Daily Weigh In: 189.2

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition
slices of turkey, cashews, soy milk

1 Gallon Water

More like .5

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 sessions 90 mins cardio, 2 1.5 sessions weights

Rest 7 hour sleep

Pretty much slept the entire day

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Got caught in a downpour Monday evening and spent an hour soaking wet sitting in my car. Woke up feeling icky.

Daily Weigh In: 188.2 I have a theory about the mornings I'm I *think* there is a pattern. Will need a few more weeks to analyze

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- slices of turkey
- 2 hot dogs, lipton tea & cinamon roll
- frappachino

1 Gallon Water

More like 1.5

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 sessions 90 mins cardio, 2 1.5 sessions weights

15 mins weights (upper & abs)

Rest 7 hour sleep

About 5 hours, if that.

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Time to reign in the weekend antics. Water and working out will be back on par, can't say 100% for food, no grocery shopping. I do have some eats on hand @ least for today. The next few days I'll likely be making Kroger runs once a day.

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Too tired to truly recap or regale the day. If you want the behind the scenes on why for the last two weeks my life has been so hectic and emotionally trying, I talked a bit about what's going on.

Daily Weigh In: 187.8

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD (ha! not after how I ate today
- lf cc
- sausage mcmuffin
- tomato, mozz cheese & spinach panini sandwich, slice of apple crumble cake, 2 glasses lipton sweet tea
- some cashews
- ice cream bar, semi sweet chocochips & cashews

1 Gallon Water

Barely got in 1 full bottle. First fill up, spilled 1/2 of it, IN THE CAR. Then was so thirsty on my drive home, stopped off to buy *frowns* another bottle. All in all got in about 1.5 liters, hence the sweet tea earlier.

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

On the road, running around, totally forgot to take them, then when I remembered, I had no water.

Training
Last week to do:
5 sessions 90 mins cardio; Actually done: 4
2 sessions weights; Actually done: 2

None. Got home too late to get to the gym for more than ½ hour. Plus I was too tired to make up a cardio routine.

Rest 7 hour sleep

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All in all, fitness wise, yesterday was a wash. Which I kinda knew going in. I did my best to not make it a total meltdown, packed water, had gym clothes in the car, walked w/my vitamin cocktail. The only thing I couldn't properly plan for was food, I knew I'd be running around, and no grocery shopping this week, so I'd be eating out. By the time I got the panini sandwich, I was STARVING and saw the apple cake pie thingy first, b/c of course they put the desserts before food, and got that.

Considering all the other lunch items they sold, burgers, fries, etc, I chose the lesser of 3 evils.

My saving grace, I walked a lot and I did vigorous housework.

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The upcoming week will be dicey, @ least food wise. Ok, I'm out, I feel like I'm not making sense and my brain is still asleep.

Daily Weigh In: 188.6

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- lf cc w/splenda
- broccoli w/ranch, laughing cow & cashews
- veggie chicken w/black beans, cheese, tomato, zuchini w/ranch dressing avocado
- turkey slices w/soy milk
- ice cream bar w/semi sweet chocochips and cashews

1 Gallon Water

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 4 3 2 1 session 90 mins cardio

45 mins elliptical - 2.62 miles
45 mins treadmill - 2.42 miles (7.5 running/37.5 walking)

Total cardio mins: 90
Total miles: 5.04
Total calories burned: 776

12 reps each/2 sets/5lb weights
shoulders - front & side raises
chest - chest flyes
back - (one arm row & lawnmower)
bicep - concentration curls (8lbs)
triceps - triceps extensions (8lbs)
abs - crunches
lower abs - reverse crunches
obliques - side crunches
quads - walking lunges (4 strides/24 total)
hamstring - leg raises (bent leg/str8 leg)
outer thigh - leg lifts
inner thigh - sweeping leg lifts
calves - calf raises (both legs)

Total weight mins: aprox 30 mins

Rest 7 hour sleep

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Another thing being tired does, is make me forgetful. For the life of me I could not remember if I had a snack before lunch. I think it was broccoli. Oh well.

Daily Weigh In: 188 the weight loss fairy blessed me today. Considering my routine is 3 attempts in a row, 2 out of 3 is the final answer. This was the first result I saw, knowing how I ran my mouth yesterday, I immediately hopped off, said, I'll take it and went about my way, lest my teeny turn into or worse a

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- lf cc (no splenda, ate this in the car and do not advise stirring splenda in a tiny cup while flying going down I85 @ 80 70 65 55 mph)
- hummus w/cheery tomatoes & lauging cow cheese & cashews (check out the easy to make hummus recipe Tacita posted today)
- my new value meal ...
- butterfinger minis (one day next week I'll tell the story, promise)
- ice cream bar w/whipped cream & semi sweet chocochips

1 Gallon Water

more like 3.5 liters

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 4 3 2 sessions 90 mins cardio; 2 1 session weights

The plan was to get in the final weight session for the week, but, your fat fighting heroine was exhausted. I had time when I got in to do weights, but the soreness was in overdrive, I opted to chat w/my aunt for what turned into over an hour and rather than do a lackluster routine just to get it in, I used the time to rest up. Took today as a rest day.

Rest 7 hour sleep

I'll give it to myself, even though it wasn't 7 str8 hours, it was still 7 total.

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Sleeping 3 scant hours Wed nite and all the emotional stuff going on, I was exhausted.

I could barely keep my eyes open during Felicity s4e13 and vaguely remember climbing into bed. I was so tired, I woke up stupid. I swore today was Saturday. It didn't help that the AM show I normally watch as I piddle around trying to clear the cobwebs from my head, was the one they normally show on Saturday mornings.

Daily Weigh In: 188.2 told ya yesterday was a fluke (me and my big mouth, watch me go up to 191 tomorrow)

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- lf cc w/splenda
- broccoli w/ranch & wedge of laughing cow
- ground boca w/black beans, cheese, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes & sour cream & celery
- more broccoli w/ranch
- single thai burger
(ok, I ate this burger in a rush and nuked it, vs. grilling it like I wanted to. I wont get a chance to eat it again till next week, but my initial thoughts were, "look ma, no crumbles")

Another note about last nite's eats: I forewarned this week was not going to be fun and am going out of my way not to emotionally eat, which is causing me to under eat due to stressing out and not having time, as I tend to business. Even though I may eat less, due to my tummy being in knots, I'm going to stick to eating every few hours and not skip meals...had I not settled for the thai burger, I would've skipped eating altogether.

