Walking and weight loss

I wonder if can count my patrols as exercise for my weight loss program. I don't usually walk very fast but I am walking constantly. On the job, I have to do a new patrol every fifteen minutes. My patrol consists of four buildings and the inside of one building.

This week I'll be doing this kind of patrol eleven days straight. Normally I work two days sentry and then 28 hours on patrol. I really do prefer to be on patrol. The activity makes the time go by faster. Plus I like the fact that I'm doing something active.

How are my workouts going?

I still have to baby my left foot. The arch of the foot is still sore. I did go out and buy a pair of new shoes. By the time 6 a.m. comes around, my feet are dog tired though. I have a feeling that the usual pain is from having 200 extra pounds on my feet. I don't think that Dr. Scholls could even fix that pain.

I've been really tired from working the extra hours. I still trying to get my wall push ups done at work. The rest of the stuff is going to have to wait a week. I don't think I'm going to ruin my body too much by taking a week off from a heavy work out.

One thing that I have learned from my adventures in weight loss is that good footing is really important.

Healthy eating for May 31, 2015

I wish I could say that I had an exciting healthy eating play for everyone today. I just didn't feel like making anything special. I wanted to focus on eating as many vegetables as I could today. I'll be honest about my eating. The kind of foods that I eat are very clean. My healthy eating doesn't consist of a lot of sauces and such.

Breakfast
2 chicken thighs and legs that had been steamed
1 cup of romaine lettuce
2 Tablespoons of hummus

Snack
Peanut butter pretzels

Lunch
2 slices of whole grain bread
4 ounces of chicken with diced onions, celery, and radishes
1 Tablespoon of sour cream

Snack
1 pack of hot and spicy cheez-it
 

Healthy eating for May 30, 2015

I did have one little slip up with my healthy eating today. I forgot to ask our local restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas for no tortilla. Normally, I can get everything wrapped up in foil or a lettuce leaf. As someone who is also Diabetic, I have to watch the starches that I put in my body. A flour tortilla and then also rice in the burrito is a serious "No No".

Breakfast
Burrito filled with black beans, rice, tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream, and marinated chicken

Lunch
Flourless egg and spinach quiche
1 cup of romaine
1 Tablespoon of hummus

Dinner
English muffin with a table spoon of peanut butter
Grilled apple slices

Working out May 28, 2015

I hate when I work so many days in a row. My workout schedule tends to get messed up. The cardio that I do usually tends to be the walking that I do on my patrols. I figure that I get enough walking done in my 8 hour shifts.

It's splurge day on my weight loss program

Yay! It's splurge day on my weight loss program. I'm actually doing well considering all the good food in Fort Worth, Texas. The problem that I seem to be having is not getting enough vegetables in. I have no problem eating my proteins but I get tired of eating dark leafy greens all the time. Some of the vegetables out there are not good for me because they really act like a starch. They tend to mess up my blood sugar. 

Breakfast
2 chicken thighs and legs
1 cup of spinach
Salad with tablespoon of no fat sour cream

Lunch
Slice of cheese cake
2 slices of pepperoni pizza
Salad with 3 ounces of turkey breast, Tbsp of cheese, carrots, celery, and diced broccoli

Dinner
Bowl of high fiber cereal with 1/2 cup of milk.

This week I wish I had not splurged on my weight loss program. No scratch that. I just need to find a better Pizza place in Fort Worth, Texas. If I'm going to spurge on two slices of pizza, I want them to be the best tasting slices of pizza a girl can get.

I know that the thought of chicken thighs and legs seems strange for breakfast. I want to make my goal that I eat my biggest meal at breakfast. Remember that I also work 3rd shift. Your dinner is my breakfast in the world of weight loss. 

Just not feeling like eating on May 27 2015

I'm doing what I said I was going to do. I'm reporting my weight loss meal for the day. I've been working a lot of hours in Fort Worth, Texas. I just don't feel like eating today. If I did feel like eating then I don't feel like preparing a meal. I just don't have the energy to cook anything. I don't want to deal with delivery of food because the calories are too high for my weight loss program.

