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Guess I will check in. I just posted some before and after pics on that forum, if anyone is interested... and if anyone has any advice on slimming my lower half... I just started pre-training for a half marathon.. and I think running will make a huge difference... but we will see.

As for yesterday. I didn't get all my points in. Mom and I and our hair appt... I just got a trim she got the whole package. We got out so late that she just dropped me off and went home.. and I was tired and just went to bed.

I had a late afternoon snack that consisted of 1/2 svg of deli turkey 0.5 pt and a diet coke 0 pts... As I recall I was really grumpy then.

Today is my cheat day or day off as far as food goes. I still try to not gorge myself, but I enjoy things too. I got up and cleaned house this morning (its my day off). I moved through the house doing one room at a time super setting with laundry. Took me about an hour or so. Then I headed off to the grocery store, our fridge was empty. And then by the time I got home Stephen was off work so I made a couple Digorano pizzas and we watched a movie.... then napped. Its gloomy out today been raining on and off all day... We are hoping to go for a run tonight if the weather holds....

Well Step just came in and handed me my running shoes, apparently we are going now...And I am okay with that!

Thats all for now!
 
This morning started by riding the crimson wave... therefore it has not been a good morning. I wanted to go to salsaerobics but due to my condition I decided to pass. I have learned in the pass that no matter how good you feel while working out, the after effects are horrible! Hopefully by this evening I will feel good enough to get some kind of workout in... possibly some weight training.

My run last night with Step was great, we did a few sprints throughout the 2 miles and I tried hard to keep my feet moving. I only walked a tiny bit, Stephen was really pushing me to keep going. It was sprinkling when we left and was a slow drizzle by the time we got back... but it was nice out the temp wasn't too hot or cold.

I was rather proud of myself as far as dinner went. We are usually pretty boring and have grilled chicken most of the time. I found a recepie in Fitness Mag for shrimp and pineapple skewers and tried it out. I also made chicken skewers with red onion, squash, and bell pepper. Stephen had white rice and I made myself a little baked potato with some spray butter. It turned out to be a really nice dinner. So even though I wasn't counting points I don't feel bad about what we had.

As for plans for today, we don't really have any. Stephen is currently out on his road bike and I'm just hanging out at home. Looks like it's going to be another gloomy day... the storm clouds are building.

Today's Eats

Breakfast:
1 cup coffee: 0 pts
2 tbsp half/half: 2 pts
1 pkt splendia: 0 pts
1.25 cups All Bran Cereal: 3 pts (10g fiber)
1/2 cup fat free milk: 1 pt
Total: 6pts

Lunch has yet to be decided on... I might just have a snack and save my points for dinner. I am making chicken Alfredo... eek I know... but I won't have any pasta and have several extra helpings of veggies!

Also, I am trying to find how many calories I burn during exercise. I did a search on the forums but was unable to come up with anything substantial. If anyone has any suggestions where to look that would be greatly appreciated.

That's all for now...
 
Just checking in to update eats for today. I didn't really want a lunch so I snacked instead... I think I made decent choices...

Snack:
1 sm green apple: 1 pt
1 tbsp peanut butter: 2 pts
1 cup fat free milk: 2 pts
Total: 5 pts

So that puts me at 11 points for the day, leaving me 11 for dinner... I am wondering if I should get a few more points in before dinner so that I dont gorge myself so to speak. Its still pretty early (around 3pm), so we will see. I'm not feeling to hot right now, think I might to rest my eyes for a bit.

Cheers!
 
Last check in for the evening.

Late Snack:
Yogurt Cup Vanilla: 2 pts

Dinner:
2 oz shrimp: 1 pt
2 oz chicken: 1.5 pts
1/4 cup alfredo sauce: 3 pts
2 cups veggies: 0 pts
Total: 5.5 pts

So that leave me with 3.5 pts. We are gonna fire up the grill here in a few and make smores... And I think it will work out pretty good.

