Merry Christmas
 

Merry Christmas PICs! What a great group you all are! :hug:

We had a true candlelight service at church last night because the power was out for most of the time. It was kind of nice.

Today we are having company for Christmas dinner and it is great to have DD here to help me.:)

Tomorrow it is back to reality!

zoey

bye bye to all the goodies
 

no no no.... the staypuff man cant come after me i am shutting the door as of----> right this moment!!

and those snappy ginger snaps... will be residing at my dads house tomorrow... not gonna give them another chance at snapping into my tummy!

Yep bye bye to all goodies tomorrow.. tho i really didnt over eat today.. but i did have some things i really didnt need to be eating....... but the gym is open tomorrow and...
tomorrow i get back on program BIG TIME! dont wanna have to hack off my arm come feb 14th... hard to type with one hand!


todays calories>>>> 1703

Awwww curly, and we don't wanna see you hack off your arm!
Well, I didn't have tooo terrible of a day either. I had to work this morning... and boy were we busy. The only store for 60 miles open ;) I like the Holiday morning shifts tho.. everyone is sooo happy. No goodies there today lol because there was no time! Here at home we did have chips and dip. NOT GOOD, but I feel like at least I was in control a little bit. I didn't eat a whole bag. I tried to hang out around the poached salmon instead lol.
We leave for Denver Thursday and I think I'm gonna be to nervous meeting all his family to eat to much... (You know, I don't want them to think my weight is because I just eat too much ;))
My boss got me a $50.00 gift certificate for the gym!!!! According to the girls at WW, the gym is way overcrowded with 'resolutioners', so I'll probably wait until Feb to use it. Hopefully I can get the the month without having to pay the "signup fee" too. Otherwise i'll have to just use it as a drop-in and i'll only get 5 visits instead of unlimited. I'll find out more at my next ww meeting about how it all works. In any case I'm excited about it. I'm hoping Lee will see it's good for me and we can figure out how I can keep going there. OR?? I won't like it and won't have wasted the $$$ to find out.

B coffee
L & S chips/dip/crackers/salmon
D 4oz steak, 5 coconut prawns, broccoli, diet Dr Pepper
S SF ice cream bar

I'll be happy to have maintained this week. Anyhoooo... I'm happy to hear everyone sounds like they had a nice Christmas. Hope the feeling continues into the new year!!! :grouphug:
D~

Iwmonn......Congratulations on making your challenge goal!!! woohooo!!!
You'll be fine in Denver...honest. My one tip for you, is to always be carrying a bottle of water with you. If you are visiting and going out and about....the waterbottle will be your best friend. Besides....It will give you an excuse to leave their company and go to the restroom!!!:D

I hope everyone had a great day. I had an awesome day, it started out nice and civilized....the boys woke us up at 7 am. So a nice easy start to the day. Dh was listening when I said I was having problems with my CD player while working out and got me an IPOD !!! wooohoooo, he helped download tonnes of tunes and already today I braved the elements and went for a good 45 min brisk walk. YEAH!!!

:drill: Tommorow is Dec 26th and ALL THE GOODIES HAVE TO GO AWAY as per Curly!!! No more snacking and happy finger foods!!!:D

:drill: Tommorow is Dec 26th and ALL THE GOODIES HAVE TO GO AWAY as per Curly!!! No more snacking and happy finger foods!!!:D[/QUOTE]

SIR YES SIR!!!

btw, thanks angel-eyes ;) I about gave up on the challenge, but that last minute 5 lb loss put me on the mark! I'm debating the next one.... I'll post it after my next weigh in on wed. nite.

Hi PIC's! I hope you all had a nice holiday. I was only under my calorie limit of 1600 3 days this week. Although my weekly average was 1670 so it's not that terrible.

I did cheat on my dinner tonight. I stayed away from the pretzals, chips, cookies, biscuits, cranberry, pies & mashed potatoes. The only thing I really cheated on was the stuffing! I'd say all in all I did fairly well :)

Sunday, December 25, 2005

B: Zone Bar (210)
L: ½ cup eggbeater, 1 slice LF provolone, 1 slice rye w/LC cheese wedge
S: ½ cup egg fu yong
D: Turkey, stuffing, red cabbage, asparagus, 3 pieces of herring
S: Turkey on low carb bread

calories 2009
Exercise 2 mile WATP :carrot:

Valerie....Great job resisting all those salty snacky foods!!! :carrot: I've been doing really well also, my temptations are sweets and not so much the chips etc. I've been allowing a small dessert square or a small pecan tart into my daily allowance. I've made it this far without a total scarfing of the entire tray!!!:D We had a nice baked ham yesterday with lots of veggies (spag. squash, gr.beans and carrots) mashed potatoes for the guys and white sauce for the ham (blech). I didn't even miss the potatoes!!!

