Starting weight (7/15/08):    279.8    (1/8/08):    285.2
Calories/Carbs Goals (limits):       1400  / 30.0
Yesterday’s calories & net carbs:  1397 / 22.1
Yesterday’s exercise:  45 minutes ex. bike & 1 hour DDR
Weight Yesterday:  252.0    Today:  252.4
Change today::  +0.4 lbs.   Loss-so-far:  27.4 lbs.  /  32.8 lbs. 

This yo-yo thing on the scale is cracking me up.  Up .2 then down .4 then up .4 then down .2 - it all adds up to NOT getting out of the 250’s yet!  But that’s okay, because it’s motivated me to PUSH IT ALONG!!  I want to see that two-forty-something number on the scale!!!!  And if it’s gonna take a little extra work, then so be it!

Tonight I put in some time on the DDR between 7 and 8 pm and then at 9:00 sharp when DWTS-Results came on, I climbed on the exercise bike and did not stop pedaling and did not climb back off until the digital clock in the TV room clicked over to 10:00 and the show was over!  I have no idea how many miles that was (forgot to go buy batteries today) but my BUTT felt like it was about FIFTY!  LOL, my rear-end was numb by the time I climbed off!!  I kept the pace pretty consistent so I think if I had to guess how fast I was pedaling I would say about 12-14 miles per hour - so since I kept it up for an hour, geee that would beeeeeee uhhhhhhh lol 12-14 miles!

I’m leaving tomorrow for a conference - won’t be back home until Saturday.  I’m bringing my computer though and the hotel has internet.  Since I won’t have my DDR there, I guess I’ll be hitting the hotel gym too.  I feel very uncomfortable at any gym but I’ll get over it.  I NEED to move this weight loss along!

And YES … I’m bringing my scale, LOL!

CARTOON OF THE DAY

Special note to Joy:  To post a picture, there is a little icon above the window where you “write”, it looks like a little tree I think?  Anyway, when you run your mouse over it, it says “Insert/Edit image.”  Anyway, find the URL of the picture you want to post (if you want to post one of your own you can use a free service like photobucket) and copy the URL, then click on the tree icon and paste the URL in the box that pops up.  Hope that made sense!

Oh, and the dice game we were playing?  It never had a name when I was growing up, we just called it “The Dice Game,” but recently someone told me that the name of the game we play is “10 Thousand,” which makes sense, since you play until… um… 10,000.  LOL.  The rules are online at:
http://www.iplay.net/ourgames/10000_rules.htm

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Starting weight (7/15/08):    279.8    (1/8/08):    285.2
Calories/Carbs Goals (limits):       1400  / 30.0
Yesterday’s calories & net carbs:  1287 / 28.9
Yesterday’s exercise:  5 miles real bike
Weight Yesterday:  252.2    Today:  252.0
Change today::  -0.2 lbs.   Loss-so-far:  27.8 lbs.  /  33.2 lbs. 

Tonight during Dancing with the Stars, I got to thinking about the whole TV addiction thing.  Seriously, for the past 15 years I just haven’t been into TV.  Other than keeping up with my soap (and all you have to do for that is tune in once a month, lol), I just wasn’t interested in being a regular watcher of any show on TV.

Then they started posting TV shows online, so I could watch it whenever, instead of during it’s TV time slot.  Suddenly TV seemed much more accessible, and so I started watching stuff - and getting hooked in the process. 

The other day when I blogged about the shows I watch, I surprised myself by listing thirteen different shows!  Thirteen!  OMG, I had no idea that I was regularly watching THAT many shows!  I felt really guilty when I realized just how much time I waste SITTING in front of either the TV or the computer screen.  So, right in the middle of DWTS tonight, I pulled out the exercise bike (dusted it off, ha), and pedaled for the rest of the show.  The batteries were dead in the little indicator thingie but I pedaled on anyway (so I don’t know how far I went, just that I pedaled for 45 minutes).

I can’t really use the exercise bike while watching my online shows (I’ve tried) but at least I can make better use of the time in the TV room.

I also did an hour of DDR tonight.  I felt great!  I even did a few of the jumps, but I’m still taking it careful.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

In case Paula is out there lurking and reading … I miss ya, girl.

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