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2013 Challenge - The Rest of the Story
Hi All,
Here's a continuation of the Challenge thread. A thread dedicated to giving ourselves a self challenge to reach our goals. Currently we have me, Tera, Glynne and Darcy working towards meeting our goals. Please join us. We could use all the support we can as we make this lifelong journey. Marie |
Eeks. I'm still munching but I've been tracking the calories like I promised for October. Yesterday I was a little under 1400 calls, mostly because I had a mocha right before yoga and it made my stomach queasy. Thus, ending my eating for the day. :rofl: I guess that worked. I also rode my bike yesterday morning. I don't have a lot of hope for keeping my cals in the good range. But I did elliptical this morning. I will post the cal totals tomorrow.
Tera, I'm glad the Y exercise is getting easier on your body. Painful workouts just are bad once we hit 50 years old. Hi Gayle and Darcy!!! Marie |
Hello all,
I haven't eaten well in a couple days, or exercised. Too much else on my mind. My dad has been in the hospital and was given the news today that he probably only has 3-6 weeks to live. Headed back up to Ohio then to get to spend some time with Dad and help figure out what to do with mom. She has dementia and can not take care of herself. Help out what ever way I can. You all keep on keeping on. Take care ~ Gayle |
Dad passed away about 3:45 this morning.
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I am so sorry to hear of the sudden loss of your dear father. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
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Gayle :hug: I am so sorry your dad passed away so quickly. My thoughts are with you and the difficult days you have ahead. Know we're thinking of you.
Tera and Darcy, I hope all are well with you. I will have to admit my calories aren't pretty. Today's will be 1759 and yesterday was 1777 - at least I'm consistent. :lol: I practiced yoga before work and then worked late. Tomorrow is FRIDAY!!! Yay on that. Marie |
I am doing the same on the calorie totals-although far higher than yours as usual. I have not been able to get to the Y due to a bad back-it will heal itself in time but I need to be more careful. Anyway, I do feel guilty about all my caloric indulgences. I see a correction in my near future.
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Thank you for your kind words, thoughts, prayers and support.
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lots of cals, no exercise but I did put the pumpkin pie back at the store. It was in my cart and I right away felt guilty so I put it back. Still, I am missin it tonite. :)
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Tera, :lol: at missing the pumpkin pie. I'm torn on cravings. I know that if I don't have something I want (that I'd be torn on), I will eat around the craving and most of the time spend more calories ignoring it but eventually (a week later) giving in. I've been that way about scones lately. And of course, that's a reason my calories are too high. I hit just over 2100 cals yesterday and 2000 on Friday. I've been trying to find a good scone recipe and think yesterday's was good but I made it wrong. So I'm going to try again. Thankfully, each scone is only 210 cals. If I have just one, then that's not too bad.
I hope your back gets better Tera. Did you just pull something or is it more chronic? My neck pain is finally easing after 4 weeks. At this point, I'm no longer taking moving my head from side to side for granted. I hope your back eases quicker than my neck did. Today is yoga day. DH does yoga with me once a week. I think my 3X a week is probably more beneficial but he is trying. I'm noticing I'm getting more flexible. The only day I'm not is on Thursday mornings because I do it right after waking up. My body is definitely getting older as it takes more time than 15 minutes to limber up the joints before yoga poses. Marie |
My cals are still high-so far 1690 and I have not had dinner yet. I am heading to the Y soon for a step class so I will get that in. This weekend I got in a great hike at a state park and several hours of yard work. I love being outdoors. I have slowed down with the weight gain lately so I am getting closer to making a correction.
Marie-my back pain is pretty much chronic. As long as I exercise on a regular basis I am fine but when other things get in the way of my schedule, then things go bad quickly. That is when I have to be very careful at my Y classes or working in the yard or I end up in considerable pain. It does get better in a matter of days though. Before I figured out how to exercise and exercise correctly, I had pretty much constant pain and not much mobility in my back or neck-and I was only in my forties then! Oh well, I figured out the magic but there are many abdominal exercises where I cannot keep up with other people. Glad to hear your neck muscles are recovering. Scones sound delish! |
Hi ladies! My apologies...the cake weekend wore me out with little sleep, and then right back to a week of work and kids, and then this weekend was one of my long work weekends with bedtimes that nearly saw the sunrise and one that did see the sunrise. Trying to get through work tonight in hopes of starting to catch up on sleep. I've been MIA for too long though and thought I'd at least stop by to say "hi" on my way back to my other screen that's calling me. Will post as soon as I can! :-)
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Glad you stopped by Darcy! I don't think I'd like your schedule at all. When do you have fun???