I feel like I did good today for being a weekend. Usually I fall off, but I am trying to be more accountable. Stephen and I had a talk today about my weight-loss goals. And I kinda feel like I am at a standstill. I don't know what I am doing wrong to only loose a few pounds a month. I am currently 148, but I don't really have a number that I am shooting for. My doctor would like to see me at 145, I think I could go as low as 135 without looking too skinny... but it seems sooooo far away. Granted I have lost 17 pounds in the last 2 years, but it took me 2 years... will it take another 2 to meet 135?

I'm a little frustrated is what I am trying to say. I feel like I am busting my butt, but only getting tiny results. Maybe I just need to up my game and double my cardio or something... Ugh... I'm having one of those I hate myself moments....

Anyway, thats all...
 
Just checking in for the evening. Today was okay all around. My mom and I went shopping, I bought a few tops, nothing too exciting. I did learn its hard to stick to things when Mom is around. She has always been a big woman for as long as I have known her... and she had tried every diet you can imagine... and she would do well then fall off. Same thing with weight watchers, she lost over 50lbs then stopped for whatever reason. I have tried to help, but she doesn't want help... Let me do it my way she says... And I respect that, but at the same time she complains about it alot and I don't ever know how to respond. But anyway, she picked me up around 2 or so and hadn't eaten since around 8 and got "the shakes" as she says and had to eat something. I had to pick up a prescription so she got a bunch of snack type stuff and it was hard for me to not snack and they dont exactly have great healthy options as Walgreens.

Anyway, enough of my rant. I looked over my calendar to see how I did this week as far as exercise goes and I fell pretty short of my goals. I hoped to get 360 mins of cardio in and only got 220 mins and I had hoped to run 8 miles or more and I got 5.25 in. But I had 3 days of nothing at all, which is not acceptable. The only way I'm going to acheive that athletic look is to work for it. So with that tomorrow is a new day...

I ran 2 miles today, I think it was one of my best times. I'm still not able to run the whole time just yet, but I ran at least 80% of the time. But I did feel really good during it and pushed hard the last quarter of a mile. My right knee started to get pretty tight, but after stretching its better now. Hopefully by the end of this week I can get the full 2 in without stopping. We live by a huge private school that has a path all the way around it and I think its about 4 miles around, the plan is to be able to run that comfortably by the end of August and I think that is a goal that can be reached....

Anywho, todays eat were pretty light as far as nutrients goes....

Breakfast:
1.25 cup all bran: 3 pts
0.5 cup fat free milk: 1 pt
1 banana: 2 pts
1 cup coffee: 0 pts
2 tbps sugar: 2 pts
2 tbsp half/half: 2 pts
Total: 10 pts
(Note: Sometimes I like to have real sugar in my coffee and yeah I pay the price, but its something I enjoy. My coffee is not the same with splendia...)

Snack:
16 Wheat thins: 3 pts
1 tbsp fat free cream cheese: 0.5 pts
2 cups arizona tea: 4 pts
1 block white coconut: 1.25 pts
Total: 8.75 pts
(Note: I had the wheat thins and c.cheese before I went shopping, the tea and coconut where while shopping... I am glad I didnt eat a full serving of the coconut because it would have been 6 pts!)

Dinner:
1 pork chop: 4 pts
1 cup broccili: 0 pts
1 cup spinich salad: 0 pts
5 Sprays salad spritzer: 0 pts
2 cups Tea: 0 pts
1 packet splendia: 0 pts
Total: 4 pts

Grand Total: 22.75 pts
(Note: I went over by 0.75 pts, which I think was pretty good considering the circumstances!)

I'm off to do a quick ab workout before lights out...

Night Night....
 
I was going to wait until after lunch to post, but its sooo damn slow here at work that I am about to go crazy. I know shouldn't you be working and not playing on the net?? Well yes if there was work to do, but its been slow this month and they don't give us busy work... so we have to fend for our selves....

Anyway, my ab workout was great last night. I haven't worked my abs in a long time it seems and I am trying to get the back into my workout cycle. The only downside to my workout last night is that it was late... I didn't finish till almost 10:30... then couldn't sleep and ended up tossing and turning all night.

