Detox Tea

I promised myself a weekend of no chemicals. No caffeine, no added sugars, no wine. I bought some YogiTea Detox. I have a screaming headache but other than thati'm felling pretty good. Well, I'm a little tired too.

I made a VAT of soup, I'll have to freeze some. It's pea, squash, tomato, cabbage, lentil, celery, carrots, veggie broth flavored with tarragon, garlic and pepper. mmmmm. (ask me again next week)

The good news is that the lb gained may be my surprise early period. Hmmm. that makes two of us!

5 mile run (COLD!, sunny and beautiful along the Schuykill filled with ice chunks)

B- oatmeal, 1/2 apple, water, decaf blueberry tea
s- decaf tea, banana
s- small orange
l - 1/2 a veggie wrap, 1/2 cup pasta in marinara sauce, water
d- 2 cups soup, 2 slices whole wheat bread (plain), Detox tea
s- (proposed) celery & laughing cow, Detox tea

Fri night/Saturday

So I went to the gym Fri night and ran intervals for 2 1/2 miles and then did some ab work.
Dinner was a grilled pork chop, broccoli and rice.
This morning was my group class at the gym. I'm sore now.
I ate some pretzels for breakfast and lunch combined while I worked. I know - bad.
We'll see how the rest of the weekend goes.

Week 3

TL----------4 lbs.-----2.23%
Jake--------3 lbs.-----2.15%
Michelle----3 lbs.-----2.02%
Sarah-------2.5 lbs.---1.85%
Aileen------2.4 lbs.----1.78%
Theresa----2.2 lbs.----1.66%
Nick--------3 lbs.------1.14%

I don't think any of us has anything to be upset about. We're averaging roughly 1 lb a week. I think that's A-OK. Slow and steady wins the race. Good Job Everyone!!!

this sux

michelle  145.5 so i gained 2.5 lbs

nick 259 he's even

TL's 3rd week

175.

I'm not surprised. Only one night of exercise and that was immediately followed by bad eating becasue the chilli was so yuummy after a cold run.

Regrouping is in order all around!

(hang in there Sarah, today is 1/2 over!)
(Jake, have an amazing time in your hot hot dress this weekend!)
(A, someone posted my prom picture on Facebook? LoL! I have to get access again. I haven't had internet at home and it's blocked at work)

Aileen's Weigh In

132.4

Not bad, but not great- I'm dreading the day when all that cake catches up with me :-/

Poor Sarah!

Sarah - at least you lost weight! See the scale finally did move! But I'm gonna guess stress is the cause of the week early problem. On the bright side, you're probably bloated so you most likely weigh less than the scale showed this morning! :-)

Oops

That first post is supposed to say "my right eye is puffy". So I'm wearing my glasses today.

One more thing

And I got my period a week early (I'm on the pill) How does that happen?!

Sarah's weigh in

132.5!
Other than though, today and last night has been awful. Workis crazy and my bf keeps badgering me about timing for things and I have no idea. Totally frustrating. My right is puffy - I think I'm getting a stye, My new brown shoes I bought yesterday are too tight with my trouser socks, so this morning I had to change my whole outfit since what I had put on would only go with brown shoes.
And then this morning I went the wrong way on the highway. Not one big thing went wrong, just a hundred (feels like it) little things.

Teresa's Weigh In

129.8 - not quite going the right way but could be a lot worse after this awful week

At least I managed to hit the gym every day!
Mon - Chest & 40 min. arc trainer
Tues - Back & 30 min arc trainer
Wed - Abs & 25 min Wii Fit
Thurs - Shoulders & 50 min arc trainer
Today (hopefully) - arms and the treadmill

I'm hoping to hit the gym tomorrow and Sunday as well since I'm going to be out so much. Here's the dilemma I always face when going to a Girls Night or similar party at someone's house. Do I eat a healthy dinner first with the hopes it will fill me up and I won't snack on anything there? Or am I realistic and know that I will be snacking on some chips and dips, plus the drinks no matter what, so don't eat dinner to help make up for the extra calories from the snacks?

Jake's Weigh In

136.

1/2 lb up since last week? Hell, I am soooooo ok with that. A week with troubled sleep, no exercise and being so so with food? 1/2 lb up? Yeah, I am totally ok with that.

And now, it's time to refocus.

Stress = Crunchy Cravings

Whenever I am stressed I want crunchy stuff! And today is another ridiculous day full of people annoying me at work. I don't know what my problem is this week but everything is aggravating me which means I am constantly snacking on my co-workers pretzels. Starting Monday I am totally boycotting carbs!


I know what you mean about the seltzer TL, I do love drinking it. The only problem is, the last few times I've had it there has also been vodka in there!! :-)

cake is killing me.

First of all- JAKE- I wanna see a pic of my hottie mama in all her smokin' hotness!!

So, cake is everywhere! Tuesday- dad's bday. Today- Dekino and Mark's bday, and Joe's last day. I've had cake every day this week!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhh!

Wednesday...
Fiber one pop tart
coffee, water
roast beef and cheese sandwich
cake
mussels, panzanella salad, green salad with grilled steak

Today so far-
handful of Super Hot potato chips
chicken breast and cheese sandwich
coffee
more cake :-/

little triumphs

lunch time today. Left over pizza in the lunch room... resisted! salad & tuna for me. There will be other pizzas. there will be other pizzas. there will be other pizzas

Jake - I can't wait to see pics of you in either of those dresses, especially SMOKING HOT body hugging dress. What color??

Teresa - I've noticed that not drinking as much, hardly at all during the week, has made a significant difference! I've been drinking seltzer or sparkling mineral water instead. makes me feel like I'm still having a grown-up drink without all the calories and bloating!

Sarah - I'm with ya on the styro cup-o-soup. So easy, relatively low calorie, but horrible quantities of carbs and sodium.

Yesterday was ok. No exercise again. I have to get back on that. I lie in bed in the morning knowing I should get up and do it but then snuggle back into my comforter. WORDS OF MOTIVATION PLEASE!!!!

