Who added the T to Die?

Is anybody listening?

2011-06-17T12:13:00.000-07:00

Oh well, I am still tryiing but I guess not dedicated enough...I am still stuck in the 70's.

I have not given up!

2010-11-21T20:19:00.000-08:00

YUP, I am still at it. I get to a point and become stuck. I am at a lost for words not sure what to say anymore. Just wanted to post here that I have not given up...I am still on the diet roller coaster and will continue. Just taking a lot longer to reach my goal.

Fat Fasting is not for me

2010-03-23T12:05:00.000-07:00

OK, It has been a while since you have heard from me. But I have not given up the battle. I am still struggling and juggling at this point. I did attempt to do the Fat Fast but there was no drastic weight loss, not like I was expecting. The diet consisted of 5 -200 calorie meals. Can you imagine Boiled Eggs and Mayonnaise, Deviled Eggs with Mayonnaise, Cream Cheese, Heavy Whipping cream? Strange items but I tried to endure. For what I weighed in at 169....that is correct 169 I have finally gotten under the 170's that alone is such a motivation for me. It makes me try harder and to be very very conscious of what I put into my mouth. Problem with that? I wake up thinking I will do Fat Fasting, then mid day I decide rather do Atkins..then by evening I say hmmm weight watcher and the kicker is I then eat something with Carbs. Go figure so far I have been able to maintain. I have not lost anymore but I am still trying.

I am still working toward m y first goal.

Fat Fasting? Dare I do it?

2010-02-17T11:16:00.000-08:00

OK, being snowed in can be costly. Before the snow I weighed in at 171....now I am sitting at 176....dang gained 5 pounds. It is so hard to stay on target. I sat in and ate things I would never normally eat. Peanut Butter Balls? They would have been OK if I did not eat so many of them. If you have never had one you don't know what you are missing. Ummm really good. Valentines day oh boy I really went overboard and had Alcohol and Chocolate covered pretzels I think that is what sent me over the top. I decided to read the Atkins Revolution book again and noticed for the first time chapter 20 which talks about Fat Fasting. Now Fat Fasting is a dangerous Fast according to the book. I am so determined to do this....but should I? At what cost? I am losing sleep on this one I really want to do it. I mean I want to do it if it will do as it says it does in the book. The book says the rate of weight loss is dangerous it is too fast. Dare I do it?

Now I am stuck in the 70's this can't be happening!

2010-01-26T14:04:00.000-08:00

OK, 22 days later and I am still in the 170's???????? this can't be happening. Remember I stayed stuck in the 80's for ever. I don't understand how I continue to do this to myself. Why is it I cannot stay focused and stick with whatever diet/life style change I have decided to work with? What is wrong with me. I think I am so focused and so diet conscious I forget what works and what does not. I jump to whatever I hear about or think might work better. Glamour presented a cleansing diet on TV yesterday on the Wendy Williams show. I know I should stay with what I am doing but I now want to change to that one. What am I going to do? There has to be others out there like me. Am I the only one stressing about weight? Stressing tends to add weight so I will never get done. But continue I must I will not give up. It could be worse I coul dbe saying I am back in the 80's.

I have managed to lose a total of 13 pounds and still trying.

2010-01-04T12:02:00.001-08:00

OK, It has been more then 4 weeks since I was motivated to write on this blog. I have not given up, My journey continues. I have managed to lose a total of 13 pounds and I am still trying. I had to change up a little and moved away from weight watchers to Atkins. I needed to jump start my diet and I find Atkins a good way of doing it. It seemed that I was moving in the wrong direction and it was becoming embarrassing to me. I do have a down side with this diet my stomach is gurgling loudly all the time. I hate to be near anyone because of all the Gas I have going on in there. Well I guess it is worth it as long as I reach my goal. I still have 20-30 pounds to go but as I stated before I will continue to work hard until I achieve my goal. I had a birthday last month and to my surprise my husband gifted me with a Treadmill??????? from my husband????????? LOL that is one of those things that make you go hmmm! What was my husband trying to tell me not sure what the message was here. I have started to use it this week I hope it works for me. I will keep you posted.

