Still sick

Well, in some ways I have improved and in some ways I have worsened. I am definitely not as worn out but I am still nauseated (from the meds I believe). I also have a much more tender throat and my ears are hurting me like crazy. Because I've been so nauseated I have had to eat during the night and every 2 hours like I do when I'm pregnant which is not so great for weight loss. The food that helps me the most is eating peanut butter on a piece of wheat bread which alone is 200 calories! Oh well, I will be back with my healthy living resolve after the vacations are done. If I feel better I may be back sooner but I'll just have to wait and see. Thanks!

Saturday Morning Weigh-in

I didn't write a post yesterday because I was too sick to do anything really. This morning I weighed in at 138.2 which is a 0.4 weight loss. This has been a very weird week for me. Here's how it went.

On Monday I did some serious lower body strength training. Then on Tuesday I was going to do some aerobic activity followed by upper body strength training and then repeat on Wednesday and Thursday alternating between lower and upper. Well, after my strength training on Monday, I could barely move for a few days! So on Tuesday I just did some low key jogging/walking. On Wednesday I was still sore but a little better so I did a little harder aerobic exercises and a little bit of strength training. On Thursday I did an hour's worth of yard work and went swimming that evening.

I started to notice and even googled this, but I was retaining water after my lower body strength training. This was due to the fact that I didn't drink enough on Monday and Tuesday so I started retaining water to help my muscles heal. Since I wasn't losing any weight and even gaining, I drank a lot of water on Thursday and it really, really helped!

Then on Thursday night about 9 PM I noticed my tonsils were starting to feel yucky and I ended up with a fever all night long. I was sooooo sick yesterday that I couldn't even get out of bed without feeling like I was going to pass out. This has been by far the WORST case of strep throat I have ever had. I have even been really nauseated with this illness, it stinks!

Oh well, this morning I am feeling a little better, not great by any means but able to get out of bed at least. Oh, and next week will probably be my last weigh-in for a while since I have 2 vacations coming up in May. Of course that depends on this illness and if I can even eat normally and exercise next week. If I stay nauseated then I will need to eat when I need to eat and probably won't exercise. Perhaps I'll check in on Monday and give another update then.

Thursday Morning Weigh-in

So, I weighed in this morning at 138.6. I guess I just needed some rest last night! I went to bed around 10:00 and woke up feeling pretty good. I wasn't going to weigh in but I couldn't resist and I'm not sad about my choice!

No weigh in

So, I am not going to weigh in this week. I am not feeling great this week so I'm not going to exercise today. Tomorrow I am going out to eat with my family and then going to a book swap in the evening which always promises yummy food so I don't really want to weigh in on Friday morning after that! I was going to weigh in tomorrow but without exercising today, who knows what I'll be!

Until next week.....

Actually, I will probably weigh in tomorrow anyway just to see but if I haven't budged much (which has been the story all week) then that will be that. The scale really likes to stay solid at 139.8.

Thursday morning weigh-in

I was 139.8 this morning. I think my body likes being 140 since I've been there for at least a month or more it seems. Oh well, it's a good weight to be. If I never make it to 135 then good riddance!

Addicted to Food

This weight loss thing is really hard for me. I seem to keep my resolve to eat healthy for only 2-3 days at a time right now! At the beginning, I managed to eat well at least 5-6 times a week and only have junk once or twice on the weekends. Now I just look forward to eating whatever I want on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and exercising hard Mon-Thurs and then weighing in on Fridays. Even eating well for 4 days is getting hard for me.

I guess it is expected after following this plan for 3 months. How do people completely change and follow healthy eating forever and want their bodies to only consume healthy, good for them food? I wish I were one of those people who didn't obsess about food and dream of baking all day and eating creamy, cheesy, sweet deliciousness all the time!

Ugggh

My wrist was hurting a bit again this weekend so I decided to take another pill yesterday and what do ya know? I gained a pound overnight, lucky me. I definitely have a love/hate relationship with those anti-inflammatory pills! They make my wrist feel so much better but I sure do hate gaining a pound a day! Perhaps if I took them until my wrist was 100% and didn't care about the weight gain, then I could be done with this issue forever. Hmmmm, what a dilemma.

Who knew you could go to bed weighing one amount and wake up and weigh more, only me! What happened to burning calories when you sleep??

FYI

I am going to do my weigh in this week on Thursday morning. It is Timmy's birthday and I'm sure I'm going to eat crazy food so I'd rather not weigh in on Friday after eating junk like cocoa puffs with half and half, lunch at a playground fast food place and pizza, breadsticks, cake and ice cream for dinner!

Also, I did eat crazy all weekend long and told myself if I didn't gain a pound, then I didn't eat enough! I was at 139.8 this morning :) However, I ate soooo much junk yesterday that I just got sick in the evening, no fun!

Friday Morning Weigh-In

This morning I weighed in at 139, woo hoo! It's going to be tough to stay this low with this nice lovely holiday weekend coming up. I have an Easter party at my Mom's house tomorrow, and then a BBQ and ice cream/cookie party at my grandparent's house on Saturday night. Not to mention treats and candy on Easter and a huge turkey dinner at my in-laws on Sunday evening. Portion control or eat crazy all weekend and work my butt off next week? Hmmmmm. Probably the latter choice!

Yay!

I weighed in this morning like I do every morning, and I was 139.4. The lowest I have ever seen the scale when not doing my crazy diet in years! I am pretty stoked. If it is lower tomorrow, I will post then but I am happy about this today!