Healthy Eating - Fitness - WW Peas - 02.03.15

I'm posting before noon, lol! 

Home today with DD, who is fighting off some bronchitis. I actually just finished breakfast (chicken sausage and some smoky roasted sweet potatoes), three hours later than usual thanks to early morning sub lesson plan writing and a visit from my friend (she's a pediatric nurse practicioner that runs her own home visit business--she's awesome).  

My weekend was fine, I was off and running for most of it. I was too dang worked up to eat much more than some chips and salsa and a burger for the Super Bowl (still love my Hawks!). 

Yesterday was watch day during dance class but it's staying light late enough that I got in a 2 1/2 mile run with one of the other soccer moms during practice. 

Hoping to make it to the gym later but will see how DD is feeling. She's been plenty happy and fever-free all morning, just coughing. 

This day is actually a bit of a good thing (not the sick part but the off work part) as I've been feeling like I've just barely been keeping up. Of course I brought stuff home from work to do!

I like seeing how everyone is doing and how their weekends went! Keep up the good work! 

Still doing pretty well on the low carb thing. I got a new insulin pump last week and I've been having lots of lows which means I have to fix it with sugar. Sometimes lots of sugar. I think I have everything adjusted now, so hopefully I won't have to eat crappy stuff when I don't want to.

I didn't have time to get my means prepared for the week on Sunday night so I had yukky stuff to eat yesterday. Breakfast was a Glucerna shake. Lunch was an Atkins frozen meal. When I got home, I baked some salmon pesto and some cauliflower mash with cheese.

Morning ladies
So it's fraking cold here. And windy. The kind that makes your eyes water and burns your cheeks just walking to the car.
I've used that as an excuse to not go to the gym. But honestly I just hate going to the gym. I keep thinking if I go enough I'll be one of those people that gets addicted, that they find some head clearing epiphany happens when they work out. But no, I'm am just not workout oriented.
As for food, all is good. Stuck to plan over the weekend. Last night made some awesome pizza quesadilla that were 10pts and stuffed with yumminess.

I'm doing OK. I was up .8 last week, but down already this week. Eating better and will be going to the gym today. I need to get back to it. I REALLY wish I could find some type of exercise I REALLY liked, so that I would be motivated to stick with it, but that just hasn't happened yet. :-P

I haven't been doing anything but walking about 6 miles 3-4 times a week due to back pain, sickness... Just finished at the gym for the first time in about 4 months. :-p Hoping this is just the beginning...again.

ETA: Whn I was going regularly, I was just doing the treadmill and weight machines. I will hopefully be starting Yoga in the Spring, but can probably only afford 1 class per week/every 2 weeks since it will be an additional cost to my gym membership. :-p

Can I join your group? I've been reading for a bit now, but don't want to pop in a "closed" group so to speak.

So maybe we need to consider what would motivate you. If walking is too tedious or you're not getting results, would having a walking partner help? A program like Couch to 5K? Listening to an audiobook? Are there any classes at the gym that don't charge extra? Or maybe it's ok to only do Yoga once every other week. Variance helps immsensely. Your body adapts to doing the same thing over and over again. 

It's so cliche, but the whole "work smarter not harder" thing can really help make it over the hump. Hours and hours of work will only wear your body out and can become such a burden on your schedule it's easy to let it eventually slack off. What can you do that will fit into a reasonable window of time? That will increase your heart rate and allow you to build some strength? How can your doctor or a certified trainer help you to devise a plan that will keep back pain at bay? 

Just some questions to think about! 

missfrenchjessica , join on in! This isn't a closed group at all! 

Thanks everyone! I'm currently calorie counting and trying to low-carb it and eating as little processed food as possible. Scale doesn't seem to want to budge, but I'm being told I look good. I guess that's good, but honestly, I don't see it. That makes me sad. I want to see what others are seeing. I'm sure I'll get there eventually, but I just don't see it in my figure or in my clothing...not really. Stuff's a little looser, but not to the point where I feel I need to go down a size. I'm sure it'll all come together eventually, it's the waiting that's killing me.


Anyway, enough complaining. Today I had a slice of my quinoa spinach bake and coffee for breakfast, lunch was grilled chicken thigh with 1/2 sweet potato, broccoli, and spinach and a veggie soup (what can I say; I'm a volume eater). Dinner was a fried egg and 1 egg white on whole wheat toast with about 1/4 of an avocado half. Snacks: AM--cukes, baby carrots, sugar snap peas,celery PM: Greek yogurt w/ 1 tsp honey and 1/3 cup raspberries.

Exercise: strength training w/ my small group and trainer...holy cow it was hard, but I felt really good afterwards.

Thanks for including me in this group! I can use all the motivation and accountability I can get!

missfrenchjessica, one way to see it on yourself is to take a photo of yourself once a month. I did that from the very beginning to keep me motivated. It's hard in the beginning when you yourself can't see what everyone else does. That worked wonders for me. Give it a try!

And congrats for all your hard work so far. It will certainly pay off!

Thanks KikiPea! I've actually started taking a weekly picture wearing the same outfit on Sundays. I haven't really looked at them that closely, but I'm going to start comparing the monthly pictures to see if I can see a difference. 

I appreciate the support and advice.