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Old 03-24-2011, 06:50 PM
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For Friday:

Fitness Goals:

1. Keep up the water intake to 10 cups. Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes
2. Put every effort into my workouts. Yes, Yes, Yep, Ya-huh, Yep,
3. Take a multi-vitamin every day. Yes, No (oops!), Yes, Yes, Yes


Non-Fitness Goals:


1. Start giving the house a thorough clean (one room per day). Ensuite done, Main bathroom, vanity and toilet done, Dining room done, Study done, Master Bedroom and loungeroom done,
2. Perform an anti-rain dance and get the rest of the washing cleaned and dried. Dance not successful, but two loads done. Got heaps done . . . still heaps to go (who'd have thought we had so many clothes?!), Got one load out, Am doing it now!, Ah . . . no.
3. Get the lawnmower fixed and start on the jungle . . . I mean, 'lawn' again. No. No. No. No. Takin' it in tomorrow.
4. Convince my partner to remove the boxes of Christmas decorations from the laundry and store them in his workshop. No (this one will be a challenge), No. Nope. Told me it might happen next weekend. Still in there.


Looking forward to this weekend. Got nowhere to go, noone to see and nothing to do, so we're dragging the TV into our bedroom and we're gonna spend the weekend curled up on the bed watching movies and playing the Wii (with the occasional break to tend to children ).

The council has built a new cool-looking playground about 15mins up the road, so we might take the boys out on Saturday arvo for a bit of a play if it's finished.

I made the conscious choice today to purchase a little bag of Maltesers, thinking to share it with my partner when he gets home (got my 8yo a special treat of M&Ms, too). When I got it home, I had a gander at the nutritional guide and discovered that teeny-tiny packet held six servings. I think I might take a handful and pass them on. My son had a handful of M&Ms in the car, then closed the packet and said, 'I think I might leave these until I crave chocolate again'. Stunned? Yep. Proud - absolutely. He's making healthy choices all on his own. He's been home now for just over an hour, and he has only had one more M&M out of the bag.

Sleep tight, people!
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Old 03-24-2011, 07:24 PM
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Fitness/ Diet goals
- up protein intake yes yes yes yes
- go running at least twice this week (at least 6 ks each) yes (if only 5 ks)
- go swimming once
- drink at least 1.5 litres of water every day!! yes no no no
- try to do a bit of stretching/ yoga 5 days this week yes
- log in all food eaten yes yes did great with the candies yesterday and refrained from late night snacking, though it was hard

Non-fitness goals
- get spring cleaning done this week not quite yet, but some friends are going to come over tomorrow night, so that should be a motivator to get most of it done
- get some work done on my dissertation (at least do some research five times this week) no, not yet. Damn it!!
- finish at the very least one book

behaze, I bet it's awesome to see your little son make healthy choices all on his own! That sure is a great reward!

Mike, I'm so impressed with the effects of your low-carb diet! Definitely something I want to try as well - or, to put it more precicely, something I will choose to try thanks for the inspirational rewording, Terri!
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Old 03-24-2011, 11:23 PM
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Thursday Report Card

Weight Goals:
1. Calories under 1600 day - already blew that with a trip to the chinese restaurant for lunch with the hubby. We do that about once a month. M(NO), T(NO), W(yes!!), T(nope )
2. Drink 80 oz water daily - M(no, 70), T(no, 70), W(yes, 112oz!), T(no, 50)
3. Work out M, W & F - M(no), W(yes)
4. Stretches & relaxing T & T - T(no), T(no)

Non-weight goals
1. Don't let my younger son get to me - M(yes!), T(yes!), W(yes!), T(yes!) - This has to be a record!!
2. Look further into foster parenting (classes start tonight) - M(yes), T(nothing to do), W(read through some of the orientation manual), T(another class done!)
3. Spring clean (including closets...off Thurs & Fri for this) - T(yes, cleaned for five hours including one closet)
4. Outside yard work this weekend


