Hello, everyone! I'm finishing up Sunday here, after eating WAY too much all day, but no sugar, no white flour. I don't know why, just was packing stuff in. I am going to start counting calories again. It's the only way. For the challenge it's okay, but I really do want to lose weight. At this heart, if I don't put a check on it, I'll be gaining!!
Apple -- I'm with you on the hurricane thoughts. It is so sad that those people weren't helped sooner. So many died needlessly, and even the levee fortifications were lacking. I haven't heard people comparing this to 9/11. Is that true? No, I agree, nothing to compare. Disaster, yes, but that's about where it ends. Maybe people are talking about preparation by the government, how to deal with such a disaster. Or perhaps they mean the reaction to it is similar, the shock, the disbelief..
Oh, no, forgot to step!? Well, I guess if you do two in one day we can let it slide. After all, you done plum forgot! We'll just say you're in a different time zone. Also, a hand on that walk!
curly -- You rock!!
fancy -- on two more days notched on water and exercise and three whole days behind you on NO SODA!! Hurrah! Keep it up! You're doing SO DAmn good!!
Last edited by redballoon; 09-04-2005 at 07:44 AM.
Thanks for letting the stepping slide. I DID step again last night so day 2 is complete! 19 to go! And on day 21 I won't be feeling the least bit bad about it.
You guys with the soda problem- that's how I am with beer. mmmmm...beer........
Congrats to all for being 1 day closer...
LMAO APPLE BLOSSOM!! I could hear Homer actually saying that!!!
Ok I have a bit of a question. I'm not sure if this is my free day or not. Today my family went to really great place to eat! (I'll spare the food porn) I did go over points (Daily) But I had points banked from my workouts. I went over by 7.5 points which were covered by banked workout (activity points) I guess what I'm saying is I only workout for 15 minutes today so I didn't really earn enough to cover my over eating points today. But I had some in a savings (so to speak) So does that count? Since the are activity points but banked one not ones I earn today. If I'm allowed then Day 7 is a sucess. If not then I'll use it as my free day.
Mez, sorry, but I have no idea whether your points were a nono or not. Maybe someone else will? But bravo for not exceeding your accumulated total.
Today was Day 12. I surprised myself and didn't use a free day yesterday. I was about to: another cottage guest was making an Armenian specialty involving spicy sausage in pita (both allowed in my permissive little diet world), and he poured each of us a glass of arak which goes well with it. I know it's not wine, but my wine ban is actually an all-alcohol ban. I do like anise drinks, so I was very tempted, but I turned it down, and when pressed said I was on medication and couldn't drink. So dinner with no wine was easy too, not that I didn't look at it longingly. I still have 9 days to go, and one free day left. Hmmm. I sure will try! The choc part seems to be fairly easy, and the wine will be hard but a very good idea when visiting my stepmother with her nephew and wife from England. (Lots of minefields in that visit - better to keep my wits about me.)
I'm not inspired to write personal notes, even to Shewhomustbeobeyed - aka Red. Too tired tonight, and tomorrow I need to fight the cleaning/laundry battle before picking up my Brits. At least this time I'm not relegated to the sad cot. Instead I've moved up the accommodation ladder to the inflatable bed in the cramped, no AC office. Which sort of gives me the living room and TV and kitchen as well, so I can nosh all night if I want.
I don't remember if I mentioned it, but last week I bought a ridiculously expensive new cat gadget: a self-cleaning litter box. Yes, the cats are ridiculously spoiled. Thus far I've successfully resisted the urge to dress them in little doll outfits. (That was a joke, folks. I would definitely find better costumes than doll clothes. ) The box sounded like such a good idea, but... It turned out to be so noisy I had to unplug it at night, and the cats were terrified of it. My Bigboy sat and stared at it for hours, certain that if he turned his back it would turn into the demon paper shredder. He finally had no choice as he was about to burst, and jumped gingerly in and out again as fast as he could. Then I plugged it back in and watched it fail miserably in its task. The rake did sweep thru the litter as adverised, but glued itself to a smelly pile; then the little bucket lifted its load up in the air and promptly dumped it where the receptacle would have been had the lid of it not stuck shut. So the Littermaid Plus is a definite bust in this home, and it has now gone back to the store while we use the old-fashioned system where YOURS TRULY gets to lift the poop up and into the receptacle.
