Running

I ran on Thursday to my growing capacity and thought I would try to get a run in today (Friday). My muscles would not have it. While I did a lap and a half, doing any sort of second lap was not going to happen. But I was glad to get out and I am glad to not have shin splints any more. The stretches seems to be helping. I did get a walk in the last two nights with Jamie.
Lots of water!!

not much better

I'm not really feeling much better. I guess it depends on the time of day -what my answer might be. I woke up this morning feeling a bet better. But I have been "going" all morning, now my throat is KILLING me, I feel like I have sore in my mouth and I'm tired. I'm going to take a nap soon.
Thursday - I did very well with everything (I think) - I am contnuing to eat health choices and trying to drink instead of eat when I "feel" like eating but yet I'm not necessarily hungry. I have avoided bread and stayed within limitations. I have two pieces on Monday night, Two pieces (as a sandwich) for lunch on Wednesday and then two pieces for my hamburger on Thursday. So I must be done with it for the week. that will be hard!

Keep me updated!

Thursday

Did I post yesterday? I'm so confused, this week has been one big blur. Today was a range of emotions that I'm not sure I've felt before. I'm tired.

Are you feeling better?

Wednesday:
Water: 64 oz.
Food: 29 of 28 points, 1 exercise point
Exercise: 50 minutes- yep got rained on again

Thursday:
Water: 64 oz.
Food: 33 of 28 points, 5 flex points
Exercise: none

KS

Updates

So I've been feeling pretty poopy (sick) - that is why I haven't been on. I have been going to bed early (9/9:30/10:00) and haven't been making it to boot camp. I usually at lesat make it to boot camp - but I just doing feel well enough. We have been outside a lot - so that helps!

1. Exercise at least five days (I figure I can do this easily since the weather is going to be nice)
Monday - walked / Krista and went for a bike ride
Tuesday - worked in the yard with Tyler in the urgo baby - it was fun
Wenesday - went for a very short walk with Tyler on my back

2. eat in a controlled manner - limit bread intake to three times - no more than two slices.
Monday - good
Tuesday - good
Wednesday - good

3. Drink 64 oz of water
Monday - good
Tuesday - good
Wednesday - good

I am going to work towards getting back to that high intensity working out once I start feeling better.

UGH

Please go to the edit section and read tonight's post. UGH!!

Tuesday

I don't know how it happened but I was so tired when I got home tonight I just couldn't do anything. My original plan was to take my longest mapped out walk-3.5 miles. Remember the time I called you b/c I was lost on my walk? That's the route I was going to go. My last attempt at some sort of weight loss since I didn't eat so well over the weekend. I couldn't do it. My feet were really sore today and the thought of more walking was just too much.



I decided to really limit my points today as a compromise.



Water: 64 oz.

Food: 22 of 28 points

Exercise: none



I do NOT want to weigh in tomorrow but I know that next week is going to have a whole new set of challenges.



KS

Keeping it going

Weighed in this morning at 133. That's good considering I should be adding muscle with running. I have developed a terrible case of shin splints, so besides aspirin and ice, I am cutting back to two days a week. That is what I was running before the injury. I found some great shin muscle stretches and ice is my friend!!
Trying to watch portions, but I need to watch and make sure I am drinking enough.

Monday

I was able to get back on track yesterday but I really do wish my period would end. Just enough to be annoying.

Are you still writing down your food as part of your eating in a controlled manner? Just curious b/c I've noticed that writing down my food helps me to remember and see what I've actually eaten.

Monday:
Water: 64 oz.
Food: 25 of 28 points
Exercise: 15 minutes at work and 45 minutes at home

KS

Goals for this week

1. Exercise at least five days (I figure I can do this easily since the weather is going to be nice)
2. eat in a controlled manner - limit bread intake to three times - no more than two slices.
3. Drink 64 oz of water

Monday -
walked w/ Krista and went for a bike ride tonight to raisin rack and back (w/ tyler on the back)
did really well with my eating!
drank my water!

Friday

Friday was an okay day. I stayed within my points but never really felt satisfied. This period is getting the best of me. Today my cramps are kicking and I'm struggling with the desire to eat. Nothing sounds good but pizza.

Keysler's son passed away last night and I'm really struggling as to what to do. I want to call him but I know he's got to be overcome with grief and the arrangements for a funeral. Very strange to have a friend younger than us to be experiencing the loss of a child. This is a new one for me.

Friday results:
Water: 64 oz.
Food: 26 of 28 points
Exercise: mowed the yard- giving myself a whopping 15 minutes

KS

Thursday and Part of Friday

So Thursday I did pretty well. Dinner wasn't that good and I think I ate too much bread. I drank plenty of water. Bread is going to be hard for me!!! But that's ok - I think I'll have a goal limiting by bread intake - for next week. I walked to the park with Tyler and back (about a 20 min walk) and then took another 1/2 hour walk later in the day

Friday:
went for a 45 min bikeride - it was fun.

Breakfast and lunch were both health and I have limited my food intake so far. Tonight might noe be pretty - Dave and I are going out and since I didn't get my hummus the other day at Director's meeting - we are going to Nazareth's - hummus and grape leaves here I come! YUM

KTH

Thursday

I'm glad to hear that you are going to keep posting goals and posting at all. I've gotten back into the habit and I didn't want to lose our support of each other. I think your plan sounds good and I agree that if you stay under 130 you'll be happy. We both know that you are getting plenty of exercise and that is really going to show. Who cares what the scale reads.

I am craving pizza like you wouldn't believe. Think about it constantly. I made some last night and it really just did not hit the spot. I'm thinking that will be my meal for next week's high calorie count. The weekend will be hard b/c I want it and it's my period week.

Water: 64 oz.
Food: 24 of 28 points
Exercise: 1 hour walk outside

KS

Posting and Goals

I am going to continue posting and having goals each week. I am going to wait a month to weigh in to see the results of not counting points and not wieghing in on a weekly basis really does to my life and weight. I really want to stay below 130. So that is my life goal. 130 is 5 lbs above my lowest weight - but it's still a healthy weight.

So -
Monday and Tuesday. I did REALLY well at the COHHIO conference that I went to. I didn't eat any of their rolls or desserts. I had their lunches (the vegitarian options) which are really light and healthy. I ate the salads without dressing. I took my own health snacks (boiled eggs, carrots, pears and granola bars) and only ate when hungry! I was happy with my success. Dinners went really well too. I am trying to stick to low fat, high protien meals. I had to work on Monday night but I did not eat the pizza that was there. I had spaghetti (with the 97/3 hamburger). Tuesday night, I don't remember what I had but I know it was healthy.
Wednesday - I ate a little more calories, I know. Lunch was pretty high - but I didn't over eat. I actually could have eaten a snakc in the afternoon - but I didn't - drank water instead. Dinner was light (one taco and one burrito) with a salad and fruit. Not bad. I am happy with the way I'm feeling.

I worked out Tuesday am and Wednesday am at boot camp. I am planning on going for a significant bikeride today and tomorrow.

Keep up the support and posting. This week has just been really busy for me. So that I why I'm lagging behind.

Oh yeah. I am drinkin plenty of water.
Kara :)

wednesday

Can you give me more information about the change you are making? You said that you are still going to set goals- does that mean you are still going to post? It sounded like you are basically going to keep doing what you are doing (besides counting points) and not worry about what the scale says? Is that about right?

Yesterday I weighed in at 227.5 which is down 2 lbs. I got one more month of Meridia but I think that will be it since my doctor is retiring. I'll see how it goes- I did start doing well on my own so I'm a little more confident that I can do it. I had a horrible eating day yesterday for "Doctor Day." Director's meeting and then my dinner out with Jeff because Nancy had to work. We went to Champp's and I enjoyed a wonderful cheeseburger. I paid for it when I got home and still continue to do so. I'm glad b/c it won't be hard to get back on track today. I don't know how many points I had so I'm saying I used all my flex points.

I did get in all my water though and will walk tonight.

KS

Tuesday

Another blah day.....going to the doctor tomorrow and will meet everyone at Director's meeting.

Water: 64 oz.
Food: 21 of 28 points
Exercise: 30 minutes

KS

Monday

Monday was monday-nothing good, nothing bad. I go to the doctor on Wednesday so I'm in the pre-doctor mentality and can't stop thinking about the scales. I had to move my appointment up a week b/c of my cat bite. I'm going right before Director's meeting so Chick Fil A can be like Doctor Day!

Water: 64 oz.
Food: 25 of 28 points
Exercise: 45 minutes

Monday

Today went well. i had to work tonight too - so I didn't have a chance to exercise.
Eating - kept all my goals
Water - drank plenty

Weekend

Really nothing to report. I was extremely lazy yesterday and got sucked into multiple Lifetime movies. The good news- I did watch one movie while on the treadmill.

Just in a blah mood.

Water: 64 oz.
Food: 29 of 28 points, 1 exercise point
Exercise: 45 minutes

KS

Still running

Last week's runs were 1.5 times around the path at the park. After a short walk (around 40 yards) I ran 1/5 times again. I had power walked to the park and had to walk slow back to the house. Felt great! That is the furthest I have ever run there. Setting a goal for power-walk down, two laps without stopping, power walk back. That will probably take me a month to get there, if I get no interruptions.
But my shins have been hurting me so I took it easy this weekend--only one easy walk.
Eating in control except for the 4 ouces of Haagen-Daz ? I had for lunch today. Boy is that full of fat!!!
Going on a month-long reduction of red meat intake. My HDL cholesterol was way down in November (after supplying Isaac with so much red meat) and a chemical in red meat seems to be the culprit. We are back to fish, chicken, turkey and the occasional pork. See if I can bring that number up to satisfy my doctor. They are never satisfied, but I will make the attempt.
Looking forward to weigh-in tomorrow. I know I am carrying more muscle, but would like to see the scales stay level. (i.e. more muscle less fat--a lot less fat.)

The Weekend

OK - so I suck! I haven't posted. I am so sorry. My husband doesn't think that I suck - he says that I am a very hard worker, I do a good job exercising and eating well and most importantly, loving him.

