Day 20 on my pushups! And i did 12 in a row!!!
Yesterday was day 1 again on my calorie challenge - i only had 1007.
No Lectures! I have a reason why it is so low - i brought soup (campbell's soup-in-hand) in because i knew i was going to be busy - so around 3:30 i went to heat it up, and i looked at the date, and it said December 2004. That is almost a year expired! So then i didn't want to eat it. So i just had a small bag of pretzels for lunch. I didn't get home from work until 9:30 p.m. and i was too tired to eat anything more than a stouffer's microwave lasagna. Just think, if i hadn't had a glass of wine, i would only have had about 850 calories
I am really going to try to do better today. I brought in new, non-expired soup.
IceDragon - way to go on the soda challenge!!
Curlylocks - I am in North Potomac, MD (between Rockville and Gaithersburg).
Red - I really try to understand what you are saying about the calories and not eating enough (i didn't work out yesterday because i knew i didn't eat enough) but i get so unhappy about my weight. A little bit of history - when i was about 26 or 27, i had gotten up to about 170 pounds (i am 5'4"). All of a sudden i dropped down to 127 pounds without really even trying. My mom accused me of being on drugs (I wasn't). I had become a vegetarian, and was just eating a lot less of the crap i had been eating. So now i am 35 - I quit being a vegetarian about 3 years ago because i was in law school and all i was eating was pizza and cheese sandwiches and i had crept back up to fluctuating between 135 and 140. Then, in the last year (after graduation in May 2004), i gradually went up to 145 and then 150. I am so afraid of growing old and fat. I have a slender bone structure, but big hips and a large chest, so I feel that i look like a breeding sow at times. I know i have been slender before, and i want that back, desperately.
(My mom and my sister are both overweight also. My mom doesn't care, but my sister is unhappy as well.)
I try to eat healthy foods, and i try to exercise almost every day. I feel like i should get some positive results to show for it, even if i eat 2000 calories one or two days a week. My average calories for last week were 1581/day and i worked out every day except saturday for 45 minutes.
Okay - done complaining, for now
The weather gets me really down, and it has been gloomy and rainy here. I am trying to cheer up and stick to it. You all inspire me with your challenges and your kind words!
MelodyAM75 , 10-10-2005 07:28 PM
purplerose1964 , 10-10-2005 08:51 PM
vanessa6295 , 10-10-2005 08:52 PM
friendsforfitness , 10-10-2005 10:30 PM
curlylocks , 10-11-2005 06:59 AM
redballoon , 10-11-2005 07:40 AM
Oh well, at least I didn't stray from the challenge. I almost did today. I was at work and that's always a temptation to go out afterward for a drink and I was thinking, I wonder if anyone is going out...and then I remembered! I can't drink any alcohol on this challenge. Wow! I wonder if I could actually forget...probably not, it was just a slip...Well, Day 17 is almost finished and I'm going to bed! Got to the gym again this morning. Hurrah!! Ok, over to you all....
Oh, and thanks for your bio.
You are BACK!! We missed you! I missed you. So glad you're well again or almost totally well. Ok, NO fish pills. Love your challenge. Go for it! You can do it! 
What round is this for you, by the way?
I didn't mean that in any bad way. I just miss not seeing more of you around, that's all. Yes, your work sounds tough. I certainly know about the house falling apart. Since I'm alone, it stays fallen apart! 
So, you're a success with us. Don't keep passing judgment on things. I think you can use this journal to get a hold on the reality of what is going in your mouth, not how good you can be. We know you can be good! It's averaging things out over the long run that is hard. What, by the way, are hot wings and fluff??!?! 
Yes, thanks for your bio as well. If you really want to lose weight, you WILL! We'll stick by you. 
You're doing so well with your challenge! 
About the work, oh, I'm sure they do pay you to talk on the board...I think it's in the fine print.. 
you are a funny one! 
for finishing Day 2. That is awesome knowing as you're such an addict. Good for you! 
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marbleflys , 10-11-2005 11:33 AM
