Bad Kim

Naughty Kim

bad bad bad... I guess the best I can say about today is... I didn't have have junk food.  Well, that may be debatable, I had two different kinds of sandwiches that came from the freezer and went into the microwave.

Worst of all... I didn't exercise. AT. ALL.  I didn't have the greatest night of sleep - but it wasn't that bad I couldn't have gone for a walk.  My body was a bit tired from the day before - but it wasn't THAT bad I couldn't have gone for a walk.  I was just so fucking blah today... I knew I needed to take it easy, but I'm horrible at taking it easy.  I'm going to be on my feet a lot tomorrow, I especially need to take it easy today.

Wahhhhhh

Whiny me.  I hope I sleep better tonight.  I just need a good day.

10K

Yowza!  It's nearly 930 at night and I have taken over 10,000 steps for the day!  This is a new high!  and I didn't even wear my pedometer for the first hour I was up and about!!  

I felt much better this morning, no more tired body feeling.  I had several plans today - one of which was having a grilled cheese sandwich.  I did.  From a grilled cheese sandwich place in town.  It wasn't my first choice place - and while it was very good, when mine is good mine is better.  But it was a huge indulgence, but it was needed.  It was a really good dose of comfort food.

I made time, I made myself go to the Y and walk for 40 minutes.  Of course I hate the first 10 minutes or so.  Well, actually hated the first 25 minutes or so.  But I got to listening to some good podcasts, and sure enough I start of 17 minute episode when I only have 12 minutes left of treadmill time!  I really contemplated pausing it and going back to listening later, but I finished my workout with continuing to listen.  :)  Sooooo...  I did 46 minutes on the treadmill.  Yay me!  I can't find my HRM wristband (dammit, being a slob is a real PIA sometimes!) but I know my heart rate didn't go much further than the upper 140's - for the most part it was always between 127 and 135.  for 46 minutes!!  That's great!!!  

Except for that grilled cheese sandwich for lunch and accompanying creamy tomato soup... I ate solidly good today.  Whenever fresh blueberries are on sale, I buy them.  And I have a fair amount of sliced almonds... the two of those combined on top of some kind of bran cereal in the morning is YUM-O!  No blueberries, but today I bought a bunch of dried cranberries.  Its so nice to have serious amounts of favorite things on cereal - sure, they make cereals with these things, but the amounts are skimpy.   Oh!  and I got some cottage cheese, the Light and Lively kind I like.  That'll be good with breakfast, or as a snack... who knows... its all about making good choices with food.  And that won't happen unless you have GOOD choices in front of you.  

No more junk food!!!

I still can't believe that I did over 10,000 steps today... 

Tired me...

Physically tired...  I knew I did too much yesterday.  I was feeling it in my knee (really between a 3 and 4, on a scale of 1-10) and as it got closer to bedtime, I was feeling it in my heels as well.  I took two Advil and went to bed.  8500 steps yesterday!  I think that may be a new high for me since I've worn the pedometer.

Well, so what I did today... walked Winstead Hill track 2 times... really hoped to do 3 times but I was just physically tired and tired of walking.  It was a total of 28 minutes.  My body still feels tired.  I think I need to keep the 28 minutes all I do today.  Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow.

I ate fairly well today.  But I need more choices, better choices around me.  Ugh.  Cream cheese can't go on everything!  And I bought ice cream a few weeks ago... when the hell will I ever think I deserve that?

I'm tired.

Hike

Too much of a hike.

I'm feeling it in my right knee a bit.

I really wonder if maybe I'm getting a touch of arthritis or something in my right knee.  The last 6 months or so, whenever I get close to overdoing it on anything, I feel it in my right knee.  And while its not a screaming pain, its just bothersome because I'm just not used to such discomforts in my joints.

Well, okay - enough whining about my knee.  I hiked part of the Mossy Ridge Trail at Percy Warner Park.  I'm not sure of the mileage we did (we - I was with the kids) as we only went from the Deep Well parking lot to Dripping Springs, and then we walked back via the ROAD, because the kids insisted it was EASIER.  Not that much "easier" heck!  It was LONGER via the road.  Ugh.  They just wouldn't see it any other way, but what the hell.. I wanted more steps to take anyhow.

We were out there walking for 1 hour and 15 minutes.  My average heart rate was 127 and my peak was 166.  Those hills really get me.  Ugh.  I'm so out of shape.

Today's thoughts about getting smaller - I'll have less issues with things like my knee aching!  Clothes will fit better.

I had a fairly light dinner - a big bowl of my minestrone soup and homemade bread.  A salad wouldn't have been a bad thing.  Oh well.  It was just the dinner I wanted.  :)

and I'm copying these 10 rules from Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, who writes the Weighty Matters blog

1. Breakfast within 60 minutes of waking up.
2. Eating every 2-3 hours.
3. Meals with a minimum of 300 calories for women and 400 calories for men.
4. Snacks with a minimum of 100 calories for women and 150 calories for men.
5. 8 or more grams of protein with every meal and snack.
6. Limit refined/processed foods to the smallest amounts you need to be happy.
7. Drink only as many calories as you need to enjoy your life (ie. minimize juice, alcohol, sugared beverages, milk etc.)
8. Exercise for 40 mins or less and all you need is water. Exercise for more than 40 mins and add 100 carb based calories per 40 minute block to be consumed immediately before, during, or immediately after exercise.
9. No forbidden foods.
10. Always, always, always, consider the calories of your dietary decisions in the same manner you consider price tags with your purchases.

