Health / Fitness ...
1. 100 oz water daily M: Yes,
2. No Diet Coke (still hanging on for lent) M: Yes,
3. 30 Day Shred Level 2 - 6 days of the week M: Yes, T: Yes,
4. Walk on lunch when I can (not Weds due to sonogram appt) M: 40min - 2miles,
5. Log it! M: Yes,
6. Carbs under 50% M: 57%,
7. Weekly deficit of 5000 M: -854, Deficit this week: -854
8. Weigh and post it daily M: 261.4lbs, T: 261.6lbs, Weight change this week: +.2lbs

Life Goals ...
1. Don't get frustrated. He isn't doing it just to make me upset. M: Awesome day! :D,
2. Do full body measurements...putting tape in my purse to take home right now!M: Nope,
3. Read something that is not on the internet x3 this week M: No,


Yesterday was good for health goals until late in the evening. I made strawberry cupcakes last night with just a can of Diet Sierra Mist instead of eggs, oil & water. Topped them with Cool Whip and a 1/4 of a fresh strawberry. Then I ate 2 of them! I did up the math on them and thank goodness they are only 110 calories plus the 1/4 of a strawberry. :eek: There may have also been a Cool Whip incident in my kitchen that involved repeatedly dipping my finger in the remaining half a tub of sweet fluffy goodness. http://www.bitvertiser.com/emos/anim...g-emoticon.gif


Tori ... How awesome that you are inspiring your cousin! That is the best compliment ever IMHO.

Luv ... Your goals look good yesterday, from what I can tell, LOL! I have trouble reading your list too. But as long as it works for you, that is all that counts. I usually scan for the colors to know how you are doing.

Hope ... Good for you on resisting the Chinese. I had some 2 weekends ago and honestly it wasn't what I thought I wanted. ... Your reward for that resistance is 2 lbs dropped! ... I hope that things are going well at home for you. You seem in a more positive attitude this week. Things seem to be looking up on my homefront as well.

Nobe ... I love to be sore from a workout. I hate to hurt though. For me there is a difference. Right now I have some slight twinges here and there but not hurt. So that makes me happy.

Mern ... My PITA is a good bit better. I still did my workout with the Shred this morning. My hubby suggested I was doing too much and I told him that I was working through it and if it wasn't better in a few days I would call the chiropractor. ... I say stuff all the time that mom's shouldn't! LOL, my kids are used to it and I think that they are more comfortable with me because of that relaxed attitude than always preaching at them to do the right thing. Not that you are a preachy momma either!

Pam ... You've got me wanting to try mashed cauliflower now too!

Mike ... You are too quiet! Hopefully you are just busy.

Health Goals:

1. Calories 1,400-1,500 or lower. 1,562
2. Water 100 oz daily. 50
3. Workout 5 hours total. 0 min, 45 min (total 0:45)
4. Protein 25% or better. 22%
5. Calorie deficit 3,500 or more. -418
6. Log everything and post daily. Y
7. Do not be a weekend slacker. So far so good.

Other Stuff:

1. Call and get booth cookie sales arranged and make sign-up sheet. CALL MADE.
2. Type up new G.S. calendar and note about parade. N
3. Call 4-H office about mandatory meetings. N
4. Call guy about the elliptical. N
5. Call dad about wagon for Friday. N
6. Call Dr. about appointment. N
7. Housework 45 min daily + 1 load of laundry. N

Lenten Goals:

No white flour N
No white sugar N
No skipping workouts, and no more than 2 consecutive days off. N
No cheating Y
No profanity Y

I don't have much time to chat today. Yesterday doesn't look too terribly good, but it was the first day back on the wagon, and I almost hit my calories and protein, so it was very nearly a win, right? And silly me made banana blueberry bread on Sunday, since I started this journey I've had a real problem with baked goods. I don't really remember having bad cravings for baked goods before, but it could be that I've had this trouble all along and only noticed it once I tried to cut down/back on them? I feel sort of like Joan Rivers and exercise, "if God wanted me to exercise he would've put diamonds on the floor". Well if God wanted me to be skinny he would've made me a terrible cook. But that is not the situation here, I can whip up a tasty calorie load and graze on it all day long. I even put healthy stuff in the banana bread, but still a thick slice of it is 200 calories, and then there's the butter and blueberry jam on top, and you can't eat just one right? Ugh. I have to get going, my piles have piles, and although I believe in the cleaning fairy (I do, I do, I do, because if you don't believe she won't come right?), never once has she actually shown up here, not once EVER (darn her that beefstick).

Amy ... This is for you...

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Trying to catch up here!!!

On fried foods: I have actually had a deep-fried Oreo. The deliciousness is hard to describe in words. It's amazing. The batter for frying sort of fuses with the shell of the Oreo and the cream gets a crust on it so it's almost like it's crunchy on the outside and then liquid in the middle, like a poor man's creme brulee. BF also likes to make what he calls "double cookies" which is an Oreo wrapped in chocolate chip cookie batter and then baked. Everything sort of oozes together in the oven. They are delicious, but DENSE. I can only eat one just because I feel like one is enough to fill me right up. Sorry for the food porn >.>

Mary: I'm with you on the 10% challenge, I've barely lost a thing since New Year! Very frustrating. This is definitely a week to get butts in gear, I'm rooting for you!

