The irony of trying to lose weight is that I am on an antibiotic now for a urinary tract infection and I have my period. I have to eat to take my meds and I don't feel like eating because I'm a tad crampy.
When one is on antibiotics one is not supposed to really exercise. I remember my doc telling me that years ago. Another irony is everytime I start to exercise, I get sick. So this is right on schedule. lol.
However because I've not eaten that much, I've not gained nor lost any weight. So that is good. I am going to get rid of this weight one way or another. It's coming off I tell ya!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Day 3
2 days in and I went to Taco Bell, but it's not as bad you think, because that is pretty much all I ate until this moment. I learned an amazing thing about the chocolate i love 8 pieces is 200 calories. Not too bad, and ladies and gentlemen here is a tip for eating any chocolate item...suck on the chocolate. Let it melt in your mouth (not in your hands-haha). Believe it or not you WILL relax a little.
As for exercise, today I've done my buttcrunches, situps, reverse situps, and a little on the bike. Now I've been doing a standing work out on the bike because my seat was causing me butt problems, but I will attach it eventually. However, today's mini work out on the bike caused my hip to snap. This is so joyous! (ok I am rolling my eyes.) Yesterday if you remember, my knee snapped. I am in pain in my neck and shoulders too from something else. So when I do situps or anything where I am using those parts of my body I have to take it really easy. Hey I'm being honest. Things are as easy as they used to be. I used to be able to eat everything and never gain weight, but now that I am in my early 30s, and my metabolism isn't what it used to be. That's okay. I'm going to conquer this.
Now you ask me why I won't go to the gym? The honest truth is I was about to check out a gym one county over with a friend of mine, and things sort of fell through. It's not her fault. It's not my fault. If I go to a gym, I want the first few times to be with a friend, and the gym must have a pool. I used to swim a whole lot. Now, not so much. I used to be able to do thirty laps. Now, not so much. lol. BUT I love being in the water. I don't have the courage to go to a gym or pool alone right now, especially a gym. Though I secretly crave a treadmill.
Now this is to gyms who want business--when you advertise do NOT show skinny models who have never been over weight. You want my business? No. I'm not going to go to a place where I am the only fat kid in town. I want to see people like me working out and losing or trying to lose weight. This is part of the reason why neither my mother, myself, nor a few other people we know will go to a gym. The other parts are 1. I don't want to be watched by other people as I exercise 2. I am afraid of personal trainers. I think they are nasty most of the time, and in my experience NONE have a sense of humor nor do they know when to quit. I learned in high school that if you are in that much pain or are about to spew all over the place, you need to stop. You can pick it up later if you feel better. Instead a lot of trainers on tv and in real life, push people so hard that they break. You know what you can do. Don't let others dictate to you what you are able to do. Then again, it depends on what your goals are.
With that said, I think you should try to increase the amount you do, work up to a goal. My goal now is to get up to 10 minutes. Now, sometimes I can do ten minutes, and other times I can't. Why is this? I think it's because sometimes I just feel tired or like crap. It's okay. It's called being human.
One of the things I learned about dieting in the past, is unless your doctor tells you to cut a food or foods out, do not cut anything out because then you will crave it MORE. It's not like quitting smoking, or alcohol. You need food to live. You can't cut food out of your life. What I am going to do is try the "Half now. Half later" idea. Cut my portion sizes in half, and eat healthier. I am going to try to cut back on my bread in take too.
I did find some recipes to try too. Remember I am a vegetarian. I think I am going to try the Salsa recipe first. You can have Salsa by itself or with some chips or crackers. It's very healthy.
Ok I've babbled on too much! I am going to do some more buttcrunches. Iwant my old butt back, or a reasonable facsimile.
As for exercise, today I've done my buttcrunches, situps, reverse situps, and a little on the bike. Now I've been doing a standing work out on the bike because my seat was causing me butt problems, but I will attach it eventually. However, today's mini work out on the bike caused my hip to snap. This is so joyous! (ok I am rolling my eyes.) Yesterday if you remember, my knee snapped. I am in pain in my neck and shoulders too from something else. So when I do situps or anything where I am using those parts of my body I have to take it really easy. Hey I'm being honest. Things are as easy as they used to be. I used to be able to eat everything and never gain weight, but now that I am in my early 30s, and my metabolism isn't what it used to be. That's okay. I'm going to conquer this.
Now you ask me why I won't go to the gym? The honest truth is I was about to check out a gym one county over with a friend of mine, and things sort of fell through. It's not her fault. It's not my fault. If I go to a gym, I want the first few times to be with a friend, and the gym must have a pool. I used to swim a whole lot. Now, not so much. I used to be able to do thirty laps. Now, not so much. lol. BUT I love being in the water. I don't have the courage to go to a gym or pool alone right now, especially a gym. Though I secretly crave a treadmill.