B- oatmeal, water (no coffee)
L - lf vegan soup, dab of cheese apread & crackers, grapes
s- terra chips (proper portion), tea
sucked into a late meeting - another snack I should have avoided - pb crackers & gingerale
d- edamame, flatbread pizza, 2 glasses wine
evening/late night - about a gallon of sleepytime tea!!!!

Progress

So yesterday for me wasn't bad, which is good since I was at home and there's lots of snacky things that I could have eaten all day long.
Instead, 1 scrambled egg in the am with a small piece of the beer bread.
Lunch was that stupid soup in styrofoam cup that I am officially sick of now. And A was right - it does have too much sodium. Dinner was a skillets thing and then some tea.

This morning I got up and went to the gym, but I couldn't run very well, so I probably did a mile and then a walked with an incline for about 1/2 mile. I just couldn't breathe. Then I did some dips and bicep curls to try to salvage something. Tomorrow's another day - better workout!

TL - I'm sorry you had a couple crappy days - I'm thinking of you and I hope your dad gets better.

And Jackie - that's awesome that you feel smoking hot in dress #1! You go girl!

Going out is BAD!!

I've worked out every day since Monday, yet I know tomorrow's weigh in isn't going to make me happy. I've got to stop going out and having drinks, it's totally sabotaging my weight loss. I've know that for a while, but it's so hard to try and go out with friends and not have a drink. This weekend will be terrible, I have a girls night on Friday, my friend's band is playing at a bar on Saturday and then the Super Bowl on Sunday. I guess I will have to swear off drinking during the week starting on Monday, and then really try to limit myself on the weekends. My eating this week has been okay, but I've been so stressed all week and that definitely screws with your metabolism. Maybe today will get better, but it's been a bad morning already. Hopefully everyone else is having a better day so far!

Oops

Exercise was a no-show this week. My sleep schedule was way off, I kept waking up in the middle of the night. Last night was the first decent night's sleep I've had all week. Food intake was reasonable and with CJ's meet cancelled last night, I have been able to cook dinner every night so far this week. That's a HUGE plus. Food intake has been pretty much the same all week.
Breakfast - bagel
Lunch - yogurt and Fiber One Bar
snack - clementines
Dinner - a variety of home cooked meals.

Oh shoot, I forgot Monday I had a chicken taquito for dinner but only one so that's only 300 or so calories. Michelle and I went dress shopping for Saturday's banquet. I found perfect dress #1 (what a project, but I got it) and I found perfect dress #2 in case I feel too bloated for perfect dress #1. And the perfect pair of shoes to go with either. WHOA, what are the chances of that???????

I am trying to notice my salt intake for the week. Dress #1 is completely body hugging. It goes against anything I've ever worn before but I have to tell you without sounding like an egotist - I felt SMOKING HOT in it. I haven't felt that way in anything for a long time. Now, if only I could get my arms in shape for Saturday. :-/

This morning I really didn't have the energy to get down to the elliptical machine. I did crunches and 100 girlie pushups. No I don't think the girlie pushups will get my arms in shape by Saturday but..... the next time I wear that dress, I'm going to be buff. :-)

This week was a minor setback that is not going to interfere with my progress, just delay it a bit.

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use. ~Earl Nightingale

deep calming breath

I understand completely that I'm an "emotional eater". Last night the guy who I've been quietly seeing told me he was seeing someone else. I immediately wanted something to eat. I contemplated a big bowl of pasta then made scrambled eggs instead. Then I made tea and meditated. This morning my mom told me Dad is in the hospital. Instead of getting an egg sandwich I shovled snow. YIKES! what's happening?

yesterday I did really well with food but no exercise
b- oatmeal, banana, coffee
l - salad, cup of soup
(handful of fritos - just a handful I promise!)
3 bites of a whole foods fruit tart (fresh and yummy and just a teeny bit)
tea
dinner - 3 eggs scrambled w/low fat milk, chamomile tea

Work

So as I'm still at work at 7:15pm, I'm definitely having a small dinner (i.e. snack) when I get home.
Lunch was chicken with beans and rice (I only had half my leftovers that I brought), and a cheese stick. Snack was carrots and peanut butter.
Maybe I'll do a hard boiled egg when I get home.
I have a feeling my class tomorrow at the gym is going to be cancelled, so I'm going to hopefully do a workout at home. Love the snow!

something in the air

everyone I know is having a hard time the past few days. Must be the season? something going around?

yesterday I ate ok. no exercise. I was home at 6 pm and had dinner and laid down. I am emotionally tired and knoew if I exercised I would feel better, but I didn't. I couldn't get up.

b- lf small banana muffin, coffee
s- lf small banana muffin, tea it was there :(
l - 3 wasa, plain tuna, salad
d- spaghetti squash, plain
water
s- 3 wasa, jam
tea

a phone call at 3 a.m. and then again at 7 a.m. from friends going through crazy bad stuff prevented me from sleeping. especially the 3 a.m., I laid awake for at least an hour trying to not think about it. My plan to get up and run was demolished.
~sigh~

today I am in control of my eating but no exercise unless this evening's meeting gets cancelled. Which I hope it does because I'm too tired to smile.

b- coffee, oatmeal, banana
l - salad, soup, water

Thoughts

I'm so sorry Jackie about your bad day. People stink. I'm glad you can get out some frustration on your blogs. My thoughts are with you. I hope today is better for you.

D last night - turkey stroganoff - I tried not to eat too much pasta.
This am I went to gym at 530 and ran 3 miles (intervals) and did some weights.
B this am - coffee with 2% milk, yogurt, cheese stick. Lots of water.

Have a great day everyone!

Monday

If I thought my weekend was bad, my Monday was horrific. Only it wasn't about food. I will not get into it other than say, for what appears to be the millionth time in my life, I was once again disappointed by people in my life. Please note, I said people, so today it was more than one.

