January weight loss weight counts, food eaten, weight measure, exercise done... weight records.

well back to 157 this AM but still super good progress.  I've lost 5 pounds in January.  If I can keep up this rate of change I could lose 20 pounds by my birthday...  maybe be at 137!!!  I guess it gets harder the more you lose but maybe not...  I don't know.  I would just like to be in the "normal BMI" range.  My first goal is to be there on my scale at home... I guess fudging the numbers a little bit and then 2nd goal would be "normal BMI range" at the doctor's office.  That would really be ideal.  I am at 157 now on my home scale so to be a "normal BMI" on my home scale I would need to lose 8 more pounds.  If I could lose 5 pounds in February...  that would be great.  Then I could be down to 152.  I just need to be strong and not give into temptation around Valentines chocolate.  There is a lot of it in the CVS pharmacy.  Maybe I will just avoid that isle when I am walking to the back of the store.  I will just take the cards isle instead or the makeup isle.

Maintaining 186

Down to 156 this morning!!  I could not believe the scale!!  Super excited :) :) :)  I was totally motivated by you Jillian and how you have been losing weight and exercising so much and eating more vegetables so I thought I would try a little harder and throw in more veggies and salad into the mix...  I guess I get scared of losing weight too fast but I think it was worth it!  I have been doing tons of research on weight loss on stumbleupon and reading about the best weight loss foods and the best exercises.  I think almonds and apples are really good (as long as you don't eat a TON of nuts) and of course all vegetables and fruit is also pretty good.  Basically avoiding any kind of sugar... well the processed kind...  I have been adding a little honey in, it's local wild honey I mix it into my salad dressing, it cuts the acidity of the vinegar.  I also read that tomatoes are really good and I might try and start eating more of those, also beets.  I grate the beets and add them raw to my salad, it's something they do at Dharma's, yum.

So I want to give myself a special treat for getting down to 156...  I created a goal for myself on 143 things and I'm only 1 pound away from reaching that goal but I want to do something nice.

Lost anothe pound

It is great to see how easy it it to loose weight even though I only 20 minutes of exercise yesturday.

Have a smoothie thing for a breakfast.
And I am going to do 5 hours of hiking with Joelle.

I am excited to be down to 158 today.  I want to do something small to celebrate...  and definitely something special if I get to 157.

Ideas:
1) go for a hike out in nature
2) get a healthy snack somewhere (but i don't want to use food as a reward)
3) buy myself a book
4) go and sit by the ocean and enjoy the ocean
5) draw a picture for myself celebrating how special I am
6) make a special piece of jewelry for myself
7) have a "spa day" or at least a spa half day where I do a bunch of things to take care of myself.
8) download some songs on itunes
9) take a fun exercise class that i haven't tried before
10) go play with cute animals somewhere ? (not sure where I could do this but it sounds like fun)

HOW to burn fat all day

If you burn 3,500 calories, you will lose 1 pound of fat.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/223988-how-to-burn-fat-all-day/#ixzz1koc3n7tX

had a good day today, did some gardening at 30th, did tai chi and yoga class and rode my bike downtown twice.  ate oatmeal for breakfast, going to try to eat bigger breakfasts and more small meals throughout the day.

trying to eat more veggies, ate turkey and veggies with an egg for dinner and a smoothie (more than i wanted to eat at once... wanted to skip the smoothie but i was just hungry...  exercised a lot today with gardening and a walk and tai chi and yoga and everything.  i probably should have brought water with me to gardening, if i had been well hydrated i might not have been so hungry at dinner time.

i had kitcheree and salad for lunch went out for lunch with my dad and susan.

187.5 I dropped 2.5 pounds in 3 days!

 Sitting outside eating breakfast before I ride my bike to my first therapist appointment in a long time!
2/3C oatmeal 111c
1/3C blueberries 27c

1/4C walnuts 200c
1/3C soymilk 40c
2/3C banana 53
= 431 wow walnuts
bike ride: 5.4 miles
Snack: Peanut Butter/Celery/ Ginger  190+10+9=209

Making soup:
1/2C red lentil 113C
1C parsnip 100C
1 1/2 C kale 51C
1 1/2 C celery 29C
1 1/2 C red chard 11C
2C chicken broth 40C 
=344 ate half so 172C

Snack cooked on top of soup: egg 78C+tortilla 50C=128
60C juice mixed with water

15.4miles 2 hour bike ride
I decide to go something because I waiting for my friend to call back and I am glad that I just went and did my second exercise of the day. It was really nice and I didn't even know if I was going to make it.

