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HOLY COW! This is crazy! I am so sorry that I have not written for so long. I have been so crazy with work and just life in general that I have not been able to get a new post on my Healthy Edge blog!
Things have been going good. I have not lost anymore weight, but I know that I am down inches again.
I am trying to be positive about the not losing weight thing. It is quite frustrating, but at the same time, I was counseled to simply rejoice in all my successes, no matter how big or small.
This is where I am hitting a plateau and so it is time to switch it up. I am going to go and see Dr. Shurtliff tomorrow and I am going to see about switching up my exercise routine and see if I can break this plateau that I have hit.
I think I can...
I think I can...
I think I can...
:) I know, I am funny...LOOKING THAT IS! HA HA HA!! Ok, well I am going to go! I have to run Shyanne to dance and also get a few more sales appts in for the magazine. Wish me luck!
Michelle 2-4-2009
Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Thursday, December 11, 2008
A little bit of insight...
Ok, So I went in today and got to see Dr. Shurtlef again. It was good! It also sucked because even with the counting calories and excercising, I only lost 2 pounds! Ok, so my earlier excitement of thing I had lost a bunch of wieght was swiftly shot in the ass and quickly deflated!
So the moral of this story is...
ONLY WEIGH ON ONE SCALE!!!! Or two actually, the one with your doctor and the one at the gym because they can vary!
So Dr. Shurtleff did tell me he was very proud of me and the fact that I actually lost weight over the Thanksgiving weekend. He said most patients are lucky to maintain because all those holiday treats are hard to resist! AND THEY ARE FOR ME TOO!!!
I told him I had a couple of breakdowns where I had indulged in candy, BUT I was still excercising and NOT DRINKING DIET COKE!!!
He said he was proud of me! YEAH!!
I must also say that even though I broke down and ate that candy, it was like a handful of M & M's instead of the whole 2lbs bag. (yes, I have done that before!) Also when I did do these things, I made myself work extra on my treadmill!
It is coming, I know it is. I had Carl, Jenn, and Christine tell me that they can see it in my face that I am losing weight. I am so glad, I want this SSSSOOOO bad! I really am trying so hard to be good with how I eat and excercise. It is hard but like I told Carl last night,
NO PAIN, NO GAIN...RIGHT?
Ok so to prove how serious I am about doing this, check out my knuckles! This is from using the punching bag. AND YES, I HAD MY KNUCKLES WRAPPED!!! I was seriously trying to hit that hard! THANKS CARL FOR KICKING MY BUTT INTO SHAPE!!!
These are my knuckles after last night's bout with the punching bag! I know they are kinda gross! BUT WORTH IT!!!
These are my knuckles after last night's bout with the punching bag! I know they are kinda gross! BUT WORTH IT!!!Monday, December 8, 2008
Weigh Ins
Ok, So I have to admit today was very bittersweet for me! I went and got to work out with Carl today right! It was great and I can already tell I am going to be sore tomorrow! Well, I weighed in also, just like Jenn!
I WAS SO DEPRESSED!!!
When I weighed in with Carl, the scale told me I weighed 244. I am going to chalk this massively disappointing event to the fact that this is not the scale I normally weigh myself on and so there is a still a chance that I have lost the weight that I thought I did last Fri when I had a scale tell me that I weighed only 238!
Here is the hard part though...
I was so deflated about this, that I totally came home and ate candy! Ok, so not a ton of candy, but I am sure I are enough that all the work I did today is probably null and void!
I seriously feel like a loser right now! Hopefully it is just PMS and I will be over it in a week! LOL!!!
We will see. I go back and see Dr. Shurtleff on Thursday and hopefully his scale has better news for me then the one at the gym today!!
I WAS SO DEPRESSED!!!
When I weighed in with Carl, the scale told me I weighed 244. I am going to chalk this massively disappointing event to the fact that this is not the scale I normally weigh myself on and so there is a still a chance that I have lost the weight that I thought I did last Fri when I had a scale tell me that I weighed only 238!
Here is the hard part though...
I was so deflated about this, that I totally came home and ate candy! Ok, so not a ton of candy, but I am sure I are enough that all the work I did today is probably null and void!
I seriously feel like a loser right now! Hopefully it is just PMS and I will be over it in a week! LOL!!!
We will see. I go back and see Dr. Shurtleff on Thursday and hopefully his scale has better news for me then the one at the gym today!!
Sunday, November 30, 2008
HERE THEY ARE!
AAAHHHH!!!! These are so scary, but here they are in all their not so shiny glory! 
Ok so here are my starting stats as of the day these pics were taken which was Monday, November 24, 2008:
Weight: 246 lbs.