I know I should post this on my other blog but truth be told, with how I feel right now, tomorrow morning I will be on my elliptical machine venting out my anger and disappointment. I imagine I will have good things to report about that tomorrow.

Tonight, I need to go find a dress for the banquet on Saturday. I'm not feeling it.

sunday

i was super lazy- no gym.
B- 2 hard boiled egg whites, coffee
L- roast beef and lo-fat cheese on wheat/white bread
S- angel food cake (i made it... 146.5 calories, 0.15 grams of fat, 33 g carbs)
D- 2 slices of homemade pizza w mushrooms and jalapenos... very little cheese and super thing crust.

Bad Weekend

Rough weekend for me, too much drinking and eating and no gym time. Did do some walking but that doesn't really count. I've got to be serious about it this week, but am already having a hard time staying away from my co-worker's trail mix. I definitely crave crunchy stuff when I am stressed - got to get out of that habit! I gotta say it helps to read these posts and see that everyone else has as tough of a time on the weekend as I do. It's hard to have fun and be good at the same time!
By the way, does anyone track what they eat during the day? I used to do it and it was helpful, but haven't had time lately. This is a good site to track everything on, if anyone is interested: http://caloriecount.about.com/

TL's weekend

MIA this weekend with no internet. Busy activity and so so eating.

Friday night was mechanical bull riding at Buckheads in Northern Liberties. The good news is that there is no cover charge, the riding is free, and the beer is expensive so two Blue Moons and I was done. The bad news is that chicken wings and pulled porked sandwiches are free so I ate some even though I wasn't hungry. I hate when I do that. But I'm really glad I'm not 22 anymore. I was contently home in my jammies by 11 pm!

Saturday was a concerted effort to eat right although I did not exercise and was hard pressed to leave the house. But I made myself go for a short walk to pick up the dry cleaning. I ate alright during the day but way too much at night. I even tried knitting to keep the munchies away. I've got to get a grip on this eating at night thing.

Yesterday I spent 5 hours snowboarding and was super good about eating. I PB&J sandwich, a clementine and some pistachios for lunch, lots of water to stay hydrated. One beer after the day was through.

Then I stopped to see my friend Jennifer. The bone cancer is really bad. She's got four tumors the doctor's know about. I won't go into detail but I left there feeling angry and sad. so I stopped for chips and dip and ate the whole bag. I know it's no way to deal but I couldn't seem to help myself :(

I weighed in today just to see the damage I'd done over the weekend and give myself a reality check. 176. Not as bad as I thought. Today I am being very thoughtful about my choices and I've decided to go back to the daily stop at the grocery store to get only what I need for dinner instead of stocking up for a week and then eating mnore than I should because its there. And NO CHIPS!!!

Back to work

So I weighed myself this morning out of curiosity and I was 134. I will not weigh myself again until Friday, so I don't get myself upset like last week.
No gym probably tonight, but tomorrow morning.
Lunch yesterday was another stryofoam cup soap. Dinner was a cup of beef barley and a grilled chicken salad with oil and vinegar dressing.

Breakfast today - yogurt and coffee.

Let's all have a great week!

The Weekend

I'm not sure why but it felt like a weekend of gluttony for me. I thought my food intake was so-so but today I feel like a porker. I was busy all weekend. Running around everywhere and still, I just feel gross. I don't get it.

The rest of Sat and Sun so far

So I had some soup (those noodles that come in the styrofoam cup) after my monster day at the gym.
Then I made this "tastefully simple" beer bread and had 2 pieces. Dinner was chicken with beans and rice (finally).
Then tea and bed.
I met my friend at the gym at 8am today and ran 2 miles and did some arms and chest weights.
She jokes that someone lit a fire under my @ss.

"It takes struggle, a goal and enthusiasm to make a champion. "-Norman Vincent Peale

Saturday

B- a sad flat homemade biscuit
L- chicken corn chowder (not cream based), curried chicken salad
D- turkey sausage, peppers, onions... salad
Dessert- angel food cake
tea, coffee, water.
30 mins treadmill/arc trainer
not bad... but not great.... looking forward to a better week .

Parties are fun, but bad

Dinner last night was good, a skillets thing. Then we went to a party where I had two Bud Lights, a couple wings, and a piece of cake. The cake was so good. There was lots of fruit, so it wasn't too bad for me either.

Today I had an apple and a cup of tea before I went to the gym. I did Zumba, Hip-Hop, and ran 3 miles.

I am tired now.

I hope everyone had a great day!

Week 2

Nick didn't get a chance to weigh in today. He's working from early morning until late tonight. I'll keep him the same, but I'm pretty sure he lost some weight. We'll see next week.
Michelle 3.7% 5.5 lbs. total
Theresa 3.03% 4 lbs.
TL 2.79% 5 lbs.
Jake 2.5% 3.5 lbs
Nick 1.14% (undetermined)
Aileen .74% 1 lb.
Sarah .5% 1/2 lb.

Great job everyone!!!!

Check in - Teresa

128 lb this morning. I was so bad this week at the gym, I've only gone twice and I'm going to happy hour after work today. Probably won't make it this weekend either since I'm going away. Next week I'm going to be consistent though!

Jake - Week 2

135.5 :-)

45 minutes on the elliptical machine this morning. Egg and high fiber toast for breakfast. Lunch will have to be mostly fruits and veggies, maybe yogurt since I'm going out for Mexican tonight for dinner. :-/

My weight machine has shipped and should arrive within a week. WOO HOO!!!

I'm off today and seeing as the weather is nice, I may have to throw in a walk with Ms. Dakota.

Aileen's Weigh In

133.8 today- nothing lost... but nothing gained.

I feel so gross today. I can't believe hawaii is in about 3 weeks..... I'm starting to get discouraged....

