Susie- When I consistently meet my burn total, it bumps it up a little higher. I know, it's getting tougher.

Yesterday's pizza with my students resulted in a little gain. Well, bak on track today.

Good job with the walking. Keep it up.

We had a company picnic and I was on the planning team and so I was pretty much on my feet the whole day but I forgot to put my pedometer on yesterday so I don't know what my steps were. Oh well.

I didn't make it to TOPS last night for weigh-in so it will be next week until I get the weigh-in number--It seems that numbers are eluding me! ;)

Mindy: "Consistently meet my burn total" that is a great statement! Keep it up.

Susie- It's getting even harder. It just bumped me to 736 now. I have to be moving AND get in a workout to keep hitting that. I did a 4 mile walk/jog today. Got some new shoes. YAY!!! They are my first pair of running shoes.

It's weird. They are super light and I can feel air coming through them. It's cool.

Bought a new book- The Spark. You may have heard of Sparkpeople. I am reading it currently and trying to figure out what they say I should do. Hopefully I will find something that works this summer.

Hi,

It's raining here in Ohio AGAIN! uggggg!! I guess I should be happy that last Friday and Sat were so nice. I got in some nice walks on Friday and Saturday. Friday my steps were 8,435 and on Saturday 9,726. I think the increase on Saturday was the housework that I did.

I still need to hit that 10,000 step goal..but I'm getting there. Today I will start logging my food and calories again. I'm fighting everyday to stay focused but I'm doing it. Right now with all the uncertainity surrounding where I will be working come August 1 is a distraction and I constantly want to comfort myself. I'm trying to do it in other ways than food!

Mindy: I have heard of SPARK people. Have you checked out the website? In fact I keep my food diary on it as well as a "reflection" diary. They send me an email everyday on a topic and then I journal about it. I like the guidence of that topic..it opens me up to write about all differant things.

What brand of running shoes did you buy? LOOK AT YOU!!! Buying running shoes...because you ARE A RUNNER! I'm so proud of you!

Where is EVERYONE? Mindy and I are missing you here!

Who watched BL last night? I can't believe that Michael and Ashley are in the top 3 for sure! Who would have thought that? But I think it is awesome.

I haven't been motivated this week to workout at all...it's so wet, damp, cloudy here...but I hear the sun is coming out this afternoon and then it's sunshine on tap for days. Looking forward to feeling a bit more "sunnier".

Accomplished Wednesday's Goal
 

After watching the BL on Tuesday night I felt like something was speaking directly to me. It was saying "Susie, now or never" now or never make that change". I told my husband that I was tired of trying I was going to start DOING!

The first thing that I decided to do was to tackle my "eating for comfort" habit that I have been in for a long while now.

So, I packed snacks, like grapes, apples, carrots and such to put in the mini-fridge in our office, so when I felt like I just needed to eat something I would go for those instead. Also, I set a rule for myself, wait 20 min and then if I still felt I needed to eat something, I could eat my planned snack.

So, yesterday...I heard it..."I want a Peppermint Patti" and I said no, waited the 20 min and said no some more during that time. I did have a piece of cheese and some grapes after the 20 min were up. I was really proud of myself because I accomplished what I set out to do...and TODAY I am doing it again! Once I get this comfort eating signal under control to where I manage it without really even thinking about it, I will find another behavior to change so that I continue to move on this weight-loss journey.

In the meantime I'm walking, walking, walking and I have set up a weight room schedule for June so I can get back in there routinely.

How's everyone else doing?

Susie- good for you. Getting started in the right direction is half the battle. Sounds like you are headed that way. Keep walking....and eating those grapes. Sorry peppermint patty!!

I am going to hit 1600 calories everyday for a month. Kelly bet me I can't do it for a week. I am fearing gaining weight, but we shall see. Scale just doesn't want to move down at all. Gotta try something.

I've got my walks in for the weekend and I feel great that I did them. I find that when I workout I don't want to snack or overeat...don't want to undo what I have worked hard for.

I took a vacation day tomorrow; I'm looking forward to a day off...at home with nothing scheduled. I do plan on getting my home office organized.

Mindy: Have you started the challenge from Kelly yet? How are you doing?

HELLO?!! Where is everyone? I really miss you all!

I have been doing pretty well with my food and exercise. I got a bit off track on Monday but not to badly and I just got back on.

Who watched BL last night? I thought they all looked amazing and I was so happy for Michael...he and Darius really turned out to be babes! Of course Sam was very HOT!!!

I hope everyone has a good day and I hope to see posts from Ward, Kelly, SCraver and Mindy soon!

It's going to be a challenge for me to get my 2 mile walk in today--I have a program I need to be at tonight, so I'm going to be sure I get out of work on time and hit the pavement as soon as I get home. I must take care of me first! That is my mantra for today.

Susie- Good Mantra!!! You are doing great getting those walks in. Keep it up.

I did 50 min walk/jog today. I did no workout last night. My Gruve didn't even hit blue, let alone green. That's okay. My goal is getting a little too high. I have been sticking to at least 1600 cals for over a week now. I am determined to stick with it for a month and see what happens.

Those of you out there lurking....at least stop in and say hi.

HI. How's the challenge going Mindy??

Hi! I'm excited for a 3 day weekend. It's a little rough at work today..the first wave of lay-offs are happening. It's sad to see the business dismantled and friends leaving. We have all worked so hard together over the years.

I have good news about my weigh-in last night. I lost! It was small but a loss...that's two weeks in row for a loss and I'm happy with that. It's progress.

What is everyone doing this weekend?

Hi. How did everyone do over the weekend? We had a lot of "food events" but I kept on plan..and I got up Sat, Sun and Monday and got my walk in before attending them. I wish I could workout every morning--doing so seems to help keep me on plan.

Susie- Sounds like you are sticking with that walking. Good for you. Keep it up and I'm sure some pounds will come off.

I am still eating 1600 cal/day...even though I am up to 182.6 today. I feel like a fat, bloated whale today. TOM finally started today, so maybe that will help. I actually ran 3 miles straight today. I might not be losing weight, but I can run.

Hi--I made it back to the weight-room last night. It felt good to start strength training again. I also made it back to Zumba on Tuesday and I'm still doing my daily 2 mile walks. I will increase that in the next few weeks.

I have my TOPS weigh-in tonight. I hope the scales show something for my efforts.

Mindy: Look at you running 3 miles! I think you will see good numbers now that TOM is here.