Julie's continual struggle (WW thread - comments VERY welcome!!)

[goldcupmom]

Today the scale was down 1 lb from yesterday, but still up from WI last week a tad. It always is, but I'm hopeful for a downward move for tomorrow. At least the .4 I gained last week would be nice.

DD's thumb is hurting so she is seeing the Dr at 11:30. I'm just praying it isnt fractured and if it is that we are a SHORT time casted or whatever. I REALLY don't want it to be a problem for our trip to Discovery Cove or the wedding. Time will tell......

Today is my liquid day. Really a test for me as I had to take DH to work (we left his cycle there last night as he had picked up the van and can't drive 2 vehicles) and on the way back picked up 2 doz Krispy Kremes for the kids for a couple days breakfasts, etc. I put 2 in a baggie for me for Thurs after WI and Friday. I will NOT succumb to the power of the donut!

These next 2 weeks are going to FLY. DH leaves Sunday for Phoenix and won't be back til the following Sat. Next F - S is our community Garage Sales sponsored by a Realtor who gives out prizes, advertises, etc. DH will be gone, but thankfully DD will be out of school to help.

We're down to 45 days til DD and I get on the train for FL. I'm thinking I need to revise my goal as I can't imagine my losing about 12 lbs in 6 wks. Some can, but my body just doesn't usually. Oh well, I will lose some and that is what matters. If I can't fit the dress I want to wear, I will wear the one I bought for last year's wedding.

Time to start doing more catching up..... Later!

 

[pearlieq]

Hey! Welcome home!

Glad to hear you had a good trip and that your sister is doing well. She WILL get through this!

Congrats to your DD--she sounds like one tough chick!

Sounds like you've got a lot going on in the next few weeks--busy is good, it makes the waiting game easier!

Hope you have a great day!

 

[Lesli54]

Glad to see that the scale is moving back down so you can get back on track. I think you are right in adjusting your goal to something that is realistic for you to meet before the wedding. It will make things much easier for you.

Hope DD's thumb is better soon.

 

[goldcupmom]

I tried to do liquids today, but fell apart about dinner time. I just needed food. Had most of a head of cauliflower w/ spices, a roll up w/ turkey, tomato and banana pepper and some baked chips. I'm still well within plan, so not concerned about having food.

After my 3 mi WATP I used my hawaiian ice machine and filled a cup with that and CF diet pepsi. VERY cooling and good. Definitely doing fine on the liquids today.

I'm almost done w/ ebay today and I've done 10 of my reviews for Insider Pages (I already got my 4 free Starbucks cards, now I'm working on $100) Easy for writing about businesses I know.

DS is on his way home from gym and I need to wash his work clothes. Tomorrow I start preparing for the GSale.

 

[goldcupmom]

A Word to the Wise.......

Don't eat a whole head of cauliflower with spices.......


UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I get a tummy ache if I eat a handful of raw carrots.....WHAT was I thinking?????????????

But it was SO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O GOOD!!!!!!

 

[goldcupmom]

Today has NOT been a good day.....

I was doubled over in stomach pain from 6 p.m. until almost 3 a.m. then up by 6.

The Krispy Kreme I put back for me ended up both being eaten for breakfast. NOT a good move.

DS19 called around 8 and needed me to bring a gas can as he had run out of gas and left his car in a parking lot yesterday. Got there and he managed to get more on the ground than in the tank, of course blamed me. Thanks for helping, mom .....NOT!!!
By the time I finished with him, I had missed WW.

So, I decided to go shopping. I need to find a pair of knit, sleeveless, darker(non see thru) color pajamas with shorts to wear on the train. I don't want to feel like I need to get dressed to go potty in the night. Went to Ross..... NOTHING for me, but found a bunch for DS15 and DD. As usual. I did find a couple of new WATP DVD's and bought them. They had a lot of fitness DVDs.

By this time I was craving Taco Bell. I didn't go, but came home and made a plate of baked chips,, cheese and salsa. Out of FF cheese so I used real. Then I saw a TWIX bar and ate it.

Didn't have time to exercise before getting DD. She tried on clothes and we decided to return/exchange some. Just left home and she had forgotten to have a snack. Stopped at A&W. It was 99c float day. So we each had a float and split an order of Cheese curds - fried white cheddar w/ ranch dressing. VERY tasty, but VERY NOT GOOD!

Back to Ross, found board shorts she liked, but not her size. Went to the other Ross, then Burlington Coat Factory. Still Nothing for me, but more for her. Finding shorts that pass the Dad-o-meter isn't really easy.

