Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Dub Dub Report
Here's an update on our little happy group travelling the Dub Dub Highway to weight loss....
Week One - 13 pounds gone
Week Two - 9.5 pounds gone
Week Three - 5.5 pounds gone
Not to shabby. A total of 28 pounds so far. We have lost a toddler! If you find him, keep him.
We don't want him back :-)
Of course, as SD put it, we are 4 pounds less each week so that means next week our total should be 1.5 pounds!
Week One was spectactular, but of course, that week I only accounted for .5 pound gone. No one would want me on their Biggest Loser Team :-(
My share so far has been 3.5 pounds. Two in the group have already managed to obtain their 5 lb. weight loss star sticker AND their 10 lb. weight loss ribbon. I am beside myself with jealousy. I can't hardly stand it, it is killing me. I WANT MY 5 lb. STAR STICKER!
I am particularly proud that we still managed to lose this week and it was a gastronomic holiday week! I was hoping we would crack the 30 pound barrier this week but I am confident it will fall next week. What is also nice is it is beginning to be visually obvious on some in our group that the weight is coming off. There's been of talk of new clothes.
Attending the WW meeting is a real exercise in behavioral diversity. To put it another way, there are some real characters there. My current favorite is 'Pick Up Guy'. We think he comes to try to pick up women. He always sits in the middle of the room, on the outside aisle, so he can turn and scan the whole room, making significant eye contact with anyone who isn't quick enough to avert her eyes. He NEVER faces forward to the front of the room, he always sits sideways, perpendicular to the speaker. He cornered Sue after one meeting but she must have froze him out successfully because he hasn't tried for her again. LOL
Week One - 13 pounds gone
Week Two - 9.5 pounds gone
Week Three - 5.5 pounds gone
Not to shabby. A total of 28 pounds so far. We have lost a toddler! If you find him, keep him.
We don't want him back :-)
Of course, as SD put it, we are 4 pounds less each week so that means next week our total should be 1.5 pounds!
Week One was spectactular, but of course, that week I only accounted for .5 pound gone. No one would want me on their Biggest Loser Team :-(
My share so far has been 3.5 pounds. Two in the group have already managed to obtain their 5 lb. weight loss star sticker AND their 10 lb. weight loss ribbon. I am beside myself with jealousy. I can't hardly stand it, it is killing me. I WANT MY 5 lb. STAR STICKER!
I am particularly proud that we still managed to lose this week and it was a gastronomic holiday week! I was hoping we would crack the 30 pound barrier this week but I am confident it will fall next week. What is also nice is it is beginning to be visually obvious on some in our group that the weight is coming off. There's been of talk of new clothes.
Attending the WW meeting is a real exercise in behavioral diversity. To put it another way, there are some real characters there. My current favorite is 'Pick Up Guy'. We think he comes to try to pick up women. He always sits in the middle of the room, on the outside aisle, so he can turn and scan the whole room, making significant eye contact with anyone who isn't quick enough to avert her eyes. He NEVER faces forward to the front of the room, he always sits sideways, perpendicular to the speaker. He cornered Sue after one meeting but she must have froze him out successfully because he hasn't tried for her again. LOL
Monday, November 26, 2007
Spring Half Marathon? Maybe not!
I might just be a DNS* in April for the half. Momo's bro has gone missing. He cannot train throughout the winter without proper dog winter running attire. I am almost 100% certain it is at Bridget's house. I believe I took it over there in case Cosmo was taken along for a run, but she denies it. I kept asking and she got more and more aggravated with me that I believe if it does turn up at her house, she would throw it away rather than admit it was there.
*did not start, as opposed to DFL with is dead f*cking last which is only slightly better than DNF - did not finish.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
If love died along with death, then this life wouldn't be so hard.
-wisdom posted on some usenet newsgroup at sometime or another
-wisdom posted on some usenet newsgroup at sometime or another
Wow
11/11 - last post??? Where have I been?
Trying to keep to WW, lose weight and stay supportive of the little group I am doing it with.
Dealing with the family and the holiday - including Thanksgiving in NYC. I just love that city.
Trying to be as good a friend as possible.
Trying to get my runs in (formal start of the half training is coming up soon.
Dealing with the seasonal job duty increase at the gym.
Spending way too much time at the coffee shop.
