Hey everyone, quick check-in. I just put the baby down for her nap... at 9 pm!! Yeah right! I'll be up all night. DH bought pizza and I ate two slices... oh well BITE ME! It was thin crust! Well anyways I only exercised for 18 minutes earlier.. I dont have the energy or the stamina... I think I'm gonna go exercise now and then try to take me a long bath and read some of my book... I hope everyone is doing ok... let me go before the baby wakes up... again!
Well....as I start typing this, I hear my baby in his crib crying "Momyyyyyyyyy...." - thought that little guy was asleep!!! Alright, DH just plopped him down in my lap! Let's see how well I can type with this wiggle worm on me!
Today was a much better day than yesterday thank God!! My goodness, I really DO NOT like those super stressful days that go on forever and reduce you to tears!
We are cleaning out our house to have a yard sale. It is time! We are overrun. So, I have really been working hard all day. We have cleaned out several closets, etc...
Julie - The thing is, I thought I DETESTED ironing, but I don't know what overcame me last night. Anyway, we are the crispest, most sharp creased family in town now !! LOL! Only a little over 2 hours until your birthday!!!! Yea!!! I hope you are having such a super fantastic weekend!!!! Come Monday, please....please let's get our challenge going for food!!! I need it!!
Jennifer - Hi, chicka!! Hope your weekend is going great!! If I know you, you are cleaning from top to bottom!!??
Rysa - I taught 3rd grade for 4 years!! I really loved it .
As for books, well, they are my passion. We have (just like you), book shelves all over the house. I have bags of books, boxes of books....if I couldn't read I might go nuts. It is my "therapy". I really like romance - I love LaVyrle Spencer, Pamela Morsi, Danielle Steele, Debbie Macomber.... Plus, I really like legal thrillers- for example, John Grisham and Nancy Taylor Rosenberg. I also like christian romance authors like Janette Oke... I could just go on and on. You should come over and we could trade books!! How far is it from Pennsylvania to North GA?? Actually, I want to come to your state to visit. Do you live near Amish settlements?? I know it is probably very beautiful there .
Lucy - I am proud of you!! You did such a good job helping your best friend . I hope you had a terrific time at all the celebrations.
Jaymi - I laugh at reading all of your adventures trying to get your kids to sleep. I totally identify with you!!!! Not easy is it??? Sounds like you are a reader too. What things do you like to read??
Guess it's obvious I haven't mentioned food or water or exercise??? Isn't it a rule on our challenge that we don't have to report things we do on the weekend? Hmm......I could have sworn that Jennifer said we can have Sat. & Sun. off!!! Isn't that right Jennifer???? (I'll probably get the tazer for that comment! )
p.s. I was thinking about what Jaymi was asking, about something no one knows about us....I am so boring - I think you guys already know about me!! Well, I do have my scuba diving certificate, and I pursued that in college. I went back to school and got my Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education before my oldest was born. I made straight A's and I was so very proud of myself!!! I got a certificate in Christian Counseling a couple of years ago. That was extremely rewarding to do, and it changed my life completely. What else??? Hmmm...I am almost famous for my meatloaf, and I am a master of soups!!! My chicken and dumplings are really good. I also make the best vegetable soup in GA . Can you tell why I am battling my weight all the time?? I love to cook!!
Well, that's a little about me. I really enjoyed hearing about you guys!!
Today was good. No exercise (as I knew there wouldn't be), but food was good.
Here's today's menu:
Breakfast: coffee w/creamer, V8, scrambled eggs w/peppers and onions in a tortilla wrap
Lunch: salami and lf mayo on red. cal. wheat, mini cheddar rice cakes, choc. pudding, herbal tea
Dinner: water, green beans, lean ham, pasta shells with stewed tomato
Calories are at 1426 right now, but I'm thinking of having a slice of garlic toast, which will add about 150. Haven't decided yet.
Anyway, the rest of today was good too. I got some new clothes--new black pants, since my old ones are getting rather big, and a cute red mini skirt--both a size 16! Yay! I never thought I'd get excited about being a size 16, but there it is. Heck, it beats being an 18 or a 20 ANYDAY!
