Z's Accountability Journal (Comments Welcome)

[Zela]

Hello, I am Z.

I joined the wish boards not too long ago. January 5th of this year is when I decided that I needed to get healthy. Since then I have lost 29 lbs, 7.5 since I joined the wish boards. I am currently slipping with my food choices though. Nearly all that my brothers eat is junk food. Picture a pantry full of Ding Dongs, Oatmeal Cream Pies, Peanut Butter, Doritos, Leftover Easter Candy, etc. It is not a force to be reckoned with :smooth: . Anyway, the purpose of this journal is to record my eating habits, exercising habits, and bible-study habits(which are also slipping). I keep tabs on my eating by using the WW points system. I am currently in my second week of the Walk/Run program for a half in the Marathoning for Mortals book. My goals are:

Revision of Goals 6-25-05, 8-1-05

Eating Goals
1. Eat within my WW points range
2. Eat at least 7 fresh fruits or veggies a day instead of 5 fruits and vegetables a day
3. Drink at least 10 glasses of water instead of 8 glasses of water a day
4. No fried food (bad for me in more ways than one, I have ulcers :sad2: )

Exercising Goals
1. Stay on Walk/Run Program Over, so I will shoot for running at least 3 miles 2 or 3 times a week and xtrain at least 2 or 3 times a week :banana:
2. Stay up and active throughout the day instead of on my butt all day :) .

[Zela]

Sorry, but somehow I submitted that post while I was still typing,
Anyway

Revision of Goals 6-25-05

Bible Study Goals
1. Set aside time to do sunday school bible study and more than that is always good instead of at least 45 minutes per day specifically designated for bible study.

So these are my goals. I hope this will be a good form of motivation. I will try to post daily and address all the goals starting tomorrow. Wish me luck because tomorrow is my weigh-in day.

Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that I am signed up for the half at Disney in January 2006. Well, I hope my journal can be amusing to someone :crazy: .

Here's some progress photos(updated June 5th 2005):
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[plutosmyfav]

Hi Zela,

Welcome!!!! You have done an amazing job so far. Your goals are great and I know you will meet them. I look forward to following your progress through your journal :flower:

Sunny

[pearlieq]

Welcome to WISH!!! :wave:

Sounds like you've already made some great changes. Keep at it. You can do it! :cheer2:

[Lesli54]

WELCOME to the WISH journals! :wave:

This is a great place to learn more about your habits and the support is GREAT! Looks like you have a good start on your plan. Keep up the good work. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

First things first:

Today was my weigh day and I lost 1.5 pounds.

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my point range but could have done without:
the piece of devils food cake with icing for afternoon snack
the 4 pcs of bacon for mid-morning snack(cooked in the microwave on one of those bacon plates)
2. Had 5 fruits and vegetables
plum
large salad (counts as two servings) :)
small salad
veggies in frozen dinner
3. Forgot to count glasses of water but I think I had about 4 or 5
4. Did not eat any fried foods :flower:

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Program for Walk/Run of a Half. Today was a rest day. :teeth:
2. Stayed up and active approximately 40% of the day :guilty: . Went to visit my neice so I sat down for a long while to play with her.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did my 45 minutes of Bible Study from 5 to 5:45. Started a Revive My Spirit Devotional. This weeks bible verse is John 7:37-39. :daisy:


I think I got off to a pretty good start. And boy, you guys really jump on that encouragement stuff. I appreciate it. :banana:


I thought also that I might want to give a short bio of myself. I am 20 years old. I dropped out of high school in the 11th grade, got my GED and went on to college early. I completed my BA in Psychology in 3 years. I had some classes from dual enrollment in high school and summer courses which allowed me to finish quicker. Anyway I graduated college last May and am currently taking a break from school :cloud9: . I don't know if I want to get a master's yet or not. I am living with my parents and my two smaller brothers who are 7 and 4. I also have a sister(25) and brother in law that live in the same town. My oldest brother is 28 and he lives about one hour away. I also have a sister(22) and brother in law that I went to college with that live about 45 minutes away. I love my family and I am glad that I get to be at home right now (except when I get really annoyed with my little brothers :mad:; but I really do love them ;) ) Anyway, this is turning into a long winded type thing so I will tell more about myself later. Thanks again for the encouragement guys. :disrocks:

[Zela]

Eating Goals
1. Stayed withing point range :)
but could have done without:
the icing that I scraped off the side of the devil's food cake pan
the bite of fried chicken tender
2. Ate 5 fruits and/or veggies
plum
large salad(counts as two)
tomato soup
plum
3. I had 9 glasses of water :smooth:
4. I had a bite of a fried chicken tender

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program from Marathoning for Mortals
Today was 32 minutes doing the Walk3/Run1 pattern w/ 5 minutes each for warmup and cooldown. Start to finish pace was 18 minutes and 1.2 seconds per mile.
Note: Had to force myself to get on treadmill because I had a headache, but I felt way better after I exercised.
2. Stayed up and active approximately 40 % of the day again. I traveled in my car alot today.

Bible Study Goals
1. Studied Bible for 25 of the proposed 45 minutes and finished this day's devotional out of the Revive my spirit book.

[pearlieq]

Even with some "not-so-perfect" food choices you still stayed OP! Awesome! Someday you'll be able to figure out where you want to balance between the cucumbers and the bacon, but you did a great job managing it this week!

Great job getting your exercise--doesn't it make you feel great!

Hope you have an awesome weekend. Keep up the good work!! :)

[Lesli54]

You are doing so well with trying to meet all of your goals! :cool1:

I have no doubt that after overcoming the obstacle of schooling that you will be able to meet your weight loss challenge as well. Having your BA at the age of 20 is an AWESOME accomplishment.

Keep up the good work. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

Yesterday I didn't get a chance to post about my goals so this is yesterday's:

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my point range
but could have done without
the 4 tblsp of whipped vanilla icing :guilty: on my 1/2 cup of lite ice cream (kinda defeats the purpose of the lite ice cream doesn't it) :teeth:
2. Had 5 servings of fruits and vegetables
plum
banana
hamburger with lots of lettuce and onions
plum
fruit cup from chick-fil-a
3. Had 8 glasses of water
4. Ate chick-fil-a chicken sandwich that was fried

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program
Yesterday was my X training day for 30 minutes. I got outside and rode on my bike. It was very pleasant (aside from the demonic seat that is on my bike :mad: , very hard and uncomfortable).
2. I stayed up and active approximately 70 % of the day. One thing that contributed to this was that I went shopping with my friend yesterday afternoon and she wanted to try on everything at every store she could find. Of course most of these stores were strictly skinny people stores so I couldn't really do anything but walk around and look at clothes that I couldn't fit into. Of course there are no hard feelings toward my friend b/c I agreed to go. I knew it would happen. Anyway, it worked out good b/c I got that extra exercise that I need ;) .

Bible Study Goals
1. I completed my full 45 minutes of Bible Study yesterday :) . I did the 3rd day in the devotional book Revive my spirit. The focus was on the characteristics of the Holy Spirit and what it actually does. Very informative.

Well that was all for yesterday. I'll post again later for today's results.

[Zela]

About Today's Goals

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my point range :flower:
but could have done without:
the whole pack of sour cream and chives crackers that I ate
2. Had 6 servings of fruits and veggies :sunny:
banana
plum
lots of vegetables on my turkey sandwich(lettuce of various types and onions)
tomato soup
banana
medium sized salad
3. Stopped counting after I drank 9 glasses of water.
4. Had 1/2 filet of fried catfish :guilty:

Exercise Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program
Today was my 3 mile day. I was supposed to do W4/R1 but I didn't realize that until I got back. I thought I was just supposed to do W3/R1 like my middle of the week sessions. I don't think it was too hard for me. My next weeks coming up are 4 miles and then 5 miles with the W4/R1 sequence and then the next week I go back down to 3 miles with the W3/R1 sequence. Does anybody have any advice about whether or not I should continue the W3/R1 pace on my long days or not? Aside from all of that, I had a PR today.
I did my three miles outside (I normally use the treadmill) and was done in 50 minutes and 10 seconds. This works out to approx. a 16 minute and 45 seconds per mile pace. :banana: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: Last time I did a Walk/Run session on the TM you can see that I was doing roughly an 18 minute mile and it was torturous. Being outside is way better. I guess you just don't really realize that you are moving faster. My exercise really was the best part of the day. I am now seriously thinking of signing up for a 5K soon.
2. I did not stay up and active throughout the day very much at all. I exercised in the morning, but then when I got back home I just zoned out in front of the tv and was lazy. I started to get a little stiff feeling and I knew that I should do some more activity. Going on a bike ride crossed my mind, but I kept thinking of all the things that I would have to do to ride my bike. I would have to change into some exercise clothes, prepare to get sweaty, get sweaty while riding the bike, take a shower when I got back, fix my hair, and the list goes on. I was just being lazy. I tried to get rid of my bodies cries for movement by taking a nap. Bad idea. I layed there for an hour and just felt miserable, not to mention, I never fell asleep. By this time I was just fed up. I just said to myself,"Dangit! Just do it Z!". So I did it. Before supper I went out and leisurely rode my bike for about 30 minutes. It was very nice ( stress relieving too :flower: )

Bible Study Goals
1. As I was saying earlier, I was extremely lazy today. There were lots of times during the day when I could have set aside time to do my bible study, however, I didn't because I AM LAZY. Well maybe I'm not lazy all the time, but today I was.

[Zela]

Eating Goals
1. Ate within range today :cool1:
And I made very good food choices all day long :)
2. Had 7 fruits and veggies
plum x 2
banana
plum
lettuce in 2 chicken soft tacos
banana
salad
3. Had 9 glasses of water.
4. Had cinnamon twists from taco bell. I think they are fried. :guilty:

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program for half
Today was a rest day. I don't think I did anything too strenuous. ;)
2. I stayed up and active probably 70% of the day. I went to Sunday School with my little brothers. When we got done, we came back home and I filled up the kiddie pool for them. I washed my car while they played. It was very nice outside :sunny: . Then in the afternoon I took a 30 minute leisurely bike ride. Very pleasant(except for the still hard seat :sad2: )

Bible Study Goals
1. I have not yet done my Bible Study for today, but will when I get done posting. This text will be red until I come and confirm that I did actually do the Bible Study. Today's Bible Study will be about believing and trusting in Jesus.

[Lesli54]

You're doing great! Don't worry about the lazy day, we all have those once in a while. The key is to get back up and get back OP. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[pettyone]

About Today's Goals

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my point range :flower:
but could have done without:
the whole pack of sour cream and chives crackers that I ate


I love that you put this in your journal...you admit it and move on--BRAVO!!

I like the fact that you don't expect yourself to be perfect & that you certainly don't hammer yourself when you don't make the healthiest choice....your attitude is great!!

Good luck this week!!!

[Zela]

I didn't get a chance to post yesterday. So here is yesterday's

Eating Goals
1. I ate within my range ;)
but could have done without
the coffee cup full of frozen Cool Whip Free that I ate :teeth:
eating my lean gourmet chicken alfredo florentine pasta meal at 9:30 at night
2. I had 6 fruits and veggies :Pinkbounc
banana
canned corn
lettuce, onions, and pickles piled high on my lean burger making it nearly 6 inches high instead of 2. (counts as 2)
banana
dole 100% juice strawberry popsicle thingy
3. I had nearly 10 glasses of water. :flower:
4. I had no fried food. :teeth:

Exercising Goals
1. I did not stay on the Walk/Run Program
Today was supposed to be a W3/R1 day repeated 8 times with a 5 minute warm up and cool down. I didn't really realize how fatigued my muscles were until I actually started on the treadmill. In the previous days I have done some biking. Although I haven't been doing a whole heck of a lot of biking it is something new for me so I think the bike riding caught up with me and my muscles. Somewhere between the end of the cool down and about 7 minutes into the actual workout I made an executive decision. That decision was that if I continued my workout on the TM I would only get mad(because I was not able to keep up with my normal pace), not to mention more sore and crabby. So, I got off the TM and assessed the situation. I have been enjoying my bike rides. So today after I jumped off the TM I did a short 10 minute bike ride. I am still on the Program but instead of Cross Training for 30 minutes tomorrow I will only do 10 minutes on the bike. And I will try to genuinely rest on my rest day the following day.
2. I stayed up and active throughout about 50% of the day. I did alot of shopping . I bought groceries, went to the library, bought groceries at the other grocery store that has better stuff, went to the pharmacy, and went to the dollar general. I did a lot of stuff. :)

Bible Study Goals
1. I did not do 45 minutes of Bible Study today. I have no excuse except that I am lazy and chose to use my time doing other things that were not nearly as important.

[Zela]

Here is today's

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :smooth:
but could have done without
lite syrup and rf peanut butter on my GoLean Kashi blueberry waffles(they didn't need all that extra stuff)
2. I am going to eat a banana and green beans with whatever I have for supper so I will have my 5 fruits and veggies at the end of the day. So far I have had:
banana
large salad at lunch(counts as two) :flower:
too bad those weight watcher carrot cakes don't count as a veggie ;)
3. I have had 5 glasses of water so far today, but I will have at least another three tonight before I go to bed so that bring me to 8.
4. I had no fried foods today

Exercising Goals
1. Did not do assigned session on Walk/Run Program.
As mentioned before, I am trying to give my muscles a breather. Today was supposed to be a Cross Training for 30 minutes day. Instead I just did 10 minutes on my bike. And my muscles do feel better today so I don't want to over do it. Tomorrow is my rest day. I hope I can get completely ache free by day after tomorrow, so that I can use the TM efficiently again. :sunny:
2. I did not stay up and active most of the day today.
I purposely tried to take it easy so that my body would have time to rest. Although I did take my 4 year old brother to the dentist. The town where his dentist is located has some malls, so naturally, I had to do a little looking around. We went to Target b/c I had heard that they had a lot of stuff on clearance. I found lots of cute things. However, the cutest things were baby clothes. I bought some baby clothes there and I bought some at Parisians. Parisians had some good deals to. I sort of "collect" baby clothes :blush: . I am not married, nor do I have any prospects, nor do I even date right now, so many of my family members and friends think it is foolish. Anyway, I figure the more baby clothes I buy now the less I'll have to buy one day when I do have children. :crazy:

Bible Study Goals
1. I did my bible study today( I don't know if it took 45 minutes or not, I forgot to set my watch) :goodvibes
Today finished up day five and week 1 of the Revive my spirit devotional book that I have. It focused on the rivers of living water flowing from the hearts of Christians and what it means.

[Zela]

Today was weigh in day. I lost :banana: 3.5 pounds :banana: even though I have been slacking off on my exercising since day before yesterday. It is very exciting. I'm down to 228. I haven't seen the 220's in a while. :teeth:
:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[Lesli54]

Baby clothes are hard to resist!

Good job with tracking your food and on the exercise. Don't feel too bad when you let your body rest because it is much worse to keep pushing a tired body.

Keep up the work you are doing! ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

For Today

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my point range :sunny:
but could have done without
the second chips ahoy 100 calorie pack I ate
the 4 chocolate covered marshmallow eggs I had left over from Easter :guilty:
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies
banana
lots of lettuce/onions on ham sandwich
2 servings of string beans
1/2 cup applesauce
3. Drank 9 glasses of water today :smooth:
4. I had no fried food today. :cool1:

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program
Today was a rest day. I rested :cloud9: .
2. I did not stay up and active hardly any of the day. Trying to rest you know. ;)

Bible Study Goals
1. Started week 2 of the revive my spirit devotional book. I believe the scripture was 2 Chronicles 14, but I'm not sure. It is the one that says something like "if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, and seek me and turn from their sins, then I will hear them from heaven and forgive them and I will restore their land". I set aside 45 minutes in which to complete it but I was done in 30 minutes.

[Zela]

Haven't posted since Wednesday. I haven't had a whole lot of time. Anyway, I didn't write down about my goals on Thursday so here is Thursday the best I can remember.

Thursday

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my point range :)
2. Ate at least 5 fruits and veggies(don't remember what they were)
3. Had 7 glasses of water (I remembered that :sad2: )
4. Had a bite of a fried chicken leg but after reassessing the situation I decided that I didn't want the rest of it. :teeth:

Exercising Goals
1. Got back on track with the Walk/Run Program. :cool1:
Thursday was W3/R1 for 32 minutes. I did this on the TM and had an average pace of about 17 minutes and 50 some-odd seconds.
2. I did not stay up and active most of the day. I did a lot of laundry.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did my devotional in the Revive my spirit book. It was about 2 Chronicles 7:14 where God is saying "If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, seek my face, and turn from their sins then I will hear them from heaven, forgive their sins and heal their land". Thursday it was about the act of humbling ourselves before God (and others for that matter ;) ) It didn't fill up my 45 minutes (only 30).

That was Thursday

[Zela]

For Friday

Eating Goals
1. Ate within point range :flower:
but could have done without
all the snacks I had b/t lunch and supper, they were:
Tall Vanilla Latte made with Skim Milk
Small Icedream (or so I thought; think the phrase my cup runneth over; oh and I ate it all :guilty: )
Two pieces of chocolate from the World Market Store (one was 77% cocao with Strawberries and Peppers which sounds interesting but trust me, it tasted like one would imagine poo to taste; the other was a Lindt :angel: brand dark chocolate that was 85% cocao, now that was good ;) )
2. Ate my 5 fruits and veggies
Apple Juice
Large Salad at Lunch (counts as two)
Large Sandwich at supper with lots o' toppings(counts as two)
3. Had my 8 glasses of water.
4. Had no fried food.

Exercising Goals
1. Still on Track with the Walk/Run Program
Friday was a 30 minutes of Cross Training day. I did my 30 minutes on the bike.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day Friday. Went to the Mall and ended up having to stay their longer than planned because of a delay on the repair of a computer. I walked around a lot. :love:

Bible Study
1. Did not do Bible Study in Revive my Spirit. But, when I woke up first thing I read Chapter One of The Mind of Christ by T W Hunt. Very good book. This was 30 of my 45 minutes. I just can't seem to work that other 15 minutes into my day. :confused3

[Zela]

Today's Goals

Eating Goals
1. Ate within point range :flower:
but could have done without
the peice of bread I had with a tablespoon of hazelnut cocoa spread(knock-off nutella)
2. I had 7 fruits and veggies today.
Apple Juice
Large Salad and Onions(counts as two)
pinapple juice
Large Salad(counts as two)
Steamed veggies
3. Had about 10 glasses of water.
4. Had 5 fried oysters (but they were really good ;) )

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program
Today was my 4 mile endurance run day. I only know the way to go on the walking track for 3/4 of a mile and 1 1/8 of a mile so 4 1/4 miles was the closest to 4 that I could do accurately. I finished in 1 hr 8 minutes and 25 seconds. That's nearly bout a 16 minute and 7 second per mile pace. :teeth:
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. Went riding on the Harley with Dad. :moped:

Bible Study Goals
1. Have not done any Bible Study today. However, I plan to read Chapter 2 of the Mind of Christ.