1 Gallon Water

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 4 3 2 sessions 90 mins cardio; 2 1 session weights

60 mins elliptical - 3.79 miles
30 mins treadmill - 1.68 miles (7.5 running/22.5 walking)

Total cardio mins: 90
Total miles: 5.47
Total calories burned: 787

Rest 7 hour sleep

A better question would be, so how many hours did you sleep? Try 3.

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Well I'll be.

The experts are right when they say throughout the day we constantly use our muscles. See, when you have excess pudge and haven't been lifting weights on a regular basis, you take for granted there's nothing but fat sloshing around inside of you, how wrong you are.

Take note:

Daily Weigh In: 190.2 a few notes about today's weigh in, 1) I did it almost 2 hours earlier than normal (yea I really am up that early today) and I did weight training last night. I *vaguely* remember reading weights impact scale reading w/in a certain amount of hours. I'll give it a google over the weekend. Oh and one more, yesterday I ate a smidge bit more than usual, the *-ed items. But not 4200 (3500x1.2) extra calories folks, come off the ledge

OD'ing on chocolate will be best understood by my readers of childbearing years *cough*

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- lf cc w/splenda
- eggbeater w/cheese & mushrooms & celery
- laughing cow cheese w/cashews*
- ground boca w/black beans, cheese, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes & sour cream
- lf cc w/splenda
- hot cocoa* (semi-sweet cocoa w/splenda, 1/2 & 1/2, vanilla soy milk, whipped cream, semi-sweet chocochips and dash of cinnamon and sugar powder)
- turkey slices w/avocado, cheese & grilled onions, vine tomato & zuchinni salad w/ranch
- fudge stix w/whipped cream and semi-sweet chocochips

1 Gallon Water

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 4 3 sessions 90 mins cardio; 2 1 session weights

YaY ME! I designed my own full body workout...hee

12 reps each/2 sets/5lb weights
shoulders - front & side raises (my puny shoulder muscles cried a little)
chest - chest flyes (I could really feel these when I was done)
back - reverse flyes (not sure this hit the spot, may do back extensions next time)
bicep - concentration curls (I always feel so witty when i do these, next time try 8lbs)
triceps - triceps extensions (only b/c I'm bored to tears w/tricep kickbacks)
abs - crunches
lower abs - reverse crunches (in the beginning this move always makes me want to puke)
obliques - side crunches (these never feel like they hit the spot, but if I place my hand on the side I do *feel* the movement)
quads - walking lunges (4 strides one way, 24 steps total)
hamstring - leg raises (bent leg and str8 leg)
outer thigh - leg lifts
inner thigh - sweeping leg lifts (only b/c I love torture)
calves - calf raise (one leg w/5lb weight and both legs)

Total weight mins: aprox 25 mins

Rest 7 hour sleep

This was a given. I stayed up an extra 45 mins to finish watching disc 3 of felicity season 4 and I absolutely had to wake up ungoldy early today.

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Inevitably, inexorably, predictably @ some future date, a world weary weight loser will stumble across Sundays stats, gawk @ the lb-age shed and shoot me a frantic email…"What is your secret?!?! What did you do?!?! I need to know!!!!"

You my friend, who's been following the latest saga, from @ or around mid July (of this year, those of you reading (if any are even left) from July of ought five are probably so thoroughly disgusted), will already know the answer, but as I furrowed my brow and scratched my chin, I wondered myself, just who do I give credit to?

Daily Weigh In: 189 funny weigh in this AM. My routine is, go to bathroom, piddle around a bit, go to bathroom again, then weigh. Feeling curious, I weighed first, 190.4. wow, that's a helluva fluctuation I thought. Did first bathroom trip, 189.8. Second trip, 189, now that's more like it

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- lf cc w/splenda
- eggbeater w/mozz cheese, mushrooms & morningstar patties (review forthcoming)
- ground boca w/black beans, mozz cheese, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes & sour cream
- lf cc w/splenda
- organic burger w/shredded sharp cheese, vine tomato w/ranch and avocado
- ice cream bar w/whipped cream

1 Gallon Water

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 4 3 sessions 90 mins cardio; 2 sessions weights (2 abs, 2 arms, 2 buns)

60 mins elliptical - 3.93 miles
30 mins treadmill - 1.66 miles (7.5 running/22.5 walking)

Total cardio mins: 90
Total miles: 5.59
Total calories burned: 789

Rest 7 hour sleep

Almost coulda been, but a freak lightning storm woke me up @ 11.

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Our topic for day: Why I blog. Not to be confused w/why I write.

I always say, well not always, maybe once or twice a year, the purpose of me having a site to log my daily doings, is, whenever I'd read a success story, I'd wonder how did the person handle daily temptations or set backs. Yes it's motivating to see someone your current weight make it to their goal weight. And it's a start to see a sample workout routine and daily menu, but losing weight is a long process, so when I was sitting around, just blankly staring @ the wall, it hit me.

Last week is a perfect example of what the end goal of this site aims to be.

Daily Weigh In: 189.6 heh, no worries, I was due for an upward fluc @ some point. I'm still down from last week.

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- lf cc w/splenda
- rotisserie chicken leg & 2 wings w/broccoli & cherry tomatos w/ranch dressing & wedge of avocado
- ice cream bar w/whipped cream and semi-sweet chocochips
- celery w/hummus
- ice cream bar w/whipped cream and semi-sweet chocochips
- rotisserie chicken leg w/black beans, shredded cheese & sour cream & wedge of avocado
- fudge stix w/whipped cream and semi-sweet chocochips
This is the first Sun in many Sun's I've been home all day, and ended up noshin. Well that's what I blame for the 2 early ice cream treats, I usually save for post dinner. Plus it was hot and I have a bad habit of wanting to sample every single item I pick up from the grocery store...Todays sample, the ice cream bar and extra creamy whipped cream, which I think is all hype by the way.

1 Gallon Water

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 4 sessions 90 mins cardio; 2 sessions weights (2 abs, 2 arms, 2 buns)

22 mins recumbent bike - 7.93 miles
22 mins stationary bike - 7.93 miles
2 mins stairclimber - .18 miles/8 flights
22 mins elliptical - 1.58 miles
22 mins treadmill - 1.25 miles (7.5 min run/14.5 min walk)

Total cardio mins: 90
Total miles: 18.87
Total calories burned: 596

Rest 7 hour sleep

This is ree-damn-diculous...I purposely slept less hours Sat nite to make myself nice and tired yesterday. I resisted w/all my might any afternoon snoozing just so I could be extra drowsy by bedtime, only to end up tossing and turning for almost 2 hours...jeebus...I just gotta accept what I'm resisting...going to bed Sun nites sux!

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Now to recap the tale of the 'nana.

