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Today I am starting my 100th diet any tips? My goal is to lose 30llbs by my bday next April. I am tired of failing every time I start a new diet :o

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Hi all!

Starting us off this week! Sorry I disappeared for a day there, I had mountains of paperwork to do this weekend and I got wrapped up in that + housework. I'm pretty bummed that I'm up 2 lbs. as of this morning - my weekend wasn't terrible. I had a SINGLE beer on Saturday night and I had some teriyaki chicken on Sunday - I guess the alcohol + sodium equals the bloat? I've done way worse before and had less bloat. Geez body. Make up your mind.

But I shall persevere! I hope all of you up in the Great Awesome North had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend. It's my last week of work before a week of fall break! :D

Week Goals:
1) Calories under 1500 daily, log EVERYTHING
2) Exercise 3-4x
3) Water 64+ oz daily
4) Protein at least 25% of daily calories (I am upping my protein goal!)
5) Take my measurements on Friday when I do the weekly weigh-in
6) Enjoy a non-scale victory every day and write about it

Work Goals
1) All quizzes graded by Tuesday night, non-negotiable
2) Get paper revisions, intro, and poster stuff done this week so that next week I can work on fiddling with poster
3) Try to get exam graded by Friday (ideal situation)
4) All candidates "graded" by Tuesday, non-negotiable

My work is front-loaded this week, but I want to get a lot of the "little" stuff out of the way by Wednesday morning so that the latter part of my week can be focused on exam grading, paper-writing, and fiddling with the conference poster. I also need to book my trip today, aahhh! Off to do that!

~Terri

butter_cup, first, keep track of your intake. Good thing you are on Fitday so you can enter the foods you eat. Exercise. You can record that on Fitday as well. Stay accountable to someone. This thread does that. 5 lbs a month isn't unreasonable. You can do it!

Terri, I just about missed that wish for a Happy Thanksgiving. I was wondering who lives in the north. You see, I live in the south. It is like that border just 10 blocks south of me is the end of the world. LOL


I should make that one of my goals, to walk the 10 blocks to the "end" of my world. I have only 8 blocks to go. Problem is, I have to walk back for a total of 3 1/2 miles.

Goals for this week:

1. No more fast food on Tuesdays - I can stay within the sodium and calorie range, but my blood sugar spiked.
2. Yard work instead of walking or weights - Tuesday to Saturday
3. Move my piano
4. Toss more "too big" clothing

Hope you ladies don't mind if I join.

Goals:
3500 calorie deficit for the week
Workout at least twice

I'm up for the challenge. Welcome.

Hi, Ian and Butter_Cup! Welcome aboard.

Annette, hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Work yourself up to those 8 more blocks and you'll get there before you know it!

Terri, sodium from Chinese food always makes me retain for a few days. I'm sure it will come back off in the next couple days. Drink lots of water!



Time to get tough on myself. I've been wishy-washy far too long. I got on the scale today and I've gained back 20lbs again. :eek: I'm only 20 away from my heaviest again. It's getting more difficult to move and I'm getting winded more easily again. I shouldn't be shocked, and really I'm not. I knew what I was doing to myself. I want to eat the delicious things I cook, but I need to do it more wisely. I need to eat small throughout the day, because I want dinner to be my main meal where I can spend a lot of my calories, and then a light snack and atkins w/ milk at night.

My cupboards are bare. I went grocery shopping yesterday, spent a lot of money, and don't have a lot to show for it. My grocery was having their Buy 1 Get 2 Free on Foster Farms chicken breasts, thighs and tenders. I got $165 worth of chicken for just $52! Enough for 14 meals; chicken dinners 3x/week for over a month! And then it will be time for the sale again. Who wouldn't stock up when it's 2 Free!?!

So, anyways, I didn't buy any snacks, good or bad. The only snack type food I got was red grapes. Now that I think about it, I still have some apples in the fridge. I'm out of my pre-measured oatmeal packets I put together, and I forgot to buy more stuff for that. I think I need to make a trip back to the store for oats and raisins because the oatmeal in the morning is a really good thing for me.