So - counting my points went out the window this weekend. I did finish off my milk - so no more cereal temptations. Today was a busy busy busy day. I haven't been this busy since before I had Tyler. church, then taugh children's church at the 2nd service, came home long enought to eat lunch, went to see Marcia and her new baby boy (Locklan), came home with just enough time to change Tyler, pack his dinner and go to our small group. I wasn't going to cook anything for dinner so Dave picked up Chinese. So I was a gonner because of that too! Luckily we always split a meal, so that wasn't SO bad. I did run yesterday - for about 35 min (3 miles) and walked for about 20 min (1 mile)

Goals for this week. It's going to be hard. Mon, Tues - conference - no coices on my food. I did register as vegitarian - so hopefully that will help. I will avoid the bread and dressing on my salad. I will also avoid the cookies that they have there in the afternoon. I will bring my own mid morning and afternoon snacks.

Wed - director's meeting lunch - so I will probably not eat well there.

Thursday should be ok - then mom and Jamie come in for the weekend.

So - the goal is manage my food intake to healthy, low fat, high protien choices. Also limit sweets to two times.
Exercise at least 3-4 times
Drink 64 oz water

Saturday

Saturday was a long and uneventful day. I slept until 10:30- that hasn't happened in quite a long time. Thank goodness for narcotics. Sad to say- the case wasn't the same today. I would have liked to sleep longer.

Not much to report- Daisy was scared when I got on the treadmill so she didn't hang with me.

Water: 64 oz.
Food: 29 of 28 points, 1 exercise point
Exercise: 45 minutes

KS

Intruder

What's with the intruder on your avoid posting post?

Friday

First I just want to say thank you for helping me today. I felt so much better after leaving your house. I really just needed some cool down time and someone to bounce my thoughts off and another opinion. Thank you. You really are a great friend to me.

Here's something funny for you. I decided to go for a short walk this evening just to get out of the house. I was feeling really bored and restless so I thought it would be easy to get in a quick mile or so in the neighborhood. The sun was out when I left-when I got to Oaklawn and North Broadway the rain let loose! I was soaked and had no option but to keep walking. The rain was quick and I turned around but it didn't matter. I swear the temperature dropped about 5 degrees too. As you can imagine- I'm quite beautiful this evening with my unwashed rain soaked hair.

I'm still hungry but keeping my food to a minimum.

Water: 64 oz. or so
Food: 24 of 28 points
Exercise: 15 minutes

Thanks again!
KS

Avoiding posting

So I totally avoided posting last night. I had heaten all my points (35) and then had a bowl of cereal. another 8 points - I guess that if flex? I don't know - I didn't want to "tell" on myself - but I was hungry - wen't to bed a bit hungry still and woke up hungry.

Thursday:
Exercised at boot camp (4) - ran around in the back yard with Tyler (1)
Food - 42 out of 35 points (consider 8 flex points)
Water - at least 64 oz.

C-ya

screwed up again

Go to the edit posts page. I did the same thing the last time with my actual post. I really don't know how to navigate this thing.

Thursday

Your post was very short- is everything okay?



Well, I spent the majority of my evening in the Er at St. Ann's. Daisy attacked my hand last night and bit me pretty good. My wrist was swollen and infected so my Dad made me go to the ER while he was working. I got some antibiotics and pain medicine. Dad then took me to dinner at Bob Evan's (really nothing good there) and I decided that a trip to the hospital deserved a cheeseburger and fries. I used flex points.



Water: 64 oz.

Food: 37 of 28 points, 9 flex

Exercise: none



KS

Wednesday

had 35 out of 35 points (5 exercise points)
drank my water
exercised - boot camp and walking with krista

Wednesday

I lost 2 lbs. last week. I'm okay with that. Of course the larger numbers are more fun and a little more encouraging but 2 lbs. is healthy and I did eat out a lot. A total of 19 lbs. since Feb. 20.

Daisy mauled the heck out of my hand last night. She was scared of the treadmill and I tried to pick her up. My hand isn't functioning too well today. She's better today but it will be interesting to see if she hangs out with me the next time I'm on the treadmill.

I need food in my house. Dinner last night was painful and very difficult to figure out what to eat. I ended up with hotdogs and popcorn-pathetic.

Water: over 64 oz.
Food: 25 of 28 points
Exercise: 1 hour

KS

Tuesday

Things went well yesterday. 29 out of 30 points, Drank my water, walked twice w/ krista. I felt really good with my eating. I ate healthy all day. I only ate when I was hungry and stopped eating when I was full. I didn't have to live hungry all day. I did feel a bit hungry when i went to bed - but not starving and it was just as I was lying down to go to bed. 10:30 is too late to eat. But I was really happy with how I felt all day.

Tuesday

I feel as though I have nothing exciting to report. The two of you had a lot more interesting accomplishments and observations that I have right now.

Today is my weigh in and this week brought a lot of eating out. I stayed within points but the scale still intimidates me. We'll see.

Water: 64 oz.
Food: 24 of 28 points
Exercise: 30 minutes with Kara

I was really tired yesterday and unmotivated. What's with that?

KS

Wow!

So, water intake is stable and I am trying to keep those carbs down (not calories, Kara). This marks the second week of running. Monday I noticed a great increase in stamina and distance. Interestingly, I thought I "felt" fat despite the fact the scale has not moved (gaining muscle) and I am solidly at 132 pounds (or my scale is stuck). But I put on a skinny pair of pants today and they fit better than they had for awhile. That was good motivation.
Ultimately that is my goal: to stay in my present size/clothes. I want to buy new clothes because it's the season or the old ones are shabby,not because I've gotten fat (or out of shape) or any thinner.
On Monday, not only did I run in the morning, but I rode the bike with Jamie in the evening.
I do need to keep the carbs low, though. The homemade bread gives rise (pun) to wanting to do other baking. Made my delicious scones yesterday...thankfully Jamie ate a lot of them?

Monday and Tuesday AM weigh in

So I weighed in this morning at 127. That felt pretty good and really made me questiong my overhaul. But I am sick of going to bed hungry (last night too). I think I will continue my overhaul for one month - as planned and then go from there! I am in my range now!

Monday:
Exercised at BOSU
Water - 75 ounces
Food - 24 out of 24 points

Monday

I fully support your new overhaul. I really hope it works b/c you deserve to see success on the scale. You have really stepped up the exercise and are committed to the routine. Your eating habits are very healthy as well. Good luck at tomorrow's weigh in. I suggest you weigh in on Wednesday morning too so you can see if there is a difference between the 2 days with/without the workout.

Today was one of the first days where I felt that I could tell a difference in my appearance. It's nice to look in the mirror and think something positive rather than negativity. We'll see how Wednesday morning goes b/c I don't feel that I've had a successful week.

Today:
Water: 64 oz.
Food: 26 of 28 points
Exercise: 1 hour, 30 minutes of raking leaves and 30 minutes on treadmill

KS

Total Overhall!

Ok. So I have been thinking. I want to restart myself. I feel like I need to up my calorie intake. Going to bed hungry every night (even when I use my flex points) isn't something that I am willing to live with any longer. Certain things are not happening in my life physically and I want to try to figure out if it's because I'm not eating enough. 20 points is about 1000 calories. I am really fairly active. Outside of intense exercising on a really regular basis I am chasing Tyler around, dancing with him A LOT (he loves to have his mom and dad dance w/ him) and doing a lot of household chores that I don't count exercise points for. SO - I after my weigh in tomorrow I am going to increase my points to 30 points a day - that is 1500 calories. I will use exercise points, when needed and flex points (when needed - but won't use them if I don't need them). I am going to continue to monitor my weight weekly, Tuesday morning weigh ins. Most improtantly I am not going to eat if I am not hungry (therefore I may not use all my 30 points each day). I am going to focus a lot of my calorie intake on protien, I have to avoid yogurt (it makes me REALLY gassy) and limit sweets intake to 3 times a week.

GOALS FOR THIS WEEK:
Food:
Monday - 20 points use exercise points (will workout at BOSU tonight)
Tuesday - Sunday - 30 points a day using exercise points and flex points when needed.
Exercise at least 4 times
Water - at least 64 ounces a day. No limiting coffee intake and try not to drink more that 80 ounces a day.

UPDATES FROM LAST WEEK
Sunday:
Had no coffee and drank plenty of water
Rode bikes with my family - for about 30 - 40 min (3 or 4 exercise point)
Food - 30 out of 23 points - consider 7 flex and 3 exercise points

Sunday

I survived another weekend. I've managed to stay within my points throughout the week so far but I feel like I've cheated a lot. I haven't.

Today, I watched the race with Mike the elf. First outing since he worked for us. It went well and I was actually able to talke about stuff other than the race. Must be some kind of miracle.

Water: 64 oz.
Food: 26 of 28 points. Couldn't get those darn girl scout cookies out of my head
Exercise: none really- did clean some of the house though

KS

Saturday

Seems like you and Dave are quite the active and social couple. I understand going to bed hungry- I did the same. I'm cracking up at your Nutty Nuggets cravings!

Today I walked around the neighborhood with Kathy for an hour. It felt nice to be out and about. I'm ready for decent weather.

Water: over 64 oz. Had to force myself to slow down
Food: 29 of 28 points, 1 exercise point
Exercise: 1 hour walk

KS

Friday & Saturday

So I didn't post either.

Last night we went out to dinner with friends. We seem to be doing that a lot lately. It doesn't help with dieting. I also have NO idea how many points things were becuase, of course we have to go to wierd places to eat. So I got a vegitarian indian dish. Spinaige, potatoe (just a few in there) and rice w/ a cup of soup and a 1/2 piece of flat bread. I found the food item in the WW book - 6 points for one cup - so I gave myself 12, plus 3 for the soup (Dave ate some of it too) and 3 for the flat bread. The sad thing is that about 10:45 I was lying in bed starving and not abl eto slepe because of Dave's snoring - so I got up and gave in to the graving of nutty nuggets. An additional 8 points (milk & NN) - as I was lying in bed I was thinking, what is the point, why am I going to bed hungry - for what reason - who cares. But today I'm back on points (SAT) for the most part. We did go to someone else's house for dinner tonight. No control over the food choices - lentel soup (which isn't that bad) and a peanut asiain noodle thing (delicous) - so anyway here are my calculations:
Friday -
Water & Coffee
walked three miles to pick up my car (4 points)
Food: 39 points (consider 4 flex points and 15 flex points)

Saturday -
Water - no coffee
walked for about an hour in the park w/ Tyler and Dave (4 exercise points)
Food: 31 points (consider 4 exercise points and 7 flex points) - flex points remaining

ALSO - I was reading in one of Krista's cookbooks - it was saying that if you are having a sweet tooth that you should drink sugar free hot chocolate and it's 0 points. So I went to the store and found Swiss Miss hot chocolate - diet verson. 25 calories and 1 fiber, 0 fat. It was OK - but is kind of nice to know that I can have some hot chocolate for 0 points.

