Yarm's No More Excuses!

My Weight Chart:


THouhgt I could post the image, but at least there is the link- shows a trend going down anyway.
 
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You're doing great Yarmiah!

Probably the reason why it didn't post is because it should have a [ img] in front of the link as well as behind the link - not [ url ], then no > at the end. But we can click too - no biggie!
 
We've installed new doors and windows this year too. We have like 4 more windows to go to be "complete" but we can't afford them all at once. I'm sure it will help with our energy bill - since there was barely any insulation at all in the older windows.
 
Day 62 (Thursday)

Let's see . . .
Today was supposed to be a really good one, as they gave me the morning off. My plan was to do my Thursday cleaning chores early, then exercise and head to work at lunchtime. My youngest decided to side track me .. byt slamming her thumb in the car door when dropping her off. The nurse told me it would be ok, but I got a call an hour later asking me to take a look myself and decide if she needed to see a doctor. It looked bad, a little swollen and mostly all under her nail is purple, but she could move it ok. I decided to take her home and wait for the dr. to call me back. She will likely lose her nail. The doctor did call back, and after I described to him what I saw, he suggested to wait and see and keep an eye on it. So that was the bad news- the good news is I did go back home after picking her up from school and finish the cleaning. I managed to get in my water and stay on track with food and reluctantly got on the NT for 40 min while the spaghetti sauce simmered for dinner. I relaxed the rest of the night.

Breakfast 8:00 AM weight watchers yogurt , 1 container 1 100
Breakfast 8:00 AM Cheese - Singles, slice, 0.75 oz 1 70
Breakfast 8:00 AM Milk - Low Fat (1%), cup 3/4 90
Lunch 12:30 PM Weight Watchers- pot/cheez/brc , 1 serving 1 220
Lunch 12:30 PM Oranges, raw, navels, 1 fruit (2-7/8" dia) 1 69
Lunch 12:45 PM Rice cake mini drizzle , 1 bag 1 90
Lunch 1:00 PM Ice novelties, italian, restaurant-prepared, 0.5 cup 1 61
Lunch 1:00 PM Frozen Yogurt - Fat Free Chocolate Fudge, serving, 1/2 cup 1 100
Dinner 7:00 PM whole wheat pasta , 1 cup 1 190
Dinner 7:00 PM Pasta Sauce - Spaghetti Sauce, cup 3/4 90
Dinner 7:00 PM Garden Salad, no dressing, serving, 1 cup 1½ 53
Dinner 7:00 PM Bacon Chips, tablespoon 1 45
Dinner 7:00 PM Cheese, cheddar, 1 cup, shredded 1/4 114
Dinner 7:00 PM Salad dressing, KRAFT LIGHT DONE RIGHT! Ranch Dressing, 2 tbsp 1
Evening Snack 10:00 PM Snacks, popcorn, air-popped, 1 cup 6 183


Recommended calories: 1673
Calories consumed: 1552
Calories remaining for today: 121
Exercise: Ski machine, general 40 min, 364 calories burned

Thursday stats-
Eating - :)
Exercise - :)
Water - :)
Multivitamin - :)
Attitude - :eek:
 
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Day 63 (Friday)

A regular day, with a not so regular lunch. Ended up going out for chinese with the girls at work. The good news, I had hot n sour soup, chicken and stringbeans, and I gave away ALL the fried rice. THe bad news- I ate an egg roll. I did count and track all the calories(best I could) drank my water and got my exercise in. Because I ate more at lunch, I only had a soup for dinner while others had pizza.

Got more news on Dad- looking like cancer on his kidney. More tests to follow but likely be treated with new medication, and if necessary chemo. It's a waiting game for more info at this point.

As far as my mood- I'm plugging along on this journey, even though I was hoping for more encouraging results on the scale. I'm a bit stressed with the extra hours at work, my hubbys work situation and now my Dad's health but I'm no where near the breaking point that would threaten my success. I am keeping focus.

