Yesterday, I made an important discovery about myself. I lifted the veil of denial (OK…one of them) and realized that each summer, I let me go to hell. All of the hard work and dedication to fitness and a healthy diet is nudged off the high dive somewhere around the end of July which is also when I start obsessing over the date on the calendar. That date, specifically, is my birthday. My walk the plank to death date. And no, I don’t have age or body image issues. Why would you ask?
With the handy help of CalorieKing, I have been able to track my weight, diet & exercise for the past two years. Yesterday, I did a little detective work and discovered that the last time I weighed what I weigh now (nope, not sharing) was September of 2007. Surprise, surprise.
I’m no expert but I’m thinking not healthy.
With this revelation under my sexy elastic waistband, I took a long, hard look at my lifestyle. Yes, I teach aerobics 4 times a week. Yes, I work with a personal trainer on a regular basis but neither of these facts compensate for my crap intake. And this birthday, I ate my weight in Twizzlers and washed them down with a case of mid-range Merlot. Hello rock bottom, my name is Kimberly.
Not much motivates me more than my pants not fitting. Couple that with the crippled economy and you’ve got my attention. I have realized that I can no longer afford the crap. And really, if I’m going to be poor, I need to be skinny to complete the look.
Big breakthrough time. So, my plan is to cut wine completely* out of my diet and replace it with water. Hey, it worked for Jesus, right? Also, I’ve resumed my food journal. There’s something about viewing all the food that you stick in your pie hole on paper where it can readily mock you. Usually, it means I won’t go to bed cuddling a box of Wheat Thins - and that’s progress.
Besides, think about how proud my folks at Merrill Lynch, er, I mean Bank of America will be with my new-found frugality.
* At least during the week. Come on. Be real, people.
I’ve always wondered if a food journal would work for me.
I have a feeling too many things would never find their way onto the paper.
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Hehe, Back in the day, I would have cut out food before I cut out wine.
Thiis sounds like a big-time diet.
I do the same damn thing- summer is suppose to be about eating light- I do that for the first couple months- then it all goes to hell. I was having this very talk to myself this am! So, I’m on board- let’s get it off before the holidays- so we can eat, drink, and be merry!
If I was thin as you i’d eat more.
“Need to be skinny to complete the look”. Pissed my pants. Almost.
Hear ya, sister. Realized that since co-habitating with HRH, have gained almost 12 POUNDS.
What do I need my running shoes for when I’ve got someone to lay on the couch with me, rub my feet and eat brownies with?
Right, I forgot….they are directly correlated with my pants buttoning. I’m hitting it hard-core right now.
Which sucks arse. (A very jiggly arse, to be precise.)
That’s cool that you’ve been tracking your weight. That graph is an amazing motivator. For me, making changes one by one (and not taking on a new one until the last one has been successful for a bit), has really done the trick. Just last week I started test driving Veganism… But that’s only after a very long string of other changes.
Kick some butt, girl… I KNOW you can!
Hmmm…didn’t Jesus start out with water, then turned it into wine?
I wish I liked wine…
/ got nuttin…
If anyone can change it the other way, it’s Jesus though…right?
NO WINE?? Have you lost your mind?
I’m sad to say that I may be joining you…
Hmmm. Are you sure that graph isn’t numbered in .25lb increments, or something? See, my strategy is to always doubt the source, not the self. Not that my strategy works. Unless “too tired to care anymore” is the ultimate goal.
Anyway, I wish you the best. But, I was wondering didn’t Jesus turn water into wine? Therefore he drank more wine than water. I’m just sayin’…I think Jesus drank wine.
For what it’s worth, I’ve written a few posts on my blog about health & frugality being hopelessly intertwined. Go to the health category if you want some financial motivation. It doesn’t always keep me from an evening cocktail, but it’s certainly always in the back of my mind …
Dammit. If you–pretty, thin you–are buckling down, I guess it’s time for me to go check out Calorie King myself. Curses.
“Hello rock bottom, my name is Kimberly.”
Thanks for my morning chuckle. I usually do better in the summer, what with having to put on a bathing suit all the time, but not this year. I have my first appointment with a trainer today. I’ve already started preloading the ibuprofen. I have a hard, hard time sustaining a plan for very long… but we are heading into the trifecta of unhealthy eating … Halloween, Thankgiving, Christmas… I gotta get something in place. Off to check out Calorie King. (You’ll have to pry the wine from my hands though… do they make wine with Splenda?)
Glad I read this after I put a serious hurting on last night’s bottle of red. I lost a bunch of weight earlier this year, and coasted through summer, totally sliding away from the good habits I had really, really come to like. My new, smaller pants are getting tight and it bothers me that I allowed this to happen to myself. I’ve started exercising again, but the food part is harder to realign. And also the alcohol habit.
But don’t let’s get too crazy. You can’t be perfect. Have a glass on the weekend!
About Calorie King … are you just using the nutrition charting or have you joined and paid for a membership?
If you have, what are the benefits of actually doing a paid membership?
If not, in the words of Rosana-Rosana Dana (aka Gilda Radner) would say …
nevermind.
At the beginning of January I decided I was going to start taking care of myself by eating healthier and exercising more, so I joined SparkPeople and was doing FABULOUS (except for the week we were on our cruise - that doesn’t count though) up until about mid April when my “personal trainer” guy went on vacation… I still did pretty well though, until about Mid-May - when I could barely keep food down, and was WAY too tired to work out (hellllloooooo pregnancy!) and although the first trimester was a rough one, and I’ve just recently gotten some energy back - I think I’m still doing fairly okay (I did say fairly right?) The No Candy Pledge you challenged us to last October was still going strong 8.5 months later for me until I got over the “24/7 nausea” stage and into the “must eat all the time” stage… and now, I can eat a big pack of Twizzlers in two settings easy. But the baby doesn’t like chocolate, and even more than the Twizzlers seems to like fruits (especially apples w/caramel!) and veggies a lot - so see, I’m still eating healthy! Well… except for the Rally Burgers, Arby sandwiches and Taco Bell soft taco supremes… but hey - I’m pregnant, and I don’t CARE!!
Good luck to you as you get back on track to where you wanna be MommaK!
I think you look FABULOUS!
But I think you have a good plan. Especially not cutting wine out completely because that is just crazy talk!
but wasn’t there a study recently that said that (red) wine turns on a fat-burning something in us?? i swear i read that somewhere. well, that’s my story and i’m sticking to it!!
I want to echo the financial aspect of gaining/re-gaining all the lost weight. I simply cannot afford to buy more fat clothes when I have a closetful of cute small clothes.
…but I cannot cut the wine out completely. It’s keeping me from killing the kids.
I am on weight loss project right know but the real trouble for me is that I am a mom of 2 kids who loves cakes and cookies. And I am the one preparing it for them and my kids won’t eat it unless I eat with them. I end up burning fats and calories in the morning and in the afternoon fill my body with more fats and calories
Oh, girl, I am right there with you. Every summer is the same. I think it is just hard with the kids home and all to keep up with our normal schedule. And, just when I got back to it, we lost power from the storm and had family staying with us for 2 1/2 weeks. Oh, did I mention that I also broke a toe? So, now working out is delayed. I’ve got to work on the diet first, which is always hard for me. Keep us posted with how it goes!