Working at weighing in on Tuesdays....got an extra set of steps in as I forgot until I got downstairs...so there's my silver lining..lol

SW: 238
LW: 204.2
TW: 203.4
STGW: 199 - by Nov 28
GW: 140

No change from Friday, but I'll take the change from last Tuesday and be happy. I'm working hard on my intake. I did adjust my MFP and reduced the calories, since there is no way I'm able to get in the activity level I did until post surgery. So for now, I'm getting acclimated to the reduced intake.

No word on my MRI or surgery date. I've got emails out this morning to see if I can urge anyone along. )

Light - sometimes it does take a bit for the body to react, so please remain on your game plan and keep your eyes on your prize.

Hope everyone's having a great week.

I will post tomorrow - weigh in was Monday but didn't go to the gym because of Remembrance Day - they were only open 1-5. I don't have a working scale at home! :laugh:

I hate to have to post this, I hate to have to post this. Did I mentioned that I'm not pleased?

I thought I had a pretty good week last week. I added some jogging to the walking and did 6-7 miles on three of the seven days. And yet:

SW with BodyBugg: 155
Lowest weight since using the BB: 129
Last week: 141.2
This week: 144.0
Goal: To maintain around 130

So I must look at what is going on besides activity and make other modifications. One thing I have resisted, besides buying a new bodymedia device, is adding those 200 balance calories to my intake. When I first started with bodybugg, I didn't do that because I didn't want to tempt myself to be less accurate in logging, but TimDad insisted that you have to look at results, and my results always showed that despite my best efforts, if you do the math, my loss said I missed 100-200 calories a day.

So starting today, I'm adding those darned calories in, keeping the same overall intake goal. I also know that I'm drinking too much Sparkling Ice zero calories soda and not enough water.

So my goal is walk/jog three days and walk four to give my knees and retinas a break. (I had a retinal tear a few years back and have been told to limit "pounding.") I'm going to add in the extra 200 calories first thing every morning, I'm going to drink more water, and I'm going to watch carbs and fat more closely. Oh, and I'm going to try to log more regularly. I think slacking off with checking in works against me too.

Well, must run in order to make my meeting. Take care everyone. And before I forget, great job Iquit!

SarahM

Made me laugh, Sarah - it's iquiLt, not iquit... cuz I don't QUIT, I QUILT! LOL! (I know, just a typo, but a funny one!)
Light, glad to be an inspiration, really. Never thought of myself that way. I will lead the slow people... LOL!
Knees - I got a bad one too, so I feel all your pain. I forgot to take my Tylenol before gym on Wednesday, which at least proved that taking them before gym really does help! Won't forget again soon, that's for sure.

I was at the doc today and got the good news that I could drop one med, and reduce two others, so that made me very happy. I made an appointment for two weeks from now for a mole biopsy, then later got a call from the doc asking me to come in tomorrow. I am all "What???" because it wasn't urgent, but the receptionist said she thinks the doc may want the resident to either watch or do it, so maybe the resident isn't going to be there in two weeks! So back I go tomorrow - it's over an hour drive one way! Oh well, I have to go back to the pharmacy to pick up the rest of my prescription because they didn't have enough of two of the three meds, so that solved the problem of when I was ever going to go back that way to get them. (I live way out of town - any town that's big enough to have a pharmacy!)

Andrea

HAPPY FRIDAY everyone!!!! Since Friday is my weigh day with my trainer, I'm kind of stuck with it for now. I don't mind weighing twice a week...it's actually a little enlightening....

SW: 238
LW: 204.2
TW: 203.4
STGW: 199 - by Nov 28
GW: 140

Sadly, no change this week from Mon-Fri, however, yesterday I did make poor food choices. I opted to eat pizza that was brought to our four hour meeting. I stopped at 2...and then as the meeting waned and everyone was going every which direction, I ate the other 1/2 of a slice someone else had cut. Yep....not good. However, the remainder of the week I did stay pretty close to target, so I'm actually ok with a no change.

