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06-23-2011, 05:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Central Valley, California
Posts: 3,245
S/C/G: 173/178/ 165
Height: 5'6
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Evening Coaches, or is it Afternoon? Hey, from Vermont. Flight was great. Slept all 4 hrs. Made my connections in New York and now I sit in my dorm room contemplating a dream, two years in the making, that is happening. I am loopy from the travel and nervous about whether I can REALLY write a book but I am excited to let myself be totally new and teachable.
I can't believe it but I was OP through the flights and the car trip, everything. I told myself I wouldn't eat breakfast until New York was having breakfast. I was tempted midnite at the airport (that sounds like a song) but I said, No Choice. I still can't believe I am capable for the first time in my life to NOT allow myself a choice. If I can do that, than maybe a book will be easy.
Best to everyone.
Mary Ann
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06-23-2011, 10:09 PM
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#152
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GlenwoodHotSprings
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 7,865
S/C/G: 275/179/179
Height: 5'5"
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Hi Coaches!
I didn't fare so well at VBS yesterday, however, I didn't go completely out of control, either. It is an improvement from last year. I found I was actually able to stop snacking. I rode into a fierce headwind (3 miles) to get there and rode back home, too. *credit* for biking to work.lol
Today was not much better, and I found myself just accepting that it's just one more day of VBS then I can get back into my normal routine. That's before all the extraneous stuff started happening.
~ We had an appt. with a veterinary cardiologist who wanted to do all kinds of testing on the pup. His heart condition hasn't improved. $$$$$ I had to say I didn't have the money right now.
~DH is having conversations with the friend who is paralyzed and it's very emotional.
~ My best friend, who went through the awful divorce called to say she was fired from her job today. How will she survive this?
Now I am faced with a gigantic reality; AGAIN. Debbie, your life isn't ever "normal" and you'd better just get back to THE PLAN for being successful with dieting even when life isn't normal. I look around...I'm tired….I don't feel like eating (thank goodness). Perhaps I can set a 30 minute timer and get some stuff done which will make my morning go easier….which will help me to stay with my food plan. Somehow I need to put my dieting first.
BillBlueEyes, great that you're still making it to the gym. I have baby cucumbers...how about you?
SuperChick, I picked a non stressful day for my hunger experiment and it went fine. I have had several occasions since where I ended up missing my lunch for some reason or another and I'm easily able to just say , "It's ok, it's not an emergency." It works for me.
gardenerjoy, great job using NO CHOICE to get 15 minutes of Qi Gong in.
Erika(eusebius), yay for a nice dinner out which allowed you to stay OP and have a glass of wine!
onebyone, glad that you are enjoying your food plan. I'm interested in your instructional files...what skills would a person need to be able to use them?
MaryContrary, I'm having similar feelings about the things I can't control. Your "just do it" in regards to what you need to do (leave the house) is helping me right now. Great that you have been able to make a list.
maryann, I'm so excited for you as you take your Beck skills and successes into a new realm.
Beverlyjoy, yay for baby steps back into your Beck behaviors. BTW-I didn't check on you...just knew you were there and you would be back here when you were ready. I do, however, think of you often!
Pam(pamatga), I am in love with your garden, too. ...and mine. The fruits of our labor are just miraculous. Thanks for sharing your recipe redo's. They sound great!
AnneWonders, I wish you well as you wait for MRI results.
I am off to try....
ETA-Update-I spent 30 minutes cleaning the kitchen...my source of food. It looks and feels better. I can wake up in the morning with a clean slate.
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06-24-2011, 12:09 AM
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#153
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Simply Filling Technique
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Atlanta GA
Posts: 1,352
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With some of the residents here in Sandy Springs without power when the power went on and my computer was left on from an all-nighter of no sleep, it temporarily "stunned" my computer. I wish I could say I did some magic (my DH thinks I can with computers, he is so wrong) but after some Idiot Tech Support on my end, it is back running. I said "Oh well"--- and said to myself "you really do spend more time here than is really needed for your life right now, maybe this is a sign." Then, it came on and "Oh well" again for passing the opportunity to walk away from this blasted thing.
AnneWonders, I don't know what happened to your knee but I have been told that I need total joint replacement surgery and I am following a book called "Treat Your Own Knees" by Jim Johnson P.T. with very good results in almost three weeks.
Beverlyjoy-you'll get your Mojo back in no time!! You can do this GF!
maryann-it is always exciting to see someone take these Beckisms and run with it. Go!
