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Ok I'm not sure what to do here. I don't know if I have to start over to day 1. Or is this a Pause day? Not sure what that means. I had alot of running around yesterday and didn't keep a correct count of my points. Ate way to much.
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ah...decisions....
mez -- Oops, oh well, hitting a glitch in things is normal. Well, it's up to you what you do here. You can take your free/pause day or go back to Start. Since this is your first round, you have one free day. I like to go back to Start rather than take a free day early on. You're still in the single digits. I'd rather have the free day to use later when I'm on like Day 11 or so and would really hate to go back. However, if you think you'll be able to get through to the end without another need for a free day, then keep going, in which case, you consider today a pause in the counting and you resume counting from tomorrow. Up to you! Good luck! :)
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ok with the rule change i am on day 5 and have completed it!
RE: the birthday cake dilema... one thing i have noticed is that a tiny serving of something can be just as gratifying as a a large one... my parents were having ice cream and i had 1 tablespoon and it was just as good to me as an entire bowl full |
Day TWO done.
I have noticed that I'm extremely tired now. I sleep 8hrs and get up and I'm ready for a nap after being up a couple of hours. Very frustrating. So I'm hoping that will subsized soon!! I have much to do today so just a quick check in! I'm still going strong! |
beware...rant ahead...
Hey, all...although "all" may not be the right word here. Where is everyone?!?!? Have you all given up? Gosh, I hope not.
Well, I'm halfway through Day 8 and feeling extremely frustrated. My weight is not budging even though I have been exercising and not overeating. It's so frustrating! How will I ever lose 50 or so pounds if this is the way it is even in the beginning. I am in tears. I hate it so much. Why do I hold onto the fat so? I really can't figure it out. And it's not because I gained muscle or anything. There is no change in the jeans I have to try to struggle into. None at all. I am on the verge of pigging out. It could be water or something but this is utterly ridiculous. How can I not be losing weight?!?! :shrug: Rant. Rant. Well, maybe it's water retention from salt. That's all I can think. Oh well, sorry to carry on. My challenge is going ok so far. That's what matters here at least. But, I really, really need to see some progress or I am going to give this whole thing up. If I can eat all the sugar I want and stay the same, then what's the sense of depriving myself and staying the same. It simply makes no sense whatsoever. curly -- I'm glad you understand the rule change. Congrats on Day 5! I don't know about the "just a little bit" thing. For me, I just can't do it. I'd rather have none I think. I wish I could be like you, but for some reason I can't do that. Consider yourself either lucky or just very resolved! Marti -- That's great that you have gone two whole days without cigs. I guess it's natural that you would be feeling very tired. I can't remember that happening to me but maybe it did. I probably drank tons of coffee to make up for it. The nicotine is a stimulant so you can be sure your body must be missing it quite a bit. If you can sleep then do so! You are getting over an addiction so think of yourself as ill. You are! Allow your body to heal and try to remember how to access the energy reserves that have been shut down, beaten down by the constant use of nicotine. It really is gross stuff. Have you read Allan Carr's book on stopping smoking. It is excellent. Not sure of the spelling on that, maybe one "l" or one "r." Check it out if you can. Good luck and keep up the great work! :kickcan: |
OK Missy!
:coach: Listen up!
:soap: Red-You know as well as everyone else here, that this is not going to be easy. It took a long time to get where we are. Give your body a chance to figure out what the heck is up :spin: ! If you feel sure in your mind you are doing every thing right-then maybe you need to change something. Just give what you are doing a tweek, a spin. Maybe you have to go through the drudgery of writing EVERYTHING down until you figure out what is goin on. :write: In any case-GIVE YOURSELF SOME CREDIT! You are making difficult changes-you are! Please don't give up now. Ok-yes, I'm selfish. You are a prime inspiration. But If you give up now-what then? We are all in this together. Think of it as a relay team. You can pass the baton and have a rest on day 21-not before! :nono: :sorry: Sorry I had to get rough with you Red-Tough Love ya know. :angel: Marti-I agree with Red. Your body has a lot of repair work to do. Slow down. Give it the time it needs. You are doing great. I am smoke-free for 18 years now. :beach: Curly-One thing beneficial about living in Japan is the size of thier portions and utensils. When you order a desert, you may get a tiny little portion but you also get a tiny little fork or spoon to eat it with! Takes longer to eat and I think I enjoy it just as much as a large portion. "Sometimes" just a bit is enough for me to. I am definately trying to change the way I eat. I try to enjoy my food more when it's in my mouth cause once it is in my stomach-I cant taste it anymore anyway! Hang in there Mez! :cheer: |
Oh Red, what a bummer! I did read of one woman who dropped a lot of weight but seemed to notice no difference until about the seventh week and then the weight just seemed to fall off her. So chin up and enjoy your clean room in the meantime :)
Had a good week and a bad week. Went screamingly well until night time of Day 6 and realised I hadn't drunk any water, and I wasn't going to drink then :dizzy: . So that feel in a heap. Will start modified goals in Day 1 tomorrow. The new and improved 21 Day Challenge goals are: 1. 3 cups of coffee a day only 2. 3 glasses of water a day 3. No snacking between meals 4. Only 1 glass wine a day Will consider to daily or not to daily weigh myself as the time goes on - this was the hardest bit for me in my, um, 6 Day Challenge. Good luck for the next day, everyone. :bubbles: |
getting through it....
