Just got back from the doctor for my lady lumps and found out that I have two diseases that cause weight gain. GO FIG right? It really is genetic. Now just because I have this does not mean I will be stopping what I am doing it has worked so why stop?
Overview of this blog post today. What is it that I have and should you get tested? What I will be taking to help this? That should be happening?
What is it that I have?
I have two "diseases" that effect my weight. The first is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome which in short means I have cysts on my ovaries. Some who have it also has diabetes and I am risk to get it so I need to guess what loose weight and it will according to the doctor fix itself.
The bigger one is hypothyroidism which means I has a slow thyroid. The doctor was very happy I had lost weight and said it is a marvel that I had lost so much with a slow thyroid.
What am I going to be on?
It is called Synthroid and it is to regulate my thyroid and hopeful it will also help my weight loss go by much faster. I will be keeping you updated. As for diet changes I have been researching and pretty much avoid, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard greens, kale, spinach, peaches, pears, strawberries, radishes and millet as these fruits, veggies, greens and grains. For the most part I am not a fan of those foods except strawberries and love beans so I should live. As I said more to come...
Fitness done for the day: Did my body rocker, 100 squats and 100 push-up to make up for being sick (and not eating to well)
Starting tomorrow I am going to strive for no processed foods (which will be added to the point system getting 1 point if I eat no processed food for the day.) pretty much have my meals planned out greek yogurt Breakfast, then apple snack, then beans (black beans) lunch, 4 oz chicken breast boiling snack and salad with light dressing and meat for dinner (most likely more chicken). Yes it is boring but I hit my calories and it takes out the guess work/
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tricks, tips and what's the points?
I just finished listening to World War Z. When a character speaks about weight loss over a time of war and famine. I thought would I survive? Today at my current fitness level I would say I have a better chance then some. If you would have asked me the same question 4 months ago I would have said “YES.” While doubting myself the whole way. Looking back on it I know I would not survive long since was very out of shape, and had no upper body strength. I feel now I am much better to survive if something like that would happen, but what got me to this point? How did I lose 20lbs? Build muscle? And most importantly feel better about myself.
First let us talk about what sites I have been to and which have helped and which have not. Before we get into these I want to say all of these sites or none of them may help you but that is why I list all of them so you can try for yourself.
FITNESS SITES
The site I use the most, the one I check in the morning and at night (little Obsessed J) is www.bodyrock.tv. The people running this site have hundreds of work outs you can do. They try to put one up every day but if they don’t you can go through the history and find one for you for the day. It is never boring and you need minimal equipment, I do refrain from jumping rope in the house.
I have searched youtube, that is how I found bodyrock.tv, but I find most videos on there are to lead you to an Ebook or a magic pay site or pill and I have for the most part given up on it for fitness. It is get for seeing others that have done well and I highly suggest looking up “living with a size zero” (I believe) and watch the series. It was done in the UK and made me see that super thin and extreme dieting would not be good. It was always like the fortification of my diet to control but not get CRAZY.
DIET
There are plenty of diet sites that are there for you to look up a recipe or count calories. For my calorie counting I like tweetwhatyoueat.com. It is through your twitter account to send a message and it calculates is for you and you can track throughout the day and week.
For recipes I really like a yahoo based site called shine it is like their pop culture section. It has tips on everything for fashion and food to parenting and relationships. It is geared toward the busy woman (or man) looking to be healthy.
ETC. (All the others)
When I don’t know the calories of food I often just google calories in (food) and use that as a gage looking at one or two sites and add this to my TWUE at the end of day. Since I eat about the same this every day (get to that in a minute) I know the calories for the most part.
I love caloriesperhour.com. It will help calculate how long you need to diet for hit a goal weight or how fast you will lose the weight at the rate you are going. It also tells you have many calories you are burning doing exercises and has a food data base with the calories of many fast food and frozen foods found throughout the US.
I have tried sparkpeople and found it to just not be what I needed. Also threefatchicks.
On to the real world
FOOD!
Each day one eats foods that will help or hinder. That can make or break a diet. I was one of those people that believed I just had to moderate and didn’t need to count calories and I would lose weight. Obviously this did not work. As soon as I started preparing food and counting calories I cut out the high cal. and empty foods.
Know what you like, first and for most. Take a week to try new foods. See how many calories are in these foods, fiber? Sugars? FATS? You should eat foods that would for your needs. I am eating low cal. low fat. high fiber. Talk to a doctor to see what it is that YOU need.
Motivation!
This is the biggest one for everyone. You will only do it as long as you have drive to diet and exercise. It is a lot easier to sit and do nothing.
My motivation is four fold. The first and the biggest is having people around you motivate you. I am enjoy with both bad and good! When someone is not behind me it makes me feel like I need to prove them wrong. Having people say good job is amazing as well.
