so i’m down another pound. woo! yes, i know it’s just one pound, but ya know? it’s still one more to reaching my goal. angela propositioned that if we both get down to our weight goals, we should go on a trip. sounds like a good enough plan to me. we were thinking hawaii. i’m trying to think of other places, too, but that’s the plan for now.
i’ve really cut down on the rice intake. i’ve had my carbs in the morning, just so i have enough energy. and i’m eating almonds to snack on, which are really yummy by the way and with a bottle of water, makes me extremely full. i’ve cut down on the fruits as well, but will still choose a fruit over a veggie i don’t like too much. for example, at luby’s i ordered the boiled cabbage and then a side of sliced pineapple. the cabbage was NOT tasty, so i stuck to the pineapple. =)
my gym membership increased this month. i think i will have to find a different gym. bc i’d rather spend less on membership and more on the personal training.
it’s a gorgeous day, so i will spend it outdoors.
i went to my doctor today for the well woman’s exam. yes, that yearly one that women must endure, not like it’s all that tough. anyways, the nurse called me in, and i already had this feeling she was going to say something about my weight, bc she always does. BUT, it was kind of brutal honesty.
“Rochelle, you have GOT to lose more weight. You can’t be this young and this small and weighing so much! Cut out the carbs, cut out the sugars, get some exercise.”
this, i already know. therefore this blog. i’m slowly cutting out the not so good stuff. but so my doctor walks in and basically says the same thing. she says i should invest in a personal trainer and invest in a food diary program, like weight watchers. she said “instead of spending money on a cute new purse, use it on a personal trainer.” at this point, she could kind of see the tears forming in my eyes. not crying bc i’m upset that she was just telling me the truth, but crying bc it WAS the truth. it’s true i probably don’t work as hard to lose weight as i could. it’s true i eat things i shouldn’t eat so much of. and it’s true that i love food. but, it’s also true that if i don’t change my ways, it will catch up to me and it’s true that being sick scares me.
so, the truth sucks, but it really helps. it slaps you in the face and says “hey, i’m not trying to be mean, but you’ve gotta get with it girl!” she wasn’t trying to make me cry, i’m just emotional like that, but, as my doctor, she cares. she doesn’t want me to be dead or suffering at 50 bc of health problems that could have been fixed now.
i’ll take her advice. i’ll cut down on the rice, the sugars, and exercise more often. she said she hopes to see me at least 40lbs. lighter next year than i am today. no more new clothes, shoes, or purses until i drop the 40lbs. i know, actions speak louder than words, but everyone will see. i can do it. it will be work and it will be rough, but i can do it.
another week has gone. i’m happy to say that i have neither gained or lost weight this week. i managed to keep it off, which is an accomplishment. i wasn’t disheartened or anything like that, so that’s good.
i completely forgot friday was my mom’s bday party. yes, another family party. i did good and instead of grabbing a big plate of food, i grabbed a small bowl and ate little bits of everything. i also finished more than half a bottle of cabernet, but red wine is okay, right? maybe…not so sure.
to end my weekend, and to the start of an extremely hectic busy season at work, i went to the spa and got a massage and pedicure. my toes are cute and my body feels really relaxed. it was my first massage ever and it really did the trick. i feel great today. oh! i found a healthy frozen yogurt spot the other night. thank you 25 calories of yummy. i wrote about it in the food blog (http://eatyet.wordpress.com)
i’m 100% all well now. tomorrow will be my first gym day, finally. i can’t wait.
it was my first weekend on the *plan*. can you believe i’m actually going to say *i’m glad it’s monday*. see, at work, i can control the food i eat. i can easily count the calories. it’s so different on the weekends when the meals prepared are not straight from a can or box, but all homemade mama’s cookin goodness.
today, i had an orange for breakfast, a jamba juice original size mega mango w/protein boost for lunch, and since today was my mom’s birthday, i made her spaghetti. eating noodles on one’s birthday = longer life, so goes the saying. i knew i’d be making this tonight, so i tried to save my calories for it. and then there was the slice of cake. bad idea. shame on me. i gotta cut those desserts out of the picture. they definitely do more harm than good.
on a happy note. today’s new veggie was…MUSHROOMS. i added a bunch of mushrooms to the pasta sauce. it didn’t have much of a taste? it tasted like my pasta sauce, which in turn made it delicious.
no weigh-in today. i think i’ll do that once a week. doing it every other day doesn’t seem like a good idea. i’m feeling myself getting obsessed with it. that’s not good, right?
