so i've been mia. i started a new job, which is awesome! i'm working in an AFC home with developmentally disabled adults. i won't go too in depth right now, but it's great to be doing a job that meets a true need in the community. nobody truly needs fast food or craft supplies. both are nice, but people could get by without them. however, as long as there are people with disabilities that can't care for themselves, someone needs to be there to look out for them.
i'm trying really hard to get back on track as far as counting my calories and getting back into the habit of exercising regularly. i actually tracked all my calories for thursday! i went over, but just the fact that i wrote it all down is a step in the right direction. i've decided that i'm going to track midnight to midnight as a day....i used to track from when i woke up til i went to bed, but i'm working overnights at my new job, and still working day shifts at my old job, so i think that will be the most consistent way to track.
now, let's see if i can stick to it. :)
Showing posts with label weight loss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weight loss. Show all posts
Friday, January 14, 2011
Sunday, December 26, 2010
a new hope
i haven't been paying much attention to my online life lately other than a few games that i play when i get bored. i also haven't been paying much attention to my weight loss efforts. i suppose i get discouraged easily.
i've been told that i have PCOS, so long cycles don't mean anything to me. but i was starting to feel like this last one was never going to end. i mean, mine tend to be irregular and long - usually between 35 and 60 days. this last one was over 100! i think the only time i've passed into triple digits before was right after i went off the pill. so....since i was about 98% sure i wasn't pregnant, i'm relieved to have my period.
then, thanks to the holidays and the hours i work during them, life got kinda hectic. this caused me to fall out of step on my walking schedule, and i've been craving sweets hardcore for the last month. i dunno if this is because of hormones or if it's just cuz there are so many more sweets around. anyway, i feel somewhat relieved by the number that popped up on my scale today. i've gained about 7 lbs since the end of November. so....not great...BUT at least i'm not over my start weight for the year. i won't have anywhere near met my goal for weight loss for the year, but at least i can start the new year 10 to 15 lbs down from last year. the current year, i started at the same weight as the previous year, the year before that, i started up close to 30 lbs from the year before that. so....it would have been great to say "look how much weight i've lost!" on new years' eve, but at least i'm moving in the right direction.
now it's time to start planning for next year and figuring out what i can do to end next year down more than 15 lbs.
i've been told that i have PCOS, so long cycles don't mean anything to me. but i was starting to feel like this last one was never going to end. i mean, mine tend to be irregular and long - usually between 35 and 60 days. this last one was over 100! i think the only time i've passed into triple digits before was right after i went off the pill. so....since i was about 98% sure i wasn't pregnant, i'm relieved to have my period.
then, thanks to the holidays and the hours i work during them, life got kinda hectic. this caused me to fall out of step on my walking schedule, and i've been craving sweets hardcore for the last month. i dunno if this is because of hormones or if it's just cuz there are so many more sweets around. anyway, i feel somewhat relieved by the number that popped up on my scale today. i've gained about 7 lbs since the end of November. so....not great...BUT at least i'm not over my start weight for the year. i won't have anywhere near met my goal for weight loss for the year, but at least i can start the new year 10 to 15 lbs down from last year. the current year, i started at the same weight as the previous year, the year before that, i started up close to 30 lbs from the year before that. so....it would have been great to say "look how much weight i've lost!" on new years' eve, but at least i'm moving in the right direction.
now it's time to start planning for next year and figuring out what i can do to end next year down more than 15 lbs.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
an intro to start
well, howdy. thanks for stopping by. this is my first post in this blog, so i guess i'll start by talking about myself. i suppose i'll be doing plenty of that anyway, but i'd like to let you know a little about what you can expect from me and what i'm likely to write about to help you decide whether or not i'm worth bookmarking. :)
i'm a 26 y/o married woman. i'm about to turn 27....in like five days. i've been married for six years, and i don't have kids. this is mostly not by choice. in a lot of ways, i'm not in a hurry to have kids - i'm poor, i wouldn't have the option of staying at home with kids (and, well, i don't want to have kids so i can pay somebody else to raise them), and i have other "personal" issues that i'd really like to deal with before having children. (i'll get to those in a moment.) at the same time, i'm not entirely sure that we CAN have kids, seeing as it's been six years of mostly not using any form of birth control and here the two of us are. and, being poor and without health insurance, we really don't know why. or if we really have any hope of having children. and THAT is the frustrating part.
