February 2010 Blog Posts

Tomorrow I start with 1,000 calorie a day supervised plan Day 36 1310 calories yogurt, lean cuisine, way too many oreo's Day 37 yogurt 80, crackers 80, baked potato 160,  1oz cheese 94, dressing 30,  turkey chili 50, salad, 16 oz 2% milk 280, 2 cookies 100, s/f pudding 60,  8 oz nonfat milk 90 Total 1010  

Hi everyone, Thanks to everyone who responded to my last blog. It is so great to have your support.  This site and each one of you are the only reasons I have been able to keep going the way I have. I am sure that without it I would've been "off the wagon" weeks ago. I didn't do the damage that I wanted to do to myself yesterday (HAHA caloriewise that is). Right after i weighed and took my husband lunch my kids wanted a cone from Macdonalds. So we went and got cones 120 cals. My son wanted a cheeseburger, (yes...

OK, So, I got up this morning, dropped everyone off as usual. Went to the gym. Tortured myself on several devices for a liltle over an hour. By the time I'd left the gym I'd drank over 60 oz of water, and figured I better get weighed before taking on anymore. On the way to taking my husband lunch, I stopped at the Dr.s and weighed.....249 a-freaking-gain... When I told my husband he said, " At least it wasn't 250 or more... Hey..the point is, I kept my head high last week when the scale didn't budge--but this is week two of it...

Hey everyone, Had a good day today, despite helping my son bake his cake for Blue and Gold dinner for Boy Scouts tomorrow night. I added a few extra calories for finger licking today! Did a good workout on the weights at the Y this morning, an hour.  Drank over 100 oz water. Breakfast: yogurt 80 Lunch: 1/2 turkey cheese sandwich, a few cheetos 200 Snack: yogurt 80 Dinner: 6-8 oz beef, 426, serving peas 60, scalloped potatos 110 Snack: 2 donut holes w/ icing (sinner!), + finger licking during cake decorating 150 Totalish: 1110 or so Keep hanigng in there we can do this together

Hi All, Just another boring report, for honesty purposes. Breakfast : yogurt  80 Lunch: protein shake 325 Snack: cashews 200 Dinner: Fish, 2 corn tortillas, dressing, sour cream, cabbage, salad  310 Snack: banana, milk 195 Total for day: 1110 No exercise today, needed the break. Have a great evening everyone, Hang in there we can do this together! How do you eat an elephant? ONE BITE AT A TIME!

Hi to everyone, Hope you all had a wonderful day , and hope for one for you tomorrow as well. After doing the typical drop off's with the kids and husband this morning, I spent my hour grinding the weights at the gym. When I came home I put in another four hours in the garden. I'll be done with that for a few weeks, and I am glad because it has been physically trying to do that much work right now. Maybe I will be in better shape when it is again time for me to work out there . I...

Hi all WLB's, Just keeping myself honest. Thanks for being here so I can do that! Breakfast: yogurt 160 Lunch:cream chicken soup, 200 Dinner: 6oz chicken breast 316, dressing 30, scal. potatoes 125, cranberries 100, Salad Snack: 3 Costco Cookies 200 Total 1131 Calories Drank at least 70 oz water Worked 4 hours in garden We can do this together, keep coming back to WLB . How do you eat an elephant? ONE BITE AT A TIME!

Hi everyone, My day looked like this: Breakfast: yogurt 80  Lunch: 1/2 turkey sandwich 130 Dinner: carne asada 6 oz 320 2 serv. scalloped potatoes 260 dressing 30 peas 60 Snack: Lots of salad     banana 80 cool whip 20 s/f syrup 15 Total for the day: 935 No exercise today. I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend! Hang in there, we can do this together! How do you eat an elephant? ONE BITE AT A TIME!

Hi, Reporting in for day 29. 60 minutes weight training/cardio 4 hours gardening (mostly done sitting on a bucket) Breakfast: 160 yogurt     Lunch: 1/2 turkey sandwich  120     Snack: 150 chips Dinner: cranberries 100  chicken 311   30 dressing   50 sauteed mushrooms  Salad/Tomatoes Snack: banana,coolwhip,s/f choc topping, 115 Total: 1041 Have a good day tomorrow everyone, we can do this together. How do you eat an elephant? ONE BITE AT A TIME!