[Zela]

Goals for Yesterday

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the 2 cups of frozen fat free cool whip with the 2 Tblsp of nutella on top :guilty:
2. Had 1 fruit/veggie serving :guilty:
pineapple juice
3. Had about 10 glasses of water :)
4. Had no fried food. :teeth:

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program
Yesterday was a rest day so I watched TV for the larger portion of the day.
2. I did not stay up and active throughout the day at all. I watched TV for about 7 hours :guilty:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did not do any Bible Study yesterday. Nor did I read Chapter 2 in the Mind of Christ day before yesterday. :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty:

[Zela]

Today's Goals

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my point range :flower:
and I made healthy choices all day. :earsgirl:
2. Ate 4 fruits and veggies so far but it will be 5 when I dip all the baby carrots out of the chicken soup and eat them for supper. :cool1:
pinapple juice
2 tomatoes (counts as two)
pinapple juice
baby carrots with chicken broth for supper
3. Had about 11 glasses of water so far for the day. :)
4. Had no fried food today.

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program
Today was a W3/R1 for 32 minutes with a 5 minute warm up and 5 min cool down. My avg pace was 17 min and 45 sec per mile approx. :teeth:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. I did about 10 million loads of clothes(or at least it seemed like 10 million :rolleyes: ) and I organized my desk space. :sunny:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did about 45 minutes of Bible Study today.
About 25 was spent reading Chapter 2 of the Mind of Christ. The other time was spent in prayer, verse reading and worship. :Pinkbounc

I met all of my goals today! :smooth: :teeth: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[Lesli54]

You are doing a great job! :cheer2: I love reading the food you thought you could do without. Good job at keeping up with your exercise program. :banana:

I agree, laundry can seem like 10 million loads here as well. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

Yesterday's Goals

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :sunny:
but could have done without
big spoonful of Ham. Helper Beef Stroganoff that I snatched out of the pot
Mayo Sandwich(man, you'd think I was pregnant or somethin' :crazy: )
2. Had 6 servings of fruits and veggies
pineapple juice
tangerine
banana
banana
banana
veggies out of chicken and dumplin's and chicken stir fry adds up to one
3. Had 10 glasses of water
4. Had no fried food :teeth:

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program
Yesterday was a Cross traning for 30 mins day. I did those minutes on my bicycle. :teeth:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. Did a lot of housework(but I didn't like it). I have had a cold :cold: since Monday and stirring up dust doesn't help, but you just have to get some things done, ya know. ;)

Bible Study Goals
1. Did nearly 45 minutes of Bible Study stuff today. Read Chapter 3 in the Mind of Christ and the rest of the time was worship and prayer. :)


I met all of my goals yesterday! :Pinkbounc :banana: :Pinkbounc

[Zela]

Today was weigh day

I LOST 3 MORE LBS !!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: YAY!!!!

Today's Goals

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :cool1:
but could have done without
the two swiss rolls I ate
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies today :flower:
banana
tangerine
hamburger made ridiculously tall by romaine lettuce, onions, tomatoes and pickles (YUM :teeth: )counts as two
tangerine
3. Had 11 glasses of water today :)
4. Had no fried food today. :)

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program :teeth:
Today was a rest day. I rested but I also did some more housework :rolleyes: (the cleaning at my house can never stop :sad2: ).
2. Stayed active some of the day with various housework duties. Did not stay active most of the day b/c it is a rest day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did 50 mins of bible study. :smooth:
Read Chapter 4 of the Mind of Christ and bible study on Romans 6:1-14. Rest of time spent on prayer.

I met all of my goals today to. :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
plus I'm still jazzed about losing 3 more pounds. I now weigh 225. I used to weigh 262. It's pretty frappin' cool!!! :teeth: :banana: :teeth: :banana: :teeth:

[Lesli54]

Congrats on the 3 lbs.! :banana: :banana: :banana:

You are doing great, keep it up. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

Here is today's

Eating Goals
1. Stayed within point range :flower:
but could have done without
the 4 chicken tenders for lunch
4 Honey BBQ frito twists
1 swiss roll out of a two pack (shows a lot of self-control ;) )
2. Had 4 fruits and veggies so far but will have 5 when I eat supper
banana
banana
mashed potatoes
mammoth corn on the cob
(will have) sandwich w/ ridiculous amounts of vegetables
3. Had 9 glasses of water so far
4. Had 4 fried chicken tenders :guilty:

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program :)
Today was a W3/R1 10 times(40 minutes) with 5 warm up and cool down. Did an avg. pace of 17 minutes and 40 seconds per mile.
2. Stayed active all day
Did more laundry and decided today would be a good day to do something dangerous and difficult, so I cleaned out my closet :teeth: (I am actually still in the process).

Bible Study Goals
1. Did about 45 min of Bible Study today. Read Chapters 1-5 of Ecclesiastes and also did study on Romans 6:15-23.

I wish there was an icon for a turkey leg. I could really use one of those right about now. A turkey leg, not the icon :smooth:

[Zela]

Today was a bad food eating day. :guilty:

Eating Goals:
1. Ate within my points
but could have done without
the peice of raisin bread with apple butter
the sour gummi worms (about 18)
the 3 fried chicken tenders
the breadstick at POFOLKS(it was really a fried yeasty donut masquerading as a "breadstick")
the 2 onion rings from sonic
the pesto dip with my hamburger bun (but that fresh pesto dip was worth it :teeth: )
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies :)
carrots
corn
salad
tangerine
banana
3. Had only about 6 glasses of water :sad2:
4. Had 3 fried chicken tenders and 2 fried onion rings today.

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R program ;)
Today was a cross train for 30 min day. I did this on my bike. I have really got to get a pad or something for that seat b/c it is really starting to make my tailbone hurt :sad2: .
2. Stayed up and active less than half of the day.
Rode on my bootie to town for one hour. When I got to town, me and my sister sat on our booties and watched The Interpreter for two hours. Then we rode to various places and looked around, including WALMART and International Market(the place that sells the fresh made pesto), not to be confused with World Market. Then we rode back home on our booties for another hour. Then I did my bike ride and here we are.

Bible Study Goals
1. I did about 20 min of Bible Study this morning in Ecclesiastes. I haven't done any since I got home from town and will probably not do any before I go to sleep.

[Lesli54]

The bad eating days come and go. But you just have to keep focusing on the goal and realize that the bad days are much fewer than before.

Keep up the good work. I sure would like to try one of those masquerading breadsticks. :rotfl2: ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

Yesterday's Goals

Eating Goals
1. I think I ate within my points range :sad2: (it depends on the pointage of the chocolate covered strawberries)
but could have done without
the peach cobbler at lunch (it wasn't even good,but I ate it anyway :confused3 )
the one swiss roll out of a two pack( if you have noticed all the swiss rolls lately, my dad was going to the dollar general the other day and I said hey dad would you get some swiss rolls while your gone, he said yes and then returns with 3 boxes of them :mad: he was just trying to be nice but now I stare at them every time I go in the kitchen)
5 chocolate covered strawberries from a bakery (with real whipped cream, none of this cool whip stuff)
2. I drank 10 glasses of water yesterday. :flower:
3. Had 5 fruits and veggies :flower:
banana
veggies on 6 inch sub(counts as two)
lima beans
(chocolate covered) strawberries ;)
4. Had no fried food yesterday :cool1:

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk Run Program
Yesterday was my 5 mile long day doing the W4/R1 sequence. The track that I go on is only accurately measured to 1 and 1/8 of a mile and 3/4 of a mile so I ended up doing 5 and 1/4 miles. I did it all in one hour 28 minutes and 5 seconds.
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day yesterday. Stayed home and watched my brothers

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study yesterday. No excuse why. I just didn't (It is easy for me to find other things to do, but I need to make time for my bible study) :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty:

[Zela]

Today's Goals

Eating Goals
1. Did not eat within my points range :mad: because I ate
half of a loaded sweet potato(with caramel syrup, butter, and marshmallows)
yeast roll from texas road house with cinnamon butter
1/2 cup of some chicken casserole (with bread crumbs, mushrooms, cream of something soup,brocolli, and apples)
cinnamon twists from Taco Bell
2. Had 9 glasses of water today :sunny:
3. Only had 4 fruits and veggies :sad2:
banana
banana
veggies on two chicken soft tacos
sweet potato
4. Had cinnamon twists that I think are fried. :sad2:

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
Today was a rest day. I rested until I ate that casserole. Then I went on a 10 minute bike ride. I know it probably didn't do anything, but it did help with the guilt. :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty:
2. Did not stay up an active all day long. Sat on my hiney most of the day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Have not done bible study yet today, but will do at least 20 min before I go to sleep.

lesli 54 that is good encouragement. You are right, the bad days do come, but they aren't nearly as often as they used to be. For me I used to would eat junk food all day long, but now even on my bad days, I don't eat near as much as I used to. Plus I exercise now (I used to wouldn't exercise b/c I didn't like to get sweaty, but now I love it) :teeth:
Thanks, that was really what I needed to hear. :cool1:

[pearlieq]

Don't worry too much about slip-ups, the fact that you get up every morning and try again is what's going to make you sucessful!

Isn't Sunday a great hiney-sitting day? I just seems right. Good job on using exercise to combat the feeling that you ate too much. Some people would have just given up then and stuck their head in the pantry--that was a very healthy way to cope for you!

Have a great Monday!

[Zela]

Yesterday's Goals

Eating Goals
1. Ate 1 point over my limit :guilty: (and the sad thing is, I just miscalculated when I was adding during the day; I didn't even realize it until I was looking at my food journal yesterday :sad2: )
HOWEVER, I did eat healthy all day! :teeth:
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies ;)
banana
pineapple juice
salad
lima beans
veggies on chicken wrap
3. Had 8 glasses of water ;)
4. Ate no fried food ! Yay :cheer2:

Exercising Goals
1. Did not stay on W/R program.
I took my little brothers to a doctors appt. yesterday and it literally took all day, then I had to go here and there, across town, driving like a maniac, trying to get all my other business done around town before the places I needed to go to closed. It was a very stressing day. Then it was nearly 9 when we got home and my whole body was aching. I think it was b/c I was tense the whole day, trying to get all my business taken care of in time. Anyway, yesterday was a W3/R1 for 40 min day and I was too tired and achy to do it when I got home. NOTE: Remember next time to do your exercise before you go on an all day long excursion into town.
2. Stayed up an active most of the day
As I said, I did a lot of errands in town. :sad2: Oh yeah, and I almost forgot. I got up at 5:30 in the morning to go for a mile stroll yesterday with my sister. We didn't walk fast at all. But I was up and moving (which is a big deal, for me at 5:30 in the morning :teeth: ).

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study.
I really need to get on the ball here. :guilty:

[Zela]

Today's Goals

Eating Goals
1. Ate within points range :cool1:
but could have done without
the 1/2 cup twist of fate ice cream (good stuff :teeth:, it has lots of chocolate and peanut buttery tastes in it)
1/2 of a minibon from cinnabon
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies
banana
large salad at lunch(counts as two)
banana
banana( I like bananas :sunny: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: )
3. Had 8 glasses of water ;)
4. Had no fried foods today ;)

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program :cool1:
Today was a cross train for 30 minutes day. Since I didn't exercise yesterday, I did 45 minutes of cross training. I did the cross training on my bicycle.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day :smooth:
Went to town, this time I did my exercise before I went, and walked around a lot. I did a lot of shopping and stuff.

Bible Study
1. Did about 15 minutes of bible study today, so far. Read Malachi and James 1 and 2. James is a good book :teeth: .

[Zela]

Oh yeah, tomorrow is my weigh day so wish me luck. :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :wizard:

[Lesli54]

Looks like you are getting back on plan again. Keep up the good work and hope your weigh in went well. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

I lost 2.5 pounds yesterday! :cool1:

Yesterday's Goals

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
1 peanut butter/syrup cornflake cluster candy
2 green bean bunches wrapped in bacon slices
2. Had 8 glasses of water
3. Had 6 fruits and veggies
banana
XLG salad, veggie toppings on pizza, green beans in bunches(counts as three)
chili (with a lot of beans and more beans than meat)
banana
4. Had no fried foods today.

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program
Yesterday was a rest day. I rested. :teeth:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day yesterday, running errand, doing housework and cooking chili. ;)

Bible Study Goals
1. Last night, I remember reading something in the Bible but I can't remember where it was located. I doubt I spent 15 minutes reading the Bible.

[Zela]

Today's Goals

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :cool1:
but could have done without
1 peanut butter/syrup cornflake cluster candy
1/2 c. twist of fate ice cream
2. Had 11 glasses of water today
3. Had 6 servings of fruits and veggies
banana
XLG salad and veggie toppings on 2 pieces pizza (counts as 3)
banana
orange
4. Had no fried food today. :flower:

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on Walk/Run Program
Today was a W3/R1 10 times day. I did that on the TM even though I had a headache(poor me :sad2: but I feel better now)
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. I mostly sat on my hiney going through everything(and I mean everything :teeth: ) in my bathroom (cabinets, under the sink, drawers).

Bible Study Goals
1. I read my Encouragement for Today Devotional and my Dieter's Devotional that I get from Crosswalk.com by e-mail. However, that only took about 5 minutes.

[Lesli54]

Great job on the 2.5 lbs. lost! Keep working on things the way you are and you will reach that goal soon. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[mking624]

Oooh I didn't know Crosswalk did a dieter's devotion!! I will most definitely have to check that out!

Congrats on the 2.5 lbs GONE!!!! Way to go!!!!

[Zela]

Goals for 4-29

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :flower:
but could have done without
the 1/2 of a huddle house biscuit I ate (the biscuit appeared to be fried :sad2: so I only ate half)
the two clusters of string beans wrapped in bacon
the blue bell chocolate covered ice cream bar
the 1/2 of a rasberry zinger
the bite of fried fish
2. Had 13 glasses of water :cool1:
3. Had 7 seven servings of fruits and veggies :smooth:
banana
1 c. corn(counts as two)
banana
orange
squash
orange
4. Ate one bite of fried catfish.

Exercise Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a X training for 30 mins day. I rode the bike. (I really like riding my bike! :teeth: )
2. Stayed up and active all day running errands around town until after lunch and then doing housework when I got home.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did not read any bible or bible study materials :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2:

[Zela]

Goals for 4-30

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range ;)
and I made healthy food choices all day. :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
2. Had 10 glasses of water :teeth:
3. Had 6 servings of fruits and veggies :teeth:
banana
1 c. corn (counts as two)
banana
banana
orange
4. Had no fried foods today. I take that back if corn chips are counted as being fried (I ate a few with Salsa, :teeth: yummy).

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a 3 mile day doing the Walk 3/ Run 1 sequence. I did my 3 miles in 50 minutes and 58 seconds. This works out to be about a 17 minutes per mile pace. I was a little bummed because I couldn't run outside ( I had to use the TM). It rained all day long :sad2: .
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. There was a Gilmore Girls marathon on TV from 3 to 9. But I didn't "just" sit on my butt during that time. I hung up all of the laundry that had been forming a "hangup" pile in my tv room and I put up the various stacks of folded clothing. I did get some things accomplished :teeth: .

Bible Study Goals
1. I read Matthew 9:27-38, 11:20-30, 20:1-16, 21:33-46, and Mark 4:21-25 out of THE MESSAGE//REMIX. There is some good stuff in there :teeth: . I still didn't attain my goal of 45 minutes of bible study though.

[Lesli54]

Great job at steering back on track after the 29th! Keep up the great work! ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

Goals for 5-1

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
peice of dry cake I ate at my Grandparents 55th wedding anniversary
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies
banana
broccolli and bell pepper in lean cuisine
okra
banana
orange
3. Had 8 glasses of water
4. Had no fried food

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
Sunday was a rest day. I rested (I am very good at that :teeth: ).
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. I babysat my two younger brothers(enough said ;) ).

Bible Study Goals
1. Didn't write down in my journal if I had or hadn't studied. I can't remember doing it if I did :guilty: .

Goals for 5-2

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the 2 1/2 pizzalicious pringles I swiped from my little bro's plate
the 3 low carb chocolate cookies (my mom is on atkins)
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies
banana
orange
banana
banana
banana
3. Had 10 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
Monday was a W3/R1 for 40 mins day. I did this and went 2.92 miles in that time (including warmup and cool down which takes 5 minutes each).
2. Stayed up and active most of the day doing housework.

Bible Study Goals
1. Didn't write it down in my journal and don't remember doing any bible study. :guilty:

[Lesli54]

Didn't you hear? 55th anniversary cake is free since it very rarely happens. ;) Sounds good anyway. It is Wonderful that your grandparents have been married for so long.

Hope you have a good day. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

Goals for 5-3

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
2 choclate mint atkins cookies
2 kiss me solid chocolate frogs
blue bell chocolate covered ice cream bar
2. Had 4 fruits and veggies
banana
onions and bell peppers on giant fajita number 1
onions and bell peppers on giant fajita number 2
banana
3. Had 9 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a Xtrain for 40 mins day. These were done on the bike
2. Don't remember if I stayed up and active or not.

Bible Study Goals
1. Read Ephesians and Phillipians(in their entirety). It took about 30 minutes.

[Zela]

Goals for 5-4

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
green beans bunch wrapped in bacon
knock off cinnamon toast crunch cereal
4 kiss me solid chocolate frogs
2. Had 6 fruits and veggies
banana
grape tomatoes
green bean + veggies on dagwood style sandwich
banana
banana
3. Had 8 glasses of water
4. Had no fried food

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a rest day. I rested :teeth: .
2. Don't remember if I stayed up and active all day or not.

Bible Study Goals
1. Read Colossians 1 and 2. Took about 5 minutes.


This was also my weigh day. I lost another 2.5 pounds. :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[Zela]

Goals for 5-5

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
cooking melt away cookies (I saw them on food network while I used my treadmill :teeth:. I ate 4 of the cookies, and they are about the size of nickels. There was also lots of licking of the fingers involved in the cooking process :rolleyes1 )
2 bites of fried catfish
2. Had only 4 fruits and veggies
banana
banana
corn
corn
3. Had 11 glasses of water
4. Had 2 bites of fried catfish

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a W3/R2 for 40 minutes day. Including the warmup and cooldown (5 minutes each), I went 2.98 miles.
2. Don't remember if I stayed up and active all day or not.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study :guilty:

[Lesli54]

Cookies the size of nickels? I think I would be tempted to eat more than 4! :rolleyes1

Have a great day! ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[mking624]

Oh those cookies sound good!! I love the Food Network!

Have a great weekend!

