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mj36
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Posted: 28 January 2009 02:24 am |
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| The goats... well, hope the fence keeps them away from that tree! At least you got a great workout! I am sure using a chain saw is very physical and burns lots of calories.
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 28 January 2009 02:32 am |
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mj36 wrote: ... I am sure using a chain saw is very physical and burns lots of calories.
Not really. The hard part is cranking it up. Then you just pull a little trigger. I like things that allow you to do big jobs with very little effort. Makes you feel empowered!! Most men knew this all along and fooled us into thinking it was hard work.
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mj36
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Posted: 28 January 2009 03:06 am |
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| The assistant principal in my building has her own chain saw... she got tired of waiting for hubby to trim up some things around the property and got a lighter one she can handle haha!
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 29 January 2009 03:07 am |
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Today was sort of tough and it started early, but I learned something. Usually I don't want anything to eat before noon, but not today. Probably because I usually go out to lunch with a friend and today I didn't. Somehow if I know I'm going out to eat it's easy to just wait. And at a restaurant there is automatic portion control and no leftovers in the fridge. As long as there is something healthy to choose from.
Day 24, January 28: Weight 138 (62.6 kg)
-coffee creamer: 140
-diet cocoa: 30
-sugar coated bitesize shredded wheat, 1c: 200
Lunch:
-Mom's beef veg soup, 1c: 120
-banana: 110
Afternoon:
-pinto beans, 1/2c: 110
-cheese, 1oz: 120
-4 olives: 30
Evening:
-more beef veg soup, 1c: 120
Nightcap:
-diet cocoa mix: 30
Total: 1010 (-890)
Calorie loss to date: 17,120
Thanks goodness for diet cocoa. It's gotten me out of a few jams. Pretty bad if you've ever tasted real cocoa, but when you're on a diet it seems delicious.
Last edited on 29 January 2009 03:08 am by Nancy_in_GA
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mj36
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Posted: 29 January 2009 04:24 am |
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| I keep forgetting to get diet cocoa at the store! For 25 calories it tastes just fine!
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 30 January 2009 02:04 am |
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Got to get a digital scale. The only time I can measure even a half pound is when it's exactly half way between a 5 and 10 lb mark.
Found another trick. I measure out 1/4c of coffee creamer each morning (120 cals). If there's any left over at the end of the day, I dump it into the diet cocoa mix and ad a NutraSweet. Makes the cocoa much better, less counting calories also. I love you, MJ!
Day 25, January 29: Weight 137.5 (62.4 kg)
-coffee creamer: 120
-hard boiled egg, jumbo: 90
-lg banana: 120
Lunch:
-sugar-coated bitesize shredded wheat with coffee, 1c: 200
Afternoon:
-banana: 120
Evening:
-grapefruit: 80
-oatmeal, 1/2c: 150
-sugar, 2tsp, small dab of butter: 50
Nightcap:
-diet cocoa mix: 30 (later tonight)
Total: 960 (-940)
Calorie loss to date: 18,060 (18,060/3500 = 5.2 lbs)
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mj36
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Posted: 31 January 2009 01:37 am |
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| That's a great idea with the creamer, to make it easier to track and to make the cocoa yummier! I think those little tricks are what we all need to learn to make eating healthy more "doable" in the long run~
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 31 January 2009 03:58 am |
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For some reason I feel a 139 coming tomorrow. Salt again? I should skip the weigh in, but I know I won't.
Day 26, January 30: Weight 137 (62.1 kg)
-coffee creamer: 120
Lunch:
-3 small catfish filets, battered, fried (3oz?): 200
-16 small french fries: 120 (according to pkg, but I don't believe it)
-1/3c corn: 40
-1/3c green peas: 40
-1/3c green beans: 20
Afternoon:
-3 more pieces of catfish: 200
-bite of cornbread: 40
Evening:
-1 lg banana: 120
-1 hard boiled egg: 90
-diet cocoa mix: 30
Total: 1020 (-880)
Calorie loss to date: 18,940 (18,940/3500 = 5.4 lbs)
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John Deere Doug
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Posted: 31 January 2009 11:20 am |
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Hey Nancy, Looks like you are n the right track. Keep up the good work. Maybe the .90 lb I gained last night was salt in the mexican food I binged on last night.