Friday

So I was cutting up my pineapple this morning and realized that I completely forgot to post last night. I went to Happy Hour with some friends and managed to maintain most control. I had one beer and 2 slices of pizza. I'm not sure how many points to count for the pizza but my general rule is 1/4 of a large pizza is 15 points so that is what I went with. I had one big slice of cheese of a large pizza and one regular size slice of a medium pepperoni. The sad thing is I used all those points and was still hungry!

Water: 64 oz.
Food: 28 of 28 points
Exercise: none

KS

Thursday

I've managed to have 2 lunches out this week and still stay within my daily points. Dinner hasn't been all that exciting but I did eat.

Tonight I was supposed to have dinner with my Dad but thankfully he goes at 5:30 and I wasn't hungry plus he eats at MCL. I was able to just sit with him while he ate and then came home, walked, and then ate my dinner. No temptation b/c I wasn't even around the food.

It took all I had to get on the treadmill tonight but I did.

Water: 64 oz.
Food: 25 of 28 points
Exercise: 30 minutes

Kara- are you going to overcompensate with the exercise?

KS

Thursday

So I exercise a lot today. Boot Camp and then walked for 30 moin after dropping my car off. Tomorrow I am going to walk ALL the way there to pick it up. It could be a good four miles.
Thursday:
had coffee and 64 out of 64 oz
28 out of 25 (once I'm done with my chocolate peanut butter snack) - consider 5 exercise points and 3 flex points
exercise (see above)

Wednesday

I didn't post last night because I got so bored that I became very tired. Just couldn't bring myself to anything inspirational. Not sure I have anything yet. :) Gina- nice to see you on here again.

Kara- you made an excellent point about weighing in after exercise-I'm wondering if that could have something to do with your weigh in's. You do boot camp early on Wednesday morning. I remember them telling us to weigh in before working on when I was at Curves. Not sure how we can work that into the routine but I think it is worth a try.

My weigh in was good- 6 lbs. This month I will take my remaining Meridia pills and compare the difference in weight loss. If I lose more weight with the medication then you can bet that I'm going there. If not, I'll make an honest attempt at this on my own. I go to the doctor April 26.

Wednesday:
Water: 64 oz.
Food: 25 of 28 points
Exercise: 45 minutes on treadmill- 2.75 miles

KS

Update from Wednesday

So you know i hated my weight in. I had a HARD time last night. There is milk in my house (which there never is) and Nutty Nuggets cereal (we also hardly ever have cereal). You know how much I LOVE cereal. I ate all my points - I way dying, craving milk and cereal, craving it, craving it BAD. Fortunately I avoided. Although I'm sure at some point I will give in and have some. I LOVE cereal, I LOVE nutty nuggets and milk. It's whole milk too! So that doesn't help with the points value!

Wednesday;
worked out at boot camp
drank my water
24 out of 24 point s(consider 4 exercise points)

Thursday:
already (at 7:30 am) - had coffee
boot camp this morning - a good hard work out!

I'm hoping to walk outside some today as well.

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Back at it again!

Today was my second day of running. I am in re-training as a runner, because the massage therapist didn't like the way I ran. So, I ran her way on Monday and then today (Wednesday). Interestingly, my weight has stayed at 132 during the last month and this morning it was 134.5. What's up with that? I know muscle weighs more...could I have that much more muscle already? Well, certain parts of my legs hurt enough, I guess. This was a bad hip day, though. I am still going to run on Friday.
Now I need to watch that caloric intake and keep the water up. I think the wter thing is really where I am falling behind.
So, I need to account for all the water I drink. I know I did 64 ounces yesterday, the day after running. Couldn't drink it fast enough. I want to avoid going on points--too stressful at this point. But the exercise and water I want to do.
Exercise includes the contiue core strength training I am doing. I am noticing a great improvement in my strength and stamina.

Udpate

So this sucks! I can't take it much longer. I weighed in at 129 this morning. That's it. I will work on this through more more period (supposed to start on Sunday), but that is it! If I don't start to actually loose weight by April 23rd then I done.

Monday:
24 out of 24 points
Exercised at BOSU
Drank 64 oz of water - no coffee

Tuesday
20 out of 20 points
No exercise
Drank 64 oz of water - no coffee

Wednesday: (so far)
Exercised at Boot Camp
Have had coffee

Tuesday

Again, today was non eventful. Had to actually do work since you weren't around. I got a lot of paperwork done so I guess it was productive.

Water: over 64 oz.
Food: 26 of 28 points
Exercise: 30 minute program on treadmill

Don't really have much to talk about since you aren't there. I'm hoping that weigh in is successful.

KS

Monday

Even though you aren't around I'm still going to keep posting. You need something to read when you are back to work on Wednesday. How long til your home computer is better?

My meatballs were really good. I think I can make them better the next time when I'll have more bread crumbs. I think I could be on to something. they were simple yet tasty.

Water: well over 64 oz. It could be a long night
Food: 29 of 28 points, 1 exercise point
Exercise: 30 minutes on treadmill- I did a pre-programmed workout and walked at 8-10 incline the entire time. My legs are feeling it this evening.

I'll miss you (or by the time you read this I did miss you) at work on Tuesday.

KS

Update

So because I won't be able to post tonight - and I don't know if I can post tomorrow - here is where I am so far.

Coffee only three times - drink at least 64 oz of water - no more than 80
Monday - no coffee - so far I'm at 48 ounces. I had no coffee today. I wan to avoid coffee tomorrow too - but who knows. I will certainly be able to meet the water goal today, because I exercise tonight and that always makes me drink more.

Stay within points using flex and exercise points as needed.
So far today I have had 11 points. - w/ 4 exercise points for tonight - I really see this as doable. We are having chili tonight. I don't know how many points to count it per cup. 4? I have to look at the book. It's beef - but that 96/4 beef (beans, corn, tomatoes, onion).

Exercise at least 4 times.
Monday - I will do BOSU!

Weekend

I'm glad you got tickets to see the comedian and that it was good. Sounds like you did very well on your date. Sharing a meal is always a good way to go- I don't know if I would be able too. You are right, a new week starts tomorrow.

I think I've already told you most of my weekend. My meatloaf was a little moist b/c I split the recipe but still used an entire egg. Oh well, I bet tomorrow's portion will be better. I'm looking forward to spaghetti and meatballs for dinner tomorrow night!

Today:
Water: over 64 oz.
Food: 29 of 28 points, 1 flex point
Exercise: none today

KS

Update

Our home computer is DOWN right now. Getting an upgrade but it will take some time to get back online - it seems. I'll do my best at posting.

This weeke3nd was a bust. No working out. We went out to dinner - we shared a dinner, we each added a cup of soup ( had mine without cheese and tortillas and it was not a creamy soup) - we also had red sauce on our chimi instead of creamy sause. But we did have a beef chimichange (fried) and chips. We went and say Ralph Harris from last commic standing - SO FUNNY and shared a piece of apple pie. If I would have gone without the apple pie I would feel better about myself.

Today - ok, but I didn't count points. Probably had about 25 points worth - knowing how much I ate and what I ate.

Starting over this week:
Coffee only three times - drink at least 64 oz of water - no more than 80
Stay within points using flex and exercise points as needed.
Exercise at least 4 times.

Saturday

I am getting better at limiting my eating while at home. I think I've found my ability to live this lifestyle-as of now.

Today started with errands and the desire to find an alternate snack besides sweets and 100 calorie packs. Trying to find fruit- of course you already know all of this.

Water: 64 oz.
Food: so far 26 of 28 points but may have a snack. I earned 3 exercise points so I can have something decent- most likely not the fruit. :)
Exercise: 45 minutes- over 2.5 miles
KS

Date night

Before you get too excited about your date night- I don't think Joe's Crab Shack is open anymore. At least the one at Easton is gone-completely knocked down and is now a jewelry store. There are some healthier options at seafood restaurants but they involve rice and grilled chicken. Salmon could be a good choice. Check Dottie's first. Most importantly- enjoy the date and don't stress much about the menu.

Today was nothing special. I thought I was going to lunch with Euri but for some reason we didn't. I was fine with that b/c it allowed my extra points to have my Friday night pizza. The bad thing- I burst the crust and it was quite crunchy. I was still hungry after eating it but managed my way around it and stayed within points.

Water: 64 oz.
Food: 28 of 28 points
Exercise: none

KS

Friday

So -
Water - 64 oz - plus one mug of coffee (this does make me have some restraint)
Exercise - none
Food - 26 out of 20 points (consider 6 flex points)

Dave and I have a date tomorrow nigth - he wants to take me to sea food - Joe's crab shack. I won't be able to get anything there that will stay withing my points. I may have to forgo loosing weight this week for this date. I don't think it will kill me. Again, I'm having a hard time staying motivated. I will try to run tomorrow and sunday to counteract the eating - but I'm not sure I'll be able to - tomorrow is BOOKED. Sunday will be easier!

Thursday

Yes, I caught your drift. Way more important than posting-wish I had the same conflict. :) I realized after I told you to post that you had already posted for the day that morning so I felt bad last night telling you what to do.

Thanks for fixing my post.

So your Mom is here. She is pretty supportive in your goals and what you want to accomplish but I know it is still difficult. Seems when people are around we are programmed to eat and that is the way we enjoy ourselves. Give yourself a little room to breathe. I understand that the sandwich and potatoe chips aren't what you want. Take some carrots with you and munch on the them alongside the chips.

