Yet another weight loss goal December 18, 2007
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Maybe eventually I’ll talk about this openly in Blog form but not sure I’m quite ready to talk about it yet too openly. Thursday I went to see a doctor about a “problem” I’ve been dealing with for quite a while (Since about the age of 14 or 15). Unfortunately my insurance company is run by a bunch of men who don’t see this as much of a problem, and are requiring it be much worse for the procedure I need to be covered (Most insurance companies don’t require it to be so bad). Bad news in all. If my parents are going to pay for it to be done I will have to wait about a year for them to save the money required. In the mean time my parents want me to lose 20 pounds (just under 1.5 stone for you Brits out there) to see if it will make much difference, and if not it may help my case with the insurance bastards. So basically I want to maintain what I have (151 lbs or 11 stone) through the holidays. Tonight wasn’t so good. My mom had her office Christmas party at our house and I did all the cooking, and setting up. I have a bad habit of munching on whatever is close at hand. I think I did an ok job with eating as much raw veg as possible but I also ate too many crackers, a bit too much dip as I set up and I really should have just stuck to the lemon meringue and not gone near that HUGE chocolate cake (That crazy 7 lb American Chocolate Cake from Costco… because anything that big must have the adjective “American” in the name). Because what happens with a HUGE chocolate cake is even a small slice is HUGE. Wishing I had a car, I’d drive to the health club which is unfortunately to far to walk or run to. Maybe I’ll see how long it’d take me by bus. It’s too wet to use the track across the street at the high school. Or maybe I’ll just dig out my mom’s videos that are collecting dust in her room (hehe… at least I’ve maintained my weight loss, she’s gained back 10 lbs).
Deer November 5, 2007
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The other night Kristin and I went out for a drive after working out. This ended up in us sitting up on Timberhill staring out at Corvallis. We were sitting there chatting when all of a sudden Kristin says, “Is there an animal out there?”
We turn on the head lights and right there, not 15 feet from us is this doe. She stares at us for a second and then walks down the hill. We were thinking that was pretty cool. We went back to talking until I saw the silhouette of antlers. “I think there’s a buck out there!”
Sure enough there was a big four point buck right where the doe had been. He followed her down the hill and we saw them again as they walked under the motion sensor lights of the house down below us. It was pretty cool.
We started working out again. Well, we only went once, on Saturday, but it was enough to get my motivation going.
On Thursday I was in Owen and I saw a flier for a navy program. I looked at it and I think I may have found something I would like to do. I’m a five year student. My family only will pay through my 4th year. The Navy Civil Engineering Corps has a scholarship that will pay E-3 pay scale (about $2000/month) while I’m in school, then after I will serve 4 years with the CEC. I would be an officer. 70% are stationed in the states, the other bases are Italy and Spain (!). The work is mostly manager level. This is what I want to do. And if the Navy is what gets me there then wonderful! I’m beginning to look at the application process. I have to get a hold of the guy in charge of the scholarship for this area.
blegh May 26, 2007
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So I am not so happy with myself this week. For the last two nights I have been just bad. Part of the problem is that I have no food in the house, ok some, but very little. I need to get to the store very soon.
Thursday night I went out with some friends to East Slope to celebrate that our classes were over and that we were just happy people. After we’d all sat there for hours and had several drinks and bags of crisps we decided we were all hungry. Which is expected considering it was 8:30. We went back to Reena’s and made Mac and Cheese. It was very good but not healthy at all. I was starving by this point and snacked on way too many prawn crackers, but we ran out of prawn crackers. I wasn’t cooking so I volunteered to go get more prawn crackers and some lettuce for salad. The little shop on campus managed to run out of both. I didn’t want to leave empty handed/I was hungry and in a grocery story/had a chocolate craving. So I picked up a chocolate cake. It was fair trade! But fair trade sadly doesn’t make it low calorie. Still I shake my head and ask why. So in the end my badness was summed in to Crisps, Mac and Cheese, and chocolate cake.
Yesterday I was doing well. Then I sat in Rachael’s room and watched the queen. It was really good. There were some very appealing chocolate covered raisins and peanuts. I can’t resist chocolate too well…. Sad stuff.
