Over 40 - Christmas Challenge (Closed)

[/quote] Squirkie, You have been doing an amazing job. You diary is awesome these days. Great job.:drinker: with the water too. You will get those carbs !!! I have faith in you :flowerforyou:
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Thanks Brobin, I've been slipping with the water - today my intake was 0!! :embarassed: I felt bad just looking at it on my diary which reinforces why it is sooooo important to log everything. I'll pull it back together because I can't stand seeing it in black and white!!!!

It is not new, but the best food we can eat it QUINOA (pronounced keen wha) Google it. It looks like rice/couscous. It is a complete food. It has a proper balance of protein and minerals. You can use it like rice or eat it like oatmeal in the morning.

My favorite website to learn about nutritional facts about foods is below. This link below will take you to the qunioa page, from there you can enter foods in the search bar located at the top towards the right

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/cereal-grains-and-pasta/10352/2

Happy Saturday Ladies! I can't believe how fast the weeks are going. There are 91 days left until New Years :noway: Anyone set goals ( besides our weight ) or vacation plans yet ?? I want to go to Lake Placid in August. I already have the rental house picked out, just need the cash- always the fun buster that money thing. :sad:

So yesterday I didn't have to go and clean an office because the staff was working late. I get done cooking for the school kids at 2:30 and normally go to that job which only takes an hour or so, then I go to my gym class. I go home and figure I'll blow off the gym , my friend wasn't going to make class. I'm sitting there eating peanuts for a snack wondering where everyone is. I'm watching some show that wasn't remotely interesting BORED out of my mind. I don't want to clean the house , I'm supposed to be relaxing. My husband won't be home until 7, he's coaching. So I throw on my gym clothes and go to the gym.

Now I get there and Fred is going to teach the class today, not my normal guy. I've never taken a class by Fred. All I know is rumor has it , he's the toughest trainer- his classes are really hard- and he is not forgiving. Now I have this vision of Jillian Michaels screaming at me to do more.. in my head I'm contemplating just using the elliptical and skipping class. Hmmm well I went. I loved it. A new challenge, new exercises and of coarse I'm glad I went. I always am after it's over. This morning my shoulders were aching from all the pushups , and I went to the gym with my girlfriend that didn't go last night. I did the elliptical and came home. YEA!! Successful start to the weekend.

Again, no one is home and it's raining out. So I guess today I will clean.

Kbirk1963- glad you're still here... 4 # is an amazing loss

Sam- :blushing:( Leila I love you posts you are a real straight talker, and your weight loss has been fantastic.
good luck on the rest of this journey, ) Thanks for that....it really made my day :bigsmile: I LOVE spinach.... sometimes I put vinegar on it, sometimes just salt and pepper. Spinach salads at restaurants are my favorite ( minus the hot bacon dressing - so bad for you, but so yummy ) I also really enjoy acorn squash. I ate a whole one by myself the other day with my dinner.

Squirkie- how's the water going ? I think besides coffee , it's the only thing I drink. I can't remember the last time I had pop ( or soda to those folks on the west coast ) :laugh: Can't say I miss it either.

Gwen- what is a wheat berry ? I'll have google it. Shopping is on my agenda today as well.

Keri- and running girl - Every time I look at the Quinoa I want to buy it, but it's $8 and I am way to thrifty for that. I know it's supposed to be great, but if I hate it I'm out 8 bucks. Maybe the health food store will sell it in bulk and I can try it. I asked my husband to go to the health food store with me this weekend. That will be a first - I don't like to take him shopping because he buys all kinds of crap, cookies, good and plenty , and chips.

I guess I've prolonged my cleaning. Have a great day!

Last week's challenge: More core exercises. 10 squats a day, kind of inconsistent on the wall pushups, leg lifts and

This week's challenge: continue squats (2x10 sets), bent leg crunches (less back strain), wall push ups, Pilates planks. Added a monthly mini goal for weight. I need to pick up the pace to get to my Dec 25 goal.