Feeling really good and normalized today. I really getting used to portion control and wanting to exercise. Now I just need to feel good about getting my homework done. And I have to plan out my backpacking food for two days, 4,500 calories a day!

Dinner:
1/2C black beans 120C
1/2 red curry chicken breast 130C
2tsp olive oil 80C 
=330C

= 1330 calories

I ate all this really yummy stuff..all about portion control
http://www.burnthefatblog.com/archives/2007/06/foods-that-burn-fat-the-top-10-lists.php

friday jan 27

slept awful due to anxiety over cottage

1 pecan sandie

smoothie

1 hr 15 min power yoga (I cannot BELIEVE what that teacher can do. Sheez)

oatmeal oatbran with 1% milk, dried cranberries & pecans

thurs 1 26

132.5 gained 1/2 lb from dinner party

45 min yoga w virginia

run with janet perk ponds (3.2 miles?)

smoothie

pb sandwich (2 T pb, 2 slices ww bread)

2 cookies (keeblers sandies pecan)

1 chocolate

1 bowl butternut squash, sausage, green bean tomato soup

notes: totally stressed out over cottage red-tagging. too upset to make healthy food.

mike came over, resisted going out to eat (and having wine), so feel good about that

I gained a pound in the last 2 days.  So I am at 159 now.  I was stressed about not having my car and it was harder to exercise.  My routine was off and I wasn't able to slowly plan my meals the way I like to.  I got a massage to relax but it was just at a cheap place and it ended up hurting my knee so then I couldn't go to salsa class that night, so even less exercise!!


Losing weight has definitely been a 2 steps forward, 1 step back battle for me, and I feel like I have to devote effort to it CONSTANTLY.  and it seems like any tiny thing can completely set me backwards.  for example, staying up too late wednesday night.  i went to the 8 oclock class because I didn't have my car so i had to go with my friend and that is when he goes and then he ran errrands afterwards and i didn't get to sleep till 11 so then i was hungry and i didn't have energy to exercise and i wanted to eat more...

Great Progress

Breakfast: at 9:40ish I had a 16oz smoothie with pineapple 74C?, mango107C?, ginger8C? and probably some kinda of natural sweetner 60C?.  I don't know how many calories it was. Guessing 245C I took a chance to by groceries. Bananas, pears, oranges, blueberries....black beans, low carb tortillas and deli turkey meat.

I have class again at 12 after 8-920 am.  It felt good after a smoothie and an egg and I ready to bike up the hill to class. It took 7-9 minutes.
After class got out at 12:50 I went over to the track and ran/jogged 4 laps. (1 mile) I want to take it easy but it felt so good to try out the track after not doing that kind of exercise in so long.
Then instead just going home on my bike I biked down through town to the marsh and looked at some birds and the humboldt bay.  I suprised myself and it was good feeling. Now if I get myself awake at 6:30 to run a while before class at 8am. That would be a miracle. But it is nice to feel so awake.

Made 2 frozen portabella veggie burgers 200C  and frozen veggies (green beans, corn, carrots, and edamame) 90C with chula hot sauce.=290C

Talked to my nutrition friend and she said to make a cleansing soup use kale, celery, lentils, parsnips, tomatoes...

I biked to my two double volunteer meetings and brought a friend.


 I decided to bike out to the farmland behind my house to look at the full moon. 3.6 miles each way

So by the end of the day I walked but mostly biked 15.2 miles and ran one mile. That I achieved 15.2 miles today. Which is above and beyond what I said I the past I would be in pretty good shape if I did 10 miles a week....but each day would be better..one day at time.

My dinner was a potatoe 156C with some goats gouda 1oz, 1 cup of the veggies same as lunch 60C, onion 1oz 4C, 1/3C of avocado 80C, can of tuna  4oz's 140 C.=520C for dinner is much better than last night!

