BS: Accountability in September -keep going!

Subject: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Sep 08 - 10:56 AM

Sorry I didn't get this one started on time. Here's last month's

As ever, post goals, accomplishment, etc. just try to keep it positive and mostly what you have been able to do. Thanks!

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From: Joseph P
Date: 02 Sep 08 - 11:01 AM

Loads of swimming! We have been going and will continue to go about 3 times a week, Its great at getting the whole body working reasonably hard, good pre season training for rugby (have had shoulder injuries etc so want to start gently)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: maeve
Date: 02 Sep 08 - 11:31 AM

Another 4+ mile ramble and climb to pick blackberries. Nightly walks around the gardens as I patrol for critters in the corn.

Brisk house work and the lifting of boxes.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 02 Sep 08 - 02:12 PM

More camper fabrication-- lots of walking, bending, lifting, stretching to customize camper and associated gear.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 02 Sep 08 - 09:43 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes

Tonight was the beginning of a new session of yoga classes. A woman came into class, waved hello and it took me a minute to figure out where I knew her from. Oh yeah. She used to come to yoga in the wintertime. I was talking to a friend when she came over and said, "WOW! You look great!" Okay, that made me feel good but then after class I was putting my sneakers on and she was chatting with the instructor. I was headed for the door when she turned to me and said, "I just wanted to tell you that I can't believe the difference in the definition of your arms and legs since last March!" I smiled and said thank you. My yoga instructor says, "OMG, her calf muscles are crazy...show her your calves!" And I did...she said, "I know! I was looking during class and decided I wouldn't want to ever meet her in a dark alley!"

She made my day!!!!!!!!!!!! Progress is slow, but it's progress, no?

Michelle

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From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Sep 08 - 12:02 PM

Thanks for that Lily - it brightened my day!

I have my third 'fat club' meeting tonight. Missed it last week, but the week before I'd manage to lose a whole half a pound! Big Fat Hairy Deal... I can lose more than that by just going to the bathroom!

Two weekends of forced gin drinking may be telling though... although my trousers keep falling down so maybe it's just 'shifted in transit'...

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: maeve
Date: 03 Sep 08 - 12:59 PM

Several walks around all the veggie gardens at night, and then countless trips between house, garden, and farm stand to restock. Much up-and-downing, twisting, turning was involved.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Sep 08 - 01:32 PM

Back to damaged foot...argghhh....going to call the personal trainer/nutritionist and set up an appt.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Sep 08 - 04:02 PM

Whoo hooo!! I lost 4lbs since last time - and I suspect most of those vanished in this last 5 days.

Gin is obviously the way to go!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: maeve
Date: 03 Sep 08 - 07:37 PM

Whoo hoo Liz!

And kat- Oh no! Please take care of that foot!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 03 Sep 08 - 09:50 PM

60 minutes pool, 60 minutes camper fun.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 12:23 AM

Way to go, Liz!!!

Thanks, maeve...I'll be good, I promise.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 03:49 AM

Can't be doing with damaged feet... I've done my fair share in my time (but have so far avoided fracturing anything myself) so do what the docs say, rest up and Chairobics is the way to go - sit vigorously!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 02:24 PM

Camper, 30 minuyes hard labor, bread and water. It'll be another 60 later tonight when we pop it back up.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: maeve
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 08:41 PM

Three bathtubs of laundry scrubbed clean, rinsed, wrung, and hung - muscle work for arms, hands, abdominal muscles, back, legs. Weight resistance training too, eh?

Garden work, veggie picking and harvest basket hauling.

Night walks around veggie gardens, up road, past fiend and back.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 03:28 AM

Maeve - do you ever sleep?

I'm going to haul the bench press out of Limpit's room later and do a couple of curls... I feel the need.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: maeve
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 06:32 AM

LOL Liz. I sleep when I can. Not often enough.

I just noticed the type in my previous post. " past the fiend" ! The "field " is what I intended to write. I would hope I'm not missing the chance to chase out a fiend just because I'm looking for raccoons and deer..

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: maeve
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 11:09 AM

Two more loads of heavy laundry this morning, then out to pick blackberries and the elderberries the birds haven't gotten yet.