I lost something but it was not weight..........

2009-11-07T12:35:00.000-08:00

Well it has been a long time since I published anything on this blog. Sometimes no news means good news. But for me that is not true. My brother-n-law passed away on Oct 3...and I have been eating every since. I think I am a stress eater and get this, I did not even know I was stressing. So much for knowing yourself. By the time I attended the funeral and stayed a week to support my sister I have gained 10 pounds, Can You beleive that 1 week and 10 pounds gained. So I have spent an entire month trying to lose those pounds and have managed to lose 6 pounds. I think for me the process is for ever. Who ever heard of getting on the scale 2 and 3 times a day. It is a wonder that I am not insane. LOL or am I ? I just started back to walking...2 days in so far. I know walking and or movement is very important but for some reason I had shut down on all things good. OK so here I go again I will not give up. One thing about me I will keep going until I reach my goals. Followers please keep me motivated. Post some comments to my blog.

As I lay me down to sleep.

2009-09-28T12:39:00.000-07:00

Who knew I was going to lay down Friday the 18Th and stay in bed for a week? Boy when I woke up Saturday the 19Th my day started out normal. By mid afternoon I was stuffed and the throat hurt terribly, by the late evening I knew I was dealing with something hostile. I was in bed nursing a terrible cold and thanking God it was not the swine flu. I stayed in my room so that I would not pass the germs to my Granddaughter and my mother n law who had come to visit. I ate very little mostly soup and water. I was feeling good about the fact that I could not eat since perhaps I could loose some weight. You think after all that time I might have lost some weight. Well I lost a whooping 2 pounds. I tell you the second time around is so so hard. LOL or should I say the fourth time around. Still moving on. I am better now and you bet my appetite is back.

Should I be excited?

2009-09-14T06:51:00.000-07:00

I got on the scale this morning like I do every single morning. To my amazement I weighed in at 183.6. Should I get excited? I am afraid to I want so bad to lose some weight. I really want to lose my stomach. It is so embarrassing to me to have a stomach that makes you look like you are 6 months pregnant YUCK!. So today it is watermelon for the rest of the day and then to bed early? LOL let's see what that buys me. I bet it will gain me a pound watch.

In hiding again?

2009-09-13T09:02:00.000-07:00

I think I spend more time hiding from the truth then facing the truth. I was not able to go to weigh in at weight watchers Saturday. I woke up and it the scale at 185. I just did not want to face them again having gained 1+lbs. This seems to be so much harder the second time around. LOL or is this my 3rd or 4Th time around? The good part and the shinning light is that I know at some point I will achieve my goal. It just is not coming fast enough for me. Tell me why I was sitting in the movies yesterday afternoon eating a large popcorn with butter? What happened to the moderation in my diet? hmm, I think there is something else going on here stopping me from staying focused.

Is that really possible????????

2009-09-09T19:12:00.000-07:00

I can not believe it. I weighed in at weight watchers last Saturday (remember I am a lifer) , and you won't believe it but yes I did it. YUP ! weighed in at a minus? I weighed in at -.2Oz's. A victory no matter how small is a victory. I was so happy. I thought finally I was headed in the right direction and I should continue to do so. That was short lived, the holiday weekend killed me...I forgot all the rules, I did not watch what I ate. That would not have been so bad but I did not do it in moderation. So when the holiday was over and I hit the scale....oh no I cannot believe this the scale said 191...is that really possible?

4 miles in 100 minutes, are you serious?

2009-09-02T06:24:00.000-07:00

I am serious. I really mean business this time. I am more committed to getting the steps in and eating healthy. I am eating foods that I like but they are foods that have been identified as healthy, fillers and or just plain good for you. I cannot believe that I walked 4 miles non stop but I did! Me I did it! Let me make mention here, if I have not already done so I am not alone. My husband is supporting me in this and I appreciate it. When I feel I can go no further he talks me through it. Sometimes he talks even when I don't want to hear it. And of course if you know the footprints story you know and I know that he is carrying me. It feels good to know that I am not alone.

