Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment, not that I ever would have considered it an insult. But, I gotta take it when I can get it.. the bubbly that is.

Today has been a roller coaster ride... one of the catapult ones. YIKES!!

Seems one stressful event after another has been attacking me and trying to drag me down. .. I get on here, I see cheescake and lollipop and bam.. happy happy happy!

LOL!

As far as the cereal, if you mean the Kashi one, I love the Go Lean Crunch. It taste like Honey Smacks to me. It taste too good to be that good for you!


Thanks! I am trying to keep in good spirits about it all and keep looking toward the long term!

Don't lose faith. We all have those roller coaster days! You'll get past it! Here's to better days!

I'm sure some of you have noticed.. I like to talk.. A Lot. So, that's why I have been bouncing around all night.. I'm exhausted though and need to get some shut eye so I'm rested for class tomorrow, but am waiting on the hubs.

Thank you Thank you Thank you!

Hey! I saw you went up 0.5lbs Seriously though I wouldn't count that as an increase - just a maintenance. Sounds like clothes are fitting you better and you see a difference in your face. I think like breezy said - sounds like the inches are coming off Keep up the hard work and it'll pay off. These little plateaus are there to keep us motivated... at least that's the only thing that keeps me going!!!

can we sya another .4 lbs increase on top of the .5? I can't believe it, I was doing better when I wasn't counting calories.

Friday Feb 9, 2007

Breakfast
Yoplait Nouriche Super Smoothie
260 cals

Snack
SB Diet PB cookies
100 cals

Lunch
1/4 Turkey & cheese wrap w/lettuce and tomato-- it was nasty, that's why I ate only 1/4 of it. 200 cals?
1 serving of mixed fruit 100 cals?
2 cups iced tea sweetened w/sweet n low.
=300 cals

Snack
Banana 110 cals

Dinner
PIGGED OUT for dinner
Sweet & Sour Chicken (Chinese)
Fried Rice

Low fat ice cream

***I have no clue how many calories I had, and I don't feel bad about it. =) Once meal in 2 weeks isn't bad. Plus, I got on the scale and I was only up by .2 lbs. =)

Water:: 35.9 so far today (6pm) Couldn't drink butt loads while at school. Just don't have the option to go potty every 20 minutes!


Exercise 2.1 miles treadmill, 25.30 minutes,
4 minutes warm up.
45 secs 9.0 speed (I thought, heck, why not try higher next time)
1 minute cool down ... at this point, 3.5 felt like I was crawling, so I stayed between 4.5 and 5 I believe.
30 seconds 9.5 speed
1 minute cool down
30 seconds 9.5 speed
1 minute 15 sec cool down
30 sec 9.5 speed
1 minute 15 sec cool down
30 sec (barely made it) 9.5 speed
This landed me somewhere near the 13 minute mark.

I then did a walk around 4.0 speed for a minute or 2 and then started jogging between 5.5 and 6.0 for a while and then slowed and then pushed it back up and slowed for a total of 25 minutes.

Don't let the scale bring you down. Your weight can fluctuate so much, but it's those pants fitting that's important. (Last week between Friday and Saturday I had an almost 2lb difference--and I certainly didn't do anything to lose 2 lbs overnight)

Well, instead of getting my break, I was asked to fill in for another class. a 6th grade English and boy were they bad ... this class has been crazy too!

Which also means that I could not go and get some lunch so I'm stuck eating the school lunch today and have no clue how many calories.

Girl, I just ordered one of those scales from ebay myself. I am excited to get it. Right now I use the scales at my work and at the gym.

Anyway...I was reading what you've been eating and doing for exercise and that's bullshit that your weight went up. This is what I think:
1) it has something to do with TOM
OR
2) you are putting on muscle
You cannot have added fat to your body if you have been eating and exercising like you say you are. Your scale does give you body fat percentage, right? What is it saying about your body fat percentage? Also, maybe you should get a tape measure so you can take your measurements. Sometimes a person is putting on weight (i.e. the scale is moving up) but they are losing fat and gaining muscle, losing inches.

Also, your goal body that you are trying to get back looks great. I used to have a really, really nice body. I was actually a stripper, and not that I would want to go back and do that again (dealing with desperate horny men is SUCH a treat), but I definitely want to be in that body again. It makes such a difference in my self-confidence when I look in the mirror nude and see something nice. haha too much information? oh well... i know you know what I mean!

But you WILL get back into that body, just keep at it. And also, by the way, you have a really pretty face from your pictures. Just thought I'd let you know.

Thanks, TOM is not for a few weeks, so I know it's not that, and I guess it could be some muscle, but it just seems strange that now it's going up and not down.

I'm going to try to get in cardio every day for next week and see what happens. I still have to finish my 8 miles for this week as well. I'm hoping it's just that I am adding muscle and losing inches even though the scale is moving up up up.

The scale does have the body fat/muscle and muscle is increasing and fat is decreasing, although I wasn't able to check it this morning.

Also, my husband keeps telling me the same things, don't get discouraged, I'm eating right and exercising etc. So, it's been a real help.


Today is going to be my second "first" attempt at HIIT and I'm going to try 8.5 or 9.0 sprint to see how long I can do that. I will be making sure the incline is on 0 this time.

Also, thanks for the compliments!

Really--the pure numbers on the scale don't really mean anything. I know, I know, it's easy to say, but what you really are caring about is how much FAT you are losing, not how much WEIGHT you are losing. Because, seriously, you could weigh, let's say

170, be really athletic, and have like 17% body fat (which is a very low percentage for a chick, by the way) and look way, way, way better than somebody who weighs a flabby 135 and has, say 34% body fat.

Because the heavier person in this example actually has 17 less pounds of fat on them than the lighter person. So, really, it doesn't matter how much the scale goes up or down, it matters what your FAT LOSS is, which a plain old scale can't measure.

Since your scale has the body fat percentage calculator, you are in luck, you can check your fat weight instead of just your total weight. And I know you are in the February Challenge too, so you should post your fat weight loss instead of your total weight loss (that's what we really care about anyway..)

and you know what, I will go and do that too. I am going to go change it right now.

Don't worry about the school lunch, they are usually so gross you will only eat till your full anyway. I have the same problem with the scale. I get so upset about it. But I tried on clothes last night and it is coming off. The scale just don't know it!! Your looking good so don't worry!!

Thanks everyone!

I got the results back from getting my physical yesterday. Everything is really good.

Cholesterol 172 which is down 45 pts from what it was 2 years ago this time. Bad cholesterol is good really good 80 something (supposed to be less than 100) and good cholesterol is 72 (supposed to be above 40). My kidney and liver functions are good and thyroid is good.

I have a clean bill of health.. now, let's just get these darn extra lbs off!!! WOOHOOO

Hi, thank you for the support you gave me!

Well, look like you have the most important part covered: your health's ok! Now you can concentrate on your lbs . 28 lbs are more or less 12 kgs so we have to lose the same weight. Let me know how things are going for you!

Saturday Feb 10, 2007

Breakfast
1 slice of bread & pb
=200 cals
2 cups coffee w/sweet n low.

Snack
medium granny smith apple
= 80 cals
1 cup coffee

Lunch
1 pb&J sandwich
=300 cals

Dinner
Spinach Artichoke Dip & chips
1 slice brown bread w/butter
Grilled Chicken Salad
small 1/2 of slice of cheesecake

Total Calories ... I have no clue.

Water Consumption 57 oz

Exercise None.

Weekly milage 6.9 miles. Didn't make my 8 mile goal, but I also had that UTI! So I'll push it up next week.

Total for the Feb challenge : 17.35 miles