[Zela]

Since I am so behind on my days I will now do one long entry. Since I have never taken "How to journal in bulk 101" it may be a bit hard to follow. :teeth:


Goals for 5-6 to 5-10

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range all days
but could have done without
5-6
ice cream of some unmentioned flavor (wasn't specific in my journal so it was probably fattening :guilty: )
5-7
pink snoball snack cake
1 nacho cheese dorito and one of the leftover meltaway cookies
6 lady fingers
5-8
1/2 of a hardees biscuit
1 meltaway cookie
5-9
biscuit from cracker barrel(but i did use promise butter on it instead of regular butter)
4 fried chicken tenders from the Wal Mart Deli with Honey Mustard dip
5-10
1 meltaway cookie
1/12 of the banana bread/cake (package of a butter recipe yellow duncan hines cake mix mixed with 6 bananas and 2 egg whites, and walnuts sprinkled on top to make banana bread/cake) with really fattening whipped icing
2. Fruits and veggies( had at least 5 servings all days except one)
5-6
banana
salad(counts as two)
banana
veggie toppings on two pcs thin crust pizza
5-7
banana
watermelon
watermelon
watermelon
watermelon
5-8
salad(counts as two)
fruit bowl from wendy's (counts as two)
chili from wendy's (b/c of all the beans counts as one)
5-9
banana
baby carrots (two servings)
green beans (two servings)
5-10
banana
watermelon
watermelon
banana
3. Had at least 8 glasses of water each of these days
4. Had no fried food except
5-9
4 fried chicken tenders from wal mart

[Zela]

Exercising Goals

1. Stayed on Walk /Run Program all days
5-6
Xtrain 30 min, done on bike
5-7
6 miles W3/R1, completed in 1:51:13 PACE approx. 18.5 min per mile
5-8
Rest day, completed
5-9
48 min W3/R1, (don't remember how far I went)
5-10
Xtrain 40 min, done on bike
2. Stayed up and active on 5-8,5-9, and 5-10 but not on 5-6 and 5-7.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no fruitful bible study anyday(I started reading the Bible a few of the days but then I would get distracted :guilty: :confused3 )

And that takes up all the slack.
My life is pretty crazy right now but maybe I'll be able to start posting more regularly again soon.

[Zela]

5-11

Eating Goals
1. Stayed within my points range
but could have done without
peice of banana bread/cake
2. Had 9 servings of fruits and veggies
1 c. watermelon
3 c. watermelon
3 c. watermelon
2 c. watermelon
3. Don't know if had all my water or not :confused3
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. This was a rest day. I rested :cloud9:
2. Don't remember if I stayed up and active or not :confused3

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study :guilty:

[Zela]

5-12

Eating Goals

1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the spongebob mac and cheese
2. Had 4 servings fruits and veggies :guilty:
banana
2 c. watermelon
tomatoes
3. Had 9 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals

1. It was a W3/R2 day for 40 minutes(plus 5 min. warmup and cool down). In this time I went 2.98 miles
2. Don't remember if I stayed up and active or not :confused3 .

Bible Study Goals

1. Did my 45 minutes . I read Genesis 1-21. pirate:

[Zela]

5-13

Eating Goals

1. Ate over my points range
because I ate
a peice of rasberry/blueberry pie at lunch
1/2 of a funnel cake(it was a one time thing :teeth: b/c I went to the fair with my 7 yr old brother)
2. Had 3 servings fruits and veggies
banana
2 servings black eyed peas
3. Don't know if I had all my waters or not. :confused3
4. Had fried funnel cake (but man was it yummy ;) )

Exercising Goals

1. This was a xtrain day for 45 min I believe. Maybe it was 30 (can't remember). Anyway I did it on the bike.
2. Stayed up an active most of the day. I went to the fair with a seven year old (need I say more :crazy: ).

Bible Study Goals

1. Got in 20 min of bible study (Read Genesis 22-31).

[Zela]

5-14

Eating Goals

1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
4 fried chicken tenders from churches (greasy, greasy, greasy :guilty: )
2. Had 4 fruits and veggies
banana
corn
corn
mashed potatoes
3. Had 11 glasses of water
4. Had 4 fried chicken tenders

Exercising Goals

1. This was a W3/R1 for 7 miles day. I did this in 2 hours 2 minutes and 24 seconds. It works out to be about a 17.5 minutes per mile pace. When I got bored I mixed it up with a little bit more of the running. At one point I ran for 8 minutes without stopping (I didn't even feel like I was going to die either :teeth: , I could have gone further). I remember when I first started getting back in shape I felt like I was going to implode if I jogged longer than 30 seconds. It sure is crazy how your body can change like that.
2. Did not stay up and active the rest of the day. I feel really good for about 1 hour and a half when I come back from my long W/R's but then I start getting stiff and mopey. If anyone has suggestions about how I could combat this please share it with me.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no Bible Study :guilty:

[Zela]

5-15

Eating Goals

1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the 2 Krispy Kreme mini cake donuts
the one full sized rapberry filled donut from Wal-mart
2. Had 6 fruits and veggies
morningstar veggieburger patty
brocolli
large salad (counts as two)
banana
banana
3. Don't know how much water I had :confused3
4. Had no fried foods (Oh wait, donuts are fried aren't they?)

Exercising Goals

1. It was a rest day. I rested princess: .
2. Stayed up and active for the second part of the day. My mother and I tackled the dreaded Super Wal-Mart Beast. Super Wal-Mart is kind of the like the devil :rotfl: . It masquerades as an angel of light. It bids you come, find everything you need/desire. And then, before you know it, it has its claws inside of you sucking you dry by way of things such as greed and jealousy(of course it's just a simile :laughing: )

Bible Study Goals

1. Did no bible study :guilty:

[Zela]

5-16

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
2 fried chicken tenders left over from Saturday
peice of Strawberry Comfort pie that I made
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies
banana
banana
veggieburger patty
watermelon
watermelon
3. Had 9 glasses of water
4. Had 2 fried chicken tenders

Exercising Goals
1. Today was a W3/R1 for 48 min day (plus 5 min warmup and cooldown). I went outside around the lake behind our house and down to the river since it was so nice out today. I haven't checked the actual mileage of it yet though. I'll do that later.
*****It was 3.175 miles, making the pace about 18 min 15 sec per mile*******
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. :guilty:

Bible Study Goals
1. Haven't done any yet today. If I do I will edit the post to include it tomorrow.
*********I did 20 min of bible study. I read Genesis 31-41************

[Zela]

5-17

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
and I ate healthy all day :banana:
2. Had 9 servings fruits and veggies today
banana
watermelon (3 c.)
veggieburger patty
tomato
watermelon (3 c.) :flower:
3. Had 8 glasses of water :sunny:
4. Had no fried foods today ;)

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a xtrain for 45 min day. Did it on bike. :sunny:
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. I watched a good deal of tv.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did 25 min of bible study. Read Genesis 42 - Exodus 2:11.

[Zela]

5-18 (weigh in : lost 2 pounds)

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range ;)
but could have done without
the voluptuous roll I had from Piccadilly (with real butter, might I add :teeth: )
2. Had 7 fruits and veggies
banana
mashed potatoes
string beans
salad
cantaloupe and honeydewmelon
orange juice
veggie tray with broccoli, cauliflower, baby carrots, and celery (the celery was gross but the rest was okay :flower: )
3. Had 8 glasses of water :cool1:
4. Had no fried food :)

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program.
It was a rest day. I rested. I also had an appt. with my GI doctor. I got to go down on some of my medicines. :cool1: :banana: :teeth:
2. Stayed up and active throughout the day. My doctor is located in town, so I did a little shopping while I was there too. :teeth:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did 10 min of bible study. Read Exodus 2:11- Chapter 5.

[Zela]

5-19

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :flower:
but could have done without
the bite of my mom's (full fat) rasperry cream cheese pie
the tbsp peanut butter in my tomato soup
2. Had 6 fruits and veggies :sunny:
banana
asparagus
asparagus
banana
tomato soup
banana
3. Had 12 glasses of water :teeth:
4. Had no fried foods :banana:

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R program
It was a W3/R2 day for 45 min plus 5 min warmup and cooldown. Don't know the distance.
*******the distance was 3.2 miles making it about 17 min 11 sec per mile*******
2. Stayed up and active all day doing housework(laundry, dishes, clutter control, etc.) :)

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study :guilty:

[Zela]

5-20

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the 2 gingersnaps with cool whip
2. Recorded only 4 veggies (I forgot to record what I had for supper this day)
banana
japanese veggies (counts as two)
banana
******also had turkey sandwich w/lots o veggies(which brings me to 5******
3. Recorded only 5 waters
4. Had no fried foods :)

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a Xtraining day. I did it on the bike
2. Stayed up and active doing housework most of the day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study :guilty:

[Zela]

5-21

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
4 chocolate covered rasberries
the three cashews I grabbed out of the can when no one was looking
2. Had 6 fruits and veggies
banana
mashed potatoes
string beans
baby carrots
strawberries
strawberries
3. Had 9 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a 4 mile day (I went a little over 4 though) doing the W3/R2 sequence. I did it in 1 hour 11 min and 16 sec. It works out to be about 17:30 minutes per mile.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. We went shopping in town.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study :guilty:

[Zela]

5-22

Eating Goals
1. Did not eat within my points range b/c I miscalculated my points at my red lobster lunch
I had:
1 cheese biscuit-4
1 caesar salad with petite shrimp-6
shrimp scampi-3
buttered vegetables-3.5 ( I counted them as zero b/c I thought they were steamed, but I found out after I had eaten all my points for the day, that they were 3.5 points)
1/2 pc of key lime pie
I also could have done without
the 1/2 pc of chicken pan pizza
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies :flower:
banana
caesar salad(counts as two)
buttered veggies
strawberries
3. Had 8 glasses of water :flower:
4. Had no fried foods :cool1:

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day. I rested and rode the HOG :moped: with my dad to Fort Walton Beach. It was very nice out! :teeth:
2. Didn't stay up and active most of the day. Was mostly sitting down. :guilty:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did 20 min worth of bible study
Read Exodus 5-12

[Zela]

5-23

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :cool1:
but could have done without
the pc of pan chicken pizza
2. Had 9 glasses of water :sunny:
3. Had 6 fruits and veggies :flower:
cinnamon applesauce
sauteed onions
peas (2 servings)
watermelon (2 cups)
4. Had no fried foods ;)

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program :teeth:
It was a W3/R2 day for 45 min plus 5 min warmup and cooldown. I went just over 3.2 miles. I went a little further than on last Thursday.
2. Did not stay up and active all day. I bummed around. :guilty:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study :guilty:

[Zela]

5-24

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :cool1:
but could have done without
1/2 of a skippy peanut butter bar
3 pizzalicious pringles
the fried chic-fil-a sandwich
2. Had 6 servings of fruits and veggies :flower:
banana
fruit cup at chic-fil-a
watermelon (2c.)
watermelon (2c.)
3. Had 10 glasses of water :sunny:
4. Had fried chic-fil-a chicken sandwich :confused3

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R program :flower:
It was a xtrain for 40 min day. I did this at the beach. For about 10 min we trekked down the beach to find the perfect spot, then we played (jumped, swam, etc) in the water for about 25 or 30 min, and then we trekked back down the beach to the car.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. Went to the beach. A good deal of beach walking happened, other than that mentioned above. :banana:

Bible Study Goals
1. Have not done any bible study yet, but will edit post if I do.
******Read Exodus 13-17****25 minutes

[Lesli54]

Love your outlook on the Super Walmart. So true, so true! Personally, I think it takes way too long to shop there and you come out more tired than had you gone to 5 different stores.

It's so AWESOME that you were able to go down on your meds. :cool1: That is always good news. Isn't it amazing what weight loss and a better lifestyle can do for you?

You are doing great and it is so nice to see how much you have lost since starting your weight loss journey. What an inspiration! :banana:

Have a great day! ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

5-25

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the gingersnaps and coolwhip free I ate
the bite of hardees biscuit (my grandparents live the next house over, and they send over hardees biscuits nearly every day)
2. Had ? glasses of water (not recorded)
3. Had 7 fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon (2 c.)
onions
onions
watermelon (2 c.)
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R program
It was a rest day. I rested.
2. Don't know if I stayed up and active or not (not recorded)

Bible Study Goals
1. Read Exodus 18 through 20. Only about 5 minutes.

[Zela]

5-26

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the ginger snaps and cool whip free
the bite of hardees biscuit
the 1 pts worth of foraging I did in the kitchen (a cashew here, a chip there :teeth: )
2. Had ? glasses of water (not recorded)
3. Had 7 fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon (2 servings)
peas (2 servings)
watermelon (2 servings)
4. Had no fried food

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R program
It was a W3/R2 day for 45 minutes with 5 min warmup and cooldown. I finished it but I know I was going slow. I don't think I hit the three mile mark. I didn't really measure it. I was in a crabby mood too. TOM was giving me greif.
2. Don't remember if I stayed up and active or not (not recorded)

Bible Study Goals
1. No bible study :guilty:

[Zela]

5-27

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
strawberry ice cream with cool whip free
an entire veggie lovers personal pan pizza (should have just ate half :guilty: )
2. Had ? glasses of water (not recorded)
3. Had 6 fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon (2 c.)
watermelon (2 c.)
veggies on personal pan veggie lovers
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a xtrain for 30 min day. I did it on the bike.
2. Don't remember if I stayed up and active all day or not (not recorded)

Bible Study Goals
1. No bible Study :guilty:

[Zela]

5-28

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the 1/2 pc of 3 cheese stuffed crust pizza
2. Had 6 fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon
watermelon
lettuce and tomato on Chargrilled Chicken Deluxe from Chicfila
medium sized fruit cup (counts as two)
3. Had 12 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a W3/R1 day for 8 miles plus 5 min warmup and cooldown. I did it in 2 hours, 17 minutes, and 49 seconds.This is about a 17 minute and 15 second per mile pace. I was pleased
2. Stayed up an active all day long. Had to tend to some shopping :teeth:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study :guilty:

[Zela]

5-29

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the pancakes (banana wheat to be exact)
the macadamia nuts, syrup and cool whip free I put on top of said pancakes
the two hamburger buns I ate w/ I can't believe it's not butter spray on them (the were light wheat buns though :teeth: )
2. Had 5 servings of fruits and veggies
banana
green beans (two servings)
green peas
lettuce on tuna salad wrap
3. Had all 8 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a rest day. I rested at home watching my little bros.
2. Did not stay up and active all day. Mostly watched tv w/ my bros.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did the devotional out of Evening by Evening (Spurgeon) for this day. But I wasn't able to fully focus on it, so it doesn't really count.

[Lesli54]

That pizza sure is hard to resist at times. Great job on your W3/R1 day. That is excellent work!

Have a wonderful day! ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[goldcupmom]

You're doing really really great at staying OP. I'm impressed w/ your fruit/veg consumption - that's my downfall. Your exercise is great, too. You're doing it! Doesn't it feel good??

[Zela]

Thanks for the encouragement ladies (lesli, goldcupmom)!

5-30

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the strawberry ice cream(just 1/2 cup)
the corn pudding(just 3 bites)
the rasberry zinger (only 1)
2. Had 4 fruits and veggies
banana
veggie burger
veggies (lettuce, tomato, pickles) on said burger
1 whole onion (grilled in tin foil on grill) and a few grilled mushrooms
3. Had all 8 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a R3/W2 day for 50 min plus warmup and cool down. I completed 3.65 miles giving me a pace of about 16 min and 30 seconds per mile. This running for 3 minutes thing kind of took me by surprise. I was about to go out the door and do the usual W3R2 sequence but I went to check to book just to make sure. I stared at the book for about 5 minutes. I thought "this must be a typo". In the back of my mind I was remembering how difficult it was when I changed to running 1 min to 2 min. I was a little unsure. I got out there and did it anyway. And you know what, it wasn't so bad :cool1: . I hardly even noticed it. I guess the longer you run, the more your body gets used to it! Oh yeah, and this was the first time I went out on the streets downtown to do my running and walking. It was lots of fun and the time seemed to pass by a lot faster. I don't know if I will ever use my TM again.
2. Did not stay up and active all day. It was memorial day so we grilled out and had a nice family lunch, then we kinda lazed around all day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty:

[Zela]

5-31

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
bite of corn pudding
the 2 mounds chocolate candies I ate
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies
pineapple(2 servings)
caesar salad(w/ 2 c. salad)
strawberries (1 c.)
3. Had 9 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a Xtraining day for 40 min. I had planned to ride my bike but it was all muddy outside and I didn't feel like getting mud slung up on my butt. Anyway, I did 15 min of Strength training exercises in the morning time. Then I went shoe shopping in the afternoon. We're talkin' some vigorous shoe shopping (not for the fainthearted). I needed to find some new running shoes. I finally ended up finding the same kind I already had (newbalance 401 running shoes) so I just bought them. I went a little crazy :banana: though. I bouught 3 pair. They were only 39 dollars a pair :teeth: . I was a good deal. I figured that would get me through till next summer. After I got home, I did 25 more min of strength training exercises.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. I went shoe shopping (I'm sure ;) you know what I mean).

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study :guilty: :guilty:

[Zela]

6-1

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the seven french fries I ate
2. Had 6 fruits and veggies
strawberries(1c.)
brocolli, baby carrots, peas (2 c.)
cinnamon applesauce
small caesar salad
lettuce and tomaton on grilled chicken sandwich
3. Had 9 glasses of water
4. Had 7 fried french fries

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a rest day. I rested :teeth:
2. Did not stay up and active all day. I rested of course.

Bible Study Goals
1. Read the June 1st devtional out of Evening by Evening (Spurgeon). Didn't take more than about 5 min.

[Zela]

6-2

Did not journal anything for yesterday so I'm just winging it from what I remember

I remember:
I ate within my points range
I had all my fruits and veggies
I had all my waters
I had no fried foods

I stayed on the W/R program
It was a W3/R2 day for 50 min plus 5 min warmup and cooldown.
I did 3.75 miles. That is a 16 minute per mile pace. That is a PR for me! :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :banana: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :teeth:
I did not stay up and active all day (butt sittin day)

Read the June 2 Evening by Evening devotional but only lasted about 5 min

[Zela]

6-3

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the bite of sausage
grilled cheese from sonic
2. Not sure if I met water goal or not (didn't record)
3. Had 6 fruits and veggies
strawberries (2 c.)
medium fruit cup (counts as two)
fruit bowl from walmart (counts as two)
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R program
Did 30 min of xtraining on bike
2. Stayed up and active all day. Went to town and did some shopping. I also saw the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" at the theaters with my sister. It was an alright movie. It was a little weird the way there were so many different stories to follow and mood changes in the movie. It was good though. :teeth:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study :guilty:

[Zela]

6-4

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the regular fat string cheese
the 15-18 Cooler Ranch Doritos
2. Had only 4 fruits and veggies
pineapple
lettuce and tomato on chargrilled chicken deluxe sandwich
large fruit cup (counts as two)
3. Had 11 waters
4. Had Doritos which are fried

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
Did b/t 6 and 6.5 miles (I've been told two different distances for the figure 8 on the track I do). I completed it in 1 hr 51 minutes and 22 seconds. This is between an 18 min and 35 sec per mile pace and a little under a 17 min and 15 sec per mile pace. I need to get an accurate distance.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. Went to the Pirate Festival in Fort Walton Beach with my dad and two little brothers. It was fun, but there was a lot of people there and Beau, the four yr old, got a blister :sad:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did about 20 min of bible reading before I went out to exercise, but I didn't write down what I read.