MaryContrary I too am a person who thrives on list making. I used to be obsessive about it when having a day planner was the "thing" (I'm dating myself here). Now, I try to "Keep It Simple Silly" but I recall a saying "If you don't know where you are going, then you will end up someplace else".
onebyone, So, is this instructional pdf files going to be on selling your artwork and handiwork or on doing those? I think you got all of our attention here. Details. Details.
Erika[eusebius], One of the reasons why I was first attracted to the South Beach Diet is that in Phase II you could have a lean steak, salad, baked potato with butter and sour cream and enjoy all of that with a nice glass of red wine. What diet? Glad you too remembered (and enjoyed) that no dining experience is complete without one of nature's magnificant creations: wine! When we remember how ripe dining is for human contact and the chance for intimacy then we realize that we need less food.
gardenerjoy, Okay, now, you got me running back to Amazon.com to get the dvd on this. GJ in realizing that "if I don't do this, who will [make] me?" No one!
SuperChick, again, missing a meal is like what I said above. I noticed that the more I focused on the food the less I focused on what was happening around me. When I flipped that, food became less important and I began to notice everything I had been missing when I had my face buried in the "burger, burrito, pie, cookies, chips." Focusing solely on food is actually very isolating or it was for me. I was very closed off from those around me. Now, when I am out, I take time to chat with the waiter, with my dining companions and to look around at the trees, sky and life around me.
BBE-could it be time to reread your Response cards?
Credit: letting go and letting God with everything I can't deal with---which has been a lot the past several days.
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06-24-2011, 05:32 AM
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#154
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Super Moderator
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Boston area
Posts: 12,127
S/C/G: 239/173/165
Height: 5'9"
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T G I F
Diet Coaches/Buddies - At a restaurant lunch with friends, I had a combo plate with stuffed grape leaves, humus, tabole, and veggies - CREDIT moi. Fish and chips were also attractive with uber calories and I avoided them. Survived a difficult day on the renovation that ended up well.
Joy (gardenerjoy) - Good grief; just as I finally learn to spell Pilates, now Qi Gong appears multiple times. Is it pronounced like quinoa?
Erika (eusebius) - Yay for lounging in one's own garden. And Kudos for managing through an Italian restaurant - there's so much pasta to be avoided.
Debbie (Lexxiss) - Ouch for so much trama and drama in your life, with Kudos for "just get back to THE PLAN." Sending supportive thoughts to you and the pup to find your way. [We've got a bunch of sugar snaps - so yummy right off the vine - but haven't seen cukes yet. As I remember, we didn't see any cukes last year until one of us triped over a 12" guy hiding behind the leaves, LOL.]
maryann - Big Kudos for your "No Choice" - with that you can conquer the world. What a lovely time of year to be in Vermont.
pamatga - Ouch for testing your computers ability to recover from an immediate power outage. [Yep, it's always time to be reading my Response Cards.]
SuperChick - Congrats on those two pounds gone. Can't wait to hear how you do on the hunger experiment - it's a surprise. My own hunger experiment started with keen hunger before lunch as I worried about not eating. That was followed by moderated hunger starting at the exact moment that I usually break for lunch continuing for an hour. Then I felt no hunger and it was all over. I was shocked that I just went about my business and didn't even eat extra at dinner to make it up - just shocked. It really isn't an emergency to skip a meal.
Readers -
Quote:
chapter 4
Stage 1
The Success Skills Plan
Success Skill 1
Motivate yourself daily
I reached the same conclusion in working with dieters. To be successful, dieters need to motivate themselves continuously. They do so by regularly reminding themselves of the reasons that weight loss is so important to them.
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D, The Complete Beck Diet for Life (Green book), pg 52.
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06-24-2011, 09:15 AM
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#155
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persist
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 3,045
S/C/G: 316/307/299
Height: 5' 6"
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TGIF once more
Hi Coaches
DH's mom called earlier in the week inviting me to an Indian restaurant buffet. We were there in the winter and we both loved it. I've checked out the food *credit* and there are several things I can have, along with several things to avoid. We're going there at lunch today. I am approaching this event with Great Vigilance. The toughest part will be avoiding the nan bread as I can already see MIL thrusting the basket toward me. Over lunch I am going to tell her I am on a foodplan and for now, bread is out. I hope she doesn't want to talk about it a lot. I sure don't.
