Here's my report ...

I really felt great when I... A) Made myself walk even though I wasn't in the mood; and B) Went to WW even though I knew I'd gained.

I can get better at... Being focused regarding food choices ... still doing too much mindless eating.

New Foods I am going to try... Fresh herbs in lots of varieties!

Next week I am going to...
1. Be prepared with low-fat protein choices readily available
2. Track EVERYTHING, even if it's something embarrassing that I'd rather forget
3. Inventory my closet. See how close I am to fitting into my favorite thin clothes -- hopefully motivating me to get into them!

My overall grade for the week: C
It was a real peak/valley week ... some days great, some days totally off. I had some days when I could NOT get rid of the munchies; at least made better choices i.e. raw vegs & Laughing Cow; plus tried a new nonfat black bean TJ dip. Overall I gained (2 lbs. up) but I got myself in gear by going to WW at the end of it all. And I really feel hopeful that this will be a better week!

Grace

Unfortantely, Week 3 rates a D because I let myself eat too much too often. And the only reason it's not an outright failure is that at least they were good calories.

Keeping it in perspective, I did do some things well. I'm really making an effort to slow down when I eat and I'm registering that "I'm full" feeling before I go overboard. I've also cut down on the amount of Diet Coke I'm drinking by substituting flavored water. Also, this may be the first time I've made an effort to keep a food journal and gone this long -- three full weeks! -- without missing a day.

OTOH, when I discovered Zone bars on special for 99 cents and kept buying (and then eating) two at a time, well, the scale showed me that THAT was not a good idea. Nor was sleeping in instead of working out on Friday then again on Sunday.

OK, no more boo-hoos. What's done is done. Worked out this morning for an hour, ate a healthy breakfast, got plenty of work to do. Back on track!

The first week I think I would give myself a b-

I drank water early in the week and then had a crisis later in the week that made me eat bad foods...like two rolls from the bakery! That is bad, oh and I drank pop also. So I had a gain on saturday of .6 of a pound.

I'm back on track though this morning!

Vicki

Finally!!! I have my book. I am ready for week 1. Hooray! I like the idea of trying a new recipe each week. Just a few extra ingredients each week for such a hugh payoff - 52 new recipies under my belt. I am excited to begin.

D -- I didn't log anything in the book.

I got a C this week Although I did hit my exercise goal, and my water goal, I did not do my ball workout at all, and I gained weight (horror) so I must have screwed up in the food department. And I still haven't given up frozen yogurt, dagnabbit.

Lynne

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So how did everyone else do???
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To be honest I haven't even picked up the daybook all week. This whole week has been a total disaster; the wreck, the internet down so I couldn't work, & getting a rental car is next to impossible if you don't use credit cards. I do know I didn't overeat because I lost 1 pound this week

Ok here is my "report card" for the week.

I really felt great when I... eat balance meals spaced throughout the day

I can get better at... eating breakfast and lunch, and not skipping exercise.

New Foods I am going to try... I am going to try getting raw veggies at the market during my lunch breaks, inplace of chips or pretzels.

Next week I am going to...
1. have 3 meals and 2 snacks a day]
2. Drink 8 glasses of water a day
3. exercise 4 times this week

My overall grade for the week... C-

I am being easy on myself because I am doing better than I normally would during a stressful period. By the end of the week, I was getting back on track.

So how did everyone else do???

Laurie

Got the call from the bookstore. It has arrived!!! Now how am I going to find the time to get down there (45 min. away) to get started this week? I'll do though. Finally.

Hey, is that THE Roberta? How are you doing?

Packaging the cookbook with the daybook is a great idea. Toledo is supposed to get a Costco -- I can't wait!

Found mine in Costco, packaged nicely with the paperback verision of the cookbook. Will start day 1 tomorrow.
Roberta

I did it, i wrote down everything I ate today. I just copied all my little scraps of paper into my journal. It definitely wasn't the healthiest eating day i've had, but at least i kept track.

Laurie

Ok I am just posting to be a little more accountable. I gave myself free reign the last several days, and thats not good. Today I will write down everything I eat. I am keeping some paper in my pocket so I have no excuses. It will be a crazy stresful day, so this is at least a small step for the day.

