Hope everyone is doing well. I've been a bouncing around , yo-yo loving, scale bobbling mess the last few days. Not sure what is up...well yea I do, but I must be able to retain more water/bloat than any woman on the planet. In the last 5 days the scale has bounced from 153 to 148 to 145 and then back to 148. I don't know, but I'm starting to get to the point that ANY number BELOW 150 is perfect for me. This is driving me crazy. I just don't think I have it in me to get to 143. Oh well. I'm not going to give up yet, but I wish I could just be happy with 148, that is were I keep ending up no matter what I do anyway... *sigh*
I'm falling down on my accountability, so here goes.
Tuesday:
Snacks: not quite, I snuck 2 pcs candy corn at night.
Workouts: check, strength day for #2 of the week
HIIT: N/A
Calories: check, 1253
After my rest week between stages of NRLW I started up on stage 5 yesterday. I managed to increase weight on everything except for the bench press. Legs and arms are not happy with me today though! I'm a little concerned about what to do for stage 6 because the first exercise is negative chin-ups, and I don't have a chin-up bar. The only approximation I could think of is to set the lat pulldown machine to maximum weight (which is more than my body weight) and use that, but it would probably be unstable and I'd hurt myself.
Last edited by paperclippy; 10-28-2009 at 09:04 AM.
I hopped on my bathroom scale this morning, which is analog and not as accurate as the scale at the gym I use for official weigh ins, but the needle was definitely completely below, as in not touching, 135, so I'm take that as a very good sign bc it's never been that low before...I'm so close!!
Accountability: I am going to weigh myself at the gym this afternoon. In order to have a good weigh in this is my meal plan:
bf: ham, egg, cheese on english muffin (300cals); coffee with milk (16 cals)
Lunch: Chili (300cals); pudding cup (100cals); candy corn (100 cals, don't look at me like that!)
Dinner: Salad (50 cals); 1 piece french bread (100 cals); 1 cup butternut squash lentil soup (200 cals); 1 slice chocolate cake (300 cals); 1 drink (150 cals)
Exercise: 1 hr spin; weight lifting
I don't like to be so dinner heavy but I'm having company tonight.
ooh, Jessica! Stage 5 ... you are a rock star! I just finished workout #2 in stage 1. Having my protein now. A question - did you start eating more when you started the program? According to the book, I should be eating a lot more than my current amount, but I am afraid to increase too much because I don't want to gain weight, except a few pounds of muscle would be good, of course. My current target is around 1500, and then on workout days I plan to eat that plus my post workout "protein shake", which will put me at about 1660. And because I am cheap, and I think protein powder tastes like caca, I am just adding 1/3 cup of non fat dry milk to a cup of skim milk for my "protein shake". It's 160 calories, 16g protein, no fat.
Ok, enough blogging from me. I am on plan (day 16!), and feeling good. I hope everyone's on track to meet their Thanksgiving goals. It's just 29 days away now, if you're counting. Midwife, better get that turkey out to defrost!
I slipped last night but am still at 130.5 this morning. But with only 29 days there's no more room for things like this! Onward and POP today - at least I'm hoping.
Heeeelllloooo chicks
My absence started with a fabulous and romantic 2 nights AWAY with dh. Then general craziness in payback of 2 nights away. Now... NO EXCUSEs
I can say I am learning the basics the hard way. Restrict calories in the daytime results in binge eating in the nighttime. For me, that is a fact, no more testing the theory. I also did best with the goal of 100g protein in a day. That is again my goal. Exercise, yup, gotta do it.
So, ticker reset, and again operation take 5-10. what else am I gonna do??
Clippy, stage 5, huh? yowza.
Forestroad, extremely nice work!
Iris, let's get back in the game.
Lori, y'know I have been thinking well, maybe the desired 5 or 10 just ain't meant to be. But, I am still going to try. Beacause I took that thinking to well, maybe the 120s aren't meant to be and then maybe the 130s aren't meant to be and so on and so forth upwards and outwards....
Ward, I am not making goal by Halloween but there is a very good chance for Thankgiving.
Silver, come back and make me giggle!
Midwife, turkey on counter??? or maybe just that well placed phone call to whole foods???? they will roast for ya!
Megan, Yoyo and Shannon, hi!
My mother watched the kids with my au pair. She criticized my little guy's eating habits. "all he wants is carbs and sweets!" When she left, there was on my counter (which she brought and left behind), one huge bag of oreos, one baggie of large choc. covered pretzels, these choco pb chex cereal things, several rolls of bakery sweet buns...
I asked her to take it away with her. She directly ignored me. In her mind, it's love....
NSV, I did throw out the rolls and oreos (after dh and I had some over the course of 2 nights).
jeez, long long post-- I gotta get here more often
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Bleh... rainy day here so I can't go out for one of the lovely woodsy walks I've been enjoying so much this time of year. But I got to Curves today so all was not lost.
My eating has been POP and I got 7 hours of sleep last night (woohoo!).
Iris, glad you are on top of this turkey thing now! We actually roast turkeys whenever they are on sale because they are so cheap and it is an easy way to make several meals at once (not to mention the base for yummy turkey-veggie soup!).
Kitty-- sounds like a lovely getaway -- hope you enjoyed every minute. Congrats on the NSV and getting back on program!