Mern: I'm in favor of cheat days and planned cheats, they always work for me. Calorie cycling has also worked in the past, where I have days where I eat "up" (1600-1700) and then "down" (1,000-1,100) calories. It was the first thing I tried on this current plateau because it worked in the past, but it seems to be no dice. My body apparently doesn't care what I'm doing with the food as long as I'm not going completely crazy, so it's boiling down to changing my exercise, it appears. I've been trying that too but nothing has stuck yet. However, I'm more stubborn than my body, so I'll just keep throwing things at the wall until SOMETHING sticks. It's just really frustrating. Thank you for keeping my Dad in your prayers - if you could sneak in a word about him keeping his willpower, that would be awesome too ;) Good luck to you this week!! It's interesting what your doctor says about the avocado, I suppose you'll see if it pans out, you're alway so careful in your recording that I am sure a pattern will emerge that's undeniable.

Ama: It really is amazing how logging every little thing is an eye-opener. It's one of the last things I log every day - the EVOO, the butter, the little adds to food (like a squirt of lime juice) and see how they add up. Sometimes it adds 100-200 calories to my log and I always just go WOW and remind myself to figure them in beforehand. Congrats on the weight and good luck this week!

Happy: Soda addiction is a tough nut to crack. Sometimes it helps to just cut it a little at a time, half a glass per day or even per week, whatever works for you. I wasn't extremely addicted but I tended to drink it with certain foods, so what I said to myself was "I'm only going to drink half a glass this time" rather than a full glass, then I skipped it every other snack, and so on. I got rid of it entirely within a month. Maybe something like that might help for you?

April: Woooohooo on your loss, look at you! You will break that 260 plateau before you know it. Thanks for the advice about the interview. I will take a deep breath and count to three!

Mike: Down almost 3 pounds, you're a stud dude, good job!

Hope: Resist that chinese food! I understand the siren song of chinese oh-so-well, but you DID it, good job! High-five!!!

Tori: We all go through spats of being unmotivated, I was there like 2 weeks ago. You can kick it. Sometimes just meeting your food goals helps and the exercise will come - quinn gave me the good advice to "just eat clean" if that happens. We all know you can do it, you are a BEAST when you step it up! Sometimes Saturday nights and fuzzy liquid calories just... kinda happen, lol. Although now you've got me thinking of Waffle House, mmmmmm.

Luv: The Plateau of No Sense has been going for three months strong now. I started the new year at 163 and now I'm hovering around 160-ish. I think it's just a really "comfortable" weight for my body. I WILL bust through someday and keep marching, I just have to figure out what my body wants. Good job on a great Monday!!!

Nobe: DEEP FRIED MARS BAR?! Mmmmm...


Health and Lifestyle Goals

1) Keep calories under 1500 every day, weekends included. M: 1,313
2) Exercise for a total of four hours or more (I like Amy's way of adding up the minutes, so I will do that, maybe it will help) and post the TYPE of exercise M: 0 (Total: 0 minutes)
3) At least 80 oz. of water daily, shoot for 96 M: 80
4) Calorie deficit of at least 3,500 M: -493 (Total: -493)
5) Protein average for the week of 25-30% M: 32% (Average: 32%)
6) Weigh M, W, F and post M: 160.3
7) In bed by 11:30 M: No
8) Post what I ate yesterday. Every single little thing.

M: Breakfast - One container of 0% fat greek yogurt (vanilla flavor) with a multivitamin (One-A-Day Women's Active Metabolism)
Lunch - Leftover chicken and dumplings (I estimated 1.25 servings), 1 medium/large green apple
Dinner - Grilled tilapia (4.5 oz fillet), seasoned with a Weber grill mixture (no salt), with a side of cilantro-lime flavored basmati rice.

I was only at 12% fat yesterday, which is probably why I was starving come dinner. I resisted the urge to snack, however, as I knew I had a calorically dense lunch. Same thing is going to happen today, I hate wasting the leftovers.

Other Stuff

1) Get BC application in M: No
2) Prepare for phone interview Thursday (nervous!!!!!) M: Confirmed people I will be interviewing with and scanned their profiles
3) No more than 30 minutes daily on non-work related websites at work, other than FD. Yes, I'm timing it. I have been a procrastinating procrastinator due to stress. M: It was more like 50 minutes
4) Call Dad on Wednesday after eye surgery M: N/A
5) Make an effort on my appearance every day M: yes, no makeup (breakout)
6) Buy new workout clothes and underwear!!!! M-F: Weekend goal

For Mike -- I am not wearing full makeup right now as I'm going through a breakout. But I am otherwise making an effort and wearing lipgloss and mascara ;) I blame the breakout on stress.

I think posting my food is going to help me. I was never good at just journaling my thoughts about food to myself - I'm the sort that needs to "say" (type! haha) it to others to make me really think about it. I'm going to be having dense lunches for most of this week as I finish off the chicken-and-dumplings that I cooked over the weekend, so I need to think hard about my dinners. I usually have a light breakfast of yogurt or something else mild because my stomach hates eating a lot in the morning, though sometimes I will eat and egg and a little bacon. I might want to do that a couple of times this week to keep my fats up, though low-fat is one of the things I *haven't* tried to do in the Plateau Of No Sense. I'm not sure being hungry is worth it, though. I was about ready to chew on my shoes before dinner yesterday.

