Beyond 200

May 18

Thanks Cinderelly - I hope you have a wonderful few days off.

I got on the treadmill at 9:15 last night and it went great. I'm really glad I got back on it. Of course, it took me quite awhile to fall asleep after having had a good workout. I worked out again this morning and I'm planning on a bike ride with the family this afternoon. My food all day yesterday and so far today has been really good. I'd like to lose another 2 pounds this week - I'm very close to getting under 200. My alternate goal is to reach 200 even this week, and get under it next week. Have a great weekend everyone:)
 
getting under 200 calls for a celebration -that would be very exciting :) lots of sneezing and peeing before stepping on the scale :) I have a goodd feeling about it :D
 
Seriously - I noticed that I tend to hold my breath while weighing myself, so now I do a deep exhale to make sure that extra air isn't adding up on the scale . . . seriously silly, I know :rotflmao:
 
May 20

Hi Cshani! Glad I made you giggle! It's Sunday evening and I'm about to get on the treadmill. My eating has been good all weekend but the number on the scale is not. We'll see what it says on Tuesday for my May challenge weigh-in. On Saturday we went for a long family bike ride. We rode on a forest preserve path for an hour and half. I'm not sure of the mileage but it was at least 6. I had a big gyros sandwich at the end of the ride and passed on all of the fries that came with it. I thought it would be o.k. since we'd been doing all that exercise & breakfast was light, cereal with berries. But with the # on the scale not moving, I wonder if it was too many calories. I know, I know, I should log my calories on fitday or spark. I'm not there yet though. I'm afraid if I add too many tasks to my weight loss efforts I'll start blowing them all off. I'm making excuses, I know. Oh well. Here's to a good workout right now and another day of healthy eating tomorrow.
 
May 21

If the # on the scale is any indication, I won't have lost any weight this week when I weigh in tomorrow for the May challenge. I'm a little puzzled, because I ate well this week. But, I had a lot more wine this past week than I did during the first two weeks and I did a lot less cardio. So, for this week, off the bottle and onto the treadmill.
 
slimmom said:
If the # on the scale is any indication, I won't have lost any weight this week when I weigh in tomorrow for the May challenge. I'm a little puzzled, because I ate well this week. But, I had a lot more wine this past week than I did during the first two weeks and I did a lot less cardio. So, for this week, off the bottle and onto the treadmill.
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I think that would do it my dear - LOL...Wine or any kinda of alcohol is alot of empty calories...and less cardio woudl do it :):):)

It isnt always abt the numbers on the scale either it is abt how you feel and you can loose inches and body fat without moving that damn scale...

Just wanted to drop in and say Hey:)
 
May 22

Hi Cinderelly! Thanks for popping in. You're right, the wine & missing cardio will do it :) :) I maintained this week - 201.4. As for how I feel, not slimmer. I don't think the scale is secretly not reflecting progress - I think I didn't progress. But, I did eat well overall, so I can be proud of that. I just didn't sweat enough to let me get away with tacking on the extra wine calories. Next week I want to see a # with "200" in it, or maybe "199." This week I'm going to log in everything I eat for 3 days, so here goes yesterday . . .

Monday May 21
7:45 a.m. breakfast:
omlette w/ 1 egg, 1 egg white, 1% milk, @ 1 c. spinach & @ 2 T. feta
2 slices wheat bread w/ butter
coffee w/ milk

11 a.m. mid-morning snack:
4 oz cottage cheese (90 calories)
1 peach

2 p.m. lunch:
small beef w/ vegetable soup from Cosi
whole grain flatbread from cosi (270 calories)
2 fig newtons (200 calories)

one mile walk to train

6 p.m. arrival at home snack:
protein shake (150 calories)
@2 c. skim milk

one mile round-trip walk to park with Frank

1 keebler peanut butter cracker sandwich

25 minutes on treadmill, 1.5 miles total, partly hill routine, partly two 1/4 mile stints of jogging
@ 10 minutes exercising w/ 12 lb free weights & doing crunches

9:15 p.m. dinner:
1 1/2 chicken thighs, about 2/3 the size of my fist
@ 1 c. cous cous
@ 1 1/2 c. green beans
@ 10 oz red wine (225 calories)
1 slim-a-bear Klondike bar

Here's the info for today so far:
Tuesday, May 22

breakfast: 7:30 a.m.
1 bowl shredded wheat & cheerios w/ 1 cut up peach and 1% milk
1.5 c. coffee w/ 1% milk

one mile walk from train to work

mid-morning snack, 11 a.m.
4 oz. cottage cheese, 90 calories

plan for the rest of the day:
small moroccan lentil soup from Cosi (199 calories) - no bread!
snacks: baby carrots, raisins, fig newtons (maybe save the fig newtons for when I arrive at home and am starving)
dinner: leftover chickie w/ green beans, milk to drink, slim-a-bear klondike bar
 
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Know what I love about this place? You can come here and see that their other people just like you! Its so nice to see that I am not the only one who has trouble getting the numbers on the scale to move, or feeling guilty cause I was to tired to work out one day, or just didn't feel like it. The support and the amount of people going through the same trials and tribulations of weight loss is phenomenal and I for one want to add to it when ever I can. So you go slimmom, your sticking to it and not giving up and I think that's great! I was not having a very good day today, bad feelings about my self and my weight, but coming here and reading what others have to say is a real pick me up!
 
