sprkle- Have a good trip!

Hey all, just wanted to let everyone know I'm alive. :p

I've mostly recovered from being sick... it was a nasty flu and I've still got a cough, but I'm back to working full days and all. I did a lot of cleaning and laundry over the weekend and I felt really run down by Sunday night, so I haven't attempted to exercise again yet.

It is 55 F and sunny outside and I'd love to go running tonight... but I'm not sure it's a good idea yet. Maybe I'll settle for a walk.

My husband is still recovering... he definitely got hit worse than I did. He also lost like 10 pounds, whereas I was up a pound for my last weigh-in. :( However, I'm already down two pounds from that, so I think it was water.

I've got turkey wings thawed that I need to figure out what I'm doing with... I've never cooked a turkey wing before, but they were on sale, lol. For $0.99/lb I'll cook any part of any animal. I'll probably just roast them, maybe with a little BBQ sauce. I figured it was something other than chicken or ground beef for a change. :)

Okay, I got my morning exercise in and am right on track with calories for the day. It's not easy going back to calorie counting. I keep wanting to just munch here and there, so I realize now I have been eating more than I realized! But not anymore. I am just reminding myself saying "no no"

How is everyone else doing today?

Hello!

Mayness- Seems like everyone has had the flu lately. Glad your feeling better.

Im having a good day. Im OP. I just went to the gym and been drinking water. Im excited, its soooo pretty outside. Its about 70 and sunny. It seems like I feel sooo much better when the weather is like this. Not sure how long its gonna last but im gonna take it as I get it.

Purple - What an awesome idea for the at home circuit training

Heather - Do you remember that aerobics class we used to go to at the civic center in Paris and sometimes she would do circuit training by lining up the different steps and each row of steps was a different activity? That was fun!!!


Well everyone...hope you are wrapping up your pampering.....New challenge starts TOMORROW!!! YAY! I already have a GREAT mini challenge planned!

Quicky question of the day!
 

Question of the DAY !!!

I have a quick question for everyone......


How may minutes / hours per day do you spend watching television ON AN AVERAGE DAY (meaning if you were really busy one day and didn't watch any but that isn't what an average day is like then it doesn't count)? Doesn't matter if it is a movie, the news, kids program, shows...you name it and it counts.....BE HONEST! I know we all watch some, but I'm just curious as to how much.

:devil: PM me your answers please, and remember to BE HONEST! :devil:

Pampering!!! I bought a new nail file, pink nail polish, and some lipstick to go with the polish. I am going to do it tomorrow after my 1pm meeting. I can't wait to see the new me. For now Noelle and I are going for a walk. It is a beautiful afternoon here. I want to enjoy it a little. Then off to take my sister for her pre-op meeting. I will catch ya all later!! Pat

Mayness- glad to see you back, I'd been wondering where you had escaped off to.

For my pampering I bought a hair mask and also did my fingernails and eyebrows. Its always nice to feel extra girly. I also did a couple hours of exercise today, 1.5 hrs of stationary bike, .5 hrs pilates on tv. I'm still working towards using my time off for my benefit.

I ended up buying my swimsuit for vacation today. I made the huge leap of faith and bought a bikini that fit, and a pair of shorts for a cover-up so that I would feel a little more comfortable. It fits now, but it's all ties so as I lose weight I can tighten it as well.

Its a pretty day here too Pat!

So far so good today. I have eaten within my calories (1500-1700), straightened up the house a bit, exercised an hour at the gym, played outside with my daughter, and of course went to school...LOL!

On the down side.....today was a pretty day so I didn't get to hide under a sweatshirt...instead I wore a short sleeved t-shirt. I kept feeling like people were staring at me thinking how fat I was......I'm sure I'm just paranoid but I will be glad when I lose enough that I don't feel like that anymore!

so far I'm on plan good for this week. :D

Hope you are all doing well and getting ready to start the new week....