Ok, guys, feeling a bit better. I'm thinking my carbs must have been super low or something because I was draggin and that must have knocked my mood into the basement as well. I have to have tons of carbs to move cause I really do a lot of exercise. Then again, I suppose my body is so used to having the ready carbs to draw on that it is basically useless as a fat-burning machine. Maybe this is what I have to do until my body learns to switch over. I don't know. I think I overdid it today.
High C -- Thanks for the support. Hmm, I don't think I could ever, ever, ever, wait for seven weeks with no sign of progress. I would throw in the towel WAY before that. Ok, so you're restarting your challenge with modified goals. Sound good. Only three glasses of water a day? Is that just your minimum for the challenge. Seems awful low. I have about 5 liters a day! Anyway, you know what's best for you! Good luck! :yes: 1nceagain -- Thanks for your support too! You're right. I'm just going to have to get a better handle on things and then stick to them c.o.n.s.i.s.t.e.n.t.l.y!!!! for a week or so and then adjust them. In any case, I was talking about giving up the challenge totally. I would have stayed here for you all....though I must say there have been so few posts these past couple days I'm wondering just who all those people may be. And, no, you weren't tough at all with me! :lol: I can take (and probably need) it. Thanks! :thanks: I hope you're still doing well with your SBD. It's going to get easier real soon! :sunny: |
1ceagain, thank you! I'm glad to know that I helped you, too. I try to plan ahead for "free days" and have since I started this. Originally my "free day" was the first day of my placebos on my birth control pills, because that is generally the day I feel the crummiest and don't want anything to do with dieting or exercise. I may continue that and plan for that to be a free day every month, because it is always a BAD day. I think it's a good idea to plan ahead, because then your free days are something to look forward to instead of something to feel guilty about because they mean you "failed".
red, my little girl will be 3 at the end of the month. We're having her party a little early, so I can focus entirely on that before I start school. Her party is in 2 weeks. I am going to try really hard to keep my eating in control at her party, but we're going pretty crazy with food and snacks and I know that I'll go over 1600 that day, so I want to plan for it. I didn't pass up the scale yesterday, but that's okay because I actually lost a pound after all. A nice start to the weekend. I'm sorry you're stuck at a plateau. I was stuck at 222 for 2 1/2 weeks and it was awful. I assume you've tried this already but you could adjust your calories up or down by a couple hundred, and change up your exercise a bit either by working harder or longer, or by trying a new exercise (running if you usually bicycle, elliptical if you run, etc). Either of those things might get you started again. And drink TONS of water. The scale WILL move again. It has to, if you keep doing things right. I predict that when the scale starts moving again, you'll drop several pounds really fast. I went from 222 to around 218 in less than a week when my plateau ended. Hang in there. mez, I'd probably start over at day 1, and save the free day. I started over after screwing up day 3 :o on my first attempt at this challenge. I don't want to "waste" a free day that early. curlylocks, you're absolutely right and I do plan to keep things in control. It's not just cake though, we're also having ice cream and sandwiches and chips and all kinds of stuff. I went a little overboard planning this thing, honestly, but we're going to have at least 20 people there (kids and adults) and I wanted to be sure there'd be enough for everyone. I did order a veggie tray for myself and the other moms who I know are dieting, so that there's something diet-friendly available. I just highly doubt that I'll stay under 1600 that day. Marti, I hope you've got more energy again soon! Congrats on getting through day 2, I know quitting smoking is extremely hard. High C, I'm sorry you had to start over. I think you've got a good set of goals for yourself. One suggestion with the water would be to buy a water bottle for yourself and just sip at it all day long. I have a 32 oz Nalgene bottle and I drink 4 a day most days, which gives me more than 120 oz of water. That's an easier way to get your water in, and you'll probably end up drinking more too which is a good thing. I don't know how big your glasses are but the daily recommended amount of water is at least 8 8-oz cups. Getting enough water helps you to retain less, and it helps with weight loss too. Day 9 (yesterday) down :). Almost to "hump day" and couldn't be happier about it. I weighed in yesterday after all and as it turns out, I'm actually down a pound! I'm at 209 now. I can't WAIT to get to 199. I hope to be there within a month. Today is day 10 and so far, I'm doing great. |
starting Day 9.
