1) Daily posting - day 11, 3/3 pauses
2) Only adding salt to tomatoes - day 10, 2/3 pauses
3) measuring portion sizes/calories for 75% of my daily intake - day 10, 2/3 pauses
4) Get at least 7 hours of sleep on non school nights, and at least 6 on school nights - day 8, 0/3 pauses.
For yesterday

Hi all, and welcome back Rose. Well, if a freind was a good reason to miss sleep, hopefully family is as well. We finally got to use the fire pit I put in last night, and family came over. Coudl't sleep in this morning, because I have another family birthday party to go to - 2.5 hours away. Don't really want to go, becasue I hate long car rides. . . but it's family, and I have missed too many there lately. Hopefully I can get through the next 14 days without any other glitches.

Have a good day all. Gotta go finish cleaning and get ready. Gotta mow toinght, and finish my homework. And do my menu and workout plan.

Wait a minute! Who keeps adding to my to do list

Posting on the run...

1) Menu set/proper food available for tomorrow - 5/21 Days
Actual: done
2) Track my nutrition daily (via SparkPeople) - 5/21 Days
Actual: Done.
3) Keep my sodium intake between 500-1500 mg/day - 4/21 days (-1)
Actual: done, still no appetite today .
4) 15 min of some form of exercise/activity every day - 3/21 Days (-1)
Actual: a bit of weight training done

My nice-to-haves:
5) Journalizing or Blogging
6) 15-min Zone - cleared out 1/3 of my closet!

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

Hello everyone!

Almost got through today without a soda... and then I caved. A sweet treat with no calories is just too irresistible...

Over the past two days:
1. In bed by 10:30 - day 7 (1/3 pauses left)
2. No more than one diet soda - day 8 (1/2 pauses left)
3. Drink at least 48 oz of water - day 9 (1/1 pause left)

Ooops, just realized I need to down a little more water before bed to reach 48...

SeaWave.

Jolly, I used to love long car rides because it was always an excuse to EAT! Especially doritos. Now I hate them. Long car rides without smoking (which I gave up ~16 years ago) and eating are just. so. boring.

Red, I think you have the right idea. Keep it simple.

) Daily posting - day 12, 3/3 pauses
2) Only adding salt to tomatoes - day 11, 2/3 pauses
3) measuring portion sizes/calories for 75% of my daily intake - day 10, 1/3 pauses
4) Get at least 7 hours of sleep on non school nights, and at least 6 on school nights - day 9, 0/3 pauses.
For yesterday

Amy, I have NEVER liked long car rides, and yesterday didn't help Had a decent, if long, trip up, and a great visit. Then got stuck in a traffic jam for almost an hour on the way back. Stupid FIBs trying to get back from their vacation homes, and not knowing how to merge in traffic By the time I got home, I was in no mood to measure my portions out. Honestly, it was a salad. I don't think I ate that poorly, but since I didn't measure, I have to take the hit.

Have a great week everyone

Hey guys, life has been kinda busy. but I've been doing my challenge

Day 9
no soda - 1 pauses (non used)
no eating out Mon-Fri - 1 pause days none used
no eating out of the candy dish at work - 2 pause days none used (we ran out, but I'm claiming it anyway.


Hope everyone else is going ok. Will check in a bit more.

I think I need a 21 day challenge on leaving my ex alone, but at least this time I didn't fall off the wagon. I just wished I could run home over with it. Sorry had to let that one out.

Just posting to say I hope everyone had a good week-end, and is starting the week on the right foot!

