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Oh and just in this last week I have noticed my tummy going down again so something is going right.
I just want it gone completely! *edit* NOT "gone completely" but you know, whatever is supposed to be "normal size" |
congrats, jasmine! =)
it's really an inspiration to know that some of you are doing well... my week hasn't been good at all, but i'm trying to make it better from here on out. tuesdays are my unofficial first day of the week because i work for a CSA so i get all my veggies on tuesdays and know what i have to work with for the week. |
SOunds good iris! I have found the fewer food choices I have the better!
Lunch: peanut butter and 2 slices ww bread, OR beans, lil cheese and 2 ww (50 cal) tortillas Dinner: chicken, chicken, chicken! hahahahahahahahahahahha Yes, I have lost it! ;) |
Okay so
Sat 1200 (90 minutes walking) Sun 1172 (90 minutes walking) Mon 1743 (90 minutes walking30 minutes bike riding) Tues 1681 (60 minutes walking) = 1449 Average calories for 4 days, not bad right?????????? Why am I feeling guilty over today being 1681? Sheesh!! |
LAdiibug: I have fibrimyalgia too. Isn't it such a weird disease. Mine is usually mot too bad. If I don't take care of myself and get run down I will get those awful body aches (like the flu). I have arthritis in all my joints except my shoulders. I just deal with ti as best as I can. Now that I workout regularly it is actually alot better...almost non-existant!
Today was good. i think calories were about 1500...I got tired of inputing my food and guesstimated the last few items i ate. Exercise today was day 2 of week 5 of C25K. Did well, ran all the intervals except the darned spot on the inside of my left shin was hurting again. Darn it! I want the pain to be over! I did 35 minutes of Tae~bo bootcamp tonight. I am certain I will be sore tomorrow as i easily did over 50 squats! So that puts me at my 60 minutes tonight! Whoo Hoo! Weight this AM was 213, which is still a pound down but I wanna see 212 or even 211 tomorrow! My water has not been the best. Don't understand what is up with that. It used to be drinking water was effortless... Tomorrow is my Off day from exercise in preparation for the 20 MINUTE RUN on Thursday. Tomorrow I will drink, drink, drink, and ice the leg. I don't want that damn wimp on my shoulder again telling me I can not do it! |
melody - just flick the wimp off your shoulder. you can absolutely do it. =)
i'm not safe yet today, but i did avoid my usual wednesday binge triggers, so i'm really happy. i'm set on today being a good day. last night i picked up an issue of Self magazine and there's a one month makeover challenge kind of thing with four options - i'm trying goal #4: run without huffing and puffing. this means today i'm going for a nice easy jog before yoga. cos i'm set on still doing yoga, in fact, i want to do it more often. it makes me feel sooooo good. |
8/22
Today was so good.I'm finally getting my classes in order and I like them all. It's nice being a senior now and actually having classes that I want to be in. The good thing too is that I have a half an hour trip to class and thats because I'm walking. Two miles is cut out by taking the PRT (personal rapid transit for the school) and then the rest is walking to the PRT and then 30 minutes back. I calculated just my walking from apartment to class and around and then back from and it was 9000 steps. Thats not even including afterwards walking around. Another great thing is today I only had 2 classes in the same building tuesdays and thursdays I'll be doing more walking as I have more classes in seperate buildings.
