300+ Wellness Goals-September 2011

tw326at41 · 09-27-2011, 10:59 AM

OH no! Glad you got your luggage back and got some sleep. I pretty much slept the whole last day of my vacation too. I'm glad to see you posted. I looked for you all day and thought maybe you were backing out of the daily posting. Glad to know you are sticking to it. Remember "No excuses!"
My day food wise was really good yesterday. I was right on with my points and got in most my "good health guidelines." I also walked 0.7 miles last night. Here let me give you a little time get back up off the floor!.......Yes, I walked outside! It was only 15 minutes but hey I did it and it was a heck of a lot more than I have officially done in the last several months.
I have tracked everything today so far (and tracked all of yesterday), brought my snacks and LUNCH, and have a plan for dinner. We have soccer practice tonight so not sure we will have time for any walking but hey 2 days in a row may be overkill. :-) Besides tonight is Biggest Loser and Parenthood. And YEAH the Cowboys won. Barely, but hey they won!!!
Of course, today I was UP 2 pounds! I laughed and said "Satan you ain't getting me down today!" :-) I'm sure it will be back down by Saturday's weigh in. Our bodies are SOOO crazy.
Hope to hear from Goodnuff and others later today. Pressing on....

goodnuff · 09-28-2011, 12:28 AM

Ahh, getting my post in just before the midnight hour. Ok, tw, thanks for the reminder. No slacking no matter what. I will track tomorrow and do 30 minutes of the routine I had made for me. I wrk at 3pm and believe I am going to be trying to sleep early tonight.
WTG, on heading into our agreement strong and for lighting a fire under my arse.
My unofficial post vacation WI has me up 2+ pounds. There's a few days left for all of that alcohol to catch up so I'll leave the official W for Thursday at WW.
Talk to you tomorrow.
I hope ilbnej comes back and that others start posting more! Hint, hint!

tw326at41 · 09-28-2011, 10:59 AM

I did pretty well yesterday but went 6 points over last night. So not great but not terrible. Technically I have 2 activity points so that would only be 4 over but still I need to do better. I was down 1.5 on the scale this morning (but remember that was after being up 2 yesterday). I was really in a funk last night and that is the ONLY reason I ate too much last night. I didn't figure it out until today by TOM should be here this week so I now know what that was about. I hate when I get in those moods and I hate that I ate too much because of it but overall 4 points too many is MUCH better than it could have been. I also am struggling with allergies or I'm getting a cold and feel lousy today. Hopefully this goes away soon. I have continued to track everything and I brought my lunch/snacks to work today. Got to meet the exterminator at home tonight after work but hope to walk again tonight. I really do like walking. I am also CONSIDERING joining the YMCA this week. They have a special that ends on Friday so I need to make up my mind soon.

Goodnuff: How's the tracking going? How was your 30 minute routine?

I'm looking forward to everyone checking in this next day or so and seeing how everyone did with their goals this month. You all are so inspiring!!

tw326at41 · 09-28-2011, 11:16 AM

Sophieeex3- Have you made it to the gym?
rachaelm - How's your tracking and exercise?
lynnie923 - Congratulations on the 299!!! That is so awesome! It is so fun watching all your success!!
ilbnej - WHERE ARE YOU????

goodnuff · 09-29-2011, 02:06 AM

I know, I miss everyone too!
My tracking is poor which probably means my eating is poorer than I'm realizing. Today is the start to my WW week so I'm going to keep on trying to get better. I did my 30 minutes today and totally expect to be sore tomorrow. I'll do it on Friday and saturda too...hopefully without a kick in the *** to get started. I'm looking forward to my meeting/WI but not to getting up at 8 and being up and moving until at least 11:30 tomorrow night. Thank for being patient with my inconsistency posting and even bigger thanks for keping up with your end of the bargain.
An extra 4 points is excellent...is that above your weeklies too. Dude, I haven't tracked in forever and when I do I'm always over. I pledge to track 100% for this week (Thursday -Thursday) and do at least 30 minutes 5 times this week. Pinky swear!

rachaelm · 09-29-2011, 08:25 AM

Good morning!
I am tracking everything that I eat. I gained 2# from last week. It HAS to be a temporary thing, I am counting every calorie & exercising at least ten minutes a day three days a week and 40 minutes a day four days a week. There is no way this is an actual gain. Right?

tw326at41 · 09-29-2011, 01:10 PM

rachelm: RIGHT!!! Keep up the good work. I don't remember, what plan are you on? If you are tracking and exercising just keep doing what you're doing adn the loss will come. Don't let it make you give up. It is discouraging but just keep at it. :-) (Welcome back!)

Goodnuff: Great job on doing your 30 minutes! That is awesome! How was your meeting today? I know you will have a long day today but remember you are doing it to better yourself. We HAVE TO MAKE TIME AND TAKE TIME for ourselves! We are worth it! Now, get on that tracking missy! :-)

I was good yesterday and was right on track with my points. No excercise but the house is exterminated now and we ate a healthy dinner and had some good mommy/daughter time last night. Have my snacks for the day and have planned my lunch out (Chickfila-Yum!). I have tracked it all. In response to your questions Goodnuff about going over the 4 points, I am not using the "weekly" points this week because I didn't get on track with everything until Monday and I was not good Saturday and Sunday. So I am looking at it as I used all my "weekly" points this past weekend and I am sticking to the daily's only. My week is Saturday through Friday. In a "normal" week (not that I have had one of those in a really long time) I try to only use 5-10"weekly" points. I know I can do more but I try to keep it low.
Have a great day everyone!!

rachaelm · 09-29-2011, 02:14 PM

TW Thanks for the encouragement! I am just counting calories using myplate on livestrong. I've just told myself I'm in this for the long haul, and one little blip is nothing. All the nice slogans everyone on 3FC has helps too.