Finally back home. Kids had mac & cheese w/ jalapenos and chicken nuggets. I ate 2 nuggets and some salt & vinegar chips. Now I'm having coffee and had a small biscotti.

Didn't hear back from the Dr. today about DD's thumb. BOY is she Cranky! I'll call in the morning. If either she or I or both don't get TOM soon, I think we'll kill each other.......

Tomorrow is another day..... I will exercise and eat normally. I stepped on the scale when I put on my jammies and weighed less than last night.....GO FIGURE!!! Morning may not be so kind.

 

[Lesli54]

Sorry to hear that things are not going so well right now. I had the same clothing problem with DD17 last night. Everything for her, nothing for me, unless I want frumpy and dumpy.

Hang in there, hopefully today will be much better.

 

[goldcupmom]

Today will be a better day! (Could I get much worse than yesterday????)

Just heard from the DR and DD's thumb isn't broken. Still hurts, but she will just have to deal with it.

I'm got a ton of errands and other stuff to get done this weekend, but will simply have to prioritize. There is no way I'm really finishing it all. Such is life. DH leaves Sunday late, so the garage will have to be ready for Friday. That is a definite.

DSis still has hair and it's day 9. I'm still hoping and praying she makes it thru Sunday with hair.

I will likely try out one or more of my new WATP dvd's today. I don't think the 4 mile will be the one, tho. Just don't think I"m ready for that.

Breakfast was Kashi & yogurt (4). Lunch will be a Lean Cuisine or WW meal as I need to empty some space in my freezer. Dinner will be some ribs I bought and veggies.

Have an awesome Friday the 13th!!

 

[goldcupmom]

So far so good today. I've had 64oz water and did my new WATP Walk Strong. 2 miles and 32 min, but it has strength training in between the walking - squats, lunges, bicep curls, tricep stuff, etc. Boy are my thighs sore. I need to try them all then fix a schedule rotating thru them.

Lunch I had LC chicken enchilada suiza(6), 6 salt & vinegar chips(1) (which I only can stand certain times of the month....hmmmmm) and for a snack had 2 slices of turkey (1)

That leaves me 10 pts for dinner.

Just picked up DD, have to finish boxing and go mail ebay. Hopefully will have a few minutes down time before DH gets home.

 

[goldcupmom]

Dinner 8 pts. honey mustard chicken breast (3) organic broccoli & cheese (2) on a baked potato (3).

So, I'll either have some of my ice cream or a no pudge bar. YUM YUM!

 

[Lesli54]

Glad to see that yesterday was a much better day for you. I have to admire the fact that you are getting in your exercise, as I am not, but at least I am still moving. Have a great day!

 

[goldcupmom]

Saturday was again not a real great day.

DD and I had to run to costco, then to the mall.
Breakfast was a scone and decaf from the coffee shop. Not bad - 6 pts

Lunch was a roll up from Costco. Small slice (3 pts). Still ok

While at the mall, in the dressing room w/ DD AMTRAK calls. Another change in our FL trip. Since their schedule update in April our connection time in DC on the return was reduced to just over an hour. So, they changed our train. We now leave Orlando at 4 instead of 7:45. Not a big deal. But, I had to go to the station and reticket that portion...or so they said, said it would take about 5 min.

Finally found DD a top to go with her skirt for the rehearsal dinner. After looking at every store I finally found 2 prs of pjs for the trip. On the train I needed something that looked more like an outfit to make the middle of the night potty runs. Paid more than I really wanted, but they are nice from Dillards. DD is finally having a miserable TOM and cried most of the time. What fun!

So back home to drop stuff off. Had another roll up- so 12 pts for the day. DD decided she wanted to run with me to Amtrak since it wouldn't take long. By now it's almost dinner time, she hasn't eaten and her blood sugar has dropped, so we stopped at SONIC. OOPS!!!! So, I had 6 chili cheese fries and a Sonic blast for dinner. It sure was yummy, but not the best thing. Get to Amtrak and the agent says he has to reprint all of our tickets (12 total) and reprice. No extra cost to me, but the computer has to have it. Took almost an hour. DD was miserable and NOT a happy camper.

DH tried to rent her Racing Stripes, but they were of course out.

My scale was actually down another pound this morning. (Maybe I should try the Sonic diet????) I'm actually a tiny bit below what I was at WW before the .4 gain. Hopefully it will continue to move.