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 31 January 2009 02:15 pm |
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Hey Doug! Eat a grapefruit just before you go to bed. That will make you get up a couple of times in the middle of the night.
Still 137 this morning! So I ate half a banana for breakfast to celebrate. I never eat breakfast. This will probably make me want to eat all day now.
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 1 February 2009 12:31 am |
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The banana for breakfast made my stomach growl all morning. Could be a bad choice on an empty stomach, or maybe it's something you have to get used to (eating breakfast, I mean)?
Had a chocolate attack early and tried making a 3 cup package of sugar free pudding using 2 cups of skim milk. Thicker, but still not good. If I didn't see it, I wouldn't have known it was chocolate. How do you keep it from being lumpy? No more when that's gone. Just rambling on here....
Day 27, January 31: Weight 137 (62.1 kg)
-coffee creamer: 120
Morning:
-lg banana: 120
Afternoon through Evening:
-hard boiled egg: 90
-sugar-free choc pudding, 1c: 170
-cream of mushroom soup w/water, 1 can: 280
-paper thin grilled cheese: 250
-4 med olives: 30
Total: 1060 (-840)
Calorie loss to date: 19,780 (19,780/3500 = 5.6 lbs)
Posting a little early tonight. If it changes, I'll edit.
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mj36
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Posted: 1 February 2009 02:50 pm |
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| Nancy, I used to make a snack with sf pudding mix, 1 c. fat free milk, and 1 c. lite or ff cool whip. Very light and fluffy, kind of like a mousse. I will have to try that! I do think your body has to get used to breakfast. I never used to eat til lunch time and when I started dieting, one of the first changes I tried to make was eating breakfast. It would really throw me off at first, and I had to try to figure out what worked best. Glad to hear the scale still reads 137. You are powering forward~
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 2 February 2009 02:44 am |
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Got to get some work done, the ToDo list keeps growing. This dieting stuff is dominating my life and giving me an excuse to procrastinate. That, and the weather.
So... I just found a webpage that describes how to make a simple peg loom. I want to try and make one. We have been piling up baling twine (hay bales for goats) and my mom wants to try and make an outdoor floormat from it. She likes to make things out of stuff that's otherwise useless. You could probably buy a floormat at the Dollar Store for a dollar, but what the heck, I like to learn to make things. Doesn't that sound exciting?
Day 28, February 1: Weight 137 (62.2 kg)
-coffee creamer: 120
Snacks throughout the day:
-sugar-free choc pudding, 1c: 170
-tiny banana: 60
-sm orange: 60
-Lean Cuisine dinner: 330
-hard boiled egg: 90
-diet cocoa: 30
Total: 860 (-1040)
Calorie loss to date: 20,820 (20,820/3500 = 5.9 lbs)
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mj36
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Posted: 2 February 2009 03:00 am |
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| I think it's neat that you are going to recycle the materials. I am not that handy, but always admire those who can make things!
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mj36
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Posted: 3 February 2009 02:54 am |
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| Ha, I love your little turtle on your weight loss ticker... slow and steady wins the race~
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 3 February 2009 04:22 am |
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Exercise: In addition to putting out hay for the goats, cleared a large dead pine tree that fell in my mother's front yard, cut it into chunks, carried and rolled chunks away.
Day 29, February 2: Weight 137 (62.2 kg)
-coffee creamer: 120
Lunch:
-sm pork steak, fried (3oz): 200
-1/2c boiled carrots: 30
-1/2c boiled cabbage: 20
-1/2c boiled potatoes: 90 (after Dan Quayle I'm never sure how to spell it)
Afternoon Snacks:
-1/3c potatoes: 50
-sm piece of pork steak (2oz): 150
-3 sweet pickles: 100
Evening Snacks:
-4 med olives: 30
-tiny banana: 60
-1/2 diet frozen meal (yuck!): 150
-diet cocoa mix: 30
Total: 1030 (-870)
Calorie loss to date: 21,690 (21,690/3500 = 6.2 lbs)
Got to go---my two cats are waiting for me to play Da Bird with them.
