Originally Posted By geniesjoy Greetings-Yesterday was not a strict diet day but not bad either. We went to see AVITAR-WOW!!!!!!!! Talk about agility, excercise & beautiful slim blue bodies...! It was fantastic. Wonderful message! Highly recommend seeing it! When I cook I usually do very well with my food choices. For breakfast it was organic cold cereal with banana, Dinner-spelt flour pasta with organic breast of chicken & veggies. Had 3 madelains at the movies. One of the vitamin suppliments I take is Flax seed & borage oil which helps keep everything well oiled & moving. Now that I am older with fine thinning hair, I take a vitamin called MAXI-HAIR & Calcium/Magnisuam w/D both by Country Life. It is pouring here with absolutely no let-up. Will do my Tai Chi at home today. iamsally-a Wii sounds like alot of fun! Tinkeroon-not to worry. DD, if the weight stays the same for a few days then tighten up on your program but don't forget muscle weighs more than fat. I feel the idea is to just keep on truckin' every day & do the best we can. And of course be happy & have fun! Love & support to all of you in your endeavors just for today!!!!
Originally Posted By Tandelothien I was almost good yesterday, until my mother brought out these little apple and ricotta cheese puff things for desert (I think there's a clear case of sabotage going on here). But I stopped at two little puffballs and will try to do extra exercise today Tinkeroon don't be dicouraged. When Sandra and I first started this diet and exercise regime she lost 1 kilogram our first week and I lost absolutely nothing, even though we were doing exactly the same thing. On the second week I started to show results and have been steadily losing ever since (except when I'm naughty). So you can do it!!!! Yay team!!!
Originally Posted By iamsally Well, this super nasty weather is making it hard to want to do anything. I am afraid to even step outside for fear of a tree branch or power line falling. Am about to make myself a little lunch and then I WILL exercise. Keep it up folks. And yes geniesjoy; the Wii is fun. But it is also a great way for us older folks to regain/maintain our balance and endurance. We have been lazy and it really shows. We have to get back on track with the exercise. We have several children and grandchildren living in our small house right now and it makes it hard to make room to exercise inside.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon iamsally...I WILL exercise too! When you said that I realized I could do that too! It's currently sunny here and I thought about changing and trying to get in a good walk, but I tried that yesterday and as soon as I got all ready to go I looked out and the black clouds were back and the rain started to fall. I'm afraid of getting caught up in that now. Still no changes, weightwise. I've been very good. I think, anyway. I got the munchies yesterday and wanted a sweet snack so badly. I grabbed a box of organic cereal with flax and ate a couple of handfuls of that right out of the box. Been having steel cut oats for breakfast most mornings. Sweetened it with a little Blue Agave nectar with a few raisins thrown in. Today though, I whirled up a nonfat yogurt, a small banana, a bunch of fresh blueberries, a mandarin orange, and a couple of splashes of nonfat milk to thin it down. Very filling. And delicious. Now, for that exercise...heavy sigh...
Originally Posted By mele Just got back from my third walk this week. It feels so great to be out walking again! I can't wait for Spring, I really can't. It's supposed to be rainy again tomorrow so not sure if I'll get a walk in or not. I did add another half a mile or so to my walk but, boy, was I tired trudging up that last hill. LOL But, the exercise is definitely paying off. I've lost another 2 lbs. I think that puts me at about 8-10 lbs. lost since Xmas. 115 lbs. lost total. I might actually reach my "lose 10 lbs before the cruise" goal. Good job to everyone who is trying to be good. Sometimes all we can do is try and try again tomorrow.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Ive been very very bad, since Saturday. I've pretty much eaten everything that wasnt nailed down or was slower than I was. Thank goodness for SPANDEX! Back on the wagon tomorrow.
Originally Posted By iamsally I did it!!!!! I got on the Wii and worked out. Then when I was done my son said he would work out with me so I did a second workout. I feel happy and full of energy right now. Tomorrow I will probably be sore. But I will work through it.
