Thanks Angel,
I needed that boost of self-confidence!

Just got home from my Fit for Life class. Got my butt totally handed to me in a sling. LOL Or at least that is what it seemed like.
We worked on our legs. And man do I feel like my legs are made of rubber. In fact at one point during the workout I actually felt my knee give out. It didn't hurt but sure did startle me.
I don't think that I am going to come in any better than last place for the BLS Challenge. Even though I have been making sure to come in under my cals that I set for myself I have not been keeping track to know how many I had left for the week. That and I had a binge day today. I won't even go into all the stuff I ate suffice it to say it wasn't all good.
So there it is in a nutshell.
I hope that everyone has a great day tomorrow.
Catch ya'll later!

aww - bless you. waas just stating the obvious but glad it helped.

that workout sounds great. i love it when the muscles feel like they've had a workout.

have a great day.

;-)

x

Hi Bell!

It was nice to get out, even if I was a stick-in-the-mud and just wanted to hang around town. It sure was cold, wasn't it? I'm tired of this weather too. Blah!

I think the onion rings are definitely fried, but that's ok cause it's ok to have a cheat once in awhile.
And, we made up for it with the shooter. We could've had a full fledged dessert!

I can't wait to see you Sunday -- Wearing something that's going to make you look mighty fine!

Anyway, got to get to bed.

TTYL!

Well here it is another day. I think that I must be feeling some effects of that seasonal depression that I usually get every year. Except for this year I didn't have it. Or so it seems I didn't have it until now.
The weather here has been in and of itself extremely disappointing lately. Cold, cloudy, dreary.........basically just a real downer.
I now know that I could never ever live in Seattle, Washington.
I seem to be falling into a bit of a viscious cycle.
I don't "feel" like exercising. Not even the swimming. But since I have to show up at work to teach the swimming I have no choice in the matter.
And of course once I get there and get in the water I start feeling much better.
Same thing with my classes. I "feel" like I could just stay home and forget about it. But with them there is no one pushing me to get to them like the swimming. I just know that if I didn't show up my trainer/instructor would be calling me and asking what's up. And for some reason I just can't bring myself to disappoint her.
So I guess in a way there are forces at play here that are keeping me in the "game".
And I am so very THANKFUL for that.
Because if not for those very forces I think that I would have given up by now.
And of course there is Kimberly's BLS Challenge. The challenge has made it possible for me to keep up on the nutrition side of things. There are days where I failed miserably but there are also days where I had great achievements.
The long and the short of it is this.
There is only about 4-5 more weeks until warmer, weather gets here. 'Til the sun starts shining on a more regular basis and the temps start to be more "user" friendly.
If I can just make it thru this time period then I know that I won't quit. That I won't fail.
I just need to keep reminding myself that Spring is just around the corner.

Awe. ((Hugs))

I know just what you're feeling and where you're coming from. The only good thing about today was that the sun did finally peek out and say hello. I know it's only a few more weeks of this before spring will start to come around the corner.

Hang in there....

Hi Dawn

I dont blame you for getting down with the severe weather - you do seem to have such bad winters there. I can understand how it is difficult to persuade yourself to do things like get into the water - I cannot do it here and we are having a much better time than you are.

I do know that you are a determined lady. You have your weight loss goal in your sights - it may be a little way off still - but like me - it is closer than it has been in years. I know that you can stay focused and make it until the springtime - and beyond to goal. Determination can get us across obstacles.

I have just been through the entries in your diary since I last visited. You havent mentioned as much about the heart rate monitor as I expected. Are you still wearing it? Can it cope with extreme temperatures so that you can analyse your time at work?

I am sorry that you had a binge the other day. These things happen. If you did make a note of what you ate - it may be worth calculating the calories. I noticed that the range that you mentioned in your diary only went up by 100 calories. The range for the challenge is 1,000 calories so you may have 900 extra calories available if you do the sums. 900 calories is not a lot compared to the size of binge that I have had (even during this weight loss project - my last one was in September not long before I found the forum) - but you never know - it may accommodate your binge.

Good luck at the scales today and tomorrow.

Take care
Love
Margaret

Hello Margaret,
Thank You for stopping by with your encouraging words. they sure can make all the difference when one is feeling all blah.
Maybe I didn't read things right "again" with Kimberly's challenge. Heaven knows I have misread them wrong a few times! LOL
I will go right now and see how many cals I have consumed and see where that leaves me for the week.
I have a feeling it means that I may not have many more calories to play with.
Thanks again Margaret for being encouraging to me. I really needed that.

Since Margaret pointed out that I had miscalculated my numbers I decided to go back to see what my calorie intake was for the past week and here are the stats:
Friday-1678
Saturday-1633
Sunday-1597
Monday- (Ate out @ Applebee's)-2253
Tuesday- (binge day )- 3160
Wednesday- 867 (low I know but it wasn't on purpose)
Thursday- yet to be seen but so far only 650 (ended the day with 1711)
For a total of 11,838. (Total of 12,899 for the week!)
And Margaret was right I did put my cals down wrong in the beginning.
I had it down as I believe 11,900-12000 cal range. When in fact I should have had it at 11,900-12,900. That's a huge difference!!!
That actually leaves me with *AMAZINGLY!!!* 1062 cals for the rest of my day.
Margaret I think that I could just cry! I really thought that I had blown it completely and if it wasn't for you setting me straight I would never have known that I actually am still in the game.
THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!
Of course it did help that I didn't eat so much yesterday. LOL
Probably a side effect to eating too much the day before.
Okay I am still in the game!

yay I'm glad to hear you are still in the game and the cal counting worked out!

