Week at a Time Challenge #21 - 8 Weeks to 2006!
 

Hi! I would like to challenge myself to 1500 cals per day for one week. I am starting a day late, but 6 days will still be tough, and rewarding if I make it. See you tomorrow!

Yikes! It's time to put my winter-loving money where my mouth is - blowing snow and wind out there this morning. :yikes: It always looks so much worse from my cozy bed. At last - validation for leaving my snow tires on all summer: I'm so far behind I'm right on time!

Apple! A familiar "face". Mscat is a gentle but persistent taskmaster. Always a kind word when we feel we're failing, always arms full of congrats when we succeed. :hug:

This week my challenge will be no "obvious" white flour. Meaning that I won't beat myself up if I eat stew or something that might have some flour hidden in it. A challenge indeed, as I'll be off on a business trip until Saturday afternoon. (At least I don't need to worry about flour hiding in the airline food because there ISN'T ANY AIRLINE FOOD anymore. At least no free food. Only fast-food sandwiches for purchase.) Starting today, of course, because of the little Wendy's incident after spinning last night. This one will be one of the hardest yet for me, hard enough that I think I need a second challenge so I can feel like a success even if my good intentions are wasted paving roads... Challenge number 2: walk at least 5000 steps per day. Also starting today.

I'm not sure how to go back to reread last week's thread without losing this post, so I'll be a little approximate here. Bonnie, was it you who founded the larda** club or whatever mean thing you called some of us? If I keep on moving, I'll have to hand in my membership card! (Don't worry, I expect I'll be with you for some time. Even at my most active - training for a marathon - I was still your basic couch potato. Some of us are just meant to be horizontal. Lying on a recamier or a lounge chair, sipping champers and nibbling bonbons... but I digress. :rofl:

Wow. While I was writing this the snow stopped for a while and is now back in a wetter, pre-freezing-rain sort of way. :yikes: :yikes: There's nothing like freezing rain to make me long for snow...

Mscat, as you can see I haven't cured my little verbal diarrhea problem. :o But I did very quietly meet my exercise goal 5 days out of seven last week. Hmmm. It seems like I have more time to work out when I'm not babbling on at you lot. Who knew?

I may find myself out of touch until the weekend: not taking my laptop, NO internet cafes in Calgary that I've ever been able to find, and I don't know if the hotel will have an acceptably priced business office. I'll try, but... :dunno:

Hi!:coffee: Everybody it is raining heavily today so no point in going out will do my TAE BO. I can only do 30 mts of it but watch the rest of it. my weekly goals r the same doing ex,drinking water.
fish woman you r so good at walking keep it up:D........ I love walking too but just dont have time my 2 yr old keeps me so busy no time.....:wave:so long girls.

I think it is 1of 3 wishes who is walking sorry fish but you r so good yourself doing yoga and all even if you r not walking:carrot::bravo: Thanx for the advice on the portion size and 1 of 3 wishes I got lost reading the thread # 20 when I logged on to #21 I got :?: in names keep walking:carrot::bravo:...........

Hi all!!

Wow, another week and I am right on track! Yippee!!

I decided to try to get my walking done during the work day which means walking at lunch as well as both breaks. So, yesterday at lunch I took off for Angel Stadium (I work across the street) and made it 'round the beast!! I only had to walk about 300 steps once I got home, but overshot that and managed to log 10,724!! I also drank all 84.5 oz of water!

Today, the Santa Anas are in full force; very hot & very windy. But I've braved the elements at first break and lunch and am half way to my daily goal.

My 48th birthday is two weeks from today and I sure would love to be able to buy a smaller pair of jeans that actually fit!

Thanks for being here and keeping me honest with myself!!

On track for the water so far.

Also did a good weights workout and signed up for some personal training sessions (40th b-day present to myself!)

Take care, all.

Ok, what happens if I mess up? I blew my calories on a chocolate shake. Do I wait until monday or keep trying?

Tuesday Kudos!
 

I haven't forgotten to give kudos for last week!

Bonnie - Great to have you back and even though you weren't doing a challenge, you made the scoreboard one day.

Sandy :cb: yeah for a whole day of keeping your goals.

1of3wishes :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb:

Fishwoman :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb:

Carla :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb:

And for this week . . .

Apple :welcome2: We are so happy to have you join us - as everyone said keep going - we shoot for the week but everyday is a brand new day.

Bonnie :cp: for Monday

Elanjel :cp: for Monday

1of3wishes :cp: :cp: for Monday and Tuesday!

Have a great Wednesday everyone.

mscat

Just wanted to say I'm back to posting - I had very sporadic internet access in the past 2 months.