Things are going to start getting more stressful for me coming up here in the near future. I'm under going a personal project near and dear to my heart, and I'm not quite sure how I'm going to make it work. It will take a lot of time and dedication. I'll tell you all more details on it when it starts coming together.

Thanks for always being here, guys, when I'm such a putz and don't do well. I was angered and upset by the number on the scale (albeit after dinner fully clothed, but still). I've got to get serious. I was so close to my mini goal of 229. Now it's a BIG goal again. :( I can do this! I've GOT to do this!

Thanks for the welcome guys
Yesterday I walked for an hour after work as well I went food shopping. It was really hard for me at the supermarket; this is my problem I am totally fed up with everything I use to eat while I was on my other diets. So I decided to purchase stuff I never tried before, anyway last night for dinner all I had was a peach and a glass of water. While I am typing here I am so hungry, thinking about having a bowl of oats before I leave for work.
Work is where believe I gain most of my weight, I sometimes work long hours, plus I buy lunch almost every day once the company is not providing. This is one of the reasons why I always fail on my diets; I just eat whatever is available
The reason for me deciding to lose weight, I went shopping for new clothes and nothing I liked fit. It was so frustrating until one of the sales clerks told me I needed to shop in the plus section of their store, I went over to the plus size section were everything was too big. I broke down in tears it was just horrible, I just want to be able to fit into regular size clothes again.
I got clearance from my Dr. to start a diet and exercise programme, he kept stressing that I lose weight the healthy way.
My Goal is to lose 30llbs in five months
I currently weight 183llbs
My height is 5 ft 6”
I am hoping to lose at 10 llbs before my company’s Christmas dinner on December 06

Hi all. I have lost posts too because I didn't know I was not logged in. This week end was very busy and loaded with bad food choices some of which I avoided. Now it's back to healthy eating. I hope you all have a good day.

Welcome Ian/Buttercup!

Terri OMG you mentioned Chinese food..I luv it.. spicy shrimp fried rice :D
I wish I had a FALL break..enjoy!!

Debbie, yes that has happened to me too :mad:


A question..when working out is it the calories burned more important or
the distance ?? Thanks!
I guess distance if you training for a run or something maybe?

Ian: of course, everyone's welcome!

Jenai: I'm tryin on the water! Haha. Silly teriyaki chicken. I would TOTALLY stock up when it was get 2 free on chicken if I had a freezer to put all that meat in; we just have a small apartment freezer right now, it makes us spend more money. You're not a putz at all! Just get back to that store and fill in the gaps. It'll come more naturally with time.

butter_cup: Welcome! You have good, doable goals. I know what it's like to break down into tears at the clothing store, and I also know what it's like to be a 'tweener' -- I fit between regular and plus-size clothing too (i'm normally a 12 or a 14). You'll be okay, and you'll learn to fit your body with clothing as you go. Big hugs for you. I also have the habit of eating whatever is available - so the best thing is to only make certain things available at home (don't buy the junk!). I also bring my lunch to work nearly every day unless I have a big lunch meeting where food (usually sandwiches) is provided. You can do it! One change at a time.

Debbie: That happens to me sometimes too. I always write these posts in notepad and then copy-paste over to Fitday just in case it does that crap to me. I think hit "copy" everything after I format it, just in case. I hope it stops for you, super-annoying!

Becca: I always go by calories burned rather than distance, but that's probably a personal choice, and I'd bet that distance is more important for training or length goals. Haha, I don't usually like spicy anything, but Chinese food is definitely a danger food for me. ;)

Welcome back Hope!! Great goals, look forward to catching up! :D

As for me:

I had an okay Monday. Still apparently fighting water retention, blergh. I got a lot of work done, but my work laptop is having weird issues (whenever it comes out of sleep, something goes wrong or it just turns itself off) and I had to give it to IT. This is causing me to use a public corral computer for the foreseeable future - luckily, I had a lot of my lectures ready to go this week AND had my stuff saved on my backup drive, so I can still work. Phew.

Goal today is to get quizzes graded this afternoon, then spend my evening finishing job candidate work. I'm on track, but it's a lot of work to do. Thursday and Friday this week should be better. I'm hoping to work on Weds, Thurs, Fri and Sun -- though I can move that around a bit if I'm tired or something crops up in my schedule.

