on me and I didn't pack more that I can eat today haha! I just took my first FORM pill and i'm hoping that by having that and my normal lunch i'll fill up a bit. I am going to the gym tonight around 6:00 and hope to get in a good workout!! Hope everyone that is trying this along with me is doing well and staying strong. I'll update you after my workout if I get a chance. If not, I'll try and jump back on tomorrow! ~~>Crabby
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Holly Sue - a nice, long post.
Sorry for missing a few days – I had trouble logging in.
This week was a little tricky once again, since there was a holiday on July 24 (Utah’s Independence day). (By the way, getting a veggie-burger wrap from Subway was like getting a little piece of heaven delivered to my little hands.)
On the 23rd of July I decided to stay up until 3 AM, which is when I blogged last. Because of that I slept in until 11 the next day. For my first meal I had some chips and salsa with cottage cheese, one of my all-time favorite snacks, but was still feeling hungry afterwards – I wanted seconds. So I took a Form pill. About 10 minutes after taking the pill, my sister called and said that my Dad was buying her lunch and I was invited, at a DELICIOUS burger joint. I told her I’d be glad to come, but that I wouldn’t be eating anything. It took me about 20 minutes to get all dressed and to drive over there.
My dad looked me laughing and said, “You’re seriously just going to watch us eat.” I replied, “Yes. I sure am.” This prompted my brother-in-law to wave his prime rib burger about 1 centimeter in front of my nose for about 2 minutes. I honestly didn’t want any. This is a big deal, folks, because 30 minutes earlier I was about to go get 2nds from my snack because it didn’t “fill” me.
Normally, in a situation like that I’m tempted to eat “just one French fry.” But that day, the thought didn’t even occur to me.
That evening my family decided to have a big family taco dinner. The problem is that I’m not supposed to be eating complex carbs after 2 PM. Dinner was supposed to start at 5 but actually started at 6. Now, how am I supposed to eat tacos with no carbs? Seriously! Um, ground beef, lettuce and tomato and maybe a little cheese. LAME. So I ate them. It was really gooooood. I justified it in my mind by saying that I woke up at 11 that morning and I normally wake up around 7, so since I woke up 4 hours later I could eat carbs 4 hours later. Mwahaha I’m so clever.
My appetite is absolutely smaller at this point. I was feeling pretty stuffed with one tostada and some chips and salsa. I saw other, healthy, members of my family eating 2-3 burrito-style tacos plus fruit salad and potato salad etc. Oh, I ate some fruit salad, I just remembered – the bad kind that has that yummy fluffy whipped cream stuff on it. And I had kool-aid. It was my biggest break/splurge. Funny, huh?
Good news: My mom passed out Hostess Cupcakes afterwards, which I love, and I restrained myself. The HARDEST thing, though, was when everyone started making s’mores at about 10 PM. I wanted one sooooo bad. My sister kept saying, “Don’t worry, they’re gross anyways….” But I still wanted one. I totally could have snuck some but I didn’t. It was uber hard.
Since getting back on my routine everything is pretty normal. I’ve even ventured out to some restaurants more regularly and have been able to eat. Dinner, even, which is probably the hardest meal for me to be creative with (since I can’t have any carbs and often I’ve already eaten my day’s quota of fats). The biggest challenge is that I try to avoid meat if at all possible, I see no reason to automatically include it in every meal, and it’s downright tricky to find a no-meat, no-carb, no-fat meal at a restaurant.
Last night I went to an amazing local Cuban place with some family and got this incredible grilled chicken that was flavored with limes and served with grilled onions. Oh boy! Ok, here’s another example, though. The server asked, “Do you want rice or fries.” “Neither, “ I said. But my sister goes, “Get fries and Brett (my brother-in-law) will eat them.” So I got fries. (This is the same brother-in-law, by the way.) Oh, and we had salads, and I got to eat mine with vinegar and Tabasco sauce while everyone else enjoyed ranch and bleu cheese (this is the cue to start playing a small violin for me). Anyways, my food comes out first. And I’m sitting there with this GIGANTIC PLATE of FRESH FRIES right in my face. I’m all, “Get this out of my face RIGHT NOW!” Because I was totally going into I’ll-just-have-one mode, which inevitably turns into I’ll-just-have-half-of-the-plate mode. Naturally, my other brother-in-law, Bob, grabbed a fry and held it 1 centimeter from my face. What is with these guys? I swear.
