My gall bladder attack continued today. So I read about a rememdy where you drink olive oil and chase it with lemon juice. It was gross. But, my pain is pretty much gone. Lets cross our fingers, hope, and pray that it stays gone. I cannot call in sick a third day in a row!!!!
But, me being the optimist and all (haha) I did lose 3 lbs this week due to my horrible stomach pains. Anyway that is all for now. Pray that I stay better!
Oh and the massage was good that I had this afternoon.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
OWWWWWWWW
Okay, so here's my confession. Last night I went out with some coworkers for drinks... I had two vodka tonics. And then I got hungry so I gave in to temptation and had a nice juicy cheeseburger with fries. Now, if my only punishment were the scale, I'd probably be tempted to do this again. However, rewind to a few weeks ago. I was in deathly pain shooting up my right side, my whole stomach cramped up. Ouch. Well, both my parents have had gallbladder issues, so my mom thought that it was for me too. Luckily, I was able to overcome the symptoms and learned that removal is not always the best solution.
So, continuing with my story... this morning I woke up with that throbbing piercing, shooting pain in my right abdomen under my ribs, shooting up to my right shoulder. A quick google search revealed that this was indeed a gall bladder problem. And it said that removal of the gall bladder does not gaurantee no more of these "Attacks" or pains. Guess what it said I have to do? CHANGE MY DIET. I think that this was a huge wake up call to me, that I absolutely HAVE to stick to plan from now on. That sucks right? But seriously the pain was bad. I called in sick to work, which I never do. I took an Advil PM and slept all day. The pain has dulled quite a bit. So, moral of the story: Don't Cheat!!!
Oh, good news, I have a massage scheduled for tomorrow at 3:30. Hopefully, I am able to make my work schedule work in favor of this. And, of course hopefully this attack is completely gone. Bah. That's what happens to me when I cheat. I'm thinking I'll be much more motivated in the future to stay on track.
So, continuing with my story... this morning I woke up with that throbbing piercing, shooting pain in my right abdomen under my ribs, shooting up to my right shoulder. A quick google search revealed that this was indeed a gall bladder problem. And it said that removal of the gall bladder does not gaurantee no more of these "Attacks" or pains. Guess what it said I have to do? CHANGE MY DIET. I think that this was a huge wake up call to me, that I absolutely HAVE to stick to plan from now on. That sucks right? But seriously the pain was bad. I called in sick to work, which I never do. I took an Advil PM and slept all day. The pain has dulled quite a bit. So, moral of the story: Don't Cheat!!!
Oh, good news, I have a massage scheduled for tomorrow at 3:30. Hopefully, I am able to make my work schedule work in favor of this. And, of course hopefully this attack is completely gone. Bah. That's what happens to me when I cheat. I'm thinking I'll be much more motivated in the future to stay on track.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Do you weigh 160?
A tall, very skinny lady at work today asked me if I weigh 160 because she needed to adjust something for someone else who weighs 160 and was looking for a fill-in. I found this very funny. If I were looking to be optimistic I would say that my week on Nutrisystem has made me look 60 lbs less. However, I am pretty certain that this lady tops the scales at 110 and therefore has no idea what 160 looks like and figured it must be someone really fat. hahaha. I found this hilarious. Sadly I had to say no. And she was like "more or less?" RUDE!!! I said a little more. hah. a little?? Whatever. :)
Today I went sort of off plan, as in I didn't eat supper. But I didn't eat supper because I ate other stuff instead. Not really horrible stuff. But I was REALLY craving cheese, so I had fat free cottage cheese, 4 pieces of string cheese, 2 sugar free jellos, and 2 sugar free popsicles and about 10 strawberries. I was in a weird mood. Fruit and cheese. So we will see how this affects my official weigh in tomorrow. I know it wasn't following plan. On the flip side, I am certain this is still healthier and much less than I was eating before, but we'll let the scale decide that.
For me, I am going to drown my electrolytes in water before I go to bed.
Today I went sort of off plan, as in I didn't eat supper. But I didn't eat supper because I ate other stuff instead. Not really horrible stuff. But I was REALLY craving cheese, so I had fat free cottage cheese, 4 pieces of string cheese, 2 sugar free jellos, and 2 sugar free popsicles and about 10 strawberries. I was in a weird mood. Fruit and cheese. So we will see how this affects my official weigh in tomorrow. I know it wasn't following plan. On the flip side, I am certain this is still healthier and much less than I was eating before, but we'll let the scale decide that.