Check-In 2 - Sarah

So I'm a little disappointed. I'm at 134.5 this am, but earlier this week I was at 133. I'm trying not to be upset, since I know I've worked hard all week and it's not going to happen overnight, but I was definitely a little irritated when I weighed in first thing. The good thing is, it totally motivated me to completely kick my butt in my workout this morning. I did interval training for the first time on the treadmill and did 2 miles in about 21 minutes. That's fast for me - I really worked hard. And then my group class trainer and one of the girls in my class came in as I was cooling down and I went and did weights with them.

Tomorrow is a big day at the gym, they're raising money for the cancer center in town and having classes all day. My friend Rachel and I are planning on dancing our hearts out at Zumba and Hip-Hop. Should be fun.

Last night for dinner wasn't chicken with beans and rice after all - it was shrimp, broccoli and rice.

This morning breakfast is a hard boiled egg and yogurt.

Have a great day everyone!

Check in 2 - TL

174.

only 1 lb :(

ok. I won't be sad. every little bit is progress and honestly I wasn't as dedicated this week becasue of a hectic schedule and some personal BS. So - On to a higher rate of success for check in 3!

have a lovely day everyone, I've got back to back meetings (turns out a park we're building has a basement under the cement slab we are excavating) and might not be around for catching up with everyone.

TL

Dad's Cooking

I can't seem to say "no" to dad's cooking. He invited us over for dinner tonight. I said I would stop by, but had to have dinner at home... "I'm on a 'diet,' Dad.". He kept telling me, "just come over, just don't eat as much..." and for those of you that know my dad know that he is extra cute and an extra good cook!!! Went over and had some rice and meat stuff, and more unhealthy chicken soup. good thing is, I split the bowl of soup with Mark and only had one serving of rice and meat stuff.

No gym today, but I did exercises with the stability ball at home. And in light of last weekend's debauchery and getting my monthly visitor tonight, I'm not very optimistic for tomorrow's weigh in :-(

Busy Day

Breakfast - hardboiled egg, yogurt
no time for a midmorning snack today - boo.
lunch was french onion soup (not much cheese and bread in it) and lowfat cheese stick
snack - apple with peanut butter and lowfat cheese stick
dinner will be chicken with beans and rice whenever I get home tonight (probably close to 8pm)

Oh busy season. I'm going to try to get up tomorrow morning and get to the gym before work.

"The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice." - George Eliot

Wednesday

B-2 egg whites, 1/2 svg lo-fat cheese, 1 piece of dry toast
L- leftover meatloaf (small svg), salad
S- fiber one bar
D- curried eggplant w brown rice. didn't taste very good but it was heathy- only fat was 2tbsp EVOO for 4 svgs. small portion.
Dessert- weight watchers ice cream thing
coffee
water
tea

Exercise- 40 mins on arc trainer.

today so far-
fiber one pop tart
coffee
water
1/2 roast beef & lofat cheese on wheat, dad's chicken soup (not healthy.... blah)

early weigh in for michelle

I weighed in at 143 so that's 1 lbs. Not bad I guess

Wednesday

Be strong TL!

I had my homemade tuna macaroni salad for lunch today with an apple and green beans. Snack was celery and peanut butter. I had a kick @ss workout at the gym in my class - I am going to be so sore tomorrow. Yay! That means something is working.

After the gym was a salad with white beans, balsamic viniagrette dressing, tomato, olives, and a couple pieces of mozzarella.

I feel pretty good, I've totally cut back on the wine (it's hard though TL - I feel your pain), but I get up so much easier in the morning.

If you guys like the quotes, I'll post more!

oops

Thanks SARAH for the inspirational quotes.

:)

it is 5:30 pm and I have a meeting from 7-9 which means dinner will be a problem. at 5 I had some granola to fend off hunger. At home I have soup and salad ready to go for dinner, but gee, that is awfully late! By the time I get home it will be after 10. I promise to myself not to succumb to the snacks that will be present at the commuiyt meeting. Lord help me!

crap

well since i'm going on vacation I'm weighing in tomorrow morning... more than 24 hours early

cross your fingers... this could be really bad

TL's tuesday & wednesday

I was hungry all day. I did really well with food intake anyway, but did have an extra snack at night. I did the hula and ab work out. I wanted to go for a run but it was super cold and I was feeling a littel down. I know I would have felt better if I ran, times like these I understand the treadmill.

Today I had a healthy breakfast and I'm drinking lots of water. lunch was two stuffed shells (cheese only) and salad. I skipped the cookies. I don't know if I am hungry or if I'm obsessing. I ahve a meeting until 9 pm tonight so I won't get any exercise in. I'm pretty sure there will be no weight loss this week.

thanks Jake for the inspirational quotes. they help.

Support & Motivational Words (I hope)

Remember:
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one." - Mark Twain

"First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they'll eventually conquer you. " - Dr. Rob Gilbert

Tuesday

I'm finding it so hard to get back on track after this weekend. It's as if my will power just went away. It's funny how being away from home and being unable to contact you guys just made me go nuts with eating and stuff. I guess the goal is to one day be able to do this on my own.

B-coffee, fiber one pop tart
4 croutons (i was hungry and that's all that was around...)
L-michelina's lean gourmet shrimp and pasta stuff
FF activia yogurt
crispbread and laughing cow cheese lf
D-meatloaf (made with lean ground beef), larger portion than I should've had... salad w/ very small amt of dressing, and 1 small dinner roll
tea
water

Sarah's Tuesday

It was a good day. I woke up and weighed myself and I was 133! Progress. Now to keep it moving. I had more of my homemade tuna macaroni salad for lunch along with some green beans. For a snack I had 2 olive chips, a rice cake and wasa bread with peanut butter. Dinner before I went to the movies was an organic broccoli and cheese pocket. Not bad.

Nothing at the movies and then I went to the gym before it closed and ran 1.5 miles.
Breakfast this am is a hardboiled egg and yogurt with some green tea. Yum.

TL's weekend

I had no internet this weekend and really missed our check ins. It is amazing that something so simple as reporting to friends keeps me on track!