Man, it was only 7 days ago but last week seems like a hazy blur. The entire week was horrible for me, let's just say Sunday AM started out w/a crying jag, which set the tone for the rest of the week. I had to dig deep down and focus on getting certain things done, and each day was an emotional rollercoaster as I sat and waited to see how things were going to turn out. Thursday AM I got some of the best news all week and went to meet a lady.

You ever have someone offer you food and you turn it down and by the third offer, you have an inkling if you say no again, they'd be offended? Well that happened to me. Not that I let anyone feeling bad make me eat, I was just so distracted and caught up in the moment.

Daily Weigh In: 189.4

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- lf cc w/splenda
- eggs w/turkey, mushrooms, cheese & sour cream
- laughing cow cheese & cashews
- laughing cow cheese (a diff't flavor) and rest of cashews
- turkey pizza...hee...i keed, i keed
(actually it was slices of turkey, sprinkled w/cheese and some topped w/tomato, others w/mushrooms)
- fudge stix w/whipped cream and semi-sweet chocochips

1 Gallon Water

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 sessions 90 mins cardio; Actually done: 3
3 sessions weights (3 abs, 3 arms, 3 buns); Actually done: 0

22 mins recumbent bike - 7.93 miles
22 mins stationary bike - 7.93 miles
2 mins stairclimber - .18 miles/8 flights
22 mins elliptical - 1.69 miles
5 mins treadmill - .31 miles (running)

Total cardio mins: 73
Total miles: 18.04
Total calories burned: 504

Rest 7 hour sleep

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In what must be a reneegetsfit.com first, I was tossed out the gym...for being there too long!! Bwah!

Read on my pretties…

Daily Weigh In: 189.4 hoe...lee...shyte...

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- lf cc
- egg bowl, today w/crab, mushrooms and tomatoes
- ground boca w/navy beans, 1/3 cucumber w/ranch dressing, wedge of laughing cow
- 2 packs of cashews
(for the first time in a long time I felt hungry, like stomach growling hungry, right in the middle of my workout and all of a sudden, i wanted nuts, cashews to be exact )
- 6 turkey/avocado wraps (sliced deli turkey w/chunks of the 'doh)
- fudge stix w/whipped cream and semi sweet chocochips

1 Gallon Water

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 4 3 2 1 sessions 90 mins cardio; 3 sessions weights (3 abs, 3 arms, 3 buns)

45 mins elliptical - 2.92 miles
45 mins treadmill - 2.49 miles

Total cardio mins: 90
Total miles: 5.41
Total calories burned: 763

Rest 7 hour sleep

horrible, horrible nite. drove 2 hours round trip to pick someone up from the airport, didn't get back till almost 12:30

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(ignore the bad typing, i'm beat and still recovering from yesterday)

a few notes about yesterday, that 2 hour trip to the airport was major suckage, i hate driving @ nite and was very tired. rather than park @ the airport and pay, i tried to time it to get there when they got outside, and as per usual, i was early. i stopped the exit before, to pass time in a parking lot. mcdonalds. i wasn't hungry, but i was emotionally upset. for a brief moment i just wanted to get something, anything to eat. but kept my butt firmly in place. i watch people go in and out, i was there almost a ½ hour, and thought i could get a chicken sandwich and toss the bread. then, i dunno, i thought of yesterdays weigh-in, and how long and hard it took to burn 700+ calories, i may trick myself into thinking it's 'fun', but it's grueling. the two #'s and the fact that the chicken sandwich would vaporize my deficit, and i am trying to get a handle on thsi emotional stuff, helped me resist, for that moment in time.

all in all, this week has been insane and i'm trying my best not to let it derail me, by either eating out of control, or being too upset to workout. next week will bring it's own dose of insanity. i truly hope this week wasn't a fluke

Daily Weigh In: 190.8

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- lf cc w/splenda
- egg bowl: w/tomatoes, mushrooms too
- my most eclectic, yet filling, lunch ever!: raw broc & cherry 'matoes w/ranch dressing, wedge of laughing cow, 1/2 avocado, another lf cc
- organic 'nana (the culprit! more below)
- celery
- best burger evah!!: organic burger w/shrooms doused in A1, topped w/sour cream and wedge of avocado on the side
- 2 fudge sticks w/whipped cream and semi-sweet chocochips

1 Gallon Water

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 4 3 sessions 90 mins cardio; 3 sessions weights (3 abs, 3 arms, 3 buns)

*groan* I'm not going to make weights this week. It's all good being that it was a tentative anyway, if-I'm-a-perfect-girl schedule anyways. That'll be what I strive for, but starting next week I'm dropping it down to 2 doable sessions, more Sunday. I totally meant to hit the gym, bags packed and all, alternate plan, but something came up. More below.

Rest 7 hour sleep

Too keyed up to sleep, got about 5 hours.

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I had a story about the 'nana missing gym, but am EXTREMELY busy today. Didn't want to go ghost, especially after yesterdays cussfest. Weight-fitness wise, I'm fine. Life-wise, mucho is going on. Bear w/me, I'll fill y'all in shortly.

Gotta jet, have a great weekend!

Daily Weigh In: 191.2

Yesterday's Stats
Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- lf cc w/splenda
- egg bowl
- raw broccoli & ranch dressing
- boca ground beef w/navy beans & slices o' squash w/wedge of avocado
- naked strips w/green beans
(got home late, too late to wash dishes and cook and eat @ decent hour, plus sat in a movie theater for 2 hours resisting the urge to drown my emotional stress in candy, considering all of that, I did good, plus they gave me 6 instead of 5, I ate 4, and they threw in a biscut, despite the fact I purposely did NOT order the value meal, ignored that too.)
- fudge stix w/whipped cream & semi sweet chocochips
(really wanted to eat 1 more just to *feel* better but I didn't)

1 Gallon Water

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
Rest day

Rest 7 hour sleep

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Oh wise ones, just take a guess what day today is.

Daily Weigh In: 192.2 tempted as I am to call in my LOST chips, it's the weigh in on Sunday that's official in these parts. But I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I'm uber excited to see I'm .2lbs away from seeing Entourage too

[update @ 6:20pm] Change of plans, it's always been a bit awkward to update the daily post during the day. Starting tomorrow, I'll post the current weigh in w/the complete stats from the day before.

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As I promised last nite, an explanation on the naked strips and green beans dinner.

I went out w/my aunt and my godson to get the kid some new kicks for school, we went after I came back from the gym, around 6. He's diabetic and must eat his dinner and have his insulin around 6:30, 7 at the latest, and being out so late, he needed to be fed.

