BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: katlaughing
Date: 31 May 09 - 08:45 PM

New thread started. Please post THERE.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 31 May 09 - 04:02 PM

2 mile walk to sprots centre this morning, an hours yoga, an hours step aerobics followed by the 2 mile jog home. Went for a walk this afternoon pushing buggies did about another 3 miles or so. Gorgeous day to be out and about.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 30 May 09 - 09:18 PM

Kayaking: a little over an hour on choppy water

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 May 09 - 02:55 PM

MAG, I will start a new thread on Sunday and make it one for the whole summer. Thanks for asking!

For the first time in awhile, I went to the grocery store with Rog and actually went in, pushed the cart, lifted food into it, etc.about 45 minutes. Had to stop a couple of times and still have to haul the oxygen around, but my muscles were happy about getting a little bit of exercise and I wasn't out of breath the way I have been. I think I have the pneumonia on the run now!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 29 May 09 - 11:01 AM

Wednesday night I actually jogged the 2 miles home from my exercise class. I feel great for doing it. I WILL drop this last dress size.

Paul and I are learning to dance from tonight, can't wait, it's going to be so much fun and good exercise too!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: MAG
Date: 29 May 09 - 10:54 AM

refresh (until nre thread appears, or are we doing a summer thread here too?)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 27 May 09 - 05:09 PM

MAG, I'm in the same boat... as soon as I get down to within a couple of pounds of that magical 15st marker, it all appears again from nowhere. I'm sure there's a Fat Fairy who visits me when I'm asleep and squirts a few pounds in under the skin somewhere...

Sometimes it takes a while for people to notice, but that just means you're doing it right... as long as they keep saying 'you've lost weight, don't you look good' and not 'you've lost weight, are you ill?', then we're doing OK!!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: MAG
Date: 27 May 09 - 05:03 PM

OK, 186 at the Y this morning.

That's a 2 pound re-gain. It could have been worse, and I don't know how much effort it will take to continue moving downward.

At least I did my nautilus yesterday. It's been hard to get it in, what with not sleeping and needing to yank weeds before they seed.

I have been school visiting for my job (public library), and numbers of teachers have come up to me to say "You've lost weight, haven't you?"

Yeah, like, 70 pounds. more than 1/4 of my highest weight, but less than 1/3.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 27 May 09 - 11:15 AM

100

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 27 May 09 - 09:32 AM

4 mile walk again tonight and an hours body attack class, not done this class before so will have to let you know what it's like!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: MAG
Date: 26 May 09 - 11:27 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 26 May 09 - 04:51 AM

GOt my 4 mile walk this evening and an hours step aerobics. Weighed myself yesterday and I'd lost 6lbs!!! Hurrah!!!

Spent yesterday at a jousting championship, the only thing that got a workout was my voice!! LOL! Although pushing the buggy up the hill at Hedingham Castle was tough.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 May 09 - 03:50 AM

Tried a bit of yoga this morning (Warrior is all there is room for in my kitchen - it's pouring with rain so couldn't use garden and the front room is full of quilt piecings) and couldn't believe how stiff I've got over the last few weeks. Mind you, I had spent most of the weekend in the garden, sorting stuff, shoveling piles of poo and assorted crap, and playing hopscotch with Limpit... Next time though, I'll wear shoes, bare feet and newly cleaned floor don't really go.

I too, dread Wednesday's weigh-in. Because the kitchen and sitting room have been 'work zones', we've mostly had take-outs this weekend... bad bad person that I am. I'm hoping 3 good days and some Detox tea will help.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 May 09 - 12:53 AM

MAG, just know you will start tomorrow and do your points, then Wed. won't be such a dreaded day. I get into trouble when my mind says, "Oh, well, blew it today, what difference will this (extra piece of whatever) matter now?" Bad tape to play...I like the taking it one day at a time, trite as that may sound. (I know you know this as you have been SO SUCCESSFUL. I think I write it mostly to put myself on the carpet.:-)

A bunch of cleaning and some gardening today which required a lot of physical activity, esp. compared to the last few weeks.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: maire-aine
Date: 25 May 09 - 11:20 PM

Walked 2 miles in the Memorial Day parade.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: MAG
Date: 25 May 09 - 08:04 PM

I do not look forward to weekly weigh-in on Wednesday; I couldn't resist at Folk Fest.

Read no further if you don't want cravings triggered.

redcurry chicken (on white rice), chicken satay on a stick, honey yogurt, an entire pint of (french lavendar bud) ice cream, greek beef/lamb gyros w/all the extra stufdf (on white pita bread), Lebanese falafel sandwich w/ extras (on white pita bread), and this was only when I could get through the lines, which were awful.

ate all the bananas I brought with me. ate a pound of baby pork ribs on the way home (of course they are mostly bone, but there is a lotta sweet sauce on them).

I did a ton of walking every day, but I do that at work.

