Thank you for the warm welcomes!
I am truly evil - just put the last piece of Easter chocolate in my sweetie's lunch. Had it hidden in my filing cabinet (Belgian, couldn't bear to throw it out) but it had to go. Tim's diet starts next week after his big exam stress is over so I figured better him than me.
I am off on a dog sit for the rest of this week so no computer access. I will get my profile set up early next week and get this weight loss program back on track properly.
I'm sure that lady did lose that weight by cutting out alcohol. Alcohol messes with your metabolism, so if your body was used to drinking it, and you cut it out of your diet, that sugar as well as the depressive effect on your system vanishes, and your metabolism functions more efficiently. So; it isn't just a loss of those calories from the alcohol, but that her body literally processed the calories she was eating more efficiently.
It's true for a lot of people - myself included. A few weeks without alcohol = a 3 pound weight loss. And for me, we're only really talking about 300 or so calories a week in wine. 900 calories does not a pound make, let alone 3! But so long as I don't start drinking, that weight loss will stick. I'm just totally unwilling to make that sacrifice. There does come a point where I consider the "cost of living" to exceed being a certain weight. A glass or two of wine per week is one of those places for me!
Yesterday: Very successful. fast walked/jogged 20 minutes before my yoga class (which I wasn't even planning on doing) did yoga (my boyfriend came too!YAYAYAY!!) and then went out with friends and swing danced a bit.
BluetoBlue: I'm amazed by your treadmill/gym capabilities. It would never work for me, I'd be bored to tears. I need the fun stuff like dancing and social classes, otherwise I may as well tie the sofa to my behind
Today: I have another OP day (and my at home scale is reflecting it ~ back down after my easter weight hehe)
Barb/Yuppie heh, maybe that girl stopped eating all that (usually unhealthy) bar grub along with the alcohol Though I do live close to this wine bar with the most wonderful (and reasonably-sized) hummus & cheese plate.
Yuppie Congrats on doing all that exercisin' -- yoga, cardio & dancin' ~ wow!
Mudpie and how sneaky of you with that last bit of Easter candy
Ilene hope you feel better today ~ there's a bug circulating around our wee building where I work, so I've been keeping my office door closed more often than usual.
And boo ~ I had a case of the munchies this morning, and wound up feasting on 400 calories of potato chips (the last of the batch, thankfully) and dibs (kinda like ice cream bon bons) ~ so budgeting that in for today's planning:
B: Cereal & Soymilk (300)
L: LeanCuisine with extra veggies (325)
S: Apple (75)
D: Going to folks place where my dad is making some homemade soup--guesstimating 500
Total (counting my unexpected noshing this morning): 1600
Exercise:
~ 30 minutes of playing DDR
~ 20 minutes kickboxing
~ 10 minutes abs
~ 15 minutes abs & upperbody with weights/stability ball
Somehow I missed Allison sliding under and new '0' number! Congratulations!
I think the congrats might be a tad premature. Sure I stayed below 140 for 4 days, but I'm back up there now. Quite discouraging.
Blue and Yuppie~I do believe that she could have lost that by just cutting out alcohol. I do agree that alcohol messes with your metabolism and messes with the way your body handles the food/alcohol combination. For example, when I have a cocktail or glass of wine in the evening or with dinner, I am quite comfortable for the rest of the evening. When I skip it, I freeze. DH thinks I'm crazy!! We live in the desert of Southern California and it gets very warm here. Yesterday, I think the daytime temps were in the low 90's. While watching TV last night, it was about 80 in the house, 85 outside, and there I was bundled in a blanket shivering!!! DH is sitting next to me in shorts and wondering why I'm such an icebox. Had I had a glass of wine, I wouldn't have needed the blanket.
morning! not much sleep last night and it shows on the scale, anyone else retain with insomnia? One button on the scale will capture and hold your weight till the next time you capture and I forgot yesterday (usually try to keep the low one in there)
2 days back OP! wooohooo!
I was heading out to run errands but I changed my mind and I think ds and I are going to nap together
Oohh, lots of talk of losses! Congrates to everyone who has lost.
Yesterday was a good day, especially after Monday which was a junky-junk food day through and through. Yesterday I wasn't even tempted by the sweet stuff, which made me happy.