I did well with the eating all weekend long until last night. I didn't consume more calories that I shoud, but it was late night snacking again. It doesn't matter that it was healthy snack, I wan't hungry and I ate anyway. I am starting to see a trend - wine AFTER dinner tends to lead to bad snacking decisions. So I'm going to have to go with no wine in the house for a while. I know I won't resist the after work glass of wine if it is there so I am banning it from my presence until I have the snacking under control.

Friday night I did not run - it was too cold!
Saturday I did the ab/hula work out
Sunday I ran 11 hilly miles with the club
Monday I played with a 4 year old for several hours (that counts as exercise, right!?)

My Monday weigh in was 176, hich is up a lb from Friday. So I'm being extra good today. So far I've eaten left over, very healthily made pasta and shrimp and veggies, two cups of coffee and some granola. I'm feeling a little down about the gained lb, but I'll go home and do some extra exercise.

Feeling good

Last night I went to the gym and ran 2 miles again. I really wanted to walk after the first mile, but I gritted my teeth and kept going. I was happy that I got through it.
Dinner was some homemade chili (just ground turkey and black beans - we need to work on that recipe).

Breakfast this morning is a hard boiled egg and yogurt. No gym tonight - I'm going to see Twilight after work, but tomorrow is my class that always kicks my butt.

Monday

Monday - 52 minutes on the elliptical machine!!!

Tuesday - woke up a bit too late. I did crunches, girlie push-ups and lots of stretching to get the oxygen flowing through my body. But I am disappointed that I didn't get on the machine.

Propel, yogurt, soup and clementines for work.

Have a great day everyone.

the weekend

So after my class and scone for breakfast on Sat I was pretty good. I snacked on veggies most of the day and had a light dinner.

Sunday I was going to go to the gym, but the snow stopped that and I was lazy on the couch instead. But I snacked on yogurt and vegetables. A little cheese and crackers ( I had 3 crackers). And some wonton soup and a couple steamed dumplings for dinner.

I also made myself some healthy stuff for the week, hardboiled eggs, tuna salad (tiny bit of mayo) with whole wheat pasta (maybe a cup). That will get me through the next couple days for lunch.

I'm definitely going to the gym tonight since tomorrow night I'm finally going to see Twilight!

Let's all kick butt this week! A - I know you can get into gear! And Michelle - I think if you keep doing what you're doing, you will definitely get below 144.

my weekend

Drank more water, avoided Nick's mom's Cinnamon Rolls!!!!!! Picked carefully what alisa and I were bringing for the drive down. I may have lost 4.5 this past week but 144 is where i always seem to stay... getting past that would be amazing.

The Weekend

Saturday the elliptical machine

Sunday - the sleep in oops

The food:

Saturday - Bacon, Egg, Bagel

Can't remember lunch ??

Leftover Moo Shi Pork

Sunday - Breakfast - hard boiled egg

Lunch - small bowl of boxed mac and cheese - the boy made it

Dinner - 2 meatballs on a small torpedo roll (I cut them in half to feel like more)

Snack - 2 clementines

I know I'm serious about this when I take the money I saved for new UGGS and instead buy a weight machine designed for women (whatever the hell that means). 4 position incline/decline bench; pulley system to work out arms, legs, rowing; free weights included. Target - $399 Amazon Deal of the Day $149 + free shipping!!!! SWEET!!

uuugggghhh!

this weekend was similar to last weekend. hope it didn't hurt me too much. I am so jealous- how does someone lose 4.5 lbs in one week???!!!!! 

congrats everyone on week one. i really need to get myself in gear!!

Saturday

30 minutes on the elliptical today.

I pushed myself hard today. I mean... HARD. It's the best workout I've had in a very very long time.

Madonna got me started and I sense that Duffy will get me to push myself hard.

Damn, I love when I find music that gets inside me. TL... buy your shuffle

Here's an idea...maybe when it gets warmer A LOT WARMER and our boys are in town (should I say the state?), we can show off our new and improved bodies and dance the night away.

Another Day

Great job everyone! Thanks Jackie for your nice words.
After my great workout yesterday I think I ate bad last night. My cousin and his gf came over and we didn't know what we were going to do for dinner, so we just had a whole bunch of apps; cheese and crackers, olives, spinach and artichoke dip, some potsticker things, shrimp and I had two glasses of wine. Everything was from whole foods, so it was all natural stuff, but still a lot of food.
But this morning was my class and we had our butts kicked as usual. And then I had a scone again at the coffee place. I'll be good the rest of the day. And tomorrow morning I have a date at the gym with one of my friends. She'll inspire me to work hard.
I'm not going to get too caught up in the weight part. If my clothes start fitting me better, I know I'll have made progress and just converted fat into muscle.
Thanks everyone! Have a great weekend!

The Stats

Michelle - 4.5 lbs. lost 3.3%
TL - 4. lbs. lost 2.2%
Jake - 2. lbs. lost 1.4%
Nick - 3. lbs. lost 1.1%
Aileen - 1 lb. lost .74%
Sarah - 0 but I'm confident the working out is going to make her a HUGE competitor next week. I think I fear her most right now.
Theresa Welcome aboard!!!!!!!

Great job everyone!!! I love that I have friends that encourage and support me. And I love that I have strangers that will encourage and support me and will become friends even if it's only through the internet. Perhaps we'll all meet in NC!!!

Now... me and Michelle.... well, I encourage and support her but..... I WANT TO BEAT HER.... ''so I can make her stronger." (that's a family joke)

travel day

B-coffee, egg mc muffin no meat
S- Fiber one bar
L- salad w/ 1 tbsp honey mustard
Gyro, no fries (well, i had 2 of keri's!!)
Dinner- i'm at annie's... i think we're ordering chinese. shrimp and broccoli steamed, no sauce.

I know not the best, but usually on travel days I'm worse. Also, I don't know when I'm exercising this weekend..... ugh.