I told Stephen to get me up when he did this morning. He's up just after 5 and I usually am up around 5:30-5:45. He didnt do a very good job because I was mostly awake when he got up, but I proceeded to stay in bed till 5:20. I threw on my sports bra and got to it. I did a firm sculpting workout, which is strength training bascially. They break it up into lower body and upper body. I didn't strength train at all last week so I was pumped mentally... physically was a different story. I'm on my last day of the "wave" and its pretty brutal. Usually the first and last day kills me... but anyway I got fatigued pretty early on, then kept getting waves of nausia and had to sit for a min... needless to say when it was all said and done I felt like crap, but I got 50 mins in so thats all that matters right?

Stephen and I plan to run tonight, we do a 2 mile loop around our street.... I think tonight we might add an extra mile see how we do. I set the goal to be able to run a comfortable 2 miles without stopping by the end of this week... Step thinks it can be done... and I have faith in myself... as well as lots of motivation. I keep looking at the pics I posted and hate myself everytime I go to it.... my lower half is so ugly, especially my tush! So as I just told my best gal pal I am on a "war path!"

Today's Eats

Breakfast:
1 carb master vanilla yogurt: 2 pts
1/2 cup special k: 1 pt (I know no fiber lots of suger...but I'm not going to just throw it away!)
1 cup coffee: 0 pts
2 tbsp non-dairy creamer: 2 pts
1.5 pkt spendia: 0 pts
Total: 5 Points
(Note: I was really going to not have a cup of coffee this morning, but I couldn't resist! Hopefully tomorrow I will have better will power)

AM Snack:
1 banana: 2 pts

I haven't eaten luch yet, but I already calced my points... so I might as well stick it in.

Lunch:
2 slice Sara Lee Wheat: 1 pt
2 oz roast beef: 1 pt
1 slice colby cheese: 2 pts
1 tbsp yellow mustard: 0 pts
1 cup baby carrots: 0 pts
1 cup watermelon: 0 pts
Total: 4 Points
(Note: I may or may not have the watermelon, I usually get pretty full from the sandwhich and carrots, I might save it for a PM snack)

And that's pretty much it for now.
 
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Also, I am trying to find how many calories I burn during exercise. I did a search on the forums but was unable to come up with anything substantial. If anyone has any suggestions where to look that would be greatly appreciated.
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If you google, you'll find a ton of various calculators on the web -in fact fitday has one built into it -you enter the activity and how long you spent and it gives you the calories burned.

Keep oinmind though -it's not going to be an exact number... you really want to concentrate more on the "how you're feeling" and your heart rate than focusing on actual calories burned
 
maleficent said:
If you google, you'll find a ton of various calculators on the web -in fact fitday has one built into it -you enter the activity and how long you spent and it gives you the calories burned.

Keep oinmind though -it's not going to be an exact number... you really want to concentrate more on the "how you're feeling" and your heart rate than focusing on actual calories burned
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Thanks Mal, I found a site this morning but was unsure of how acurate it is. I will try fitday, it seems to be widely used. I have another question about calorie deficit. I have a weight watcher thing that gives points back for exercise done but I have a mental block about taking in more than I need to. Is it going to kill my efforts if I just stick to my daily points and not worry about the deficit? Or should I make up for those calories burned?
 
I'm a proponent of eating as many calories as you possibly can while still losing weight.. that way when you get closer to your goal weight and have to make an adjustment downwards in your calorie consumption you've got that room to adjust..

Starting too low and not accommodating for exercise (though some of WW's activity points are a little bogus to me -as are fitday's "exercises"... ) doesn't give you a lot of wiggle room down the road...

Shoudl you accommodate for an hour of house cleaning and 2 hours of shopping - I'd vote no -but shoudl you accomodate for a 30 minute run or 25 minutes on the elliptical -I would say yes...
 
Hey, MissD. Just read up on your diary. Looks like you've been at this for a while. (Looking great, by the way.)

I, too, love to mountain bike. I would go every day if I had the time. When my kids get old enough to go with me I'll be dragging them all the time, but they can't at this point.

