139 Maintenance Club

Actually, 140 is my target, but it sounds so much better to say "under 140".  Anyway, I've lost about 50 lbs. over the last 2.5 years, which wasn't all that hard.  Seems like maintaining is harder.  Maybe we can share strategies/experiences with this.

122 Wow!!!   You'll have a good "cushion"  for the holidays.  Remember when 139 felt light.  I think your right, working does burn the calories (unless someone is bringing in lots of birthday/welcome back/goodbye/anniversary/congratulations cake).  It also helps if the job has little or no stress and you feel the need to reward yourself.  I really ate pretty well this weekend and still gained back what I lost last week.  Back to 131.5 this morning. Friday breakfast,  bowl of cereal, lunch took MIL out for birthday and had cobb salad (ate half for dinner) and a beer flight.  Saturday breakfast about 1-2 scrambled eggs and 1 toast, dinner ate the leftover 1/2 roast beef sandwich that my wife had on Friday, dinner 2 small bowls of chili made with ground turkey (1.5 beers).  Sunday cereal, a small ham sandwich on a roll, dinner 3 slices of Aldi's frozen cheese pizza. Snacks mostly pretzel sticks.   Ran and exercised Friday and Sunday.  Actually went to health club at 6:00 AM on Friday since I felt energized.  That is a first.  Thought I could go 3 miles that early but couldn't.  Probably could outside on a warm day, just get bored on the treadmill.  Cold weather has driven us back inside on the indoor walking track.  My wife is getting a little obsessed with her steps now, so we go whenever possible.  She at least wants to do 10,000/day.

Well, have a great week and keep eating healthy.  Glad your cold is better so your weight will probably bounce back a little.

Cheers

that's awesome how your wife wants to do 10,000 steps a day!  :D  oh yeah, i'm sure you'll enjoy doing that!

a good buffet...  i need a good buffet...  prime rib!  ;)

i won't be walking outside, probably, for a while.  i don't want to get sick again.  that was horrible!

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

Did you get your flu shot(s)?

oh, that show sounds so good!  yep, i know what you mean.  i can almost taste it, just thinking about it.  :D

yeah, i got my flu shot on the 24th.  i don't think this is from that shot, or it would probably be even worse.  LOL  i'm feeling a little better again today, but it's still rotten.  it's changing to sinuses now.

at least i can just chill today.  i don't work til 5 & i have tomorrow off.  we went to fridays yesterday.  i got a jack daniels burger with fries & a couple of drinks.  that was good.  prime rib would be better, though, especially a buffet!  ;)

dude!  it's monday already?  i went to get my eye exam today & ordered new glasses.  i'm off to the gyno now.  i should be all set for a while now, except for seeing the regular doc on the 5th & he should approve my yearly checkup instead of every 3 months because of my good BP readings.  LOL  he promised, but we'll see...

123 today  :D

Hi Snow.  131 this morning.  As usual, I lose during the week and gain it back on the weekend.  Ate out a couple of times, but ate half burgers and bagged the rest.  Still eat bigger breakfasts (whole toast) and lunches (whole sandwich) than during the week.  Getting ready for the big birthday/anniversary/holiday eating binge starting in about 2 weeks. Soup/salad/wine for dinner, so off to a good start this week.  Also ran, worked out and walked today. 

Once a year Dr. would be great.  I've gone to 6 months from 3.  He still needs tp check blood due to cholesterol drug, that I probably don't need.  Checked body fat at health club.  20.4%.  Not bad.  Back to walking outside again.  Ladies at work goal is to weigh less than me.  Haha.

Hope Rite Aid is still okay still.  Are you going to get to 119.  Long ways from the 139 days.  You must feel terrific.

Have a great week.

131 is good...  and body fat 20.4, i guess.  lol  i don't even know what it should be.  i saw my gyno last night & he didn't say anything about me being too thin.  he just said that i had done a great job.  :D

the nurse & receptionist were both drooling!  hehe  they couldn't believe that i had lost even 14 more pounds from my last visit.  i had lost before & always gone back up.  the lowest weight they have for me on file was 128.  now, they have 124.  that is so cool!

i'm glad to hear that you are eating more food now.  it's really great!  yeah, it's almost binging season, though.  hehe  i think we've got the handle on that now, so there's nothing to worry about.  it's normal to eat more now & then...  just not all the time.  ;)

i wouldn't think you'd need a cholesterol drug.  you eat fine!  geez, look at how you eat now!  you probably used to need it.  that's so funny about the ladies at work!!!  hey, at least they have a goal!  :D  congrats on all that exercise!  that's awesome!!!

i haven't walked much, ran or anything...  just moving...  twists, dancing, whatever i can do in the house & keeping up my hour & 15 minutes a day of exercise.

yeah, it's been a long ways for the both of us.  LOL  nah, i don't want to get under 120.  i think i'll stay around 124 for a while & probably head back up to 129.  i haven't decided yet, but i'd surely be in trouble if i got down to 119!  LOL  and you are soooooo right!  i feel terrific!!!

