Another HUNDRED DAYS!

[jayna22]

Yesterday I finished day 40! I did use four flex points though. It was tough--I was trying to stay off my foot, thus I was stuck in the house all day. When you sit and think about food, it's hard not to eat. I suppose I should be glad it was just four. The good news is that, as of today, the scale reads 192.5. Not only did I lose the 4.5lbs I had "gained" last week, but I've officially lost .5lbs in August. Yay! I don't know if I can make five, but I'll sure keep trying!

40 down, 60 to go!
Thanks!
jana

 

[goldcupmom]

I'm still here, all, and plugging away, albeit very slowly. Yesterday was day 77. Consistency is NOT in my vocabulary at present due to life situations (in my journal).

I hear you about heredity, Donac! My Dbro said yesterday that his heart surgeon told him next time he should choose a different family as our genes "suck". He is recovering well from his quintuple bypass(at 61), but his diabetes is still very much out of control.

Hopefully more later.....

Congrats everyone on hanging in there!!

 

[mikamah]

I'm done 69 days. Just one month to go!!!! Hope you all are having a great weekend. I actually finished yesterday only using my daily points. I don't know when was the last time I didn't use any flexpoints. It was an absolutely crazy day at work and I didn't get lunch til almost 3, so that really helped. Thanks to Cam and Jana for your no flex points motivation. I'm really trying to be good today so I can weigh in tomorrow, before we go away camping again. I don't want to ever leave One-derland again.

Everyones doing great. Keep up the good work.

 

[goldcupmom]

Made it thru yesterday - day 78. Just keep swimming!!!

 

[keenercam]

Hi, Jana – Sounds like you did pretty well at your training session. Your food choices sound very controlled. Congrats!

Julie – I know how stressful and crazy busy the past 6 weeks have been for you, so I am outrageously impressed that you are still here and doing so well.

Dona – I’d bet it’s even harder to stay on track now that DH and DS are home, but you are doing great! Keep up the great work!

Kathy – I hope your WI was very satisfying and that knowing how well you are doing will help you stay on track when you go camping.

Well, I did GREAT on Friday, putting me at 3 days of being below my daily points. I did fine on the 7.5 hour car ride, eating snacks I brought with me – baby carrots, WW pretzel crisps & grapes, and a dinner that I’d prepared at home and packed for the cooler – LC panini. And when we got to my Aunt’s house and everyone was eating sandwiches at midnight, I passed on that too.

Saturday was a hungry day because we walked 4.75 miles, and I did restrain myself eating all day – one waffle w/2 sausage links for brunch and watermelon and grapes for snacks instead of tastykakes. I was very proud of myself. By dinner, though, I was very hungry and had no restraint. I ordered broiled scallops for my dinner but shared fried calamari, fried popcorn shrimp, a fried chicken drumstick and NE clam chowder with DH and DD. Later that night we went out for ice cream. I restrained myself to a kids’ size ice cream but didn’t get low fat or sugar free, AND I got rainbow sprinkles and helped DD finish her ice cream too. Bad Cam!!!

The car ride home yesterday was less controlled food wise because I packed turkey & cheese on a pita instead of something low points, and was munching on (reduced fat) cheez-its frequently. UGH! When we stopped at a rest stop, DH and DD shared chicken nuggets and fries and I stuck to coffee, so I am considering that a small victory, too.

I am disappointed in myself for not being completely on track the whole weekend, but am not going to beat myself up too much because I KNOW I could have been so much worse.

Back on track today. Still cheat-free, too since my splurges were only flex-point expensive.

 

[mikamah]

Yesterday was day 70 for me. I went to a birthday party and didn't have anything to eat, but then went to a graduation party, and had two finger sandwiches, and some salad (with bacon, eggs, and a mayo dsg) and a small canoli. So I used up the rest of my days points, and about 12 flex points. We played a little volleyball, so I burned a few calories anyway. I forgot that I was weighing in today, or I would have passed on the bacon loaded salad, so when I got home last night, I drank 2 huge glasses of water, and this morning went for a 3 mile walk before weighin, and ended up down .6. I was very happy about that, but proceeded to the grocery store, and did not make the best choices for our camping trip. And now I have eaten 16 points worth of cheddar cheese cheetos, and my son ate about 4 points worth, so there's only 4 more left. I hope he's finished them before I get off the computer. I'll have a salad for dinner, and hope to be done with the junk for today.
My realistic goal for my camping trip is to keep track of all that I eat, and I would like to be cheat free for 2 of the 4 days we are gone. I don't have enough flex points left to make it all 4 days. I'm also going to try to get a walk in everyday. That usually helps to keep me motivated.

Hey Cam- It sound like you did great this weekend to stay within your flex points. It is so much harder to stay on track when you are travelling. Hope you are having a super cheat free day.

Congrats to everyone. Have an awesome cheat-free week.