Next is have a visible goal. My goals are pairs of pants that I hang in my closet that I can see every morning when I wake up. I try to get into these pants within a certain amount of time. If I don't get into them it gives my more motivation to work harder to get in them within the next amount of time. I also try on my clothes here and there and see where things are tight and were they are lose.
Third is photos. I take a picture of myself about once a week or so and see if I can see a different. It is harder to see a difference in the mirror but when you have pictures to compare throughout the time you work helps so much.
Last is hollywood. Google your height and goal weight and look at people and see if the is really what you want. Look at celebs, that are the same height as you, in real pictures not glamed up in a movie and you will find them in the very low bmi's and that is what you would look like? I found that Pam Anderson is very under our bmi and she is sooo thin. Honestly my first goal weight was pretty close to hers and it made me rethink it.
EXERCISE
Do what you like and what you will keep doing. I like doing bodyrock.tv because so many others do it and I have people to compete with and it is not the same thing day in and out so my body doesn't get use to it all.
Ok so the point system...
It is pretty easy. You want to earn 5 points a day. It is not easy and you may want to change the way I have the points set up. If you get 35 points a week you get 200 extra calories for one day of the next week and when I hit 100 points total you get 500 extra calories one day in the next week.
+2 for losing ten pounds (this goes towards you weekly points not the daily)
+1 for doing my whole bodyrock.tv workout
+1 for working out 30 minutes (not in the bodyrock.tv workout)
+1 for drinking 8 glasses of water per day (soda does not count, coffee and tea do count)
+1 for eating your goal calories per day (for me 1200 again talk to a doctor!)
+.5 for 100 squats
+.5 for 250 crunches
+.5 for 50 push ups
With the three above while doing then they can count towards the 30 minutes but it has to be consecutive minutes not 5 here or 10 there. 30 minutes dedicated to working hard.
-1 for calories over a certain # calories (mine 1500)
-1 for each 100 calories over above calories
If you get less then an average of 3 points day day you workout for 1 hour the next week earning no points (this can be broken up to 2 30minute sections)
I know these are a little crazy BUT I am one that needs a goal for each day and something to think about throughout the day and keep me focused. I don't go crazy about it just enjoy it. I have no one to let down but me.
LIVING WITH SIZE ZERO
DON'T BECOME THIS!
LIVING WITH SIZE ZERO
DON'T BECOME THIS!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Number One
I want to start this off by telling you three things. First want I plan on doing with this blog that way if you like it you can fallow if not you have not wasted much of your time. Second what I want from you (anyone reading) and lastly a bit of a history about me. I don't know about the rest of the world but I feel better when I know a bit about a person. The things are going to just be about my weight and body journey and not a blog verison of David Copper field. Though I will not lie a bit of life may get into this blog in the long run.
Let me start with a small what is this about?
Simply it is a blog about my weight loss journey. What I am doing to loss weight what is happening to me in real time. I have searched the web, trust me when I say this, and found that many either want you to buy and "ebook," a miracle pill or have already loss all the weight. And by lost I mean never were truly that over weight. There are of course the real people out there but they few and far between I feel. I plan on this being weekly since not much happens in a day with weight loss and if it does there is something wrong.
Second, What do I want for the readers?
I want your tips, trick, questions and own stories about weight loss. What makes you do it? What is your story? I know we all love having someone listen and help and give us a good job here or there.
Ok the long part. I have given you the what now I shall give you the why. This may run on and I would not be made if you do not read it all today but if you are going to be active at some point I suggest you read this so you get a bit of a feel for me.
I can trace the beginning of my body issues to one moment in my life. I was in sixth grade about 10. I lived with most of my mother's side of the family which included my grandmother and her sister, my "great" aunt. My cousin who is a week older then me and I were making food at about 9 pm and talking about our "race." Since we were so close in age our family always compared us. Who was taller? Who did better in school? and so on. We talked of this and my great aunt came into the kitchen. She said something to the fact of "well you are winning the race to get fatter. you see how flat her stomach is?" grabbed the little bit of fat I had on my abs and said, "You have that pouch just like your grandmothers. I never got that. you better start working out." I, of course, thought that was super rude and brushed it off. Or so I thought. I was a size 12 SLIM in girls at the time and had just moved up from a 10 SLIM. We got 12s because my legs were to long and they were baggy.
As you may have deduced I was a thin child. I was very active out from sun raise to set. I ate what ever was cooked. Now in a house of 14 people you get as much as you can fit on your plate because one servicing is about all you will get. My mother worked most nights so she was not there to explain that portion control is a good thing to start in the preteens. I ate this way for years upon years.
