Weigh-In March 9 - 15

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Well I'm 148 this week. By way of news we went to Julie's funeral and it was standing room only. She had lots of friends. It was good to see her children and siblings. It has been awhile. She was only 50 years old and died of congestive heart failure. It has been especially hard on her father, Al Taylor who feels he should have been the one to go. I hope we all have a good week. Love to All, Grandma Gloria

John's 7th Week

Each Thursday I evaluate my weight loss progress because that is the day I entered the contest. My week began with a 1.5 lb jump followed by a steady decline to 182 pounds. Losing 2.5 lbs in one week is a bit steep (most experts recommend you lose no more than 2 lbs p/wk ), but I am not too worried because I think I’ll probably have another spike in the next few days, or at least level out like I did after my post surgery plunge.

When I’m trying to lose weight I try to have water always at hand as a snack substitute. It doesn’t crunch, and it’s not salty, but it gives me something to do and hopefully makes my stomach feel less anxious. And since it takes an extra 17 calories to heat up 8 oz. of ice water to body temperature, I figure I can burn up an extra 70 calories a day if I keep it coming and keep it cold. I don’t know how much difference it really makes, but it’s an easy thing to do that is probably good for me.

Weigh-In March 2-8

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My Commitment Follow-Up

Well, I did manage to keep my commitment to exercise a minimum of 20 minutes 3 times last week - if I am allowed to be a little creative. I was 'sick' Monday evening thru Thursday afternoon - weird. But I walked 30 minutes Wednesday and Friday and, the creative part, two 10 minute walks on Saturday. I will keep the same commitment for this week, plus no more than 4 Hershey Kisses at work each day. Actually, I've been taking an orange to work, peeling and sectioning it and setting it by my desk where I can just eat a section whenever. That has worked well to keep me out of the Kisses more :)

This week has been up and down. Friday morning I weighed 147 and was so excited but this morning I weigh 150? Guess I'll see how next week goes. I have been excercising 40 minutes in the morning doing floor exercises 3-5 times a week and an evening routine (about 15 minutes ) with aerobic shopping thrown in several times a week. Maybe we should get a beagle puppy.
On to victory> Grandma Gloria

Carolyn's week

My week has been terrible. I made a commitment a couple of weeks ago to start lifting weights and add aerobics about 2 weeks later. Well I started the weights well enough, got VERY SORE, but made it through that, then last week finally took my exercise stuff to work and ran on the treadmill for 20 minutes. That treadmill was too much I guess because the very next day I started to feel a "weakness" in my throat. The day after (last Saturday) I totally lost my voice and had a sore throat. That continued 4 days and I finally went to the doctor after 2 days out sick. Now the thing has blossomed into a miserable cold and I'm not getting a lot of sleep. Needless to say that pretty much killed the exercise program for now. I'm trying to concentrate on getting better, especially my voice - I am supposed to sing at NATS in 2 weeks and I'm afraid I'll not be able to do it. At least now, after a week, I can produce pitch-like sounds, but I'm not trying too much yet. I need to start singing again soon, though, if I am going to get back in shape. I would appreciate any advice on how to get better quickly, and especially how to get back to singing.

So, anyway, my weight is back to 169.0, but I don't know what will happen when I finally get better and start exercising again. My commitment is to start weights again when I feel better and somewhere along the way start some mild walking and work my way up this time. NO running until after NATS!

Second half of the commitment is to eat less sugar (not counting the pie from Marie Callendar's last night... too hard to pass up that "any whole pie" sale!). Hopefully this will help in recovery from the cold as well as weight goals.