For me, I am going to drown my electrolytes in water before I go to bed.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Temptation
So I decided today that I am my own biggest temptation. I wrote all about how wonderful I am with taking it day by day, yet today I was ready to quit. I am convinced it was because I was bored, and I snuck an extra NS dessert. But thankfully, I remembered that I was simply tempting myself and that's not a very nice thing to do. And, I remembered that I promised myself I would stick to this at least until this box of food is gone, and if I'm not satisfied with results at THAT time, I can quit. I think my problem is that I feel like I haven't lost anything yet, even though it is day 6... I thought I might have lost SOMETHING by now, but alas, not yet! Tuesday should techinically be me weigh in day, not tomorrow, since my first day on the program, I actually only did half a day on it. So we shall see how I'm doing as of Tuesday.
Something else I did yesterday and today was go on a walk. Our weather is gorgeous... but I haven't gone a walk since I moved here. Partially because it was just winter... but in the fall and in our few nice springy days I didn't because I think I was embarassed that people would see me (I know, I know, embarassed to be seen walking, but sitting with pride in a drive through line?! haha) I was actually kind of sore today because yesterday I was an idiot and walked in sandals, but I forced myself to go on a walk again today -- yay! And, I walked 4.6 miles in an hour and 15 minutes. Not too shoddy. I am hoping to be walking much more by the end of summer.
Then I went to the store to get my salad for dinner, but the salad bar was closed, so I had to settle for a salad that the store had put together which actually looks quite disgusting if I do say so myself. I shouldn't have wasted my money. But maybe I'll mix it with tuna and have it for lunch tomorrow or something. Or maybe I'll throw it away. :) And, I also bought more water and some sugar free popsicles since someone on the board said I could have them. They're 15 cal a pop. So, not too bad, and that should help me for when I crave something other than everything else. I will say that I miss my Ruffles Light Lays chips that I could eat on WW. :( I could eat a whole big bag of those for 7 points... of course, the whole point of this is to cut down on what I eat right? But I'm still hungry for them!!!!
Okay that is all for now, I am going to make some din-din and then dink around some more on the internet.
Something else I did yesterday and today was go on a walk. Our weather is gorgeous... but I haven't gone a walk since I moved here. Partially because it was just winter... but in the fall and in our few nice springy days I didn't because I think I was embarassed that people would see me (I know, I know, embarassed to be seen walking, but sitting with pride in a drive through line?! haha) I was actually kind of sore today because yesterday I was an idiot and walked in sandals, but I forced myself to go on a walk again today -- yay! And, I walked 4.6 miles in an hour and 15 minutes. Not too shoddy. I am hoping to be walking much more by the end of summer.
Then I went to the store to get my salad for dinner, but the salad bar was closed, so I had to settle for a salad that the store had put together which actually looks quite disgusting if I do say so myself. I shouldn't have wasted my money. But maybe I'll mix it with tuna and have it for lunch tomorrow or something. Or maybe I'll throw it away. :) And, I also bought more water and some sugar free popsicles since someone on the board said I could have them. They're 15 cal a pop. So, not too bad, and that should help me for when I crave something other than everything else. I will say that I miss my Ruffles Light Lays chips that I could eat on WW. :( I could eat a whole big bag of those for 7 points... of course, the whole point of this is to cut down on what I eat right? But I'm still hungry for them!!!!
Okay that is all for now, I am going to make some din-din and then dink around some more on the internet.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
First Post
Today is my first post on a public blog... and I am here today to begin my diet nakedly. I actually started on Monday. Here's me:
I'm 24 years old, I am perpetually single, I work full-time, and I'm all done with college graduating with a Master's degree and, yes count'em 58 more lbs since I began college in fall of 2001 -- I started at 165. I now weigh 223. And I thought I was fat when I began college. Which is ironic, considering I am positive I now, being a true fattie myself has most likely pointed at a girl weighing 165 and thought "If I were skinny like her..."
My goal is to get down to my driver's license weight of 135. Which, by the way, is the same weight I put on there when I got my temporary permit license at the age of 15... and to be honest, it was a lie then. I think I weighed 145 at that time. Nowadays, I give my license to anyone and sit there praying they don't look at the weight and say "This isn't you. This chick apparetnly weighs almost 100 lbs less than you look." Fortuantely this has yet to happen and I pray that it never does.