The Christmas of my Junior year my mother had got me jeans size 9 in juniors and I was heart broken I had gotten so big. I put them on and found that they were to big and thought that I had not gained ANY weight since size 7 was the size I had been since my growth spurt in 7th grade.
time went on and I grew lazier by the month and still ate like a horse. The end of that junior year I only wore pants and shorts that had elastic waists and thought nothing of it.
I have no self awareness and refused to be in body pictures short of homecoming and prom. That summer I also broke up with my high school sweet heart of three years and be came the mascot of my high school. Still not aware of any part of my body, minus my chest, I went to cheer camp and found that I was one of the BIGGEST girls. So I started to diet, I believe that it was a bit of depression that helped the weight loss. I went from nothing fitting back to my freshman clothes. On my graduation day I was a size 6 and my mother finally said you have lost A LOT of weight. I never put much into it until she said something and told my 5'6" 140lbs self that I would not get over 160lbs EVER.
My family started commenting on my weight loss that I had never noticed. My aunt (not the "great" one) asked if I had been put on DIET PILLS. I said kindly no just a lot of carrots and 5 hours a week in a hot suit. She did not seem to believe any of it.
Time marches on and I hit the 160lbs mark. I think I still look fine even if I was not in my priced size 7s and just said ok 190 in the new do not pass point. I passed that about 4 years ago getting to 211 and had stopped growing at 5'7". I was so depressed each time I would out grow a piece of clothing and eat more in that depression. My boyfriend at the time was a junk food junkie with me and we just enabled each other. He actually preposed to me on a cake. I was excited but really wanted to eat the cake.
I decided I had at least a year to loss the weight and started that week. I bought some healthy food and mostly my junk crap. I went dress hunting and found some great dresses but knew I would loss the weight. The year went and guess what I gained weight. I stopped weighting myself in fear of the number.
The marriage came and went too. I started to hit the gym and started P90X with my brother and got down to 200, but started dating my current boyfriend and we moved in together. I had to save my money for bills and gas and back to the junk food for the first few months. That and just plain HAPPY Weight.
WHAT GOT ME STARTED AND MOTIVATED...
In October of 2010 my cousin (the one from my first story) got engaged and acted my to be her maid of honor. I gladly start yes and thought of when I was a dama in my other cousin's quinceanera. I was the FAT girl and didn't not want this again. So I started to ease into weight loss. I worked out 3 days a week, and still ate crap just less. I gave myself the leway of 3 months until the 1st of day 2011. After that it was HARDCORE all the way.
The first came and went and I started the first strong and found I was starting to fail as I had before. I told myself I could not fall into this AGAIN so I decided to start a point system like weight watchers. But EVERYTHING has points and you earn them, I will post that later.
Since that time I have been losing weight like crazy, I lost 10 lbs in January and have not yet weighted myself for this month, (That will come soon) but it was some where around 7lbs two weeks ago.
WHAT IS YOUR WEIGHT GOAL?
I never really had a number goal more like a happiness factor goal. I want to fit into those size 7s (new ones of course) and have that little bit of pudge. LOL None would be better but a little is okay too. If I had to put a number on it 125 it perfect for me not to thin or thick but we will see.
WHEN DO YOU PLAN ON MEETING THIS GOAL?
My first plan was my cousins wedding Jan 15, 2012 but now I am looking more towards my birthday October 6th. It is the big 25 and I would like to be proud of those pictures and feel like the pretty girl not the fat friend. My boyfriend is behind me and lets me play fashion show all the time. I am trying to not buy clothing until I with at least a size 9 but every thing is getting so loose which is awesome.
So that is my epic tale. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I will be posting the point system most likely tomorrow. My question to you is what is your goal? Weight loss? Muscle gain? To tone for the summer? Or what ever else it maybe.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL! You can do this!
Let me start with a small what is this about?
Simply it is a blog about my weight loss journey. What I am doing to loss weight what is happening to me in real time. I have searched the web, trust me when I say this, and found that many either want you to buy and "ebook," a miracle pill or have already loss all the weight. And by lost I mean never were truly that over weight. There are of course the real people out there but they few and far between I feel. I plan on this being weekly since not much happens in a day with weight loss and if it does there is something wrong.
Second, What do I want for the readers?
I want your tips, trick, questions and own stories about weight loss. What makes you do it? What is your story? I know we all love having someone listen and help and give us a good job here or there.
Ok the long part. I have given you the what now I shall give you the why. This may run on and I would not be made if you do not read it all today but if you are going to be active at some point I suggest you read this so you get a bit of a feel for me.