Good work on planning! I know that is one of my biggest obstacles. I actually like fruits and veggies, but I can't eat them if I don't have them.

goodnuff · 09-29-2011, 02:24 PM

I agree rachaelm, just a blip. As an aside, just make sure you are getting enough calories. i've learned over the years that when I cut too low my body holds on to every gram that it can and sometimes I even gain. Hang in there lady, you can do this. I for one can't even imagine how you could lose weight while live in WhoDat Nation...
My grand total gain from my week in Louisianna, specifically 5 days in New Orleans (drumroll please)....ONE POUND! I am so freakin' proud of me.
So my plan this week. track 100%, stay within my dailies and weeklies, and do my MCA exercises Fri, Sat, Mon, Tues and Wed. Walk at least 15 minutes Fri-Sat-Sun.
Glad your house is pest free tw. here is to a good week for all of us!

rachaelm · 09-29-2011, 02:33 PM

Goodnuff - hey one pound after a week of vacation eating in NO is GREAT. LOL, there are waaay too many great places to eat there. Yum.

It is hard to change the way I think about 'good' food. I mean, fried with gravy is a food group in my family.

My dad & I were talking about eating last night & he said he eats just like his mom & dad did, the only problem is, we don't work like they did.

tw326at41 · 09-29-2011, 05:46 PM

Goodnuff: OMGoodness!!!! THAT IS AMAZING!!! WAY TO GO!!!!! I am SO happy for you. You gotta be doing something right! (HAVE YO TRACKED TODAY? JUST CHECKING. :-))

Rachaelm: I used to have "fried with gravy" as a food group too. Now I save that for some meals my mom cooks. Thankfully she lives an hour away and doesn't cook "big family meals" more than maybe once or twice a year (outside of Christmas and Easter). It is definately hard to change the way we think about food. I have a friend right now that eats TERRIBLY but is not much overweight. As I try to help him with his diet I realize just how much my eating choices/habits have changed over the last 5 years. I am still overweight and have a long way to go BUT I can guarantee I am more healthy due to what I eat now over what I used to eat. (But this has taken a long long long time and I still LOVE all the "bad" stuff and eat it too just not as often or as much).

BIG BIG BIG SUCCESS for me today! I went to the drive through at Chickfila to get my lunch and ordered a large unsweet tea and got sweet and low for it. I don't always use the sweetner as I sometimes just do without so I put the straw in the cup at a stop light only to find I had a large SWEET tea. I LOVE sweet tea!!! I mean LOVE it!! I drank about 4-6 ounces (of the 32 ounces) and DUMPED THE REST DOWN THE DRAIN!! I have NEVER done that! So instead of drinking 12 points of tea I only had 2! YES! I am so freakin proud of myself!!!!!

rachaelm · 09-30-2011, 10:36 AM

TW - WOW, dumping that tea was a big deal. I'm a southern girl and I love my sweet tea too. GREAT JOB!!

It is hard to make the healthier choices, but something about this time, I've just decided I'm tired of the same ole, and am ready to make some positive changes in my life. I'm proud of my parent's too, we live next door to them, so we eat together several times a week. My mom has been really supportive, and has made sure to have a salad with every meal, and even dug me out a measuring cup the other night, so I could be sure how much food I was eating!

goodnuff · 09-30-2011, 01:55 PM

That is so cool of your Mom to dig out a measuring cup rachaelm. Give her a hug from me! I love that so many of us are so sure this is the time regardless of the time it takes or th eff ups along the way!
YAY tw!!! Must have been the day for tossing stuff. I had a crazy busy day yesterday so went to a grcery deli and got an egg salad croissant. Two bites in I decided it wasn't tasty enough for the PointsPlus it would cost me so I tossed it. I stopped at this fab restaurant and ordered the best chicken salad sandwich on wheat, only ate 1 slice of bread. I tracked....went way over my points than had a mini binge in the middle of the night. Stufing and canned jellied cranberries. Frustrated!
Today is a new day! Hoping the rain holds out til tonight so I can get my walk in. I'm getting my clean on right now....gotta take advantage when the cleaning bug hits.

goodnuff · 09-30-2011, 01:58 PM

Oh yeah, any good recipes for dried lentils, pintos, red beans, rice, spaghetti noodles or canned chicken or tuna. I have $60 for 2 weeks of groceries and that is what I have in my cupboard. Thank goodness for my survivalist friend moving and leaving her food supply behind for me....lol, I knew her crazy would come in handy one day.
If you have any post them in the october thread cuz it's that time...

tw326at41 · 09-30-2011, 04:53 PM

Rachaelm: That is SO impressive of your mom. I'm glad you are getting that kind of support. It will help as go throughout this journey. I agree with Goodnuff that it is cool we have all decided that "this is it!" we are getting healthy!
Goodnuff: Good for you for tracking! I know it is upsetting to have gone over in points and to have had a mini binge but hopefully you are back on track again today. Keep up that tracking and exercise. Sorry I don't have any recipes. I can follow them but I'm not good at creating them. It does sound like you could do a rice and beans night though and a spaghetti with maybe some fresh tomatos and olive oil??
I'm doing pretty good. I was STARVING earlier but made it through without any "damage". I continue to track and have my WI in the morning. I can feel that TOM will be here any day. I still hope I see some results on the scale but I need to prepare myself just in case. I AM joining the YMCA today. I went and toured and got the paperwork last night and will go back tonight and finish it up. Now, just to USE that membership. :-)
I doubt I will be online over the weekend but will definately be back Monday. So hang in there, keep tracking, keep making good choices, and have a FABULOUS weekend!!! NO EXCUSES!