Starting some projects to give as holiday gifts.
blah, blah.....
Eh, no one is probably very interested LOL
I did come across this idea on The Lean Green Family and I have to say, it is just brilliant! It is one of those so simple, 'how could I not have thought of this?' ideas. Purchase and use the reusable, $1 shopping bags that everyone and their brother are now selling, as gift wrap. Score! I love it!
Trying to keep to WW, lose weight and stay supportive of the little group I am doing it with.
Dealing with the family and the holiday - including Thanksgiving in NYC. I just love that city.
Trying to be as good a friend as possible.
Trying to get my runs in (formal start of the half training is coming up soon.
Dealing with the seasonal job duty increase at the gym.
Spending way too much time at the coffee shop.
Starting some projects to give as holiday gifts.
blah, blah.....
Eh, no one is probably very interested LOL
I did come across this idea on The Lean Green Family and I have to say, it is just brilliant! It is one of those so simple, 'how could I not have thought of this?' ideas. Purchase and use the reusable, $1 shopping bags that everyone and their brother are now selling, as gift wrap. Score! I love it!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Friday, November 09, 2007
Definitely a 'why the hell am I doing this?' kind of morning. Scale shows absolutely no movement in the last week. Yeah, yeah, I know, I shouldn't weight myself every morning.....
I have the metabolism of.......um.....I don't know. A sloth? Some creature that has a glacial metabolism. I once visited a doctor who told me to look on the bright side. Shipwrecked on an island with no food, I would probably survive the longest. Huh. Doesn't make me feel any better about myself.
Good news is I have been meticulous with tracking my food. There is no fudging, no cheating, nothing. I am hitting up 3 classes (2 core conditioning, one weight lifting) a week, in addition to my own cycle class and running. The bad news is I seem to be doing this just fine on about 1200 calories a day! One thing I do know is my diet is very heavy on the carbs. Of course. I eat a vegan diet. Very hard to do the atkins thing when you are a vegan. I do know my protein intake is low (at least according to American stats, I think using WHO I hit the minimums). So I am going to try to fit in 6 oz of tofu every day (roughly 20% of my points). Any other ideas of a protein I can use in place of an english muffin (whole wheat)?
Everyone else is doing great so far on the program. S and K showed up at my cycle class last night and did great. Especially K who was there for her very first time. S did fine managing the physical part of the class, I knew it wouldn't tax her much cardio wise but she was very uncomfortable with the seat. She will get used to it. At one point, she actually said she would rather go out for a three mile run than be cycling. Who would have thought? I remember when she started running and 1 mile, much less 3 seemed almost impossible and here she was throwing it out there as a more desirable and do-able activity than cycling!
I cannot wait until Tuesday night because I think Sue and S will show some real results with their weigh in. I just hope I haven't gained.....
I have the metabolism of.......um.....I don't know. A sloth? Some creature that has a glacial metabolism. I once visited a doctor who told me to look on the bright side. Shipwrecked on an island with no food, I would probably survive the longest. Huh. Doesn't make me feel any better about myself.
Good news is I have been meticulous with tracking my food. There is no fudging, no cheating, nothing. I am hitting up 3 classes (2 core conditioning, one weight lifting) a week, in addition to my own cycle class and running. The bad news is I seem to be doing this just fine on about 1200 calories a day! One thing I do know is my diet is very heavy on the carbs. Of course. I eat a vegan diet. Very hard to do the atkins thing when you are a vegan. I do know my protein intake is low (at least according to American stats, I think using WHO I hit the minimums). So I am going to try to fit in 6 oz of tofu every day (roughly 20% of my points). Any other ideas of a protein I can use in place of an english muffin (whole wheat)?
Everyone else is doing great so far on the program. S and K showed up at my cycle class last night and did great. Especially K who was there for her very first time. S did fine managing the physical part of the class, I knew it wouldn't tax her much cardio wise but she was very uncomfortable with the seat. She will get used to it. At one point, she actually said she would rather go out for a three mile run than be cycling. Who would have thought? I remember when she started running and 1 mile, much less 3 seemed almost impossible and here she was throwing it out there as a more desirable and do-able activity than cycling!
I cannot wait until Tuesday night because I think Sue and S will show some real results with their weigh in. I just hope I haven't gained.....
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