Originally Posted By geniesjoy Hey-You all have had some great fun progress today! That makes me happy!!! I did get the Tai Chi done before I ate a healthy lunch. iamsally-Thanks for the reminder about balance problems. How quickly I forget as I trip over my own feet & the cats...LOL Tai Chi does help with that,too but the Wii sounds like much more fun. I hope to go back to class with some resemblence of remembering the set after 2 months of being off (DL & illness). It's amazing how the body can recover. LS----You naughty naughty girl. You just cook way too good! Yum Yum Yum! Tomorrow is another fresh day. TG!
Originally Posted By smedley Another good day for me yesterday, so today is day 10 on program I am definitely in the zone. Hopped on the scales this morning, as Thursday is my official weigh day, or was before I royally fell off the wagon at the end of last year *sigh* anyways I am down another 1.5lb since Monday, which makes it just shy of 10lb (9.75) in the last 10 days It will no doubt start to slow down soon, but I am enjoying the moment while I can!
Originally Posted By csgoofygirl smedley-You are in the zone! Ten days! Way to go! Today I'm shooting for 10 minutes OP. Just kidding. But I do need to get my act together. Have my meals planned for today. Bought groceries yesterday. Need to do some ironing today. I am a nerd, I do enjoy ironing. Love seeing the results of my work. (I really need to get out more!)
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Yesterday I did the Wii Yoga and promised myself that I'd do some strength and aerobics in the afternoon and then promptly forgot about it. We haven't been able to walk since Friday or maybe it was Thursday. I've been fine with my eating and portion control but still don't feel like I've hit the zone where if someone said "lets go out to dinner" that I'd make wise choices. You all know what I'm talking about, there's just a difference in commitment that you can feel. We are planning to go to a movie tonight (weather permitting) and I PLAN to portion control the popcorn. No make that I WILL portion control the popcorn. I'll report back tomorrow
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney iamsally- Good for you!!!! Whohoooooo to smedley! Your an inspiration for me~~ amazedncal2-That is the test of our strength, the abiity to control in real life situations. I know you were strong! Lady Starligh- I couldnt agree more. I don't know if its the weather or what, but I just eat everything in sight in the evenings. So once again, I forgave myself and am working on staying on the path again.
Originally Posted By smedley Well finished up with food for the day, just waiting for bed time now, as I have work in the morning, managed to do 20 mins on the Wii Fit this afternoon and my knee exercises, quite proud of myself, got the Wii Fit Plus game for Christmas, who knew flapping like a chicken would be such hard work
Originally Posted By csgoofygirl Dinner is done and I still have 2 points left. First day totally OP in several days!!!
Originally Posted By iamsally >>>who knew flapping like a chicken would be such hard work<<<< Or fencing with a computer. That is a real challenge that works up a sweat. Food was spot on today. I feel pretty good about that. Of course I have a few more days ahead. My best to you all.
Originally Posted By mele Well, here's the video of the event I talked about participating in a couple of weeks ago. The only thing that would have made it better is if they had put my name over the video of me fending off the attacker. (NOT!) LOL! (I'm at around 2:08-2:07.) <a href="http://www.king5.com/on-tv/evening-magazine/Fighting-the-fear-82306692.html" target="_blank">http://www.king5.com/on-tv/eve...692.html</a> It was such a neat thing to be a part of!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 >>>who knew flapping like a chicken would be such hard work <<< LOL! smeds. I did the "step" yesterday too and made sure I had the blinds closed so neighbors didn't walk by and think I was nuts For the life of me I can not clap in time to their count so I do a marching move with my arms instead and imagine that it's more cardio LOL! YAY!!! for iamsally and csgoofy for keeping the food at bay Keep at it, you are doing great! We didn't go to the movie yesterday due to bad weather. Had some microwave popcorn which was actually pretty good as it was not the fat free stuff. I don't like seeing all that weird stuff on the package though. Speaking of popcorn, I'd like to go back to air popping it. I still have my "antique" machine from when the kids were little. Does anyone have any ideas to make it tasty without adding a ton of butter? I'm OK with some Smart Balance or other type of "spread" stuff. I'm cutting WAY down on my carbs but sometimes I've just gotta have some good popcorn