I also had fun at work. 200% of my sales goal. And I got to play with makeup all day. I happen to be one of the very lucky girls who can wear just about any color and pull it off, and as a result I experiment a lot. Very rarely do I wear the same makeup two days in a row. Because of all the experimenting I do, I know a lot of tips, tricks, and techniques, and I use them on myself and my customers on a regular basis. The other girls in the department always ask me how to accomplish certain looks and make me give demonstrations. Todays lessons were "how to achieve smoky eyes" and "how to apply false eyelashes." It's fun.
Oh, and we're cleaning out our stockrooms before next week's audit, which means that we have to get rid of all our old testers. That means that we get to take them home. Granted, some of them are half-used or slightly damaged, but some of them still have the original seal on the packaging. It's either throw them out or bring them home. In other words, I brought home a LOT of good stuff today. It's one of the perks: more free cosmetics than I could ever possibly hope to use (but I'll give it a shot ).
I love my job. Now if it just paid about 3 times as much, I'd be set for life!
Ok, sorry, that was kind of long. I have to have someone to talk to, and the rest of my friends are guys.
So tomorrow is the day, ladies, the day that I start working my butt off again! I'm back on the food wagon today, but I think the exercise wagon has made it to the other side of the country by now.
Exercise tomorrow morning. No excuses. If I don't do it, someone kick my butt AND find the tazer.
There will be no need for that, because I absolutely will do it, no question.
Happy Birthday Julie! Bon Anniversaire! Viel Gluck Zum Geburtstag! Felice Edandes!
Ok, I have no idea if those last two are spelled correctly, but that's "happy birthday" in all the languages I know. Except sign language, and that's kind of hard to convey on a message board.
*signs "Happy Birthday Julie"*
There.
Ok! I just got back from my walk up the hill. I tried to do my UB circuit, but I just washed and waxed my car and my arms are tired! I still have to clean all the glass too. Ugh! But my arms are getting their workout in today too. Yay for exercising!
Food isn't the greatest today.
Breakfast--coffee with creamer, fried eggs, red. cal. wheat toast
Snack--Drumstick ice cream cone, diet vanilla pepsi
Lunch--fried green tomatoes (coming up here in a just a few minutes)
Dinner--I have a date. We're going to Applebee's. Haven't decided what to get yet, but I've still got plenty of calories in my budget, especially if I use the ones my exercise gave me back (which I hope I don't). No drinking tonight though--that racks up the calories way too easily! I'll stick to water, but I might splurge on a diet pepsi.
So today is good. Now I need to go clean my car windows so I can eat, shower, and pamper. Gotta leave plenty of time for that, you know me.
Have a great evening everyone!
Happy Birthday Julie!
~Elisha
Happy Birthday Julie! Bon Anniversaire! Viel Gluck Zum Geburtstag! Felice Edandes!
Dinner--I have a date. ~Elisha
Thank you Miss Elisha, for ALL the birthday wishes! I had a great day...spent it like I like my birthdays...at the beach! Wasn't too hot today but it felt good just the same! My daughter had a blast (as she always does) and hubby had a good nap, so the day was spent fruitfully! Came home and had cake and icecream (of course calories, fat & carbs all taken out...it was a store-bought Bill Knapp's chocolate cake with vanilla icecream...only 300 calories!!!!)
OK...now...don't try to sneak in this little "I have a date." into your Dinner menu! What is this all about and I had better hear the sordid details: who, what, where (well, you told us that!) and when!!!! LOL! Really, I AM happy for you and I hope it was a nice date and that maybe (if you want) things will progress into a 2nd date! I remember the "dating" scene and I remember it being nerve wracking! Hugs to you, chickie!
This is a fat free, low carb, added protein birthday cake, for guilt-free calories Just don't add ice, cream, ok???
May all your birthday wishes come true, today, and every day. Take a deep breath & blow out the candles, now!
Love ya, chickie!
Gosh...thanks for all the birthday wishes Jennifer! I loved the cake! Forgot about that, actually!!! But I knew you'd be up to something since I "got" you on yours! Kaleigh wanted for me to have a party, so she and Daddy went and got balloons and a cake today for the "party". When we were having the cake and icecream this afternoon, she asked where all the other people were for my party? I told her this was a special party and only Kaleigh, Mommy & Daddy were invited! Of course, she wanted to know "why"! Too cute! Love that little girl to pieces!