That's also my dinner time and because medically his needs come first, I deferred to my aunt to pick the place to eat, figuring so long as I get some protein and roughage I should be good. The kid picked Popeye's and away we went.

I took a looooooooong time to order and almost gave up. But if I sat there while they ate, it was too late to take him back w/the food, I'd cave from hunger and overeat. I remembered they used to promote a "carb friendly meal" and saw it was still on the menu: "Naked chicken strips w/green beans". I immediately removed the biscuit and not being a fan of diet drinks, instead of lemonade and sweet tea!!!, had water.

Folks, the inner debate and choices I made are a bigger victory than this AM's weigh in.

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Eons ago, when I was 160-sumthin' and thought myself fat enough from my 130-140 range, I attempted to go on a diet and lose weight. W/o getting into the gory details, the fact that I have this site and stats you see in the middle column should tell how that story went.

My whole way of eating has been pretty wacked out, came out the birth canal w/issues, call me one day I'll regale you the tales, so extreme structure is a no go for me.

Along the way, I dabbled in a few methods of eating and whittled it down to the 3 systems I relate to the most, make the most sense to me, are fairly sound and aren't radical. I smooshed all 3 systems to make my eating a bit more flexible vs. following one way of eating to a tee.

Daily Weigh In: 194.4 *squeals* 1 more lb till I see me some LOST!

Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- lf cc w/splenda
- celery w/olive oil hummus
- egg bowl w/ranch broccoli (egg beater w/ff turkey slices & shredded cheese w/raw broccoli mixed w/ranch dressing)
- few more celery stalks *so tasty*
- naked chicken strips w/ranch dressing & green beans (more on this meal tomorrow)
- fudge stix w/natty pb and whipped cream & semi-sweet chocochips

1 Gallon Water

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 4 sessions 90 mins cardio; 3 sessions weights (3 abs, 3 arms, 3 buns)

45 mins elliptical - 3.15 miles
15 mins treadmill - .92 miles

Total cardio mins: 60
Total miles: 4.07
Total calories burned: 542

Rest 7 hour sleep

Meh...better yesterday, but not 7 solid hours either. I noticed something, I'm not very used to going to sleep, as much as I am conking out due to exhaustion, so though I'm tired, my eyes are drowsy, I toss and turn a bit. Plus, knowing my goal is 7 hours, I start counting time. This may take a few more weeks of trial and error.

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There's just something about the first day of school, regardless of where one resides, that makes the air smell crisp and life feel like the first day of fall. Even in Hotlanta.

To all the grade/high schoolers returning to school, I offer you a hearty BWAHAHAHA...and to the parents, and likely readers of my site, ::high five::

Daily Weigh In: 195.4

Nutrition - Phase 1 SBD
- lf cc w/splenda
- slices of ff turkey breast w/laughing cow cheese
- slices of ff turkey breast w/ff veggie cheese
- organic burger w/grilled onions, tomatoes & 'shrooms w/wedge of avocado
- fudge stix w/whipped cream and natty pb

1 Gallon Water

3 liters

Vitamins/Supplement Cocktail

Training
This week to do 5 4 sessions 90 mins cardio; 3 sessions weights (3 abs, 3 arms, 3 buns)

22 mins recumbent bike - 7.94 miles
22 mins stationary bike - 7.93 miles
22 mins elliptical - 1.88 miles
22 mins treadmill - 1.3 miles (5 min run/17 min walk)

Total cardio mins: 90
Total miles: 19.05
Total calories burned: 602

Rest 7 hour sleep

Kinda...sorta...but not really. Went to bed early enough, but my pre week jitters had me tossing and turning, again, for hours.

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I revamped my daily check in, to tie it back to what I wrote on Friday. I usually start out w/a rough system, then tweak it over time to make more sense. This way, I check off the things I need to do daily, vs. ending the day seeing what I did or didn't do.

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I don't do good w/food, never have, prolly never will, I can try and whatnot, but that's my reality. I do however, when I get my groove going, do pretty good w/the physical. My daily goal is to burn 500 calories via working out, and I'm only going by the cardio burn since the machines give me readings. I know it's not 100%, but it's close enough and whatever I burn doing weights will net me 500, even if what I really burned cardio-wise was say, 350 and not like today 602.

500 calories burned off 7 days a week ='s 1lb. In theory. Plus it'll be interesting to see, so long as I am moderately successful w/food and doing phase 1 is pretty doable for me, if the calories burned over a 6 - 7 day period match what the scale sez.

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I never did well w/ "if I lose 5lbs I'll buy myself a McMansion, if I lose 10lbs, I'm renting a space shuttle" sorta goals. For one, too broke, for two, I dunno, being broke ain't no joke. And who knows if this'll have the desired effect, but I came up w/a modest reward system for every 2lbs shed.

Daily Weigh In: 194.6

Nutrition
- egg sammich
- slice of pepperoni pizza
- garden salad w/ranch dressing

Water
2 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Nope/Check

Training
30 mins elliptical - 2.22 miles
15 mins treadmill - .95 miles

Total cardio mins: 45
Total miles: 3.17

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Daily Weigh In: 194.6

Nutrition
- eggs w/sausage

Water
.5 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
15 mins weights - buns

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My stomach is KILLING me. Not sure what I ate that disagreed w/me last week, but for the last 3 mornings I've had some viscious rumblings...*groan*...and the bitter taste of food in the back of my throat when I hiccup.

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Ya kno, I left last week, fleeing from a bit of family drama, and it completely sucked my energy to get myself smack dab in the middle of it when I returned. That made me feel so tired and lethargic. Plus I'm still recovering from driving str8 in on Tuesday. A 3 hour/200 mile commute is not cute. I said it on last nites podcast, but I had no plans to go to Golds the rest of the week, I've been crashing every afternoon.

And it's a horrible cycle, too tired to plan and even drink water, which lack of planning means I haven't had much of an appetite and am a bit dehydrated, which is making me even more tired and feeling too tired to plan.

It'll all get righted this weekend.

Daily Weigh In: 194.2 it's consistent. vacay gain (or bloat, post restroom it was back @ 193.8, but 1st weigh in stands) = 1.2lbs.

Nutrition
- grapefruit, lf cc
- plain burger
- chicken breast w/mozz cheese

Water
1.5 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
15 mins weights - arms

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Two reasons I felt the need to get out of town @ the last minute last week, 1) I was feeling tired. While a 3 hour/200 mile jaunt isn't the most relaxing thing to do, I needed to get out of town for a bit. Clear my head.

2) I had a bad dream that my aunt and cousin were out to get me, got some stuff subconsciously going on. I told my mother the dream and she said b/c it was so specific and literal, I wasn't predicting something, just suppressing what I was already thinking and to yeah, come over, I can play with the cats.

