Denise and Stacy: If it weren't for those little beagles/bassets, I don't know what I would do. They are my kids, only other dog-people lovers can understand that. So far, I have Scientific Diet dog food all over the floor, I think that's called disgusted with the menu! But they love to walk and nothing stops them from baying and sniffing all the way.

Stacy: I am waiting for the vet to tell me cobi needs a hip replacement. What was that like? I can't imagine, his little chicken bone excapade cost us a fortune, and he is only 3....my father was 75 before he got his hip replaced. Darn icy sidewalks!

But, as I said without them, I wouldn't walk, and it would be so lonely and sad. Everyone needs a kiss on the cheek now and then...nothing like slobber to get you up and moving.

Well, I have made it a priority to move my caboose more often. Not much going on here at work today, so I stocked up on cleaners and got my booty movng by giving the place a good clean up! Much better than staying parked at this desk!

Cobismom and Denise: I could tell we are all dog people. I love my girls so much. My oldest dog is 12 and she has had both of her hips relaced and still gets as excited as she did as a pup for her walks. My younger one is about 8 and she is so much like a pup still it makes me laugh, I can be gone for 5 minutes and it is like I have been gone all day. You can't buy that kind of devotion.There is nothing I wouldn't do to make them happy and healthier.
Glad to see everyone is in a good place.

Stacy, You are doing awesome. Especially compared to how sad you were a month ago! Way to go!

Cobismom, We really have to watch dd's (dear dog's) food or he starts packing on the pounds. He's a beagle/bassett, too, and he is a serious chow hound. He's is so old, it takes 15 mins to walk around the block - about a quarter mile - but he's done it three times a day for a month now. We have really seen an improvement in him since the fence blew down (before, we just opened the back door and let him out for 5 mins). He is actually getting healthier and he's 16 years old. I guess it kind of shows that it is never too late to start - for both dogs and people.

Denise

Doing very good with my walking, and my dogs walking. They are on a much more strict healthy eating plan than I. They need to loose about 15 pounds apiece, so if I don't get out and walk for me, Iwill get out and walk for them. If it works, I don't care how we got there. We did 20 miles this week already from Wed. to Saturday, not too bad.

I have been doing very well with the homework I set for myself, at least in the exercise dept. This is day 11 of my every day cardio challenge. Tomorrow my dh and I are taking half days to go into the City for our last Knicks game and I will be walking around the City alot. I can't wait! I hope that it is not pouring though. I really feel better with exercising, really this time I do. I have not gotten on a scale yet. I was going to wait until after my 21 days are up as I thought it would keep me more motivated to continue on this healthy path.

I ahve been doing good with goals. I am eating whole fruit 90% of the time and have avoided wating from daughter's plate.
I booked an apt. for a pedicare (decided on that rather than facial as we're going to Florida.) the apt. is April 10th.
Just updating...

Now the pessimist in me says," okay where's the bad things"....but I am going to remain optimistic knowing that all is right with the world in my corner for now.

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Originally posted by cobismom:
I have to finally post the progress that I have been waiting for over the last year. WW has a scholarship program...and finally after a year, my name has come up, and the thing is in the mail. I am so excited. I know this program works for me...maybe not for others...but it does work for me, and fits in with what I have learned and am learning with this style of eating. I lost over 60 pounds last time, so this is a miricale to me. I am psyched and can't wait to start.

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!! That's fabulous news! Between WW, your good news about your knees and getting back to the pool - it's been quite a week for you! : )

I have to finally post the progress that I have been waiting for over the last year. WW has a scholarship program...and finally after a year, my name has come up, and the thing is in the mail. I am so excited. I know this program works for me...maybe not for others...but it does work for me, and fits in with what I have learned and am learning with this style of eating. I lost over 60 pounds last time, so this is a miricale to me. I am psyched and can't wait to start.

Seems like lately I've been a dollar short and late to everything. I am upping the date for me to April 10th to complete these assignments.

1. First, I will swim 90 minutes every weekday between now and then
2. I will get in 64 ounces of water each day
3. I will add five a day to my meal plans.
4. I will journal each day on my trip to April 10.

I'm still feeling my ay around this new forum, so just printed the homework assignment. I'll get right on it. I find the blue background o this forum to be very encouraging. Anybody else feel that way?

