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

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 01:18 AM

Couple of hours of walking around two stores pushing a laden cart at a fairly good clip as my feet hurt if I stood still.:-) Scales show it, too.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 01:23 PM

Yesterday, 2 hours snowblowing. One hour on the old electric one to allow Hardi to come home from Sat. night snowy sleepover at church for Sunday services. The other hour, my turn on the new big machine (after he started it for our first time and got it off the porch). Great to be back in my old barn boots working in the cold-- but then, that's just me. :~)

Much more walking and much less lower-back pain than I thought I could do-- good news.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 03:24 PM

Yesterday did a 2 mile brisk walk to the sports centre, then an hours step aerobics class follwed by a 2 mile brisk walk home.

Today did 100 sit ups.

My goal is to complete the Edinburgh Moonwalk in June to raise money for breast cancer research along with the thousands of other women taking part.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 04:45 PM

I chopped another few years off my Wii fitness age - apparently I'm now 41! I like this game!

More gardening tomorrow, hopefully lumping new fence panels about after they're delivered, and the old ones to the tip, so some bending and stretching there I think...

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 05:16 PM

45 minutes of a new class I joined, Cardio Funk...lots of heart-pounding fun, dancing...loud thumping music...loved it!

One mile walk outside with my Mom and her dog.

Treadmill is about to be fired up (I'm shooting for over 10,000 steps a day and my pedometer currently reads 8,928).

Michelle

PS. Just so you know, I didn't trip over my feet during any of the dance steps...not even the backwards moving ones...didn't get tangled up in the dog's leash either...but walking down the hill to my house, maybe 15 feet from the door....BAM...down on my ass I went. LOL I just sat there and laughed. I am SO graceful! Gotta love that ice!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 06:53 PM

Add 1.75 miles and that brings me up to 13, 152 steps! Yeah!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: MAG
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 09:18 PM

Nice day today,finally; day off; 4 hours yardwork; trash can full; most of my roses cut back ( I have neglected them shamefully; this felt good).

I am within 5 pounds of reaching 200 lb., on the way down. I need to remember not to try crash dieting or anything to reach it; just sensible eating and exercise when I can. Meant to go through packed away clothes today but with nice weather that didn't happen.

Very small pasted serving with jar spaghetti sauce and grated cheese for din din.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 10:29 PM

Yea, MAG!!

I got out the demo video of MUVE to get Morgan to try it out with me, today, but he was too busy trying to put wheels on his toy bin, so I did about ten minutes by myself and it felt really good. I am also without any support braces on my ankles for the first time in about, what, oh....six months!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 13 Jan 09 - 11:00 AM

This evening I'll be cycling to the sports centre for an hours LBT (legs, bum and tums) class, the cycling home. I'm keeping a diary of inches lost and a photo of me at my heaviest taken about 4 years ago and it keeps up my motivation, I aint ever getting that big again!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Jan 09 - 02:23 PM

I have started a private, by invitation only, google group for this thread group for those times when Mudcat might be down, as I've done for the decluttering thread. If you'd like to join in, please send me your email addy by PM.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 13 Jan 09 - 06:49 PM

Kat - you've got my details already.

Catherine Jayne - it's amazing the things that happen when we're happy isn't it!

Today I sat in my bath and didn't have to get up to let the water out from behind me... so something is happening!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: GUEST,MAG at work
Date: 13 Jan 09 - 10:09 PM

I foolishly had an ice cream bar at 4:30 and have let the sugar monster out of the cage.

I'll be white knuckling it until the sugar is out of my system.

my bad!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Jan 09 - 11:14 PM

LtS, just sent you invites to both groups. Thanks!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Jan 09 - 11:43 PM

I've been on a "liquid diet" today, leading up to the salt-water jug tomorrow morning and the colonoscopy in the early afternoon. I was going to say "after lunch," except that would mess it all up, wouldn't it? :)

I had to find something to fill my stomach today, this liquid diet stuff, even with yogurt during the day, isn't easy. I ended up picking up a milk shake at McDonalds. Too sweet, but at least now I'm comfortable. And since I'm on a liquid diet I did give myself permission to have one glass of wine--white, of course!

I'll keep any eye on this thread, and if I get to the point where I'm working on the garden or other good exercise I may start reporting in more regularly. I know how to find you if I decide to look into the Google group.

I hope Max finds a house and a good Internet set-up soon!

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Jan 09 - 11:52 PM

Sounds good, Maggie. Calm thoughts for tomorrow.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 14 Jan 09 - 07:48 AM

Not that long ago, my mom had a colonoscopy and the first thing she wanted when she woke up was LUNCH!!! We took her out right away! I this is just a routine check and that all is well.

Last night: Treadmill for 1 mile.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 14 Jan 09 - 07:52 AM

This is losing weight the fast, unpleasant way. For those book addicts in the crowd, I have selected Roald Dahl's Going Solo for my morning's reading material. Seems appropriate. :)

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: maeve
Date: 14 Jan 09 - 07:54 AM

Warm thoughts going out to you all. I hope we do keep in touch here and at the google groop.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: maeve
Date: 14 Jan 09 - 07:56 AM

Hmmm

"group" not groop.

Kat, I didn't yet receive the g. invitation for this one, by the way.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability -Yes we did - Yes we can!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 14 Jan 09 - 10:18 AM

Yes indeed LtS! And it's working....the scales say I've lost 3lbs since Sunday which is the christmas weight and an extra lb for good luck! The LBT class was excellent. The instructor is very motivating and keeps you going when the class is getting tough. I've booked for next week already!

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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 - 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 Jan 09 - 11:17 AM

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

LTS