Getting close to Christmas

It's getting close....I'm wrapping presents and refining the shopping list for the last of the things we need to get tomorrow.  Cooking starts tomorrow evening for our Thanksgiving on Christmas dinner.  I'm on call today and the pager has been busy...time to go answer it again.

CDCC ....The Final part2

I got the pictures into part 1...but than it wouldn't let my type below them so I labelled that part1 and will finish here....so read part1 before reading this pls.

SUPPORT....yes caps on purpose....the best part of these was all the support I got from you all and also the info and motivation i got reading your blogs.  I tried to get to you guys when I was at home and hat Internet but know that i wasn't as good as i should have been.  Mir, Angela, Julie, Betty, Up, .......thanks so much.  Julie I got tired just reading your blog.

books  I should have reversed by reading as I procrastinated so much I never finished wheat belly.  Now I have to read about diet, etc for work at times and am currently exploring some vit and fish oil reading that is causing me to try to restart some items and change others. Anne @ Carb Tripperhttp://carbtripper.blogspot.com/ has some interesting info on Omega3 vs Omega6 that I am exploring. 

Thanks to everyone and I hope everyone has a great holiday season and that we keep up with each other....smaller in the new year!

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......