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Ok so here are my motivating factors, please don't :smilielol5:.

This is the dress I wore on our first date, it is very stretchy otherwise I would NEVER have gotten it on, it's a size 8 and it fit nicely--not at all tight. I hope to wear it again, not to mention give hubby back the 'body' he married. The other is the swim suit I wore on our honeymoon... again although I can fit in it now it did NOT look like that before LOL. I should give myself a littel credit, this time last year I was 2 weeks post partum and couldnt have fit into either no matter what the spandex content :smilielol5:.

My favorite summer dress (worn on our first date)



A bathing suit worn on my honeymoon



A pair of jeans taken out of my 'too small pile' they are 10's I cant believe I can get them on but would sure like to get them to fit comfortably, not even going to address the 8's right now, I look at them wistfully but doubt they will ever be 'mine' again:banghead:--but that is what I am here to find out right..... so one step at a time!
 
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Week 2--BRING ON THE FIBER!!!!

Friday
hot barley cereal rainsins yogurt 6
kefir smoothie 8.49
yogurt blueberries 1.04 couple nuts
chicken wrapped in cabbage, celery&bean dip, cottage cheese 13.06
quarter size piece peppermint bark--my reward for not dipping into office candy jar for a week!
apple with 2 slices turkey 3.38
1 cup popcorn 6.99
baked chicken 2 cups cauliflower 1/3cup cabbage 4 asparagus spears 10.4+2.42+3.04
TOTAL FIBER=54.82 (edited to remove apple yogurt snack as I was too tired and full to eat it!)
*30 eliptical 15 walking *Pedometer 11,100

Saturday
hot barley cereal with raisins yogurt (large serving) plus eggbeaters with scallions and parsley 9
smoothie apple cheese 11.87
jerky 4 clementines cheese 8.64
HUGE freshly butchered T-bone LOTS of mushrooms onions yummo baked sweet potato cinnamon brown sugar 8.13
TOTAL FIBER=35.66
*gym 1 hour: 30 eliptical + jogged 1 mile + legs + walking *no pedometer worn today

Sunday
hot barley cereal with dates figs (ate some extra dates figs ahead of time too) yogurt (large serving) 9+13.5
eggbeaters with scallions and parsley 0
special K 1.5
3 clementines beef jerky 6.48
banana 3.6
grilled chicken pita mushrooms onions lettuce tomato pickle CHOCOLATE DECADENCE CAKE ((((OMG)))) 4.28
TOTAL FIBER=38.36
*No activity :-( *Not pedometer

Monday
hot oat groat cereal with dates figs 8
smoothie no kefir 4.49
apple cheese 3.38
salad:radishes, celery,chicken ginger dressing + cottage cheese + pear 5.175
radish celery 3.92
chicken broccoli cabbage field greens salad+carrots+tomatoes+balsamic vinegar spritz 6.42
2 weight watcher ice cream bars ~1/4c starbucks ice cream
TOTAL FIBER=31.385
*gym 1 hour: 10 eliptical 10 stairs 40 legs/abs + walk 15 min at work
*Pedometer 12,882

Tuesday
hot oat groat cereal with dates figs 8
smoothie no kefir 4.49
cottage cheese celery pear salad: radishes, celery, chicken, ginger dressing 5.5
pot roast 2 small onions ~12 baby carrots 1/2c mashed potatoes large greens & herb salad cherry tomoatoes 4.21
4 clementines 8.64
weight watcher ice cream bar
TOTAL FIBER=30.84
*gym 45minutes: jogged ~2miles, walked @ work 25min walking with stairs = 70 minutes
*pedometer 16,620

Wednesday
hot oat groat cereal with dates figs 8
smoothie no kefir 4.49
2 slices turkey 0
salad: radishes, celery, chicken, ginger dressing cottage cheese pear 5.5
vietnames rib stir fry white rice zucchinni XL organic mixed green salad w/tomatoes 4.354
orange 4.49
TOTAL FIBER=26.8 (whew! just barely)
*gym 45minutes: 10 stairmaster, 10 bike, 10 rowing + arms
*pedometer 13,864