As of yesterday I have been sticking well with my calories (1500-1600) and I've been drinking a lot more water (cause I've been soo thirsty after walking everywhere). Today when I weighed myself I was also down 2 lbs making me at 187. All in all i said it's been a good day |
Originally Posted by Ladiibbug: Seee meeee fly in and out. How lame am I? LOL I didn't work out ONCE last week (thanks to my FIRST ANNIVERSARY- and just being super busy).. but we did work out last night. Hugs all around!! :hug: Love y'all! Michelle |
Rhiglan: Congrats on 2 pounds down! Whoo Hoo! :bravo:
Iris: I LOVE self magazine! SD Gal: Great job on the workout! :cheer: jasmine: Where are you? I am so stressed. I know it is because TOM is coming, but this is ridiculous. My classes began on Monday. I have an education class and a math for teachers class. The first assignment is to do a lesson plan. I don't know why but I am completely stressed out about it. I have just done one lesson plan thus far and now they act like we are suppose to be freaking experts at it or something. That is the problem with online classes, they completely do not give you enough guidance. I also don't have my books yet. I will buy them on friday just in time to do my homework before it is due on Sunday. Gosh I hate being poor! I over ate a little today. I did not count calories today so I don't know my exact numbers. Today was also my off day for exercise. In the morning is the dreaded 20 minute run. I know I can do it. I just gotta get my head in the game and be in it to win it come 6 Am tomorrow morning. I can do this! There can be no doubt! |
Well hello ladies, I have been reading the posts for the last long while, it does not pay to not have a computer at the cottage.
I got home today around 4pm to find out I was locked out, gave my key to my cousin's last weekend, they went home (6 hrs away) and are coming back this weekend to do another show (they make coats faux fur, hats, gloves, purse dividers, poncho's, some really neat stuff) they could not stay due to appts. anyhow, luckily daughter was home and gave me her key, so finally in, have just completed 4 loads of laundry and did a little grocery shopping and showered and my son came by with his new car, so took pic's. Busy night. Welcome to all the newcomers, persistance pays off (I am not always good at it though)! Jasmine has lots to share of different foods and support on the boards is A+, so many new faces, its hard to believe it was just SD Gal and myself for awhile back a couple months ago, so pleased we have so many new faces and input. SD Gal, as of yet my son is not engaged, it is my daughter I am talking about, she has changed her mind and is getting married here, rather than down South. So we have two showers in the works, plus a Stag and Doe, she has her dress, (2) bridesmaids, still have to get there's and we all need shoe's. Tomorrow she is coming over to get dh to help her with printing invites on the computer, she has special paper and he a program for it. So at the moment I am playing the game of "tell me what you need and I will do it" as I think you are aware, my daughter can be a little difficult at times, so this saves the fighting. My son is still dating the not so nice girl, she was telling him tonight as they drove away in his new car, what he was going to put in the console and what he wasn't and if he did put things where she didn't want them, he would not find them there when she returned the car. Nice one aye! And he is paying for the car and the ins. I am leaving it in God's hands as I cannot deal with her. Last time after his birthday I was litterly sick. And now down to the food, I have been doing pretty good, cutting back and trying to do the walking tape every second day, so my knee will permit me to walk, I think I have lost some, but will have to remember to weigh myself tomorrow. Water has been terrible, have to keep plugging away at it, funny as I used to drink water all the time before. Will check in before I leave for the cottage tomorrow evening, have some running around for Dad to do, during the day and am taking my daughter's cat up to the cottage, we will see how her's and mine get along (she is on vacation and going to his time share next week, leaving Sat. Deepest sympathy to the girl who lost her grandmother at 97, my Dad is 95 and still a smart, loving and kind man. I am his only daughter, he has (3) son's. Also sorry to the other girl in the accident, that was awful, glad you were okay. Hope the ins. pays out for your parents. Sorry ladies, read so many posts and forgot to write down names, my apologies. SD Gal, what did you work at before? I went from an office job, to babysitting, big difference in money, but at least I enjoyed the kids. Also is it feisable to go to the gym during the day if hubby is not planning on going at night. I am surprised that cops down there do not get paid very well, my son's girlfriend (believe it or not) is a cop and gets paid extremely well. They should they endanger there lives for us! Have a good day ladies. Sharon S. Jasmine, forgot to take my book with the ww calories with me to the cottage, so will take it this time for sure, then have a better idea of where I am at. Thx. |
I stayed up late last night...well if you can call 11:00 late, looking up 5K races in my area. There is one Nov. 3rd in Lexington I am seriously thinking of doing. There is one in my hometown in a couple weeks, but I am doing the fun walk with my kids, plus I am not in competitive condition yet. There is another in the town I work in later in Sept, but I still don’t feel like i will be ready, and I don’t want people I know to see me struggling along in my first 5 K. So the November one seems ideal. There will also be alot of people in it, so I will not have to worry about coming in last!! So i went to bed with the fact that this morning was the 20 minute, no walking run!!! I woke up at 3:00 AM worried about it! The wimp was already perched firmly on my shoulder...."You can’t RUN for 20 minutes! Are you crazy? You have a cold, and you are sore form Tae-bo and your shin hurts, TOM is coming, and your bloated, and did I mention that you have a cold, and is that a headache I feel coming on?” Darned Wimp! Got back to sleep and a minute later (that’s what it felt like) the alarm went off...5:25. UGH! So I am up at 5:35 and get the kids together and out the door to Mom’s. I hit the pavement at 6:10. The sun wasn’t even up yet!