245? + 290C + 520C= 1055C+egg78C= 1133C

Wow I cut my calories in half. And exercised a bunch. I am thinking this is a lot easier when you are conscious of the amount.

Listening to chakra music to put me to sleep.
Heart <3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym8P5gAuWtY

Before Pics

This Is A good idea to post pics!  I hate looking at my stomach in the mirror because it is so big and not firm at all.  Hopefully this blog will help me to be more disciplined about eating better and exercising more.  I think hopefully those activities will reduce stress in my life because I've read that carrying stress causes fat build up in your mid section.  I think If I could lose about 15 pounds my stomach might look ok. 

Welcome Jillian!

Welcome Jillian!  Nice to have you join the blog!  Good luck with your weight loss efforts and congratulations for deciding to make this a priority!  Knowing you are putting your health first can really increase your self esteem!

Ok now for me.

I woke up this morning around 158 - 158.5

so today i am going to get the dharmas scramble for breakfast...  and maybe make a big scramble myself for lunch at home.  and then for dinner?  I'll buy some soup and cook some veggies and mix them in (and some meat?)  or maybe have that for lunch.  I would rather not eat the packaged stuff so maybe I can make a big pot of my own soup and freeze it soon.


as for exercise...  I would love to go to a nice long yoga class this AM but I have to go pick up my car.  SO, I guess I will go for breakfast this AM and then...  hopefully make it to victor's 12:30 class.  maybe I can also get a cheap massage.  I would really like a massage...  Umm...  I think it would also be good for me to go on a looong walk on westcliff kind of get the cobwebs out and meditate.  and then dance class tonight.  Like I said it would be nice to have new shoes... I might try and check out Lady Food Locker while I am near the mall, just to see what they have.

It has to begin sometime it will be nice to have support.

Right now I weigh 193 but i just weighed myself. I will try again in the morning...

I took some picture of my side and front profile since you keep saying my belly looks better than yours. But I need to ask you if it is is ok to post them ;)

Thought I should take a picture like the diet ads.

Ok I did not eat breakfast until 11:30 when I got a break from my 10am business marketing class. I got a an apricot low glycemic bar thing 322C. http://heartthrives.com/

For lunch I came home at 1:30 and made chili 200C and potatoe 156C http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-potatoes-microwaved-cooked-skin-flesh-i11368. I also ate an egg 78C http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-egg-whole-i1129. Mixed greens salad 15C  http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-earthbound-farm-mixed-baby-greens-i87252 with olive oil 80C and balsamic dressing 20C. Walnuts 230C http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-planters-walnuts-i102680 and blueberries 27C http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-blueberries-i9050.
=1128 So I was not doing bad after lunch time. It is good to know that baked potatoes are not real calorific. Walnuts have too many calories!


Dinner - I order takeout salmon fish 185C tacos90C with rice107C and refried beans 237C. And tortilla chips 2oz/240C!
=1987c

Drinking lots of water now.

I did ride my bike to school but that is only 2 miles. I walked around up hill more than usual. Other than I need an exercise plan. And one I fit into my schedule!

I want to go back to this...I was probably around 155.

This is what I look like: about 40 more pounds later:

wednesday jan 25

I am sorry, I have been delinquent. I had a dinner party Saturday, a source of high anxiety for me, although it went rather well. 2 people got drunk, neither of whom was I, yes!

Today

Smoothie

1 1/4 hours power yoga

Bagel

cleaning lady here, hard to manage food

got too hungry cuz of cleaning lady, plus not enough sleep last night (russ stayed til 9:30, sheez)

sweet potatoes

chicken thigh & drumstick

down to 158 this am

Well I was at 158.5 this morning.  Went to my volunteer job which is pretty active and did an exercise video before that.  Then a bike ride this afternoon.  I ate oatmeal for breakfast with strawberries and walnuts.  For lunch I had canned salmon with a salad with avocado and tomatoes and romaine lettuce.  For dinner I'm planning on having a little soup.  And maybe more salad.