Working out. I am hoping that if I do well I am able to at least maintain. I also have another day until my weigh in because Monday is a Bank Holiday here in the UK. So the health centre is closed and I’ll be weighing in Tuesday. Crossing fingers I can make up for it by then.
Weigh in 3 May 14, 2007
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Down 2 lbs. Which makes me very happy. Kinda didn’t expect a loss of that much. I tend to have this annoying lose 2 pounds then don’t lose anything for weeks pattern. So 4 lbs in 2 weeks makes me really happy. Besides I kinda sucked at staying below 19 points this week.
Sick. Which makes me very unhappy. Just my usual annoying lung congestion. But after February I don’t want to push myself. Even though I feel fine… ok I felt fine until about 3 minutes ago when my entire body started aching again and I now feel like crawling under my sheets and hiding away forever. I want to go for a jog. My body and my sensibilities just stop me. Phooey.
Lost track of days… Week 3, Weigh in 2 May 8, 2007
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LOST 2 POUNDS! I’m really happy. I’m below 11 stone (at 153 lbs!) now so I had to drop a point. Which is no biggie since I pretty much have been doing that for a week now.
Yesterday I went to see Spiderman 3 and I had a BBQ in the evening. Probably ate more than I should have but I’d been good all day becuase I knew it was coming and I was still eating light after the cake fiasco.
Taken measurements. Gonna measure myself every 3 weeks or when I don’t lose but feel I have worked hard. Those are not going up here. Funny, no problem with my weight but the measurements are a little too personal.
Tuesdays are crazy. Lectures in the morning and Lab in the afternoon. I usually go into lab early so I only have enough time to get lunch and go to lab. Today I didn’t go in early and went for a jog in my 2 hour break. It was a bit rushed with lunch and showering. And the watch I use seems to be broken so I have to go out and buy another.
done being angry— acceptance April 30, 2007
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ok. So, now step back. Look at it, it was my birthday but my body didn’t care. Very glad I didn’t gain weight this week. 
Gonna be very good this week and stay within my points each day. I’ve finished today at 20 points, my goal is 19+ the 2.5 I gained from exercise.
Gonna keep up C25K, which I am now realizing I haven’t mentioned. Ok so searching around Peertrainer I found a Team called Couch to 5K this summer. They are following the couch to 5k plan that is done by Coolrunnings.com a site that caters to runners and specifically marathoners. I joined and started. I know that running is really good for your fitness and I’m young and I should be able to run much longer than I can. So I’ve done week 1 but am repeating it so I’m starting with everyone else in the group this week. The first week is run 60 seconds, walk 90 seconds and repeat for 20 minutes. Ok, so you are only running 2/5 of the time and for a total of 8 minutes of the 20 but that is 8 minutes more than I was running before. And it’s within my grasp while still pushing me to do something I wouldn’t do. It’s also perfect if I start at the top of the hill and run down to the village, around the pond twice and then I have my walk back for cool down (10 min). Eventually I want to be able to run the entire way from the top of the hill down to the village around the pond however many times then back through the country to where I started at the top of the hill (much easier approach from the village side than from the way I come). I also would like to do a 5K race sometime this summer or beginning of the fall. I’m feeling ready to move it up to the next week, but I’m gonna just leave it at week 1 for this week.
Day 3 April 23, 2007
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I’m tired. I didn’t sleep enough last night. Went to bed late then I couldn’t sleep. The cloudy weather doesn’t help anything. I keep hoping it will burn off and warm up but it hasn’t so far this morning. If it doesn’t I’m just going to have to force myself out for a walk. Without my iPod which is still making me cry… inside. It is way to easy like this to crawl under my covers and watch episodes of whatever tv show… just got a new Desperate Housewives. But I need to get out and go for a walk. I think I’ll do it after I go to see my prof at 1. I miss the gym at OSU. It was free. The gym here costs money and too much, especially with the exchange rate, and from what I’ve heard isn’t that great. Dixon is amazing and I miss it. When I get home I still have a membership to Sunset Athletic Club. The one problem is I have to have a car to get there. It’s out by Sunset (hence the name) and that is no where close to my mom’s house. I suppose I could ride my bike there. But that defeats the purpose of going to the gym, and we all know I wouldn’t do that in the heat of the Summer, it’d probably make me ill. I wonder what a month to month membership to the YMCA is. There is one right down the street from my house, by City Hall. But I have to exercise.