Right now I'm working on drinking my water and maintaining a light meal plan, with no sweets/chocolate and such. I'll be adding more soon.

Just wanted to say hi for now and apologise for my long absence. I haven't forgotten you, and I've been sending good vibes full of support. :)

Sushi

Hi! Everybody, :comp:wow!! congrats Bonnie 1of3Wishes
you r doing great!! keep it up........ I am so :fr: of this time because of choclates and cakes they r so tempting I just love them and cannot eat in moderation and this major wt loss of 15 lb I did from feb last yr and again the crucial time is coming I am scared:fr::fr:.........what iz your secret of getting through this time ??
:welcome:Sushi Penguin & Apple Blossom, Apple I fall off the dieting wagon all the time if you too r on the ground pl dont hesitate just climb on......... you r doing so good.
Yesterday watched what I ate and drank plenty of water, was well enough
Today tea so far.......
so long girls got to go for:tread:

Just a quick post this morning.

I accomplished 10,264 steps yesterday and struggled to get the last 2,500 of them! Drank all my water!

Today will be really hard as I won't be walking during working hours and will have to do all 100 minutes of walking when I get home tonight. Cheer me on, I'll need all the support I can get!

Hope everyone as a good OP day and you meet all your challenges! :dancer:

Hello all!

I wanted to pop in and say hi! I am doing a 3-part 21-day challenge (no alcohol, 30 minutes exercise, and under 1500 calories each day) and right now can't think of anything to do for the week long challenge! I was going to do no chocolate, but with all my other restrictions I have to have my little square of dark chocolate as a treat (I have 1 square, and it is 26 calories). When I think of something, I will jump back in. I will definitely come up with something by next week's challenge.

I can't believe how close we are to the end of the year. Everyone is doing so great! Have a wonderful day!!!

Success: no eating after dinner last night, and drank lots of water.

So far today: on track with the eating (even tho. I did a big no-no and shopped while hungry--I bought a dark chocolate bar for DH--it is high in antioxidants, after all).

Nite 'all
 

HI Ladies - I am on track with my exercise - got up and did a 25 minute treadmill workout :carrot:

Sushi :welcome2: back! It's good to have you with us again. Great goals - we are here to support you.

Sandy - Hang in there! :strong: I agree with you this is a tough time. When tempted I try to imagine what I will look like by avoiding such temptations. Also try to remember that this time next year or even as soon as a near future holiday you will be able to enjoy those temptations in moderation.


1of3 - :cheer: for you and all those Wednesday steps!

Fishwoman - :congratultions - you are an awesome example for us one week at a timers!

Elanjel :cheer: for meeting your Wednesday goals!

Bonnie :cheer: :cheer: for Tuesday and Wednesday goals! You rock.

Have a great night.

mscat

Re: posting weight

I weighed 131 yesterday on the scale at my YMCA. It's about 3 lbs. above where I'd ideally like to be, but it's well within my WW goal. SO I'll plan to cut the points back to 24, up the exercise and check again next week Should make a difference.

Hi!:coffee2: :comp:Everybody this is a very good idea of reporting weight and see what the weight will be next week I would be weighing in tomorrow too:goodscale......... would definetly like to be in challenge...
yesterday did 35 mts of TAEBO did good on food and water. outside is 24 degrees dare not take my toddler out.......
so long girls:happ3::wave: back to my TAEBO I want to master it by next Thursday the whole 57 mts of it:crossed:.

Hi all!

I don't have anything to report for yesterday. My pedometer went on the blink and the one I bought to replace it will have to go back because it doesn't work either.

I didn't do any walking during breaks or lunch as I was away from the office at a luncheon that lasted 4 hours! This also caused me to not consume the water I normally would. :dz:

I walked at first break, but without a pedometer I don't know how many steps I took. Hopefully I will get everything resolved and be able to post numbers again next week.

Bonniebelle, I'll join your weekly weigh-in challenge. I better write myself a note to remember! So I will be able to report some kind of number!! :)

'K ladies, I don't feel great about this post, but I'll keep at it!

LardButt reporting for duty. :lol: I'm still out of town, but decided I couldn't live without contact so brought the laptop I've had almost no time to use... This will be another short post.

Sushi, good to see you back on line! It's so weird when people suddenly disappear, and so nice when they equally suddenly return to the fold. :hug: :hug:

Progress so far: I started this week's goal this Tuesday, and on Tues and yesterday I pulled off the no-white-flour challenge against all odds. Today, so far so good. I got in my 5000 steps yesterday, but not Tuesday. By the time I got into town and into my hotel room, it was time for the Biggest Loser, and then time to sleep. I won't post more now: gotta go out to look for some non-white-flour food and walk those steps and then back to work.