I walked for 5 minutes. My plan was to run the hill first off so I wouldn’t have to do it tired. But even after walking my 5 minute warm up and stretching...I still did not feel warmed up. So I walked to the top of the hill and started running from there. I always hit a “wall” about 200 yards in. It’s like my body suddenly screams “What the **** are you doing?” and tries to stop me. It even did it to me in High school when I was in excellent shape! But I know to run past the wall and it quickly goes away. I refuse to allow myself to look at the time. I usually check a few minutes in, but I wouldn’t allow myself to check until I had run a full lap on the trail. About half way through the wimp is screaming in my ear. I just ignore her and tell myself..."Run all of this and you will be a real runner!” So I keep going. So I get to the dreaded hill! UGH! So I tell myself, work the hill...you will get up it faster and the pain will be over quicker, which is exactly what I did. It took a minute or two but I conquered the hill! I was feeling a little dizzy at the top, but my mind says “keep going!” So I did. By this point the “wimp” had been successfully left behind. I look at the watch...Please be 10 minutes in...please… I look....9 minutes....UGH!!! I am faster then I think. I will be happy for that one day I presume. So I run on, down the other side, and back around. Look at my watch before I get to the hill again. HOLY COW! I still have 4 minutes left! Since I got dizzy after the first hill run I allowed myself the luxury of turning around and running the flat again and avoiding the hill. (I know I am a wimp!) I finished the 20 minutes and could have danced I was so happy! I know that if I can run 20 minutes without stopping that I can run just about any distance! Plan today: Stay on plan. Work out 25 more minutes after work. Weight is still stuck on 213. It’s TOM doing it to me! I am still averaging a pound loss so I should shut up and be happy I guess. 2 down would have been nice though. I have to work a 10 hour day today. :( Oh well, i will get lots done! Well, I am off to do it. Love to all! |
great job to those of you who have been losing weight and working out and eating well! it's really fantastic to hear! :bravo:
melody i have to laugh about being poor and not having books yet... i'm in the same boat. i decided to go back to school this fall so my classes start on monday and after the tuition bill i am still waiting for another paycheck before i can think about buying books... *sigh*. i was lucky enough (okay, i guess i earned it) to get a full ride for my undergrad studies - this paying for higher education thing is not so nice! also i had a good day yesterday!!!! first in a LOOOOONG time. :carrot: yea that totally deserves a dancing carrot. =) |
iriswhispers:
Originally Posted by : Kids!!! I made them anyways and stuck blueberries in them and avoided the temptation. Rhighlan86: You are doing great! That walking sure adds up!!! Congrats on the weight loss!! SD Gal: Hey sweetie Happy Anniversary! :hug: lodyangel: Originally Posted by : I am doing great with the cals and the walking. The past two days i have not been able to walk my normal 90 though cause of kids schedules and the heat. (I eave at 6:00 and need to be back by 7:00 so eldest dd can catch the bus. But 60 minutes a few days a week is NOT bad. And if I stick to the 90 the other 4 days i will still be in goal range of 2000 + minutes a month. Joey has off days Thursday, fri, and sat, so that is good and I can always walk 90 those days and sundays all the kids are home. So my food has been pretty bang on and the walking is great, I just want this weight to hurry up and leave!!!!! uggghhhhhhhhhh I have been looking up lots of