Lulu201's Healthy Living Log (comments welcome!)

[DoeWDW]

Erin, have I told you lately that you're just about the sweetest WISH-sis a girl could hope to have?? Thanks for taking some time out of your busy schedule to walk with me yesterday!

I'm sitting here with a raging head cold (it really kicked in late yesterday) but am sipping on the most wonderful decaf green tea. It's flavored with mandarin orange (reminds me of Florida and warm sunny days) and passionfruit (appropriate as I approach 40 and realize that I'm not old - I'm very passionate about my life and all that is to come!). The tea is warm and comforting - alot like you, WISH-sis!! It's just what I needed this morning.

Here we go, bravely and confidently entering the month of February. Even on the days we don't FEEL brave and confident, we've got each other and our wonderful WISH-buddies to help us through. :happy1:

With the Super Bowl festivities, today may not be cheat free (I've heard someone refer to it as point-less! ) but I bet both of us will be making healthier choices and feeling better about ourselves than we did at this time last year! You did great during January - 25 days cheat free!!

Onward and downward, WISH-sis! :happy1:

 

[CourtasanSatine]

Congrats on the good month of no cheating I'm making the rounds just saying hi and the usual,

 

[Castillo Mom]

Erin, congratulations on being cheat free for January, woohoo!

 

[lulu201]

I had some computer wackiness yesterday and couldn't log on until late in the day, so I decided to just wait until this a.m. I missed everyone!

The weekend was great--it started with a terrific meeting with Doreen. We were quite athletic, girls, strutting around the mall as fast as we could go, wracking up the miles on our pedometers!
For those of you who haven't had a chance to meet Doreen yet in person, let me tell you, she's as sweet and wonderful as she is on the boards. A friendlier person you never did meet! Which makes her recent illness even more awful! Doreen. . .honey. . .you've got to get better FAST! I'm afraid that our walk just took your old immune system and flattened it out. I feel so awful about that ! Please, get well, so you can get to that Florida sunshine!!!!

I'm looking at the clock and realizing I have to get DD off to school, so I'm going to quickly jot down my plan, and then try to get back to the boards througout the day to post to everyone and catch up!

1. Vitamins
2. Coffee--just one
3. Exercise--doing a 4 mile treadie today, no excuses.
4. Water--hardly drank a drop over the weekend. I was so bad. I used the Super Bowl as an excuse to eat whatever I wanted!
5. Food--I'll try to go with my 24 points and AP for today. No flex if I can help it. I have to get back on track in a hurry!

More later,
Erin

Oh, and much thanks to the mod or whoever it was who got me straightened out yesterday--I appreciate it!

 

[DoeWDW]

Erin, our walk was the highlight of my weekend! I figure all that laughter and fun boosted my immune system! I could've had pneumonia by now, but thanks to you I've just got this itty-bitty head cold! No worries, WISH-sis - you can read my journal to see my battle plan for routing this cold!

Today's Monday, the start of a new week, so it's back to business, girlfriend! You were lookin' good on Saturday - we need to stay on plan so you can continue to melt away (there isn't that much more to melt, ya know!!).

Have a day!!

 

[lulu201]

Today I'm going to change my siggie to my last weight the last time I was brave enough to face the scale--it's up a pound from the last time I changed. I didn't weigh in today what with my super bowl chicken wings attached to my thighs, but it's my goal to get back to regular accountability, though.

Even with the pound gain, I'm happy with my overall progress. Thank you, Amanda, for that 80% statistic. Seeing it in numbers like that makes me want to push forward and to improve my number of cheat free days in February. I'm going to go for 28 this month!!!! What do y'all think about it? Should we just have a "cheat free February" or should we just try to continue to add days to the bears we've already started? I think I'd like to just continue on--I'd love to see what it looks like at the end of the year--but I'm interested in knowing what everyone else thinks. Speak up, ladies, I'm listening! Beth, what are you thinking?

I checked my bmi over the weekend. Normal is 20-25. When I started watching what I was eating (back in June, in my pre-WISH days), I had a bmi of 30.5. Now it's 25.4! I'm lovin' that!
I checked mine on the weightwatchers.com website; feel free to check yours out, too!