Good morning, all! Happy Birthday to me! I'm taking off from work for MY day. Ah, decadent luxury. Well, so far (it's only around 6 a.m.) I feel much better than yesterday. I don't know what happened yesterday. If felt like PMS but it couldn't have been. I think it was the low carbs. I always have oatmeal with 7-grain cereal and raisins made with soymilk in the morning. It gives me the energy I need to go a long time without eating because I'm out and exercising (riding). Yesterday I decided to forego the breakfast and instead had a protein drink and a bit of peanut butter on Vollkorn Brot. So, I guess my body was dragging and it was affecting my mood. It's scary when you think that food affects your mood to such an extent...if that was the reason.
Well, as for the challenge (I know I'm getting away from it quite a bit but why not, as long as we have the challenge to come back to at some point. I'm on Day 9. Yes, without allowing myself any sugar, the lack of readily accessible carbs (such as would be had from the raisins) no doubt was just too much for my shocked body to take! Heh, where is everyone. I'm getting tired of asking. This is the worst we've seen in a long time. Okay, you all are still on your weekend but...hope to see some action around here soon. gray eyed girl -- Hi there! :wave: Glad to see someone is still around here. Great going on getting through Day 9! :cp: And congrats on the pound loss! :spin: Yes, you ARE doing great and I'm glad for you. I really like the way you are planning ahead for your special days. You're right, planning ahead makes them something to look forward to as opposed to seeing them as failures. Of course, if I plan ahead I may go a bit too overboard! As for your birthday party, though, I think you should just have as much fun as possible! You'll probably be too busy to eat all that much though! :lol: I don't know what's going on with me and that my body is not budging. I really can't even think about it because it's too depressing. I am 160 lbs and because I'm so short that means I still have quite a bit of fat on me. So, for the scale not to be moving is pretty damn discouraging. How do people ever get really lean? I guess there are just different body types. You probably have to be moving literally ALL the time or be unhealthy. I do remember when I was smoking a ton, it seemed I could lose weight more easily. Then again, that was then, this is now and the body changes as we get older. Perhaps it's just all the other things in life that take up time and we can't be out there moving around and around and probably don't want to either. In any case, I'm going to try to just stop thinking about the whole thing. My challenge this time is not about eating right or cutting back and that does make it seem rather insignificant to me. I am belittling eating no sugar because I don't see it as doing anything to help me get to my REAL goals. Oh well....I suppose the no sugar was too much of a shock to my system and my mind! I'm going to carry on though..... |
day 6 all done!
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Sushi Penguin's 21 Day Challenge:
1) veggies: eat a salad or a bowl of greens or an average-sized vegetable each day (carrots don't count, as it's a lunch staple) 2) herbal tea: brew and drink the (unbelievably disgusting) cleansing/weight-loss-aiding tea 3) improve my sleep schedule on an ongoing basis and aim to achieve a set, routine schedule Well, I have re-started (yet again), and tomorrow is Day 4! :cb: |
Day 14 done - two thirds of the way there!
