... but I won't give up. Hence, the title of this blog.
We tried the facebook group - and it just kind of dwindled, which is okay - nobody's fault. I think its just a testimony to the fact that going to an actual weight watcher's meeting at a specific time, seeing people face to face is so much better than an online group that you can kind of ignore and let go (myself included in that!). And so, I think possibly, I'm going to have to figure out a way to get back to those meetings. SIGH. They are expensive and they are at a terrible time of day (5:45 pm)... but I need them. Let's face it.
Thanks for sticking with me friends. I'm not giving up. In fact, I'm trying to formulate some sort of plan between now and Christmas, where I stick to it and try to lose a bit before the holidays. I know the basis of that plan should just be writing down what I eat - especially writing down what I eat, and not going over my daily points allowance, not even flex points. Cuz I now that's what I need to do to lose.
Its just so hard. And I really am tempted to give up. But I can't.
I won't.
So, on with the journey...
Monday, November 1, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Ummm... I mean a Facebook GROUP!
Well, we had some issues with the facebook page and not having the privacy that we'd hoped for. So, we changed it to being a group instead. If you're interested in checking it out, you can click HERE to go see it. Of course, you won't actually be able to see it unless you join, but you can request to join there if you're interested.
It looks like it might also be turning into a mini WW online, which is exciting to me. A lot of people can't afford the real thing, so this is a chance for us to have a similar thing, without the cost. Again, if you're interested at all, let me know and I'll make sure you are added to the group!
Just thought I'd let you know whats going on with Track and Train 2010! :)
It looks like it might also be turning into a mini WW online, which is exciting to me. A lot of people can't afford the real thing, so this is a chance for us to have a similar thing, without the cost. Again, if you're interested at all, let me know and I'll make sure you are added to the group!
Just thought I'd let you know whats going on with Track and Train 2010! :)
Friday, August 20, 2010
Facebook Page
Wow, look at me go with two posts in one day!! :)
I just thought I'd let you know that I did create a facebook page. I'm not totally sure, but I think how it works is that if you click that you like the page, then whenever anyone writes on it, it will show up in your newsfeed... is that right? Guess we'll just have to try it out and see how it works. If you have any friends that would like to be a part of the fun, feel free to send them the link too.
Here it is: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Track-and-Train-2010/144562302240862?v=wall
Check it out and feel free to join if you're interested in being a part of the fun!
I just thought I'd let you know that I did create a facebook page. I'm not totally sure, but I think how it works is that if you click that you like the page, then whenever anyone writes on it, it will show up in your newsfeed... is that right? Guess we'll just have to try it out and see how it works. If you have any friends that would like to be a part of the fun, feel free to send them the link too.
Here it is: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Track-and-Train-2010/144562302240862?v=wall
Check it out and feel free to join if you're interested in being a part of the fun!
Summer Update
My friend Amanda posted a link to my blog today. I clicked on it and realized I haven't updated this thing in almost THREE stinking months!!! ACK.
So, here I am.
I'm doing pretty well. I've been jogging a few days a week throughout the summer and trying (mostly half-heartedly, except for a few weeks in July) to track what I eat and stuff. This attitude has resulted in me pretty much maintaining my weight. Well, really I've gained about 4 pounds since March - so not quite a maintenance.
This would all be great if I was at my goal, but sadly, I've slowly crept up to the point of being 15 pounds above it. UGH.
So, I'm thinking that since I seem to know (roughly) how to do maintenance, I'd like to seriously SERIOUSLY try to do a crazy blitz and get myself back down to my goal. I know you should never set dates and stuff, but really, by Christmas, shouldn't I be able to lose those 15 pounds?! Seriously, I don't think I'm crazy to think its possible!!
I have two plans.
The first is that I'm thinking of doing my 10K training program all over again. I'm thinking of shooting for a run date of the end of October. I hope Amanda doesn't hate that I'm kind of copying her, but since she's shooting to run 10K then, I thought I could kind of be her cyber buddy and do it with her. Also, I've been jogging with my mom this summer, but we're looking for something a bit more concrete as far as training goes - and the 10K prep plan is good for that. You can click here to go see what the program is. Since its an 8 week thing, if I plan to do the run on Halloween, I would have to start the training on September 5th. That gives me two weeks to get this organized. I know my mom is in, and I think my Auntie Holly might be interested too. She's started jogging with my mom and I this summer too.
