Amanda's Heading to the Beach Journal! Feedback Welcomed!

[lulu201]

Good morning, Amanda. I hope you've got another "recharge those batteries" day ahead. I'll talk with you again in a week. Do good things for yourself, OK?

,
Erin

 

[DoeWDW]

It's a bright and beautiful Monday morning, Amanda!

I'm keeping you in my thoughts and prayers as we both face our back-to-work Mondays.

 

[septbride2002]

Good Morning. Well today is Day 1 of the core program. I weighed myself this morning and I am holding steady at 165. Current stats are 165/165/150.

I've got my food journal started and I found the perfect notebook to travel in my daily planner. I am feeling stressed out and overwhelmed today but I am trying to steady myself. My feelings are from a deadline that I have today and I know I have all day to make it - however it still makes me nervous. I like to get things done now!

Goals for the day.
water: 8 glasses
vitamins: taking them now.
exercise: either 30 minutes and Curves or 30 minutes of walking = 1.6 AP's
Food:
b: coffee w/ cream =1.8 pts, apricot =0, yogurt = 3
l: tuna salad =0
d: Buffalo chicken breast w/ veggies = 3pt
s: Low fat popcorn = 0 pts
total 7.8pts - 1.6pts = 6.2 points.
35-6.2=28.8 pts

~Amanda

 

[septbride2002]

Do I like Core - well my scale being down 1.5 lbs this morning is definately a bonus for the program.

Yesterday was a successful day! I didn't get all my water in but I did manage to get in 6 glasses. I love being able to eat fruits without guilt!

I had to go back and edit my points last night because I realized that I figured them wrong. That's okay though - there are still plenty left.

Goals for today:
vitamins: taking them now
Water: 8 glasses
Exercise: Either 30 minutes at Curves or 30 minutes walking - depends on if I have to work tonight or not.

Food:
b: new favorite! Shredded Wheat w/skim milk and 1 Tbsp honey - 1pt
Coffee - 1pt
l: Buffalo Chicken Breast w/Ranch Dressing - 3pts
s: Apricot - 0
d: Salad - 2, small hamburger - 1.75
s: Grapes - 0 pts
total points: 8.75pts-1.6APS=7.15 points

~Amanda

 

[DoeWDW]

Great to hear you're enjoying the food! It's so much easier to stay on plan when you enjoy what you're eating. I've got more fruit on tap for my day today also (can't let YOU have all the fun ).

I'll cross my fingers and hope that you don't have to work late tonight.

Have a wonderful day, Amanda!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Amanda,

Glad to hear that you like Core... 1.5 pounds down this morning is wonderful!!!

Hope you have a great day today!

 

[rcyannacci]

Congrats to your bocce team! Well done you! I spent the evening in a pub drinking too much beer, so I'm impressed

Have a great week, and good luck with the Core program.

 

[septbride2002]

Good Morning Everyone! Thanks to all who stopped by my journal yesterday! I am happy to say that the scale says I'm down another .5lbs this morning! That is 3 lbs in 3 days! Whoo Hooo

I have 21.56 points in my reserve still. And I do need to tone down the points eaten. We'll see how I do today.
Plan:
Water: 8 glasses (yesterday I only got in 4)
Vitamins: w/Breakfast
Exercise: 30 minute walk (1.65 AP)
Food:
b: coffee -1pt, yogurt - 3pts, apricot - 0
l: tuna salad w/glass of skim milk - 0
s: grapes - 0
d: Pork Chops simmered in Orange Juice and Soy Sauce - 1pt
Salad w/Ohana's honey lime dressing - 2 pts
Points: 7pt - 1.6AP=5.4pts
21.65-5.4=16.25

Oh! A non-scale victory today. They have brought in both breakfast and lunch for us here at work. Breakfast is Panera Bread bagels and muffins. I checked the points though and didn't want to waste 7 or 8 points on a bagel and cream cheese. Lunch is going to be from an italian resutrant - I'm sure the dressing won't be low fat, and the pasta won't be whole wheat so therefore I am skipping lunch and going home!

~Amanda

 

[DoeWDW]

You are a smart cookie!! Bravo for skipping the carby, high point foods!!

3 pounds in 3 days!!!! YAHOO!!!! You gotta be lovin' your scale!!

Keep up the great work AND the sunny attitude!!

 

[rcyannacci]

Congrats! Way to stay on track!

BTW- if you have that honey-lime dressing recipe, I'd love to make it. DH and I both love O'Hana's anything! I've been making their stirfried green beans & red onions a lot too.

Hope you have a great day!

 

[septbride2002]

Ohana's Honey Lime Dressing
Ingredients

1/2 C honey
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp salt
1/2 C cider vinegar
1/4 C lime juice
1/4 C diced onion
1 C canola oil

Method:

Place all ingredients except oil in food processor and blend until
smooth. Slowly add oil until it is well incorporated into the
dressing. Makes 2 Cup.

Good Morning! Would you believe that I am down another .5 lbs! I am down to 162.5 lbs! I may be out of the 160's by the end of the month! Whoo hoo! Stats right now are 165/162.5/150

This morning I tried on a pair of goal jeans - they are looking good. I think 5 more pounds should do it!

yesterday I decided to skip my workout. After a very long and stressful day at work I really need to just veg on the couch which is exactly what I did.

