Spin Cycle Journal (Comments Welcome)

[C_leen]

3/15 Wrap Up
Dinner: corned beef, cabbage, carrots, potatoes. One plate. 1 Harp beer.
Evening snack: 2 tiny snickers bars - small squares not fun size
No exercise

3/16 Wt: #173.2
Bx: 1 diet coke, 1 Cliff bar
Lunch: salad with lite dsg, 1 svg chicken breast, 2 cuties.

This time change is a killer.

[C_leen]

3/16 Dinner
1 bratwurst with bun, 1 cup baked beans, 10 potato chips.
No exercise

3/17- Wt: 172.8
Bx: Luna bar, diet coke
4 waters so far today
Lunch: salad, chicken breast, lite dsg, cutie, v-8 juice
Dinner: Amy's Indian meal, 1 cutie
Class tonight - Probably snack night.

Glad to see weight not drifting up. Hoping to start working on exercise schedule over the weekend & get in some sort of routine!

Colleen

[C_leen]

I did eat some candy last night and one beer.
I drank 2 more waters in the evening

3/18: Wt: 171.0

Bx: luna bar, coffee, diet coke
Lunch: grande soy milk steamer

Exercise: walked/ran 3.0 miles today

Reason I love to run: the run started out overcast, but it totally burned off during my run. So uplifting to feel the sun on my face and the blue sky above in the spring. Then I ran into a few gnats and ate some protein... Ha ha ha!

Cleen

[C_leen]

3/18
Dinner: 2 pieces fried chicken, 1 svg mashed pot with 1t butter, 1 biscuit with 1T honey.
Snack: 0
3 more waters
Exercise: walked 1.2 mi with dog and DH!

3/19: Wt: 171.0
Bx: sausage mcgriddle, diet coke
6 waters so far today
Lunch: 2 cuties, chicken breast and salad with lite dsg, 10 animal cookies.

[C_leen]

Hi-

Rather wicked weekend. Exhausted. Slept a ton. Have some female issues dragging me down (& the weight up).

Wt: #172.4
Bx: luna bar, diet coke
Snack: 1 turtle (but I brought these to work and they'll disappear faster here than me eating them at home!)
Lunch: 1 can veg beef barley soup, 2 cuties
Water: 2 so far today...

[C_leen]

3/22
Dinner: 1.5 slices veggie pizza
Snack: Last sleeve of thin mint cookies
Exercise: walked/ran 1.8 mi in the dark with the dog!

3/23 Wt: 172.4
Feeling better today. Plan to walk tonight with DH.
Bk: Not hungry this am (cramps)
Lunch: 1 small v8, grapes, 1 yogurt with reeses pieces,
Water: 3 so far today

[C_leen]

Hi,

Wt still #172.4 (body has clearly realized I'm not eating like I used to. Hoping gentle exercise will help kick things in motion again...)

Walked 1.2 mi last night with DH and dog and an OK pace.
Class tonight.

Bx: 2 water, cliff bar
Lunch: 1 sm v8, green grapes, breakstone cott cheese and pineapple, 12 oz diet coke, 2 water
Snack: 10 animal cookies

Housekeeping ate all of the turtles!

[C_leen]

It has been a pretty crazy work week.

I am maintaining at 171.0.

Did run/walk on Tuesday night for 30 min.

C_leen

[C_leen]

Hello!

My DH has started walking with me some nights. Our spring family schedule is crazy, but we are managing 3-4 extra walks a week. Even if we are just strolling, it is very nice to be out moving and spending time together.

Weight: #168.0 (down 12.8 pounds so far)

Last night I jogged/walked for a half hour @ soccer and then walked about a half hour with DH. Also did 7 floors of steps at work yesterday.

Tuesday plans: 7 flight of stairs @ work. Walk with DH in eve. Throw out all remaining Easter sweets. Order DS to put all of his Easter candy in one basket and I need to stay out of it.

Goal: I would like to try to lose steadily and be at #160 by June 1. I have a 3 pronged plan to try to meet this goal: 1. Increase steps/walking @ work. 2. Increase veggies & non-meat meals. 3. Increase weekend exercise.

This is doable. I need to be kind to myself & think about wanting to wear a bikini this fall for sweet 16 vacation with DH.

[C_leen]

NHLBI Website BMI Calculator

5 ft 4 inches
Starting #180.8 = 31.0 BMI = Obese

Today 168.0 = 28.8 = Overweight

Yay! I moved categories! Although my goal weight is still almost in the overweight category for BMI (24.9), I have a long way to go & I'll be pleased to manage that and maintain.

[C_leen]

Weighed in #166.8 for the past 3 days.

Very tired today. I looked back in my journal. I am pretty sure this was about my starting weight when I took this job back in Oct 2008. I am very thankful to be back at this point, but definitely focused on losing more weight!

[C_leen]

Weight this am: #165.4

Clearly I am an emotional eater. I've been able to totally curb most snacking as I am focused as of late between using a appetite curbing pill several days a week and spending most evenings with DH instead of filling my loneliness with food.

Walked 50 minutes on Sunday with DH. Plan to walk tonight for at least 30 min. during soccer practice.

[C_leen]

So far this week I walked with DH on Mon, Tues, Thur. We upped our distance on Mon/Tues. Yesterday we were both tired and we did a 1.2 mi route. On Mon I also walked at soccer with another Mom during practice for 30 min. Wednesday I had a very long walk at work due to a meeting on another campus. It was probably almost 2 miles total. Also worked some more walks into my workweek. I sit too much at work and I am trying to do at least 4 floors of steps a day too.

Weight all week solid at #165.4
BMI: 28.4

[C_leen]

Hello,

BMR is 1487.

I think I need to start back some weights/toning more consistently.

Goal: Sat/Mon/Thur start 15 min of sledgehammer

[C_leen]

Hello!

Weight up today. Bloated. Female issues. Craved snacks all weekend. I ate a chocolate bar on Sunday night even.

Sun: walked 40 min in am/ gardened & weeded in afternoon/walked another 1.2 mi in PM.

Mon: soccer/and PM walk tonight!

Took a bag of the easter candy to work today... Although I've eaten some jelly beans, it isn't just me!