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Ack! March is not a teacher's friend. I've been trying so hard to catch up in everything else that I forgot to post next week's challenge!

Which is....

Week 5: Nutrition Goal: Figure out what it is and don’t go over it all week!

Now I know (now) that Omega hates the counting calories, so if you want, modify it to your needs. I'm going to try to stay under the amount of Weight Watchers points I've been allotted.

On a different note, I had a breakthrough the other day when I realized that part of the reason I have a hard time losing weight is that I'm so impatient. I work out once, eat well and make a couple good choices and expect for it to all fall off. Now that I've seen the blockage, I'm trying to move it on through. Wish me luck!
 
Spartacus - I do hate calorie counting - but I get by it by sticking to a very repetitive diet as much as possible that I have calculated is at a logical calorie level for weight loss and is balanced giving me acceptable levels of major food groups.

What I will do is that I will adhere to this process each day this week.

For the record my food plan is:

1 banana
3 weetabix, sweetener, 350 ml skimmed milk
1 large handful honey Shreddies
1 large handful honey Shreddies
Pork loin steak or pack of cooked meat or home made soup
1 clementine
1 clementine
1 pear
1 pear
1 apple
40 large grapes
2.5 litres of cold water
some diet cola

1 main meal - this is the bit that changes every day

optional - 1 large handful honey Shreddies

if I want more - I will happily have more as long as I deem it to be healthy food - often fruit or veg

If I run out of anything - I happily substitute with similar - especially in the fruit line.


I have updated my scoresheet to show my exercise for this week.
 
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First and foremost,

Congratulations on the exercise Angel and Omega! Yayyyyy!!!!!! Great jobs! (You, too Tarrish, only you haven't posted yet.):hurray:

Omega, thanks for the list! I see what you mean about eating the same thing every day. During the week my breakfasts and lunches tend to be the exact same every day, but my hubbie cooks at night. He usually cooks things that are pretty healthful, though... it's the snacking that gets me.

Flavored water helps a lot, though. And being too lazy to go make something. And not having anything in the house. And really tasting things that I used to love and finding them bland. And starting sentences with and.

I'm a slow learner, but I'm getting there. Thanks for the help!:coolgleamA:
 
Spartacus - I am terrible for snacking too! That is one reason why I have so much fruit.

My main meals are normally pretty good too. I have been on this weight loss project for over a year now and have kept reasonably thorough records in a spreadsheet. I have been capturing my daily weight and various food types for over a year. Last April I started capturing a description of my main meal.

Since I stick to a repetitive diet - the main meal is a major variable which I plot against the daily weight variation. Things like TOM and toilet habits are also involved. It has meant that I have been able to gear my main meals towards those that have a track record of giving me a great result on the scales the next morning. I have found this very useful. Rather surprisingly my meal with the best track record (salmon, new potatoes, sweetcorn, olive spread) happens to have one of the higher calorie levels. I now tend to have this meal at least once a week.
 
Omega: What is olive spread? That sounds lovely!
I tried to add a little extra to my lunch today and realized it really made a difference in my energy level at 4. So I don't have everything worked out yet, but I'm working on it.
The only problem I might run into is eating lunch on weekends or days off. As long as I keep it simple, though, there shouldn't be a problem.

This week I'm working toward 32 points a day. I know Omega hates the counting, but since I've already memorized all the foods I eat, it doesn't bother me too much. ;-)

I have a good feeling about this challenge! :coolgleamA:
 
Spartacus - olive spread is a margarine / butter equivalent that is made from olive oil.
The brand that I use contains 65 calories in 10g and contains 7g of fat (saturates 1.4g, mono-unsaturates 3.7g, polyunsaturates 1.8g) and contains vitamins A, D and E.
It's ingredients include olive oil (35%), sunflower oil (32%), water, extra virgin olive oil (2%).
It is suitable for spreading, baking and sauces. We use it any time we would want to use butter as a healthy alternative.