I triumphed though, and ate exactly 0 of the fries, and enjoyed my marvelous chicken. At the end of the meal, having eaten only ½ of my salad and 1/3 of my chicken (this with no Form pill, actually) and 0 side dishes like the others were having, like rice and beans, I said to myself, “Boy I’m glad I didn’t eat any of those fries, because now they don’t look good to me at all, and I feel completely satisfied with just the meat and salad.”
Ya – hoo.
On one final note, I met Rick who is the VP of Forever Green (the company that Powers O3) and he and I committed to do the Jordanelle sprint triathlon at the end of August. I wanted to put it in writing to further commit myself … Rick seems like a pretty tough guy, so I’m not worried about him following through, but I haven’t been “training” for about 2 months *gulp*
This week was a little tricky once again, since there was a holiday on July 24 (Utah’s Independence day). (By the way, getting a veggie-burger wrap from Subway was like getting a little piece of heaven delivered to my little hands.)
On the 23rd of July I decided to stay up until 3 AM, which is when I blogged last. Because of that I slept in until 11 the next day. For my first meal I had some chips and salsa with cottage cheese, one of my all-time favorite snacks, but was still feeling hungry afterwards – I wanted seconds. So I took a Form pill. About 10 minutes after taking the pill, my sister called and said that my Dad was buying her lunch and I was invited, at a DELICIOUS burger joint. I told her I’d be glad to come, but that I wouldn’t be eating anything. It took me about 20 minutes to get all dressed and to drive over there.
My dad looked me laughing and said, “You’re seriously just going to watch us eat.” I replied, “Yes. I sure am.” This prompted my brother-in-law to wave his prime rib burger about 1 centimeter in front of my nose for about 2 minutes. I honestly didn’t want any. This is a big deal, folks, because 30 minutes earlier I was about to go get 2nds from my snack because it didn’t “fill” me.
Normally, in a situation like that I’m tempted to eat “just one French fry.” But that day, the thought didn’t even occur to me.
That evening my family decided to have a big family taco dinner. The problem is that I’m not supposed to be eating complex carbs after 2 PM. Dinner was supposed to start at 5 but actually started at 6. Now, how am I supposed to eat tacos with no carbs? Seriously! Um, ground beef, lettuce and tomato and maybe a little cheese. LAME. So I ate them. It was really gooooood. I justified it in my mind by saying that I woke up at 11 that morning and I normally wake up around 7, so since I woke up 4 hours later I could eat carbs 4 hours later. Mwahaha I’m so clever.
My appetite is absolutely smaller at this point. I was feeling pretty stuffed with one tostada and some chips and salsa. I saw other, healthy, members of my family eating 2-3 burrito-style tacos plus fruit salad and potato salad etc. Oh, I ate some fruit salad, I just remembered – the bad kind that has that yummy fluffy whipped cream stuff on it. And I had kool-aid. It was my biggest break/splurge. Funny, huh?
Good news: My mom passed out Hostess Cupcakes afterwards, which I love, and I restrained myself. The HARDEST thing, though, was when everyone started making s’mores at about 10 PM. I wanted one sooooo bad. My sister kept saying, “Don’t worry, they’re gross anyways….” But I still wanted one. I totally could have snuck some but I didn’t. It was uber hard.
Since getting back on my routine everything is pretty normal. I’ve even ventured out to some restaurants more regularly and have been able to eat. Dinner, even, which is probably the hardest meal for me to be creative with (since I can’t have any carbs and often I’ve already eaten my day’s quota of fats). The biggest challenge is that I try to avoid meat if at all possible, I see no reason to automatically include it in every meal, and it’s downright tricky to find a no-meat, no-carb, no-fat meal at a restaurant.