Breakfast 9:30 AM WW bagel , 1 bagel 2/3 99
Breakfast 8:00 AM Milk - Low Fat (1%), cup 1 120
Morning Snack 9:30 AM Peanut butter, smooth style, with salt, 2 tbsp 1/2 96
Lunch 12:30 PM Appetizers - Spring Roll, large, spring roll, 5 oz 1 350
Lunch 12:30 PM hot n soup soup , 1 cup 1 170
Lunch 12:30 PM Chicken w/ String beans , 5.5 oz 1½ 240
Dinner 7:30 PM Thai Soup , 1 package 1 190
Evening Snack 9:00 PM Rice cake mini drizzle , 1 bag 1 90

Recommended calories: 1673
Calories consumed: 1335
Calories remaining for today: 318
Exercise: Ski machine, general 30 min, 273 calories burned, floor exercises, 15 min and 68 calories burned

Friday stats-
Eating - :rolleyes:
Exercise - :)
Water - :)
Multivitamin - :)
Attitude - :doh:



 
:):):) these are starting to multiply here! your dping great!
I have seen alot of the word "CLEANING"in peoples diaries and it is
sort of convinsing me that maybe I should take that step :rotflmao:
Hope you have a wonderful weekend Tammy
 
Day 64 (Saturday)

Well, I woke up to find a weight gain! :mad: As posted in other threads, in addition to being mad and frustrated it made me sad- only for a moment. I feel I am working SOOO hard and would like proof of that work on the scale, but it is not reading the numbers I want to see. This is no excuse for a relapse or to throw in the towel and give up, as I have made healthy choices and have lost 8lbs since starting.

I will admit that I prob ate a bit too much at the birthday party I went to Saturday evening, but I didn't gorge myself. My portions were on the large size and I allowed myself a small piece of cake(no icing) and a scoop of ice cream.

My own personal challenge this week is to be 100% accurate in my journaling and if its NOT on the list, there will be no estimating, therefore I will not eat it if its not on the list. I will also try to cut back the calories a tad to see if that helps, shooting for no more than 1300.

Breakfast 8:30 AM weight watchers yogurt , 1 container 1 100
Lunch 12:30 PM Bagel - Plain, bagel 1/2 168
Lunch 1:00 PM Apples, raw, with skin, 1 medium (2-3/4" dia) (approx 3 per lb) 1/2 36
Lunch 1:00 AM Candies, REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups, 1 individual (.6 oz) 1 88
Afternoon Snack 5:30 PM Rice cake mini drizzle , 1 bag 1 90
Dinner (at party) 6:30 pm ham, shrimp, fried potatoes, greenbeans, salad
Dessert 8:00 PM small piece of cake, 1 scoop of ice ceam

Recommended calories: 1673
Calories consumed: ?
Calories remaining for today: ?
Exercise: Ski machine, general 30 min, 273 calories burned

Saturday stats-
Eating - :eek:
Exercise - :)
Water - :rolleyes:
Multivitamin - :)
Attitude - :mad:, :cry:, :confused:, :rolleyes:
 
HI Yarmiah, I am so sorry about your dad. I hope you will get some encouraging news soon.

As to the weight gain, I am as disappointed for you as you are yourself. How could you have gain with such a perfect week!!! There is absolutely no explanation to this... And I admire your attitude about it. You are not giving up, oh no.. you are making some changes and trying a different way. That is some strenght not many have (including myself). You totally deserve to see the numbers going down, you are working so hard at it!! Don't give up! It will happen I know it.:hug2:
Oh, I totally be there for you in the Christmas challenge!!
Have a great week!!
Hajni
 
Day 65 (Sunday)

What a beautiful day. Got up and headed to church after having a yogurt for breakfast. Stopped at Wal-Mart to grab a few things. Headed home and started on the laundry got all but 3 loads finished.

Mood is pretty good- still VERY disappointed with yesterday's weigh in and to some of the responses to my thread about a plateau- one made it seem like working out 5-6 for 30-45 min a day is not really doing anything to help- I find that hard to beleive and if it IS true, I dont know what I can do to work out harder or longer, at least right now with what life is dealing me.