I spent Fri and Sat swimming and relaxing at a lake. I now have a humongous sunburn on my shoulders, and I'm supposed to go to a cottage tomorrow for more sun and swim. Apart from that, a fairly boring weekend. I did buy a new scale, which I'll test out tomorrow morning. It doesn't look good: on the old unreliable scale, I was at 202 or 201 this morning. On the new scale, at 209 this aft. I don't think that 7 lbs will disappear once I pee, peel, and sleep off today's intake. So I'll compare in the morn before tossing the old one, and adjust my ticker accordingly (including starting weight if the scales are different.) And I'll just accept that onederland may be further than I thought. The kitties are fine, lots of play fighting, which they both seem to enjoy. Little Lily attacks almost as often as BB. I'm trying a new type of litter made of wheat. The vet said kittens could get blockages from clumping litter, and the regular clay stuff reeks. I'm hoping this will work, as I don't have anywhere to hide a smelly box in this place. Red, Happy, Happy, Happy! :hat: :hat: :gift: :gift: :woo: :balloons: :cheers: :hb: I hope you've enjoyed your day and relaxed appropriately. Have a little glass of vino on me! Sorry that I've been absent, and sorry that this will be only a partial post. I have to go now. |
Day 10 done! Happy Birthday, red!
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I Did It!!
Hi all - completed my first 21 day challenge!!!
My next challenge is going to be a tad bit harder. I'm going to continue with the 100oz of water and I'm going to add an exercise reguirement 20 minutes a day. I have a feeling I will be starting this one over a few times. Exercise & I have never been good friends. So we shall see! |
Sunday Quickie!
Just wanted to check in and say - I have been making my points goal but really struggling with the water - haven't been regular with the bonus exercise goal since Tuesday (?) but I have been working on a house project the last 2 days with DH. That has been a workout! Anyway, I am starting Day one again today and ready to go full out for the next 21 days because . . .
THE SCALE MOVED! :dance: :dance: :dance: And HAPPY BIRTHDAY RED, :woo: :woo: :woo: MY SISTER LEO! Have a great evening everyone! |
dkkrf - Congrats on your success! :bravo: :balloons: :cheers: :balloons: :bravo: I can hardly wait to be in your shoes. Are you taking a few days off, or jumping right into the next challenge?
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Red- HBDTY, HBDTY, HBDDR, HBDTY!
Somethings gotta crack soon! Hang in there. :gift: Gray-day 10! and so good you are thinking so far ahead! I need to plan for Thursday-my first social occ. since I started! Dinner-out :fr: Curly-almost 1/3 down! Woo-hoo! :goodvibes Hi-C, what other fluids are you getting in during the day? I agree with Red-3 glasses a day doesn't seem nearly enough. Your body needs it for so many things! :flow2: Carla-I'm right with you-into day 15 here and its looking good! :flow1: Kelly- another inspiration! Way to go. Glad you are kicking it up a notch for the next round! :wl: Mscat!-your hard work is paying off-way to go. Whats your next challenge? :twirly: Sushi-glad to see you back! Is the tea you speak of by Lucy LaBeux? Just curious. :chin: I got to add carbs back in today. I had cereal for breakfast and an apple for snack! Tonight I get strawberries on my salad!! I'm in heaven! I am a bit afraid of the scale next week, but I just have to be very careful, stay on the plan. I know it will slow down with carbs back in, as long as I keep losing. It took an eternity to get to this point! Lets all do the dee daa dance :dancer: |
Happy Birthday Red!!! :woo:
I decided I'm going to start my challenge over today. I wanted to go over my orginal plan to make sure it was ok. It is pretty basic just staying in my points including activity points but as I found out. It may be basic but NOT easy if one doesn't plan for the unexpected! So here I go again. Aug 8th my start date. (I'll not give up but dig my feet firmly into the ground!!!) My Plan To not go over my WW Pure Points. (I'm allowed my activity points and will post when using them.) |
Happy bday, Red!
I got a late start on this round og my challenge and did day 1 yesterday. |
1nceagain - I don't know how you do the no carbs thing. The lack of fruit would do me in, and of course it's corn season here... But good for you for getting back to the world of carbs. and good luck for the next 7 days to finish up this challenge.
My ticker moved today! :woo: :woo: And as I feared, my new scale shows me a pound heavier than the old one, and I fear the new one is right. So I've adjusted my starting weight up one pound, and accepted that I'm still 2 away from onederland. But that still means 3 down this week!!! It must be all the swimming, and of course without wine and chocolate... |
Hello--
Starting over today. :o Yesterday I had a cigarette w/my brother, and let me tell you----it was horrible and I asked him why he smoked! But it was a learning experience and I now know why I quit and all that jazz. Don't even know why I had one, I didn't even have the urge to have it. Oh well. Today is Day ONE. |
Day One!