A strange feeling the last week or so: I don't feel embarrassingly large any more. I do still have a long way to go, but I have pants that fit or are loose, my nightshirts are no longer obscene, mirrors are less frightening... It really is such a good feeling! And this time I haven't tricked myself into celebrating with food!!
mez -- "Food porn!!" I love it! On your question, I think it's up to you to decide just what your challenge was. If it was sticking to your program and your program allows for this banked point system, then fine. If it was your own thing and that was to actually get the exercise in each day, then you'd have to consider it not making your goal. Since this situation has not arisen yet, you could actually decide right now what you want to do, not try to think what you had originally planned on. If getting exercise is more important, then call it a slipup, if staying on program (which does, after all, include regular exercise) is more important, march on! You decide, mez! In case you want to consider it a challenge infraction, you still have your pause days, so use them if you can! You have one more too, right? This is your second round. Okay, just stopping in here at work to address this pressing question! You go, girl!!
Last edited by redballoon; 09-05-2005 at 06:46 AM.
Well, Day 10 was a success! Hurrah! And I even got in a workout this morning before work though last night a really bad thunderstorm and sheets of rain had me convinced I'd have to blow off the gym. They were running reports of flooding throughout the Tokyo area and I had visions (undoubtedly fueled by the Katrina devastation) filling my head with pictures of me trying to trudge to the gym in pelting rain, my poncho being whipped flat against my drenched legs. An unbelievably loud crack last night after midnight woke me up as two cats ran into the futon for protection. It sounded like a nearby lightning strike or a transformer blowing. I expected to smell smoke and see flames outside. The fire engine sirens did start up but didn't come close so I fell back to sleep. Anyhow, this morning it was only raining lightly, so I went to the gym and just jogged, but wore my pulse meter and kept my pulse at over 71 percent max for 30 mins! Hurrah for me!!
carla -- Mutiny! Not writing to Shewhomustbeobeyed! .... Well, you had a great save there, didn't you? with that arak. I know the stuff, like uzo, right? I didn't realize your no-wine was really a no-alcohol thing. Wow! That's major discipline! It also gives me an idea for a challenge. I could do a no-beer challenge but drink other alcohol. Calorie-wise I'm sure it would be less. It's too easy to pace the guys with the pints, but I can easily sit there nursing a "hi-sour", which is Japanese-style vodka (shochu) mixed with water and fresh lemon or grapefruit juice or whatever, sometimes I mix it with oolong tea. Could be a good change. Anyhow, no more alcohol talk. We'll have Apple running for the fridge and a cold one! And I'm real glad to see you stuck to your challenge despite all the tough times! Good for you, carla! Enjoyed your story about the automatic pooper-scooper too. I can just see your cats trembling in fear at the thing, ready to cut and run, finished or not! AND, I love hearing that you're feeling better about your body, the mirrors, the clothes. Just what was "obscene" about your nightshirt!! On second thought, no, that's okay. Leave it to my imagination. Also, great going on not celebrating with food!
Apple -- Glad to hear you got your double stepping in. Congrats on Day 2 done!! Which really has more calories, beer or soda? (regular soda, of course, not diet) There are those low-cal or low-carb beers, aren't there? Have you considered trying them? Don't know if taste is important with you. What is the Homer part, the "mmmm....beer" ? I don't know any of the TV shows, nothing for the past couple decades. Have only heard of the Simpsons and maybe saw a few minutes. Can you believe it? Well, continued good luck, Apple! So glad you're going the extra mile and sticking to a challenge.
Others!! Where ARE yoooooooou???? Come out! Come out! I am getting lonely again.....
Last edited by redballoon; 09-05-2005 at 07:27 AM.
Mez - I also totally laughed when I read "mmmm , beer". I'm so easily amused.
