A day that baffles

So yesterday was one of those days where I should've maintained my weight and possibly even lost a little bit but I gained a ton, 1.4 pounds from the day before.

I did not eat super well and enjoyed many foods and was still under 2000 calories.  Then I had a massive headache in the evening so I had a granola bar and some hot chocolate to try and see if a little caffeine would help (but it didn't, just rest and meds).

I wore my bodybugg and burned close to 2400 calories and consumed 2200 calories and I gained 1.4 pounds, boo. 

I won't lie, my weigh in tomorrow will not be a loss and not be great at all :)

Exercise!

I finally exercised today for the first time in almost 4 weeks.  It was just doing my stair step over and over as well as some strength training and I only burned about 200 calories in 40 minutes but it's a start.  Hopefully I can start doing more exercise and get back to doing it every day. 

I also need to get back into wearing my BodyBugg every day all day.  Since I wasn't able to move much, I didn't want to wear it all the time.  I also find myself a little self conscious wearing it with short sleeved clothes and always having people comment on it, but I'm trying to be okay with it.

Friday Morning Weigh In

This morning I weighed in at 133.6, down 2 pounds from last week and down almost 4 pounds from Monday.  I am glad I've been able to maintain the weight loss that I attained Monday and Tuesday although it's been hard because I am still nauseated and have chest pain.  When I have nausea and heartburn (possibly), it's hard to go hungry because it makes the symptoms worse so I am trying to eat every hour or two, but eat healthy.  It's probably time to see the doctor, maybe today, maybe next Monday, I haven't decided yet.

I also jumped up to put a jar on a high shelf in my kitchen 2 days ago without thinking and re-injured my calf just a little. I was back to limping significantly but this morning I feel more like I did before I re-hurt myself.  I'm glad it only set me back a few days.

Anyway, feeling good (about my weight anyway) and getting to my goal very slowly.

Wasn't in the cards

Well, the diet is sadly over.  I only made it almost 2 days and then I got sick.  Yesterday late afternoon I started feeling extremely nauseated and the thought of eating one more vegetable made me want to throw up.  So, I had to eat something to calm my stomach.  However, it just made everything worse after eating dinner and I was in so much stomach and chest pain that I had to go lay down at 7:30 and ended up going to bed at 9:30.  I believe I was feverish in the night and kept sweating and this morning, I feel quite a bit better but still not 100%.  Also, each night I have had a massive headache as well probably from not eating balanced food.  In all honesty, I did not like feeling so deprived and I would've kept going if I hadn't gotten so sick and had such bad headaches.  I think a less strict cleanse diet would be better for me with more variety to eat.

Today would be the third day when I should be eating just fruits and vegetables but that doesn't sound good so I think I'll just eat normal healthy food with no sugar. 

After 2 days, I lost 3.6 pounds and I am at 133.8 this morning.  Hey, it was a nice jump start.

Starting Weight

My starting weight this morning is 137.4, up almost 2 pounds, lol.  I am eating an apple right now but as soon as I drop Tim off at school we are headed to the store to stock up.

This is it, ready to be done.

A few days ago I was reading on pinterest about a cleansing diet that helps you lose 10-17 pounds in just 1 week.  I don't know if I'll really lose that much, but starting tomorrow I am doing that diet, hopefully making it to 130 just once and moving on into maintenance mode. I'm tired of always trying to lose weight.  Since I can't exercise, I think I want to do a drastic food diet so that I can see some fast results and then if I don't maintain it, at least under 135 would be fantastic.  I think it will be tough and I will be hungry, but it's only for 1 week and I've done strict things before for 5.5 weeks before.  This is similar to my yeast free diet but I can only eat certain things each day.  Ahhh, good luck to me!  I will weigh in tomorrow and give a starting weight and then an ending weight next Monday morning.  I have eaten terribly this weekend so I will probably be up a few pounds from Friday.

This is the diet and this is the website.  http://health-heaven.tumblr.com/post/17089615944/what-do-you-think-of-gms-diet

"This plan can be used as often as you like without any fear of complications. It is designed to flush your system of impurities and give you a feeling of well being. After seven days you will begin to feel lighter because you will be lighter by at least 10 lbs. You will have an abundance of energy and an improved disposition.

