Patrisha

February 4, 2005

Saturday Thoughts about Weight

I mentioned it on the diary called somekindofacircle but I don’t think I mentioned here that my weight on my morning weigh-ins has crept slowly up from 160 to 163 {yesterday} so today is the first day of my plan to do something about this.

I do know where the pounds have come from. I have been eating four and five slices of home-made bread a day and at 130 calories a slice this tots up to calories I don’t need. In addition, I have been eating ice cream. When I was losing weight, I was also eating ice cream, but then it was occasionally AND it was one scoop and in a small bowl. And I knew how many calories it was. These days I am eating three scoops in a big bowl and I have no idea of the calorie count. This will change. The bread will be reduced to a maximum of 2 slices a day and I will first look at the calorie count before I eat the ice cream. And if I decide to eat it, I will have one scoop and write the calories down. along with the calories of everything else I eat. This is not a diet. This is a maintenance regime slightly more strict than usual and it is {right now} just for a week. However, if it doesn’t do what I need it to do, it will be for longer. I have no problem with this writing down idea since I did it for a year.

In addition I have until today been toying with the idea of two walks a day. Today I stopped toying and did it. They were both 30 minutes long and I enjoyed them both. I have to keep moving to keep this weight off and, like portion control, I had gotten careless about that, too. Right now we are having lovely weather. Today the temperature will probably go up to 40 degrees which is a very nice change from the minus degrees we had last week. But I am putting it here so *I* can see how serious I am– if the temperature drops again, I will use the treadmill. Since this is a manual treadmill, it gets my breathing and heart rate up very quickly which is a good thing. {I much prefer walking outside, though.}

Until later..

gray tabby

February 5, 2005

i imagine it will only take you a week to get the weight off again. take care,

Shi

I’d say you had a lot on your mind lately, but sounds like you are taking control again. 🙂

TheWoodsprite

’tis a sad thing when “toying with walking” is all we can muster the energy for, but it doesn’t help keep us in shape! I gained about five pounds over my months of caring for Brother, because when he was still in pretty good shape, he loved my homecooking, and If I’m Gonna Cook It, I’m Gonna Eat It…(but why so much?????) Here’s wishing you a wonderful evening and tomorrow! hugs, Weesprite

VaGirl

my friend took me out thursday, my b-day was yesterday, and tomorrow is the super bowl…Im gonna gain so much! But then after that I have NO excuse. 🙂 I will be back to normal soon. I hope!

I wondered when all that bread was going to catch up to you! It’s one of the reasons I don’t make bread. Three half-cup scoops of ice cream would probably be about 450 calories, if my memory serves me right, including a ton of fat grams. I’ve finally started to get a grip on the fat grams I eat (finally UNDER my allowance for more than a day in a row). Lost a pound this week! woo-hoo!

woman in the moon

I very much admire your control. Right now my jeans are uncomfortably tight. I’ve eaten way too much already today, and all I can think of is what I’m going to eat next. So you see why I admire you.

lehper

Malcolm would always like to go for a walk with you. For you exercise and pound shedding! – For him exercise and different places to smell. 🙂 – – – –

MargUK

Maintenance is sometimes more difficult than losing! I think I’m at the maintenance stage now – everything seems to have ground to a halt but that’s okay – I still tend to panic when it starts to creep up again but I seem to manage to get things under control okay by the same method as you – more exercise & keeping note of daily calories – not a chore after having done it for so long.

Pskettios

You are so on top of things, Patrisha, I don’t worry about you. All of the aforementioned changes will do it for you, and all of your exercise, too. I’m so proud of you for reaching, surpassing and maintaining your goal! You are an inspiration!

You’re at MY goal weight. LOL

LightButHearty

You haven’t gotten careless about either exercise or portion control….you’ve been coping with a fractious, sick man who dominates your time. I’m glad things are to a state where you can exercise some control again.

momof2boys2

It’s always agreat idea to document everything. Sometime just writing it down seeems like so much work it’s not worth eating. Also weight gain is not all bad, it could be muscle you are gaining weight from. Just go by how your clothes are fitting. Muscle does weigh more than fat. Enjoy the warmth we had 53 today, not bad for Wisconsin. sounds like snow and rain tomorrow and 35.

You are the greatest. When (and I am saying when not if) I make it to my goal and maintain it, I know that you will be one of the people I will have to thank for it.

Jafael

It is easy to start being a bit lax about counting calories and getting moving, isn’t it? My weight has been creeping up lately, too, though I can’t say that I’ve gotten the true decision to stop it yet.

roseyrays

February 6, 2005

SomeKindOfACircle

Plus which, Patrisha, winter is “comfort food weather”. We want those extra breads & scoops of ice cream because we feel hemmed in, restless & anxious. Love, Anna

ryn- Thanks for the good wishes, Patricia. I hope Gunther will also find this a wake up call as Fred did and get more active – do some exercise and get off that couch. He is talking about getting back to swimming, and really swimming, not just doing a weak dog paddle. He may get ME back to walking!

saydimae

I always reward myself with losing weight by eating something like chocolate or cookies. Go figure! I gained back 30 pounds over 3 years, so I joined Weight Watchers and lost 23 so far. I guess I’ll always have to battle out of control eating. You’re very smart to catch your weight gain at 3 pounds instead of 30.

Ginger Rogers

All Cats Rule

you do so well with the weightloss and maintaining it. That’s just awesome!

wickedgood

But homemade bread is so good… I’ve got a loaf of Swedish rye bread going in my machine right now. I should get my act together and walk on weekends. Problem is, the sidewalks aren’t all cleared, and I have to walk in the road, which can be frightening.

I shold have started my maintanance the first time I lost weight or I would not have regained all I lost and had to start over again.

Soroptimist

February 8, 2005

I count calories, too. I think it’s the most sensible way to control weight. xxx