cjohnson728

Yay, Quinn! Keep up the good work! I hope all goes well today.

I had a happy scale this morning, too. One pound left till bikini weight, two till my lowest weight. My body fat percentage is down two points also, to where it was before I began screwing up .

Unfortunately, the boy and I are out running around today and I promised him a Chinese lunch. I'm saving breakfast calories and hoping that I'm not totally ravenous the rest of the day because of this.

Hope, nice job on the goals. Good to see you check in.

MAIN80, your goals look wonderful also. You are so steady!

Have a great day everyone!

canary52

Everybody I want to thank you for your support and trying to keep me on here: you guys keep me honest!

Cassie, I do believe you would hunt me down!!!

As for the romance, so far it is continuing in a sweet way. The BF came over last night, DD had me make mac and cheese and then we found out he doesn't like mac and cheese. Oops! He and I are talking about cooking ribs together.

Any good rib recipes? Almeeker, I have to think you have one since I am convinced you can do anything!!!

As for the sleepover, I did elect to trust her and it worked out. There were a number of girls and ironically, he wasn't even there most of the night (and this according to good sources) because he was out with the guys. She's 17 and pretty level headed considering that teenagers (I'm sorry for this overgeneralization) are often somewhat insane. I keep the lines of communication open and hope for the best. That's why one of my goals is trust!!!!

Mern

Tuesday Report

Calorie limit 1600 1577, 1599
Calorie deficit 800 per day 961, 885
Carbs less fiber 25g 22.9g, 22.5g
Saturated fat target 12% 15%, 9%
Dietary Cholesterol target less than 300mg 362mg, 354mg--oh, wow, I thought sardines were low in cholesterol. Oops.
Track grams & % of calories from protein 115.3g or 38%, 149.3 or 37%

Artificial sweetener limit 1 packet per day 0, 1
Sugar free candy limit 2 pieces per day YES YES

Water 64 oz. YES YES
Exercise 30 minutes, 5 days--no lame excuses YES, 20 minutes

Be sure the day's custom foods in FitDay have sat fat & cholesterol listed. YES YES

Kumochi

Hope -- there is good authority that teens are insane and stay that way till their 20's -- 25 for males. The recent theory is that the teen brain goes through as much rewiring as the brain does from age 0 -7. Explains the lack of impulse control.

Having a good week and the scales is rewarding me. I have lost most of the holiday weight gain. Today is my group weight in. Feeling motivated and the sunshine helps. Mary

almeeker

You're so sweet, I can do a lot of things, but not everything. Cartwheels and quantum physics are both out of my realm, can't do either one to save my life.

As for ribs, my mother makes the best! She starts the raw rack of ribs in her pressure cooker or crock pot, all depends on her schedule. Pressure cooker at 10lbs pressure for maybe 30-40 minutes and the crock pot for 3-4 hours on high. Then she takes them out and grills them slowly with a ton of Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce. With beef ribs she rubs them with black pepper and maybe a little salt, pork she cooks plain and for rack of lamb she uses a rub with coriander, sage and a little pepper. Sorry for the food porn, but ribs are not diet food.

taubele

Tuesday Report Card

Food, Exercise and Lifestyle Goals:

1) Achieve a 7,000 calorie deficit through a combination of eating and exercise M: -685 T: -1,160 (Total: -1,845)
2) Week Average of 1200-1300 calories, with no one day going over 1450 cals M: 1,238 T: 1,015 (Week Average: 1,126.5)
3) Do the 30DS six days a week (one day off per week is allowed): M: no (day off) T: yes
4) Two "extra exercise" cardio days per week M: No T: No
5) Week Average of 50% carbs or less M: 64% T: 36% (Week Average 50%)
6) Week Average of 30% protein or more M: 21% T: 33% (Week Average 27%)
7) 120 oz. of water a day M: no (104) T: yes
8) Take multivitamin and fiber pills every day M: no T: yes

Other Goals:
1) Make an effort on my appearance every day possible: M: Not possible, I was working with animals all day and dressed accordingly in scrub clothes T: a bit
2) Do something nice for BF - he needs and deserves a good surprise M: Not yet... T: Haven't given this good thought. Presentation looming.
3) Budget out upcoming trip home M: No T: No
4) Clean the darn bathrooms (weekend goal) M-F: N/A

Did much better yesterday And I felt better, too! I got in my exercise after a LONG warm-up, where I did some low-impact moves with my resistance band to see how my bp was handling it. I did OK, so I popped in Jillian. The 30DS did make me dizzy during one exercise with the weights, so I just dropped the weights and moved my limbs the proper way, and it cleared up. No shame - I didn't stop, I just did what my body let me do!

The bp is much better today - I made sure to sleep only with a sheet on the bed and it helped. Still in the 100s in FL though, yucky. I'm banging out a presentation right now (just checking in on lunch break!) So I will catch up with everyone properly tonight - this thread has been busy!!

