hey girls...have you considered getting a pedometer to wear as to measure your steps that you take through out the day ...i have purchased my second ,along with the watp tapes,also if you go to prevention .com,they have a great pedometer walk it off program ...it's also in the magazine for Novembers issue...I plan on challenging myself each day to increase my steps...10,000.00 and the tips they give also include the walk away tapes..please check it out ladies..it's another great way to add fitness to our daily journey to being fit.....it's also fun...me and my best friend along with my hubby entered a 10,000.00daily step contest about a year ago ,and we three won 1st ,2nd and third prize,[I won second]..hubby won 1st and bf won third...we won moutain bikes and lots of health related products...it was really fun,and weekly were given great tips and healthy recipes to try when we reported in with our weekly sheets....so we have decided to do our own till Christmas to see where it takes us...it will be fun...just a thought I wanted to pass on to all of my very best friendsa here...love all of you... take careand will check in later.....Joy
Joy... u have inspired me... i am going to go out and get a pedometer... its such a great idea! My aunt uses one and told me to try it as well... so... i will! Have a great day all...
WTG Amanda... each day is a new begining... and we will be with u every step of the way. U can do it girl!!
Amanda: Hope they work well for you. they do great for me. I don't have to think or consider what to eat, just follow the menu for the day. I promise, I will try and work on the other 10 days so I can e-mail them to you and you have a whole months worth.
Joy: My dd is supposed to be giving me a digital pedometer that her husband doesn't like. I wanted one for Christmas and she said she would just give this one to me instead.
GIRLS! You HAVE to check out Overstock.com. They have some great stuff and great prices. I have my eye on a gorgeous leather Jacket that is $180 knocked off from something like 350$. I am going to get a lot of Christmas shopping done there. They have a handmade section where you can get handmade gifts from all over the world and I think I am going to get something for my future dil for Christmas there. They have these gorgeous Native American Pots in these brilliant colors for only $50. I am going to get her and Kelly each a pair of diamond studs from us for Christmas too I think. Make sure you take a peek when you have time because you won't want to leave! They have a photo printer that attaches to your digital camera that my dh has been looking at. Retail I have seen it for $150 and they have it for $70! I know I am getting him that for Christmas as he really has wanted one for a long time.
Well I need to go and get a shower. I am freezing to death today and I still have not gotten downstairs started. I saw the overstock commercial on tv and have been up here gawking at stuff for the last hour!
Joy: I constructed 20 days (so far) of daily menus using mostly the recipes from here at 3fc. Here are 2 of them. They are based on 1800 cal and 410 fat calories per day. I do so much better with structure so I worked on these for a couple weeks. I want to work on some more so that I have enough to have one months rotations worth. If you would like them, let me know and I will e-mail them to you. Since it is just me eating them, I usually cut the recipes at least in half.
Faye
Sample of a couple of the menus:
MENU 1
BREAKFAST: ff yogurt with 1 cup blueberries 180
SNACK: 30 grapes 90 cal
LUNCH: Tomato soup whole can 225 1 slice bread with lowfat margarine 120 60 fat
Orange 50
SNACK: 28 pretzel sticks 100
DINNER: Beef Lo Mein (see recipe) 2 servings 810 cal 90 fat
1 cup green beans 50 cal
pudding cup 100 cal
MENU 2
BREAKFAST: 1 carton egg beaters with 1 slice toast with all fruit jam 150/10
SNACK: 16 oz spicy bloody mary mix with 1 cup lowfat popcorn and 1tsp peanuts 190/ 80
LUNCH: WW frozen meal 400 cal less 80 fat cal or less
Carton sugar free jello and 1 tbl ff cool whip 50
SNACK: slimfast snack bar 125 /30
DINNER: Peppered Pork Chops (see recipe) 2 servings 334/72
Baked Potato with 2 tbl low fat margarine 320/100
1 cup cooked broccoli 50
health start ice cream bar 80
Faye I am so pround of you! I know that you will remember that feeling you had finishing the race always
Got in all points for the weekend! Today I am still working on the water will have to wait and see. Just wanted to check in quickly. Gotta run ds is on a school trip and I just got home from work so I have some time free to get in some house work. Catch everyone later
WOW, I leave for a bit and I totally lost the whole thread from my control panel...go figure??
Faye- Wow, what an amazing moment for you, I got chilly bumps when I saw your pics. Thank you so much for sharing them. I thought about you all day Saturday. I got called into work that day, I probably walked two miles at work but not steadily. I was really bummed about it tho. I didn't get home until late and when I did Dh had two tickets to go out and see a local "Band?" They are really dj's on an all talk station here that we listen to. Comedy and stupid songs mostly, but it was nice to get out and do some adult time. Unfortunately it left me with no time to at all to put in my two miles. I will have to try again another day I guess. I knew you could do it though. You are so awesome, I bet you have no idea just what a great woman you are!