Seeing how all of your families are affected by being overweight/obese and their health issues defintely hits home with me. I am estranged from all but my dad and one sister (I talk to rarely) but I know that my mom's whole side of her family are a very unhealthy bunch. My hubby's family is even worse off than my own. There is heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, you name it on his side of the family. At one point he was put on pills for being 'slightly' diabetic. He lost 45 lbs by cutting soda and most sugar out of his diet and the next two times he had bloodwork done was told that if his dr didn't know he was diabetic his bloodwork wouldn't tell him so he was able to get off the meds. That was a good 6 yrs ago!
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Old 03-25-2011, 01:43 AM
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Mike,

When you have your 2200-2500 calorie days, can I just watch??? Sounds like you have a great plan and I'm sure, after all of the hard work to get here, you'll be great at maintenance... We'll make sure you stay on track. By the way, Glucosamine works great for most older dogs! When I asked my MD about it for me, he laughed and said that his elderly dog had incredible success with it. He wished his patients had the same tremendous results as he saw in animals. Here's hoping the "hand" issue is nothing serious.

behaze,

It's 3 degrees F here this morning... I'll take you up on that offer to trade!!! I'm SOOOOOOO sick of winter. I don't think we will get out of the 20's until the middle of next week. Families are interesting animals, aren't they? I only have 2 surviving family members nationwide. My husband, on the other hand, has somewhere between 150-200, all within 40 miles. When they say when you marry the man, you marry the family, that couldn't be more true for me. It was a huge adjustment, but I love it now. Knowing that I have little family remaining, they have "adopted" me and I feel their love and protection. When in need, I always have someone to call. (Although I'm the only short, blonde one! ) They are all tall, gorgeous, dark Italian/French beauties.

wildbeanerz,

I admire you for ending the family cycle. Sometimes, all it takes is one person to begin a healthy trend. You may be surprised at how many of them will follow your lead when they see your results! (They'll give you a hard time, but then they'll ask how you did it! )

Mern,

Thanks. We're trying our best to understand what she's thinking, but I just don't get it. So far, she's up to 5 heart stents, obesity, insulin dependence, hypertension, numb toes... the list of problems is about as long as the list of meds. I'm afraid that we're on the same path as your mom and her 12 siblings. Totally heartbreaking. In a weird way, I know this is going to come out wrong, I think she "likes" all of the meds and doctors visits. Does that make sense to anyone else? As weird as it sounds, she seems almost proud of it all. I just can't wrap my head around her thinking. We try to be supportive, but it's kind of mind blowing. Why would you purposely try to kill yourself?
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Old 03-25-2011, 02:11 AM
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Good idea, Quinn...Mike can do a YouTube video of one of his cheat days. I have to admit I enjoy the food porn when he posts .

I hope things work out for your relative. It's a very powerless feeling to watch somebody self-destruct in such a passive way. I know you're doing all you can, and there's only so much you can do. Don't give up hope...my mom quit smoking at age 77 after 50+ years of pleading, cajoling, reasoning, and begging by family members. It just had to be her timetable.

You are exactly correct...it is not uncommon for people to like the extra attention and fall into comfort in the "victim" or "sick" role. Maybe use a little reverse psychology and reinforce the healthy choices or conversations (if there are any!) and give as little attention as possible to the negative ones? It's possible that there's some depression in there as well, if it seems like she really doesn't care what happens to her.

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Old 03-25-2011, 02:18 AM
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Mike, cyber-hugs to the pup. It's hard when our little furry family members are NQR (not quite right).

behaze, very cool about the new playground. We live between 2 really nice city parks, and there are another 4-5 within a few miles. The kiddos LOVE it, we spend an hour or two at a park pretty much every day in the summer, but as it's still winter here, none of them have swings or picnic tables right now.

quin, I totally get that "I think she likes it" bit. Both DH and I have a couple of relatives like that. Some people just thrive on sympathy, it's pathetic. One relative in particular uses emotion to control everyone, and that is just plain irritating, especially when the most common emotions are rage and depression. But again you can lead a horse to water... That's wonderful that you feel welcome into DH's family, could you ship me some of that in a bottle? Oh, my in-laws aren't so bad, they just are different from my family in ways I can't explain, or understand. But I'm married to them now...