Thursday
hot oat groat cereal with dates figs 8
smoothie no kefir 4.49
XL salad: radishes, celery, chicken, ginger dressing served over mixed greens with cottage cheese apple 8.5
apple cheese 3.38
tomato basil chicken brocolli lots steamed zucchini 4.03
2weight watchers ice cream bars
TOTAL FIBER=28.4
*Gym:50minutes jog 2.25miles, walk, abs
*Pedometer:

Friday
3/4 hot oat groat cereal with dates figs 8
shrimp curry over barley (5.97) 4c celery (8.16) 1 c radishes (1.86)
apple 1 brazil nut 2 slices turkey 3.38
1 serv bran flakes (10) 1/2banana (1.8) 4 figs (8) = 19.8 WOW
1 serv bran flakes slice cheese 10
TOTAL FIBER=44.5
GYM: 30 minutes pool walking/calisthenics with baby 10 min walk at work = 40 minutes

Weekly REsult: down 0.5lbs and fit into a pair of pants hadnt worn in a while, size 12 but smaller in waist than other 12's
 
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Taken from my challenge team thread, why do I do this?


Setback: Ladies I am so ashamed to say I have had perhaps a fatal (elmination) setback, this is very typical behavior for me in that I eat super healthy, I can eat organic, tofu, sprouts, whatever you name it all day long that most poeple dont like and ENJOY it but I have a HUGE sweet tooth AND in my adult years have become an emotional eater. I brought work home with me last night as last week and this have been the most stressing weeks of my career (in a relatively new position) I fully expected all of the data I was waiting to process ot be superb and basically it all took a nosedive and if I dont figure it out I coudl be costing my company hundreds of thousands of dollars within a weeks time. Even if I do figure it out I could be working long hours and or all weekend to get enough data to 'fix' it. So what did I do? Indulge in TWO weight watcher ice cream bars and few bites of hubbys 'real' ice cream. Why do I do this? This is a real question I am battling adn I need your help with. I then get so angry at myself and then do the whole self defeating thoughts and my splurges spiral out of control and next thing I know I am back to eating a mountain of ice cream and a candy bar during the day. I am an all or none 'treat' sort of girl and I just dont know why I cant find the ability to do portion control on my splurges. Please help.
 
I am writing to you here because I saw this in the red team thread and thought that I would contact you directly. I didnt want aspects of the message to demoralise other team members.

I am sure that you will be able to eat 25g fibre without a problem - it seems to be standard food for you - hence your bonus points for the week are assured.

Exercising is good - not just for weight loss and bonus points - but it actually helps to relieve stress better than WW ice cream. Try and get your 5 hours of exercise in - you will scoop challenge points (and then feel more positive about yourself) and it will aid your weight loss. Also you will deal with the data issues more effectively if less stressed. I think that you only have another hour and a half to do. Go out for a walk - do it now and that is a problem solved and it could clear your head. It can stop a binge in its tracks.

If you get full points on exercise and bonus - people rarely get eliminated too quickly. At the end of week 1 there were 4 people in the team that had less points than yourself. They would all need to perform better than you on all fronts to save themselves at your cost.

I was second in the team at the end of week one and I only lost 0.6 pound. Weight loss can be erratic for many people or hard to achieve.

I spent much of week 1 with a gain which only improved to a small lost in the last day.

You dont live for twenty years in morbid obesity and get out from under without learning a thing or two about emotional eating along the way. I certainly have done more than my fair share of it. There tends to be a trigger event (in this case your work problem) and it is like a light switch being flicked on. Items that you dont really want enter your mind and it is impossible to resist eating them.

You did well if you limited it to WW ice cream and a small amount of normal ice cream. The calories in that would not be too high. Add it up - you may well not have even exceeded your maintenance level. If you exceeded it over one day - you probably didnt over 2 or 3.