Tera, I hear you about not moving causing chronic pain. I'm there with hip pain if I don't move. How is your job going? Gayle, :hug: I hope you're doing ok during this hard time. Yesterday's cals were 1738 - at least they were down from the weekend. Certainly not where they need to be but better. Today, I'm in a chocoholic mood and that never turns out well. But I will persevere. My goal is 1500 cals. I will make it. I biked before work and will yoga afterwards. Tuesday is my only 2X a day exercise day. But as I'm starting to like yoga (EEKS - did that come out of my fingertips???) I don't mind. I was efficient post bike ride this morning and found 15 minutes to quilt a little. That was REALLY nice. I wish I could stay home and quilt all day. Marie |
cals-2030, exerc-body sculpt at the Y
Darcy-Your routine sounds familiar to mine way back when. Enjoy the wild rumpus. Marie-The job is going well. Thx for asking. Working 29 hours a week is a breeze.Plus, it is a very short commute. I haven't quite figured out what to do with the extra time between getting off work and going to the Y yet. It is a bit short to really get much done but I will get it figured out. I really don't think I want to change my exercise schedule. Great cals yesterday- I am inspired! |
Tera, 29 hours a week sounds like a good amount. You'll figure out what to do with the time. Maybe a walk around the Y track (if they have one).
I missed on the calories yesterday. I thought I'd stayed near 1500 cals (and not because I made good food choices) but then right before bed, I remembered having a 100 cal snack pack in the morning that didn't get logged. So I was just a hair over 1600 cals. Not bad but the food choices were horrendous!!!! I had tortilla chips for dinner. Truthfully they were snarfed down on my way home from work and then just became dinner as I had to not eat the rest of the day. The good part is that I took the rest of the bag and smashed the rest and threw them away. And I really don't want another tortilla chip. I think I hit saturation. Another good is that I already logged my breakfast, added my lunch that I brought and added my afternoon mocha and my little ice cream cone. So I know how many calories I have without losing those things. Again, that is progress since I fell off the wagon. Happily the exercise is still in good order. Marie |
Happy Thursday!!! I was successful at curbing my cals yesterday and eating healthy foods. Win - Win. I ended up the day at 1159 cals and normally wouldn't go that low but when I realized where I was at calorie wise, it was sort of late and I'd have chosen junk food so I figured it was better to abstain. I've logged my breakfast, what I brought for lunch and my evening treat. So again I know what I have to work with. That worked out great yesterday. And I practiced yoga again this morning. Without a doubt, I'm not as limber in the mornings as when I practice later in the day. Hahahaha. Elderly joints.
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todays cals-2350, ex-body sculpt class at the Y. I am happy with myself for making it to all four classes this week. Obviously still overeating. Todays overload was due primarily to a homemade dessert after dinner. At least it was super yummy but I will never be healthy and slim until I get a handle on the sugar and processed food indulgences. Congrats on crushing the tortilla chips. I bought some chips yesterday and had some with dinner. I should crush the bag like you but I still want them.
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Tera, there are more chips in the cabinet but they're for DH. I made a vow to go cold turkey. I'm might screw up on other foods but no more tortilla chips. Basically I love the salt. I might as well just get a salt lick. EEKS!!!!
Great job getting to the Y all four days! I finished yesterday at 1252 cals. Now the weekend. I will log but I bet I do lousy. Guests and fun. And back to the scone creations. Today should end at 1505 unless I do something like munch my way through the kitchen. :) OK, Saturday morning update - I did have 85 more cals so yesterday was 1590. Marie |
Just an update. 2277 cals on Saturday and 1823 yesterday. Today isn't on track to be pretty. I wish I'd get over my baking obsession. It's been way too fun. Although all the extra scones found rides to their new homes. AKA I pawned them off on family. :lol:
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cals-1470, exerc-step class. I was really slacking this weekend. I did not track my calories since I knew they were terrible. I also went shopping on Friday and had to buy clothes in a larger size. Not suprising considering the way I have been eating for the last month. Today was a better though. I guess I will try for two good days in a row.