wildbeanerz, my DH is also a borderline diabetic, his family has rampant issues with it, but so far as long as he keeps his weight and carbs on the low side he's medication free as well. It's a good thing, because his ticker isn't all that hot either. I swear some of this medical stuff should be FIRST DATE INFORMATION!!! No, I guess it doesn't matter, I would have married him anyway, or at least that's what I tell myself.

cassie, good job on not going overboard on the chips. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Mexican food, and still haven't been able to keep myself to one serving of the chips at our local Mexican restaurant. Especially after going a week without grains, that would be a dangerous call for dinner out this weekend. If I weren't so pale skinned (and freckled) I could dye my hair dark, pop in some brown contacts and pass myself off as Latina.

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Old 03-25-2011, 02:33 AM
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so much with being on top of stuff this week. hope next week will be better

Fitness Goals:

1. Drink 3 of my blue water bottle a day yes!no (only 2), noyes
2. do my workout 6/7 days Yes!yes!no,no
3. 10,000 steps a day yes (10,017)no 5500 apox, no (didn't even count), no (3000 aprox)
4. start cal counting again, limit 1900 no 2,136, no 1936, no didn't count (so close)yes, 1536
5. no fast food yes,yes, yes, yes
6. (forgot to add before) go swimming once a week no, no, no, no

Non-Fitness Goals:

1. finish my current homework do to list finished one thing but it was pose to be done long agono,noyes, finished a presentation that got 100% on
2. put away clean laundry done about time
3. put away dirty laundry easy once clean laundry is put away
4. clean off floor and vaccum it. picked up a few things still have some things to clean up, and still need to vaccumno, no, no
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Old 03-25-2011, 02:59 AM
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cassie and almeeker,

I think the closest category is probably the "victim" category. Every idea is met with "I can't because..." [fill in some excuse here]. "Would you like to go for a walk?" [I can't because...] Lately, it's been "I can't diet because I'm diabetic", even though we were just told that her doctor refuses to treat her any more unless she follows his advice, which includes going on a strict diet. All I can say is that it's heartbreaking. There's really nothing left for us to try. It has to come from her, and I don't see that coming.

By the way, Cassie, my mom quit smoking at 79 but it took a breast cancer diagnosis to do it for her!

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Old 03-25-2011, 03:22 AM
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I'm so happy to see everyone talking about ALL the parts of the journey - loss to maintenance. And Mike, I've heard other stories about eating CLEAN and drawing that "I will not lose more" line -- it's tough! I have a friend who recently lost her goal of 65 lbs. on WW but is continuing to drop. She says she's had a really hard time getting out of "loss" and into "maintenance" mode, and now she's verging on UNDERweight but still losing. It's all really such a mental game as much as anything else, and I don't care what number you're shooting for on the scale - getting that mindset, and taking care of yourself in the long term is not an easy task for anyone! But SO worth it!

(Also, I totally look at myself naked in the mirror once a week >.> Me and Richard Simmons, baby!)

I'm not looking forward to the day where I don't get encouragement from my loved ones :\ It helps me a lot. BF will always be rooting for me I know, but if I see my family this summer or holidays and I start to get the stink eye, that's going to be rough. Especially when my grandmother starts to feed me and I won't be able to say no.

Food gets so wrapped up in emotion, doesn't it?

stacey -- I hope your migraine is better!!

Mike -- I can barely do ten modified pushups right now. Your numbers are just IMPRESSIVE. I hope you can move your arms today! Your graph is really inspiring I'll be thinking of your little Chloe too.