During the first seven days you must abstain from all alcohol
You must drink 10 glasses of water each day

Day One All fruits except bananas. Your first day will consist of all the fruits you want. It is strongly suggested that you consume lots of melons the first day. Especially watermelon and a loupe. If you limit your fruit consumption to melons, your chances of losing three lbs. on first day are very good.

Day Two All vegetables. You are encouraged to eat until you are stuffed with all the raw or cooked vegetables of your choice. There is no limit on the amount or type. For your complex carbohydrate, you will start day two with a large baked potato for breakfast. You may top the potato with one pat of butter.

Day Three A mixture of fruits and vegetables of your choice. Any amount, any quantity. No bananas yet. No potatoes today.

Day Four Bananas and milk. Today you will eat as many as eight bananas and drink three glasses of milk. This will be combined with the special soup which may be eaten in limited quantities.

Day Five Today is feast day. You will eat beef and tomatoes. Eat two 10 oz. portions of lean beef. Hamburger is OK. Combine this with six whole tomatoes. On day five you must increase your water intake by one quart. This is to cleanse your system of the uric acid you will be producing.

Day Six Beef and vegetables. Today you may eat an unlimited amount of beef and vegetables. Eat to your hearts content.

Day Seven Today your food intake will consist of brown rice, fruit juices and all the vegetables you care to consume.

Tomorrow morning you will be 10-17 lbs. lighter than one week ago. If you desire further weight loss, repeat the program again. You may repeat this program as often as you like, however, it is suggested that you are allowed two glasses of white wine in addition to the instructions on the program. You may substitute champagne for white wine. Under no circumstances are you to drink any other alcoholic beverages with the exception of beer which is allowed. Any liquor (bourbon,vodka, rum) is forbidden. Cream drinks are especially forbidden. You may have an occasional cordial such as creme de menthe or schnapps, but you must always limit yourself to two drinks. If you wine, drink only wine that day. If you have beer, drink only beer that day, etc. Alcohol adds empty calories to your diet. However, after the first week it will help your digestion and settle your stomach.

G.M.’S Wonder Soup

The following soup is intended as a supplement to your diet. It can be eaten any time of the day in virtually unlimited quantities. You are encouraged to consume large quantities of this soup.

28 oz, Water, 6 Large Onions, 2 Green Peppers, Whole Tomatoes (fresh or canned), 1 Head Cabbage, 1 Bunch Celery, 4 Envelopes Lipton Onion Soup Mix, Herbs and Flavouring as desired.

Additional Comments

Vegetables as may be taken in the form of a salad if desired. No dressing except malt, white or wine vinegar, squeezed lemon, garlic, herbs. No more than one tea spoon of oil.

You have been given a recipe for the WONDER SOUP which can be eaten in unlimited quantities. This soup is a supplement while you are on the program and it should be a pleasure to eat. Not everyone likes cabbage, green peppers, calory etc. This recipe is not inflexible. You may substitute vegetables according to your taste. You may add any vegetables you like: asparagus, peas, corn, turnips, green beans, cauliflower, etc. Try to stay away from beans (lima, pinto, kidney, etc.), however, because they tend to be high in calories even though they are very good for you.

Beverages you may consume while on the program :

   1. Water (flavoured with lemon/lime if desired).
   2. Club Soda is OK.
   3. Black Coffee. No cream or cream substitute. No sugar or sweetness.
   4. Black Tea = Herb or Leaf.
   5. Absolutely nothing else except the fruit juices which are part of day seven. No fruit juices before day seven.

How and Why It Works

Day One you are preparing your system for the upcoming programme. Your only source of nutrition is fresh or canned fruits. Fruits are nature’s perfect food. They provide everything you could possibly want to sustain life except total balance and variety.

Day Two starts with a fix of complex carbo-hydrates coupled with an oil dose. This is taken in the morning for energy and balance. The rest of day two consists of vegetables which are virtually calorie free and provide essential nutrients and fibre.

