Lucia...Great going on the exercise and journalling! I'm proud of you! One day at a time...that's the way!
Elisha...Hey, whatever it takes to motivate us, huh? Those darned scales anyway!
Jaymi...sounds like you are plugging along, doing what you need to do! Great job on the losses!
OK, so my day for yesterday. I am going to write the condensed version here!
Work was work. I got through the birthday party with just a small piece of cake and a couple of tablespoons of melted ice cream!
No exercise yesterday, either (unless you can call shopping exercise!) and if I don't get my butt in gear, there won't be any today either!!! I went to see my old boss in Grand Rapids (about 30 minutes from here) because she wants to hire me for a program they have there! I'm pretty sure I'm not taking the job, even though I am flattered that she asked me and the pay will be better than what I am making now. But the travel is too much and I'm not sos ure I like the place that well...and I certainly don't want the headache of the job. My job is soooo easy and I like it!
So after I talked with her, I decided to do some shopping. Needed to find some things for DD and while I was out decided to try on some clothes. I went to Burlington Coat Factory! Love that store! I only found a pair of Kakhi shorts for DD (kids clothes prices are ridiculous!) but I did try on some for me!!!! Here's where it gets good!
I tried on a size 14 pants and they fit!!!!!! A bit tight but they fit. And one pair was those "low riders" which look ridiculous on me (as they do many women who wear them!) but hey...I wanted to see!
OK, AND....I ended up getting a size XL pants and a Large top! I am so excited! I can now shop in the "regular" sized clothes! No more XL tops for me!!! I can wear a Large! Me! A large!!! And pants that fit me from the "regular" clothing racks!
OK, well that's not all! A girl I work with yesterday told me she could tell I was losing still! She said my "shelves" are going away. I was a bit puzzled at first realizing that I am still quite chesty, but she was referring the part just below the waist...the hips!!! Oh my! My hips are leaving! I am thrilled that someone has noticed! Perhaps that's why pants are fitting me better!!! LOL!!
One thing Inoticed yesterday (as I got on the scale!) is that if I don't eat as planned and work out every day I don't lose, but if I do, the scale starts to move!!! So, with that said, I'm off to do 20minutes of WATP!
Here's to a great week everyone! Say some prayers for me that my vacation goes as well! I'll be checking in tonight and again tomorrow but after that...I will miss you all until the 6th of July!!!!
I don't really feel like doing much of anything today, but there's a lot of things I know I need to get done, so I'll do it anyway.
I didn't exercise yesterday, because a good friend of mine stopped by and we watched some movies. Oh well, I can still make 4 days this week. I need to go mow the lawn today. I count that as aerobic activity, especially since it burns about 230 calories in half an hour!
Food was ok yesterday. Calories came in at 1882--a little high. I attribute it completely to cornbread, my biggest weakness. I don't know why I keep making it, I should know better. I always eat too much. And I always add butter.
Oh well. It just means I will have to do extra exercise today.
I have to run some errands this morning--groceries, pick up Grandpa's urn, finish up some car insurance stuff. Then I have to clean this house! Oh, and I might wash my car. I know, exciting stuff.
I do have some good news though. The scale that said I weighed 215 yesterday says I weigh 212 today, which is a lot closer to where I thought I was. I didn't test it for accuracy yet though, but I did step on and off a few times just to be sure. I know I didn't lose 3 pounds overnight, but I was equally as sure that I didn't gain 3 pounds overnight on Monday. *shrugs*
Julie: Isn't it wonderful to fit into smaller clothes? I hope to be joining you in 14's sometime soon! About the job, you're right--being happy is so much more important than any money you could make.
Lucia: Great job on journaling and walking! One day at a time, that's what it takes!
Jaymi: I think I burned calories just reading about your busy life! I'm the same way with pools though--instant relaxation. Aside from the whole bathing suit issue anyway! :-D
Ok, that's it from me for now. I will be back this evening to check in. Have a wonderful day everyone!
~Elisha
I'm familiar with this term having worked in the mental health industry and having had some counselling myself in recent years, but here's a great website page which can help each one of us!
Maybe we can do a "daily affirmation" with this forum or just come up with one thing that we want to affirm about ourselves! I think it is awesome!
60 minutes *~* Denise Austin (weights) Quarter Pounder w/o cheese and half of small fry Only 16.9 oz so far
GOALS FOR 6/24/04 (P.M.)
