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#31

ktgk , 06-11-2006 02:57 PM

I got it all in except the first challenge today--I ate an entire ....ugh. This is my toughest challenge...

oh well...tomorrow´s another day.

--Katherine

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#32

Sushi Penguin , 06-11-2006 08:32 PM

Hello again
It's Monday here, and I can't believe how fast last week went by! Today is public holiday, so it makes the day feel like a weekend day, which only reinforces this impression that it's still last week, and not a new week already!

Red, strangely enough the bruising doesn't hurt! It did hurt a lot just after, but that was before the bruise appeared! It looks horrible though - huge, black... I only slid 2 or 3 steps at the most, but it was the fall that caused the bruise - I totally lost my footing and nearly went airborne before crashing to the ground. I'm sort of rejoicing though - I always have tons of bruises and never know where they came from, but this time I do!

Challenges going good.
I'm on Day 8 with "no chocolate", "no cheddars" and with keeping a food diary. "No food after 7 pm" on Day 5.

I'm not too sure where I am with exercise though... I feel I need to make a more genuine committment here... something specific, as opposed to "anything goes." That approach was supposed to help me get moving again, and it sort of worked, but I feel I need more. I am going to walk lots, and go to my yoga classes no matter whether I'm on a 21-day exercise challenge or not, just because I enjoy those activities. Time to start doing something more challenging again. It's been weeks since my last run - I got derailed because of my temp job, and since then I've been wanting to run again, but some weird fear has been stopping me... I need to push myself some, so I think I'll be starting a new exercise challenge. Especially since the bruise on my bum really doesn't get in the way of activity!

I didn't keep up with getting up, so I think I'll re-start this one. Day 1 today, and I woke up before 8 am! I did stay in bed for nearly half an hour, but that was just to keep warm and there was no danger of falling asleep. It's winter in Australia, and I'm in Australia's coldest part. This itself doesn't make it that much more difficult to get up. The bigger problem is that my boyfriend's family has a strange habit of having the heating on all day and turning it off for the night - totally opposite of what I'm used to... and while the heating does get turned on as soon as someone gets up, our room takes a while to warm up. So our room is really cold in the morning. Add to that the fact that there is no heating in the bathroom at all (don't ask me why, I don't understand it myself...) and you get the picture... which might help to explain why I'm reluctant to go for a run outside only minutes after warming up somewhat...

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#33

Shad , 06-11-2006 09:23 PM

ooooh now now Carla - they can't help being young and impressionable. They are brainwashed by the ad agencies.

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#34

carla49 , 06-11-2006 11:38 PM

Not my fault either - my poor brain is as wrinkled and lumpy as the rest of me, and doesn't always fire on all cylinders. But I'll behave from now on. No more fantasies of Monty Python's roving gangs of grannies causing terror in the streets... Wouldn't want to have Red ban me from the thread forever for conduct unbecoming!

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#35

redballoon , 06-12-2006 07:36 AM

12 down and 9 to go!
Day 12 is done! Only 9 to go! No time to post. Hello to all! carla, Shad, good to see you! Sushi, kt! Hello! Good luck and come in and post please!! I'll be back to spend more time with ya!

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#36

Rebeca , 06-12-2006 09:53 AM

Good Morning ALL-
I stay away from my computer during the weekends so I actually get things done! I also went dancing this weekend, DH didnt want to go so just went all by myself and had a great time! On saturday my legs were hutting so bad (dancing in high heels bad idea) so I went swimming isntead (again all alone)!

You guyz are doing so good! I cant believe it! 21 days is almost here...we can do it!

Red- good luck on your writing...Do you do it as a hobbie or are you a writer?... Sorry but I know brazil is going Hexa this year (coming from a brazilian of course!) About the dancing, all you gotta do is to picture that you are alone and let it go, most people look too funny dancing (includes me) and that is the main reason why the lights are out! (:P) DH also needs a few drinks but I just act like a lunatic and he gets over it! Dancing is a great passion of mine, is the only time that I forget about everything and concentrate on nothing but me! You dont need any lessons, just do it!