Marie-I understand about the baking problem. It is not nearly as difficult for me to say no to store made goodies as it to the home made stuff. It is just too good to pass up. Well, the only thing to do is concentrate on the fun of being slim and healthy and it will help to say no to the high calories. Good for you for sharing your scones with loved ones. Win, win. |
Tera, :lol: at the buying larger size. I did that too. But worse!!!! Today I brought my ring in to be resized. It wasn't comfortable and I was tired of not wearing it. But your cals at 1470 are great, especially with the step class. But I haven't done a great job tracking because they're also terrible. You and I are so in a slump. I'm going to keep trying even though Yoda says I need to do.
I have logged my cals so far today. Monday was 1981 cals and yesterday was 1638. Sadly, the cals were logged after the fact and I'm blonde so I don't guarantee I remembered everything that zoomed into my mouth. Marie |
cals-2290, ex-step class at the Y. I am kind of in a holding pattern. I am glad I stopped gaining but I am still having trouble with the calories. I am working on it. I am eating out less, drinking less wine but the sugary treats are still a problem and they are so high in calories! I will get on top of things here eventually.
Marie-I can understand resizing your ring-that is important. Hang in there with the calorie counting. At least the scones are gone, that should help. |
Hi Tera, wow, how is it I've not been here since last Wednesday. Clearly I ate away the time. OK, not quite but I am pulling back the reins on my consumption as of this morning. I think my craving to simple carbs is being fed by having too many of them and I'm stuck in a cycle. So I decided to break it. I've had good choices and protein today. I'm trying. And now I have a slight headache. I'm thinking it's the withdrawal from sugar calories.
Woots that you stopped the weight gain. Mine fluctuates on a dime so I can stop it and it comes right back. So I'm trying the higher protein and healthy choices instead of just counting calories. I'd never do the low carb stuff but I can work at making better choices. Sunday's cals: 2025 Saturday's cals: 1610 Friday's cals: 2082 Thursday's cals: 1599 Wednesday's cals: don't know since I forgot to record dinner and I can't remember what I had that day to finish the log. Oh well.... Marie |
cals-1965, ex-long walk with my neighbor. This weekend was very bad and yes, the scale was higher! Ugh! Well, I know how to fix this. Today was a bit better-under 2000 cals. It's a start.
I was happy to see you posted today Marie. Sounds like you have some serious resolve on your side. Definitely watching the sugar consumption is going to make a big difference. You go Girl! |
Hi Tera, I pretty sure we both know how to fix our woes. I think you and I should make a pact. Any ideas of what a common goal could be? Something that we could actually do without giving in to our food frenzy?
I ended the day at 1350 cals about yesterday. Resolve is always good on the first day. Today not as much. But I'm staying away from chocolate, cookies, any baked good. I rode my bike and then yoga'ed this morning. But the munchie monster is getting me and it is after NOON. The monster usually only chases me in the morning. Marie |
yest cals-2395, ex-body sculpt at the Y. Gave into some high calorie treats at dinner, again.