158.5 this morning but feeling like crap. i've been exercising all the time to try to feel better about feeling rejected by orion but emotionally i am feeling like a punching bag. i have been exercising like crazy and i don't want to hurt my body from over exercising so now i am trying journaling as an alternative. i have gone on 2 major hikes in the last couple of days, done a ton of aerobics classes, salsa classes, balance ball videos, yoga classes... i dont know.

i guess it's better than over eating tubs of Ben and Jerry's for my health... but i wish my mind felt better. i think i would definitely feel worse if i had eaten a lot of ice cream because my self esteem already feels bad and i know it would be worse if i had eaten like crap.

exercise is a good way to deal with sucky emotions because then you can feel good about yourself for exercising. even if you had bad things happen to you at least you have the exercise in your life and that is a good thing.

i guess eating healthy is the same thing, cooking healthy food for yourself is very nurturing.

relationships are really hard and they can definitely be rewarding but i don't know if this is something i can handle. maybe i just can't handle dating right now, emotionally. i thought i could but maybe i should set a time limit, like 3 months or something for until i date again... i don't want to introduce more mood fluctuations.

was at 159 this am. went on a monster exercise spree yesterday. was feeling a little anxious or something or maybe just happy to have a day when it wasn't pouring rain. also doing some web reading about how to lose weight and about my correct body weight and of course advice was "exercise more" so just exercised for about 4 hours yesterday. it felt really good and a little sore.

I was craving chinese food (still) so I made a healthy version at home from a recipe Maria gave me with healthy buckwheat noodles and steamed chicken and bok choy. it cut the craving and was waaay healthier.

:)

down to 160 this morning (maybe even 159.5!! ) yay! i think i have lost some weight because of getting my period, but also i think i am eating better and exercising. i am trying to make healthy choices. I have been eating soup. just canned soup, i would like to make a pot of soup but i am having trouble motivating to do that. still, i think canned soup is a better alternative to some of the food i was craving, like greasy chinese food. it was raining really hard yesterday and i couldn't go out and exercise but i did an exercise video indoors, "cardio sculpt" which i really like. I might buy some exercise videos to do here at home. I can use the ones on hulu but it would be nice to own my own copies. I'm not sure.

Now that I am down to 160 I definitely don't want to go any higher than this and ideally keep dropping to around 150. According to a website I looked at before my ideal weight is around 144 (or lower) it would be nice to get down to that. I think i just need to move around more and work on my eating habits. I am going to try and get more exercise.

Anyways, hope you are well and I am thinking of you! :)

D.

at 162. down from 165 so feeling ok about that but fluctuating from 159 where i was... it is really hard for me to lose weight. i have a lot of issues i am working on.

sometimes i have trouble getting to sleep right away... so i stay up later than i want to on my computer. i have trouble keeping the house as clean as i want to and that makes me anxious too... then this morning i woke up earlier than i wanted to... i was anxious because my internet was out. it's also been hard having my foot messed up but it is SO much easier than last time, i think these blister pads just make a huge, HUGE difference. i have been able to walk pretty easily which i could not do at ALL before. it was like being crippled but this time i can. today i am going to do some aerobics. the weather is rainy which is a little isolating. Lea is having a dance party tonight so I will go to that and get some dancing exercise there but it's a little odd too because the dancing probably won't really get going until later in the evening and then i should go home and get to sleep. but i might try and take a nap this afternoon so i can stay a little later... i woke up at 5 this morning though so i need some sleep.

i have been working on trying to eat healthy too, i just ate a big salad and oatmeal for breakfast today... a birria burrito last night... that's some issues too with being hungry right before bed because not eating enough earlier, so i need to change that and start eating earlier.

thur jan 19

132! Not eating much cuz sick. Feeling really stressed.

today: smoothie

chocolate

tangerine

30 min yoga at home

beef leek soup

at 159. going to get my warts treated this afternoon so i'm hoping i'll be able to stay at 159 while i can't do much walking... probably for about 7 days i won't be able to walk comfortably. i'm planning on taking some pilates classes and yin yoga classes but it's definitely not the same as walking. i should be able to ride my bike but with the rain coming in that will be hard. not sure how i can get cardio, last time the dr. said she didnt want me in the pool either... will definitely be frustrating.