Lynnette

Ok, I read the homework 2 days ago and have thought alot about it.Goals are as follows:
Weight and Exercise:
I have no idea what the scale says right now, but I would like to be at my goal which is approx. 15 pounds less by 7/1. I think this is possible. Then I want to maintain it. I have done cardio 5 days so far, thanks to the motivating budgetgal and her 21 day self challenge. I am really trying 3/15 was my day 1.
Goal is 21 days straight of cardio and crunches (that I do everyday and hope to get a better tummy during each session)then at least 5 days of cardio until I reach my goal and then enough to maintain. Funny, I never thought I could fit the exercise in at night, but now I just make it non-negotiable if I didn't do it in the morning. Very proud so far of me actually sticking to it.

Food: Eating a veggie with every lunch and dinner. I have been doing this at lunch 100%, dinner about 80%. I keep my food journal and post on what are we eating which helps me alot.

Thinking: thinking about what I eat BEFORE I eat it instead of hating myself afterward.

Want to be 135.5 April 1.
(revised to 134.5 lbs 3/19)

Eating goal: Cope with stress on Tuesday afternoons/evenings without over eating. Have a good plan for Tuesdays and eat my plan.

Exercise goal: 25 mins cardio 5 days a week, 3 push ups a day, 1 min crunches a day

[This message was edited by GoingSkiing on March 19, 2004 at 07:19 AM.]

OK Here goes -

I have been so way off track but am struggling to get back. I just did this earlier today in my palm pilot so that I can carry it around with me. My goals don't seem that ambitious but I have a lot of crazy stuff going on (explained on FN board) so am trying to be realistic. Don't need to miss my goals this time.

1. Weight
want to have maintained my current weight or lost 2 pounds

2. Food
I want to be drinking 8 glasses of water a day
I want to be food journalling daily

3. Fitness
I want to do situps every night before bed (36, will join on crunch team from FN site). I want to walk at least 3 miles during the week. I already put on my calendar for Tuesday and Thursday after work.

Pam

By April 1, I want to be at 129lbs. Right now I'm at 131-133lbs. depending on the day.

1. The first thing I must do is EXERCISE. I KNOW I have to do it. I actually even enjoy exercising, I just have a really hard time getting to it. Enough excuses, I'm sick and tired of my own excuses and I have to do this.

2. I'm not doing to badly food wise, I just really need to stick with it and keep eating the veggies, and drinking water.
Dawn

I just found this site this week. I've owned the Cooking Thin book since the week it came out and have enjoyed a lot of the recipes and ideas in it.

I set 4 goals for the next two weeks:

Eating Goals:
1. Write down everything I eat in a food journal for 2 weeks. My biggest problem is that I conveniently forget what I've eaten. I had to write down what I ate for 3 days for a health assessment and I was shocked to find I ate 7 cookies and 2 mochas in a single day.
2. Experiment with different foods for breakfast, snacks and dinner to figure out what will keep me from being starving from 1:30-until dinner. I've been struggling with being starving from about 1:30-6 (when I usually eat dinner) everyday and have been snacking through the whole time. I think I'm not eating enough fat/calories/protein early in the day. Yesterday was lots better when I had a scrambled egg with roasted peppers and leeks and a homeade bran muffin for breakfast and a snack of homeade pea soup at about 3 for a snack.

Fitness goals:
1. Develop a fitness plan with the help of a personal trainer based on the health assessment I have.
2. Add yoga or pilates 2 times a week because I know for sure that the health assessment showed my flexibility is in the "poor" category.

Jennifer

Rewards can be a wonderful thing. I think that would help, like maybe a great book or something to enjoy in my time for me. Good idea
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Originally posted by ltd:
I'm not really as concerned with the numbers on the scale right now as I am in getting into some better eating habits.

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That is FANTASTIC! Good for you! That's the essence of baby steps...and being good to yourself!

I'm not really sure where I am related to where I was with my weight loss. My scale is still packed.
I don't think I'm much different size wise than I was before the holidays.
But my big goal is for us not to eat out more than 2 x a week. I notice a huge difference in how I feel when we eat at home more.
I also want to move more at least walking some every day.
More fresh fruit and more whole grains would be nice too, but that may need to wait til we move again in two weeks.


Nisha