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John Deere Doug
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Posted: 3 February 2009 11:47 am |
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| Keep it up. I use to raise goats. Baaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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mj36
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Posted: 3 February 2009 11:33 pm |
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| LOL about your Dan Quayle note hehe. All that wood chopping and carrying must be giving you strong muscles~
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 4 February 2009 01:21 am |
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Day 30, February 3: Weight 136 (61.7 kg)
-coffee creamer: 120
Lunch:
-WH grilled chicken salad: 300
-WH coffee, half&half: 40
Afternoon Snacks:
-tiny banana: 60
-hard boiled egg, jumbo: 90
-boiled cabbage, 1c: 40
Evening Snacks:
-homemade potato/onion soup, 1c: 140
-sf pudding, w/weak skimmed milk, 1c: 170
-diet cocoa mix: 30
Total: 990 (-910)
Calorie loss to date: 22,600 (22,600/3500 = 6.5 lbs)
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John Deere Doug
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Posted: 4 February 2009 01:43 pm |
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| Another pound. You go girl!!!
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mj36
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Posted: 5 February 2009 02:20 am |
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| That's so awesome. Looks like you have the right formula for your weight loss!
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 5 February 2009 03:14 am |
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| Thanks guys. I hope it doesn't come back when the weather warms up. Supposed to be 16 degrees here tonight, and my downstairs heater is being cranky again. I hate heat pumps in the winter. When summer comes, and it warms up I always gain a couple of pounds like overnight. Guess it's water retention.
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 5 February 2009 04:13 am |
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Started drinking some black coffee today. It's not so bad. Maybe I will try to get used to it.
Day 31, February 4: Weight 136 (61.7 kg)
-coffee creamer: 50
Lunch:
-WH grilled chicken salad: 300
-WH coffee, half&half: 40
Snacks:
-sf instant pudding, w/weak skimmed milk, 1c: 170
-slice of toast with cheese: 180
-oatmeal, 1/2c dry, brown sugar: 200
Total: 940 (-960)
Calorie loss to date: 23,560 (23,560/3500 = 6.7 lbs)
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mj36
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Posted: 6 February 2009 02:33 am |
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| Black coffee, yuck! I use fat free half and half, it has like 20 calories per tbsp. I cannot tolerate black coffee arghhhh! In the summer I always manage to lose weight because the clothes cover less, so that motivates me, and I also get outside more to swim, walk, hike, bike, etc. Can't wait! Sorry it's a tougher time for you though.
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 6 February 2009 02:59 am |
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Yeah, MJ, I know what you mean, I hate black coffee too, but anything warm seems almost good now. I haven't worn shorts in years, and it's so hot here in the summer. As always, thanks for stopping by.
Exercise is so sporadic---reasonable amount every 3rd day, zero otherwise. But I'm keeping track of it to see if it explains any fluctuations later.
Unloaded 15 more bales of hay (alfalfa/orchard grass, quite pricey here) and stacked it in the garage, raked out goat "lounging area" of barn and shoveled away stuff. These goats are so spoiled. Total time: 2hrs.
Today I didn't get hungry all day. Must be the vegetables. Or maybe I'm getting used to this? Sure hope so. We'll see....
Day 32, February 5: Weight 136 (61.7 kg)
-coffee creamer: 100
Lunch:
-pork steak, ~2"x3"x1/2", fried: 300 (?)
-corn, 1/2c: 90
-boiled cabbage, 1c: 40
-boiled potatoes, <1/2c: 70
-sweet pickles, 2: 60
Snacks:
-orange: 60
-leftover cabbage, 2c, (almost)fried, 1/2 pat butter: 100 (salty)
-sf diet cocoa: 30
Total: 850 (-1050)
Calorie loss to date: 24,610 (24,610/3500 = 7.0 lbs)
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Lami
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Posted: 6 February 2009 06:48 pm |
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| Hi Nancy, thought I stop by and see how you're doing. I can't believe you've managed to keep track of all those calories and convert them to pounds!! well done for loosing weight....you must be feeling great. (I think that just rhymed) weight = great!!! it's only great if you're happy or loosing eh?
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mj36
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Posted: 6 February 2009 11:28 pm |
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| I have never in my life NOT been hungry! It must make it easier to follow plan. Even on days I follow plan, I am always just thinking about food...
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 7 February 2009 02:52 am |
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This evening I felt unusually tired, so decided to try the tea with heavy sugar that worked once before, and go a little over the usual calories. It worked again, but then.....
...while posting this realized I made a double entry (a big one) in the food list, so that explains it. Could have had something much better than sugar, but at least I sort of learned what my lower limit is.
