GREAT WEEK for you! WTG! And at least SOMEONE thinks I'm wise... it certainly isn't my children!!
Thanks!
Those inches lost are AMAZING! I never measured myself when I started this journey, but I often wish I had... it would be nice to have other tangible proof of my weight loss, other than just the scale.
You are amazing~! There aer MANY people with far less in the way physically that are always full of excuses of why they can't exercise. You certainly have a decent excuse, but you aren't letting it slow you down! I'm so impressed. And by the time your leg is ready for action, your upper body should be BUFF!! (just don't overdo.... you do need to recover!)
Tough to start a new week like this, but I have been there plenty of times. Friday tends to be a tough day for me.... if the official weigh-in is good, I feel like I "deserve" a splurge. If the official weigh-in is less than stellar, I end up looking towards comfort eating.... EITHER WAY, I am self-sabotaging... SO STUPID!
RECORD those cookie points and MOVE ON! You still have plenty of Flex points for the week.... and you still have the potential for a loss this week. Take it from someone who has actually used up all of her Flex points by Saturday night!!
NO KIDDING! You look super! What impressive photos! I hope you are super proud of all you have accomplished!
on the bolded parts!!
My answer to the QOTD: I am definitely NOT a high stress person. I don't have a stressful job, my kids don't really give me more than normal stress ("clean your room, do your homework, don't hit your sister/brother"). I kind of create my own stress sometimes.... silly things like unclean house or disorganization stresses me. Running late stresses me. But most of that stuff is well under my control, so I try to work at keeping things under control so I DON'T get hit by that kind of stress. Guess I am kind of a "chill" person most of the time!
In regards to what I bolded... you could respectfully have a quick talk with Nana about your goal to be healthier and live longer and how the kind of eating you are doing now will help you accomplish that and that you would really appreciate it if she could be supportive of your new lifestyle.
DH's mom can be a bit like your Nana.... she will pat DH's belly and comment on how concerned she is about his weight and his health...blah, blah, etc, etc... and then be SURE he has the 2 doz. fresh cookies she made him to bring home!! Talk about a mixed message! I know that many people of that generation especially associate food with love, but sometimes it needs to be about HEALTHY LOVE! You wouldn't give a recovering addict a drink, right? Or buy a quitter a new pack of cigarettes, right? So why do so many people insist on sabotaging the healthy lifestyle changes of a "dieter" (for lack of a better word)??
If people in your family want to comment (assuming behind your back) about you becoming anorexic, you can't really stop them... but you can be sure that you are SHOWING them that you are living a healthier lifestyle by making good choices at your family functions... and that might including being the one to bring along the (only?) healthy choices available! I often feel like that, especially with DH's family (although one DSIL is great about bring a big fruit platter).
You need to do what is best for YOU and stop worrying about what they think!
ONE-DERLAND!! It's an amazing place! Now you can start concentrating on changing that number in the ten's place!! Great job!
Instead of getting into a funk about the ankle and the lack of running, change up your thinking and use this as an excuse to find lots of great new upper body and ab exercises!
And let the ankle have the time it needs to recover.... rest, ice elevation is probably the key, unless you think it is more than a sprain. I think I saw a post where you mentioned an x-ray... good idea and I hope everything is okay.
You ROCK!!
5 pounds is an AMAZING amount this far into your journey! And obviously your new, updated eating plan is working for you!
Nice job on placing in the race! I can't imagine that feeling!
Good choice with the soup..... just take the downfall (such as it was) and MOVE ON! Jump back in the wagon and stay on track! What you said in the bolded area shows me (and everyone of course) that you are making HUGE STRIDES in your thinking.... healthier living and better choices are coming more naturally. Those are things that will impact you for a LIFETIME!
You did great and made some good choices when confronted with a difficult situation... plus you got in your run.. good way to end your day!
Can't comment on the music (cause I'm an old lady
), but glad you were able to get on the treadmill. And you did some intervals...that is excellent! Just curious why the thunderstorm stopped you.... were you afraid the power would go out? Or is there some danger associated with using the TM during an electrical storm? I have used my TM many times during storms, but maybe I shouldn't be??
For me/us, it is truly a full-on VACATION. We eat out (so no cooking or clean up or meal planning), we stay in a hotel (no bed making, etc), we fly there (it always feels more "real" when we fly somewhere), and other than rising early, there are no demands of any sort. Our other vacations are fun, but (especially for me) there is still plenty of work involved.