Day Three eliminates the potato because you get your carbohydrates from the fruits. You system is now prepared to start burning excess pounds. You will still have cravings which should start to diminish by day four.

Day Four, bananas, milk and soup sound the strangest and least desirable. You’re in for a surprise. You probably will not eat all the bananas allowed. But they are there for the potassium you have lost and the sodium you may have missed the past three days. You will notice a definite loss of desire for sweets. You will be surprised how easy this day will go.

Day Five, Beef and tomatoes. The beef is for iron and proteins, the tomatoes are for digestion and fibre. Lots and lots of water purifies your system. You should notice colourless urine today. Your allowance calls for the equivalent of five “quarter ponders”. Do not feel you have to eat all this beef. You must eat the six tomatoes.

Day Six is similar to day five, Iron and proteins from beef, Vitamins and fibre from vegetables. By now your system is in a total weight loss inclination. There should be a noticeable difference in the way you look today, compared to day one.

Day Seven finished off the program like a good cigar used to finish off Victorian meals, except much healthier. You have your system under control and it should thank you for the flushing and cleaning you just gave it."

Picture Fun

My friend Kevin has been staying with us for the past 3 nights and he is getting married today, in fact right now in the Logan temple, so weddings have been on my mind a lot. So this morning I tried on my wedding dress again, lol. I was able to zip it up but it was tight and I couldn't breathe very well, but I could zip it up, yay!

Justin took some pictures of me wearing it and then I decided to try on some other dresses from college and they all fit surprisingly well, so I think I must've been around 130 when I got married since all these other dresses fit great now :) Enjoy!

My wedding dress.

Now with the veil on.

Dress I wore to BYU's Homecoming in 1999.

Dress I wore to Jer and Andrea's wedding in 2000.

Allie wanted to join the fun.

Then Mikey wanted to join the fun :)

Friday Morning Weigh In

This morning I weighed in at 135.6, same as last week although up 0.4 pounds from yesterday.  Oh well, I am still below my maintenance goal and I am happy to stay in the 135's until I can really start exercising again.  I am walking better every day and now I only walk with a slight limp and can actually put one foot in front of the other instead of having my left leg just match my right leg so I'm moving more quickly.

As for sugar, well, I haven't been so good at staying sugar free.  I started eating sugar last Saturday before Mother's Day at my grandma's when she had truffles and eclairs to share with us.  Then we went out to dinner and I had fried ice cream.  Then I ate sugar and treats all day Mother's Day.  Since then I have only had a little bit of sugar, usually in the evening and have eaten very well otherwise, but I haven't had a sugar free day since last Saturday, lol. 

Since I have been maintaining the weight and haven't sabotaged myself without doing exercise, I have been okay having a little sugar.  I really try and eat well all day and then allow myself a little treat in the evening, it makes me happy. 

Anyway, I still feel good and in the next week or so I should be back to normal although no hard exercise for a while still and that's okay.  I will just start out slow and build back up in the months to come.  I wrote my whole injury story on my regular blog page if you want to read exactly what happened and my recovery thus far :)

Friday Morning Weigh In

I am glad that I have stuck to my guns and not eaten sugar.  I did have the 1 cookie on Monday night but nothing besides that in nearly 2 weeks.  With this injury, not eating sugar couldn't have come at a better time because I was already motivated and already seeing results.  I am so glad that I have not had a huge weight setback and that I can pretty easily maintain all of the hard work I have done thus far.

This morning I weighed in at 135.6 which is 0.4 under my maintenance goal of 136 and the same weight I was last Saturday.  I am also just starting the visit of my aunt flo so we'll see what happens at the end.  Last time it came, I ended up gaining a bunch of weight at the end so I'm hoping that won't happen this time. 

There have been many times this week that I have wanted to throw in the towel and eat sugar, but then I keep reminding myself that exercise just isn't happening right now and if I did, I would probably wear myself out too much anyway.  I really don't want to balloon up with not moving around much so avoiding sugar is really a must right now.  Just doing the normal things of life of picking up the house and dishes and laundry are enough to wear me out.  I am going to do some bathroom deep cleaning today, they really need some attention. 

