Posts by mortongrove

Happy Thanksgiving Snow.  128 is terrific. I'm back to 131.  Went to a birthday party on Sat. and only ate veggies and fruit (and a small piece of cake, no frosting)while everyone else was wolfing down the junk.  It was kind of disgusting.  Been eating fairly light otherwise and exercising.  I think the work does burn a lot of calories, especially if you can't snack in a cube like i do.  I'll still shoot for 129 but I feel like one (big) muscle now.  Guess I'll have to run/walk some extra this weekend as I do let go with the turkey and cranberry sauce.  Have a great holiday and hopefully you'll stay in the 129 club.

How about that, 130 after 2 day Staycation downtown celebrating our anniversary.  Lots of food, but did LOTS of walking and ran at the hotel's fitness center both mornings.  No cabs and only 2 bus rides, rest was on foot.  Really liked the Drake for $85 and saw Young Frankenstein which was hilarious.

I'll try to be good today and see what happens at the Monday weigh in. 

131.  Pretty good for a Bday weekend in Champaign.  Ate out Friday breakfast, dinner on Saturday (Biaggi's in Champaign) and lunch Sunday at Chili's. Walked on campus and ran on hotel treadmill.  Wingate's are pretty nice.  Ready for downtown anniversary at the Drake on the 14th (our 28th).  Did find a flu shot in Champaign after many calls to all the drug stores.  Maintaining will really be hard the next 2 months.

Have a great week. Don't work too hard.

Starting sound like a broken record. 129 by the end of the week and 131 on Monday.  I don't even eat that bad on weekends, just doesn't take a lot to get over 1500 calories which is my maintain I think.  Keeping up on the moderate walking, running, machines.  Got back to walking outside yesterday, it was beautiful.  Back inside today.  Everything else going great.  I don't know about the cholesterol drugs.  I take a really low dose and my Dr. thinks they have additional benefits and it costs about the same as an aspirin (except for the blood tests).

Hope the Rite Aid job is still working out for you.  You must feel pretty healthy with all the sick people showing up in a drug store.  Just don't catch what ever they have. 

Have a great Halloween and don't eat all the leftover candy.  We are still working on the sweetest day candy.  Holidays sure kill the diet.

Saw a story on TV about Lawrys Prime Rib.  I could taste it, it looked so good. 

Did you get your flu shot(s)?

Congrats on the 123.  You must really be feeling great.  Maybe the job will get you under 120.  19 BMI is terrific.  I need to check mine again (was 21 a couple of months ago.  131 for Monday weigh in.  Couple of times eating out over the weekend got me back over 130.  Went out for lunch today so I had a salad.  I try to eat at least okay when out (fish or a single burger, or a salad) and it still worse than eating at home. I'd probably be (more) underwight if I never ate out.  Probably just as well.  Moved our daughter to a new apartment in the city for the main activity of the weekend.  Really cutting back on walking outside with the colder weather and early sundown, so I think we will be heading to the indoor track for the next 6 months.  Just not convenient like walking out the door.   Don't have desire to workout more than 3x/week. 

Hope Rite Aid is still working out for you.  Sounds like you are a good influence on your hubby.  It's kind of the same with my wife watching her steps.    Can't decide if I should try to do a Holiday retail job.  It would really mess up my exercise and nap routine.  Well, have a great week and try to stay out of the Rite Aid candy dept.

Way to go Snow!  I knew you could do it.   Good luck on your first day tomorrow.  You'll do terrific.  Go have a treat.  You'll burn it off working anyway.  I'm a big fan of part-time work.  It's just enough to keep you a little busy and still have time for a life.  And work always gives you something to laugh at.  That usually is half of our dinner conversation.  Let us know how it goes.  Almost forgot, 131.5 today after a high of 133 Saturday.  Cheers.  BTW, is Rite-Aid a drug store?

