It’s the weigh-in post
Posted by: meonlybetter65 on: January 25, 2012
Hello beautifuls.
Today is Wednesday. (Am I the only one that has to say “Wed Nes Day” to spell Wednesday correctly?) It’s check-in day with the sisters.
I didn’t weigh last week. I’m trying to wean myself off that blasted scale but all the good fitness contests and challenges seem to involve it.
I’ve lost a 1/2 pound since my last weigh-in. I have no idea how I managed that.
Since I last hopped the scale I walked, yes walked, a half-marathon. It started out at about 28 degrees F and ended up at 45-ish degrees F. By the time I was done I had expiratory wheezing and couldn’t move my ankles. The whole week after that my calories were through the roof!
I’ve been entering everything into myfitnesspal.com and nearly every day after the half I had over 2000 calories. Some days I had closer to a 3000! This is so not good.
I promised I would start strength training again and haven’t done that yet. It was supposed to be this week but I haven’t slept well at all this week and just can’t bring myself to go down to the gym when I’m tired.
I would like to find some on-line videos that I can download and do at lunch. I really wish my netbook had a CD/DVD drive now.
No more whining. This is my week. 1/2 pound in the good. Gotta build on that.
13.1
Posted by: meonlybetter65 on: January 17, 2012
Hey y’all!!!! Guess what?
I walked another half-marathon. Can you believe it? My regular walk partner couldn’t join me. Her boss wouldn’t let her off work Friday night. So I had found a new half pal.
That’s the medical director from where I work, Ed. He’s a great guy and he runs. He really runs. He has a consistent 11 minute mile and he’s faster when he runs 5Ks.
Running has been really really hard for me. I don’t know if it’s the cold or if I’m not pushing myself hard enough but I just haven’t been able to breathe and run. I just give out so fast. So we walked the WHOLE race.
He could have left me but he stayed with me so I wouldn’t be by myself.
It was cold that morning. 24 degrees F! By the time we finished the temp was up in the 40s. It was such a beautiful day. Look at the blue sky. And the route volunteers were wonderful. The crew at mile 4.5 was real party people and mile 9.5 had a dancing chicken. It was Amazing!
When I got home I had some definite wheezing. My rescue inhaler took care of that. I’ve never actually wheezed before. I spent the rest of the day on the couch.
I had a goal of 3:15 of better and didn’t make it. I came in just past 3:20. I don’t know if I’ll ever do another one but I’m glad I did that one. And I’m glad that Ed did it with me. He will have one helluva PR if ever runs one.
Weekly Weigh-in
Posted by: meonlybetter65 on: January 11, 2012
It’s week 2 of the Shrink Yo’self challenge. I am trying to give up the scale but I did hop on it yesterday to see how I was doing. I am down a bit and that makes me happy.
My goal for this challenge to give up the sweet junk.
I started this on 1/12, so out of 50 meals (3 meals/2 snacks) I’ve had sweets 3 times. That’s 6% of my meals with sweet junk. So far, so good. 10% is my goal.
I am thankful for items like Clementines, bananas, Dole’s 100% juice fruit cups, lightly salted deluxe mixed nuts, Sugar free jello, and sugar free pudding.
These things have kept me away from honey buns, pie, cookies… and al that high calorie, high fat junk.
I’ve exercised 6 out of 10 days.
I’ve drank at least 64 oz water 9 days. One day I had no water at all. 
I’ve recorded what I eat in myfitnesspal.com. I’m averaging a little over 1700 calories/day. That may be too much but i’ll see in a couple week if I have to cut back more.
Last year the Shrinking Jeans sisters asked us to write a letter to ourselves. Our 2012 self was to write a letter about all the wonderful things accomplished during the year. I went back and read the letter that I wrote to myself and it made me sad. I didn’t come close to completing any of the things that I talked about in that letter. It nearly popped me right back in that big old depression cage. I quickly folded it up and tossed it away and pretended it wasn’t mine. I can’t write another one. I can’t take that reminder of constant failure. I will focus on the things that I did accomplish, not on the things that I hoped to accomplish.
What I do need help with is pizza night. I have a secret love affair with pizza. Every Wednesday night is pizza night at Casa FGF. I end up eating 5 or 6 slices every Wednesday night. It doesn’t matter if I eat early or if I eat late. I consume nearly 1200 calories at dinner. I’ve not worried about this too much in the last 5 months. Prepping for the half-marathon burned loads of calories. That’s done now so I need some tips on how to say NO when I have 3 large pizzas staring me in the face.
Momma Time
Posted by: meonlybetter65 on: January 5, 2012
I’m not a Mommy blogger. Most of the time I barely feel like a Mommy. My kids are grown. One in college. One struggling to find his place in the world.
But yesterday I got to be full on Mommy again.
Baby girl had to have her wisdom teeth removed. She had full impactions so she had general anesthesia. She slept in her clothes so she wouldn’t have to spend time getting dressed and getting hungry. We got to the surgeon’s office and she filled out her forms, I paid (natch) and we waited. The more we waited the more nervous I got. I don’t know if she was nervous or not. I didn’t want to ask because I didn’t want to make her nervous. When they called her name I just wanted to grab her arm and pull her back. My gut clenched. I knew she would be okay. All of us have done this before. This was her second time to have general sedation to have teeth removed. But that’s my bay-bee!
