104 - UGH

Ok - Well the endoscopy went well. The Dr. didn't see anything wrong, he did take a biopsy and we will know the results, probably, next week. He is going to try me on an antacid to see if that helps with the naucia.

And true to form when I have been under anesticia I slept most of the day - I didn't really start to wake up and feel normal until around 6:30pm.

Unfortunatly I had some pain and still have it this morning so I did not work out last night - and I had a bowl of plain noodles for dinner. So no fruit or veggies.

I will let you know how tonight goes.

103

Well I stayed with in my points. I got in 6 veggies and 1 fruit.

I am having an endoscopy done this morning and was a bit nervious/ am a bit nervous and ended up watching half of season 1 of Heros with Jeremy before falling asleep. I didn't get a work out in yesterday.

I will let you know how things go.

102 - long day

Well - I am going to be at work until at least 5pm, but probably later so at about 1 when I noticed I was getting tired I went outside and walked for 15 minutes. It was just the trick to wake me up - got the blood moving.
I have 6 veggies and 1 fruit already for the day.
We tired out both salads last night, we like them both but like the Greek power past salad best so I am copying it below to share with all of you. ENJOY!



Greek Pasta Power Salad

light meals
POINTS® Value: 9 Servings: 4 Preparation Time: 10 min Cooking Time: 12 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Chickpeas are an excellent low-fat source of protein, and the feta cheese in this salad adds flavor. This salad's so leaded with nutrients, it's a complete meal in one dish!

Ingredients
8 oz uncooked multi-colored rotini
1 small onion(s), red, chopped
1 small cucumber(s), sliced and quartered
1 cup cherry tomato(es), or grape tomatoes, about 10 average, halved
7 oz fat-free red wine vinaigrette, or fat-free Greek dressing
7 oz cooked garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
6 medium olive(s), jumbo, black and pitted, chopped
3 oz feta cheese, crumbled

Instructions
Boil pasta according to package instructions. Drain and rinse in cold water to prevent further cooking.
Put pasta into a large bowl. Add onion, cucumber, chickpeas, tomatoes and olives and mix well.
Pour in dressing and toss. Sprinkle feta cheese over salad and toss again.
Refrigerate in 1 1/2 cup portions until you are ready to eat.

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Day 101

OK - well I ran/walked for 50 minutes today. Might have been too much, might have blisters on my heals.

Found a couple more salads I'm going to try. I will let you know how they are.

DAY 100!!!!

And what a day - I lost 3.4lbs this week. That puts me at a total loss of 13.5!!!!!! Wahoo!! What has been working?
Lots of veggies.
Fruit only in the am - unless it is a banana after I run.
Not thinking like I am on a diet. - this has been the most important over the long run. By not thinking I'm on a diet and don't ever feel deprived or like I can't have anything. I haven't had Mcdonald's in about a month, but not because I don't want to just because I have stuff I want to eat at home. I had pizza the other day and didn't feel guilty.

Running has helped a lot. I spent so many years as a soccer player or training for soccer that I think my body expects to run. As long as I don't over do it and I take it slow - because I'm not a training althete any more I should be able to continue. I am going to check out a local running store today to see about a new pair of shoes and if they have anything to make it easier to run with Tank!

Well I hope everyone has a great Saturday.

97-99 - OOPS

Sorry I have been pretty busy this week. I worked out each day - running and walking yesterday for 30 minutes.

Each day I stayed with in my points. I got in at least 3 fruites and 5 veggies.

Today is weigh in day so I will post later on how that goes.

97 - Great News

Ok so I know I am posting this a day late, but better late than never. Yesterday I saw the DR that started this all - I was 15 lbs lighter than the last time I started with him. (I was heavier at his office than at WW).

YEAH!!!!!!! Super Excited!

I had a huge craving for pizza last night - pizza is usually a red light food for me, meaning I can just eat my normal portions, but I got pizza anyways last night (it keeps it from feeling like I am on a diet, cause I'm not). and.... I only had 2 pieces!! Go ME!

Ok other than that I took about a 20 minute light walk and did about 20 minutes of resistence training.

96

Well I still have 10 points left, working on something light and healthy to eat. I did not work out tonight - but that is because I just got home.
Crazy day!

Tomorrow I have the 3 month check-in with Dr. Sergent - the DR who got all this started. I will let you know how it goes.

Good night all.

95 - Monday, need I say more

Ok -
I ate my points today. I got in 3 fruits and 6 veggies.

Tonight I went for one run and one walk around the block. It had been raining and looked like it could rain again so I did this work out without Tank. It did not rain, but it was a lot less humid - which is always a good thing. 35 minutes.

