BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 31 Jan 09 - 07:24 PM

LtS, I just looked a short demo video about the Wii Fit Balance Board. What is the difference between it and watching a video of an instructor taking you through yoga moves or whatever? I am not doubting, just wondering what it is about it. Night Owl's 97 mother loves her Wii and goes bowling on it regularly, but I guess I am still not understanding how they work and why.:-)

As you say, great progress everyone. Maryanne, congrats!! I did not lose as much as I could have since Christmas, but I have slowly been working my way back to not going over my weekly points and being more active. It helps that the feet have improved!


Any nominations for next month's thread name?

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 31 Jan 09 - 07:13 PM

Good results people!! Especially the month with no cigarettes Maire-aine, think how easy it's going to be from now on...

I spent a great deal of money today... well, this month actually..

I am now the proud owner of 16 new books and a Wii Fit Balance Board.

The Wii Fit is great fun and keeps a record of progress, so I should be able to post a more accurate account. I'm aiming for a couple of hours a week at the moment. 20 minutes today and I've already dropped my BMI by half a point! A small step, but it's in the right direction! It tells me that although I am overweight (and it's not helped by the little 'ow' noise that the Wii makes when you step on the balance board), I have good posture, my balance is good and I have the fitness of a 36yr old!

(I also managed to beat Limpit on hula hooping, jogging and the ski jump, but that's another story!)

The 16 books will keep my brain occupied and encourage some decluttering of the bookshelves whilst I recover from the jogging!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: maire-aine
Date: 31 Jan 09 - 06:52 PM

I got through the month without any cigarettes.

Maryanne

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: GUEST,MAG at work
Date: 31 Jan 09 - 11:07 AM

Now I just gotta get my taxes done ...

I also gotta get my house ready to put on the market in case a miracle happens and I succeed in getting another job in a (much) more desirable location.

Like I said, it hasn't happened in 10 years so I'm not crossing my fingers.

When I feel really down I go buy a lottery ticket. A minuscule hope, but a small ray nevertheless.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Jan 09 - 11:40 PM

Wow, that is excellent progress, MAG!! Congrats on the resume and the 3x>1X!!!

Softball and other games with Morgan, today, about 40 minutes or more.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: GUEST,MAG at work
Date: 30 Jan 09 - 09:36 PM

I have spent the last ump-de-ump hours pdating my resume and getting the paperwork for one very desirable job.

The competition is of course very stiff; as one guy on the radio put it, they used to settle for 7 out of 10 points; now they want 10 out of 10, and they can get it.

I feel good having gotten one done; feel like I'm out pounding the pavements again.

And at size 1X instead of 3X it's a lot more likely.

Wish me luck.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 30 Jan 09 - 09:14 AM

80 sit ups 40 lower abs exercises 120 leg raises (60 on each leg)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 11:03 PM

Good for you, MAG.

Treadmill - 10 minuutes.
Other walking - 20 minutes and the feet still feel pretty good!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: maeve
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 06:18 PM

Two excellent goals, MG. Be good to yourself in the meantimne.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: GUEST,MAG at work
Date: 29 Jan 09 - 04:16 PM

Even though it has only 2 more days to run, I don't want to see this thread drop off.

I'm working on 2 things:

skills inventory
exit strategy -- so I can leave a place wherre I am dreadfully unhappy.

At least it keeps me busy and gives me hope.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: GUEST,pattyClink
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 09:26 PM

Doing good here on one goal, getting a few pounds off. Nine days of Atkins and walking-whatever-the-weather has chiseled 5.8 off so far. Have reached the point the carb cravings have subsided into the background, thank God.

As far as decluttering and home improvement, pretty much dead in the water. Perhaps I can find a way to get moving on that.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 07:27 PM

{{{{{{{{{{LIZ}}}}}}}}}}}}

Let it be, for a day or two, and take care of yourself. As I just said in the decluttering thread, you've been doing lots of EXTRA duty, so you are allowed time OFF to wallow, etc.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 06:31 PM

In that case I am

Frustrated
Unhappy
Concerned
Knackered
Exhausted and
Depressed.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: GUEST,MAG at work
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 03:03 PM

Everybody's right Liz -- the occasional falling off the wagon isn't the end of your plan.

One rule of thumb: the acronym HALT -- we are all vulnerable when we are:

Hungry
Angry
Lonely
Tired

This has helped me a lot when I get cravings.

Thinking about all the transfats in fast food also helps.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 10:50 AM

Yesterday I was pain-free and managed almost 3 miles on the treadmill, then another hour's walking around various stores and drumming on a new drum with Morgan which required dancing and bouncing around. It was a blast! Also did some qi gong. Haven't felt so fit in ages.