Do you notice having a harder time being hungry when you are home? I was just curious b/c I could eat the entire day when I'm at home. Feels like I'm never completely full.

Today:
Water: Over 64 oz.
Food: 27 of 28 points
Exercise: 45 minutes on treadmill which was just over 2.5 miles

KS

Thursday

I'm having a hard time staying motivated with my mom here. I have been feeling REALLY hungry as well. Maybe because I haven't dipped much into my flex points - although today I did use some. Was hungry A LOT today. Went to bed REALLY hungry last night. I hope I can control myself the rest of the night. Tomorrow we are going to Grandma's house. She'll want to make lunch for us. Potatoe chips and sandwiches. YUCK! Really!
Thursday:
Drank my 64 oz and had coffee
Exercised - Biggest Looster for 45 min
Food - 26 out of 23 points (consider 3 flex points)

That is all. I hope that I start to loose weight to the point that I want to be!

Update

I think I fixed your post. I just went to the edit and clicked the publish post button. Don't know if this would have worked for you because I think I have a little bit more access because I'm the "administrator", whatever that means.

So I suck - I didn't post last night, like you asked. It was a busy evening - catching up on some things that Dave and I haven't done ina while (becuase he was sick) and won't be able to do over the weekend (because my mom is comin) - catch my drift? Plus we had bathrooms to clean and picking up to do - since we are having "company".

Wednesday:
Exercised HARD at boot camp (my butt is killing me)
Food - 25 out of 24 points (1flex point and 4 exercise points)
Water - drank my 64 oz and had one mug of coffee


Monday:No exerciseWater - drank 64 ounces and only one mug of coffeeFood - 20 out of 20 points (had do sweets - should I count the small sugar free jello in my box of South Beach diet meal? - I'm not, becuase it's sugar free!) - I did pack my lunch for my trip to Dayton - it worked out nicely!TuesdayExercised at boot campFood - 24 out of 24 points - ate sweets/dessertWater drank my 64 oz and had one mug of coffee

HELP

I messed up! My real post is hidden in the edit posts section and I don't know how to get it out. I tried to cut and paste and that didn't work.

I don't want to type it again b/c I won't be able to re-create it as well. Try to go to the edit posts to read.

What did I do?

The fight continues

Well, as you know, my weigh in was disappointing. Why is it that now I'm hoping to have another round of my period? I know Easter dinner wasn't the greatest but I could have done LOTS more damage. I'm going to keep going- I have a car to earn.



The good news is that I think I'm to the point where exercise is becoming a routine. At first I was trying to talk myself out of exercise but at 8:30 or so I was guilty and found a way to get something in. 30 minutes is better than nothing. I tried a new programmed workout on the treadmill-hilly but nice. I'm sure my butt will hurt tomorrow.



Wednesday:

Water: 64 oz.

Food: 27 of 28 points

Exercise: 30 minutes



I have 1 month to my doctor's appointment and next week I start the 15 remaining pills.



KS

Gained weight

128 this morning. Up 1/2 lb from last week. Very disappointing. I guess I am just going to keep on pushing through. Maybe it's a fluke week - I had some chocolate last night (One square from my dark chocolate bar) - so hopefully that wasn't it. I worked out extra hard this morning at boot camp - but that is the same as every wednesday. We'll see. I did have some guesses last week when coutning points. My BIG pad Tai and BIG Easter dinner could have contributed. Oh well.

Exercise - at least 4 times (although I have exercise 5 to 6 times the past two weeks)
Water - 64 oz everday - limit coffee to ONE mug/cup a day
Food - stay within points counting flex and exercise points - limit sweets to three times (this does not include my fiber one bars)

Monday:
No exercise
Water - drank 64 ounces and only one mug of coffee
Food - 20 out of 20 points (had do sweets - should I count the small sugar free jello in my box of South Beach diet meal? - I'm not, becuase it's sugar free!) - I did pack my lunch for my trip to Dayton - it worked out nicely!

Tuesday
Exercised at boot camp
Food - 24 out of 24 points - ate sweets/dessert
Water drank my 64 oz and had one mug of coffee

Tuesday

I do not have a good feeling about tomorrow's weigh in. I won't even be in the office until around 11:00 so I'm already late and I don't know how it will look.

This is what using flex points feels like.

Good luck in the AM.

Water: Drank over 64 oz.
Food: 29 of 28 points, 1 exercise point
Exercise: over 2 miles, 41 minutes but at a slightly decreased speed to slowly work my knee. It feels much better but I didn't want to overdo it the first time out.

KS

Weekend update

I wouldn't count a sugar free jello as any type of treat. It's less calories than gum. Glad to hear that you were able to pack your lunch today and it worked out for you.

Well my weekend was okay. My Mom recognized the high amount of starchy foods for Easter. It was worse that what I told you on the phone. No corn, cheesy limas instead PLUS she whips out homemade macaroni and cheese. COME ON- give me a break!

Then I managed to fall down a stair at my brother's house and land right on my bad knee so now I'm limping along and my knee is killing me. My tolerance level plummeted after that.

I drank all my water on each day and managed to watch what I ate. No exercise and tomorrow will be challenging with the knee but I need to try something.

Not looking forward to Wednesday morning. I hate temptations and the ability to feel out of control.

Goals for this week

Ok - so I THINK that I ended up ok. Although I did have a lot to eat last night for Easter dinner. I won't go over it all, but I did have 36 points for dinner - which is about 1800 calories. I hope I didn't eat much more than that.

Goals for this week. I did want to switch it up a bit. I AGAIN am hoping that I am at my goal this week - so I don't have to count points any longer.

Exercise - at least 4 times (although I have exercise 5 to 6 times the past two weeks)
Water - 64 oz everday - limit coffee to ONE mug/cup a day
Food - stay within points counting flex and exercise points - limit sweets to three times (this does not include my fiber one bars)

Monday:
No exercise
Water - drank 64 ounces and only one mug of coffee
Food - 20 out of 20 points (had do sweets - should I count the small sugar free jello in my box of South Beach diet meal? - I'm not, becuase it's sugar free!) - I did pack my lunch for my trip to Dayton - it worked out nicely!

saturday

Sounds like you've been right on track. Today was National Corndog Day so I was obligated to eat some corn dog nuggets with Jeff. The problem was that we had them at 3:00 this afternoon and I ate lunch. He made the nuggets and tater tots for us to share! I ate them and had a 5 point dinner to keep me within my daily points saving all of my flex points for tomorrow and Monday while I'm at home. Of course I won't be able to tell anything and I'm very nervous as to how I'll react. I usually do one of two things- I say forget it or I go completely overboard and offend people b/c I won't eat or I say something I shouldn't. I'm going to try to just eat decent portions and keep my mouth shut. I'm planning to take other food for the rest of the meals.

I may not be able to post tomorrow since I'll be at my Brother's. I'll try but just in case-you have a heads up.

Water: Drank over 64 oz. and am still thirsty
Food: 29 of 28 points (1 exercise point)
Exercise: 41 minutes on treadmill

Happy Easter!
Krista

Sat

Pizza was good. Not GREAT - but still good! Good enough - I had three pieces.

OK - So I think I am pretty pleased with my results today. The food options at the vegitarian indidan restaurant were good - I printed out an "indian restaurant food guide" from dotties (I love that web site.)
Pesrattu, 9" crepe (130 cal/5 g fat/15 g carbs) 3.5 - was the guide on Dotties. So I ordered Crepes. I had veggie crepes (w/ carrots, potatoes and onions - as for as I could tell). not much else to them (no cheese and definately not fried). So I gave myself 7 points (becuase there were two on my plate). I had a very small portion of the fried bread - 1 points. I ate all my chuteny which is 1 point and other small bits of a few other things - 2 points. The worste part of the night was that Gabe brought home made peanut butter cups - I only had one - from dotties it looks like two are 4 points? I gave myself three points. Does this all seem right?

So
exercise - short walk in the park for an easter egg hunt and duckie parade (1 pt)
water - drank my 64 oz - had my coffee - LAST DAY for coffee!
Food - 26 out of 21 points (consider 1 exercise point and 5 flex points) - this leaves me with 24 flex points tomorrow - that means I have 44 points for the day tomorrow. I think I can do it!

Friday

The problem is you have so many friends that want to hang out with you. You are quite popular! I had dinner with Amanda tonight at Spaghetti Warehouse. I managed to stay within my points and only used 2 exercise points. Tomorrow is National Corndog Day so I have to go with Jeff to have a corndog. It wouldn't be right not too.

How was the pizza?

Water: 64 oz.
Food: 30 of 28 points (2 exercise points)
Exercise: 41 minutes on the treadmill and a little bit of digging

Krista

Friday - already

I think I'm already done with food, drinking and exercise for the day (and it's only 7:00). I might have a one point ice cream stick, but that is it!
Friday:
Drank my water - had NO coffee
Exercise - worked out HARD at the gym this morning - ran for 35 min walked for 15. I gave myself 5 points
Food - didn't do to bad. 29 out of 25 points (consider 5 flex points) - 27 flex points to go!


Thursday:Drank at lest 64 oz of water - had coffeeExercise at boot camp(4 points) - went for a brisk 45 min walk pushing Tyler in the stroller (2 points)Food: 26 out of 26 points - (consider 6 exercise points and 0 flex points)Wednesday:Drank at least 64 oz of water - had coffeeExercised HARD at boot camp (4 points)Food: 27 out 0f 24 points (consider 3 flex points)Monday:Drank 64 oz water and had coffeeExercised at BOSU (earning 4 exercise points)Food - 24 out of 24 points (consider 4 exercise points)Tuesday:Drank 64 oz of water and had no coffeeNo exerciseFood - 21 out of 20 points

no comp time

Of course I'm not taking comp time. I'm sure it'll work itself out, one way or another.

Marco's pizza (according to Dotties)
Cheese - 5.5
Pep - 6.5
Delux - 8
Garden - 7
So we are going with cheese!

