TGIF

Yeah! It's Friday.
My eating was poor but I did get in a workout!

Friday's Progress
Activity: Walking
Distance: 4 miles
Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Tuesday's results

Well I have not been doing very well these past few weeks. The days are ticking away and I need to seriously get back on track! Here are the results for this week! A contest is being added this week (see below)!


This week we are adding a contest! It seems we all need motivation after all. So, for everyone who reports a LOSS (maintaining doesn't count, sorry!) on the next weigh in will have their name put in a drawing for 100 assorted Mary Kay samples! So drink your water and count your calories. We can all do this!

And check it out! We had an over all loss! Congrats to Christy for being this week's biggest loser of 5 pounds!!

Chris - 3.2 LOSS
Tammy - 1 LOSS
Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog - 0.4 GAIN
Grace - 0.4 LOSS
Leigh - 0.5 GAIN
Clara - 0.5 GAIN
Dette - no report
Julie - 0.2 LOSS
Cheryl - 0 CHANGE
Audrey - 2 GAIN
Christy - 5 LOSS
Tina - 1 LOSS (from last week)
Danielle - 2 LOSS
Jessie - 0 CHANGE

This week's total - 9.0 LOSS!!

Monday

Hello,
It has been a long time since my last post. Not a good week. I exercised once. Work has more pressure. My eating has not been so great. I was supposed to walk up to 7 miles today but instead watched 3 back to back episodes of project runway! I have to turn it around - especially since I have October 26th coming up so soon.
Take Care
Cheryl

Chocolate Fix Friday

I was reading my book - You on a Diet. A recommendation was made that you put a small piece of chocolate (70% cocoa)in your mouth and meditate - savor the flavor. Do this to reduce stress and increase serotonin. I kind of like that idea. I highly recommend the book (not just because it recommends eating chocolate and meditating!)

I found a fun site - Virtual Chocolate. It's an interesting site. The name caught my attention. There were several quotes about chocolate. Here's one of my favorites:

"It's not that chocolates are a substitute for love. Love is a substitute for chocolate. Chocolate is, let's face it, far more reliable than a man." Miranda Ingram

Sunday

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Activity: Walking
Distance: 5 miles
Time: 1 hour 35 minutes

Today was rough, but I completed my walk! I am fortunate that my sister in law is going and will be running the 1/2 marathon. This really keeps me on track. Now if I get the eating in line I will be set!

Chocolate Fix Friday

I got this idea from a friend (I think she got this from Weight Watchers). She used to take grahm crackers and make a sandwich with cool whip. She would then freeze them. She also did the same with chocolate grahm crackers and put a drop of mint extract in the cool whip. It is a wink and a nudge to the thin mint Girl Scout Cookies (I know it is a stretch, but they are pretty good)



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Sunday

Progress Report on Training:
Activity: Walking
Distance: 3 Miles
Time: 54 minutes

Overall my time has improved. Eating is poor but I am getting the miles in. I am still reading the book "You on a Diet" Excellent book! I really get into the whole biology behind weight gain. It is an easy read and really gives great information on the whole subject. I highly recommend it. I am about 2/3 of the way through the book. Here is a link to the book: You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management Whether you get it from your local library or from a bookstore, it will be a worthwhile read!

It's been a while

It has been a while! I had a very rough week. Our agency had to close 2 programs. Fortunately none of my programs were affected. Unfortunately I had to be part of the layoff process. Very, Very, Very scary times in the non-profit world!

Last week was horrible, talk about stress eating! I had my annual physical - according to my scale I gained 2 lbs! According to my doctor's scale - I lost 6 since my last visit a month ago. I like her scale better! I also stopped exercising last week. I am hitting the gym tomorrow though. I am officially starting my training schedule for the 1/2 marathon.

I hope to have some chocolate recipes posted this week. I was thinking of making Fridays - "Chocolate Fix Fridays" and have lower cal/fat/sugar types of recipes posted.

Take Care

Taking it off Together

Here are the reports for this week:

Chris - 2 LOSS
Tammy - 2 GAIN
Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog - 2 GAIN
Grace - 4.6 LOSS
Leigh - 1 GAIN
Clara - 2 LOSS
Dette - 1 LOSS
Julie - 0.8 LOSS
Cheryl - 1 LOSS
Cyn Blue - no report?
Audrey - 3 LOSS

Everone help us welcome our 12th member Christy with a 3 LOSS!!

Total : 11.68 LOSS

A long, hard and stressful day

Working in the non-profit world is rough right now. I am extremely exhausted and stressed out. Of course I turned to my way of coping - stress eating and working too late (trying to accomplish what seems to be a never ending / growing amount of work). Enough whining though - I am blessed to have a job. Thanks to my hubby and best friend, I am reminded that I have the power to change things. Which is why I am involved involved with Seriesse! I am soooo excited to be attending a meeting tomorrow morning with this group of wonderfully positive people.

I did not exercise - My eating was poor - chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. (I did take my supplements though!) I will get a good night's sleep and get back on track Saturday.

Something New

Hello Everyone,
I always thought I new everything about dieting and excercise - I just needed to put it into practice. I think this week for the first time, I really got an education on the effects of obesity on your health. Yes - I know about the high blood pressure (which I have), high cholestrol and diabetes, but there is more. Discovery Health had several episodes of the "You" doctors (You on a diet) - what an education on what excess fat can really do to your body. I have been fortunate enough not to have a tremendous amount of complications due to my weight, but I think I really need to stop taking it for granted. There is a great article from Discovery Health - It is an exerpt from "You on a Diet" by Doctor Roizen and Dr. Oz. I am getting the book. If anyone has read the book - I would love to hear feedback.
Take Care