Wha- the?

I am a grown damn woman. What on earth gives her the idea that I!!! play!!! w/cats!!!???

Daily Weigh In: 193.8 (considering most vacays net me a 3 to 4lber (and I DON'T mean fish) being up only .8 since last weigh in and nearly a lb from 7 days ago, I'll take it.

Nutrition
- lf cc w/grapfruit*
- same as above
- plain hamburger

Water
2 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
none.

*not sbd, but i got quite a bit of food that i want to polish off before they go bad. i didn't have the heart to toss my two grapefruits from last week, so today i'll consume them.

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FYI

Sunday – pSyched for the upcoming week

Monday – still Motivated for the week ahead

Tuesday – Trying to keep focused about the week

Wednesday – all Whaaaaa-t-everrrrrr about the rest of the week

Thursday - Bored & Tired of the gotdammed week

Friday – eFfff this long ass week

Saturday – Sulking that I didn't make it an entire week

So depending on the tone of what I post based on the day of the week,
please refer to this handy dandy chart to see what mood Renee is in.

As you were.

Daily Weigh In: 193 had I gone w/what I originally saw yesterday, today would've been a to counter yesterday's it's also not that deep

Nutrition
- lf cc

Water
1 liter

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
TBD

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Well then.

After extolling the virtues of one Boca chili, I was flabbergasted, flabbergasted I say, to flip the box over and discover it's intended audience is phase 2 and phase 3 south beach diet peeps.

I flew into a homicidal rage.

I wanted to hop in my '03 Corolla, down a bottle of tequila, drive all the way to Malibu (from Atlanta), promptly get pulled over by a 19 year old sheriffs deputy @ which point I'll launch into a incoherent tirade, hurl racial epithets as I ogle the other male deputy and ask him, "What the hell are you looking at sugar dick?"

But I didn't.

Daily Weigh In: 192.6

Nutrition
- lf cc
- 2 spoons natty pb
- boca chili w/mushrooms, ½ cup black beans, shredded cheese, dollop of sour cream & wedge of avocado
- 2 fudgsicles w/whipped cream (this blasted heat!)
- best hamburger ever! organic burger w/grilled vine tomato & onions, topped w/veggie cheese & slice of canadian bacon and wedge of avocado
- another fudgsicle w/whipped cream

Water
4 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
Rest Day.

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Such a weird drop this morning. First weigh in said 193.8, which would've been a from yesterday. I shrugged and thought, No biggie, I did eat a few more servings of peanut butter than usual and had a few more dollops of whipped cream and an extra fudgsicle, figures right?

Then I sat down to do my AM computer routine when my tummy started grumbling something awful. After an unexpected trip to the bathroom *cough* I felt, um, lighter. Just for giggles I hop back on the scale and saw 192.8. What tha... hopped on again: 192.6 Crikey and again: 192.6 okay then.

I'm firmly bracing myself for an upward tick mañana.

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So far SBD is faring better than my first attempt @ it 2 years ago. Back then I was all about my processed/fast foods and 1) wasn't going to be cooking and b) it seemed too expensive.

But I, and life, have changed a lot in 2 years. A big difference is a ton of info online. Lots of SBD forums where people share recipes, it's where I found the flaxseed omelet pancake and peanut butter cup. But the biggest change has been in me.

Daily Weigh In: 193.4

Nutrition
- lf cc
- hummus & raw broccoli
- boca chili w/extra black beans, sour cream and shredded cheese
- celery w/wedge of laughing cow cheese
- sugar free fudgsicle w/natty pb and whipped cream
- eggs w/boca sausage (bleahyuck!) veggie cheese, mushrooms and slice of avocado
- yet another fudgsicle w/natty pb and whipped cream

Water
5 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
30 mins elliptical - 2.08 miles
15 mins treadmill - .81 miles (5 min run/10 min walk)

Total cardio mins: 45
Total miles: 2.89

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Right now, what I'm most proud of is managing to take my vitamin/supplement cocktail for 3 weeks str8.

Daily Weigh In: 194.8

Nutrition
- lf cc
- lf cc
- hummus & raw broccoli
- boca chili w/extra black beans, sour cream and shredded cheese
- cherry tomatoes w/wedge of laughing cow cheese
- organic burger w/veggie cheese, vine tomato

Water
3 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
30 mins elliptical - 2.19 miles
15 mins treadmill - .85 miles (5 min run/10 min walk)

Total cardio mins: 45
Total miles: 3.04

15 mins weights - Buns

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Wednesday is my official "rest day". What it really means no Golds but I do weights, ab work. Sunday is also my "rest" day. But a more sadistic kinda rest...

Daily Weigh In: 195.4

Nutrition
- lf cc
- pancakes! psych! I started phase one of south beach today silly geese, it was flaxseed "pancakes" which actually looked like an omlette w/bits of grain in it
- celery w/hummus & wedge of laughing cow cheese
- boca chili w/extra black beans, sour cream and shredded cheese
- organic burger w/veggie cheese, vine tomato
- peanut butter cup...gotcha again! sugar free fudgsicle, natty pb topped w/cool whip

Water
4 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
22 mins recumbent bike - 8.04 miles
22 mins stationary bike - 7.92 miles
2 mins stairclimber - .19 miles/9 flights
22 mins elliptical - 1.6 miles
22 mins treadmill - 1.3 miles (5 min run/17 min walk)

Total cardio mins: 90
Total miles: 19.05

15 mins weights - Arms + 17 reps front raises & hammer curls, 10 reps shoulder raises & reverse bicep curls

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Gym day, it's like Christmas...in hell.

Daily Weigh In: 196

Nutrition
- pancakes, eggs, bacon, oj
- chicken sandwich, fries
- chocolate frap

Water
- 1.5 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
45 mins elliptical - 2.97 miles

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From the minute I left the gym I so did not want to go to today, I was out the rest of the day. Just getting back in. All of my eats was on the road, which I already knew. Hence the reason for the teeny bit of water, I don't count the frap towards my daily liquid consumption.

On a brighter note, grocery shopping for the upcoming week has been completed. (you can hear the gory deets on the podcast)

On a scary note, I think my camper from last week thinks Camp Renee is still in session. Oy yoy yoy!

Thank you Jeebus for the rain, but can you lay off on the thunder [small voice] and the lightning too?

PS for Elle: You didn't leave your email address so I can't reply directly. The charts and graphs you see are my own creation. I'm a web designer and do this for fun. Glad you like it and thanks for the compliments.

Daily Weigh In: 196.2 a gain again...get it? lest I go batshit crazy...I must . Besides, aren't I s'posed to be f.a.t. lbs?