I had a happy experience weighing in this morning *credit*. The wii fit told me I was 280 today (-1.1lbs). Perhaps I can put those clingy 280's behind me by next week. I have dropped all breads, potatoes, rice and pasta for now. Low carb is what I am doing but I am not concerned about the carbs in other veggies at all. I have severely limited my fruits and will add them back once I truly believe this is "real" weightloss. I am still thinking "it's all just water". I think I'll harbour that thought until I am under 270! Did I tell you guys I was a hard nut??
I've attached an image of one of my jewelry creations using modeling plastic. What I am thinking is I could give the instructions to make this piece in a pdf file. I have HUNDREDS of designs and several diferent "things" from jewelry to mirrors to clocks to hairclips to book covers to boxes &etc. that I could give instructions to. I can take pictures of the process and write out the instructions and it could be a downloadable file, or part of an e-book.
I'm currently reading a FANTASTIC book on making money online called KaChing. It' about setting up a site that "pays and pays". I really recommend this book. I am on chapter three or four. I'm going to follow his advice and see if it works. The pdf file/ebook idea is not a new thought for me. I've been mulling it over for a few years. Yes, that's years. I am not sure if I want to give away my one big innovation but I am getting closer to doing that as I see others coming close to my method of making so I may as well. People like patterns and people like kits. At the same time as offering the pattern/file I could just easily add the materials to make it. The KaChing book reminded me that I do have special skills to offer the world. AND SO DO YOU Dear Coaches... so do you!
Better go. My morning beckons (haha!) as does DH.
Have a good FRIDAY!
UPDATE: I stayed OP through lunch with the MIL!!!! Massive credit to me!! I am still OP now too... more in the a.m. Yay!
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06-24-2011, 09:16 AM
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#156
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Central Valley, California
Posts: 3,245
S/C/G: 173/178/ 165
Height: 5'6
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Good Morning, Coaches<
Op today at the school cafeteria. Cut the portion of eggs and bacon that I was served in half. Took a cup of fruit and left feeling very successful. The scale I brought was broken in transit I have a little time this evening to run to a store to go buy another one. Disappointed to not weigh in but the willingness was there. That is what always counts. Will checkin with personals later tonite if I can.
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06-24-2011, 09:51 AM
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#157
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 2,071
Height: 5'7"
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Coaches/Buddies I'm doing well. Several pounds down since I started my new app, still motivated, still working the Beck techniques. Gotta ride the wave when you catch one.
Starting to think about the big family vacation that starts next Friday. 10 days of visiting cousins. Oy.
My first real mandolin lesson is tonight. I'm excited.
BillBlueEyes Yay sardines, boo cookies? Wow, that just seems so so wrong to type. Glad you continue to manage your renovation.
SuperChick Congrats on your weight loss! The lunch skipping thing isn't the most fun thing in the whole world, but absent any medical conditions, really isn't a big deal. And if you keep telling yourself that, it is even less of a big deal. Let us know how it goes.
gardenerjoy Qi Gong sounds creative to me. Nice work.
eusebius/Erika Nice work on the restaurant and hooray for fitting in a glass of Chianti!
maryann So good to see people pursuing their dreams. It is so empowering and that flows into our ability to make choices about our food intake.
lexxiss/Debbie Sending you support in this difficult time. Great job on the bike commute (headwinds are really draining), and also getting thing organized to make today easier. Easier is good.
onebyone Looks like you are setting yourself up for success at the restaurant. Great work. Love the little cow!
Hello to all those I missed yesterday. Y'all have a good day!
Anne
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06-24-2011, 10:53 AM
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#158
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Green Tomatoes
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Kirkwood, Missouri
Posts: 11,847
Height: 5'9"
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I did my 15 minutes of Qi Gong in the morning after reporting here. Then very late last night, after book club, I followed it up with 30 minutes of yoga and 15 minutes more of Qi Gong. Yay. That kind of thing will put me on track to meet my exercise goal for June even though the first half of the month was pretty sparse with exercise. I seem to be adjusting my days around the notion that I can exercise and write on the same day.
WI: -0.3kgs, Exercise: +60 940/1300 minutes for June, Food: 80%op, Read my Advantages and Responses: yes
eusebius: Lee Holden's online program looks great -- thanks! I'm going to do that.
maryann: sounds like a terrific trip, OP and all! I'm finding that my Beck skills are very transferable to writing -- especially making a plan and monitoring my actions.
