week 8 day 5

Ok.. On Monday the scale said I was down 6lb (which is actually up one from last week), on Tuesday it said down 7lb, and today it said down 9lb. I have no idea.

I have had a brutal week. I am not giving up. I am still trying. Sometimes family stuff has to take precedence and this week that is what happened. My daughter has been off school since Wednesday and we found out yesterday that she has bronchitis. I had a migraine on Tuesday that I was positive was trying to kill me, and today is the first day I have felt even half normal. I went and had my blood work done on Wednesday so it will take a week or so for the results of that.

Monday and today have been great cleaning days, so I think I will get my whole list done. This is a great feeling. Hubby took my van, I am housebound, and there are no excuses :)

sat

cal 1690
fat 62
fib 18
pro 67
sod 3235

week 7 day 5 - off the saddle, do they have music for that?

I don't even know what to write here.. except that i hope monday morning the scale is nicer to me than i deserve. i am not doing horrible things, but i am not doing what i should, that is for sure. i am tired all the time and i am worried that my thyroid levels are out of wack. they were already a little high and now i have lost a few pounds... but if i get the blood test and they change my meds, it throws me off for days!! and days!! i should do something about that.. maybe tomorrow. i have a req form.

week 7 day 2 - back in the saddle again, cue music

1) start my day off with green tea - i did!
2) productive house stuff - did good. not great, but good.
3) 3 glasses of water - yep
4) 2 vegetable servings - yep
5) 1 fruit serving - got it
6) 25 minutes treadmill; running 3 min consistently - i walked because of my knees, dist 1.47 and half of that at incline 1.
7) 3 muscle excerises, 2 reps - 2x10 incline pushups, 2x7 lunges, 2x15 crunches
8) 10 min stretching - yes. and boy did that feel good

i have only been medium productive around the house with cleaning but i got a bunch of little stuff done that been bugging me, went grocery shopping, took stuff to the used kids clothing store, made soup and did my exercising. so i feel good about it.

cal 1592
fat 48.7
fib 21.4
pro 72
sod 2288
these numbers are not really complete. i had my quilting meeting tonight and i partook of the treats that were offered :) and they were lovely. other than my sodium, i am sure i am under numbers.. or close.

my body is aching from a combination of haven't done my exercises in awhile, and holding up quilts. i am going to be out of commission tomorrow, i just know it.

week 7 day 1

weight -7
This math thing really works! and i find it better than calculating and tracking points. and the internet makes things stupid easy! so it is monday, but it is a holiday here. i will start up my treadmill and stuff tomorrow. today is an extended weekend, and while i am happy with my weight going down, i am looking forward to exersising again. i have taken a whole week off, and feel the need to move.

cal 2658
fat 125
fib 20
pro 106
sod 2673

um... had a bit of a cut loose i suppose.. lol

sun calories

i don't know if this is accurate. i looks way low, but i know i wrote everything down. part of the problem is that we went to my brother-in-laws house for dinner. his wife cooked a lovely roast beef dinner with mash, gravy, brocoli, carrots, bread and butter, and a valentine's cake with cream cheese icing for dessert. i came home and punched it all in the computer.. this is what i came up with for the day

cal 1677
fat 62.7
fib 10.4
pro 52.5
sod 1597.7

i am allowed far more than that, so even if it is way off, i should still be in my guidlines. *shrug*

sat calories

yeah i know.. i shouldn't be posting, but it is a great place to keep track of my daily calories.

cal 2028
fat 92
fib 19.3
pro 73
sod 2777

my quilty ladies took me out to lunch, i had shimp fettucci alfredo. it was worth every gram of fat!! :)

week 6 day 5

well, i did a test of stepping on the scale this morning.. still heading down so far, in spite of my not exercising. my knees are feeling ok today.. i think i will try walking next week for 25 minutes and i am feeling tight from not doing my stretches. hubby has been home sick for two days, which doesn't help my motivation at all, my son is still sick, and i am beyond tired. this is why you read my blog, isn't it? to hear me whining?? LOL i'll get past it once this week is over, i hope. tomorrow some of my quilty ladies are taking me on a shop hop around the area to a few stores i have never been to. i am very excited! i may need to intervenously absorb caffeine to make it through the day, however.

cal 1986
fat 79
fib 21
pro 97.5
sod 3332

my numbers would have been better if mcdonalds hadn't screwed up my order. i called them, angry.