Michelle & Nick's weigh in

Michelle~ 144 (4.5 lbs)

Nick~ 259 (3 lbs)

Friday

in case I don't have internet later... I never know at home.

b- yogurt, banana, granola, coffee (RESISTED DONUT, ate two cherries)
water
l - salad, soup
s- clementine, 2 carrots
water

it was my intention to run tonight. it is too friggin cold even for me. I ran last night in the 18 degree weather and that'll do. Tonight I will Hula (hee hee). It is my intention to go to the grocery store and buy fresh fish to make with veggies for dinner.

thanks for a great first week everybody!

first weigh in a success!

175
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this is me BEAMING

First Day!

Good morning everyone! As you know, I'm new to your contest. I'm a friend of Sarah's and Aileen's and when I heard they were doing this contest I thought it might be just the thing I needed to get me out of this weight slump I've been in. I've been trying to lose around 15 lbs for the past, probably 8 months and every time I start making progress I end up ruining it with a little too much drinking and bad food! Unfortunately most of my friends aren't into diet and exercise the way I am so my diet gets ruined everytime I go out with them. It will be nice to talk to others who want to get back in shape the way I do.

My weight in for today is 132 and I'm hoping to get back down to 115. I'm very consistent with the gym but I think it's time to change my work out a bit and stop eating junk. So far this week I've been to the gym every day and have said no to tonight's happy hour. Hopefully I don't get persuaded otherwise!

* Teresa

A and Sarah's weigh-in

A texted me last night and asked me to post her weight today.
She's at 133.8.

I am still 135, at least I didn't go up!

The girls at the gym and my group class trainer all think I look more toned, so I'm going to go with that and keep working. I got up at 530am and did 2 miles (running) on the treadmill (I'm no TL, that's a lot for me!)

Jake

137

Woot Woot!!!!

Wed/Thurs

Food has been so-so this week. Lots of running. Wednesday night, wrestling - got home after 9:30 and then had to handle an eye injury on the boy and then we still needed to eat. Needless to say it was a late night for us.. Thursday night wrestling - got home after 9. Saturday - wrestling, Monday wrestling... you get the picture. And 0 - 60 the minute I walk in the door at work. Today I left at 5 and went right to the Meet. I'll deal with the food. I think I'm doing ok but could do better.

My goal primarily was to get moving in the morning. With the exception of this morning, I'm on track. Today I needed to hit the snooze, again and again and again.... I'm cool with that.

Ladies, no worries. It's the first week. We have 7 more.

For me, the goal is long term... I'm thinking the rest of my life, so I'm not going to sweat tomorrow. I know what I'm going to accomplish. The journey has just begun.

Welcome Theresa!!!!!

progress

so I think I'm finally making some good progress, although yesterday was weird. I was SOOO hungry all day- gave in to many snacks, had a less than perfect dinner, but i don't think it will sabotage all my hard work this week...

Wednesday-
Gym, 45 mins between treadmill and arc trainer
Coffee
Fiber one pop tart
1/2 turkey breast (low sodium) and american sandwich, 1 serving of those crunchy fried onion salad topper things (one serving is about 1.5 Tbsp, 2 g fat... for some reason they're super good on a sandwich), celery stick
1/2 banana
kashi TLC bar
FF yogurt
panzanella salad (uugggh. so good but not good for you)
green salad with grilled steak (lean sirloin, about 4 oz or less of meat)
glass of wine

This morning.....
NO gym... had to be at work early :-/
3/4 of a bagel w/ cream cheese :-(
coffee

cold but happy

I DID go for that run last night even though it was cold and lonely. By the end I was feeling great about my decision so extended the route 1/2 a mile to make it an even 4. YEAY for determination!

I had the rest of the falafel for dinner, but first I unwrapped it and baked it for 20 minutes. It was crispy and much lighter for some reason....

I'm nervous about tomorrow's weigh in also since the scale hasn't budged all week, but I'm being mindful today and have running club tonight. I am psyching myself up for knowing that even if tomorrow's weight does not show change in the number it doesn't mean I haven't had success. I feel better and have been sleeping deeply. I haven't had a glass of wine since Saturday and I think that may have something to do with it. (Although I fully intend on having one tonight at club)

TL

the rest of wednesday

so I went to my gym class and we did mostly weights and some core exercises. I'm sore as usual. but it's good to be sore, I know it's working.
Dinner was a pork chop and broccoli and some rice (I didn't eat everything on my plate although I could have). A glass of red wine and then a cup of tea before bed.
I'm nervous for tomorrow's weigh-in.

give me strength

so far today

b- granola, milk, coffe
s- tea
l - apple, power bar, tea
s - smart food popcorn
water
s- banana

I'm supposed to run but it is COLD out there and my running buddy for the night bailed on me. :(

I don't want to go home and binge, not that I have anything to binge on... I know I didn't exercise yesterday, but it is ssooooo cold out!

The rest of Tuesday....

S- Carrots
D- 1 (big) glass of red wine, fresh pasta with this mushroom broth/sauce stuff. really healthy- only fat was 1.5 Tbsp of EVOO for 2 servings, and a lil sprinkle of parm cheese.
Exercise- about 15-20 mins of crunches, weights, stability ball stuff.

Today- 25 mins treadmill, 15 mins arc trainer
B- Coffee- fiber one pop tart
water

Last 2 mornings I had no problem waking up... i guess healthy dinner and early to bed is helping!

This week so far

Eating has been pretty good but I am suffering from the same thing as TL. There has just been no time to grab a real lunch or lunch at all. I've supplemented with a fiber bar each time but know that isn't quite enough.

I've been solid with the elliptical machine all three mornings so far. WOO HOO!!!!

Sleeping like a baby too. Double Woo Hoo

I'm focused. That's what I need right now.