Week Goals:
1) Calories under 1500 daily, log EVERYTHING M: 1,302
2) Exercise 3-4x M: no
3) Water 64+ oz daily M: yes
4) Protein at least 25% of daily calories (I am upping my protein goal!) M: 22%
5) Take my measurements on Friday when I do the weekly weigh-in
6) Enjoy a non-scale victory every day and write about it M: I didn't snack when I really, really, really wanted to - I chugged water

Work Goals
1) All quizzes graded by Tuesday night, non-negotiable M: Graded for 1 class - but the biggest class, so that's a big chunk done
2) Get paper revisions, intro, and poster stuff done this week so that next week I can work on fiddling with poster M: Worked on paper revision and sent it back to student - big piece done! Also worked on some poster stuff, but not all
3) Try to get exam graded by Friday (ideal situation)
4) All candidates "graded" by Tuesday night, non-negotiable

~Terri

I have no idea why my reply went up above Jenai's previous post :confused:

To those of you who are having a hard time being not being logged in after you have logged in, I've learned the hard way to copy my post (highlight, ctrl c) before hitting submit. Then if it doesn't work, I can just go back to the posts, start a new reply and paste my post in (ctrl v).

Butter_Cup, I know how frustrating it is to not fit into the cute, stylish, regular size clothes anymore. I hope you use that as motivation to get to your goal. Think about setting a mini goal and if you make it give yourself a non-food reward like a new hair cut, a pair of shoes, a manicure, etc. Like maybe at 15 lbs, your half way point.

Becca I would think that for training, distance would be better. I think though that for weight loss, calories burned is more important.

Libby I hope you have a good too.

Hi, Debbie! Sorry you're having trouble with the logging in thing. I am too.

Today is my new start. I have my menu for the day planned out except for dinner...I never know what I'm going to make until it's time to make it. Unless it's a crock pot meal then I have to plan ahead. :rolleyes: I have about 700 calories available for dinner today.

I only got a couple hours of sleep last night, so I'm going back to bed now. Less opportunity to eat off plan! When I wake up I'm going to have my oatmeal.

Have a good day, everyone!

Hi All!!!
Count me in. Also count me as another victim of Chinese food bloat and weight gain. Which brings me to my goals:

1) Stop eating everything I want just because I want it
2) Stretch daily
3) When I get over this head cold, walk or back to the gym
4) DRINK MORE WATER

I have had trouble even posting my food intake, having to log in repeatedly to enter three items. Same issues on the forum.

Copy before hitting post.

I plan to be a victim of Chinese Food for my birthday next month. I may consult the doctor first just to find out what a one time binge will do to my heart health.

Butter_cup, hunger can make it harder than it needs to be. Not that I haven't done it myself in the past, just grabbed something quick because I didn't know what to eat... what I could eat. Fitday has a section for working out your calorie restriction. You will find it at the "weight goal" tab.
It helps you to set some parameters for your eating plan and then you can tweak it as you go. Find out what works for you.

Turkey dinner had me stuffed, but my turkey wasn't stuffed. It was plain turkey meat, yams mashed with a bit of olive oil and cinnamon, and carrots with broccoli, flavoured with red onion done in olive oil. I passed on dessert. When I found myself searching the kitchen later, I realized that I hadn't had my full water ration for the day so I grabbed a glass of water instead of food.

1. No more fast food on Tuesdays - I can stay within the sodium and calorie range, but my blood sugar spiked.
2. Yard work instead of walking or weights - Tuesday to Saturday
3. Move my piano
4. Toss more "too big" clothing

Hi everyone,

I decided to wait until after Thanksgiving before coming back...
I shouldn't have waited lol, but that is not a revelation to me

I have gained quite a bit in 2 months ... was 287.5 in mid August and back to 301.4 today


Though I expect the "turkey weight" to come off pretty quickly

I have taken a weekend job so I can bank that money for an awesome trip next year. So now I just need to get healthy for it!

Welcome back , Bea. I forget Thanksgiving is at a different time where you are.

