Mouse wheel

I am super hungry today, not sure why but I am trying to fill myself up with some wholesome foods. I have been eating cereal for a snack, mainly because it has a good mix of protein, fat and carbs. Anyway, not much to report except for trying to continue with my healthy week and not go over in points. I got my hair cut last night so I didn't exercise. I hope to do it tonight...but not sure if I will do it until Friday. I don't have to cook tonight..I should..uggh. I am trying to do at least 5 days..no less, but more if I can. 6 days is best, but hard to fit in. It is getting easier to do the 45 minutes than it was before and somehow I feel a bit more fit. My foot is starting to feel a lot better, it just is sore after my workouts...but I can deal with that.

Frustration may be at its highest level

I am up this week. I had my cortisone shot in my foot and I only got in 3 days of excercise. I also have TOM this week. This makes a big difference in my week. I may also just start to be in maitaining mode because trying to lose weight is starting to make me crazy. I am torn between wanting to lose and knowing that it is going to take a lot of reform just to lose 5 pounds. I know it may sound like a cop out, but perhaps this is a weight my body is happy with. I really don't want it to be that way, but unfortunately my weight isn't budging much no matter what I do. I am proud that I am now doing 45 minute workouts and they don't make me feel sore and horrible. I also added more fruit and cut way down on my candy/sugar intake. If those things don't produce weight loss, I am at a loss as to what to do. I think I am making healthy lifestyle changes that should produce results..but I know everyday I am getting healthier and it is good. I just ask my body why these things are not enough for it to let go of this extra 10 pounds? I am frustrated and I will just try again this week and every week to come...but it is just hard.

Life and its little ups and downs

I was feeling bad yesterday. I messed up our dinner and added the wrong spice..so we had to go get Jimmy Johns. I have never done that before. I guess I was having a really bad day and didn't know it until I got home. I have to say it is hard to get out of the blahs. I don't always snap right back, but I attribute this snap back to my 45 minute interval walk last night. I actually started feeling better while I was on the treadmill. There have been so many studies done that say exercise is a natural antidepressant, and I believe it. But it is also my TOM starting today/tomorrow, so maybe it is a hormone surge or something. So strange when your feeling good most of the time to have a really bad day where you can't think and you can't get out of a bad mood. I so hate those days. I also still am dealing with a hurt foot, so that puts me in a bad mood because my foot hurts bad after getting off the treadmill..but I felt so good I didn't care yesterday.

Winter blues

I haven't felt like posting or even journaling my food intake lately. I think the whole foot injection thing really threw me off with things. I just haven't had any energy and haven't felt good for the last week. The bruises are finally healing though and it is feeling better..but it just isn't great yet. I did buy some new jogging shoes, but those are not broken in so they are bothering me a bit too. Uggh, and the snow..it went away and now it is back. Yuck. I really cannot wait for better weather, except it starts raining big time when the snow is gone and that isn't much fun either...but at least it isn't freezing. I am starting to feel like I am just trying to get through it, the weather. I miss having a March vacation and I am really staring to feel burned out. I hope I start feeling a bit better.

Foot feeding

My foot is feeling much better today. I have been really resting and elevating it. I did nothing but lay on the couch last night with my foot up. It is nice to step and not feel pain and aching. I am hoping to resume exercise either on Friday or Saturday, but I am in need of replacing my shoes. They are now a year old and really do not have much padding or support left. With my feet, I need to replace them more than that....I need to remember to go pick up a pair on Friday. I just hate how expensive they are, but it is a needed investment.

Anyway, I didn't have a great day with eating yesterday because it was raining and I was craving chocolate chip cookies. I dipped into my flex points a little more than I wanted to, but luckily I do not think we are eating out at all this week. So it should be fine.

Don't take excercise for granted

I have say excercise is a good thing and helps in weight control. I managed to actually lose weight this week, even though I didn't eat all that well. I went overboard on Valentines Day to a point of uncomfortable fullness, but I excercised 45 minutes 5 days last week and my weight is down. I really wasn't expecting it, but I am happy about it. This makes me think that my body likes 45 minutes and is willing to perhaps let go of some weight if I work out for that time. Who knows? I will try to see what happens next week.

I just got a cortisone shot in my foot yesterday, so excercising has to take a little break this week. It is still quite sore today.

Learning to know when to stop

Wow, I learned something new this weekend. I think drinking somehow makes you able to eat more or not recognize that you are full already. I had 2 glasses of wine at dinner out and I knew I was full..but not as full as I felt 2 hours later, the rest of the night and the day after. I must of ate a lot more than I thought and the wine made me not realize it. I am not trying to blame overeating on wine, but I really thought that I wasn't THAT full. I have not been that uncomfortable in a long time. Sleeping was almost impossible and I had what I think was acid reflux. I am not kidding. Just one meal was enough to make me feel ill. I guess my body isn't used to that. I think I probably should stay away from the alcohol when going out to eat next time. I love a good glass of wine on occasion, but I have to learn some kind of lesson from our Saturday meal. We were both stuffed to the gills with food and that made for an uncomfortable night. I guess our eyes are still bigger than our stomachs when we dine out. I am grateful that we cook low fat healthy meals at home, otherwise we would of been gaining the whole time we have been together. We simply eat more and go way more overboard when dining out together. I am afraid to weigh myself this week..uggh.