 

[jayna22]

Yesterday I finished day 42. Today is the last day of my week and I have only used four flex points! On Sunday I hit 23, Monday I hit 24. Today is free day. I plan to use 10-12 flex points as I am having pizza for dinner. I have been looking forward to it all week!!

Keep up the good work everyone!
42 down, 58 to go!!
Thanks!
jana

 

[keenercam]

Great job, Jana and Kathy!
I finished day 83 yesterday and today is the last day of my WW week. I have 10 FPs left but don't expect to need any of them. And I only used 1.5 of my APs last night (on 2 pts worth of grapes).

 

[keenercam]

UGH! I used up all my remaining FPs yesterday and went over by .5 (all those unused DPs and APs from all week aren't available to help, unfortunately). So, I am not counting yesterday as cheat-free.

How is everyone else doing?

 

[donac]

As of last night I am at 87 days. I have been staying within my calorie total that I set at the beginning but on the higher end than the lower end. I have been working out but not as much since I am spending about 5 hours a day walking and working cleaning a cemetery for my ds's Eagle Project. I am pretty tired when we get home and I still have to deal with all the stuff you normally do around the house. It takes up the entire day. We are there from 9 - 12 and then either 3 - 6 or 6 - 8.

I leave in 1 week for my trip to DW and I'm glad that this is a short one and we are not planning on a lot of things. I think I only have to pack and get a few things. I am sad that if I had been better just a few more days I would be done with challenge before I left(not that I plan to pig out. I didn't last year. Why ruin all the hard work. I will treat myself but not go crazy at every meal) At least I will be done with this before I go back to school in 2 weeks. Maybe I will have my own personal challenge to go to Thanksgiving.

Keep up the good work everyone. Hope to hear how everyone is doing. I know it is hard but you can do it.

 

[mikamah]

Well, I'm back but was not cheat free for the 4 days we were camping, and the day before we left. I did not track anything, and did not come near to drinking enough water, and pretty much did not follow any of the healthy food guidelines. I guess I did get a little exercise, but not as much as I would have liked. We came back yesterday and I started a new week, though I did use 12 flex points on 2 hershey bars while unpacking.
It is a new week, and I don't have to weigh in til the thur or fri, so I'm hoping I and remedy any damage I've done.
I'm done 71 days, 29 to go!
Hope you are all having a great weekend. Keep up the good work.

 

[keenercam]

Hi, everyone!
Thanks for checking in. I will update everyone's numbers today. Unfortunately, mine will not have budged. Oh, I'm sure that on my first day of my WW week I couldn't have gone over all my points and FPs, but I just didn't even bother to try to keep track or restrain myself. I seem to have lost all motivation and it has been so outrageously stressful at work and getting DD off to college this past Friday.
Today isn't looking too promising, either. I bought a sugar donut this morning. Funny -- I restrained myself yesterday morning after doing 9 miles of training for the 1/2 marathon, and yet I had no willpower today.
I am going to get this together. And I plan on getting in my last 17 CF days before we leave for DL in 26 days. I am telling myself that is not a license to cheat 9 more days. I am in some kind of funk and really need to get over it. Maybe I will feel better when I see DS13 at camp next Friday. Right now I feel like a Mom with no children to mother, too, which is kind of weird. Not that they haven't both been away at the same time in the past, but this seems totally different. The other night I was talking about having a discount coupon to "bring the kids to the IMAX theatre if there's something they want to see" and DH said "you mean bring the KID" -- that shook me a bit, I'll admit.

Keep up the great work everyone! Don't let my total lack of discipline rub off. I am loving watching you all succeed and seeing your colors change.

 

[Tasha+Scott]

I am taking a study break so I thought I'd check in and say that today makes 50 cheat-free days here! I can't believe I'm at the half-way point!

 

[mikamah]

Hello there, Cam. I can only imagine what a mix of emotions you are going through, to send your daughter off to college. I'm sure you are so proud of her and yourself, and worried for her to be on her own. A friend of mine is sending her oldest son to college next week, and she is a mess, crying all the time, and so emotional. Doesn't it bite that we deal with emotions with eating. Your daughter will do great- look at her mom. I hope that before you know it she's home for holiday weekends and driving you crazy. Hang in there. I bet your son can't wait to get home, and you can spoil him rotten. Hope the week goes by quickly for you. Good luck staying cheat free!! You can do it!!!

I'm not back on track yet since vacation. Yesterday I went to a birthday party, and ate way too much, and there weren't enough flex points to save me, so I'm still 71 days. I weighed myself at work and was up 3 pounds, so I'm trying to stay on track til friday when I officially weigh in. I don't want ot leave One-derland. I just finished dinner and used 2 flex points on ice cream, and should be done eating for the day. And today is 100 days til my Disney trip, and my goal is to lose another 18 pounds before then. It is so easy to get off track.

Dona- have a wonderful trip!! I'm very jealous.

Congratulations Tasha on making it halfway there!!

Hope everyone is having a great week. Keep up the good work.