LtS, I had a day like that last week. Just start over, tomorrow. It'll be okay.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 08:25 AM

You are allowed the odd treat Liz, don't be so hard on yourself, you are doing great, although I could swear at you now as I have a craving for KFC!!!

Yesterday I did a 4 mile walk and an hours LBT class. Oh My! the instructor worked us hard and I can definitely feel parts of me I thought were lost for good.

I'm having a restful day today with the children as Harry has a streaming cold and hacking cough.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 04:13 AM

Yesterday I fell off the wagon hard... blame the Colonel and the wee fat git.... It so happens that what with work, cat sitting and hospital visits, I've not been sleeping well recently so I was tired yesterday and decided to take the bus home from the station. Inbetween the station and the bus stop is a KFC... It's been months since I had popcorn chicken....


Today has begun badly and will probably get worse.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 27 Jan 09 - 08:26 AM

Yesterday I managed 80 sit ups and 20 lower abs exercises (2 c sections in 2 years has taken it's toll on them!) and a 2 mile walk pushing double buggy.

Tonight I'll be going to my step aerobics class.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Jan 09 - 12:18 AM

45 minute walk at what is for me a brisk pace.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 Jan 09 - 11:20 AM

Another walk to the station and back... and probably down to the hospital again later if the wee fat git hasn't been sprung....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 Jan 09 - 11:17 AM

It's my day off too but I got a 100!!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: MAG
Date: 26 Jan 09 - 10:44 AM

It's Monday. my day off: after I've heard the Newbery/Caldecott award announcements on the ALA/ORG twitter link, I'm off to the Y to sweat and soak.

This thread isn't allowed to drop off!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 25 Jan 09 - 10:09 AM

2 mile walk home from the sports centre today after an hours high intensity step aerobics class. I feel great!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: MAG
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 09:35 PM

Walking really is the best thing, Liz. Gets those big guys in your thighs; the biggest calorie burners.

Pretty soon we can all have that "below 200 weight" celebration.

Except I'm off chocolate.:(

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 06:26 PM

Well if all this walking around the parish and up and down to the hospital delivering things to Micca doesn't shift at least one pound, I'm going to be very very annoyed!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: GUEST,MAG at work
Date: 24 Jan 09 - 12:48 PM

202 at the Y this morning; I'm really stabilizing..

Foolishly got some macadamia nuts; one of my trigger foods, but I put them out for folks at work and they took care of them, after my initial triple handful.

I promised I'd make goourmet brownies this weekend as a belated holiday gift, and I have the stuff assembled and will make them Monday to take in Tuesday.

Wish me luck not eating any, as my doctor has me off any and all caffein.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Jan 09 - 07:44 PM

Treadmill yesterday and lots of walking and activities with Morgan; from 930a-4p we were out of the house and on the move.

Tons of walking and activities with Morgan, today, including pushing him in a shopping cart all over two mega-stores. Felt good, though, and it makes it easier to keep an eye on him.:-)

WW doesn't show the loss my docs do. Yesterday, at my reg. doc's, their scale said I'd lost two pounds since the last time I was in which was about 2-3 weeks ago. I know I am moving it around or losing it, both, as my wedding ring will not quit slipping and I have to cinch in the drawstring on a couple of pairs of pants or they would fall off.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 23 Jan 09 - 10:48 AM

120 sits ups this morning and half an hour of dancing with Harry. I can't wait to wear my posh frock to go to the Theatre next month!

I'm enjoying exercising now expecially now I can see the results.

Liz...you'll break 15 mark soon! Keep up the hard work!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 Jan 09 - 05:31 PM

More walking to and from the station today, with an added walk to the hospital and back (about the same distance but the other direction) to visit Micca... I'm going to get rid of this pound if it kills me!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 21 Jan 09 - 09:30 PM

4 miles and an hour of yoga.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 21 Jan 09 - 06:35 PM

Good for you, MAG!

I had my yearly check-in with the cardiologist. They were ecstatic to see i had dropped twenty pounds since they saw me a year ago! They also confirmed I had become a lazy breather due to the supplemental O2 all of those years and that I have to sing more to get my bod used to breathing well.:-) Don't have to see them again until Nov. when they will do a routine echo. All else looks good!

Treadmill - 3 minutes
Walking - 10

baby steps, baby steps, baby steps....I know:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 21 Jan 09 - 06:04 PM

It seems like I've lost another couple of pounds, bringing me back to within a pound of that elusive stone lost... just can't seem to drop that last couple though.

Ho hum, at least it's still going downwards!

More walking needed.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: GUEST,MAG at work
Date: 21 Jan 09 - 12:30 PM

OK, this morning the scale actually touched 200, first thing in the morning before brekkie, starkers.

