The Diet Naked Blog

Are you planning a Superbowl Party?

Here is a pretty good list of the Best and Worst Superbowl Party foods. . .

 

 

 

And now for an abrupt transition . .  .

I have the common cold . . . and ridiculously enough, my eating plan has suffered and I haven't been to the gym for a week.  I can't stop coughing and I didn't think anyone would appreciate my mucusy germs being spewed all over the cardio machines.

Ewww.  Sorry for that visual.

Anyway, hope you're well . . . I hope to be well again soon!

Um, hello . . .

Is it possible that I've already said everything there is to say about losing weight? 

And not losing weight?

I don't know, but I will continue to post here, hopefully more regularly than I've been doing. 

Here's how things are at the moment.

I am not being as strict as I was when I first started losing weight back in 2006.  Maybe it's just not realistic to cut out every speck of sugar and white flour and white potatoes and white rice.  I don't know but I can't seem to be perfect, a problem which has plagued me my whole imperfect life.

I have, however, been going to the YMCA regularly since the beginning of the year and I have to say that I feel so much better physically.  My wonky tendon has even stopped its continual aching.  I have enjoyed the various cardio machines and two or three times a week, I do weight machines.  

My weight loss is holding steady at 7 pounds, which sadly enough, almost brings me to my initial starting weight when I began this blog in April 2006. 

Anyway, I'll be around.  Hope you will be, too.

Except for you spammers.  You can go away.

I am so tired!

We have a new puppy who hasn't let me get a solid night of sleep since December 17 . . . and that was the week I traveled to New York and slept a total of 9 hours over three days.

Will I ever sleep again?

In other news, I have been working out at the YMCA almost every day.  Today I was trained to use the Fitlinxx tool which keeps track of my program on the weight machines.  (It's pretty cool, really--it's like having a personal trainer without the personal part.) And then tonight I went back with my teenagers for some cardio (treadmill and then exercise bike).

And . . . I lost 6.4 pounds.  Which, of course, is to be expected the first week but still!  A weight loss is gratifying after working hard to change my direction.

I'm like a gigantic ship which takes a long, long, long time to actually steer in a huge circle until I'm heading the opposite direction. 

That's how it feels anyway.

I have to go sleep now.  I hope my farting puppy will sleep until dawn. 

Look, she's cute, which is why I don't cook her in butter and eat her.

Avoid the scale

This first week is so important.  If I don't see results, will I falter?  Will I give up? 

I'm staying off the scale until Monday morning.  While I appreciate feedback, if I get on the scale too early to see results, I will feel discouraged. 

How often do you weigh yourself?

I am worried about weighing myself again on Monday, even though I am eating what I am supposed to andn getting exercise.  (Yesterday, I didn't have time to go to the YMCA, so I rode my exercise bike at home. Tonight, I'll be heading back to the YMCA, though.)

I'm heading in the right direction so I just need to keep moving.

It's fun to play at the YMCA

We've had a membership at the local YMCA for a few months now, but I've never worked out there.  I'm not exactly a gym person, though I like the idea of strength training using convenient exercise machines.  (I've worked out at gyms before, so I do know what I'm missing.) 

This afternoon, I took my four kids to the YMCA.  We endured the Orientation, my kids got their ID tags and my daughter swam in the (outdoor!) pool.  After the hour-long Orientation, my boys and I worked out on the elliptical machines for twenty minutes. (That's all we had time for since the Orientation took so long.)

Not much, but a good start.  Plus, now I know the next step to take so I can get trained to use the strength training machines.  They have a cool computerized system that helps you work out and stay on track and improve and all that good stuff.

Here's what I ate today:

Big, big salad at Souplanation
Turkey noodle soup (whole wheat noodles!) at Souplanation

Lots of chopped up vegetables cooked with eggs.  Sort of an omelette, really.

98% fat-free popcorn

That doesn't sound like very much--the problem was that I am totally out of practice at eating breakfast.  I need to try to eat earlier in the day tomorrow so my blood sugar stays stable and all that.

And now, I'm heading to bed . . . after I make my son's school lunch.

Step one: Preparation

I focused today on preparation.  I went to a good produce store and bought fresh vegetables and fruit. 

When I got home, I cleaned lettuce, chopped it and added some other vegetables to the salad.  Now I am prepared for the week's lunches.

When I have the appropriate foods in the house, I am setting myself up for success.

What have you done to prepare for success?