Mern -- You're up to 2 miles on your walking DVD! Way to go! You sound like your family has provided a lot of examples for you. I wish I knew how to flip the switch for them, too. Some part of me is telling myself that they might just need a good example. I don't know. The only person I can TRULY be accountable for is me, but it's so hard watching people you love do these things to themselves

Cassie -- It sounds like you did an EXCELLENT job at the Mexican restaurant - I love Mexican food too, and those chips and white queso things? DEATH TRAP! Kudos to you!!!

behaze -- Thanks for the encouragement! I totally blasted through my workout yesterday, even though I was very very VERY tired. I could either choose to sleep and feel guilty, or I could choose to work out and feel good about myself. I chose the latter. I love malamutes too, but I do think you have to be in the snow for them - it just fits!

Thursday Report Card

Fitness, Exercise and Lifestyle Goals:
1) Under 1400 cals every day and log EVERYTHING. M: yes, 1200 on the nose T: yes, 1120 W: yes, 992 Th: yes, 1440
2) Average 30% daily protein for the week. M: 23% T: 30% W: 32% Th: 34% (weekly average 29.75%)
3) 96 oz. of water EVERY day. M: 104 T: 72 W: 96 Th: 104
4) No weighing until Friday! M: N/A T: No weighing! W: No scale Th: Nope
5) Work out 5-6 hours, split between weights and hard cardio. M: Day off T: No exercise W: No exercise. Again. Sigh. Th: one hour hard cardio elliptical
6) In bed by 11:30 every night M: Yes, I promise I will! T: Close, but no cigar W: No Th: Yes, barely
7) Buy a heart rate monitor this weekend. M-F: N/A

Non-Fitness Goals:
1) Finish edits to my scientific manuscript (this manuscript is the culmination to my dissertation, I want it out in the world!) M: No T: Good chunk of it done! W: Slightly more progress Th: No progress
2) Make efforts on my appearence every day - hair, makeup, clothing. M: Yes T: Not really... W: No Th: Yes, and got comments
3) Get every scrap of laundry hiding in the closet cleaned. M: No T: BF took care of it! W-Sun: N/A
4) One hour of needlework every day. M: Yes T: No W: No Th: No
5) Have an "outside date" this weekend (the weather is SO beautiful). M-F: N/A
6) Buy new makeup. M: No T: No W: No Th: Nope

I'm not too terribly upset by going slightly over 1400 yesterday, considering the low numbers for the beginning of the week - and they were "good" calories, nothing really bad went into my body, so I CHOOSE to let it go

Got on the scale this morning (Friday) and am up .5 lbs. (195.4 as compared to 194.9 on Monday) I did (and do still) believe my 2.6 lb. drop last week was a little TOO much weight, so perhaps my body is just evening itself out? I was also very high-salt Tuesday and Wednesday, may have something to do with it. I'll just keep on keeping on - for once it's not terribly upsetting because I feel like it's in a "normal" or "explainable" range of weight fluctuation.

Also, I feel I need to correct (because I hate taking credit where credit is not due!!) It was actually almeeker who got me saying the word CHOOSE this week, I just totally put it in caps lock, haha I find it's been a GREAT word of the week though, so thanks almeeker!!!!

I didn't eat breakfast this morning, though. Ugh, Friday is not off to a good start!!

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almeeker,

"That's wonderful that you feel welcome into DH's family, could you ship me some of that in a bottle? Oh, my in-laws aren't so bad, they just are different from my family in ways I can't explain, or understand. But I'm married to them now..."


It's kind of a funny story. It's a huge Italian family that was, at that time, entirely run by a stern, blunt family matriarch in her mid 90's who liked no one. Everyone was terrified of her. It was a rule that if you were thinking about bringing someone into the "family" you had to have her approval. I wasn't Italian (strike one), I wasn't Catholic (strike two). When my husband showed her my engagement ring, she said in her old world way, "That don't mean nothing. He's had lots of pretty girlfriends." Instead of being scared of her, I decided to give it right back to her and I said, "But honey, he's never had one like me." She cracked her first smile in 30 years and told my husband, "I like this one," and I knew I was in. Everyone was floored. We were absolute best buddies from that day forward. Any subjects like sex or politics that were "taboo" to discuss with her, we would joke about for hours. She was my buddy, and I really miss her.
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