Well done!!!!

I managed 10 by day 1 week 2... Today's day two again, I actually look forward to it, hehe!

Oy. Back from a trip and back on track! I've been stalled out for about a month now (between 190 and 193 lbs). I won't say I "plateaued" because I know perfectly well that I haven't been eating and exercising right. But at least I've been maintaining. So now my goal weight might not be reachable by the end of the year. That's a little depressing, but not the end of the world.

So I'm starting up again officially today. I've been easing back in since Monday when I got back from DC. I'm hoping for a big loss this week to get me started!

Mad-rissa-ness, I was thinking about you just yesterday. I was thinking that I really have to get into my hives and that reminded me that I haven't heard from you in a while. I figured that I'd drop you a line today, but here you are. back from vacation. How was it?

Heeeey! Welcome back! Wow, really well done on maintaining...see how easy it'll be once you're at goal!?

Now kick some ass this week!!!

Marrissa, are you coming back?

Ok, I'm seriously back. I have internet access at my house again, so there shouldn't be any issues with my keeping up!

I got my first comb honey by the way! YUMMY! But my stupid queen is laying eggs up in that tiny little super!?!? Most of the frames are full of grubs - only 2 were "clean". I thought the queens wouldn't lay in such a small space? Ah well, live and learn. My other hive has an excluder - I was testing both methods.

So my weigh in from last week was 189.8 lbs! I think I might have finally really broken the 190 mark. I'm really dedicated and now that I can easily track calories, I should be golden. I really could have tracked calories on my own without a program...guess I'm still want things to be easy though!

I've simplified my goals a bit. My schedule is CRAZY for the next few months, so the totals are more important than making sure I have a certain number of aerobics classes or something.

Diet: 1500 calories a day

Exercise: 2500 calories a day

Weight:

9.1.08: 192.2
9.8.08: 189.8 (190.2)
9.15.08: 188.7 (188.2)
9.22.08: 189.8 (186.2)
9.29.08: (184.2)

Exercise and Calorie Consumption:

--------9.1-9.7-----|----9.8-9.14--|---9.15-9.21--|---9.22-9.29--

Avg:----????--????--|--2802--1958--|--2841--2210--|--????--????--
Diff:------????-----|------844-----|------631-----|-----????-----
Exp loss:---?.?-----|------1.7-----|------1.3-----|------?.?-----
Act loss:---2.4-----|------1.1-----|-----+1.1-----|------?.?-----


Average calories burned: 2806
Average calories consumed: 1915
Average deficit: 891

Expected total loss: (8.0) 5.3
Actual total loss: 2.4

From what I understand about comb honey (Ross rounds or the like) it's all about population. You need to be teaming with bees, but not so many that they want to swarm. I did some cut comb that came out wonderfly.

Oh, and if I didn't say it before, glad that you are back.

Thanks! It's good to be back on track. Sucks that I "should" be over 10 pounds lighter if I had just kept up, but at least I maintained and I don't have to lose just to get back going. Gotta just keep moving forward!

Yeah, I put the comb honey super (cut comb) on top of the really active hive. I was worried about them swarming this year, but I never saw any queen cells. Right before we had a huge flower explosion, I put the super on. It's nice and full of honey...but also brood! Those little suckers...

I have one hive like that. More bees then room. I'd hate to see a swarm, especially at this time of the year. I have to get in there and do some moving things around with a weaker hive.

Holy crap. When entering in my dinner and late night snacks yesterday, I was annoyed that I went over budget a bit. I ate about 1800 calories. But I knew I had been pretty active that day, so I figured that my bodybugg would report at least 2800 and I would still hit the 1000 calorie difference. My stupid computer at home now has Vista 64 bit which is, of course, incompatible with the bb. So I had to wait until getting to work to download my calories burned. 3800. Yep, 3800 calories. I went for a 2 mile run in the morning and then spent the next 8 hours working around the 'homestead' - chipping branches, hauling mulch uphill in a bucket (wheelbarrow tire is flat!) and weeding and planting in the garden. Wow.

So....how's a 2000 calorie deficit sound? No wonder I was ravenous when I woke up!

Nice!

Oh don't worry, I took care of that pesky calorie deficit by over eating all weekend. Wouldn't want to actually get ahead, now would I?

Glad to see you're back... I've been a bit off my game myself, but no time like the present to make it all better!