Home sweet home / 190.6

<b>The wicked weigh-in May 13, 2011</b><br /><br />The first words out of my mouth this morning when I stepped on the scales for the first time in over a week:  HOLY SHIT!<br /><br /><b>190.6 </b><br /><br />The last time I saw this number was June 2008 (I checked my stats). I'd been on Weight Watchers for about four months at that point. I had gone from 240 to 190 in five months. I passed it quickly and never returned. Until now.<br /><br />To say I'm horrified and scared is a BIG understatement. Have I been beating myself up all morning? You bet.<br /><br />I gained five pounds in seven days. I didn't think I ate that poorly, but it would appear I was wrong. I barely moved off the couch in seven days since my sister was still recovering from pneumonia. She was doing much better and just had a mild cough, but she was very tired. Normally, she goes to the gym five days a week, every week. She's been doing this for over three years (she's 72 and normally the picture of health).<br /><br />All week all of us (my sister and two adult nieces) sat around all day, talked non-stop, watched a little TV, went out to eat a few times, and I ate two things that never pass my lips normally:  full-fat cheddar cheese and candy (darn those grand-kids and their candy). These two things are my kryptonite. Extra sharp Tillamook cheddar cheese and every variety of candy you can imagine.<br /><br />This extra weight is very uncomfortable. It's depressing, and I'm angry with myself that I let this happen.<br /><br /><b>What's next?</b><br />Number one on my plan to get back in control is the gym. I can honestly say I've missed it terribly in the past week. I know my consistent exercise has kept me from re-gaining all my weight. It makes me feel good and happy. It builds my self-confidence, and I really think it helps me keep better control of my eating. <br /><br />As soon as I publish this post I'm heading out to the gym. I'm actually excited about it. It's become a huge part of my life and it's something I'll never stop if I can help it. <br /><br />I have a plan for my eating too. Back to the basics. When I first went to Fairbanks I was following a Detox diet that some of my friends talked me into doing with them. One of them has a daughter that's a nutritionist and she'd put together an eating plan that was suppose to detox the body of toxins.<br /><br />I tried the detox for the first couple of days. Since it's very restrictive and there were some things we were suppose to eat that I couldn't stand and things we weren't suppose to eat that I love, I was miserable. After two days I said to hell with it. That's when I started eating cheese and candy.<br /><br />In addition, my sister is barely eating since the pneumonia (she barely eats much when she's feeling good). I counted her calories for a couple days and she was eating about 400 calories a day. She's just not hungry and she refused to eat. Getting her to even eat the 400 calories was difficult. <br /><br />The result was I'd go long stretches without eating. Of course, I could have eaten anything I wanted at any time. I'm very relaxed at my sister's house, it's just like being at my own home. Yet I found I'd try to go long stretches trying to not eat since she wasn't eating and hoping I'd eat less overall. That did NOT work. When I finally ate something, I'd be starving and I'd overeat. <br /><br />So when I say back to basics, it's back to eating basic food, and eating every three to four hours, and following the <a href="http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=2071&sc=3010">Good Health Guidelines</a> (Weight Watchers, and why in heaven's name is this so freaking hard to find on their website? ).<br /><br />The Good Health Guidelines <br />1. Eat at least five servings of vegetables and fruits each day, (nine servings if you weigh over 350 pounds.) <br />2. Choose whole-grain foods, such as brown rice and oats, whenever possible. <br />3. Include two servings of milk products – low fat (1%) or fat-free – each day. If you’re a nursing mom, teenager, over 50 years old, or weigh more than 250 pounds, you should have three servings of milk products each day. <br />4. Have 2 teaspoons of healthy oils (olive oil, canola, sunflower, safflower or flaxseed) each day. <br />5. Ensure that you are getting enough protein by choosing at least a serving or two of lean meats, skinless poultry, fish, beans, soy products, and lentils. <br />6. Limit added sugar and alcohol. <br />7. Drink at least 6 8-ounce glasses of liquid a day. Water is the best choice. <br />8. Take a multiple vitamin-mineral supplement each day.  <br /><br />That's all there is to it. It's simple, easy, basic, nothing fancy. Just back to what worked before and I know will work again.<br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>A note about the hCG Diet</b><br />I have three friends doing the stupid hCG diet, where you get injected with a hormone from a pregnant woman's urine, eat 500 calories a day, and you're NOT suppose to exercise (other than short walks). These are smart, intelligent women doing this diet. Until now I couldn't find a really good article about the hCG diet. I finally found one in the June 2011 issue of Prevention magazine. Check out this article:  <a href="http://www.prevention.com/health/weight-loss/diets/the-hcg-diet-side-effects-and-health-risks/article/2959e8baeb5df210VgnVCM10000030281eac">Diet Spotlight:  Does the hCG Diet work?</a><br /><br />I knew this was a bad idea!<br /><br /><b>A few Alaska pictures from my vacation</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> About ten minutes from the Anchorage, Alaska airport </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJfSY9qK396q7H6zaGXyZBHplKpEl-r6VJtOCplLH17e_63_Ir-Auxsp_0ioUvmdc3hWbysN7dZ9jo0nLDoLn58B7sWZ2uRWF1Qe9iMpdzYOyyWDBtX2KG_0TmU5qpBZg3PIH1I_vUm9H/s1600/P1020847.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJfSY9qK396q7H6zaGXyZBHplKpEl-r6VJtOCplLH17e_63_Ir-Auxsp_0ioUvmdc3hWbysN7dZ9jo0nLDoLn58B7sWZ2uRWF1Qe9iMpdzYOyyWDBtX2KG_0TmU5qpBZg3PIH1I_vUm9H/s400/P1020847.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> More of the same </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jZOzg3q6NbqMqIOQ2w6GZDJalhv1dE8BO459KP9hTOu-AlVD-SyxslxdvpFJQ9uKbFCAZUhf-UuiTjiONk27SKYgjrrSWPp45SmvfM2zBuG86NukqNT5pWCvl1iR5KZ8-EpvB6GBOLee/s1600/P1020831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jZOzg3q6NbqMqIOQ2w6GZDJalhv1dE8BO459KP9hTOu-AlVD-SyxslxdvpFJQ9uKbFCAZUhf-UuiTjiONk27SKYgjrrSWPp45SmvfM2zBuG86NukqNT5pWCvl1iR5KZ8-EpvB6GBOLee/s400/P1020831.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> About a minute before landing in Anchorage</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbak-PIvqU3N3FGH6Ok5x9ExJ3QWft0DgvOKwCD2OsHyGKPhcoqvoFh9TkElfg0O8tLyef_DE6WdGJIJvkuy_SRtRLkCFKzqMGEfiV_DMfaJPdoiflC3p9XoIV2imtRbLIn3O7hrl_Zff/s1600/P1020844.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbak-PIvqU3N3FGH6Ok5x9ExJ3QWft0DgvOKwCD2OsHyGKPhcoqvoFh9TkElfg0O8tLyef_DE6WdGJIJvkuy_SRtRLkCFKzqMGEfiV_DMfaJPdoiflC3p9XoIV2imtRbLIn3O7hrl_Zff/s400/P1020844.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Obviously, I love mountains!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTTL72Ji2sPm9rNRbBles04Mp6qUuamdI2qG26Oqx0rcGWcNxezD6gaCwUqmvnRo5KtFo5hV5gTWo9Y1vL-fdYxDwpghuGTKVm2So1jjcUPJRFzy_pLwvMBqvD991rn7ShGThYYpn_inY/s1600/P1020842.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTTL72Ji2sPm9rNRbBles04Mp6qUuamdI2qG26Oqx0rcGWcNxezD6gaCwUqmvnRo5KtFo5hV5gTWo9Y1vL-fdYxDwpghuGTKVm2So1jjcUPJRFzy_pLwvMBqvD991rn7ShGThYYpn_inY/s400/P1020842.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> The view from my sister's house, off the front porch.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> There's a moose out there, but you can barely see it on the left. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvgK06Dg6v7GqUsmKAoQjl_h0mPxT7o-WtXmZTarfOtNC0mcPqvhL4UzhSnCPBk75DZ5XvZI9VEjs89LlZsraqTq1vM-iQsUJft7yA68zexKttGApC7ncekNe6KPvhWDt6yt4cYGBYlKI/s1600/P1020851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvgK06Dg6v7GqUsmKAoQjl_h0mPxT7o-WtXmZTarfOtNC0mcPqvhL4UzhSnCPBk75DZ5XvZI9VEjs89LlZsraqTq1vM-iQsUJft7yA68zexKttGApC7ncekNe6KPvhWDt6yt4cYGBYlKI/s400/P1020851.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The view to the other direction</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjaq-IUQ9nL9JQeOQ0Q3U5wKt5v1DDrVhpmxfUmmn-AriU13VCaOuwdx5OB0bz4g4ImkcP5cly598Xkb76hWsxKf-yDCTFOrmKhxwqpOAdGeXzE0DRCrXhpGZqyA94FAQ7LZaZbq6gdSV/s1600/P1020866.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjaq-IUQ9nL9JQeOQ0Q3U5wKt5v1DDrVhpmxfUmmn-AriU13VCaOuwdx5OB0bz4g4ImkcP5cly598Xkb76hWsxKf-yDCTFOrmKhxwqpOAdGeXzE0DRCrXhpGZqyA94FAQ7LZaZbq6gdSV/s400/P1020866.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>

Home sweet home / 190.6

The wicked weigh-in May 13, 2011The first words out of my mouth this morning when I stepped on the scales for the first time in over a week:  HOLY SHIT!190.6 The last time I saw this number was June 2008 (I checked my stats). I'd been on Weight Watch…

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