I went for a long hike today in DeLaveaga. It felt so good to get a lot of exercise, and it was so windy it was hard to get out to walk but in the redwoods it is protected. I have been eating a lot of salads too when I add the tuna fish it adds a lot of flavor. I think it is good for my bipolar also because of the omega oils. I think it is a nice source of protein. I might try varying it with canned salmon. Jack likes the water strained from the tuna also.

It is easier than cooking fish, maybe not quite as nutritious I'm not sure... But certainly a lot easier.

Could you give me the recipe for the coconut and brussels sprouts?

I found this recipe online from a nutritionist who works for new leaf:

Curried Red Lentil Soup

1 Tablespoon coconut oil

1 yellow onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 1-inch piece ginger, minced

2 stalks celery, chopped

2 carrots, chopped

1 teaspoon curry powder

dash cayenne (or more if you like it spicy!)

2 cups dry red lentils

4 cups vegetable stock

2 cups water

1 15-oz can coconut milk

1 bunch lacinato kale, sliced

1/2 cup fresh cilantro, minced

juice from 1/2 lemon

salt and pepper to taste

Heat oil in a large saucepan. Add onion, garlic, ginger, celery and carrots and sauté for 3-4 minutes. Add curry powder and cayenne and cook for one minute. Add lentils, stock and water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 25 minutes or until lentils are tender. At this point, stir in coconut milk, kale and cilantro and heat for 5 minutes or so until kale has wilted. Now, the fun part–tasting! Add juice from half a lemon and a sprinkle of salt and pepper and taste. Does it need something? If so, first, add more lemon juice, then and salt/pepper as needed and serve!

It looks like a good recipe and she said you can use canned lentils if you are in a hurry. Nice soup for if it gets cold and rainy later this week... You could even add sausage although it might be too rich with the coconut milk... Maybe could make it with coconut water and sausage... hmm... not sure... or some kind of lean meat...

it is from "chef jenny brewer" who like i said works for new leaf.

:)

159!!

I was at 158 before Jil came to visit... so I just have to lose one more and then I'll be back there. And then I want to lose 8 more after that and get down to 150. Still, it just feels so good to see the numbers going down :)

and of course feels great to break the 160 barrier. sigh.

maybe in a couple months I'll be posting about how I broke the 150 barrier :)

I am thinking about biking over to Kelly's and getting a little scone to eat with breakfast I guess to celebrate and stuff.

I went on a "date" last night with someone from craigslist and he ate a scone with the tea we ate. I guess it made me have a craving for scones. Just a small one would probably be ok.

Lea and I are thinking about going up to San Francisco today for a Salsa class. I'm a little nervous about it... I'm not sure if I'm going to go or not. I am trying to avoid anxiety triggers because I think they release a lot of cortisol into my system and make me either gain weight or hold onto weight. or make me crave junk food... for example maybe i'm anxious about SF and that's why i'm craving scones...

but i hate to dissapoint Lea, it was my idea to go in the first place so it would be kind of lame to back out last minute.

sun jan 15

smoothie

chocolate

1 hour power yoga

bagel

1.5 T peanut butter

1.5 hours gardening at creek with martine

tofu cabbage salad

run dam janet

meet w/mike r & brant re asphalt conversion

grapefruit

soup for dinner

Yoga Quotes

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built.

Rumi

In theory, practice and theory are the same. In practice they are not.

Yogi Berra

Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is flexible.

Bob Harper

Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is universal.... But don't approach yoga with a business mind looking for worldly gain.

Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois

Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

Unknown

Tree pose grows confidence.

The Quote Garden

The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

B.K.S Iyengar

Yoga is really trying to liberate us from ... shame about our bodies. To love your body is a very important thing -- I think the health of your mind depends on your being able to love your body.

Rodney Yee

160!

lost 3 of the pounds i gained since jil visited! now I only have 2 to go and I'll be back at "square one" :)

I think a lot of it was bloating from too much salt and carbohydrates. I have been eating less carbs and so dropped some of the water weight and ate a little less salt yesterday and I think that helped.

Also I exercised a ton yesterday (danced extra at the palomar... lea came with me) and did other stuff too, gardening etc.

I am also back on my plan of not eating after 6:30 which I think is definitely a good idea, i just have to make sure to get enough food early in the day so I don't over-indulge.