Breakfast:
serving of cottage cheese
serving of pine apple
apple sauce
string cheese stick
serving of whole grain crackers

Lunch:
Toasted bagel with cream cheese
Celery with a serving of peanut butter

Dinner:
whole grain cereal with milk

I know that you are going to have days like this if your trying to eat healthy and stay on a weight loss program. This is why it is important to have healthy snacks around the house. I don't usually like to snack. I actually have to force myself to snack on my eating program. When I don't want to cook or when I'm too tired to move a muscle then I turn to snacking. I like to find things that are within the 100 calorie range because it's easier to keep track of the calories for the day.

Healthy eating for May 26, 2015

It's a day of trying new products in my corner of Fort Worth, Texas. Who would have thought that healthy was so yummy. I love when I get to try new food products. The salad that I had to lunch, I want to add to my favorites. I could see myself eating this Asian inspired meal at least once every two week or more.

Breakfast
Facocia with two tablespoons of hummus
Serving of milk

Snack
Apple sauce

Lunch
Serving of milk
Trader Ming's Five Spice Chicken and Asian Style Noodle Salad

Snack
1 Cheesecake bite (about 2 tablespoons)

Weight Loss Program

Not really happy with my weight loss program today. I wasn't able to get out and walk today. I hate when I'm unable to do any kind of cardio. Unless cleaning the house can count as cardio.

Breakfast
Oatmeal with brown sugar, cream, and almonds
Coffee with cream and sweetener

Snack
String Cheese
1/2 cup of melon

Lunch
Sliced apple
3 ounces of cheese
Serving of crackers

Snack
Bag of popcorn

Dinner
Two grilled pork chops
1/2 cup of whole wheat pasta
1/2 cup of black eyed peas
Sugar free Jello

Workout
Bicep curls
Military Press
Tricep extensions
Wall push ups
Crunches
Twists

Feeling a little antsy with my weight loss today

I've spent the last four days in bed. I worry about my weight loss efforts. I am still on bed rest until Wednesday night when I go back to work. I still worry about my diet efforts.

I can understand not having a good day. Not having a good ten days is completely something different. I don't even want to step on the scale to see the result. Of course I think that it's going to be horrible.

It's not that I didn't stick to my weight loss program and training program. I was just not able to push myself as much as I usually do. And I hate that.

I have goals to attain. A lot of these goals are dependant on the size of my body. They are career goals. They are athletic goals. They are travel goals. They are goals that include body boards and wet suits.

How did I end up with ten days of bed rest. I was breaking up a fight at work. I must have stepped wrong or turned wrong. I limped through the rest of my security shift. The next day I was unable to put any weight on it. It killed me to flex my foot. 

My training endeavors come to a slow because of a torn tendon in my left foot. Now I have to make sure that my weight loss endeavors do not come to a screeching halt. That would kill me more than my foot has.

I feel like eating everything in sight. Weight Loss Journey May 24, 2015

It has been a stressful day in Fort Worth, Texas. I don't have a lot of work to do today. Emotionally it has been hell and back. When someone is my size, they are going to run into a lot of self doubt about themselves. Someone could be changing their life and following their weight loss program to the point. Self doubt will still raise it's ugly head and stare you down. This is especially true when someone starts a new relationship. Self doubt rises up when someone is trying to get back into the dating world.

So I feel like I want to eat everything in sight. No I didn't do it. I actually had a decent day in that area of my weight loss journey. I don't think that I have emotionally eating cured. I do have it under control though.

Breakfast:
2 small steaks of tilapia
serving of asparagus
1/2 baked potato with a serving of sour cream
2 cups of romaine with a serving of ranch dressing, cherry tomatoes, shredded carrots, and shredded radishes.