:hat: Happy Birthday Red! :hat: Carla - I'm jumping right into the next challenge - at this point I can't allow myself to have a break. However it has been an extremely stressful/emotionally draining weekend I probably could use the break, but don't feel I should allow myself to take it. I have a feeling I may be starting this one more than once. Congrats on the ticker moving today! It's such an exciting thing to be able to go in and move that. I have discovered that my exercise might be a little harder than I had originally thought - I came into work today and found out about a horrible tragedy that happened over the weekend - my motivator/walking buddy's husband died yesterday. I feel so awful for her and her family. I wish there was something that I could do to help them through this. We did so much talking on our walks, and had had some marital problems recently and had gone through counseling, and their relationship was doing much better, and now this. I'm still in shock and I keep asking myself, if I'm having this kind of reaction to this how must she be feeling. You know life is way too short |
day 7 !!!! woo hoo I actually did an hour of workout tonight and got all my water in!
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Day 10 here!! I'm on the peak....
Good morning, all. Thanks so much for all the birthday wishes. I managed to get through the day still intact. Refused to have sugar, though considered it, especially when I went past my favorite ice cream cones. But I didn't because I wanted to plan it (the sugar free day) a bit more. Thanks again! I'm sure glad to see people back here. It has been an awful lonely past few days without you.... :(
curly -- You're moving right along, aren't you? Great going on the workout! :cp: dkkrf -- Congratulations on getting through round 1 of your challenge!! :cp: :encore: :cp: :encore: You are awesome!! And, thanks for the birthday wishes! :) :) :) I am so sorry to hear about your friend's husband. If this was a sudden thing it must be an awful shock. Even if it wasn't... It's things like this...that make our petty problems seem so petty. Still, we have to keep on. I'm thinking your friend may really need the comfort of your presence now. She may not be able or want to talk much, but just having you there, perhaps on a walk, may be a great comfort. In any case, my heart goes out to you. Holding to the challenge may help you as well. Life goes on. We are part of it. Marti -- Those evil cigarettes, sneaking up on you like that. I think the psychological links are the worst to shake. It all seems so innocent, so natural, you probably weren't even thinking of the challenge when you lit up. But funny you asking your bro why he smoked when you were as well! :lol: Well, I went cold turkey but that was AFTER a myriad of attempts to quit. One of these will be the cold turkey one that sticks. Good luck! carla -- Thank you! Thank you, for the enormous birthday greetings!! :lol: I was going to be bothered by the number of this birthday but I will not be. I am saying, thank the powers that be that have seen me through another year. May there be many, many more! You, look at you, three pounds down! I am insanely jealous!! I don't want to hear you getting down at all about onederland. It IS so close. You will be there before you realize it. Perhaps you'll slip through the gates one dark night without even realizing you are inside the country confines. You'll walk around wondering just where you are but feeling something is different, there is something, something of hope and confidence in the air. When dawn breaks you will see them, the vibrant colors of as-yet-untasted pleasures all around you. And, there will be no going back... jkg -- Thanks!! Onto to Day 2 with you! :cb: mezmerize -- Thank you for the wishes! Okay, you're back to start. That's a brave move. It sounds like you all the wiser for doing so, realizing that there is nothing easy about any challenge. Often the seemingly easy ones are the hardest because we don't stay steeled for the fight. That's it, dig in! Use your stubbornness for YOU... and call it resolution, determination and perserverance!! :sunny: Sushi -- Ok, there you are! Sure was wondering! :shrug: But already on Day 4! You stealth challenger, you! Good luck and keep it up!! :dancer: gray eyed girl -- You have reached the top of the mountain. Look around and admire the view. Your efforts got you there. You should be proud!! And, thank you for the sweet birthday wishes!! :goodvibes mscat -- Yes, sister Leo, you are a brave one! The courage to start over is not small. And, what is this?! The scale moving. I hope it was down...I'm assuming it was!! :woo: Thank you, thank you for the big red wishes! :love: 1nceagain -- Thank you for the birthday song!! :lol: I love it! I don't know how you do the low-carb thing. God, I would be crawling. But you ARE doing it. You are amazing! And I hope you enjoyed that fruit and perhaps the wine! :cheers: What are the steps to the dee daa dance?! :dance: You'll have to teach us! :yes: Good luck, you're almost through the challenge. Only six more little ones! |
Just popping in to say
Happy Birthday Red! It's still your birthday where I'm sitting so keep celebrating :hat: (glass contains your choice of water or green tea). :hb: :gift: :grouphug: :woo: And that is so incredibly awesome that you stuck with your sugar free day. You rock girl. :encore: :encore: :encore: Happy birthday to you lovely lady - may you have a wonderful year ahead of you! |
birthdays never end.....
