Jolly - I've been reducing sodium as well, and I recently had tomatoes - no salt - and they tasted salty!

thesame7lbs - Getting in bed with a minute to spare? That's shaving it close! Enquiring minds want to know: are you getting up in the middle of the night to pee with all the water you're drinking? I know I did when I first increased my fluid intake, but it seems to be regularizing now.

Red - what can I say -- see below...

Ok, so things haven't been going as I had hoped with this recovery. Some are suggesting I should wait until after radiation therapy to tackle my weight. But I firmly believe that every little step towards regaining a healthy weight and activity level will help me mitigate the rads side effects. I am going to slow it down a little, and just do what I can when I can.

So Red, not that I'm stalking you or anything, but we seem to be on the same wavelength, for our own separate reasons. I read some good advice recently on this site, from mandalinn82: to identify your non-negociables, and plan for them. So here it is:

Non-negociables:
1) Menu set/proper food available for tomorrow - 0/21 Days
2) Track my nutrition daily (via SparkPeople) - 0/21 Days
3) Keep my sodium intake between 500-1500 mg/day - 0/21 days
4) 15 min of some form of exercise/activity every day - 0/21 Days
My nice-to-haves:
5) Journalizing - 0/21 Days
6) 15-min Zone - 0/21 Days
Reassess in 21 days, Oct 12 (about 10 days into rads)

You might notice that I've also removed my weight tracker. I am still tracking in my sign. block on the left, but I want to focus on my behaviours and developing good habits, and I found that big tracker distracting.

Quick posting, very late at night (early in the morning...)

Non-negociables:
1) Menu set/proper food available for tomorrow - 1/21 Days
Actual: This is ok only because I have a stash of jarred fruit. Otherwise, I would be missing the groceries we didn't do this evening!
2) Track my nutrition daily (via SparkPeople) - 1/21 Days
Actual: Done. Love SparkPeople!
3) Keep my sodium intake between 500-1500 mg/day - 1/21 days
Actual: 1,452 mg
4) 15 min of some form of exercise/activity every day - 1/21 Days
Actual: About 1 hour of combined weight training and cardio

My nice-to-haves:
5) Journalizing or Blogging
6) 15-min Zone

Reassess in 21 days, Oct 12 (about 10 days into rads)

1) Daily posting - day 8, 3/3 pauses
2) Only adding salt to tomatoes - day 7, 2/3 pauses
3) measuring portion sizes/calories for 75% of my daily intake - day 7, 2/3 pauses
4) Get at least 7 hours of sleep on non school nights, and at least 6 on school nights - day 7, 2/3 pauses.
For yesterday

Morning all. Quick post on the run. Must move faster in the mornings.

Good to see everyone off on a role. Yeah Red. SeaWave, glad you are focusing on healthy steps and taking care of yourself. I have to laugh on the pee question. I do notice that I do pee more when I switch from soda to water Amy, yeah, I am guessing you will lose MORE sleep when you are worrying about teenagers.

Have a great day all

Forgot to check in yesterday, but I did get through two more days...

1. In bed by 10:30 - day 5 (3/3 pauses left)
2. No more than one diet soda - day 5 (2/2 pauses left)
3. Drink at least 48 oz of water - day 5 (1/1 pause left)

LOL, SeaWave. Yep, I get up almost every night to pee, no matter what. Even when I'm not consciously drinking a lot of water, I seem to have a couple glasses after dinner and then I'm up during the night. I usually fall back asleep very quickly though.

Hey all. Just checking in from school. We ended up with some extra time between classes. Hard not to sneak out and go home early, but at over $1000/credit, I should behave. Or at least try. Did end up eating more than I needed to (which is still less than I used to), and now I feel kind of bloaty. Lesson learned.

I am running out of food. The good stuff though. It makes me feel good when I need to buy things like fruits/veggies/milk in between pay days, because it means I have been eating more healthy. Woo hoo.

Hope everyone is doing ok.

Jolly - it might be the sodium in the soda that makes you pee less than water does.

thesame7lbs - I wish I could fall back asleep after I wake up; I've never been able to, and I've always been a night owl. Means that if I go to bed at 10:50 pm, fall asleep and wake up 20 minutes later, I'll be up for the night. Ugh.

Non-negociables:
1) Menu set/proper food available for tomorrow - 2/21 Days
Actual: I said this yesterday, and I have the same comment today. This is ok only because I have a stash of jarred fruit. Otherwise, I would be missing the groceries we didn't do yesterday or this evening!
2) Track my nutrition daily (via SparkPeople) - 2/21 Days
Actual: Done, with estimates for a supper out.
3) Keep my sodium intake between 500-1500 mg/day - 2/21 days
Actual: ??? estimating for supper out, but pretty sure I kept it under 1500 as I was uber careful.
4) 15 min of some form of exercise/activity every day - 1/21 Days
Actual: This was a planned skip, because I was going out with the girls from work tonight. Basically slept most of the day so I wouldn't be too tired. Unfortunately, I'm still at the recovery stage that I have to protect my energy if I want to do anything out of the ordinary.