Sorry people are having trouble with the site. I hate when that happens. So frustrating.

I skipped the meatball sandwich I wanted and had broiled salmon and a small salad for lunch. And it was good. So I am trying....

Hi Hope,

I LOVE salmon! That would not feel like a compromise to me :) Salmon is YUMMY

Very true, Bea. Salmon is yummy. But you know when you have a craving... Plus I am allergic to tomatoes so meatball in tomato sauce=bad choice. Not saying I won't indulge! But not today!!!

Becca - Distance and calories will be constant. Ie. running 1 mile and walking 1 mile will burn the same number of calories. They'll have different effects on you though since running will work you muscles harder than walking. In terms of short term weight loss there won't be a difference but running will have a greater effect over time. Hope that helps.

I'm a victim of home made chinese food, not as nice but not so high on the calorie count either luckily.

Goals:
3500 calorie deficit for the week M-499
Workout at least twice M-n

Bea, welcome back!

So far so good for me. I'm feeling pretty proud of myself for what I've done so far today. I made a new recipe for dinner, and it was DIVINE! But not healthy. although, if you read my last post I said I was going to compensate the rest of the day to accommodate my delicious cooking at dinner. This recipe had pasta, half and half (which was better because I usually use heavy cream), and cheese. That's not all that was in it...chicken, spinach, mushrooms, onions, garlic, tomatoes, basil, parsley, (oh, and butter:rolleyes:). I had about 1.5 cups when I could have have had 3, it was that good. My stomach still feels a little hungry too:(.

When I logged (and estimated each ingredient for my serving) I was way over what I wanted to be for the day. I had planned on having rice tonight as a snack (with butter :rolleyes:) but I eliminated that, and GUESS WHAT! If I just stick it out the rest of the night and only have my atkins w/ milk I will for the first time in months have made it to my "lose range"!!! That has me excited! Hoping I don't fold before it's time to go to bed.

Have a good night everyone.

Nice to see you back, Bea! I'm glad Thanksgiving was awesome!! :D

Ian: That Chinese food is sneaky ;)

Jenai: Great job on the planning and accountability!! I bet you stuck it out with your Atkins and milk!

As for me:

I had a loooooong night last night but I accomplished my front-loaded work goals this week. Today is a BIG meeting and I also have to get an exam written - but on Thursday I have a lot of time to play catch-up with my grade logging, entering, and weekly stuff that I have to do. It will mean that over my fall break next week, I only have some exams to grade (by Monday, and we have guests this weekend, lol!) and then I will really have "smooth sailing" for my fall break and not have a ton of work to do. That is very motivating for me. I'd love to be able to get some good workouts in over the break, try a few new recipes, get my hair done, and generally have a few days of relaxation. The break is book-ended by two social events; this weekend we have friends visiting, and the following weekend we're traveling for a wedding, but I can DO IT!

As for my fitness goals, I think my body is screaming at me to exercise more. My plan is to exercise tonight (even if it kills me), on Thursday, and somehow on Friday even though I have a lot of grading to do. I'm hoping to get a head-start on grading Thursday night and finish it Friday afternoon so I don't have to bring it home with me, but we'll see! This weekend I want to get a workout in on Sunday evening after our guests leave. I know they're going to want to go drinking, but I'm going to try to stick to nursing just one beer when we go out. I'll be the designated driver, so it won't be too hard, I think!

Have a great Wednesday everyone!

Week Goals:
1) Calories under 1500 daily, log EVERYTHING M: 1,302 T: 1,061
2) Exercise 3-4x M: no T: no
3) Water 64+ oz daily M: yes T: yes - so much water!
4) Protein at least 25% of daily calories (I am upping my protein goal!) M: 22% T: 31% (yahoo!)
5) Take my measurements on Friday when I do the weekly weigh-in
6) Enjoy a non-scale victory every day and write about it M: I didn't snack when I really, really, really wanted to - I chugged water T: I drank so much water, you guys, haha!