Last night I went to an amazing local Cuban place with some family and got this incredible grilled chicken that was flavored with limes and served with grilled onions. Oh boy! Ok, here’s another example, though. The server asked, “Do you want rice or fries.” “Neither, “ I said. But my sister goes, “Get fries and Brett (my brother-in-law) will eat them.” So I got fries. (This is the same brother-in-law, by the way.) Oh, and we had salads, and I got to eat mine with vinegar and Tabasco sauce while everyone else enjoyed ranch and bleu cheese (this is the cue to start playing a small violin for me). Anyways, my food comes out first. And I’m sitting there with this GIGANTIC PLATE of FRESH FRIES right in my face. I’m all, “Get this out of my face RIGHT NOW!” Because I was totally going into I’ll-just-have-one mode, which inevitably turns into I’ll-just-have-half-of-the-plate mode. Naturally, my other brother-in-law, Bob, grabbed a fry and held it 1 centimeter from my face. What is with these guys? I swear.
I triumphed though, and ate exactly 0 of the fries, and enjoyed my marvelous chicken. At the end of the meal, having eaten only ½ of my salad and 1/3 of my chicken (this with no Form pill, actually) and 0 side dishes like the others were having, like rice and beans, I said to myself, “Boy I’m glad I didn’t eat any of those fries, because now they don’t look good to me at all, and I feel completely satisfied with just the meat and salad.”
Ya – hoo.
On one final note, I met Rick who is the VP of Forever Green (the company that Powers O3) and he and I committed to do the Jordanelle sprint triathlon at the end of August. I wanted to put it in writing to further commit myself … Rick seems like a pretty tough guy, so I’m not worried about him following through, but I haven’t been “training” for about 2 months *gulp*
Saturday, July 26, 2008
102 Degrees is Hotttttt!
So today I had a Volleyball tournament in Salt Lake City. And it was sooo hot. But I love feeling how my body is changing. I know I'm only down ten pounds but even that little weight off makes a difference. It's great. It was 102 degrees outside and I'm sunburned beyond belief but hey, that comes with the territory.
What I've found to be hard is still eating multiple meals while playing. So what I did was grabbed a lot of power fruits (apples, bananas and oranges) and used those as my power source. Then I bought some packs of low calorie foods. I found one pack with 100 calories and the other had 80 calories. They are little muffins and crackers that can just give me that added power and small meal throughout the day. I'm loving it.
I've had a few rough moments eating with my friends. We go to these fattening restaurants and they get all the food I used to eat. It's rough to order a salad with fat free dressing and nothing fattening on it, while they're getting steaks and baked potatoes and desserts. Oh well, this is the new me and I have got to stay strong. I'll be on tomorrow or Monday. Have a great weekend.
~~>Crabby
Friday, July 25, 2008
Good Morning Sunshine!!
I know that title sounds a little cheesy and extremely happy because I AM... I just weighed in today (middle of my 3rd week) and I'm down another 2 lbs. So now that's a total of 10 lbs I'm down. I am soooo excited. This product is amazing! I can't wait to see what I can do with this. So now that I'm 10 lbs down I can say i'm 1/15th of the way done haha. I know that's weird to say, but hey I'd like to be down 140-150 lbs by the end of this. Just thought I'd jump on and let everyone know. I'll jump on later if I have anything else to say haha. ~~>Crabby
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Now that's what I call a WORKOUT!!
So today Jess (the trainer) kicked my butt!! We were going to work out legs, but then half-way through I got a HUGE cramp in my right hamstring. So we switched modes to do a little upper body (mostly back and traps). Needless to say, I'm pooped. I absolutely love how I feel though. I love being tired and I love feeling like I've been beat up! haha. I just keep telling myself that I can do it. And so far, I am!
It's fun because I have people commenting me and texting me telling me that I can do it and that I am doing great. It really helps. Sooo if you wouldn't mind letting me know what you think and what questions you have by commenting I would LOVE it. I will try and answer as best as I can. Well that's my quick update for now. I'll jump on next time I get a chance.~~>Crabby
It's fun because I have people commenting me and texting me telling me that I can do it and that I am doing great. It really helps. Sooo if you wouldn't mind letting me know what you think and what questions you have by commenting I would LOVE it. I will try and answer as best as I can. Well that's my quick update for now. I'll jump on next time I get a chance.~~>Crabby
Eating Eating Eating!
Sooo I'm not going to lie. I feel like I'm eating a million times a day. What's funny is when I used to eat all the fast food and cakes and cookies all day that I wanted, I still had cravings. And to think that during those days I was having 3500-5000 calories a day! Overboard!! Now that I am eating fruits and vegetables and light foods with tons of water and keeping my caloric intake around 2000/day I'm stuffed!! I think that has to do with the fact that i'm having all these mini meals. It's just interesting to me the difference healthy eating can make on one's life.
