Check in April 21-30
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4/24
Green: Yes
Blue: Yes
4/25
Green: Yes
Blue: Yes
I finally saw some scale movement yesterday. Down 2 lbs after ages of bouncing - I lost a pound last week and two more this week makes me confident that I am actually losing again. :drinker:0 -
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Time to play catchup: green/blue
March 21: No & no
March 22: no & yes
March 23: Very green & yes
March 24: yes & no
March 25: No by a sandwich...grrr & yes
Green: 14/20
Blue: 16/30
And that brings me up to date until later tonight. I haven't done as well as I had hoped so far, but I think that was from tax time stress. Easter wasn't actually that bad.
Chevy - great attitude. I like the notion of a challenge instead of giving up!
Kim - of course you can continue to lose, you are unstoppable!
R Queenie - I hope you feel better soon. Hope you're taking lots of vitamins to flush the bugs out.
Jb Harwood - happy 5th! You have been amazing! Not sure if I could've celebrated anything in a green day.
Scherzie - you are doing so great; perfect scores, yeah!0 -
4.26.14
Green: Yes
Total 19/25
Blue: Yes
Total 26/30
Still feeling quite crummy! :sick: Cold and allergies always irritate the asthma---so right now, I would just like to breathe without effort. :indifferent: Doing all the right stuff...just waiting for time to pass.
@Chevy---you'll turn it around!
@kawookie---That darn scale. Sometimes it is a test of patience! :grumble: Glad yours is moving in the right direction....your efforts are in the right place!0 -
April 24, 25, & 26
green - yes, yes, & yes
total 26/30
I didn't even make it into my exercise calories today, but my nutrition was not good. On the way to the middle of nowhere for a Scouting event, we stopped for lunch at the Duffield Grille - they make pit BBQ & something called a Sasquatch Burger, among other things. I ate the BBQ without sauce, slaw and fries. Then for dinner we made a picnic of sandwiches, fruit and chips. I can't remember the last time I ate fries and chips on the same day. If I can do that and stay green, I can do anything. coaching Back on the good food wagon tomorrow though, I'd really love to have a good salad, but I'm so sleepy I'm afraid to handle a knife to chop the veggies.0 -
Apr 24
Green: yes
Total 24/30
Blue: yes
Total 24/30
Apr 25
Green yes
total 25/30
Blue yes
total 25/30
Apr 26
green yes
total 26/30
blue yes
total 26/300 -
@everyone thanks for the encouragement!
I am turning it around...
April 25
Green No - 15/25
Water Yes - 23/25
April 26
Green YES!! - 16/26 - I Planned the day and it worked!
Water Yes - 24/260 -
@Chevy - great job turning it around
April 27
green - yes (with exercise, but I am good with that at maintenance)
27/30
Hiked today and spent about 15 minutes putting 6 plants into their pre-prepped spots in the veggie garden. I now have tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and rosemary that I bought on a whim because it smelled good in addition to the basil, lettuce, peas, spinach, broccoli & cauliflower. Also blooming and budding - blueberries & blackberries.:drinker:0 -
4/26- Green- Nope. Just wanted to eat, eat, eat yesterday.
Blue- Yes
4/27- Green- Yes
Blue- Yes
Congrats to Marjanet and MelissaPhipps for joining the Diamond Medal circle!!!
Just a few more days to the month, finish strong everyone!!!!
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4.27.14
Green: Yes
Total 20
Blue: Yes
Total 27
Still feeling icky. But starting to see improvement!0 -
April 27th
Green: Yes
Total: 27/28
Blue: Yes
Total: 27/300 -
Okay, tempting to just skulk away, but here I am after a few completely unlogged and presumably not green days. Not crazy days, but not paid attention too, so certainly over. I do always drink the water though, so I didn't thwart that part of the goal.
SO, anyway, back in the saddle today, sigh.
April 27
Green: Yes (can't remember where I'm at, goal-wise, other than knowing I won't make it!)
