The Upside to Downsizing

Okay, I need to start exercising.  Barb tells me she marches on the spot while watching TV.  I think I'll try that, but I'd prefer something I could do quicker, so I was finished sooner. . . 

My bg was also the lowest it's been all month!   I'm very happy about that! 

Donna H

I am sooo lost!  I don't know how I stumbled into this room, or how I'll ever find it again, but it's nice to run into familiar faces.  I've been roaming the halls looking for the IAC cabin.  Darn!  I knew I should have left a trail of breadcrumbs.

Aunt B 

Thanks Donna.  I did that for this thread, but I can't find IAC to add it to my favorites. It'll be handy, having them all at my fingertips, but I guess it'll take awhile to find them in the first place.  Oh well, I'm not in a big rush...you'll all still be there when I find the room, right?

Aunt B  

I feel like I'm stumbling around near blind...everything looks sorta familiar but...not. Guess I'll hafta play more tomorrow. *sigh*

Woo-hoo!  I resized my photo to fit, and even used a colored version, all by myself.  I'm going to turn into some kind of teckie person!

I suspected that about IAC, Donna.  I'll keep watching for it.

Hi Jana!  Hi Shewolf!

Aunt B

Wow, now that's what I call trippy. Now, where's our IAC?

J (WHO WILL GET TO HER PHOTO LATER

I knew I didn't do enough tire kicking.    It was just the wrong time of the year, and I didn't have time to do as much as I'd have liked. 

 Guess I'll learn along with everyone else. 

I solved the problem of not liking to walk on the spot.  I've now got an elliptor machine in my basement.    And I'm getting pretty good at using it, too. 

I've marked this as favorite, and accepted everyone who wanted to make me their buddy, but couldn't find where to ask others to be my buddy.  It's after 1 a.m. -- maybe that's why?    I'm off to bed for today, I'll work on this more tomorrow. . . 

Donna H -- when you find someone that you want as a friend click on their name at the top of their comment (it's in blue) and this will take you to their profile.  At the top of the profile on the right side you will see "add as a friend" click on that and it will send a message to them asking if they will accept you as a friend and when they accept you will see them on your profile as a friend.

Barb~I know what you mean. I don't eat like a lot of the larger folks on some of these shows do. At least I don't think I do. Fast food is actually a rarity for me as is most junk food. Every now and then I go a little crazy with portions if it's something I haven't had in a while that I love but that doesn't happen too often. I feel like I eat like all the thin people in my life. So why do I not lose??? So frustrating.

I don't like that you can't scroll up and see previous posts while commenting.  I sometimes forget who I was meant to comment to and need to scroll back up and look. Guess I'll have to start taking notes while reading posts, huh?

 Needless to say, I forgot what else I was going to say. Maybe later. lol

 Had a tunafish sandwhich for supper last night. (teaspoon of mayo and a palmful of raisins mixed in on whole wheat bread ) I'm trying to get more tuna in my life with it's healthy fat.

YAY! :) Now I've found my two favorite places. Adding them to favorites so I can find them again later.

I ate horrible again today, even after deciding to be good. Weighed in at WW and am back up the 5lbs I had lost. :P phooey on that. Anyway, I have tomorrow's food planned out and am seriously contemplating going back to HM. I hate being FAT!

ANyway, this weekend starts the TO boat show. Whoohoo!

see you again soon.

Sara

Hi to all of you,glad to see you finding your way around.  I was in on Tire Kicking but still have things to learn,but have to admit it was fun.                            Had really high hopes of being on the positive side of  controlling my sugar but ended up sick plus had our oven die & couple other upsets. Now I find I just have lost the push to get going again-any suggestions?   Thanks,Cheryl

I totally forgot to mention that here! LOL I'm glad your mind is better than mine, Sara.

BTW, Glad to have you back among us Missy Sara. I missed you. (I was gonna put that "Kiss" emticon on there but it looks kinda slutty so I'll just say "hugs" and be on the safe side. Don't want you to think I'm  hittin' on you or anything. hehehehe)

I did great all day.  Snacked on about 6 french fries and a bite of chicken finger at lunch, but other than that did great  Then I took the girls to McD's at Walmart for supper.  I didn't feel great, so you know what I did???  I ate some of their french fries and 1.5 nuggets!!! WHAT?! :p Crazy.

Then I came home, still not feeling well . . .so I ate some triscuits (half fat. . .love 'em!).  Oh, and a mini Laura Secord milk chocolate bar, and a Lindor Mint ball. 

I confuse me. 

Jana-I've been reading your blog still in bits. The last month was pretty crazy.  Unbusy but busy.  

 Chatty-next time I talk to April, I will tell her. :) She's looking amazing btw.  

 I bought a new work out dvd.  .  . it's one you can do on your bed.  Carmen Electra's one.  Haven't tried it yet though.  I'm still contemplating whether I'd actually do it or not.  LOL

Sara

Well New Year's Resolutions and all that.  Well I'm really going to do it this year.  I've signed myself up for the local "Star Loser Contest" ( like the biggest loser ).  There's money involved and for this cheapskate at heart, is a big deal.  I've also signed us up with a family membership at the local YMCA.  I've gone up there every day so far, except Wednesdays.  I've got bowling league those nights.  I won't get there today, but I'm going on Saturday.  One week, and I've lost 5 pounds.  Not a lot, but it's a start.  I'm watching my portions and my eating fast food on my lunch hour.

 The girls absolutely love going up there.  I have a hard time telling them when it's time to leave, which definitely helps.  If they fought me, it'd make me not want to go.   Hubby hasn't been feeling well so he hasn't gone yet.  We're both hoping he's feeling up to going tomorrow.

Well got to get some work done.

Amina

Amina~5lbs is awesome, hun. If I lost 5lbs in a week I'd be shouting from the rafters! LOL Keep up the good work, hun. Sounds as though you have an excellent game plan. You can do it!

Sara~Yes, lock the door. hehehehe

I'm patting myself on the back. I resisted the very strong temptation to go for another bagel and instead opted for a 100 calorie snack and a cup of tea. After I get paid next week I'm going to buy some carrot chips and some non fat dip to snack on during breaks. Maybe some fruit, too. Maybe some mini-bagels to sort of help me with those cravings.

(((Aunt Cheryl))) I know exactly how you feel, hon. Just hang in there and keep trying. We all slip now and then. The key is to not beat yourself up. For you, with DM, just remind yourself why it's important to eat healthily and get a minimum amount of excercise at least. I know I'm a total pot call kettles names but...lol I want YOU to do so much better than me.

So far today I've had my morning cappacino, then I had a fish sandwich from BK.  That was sharing the drink with hubby and about 10 fries.  Those 5 lbs. I do believe were just water weight, anything after this is going to take some major work.  But I'm determined to do it.

 Thanks for the support ladies.  It's greatly appreciated.

We were shopping and went to McD's for lunch - the girls had gift cards.  But we were at Walmart and they only had the bacon ranch salad which didn't float my boat.  I ended up having a crispy chicken combo, but with salad and a diet coke.

Tonight I'm making homemade chicken alfredo.  It's extremely low fat. Which is good.  And salad.

I have to lose weight. I have problems walking and with my feet.  They gave me meds for the legs and a side affect is weight gain.  I had checked in with the doc and had not gained or lost a pound in 2 years but things sort of redistributed.... and not nicely.  I would love to lose 100 lbs but would probably start with the 50 lb goal.  I am glad I found this link. I have commented on several of your blogs about books but this is entirely and have added this to favorites (thanks for telling me how).  I have a membership with a gym but have not gone recently..... that HAS to change.  I have to be able to walk.... thanks for your support.

Jeannie

Finally found this site.  I hear you on finding it hard to eat healthy some days. Jana, just saw that Thomas English muffins and bagels came out with 100 calorie packs. It seems to mean that the total for the muffin or bagel is the 100 calories. with a healthy filling that can be a great morning or afternoon snack.

while DH and DD were in Florida I wasn't eating too much. Today my scale shows a weight loss and I've held it for a few days. Now to begin exercising again. At this point my goal is 20 pounds. then I look for another point.

Donna~I'd love the recipe for homemade chicken alfredo. I love anything alfredo but I usually use the stuff from the jar and it's probably not such a healthy option. Though I haven't bought any in a while to check the label so I reall can't say...

Sara~I know what you mean about trying to care. Each day is a big struggle for me to care anymore. About the only time I really TRULY care is when I step on the stubborn scale. Isn't that awful? But I keep trying--both to care and to lose. Such a battle on both counts, ain't it? Hope you have a fabulous Monday and an even better week. (((hugs))) (ps: Have I told you how thrilled I am that you're back with us regularly? I missed you so much.)

Jeannie~Oh, hun, I totally know what you mean. I have a painful time walking sometimes too. My feet are awful, not to mention bad knees. I did get into a habit a couple of years ago of walking for about 15 minutes a day five days a week. After the initial pain it eased off and I came to love it. But schedule changes forced me to stop. Now I don't know that I'd even have the get up and go to do it anymore. It's so hard to find an excercise that you enjoy that doesn't feel like torture.

DonnaH~Oh, I'd have been an unholy mess at that age if my mom had left me somewhere and didn't call.  My sisters and I used to take turns for a week at a time staying with our grandparents who lived just five-ten minutes away and I'd be homesick after the first day. Didn't matter that I loved staying with my grandparents and loved spending time with them. I was such a homebody and a huge awful Mama's baby. And was up until sometime in  high school. LOL

WTG on the lower bg, too. You're so wonderful. Keep it up!

 Barbara~20lbs is an excellent goal. I think that's the new goal weight loss I'm going to set for myself, too. It's much less daunting than the 100lbs I need to lose. Sounds like you're doing a great job of getting yourself there, too. Congrats on the recent loss.

I hope I'm able to find those 100 calorie bagels. I'm such a bagel addict these days, it's not even funny. lol

Chatty~WTG on the 5lbs! That's awesome!

Oy! The bike is so far neglected that it isn't even a glorified clothes hanger  yet, as many neglected excercise equipment the world over is. I look at it and KNOW I need to sit my butt on it but I just can't make myself do it. I'm struggling so hard right now to simply not eat myself out of house and home that to add one more "must do" to the list might tip me over too far to the bad place. My motto right now is "one thing at a time". Actually, I'm doing two things at a time. Working on financial stuff and improving eating habits. I'm pretty sure that if I can ever get those two things in a steady progress that taking that next step to excercise would be a lot easier. I don't know that I ever want to return to the bike, though. Those last couple of weeks I worked on it are still fresh in my mind for the torture they were.

I am making progress though. I've finally rid my pantry/freezer of illicitly bad for me treats and have been doing pretty well. A bagel here and there is all that seems to still trip me up. But, I am careful about what I eat the rest of the day when I eat them so I feel okay about it. And the one pound I lost last week has stayed off consistently so maybe I'm on the right track. If I can keep from getting derailed, that is.

Well I finally put my resolutions into gear today.  I think having the kids still home until this morning meant nothing really still felt like New Years.  LOL.

I've eaten right, and I walked them to school today instead of driving, so I got the walk and the sunshine.  I used to have to do that every day and got into the bad habit of driving to save time.

I have a dr appt at 4 so I'm not sure a workout will happen, but we'll take it as it comes.

The dh is due home in an hour or so - he's been in Hawaii since Thurs (yeah tough job he's got) so I need to tidy a few things up before he gets here.

D

My weekend wasn't horribly bad.  Hit the gym Saturday morning then spent the rest of my paycheck at Walmart on household necessities (ie... tp, papertowels and the like).  Then I had a birthday party to go to.  If it was a normal party would'nt have been bad, but it was a friend's 30th.  Went off my rocker a little, but picked up where I left off on Sunday.  Gym was closed though.  I'll get up there tonight.  I can last about 10 minutes on the Ellipses(sp?) machine before I want to die.  My goal is to go the full 20 minutes by the end of the week.  Then move up the resistance.  Kept those 5 pounds I lost off, so now onto the next 5.  5 a week is the main goal.

Jana ~ it's hard for me to exercise at home.  Too many distractions.  Is there a gym at the campus you can use?  Maybe take a gym bag with you and go there right after work, before going home.  Getting into the routine is the hardest for me, but once in it, then I think I'll stick with it.

 Hope everyone had an excellent weekend.

Amina ;)

Yeah, we've got the membership at the YMCA.  The day I signed up was free registration day.  So it only cost me $35.00 for the family fee and then it's $40 every month.  That includes daycare and all the facilities.  It's extra for classes though.

Is there a local YMCA or YWCA where you're at?  Might be more pricy where you are.  Where I live isn't that big. So things tend to me a little cheaper.

I liked it much better when we didn't have to start at page one and find our way to where we left off reading messages.  Or am I missing some adjustment somewhere?  I haven't had time to even come here every day, never mind learn new stuff. . . 

Jana, maybe you hate your bike so much now because you went at it too hard before.  If you tried to start again by just sitting on it for a minute without even pedalling, might that help? 

Aunt B, ah!  You're the one who marches in the livingroom.  For some reason I thought it was Barbara.  I tried it before we got our elliptor, but it didn't work very good for me.  I can go 13 minutes on the elliptor now, and walk away when I'm done.  It takes me that long to go 2 km, which is as far as we walk in summer. 

Amina, I will never forget the first time I used our elliptor.  Three minutes, and I thought I was going to die.  I can now go 13.  I'm working up to do better than that, but it may take a while. 

Every else seems to be doing really great!  I'm still sitting on my 2 up, 2 down routine, but my bg 2-wk avg. is down to 8.9.  It was around 11 two weeks ago, so it's still coming down -- slowly