Good morning ladies!

Good morning,

Well, the weigh in was disappointing this morning, but not really a surprise. I'm up about .6 of a pound, but I've basically been bouncing between 335.4 and 336.4 for 13 days. I've been completely on plan so I'm just going to continue on with what I'm doing for at least a couple of weeks before I panic.

I had kind of a non-scale victory this morning. I put in the DVD I tend to avoid (it's the sculpt one from a sculpt/cardio set). It's actually a very good set, even though I know my form isn't as good as the people demonstrating it. It's the Beach Body set, and Tony Horton (the one doing the talking) keeps reminding you to hit pause if you need to, and not to overdo it. On the cardio especially he shows alternate moves as well. Okay, that's a long way to go explaining that I don't think I've ever done the push-ups. I usually just switch to something else, just to keep moving. This morning I managed to do 8 push-ups (8-15 is what you're aiming for) in both of the first sets. That's 16 total, most full push-ups. In the last section you're supposed to do 7-7-7, which I also managed, although in all cases I had to pause the DVD since I wasn't doing them as fast as the pretty guys and gal on the screen.

So I guess that means that the work with the hand weights has strengthened my arms a bit. In the past (even when lighter) I could barely manage the ones on my knees, usually quitting because my knees would hurt. Today I did at least half of them on my toes (although I'm sure with horrible form). I was too busy trying to count them to keep track of which were which. And of course the cat had to watch carefully. I'm actually surprised he didn't do something stupid like crawl on my back!

Hello, is anybody out there? Our thread seems to be losing more people than lbs. I posted yesterday, but forgot it was Mon. so it was on the old thread....go look if you are curious about my ramblings. Nothing profound there!

How is the stress level ladies? Lilion, Heather and terri, Hope things are getting better for all of you, also Angela. All of you are so busy it makes me feel like a slug by comparison. Not that I would want to trade places with you or anything.

Nothing much going on here. Talk to you later....Ruth

Good morning ladies,

I had my doctor's appt yesterday. I complained about my weight and lack of success with the scale. She listened patiently and will support lap-band which is the main reason I went. Thought I needed to document it for insurance purposes. I am going to try once again, a doctor supervised plan. Which basically means that I go in once a month, weigh-in and chat about what I've done in the last month. So.....one more time, I'm back at journalling and checking portion sizes. I really feel that is my downfall. We also discussed how getting lax on the weekends can be undoing all the good I've done during the week. And she is probably right because that is when I tend to not pay attention to portions; especially if we're eating only two meals on those days.

The thing I liked about her is that while she's young and in shape, she didn't make me feel like its my fault. Well, basically it is, but I didn't feel that from her. It was just an honest conversation about there is something going on that I'm not thinking about. Somewhere, I'm doing just enough sabotage to myself to keep the scale stuff and me feeling like once again, I've failed.

And the exercise is well...as suspected...I have to get myself doing more. I have to mind over matter and quit thinking about being tired all the time. She said that is a catch-22 and it takes effort to find ways to get more movement in during the day. I liked that she didn't say...its 90 mins of cardio per day or else you won't lose as other doctors say.

Better run. Work awaits. I am so ready for some spring days and some time away from work.

to all!

Ruth - there are two things I haven't even tried to work into what I eat. They are BBQ ribs and chicken wings. Maybe in the summer I'll have to work on that. I know it's all about portions, but, some things are pretty tough to work in.

Terri - I know that plenty of people have used different types of weight loss surgery (to great success). I don't know why, but it scares the heck out of me. I think it's my general dislike of doctors though, which isn't rational. If it's what you decide, I wish you well. The GP I have now is a nice man, even though I haven't seen him as much as I should have. A couple of years ago, after my illness, the specialist who treated me offered to include me in a trial they were running. It was a drug that suppressed the urge to snack - ie. the munchies (I wish I could remember the name, I'm pretty sure it's on the market). He gave me the info, and a little bit of a hard sell, until I saw the potential side effects. Temporary (ie. while taking the drug) memory loss was pretty high with the possibility that it would affect memory long term being slight. It was enough to stop me from even considering it.

Well, my joy at finishing the sculpt DVD yesterday caught up with me (and perhaps reminds me of why I stopped doing it). Today I hurt in places I didn't know I had muscles. Well, not really, but it's caught up with me. It would have been so easy to not workout today, but I shook myself and did it anyway. Other than making a big pot of lentil soup that was it for today. It's snowing again, but only the light stuff, so that's okay.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Hi gals,

I was a good girl today. I journalled everything I ate and spent time checking out the calorie count. And I thought several times that I wanted something to snack on in the afternoon, but I reminded myself that I already had enough calories eaten and didn't need more. I ended the day under 1500 calories and didn't starve to death either.

DH made a wonderful barley vegetable soup. It is a WW recipe that I got from the magazine. Because DH wants meat, he added some stew meat to make it a more complete meal. Loved it and it was a healthy dish.

This evening, I left work at a reasonable time. I am trying to get back in the mode of doing exercise between 6:30 and 7:00 each night. I did 20 minutes on the stationary bike. My knees are really stiff. I talked to the doc about it and she said that I have a baker's cyst behind one knee. I think that I have been so tied to my desk at work that all that sitting with my legs bent is a culprit. Today, I made a conscious effort to make sure I was sitting with my legs stretched out. Which was okay until I was sitting there with my legs stretched out, talking on the phone and reading email and almost slipped out of the damn chair because of the slick leather. Geez, good thing no one saw me.

Anne - That was awesome about the pushups. Even if you were sore today, that is still a pretty cool accomplishment. I hear you about the side effects of meds that are used to help with weight loss. There is one commercial that makes the meds sound so wonderful until they list the "uncommon" but could happen uncontrollable stools. Just what a person needs. I'd stay fat if that is what I had to face. :P

Ruth - You are an early bird! Oh come on, trade places with me for a couple of weeks. I could use some home time. My stress level isn't too bad these days. I have too much to do and could work until 10 pm every night but I can handle overworked compared to what work has been like for the last few years.

I have a dog staring me down wanting in my chair and three dogs are trying to share the couch amonst themselves. So I am going to post this and get a little dog snuggle while watching the rest of American Idol.

to all!

I just wanted to poke in and say hi. I feel like I'm running a bit on fumes lately. Some extra stuff got dumped on me this week in the form of two additional job candidates (because 2 others turned us down!) Each candidate involves 4-6 hours of extra time (for meals and meetings and such) and so suddenly I'm drowning!

And I'm skipping workouts because it's snowing AND I'm tired AND too busy (and fully know that catch-22 terri's talking about) and the scale is creeping up.

Calgon, take me away!

Good Morning Ladies!

Heather, Drowning here too! Heh! The little smilie guy needs to be bobbing under the surface waving his hands!

I know, I've been MIA all week. Work is the same, it never changes, too much to do and not enough hours in the day. It was a holiday yesterday and I still came in for four hours. I'll be in on the weekend and on Monday too. And so on and so forth.

Terri, every day I feel for you more. It's so annoying and frustrating when the scale doesn't budge and you think you are doing everything right. I know I'm not overeating - honestly - that's WHY WW gives you the flex points, so you can use them - and even though I ate a big old cinnamon roll yesterday, I accounted for it. Scale is back up 2 lbs today. We'll see what it says on Friday I guess, but I'm not expecting a loss this week even though I'm OP and working out and not expecting a loss is just so disheartening.

Ruth, I'm here! I've just been so busy!!! I'll have to look back and see the old thread to read your pearls of wisdom!

Cdn, on that DVD. Some of those are KILLERS! The sore muscles will go away and you'll still have that sense of accomplishment! I can't imagine taking a drug that affects your memory. Age is doing that badly enough! Maybe you just forget you're hungry?

Ah well, I've been trying to get this written and posted for over an hour and a half now, so I best just hit "submit" and be done with it. Work does interfere, huh?

Well, I got up and I'm more sore today. Not my arms, but the muscles on my inner thighs. I suspect that the 90 mins of walking isn't helping, but I hate not doing it. Then I remind myself that historically I've been very bad at listening to my body (ie. spending about a month doing tons of cardio while I was collecting a ton of fluid on one lung). So, for today I'll take it easy and maybe use the weights only a little in the afternoon. I can always forget about Sunday's rest day instead. I'm also reminded that my 7-day goal is actually 7 hours on the treadmill and I've done 6 in the last 5 days. So as long as I do an hour tomorrow I'm not really behind. And I only need 15 mins of 'other' exercises to be up to my 90 minutes.

It's so tough, trying to decide when to not exercise. Especially when your whole life you've avoided it. I have a marginal left knee, a leftover of my teenage roller skating days. The bad shoulder I had finally got better, and my elbow (injured at work almost two years ago) is pretty good, although sometimes I notice it's slightly weaker when using the weights. How, at 42, I feel sometimes like a wreck. And I also know that I'm a bit of a procrastinator, so how do I know when I really shouldn't exercise? I could be just making excuses. It's a little frustrating. I think once the pool is open it might be a little better, as I can swim laps and take some of the weight off my knee. We normally open the pool in mid-April, although with money tight, it might be mid-May this year. I'm thinking though that a month of non-weight bearing exercise might be worth it. We'll see how it goes. It can always be closed earlier instead.

Terri - I'm doing about the same thing today at the desk. Keeping my leg extended helps my knee but I too feel like I'm about to fall off.

Lilion - My great memory is one of the things at work that helps me. I couldn't even consider taking a drug that might impair it. I found the info on the drug.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimonabant

and the side effects:

http://www.acompliareport.com/SideEffects.htm

haven't been around for a few days....I got the flu have been in bed since monday! fever chills, sore throat, haking up my lungs.....yummmy I know! Soup & Gatorade have been a main staple for this week! Dh caught it from me and we finally both went to the doctor today doc gave me some meds said mine was more virus than anything else......his was (due to his astma) in his lungs & doc admitted him to the hospital.......now my son is running a temp & coughing grrrrr hope you all are spared this torment!

Good morning ladies, I didn't make it in here yesterday. I went for my eye exam. I couldn't really see well the rest of the day. LOL! Had a fuzzy day!

How is everybody doing this morning. I think I have my eating under control....one more time. I am getting hungry at the most odd time of day lately. The urge to go and eat something has been getting the best of me at times too! No more! I wish saying no more would stop the urge to eat.

One of my neighbors died day before yesterday and the church is taking food to the family today. I am baking a beef roast with carrots onions and potatoes to take over. It smells so good cooking! ARGGGH! When my Mom passed away in Aug. we had so much food brought in. Wonderful thing about small towns.

I really should be doing something other than sitting here yakking at you guys this morning, but that is what I wanted to be doing ya know? Time to move on now. Have a wonderful day. Ta! Ruth

Happy Valentine's Day Ladies!

I skipped the workout in favor of lounging in bed a few more minutes and eating the yummy oatmeal with walnuts breakfast that DH made me. He got me a lovely card and one of those roses that are enamled and dipped in gold. WHY he got me a lovely, expensive, dust-catcher is beyond me. I made it perfectly clear that I wanted real flowers and a new nightgown-something Wal-Mart cheap. Men. Gotta love 'em, even when they don't listen. For some reason he thought it would be better to give me a rose I can keep forever. Which is sweet, but the reason I like cut flowers is they smell pretty and then in a few days you throw them away. LOL!

Ruth, so sorry to hear about your neighbor. And WTG on staying on target! We'll get there!

DMPLS, the flu is bad in MO right now. My family has, luckily, escaped so far. Lucky, since none of us had flu shots. (We should have a knock-on-wood smiley - but I guess this one will do! )

Cdn-Here's hoping you are less sore and more able to work out today!

And to all my lovely ladies...Happy Valentine's Day and may it be truly lovely!!!

OOPS, I forgot it was valentines day! Happy valentines day ! Thanks for reminding me Lilion. I got a lovely card from my DH. I asked where is the box of chocolates? He said he didn't think he wanted the flack that would have brought on. LOL! He made that mistake once when I was on WW, and said never again. LOL! Well, at least he got to eat them.

Hi gals,

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm here. Just been crazy busy again this week.

DH sent me beautiful roses at work yesterday. He said that way I get to enjoy them at work more days. He forgot that I had said a few days ago, "Its February, and tulips are my favorite flowers and I've seen some beautiful arrangements made of red tulips". I also showed him a ring that I wanted to wear on my little finger. I liked it and he thought it was too cheap. Sigh. So he drove me to work instead. Works for me.

The doc's office called yesterday and I have to go on a low dose of cholesterol meds because my LDLs are too high and even increased from the last time.

I've been keeping at my food journal this week. After my talk with the doc about how we're following South Beach phase 2 and how there is something that I'm not recognizing as the culprit, I've been checking calorie counts. I also have gone back and am looking up the sugar grams. I'm not quite as good on SB as I thought I had been. While I'm not eating starchy carbs as much, I'm still getting a lot of sugar each day. Since the doc's call, I'm also checking the saturated fat grams per day as well. What a hassle but I figure that's the only way I'm going to find out why this is not working. Now I need to go research how many sugar grams a person should be targeting - if I can find that.

Toodles for now!