Generally after a while I can snap out of it. Company helps. Tell hubby.

I had my most recent binge in September and I ate a lot of very bad stuff that day. I told people about it and recieved a lot of diversionary phone calls the next day checking up that all was ok.

One thing is for sure - splurge pounds go on quickly and come off very quickly when you get back on track with healthy food and exercise. The Krinse put on 10 pounds across Christmas and took it all off last week (getting excellent weight loss points in the challenge - blue team I think). Never let an emotional eating binge call the end of a weight loss campaign. I have done that many times.

I know that it isnt the healthiest of things but if I felt stressed now I would be very comfortable in hitting the diet coke.

Are you in IT?
If so - what is wrong with the data?
Sometimes writing it down can help get things clear in your mind - and you never know someone out there may be able to help.

I used to work in IT. You never know who might look in.
 
hey seems like you had a really good week with the fibre! keep up the good work!

i used ot be an all or nothing sort of person but then i decided that way i didn't lose weight whereas if i ate what i wanted whithin my calorie range i would and that is what i want right now. estimating calories helped me.

have a good weekend!

;-)

x
 
Week 3 Challenge--140's here I COME!!

Saturday
apple cheese stick
oatmeal figs dates cottage cheese
split green pea with bacon soup
sliced cheese wheat thins vegetable with bean soup
vegetable soup with beans
apple
papaya dried naturally 2 chips 1 bite hubby's dessert bar
homemade vegetable beef barley soup (I guess it's a soupy day!)
GYM: 2 hours, bosu class, jog 30 minutes, walk---kick ass workout!!
Pedometer: 5,600 + 2 hour class + 2 hours at home that I forgot to wear it

Sunday
smoothie
apple cheese
clementine 2 dates 1 fig
steak sweet potatoe XL cake 1/2c ice cream
100cal popcorn
Pedometer: forgot to wear but would be really low as didnt do much
Gym: rest day

Monday
smoothie
2 servings steel cut oats figs raisins dates yogurt
apple clementine nuts cucumber
grilled portabello sandwich side salad vinegaroil on side mixed veggies
~2oz of hot chocolate
2 servings smart start cereal with blueberries
*food log from memory--probably forgot something, forgot to write down as I went
*Gym: 80min/430cal 30 light eliptical full arms bosu abs
*pedometer: 8147

Tuesday
1 cup smoothie (kefir, blueberries, flax seeds, wheat germ)
1 cup steel cut oatmeal (figs dates rainsins 1/3c yogurt)
1 cup yogurt 1/3c blueberries small apple
4'' turkey roast beef swiss sub wheat mustard 1.5c cottage cheese 2 clementines
apple cheese stick
small bowl soup (barley onions celery black beans small bits beef)
large piece cake
Gym: (50minutes 430 calories) 30 eliptical 5 stairs bosu abs inner leg

Wednesday (practicing NOT clean plate club--it's hard, forgot to do it at dinner)
80% smoothie
80% 1 serv oatmeal
med apple 0.84 oz colby
1 cup grilled chicken 1 serv hummus 2 cup mixed greens 2 cup cucumber
1 c grilled indian chicken 1.5c sauteed spinach 1cbarley piece cake
Gym: (73min 726calories) 30 eliptical 30 stairs cooldown
Pedometer: 13, 426
Calories (fitday) 2090calories 62gfat (29%) 246 g carb(41%) 144g protein(30%) ----without cake it would have been ~1800

Thursday
smoothie
soup 130cal
salad:3cspinach 1/2 avacado 1/2tbspEVOO 20calvinegar 2 clementines
2 slices spelt bread 2tbsp almond butter 1tbsp apple butter
2 oranges cheese stick 6 almonds
chicken wings side salad
Gym: 103 minutes/763cals jog 36 minutes, walk, legs, bosu abs
Pedometer: 13,739
Calories Eaten Today Total: 2082 Fat: 49% Carbs: 32% Protein: 20%