Midwife -- Maybe you should consider ordering a fresh turkey instead, lol!
Ward -- good job on plan! Hope you meet your TDay goal; I'm hopeful for mine.
Paperclippy -- you rock!!! You know you're doing well when you have to get creative to stay challenged.
Forest -- congrats on the scale needle!!!
Lori -- Don't give up! You are practicing maintenance!!!
Julie & Shannon -- maybe writing out a reason why we chose not to stay OP *would* be a good exercise when we slip!
Megan -- how did you do on your food plan?
Silver -- hope you've finished your windows!
Ward, I actually totally ignored the entire diet section of the book and went straight to the workouts. I just kept eating the same way I always do (which is not particularly high-protein). In any case, I must be getting enough protein in my diet because my strength has definitely improved and my legs are much more muscular now! I usually work out at lunchtime so whatever my lunch is for the day is my post-workout meal. Yesterday it was pumpkin soup, not particularly a high-protein food...
Midwife, I think you ought to order a fresh turkey instead of frozen!
29 days for 2 more pounds? I can totally do that! How are my fellow Thanksgiving 5-pounders doing?
Kitty, I hate when people do things like that. For years I would come home from college for the holidays, be told that I was getting too fat, then instantly offered my pick of the ten different desserts they bought specially for me. In my family, "What do you want to eat?" translates to "I love you."
Speaking of which though, I am totally excited about going home for xmas. Even more motivation to lose weight right now since I know I'll come back from LA 5lbs heavier than I leave.
My routine has been "off" the last few days b/c I've had to drive to the city 2 days for work, Mon & Wed. The drive is 1 1/2 - 2 hours each way, and the 2nd day I had to make the drive in a vehicle without radio or AC (yes we still need that AC here). To top it off yesterday I broke the sideview mirror off of the work truck and though it was genuinely an accident, not an expensive repair, no one gave me a hard time, I felt awful. Just threw me off. I made it to the gym Tuesday. I vow no matter what life throws at me (well, barring flood and death) I will go today, Friday, Saturday. Next week I'm definitely going to be thinking about the gym and scheduling my workouts better.
Goals for today:
1. Go to the gym and sweat!
2. Eat the healthy foods I've packed. Nothing else.
Ward, I loved the NRLW plan though like Jessica, I sort of skipped the food part since I was already eating healthily and just did the workouts. I was so strong then, probably stronger than I am now. Maybe I'll ditch my current workout plan and do NRLW again... like starting next week. Get me in a good holiday-gym-drive spirit. Hmm...
Good morning!
The dinner party was really fun last night but I did not stay OP. I ended up eating about what I burned, but it was only an estimate so I'll cut back today to balance it out. My official weigh in for the Halloween Challenge is going to be tomorrow morning since I won't be at the gym to do it Saturday.
The soup came out well and it was very easy to make; to feed 8: throw 2 cups of lentils, 5 cups of butternut squash, an onion, some carrots, and garlic into the pot, then sprinkle garam masala over it all and pour about 8 cups of broth on it and you're good to go
Megan- that commute sounds terrible...and even minor mishaps in the car throw me off for the rest of the day.
paperclippy- congrats on all the muscle building; I get easily overwhelmed by all the different recommendations (how much to lift, what to eat, when to eat it etc.) that it makes me feel like it's such a futile effort to build muscle, so I'm glad to see it working for you
Accountability for Wednesday:
Snacks: Check, just my apple
Workouts: Walked the dog instead of a run since my legs were so sore, but I made sure it was a long walk.
HIIT: N/A
Calories: Check, 1285
As I expected, I'm sick of soup! It's almost gone though, we've got about two bowls of carrot, one of lentil, and two of tomato left. It's been good for keeping my calories low this week though since I need to leave room for Saturday's super-indulgent dinner.
I love all the "turkey talk". One thing I love about being a vegetarian is NOT having to prepare a turkey for Thanksgiving! I usually do vegetable lasagna instead.
THIS year, we will be in flight most of the day - so I've gotta be creative if we are going to have any semblance of a T-day dinner.
WOW - I just started the NRLW plan this week. I am also skipping the food plans, and just using the workouts. I AM trying to increase my protein a bit - something I always need to work on.
I ordered new "adjustable" dumbbells and I can't wait for them to come in.
Having my protein now. A question - did you start eating more when you started the program? According to the book, I should be eating a lot more than my current amount, but I am afraid to increase too much because I don't want to gain weight, except a few pounds of muscle would be good, of course. My current target is around 1500, and then on workout days I plan to eat that plus my post workout "protein shake", which will put me at about 1660. And because I am cheap, and I think protein powder tastes like caca, I am just adding 1/3 cup of non fat dry milk to a cup of skim milk for my "protein shake". It's 160 calories, 16g protein, no fat.
I think you ought to order a fresh turkey instead of frozen!
In my family, "What do you want to eat?" translates to "I love you."
and though it was genuinely an accident, not an expensive repair, no one gave me a hard time, I felt awful. Just threw me off. I made it to the gym Tuesday. I vow no matter what life throws at me (well, barring flood and death) I will go today, Friday, Saturday. Next week I'm definitely going to be thinking about the gym and scheduling my workouts better. 