Now this is to gyms who want business--when you advertise do NOT show skinny models who have never been over weight. You want my business? No. I'm not going to go to a place where I am the only fat kid in town. I want to see people like me working out and losing or trying to lose weight. This is part of the reason why neither my mother, myself, nor a few other people we know will go to a gym. The other parts are 1. I don't want to be watched by other people as I exercise 2. I am afraid of personal trainers. I think they are nasty most of the time, and in my experience NONE have a sense of humor nor do they know when to quit. I learned in high school that if you are in that much pain or are about to spew all over the place, you need to stop. You can pick it up later if you feel better. Instead a lot of trainers on tv and in real life, push people so hard that they break. You know what you can do. Don't let others dictate to you what you are able to do. Then again, it depends on what your goals are.
With that said, I think you should try to increase the amount you do, work up to a goal. My goal now is to get up to 10 minutes. Now, sometimes I can do ten minutes, and other times I can't. Why is this? I think it's because sometimes I just feel tired or like crap. It's okay. It's called being human.
One of the things I learned about dieting in the past, is unless your doctor tells you to cut a food or foods out, do not cut anything out because then you will crave it MORE. It's not like quitting smoking, or alcohol. You need food to live. You can't cut food out of your life. What I am going to do is try the "Half now. Half later" idea. Cut my portion sizes in half, and eat healthier. I am going to try to cut back on my bread in take too.
I did find some recipes to try too. Remember I am a vegetarian. I think I am going to try the Salsa recipe first. You can have Salsa by itself or with some chips or crackers. It's very healthy.
Ok I've babbled on too much! I am going to do some more buttcrunches. Iwant my old butt back, or a reasonable facsimile.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Day 2
Day 2
Well, I ate. I exercised. Now I am having a snack. I figure I'd better eat something for all that snow I am helping shovel tomorrow. It's not that bad. Bean dip is only 35 calors for 8 tbsp 1 g of fat 5g of carb of which 1g is fiber no sugar..I like beans. Sue me. Don't worry, I am not farting a whole lot. I was after dinner though. Learned the hard way- no coffee after veggie chili. Caffeine and veggies do not mix. Earlier I had some coconut water-which only had 60 calories. My downfall was dessert-an apple turnover--sugar free from Steinberg's. We had bought it Saturday before I decided to do is blog thing.
As for exercise--I did the rowing machine, very little on the bike (my knee snapped while on the rowing machine-kinda hurt), and I did some buttcrunches . Later I will do sit ups and stuff.
If you have an vegetarian recipes, please do leave links and recipes below. AsI find them Iwil post as well.
Well, I ate. I exercised. Now I am having a snack. I figure I'd better eat something for all that snow I am helping shovel tomorrow. It's not that bad. Bean dip is only 35 calors for 8 tbsp 1 g of fat 5g of carb of which 1g is fiber no sugar..I like beans. Sue me. Don't worry, I am not farting a whole lot. I was after dinner though. Learned the hard way- no coffee after veggie chili. Caffeine and veggies do not mix. Earlier I had some coconut water-which only had 60 calories. My downfall was dessert-an apple turnover--sugar free from Steinberg's. We had bought it Saturday before I decided to do is blog thing.
As for exercise--I did the rowing machine, very little on the bike (my knee snapped while on the rowing machine-kinda hurt), and I did some buttcrunches . Later I will do sit ups and stuff.
If you have an vegetarian recipes, please do leave links and recipes below. AsI find them Iwil post as well.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Weight Loss Night 1
I decided to use my blog as a way to keep track of what I am doing or not doing in the weight loss area. I need to lose 47 lbs. Right now my goal is ten. I also need to keep the weight off.
I admit I had a big dinner. I won't tell you where mom and I went. I told mom I decided to cut out fast food all together and eat smaller portions.
Part of my problem is I am a carbovegetarian. I eat too many carbs. I've been a vegetarian my entire life. Vegetarian means I don't eat meat fish or poultry but do eat egg and milk products. Vegan is no meat, fish, poultry and no eggs or milk products. If you eat only fish or poultry you are NOT a vegetarian. One of the things I am going to do is look up vegetarian recipes.
Now what health problems are going to be a problem for me--my IBS. Whatever I eat or drink I have to experiment with to make sure it doesn't upset my stomach/colon.
I also need to exercise. Until 12th grade I danced. I am now 32. I barely exercise. I refuse to go to a gym. I need to do things at my pace. I do not believe in making yourself uber sick to lose weight. I have an exercise bike and an old fashioned rowing machine as well as a resistance band and 2lb weights. Come the warmer weather I will walk. When I start feeling sick, I must stop.
