Sunday, November 6, 2011

This is me ranting.

I'm starting to resent all those "high horse" sitting people who lecture on and on about how the only thing you need to lose weight is diet and exercise and that's it.

30 minutes 3 times and week and you'll definitely lose weight!
I've been going to the gym 3-6 times a week since June with 30-45 min cardio each time. No change (except my heart is better)

You can't do JUST cardio, you need to lift weights! Muscle helps burn fat!
In addition to 30-45 min of cardio, I do 4 machines alternating leg and arms each day.

Muscle weighs more than fat so you're probably gaining that!
Seriously? It's been AT LEAST 5 months since the most recent time I started back up. Something would be different by now.

Switch to whole grain.
I did.

Cut out sodas!
I did.

Cut out carbs!
Doing it now and I'm miserable

You need to sleep better!
That's not exactly something I'm in control of and isn't exercise supposed to help you sleep? Well it doesn't.

Eat lots of veggies!
I am and they're getting incredibly boring

Eat fruit!
I did until someone told me that was still too many carbs

1200 Calories!
Nope

1600 Calories!
Nope

14something Calories!
Still nothing.

Had a thyroid test last year.
Am NOT pregnant.

I've done the 24-Day Advocare challenge which was "If you stay on in 80% it'll definitely work!" I tried my damndest to be 100% so I had to have been around 90, or 80 if I'm just that ignorant. Got a few pounds the first week but nothing since.

Weight watchers helped last year, might have to try it again but I don't see how it's any different than what I'm doing now. Just a different way of counting.

Green Tea Hawaii?
No. Very tasty though, but no weightloss.

Slimming wraps that a friend that I actually have met, and her roomie each lost 7 inches on?
Not a thing

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Day Twenty Three

Well my progress is still 4 lbs from the first week. Woo freakin hoo. I talked it over with this fitness guru who is super nutrition conscious. She's not a specific nutritionist so I'm not sure what to call her, but she knows things. I logged my diet again, which I've been doing off and on for a while and sent her the link and she looked over it. I use My Fitness Pal now. I don't know why I switched but the database is huge and it has an android app. I don't remember if LiveStrong does or not, I probably would have checked. Either way, this is the one I'm using to oh well lol. So she looked it over and claims I'm eating TOO MANY carbs. I cut a bunch out and then Erin told me I wasn't eating enough so I put more in and apparently that was wrong. I pretty much have to cut all carbs out because it seems that I'm extremely carb sensitive. I can barley eat fruit now. Woo...hoo....

So tomorrow, Day Twenty four and the official last day of the failed challenge, John and I are going to an Italian restaurant and I'm going to eat a giant bowl of pasta since I won't be allowed to until SOMETHING starts working. I guess it's the next step in diet trying since nothing else works. It's probably true. So I'm going on high protein and low carbs and it's going to suck. It means lots of veggies which get terribly boring and no fruit which I prefer as snacks over veggies. I'm already finding substitutes and things to try. I can have mayo so Tuna Salad works perfectly, I just put it on celery stalks instead of bread and don't cut up the celery to put in the salad.

Tonight is pork tenderloin and squash and carrots. Fun fun! Last night was Turkey Taco Salad. Happily I can still eat that so it might be an every week thing. I can add cheese if I want, but I like it without so I'm not going to. It's delicious!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Day 19

Still as fat as ever. Advocare does not work for me.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Day Fourteen

I think I skipped yesterday. Yes, I did. Yesterday was fine. I was helping with the bi-annual HI Monk Seal census yesterday as part of the Hawaiian Monk Seal Response Team Oahu (HMSRTO) yesterday. It was from 930-130. Well the official census was 10-1 but I got there early to figure things out and the end involved some chatting. Unfortunately, in our zone, we didn't see any so that was pretty sad.

Because of my plans I took the shake in the morning for breakfast. I was also told the night before that I was doing my eating all entirely wrong, which was frustrating. I hate when you follow things as closely as possible, yet you're still doing it wrong. I can't find anywhere on the sheet that tells me I need to eat more carbs so I didn't add carbs to my meals. Carbs as in grains and such since they're in most anything anyway. The only place where it's added is in the snacks and I made nuts and fruits as my snacks since it said CHOOSE. I'm told that's wrong, too. So now I'm incredibly frustrated with Advocare because the only resource I have from them is a one sheet PDF that barely explains what I should be doing so I get outside info from fitness gurus who have done it and tell me I'm wrong. UGH. The products are still good, but the coaching is awful.