Day 33, February 6: Weight 136 (61.7 kg)
-coffee creamer: 70
Lunch:
-grilled chicken salad: 300
Snacks:
-slice of toast with melted cheese: 180
-homemade potato/onion soup, 2c: 200 (salty)
-sf diet cocoa: 30
-tea with sugar: 110
-apple w sf coolwhip: 100
Total: 990 (-810)
Calorie loss to date: 25,420 (25,420/3500 = 7.3 lbs)
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John Deere Doug
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Posted: 7 February 2009 12:59 pm |
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| I dont drink many energy drinks because they helped put me in the hospital once upon a time, but try a suger free Red Bull when you need a pick me up. It works great.
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 8 February 2009 02:27 am |
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Tried making out a plan of what to eat today and when to eat it, because my cupboards are nearly bare. Then I started working on this peg loom. It was fun because there was no rush. Lost track of time and went way past the schedule all day because of fooling around with it. This worked out well diet-wise.
Also drank 64oz of lemonade. I'll probably gain 5 lbs tomorrow.
Day 34, February 7: Weight 135 (61.2 kg)
-coffee creamer: 70
Snacks:
-egg sandwich: 220
-slice of toast w cheese: 180
-Lean Cuisine meal: 220
-broccoli, frozen, boiled, 1 pkg: 80
-oatmeal w sugar: 200
-sf diet cocoa: 30
Total: 1000 (-900)
Calorie loss to date: 26,320 (26,320/3500 = 7.5 lbs)
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mj36
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Posted: 8 February 2009 03:47 am |
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| Hopefully not 5 lbs! Isn't lemonade lovely? It always makes me think of summer too... which I really need to think about as this winter drags on and on~
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Lami
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Posted: 8 February 2009 08:29 am |
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What is a peg loom? Maybe that's what we need to do, get something to distract us from food for a while. We get so engrossed.... food isn't even in our thoughts!!!
You've not got much more to loose.......
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 8 February 2009 01:35 pm |
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A peg loom is a simple device that allows you to make rugs from scraps of material or yarn. Here is a link showing a picture. You weave long strips of cloth back and forth around the pegs and pull strings through with the pegs. I've got it almost done, but the pegs are too tight.
http://woollywormhead.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-to-make-your-own-peg-loom.html
Still 135. I can't believe it. Admittedly lots of trips to the john, though.
Yes only 8 lbs to go, but I think it will be much harder from now on.
Last edited on 8 February 2009 01:43 pm by Nancy_in_GA
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Lami
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Posted: 8 February 2009 02:26 pm |
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| Thanks for the link, I remember using one of those at school.
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mj36
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Posted: 8 February 2009 09:33 pm |
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| 135 is so awesome! If you can make it this far, you can make it to goal, even if it is slow going! That is so cool. Keep at it~
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 8 February 2009 09:52 pm |
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| Thanks, MJ. I know if I were on my own I'd probably be quitting soon, because it's getting so boring! But posting on here just might keep me going to the end. It really helps a lot. We'll see.
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mj36
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Posted: 9 February 2009 01:24 am |
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| Yup, definitely not exciting to be losing weight... but it really is exciting to feel better about your health, your body, etc... and to get new clothes hehe~
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 9 February 2009 02:51 am |
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Exercise: Put 5 bales of old moldy hay on the road on the back side of my mother's property to prevent erosion, cleared some limbs from electric fence, put out (good) hay for goats, etc.
Day 35, February 8: Weight 135 (61.2 kg)
-coffee creamer: 100
Lunch:
-beef veg stew/soup, 2.5 cups: 300
-homemade biscuit: 150
-4 sweet pickles: 130
Snacks:
-orange: 60
-oatmeal, 1 tsp sugar+NutraSweet: 170
-2 very small frozen peaches: 80
Total: 990 (-910)
Calorie loss to date: 27,170 (27,170/3500 = 7.8 lbs)
Last edited on 9 February 2009 11:16 am by Nancy_in_GA
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 9 February 2009 12:04 pm |
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This marks the end of 5 weeks. Started at 145, now at 135. The 1900 calorie maintenance figure, on average, seems to be about right. According to that I should have lost approx 8 pounds. Discounting the 2-3 lbs water lost the first day or two, that adds up.
