I took James to work this morning (didn't fall down the steps today...that is an accomplishment!), then I went to the credit union, then to Curves, where I did a full workout. I feel much better now for working out!

Small group comes tonight. I am not sure what I will fix. I have some chicken breasts I need to use up and some green beans, so it will probably include those two things! :)

Breakfast this morning was ww waffles drizzled with agave and sausage. I had hot tea to drink. I am finding that avoiding milk products really seems to help my digestive system.

I need to go make my bed, and clean up a bit. Shame on me for not making it first thing this morning.

JACK: Yep, three naps...and I still slept well last night. I think the weekend was catching up with me. :) My hubby did not give me anything at all for Valentine's day. James on the other hand, bought me a set of artistic magnetic poetry. Those are those little words you can put on the fridge to make sentences out of. He got himself a genius set...we spent a long time playing with them on the fridge last night. I tried to put away the suggestive words, like turgid, hard, stroke...but I saw this morning they were back up on the fridge. This is going to be VERY interesting.....

WOOD: How sweet of you hubby to get you flowers and all. I noticed your post on the other thread, and read it. No problem! How DO you stay on the treadmill so long? 30 minutes bores me to death!

I forgot to post my food!
egg, bacon, cheese on whole grain toast(1 slice)
orange/apple
peanuts
carb control yogurt
will probably warm up the leftover scampi from last night, DH has a meeting tonight for his community theater group.(I will walk!)

Jack-K: Cape Cod is beautiful! I love to go there when I can. I like to go camping, so that way it isn't expensive. DH wants to get a weekly rental this time, and depending on where you are and how big the place is - it's looking reasonable. I'm hoping we can get a couple to go with us and split the cost, but if not, that's OK too. I've become very focused on my exercise. It's like a light went off "burn more calories!" :)

Monet: We have the treadmill in front of the big tv. I put on headphones and watch whatever shows I've recorded. 75 mins = 2-1 hr shows, 43 mins = 1 1 hr show. I always fast forward thru the commercials. It makes it much easier to walk that way. Sometimes I'll take a quick break between shows to refill my water or move laundry around. I'm just hoping that all this exercise helps me drop the rest of this weight in a fairly timely fashion!

Barbara

WOOD: Even if you don't drop all the weight, you will feel more energetic and be healthier from the exercise, so go for it! If you DON'T lose, try upping your calories, or reducing your workouts. You CAN over train....

Monet, who-Hoo, you made it to Curves. Does anyone else ever cook for these groups?

Barbara, You should be nice and toned even if the pounds aren't dropping. I'm not into camping. Holiday Inn is my idea of camping. It is more fun to go with another couple too. i ususally put CMT on the TV and crank it up really loud and go at it. But I seem to watch the time and mileage more than I should.

Have a great evening all.

Hi all. Sorry I havnt been around for a few days. I have been sick as a dog now for three days and not getting any better as of yet. I really hate this cause I never get this sick. I cant even remember the last time I was like this, so Ive tried to be strong and work the past two days and I think Im just making it worse. So I may just stay home tomorrow and rest all day long.
Ill be back nice and strong soon. :)

Where has the day gone?! I've been a lazy toad today. I did to much yesterday so didn't feel so hot today, so I only did my treadmill today and didn't go to the gym. I'll try and do hand weights yet today. I couldn't believe DH brought me a heart filled with chocolates for valentines day. EEEEkkkkk. So they're sitting there with a big red bow on. I can't get rid of them cause I don't want to hurt his feelings. I'll just have to use it as a reminder of my old eating habits. And STAY out of that box. Hope we all have a good WIW. B- ww bagel with peanut butter, juice L- some leftover roast S- almonds, dried apricots D- salmon, vegetable and salad.

Monet: I used to do 3 strength training sessions a week, but dropped to 2, my body likes it better. And I think I'm eating enough. I need to add triscuits and cheddar to my food for the day, and I somehow managed to forget my apple. But I don't walk very fast on the tm, usually between 2.6-3.0. I'll probably do at least 30 mins tonight, I'll see how ambitious I feel....

I decided to make bbq chicken breasts for dinner. Easy...just cut the huge chicken boobs from Costco in half and dump a bottle of Whole Foods BBQ sauce over them, and throw it in the oven. I will let you know how it tastes. :) I am also making brown rice and green beans.