I'm going to spend a few minutes reviewing the journal entries from the month of January so I can get some coping strategies. I clearly know that the weekend is my toughest time. The last three weeks I've fallen apart on Sat. and Sunday, and it's really hampering any loss. Now if I wanted to maintain at this weight, I guess it would be OK, but I really want to be lighter for the half marathon and for my general health, so I have to come up with a better plan.

Progress on today's goals:
1. No vitamins yet.
2. Coffee almost done.
3. Water--none yet.
4. Exercise--not yet.
5. Food--Pb banana oatmeal, coffee w/cr=5

I'm going to check in briefly at journals and then get some housework done before I head out to work this afternoon.

Erin

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Hmmm, I'm back from reviewing my journal for January. I lost a total of three pounds. I'm not satisfied with that. February is going to have to be better. If I'm perfectly honest with myself, I see that I've been dropping the ball more than a little bit here. I wanted to lose 12 pounds for the Valentine's Day challenge, and I'm not going to get even close to that goal! Nope, it's a new month, and I have some new resolve going here. I want that 30 pound clippie before February is over, and that's that!

I'm going onward and downward into February!

 

[honeymo78]

Erin - one the best things about this journal is that you can look back and see how you've been doing. Good for you for using last month to see where you can improve for this month.

I've got a question for you - I rememeber a little while ago you had egg salad and I was wondering how you made it and how many points it was. My online ww subscription ran out and I didn't renew so I can't check out my recipe.

 

[marsh0013]

erin, if you want to be cheat free in february, this year, it'll have to be 29 days, because it's leap year! haha, we're thrown an extra day to be cheat free during. i think that's a nice little challenge though! and i have no doubt that you will have that 30 pound clippie by the end of february. continue with your walking, make sure to stick to your points, and it will be smoooooth sailing

hope you have a wonderful day today

 

[Strings]

Hey Erin,

Thanks for your post, but ZerasPride is definately the queen of that clippie. I think it's great that you went back over your journal for January. You identified trouble spots, and can be prepared for those times this month. I read mine too. It is really helpful. You have done an amazing job. Decreasing your body mass index by over 5% is a huge accomplishment.

I've given the cheatfree clippie some thought. I'm definately going to continue. I think it would be more useful for me to do monthly challenges. They are shorter term. I can track the months and see where I was most vulnerable in the year. Yes, it would be great to see a 300 for the year, but I think in the long run monthly totals will give me more info and help. Do what works best for you, girlfriend. Just like the diets, nothing works for everyone.

Have a great day.
Beth


Erin, I just had an idea. I'm not sure the clippie can do it though.The clippie might just support 3 digits. What if we did a month/year challenge. When we edit the number, put 1/32 or 1-32. That would be 1 day in Feb/32 for the year. The only thing is that people not in this group would think we're pathetic when they see the clippies. Imagine your clippie being cheat free for 23/325 days.

 

[lulu201]

Progress so far today:

1. Had a multivitamin; not the whole handful I usually take, but I haven't given up on them yet.
2. Exercise. Oh man, I'm in trouble. I'll be lucky to get in two miles now. My time before work is running out!
3. Food: b-5, l--8
4. Water: about 42 oz. so far
5. Coffee--all done, but I could use some more!


Beth: I agree; Lisa Z. is the Queen of the Clippie Challenge, but you, Beth, are the Queen of the Monthly Clippie. (How's that?)
I've decided I'll have my bear read the # of cheat free days in Feb., but I'll keep a running tally in my siggie of healthy days in the year.

Marcia: I popped in at your journal for a minute and I saw you're wearing size 10 jeans. AMAZING! That's fantastic. With the way you're working out, you're going to be the Bally Poster Girl! It's nice you and your mom are going over together.

Steph: How did things turn out with you and Dan? I hope you're past that now. I was thinking about you and sending good thoughts your way. Oh, egg salad. Well, my odd little recipe is for two hard-boiled eggs, about a teaspoon and 1/2 of lite mayo, 3 medium/large green olives, cut up very fine, some salt and pepper, and some mustard to taste. No onions--they're yukky to me. Total points: about 5.5 If my husband knew I was handing out recipes on line, he'd crack up. I have the family reputation of being the world's worst cook!