Work Goals
1) All quizzes graded by Tuesday night, non-negotiable M: Graded for 1 class - but the biggest class, so that's a big chunk done T: YES, DONE!
2) Get paper revisions, intro, and poster stuff done this week so that next week I can work on fiddling with poster M: Worked on paper revision and sent it back to student - big piece done! Also worked on some poster stuff, but not all
3) Try to get exam graded by Friday (ideal situation)
4) All candidates "graded" by Tuesday night, non-negotiable T: Finished at 10:30 Tues night!

~Terri

1) Stop eating everything I want just because I want it - Y
2) Stretch daily - Y
3) When I get over this head cold, walk or back to the gym
4) DRINK MORE WATER _ Y


Ugh, I planned oatmeal for this morning but I want lox on an Ezkiel English Muffin. let's see what will win out.

Terri, my body is screaming for exercise too. Your work plans sound good.

Good morning everyone!!

I am kind of excited! Tomorrow I get my first pay cheque from my second job and it goes directly into my savings account for this:

http://www.targettours.ca/wp-content...ruise-2015.pdf

Now to just get healthy, sexy and hot :D

Okay, I said no more fast food on Tuesdays, but I had to test, right?
Blood sugar was in normal range before eating. I tested again two hours after and it had spiked. This was ordering the whole wheat bun. It has to be the sauces, which means that next Tuesday I make a meal for myself to heat up when I get home.
One the bright side, it didn't change my weight. How can it, I am down to the single burger on whole wheat, with sweet potato fries, no dip, skip the diet pop.


Yard work instead of walking or weights
Move my piano
Toss more "too big" clothing

Hi all. I had my three month check up for blood work and it was not good.
My weight, cholesterol and blood sugar and blood pressure are up. My doctor warned me, If I can't get my numbers down in three months I will have to go back on meds. I am booked for physio on Monday. When I can exercise again all things should improve. Today I am recording my calories again. I stopped doing it a while ago but I need to get back to being accountable again.

Total calories 1125

Hi Libby! Sorry to hear about those numbers but you can get them down. We are here to support you.

Terri, I hope your fall break is just what you need. You're right, too, since you're not so busy it's a good time to get in a couple workouts.

Libby, sorry to hear your numbers aren't so good. There's a lot to be said for logging calories because it gives you an instant visual if you are on track or not. Hopefully you'll get things under control. you can do it!


As for me, I successfully stayed in my "lose range" today. yea me! :p My day did not go anything like I had planned, but I rolled with the punches and made the adjustments. Proud of myself.

1) Stop eating everything I want just because I want it - Y, Y
2) Stretch daily - Y, Y,
3) When I get over this head cold, walk or back to the gym -N, N
4) DRINK MORE WATER Y, Y

I started Tuesday. I chose the oatmeal yesterday BTW.

I did a bit of snacking on cashews last night and my weight is up this morning.
I am going to get my knitting project out to work on this evening and curb my snacking habit.

10/15
calories: 1365, gained .6 of a pound

I am going to try recording my calories and the next days weight for a while.

I need to amp up the water intake. When I don't quench my thirst, I am looking for snacks.

I saw salmon and cashews posted...I love both...I have to take a few cashews out of the can or I'm in trouble..i could eat a whole can :rolleyes:

Bea welcome back!

Libby hope ur #'s improve quickly

Stretching is something I need to get in daily or few times a week.I hear
this is sooo good!

Annette: It's always good to really check something out before changing a goal, so I think it's fine that you had one less burger. The sauces really do wreak havoc, and I'm always surprised at how much salt is in a fast-food burger bun, even a whole wheat bun. Mmm, sweet potato fries...

Libby: Geez, when it rains in pours on you :( You know that a lot of this has to do with the sciatica though, so I'm hopeful that it will all clear up for you at once too when you start working out. Big hugs for you. You can do it!

Jenai: Good job! You SHOULD be proud of yourself. And yeah, I'm really hoping to get in those workouts over break, particularly because of the wedding at the end of fall break! I'll need to store up some good karma and metabolism before I go nosh on Italian food ;)

Debbie: I squeezed in a baby workout last night even though I was dead on my feet. Looking forward to a longer one today. DH works late, so I get the house to myself, which I always prefer when working out. I'm jealous of my own fall break, haha, I can't even imagine a whole week off in the fall. I'm used to Spring break, but the fall thing is a new one on me. Smart to change your goal back. Hopefully it'll re-set the karma and get the weight going back down ;)

As for me: Hi everyone!