Lexxiss: so sorry that you and those your love are going through so much right now. Good job thinking through the implications for yourself. Can you reframe "Somehow I need to put my dieting first" to something like "I want to put my self-care first so that I am in good shape to help others."
BillBlueEyes: Qi Gong is pronounced something like "chi gung." Which is easier for me than quinoa, but not much.
onbyone: oh, that KaChing book sounds really good -- thanks! (the pierced cow is fun, too!)
AnneWonders: The mandolin lesson sounds fun!
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06-24-2011, 11:47 AM
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Fighting Piano Butt!
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Southern Ontario
Posts: 553
S/C/G: 220/see ticker/130
Height: 5'4"
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Hi Coaches/Buddies!
OP again yesterday. The aging body is hitting me a bit today. I have been experiencing a lot of headaches - just called the optometrist for an appointment. Also I have some pain in my right forearm - not sure if it is from knitting or playing octaves. Avoiding both for the moment.
maryann - Wow, so exciting to be in Vermont realizing your dream! I am looking forward to reading your book!! WTG staying OP through all the travel despite temptation.
Debbie (Lexxiss) - ((((Hugs))))) and positive thoughts to you through all the stress. Big credit for being able to stop snacking and for biking to work! Remember to *Breathe* and take care ...
pamatga - Glad you got on the computer just long enough to write to us Just loved this insight from you: When we remember how ripe dining is for human contact and the chance for intimacy then we realize that we need less food. Thank you for that!
BillBE - Kudos on the delicious and healthy lunch and on surviving your difficult reno day.
onebyone - great plan for the Indian restaurant, and congrats on the continued weight loss!! The book "KaChing" sounds interesting and I think you really have a viable idea there! Love the cow also
AnneWonders - Congrats on your weightloss and renewed motivation!! Enjoy your mandolin lesson. I think it's a really cool instrument and you're in for some great fun.
gardenerjoy - you're doing so great with exercise! Kudos! Love the "notion that I can exercise and write on the same day" - inspiring.
And you've also inspired me to go do my Qi Gong for the day, so off I go. Have a fab Friday, all!
Erika
Read ARC: yes
Sat down to eat: yes
Gave myself credit: yes
Walking: yes (spontaneous)
Qi Gong: yes (short session)
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06-24-2011, 05:02 PM
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#160
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Finding what works for me
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Scotland, UK
Posts: 85
S/C/G: 209 / 194 / 160
Height: 5' 9"
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Happy Weekend!
Evening coaches, today was a bit of a wierd one for me as it is the first day since i've been 'on plan' that i haven't been at my desk at work. I was doing an off site visit so didn't do my little morning routine that i've gotten into - reading my ARC on my computer at work, writing my plan for my food for the day, lsitening to my self hyponsis; i thought through my ARC reasons but felt a bit like i need to think a bit more about a routine outside of work. So, i took advantage of my slightly late start to the day due to the visit and headed to the gym - i finally got back into the swimming pool! Credit i then had an interesting situation for the day where i was surrounded by a lot of free food - imagine plenty of sweets, baked goods etc. i told myself 'no choice' and stuck to it. I stayed on plan at lunch but felt strangely anxious and almost like it'd done something wrong... it was very strange, i think it may be because i ate a bit earlier than i usually would've... whatever, i stayed on plan so i think that all that matters...
Apart from that, i am extemely pleased that i finally got a surf in! It has been very flat here in Aberdeen and to be honest tonight the waves were not brilliant but i still wriggled myself* (*shoe horned!) myself into my wetsuit and had a really good time
So i think my thought / task for the day is to think about how i am going to stay on plan and fulfil my daily beck tasks over the weekend. Thanks all for the comments on the lunch missing exercise - i may try that next week, don't worry, i'll let you all know how it goes!
gardener joy - good work on making exercise a 'no choice' part of your day, even if you have your writing going on.
BBE - mmm, houmous! I love it, you made a good choice!
Debbie - forgive my ignorance - what is VBS?
Maryann - oh my god, that is a massive achievement! To stay OP on a flight and in an airport? double credit!
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06-25-2011, 04:57 AM
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#161
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GlenwoodHotSprings
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 7,865
S/C/G: 275/179/179
Height: 5'5"
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Hi Coaches!
I may get back for personals later today...but it's important that I check in with you all now. It's been a whirlwind week and I haven't always made the best choices but I don't totally forget, either. It seems my mom is having some medical issues so we're going to travel in the next day or so. I have stepped on the scale this morning and it's obvious I could use a few days of detox. That's ok. I have the skills to do that. Today I'll go into "simple mode".