Catch y'all later. :wave:

Hello! I have decided that since I can't seem to STOP EATING I will just stick to my 21 day challenge for now. I would say I'll try again on Monday, but next week is Thanksgiving and there's just no way.....so hopefully I'll see you all the Monday after Thanksgiving! Thanks, and good luck to all of you!

Bonnie, next week I'll add myself to the Thursday weigh-ins. Right now I don't have access to a scale. :shrug:

Today was a sh***y day, but you guys are lucky: I already unloaded on the other thread. Be glad, be very glad. ;)

About 7000 steps today, and still no white flour that I know of. I felt a little silly at breakfast (provided as part of the conference) taking my egg benedict off the muffin and scraping off the sauce, which didn't leave much. I confess adding a few home fries did make it better... I think next week it'll be fried foods that bite the dust. Home fries are not necessary in this life, just a bad (and fairly new) habit.

Keep smiling all! :D

Night All
 

Hi Ladies - What a great idea Bonnie has for a Christmas Challenge! My goal is to increase my challenges every week until Christmas and lose 10 lbs!

Today I finally lost the 10 lbs I gained when I went to Houston! I am back to 232! I overslept and didn't have enough time for my treadmill workout but I did 60 girlie pushups and 100 crunches. Also got in 64 oz of water :cb:

Elanjel :cb: what would I give to be 151 let alone 131. As a matter of fact I would be a rail at that weight. How tall are you? Did you lose all your weight with weight watchers?

Bonnie :cheer: for today's goals and :bravo: for inspiring us all to get on the Christmas bandwagon.

1of3 :cb: hang in there - you are doing great - This challenge will help us all make our weekly goals count for something.

Apple - we'll be here when you get back!

Carla :cheer: for making your white flour challenge - I did no white processed food for 3 weeks when I was reading High Voltage's book "Energy Up!" and lost 18 lbs!

Sandy :cheer: you are awesome - Tae Bo your way to a better, healthier body. Mmmm perhaps I should break out my Billy Blanks tape too!

Have a great Friday ladies!

Hello Ladies :)

What can I say...?
Thank you for the welcome back. :)

I'm working full time now (until mid-January), sitting down all day in front of the computer and spending over 2 hours each day commuting, also sitting in the car. I leave around 7:30 am and seldom get back before 6:30 pm, too tired to do anything. Can't descibe how my body is feeling - stiff, sore, stiff, sore, stiff, sore... ugh. I can't even skate because of how far the rink is in this city. Add to that staying in someone else's house and not having much freedom when it comes to storing and cooking my own food, and you'll see where I am with my weight loss efforts. I think I've gained back every single pound lost over the summer and, after months of wowing "no", I had to go buy some new clothes just to have something wear to work (can't do up the buttons in any of my old "smart" shirts and blouses).
I'm trying - I'm watching what I eat, I signed up for yoga and am starting tennis lessons. But it's just not enough, just not my lifestyle. I need to be out and about and moving.

Anyway, I'll stop ranting.

What do you think of this mealplan?

Breakfast - whole wheat toast and yoghurt, cup of coffee OR small bowl of fibre cereal OR toast, fruit, milk
Snack - carrots (3 medium ones), sometimes a skinny latte
Lunch - small "coffee" cup of miso soup and about 3 cups of various fruit (cantaloupe, strawberries, grapes, pineapple)
Dinner - sushi (surprise! :lol: ), usually 2 rolls - they're a bout 3 inches long, rolled in seaweed, not too thick, and I have salmon and avocado or shrimp and avocado or seaweed

Hi! :coffee:Everybody! todays weighin is at :carrot:154.2 lbs.:carrot:
yesterday did 40 mts of TAEBO and 30 mts of abs and arms with tamlee web:bravo::bravo:. For Breakfast ate :T2 egg white 1 wheat toast with 1/3less fat cheese cream and 1 cup milk with coffee and splenda. Then went shopping late lunch was 2 home made skinny tortillas and chickpea soup, and tea in evening and dinner was a chinese buffet ate little bit of everything I liked their lots of fruits from the dessert bar. and I have already put my wt at the top.
Today tea so far........so long girls got to go and do exs:wave:


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Good Morning!!

My weigh in weight this morning is 199. My scale is old and analog; I'm hoping to get a digital sometime soon. In the meantime, I will work with what I have.

After whining about my broken pedometer(s), I went to Target and bought batteries for the old one....and what do you know!, it works again!!! Oh, the wonders of new batteries!

I walked in the morning without logging and figure I got at least 2,000 steps; steps after lunch equaled 3,389. So all told my estimate for yesterday is approximately 5,500...I'm estimating office steps and steps taken at home in the evening. Water intake was marginal.