We've also been eating dinner late because BF works until 7:30 or so most nights. By the time he gets home, showers, etc. it's getting on 8 or 8:30 before we eat. I'll figure it out, though, I always do eventually!

Happy Tuesday all,

~Terri

Yesterday I did not meet a single goal except for not snacking before dinner… and that is because my hubby had stopped for fast food on his way home from the gym and a big load of French fries were sitting in front of me when I walked in the door… grrrr… so much for making soup and salad for dinner.

[U]Today’s goals[/U
1 - ]Drink lots of water
2 -Go easy on lunch, decide what I am going to get before taking my lunch break instead of walking into the store without a plan.
3 -Charge through, focus, and complete several difficult tasks at work. The stuff does not go away by procrastinating!
4 -Go to the gym at 4pm. Treadmill, stairmaster, and free weights.
5 -Make soup and salad for dinner. Don’t snack before dinner!!!
6 – Try really really hard to stay up late – was up last night from about 1-3am watching documentaries, again.

I am reading all posts, and love to read all your wonderful goals! :) I am pressed for time this morning (see #3 above) so just a few notes...

April – Nice to meet you too! I like your goals for the week, especially the giving up soda for lent. I did that one a few years back, and though really tough at first it turned out great!

Mern – Way to go on the treadmill! 180 cals takes a while to burn so you must have gone a long ways! Sorry to hear about your Mom and her dementia. My Mother takes the load of responsibility for Grandma, bless her heart, and bless yours as well. Keep up the good work! PS – I shall try mashed cauliflower – I love cooking and trying new recipes, especially with veggies!

Luv – I am really working on building up good habits! Some weeks it is harder than others, but overall it seems to balance out. Thanks for your nice words!

Tori – Glad you and your cousin are sharing the journey, so great to have family on your side. I wonder if there is a low cal recipe for funnel cakes… I plan to look that up!

Terri – I know how you feel about having a light breakfast, I can’t take much either besides yoghurt, fruit and coffee. Lunch on the other hand is always a struggle as I am super hungry by about 11am and over do it. I’ll try adding some protein mid-morning though, may help me keep from having a huge lunch – thanks for the idea!

Best always! Ama

“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott

LOL, thanks for the sign April.

For years (at least on work days) I've had about half a cup of cottage cheese with maybe some fruit on my morning break, and that makes life so much easier. It seems to keep the hunger away until lunch better than anything else.

I don't think I posted my Monday report

Other than my allowed SF chocolate and pork rinds, I ate cleanly.

Clean Eating Pact YES
Calorie limit 1600 1387
Saturated fat average 12% of total calories 8%
Cholesterol average 300mg 162mg
Carbs less fiber limit 25g 24.7g
Fiber average 25g 42g
Protein average 120g 130g

Exercise 5 days YES
Water 48 oz. YES

Goals (week 4 postpartum!):

1) walk every day at least 30 min (Y 3 mi, Y 2 mi)
2) super light strength training 2x (Y = sort of squats while baby was fussy/rocking, Y = arm weights)
3) try not to crab at DH esp when I don't get any sleep (teeny bit better, does cooking and dishes and laundry help?

Pam, I'm glad you enjoyed the restaurant's mashed cauliflower. :) What did it have in it?

April, I'd say you did a fantastic job yesterday. Kudos on your 854 calorie deficit after those yummy strawberry cupcakes! I got a good chuckle out of your "cool whip incident" and the smiley. So glad you had an awesome day with DS. :) Glad you're PITA is better and hope it continues to improve. See now, I COULD have just SAID the four words, but I'm such a lady that I didn't. LOL

Amy, I was thinking as I was reading through your Monday report that you did a pretty darned good job your first day back on the wagon after NO and that you almost hit your calories and protein targets. I got a good chuckle out of God's gift to you of being a great cook. I still cook things for my family that I know is not the best for them, but MOST of the time I'm able to resist those things. Keep believing in that cleaning fairy, but don't hold your breath while you're waiting. LOL

Terri, I certainly have nothing against planned cheats and planned cheat days. Whatever works or whatever one can get by with is just fine with me. There's no way I'd go on vacation and stay totally on the wagon and give up experiencing regional cuisine. I hope you keep finding new things to throw at the wall and that something easy to follow that helps will stick. No problem with adding prayers for your Dad's willpower. :) Well, it'll be hard to tell whether giving up the avocado makes a huge difference. Luckily, though, it's not totally taboo, so I CAN enjoy it on occasion. Great Monday report! Of course, I'm no expert, but your food looked really good and healthful and didn't seem like anything in there was "plateau-retaining" as long your body is accustomed to the apple carbs. (Too many carbs for me, but you're not me.)

On fat and protein to help avoid hunger: 1 1/2 oz. almonds (I eat unsalted) has 249 calories, 9.3g protein, 18.8g fat (with 14.1g being monounsaturated fat and only 1.5g saturated fat) 9.3g total carbs and 4.7g fiber. Full fat cheese is another thing with more fat and protein that helps get me through. When doc said "Low fat cheese, right?" I just said something like, "I hear ya." (Shh, don't tell. LOL) I do eat SOME low fat cheese, though, like shredded cheddar and shredded mozzarella, Laughing Cow.

Ama, we all know that life simply gets in the way of our best-laid plans sometimes. When that happens, we just start fresh the next day. I sooooooo wish my DH would quit stocking the pantry with cookies and snack cakes for the grandkids... it's a source of temptation for me--not all the time, but often enough. Thanks for your kind words about the treadmill. I walk at 80-85% of my maximum heart rate and the heavier one is, the more calories one burns. So at 216 lbs. it takes me only half an hour. My doc's instructions are 5 days a week for 1/2 an hour and hating exercise, once I get it in, I'm ready to hop off. Aw, thanks for your kind words and blessings. :) I hope you enjoy that cauliflower.

Oh, that reminds me, for anyone trying the mashed cauliflower, cook till pretty tender and drain it very well before mashing (I used the food processor.) You may want to reserve some of the cooking water in case you want your finished dish a little thinner.

Rubypeanut, great report! :)

Hey ladies, I've been super busy. this is my 1st time logging in. I haven't read anything. :( Sorry. I'm trying to get out the office b/c I feel disgusted. I just had some claims show up in my report and one is pretty big. I think my bonus will probably be cut in 1/2. :( I'm going to spend some time crunching numbers tomorrow.

All I've had to eat was a serving of almonds and a zone bar. That's it for the day!!! I did walk 3 miles earlier.

I'm a little bit bummed.... I'm finding my goal of drinking more water to be way harder than I thought.... Why is it so hard to drink water!!!!???? I figure I'm getting around 20 ounces. So I'm thinking if I can't even accomplish something as simple as drinking a little more water, how am I going to accomplish anything else!! And why does time seem to stop when you can't eat junk food?! I cannot believe its only Tuesday! Alas I will push through - I will learn to drink water in time - so glad I have somewhere to keep focused. Thanks for being here everybody! Love reading and learning about you all!

Jho ... Have you tried breaking down your water? Get a bottle or cup that you know how much it holds and make a goal to drink one by 9am and a second by noon, a third by like 3pm and another with dinner? If each bottle or cup holds 16 oz that would be 64 oz in a day. I drink 100 oz in 16 oz cups at work.

I love this. I should print it and frame it for my sloppy ol' house.

Thank you all for your support re my resisting the Chinese food. And especially Mern for my BIDIA award. I would also like to thank all the "little people" (getting littler all the time) of Fitday without whom I would be saying ohhhhhh why did I eat those ribs?

Now am resisting pizza, trying to order something more low carbish, like soup and meatballs (not perfect I know.) Sensing a tend? Hope battles menus. Menus are starting to wear her down.

Also a few of you commented on my newly positive energy or attitude. Was I Debbie Downer? Ohhhhhh yeah I kinda was.

Jho it is hard to drink water and resist junk food. I am with you!!! I like the suggestion to break up the water.

I forgot who asked about the Cindy Sherman. I had always liked her work, at least the stuff I had seen over the years but this was rooms of it, and some of the images were really disturbing (what is that coming out of where?) Also the use of prostethetics (lots of fake breasts on medieval portraits and just some pointblank grotesque stuff) and some just depressing (faded beauties, women with black eyes, sad or dead eyes, women trying too hard or just giving up.) And let's not even talk about the creepy clowns. Very effective show but man were DH and I glad to look at some simple line drawings after that!!! Omigod is that a tree? It's tree!!!!! It's JUST a tree. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

Posting today's goals.
 

http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/home/t6011.gifFITDAY Challenge *~* CLEAN HOUSE
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live. -Jim Rohn
Check-in: MON - TUES -

http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/pozitive/s0801.gif"EAT CLEAN" PACT *Mern, nobe & Luv
(Sun MN thru Sat MN. Eat clean = FILL-UP on Good + AVOID Junk)

******
_______FIT____health___daily goals
FOCUS (2) Mind & Heart
1. Audio Bible &/or Hlth Group Bk*~*YES {M_T_ }
2. Thankfulness Journal*~*YES {M_T_ }

INTAKE (4) Nutrition
FOOD .'. {5 Grain/Meat/Veg/Oils} & {3 Dairy~1½ Fruit} & {1-2 Extra}
1. Clean (FILL-UP on Good + AVOID Junk) -> YES {M_T_ }
2. 1600-1700 Calorie -> AT/BELOW {M_T_ }
3. Water (64 oz) -> YES {M_T_ }
4. Supplements -> YES {M_T_ }

TRAIN (2) Movement
1. Focused Exercise *~* YES{M_T_ }
**Aerobic (150 min)-> 60 min
**Muscular (Circuit x3) -> x1
**Walk (10 mi) -> 4 mi
2. Lifestyle Activity (Minimum 1 hr daily)*~* YES {M_T_ }

________DAY____life___weekly goals
Tally during week. MET or "NOT MET" @ end of week.
DAZZLE (2):
1. Kitchen & Cleaning (8 hr)*~* 1 hr + 50 min
2. Clothing (x5) *~* x1

ADMINISTRATE (2):
1. Deskwork (Personal) /Contacts (1 hr) *~* 15 min.
2. Seatwork (r/t kids -15 hr) *~*

YOMP-Outside Work (2):
1. Clean-up *~*
2. Plants *~*

Luv, yes, I did mean that my goal is 199 by May 22 as in my signature. Thanks for catching that. I'm almost 10 lbs. heavier than you. I'd like to be at 205 by April 24. That would give me a nice hedge on making my goal of 199 by May 22. I am so darned tired of weighing over 200 lbs. at 5 feet tall. My husband only weighs about 180 or so and he's 6 feet tall. I'd think anyone who likes cooked cabbage would also like mashed cauliflower. I'm not crazy about the texture of raw or crisp tender cauliflower, but I do love it cooked soft or mashed. Wow! Great report again! I'm closing down my kitchen. Will post my Tuesday numbers in a minute.

Mike, oh, no! I didn't know claims would affect your bonus! That just plain sucks! Congrats on your walk. Hope you got something to eat by now!

Jho, dividing it up as April suggested is what got me drinking more water. I think it was Amy (almeeker) who taught me that. Otherwise I'm lucky to get in just 20 oz. or so like you. Go ahead and put something in your water if you want--like lemon or lime juice-- to make it more pleasant. I also count my decaf tea and even Crystal Light and zero carb, zero calorie flavored water. It helps and my body appreciates it even though it's not plain water. Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it. :) Try to find some on-plan treat that you can handle to help you get through the junk food cravings. I allow myself two pieces of sugar free Hershey chocolate miniatures per day and half to one oz. of pork rinds. If I have only those, I consider myself as having eaten cleanly. Without that allowance I'd have no hope of resisting diving into the snack cakes and cookies DH keeps on hand. We enjoy having you in our group. :)

Hope, LOL, you're welcome for the BIDIA award. You deserve it. :D Oh, how I long to be one of the "little people." I'll get there some day. There's a pizza place my DH like to go to that also has meatballs in a low sugar marinara sauce. I add a tossed salad with Ranch dressing and it makes a delicious meal. :)

Other than my allowed SF chocolate and pork rinds, I ate cleanly again. Meals were really delicious: breakfast was mushroom omelet with roasted red pepper sauce; lunch was almonds and some sliced turkey wrapped around fresh spinach leaves; dinner was a pork chop, Italian green beans with turkey bacon, and chopped turnip greens. Evening snack was a leftover turkey burger and three medium strawberries. I'm claiming bragging rights for coming in with great food AND great numbers. :)

Clean Eating Pact Yes, YES
Calorie limit 1600 1387, 1354
Saturated fat average 12% of total calories 8%, 12%
Cholesterol average 300mg 162mg, 261mg
Carbs less fiber limit 25g 24.7g, 24g even
Fiber average 25g 42g, 26g
Protein average 120g 130g, 134g

Exercise 5 days YES, YES
Water 64 oz. YES, YES

1) 1,700 calories max/day - 1454, 1417
2) walk for 1 hour, lift weights for 1/2 hour every day except work days (I only work 2-3 days a week), but do it on work days too if I feel like it - no, but worked, no, but worked
3) eat more protein, get up from 17% - 18% (it's a start!), 21%
4) 64oz water minimum - 64oz, 72oz
5) calorie deficit at least 500 - 1069, 980

edit: I might get a second wind and lift weights, but I'm not counting on it. Stupid cramps.

Mern, Luv what is this eating clean pact? Is this something I should know about? (ie partake in?)

What April & Mern said . . .
 

Hope ... I wouldn't say you were Debbie Downer, I would just say you seem in a better place now than last week.

Luv, Nobe also joined us on the Eat Clean Pact this week. :)

Anyone else joining us?

If anyone who joins messes up, don't feel defeated. Just jump right back in again. Each little success adds up! :)

http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/pozitive/s0801.gif"EAT CLEAN" PACT
(Sun MN thru Sat MN. Eat clean = FILL-UP on Good + AVOID Junk)

So far we have: Mern, Nobe, Jho82 and Luv. Anyone else?


And yes, what Mern says.

ya gotta do whatcha gotta do.... IM IN!!! And thank you for all the great suggestions with the water! I will tackle it in the a.m.!! :)

Me too! So tired of all this weight on my 5 ft / 2 inch frame. I go April 4 for Dr appt. I'm 'fraid she'll order more blood tests. :p A motivating reason to focus on eating cleaner. OK - I'll stamp 205 on my forehead for you & 199 for me for April 24.

I have this funny image in my head. Do you know those real tall kids' slides? I think of Tori sliding down, then it's me & then you. We're so close together with our weight goals right now.

Spoke with the dietician yesterday on the phone. Gave her an update on what I'm doing. I'll meet with her if & when Dr orders new lab work. She emphasized for me to not eat lots of carbs at one time. I told her about how my "pie" has been looking, but she was more concerned about spreading out the carbs with meals/snacks. I believe I'm doing much better with that as I consider what I put into my body in one setting. What a challenge it is to get the food content and timing of eating together!

ETA: Jho82 -- See above your post. I added you in.

Tuesdays suck. I think I've mentioned that before. I'm just now able to check in for the day, but having to do it by phone because home Internet is down. I hope it's back up by morning, I hate having to do everything by phone.

I knew it wasn't going to be a great day when, despite having a nice deficit yesterday, I was up 1.2 on the scale this morning. It's gone downhill from there. Anyway....going to bed. Got another headache. Catch y'all tomorrow

Jho, welcome to the Eat Clean Pact. Let us know how you're water's going. :)

Luv, LOL on the slide. Did you notice that Tori has lost 57.4 lbs. since just November of 2011--that's just 15 months! Isn't that fantastic? I was at the top of the slide and her skinny butt slid right down past me! I THINK my carbs are pretty well spread out, but I'm not sure. That's a good tip. I'll have to keep that in mind the next few days--maybe write down how many carbs in each meal or snack. It really is quite a challenge when we have not just a calorie deficit to work on, but also limits for carbs, fats, targets for protein. Throwing timing into the mix must drive you nuts! But after a while, hopefully it will become habit so it won't be so hard. I'm surprised I am able to pretty well hit my marks since I'm doing low carb, low cholesterol and low sat fat. But it's not yet easy--takes a lot of time to juggle my food selections and portions in the nutrition tracker. So when do you see your doctor next?

Tori, so sorry your up a teeny on the scale. I was just talking about what a fantastic job you've done on weight loss since you first joined our group. Keep that in mind and accept a HUGE pat on the back from our group! You'll have that little regain gone in no time! :) I hope your headache goes away quickly and that you have a great day tomorrow.

It's almost midnight. I'm going to bed, too. Will catch you all tomorrow.

Health Goals:

1. Calories 1,400-1,500 or lower. 1,562, 1,888
2. Water 100 oz daily. 50, 100
3. Workout 5 hours total. 0 min, 45 min (total 0:45)
4. Protein 25% or better. 22%, 22%
5. Calorie deficit 3,500 or more. -418, -670 (total -1,088)
6. Log everything and post daily. Y,Y
7. Do not be a weekend slacker. So far so good. It's only Tues, and I'm getting weak already.

Other Stuff:

1. Call and get booth cookie sales arranged and make sign-up sheet. CALL MADE. DONE.
2. Type up new G.S. calendar and note about parade. N, DONE
3. Call 4-H office about mandatory meetings. N,N
4. Call guy about the elliptical. N,N
5. Call dad about wagon for Friday. N,N
6. Call Dr. about appointment. N,N
7. Housework 45 min daily + 1 load of laundry. NN, YY

Lenten Goals:

No white flour N,N
No white sugar N,N
No skipping workouts, and no more than 2 consecutive days off. N,Y
No cheating Y,Y/N
No profanity Y,Y

White rant below.

I hate Spring Forward!!! It always messes up my sleep pattern to the point where there isn't any sleep. Ugh. Why is it that perfectly sane people will utter inanities like, "we get more daylight this way". Um no, we get the same amount of daylight no matter what the frackin' clock says, if you want more daylight GET YO' BUTT OUT OF BED EARLIER! But no, we have to mess around with the clock because it totally messes with Amy's head and that my friends is solid humor. On top of the stupid "Spring Forward" nonsense, we came home from NOLA on Saturday so I actually lost 2 hours rather than just 1 like everybody else. On Monday I was late to pick the kids up from school. DH had set every last clock in the house forward except the one on my pedometer. Do you think I remembered that on Monday? Nope, the principal had to call and ask if I was coming to get my kids, and too bad for me I was right in the middle of a complicated coupon check-out and couldn't rush right out to the car. Well there goes my chances of being Mother of the Year, again.

Yesterday I did fairly well, got up, did my workout and I ate pretty well too, although I was a little over calories. I went to bed at the right time and then couldn't sleep in spite of being totally exhausted. I ended up getting out of bed at 11:30 and eating a rather generous bowl of ice cream. Ugh, I hate it when that happens. I woke up this morning absolutely starving and exhausted and didn't have the steam for my workout at all. The only good thing so far about today is that I can probably catch up with my workout partner tonight, so there is still a chance for that workout to happen.

I'm in, although there are 2 tubs of ice cream in the freezer. It's the low-fat low-sugar kind, and I can usually work in a 1/2 cup here and there. Trouble is when I'm hungry for ice cream (which is pretty much ALL THE TIME), a 1/2 cup is just the tip of the iceberg.

Health / Fitness ...
1. 100 oz water daily M: Yes, T: Yes,
2. No Diet Coke (still hanging on for lent) M: Yes, T: Yes,
3. 30 Day Shred Level 2 - 6 days of the week M: Yes, T: Yes, W: Yes,
4. Walk on lunch when I can (not Weds due to sonogram appt) M: 40min - 2miles, T: 40min - 2miles, W: appt day,
5. Log it! M: Yes, T: Yes,
6. Carbs under 50% M: 57%, T: 40%,
7. Weekly deficit of 5000 M: -854, T: -762, Deficit this week: -1616
8. Weigh and post it daily M: 261.4lbs, T: 261.6lbs, W: 263.6lbs Freakin' sodium!!, Weight change this week: +2.2lbs

Life Goals ...
1. Don't get frustrated. He isn't doing it just to make me upset. M: Awesome day! :D, T: Another good day,
2. Do full body measurements...putting tape in my purse to take home right now!M: Nope, T: Nope, W: DONE!!
3. Read something that is not on the internet x3 this week M: No, T: No,

Did day 3 of level 2 today. This is the first day that I haven't done all beginner level exercises. Today I accomplished the plank jacks and the plank thrusts. I may not have had as much movement as the girls on the video but I was doing it and that was what mattered to me! I don't know if anyone else has done this video when they were at my size but I have difficulty with the plank twist at the end. Not that I can't do it, but my belly hangs down too far to be able to bring my leg far enough up and under myself to feel like I am really crossing it to get the twist part. Any ideas on that?