I did lower the calorie range to see if it helps any, but still plan to work out 5-6 days a week. Maybe also be more regular in my strength training.

Breakfast 9:00 AM weight watchers yogurt , 1 container 1 100
Morning Snack 12:30 PM Crackers - Wheat Thins Multi-Grain, cracker 10 70
Lunch 1:00 PM Snacks, popcorn, air-popped, cup 5 155
Lunch 1:00 AM Beans, snap, green, canned, no salt added, drained solids, 1 cup 1 27
Afternoon Snack 3:00 PM Candies, REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups, 1 miniature 2 72
Dinner 6:30 PM Potatoes, baked, flesh and skin, potato 1 220
Dinner 6:30 PM Sour cream, light, 100g 1/2 68
Dinner 6:30 PM Broccoli, boiled, drained, cup, chopped 1 44
Dinner 6:30 PM Beef, round, tip round, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/4" fat, all grades, cooked, roasted, 3 oz 1½ 298

Recommended calories: 1388
Calories consumed: 1054
Calories remaining for today: 334
Exercise: day off

Sunday stats-
Eating - :)
Exercise - off
Water - :mad:
Multivitamin - :)
Attitude - :rolleyes:
 
Day 66 (Monday)

A pretty good day today. Altho I did not get my exercise in the AM, I did get it done in the evening. Did finish my water and stayed within my new calorie limit. All in all, a pretty uneventful day.

Breakfast 7:30 AM Milk - Low Fat (1%), cup 1 120 1
Breakfast 7:30 AM Oatmeal, QUAKER OATS, Old fashioned, 1/2 cup 1 150
Breakfast 9:00 AM Coffee, brewed, prepared with distilled water, 1 cup (8 fl oz) 2 9
Morning Snack 11:00 AM Jello sugar free choc pudding , 1 container 1 60
Lunch 12:30 PM Garden Salad, no dressing, serving, 1 cup 2 70
Lunch 12:30 PM Salad Toppings - Bac'Os (chips or bits), tablespoon 1/2 11
Lunch 1:15 PM Chewy Granola Bar (100 cal) , 1 bar 1 100
Lunch 12:30 AM Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled, 1 large 1 78
Afternoon Snack 4:30 PM Pretzel - hard, salted , 1 pretzel 1 90
Dinner 7:30 PM WW Chicken Santa Fe , 1 container 1 140
Dinner 7:30 PM Crackers - Wheat Thins Multi-Grain, cracker 10 70
Dinner 7:30 PM Dominos bread stick , 1 avg stick 2 260

Recommended calories: 1388
Calories consumed: 1158
Calories remaining for today: 230
Exercise: Ski Machine 30 min, 276 calories burned

Monday stats-
Eating - :)
Exercise - :)
Water - :)
Multivitamin - :)
Attitude - :)
 
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HI Yarmiah,

I noticed you recorded a 1000 cal days two days in a row. Please don't do that to yourself. Eat at least 1200 calories or your weight loss efforts will back-fire and you still will not see a loss. I am not one of those who cries "starvation" diet or anything, I just know I tried to do what you are doing and restricting my calories to 1000 cal/day. It did not work. Besides being hungry all the time and having frequent headaches I did not lose an oz.
1388 calories seem to be a good number to shoot for.

Hope you are having a good day.
hajni
 
OOPS! Thanx Haj- I did not update the calories part- it was just a copy from the day before. I will correct that now- I'm pretty sure it was closer to 1300 :)

Ok so not quite 1300 but 1158. I'm sure in the real world it was a little higher as some of the things I journal are not 100%- I do my best to estimate/match what I ate with what they have on the list. So, I hope to leave about 100 calories wiggle room, but did not intend for it to be as low as it was.
 
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yarmiah said:
OOPS! Thanx Haj- I did not update the calories part- it was just a copy from the day before. I will correct that now- I'm pretty sure it was closer to 1300 :)
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Oh, ok LOL!!! That makes sense!!! I feel better already, I was worried for you there for a minute!!!!