1) Exercise daily (at least 20 min) 18 days done! LEVEL 1
2) Drink 64oz of water (at least) 18 days done! LEVEL 1

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#37

princessmtkg , 06-12-2006 11:29 AM

Hey everyone...I hope you will let me back in. I am sorry I have been missing. I just had so many irons in the fires and I needed to put a few of them out. If you will have me, I am ready for support and to give it as well. I am doing well with my water, portion control, low carbs, no sweets, and postive thinking on the food end. (nothing tastes as good as thin feels). However, I have backslid on my excersise and with my PCOS and IR that is going to be the biggest key for me. I have lost 10 since I started with you ladies and then I have not lost any more. So....my challenge
1. excersize daily
2. maintain my water
3. journal
Let me catch up with you all and I can return the support.
thanks
Lori

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#38

redballoon , 06-12-2006 05:52 PM

starting Day 13 on crunches, Day 1 on journaling...
Good morning all. Just up, later than usual. Less sleep last night because the people who live above me were making noise watching the World Cup match with Japan against Australia. I didn't feel like watching it. Never have gotten into soccer. It's much too frenetic and just too go, go, go! I guess that's easy to understand coming from someone who resembles a bump on a log, but oh well! .... No, really, I just hate the yelling and alcohol-fueled antics. Just seems so ridiculous. People who barely talk normally suddenly start screaming and jumping around...no thank you. Anyhow, Japan lost to the Aussies 3-1. Congrats Down Under!

Ok, I'm starting another challenge...see my response to princess below...

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princess -- Of course you can come back into the fold. Unless you'd been acting up, misbehaving or being a pain, you're always welcome!! We need some action around here. Look at you, losing 10 lbs! That is wonderful!! My weight crept up to around 75 kg, but I'm knocking it off. Problem is, it's the same few kilos I keep taking off and gaining back and what I really want to do is get way down! I was thinking about it yesterday. It's not so much the going out drinking or the lack of exercise at times, it's simply that overall, my level of exercise, drastically less than it used to be simply because I don't have much free time, is just not going to be enough for what I eat. I simply have to reduce the amount of calories that go into my mouth. Period! That's the bottom line. Now, that is hard for me because I have a great appetite, but I think more so, it's just habit. I have an appetite for the wrong foods! Still, the past week I have been getting good stuff into me and that has definitely helped. Right now, pms is bloating me and making me feel really down but I know it's chemically induced, not beautiful, bright, happy me!! Ha! I will prevail! So, to welcome you back, princess, I am going to kick off another challenge today, total journaling! Everything I eat and every move I make (ok, summarized) is going in to the journal. No more letting it slide. I've GOT to keep watch. So, good luck princess. I will join you!

Rebeca -- I miss you on your weekends. It's nice to have a positive force around and that you are! Great on the dancing. What energy! And swimming on top of that. You just go out and do it, don't you? Excellent work! Yes, I write for money...but the present story is a wash and it is weighing heavily on my mind, simply because I am in a fog and not getting anywhere. I should have had this done weeks ago...oh well, today's the last push. Tomorrow's the wrap. I'm getting right ticked because it's screwing up the rest of my days. I'm afraid the "just do it" advice isn't going to work with me on dancing. Sure, I do just do it sometimes but it's a joke. You can do it because you are obviously a natural. I am not. And in Japan, the lights are never out. Well, not the places I go to. The other problem is that the Japanese are very poor dancers and I feel more self-conscious. Wish I had some good role models. Oh well, I actually would like to learn steps and such, not just jumping around and not the sexy stuff because that's not me. Anyhow, dancing is not me at all and I guess that's why I look longingly at it. I suppose singing would be more attainable than dancing for me, something I can't do either. Anyhow, yes, you are almost there! That is fantastic and you have been exemplary in your work! So, is Brazil going to win the World Cup again this time?

carla -- Have you found that oomph that you had stolen? Brains are wrinkled and lumpy from the start and I don't want to hear any excuses out of you! I kind of like the idea of roving grannies terrorizing the streets but no, that won't do either! Of course, it would be good exercise!

Shad -- It takes quite a cut to get carla in here so let her have her little say. We welcome it, well, I do for one! So, were you out celebrating last night in your adopted home or did you stay away? We had two TV channels calling us at the paper yesterday from Oz, well, the same one, abc in Sydney and Melbourne. They wanted someone to talk to about the upcoming match. Well, I even found someone for the woman I was talking to who was willing to do it and then she never got back to me. The ingrate! Are you big into soccer? I much prefer rugby. I guess Aussies are more into Aussie football or cricket, right? This is Australia's first World Cup, isn't it?

ktgk -- How's it going? I don't want to hear you eating those things! Cut it out, right now!

sweet pea -- Are you still sulking? Get back in here and stick to your challenge! Which was, by the way, what? Was it the non-bingeing? And, I wanted to ask you, just how do you define bingeing? I have a sneaking suspicion (do suspicions do anything other than sneak?) that what you call bingeing may be what I call just eating!