I'm up 2 lbs today. Freakin sodium! I know that is what it is. And here (in white) is the reason why even though I ate moderate portions.
This is the recipe from my hubby's high school years ago for pizzaburgers. 1 lb each of chipped ham, hard salami, bologna, american cheese. 2-1/2 lb browned lean hamburger. 2 jars pizza sauce. Oregano. Grind all through the meat grinder fine. Mix together like a sandwich spread. Put a spoonfull on half a burger bun and lay on a cookie sheet ( I had mine made on thin buns YUM!) top with pepperoni and mozz cheese. If anyone wants that recipe clarified I can get it out at home and make sure I didn't miss anything, but that is the jist of it.
It is so good, but it puts me up the next day every time. Oh and I'm sure the potato chips didn't help any either. :rolleyes:

WildB - I love the way you set up your goals and mark your progress each day! Do you use a spreadsheet or something on your computer or is there a spot in fitday somewhere to store this.... (maybe journal??) Just thought that I would check it out for next weeks thread. Is it ok if I use your structure?

Almeeker - I am totally with you on icecream!!!!! I'm a sugar freak! If its in the house I will eat it.... I also have 2 tubs in my fridge but in my defense I had a wicked coupon and got it for free.... I really have to restrain from it - drink water instead LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Luv - thanks again for the advice on water and I LOVE LOVE LOVE "think about what I CAN have" the mind is a very powerful thing! And excited to be in on the pact!

Mern - you are always so positive and reassuring! I will strive to be more like you! You also have such great advice and support for everyone! :)

Tori - WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOU (<-this is me yelling again).... If I don't see a positive statement on your next post you will be getting a private msg from me young lady! (like you really need to hear attitude from a newbie:p) Today is a new day hun! SO SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP! ;)

I'm gonna go chug 8 oz of water now and get it over with....oh by the way does anybody know how to change the time on this site.... the time is really weird and I've tried changing my time zone....?

I just type them up at the beginning of the week in the thread and then each morning I go back to yesterday morning's post, hit quote and then delete off the post what I don't want on there for today. Then I add in the previous day's info.

One tip for this site, when you start posting longer posts. Always copy what you have typed up before hitting submit reply. Sometimes when it takes you a while to make a post you hit submit and get a blank white screen and refresh or the back button loses all the info you just typed up. Now I always copy before hitting submit.

First off... I don't know you because I've been MIA latey, but I really like you already! Mern has a whip and I have some steel toe boots. Let us know if you need to borrow either.

Tori, whatcha gonna do now? You just got called out by a newbie!!! Looks like you better get crackin' ;) Before you try throwing me under the bus... my scale was down again this morning (180.4):p

Ama: Let us know how switching up your breakfast goes! I thought about cooking eggs and bacon this morning, but I had some bacon last night and I just went for the yogurt again.

nobe: I've honestly not tried cottage cheese in a long time - I remember trying it as a teenager and thinking it was gross, but maybe I should give cottage cheese another chance. Seems like it's a really good solution for mid-morning hunger, especially for those of us who really can't eat a big breakfast.

April: I have an incident every time I so much as LOOK at Cool Whip, limiting yourself to some finger-dips is okay in my book! Nice job on Monday!

Mern: Thanks for the thoughts about my Monday report - carbs are usually 40-50% of my total calories, so the apple was fine for me :) Actually on Monday I was at almost 60% carbs due to the really low-fatness of the day, I need to get back to a better balance! Good for you for hopping on the dreadmill even though you hate it; I'm right there with you in the generally-hate-to-exercise camp, I just keep telling myself the feeling of satisfaction once done is worth it! Your menus always sound delicious, mmmmm.

Luv: LOL, I am with you, there should be weight-gain plateaus too!! I like how you and Mern are soldiering there right next to each other, so close in your goals and goal dates!

ruby: Awesome job on your goals!

Mike: Sorry to hear about the claims, dude. Maybe the number crunching will bring a better outcome to you!

Jho: Getting used to the water is definitely something hard! April had some great advice for you about breaking it up. Maybe adding some flavor, like a Mio or Crystal Light, would help you? Just make sure to account the calories in them, but I think there's nothing wrong with flavored water if it helps you get it in. Also, I'm LOLing at your calling out of Tori, don't even worry about being a newbie, we all need to hear it from whoever can say it to us!

Hope: You're never a Debbie Downer, I'm just happy to read your posts being more upbeat and positive! Except the part about women with black eyes O_O I always find Modern Art either silly or creepy, there have been very few pieces that move me in a NICE way. Give me some classical art any time!

Tori: I hope you're feeling better and that your headache is gone. Don't listen to that ol' scale, just remember it's your frenemy, and you know better than whatever it's telling you right now. Hugs for you!

Amy: BAH to Spring Forward I say!!!!!! It's an old tradition that doesn't make sense anymore, and I agree we should just get rid of it. Let's all just set everything for half-an-hour off and keep it that way all year, yes? It's a nice compromise that'll be super-easy to get used to.