Blue: Yes 27/300 -
22nd: Green: Yes
Total/Goal: 19/25
Water: Yes
Total/Goal: 22 /25
23rd: Green: Serious NOoooo
Total/Goal: 19/25
Water: Yes
Total/Goal: 23/25
24th: Green: Yes
Total/Goal: 20/25
Water: Yes
Total/Goal: 24/25
25th: Green: Yes (a Chevy at minus 80)
Total/Goal:21 /25
Water: Yes
Total/Goal: 25/25
26th: Green: A serious NOOOooo
Total/Goal: 21/25
Water: Yes
Total/Goal: 26/25
27th: Green: Yes
Total/Goal:22 /25
Water: Yes
Total/Goal:27 /25
@MelissaPhipps - ???? ???? ???? fabulous results from your well being check!! Amazing outcome on your scouting event - stamina and dedication - only to be expected from anyone involed in scouting YaY. Your veg garden sounds stunning!!
@Scherzie - It's not how narrowly we achieve - it's that we do - so well done!!
@Jbharwood - excellent MYA$$ results - and happy 5th wedding anniversary ✨????????✨????????✨
@Kawookie - Jb could have a point, depending on how close you are to goal. I remember regularly cycling like that as my body came to terms with shrinking - you'll work it out
@R_Queenie - I'd heard that about the fasting diets too (context has usually been in reference to how they go wrong - being a glutton on non-fasting days rather than eating at maintenance)
@Chevy - I have every faith in you - you can and will do this. Travelling and fashioning a new lifestyle is a challenge - but challenge is what propels us onwards!!
@fionauu - hope you're feeling better.
@everyone - there are some amazing perfect scores out there!! ???? ???? ????☆•*¨*•☆0 -
@Everyone - I am very encouraged by all the positive vibes - Thank You! :flowerforyou:
4/27
Green
Yes!
17/27 - The reason I am so excited about it is that I realize that Oatmeal is the key to start the day (that is for me) - It somehow regulates my appetite so that I make good food choices. Walked a lot and getting ready to start running again.
Water
Yes!
25/27
I want to thank all the moderators: JB, R_Queenie, Kawookie for all the work you are doing to maintain this - Thank You! :drinker:0 -
April 25
Green: Yes
Blue: Yes
April 26
Green: Yes, Chevy-style
Blue: Yes
April 27
Green: No -- BBQ is evil stuff folks!
Blue: Yes
Okay, so this weekend has been mostly good news. The weather has improved and so I am getting back into the habit of walking each evening with my hubby. We have a 3 mile-ish route that we have been walking. Last night we did a route to the high school and back (which is farther by a lower school, football field and a high school than our typical route).
We finally saw my dad on Saturday, and he is in good spirits. He is complaining of being bored, but he isn't quite ready for books or even books on tape yet (doesn't have the dexterity in his hands to deal with the buttons -- he is even having trouble working his iPhone). The whole use it or lose it thing is so true. He is really working hard to get "it" back. Lots of therapy each day and a positive attitude is working wonders - that and a lot of divine help.
All was under control yesterday with being green until I didn't pre-log lunch. Feeling cocky after my 5k walk with my walking group I ordered ribs and cheesy fries. What was I thinking. ("Yum!") BBQ is evil stuff at 100 kcals per serving (tiny serving mind you). So yeah, that blew my calories so I was just like - pizza for dinner? Why not? Cake and ice cream - well it would be a shame for it to go bad...:noway:0 -
April 22
Green: YES
Total: 17/25
Blue: Yes
Total: 22/30
April 23
Green: YES
Total: 18/25
Blue: YES
Total: 23/30
April 24
Green: NO
Total: 18/25
Blue: Yes
Total: 24/30
April 25
Green: YES
Total: 19/25
Blue: Yes
Total: 25/30
April 26
Green: YES
Total: 20/25
Blue: Yes
Total: 26/30
April 27
Green: YES
Total: 21/25
Blue: Yes
Total: 27/30
Playing catch up canoeing and camping last week end.0 -
Sorry for being MIA, I seem to have troubles with time management, but I stayed on the right track
18th Green & Blue
19th Green & Blue
20th Green & Blue
21st Green & Blue
22nd Green & Blue
23rd Green & Blue
24th Green & Blue
25th Green & Blue
26th Green & Blue
27th Green & Blue
28th Green & Blue
Total Green: 27
Total Blue: 280 -
@miridai---glad you are doing so well, even if we don't see you daily. :drinker:
@kawookie--I know I have had that kind of day...you are already over the cliff---so you just tie on another anchor!!:sad: Thank goodness we get a fresh slate with the morning!!!
@Bruce---you are so rock solid steady!!