Went to the beach today and enjoyed every minute of it! It is a beautiful day here...about 80 degrees (a little cooler at the beach) with not too many clouds! Ahhhhhhh...I LOVE that I was born in July!!!
And....I got my mile in this morning! Actually did an outdoor walk in the neighborhood at 7am!!! YEA! So gotta add that to my miles walked!
Elisha - Have fun on your date & I'm with Julie...details, details. I wish I had your obvious gift of experimentation with makeup. Whenever I have tried I end up with a mess. As a result, I tend to stick with the very basics, which equates to booooorrrrrriiiinngg!
I'm getting new walking shoes tomorrow so I'll be in business come Tuesday and I am so excited about it! I have put way too many miles on my current pair and I know I'm doing more damage than good to continue wearing them in this state.
Hello Everyone! Today.. Food sucked.. But exercise was ok! Did you all know that Hardees don’t have salads? I HATE chicken sandwiches… I know I just got through lecturing myself about fast food.. But hey would could I do.. Starve?!? We were all getting out to eat… and we NO ONE wanted McDonalds.. So I just said ok…It can’t kill me! I did good so far earlier. I ate some low fat sausage, biscuits and egg beaters for breakfast. That was my lunch and I just ate a salad with just lettuce, cucumber, tomato, and f/f dressing. Not to mention the little snacks I had today… but they weren’t anything dreadful or anything! Just some dried cereal instead of chips and some s/f m’m’s because I was craving chocolate! OHHHH and did I mention the REAL Dr. pepper I had today!!! Oh well, I exercised for 60 minutes Denise Austin. And I still got some more exercising to do.. Probably Abs… and I got 1 mile WATP or treadmill to do. I am a new person starting.. TOMORROW!! I know that I am crabby due to PMS.. But who cares.. I don’t have a church home out here.. And it don’t look like I’ll find one anytime soon, so I look at TV or my dad sends me cassettes from our pastor.. Anyways today there was a message on Not settling for good enough… It touched me! He actually mentioned every single thing going on in my life.. Even losing weight.. He said something that stuck with me.. I am going to be a VICTOR not a VICTIM!!! I’m not gonna let anything like a stupid chocolate bar defeat me.. And I’m not gonna give up just because I can’t take some stupid a** pills! They don’t control me either! I don’t care what life brings my way anymore… nothing can beat me unless I let it.. And I’m gonna be more determined to get my life back.. I might not know what it is that I’m here for and what my purpose is in life.. Anymore.. But if it’s as simple as being a mommy to my kids and a good wife.. Then I’ll be the best one I know how… I don’t care if DH appreciates it or not… My efforts will be noticed by God… and who cares if he doesn’t appreciate me. Anyways again.. I’m gonna start fresh… I shouldn’t have given up or almost given up.. I shouldn’t have let those 5 lbs get me down… but now… it’s time to pick up my sword and fight this battle again… I have set me some new goals…..
Follow my NEW exercise plan (no matter what)
Stay on plan… and if I go over my calories.. Add more exercise.. Don’t give in to failure!
Drink water, water, and more water!
Don’t let no one or nothing get the best of me. PMS is just an set back… but it can’t control me! It DOESN’T PUT CHOCOLATE IN MY MOUTH! It doesn’t take my hands and make me eat foods I don’t need, nor does it control my emotions… I DO!! ME!! SCR*W PMS!!
Set a time so I have more time to use the computer and support my 3FC family!!!
Today I went to the pool for about an hour! Of course Dh had to get an attitude over it.. But whatever.. Who cares! He went to a bar the other night… so why can’t I go to the pool.. Which by the way is right around the corner!!! I read some of my book.. I LOVE IT! It’s a murder she wrote book.. It’s just like the actual show.. Which I love more! I wonder if they have more like that… anyways… they had too many darned kids screaming.. And that makes me nervous…. So I just went ahead and came home.. Well I still have some exercising to do.. Which is probably not a good idea because I might not get to sleep but I need to get it over with and stop procrastinating! Talk with you all tomorrow, and I will get personal then… I have typed a long story already!!! Love Jaymi
But… Lisa.. Did you say MEATLOAF!!! The same meatloaf that I totally goofed on and no one would eat!!! Give me a recipe!!! BTW I’m a little kid at heart.. Right now I checked out harry potter, frank baum (wizard of oz) and the MSW book. Plus… juvenile books get an extra week to keep them.. Which I need!!!
