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Showing posts with label Phase 4 Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phase 4 Challenge. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Phase 4 Cancelled, so..um, is it still day 31? hah Uncertainly about challenge status for moi...but the scale moved. Yay!

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Yesterday, Allan called off Phase 4. It was pretty shocking to a lot of us, so, well, the air was a tad in the "bummed out" zone, ...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Day 30 of Phase 4 Challenge: Where I'm back after just not feeling the blogging mojo, where salt is siren calling, where I distract myself with hot J-Rock , and where I offer pics of my weekend outings and my body at 226!!

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Tanita-san: 226.2 A bit of stasis. I've been hitting the salty foods a lot since Saturday evening, and it always has this effect. Af...
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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Day 27 of Phase 4 Challenge: Where we jump around celebrating Japan's win, and where my panties are getting baggy, and where I wanna go out, and where there's not much else to say, really...

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Scale: 226.6 Salty cheese x2 uptick. Was hoping to see a nice round 226.0  Weigh-in for Challenge, well, sent it today so I don't risk...
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Friday, January 28, 2011

Day 26 of the Phase 4 Challenge: Where there are 96 Days to Go and In Which I'm Feeling Lethargic...then don't feel lethargic and laugh and walk my way back to ENERGIZED!

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Scale: 226.2 Whoa. Almost a pound down from yesterday.... I slept a lot. Eleven hours. I started feeling that little lethargy come in ye...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Day 25 of Phase 4 Challenge: 72 lbs down; appetite had mild upsurge last night, then calm again; Deliveries of goodies; Stair exercise and the crunchy knee; and the 9% and the Challenges....

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Scale: 227.0 That makes a nice, even 72 lbs lost. Yesterday: Calories: 935 Exercise: Walking, stairs Mood: calm, good Hunger: minim...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Day 24 of Phase 4 Challenge: Yesterday's Particulars, Calm Mood Persists, Hot Cake Hankering, the Joy of a Flatter TumTum, the pain of hips that endured too much fat for too long....Litany for Fearful Overeaters (with apologies to Frank Herbert),

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Scale: 227.4 Movement in right direction continues to cheer me. Yesterday: Calories: 1074 Exercise: walking (flaked on the strength on...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Day 23 Phase 4 Challenge: Mellow, cloudy day...a pound down...eating when not hungry...wanna nap...but will walk! And some words for and a request of my Phase 4 Challenge Comrades!

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Scale: 227.8 Okay, good. I want to have a good weigh-in and not stall again....so that number makes me smile. I'm feeling uber-mello...
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Day 22 of Phase 4 Challenge: Laughing Like Mad, Motivated Like Crazy, Happy as a Total Loon, Reducing BP Meds, Excellent Labwork from early Dec, and a new week on P4, with New Exercises-- & The Stair Exercises...Yikes..My Knees are Looking At Me With Despair! Hah!

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Scale: Holding at 228.8 Yesterday: Calories: 954 Exercise: Walking, some stair-climbing, some salsa dancing Mood: Unbelievable! Like I ...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Day 20 Phase 4 Challenge: Another small downtick, so weigh-in for Challenge should be my best yet! R.D. Delighted with me! A dose of deep optimism; A Lazy Saturday with NPR while Hubby Works On Book, and pretty much the only stuff you can do to help your loved ones choose to eat more healthfully when they refuse to commit....

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Tanita-san: 228.8 Yesterday: calories: 1074 exercise: rest day hunger: very little appetite mood: very, very good My appointment wit...
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Friday, January 21, 2011

Day 19 of Phase 4 Challenge: Still not very hungry, still losing: 70 POUNDS LOST!!! :) Orthostatic Hypotension....so....Made appt with Primary Doc, And today I see the R.D. for a follow-up. Plus Yesterday's particulars, "Walking in the Rain..."

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Scale: 229.0 Seventh straight day of loss, even though I doubled my salt intake yesterday. And I'm now officially 70 pounds down from ...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Day 18 Phase 4 Challenge: Not hungry--like at all; blood pressure meds may need ditching; Whoo, I BROKE INTO THE 220s!!!!!! ...And hooked by WHY WE GET FAT....

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Scale: 229.6 Holy Whoas! Very happy. This puts me now in 1996ish weight zone. More time travel backwards fat-wise. For a couple months...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Day 16 Phase 4 Challenge: Getting Close to the 220s, Another Moonlit Walk with Hubby, Groceries done, And Appetite back to "Challenge Normal"....

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Scale: 230.6 Maybe by Sunday's weigh-in, maybe, I can be in the 220's? I'd like that a whole lot. Eating is very good. The l...
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Monday, January 17, 2011

Day 15 Phase 4 Challenge: Tornado Watch, Appetite, Exercise plans for the day, Mellow MLK Day Otherwise...

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Scale still going down... Yesterday: Calories: 962 (Wasn't hungry, so instead of a dinner, just had a small snack) Water: met Exerc...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Day 14 of Phase 4 Challenge: Where I can FINALLY FRICKEN Report a Loss to A, and the same top last May versus Yesterday, and..um...hmmm...plans for my 51st Birthday, Foodwise....

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Oh...groan..sleepy. I set the alarm so I could meet the challenge deadline for the weigh-in. And, while the last two weeks I had to send ...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Day 13, Phase 4 Challenge: Today is Activity Day, My depleted savings, and Mood is GREAT! Feeling, um, like Whoopie, too... heh...

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The Princess is back! Woke up thirsty  (which is one of those things that still amazes me given how much fluid I consume since the Challen...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

Day 12 of P4: Consult with Dietitian, Herbes de Provence is a fun seasoning, Overcast day But Sunnier Mood...and yesterday's challenge particulars...

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Scale: not budging. Yesterday: Calories: 1253 Exercise: 55 mins Pilates, 25 minute walk Water: met Mood: weepy and "off" ea...
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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Day 11 of Phase 4: Where I have a couple weepy moments, exercise hard, haven't much of an appetite, and call up to get a pro's input to personalize me, tell you 7 things about me, and thank my supportive fatfighting pals!

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Scale: 234.2 (nekkid, post poop, post pee) Yesterday: Calories: 1173 Water for challenge: met Exercise: rest day Slept: a scosh unde...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Day 10 Phase 4: Where I begin to understand the seeds of the "other" kind of disordered eating, Yesterday's Challenge Particulars, and where the Princess still can't frakkin' do Push-Ups!

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I had some scary thoughts in my head a couple of times yesterday...and this morning. This plateau/whatever-it-is is starting to F with my He...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Day 9 Phase 4: "Status: Sore" is my new daily normal , some plan stuff from a Metabolic Syndrome perspective, pics of the traditional family tasty I did NOT eat NYE, and Yesterday's Particulars...

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I exercised for an hour and twenty minutes yesterday. I'm sore today. No kidding. :) I've been used to being sore about half or mo...
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Monday, January 10, 2011

Day 8 Phase 4: Where I decide this is the week I get results or I Make a Change....and how the hunger has not been an issue even at our belated "Christmas" celebration....where I shot temptations down!

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Scale has not budged. I say this the day after I had my family's Three King's Day (belated Christmas) celebration. I turned down t...
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