Health and Lifestyle Goals

1) Keep calories under 1500 every day, weekends included. M: 1,313 T: 1,620
2) Exercise for a total of four hours or more (I like Amy's way of adding up the minutes, so I will do that, maybe it will help) and post the TYPE of exercise M: 0 T: 52 min Zumba (Total: 52 minutes)
3) At least 80 oz. of water daily, shoot for 96 M: 80 T: 88
4) Calorie deficit of at least 3,500 M: -493 T: -766 (Total: -1,259)
5) Protein average for the week of 25-30% M: 32% T: 25% (Average: 28.5%)
6) Weigh M, W, F and post M: 160.3 W: 157.5 :eek: :eek:
7) In bed by 11:30 M: No T: No
8) Post what I ate yesterday. Every single little thing.

T: Breakfast - One container of 0% fat greek yogurt (strawberry flavor) with a multivitamin (One-A-Day Women's Active Metabolism)
Lunch - Leftover chicken and dumplings (I estimated 1.25 servings), 1 medium/large green apple
Post-workout - One cup of 2% fat milk
Dinner - Turkey, bacon and cheese (LF mozzarella) panini. I added some lettuce and 2 slices of tomato after it was all melty. Side of baby spinach (fresh leaves) with berry vinigarette and one re-heated homemade biscuit with a pat of butter melted on it.


Other Stuff

1) Get BC application in M: No T: No
2) Prepare for phone interview Thursday (nervous!!!!!) M: Confirmed people I will be interviewing with and scanned their profiles T: Busy with other essential work
3) No more than 30 minutes daily on non-work related websites at work, other than FD. Yes, I'm timing it. I have been a procrastinating procrastinator due to stress. M: It was more like 50 minutes T: 45 minutes
4) Call Dad on Wednesday after eye surgery M: N/A T: N/A
5) Make an effort on my appearance every day M: yes, no makeup (breakout) T: yes, no makeup
6) Buy new workout clothes and underwear!!!! M-F: Weekend goal

After work yesterday I was again ready to chew the leather off my shoes. My fat content was at 10% at that point in the day. I resisted snacking again and went home at about 6:30 and popped in my Zumba DVD. I did it all, but I got light-headed/dizzy three times during the course of the workout and had to sit with my head between my knees for a couple of minutes, so I probably did half of the workout at 75% effort. That's okay, though, my HRM still said I got a normal burn (probably a testament to my heart racing dizziness).

BF got home right after I finished; I was laying on the floor beet-faced and trying to get even-keeled again. His empathy astounds me :rolleyes:

BF: *sees me on the floor, not normal post-workout* "Are you okay?" He says this in a 70% amused, 28% confused, 2% concerned tone of voice
Me: "I need to eat a cow." I was so hungry at that point, and even water was tasting gross, I was swallowing it during my workout and wanting to spit it up. My stomach felt like a ball of acid.
BF: "Right. I'm afraid I'm not a farmer."
Me: "That is no excuse."
BF: "...So, what's for dinner?"

I'm pretty sure I gave him death-face at that point in time, and he just rolled his eyes, went into the kitchen and poured me a glass of milk and served it to me on the floor. I tell you what, too, that glass of milk may as well have been healing waters from the fountain of youth or something, because I INSTANTLY felt better. Like, wow. I've never had food do that to me before. BF then proceeded to cook dinner scrounging for some leftovers. A panini also never tasted so good. I ended my day at a fat content of 23% yesterday and I feel way better today.

I'm fairly certain I just need to be eating more fat. Of course, the scale was ONE-FIFTY-SEVEN-POINT-FIVE this morning, as though the Plateau Of No Sense is telling me that it enjoyed my little bout of low-fat dizziness and thinks I should continue!!!!!

I haven't seen 157-point-anything since my plateau started. I'm not going to say it's good and busted until I hit 155, but it's a good start. I'm not sure what caused it to budge so much at all so I'm still confused. The low-fat days? The workout dizziness? The Life-Saving Glass Of Milk? Your guess is as good as mine, ladies!

Today we're having lab meeting, which means there will be Pizza Hut. I have come prepared, though, with a snack of cut up celery, carrots, and a couple tablespoons of ranch dressing to drizzle on it. The entire snack is right around 200 cals. Also have couple cubes of cheese I've cut up. My plan is to eat some of it before lab meeting so the pizza isn't quite as tempting. Limiting myself to EITHER one slice of thin pizza and one breadstick OR two slices of thin pizza.

Dad's eye surgery is today, so my thoughts are with him, and I'll call at some point this afternoon.

Busy busy day today, so I'd better get to it!

~Terri

Wednesday weigh in: 192

No change, but considering my bad days last week, I'll take it. It could have been way up. I think the 4lb loss last week was a fluke anyway.

I read this last night then stopped at the grocery this morning on my way to work and picked up 2% cottage cheese (4-pack of 4oz cartons), bananas and a bag of walnuts. Thanks for the ideas Nobe!

I am so hungry today but so far I have only ate what I brought to work with me. I have my whole day logged out except for a snack tonight and am under 1500 calories. Just seems sometimes when I work out hard that I am so hungry that day. Guess that is the problem with working out in the morning. To quote Terri ... "I need to eat a cow"!

I have my hysterosonogram tonight to make final determination on what to do about my thickened endometrium. Probably what she already said she would do which is biopsy it and then follow up with a D&C. Sometimes being a girl just sucks! LOL