My nice-to-haves:
5) Journalizing or Blogging
6) 15-min Zone - actually did a bit of this today, just by getting ready to go out with the girls!

Reassess in 21 days, Oct 12 (about 10 days into rads)

1) Daily posting - day 9, 3/3 pauses
2) Only adding salt to tomatoes - day 8, 2/3 pauses
3) measuring portion sizes/calories for 75% of my daily intake - day 8, 2/3 pauses
4) Get at least 7 hours of sleep on non school nights, and at least 6 on school nights - day 8, 2/3 pauses.
For yesterday

Am trying not to get ahead of myself, but I am really liking the scale lately. Feels good. Plus, will have to wear a belt and go pants shopping soon. For some reason when I gained weight back, I had the start of some 16's, a ton of 18's, a couple 20's (capris and jeans only), then the 24's I ended up in The 24's are now falling off, but if I belt up for another 10 pounds or so, I can shop for some 20's. Woo hoo. Then, back into my hard won 18's.

I am sure you are right on the salt, SeaWave, it just always strikes me as funny.

Well, off to work. The good part of working a 2nd shfit in coverage is I got to sleep in later. Of course, the working later part isn't so hot. Ah well.

Have a great day evryone

Jolly - I figure one of the advantages of doing this over the fall/winter is that I'll be able to wear longer pullovers and cover up the sagging butt in my pants and make them last longer (the pants, not the butt!)

Red - the 'c' in negociable is also French (I'm a French Canadian from Southern Ontario, Acadian descent). It always seems a lot to write it out like that, but otherwise everyone thinks I'm from Quebec, and my family are not so... Anyway, I've corrected it. As for the challenges, keep trying until you get it right. Sometime I think that's the biggest secret to weight loss!

Non-negotiables:
1) Menu set/proper food available for tomorrow - 3/21 Days
Actual: Yep, good here, and I'm doing groceries tomorow (been delayed a couple of days)!
2) Track my nutrition daily (via SparkPeople) - 3/21 Days
Actual: Done.
3) Keep my sodium intake between 500-1500 mg/day - 2/21 days (-1)
Actual: no, but that was planned. I knew we were having salty food for my bday supper.
4) 15 min of some form of exercise/activity every day - 2/21 Days
Actual: 30 minutes of weight training

My nice-to-haves:
5) Journalizing or Blogging
6) 15-min Zone

Reassess in 21 days, Oct 12 (about 10 days into rads)

1) Daily posting - day 10, 3/3 pauses
2) Only adding salt to tomatoes - day 9, 2/3 pauses
3) measuring portion sizes/calories for 75% of my daily intake - day 9, 2/3 pauses
4) Get at least 7 hours of sleep on non school nights, and at least 6 on school nights - day 8, 1/3 pauses.
For yesterday

Just a quick post before going into work. Didn't get all my sleep last night, as a friend came over to drop off a donation for a walk I am doing, and we talked . . .

Have a good day all, and I will try to post more later

Well, I was rolling along...

1. In bed by 10:30 - day 5 (1/3 pauses left)
2. No more than one diet soda - day 6 (1/2 pauses left)
3. Drink at least 48 oz of water - day 7 (1/1 pause left)

So hard to get to bed on time! Fortunately my DS has been sleeping a little later (past 6!) so I have been spared a bit on the morning end of it. Three diet sodas on Thursday -- horrible! The water part is going well -- but of course that was a 1 to begin with...

Happy Weekend, everyone!

Ok Im back .. Stress at work got me .


Walk Daily is my goal

Jolly - I guess friends are a good reason to wave off going to bed!

thesame7lbs - it will be easier once your son really sleeps through the night (although the instant alertness at noise never goes away once you have kids!)

justmerose - welcome back! maybe the walking will help with stress relief. Any way you can do it at lunch break?

redballoon - how I do it? I am blessed with an amazing husband, and I'm on sick leave -- the only thing I have to do right now is to get healthy again. I think you're doing the right thing by tackling things one at a time. You've found a big one, and it will have a trickle effect on the other things.

Non-negotiables:
1) Menu set/proper food available for tomorrow - 4/21 Days
Actual: got menu done, and groceries (finally, fresh fruit!)
2) Track my nutrition daily (via SparkPeople) - 4/21 Days
Actual: Done. Have I said I love SparkPeople?
3) Keep my sodium intake between 500-1500 mg/day - 3/21 days (-1)
Actual: done (not difficult as I only ate about 2/3 of my calorie allowance -- no appetite today .
4) 15 min of some form of exercise/activity every day - 2/21 Days (-1)
Actual: none, no excuse. ugh

My nice-to-haves:
5) Journalizing or Blogging
6) 15-min Zone

Reassess in 21 days, Oct 12 (about 10 days into rads)