(: Well it’s Friday.  I”m pretty much out of produce and I don’t usually shop till Sunday PM.  I might go tomorrow.  What can I say that’s good??? I’ve already drank all my waters today… and I don’t plan on stopping. Gotta flush my system and pray for my weigh-in tomorrow. PRAY. because I’m not going to be down.  You don’t lose if you don’t eat right.  I know this. [sigh] O I’ve also worked out every day this week.  That’s gotta count for something as well!

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Food	Core/Pts
Oatmeal, milk (2)	CORE
bite of pb & j	+2 fp
ultra healthy muffin	CORE +2
coffee w/ creamer	+1 FP
Totals
Fruits & Veggies (nursing moms need	/8
Healthy Oils (nursing moms need 3)	/3
Protein	/2
Dairy (nursing moms need 3)	3/3
Water	8/8
Daily Activity: step aerobics 60 min
Day  __6____  in week -  Flex Points Remaining: negative

I also went over my cardio goal by almost an hour (55 minutes) and I could technically work out tomorrow.  I don’t know if I will. But I could! (:  We’ll see.  For sure Sunday tho’.

Goal (Week Feb 17 - Feb 24 )				Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat
Cardio totaling 3 hours each week				60 min		60 min	30 min	60 min
50 crunches (daily)				x		x		x	x
50 obliques (daily)				x		x		x	x
Group Power 2+ times/week									x
other activity:						25 min walk treadmill!
if daily goals accomplished								:-)	:-)

Well here I am. I survived one day on CORE. And maybe, just maybe, I’m becoming more of a believer! (:

Here’s my deliemma… EATING OUT. As I mentioned yesterday, I am a picky eater. Don’t like many vegetables… don’t like onions, peppers, tomatoes, etc… so. How do I eat out and stay on plan? Pizza is deadly for me (although I did maintain control last night!)… fast food (usually Taco Bell) is tough… cause even if I bought one of their “bowls” I hardly like anything on it.. talk about no flavor… Hmmm… pondering this one… maybe I should just EAT AT HOME! but that’s not very feasable for my lifestyle….

Here’s my food so far…

Also I have decided to take one set of “bricks” out of my step during Step Aerobics to see how my knees react. Lunges REALLY hurt and I’ve noticed stepping up is also painful. Someone suggested that the two sets of bricks might have something to do with it, so I’m trying to see if this helps. Also I am stepping up the number of times per week that I do “Group Power” my weight lifting class, and cutting one cardio out. I feel like my knees need to be strengthened and a little less “stressed”… hopefully this helps!

Goal (Week Jan 27 - Feb 1 )				Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat
Cardio totaling 3 hours each week						60
50 crunches (daily)					x	x
50 obliques (daily)					x	x
Group Power 2+ times/week					x
Other (dancing w/ baby etc.)						5
if daily goals accomplished

Well… today started out well… I ate my raisin bran and headed to the gym for a double whammy: group power and 30 minute Cycling. Well.. I tried to head to the gym. But my car door was frozen shut.  So… I defrosted my car and poured water on my door, and then headed to the gym (10 minutes late!).  So instead of 1 hr POWER it was 45 minutes POWER. Then the cycling instructor started cycling 10 minutes late and since I only have an hour and half slot for TINY GYM, I only got 20 minutes in before leaving to pick up dd (believe me… it felt like 3 hours!!!)  But NEVERTHELESS… I worked out hard today!

Came home, made a huge salad… ate that… and 2 cups of coffee… and some baked chips and dip… and then another coffee and some stupid chocolate laying around my house from post Christmas (DUMB!!!)  Not even a real dinner… but I dont’ really want to make one now that I’ve wasted my points on stupid stuff…   WHAT WOULD YOU DO??? ANYONE?? Would you just call it a night and not eat anymore?? Or would you make a fruit salad or something with some substance like some chicken??  I never know what to do in this situation.  I obviously have flexies and used them…

O one other thing… I was thinking about giving myself more points today because DD nursed more than usual… but I don’t know if I can vacilate between my total daily points…  CAN I??? Right now I add in 3 nursing sessions, but I probably do more like 5 on a “normal day” and a range of 4-6 on other days… Anyone know??

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Its been a crazy week (:

Goal (Week Jan 1 - Jan 7, 2008)				Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun	last Mon
Cardio totaling 3 hours each week				65 min		45 min		50		20 min
50 crunches					x		x	x
50 obliques					x	x	x	x
2 sets of 20 push-ups					x		x	x
Group Power 1+ time/week					x
if daily goal accomplished

I updated my goals page with some new expedited weight loss goals. I’m trying to push through and achieve my overall goal sooner. You can see my old goal (date to be accomplished) first, and then my new goal in italics. I also am participating in Swizzlepop’s Exercise Challenge for the month of January and I’m excited for some accountability! Should be good!