On the salmon meal I rub a small amount on the salmon before wrapping in foil to bake and I put another small amount on the potatoes. You really would not think that it was a meal on a diet. My weightloss statistics for that meal are phenominal. I consider a day to be one which has a loss even if my weight is down a fifth of a pound. Over the long term (and we often have salmon twice a week) I would say that I get a loss 14 out of every 15 times. I regularly have it on the night before a challenge weigh-in to try and squeeze some sort of last minute weight reduction.

I do indeed hate calorie counting - but it is the right thing for most people. The fact that it is not right for me does not mean that others should not use it. Many people do not set their meals at the right level unless they count calories (or at least do so for some time to get their meals set right).

My personality is flawed in that I enter a serious danger zone if I feel that I have eaten too many calories. Many previous diet attempts have been abandoned on those days. I tend to be too much of a perfectionist for my own good and everyone eventually has a day when they over-indulge. I get so that I cannot handle the failure so I abandon the project and put on the lost weight. The long term solution for me has to be a healthy lifestyle and the food plan method is my means of getting there.

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Margaret
 
Omega- Oddly enough, I understand the perfectionism thing. I'm that way with teaching-all or nothing, baby!

And boy do I hate myself for making the staying inside the limits challenge the same week as 1) Easter (lunch) and 2) ending Lent (BEER!) :cheers2:

for shame!

Hey, it's Friday!! So...next week's challenge is....

Week 6: Weight training/toning: Tone (weight train or just use your own body weight) three times this week (not on consecutive days if you can help it).
 
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~~~~~~~~~~~~# Days Challenge was Met~~~~~~~~~Other Kudos
Feb 20 - Feb 26---------4----------------------

Feb 27 - Mar 4----------4---------------------- The gym is my friend
Mar 5 - Mar 11----------4---------------I'm a sucker for ice cream!!
Mar 12 - Mar18---------180/180---------------Did a few hours more than that! :D
Mar 19 - Mar 25---------3-------------------Worked killed me on this challenge guys. :/
Mar 26 - Apr 1
Apr 2 - Apr 8
Apr 9 - Apr 15

I'm all updated. Sorry it took so long. My job went full time again because of Spring Break, and this is the first time in seven years that we've been open 10 to 22:00 for two weeks straight. Lets just say nobody was expecting the park to be so busy! I get obsessed with work, although I wouldn't call myself a work'a'holic....others might though. lol

I have to keep my priorities straight!
 
What park? When did I miss it!

Don't worry about missing the challenge, just keep on trekking (as nataliejo always says...). You did perfect for 3 days! Yay!!!
 
I work at Six Flags Magic Mountain. The theme park down in Southern California. When summer hits my job gets out of control! lol
 
Good job on the 7.37 miles!

And wow, what a neat job. I always wanted to do that until the time I went to the Six Flags here (in Atlanta) and realized how bad so many customers smell. Then I thought, perhaps not.

:) So great job! Keep on trucking! And how did you measure your mileage?
 
This Week's Challenge

Sorry for being late! Leaving from work Friday to go to Savannah really messed up my schedule...

Next week's challenge: 25 grams of fiber every day...
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~# Days Challenge was Met~~~~~~~~~Other Kudos
Feb 20 - Feb 26---------4----------------------

Feb 27 - Mar 4----------4---------------------- The gym is my friend
Mar 5 - Mar 11----------4---------------I'm a sucker for ice cream!!
Mar 12 - Mar18---------180/180---------------Did a few hours more than that!
Mar 19 - Mar 25---------3-------------------Worked killed me on this challenge guys. :/
Mar 26 - Apr 1-----------5------------------One day I had fast food, and the other beer!! haha 5/7 ain't bad though.
Apr 2 - Apr 8
Apr 9 - Apr 15

I track my mileage on the treadmill. I'm going to start running in my neighborhood though. I'm going to measure my route with my car. haha Cars are good for all kinds of things. :D

Fiber this week huh? I eat lots of fiber! haha
 
I am currently experimenting with my foodplan by eating less shreddies and more fruit. Having said that - looking at my foodplan - there is plenty of fibre in what remains - without looking at the extra fruit (or soup or main meal).