Oh Dinner

Dinner and catching up with a friend tonight. Great restaurant.
We got the mussels and then I had butternut squash soup (i wrapped half) and then an arugala salad with pears, gorgonzola (I avoided) and apricot vinaigrette. I had 2 glasses of red wine and skipped dessert. But I still feel like I gorged myself.
Oh well - gym tomorrow night - the class I do kicks my @ss.

too little

I know not eating enough is bad becasue your body goes into "starvation mode" and conserves fat, so I promise not to make a habit of this. I've just had NO TIME today.

b- lf milk & granola, tea
s- tea
l- coffee, water, 1/4 vegeterian falafel from the little silver lunch cart on the corner (this guy is like the Soup Nazi of falafels... sooooo good, but KNOW how to order and keep your questions to yourself!)I just didn't have time to eat the whole thing because I was running to meetings. Plus, when I picked it up to take a bite the thing must've weighed 2 lbs. I thought of that sitting in my belly and took 4-5 bites and saved the rest for, I don't know... a paper weight?

d- water, the remainder (proper portion) of my 'soup' concotion. Last night I was smart enough not to cook enough noodles for more than one serving so I would have some left for tonight. YEAY! two meals for $3.77

no exercise today,(unless running back and forth to City Hall 1/2 a mile away because I'm constantly late for meetings counts) I'm just too wiped out from not enough fuel and too much stress.

xoxo
tl

Weigh-in

I agree with A, it's hard to weigh myself only once a week. i was going to this morning, but since i didn't get to the gym last night I was nervous. I'm going to wait til Fri morning and hope I don't go up.
Great job A - 1/2 lb in 3 days. That's a good sign.

Yum

My snack right now is some wasa light rye crispbread with organic peanut butter. It's very good. The wasa bread has an extremely satisfying crunch.

I agree about the picture idea too. I'll be going through some stuff.

B- yogurt, tea

L - yellow squash, carrots, zucchini cooked. one of those Thai rice noodle soup packages and 3 bites of leftover rice pilaf. (I threw out the rest so I wouldn't finish it)

Snacks - green beans, wasa with pb. More tea and lots of water.

Plans tonight are gym and dinner with one of my friends who's also good about what she eats, so we should find some good stuff at the restaurant we're going to. (They have steamed mussels - a favorite with me)

Tuesday so far

TL- I like the picture idea. I have to totally find one for inspiration!

coffee
one bite of kouign amann (this was very impressive!)
turkey breast (low sodium) and american on 50/50 white/wheat bread
2 bites of leftover pasta
water
25 mins on arc trainer
15 mins on treadmill

134.4 this morning. (i can't only weigh in once a week! it's an illness!!!)

Photographic Reminder

I went through old pictures and picked out two which I have printed out and will laminate together front to back and take out every time I want a pastry or piece of cake or salty carb loaded snack.

The first photo is me in 2002 looking HOT the day before a marathon, in a little skirt and tank, with toned arms and a tight midriff. The other is the picture on the beach in my red dress at Angge's wedding. Although I love it, I am not toned and there is nothing about me that is tight. This is my inspiration ... it is my decision... everytime I want to make a bad choice I will ask "which of those two images do I want to project?"

Tl's monday

I was a good girl!
b- coffee, yogurt, granola, banana
l - cup of soup
s- apple
water
D - I made 'soup'. So I had no food in the house for a real meal. I had a can of vegetables (icky by themselves), some veggie broth, and those whole wheat, no egg yolk noodles. I threw it all together and it made a yummy and filling soup! huh.
chamomile tea
ab work out and the hula hoop (still cracks me up!)

Instead of reading in bed which leads me to unbelievable thoughts like "there's a package of beans in the cupboard - make some 'chili'", or "you have flour and butter and milk - make biscuits", I instead pickled up my knitting and sat on the couch in the living room. This lead to much healthier thinking of "Knit two, Pearl two, Cross six....".

so who needs a scarf or a hat?

Along with 8 hours of sleep two nights in a row I'm feeling pretty good!

Monday

B-2 egg whites, lf cheese, slice of dry toast
L-leftover pasta w shrimp
S- yogurt
D- Chicken breast, dry piece of toast, raw carrots, 1/4 serving of onion dip
1/2 kouign amann (death pastry that i spent hours making... yum yum.)

30 mins walking, 40 mins weights/stability ball

Work stinks

So unfortunately, i ended up working late last night so I didn't get to the gym. Yuck. But I'm definitely going tonight.
Yesterday - b- yogurt
l - salad with no dressing (mushrooms, cucumbers, hardboiled egg, cauliflower, broccoli) and a small cup of broccoli and cheese soup from whole foods
snack - green beans, tiny piece of dark chocolate (72% cocoa)
d - 3/4 cup pasta with meat (ground turkey) sauce
Lots of tea and water.

pasta with shrimp

Just wanted to share a recipe I tried for the first time last night. It's from Ellie Krieger (from Healthy Appetite on Food Network). I adapted it just a little bit. The nice thing is the pasta, seafood, and veggie can be interchangeable with whatever you might happen to have around the house!

12 oz linguine (or whatever you have around)
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
4 Garlic Cloves, minced
1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined (scallops and maybe even strips of chicken breast would be good here)
Asparagus (or whatever veggie you have around.... the amt depends on how much you like )
Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 Cup White Wine
1/4 Cup Chicken Stock
1 cup reserved pasta water
1 Cup chopped fresh flat leaf parsley (or whatever you have around... i used scallions b/c I didn't have parsley)
Salt, Pepper, and grated parmesan cheese to taste

Bring water for pasta to a boil. Season with salt; cook asparagus to desired doneness (i keep them in there for about one minute so they still have a bite). remove from water; add pasta. cook until al dente. Save one cup of pasta water.

Heat olive oil in a deep skillet. add garlic. Be sure not to burn it! add shrimp; cook about 3-4 mins (until they turn pink). remove shrimp. Add chicken stock, wine, pasta water, lemon juice. Bring to a boil and simmer until liquid is reduced by half. Add shrimp, asparagus, and parsley. Add drained pasta to skillet (or transfer to a large bowl if it wont all fit in the skillet). Toss together, season with salt, pepper and parm cheese to taste.