I don't think this is stable, with usual fluctuations, but very soon, as soon as this is stable, I'll be ready for a virtual celebration.

goals for this year:

figure out how I can survive elsewhere, and move, without another professional job, since I hven't been able to find one for 10 years.

Do skills inventory

I'm somewhat marketable again.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 21 Jan 09 - 07:03 AM

He's doing good thank you Liz.

Last night I did a 4 mile cycle and an hours LBT class....was fun but I ache a bit this morning.

This morning I've done 100 sit up and 40 lower abs exercises. Scales say I have lost 5lbs and my clothes say I have met my target of going down a dress size, and 2 weeks early too!!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 19 Jan 09 - 07:04 PM

Hope he's better today... there are some nasty bugs going around...

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 19 Jan 09 - 09:18 AM

Not managed any exercise today but I'm hoping I'm well enough to go to LBT class tomorrow evening. Mind you I must have lost a few lbs yesterday through nervous worry as George had a very high temperature and we nearly had to take him to the hospital. Thankfully the temperature has dropped and he seems to be on the mend. Kids!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Jan 09 - 12:12 AM

Did some more laundry,which counts! Also managed the treadmill for a few minutes and it felt good and my feet feel good, too! And, I didn't go over my points today for the first time in about three weeks! Onward and upward!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 18 Jan 09 - 10:17 AM

I'm resting up after yesterday's exertions and the Cause has been scuppered by the receipt of several weeks worth of Life Savers! Thank you, whoever sent them, I'll try and make them last a while, whilst keeping them hidden from Limpit who also loves them.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:12 PM

I earned ten points today according to WW! About three hours plus of heavy-duty housework. (See the decluttering thread.) Whoo-hoo!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 05:52 PM

Supposed to be going to step aerobics tomorrow morning but I'm going to have to cancel as my asthma is bad due to a cold heading to my chest. Scales are going in the right direction though. Hopefully I will be well enough to go on Tuesday once the steroids have kicked in.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 05:35 PM

Helped unload a ton (literally) of wood pellets and stacked firewood today, that has to count for something!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 03:56 PM

A good 5-6 hours in the garden today, erecting a fence which involved digging out old posts, hammering in new ones, nailing fence panels to the posts and nailing trellis to the panels... not to mention all the excavating and laying down of hardcore to provide a firm surface.

My wrists are suffering now, but a couple of hand braces are sorting that... it's my elbows I can't figure out how to support now!

Still, all that digging and carrying stuff through the house should have moved a couple of pounds... it certainly shifted more than a few pounds of rubble, slate (an old fireplace surround which was very pretty by the look of it), bricks and concrete! Tomorrow I have to shovel it all into the car and take it to the tip.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 03:13 PM

Yesterday: Happy Hour Yoga with the group intention of being open to joy which really means either pack your bags, put on your boots and run or be prepared for one heck of a practice....yes siree....it was ALL good!!!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 15 Jan 09 - 06:41 PM

Went to my first weigh in since Christmas and was expecting a disaster...damn cookies, fudge and other goodies....and was happily surprised to see a (small) loss of 0.4. WOO HOOO! I know it's not much but the scale is moving in the right direction and I was expecting a gain! YEAH!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 15 Jan 09 - 05:43 PM

Got one... Good old Dereks', best hardware store around! It's even got a jolly yellow end!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 15 Jan 09 - 04:13 PM

Hmmmm....I wonder why it would be difficult to buy the handle, surely the axe part would be the problem!

4 mile walk today pushing Harry in his buggy...even got to do a spot of shoe shopping!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 15 Jan 09 - 08:50 AM

Another walk to and from the station today, with a bit extra at lunchtime thrown in. Do you know how hard it is to buy a pickaxe handle in central London?!

I was dozing in the sofa last night when I should have been getting weighed... so no reports on that yet. Odd bodily changes would indicate a loss, but I'm still firmly stuck on the 15st mark. Prune yoghurts and plums for lunch I think!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Jan 09 - 12:53 AM

Who-hoo, Maryanne! My Rog ahs now gone a full year without any and has had no problems. I am so proud of him for that.

Laundry, cleaning house, and playing with Morgan got my blood to circulating well, today!:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: maire-aine
Date: 14 Jan 09 - 10:58 PM

Second week without a cigarette. I won't be marking every week, but the novelty hasn't worn off yet. Too cold here to go out to the store, so I'm not tempted.

Maryanne

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 14 Jan 09 - 10:09 PM

Yoga: 45 minutes of delicious, long, slow stretches...man, I needed that SO much!!!

Michelle