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Congratulations!
Congrats are in order to Marty for hitting the 10 lbs lost mark. (He got a new computer and is having trouble accessing the site again.) John and Marty have lost 10 or more pound. Robert was on the verge of 10 lbs last time he posted. Keep up the good work!
Are apologies in order?
I am worried that I offended everyone.... That certainly was never my intention, but we often offend without intending to. Please accept my apology if I put you off to this endeavor. I really do want everyone to participate and enjoy the journey. I'm sorry if I detracted from that.
As far as things are going with me: I am still working with Holli, my personal trainer. It is amazing to me how much I have to concentrate sometimes to get the right muscles to do what we are asking them to do without help from other muscle groups. Correct form and movement are really crucial in this. My weight spiked up to 178 earlier and I about freaked out, but Holli told me that would happen and it has been coming down a little each day since. I have started a log - water intake, activity, food and any comments for the day. I have added weight to that. It is helpful to have to write down everything I put in my mouth :) I made the decision to limit my 'treats' to one a day. That sounds kind of stupid, but I was 'treating' myself much more that that - if a serving was 2 cookies, I didn't care and ate 4 or 6 or.... Now I look forward everyday to my treat - often just a 100 calorie pack snack. But it feels good and right. I am also purging the house of foods containing high fructose corn syrup, one of the banes of our modern day. Those 100 calorie snack packs? I am only buying those without HFCS. Don does prefer Yoplait yogurt, so I may have to make an exception for that for him. And I found a site - calorie count plus, I think - where you can log food and activity to keep track of your daily calories. I have never counted calories in my life and I'm not using this site fully at the moment, but checking it out. It's interesting. I workout with Holli once a week and I am doing 3 'serious' cardio sessions a week - one spin class and 2 treadmill sessions - plus walking Sanders and all the other activities that comprise life - housework, yard work, cleaning the church, etc.
I hope you are finding ways to make your 'health improvement' efforts a success. Would love to hear what you are doing!
As far as things are going with me: I am still working with Holli, my personal trainer. It is amazing to me how much I have to concentrate sometimes to get the right muscles to do what we are asking them to do without help from other muscle groups. Correct form and movement are really crucial in this. My weight spiked up to 178 earlier and I about freaked out, but Holli told me that would happen and it has been coming down a little each day since. I have started a log - water intake, activity, food and any comments for the day. I have added weight to that. It is helpful to have to write down everything I put in my mouth :) I made the decision to limit my 'treats' to one a day. That sounds kind of stupid, but I was 'treating' myself much more that that - if a serving was 2 cookies, I didn't care and ate 4 or 6 or.... Now I look forward everyday to my treat - often just a 100 calorie pack snack. But it feels good and right. I am also purging the house of foods containing high fructose corn syrup, one of the banes of our modern day. Those 100 calorie snack packs? I am only buying those without HFCS. Don does prefer Yoplait yogurt, so I may have to make an exception for that for him. And I found a site - calorie count plus, I think - where you can log food and activity to keep track of your daily calories. I have never counted calories in my life and I'm not using this site fully at the moment, but checking it out. It's interesting. I workout with Holli once a week and I am doing 3 'serious' cardio sessions a week - one spin class and 2 treadmill sessions - plus walking Sanders and all the other activities that comprise life - housework, yard work, cleaning the church, etc.
I hope you are finding ways to make your 'health improvement' efforts a success. Would love to hear what you are doing!
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