I'm wondering if anyone else is interested in doing this cyber training along with us? We could formulate a whole group of people who are kinda doing the same things on the same days and that would be great for support. I don't know if we could use email or facebook or something to keep in touch, but I think accountability and support are SOOOOOOOO important.
Also.
Last time I did the 10K training program, I ate waay more than usual because I figured I was earning it and deserved it, and what do you know? I gained weight while doing all that exercise. Not exactly what I had in mind.
So.
This time, I want to also have a strict policy of tracking what I eat in addition to the training. And I really am hoping to have an accountability group for that too. Perhaps the same group of people, perhaps not... I'll take whatever I can get.
So, here's what I'm wondering - are any of you interested in tracking and training along with me? We could even name it something nifty like the "Fall 2010 Eight Week Track and Train" or something. :) lol
Give it a thought friends. I know that I, for one, am tired of not being in control of what I eat. And I know that if I don't start to get on top of it, I will be 300 pounds in about 5 years. But I know its totally preventable. And I want to make sure that I do indeed prevent it from happening.
Thanks for listening to my crazy ramble. I hope you've all been having a lovely summer, and please, PLEASE, let me know if you're interested in any part of this here plan and we'll see if we can't get it together together. :)
So, here I am.
I'm doing pretty well. I've been jogging a few days a week throughout the summer and trying (mostly half-heartedly, except for a few weeks in July) to track what I eat and stuff. This attitude has resulted in me pretty much maintaining my weight. Well, really I've gained about 4 pounds since March - so not quite a maintenance.
This would all be great if I was at my goal, but sadly, I've slowly crept up to the point of being 15 pounds above it. UGH.
So, I'm thinking that since I seem to know (roughly) how to do maintenance, I'd like to seriously SERIOUSLY try to do a crazy blitz and get myself back down to my goal. I know you should never set dates and stuff, but really, by Christmas, shouldn't I be able to lose those 15 pounds?! Seriously, I don't think I'm crazy to think its possible!!
I have two plans.
The first is that I'm thinking of doing my 10K training program all over again. I'm thinking of shooting for a run date of the end of October. I hope Amanda doesn't hate that I'm kind of copying her, but since she's shooting to run 10K then, I thought I could kind of be her cyber buddy and do it with her. Also, I've been jogging with my mom this summer, but we're looking for something a bit more concrete as far as training goes - and the 10K prep plan is good for that. You can click here to go see what the program is. Since its an 8 week thing, if I plan to do the run on Halloween, I would have to start the training on September 5th. That gives me two weeks to get this organized. I know my mom is in, and I think my Auntie Holly might be interested too. She's started jogging with my mom and I this summer too.
I'm wondering if anyone else is interested in doing this cyber training along with us? We could formulate a whole group of people who are kinda doing the same things on the same days and that would be great for support. I don't know if we could use email or facebook or something to keep in touch, but I think accountability and support are SOOOOOOOO important.
Also.
Last time I did the 10K training program, I ate waay more than usual because I figured I was earning it and deserved it, and what do you know? I gained weight while doing all that exercise. Not exactly what I had in mind.
So.
This time, I want to also have a strict policy of tracking what I eat in addition to the training. And I really am hoping to have an accountability group for that too. Perhaps the same group of people, perhaps not... I'll take whatever I can get.
So, here's what I'm wondering - are any of you interested in tracking and training along with me? We could even name it something nifty like the "Fall 2010 Eight Week Track and Train" or something. :) lol
Give it a thought friends. I know that I, for one, am tired of not being in control of what I eat. And I know that if I don't start to get on top of it, I will be 300 pounds in about 5 years. But I know its totally preventable. And I want to make sure that I do indeed prevent it from happening.
Thanks for listening to my crazy ramble. I hope you've all been having a lovely summer, and please, PLEASE, let me know if you're interested in any part of this here plan and we'll see if we can't get it together together. :)
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Bad News, Good News
Just thought I'd pop in on my own blog at least once a month to say that I'm still here! And I'm still exercising - I'm up to jogging 4 miles without stopping now, which is a big feat for me!! As a result of all the jogging, I'm definitely finding I'm more hungry, which doesn't help too much with the eating. I've been half-heartedly counting points this month, which is alright, but I'd like to get back to counting more faithfully for sure.