Carla - I LOVE not being afraid of mirrors! That's an excellent motivator, so brava to you!
I was foiled in my challenge this weekend. Curses! <fist shaking>. As I mentioned, I went to DC and was staying with friends and having a total blast. I was *sure* I would be able to fit in my abs routine somewhere. But when I woke up, all comfy in the guest bed, I convinced myself I would do it later in the day. WRONG! Lesson learned - don't believe myself when I say I will do it later. Apparently I'm a big liar who can't be trusted in such matters.
So - back to the beginning, but I am already done with day 2, so off we go!
Redballoon - don't feel lonely! We're here!! You're the best!
i completed day 14 last night.. while i was doing my walk i decided that i would start adding in some jogging, jog 30 seconds.. then walk 60 seconds... I think i may still be too heavy for the jogging but ive read posts where people that are heavier than me are jogging sooo im gonna keep trying the jog/walk thing and see what happens...
thank goodness the scale has cooperated and moved down! i guess it was all the salt on my (yuck) boiled eggs.. i dont add salt to my food ... but for some reason the boiled eggs are easier to stomach covered in salt.. but now ive switched to eating them plain..
hope everyone is having a great weekend.. ive procrastinated all weekend so today i will have to get something accomplished.. grocery shopping.. laundry..
Curly - have you tried salt substitutes like Mrs. Dash? Or maybe some hot sauce to make your eggs taste better? On the weekend I had a wonderful bfast: thinly sliced soujouk (lebanese halal sausage) peeled and lightly fried, then two beaten eggs poured over it in the frypan until set. Serve with a half lime squeezed over it. Of course there's some salt in the sausage, but it sure makes those eggs taste good! Maybe just the lime would do it, I don't know.
As for the jogging, just don't overdo as you can get an injury and then not be able to walk either. I assume you have good running shoes (NOT cross-trainers); you might also want to replace the insoles with Superfeet, an expensive sort of generic orthotic insole which even podiatrists recommend.
Red, old girl, your little vodka drink sounds pretty yummy, much more appetizing than beer. But I won't sample one for now, it just sounds too tempting. Yes, my wine challenge includes all booze. I just like wine best so it's the hardest. (I lived in Greece for about a year a long time ago, and yes, I did acquire quite a taste for ouzo.) The same goes for the chocolate part: I let myself have chocolate FLAVOURED things that are not candy, but the ban includes things like Clif bars, jujubes, jelly beans... It's a complicated system to explain, but when I see food I know whether it's legal or not. That's why at one point I was wondering about Nature Valley crunchy granola bars, which I decided to allow.
Chaps, , sorry to hear about the little slip. How far along were you at the time? At least you've jumped right back in!
I'm declaring myself officially in Onederland, although just barely. Again, I have a few more days of intense challenge coming up with my visitors. I am so not a social person, at least not when I can't escape to my little bolthole. Right now I'm playing on this site instead of doing everything I need to do before this evening. But at least I know I can pull it together fairly quickly, and I'm going to try to remember that this is my home, and I don't have to transform it according to what I think others might want. (I have a bad habit of trying to do or be what I think will please other people, with the net result that no one is happy, and we're all bored and resentful. It's such fun for my guests!) It's time to do the basics, and apart from that just go with the flow. Ohmmm...
Darn. I really can't procrastinate any longer, so I'm off. I'll try to keep in touch this week, but doubt I'll have time for more than short posts.
Hi newbie here since August. I am part of the 50 pounds by Christmas group, but I need a little push to help me on my way! A little about me... I am 25 and a single mother to a Kindergarten boy and a 2 yr old little girl! I work from home and that in and of itself takes will power! My 21 day challenge starts tomorrow and that will be my gazelle!!! I do 1-2 miles a day on my gazelle. I can do this!!! I am hoping that this is good for tomorrow to start. I broke my toe last week and I really think I can get some tennis shoes on by tomorrow. If I can start tonight that will be great!
Last edited by AliLewis328; 09-05-2005 at 02:03 PM.