Happy Wednesday!
~Terri

aspikes

Yesterday was not so great, BF called from work asking about supper, wasn't gonna cook since kids were at VBS but felt guilty and decided to cook for him, ended up eating a very fattening supper. I had planned to have a mango smoothie.... ugh

I have a better handle on my bitchiness tho, was happy and cheerful with everyone, even DD 16!

Spent the morning in the canning plant, doing 6 bushels of peas, feel like I have accomplished something today at least, and the manual labor seems to have given me some energy. Maybe I will tackle one of the kids' rooms tonight!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Daily fitness goals:
Eat clean (fruit/veggie) lunches. yep, tomatoes, yum Yes, rice and veggies
Three pink containers of water. yep, yes!
Walk/dance 30 minutes daily. dirtroad walk with kiddies,Nope, was lazy
No nighttime sodas. ugh, had 2!none!

Non fitness goals:
No nail picking/biting. Yes!!, yes! (day four of no nail biting)
Clean out daughters dresser.Not yetnot yet
Clean out kitchen cabinetsnot yetnone yet
1 load laundry per day.nopedid 2!

I'm also gonna steal "smile more, bitch less" Monday was a bust on this one, better luck today!!happy all day!

Quinn-I LOVE that cut, very fun and summery! There are coyotes out where I live as well, and bobcats. Scary at night for sure!

Mike - I really hope PMS is NOT your problem!! hee hee! I sure hope you feel better soon.

Cassie - I live in Georgia too, way down south, about 20 minutes from Valdosta. Congrats on being so close to your bikini weight, Ive been wearing mine, but not so sure I should be.

Canary - I feel you about the teenage daughter stuff, I have a 16 year old. No boyfriend right now tho...thank goodness. Good luck with that, its definately challenging!

Mary, congrats on your successful week!

MAIN80

Going to do some catching up mid day


Quinn, congrats on reaching your BMI goal, hope your day is going as smoothly as possible.

Cassie, thanks for the encouragement!

Canary52, glad to hear the romance is going well and that the sleepover was not an issue. Send me some ribs!

Mary, congrats on the good scale news.

Terri, keep taking care of yourself in that FL heat!

aspikes, glad your mood was great all day and congrats on the no sodas!

cjohnson728

aspikes, I bet it's hot down your way! I say you should join almeeker and me while we crash mhibdon's bar hopping fun in Charleston!

Terri, smart girl; listen to your body and it will not steer you wrong. However, I've learned it's an art to really listen.

Mary, totally agree with you on the teenage thing and I've also heard it's about age 24 before things settle. Kinda scary when they drive at 16, isn't it ?

I did okay with Chinese today. If I eat, as they say, a "sensible dinner" and keep to the planned snacks, I should be fine for the day. The boy and I made some neat finds at the Whole Foods. I wish it were closer. Unfortunately, when I make new grocery discoveries, I always want to try them right away, so that's my battle now .

almeeker

Wednesday Report Card

Health and Fitness goals:

1. Average calories 1,500/day. 2,274, 1,500, 1,430 (average 1,735)
2. Drink 96 oz of water. Y, Y, Y
3. Cardio 3 hours. 48 min, 30 min, 0 min (total 1:18)
4. Weights and calisthenics 3 hours. 0 min, 0 min, 0 min (total 0:00)
5. Abstain from grain 2 days. N, N, N
6. Weekly calorie deficit 3,500. -271, -993, -481 (total 1,745)
7. Average 30% calories from protein. 25, 23, 31 (average 26)

Other stuff:

8. Finish planting garden. a little, a little, No it rained today.
9. Weed flower beds 2 hours. N, N it Rained
10. Help kids get 1 4-H project done (each). A little bit. A little, No
11. 1 load of laundry daily. Y, Y,N
12. Clean house MIL is coming .
Monday: Kitchen
Tuesday: bathrooms and dining room
Wednesday: Living room and 1 bedroom
Thursday: 1 bedroom, stairs and hallway
Friday: Master bedroom and den
Saturday: basement and porch

I did a little better with calories today than I have been, but it was only because I was nuts busy. How I get myself sucked in to these things is anybody's guess. I'm working on a renovation/addition project for our church, for free of course. Anyway I spent most of the day running numbers so I could give them an estimate tonight at the meeting. I hate estimating, by nature I'm too optimistic for it, and well not nit picky enough to be really thorough. On top of all that I had an extra kiddo. A friend of mine has had one of those weeks, she and her husband have 6 kids, and this past week 3 of them have been in the hospital. 4 of the kids plus the husband have some sort of blood disorder and when they get sick they turn yellow and need blood transfusions. So I had one of her kids today so she could hopefully get the youngest one home this afternoon. She's a great kid, but mine went into "show-off" mode and pulled out every toy we own. I would say more but I'm dead tired and sore from sitting in this chair all day. Nighty night.