So the bad news? I weighed myself today for the first time in a month - and I weigh the exact same thing I did a month ago. I was hoping that the jogging would result in some good loss of weight. However, the eating has kinda balanced that exercise out, I guess.
And the good news? Is that I weigh exactly what I did a month ago, and not more. :o)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Exercising Away
Well, I'm still around and I'm really kicking myself for not keeping up with my blogging about stuff like I want to. But, better late than never, so here I am!
I did what I said I was going to do last time I blogged, and went hardcore for a few weeks of being "perfect" - it actually started to work quite well - and I'm starting to feel thinner and better, which is great.
A couple of weeks ago, I started training for a 10K run that is happening here on June 19th. I'm sure most of you already know about it from facebook, but I haven't mentioned it here yet. The training program that we're following is something that my friend Amy and her husband found, and Amy and I have been doing it together for a couple of weeks now - well 2 weeks and 3 days, to be exact.
Before we started it, the longest I'd ever run was about 20 minutes (about 1.5 or so miles at the most, I think), and that had been a stinking miracle for me. The last time I had done that was over a year ago, and I had since really fallen off of the jogging bandwagon. oops. So, now that we have started really training, it has been kind of a crazy learning curve - the first jog we had to do, for example, was 2 miles - and we really wanted to do it all at once - no walking and jogging mixed. ACK! Well, we did fairly well - ended up walking the last bit of it (because of me). But since then, we haven't walked at all and we've been doing longer ones as well - 2.5 miles, and 3 miles so far. This coming Sunday, we're up to 3.5 miles. (ACK).
What is awesome about all of this is seeing what I'm capable of. I NEVER would have thought I could even do what we've been doing so far (let alone what is coming up soon...). Amy is such a great friend - she has been very good about encouraging (and forcing) me to get out and do my best (which turns out to be better than I'd thought). She's patient and fun and I'm really glad to have her for my training partner!!
What is not so good, is that all of this exercise makes a person hungry, and I have started to fall of the counting-my-points bandwagon. I'm still doing fairly well, but not perfectly, which will probably just mean I'll end up staying the same and not losing weight. And I'd really like to lose a tiny bit more so that my clothes start to fit comfortably again.
SO, I really need to get back at it. I tend to want to dwell on the fact that I've screwed up - that I screwed up my 50 days of perfection, for example. I know I really need to focus instead on what I'm doing well (EXERCISE!) and that I've also counted points really well for the most part. I need to not get discouraged by slow weight loss. Its all about perserverance and life change, not perfection or losing weight super quickly. I just need to make life habits and I can stick with. I know all that in my head, but I need to know it in my heart too. So, I will work on that.
In the mean time, I really want to go comfort myself with food right now, cuz my sister left for Europe today, which makes her unavailable to talk on the phone our usual 6 times per day. And also, we got a bit of bad-ish news about another family member's health - which I'll tell you more about later... and all I want is a brownie sundae. ((SIGH))
Anyway, that's what I"m thinking about today. Just thought I'd share.
I did what I said I was going to do last time I blogged, and went hardcore for a few weeks of being "perfect" - it actually started to work quite well - and I'm starting to feel thinner and better, which is great.
A couple of weeks ago, I started training for a 10K run that is happening here on June 19th. I'm sure most of you already know about it from facebook, but I haven't mentioned it here yet. The training program that we're following is something that my friend Amy and her husband found, and Amy and I have been doing it together for a couple of weeks now - well 2 weeks and 3 days, to be exact.
Before we started it, the longest I'd ever run was about 20 minutes (about 1.5 or so miles at the most, I think), and that had been a stinking miracle for me. The last time I had done that was over a year ago, and I had since really fallen off of the jogging bandwagon. oops. So, now that we have started really training, it has been kind of a crazy learning curve - the first jog we had to do, for example, was 2 miles - and we really wanted to do it all at once - no walking and jogging mixed. ACK! Well, we did fairly well - ended up walking the last bit of it (because of me). But since then, we haven't walked at all and we've been doing longer ones as well - 2.5 miles, and 3 miles so far. This coming Sunday, we're up to 3.5 miles. (ACK).
