Posts by hasta

Great tips guys, thanks.  I'll try to work through the recipes area.  That should help at least some.

It's so good to hear from you guys.  I've missed my on-line buddies.  Like you, I've completely let go of trying to control diet & excercise in these last couple of holiday months.  Adding to the chaos, my house is undergoing a remodeling that began in mid-Nov.  There's plastic everywhere, furniture cleared and piled in corners of other rooms and a layer of dust over everything.  We should be done by the end of January. 

I weighed myself a couple of days ago for the first time in weeks.  (It wasn't good.)  So, I'm ready to get going again too.  I'm planning to start the year with the southbeach diet.  It will be tough but I know it will yield quick results if I can get through the first 2 weeks.

Today, I plan to spend a good part of my day reflecting on the year and setting goals for next year.  I'm grateful for meeting you guys on this site.  I think of you often.  Best wishes for the new year. 

I followed through on my 2 mile/30 minute commitment yesterday.  Calories stayed within goal, but they did include a burger and a lot of fries. (only 1/2 a bun through)  Every little bit has to help.

Weighed in at 137.  I'm ok with that considering my recent layed back weeks. Our renewed weight tracking post follows this entry.

I missed you guys.  I think we’re down to the 3 of us.  Snehvide, I’m so glad you posted.  You look so happy in your new pic.  I got a closer look through your gallery and noticed that our little site, and group were on your computer.  It’s so awesome to know that we’re connecting in our homes across the globe. 

Also, I went to check out Denmark’s time and weather when I saw your post.  Man, it’s cold out there.  Smader may also have frigid  conditions, but today we were in the high 60’s lower 70’s in Austin, tx. 

I have to admit that I got a tired of logging calories and seeing my weight move up and down but not to the degree that I wanted.  We’re coming up on our thanksgiving holiday here, so getting back into the swing of things before next Monday is pretty unlikely.  Either way, I’m going to check in regularly again. 

BTW where’d you go?  Jerusalem?  Smader, what have you been up to?

Here I am....  I went up a pound to 137.8.  Still it's continued progess=having stayed below the 140's for a few wks now.   I mentioned to smader, that I got so mad at my scale b/c the first time I stepped on it, it read 135 ish.  But, since I don't accept the # until it has appeared 3 times,  here I am at 137.8. My current rountine is still pretty lame, no alcohol and no exercise. 

Do you guys have the same problem with your scale?  Mine fluctuates a lot.  Usually its only within .2 - .4 lbs.  I'm so glad to hear from you guys.  It's a beautiful weekend here.  Big football game coming up soon.  Did you know my Longhorns are #1 right now?  Snehvide, I'd definately understand if you weren't aware of that.  Talk to you guys soon.

Wow snehvide!  Great going.  I took a peak this morning too (for the same reasons). I was down from last friday's 139 to 138.2.  Woooo.  I  hope it holds!!! cross fingers X

Hi all! - I'm glad to see that everyone continues to share trials and tribulations here.  I'm down 1.6! 139.4.   This with no calorie counting, eating a modest amount of carbs and no excercise.  What the heck?!! I cut out all alcohol.  It's working, to say the least.  This is my 5th consecutive week of baby step decreases. 

Smader - have a great time at the wedding this weekend.  Keep your running up those days and dance your arse off!  You'll be fine.

Snehvide - Awesome on your first 5K!  The races are pretty inspiring and the morning air is so refreashing.  Regarding the 2 lbs, as I recall your pretty close to my cycle.  Could be the onset of water retention.  (Are we getting to know each other to well here or what!)

Katydid22 - glad to have you.  I'm starting your current weight as of last week's weigh in @ 148.5.  This is the middle of the range you mentioned.  Check in with us on your weigh in for today.

Renekane - girl, I'm so glad you shared with us.  This place is a lot more than #'s on the scale. Of course we're all here to help you in your healing and emotional recovery.  Keep yourself moving it's important to our sanity.

Geeze Balehead, never a dull moment at your house.  I'm sorry your going through all the chaos.  Hope it's been better these past few days.

Tomorrow, I'll be going to the Univ. of Tex. to kick off a program called Marathon Kids.  Elementary school kids from all the surrounding school districts participate by keeping track of their miles between tomorrow & mid-Feb . on a pie chart sheet.  Each pie is split in quarters so they can color in a slice for every 1/4 mile.  Feb. is when the Austin marathon occurs.  Lance Armstrong who lives here will be at the event.  I'm quite a fan.  At that marathon they run their last mile.  I should be able to get a little jog in myself.  Then of course the UT football game.  Ooooo I can't wait!  I'll check in later to update the chart.  Have a good one.

Morning all, Snehvide hope you're having a good start to your evening.  I'm 140.0 today.  Yesterday I was 139.8.  Today it read 139.8 the first time, and then 140.0 the next 3 time.  Boo.

Oh well, 1 lb down from last week.  I'll take it!

balehead - really tough and yet i hate to say it made me laugh.  Hope all goes well.  take care.

Awesome progress gals!  I'll weigh in tomorrow.  Forgot to this a.m. and I'm particular about the time of day.

