Love Quinoa... pronounced KEEN-WAH (for those of you who may be going around asking "Where's the KWIN-O-AH?" like I did for a couple years... eek... lol)

*says Jett who has gained damn lbs. because she's been eating like crap lately*

So many major ups and downs over the past year+, so much change and I for the most part hate change, but like everyday it's a new day... time to rock and roll.

I know this has nothing to do with weight loss,but I am haveing a problem with vertago since I got this sinus thing its worse then useual,my ears ring big time...nothing like haveing two tone sirens going off in your head.Atleast its not those dam bird chirps,hate em!!I'm takeing over the counter travel sickness pills for it but thay arent doing the job compleatly.The last time I was this buzzy I had ridden one of those crazy fair rides.I need chockolate :eatinghersheybar:.Bzzzzzzzzzzzz.

I hope they do. There's no point getting latched into a long commitment if it's not necessary.

I love pineapple with cottage cheese! It's good with other fruits like strawberries and/or blueberries, but pineapple has just enough juice to make a nice syrup type glaze on the bottom of the bowl.

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Holy Moly Sylvie!!! 50 lbs!!! :happyjump: You deserve a prize for that. Well I guess you are getting one!!

Keep up the good work. You are an inspiration to me!! :cheerleader:

WOW,congrats on the good news,50 pounds is quite a win win .

I weighed this morning and im now down to 248,would have been a little more but I havent been exersiseing since ive been down with this sinus mess.All ive done is watch what I eat and do it by watching portion sises,carbs and calories.I wish I had the energy to work out but its just not there,all I can do is hope what im able to get done counts for something.I feel better today than yesterday ao hears to hopeing that it will contenue to be better...im so ready to be done with it.

I went to the docs t see about thsi dam vertago,after some looking he said I have calsium crystals in my ear...sugested I do a range of motions exersises to see if the will shake off or my gyro resets its self.Holy f-n BS how dose anyone get calsium cryatals in theire ears..its for bones..right!!!!! Duh~~~~.

Excuse the typos..The meds are makeing me worse that useal...meds....:seeingstars:

Everyone has crystals in their ears, there is a little pouch in your inner ear that holds these bits of calcium carbonate. Traumatic head injuries and some viruses can cause these crystals to shake loose and end up in the ear canal -- and this is what causes your nausea, dizziness and vertigo.

Our ear crystals are actually quite important they help us maintain our balance by sending signals through the nerves that help our brain to know up from down.

The problem you're experiencing is not uncommon at all and it is completely fixable.

The range of movements your doctor has given you (called the Epley Maneuver) should do the trick. Though you may not be able to achieve it on your own, you may need a doctor, NP or physical therapist to do the maneuver on you - and it may take more than one session.

It took me 3 sessions over the course of a few months to get it to stop completely.

Thanks Sparkle for the info,the doc didnt explane it that way,never dose.I have had some pretty bad crashes on horses plus being slam dunked rideing rough stock in rodeos,tho that was a very long time ago.Back in 2007 I took a hard crash at work...no horses..just a bad slip and fall where I smacked my head on the side of a cart.I havent done anything but be good sence..cant say so much for my ears tho.I will check with the doc cause I want this done and gone.

Heck I was going to fly to Little Rock,if I ever get to a reunion I will need to fly..or should I go by big box called UPS????

Im starting EI10K tomorrow (ease into 10k). It looks so much more my speed than the 6 week Bridge to 10k. This one is 10 weeks. Anyone else doing any of the 10k programs??

:-D
Starry

Healthy Weight Loss!
 

Hey, how us everyone doing with their eating plans and exercise doing?

I miss reading about everyone and it always gives me encouragement!

Zimmy, Kelt, Pinkie, Medusa (I am sure you are busy with reunion "stuff"), Jo (hope your mom is doing ok), Scorp, to name just a few!

My weight is staying the same. Not gaining, not losing. Still doing sit-ups and am shocked how easy they are now. Still doing 7-flights of stairs up and down. That, however, is still not at all shockingly easy-still sound like an asthmatic by the time I am finished.

I know the weight maintaining when I really want to lose more is the fiber. A teaspoon of Metamucil is 25 calories and as much as I am supposed to be eating, adds up. I still have to figure that one out!

Hugs healthy friends,

I do hope everyone is doing well. Please, do tell!

Hi everyone :)

I'm back from the trip out to see my mother and get things straightened out there....it went alright, but exhausting physically, mentally and emotionally to say the least. We stayed with friends (thank goodness or I'd have really lost it), but they are both very heavy and eat immense portions with lots of carbs...exactly what I'm trying to avoid.

