Hi Everybody, it is almost the end of January and I thought I'd try to get one more post in before the new month. It's been a little busy around my house this weekend because we had company come to stay. My #2 son co-wrote and co-directed a winter play that was performed this weekend and my out of state parents came to see it. It was called "Blood in the Streetlight" and was done in the old black and white Film Noir style. It was good! You know how company is, I had to clean, change sheets, and cook food to make it look like my house is always in this kind of order, lol!. They were only here for the weekend so it wasn't too much trouble. The other thing is my aunt, that is in assisted living, has also been taking a lot of my time. She has been having some leg and back pain that I'm afraid might be another vascular issue. The assisted living doctor told her it was her Sciatic nerve and it might be, however I find it a little coincidental that the pain is happening in the same leg that has her amputation and in the same way as before her vascular surgery (in the same leg) a little over a year ago. I'll hopefully be taking her to her vascular surgeon on Thursday. I have the appointment made now I just have to convince her to go.
So on to diet news. As you know I have been stalled at 168lbs for about two months now, which is annoying. This week I decided to do things a little differently to see if I can get my body back in weight loss mode. First of all I haven't weighed myself at all since last Wednesday. This is what I used to do back in the beginning. Give myself a week to lose some weight. Then I started sneaking in weigh-ins more and more frequently. Not this week. I also decided to have NO SNACKS this whole week. Yep, no snacks except hot tea and that can only have stevia in it and no cream. So I have been trying to start each day with a two egg omelet with a couple TBS of cheese and a couple TBS of fresh salsa. Lunch has been either a romaine lettuce salad with some grilled chicken tenders and ranch dressing OR ten multi-seed crunch master crackers with a little mozzeralla and basil on top alongside a Jay Robb shake made with unsweetened coconut milk with a scoop of amazing grass superfood chocolate thrown in. Dinner is always veggies and a protein, and one cup of decaff coffee and cream afterwards. Then that is it until breakfast, unless I have a cup of plain tea. Nothing in between the meals.
The other thing I've started is my Kettle-bells. My set has three bells, a five pounder, a ten pounder and a fifteen pounder. They are from Jillian Michaels. It came with a DVD to show how to do the exercises but the routine she had devised for beginner/couch potato (me) was way too ridiculous and had me doing about six different upper level exercises for way too many reps. Maybe if I was 20 years old! Anyway I picked five beginning exercises and just try to do thirty of each of them. I use the 10 pounder and I really get my heart beating - yes I'm that out of shape. But seriously I'm starting out a bit slow so that I will keep with it. I figure if I made it too hard I wouldn't want to do it again. So every other day I do this Kettlebell workout and then the off days I either walk, jump rope, do jumping jacks or something like that . I'm hoping I'll work my way up to more reps and this will increase my metabolism a bit and I'll start losing again!! I do like the Kettle-bells so far because they are kind of fun to swing around and it doesn't take much to get your heart pumping, at least for me. I can say this about my "experiment" so far, I'm definitely hungry when it's time for a meal and I'm definitely a little sore from the weights! So this Wednesday I'll see how I did, but if I don't lose I'm still going to keep going like this for another week with the exercise and no snacks and see if I can't drop a few. It sometimes takes my body awhile to figure out what I want it to do!! Hope everyone has a good week and I'll try to report back the results of my experiment later this week.
Good luck Beth! The kettlebells sounds interesting! I think the no snacks is a great idea! I like to do that, too, because it makes it easier to see when I'm actually hungry and when I'm just eating because someone else is having a snack.
ReplyDeleteThat sure doesn't seem like that much food to me? Did you start the myfitnesspal? I'm curious how many calories that is? You can't eat too little either! Your body won't release the weight if it thinks you aren't going to feed it enough. Again, just my opinion.
ReplyDeleteThe Kettle Balls sound fun and I am proud of you for starting something new! Go Beth!!!
Beth, sometimes our bodies need a little change up to be able to lose. Sounds like you have made some major changes this past week and I am sure you should see some good results. I believe the exercise will help too. I know after my surgery when I was not able to do any I could tell a big difference in how my clothes fit. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteHI Beth, Yeah I agree with Kay, it doesn't sound like enough food to me either. But you know your body best. The no snacks is a good idea. You don't have to eat them anyway if you're not hungry. I'm sure your next weigh-in will be great :-)
ReplyDeleteHow awesome about your kettle bells, I hope you enjoy them. I hope shaking up your diet helps you break through your plateau.
ReplyDeleteSometimes we just have to 'shake' things us, especially when we feel stalled. Best wishes to you.
ReplyDelete...what a sweet niece you are to care for your aunt.
Go Beth!!
ReplyDeleteI really like the Amazing Grass products, especially the chocolate. That is the one I fed my kids and they cried though! I think its smart to experiment a little and change it up. SO many ppl get stuck in the 160s, but you can get past it this rut. If we really eat right and get enough protein with the meal we shouldnt need a snack. Note to self...
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