Height: 5' 7"
Waist: 48 inches
Hips: 50 inches
Bicep: 13 inches
Upper Thigh: 26 inches
Neck: 14.5 inches
Chest (under breasts): 42 inches
Overarm: 57 inches
Ok, So I am sure for many of you, there is some overwhelming feelings of yuckiness in your throat right now! AND BY ALL MEANS YOU SHOULD BE GROSSED OUT!
These pics are nasty and this is why I want to change my
lifestyle! I AM NOT ON A DIET! I AM CHANGING MY RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND WITH EXERCISE!! This is a very important thing to keep in mind. Carl told us that the word "diet" is off limits for us to say and I totally agree!
We need to remember that this is a change I want to make on a long term level. I mean I have committed the next 12 months MINIMUM to making this change and losing the weight. This is a true commitment on my part because I want to have more for my family and I by being healthy enough to not have to depend on caffeine for my energy.
I want to be able to go hiking with my kids, running and playing paintball with my kids, swimming with my kids! Do you know that I have not been to a public swimming pool in a bathing suit in over 10 years! No, I am not lying! And the reason why is
because I am so embarrassed about how I look and feel and my kids are getting old enough that they are picking up on my dislike of my own body.
This makes me think about the messages I am sending out to my kids. I make sure I keep my children VERY active in a lot of activities because I do not want them to develop the lazy habits that I have taken up. I want them to stay healthy and not increase their chance of heart disease and diabetes which runs in my family already! I want our family to develop a heritage of choosing to stay healthy and fit and not just luck into it. Most people who are thin are that way by choice.
You know it is more then just thin, it is healthy! I don't care if they are thin per say as long as they are healthy! I am not healthy at this point. Oh, I may have great cholesterol and blood pressure FOR NOW, but what about next year, or in 5 years, or in 10 years? What about then? With my weight like it is now, I am a ticking time bomb for any number of things to go wrong!
Sorry, not trying to preach! Everyone has their own reason for doing what they do and for me, FOOD was my comfort! I ate because I felt that this was all I was able to control in my life at times! I am beginning more then just a weight loss routine, I am on a journey of self discovery and for me that is the most important part! Oh, do not mistake, I still have issues with food and why I choose to eat the amounts that I do, BUT at least I am taking those steps to work it out AND CARL PARKER IS A HUGE PART OF THAT!!! Just like my nutrionist Joyce, and my doctor, Dr. Shaun Shertluff!!
I WANT TO BE THE BEST MOM AND WIFE I CAN POSSIBLY BE!!! And this is what will help me to do that! I look forward to sharing more with you all and PLEASE POST YOUR COMMENTS!! But please keep them positive ok! This was and is really hard for me to do...putting the pictures out that is! It is really scary and I know that I am not the fittest person you have ever seen which is why I am doing this and I can only hope that I am able to inspire some of you to live a more healthy lifestyle too!
Michelle 11-30-2008
Ok so here are my starting stats as of the day these pics were taken which was Monday, November 24, 2008:
Weight: 246 lbs.
Height: 5' 7"
Waist: 48 inches
Hips: 50 inches
Bicep: 13 inches
Upper Thigh: 26 inches
Neck: 14.5 inches
Chest (under breasts): 42 inches
Overarm: 57 inches
Ok, So I am sure for many of you, there is some overwhelming feelings of yuckiness in your throat right now! AND BY ALL MEANS YOU SHOULD BE GROSSED OUT!
These pics are nasty and this is why I want to change my
lifestyle! I AM NOT ON A DIET! I AM CHANGING MY RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD AND WITH EXERCISE!! This is a very important thing to keep in mind. Carl told us that the word "diet" is off limits for us to say and I totally agree!We need to remember that this is a change I want to make on a long term level. I mean I have committed the next 12 months MINIMUM to making this change and losing the weight. This is a true commitment on my part because I want to have more for my family and I by being healthy enough to not have to depend on caffeine for my energy.
I want to be able to go hiking with my kids, running and playing paintball with my kids, swimming with my kids! Do you know that I have not been to a public swimming pool in a bathing suit in over 10 years! No, I am not lying! And the reason why is
because I am so embarrassed about how I look and feel and my kids are getting old enough that they are picking up on my dislike of my own body.
This makes me think about the messages I am sending out to my kids. I make sure I keep my children VERY active in a lot of activities because I do not want them to develop the lazy habits that I have taken up. I want them to stay healthy and not increase their chance of heart disease and diabetes which runs in my family already! I want our family to develop a heritage of choosing to stay healthy and fit and not just luck into it. Most people who are thin are that way by choice.
You know it is more then just thin, it is healthy! I don't care if they are thin per say as long as they are healthy! I am not healthy at this point. Oh, I may have great cholesterol and blood pressure FOR NOW, but what about next year, or in 5 years, or in 10 years? What about then? With my weight like it is now, I am a ticking time bomb for any number of things to go wrong!