week 6 day 4

Fired?? LOL my son is sick. bad cold, sick. big green snotty nose sick. which means he isn't sleeping well, which means i am not sleeping well. i am exhausted all day. i am not being very good at tracking my calories this week. it is hard when hubby makes dinner because he hates to keep track of what he is putting in and unless i am hovering over his shoulder and constantly asking and writing down, then he doesn't tell me. plus, he guestimates. which doesn't workt when you are trying to track stuff. i don't know how many calories i ate. i didn't do much cleaning, but did beds and stuff.

week 6 day 3

i have had an insane day today! i took my daughter to school, took my son to daycare, and went to the church for sewday. i was there from 9:15 until 2. i left there and went to a fabric store to buy a border for a quilt i was working on. i left there to pick up my son from daycare, rushed to my daughter's school to catch her before she went on the bus. took them over to the mall to get them a snack, took her to piano, took him to the library with me where i got in trouble from the security guard because little stinker was making way too much noise. honestly, not much i can do about it. left there to get her from piano, came home. as soon as hubby came home i lay down and actually slept for half an hour or so. then i had to leave for my quilting executive meeting (some goofball made me secretary of the guild LOL) and i didn't get home until half an hour ago. craziness.

calories 2046
fat 81.5
fibre 13
protein 39
sodium 2160

week 6 day 2

i am feeling unwell, my knees ache all the time. i don't think there will be any treadmill this week. i have been a cleaning demon all day today, though, because i want to take tomorrow off completely and go to sewday. The church that my quilting guild meets has a sewday the second wednesday of the month and i plan to be there. gotta run, more cleaning to do :)

week 6 day 1

weight -5
woo hoo! down one more pound. that is five pounds in five weeks.. mostly on track. slow and steady wins the race?? LOL

1) start my day off with green tea - i did!!
2) productive house stuff - not bad
3) 3 glasses of water - two
4) 2 vegetable servings - yep
5) 1 fruit serving - yep
6) 25 minutes treadmill; running 3 min consistently - no
7) 3 muscle excerises, 2 reps - no
8) 10 min stretching - no

my knees are hurting all the time. i saw my chiropractor yesterday to talk to her about inserts and shoes. i have to do something, but there is just no money for shoes. what to do?

caloric intake today

cal 1743
fat 70.75
fib 17.5
pro 67
sod 3045

wow, i need to do something about my sodium! both friday and today i know exactly which item kicked me over. but in both instances, i had eaten the item and then went to add my numbers and just about shit at the amount of sodium. need to look first LOL

week 5 day 5 - introducing calories woo hoo!

1) start my day off with green tea - yep, followed shortly thereafter, with coffee
2) productive house stuff - yep, finished off my list
3) 3 glasses of water - 2 done
4) 2 vegetable servings - yes
5) 1 fruit serving - yep
6) 25 minutes treadmill; running 3 min consistently - i only did 20 min, no running. but the fact that i got on the treadmill at all today is amazing!! dist. 1.15
7) 3 muscle excerises, 2 reps - nah
8) 10 min stretching - yep

ok.. food info.
eaten allowance
calories - 1816 2255
fat - 66 74
fibre - 14.6
protein - 94 112
sodium - 2310 2310

i found some fascinating sites for calculating caloric allowances and even recipe calorie calculators. fascinating! here is the recipe calculator.. i saved it and could see using it alot!
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp

have a good weekend all :)

interim posting

so i am a maniac at stepping on the scale. i do it at least once a day, but i don't take them too seriously. i know that through the week, your weight fluctuates, and even more so through the day. However, if i manage to step on the scale in the morning, before eating anything, i pay attention to it as a marker of how i am doing generally. it looks like my weight may be creeping up a pound or so. this is frustrating, but i won't really know until monday. i was wandering around the internet yesterday and saw an article on weight loss mistakes that most people make. i didn't really read the article, but i did notice something in passing. the biggest mistake people make is in not doing the math. not doing the calculations of how much they take in versus how much they burn. i HATE writting down everything that i eat. i did weight watchers years ago, and i found it painful! it felt like obsessing over every morsel. i understand the theory and agree in theory. but the practise is awful. i am going to give it a try. but i won't bore you with a daily food diary because that would be painful too :) i will just give numbers for the end of the day. i really don't want this to feel like a full time job and i don't want this to be painful to read.

on another note.. i am less motivated to exercise since my confession to hubby. why is this? why on earth would i be more motivated when it was a secret? how wierd is that?

i will do my regular post later today..

week 5 day 4

today is my gymnastics day, so no treadmill for me. plus, my knees are killing me again. i confessed my treadmill use to hubby so i would be able to get new shoes. he suggested a podiatrist, which i had been thinking about anyways. i booked an appointment for that. it is in 2 weeks. not sure what do to about my treadmill stuff. i will try it again tomorrow and see how my knees fare.