Day 3 complete! I also took a walk. 40 minutes or so. I should start timing it so I can encourage myself to walk faster. And an odemeter for the stroller. That would be interesting. Is there such a thing?
Red- Homer Simpson says mmmmm....when ever he is thinking about something he likes. Usually its doughnuts but he loves his beer too.
If you are serious about a no beer challenge I will do it with you......
I looked up beer vs. soda and they are about the same calorie wise. No way will you see me drinking light beer. I don't drink beer out of a can either. I prefer micros, the hoppier the better. I like to support the local breweries not the big corperate (stop me now) Micros tend to have more alcohol in them too so probably MORE cals....
Enough already. Congratulations to everyone completing another day of your challenge.
Ali! Please be careful with your toe. If it hurts at all give it a longer rest. Patience will pay off, you don't want to end up with a longer than nessecary recovery.
Curly- go slow on the jogging too!
i can walk a 9-10 minute mile so i think i am ready to move ahead with some jogging.. lol my biggest fear is that chai (my dog) will decide to switch sides on me and we will both end up in a tumble!
Sorry this is going to be short.TOM and craping. I looked up my challenge and I said 10 minutes exercise EVERYDAY! So since I did 15 I made that goal. Then the other was to say in my points system (inclulding activitiy points) So since I stayed in my WW points and that includes any Activity points earned that day or banked. I Would say I did good.
Today I went to my sisters house (she is the one that got the treadmill I found at the rummage sale) We (3 sisters and my daughter) are getting together for workouts Mon, Wed and Friday. The others haven't workout in years so we're taking it slow seeing how it will come together. We have a weight bench and few other fitness "toys". The days I'm not at her house, I'll do my own thing at home. Day 8 Sucess! Did 1 mile on treadmill and worked my arms/abs on weight bench. 1hr workout total.
finishing up Day 9!
Well, I guess if you do two in one day we can let it slide. 
After all, you done plum forgot! We'll just say you're in a different time zone. Also, a hand 
on that walk! 
on two more days notched on water and exercise and three whole days behind you on NO SODA!! Hurrah! 
Keep it up! You're doing SO DAmn good!! 
mmmmm...beer........
Too tired tonight, and tomorrow I need to fight the cleaning/laundry battle before picking up my Brits. At least this time I'm not relegated to the sad cot. Instead I've moved up the accommodation ladder to the inflatable bed in the cramped, no AC office. Which sort of gives me the living room and TV and kitchen as well, so I can nosh all night if I want.
) The box sounded like such a good idea, but... It turned out to be so noisy I had to unplug it at night, and the cats were terrified of it. My Bigboy sat and stared at it for hours, certain that if he turned his back it would turn into the demon paper shredder. He finally had no choice as he was about to burst, and jumped gingerly in and out again as fast as he could. Then I plugged it back in and watched it fail miserably in its task. The rake did sweep thru the litter as adverised, but glued itself to a smelly pile; then the little bucket lifted its load up in the air and promptly dumped it where the receptacle would have been had the lid of it not stuck shut. So the Littermaid Plus is a definite bust in this home, and it has now gone back to the store while we use the old-fashioned system where YOURS TRULY gets to lift the poop up and into the receptacle.
decisions, decisions...
I love it! On your question, I think it's up to you to decide just what your challenge was. If it was sticking to your program and your program allows for this banked point system, then fine. If it was your own thing and that was to actually get the exercise in each day, then you'd have to consider it not making your goal. Since this situation has not arisen yet, you could actually decide right now what you want to do, not try to think what you had originally planned on. If getting exercise is more important, then call it a slipup, if staying on program (which does, after all, include regular exercise) is more important, march on! You decide, mez! In case you want to consider it a challenge infraction, you still have your pause days, so use them if you can! You have one more too, right? This is your second round. Okay, just stopping in here at work to address this pressing question! 
Day 10 is a wrap!!
Not writing to Shewhomustbeobeyed! 
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Come out! Come out! I am getting lonely again..... 
, sorry to hear about the little slip. How far along were you at the time? At least you've jumped right back in!
(stop me now) Micros tend to have more alcohol in them too so probably MORE cals....
