I have never used my measuring cup so much as I have the last few days since I have joined weight watchers. I wonder if it feels loved and useful? And I wonder if it came to life like in Beauty and the Beast what song it would sing? I suspect it would sing Tired of Toeing the Line http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPBwbdRuKPc - and this video is an awesome trip back to the early 80s.
On the workout front I tried out the EA Sports Active 2 yesterday and I can't say that I fell immediately in love with it - maybe I am not quite ready for it yet. Although the biggest problem for me was my inability to effectively tie the resistance band to the straps - it kept coming apart in the middle of the exercises. Finally used my brain and tied it on using a different method so that it won't come off. Will give it a shot again on Saturday.
And my strength training today had me doing this exercise where you put your heels up on a chair and then lift your butt up into the air (works the hamstrings). And boy those little hammies felt the burn today. Had no idea they were so out of condition. They were always the one muscle area I felt had retained some measure of strength and flexibility during the pound and sediment creep.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Cravings Plan
Well I was posting on a message board the other day and was recalling something I read somewhere about dealing with cravings. And in the process I broke down what I had read and put it together like this:
1. Be specific about what you are craving (i.e. a piece of dark chocolate)
2. Take a minute to decide if you really and truly want it (maybe use a rating scale that works for you i.e. I want it as a 8/10)
3. Take a minute to consider if this is something that you really like (i.e. do you really like bad cheap chocolate - I know I don't)
4. Final step, if you really love it, and you really want it - then have it. But if you don't really like it or you don't really and truly want it then skip it.
So I think I am going to make myself a little cheat card that says
1. What do you want?
2. Rate how badly you want it right now (from 1 to 10 with 10 being "I want it so bad I could cry").
3. Rate how much you like it (from 1 to 10 with 10 being "I love it more than anything else in the world")
4. If 2 and 3 were both ratings of 8 or more go ahead otherwise pause to think again!
Anyhow on to the workout - did my 8 minutes in the morning weights again today (arms triceps and biceps). Did them both with 10 pound weights. The triceps were a massive struggle so it is probably a good weight that will take a while for me to get past. But the biceps probably need a couple pounds more.
The wii workout was pretty good today - on the long distance run the first time I followed the yellow dog since that is a much better path than following the regular leader. But then I did it a second time and waited to follow the black dog, but I was a bit on the tired side so I admit I didn't pay as much attention to the path - although I love the end of it with the finish line up at the top of some big hill. Am planning to do the island lap next time I do the run - hopefully it will go well.
Just bought the EA Sports Active 2 Personal Trainer game yesterday - I think I am going to try it out tomorrow morning - or maybe even tonight. Will post what I think of it after I give it a tryout.
1. Be specific about what you are craving (i.e. a piece of dark chocolate)
2. Take a minute to decide if you really and truly want it (maybe use a rating scale that works for you i.e. I want it as a 8/10)
3. Take a minute to consider if this is something that you really like (i.e. do you really like bad cheap chocolate - I know I don't)
4. Final step, if you really love it, and you really want it - then have it. But if you don't really like it or you don't really and truly want it then skip it.
So I think I am going to make myself a little cheat card that says
1. What do you want?
2. Rate how badly you want it right now (from 1 to 10 with 10 being "I want it so bad I could cry").
3. Rate how much you like it (from 1 to 10 with 10 being "I love it more than anything else in the world")
4. If 2 and 3 were both ratings of 8 or more go ahead otherwise pause to think again!
Anyhow on to the workout - did my 8 minutes in the morning weights again today (arms triceps and biceps). Did them both with 10 pound weights. The triceps were a massive struggle so it is probably a good weight that will take a while for me to get past. But the biceps probably need a couple pounds more.
The wii workout was pretty good today - on the long distance run the first time I followed the yellow dog since that is a much better path than following the regular leader. But then I did it a second time and waited to follow the black dog, but I was a bit on the tired side so I admit I didn't pay as much attention to the path - although I love the end of it with the finish line up at the top of some big hill. Am planning to do the island lap next time I do the run - hopefully it will go well.
Just bought the EA Sports Active 2 Personal Trainer game yesterday - I think I am going to try it out tomorrow morning - or maybe even tonight. Will post what I think of it after I give it a tryout.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Scales
The scales have fallen from my eyes, weighing in on the issue, scales of justice, libra scales
Just a few of the scales things I could think of off the top of my head. On that note it is kind of funny to me that I never had a scale obsession seeing as I am a libra - but perhaps it is because I was always occupied with the imaginary scale in my mind balancing different options and paths to take - until I would get sick of trying to find the side that looked best and simply jumped in the direction of whichever thing felt "rightest" at the time.
Anyhow back to actual scales for weighing the Kgs or Lbs of ones own self. There was a post on the WW discussion board about how often to weigh yourself and it got me back to thinking about that topic again. And I had a bit of an insight - the scale doesn't really matter at all if you can actually tell what is going on with your body. When I was young, skinny and active I didn't need a scale to tell me that I was young, skinny and active. Likewise as my weight started to increase I didn't need a scale to tell me what was happening.
But, I do think that the weekly weigh in now will help to serve the purpose of giving me some idea of the impact of my efforts. I am not sure that I will always do a weekly weigh in - actually let me rephrase that, I KNOW I will not always do a weekly weigh in. When (and it was really hard not to write IF there) I reach my target I will very definitely decrease the number of weigh ins I will do - hopefully by that time I am not so shamefully addicted to the scale that I can't get aweigh from it (lol look at me writing bad puns).
