Miss Princess's diary

MP, don't worry! That "lump" will disappear :D Watch the salt, suck in the water, and have patience (easier said than done, I know) ;) Great job on getting in your run! :D Proud of you! :D

Hope you have a great evening and keep kickin' butt! :D
 
204

10:35 barefoot mile

Thanks girls,
I actually ended up running 5 miles yesterday, 4 at the park like usual, and then 1 barefoot on my treadmill at 10:30 at night because I ate cake at 10pm. I know I had no business eating at 10:00 because I couldn't possible need "fuel" for anything, so I decided to give my body something to fuel. At least I didn't just go to sleep. :eek: So by my own rules, I have to change my ticker back up to 204 since I'm still there today. I still feel like it's temporary, but I'm there anyway, so I may as well not kid myself about it.

Dinner was a salty disaster last night. I had a work obligation from 6-9pm and I was running from 4-5, so in that hour between 5 and 6 I had to clean up & change back into work clothes, and buy dog food and human food (for me). I went to the natural food store for a healthy dinner and they had absolutely nothing appealing at all! So then I was out of time and with nowhere to stop other than the convenience store on my way I got a V8, a string cheese, and some wasabi funyons :D :eek: :D :eek: . I'm a little conflicted about that as you can see. I love wasabi, and I love funyons, and so the two together make me really happy. No nutritional value and probably 700 mg of sodium isn't great, but whatever. That didn't put me over calories. I don't think I went over my calories yesterday, but the nutrition after 5pm is embarrassing. OK the V8 and the string cheese wasn't bad (except the approximate 1000 mg of sodium there), then I've already mentioned the funyons (330 calories, loads of salt), but then at 7 I had some peanut M&Ms (250 cal), and then at 10 when I got home I had a piece of homemade whole wheat chocolate coconut cake. It actually does have nutrition, but what was I doing eating cake at 10pm?!?! Wait, that's not all, then I had one tsp of peanut butter (not bad, very controlled of me :p ) plus a high-fiber wasa rye cracker with some sundried tomato & garlic chevere on it. Yummy, but once again, at 10pm? I thought to myself, "I need to go to bed, not eat" and then I thoguht, but I'm hungry, I think, and I want to eat because these things are tasty." I think I wasn't that hungry, but I know damn well I was stressed. So my only remedy was to run that mile after I ate so that I would at least be using that "fuel" for something other than fat storage. The result is that I had a very hard time sleeping and I'm still at 204 this morning. I ate a whole day's worth of salt after 5pm though, and I know there was sodium in my breakfast & lunch. Maybe more the lunch than the breakfast, but still, it was a terrible, salty day yesterday. I was stressed, I still am to a lesser extent, and I'm trying to deal with all that. I need to figure out how to divert my attention elsewhere when I want to stress-eat. I calmly and rationally told myself I didn't need food last night and I also calmly ignored myself and ate it anyway. Part of the problem could have also been that I was so busy I didn't eat nearly enough early in the day (only 620 calories before 5pm) so I was not being wise in my food choices the rest of the day because I was too hungry. Still I don't feel like I was totally out of control, I just feel like I made poor choices yesterday. I'll try to work on that. I did have a very good, and healthy breakfast today. Whole wheat pita with eggs, cheese & avocado. I'm full, at least for now!
 
Hey MP! Looks like we are at the exact same weight for a little while! Let's not get stuck again or start doing that two step again. :p The two of us together could be "pumpkin muffins!" Lol! ;) :rolleyes:

Peanut butter fruit! ROFL! Cassie eating crisco! Yuck! I think I gotta get out of this thread before I gain 5 pounds just reading it!

Drink lots of water to get over your salty day. It will be Ok. Just don't do it again for awhile or you might have some nuts knocking at your door! ;) :p
 
hehe all this talk of funny nicknames reminds me of what my mum used to call me when I was wee. She used to call me her cookie bun and dad used to call me his wee chicken for some reason. Hope that 1lb dissapears for you soon MP and I hope your week is going fine. I still envy anyone that can run, I'm getting better but still loads of room for improvement.:)
 
Hi Miss Princess. I notice that happens to me too when I don't eat breakfast or get to busy to eat. At night I feel ravenous.

