Cory's Quest for a Healthier Life

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I'm happy you are back and had such a smal gaing. Take care of that ligament. I hope you get your grad stuff figured out with minimal fuss. Did you ever launch the ballon? Pics or vids? I was excited about hearing about it a that's when you went away. I hope you can find the time for us here, but at least find the time to take care of yourself. That's a real bummer that your chair left you hanging that way. You should have been told the same day that notice was given, If not by the chair then by the school. Water under the bridge now. Hang in there Cory!
 
Welcome back Cory! Sorry to hear about the issues you had at school, but I hope the dust is settling for you now. :)
 
Hey everyone!

Quercus, to answer your questions, we didn't get everything done in time to launch last semester so we've postponed until September. We felt like we needed the extra time to work out a few kinks. It's perfectly alright with me if it means we get the payload back relatively unscathed.

I don't have a whole lot to say about my weight loss at the moment. I'm really struggling to make good food choices right now. My brother is living with my parents for the summer, so I'm all by myself in the apartment and unable to occupy myself with exercise in the evening. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm getting tired of reading and video games. It must be a sign of the apocalypse. I'm REALLY struggling not to eat out of boredom these days. Sometimes I succeed and sometimes I don't. Tuesday night I made 24 cupcakes just for the hell of it; however, I have given a large number of those away rather than eating them all myself this week. I also think I need to go back to the doctor. The pain in my foot hasn't lessened and I'm afraid I might have actually fractured something, rather than it being a strained ligament. It's making me really anxious. I'm craving zumba and hiking SO BADLY right now, but those are probably the two worst things I could do.

I'm also really anxious about how things will go this semester when school starts back up. My university has two gyms available to use. One is only for students, but the other one is open to students, alumni, and faculty. The latter is REALLY inconvenient to get to and offers far fewer classes than the former, but I doubt I'll have access to the better one. I won't technically be a student or enrolled in classes this fall, even though I'll still be on campus and making progress on my degree. I'm half tempted to sign up for a throw away class just so I can have access to that gym and all the fitness classes, but it's ridiculous to even consider paying a couple thousand dollars for one class that won't help my degree just so I can use that gym. It makes me a little sick just thinking about it. I want to use that gym almost more than anything, but the cost would be horrendous. Bleh.
 
Oh, I hear you on the boredom eating! Have you considered taking up a hobby? Maybe find some kind of a craft or something. I make little sculptures out of polymer clay and I also scrapbook. It's great to kill time and I tend to get so involved in it that I don't even think about food at all. Best of all, you can give your creations away as gifts or try to sell them for a little extra cash.

As for your gym situation, I wouldn't spend that much money on a throw away class just for the gym usage. There aren't any local gyms that you could join? If not could you get some workout DVDs to do at home? Or even just Youtube some?

I hope your health issues clear up soon. :)
 
Hey guys, just got back from a five day camping trip, which is why I haven’t been on. It was really nice and helped me to find some perspective on some of the issues I’ve been having lately. There’s no cell service or electricity of any kind out there, so I was truly disconnected for a few days. Being away from everything allowed for some heavy introspection. I realized that I’ve been doing something I said I wouldn’t do when I started this journey, which is stressing out about potential failure. Now that I’ve realized that, I’m much less anxious about it and the urge to snack/make bad choices has DRAMATICALLY lessened. I think I’ll have a lot less trouble controlling my food now and will hopefully be able to get back into exercise once I’ve seen the doctor about my foot. I don’t think camping did it many favors, but I really needed this trip.

The camping itself was great. There’s this mountain creek that’s clear as glass and I take goggles and a snorkel and just float face down for a couple miles. It’s really amazing to see all the fish and the rock formations. There are also a couple holes that are a bit deeper, maybe six or seven feet, and they’re bounded by high rock faces on either side. It really makes you feel like you’re just by yourself in the world. That was exactly the feeling I was looking for. I also saw my first bald eagle in the wild, which was pretty freaking cool.
 
I need a camping trip. I'm glad you had a good time. Good luck with the foot. Try hot/cold soaks back and forth. I've been doing that for the back and it has helped a lot.
 
Hey Cory, hope you are doing well :)

I admire you for going camping, I don't have the heart for it, lol! But the idea of it sounds very pleasant. A bald eagle sighting is a rare, amazing thing. The whole trip sounds really great!
 
Feeling good today, guys. I think I’m officially back on the wagon. I had oatmeal and grapefruit for breakfast and will have rice noodles with Thai peanut sauce for lunch. The two together is probably around 800 calories, so I’ll have plenty left for dinner tonight. I’m not sure what dinner will be because I’m going to my parents’ house, but we don’t typically have anything too horrible for you. I’m going to do my no soda thing again too. I had a lot of success with that a couple months ago. Today is day 1! I’m feeling much more positive today than I have in weeks. Here’s to hoping I can keep that forward momentum going.