 

[jayna22]

I am now through day 48! I haven't been around much this week due to lots of extra work I had to bring home. Yuck. I'm also very frustrated with my foot. Tomorrow I go to the doctor but I don't think it is healing, so I don't know what to do! I can't go to the gym, so my weight loss has stalled. Seriously stalled. Anyway, I've had a bad week so I made today free day. Tomorrow I will definitely get back on track and do better. I will do it because I can do it.

48 down, 52 to go!
Thanks!
jana

 

[mikamah]

Just checking in. I haven't been very cheat free. I was cheat free monday, and tuesday finished up all my flex points, plus some, and yesterday did ok til the evening, when I had some microwave popcorn, to finish up my points, and then proceeded to have a 6 pt hershey bar, for no apparent reason. I could blame it on Gary Sinese and CSI NY, but I don't think it was really his fault. I do think if I come on and post, I tend to do better for that day, so here's to today.

Hope you are all having a great cheat free week. Keep up the good work.

 

[donac]

Just checking in also.

I am at 92 days and should finish even with a trip this weekend by the end of Aug. I go back to school on Sept 1st and would like to set that date as a starting date for a couple of changes I would like to make for myself. My main goal for this challenge was to exercise everyday, I know that I have achieved that. I need to feel my body move when I wake up everyday. I have tried several things with my diet and have found some things that don't work for me. Sept 1st is when I will be trying things that I think will work for me along with exercise. I will also like to bring some organization into my life and the start of the school seems like a good time to do it. These are some of the things I am looking forward to starting next week.

I leave tomorrow night for DW with my sister. I don't know if this is going tobe a good trip or a disaster. We have never just the 2 of us traveled together. She has always traveled either for business or with her husband and family. I have only traveled with my family but have made short trip around here by myself. I am looking forward to doing things that don't have to be done with my boys. We are going to tea at the GF on Monday. It is for a long weekend so I should be okay. I know it will go very fast. I can't wait.

Will check in next week. Hope everyone else is doing okay.

 

[mikamah]

Dona- Sounds like a wonderful weekend trip you have planned. I'm sure you and your sister will have a magical time. Have a blast.

 

[jayna22]

I'm at 50 days, but I should be way past that. August has been terrible (except the one week where I was really motivated)! Fellow challengers, I need help. Life is conspiring against me. My foot is STILL in the boot and will be until AT LEAST September 5. I can ride the bike, but I haven't gone to the gym because I feel like a dork. My work schedule is changing so I am home more often. This is a good thing except that I have more time to snack. My original goal was to be able to buy clothes in the "normal" size department. I've lost 105lbs and now I can do that. Unfortunately I still have 35-40lbs left to lose and I don't have any motivation!

Any suggestions? What motivates you? I've tried to come up with rewards for myself, but nothing seems to work. I just feel really stuck.
Thanks in advance.
jana

 

[mikamah]

Hello everyone Hope things are going good for everyone. I have not had a cheat free day since I last posted. I don't know why. My weight was up on friday, but I continued to eat out of control this weekend, and I don't really know why. I start my morning with 3 pt. cereal and milk, and pack a healthy lunch and snacks, but when I get to work, and there is junk around, I can't control myself. I started today with a 30 min walk before work, and my usual breakfast, but at work there was pretzels and onion dip, and I started into that around 10. I did track a few servings, and figured I'd used 3 points. The candy drawer we have was full, so I had a few caramels, took some points for them, then back to more dip, and more candy, and had my healthy 5 point lunch, but continued snacking the rest of the day til I only had 4 points left for the day. And after work went to two birthday parties, and had cake at both!!! Plus some tortelini and chicken salad, and stopped tracking, knowing I'd have gone way over my weekly flex points.
Now that the weekend is over, I need and want to start fresh tomorrow. No more snacking at work, and track everything, no matter what. Wish me luck.

Hey there Jana. Sorry I am not very motivating this week. 105 pounds! That is awesome. It is so tough to stay motivated. I'm sorry your foot is not doing too well. I don't get a lot of exercise, but every little bit helps. You should go to the gym and ride that bike. You wouldn't be a dork. It would probably motivate others there to keep going. I was trying to think of how to motivate myself too. I do find when I come on here and post, I usually stay on track that day. A reward would be nice. I was hoping to lose 30 pounds from when I joined WISH, til I go to Disney in Nov. I need to lose 6 pounds a month now, instead of 5, since I haven't stayed on track this summer. My motivator was to take a nice pic of my son and me in WDW to use as a christmas card, and to be more comfortable walking the parks. What do you like to do? Maybe you could plan a special night out, or a special souvenir trip on your Disney trip as a areward. It is also good since you are stuck home more to not buy foods that you would overindulge in. I also always buy the individual snack size foods whenever I can. I might eat 2 or 3 or 4 once in a while, but it's better than the whole box or bag of snacks. The other key to success is to never give up. No matter how off track you get, you can get back on. Look how far you've come. You should be very proud. Keep trying, keep Dis-ing, keep smiling, and you will have success. Hang in there. You can do it.