Happy BDAY JULIE!!!! It’s still your day… isn’t it!!
Elisha…. I want all the details…. You stinker you! You thought I wouldn’t notice that date thing tucked in there.. But I did!!!
Ok really gotta go… everyone I forgot! Until tommorow!!!
Last edited by Jaymi_Dol_78; 07-25-2004 at 10:59 PM.
Ok, ok, I just got home from my date. Honestly, I didn't really expect anyone not to notice, I was just trying not to make a big deal about it just in case it didn't go too well. But it DID go well! I'm definitely seeing him again!
You'll have to wait for details though, as this girl needs her beauty sleep soon!
For dinner I stuck to water with lemon, and I had the Fiesta Lime Chicken, which I must say is totally awesome. I'm sure it's jam-packed with tasty calories, too, but I can't seem to find nutritional info for it. Applebee's website only has a few of their dinners (mostly the low-fat ones), and 3FC has the same ones that they have. Isn't there a law that says all restaurants have to provide nutritional information upon request? If not there should be! Anyway, what I did in lieu of specific info, I plugged in the main ingredients into my DietPower software, and it told me there's 837 calories in that dish! That's not even counting the fried rice they serve it with! Egads!
But all is not lost--I only ate a little of the rice, and only a little of the sauce, and I had something like 1100 calories left in my daily budget before that meal. Calories came in at 1872, which is just slightly high, but since I exercised today it's ok. DP is telling me I still have 107 calories left.
I really wanted to stop on the way home and get a diet vanilla pepsi and a bag of guacamole Doritos. I LOVE those things! I saw them in the store the other day and I've been craving them ever since. I didn't get any though. I might get some and package them in single servings, then I can't overdo it by too much. Anyway, I kept telling myself that I didn't know how many calories I had had, so I'd wait until I got home and checked the calorie content before eating anything else, and if it was low then I could eat some tortilla chips and salsa or something. But I haven't eaten anything, and now it's time to sleep.
And I've set my alarm to go off early so I have PLENTY of time to exercise before work tomorrow, so no excuses. NONE!
Ok, off to sleep now so I can get up early. Have a good night everyone! Details tomorrow evening, I promise!
~Elisha
I just hopped on for a minute to let you all know that I completed my workout this morning! 30 minutes on the stairclimber... man, I'm feeling pumped today! I feel like I'm finally back on track with this exercise thing, after months of being sporadic about it. Feels good.
I don't know what's on the menu for today, but I'll let you know how it works out this evening.
It's time. No more excuses. No more whining about hunger, lack of time, lack of....whatever. It's time to do this thing, and I am ready. I am sick and tired of being a yo-yo dieter. I know what I want, and I know how to get it. I have a plan and I am sticking to it. This is my vow. I want it written down here. I want energy to play with my kids. I want my arthritis to feel better. I want to be firmer, more toned. I am going to lose this last 20+ pounds. It's coming off come hail or high water, come Chips Ahoy or McDonalds. I am not a perfect person, so far from perfect it's not even funny, but I am stubborn. I have got my mind set, and this old girl's gonna do what she just said she was gonna do. This weight is coming off.
Exercise plan - At least 6 days per week of at least 20 min. on the bike. This will be followed by toning.
Water plan - At least 64 oz. per day. Rysa....please help encourage me with this!!!
Food plan - Weight Watchers. I can do this plan. I really like it, and it suits my lifestyle.
Julie - Happy to hear you had a terrific birthday!!
Jaymi - I will try to get you a "recipe" for the meatloaf. I just...made a lot of it up as I went...but I will get it to you!! I have read almost all of the Harry Potter books - I love them!!!
Rysa - Let's keep going this week with the exercise and water, just like we said last week!!! Hope you had a great weekend!!! Are you game for another weekly challenge??