About 45 minutes later, just as I was about to ask when she would be done, they tell me she’s done. She’s groggy, sleepy, can’t focus… mah baaaaay-beeeee! I just wanted to wrap her up and rock her. Except she’s 2 inches taller than me. It can’t be done.
Then just as sure a shooting (an old Southern phrase) she gets nauseous, you can tell she’s miserable.
We stop at the pharmacy and they tell me there’s a 30 minute wait. What? I’ve got a post-op kid in my car, I need those drugs! “Sorry, we’re backed up.” I just wanted to claw eyeballs out but knew there was nothing I could do. Honestly, my old Eckerd’s pharmacy was much better about determining if someone needed to be pushed to the front of the line.
I take her home, get her settled and watch her sleep. Relieved that it’s mostly over and now we’ve just got to get her conscious and keep the pain under control. She leaves to go back to school on Sunday. I have no doubt that she’ll be ready. But of course, I’ll worry until I get the text that tells me she’s there.
So Mommas, even though those babies grow up and move out (or semi move out) you never stop worrying and those Momma bear instincts are never far from bubbling over.
Ladies, Start Your Cravings
Posted by: meonlybetter65 on: January 4, 2012
So I went all day yesterday without a lick of sugary junk crap food.
Today, I am craving it!
Craving. CRAVING! I would eat it straight out of my sugar canister if I knew I wouldn’t have to log it in myfitnesspal.
A couple of problems have come up today that I should have prepared for.
1. I had to spend the morning in the surgeon’s office waiting for my daughter. My hopes was to go get a coffee (with Splenda) while she was getting her teeth out but I had to stay there.
2. Late lunch. We didn’t get home til Noon and then I had to go get her Rx filled. I managed to eat about 1. When I eat lunch late I always feel hungry after I eat. It’s the craziest thing but happens every time.
3. No water. That’s right. It’s now 2:20 and I’ve had no straight up water today. I’ve had 2 diet sodas, and 2 cups of hot tea but no straight up water.
4. I haven’t exercised yet. I didn’t work today so I’ve missed my lunch time walk. I’m not comfortable going out while the girl is doped out.
And here I have found the crux of my 10 pound weight gain.
Lack of planning.
It’s time to step up.
And We’re Off
Posted by: meonlybetter65 on: January 2, 2012
- In: Challenge | Goals | Health & Wellness
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How about this y’all. The very first challenge of 2012 and it’s against me!
I know I said I was giving up the scale but I will ‘fess up and say that I did step on it this morning because we all need a starting point. I should have pulled out the tape measure too but a small emergency phone call from the hubby delayed that action. Maybe tomorrow.
With any challenge there has to be goals. I’ve already mentioned in this post that I’m just not going to focus on body weight this year. My first goal of the year to work on is going to be to sugar detox. I do love me some sugars so this is not going to be easy. As a matter of fact by 8:30 AM today I had mindlessly chomped 3 pieces of candy. Then I realized what I was doing and threw them all out.
It’s going to take some practice. I know this and accept it.
I. Am. Not. Perfect.
There! I said it. Now you know my dirty little secret 
Mel wrote a great piece on Resolutions vs Goals. Go read it. I’m going to use it to help me along.
I have shamelessly copied & pasted from her.
- S pecific – What do I want to accomplish? Eliminate crappy junk food from my diet. ie: honey buns, candy, candy bars, ice cream, pie, donuts, cookies, etc.
- M easurable – How will I track my progress or know when I’ve reached my goal? I will record my chomping in myfitnesspal.com. I would like to say that I will have reached my goal when I no longer have the craving and urge to turn to sweet crap but I don’t know if that is realistic. I’ve heard a lot about the 90/10 rule for weight loss and healthy eating. 90% of your diet should be healthy, while 10% can be the less healthy choices. So, If I apply that to this challenge. 8 weeks = 55 days (today is my start day) = 3 meals + 2 snacks per day = 275 opportunities for good choices. 10% of that is 27.
- A ttainable – Is this goal something I can actually finish within the specified time frame? Perhaps your goal is to run 100 miles per month. If you’re a seasoned runner, this could very well be an attainable goal. However, if you’re a novice runner, then it probably wouldn’t be as attainable. This goal is attainable if I take it one day at a time, one meal at a time, one snack at a time. I can do this. I need to do this.
- R elevant – Is this goal something I really care about completing? If it’s not something you care about, then it’s not something that will keep you motivated to finish and complete. This is something I absolutely need to care about since I have a great big ol’ family history of obesity, heart disease and diabetes. The junk food is taking up space and calories where healthy food needs to be. It’s time to kick the crap. Also, I don’t have my thermal regulator anymore so all that crap I’ve been eating is just turning to fat… around mah belleh. Not a good look for me.
