CDCC ....The Final part1

Well it's the Final...Did I Pass or Fail?

I didn't get honors but overall I feel that I passed.  I did better on some parts than on others, and life got in the way...some.  I not one of those people that says I will never eat another french fry, or that i will never go out to eat a special meal....what I have worked at doing is to change my day to day eating and decrease how much I eat when we go out special and to make different choices.  The Rangers making the World Series messed me up some , but nothing like last year...which was before i started and a lot of what pushed me to get started.  I was way out of control and overall i have done well.  Getting sick derailed me again some and the CDCC helped me get it back under control.....a lot.  With all the things we have done between Sept and now i believe I would have put on 20 or 25 pounds without this challenge.  I did regain 5 pounds over TK week while visiting my kids but in the past that kind of week might have been 15-20 pounds.

Now on to each part...

weight I started at 248...got down to 240...went back up to 245...and end today at 243......for a net weight loss of 5 pounds(and a total weight loss of 52 pounds)

food I planned on 1400-1600 and made that a lot of days but I too found that I don't really lose at that amount....I did find that I'm not tolerating less cal well, actually feel best at about 1600 and may have to work on my exercise more.

exercise I planned on 3 times a week and managed it only some weeks,  I'm having ankle, knee, and hip problems and I think I will have to try to get back to my stationary bike as trying to walk is not working.  Also I need to start moving more in general....I've written about what getting sick did to me in terms of trying to be still before.

fluids I now find 8 glasses easy to do,  did 12-16 most days...unless we were traveling.

dress I bought a new outfit and did wear it but it never really got to fitting and I didn't use it for what I planned to.....but I did fit into something else......so my challenge outfit......which by the way is
pants size 14
top size large
jacket size xl

      

Tis the Season

Tis the Season ....for food.  Almost every day  something I shouldn't eat shows up at the office.  Sometimes it goes into the freezer, sometimes it goes next door, sometimes it goes home with one of us,  but mostly it is not going into me.  It's hard not to at least have a little of the homemade goodies, easier to avoid the store bought items even if they are something I like.  I know that I will eat a piece of 2 things when they show up......I'd like to say I wouldn't but they are so special that just having a taste and passing on the rest is major work. 

Tis the season ...... for friends and family.  Much lower cal options and I'm looking forward to the time spent with them.  Fruit and Veggie trays will be part of the snacks.......makes it easier to avoid the chips and dips.  Doing mini sandwiches instead of pizza makes it easier to leave off the bread.  Now I just need a low cal recipe for jelly donuts and cupcakes.

Tis the season.......for giving.  Don't forget that even a little helps(if you can afford it) and that if you have no money but have time volunteers are needed.

CDCC

It was a pretty normal week for the first time in a while.  I worked a normal schedule and ate mostly at home....and I had shopped.  The result was better on my things to do.

weight 244 which is down a pound.

fluids were good,  more than 8 glasses a day at least and the increased bathroom visits that go along with it.

exercise  walked 3 days, as much as my knee and ankle would allow

reading  I've actually been  reading about vitamins this week.  AOL had an article and I realized that I stopped my vits when i got sick as along with so many other things i couldn't tolerate them and I've never restarted them.  I realized that I really need to get my mega B started as it helps with carb usage and also my Ca and D.  I felt better last year and think that my Vits may have made the difference.

support  I read everyones blog and commented on everyone(i think) at some time during the week.  Checked most everyone 3 times.

My blog I went back and reread some of my blog so that I can work on getting back to what was working for me before.

having a good day...looking forward to a good week and I plan to post the poorly fitting out fit and will put back on the NSV outfit this week and grab a picture for next week.

NSV

Every year a museum in our town has a fund raiser for its educational programs....we try to go, as its fun as well as for a good cause.  It has gotten fancier over the years and as I have been able to wear stuff that I hadn't I decided to look in my closet for something....I got out 2 outfits and did my nails to match either.  Friday I did my make up(don't usually wear any) and then tried on the first....it was way big(going on the give away pile).  The second was an outfit I wore to a family event 4 or 5 years ago and it was  tight then.   The top fit fine and the pants were lose......wore it.  So i guess I should try on some of the other older clothes in my closet and see what needs to be given away, what can be worn now, and organize the too small things for future tries.  My younger son is into fashion and maybe i can get him to help...or is help from a kid wishful thinking.  Wish I had a picture,  I thought I looked pretty good but my spouse didn't say anything until Sat so I didn't ask him to take a pic on Fri.  Men!

CDCC

I redid the post...but its linking to this......

CDCC

We were gone over Thanksgiving week.  It was very nice but not at all on program.  In addition it was salty and I flew.  I weighed when we got back and I was up 10 pounds.....I haven't been as good as I should have been this week, but I have been better than when gone and I weighed this morning and I'm still up 5 pounds...but it is better than earlier in the week.  Part of the reason I wasn't good this week had to do with some Christmas activities that I wasn't mentally prepared for this week.  We also ate was in the house and it wasn't good enough.  Last night after the football game we went out shopping and I now have fresh fruit and veggies and cottage cheese and eggs, egg beaters and other things I use.  Eating the left-over bagels in the freezer was silly, but i did it.

Weight 245....up 5 pounds or down 5 pounds depending how you look at it.

Exercise....no

Reading .....no

Support...no

but I will be better this week.

CDCC

No weigh in today.  Will update this week.

I attempted to edit this post, however it got eaten by  blogger......that happened again with a long post I wrote this week...and then when I tried to redo it it wouldn't do anything right.  We were in calif for a long thanksgiving week with our kids.  My boys had a bunch of places they wanted to take me to eat and a bunch they were waiting for us to take them to.  We kept our meals to a brunch and a dinner and didn't snack....but even though I tried to limit breads and sweets the overall amount of food I ate was too much.  Also flying always bloats me....I weighed the morning of our flight and again the next morning in calif...and even though my eating was good that day, i gained 4 pounds.  I weighed daily and gained 4 more pounds by the weekend and the day after we got home.....showed a 10 pound gain!  At least part of that was water as it disappeared over this week......but it was a crazy week at work and with activities.  Then I thought we were going out with friends to a fairly healthy place and they changed it to a hot dog place.  between that, the gala, another dinner out and eating what was in the house I was not as good as I should have been.
Walked as much as I could and started picking up my fluids but not at goal.  I'm having to do some catch up reading for work and therefore won't have time for my books.....but its looking like exercise may be more important than weight......though I think that both are important.

Hope blogger likes this info better.