I also finally managed to schedule another doctor’s appointment to see about my foot. I really hope it’s not fractured. That would put me out of commission for probably 4-6 weeks. I’ve already been out for basically that long and it’s driving me insane.
 
Welcome back on the wagon! The first couple of days were the hardest for me when I got back on, but it's been getting better and better every day. Just take it day by day. I have all the faith in the world that you'll be back on track as you were before. I wish your foot wasn't giving you such a difficult time. When is your appointment? I hope it's something that's easily fixable.
 
I've done pretty good today. Had an egg with toast for breakfast, a tuna salad sandwich with watermelon for lunch, and will be having baked tilapia with corn and veggie skewers for dinner. I did have a can of coconut milk to drink and I've saved enough room to have a couple of mochi balls for dessert. I've also updated my weight ticker to reflect my current backslide. I'd say it's a bit skewed right now though because TOM is visiting me. It'll probably be 3-5lbs lower next week. I decided to also restart my soda free thing that I had been doing. I'm back to one day, but you have to start somewhere.
 
Hey Cory, good to see you back! Your camping trip sounds like it was very refreshing on many levels. You might want to really add a lot more veggies to your meals...they are low in calories, high in vitamins and so much better for you than the heavy starches of breads and pastas. To give you that full feeling, be sure to have a few healthy fats...real butter on those veggies, like avocado, tree nuts, or olives. Not too many of the fats...contrary to popular belief fat does not make you fat!
Some food for thought...take it or leave it!
Sarah
 
scbibhouse, usually I'm VERY veggie heavy. I love those things. You can fill your plate up and basically be no worse for the wear. Unfortunately, I just really really need to go to the grocery store.

Today was pretty good. I had some fruit for breakfast, leftover fish and veggies for lunch, and two slices of pizza with a salad for dinner. I really wanted to take a walk or something today, but my foot was sore. I'm really ready to see the doctor about it. There was also a bag of those combos pretzel things sitting on the table next to me for most of the day today and I didn't eat any of them. I'm proud that I managed to resist. I'm also glad because in another month or so, it'll be hiking weather again. Provided my foot is better by then, it won't be too ungodly hot for it.
 
Yesterday tanked. My uncle is a cancer patient and his wife woke up and found him unresponsive. Apparently he has bacterial meningitis, which is really bad considering he's immunosuppressed from the chemotherapy. Oddly enough, I haven't felt the desire to eat to cope with the stress. I have wanted to exercise though and it's very frustrating to me that I can't just go for a walk right now.

Today was a little better. I'm thinking I'll take a class this semester that will count towards my degree and is required. That way I'll still have access to the gym. I also found this produce stand by the roadside that sells peaches as good as my grandpa grows. This is literally the first time in my life that this has happened. I suspect the stand is run by a single farmer and he's selling whatever he grows. I stopped in on a whim and basically got punched in the face with the smell of those peaches. I bought three without even looking at how much they cost. :p

I'm also happy to say that I did my grocery shopping. I'm now well stocked in fruits and veggies and will rely much less this week on starches. Dinner will be good. It's a fish soup that's pretty light on calories, but should be delicious. It has radishes, cabbage, ginger, onion, and codfish in it. I might throw a few udon noodles in there to make it a little heartier, but I won't go overboard.
 
Hello Cory, i haven't read the entire diary but i read the last pages.

I'm sorry about what happened to your uncle. You did good on not eating out of stress.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but, if i understood correctly, you were on 250 lbs and gained back 15? Even though you gained some weight, it is good that you got back on track relatively fast. This happened to me once, i stopped and and gained all the weight i had lost back (20 kg), plus another 20 Kg, on about 2 years.

I hope this draw-back hasn't affected much your motivation. I also like the idea of the soup, now i want to make some for myself...

Stay motivated and have a nice week! :seeya:
 
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No, I started at 275. Between February and May I lost about 20 pounds, but have since gained 5 or 10 back. I'm not exactly sure how much right now because I'm retaining a lot of water at the moment. I'm still at least 10 pounds down from where I started. That's partially why I'm so motivated right now. I managed to get back on track before I undid all the weight loss I accomplished.

The soup was really good and pretty low on calories. I definitely recommend using udon noodles as well, if you can get them. I put one serving in the pot, but they're REALLY filling so I didn't eat all of them. That means I've eaten fewer calories than I had planned for today.
 
No no, you misunderstood me, i knew you started at 275, you dropped to 250 and then went back to 265, that's why i used the term "gained back". :biggrinjester:

I really want a soup right now, sadly is a little late and I'll have to use the things i got at home, which is... not much...

Anyways, enough of my rambling, take care and have a nice day!
 
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