60 MORE MINUTES OF EXERCISE
DONT EXCEED CALORIES
DRINK 47.1 MORE OZ
GET 10,000 STEPS!!
Here are my Goals for tomorrow:
Exercise 2x (pref 120 min) Dont' go over calories! Drink 36 oz of water
Stop being depressed over situations you cannot control!!!
Oh well it's already 9 p.m. and I havent achieved any of my p.m. goals. Tonight so far all I have done is clean, and clean and it don't look like I did any darn thing! But I have like 5 garbage bags! I havent counted my steps yet either, but I"m sure it's not there yet. I was mostly standing in one place. I still plan on doing exercising later. I'm drinking water now, but I doubt I get 64 oz. So I gotta get to my butt into gear! I will update later tonight. Quick Comments and I gotta run!!
Hikein*~* Well I can see you don't need my wishes! You are doing great! I"m soooo proud of you!!!! Keep it up girl!!!!
Lucia*~* I hope you are doing great! keep up the good work!
Elisha*~* I hope you all are having a good day, you are doing fantastic! Scr*w those shorts, it's too hot!! I'll just wear the swimsuit and enjoy myself! Who cares what those other snobs think anyway!!
Argh... every time I type a post my computer freezes up. I've had to restart the stupid thing at least 4 times in the past 2 hours. Grrrr...
This is going to be quick, and unless my computer decides otherwise, I'll be back in the morning.
Calories were a bit high today because I wasn't paying attention, but my exercise was pretty good. Mow the lawn, wash the car, clean the house.
Julie: I think the affirmations are a great idea! Positive thinking really IS a powerful weapon in this battle. I know you'll do just fine on your vacation. Stay strong!
Jaymi: Egads! You do so much! Even my busy days are slow compared to any of your days! Good job on all the exercise, and keep trying with the water intake.
Lucia: Keep up the good work! You're doing great!
Ok, I sure hope this gets posted. If my computer freezes again, I'm just shutting it down. Have a great night chicks!
~Elisha
I've got some great news I just have to share...I finally made one of my exercise goals! I has taken me since January to get here but I finally made it up the seven switchbacks and over the ridge without stopping and gasping for breath!!!!!!!!
woohoo! Happy critter dance happening right here!
Haven't lost anything worth mentioning but I have been eating crappy so that is not unexpected. yep, that's chocolate frosting on my chin - the cupcake was fabulous. LOL
So I have to eat better and form a new exercise goal. Maybe walking a bit faster? I am a slow poke - I like to slow down and see where I am. Saw wild turkey and a doe on my last hike.
Oh well, I'm enjoying the hiking and getting better at it so it's an improvement right?
I'm pressed for time today so this post will be brief. I have just read the new posts, and see that you are all doing so very well . I have maintained my success of the last two days by journalling and walking , am really quite proud of myself!
Have a great day, will catch up with you tomorrow.
Don't know what I'm going to eat, but I'm not going to get any exercise today. I've got to get ready and leave here fairly soon--lots of errands to run before work--and after work I'm going to dinner with a friend. I promise I'll be good! I think we're going to a local restaurant called Black Bear. They serve mostly wraps, healthy and not-so-healthy (my favorite being the Philly Cheesesteak wrap--don't think I'll be having all of those calories tonight!).
Since I get no exercise today, that means I can only possibly have 3 days of exercise this week. I've really got to work on that next week. I'll get up earlier if I have to. My goal for the day is to stay within my calorie budget and drink lots of water, since I know both of those things will be hard since I'm going out. I will do my best!
The good news is that my new scale is almost down to where my old one was--211 this morning (though I stepped on the old one and it says 206--grrr... why does the higher one have to be accurate?!). Only 1 more pound to go for 4th of July Challenge. Again... hahaha...
Julie: I'll be waiting for you to show up with our affirmations! Have a great vacation, and do lots of hiking!
Ann: Great to see you! How awesome about the switchbacks! I know I couldn't do it. Not yet anyway. Keep up the good work!
Lucia: Way to go! Before you know it journaling and walking will simply be a habit and you will do them without even thinking.
Jaymi is probably too busy to check in yet! That girl is always busy!
Anyway, I'll be back later tonight. Have a healthy day everyone!
