E2E wk2

Definitely an up and down week.  Part of this is the way I've been feeling...just not great.  But I expect it will get better and with the better i will do better.  At this point I am just gonna keep on trackin along.

weight  247(same as last wk)

waist  51(same as last week)

cal  av 1540(more than the 1400 I decided to aim for but less than the 1600 my doc rec)

fluids 12+ 7/7(getting easier to remember)

ex  2/3(but I finally found my pedometer and am wearing it.....this should get me doing more mvt)

tracking  7/7(getting easier to remember to do)

support   done(I tried to get to everyone, if I missed let me know so I can make sure you're on my list)

reading  one of the books i ordered...nutrition and diagnosis...came and I'm going to be looking thru that a bit...I'll try to post a bit out of it....the vit book is still on back order....maybe if we have a summer challenge it will be here by then

When I got to fluids i decided to get up and get something to drink....picked up my bottle from the fridge and the top came off and it went everywhere....guess I can't count it.

last but not least

I CAN do this

Have a good week everyone and remember there is strength in a group that is greater than just the sum of its parts.......so WE CAN DO THIS

Midweek 2

Welllll here we are,  the mid point of the 2nd week.  In some ways its been harder and in other easier....I've been tracking for a week now and getting back into the habit and its becoming easier.....but the exercise is not.  I'll plan to do something and then by the time i get home from work and make dinner all i feel up to is sitting.  I've got to figure this one out.  Morning doesn't work  for me as I'm going to need to start getting up to do paperwork in the morn.  Part of the problem is that when I diet i need more sleep....I'd eat to get by with less sleep....and by the way there was a study that showed people who slept less tended to be fatter.

Weight today 246

I've been trying to stay more up with reading on everyone and for today I think I will go with....

We CAN do this!

E2E wk 1

The 1st week is down and I'm having to really work at it to try to meet my targets.  My kids left on Wed and I started tracking then.....I'm still not measuring everything but I am getting better.  I found my drink bottles today but we couldn't find the bottle i use to mix them up.......we moved all those things out of the kitchen over Christmas......in fact I'm leaving out all my knick-knackey things as I have other things that take priority this weekend.

weight 247  which is a loss of 2 pounds...happy face

waist  51 which is a gain of 1 inch...sad/confused face

cal  1315 av over the 3 tracked days.....met goal

fluids  12+ daily....met goal

ex  2x....met 2/3 of goal

reading  not met

support met....10+ blogs read and commented on

buddy  I've been checking  bluezy's blog every time i get on my computer...enjoying her comments and leaving some.....hope everything works out  for her.

I CAN do this......and my goal for this week is to to track every day AND to find my pedometer.....the bike needs something done to it and may have to be replaced as my ex choice.

Hope everyone else had a good week and I'll be trying to get to the blogs I missed last week

Midweek....1

I've decided to try to weigh midweek also....some weeks I weigh daily but I'm not probably posting that....today i remained at 248. 

I've just come from dropping my kids at the airport to fly back to Cal.   They take the same plane partway.  It was nice having them home for Xmas.  Of course we had to lunch in the city but i kept my amounts small and I stopped at Sams for a big bag of salad and one of cabbage as well as berries.  I've left comments at 6 of you so far and I'll try to get to the rest by next week....I'm catching up on what you all posted for the last few weeks so it's a bit slow going.  I've left some comments at my buddy's blog and I hope she does all right.

Time to go track my food....I can do this...right!

NYE

It was a great weekend. We drove down on Friday,  got checked in to our room and found out that we could take a shuttle over to the Casino.  Played some slots, and went to the Blake Shelton concert.  It was great,  he talked and sang,  told stories, talked some more and sang some more.......his encore included his wife, Miranda  Lambert, and Kelly Clarkson.  We played some more slots, ate dinner and walked around the casino........it's about 1/2 mile from end to end.  On Fri and Sat we made about 3 full laps each day.  Slept in on Sat and then played some more........this night was the Maroon5 concert and it was very different and again great.  I really like this venue for concerts.....it sounds so much better than arenas and outdoor stadiums.  Sunday we had lunch before driving back and I slept in today again.  Weighed this morn and I'm 1 pound down from Fri.....hope it continues.  Was definitely better to focus this weekend on music rather than food.  By the way when we turned in our tickets we had $1.40 more than we started with.......had as good a time playing penny slots for small amounts as the people putting in 3-5 dollars a spin and didn't have to worry about whether we lost what we brought.