yummy recipes Did you all know the mediterranean and asian diets are some of the healthiest diets on the planet and backed by research too? Well people are trying to revive the sonoma forum and the sonoma is the mediterranean with a diet twist. On the 3fc main page they have a review of a new book I want called mediter~asian. They also have a website and a person from there is on 3fc right now in general diet plans allowing questions etc. I could go on and on but basically I want the book and I do feel it is a much healthier way to live. I think I am going to try to incorporate alot more of that way of cooking. Which is something I have always tried to do anyways, basically more whole foods, no processed foods. Alot more fish. It is just so expensive out here. Wild caught salmon is like $18.00 a lb!!!! MediterrAsian Diet Here is a link to the book review on 3fc! Book Review http://www.mediterrasian.com/delicio...anean_stew.htm There is a video too of that! lodyangel You need to relax huN!!!! *BIG HUGZ* You will get the running done don't worry!! You are doing great!! Canuk4 So glad to hear you are doing okay! I cant wait to see the pics from the wedding. Hopefully son will wisen up soon about that chic. uugghhhhhh lodyangel Originally Posted by : Originally Posted by : Stopeating: I will have to go back later to go thru older post but I remember stop saying you are going to chuck it! Good for you!! At least hide it! I am going to wait a while to get another one once I know I am in control and won't let a scale boss me around. I need to go on my walk so Ill be back later I guess my cals were a little better than I thought tuesday cause the popcorn is allegedly only 15 cals per cup......yesterday I was at 1681 so..not bad!! Sat 1200 (90 minutes walking) Sun 1172 (90 minutes walking) Mon 1743 (90 minutes walking30 minutes bike riding) Tues 1589 (60 minutes walking) Wed 1678 (50 minutes walking) = 7382 cals in 5 days = 1476 Average calories a day. Wheeee!!!! I need to get my butt back on the bike today! I want to aim for 3 x a week! The kids are supposed to be going to dads on sat so i am planning an out to eat that day. I need a treat today though! I have been so good!!! I need pudding or something!!! My face is looking thinner and I am going to try those black pants on again. Everything is looking good. I just wish this could happen faster, ya know? Have a great day everyone! |
Hi Iris! WTG on the great day! Show that body who is boss!!!
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LodyAngel:
:bravo::fr:You did 50 squats?? That is beyond amazing!!! Congrats!:cool: Jasmine31: Re: Tummy Umm, you mean the notorious "stubborn abdominal fat" we hear about on TV all the time? That's supposed to be the "worst" fat, being the most guilty kind of fat when stats are done about overweight/disease. I'll look in Fitness for Dummies and see what it sez about biking/reducing abs. I've got lots of ab fat to lose too. I'm thinkin' sit ups are prob. what I'm gonna have to do :( to work on that area. Will post here about what I find out as the best way to get rid of tummy fat. Confession Time: I totally went off my plan yesterday. I ate a *very large* amount of potato chips. I've been CRAVING carbs - the bad kind - for days and decided to let myself have some. I had a Snickers bar too. 2123 total cals yesterday. OMG. My cal's are creeping up even when I'm being good. 1200 per day just isn't doable for me - I actually get HUNGRY. So I've been 14, 15, 1700 ... Will try to aim for 1400 and see how that works. Still walking ev. other day, very early before the heat hits. Will catch up on posts this weekend. Hope everyone is cooling down a bit and on plan! |
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