Still no TOM, but I am almost 45. I feel like I should, but.....My DSis and mom finished completely at age 38. Whew...almost 45, that's scary - I used to think that was old. I don't feel old.....I don't look old......hmmmmmm........

I've decided to make my goal before FL (6/25) a bit more reachable for me. My new goal is to make my WW 10%. I am very said that I lost the 10% keychain I originally had - I use it to hold the outer billfold on purses shut when travelling and in Houston, I spilled starbucks in my purse so washed it and it tore and then threw it away. I'm 99.9% sure I threw my keychain away. So, I want the keychain to hold my purse closed, and I just want to make SOME goal. Very slow loss is typical for my, but also very frustrating. So, by ww scale a week and a half ago I was 173. 10% is 167.6. I should be 172 on their scale right now, so I would need to lose 4.4 lbs in 41 days. Can I do that? I sure hope so!!

No exercise yesterday except for shopping. My quads are still remarkably sore from doing the Walk Strong DVD. I think that one will have to be 1x week for a while. After DH leaves for the airport later I will do the Walk & Kick I just bought.

I'll rethink my next small goal after FL. I'd like to be able to be 160 or less by my bday, but since I'll only be home for 19 days before, I think I'll be lucky to have the FL weight off by then. We'll see. I'm not going to obsess over my weight/eating while gone. The food on the train is going to be rough. 3 meals a day and wonderful desserts are included. I've decided I can't eat any breakfast other than the oatmeal/fruit/yogurt and only a little of the oatmeal. The other meals I'm convincing myself I can eat all the veggies, but only half of anything else at most. Time will tell. I will definitely get my water in and I've been trying to prepare DD that when we have breaks between trains we will spend it walking NON STOP.

More later. Everyone here is still sleeping, so I'm vegging at the computer and thinking.

 

[goldcupmom]

Breakfast was 2 wheat tortillas (2) 1/2 c eggbeaters (1) 1/3 c ff chz (1)

Lunch a roll up (4) & chips (2)

Dinner the leftover baked potato and broccoli/cheese (5) 1/3c leftover mac & chz (2)

then I had a ww 1 pt bar and a biscotti w/ coffee (3).

2 pts left.

Still haven't gotten my exercise in, but as soon as I'm done here, I'll do my ebay, then do the walk & kick. Then hopefully fairly early to bed. I'm bushed!!

 

[goldcupmom]

Early to bed did NOT happen, but I will move on.

I did the Walk Kick WATP last night. I think it is more of a workout in 30 min than the 3 mile. My quads are still killing me - worse now. Oh well.

When DH is gone, DD likes to sleep with Mia and I. After I exercised at 9 she turned on Disney and started watching the movie on. About 5 min into it she realized one of her molars was really loose, started messing with it, got it tipped sideways and then couldn't budge it. She then cried from about 9:30 until midnight trying to get it out, but wouldn't let me. At midnight I told her she needed to just go into the bathroom & keep quiet if she wouldn't go to sleep. About 12:30 she finally gave up. UGH!!!

Other than tired and extremely busy today, I must behave. The scale stayed down what it was yesterday, so maybe it's really a loss.

Breakfast is just like yesterday, so 4 pts. Not sure what lunch will be as I'm out of my flat out bread. With all the running I have to do late this afternoon/evening, I'm guessing dinner will be starbucks. I'm going to hopefully save 6 pts for it and a little for something of substance.

We now leave in 40 days. I sure hope I can see something measurable in weight loss by then. I just looked back at my 2003 WW booklet from when I had first joined. I'm only about 2 lbs below where I was 2 years ago. But, I also see that right around where I am now is where I kept bouncing back to and where I had a hard time losing. I guess my body likes this weight. I look back and remember my birthday in 2003 was a WI day, I had tried to hard and gained .8 that day. I then cried all day long. I was 166.6. It took me from 7/30 - 10/16 to lose 4 lbs and then I gained most of it back.

I will NOT do this again. I am exercising daily now and haven't in many years, but I'm just not seeing changes or weight loss. Hopefully I'll begin seeing something soon.

Have a great day!

 

[Clare]

Isn't it frustrating when the scale doesn't cooperate? Keep at it.....eventually it will move the way you want it to.

 

[goldcupmom]

Today didn't go as planned, either.....sigh!

Food was fine and I got in my water & exercise, but the rest....well....

Lunch was an LC dinner 5 pts.