Looking at my foodplan - which I have mentioned earlier.

1 banana ---- 3g fibre
3 weetabix, sweetener, 350 ml skimmed milk ---- 5.7g fibre
1 large handful honey Shreddies
1 large handful honey Shreddies
Pork loin steak or pack of cooked meat or home made soup
1 clementine ---- 2.5g fibre
1 clementine ---- 2.5g fibre
1 pear ---- 4g fibre
1 pear ---- 4g fibre
1 apple ----2.3g fibre
40 large grapes ---- 1g fibre
2.5 litres of cold water
some diet cola

1 main meal - this is the bit that changes every day
 
Well - I did fine with my fibre. On the days that I left anything off from my basic food plan (as calculated above) I had plenty things that more than made up for the missing item. I often have a tin of baked beans which always increases fibre dramatically.

Today is 9th and therefore a new week. The day is nearly over (after 10pm here) and the task has not been announced yet. I guess that it might not be a 7 day achievement this week for me then (unless it coincidentally is something that I always do).
 
Aack!

I make a bad manager... I've learned my lesson.

This week's challenge is...

Week 8: New exercise: Try something new this week. This is an easy one! Something different to do: Pilates, ball exercises, dancing, yoga, hiking, bicycling, swimming, interval training, walking, trampoline jumping, climbing, a new cardio machine, a new DVD, boot camp, running, walk/jogging, running hills, obstacle course, etc. Write in and say what you tried.

Oddly enough, I was just about to write how wonderful it is that Omega makes this her full time job. I'm on vacation from teaching for a week and I'm doing...well... I'm enjoying myself and not paying attention to food. So ever greater job, Margaret!!!

Y'all have fun this week. ;)
 
Thanks Spartacus. I am pleased that you are enjoying your vacation.

I honestly think that my task is so large (based on the amount of exercise that I need to do to lose weight) that I would not manage it if I were trying to cope with working too.

I hit a major milestone yesterday - in that I was able to wear jeans for the first time in over twenty years - and not just any jeans - UK size 12 jeans. I am still in shock as I was buying them to motivate me towards my next chunk of weightloss and I tried them on to check out the leg length and see how much I would need to lose before I could zip them up. Thankfully their design is such that the waistband sits at the hips because my waist is certainly not size 12 yet. I really couldnt believe it when they zipped right up. They didnt need to be taken up either. My husband couldnt believe it when he got home from work and I was wearing them.

I am still eagerly awaiting (and hovering a couple of pounds over) 147 pounds which is a huge milestone as it will be when I reach half of my start weight. I will then be able to look in a mirror and see what the 147 pounds that I will have lost looks like as it will be my weight.

I know exactly what I will do this week for the challenge. I will try salsacise. I recently bought a couple of Rosemary Conley salsa based exercise DVDs but they are still in the wrapping. I havent got round to trying out either. I will do one of those DVDs. I will write in and say which one I did and how I got on.
 
Margaret, WOW!!!

I'm so excited and proud!! Wow!

One, UK size 12 jeans. I know enough to know you're skinny! Hooray! And the not knowing that they would fit sounds awesome.

But more importantly, you're almost half of you! I know I keep saying wow, but WOW. I just realized that my goal is about half of me, too, only I'm not nearly as good as you at the losing. :)

I'm not giving up, though, which is what's most important to me. But back to you...

Great job!! Hooray!
 
Thanks Spartacus.

I'm still in shock about the jeans and am still hovering over that milestone weight.

It is easy to think that halfing our weight is impossible - I have thought it many times - but I know that if you keep believing that it is possible and stay motivated you will get there too. The important two things are really not rocket science - consistent regular exercise at an effective level and firm control of our food.

We all have weeks when we find it more difficult to lose weight - but the key thing is not to give up and abandon the project. I believe in immediately forgiving myself if I fail to live up to my expectations.
 
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