- T imely – Set a time frame for whatever goal you set for yourself. If there isn’t a time set, it becomes far too easy to procrastinate. Setting the time frame gives us a clear end date we can work toward to help stay on track. I’ve got 8 weeks to work out my game plan, figure out my substitutions, get into the habit of choosing healthy over crap. Today is day 1. 55 days of choices. Let’s do it!
Happy New Year
Posted by: meonlybetter65 on: December 28, 2011
It’s time to wish you all a very
I’m off to spend time with the extended family for a while. I will be in the land of no internets, sketchy cell reception, and general boredom.
I have it from a very reliable source that my pokey little hometown has built a track! Or maybe it’s a walking trial. Whatever. It’s someplace I can go and walk/run/jog my little heart out for a while. And maybe get that 10 miles in but I don’t hold myself to that. 8 miles is still my longest solo wog and it was so miserable that I’m having a really tough time mentally getting over it.
I am hoping there is some place in the valley of electronic death that has WiFi. (bwahahahahaha) Sorry. The possibility is microscopic.
Keep up the steps, the planks, the lunges, the pull-ups… Some body has to do them. I’ll cheer you on!
Buh-bye!
O Fitness Tree: 25 Days of Fitness
Posted by: meonlybetter65 on: December 26, 2011
Update! Update! Update!
Even though I got off to a rough start on the O Fitness Tree challenge I think I ended up okay.
O Fitnee Tree, O Fitness Tree. You motivated me daily.
I don’t have catchy little song lyrics to go with my tree, mostly because I really don’t know how the whole song goes.
But if I did, it might go something like this:
O Fitness Tree, O Fitness tree,
You gave me motivation
I walked for you, at noon most days
Up that hill I trudged away
O Fitness tree, O Fitness tree,
You gave me motivation
O Fitness Tree, O Fitness tree,
I counted steps just like I should
I ran, I walked, I danced a lot
Chose the farthest parking spot
O Fitness tree, O Fitness tree,
I counted steps just like I should.
But for you tree, I did not do
Planks or squats or lunges too.
O Fitness Tree, O Fitness Tree
I still have some work to do.
What A Life!
Posted by: meonlybetter65 on: December 26, 2011
- In: Goals | Health & Wellness
- 2 Comments
Happy Merry Christmas New Year everyone.
It’s time for reflection and then some goal setting, yes? YES! This year has been hectic and fright filled and then full of relief, toss in some depression and sadness, then celebrate. Seriously! Thyroid cancer scare, breast cancer scare, depression, some travel, sudden death a co-worker, a finished half-marathon… and then the holidays! It’s been crazy around here.
Let’s reflect on this year’s training.
Would you like to guess which month my BRF and I started training for the Zooma Half?
Training 2011
And the part I like best? The year isn’t over yet! There’s enough days to add another 10 miles or so to that number!
I really feel like I’ve kicked training ass this year.
However, due to some health problems and plain out laziness I didn’t kick scale’s ass this year. I’m still hovering between 180-185. Probably more now after all the Christmas junk food that’s been around.
I plan on doing a sugar detox starting Jan 3. Yes, I’m waiting until I leave my mother’s house because I’m really hoping she will have that delicious divinity candy that she makes… Oh it really is soft, light, and heavenly. I can never pass it up.
Goal 1: sugar detox
Speaking of health issues… the GYN told me that caffeine could be the root of the bladder issues I’m having. Ladies of a certain age that have pushed out a baby or two know what I’m talking about. I’m not going into detail. He wouldn’t even talk about Rx remedies or surgical remedies when he found out I’m a caffeine-a-holic.
Goal 2: Caffeine detox
Right now, I’m flying high off a great morning wog! I got these for Christmas:
Tied them up and took them out for 4 miles this morning. It was a beautiful thing. There were two point where I just ran… slowly but still. I didn’t have to worry about breathing or steps or anything. I loved it! I can’t wait until whole runs can be like that!
Goal 3: Run more
The one thing lacking in my routine is strength/resistance training. All the experts agree that cardio alone does not a healthy body make. It makes no sense since I have a full gym set up in my house. Yes I do. Powerblocks? Yes. Calf raise machine? Yes. 2 incline benches. Check. Olympic style/weight squat rack with upper and lower pully system? Yes. It embarrasses me to admit. I should look like this! Oh, wait. That’s Ms. Earnestine. She’s was 74 years old when this picture was taken!
Goal 4: Get down to business in the gym!
The more astute of you will notice that I have listed no goals for my weight. I don’t have a thyroid anymore and I’m not sure that my med dose is just right yet. I also love to eat. Love it Love it Love. It. So I haven’t really given a thought, well too much thought to my weight. I want to look hot in my clothes. Which I do thankyouverymuch as long as I pick styles that flatter my fuller figure. <snort> But the truth is that weight just isn’t that important to me anymore.
Which is more important you?
A) finishing a half-marathon by wogging or B) the number on the scale?
A) having a kick-ass attitude all the time or B) letting the number on the scale determine your mood and out-look for the day?
A) living life now or B) waiting until some number on the scale shows NOW is the time to have a fun?
Gawd, PLEASE tell me you picked A for all of those. I did!
So to round these goals up to a nice “even” 5…
Goal 5: Tell the scale to kiss my ass. I don’t need it to validate me!
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