Posting my numbers and updating my ticker:

SW - 192.5
GW - 172 (Dec 25)
Week 1 - 191 (Aug 22)
Week 2 - 194.8 (Aug 29) ugh, new scale
Week 3 - 192.4 (Sep 5)
Week 4 - 191.6 (Sep 12)
Week 5 - 190.4 (Sep 19)
Week 6 - 189.4 (Sep 26)
Week 7 - 187.6 (Oct 3) mini goal 188
Week 9 - xxx (Oct 10)
Week 10 - xxx (Oct 17)
Week 11 - xxx (Oct 24)
Week 12 - xxx (Oct 31) mini goal 183
Week 13 - xxx (Nov 7)
Week 14 - xxx (Nov 14)
Week 15 - xxx (Nov 21)
Week 16 - xxx (Nov 28)
Week 17 - xxx (Dec 5)
Week 18 - xxx (Dec 12)
Week 19 - xxx (Dec 19)
Final - xxx (Dec 25)

Good morning ladies,
It's been a tough week, some stressful family troubles ahead, managed to stay strong keep my eating in check, and stuck with the 30DS so 15 days in i have lost 7.5 inches, so i feeling pretty pleased with myself.

I'm hoping that i will be strong enough to face the future, my Mom has just being diagnosed, with cancer and it's a month before she will get to see a consultant. So it's a waiting game to find out the treatment & prognosis.

So my minds first reaction was to comfort eat, give up on myself as other peoples worries are important than my vanity. But somewhere from the back of my mind something convinced me that i had to get fitter and healthier especially now, for two reasons,
1. to have the strength to support Mon and my family,
2. so that I am strong enough to get my kids through this without them being worried for me.

Ah well that life, just as you start to pick yourself up, there is always something else trying to kick you right back down, so this time I'm going to fight like hell to stay on my feet.

So sorry to hear about your Mom. But good for you for not letting that derail your progress. Best wishes to you and your family and for a good prognosis and outcome for your Mom.

Samhradh, so sorry to hear about your mom,
Found out in June my Father in law had lung cancer. It did take awhile to get all the details and be sure to ask questions and even talk to more than one cancer doctor. He has finished treatement and we are waiting the 3 months to find out if it worked.


SW - 171
GW - 150(Dec 25)

Week 1 - 169.8 (Aug 22)
Week 2 - 167.2 (Aug 29)
Week 3 - 166.4 (Sep 5)
Week 4 - XXX (Sep 12)
Week 5 - 168.4 (Sep 19)
Week 6 - 165.4(Sep 26)
Week 7 - 164.0 (Oct 3)
Week 9 - xxx (Oct 10)
Week 10 - xxx (Oct 17)
Week 11 - xxx (Oct 24)
Week 12 - xxx (Oct 31)
Week 13 - xxx (Nov 7)
Week 14 - xxx (Nov 14)
Week 15 - xxx (Nov 21)
Week 16 - xxx (Nov 28)
Week 17 - xxx (Dec 5)
Week 18 - xxx (Dec 12)
Week 19 - xxx (Dec 19)
Final - xxx- (Dec 25)

Despite my eating habits, the weight is slowing coming off. Did NOT walk except one time last week, so will try to walk more this week. Have been reading about fiber again, so this week work on getting more fiber.
Hope everyone has a good week.
Lisa

CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE

SW - 252
GW - 222 (Dec 25)

Week 1 - 252 (Aug 22)
Week 2 - 249 (Aug 29)
Week 3 - xxx (Sep 5) On VACATION, no scale.
Week 4 - 249 (Sep 12) Bummer, still on vacation recovery
Week 5 - 248 (Sep 19)
Week 6 - 243 (Sep 26)
Week 7 - 241 (Oct 3)

Good morning ladies,
It's been a tough week, some stressful family troubles ahead, managed to stay strong keep my eating in check, and stuck with the 30DS so 15 days in i have lost 7.5 inches, so i feeling pretty pleased with myself.

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So my minds first reaction was to comfort eat, give up on myself as other peoples worries are important than my vanity. But somewhere from the back of my mind something convinced me that i had to get fitter and healthier...

Samhradh, I'm sorry to hear about your mom, taking care of aging parents is hard. My dad really gets me wound up sometimes.