This list of rules was copied from here - and I will be following these rules.

Day Two

Earlier today I made my Minestrone soup - or rather I should say, I made Gourmet magazines Minestrone soup (recipe here)... yummmmmO!  This is the 3rd time I've made it in about as many months.  I once added up all the calories that went into making the soup, and I came up with 2,000.  When I decided that my servings of it are about 1/10th of it, I realized that's a 200 calorie bowl of super duper yummy lunch!  Well, thats not the only thing I have with it.  I generally pair it up with a pair of  White Castle Cheeseburgers from the frozen food section.  It is 290 calories, and just okay on the calorie vs filling me up department.  But a 500 calorie lunch that I LOVE and fills me up heartily is a wonderful thing.  Otherwise I'll have some kind of bread with it. Tomorrow I'm making ciabatta bread... mmmmmmmmm... that'll be guuuuuhhhd.  Can't wait.

Sooooo... I also got some exercise in.  I went to the park nearby and walked for 40 minutes.  Finished up with walking up all the stairs to the where the monuments are.  THAT got my heart rate up.  I peaked at 173... my average was otherwise 140.  Three times while walking, I jogged for a bit.  Felt good, and I actually had myself stop when my heart rate got up to 150.  **I'm supposed to be taking it easy with my workouts**  these are baby steps.

I'm proud of day two.

I look forward to a smaller me - clothes will fit better.  Exercise in itself will help me sleep better and give me more energy.

Starting off

Well, when I got dressed this morning, I dressed in work out clothes. I also made sure I had eaten enough so that my energy wouldn't crash through the floor.

I was going to go to a nearby park that has a somewhat hilly walking path. As I got to the end of my street, I recognized what those bits of water were that was hitting my windshield - duh, rain! So I turned back and went home for my MP3 player.

I don't listen to anything but my surroundings when I'm outdoors exercising, and its just the opposite when I'm indoors - I need to listen to something, music, a podcast, a video, even tv if there's something decent on.

Well, enough about the details... I did 40 minutes on the treadmill. Simply walking. Kept it simple, in fact, I didn't even note how many miles I did. Oh well. As many people say about many things, it's not just about the numbers. I love my number crunching though. I did pay attention to the time, I did just over 40 minutes. My average heartrate was 127 and my peak was 144. That is just fine. Just fine.

New Year

New Year, new things, new life, new opportunity.... same 30 (40?) pounds to lose. I'd think 30 is reasonable, very reasonable for a year. 40 I wouldn't push myself to do in one year.

Gotta think baby steps. Just walk a few miles each day. Wear my pedometer, get up to that 5 mile daily goal. And then we'll push it beyond. I really would like to become a runner again, a better runner than before. I'll start with walking, throw in bits of jogging. I need to learn how to use that foam roller I have - supposed to be good for IT band issues.

So, baby steps for me will be,

• walking/simple cardio/hiking - at least 40 minutes per day. Every 10th day off.
• two strength training workouts per week.
• two stretching sessions per week

This is my plan for this month. I should be able to report daily here.

So far so good

I have exercised the previous three days which is very good for me.  Friday I really didn't want to (a crummy nights sleep before)... but I was soo much better off for it.  Moving is good for me.

So, Wednesday night I did 30 minutes on the elliptical trainer.  Thursday afternoon I hike Percy Warner for about 3 miles. And Friday morning I did 30 minutes of cardio (10 on elliptical trainer and 20 on treadmill inclined).

BUT - damn.  I HAVE TO do something today.  I don't know what.  I otherwise feel lousy in about 5 different ways.   AND - part of my deal along with the 7 days of 30 minutes was a NO JUNK FOOD mandate.  And my husband went out for early voting this morning and came home with my favorite Hardee's sausage biscuits.  AND Hash Rounds.  I love Hardee's sausage biscuits.  So I REALLY need to move my ass today.

GOOD FUCKING GRIEF!!!!  I can NOT allow myself Hardee's ANY MORE!!!!  I just looked this up - I had 1,140 calories in those two sandwiches!!!  Looking up this kind of information will do WONDERS for me and turn off my appetite for it.  If I had known, there is no way I would have eaten that.  And I probably had close to 300 calories in Hash Rounds. And I had a gatorade - 80 calories, and nearly 16 ounces of orange juice for 200 more calories.  DAMMIT!  I had ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY CALORIES this morning!!!!!!! 1,720 calories - in one meal.  Just foul and disgusting.  No wonder I'm as big as I am.

Looking further, I'm probably close to 100 grams of fat for that meal.  Sodium is outrageous.  Hardees has this information easily found on their website - even has a calculator to add it up for you.