Oh, Quinn, yes, that is a tremendous suck. On the other hand, it may be a good time to investigate a new hobby for the time being. I hope you are on the mend soon. You give meaning to the phrase "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." So sorry

I assume you're out of traction now, so payback for the hubs and the doctor is officially on the table!

For my health and well being I will:
1. Work out every morning. YES / NO / OH YEAH!
2. Eat between 1300-1550 calories per day. YES (1399) / YES (1354) / YES (1450)
3. No more than 40% carbs. YES 36% / YES 28% / YES 29%
4. Drink 10 large glasses of water per day. YES / YES / DONE!
5. Try Bikram yoga on Saturday.
6. Stay off the scale until next Tuesday!!!! Stayed off this morning! / YES!

For my mental and spiritual well being I will:
1. Work on my proposal. Not today / Not yet / TOO TIRED
2. Read before going to sleep. No, I fell asleep!
3. Put up my solar blinds in the kitchen. Not yet
4. Be positive. YES! / NO / YES
5. Knit. YES / NO / just a little


Wow, I am exhausted tonight. I worked for 11 hours very intensely. Major bummer: it looks like I will be working all weekend so my plans to go and try Bikram Yoga may be foiled. I will be taking Monday off though, so I'm thinking I will go then.

On the weather front, we got over a foot of snow today! At least I burned some extra calories shoveling the stairs outside.

Rose, sounds like your "exhausted" is the good kind. Hope you are sleeping tonight with a sense of a life well-lived today. Sorry you seem to have lost your weekend; that stinks.

1. Calorie deficit of 250-300, because I keep slipping and can't get back to my pre-holiday weight/body fat % Yes, Yes, Yes
2. Balance the pie chart. Yes, Yes, Yes
3. Do something different for exercise at least one day. No, No, Not yet
4. Sleep at least seven hours a night. Yes, Yes, No
5. Get in three of my water bottles daily (I'm pretty regular about 2) Yes, Yes, Yes

6. One organizational office task per day (at least a small one) Yes, Yes-a teeny tiny one, Yes
7. Paint trim in another room Worked on stairs & spindles
8. Try a new healthy recipe or make over an old one. No, looking like Thursday Yes

OK for this week (much like the last):

1.) Crossfit workout 2X, 1 down, shoulder presses, pull ups and squats today, and lots of 'em
2.) Yoga 2X 1 down
3.) 6+ mile run - at least 1
4.) Keep calories between 1200 and 1400, 1067, 1291, 1526 a bit over, but worth the time with hubs at our favor local bistro
5.) No beer or wine with dinner (or before dinner...PAM)yes, yes, nope... wine with dinner

6.) Protein @ 90g, 82g, 91g, 95g

7.) Carbs @ 40%, 41%, 31%, 38%

Work, Home and Life:

8.) Negotiate return of medicine cabinet that was not what I ordered: will see the folks at special orders Tues, DONE the manufacturer is going to send the new door directly to my house so I don't even have to go pick it up!

9.) Finish interview project for the Forest Service, On the way, mmmm. to much progress today, again not much progress


10.) Be kind to the hubby when he prattles on about work politics: Trying!, no problem tonight, absolutely tomorrow is something of a showdown with the Chancelor so I was all ears and support.


11.) Find 2 new recipes that fit into the current diet (my turn to cook this week): found an old tried and true turkey stroganoff, tried a new chicken in the crockpot - very good and lots of leftovers for lunch, no cookin' tonight

12.) Start a new creative project (obviously not feeling very creative at the moment as I can't even identify which catagory of project. But I need to plan something... idle hands are the devil's workshop ), hmmm... nothing yet, nope still go nothing., started planning gardens (probably a little early even for SoCal but have a lot going on with designing experiments so that may be as creative as I get until the weekend.

Be well all... and stay warm and safe.

Pam

Well it is Thurs am and I have just completed my elliptical (20 min) and increased the level for the first time. I am proud of the achievements so far this week...however, I won't be on-line for awhile. My uncle passed away last night, and we will be off this morning on a 7 hour drive to join family in the coming days.

I hope I can find the strength to maintain the course or at least on fall off the trail...but I also know that I have made good progress and a few days is not the end of the world.

Best of luck to all with your mini-goals this week. Talk to you soon.