When we go away with my family (one week every summer) the ladies are still pretty much in the kitchen every day (although we take turns for dinner-one family each night in charge of cooking and clean up)... everyone still needs breakfast, lunch, snacks, dessert, etc.... and unfortunately we come from a group where the men are RARELY seen in the kitchen unless they are EATING!!
Frustrating, but we are used do it. Plus we rent a house, so we are still making beds, picking up towels, sweeping, wiping down the counters, etc. We have a GREAT TIME and I dread the day we stop doing it for some reason (been doing it since I was PG with DD who turns 15 soon).... but there is lots of work involved.
Our time at the Cape with DH's family is a bit more relaxing, because we stay with other people (one DSIL and one DBIL have summer homes there, and one DSIL lives there year round), and I do bring food and groceries, but I am not usually in charge of making any meals or any decisions. We just go with the flow of what everyone else decides to do!
So anyhow.... now that I have rambled on and on.... our WDW/DL vacations pull me back because of the MAGIC of a REAL vacation for me!
And it is usually just us four.... another vacation rarity for us! Also, I have been enthralled with the "idea" of Disney since early childhood when DGrandfather first started visiting WDW (shortly after it opened) and telling us about the exciting things to be found there. I KNEW it must be a magical place if my wonderful, special, creative, magical Grandpa loved it! And I was right! And I was lucky enough to share my first visit to WDW with him and my Grandmother and my parents and brother when I was just 10 years old!
Can't wait to hear how it went! Hope your weather is better than mine right now! You RUN girl!!
Well, happy SUNDAY morning friends!! I was among the early risers here, but opted to stay snuggled in bed and read for while.
DD claimed she wanted to run with me today.... I told her I wanted to head about about 8 am, but here it is almost 10 and she isn't up yet! I will check on her shortly and head out with or without her. It is raining, but I am not going to let that stop me.
Yesterday went well... our Robotics team raised about $300 at the yard sale. Not as much as I hoped, but the day started poorly with POURING rain from 6:30 am until a bit after 8 am. But from there it cleared up and was beautiful. But I think that the initial rain kept lots of folks home.
I WROTE a plan for the day and pretty much STUCK TO IT... and that plan included rising at 4 am to get in a 45 minute run before the day got away from me. I KNEW if I wrote that run into my plans that it would be much more likely to actually happen and it did!
The only drawback to the day was that rising early meant I was hungry more in the morning. I ended up spending 2 points for a latte at about 8:30 am.... as opposed to the 0 point iced coffee I was planning... but I was cold and wet at the time.
I also spent 2 unplanned points on a Rice Krispie treat in the afternoon and one point on three bites of pizza. So even though I was pretty much on plan for the day and ate my healthy lunch that I had packed and brought along, I still ended up at dinner time with only 1 point left to spend without having to go into Flex Points. Well, you know I had to go into the Flex points.... I spent 5 of them for dinner (chicken and brown rice and veggies), and 3 for a dessert (sure, I could have skipped it, but I was still a bit hungry and I was craving a treat). DD and I went out for another 30 minute brisk walk at 8:40 pm so I could earn back a few of those dinner points with activity. I'm still going to count them as Flex points used, but I felt better about it any how, once I walked. Here is how the day looked.....
4:10 am Out the door for a run... a bit under 4 mi.
4:50 am Hit the shower, get dressed, get kids up at 5:00am
5:15 am Leave the house, drive 30 minutes and drop DD off at swim practice.
6:00 am Stop for breakfast at Dunkin Donuts for DS and myself. Ordered hot water (brought along my own breakfast beverage mix of choice in my favorite Disney cup, 1 point), egg white wake up wrap (3 points). Drive straight to yard sale site.
6:30 am Still hungry so also had oatmeal/raisin bar I brought along (2 pts). Setting up yard sale stuff in the pouring rain.... desperately trying to keep the stuff dry under the woefully inadequate tents... but better than nothing.
7:00 am Check cell phone... DD has been trying to reach me... slight emergency... no swim practice because no power at the Y. When she couldn't reach me she called home and woke up DH. Her coach brought her partway and DH met them.
7:30 am DH arrives to check on us and ask if we want coffee. I ask for the medium latte with skim/Splenda because I am cold (2 pts). Probably should have gone for just a black coffee.