Sometimes exercise affects my stomach. I just now did six minutes of working out--just low impact workout...and I am about ready to throw up. I hate throwing up! I hate it with a passion! My stomach is not amused with me at the moment.
Bottom line: I need to eat less and I need to exercise every day even if it's only a few minutes.
I admit I had a big dinner. I won't tell you where mom and I went. I told mom I decided to cut out fast food all together and eat smaller portions.
Part of my problem is I am a carbovegetarian. I eat too many carbs. I've been a vegetarian my entire life. Vegetarian means I don't eat meat fish or poultry but do eat egg and milk products. Vegan is no meat, fish, poultry and no eggs or milk products. If you eat only fish or poultry you are NOT a vegetarian. One of the things I am going to do is look up vegetarian recipes.
Now what health problems are going to be a problem for me--my IBS. Whatever I eat or drink I have to experiment with to make sure it doesn't upset my stomach/colon.
I also need to exercise. Until 12th grade I danced. I am now 32. I barely exercise. I refuse to go to a gym. I need to do things at my pace. I do not believe in making yourself uber sick to lose weight. I have an exercise bike and an old fashioned rowing machine as well as a resistance band and 2lb weights. Come the warmer weather I will walk. When I start feeling sick, I must stop.
Sometimes exercise affects my stomach. I just now did six minutes of working out--just low impact workout...and I am about ready to throw up. I hate throwing up! I hate it with a passion! My stomach is not amused with me at the moment.
Bottom line: I need to eat less and I need to exercise every day even if it's only a few minutes.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Blog for 10/16/2010
Wish I could've come up with a more creative title. but hey.
So it's now 1:15pm on Saturday here in New York,and we still do not have Fox 5 or My 9. Cablevision
complains that these stations' parent corporation is greedy and we the customers think both are equally
greedy.Seriously have you noticed that we still have RNN?
Back around July the sci-fi network (now syfy) was moved down the dial by Cablevision, but no one
bothered to tell us customers. So after going through every channel, I found syfy at channel 67, right
next door to the Food Network, and channel 48 became RNN.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5610300/what_is_rnn.html?cat=2 <--the original article I wrote
on RNN.
Now seriously, RNN is still on the air. What programs are on RNN? Well the website claims that RNN is regional
Network News, which quite frankly is laughable because the only news program that is found on there is Inside Edition. InsideEdition is on at least two other networks. The only other show I've noticed they air is reruns of Cheers which is airedon another network as well. What about the rest of the day and night? INFOMERCIALS! Infomercials that air on every othernetwork.
Why are we paying through the teeth to watch the same things over and over? What is the significance of this station? Why not get rid of RNN all together and keep Fox 5 and My 9?
So what else is new? Well, a fellow Associated Content writer had me in stitches on twitter today <<Butt Bras>>. He posted: Bubbles Bodywear Glossary. I was hysterical laughing my butt off at some of the defintions.
So it's now 1:15pm on Saturday here in New York,and we still do not have Fox 5 or My 9. Cablevision
complains that these stations' parent corporation is greedy and we the customers think both are equally
greedy.Seriously have you noticed that we still have RNN?
Back around July the sci-fi network (now syfy) was moved down the dial by Cablevision, but no one
bothered to tell us customers. So after going through every channel, I found syfy at channel 67, right
next door to the Food Network, and channel 48 became RNN.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5610300/what_is_rnn.html?cat=2 <--the original article I wrote
on RNN.
Now seriously, RNN is still on the air. What programs are on RNN? Well the website claims that RNN is regional
Network News, which quite frankly is laughable because the only news program that is found on there is Inside Edition. InsideEdition is on at least two other networks. The only other show I've noticed they air is reruns of Cheers which is airedon another network as well. What about the rest of the day and night? INFOMERCIALS! Infomercials that air on every othernetwork.
Why are we paying through the teeth to watch the same things over and over? What is the significance of this station? Why not get rid of RNN all together and keep Fox 5 and My 9?
So what else is new? Well, a fellow Associated Content writer had me in stitches on twitter today <<Butt Bras>>. He posted: Bubbles Bodywear Glossary. I was hysterical laughing my butt off at some of the defintions.
Friday, October 1, 2010
I Just Felt Like Typing
I just felt like typing about nothing and everything at all today. I am not feeling great, and haven't been
feeling great for a few days now. I pee so much that I think I am my own water tower. I think my county can therefore give me my own zip code. Even when I don't drink anything, or try not to drink anything (after a while my mouth gets uber dry and I have to take a sip of something) I pee like a race horse. I also am hot and sweaty. I don't like being too hot. I feel sick when I am hot, or if I am already sick, I feel even sicker when hot. I've had the air conditioning on. I have all my fans on. When it was windy yesterday, I even opened the windows. And before you all make a joke and say I am going through menopause--you should all bite your tongues--I am 32. Oh and I haven'ta fever.
In generalI have IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and that can be a real hassel sometimes. However, lately, I've been
getting a weird feeling in my stomach proper (in other words, not my lower abdomen). It could be from the fact that
because I am constantly peeing, I am barely sleeping, but something tells me it's a little more than that. If you have
a weak stomach look away from your screen now and come back later. Now on occasion I do throw up from my IBS. Howeveryesterday I threw up clear and mucous-like. It was like dry heaving but my body had to produce something and since therewas nothing in my system, this is what came up. I hate throwing up with a passion.
I just have to be okay for Saturday. Monday,if I am still sick, I will go to the doctor.
Since I haven't been sleeping or rather not sleeping well, I've developed bags under my eyes. If they get any bigger my whole headwill fit into them. I will be a walking, headless bag. Paper or plastic? Reusable? I'll have to cut out whole where the eyes should be andmake two little holes so I can breathe....
So in New York, this year we are electing a new governor. The candidates are Andrew Cuomo (D) and Carl Paladino (R-Tea Party). I amsure I can say that Andrew Cuomo will win, unless the rest of New York has their heads up their rear ends. Carl Paladino needs angermanagement classes. In case you missed the whole hubub. http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/30/carl-paladino-has-testy-encounter-with-reporter/
Now granted they shouldn't be bugging Paladino's daughter, whom he had out of wedlock, but at the same time he accuses Andrew Cuomo of having anaffair as well (and he did). However, Andrew Cuomo came clean about that years ago. What'syour point? Paladino has a way of trying to make himselflook good for doing a similar thing to Andrew Cuomo. Do you want a medal for cheating on your wife or something?
Paladino is also a horse's patoot when it comes to his political campaign. Not once has Andrew Cuomo try to drag Paladino's name through the mud. Then again Cuomo doesn't have to, Paladino's doing a great job of doing that himself. Watch this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdrn_v23gwk (Keith Olbermann's Countdown from MSNBC). Porn, racism... Just who I want as my governor! NOT! Then thethe cretin has the nerve to call the current governor David Patterson a drug addict... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lPovGfma6U&feature=related Well there'sno evidence that David Patterson is a drug addict. If he is one, which I highly doubt, it doesn't matter--he's not running for re-election. So this has no bearing on anything at the moment. Paladino pulled this one out of his rectum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOozaSYm0K4&feature=related This video shows how he gave money to Democrats! I know-don't faint! However it's a videofor a different Tea Party candidate who was running in the primarie. Chances are if Republicans had heard of this guy they would've voted for him. At least he seems half sane...
This headline of a college man who was being videotaped two roomates has me angered. For those of you who don't know
Tyler Clementi was videotaped making out with another man and then was bullied by two of his roomates who posted the video on the internet. Clementi was so distrut that he jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge. Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei should spend the rest of their lives in rotting in a prison cell. If you ask me Clementi didn't commit suicide. He was murdered. While I am heterosexual, I don't feel there's anything wrong with being gay or bi. Love is love. Everybody wants to love someone
and be loved. There is nothing wrong with love.
Bullying, whether it is from kids or adults (yes there is adult bullying), is getting out of hand. It's as if people get a kick out of seeing other people suffer. I've beena victim of it several times for different things. .Bullying is a form of terrorism. My best advice to people being bullied- continue to be yourself! As long as you aren't hurting anyone, no one has the right to degrade you or force you to do anything against your will!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Winthrop University Hospital Fundraiser
Thursday October 28, 2010 Winthrop Fringe Festival
Eleanor Rigby Restaurant
133 Mineola Blvd.
Mineola, NY 11501
$12 admission includes food, drinks, door prizes & live performances. This includes bands, poetry bash, drummers, comedians & jugglers.
All proceeds go to buy books for children in the Pediatric Department of Winthrop University Hospital.
To be a reader as part of the poetry bash, contact Christina Eng at 516-663-4412 or reachoutandread@gmail.com.
This information was relayed to me by Gail Goldstein. Thank-you Gail.
Eleanor Rigby Restaurant
133 Mineola Blvd.
Mineola, NY 11501
$12 admission includes food, drinks, door prizes & live performances. This includes bands, poetry bash, drummers, comedians & jugglers.
All proceeds go to buy books for children in the Pediatric Department of Winthrop University Hospital.
To be a reader as part of the poetry bash, contact Christina Eng at 516-663-4412 or reachoutandread@gmail.com.
This information was relayed to me by Gail Goldstein. Thank-you Gail.
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