Heck, I put in 3.89 miles, 10,730 steps by 1:00PM today

2009-08-31T11:10:00.000-07:00

Heck, I put in 3.89 miles, 10,730 steps by 1:00PM today. Wow I am starting off pretty strong this week. I hope to keep up the good work. I still need to pay attention to what I eat and when I eat. This morning I had watermelon.(I love watermelon could eat that all day. I also learned that watermelon is a fuller food. meaning it will make you fill fuller longer. On the way to my walk I decided to eat a fiber one protein bar. Hmmm, maybe that is what gave me the energy to walk an extra mile today. when I came home I rewarded myself with a large chocolate fudge bar. No worries it was a weight watchers chocolate fudge bar. I love those things too. Now here is where I faltered I decided to have a BLT...that cost me some points like 7. I try not to use that many points for lunch but oh well, one day at a time. Wonder what I will have for dinner?????

Does a Hula chair workout count?

2009-08-31T07:40:00.001-07:00

I have a hula chair and I worked out on it this morning. I used it for 30 minutes while I watched Jerry Springer show. Jerry Springer is such a mindless show you can do lots of things while watching it. Now here is the concern I wear a pedometer and when working out on the chair it counts my hoops as steps. This shows that I have 2542 steps and equates to .92 miles. Hm I like this so I do this each morning before go on my walk. Currently I am doing 2 miles a day and with the Hula chair I total 3 miles. This gives me such a feeling of accomplishment.

Well I am still moving on.

Is there a baby in there?

2009-08-30T13:46:00.000-07:00

I thought this was cute and worth mentioning:
My granddaughter had two friends over to play. Well the four year old needed help in the bathroom. While I was standing there talking to her she pats my stomach and asked "is there a baby in there"? I could only laugh and say no...i'm too old to have a baby in there what is in there is too much food. She smiled and went on to say maybe you should not eat all the food.

Seems like everything I put in my mouth goes straight to my stomach and stays there.

2009-08-29T14:03:00.000-07:00

OK, today I weighed in. I bet the ladies think I have it mixed up. The idea is to loose not gain. Oh well I was up by 1.8. that was no surprise to me it was actually good news. You see sense my last weigh in I went on vacation and spent 2-3 weeks DE. with my sister. I managed to gain 9lbs. That's right, not a typing error, I gained 9lbs.
I went to DE armed with all my goodies prepared to stay on track. I had fiber bread, benefiber, granola cereal, vitamins, prune juice( lol you have to make sure the plumbing is working). You know the intent went with me but I must have left the committment home. The stuff never left my bag now how is that for being prepared? The intent was there but not the total commitment. I watched everything I ate, no really I watched but I ate all the wrong things and knew it when I was doing it. Somehow I could not stop myself seems like I wanted everything I normally don't eat or want. So I worked really hard this week on eating my allotted points amount, tracked everything I ate and walked. I walked daily, I am up to 3 miles. I never thought I would see the day I would walk that distance. Hence I actually lost this week about 5lbs. So I am happy. Today is a good day.

2009-08-03T16:28:00.001-07:00

So here it is more then a month since I have updated this blog. I am still struggling trying to loose this weight. I think I am trying too hard. Right now I am going thru some personal family issues and it takes a lot of my time. Heck it has me stressed out.

Yea though I walk thru the World in Fatness

2009-06-22T05:36:00.000-07:00

I continue to crave foods. That is what is astounding to me when I decide to diet I crave everything. I very rarily if ever crave foods of any type.