[Zela]

Here is a pic of me that was taken today. I'm hot stuff! :rotfl: I have some older pics on the first page of my journal if anyone wants to view them.
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[Zela]

Didn't write down anything in my journal past afternoon time on Sunday, 6-5, so I don't have all the info. This is what I remember.

4 fruits and veggies (toppings on veggie lovers personal pan :teeth:, 3 servings asparagus)

And I should not have eaten the entire personal pan or the 6-8 doritos.

Sunday was a rest day and I did rest. I went to church Sunday morning and we are starting a new study about how to handle the stresses of life.

That is all. :flower:

[Zela]

6-6

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
and I ate healthy all day long! :cool1:
2. Had 5 servings of fruits and veggies
veggie burger(morningstar)
toppings on veggie burger
banana
peas (two servings)
3. Had all 8 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a W3/R2 for 50 min day plus warmup and cooldown. I went a little farther than 3.75 miles which means I broke the 16 minutes per mile pace :cheer2: . As Kronk says on the Emperor's New Groove, "It's all comin' together" :banana: .
2. I did not stay up and active most of the day. My oldest sister came to visit and I mainly sat down and talked with her alot.

Bible Study Goals
1. Didn't do 45 minutes of bible study, however, I did do Monday's reading out of the new Sunday School book. It took about 5 or 10 minutes.

[Zela]

6-7

Eating Goals
1. Did not eat within my points range
b/c I ate
at the pizza hut buffet for lunch (ate 4pcs pizza :confused3 )
at at o charleys for supper (my salad was not prepared with the dressing on the side, but I ate it anyway and it was bleu cheese dressing too :guilty: )
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies
banana
veggies on 2 pcs pizza
salad (counts as two)
salad (small counts as one)
3. Had all 8 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a xtrain for 45 min day, I did so on the bike. It was pleasant.
2. Stayed up and active all day. Went to the Outlets in Foley with my sister. When we went to eat at pizza hut, we ran into an old fried of ours. We grew up in church together and I hadn't seen him in a long time. Everytime in the past that I saw someone from the past I would think "well crap, I guess the only thing that has changed about me is I am fatter :confused3 ". But, not this time. This time I thought, "Yeah, that's right I'm hot stuff :teeth: ! Oh yeah, and you don't look so bad yourself." Our friend looked pretty good :blush: and I'm glad that this time I was able to be proud that I had seen someone that I hadn't in a while. It's really great to have that feeling, when you know you look good(healthy) :banana: .

Bible Study Goals
1. Did the bible reading out of the Sunday School book for Tuesday. However, it wasn't very long so it only took about 5 minutes to complete.

[Zela]

6-8 (since I ate four pts over on 6-7 I did some reverse banking and only ate 25 of my 29 alotted pts to even it out)

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the 3 kiss me chocolate truffle frogs
the chocolate covered blue bell ice cream bar
2. Had 6 fruits and veggies
banana
banana
peas (three servings)
toppings on a grilled chicken sandwich
3. Had all 8 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a rest day and I rested. :teeth:
2. Did not stay up and active all day. I lazed around. :rolleyes1

Bible Study Goals
1. Did the bible reading out of Sunday School book for Wednesday. Only took about 5 min though :guilty: . I didn't get in any other reading.

[Zela]

6-9

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
10 hashbrowns from burger king
1.5 french toast sticks from burger king
2. Had 5 servings of fruits and veggies
banana (only 1/2 serving)
tomato and onions sandwich
1.5 servings of veggies in salmon and basil lean cuisine
1 serving veggies in roasted turkey lean gourmet
cinnamon applesauce
3. Had all 8 glasses of water
4. Had fried hashbrowns and french toast sticks :guilty:

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a W3 R2 day for 50 min plus warmup and cooldown. I went b/t 3.75 and 3.8 miles which means I was doing a smidge better than a 16 minute per mile pace :cheer2: .
2. Did not stay up and active after my run.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school preparation reading for this day. Took 5 minutes.

[Zela]

6-10

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the snitches (when I grab a bite of something and a bite of something there)
2. Had 5 servings fruits and veggies
3 servings of onions and bell peppers
applesauce
applesauce
3. Had all 8 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a xtrain for 30 min day (I believe or maybe it was 40?) anyway, I did my Veena and Neena Bellydancing for Beginners fat burning workout. It was a lot of fun but was not a good choice the day before the 10 mile walk/run. My calves were so sore :sad2: .
2. Did not stay up and active the rest of the day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Read the bible study from sunday school book (only 5 min).

[Zela]

6-11

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the caesar dressing and parmesan cheese on my salad from BK
the little debbie oatmeal cream pie
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies
applesauce
humongo salad (counts as three)
applesauce
3. Had more than 8 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a 10 mile day. I completed 10 miles in 166 minutes. This is a 16.6 minutes per mile pace :cheer2: (I think I am progressing nicely pirate: ).
2. Did not stay up and active the rest of the day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Read the bible study for this day out of the sunday school book(only 5 min).

[Zela]

6-12

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the 3 whole light wheat bunny bread buns I ate with spray butter :guilty:
2. Had 5 fruits and veggies
applesauce
caesar salad
fruit bowl(counts as two)
veggie burger patty
3. Had all 8 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a rest day. I rested. My mother and I took my two little brothers to see the Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl 3-D. It was pretty entertaining. :teeth:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day going to the movies and grocery shopping w/ my mother(this is a workout let me tell you!).

Bible Study Goals
1. I went to Sunday School and I also read the reading from the sunday school book (30 min)

[Zela]

6-13

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the 3 musketeers chewlicious air head thingy
the 4 huge chicken tenders from Wal Mart (like twice the size of normal ones)
the entire 4 oz. container of Naturally Fresh(?) Honey Mustard
2. Had only 3 fruits today
3 bananas
3. Had about 6 waters
4. Had the fried chicken tenders

Exercising Goals
1. It was a W3R2 day for 50 min plus warmup and cooldown. Let me get some background info in. On Friday I did the bellydancing workout (it killed my calves :mad: ). Then on Saturday I did 10 miles (on the TM might I add). On Sunday I was pretty dead. Monday came and My muscles were still very fatigued and I was having a little pain on the left side of my left foot right below the ankle bone. I figured it was better to play it safe than sorry so I didn't exercise this day. I went with my sister to town and walking around a little while she was shopping.
2. I didn't stay up and active all day.

Bible Study Goals
1. I did this day's bible reading from the Sunday School Book(only 5 min)

[Zela]

6-14

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the honey roasted cashews
Edy's ice cream (but it was light though)
the ice cream cone cupcake with whipped icing
the plain cupcake (I didn't add oil or eggs just a can of diet mt dew so they were low fat :teeth: )
2. Had 9 servings fruits and veggies
banana
applesauce
lot of lettuce on sandwich (counts as two)
strawberries
veggies in frozen dinner
whole can green beans (3 servings)
3. Had all 8 glasses of water
4. Hd no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a xtrain for 40 min day. I did my denise austin personal training dvd (the high intensity aerobic workout, low intensity upper body, abs and stretch session).
2. Did stay up and active most of the day cleaning, and what not.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study.

[goldcupmom]

You're doing really really great! Food is good, exercise is FANTASTIC!

I'm impressed!

Keep hangin in there!

[Lesli54]

Finally, I have caught up with you again.

WOW, Z! You are beautiful. It was such a nice surprise to see your photo and that great smile because you have come so far. I did look at the progress pics, what an inspiration! Maybe you can walk me through how to post pics. I have problems with getting them done.

You are doing great! Keep up the great work. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

P.S. The belly dancing sounds like fun.

[Zela]

Sorry it has been so long since I added to my journal! My computer is stupid :badpc: . It hasn't been letting me change my siggy, post, or even change the color on the site. It makes me very angry sometimes :mad: . I used my sis's computer to update my siggy yesterday. I am using my mother's computer to post today, but I hope my computer will just start working again magically :wizard: .


6-15 ( was a weigh day gained 1.5 pounds :scared1: )

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the bite of pork roast
two bites of baked beans
2. Had 10 fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon(4c.=4 servings)
watermelon(2c.=2 servings)
banana
veggies on chargrilled chicken sandwich
banana
3. Had 9 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a rest day. I rested :teeth:
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. Although, I did go visit my brother and we went to the theaters to see Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It was pretty good (then again, any movie with Brad Pitt in it gets my vote :love: )

Bible Study Goals
1. Did Sunday School Bible Study for this day. The Sunday School Bible Studies only take about 5- 10 minutes at the most. :guilty:

[Zela]

6-16

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
two pizza hut breadsticks :guilty:
2. Had 9.5 servings fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon (4 servings) :teeth:
veggies on 2 pcs thin chicken supreme
whole can of green beans(3.5 servings)
3. Had 8 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a W3R2 for 45 min day plus the 5 min warmup and cooldown. I went 3.41 miles in that time making a 16.12 min per mile pace :teeth:
2. Did not stay up and active all day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did not read Sunday School Bible Study for this day.

[Zela]

6-17

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
pc of my 5 yr old bro's chocolate cream cheese cake :love:
2. Had 7 servings of fruits and veggies
banana
mushrooms in a completely mushroom bake (2 servings)
2c. strawberries
2c. strawberries
3. Had 8 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a xtrain for 30 min day
I did the 20 min aerobic portion of my 30 days to thinner thighs video and then I did some strength training totaling 10 min. In the stregth training I used my 3 lb weights and did lots of arm and upper body exercises. I also did about 60 regular crunches on my stability ball and 20 sideways crunches on each side.
2. Stayed up and active all day cleaning to get ready for my bro's b-day party.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did Sunday School Bible Study for yesterday and today. It took about 10 or 15 min.

[Zela]

6-18

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the kid's scoop from baskin robbins(although it was the pineapple coconut low fat or sugar free kind :teeth: )
2. Had 11 fruits and veggies
banana
morningstar farms garden veggie patty
lettuce and tomato on veggie burger(2 servings)
watermelon (3 c.)
fruit bowl from wendy's (counts as 2 servings)
caesar salad from wendy's (counts as 2 servings)
3. Had 12 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was an 8 mile day. I completed it in about 2 hrs 11 min and 52 seconds. That gives about a 16.5 min per mile pace.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. Had to make a long trip to town to buy groceries and such.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did Sunday School Bible Study for this day. Only about 5 min long.

[Zela]

6-19

Eating Goals
1. Did not eat within my points range :guilty:
because i ate
about 1/2 a pc of key lime pie an about 1/2 of a pc of chocolate decadance cake (I hate cake, it has a power over me :worship: ) :teeth:
2. Had 10 servings of fruits and veggies
banana
salad (2 c.)
peas
watermelon(2c.)
watermelon(2c.)
watermelon(1c.)
watermelon(1c.)
3. Not sure if I got all my waters or not
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day. It didn't rest a whole lot though.
2. I stayed up and active all day. I babysat my brothers while my parents went for a father's day ride on the hog :moped: . Oh and another interesting thing. I tried sushi today. I had tried it once before, but it was pretty gross :crazy2: . Anyway I tried bbq eel, salmon, tuna, and some other meaty kind. I also tried some veggie sushi with daikon, carrots, avocado, and cucumber. Out of all of them I surprisingly preferred the bbq eel and the avocado ones. I like to try new things. Even if I've tried something once before I like to try it over and over when I come in contact with it just to make sure I don't like it ;) . I woudn't want to miss out on something good!

Bible Study Goals
1. Did Bible Study for Sunday School and went to sunday school. Together it was about 45 min.

[Zela]

6-20

Eating Goals
1. Did not eat within my points range
because I ate
a junior banana split at sonic
1/2 pc of key lime pie :guilty:
1/2 pc of lemon supreme pound cake :guilty:
2. Had 10 servings fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon (2.5 c.)
salad with whole apple chopped up (3 c.)
veggie burger
tropical drink with whole banana
strawberries (1c.)
1/2 banana in jr. banana split
3. Had 8 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a W3R2 day for 45 min plus 5 min warmup and cooldown. I don't remember how far I went exactly but I remember that I was slower that day. I want to say I did a 17 minute per mile pace.
2. Did not stay up and active all day. Spent most of the day taking my grandmother to and from the doctor. I probably sat on my booty in my car for at least a solid 3 hrs.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study. :guilty:

[Zela]

6-21

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the tropical colada (i think its v8 brand or something?)
1/2 a pc of coconut devil's food cake
2. Had 13 fruits and veggies :banana:
banana
3c. of veggies that I cooked on the stove( included was bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, eggplant and somethin else that I can't remember, Oh yeah, it was tomatoes)
5c. watermelon
4c. watermelon
3. Had 8 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a xtrain for 30 min day.
Since I visited my sister that day I did the x training on her nordic track, while we watched the dvd that she made of us when we went to DW last September for Night of Joy. She added all kinds of titles and transition to it. It is very nice. I love seeing me and my sis at DW. It makes me get the warm fuzzies. The video has some of our ride there, the entire preshow to rock'n rollercoaster, the loading area, the whole people mover(even the inside dark parts because she has night mode on her camera :smooth: ), the whole peter pan ride, the whole winnie the pooh ride, the whole mexico ride, the loading area to space mountain, and the entirety of spaceship earth. I couldn't think of a better thing to watch while I was exercising. :teeth:
2. I did not stay up and active all day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did Sunday school bible study for yesterday and today (took about 10 to 15 minutes)

[Zela]

6-22 (Weigh in day I got back on schedule and lost 6.5 lbs, but the real question is will it stay off)

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
1/2 pc of lemon supreme cake
the hot dog (although it was made mostly of chicken)
2. Had 10 servings of fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon
2c. squash and onions cooked in the microwave without oil or butter
2c. steamed cabbage
watermelon 4 c.
3. Not sure if I got all my waters or not
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day. I rested.
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. Though, I did play ping pong with one of my good friends for about 45 minutes in the blazing hot church gym. It was a lot of fun. It reminded me of my younger days :rotfl2: .

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study. :guilty:

[Zela]

6-23

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range but could have done without
the bite of sweet and sour chicken nugget
2. Had 15 fruits and veggies
banana
banana
4 c. squash prepared without oil or butter in microwave
jar of 3rds peach cobbler baby food(has no fat i believe and it was a pretty good substitute for the real thing)
5 c. watermelon
banana
2 c. cataloupe
3. Had 8 glasses of water.
4. Had that bite of fried sweet and sour chicken nugget

Exercising Goals
1. It was a W3R2 day for 40 min plus 5 min warmup and cooldown. I went 2.95 miles in this time, which works out to be about a 17 minute per mile pace.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day getting groceries and buying things from wal-mart :scared1:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study for yesterday and today. Took about 10 or 15 minutes.

[Zela]

6-24 (a very bad food choices day)

Eating Goals
1. Did not eat within my points range
because I ate
1/2 of a creme horn/creme twirl/french horn (whichever you prefer)
2 of the crusts off some pizza
a 2 inch diameter ball of PB, karo syrup, and corn flakes mixed together(very yummy but exceedingly bad for you)
1 chewy chips ahoy cookie
2. Had 12 servings of fruits and veggies :banana:
banana
4c. watermelon
3c. cantaloupe
2c. watermelon
veggies on a loaded veggie pizza slice
1c. cantaloupe
3. Had 10 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a xtrain for 30 min day. I was visiting my sister again, so I used her nordic track. while we watched George of the Jungle.
2. Did not stay up and active much while at my sisters house. We did some laundry, watched the disney home video again, watched the happiest celebration on earth dvd and did other things that involved sitting down.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day (about 5 min)

[Zela]

I think that's all the days that I am behind on. Anyways, thanks for the compliments and the encouragement goldcupmom and lesli 54. It really helps :grouphug: when I haven't been able to post for a while. I'm sorry I haven't had more time to get involved in ya'lls journals. Sometimes I can barely find the time to post to mine.

[Lesli54]

Sounds like you have been bit by the pastry/cakes monster lately. That's one of my downfalls, especially if it is really good. :rolleyes1

Anyways, it sounds like you have done fairly well while you were absent. I think you and I should stick together and see if we can break into the 100's SOON! What you said in your journal about seeing such a low number is the same thing that I am feeling. It seems so surreal, BUT, I know now that I can succeed and so can you! :banana:

Have a wonderful day! ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

6-25

Eating Goals

1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
peanut butter/karosyrup/cornflake ball with breakfast
2. Had 9 fruits and veggies, 8 were fresh :banana:
banana
tuna salad with 3c. lettuce
banana
2 c. strawberries
1 c. of smoothie with 1 c. of strawberries in it
veggies out of frozen dinner
3. Had 10 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a 5 mile day doing the w3r2 sequence. I threw in some w3r7 sequences every now and then :smooth: . I completed the 5 miles in 79 minutes 55 seconds, a pace of about 16 minutes per mile. :banana:
2. Did not stay up and active all day.

Bible Study Goals
1. I believe I did my Sunday School Bible Study this day. :teeth:

[Zela]

6-26

Eating Goals

1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the Edys ice cream with coconut on top (but it was slow churned light Edy's :teeth: )
the 2 fried oysters :guilty:
2. Had 9 fruits and veggies, 8 were fresh
banana
2c. veggies in pizza cups (mushrooms, eggplant, tomato, bell pepper etc.)
2c. squash prepared with no butter
servings canned peas
banana
grilled chicken caesar salad (counts as two)
3. Had only about 8 glasses of water
4. Had 2 fried oysters (but they are my favorite :love: and i haven't had them in a while)

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a rest day. I rested.
2. Stayed up and active all day watching my little brothers. They are little heathens, but I love them anyway :love2: !

Bible Study Goals
1. Read Sunday School Bible Study for this day.

[Zela]

6-27

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the full fat ranch dressing on the wrap I had at my sister's house(but that was all she had, she's pregnant and she can eat anything she wants :rolleyes1 )
the one swiss roll out of the two pack :guilty:
2. Had 8 fruits and veggies, all were fresh
banana
lettuce and tomato on wrap (counts as two)
3c. watermelon
2c. cantaloupe
3. Had only 5 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a w3r2 for 30 min day plus warmup and cooldown. I only went 2.35 miles during that time. It was about a 17 min per mile pace. :guilty:
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Will have to look at bible study book later to see if i did it or not. I can't remember but i will edit this post when i look to make sure. I did not do the Sunday School Bible Study.

[Lesli54]

Looks like you are doing good! Personally, I think it is success if you can eat ONLY 1 swiss roll out of a two pack. ;)

You are doing an AWESOME job! Keep up the good work. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

Hey I haven't posted for Tuesday or today yet but I don't feel like it so I'm gonna wait until I do.