Hi Snow:  Stayed at 131 for my Monday weigh in.   Ate pretty well this week, except for the Cubs game on Thursday that did me in (belgian waffle at a local Boystown diner before the game, plate of cheesefries and beer after the game at a Wrigleyville bar, but nothing at Wrigley except the pretzels and granola bars and water that we bring in).  Food and beer are such a ripoff at the park.  I swear the obese guy in front of us spent $100 on beer.  Yesterday, tilapia and rice at Red Lobster with the M-in-L.  Started eating some yogurt with a little cereal at work.  Even went to Costco w/o one sample.  I think I get sick watching the people lining up for the samples.  You'd think it was a soup kitchen for the homeless.  Our little one (now a senior) will be visiting next weekend so I'm sure to have some big junk food meals. 

I've cut back my running to about 2 miles since my foot hurts (don't know why), but still walking almost everyday with  my wife.

Sorry no job yet, but hang in there.

Summer ends tomorrow, but have a great week anyway.  

Back from week in Monteal and Quebec City and still at 131.  Ate a lot of good food, but did a lot of walking.  Even ran 3 times.  Loved both cities, and Fairmont Chateau Frontenac was awesome in Quebec City.  Did all the tourist stuff including lots of museums.  Now its back to "work" and less calories.

Hi Dude:  Do you happen to be a "Traders Joes" wine enthusiast?  Try it if one is near you. 

Chel: The work outs are great, but it only takes a few sweets to offset the calories you burned, so you still have to eat well.  I snack on those half pretzel sticks (the thick ones) when I get hungry.  I think from Costco.  I'll eat one no more than 1 per hour and it keeps me from snacking on the bad sweets.  So if I get home and its still a few hours from dinner, the pretzels get me to dinner.  It helps just knowing that there is something in my stomach.  Hope the kick boxing was fun.

Welcome Nuvia.  Congrats on the huge weight loss.  Sort of have to watch the eating all the time.  It's the social eating that kills you cuz no one will tell you to stop eating at a party or family thing.  Just have to eat the veggies and take tiny portions.  It's really hard to make up for those huge meals.   That's why I way myself on Monday, it makes me a little more controlled on the weekends.  I've never done the yo yo thing and in the last 4 years I doubt that I ever went up 3 or 4 pounds from a new low. 

You shouldn't have much problem with all the exercise.  Just stay away from the sweets and snacks.  How much did you lose from your high weight?

The 139 club got a little out of hand and kind of became a 129 club.  Don't know why, but every low became a new high.  Good luck.

124-134 works for me, although I don't fluctuate that much.  So I might try to stay between 124-129.   I think I'm ok on the healthy weight since my BMI is still 21 and I have a real skinny frame.

BTW, I got my 2004 passport out of the safe deposit today.  Couldn't believe I'm the same person in the picture.  The picture you can see is 2006  and 35 lbs ago, about 1 year into the diet.

AM BP is about 135/85 and PM is about 110/70  and 60 heart rate.

Good luck job hunting.

Hi Karey:  I promise not to report my Monday weigh-ins, even though I still weigh myself every day.  Can't say I eat/exercise as well as you, but I'm sticking to my 1/2 of everything diet and walk or run 3 miles almost every day. 

How's the Go, Wear, Fit working?  I looked at the website and it sounds kind of expensive.  Is it worth it? 

Looks like you are attracting quite a following here, so good luck!  Guess I didn't do very well maintaining the 139, but better less than more.  I feel too good and the big Six Ohhhh is coming up fast for me.

Take Care,

Jerry (aka Morton) 

Snow:  I didn't realize you were at 129.  Is that your low? Hope you can stay there. I'll probably bump up with birthdays this month, and Irishfest in Milwaukee and just the need to go out with the nice weather.  Although I'm getting more exercise.  First time tripped while running today and fell really hard, but only a couple of scrapes and nothing else damaged, except  my water bottle that broke the fall.  Pride damaged though.  Hope we can maintain the 129.  Have a great weekend.