Moral of the story...don't forget to eat. Looks like you hit a bit of a plateau. Hang in there. It will budge. Have a great Thursday!
 
Thanks hun, but I'm always hitting a plateau. This is my perma-plateau. I'll get through it eventually but I've been here before a number of times and I've never managed to break through into the 100s. I AM very close to my goals, and maybe that makes it tougher for me. I only want to weigh 189 (maybe 185, but honestly less than that would be really skinny for my build). I think there's something more going on here than just a simple plateau. I DO cheat more when I'm at this weight. I've been much better this time around about the exercise, but I can't keep my diet under control. I have not been strictly counting calories (although I have been loosely doing so) and I've been suffering poor nutrition during the day which leads me to overeating and even poorer nutrition at night. I ate more junky "yogurt" covered almonds just now than I care to think about. That sugar & hydrogenated fat can't possibly be yogurt. It was more like tangy white chocolate. Total garbage. The coating was so thick I couldn't taste the almond! For dinner (after the garbage almond shaped objects) I ate the leftovers from my Chinese food lunch. It was a light vegetarian dish with tofu, broccoli and shiitake mushrooms. Tasty, but alas, with white rice in it. Also no nutritional value. I don't even like white rice but it was so soupy without it! I wish I had brown rice. :( Too late now.

I'm feeling sort of down still. Not terrible, but a little down. I completely sucked at softball practice today, I'm feeling insecure still about my job interview next month (although I'm getting more confident about that as the days go on), and I just feel like I'm screwing it all up. I'm too busy to do anything really well right now. I feel like I'm sabotaging myself again in terms of diet because I can't get myself to control what I eat well enough. I WANT every calorie to be healthy (and tasty). I WANT to stop eating when I'm not hungry anymore, not just when I'm so full I can't move. I WANT the discipline to record what I eat when I eat it, not try to remember 6 hours later (which is what I'm doing now, and I'm probably eating more than I think). I know I CAN do this, but what I don't know is why I'm NOT doing this. I seriously doubt that I'll wake up tomorrow morning at 204 or less. I think I ate too much today, no way to tell since I was so swamped I just never wrote it down. Maybe I need baby steps. First step, just make the time & effort to actually record what I'm eating. After I"m doing that again then I'll think of step two.

Help me! I'm driving myself crazy! :eek:
 
You sound like you need a good...

WHACK!

Okay, chickie, what is going on in that head of yours that is preventing you from sticking to your plan when you get close to a big milestone? You said you have been here before, and you cheat when you get here - thus you never make it over into the 100's. You are the exercise queen, so the cheating on how you are eating just about has to be the problem.

This 200 mark is a psychological hurdle for you. How bad do you want to overcome this hurdle? You can lose one pound per week and be over this hump by the middle of August. Can you commit to a 30-day plan? Can you commit to ABSOLUTELY NO CHEATING for just 30 days? You can leap this hurdle - you just have to make your mind up and go for it! :)
 
The lady weilding the stick speaks wise words, cucumber blosssom.

You can do this....this is the time in your life that it's going to be different. We are not going to let you sabotage yourself. It is not allowed. Whacking will ensue.

If you're anything like me, it's probably the stress you are experiencing from your upcoming interview. If you can tackle this one area of your life where eating is concerned that confidence and organization is going to spill out into the other areas of your life. And you will feel like a powerhouse going into that interview.

I think your "one thing a week" is a brilliant idea. Start with the food journal and be religious about it. You can so do this!
 
The ladies above are very wise... and you are a very intelligent and very capable young woman.. you can do whatever you put your mind to..

Small steps are still steps... and they will get you going in the right direction... stop sabotoging yourself... and do what you need to do... :) You can do this and you are not alone:)
 
i totally agree with the ladies above. it sounds like u're about to embark on a personal summer challenge like me to just jumpstart ur metabolism again. I gotta tell you, it has totally worked for me. from plateauing, I lost 10 pounds in just 3 weeks. just change one lil habit one week and then change another the next.maybe not a full blown 2 month plan like I have worked out. but something simple like... no nibbling after dinner. and then just try to stick to that... and then keep adding. after awhile all these habits will just become second nature. I think u're doing great. you just need to refocus and intensify your diet & exercise routine. *huggles* don't lose hope.
 