Friday
6 dates 3 figs
smoothie 7 wheat thins 6 almonds 2 cashews
large salad: 3c mixed greens 1.5c chicken 2c cucumbers 1 serv hummus
1/4 c organic puffs cereal 6almonds 1 brazil nut
*bad news, teething baby* TONS cookie the MIL sent for my bday--I mean like a dozen oatmeal cookies with mm's and chips afterward!!!
Gym: 60minutes 397 cals stairs 10 minutes bike 20 minutes full arms
pedometer: 11,738

*figured I would eat a few cookies since they were made for me (shoudl have had one) then fussy teething baby, I started stress eating, then I got horrid news that two poeple I know who have been battling the same genetic disease are loosing their fight, one pre-one post transplant, they both will be gone soon and I have developed repor with one and am very fond of him. It's very hard, complicated by the fact I ahve the same disease and it brings up issues of my own mortality. I really need to come up with a better coping strategy. The cookies tasted good---at FIRST, then I continued eating. Then I ate so much I decided to have some chips too. Then I really felt horrid and crawled into bed NOT doing my treatments for the evening, wow, what a moron, I just saw waht this disease can do in a flash. I got my spirits up a bit before bed and decided that I would form a workout plan for the next day and ask for help on ideas to fight this bad habit. I couldnt talk to hubby he was working at the time, I should have called a friend maybe? Good news is with no gallbladder I will only absorb a portion of my gutload since my bodies not used to that way of eating. hmm will think more later
 
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Dongrats on your new baby. Have a healthy meal so you're reasonably content before you dig in to your treat. You'll be satisfied with less.

Anyone would "eat the whole cake" if that's all they were eating.

Don't be hard on yourself, You were hungry, you made a poor food choice that's all.

Enjoy that little darling of yours and also enjoy that pedometer. I use mine all the time.
 
Excercise plan:

finally got my heart rate monitor battery replaced so will track time and cals burned now
wont eat before workout to accelerate fat burning unless doing a longer run
continue with 15min walk at work
training for a 10k

Monday-stretch & strength with optional light cardio
Tuesday-run, building up in 5 min increments
Wednesday-cross train
Thursday-run+strength with time left
Friday-cross train
Saturday-longer run +bosu class whenever possible

I havent decided exactly what I will do on mondays, depends on the day I am wokring on some strength plans.
 
Friday
6 dates 3 figs
smoothie 7 wheat thins 6 almonds 2 cashews
large salad: 3c mixed greens 1.5c chicken 2c cucumbers 1 serv hummus
1/4 c organic puffs cereal 6almonds 1 brazil nut
*bad news, teething baby* TONS cookie the MIL sent for my bday--I mean like a dozen oatmeal cookies with mm's and chips afterward!!!
Gym: 60minutes 397 cals stairs 10 minutes bike 20 minutes full arms
pedometer: 11,738

Saturday & Sunday
Food consumption was atrocious, well over all not bad but then I added in cookies and chips. I believe it is nearing that time of the month, I am bloated, feeling atrocious and TIRED. I need to learn to 'weather' this time of the month without this sort of impact. The excercise helps with the cramping and the length of my cycle but not with the horrid hormone rollercoaster I experience or the urge to eat anything that doesnt attack. Need to get back on track and try to be optimal M-weigh in!
Sat Gym: 105minutes/858calories:Bosu, 3.1 jog, walk
Sun: Rest

Monday:
oatmeal raisins yogurt
smoothie
hummus chicken 1/2cucumber
1 mini snickers 'fun size'
taco whole wheat wrap avacado black bean salsa refried beans chips salsa
3 cookies bowl cereal
Gym: min45/293cal 10 bike 20 stairs walk
pedometer:7251

Tuesday:(weight at +7lbs!!!!)
smoothie
1/2oatmeal yogurt
shrimp curry barley 1/2 cucumber
chocolate
chips
peanut butter toast 1/2 banana (kiddo leftovers)
Gym: min 69/529cal 35min jog legs + walk at work 20 minutes = 89min
pedometer: 10, 673