I declined a lot, but didn't always, and even had a couple of diet Cokes....I was dreading the scale this morning. Amazingly, I only regained 1-1/2 pounds, so it's not anything difficult to cope with.

I'm back on the plan this morning....black coffee, 1 slice of whole wheat toast with tuna salad, and a banana for breakfast.

Where I'm falling down is exercise. I need to get back on that Mobia and just do it. It would work schedule-wise to get on it as soon as I return from delivering boys to school and before I have to start work, but Scoote is always still sleeping then and it's in the bedroom, so I hesitate. She says go ahead and it won't bother her....so I probably need to just do it (even though I'm sure it will disturb her sleep). I was going to wait until they move in a couple weeks, but that's really just procrastinating on my part I'm sure.

I wish I loved to exercise....sigh.

Hugs to you all. :gimmehug:

Congratulations!!!!

Zimmy

Good Morning Jo Jo,

Good to hear that some things are taking care of in regards to your mom. If you ever are up in Orlando, let me know and we will go window shop at the Mall at Millennia and then have lunch at my fave restaurant, Greens and Grille. They are an organic restaurant and the salads are to die for...

Hugs and welcome back!

Zimmy

This past weekend was my last days off before the reunion, so exercising is a no go for me. Since I get home around midnight from work and it was pushing in the low 80's here during the morning hours, I couldn't motivate myself to go in the morning. Now that it is in the 60's, woohoo, I will be making it a point to go this week! Most of my stuff is done for the reunion, except a few odds and ends that I need to pick up on Friday. I have to be packed by next Monday morning, since I will be leaving from work and heading to Jax. I am going to stick to my eating plan and walking as much as I can...

Have a great day!

Zimmy

Good to see folks checking in and updating!

I hear you, Tonya, about journaling. I haven't journaled my food in 3 weeks and it shows! I had a 2 pound gain while in Portland and have been somewhat back on track since. I've lost the 2 pounds but it looks like the rest is going to be stubborn.

I've been hitting the water pretty hard since being back and watching my food pretty well but haven't exercised at ALL due to time constraints and exhaustion. I am motivated to exercise but it seems to fall to the back of the line with "things to do".

I keep telling myself that after Reunion is over, I'll have a lot more time to focus and will be able to be fully resumed but I know on some level I have to keep it going even before that.

The Annual Report

It has been one year since I began my weight loss project. I had it planned out to come in here and go all data on you; you know, weights ,measures, avg loss per week, macronutrient balances, and on, and on. Maybe even some charts. :) You know I could.

I started in the reunion workout thread and then switched into Healthy Weight Loss when it became apparent that I was not doing traditional “workout” stuff for the long haul. You folks have been there for me the whole way, I’m still not done, but the year that I allotted for this is. I will keep working on this, hopefully with your continued support.

That said, I decided to do something dicey; numbers are all well and good, but it is time for the rubber to meet the road. For a while anyway, there are before and current (yesterday) pics of me in the gallery.

Please bear in mind the following:

No surgery
No diet drugs
No “diet” formulated foods
No gym

I was pre-diabetic - now normal
I was pre-hypertensive - now normal
I feel better than I have in over a decade
I can’t say thank you enough for all of your support and encouragement, this would not have happened without you.


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Wow Kelt...what an amazing and fantastic change. :)

Bravo on all of the hard work and success....and especially for feeling better and improved health. You are seriously an inspiration.

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCKIN' A, KELT!!!!!

You have accomplished something so amazing! I hope you are proud; you sure as hell should be!! :)

Congratulations!

At the moment I am highly pissed off,I nearly went to the food for calming down...but I didnt..not intirely I ate a sour pickle insted of a bag of chips I was fixing to tear into.Im better for the moment.

Good Morning Healthy Peeps,

Wow! What can I say, you are sure a terrific bunch. Thank you for all of the positive feedback both here and other places. Putting the pics up scared the bejeezus outta me, but you guys are aces.

Going forward, because I still have work to do, I wanted to drop in with a take on tracking tools.

Several of you have mentioned that you sometimes track or journal what you are doing. So do I, and it has evolved over time. I know a lot of you are on WW and I tried to look at what they have but would have to join to do so; so, I will just stick with what I have first hand knowledge of. There are dozens to chose from, I have tried three.

I started out with a Diet Minder paper journal and a copy of Food Values (the book) which I have used off and on for years. The key to that is “off and on” even though I believed that pencil to pad would provide a stronger learning experience I found it was wrong for me.