Sorry, not trying to preach! Everyone has their own reason for doing what they do and for me, FOOD was my comfort! I ate because I felt that this was all I was able to control in my life at times! I am beginning more then just a weight loss routine, I am on a journey of self discovery and for me that is the most important part! Oh, do not mistake, I still have issues with food and why I choose to eat the amounts that I do, BUT at least I am taking those steps to work it out AND CARL PARKER IS A HUGE PART OF THAT!!! Just like my nutrionist Joyce, and my doctor, Dr. Shaun Shertluff!!
I WANT TO BE THE BEST MOM AND WIFE I CAN POSSIBLY BE!!! And this is what will help me to do that! I look forward to sharing more with you all and PLEASE POST YOUR COMMENTS!! But please keep them positive ok! This was and is really hard for me to do...putting the pictures out that is! It is really scary and I know that I am not the fittest person you have ever seen which is why I am doing this and I can only hope that I am able to inspire some of you to live a more healthy lifestyle too!
Michelle 11-30-2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
"We Are The Champions...Of The World!"
OK...
So this whole food journal thing REALLY SUCKS!!! :) I can't lie to myself about the amount of food I eat or sometimes don't eat. I have a problem of not eating and then binging. Not good. Today I did pretty good though except for here it is late at night and I GET SNACKY...AND NOT FOR CARROTS.
I want to good stuff baby, the chocolate, the sugar, the salt, THE CALORIES!!! I have got to readjust my sleeping habits and get up earlier instead of staying up late like so many of us moms do.
I know you have the same problem as I do...
Stay up late to get stuff done and then you cant roll your big hiney out of bed to go and exercise. But it really is because I work from home most of the time and I have an open door policy with my office (actually I have NO DOOR on my office). If my kids need me, I am there. I need to learn how to better manage my time so that I do not have to stay up until 2 AM and then I will be able to get up at 5 AM a lot easier!
It will happen...I know it will. I will happen because I will make it happen. I have done this before when I was going to school at U of U and I had a 7 AM class and had to drive down from Heber everyday. It is all a matter of mind set!
How do you chose to spend this day? You do realize once this day is gone, you will never get it back, so make sure you are doing what you know will make your day the fullest!
Talk to you later BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BED!!! Big work day tomorrow for the girls and I since it is deadline week and we are still working on a few ads and a few articles. THE JOYS OF BEING A PUBLISHER!!! And of course A MOM!!!
Michelle 11-16-2008
So this whole food journal thing REALLY SUCKS!!! :) I can't lie to myself about the amount of food I eat or sometimes don't eat. I have a problem of not eating and then binging. Not good. Today I did pretty good though except for here it is late at night and I GET SNACKY...AND NOT FOR CARROTS.
I want to good stuff baby, the chocolate, the sugar, the salt, THE CALORIES!!! I have got to readjust my sleeping habits and get up earlier instead of staying up late like so many of us moms do.
I know you have the same problem as I do...
Stay up late to get stuff done and then you cant roll your big hiney out of bed to go and exercise. But it really is because I work from home most of the time and I have an open door policy with my office (actually I have NO DOOR on my office). If my kids need me, I am there. I need to learn how to better manage my time so that I do not have to stay up until 2 AM and then I will be able to get up at 5 AM a lot easier!
It will happen...I know it will. I will happen because I will make it happen. I have done this before when I was going to school at U of U and I had a 7 AM class and had to drive down from Heber everyday. It is all a matter of mind set!
How do you chose to spend this day? You do realize once this day is gone, you will never get it back, so make sure you are doing what you know will make your day the fullest!
Talk to you later BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BED!!! Big work day tomorrow for the girls and I since it is deadline week and we are still working on a few ads and a few articles. THE JOYS OF BEING A PUBLISHER!!! And of course A MOM!!!
Michelle 11-16-2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
THIS IS HARD!!!
Ok, so today was horrible right! All I could do was think about how I am supposed to be starting this big change and I ATE MORE AND MORE!!!
I had a nice roasted chicken sandwich from Round Robin only to have it slathered in ranch and big ol' fat piece of Canadian bacon on it! AAAHHH!!!! Then I had a doughnut on top of it. Not a good day, but as least I am having a salad for dinner. Good for me and my waistline. I can already tell you what i am going to have the hardest time getting rid of...MY DIET COKE!!! I LOVE IT!!!
Well, I will keep you posted! 11-14-2008
I had a nice roasted chicken sandwich from Round Robin only to have it slathered in ranch and big ol' fat piece of Canadian bacon on it! AAAHHH!!!! Then I had a doughnut on top of it. Not a good day, but as least I am having a salad for dinner. Good for me and my waistline. I can already tell you what i am going to have the hardest time getting rid of...MY DIET COKE!!! I LOVE IT!!!
Well, I will keep you posted! 11-14-2008
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