Now its time to really get the nose to the grindstone and start getting this year in gear.

E2E......The Start

Thanks to Mir a new challenge begins.......

I was not as good this Christmas as last.....I ate more,  had a little more chocolate, a little more desert,  and a lot more salt.   I bought olives for the nibbles on Wed,  and I've been eating left over stuffing....with gravy.

Its time to stop!

Weight.....249(it was 245 sun morn)

Waist.....50 inches(i'm an apple these days)

Cal....1400(av across the week and will be tracked on my fittness pal)

Fluids.....12(96 oz)

Ex.....30min 3xwk(stationary bike)

Books.....Procrastination equation by Piers Steel and I have ordered 2 books on Vitamins/etc......these are medical books and I'll look them over when they get here(the one I really wanted is on back order) and will add there names if I'm going to post info from them.

My goal......235(which is 60 pounds lost and where I was before getting sick last June)

I am committed to this and I will NOT quit.

I think my quote needs to be reinforcement for me......."I CAN (do this)"........to this I may want to add a weekly thought about anything that giving me problems at that time.....such as.....I CAN track every day.  Notice what i think is going to be the habit that i have lost that I think will be the most important thing I can do to get on track again.

I think I have everything in here but my outfit....I have a deep plum XL outfit in my closet that I want to wear next May.....I was wearing other outfits like this but those pants had been worn and the elastic waist stretched out some.....this waistband measures 32 inches and felt like it would have to be torn to fit so the picture is of the outfit not on me....yes it will stretch but not 20 inches so we will have to see how this goes.

Looking forward to reading and commenting on everyones blogs.

Tobi(lv2)

What a week

Crazy, busy week .....made worse by getting sick.  Sat my younger son and I shopped, shopped, shopped.....between getting everything and getting it done by the 6pm closing deadline....it started the crazy.  Sunday,  I wanted to sleep in,  but got up and started cooking as we were again on a timetable as we had Thunder tickets(basketball) and of course the turkey has to go in by 8am if it is coming out in time to eat and make the game.  It was a lovely Thanksgiving dinner....enjoyed on Christmas.  Waking up in the middle of the night to the smell of the ham baking is always so neat,  its a tossup as to whether I'd rather smell that or pumpkin bread baking when awakening.  The Thunder won their opening night game and I went to sleep feeling great.........

.........Only to awake at 6am to fever and chills and feeling bad.......by 9 it was pretty obvious that our Holiday dinner with friends was not to be.  I spent a miserable day in bed...but by 9pm the fever was gone and while I felt like something the cat dragged in, I made it to work on Tues and out to dinner for my spouses birthday with the kids that night.

Wed was spent cooking, wrapping, and getting things together for the rescheduled Holiday party.  A good time was had by all.......the only problem was the work end of the year stuff that I was supposed to do that day are still getting done.

Today felt like i was on a treadmill at work all day, you would think it was the last day of the year or something from the phone calls and faxes and people....uh maybe it is since we are closed tomorrow.  Will have to finish some stuff in the morning that is left from Wed, but i am off this weekend and we are headed out of town tomorrow afternoon to go see Blake Shelton  and then on sat Maroon 5.  My kids turned down going and will be home and out with their friends.  But usually we go out to dinner these 2 nights and I really didn't want to plan this weekend around that.  yes we will be eating out but it will be a lot less "fancy" and should therefore be less interesting and i hope easier to be good......also I can get in some exercise i hope.

I finally got a chance to get on this computer tonight and found that I am ready to go on E2E.  I'm planning to get that post up in the am before i get to work on work stuff if possible....and I should be able to get online while dh watches bowl games this weekend and catch up on everyone.

What a week, hopefully a more restful weekend and I'm looking forward to progress.

Oh yes there was one funny thing that happened due to a year of weight watching.  I always make homemade rolls, and bread for TK and Christmas......so i get everything out to do so on Sunday......and no yeast.  Now I always have yeast...its a pantry staple for me....but I haven't baked in a year.  The nearest yeast on Sunday was 32 miles away......no homemade rolls/bread this year.