In January I switched to FitDay.com an online tracker/database that I used until about a month ago. I worked very well for what I wanted at the time. I did find after about a month that I ended up getting the paid subscription just to shut off the constant moving, blinking ads that made me feel like I was going to have a seizure or something. The database is pretty good but it ticked me off when I would put in something like “apple” and it would come up around seventh on the list well after things like apple pie or apple crisp. It just seemed both wrong and cruel somehow. That said the weight progress tracking, under stats is really very good and encouraging, with the ability to really drill into things like weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, etc, averages and changes. It is a very flexible way to pinpoint exact timing of changes for reviewing and learning. The daily food journal is one big list without the ability to break out meals, but during loss it is all about the big picture, so that was fine and easy to use for course correction during the day. One thing I thought was weird is that they offer stand alone software (I did not use) for PC’s and an app for iPhone. I think most folks fall into either PC/Android or iEverything camps, having it split like that didn’t make sense to me. I did not use a mobile app.

For the last month or so I have been using Perfect Diet Tracker and so far, I think this is where I will stay. It is an installed software that works with all types of OS and has multiple mobile apps. You can export to CVS and it syncs with Dropbox. I have not used the mobile yet as I have a dumb phone. So, the actual software is great for what I am doing now, approaching maintenance, going for optimal health, and wanting to break out more subtle factors. The foods database is extensive and searches the web for other users inputs as well, which means pretty much anything is in there. It is really easy to create your own custom recipes and exercise routines through “groups” and it tracks sugar grams, sodium, and amount of fats that are saturated. This works well as I now want to track more health oriented stats than just fat loss. It also breaks out individual meals/snacks for better balancing through the day. One minor thing that I really like is that I can control the font size of the food/exercise pane without having the whole page go all huge. A nit pick, but nice. It works well for advance planning e.g. if I have leftovers I just plug them into specific meals on upcoming days so I don’t forget them and know ahead of time what gaps to fill. The reports could use a little work but the graphing is great. Clearly, I could go on about this. At this stage it seems like the best one I have used. I will update when I have tried the mobile app, I see an iPhone in my future. :)

Costs;

Using the paper pre-printed journals was $10 every 90 days + the Values book.
Annual = $40

Fitday = Free if you can handle the visual noise, $50 annual without ads, $30 software.

Perfect Diet tracker = $30 or $25 through the Apple app store, one time expense, unlimited users and custom fields.

There are lots more to choose from, I would love to hear what others are using and how they stack up too. It could help out folks that are thinking of starting.

I’m sure some of you are wondering if I can keep it off. Well, my feet are pretty far into the fire now, lol. Besides, I know what it takes to get where I got, and what it takes to get back. I don’t wish to repeat either. Guess I’ll just have to keep posting in here. :cheesy:

Supposed to be stormy today; rain gear at the beach it is!


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Free is always a good thing. Are there particular features you like?

One more happy little thing happened to me today. Before starting all this my BP was 139/80 for three years. About two months ago I had it tested several times and got consistent readings of 121/80.
Today I went in and it read 110/79.
I'm a happy camper. :)

Getting the lessons and applying them is the trick. :)

I just seem to have a lot to learn :seeingstars:

Had a kick a$$ workout. My arms are like sgetti!! I will be cycling off all my supplements starting next week. I will be on vacaton, thought it would be a good time to do it. Will be doing a liver cleanse also. getting ready to start back on November 7th.
Phase 2 will begin!!!

Fall is always tough for me because I love, love, love three things:

Pumpkin anything.
Apple anything.
Caramel.

I am looking for any good recipes for pumpkin or apple things that are low- or no-sugar. I have the WW Two Point Pumpkin Muffins (though I am not sure of the sugar content). Anyone have anything else they can share?

Im on this low carb thing,I have 135 a day to use but am keeping it mostly at something like 70 to 80 pr day,tho hear lately its been 102 cause of some things im allowed but dont eat much of cause of the high carbs.Tonight I had a cup of sea shell noodles with skettie sause with spicy italan sasuage cooked in it.. the noodles had 30 carbs for the amount I had.I know im well within my allowed carbs but im trying to keep them as low as I can...im half way wanting to change my food plan or stay on what the doc gave me cause I feel I should be loseing more than I am.I just feel a pound aweek isnt enough with all im doing,Oh and my calorie count runs atound 6 to 700 calories a day,I tryed to up the cals and lower the carbs but I feel like a stuffed pig .