Sorry to post Wednesday stuff so late, I had a really crazy morning. Endless student parade (they had an exam today, haha) and a lot of folks freaking out before Fall Break.

My day is going good, though. I have exams and a packet of 22 in-class worksheets to grade but that is IT for the long break! That feels really good. I'm going to get the quicker in-class worksheets done first this afternoon/this evening before I start to work on the exams, but I am so excited to have kept up with my work goals this week.

My dept. chair added in a new Fall Break goal - a budget list - but I'm actually excited to do that in a weird way, because our Dean is open to the idea that I will need my own budget line for classes. This is totally doable if I get all my other work done by the beginning of break!

Week Goals:
1) Calories under 1500 daily, log EVERYTHING M: 1,302 T: 1,061 W: 1,378
2) Exercise 3-4x M: no T: no W: only 20 mins :(
3) Water 64+ oz daily M: yes T: yes - so much water! W: yes
4) Protein at least 25% of daily calories (I am upping my protein goal!) M: 22% T: 31% (yahoo!) W: 19%, yuck
5) Take my measurements on Friday when I do the weekly weigh-in
6) Enjoy a non-scale victory every day and write about it M: I didn't snack when I really, really, really wanted to - I chugged water T: I drank so much water, you guys, haha! W: I had what felt like a really indulgent dinner and still stayed under cal goal! Th: One of my students today told me that it "looked like I had lost weight" -- that's flattering!!

Work Goals
1) All quizzes graded by Tuesday night, non-negotiable M: Graded for 1 class - but the biggest class, so that's a big chunk done T: YES, DONE!
2) Get paper revisions, intro, and poster stuff done this week so that next week I can work on fiddling with poster M: Worked on paper revision and sent it back to student - big piece done! Also worked on some poster stuff, but not all Th: FINISHED AND SUBMITTED paper revision, oh yes!
3) Try to get exam graded by Friday (ideal situation)
4) All candidates "graded" by Tuesday night, non-negotiable T: Finished at 10:30 Tues night!

Oh my! That sounds like I have been partaking of the all-you-can-eat burgers. It's single patty, hold the bacon.
I checked the sodium count and it is well within reason for my sodium count. The problem is that it spikes my blood sugar.

I just burned about 1055 calories doing yard work. I am done for the day. Need rest and rejuvenation. Munched on raw cabbage and drank my water.

Greetings, especially to all the newer gals and guys! Thanks for posting about your challenges and successes--they encourage the rest of us--and by that I really mean me!

My weight is down 3 more pounds--wonderful! Wanted a 4 pound loss but I'll take losing 3 any day over gaining 3!

Today was CSA day and we got fresh cucumbers, green beans, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, bell peppers and satsumas. for those who don't know, satsumas are Louisiana's version of a cross between tangerine and mandarin orange. They can either be sweet or tart like a kumquat and either green like a lime or yellowish-orange in color. Think I'll do a big salad for supper.

It's getting cooler in the South and yesterday I made a huge pot of Quick Chili. I was amazed--it was delish, very simple to make and totally within my food plan. I'll post the recipe on here in the 'Recipe' section. Vicki

I made a really delicious and healthy dinner tonight. Paprika coated chicken thighs, onion, mushrooms, garlic, carrots and potatoes, thyme, some white wine with flour and chicken stock. It was really flavorful and super delicious. It didn't hit my calorie count all that much and was really satisfying.

I am finishing the day a tad higher than my goal for the day, but still ending up in the upper end of my "lose range" and the lower end of my "maintain range", so I may or may not lose from today. Either way I am good with it. I indulged in a regular size candy bar. Today I am visited by our good friend Flo, and I was super craving a candy bar. All is well, and I'm not mad at myself for it.

I am doing light years better than I had been for the past 4 months, (to the tune of about 1500 calories a day less), and I'm really happy with my readjusting to it. And the scale is going down!!! I'm sure some of it is water weight, but I'm glad to get rid of it regardless of what kind of weight it is. These 20 lbs I put back on over the past several months are really having an affect on me. It's been difficult to get up the stairs again.