Hi Dawn

I am pleased to hear that those points are still there for the taking for you.

If I have to count my calories - everyone else can too! You werent going to get off without counting for a few days.

It's always worth doing the sums. Sometimes a binge isnt as bad as you think. If you know what you are dealing with - things can look a whole lot brighter. I am so pleased that I could help.

Good luck at the scales.

Take care
Love
Margaret

hey dropping in to say hope you have a good day - glad to hear you are still in the challenge-big day tomorrow!! lol.

have a good day

x

Hi Bella!

I can totally relate on the seasonal depression matter. It happens to me too. Just think it's only for a while, when the weather starts turning springy you'll be your old active self again! Don't give up

Have a great day
India

Hi Bella,

I'm sorry you've had the winter blues lately. I think all of us Northerners have just about had it with winter. I try to remind myself that it could be worse..lol. Have you ever read any of the Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder? One of them is called the "Long Winter," and it was in 1880-81 they had 7 months of blizzards in her new S. Dakota town. Starting in October, they would have blizzards for 3 days straight, then 1-2 days of sunshine, then another 2-3 days of blizzards. The temperatures often hit colder than 30-40F below. The supply trains couldn't get through, so the town nearly starved to death. Her family ran out of coal and there weren't many trees on the prairie to cut for firewood, so they had to twist hay to burn. It was terrible, and went on through April. The supply train came into town on the very day that they finished off the last of their food--which amounted to a potato for each person--for the whole day! Not a good way to lose weight, eh? Anyway, when I get down about the weather, I try to think about that book, and how at least it's not as bad as that. We are relatively warm and snug in our homes, and have plenty to eat. And we aren't trapped in our homes-- most days.

I'm so glad Margaret got you sorted out with your calories. I haven't checked to see how everyone's done, but I know a few people have dropped their bonus pts this week, so you are very unlikely to finish in last place. Regardless, you have done very well to make it to the last week--9th out of 39 isn't bad at all--and I'm sure your higher than 9th.

Thanks to India, Angel and Kimberly for stopping by with words of encouragement.
~~~
Kimberly
I love to read and can't believe that I have never read the Little House books!
I think that if I had to endure living back in the time that Laura did and then having to deal with blizzard after blizzard I would just shrivel up and die.
You know I often wonder if I didn't work in a freezer if I wouldn't suffer so badly from the seasonal thing. There is no natural light in that place. It just feels like a big cold cave. Which in winter obviously feels much worse than in the summer.
Thankfully there is only a little bit more of this nastiness to go.

India
Thanks so much for always taking the time to stop by and give me some encouraging words. I hope that you aren't suffering from the Seasonal thing as well! It just stinks doesn't it?
~~~

Well this was one long, long, long weekend.
I ended up not going to work on Friday as I needed to get the basketball picture packages all together to hand out for Saturday's games. That's about 100 packages!!!!
It took me nearly all night. I did take some breaks in between as all the kids started to look the same after awhile. LOL
The parents were all so happy to get the photos. And I had so many lovely compliments on them.
Work on Saturday stunk big time. I ended up working 13 1/2 hours! With the last 4 hours all in the ice cream room. Remember -18*F? I really thought my fingers were going to have frost bite before the night was out. That is how badly they were hurting.
I still can't figure out how we ended up having to be there that late. Must be the managers didn't set the shift up very well.
I ended up not rolling into my house until 5:10am in the morning. Funny thing happened. I get home and "sneak" down the hall. Get into my room and DH jumps, LITERALLY!, outta bed and says "Where have you been?" LOL Which is comical in and of itself 'cuz he was still 3/4 of the way asleep when he asked. I looked at him and said "At work. What did you think I was doing? Galavanting around the town?!" So I ended up not getting into bed until 5:30 and the kids kept waking me up from 8am until 9:45am. Which is when I had my alarm set so that I could get up to go to church. I did get about 20-30 minutes of a nap before I had to head back off to work on Sunday. But again I didn't get home until after midnight.
Hubby was very generous in that he let me sleep in this morning while he got the kids around for school. I did eventually get up so that I could drop them off at school. I really enjoy being the last face they see from home.
I am currently trying to set up some kind of meal plan that would incorporate me eating the same things all thru-out the day with my main meals changing daily. Just like Margaret/Omega does.
I just don't seem to do well with all the choices everyday. Especially 'cuz i am just too busy here lately with the swim classes at the YMCA. I am always coming or going somewhere and tend to just grab and go w/o ever writing down anything. Just trying to remember everything. And that just doesn't work so well for me.
The sun was shining so beautifully here this weekend. Hubby, kids and pup made it out to the local park for a walk around the lake. Of course lots of mud was involved! LOL But they had fun. Wish that I could have been there with them. But alas work was calling. BAH!
And of course now the sun is all done shining and there is another snowstorm on the way. Hmmph. I am planning on going for a walk this afternoon before the weather gets all gross again. I really can't stand being all cooped up for much longer.
No offense Kimberly but I would be soooo happy if the storm would just track north of here but I am sure that it won't do that.
Well if I going to get that food plan done than I better get off of the forum and get crackin' at it.
I hope that everyone else has a wonderful day.
Ciao!