I thought I was feeling a lot better yesterday until I tried to do my first set of 50 jumping jacks first thing in the morning. I made it to 25 but I was feeling weak and crappy by that time so I stopped. I would rather give my immune system a chance to heal than worry about boosting my metabolism right now. I managed to do three more sets of 25 here and there throughout the day, always feeling a little bit bad after finishing them but everything else is feeling more normal so at least that's good.
I'm looking forward to doing yoga today because my muscles are all sore and achy all over from being sick. When I had a fever I was curled up in a perpetual ball and I couldn't seem to pry myself out of it so my hips had started to ache especially bad as a result. Today they feel very tight and I even felt uncomfortable trying to soak in a hot bath last night as a result so I am hoping that yoga will help to loosen them up.
I lost some more weight, which is good. Though I suspect that the majority of it was from being sick. I actually gained back 1.5 lbs between Saturday and Monday morning but I am 100% certain it was hydration. I was so bad off on Saturday that I couldn't hardly drink any water but, being sick, I was losing fluid like crazy. Sunday I was able to keep down a bit more water and yesterday as well - though I had a very hard time even drinking my 60 oz yesterday. I think that's probably why I'm still feeling a little bit off and I know that I need to replenish my hydration which will result in a bit of gain but it's a good, necessary type of gain. Snackers got me a sports drink to help me with electrolytes but those things are just so sugary and gross that I can't bring myself to drink one. I'm going to try to increase my activity today if I can do it without feeling like I did yesterday. It doesn't help that I'm so sore everywhere though. It makes motivation a considerable challenge.
Food:
60 oz of water
1 cup of coffee w/creamer
1 yogurt
1 healthy choice lunch
10 baby carrots
2 tbsps peanut butter
2 sushi rolls
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Daily Caloric Intake: 1,272
Activity:
Jumping Jacks: 250
Walking: 3 miles
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Weigh-in #52
What a weekend. It all started last weekend on the Sunday immediately following Thanksgiving. Snackers and I had just gotten home from visiting my family at my mom's house when we got a text from her reporting that my dad was very ill with what she thought was food poisoning and because he and Snackers were the only ones to have eaten cheeseburgers on Friday night, she was wondering how he (Snackers) was feeling. At the time he was feeling ok, with a little bit of tummy trouble to speak of but nothing extreme. At midnight that night, however, he and I both realized we were in for a very long and sleepless night. He was down right sick and I was up taking care of him ... and the assumption that it was food poisoning lived on. By Wednesday morning they were both feeling better but by Thursday night my mom was sick with the same trouble, destroying the food poisoning theory and making it clear that it was most likely only a matter of time for me - chances were I'd already caught the offending bug.
Friday night Snackers came home with free tickets to a local hockey game. I don't like hockey, particularly, but free is free so we went. I ran three flights of stairs in lieu of the escalator to get to the stadium and, as our seats were about half-way down into the arena, I counted a fourth flight for the multiple times I was up to go to the restroom or get drinks. After the game the friends we were with invited us to join them at the heart attack grill. It's a gimmick restaurant where the host is dressed as a Dr. in a white lab coat, the male employees are dressed as surgeons in blue scrubs, and the female employees are dressed as naughty nurses. Some of you may have seen something about it on the food network where it was highlighted in a show called "Most Extreme Pig-Outs" or something like that. Well it's pretty extreme. They put a hospital gown on you when you arrive which you must wear the entire time you're there and they call entering the restaurant "going in for surgery". They only have six items on their menu. A single bypass burger, a double bypass, a triple bypass, and a quadruple bypass, along with fries and milk shakes. The shakes are made with pure butter fat and the fries and burgers are cooked in lard. If you weigh over 350 lbs you eat for free (and there is a huge scale in the middle of the restaurant for proof) and if you finish an 8,000 calorie quadruple bypass burger they will wheel you out of the restaurant in a wheel chair. So naturally, I ordered a water.
As I am sitting there sipping my water watching everyone enjoy their burgers I started feeling nauseated. I thought it was from the smell of the lard emanating from the burgers so a polite "no thank you" was easy when Snackers offered me a bite of his double bypass with 10 strips of bacon. The crisp, cold air outside made me feel a bit better and I'd only done 1.5 of my 3 mile goal for the day (plus a few sprints to cross the street at cross-walks) so Snackers and I bid our friends adieu and opted to walk Freemont street for a bit. We saw Trace Atkins in an unplanned guest appearance concert, all four members of Kiss, Bumblebee from the Transformers, and a slue of other street performers in various disguises. However, when we reached the end of Freemont street Snackers found something that's been on his bucket list for awhile - deep fried twinkies. So after eating a 4,000 calorie burger he stepped into this seedy little hotel/casino for a Twinkie and, for me, that's when all hell broke loose. I barely made it back to the car and home where I downed a teaspoon of MSM (an additive that the military puts in water to kill bacteria and it tastes FOUL!), a mouth full of pepto and went straight to bed, thankful I'd gotten my exercise in before the bug hit me. 3 a.m. I woke up with it in full force and the rest of the night was pure hell.