8:00 am - 10:00 am Busy moving stuff around, selling, collecting money, etc, etc, etc. Latte tastes great. Weather clearing and I'm drying out.
10:00 am I notice I am STARVING. I eat the 1 portion of cantaloupe I brought along. It tastes great and is thirst quenching (I keep forgetting to drink water.... too busy!)
12:noon Finally slows down enough for lunch. DH brings in pizza (against my wishes)... supposed to be primarily for my kids and another family, but sort of becomes a buffet for the masses (kids and parents who are "helping" with the yard sale). He has to run back for two more pizzas. I have one bite of his slice and two bites of DD's slice... yummy and hot, but greasy. Glad I stuck with my planned lunch. Whole wheat wrap (2 pt) with Hormel all-natural turkey (1 pt), mustard (0 pt), and lettuce (0 pt). Side of broccoli salad (2 pt), and a full liter of cold seltzer (0 pt). I am comfortably full and happy with my healthy choices. Resist the sodas and cookies and candy bars that the team is selling.
12:00 -1:15pm Making sales, consolidating stuff down, run to nearby yard sale and buy a new crockpot (new in box for $5
!!)
1:30 pm Start packing up the stuff. One load for the dump, one load for the Goodwill. Tables back to the school, tents down and packed up, etc. Indulge in a caffeine-free diet coke (0 pts but 75 cents) and a packaged Rice Krispie treat (2 pts but 50 cents) to "support the team"
.
2:30 pm Driving to the Goodwill (about 30 minutes away) with a full car load. Stop for iced coffee at McD (splash of skim milk and sugar free vanilla syrup, 0 pts).
5:30 pm Home again, everything unpacked and put away. Starting dinner and counting up the points for the day.... realize I am at 17 points! How did that happen??
8:00 pm Finally serving dinner... took forever for the rice to cook. Skillet "quick" chicken and rice recipe. One skinless chicken thigh (3 pts), 1/2 C of the brown rice/tomato/green pepper mix (3 pts), another liter of selter (0 pt), steamed asparagus (0 pt).
8:40 pm DD and I head out for a brisk walk. Aiming for at least 30 minutes. We do the full 30, but just barely as my old-lady bladder is protesting the liter of seltzer I had at dinner and we walk back very briskly!!
9:15 pm I enjoy a large serving of the "cheesecake" that I made earlier in the week. (Found the recipe on Sparkpeople.... will share it another day once I have perfected it!). Double serving of cheesecake (3 pts), plus another liter of seltzer (which I fell asleep without finishing fully).
10:00 pm.... falling asleep while watching an episode of Hoarders with DD.
Not sure why I felt compelled to share my entire day, but there you go!
Well... now 10:30 am and DD is up and willing to run in the rain with me. I will feed her and we will head out!
I hope everyone has a super Sunday!.................P
Just have to keep up the momentum through the summer to get to ONE-derland! 
I'm planning on just having a salad or fruit for dinner. But I can't help but feel like a blew it. BUT I'm not going to mess the rest of my day up because I didn't make the best choice for lunch. I also got another great motivation in the mail today, an invitation to my cousin's wedding on 7/30. I'll be seeing my Dad's side of the family, people I don't often see. I want to look my best and feel healthier so......must get movin'!
You have done a great job with your training!
The weather really was cooperating with us as it was a perfect temperature. There were points where it was really sunny and hot and other times where the skies were a bit cloudy and a slight breeze would come (loved this part). DH and I felt really good this morning and the first miles passed pretty quickly. We had planned on walking at mile 4...but didn't. We walked for a couple of moments to get drinks at mile 5 and then ran right away again. We planned on walking at mile 8...but didn't. Again, we walked for a minute or two to drink and have some jelly beans. At about mile 11 we caught up with Corinna and again, walked as we had drinks. Then we ran again. The end of the race is almost all uphill. There was one really steep hill where we power walked up part of it as our running was as slow as walking! I was so excited to see the flag for mile 13 and crossing the finish line was AMAZING!
I confess. I have an irrational and inexplicaple love of peanut butter. I'm not quite to that point where I know that I'm done with this for the day, but I'm at least to the point where I'm contemplating being done with it. Like, I know I'm strong enough, but not sure that I want to be. 