I had a lazy day, like Toni! I can't remember what I did besides go to Curves. :o
Ok, are ya'all ready for this? I wasn't! My daughter comes in to my room this afternoon, and tells me that she owes me $40! Now I know what she is talking about, but I totally forgot. She actually knew I had, but decided to be honest. So, she went to Whole Foods and got me milk and butter, then gave me a check for the balance! I am in shock! :faint:


JACK: Not usually...though one week two guys cooked. They melted my plastic turning tool holder, and one of the burner controls, so I think I would rather cook myself! I think I need a vacation though. I just am NOT into doing this tonight. I would much rather chill....

We are leaving for Scottsdale tomorrow afternoon, so this probably will be my last post for this week. We get back late Sunday afternoon. My DH has a seminar out there, so I'm going along for the ride.

The kids came over tonight and cooked dinner (steaks, creamed spinach, salad, cheesecake). It was fun and a lot easier than going out. They even cleaned up the kitchen. The funniest thing that happened today was a phone call from the 3 guys that work at the small gym where I work out. They called and all 3 sand Happy Birthday. It was funny!!

Got 13000+ steps in today. Ever since I got my new ped-o it is really easy to rack up the steps. I don't think my old one was counting all my steps, and I think this one adds a couple of steps to every 100 I take. So for 13000 steps, that would be 260 steps that it added. I figure I walk about that much before I put my ped-o on in the morning.

Gotta go pack. My French test was OK. Not sure how I did. The prof is disorganized. He wrote the quiz in class while we all sat there, and then he called out 15 words and we had to indicate what kind of syllable vowel sound it was. Believe me, I am not finding it easy. I'll miss Thursday's class, and have a big test in there on Tuesday. Guess I'll study on the plane.

Take care and have a good SB rest of the week.

Good WIW!
 

Well, I officially HATE the metal monster! All that exercise and the darn thing didn't budge an ounce!! What kind of incentive is that??! Oh well, guess I'll keep plugging along. Hopefully something will change soon, it's sort of depressing to be stuck for months....
todays food:
apple/orange
egg, bacon, cheese on whole grain toast(1 slice)
1/2 pb sandwich on whole grain
triscuits and cheese
not sure about dinner yet...it's bowling night
Will probably walk for 30 mins when I get home this afternoon

I hope that everyone else is doing better than I am!

Barbara
Poughkeepsie, NY

Good morning all. Well I stayed the same this week. Which I'll gladly take because I had a big loss last week and I usually don't do well after a big loss. I'm hanging in there with the old treadmill. I hope I keep it up. I have to just take one day at a time.

Woodfrogs- Hopefully next week on that dang scale will be better for us! You sure do allot of great exercise!!

Gatorgal- Belated Happy Birthday. What a nice thing for your kids to do. It would be a treat for someone else to cook your dinner...

Monet- How was the chicken? Barbeque sounds so good to me...

Cindy- I hope you're feeling better.... Rest loads and drink lots of water....

Jack-K- A big howdy to you.....

B-peanut butter bagel L- Left over spraggetti and a salad D- Salmon, veg. and a salad. S- apple, a few mixed nuts.....

Just a quickie before I run off to my meeting.

Dinner with my sister was nice. Her DD and her kids came along too so it was nice. I did manage to get in 23 minutes of wts and 1 mile onthe TM. I had planned to skip the TM but thought I needed it. The scale was up 1 pound today. Oh well. Keep on trucking.

Cindy, sure hope you are feeling better. Get some rest, that should help.

Toni, do men have half a brain? Pass out the chocolates to your family/friends secretively.

Monet, how do you find sf BBQ sauce? I have only found one, Low Carb.I know what you mean about the money and kids. I picked up something for my DD and she asked me how much it was. I told her and out the door she went. I'll never see that money. Oh well.

Gator, have a nice trip. I'm sure you did better on your test than you think. Glad you had a nice birthday dinner. It was great that they cleaned up too.

Barbara, Even though you didn't lose pounds you are probably losing inches with all that exercise. Something has to be happening. Hang in there.

Got to run. Be back later.

I was up two this morning on the metal monster. Kind of ruined my day. I feel rather hopeless about getting any weight off. It seems to keep creeping up no matter what I do.

Breakfast this morning was two sausage patties, and two ww waffles (Publix brand) with agave. I am drinking hot tea.

I may not go to Curves this morning. I really just feel like crawling back in bed. I have a friend coming over at 1 for 'coffee' though it may be tea, since I am trying not to have any milk products for a while. Hopefully she won't mind...she usually doesn't.

I need to go yell at James. I have been trying to get him up for over an hour....he is going to be late for work---AGAIN. sheesh....

JACK: I used the organic citrus Chipolte BBQ sauce from Whole Foods. It was 4 g. of sugar per serving, which is better than most. It was spicy hot too...but not overbearing. I tried to not eat much of the sauce....