So, this year has been especially bad. I moved across the country all alone and never really made any friends, except for every pizza delivery boy and fast food drive through worker in a 50 mile radius. I came home from work each night saying "I'm tired. I better go to the store and get a bag of chips." And I would. And I'd eat the whole bag again the next night and the next night. This diet, supplemented with at least one meal a day at a fast food restaurant of my choosing, helped me to go from 195 in September to 223 on April 16. Yes, I gained 28 lbs in 7 months. If you think about it, that's roughly 1lb a week -- very simple to do and notice, until your pants don't zip and you stop doing wash because if you dry anything you'll have nothing to wear. Or you have to wear a long shirt to not only cover your ever expanding butt, but also to cover the button on the front of the jeans which is , of course, unbuttoned!
So, Monday I got my first shipment of NutriSystem. I had never thought I'd do this particular diet, but I decided to begin it because I have tried Atkins, Weight Watchers, Cabbage Soup Diet, Some disgusting diet I read about In Woman's Day where you only ate Pureed Vegetables and choked down some nasty powder Diet, and of course the don't eat anything at all diet. All of them worked. I stuck to none. Too much freedom in a diet plan can make me just go over the top. Sad. So, I figure with being short on time and energy to eat right, I would give this a whirl. So far I have been 100%.
I know it is only day 6. To me it doesn't matter. My goal for myself is that every morning I will wake up and say, "Just for Today I will follow plan." And, amazingly I have so far. And, this week I've turned down free chocolate three times and buttered popcorn once, all at work. Internally I asked myself "If you could choose between being a size 18 and eating that piece of chocolate or skipping that chocolate and becoming a size 9 what would you choose?" And when the choice is so obviously simple like that, I chose the size 9. Magic huh?
I'm 24 years old, I am perpetually single, I work full-time, and I'm all done with college graduating with a Master's degree and, yes count'em 58 more lbs since I began college in fall of 2001 -- I started at 165. I now weigh 223. And I thought I was fat when I began college. Which is ironic, considering I am positive I now, being a true fattie myself has most likely pointed at a girl weighing 165 and thought "If I were skinny like her..."
My goal is to get down to my driver's license weight of 135. Which, by the way, is the same weight I put on there when I got my temporary permit license at the age of 15... and to be honest, it was a lie then. I think I weighed 145 at that time. Nowadays, I give my license to anyone and sit there praying they don't look at the weight and say "This isn't you. This chick apparetnly weighs almost 100 lbs less than you look." Fortuantely this has yet to happen and I pray that it never does.
So, this year has been especially bad. I moved across the country all alone and never really made any friends, except for every pizza delivery boy and fast food drive through worker in a 50 mile radius. I came home from work each night saying "I'm tired. I better go to the store and get a bag of chips." And I would. And I'd eat the whole bag again the next night and the next night. This diet, supplemented with at least one meal a day at a fast food restaurant of my choosing, helped me to go from 195 in September to 223 on April 16. Yes, I gained 28 lbs in 7 months. If you think about it, that's roughly 1lb a week -- very simple to do and notice, until your pants don't zip and you stop doing wash because if you dry anything you'll have nothing to wear. Or you have to wear a long shirt to not only cover your ever expanding butt, but also to cover the button on the front of the jeans which is , of course, unbuttoned!
So, Monday I got my first shipment of NutriSystem. I had never thought I'd do this particular diet, but I decided to begin it because I have tried Atkins, Weight Watchers, Cabbage Soup Diet, Some disgusting diet I read about In Woman's Day where you only ate Pureed Vegetables and choked down some nasty powder Diet, and of course the don't eat anything at all diet. All of them worked. I stuck to none. Too much freedom in a diet plan can make me just go over the top. Sad. So, I figure with being short on time and energy to eat right, I would give this a whirl. So far I have been 100%.
I know it is only day 6. To me it doesn't matter. My goal for myself is that every morning I will wake up and say, "Just for Today I will follow plan." And, amazingly I have so far. And, this week I've turned down free chocolate three times and buttered popcorn once, all at work. Internally I asked myself "If you could choose between being a size 18 and eating that piece of chocolate or skipping that chocolate and becoming a size 9 what would you choose?" And when the choice is so obviously simple like that, I chose the size 9. Magic huh?
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