I got in an extra 85 minutes last night at the Y and I did my semi-usual 30 minutes this morning. I just couldn't pull myself out of bed any earlier this morning to do more!!
I am so happy to report that I am down 2.6 lb this week!!
I haven't had a loss like that in FOREVER!! I have finally broken into the 130's and I plan on staying there!! My revised goal weight of 130 is finally looking doable!! But I really busted my butt this week with the exercise, etc to lose that 2.6, so I really feel like I EARNED it!
QOTD:
What are your favorite vitamins, herbs, methods of healing? There's lot's of different sicknesses and people deal with healing in many different ways.
Well... I do take a rather holistic approach to most illnesses. I am certainly not the type to run to the doctor for every cold and sniffle. That said, I get an "annual" sinus infection most every winter and I do end up on antibiotics once a year for that. But I can usually get that called in without an appointmentThat makes me very happy. I have never had a flu show and don't plan on one this year. My kids have never had one either. I was almost talked into it for DD this year, but I am holding off still. DH gets one every year, but he has a chronic neurological disorder and it makes his immune system not always work properly (plus he doesn't eat right or exercise or get enough sleep!!
). He still manages to get some horrible chest congestion type illness most winters anyhow, but not usually the actual FLU.
I don't take a daily vitamin... mostly because I just don't remember. And I buy vitamins for the kids, but they don't remember unless I remind them. DD eats well, so I don't worry about her vitamin/mineral intake... but DS is another story!
When someone is sick we TRY to get extra rest.... but it is hard for DD to miss school now that she is in high school (and in the honors program to boot), so when she was sick a few weeks ago, she didn't miss a day for three weeks (while she coughed and sniffled, etc)... until she went to the doctor and got Dx with bronchitis, double ear infection, and conjunctivitis in both eyes and was told to stay home for a day or so.
I know.... I can hear you now... "how unfair of her to expose everyone else to her germs!!" etc... and I totally agree. But they REALLY frown on missing school in high school and it is VERY difficult to keep up with the studies and make up the work... especially with a FULL load of honors classes. Plus I just figured it was fall allergies and maybe just a cold.
DS, however, will generally stay home at the drop of a hat... with the smallest sniffle or headache he will ask to stay home.... so I have to kind of play it by ear with him. His head and throat hurt earlier this week, so I let him stay home that day. But he was fine by evening and has barely mentioned it again.
I am not one to push cold medicines or such on my family when they are sick. I figure the body can heal itself just fine (most of the time) with extra rest and fluids. But if you can't sleep due to congestion and/or coughing, then I don't mind giving a dose of decongestant or cough medicine. I do have a lemon/orange tea that I love to drink in the winter when I am not feeling well. I don't think that it has any real medicinal qualities, but it just makes me feel better.
DMom swears by honey and lemon and vinegar for a sore throat and/or cough. Mix a few tsp of each, put a spoonful in your mouth and let it trickle down and coat your throat. It really does help it feel better.... plus honey has been shown to have antibacterial qualities.
Well.... I am home today and I had planned on "raking out" DS's room.... but I just don't feel like it. I think I will sit at my scrapbook table (to reward myself for my great loss this week!)................P
A big thank you to 50sjayne for being the coach this past week!
I will be your coach for the next week. I've never done this before, so bear with me!
Congratulations to all the losers and maintainers this week! For those who gained, just get right back on program and dedicate this week to turning things around!
I haven't weighed in yet, but since I've been sick and mostly eating for comfort instead of journaling, I don't expect it to be pretty!
QOTD Friday:
What type of weight loss program are you following, and how is that particular program helping you reach your goals?
I'm doing Weight Watchers. I started in May (for the 4th time).I chose WW because I've had success losing weight on the program in the past. I did regain, but that was my fault for quitting the program. I know if I stay on it for life, I will continue to lose until I reach my goal and will be able to maintain after that. I like the personal support that comes with the meetings, and I like the flexibility to be able to eat whatever I want as long as I count the points for it and stay within my points allowance each day. When I've done programs that restrict certain foods, they're usually some of my favorite foods and I just can't stick with it.
Corinnak - congrats on the new clippie!
Thanks again to 50sjayne for being last week's coach!
Thanks to sskem96 for trying out coaching this week!
I'm started WW-online in the spring, and I was having success, but since summer started I've just been moving up & down in the same 5 range. It worked better for me, when I was tracking my food as I was eating it, rather than entering in the food every couple days.
I got up and weighed in this morning and was up 0.2lbs. So now, I've gained for 3 weeks in a row (for a total of 2.4pounds which isn't much, but the trend is bad). Part of the problem is that I've been eating all my points all the time including the activity points. I have been giving into my cravings in small ways, and I need to get myself re-motivated. I decided to be really bad at lunch and I went to McDonalds and had what I would always get last year, and it tasted good as I was eating it, but left me feeling sluggish, and now I'm going to start fresh. No more McD or A&W for at least 2 weeks, not even the McD thai salad that I like.
And a big thank you to sskem96 for being our coach this week. 
. Hope that your bad week is behind you now. 
I'm started WW-online in the spring, and I was having success, but since summer started I've just been moving up & down in the same 5 range. It worked better for me, when I was tracking my food as I was eating it, rather than entering in the food every couple days.
I got up and weighed in this morning and was up 0.2lbs. So now, I've gained for 3 weeks in a row (for a total of 2.4pounds which isn't much, but the trend is bad). Part of the problem is that I've been eating all my points all the time including the activity points. I have been giving into my cravings in small ways, and I need to get myself re-motivated. I decided to be really bad at lunch and I went to McDonalds and had what I would always get last year, and it tasted good as I was eating it, but left me feeling sluggish, and now I'm going to start fresh. No more McD or A&W for at least 2 weeks, not even the McD thai salad that I like.
I'm down .6. It's a two week weigh-in. So I could call it a maintain. Am I?
No friggin' way!
Here's to all of us for being here.
Originally Posted by sskem96
QOTD Friday:
What type of weight loss program are you following, and how is that particular program helping you reach your goals?
I don't have a program. Well that's not true. My plan is to concentrate on exercise because it goes so beyond weight loss for me - I need it for my mental health.
Food - try to eat consciously. Eat only what I love. ( I feel that for me - a lot of overeating in the past came from not really eating what I wanted to and then not being satisfied and then eating it anyway after the big eating search.
And I ask myself once in awhile "Can you keep this up for life?". If the answer is no - I'm not doing it. Because maintaining when I'm at goal is the real focus. So I concentrate more on the being realistic what I want to/can keep up and what I won't/don't want to.
Originally Posted by sskem96
QOTD Friday:
What type of weight loss program are you following, and how is that particular program helping you reach your goals?
I'm theoretically doing WW, some weeks much better than others. When I follow it, it works great! This week's COW is really going to help me, journaling my food is key. I do WW online, so it's very easy to see what I have left, and how I'm doing. Like Corinna, this BL Challenge is really helping me, too! I really don't like to report a gain, so I rein myself in when I'd rather eat too much.
Maria
Hopfully going to the meetings will make me stick to what I need to do.
Ugh...I've gained two weeks in a row now! Between birthdays, anniversaries, and being sick (yes, even on my deathbed I'll probably still want to eat!), I feel like I've lost a lot of momentum. I need to get refocused on my weight loss goals and get out and exercise as I've learned that's the only way for me to get weight off -- and keep it off!!!
Congrats to everyone that lost weight and a big hug to those that didn't.
