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Awwww, that must have been devastating CAT. I have a Nikon D5000 DSLR which I love. Canon's are great though. I'm out the door shortly, but definitely want to look at your shots later. :)
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Shannon- Look at you go. Just think, a few weeks ago you were worried about your plateau. What did you do again??? Up calories, or calorie cycle??? Please remind me and maybe I'll try whatever you did.
Cruise- The photos you did get are beautiful. That must have been an awesome trip. I am just hanging out around 182. I was 182 even today. I worke like a dog outside, and I will get in a workout yet tonight. Maybe that will help??? HA!!! |
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Hi Everyone,
Shannon: Great Job!!! Cruise Cat: Too bad about the pictures, but you still have the great memories. Mommy of six: I still have my treats too, but if I write them down then I know why I haven't lost any weight. Mtiger: You'll break that plateau soon, sometimes with me my body just has to take some time to adjust to the loss before letting go of more weight. Ok, Friday was Dr day, here are my offical results from the end of Feb. Weight -27 lbs Fasting Blood sugar Feb:123 Now 95 Total Cholestrol Feb 155 Now 127 Tryglycerides Feb 287 Now 155 Everyhting is great, I got a high 5 from the dr and the nurses want to know how I did it. My good cholestrol is still low, but the dr said that because the rest of my cholestrol is so low that he isn't going to worry too much about it. I go back in 3 more months and I would love to be down another 15 to 20 lbs. Everyone have a great week Bette K |
Hi everyone! I'm down 2.8 lbs this week so pretty happy with that. But my initial reaction, before I did a little reality check, was disappointment because I haven't lost near as much weight as I'd wanted to during this challenge. So I had to kick myself and say hey, but I've lost 8.2 pounds and that in itself is an accomplishment. I have a tendency toward all or nothing thinking....so if I wasn't perfect on plan, I might as well go ahead and have that piece of pie because I've already failed, or thinking I'm a failure because I only lost x pounds when I wanted to lose y pounds. That's so counterproductive to losing weight and keeping it off, so I'm working on changing that view.
I did an interesting experiment....I was comparing fitday.com and dailyplate.com and I put the exact same foods and quantities into both. Dailyplate.com came out 300 calories LESS than fitday.com. WTH? I can't risk undercounting by 300 calories per day so I think I'm going to stick with fitday. Part of the reason I decided that is because a lot of the listings on dailyplate.com were entered by users and I think that would introduce a greater margin of error than using a pre-defined set of tables. Fitday lets me enter custom foods that aren't on their tables, but if I underestimate those calories it only affects me. (This is the free version I'm talking about, by the way, don't know if there's anything different in the one you have to pay for.) Anyway...just my experience and my thoughts...your mileage may vary. |
Bette K- great job on your weight loss, and lowering your cholesterol,tryg. and blood sugar. I am sure your doctor was so proud and you should be too!!!
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:wave: girls!
Sorry I've been MIA. I've been off the wagon for a while, but I'm slowly getting back on. Friday, I decided to cut out soda, cold turkey. I mean, all the sugar and empty calories just isn't good for me. I had a massive headache on Sunday from the time I woke up till I went to bed. I think it was from soda withdrawal. But I woke up Monday and I felt much better. Been soda free 4 days and counting!:carrot: I've also made a routine of taking my vitamins with a container of yogurt as soon as I roll out of bed every morning. Also brought a box of those Bran Buds by All Bran and been putting a serving into my protein smoothie every morning (51% daily fiber in just a 1/3 cup!). I have two water bottle, 34 and 32 oz, and I've been drinking at least three a day along with a cup of coffee with Splenda every morning.:coffee: I've been trying to get to bed at a sane time (no more 3 am!) and doing the whole 7 to 9 hours of sleep. Washing my face twice a day instead of just in the morning and doing the same with brushing my teeth, even using that mouthwash that's been sitting on my counter for the last couple of months. Using sunscreen in the morning and a face cream at night. Just....trying to take better care of myself with what I have, ya know? My phone has been off for like two weeks, my mama's finances are tight too. Should be on Friday hopefully. I applied for partial unemployment, hopefully I get something. i'm going to try for food stamps. The VA has a freeze on hiring until October so there's no hope of going fulltime till then. I'm just trying to make it.:^: Sorry for the rambling! :grouphug: |
Things have gotten busy since I went back to work. I feel like i just don't have enough time in my day to get everything done. I know I just have to get back into the routine.
Still hanging around 182. I still can't seem to find the 170's. :( I can only keep trying and hopefully it will happen soon. |
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