MOUGHI's CalorieKing blog
Friday, Oct 31 2008 - How did ER end ?
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Hey, my electricity went out during the last five minutes of ER and as a result I missed the last five minutes of ER. GRRR I got back lights, but by the time my TV booted back up, I missed the conclusion of the show where Nelia and the former room mate of her were looking at each other and Nelia had offered him to stay at her place instead of going to his hotel. So, did he stay or go to his hotel ?
Today is the BIG candy day... be glad to get it out of the house. For all the advise I give people, I will admit that I have a BIG problem with candy in the house. This is the reason I keep it out of the house. I am a diabetic and shouldn't touch the stuff, but that won't keep me from doing so. I have no will power. Last year I was an angel and managed to do quite well, not so this year. I guess it is because I hadn't had some in such a long time I really craved it. Yep, with no insulin my blood sugar has gone up and the only way to get it down was to go out for a long walk which I did. That worked. I had to walk 2 miles to get my blood sugar back to normal. Whew, that's not the way to do things though. I don't want to get into that routine. I do believe though I have felt over this past month a struggle to want to be NORMAL, which I think I will never be.
What is normal when you know you constantly have the desire to eat when you don't need too ? That's me. I don't know why I have this feeling or need to eat even though I don't need to. It's just there sometimes. Lately its been there stronger than usual. I've been finding myself actually chewing on my hands and asking the good Lord for a lot of inner strength. Have you ever been there. This is were the Beck book helped me, but also where prayer has helped me and my reliance on the Almighty has too. I share this struggle with you all because even at my stage it pops up, again and again. One time I lost all my weight to only gain it back again. I'm not going to do that again. I have more knowledge now than I did then. I can apply the knowledge that I have now and hopefully NOT gain this weight back, but my same struggles are still with me. These are struggles I must conquer, or learn to. I am hoping as the days go by this will get easier. I am still new at this.
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I got myself a pedometer this after noon. I took it to the gym and compared it to the treadmill. The distance wasn't too far off. It was 1/10 of a mile different, but the calorie count was off by 27 calories. I don't konw which to trust, but I always went low when reporting my calories anyway on my Diary sight so I guess I'll go with the pedometer which was the lower of the two. I understand a HRM would be the more accurate of the tree which would be the ultimate reason for me getting one. I finally found someone who knew something about those little gadgets and could explain why someone like me would benefit from getting one since my heart rate never gets above 110 when I work out. I have asthma and am on certain medications and the HRM would actually help me know when I am pushing myself beyond what I should and vise versa. There would be those days when I feel bad, but I can push myself more if my SI joint allows me to. Now, this makes sense to me along with getting a more accurate calorie count. The only thing is I wouldn't want to spend much on one which means I couldn't afford to get one that has the feature which keeps other people's HRM from interfering from mine. Some of you may have come across this problem with yours if you have gotten crazy readings off of yours for no reason all of a sudden. Chances are you were picking up someone else's signal Heart rate signal or some other electronic device that was interfering with your signal. The people at the store said they will go crazy when this happens for a few seconds until you get away from the other monitor, or until you are ten feet away.
Well, today so far I have walked three miles and done my weight circuit, cleaned up the kitchen, cooked, and will do some laundry. Tomorrow I will help out at my SIL's race. I got in 5 miles of walking this week, 2 days of PT exercises, and even cleaned some things up. Except for not knowing how Er ended it has been a pretty good day. Have a nice Halloween and a great weekend.
Today is the BIG candy day... be glad to get it out of the house. For all the advise I give people, I will admit that I have a BIG problem with candy in the house. This is the reason I keep it out of the house. I am a diabetic and shouldn't touch the stuff, but that won't keep me from doing so. I have no will power. Last year I was an angel and managed to do quite well, not so this year. I guess it is because I hadn't had some in such a long time I really craved it. Yep, with no insulin my blood sugar has gone up and the only way to get it down was to go out for a long walk which I did. That worked. I had to walk 2 miles to get my blood sugar back to normal. Whew, that's not the way to do things though. I don't want to get into that routine. I do believe though I have felt over this past month a struggle to want to be NORMAL, which I think I will never be.