This weekend is the real deal. It is the end of the Marathoning for Mortal Walk/Run Half Marathon training program. I am supposed to do 13.1 miles this Sunday and I am scared to death :scared1: . I am not actually going to be in a race but I will be doing the distance and someone else is going to time me and have water for me and all. The whole long distance thing hasn't scared me up until now. I did 6 then 8 then 10 miles without even giving it a thought, but 13.1 seems like so much more. I keep having these doubts. It's like there are little voices saying things like "You don't actually think you can do this do you?" or "Z, what the heck were you thinking when you got yourself into this?". I'm just feeling very unsure about the whole situation. This morning when I weighed I was feeling pretty good b/c I am down to 202, however the rest of the day I have let myself sit and stew about this weekend (i.e. what if i can't finish, what if i am too slow, what if i give up :scared1: ). Well I'm pretty much freakin out :scared: right now so if anyone has anything to say that might be of some help please tell me. I feel like I am losing my mind! :confused:

[NYcpa]

The anticipation of doing a certain milage is generally worse than actually doing it. If you don't make the distance or the time, you can always try again. You are not a failure if you don't finish. You had the courage to start. :cheer2: :cheer2:

I am already second guessing why I signed up for the Jan half. I figured it would be incentive to walk, which would in turn take some of the pounds off. I fille i can do the distance but currently will come nowhere near the required time. I will just keep trying to get faster.

Position your water support at given spots and think to yourself, I only have to go x miles or whatever, when you get to that point, move onto the second water stop and do the same. Break the distance up into smaller distances and focus on the breaks for water not the entire 13.1 miles.

Hope you have some cooler temps to do the milage.

When you finish, you will hopefully say to yourself "What was the big deal"

Good luck on you 1/2 and try not to get too stressed.

[Lesli54]

Of course, I have something to say............"You're gonna do GREAT!" :banana: :cheer2: :banana: :cheer2: Just think, you have done smaller marathons before and so you have an idea of what to expect and how to pace yourself. Not to mention that you probably had more weight on (unless that was pre-weight gain). I would think that it would be easier to do the marathon this weekend with less of you to carry around.

Not to mention, that it is wonderful exercise and just think, maybe this weekend we can hit ONEDERLAND together! Wouldn't that put the icing on the cake (just don't eat it ;) )of your marathon accomplishment?

I think you should go for it. What do you have to lose? Nothing but a few lbs. If you find that you cannot make the entire distance, then you know that you can stop with the full knowledge that you tried. You won't be a quitter if you give it your best, but you will be a quitter if you don't try.

Just put on the headphones and go.

Today, in the paper, I saw that our town is doing a 1 and 2 mile walk in September and I am considering doing that. We will see.

Have a great evening and don't worry. Remember you said that when you got to 204 you knew you could do anything. So go tackle that challenge this weekend. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

6-28

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the 3 deep fried green tomatoe slices(homemade, my mom made them, Yummy!)
the cherry turnover
2. Had 13 servings fresh fruits and veggies :banana:
banana
watermelon 2c.
watermelon 2c.
watermelon 2c.
cantaloupe 2c.
watermelon 2c.
watermelon 2c.
3. Had all 10 glasses of water
4. Had the fried green tomatoes.

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
It was a xtrain for 30 min day. Today I vacuumed and swept every inch of a very large house ("How large could it be?" you say). It took me 3 HOURS of nonstop vacuuming and sweeping. It was kinda fun though. I had the house all to myself and had my little boombox blaring. I got to kind of dance around while I was vacuuming since I knew noone was looking :blush: (I hope there were no hidden cameras :teeth: ). Anyway, I counted 30 min of that as my xtraining.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day cleaning and vacuuming and sweeping.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study. :guilty: :guilty:

[Zela]

6-29

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
2 nutter butter patty cookies
2. Had 8 servings fresh fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon 2c.
veggieburger patty
whole tomato
watermelon 1c.
watermelon 2c.
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods. :cool1:

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day. I rested.
2. Did not stay up and active all day. I was pretty lazy :guilty: .

Bible Study Goals
1. Did Sunday School Bible Studies from Monday, and Tuesday of this week. Today being Tuesday, of course. :teeth:

[Zela]

Thanks for the encouragement ladies! I think I was just in a funk yesterday. I really was freakin out. But today I am better. I am not as stressed. Whatever happens, happens. I prepared myself just how the program said. I can only do MY best. :cheer2:

Nycpa, thanks for the tip about breaking it up into smaller parts. I think I will break it up into 3 mile increments (you know 3,6,9,12,finish). Your comment made me remember a part in the Marathoning for Mortals book (i think that was the one) where someone was racing alongside another. One turned to the other and said, "So and So, how do you eat an elephant?". So and so said "I don't know, how?". The other said "One bite at a time." :teeth:

Lesli, thanks for reminding me that I said I felt like I could do anything when I got to 204. I had forgotten. It is so easy to forget our accomplishments and small victories and replace them with doubts. :flower:

[NYcpa]

Zela - great job on the food choices. Don't beat yourself up over the nutter butter patty cookies. Think of them as additional protein. Also depriving yourself of onething can lead to binging on something else because you feel deprived.

I'm glad to see your positive attitude is back. We all have those day when we wonder if we have set the right course. You have trained hard for Saturday. You have the skills need to do it. Have fun and do your best.

[NYcpa]

Thanks for the kind words in my journal. Yes I know what a colonoscopy is. That is the next step. The prelim appt will be set up for 2 weeks when I am back in town for the week. When the doctor suggested it back in Nov I ignored her. She suggested it then because I am over 50. It seems your body falls apart when you hit 50. I have had different drs tell me when they recommend some new test or procedure why I never needed it before. Their response is usually "you have never been 50 before."

[lajones81]

Zela,
Wow! What an amazing job on your weight loss! Wonderful! I know you will reach your goal soon! :)
Keep up the hard work! :)

Lisa

[Zela]

6-30

Eating Goals

1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
1 pc of pan fried bread/biscuit dough (my momma made it)
2. Had 9 fresh fruits and veggies :banana:
banana
apple
banana
watermelon (3c.)
cantaloupe (3c.)
3. Had all 10.5 glasses of water
4. Had the pan fried bread :guilty:

Exercising Goals

1. It was a w3r2 day for 30 min plus warmup and cooldown. I went 2.41 miles in 40 min 6 sec. This is a pace of about 16 and 3/4 min per mile.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. Went with my next to oldest sister to her OB appt. She is 20 wks and they were supposed to be able to tell the gender, but The baby was sitting indian style ;) and the ultrasound tech couldn't see well enough to tell.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for today. :cheer2:

[Lesli54]

Good luck in the marathon tomorrow. Just do your best and God will take care of the rest. ;)

I bet you will feel great for having tried this challenge. Keep up the good work! ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

BTW.....I went out and bought the Goddess Workout so that I could learn to belly dance. I have always wanted to try that, but never thought of it as exercise until you mentioned it. Thanks for the tip.

[Zela]

7-1

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the 3 bites of BBQ pork
3.5 breadsticks from olive garden
1/2c. fettucini alfredo from olive garden (I asked our waitress if I could just get the fett.alf. off the kids menu since I didn't want very much, but she said she couldn't do that. However, she said that she could charge me for a side of fett. alf (it cost 2.95 and my soup cost 3.95). Anyway to make a long story short, I ended up getting the minestrone soup, 3.5 breadsticks, a nice sized salad, and about 2 c. of fett. alf. for only about 7.50 :banana: )
2. Had 8 servings fresh fruits and veggies :cool1:
banana
cantaloupe
watermelon 3c.
cantaloupe
cantaloupe
salad at olive garden
3. Had 10 glasses of water, i think :rolleyes1
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program. It was a xtrain for 30 min day. I cleaned bathrooms for 1.5 hours this day. I counted 30 min of that as xtraining :flower: . Oh and I also did a tad of running. My sister wanted to get a treadmill and wanted me to test some out at the store for her. I did try them out but we didn't end up getting one for her on this day.
2. Stayed up and active all day. Cleaned bathrooms for the better part of the morning and went treadmill shopping all night long.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day. :teeth:

[Zela]

7-2

Eating Goals
1. Stayed within my points range :cool1:
but could have done without
the tablespoon of wilton yellow cake icing :banana: (yummy!)
2. Had 7 fruits and veggies
watermelon
banana
various veggies on subway 6-inch(counts as two)
various veggies on subway 6-inch(counts as two)
banana
3. Had 11 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Stayed on W/R Program
I was supposed to W3R2 for 20 min plus warmup and cooldown, however I went treadmill shopping with my sis again today. I tried out about 20 treadmills for about a minute a piece so I am counting that as my exercise :teeth: )
2. Stayed up and active all day. I went treadmill shopping. We actually did buy one for my sis today.

Bible Study Goals
1. Am going to do sunday school bible study as soon as I get through posting :flower:

[Zela]

Here I am posting my last post before I do 13.1 miles. I have to go to bed at 5:30 b/c I am going to start at 3AM :bitelip: so I can beat the heat, if you know what I mean. Even starting then, I am still going to be in the heat for an hour and a half. I will be well rested if I can get to sleep. I tried to "carb load" a little bit for the past two days. I normally don't eat a lot of bread or pasta, but yesterday I had the fettucini alfredo and breadsticks and today I had a total of a foot long honey oat sub from subway and a leftover breadstick. I will hydrate myself with water and strawberry gatorade (yum!). I think it will all work out. I hope everything goes as planned. If it doesn't, it's not that big of a deal. There is always next time :teeth: .

:cheer2: :cheer2: :banana: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[Lesli54]

Looking forward to hearing how the marathon turns out. Great job on going for a smaller portion at the Olive Garden. I will never understand why restaurants won't allow you to get a kids portion. You are still spending the money and it didn't cost them any extra. :confused3

Good luck! :banana: ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[NYcpa]

How did your half go yesterday? We are waiting for a report. Any distance finished is an accomplishment.

have a great day.

[Zela]

Hey everyone!

This is post is about the half marathon distance I ran this morning.
Well, I got up at 1:45AM to eat breakfast, put on sunblock, and grab all the things I was going to need (water, gatorade, cups, my stopwatch, an extra pair of tennis shoes and socks, small flashlight, and my sunglasses just in case it got really bright). My dad said to just wake him at a quarter till 3 and he would be ready (Isn't my dad the best the get up at 3 in the morning on Sunday, his only day off from work, to come and hand me cups of water and gatorade and time me. I love my daddy! :love2: ). So I got my dad up and off we went. We went to the Tom Thumb so dad could get some coffee, so he could stay awake, and to get batteries for my flashlight. I had wanted to start at three but we were about 3:15 getting to the park. It was so dark when I got there. My flashlight came in very handy (I didn't want to step on a snake or anything else living :scared1: ). It was cool out (there was even a little breeze at times :teeth: ) while it was still dark. When the sun rose it was a different story. The sun rose about 5:30 and it got hot :sunny: quick with no breeze. I drank only water every lap up until about an hour and a half into it, then, I started to alternate getting water and gatorade one lap and just water the next. I always slowed down to drink my fluids so I wouldn't just cover myself with them. The figure 8 at the park is 1.25 miles and the regular loop is close to 1 mile. Total I did 10 laps on the figure 8 part and 1 of the regular loops.
Total distance was approximately 13.5 miles :banana: .
I finished in 3 hours 22 minutes and 56.1 seconds :banana: :banana: .
That is nearly a pace of 15 minutes per mile :banana: :banana: :banana: . Oh yeah! :cheer2: :cheer2: :banana: :cheer2: :cheer2:

I am very proud of myself to know that my body, imperfect as it may be, can carry me 13.5 miles without dying! :rotfl2:

[Lesli54]

Great job, Z! :banana: :cool1: :banana: :cool1:

I knew you could do it. Doesn't it feel good to have accomplished something that you never would have been able to do a few months ago? Now you really got me thinking about that 2 mile walk this Sept.

Have a wonderful day feeling good and make sure you get some rest, you deserve it! ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[NYcpa]

You did fantastic :thewave: Glad your dad was willing to get up and furnish you water stops and time you.

You accomplished the distance so it won't be so :scared1: :scared1: next time. Hope you are not sore tomorrow. Rest and stay hydrated.

[Jane E.]

Zela, congrats on running 13.5 miles. I've always wanted to do a half marathon but could never get above 5 miles. Getting up at 3a.m. is never easy. Way to Go!! :cheer2:

[Zela]

7-3

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the 5 andes mints(I was looking through my purse and they were staring at me :earseek: , must have thrown them in my bag after olive garden the other night)
yeast roll at golden corral
chocolate chip cookie at golden corral (i'm normally not a big fan of cookies, cookie dough of course is a different story :teeth: , but I swear these cookies tasted just like the big cookies you used to could buy at Hardees :love: )
1 bite of my neices birthday cake (white with white frosting :crazy2: )
2. Had 9 servings of fresh fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon 4c.
salad 2c. (romaine,onions,tomatoes,olives,bellpeppers)
steamed broccoli and cauliflower 1c.
banana
3. Had about 12 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was my Half Marathon distance day. I already posted about how it went above. I went 13.5 miles b/c it was easier to measure out accurately. I did it at about a 15 minute per mile pace. :cheer2:
2. Did stay up and active all day, b/c I did the half and walked around alot in town that afternoon.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day. :teeth:

[Zela]

7-4

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
kudos snickers bar
lilo and stitch cereal ( I just had to see what it tasted like)
the 2 TBlsp Bleu Cheese dressing on my salad ( it had like 18 g of fat in one serving :scared1: )
the corn pudding (it was very good but I only ate a 1.5"X2" slice)
2 bites of parents anniversary cake
2. Had 8 fresh fruits and veggies
watermelon 4c.
lettuce and tomato salad (2c.)
banana
watermelon 1c.
3. Not sure if I had all waters (sometimes I forget to count :guilty: )
4. Had no fried foods today

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day. I joyfully rested. :cool1:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. It was weird b/c my legs wouldn't hurt when I was walking, they would only hurt really bad if I sat down for a while and then got up. You wanna talk about some hurtin' ...........but, it's all good b/c I know why I hurt :rolleyes1 . :banana: :cheer2: :banana:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did no bible study for this day :guilty:

[Zela]

7-5(don't have a complete food journal entry for this day, however I remember counting up my pts and i didn't go over)

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
1/2 of kudos snickers bar
meat loaf (i restrained myself to 1/2 of a normal serving)
2. Had 9 fresh fruits and veggies
watermelon 3c.
lett. and tomato salad 2c.
watermelon 2c.
veggies on wrap at ruby tuesdays
mashed cauliflower at ruby tuesdays
3. Had 11 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goal
1. It was a xtrain for 20 min day, i did it by cleaning bathrooms :sad2: .
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. Cleaned bathrooms for about an hour and did other various tasks that invovle moving.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did Sunday school bible study for yesterday and today. :teeth:

[Jane E.]

Hi Zela, that mashed cauliflour sounds delicious. I haven't been to Ruby Tuesdays since they got rid of their quiche about 5 years ago. The last time dh & I went I couldn't find anything I liked to eat on their menu. I've got to give it another try.

Congrats for staying within your points, especially on the 4th! :cool1:

[Zela]

7-6 ( Today was a weigh day. I'm down to 200! :cheer2: :cheer2: :banana: :cheer2: :cheer2: )

Eating Goals
1. Stayed within my points range
but could have done without
2 pc sweet cornbread
pc of cake (but it was angel food cake w/ cool whip free) :teeth:
2. Had 9 fruits and veggies
2 c. romaine lettuce
1 c. squash and onions
banana
watermelon 3 c.
watermelon 2 c.
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day so I rested. :flower:
2. Don't really remember if I was active most of the day or not, b/c I honestly have no recollection of what I did on Wednesday. :guilty:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did Sunday School Bible Study for this day.

[Lesli54]

Oh, you are so close to ONEDERLAND! I am so happy for you! Let's step over the line together and throw a big party on the board! How is tomorrow for you? Sounds good to me. Ok, weight be gone! :rotfl2:

Keep up the great work and I will see you on the other side soon. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

7-7

Eating Goals
1. Did not eat within my points range :sad2:
b/c I ate
3/4 of a pc of fried tilapia
2. Had 8 fruits and veggies
banana
boiled carrots and onions (about 1.5 servings)
watermelon 2c.
banana
watermelon 2.5c.
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had the 3/4 pc of fried fish :guilty:

Exercising Goals
1. It was a w3r1 for 32 min day plus warmup and cooldown. I didn't record my time. I forgot to write it down, but I remember that I was not pleased with my time (of course I guess i am still recovering from the 13.5 miles :banana: )
2. Stayed up and active most of the day, cleaning and cooking.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for today.

[Zela]

7-8

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the Kona Royalty Mocha Latte ( i got it at Target, it was a wonderful drink ;) and it reminded me of the Kona Cafe :earsgirl: )
4 chocolate chip cookies (it was the regular toll house recipe w/ whole wheat flour instead of reg. flour, splenda instead of the regular sugar, promise fat free butter instead of regular butter, and I just let there be reg. brown sugar in there; they turned out more like cakies than cookies :rotfl2: )
2 bacon wrapped string bean bunches
2. Had 9 fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon 2c.
1.5 c lettuce
1.5 c mashed cauliflower
veggieburger patty
watermelon 2c.
3. Had all 10 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day, so I rested. I actually didn't realize that it was a rest day until I had already gotten dressed to exercise and went to check the schedule to see the duration of the xtraining. It was a pleasant surprise! :teeth: However, I ended up walking just over a mile with my brother b/c he didn't want to do it alone.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. It was a rest day, but my brother wanted to go exercise so I walked a figure 8 at the park w/ him which is 1.25 miles.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study for today. ;)

[Zela]

So that catches up my food journal.

I may not be posting for a while. We are in the projected path of Hurricane Dennis and if it is as bad as Ivan we will probably be without power for a couple of weeks :sad2: . We live about 60 miles North of Pensacola Beach and we'll probably get it pretty bad if the hurricane strengthens. I hope it just kind of fizzles out. Last year in September we had to deal with Ivan and things are just now getting back to normal (some are just now getting there houses completely fixed). My dad had some guys working on some roofs for him this past week and they just got finished. Yesterday, he had a man come and replace some shingles on our house that blew off in Ivan :rotfl2: (its gonna be kind of pointless if this stupid hurricane blows them off again on Sunday). It would just pureinteen SUCK (I don't use this word lightly) if this hurricane was as bad as Ivan.

If you have ever seen My Neighbor Totoro there is a time where May, the little girl says, "Leave dust bunnies, go away right now!"

Well, I'm saying "Leave us alone Dennis, GO AWAY RIGHT NOW!"

[NYcpa]

good job with your eating and exercise.

Hope Dennis doesn't hit. It must be tough living in an area where you have to worry about hurricanes. We only have to worry about snow. :rotfl2:

Have a good day.

[Jane E.]

Sending prayers and pixie dust your way. I've been checking the news every few hours - Dennis is going to be about 150 miles west of us. We've just had lots of rain and wind. Our main concern is tornadoes.

[Zela]

7-9

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
2.5 pcs of that Furlanis Frozen Garlic Bread :love:
meat sauce on my spaghetti noodles (the meat was very fatty)
2. Had only 4 fresh fruits and veggies :guilty:
banana
watermelon 2c.
banana
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods :teeth:

Exercising Goals
1. It was a 2 mile day doing the w3r1 sequence. I completed it in 34 min and 33 seconds which is roughly a 17 min and 15 sec per mile pace.
2. Don't remember if I stayed up and active or not. :guilty:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day.