Oh no, Balehead.  I bet your hubby got an earful that night!  Well, keep in mind that sometimes, when our kids have accidents, it hurts us more than it hurts them.  I hope this was the case for your daughter.

I admitt I was hiding this weekend.  I was soooo disapoointed on my weigh in: went from 140.4, to 142.2   This after excercising regularly and haveing some success on inches lost.  Even worse, I lost heart and binged this weekend.  I didn't excercise either, not track the calories.  It just really hit me hard this time.  The chart's been updated.

We haven't heard from Rishiesmom for a while.  I hope all is well.

It's Wednesday with peeves.  Ok so this a.m. I was ready for work early.  Not an easy feat for me.  I decided, "hey why don't I leave the kitchen a little cleaner than usual. (our 2 kids go off to school, dad leaves for work, last night's dinner dishes are rinsed and on the right side of sink but not in the washer).  So great I'm going to earn brownie points both at work for being earlier than usual and at home for tidying up.  NOT!!!! Seems like times I try to make things a little bit better, I trip over myself like Laurel and Hardy. 

What happened Hasta?  Well I'm glad you asked cuz I'm trying not to be perturbed in front of my kids for such stupid irritation. Well, let me tell you.  Today was trash day so I wanted to get my fridge as fresh as possible. (my best friend keep an immaculate fridge stocked with fresh organic food.  I'm a wanna be.)  I reach to take out some turkey breast that I no longer want to cook to throw away.  A soy sauce bottle teeters, and in slo mo fall to the floor.  Will is break as I see it falling?  Crap it shattered! On my shoes, pants, all over all the shelves of darn fridge.  I'm late to work as usual, but today I smell like soy.

Now..... I decide to be thrifty.  A strong influence from my parent and prior to them.  So I prop a bottle of condiment against the wall to pour the remaining left into a new fresh bottle.  (no need to scrimp like this financially).  I check it later and think it's poured all that's there.  As I pull both bottles to put away ALL that was moving into the new container moved to the lip of the new jar and the counter.  ARGGGGGGG.  Why bother?  Which is totally true but a hard habit to break.    Lesson re-enforced:  Don't think that saving a few cents will make a diff.  I feel sad though when people around the workd lack so much.

Thanks for listening, if you had the patience and time to read thru this. 

On the positive side, the commit that I made to my minutes of excercise per month on avg is really helping me.  I'm on the 3rd week and can FEEL if not record progress other than on measurements.  Maybe friday, I'll get the weight progress.

Go Friday!!!!

Yup.  After trying harder this week, I'm @ 140.4 today.  Up .6 fm last wk.  But, I can suck in my gut further than before.  I'm really o.k. with it.  I know I feel better, I've increased my excercise and made some good progress on changing my calorie intake.  I have trouble with the binging in the late afternoon, when I've cut down the cals in the a.m.  I'm hoping my body will adjust. 

Hey guys!  Balehead, nice to see your pic after all these weeks.

Bettyboop, you're a maniac!  Are you listening to the song from Flashdance when your working out?   You should be!

Mem18, welcome.  I'll add you to the chart on page 2 and log your stats as of this week.  Weigh ins are on Fridays. 

I took a peek at my weight this a.m. and had one of those disappointments where you think you're going to show progress and have stayed the same.  May tomorrow's official weight will show what i'm looking for.

Man are we all living in a parallel universe or what????  I'm singing the same song, different verse too.  I'm 139.8.  -.2 from when I left for my vacation/family reunion.  All & all not bad, but crap.  In the 14 wks we've been doing this, I'm down only 3.2 lbs.  My lowest weight was on wk4 at 137.4. 

My frustration is that with all this logging & tracking, my weight has essentially just hovered & swung back & forth, mostly between 142 & 140.  Seems like a hell of a lot of work and worry for that much progress.  On the positive side, no major gain either.  If I was on maintenance, I'd be doing swell.

Snehvide - I would love to be at your current weight. We're the same height.  128 was my normal, easy-to-maintain weight up to about 2 yrs ago.  At that time I wasn't happy with it either.  I wanted to be 115 or less.  Will we ever be happy???  Are you able to keep up the exercise with your little one being back home with you?

Smader - I made a couple of little goals for myself yesterday (and I stuck to them for my first day ).  My goals for the remaining days of August are to get 330 total minutes of exercise by the EOM and to limit beer or wine to a max. of 10 total through EOM.  That may sound like a lot to some, but believe me a couple of days on the weekend (and with football starting up) could blow that out of the water for me.  The minutes of exercise and the 10 drinks can be spread however I'd like over the last 11 days of August.  What a mind game, huh?

Rishiesmom- what's bothering you?  anything we can do to support you?

Renekane - Social situations are tough.  One bit of advise that I should follow more than I do:  Eat b4 you go. Arrive at the social gathering early.  Make sure to greet everyone as early as possible upon arriving (so they'll know you were there).  The idea is that as people start drinking, they may not remember how long you stayed (or if you even came! ha, ha).  Then you can leave earlier than normal and limit your exposure to the temptations. 

 Go Cowboys!