Monday's QOTD: What is one thing you do for yourself when you want to feel better physically that does not involve weight loss/excersize?
Eat organic and whole foods! Pre-Biggest Loser challenge, I would alternate between eating a really nutritious, home cooked meal made with whole grains, lots of veggies, and organic foods and eating JUNK! On nights I was too tired to cook, I would end up getting take out or pizza or buying something that was easy to make and sounded good but wasn't all that nutritious (i.e., Marie Calendar's tortellini and a sauce to throw over it). I'm still struggling with this a bit. Instead of high calorie/high fat junk, there are nights when I'll use processed food (like Campbell's soup and seasoning packets) to throw together a meal. It's better, but I still notice a huge difference in how I feel when the food I eat is processed minimally.
Okay I just had to come back and post, I'm sooo excited! After a week of 1 pound weight loss, and a seeming plateau, I lost 2 pounds yesterday, to bring me under 200!!!!!
How good that must feel!
And, while I don't gain at TOM, I do seem to get stuck at a plateau for that entire week.
Hooray for no secret stash!
Writing it down and seeing it add up stinks doesn't it? Don't feel guilty - think about what you would have eaten last year and then notice how far you've come toward a healthier you - a you who still eats girl scout cookies but is much healthier!
It sure does stink seeing it add up! Yikes!
As far as further excercise beyond the C25K, I'm pretty much just doing 3-5 days of running at this point, but I want to bump it up so I'm looking forward to seeing other responses. I do know to avoid the stair stepper (of course, I do that anyway!).
I'll make you feel good. I brought 4 boxes home from a girl at work, and hid them from my son and ate every one of them myself. But I bought 5 boxes from my niece, and shared them with him. Gee, I wonder why I'm not losing.
This made me laugh so hard I had tears in my eyes!
AHHHHH!!!!! I was so going to get up early and workout this morning. But, DD1 came in at 2 am to say she had gotten sick all over her bed and floor! Spent 45 minutes cleaning up that and getting laundry going again. Even had to vacuum at 3am. Now, I need to shampoo the area of her rug. All of her stuff is dry now.
What a miserable night for you and your DD! I'm so sorry you had to go through that.
*Taking my comprehensive exams for my Master's degree that I have been working on for 3 1/2 years. (yeah, i gotta remember stuff from a class i took 3 years ago, right!)
Best of luck to you with your comp exams. I still remember how stressed I was leading up to them and then when they were over it was sheer bliss!
I'm so sorry about your grandfather, though. I'm glad you and your family will be able to share some good time together both in San Diego and at
Disneyland afterwards.
Good luck with the drive! I will tell you that when I drove south with the girls a few weeks back, I wish I had planned out where I was stopping and what I was going to eat before we ever left. It would have saved me from way overeating.
We don't buy GS cookies anymore. I have conceded that I cannot eat less than a sleeve of Thin Mints, so I just don't go there. It took me a long time to accept that this is a food I cannot be exposed to...I'm happy to make a donation to the troop, but I can't take those cookies home! Good thing I have a ds!
Maria, you are a strong woman to resist the almighty Girl Scout cookie!
for all you iPhone users out there...dh just found an app, or maybe it's a website, I'm not a iPhoner
fatsecret.com This thing is amazing! It scans in your item from the bar code on the wrapper and tells you your WW points, and you can automatically update your calories etc for the day. Just wanted to share.
That is the coolest app, tell your DH thanks for sharing! Just the calorie data alone makes it worth buying, but to have it all for free is outstanding! I had looked at the bookstore a couple of weeks ago for a good calorie index book, but couldn't find one that I really liked. This app does it perfectly. And included fast food and major store brand caloric information, as well! Way cool.
I was waiting for the assistant director to decide what she wanted to do but all she was doing was talking to a person I am not fond of. Nothing was being done and I had sat around for over a half an hour so I left. I was there from 10:30 to 4 I had put in my time.
Ugh!
How annoying!
Congrats on being done with the play!
Today I weighed in (I'm already down 2.4 pounds since Friday's weigh in) and did my Monday work out. I bought a new WATP that I love. I don't know how old it is but it is a 5 mile walk and she does a "boost" at the end of each mile. I loved it and did not get bored once during the 5 miles (my other WATP dvd bores me).
I need to get off the computer and jump in the shower so I can start some laundry. The jeans I bought last week are already too big so I am trying to shrink them.
It's so fun to read your enthusiastic posts!
Congratulations on doing so well! Are you going to buy another new pair of jeans or will you wait a certain number of pounds first?
Sitting at my desk, trying to convince myself not to eat a Kashi bar -- which will eventually put me over my WW points for the day. We're having chicken/ziti/broccoli for dinner, which means I need a ton of points left for dinner -- I am so hungry! I ran 4M in 46 minutes this morning, how awful would it be if I ate some of those points? Yes, I am looking for permission to do something I shouldn't...dinner won't be ready until about 7, so I have a long way to go...
Maria, I know it's way after the fact, but don't do it! (That's said just in case you are still wavering. If you've already enjoyed it, ignore that last part completely!
). Maybe a nice cup of really good tea? I'm having some of my Aveda tea right now to help curb my afternoon sweet tooth.
DD and I got back about 1/2 hour ago from day 1 c25k - I did the whole thing!
Congratulations! Did you like it? My advice (take what you like and leave the rest
) is to take it one day at a time. Don't even think about week 2 much less 3, 4, or 8 until you've finished week 1. I kept thinking during the first couple of weeks how impossible future weeks sounded and finally got my head in the here and now. That did the trick and was able to happily take each week on it's own. My plan for the upcoming weeks is to run 30 minutes 3-4x/week and 45 minutes 1x/week.
rolleyes1), how do you get back on the wagon when you get back? Do you weigh in right away or try to lose some of the weight gain before checking in with the scale...do you struggle getting back on track?
Am ordering my kt tape when I finish this post. DD's arches hurt too - not good, they get sore at cheer w/all the tumbling and jumps they do.
All of you that have done this program. I will not make the distance of 3.1miles in 30 min so what do you do when you graduate? Just work on time? Did you add time or try to improve speed after week 9. I dont know what way to go. 
I totally empathize with anyone with cookies in the house.
Good job weighing less on Sunday than on Saturday. It's hard when it take so long to get to your goals, but when I get frustrated I just think that it too a lot longer to get the weight put on than I realize. You'll be a maintainer before you know it!
I am sorry for your loss, kimara and happysmly. 
Sorry you had a couple of injuries. Hope everything is okay. I'm following right behind you.
Graciesmom77! Thanks for joining our challenge. Did your DH go back to FL? Sounds like a good excuse for a WDW trip to me. 