Wow, thank you, happy! So glad to hear from you. Wish you'd pop in more often. Well, if it takes a birthday, then so be it. Heh, anyone out there got a birthday coming up?!?! :listen: Just kidding, hap. Thanks. I would LOVE to take you up on the "keep celebrating" part and it would be stronger stuff than green tea! Alcohol (or the absence of) is not part of MY challenge! Problem is I gotta get out there and act sober. Let's see, I suppose if I make it home by fourish I can still claim birthday on the West Coast or so, or actually give myself through to the morning of the 9th Hawaii time. Hmmm. I DID have a couple beers last night. The birthday felt special after all. I had nothing really planned but am good at turning things around and doing something different on short notice. I KNOW my horse enjoyed my birthday because I decided not to ride her. Instead turned her out in the ring where she rolled and kicked up her heels with glee. I never see her do that. Then I had her out eating grass and then I gave her a total body shampoo. Her mane and tail were conditioned to a shine. She was beautiful (not that she isn't always!) Then I met with a dear friend for a couple drinks even though it was late and I was very tired. It was a nice day. Even got another birthday wish at 2:40 a.m. on my cell phone address from a co-worker. Don't know (can imagine) what he was doing out at that hour! :lol: Well, thanks again. And heh, my sticking to the no sugar is not as awesome as it seems. When I make it a sugar day, I am going to have me one heck of a DAY!! You can bet on it! :rofl: Take care, happy. Give us a shout anytime. You don't have to do the challenge. Just be a challenger trainee and pop in for a heh occassionally! Ciao bella! :sunny:
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Day 15 done, and today is day 16. Yesterday I spent swimming at a friend's cottage. It's a 2 hour drive from here, and normally I would stay over and have a whole flock of wine. But I pleaded cats, and came home sober and ready for bed. This morning, a very VERY early wakeup from Bigboy, doing a convincing operatic impression of a starving, neglected cat. Of course there was still food in his bowl, and he just wanted me to get up and pet him. And now he's fast asleep and I'm up. Hmmm.
I also did a very good job of not eating chocolate - there was a big stash at the cottage, and I just ignored it! This challenge has turned out to be a good one for me. I thought my goals were too easy, but in fact they're doing a good job of retraining my habits. I may take a free day on Wednesday, as I'm having lunch with a friend I haven't seen lately (sort of a ladies who lunch date) and a glass of wine might be nice. Then again, maybe I just won't. I'll decide then. No individual messages just now - I just wanted to check in before heading back to bed. :dz: Red - I'm glad that you (and your horse) enjoyed your birthday. And thanks for the positive encouragement re onederland. I think I may have been doing what the French call "se plaindre la bouche pleine - complaining on a full belly". Or a much less full belly, in this case. :lol: |
Day 1 again...
Just ran out of time to get exercise in yesterday. Trying really hard to be a strong support system for my friend and that was just more of a priority.
red - it was a very sudden thing - a horrible accident, and it has been such a shock to everyone around them. So here I go - day 1 again.... |
Day 16 done!
only 5 more days too go!
The carbs have been nice. Probably not exciting for most but for me-high fiber cereal rules! I also had 1/2 an apple and strawberries on my salad yesterday. I'm in heaven. I also had my alloted 2 glasses of wine, but they were not as enjoyable as I'd hoped. I didn't even want any tonight. A bit nervous about that scale but I don't have to face it for a few more days. Will try to write more tomorrow. Have a great day all . . . |
Aug 8th
Day 1 - Went Well stay in my point. Red I bet your horse is beautiful. Sounds like she enjoyed your birthday! Thanks for kind words. I felt bad for messing up so early on. I just checked out the South Beach Diet at my libary. This sounds very interesting.... (never knew what it was) Well I think I'm going to mix my Pure Points WW software with the South Beach foods. I'm a turtle when it comes to weight loss. I lose on average 5lbs a month and that is with workouts. (usually I try to do 1,2 and 3 mile walk away the pounds dvd 5 days a week.) I'm really enjoying reading this thread! I like how other share what habits the challenge has made you aware of and how you overcame it. It's so wonderful to see others close to the 21 day and you can just feel how their happiness it give me hope that I can do it! Thanks everyone for sharing!!! |
Day two!!