~plan food for today
~plan exercise for today
~plan work for today
I will deal with today only. I will say NO CHOICE to unplanned foods.
I hope to visit you all later. Catching up on my paperwork during these quiet hours is important. It has a direct correlation to my success with my food plan.
SuperChick, VBS-Vacation Bible School. I help with the food which *credit moi* has become far healthier in the past few years. Still, there are far too many cookies and my resistance was not as strong this week.
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06-25-2011, 05:34 AM
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#162
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Super Moderator
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Boston area
Posts: 12,127
S/C/G: 239/173/165
Height: 5'9"
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Saturday
Diet Coaches/Buddies - Eating was OP, CREDIT moi. Took a long walk after dinner to buy a California Navel Orange for a snack, CREDIT moi. Life goes on.
Anne (WonderAnne) - Just love, "Gotta ride the wave when you catch one."
onebyone - Massive Kudos for Op during lunch with your MIL. My take is that Indian food lends itself to sane eating. If one can avoid the nann, LOL.
Joy (gardenerjoy) - Ambitious to catch up to your June exercise goal. Kudos for setting the bar high.
Erika (eusebius) - Ouch for the realities of the human body; it seems to happen to all of us.
Debbie (Lexxiss) - Sending supportive thoughts to you and your mom as you address her medical issues. Kudos for having "NO CHOICE" on your mind at this time.
SuperChick - Kudos for surviving a whole day surrounded by FREE food; that stuff can be a challenge for me.
Readers -
Quote:
chapter 4
Stage 1
The Success Skills Plan
Success Skill 1
Motivate yourself daily
If you're like Emily, a dieter I counseled, you're thinking, Why do I have to remind myself why I want to lose weight? I'll always remember. Emily didn't realize that it's really hard to focus on those reasons when it's 4 p.m. and you see those homemade chocolate chip cookies on the breakroom table or it's 9 p.m. and you're dying for the ice cream that's in the freezer. Emily had lots of sabotaging thoughts that pushed the reasons she wanted to lose weight out of her mind in the face of immediate temptation.
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D, The Complete Beck Diet for Life (Green book), pgs 52-53.
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06-25-2011, 10:02 AM
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#163
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Canada
Posts: 712
S/C/G: 304/294/200
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Hello,
Another weekend after a whirlwind week. So glad to have these 2 days out of the craziness.
Plan for the weekend:
- do resistance bands today done
- ride exercise bike 30 minutes both days Sat. done
- make eating plan for week
- cook up some food for the week
- check in with my coaches Sat. done
- weigh in Sat. done
- read advantage and response cards both days Sat. done
- start a new food journal Sat. done
- eat healthy and on plan both days
- drink lots of water both days
- go to bed at 10:00 both nights (so hard for me)
Hope everyone is having a great Saturday.
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06-25-2011, 10:39 AM
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#164
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Green Tomatoes
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Kirkwood, Missouri
Posts: 11,847
Height: 5'9"
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Woke up with aches in the joints. Not sure what's up with that. For the moment, I'm going to assume allergies and an incoming weather front and let go of longer term worries and catastrophizing.
WI: -0.4kgs, Exercise: +60 1000/1300 minutes for June, Food: 80%op, Read my Advantages and Responses: yes
eusebius: Yay for the qi gong! Hope it helps the aches and pains.
SuperChick: great job sticking with your plan on a strange day.
Lexxiss: good job realizing what you need to do for today. Hope your mom improves quickly!
BillBlueEyes: yay for a walk to an orange!
CeeJay: glad to have you here for the weekend -- great plan!
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06-25-2011, 11:00 AM
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#165
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persist
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 3,045
S/C/G: 316/307/299
Height: 5' 6"
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Cool and Cloudy Saturday
Good Morning Coaches
*credit* weighed in 280.2 (+0.2lbs)
I made the right choices at the indian restaurant yesterday. I was worried my weight would jump bigtime this morning but it hasn't. I think it's more a reflection of not getting enough water than anything else.
I can't tell you how happy I am that I stuck to my plan. It feels better than anything I could have eaten yesterday.
DH and I had planned to go to some garage sales this morning. It's already 9:10 so our plans to get up at 6am are long gone.
I'm just planning to keep going, to stay ontrack over the weekend.
Yay for simple plans.
I hope to check in later. Bye for now Becksters.
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