I definitely love the Spark. I do notice a difference. At first I wasn't sure, but it's more obvious when you stop than when you started. I'm often tired by 5 and with the Spark it's not so bad. Yesterday, around 3, my day was a little thrown off because of the count and other plans and I noticed I was ridiculously tired. That's when I realized I didn't drink my Spark around 230 like usual, so I did! I managed to last until about 8 haha. The sun often wears me out more than expected so I was pretty exhausted. At least I lasted that long! I haven't been sleeping well either (big surprise) so there's that component.

Uhm, as for other things. It's true that I don't feel as gross as I would be on Wendys, Papa Johns, and all those other delicious goodness. I do feel lighter I suppose. Today I saw the 182 on the scale for the second time during the cleanse. Hopefully it becomes more frequent. I'd feel better if it does.

Well the power went out during writing that, so I went upstairs to finish up my makeup. Magically I already gained 3 lbs just from having a spark and a morning shake so I'm back to the 185. Big Surprise.

Uh where was I? Now I'm just getting distracted by various cat things, and my nails. They're a holographic glitter nail polish and extremely distracting, especially in the sun.

We're leaving for lunch soon so I'm out.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Day Twelve

I'm losing steam with this blogging. It's just all so repetitive. I'm also getting a little disheartened. I'm officially down somewhere between 2 and 4 lbs which isn't much at all for me. I'm down that much all the time and then it comes back a week later. It won't really seem like anything is working until I'm in the 70's. I feel great. The foods are healthy and I'm extremely strict, except maybe with my nut portion. It's disheartening to be doing it with other people and hear their weightloss be so high. I can't help but think I'm doing something completely wrong and missing something vital, but I'm following it to a tee. I was thinking I was officially down 4 lbs for the first 10 days and I'm supposed to go down after that, but today it was up two. So yeah. Woo.

The diet hasn't been bad, the pills are easy to take and the meal replacement shake is tasty. It's not the most filling, but it works especially since there is a mid afternoon snack. The snacks help me out but sometimes I feel like I shouldn't be doing those either. It doesn't feel like I'm doing it right if I don't feel miserable, I guess. My energy wasn't great today. The gym was rough, I'm sore all over and haven't been sleeping well since John came home so that's more the culprit than the diet. This weekend will be my days off. Tomorrow I help with the Hawaiian Monk Seal count, which consists of 3 or more hours of walking on a beach and looking for seals. Walking on beaches is actually a pretty rough workout for your legs so that's all I intend on doing. Especially since tomorrow should be an off day. I'm glad it's not completely since I feel so disheartened about my weight. If I didn't have that, I'd probably still go to the gym. I'm happy there.

So yeah. Today is a fat day I guess. I'm exactly halfway through. Hopefully this second half will go better than it's started.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Schedule

This is the schedule I made for us based on the PDF schedule I was given

Days 11-24

First Thing in the Morning Spark w/ Catalyst
1st Color MNS Packet

30 min later/Breakfast:
Meal Replacement Shake with both White MNS Packets (or take them at lunch)
OR
Choose one or two: 3 or 4 whole eggs, ½ cup oats with nuts or fruit

Mid Morning/After Gym Snack (If Needed)
Choose One or Two:
3 Eggs, 1 Fruit, Veggies, Nuts or Nut Butter, Hummus, 2 Rice Cakes, Can of Tuna

30 Min BEFORE Lunch: 2nd Color MNS Packet
Lunch
Protein with Vegetables
MNS White Packets (
if not taken at breakfast)

Mid Afternoon Snack
Spark w/ 3 Catalyst
Choose One or Two:
3 Eggs, 1 Fruit, Veggies, Nuts or Nut Butter, Hummus, 2 Rice Cakes, Can of Tuna

Dinner
Protein with Vegetables
**add rice or potato if needed

Evening snack (If needed)
Choose One or Two:
3 Eggs, 1 Fruit, Veggies, Nuts or Nut Butter, Hummus, 2 Rice Cakes, Can of Tuna

Bedtime
Nothing The only difference is that I replaced lunch with the Meal Replacement Shake and am doing egg whites and fruit for breakfast

Day Eleven

1232pm
Well the Cleanse is officially over. I'm now on part two of the Advocare 24 Day Challenge. Woohoo! So far it's going great. This section has 4 packets of pills, all finished before or during lunch. Unfortunately my last packet fell out of my pocket while I was at the car dealership! Oh no!! Soo I took one from another set since it's my first day. I'd rather wait till the last to screw up haha. That way everything else is in order. Can't do much else about it.

So far I'm feeling great. I wasn't very hungry at breakfast so I had three egg whites and a banana with most of the packets. I worked extra hard at the gym again, today was legs, and am now currently enjoying my meal replacement shake for lunch. I'm not too upset about drinking a chocolate shake for lunch. It's not too shabby. It's going just fine and I feel great.