Yesterday, DH and I went on a real date!! We saw the Bourne Supremacy, and I really liked it. Dh is reading the book, and was disappointed. I told him that movies are rarely like the book. Anyway, it was a really fun outing.
I'm still here, just didn't feel like posting last week because I was possessed..........by TOM. However - I did not succomb to the evil food desires and cravings. It's over now and I'm feeling better.
Food was pretty good last week, but went over calorie count Friday night. Saturday night was the Santana concert and the weather held out. The show was good but the tickets were in the standing area and two hours on hard cobblestones is not in the least bit comfy. Good thing I ate before going because there were all kinds of yummy temptations. We had to park far away and walk to the location so I got in some extra steps for the day.
The person that went with me, Mel, is a new acquaintance and she was telling me her weight loss story. Back in Nov. last year the doctor told her to either lose weight or go on high blood pressure medicine (she's 44). She said heck no to the medicine and began researching a slimming strategy. She stumbled upon the South Beach Diet and asked her Doc if that would be OK. He reviewed it and told her its great. She started right away, followed the book without substitutions or cheating and has lost 65 pounds. She is only a few pounds from goal weight, about 125 (she's 5'4"). She said the food was great and the plan is easy to follow and for her the weight came off quickly. I know every person has different experiences with weight loss, but I thought I would share her story for inspiration for the Labor Day Challenge team.
She also gave me some low-cal candy made by Equal called "Perfect Pleasures" in both choc and caramel. They are really good and can stave of a chocolate urge. They are small hard candies with a soft-center burst of flavor.
Also, another friend (who follows WW) said other dieters have told her that TOM can be a time for stepped up weight loss, believe it or not. Since the body has to work harder and allow for the natural process, if you don't give into cravings then when its over you will show more LBs gone. It seems like this may have a ring of truth to it because I weighed the same last Monday as the week before and today, my weekly weigh-in, I showed a three pound loss. YIPPEE.
We have one and a half weeks till the mid-point of our challenge. We can do it!
Last edited by a broad abroad; 07-26-2004 at 12:42 PM.
Another week begins....why can't the weekends be longer? LOL. I got a lot accomplished- most importantly, I got 20 miles in on the bike. Woo Hoo! And today, I have a very tight right calf to show for it. Hubby rubbed my leg last night, trying to loosen the muscle. Anything for some hubby rubbing, right?
Today has been a good day so far- got some stuff moved into closing, and caught up on some paperwork. Any minute now I have somene coming in to do their closing, so I'm trying to type fast, and if I miss you, it wasn't on purpose.
Breakfast
1 fudge graham Zone bar
4oz fat free cottage cheese
Lunch
3/4 cup whole wheat elbows
3/4 cup meat sauce
sprinkle parmesan
Afternoon exercise
2 miles WATP with stretchie
Upper Body workout with weights/resistance bands
Dinner
TBD- poss chicken breast or cube steak, veggies & couscous. We'll see.
Elisha- glad you had a good time on your date! Tell us a little about this guy! The Lime Chicken is my favorite at Applebees, but those tortilla bits & the rice can definitely kill things! That's a load of calories! I know I'll have to save up for a treat like that.
Julie- Glad the birthday went off well. And see, I was nice...no pictures of you floating around here. I was a good little chickie. Now, get cranking & burn off that birthday ice cream
Michelle- new walking shoes / sneakers are always nice. I always look forward to breaking them in. Faux motivation for a couple of days or weeks
Jaymi- Way to go with the new outlook & the fresh start. Keep it up, chickie!
Lisa- You GO, chickie! Woo Hoo! You ARE going to do this....kick butt, girl!
Abroad- glad you're back with us. Wow- Mel's story is very inspiring- hopefully we are all going to have our success stories to share. Way to go with the 3 pound PMS loss, on top of it all!
Ok chickies, I'll be back after this afternoon's exercise. Hope everyone is having a great Monday!
It was thin crust! Well anyways I only exercised for 18 minutes earlier.. I dont have the energy or the stamina... I think I'm gonna go exercise now and then try to take me a long bath and read some of my book... I hope everyone is doing ok... let me go before the baby wakes up... again! 
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Follow my NEW exercise plan (no matter what)
