LIsa! great gob completing your challange!!!!!
& Fish! 12 pushups!!!! You are my hero! (I am supposed to do 5 or more for a fitness test i need one day to do!! But my upper body thinks my whole body weighs to much! and cannot do it..... YET! maybe after the no soda challange I will go a push up challange!!)
Amazingly I have had no headaches... apart from my false start! I think my body realises how determined I am, and decided that it would go along with me for a change! I don't even crave it anymore....AT ALL!!! Although I had to purchase a cartoon of Pepsi max (pepsi one) today! it was on special and I like getting ahead of christmas, so my shopping bills do not go up to much! in those last 2 weeks!) so I buy one or two things each week!
Just a quick note as I run out the door for Yom Kippur services. 18 days down, but I think I've decided to take this one for a full month, to really put myself to the test. Part of the reason is that I haven't really had strong cravings to fight off, so I feel as if I've cheated this challenge, unintentionally.
Or maybe my willpower has just become so strong....bahahahahaha
OK. I am going to have to start over on my challenge. My goals were to 1. Write down what I eat everyday and 2. Post here every day, but yesterday I didn't do either so I am going to start over. I am eating better and being more conscious of what I eat and today I am going to write it down. I am a lot less likely to eat junk if I have to write it down.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARLA!!!! I WISH YOU THE BEST YEAR and MUCH HAPPINESS!!!!
Day #3 of my challenge----In honor of Coach-Carla's birthdate, I did wts./cardio for 13 mins......
And I baked you a REAL cake and brought it to work (so no calories anyway)....a nice rum cake with coconut and pineapple....(I couldn't sleep and when I stress I bake, but have no interest in eating the stuff.....but the docs. love it, sugar is a very big thing around here along with lots of CAFFEINE!!!!)
Thank you Marble for the birthday wishes. Coach Carla says you should have done 56 min (in honour of her advanced age) instead of 13, but since we're all about support around here I've told her to stuff it.
I sure could use some of that cake. I've been nibbling at Shad's wonderful cybercake but find it strangely unfulfilling... Still trying to decide whether to tough out Day 21 and play tomorrow, or have tonight off. There is wine in the fridge and chocolate in the closet, so I can decide anytime, on a moment's notice..
Today's visit to the quack a little disappointing: I'm not allowed to blow until Sunday. They took an amazing amount of stuff out of my generously proportioned snout: I haven't re-weighed yet, but fully expect a major drop now that the splints, the drop cloths, the construction ladder, the hammer and saws, the this and that are out of there. I guess now I know why I was a little uncomfortable. And I can breathe better already, with more improvement due in a few days. The doc claims the air passages are nice and open and clear now. Apparently my multi-hued eyes are somewhat unusual, but I'm told hot compresses will help. I'm not back to work for almost another week, so maybe I'll be closer to normal then. At least as normal as I get. There does seem to be a slight divot on the left side of the bridge, but maybe that's temporary. I don't know if it shows: I haven't felt the urge to gaze at the results yet.
Last night I decided to put the Gazelle together before bed. Ah, what a fool this mortal be! or is! I almost made it, but when I realized I had omitted a crucial step I just couldn't deal anymore, so I changed the grease-stained jammies, took a cool bath, tidied away a little of the packing debris, and hit the hay. I haven't quite found the energy yet to try again today. Lots of loin-girding required. I must admit, I did wonder why I was left with an exposed, grease-covered axle, but not enough to avoid temporary disaster. In my defence, anyone would have had trouble with the just-barely-inadequate instructions. If they had seemed as incomplete as they in fact were, I would have paid more attention... Not that I can ever decipher assembly instructions (or maps) except in retrospect. In fact that was one of the few talents my ex had that I miss.
Markblefly that cake sounds wonderful!! If you want to join in and not feel guilty Here's an ideal.
My husand had his birthday not to long ago and I found a really good recipe here. The cake to my surprise came out GREAT!!! It's a pop cake. Here's how to make it.
Take any cake mix (I used Chocolate Fudge)put in bowl and pour in a can of diet pop (I used Diet Cherry Coke) (12 can) Mix, cook according to directions on the box. Keep an eye on it since I heard the burn easy. It might be my oven runs hot since mine was finished 11 minutes early. Let it completely cool then frost.
Now for the frosting take FF whip cream (1 container) and mix it with FF/SF pudding (small box) you can use powder or ready made.(I used one single serving container) I did both because I found the powder made it grainy. (maybe it was just me) You store this in the frig.
It was so good I had to have other members of my family try it! I drove around town having them taste it not telling them how it was made they couldn't believe it! Most of the comments were it so moist are you sure you just added pop. Of course the kids had to try they loved it! I'm sure many of you who love to bake can do wonders with this recipe!
Mez, I figured as much....I have a favorite book with the recipe..."The Cake-Mix Doctor", it has about 90 different recipes to make things taste from scratch (but its a mix)...not surprisingly, ANYTHING with liquor in it tastes great...the favorite at work is the "KAHULA CAKE"...and the WHISKEY CAKE with choc. chips and walnuts.
OH CARLA!!!! If you check the Video or DVD with the Gazelle Package, there is usually detailed instructions for your viewing pleasure...(I hope)! Glad to hear the nose is more comfortable...did you find the blue emu cream? put your creams for your face in the fridge..cold applications will bring down swelling....and sliced cucumber makes my eyes feel better after my temper tantrums when I cry.
Today is also my other good friend and Co-workers Birthday....she is the amazing plastic surgery nurse (who also knew the prescription that finally worked on my poison ivy---utravate 0.05% cream)! She was a friday the 13th baby.
In honor of both your special days....I went out with my asst. (it was her birthday last week)....I ate FRENCH FRIES and a grilled rueben, along with a glass of Pinot....
Good morning, people. Running late here. Just wanted to say I completed Day 19. It was hard as all the cookies and things were out at work, but I resisted. Now, I'm trying to get to the gym before work. Not having money means resisting the going out after work is MUCH easier. Tonight will be a temptation perhaps, but I am just going to to do it for doing its sake! Today and tomorrow and then I can relax a bit and think about my next challenge. Later, all. Hang in there! If I can, you CAN!!!
marbleflys - Thanks for the info on the cookbook it's sounds awesome! I'll have to look around for it. I think those would be wonderful chistmas gifts.
I'm a Boy Scout Assistant Scoutmaster so poison ivy and such are always a topic with new leaders. I'll pass your info on to them. I use a product called Ivy Block. It's a nice preventive lotion I always have on hand at summer camp.
And it has gotten much harder in the last couple of days to concentrate on the challenge. It's as if the body wants me to fail. However I managed to stay OP enough yesterday to say I won that battle and today is the end. I'm not about to fail now.
For those of us on this side of the world, it is now curlylocks birthday. So Happy birthday in advance Curly.
You gift is attached.
Okay, countdown to Japan is underway it is now 13 days. Looks like we have a fairly full schedule too. I'm really looking forward to this. No time off since August last year - I need this break.
Onward to the end of day 21 - I'll not fail this challenge now.
Food: Just
Exercise: Time out but I did go walking
Water Just
Carbs & portions again just.
There does seem to be a slight divot on the left side of the bridge, but maybe that's temporary. I don't know if it shows: I haven't felt the urge to gaze at the results yet. 
Happy Birthday, Dear Carla!!!
Congratulations on another year of good living!! 
starting Day 20....
Just
again just.
for a day! 