Hope everyone made it through Monday.

94 - relaxing sunday

I stayed within my points today. I got in 1 fruit and 9 veggies.
I took tank out and we ran once around the block and walked once around the block. 35 minute workout in what felt like a sauna.

Great weekend. Start to another week tomorrow.

93

Lost 0.4 this week!!! total of 10.1 pounds los!
going to movie

My Daily Inspiration

At weight watchers one of the things they talk about is having a physical object to remind you of your journey. This is to see how far you have come, because on the very long journey of losing weight it is easy to forget how far you have come and what an accomplishment that is when you still have a long way to go.
Each pound lost is a big accomplishment and should be celabrated as such. Easier said than done. So I have gotten to that point that I have found a physical object that can remind me every day just how far I have come. Below is a picture of it: it is a candle holder.
The candle hangs down in the middle - to remind me that there is a light at the end of this long dark tunnel - and that is a healthier better me for life.
Then on the bottom, for each pound I lose, is a blue, green, or clear stone. The colors do not mean anything, they match with my color in my bathroom and that is where I keep this so I see it every morning when I wake up and every night before I go to bed.
Around the outside of the candel holder I have placed my inspiration weight loss quote in stickers. The quote:
"It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up" - Vince Lombardi.

This quote fits perfectly with what I have finally figured out.

A few years back I had lost 50 pounds, but have since gained it back. I was on weight watchers at the time so the life style changes I am trying to make are not different. What is different is that at the time - due to my training for college soccer - I was running anywhere between 3 and 5 miles a day. And as one serious runner told me once - when you are running that much every day it doesn't really matter what you eat. At the time I was watching my point values, but not the what it was to get to those points.

This time - even though I have started running again - I started by focusing on how to eat the right things. Like more veggies and fruits. It is becoming more and more rare that I have a lunch or a dinner with out 2 veggies in it.

So this time around I have made - ok am a whole lot closer - to making healthy eating a habit that I don't even have to think about any more. And now that I have made that step I am adding running back into my routine. So even if I stop running again at some point it should not have the same out come as that time in the past.

I am chosing to share this, because it not only helps me to write this down to learn from my past, but it just may help one of you that is reading this - without having to make the same mistake.

Thanks for letting me share this with all of you.

92 - It's FRIDAY!!!

Well I didn't work out any more last night, I ended up working until a little past 11.

Today I stayed with in my points and I got in 4 veggies and 1 fruit.

Workout:
I took take for a run/walk. One run around the block one walk around the block. 35minutes. Felt like running in a sauna, but it felt good.

Tonight we are going to see a movie - don't know which one yet.

Hope everyone has a great Friday!

92 - It's FIDA

90 & 91

Both days I stayed within my points. I got in 4 veggies and 2 fruits.
Wednesday I got in 20 minutes of stepping.

Today I got in a 10 minute walk. I will be doing more later and will report tomorrow.

Got lots of work to do tonight.

89 - the vacation ends

Well we had a great time with the in-laws. I took them to the airport this morning.
I got in 6 veggies today - no fruit.
I stayed under my target points by 5.

I did the infred sauna at my chiropractors office today fo 20 minutes and then I did 45minutes on the stationary bike.

Tomorrow it is back to work.

87

Did the Wii fit free step for 30 minutes last night.

Today Pam and I are going to the Mall at Millenia - just to check it out. So great walking all day there!!

I will let you know.

Day 86 - weigh in day

Ok - I have a moment so I am going to post now instead of at the end of the day.
I lost 2 lbs for a total of 9.7 - that 10lbs loss is being a little elusive, have to wait until next week for that bench mark.

I have had 1 fruit and 1 veggie already today.

No working out yet, but we shall see what I can get in.

Having a great time with the inlaws. Mother-in-law and I are going to check out the Millenia mall tomorrow. The guys played golf today and are going to play again tomorrow.

Talk to ya soon

allie

Day 84 & 85

Both days I still had 8 points left and I just was not hungry - so I didn't eat. Thursday I didn't workout but I lifted and moved and straightened out the garage for an hour and a half.

Friday I took take and we ran once and walked once around the block - about 35 minutes.

We picked up Pam and Terry last night from the airport. Jeremy and Terry are going to play golf this morning.

Pam is going with me and I am going to weigh in and then we are going to take Tank to the vet.

I will post as soon as I can about the weigh in this week.

Love ya

83- night off

Well I got in 2 veggies and 3 fruits. I was out in the lab at work all day so I didn't get to get in my usually snacks.
I was 2 under my points.

I did not work out. As some of you know my upper back has been hurting me - which has lead me to a great chiropractor down here. But last night it was hurting so bad I slept with a heating pad on all night. It does feel better this moring.

