One Week of Paleo

I made it! One whole week of Paleo. With only a few exceptions. On day four I ate some french fries from Ryan’s dinner and a little bit of milkshake while out to eat one night. Then on day 6 was a kind of Birthday Night out and I drank a lot. Still ate good that night but all the alcohol was not good at all. I had some terrible cravings this week around day4/5. I had never made it past day 4 in the past with out messing up. I wasn’t sure what to expect. Having PCOS I can go weeks without any loss on the scale. And I am on my period and that always adds to the scale. (Sorry TMI) So I am really happy with 2.5, I’ll take anything I can get.

This weeks plan is pretty much the same. I ran out of organic creamer so my coffee is now black. I told myself when I ran out of my creamer I wouldn’t buy any more. Not as yummy but I can get used to it. The Robb Wolf week 2 diet plan is not as appetizing to me. Too much curry stuff which I don’t like. So I modified a few things. I noticed he introduced more red meat. Looking forward to steak for dinner tonight.

Going back to my part-time job this week. I work on Tuesday and Thursday at my kids’ charter school as a teacher. I like the kids a lot but going back to work (even part-time) as a teacher made me realize I don’t really want to teach anymore. So there will be a shift in my career path this year.  This makes my husband irritated a bit. We recently paid off all of my student loans. He says I have a college degree and a teaching credential, why would I want to change careers now? This coming from a man 20 years at the Sheriff Dept. who doesn’t love his job only the money he makes. Hard to explain to him.

Going back to work also this means I don’t get as many CrossFit workouts in. Usually I can’t make it to an evening class at the end of the day. There are pros and cons to this. Last 3 weeks I have been off for Christmas vacation and have gone to CF almost every day. I can feel my muscles are really sore and I am worn out by day 5 or so. So maybe working Tuesday and Thursday and not going to CF is good for my body in terms of recovery.

I can’t wait to hear about everyone’s weight loss this week.Have a great week!

Day 36: Looking Back From Where I Came

I got on the scale this morning to do my Thursday weigh in. Nothing. None gained, none lost. Man this whole 20 pounds by my birthday is looking a little more impossible each week. I started to get bummed. Started to get po’d that I even have to deal with PCOS . A normal person would have lost 10 pounds by now. Why can’t I lose it quicker? So discouraging. So I felt a little bummed today about it. I really wanted to write my blog and say I had lost something. 

However, I felt a little better when I had to show someone my ID while making a purchase this afternoon. The cashier didn’t believe it was me. It made my mood much better. So I started thinking, I have got to remember how I looked and felt at 272 pounds. Right now the scale is not moving. But this transformation has taken a long time and I am so much better now in mind and body than I was 80 pounds ago.

Who knows how long 100 pounds will take me to lose…But it will be fun trying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEugSir3Emc

This weekend’s agenda…Saturday Mando does my workout. He told me if I climbed the rope at CFR I could program a workout for him. Can’t wait! Sunday is my triathlon. Nervous but excited. I am going in to it thinking it’s just one really long CrossFit workout. Should be an awesome weekend.

Breakfast: Coffee, Hard boiled egg, 1 pc of turkey bacon and a banana.

Snack: 3 cut up oranges and a tangerine

Lunch: Quinoa with veggies and shrimp, more oranges and another tangerine

2 organic peach teas today and lots of water. Ate 2 Smarties at work.

Dinner a few Pop Chips and a slice of Roast Beef that Grandma brought over. Ok… not perfect I know. Tomorrow is a new day.

Day 25: Pick myself up and get back on…again.

Somehow forgot to weigh in on Thanksgiving. So I decided to just wait another week. I hoped letting 2 weeks go by would show me some great numbers on the scale. However, I was wrong. This morning I weighed in 2 pounds heavier than my previous weigh in 2 weeks ago. Back to 190. Embarrassed a little to write this.  I know I didn’t blog everyday. But I stuck with Paleo pretty well with Thanksgiving and a taco night as an exception.

I was telling my friend Tammy a few nights ago, that I feel bitter or irritated at this whole weight loss thing. I went the last couple of weeks just living life. Eating clean, working out, having a beer or a taco. I never indulged in an entire pie or milkshake or anything crazy. I gain 2 pounds living life. I get so mad over that. I don’t want to live each day measuring food, eating 6 almonds and an apple, counting every carb and calorie. It’s exhausting. I think about every piece of food I put in my mouth. It’s a sick obsession. But once again, as I’ve done so many times before, I will start again.

I have a few fellow PCOS gals who follow me. And I think they will understand it best. I have always said we aren’t the same as others when it comes to weight loss. We have to be more patient and work harder. Our bodies metabolism is really different. I will try not to get frustrated at myself, I’m still better than I was at 272 pounds. Maybe that last 20 isn’t really the last 20. Maybe I’m done and I’m not meant to lose 100 pounds. I don’t know. For now I will go eat my paleo breakfast, pack my paleo lunch and plan my paleo dinner.

Day 6- Long and Hard WOD & Getting the Fifth Wheel Ready

Happy Birthday United States Marine Corps

Why can’t I sleep in? I had the chance and just couldn’t do it. Tossed and turned from 4 on and finally got up at 6. Must be getting old.

This morning I ate a bowl of organic instant apples and cinnamon oatmeal 120 calories, about 8oz of fresh squeezed oj 110.

I don’t even know where to start with the WOD today at CFR. It was a “Hero” workout, in honor of a fallen soldier. I always feel like there is no way to complain during a workout like this because the guy it’s named after is dead. I really love a long hard workout like this. 800 M run, 15  pull-ups (used little yellow band) and 50 push ups for 5 rounds. Took me 60 minutes and change (Good thing my mom was with the kids.) I don’t really even remember much after about round 3. I was somewhere in between crying and throwing up. RX’d is 5 rope climbs but since I had never done those I did the 15 pull-ups instead. I watched the rope climbing  video and came in and thought I would be able to scale right up the rope but I was wrong. There is a lot of technique to it and I don’t have that down yet. So I think I might make it my CF goal for December.

Lunch: I made my mom and I a really nice salad with chicken, carrots, almonds, and cashews and a lite balsamic dressing. Really good. Problem is I am having a hard time calculating calories. I used my calorie counter to do some estimating…525 calories. I had an organic peach ice tea 80 cals, and 12 little ginger bread cookies only 130 cals.

Did shopping at 2 stores and got the 5th wheel all filled up with food, drinks and everyone’s clothing. Just a few last-minute things in the morning and we should be good to go.

Plan on weighing in on Thursday morning. Kind of nervous and I hope to be down at least 1 pound. Then I must be really good on this trip. I plan on taking my laptop so I can continue to be accountable for all of my calories. On a side note…my lovely mother pointed out to me that I am making a few grammar and spelling mistakes on this blog. I apologize if that is annoying. I do know the difference between there, their and they’re but I’m not great at spelling (that’s why we have spell check, right?) I do use spell check but some things get missed. Also, I am usually doing this late at night when I am worn out and tired. So with that said, I will try harder to catch my spelling errors.

Anyway…Dinner was a bowl of Chicken Corn Chowder 580 calories with a slice of homemade bread&butter 210 calories. Oh and I made Jello cups for dessert and it was about 50 calories. Put my calories today at 1,595. Not dissapointed in that. My hour workout was awesome and I must have gone up and down the stairs of the trailer 75 times.

Bring on the Scale!!!