Anyway, just stopping in. Keep up the good work.
 
edco76 said:
Safe? Pretty darn. recent history would argue that you stand a better chance getting salmonella from spinach or tomatoes than from eggs. Also with all the recalls you see I would say it is as safe as any store bought food. Safer maybe eaten raw because in raw, whole foods you have a better chance of catching something that isnt right.

Tasty? Tasteless at best. What makes them "sound" disgusting is actually what makes them not that unpleasant to swallow. The pretty much slide right down. I crack them in a glass and slam it like tequila. If the texture doesnt bother you, you got it made. I would say from a taste stand point I prefer the slight egg white after taste to the vitamin after taste you get when you let a vitamin sit on your tongue too long. I hate that taste and it sometimes makes me gag.

Also, raw eggs are much more healthy than cooked based on chemical changes in the proteins when cooked. Interestingly enough most egg allergies are to cooked eggs. When consumed raw, egg allergies virtually disappear .
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Hey, edco, do you have any link that backs this up? I've suspected this for a while, and I posted on here a thread asking if the protein changed, but was told that it really doesn't. I'm thinking that it has to change in some way, but how.

Also, do you know if there is a difference in the risk of salmonella when you compare standard eggs and free range? I have chickens and I see what they eat and all. The worst thing coming out of them is the poop, but the eggs are very tasty. I'd have no problem eating them raw, just have to make sure that the shell is washed very thoroughly before cracking it.
 
maleficent said:
Starting too low and not accommodating for exercise (though some of WW's activity points are a little bogus to me -as are fitday's "exercises"... ) doesn't give you a lot of wiggle room down the road...

Shoudl you accommodate for an hour of house cleaning and 2 hours of shopping - I'd vote no -but shoudl you accomodate for a 30 minute run or 25 minutes on the elliptical -I would say yes...
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Okay, I wouldn't count house cleaning anyway, although it would be nice... I just consider it a daily activity nothing over and above the daily routine. I will use my points booster finder thing for my weight training, aerobics, and running... and biking. Ha I checked how many cals I would burn doing 2 hours of mtn biking... it was like 1200!!! Yikes we never ride for less than 2 hours on a trail! I would have to eat double to make up for that! Anyway, thanks for the info!
 
Trops said:
Hey, MissD. Just read up on your diary. Looks like you've been at this for a while. (Looking great, by the way.)

I, too, love to mountain bike. I would go every day if I had the time. When my kids get old enough to go with me I'll be dragging them all the time, but they can't at this point.

Anyway, just stopping in. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks for stopping by and the for compliments! I still have a long road ahead of me, but I'm all for the challenge.

Mountain biking is amazing! And I agree if there were more hours in the day I would be on a trail. I just bought a new bike in march, its pretty sweet, but now I want to get a road bike too! I'm all for long rides where you can just haul @ss!

Cheers,
MissD
 
I'm thinking about getting a road bike, too. not so much for exercise, but to use for those running around town errands. Also to bike to work more frequently. Right now I have a mountain bike that sucks on the road, and a beach cruiser, that is so cool and so much fun, but a pig on the road and not the safest. I'm keeping an eye on the yard sales. I'm sure I'll find something.
 
yeah, I wish I didnt live so far from work or else I would bike, but its too far and there is not a safe route. Stephen my hunny rides his bike to work its only like 6 miles and there are trails the whole way. I have a beater bike I ride to school, its a beather because bikes get stolen on campus alot, I had one stolen last semester.

Yard sales are the way to go! Unless you are a serious rider... Stephen's road bike was close to 2k! Buts its nice!
 
Yeah, I'm 11.5 miles door to door. 3 miles are on a 55 mph road, so not the safest. Especially when I'm on my cruiser, which is what I've taken. Last time I did it, the chain popped off, which isn't usually a bad thing, but this bike has coaster breaks, so that was a bit scary.
 
Trops said:
Yeah, I'm 11.5 miles door to door. 3 miles are on a 55 mph road, so not the safest. Especially when I'm on my cruiser, which is what I've taken. Last time I did it, the chain popped off, which isn't usually a bad thing, but this bike has coaster breaks, so that was a bit scary.
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Oh thats not bad at all, except for the 3 miles. Eek I don't know if I could trust coaster breaks! But thats great that you ride to work! Kudos! More people should... including me!