Saturday I got out of bed only four times (not counting bathroom runs) - twice to let the dogs out, once to take a hot bath, and once in the evening to attempt to finally eat something. I ran a fever between 100.3 and 100.8 the entire day and even fell asleep on the bathroom floor because the cold tile felt too good to pass up. My intake Saturday consisted of 3 sips of tonic water (for the stomach cramps) less than 30 oz of regular water, about 10 bites of vegetable soup, 6 saltine crackers, and two apples sliced. I weighed myself on Friday and was still 229.5, I weighed again on Saturday around 1 p.m. and was 225. That's a 4.5 lb loss in about 24 hours.
I woke up feeling significantly better Sunday but experience with Snackers and my dad taught me that if I wasn't careful I'd be sick again just as they both had been so my intake yesterday consisted of 2 poached eggs and a fruit cup in the morning, about 45-50 oz of water, a dry tuna sandwich, and four or five bites of tomato soup. I tried to walk the mall a bit because I thought some fresh air and light exercise would be good for me but after only a short distance I started feeling weak and clammy and had to sit down to rest before making my way back to the car. I'm feeling better this morning and I'm going to try to eat a bit more normally but I am going to maintain light-duty exercise, at least for the first part of the day, just to be safe because I can't afford for this to come back on me like it did Snackers and Dad.
I can tell you one thing though: I was laying in bed Saturday truly afraid, at times, of falling asleep because I wasn't entirely sure that, if I did, I would ever wake up. It was that bad. By far the worst virus I've ever had in my life...words can't even describe.
Weigh-in: 226.5
Food:
60 oz of water
1 cup of coffee w/creamer
1 fruit bar
1 healthy choice lunch
1 snack bar
1 serving skirt steak
3/4 cup long grain rice
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Daily Caloric Intake: 1,007
Activity:
Jumping Jacks: 100
Friday night Snackers came home with free tickets to a local hockey game. I don't like hockey, particularly, but free is free so we went. I ran three flights of stairs in lieu of the escalator to get to the stadium and, as our seats were about half-way down into the arena, I counted a fourth flight for the multiple times I was up to go to the restroom or get drinks. After the game the friends we were with invited us to join them at the heart attack grill. It's a gimmick restaurant where the host is dressed as a Dr. in a white lab coat, the male employees are dressed as surgeons in blue scrubs, and the female employees are dressed as naughty nurses. Some of you may have seen something about it on the food network where it was highlighted in a show called "Most Extreme Pig-Outs" or something like that. Well it's pretty extreme. They put a hospital gown on you when you arrive which you must wear the entire time you're there and they call entering the restaurant "going in for surgery". They only have six items on their menu. A single bypass burger, a double bypass, a triple bypass, and a quadruple bypass, along with fries and milk shakes. The shakes are made with pure butter fat and the fries and burgers are cooked in lard. If you weigh over 350 lbs you eat for free (and there is a huge scale in the middle of the restaurant for proof) and if you finish an 8,000 calorie quadruple bypass burger they will wheel you out of the restaurant in a wheel chair. So naturally, I ordered a water.
As I am sitting there sipping my water watching everyone enjoy their burgers I started feeling nauseated. I thought it was from the smell of the lard emanating from the burgers so a polite "no thank you" was easy when Snackers offered me a bite of his double bypass with 10 strips of bacon. The crisp, cold air outside made me feel a bit better and I'd only done 1.5 of my 3 mile goal for the day (plus a few sprints to cross the street at cross-walks) so Snackers and I bid our friends adieu and opted to walk Freemont street for a bit. We saw Trace Atkins in an unplanned guest appearance concert, all four members of Kiss, Bumblebee from the Transformers, and a slue of other street performers in various disguises. However, when we reached the end of Freemont street Snackers found something that's been on his bucket list for awhile - deep fried twinkies. So after eating a 4,000 calorie burger he stepped into this seedy little hotel/casino for a Twinkie and, for me, that's when all hell broke loose. I barely made it back to the car and home where I downed a teaspoon of MSM (an additive that the military puts in water to kill bacteria and it tastes FOUL!), a mouth full of pepto and went straight to bed, thankful I'd gotten my exercise in before the bug hit me. 3 a.m. I woke up with it in full force and the rest of the night was pure hell.