My husbands parents come down tomorrow and stay through Tuesday - another big test on this journey - not because my inlaws are coming down - just in my weight loss journey while with them.

:-) Happy Fake Friday to ME!

82 - Tuesday

I went over my points by two today. I got in 3 fruits and 2 veggies today.
Now the good news.
When we moved to Florida Tank, my dog, and I would walk around the block once. Tonight, for the first time, we jogged - well I jogged he sort of took a couple trots - once around the block and then we walk a second time around the block.!!!!! Wahoo. It was nice and humid outside too.

We went about 1.6o miles - 35minutes.

81 - Happy Monday

I had 4 points left today.
I got in 8 veggies and 3 fruits today.
Workout details:
35minutes on the eliptical.

Happy Monday All!

79 & 80 - Long Weekend

Well first I am sorry this took me so long to post, we had a couple late nights. This week I gained 0.3 - UGH! .3? crappy. Ok moving on ....

Sunday -
I did not get in a work out - but I was 5 points under my daily points I had 2 beggies and 2 fruits.

We say Hancock and Wanted - 2 very good movies. We hadn't been to the movies in quite a while, so it was a very nice treat.


Saturday -
At my exact points. got in 3 veggies.

work out details:
basic step - 15min
300, 286, 284, 300, 300
advanced step - 15min
639, 632, 651
boxing - 13min
1207
Wii Fit total = 43 min
20 minute bike ride - nice evening, cool breeze.

Hope every one has a great Monday.

78 - Happy 4th of July

Well I had a 2 points left over. I only got in 2 veggies. I didn't work out officially because I cleaned most of the day yesterday - like for at least 5 hours - and for that constant amount of time I consider it a work out. At least my body sure did.
Weigh in day today, I will let you know how it goes.

77 - Happy "Fake" Friday!

Welcome to the start of the long weekend!
I was working out and got hit with a bout of nausa and cramping and decided I better stop. :-( That means I only got 36 minutes of balance games of the wii fit. Not great, but it is something.

I ate four veggies today, no fruit - have to go to the grocery store tomorrow and get more. I had 4 points left.

Here are the work out details:

headers - 12min
beginner
435, 500, 555, 555
advanced
439, 538, 496, 607

skiing - 12min
beginner
25.80, 52.95, 31.30, 34.78, 24.96, 24.55
advanced
1:12.15, 1:04.61, 1:02.16, 1:01.46, 1:18.53, 39.60

snowboarding - 12min
beginner
30.13, 49.51, 41.81, 27.28, 48.88, 41.81
advanced
1:02.66, 55.88, 55.96, 52.55, 1:19.48, 1:27.36

Wii Fit total = 36min

I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend.

76 - One more day of Work

I had 2 points left over today. I had 5 veggies and 2 fruits. I did a 1 hour and 15 minute workout on the Wii Fit. There is one more day of work and then off for the 3 day weekend!!!

Here are the Wii Fit details:
headers - 5min
advanced
462
beginner
400, 499, 555(perfect)
skiinig - 20 min
beginner
50.90, 26.55, 46.73, 39.31, 48.46, 33.78, 25.70, 47.90, 41.00, 32.00
advanced
1:14.30, 50.56, 1:03.43, 50.68, 1:00.03, 57.45, 1:03.68, 40.98, 40.03, 46.58
SNowboard - 20min
beginner
50.08, 43.11, 33.56, 32.11, 32.18, 53.26, 35.68, 46.11, 40.16, 32.70
advanced1:24.60, 54.96, 1:27.80, 59.28, 1:29.10, 53.63, 1:43.71, 58.26, 1:26.28, 1:35.40
step -30min
beginners
259, 292, 289, 273, 298
advanced
626, 647, 622
wii fit total = 1hr 15min

75 - long day

Just had a long day at work. Got home about 8 pm tonight. I changed and got right on my wii fit. I put in 22 minutes and felt so tired I just couldn't do any more. Sometimes that is how days are and we have to listen to our bodies. I used the rule of thumb of start exercising and you don't know, sometimes your body will carry you further than you first imagined. That is usually what happens to me, I am so tired when I start but as I get going I get more energized. Not too night, so I knew it was time to stop and say that was good enough for tonight.

I have 5 points left for today. I got in 2 fruits and 3 veggies. I usually do better on my veggies - at least one more - but I was out in the lab today and so I couldn't eat my normal snack of carrots or cucumbers.

Here are the workout details:
strength - 11min
hula hoop - 11min3189
Total Wii Fit - 22 minutes

Happy Wednesday to All - yes I know tomorrow is Wednesday, just getting an early start.