Just got an invite to go to Udipi tomorrow night. I'll have to figure something out with that as well. Arg - that is what I hate about couting points - I'm never very excited about eating out, becuase sometimes it just doesn't work!

Thursday

Did you check Dottie's to see the difference between cheese pizza and one with a topping? I have noticed that sometimes just cheese is just as bad or maybe worse than something else b/c they add more cheese to a cheese only pizza. Does that make sense? Enjoy it- I'm jealous!

So, did you wake hungry? I've had some version of taco's every night this week and I'm ready for a change. Cooking for one really sucks sometimes with the leftovers!

I can't believe how much you are working on our 4 day weekend. You going to take some comp time? Let's talk out some ways to help you on Monday so you don't have to pack your own food and still stay within points.

Today was nothing out of the ordinary. Decided to take a break from exercise b/c my knee was really hurting last night. I think I need a brace for both legs and see how that goes. My right knee felt very weak.

Today:
Water: over 64 oz.
Food: 27 of 28 points
Exercise: none today

Krista

pizza

We are getting Marco's Pizza on Friday. I checked Dottie's web site and it's on there. One piece of cheese pizza is 5.5 points - so that I what I will be ordering. I plan to exercise on Friday so hopefully I won't use too many flex points! YEAH for Dottie's!!

update

Update from yesterday. So I really considered my pad tai as 20 points. There was a lot of food there and I really wanted to count accurately. (I could still be way off). This was definately my reward/big points day. I keep thinking about Monday when I go to Dayton - I may just bring my own food and follow Krista's example!! Anyway yesterday I had oatmeal, pad tai, big salad for dinner (zero point salad dressing, a couple of nuts and a few raisins - 1 points, orange - 1 pt, and a small bite of each of Dave's cookies - 1 pt). I went to bed hungry - which I like to do because it makes me feel like I have controlled myself throughout the day!

So I'm kind of backwards here, but I like to keep a running total on my posts.

Thursday:
Drank at lest 64 oz of water - had coffee
Exercise at boot camp(4 points) - went for a brisk 45 min walk pushing Tyler in the stroller (2 points)
Food: 26 out of 26 points - (consider 6 exercise points and 0 flex points)

Wednesday:
Drank at least 64 oz of water - had coffee
Exercised HARD at boot camp (4 points)
Food: 27 out 0f 24 points (consider 3 flex points)



Monday:
Drank 64 oz water and had coffee
Exercised at BOSU (earning 4 exercise points)
Food - 24 out of 24 points (consider 4 exercise points)

Tuesday:
Drank 64 oz of water and had no coffee
No exercise
Food - 21 out of 20 points

Wednesday

Well you saw positive results at your weigh in today so that shows that you are doing something right. I know you want to stop counting points but even WW has a plan for the maintenance stage-remember I just asked you abou it. You are within the range you want to stay therefore you should allow yourself some flexibility to enjoy things.

Points values for pizza depend on the type of pizza and the toppings. I average about 7-8 points a slice for 1 topping. Where will you get it from? I usually check out some other places on Dotties then adjust as necessary.

As you know, I was very happy with my weigh in today. Total loss is 12 lbs. which is a fair start. My goals for the upcoming week are as follows:
1) Water: Drink 64 oz. daily
2) Food: Stay within points including flex points- some will be hard to calculate on Easter but I'm going to stick to the same plan as last weekend. I plan to take my own food for the remaining meals while at home.
3) Exercise: 4 days

Today:
Water: Drank over 64 oz.
Food: 30 of 28 points, 2 exercise points
Exercise: 35 minutes, 2.25 miles ran for .15 again

KS

Weigh in

I was nervous because I was stuggling with hunger the last two days (big time) and I really wanted to be done with counting points. But that was an unrealistic expectation.

I weighed in at a solid 127 - that is 1.5 lbs lighter. That is more realistic!! I'm happy with that - plus I think it will motivate me to push more. Today is expected to be a high calorie day as well - hopefully that will help me too! I will be nervous about next weeks results as well. To many variables coming up - Dave wants to get pizza on Friday (how many points a slice? 5, 6, 7?), Easter on Sunday and Monday I have to go to Dayton for a presentation - with other people and I will have to eat "out" for lunch!

Keep up the good work - $60.00 that is great!
KTH

Tuesday

Why are you so nervous about Wednesday morning? You were so confident on Monday and your behavior haven't changed since then so you will be just fine. Keep in mind that you may not see big numbers but you won't gain anything.

Today was the last day for my weekly goals and I made them all. I'm up to $60.00 already. It's amazing to what the money just add up. I need to actually put it away though-that's the next task. Hoping to have some extra from this week's pay to switch over to savings so I know I have the money. Might as well earn some interest where I can.

Water: Over 64 oz.
Food: 26 of 28 points
Exercise: 40 minutes, 2.5 miles on treadmill I actually ran for .15 miles. I know it's small but it's a step.

Here's to a good Wednesday weigh in.

updates

I'm nervous about tomorrow mornings weigh in. A few days ago I felt thinner. Now I'm not sure. I hope there's some success there!!!

Sorry I didn't do this last night.
Monday:
Drank 64 oz water and had coffee
Exercised at BOSU (earning 4 exercise points)
Food - 24 out of 24 points (consider 4 exercise points)

Tuesday:
Drank 64 oz of water and had no coffee
No exercise
Food - 21 out of 20 points

I'm happy too

I am pleased with our success over the weekend as well. It does help that we are helping each other one a very consistent basis and are accountable. I feel so much better when I'm on track. I know I say that a lot but it really is the truth. There are times when I miss the bad food but staying focused is worth it.

Today:
Water: over 64 oz.
Food: 30 of 28 points (2 exercise points)
Exercise: 45 minutes

Pleased with ourselves

I ended up the weekend very well. I met all my goals! Yeah. I like to not use five of my flex points, in case of any miss calculations throughout the week. I was even able to do that!! Very happy.



You should be pleased with yourself. You did very well!!!! Keep up the good work!



Goals for this week:

Stay within points using flex and exercise points (i'm not sure what Sunday is going to be like - may be going to grandma's - so we'll see!)

Exercise at least four times

Drink 64 oz of water. Limit coffee to four times (this is VERY hard!)

Weekend update

Well it sounds as though you did a good job staying focused this weekend. Way to go! I managed to stay on track as well. I wasn't really able to count points but I had good portion sizes and did not overeat. We ate at Arby's on the way to Dayton on Saturday and I ate leftover pasta that I brought with me. For dinner, I had a huge salad and 2 pieces of pizza. Today was more difficult because I had no idea what Amy put in the food. We had meatloaf and au gratin potatoes. I had one serving of each and another huge salad.

I started my period this weekend (2 weeks early) so I had that hunger to deal with too. Overall, I am very happy with myself.

KS

Updates

Eating-
Monday: So today I had 28 points.
Tuesday: 20 points
Wednesday - yummy noodles & co. - 28 points again today. (total 8 flex points used this week so far - 27 more to go - you know I'll use them all)
Thursday: 25 out of 24 points (consider 4 exercise points and 1 flex point)
Friday: 23 out of 21 points ( consider 1 exercise point and 2 flex points) - 24 flex points to go
Sat 28 out of 23 points (consider 3 exercise points and 5 flex points) - 19 flex points to go

Exercise at least 4 times:
Monday - went to BOSU
Tuesday - none
Wednesday - boot camp
Thursday - boot camp
Friday - walked in the mall but not much - probably around 1/2 hour.
Sat - Did 50 min of the biggest looser work out - adding three exercise points
Sunday - ran for 25 min and walked for 10 - 30 min total adding 3 exercise points

Drink at least 64 oz of water - limiting coffee consumption to 4 times this week.
MOnday - did it and way more! Had coffee
Tuesday - drank it and had coffee
Wednesday - drank it and had coffee
Thursday - drank it and had coffee. I'm not sure I'm going to make the coffee goal - but I will try.
Friday - no coffee - yeah - at least 62 oz of water
Sat - no coffee - I just have to make it through tomorrow!
Sunday - no coffee so far today! yeah!!

Friday

I went to the auto show tonight. The G8 is amazing. It's going to be a long year! I managed to eat dinner out again and stay within points. Difficult but done.

This weekend is going to be very hard and challenging. I'm headed to Dayton with my family and as you know- we eat. I'm really going to try hard but my Mom has already warned me that Amy is cooking lunch on Sunday and I know we'll go out to dinner on Saturday. I'm not sure I'll be able to track points for Amy's meal but I'll do the best I can without being too obvious. She is very sensitive to weight right now and I don't want to offend her. It will be interesting.

Water: over 64 oz.
Food: 27 of 28 points
Exercise: none today unless you count the several blocks we had to walk to the Auto Show. It was a decent stroll but not heartbeat raising.

Also, I'm not sure how to access this from a different computer. I may need to call you.

Krista

Thursday

Hello??

So I started the day with good intentions and took my own salad dressing to take to lunch. Well, I was on the phone when I left for my meeting and totally forgot to take my dressing. I was thrown off. I ended up having a chicken wrap sandwich and salad. I did the best I could to calculate the points. I even asked for nutritional information but they had nothing.

Water: just finished 64 oz.
Food: 34 of 28 points (4 exercise points, 2 flex points)
Exercise: 47 minutes, 2.75 miles

Krista

Wednesday

You know I was about to let you have it if I didn't see a post on here tonight. No way was I going to let you go 2 days in a row. How was dinner? I thought about you and wondered if you were enjoying yourself. My dinner consisted of baked penne which I miscalculated the points until later in the evening. Still managed to stay within 28 but it sucked knowing I had to add some.

Water: Over 64 oz.
Food: 28 of 28 points
Exercise: None today- usually take a break on weigh in days.

I'm here! I'm here!

So you KNOW I'm so excited about my weigh in 128.5 - only 1 lb down from my very first weigh in after Christmas - but I'm happy about it. I think I'm on a roll!