We have a company picnic tomorrow, so I will be careful of my choices there, especially since I won't be able to partake of volleyball or frisbee (dag nab it). I may wear my brace and try for the frisbee portion. I GOTT MOVE!!! I'm going absolute bonkers!!! We also have to finish cleaning the house and preparing for Thanksgiving dinner and visiting family. Lots to do. )

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!!!

Well, the good news is that I received an e-mail and my new BodyMedia Core should be here on Wednesday, so Thursday, I should be ready to go with a working device. The bad news is that my ailing V3 captured only the part of yesterday, so I got no credit for my long walk last night, and now today--I'm under the weather. I have no patience with not feeling well and keep getting up planning to head to the mall to walk, but just a few minutes moving around, and I realize that I don't have it in me. I have a tickly throat and just a general "not well" feeling. We were supposed to go out to dinner with friends tonight to celebrate a birthday, but I didn't want to expose anyone, if I'm really getting sick. Hubby has been sick with a chest cold for almost two weeks and finally went to the doctor on Friday. I thought I had avoided getting it, and this may not be the same thing, but gosh darn--work has been so busy that I count on weekends for extra activity.

So here's hoping that I'll wake up tomorrow and feeling much better and ready to move my behind.

Well, I made it out to walk last night (in the mall) even though I'm struggling with this cold thing. I don't think I'll make it out tonight though. Yesterday was a weekend day, so I was able to rest and then get out. Today, I worked and that took about all the oomph I have.

Also, when it rains, it pours. I was eating a snack while continuing to work (around 6 p.m. tonight) and I suddenly realized that something didn't feel right when I bit down. I carefully rinsed out my mouth and felt around and discovered that a crown has come loose. So sick or not, I have to call the dentist tomorrow and get this thing re-cemented. It's always something! :-)

At least I have the arrival of my new BodyMedia to look forward to later this week.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Also, when it rains, it pours. I was eating a snack while continuing to work (around 6 p.m. tonight) and I suddenly realized that something didn't feel right when I bit down. I carefully rinsed out my mouth and felt around and discovered that a crown has come loose. So sick or not, I have to call the dentist tomorrow and get this thing re-cemented. It's always something! :-)

Aaargh!! Similar thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago but it was a filling that came out. I thought I had cracked another tooth from the pain I was having! The dentist fixed it, but I still can't chew well there. She said it would take a while for it not to hurt so much, but I am thinking there is more wrong than what she saw because I think it's been long enough. It wasn't my regular dentist so next time I have an "emergency" I am going to make sure it's MY dentist I get to see.

Didn't have a good weekend, food-wise. And the scale told me nasty things at the gym today (up 4...!), but there's no WAY I ate THAT much over my goal, so I am sure it was water weight from too much sodium. I will weigh again on Wednesday, and go with that as my official weigh in for this week! I think I weighed on Wednesday last week anyway too.

Thanks, ladies, for the support. In the scheme of things, a nasty cold and having a crown come off are minor. I'm getting the crown put back on today at lunchtime and I think I feel a little better today compared to yesterday.

I'm bummed out weight-wise, too. I weighed 144 this morning before I took a shower, and since I woke up on Saturday, I haven't been able to taste much, so I haven't eaten much. It's a disappointment to see the scale still stuck in the 142-144 range.

I second Light's comment about your tooth, Iquilt. Don't wait too long before getting it checked. I ignored some dental pain a few months ago, and wish I hadn't. If something hurts more than a few days, find out why.

Light, it's such a good idea to exercise during Biggest Loser. I used to walk on the treadmill during that show, but since we replaced the television stand in the master bedroom with a chest, I can't pull it around to see if from the treadmill in the sitting room. I need to find a new way to combine exercise with sedentary down time.

I also tend to hold water when I eat too many carbs. And I love bread. I could live on bread. I'll take a piece of good bread with butter over a piece of cake any day. Hubby, who loves to cook, has been advocating for a stand mixer with a bread hook, and I've been trying to discourage that. :-)

Hope you all have a good day. Lois and Sheesh, I'm thinking about you, too.