Have a good day!!
Hajni
 
Day 67 (Tuesday)

So, today was an ok day. I never was able to get my exercise in, but I'm not gonna feel guilty about it. Work is stressful atm. Home is not as bad, but it's frustrating rushing home to throw dinner together, then rush out to take the elder daughter to piano, stop at the store, then throw in a load of laundry.Then my mom calls- not sure if she was drinking or not (shes an alcoholic) but was real weird on the phone, and my dog- who rarely has accidents peed on the strairs. I was SOO ready for bed.

Breakfast 9:00 AM Coffee, brewed, prepared with distilled water, 1 cup (8 fl oz) 2 9
Breakfast 9:00 AM bagel- mini , 1 bagel 1 100
Breakfast 9:00 AM Peanut butter, smooth style, with salt, 2 tbsp 1/2 96
Morning Snack 11:00 AM Jello- lime w/ pineapple , 1 cup 1 90
Lunch 12:45 PM Garden Salad, no dressing, serving, 1 cup 2 70
Lunch 12:45 PM Dressing - Honey Dijon, tablespoon 1 75
Lunch 1:15 PM Frozen Yogurt - Fat Free Chocolate Fudge, serving, 1/2 cup 1½ 150
Lunch 1:15 PM Ice novelties, italian, restaurant-prepared, 0.5 cup 1½ 92
Afternoon Snack 6:00 PM Crackers - Wheat Thins Multi-Grain, cracker 10 70
Dinner 7:00 PM Potatoes, baked, flesh and skin, potato 1 220
Dinner 7:00 PM Cheese, shredded, cup 1/4 130
Dinner 7:00 PM Broccoli, boiled, drained, cup, chopped 1/2 22
Dinner 7:00 PM Breaded Chicken Nugget, product code 1879, piece 2 94
Evening Snack 9:00 PM Chips Ahoy 100 cal pack , 1 bag 1 100

Recommended calories: 1388
Calories consumed: 1318
Calories remaining for today: 70
Exercise: none

Tuesday stats-
Eating - :)
Exercise - :confused:
Water - :)
Multivitamin - :)
Attitude - :flame:
 
:)Howdy Jaramiah,
So sorry about your dad ,stay positive and you
will get good news.:hug2: I get frustrated with that scale to and
I blame it for eating bad when it doesn't say what I want it to say
so maybe hide it and hop on once a week or every other week(needs
to do myself lol)!I mainly eat around 1,200 cals but not really on purpose
I get alot of food for that3 meals and 2-3 snacks.:) 1,00 is a little low
but :doh: you fixed it!Hope you have a nice day Tammy :hug2:

Stay positive :)
Get good news :)
keep motivated :)
hide the scale :)
1,200 + :)
 
Sorry to hear that things are so stressful for you. :(
Right now I want you to stop, take a deep breathe, hold it and slowly let it out. Okay now repeat! :)
There, now go to your dayplanner, come on I know you have one~no one can be as busy as you are and NOT have a dayplanner LOL, open it to today's entry @ about say 9 or 10pm and pencil in " Hot Bubble Bath".
Now don't forget to bring something to read and a nice cd with some gentle music playing. Maybe even a candle or two. Oh and make a sign (it's okay to print from your computer doesn't need to be hand-made) that says, "I am out of order......please come back in an hour." Hang that on the outside of the bathroom door.
Last step and it is the most important!!!
LOCK THE DOOR!!!!!
Hope things start looking up for you!
 
Thanx Nia and Bell . .

A hot bath sounds wonderful! But alas, my tub is one of this acrylic wrap around things and is too small. Besides, no time tonight- I have choir practice after work and dinner. I am only working a half a day on friday- maybe Ill get a pedicure! I've never had one!
 