1) start my day off with green tea - again, needed coffee.
2) productive house stuff - not too bad.. but not great
3) 3 glasses of water - one down so far
4) 2 vegetable servings - one down so far
5) 1 fruit serving - got it
6) 25 minutes treadmill; running 3 min consistently - not today
7) 3 muscle excerises, 2 reps - don't need it either with gymnastics.. arms are killing me.
8) 10 min stretching - no. :(

week 5 day 3 - good day

1) start my day off with green tea - missed that one.. was needing coffee!
2) productive house stuff - yes, been a great day
3) 3 glasses of water - yep
4) 2 vegetable servings - not yet, will update I GOT AT LEAST ONE, IF NOT TWO
5) 1 fruit serving - not yet YES. CANTALOPE
6) 25 minutes treadmill; running 3 min consistently - oh yeah! ran 4 min. dist 1.5
7) 3 muscle excerises, 2 reps - yep. squats, 10x2; tricep pushup 5x2; crunch 15x2
8) 10 min stretching - yep

my body was hurting on the treadmill.. all over. feet, back, knees.. i preservered. and had a friend come visit, but still been good at cleaning for the first time all week LOL
MY KNEES ARE HURTING AGAIN, PRETTY BAD. FRUSTRATED. I CONFESSED MY TREADMILL USE TO HUBBY IN THE HOPES OF GETTING NEW SHOES. GOING TO SEE A PODIATRIST FIRST. HOPE TO KEEP UP THE TREADMILL STUFF, DEPENDS ON MY KNEES *SIGH*

week 5 day 2 - weak day

it wasn't a great day for anything today. i wasn't feeling fantastic, but was alright. i had some visiting to do in the morning, which drops my productivity a lot! but i like getting out. it really doesn't take much for me to get cabin fever.

1) start my day off with green tea - yes
2) productive house stuff - no.. not really
3) 3 glasses of water - yep.. pretty sure
4) 2 vegetable servings - yep
5) 1 fruit serving - yep, thank you lychee
6) 25 minutes treadmill; running 3 min consistently - nope.
7) 3 muscle excerises, 2 reps - nope
8) 10 min stretching - i did this at night before bed. i was feeling tight

i was geared up to do my treadmill and stuff, but then i had to fight with my son for almost 2 hours to get him to sleep, and by the time we were done i had a major headache and was totally unmotivated. sadly.

Februray's ideals - week 5 day 1

first of all, still -4lb, however i am on my "special lady time" so hopefully it drops a bit more for next week.

ok, so new month means a new list of ideals and these are what i am thinking. i added quite a few more, but i still think it's do-able. if i have to reassess, i will do it in two weeks, but let's see how this goes.

1) start my day off with green tea
2) productive house stuff
3) 3 glasses of water
4) 2 vegetable servings
5) 1 fruit serving
6) 25 minutes treadmill; running 3 min consistently
7) 3 muscle excerises, 2 reps
8) 10 min stretching

so far, i havent' done the green tea, i forgot. LOL... but i was doing it last week. i will have to start that tomorrow.

1) start my day off with green tea - i didn't start with it, but had it after breakfast
2) productive house stuff - yeah, not so much today but not bad
3) 3 glasses of water - yep
4) 2 vegetable servings - yes, sir.. i have given up on the raw thing for now
5) 1 fruit serving - yep, lychee!! yum!!
6) 25 minutes treadmill; running 3 min consistently - yep, ran 4:15, dist 1.6 mi
7) 3 muscle excerises, 2 reps - no..
8) 10 min stretching - yep

i didn't get in my muscle stuff because as soon as i stepped off the treadmill and stopped my mp3 player, i heard my son screaming. i had to run into his room, calm him down and help him get to sleep. Right after that my parents called. by the time we got off the phone my muscles were plenty cooled down. tomorrow.