Wednesday Report Card

1. Stick to calorie budget 1,350-1,500, Ugh NO 1,898, YES 1,497Ugh NO 2,415
2. Drink 96 oz water NO, YES, YES
3. Workout 6 hours. YES 80min, YES 35min, YES 35min (total 2:30)
4. Reach 12 minute sustained run. NO, NO, NO
5. Get back on elliptical routine. NO, NO, NO
6. Sign up for race. NO, NO, NO
7. Calorie deficit of 500 minimum. NO -390, YES -872NO +0

This week's non-fitness goals:

8. Clean out one area in basement. NO, NO, NO
9. Clean out candy making totes. NO, NOYES, one down
10. Average 6 items/day from list. NO, NO, NO 2
11. Get car cleaned out. NO, NO, NO
12. One load to Goodwill. NO, NO, NO
13. Finish 2 pieces of DD's bloomer dress. NO, NO But her speech is coming along nicely, NO

Well Wednesday was a snow day, so the kids were all home. I hauled out all the leftover candy stuff from my class and we made chocolates for the 4-H bake sale coming up. This was the best plan I could think of to entertain them and get 6 pounds of chocolate and an equal amount of fondant and butter cream OUT of my HOUSE!!! I slipped a little sitting around making confections with the kids and ended up eating maybe the equivalent of 3-4 two packs of peanut butter cups. It's hard to say for sure because it was just tiny bits all afternoon. However, compared to what I would have eaten in the past, this was one for the win column. So I woke up in the middle of the night from a bad dream and I was STARVING. I just got up and for a few minutes I thought "oh hell I'm going to blow it already and the sun is still hours from coming up". But I didn't, I bypassed the trays of chocolate in the kitchen and fixed myself a snack that I can still work in to the daily total, I'm a little higher now than I might normally be, but it's still very very workable. So I'm planning a light lunch, and we're going to sack up those confections and take them to the folks organizing the bake sale RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST!!!!

Thursday is a snow day again, so I'm probably not going to make most of my non-diet goals with them underfoot. Hopefully they'll have school tomorrow, I have to attend a funeral, I really don't want to have to take them all to that, but I will if I have to.

Oh you poor thing, that sounds really painful. What exactly is an SI joint? Well good for you making lemonade out of lemons anyway. I'm sending you "quick heal" vibes for what that's worth. Good luck honey.

My Goals For The Week:

1. Eat at least 3 fruit and 2 vegetable servings a day. close, yes, yes
2. Limit bread to one serving a day. no, yes, 2
3. Carry a water bottle with me at all times. yes, yes, yes
4. Walk 3 miles a day at least three times a week. 3 miles in, on hold for this week
5. Take multi-vitamin daily. yes, yes, yes
6. Move from "healthy eating mode" to "weight loss mode" to shed a few holiday pounds. yes, yes, yes

To Do List:

1. Balance checkbook. no, no, yes
2. Get tax info ready for accountant. NO, no, no
3. Complete an entire week without saying anything negative about anyone. (Hubby and I challenged each other after we realized how snarky we were on a recent trip to Walmart.) If thoughts don't count, I'm good. I've been as good as gold. Still nice.
4. Do something nice and/or unexpected for someone each day. no, yes, no

Really watching my calories now that I'm quite immobile. Pie chart is balanced (first time in a while). I haven't re injured this in 1 1/2 years. Thought the weight loss and exercise had shielded me from this. I've had it heal in as little as a week or as long as 8 months.
Hoping this is one of the quick heals!

Almeeker, It's a small hideous, evil joint that joins your spine to your pelvis. Basically, every movement hurts, even sneezing. Picture where your lap belt crosses your pelvis... that's where it is... and how I injured mine originally.

Cassie, They know I'm moving slowly so I'm still fair game. I do get pleasure from knowing that both of them also have old SI joint injuries and Karma is an awesome equalizer.... it's just a matter of time... (insert evil laugh here).

quinn

Oooops Quinn, you may have blown your #3 on the To Do list

health and fitness related:
Do's
1) walk 15 miles 0,0,0 The rain is killing me, I refuse to train on a treadmill.
2) floss 7 times 1,1,0
3) drink 1 gallon of water a day yes 135.2oz, yes 152oz, yes 135.2oz
4) 1800 cals deficient for the week -492, -75, -237
5) play tennis for 1 hr. no, nope, no (the weather STILL sucks)
6) workout 3 times. no,yes,no,

don'ts
1) no cereal for the week none, nope, zero
2) no butterfingers none, not even a sniff, still holding back

non health related:
1) finish taxes to see who much I'll owe Uncle Sam no, no, no
2) ship a King Cake to Cali. no, no, nope (will not happen this week)

The weather is holding me back. Sat. & Sun. looks to be good, that leaves me 2 days for 15 miles and an hour of tennis.

I found out the I have to come up with a big chunk of change for my E&O insurance for work, so shipping a king cake is not a priority this week.