It has been 1 week since my injury and while I am still sore, I am glad I can get around slowly and still maintain a decent home.  This is my first day all alone with no help so hopefully it goes well.  I even have a fun weekend to look forward to with a birthday party at a park tonight with good friends and then date night with Justin tomorrow night.  Probably just going to dinner and then an exchange at Kohls and buying a Mother's Day gift for my Mom since I still can't drive. 

Anyway, I am going to indulge on Sunday but that's it.  Hopefully I will be up and going soon and won't have to be off sugar for too long.  I was so excited to only have to be off sugar for 2-3 weeks, meet my goal and be done soon but I guess that won't happen now.  As long is it's not too much longer than a month I will be fine :)

A Bit Frustrated

Right now I am feeling a bit blue and frustrated that I was working so hard, getting so close and then I hurt myself and caused a major injury which will set me back a few months.  Every day I barely make it to 2000 calories and even then, I am eating about that many calories because I am hungry ALL the TIME!  I don't know if my body just needs more calories for energy so that it can heal my calf or what, but I am so munchie.  I have still been really good although I had 1 cookie tonight.  It didn't even satisfy me but at least I only ate 1.  I really wanted it, and the weight loss just isn't happening right now, so I allowed myself 1.

At this point, unfortunately and to my sadness, I think I will just go back into maintenance mode until I can briskly walk without pain and start to work out some again.  I don't know when that will happen but hopefully no longer than 3 weeks from the injury.

I can walk around with a limp without using my crutches which is nice but tiresome and so slow.  On Friday I will try to walk using my full leg and see where my pain level is at.  I hope I can kick this pain soon and go back to losing weight, I was feeling so good just a few short days ago!

Anyway, I seem to be staying right around 136 so that will be my maintenance goal from here until I heal.

Boo.

Friday Morning Weigh In

On Thursday night I was playing Futsol at the church and I kicked the ball and then stepped back and I felt like someone whacked me in the calf with a metal bat.  The pain was soooo strong!  I immediately had to sit down and the pain would not go away.  It felt like a huge charlie horse but unlike charlie horses, the pain would not go away.

I called Justin and he came to pick me up and we decided I needed a doctor so we called our neighbor and she went over to watch our kids while we went to the Instacare.  I was soooo uncomfortable and could not find a position in which my leg didn't throb like crazy.

Anyway, the doctor ruled out an Achilles heel injury and said I tore my gastroc calf muscle.  He tried to outfit me with a walking book (Cam Walker) and that did not help at all, so much pain!  He then gave me crutches and told me to use them for a whole week and do range of motion stretching exercises every day.  He gave me a muscle relaxer, percocet and an anti-inflammatory med.

I came home and Justin went to get my meds and after I took them I had a hard time sleeping.  I finally fell asleep around 2 AM and the next day I was sooo tired that I slept nearly all day.  I had a short nap in the morning when Justin had to go to work and then I napped from 11-1, had some lunch and then napped from 1:30-5:30.  The pain however has gone down significantly though and I haven't had to have hardly any pain meds since.  I'm surprised how little pain I feel now. 

I did manage to weigh in and I was at 134.2, same as Thursday morning.  However, I am back up to 135.6 this morning.  I still didn't eat sugar yesterday but I was very sedentary and ate regular meals (the meds increase my appetite some).  We'll see how this injury plays into weight loss.  I really don't want to eat sugar especially now that I will be so sedentary for a week but I think weight loss will slow down with moving so little.

Anyway, the most important thing is for me to heal and get back to normal :)  The doctor did say that with scar tissue forming, I could re-injure myself quite easily so even after I can walk again I still need to take it easy for several months and just walk or ride my bike for exercise.

Totally Worth It

I have not eaten anything sweet for 3 days, going on 4 and I have lost 3 pounds, woo hoo!  I am finally below my plateau of 135 and was 134.2 this morning, sweet!

I am super excited to meet my goal soon and not have to be sweets free for very long :)  After I meet my goal of 130, my goal is to maintain my weight between 130 and 135 from here on out until I get pregnant again.