I thought I was taking DD to fencing so grabbed more water and 2 lt bread and 2 turkey (2 pts)

Paid the cell bill, went to the credit union. Got to the gym to pick up the $300 of frozen food I ordered (DS was fundraising and they all love Red Wheel). Pick up was from 4:30 - 6:30. I arrived at 4:40 and the food was nearly thawed. It has always been ROCK HARD. So no fencing as DD and I had to bring it all home to the freezer. She will go tomorrow and Wed instead. On the way home I stopped and she got starbucks and I got Keva (4 pts). With my 5 pts left I had 2 in Sixlets and will have 1 - 2 in popcorn (we finally got racing stripes & it was free b/c it was a guaranteed rental and all out on Sat). I'll have something protein for the rest.

Did the 3 mi WATP. Tomorrow I will be brave and try the walk strong again....maybe!

Hopefully we will all get some sleep tonight. Tomorrow is ebay, get some stuff ready for the Garage Sale F - S, Fencing, help DS with school.

DDs last day is Thurs and since they haven't done anything is over 2 wks but watch movies ( just what does Bug's Life have to do with math?) I think she will miss Thurs and we will try to get our zoo trip in after my WW WI. If we can do it fairly quickly, we will still have time to set up for the GSale.

 

[pearlieq]

Sounds like a crazy day yesterday! Good job fitting your exercise in.

Hope you had a more restful night last night. Have a great day today!

 

[goldcupmom]

Sleep was even less last night than the one before. Mia decided she needed to protect the world and every sound she heard from 10:30 - 12:30 she made a mad dash out from under covers to the end of the bed, barked & growled once at the door then made a dash back under covers. UGH!! She finally slept after I took her out at 12:30, but after that I was up every hour. Finally gave up when the sun started peeking over the mountain at 5:00

A year ago last march our sewage pump went out and flooded part of the downstairs, including DD's room. At the time we took all her stuff and put in boxes on our sunporch. Well, she's never gotten around to unboxing. So, to get ready for the sale had DS bring a huge rubbermaid container up. It was her stuffed animals. Under the top layer was COVERED in mouse droppings. SO DISGUSTING!!! Of course she isn't ready to part with all of the animals, so we are now sorting, washing, etc. It doesn't look like anything was chewed, just a warm home for winter I guess. Makes me not want to see the other 3 containers.

I am SO tired, but have so much to do before Friday to get ready for the sale and run kids that I have to keep going. Tired, plus 8 tubs of cookie dough in my freezer & refrigerator and baby cheesecakes is going to be a challenge.

Breakfast was same as last 2 days, but I'm now out of my tortillas, too. I really need to work in a grocery run.

I've started on my water and I'll do my exercise as soon as DS heads to work. I'd love a nap, but don't think it's going to happen.

Racing Stripes was really cute!

More later if I'm awake!

 

[goldcupmom]

To try to avoid the need for comfort foods due to the sleepies, lunch was an old standby. 5 hard taco shells (5), a smidge of refried beans and a few pieces of shredded mozzarella on each (1) with LOTS of salsa. And a CF Diet Pepsi and CF Diet Mountain Dew.

Then since I was about to collapse I took a 30 min nap. it helped a little.

I did get my exercise in this morning - did the WATP Walk Strong. Boy those squats & lunges are killers!

Just had my revival soy(2) so I have 10 left for tonight. Nothing sounds good, just sleep, so I'm not sure what I'll have. DD just had a frozen burrito that we picked up last night. She was in line the whole lunch period and never got any food. That's why she normally carried her lunch, but with 2 days to go, didn't want to fix it. Now she has a ticket for today unused that she will have to exchange tomorrow and maybe have time to get food. This school is SO unorganized. They still have until p.m. Thurs and they turned in all gradeson the 2nd. It is just a waste of time and a babysitting job for the poor teachers. I'm not sure how they can justify these as 'instructional days'.

Fencing will run until about 8:30, so by the time we get home and things done (and puppy worn out) it won't be early bed night. Oh well.... After this weekend life will slow down a bit. Hopefully!

 

[mking624]

Oh I'm so with you on sleep sounding really good. I'm having a hard time trying to convince myself to workout tonight. I have a rest day tomorrow...maybe I'll just use my rest day today instead.

I'm sorry your DD is having trouble with the food line. We had that same problem in my high school. I went to a school of 4,200 students with about 4 lunch periods. I'd be in line for food almost the entire period if I wasn't fortunate enough to get there within the first couple minutes (and in a huge school, that's pretty impossible). So I can totally empathize. I hope she gets time for food tomorrow!!