@Chevy--I hear ya about the oatmeal! I don't notice the effect nearly as much when I HAVE oatmeal....it's when I DONT have the oatmeal that it becomes crystal clear. :laugh:
@k80flec--I have heard of people not counting calories at all on "off" days...DANGER, DANGER!!!! The "tight reign" on fasting days makes the "full calorie" days feel like I am already "treating! So far, so good.
4.28.14
Green: Yes
Total 21
Blue: Yes
Total 28
I finally could stand it no longer (feeling like I had ear muffs on / not hearing). While my nose, throat, and chest seem to be improving ----my imparied hearing was a deal breaker. Had to go to the Doctor. And so, begins the steroids. :brokenheart:
I love how they work.....hate how they make me feel.
My calories were too high for a fasting day- but I gave myself some slack, since I'm under the weather and I was trying to feel better. Early bed. Big presentation day tomorrow. Hoping the meds have time to kick in fast!:yawn:0 -
@kawookie - BBQ is much less evil when you don't eat sauce on it. (Most BBQ sauce has gluten in it. I have learned to do without it.)Plus, I get chicken more often than pork. Or my brother's smoked venison when I can get it.
@miradai and Bruce - so impressed with your dedication
@k80flec - hope the meds did the trick. I hate the way they make me feel, too, but it is easier to breathe with them sometimes.
@Chevy and R_Queenie - I feel like that about egg whites on toast, but oatmeal is also a good breakfast for me. I've let myself run out of both and that is not good.
4/28/14
Green - yes (with exercise, which is where I want to be for maintenance)
28/30
The weather may turn nasty here tonight. It's bad northwest and southwest of me.0 -
April 28th
Green: Yes
Total: 28/28
Blue Yes
Total: 28/300 -
April 28
Green: Chevy-style
Blue: Yes
We went on a walk at before nine and got back almost at 11 pm. Not sure how we managed to walk so long but we got exploring. It is the only thing that saved my day because I had cake. LOL0 -
April 28
Green: Yes, ?/30
Blue: Yes 28/300 -
April 28
Green: YES
Total: 22/25
Blue: Yes
Total: 28/300 -
April 29th
Green: Yes
Total: 29/28
Blue: Yes
Total: 29/300 -
April 26:
Green-yes 15/20
Blue-yes 17/30
April 27:
Green-no 15/20
Blue-yes 18/30
April 28:
Green-yes 16/20
Blue-no 18/30
Working on today. I've borrowed someone's wonderful idea of labeling meals with calorie limits. I think it's really helping to guide my meals. Thanks r Queenie! Also, finally broke down and bought a fitbit so thanks Kim for the inspiration there too!
Bruceapple, doin good son!
K Taylor music, 17lbs down huh? Pretty impressive!
Kim, didn't want that cake and ice cream going bad eh? You're too much (just keep me cracking up)
Scherzie, you have done amazing so far, finish strong!
Melissa, congrats on another green day!0 -
4.29.14
Green: Yes
Total 22
Blue: Yes
Total 30
So after getting a LOT of sleep last night and starting meds- I am feeling human again. Not 100% but pretty okay and human. So this is progress.
Tomorrow will be a planned red day. I am leaving town for a Dutch Tulip Festival--the trip will include a winery tour and lots of dutch food. I plan to enjoy but not eat myself sick. Will be gone the 30th and the 1st ---not sure about internet connection / computer access.
I hope that many of you find April leaving with you achieving your goal---I did not this month but always hope for next month.
:bigsmile: I continue to find this challenge as a HUGE benefit, so I hope we keep it going....!!! :drinker:0 -
April 29
Green - yes Chevy style
29/30
Long day. Longer day tomorrow. Someone tell me I like my job...I am forgetting.0 -
April 29
Green: oh yeah 17/20
Blue: yup 19/30
Did fabulous today, ha ha.
One day left guys!
R Queenie, have fun being Dutch for the day!
Melissa, you like your job. Stable income = happy Melissa0 -
4/28- Green- Yes
Blue-Yes
4/29- Green- No
Blue- Yes
I made my goal of 24 Green Days! Today was my husbands birthday so I allowed myself to go over.
Only one more day, finish strong. Except for Queenie- You enjoy your planned Red day.
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April 29
Green: NO
Total: 22/25
Blue: Yes
Total: 29/300