I don't know if I will walk today, it is hot (already over 70 degrees at 8am) and very windy....again! Story of the week.

I will work on my eating plan this week. I bought the book "Eating Right 4 your Type", based on eating for your blood type.

Wishing everyone a good weekend! :hat:

Tgif!!!
 

Just a quickie before I go off to my Toastmasters' Conference. Got in a 20 minute workout this a.m. and another 1/2 mile walk this afternoon on the way to lunch :carrot:

Sushi - we are so glad to have you back :hug: Sounds like you are really challenged. Let us know how we can support you! I agree with Bonnie about the protein. You need it to build muscle (as it replaces fat) and it will also help you feel fulfilled.

1of3 :bravo: for being in "onederland."

Sandy :bravo: for your weight! 150 is my goal - I have a long "weigh" to go but you give me hope.

Thank you Bonnie and everyone for breathing new life into this thread and stretching our weekly challenge beyond the current week!

Hello Ladies :)

Re: protein, that's tough. I'll try to have Brie on toast (with strawberries - YUM!) for breakfast a couple of times per week, but that's it. My dislike for any and all meat is growing stronger and stronger... I can hardly eat chicken anymore. Is seafood (shrimp, mussels, squid) good for protein?

I used Fitday in the summer and found it very helpful, but the problem I have here is that every single product has nutritious information in kilojoules, not calories. And I wouldn't be able to keep up with logging everything, just don't have the time to spend online.

I've been thinking about my challenge for next week, but haven't decided on anything yet. I'm sticking with getting the water in, no sweets, and no food after 7 pm, but those don't really feel challenging anymore. Something more challenging would be nice, but at the same time I want to be sure it's not too challenging, so that I don't end up not doing it because it's too much.

Perhaps a bike ride each morning? Especially since next week I won't need to leave until 7:50 am or so. I went for one this morning, and it was fun, only my second bike ride in YEARS, and I didn't get as exhausted as last time. :) There is a nice bendy dirt road just around the corner. The goal would be to improve my time and not have to stop to rest too many times - going there is tough, as it starts with a hill and then most of it is on a slight incline, but coming back is just cruising along.
Tomorrow is Day 5 of my new 21-day challenge (running), and my leg muscles are really sore. So perhaps I should challenge myself to do some stretching as well...
I'll give it some more thought. :)

I so wish I could get below 60 kg by Christmas... but I don't think it's going to happen. I just don't know how I could achieve it, none of my recent efforts seem to have any effect. And in my current situation it's just not possible to work on it as hard as I did over the summer. But then if I did achieve that, then maybe I'd be able to start believing again that I actually can lose weight? So the question is... HOW to get there?

Ladies, tell me, what do you suppose would be a realistic time frame for me to get to 130 lbs and then 120 lbs (from about 144 lbs right now)? You're so much more experienced than I am when it comes to fighting the pounds. I don't know, maybe I just want it happen too fast. But then is it wrong to want to see at least 1 pound gone each week?

troubled and confused Sushi...

Hi! Everybody:wave:, Bonnies article is very informative, sushi pl dont be disheartened you wont believe I am beating around wt 154 for weeks now sometime I put on 3 lb make it go 157 then again I slowly come back to 154 in 2 weeks I too got tired and wrote in one of my postings that wt loss has become boring....... but now this challenge of writing the wt and then see how much I loose in a week has again charged me and has motivated me a lot:strong:. Yesterday I fought my craving of eating junk and choclate twice I am proud of myself today:bravo::bravo:....... I hope I am able to loose a pound at the end of this week.
so long girls...got to go:tread:

Mscat, where would I get that High Energy book? I'm seriously thinking of expanding the no white flour to no white food, and need some inspiration. (I bought two pairs of slightly too-tight pants I want to be wearing by Christmas...) Enjoy your Toastmaters' conference. Is it out of town?

Sushi, Bonnie is right: you need to make sure you get enough protein. Sushi is all very well, but white rice is not very nutritious. You don't need to eat meat, there are lots of soy products (isn't Japan pretty much awash in tofu?), dairy is good, eggs if you eat them. And seafood and shellfish is excellent.

So far, with today, I have 5 days no white flour, 3 days at 5000 + steps. :carrot: :carrot: (Today was a wash on the bonus challenge.)

I have a sneaking suspicion I may be back under 200.... :crossed: tomorrow will tell. But I won't be changing my ticker until I finish a 21-day challenge, which could take a lot more than 21 days at my speed. Bonnie, I'll report on my weigh-in and will join in on the Thursday weigh-ins. That was one good idea you had there! And congrats on that first pound off!

I'll be back tomorrow: it's getting to be time to hit the hay - it's been a long day. :wave: