Kathy S.

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Water -- more than 80 ounces
Move -- walked more than 2 miles
Train -- 50 crunches, weights, and floor exercises
Track --
B -- yogurt and 2 T Kashi GoLean cereal
L -- 1/2 wheat tortilla, 2 oz. turkey, 1 slice lite cheese, 1 T lite miracle whip, 4 bites of cantaloupe
D -- bowl of chili, most of a grilled cheese sandwich (from Waffle House)
S -- slice of chocolate pound cake with dollop of lite Cool Whip

Today's challenge is to post a favorite recipe. I posted Taco Soup. It's quick and easy, and it's certainly band friendly.

Points for today = 15

Today ends the first week of the challenge I accepted on the Georgetown Bandsters board. I've done pretty well, having met my goals for most of the week. I earned 97 points for the week (out of 99 possible).

Track --
B -- yogurt
L -- leftover grilled chicken and rice (from Sunday lunch), WW chocolate fudge bar
S -- small Snickers blizzard
D -- cup of chicken and wild rice soup, 1/3 pecan crusted chicken salad, small piece of bread (Johhny Carino's)

Water -- more than 80 ounces
Move -- over 2.5 miles on the treadmill
Train -- 50 straight crunches and 30 alternating crunches (Lisa's challenge for the day), weights and floor exercises

Total points for the day = 15
Total points for Week 1 = 97

I've already done 45 minutes of walking and weights. Part of my walk was with the 2 dogs, and that was a challenge. They aren't really skilled at walking on leashes, so they kept crossing each other or wrapping themselves around light poles. I guess if I walked them more regularly, they would learn better how to do it.

Here's my food for the day:
B -- slimfast shake
L -- 1/2 cup of green beans, 2 small ears of corn
D -- 1/8 cup pulled pork, 1 small ear of corn, 1/8 cup garlic mashed potatoes, 1/2 cup cinnamon apples, 2 bites strawberry shortcake

I'm already halfway through my 80 ounces of water, and it's only 11:00, so I'm sure I'll get my quota. (I did.)

Jason and I are going to Riverbend tonight to see John Mellencamp, so we'll eat dinner out somewhere. I'll update the post tomorrow morning.

Lisa's challenge for the day is to answer some questions about ourselves so those of us who are taking the challenge can get to know each other better, so I'll post those answers for my bonus points.

Total for Day 6 = 15 points

This will be a quick one because it's late and I'm tired.

Water -- more than 80 ounces
Move -- walked almost 3 miles
Train -- lifted weights and did aerobic exercises
Track --
B -- yogurt and 2 T Kashi Go Lean
L -- 2 pieces of McDonald's Chicken Selects w/ ranch dressing
S -- Taco Bell caramel apple empanada
D -- 4 mozzarela sticks w/ marinara and a small chocolate shake

Lisa's challenge today was to state 3 things for which we're thankful. That was an easy one because I feel very grateful for my home, my husband, my God, my parents, my family, my neighbors, ..... I could go on and on. I just feel very blessed.

Fairly good day so far, and I haven't even gotten to exercise yet!

I'm journaling now, so that's 2 points.

Tracking my food is worth an additional 2 points. Here's what I've eaten:
B: yogurt
L: potato soup and a salad with low-fat ranch dressing
S: brownie
D: green beans and potatoes, 2 corn muffins, brownie

Water is worth another 2 points. I've had more than 80 ounces today.

Walking is worth another 2, and training is worth 2 more. I'm heading to the treadmill and will report later.

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Okay, I walked 1.25 miles, and I lifted weights and did some floor exercises. I get 2 points for training but 0 points for my walking for today. I'm changing my WALK goal from 10,000 steps a day to a mile a day for the first week, 2 miles a day for the second week, and 3 miles a day for the third week, and I'll walk at least 5 days each week.

Today's CHALLENGE was to do some cleaning. I delivered 10 boxes of clothes to GoodWill today, and it felt wonderful to get that done. 2 points for the challenge, and 8 points for the 5 regular areas = 10 points for the day.

Oh my gosh. I'm exhausted. My niece and her 5-month-old moved in with us today, so I spent the ENTIRE day (more than 9 hours) getting a room cleaned out for her. And that's after talking to her mother from 12:30-1:30 this morning and then fretting the rest of the night. I probably got only 3 hours of sleep. So I'll sleep well tonight.

Here's my journal for the day's events:

WATER -- yes, I got over 80 ounces
MOVE -- I didn't record my steps, but I walked back and forth from room to room, packed boxes of clothes, and cleaned from noon until after 9:00 tonight
TRAIN -- I took the day off from working with weights or doing aerobics
CHALLENGE -- Lisa's challenge for the day was to eat at least 5 fruits and veggies and to give ourselves 1 point for each one up to 5 points
TRACK --
B -- Dannon Activia Lite FF Vanilla yogurt and 2 T of Kashi GoLean cereal, orange juice
L -- 1 ounce grilled chicken with cheese sauce, 1/2 cup Spanish rice, 1/2 cup refried beans
D -- 4 bites of sirloin steak (leftover from dinner Friday), 4 bites of baked potato, orange juice
S -- brownie
S -- mango juice

I'm physically exhausted tonight, but I feel good about how much work I was able to accomplish today. I have about 8 boxes of undergrown clothes to take to GoodWill tomorrow, a task I've been collecting clothes for for more than a year. Erin stayed with us in our guest room last in May of last year, and since then, I've been piling clothes that I need to get rid of. So today was momentous in a way. I now also have giant piles of clothes on my bedroom floor, and I need to try them on and box up the things that are too big. So I'm nowhere near finished, but I can see the end of the road. Erin will help me work through the piles, and that will be fun for us. I should be able to get everything washed and sorted (keep or give away) by the end of the week. That will have me ready for school, and I'll know what I have and what I need to buy to get me through the fall and winter.

My brain and body are tired, so I'm off to bed.

Here's today's journal:

WATER -- I drank more than 80 ounces of water
LISA'S CHALLENGE -- to pamper myself: I took a bubble bath, and it was GREAT!
MOVE -- I walked more than 5 miles

TRAIN -- I spent 90 minutes on the treadmill

TRACK --
B -- chocolate/PB2 protein shake
L -- leftover popcorn chicken and 1/2 packet of lite ranch dressing
S -- WW chocolate fudge ice cream bar
D -- Freedom Fest -- 2/3 grilled chicken breast, 1 broiled red potato, 1/2 cup steamed green beans, 1 dinner roll with butter, 2 mini brownie triangles

I earned 12 points.

Today I accepted an "It's All about Me!" challenge from Lisa (tellit2toby) on the Georgetown Bandsters board. The challenge will run for 6 weeks, and we'll post every day (I think) to monitor our progress. We have 5 daily goals (that we set ourselves), each worth 2 points, and a challenge that Lisa makes each day for additional points.

Here are my goals:

WATER -- at least 80 ounces a day
MOVE -- at least 10,000 steps a day (on 7/21, changed to a mile a day for the first week, 2 miles a day for the second week, and 3 miles a day for the third week--and I'll do this at least 5 days a week)
TRACK -- track my food by blogging every day
TRAIN -- at least 30 minutes 5 or more days a week
JOURNAL -- keep track of my progress by blogging at least 4 days a week
CHALLENGE -- this changes each day; today's challenge was to measure our weight and waist size, and we'll do it again at the end -- weight 179.2, waist 37

Today I got all of my water; I started using a pedometer to measure my walking and met my goal; and I did 45 minutes of walking, exercises, and weight-lifting. Now I'm blogging to track my food for the day.

B -- Activia FF Lite yogurt
L -- at Bone Appetit -- turkey sandwich, bbq and beans, 4 mini hotbrowns, fried cheese patty, 9 bites of desserts
D -- 1 cup of chicken chow mein and rice, 1/2 egg roll, WW chocolate fudge bar

I ate more sweets than I should have at lunch, but I didn't go overboard. There were about 20 restaurants all offering samples of their signature dishes, and I chose from only 4 of them, and I didn't stuff myself. At the event last year, I PB'd my meal because I ate too much too quickly. So I did okay today. Again, I didn't make the greatest choices, but I did pretty well.

The other participants are
Telllit2toby (Lisa)
Stephiemom (Stephanie)
coldiron-j (Jacqueline)
kcs1954 (Kathy)
Sasse0 (Janice)
PamelaD3 (Pam)
Cheryl (luvlife0)

I earned 15 points today.

New low -- 178.0.

The plateau is broken.

I'm having a good month. My weight was 179.9 this morning, my eating is pretty much under control, and I'm exercising regularly. I feel good.

My goal is to get at least 1000 minutes of exercise this month, and I hit 500 this morning, so I should make my goal easily. Prek-3 challenged me last week to increase my goal to 1500, but I didn't respond because I wanted to think about it. I think I could make the goal, but I don't know if want to just go for it or if i want to specifically change my goal.

I'm trying to stay more aware of my soft stop when I'm eating. I think I get the signal a lot of times and just ignore it and keep on eating,. Thankfully, that doesn't cause me problems with sliming or PBing, but I wonder if I might be content with a smaller amout of food. Of course, I might get hungry sooner if I eat smaller meals. But it would be worth my while to test it and see. I'm not in the habit of eating snacks in the afternoon or evening, but I might start building in snacks and see if my meals can be smaller.

I want to hit 175!