I can trace the beginning of my body issues to one moment in my life. I was in sixth grade about 10. I lived with most of my mother's side of the family which included my grandmother and her sister, my "great" aunt. My cousin who is a week older then me and I were making food at about 9 pm and talking about our "race." Since we were so close in age our family always compared us. Who was taller? Who did better in school? and so on. We talked of this and my great aunt came into the kitchen. She said something to the fact of "well you are winning the race to get fatter. you see how flat her stomach is?" grabbed the little bit of fat I had on my abs and said, "You have that pouch just like your grandmothers. I never got that. you better start working out." I, of course, thought that was super rude and brushed it off. Or so I thought. I was a size 12 SLIM in girls at the time and had just moved up from a 10 SLIM. We got 12s because my legs were to long and they were baggy.
As you may have deduced I was a thin child. I was very active out from sun raise to set. I ate what ever was cooked. Now in a house of 14 people you get as much as you can fit on your plate because one servicing is about all you will get. My mother worked most nights so she was not there to explain that portion control is a good thing to start in the preteens. I ate this way for years upon years.
The Christmas of my Junior year my mother had got me jeans size 9 in juniors and I was heart broken I had gotten so big. I put them on and found that they were to big and thought that I had not gained ANY weight since size 7 was the size I had been since my growth spurt in 7th grade.
time went on and I grew lazier by the month and still ate like a horse. The end of that junior year I only wore pants and shorts that had elastic waists and thought nothing of it.
I have no self awareness and refused to be in body pictures short of homecoming and prom. That summer I also broke up with my high school sweet heart of three years and be came the mascot of my high school. Still not aware of any part of my body, minus my chest, I went to cheer camp and found that I was one of the BIGGEST girls. So I started to diet, I believe that it was a bit of depression that helped the weight loss. I went from nothing fitting back to my freshman clothes. On my graduation day I was a size 6 and my mother finally said you have lost A LOT of weight. I never put much into it until she said something and told my 5'6" 140lbs self that I would not get over 160lbs EVER.
My family started commenting on my weight loss that I had never noticed. My aunt (not the "great" one) asked if I had been put on DIET PILLS. I said kindly no just a lot of carrots and 5 hours a week in a hot suit. She did not seem to believe any of it.
Time marches on and I hit the 160lbs mark. I think I still look fine even if I was not in my priced size 7s and just said ok 190 in the new do not pass point. I passed that about 4 years ago getting to 211 and had stopped growing at 5'7". I was so depressed each time I would out grow a piece of clothing and eat more in that depression. My boyfriend at the time was a junk food junkie with me and we just enabled each other. He actually preposed to me on a cake. I was excited but really wanted to eat the cake.
I decided I had at least a year to loss the weight and started that week. I bought some healthy food and mostly my junk crap. I went dress hunting and found some great dresses but knew I would loss the weight. The year went and guess what I gained weight. I stopped weighting myself in fear of the number.
The marriage came and went too. I started to hit the gym and started P90X with my brother and got down to 200, but started dating my current boyfriend and we moved in together. I had to save my money for bills and gas and back to the junk food for the first few months. That and just plain HAPPY Weight.
WHAT GOT ME STARTED AND MOTIVATED...
In October of 2010 my cousin (the one from my first story) got engaged and acted my to be her maid of honor. I gladly start yes and thought of when I was a dama in my other cousin's quinceanera. I was the FAT girl and didn't not want this again. So I started to ease into weight loss. I worked out 3 days a week, and still ate crap just less. I gave myself the leway of 3 months until the 1st of day 2011. After that it was HARDCORE all the way.
The first came and went and I started the first strong and found I was starting to fail as I had before. I told myself I could not fall into this AGAIN so I decided to start a point system like weight watchers. But EVERYTHING has points and you earn them, I will post that later.
Since that time I have been losing weight like crazy, I lost 10 lbs in January and have not yet weighted myself for this month, (That will come soon) but it was some where around 7lbs two weeks ago.
WHAT IS YOUR WEIGHT GOAL?
I never really had a number goal more like a happiness factor goal. I want to fit into those size 7s (new ones of course) and have that little bit of pudge. LOL None would be better but a little is okay too. If I had to put a number on it 125 it perfect for me not to thin or thick but we will see.
WHEN DO YOU PLAN ON MEETING THIS GOAL?
My first plan was my cousins wedding Jan 15, 2012 but now I am looking more towards my birthday October 6th. It is the big 25 and I would like to be proud of those pictures and feel like the pretty girl not the fat friend. My boyfriend is behind me and lets me play fashion show all the time. I am trying to not buy clothing until I with at least a size 9 but every thing is getting so loose which is awesome.
So that is my epic tale. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I will be posting the point system most likely tomorrow. My question to you is what is your goal? Weight loss? Muscle gain? To tone for the summer? Or what ever else it maybe.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL! You can do this!
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