Then it'll be a few hours of hauling tired plants away from the stand to the benches in the back yard. Got to clean out the greenhouse....I need a nap but it's not on the list.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September - keep going!
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 11:56 AM

I have done it. I joined Weight Watchers online. They have a free first week offer so I figured do it now. Just figured my first day and it was great! I am surprised at what is allowed!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: maeve
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 01:55 PM

Hurrah, Kat! It isn't accessible on my computer, but I know WW has an outstanding reputation for effective, healthy weight and lifestyle changes. We're rooting for you!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 07:33 PM

Thanks, maeve! I think it's basically what I have been doing but different combos and amounts, plus it figures all of the points for me. I don't mind counting calories, but there is something psychological which words for me when I see a food only counts for 1 point out of a daily total. It's quite interesting the effect I am feeling mentally.

I also went to the shoe guy and had him adjust my shoes, both pairs, some more. Found out the coumadin levels were too high, thus the bruising on my feet, etc. I did more walking in and out of stores, med office, etc. than I have in a while, so there's a little bit more exercise today to boot.:-)

I am going to get one of those pedal machines. The kind you can put on the table and pedal with your hands and arms or put on the floor to pedal with your legs and feet. The shoe guy said it would be a good strengthening exercise much better than beating myself up about getting on the treadmill, which no one is recommending right now.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: maeve
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 07:43 PM

That's a good plan, Kat. Being kind to yourself goes well with facing a reasonable challenge.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 06 Sep 08 - 12:11 AM

Kat, that's partly why I joined 'Slimming World'... there's a group meets just up the road - not far enough to drive or bus, so I get excercise going to it. It's lots of sitting around clapping people who lost half a pound this week sort of thing, but there's a good support network and the advice is good, sound stuff.

It works on the Red and Green day principle - eggs and most fruit and veggies - raw, steamed or boiled - are 'free'. You can munch on them all day long with no worries. Then there are other freebies for Green days, including wholemeal bread, pasta, nuts and pulses, plus a choice of up to four from various meats (with fat removed and cooked with no extra fat), noodles, brown rice, sea food, fish, beans and dairy products. Red days have more protein and Green days more fibre.

In addition, there are various points given for other foods, known as synergous or 'Syns'. You can have up to 10-15 of these points a day - so the odd square of chocolate isn't going to do any harm.

It seems to rely on the cutting down (but not total elimination) of fats and processed white sugar/flour/rice. Carbohydrates are allowed but are limited, unlike the Atkins diet which has screwed so many digestive systems.

Once you get into the habit, it's hard not to find anything you don't like, and so far, the rest of the family haven't complained much. In fact, Limpit loves the amount of egg noodles we've been getting through!

For me it's slow going, because I'm a skinflint and don't want to waste the food we already have - industrial sized boxes of white flour pasta and rice for the price of a kilo of wholemeal or brown pasta and rice - but it's already had an effect.

I had to lose weight due to Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - I was getting stomach pains, feeling bloated and 'squashed up', I had a cough that wouldn't go away, and a blood test revealed an abnormal liver function. It's fatty deposits on the liver which could lead to non alcoholic related cirrhosis and worse.

Well.... since I started this new eating plan, the pains have subsided, the cough has gone and I no longer have trouble with certain clothing pressing against my abdomen - it still presses but no longer hurts. I've yet to have another blood test to check the liver function, but I feel more energetic and comfortable than I have for many months. I've actually had the desire to go walking, rather than just the requirement.

My goal - and the doctors' suggestion - was to lose 2 stones by Christmas. Quarter of a stone down and still 3 months to go sees me on track for this... and so far I'm not feeling the 'I shouldn't be eating this' guilt that so many other D***s and eating plans give people. An important part of this is the support from the group. Someone phones me once a week to ask how I'm doing, we swap recipes, have quizzes, whine about families and just encourage each other to carry on.

Good luck with it Kat - take to heart that old Maine proverb - the journey of a thousand miles begins with getting off your ass!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Eye Lander
Date: 06 Sep 08 - 03:08 PM

Well done Liz keep it up.

I am supposed to be a Weight Watcher but struggling with depression and always go straight to the food! but I shan'tgive up my membership though.   Trying to stay positive.


Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: katlaughing
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 01:40 PM

LtS, thanks! That sounds like a really good plan and easy. As to being a skinflint...what price your health?:-)

Jillie, keep it up! My first two days I went over the daily points but they are offset by the weekly extra points and I still have plenty of them left! So far, so good. Have to get the activity back up.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 01:47 PM

I prefer to use my scales at home though... they say I've lost half a stone (8lbs) instead of the 4.5lbs the 'official' scale says!

Much more encouraging.

I forgot to say that the intake of certain foods is limited - 2 slices of wholemeal bread so you can still have your sandwich or toast, spoonfuls of nuts and seeds to munch on... small amounts of cheese and milk - doubled if you use low fat/skimmed varieties... it all adds up to being able to make tasty meals and not feel the guilt of having to weight or count every bit of it.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: katlaughing
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 01:55 PM

Hmmm...I looked at their samples recipes, Liz. What is "Quorn?" It looks like a lot of cooking and variety, neither of which I care much for...but maybe I should! I like simple, quick, easy to make meals. On WW, you can eat anything as long as you count the points which is easy to do with their online tracker. On the other hand, I like what you've posted, too. I'll stick with WW for now and see how it goes. Thanks, though!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 06:21 PM

Kayaking: 8 miles, some riffles, hard paddling in spots but...OH WHAT FUN!!!   Went with 2 friends, met up with 2 other friends...had a BLAST!!! Signed ourselves up an October kayak run and also for a Rails to Trails group outing, 12 miles or so! I can't wait...it's going to be SOOOOO beautiful!!!!!

Michelle the Sunburned (even with 70 SPF!)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 06:24 PM

Oh let's see, chores all day and I'm on the way to the pool for an hour or two of aquarunning and BackHab.

~S~

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From: Eye Lander
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 06:25 PM

bloody hell Lily, where do you get your energy from, I am sooo impressed.

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Sep 08 - 11:49 AM

QG - 30 minutes

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 08 Sep 08 - 07:20 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes

Jillie,

   I wrote you a long and detailed answer but you know what? The answer is simple. I get my energy from good nutrition and the activities I do. There are some yoga practices that leave me flying for hours (while others are designed to help a body slow down). A brisk walk when I least want to re-energizes me. A challenging & thrilling kayak run leaves me full of life and wanting more. It seems like the more I do, the more I want to do.

    I work hard, play hard and sleep hard. That's all. :)

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 08 Sep 08 - 09:30 PM

Yours truly did the whole camper pop-up today be herself. Except the jacks, because we aren't jacking it this time for use, but merely airing it out in prep for a good exterior wash and armor-all to close it for winter and putting the last of the washed laundry into it for next year.

Then I rode the John Deere to give Sadie a good run. I mean, to train her to run with it safely. Haven't been on a lawn tractor since the mid-80's. Dontcha love the timing-- grass-cutting season here is nearly ended and all. :~) No, I couldn't possibly plow the driveway this winter, honey..... yet.... I don't think.....

Next foray will be ponying both Sadie and Faulkner together. He invented it first with Hardi. Let HIM train Sadie to share a leash!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 09 Sep 08 - 03:28 AM

Quorn is a vegetarian product that resembles meat or soy protein in texture and 'cookability' but is made from edible fungi. It's used as a meat substitute in a lot of vegetarian dishes. It is quite tasty but can produce intestinal gasses, which have to come out somewhere.... :D

Low in fat, calories and other nasties, it's versatile and quick, easy and do make I fart.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 09 Sep 08 - 07:42 AM

Well there was another mile and a half walked... a gentle amble with a friend from church chatting about alsorts. By far the best sort of walk.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 09 Sep 08 - 07:38 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes

I was late getting out of bed this morning so when it came time to get dressed, the fastest thing for me is always a skirt and top. I grabbed the first one in line and found that the skirt was too big. Way too big. I pinned it and decided it would be fine for the day. The short sleeved sweater also seemed big to me so I asked DH what he thought. He thought it looked good. I told him that it just felt big, I mean...look how it hangs down here. He looked at me and said, "Honey, that's because your breasts stick our farther than your belly now..it's SUPPOSED to hang like that."