Hi WLB's    Weigh in was kind of a disappointment today. I weigh the same as last week at 249.  I guess a ten pound loss in a month isn't bad, but I was really hoping to do just a tiny bit better. I was hoping to be down to 246 today. But alas, Friday comes soon enough, and I am sure that the scale will show some movement the right direction by then!     I had an incredibly active day today. I started out  dropping everyone off where they needed to be. Came home for a half hour and weeded and...

Hi everyone, I missed my blog yesterday, day 26. I didn't make it to them gym. My menu consisted of 1 yogurt, 1 6" turkey sub loaded w/ veggies , 4 chicken/cheese enchilada's, 1/2 veg. refrieds, lots of salad         total of 1110 cals Day 27 (today) Weight training/cardio 60 min + 15 min stretching The menu was: 1 yogurt, 1 c. milk, 6 oz chicken, cranberries, 1 banana, 1/2c s/f ice cream, lots of salad/tomatoes etc.       total 970 cals. Tomorrow is weigh day. i am nervous. Have a great evening and hang in there everyone. How do you eat an elephant? ONE BITE AT A TIME!

Hi everyone, I feel really redundant sometimes coming here every single night and blogging about what I stick in my mouth and what I do to sweat! I even started to feel a little silly about it tonight and was thinking, "what makes you think anyone really wants to read a blog every night about what you eat or do for exercise for the day?"...  This whole blogging thing has really helped me to stick to things better.So to all of you out there, whether you read my blogs or not--Thank You. Without this opportunity I probably wouldn't be keeping any kind...

Exercise = 60 min weight training/cardio Consumed 1070 Calories today: 1 yogurt 80  Tuna Salad/Tomato 200  8 eggrolls   380  1c.stirfry   170  Rice 70                                                              1/2 c. icecream 110   1 s/f pudding 60 Have a great day tomorrow and a good night tonight. How do you eat an elephant? ONE BITE AT A TIME!

Hi everyone, I really don't have much to say about today. It started off great, then turned into over a 2,000 calorie day. Will be back on top of things tomorrow. I really hope all of you are enjoying your valentines day. How do You eat an elephant? ONE BITE AT A TIME!

Hi everyone, Hope you all had a good day. Mine looked like this: Consumed 1482 cals Menu consisted of: 2 c. milk,  1 c. clam chowder, 5 saltine crackers, s/f pudding cups, 4-6oz cod, 1 1/2 corn tortillas, sour cream/chipolte sauce, cabbage, onion,  1 bag fritos, 1 serving veg. refried beans, 1/2 oz grated american cheese, 2 lumpia's. 50 minutes weight training/cardio Hope you all have a great Valentine's day. How do you eat an elephant? ONE BITE AT A TIME!

Hi everyone, Another completely chaotic day today . Spent the entire day in the doctors office with various kids having various problems. It was especially bad for eating as all I could grab was a yogurt this morning before the gym. I didn't eat again until about 4-5pm. It was a great day in the respect that the three pounds I gained on Wednesday, was magically gone-along with an extra pound  I think I have learned not to weigh in during that "magical" time of the month! Today I started out early. After dropping kids off at school and hubby off to...

Hi WLB's,      Struggled once again with eating today. I really need to get some soups, and lean pre-cooked protein in the house. My main problem is  what is on the menu. I didn't get to exercise today. My little guy hasn't been feeling very good, fever etc, and wouldn't let me leave his side. I sure hope I don't end up with it. I've already had some major headache and some flip floppy stomach going on.  I consumed 950 cals today. The menu consisted of: 2 yogurts, 1 string cheese, 2 s/f pudding cups, 1 serving chips, coleslaw (trying to get...

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Hi all WLB's, Had a good day today, except for the stupid scale issue. Did 45 min weights/cardio at the gym. Drank over 100 oz of water. Consumed 730 cals Menu consisted of: 2 yogurts, 2oz summer sausage, 1 hamburger patty, 1 hamburger bun, 4 sweet pickles, tomato's, onions, 2 s/f puddings. I know my calorie intake is pretty low, but I have tried to eat more often today, so I wasn't very hungry. Hang in there all  How do you eat an elephant? ONE BITE AT A TIME!