EEEEK!!! MP! YOU were on page 4!!! Now HOW did that happen?!?!?! LOL Bringin' ya back around my friend :D Hope all is going well for you! :D
 
Hi & sorry ladies, I think I'm gonna have to make this forum a weekend thing, my life just exploded and I needed to take away a little of my "me" time. I REALLY appreciate your input, encouragement and advice. I'm so thankful for all of you. Don't think I don't love you just because I can't get in here more than once a week. You still help me, and I am very grateful. I am stressed, I am trying to keep it all under control, and I've had to set limits for myself on what I allow to distract me, how often, and for how long. Scarlett, I'll certainly appreciate any of your organizational (and time management) guidelines. I'll check back in this weekend, and I'll catch up on all of your journals then. Please take care!
 
missprincess, good to hear from but sorry things have "exploded". We totally understand. Keep your chin up honey.

I'm sending you a pm.
 
Hey missprincess, don't worry about being a "part time" poster, as long as you put in the "full time" effort, that's all we can ask of you! I hope whatever it was that exploded isn't too serious, though I'm sure you're more than strong enough to deal with it effectively :)
 
201

last timed mile was 10:10 w/ shoes

Hi ladies! I'm here for my weekly sanity check. I don't believe the 201 from this morning, since I was at 204 yesterday morning and I've been a little sick-ish for a couple of days. Migranes and other weird things (like being overly hot when it's not that hot. I'm only 33, too early for menopause). I'm hoping it's some strange allergy thing. I'm going to try taking allergy meds before bed tonight so maybe I'll wake up all better. The only thing that has been working for the past 2 days is 12 hours of sleep and a HUGE amount of aspirin & tylenol. Plus a popsicle. That had to have helped!

So I've been running 4 miles all week, I'm upping to 6 this week. Not straight of course, I can only run about 2 miles before I have to walk just for a few minutes, but I'm calling that interval training! :D I am making the time for exercise because I think it's helping me deal with my life stress right now. Nothing major or terrible, just a little too much on my plate right now. Actually a LOT too much, but once again, I'll survive. Running helps me disconnect my mind for a bit, which is quite refreshing. Nothing too big to report. I didn't count calories almost all week. I just started again yesterday since I know I need to. I was just so busy and I felt like I was barely eating anyway, so I wasn't too worried. It just can't be an ongoing thing with me, I'll take advantage of it eventually. I'll be interested to see if that 201 sticks. I've never actually seen that number before. I was a little surprised, but I'm not holding my breath just yet. I really don't have that much to report. I'm doing my best to cope right now, I'm not a complete wreck yet, and I feel like if I'm smart I can manage. I AM smart, but I have to act smart. I learned in softball practice that focus is everything. I catch the ball when I focus on it. If I let my eyes or my mind drift, I miss. That's going to have to be my mantra this week. Focus on success. OK, here goes! Have a great week, I'll be out of town from the middle to the end of this week. Please send me healthy eating (in moderation) vibes. I'm terrible when I go out of town. I always want to eat too much, especially considering my activity level tends to be low when I travel. Too much car time, too little running.

I may have mentioned in BizeB's diary that I'm considering a marathon. It's true. Actually, I'm considering a half marathon first to make sure I won't die. But I told my friend (who is a GREAT runner) that I'd do a marathon with him if I had at least a year to train for it. I know my limitations, and the biggest one is time, so I don't have 6 months to get up to running 26.2 miles, I need 12. But in 6 months I'm thinking about a half marathon. It could be fun. I really like running (with a buddy). I make the buddy disclaimer because I get really bored when I run by myself. I don't even need to talk to my running buddy when I run, but just running alongside someone else makes it much more enjoyable for me. It's weird, but whatever works, huh? Anyway, now I really have to bail. Work is nagging at me and the sooner I finish the sooner I get to go to bed. Have a wonderful week all, and I'll check in again next weekend. Don't forget to send me those good behavior vibes!!!
 
Hey MP! Holy hunnies, I finally get back in here, and now I'll only get to see ya on the weekends... :( Hope things go well, have a good time out of town, good job on upping the miles on the run!
 
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