Wednesday, September 8, 2010

easy does it

soooo... i've been on weight watchers for a month and folks, i am down 13.6 pounds. no really. sit back and think about that. 13.6 pounds. that's the size of a small dog. i have lost a chihuahua. or two. i am definitely okay with that. especially because it wasn't hard to do.

now really, i don't want this to turn into a "worship the all powerful weight watchers" blog, but good lord, 13.6 pounds. and i didn't have to resort to any of these to get there:
i like the color, and they were certainly comfy to sit on (squishy! awesome!) but they did NOTHING to slim my figure. false advertising, says i!
then i happened upon this lovely book and thought, hey! i'm great at crafts. i could make some fantastic exercise equipment and save some money by using common household objects to do so!

...but, no.

on the upside, you would not believe how strong my neck muscles are now.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

counting points

well, i must say, my first week on weight watchers was not nearly as painful as i had imagined it to be. i pictured getting a daily allowance of 3 points to "use wisely" and having to decide between the bare lettuce salad and the 3 oz of fish because, let's face it, i couldn't have both on the diet. but no. no, i have eaten like a king (queen, i suppose) this past week. my menu has included spinach and feta stuffed chicken breasts and chicken enchilada soup. green vegetable minestrone and creamy chicken and spinach pasta. there is nothing "diety" about this diet, and i love it. not only do i get yummy foods, but folks, i can drink a beer a night and have an ice cream sandwich (for 2 points people. 2 points!) and still have more points than i know what to do with. if this isn't a diet designed with me in mind, i don't know what is.

to top it all off, i also get to geek out over the tracking of the points online. i would like to say that i am casual about updating, and get to it when i can, but let's be honest here. this is me. i run right over to the computer or access it on my phone (i wish i was joking) and update as soon as i am done eating. i love seeing the "points used" and "points left" and... oh it is just sick. but i will say, it has made me more aware of what i am putting in my body.


and as a result i have lost four pounds. that does not speak highly of what i was putting in my body before this (eek) but on the upside, at least i now have my trusty-rusty points to help guide me.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

a new direction, perhaps


well. i think it's safe to say that we are all aware of the fact that my gym-going plans have gone straight out the window. sadly, any weight loss i had experienced while torturing myself on the elliptical disappeared as well. sigh.

i won't make excuses, at least not many. but i will say that i quickly discovered that it's hard to go to the gym when you work all day and have a child. putting him in a daycare right after you pick him up from one seemed wrong. the parental guilt i felt definitely outweighed my desire to be a size 2. perhaps this winter i'll rejoin, when it's so cold that we can't go outside and play anyway, and he can run and jump and climb things there. we'll see.

fear not though! until then, i have decided to try my hand at weight watchers. i've known quite a few people that have done well on it, and figured, what the heck. today is my first day with the points, and the counting, and the planning, and i must say it hasn't been bad. i thought i might balk at the idea of having to give a number to every little thing i ate, or feared that the numbers would add up so quickly that i would be left with 0 points by noon, and ready to chew my own arm off. i was delighted to find out that was not so. in fact, i had enough left over at the end of the day to drink a beer and have a small bowl of orange sherbet, with points to spare. i definitely was more aware of what i was putting in my mouth today, so we'll see how this goes.

and, since the title of this blog is "fat girl running" i'll try to get out there and keep moving too. noah loves walks, so hopefully we can get some of that in in the evenings. that way, i can continue to amaze you with my lack of grace and agility, and this blog will not turn into "fat girl dieting" which, i think we all know, can be a very grumpy, unpleasant girl indeed.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

fat girl doing anything but going to the gym

sooo.... i have to admit. i have not done well in the blogging area this month. but to be quite honest, i haven't done well in the going to the gym area either. and by "not done well" i mean "i have not gone at all. not even once."

i have been much less "fat girl running" as i have been "fat girl sitting", "fat girl going to the park with my child", and "fat girl drinking yummy beer". do I regret this? ...not really. however, i really should get back in the swing of things. but seriously, when it's this nice out, how do you not want to go outside and enjoy it instead of quietly sobbing on the elliptical?

but still. must go. must get back on track. hippo life is not the life for me.

Monday, April 26, 2010

baby steps



some days, i think pig's goal is waaaaay better than mine. more delicious too.

sigh. back to the elliptical.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

and now for something completely different

so i didn't make it to the gym this weekend. laziness has a hard hold on me. but i did go monday, and will hopefully squeeze in a few more before the end of the week. on a confusing note, my weight is the same this week as it was the week before. i don't even pretend to understand what my body is doing anymore.

on a completely unrelated note, this cracks me up:

Friday, April 9, 2010

silver lining?

Let's play the good news/bad news game for this week, shall we?

Good news: i've been eating healthy all week.
Bad news: i haven't made it to the gym.

Good news: i didn't gain the 5 pounds i expected as a result of my ham snarfing.
Bad news: i did gain one pound.

Good news: i'm planning on going to the gym saturday and sunday to try to restart my gym-habit.
Bad news: i have to go to the gym saturday and sunday.

Good news: maybe if i go to the gym, i will stop seeing this when i get on the scale.

Bad news: i apparently have some gnarly, manish looking feet. how embarassing.