Here's an update Shopping with my sisters went very well lots of fun! When I returned home my elliptical was broken. Some of my childrens friends were horsing around on it. They said they were sorry. What can you do? I asked if they got hurt they didn't so I cleaned and played catchup with laundry.
I pickuped a sugar free pumpkin pie. I ate two pieces of it. Then a few hours later I was violently ill and I had terrible stabbing pains in my belly. This went on for over an hour. Then I was just left with the stabbing pains which finnally dulled at shortly after 2 am and was able to fall asleep. I woke this morning and even right now my stomach is very sore. I honestly think they should put warning lables on some of these sugar free product and how they can effect a person. I have NEVER felt so much pain and I've given birth twice! Well I'm off to lay down just wanted to check in. P.S. The rest of that Pie is in the garbage I'll call the Wally World later and let them know what I think of this product!!! Please BEWARE!!!

At the end of today it will only be seven days to go to get over this challenge. It was so slow and painful at the beginning but now seems to be speeding past. I need to start thinking of another to get me to the Christmas break. This one will be different. I'm becoming bored with the lo cal, water, exercise one - they are habits now more or less. Or maybe I will limit it to water which is the worst of my bad habits.

Finished yesterdays crunches and abs and even added a couple of new exercises to do with them. Still only doing 10x20 but adding variety - sort of.

Last night was a pain on the trains. There was a signal failure somewhere down on our line and we got stuck for long periods of time at various stations. Took 2 hours to get home. No matter how grumpy you get about it, there is not much to do for it and you hope that there is someone on the train who can provide some entertainment. Well yesterdays was a policeman. He told some of the school kids where to go and how to get there and organised the crowds so that they didn't all stand around the doors getting in each others way. He had kids going in all directions. Sorted out where they were getting off and putting them further up the carriage so the rest of us could get on and off the train. Some drunk in the far corner kept us entertained ?!#$%??? with a monologue running down the various races, nationalities and their lurks and quirks. I was waiting for an argument to develop but it didn't happen. Such is life.

Mez - I always knew there was a reason why I don't eat sugar substitutes and butter substitutes etc. Poor tummy, poor you. Get well soon.

Fish - a wonderful meal without wine is not a wonderful meal. Enjoy your pause day. I presume Thanksgiving must be Thursday in the States??!!! Which means no 3fc site on Friday for us. Sushi is on the menu for lunch today. I haven't had any since I came back from Japan. I was going to make some myself but forgot overnight. So today I buy it. There is a sushi bar 1 block over in the Myers Centre.

No exercise day today - except for the aforementioned abs. It was so nice to get up this morning and potter around picking up a few things, hanging out some washing, doing whatever - escept that I couldn't find anything for lunch so hence the buy lunch today. Silly me.

Morning to Red, Sushi, Stage, Carla, Betty, Fluff, Curly and Derry. I've run out of time. Work calls. But at least it is Thursday. Gotta love that - I've got Friday on my mind now.

1 hr of circuit training..

No Soda- 10 Days
Abs- 5 Days



For 4 day weekends!!! I'm so glad that school is over, and I'm home, I've worked out, and now I have my jammies on!!

Four days of only getting up early if I want to, not because I have to.

Have a very, very, everyone!!!

I'm trying to figure out what day I'm on, seems I haven't posted for a while. I think I should be on day 8, but I had to take a pause day. So day 7 done. I have to try really hard to remember my challenge tomorrow and Fri, because I only have 1 more pause! Sorry I haven't been much support lately but I've been really busy with family. Take care everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

No Soda- 10 Days
Abs- 6 Days

Today is going to be a bit more challenging on the no soda!

Just quickly...
Day 8 - run 0 to 4 mins 32 sec, walk 4'32" to 6'27" and run 6'27" to 7'30" - so total time ran is just over 6 min. I couldn't do more than that because of a full tummy and because of having played badminton just before. I was too puffed!

More later, I'm about to start work

Well it is really very nearly afternoon - and it is Friday - yeehaa. Day 14 fizzled out with a whimper.

Food was not the best - in that there wasn't a lot of it and it wasn't structured, but it was in the calorific range so I won't complain.

Water - again okay.

Exercise - day off that and I completed the abs and crunches set by our beloved leader

I'm tired for some reason this week. Must be the weather - drizzly rain, cooler temps, higher humidity etc.etc.etc. Then again, I've been doing work in the evenings, so maybe the sleep has been in short supply as well.

Anyway - better go do some work. Back later

For some reason I thought the site was supposed to be shut down today - what a surprise to find even a few posts!

Stage, already on days 10 and 6 - it really seems to be adding up fast. I hope you squeezed thru today without soda, but if not remember you get one pause day during your first challenge so all is not lost.

Apple, I hope you too made it thru Thanksgiving all right. I think the US version of the holiday is even more food excessive than Canada's, which is a very scary concept.

