12.4.05 ~ 1850 calories
Amarantha ~ I did a miscalculation in my hurry to post: I had forgotten a little cream cheese and smoked salmon bun (...ooops).
But, thanks anyway, as I feel I did a good job with all the temptations.
For today, I would love to stay under 1500.
Good job on the exercise, Amarantha!

Ok!

Me three! Going to walk to gym, do weights, come home and do yoga, meditate. Plus the usual food/water stipulations.

Another pound bit the dust, officially now at lowest weight since I started weighing again. And my body composition has changed a lot. I was surprised to read that significantly overweight folk often have a LOW water content, which explains why mine increased almost 10% and why when I launch a new campaign I almost invariably lose weight very slowly at the start, but notice difference in musculature. Onward!

Hello all!

How is everyone?

Woke up feeling much better and did some things around the house but by 10 am, was really, really glad that this is a vacation week as I had to take a long nap....

Woke up about 2 , thought it was much later and was thrilled to find out I still had time to do a few things b/4 dh is due home....

We have a storm coming thru.... might get a few inches of snow, might only get "slop"....

Just wanted to say hello to all...

12.5.05 ~ 1490 calories

I barely made it under 1500, but I did it!!!!
My challenge today is to keep under 1400, if possible, keeping in mind that tomorrow is my weigh-in day, for extra-motivation. But it is a cold day, so we will see...

Good job, Arabella!

Seems like i've only got time and energy for a fly-by. Maybe things will ease up soon? I did the walk/gym + yoga yesterday but didn't quite manage the meditation. I think I let it get too late in the day... Today, I'll try harder. Meditate this aft -- actually, I think I'll even do an occasional short one this morning. Just getting my invoice for December together and will go for a walk as soon as I have done that. Yes I will :yes: Yoga when I get back. And then... I'm going to try to take it as easy as I possibly can for the rest of the day. A little work, a little break, repeated as nec. Still not feeling fully well, although the cold never got really bad. I guess that's what the payoff was for all my echinacea, ginseng, etc etc etc...

Any reports on the Oil of Oregano, Empress A?

Aria, do you find you need more food on cold days? Interesting! Good luck with your weigh-in -- you inspire me!

Kaylets, enjoy your time off!

Let's make this a good one!

[color=blue][b]Yo, flybyes are good, Arabella, I'm kinda in that mode as well!!!! Congrats on gettin' in 99.9 percent of your stuff yesterday ... the meditation can wait a bit ... you're doin' great!!

Aria, you are inspirin' me with those cal counts! Huzzah! Trek on!!!

My cal count didn't hold last night ... blood sugar was going low and I had to have another mini meal ... still a good day.

Too busy this a.m. to come on here and do a challenge, but it was to go do my exercise class ... I did go but decided to skip the cycling ... did 15 minutes of mixed cardio upstairs and then joined in for abs/core and stretch ... total exercise time 75 minutes.

Not bad for a sick person ... still don't feel well ... Arabella, I do think the oregano oil is helping, but of course there's no real way to know, since I will eventually get well ... this is the worst case of the flu or virus or whatever that I've had in decades ... no more infection, but still symptoms and fatigue. I am going to stick with the oregano oil, though, as pharmaceuticals are useless ... doctors, too. :)

Hello all!,

We had a small snowstorm come thru yesterday which seemed to aggravate the cold/flu symptons.... wound up taking meds to kill the headache and slept all of yesterday morning away...and went to bed very early too.... as DH says, must have needed it...

And yes, its handy that I have the time off ..... the rest of the thought I am sure you all can fill in the blanks...

but today is starting off better and I feel more motivated. Especially now that I have found the thought of the day:

*****

Thought of the day :

'Impossible itself says "I'm Possible." '


Question of the day :

"What is your favorite color?"

*****

Anyone for tea?


PS.... Aria... I love your photo... very pretty...

Hello everyone!
12.6.05 ~ 1360 calories (I did it!)
Challenge for today ~ keep under 1500 calories
Hope you feel better, Amarantha and Kaylets!
I have a scratchy throat myself, but no fever.
Kaylets ~ I picked my image from the holidays avatar on this site.

My challenge today is to get in a total 30 minutes of cardio exercise. I am countin' house cleaning, of which I have done 10 minutes, so have 20 to go. Later ...

Need a low cal day also, so am setting a goal of anything in the 1600s or less. Ate more stuff and shot count sky-high last night. Compensation for the cold ... LET'S GO WEDNESDAY!

Bleech!

No, really, let's do it!

Really, we're gonna have a great day, despite the cold ... it is COLD here, most irritatin' ... if I wanted me blood to freeze, I would not have moved to Arizona! :)

hope everyone with flu, scratchy throats, etc. is feeling better a.s.a.p!! sending you all virtual herb tea and nice, hot soup. congrats to arabella for recent poundage down. you all are inspiring me to hang in there with cal. count and exercise, even when i don't want to. yesterday, over by 300 c.-yuck (!), but did my exercising. so far today, back on full-steam-ahead track(1400c/regular daily exercise routine, meditation tape.) for good measure, did some de-cluttering and piled up paperwork in the past couple of days. i'm already so sick of this cold weather, and of course, there is still a lot more yet to come in this neck of the woods.:( well, i'm sending nice, warm, balmy-breeze thoughts out to everyone. take care.