I have been very bad lately. Some bad choices and way too many calories. I think I got on the wrong track on vacation and I have been unable or unwilling to behave since then. Well, tomorrow will hopefully be better.
Marie-Sorry the vet visit ended with another cast for Blizzie. Hopefully a little more cast time is all that is needed. I have not heard of homemade bagels before. Yummm.
Tera, just bite the bullet (as opposed to my HM bagels) and fight to get it back under control. I know you can do it. I figure if I can, everybody can.
Ma2, I absolutely love how you logically go through the process to decide how to attack your plan. Do you feel loads better on your SF plan? I know I feel better just eating in my cal range and relatively good choices.
I finished week 1 of the Couch to 5K program this morning. I think that two months for me to jog or run a 5K is unrealistic. My asthma and knees will never allow that. So I'm going to repeat each week and take 4 months instead.
On that note, we have smoke everywhere. The wildfires are nasty. At about noon, the wind shifted and blew a big fire's smoke to us. By 2:00 I was using my inhaler - and that was in AC. My chest feels heavy and I'm glad I did my exercise before work. We usually open the house at about 8 in the evening and let the high elevation cool air chill the house. We don't have AC and haven't needed it. It's in the mid 90's and there is no way we can open the house up. Tomorrow could be icky. BTW, I'll end the day at 1539 cals.
Well I did one right thing today- I calculated my calories for the day. Unfortunately the total was 2430. Not so good plus no exercise. There is always tomorrow!
Marie-Good job finishing C25K week one. That is awful about the smoke and the heat. I sure hope some better weather heads your way soon.
Hi all. We had a beautiful rain this morning and smacked all the smoke into the ground. The rain was hit and miss and from what I could tell on the radar, it missed the fires. For now, we have blue as opposed to brown skies and clean air. I hope it stays that way. DH and I want to bike tomorrow and I can't if I can't breath. I mostly puttered today. I listened to an audiobook and worked on my quilts. I'm making three at once.
My calories will end at 1473 and no exercise. EEKS! The. Alorie total I'm happy with be no exercise is rare. I couldn't walk the pups this morning because of the rain and now it's too late. I did nap this afternoon. That was wonderful.
Tera, logging the calories is the first step to getting them back into control. I know you can do it.
Marie
Marie, congrats on week 1 of C25K. I love that program and often repeat doing it, although the only races I am running these days are virtual ones on another diet site. I repeat the weeks over and over when I do the program.
Tera, congrats on the calorie tracking. It is the most important step in weight maintenance/loss for me. Woot!
Lucindaarrowspark! Hello. We have not met before, I think, so t'is nice to make your acquaintance.
I had a very bad day all around yesterday and ate 2250 to compensate but no sugar. Got up very early to wait for neighborhood walkers to go out with, did a VERY early weigh-in this week at about 3 a.m. and was oddly down .2, which is what I gained last week, so after 2250 calories, I was happy with that. Usually I weigh at 9 a.m. on Sundays every week, but am just sticking with the early reading for the week as my official weight. I will have my brunch early, too, I think.
Am2, wowza, I've never been particular about the time of day I weigh in as long it is the first thing in the morning after using the restroom. I'd go nuts trying to hit a specific time. Mostly I suppose I do because I get up about the same on weekends as during the week. At least most of the time. I plan to redo the week1 of C25K and take 16 weeks not 8 weeks. And that is if I can even do that. My asthma is usually my limiter.
Lucinda, welcome back. I hope you'll be around. I missed you.
Today's weight was down again, 3.6 pounds since I first weighed 2 weeks ago. I made a solemn promise aloud as I hiked with the pups - I will never let my self-talk ever win on stopping weighing every day. It just doesn't work for me. I always, always gain. So my doggies (and now my challenge friends) are my witness.
DH and I rode our tandem to the post office. Here's the route if you're interested. Nearly 10 miles. A shorter ride but it was great. The post office ride has more hills, hence it isn't an easy ride. If you look, change the google map to satellite and zoom in on the start/end area. That would be my house and you can see my pool, at least the shape of it. I'm going to swim in it in a little bit. Food is on track and I think I've made up for not exercising yesterday. I just love weekends. I so need to retire (or win the lotto) so I can do just that.
Marie
My calories were slightly better today-somewhere near 1800. Still no exercise but I plan to go to my Y step class tomorrow. I have become accustomed to eating some relatively high calorie goodies lately so it is going to take a while to get my diet back in line but I will get there. Thankfully I do not have anything too disruptive going on for awhile so now is a good time to find the discipline and get in shape.
