Good evening everyone. I like being coach because it gives me an excuse to sit and dis for a while in the evenings. We had my niece and nephew for a while, who are 3+5, so that was fun. We did bake a pack of the pillsbury sugar cookies, and the kids each had 2-3, and we split the rest them and sent some home with them. So I only have 3 left for me to savor. Day 3 of journalling my food, though my choices weren't the best today. I am planning to meet a friend at the park to run in the morning. SHe's done a few races with me, and is much faster, but she is trying to increase her distance and thought we might run some of our longer runs together. At the park it's 3 time around the walking path is one mile, so she can see my speed and decide if she'd really want to run with me. Her son is a friend of michael's so he's going to come too and they can hang out together. I'm going to do 4-5 miles.
Hi Everyone,
I slept in this morning and definitely feel good about that. I really needed it. I was up at 5 the last 2 mornings and will be up by 5 tomorrow morning. Not a lot of studying planned for today. Mainly teaching reading and government. Probably some solar system too.
Weigh-in was not pretty.
Shawn, you were so right. I am not up 4+ pounds. I am up just over 3, but I will use tomorrow's weigh-in as I have since fiigured out why. I'll just say that I may be reading a book in the bathroom a lot today. Sorry, TMI.
I am going to be posting mini-challenges on most days throughout the rest of the Fall Challenge. In honor of mikamah's QOTD and her response,
Friday, 1//19 Mini-Challenge: Drink 8 8 oz. glasses (or more) of water today. As always, 1 8 oz. of coffee or tea counts.
Have a great day everyone! Drink your water!
QOTD: I'm with
Kathy, drinking water is one of my biggest keys to success. That and exercising. Journaling helps, but more for the WW GHGs, than the actual points, especially if I am exercising.
And, on that note, if the sneakers fit, than pink it is!
Sorry weighin wasn't great, but it is what it is and you can move forward. Your test is tomorrow? That will be a huge relief to get that over with, and I'm sure you will ace it. You have been studying so hard. Good luck tomorrow.
Love the daily challenge idea. Thanks for doing that. Especially with the holidays, it will come in very handy to keep us all on our toes.
I had a good weekend and I'm feeling prepared to tackle the weekend. I am hoping to build momentum and confidence that I can handle thanksgiving! I am so worried about the weigh in the morning after!
Glad you had a good week, and hope the weekend is great as well. It will be tough to weighin the day after thanksgiving, but that might give us a little more reserve during the holiday.
We have our coaching week filled. Thanks to worfiedoodles and donac for filling in for us! 
Thanks guys.
[One of the easiest things I can do to stay on track is to journal my food (sound familiar?).
All too familiar.
[Well, I had a 1 pound gain today. It is not surprising and not the end of the world. With these inch losses things may just be shifting around a bit. Hopefully it and another will be gone next week. I am close to a new decade and would really like to hit it before the end of November.
You can do it, Lisa!! I'm sure that pound will be gone plus next week.
Connie--before I forget, if you are running the 1/2 this weekend--good luck!!!! If you are not because the hip is bothering you, big hugs.
Just wanted you to know I was thinking about you.
Thinking of you too, Connie. Hope you are doing well.
Just the thought of my family makes me want to get the big bottle out!
We have seen lots of different doctors and specialists with all of Tom's health issues growing up. We have seen some amazing doctors and we have seen some really smart, for lack of a better work, buttheads. We've had er doctors call our house to make sure ds is doing better. We had a dermatologist do extra research to find out how to have a special test run. And we had a gi specialist when ds was in the hospital at 14 who had ds in tears because he was so awful. What I have learned through all this, is that I don't put up with rude anymore. And I hope what DS learned is that everyone deserves to be treated with compassion and respect.
There is absolutely no reason for a physician or health care professional to be rude or insensitive to a patient or family member, but it happens all the time, and it drives me crazy. That is a good lesson for ds to learn, but too bad he had to learn it the hard way.
Happy to say that I saw the 141s today--141.8! Very happy to be on the low side of maintain this week. Good QOTD Kathy! I am starting to get a little stressed about Thanksgiving and food when DS is home. I am nervous about the extra junk we will probably have around and I'm a little afraid of stress eating from all the extra excitement. So when I thought of the QOTD answer I started thinking of a million answers to the question, which then started stressing me out. So I thought about it some more, and here's what I came up with:
Friday 11/19 qotd- With the busy holiday season upon us, what is one of the easiest things you can do to help you stay on track with the healthy lifestyle?
I can make a plan!
A plan for when and how much I can realistically expect to exercise. A general plan for what we will eat while DS is home, if and when we will go out. And a plan for what sweets and treats we will have in the house. I can make a plan that will have me working really hard until Wednesday, which should help me to get through the next couple of days with hopefully not too much damage. Putting the time into a plan now, will hopefully mean that I am still a maintainer next Friday.
I have been lazy, but time to get going and hit the Y. My legs are a little tired from all the steps this week, so I'm going to ride the bike. We're running 8 miles tomorrow--first "official" training run for Princess. The step counter thing will still count the bike if I put it on my shoe. They actually recommend that you do this. It feels funny, but I'll still get to count the steps!
Talk to you later!