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Goal (Week Jan 1 - Jan 7, 2008)				Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon
Cardio totaling 3 hours each week				65 min
50 crunches					x
50 obliques					x
2 sets of 20 push-ups					x
Group Power 1+ time/week					x
if daily goal accomplished

So… First Run… we got into Eugene around 7pm last night, checked into our hotel and watched a Law & Order Marathon for a couple hours while eating crappy food (BAD idea!) and waiting for our midnight run. We had fun, just dh, baby, and my friend Allison who was running with me. Allison and I headed out around 11pm to find the place where the run began, and check in. It was funny to look at some people who were dressed to the hilt, stretching and warming up hard-core, as if this were a marathon and not a 5k I can’t believe how hard core some the the runners were either. Today we saw the best times and one guy ran it in around 16 minutes. That’s a 5 minute mile!

Anyways… we ran the first 5k together (in the dark!) and had a good time. We def. FELT the junk food as we were running, and decided maybe pizza an hour before wasn’t the best idea Also I usually run 1st thing in the morning so this was a new experience for me since I’d been up since 7:30am! Anyway, I was pleased with our times… just under 33 minutes, a little less than an 11 minute mile… and considering I ran 12 minute miles in highschool, and I’ve been out of HS for 10 years.. I felt it was a good accomplishment! (pictures to come… for the 1st race, they’re on Allison’s camera. Scroll down for pictures of the race today)

So after getting lost (long story!) and arriving at our hotel around 2am… Allison and i slept here and there, in between dd ’s fun awakenings as she realized she was in the same room as us, and didn’t want to go back to sleep.. twice! (did that sentence make sense?) Needless to say this morning, we were tired!

!The run today was quite a bit different. Allison went on ahead alone, so she could push herself (at my request!) and get a good time. I was curious to see what a difference it made in my time when I was on my own. I was def. feeling the night before… little sleep, junk, and a 5k! I know I didn’t push myself quite as hard but I was only 1 minute slower… 34 minutes. And so, I feel good about today too!

Here we are right after the race. I was so red!

I didn’t post yesterday about my weigh in… I was just too overwhelmed because my parents came to town for the day and we were also trying to get out the door to head to Eugene for the First Run.

So… last week’s (or was it 2 weeks ago??) scale reading: 153.2 (I was up .2)

This week’s scale reading: 152.4! Down .8 I’ll take it! After Christmas success!

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Well… just not a good day. Poor eating all around (at my parents and in-laws…) and no fruits and veggies… Good on water. And I ran 3 miles… I guess those are the positive..

My knees on the other hand, are having problems.  I’m not sure what caused it, possibly my recent running… but they hurt alot, mostly when they are bent… but even today while I was running.  Obviously I am running a 5K on Monday and one on Tuesday, but i think other than that, I am going to stop running and focus on aerobic activity with less impact. UG.  I like just running and getting it over with quickly… and yet feeling like I worked out HARD.  I guess I will have to find other things…

Daily Points Target					30
Food				Points	Left
cereal w/ milk				6	24
bread				4	20
pb & j on WW				4	16
pecan candies				12??	4
bite of pizza				2	2
Quiznos				7	-5
baked lays				3	-8
random grazing
+4 activity points				+4	-4
Totals
Day __4__ Week - Flex Points Remaining: ??
8oz water: x x x xFruit/Veg: 0
Exercise: 35 minutes treadmill (3 miles)

Goal (Week  of  December 24-Jan 1 )				Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon
Cardio totaling 3 hours each week				I’m	40	60	35
50 crunches				back	:-)
50 obliques				on	:-)		:-)
2 sets of 20 push-ups				track!!	:-)	:-)
Group Power 1+ time/week				:-)
if daily goal accomplished!					:-)	:-)

I didn’t want to post my Wed food too early and bump my beautiful pictures down… (: So I just decided to save this post and post both days on Thursday… 1st of all.. Wed was/is my ANNIVERSARY!! 3 years and going strong! (: My mom and sis came to town and helped me decorate my house adorably… and i had candles lit, and a WW dinner on the table when DH arrived home! (: We ate quick and headed out the door to church (but w/ plans to spend time together on Saturday), so I didn’t make too big of a deal about it… BUT… DH did bring me home some GORGEOUS roses and a little card. VERY SWEET! (I realize now that I look at the picture that I need to take off some of the leaves (:

Wednesday was def. a munchie day… I had junk around and I allowed myself to eat it (”because it’s my anniversary”, excuse). I still managed (miracle??) to stay w/in points range… but not on good food… and def. not all my fruits and veggies in… ): grrr… I also skipped the gym, which I rarely ever do (I go whenever I’m in town… and never skip… I just don’t work out EVERY day because I’m usually out of town at least 1 day, and I don’t usually go weekends) and that is a drag too… Maybe I will make up for it Sat or Sun (Kinda doubt it tho… big stressers of a Children’s play production that Allison and I are directing)… anyway… this is a rambling post….