Monday: So today I had 28 points.
Tuesday: 20 points
Wednesday - yummy noodles & co. - 28 points again today. (total 8 flex points used this week so far - 27 more to go - you know I'll use them all)
Thursday: 25 out of 24 points (consider 4 exercise points and 1 flex point)

Exercise at least 4 times:
Monday - went to BOSU
Tuesday - none
Wednesday - boot camp
Thursday - boot camp

Drink at least 64 oz of water - limiting coffee consumption to 4 times this week.
MOnday - did it and way more! Had coffee
Tuesday - drank it and had coffee
Wednesday - drank it and had coffee
Thursday - drank it and had coffee. I'm not sure I'm going to make the coffee goal - but I will try.

Tuesday

How was the conference??? Was thinking about you this morning.

Today was just another day. My food options are really limiting at home so it's kind of funny seeing what kind of meals I'm coming up with.

Water: 64 oz.
Food: 25 of 28 points
Exercise: 2 miles on the treadmill for 40 minutes

Where are you today?

Monday

Gee what a day! First of all, I knew you were going to pull the 2 car driveway on me.

Did I mention to you at all that I had been hearing a strange knocking sound in my wheel well on my car? Well, today the tire blew AGAIN on the Interstate. I was headed to Keysler to get it looked at and BOOM out it went. This time I was stuck on the side of I-70 and as always it was another dangerous corner. Those semi's fly by during rush hour. Fortunately, within 5 minutes FIRST response team from ODOT pulled up and changed it for me. He even asked that I just sit in the car, keep warm and listen to the radio while he did the risky stuff. All for FREE! I was so happy. Turns out I must have run over something pretty big and it just decided to pop out today.

Diet wise was about the same.

1) Water: Over 64 oz.
2) Food: 28 of 28 points
3) Exercise: none today. Still trying to recover from shoveling. I can barely get my bra on and off.

More control than I thought

Eating:

I actually had SOME control over my eating today. They did not serve food at the conference. So we all went to North Market (a few steps away) I had Pad Tai (one of my favorate new foods) - on Dottie's - Noodle's & Co. says it's 14 points - So today I had 28 points. Tomorrow I'm packing!

Exercise at least 4 times:
Monday - went to BOSU

Drink at least 64 oz of water - limiting coffee consumption to 4 times this week.
MOnday - did it and way more!

I knew it!

I did bust you and I was about to bust you again this evening. I was going to say that I bet you don't write anything until at work tomorrow. Now I've read that you have a conference so I'm bummed that you won't be in the office. You have some very aggressive goals for food next week. What's with that? Are they attainable?

How is it your driveway took you 2 hours and 45 minutes to shovel? Mine was only 2 hours and it is 3 times the length of yours.

Sunday:
Water: Over 64 oz.
Food: 31 of 28 points (3 exercise points)
Exercise: Shoveled snow for 1 hour- my body HURTS!!!

Busted

You totally did bust me on NOT posting this weekend. In Spite of the fact that I did not post - the knowledge that I really had to tell someone what I was eating really helped me.

Friday:
Exercise: none
Water: did my 64 oz
Eating: used 30 out of 20 points (consider 10 flex points) - (23 remaining)

Sat:
Exercise: Shoveled teh driveway for about 2 hours - gave myself 7 exercise points
Water: did my 64 oz
Eating: used 32 out of 27 (consider5 flex points) - didn't go out to eat - (18 flex points remaining)

Sunday:
Exercise: Shoveled the driveway for about 45 min - gave myself 2 exercise points
Water: did my 64 oz
Eating: used al my flex points and exercise points 40 out of 40 points

NEXT/THIS week:
Monday and Tuesday I have a conference - no control over my eating. I will not eat any of the breakfast they offer - no dessert, no roles, no dressing on my salad and drink TONS of water. Keep my dinner points to 10 points. I will bring my own 0 points snacks to eat between meals. The remainder of the week I will stick to 20 points a day using flex (only 30) and exercise points as needed.

Exercise at least 4 times
Drink at least 54 oz of water - limiting coffee consumption to 4 times this week.

Saturday

Have I busted you not posting over the weekend? I don't see anything.

Yesterday was pretty good. It is so hard to not eat when I'm home all day takes a lot of will power. I managed to only use 1 flex point so I'm happy with it. I was forced to shovel snow against my will so I got in an hour of exercise (that I'm paying for today). I wasn't going to worry about the snow until Sunday but Jeff, Nancy and Joe were out working on my driveway so I had to go out to help. I was a little pissy.

Water: Over 64 oz.
Food: 34 of 28 points, 4 exercise and 2 flex
Exercise: 1 hour of shoveling snow. I think I have to do more today. Thinking about asking Michelle to take me to work instead.

Friday

I'll have to work on editing posts for next week's goals. I don't want it to get too confusing. Are you going to continue writing in yours? I made it a point to make sure that I continue to post over the weekend b/c I know this is the time you struggle. Based upon Thursday's post you are going to dinner tonight. Not convinced that is still going to happen for you.

I'm prepared for an entire snowed in weekend. Nancy did inform me yesterday that she bought corn dog nuggets for me and Jeff for our snowed in/race weekend. I'll have to use them as flex points.

Friday:
Drank over 64 oz. of water
Ate 32 of 28 points (3 exercise points and 1 flex point). Friday night is pizza night and the one remaining crust I had is high point. I'm going to have to go back to the faithful crust mix and not the pre-made crusts. Even though I do like the pre-made crusts much better. Just not 2 times the points better.
Walked 2.25 miles on the treadmill. Decreased my time from Thursday a little. Just enjoying a walk at a consistent pace and not necessarily changing it up all the time. Trying a few different ideas to avoid boredom.

How's you?

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Thursday results

Kara- How did you do the archive thing? This thing really confuses me but I'm so happy about the e-mail. It's hard not to just relply to you. Anyway, my results for Thursday.

Water: Over 64 oz.
Food: 25 of 28 points
Exercise: 2 miles on the treadmill for 40 minutes. When did I become so slow?

I like your comment about the amount of calories. That is a better way of looking at the points system. How do they expect you skinny people to survive on 1,000 calories?

I hate Thursday and Friday- today we have a Human Trafficking training. That should be fun. Still no e-mail but I think we are getting closer.

Start of Week 3

I lost 4 lbs. last week and I'm okay with that. I need to realize that I am going to have a slower weight loss when I'm not taking medication. Also, since my weight is so high, I get a lot of WW points to consume. I look forward to the day when I decrease to 26.

My weigh in today was 242.

Goals for this week:
1) Water: Drink 64 oz. daily
2) Food: Stay within points including flex points
3) Exercise: 4 days

Results:
Wednesday: Drank over 64 oz. of water, ate 26 of 28 points, and no exercise

Krista

Keep Going!

I gained weight again 131.5 now - I guess that ice cream that I had two nights in a row did make a bad difference!

1. Working out!At least 4 times (bosu tonight, boot camp on Wed & Thurs and walk or run one other time)
Monday - Walked with Krista two times at work (15 min each time) earned one exercise point. Did BOSU last night at the gym - it kicked my butt - I woke up in the middle of the night and could hardly walk to the bathroom because by ankles were stiff from the work out.
Tuesday - no working out - still hurting from BOSU.
Wednesday - Boot Camp for one hour
Thursday - Boot Camp for one hour
Friday - none

2. Eating: Stay within points, using flex and exercise points as needed.
Monday - ate 25 out of 25 points (consider 5 exercise points)
Tuesday - ate 21 out of 20 points (Consider 1 flex point)
Wednesday - 24 out of 24 points (Consider 4 exercise points)
Thursday - 21 out of 20 points (consider 1 flex point) - 33 flex points remaining for my busy food eating weekend - pizza tonight (homemade), out to dinner tomorrow AND a dinner at some one's house on Sunday (luckily I'm bringing soup - low point soup for this one).


3. Water Drink my 64 oz everyday
Monday - I measured my water and I drank about 90 oz. I know this is way too much, but I don't know what to do about it. When I'm hungry I use it to control my hunger - when I work out I sweat tons and drink tons. Maybe this is why I cannot go without peeing for more than an hour!!
Tuesday - stuck with just 64 oz
Wednesday - probably close to 70 oz. I stopped counting at 60 (which was at the end of my day at work) - but had more water for dinner and before bed.
Thursday - 64 ounces - not much more.

End of week 2

Well I've managed to maintain my goals for the first 2 weeks of this journey. I'm a little excited about weigh in tomorrow but nervous as well. What if it doesn't reflect how I've been doing? I start my goals on Wednesdays to follow the weigh in. It's easier for me to keep track on all of my forms if I do it this way. Therefore, tomorrow I'll have new goals for the next week and my weight loss for tomorrow morning.

publishing

I tried to set it up so that when i post comments they also alert Krisa. Is this working?

Update on goals

1. Working out!At least 4 times (bosu tonight, boot camp on Wed & Thurs and walk or run one other time)
Monday - Walked with Krista two times at work (15 min each time) earned one exercise point. Did BOSU last night at the gym - it kicked my butt - I woke up in th emiddle of the night and could hardly walk to the bathroom because by ankles were stiff from the work out.


2. Eating: Stay within points, using flex and exercise points as needed.
Monday - ate 25 out of 25 points (consider 5 flex points)


3. WaterDrink my 64 oz everyday
Monday - I measured my water and I drank about 90 oz. I know this is way too much, but I don't know what to do about it. When I'm hungry I use it to control my hunger - when I work out I sweat tons and drink tons. Maybe this is why I cannot go without peeing for more than an hour!!

Tight Pants

So I put on my baggy pants this morning and they are tight in the crotch. NOT HAPPY. So the excuse that my high intesity working out has caused my to wiegh more via muscle gain -is no longer a good excuse. I am posting goals - accountability helps me. So if you look on this site please make comments to let m know someone is looking at what I am doing - I hate to tell on myself when I'm bad!

1. Working out!
At least 4 times (bosu tonight, boot camp on Wed & Thurs and walk or run one other time)
2. Eating
Stay within points, using flex and exercise points as needed.
3. Water
Drink my 64 oz everyday

Keep track on my progress on here and on the diet worksheets that Krista is getting me.
Please help me remain accountable!