Congrats on the 141s!!! You have a great plan and will make it through the holiday as a maintainer. That's awesome the biking can count toward your steps.
Good Morning! My weigh in went awesome this week, really makes up for the last two bad ones! I lost 4.6 pounds!
Gotta go before my kitty jumps on the keyboard again and deletes my post!
Whoo hoo!! 4.6!! I'm betting we'll see you in the top ten, probably #1!!! Keep that kitty off the keyboard.
I honestly had to laugh at this because I do occasionally on those bad weeks break down and get the whole meal. The bacon egg and cheese is the only sandwich that I eat and I take the egg off since I dont like eggs like that.
I am still finding a way to get off of this food. They should really have rehab centers for this.
It is sad it tastes so good, but is so bad for us. I'm sure the biggest loser ranch and spa would be able to help us. We were eating fast food too much last year. I was having a hard time coping after losing my mom, and just didn't feel like cooking, but when michael went for his physical in january, he had gained too much weight, and we had the talk with the doctor, and that's when I started getting him more involved with trying to live a healthier life. We only have fast food once a month at the most, and if we do go out, we'll usually go to panera. He and i looked up the calories of his typical mcd's meal vs panera, and mcd's was like 1200 calories, and panera was about 500, way less fat. It was good for him to see the numbers too, and I've tried to get him more involved and exercising with me too. It's hard, and it is an addiction, and trying to keep it in moderation is key. You've done so well to get down to just one hash brown.
Today seems like a better day for us. No falls although I am really sore, and dh seemed in a better mood. He ended up getting written up at work for not hearing the phone ring the other night and it was the alarm company for one of his centers. The kids must of played with our phone in our room because the cord was out. The 2nd contact person is mikes boss and they called her and she had to go to secure the building. The next day he apologized and explained what happened. Today he got written up for it.
It is what it is but he seems to be handling it well. He got a call from the child care school that he applied for the other day and they said they will be scheduling interviews next week. Hopefully he gets something else offered to him that would be good for us because I think these people at his work now are just trying to pick at him and push him out of there.
Glad you had a better day today, and I can imagine you're pretty sore. I hope your dh gets an interview and is able to find something else. It's got to be tough feeling like they are out to get him.
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Here's my thoughts on fast food in general, feel free to skip, if I am being too pushy. I had to get really real with myself and finally decide there was no nutritional value whatsover in most fast food. It was not something that happened overnight. This time last year I was regularly still making runs for egg and cheese biscuits and french fries. I was off meat by then, but really even without the bacon, the egg had protein, but was offset by so much other bad stuff that it didn't matter.
So I started trying to look at it as a treat. Like when we were growing up and we got to have soda on very special occasions. The biggest issue for me was what to replace the fast food with that would not make me feel like I was being deprived of something I thought was so tasty. I am at the point now where I can guarantee the fantasy I have in my head of what some of this stuff tastes like is way better than it is in real life.
I'll give you an example. DS loved Little Caesar's pizza when he was growing up. We used to have them at least once a week, maybe more. Several months ago Mike and I were feeling lazy and I said let's just get a Little Caesar's pizza. Quick, easy cheap. We both couldn't even finish a piece. It did not taste like I remember it used to taste.
The pizza I make at home now or the thin crust pizza we get from a good restaurant is sooooo much better and really doesn't take long at all to throw together.
But it took time. I have go to food that I would much rather have now than fast food--a luna bar, an Amy's bowl, a mini bagel toasted with pb and a couple of chocolate chips, hummus, pistachhio crisps. But none of this happens overnight. I think the key to getting started is to start treating the fast food as a very special treat. Once you have some good habits set in place, you will probably find you have much better things to use as treats that you enjoy soooo much more. And you will save the stuff that you really love (like french fries
) for when you want a treat. And then it tastes fabulous!
Hope this wasn't being too pushy. It definitely for me was something that was a process and took some time to get a handle on. I will still on occasion say to Mike, let's get a breakfast biscuit and he will look at me and ask--do you really want that. After 2 seconds of thinking about it the answer has always been no.
Thanks for sharing your story, and how you have turned you way of thinking around. You have truly made this a lifestyle.
I was down .4lb today. Not much but actually it is down 2lb from monday. Now if I can go down over the weekend instead of up it will be good.
Down is down, and down is awesome!!
Today has been a good day! No cavities at the dentist! 2 clients plus a chair massage client today, good tips$$$! 3 clients scheduled next week! Going to be happy with the money I have for our trip!!!!!
Enjoying some chips and dip and my peppermint mocha white Russian! Watching Emergency!!!! Brings me back!!!
TTFN
Glad you had a great day. Randy Mantooth was so dreamy. I'll go right back with ya.
Off to watch big time rush with michael. I skipped Icarly tonight.
oh well. 1 step forward, 2 back. AK won't be home from her trip until 11:30. 
Atleast is is toasty instead of frosty
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. Hoping to wrap up a Coastal Championship today... 
on the 141's! But, really, Rose, how can you think of yourself as lazy with all the exercise you've done this week?!? And an 8 mile run today? You are far from lazy, girl! 
And pardon my ignorance but what is a slingbox? 
Have a great evening everyone.