[Zela]

7-10

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
2 swiss rolls
4 swallows of hersheys milkshake (vanilla flavored)
2. Had 8 fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon 5c.
watermelon 1c.
watermelon 1c.
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day. I rested.
2. I did not stay up and active most of the day b/c it was a rest day, and oh yeah, the eyewall of Dennis was rolling through out town :rolleyes: .

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day.

[Zela]

7-11

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
1.5 c of orange cream edy's light (but it was melting, we had no power :sad2: )
about 10 chili cheese flavored fritos
2. Had 7 servings fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon 1c.
watermelon 4c.
watermelon 1c.
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Was supposed to run and walk but did not do this seeing as how I helped my dad remove the concrete blocks from on top of his airplanes this morning :sad2:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day cleaning up from the storm.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study this day.

[Lesli54]

Hope that the storm didn't do to much damage. But I see that didn't stop you from getting into ONEDERLAND! :cool1: Isn't this a great day! :banana: Time to celebrate! :cheer2:

Pretty soon, we won't even know what the 190's look like. :goodvibes Next celebration point......175! :teeth:

Have a great day! ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

7-12

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
1/2c. orange cream edy's (it was in soup form)
2. Had 7 fruits and veggies but only 4 were fresh :guilty:
watermelon 3c.
1/2 tomato
1/2 c. peaches
3 servings canned pineapple in its own juice
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a xtrain for 30 min day. I did this on the bike.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day cleaning up stuff.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day.

[Zela]

Dennis sucked! :sad2:

Well on Sunday we supposedly got the eyewall of Dennis. I know the winds got pretty bad and we lost power about 4:00PM on Sunday. The storm peaked about 4:30 if I remember correctly. We didn't have any major damages around our homes. However, a man that lived across from our airplane hangar up the rode called to tell my dad and grandad that he thought it had gotten blowed down. They went out while the storm was still pretty bad just to see and sure nuf' it was leveled. It was very sad :sad1: :sad1: :sad1: . They had a Great Lakes Biplane that my dad had rebuilt, a Warrior that my grandad had bought 30 yrs ago , A Balanca, and a Starduster II. The Biplane had been picked up and flipped upside down, crushing the top wing and the tail :sad: . The Warrior had been flipped upside down also, was covered in the concrete block walls that had collapsed and looked like someone had taken the tail and twisted it all the way around, 360 degrees :sad: . The other 2 airplanes also had concrete blocks and metal beams on them :( . I told my dad that I would try to help them anyway that I could to clean up and so I helped them cleanup on Monday. Anyway, that night, I went and stayed with my sister and her little baby and husband. We played scrabble by candlelight (it was fun, but the novelty of this activity wore off pretty quick).

I got up at 5 on Monday so I would be ready at daylight to help my dad. We got over there and it was one of the worst things I have ever seen. It made me so sad :sad: :sad: :sad: , but I can just imagine how my dad and grandad felt (these were there babies). I had so many memories in those planes especially the Biplane and the Balanca. When I was little we used to go to fly-ins and airshows. We always had so much fun, but now we can't fly anywhere :mad: (not until they get them rebuilt anyway). To make matters worse, we heard that a film crew had gone on our property. Several hours after that we heard that the footage of the airport had been aired on GOOD MORNING AMERICA! It was so frapping annoying :faint: . After the initial shock wore off I went to it. I threw concrete blocks off of the warriors wings and part of its tail and moved various other piles of debris. I also helped them flip the biplane back over. They got most of it cleaned up on Monday but they did work some Tuesday and today out there. I tried to sleep Monday night but I didn't get very far with that plan. It was too hot :mad: . I didn't sleep well at all!

I woke up Tuesday morning like it was Monday night. I was in no way refreshed. I didn't so much mind the heat as much as I minded not having light. I like light. It is my friend. I get ticked off and irritable when I don't have light. Anyway, enough ranting, Tuesday I did some cleaning and damage control in the kitchen (it's not like a tree fell through the roof or anything but the dishes don't get done unless the dishwasher works, so as you can imagine, grossness ensued). I also did my xtraining even though we did not have power. I went to stay with my sister that lives in Castleberry (not the one I mentioned before) because I wanted to talk with her (and she had power :teeth: ). I went to her house about 5PM and my mom called at 9PM to tell me that the power was back on :cool1: , so I decided to come on back home. I got home and I sat there thinking how nice it was to have light, an air conditioner, and a working refridgerator (oh yeah, and a working dishwasher :blush: ).

Today has been just a normal day (thank the Lord). I heard that there is another hurrican headed our way and I am annoyed :rolleyes: . Throughout this whole ordeal, there have been some good things:

1. The guy wearing the sunglasses and the sexy army uniform that gave us ice on Monday. :love:
2. The guy wearing the sunglasses and the sexy army uniform that gave us ice on Tuesday. :love:
3. The guy wearing the sunglasses and the sexy army uniform (sans the long sleeved jacket, just the tan colored shirt :earseek: ) that I saw when I went to get ice for someone else today. :love:
4. The fact that I weighed in at 199 today, so I am in ONEderland! :banana:

[NYcpa]

Congrats on reaching ONEderland. :cool1::cool1: You have worked so hard to meet your goal.

Sorry to hear about the hurricane damage. I can't even imagine what you and your folks are feeling. I know what it is like to be without electricity for an extednded time. When we lose our power we have no water either. The wonders of living in an area with wells and septic systems.

Hope your dad and grandad are able to restore the planes. Sending :wizard::wizard: your way to make you feel better.

[Lesli54]

I am sorry to hear that Dennis did damage that directly affected your area and your family. At least your family seems to know how to come together and get done what has to be done to get back to some sense of normalcy. I am sure that the news guys were frustrating, it is always better when they film someone else's lives.

Hopefully, the next storm won't affect you and hopefully, it won't take your dad and grandpa long to rebuild the planes. It's nice that they have such a wonderful hobby. I have never flown in a small plane, but have always wanted to.

As far as the sunglasses wearing army guy.............go strike up a conversation. You're cute and in ONEDERLAND, so WONDERS may happen. ;)

Have a great day. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

7-13

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :cool1:
but could have done without
the second pillsbury canned biscuit with splenda and cinnamon
the funky BBQ chicken (funky as in strange)
1/2 of a lemon poppyseed pound cake out of an MRE we got from the storm :love:
2. Had 11 fruits and veggies :banana:
banana
strawberries 1c.
banana
watermelon (5c.)
watermelon (3c.)
3. Had all 10 waters. :Pinkbounc:
4. Had no fried foods :teeth:

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day. I rested. :teeth:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day straightening and cleaning.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day. :)

[Zela]

7-14

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :cheer2:
but could have done without
2 breadsticks from olive garden (yum)
a rasberry zinger
2. Had 7 fresh fruits and veggies
watermelon 2c
wateremlon 5c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a w3r2 day for 40 min I believe with 5 min warmup and cooldown. I didn't do it b/c I was gone all day with my sis to windowshop. I was too tired when we got back at 10 o clock. I should have done it before we left. :guilty:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day b/c I went windowshopping. :bounce:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did not do bible study for this day. :guilty:

[Lesli54]

Doing good. I would count the window shopping as exercise. After all you were walking most of the time, even if it is a slower pace.

Have a great evening. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

Well we got all the debris moved from the airplane hangar. They moved all the planes home to our shop. I hope Hurricane Emily doesn't come our way :sad2: .

Hey Lesli, I think the army guys have moved on. They were from another state I believe. It doesn't matter anyway though, b/c I have always been to shy to just go up and talk to a guy. Oh and by the way, you have just compelled me to share my brief yet amusing history with guys.

I have only been on one date in my entire life :teeth: . It was my first year of college and I had just turned 17. Let's call the guy I went out with Bob. Now keep in mind as you read this that this was my FIRST and ONLY date. Numero uno. I didn't really know what to expect but I figured nice food, acceptable movie, nice drive home and maybe even a goodnight kiss if he was lucky. WRONG! We left and were going to get dinner first. We had previously discussed going to olive garden. On the way there, Bob turns to me and says so where did you want to eat. I said "You know, we had talked about olive garden, but whatever is fine with me if you want to change". BAD MISTAKE! So he takes us to Golden Corral (which is fine if you are having a family outing but on a date, Come on) which his mom conveniently owns so that we can eat free food. Also, this golden corral never plays radio stations it plays instrumental stuff but what do you know Savage Gardens I Knew I Loved You Before I Met You is playing over the stereo (which his mom has control over) before we even sit down. By this time I am a little ticked b/c this is not how I pictured my first date. So I gave him the benefit of the doubt and appreciated his frugality(for about a tenth of a second).

Then it was on to the movie. It was in January so it was cold. We got over to the theaters and waited in line for about 30 min (keep in mind that we were supposed to see Kate and Leopold). We got up to the window and CheapO over here gives the ticket dude free coupons for the movie. The dude at the window refused them saying that they were expired. I expected him to just pay since they were expired (which could have been an honest mistake). He turns and tells me that he has NO MONEY :mad: . He's on a date and he has no money. He is a freakin' idiot! Then he says he wants to go back to golden corral and ask his MOMMY what to do. I am still trying to be patient so I go with him back there. His mom gives us instructions on who we need to talk to to get us in free at the movies. She knew a manager at the theaters or something. We go back to the theaters and the guy that could get us in free had already went home. So just then, Bob spots some girls that he saw at a concert the night before. They say they are seeing Black Hawk Down and that they can get us movie tickets for free (at the time I didn't watch R rated movies b/c I wasn't mature enough, I don't even think I'm mature enough for some of them now). Bob asks me if we want to see it with them. This wouldn't be a problem if No.1 we hadn't already discussed in detail how I didn't want to watch an r rated fim with him and No.2 WE WERE ON A DATE. So I am pretty frappin mad at this point. I am just thinking watch the movie, ride home, it will all be over soon. Then came the worst part. Bob is still talking to these girls and one of them says "Hey Bob we don't have a ride home, would you give us a ride home". He doesn't miss a beat, and doesn't even look at me. Without hesitation he says "SURE". This is where it all fell to peices and I went off on him in the theater lobby. I kicked out of harness and went to tellin him "I THOUGHT WE WERE ON A DATE, YOU ARE AN IDIOT, HOW COULD YOU TELL THOSE GIRLS YOU WOULD BRING THEM HOME, YOU KNEW HOW I FELT ABOUT THE MOVIE SITUATION". Then I started crying and said "I don't give a crap what you do, but I am goin to watch Kate and Leopold and then I am going to call my sister to come and get me, so leave me alone". Then he turned all apologetic and was saying "No I'm sorry. What did I do?(Can you imagine someone this stupid?) Please don't call your sister b/c she will be so mad at me (and I was thinking you should be more worried about what I will do to you)." He then proceeded to follow me into the theaters and bug me during the movie. After the movie was over I was going to call my sister but I didn't want to bother her b/c it was late. I told Bob that I wanted him to take me straight home and to shut up and leave me alone. He brought me home but he didn't comprehend the shutup and leave me alone concept b/c I had to dodge his phone calls until my last year of college.

So there it is. It was a very traumatic experience. It's kind of funny :rotfl2: when I think about it now, but at the time I was distraught.

[Lesli54]

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

That was really good. I guess he was so stupid that he didn't even know it.

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I am really, really sorry that your first date didn't go better. Not all first dates go well, but that one takes the cake. Glad you went off on him! I had a blind date once (not usually good, but I have had one good blind date, that was w/ my DH :love: ). Anyway, I meet this guy at the mall (predetermined meeting place) and we were supposed to go out to eat and then play it by ear. Like you, I am thinking something nice. Well, I knew it was downhill when I saw him. :sad2: This was in the 90's, but the guy has a huge Impala, and is wearing a wing collared shirt open too far, wearing gold chains, and has a few gold rings on. Supposedly he owns alot of real estate. Yeah, maybe in the sections of town that I didn't want to venture into. I am thinking, "great, someone who hasn't learned that the 70's was 20 years ago". But, I thought it is one date, I will be nice and then never see him again.

He had no place in mind to eat and we drove and drove past alot of places. I quickly realized that we were not going to any nice place. Finally, he gets to the last restaurant on the strip and says, "well, I guess we ran out of places to eat, so we will stop here". It was your average mom and pop family restaurant. You know the kind that still display pies in the round cooler up front, vinyl covered booths, and hasn't had a face lift since the 70's. Hmmmmmmmm. Maybe his momma worked there. ;) I certainly was not expecting eggs and hashbrowns for dinner.

Anyway, the conversation was nil. Everytime he asked a question, I had a dead end answer. Partly because of the way he asked and partly on purpose. After dinner, he drove me back to the mall in silence. When we got there, he said that he didn't think things would go farther, dropped me off and pulled away. Trust me, I didn't want them to go farther. The date lasted less than 1 hr. and still that was too long. :sad2:

Some dates work and some don't. I am sure that your bad date for life is now out of the way, so there should be some good ones heading your way. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[goldcupmom]

Zela, I'm just catching up since being gone and WOW!!!! Doesn't even begin to cover your accomplishments!

ONDERLAND!!!! HUGE Congrats!!

And being disciplined enough to do a half marathon. TOO AWESOME!!!

Is that a book you've read - the marathon one you mention?

Right now I'm in the 'gee, I'd like to do that before I turn 50 stage' for a 1/2.

We'll see....Hang in there and Keep on doin what you're doin. It is SO WORKING!!!

I hope the hurricane damage quickly disappears. So hard for your family.

[lillygator]

Zela!
Hi and congrats on the onderland accomplishment!! and yeah for your 7/14 goals!! :)

[Zela]

7-15

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :banana:
but could have done without
4 bites of chocolate pound cake (thank goodness it was dry and not very good or I would have eaten more :teeth: )
1/2c. hormel chili w/no beans and 1/2 oz cheese melted (I did however eat baked tortilla chips w/ it so the chips weren't so bad)
2. Had 10 fresh fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon 2c
1c total of fresh chopped onions, bell pepper, tomato I added to the left over shrimp primavera
salad 1c.
watermelon 5c.
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods :cool1:

Exercising Goals
1. It was a xtrain for 30 min day. I did this on the bicycle.
2. I did not stay up and active most of the day. I lazed around. :guilty:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day :teeth:

[Zela]

7-16

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
1/2 of a Krispy Kreme donut(but I did manage to only eat half of a donut the entire day that I was couped up in the car with them; I think that deserves a little dance........... )
:cool1: :banana: :earseek: :banana: :cheer2: :cheer2: :bounce: :cheer2: :cheer2: :banana: :earseek: :banana: :cool1:
mexican mac and cheese out of an MRE
2. Had 10 fresh fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon 2c
watermelon 4c
side caesar salad from Wendy's (counts as two)
banana
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had 1/2 of fried KK donut

Exercising Goals
1. It was a 3 mile day doing the Walk 3 Run 2 Sequence. I did this and threw in a 7 minute long run in the middle. It took me 47 minutes and 14 seconds. This is a pace of about 15 min 45 sec per mile.
Yay, I'm back to my pre half marathon pace!
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. For the better part of the day I was riding with my dad to Ocean Springs Mississippi to pick up a fuselage (sp?) to try to repair the warrior (but I did resist the donuts haha! pirate: )

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day. :3dglasses:

[Zela]

Has anyone else seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

I saw it today with my little brothers. I thought it was the best movie ever! Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors anyways but he had such a weird/fun/genius character this go round. I really liked it. It was the same basic story line as the older movie but it was completely different and it had a much darker tone. One of the funniest parts to me was when they were in the room where everything was made of candy and he said "Everything in this room is edible, Even I am edible, dear children, but this is called cannibalism and is frowned upon in most societies."
:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:
It was great! :cool1:

Lesli- Hilarious date story. I can just imagine from your desciption what that guy looked like! :rotfl2:

Goldcupmom-I did the Walk/Run Program for a half marathon that was in the back of the book Marathoning for Mortals by John Bingham. It's a really good book. I would also suggest reading his books The Courage to Start and No Need for Speed. I got mine on Amazon for fairly cheap. I started out with the Courage to Start. It is a good motivating book! :cheer2:

LillyGator- Thanks for stopping by my journal and giving me some encouragement. I always like to be encouraged :grouphug:

[Lesli54]

WTG on the Krispy Kremes. Those are sooooo hard to resist and therefore the reason why I haven't bought any in months and months and months.

I didn't know if I wanted to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, since most remakes are not near as good, but I do love Johnny Dep. Glad to hear that it is worth seeing.

Have a great and losing day! ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Jane E.]

Zela, you're doing great with the running program. Congrats! I've been wanting to see Charlie & the Chocolate Factory - now I guess I'll have to go. I'm glad you liked it. When my son was small Roald Dahl was his favorite author & he had many of his books. Glad to see that this movie is a winner! ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

7-17

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the 1/4 of a hardees biscuit
the bite of chocolate pound cake (I frustrate myself b/c I knew this cake wasn't any good but I ate a bite anyway :confused3 )
2. Had 10 fruits and veggies :banana:
banana
watermelon 2c
watermelon 4c
caesar salad 2c
banana
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day. I rested
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. My little bro's and I went to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Great Movie! :teeth:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day. :teeth:

[Cruise04]

Way to go - you are doing great. And congrats on only eating half of that Krispy Kreme.

Keep on :banana: :banana:
Chris

[Zela]

7-18

Eating Goals
1. Was within my points range until
my mother offered me the rest of the blueberry fluff(about a 2 by 2 inch square) :guilty:
I also could have done without
the swiss roll
the six bites of blueberry fluff I had before the helping my mom offered me
2. Had 7 fresh fruits and veggies
banana
blueberries 1c
blueberries 1c
1c chopped bell peppers on tuna salad wrap
watermelon 3c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a w3r2 day for 50 min plus 5 min warmup and cooldown. I completed 3.79 miles in this time which is somewere b/t a 15 3/4 and 16 min per mile pace. :teeth:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. I swept, I cleaned the table, I did dishes, I cleaned out my car (halfway, it was a two day job). I did a lot! :cheer2:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day :Pinkbounc

[Cruise04]

Keep up the good work and just get back on track after having that blueberry fluff!!!

Keep on :banana: :banana:
Chris

[NYcpa]

Just stopping in to wish you a great day. Hope you are doing something fun.

Make sure to drink your water.