Sounds like you've made some big gains on the emotional side of weight loss. Recognizing the reaction to comfort eat, and then choosing not to eat is a huge victory. When that first happened to me, I felt like my weight loss was really going to be permanent this time. And your right, being healthy and losing weight isn't vanity.

I'm cheering for you!

Gwen

160 lb again this week....3 wks in a row. I must, I must break this curse by next Monday!!!

Monday morning check in. I lost a little more than a pound. Unlike some of you I am happy with that since it is my goal to lose a pound a week. However after this summer and last week I would be happy with more for a while too. Here are last weeks goals. Gwen I bought Bobs Mill Flax Meal and am having it in my Oatmeal today.
1. drink more than 8 glasses of water a day - Yes.
2. make healthy meals at home – Yes I did better..
3. start adding weight training in – Yes, I went twice this week. Hope to go this morning again.
4. don't miss Zumba this week! - Was not up for it last Friday but plan to go this week.
5. get enough sleep - Yes but I need to stop pushing late nights.
6. get a rest day from exercise once a week. Yes Saturday I had a rest day.
7. I have a small part-time temporary job on Thursday morning so it is messing with my Wednesday running so I need to adjust.
SW - 231
GW - 210 (Dec 25)
Week 1 - 229.8 (Aug 22)
Week 2 - 229.8 (Aug 29)
Week 3 - 229.8 (Sep 5)
Week 4 - 229.0 (Sep 12)
Week 5 - 226.8 (Sep 19)
Week 6 - 226.8 (Sep 26)
Week 7 - 225.4 (Oct 3)
Week 9 - xxx (Oct 10)
Week 10 - xxx (Oct 17)
Week 11 - xxx (Oct 24)
Week 12 - xxx (Oct 31) Goal 220
Week 13 - xxx (Nov 7)
Week 14 - xxx (Nov 14)
Week 15 - xxx (Nov 21)
Week 16 - xxx (Nov 28) Goal 215
Week 17 - xxx (Dec 5)
Week 18 - xxx (Dec 12)
Week 19 - xxx (Dec 19)
Final - xxx (Dec 25) Goal 210

Gwen I bought Bobs Mill Flax Meal and am having it in my Oatmeal today.

Have a great week all.

Hello everyone. It seems as though getting my water in for the day is getting much easier now.:drinker: I will continue to work on it in the coming week, as well as work on my exercise. I have done a little better getting more sleep, which has really helped me.
Week 5 - 203 (Sep 19) ...And my Anniversary !
Week 6 - 199 (Sep 26) ...Out of the 200's...Finally !!!!!
Week 7 - 196 (Oct 3)

Did I not notice you got out of the 200's last week? Sorry Congratulations. Great progress.

Ok, stayed the same since last week. But that's okay considering I was stress eating as I worked towards a deadline we celebrated our daughter's 10th birthday this past weekend. Water intake was great but didn't get to exercise as much as I wanted. So, this week I'll try to workout more and take more healthy snacks to my office, and of course consume eight or more glasses of water.

Just got in from yoga so I'm going to shower then enjoy a cup of green tea. Have a great week and keep up the good work!

SW - 200
GW - 180 (Dec 25)
Week 1 - 198(Aug 24)
Week 2 - 199 (Aug 31)
Week 3 - 200.4 (Sep 7)
Week 4 - 202 (Sep 14)
Week 5 - 199.8 (Sep 22)
Week 6 - 197.5 (Sep 26
Week 7 -197 (Oct. 3)

This weeks goal...work on getting my water up and keep trying to limit those carbs. Didn't quite get there but I'm not giving up

Hi all

sorry not to have posted. Congratulations to all who have lost.

Have put on this week. Have had quite a lot going on as eldest DS has been playing up behaviour wise at school which is not like him as he is normally a good boy. The school thinks it may be a knock on from the baby but he is so kind, loving and good with the baby we thought everything was okay.

Oh well start another week

SW - 208 (Aug 28)
GW - 191 (Dec 25)
Week 1 - not joined in
Week 2 - 208 (Aug 29)
Week 3 - 204.5 (Sep 5)
Week 4 - 203.5 (Sep 12)
Week 5 – 203.5 (Sep 19)
Week 6 – 203.5 (Sep 26)
Week 7 - 206 (Oct 3)