Terri, thanks for always encouraging me...even when I was down. So glad for you that you've kept up with your work goals and you can have more time to enjoy your break.

Annette, way to go on the massive calorie burn!!!

Vicki, congrats on the 3 lbs! That's awesome!

Libby, I love cashews too, but I get in trouble with them because their calories are so high. Thought about getting some this weekend, but passed up the aisle, and that's probably for the best. It might be good to compare the next day's weight because then you can see a pattern on how certain foods and calorie counts affect your efforts.

Hi Debbie! Thanks for asking. No more candida diet. I bit the bullet and took the meds and they seemed to have worked.

Annette, the more water I drink, the less I eat. I also find drinking lots of water helps me lose weight. Gotta force myself to do it though. Not that I don't like water, I just don't drink much at a time. My family makes fun of my lilted sips. Sometimes DH says Chug! Chug! Chug! like we're at a bar but it's just water.

Becca, salmon is GOOD. Cashews are good, in moderation, hard to stop though. I measure out amounts. For me, stretching is necessary. And I am gonna go do it now.

1) Stop eating everything I want just because I want it - Y, Y, Y
2) Stretch daily - Y, Y, Y
3) When I get over this head cold, walk or back to the gym -N, N, :( but I will since I now feel better and it stopped pouring here.
4) DRINK MORE WATER Y, Y, Y

I only have time for a very quick goals check-in this morning, but HUGS to everyone and happy Friday!!!!! 175.4 this morning. I must break that 175 plateau!

Week Goals:
1) Calories under 1500 daily, log EVERYTHING M: 1,302 T: 1,061 W: 1,378 Th: 1,393
2) Exercise 3-4x M: no T: no W: only 20 mins :( Th: 40 mins!
3) Water 64+ oz daily M: yes T: yes - so much water! W: yes Th: yes
4) Protein at least 25% of daily calories (I am upping my protein goal!) M: 22% T: 31% (yahoo!) W: 19%, yuck Th: 28% -- close
5) Take my measurements on Friday when I do the weekly weigh-in F: D'oh! I forgot to measure this morning. I will do it this afternoon
6) Enjoy a non-scale victory every day and write about it M: I didn't snack when I really, really, really wanted to - I chugged water T: I drank so much water, you guys, haha! W: I had what felt like a really indulgent dinner and still stayed under cal goal! Th: One of my students today told me that it "looked like I had lost weight" -- that's flattering!!

Work Goals
1) All quizzes graded by Tuesday night, non-negotiable M: Graded for 1 class - but the biggest class, so that's a big chunk done T: YES, DONE!
2) Get paper revisions, intro, and poster stuff done this week so that next week I can work on fiddling with poster M: Worked on paper revision and sent it back to student - big piece done! Also worked on some poster stuff, but not all Th: FINISHED AND SUBMITTED paper revision, oh yes!
3) Try to get exam graded by Friday (ideal situation)
4) All candidates "graded" by Tuesday night, non-negotiable T: Finished at 10:30 Tues night!

Raining today, so I can't do the massive amount of yard work.

Instead I am going to head out to our water softener company to get salt. A little grocery shopping on the way home.
If it stops raining by the time I get back, then I will get that fire going again. If not, I can move my piano.

Note to self: pick up a wheelbarrow and a level

I started doing this on Facebook a few days ago and it is wonderful. Instead of planning a week at a time, I do this every day.

Friday List:
1. Burning yard cuttings (rain allowing)
2. Edit chapters
3. Pick up Salt for water softener
4. Dishes
5. Recycle pop bottles
6. Piano practice
7. Laundry
8. Cook dinner
Later I added:
9. Making a pot of turkey soup
10. Mixing up a batch of my flour blend

What really happened:
1. Too much rain
2. Searching a neighbour's yard for a loose mink and setting a trap
3. Helping another neighbour herd one of his ewes back home
4. Call for salt, but daughter called to say she is coming over instead. Try to get there before 5 pm
5. Soup on stove
6. Flour in large bowl waiting for container to dry