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?

editing your posts

To add on to an original post you sign in. Click on "new post" and thenit will bring up a new blank post for you - at the top you will see "create" "Edit Posts" - you want to click on Edit posts and then go to the one you want to add to - and start editing.

Good think you don't reply to me becuase the e-mail doesn't come from me. I made it so that it is automatically sent from the blog to you. Not sure who it would reply to if you hit reply.

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!