Recovery

FAT during recovery. I weigh 135 right now and that may only be a 4 pound gain, but I know some of that is having lost muscle to fat.
I am about to go to the next level in my physical therapy (strength training), but I am really anxious to get moving. I did ride my bike twice this week and I began hula hooping again.
While I am trying to maintain the correct calorie count (Re: Kara), I am keeping the bread intake to 4X a week. (That bread machine bread is too good!) Water intake is high--8 glasses a day. Too much of that Valentine's chocolate is still around, though.
I think I should probably log all my eating because it is too easy to let things slide. I won't be counting points per se, but just the recording of my intake causes me to be more conscious of what I am eating.

Goals for this week

Eating:
Count points - stay within 20 points using flex and exercise points as needed.
Don't eat after 8:00 pm
Monday - Didn't eat after 8:00pm - Stayed within 20 points.
Tuesday - Didn't eat after 8:00 pm - had 23 out of 24 points
Wednesday - Didn't eat after 8:00 pm - had 24 out of 24 points
THursday - Had one bite of bagel after 8:00 pm - had 21 out of 20 points
Friday - Not sure - although I did eat large quanitiy of food, dinner was high fat. I baked a chickedn, which I thought would be ok - but there seemed to be a lot of fat in the vegetables. So I am going to say that I used 10 flex points. SO 28 out of 20 points
Sat - did well. I ate 25 out of 24 points. Using one flex points.
For my own keeping - I have had 10 flex points. I can eat 20 flex points today. I usually try to not use 5 of my flex points in case I have miscalculated anything throughout the week.

Exercise (as follows):
Monday - biggest looser - did it
Tuesday - boot camp - did it
Wed - boot camp - did it
Friday - run at the gym - didn't do it. Was up 1/2 the night w/ Tyler - too tired and he's to sick to take to the child watch. I may go tonight or sometime tomorrow.
I might go to boot camp on Thursday as well - depending on how the week goes. - didn't do it.
Sat - I ran at the gym

Water
As always drink at least 64 oz a day.
Monday - drank it!
Tuesday - drank it!
Wednesday - drank it.
Thursday -not sure
Friday - drank it
Sat - drank it!

Update

Eating sweets. Can't resist!

Goals for next week:
Eating: I cannot count points - this is what I am going to to instead (between now and Monday - Monday start counting points:
1. limit sweets to twice - had brownies last night (that was Thursday night)
Friday - Ate sweets! Will I be able to continue.
Sat - No sweets!
Sunday - ate a lot of sweets for the super bowl
2. limit bread to twice (two dinners) - had bread last night (that was Thursday night)
Friday - No bread
Sat - no bread
Sunday - ate bread
3. Don't eat after 8:00 pm - haven't eaten after 8:00pm
Thursday - did not after 8:00
Friday - Didn't eat after 8:00 pm
Sat - Didn't eat after 8:00
Sunday - didn't eat after 8:00
4. Only eat one regular sized helping/serving of main meal (I can eat more things like salad) - I'm sticking with this so far
Friday - did well
Sat - ate extra soup at dinner - but it was all vegitables.
Sunday - did well

5. Eat more vegebtables (instead of so much fruit - I eat a LOT of fruit, which isn't bad, but I can eat 5 to 8 servings of fruit a day - for example 1 banana is two servings - yesterday I ate three bananas - plus other fruit). - I only had one serving of fruit yesterday. I ate vegitables instead.

Exercise: Work out at least 3 times (between today and Sunday night) - start new goals on Monday
1. Bootcamp 1 times - did it on Thursday Morning.
2. Biggest looser work out
3. run at the gym at least once. - Ran for three miles on Friday morning. It felt great!Water: Drink at least 64 oz a day and keep track!Wednesday - Did itThursday - did it
Friday - ran at the gym
Sat - ran at the gym
Sunday - nothing!

Update on Goals

My clothes fit for the most part - my jeans fit ok but I like them a little loose, my small waisted black pants are tight on me. I feel like I don't have a lot of fat on me - I feel solid. I feel kind of skinny, but there are a few things I would like to get under control! I am going to see how things pan out over the next month or so and I am going to keep trying with this high level of exercise.

Goals for next week:
Eating: I cannot count points - this is what I am going to to instead (between now and Monday - Monday start counting points:
1. limit sweets to twice - had brownies last night (that was Thursday night)
2. limit bread to twice (two dinners) - had bread last night (that was Thursday night)
3. Don't eat after 8:00 pm - haven't eaten after 8:00pm
4. Only eat one regular sized helping/serving of main meal (I can eat more things like salad) - I'm sticking with this so far
5. Eat more vegebtables (instead of so much fruit - I eat a LOT of fruit, which isn't bad, but I can eat 5 to 8 servings of fruit a day - for example 1 banana is two servings - yesterday I ate three bananas - plus other fruit). - I only had one serving of fruit yesterday. I ate vegitables instead.

Exercise: Work out at least 3 times (between today and Sunday night) - start new goals on Monday
1. Bootcamp 1 times - did it on Thursday Morning.
2. Biggest looser work out
3. run at the gym at least once. - Ran for three miles on Friday morning. It felt great!

Water: Drink at least 64 oz a day and keep track!
Wednesday - Did it
Thursday - did it

therapist's orders

So, I went to a therapist/clinic today to get some help getting active again. Of course, the therapist (like my physical trainer Kara) says I am not ready for heavy exercise. She says I am still healing, then I will rehab, then strength train--and only then can I get back to running...
My weight is staying at 131 or 132...but I really have to watch those cookies I made. No more of that!! Keeping my water intake up is my main goal. Not counting points right now. I continue to walk lightly almost every day.
I get my therapeutic exercise routine in the morning--stretches. I am slightly sore from her manipulations today, but feeling taller and stronger.
I do want to keep my calories up so as to avoid fatigue and to be able to do the exercises fully, but really have to watch the carbs since I am non aerobic.

Weighing myself

Ok so! I weighed myself this morning - after I worked out and after I got to work. I has already had some water and some coffee. I was feeling excited about my weigh in because I fee like I did well this past week and that I and kicking butt w/ exercise. So - I gained one lbs. I am not pleased!!!!! I don't know why I can't seem to stay more consistant. I probably have to start counting points again - but I don't know if I have the self control for that right now.

I am going to try to start weighing myself at the gym at 5:45 in the mornings. This will be before I work out AND have anything to drink. I will also be less dressed for that. Am I just tryin gto do tricks to feel like I'm being successful? Should I just start counting points again? I don't know if I have the energy for counting points. I'm just not happy.

130 lbs. - 7 lbs up from my lowest (I weighed in at 123 at one point) and 5 lbs up from my goal. I don't eat out, I don't eat chips, I don't eat sweets, I don't eat after 8:00 pm (except for one time) and I worked out 4 times this past week for 1 hour each time.

Goals for next week:
Eating: Count points - stay withing 20 to 25 points - using flex and exercise points as needed. I'm going to try!!
Exercise: Work out at least 4 times. Bootcamp 2-3 times and run at the gym at least once.
Water: Drink at least 64 oz a day and keep track!

Goals/progress

Goals for this week:
Eating:
1. Don't eat after 8:00 pm. Sweets only one time. Eat in a controlled manner (don't eat unless I'm hungry and stop eating when I'm full)
Wed. Did well
Thursday - did well
Friday - did NOT do well. Ate all night long! way after 8:00 pm had my one time sweets!
Sat - did well. Didn't eat any sweets
Sunday - did well. Didn't eat any sweets.
Monday - did well!

Excercise:
1. Excercise at least 4 times.
Wed. none
Thursday - went to boot camp this morning. 1 hour
Friday - NOTHING
Sat - walked very slowly in the mall w/ T - for about 45 min - did the biggest looser work out for 1 hour
Sunday - did the biggest looser work out for one hour.
Monday - nothing
Tuesday - bootcamp!

Water:
1. At least 64 oz a day and keep track
Wed. - good! Did it!
Thursday - did it
Friday - did it!
Sat - did it!
Sun - did it
Monday - did it

So How did I do today

Well based on my goals.....I did not do so well!

1. Drink 64 oz of water - I am finishing off right now 1 pt
2. No crunchy carbs - Nope! I just finished off the rest of the HUGE bag of oyster crackers.....after 8 too! (Notin')
3. My third goal was supposed to be excercise daily - So yes I did go to the Y today for 1 1/2 hours (3 points)

K....good night

I totally for got.......

Hi all! Well, I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while.....I sort of forgot about it :o) So as I am sitting here watching project runway I just remembered that I need to post today. Well..... I have bad news.......I really messed up last week and still messing up as I am sitting here finishing off a bag of oyster crackers. They really not all that fattening but if you eat the entire freakin' bag then they can cost you!! Anyway How I messed up last week is that I was totally out of control with my eating. In addition to my "healthy" eating I added tons of crunchy carbs which for me really adds on the pounds. So this is what the end result was. I GAINED BACK THE 3 POUNDS I LOST LAST WEEK PLUS ONE TO GROW ON!!!!! I COULD NOT FREAKIN' BELIEVE IT!! I AM SO DISSAPOINTED IN MYSELF!! If my period starts this week then I do have an excuse but if it doesn't then my excuse is just lack of self control. One thing I did NOT do though was eat any sweets. Because usually during the 1-2 weeks prior to my period I start chowing on the sweets and crunchy-salty things. I can't imagine what I would have weighed if I added on the sweets! Man!! It's weird though I am not even craving the sweets! So I'm happy about that!

So let me tell you what I'm gonna do this week....... I'm gonna cut out the crunchy carbs and see what happens.....well I know what will happen.....I will NOT gain any weight!! So I will take away the sweets thing because I have mastered that I think.....like I said I don't even crave them anymore. So my new goals for this week are as follows:

1. Drink 64 oz of water daily - that is still a challenge for me. I HATE having to go to the bathroom so much!

2. NO crunchy carbs! That means things that are my ultimate weaknesses: crackers, pretzels and nuts. I will replace them with things like carrots, Jicama, celery etc.

3. No eating after 8pm - NO EXCEPTIONS! Especially those crunchy carbs!

Okay I'm done.....I need to go to bed now...... well after I see who gets cut from Project Runway :o)

Good night!