there are basically two "personal" issues that i'd prefer to have dealt with before having kids. one is that i'm overweight. i don't mean i have a little pudgy belly and can't squeeze into a size 2. i'm 5'4" and i weigh about 300 lbs. i've weighed as much as 320 lbs, but when one sets out to lose 170 lbs (my goal weight is 150 lbs), one can't expect it to happen overnight. i'm hoping that blogging about this will help me to identify things that are holding me up in my weight-loss, and come up with some solutions. i'm also hoping that it will give me a good outlet to celebrate my successes. :)
the other issue is that i'm a clutterbug and a packrat. i keep too much stuff because i'm either afraid i'll get rid of something that i'll need in the future, or because i know *someone* could use it....but i never get around to actually taking it to whatever charity or friend or whomever. i tend to get overwhelmed by the disaster area that is my house. i don't know where to start, or i get started and run out of steam half-way through the job. seriously, it would be impossible to childproof my house at this point in time. i also know that i lose a lot of money by replacing things that i have but can't find. i probably half at least three can openers, twelve nail clippers, and at least twenty pairs of tweezers. seriously.
so besides my "problems," i also enjoy photography, knitting and crocheting, gardening (i kind of fail miserably at that one, tho), reading, sewing, music (i'm a former band and orchestra nerd....and a bass head....does that make sense??), and cycling. i live in northern michigan, so spending time outdoors is great as long as it isn't too cold! (and this summer has been bizarre-ly cold...) i love critters and have several cats. i'm sort of a hippie, but i usually feel very tied-down/held back by what people expect of me. my biggest goal in life is to be my own person - to actually be able to dedicate myself to things that are important to me (family, friends, environmental issues, self expression, etc) rather than things that i do because i feel like i have to (work a b.s. job and try to be a "normal" person....it makes me feel like a bitchy old lady!).
i think i'm going to sign off for now....there's a lot more i could say, but i'm sure i'll have plenty of time to say it in the future.
peace/love/respect
*berrie~blu*
i'm a 26 y/o married woman. i'm about to turn 27....in like five days. i've been married for six years, and i don't have kids. this is mostly not by choice. in a lot of ways, i'm not in a hurry to have kids - i'm poor, i wouldn't have the option of staying at home with kids (and, well, i don't want to have kids so i can pay somebody else to raise them), and i have other "personal" issues that i'd really like to deal with before having children. (i'll get to those in a moment.) at the same time, i'm not entirely sure that we CAN have kids, seeing as it's been six years of mostly not using any form of birth control and here the two of us are. and, being poor and without health insurance, we really don't know why. or if we really have any hope of having children. and THAT is the frustrating part.
there are basically two "personal" issues that i'd prefer to have dealt with before having kids. one is that i'm overweight. i don't mean i have a little pudgy belly and can't squeeze into a size 2. i'm 5'4" and i weigh about 300 lbs. i've weighed as much as 320 lbs, but when one sets out to lose 170 lbs (my goal weight is 150 lbs), one can't expect it to happen overnight. i'm hoping that blogging about this will help me to identify things that are holding me up in my weight-loss, and come up with some solutions. i'm also hoping that it will give me a good outlet to celebrate my successes. :)
the other issue is that i'm a clutterbug and a packrat. i keep too much stuff because i'm either afraid i'll get rid of something that i'll need in the future, or because i know *someone* could use it....but i never get around to actually taking it to whatever charity or friend or whomever. i tend to get overwhelmed by the disaster area that is my house. i don't know where to start, or i get started and run out of steam half-way through the job. seriously, it would be impossible to childproof my house at this point in time. i also know that i lose a lot of money by replacing things that i have but can't find. i probably half at least three can openers, twelve nail clippers, and at least twenty pairs of tweezers. seriously.
so besides my "problems," i also enjoy photography, knitting and crocheting, gardening (i kind of fail miserably at that one, tho), reading, sewing, music (i'm a former band and orchestra nerd....and a bass head....does that make sense??), and cycling. i live in northern michigan, so spending time outdoors is great as long as it isn't too cold! (and this summer has been bizarre-ly cold...) i love critters and have several cats. i'm sort of a hippie, but i usually feel very tied-down/held back by what people expect of me. my biggest goal in life is to be my own person - to actually be able to dedicate myself to things that are important to me (family, friends, environmental issues, self expression, etc) rather than things that i do because i feel like i have to (work a b.s. job and try to be a "normal" person....it makes me feel like a bitchy old lady!).
i think i'm going to sign off for now....there's a lot more i could say, but i'm sure i'll have plenty of time to say it in the future.
peace/love/respect
*berrie~blu*
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