Sun & Mon morning

Well it turns out that Saturday night I wound up going out and having more wine than I should have and also succumbed to the call of the salty late nite snack (pretzels & dip) so so much for my day of soulsearching.

yesterday was awesome though. 12 miles and moderate food intake.

this morning I weighed myself., my plan is to use the Mon morning weigh in as motivation for the week but focus on the Fri morning weigh in as the actual. However, this morning's weigh in was 2 lbs GAIN! what??? I guess I deserve it from Sat night's bad decisions.

So tonight I will do my Hula hoop work out . which I love with this three lb hula hoop and a cheesy DVD routine. lol.

Sunday

So Sunday was a football day and my Giants were playing so I drank a few Bud Lights and had wings and fries for lunch. Yogurt for breakfast and some jambalaya (no rice) for dinner, so hopefully the day's total wasn't that bad.

Gym tonight and I'm heading to Whole Foods at lunch to buy some healthy snacks for work so I'm not tempted by the sweets that get brought in here.

Have a great day everyone!

Sunday/Monday Morning

Just couldn't get my body moving Sunday. It was tired and I listened. No regrets. Food intake was moderate. Way too much coffee.

Monday Morning: 35 minutes on the elliptical machine. One of the features I love the most about the machine is that it tells me how many calories I've burned at the pace I went. Let me tell you, when you're done, and you see that number, throughout the day, you re-evaluate what the heck you're putting in your mouth. I worked out for THAT long and I'm going to mess it up but popping a 'little something extra' in my mouth? NO DAMN WAY!!!

Have a great day Ladies and Gent!!!!

Saturday

B-Fiber One pop tart
L- Our usual Saturday lunch at Village Point Market... it's this cute cafe/market that serves all healthy/low fat stuff. Cup of onion soup and half curried chicken salad sandwich and a couple of low fat chips
Snack- sushi
D- uuuggggh. I drank and ate way too much... we had wings, baked tostitos with 4-layer dip (FF refried beans, low fat sour cream, salsa, and low fat cheese), these bacon cheese cup thingies that amy made, etc.
It's totally hard for me to control my eating on special occassions.... :-(

Saturday

I did ok today. My thing isn't so much the food, it's the burning of calories. I know I have to watch what I eat, but for me, that's not my biggest thing .... right now.

35 SOLID minutes on the elliptical machine. It was a good workout today!!!! :-)


B/L (I hang my head in shame but damn, I wanted it) Coffee and Bacon and Egg on a Bagel
Dinner - tuna with Triscuits... on the plus side, there were only a few triscuits left in the box, so mostly I had tuna.

We are going to do GREAT!!! I just know it.

Good Day All Around

So after reading some of my fellows posts, I conclude we're all off to a very good start.

Aside from the scone this am, I had soup for lunch, some celery, carrots and peabut butter snack, these skillet things that are 300 hundred calories per serving that Brian (my bf) buys for dinner, with a small glass of white wine. I'm with TL, I can't give up my wine.

I'm also having some tea right now before bed. Yum.

And I can look forward to some shovelling tomorrow!

Great job everybody!

first day reflections

So I measured the hips and belly, discovered my BMI, etc. Unfortunately none of those things can make the distinction between fat and muscle and I know that with all the running I do SOME of the weight is muscle. However, today I discovered the notion that small decisions have large consequrnces. For example last night I did NOT submit to the desire to go to WaWa and get pretzels. I went to sleep instead. Amazing how difficult a small decision was and how much better I feel about myself today for having made the right choice!

B/L - two eggs scrambled (no oils) coffee
three cups of coffee today - too much !
decaf tea (plain)
D - whole wheat pasta (portion control) with minimal sauce, glass of wine. I love wine. I'm not sure if I can give up my glass or two with dinner.

ab workout and a Hula Hoop workout. (FUN, and harder than I thought!)

I'm going out for a little bit but have to be good because I'm on a strict budget (calories and cash!) and I have an 11 mile run in the A.M.

off to a good start

I feel highly motivated and want to thank you all for agreeing to do this with me. Yeay! And Jake, I am happy to track the numbers but equally as happy to not track the numbers. I have a feeling we'll all be tracking!

today I slept ultra late. That's good, I need the rest after an emotional week that I managed not to succumb to with cramming food in my face. Yeay! the other good thing about sleeping in is the breakfast calories I saved!

Last night my friend Susan gave me her hoola hoop. I love the hoola hoop, now if spring would get here I could use it! I suppose I could take everything out of the apartment and just have my yoga mat, balance ball and hoola hoop in there.

Ouch

I'm sore now -Group class with my trainer at the gym at 8am and now i hurt everywhere. But it's a good hurt! And then i had a fresh raisin scone for breakfast. Oops. It had just come out of the oven though!

The Stats - Weigh In Day

Aileen - 134.8
Jackie - 139
Michelle - 148.5
Nick - 262
Sarah - 135
TL - 179

Ladies, we need to kick Nick's ass. GIRL POWER!!!!

Michelle & Nicks dinner

it's just not something we're gunna talk about today!!! And i'm eating my left over dessert!!!!

Day One Weigh In

139.
31 minutes on the elliptical machine this morning and then another 4 minutes dancing in Michelle's room to make it an even 35 minutes.
Breakfast: bagel
Lunch: Some sort of basil tomato pie
Dinner: Fiber One Cereal

I don't expect to win but I promise you I will fully participate. I haven't noticed any weight change this week nor did I expect to, I just got started. But I do feel a difference in my energy, my creativity and the spunk in my walk. It's not only about what I may have accomplished in the day toward my goal, I think it's more about me knowing that I'm going to get there. I'm back on track and boy do I feel good about it!!!!!

Michelle and Nick's Weigh In

Our weights for the first day of the contest:

Michelle:  148.5

Nick:  262

Weigh In Day

It's the first day of our contest.  I'll compile everyone's numbers when I'm actually at my computer and have them in front of me.

We've all weighed in so it's a matter of me getting it done.

Can't wait to hear what everyone has to say on a day to day basis!!!!