I totally, totally agree with you angelface - this place is great. Earlier I thought about logging on and just writing "I love this site." I'll say it now, I love this site. I hear you on having those bad days feeling bad about yourself and your weight - my diary shows that I've had 'em and I know I'll continue to off and on. But, this site perks me up too and is teaching me what I need to do to put all of that behind me, one day, one meal, one snack or one sweat session at a time.

I bit the bullet and logged on to fitday, because you guys on here know what you're doing and I've been gently nudged in this direction more than once. So, here are the stats from yesterday:

Calories Eaten Today
grams cals %total
Total: 2016
Fat: 50 449 23%
Sat: 19 169 9%
Poly: 4 37 2%
Mono: 9 83 4%
Carbs: 252 900 46%
Fiber: 28 0 0%
Protein: 107 429 22%
Alcohol: 27 194 10%

A very easy thing I can cut out is the 270 calorie/49 g. carb serving of bread that comes with the soup I order each weekday. Starting a fitday account - one more big step for me on this journey to 162. :hug2:
 
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Way to track your intake! You go slimmom!

Race you to 199.9!!! lol Just some friendly motivation.

You're avatar is adorable, what a sweet moment!
 
May 23

I've got some bad blisters from the sandals I wore yesterday. Ugh! They're totally practical shoes, Rockports, and they fit well, but for some reason I get blisters every year when I bust out my sandals for the first time on a warm day. It's so annoying - and painful! Ugh!

On the bright side, the scale said 200.0 this morning. Way to soon to log this as an acutal weight change, but it's motivating, that's for sure. We're going to a state park tomorrow for an early memorial day weekend (husband has to work Sunday & Monday). I hope that having seen 200 on the scale will help me from eating too much unhealthy midwestern state park lodge food. You've all heard it, so now I have to follow through - I won't eat too much lodge food & I'll scramble for fruits and veggies wherever I can get them. You know what, I'm going to buy some fruit to bring with us.

Anyway, here's what I ate yesterday:

Tuesday, May 22 - 1945 calories
breakfast: 7:30 a.m.
1 bowl shredded wheat & cheerios w/ 1 cut up peach and 1% milk
1.5 c. coffee w/ 1% milk

one mile walk from train to work

mid-morning snack, 11 a.m.
4 oz. cottage cheese, 90 calories

noon lunch:
small moroccan lentil soup from Cosi (199 calories) - no bread!

afternoon snacks: baby carrots, raisins, fig newtons

6 p.m. arrival home:
1 slice wheat bread with 1 T peanut butter & 1 T raisens, 1 c. 1% milk
1/4 c. peaches in lite syrup

dinner: leftover chickie w/ green beans, cous cous, and 5 oz red wine, slim-a-bear klondike bar

The fitday tally for yesterday:
Calories Eaten Today
grams cals %total
Total: 1945
Fat: 40 363 19%
Sat: 15 139 7%
Poly: 6 53 3%
Mono: 11 96 5%
Carbs: 311 1097 58%
Fiber: 37 0 0%
Protein: 87 350 18%
Alcohol: 14 97 5%


And here's what I've eaten so far today
Wednesday May 23
7 a.m. breakfast:
omlette w/ 1 egg, 1 egg white, 1% milk, @ 3/4 c. spinach, 2 T. red onion, 1 oz cheddar cheese
1 slice wheat bread w/ butter
coffee w/ milk

11 a.m. mid-morning snack:
4 oz 2% cottage cheese (90 calories)

pland for the rest of the day:
lunch:
small soup from Cosi - no bread! box raisens, 2 fig newtons (200 calories)

one mile walk to train

6 p.m. arrival at home snack:
1 slice wheat bread with 1 T peanut butter & 1 T raisens, 1 c. 1% milk

one mile round-trip walk to park with Frank & some time on treadmill

dinner:
@ 8 oz skirt steak, 1 c. broccoli w/ tomatos & chick peas,
@ 5 oz red wine, 1 slim-a-bear Klondike bar
 
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slimmom said:
Thanks for the compliment on the pic Miss Jelly Belly. Last one to 199.9 is a rotten egg :) :) :) :) :)
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Hi Slimmom!!!

Rotten egg eh? Well, I don't want to be a bragger or anything, but I put in two workouts yesterday and a half.

This morning I was in ONEderland!!!!

Catch me if you can!!! heheh JK

You're so close, this is your week, you can do it!!!!!

How about first one to 190 is a rotten egg? I want to give you a chance to catch up.

Have a good day today! Stay strong. :hug2:
 
Onderland for Miss JB!

:jump: That's fabulous! You should brag - absolutely! Your entire message is hilarious - stay strong yourself and GREAT JOB! :jump:
 
Miss Jelly Belly - I owe you one. We're about to have a late dinner & I bailed on making some healthy, home-made fare. We're having some pizza instead. But, before I eat, here I sit, food label in hand, about to calculate the nutritional value of each serving (one serving is 1/3 of the pizza - normally I would eat the whole thing) and log it in fitday. I'm countin' these calories man, and it's all because I don't want you to seriously beat my sorry ass. Okay, and also because I want my ass to shrink. 199.9 here I come!
 
don't be silly missey!

cinderelly said:
Hey you - just droppin in to say hey :):):) I need to get in hear more - I know and I apologize...I will work on that :D:D:D
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I read your diary dear, I know you're busy! Come by once in a blue moon and I'll be delighted. Meanwhile, keep up the good work at curves - I love their program.
 
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