Just gotta get over the first week and then I do just fine! And Red--- My apologies for not posting sooner! Hope you had a lovely birthday and that you spoiled yourself rotten! You deserve a "ME" day!!! So :gift: :woo: Happy Belated Birthday!!!! :gift: :woo: |
on Day 11 now.....
Good morning. I'm on Day 11 here. Things were slightly a bit cooler last night, so I wasn't running in sweat as usual, just wet, not running. :( Well, I am not happy with my challenge at all. I should never have done a double challenge of two things I despise, well love and despise. I hate having to give up sugar, even though I know I should. I am a true addict and there are very few products with artificial sweetener here, though I really don't want to eat them, sometimes it helps. So it is very hard. If I have fruit it's ok but usually I don't because it involves planning and it's hard to carry things with me, blah, blah. Apples are expensive now. In any case, the other thing, cleaning, is something I absolutely despise. I have been doing it but it is super minimal and so neither thing is giving me a lift. Giving up sugar has never changed my weight. It is bizarre. The only difference I notice seems to be my gut gets a bit smaller. Oh well, I did it. But the challenge is making me very cranky, even though I am doing it... Oh well, I will do a better one next time, something with more results, like a calorie limit or minutes on the exercise bike! :spin: Ok, sorry for the *****ing. Just thought I'd let you know it's not all mindless rah-rah! from me and it's FAR from easy. These challenges are HARD! and the rewards are often hard to gauge. We must push on though, right? We must prevail! :strong:
Marti -- Thank you for the birthday wishes, belated or not, they are sweet and I love 'em. I am glad to hear you are on Day 2, which means you made it through a whole day cigarette-free. Smokers seem to me to be so set in their habit, so it is always a joy to see someone trying to give it up. Good luck! mezmerize -- :bravo: Good for you for a successful liftoff. You really mustn't feel bad about having to start over early on. Think of me, the first challenge I did I couldn't get past Day 1 for about five days!! Is that ridiculous or what? And I had started the whole thing!! South Beach is really just a sensible eating plan with a catchy name, one that elicits visions of us as tanned beauties lying on the beach in bikinis. :lol: The first phase is really tough and if you are exercising hard I would pass it up and start with the second phase. It tends to show the most results for people who are significantly overweight and had not been exercising much. But the general structure and the emphasis on good, wholesome, natural foods makes it one of the most sensible diets around. It is really an eating lifestyle that should be followed your whole life. That said, because it doesn't have the structure of other diets, with points and such, it can be very, very hard to follow. I mean, with most of us, it's not that we don't know what to do, is it? It's more just, we have other reasons, habits, issues, troubles and these we have tended to channel into our eating habits, or the eating habits are reflecting something missing in other areas of our lives or psyches, a need unfulfilled or such. I still say it's better than a lot of things though, to be overeating still shows we are healthy in many ways. Of course, when the weight threatens our physical health, that's another story. Ok, off my soapbox! :soap: I am happy to hear that the thread is helping you and inspiring you. That really makes me feel good and that being here is not just spinning my wheels. So much is about awareness, but awareness is often not a "oh, wow, I never realized that" light-bulb kind of thing. Often, becoming aware makes us want to stick our heads back in the sand and wish it would all just go away. :( For you to be looking at how others have overcome bad habits shows you are truly brave, just like with your restarting your challenge. :yes: I mean, remember, those days before the restart were not lost at all. You have fully benefited from them. The counting part is just a game, something for us to focus on to help us with the really important part. And sticking with it means you are aware of what that important part is. Good luck and keep up the good work with your WATP tapes too! :sunny: 1nceagain -- :cp: for 16 days done! You have inspired others with your efforts, you see, so I hope you are doubly proud of yourself! Keep it up and enjoy those added carbs! :dancer: dkkrf -- Oh, too bad you missed out on exercise but you definitely have your priorities straight. Thank you for being there for your friend. The accidents are the worst, aren't they, someone just ripped away, and we have no chance to say goodbye, no chance to prepare. Hang in there and take care of yourself. :grouphug: carla -- Excellent going on the Day 15 down! :cp: Hurrah! It sounds like you've been having quite a good time with your swimming. This