Laurie

Drumcorpsmom, I thought I would let you know that you were a great inspiration to me this morning. We face similar struggles and I too used to be a voice of experience after loosing 65 pounds here. That was two years ago and I have seemed to find 30 pounds of it back after the birth of my beautiful baby last February. I wish you the absolute best on your new beginning and I know you will just love the recipies in your Cooking Thin book! My book hasn't arrived yet, but I will try to be more faithful and begin to read this thread each day during the week. Off now to do a little "flying" and then a little reading and hopefully a meal plan for the day before my little miracle baby awakes. He has a cold this week. Can't let it get worse. See everyone tomorrow.

I gave myself a B- for last week (I am an easy grader). I got sick and used it as an excuse to let some junk food sneak in and not exercise as much. But I still watched the portions, even on the junk, so that's why my grade didn't drop to a C.

Hi All,

Well struggling a bit but that is typical with me and everything I try for a lifestyle change. Have been very tired lately so out of 17 days blew off 5 days of exercise and water not so good. I think I start to late drinking and sweets do well most days but dh took me to the Cheescake Factory this past weekend and we bought a cake... so there that in a nutshell spells trouble. But I iknow if i don't exercise no sliver of cake for me.

My posting here has been slacking too. I have been reading. Welcome everyone new who joined since then. So need to work on a better game plan. Kids all home due to bad weather so going to go work-out now while the house is quiet. Hey did we post our grades for last week? If we did I'm still a 'c' maybe a "c-" for lack of will-power on the sweets.

ttfn
Patty

Oh, dangit I forgot to post something...

My Game plan: eating out only once this week.
Oh, no, I've just discovered I wrote my info on Week 2. So I will just switch the homework around! What a ditz I am!

Quality: More exercises, and spending time with my kids
Quantity: More water half my weight in ounces each day, 121 ounces of water.
Variety: YMCA and Irving after school workouts.

Gameplan: Small portions and only once eating out this week.

I had zucchini, yellow peppers and celery in olive oil as a side to my ham and cheese sandwich for lunch yesterday, it was yummy!

Well, we joined the YMCA yesterday and spent 3 hours there! It felt so comfortable, why hadn't I done it sooner!

We swam, played basketball, rode the bike and did the circuit weights. I can't wait to get back. I even met a new friend there!

I stepped on the scale and I had lost some more weight.

Oh, I started the Cooking thin book and I love it. It's like a journal, but not so much that I will get bored with writing in it. Can't wait to try some of the recipes though!

Can you tell I'm excited! And my kids had fun also...that was the best part.

Just wanted to post to say that I tried the chickpea salad from week three and it is wonderful. I don't normally like chickpeas but I'm determined to learn to like some new things.

Anyway, I made most of the salad ahead, but left out the spinach and salad greens because I didn't want them to get soggy. This let the chickpeas and other veggies soak up the dressing. When we were ready to serve, we put some greens on a plate and topped them with the rest of the salad. We had leftovers so we will do it the same way when we eat those.

This also worked because the salad was HUGE. I don't think any of my bowls would have held it with the greens.

We had some pan-seared grouper to go with it. I also made kd's cranberry-pecan bread from the first book, and we had the last of that with dinner. (By the way, that recipe is also great, even better the second day.)

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Originally posted by DianaB:
My goal is to get back in the gym every morning before work. I don't like spending much time on weights so I am looking for something that will interest me. Has anyone tried the "8 Minutes in the Morning" routine? diana

My first suggestion is that you give some thought to your reasons for why you "don't like spending much time on weights" and whether they are more about discomfort or fear or really and truly that you don't enjoy weight training. I know a lot of women have discomfort about going into the often male-dominated arena of the weight room. Weight training is REALLY valuable because it builds muscle--and muscle burns fat! Just a thought.

Second, DVDs aren't going to help you at the gym but, for those mornings you don't make it to the gym, I recommend the "10-Minute Soluntion" series of exercise DVDs. Each DVD has five 10-minute workouts that you can mix and match as you choose. I own several of the series and have rented several others. They're all good, but I especially loved the Kickboxing Bootcamp one.