SJR

When God wants rest

I am exercising about as mildly as a person can and still say they are exercising: 20 minute walks, 30 minutes light aerobics. I did hoola hoop yesterday and it sent me into a deep fatigue...
So, I am going to go to a massage clinic and start treating myself as if I have some of the long term effects from the Epstein Barr--mostly right now, I seem to have the signs of fibromyalgia. I am sure the car wreck sent me into a tail spin, which I have not been able to shake.
I gather this clinic will tell me what kind of exercise i can do that will help me recover instead of reinjure.
So, Iam really pushing the water and pushing back the calories. I have put on a couple of pounds, but it's the inches I have noticed.
I don't want to obsess/worship the body but want to take care of it, so I accept that it needs more care and rest right now.

All alone

Ok - so I guess I'm all alone here. I guess that is ok, since I'm not counting points and barely keeping track of water.

Points:
Wed: 25 points
Thursday: 30 points
Friday: Who knows
Sat: Who knows
Sun: Who knows

Water:
Wed: 64 oz
Thursday: 64 oz
Friday: who knows
Sat: 64 oz
Sun: 64 oz

Exercise:
Wednesday: none
Thursday: Boot camp 1 hour
Friday: Ran at the gym 30min
Sat: 1hour biggest looster

So much fro trying harder. We'll see what the scale says this week!

Pissed - but going to try harder!

I weighed in this morning. I am not happy! I gained two pounds - WHATEVER!!!! I am going to start counting points again (I have been counting since Sat - too many unpredictable eating events!)

Goals for this week.
1. Water - 64 each day
2. Count points starting tomorrow - don't eat after 8:00 - limit sweets to 2 times
3. Work out at least four times - at least as followed:
Thursday - boot camp
Sat - go to the Y and run
Monday - go to the Y and run
Tuesday - boot camp
I would like to get at least one biggest looser work out video done.

Let me know where you're at! I'm loosing the competition at work!
KTH

Treadmill

I bought a treadmill today. How's that for motivation? Not doing so well everywhere else. The water part is easy. I am excited about the treadmill but the rest of my life is beating me up.

Friday/Sat

Here we go again! No one else on?!? I need yout help and support. I'm slipping. I don't know if I'll stay withing points tomorrow!

1) Weigh in on WednesdayWed: 129 goal 125
2) points this week (20 points per day using flex and exercise as needed)
Monday: 21 points (consider 1 exercise point)
Tuesday: 25 points (using 5 flex points) - I was REALLY hungry!
Wed: 25 points (consider 5 exercise points)
Thursday: 30 points (conseider 4 exercise points and 6 flex points) - so far I have used 11 flex points - I have 24 more I can use!
Friday: 30 points (cosider 1 exdercise point and 9 flex points. I have only 15 flex points to use
Sat: 29 points (consider 9 flex points) - 6 left for tomorrow!

3) Exercise at least 4 times this week
Monday: Biggest looser video for 35 min
Tuesday: none
Wed: boot camp worked out for 1 hour - HARD
Thursday: boot camp worked out for 1 hour - I only HAVE to work out one more time this week! I may do it twice.
Friday: Walked on and off for an hour int he mall w/ Tyler - either chasing him or pushing him in the stroller. 1 exercise point
Sat: none!

4) 64 oz of water each day
Monday: Drank it
Tuesday: Did it!
Wednesday: Did it - and then some
Thursday: well over 64 oz - working out for an hour makes me really thirsty!
Friday: Did it!
Sat: drank it

Thursday

Met my goals, well for the most part I did.

1) Water: Drank over 64 oz. (1 point)
2) Food: 25 of 28 points (1 point)
3) Exercise: none (0 points)

Total points today: 2

Update

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Goals for this week:
1) Weigh in on Wednesday
Wed: 129 goal 125

2) points this week (20 points per day using flex and exercise as needed)
Monday: 21 points (consider 1 exercise point)
Tuesday: 25 points (using 5 flex points) - I was REALLY hungry!
Wed: 25 points (consider 5 exercise points)
Thursday: 30 points (conseider 4 exercise points and 6 flex points) - so far I have used 11 flex points - I have 24 more I can use!

3) Exercise at least 4 times this week
Monday: Biggest looser video for 35 min
Tuesday: none
Wed: boot camp worked out for 1 hour - HARD
Thursday: boot camp worked out for 1 hour - I only HAVE to work out one more time this week! I may do it twice.

4) 64 oz of water each day
Monday: Drank it
Tuesday: Did it!
Wednesday: Did it - and then some
Thursday: well over 64 oz - working out for an hour makes me really thirsty!

I'm sooooo Tired - Day 2

Hey Ladies,

What's up! I accomplished my goals once again today......woooo hoooo!! So for today I get at least 3 points or more because of the exercise...... Well just see below:

1. Drank 64 oz of water (1 point)
2. No sweets - I had none......I miss going to Lori's office getting candy :o( (1 point)
3. Exercised today for 1 1/2 hours (3 points)

So far I have earned:

2 points for water
2 points for food goal
5 points for exercise
_____
9 points total in just 2 days......I'm workin' it!! :o)

Please tell me why the media will not just leave Brittany alone! That poor girl its a wonder that she had a melt down...... sorry side note I am watching tv right now.

Anyhoo.....I am sooooo tired today. I drove out to Millersport to watch Imani's BB game. That was a waste! They blew Millersport out by 38 points! It was quite boring actually. Imani didn't play much so it was almost embarrasing watching those poor girls trying so hard to get up the court and make a point. Really sad. So now I am home, very tired and posting before I go to bed. I know it is only 7:30pm but I am about to pass out!

Krista, I think that you cleaning your kitchen floor should count. That is hard work and I know when I do it I am tired and sweating when I'm done so I say yes!

Okay......I'm going to bed...... Later!

Steph

Day One

So, here's my question. How far back do you go to read comments. I read the comments on my post and Steph's post and wanted to say something but didn't want them to go unnoticed. That's my confusion.

Anyway, the real reason I am here. Today was okay however there was still no motivation. I feel like today was a joke. I followed through and wrote it down. Here goes nothing.

Goals:
1) Water: Drank over 64 oz. 1 point earned
2) Food: Wrote everything down, 38 points darn breakfast meetings and hunger after work, 1 point earned
3) Exercise: Mopped kitchen floor 3 times, one time on hands and knees. Took over 30 minutes. The question- does it count? We have counted some forms of housework in the past.

Overall: earned 2 points today unless I count an exercise point

Krista

First Day

Well hello all! I made it through the first day.....yeah! I got though my goals and accomplished all three! I drank all 64 oz of water, did not eat any sweets today and I went to the Y this morning and worked out for one hour. I am tired! I wanted to post early because I want to go to bed......but I just remembered that I need to pick Isaiah up from work at 10pm.....that sucks!! I don't know what else to say so I am going to sign off for now.

Hey Kara, you are right about not inviting anyone else to the blog it would be too much to keep up with.

Okay going to take a nap before I go get the boy.

Later!


Steph

No Turning Back

Hey All,

It's Stephani :o) I am glad to be a part of this blog.....I've always wanted to do a blog what a great idea!! Hey Kara you should invite everyone who is doing the weight loss club to this blog. I think that will be a great way to chronicle how we are all doing.

Well I will keep this short for right now since I am at work and all......shhhh don't tell :o) I would like to just post my goals for this first week:

1. Drink 64 oz of water daily - even on the weekends!
2. No sweets
3. Exercise 6 days

That is all for now I will update later tonight.

Steph

Alright, alright, alright

So here I am. With much hesitation but support from my peers. I'm really hoping that the competition we start at work will push me towards some form of motivation. I am going to try but I tell you, this is the worst mindset I have been in when trying to start to lose weight again. Usually I'm very gung ho and ready then am successful right from the start. Not so sure that will be the case this time.
I have searched and searched for some sort of larger reward to work towards with my weekly goals. I firmly believe that if we set aside the $5.00 per goal per week to spend on ourselves, we dig a little deeper. That is the case for me and my reward has to be related to Mark Martin in some way. My trip to meet him took the cake and now I find myself struggling. Tonight I realized that I am scheduled to go to 2 races this Spring, one in April and one in May. I would like for my goal to be the dollar amount I may spend at these events. I'm telling you- I lose all control looking at a semi trailer full of Mark merchandise. We'll see how it works.

Goals:
1) Water: Drink 64 oz. daily
2) Exercise: 4 days
3) Food: Write everything down and track points daily-report on blog daily as well

I know that I am going to struggle in the food department. I have continued to make excuses for my actions and can feel myself starting already. I want to get back to the basics and start writing everything down again. Seeing really is believing!

I'll have my $.50 ready for tomorrow.

Krista

Goal for this week

Last week ended up pretty good. I did eat too much at Grandma's b-day party!

Goals for this week:
1) Weigh in on Wednesday
2) points this week (20 points per day using flex and exercise as needed)
Monday: 21 points
Tuesday: 25 points (using 5 flex points) - I was REALLY hungry!

3) Exercise at least 4 times this week
Monday: Biggest looser video for 35 min
Tuesday: none

4) 64 oz of water each day
Monday: Drank it
Tuesday: Did it!

Update

I have been doing pretty well. See my updates below!

1) Food Goal:
A) Don't eat after 8:00 pm
Wednesday: Didn't eat after 8:00pm
Thursday: Didn't eat after 8:00pm
Friday: Won't eat after 8:00pm
B) Limit sweets (cake, candy, cookies) to one time
Haven't had any sweets since I set this goal.
C) Don't eat unless hungry and stop eating when full
I have stuck with this pretty well too. The real challenge will be this weekend w/ Persian food on Sat and Grandma's B-Day on Sunday.

2) Exercise Goal (at least three more time)
A) go to boot camp one more time this week
Thursday: Went to boot camp
B) go to gym one time and walk run for at least 30 min
Friday: Went to the gym and did my walk/run for 35 min - went 2.25 miles
C) do the biggeest looser work out video at least once
Not yet!

3) water goal (at least 64 oz. a day)
Have been drinking plenty of water, but not too much!
A) spread out the 64 oz throughout the day
B) Try not to drink more than 70 oz.