Posts by anastase

Sorry I've been away. I was in Canada without an internet connection.

START     April 16-18: 196 lbs
Week 1.   April 23-25: 195 lbs
Week 2.   Ap30/May2: 191 lbs
Week 3.   May   7 - 9: 190 lbs
Week 4.   May 14-16: 185 lbs
Week 5.   May 21-23: skipped
Week 6.   May 28-30: 190 lbs
Week 7.   June  4 - 6: skipped
Week 8.   June 11-13: skipped
Week 9.   June 18-20: 185 lbs

I'm actually lower today but I'll wait till next week to post that. Very depressed about some family issues so just posting weight.

Well unfortunately I twisted my knee and my physical therapist said I am not to exercise at all until it heals, so I won't be able to do this week's challenge. Once my knee is healed I'll get in and do it :)

Wasn't able to exercise due to an injury so I might not make it to my goal. But I'll keep trying!

465/1750

START     April 16-18: 196 lbs
Week 1.   April 23-25: 195 lbs
Week 2.   Ap30/May2: 191 lbs
Week 3.   May   7 - 9: 190 lbs

Well I was hoping to see more than a 1 lb loss this week but I guess it's not happening I was just eating too few calories I think. I'm really going to start forcing the food down now LOL. Food is just not tasting good. I used to be an emotional/comfort food eater and I've gone the complete opposite direction!

I hurt myself yesterday walking, fell down and twisted my foot, skinned my hands and right knee. I'm just so graceful haha! I'm leery now of working out, afraid I might hurt myself again. My foot is sore too, well I'll just have to go on with it and hope I don't do it again lol.

WHAT I LOVE:

For the things I love, I am going to take a long hot bath, then give myself a manicure and pedicure. I've been taking care of my feet so they are much softer. It's time to wear sandals so this will boost my self-esteem I think :)

Slow start this month.

150/1750

I went out to eat yesterday and I actually made a healthy choice. We went to T.G.I. Fridays, and I ordered the Honey Pecan Salmon. It had rice and steamed veggies with it. I only ate half of it and boxed the rest up for today  It's high in sodium though so I'm going to have to drink a lot of water to counteract it

Scale said 190 this morning (1 lb down). I don't count it till it says that three days in a row though hehe.

I did this challenge so I could lose some weight before I see my husband and his family on July 3rd. HOWEVER, I may be going up there for a week by myself (without kids) on June 11th-18th!! I'm so excited! I haven't seen my husband for almost a year. He has been so supportive of me about losing weight so I'm not TOO worried about having gained so much. By the end of the summer if I keep up eating right and exercising when I come home, I should look and feel great for when school starts up again in the fall I am really hoping to surprise all my teachers and classmates with a new me!

60/1750

I'm visiting my husband and his family in July. Hoping to lose some more weight before then through diet and exercise :)

START     April 16-18: 196 lbs
Week 1.   April 23-25: 195 lbs
Week 2.   Ap30/May2: 191 lbs
Week 3.   May   7 - 9:
Week 4.   May 14-16:
Week 5.   May 21-23:
Week 6.   May 28-30: 
Week 7.   June  4 - 6:
Week 8.   June 11-13:
Week 9.   June 18-20:
FINISH.   June 25-27:

I didn't think it would get down to there, but it did!

I took some sudafed by the way and am feeling much better, so it's definitely allergies and not the swine flu hehe.

Thanks Tracy! Both my kids have sore throats and my daughter had a headache yesterday, bad enough to have to come home. Hopefully it is NOT swine flu. No one is running a fever so far. Although I heard they closed a few schools around where I live due to a case or two..eek.

Oh and I wanted to add to what Tracy said. WASH YOUR HANDS! Very important to keep stuff from spreading!

Hey everyone, I've been having a weird cramp down low kind of on the right side. It hasn't been affecting my exercising yet but it's getting steadily worse (I've had this before and tests showed absolutely nothing). Gonna go to the doctor and have it checked out I think. I also have a pretty bad sore throat, I think it's allergies but it's awful.

My weight loss has stalled again, hopefully I'm not at a major plateau. I'm having a HUGE problem getting in all my calories because I tell myself I'm going to take a nap around 7-8pm after I've eaten and wake up to eat the rest of my calories. Then I don't wake up or I'm not hungry when I do argh! I know what I should be doing (thanks to the comments in my journal from friends, you know who you are :D) but it's just SO hard to make myself eat more earlier in the day. I'm trying though! :P

Lily I hope you get it worked out *hugs*

Bubbles, not if I can't get some more calories in I think! hehe

Augette so glad to hear you're doing better!

Thanks for the encouragement!! And congrats Bubbles, we seem to be keeping up with each other pretty much :P

1664/2000

Probably won't make it this month but I pushed pretty hard and am glad I did this much. This challenge really made me aware of how much I've done :)

HOMEMADE CEREAL:

Ok I found this on allrecipes.com .. It's a wonderful resource for whatever you want to find! This link also has the nutrition information at the bottom right of the page. It has 6.6 grams of fiber

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Homemade-Cereal/ Detail.aspx

I weighed 191.5 yesterday morning. That's down by 16.5 lbs this month. I cannot believe how fast it's coming off through diet and exercise! I just hope I don't hit a plateau soon hehe.

Great challenge I've joined a few others but this is great for starting in May. Plus I want to lose weight by June 29th because I'm visiting my Husband the next day in Canada.

I started at 208 at the beginning of this month. I am down to 193 now. I know it's drastic but I've only had about a 5000-6500 deficit each week. I'm eating very frequent small meals, exercising 1-2 hours a day 5-6 times a week, and trying to do everything this challenge names

So with a healthy weight loss of a little less than 2 lbs a week, I would like to be at 175-178 by the time the challenge is over (hope I calculated that right!)