I’m Filipina. My family is gigantic, and 90% of us live in Houston. What does this mean? There are tons of family parties. Parties with food galore. The food is unending. The dessert is rich and delicious and full of all sorts of goodness. The food that makes you just pause and say, “Mmmmmm…yums”. How do you say no to all your favorite dishes, that you only get ever so often because the good Filipino stuff isn’t cooked everyday.
Tonight was my niece’s 1st birthday party. And as usual, there was an immense amount of food…See, my cousin’s opening a new Thai Spice restaurant out in Katy, so they ordered food from the main Thai Spice restaurant to serve at the party. Anyways, there was pad thai noodles, curry chicken, eggrolls, sweet n sour chicken, spicy wings, shu mai, etc…Then there was alot of yummy dessert too…cupcakes, bread pudding that my mother made, and that’s always so tasty, etc…
I think I did well. I got a lil bit of the things I wanted to eat, sat down and ate half of everything I got. Luckily, the rice wasn’t cooked yet, so I didn’t have any tonight. I did have one piece of dessert, which is a Filipino dessert called ensaymada (see below). It’s the best picture I could find on the internet.
Yeah, not so good for you. All that cheese, butter, sugar, eggs…Anyways, it’s not the easiest dessert to make, so if that’s at a party and your Auntie worked hard to make it, you better eat it, even if it’s just a little piece. ^__^
I was down 11 pounds this morning. Maybe not after my dinner tonight. hah… =/
The new veggie for today was cabbage. I went with a friend to lunch at a local vietnamese restaurant and ordered this beef stew with veggies dish. Well, the only veggie in the dish was cabbage. It was pretty good. Some pieces were easy to eat, while others required me to chew a bit more than I’d like. It tasted great with the beef, and as delicious as my meal was, I only had two mini bowls of rice. I’ll typically have 3-4 or even more, depending on how hungry I am.
Afterwards, we went to JuiceBox, which is this place that serves fruit desserts. Basically, it’s shaved ice topped with various fruits. Today we had the Mango & Strawberry Shaved Ice. You’d think the dessert wasn’t so bad since it was all fruits and ice, but alas, the tasty dessert is topped off with condensed milk. Not an immense amount, but still…
So the doctor says I’ve got bronchitis. I’m heavily medicated with things to prevent me from coughing and to help me breathe better. I seriously hope this goes away soon.
I’m 29 going on 30 in about 8 months. I’m 5’2″ and right after Christmas, my happy scale said I was 197.5lbs. Yes, I’m quite aware that’s a lot for a little lady like myself. So, I decided I needed change in my life. Diabetes and heart problems run in my family. I know if I don’t change my ways, those problems will soon become my own. It’s taken a while for me to see that, but I get it now.
I want to be a whole new me by the time I hit 30. See, I know a woman’s body changes once she hits the big 3-0. It won’t be as easy to lose 10lbs. after that milestone. So, I’ve got to do what I can now. I’m not doing any fad diet or anything like that. I’ve been there, and they don’t work. It all comes back if you don’t really change the way you live and eat. According to my BMI, I need to get down to at least 135 to be *normal* again. It’s going to take some patience and work, but I’ll get there.
I think a big problem is I don’t eat veggies. Veggies are my enemy. I’m a meat loving kinda girl. I’m from Texas. We like steaks and pork and all that other bad, but yummy, stuff. I’m taking baby steps, though. In the past few weeks, I’ve incorporated veggies into my meals. I’ll eat a salad with grilled chicken. I tried baby spinach the other day and loved it. Lettuce and tomatoes in my food? YES! I’m slowly realizing that the veggies are good. So far, the veggies on my *okay to eat* list are carrots, onions, artichokes, lettuce, tomatoes, red cabbage, and baby spinach. I know there’s more out there, but we’ll take those one day at a time.
This morning, I weighed in at 187.5lbs. Hooray for my first 10lbs. gone. Since Jan. 2, I’ve been counting my calories, trying to keep it to 1200/day, eating a fruit for breakfast and for a snack, eating veggies at one meal, and eating meat/carbs at another meal. I’ve cut down on the rice. I’m Filipina, so rice is a daily food staple. I measure it now, and only eat 1/2 cup of rice with my meal. I tried 1 cup one day last week and discovered that was WAY too much rice.
This is a good start for me. I’ve had this awful cough also, so I haven’t been able to make it to the gym. I’ll bring that into the picture once I’m rid of this cough/cold.
My mom told me this morning,”Now that you’ve lost it, don’t go looking for it.” hah. And so begins my journey to being chub free!