The other day I ate a whole burrito late at night (around 10) because I hadn't eaten enough during the day... I definitely don't want that happening again... (I want to be serious about this no food after 6:30 rule) so I have to make sure to eat a big lunch and a biggish meal around 5.

it is hard because a lot of salsa events happen in the evening... like last night at the Palomar we stayed out dancing until 10, and it was super fun. the frestyle dancing happens after 9 and I danced with some great dancers and some of my favorite people to dance with... that's the kind of thing that I don't want to cut out of my life completely. not only is it great exercise but it's also super fun.

however i know it is really great for my bipolar to have a regular sleep-wake cycle so if i could be home every day at 8 and in bed by 9 every night that would be ideal. however it is so hard to say no to salsa... i think i did get enough sleep last night, i did some relaxing yoga before bed which was good i think and then I woke up at 8 this morning...

and the 3 lb weight loss feels really good. i can't attribute it just to the salsa though.

i have also been eating eggs for breakfast which i think are a really good diet food. they protein is filling and keeps you full longer and doesn't make you retain water. i think carbs can really make you retain water and just in general "weigh you down" make it harder for your body to process things... i think whole grains are cool, i guess when i say carbs i mean those really refined ones like white pasta and white bread... they had this really delicious white bread at treebones with this delicious oil and vinegar dip with all these herbs from their garden mixed in and i couldn't stop eating it... i'm so glad to be home where i can limit my access to stuff like that. i think i saw an article about eating out without gaining weight, maybe i can link to it here.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/01/10/144980187/how-to-eat-out-without-putting-on-the-pounds

sat jan 14

133 !! 2 down, 4 to go!!

1 or 2 small cookies

smoothie

run/walk neighborhood w/v, 45 min yoga

chocolate

granola with nuts and milk

walk neighborhood with terry

3 egg omelet with mushrooms and cream cheese (1/2 small container, 80 cal)

blackberries

brussel sprouts with nuts bacon and dried cranberries

1 or 2 small cookies

frid jan 13

decent night's sleep, 9 to 5

smoothie

1 small ginger cookie

1 hr 15 min power yoga

oatmeal (1 T cream)

few nuts

beef jerky

dinner w/ mike at mimis

caesar salad w 1T dressing

grilled salmon and veg

v small piece of bread

2.5 glasses wine

skinny cow icecream popsicle

thurs 1 12

didn't sleep all night due to anxiety over 1.5 hours in dentist chair today

smoothie

45 min yoga w/milan and virginia

chocolate

NEED to weigh myself tomorrow, not today cuz of dentist aagghhh

exhausted and depressed from dentist & russ's leaving so quickly last night.

WORKING on my head, I have my own issues that I could fix up

grilled cheese sandwich

salad with whole avocado

grapefruit

SO TIRED

short (3mi) walk with Janet

140 cal chobani lemon

I weighed myself this morning lost 2 pounds! down to 161! :)

I stuffed myself with water yesterday and I think it helped me process the carbs I ate on vacation "carbo-HYDRATE" they make you hold on to a ton of water and bloat. plus i ate a lot of salty snacks like jerky and pretzels and sesame bars on the trip that jil had bought for backpacking. so I had to drink so many glasses of water to flush all of that salt out of my body and reduce the bloat. it didn't help that i am PMS ing right now too so the peak in anti-diuretic hormone is also making me hold onto water. drinking all the water i can stand will help me not bloat. it sounds anti-intuitive but it's true.

so now i am just going to focus on doing my own grocery shopping, cutting back on the salt to help with bloat, drinking a TON of water, getting exercise, doing my gardening at my house, keeping my bauhinia alive, and taking care of my yard, thinking about getting a new psychiatrist, cleaning my house, keeping my kitchen clean (this is part of losing weight)

i went out on a "date" sort of with this guy orion... we got tea after dance class. it was pretty fun. but stressful.

anyways my plan for today is...

yoga class at 8:45... i have an appt with jennifer at 11:30 but i am going to talk to her because i made an appt with a new psychiatrist on the 18th, so i have to bring that up with her...

then a walk on westcliff later or i might go to the gym on 41st that lea gave me a trial membership for. it is kind of cloudy now if the weather stays like this it might be nice to work out in the gym.