When I am craving something it is usually something else going on. Good example, five years ago I craved dungeness crap legs in the worse way. I had to have them I ate them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I was always in the papers looking for the sales so I could get 5-10 pounds. I never wanted to run out. My sister and I used to laugh about that craving, my mother being superstitious would always say someone in the family was pregnant when she dreamed about fish. Heck I didn't have to worry about that I wasn't dreaming about fish I was eating it and enjoying every minute of it. Then one afternoon I received the phone call that would stop my cravings for those crabs in it's tracks. My daughter called to let me know she had just left the Dr's office and was having a baby. Ha! She seemed to be surprised? You can imagine my surprise. The bottom line to this story, I never ate dungeness crabs again. In fact I had about 5 pounds in the freezer but I could not get them down. It is really strange how things work...did I forget to mention that prior to that craving period I hated dungeness crabs? I thought they looked nasty and did not want to touch them. Oh well after call the cravings were gone and to this day 5 years later I will not eat dungeness crab legs. Now here it is 5 years later and I am craving crab legs again this time snow crab clusters, I have always loved them. My sister has warned me some one may be having a baby. Oh well even if that happens I hope I don't lose my love for snow crab legs!

Fathers Day has come and gone and with that day alone i feel I have gained 10 pounds. I am not going to share what it is I did gain. Today is Tuesday and I have started a new way of eating this week. let's see what happens with this. I will share later.

Exercising will kill me or heal me.

2009-06-19T07:43:00.000-07:00

Just got back from my 2 mile walk. Actually it is becoming easier. I aspire to get to 4 miles and I know I will make it. Tuesday I ached so bad I could barely move. I blamed it on the walking. But who am I fooling the walking is what I need to do in order to get this weight off. It is the weight that is making me wake up in pain. That and sitting on the couch most of the day. Blogging and facebook can become addictive. While I am here typing this blog my husband is in the kitchen fixing potatoes, ham, and eggs. Now I will try not to have any but the will power is weak. Since it is weak the next thing I need to do is make sure I am eating smaller portions. I will get a small plate(I read that is the way to go , in fact everything you read or hear about dieting says the same thing "smaller portions"). You ever see the commercial where the man and woman started a diet and the results for the man is positive and for the woman is negative? That is Greg and I. He and I are changing our eating habits together. He looks like he is loosing weight I look like I am gaining weight. He and I walk in a room and everyone tells him how nice he looks and they can see he is losing weight. LOL, there I stand still the blob. Oh well have to work harder I know the hard work will pay off just slower for me.

Ok It is now 10:30 PM and I am worried that I won't weigh in right (less weight) at weight watchers. I think when I just think about food I gain weight. Something is wrong with me. I am not a real big eater but yet I get heavier. Oh well I may go to weight watchers tomorrow but maybe just maybe I won't weigh in.

You can go out to dinner and watch what you eat!

2009-06-16T12:14:00.001-07:00

Hi, This is me two pounds lighter. Hard to see a difference don't you think? I have a long way to go.

One of the hardest things for me when dieting is knowing what to eat when I go out.
I hate to go out seems like once I am out dining out comes up and I find it difficult to watch what I eat. I know It's not fair to everyone else but what can I do. . Hm mm what to do? what to do? Yes I have my dining companion from weight watchers and I always start out with good intentions. Just seems like when I get to where I am going I forget about the diet and making wise choices. Ha at the time that I am ordering it seems to be a wise choice, maybe not the right choice but wise.
Sunday my family wanted to go visit with my sister and her family. At first I thought nah, I have to watch what I eat and when I go there I forget my diet. Oops, there I go thinking about me, it is not always about me. While I may think so not all others do and how selfish is that. I had to think of something. So like Pinky Dinky Doo I decided to think and think and think and suddenly I knew.(I guess you can tell from that sentence what TV shows I watch.) Wow, I thought let's surprise them with a visit and dinner. No call nothing just show up. So we packed up the meal and we headed to Delaware. Middletown that is.
My husband attended an affair the week before and returned with a vegetable salad that he thought I would like, he was right I did. We went with making a Salad and Kabobs. Talk about easy and quick. I found the recipe in the children' s section of the newspaper under Rookie Cookie's recipe. Since it was under the Kids section I let my granddaughter make the salad. (teaches her to read and measure).She had so much fun doing it. This salad is healthy, filling , convenient and good to eat. You can make it and snack on it all day.
It is so much easier to stay committed to a diet when all of the family is involved in it.