  OK, so the stupid scale finally got me. But I am not going to let it get to me, even if it already has just a little bit!! I weighed in 3lbs heavier today than last Friday. There is no feasible way that I have gained 3 lbs. My average daily calories hasn't gone over 1200 cal's since I started. I am going to chalk it up to that woman thing that goes on. I'm going back in on Friday to weigh. I know it will look better then. It's all good...... How do you eat an elephant? ONE BITE...

Just got back from a little mini vacation with my hubby. Spent 2 nights at our beautiful Pismo Beach. It rained just a little. It was a nice little break to catch our breath! Day 16 Spent 1400 calories Menu consisted of: yogurt, clam chowder, shrimp, summer sausage, cheese, crackers, 3 red vines, 2 small pieces of chocolate Went on short walk down pier, it was very strenuous-not because of the exercise, but the pain. Day 17 Spent 1480 calories Menu consisted of: yogurt, summer sausage, s/f pudding, bagel w/cream cheese, clam chowder, a few fries, 3 red vines, 4 oz fried clams.--Fried clams are reallllllllly high...

Hi WLB's, Decent day today. Got my hour in at the gym on the weights. Spent over an hour walking in Walmart (icing now, ugh) Spent 1103 cals today, the menu consisted of: chicken noodle soup, 1 chicken thigh,             6oz lean tri-tip, 1/4 g c potato salad, 1/4c macaroni salad. (I know I'm short of veggies). drank 100 oz plus of water We can get there together everyone, keep working at it.

Good evening WLB's Some small sense of accomplishment has smitten my ego for making it two weeks. I weighed two fewer pounds than my last weigh in today. I am scared to death of hitting my plateau. I am scared to death of that scale not moving down, or worse yet---.  Everyone has these times and I know it has to be getting close to mine. For today-no gym again. That wasn't the plan, I was ready to go at 3. You may know how it is with kids. I was beckoned to the school at 3, so my gym time was...

Hi WLB's,      I have struggled and forced myself to write my blog tonight. i let my husband talk me out of the gym !  (of course it is all HIS fault..haha ...). My body feels like it was worked pretty hard the last couple of days and my muscles are sore and tight (as hubby pointed out ). Tomorrow is another day.   I really don't feel horribly guilty about not going. I do need to get a swimsuit ordered and get my a** back in the pool! I made sure I did a lot of stretching today.      My calorie intake...

Yesterday, I was "enjoying" my lowfat/lowcal/turkey sub. loaded with veggies and on healthy oat bread.  Amazing how expensive that bread turned out to be for me. I somehow crunched oat just wrong and cracked my filling and my entire tooth down the middle. No dental insurance, to fix it 1,800-2,000!!! (I am on kind of a pity pot at this point) They offered to pull it but since the stinking thing is in my smile line, and I am horribly vain about my teeth and facial appearance, I chose to leave it until I can figure out an option to not...

Hi everyone, I started back at the gym today. I spent an hour doing cardio/low-weight on  nataulis. I should have been happy with that but had to push it 15 minutes on the recumbent bike (no resistance). Am icing knees now, I think I'll stick with weights and try the pool instead next time. I really tried to up my calories a little bit today. I am sure I need to do better,. Phentermine is maybe working too well. Thinking about investing into protein mix. 6" subway/veggie loaded no dressings 280     chicken breast, cranberries, salad 400    pudding  250       930 total HANG IN THERE...

I weighed today and am down from 258 when I started here to 253 today. It has been a good day for me today. Spent a lot of time speaking with weight loss specialists, doctors, and nutritionists I did confirm that I have polycystic ovarian syndrome: I guess that is supposed to really hinder weight loss. That may explain why I have held so steady over the last year regardless of my attempts at a healthy lifestyle and weight loss. There has been enough hinderences and limitations already. I started taking phentermine today. Let's see if that helps! Check in today consists of...

We received our little return, which meant an evening at the buffet with the family. I had been planning to start a hypoglycimic diet someone told me about which involved eating on the hour. But instead, I did what everyone warns not to do, and saved my calories for my evening meal at Hometown Buffet. I don't know how many calories I ate. I don't care either.  I do know that I drank lot's of water with my meal. I ate a lot of veggies: salad, spinach leaves, cabbage, green beans ect. My protein was turkey. And I tasted a few...