My to do's tomorrow...
** Calories between 1500 - 1700
** Exercise for at leat an hour at the gym
** Get caught up in Chemistry :p

I envy you....you are so brave! I won't even wear a one piece. If I go swimming I wear shorts and a t-shirt...and I will only go with family like at my sisters house :( Someday I will be as confident as you!! :cool:

Nope, haven't tried the cash back thing yet. I don't know for sure that it's not a scam, but I've noticed members of that site are QUICK to point out other scams or bad deals, so I'd imagine they wouldn't really tolerate being exploited by the site... but like I said, I am not sure.

If you try it, let me know what you think! I'd be curious to know :).

Someone asked what I did to lose the 2 pounds this week. I worked my butt off. Exercise every day, eating fresh vegetables and fruit and good protein. I didn't have the pizza I wanted or the fries I wanted or the donut I wanted or the chips and dip that I really wanted. My dessert for the week that wasn't fruit included a piece of Dove chocolate and three Hershey kisses. I did have honey in my tea, and I ate pasta only once.

When it comes to exercise, about the only kind I like is recreational dancing and strolling. Not heartrate-sweaty walking. Meandering and looking at the scenery and in windows. But it's obviously good for me, and I'm not going to lose weight and be healthy without it, so I have to do it. It annoys me that I have to do something that I don't enjoy, especially when there are so many other things I have to do that I don't enjoy.

To compensate, I've been doing less of the things that I don't enjoy that I don't absolutely have to do. It helps.

I also got more sleep, even though that meant accomplishing less things in general. That helped me be not too tired to exercise.

I totally identify with the idea of deserving certain foods. I try to be a good person. I work hard. I volunteer. I give food to the needy and donate to those with less. I put up with a lot, both now and in the past. I deserve some yummy food! Also, I would make a fine girlfriend and deserve a loving, gentle, kind man, but I don't have one of those. I'm skilled and insightful, and I deserve respect from my co-workers, but I don't always get that, either. I'm loyal and supportive, and I deserve friends who don't betray me, but not everyone who has had the benefit of my friendship has given me that. I sure don't get a whole lot of what I deserve.

I guess it's a matter of figuring out that I can't live in Deservesville. I have to live in real life, where eating the food I feel I deserve results in me weighing 220 pounds (at one point), having to take blood pressure medicine, and weighing so much that I don't look like I want to look.

Many people don't get what they deserve, not good people or bad people. We can do the best we can to bring some fairness to life, but you can't live by some impractical idea that eating food because you "deserve" it is logical and isn't going to have consequences. Life is hard and unfair, and I'll probably complain about it until the day I die.

I'm not one of those people who are all excited about this new life. Hopefully, I can grump my way to my ideal weight and have a few more of the things I like while maintaining it.

I can have a few of the things I want in life, but I can't have all of them. What a disappointment. But this old life where I'm eating whatever I want and exercising rarely, it simply doesn't work, and it doesn't take a dummy to see that. Pretending that I don't see it is just terribly disrespectful to myself.

To quote that great philosopher, "You can't always get what you want but if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need."

Right now, I need to lose weight. I really, really do. Which means I have to try.

Isn't that a line in a Rolling Stones song too...LOL!

Just for today
I stayed with in caloric range of 1200-1251
I drank 64 oz of water
Took Noelle for 3 walks
did 30 min of walking
made better choises
wore a coordinated out fit that fit, not baggie in the butt. Wore a t shirt that didn't fit before. Felt good to know I was dressed decently.
sprayed on some perfume~~~~It does a lot for self esteem to feel pretty.

I took my sister to her gastric bypass meeting. Learned a lot of things that will even help me. Met the guy that had been best man at our wedding. I was happy to see him and talk with him. I think I handled the situation well. Even my sister was proud of me. All these tiny baby steps are helping me be the person I am, not who I used to be. That was part of the discussion at the meeting. After weight loss work toward the person you are, not who you used to be. I will catch ya all later. Pat

Well we had lots of sunshine today and 70 degrees but only for a day.... So skipped exercise and we took motocycles out for afternoon and evening as we just got home about half hour ago.

I was OP plan today I ate 1425 calories, drank 100 oz water, and journaled everything today. So I am feeling ready up beat and good since I got to go for a long ride and I stayed OP all day.

Tessa have a great few days off and visiting your mother. You will look smashing in your new swimsuit :)
I am tired now so heading off to bed, have a great night