OK, I'm going to hop on the treadie and get whatever work out in that I can. See you all tonight.

E.

 

[septbride2002]

Hello Erin! I'm going to do the bear like you suggested. I was just about to chime in and ask what we were going to do. So far so good for me at the moment.

Is it just me or is exercsie harder to get in when it is winter time. All I want to do at night is curl up and take a nap or read a book. Which is exactly what I will be doing this evening.

Glad to see you are doing so great! I know we will have an even more successful February then we did January!

~Amanda

 

[lulu201]

Ooh, Amanda, I like your spirit--I WILL be more successful in February than I was in January! I WILL, I WILL!

The day turned out to be great. I walked two miles (hey, it's not 4, but it's something), had my handfull of vitamins, drank tons of water, and only had that one coffee. I stayed within my points and didn't go near my flex! Today's my first healthy day in February!

Tomorrow's supposed to be a yukky weather day, but I'm holding out hope that I'll be able to get to work without a problem. I'm tired of cancelling stuff!

Will get to bed soon, just have to peek at a few more journals.

Erin

 

[CourtasanSatine]

You did great today trying to make your goals,small goals are sometimes the best

 

[lulu201]

Tuesday, February 3

I'm moving forward into the day. No sign of the bad weather yet; I'm going to turn on the tv and get the weather scoop!

Thanks, CourtasanSatine, for posting your support. I appreciate it! I agree, small goals are often times the best. If I can just do this healthy living thing day by day, I'll go onward and downward!

So, here's the plan:

1. Vitamins
2. Water--tons
3. Food--stay around 24-26 points.
4. Coffee--just one, with green tea in the afternoon

Amanda, I think that it is just plain harder to exercise in the winter--at least for me. Maybe it's our human nature to curl up and hibernate a bit. No, wait a minute, that would be "bear nature," wouldn't it? Still, I think it's easier when the weather is nicer!

Here I go!
Erin

 

[DoeWDW]

Erin, your enthusiasm is wonderful! I see you've decided to use the bear for the current month's count of cheat free days while using your siggie to count total days in the year. I LOVE this idea and think I'll use it in my journal as well.

Stay safe through the yucky weather. It hasn't even started in my area yet, so you've got quite a few hours til you see anything. My kids started school on time but I'm guessing they'll get sent home early before the rain turns back into frozen stuff around 3 PM today.

Let's make it a sunny day, in spite of Ole Man Winter!

 

[septbride2002]

I agree Erin - it is so nice to get out and walk in the sunshine and warm weather rather then forcing yourself to do it indoors at home. I know I have been having a tough time getting motivated. I gave myself this week off from exercise (figure I'll get enough walking in WDW - plus planning on using the fitness room at the AKL for some running on a tread mill.) Once I get back I'll have to start doing my tapes on a regular basis again.

~Amanda

 

[Strings]

Erin,

How can you be so cheerful at 6AM? You are inspiring in more ways than one. I have to agree that it is much harder to exercise in the winter. I need the . Weather here is horrible, but I've got too much to do. Your clippie suggestion is awesome. Thanks.Have a wonderful Tuesday.
Beth

 

[marsh0013]

hey erin, thanks for the congrats on the jeans

and you're doing a great job staying within your points. i agree with you guys about exercise though. it is much harder to get motivated in this weather. we need the sunshine! but any exercise is better than none, so even if you only do 2 when you wanted to do 4, that is still a victory, because you didn't give in to the urge to curl up on the couch

have a great day today, hope the weather doesn't hit you too badly!

 

[CourtasanSatine]

Erin,

I second the how can you be so cheerful that early Just wanted to say have a great day in spite of the weather

 

[lulu201]

Hi, everybody! Thanks for stopping in today. It was fun to check in tonight and see all the visitors I've had!

I had my vitamins, drank my water, limited my coffee, and ate within my points. Another cheat free day! I wore a pair of jeans with the shirt tucked in today. It made me feel skinny!

The weather was rainy here, but didn't cause any problems at all. Hooray!

I'm going to change my clippie and take a look at some lesson plans I need to write.

'Til tomorrow,
Erin