Ok I wanted to post about this for a while, and always forget. Dh and my Dad started this competition thing between the two of them, to lose weight. The deal is they weigh in each Friday after work… and if either isn’t down, they owe the other one $5. Seems like a good plan to me.. Week 1: DH loses 8.8 lbs!!!! and my dad loses 5.2. UG. Double Ug. Men & losing weight = NOT FAIR!!! I know, I know, most of it was water weight and the fact that my DH eats (ate, past tense) TERRIBLE. The little changes he made made a HUGE difference for him. But still… how annoying! Now he has scale Angst…. he he… now he gets to know how it feels! (: Can’t wait to see the numbers this Friday!

THURSDAY… THE AFTERMATH… I know this is a long journal and I don’t have much to say for today, except I’m embarrassed to write what I ate today.  I was snacking out of control.  Only ate 2 real meals and only 1 serving of F&V. Ug. Bad bad bad… that’s all there is to it. I know i won’t remember all I ate as I try to fill in my chart…  and the worst part is, DH and I are going to dinner tomorrow night at his company party, and Saturday to the Spaghetti Factory. double ug.  Tomorrow night, NO DESSERT for me.  Usually that’s pretty easy cause it’s Cheesecake and I don’t like Cheesecake.  CROSS MY FINGERS… I did do STEP AEROBICS TODAY… (w/o a sports bra! bad news when you’re a large chested nursing mommy!) That’s my one good thing! O and I suppose my other good thing: I had a wonderful time this morning with friend over coffee (and goodies) and it just felt nice to have fun company in my newly decorated little house.  Hurray for Christmas in that respect!

Goal (Week   -          )				Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon
Cardio totaling 3 hours each week				50 min		60 minutes
50 crunches						:-}
50 obliques						:-)
2 sets of 20 push-ups						:-)
Group Power 1+ time/week
if daily goals accomplished!

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Yep! Yesterday was a successful day! We literally baked from morning till night (10 am to 8:30 pm, with a small break in the middle) with a controlled amount of flex points used!  My plan really helped me to stay on track and stay focused that I didn’t want to use all my flex points on grazing… and it helped me to “choose my points wisely”.  Allison (who I’m sure will be posting her success shortly!) and I were o-so impressed with ourselves as we headed out the door at 8:30 to deliver our treats (with sweet-potato-fries in our other hands, to munch on as we delivered!), we couldn’t help but grin and brag to each other just how well we did!  I really didn’t think it was possible to cook ALL DAY and not much and graze, and eat yourself into a junk food black hole… but we did! (AND SO CAN YOU!!!!)

AMAZING:  EVEN THO WE WERE BAKING AND HAD JUNK IN THE KITCHEN ALL DAY… I STILL MANAGED TO GET IN ALL MY WATER, ALL MY FRUITS AND VEGGIES, 50 MINUTES OF EXERCISE, AND A HEALTHY LUNCH AND DINNER!  WOW!  THAT PROVES SOME MAJOR LIFESTYLE CHANGES RIGHT THERE!!

OOPS: missed my abs and push-ups! ): O well! (: Good day still!

Well you can always know that when I miss a day posting, it’s because I’m out of town. Yesterday I headed to the town I grew up in to spend the day w/ my parents and to attend a local Christmas Tree Lighting (that ended up being a DUD!) I have such a hard time stealing away to post on the computer but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t writing down points. I officially used all my flex points last night when we went out to dessert after the tree lighting. I have eaten out a special dessert several times over the last year and each time I do, I always regret getting what I got, and wish I would have simply got a scoop of ice cream… From now on, that’s what I’m going to do! This morning my sister and I went running. It wasn’t super hard but we did put a couple mini intervals in there to push ourselves, and we did go 2 miles! I’m excited to keep progressing toward my 5k run. Next Friday my sis and I are going to up it to 3 miles, no matter how long and hard it is.

Here’s my goal chart updated… and following this chart, is my food chart for today.

Goal (Week Dec 4 - Dec 11 )				Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon
Cardio totaling 3 hours each week				15 min	60 min	50 min		30 min
50 crunches
50 obliques
2 sets of 20 push-ups
Group Power 1+ time/week				x
if i accomplish all goals for the day!

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