Plan for today:
Water: - 6 glasses (yesterday only got in 4)
Vitamins - w/breakfast
exercise - 30 minute walk for 1.6 APs
Food:
b: eggs, greenpeppers, mushrooms, and lean ham - 0 points!
l: Pork Chop w/Orange Juice and Soy Sauce - 1 pt, Corn - 0
d: Cobb Salad - 2 pts for dressing.
s: Apricot/popcorn/grapes - 0
Total points=3-1.6=1.4
Flex: 14.65-1.4=13.25

We are going out to eat tonight but I've already searched the menu. The cobb salad has "A refreshing combination of fresh greens tossed in Culpeppers¹ own ranch dressing, topped with sliced egg, avocado slices, blue cheese crumbles, bacon bits, diced chicken and tomato." I'll be asking them to hold the blue cheese - blah!

~Amanda

 

[DoeWDW]

I'm glad you and the scale are getting along so well and when goal jeans start fitting better, you KNOW you're on the right track!
Keep it up, Amanda!!

To half or not to half, that is the question. OK we have about 3 weeks until race day. Neither of us have been putting in the mileage to be ready. We've got a couple options. We can bust our butts to try to get ready in 3 weeks and risk injuring ourselves or we can just face the fact that we aren't ready and there really is no need to push.

We've both done a half marathon before so we don't have anything to prove. We were going to do this one for fun. I don't think it will be much fun if our bodies aren't ready - that sounds like a recipe for disaster AND a rotten way to spend someone's birthday . At this point, I think I'm voting for just kicking back and having fun for the weekend and skipping the race. What do you think?

Thanks for the encouragement in my journal, sweetie. Seeing that scale number was quite a shock. I'm doing a moderate good carb thing at the moment that is probably very close to WW Core. I think I'll be fine if I can quit eating late at night and quit drinking (which can give me the munchies somethin' fierce around TOM time ).

Oh, and I totally agree about the bleu cheese - I think they should call it BLECH cheese.

Love ya,

 

[DoeWDW]

The sun'll come out tomorrow.
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there'll be sun.
Just thinkin' about tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs and the sorrow, til there's none.

When I'm stuck with a day that's gray and lonely
I just stick out my chin and grin and say
The sun'll come tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on 'til tomorrow come what may
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow
You're only a day away!


Sending very sunny thoughts your way today, dear Amanda.

 

[septbride2002]

Thanks for the song Doe!

I am very depressed today and not feeling very well at all. I hate it when life hands you a bunch of rotten stinking lemons.

My scale shows the damage I did yesterday - I'm up a pound. I know that if I concentrate on water and sticking to core that the pound will wash away. So I am trying to remain positive.

Plan for today:
Food:
b: eggs, ham, greenpeppers, and mushrooms
l: leftover pork chop and corn/greenbeans - 1
d: 6" sub from Subway - I need to figure the points.

I know I should count all my flex points to yesterday but I am not going to do that. I am going to pretend yesterday didn't happen and move on today.

 

[septbride2002]

I need to quit having bad days at work - they ruin my diet.

I am pulling myself back on the horse. Yes I screwed up but I know that WW Core is working for me when I follow it. Now I just have to keep following it.

~Amanda

 

[rcyannacci]

You are such a doll to post that recipe for me...thanks. I think I'm going to plan an O'Hana's dinner for Sun. night...I'll let you know how it goes.

What a crummy week! My eating is always the first thing to go when I'm disappointed or having a stressful week. You should have seen me during my exam period...I inhaled a whole cake...literally! The sugar high was great...until I crashed.

The best thing you could do right now, IMO, is to really take care of yourself. Make sure you are getting foods in your body that you know will make you feel better and not worse.

Sending you and hugs.

P.S. When you get really mad at the work people, I've found a dart board w/ pictures works wonders

 

[lulu201]

I'm sending some good ole Monday morning your way, Amanda. I hope it brightens your day.

How was the weekend? Your results with CORE are impressive, girl! I'm finding it very motivating! Thanks for sharing your journey here on the WISH.

What are you eating today?

,
Erin

 

[DoeWDW]

It's Monday morning and we're both back at work, but we're going to make the most of this day, right? There are good moments in even the worst days, so keep your eyes open for them.

I'll send you a PM with our flight times. Our weekend of fun and celebration is coming up soon!

Take good care of you today. Do the best you can to make sure that you're satisfied with your choices when you lay your head down to sleep tonight.

and

 

[septbride2002]

Another day working for the evil empire!

Weekend was good although food was off the entire time. Lots of ice cream was consumed this weekend.

However the stats are looking good 165/163/150. So I am going to continue with this core thing a little longer

Plan for today
The bank is refilled at 35 points!
b: shredded wheat w/honey, skim milk, and bannana - 1pt.
l: leftover pork chop, veggies - 1pt
d: Steak Kabobs w/peppers, mushrooms and zucchini. - 0
s: popcorn - 0
points - 2
35-2=33pts
No exercise today because I have a feeling we'll end up at the hospital to see my friends new baby after work. She was induced at 6pm last night.
Water: 8 glasses

~Amanda

 

[septbride2002]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

I had such good intentions yesterday, and then it fell apart. I ate 14 points yesterday! 14! That means I only have 21 for the rest of the week! And of course my scale reflected my bad choices.

So here I am, another day - another pound!

Plan:
water - got 6 in yesterday, my goal is 6 more today.
vitamins - taking now.
exercise - Curves after work, gym bag is packed.
Food:
b: shredded wheat w/skim milk and splenda, 1 bannana - 0 pts
l: bunless cheeseburger, zucchini - 1 pts
d: Rio Grande Strip Steaks, 1 baked potato, small salad - 2pt
APS - 1.6
Pts 4-1.6=2.4 pts
21-2.4=18.6

~Amanda