1) Daily posting - day 13, 3/3 pauses
2) Only adding salt to tomatoes - day 12, 2/3 pauses
3) measuring portion sizes/calories for 75% of my daily intake - day 11, 1/3 pauses
4) Get at least 7 hours of sleep on non school nights, and at least 6 on school nights - day 9, 0/3 pauses. CRASHED AND BURNED
For yesterday

Will have to restart the sleep challenge. Just couldn't quite cut that one. Will try to post more from school. Wishing everyone the best

1) Menu set/proper food available for tomorrow - 6/21 Days
Actual: done
2) Track my nutrition daily (via SparkPeople) - 6/21 Days
Actual: Done.
3) Keep my sodium intake between 500-1500 mg/day - 4/21 days (-2)
Actual: nearly doubled! Unexpected eating at a fish resto - who knew mussels had so much salt and cholesterol?? Why didn't anybody tell me???
4) 15 min of some form of exercise/activity every day - 3/21 Days (-1)
Actual: completed the cardio program (level 1) on the stat bike yesterday, plus a bit of weight training. Plan today is to do some indoor walking at the hospital, and to check if I have access to their gym and, if so, what they have.

My nice-to-haves:
5) Journalizing or Blogging - Yep!
6) 15-min Zone - yep! I'm in my living/music room space this week

Reassess in 21 days, i.e. on Oct 12 (about 10 days into rads)

Good going Sea Wave.

My day could be better I didn't sleep well last night, and was feeling way behind because of the busy weekend. I needed some alone time. . . So, I decided to skip class. Not the brightest move, but there you have it.

I also think it is entirely possible that I have gone completely off the deep end. I am going to trust that with the help of my counselor, my TOPS group, my friends and family, and you all, that I will continue in the right direction over the winter. I would like a big push next summer then, to reach goal. Since I don't know for sure how strong my knees will be, and if I will ever get further than 5k, I have to look elsewhere, so . . . I have convinced a co-worker to train for a century bike ride with me. Well, if she agrees to the one I found, it will only be 88.something miles, but still. I figure training hard for that, as well as keeping up fitness for sprint tri's and any fun duathlons I find, should be what I need to get over any plateaus, or however you spell it.

So, sanity challenged, here I come.

Have a good night all. May check in again later

1) Daily posting - day 14, 3/3 pauses
2) Only adding salt to tomatoes - day 13, 2/3 pauses
3) measuring portion sizes/calories for 75% of my daily intake - day 12, 1/3 pauses
4) Get at least 7 hours of sleep on non school nights, and at least 6 on school nights - day 0, 3/3 pauses.
For yesterday
Restarting the sleep challenge as of tonight. I still want to try to focus on that.

Have a good day all

Red - Don't give up - you can change the situation, but just a bit at a time.

Jolly - Sanity is sometimes not all it's cracked up to be. It can make you overly cautious and too rational. On the plus side, biking helps to strengthen knees!

Doing not too badly, I think. Sodium continues to be a problem! Things I used to rely on (low cal healthy frozen meals) are very high in sodium, so I have to change things around more than I expected.
1) Menu set/proper food available for tomorrow - 7/21 Days
Actual: done. The med team wants me to increase my protein, though. Need to figure that out.
2) Track my nutrition daily (via SparkPeople) - 7/21 Days
Actual: Done at the hospital, but didn't have a chance to check re: their gym. The med team at the hospital 'strongly cautioned' me to not do too much. Apparently fatigue is cumulative with rads, and they don't want me exhausted by the end. Hmph!

My nice-to-haves:
5) Journalizing or Blogging -
6) 15-min Zone - My living/music rooms are looking better and better!

Reassess in 21 days, i.e. on Oct 12 (about 10 days into rads)

Hey all. Red, for effort. Sea Wave - you crack me up

Me? Rough day. I feel like I need a sponsor. "Hi, my name is Jollygirl, and I am a compulsive overeater." I was craving food porn tonight, really badly. Large quantities of bad stuff. A variety of bad stuff too. Even knowing a) it won't taste as good as I imagine it will, b) I will feel sick, c) I will get acid reflux, which will leave me up all night, and tired, cranky, and asthmatic tomorrow, and d) I will really beat myself up for the choice.

The only thing that kept me in the house and eating as planned was reminding myself I chose not to teeter totter anymore.

I am kind of scared though. If I can't figure out what led me to self medicate my stress with food in the first place (starting all those many years ago), how can I be sure I will stop now? Is just deciding that hey, it was hte best choice a young child could make with what she knew, but now is time to move on enough?

I am not kind of scared. I am terrified!