Thanks for the pep talk...I am going to head on a 2 day sebatical...a good friend just called and wants to get her Tupp bsiness back up and running so I am going to do a lock in until her business is better...plus then I can give us a breather in this house...
I will try and be on as much as possible...not sure what my internet connection will be like.....Thanks for the support...it will get better...
Goof - Thanks for the card and postcard...I have them in my journal I carry with me....I hope you are not dissapointed by your numbers tonight...I know they cannot be as bad as what they would have been if you were not concious of your food choices....you'll be o'tay!
Talk to you all soon...and Kat..good idea on the breaking the ingredients down...you are a smarty farty aren't ya!!
Nah, just an anal-retentive math geek.
I have also been doing this calorie-counting thing for over a year now (well, taking May, and Sept - Jan off and on, which is why I am only down 35 instead of 73 like I should be!!).
This weekend is DL so be prepared for the postcards I'm bringing home!!!
I gained .6 lbs today but that could be for any number of reasons... I'm still lower than friday which is good... 227.6 today... I'm sooo close to having lost my 10 lbs for the month... I can almost taste it... I hope everyone has a good day!
Sarah
You will get there!!!
You are doing SOO well and I know that the weight will continue to fall off.
You are so sweet... I think I blushed when I read your post...
Thanks for being my cheerleader this week.... I could certainly use one to help me get back on track...
Thanks for the pep talk... I definitely want to keep going. I am just nervous that tonight's results will throw me off my game... With folks like you here waiting to pick me up, there is no way I can fail...
I love the support I get from this board.... I am not sure what I would do without you all....
Paula
It really is great here, isn't it!!
Yeah, this is my issue now as well. WW is basically equivalent to counting calories...and there are lots of meals that I make that I am thinking..."how the heck am I gonna translate that into points???" Living and learning...
Other info.--I admit that I have not been good about water AT ALL since starting this journey. I figured that with all of my exercising plus staying on program, I wouldn't have to worry about the water. Guess I was wrong! (No loss last week even though I was perfect and exercised 5 days.) So today I started with water....I hate it and it is a real challenge for me. I'll stick with it, though.
Also, I am shaking up my workout routine a bit. I honestly don't think that my body is in much of a rut...I have only been running for about 5 weeks, so I doubt that has become habitual for my body already. Nonetheless, today I did a killer interval training work-out that I will share with you in case anyone is looking for something new...
10 minute run warm-up (then hopped off TM)
3 sets of 12 on the leg press (quads_
3 minute run on the TM
3 sets of 12 hamstring curls (low weight)
3 minute run on the TM
3 sets each inner thigh and outer thigh
4 minute run on the TM
3 sets of 12 each bis and tris (free weights)
5 minute run on the TM
3 sets of 12 shoulders (free weights)
5 minute run on the TM
3 sets of 12 abs (on the machine)
3 minute run on the TM
5 minute walk cool down on the TM
I basically just made this up on my own...I wanted to incorporate weights in to my work out, but still wanted to run and keep my heart rate up the whole time.
I read an article on water and how it helps to flush fat out of the body, especially when you are dieting. I should find it... it really spurred my water-hating butt to choke it down.
I like your workout... I can't run and I work out at a gym so going back and forth would be hard.
On my weight training days (M/W/F) I do the following, starting w/ a place in my gym that has a circuit so it makes it easy to do quickly. I also do 30 reps on each circuit machine, 15 of an easier weight, 10 that are hard, and 5 that are really hard. When I am done, I do 30 min on the elliptical.
Circuit:
Chest press
Lat pull-down
Seated Row
Leg curl
Leg extension
Leg press
Tricep machine
Bicep machine
Shoulder machine
Non-circuit:
Twist machine (obliques and lower back), 2 sets of 15 on each side
Tricep skull crusher, 2 sets of 10 (skull crusher is using the curl bar, laying on your back on a weight bench, extend arms straight out, then bend elbows to 90 degrees w/ curl bar right in front of your face)
Alternating Bicep curls, 2 sets of 10 on each side
Tricep kickbacks, 1 set of 10 on each side
Chest fly machine, 3 sets of 10
Back fly machine, 3 sets of 10
Hip adduction, 2 sets of 15
Hip abduction, 2 sets of 15
On non-weight training days (T/Th/one weekend day), I do 45 min on the arc trainer or the mini-stepper at home, and 100 crunches on the ball, 50 straight up, 25 on each side.
Bring it on...
We will be spending a week in Edisto Island, SC in Jun. How far are you from there?
Your home is probably closer to me... I would say that is 6 hours from us DC is about 4.5.
Hope everyone is having a great day!!
No worries there!
I actually got goosebumps at the end of the movie when they showed the entire quote and then highlighted just the Keep Moving Forward part. That is SO Walt!
You are naturally going to fluxuate up and down throughout the day or the week. Stick to once a week...same time, same scale each week.
Total hypocrite here, I own it! But that is my point...EVEN I know that you shouldn't weigh in that much! 
Hope i can keep it up!
Pathetic really. 
You are setting such a great example for your kids by not stooping to his adolescent level. 
Hang in there - we're all pulling for you! 
If you were to tell me that you ate an entire cheesecake, I'd say "that's okay. *Stuff* happens. Let it go, and move on...etc, etc, etc"....but if I had a single bite, I'd look at myself in the mirror and think, "you dumb bunny - you KNOW better! What the he!! did you do that for" 