Nutrition
- fiber 1, cheerios, vanilla soy milk, raisins
- cheerios, vanilla soy milk
- spaghetti, garlic bread, lasagna w/meat sauce, lemonade

Water
- 2 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
No workout

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To paraphrase one of my favorite quotes, when it becomes more difficult to suffer than change, one'll change.

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Since forever I tend to be all about doing things the pure way. Well some things. I think it's cuz I don't know how to ask for help, so I don't know how to accept help and have been let down and abandoned way too many times to count, I just walled up. I feel like I'll be a failure if I don't "man up" and do the weight loss thing the real way, eat less+move more. Rather than use certain tools that are proven to work, I harbor a dream in 6-12 months I can look back and say, "Voila, I did it the old fashion way." [insert self-satisfied smirk]

But you know what? Today is 6-12 months from summer of 05/early 06. Guess what the old fashion way has netted me. I mean it. Guess.

Ding ding ding ding!!

MORE EFFING LBS!!!

14 more lbs than the start of the year and don't make me dig thru the archives to find the stats from last summer.

I sit here feeling all superior that I'm "keeping it real" while I'm utterly repulsed I can feel flab under my arm pits. And when I lean forward to get my water bottle, the rolls on the side of my tummy crease up and move.

To hell w/keeping it real. I did it that way for many years and my ass kept getting real fat.

****

Yesterday was trick #1. Today is trick #2.

Daily Weigh In: 195.6

Nutrition
- fiber 1, cheerios, raisins, soy milk
- turkey sammich w/all the fixin's & raw veggies
- plain turkey & cheese on rye
- vanilla soy milk
- burger w/veggie cheese on ww tortilla and a bit of A1, corn on the cob w/ICBINB
- fruit leather

Water
3.5 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
30 mins elliptical - 2 miles

15 mins weights - Buns
15 mins weights - Arms

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Wow. Just. Wow.

Before I call uncle, I have 2 more tricks up my sleeve. *sigh*

Stay tuned...

Daily Weigh In: 194.8

Nutrition
- fiber 1, cheerios, raisins, vanilla soy milk
- walnuts
- swt po'-tah-toe w/lf cc & pineapple
- peach
- turkey sammich & raw sides (same as yesterday)
- strawberry flavored fruit leather
- slice of german chocolate cake w/frosting (durn my aunt!)

Water
3.5 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
Rest day. Hooray...Hoorah...Huzzah!

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For a long time I've had trouble sleeping. Back @ my old apartment, it was mainly due to what I was sleeping on. Let's just say it wasn't a bed. So every turn, I'd wake up and before long I perfected the art of sleeping perfectly still, on one side, for the entire night. When I went to visit my mom and slept in a *gasp* real bed, I slept like a log, but also didn't move.

Knowing I was moving and would have a bed and stuff, I made a conscious decision to make my space as peaceful as possible. First on the agenda, no sleeping w/the TV on.

Daily Weigh In: 194.8

Nutrition
- fiber 1, cheerios, raisins, vanilla soy milk
- turkey sammich: smoked turkey breast, sliced veggie cheese, mayo, dijon mustard, spinach leaves & tomato on seeded rye bread. carrots & broccoli w/ranch dressing
- 2 slices pineapple
- peach
- chocolate soy milk
- burger w/veggie cheese & mushrooms sauteed w/A1 on a ww tortilla & corn on the cob w/ICBINB
- 2 sno-cream pops (it's hot as hades in the atl)

Water
4 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
45 mins elliptical - 3.31 miles
45 mins treadmill - 2.62 miles

Total cardio mins: 90
Total miles: 5.93

15 mins weights - Buns

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A group led by Cornell University marketing professor Brian Wansink looked at the eating habits of thousands of people and concluded the craving for something sweet spans both candy and fruit. The study published in the journal Appetite found people who eat candy, cakes and other sweet snacks eat more fruit than people who prefer salty snacks like nuts and chips.

"I think it shows there is some hope for the typical dieter," he said. "... Maybe you're not just a sugar-eating machine — that there are some redeeming traits to your diet." [source]

I have a terrible sweet tooth. The healthier/blander my food is, the stronger the urge is to have something sweet to cut the taste. And by bland, I don't mean horrible, I enjoy what I'm eating.

Like last night's dinner, bun-less burger. I meant to eat it w/a ww tortilla. Went so far as to put it on the plate, but for some reason, never touched it. I also skipped the condiments, mayo/mustard/ketchup. Matter of fact didn't even use season salt/hamburger seasoning/Worcestershire sauce or A1 and it was still pretty damn delish.

Daily Weigh In: 195.8

Nutrition
- blueberries w/non-fat plain yogurt
- swt potato w/lf cc
- 2 slices rye bread (w/seeds) w/natty pb
- blueberries w/non-fat plain yogurt (yes again!)
- plum
- vanilla soy milk
- swt potato w/bit of maple syrup, pineapples & raisins w/plain hamburger
- mango flavored fruit leather

Water
3.5 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
45 mins elliptical - 3.09 miles
45 mins treadmill - 2.6 miles

Total cardio mins: 90
Total miles: 5.69

15 mins weights - Arms

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Whatta weekend.

Friday night, took my godson to go see Monster House, GREAT MOVIE by the way. He liked it too. So much so, he wants to go see it again, in 3-D. Oy.

Saturday, spent most of the early evening riding my new mountain bike up and down the cul-de-sac. My girly bits are still throbbing. I haven't ridden a real bike since, um, high school. The entrance of the subdivision is weird. It goes down hill for a bit then sharply up hill. So we rode to the front, I'm all wobbly, he's all speedy. Then turn around and after two pedals, the bike took off.

Daily Weigh In: 194.6

Nutrition
- plum
- pancakes & eggs w/bacon, oj

Water
1 liter

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
TBD

Daily Weigh In: 195.6

Nutrition
- pancakes & eggs w/bacon, oj
- 3 bananas
- eggs on cinamon raisin bread w/slice of veggie cheese and turkey breast
- ginger slices
- 2 sno cream pops

Water
2.5 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
Nothing formal. Rode my mountain bike up and down the cul-de-sac w/my godson for about 30-45 mins

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Back dating this post.

Daily Weigh In: 194.6

Nutrition (ate on the road today)
- eggs, bacon, toast, potatoes
- burger w/grilled onions (ketchup, mustard, mayo) small fries & small coke

Water
1 liter

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
None today, was on the road, all food plans were shot and going out later tonight. It's almost 6 and I'm still not hungry. Didn't eat a lot, kept portions low and other than the coke, my first soft drink in almost a month, opted for water instead of juice. Consumed a bit of condiments I normally don't like salt and pepper and grape jelly. One would think on a day like today, considering what I vented early in the AM, I'd be a goody-two-shoes all day. One would think.