~MissD
 
Just checking in for the evening.

I can't believe its so late already! I haven't done much since I got home, I was pretty tired from doing nothing all day at work. Stephen and I usually sit in the office and reconnect when I get home. We are having a meeting tomorrow during lunch and its my job to coordinate not only topics to cover but where we are having lunch. It not an easy task since I am the only one who is always thinking healthy. Well my boss decided that we needed to have a cookout because of the mid-summer classic (golf????) and wants to have hot dogs, peanuts, and cracker-jacks... Well apparently the face I made said it all, but in the end he is still the boss. I offered to make a salad... which is what I will be eating. My boss happens to be a large man who loves food... no who loves junk food. His lunches usually consist of chips and dip and chocolates. Need I say more... Anyway what I am getting to is I needed to go to the store to get the stuff for the salad... and blah I lost my thought... I'm all hyped up about really not wanting hot dogs for lunch... Grrr.

Anyway, I made burgers for dinner. Well I made the patty's and Step grilled them. We grill pretty much every night. Unless I am making pasta.... So that brings me to my dinner eats.

PM Snack:
1 100 cal jello pudding cup: 2 pts

Dinner:
1 lean beef patty: 4 pts
1 whole wheat bun: 4 pts (yikes if I only calced it before I ate it I would have only had half!!)
1 slice colby cheese: 2 pts
1/2 roma tomato: 0 pts
1/8 cup onion: 0 pts
1 tbsp yellow mustard: 0 pts
1 tbsp ketchup: 0 pts
1 svg corn tortilla chips: 3 pts
1/8 cup red chile: 0 pts
Total: 13 points

Grand Total: 26 points

Now this would mean that I went over by 4 points... however my points booster, which I have yet to use gives me back 4 points for my weight training this morning. And I should get more points back for my run tonight. I have never given myself points back for exercising because I didn't think I needed to. But I don't want my body to go into starvation mode either... so since I typically workout twice a day I might give myself points back for one of the two workouts.

My ab workout from last night has started to kick in... I'm pretty tight throughout my midsection. Which makes me happy... tight abs are good abs!

Anyway, thats all for now... I'm gonna see if Step is up for a run... or if I'm on my own.

Cheers and Good Night
 
This is my late morning check in. I ended up running on the mill last night for just over 20 mins... let's just say things didnt go as planned. But I got off my butt so that counts.

This morning has been uneventful at work again. It's slow slow, been reading through this forum most of the morning. Trying to learn as much as I can.

I weighed in this morning and was quiet pleased down to 146, the lowest I have ever been in my life! Also I am wearing a pair of slacks that I bought years ago and probably should not have worn them... they are HUGE! Also a good feeling. Pretty much having a "skinny" day overall. I feel pretty good too. I have been suffering from some pretty serious headaches since about the first of June. I fianally went to the doc and found that I had a sinus infection caused my allergies... well now that all the antiboitics have been taken and I am taking allergy meds daily my headaches are back... I wear contacts and thought well maybe its my eyes... I am wearing my glasses today and so far so good. By this time yesterday I was miserable with the pounding in my head that lasted all day till after I got home... Somethimes I think this job gives me a headache.

I am still peeved about the hot dogs for lunch idea. I did bring the stuff to make a salad, and I brought half a watermelon. I think there will be people in the office who appreicate it. Hot dogs, peanuts, and cracker jacks are not the ideal lunch for all of us. But again my name isn't on the sign out front!

Today Eats:

Breakfast:
Carb Master yogurt vanilla: 2 pts
1/2 cup all bran: 1 pt
1 cup green tea: 0 pts
1/4 cup soy milk: 0.5 pts
1 ptk splendia: 0 pts
Total: 3.5 Points
(Note: I was able to resist the coffee this morning, which I was glad for.. and the green tea with soy is amazing!!)

AM Snack:
1 Banana: 2 pts

That's all for now. I didn't work out this morning, wanted to let my body rest a bit. I plan on going to salsa tonight afterwork. I really am on a war path, really feel like I am kicking butt!
 
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