We could brain storm about a common goal. What kind of goal do you have in mind: giving up certain food entirely, a number on the scale, minutes of exercise, calorie limits? For me, I do not actually look at exercise as a way to control my weight. I look it as a way to maintain strength and flexibility. However, it definitely has a positive impact on weight control which I figure is just extra. My weight loss success in the past has been more closely tied to the way I was eating. At one time I was very successful with a high protein/low carb type of diet but I was often hungry and anymore, I really do not care for meat. More recently I have lost weight and been very happy on a diet that is low in gluten products with very few processed foods. I was eating mostly fruits and vegetables with greek yogurt, eggs, nuts and seeds. My biggest problem is I really love a lot of processed food that is high in calories and not good for me and I have been very undisciplined about it. For example, yesterday my DH made dinner and I could have had just steak and vegetables but he also made garlic bread and then I had some wine and to top it off, I had s'mores for dessert because we had the stuff left over from a party a few weeks ago. See what I mean? I am always working on it though. I have made some positive steps as I keep relating. I am here, I am tracking my calories, I rarely eat out, I am back to my Y schedule and I am buying less junk food. Let me know what you are thinking about. |
Hello all,
Back home after a couple weeks up in Ohio after Dad's passing ~ to help take care of mom. She is not able to take care of herself or be left alone because of Alzheimers. We made arrangements for her to go to a nursing home. She should, if everything goes as it should, be admitted there by the end of the week. (I had made a more detailed post on the October Golden Girl's thread if you should want to read it.) Now, I have to try to get myself well. My pre-diabetes has gone into full blown diabetes. So, I have got to quit fooling around and get down to serious business of eating right and exercising, and get my blood sugars under control. So, today was day one ~ I walked 40 minutes. Actually the walking part will probably end up being easier (though in the past, has been the harder part for me) than the eating. I haven't had a chance to catch up on the posts on this thread. Hope you all are doing well. Take care |
cals-1870, exc-body sculpt at the Y. Doing okay. My clothes are not as tight.
Gayle-So sorry to hear about your diabetes situation. You have had a lot to deal with lately. I did read your other post. I hope things go well in her new living situation. |
40 minute bike ride today
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10 minutes on the treadmill and 20 minutes bike ride
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Gayle, its good to see you back. I'm glad that you have have forward plans for your mom and that you're back to exercising. I'm sorry about the full blown diabetes. Our advancing age seems to bring out the problems.
Tera, what do you think about a doable goal? I'm with you on the junkie foods but I'm not likely to eliminate them. I need to get to a point of losing/maintaining while eating what I like. If I eat a specific diet I will stop and gain it back. Why bother with that? So what do you think - we make a goal to post every day? Whether it is a calorie total, exercise or just having a crappy day? I think it I made just to come here, that would help. I can always do a quick post through my phone so there shouldn't be excuses. What do you think? So this week I threw the diet out the window. I'm not sure what the cal totals are and I don't particularly care. I made the horrible decision a pet mommy must make when her pet is elderly. Tomorrow, my beloved Kody will make the journey to the Rainbox Bridge. So I've known it is scheduled and every night I can't pet him, hold him, talk to him enough. But I know what the right thing to do is. He is failing quickly and keeping him with me isn't fair to him. So food was my comfort as I spend the last days with my boy-o. My protector. Gayle and Tera, you might both remember I lost my soul dog last January and I never expected Kody to plunge so quickly. He lost his true love last January and that has done him in. So tomorrow afternoon, I will have 4 angel dogs and 2 present dogs. It is sort of mind boggling considering I had 4 dogs for so long. BTW, Kodiak is in my avatar - the handsome gray and white husky on the left. Marie |
That is a hard thing to decide Marie, I know how you feel, I have been in your shoes with my dog and cat ~ you hate to have them suffer, so even though you will miss them terribly, you do what is best for them.
A few days after Dad passed, their cat passed too. She was like 18 or 19 ~ almost skin and bones. My sister and I talked about if maybe we should have her put to sleep ~ but with all else that was going on ~ we didn't get around to that. The kitty I think pined herself away ~ missing dad. She went to bed every night with him. It was so sad, because at bed time, she would start meowing and waiting for him to go to bed and would finally go to bed without him. She would sit and look at his empty chair. Poor kitty. :hug: for you Marie. |
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43 minute bike ride
I ride the bike and hike paths and part way through I stop at this little pond that has a fountain. It is a pleasant peaceful little spot ~ something to look forward to ~ kind of a treat/reward for making the ride. |
30 minute bike ride
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cals-2380, ex-none. Had a nice weekend just hanging at the house with the family.
Gayle-Nice pics from your bike ride. You are doing well with the exercise minutes. Marie-So sorry to hear about your dear dog. That is a tough thing to do. I think daily posting is a great idea. Lets go for it. |
cals-2030,ex-step class at the Y. I am really stoked for eating well this week. I am encouraged by the fact that my clothes are no longer tight but I am not going to be anywhere near happy until I lose 5 pounds!