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This has been a rough week. When sleepless nights and the heat keep weren't keeping me up, a pain poked in my chest, anxiety. The heat didn't help either. Overall I'm just feeling blah.

Weighing in daily during times like this sux too. I wish some of my thoughts weren't ones of utter frustration. Like...

Daily Weigh In: 194.8

Nutrition
- banana
- fiber one, cheerios, raisins, soy milk
- tuna melt on wheat w/baked lays
- snicker bar
- chocolate soy milk *yum*
- corn, burger w/slice of veggie cheese on cinamon raisin bread w/mayo, mustard & ketchup
- snow cream pop
- 3 shortbread cookies

Water
3 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
40 mins elliptical - 2.69 miles
20 mins treadmill - 1.16 miles

Total cardio mins: 60
Total miles: 3.8

15 mins weights - Legs

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Another upward tick, and it's up from last week too, coinky dink 7 days after I pondered carb bloat and figured it'd take 7 days to show a gain.

Daily Weigh In: 194

Nutrition*
- fiber one, cheerios, raisins, soy milk
- walnuts
- plain non-fat yogurt, lf cc, blueberries, blackberries, carrots, cauliflower w/ranch dressing
- natty pb w/crackers
- 4 baby-sized baby ruths (I think its the hormones)
- 2 veggie cheese sandwiches on cinamon raisin bread
- snow cream ice pop

Water
3 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training*
Rest Day.

*When it's hot, I nosh. Plain and simple. No cooking, nothing heavy, small lite finger food. Factor in that I'm beat and conked out napping earlier I woke up a bit more hungry than usual. Bah. Not throwing in the towel for the rest of this week, but gonna play it by ear. I want to get in 2 more cardio sessions this week and @ least do lower body and abs else I end up being all lopsided @ the end of this challenge :\

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As you can tell from this AM's quote I'm debating whether or not to rest today since it's my official day and all. Thinking Sunday was rest day, and seeing a slight upward tick in the daily weigh in makes me feel like no.

But...

Daily Weigh In: 193.4

Nutrition
- fiber one, cheerios, raisins, soy milk
- plum, walnuts, natty pb
- soy burger w/veggie cheese, raw broccoli, celery & carrots w/ranch dressing
- snickers bar
- plum
- vanilla soy milk
- swt potato, lf cc, pineapple, raisins
- snow cream bar 2 "baby-sized" baby ruths

Water
4 liters + 1 cup o' green tea

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
30 mins elliptical - 1.74 miles
30 mins treadmill - 2.06 miles

Total cardio mins: 60
Total miles: 3.8

15 mins weights - Arms

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Yesterday AM I woke up and my throat was so parched it hurt to swallow. Not sure why, I got plenty of water Sunday. Who knows...I may have sweated it out during the night. To be safe I guzzled an extra liter. This morning it felt smooth as silk.

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Daily Weigh In: 194.6

Nutrition
- fiber one, cheerios, banana, soy milk
- buckwheat pancake w/natty pb
- chicken breast, buckwheat pancake w/syrup, broccoli
- 2 plums
- 2 egg & cheese sammichs on toasted cinamon raisin bread
- 2 ice cream pops, 1 soy fudgscicle (30 cals) 1 snowcream (100 cals)

Water
5 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
30 mins elliptical - 1.83 miles
30 mins treadmill - 1.73 miles

Total cardio mins: 60
Total miles: 3.56

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Times like this is where paranoia sets in. I mean yesterday's official weigh-in loss may have been reason to whoop it up, but I didn't. Today's upward motion makes my brain race...

"Maybe I should've went to Gold's after all"

"Why oh why did I eat potato salad and dinner roll as my last meal?!?!?"

"Is this carb bloat?"

"Did I drink enough water?"

"Man I haven't been to the gym since Saturday AM. Feels like forever. Is this the start of a not-going-to-the-gym streak?"

And on and on and on...

Daily Weigh In: 193.8

Nutrition
- 2 (homemade! and by homemade, I mean memade) buckwheat pancakes (1 had raisins) & maple syrup
- Leftovers: chicken leg & breast, dinner roll, salad w/ranch dressing, potato salad
- slice of carrot cake
- potato salad & dinner roll

Water
3 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
None today, spent the entire day getting room cleaned up, vacuuming, organizing, etc

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I tend to be cryptic when I write so the first part of yesterdays post may cause some to say WTF? I posted something, in the heat of emotion, and later in the day removed it.

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Slept like a log last nite. Sorta. I did wake up and put on the fan which in the dark of nite does NOT whisper as the directions stated. However, it lulled me to sleep. So much so that my alarm was going off for 4 mins before I heard it. Usually I hear the computer rev up, which wakes me up, before the alarms starts to chirp.

Daily Weigh In: 194.6

Nutrition
- banana & protein shake
- south beach diet pizza - deluxe
- 5 shortbread cookies
- **salad w/ranch dressing, 2 dinner rolls w/ICBINB spray, potato salad, ½ swt potato, baked chicken (leg & 2 wings)

(**You can hear the sordid details via the podcast)

Water
3 liters

Vitamins/Supplements
Check

Training
25 mins recumbent bike - 8.66 miles
25 mins elliptical - 1.68 miles
1:30 mins stairclimber
25 mins treadmill - 1.12 miles

Total cardio mins: 75
Total miles: 11.46

15 mins weights - Legs

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Don't mind me, I'm bitter and whiny today.

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Spent most of yesterday evening doing errands to free up my AM today. Hence no getting my $'s worth @ Golds. Sadly, I don't think driving from shopping center to shopping center counts as a full work out. Were that it did though, were that it did.

Got my food shopping done, super excited about next weeks menu.

****

I don't really consider Friday a total loss. Shure there is a "gain" from yesterdays weigh-in, but barring me falling face first into a vat of ice cream today, I'm still trending towards a 1lb loss for tomorrows weekly weigh-in.

Daily Weigh In: 193.4

Nutrition
- Breakfast: Soy Milk, Fiber One, Raisins, Banana
- toasted low-carb pita w/natty pb and 'nana
- 2 plums
- milk chocolate hershey bar
- 'nana
- Din Din: 1/4 - 1/2 of General Tso's Chicken, fried rice, 1/4 egg roll

Water – 2 liters + 20 oz

Vitamins/Supplements - Check

Training
Missed - ended up taking a 4 ½ hour detour in running errands...hence the chocolate bar and takeout dinner. Also went grocery shopping on an empty stomach. Still did good, went a bit nuts in the organic section and still *grits teeth* ended up spending $50 when my goal was to pick up no more than $15 worth of stuff...hunger made me by more. Even the things I bought, considering what I could've been tempted by, were pretty ok. 100 calorie ice cream pops and 30 calorie tofu pops, vs. decadant ice cream bars. Or lean hormone free ground beef vs. breaded sauced up chicken filets.