So exercising only 2 and 1/3 times a week, and loafing the rest of the time, must be classified as "moderately active" according to the calculator on this website? Hmm... Maybe I'm overestimating some of the food calories.
I've reduced the goal weight from 130 to 127 because I'm expecting to put 2-3 lbs back on automatically if calories are increased up to 1900 per day, assuming I ever get there.
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mj36
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Posted: 9 February 2009 09:55 pm |
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| Estimating the food really is a tough thing! When I first started calorie counting, I ate nothing except what I measured myself, which taught me how to judge portions, etc. Either way, you are doing great! You lost 10 lbs in 5 weeks... just to put it in perspective, I lost about 5 lbs in the same time period! You go girl~
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 10 February 2009 03:53 am |
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MJ, there you go again, being optimistic and positive! Not really 10 lbs, more like 7-8, but I'll take it.
Day 36, February 9: Weight 135 (61.2 kg)
-coffee creamer: 50
Lunch:
-WH grilled chicken salad: 300
Snacks:
-orange: 60
-pinto beans (1/2c) w cheese (1oz): 270
-homemade onion/potato soup: 130
-oatmeal (1/4c) w peaches & sf sweetener: 160
-sf diet cocoa: 30
Total: 1000 (-900)
Calorie loss to date: 28,070 (28,070/3500 = 8.0 lbs)
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mj36
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Posted: 11 February 2009 12:22 am |
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| Hey, 8 lbs is still awesome! Plus, you have been steady in your loss, no big plateaus or falling off the wagon (like me, with all the bruises from doing it lots!).
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 11 February 2009 01:51 am |
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The high temp here was 73 today and yesterday. We often have this really warm spell in late winter, the flowers and plants come out thinking it's spring, only to get frozen later. Hope it doesn't hurt our poor little scrawny peach tree. Just discovered a huge bag full of frozen peach halves in my freezer from last summer that I forgot were there. These are really great for treats.
Day 37, February 10: Weight 135 (61.2 kg)
-coffee creamer: 120
Lunch:
-WH grilled chicken salad: 300
Dinner:
-Lean Cuisine (beef & potatoes) + 1/2 pkg broccoli: 270
Snacks:
-orange: 60
-oatmeal (1/2c) w 5 peach halves: 250
Total: 1000 (-900)
Calorie loss to date: 28,970 (28,970/3500 = 8.3 lbs)
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John Deere Doug
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Posted: 11 February 2009 12:10 pm |
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| Aint it nice to live in the south. In the teens one week a few days later 79's...WooHoo. I bet the goats liked it too. Last edited on 11 February 2009 12:10 pm by John Deere Doug
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 12 February 2009 01:23 am |
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It seems like eating oatmeal as the last snack of the day before bed makes me have weird and vivid dreams. Cheese does it, too. Anyone else notice this?
Not much exercise today. Put out hay for the goats, swept barn.
Day 38, February 11: Weight 134 (60.8 kg)
-coffee creamer: 80
Lunch:
-chicken thigh, skinless, broiled: 110
-green peas, 1/3c: 40
-green beans, 1/2c: 20
-baked potato, 1/2 small: 70
-butter, 1/2 pat: 20
-Stovetop Stuffing (ckd w/o butter) 1/2c: 60
Snacks:
-4 sweet pickles: 120
-med banana: 110
-oatmeal (1/4c) w 3 peach halves: 140
-broccoli: 50
-slice of toast with cheese: 180
Total: 1000 (-900)
Calorie loss to date: 29,870 (29,870/3500 = 8.5 lbs)
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mj36
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Posted: 12 February 2009 01:32 am |
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| Never have any vivid dreams, oatmeal or not! It's cool that you are down to 134. I wish I was seeing as much success as you... but I am not nearly as steady on the good eats! Your work is definitely paying off.
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John Deere Doug
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Posted: 12 February 2009 11:12 am |
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| Your doing great. Don't get to skinny. At least that's what my wife tells me. She must like my cute little pot belly.
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 12 February 2009 03:20 pm |
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Allright, Doug, quit bragging!
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John Deere Doug
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Posted: 12 February 2009 05:04 pm |
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| About my cute little pot belly?
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Nancy_in_GA
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Posted: 12 February 2009 06:49 pm |
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| Of course, what else? Will that Wii thing do crunches?
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