Lunch:
1 serving of carved turkey, unsweetened cranberry sauce, diced celery, 2 slices of whole wheat bread

This weeks weight loss physical training report

Well I went to the doctors about my feet. So it seems that my achilles tendon tightened up on itself because of bad arch support and bad walking shoes. So I have to heat and ice it every 15 minutes for an hour. Roll my arch on a tennis ball and go through acupressure sessions. Though my feet were killing me...I did get my upper body and core training done with some moderation.

Ta da daaaaa....I'm down a shirt size and two size on my pants. Well actually if I don't count my belly and let them hang at the hips, I'm down 5 pant sizes.

Protean, vegetables, fruits, and natural fats like avocados/nuts are doing the body good!

Work Out Report

What is it week 45 or 46?. The weeks have seemed to mess together. No weight loss this week. I'm not surprised though. The pulled muscle that I had been babying has turned out to be a torn tendon. I've been put on bed rest for the week.

So this means I have to be extra careful on my eating. Maybe get some leg weights to do exercises in bed. I can always do bicep curls, tricep extensions, and military presses in bed.

yeah...being forced to rest is going to drive me crazy

I weigh how much?

I have lost track on how many days I've been on my Fort Worth Flab program. This is the first time that I have written about it publicly. Most of my weight loss journals, emotional journals, and diet ideas are written down on paper. I'll be spending that next 365 days transcribing them to this weight loss blog.

I know there are hundreds of weight loss blogs out there. Why add another one? This is my story, my journey, my steps towards getting my life back. It's my path to letting the adventure hungry, spontaneous, thrill seeking soul shine through.

So I had to go to the hospital because I was having some serious pain in my foot. For some reason they wanted to know how much I weighed. Trust me, if they told me the pain was from being to heavy, I was going to throw a shoe at them. That would probably result in my arrest. But at least I would be carted off by good looking Police Officers. 

Lately I have been ignoring the scale in my weight loss journey. I've been wanting to focus on just taking up less space in this world. My ultimate goal is to have more muscle with feminine curves in all the right places. If the scale says 180 and I feel happy then I'm good to go.

So drum roll please...

Starting Weight 552
Current Weight 427
Weight Loss 127 pounds

Goal weight 150 - 160

The healthy lifestyle and weight loss journey continues. I know it's a lot road. My life depends on it though. My future depends on it. My career depends on it.
  

A day off from the weight loss program April 16, 2015

It's another day of getting healthy in Fort Worth, Texas. Today is the day that I take off from my weight loss program, doing cardio and weight training. I usually let myself eat junk food on this day. I'm not talking about candy and potato chips. More like food from restaurants and stuff that would normally not order.

Breakfast

1 Egg Fu Yung

4 Tbsp of brown gravy

Snack

Egg Roll

Small side salad with no dressing

Lunch

Serving of pepper shrimp in brown sauce

Serving of streamed white rice

Serving of orange chicken

Snack

Egg Roll

Small side salad with no dressing

Dinner

Serving of sesame chicken

Serving of steamed white rice

Serving of orange chicken

Weight Loss Meals for May 14th, 2015

It's another day of getting healthy in Fort Worth, Texas. Today is the day that I take off from my weight loss program, doing cardio and weight training. I usually let myself eat junk food on this day. I'm not talking about candy and potato chips. More like food from restaurants and stuff that would normally not order.

Breakfast

1 Egg Fu Yung

4 Tbsp of brown gravy

Snack

Egg Roll

Small side salad with no dressing

Lunch

Serving of pepper shrimp in brown sauce

Serving of streamed white rice

Serving of orange chicken

Snack

Egg Roll

Small side salad with no dressing

Dinner

Serving of sesame chicken

Serving of steamed white rice

Serving of orange chicken

Another Weight Loss Work Out Report

God what a horrible week. It just seemed like everything snowballed on me emotionally. I was good for about 3 days. The I couldn't walk as fast as I could. I've been spending the past five days trying to pop my right ankle. It just feels compacted. Only painful pressure when I step on it a certain way.

It's been such a bad week. That I'm not even taking my measurements and stepping on the scale. It can wait until next Wednesday.

On the note of fitness. I have a friend who is doing a water/bike triad. Yeah my spirit is green with envy.