What is normal when you know you constantly have the desire to eat when you don't need too ? That's me. I don't know why I have this feeling or need to eat even though I don't need to. It's just there sometimes. Lately its been there stronger than usual. I've been finding myself actually chewing on my hands and asking the good Lord for a lot of inner strength. Have you ever been there. This is were the Beck book helped me, but also where prayer has helped me and my reliance on the Almighty has too. I share this struggle with you all because even at my stage it pops up, again and again. One time I lost all my weight to only gain it back again. I'm not going to do that again. I have more knowledge now than I did then. I can apply the knowledge that I have now and hopefully NOT gain this weight back, but my same struggles are still with me. These are struggles I must conquer, or learn to. I am hoping as the days go by this will get easier. I am still new at this.
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I got myself a pedometer this after noon. I took it to the gym and compared it to the treadmill. The distance wasn't too far off. It was 1/10 of a mile different, but the calorie count was off by 27 calories. I don't konw which to trust, but I always went low when reporting my calories anyway on my Diary sight so I guess I'll go with the pedometer which was the lower of the two. I understand a HRM would be the more accurate of the tree which would be the ultimate reason for me getting one. I finally found someone who knew something about those little gadgets and could explain why someone like me would benefit from getting one since my heart rate never gets above 110 when I work out. I have asthma and am on certain medications and the HRM would actually help me know when I am pushing myself beyond what I should and vise versa. There would be those days when I feel bad, but I can push myself more if my SI joint allows me to. Now, this makes sense to me along with getting a more accurate calorie count. The only thing is I wouldn't want to spend much on one which means I couldn't afford to get one that has the feature which keeps other people's HRM from interfering from mine. Some of you may have come across this problem with yours if you have gotten crazy readings off of yours for no reason all of a sudden. Chances are you were picking up someone else's signal Heart rate signal or some other electronic device that was interfering with your signal. The people at the store said they will go crazy when this happens for a few seconds until you get away from the other monitor, or until you are ten feet away.
Well, today so far I have walked three miles and done my weight circuit, cleaned up the kitchen, cooked, and will do some laundry. Tomorrow I will help out at my SIL's race. I got in 5 miles of walking this week, 2 days of PT exercises, and even cleaned some things up. Except for not knowing how Er ended it has been a pretty good day. Have a nice Halloween and a great weekend.
4 comments so far.
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a decade ago
The struggle doesn't seem to end, but you seem to be honing in on dealing with it. You're very aware of your feelings and reactions, and I'll bet you weren't as much so before you lost this weight. I sympathize, because I feel truly addicted to sweets. I want to tell myself that I can just "eat like anyone else" and not watch everything, but I know that is not true. I feel much better when I'm not tormented by thinking about getting my next "fix".You DO have will power. This is just a little slip. Just toss the candy or give it away. Or do what I used to do: throw it on the floor and stomp on it, and curse it's very existence!!
by CATWALKER
3.
a decade ago
by BIGGRAMMA
2.
a decade ago
by NMA5632
1.
a decade ago
You do have willpower, Lory. Amazing will power to get to your present weight!
:love: You can resist that candy - and definitely get rid of it. I found the book "Mindless Eating" interesting because they did all these experiments with people and different eating situations and the one thing that he found over and over and over is that people eat by VISUAL CUES, not hunger. I think if you know that, you can reign in on yourself a little better. If you have a large quantity of food in front of you, you will eat more...no matter if your thin or overweight. If the package your eating from is bigger, you'll eat more. He even found that buying food in bulk at like a Sam's or BJ's that for the first week or two until you're sick of it, you use more....even laundry detergent, although we don't get sick of that. 
:laugh5: It's just human nature, I guess. If you have a big variety of food (all you can eat buffet) you will eat more, or if you're with people who eat a lot you'll eat more. [I got the book from the library as an audio and listened to it when I was in the car. ] He says that this kind of mindless eating contributes to a gradual gain over a period of time. ~~~ As far as the HRM, I don't ever have a problem picking up someone else's HR. I think it's a good tool to gauge how hard you're working, but what I've found is that I consistently get to a higher HR to get the same degree of workout. Using a "perceived exertion" scale is a good gauge, and you can use that, along with the HRM. In other words, when I feel like I'm working out really hard - almost to the point where I can't go any harder - my heart rate has gotten to a higher and higher number.....I used to feel that way at 120 but now my heart rate is at 140 when I feel that way. Your endurance - your lungs, your heart, will feel better at a higher work out gradually. 
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by BUN201