*Stunned silence and then hysterical laughter for us both*

You know, it was just one of those times when I wasn't sure if I wanted to kick him or kiss him!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: katlaughing
Date: 09 Sep 08 - 10:53 PM

LOL...one day I will be able to say the same!

For the first time since i hurt my foot over a month and a half ago, I went to the store by myself and walked around about ten minutes shopping without use of a cart, just a cane and my foot didn't hurt when I was done! Progress!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Becca72
Date: 11 Sep 08 - 11:38 AM

Had another appointment with the nutristionist this morning. I was expecting bad news. I have been working 10-12 hour days for weeks and weeks now as we just cannot get ahead at work. I've had no time during the day to walk with my coworker and by the time I get home at night I don't want to hear what the treadmill has to say. But I lost 1/2 pound!! Much better than expected. :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 11 Sep 08 - 11:45 AM

So Kat, don't overdo the joyful use of foot!

45 minutes aquajogging. New specs here now, so back to daytime workouts now I can drive myself into town.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 11 Sep 08 - 06:21 PM

30 minutes slow jogging after an hour of BackHab Plus. What's the Plus? I ain't tellin', but it hurt! It sent me back to BackHab to build some more muskles to be able to do it cuz it was fun to try anyhow.

Then an hour of dry toothbrushing to remove fray-green fur from the camper canvas before tomorrow's big washday. I made sure to do a lot of it lefty, because that's the arm and shoulder that need to be stronger, and followed that by toting in the heavy portapotti and cleaning it out. Lift, pour, add clean water. Lift, pour, add clean water. Repeat.... and repeat.... followed by Neti-potting the nose!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Sep 08 - 11:00 AM

Good fro you, Becca and Susan.

Still taking it easy with my foot, B-U-T...after one week of Weight Watchers, which is dead easy, I am happy to say I have lost THREE pounds!!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Becca72
Date: 12 Sep 08 - 11:24 AM

Good on ya, Kat!!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 13 Sep 08 - 04:03 AM

Another half mile walk, 2mins of stomach crunches yesterday, and my scales say that despite eating a whole pizza (that's about 60 pudgy points when my target is 15....), I appear to have lost another 4lbs....

I can feel the difference in my chins. There are only two of them now, instead of the three and half that were developing.... :D

I need to do some more walking around next week. I've been a bad, bad girl this week.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Eye Lander
Date: 13 Sep 08 - 04:53 AM

Keep going Liz, take my hat off to you for finding the inspiration
Kat - take it easy on the foot, Michelle - wow

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Sep 08 - 12:26 PM

Since it's quite the effort to get her to the treadmill, I'm counting getting Sadie onto the treadmill as well as her time on it since I'm working with her during that time as well: 10 minutes and a happy dog.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 13 Sep 08 - 05:31 PM

Nothing like 'lose weight or make a curable condition incurable' to motivate a girl into eating sensibly!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 14 Sep 08 - 12:09 AM

Small benchmark today: Hardi didn't need to bring the van over after we shopped, and I just walked out to where it was parked without thinking twice.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 14 Sep 08 - 10:52 AM

I think I need to serious join in this effort. I got a really good look at myself in the hall mirror last night. Too much ice cream this summer.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 15 Sep 08 - 04:11 PM

I took a personal day on Friday and went to Kripalu to do Pranakriya yoga with Michael Carrol (Yoganand) ....it was an AMAZING weekend with some tough yoga (and partner yoga that was incredibly fun, bendy, stretchy and even spine lengthening!) and new breathing techniques that left my body feeling more alive than it has in a long time.....it's amazing how much you really can open your body and how much that lets your spirit soar and your energy levels can hit the roof....lots of churning but it's all good. I don't think I've ever sweat so much in my entire life and enjoyed it. There was a good deal of discussion as well about energy within the body...some of it I still need to think about...it was a very indepth conversation with a lot to ponder.....all good....and interesting...very interesting. I won't even go into the food...which is all organic with a great deal of it being supplied by the local farmers....amazing...just amazing. There was also a drum circle on Saturday night complete with wild, anything goes dancing that I absolutely loved. I can't wait for the next trip!

Jai Bhagwan!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability in September -keep going!
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Sep 08 - 04:13 PM

Walked - 20 minutes