I could go in the steam room and the sauna and really squeeze out the rest of the salt.

anyways...

best of luck in losing weight! keep on posting....

and exercising.

wed january 11

smoothie

cranberry bread

power yoga 6AM to 7:15

run janet 730 to 830 (3.5 miles)

chocolate

all this loan processing aaggghhh

1 piece bread w/ pb

mirian here so nothing til 2:30 when had large bowl soup

NOTE: should have had salad, as didn't have salad at dinner. Fortunately, no carbs at dinner

out to dinner at LA Grill

trout, broccoli,artichoke, one chip w/guac,one chip w/chees

1.5 glasses wine

glad you are losing. after a 5 day vacation with jil as a houseguest i have gained... wait for it... 5 pounds! cannot believe i can gain so much so fast. i'm at 163 this morning!! horrible. i should get my period today and will probably go down about 3 pounds after that though.

i ate this really rich food the night before that a pasta dish... and eating a lot of bread. so if i go back to not eating those refined carbs i should be able to lose some more weight faster because i won't need to carry as much water to digest it.

it has just been hard having jil here because she is not a very healthy eater and she has gained a lot of weight over the past year (about 30 pounds) because of bad eating habits and i am so easily influenced by people around me... it's mean to say but i'm really glad that she is leaving today. i can't wait to get back into better habits.

i kind of just want to say i don't want to go on any more vacations or have any more houseguests ever again but that's not very fair... i don't know.

tuesday jan 9

133.5!!

piece cran bread

smoothie

45 min yoga milan and virginia

lane irrigation

meet with louis

lobster salad with Rob M

run with Janet

meet with brian

chocolate

more cranberry bread

soup

popcorn w/ 1 T butter

mon jan 8

1 or 2 small ginger cookies

smoothie

hour of power

oatmeal

run (short) neighborhood with janet

drive to Creekside

salad

cranberry bread from martine

chocolate from debbie (will christmas ever end)

dried apricots

nvc for 2 hours (includes driving)

sat jan 7

smoothie,300

ginger cookies (30),120

30 min yoga w/milan

soup,250

3 rolls,450 (aaghh)

potluck--saag paneer,quiche,carrot salad-300

1.5 mile walk w/ mina (wearing wrong shoes, long story, too busy a day)

salad w/tunafish,300

chocolate (they're finally gone, but I got ANOTHER BOX from mina)

not a good day--needed to make salad not rolls for potluck, needed to change shoes and

walk further with mina

Sigh

friday jan 6

134.5!!

smoothie

chocolate (gift from T&D, box almost empty, thank god)

hour and fifteen min power yoga

1/2 peanut butter sandwich (down from whole sandwich, yeah!)

run/walk to dam and back from perkponds w/janet (4+miles)

large bowl soup with cottage cheese

blackberries

1 teabiscuit (they are finally gone)

2 glasses wine (russ told me he was now single)

popcorn, 1T butter

artichoke, 1.5 T mayo

thurs 1 5

yoga 45 min

smoothie

peanut butter sandwich

soup

work on creek 1.25 hours with martine

grapefruit teabiscuit

run dam with therese

salad

cookie

1.5.12

maintaining at 158.

new idea: clean the fridge out. having clean fridge makes it easier to cook and have fresh healthy food. if I am inspired might also organize kitchen gear and cabinets.

1.4.12

weight 158

going to do gardening today
have to link 143 things to blog
have to clean house
call insurance co. about deductible
check jennifer about how much i owe her
need new dancing sneakers to help with sprained foot

ideas for weight loss: reduce stress. cortisol when stressed causes weight gain especially in midregion and belly! stay low stress by taking baths and exercising!! exercise reduces stress and helps weight loss. enjoy life but don't eat too many sweets.

wed 1 4

weight 135

cookie (tea thing from debbie)

breakfast smoothie with protein, mango, banana, milk & chia seeds

85 minutes power yoga

jog 4 miles with janet

piece of bread, bagel, raspberries

vegetables

gardening (pruning) for an hour

meat (200?)

biscotti

grapefruit

salad and v small eggplant parmigiana with russ at aldos, 1 glass wine