~Elisha
Hey ya chickies,
Last post before we leave in the morning! On our way up north for a week of the great outdoors, R&R and lots of one on one with family! I had a huge post written, but DD was messing around with the mouse and deleted it! GRRRR!
Today was a write off for me! It started out with good intentions but by the time the afternoon rolled around and the I was eating whatever I wanted and hadn’t exercised, I just realized that some days are…stone!!
Our freezer (which had a ½ cow in last fall) took a dump and we had to give away half the meat we had in it! Some was salvageable and we transferred it to our freezer upstairs. Good thing we discovered it today before we left for vacation or it would have been a real mess! Yikes. So we dealt with that for about 2 hours tonight amidst packing and all the stuff you have to do before camping for a week!
Anyway…wish me luck with camping and staying on program! I am looking forward to a week of getting away!
Ugh... I told you Fridays were hardest for me. Breakfast and lunch were good, but then there was dinner. Part of me said, "You don't need those calories," but the other part of me said, "How often to you go out to dinner? You don't eat like this every day, once in a while isn't going to kill you." Of course, the second part won. But it sure was tasty.
As I said, I didn't get any exercise in today either. But my calories came in at a little over 2000, which isn't nearly as bad as it could have been.
Anyway, I'm dead tired, and I've got to get up early tomorrow. Bleh. I wish I had a job with regular hours, preferrably not until noon or so. :-D
See you in the morning!
~Elisha
Today is Weigh-in day. If I don’t lose anything, I won’t be disappointed. Yes I said it! Yesterday I Messed up big time, and you know what…. I don’t even care!!!
Before I go on with anything let me post my daily goals for today:
Pray
Exercise for 60 minutes
Drink Lots of water
Do not exceed calories
Try to be stress free
Improve attitude by at least 20% (pitiful I know)
It’s about time I get a break. It started off great, I had a 120 calorie breakfast, and I did 45 minutes of Denise Austin, and a 1 mile WATP tape. I did ok the whole rest of the day with water and everything, and then I ended up eating a Jr cheeseburger deluxe from Wendy’s. I don’t even know yet how many calories it was, then I got a phone call and my husband’s friends were in town. He wanted to go bowling. So there we went. I wore my pedometer the whole time, but it must have been on there wrong, because the whole time I was bowling it stayed the same!! So oh well! They ordered some fries, and of course I ate a couple, then I ate about 2 cheese ticks. The topper was when I started starving at about 1 am. I ordered some nachos chilli and cheese!! Ok, so I only ate like half of it, but I know that my calories were over. Oops did I forget to mention the spaghetti I ate for lunch?!?!? Mind you it was ground chicken in it, but I didn’t even measure the noodles.
Today I woke up sick to my stomach, and have been running back and forth to the bathroom!! I guess too much fat intake or something, but I needed it though! I’m having problems going to the bathroom anyways. Well I haven’t weighed in yet, I will after I exercise. We are supposed to be going to the beach later, I don’t really want to go. I’d have to wear a swimsuit in front of Derrick’s friends…and I refuse to. I wanted to go buy me one today, but it doesnt look like that will happen. Soooo anyways, I also have been breaking out in rashes on my neck. At first I thought it was the tanning lotion I was using, but I havent put any on in days, I think it’s stress. And that scares me to think I am that stressed out… But I am!
Well I gotta go. This is supposed to be a short post today. I didn’t’ even have time to really do this like I normally do. I had to pre-write this, and copy and paste this. So if I don’t leave any comments on here, don’t get ticked off at me! I havent even read anyone’s post. I will come back later and post my weigh-in….
I hope everyone has a great day!
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If you only care enough for a result, you will almost certainly attain it. If you wish to be rich, you will be rich; if you wish to be learned, you will be learned; if you wish to be good, you will be good. Only you must, then, really wish these things, and wish them with exclusiveness, and not wish at the same time a hundred other incompatible things just as strongly.
--** William James
Big, Big News!
OK, AND....I ended up getting a size XL pants and a Large top! 
I am thrilled that someone has noticed! Perhaps that's why pants are fitting me better!!! LOL!! 
Hi Everyone!! 
60 MORE MINUTES OF EXERCISE 
Here are my Goals for tomorrow: 
Hikein*~* 
I hope you are doing great! keep up the good work!
Returning to the Mix
. I have maintained my success of the last two days by journalling and walking 
, am really quite proud of myself!
Motivational Quote of the Day
Keep up the good work!