Like Holly, my trainer has been killing me (in the good way haha). But from what I understand, the more muscle we build, the faster that muscle will burn fat. So i'm excited about that. I asked my nutritionist what I should do about being soooo full and not wanting to eat every 2-3 hours. He asked me what I meant and I told him about my lunch yesterday. I packed a simple sandwich, turkey and cheese with no dressing on light bread. 30 min before my meal I took one FORM pill. I could barely finish my sandwich and I was full for 3 hours. Then around 3:00 I was "supposed" to eat again. But i was stuffed. So I asked what I should do when this happens. He told me to eat very little. Anything from 3-5 grapes to an apple. Just anything small to keep my metabolism going. So that's what I did. I ate 4 grapes haha. Who would have thought that 4 grapes could carry me over for another 2 hours.
People at work are starting to recognize my blue cooler. I have a couple ice packs and a blue cooler that I pack my food in everyday. I work at a sit down job and it's nice to have a cooler or something that I can keep my food fresh in. Since I'm eating fresh foods everyday it helps to keep them cold so that when it comes time to eat them they are extra DELICIOUS!! What I like to do (kind of helps me keep track of time and food) is in the morning when i pack my food, I get little brown lunch bags and put each individual meal in them with labels. The label will usually read "Mid-am snack 9:30 a.m." . That way I know what time I should be eating it and I will only eat that. Keeping the meals in my bags will help me keep from snacking on any other food that I bring. Just a tip I thought you may like??...
Well I should probably get back to my day. I have a work-out today at 2:00 so I'll keep you posted on how that goes. ~~> Crabby
Like Holly, my trainer has been killing me (in the good way haha). But from what I understand, the more muscle we build, the faster that muscle will burn fat. So i'm excited about that. I asked my nutritionist what I should do about being soooo full and not wanting to eat every 2-3 hours. He asked me what I meant and I told him about my lunch yesterday. I packed a simple sandwich, turkey and cheese with no dressing on light bread. 30 min before my meal I took one FORM pill. I could barely finish my sandwich and I was full for 3 hours. Then around 3:00 I was "supposed" to eat again. But i was stuffed. So I asked what I should do when this happens. He told me to eat very little. Anything from 3-5 grapes to an apple. Just anything small to keep my metabolism going. So that's what I did. I ate 4 grapes haha. Who would have thought that 4 grapes could carry me over for another 2 hours.
People at work are starting to recognize my blue cooler. I have a couple ice packs and a blue cooler that I pack my food in everyday. I work at a sit down job and it's nice to have a cooler or something that I can keep my food fresh in. Since I'm eating fresh foods everyday it helps to keep them cold so that when it comes time to eat them they are extra DELICIOUS!! What I like to do (kind of helps me keep track of time and food) is in the morning when i pack my food, I get little brown lunch bags and put each individual meal in them with labels. The label will usually read "Mid-am snack 9:30 a.m." . That way I know what time I should be eating it and I will only eat that. Keeping the meals in my bags will help me keep from snacking on any other food that I bring. Just a tip I thought you may like??...
Well I should probably get back to my day. I have a work-out today at 2:00 so I'll keep you posted on how that goes. ~~> Crabby
Holly Sue - down 8.5 after 2 weeks
So I weighed in yesterday - down another 3 lbs. Yahoo! That puts me at 8.5 down in 14 days. Very encouraging.
Jess, the personal trainer who is tracking my progress, wants to weigh me less often. He's thrilled with my progress but a little concerned that since I'm doing so well, if I plateau next week or so I'll lose my ambition. So I'll update when I do weigh, but it may or may not be every week.
No worries though. I'm feeling very well and very strong.
Like Crabby the number one change to my lifestyle has been to feed my body every 2-4 hours with small, balanced meals. Also, no starchy carbs or sugary stuff after lunch. You have no idea how clever I've been to keep that interesting! Ha ha.