Wednesday: (AFstarted tue night, weight at +2.5lbs)
smoothie
1/2 oatmeal
1/2oatmeal small apple
whole wheat tortilla refried beans avocado salsa 1/2 cucumber
ham beans 3 biscuits
Gym: min 73min 629cal spinning, 10 stairs, small arm workout

Thursday: (weight at +1lb)
biscuit
smoothie
cottage cheese
chocolate cheese stick
baked chicken squash cookies
Gym: 45min/?cal run30min walk
 
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Hi

It is just a thought but if the exercise that you are doing doesnt help the hormone rollercoaster ride that you get - it may be worth taking something out and doing some more steps.

As you know PCOS is a hormonal thing and some of the PCOS girls and I feel that excessive walking helps keep our hormonal rollercoaster much more tranquil. On those days I suggest doing less weights or whatever and upping the stepcount. It just might help!

Janice (Abbagirl) spends hours on her treadmill.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
Margaret-thanks, I surely wish I could, with working full time, a 1 year old, and another committment I have that tkae about 1.5 hours a day I just dont have the time, I already get up at 4:30 am just to fit in a workout. For me I feel teh best if I work out hard, a moderate to light workout leaves me feeling a bit up but not like when I work my butt off--well not literally off as its all still there when I turn around LOL! I truly appreciate the advice.
 
I do appreciate how busy that life can get and how difficult it is to slot something in. I often worked long hours in the twenty years when I was an IT contractor (they are known as IT consultants over there).

That was why I said that it might be worth changing things around and doing less of something else. I know that there is a limit to what can be slotted into a day.

I am pleased that the exercise that you do gives you a buzz. I love my keep fit classes because I love the aerobics - I suppose that it gives me a similar buzz. I still know that I need to do my full long walk when I finish though!

4.30 is certainly a very early start to any day. I would not choose to get up at that time - but my hubby seems to think that is a reasonable time to start the day.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
Ahhh, I just realized I have not been counting my friday excercise at all--and still getting 300 min, yeah! I was worried I would nto get enough if Idid abbreviated today so I counted up my minutes and then I realized I have been logging friday on week prior but since I put my stats in on friday mornign before working out I just have never counted it in either place LOL!

so I changed diary log to show friday for this week and I am at 299min already this week, yeah me!

still going off to the gym today, I even have a new mp3 loaded with tons of tunes, yeah! AF weight get ready to LEAVE!
 

good job with the excercise!! i love having new gadgets and things to do with excercise! keeps me motivated lol! hows the week been?

hope you have a good weekend!

;-)

x
 
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Margaret-thanks, I surely wish I could, with working full time, a 1 year old, and another committment I have that tkae about 1.5 hours a day I just dont have the time, I already get up at 4:30 am just to fit in a workout. For me I feel teh best if I work out hard, a moderate to light workout leaves me feeling a bit up but not like when I work my butt off--well not literally off as its all still there when I turn around LOL! I truly appreciate the advice.
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Oh god do Ihear ya here...Ima single mom to two trying to fit in as much as I do is crazy and there is also no way I woudl gt up at 4:30am for a work out...so good for you woman - you rock!!!

I have missed knowing how you are doing with no more challenege thread - thought I would drop by for a visit.:)
 
I have been a bit inactive here lately. I am trying ot get back on track slowly but surely. We have changed our schedule around and I cant go to the gym every morning now which has been killing me! I have been tryign to work in as many nights as possible but its not nearly as easy and enjoyable.

Cinderelly-THANKS! I miss the thread too. I did not sign on for the individual phase because I have amedical condition for which I should not limit salt intake, opposite actually and I just figured I'd wait aroudn for teh next challenge!
 
:)Well I joined and then my life and schedule has kinda fallen apart since so Im not doing it either and doing exactly as you are. Im waiting for the next challenege and tryin to get myself back on track agian...
 
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