Hee hee, all this talk of alcohol and weight is just like university. The freshmen fifteen isn't from junk food, it's from alcohol consumption (can't say that was true in my case though). I've never been a partier, but let me tell you in rez (last year, and never again!) people party hard on the weekends (and some weeknights too, )... And after eight months of that, it's bound to show.
Plus I agree with AquaWarlock, people do snack a lot when they're drinking. They don't even think about it. Midnight pizza deliviries were so frequent pizza places definitly had good deals for students. Hee hee hee.
Well done to all the losers - too many of your for individual addresses but a group seems to be in order.
I'm back on plan and doing well. I have decided to take a break from the scale so my ticker may well remain stagnant for a fair few weeks - hopefully because of my decision rather than a terrible off plan patch. I need to address the exercise side of things before too long as that's my constant downfall.
Poppins ... I love it. I've been excited about the crap some folks call food for a long time. The book is like more, better, bigger info on good foods and why they are good foods.
Barb hope you liked the muffins -- I think Lemon Poppyseed & Black Forest are my faves. Alas, I finished them last week -- but will probably get s'more in the not-too-distant future.
Cat Boy do I remember those pizza days -- 3 guys in one apartment + 2-for-1 pizza specials = no waistlines! (and a freakishly dirty kitchen/living/dining room ) But yea, drinking definitely lower eating inhibitions/control... I can -vaguely- recall the times I've eaten after a few good drinks, with a "screw it" mentality and just ordering whatever. So I hope to be extra cautious about that this Saturday (going to a bar then restaurant for friend's b-day).
Susan Glad the book is a good read -- speaking of which, I've always been meaning to incorporate blueberries (which is on practically every Top 10 foods list) but can't figure out when they're in-season... always so expensive @ market (though that may have to do with me being in California, opposite end of continental US from Maine).
Doughnut Hope all goes well with you in addressing your activity/exercise issues.
Ennay my sleep lately has been a bit screwy as well (~6 hours on weekdays, even when I go to bed with a planned 9 hours, and ~12 on weekends) -- will report back as to whether that reflects on the scale number.
Ok, probably somewhat embarassing for a guy, but Netflix is sending me my Hit-the-Spot Pilates DVD today... I just think it's convenient that it's a bunch of 10-15 minute workouts so easily squeezable into any schedule. And I may actually buy the disc depending on how tricky/intense the moves are.
But so far so good today, not feeling hungry and on-target for my reduced calorie intake.
Last edited by AquaWarlock; 04-11-2007 at 04:09 PM.
Blueberries? I buy frozen when they are cheap and divvy them out into little baggies in the freezer. Frozen my not be perfect but at least I'm eating them.
One of the financial concessions I make about whole fresh natural foods
Warlock~Trader Joe's usually has much better prices on fresh blueberries (better than the grocery store on all produce IMO).
I, too, loved the SuperFoods Rx book. But I gave it away to a friend who I hoped would benefit from it's use. Haven't seen any results in that department yet (but I'm not going to push it).
All this talk of muffins......I may have to take a look. Perhaps not for me but for my DD--she loves those things for breakfast.
I've been busy and lazy lately, the long weekend has thrown me right off and as is working daily...even if it is only 3.5 to 5 hours/day, it got me a lot out of my routine... I also haven't exercised since Sunday when I ran 8.25k... I think this weather is getting to me, I am EXTREMELY anxious for Spring and sunny, warmth plus getting my new bike out of lay-away and onto the road... Did I mention that this weather is getting to me ... Tomorrow I AM going to the gym after work for an UBWO and a run at 4PM with the gals...
- just put the last piece of Easter chocolate in my sweetie's lunch. Had it hidden in my filing cabinet (Belgian, couldn't bear to throw it out) but it had to go. Tim's diet starts next week after his big exam stress is over so I figured better him than me.
fast walked/jogged 20 minutes before my yoga class (which I wasn't even planning on doing) did yoga (my boyfriend came too!YAYAYAY!!) and then went out with friends and swing danced a bit. 
and how sneaky of you with that last bit of Easter candy 
)... And after eight months of that, it's bound to show. 
seems to be in order.
....
... Tomorrow I AM going to the gym after work for an UBWO and a run at 4PM with the gals...
for all you losers 