Day 68 (Wednesday)

A cold dreary day, but it did not stop me from exercising this morning. Headed to work, a pretty regular day- as regular can be these days. Due to the weather it put me in teh mood for chicken soup, so I made homemade chicken noodle soup for dinner- it was delicious! (and healthy of course).I had to estimate the calories for dinner- for the soup and the bread, hope I did ok. Had a fun time at choir, but after I got home a got a disturbing email from my dad about my mom. Both are alcoholics, but it seems mom is acting really wacky having conversations wtih imaginary family members and such. You don't want to be bothered with the details, that go back many years, but I will be telling her in the next few days that it's either REHAB or ME. No worries, I will NOT allow this kinda crap to interfere with my progress and determination.

Breakfast 8:00 AM lite english muffin , 1 1 90
Breakfast 8:00 AM Eggs, cooked - Fried, 1 large egg w/fat, serving 1 100
Breakfast 8:00 AM Cheese - Taco Cheese Shredded, cup (4 oz) 1/4 110
Breakfast 9:00 AM Coffee, brewed, prepared with distilled water, 1 cup (8 fl oz) 1 5
Morning Snack 11:00 AM Peaches, raw, 1 medium (2-1/2" dia) (approx 4 per lb) 1 38
Lunch 12:55 PM Weight Watchers- pot/cheez/brc , 1 serving 1 220
Lunch 1:15 PM 94% ff popcorn-snack size , 1 bag 1½ 165
Afternoon Snack 4:00 PM pudding- sugar free chocolate , 1 snack 1 60
Afternoon Snack 6:00 PM Cookies, animal crackers (includes arrowroot, tea biscuits), 1 cracker 10 112
Dinner 7:00 PM 99% Fat Free Soup - Chicken Noodle, cup 2½ 225
Dinner 7:00 PM Bread - Ciabatta, serving 2 130


Recommended calories: 1388
Calories consumed: 1255
Calories remaining for today: 133
Exercise: Ski machine, general 30min, 276 calories

Wednesday stats-
Eating - :)
Exercise - :)
Water - :)
Multivitamin - :)
Attitude - :mad:
 
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Day 69 (Thursday)

Got up and exercised YAY! Another rainy day, but is very welcome! A regular day, after getting home did my normal thursday cleaning chores. Ordered pizza for dinner, but I got a garden salad and added some deli turkey meat instead of the pizza. :) Scale is still reading low- no idea why I'm checking it . . I hate that dang thing LOL. Hopefully it will give me nice numbers on Saturday. The only TV shows I watch on a regular basis is CSI (las vegas) and ER (Luka is SOOO cute, but not been on lately :confused:). I rushed to get donw, make my popcorn and CSI was a repeat anyway. :eek:

Breakfast 7:00 AM Oatmeal, QUAKER OATS, Old fashioned, 1/2 cup 1 150
Breakfast 8:00 AM Milk - Low Fat (1%), cup 1 120
Morning Snack 11:00 AM Bagel - Banana Nut, bagel 1/4 90
Lunch 12:30 PM 99% Fat Free Soup - Chicken Noodle, cup 2 180
Lunch 12:30 PM Chewy Granola Bar (100 cal) , 1 bar 1 100
Afternoon Snack 3:30 PM Candies, TWIZZLERS Strawberry Twists Candy, 4 pieces from 8 oz package 1 158
Afternoon Snack 6:00 PM Crackers - Wheat Thins Multi-Grain, cracker 10 70
Dinner 7:30 PM Garden Salad, no dressing, serving, 1 cup 2 70
Dinner 7:30 PM Cheese - Taco Cheese Shredded, cup (4 oz) 1/4 110
Dinner 7:30 PM lite dressing- 3 cheese ranch , 2 Tbl 1½ 105
Dinner 7:30 PM Turkey Deli Meat , 5 slices 1 50
Evening Snack 9:00 PM Snacks, popcorn, air-popped, cup 4 124


Recommended calories: 1388
Calories consumed: 1327
Calories remaining for today: 61
Exercise: Ski machine, general 30min, 276 calories

Thursday stats-
Eating - :)
Exercise - :)
Water - :)
Multivitamin - :)
Attitude - :cool:
 
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