While Asia was making the salad I put the ingredients together for the kabobs.
Oh well I did say I am no cook, when Greg saw the size of the vegetables I cut up he said they were too small for kabobs, no worries we changed to shrimp stir fry.

When I got to my sister's house I called her to see what she was doing and told her Greg and I were riding around trying to decide where to eat. Imagine her surprise while talking to me I walk thru the door. LOL this is where we decided to eat. 2 hour drive for dinner.

And guess what I was able to go out to dinner, visit with family and still stuck with my diet choices for the day. Success!

Below is the recipe if you would like to try it...

Corny Vegetable Salad

1 (15-25) can corn, drained
1/2 cup red or green bell pepper,diced
1/2 cup tomatoes, chopped
2/3 cup cucumber,chopped
1/3 cup light Italian salad dressing

what to do
Combine drained corn and vegetables in a medium size bowl
Pour Italian dressing over top and stir to combine
Chili for several hours to blend flavors, serves four

Who added the T to Die?

2009-06-15T12:26:00.001-07:00

Two Pounds down and working to reach my Goal

2 Pounds down and I am happy!

2009-06-15T11:56:00.000-07:00

I had to do the dreaded thing and go to weight watchers on Saturday to weigh in. I mentioned before that I am a fallen life time member which if you don't know, means I am back to weekly meetings. I actually skipped the week before because I knew the scale had not gone down but had gone up. Pushed myself to go last weekend because I needed to face the music.
The thing I like about weight watchers is the support sytem and the encouragement you get from others success. I said that I weighed 183 but that was from my scale at home which does not match the scales used at weight watchers. Since I will be showing my weight loss progression weekly I will do it based on the weekly results given there. When I commit to something I strive to do my best. The summer time is just so hard to keep the committment.

Day 5 and no real progess.

2009-06-12T19:31:00.000-07:00

Today is Friday, day 5 and I don't have any great news to report. I still have not decided on what diet I should start. There is so many different ones out there and most work as long as you stick to them and include exercising. Well for this week I have been fasting and not taking in any solids before 5:00 pm. Guess that would be good if i didn't make up for it after 5PM. LOL!
I guess with the house being so hot for two days it was also hard to stick to the diet. I ate of all things ice-cream, I very rarely eat ice cream so I guess this week was a rare one because i consumed a lot of ice-cream. Oops! I found myself eating right out of the carton anything to cool off. There goes any sense of a diet. Yup you know it, I got on the scale each day and to-date show only 1 pound difference. Yuk! I have to weigh in tomorrow at weight watchers and I am afraid I will weigh in on the upside not the down side as I wish to do (I will keep you posted).

I received another advertisement in the mail regarding 4 things you need to do in order to lose weight. Hm, as usual I decided to send for it and see what it is about. I will let you know what is is and whether or not I tried it. I am really leaning towards a protein diet for a while since I have soooooo much meat in the house. I really should consume it so it does not go to waste.

I coudn't decide on what diet to start today. But start I must. Look at me.

2009-06-08T18:52:00.000-07:00

OK, here it goes this is day one of me trying once again to loose the weight. Seems like you don't realize how big you are until you see yourself in pictures. You say WOW ! is that really me? Yup it is you all 183 lbs. I cannot believe it. I have 30 lbs that I want to loose and a hard road to get there. You can follow and support me on this blog if you have a desire to loose weight or if you have been there and want to walk the journey with me. I have found that for me just a good support system can get me to where I need to be.
Since I could not yet decide I decided to eat light until I could make up my mind which way to go. The summer is the hardest time to stick to a diet. Barbecues, Parties and just good eats.
I think about Atkins because I can eat all the meat I want and eliminate all/most of the carbs..but then I think heck sometimes i will want that chip, slice of bread and or any of the other good things I have to give up.
I think why not Weight Watchers heck I am a life time member and as I said before it worked for me. I stopped following the change of eating and tracking what I eat and that is fatal.