[Zela]

7-19

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
1 oz. full fat cheese
1 chocolate covered cherry
5 white chocolate covered espresso beans
1 dark chocolate covered espresso bean
1 bite fried chicken
1 bite dry chocolate pound cake(i am still battling with this nasty cake :confused3 )
2. Had all 10 waters
3. Had 11 servings fresh fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon 2c
corn 3c
watermelon 3c
bell peppers 1c
watermelon 1c
4. Had bite of fried chicken

Exercising Goals
1. It was a xtrain for 40 minutes day. I counted my cleaning the rest of my car out and vacuuming it as my xtraining. It took me close to 2.5 hours to finish. :scared1:
2. I stayed up and active most of the day with regular cleaning and cleaning out my car.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day. :flower:

[Zela]

7-20

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
2 fried french toast sticks from BK :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty: :guilty:
2 white chocolate covered espresso beans
1 bite chili mac
a cat head biscuit (for those of you who don't know this is southern for - a big freakin' biscuit)
1c full fat buttermilk
2. Had 7 fresh fruits and veggies
watermelon 2 c
watermelon 3 c
watermelon 2 c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had the 2 fried french toast sticks

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day. I rested.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day cleaning. I also went to a concert. It was a girl named Rachel Hurt (who is a world vision artist), and a group called two twenty. It was pretty neato burrito :bounce: . It's been probably 2 years since i went to a concert. This was much fun! The sad part is I ended up staying up until past midnight. I was very tired. :sad2:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day.

[Cruise04]

I am so proud of you for posting the bad stuff you are eating - you are being very accountable and that takes a lot to do. Good job!!!!!

And good job on getting your water in - that is really very important.

Keep on :banana: :banana:
Chris

[Zela]

7-21

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the bite of cracker w/cream cheese and jalapeno peach jelly(yum)
2. Had 7 servings of fresh fruits and veggies
watermelon 5c
watermelon 2c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods :bounce:

Exercising Goals
1. It was a w3/r2 for 50 min day. I played hooky! :cold: :p
2. I did not stay up and active most of the day. :sad1:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day. :flower:

[Zela]

7-22

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :cool1:
but could have done without
a TBLSP yellow wilton icing :confused3
a chocolate covered cherry
1/4 pc of fried catfish (very yummy)
2 squares of a hershey bar
2. Had 9.5 servings of fresh fruits and veggies ;)
watermelon 5c
banana
watermelon 2c
turnip green 1.5 c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had 1/4 pc of fried catfish

Exercising Goals
1. It was a xtrain for 30 min day. I didn't do it, I have no excuse :rolleyes1 .
2. I did not stay up and active most of the day. :confused3

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day :hyper:

[Lesli54]

Looks like you have been doing great, Z. You also slipped right on by me, but that is ok, 'cause I will catch up by the end of the week. ;) Glad you enjoyed the concert, it is definitely rejuevenating to do things like that every once in awhile.

Keep up the great work! ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

7-23

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the small ice dream from chic-fil-a (it was an overflowing 12oz cup and I ate it all :confused3 )
2. Had 9 fruits and veggies (7 were fresh)
banana
banana
banana
orange juice 1c
orange juice 1c
large fruit cup from chic-fil-a (counts as two)
2 c romaine lettuce
3. Had all 10 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a 4 mile day doing the w3r2 sequence. I completed it in 62 min and 32 seconds. This is b/t 15 and 1/2 minutes and 15 and 3/4 minutes per mile. :cool1: ::yes:: :cool1:
:hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :teeth: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day. I helped my brother get come things packed. He is moving up to north Alabama in a week or two. I sure am gonna miss him. He's a great brother! :sad1:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study for this day ::yes::

[lillygator]

looks like you had a great day! Yeah for staying within points!! :)

[Jane E.]

Z, how's it going? Your last workout was amazing. Keep up the great work! You stay away from ice cream and I'll stay away from the Milk Duds! And no more littering!!

[Cruise04]

Keep up the good work Zela!!!!! You can do it :sunny:

Keep on :banana: :banana:
Chris

[Zela]

7-24

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
2 pcs bacon (cooked in microwave not in skillet :teeth: )
1/2 of a turkey hot dog with 1/2 of a light wheat bun
1 chocolate covered cherry
2 Tblsp Pillsbury whipped vanilla frosting (by itself :sad2: )
a chocolate chip cookie :guilty:
2. Had 7 fresh fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon 5c
watermelon 1c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day. I rested. :teeth:
2. I stayed up and active most of the day watching my little bro's while my parents were gone.

Bible Study Goals
1. I did the sunday school bible study for this day. :teeth:

[Cruise04]

Look at it this way - at least you didn't eat the whole container of frosting!!!!!

Keep up the good work - hang in there.

Keep on :banana: :banana:
Chris

[Zela]

7-25

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
snickers kudos bar
1/2 a turkey hot dog
pc of coconut cake
2. Had 8 fresh fruits and veggies
banana
watermelon 3c
romaine lettuce 3c
watermelon 1c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Did 3 miles in 46 minutes and 41 seconds (which is almost a 15 and 1/2 minute per mile pace! :cheer2: ). :banana:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day cleaning and such.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day. :teeth:

[Zela]

7-26

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the buttermilk biscuit
the 6 nilla wafers
2. Had 12 fruits and veggies (11 were fresh) :banana:
watermelon 4c
salad at chic-fil-a (counts as two)
medium fruit cup (counts as one)
romaine lettuce 2c
watermelon 2c
orange juice 1c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Helped my oldest brother pack lots of things. He is moving away this weekend for medical school. We worked for about 3 hrs. I counted this as xtraining. :flower:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day, either helping my brother pack or running errands for him. :Pinkbounc

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day. :teeth:

[Zela]

Oh yeah,

Thanks for the encouragement ladies(Jane E, Kathy, Chris, and Lillygator)! It is always appreciated! :grouphug:

[Zela]

WHHHAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
:sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

My sister (that's pregnant) just called about an hour ago to tell me that we are no longer going on our trip to DW the week of August 22. It has to do with some general health issues along with her pregnancy. I, of course, support her decision b/c I don't want her or the baby to suffer in any way. I also do not blame her. However, it is very sad! I was okay at first. Then I started thinking about all the things we aren't going to get to do anymore. We won't get to eat at all the places we made PS for (Le Cellier, San Angel Inn, the alfredo one, Kona Cafe) :sad: . We won't get to watch fireworks :sad: . I was gonna get her one of the Guest of Honor badges for her bday and give it to her while we were there , but I guess that would not be very important anymore :sad: . I was planning on having a planned cheat week where I could eat whatever I wanted while we were there (we got the free dining plan) :sad: . We had already planned where we would go each day, the things we would do :sad: . All these things combined really started to stress me. First I had an bad urge to eat everything. Then I thought, maybe if I buy some clothes I'll feel better. That plan quickly dimished when I realized I didn't have the money to spend on that right now. I headed to the kitchen and I ate a breadstick leftover from lunch today. I went for a second breadstick and quickly put it back realizing what I was doing. I called one of my friends to see if she wanted to go on a bike ride with me to blow off some steam but she was out of town. :confused3 I was thinking about eating again, when I thought of the DIS. That's why I am here talking about this. I am just sad that it worked out like this. I was so looking forward to this trip.

:sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

[NYcpa]

Sorry to here your WDW trip was cancelled. you did a great job of coming here instead of eating everything in site. Keep up the good work. here is a :grouphug: to make you feel better.

[Cruise04]

Oh I'm so sorry that you aren't going to be able to go on your trip. And I agree - you did the right thing coming here and not eating!!!!!

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:

Chris

[lajones81]

Oh, no! :( Sorry to hear that the trip had to be cancelled! :(

[lillygator]

so sorry to hear about your trip, but you did an excellent job last night! Hope today you are feeling a little better and good luck to your sis with her pregnancy!

[Zela]

In a strange turn of events, the DW trip at the beginning of August has also been cancelled. I am really starting to think a whole lot more seriously about going in October. I hope it will work out where I can go then. :confused3

7-27

Eating Goals
1. Did not eat within my points range
b/c I did some stress eating
I was doing okay until
the 2nd breadstick of the day from pizza hut
the 3rd peice of pizza for the day
2. Had 12 servings fresh fruits and veggies
watermelon 6c
romaine 2c
watermelon 4c
3. Had only 6 glasses of water
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. It was a rest day
2. Stayed up and active most of the day cleaning and running errands

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day. :teeth:

[Cruise04]

Hope you will be able to go in October - sorry you had a bad day and hope you can get back on track tomorrow!!!! Hang in there!

Keep on :banana: :banana:
Chris

[Zela]

7-28

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the graham cracker
the coconut brownie
1/2 pack ramen noodles
2. Had 8 fresh fruits and veggies :banana:
banana
watermelon 4c
sauteed onions and bell peppers 1c
watermelon 2c
3. Only had about 7 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Did 3 miles. Finished in 43 minutes 56 seconds. A pace a little under 14.75 minutes per mile. :teeth: :maleficen :teeth:
:banana: :banana: :cheer2: :banana: :banana:
Great stress caused this PR pirate:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day :teeth:

[Zela]

7-29

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
buttermilk biscuit
2 bites coconut brownie
1/2 pck crisy m&m's :love:
2. Had 7 fruits and veggies
banana
banana
romaine lettuce 2.5 c
watermelon 2.5 c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. I was supposed to help my brother move some things, but that got cancelled. I did a lot of walking around and cleaning, so I counted that as xtraining.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day. :p

[Zela]

7-30

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
galactic pop - big rocket shaped popsicle
small spicy rice from churchs (but at least I didn't eat any fried tenders :banana: )
2. Had 8 fruits and veggies, 6 were fresh
banana
orange juice
caesar salad 3c
veggie burger patty lettuce and tomato on burger
corn on the cob (counts as two)
3. Had 12 waters :earseek:
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Moved a lot of furniture and other miscellaneous things to help my brother move away. Total we probably spent about 4 hours actually loading and unloading things. If I woudn't have done this I would have done 5 miles on the TM.
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. I was riding 5 hours to Tuscaloosa to help him unload and then rode 4 hours back to my house after we unloaded. I did a lot of butt sitting. :guilty:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study for this day. :wave2:

[Zela]

7-31

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
Tall Caramel Macchiato (nonfat)
Madeline
Full Fat Ranch on my salad at lunch
2. Had 11 fresh fruits and veggies :teeth:
watermelon 4c
salad with lettuce tomato onions 3c
watermelon 4c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Today was kind of a rest day
I took my little bro's to the zoo. We didn't do a whole lot of walking b/c it rained a lot of the time. I was very proud of myself the way I handled lunch at the zoo. The only things that were on the menu were hamburger, hot dog, corn dog, Lance crackers, chips and sodas. After I ordered the kid's meals for the boys, I politely asked the lady behind the counter if she could just throw me some of the lettuce they put on the burgers in a bowl and charge me like 4 dollars for it. She asked around and they were more that happy to accomodate me. They even asked if I wanted tomatoes, onions, or pickles on it. They had it heaped on a plate and asked if I was gonna eat it plain b/c if I didn't want to she said there was some ranch in the refridgerator in the back (I'm guessing the employee refridgerator). So nice! I like it when people help me! :grouphug:
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. Drove a ways to and from the zoo.

Bible Study
1. Did bible study for this day. :smooth:

[Zela]

Your condolences were greatly appreciated regarding the cancellation of the DW trip (kathy, chris, lajones81, lillygator) :grouphug:

So.....both my trips in August have been cancelled. The October trip.....cancelled. Now I guess I can focus all my energy on the half marathon trip to DW in January :cheer2: . It seems like I've got a lot of time before it gets here, but looking at the calendar it's a little more real feeling. It will be here before I know it. Its kinda scary. :earseek:

[Jane E.]

Sorry to hear about your cancelled trips. You're doing great by focusing on your 1/2 marathon at Disney in January. By the time you get there you're going to be in amazing shape. Keep us updated on your training schedule. :flower:

[Zela]

8-1

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :maleficen
but could have done without
4 hershey's kisses
rasberry filled donut
1/2 of a chocolate covered donut
1.5 pcs spice cake
******TOM really did a number on me********** :guilty:
2. Had 7 fresh fruits and veggies
grapes 2c
watermelon 3c
apple
grapes 1c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had the donuts which are fried :confused3

Exercising Goals
1. Even though I had a bad eating day, I had a great exercise day. I did 3 miles in 43 minutes and 6 seconds. I had another PR! :cheer2: That's a pace of almost 14.3 minutes per mile.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day doing...............something, I didn't write it down but I know I was up all day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study for this day. :wave:

[Zela]

8-2

1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
2 squares of a hersheys bar
2. Had 8 fruits and veggies (7 were fresh)
banana
salad 2c
carrots strips 1c
baby carrots 1c
banana
banana
veggies in chicken sante fe smartones meal
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Ate no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Went shopping for a nice outfit to wear to church on Wednesday (I was meeting up with some people I haven' seen since January :earseek: ). I was hard at shopping from 10AM to 5PM (trying on clothes, powerwalking, etc.). I counted this time as xtraining. My pregnant sis came with me and she was right. She does get crabby :rotfl2: when she does a lot of walking. I'm kinda glad we are not going to DW if she was gonna be crabby the whole time. :teeth:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day powershopping. :maleficen

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study for this day. :crazy:

[Zela]

8-3

1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
red velvet bingle (twinkie thingy :love: )
Tall Caramel Machiatto made with nonfat milk (with extra caramel :sad2: )
2. Had 9 fresh fruits and veggies :cheer2:
baby carrots 1c
romaine lettuce 4c
strawberries 2c
other salad 2c
3. Had only 6 waters :guilty:
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. I treated this day as a rest day.
2. I didn't stay up and active most of the day (unless you count grooming processes as being up and active :rotfl2: )

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study for this day. :wave2:

[Lesli54]

Hi, Z! :flower:

Just catching up on your journal. Boy, am I way behind on journals. Sorry to hear about the WDW trips getting cancelled, but it is all understandable and you are right, training for January can take center stage as it will be here soon.

I am sure you will miss your brother, but everyone has to strike out on their own sooner or later. My DD18 goes to school next week. :sad:

Great job on handling the food at the zoo. I will have to remember that when I am stuck on food choices. Bet you had fun trying on clothes and finding some great fits. I must admit that clothes shopping is getting to be alot more fun.

Have a great day and keep up the good work. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Cruise04]

You are doing really well Z!!!! Good job at using the mall time to powerwalk and get some good walking in while doing something fun!! Hope you found an outfit you liked.

Keep on :banana: :banana:
Chris

[Zela]

8-4

1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
2 small peices of fried chicken livers from church's
licking the batter remnants of a no bake cheesecake out of the bowl
2. Had all 10 waters
3. Had 10 fruits and veggies (9 were fresh) :banana:
banana
corn 3c
veggies in shrimp lean cuisine
watermelon 2c
veggie delight salad from subway 2c
strawberries 1c
4. Had the two pieces of fried liver :guilty:

Exercising Goals
1. I went to the park today to see how far I could run without taking a walking break. I could have went farther but I started to get a nice little pain under my kneecaps :rolleyes: , so I thought I shoud stop. I went 1.25 miles in 19 minutes and 22 seconds. That is a little under a 16 minute per mile pace, which is good for me, however, I can go faster when I incorporate walk breaks :confused3 . But it was cool, I'm just jazzed I could RUN 1.25 miles :banana:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day cleaning the kitchen.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study for this day. :teeth:

[Zela]

8-5

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
3 jalapeno peach pepper jelly and cream cheese "ordurves"(I know I can't spell this word :rotfl2: )
1 Tbsp vanilla whipped frosting
2. Had 9 servings fruits and veggies (8 were fresh) :banana:
banana
raw baby carrots
romaine lettuce 2c
watermelon 2c
mashed potatoes in salisbury steak lean cuisine
strawberries 2c
3. Had all 10 waters :banana:
4. Had no fried foods :banana:

Exercising Goals
1. Did Natural Journeys Yoga for Beginners Arms and Abs workout (I think it was 30? minutes long). It made my whole upper body, especially shoulders, sore. :cheer2:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day cleaning the rest of the kitchen and surrounding areas :earboy2:

Bible Study
1. Did bible study for this day :earsboy:

[Zela]

8-6

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
1/3 of white chocolate macadamia nut cookie, raw :love:
2. Had 7 fruits and veggies
watermelon 3c
plums 4
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. I was going to attempt to run, but my knee was still a little sore from running on thursday so I did nothing. :guilty: I didn't want to put my self out of the game completely by injuring myself.
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. I watched a lot of tv and I rested.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study for this day :)

[Zela]

8-7

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
up until right before bed when I had a spoonful of icing :confused3
I also could have done without
the Tbsp of icing I had earlier in the day
2. Had 8 fruits and veggies(7 were fresh)
banana
plum
watermelon 3c
roasted veggies on lean cuisine pizza
plums 2
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods ;)

Exercising Goals
1. Treated this day as a rest day.
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. I babysat my little bro's while mom and dad went for a ride on the HOG :moped: .

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study for this day :bounce:

[Zela]

I had a really weird/fun dream last night.
I was going to Orlando with my grandmother and a guy I knew from college (let's call him J). We got down there and were dropping him off. We took his luggage up to his room for him. He was staying in the Contemporary Tower on the 14th floor and he had a Cinderella's Castle view :earseek: . It was an amazing view! I tried to act all friendly :love2: to get him to invite me to stay with him. Well, he wanted to stay alone so I bit the bullet and went back to the parking lot to meet up with my grandmother. Just then, J called me on the cell phone and agreed to let my stay with him :teeth: . He said we'd need to get married but if it didn't work out, no problem, we would just get divorced :rotfl2: ! I agreed and we went all over disney world and rode all my favorite rides like the mountains and rock'n rollercoaster. At the end of the day, we went back to the hotel and watched the fireworks from the room. It was a really awesome trip. If only, it had been REAL! :rotfl:

[Zela]

8-8

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
and I ate healthy all day long! :banana:
2. Had 8 servings of fruits and veggies (7 were fresh)
banana
romaine 5c
banana
veggies in chicken pecan lean cuisine
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Did 3 miles in 47 min and 22 seconds which is a little under a 16 minute per mile pace. I didn't stress myself, I just went at a slow comfortable pace. I can do under a 16 min mile without killing myself :cheer2: ! After that, I walked for an additional 26 minutes at a slow walking pace. Not sure, how many miles total I went. :earboy2:
2. Stayed up and active most of the day cleaning and such.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study for this day :p

I met all of my goals!!!!
:Pinkbounc :cheer2: :banana: :banana: :earseek: :banana: :banana: :cheer2: :Pinkbounc

[Zela]

8-9

Eating Goals
1. Did not eat within my points range
Bad food choices that led to this were
slice of yummy homemade 2-crust chicken pot pie
2 pcs veggie lovers pizza, thin
1/8 of a breadstick
2 fried tenders from Guthrie's :confused3
2. Had 8 fresh fruits and veggies
banana
raw baby carrots
banana
squash 2c
romaine 3c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had the two fried tenders from Guthrie's :guilty:

Exercising Goals
1. Did a 60 minute Yoga-Conditioning for Athletes video. It left me very sore. ;)
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. Did a lot of sitting around :guilty:

Bible Study Goals
1. Did sunday school bible study for this day :smooth:

[Lesli54]

Keep up the great work Z. It is good to take a rest if your body isn't up to par for exercising. My knee was feeling strange when I was at Six Flags, I pulled a muscle or something the night before and the drive up and back just made it stiffer. Much better know.

