Couch to 5k

I'm doing the couch to 5k. I started off on week 2 because of exercise I feel pretty comfortable. I think I could have started on week 3, but decided to not push it too hard. I am also about to start adding in swimming again. I look so forward to it.

Right now I've lost 15 lbs from my top weight, I still have another 45 lbs to go. I don't know if I'll be satisfied if I lose less than that, probably. As long as I feel fit.

I think I'll take it week by week. The holidays were hard, but I'm back on track.

Worn Muscles

Geez, being on vacation, I am nerve wracked over whether or not I'm losing weight. I still have my goal of losing 6 lbs over the holidays. I have no idea whether I'm going to make it. I think I have another 4 lbs to go. This makes it tougher vacationing, because all you do is eat out.

Going on vacation

I am going on Vacation for one week. I am very nervous about how my weight will be after the week. It will be hard mainly because we'll be eating out every meal. We didn't get any hotels with kitchens, so we won't be able to monitor our eating habits.

This year

This year has not been a great year for weight loss. Unfortunately I lose about 15 lbs but then during August/September put it back on when family visited and I got stressed. So I decided to turn to weight watchers.

Yep I decided el-cheap that I am to pay for help. I need to be held accountable. Which is funny because I find being $ accountable easy. I have no trouble accounting for every penny invested or spent.

But food? Well that's a different story. So in mid-October I signed up for weight watchers and have thus lost 12.8 lbs. My goal is to lose 10% of my body weight by 1/8/08. I think it's possible. I'm almost there.

I made it a stretch goal because holidays are a tough time to lose weight. But this path I've taken is different and new. It's no longer a diet. I don't diet, I am changing my lifestyle. I may have to live forever on this flex plan constantly counting, measuring, and evaluating what I eat.

Picky Eating

Okay so yesterday I read a website and article about picky eating. I think I fit somewhat into that category of picky eating. I have a few quirks, but I always thought they were just that. Quirks. Here's the list of things I don't do with food.

1. No ice in drinks, also I prefer to always drink with a straw
2. No food touching
3. No pickles, don't like relish very much either
4. No tomatoes
5. Will only eat steak mostly cooked
6. Like bacon but only crispy and burnt, won't eat it under cooked
7. Will not eat apples,pears a lot of fruits with the skin on
8. Do no eat oranges nor other citrus fruit
9. I don't like mixing food types (Indian with chineses, japanese, etc)
10. I don't like spicy foods
11. No crust on bread
12. Do not eat olives
13. Do not like to eat corn on the cob
14. If I don't like what I see on a plate I will slide it off onto DH's plate or not eat it


I guess I'm picky, to be honest I don't think it's completely out of the norm. Are you a picky eater? In a canadian health article they say this is a form of obsessive compulsive disorder. Wonder if it's true?

2/23 update

I haven't worked out in 2 days. I am feeling terribly sick, actually I stayed at home today because of it. I'm hoping to kick the cold over the weekend.

2/21 update

I didn't work out yesterday because I was feeling sick. Actually I'm sitll feeling sick today but I worked out for 20 minutes just to reach my goal of 3x a week. This is hard because I have a terrible cough. Anyway though I'm tired and I hope to keep up the minute weight loss.