I dread Wednesday.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 24 May 09 - 10:53 AM

4 mile walk this morning in the sunshine, an hours yoga and an hours step aerobics.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 24 May 09 - 10:32 AM

Yesterday: Kayaking

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 22 May 09 - 06:29 PM

Yoga: 75 minutes....slow, easy stretchy beginning with 8 sun salutations (4A & 4B..all B's were Ashtanga) for a big, sweaty finish! I cleaned all day too!!!

Now....ah yes....a 3 day weekend with the man I love!!!! YAY!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: katlaughing
Date: 22 May 09 - 12:04 PM

Wow, Michelle, that's a lot of weight in one week and a lotta birds! What neat sights!

I managed to walk a teeny bit, yesterday, to Morgan's "graduation" from elementary pre-K preschool. He is now officially ready and enrolled for kindergarten next Fall. Today, I was able to walk another small bit, this time with more breath, than yesterday. Still working on letting go of the pneumonia and some seasonal allergies.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 22 May 09 - 10:19 AM

Lost 3.8 pounds this week and spent maybe 2 hours out in my kayak yesterday...first outing of the season and the first voyage with a new kayak (oh is it wrong to say that I love my other boat more?!?!?). Nice little boat...going to take some getting used to. While I was out on the water I saw 2 small mouth bass, 1 small muskie, countless sunfish, 2 BIG UGLY carp, 2 great blue herons (one flying, one stalking), 3 pairs of geese with their teenage goslings (no longer little fluff balls but not quite grown) on land, a mama duck and baby ducklings swimming in a row behind her and a noisy, splashy beaver!! The sun felt soooo good!!!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 22 May 09 - 08:51 AM

Just got back from a 3 mile walk with the kids. The weather is lovely and being outside is wonderful. Spending time in our forest tomorrow, can't wait!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 May 09 - 04:58 AM

And now a relaxed and laid back strawberry with 4 cheese graters.. how did that happen?!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 21 May 09 - 05:38 PM

But a very relaxed and laid back strawberry... :D

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 21 May 09 - 09:58 AM

Going to start the yoga again this weekend.. what was going to be an energetic scrabble round the garden, turned into an hour sitting in the sun. Now I look like a strawberry.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 21 May 09 - 07:34 AM

Tonight I've got my 4 mile walk and an hours yoga

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: mouldy
Date: 21 May 09 - 04:42 AM

I was being very good tracking my points yesterday till I went to the garden centre for some potting compost and saw the ice cream fridge....

One Magnum later I went home and did a bit more gardening, ate a pointed-up beef stew, and then went out with Eleanor to see the London City Gospel Choir doing their "Songs from Sister Act" show.

Question - Will the amount of bopping about I did in front of my seat cancel out the Magnum and the ice cream I had at the theatre???


Thought not.

Andrea

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: katlaughing
Date: 20 May 09 - 11:24 PM

Slow going with getting over the pneumonia...did a load of laundry, sort of, with Roger's help. Morgan watered the flowers for me today and yesterday. Rest, I know, but it is boring.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 20 May 09 - 10:51 PM

Yesterday: 75 minutes of yoga

Today: In honor of the passing of the founder of Ashtanga Yoga, 75 minutes of Ashtanga yoga (think power yoga, lots of jumping back and forward in sun salutations vs. stepping back and forward).

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: GUEST,MAG
Date: 20 May 09 - 11:24 AM

184 at Y this morning; slo but steady progress.

I'll off to Seattle Folklife this weekend and need good vibes to keep from going face down in the food.

Deep fried ethnic food which I can never get here. mmm!

er, I mean, ugh. think trans-fats.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 20 May 09 - 07:18 AM

You should have called Catherine, - we would have come to save you!!!

Hopefully I'll be able to get back with the yoga later this week - although there isn't a lot of later left now... the pulled muscle got a tremendous workout at choir practice last night and is sore again this morning. We were auditioning new accompanists, so we did an awful lot of work... boy am I feeling it today!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 20 May 09 - 03:40 AM

Congrats Liz!!!

Walked a good 3 oe 4 miles yesterday pushing double buggy, although I'm having to make up for eating far too much of Harry's birthday cake yesterday!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 May 09 - 10:59 AM

Well, the doc's scales say I have lost five pounds in a week, but not from much effort on my part...mostly water weight etc. from the prednisone which I have been off of for a week now.:-> I am glad it comes off as quickly as it goes on with the meds. Now if I can just keep up the momentum!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 19 May 09 - 08:54 AM

Herbal tea - Sainsburys' Cranberry, raspberry and strawberry tea bags. No caffeine, no GM, tastes as good hot as cold and it's not got any added sweetners or sugars in... I use sweeteners (no pudgy points, huzzah!) to sweeten to taste.

Plus my standard default mug holds about a pint of tea, so I'm getting enough liquids which help with the general flush.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: mouldy
Date: 19 May 09 - 05:30 AM

I've put half a pound back on, dammit! More de-cluttering work needed, methinks, to burn up some calories.