Saturday I got out of bed only four times (not counting bathroom runs) - twice to let the dogs out, once to take a hot bath, and once in the evening to attempt to finally eat something. I ran a fever between 100.3 and 100.8 the entire day and even fell asleep on the bathroom floor because the cold tile felt too good to pass up. My intake Saturday consisted of 3 sips of tonic water (for the stomach cramps) less than 30 oz of regular water, about 10 bites of vegetable soup, 6 saltine crackers, and two apples sliced. I weighed myself on Friday and was still 229.5, I weighed again on Saturday around 1 p.m. and was 225. That's a 4.5 lb loss in about 24 hours.
I woke up feeling significantly better Sunday but experience with Snackers and my dad taught me that if I wasn't careful I'd be sick again just as they both had been so my intake yesterday consisted of 2 poached eggs and a fruit cup in the morning, about 45-50 oz of water, a dry tuna sandwich, and four or five bites of tomato soup. I tried to walk the mall a bit because I thought some fresh air and light exercise would be good for me but after only a short distance I started feeling weak and clammy and had to sit down to rest before making my way back to the car. I'm feeling better this morning and I'm going to try to eat a bit more normally but I am going to maintain light-duty exercise, at least for the first part of the day, just to be safe because I can't afford for this to come back on me like it did Snackers and Dad.
I can tell you one thing though: I was laying in bed Saturday truly afraid, at times, of falling asleep because I wasn't entirely sure that, if I did, I would ever wake up. It was that bad. By far the worst virus I've ever had in my life...words can't even describe.
Weigh-in: 226.5
Food:
60 oz of water
1 cup of coffee w/creamer
1 fruit bar
1 healthy choice lunch
1 snack bar
1 serving skirt steak
3/4 cup long grain rice
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Daily Caloric Intake: 1,007
Activity:
Jumping Jacks: 100
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Recovery
Last night Snackers and I went to a free hockey game, followed by the heart attack grill where I ordered water and nothing else. Then we walked freemont street and saw Trace Atkins in concert for free. Then I got sick. Last night was hell. This morning has been hell. Can't even sip water, let alone eat. Tummy hurts too bad to sleep. Tried to fall asleep on the bathroom tile last night to bring down my fever. I'm signing out. I'll be back when I can walk again.
Weekend Plans
Well I had been hoping to either go hiking at Red Rock or kayaking at Lake Mead this Sunday but, looking out the window, I may even have to do my walking inside for the rest of the week. It is cold, windy, and raining out. Boooo. I tossed Snackers a few hints on some Christmas gifts that he might be able to find affordably on craigs list for me. A treadmill, a stationary bike (with a wide seat for my wide cheeks), and/or a punching bag. Last year a friend of ours gave us a stationary bike that he didn't want anymore and we passed it along to my parents because we were in an apartment and didn't have room for it (and it's really good for my dad with his diabetes) but this year we have quite a bit of room in the garage for at least one or two pieces of equipment so I'm kinda thinking it would be nice to have a back-up plan for bad weather with winter here.
But for now, the question is what to do this weekend. Snackers wants to go paint more ceramics, which I am all for but I would also like to do something physical as well. I'm thinking bowling ... or I could always go do my walking in the mall. Hell I should just walk to the mall and then do my walking there too ... wait then I'd still be walking in the rain which defeats the whole purpose of mall walking. lol Oy, I have no idea. I CAN tell you this, and if you don't believe me go back and see for yourself. WALKING has been the best exercise for me to lose weight with in the last year. Go back and check my posts for the date-blocks where I've lost the most weight in a week. Almost all of those weeks were weeks that my primary source of physical activity was walking. I can't believe I stopped doing it for so long.
Food:
120 oz of water
1 cup of coffee w/creamer
1 yogurt
1 healthy choice lunch
1 snack bar
1 panini sandwich
1 serving popcorn
1 glass of wine
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Daily Caloric Intake: 1,307
Activity:
Jumping Jacks: 300
Yoga: 45 minutes
Walking: 3.25 miles
Sprints: 5
Running Stairs: 4 flights
But for now, the question is what to do this weekend. Snackers wants to go paint more ceramics, which I am all for but I would also like to do something physical as well. I'm thinking bowling ... or I could always go do my walking in the mall. Hell I should just walk to the mall and then do my walking there too ... wait then I'd still be walking in the rain which defeats the whole purpose of mall walking. lol Oy, I have no idea. I CAN tell you this, and if you don't believe me go back and see for yourself. WALKING has been the best exercise for me to lose weight with in the last year. Go back and check my posts for the date-blocks where I've lost the most weight in a week. Almost all of those weeks were weeks that my primary source of physical activity was walking. I can't believe I stopped doing it for so long.