Good news. Didn’t gain back everything I lost this last time. I used the scales at the health center. ok so they are old, like really old. But they use them for the clinic (granted it’s NHS) so it must be good enough. I weighed in at 155. So, I have 30 lbs to lose. I’ll just keep using the same scales until I move home then we can deal with any difference in scales.
DAY 1: My history and another Start April 21, 2007
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Lost the first version of this post. Which is very sad because it was just finished.
So first my history:
My first attempt to lose some weight was when I was about 15. I weighed about 145 lbs and was 5′3″. Talking with my mom we both knew I would keep gaining and that I needed to learn about when to stop eating (my food was healthy as my mom was cooking for me, but I ate too much.). I went to Weight Watchers with her but that was briefly lived. Everyone was old, the meetings were kinda lame. And my mom stopped going shortly there after so of course I did.
I dunno if you can say I eat under stress. I eat when I’m bored or avoiding doing things. But high school was stressful, at home and school. Went to University. I ate dorm food because I had no choice. The food was low quality and high in fat and even when I asked for small portions they served me like I was one of the football players. I’d eat it all too. Maybe not right away, but I’d pick at it, or watch tv, and mindlessly eat it all. The healthier options weren’t promising. The salad bar was gross, stir fry drenched in oil. By February of 2006 my cholesterol was “Higher than it should be for someone your age” when I had it tested as part of a class I did.
Last summer I weighed 164 lbs (now just under 5′4″) when I joined Weight Watchers with my mom. I did really well that summer and I lost nearly 16 lbs. I was doing really well on it.
Then I moved to England. New environment. New foods (really really amazing cheddar cheese). I have a small kitchen here that I share with 4 students. It was dirty most of the time which is discouraging for cooking when I have to clean other peoples messes before I could cook. I had a tiny refrigerator that I shared with the others. And getting to the store was difficult. When I did I found the produce section at the local ASDA to be sub par. I gained weight over the transition to my new life here. Not to mention when I travelled, full English Breakfast and way too much cream tea. We straightened out a few things here at home. The kitchen is now cleaner, we sorted the fridge, and still do pretty often. I now shop at Sainbury’s. A bit more expensive but the produce is better so I think less goes to waste, so I get to eat my veg and fruit.
Joined Weight Watchers again in January, at 158. I was eating healthier shopping better, and I discovered Bridleways Lost about 4 pounds then I got sick. I had a lung infection that made exercise impossible and cooking a huge feat, but didn’t kill my appetite. On top of it I couldn’t go out and got bored. More eating… Just finished spring break which I know wasn’t gentle to the waist line.
Now: So I’m pulling out all the Weight Watchers stuff and following the program with Kristin. Granted, I’m following the British version which has a different system for counting points. Can’t say how much I weigh. The health center has a scale so I’ll weigh myself on Monday when it opens.
I’d like to weigh about 125 lbs. Which would make me healthy for my height. My main concern is cholesterol and my back, which I already have problems with becuase it’s just my back, but my large bust doesn’t help matters and could do with a little shrinkage.
Today I have eaten:
Jam on Toast 1.5
Apple .5
Tuna Sandwich 3.5 Matzo 1
French Bread 1
Total so far 7.5 Tonight I have a friend visiting. We’re going out and I don’t want to drink too much, as beer and wine have a lot of points (3 for a pint of beer and 2 for a glass of wine). So Diet Coke will be had. I’m cooking one of 2 things 1) boring chicken, salad, and rice but it’s what I talked about having with Chris
2) stir fry
Tomorrow I’m going for a walk on the downs, but now I have to clean!
Me right before sr year (17):
Me today:
This was in London this last month.
Grandma and I checking bus tables.