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30 minute bike ride
Tera ~ you are doing good with the exercise at the "Y" Marie ~ how are you doing? Here is another :hug: Hang in there. |
Hi all, I'm doing all right. Getting off the emotional teeter-totter has helped tremendously. I can no longer decide then undecided. It cycled back and forth so often, I'd have had whiplash if I was watching my process. Kody is with his Blizzie and at peace. So I'm doing all right. My other pups are doing well. They're getting attention and they truly hadn't been getting much for a couple months. food wise, I'm in the toilet eating garbage. The custard filled donut was a naughty indulgence this morning. Tomorrow my diet will return to the forefront. The Lose It program will be used and I will log. I can say that I have been exercising regularly through it all. Tuesday's exercise will change now as I will delete the bike riding on the fluid trainer for taking my two huskies out for a walk as well as yoga. Same for Thursdays but I only did the yoga on Thursdays so there will be an addition there. Yesterday the pups had the first normal long walk in about three months. They were ecstatic - their tails wagging like crazy.
Gayle, you are doing great on the bike riding. Exercise is so wonderful for the mental health. I suppose it's great for the physical health but what it does emotionally is amazing. Tera, you're on. Starting today, I will post here every day. I will try to post my cals and exercise but if I don't, visiting and saying life is good (or bad I suppose) will be my goal. I think I'm going to go for the gold and say through the end of the year. Great job on the exercise and clothes not so tight. And Tera, I have a funny story for you. first off, let me preface by saying I didn't go crazy calorie wise this weekend. It wasn't horrible but clearly not good. Anyway, I put my work clothes in my craft room the night before because DH works swings and we sleep different hours. So I can't change my mind of what to wear unless I want to wake him up. So this morning, I exercise, then shower and when I get dressed, I tug on my black jeans (Mondays are made for wearing just black). And I mean tug. I zip them up and I say aloud "There's no way I could gain this much over one weekend." So I unzip them and grab the tag to look at the size. I was right. They were my jeans from last spring. My tighter jeans. One size smaller than I am currently. At least I knew I didn't gain a ridiculous amount of weight in 72 hours but I did have the "pleasure" of wearing snug clothes all day. So when I read that your clothes weren't as tight, I did a high five to you because those jeans weren't comfy. Thankfully they weren't horrible or I would have chosen to wake up DH. :D Marie |
todays cals-2140, ex-body sculpt class at the Y. Still doing about the same even though I am really trying-I still keep messing up the calories! As usual, it could be far worse so I give myself credit for that. :)
Gayle-Good for you for completing another long bike ride! How is the diabetes management coming along? Marie-So nice to see you are back to walking the pups. I was wondering about that but now I realize that Kody must not have been well enough. Good for you for squeezing into the smaller size jeans. Now we just need to get to the point where they fit nicely again! |
Tera, I bet that body sculpt class is doing a lot of good even with the calls mess ups. And without a doubt, we wouldn't be on 3FC if we couldn't do far worse damage to our calorie intake. :D
I didn't track calories today but I did return here. My BFF stopped by my office with flowers and chocolate. She loves my pups and said that her boys started crying when they heard about Kody. So we went out for lunch and at least we shared the entree. Regardless, nachos isn't healthy. :lol: So lunch was dinner and dinner is a sandwich. I walked the pups before work and did the yoga routine. Funny that my shins are a little stiff this evening from the walking. I elliptical, I bike, I yoga but stopping the walking definitely let those muscles deteriorate. Oh and funny story. On Sunday when I dug out my left knee brace for walking (walking irritates it and the other stuff doesn't), I grabbed it without looking at it. I pull it on and it is tight but I put my hikers on. I walk down the hall and it feels like a tourniquet. And it hurts. So I hobble back to my chair and pull it off. I'm think OMG my legs have gotten so fat. I look at the brace after I yank if off and I had grabbed the right one and it was on upside down. It WAS a tourniquet. The left brace fit normally when I dug the correct one out. There are days I'm a bubble head. Marie |
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