Marie-Cool pic of your bike route, your house and your pool. I am glad to hear you had a better weather day and you were able to get out for the bike ride.
Am2-Congrats on the successful weigh in. How nice you have a neighborhood walking group. I find a nice chat with a friend makes the exercise minutes fly by.
Thought I'd check in even though I am not doing well for a few days now. I haven't even been tracking or taking my bs often. I have taken it a few times and it's been about the same...high mornings, ok later. I gained 1.6# this week. I think I ate a little better today and hopefully I can get back on track before the second group of company comes as it will be REALLY hard again when they are here as they love sweets and even if I don't bake them they will buy them. I usually bake cookies for this son as he loves them and kinda expects them. Since I don't see him often (AZ) I like to make his favorite things...snicker doodles, chocolate crinkles (without nuts!), cowboy cookies, macaroni and cheese are a few.. He thinks only mama can make them like he likes them and of course that makes mama feel really good.
He can be a difficult kid sometimes but I still love him.
Lol, Marie, I am obsessed with precise data, that is why I do the weigh-in at the same time as much as possible. Today was an exception. But yea, like you, I will never let the voice in the head tell me to skip the weigh-ins, or rather, sometimes I do make a plan to skip a week or reschedule but I do it deliberately for purposes of looking at the data in a different way every now and then or refresh my commitment. But I never go more than two weeks without weighing and haven't for decades. When I DID not weigh for a couple of years decades ago, I did gain the major weight.
Congrats on the 3.6 down. That's great. Enjoyed your map.
Tera, my neighbors and I don't really do a formal walking group, we just seem to end up walking together a lot. It is really nice. I also have a few other walking and running buddies that I meet up with from time to time. I so agree that good company makes the time go by more pleasantly, although I love to exercise so I don't mind being alone either when I do it.
Back on track calorie wise at 1550 but still hungry.
i can not believe how quickly my body responded to eliminating the sugar and wheat from my diet.
1. I slept without pain
2. My yeast infection cleared overnight
3. My ankle stopped throbbing
No head ache going up the stairs and my mood!!!
my mood has improved.
i keep forgetting how intertwined my depression/fibromyalgia is with my food choices.
I hate the scale. I won't weigh myself today.
I will just breathe and be mindful of not craving the foods that are reactive for me.
I am a volunteer at a non-profit cemetery and yesterday I had to sell a plot to a single mom who's 25 year old son died in his sleep.
I was on my own and I had not done this before, so i made a few mistakes.
1. I sold the plot for too little money
2. i forgot to add the fee for use of the chapel.
So today I must call her and fix this mistake.
Not looking forward to this.
Here is my confession..although this mom's heart was clearly broken i could not help myself but admire how thin and in shape she was. i wondered if under different circumstances she would even ever give me the time of day because I am not thin.
see, that is how insidious this stupid body image issue is. It is like constantly chatting it up with Satan.
why can't I just be satisfied with carving out a little goodness in this world instead of letting the evil impulse cloud my thoughts?
Last edited by lucindaarrowspark; 08-20-2012 at 08:54 AM.
Lucinda, I can relate to feelings like you describe re the "chatting it up with Satan."
Sounds like we are just human, hope you are not worryin' yourself about that.
Can also totally relate about how much better I am WITHOUT SUGAR. I do eat whole grain and some not whole grain wheat and do okay with that, but sugar really changes so many things in my body.
Loved your post.
Have a great day.
Re moi, I did not get that job that is okay. Doing pretty well today, doing not much right now. Love Monday afternoons off but tend to overeat.
Tera, here's hoping you get to the step class at the Y. Exercise is fun and I know you've loved it in the past.
Mary, welcome back. I'm not sure I'd make the cookies. Or at least teach your son how and chew potent cinnamon gum will bakins so you don't snack.
Am2, hmm, 2 weeks sounds ok for me if there's a compelling reason (like vacation or surgery). I like exercising with my DH but I also like doing it alone. I'm easy when it comes to exercise. I just tend to like it. Especially the feeling of completion when I finish.
Lucinda, I'm sorry about the mistake. One would think the cemetery could buck up and eat the cost. You made a boo-boo and upsetting that poor mother is just wrong.
Yesterday I swam a quarter mile in addition to the rest of the exercise. It felt great. All swim season I had knee problems and could just use the kickboard (or play on the diving board). Yesterday was no knee pain and it was awesome to actually swim. Calories ended at 1434 so it was a successful plan day. And just a wonderful day all around. So far on track today. My weak time of the day is morning and there's only 22 minutes to lunch so it should also be a good plan day. Marie
Good for you sticking with your plan during stress times.