What is awesome about all of this is seeing what I'm capable of. I NEVER would have thought I could even do what we've been doing so far (let alone what is coming up soon...). Amy is such a great friend - she has been very good about encouraging (and forcing) me to get out and do my best (which turns out to be better than I'd thought). She's patient and fun and I'm really glad to have her for my training partner!!
What is not so good, is that all of this exercise makes a person hungry, and I have started to fall of the counting-my-points bandwagon. I'm still doing fairly well, but not perfectly, which will probably just mean I'll end up staying the same and not losing weight. And I'd really like to lose a tiny bit more so that my clothes start to fit comfortably again.
SO, I really need to get back at it. I tend to want to dwell on the fact that I've screwed up - that I screwed up my 50 days of perfection, for example. I know I really need to focus instead on what I'm doing well (EXERCISE!) and that I've also counted points really well for the most part. I need to not get discouraged by slow weight loss. Its all about perserverance and life change, not perfection or losing weight super quickly. I just need to make life habits and I can stick with. I know all that in my head, but I need to know it in my heart too. So, I will work on that.
In the mean time, I really want to go comfort myself with food right now, cuz my sister left for Europe today, which makes her unavailable to talk on the phone our usual 6 times per day. And also, we got a bit of bad-ish news about another family member's health - which I'll tell you more about later... and all I want is a brownie sundae. ((SIGH))
Anyway, that's what I"m thinking about today. Just thought I'd share.
Monday, April 12, 2010
WW Success Story
I really liked this success story that I read today and thought I'd share it with you:
http://www.weightwatchers.ca/success/art/index.aspx?SuccessStoryId=7121&sc=17
I think the main reason I loved it is that this lady lost 115 pounds (!!!) and it took her 3 years to do it. She said most of her losses were about 1/2 pound per week, and that the important thing is to not give up. I needed to hear that, because it can be frustrating for me a lot of times when other people I know can lose like 2 pounds per week as soon as they put their minds to it. I'm a slower loser, and that can be frustrating, so it was nice to hear this lady's story.
To keep you posted, I'm on Day 36 today. I realized that it was becoming a little too "optional" for me to try to be perfect for these 50 consecutive days, and the way I was going, it could've ended up taking 365 days to do my 50 days of perfection! :o) So, Trevor and I agreed that if I could do the last 37 days actual in a row - then I will buy myself a new pair of jeans at the end as a reward. So, I'm on it - I did the last 2 days right, which was tough! We decided this at 4:00 on Saturday, and I had only 6 and a 1/2 points left for the day and was having a friend over to watch a movie that evening too!! But I pulled it off and managed through yesterday too.
I'll be going to WW tomorrow and weighing in - and hopefully staying for the meeting too. I'm realizing more and more that the meetings are a huge part of my success... so I'll do my best to go - even if I have 2 crazy kids in tow, I guess!
but, the kids are up to something, so i'd better run... Bye! :o)
http://www.weightwatchers.ca/success/art/index.aspx?SuccessStoryId=7121&sc=17
I think the main reason I loved it is that this lady lost 115 pounds (!!!) and it took her 3 years to do it. She said most of her losses were about 1/2 pound per week, and that the important thing is to not give up. I needed to hear that, because it can be frustrating for me a lot of times when other people I know can lose like 2 pounds per week as soon as they put their minds to it. I'm a slower loser, and that can be frustrating, so it was nice to hear this lady's story.
To keep you posted, I'm on Day 36 today. I realized that it was becoming a little too "optional" for me to try to be perfect for these 50 consecutive days, and the way I was going, it could've ended up taking 365 days to do my 50 days of perfection! :o) So, Trevor and I agreed that if I could do the last 37 days actual in a row - then I will buy myself a new pair of jeans at the end as a reward. So, I'm on it - I did the last 2 days right, which was tough! We decided this at 4:00 on Saturday, and I had only 6 and a 1/2 points left for the day and was having a friend over to watch a movie that evening too!! But I pulled it off and managed through yesterday too.
I'll be going to WW tomorrow and weighing in - and hopefully staying for the meeting too. I'm realizing more and more that the meetings are a huge part of my success... so I'll do my best to go - even if I have 2 crazy kids in tow, I guess!
but, the kids are up to something, so i'd better run... Bye! :o)
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