Sushi, when I first read your post I couldn't figure why you were telling us you had walked 4 feet 32 inches etc. But I did finally get it. I must be a little slower than usual what with food deprivation and all.

Shad, you sound a little low. It must be the void left by Red's temporary absence. Let's hope she's enjoying the races and not just work, work, work. But you did get through Day14 AND your abs/crunch work! So here's a little virtual on me to chase the blahs away.

Today was Day 14 of my DETOX challenge. Also the first day of the new WL Clinic diet, which is basically food exchanges to add up to a total of about 1200 cal. Normally I'd find that much too low, but of course it's fairly strict and doesn't allow for those fun things that add up so quickly. No more home fries or bacon or entire rows of arrowroot cookies... Saturday is a party I have to go to, which will be quite a challenge. Lashings of wine and good food, all of it on the taboo list. I think I'll eat beforehand and just drink soda water and go home early. I'd really like to get through the first week of this program right on target, in the hopes of a nice encouraging result to help thru the holidays.

Our first snowstorm today, lots of idiots sliding off the road and bending each other's fenders. I didn't need to do any rush hour driving, and I'm pretty careful, so no problem here. It does look pretty though, and if it sticks maybe soon the cross-country trails will be groomed and ready for me to try again.

Red, if you're lurking out there, take care of yourself.

Mez, is your elliptical kaput for ever, or repairable?

No exercise at all - there's still a vague hope of a walk before bed, but today was a bit draining emotionally, and I'm totally pooped, so.... ta ta for now.

I made it through today with no soda! So my stats are:

No Soda- 11 Days

Abs 6 Days

Food - Okay
Exercise - Okay
Water - at the minimum
Abs/ Crunches done.

Day 15 is a wrap.

Carla, the site was shut, but not for very long. I was very surprised to get up this morning and find the site back again. Whatever they did didn't take to long at all.
I'm not really low, but thanks for caring anyway. I have a few things on my mind with work and contracts. My contract is due to run out in January. I really don't want to renew it, but..... I would like to stay in Brisbane a while longer and the new work coming in is from out of State - not only out of State but way into the wop wop. Sort of Baffin Island but with heat! I think my problem is the Christmas time warp that sets in around here about now. Everything and everyone seems to focus on that one day. I hate the muzak in the shops. Thank heaven the huge majority of my shopping is done. I hate the frenzy to spend, spend, spend. Still not my problem. I have the willpower to say no. I hope the WL Clinic diet does it for you. A few victories over the scale and the tape measure will mean a lot to you. Good luck with the program over the weekend. If you are a bit worried about the party, would you not be better to start the program on Sunday. Just be careful on Saturday with food and drink.

Stage - going well. Keep it up.

Weekend is here for us. Red will be busy with the Japan Cup breaking news. Go Red. I predict a horse will win the race!!!! And yes I have done my crunchies for tonight. Will the pain ever ease???

Okay, gotta move along. I think an early night with a book might be the go.

Today is Friday, and the start of day 11. Wednesday was day 10, and yesterday, Thursday, was American thanksgiving, and a pause day for me. It was not as horrible as I had anticipated. My downfall was, of course, the wine and the desserts, but I ate only 2070 total, which I will be able to easily burn off.

We got about 1/2 inch of snow Wednesday night. It is all gone now, but the puppy loved it. She was racing around on the deck, sliding in the snow. The older dog loves snow too, but he likes it when it is deeper and he can jam his head down into it looking for poor defenseless bunnies and squirrels. Not that he has ever found any, but i suppose he figures if he doesn't look, he will never find any

I will talk to everyone later! have a great weekend.

Just checking in. No ab work yet today. DH and I got up early(5am!) and went shopping. Now we are back home, and have dd's birthday party this afternoon. It is a wet, yucky, miserable day outside!

No Soda 11 Days
Abs 6 Days

I'm trying to come up with a good way to log my stats
I was taught in school that the sign for minute is ' and for seconds " - that's how you log times in sports. Not my fault that it's the same for feet and inches, I never used those!

Stats
Days 1 to 5: no stats kept
Day 6 - 11 mins 30 sec with 2 breaks; 8 mins 14 seconds running, first break at 3 min 41 sec
free day (migraine)
Day 7 - 15 mins 4 seconds with 2 breaks; 11 min 20 sec running, first break at 4 min 30 sec
Day 8 - run 0 to 4 mins 32 sec, walk 4'32" to 6'27" and run 6'27" to 7'30" - so total time ran 5 min 35 sec (not over 6 as I posted before)
Day 9 - run to 3'47", walk to 6'40", run to 9'56", walk to 12'22", run to 13'52" so total time ran is 8 minutes 33 seconds

Over the next few days I'm going to try to run a bit longer after the second beak.

I'm annoyed right now! I want to be able to go do my ab work and people won't leave my house. My brother and SIL are still hanging around!