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.

yeah, you're too late, morton.  LOL  i've been eating candy like it's going out of style.  i'm trying to eat good foods too, to balance it all out.  not much walking here, at all.  i DID get sick from all them people at the store & i'm feeling much better, but still not quite right.

maybe i'll walk tomorrow.  i dunno.  i've really, really cut way, way down on the exercise.  i know i should do more, but i've been feeling kinda crappy & coughing alot, etc.  i just want to be sure i don't get any worse.  this thing hit me pretty hard!  :(

125 today.  we ate out last night & later i had all kinds of sweets.  LOL 

it's always great to hear that you're doing well!  :D

hi morton.  i'm a whopping 128 pounds today.  LOL  yeah, i ate late & i guess i've been sorta trying to gain a few anyway.  i've been hitting the sweets, big time, though!  oh well, i'm sure that will fade, eventually.

geez, it's almost thanksgiving already!  oh no!  stuffing!!!  ;)

i'm fasting til 11 today & going for my bloodwork, then the doc on thursday.  not much new, i guess.  i'm still working & it's still good.  i can't believe they only pay 7.35, but whatever.  i'm staying there. 

other than the sweets, i'm eating good (for me!) & i'm getting in my hour & 15 minutes of activity every day.  :D  i haven't used the heart rate monitor in a long time, but i'm still using the activity computer (watch). 

oh man...  i sure hope my bloodwork comes out good & that my BP will be good for the old doc...

how are you doing lately?  are you staying around the same?

Hi Snow:  Hope the doc and bloodwork turned out ok.  My patten continues (lose during week, gain on weekend). But,  I was 130.5 this morning so I am down a little.  Only went out for breakfast on Friday (eggs, bacon toast, hash browns), and carried out pizza last night. Big B Day next weekend, going to Champaign to celebrate with our college girl and we'll spend a night (Priceline permitting).  The we go for anniversary the following weekend (Priceline deal at the Drake for 2 nights).  Good warm up for the holidays.   I'm really going to have to step it up at the health club.  Still looking for the seasonal flu shot.

Have a great week and don't work too hard at Rite Aid.  Hope you can stay under 130.

yep!  everything went great!  i'm good for a whole year now.  :D  finally!  WooHoo!!!  BP was 110/70, HR 64, weight with clothes & shoes on was 131, & bloodwork was ALL great.  that is soooooo cool!  i guess i worry too much...  LOL  i sure am glad that's over...

i hope you enjoy that Bday & anniversary.  ours is on the 13th, 27 years.  yeah, it's a good warm up for the holidays.  we both have a good pattern going.  mine has to do with days i'm working & days off.  yours is weekdays & weekends.  i got my flu shot in september, so i'm all set.  i hope you get yours soon.

work is going great & i'm pretty sure it'll be super easy to stay under 130.  LOL  i dunno, though, with our anniversary & then holiday season!  ;)

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.

Snow:  Congrats on the anniversary.  You're right about the holidays.  It's always a challenge during the holidays to maintain, but if we do gain a bit, we all know how to get if off.

Morton:  I finally got to go to a Trader Joe's when I was out East visiting my daughter.  A very interesting store and a lot of great food items.

Don't forget the wine, especially the Chariot Gypsy.

hey, you guys...  i hit 130 today!  LOL  i really enjoyed being 122, but i guess i should be more like 129, at least.  i dunno!  my gut is still really big.  well, it's big to me!  anyway, i purposely tried to gain & just let loose for our anniversary, so 130 is cool.

hehe  i'll probably be 134 tomorrow!  i'm sure it'll just fall off once i get back to work.  you're right, shane!  we all know how to get it off.  :D  i just don't get how other people have such problems, but i used to be one of 'em...  well, i guess we ALL used to be one of them...

we don't have a trader joes here.  :(  i've heard alot of good stuff about it, though.

i hope you're both doing great.  AND i hope monday's weigh in goes ok.  LOL  i'd rather be 129!  heck with the 130's UNLESS it's muscle.  ;)

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. 

wow, morton!  you're doing great!  keep it up!  :D

i can't believe tomorrow is monday already.  LOL  man, i'll probably be 137!  whatever...  it's the last day of my little mini vacation.  i'll shape up.  you know i will.  ;)

130 today.  Had great weekend at the Drake.  Visited new Art Institute modern wing, saw Young Frankenstein, walked lakefront, Navy Pier, had terrific meals at Hugo's on Rush and Kiki's Bistrot.  Walked 50k steps in 2 days.  No cabs, 1 bus ride to the art institute and back, otherwise walked everywhere.  Also worked out both mornings at the hotel.  Great Staycation for little money thanks to priceline.

Hope you had a nice mini vacation too.  Hoping to settle at 129 finally.  Hope Thanksgiving doesn't screw it up.  Gonna have to step up the running and walking.

Have a great week.

well, you did it, morton.  lol  i'm 132 today.  no biggie, though, considering all i ate this week.  i just weighed myself again & i'm still 132 at night, so my weight is already tapering off.  :D

i'm soooooo glad it's only 132!  LOL  i really figured it'd be more.

wow!  all that stuff you did sounds awesome!  man, i'm jealous now.  we had a really good time, too.  it had been way too long since we went to canada.  now, we can go over whenever we want since we finally got our enhanced licenses.

we mostly did eating, shopping, a little walking & a few movies at home.  it was really nice to spend all that time alone together.  today we had alot of company & tomorrow & wednesday will be busy, too.  after that, it'll be back to normal, i think...  til next week!

yeah, thanksgiving!  LOL  stuffing, stuffing, stuffing!!!  i can't wait!!!  i'll try to behave, but i dunno.  it's all in the balance anyway.  :D