is in a lake, right? Sounds nice. And wow, look at those great saves on the wine and chocolate. Awesome! Your Bigboy sounds like my Nozomi. She was starving when I found her and she has always made it her mission to wake me up in the morning. It's uncanny. One time she even climbed up on the exercise bike and pulled the light cord to turn on the light. She must have seen me doing this as it is always the first thing I do, reach up from my prone position on the floor (futon and all that) and turn on the light and get up. With her, it's rarely about her wanting food and she has saved me a few times when I had fallen back to sleep after the alarm had gone off. She hates to be held but she always by my side. You are seeing the difficulty of your challenge now just like I am. I was much too ambitious to do a double one and I am regretting it now. Chocolate and wine may not sound like much to you but something in you realized they were two very big things and that's why you decided on them. Now, you're seeing just how big they were. You are doing so well though. I think the best thing about the challenge is that it breaks the hold such things have on us. We start to see that we can do without them, that we are as powerful as we want to be. Truly empowering. You see, even your wondering if you will bother to have the wine or not. I take encouragement in your words. Keep it up! You rock! :encore: |
day 7 I did double my gym time 1 complete hour and got all my water in!!
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Happy B-day Red!! Sorry it`s late, and sorry for not posting much. I am still hangin in! Things have been good, I never made it past day 2 of my challenge (exercise) so not much more to say on that. I havent worked out in a week :( But I hit 200 so I`m at my half way mark! I have to get back to exercising...I know I do. I`m going to try again tomorrow for a new Day 1. I know it`s not too late and I can still get back on track, but I have to do it soon.
Eating has been good, except for a major processed food binge yesterday that showed a 2 pound gain this morning. And, once again, I drank barely any water yesterday so it stuck luck glue. This makes me positive sodium is my thing to keep an eye on...fat, carbs, sugar none of that effects me like sodium. My calories were low but my sodium was easily over 3000. I`m definetely going to be more careful and watch that very closely. ;) So besides that things are good. My calories flucuate, and maybe that keeps my weight loss steady? Like I`m not letting it get used to one set amount? Some days it`s 1300 or 1400, others it`s 1600 or even 1800 (which I tend to lose after the day I eat more). I eat many small meals instead of just 3, so that seems to help a lot. These first 30 pounds were easy to lose but the next 30 will not be...just makes it more important that I have to get moving again. I have a bad feeling I may be near a plateau, I`ve been fluctuating almost a week. So yes, I need to move my butt. That should get it going I hope. I`m getting so excited to be closing in on a number that starts with 1 :) Well, I have to be up very early but I`m going to get some exercise tomorrow...I`ll check in to let you all know I did it, and I WILL do it!! :D I hope everyone is well and I`ll get to catch up more tomorrow. :) |
Day 12 (today) done! I need to try to get caught up but I have laundry and dishes calling - okay, screaming - my name that need tending to first. Hope everyone else is doing well!
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Day 16 complete. I'm already starting to think about goals for the next 21-day challenge...
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Day 2 - Stay in my points no activity points used.
Red - Thanks for getting on that soap box. Those pep talks help! I hope to run someday but not sure if that will be possible even if I get to my goal weight. I have pretty bad knees. That is on of my main reasons for doing the WATP dvd's it's easy on my knees. I also like them because I can ajust how hard I workout. With the addition of weights or doing more arm moves and putting a little hop on moves. I seen a fitness show and they said a hop will burn more cals. So I'm a hopping fool right now. I've got to work into adding more weight. I use to add 10 lbs ( wrist/ankle weights) and I used 3lbs hand weights. I guess it show what gaining extra lbs can do to a person. |
Day 2
I did manage to get my exercise in yesterday. And of course the water isn't a problem anymore.
I WI today and down another 2 pounds!! :cb: I also took my measurements, and went down in a few places - why is it that your breasts are always the first place that lose inches - the one place I wouldn't mind keeping is the first place I lose! :lol: I started this post 4 hours ago - came back to my computer & it's still here. I have a client waiting so I will try to check back later. |
Day 3
Stayed in my points - No activity points used.
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