Food:
120 oz of water
1 cup of coffee w/creamer
1 yogurt
1 healthy choice lunch
1 snack bar
1 panini sandwich
1 serving popcorn
1 glass of wine
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Daily Caloric Intake: 1,307
Activity:
Jumping Jacks: 300
Yoga: 45 minutes
Walking: 3.25 miles
Sprints: 5
Running Stairs: 4 flights
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Setting Things in Order
When Snackers and I first moved in to the new house in July we unpacked and put away almost everything, but there were a few little places where we had kind of slacked a bit because we didn't know what to do with or where to put certain things. The coat closet in the living room, and the closet in the guest room became dumping grounds for those items. My office also had two boxes of unpacked books because I couldn't figure out where to put my second book shelf and my first shelf was already full. But we've got family coming for Christmas so last night after my walk he and I went on a cleaning binge together (I should have been studying but he was being insistent that I assist, so I did).
First we tackled rearranging my office to accommodate the second book shelf so that I could fully unpack all boxes and finally put my office in a finished order. Next we tackled a couple of rubbermaid tubs fulls of misc. items that were hanging out by the front door because they wouldn't fit in the coat closet and made boxes to donate to good will and to the animal shelters (Vladdy's old collars that he's grown out of over the past six months mostly). After that was done we attacked the closet, got rid of a few jackets, hung up the rest, organized the DVD and CD collections, as well as our board games and finally put the vacuum in the closet where it belongs. After that we cleaned up some misc. stacks of papers that had accumulated on the coffee table, dining room table, and fireplace mantel. I must say ... I'm quite proud of us.
We still have to do the closet in the guest room and a second sweep of the shelves in the garage probably wouldn't hurt but progress is progress! Wouldn't you know it though, Snackers got me started on the project but then at 10:30 he sat down to play video games and left me to finish the rest of the mess by myself. Figures.
P.s.: half of last night's walk was outside but the weather turned violently ugly on us and Vladdy kept spazzing out at every dry leaf that blew past or tree that gusted so I finished the rest by walking in place in my kitchen. For some reason I always sweat more when I walk indoors than I do when I walk outside - regardless of whether it's hot or cold outside. I think I pick my feet up higher when I walk in place and I also think I go a lot faster - probably more like a canter type pace.
Food:
100 oz of water
1 cup of coffee w/creamer
1 yogurt
1 fruit bar
1 healthy choice lunch
10 baby carrots, raw
2 tbsps peanut butter (w/the carrots)
2 homemade chicken tacos
1 chocolate chip cookie
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Daily Caloric Intake: 1,230
Activity:
Jumping Jacks: 300
Barbell Squats: 90 @ 20 lbs
Barbell Shoulder Press: 60 @ 20 lbs
Barbell Curls: 90 @ 20 lbs
Barbell Bench Press: 90 @ 20 lbs
Butterfly Press: 90 @ 20 lbs
Crunches: 200
Knee Push-ups: 100
Leg Lifts: 90 per leg
Yoga: 45 minutes
First we tackled rearranging my office to accommodate the second book shelf so that I could fully unpack all boxes and finally put my office in a finished order. Next we tackled a couple of rubbermaid tubs fulls of misc. items that were hanging out by the front door because they wouldn't fit in the coat closet and made boxes to donate to good will and to the animal shelters (Vladdy's old collars that he's grown out of over the past six months mostly). After that was done we attacked the closet, got rid of a few jackets, hung up the rest, organized the DVD and CD collections, as well as our board games and finally put the vacuum in the closet where it belongs. After that we cleaned up some misc. stacks of papers that had accumulated on the coffee table, dining room table, and fireplace mantel. I must say ... I'm quite proud of us.
We still have to do the closet in the guest room and a second sweep of the shelves in the garage probably wouldn't hurt but progress is progress! Wouldn't you know it though, Snackers got me started on the project but then at 10:30 he sat down to play video games and left me to finish the rest of the mess by myself. Figures.
P.s.: half of last night's walk was outside but the weather turned violently ugly on us and Vladdy kept spazzing out at every dry leaf that blew past or tree that gusted so I finished the rest by walking in place in my kitchen. For some reason I always sweat more when I walk indoors than I do when I walk outside - regardless of whether it's hot or cold outside. I think I pick my feet up higher when I walk in place and I also think I go a lot faster - probably more like a canter type pace.
Food:
100 oz of water
1 cup of coffee w/creamer
1 yogurt
1 fruit bar
1 healthy choice lunch
10 baby carrots, raw
2 tbsps peanut butter (w/the carrots)
2 homemade chicken tacos
1 chocolate chip cookie
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Daily Caloric Intake: 1,230
Activity:
Jumping Jacks: 300
Barbell Squats: 90 @ 20 lbs
Barbell Shoulder Press: 60 @ 20 lbs
Barbell Curls: 90 @ 20 lbs
Barbell Bench Press: 90 @ 20 lbs
Butterfly Press: 90 @ 20 lbs
Crunches: 200
Knee Push-ups: 100
Leg Lifts: 90 per leg
Yoga: 45 minutes
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