Just a few of the scales things I could think of off the top of my head. On that note it is kind of funny to me that I never had a scale obsession seeing as I am a libra - but perhaps it is because I was always occupied with the imaginary scale in my mind balancing different options and paths to take - until I would get sick of trying to find the side that looked best and simply jumped in the direction of whichever thing felt "rightest" at the time.
Anyhow back to actual scales for weighing the Kgs or Lbs of ones own self. There was a post on the WW discussion board about how often to weigh yourself and it got me back to thinking about that topic again. And I had a bit of an insight - the scale doesn't really matter at all if you can actually tell what is going on with your body. When I was young, skinny and active I didn't need a scale to tell me that I was young, skinny and active. Likewise as my weight started to increase I didn't need a scale to tell me what was happening.
But, I do think that the weekly weigh in now will help to serve the purpose of giving me some idea of the impact of my efforts. I am not sure that I will always do a weekly weigh in - actually let me rephrase that, I KNOW I will not always do a weekly weigh in. When (and it was really hard not to write IF there) I reach my target I will very definitely decrease the number of weigh ins I will do - hopefully by that time I am not so shamefully addicted to the scale that I can't get aweigh from it (lol look at me writing bad puns).
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Back to Work
Well I am back to work today and am wondering about lunches. This always seems to be the bad meal for me. I will do really well on it for a couple of days - planning and making it healthy and enjoyable but then I get lazy and forget it completely or get myself something really bad for me. Well I guess I just need to start trying a little harder.
Did my Wii workout this morning. Have a good routine that I am enjoying so far. Today I also added in the weights portion of the 8 minutes in the morning workout that I used to do. So I do part of the My Routine I have set up, then pause it to do one set of each of the weight training exercises then carry on with the My Routine. I think this worked pretty well and I felt like it was a good way to do it. Will try it again tomorrow to see if it continues to feel like a good way to blend the two.
Did my Wii workout this morning. Have a good routine that I am enjoying so far. Today I also added in the weights portion of the 8 minutes in the morning workout that I used to do. So I do part of the My Routine I have set up, then pause it to do one set of each of the weight training exercises then carry on with the My Routine. I think this worked pretty well and I felt like it was a good way to do it. Will try it again tomorrow to see if it continues to feel like a good way to blend the two.
Monday, January 3, 2011
New year - new plans
As I said before my little hiatus I need something more to help me get to my goals. So today I joined weight watchers online and am hoping that it will help to make the difference between what I was doing before and what I hope to do.
I am going to make a few changes to what I track on the side of this blog as well - since I am able to do a lot of my tracking in the weight watchers system I don't need to do it here. So I will decide on a few different goals to put along the sides and keep track of them along there.
Well wish me luck!
I am going to make a few changes to what I track on the side of this blog as well - since I am able to do a lot of my tracking in the weight watchers system I don't need to do it here. So I will decide on a few different goals to put along the sides and keep track of them along there.
Well wish me luck!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Decision
Well after my last post I started to think about my plans and I think I have decided to try out the online version of Weight Watchers starting in the new year. I admit I don't want to try and start it during the holidays because I am not sure I could keep it up if I did. I don't really love the cost of it but I can see that right now I am not finding it really possible to modify my eating behaviours with just the little bit of self direction I am doing now. There is also the husband factor - if I can say clearly that this is what I am doing and I would like a bit of support with it then maybe we would start making meals that are more healthy than our current meals.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Need something more
Looking back on the previous week it was a good week for workouts. I pushed myself a bit and made sure I did a good workout every day. But my eating was pretty spotty and yesterday and last night was a complete and utter disaster area. I ate way too much and I ate late into the night as I stayed up reading late into the night.
What it convinced me of is that if I want to lose weight I need more than some vague plan that I kind of follow when I feel like it. I have stuck to a plan in the past when I was away from home. The big challenge is to do it now that there is another person around who has such a strong influence on my eating patterns (especially since he does a lot of the cooking and food shopping). So the question is how do I accomplish this. I have been thinking of signing up for one of those weight loss programs - but honestly I have no idea which one would be the best idea. I was in weight watchers before and I liked going to it and the system they had at the time. I just couldn't afford the weekly meeting at the time. Maybe I will look into it again and see what it costs.
So probably from all of the above you can tell my weigh in this week did not go terribly well. I am back up 0.4 kg. I know because I am very overweight I should be having no problem losing 2 pounds a week - but clearly I am still not as dedicated to the process as I need to be. I will keep trying, and I will keep examining myself to see ways to improve.
What it convinced me of is that if I want to lose weight I need more than some vague plan that I kind of follow when I feel like it. I have stuck to a plan in the past when I was away from home. The big challenge is to do it now that there is another person around who has such a strong influence on my eating patterns (especially since he does a lot of the cooking and food shopping). So the question is how do I accomplish this. I have been thinking of signing up for one of those weight loss programs - but honestly I have no idea which one would be the best idea. I was in weight watchers before and I liked going to it and the system they had at the time. I just couldn't afford the weekly meeting at the time. Maybe I will look into it again and see what it costs.
So probably from all of the above you can tell my weigh in this week did not go terribly well. I am back up 0.4 kg. I know because I am very overweight I should be having no problem losing 2 pounds a week - but clearly I am still not as dedicated to the process as I need to be. I will keep trying, and I will keep examining myself to see ways to improve.
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