Sushi -- Good going with the challenges. Glad to hear you are keeping with them and as for the exercise, yes, I know how having something specific can really help. But, still, even though the challenge is for 21 days straight here every day, you can always tell us about your other efforts. As long as you're doing other challenges.... I'm glad to hear the bruising doesn't hurt. Do you get enough Vitamin C? Bruising is often a sign of a lack. Then again, some people are just thin skinned! I hear you on the heat. It's hard for me to get out of bed too in the winter because it is so cold. I only have space heaters. Which is an idea, how about getting a space heater for your room and then timing that to turn on about a half hour before you want to get up, or just hopping out of bed to switch it on and then getting back in until the room warms up. I can't stand sleeping in a warm room, but getting up in a cold room isn't much fun either!

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#39

sweet_pea , 06-12-2006 09:48 PM

my challenge is on my signature see... look below

i'm just jogging along quietly achieving my challenge. day 14 achieved no rest days. i'm packing to move house and a zillion other things.

red i very much doubt that my binges are your ordinary eating. my bingeing is more than 3,000 calories in a day sometimes as much as 5,000 calories. if you do that every day you really ARE a balloon

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#40

redballoon , 06-13-2006 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by sweet_pea
red i very much doubt that my binges are your ordinary eating. my bingeing is more than 3,000 calories in a day sometimes as much as 5,000 calories. if you do that every day you really ARE a balloon

sweet! You are too funny! I think I'm going to burst!

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#41

Sushi Penguin , 06-13-2006 06:21 AM

Hey hey ho

Okay - Day 9 with "no chocolate", "no cheddars" and with keeping a food diary and Day 6 with "no food after 7 pm" being wrapped up. Went for a run today, so that's Day 1 on exercise.

Getting up hasn't moved ahead, I just couldn't wake up this morning, and got up VERY late. Still, instead of restarting, I'm counting this as a pause day. Day 2 tomorrow! It might be silly to take a pause day this early, but maybe this will give me some kind of kick - at this rate, I'm not likely to get past Day 5 with constant restarting... And I do have 3 pause days total for this challenge. And I will want to finish it even if I have just one pause day left, and that might just get me out of bed. Carrot and a stick!

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#42

MyOwnSaboteur , 06-13-2006 08:39 AM

I'm Back
Hi ladies,

Nice to see so many responses!!

Thanks to those of you who expressed sympathy to my situation. I have decided to come back as I think I need something else to concentrate on other than my fathers failing health. He is holding up so far and we are waiting for him to get an appointment with his heart specialist, the doctor is going to set it up and we are STILL waiting to hear from him.

Well needless to say I am back to square one with the challenge of crunchies hopefully I will make it through this time!!

Have a good day everyone.

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#43

redballoon , 06-13-2006 08:59 AM

8 to crunch! 20 to journal!
Day 13 on crunches is done! Day 1 on journaling is done!

MyOwn, good to see you! 　Sushi! You are rockin'!! sweet pea, glad you're still going strong! Later all!

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#44

Rebeca , 06-13-2006 10:01 AM

Yesterday I screwed up with the storms around here I did not get any exercise! I will take it as a pause day and if I screw up again I am starting all over again!
1) Exercise daily (at least 20 min) 18 days done!
2) Drink 64oz of water (at least) 18 days done! (Level 1)

Red- Living in Japan must be a great experience!!! About the singing, i love singing but if I have to sing for a living I will go HUNGRY! You are so motivated and energetic that is just contagious! I am very thankful for that 'cause if it wasnt for your kick in my behind sometimes i wouldnt be trying so hard! What kind of writing do you do??? I love reading but writing is not my forte! I am not very creative that way, but sometimes i read three or four books at a time and even get the stories confused! I try very hard to exercise and sometimes I will do with little sleep just to get it out of the way! I work full time and also go to college (right now is summer but I am getting my Math out of the way) so my days are 12-16hours long! DH doesnt get home until 2am and sometimes i even wait for him... We (women) have to learn how to put ourselves as a priority and ALWAYS #1 in our daily agendas!

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#45

MyOwnSaboteur , 06-13-2006 10:23 AM

Day 1 crunching down and 20 to go!!

Red you are doing fantastic, truly inspirational

Rebeca, you are also doing fantastic keep up the great work, wish I could go out dancing with you for I loooooove to dance!!

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