The dream was pretty cool, but you may want to re-consider the "easy in easy out" marriage strategy of this dream guy. ;)

Have a great day! (Someone messed w/ my Mickey Mouse icon)

[Zela]

Today was weigh day. I only lost a half a pound this week. It's good to lose anything, I know but in order to get to my goal by my bday (in my siggy) I must kick it up a notch. I need to lose the 1.5 pounds more that I expected to lose this week and the 2 pounds for next week for next Wednesday. That is a total of 3.5 pounds in 7 days. Here is my plan of attack for the next week :cool1: (got this idea from Tigercheer's journal).

1. I will get at least 12 cups of water per day
2. I will eat b/t 22-25 pts on WW .
3. I will not eat fried foods at all.
4. I will only eat approved sweet snacks which include: 100 cal packs, sugar free fat free pudding, light yogurt and cool whip free.
5. I will not eat any fruits or veggies that are not fresh.
6. I will eat at least 9 fresh fruits and veggies a day (juice does not count).
7. I will not have carbonated/caffeinated drinks at all, not even diet ones (unless there is an extenuating circumstance, ex: If I am at a party and the only options are red velvet cake and diet soda I am allowed one cup of diet soda to substitute for the cake :teeth: )
8. I will formally exercise everyday for at least 30 minutes (Shopping, cleaning, or other normal things will not count)
9. I will weigh every day to check my progress

[Jane E.]

Looks like you're doing great! Your workouts are amazing. the yoga videos are a lot harder than they look.

[Zela]

8-10 The Wednesday I weighed before the "plan of attack" started

1. Ate within my points range
and I ate healthy all day! :banana:
2. Had 11 servings fresh fruits and veggies
banana
banana
watermelon 6c
watermelon 3c
3. Had all 10 waters
4. Had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. Walked for 30 min at very easy pace on treadmill. Did 1.73 miles.
2. Stayed up and active most of the day.

Bible Study Goals
1. Did bible study for this day :teeth:

I met all of my goals!Yay! :cheer2:

[Zela]

8-11 Day One of the Plan of Attack

1. I will get at least 12 cups of water per day Got all 12!
2. I will eat b/t 22-25 pts on WW . Ate 25 pts :teeth:
3. I will not eat fried foods at all. Ate a little pc of crust from a fried tender :confused3
4. I will only eat approved sweet snacks which include: 100 cal packs, sugar free fat free pudding, light yogurt and cool whip free. I succeeded and only had light yogurt and cool whip free
5. I will not eat any fruits or veggies that are not fresh.
6. I will eat at least 9 fresh fruits and veggies a day (juice does not count). Got all 9!
7. I will not have carbonated/caffeinated drinks at all, not even diet ones (unless there is an extenuating circumstance, ex: If I am at a party and the only options are red velvet cake and diet soda I am allowed one cup of diet soda to substitute for the cake ) Had no diet drinks!
8. I will formally exercise everyday for at least 30 minutes (Shopping, cleaning, or other normal things will not count) Did 2.5 miles at the park which took me 36 minutes and 6 seconds which is a 14.43 minutes per mile pace. The first mile and a half I ran the whole way at a 14 minutes per mile pace. I also ran the last half mile. It was great getting out ot the park, I hate my treadmill. :teeth:
9. I will weigh every day to check my progress Weighed in at 191.5. Down a half a pound since yesterday and half a pound total on the plan of attack.

[Jane E.]

Congrats for eating within your point range & getting in your workout! :sunny:

[lajones81]

I hope you have a great day! :)

[Cruise04]

Sounds like you have a good plan of attack to get back on track and keep going. Good job!!!

Keep on :banana: :banana:
Chris

[Zela]

Hey Guys,
I don't know if anyone is still looking at my journal at all. I haven't posted in forever. I will sum up what has happened.

1. The plan of attack did not work
2. I went head to head with a red velvet cake (the red velvet cake won :earseek: ). The following week I was tackled by a coconut cake.
4. I fell off the exercise wagon as well as the points system€
6. I came back to reality :blush: this week and now am facing the challenge of starting the 14 wk program for the half marathon and making healthy food decisions so that I will feel like exercising. :scared1:

Fortunately I haven't messed up too bad. Last Wednesday when I weighed, I had gained 3.5 pounds from the previous week. This Wednesday I weighed the same and I am not complaining (186.5). At least I didn't gain any :cool1: . I will not change my tickers again until I get down to 180. This journal will no longer be as extensive as it used to be, nor as organized. I don't have as much time to spend with it as I had before.

[Zela]

Monday:
I did my 35 minute Run/Walk 3/2 (45 minutes with warmup and cool down) plus 11 minutes 20 seconds to finish walking around the track. In 56 minutes 20 seconds I did 3.75 miles (avg 15.01 minutes per mile pace) :banana:
Food was just okay. Almost stayed within my points range. :flower:

Tuesday:
I did 30 minutes of xtraining on the bicycle. I stayed within my points range until my dad offered me the rest of his country fried steak at 9:30PM. :guilty:

Wednesday:
It was a rest day. I went job hunting in Mobile. I'm thinking about moving back there. I didn't make any bad food decisions because I took extra precautions that morning to pack healthy snacks. I ate :

Banana
Crispix with a little bit of milk
Banana
light string cheese
cashews
light string cheese
wheat thins
fruit bowl with yogurt from Wendy's

I got about 4-5 fruits and veggies. I got 3 servings of calcium. I also drank about 12 or 14 cups of water.
Thurday (Today):
I am supposed to run today, same as Monday and I will try to make good food choices.

[Cruise04]

Glad to see you back and congrats on the good news!!!!! How fun to have someone to have fun with that likes you for you, which it sounds like he does!!!!!!! :) :) :)

Welcome back and do what you can to keep in touch, even just a little - here's where I'm at will be good - it will help you out too!!!! HAVE FUN~

Keep on :banana: :banana:
Chris

[Zela]

Hey everybody!

[Jane E.]

I remember you! Way to go with the wogging! :banana: :banana:

[Zela]

I can't stop thinking about that feeling I got during the 2 mile fun run. Right when I saw the finish line. I was tired and I was jogging. I wanted to walk. But I was doing it. I was completing a race. People were cheering for me. It was awesome. I think I am addicted. I got on active.com last night and am very close to signing myself up for about 8 more races. :love:

[Jane E.]

If you keep jogging like you are now - you'll hit your goal weight in no time!

[goldcupmom]

Congrats on the run, Zela! You're doing AWESOME!!

Hope you have a great week!

[Zela]

: )

[Lesli54]

Hi Z! Great to see you back. That is the best part you could have done for yourself, just getting back to a routine where you know that you can succeed.

Here's wishing you much success. :wizard:

BTW, I miss Disney so much and was hoping to get down this August as well. Glad you had a good time all things considering. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

Hey Ya'll!

Eating Goals
1. I ate within my points range ;).
Things I could have done without:
almond joy :rolleyes1
ice cream cone at mcdonalds :guilty:
small slice of ice cream cake :guilty:
5 chips with sour cream and onion dip :guilty:
2. I ate 1 servings of fruits and veggies
lettuce on turkey sandwich
3. I had 8 glasses of water!
4. I had no fried foods today!

Exercise Goals
1. Did no formal exercise today but walked around with the consumers at the mall for about 25 minutes. I guess that counts :Pinkbounc
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. Our van transportation for the consumers for day treatment quit so now I have to go pick everyone up from the group homes around west mobile before class and bring them home. Same for the afternoon group.

I don't remember if I put in here about my job. I work at Mobile Mental Health. I am a behavioral specialist (everybody say OOOOOOOOO). It means I do classes for and take consumers on outings during day treatment(the morning program) and RDP(the afternoon program). I loved it when I first started :love: back when we were fully staffed. Now I feel like I'm going crazy :crazy: because it's just me and the Therapist. There is supposed to be a Therapist plus three workers (pref. two Behavioral Aides and a Behavioral Specialist). I have to either do groups or outings all day as well as transport my people in a huge van 3 times a day. Somewhere in there I am supposed to do my paperwork :lmao: :rotfl: :happytv: :rotfl2: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :rotfl: :lmao: . But I digress.......... Anyway does anyone know how you can change your screen name, because I might need to have some semblance of anonymity if I am going to talk like this on here.

[Jane E.]

Zela, its great to see you posting agan. Congrats on your upcoming 1 year anniversary with your boyfriend. :banana: It sounds like you two had a blast at Disney. Sorry that your work has been stressful. I hope things improve for you. Great job on getting back on track with your eating and workouts.

[Lesli54]

Hi Z,

Great job on the water! Also, I am so excited to hear about the great romance that has come along. You're a great person and you deserve someone great!

I can see where your job could get crazy. Employer's sometimes have a way of cutting back on staff and overbooking others. It's a shame, but hopefully some of it will work out for you soon.

Hopefully, tomorrow will be a good day for you. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

8-29

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :cheer2:
but could have done without:
fun size 3 musketeers
fish sticks banquet frozen dinner
45 baked lays chips(since they aren't too bad for you I went a little crazy :crazy: )
2. I drank at least 8 glasses of water :cheer2:
3. I had 10 servings of fruits and veggies
banana
lettuce on turkey sandwich
about 8 cups of watermelon (it was an entire half of a melon :crazy: )
4. I ate no fried foods :cheer2:

Exercising Goals
1. Walked around in Walmart for about 1.5 hours. It wasn't a fast pace but I am counting it as my exercise:teeth:
2.Wasn't up and active most of the day. I transported consumers again and also did anger :furious: management and team solutions classes during the first half of the day. I sat on my tush while I was doing these classes. :confused3

I need to add back my bible study goals. I want to start back reading my bible and attending church regularly. We've been going most Sundays but I have just fallen out of the habit of having my quiet time every day. Anyone that would like to is welcome to pray for me about these things. :grouphug: Thanks in advance.


:banana:

[Zela]

: )

[Zela]

I know I said I wasn't going to eat anything after I got done posting yesterday, but I ended up eating a Reese's peanut butter cup. :guilty: After I ate it I also wanted to eat a couple of slices of bread and some hugs and kisses but I restrained myself. I guess I just need to focus on PROGRESS not PERFECTION........

So far today I have had 2 cups of watermelon and about 20 baked lays. I plan to have a chicken fried rice banquet meal for lunch. It only has 7 grams of fat. I also plan to have about 2 more cups of watermelon for a snack this afternoon and maybe a turkey sandwich and a banana for supper. Today I might try to eat 3 less points to cover the reeses from yesterday. Even doing that I should still have about 2 or 3 left to play with. I'll see ya'll later!

[Zela]

Yesterday 8-30
Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range
but could have done without
the nutella sanwich at night
2. I don't remember how much water I had
3. I had all 5 fruits and veggies
4. I had no fried foods

Exercising Goals
1. no formal exercise.
2. Tried to stay up and active most of the day

[Zela]

8-31

Eating Goals
1. Ate within my points range :thumbsup2
but could have done without
chips for breakfast
reeses peanut butter cup :bitelip:
1 pc of crust off KFC chicken :furious:
1 peanut butter hershey's kiss
2. I didn't have a lot of water(didn't keep track)
3. I had 3 fruits and veggies
watermelon 2c
corn
4. I ate the fried chicken crust :guilty:

Exercising Goals
1. No formal exercise
2. Did not stay up and active most of the day. I did a lot of paperwork. :surfweb:

[Zela]

9-1 :wave:

Today was a long day at work. I tried to eat healthy most of the day because I knew I was getting pizza tonight. The pizza is coming at 8:15 and today I have eaten:
1pc whole wheat light sara lee bread .5
1 fruit and yogurt parfait 3
2 oreo cookies 2 :teeth:
1c strawberries 1
1c pineapple 1
5 bbq pringles 1 :guilty:
2pc whole wheat light sara lee bread 1
1 small pc jack links terriyaki beef jerky .5 popcorn::

I know I won't be completely on point for tonight, but my plan is to eat 2 slices pan ham and 2-4 hot wings. If I stop after the pizza I will be on point, but I do want some hot wings to. Maybe there is some lettuce in the fridge. If there is I'll make sure to get some to eat along with my pizza. I wonder if I am ambitious enough to eat only one slice of pizza and lots of lettuce and then a few hot wings. Anyway, I'll write back and report what I did.

[Zela]

Oh yeah, and plans for tommorrow. My sis is coming to visit with my nephew tommorrow. There will be food involved. I'm thinking I might decide to eat half of a cinnabon with her and then eat sensible at lunchtime and dinner. That is the general plan. Either a cinnabon or a cinnamon sugar pretzel. Anyway................ :3dglasses Have a good weekend everybody! :cool1:

[Zela]

: )

[Lesli54]

You are so right, this is all progress (and learning.....or is it re-learning?), not perfection. That sounds so familiar here.

At least you went in with a plan for the pizza last night. Give it a few more tries and I think that you will be successful. I know that I had gotten down to eating a salad and a couple of slices pizza at the PH buffet, so with some more experimentation, you can do it. :cheer2:

Good luck with the family and food today. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

PS - I agree, the kiss sounds romantic. ;)

[Zela]

Today I ate:
1pt-2 slices light whole wheat sara lee bread w/spray butter
.25pts-1 bbq pringle
1pt-1 sugar free oreo like cookie
15pts-cracker barrel
grilled catfish filet
2 helpings baby carrots
1 helping string beans
1.5 biscuits with promise butter and a little blackberry jam
3pts-ice cream cone from mcdonalds
8pts-creme frappaccino (tall) from starbucks with whip
1pt-1 fig newton

I know....I ate a lot of junk :confused3
I didn't have near enough water. Me and my sister walked around shopping for about 4 hours. I counted 2 hours as exercise. Plus, most of the time I was holding my Sir Chubbs-n-stuff(a.k.a. my nephew) most of the time so that counts for weight training. :joker:

[Lesli54]

Sounds like you had a fun day, Z. At least you were active and thankfully, family gatherings don't happen every day.

Here's hoping you get in all your water today. :wizard: ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

Lesli- I got halfway on my water so far. That's progress from yesterday! And I will probably end up drinking the rest before I go to bed. :woohoo: Thanks for the encouragement. :teeth:

[Lesli54]

Pass the Nutella, please! :rotfl2: Isn't that stuff just wonderful? Dangerous, but so delicious.

Unfortunately, navigating restaurants can be tricky at best, but you just have to know that it is over and move on. Make some better plans for next time and you will be ahead of the game.

I hope that your holiday is a good one. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

Lets see if I can remember what I ate yesterday.

Oh, here we go, I wrote it down.
1-2 slices whole wheat light sara lee bread
6-1 super pretzel
1-1 pckg cookie dough bites
5-1 grilled spicy catfish filet
0-1 c lima beans
0-2c salad
1-2 tblsp fat free ranch
3-1/14 of a key lime cheesecake w/ whipped cream
1-1c pinapple
3-1 sandwich made with
3 slices turkey
3 slices ham
2 slices whole wheat light sara lee bread
1 tblsp free mayo
1 tblsp spicy brown mustard
2-1 tall pumpkin spice latte (w/ff milk and no whip)
2-pts for my snacking
2 small bites meringue
4 sips BF's mochafrappaccino
1 hershey's hug
1 c pinapple
Okay thats 25 pts. I only went one point over(I'm supposed to have 24) . I ate healthy most of the day. I cleaned for about 45 minutes before lunch which counts as exercise. I got all eight glasses of water. I would consider yesterday a success. :cheer2: :yay: :cheer2:

[Lesli54]

:cool1: :banana: :cheer2: Way to go on your successful day! :cheer2: :banana: :cool1:

It is nice to see that you got your water and exercise in, plus were able to eat within reason. Boy it sure looks like a lot of food though when you list it all at once doesn't it?

Keep up the AWESOME work! ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

The last two days my food hasn't been bad. Water intake was at an acceptable level. I have also gotten about 80 minutes of exercise in the past few days.

Today:
2-2c watermelon
3-1 sandwich
2 slices whole wheat light bread
3 sl turkey
3 sl ham
1 sl fat free sharp cheese
some grey poupon
2-2c watermelon
1-1 airhead
5 c water
3-1/2 c nonfat frozen vanilla yogurt from marble slab
2-1 sandwich
2 sl whole wheat light bread
3 sl turkey
1 sl fat free sharp cheese

[Lesli54]

Looking good, Z!!

Do you want to exercise for me as well? :rolleyes1 Keep up the great work on the food choices. They do seem to be fairly reasonable.

Have a great weekend!

[Zela]

Whew.... Its been a long couple of days :surfweb: . I won't even try to begin to recount what I have eaten in the past few days. My eating choices were reasonable and I got most of my water on most days. Yesterday, I went to my sis's baby shower and had 1.5 small pcs cake and then 3 of the petit fors that I made. I didn't completely blow it b/c I ate a turkey sandwich for supper. Anyway I'll start back over with today.

For breakfast:
5-1 mickey waffle (1/4 c pioneer buttermilk baking mix, 1 egg, little bit of diet lemon lime soda) :stir:
2-2 slices gwaltney center cut bacon, fried :cheer2:
2-1/2 c simply shredded potatoes hash browns with 1 Tblsp olive oil added. :love:

Plan for lunch:
either 1c frozen chicken stir fry or a bbq sandwich with whole wheat light bread and maybe some yams.
Plan for snack:
maybe some watermelon or some cereal (hmmmm wander where I got that idea from :grouphug: )
Plan for supper:
I don't really know but I'll try to make it sensible.

[Zela]

I had the stir fry and a veggie egg roll. I did pretty good till about 6 when i went crazy and ate
1 tblsp peter pan peanut butter and honey
3 tblsp nutella :guilty: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2:
1 petit fors
1 pc of bacon
and other things I am sure I am forgetting
Anyway...........moving forward

Today I had
3-1c chicken stir fry
2-1 egg roll
2-1 fun size 3 musketeer
1-1 grape hug drink
4-1 banqet turkey meal
2-1 serving baked lays
1-1 small strawberry blow pop
1-2 sl whole wheat sara lee light bread
3-1/4 c pork bbq and 2sl whole wheat sara lee light bread
0-2 pickles
1-1 can string beans
2-1 large strawberry blowpop
That is 22 pts. I have 2 left. I am going to try not to use them.

[Lesli54]

Hi Z!

Don't worry too much about the slip ups, you are still doing great! I think it is great that you try to use less points than you are alloted. At least that way, if you do stumble, you should still be good to go.

Here's to a wonderful week ahead. pixiedust: ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo

[Zela]

Hey......haven't had time to post........Wednesday was my birthday..........between then and now I have eaten everything :furious: .............very high stress level............One day I will start posting again :confused3

[Lesli54]

Happy Birthday, Z! :bday: party:

When stress is high, just try to find a few minutes for yourself so that you can keep your sanity and not find all the goodies in the fridge. Try a walk or a long relaxing bath. We will be here when you post again. In the meantime, here is a little pixiedust: to help you make it through the day. ::MickeyMo ::MickeyMo