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Good thing I tend to go w/the higher # I see in the AM else today woulda been a . Yesterday I saw 193.2. Saw it again today, but 2 out of 3 tries ='s 193.4 as my final answer.

I know you were all waiting w/bated breath for the results of this AM's weigh in. Did the carby popcorn and kit kat do our heroine in?

Today you'll have to click below for the results

Daily Weigh In: 194.2

Nutrition
- Breakfast: Soy Milk, Fiber 1, Strawberries
- AM Snack: Plain non-fat yogurt, more Strawberries w/fake kroger splenda I now find out is aspartame which means I'll no longer be eating it
- Lunch: Tuna Cheese, low-carb pita, dijon mustard and a delish cucumber grown by a friends neighbor. I ate the entire thing *burp*
- PM Snack: none, lunch was very filling
- Din Din: (This will be tricky as I'm going to catch a movie. I'll try and act as if I have sense.)

Update: Ok I wasn't great, but I was good. Took the rest of strawberries w/me (good) and polished that off during flick #1. Yes I ate an entire pkg of strawberries today. I got burned losing 2 pkgs over the weekend due to the heat, I wasn't letting this package get away from me too. By flick #2, I got a small popcorn w/butter (not good) and kit kat (not good), I like crunchy salty and soft sweet @ the same time. I didn't get a drink (great!). Instead I filled up the 1 liter water bottle I smuggled in (good). Didn't eat all the popcorn (good) but damn sure ate all the chocolate
- Final Meal: none tonight. Lets see the effects of the popcorn/chocolate combo in the AM, though I know it's not a weight gain, as I did not eat over 3500 calories today. More likely it'll be carb bloat and/or sodium...please oh please Zeus let the entire package of strawberries be loaded w/fiber so I can have a good AM wake up call. *wink wink*

Water – 66oz + 2 cups o' green tea

Vitamins/Supplements - Check

Training
Rest Day

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I have a hard time w/rest days. My pattern dictates that 1 day leads to 3 months off @ the gym. I know rest it needed, both mentally and physically, but I find myself going going going till I burn out. I'm going to work on balance too this quarter.

To work on keeping my Q3 goals front and center, I've employed a few public tactics. There are two new categories to get me to log my daily doings, eats & sweats, during the month of July challenge. If I can trust myself w/it, I'll keep it up in latter months.

There is a new chart in the far right column, under the daily pudge pic comparison shots. I'm not going for a streak, just trying to get my monies worth @ the gym...knowwhatImean?.

Daily Weigh In: 195.2

Nutrition
- Post Cardio: Plum, Proten Shake
- Breakfast: 2% reduced fat Milk, Fiber 1, Raisins
- AM Snack: 'nana & walnuts
- *Lunch: low carb pita w/(don't gag) tuna cheese! (tuna + lf cc), cherry tomatoes & carrots w/ranch dressing
- PM Snack: none, lunch was vewwy vewwy filling
- Post Workout: Plum
- *Din Din: swt potato & chicken breat, 6 ginger slices
- Final Meal: 2/3rds protein bar, 6 shortbread cookies

*I may switch dinner w/lunch, by the end of the day I'm too pooped and too hot to eat such a heavy meal. I have to force myself to cook it, even though I'm hungry*

Water – 1 liter + 80oz + 2 cups o' green tea

Vitamins/Supplements - Check

Training
30 mins elliptical - 1.64 miles
30 mins treadmill - 1.4 miles

Total cardio mins: 60
Total miles: 3.04

30 mins weights - Arms & Abs

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I decided to take a pic of the grey bib I so proudly sported on Sunday. This is what I created yesterday:

Daily Weigh In: 195.8

Nutrition
- Breakfast: Soy Milk, Fiber 1, Raisins
- AM Snack: 'nana
- Lunch: Tuna on low-carb pita w/a roma tomato mayo & mustard, 15 baby carrots w/ranch dressing
- PM Snack: LF CC w/Kroger brand fake splenda & Strawberries
- Post Workout: Plum, Protein Shake
- Din Din: Chicken breast w/swt potato
- Final Meal: 6 ginger slices, 1/3 protein bar

Water – 4 liters aka 1 gallon wÒÓ†!

Vitamins/Supplements - Check

Training
30 mins elliptical - 2.17 miles
30 mins treadmill - 1.4 miles

Total cardio mins: 60
Total miles: 3.57

15 mins weights - Buns

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Hrrrmmm...maybe I should do a daily countdown after all...I'm completely lost...

I think I'm going to give up trying to wake up @ insane AM on Mondays. No matter how beat I am, how much napping I avoid Sunday, how heavy my eyelids are that I can barely keep them open, the minute my head hits the pillow, my mind starts to race.

Only on Mondays.

Daily Weigh In: 196.8

Nutrition
- Slice of pumpkin bread
- 'nana & plain non-fat yogurt
- soy burger on pita w/cauliflower, mayo, mustard and cherry tomatoes
- plum
- 2 'nanas w/natty peanut butter
- 7 ginger slices

Water – 2.5 liters

Vitamins/Supplements - Nope

Training
45 mins elliptical - 2.39 miles
45 mins treadmill - 2.25 miles

Total cardio mins: 90
Total miles: 4.64

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Man I spent most of today, tending to my sites. Their like plants, I always feel if I neglect them, well, traffic will die. But it was more than that feeling since I was still updating most of them in spite of the madness, but behind the scenes...lawdhavemercy, talk about email. One site, ONE, had over 1800 emails and that's not including spam.

Granted I do have 1500 or so close online buddies , ok more like 52 , Still. That much email was insane. I spent most of the afternoon getting that taken care of. I also updated my podcast, my training journal, and my pudge pic blog.

Made a few buttons for the newest peeps on the fitroll, charged up my iPod...oh and got in 90 mins in the gym clocking a bit over 4 miles thankyouverymuch...despite the fact that the treadmill freaking tried to KILL me and I so was not in the mood to go this AM, but I went and I'm glad.

Picture it, it was minutes after I uploaded the podcast and I was sitting in front the 'puter licking my I'm-so-fat-I'm-almost-200-lbs!-wounds like a cat trying to clean itself...