Cooking Thin seems like it might be good but you know if you don't cook it will be hard to cook yourself thin. I have to convince my husband to cook for me. He might do it since I am always expressing my dissatisfaction with my looks.

I didn't do to bad for my first day this is all I had for the day other then a small burger on whole grain wheat bread. Didn't think to take a picture of that. I ate it as fast as I made it.

I always start my day like this....The Green daily Detox and the Acai Berry juice. When you don't eat properly I learn that the body does not work properly. You loose something to gain something.

V-8 Juice is my daily intake for vegetables. I always have a hard time getting in my 5 vegetables and fruits. This is the way I get in my Fruit. I fix a smoothie with Weight Watcher smoothie mix. I use this one because it is made with water. I add Whey, Fiber, Flax seed and Frozen Fruit. Now if you never tried this you should this is really great and taste good. My favorite flavor of Whey is chocolate and my smoothie choice is chocolate. It is like getting in a chocolate fix without all the calories.
I know that portion size is important so this is the ice-cream I had for today. It was so hot in my house. Did I forget to mention that the air conditioning in my house is not working and of course the service people are not able to get to me until tomorrow after 2PM.

2009-06-07T15:00:00.000-07:00

Today is Sunday 5:32 PM. I am just so frustrated with my body and don't know what to do about it. I know I need to, (a) diet? (b)change my way of eating? (c)count carbs? (d)exercise? Do something. Hence my frustration. Remember I said before I have been dieting since I was 16? The problem with me is I can't pick any one and stick to it. I go from one diet to another, that is crazy. You would think if you find one that works you would stick to it. I lost 50 pounds on Atkins, I lost 50 pounds on weight watchers. Back in the day when they had the really good diet pills I was always small. In fact I stayed small but once i stopped taking those things, (well they stopped being available). the weight problems begun.
I hate putting clothes on these days I don't feel like I look good. My husband is a wonderful person and is so patient with me. He has never called me fat and is smart enough not to engage in conversation when I start to talk about how big and fat I am.(which I have been doing a lot lately). Weight has always been an obsession of mine, you would think I would maintain control before I get to this point.
I hit the scales every morning and every night..so you see how obsessed I am. It is miserable when you live by the scale. A scale can take over your life. I also try every diet out there but don't stick to any one long enough to make a difference.
I just got the book called "Cook Yourself Thin" once again something new and I go for it.
Well I have been looking at the recipes and find some that look like they may be good. I will try them but not sure how I will get thin by cooking.
Today I am going to make a decision and start a diet, not sure which one. I will post it tomorrow since that will be day one.
I needed to get this down and if you are reading this blog and want to comment on this feel free.

2009-06-02T11:41:00.000-07:00

That's right I said it. There has been a T added to Die and no one has noticed. I have finally figured it out. To Diet means to Die. I should know I have been dieting for more then 40 years. 40 years of die-ing and still have not reached my goal. I know I am not alone there has to be many others out there like me who would like to speak their mind. Lets talk about what works and what does not work

My goal is to make this a very useful and fun blog to follow. I want to hear from you. Share your dieting experiences, reasons why you diet, what works what don't. Share what you have tried and what you are interested in trying there may be other followers who have already gone thru the experience. What I have found that what may work for you may not work for me...but that will not stop me from trying. Here is an add that catches my eye.Let me know if you have tried this or if you try it let this forum know how it worked for you Click Here!

2009-05-30T10:02:00.000-07:00

Who put the T in Diet? I have been dieting for 40 years and have just realized that to Diet...means to Die. Thats right Die Trying. Hmm, maybe the T is silent for trying? Yes that's it trying! No matter how hard you try to lose weight if you try to do it by dieting and dieting alone you have already lost the battle. I started dieting when I was 16 years old. I made a promise to myself that I will never be fat. LOL I lost that promise many times over. Yes, I have gone on diets and I have lost weight. I have reached goals but did I keep off the weight NO. The key word missing from DIET is Exercise. We should rename it to Die-ercise then it would not be misleading. Definition of Die-ercise? Diet with Exercise without both you are doomed. Doomed to the YoYo effect.