Andrea

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: MAG
Date: 18 May 09 - 10:18 PM

Yeah, Liz! Good work.

Does the herbal tea have any special powers?

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 18 May 09 - 05:41 PM

YAY!!! 2lbs lost in the last 5 days, following the Plan closely and drinking more herbal tea. My next target is to break through that elusive 15st barrier and start losing the next one. I'm basically back to where I was in November, but feeling a lot better about it this time...

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 18 May 09 - 08:40 AM

Early morning yoga (think 6:15am). The sun was shining in from a different angle, we had a nice warm up and then both A&B sun salutations, finishing with some Ashtanga jumping (which I love but haven't done in a few months). Sweaty, yummy, oh so stretchy....loved it!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: MAG
Date: 17 May 09 - 02:29 PM

One hour of weeding the front and I'm bushed.

I'll rest and try again.

It has (finally) gotten WARM. Warm enough that my sweats are too warm and it is hard to stay outside for extended periods. What a switch. A week ago I had to turn the heat back on.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 May 09 - 01:37 PM

Two hours of work, outside and in, plus playing ball with Morgan.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 17 May 09 - 10:32 AM

4 mile walk this morning, an hours yoga followed by an hours step aerobics

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 May 09 - 12:32 AM

Did a lot of work around the house this morning, then shopping, pushing the cart in two stores for a total of about 90 minutes, about 60 of which I do a kind of power walk, quickly through the grocery store because I know what I want and where it is and I can walk faster, safer with the cart to hang on to. The new footbeds in my shoes are really helping, though!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: mouldy
Date: 16 May 09 - 11:55 AM

I eat Muller Light vanilla yogurts. They are big, and low in points. I then add about 100g (2oz) blueberries, and about 7-10 cut up strawberries. This fills a bowl, and it's very filling!

Andrea

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 16 May 09 - 10:10 AM

4 mile walk this morning and 45 minutes spinning class. Got a 3 mile round trip walk in about an hour to go to the opticians.

Saw Liz this afternoon too and you're looking good girl! You'll get back on track with the yoga soon!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 15 May 09 - 07:19 PM

Sugar free yogurt does have sugar in it....from the fruit but also from naturally occurring milk sugars.

Yoga: 75 minutes

Took my giant dog to the vet today (ear infection) and spent an hour trying to hold her and keep her from wiggling so he could work on her ear....she weighs in around 120, so I'd say I had a bit of a workout with her too!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 May 09 - 07:17 PM

I've been eating the fruit yoghurt likes it going out of style since being on the prednisone. My daughter thinks it's okay to let my grandson have the sugar-free stuff, but if you look at the label, it's still got sugar plus all of the chemical crap. (He gets all stuffed up when he does too much sugar.) I'd rather have plain old sugar than that! Just tapering off now.

Lots better if you just buy plain yoghurt, mix in some frozen fruit, unsweetened, and even add in some low fat cottage cheese. All good protein, low sugar etc. Add a few nuts or low-sugar granola and it's really tasty!

Pulled a few more weeds, today, plus watered all by myself. Also about thirty minutes walking here and there.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: MAG
Date: 15 May 09 - 06:49 PM

A speaker I heard at a (preschool education) conference had bad things to say about yogurt cups and the amount of sugar in them..

I am hoping this just applies to fruit yogurt, which I know is sweetened to the max, and not the Brown Cow coffee yogurt, which is a standard snack for me.

160 calories, half from sugar, 19 grams sugar total. all white I assume.

Since I've been doing OK with this I incline to continuing, but then I don't know what it's doing to my blood sugar.

I need to round up the blood test sticker; I've been neglecting that -- one of the things I just don't have energy for but may need to bump up on the list.

My sleep guy says bad sleep bumps up the fasting glucose too so that's another reason to persist with the sleep stuff, although nothing seems to be working except the sedative, which wears off in the wee hours.

Wish me luck.

MA

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 May 09 - 04:25 PM

Wow, Nathan, that's fantastic!

LtS, me, too. I am getting back on track eating-wise.

Did a nice thing for myself and my bod, today. Went to the shoe store orthopaedic tech guy, Mario, and had him put new footbeds in my sandals. He built up practically new shoes and it feels so much better. This will help with my walking and it decluttered the checkbook *ouch*.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Amergin
Date: 15 May 09 - 02:09 PM

Well...i have been on mainly a healthy vegetarian diet...vegetables and fruit...and lots of spices....

speed walking three miles every morning....and playing with my wii every night....

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - May 2009 - May We/Wii?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 15 May 09 - 11:08 AM

The task this week is to stick 100% to the 'eating plan', something I find I haven't been doing. To this end, I've put a list of the things I eat most often on the fridge, along with their pudgy point value. It seems to be working, because although I really haven't been 100% faithful, I have thought twice about what I am snacking on.

Hopefully the weigh in next week (must remember it's Monday, not Wednesday) will show the difference.

LTS