Sandybrat- Ok this whole same day birthday thing is starting to freak me out a little...LOL I BOUGHT THAT SAME EXACT PORK LOIN FROM SAMS THIS WEEKEND TOO!!! LOL They really are delicious too!
Congrats on the weightloss mirabelly!
Amanda- How's the new non smoking challenge going for you?
I have been super busy and it's so hard to find time anymore for much of anything besides, my business, work and housework right now. My classes will be paid for by Nov. 1st and then there will be the challenge of finding time for that too. uggg.
I just wanted to share a moment with you, my DH called me at work today to say he had a very late B-day gift for me, but it was a surprise and I'd have to wait until I got home to find out what it was. I was very curious cuz he said the only clue he could give me was that it was the only one of it's kind in the whole world. He bought 2 t-shirts and put my company logo on the front left side of the shirt and a big one on the back that had the website and phone number and everything!! He did it all himself using the computer. It was in the company colors and everything! He's so supportive and thoughtful. I am so happy for all of you and for me too.
Oh Lisa... thats fantastic!! what a sweetheart!! I was missing u and decided to check back on last time b4 bed... and there u were...lol Those pork loins are killer arent they. Just wanted to touch base with u and everyone else b4 bed tonite... i love you all and will talk to u all in the morning... hubby is going out of town again til Thursday night... that makes 3 weeks in a row hes been gone like this... i get so lonesome and stressed. Altho... the kidlets understand and dd helps as much as she can (shes 10 and tells her brothers to be nice cuz moms all by herself and its hard...lol) what a sweetie... Sweet dreams all
God Bless...
pts for yesterday: 1 pt for water, 2 pts for program, and 0 pts for formal exercise(did take a 10 min walk last night after dinner break at work). It was cool and quiet....I live in one of those towns with the courthouse square, very picturesque, and I work right off the square, so it is a great place to walk. (Very Norman Rockwell (ish)...
Mirabelly, YOU GO GIRL! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
And to all the rest of you gals, Lisa, (good to see you post ), Sandyb, Dot, Joy, and Amanda, hope you all have a wonderful day.
Faye, thanks for the sample menus, I can always use new ideas
sw 356 June 5, 2003
cw ? somewhere near 307 (twoterville, I got my eye on you!!
weigh in Friday 10/31 (going to "sweating it" to meet my goal of 50 lbs down)
next goal: 75 lbs by 2/29/04
next goal: 100 lbs by 5/04
final goal: 130 - 135 (somewhere in 2005)- doesnt that sound strange??? 2005!!! ( I will be 45 - a good age).
GOOD MORNING BEAUTIFULS!! Had to take hubby to the airport this morning so i am up and at em early... dont know how long this feeling will last but...lol i am sure to be tired later! Got all 4 yesterday. I love the walk away the pounds video... i may even do it twice today... its a good energy booster! I am sure to need it...lol DS #1 is up with me... he wanted to see his Dad... sweetie... i am going to make myself some coffee... i will check back later tho... take care of u today... love u all...
Lisa, I envy you in the fact that your DH will take some time and do something just for you. Must really be great cherish him and the things that he does for you. All I can compare it to are the 2 marriages that I have had. The first one ended when he got abusive, only took 1 time of seeing that side of him. I am thankful that he wasn't abusive to me nor our son, but nonetheless if he has that side I decided to get out while the getting was good. My second one ended in June of this year. Mid life crisis thing. I filed for divorce and after I filed he decided that he didn't want the divorce but told me to go on with it cause I went thru too much to get it filed. The whole time that we were married he really had a hard time with doing something for someone else. It was all due to how he was brought up. Oh well such is life. Now things are a little better.
Yesterday I got in 3 points, didn't get in all my water. I am hopeful that today will be better. Gotta run time for work. Here's to a terrific Tuesday.
TUESDAY: Today is Target Tuesday and We are going to target concentrating on losing 8 lbs by Nove 30. That is a slim 2 lbs a week and we can do it girls so let's work hard!
POINTS POINTS POINT:
Sandygiggle:
Pam:
SandyB:
I sent an e-mai this morning to Missy as she has been awol a long time. I don't know if she is in Ireland and that may be why, but she kind of just dropped off and that isn't like her. I have no e-mail address for Ritu so I can't see if everything is ok with her.
For the rest of you that we haven't heard from, we hope you are doing well and we miss you! You may still be here and just posting elsewhere, and we hope that everything is ok with you, Reesa, Tonya, Beledigirl, Shauna, Bella.
I had a really bad night last night. The dog drove me nuts so I am pretty wiped this morning, but I am up and need to get some work done, so I will check in later!
take careand will check in later.....Joy