I do want to throw in a little comment about the Fixx shake. Form is a product that I use when I'm feeling stomach-hungry to curb my appetite (as opposed to body-hungry which is when I'm dizzy, lightheaded or weak. Big difference.) But Fixx is an every day thing. The shake rocks. I always mix it with water and ice in a blender and usually 1/3 banana. Then I also mix in random other things: mixed berries, spinach, nectarines, grapes, carrots or apples. Apples are by far my favorite. Nectarines taste a little strange and the berries are seedy and bitter. The flavor of the shake is so nice that I don't ever taste the spinach. Great way to mix in fresh greens for those who don't like salads. Also, I'm not a breakfast person. Never have been. Ever since I was 9 years old and my Mom told me I was on my own to make my breakfast I just stopped eating it. So for those people, like me, who are unaccustomed to having something in their stomach early on in the day, and especially before my workout, it's tasty and can be super-light. Just stir it into water with a fork, it totally dissolves well and tastes perfectly fine.
Hmmm which makes me curious. For those coffee-drinkers out there, who are used to just a coffee for breakfast and nothing else, I wonder if mixing the Fixx into coffee would taste like a mocha? Mwahaha...I'll probably get shot by the nutritionists for even mentioning it, but I'll bet it's yummy. I'm going to try it one of these days because I'll bet it will sweeten the coffee enough too.
Ok, so what else? For the first time in a while today while I was working out I felt nauseated. I mentioned that to Jess wondering if it meant anything, and he asked what I'd eaten that day and whatnot, and said that it sounded like I'm experiencing some detoxing. Which is nice. *Phew*
Oh, and I got a veggie burger wrap at Subway for lunch today, and it was a lot bigger than I wanted to eat, but it was AMAZING so I wanted to eat it allllll down. So here's what I did: when the wrap was about 2/3 gone, I pulled all of the veggie out of it and ate them, then threw away the rest of the tortilla. I couldn't bring myself to throw away the whole sandwich, but it seemed like getting rid of the most calorie-intensive item in the meal helped, right? I wasn't really even hungry anymore, the food was just THAT good that I wanted to eat it all.
That's it for now! Yahoo and I'll check back in a little bit.
Jess, the personal trainer who is tracking my progress, wants to weigh me less often. He's thrilled with my progress but a little concerned that since I'm doing so well, if I plateau next week or so I'll lose my ambition. So I'll update when I do weigh, but it may or may not be every week.
No worries though. I'm feeling very well and very strong.
Like Crabby the number one change to my lifestyle has been to feed my body every 2-4 hours with small, balanced meals. Also, no starchy carbs or sugary stuff after lunch. You have no idea how clever I've been to keep that interesting! Ha ha.
I do want to throw in a little comment about the Fixx shake. Form is a product that I use when I'm feeling stomach-hungry to curb my appetite (as opposed to body-hungry which is when I'm dizzy, lightheaded or weak. Big difference.) But Fixx is an every day thing. The shake rocks. I always mix it with water and ice in a blender and usually 1/3 banana. Then I also mix in random other things: mixed berries, spinach, nectarines, grapes, carrots or apples. Apples are by far my favorite. Nectarines taste a little strange and the berries are seedy and bitter. The flavor of the shake is so nice that I don't ever taste the spinach. Great way to mix in fresh greens for those who don't like salads. Also, I'm not a breakfast person. Never have been. Ever since I was 9 years old and my Mom told me I was on my own to make my breakfast I just stopped eating it. So for those people, like me, who are unaccustomed to having something in their stomach early on in the day, and especially before my workout, it's tasty and can be super-light. Just stir it into water with a fork, it totally dissolves well and tastes perfectly fine.
Hmmm which makes me curious. For those coffee-drinkers out there, who are used to just a coffee for breakfast and nothing else, I wonder if mixing the Fixx into coffee would taste like a mocha? Mwahaha...I'll probably get shot by the nutritionists for even mentioning it, but I'll bet it's yummy. I'm going to try it one of these days because I'll bet it will sweeten the coffee enough too.
Ok, so what else? For the first time in a while today while I was working out I felt nauseated. I mentioned that to Jess wondering if it meant anything, and he asked what I'd eaten that day and whatnot, and said that it sounded like I'm experiencing some detoxing. Which is nice. *Phew*
Oh, and I got a veggie burger wrap at Subway for lunch today, and it was a lot bigger than I wanted to eat, but it was AMAZING so I wanted to eat it allllll down. So here's what I did: when the wrap was about 2/3 gone, I pulled all of the veggie out of it and ate them, then threw away the rest of the tortilla. I couldn't bring myself to throw away the whole sandwich, but it seemed like getting rid of the most calorie-intensive item in the meal helped, right? I wasn't really even hungry anymore, the food was just THAT good that I wanted to eat it all.
That's it for now! Yahoo and I'll check back in a little bit.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Hey I'm Crabby
Well hello there!! To be perfectly honest I have NEVER blogged before so I sure hope I'm doing this right! I guess I will start with a little introduction of myself. My real name, believe it or not, is not crabby, it's Christian. My last name (Crabtree) is why everyone started calling me Crabby. As you can see from the pictures, at the start I was 6 feet, 366 lbs of pure fun lovin'!! I say "was" because I've lost 8lbs in my first week of using FIXX, FORM and exercise to change my lifestyle. I'm originally from Ohio and moved to Utah about 5 years ago. I've always been a "big" kid, but now it's just getting out of hand. I'm getting a little older...yes 27 is a little older and my body and recovery is starting to slow down. I can't do everything like I used to be able to and I'm worried that things could get worse from here. My family (mother's side) has a long history of health problems including heart attacks and high blood pressure. My mother had a heart attack in her 30's and it's scary knowing that the 30's for me are just around the corner. My mom is ok (hi mom!) but our family is always concerned about weight. I could go on and on about the negative aspects of being big, but i'm sure any of you reading this already know them. I'm just soooo excited to be losing and working hard towards my goal.
I want to make smaller goals first because I get discouraged if my goals are too big (no pun intended). So for now, I want to be down under 330lbs by the middle of October. I feel like if I share my goals with others, they can help me drive to reach my goal! I figure that's about 3 lbs a week consistently from now until October 15th and should be an attainable goal. You may wonder why I want to be down by that date and I'll tell you. I am a volleyball FREAK!! I love volleyball and play for Utah Valley University. This is my senior year and I am on the JV team right now. Even at my size, I've been the starting setter for the past 2 years and don't want to lose that spot. Mid October is when we have our tryouts so I want it to be the new Crabby that shows up. The season matches won't actually start until Mid January, but this is my goal for now. I'm sure once we get to October, I'll make another goal for the start of the season.
The first week was amazing, I followed plan and lost the weight. At the beginning of week 2 I left on vacation for Phoenix. I had a blast yes, but I didn't lose any weight. To be honest I left the pills at home. I still maintained my weight, but lost a little ground that I will catch up on. I'm back on track again now nearing the end of this week. I've found, in my many years of trying to lose weight, that the faster you can get into a rhythm and groove of making healthy living a habit, the faster you can lose weight and be more conscious about what you're eating and when. A huge help for me is spreading all my food out throughout the day. I eat about 7 meals a day one every 2 hours or so. My big meal is my lunch and I snack before and after it. For me, depending on the day, I will take one FORM pill at lunch and another at dinner. Other days I will just take one pill with dinner (the smaller meal). Also a huge help to me has been not eating any starches after 2:30 p.m. The reason I do this is 1. my nutritionist friend told me not to and 2. well...my nutritionist friend told me not to!! I figured I should listen to him since my own nutrition recently hasn't been doing me any good haha! Well I'm gonna run back to work now. I'll hop on later tonight or tomorrow and let you know what's going on! ~~>Christian
I want to make smaller goals first because I get discouraged if my goals are too big (no pun intended). So for now, I want to be down under 330lbs by the middle of October. I feel like if I share my goals with others, they can help me drive to reach my goal! I figure that's about 3 lbs a week consistently from now until October 15th and should be an attainable goal. You may wonder why I want to be down by that date and I'll tell you. I am a volleyball FREAK!! I love volleyball and play for Utah Valley University. This is my senior year and I am on the JV team right now. Even at my size, I've been the starting setter for the past 2 years and don't want to lose that spot. Mid October is when we have our tryouts so I want it to be the new Crabby that shows up. The season matches won't actually start until Mid January, but this is my goal for now. I'm sure once we get to October, I'll make another goal for the start of the season.
The first week was amazing, I followed plan and lost the weight. At the beginning of week 2 I left on vacation for Phoenix. I had a blast yes, but I didn't lose any weight. To be honest I left the pills at home. I still maintained my weight, but lost a little ground that I will catch up on. I'm back on track again now nearing the end of this week. I've found, in my many years of trying to lose weight, that the faster you can get into a rhythm and groove of making healthy living a habit, the faster you can lose weight and be more conscious about what you're eating and when. A huge help for me is spreading all my food out throughout the day. I eat about 7 meals a day one every 2 hours or so. My big meal is my lunch and I snack before and after it. For me, depending on the day, I will take one FORM pill at lunch and another at dinner. Other days I will just take one pill with dinner (the smaller meal). Also a huge help to me has been not eating any starches after 2:30 p.m. The reason I do this is 1. my nutritionist friend told me not to and 2. well...my nutritionist friend told me not to!! I figured I should listen to him since my own nutrition recently hasn't been doing me any good haha! Well I'm gonna run back to work now. I'll hop on later tonight or tomorrow and let you know what's going on! ~~>Christian
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Holly Sue - end of week 2 - woobididoo!
I figured I'd post a quick blog-a-doodle-dandy right now, even though I'm going to be weighed in a few hours.
Week one seemed really easy, naturally, because of the novelty of changing up my lifestyle. By lifestyle changes I mean changing what I eat, how much I eat, and how often I eat. Nothing else has really changed much. My goal at the moment: small meals 5 times a day to teach my body that it will never have to worry again about whether or not I'm going to feed it.
Ever since I was 18 I've eaten out at restaurants for literally every meal. I've lived on my own and worked a whole lot, and so it simply was the most time-efficient way to eat. And I never got the salads with dressing on the side. I'm a blue-bacon burger with cheese fries and special dipping sauce kind of girl. Mmmmm.... Remarkably, eating this way for 7 years only made me gain about 60 lbs. I would generally eat 1 to 2 large, super-sized meals each day.
With that, I've always been an on-and-off exerciser. I've always loved running, and have recently learned to bike and swim for the sake of participating in triathlons. Over the past 7 years, I would say that I worked out regularly for a total of about 36 months, split in to 2-3 month blocks. So I'd run every day for three months, get discouraged, and do nothing for four months. Then take cycling classes at the gym for two months, get discouraged, and do nothing for three months, etc etc.
Up until this point in my life, I have never, ever, ever lost any weight. My body has never shown me a capability to lose weight. Just a little climb of 20 lbs, and then a plateau for a year. Then next year a gradual gain of 15 lbs, then a plateau. It has been very discouraging when I've tried to live a healthier lifestyle, yet consistently find myself at the same weight or higher.
Upon starting this O3 journey, I have been exercising vigorously for 7 months, at least 5 days a week. This year alone I have competed in 2 triathlons (sprints). I intend to complete 1 or 2 more and to run my first marathon. Boy, would I love to be carrying around fewer lbs in these events.
Ok, so enough history. Week one, piece of cake. I weighed in at my first meeting with Jess (personal trainer) at 194. After 1 week I was at 188.5. Let me remind you: 7 months of working out and I never lost more than 2 lbs (I wavered between 192 and 196).
One week of shifting my eating and I lost 5.5 lbs.
Week 2 on the other hand ...
So I don't know where I'm at yet, but this week was a little trickier. First off, I went on a family vacation. It was kind of crappy sitting next to my sister as she prepared hot dogs, nachos, and ramen noodles for her kids, and I was eating protien bars, boiled eggs, bananas and cucumbers. I could have eaten other things, but then I would have had to pack and prepare them and that was kind of a pain.
Then at my store we held a Metaphysical Fair for two days, where I was in a conference room for 12 hours straight on each day doing Tarot readings for people. Non-stop. Not only was I doing the readings, but my sister and I were acutally running the event, so I had to be there early in the morning and get home late in the evening. It meant preparing 4 lunches and packing them, both mornings, and telling people to hang on and wait for their reading while I snuck out and scarfed down a semi-soggy wrap. Ha ha. Ok, ok I'm dramatizing it a little bit.
The biggest thing this week so far has been that I'm getting bored of eating the same stuff over and over. And I have every liberty to be creative with what I'm eating, I'm just lazy so I haven't been yet.
Yesterday I made a huge and killer pasta salad that I'll eat for lunch for the next three days. I knew it was going to be super yummy and the problem is that I made it too fast, and had to wait a few hours before lunchtime to eat it. I tried to keep busy so I didn't think about it, but I really, really wanted to just eat it right then, and eat lots and lots of it. It's times like this that the Form pill comes in handy. It wasn't that I was hungry, it was a case of "excitement-meets-boredom" and I simply wanted to enjoy some good food because it was just sitting there waiting for me. Ah, crap, see now it's only 11 and just talking about it in this blog is making my stomach say, "Must ... have ... lunch ... nowwwww! Mmmmm pasta salad...."
I'll check back after I've weighed in today with Jess and gotten his feedback on my progress. Woot!
Week one seemed really easy, naturally, because of the novelty of changing up my lifestyle. By lifestyle changes I mean changing what I eat, how much I eat, and how often I eat. Nothing else has really changed much. My goal at the moment: small meals 5 times a day to teach my body that it will never have to worry again about whether or not I'm going to feed it.
Ever since I was 18 I've eaten out at restaurants for literally every meal. I've lived on my own and worked a whole lot, and so it simply was the most time-efficient way to eat. And I never got the salads with dressing on the side. I'm a blue-bacon burger with cheese fries and special dipping sauce kind of girl. Mmmmm.... Remarkably, eating this way for 7 years only made me gain about 60 lbs. I would generally eat 1 to 2 large, super-sized meals each day.
With that, I've always been an on-and-off exerciser. I've always loved running, and have recently learned to bike and swim for the sake of participating in triathlons. Over the past 7 years, I would say that I worked out regularly for a total of about 36 months, split in to 2-3 month blocks. So I'd run every day for three months, get discouraged, and do nothing for four months. Then take cycling classes at the gym for two months, get discouraged, and do nothing for three months, etc etc.
Up until this point in my life, I have never, ever, ever lost any weight. My body has never shown me a capability to lose weight. Just a little climb of 20 lbs, and then a plateau for a year. Then next year a gradual gain of 15 lbs, then a plateau. It has been very discouraging when I've tried to live a healthier lifestyle, yet consistently find myself at the same weight or higher.
Upon starting this O3 journey, I have been exercising vigorously for 7 months, at least 5 days a week. This year alone I have competed in 2 triathlons (sprints). I intend to complete 1 or 2 more and to run my first marathon. Boy, would I love to be carrying around fewer lbs in these events.
Ok, so enough history. Week one, piece of cake. I weighed in at my first meeting with Jess (personal trainer) at 194. After 1 week I was at 188.5. Let me remind you: 7 months of working out and I never lost more than 2 lbs (I wavered between 192 and 196).
One week of shifting my eating and I lost 5.5 lbs.
Week 2 on the other hand ...
So I don't know where I'm at yet, but this week was a little trickier. First off, I went on a family vacation. It was kind of crappy sitting next to my sister as she prepared hot dogs, nachos, and ramen noodles for her kids, and I was eating protien bars, boiled eggs, bananas and cucumbers. I could have eaten other things, but then I would have had to pack and prepare them and that was kind of a pain.
Then at my store we held a Metaphysical Fair for two days, where I was in a conference room for 12 hours straight on each day doing Tarot readings for people. Non-stop. Not only was I doing the readings, but my sister and I were acutally running the event, so I had to be there early in the morning and get home late in the evening. It meant preparing 4 lunches and packing them, both mornings, and telling people to hang on and wait for their reading while I snuck out and scarfed down a semi-soggy wrap. Ha ha. Ok, ok I'm dramatizing it a little bit.
The biggest thing this week so far has been that I'm getting bored of eating the same stuff over and over. And I have every liberty to be creative with what I'm eating, I'm just lazy so I haven't been yet.
Yesterday I made a huge and killer pasta salad that I'll eat for lunch for the next three days. I knew it was going to be super yummy and the problem is that I made it too fast, and had to wait a few hours before lunchtime to eat it. I tried to keep busy so I didn't think about it, but I really, really wanted to just eat it right then, and eat lots and lots of it. It's times like this that the Form pill comes in handy. It wasn't that I was hungry, it was a case of "excitement-meets-boredom" and I simply wanted to enjoy some good food because it was just sitting there waiting for me. Ah, crap, see now it's only 11 and just talking about it in this blog is making my stomach say, "Must ... have ... lunch ... nowwwww! Mmmmm pasta salad...."
I'll check back after I've weighed in today with Jess and gotten his feedback on my progress. Woot!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
a journey begins....
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