Today I was up and went out to Target to get some of the half price decorations....what a zoo!!! Luckily I was home by 8:30am and managed to get a really good deal on a PC game for dh's birthday. It never stops I tell ya.....ds and dh bdays are only 1 month away!!! :dizzy:

1 pound
 

Hi everyone!

Today was my weekly weigh in and I was down one pound. Actually 1.5 but the half doesn't count on the tracker! :carrot:

I got a heart rate monitor and wore it at curves today. My heart rate was around 110 most of the time.. going to to as high as 130 briefly. I'm not sure if this is where I should be. I dont' think I could have been working any harder.

I hope everyone had a great holiday!

HA take that ginger snaps>>> 1.5 hrs of working out... too bad i have to work everyday or i'd stay that long everyday!


:cheer: thats awesome Val!!!

Curly you are the work out monster! 1.5 hours is awsome! I only did 45 minutes at curves today and I was all alone! I think everyone else is still sleeping off christmas!

the place i go is like curves, but its called ladies workout express... and i was the only one there also!!! lol it has 24 stations.. im not sure how many curves has..

its funny i get there and kinda zone out.. then i'll ask one of the girls "how long have i been here?"

Monday, December 26, 2005

B: Zone Bar (210)
L: ½ cup eggbeater, 1 slice NF cheese, 1 slice rye w/LC cheese wedge
S: 3 oz turkey, 2 slices low carb bread
S: 1 cup Okra
D: Zone chili with 4 oz ground beef, kidney beans, diced tomatoes
S: tangerine
S: No pudge sundae cone
S: Under 200

Calories 1542
Exercise 45 minutes curves :carrot:

I hope everyone had a good day. I've been OP here but am feeling like I'm coming down with something. I sure hope I'm feeling better tomorrow. I'd hate to get sick now!

ugggh back to work today.. i would much rather go spend my time at the gym.......

Happy Tuesday everyone!....

Yeah, I guess life starts to get back to normal now. Dh left today for a 3 day trip and when he gets back late on Thursday....he's picking his parents up at the airport. Not sure if I'm ready for their visit, but it will be nice to see them. MIL has a gazzillion food allergies and she's already told me that first thing on Friday, we are heading to the natural food store,...Whole foods to get her food. Normally she brings a suitcase full but obviously she's getting wise in her old age!! :D We'll be eating just the bare basics of food....plain meat (no seasonings, no sauces, no coatings) and fresh steamed veggies...(thats great and okay with me!!) but dh finds it very monotonous. I will do her meats in another pan some of the time, as I get tired of it also. We'll see....

How is everyone doing? Goodies all gone? Presents all put away? House back to normal yet? hehe...not for me anyways. I am excited though...the gym is open today!!! yeah!! I got a couple of good walks in but thats about it. The weather here today is CRAZY!!!....going to be a high of 60F!!! :dizzy:

Food journal for Monday Dec 26....
B: egg beater omlette, cheese slice, 3 sl shaved ham, protein shake (carb countdown)
S: apple
L: 1 C ww's lasagna, 2 tangerines
S: south beach granola bar, coffee
D: 2 pc french toast (egg beaters,cinnamon,2 lc whole wheat bread), low carb syrup, 3 sl turkey bacon

total cal: 1308 44% carb/30% protein/ 24% fat
45 minute walk/run

Hi PIC's,

I'm off work for a whole week!!! Yayyyy for that, but now I'm packing for the Denver trip. I don't have a thing to wear lol. Since I moved here, I have had absolutely NO reason to get dressed up at all. I've donated most of my nice office work clothes, and the ones I still have don't fit or are like WAY out of style lol... My black slacks, (the ones that fit), have pleats in the front and look ickky. *sigh*- but my black suede skirt fits again!!! Well I"ll make the best of what I have and hope they like me anyways ;). I get to buy some new dress shoes tho lol...
So Anywayyyyyyy... i'm busy doing laundry, cleaning the fridge etc... yuk! Hopefully before the power goes out. It's raining nasty here, and it always goes out lol.

My boss's husband got her a certificate to the gym too! We're gonna check it out together when I get back. I'm excited for the new year :ebike: :tread:
Yesterday:
B coffee/cream
B 1/4 C trail mix
S sm bag baked chips
L 4oz chicken salad
L 8 Kashi whole grain crackers
D Bockwurst, sauerkraut, 1/2 red potato
S 2T chubby hubby ice cream :^:
Today I have been too busy to even finish my 1st coffee lol. Better get some breakfast.

BTW, Anyone have a yummy recipe for the Birthday Brunch for Lee's dad on NYD??? Something impressive, but easy- since I'll be in someone else's kitchen ;) His dad will be 90, and is diabetic who has been having major problems keeping his sugars stable the last couple weeks.... so I'm thinkin' maybe our low carb/no sugar experts could probably help me out here?
:grouphug: for now. You all have a wonderful day!!!! ttys