Adventures in Health™ 
Daily struggles and triumphs from WeightLossWars members as they journey towards a healthier lifestyle.
Written by skinnyminnie on January 08, 2009
Well I jumped on the treadmill tonight. I did better with my pre-stretching, so my legs didn't feel like rocks as I was running. I was watching this movie on the tv while I was working out and I totally got into the movie. So I was on the treadmill for a about 1 1/2 hours!!! crazy. mostly walking, but none the less 600 + calories later! Made me feel good. However not sure how my legs will feel tomorrow. :)
Written by keeponswimmin on January 08, 2009
Calories IN-1300
% break down- 42-33-25-
carbs-protein-fat(goal-40-30-30)
Minutes Exercised- 77
Rate intensity-3
steps- 15270++
Cups of coffee-4
Affirmation- I am feeling rejueventated!
Diamond count- 2
*goals-gratitude
*fit test
Gold Count-9+7+3.5+5+10+4
Worked harder this week than i have in a long time.. gonna keep it up.. food is key and i'm doing great. Calories in check everyday!! :)
01-07-09 - Burlesque Anyone? 41 days left!
Written by ladydhampyre on January 08, 2009
Today was my first day off on my diet...
I ate breakfast, the usual at about 8:30 this time, as I said I need some choices here before my system revolts with the massive amount of bran...on a plus note, at least I'll be regular! lol...
It was about 11:30am, not due for lunch for another hour normally...
And I cheated....at least in my eyes.
I ate a slice of pizza, because I was ABSOLUTELY STARVING, and I needed food fast, so instead of finding something and making it that was lower in calories (and in my house that is proving to be a feat...), I grabbed a slice of cold pizza from the fridge...lol
I then had part of Persephone's Mac n Cheese when SHE had lunch...at almost 2pm (no joke she took a VERY long morning nap....)
After lunch, I was so busy getting the Persephone around and Desi ready for dance, that I didn't get a chance to eat again until after I got home from my cardio for the day. Burlesque!
My class started tonight. I can't tell you how nervous I was. With Pole, I was taking the class with people I knew, for Burlesque, other than the teacher, I knew no one....
Then again, there is one girl who was in my Pole class that I know... so I know someone, although not well and not in a close friend capacity..lol..
The class went well, I discovered that Jazz is like riding a bike, it call comes back to you with a little practice. I am hoping to DEFINITELY lose the hips and tighten the abs though. There is a move that REALLY works the obliques, and I will prolly be doing it lots over the next week just for fun...lol...
On Friday I am supposed to show Maria, and I hope I don't flub it up! lol...But I plan to practice it at least 8 times daily, and some of the individual moves more to get the muscles worked and get the moves perfect. In addition to my regular cardio.
When I got home at around 8pm (WOW the roads were ICY!), I ate some dinner, then came upstairs and put the kids to bed, Then I practiced the routine a few zillion times more, just to make sure I had it down in my memory....
And showed my husband what we learned....(he drooled...lol), and decided that I need some tap pants or something to continue the class with. I can't stand not seeing my legs, OR the pants rubbing while I am trying to do the moves. PISSING ME OFF! lol...
Then I had a couple of stalks of celery for a snack, and now...to bed!
Bon Nuit!
A great day, but apprehensive about the weekend...
Written by TamaraPaints on January 08, 2009
I am really hoping that my weighing in at 179.6 wasn’t some kind of blip! I will be so disappointed if I am right back over 180 tomorrow! I was overjoyed this morning and kept telling myself today when ever I was tempted or discouraged that I don’t want to go over 180 again! It was good motivation to get through the day, and I did 45 minutes on the elliptical and 15 minutes around the lake afterward. Not to mention the heavy lifting from my new jewelry armoire! They were on super-clearance at Target, so I finally got one today. That thing must weigh a ton! I got it by myself, and got it in my car and back out and up to the 3rd floor by myself. I also put it together by myself! I have wanted one of those forever. Other than that, we have just been preparing for our trip. We are visiting my in-laws this weekend and we leave tomorrow. Things have been going so well, so I really hate to interfere with my routine. I don’t know how this is going to affect my weigh in on Monday. I think his mom has a stair-stepper, so I will probably utilize that. Hopefully I can just make good decisions on the food. I hate to be picky when I am a guest!
Breakfast: PB&J on wheat bread (1 tbs each of PB and J)
Snack: Tangelo
Lunch: Tomato soup and grilled cheese on wheat bread, 2 slices of cheese
Snack: a few raw baby carrots
Dinner: small portion shepherd’s pie—ground beef, corn, mashed potatoes--and some cooked carrots
Written by nespeculate on January 08, 2009
BAH!
Food Intake:
9am: yogurt and green tea
11am: 1 shortbread cookie and 2 ounces dark chocolate (it's an addiction)
1pm: 2 ounces part-skim string cheese ... and a sugar-free red bull :(
3:30pm: whole grapefruit (another addiction)
5:30pm: a REALLY delish dinner salad: 1/2 pear, diced; ~ 2ounce of duck leg confit, removed of visible fat and shredded; over lots of arugula and spinach. vinaigrette: 1 tbsp crushed pecans, 1 tbsp grapeseed oil, 1 tbsp champagne vinegar, pepper. ordered a side of green beans to go with it, as the work peeps got bar-b-que take out today.
9:30pm: 25 nuts (mix of almonds and cashews)
Fluid intake: 2 cups tea (1 green, 1 oolong), plus 100 ounces water with lemon
Exercise: GULP ... NONE. And I thought today would be good ....
.... but here i sit, feeling like my blood sugar just crashed thru the floor, and minus 12 on the energy scale. That's why I ate the nuts just now: I feel that nuts have always had a stabilizing effect on my blood sugar, so I wanted to get some more in me before the day was thru. I swear, I think it was the Red Bull that done me in ... the caffeine/taurine combo (not sugar, as I drink the sugar-free crap) was too much for me after not having had it in like a week, plus much better eating overall made my body sensitive to crapola. In fact, food wise, it was a great day ... I ALMOST got in enough veggies to satisfy the perfectionist in me.
I'll make up for the exercise on Friday, my day off: I'll crank it on the bike, hit weights at the gym (I was gonna let my membership lapse on Dec 31st, as I know enough body weight exercises to go to town on most body parts, but I decided to give it a few more months, at least till the end of February or March, or whever the 15 more pounds is GONE), and then burlesque with Barb at some point Friday night. Plus tomorrow, too. :)
I think I'm going to douse the remaining shortbread and dark chocolate in liquid soap to make it inedible. Bah, I could be eating nearly PERFECTLY otherwise!
Right now, I just need to crash.
Written by SamanthaVeganic on January 08, 2009
Weight loss this week 3 lbs. Finally down to where I was before Christmas.
8.6 lbs before I make my goal weight. I just want to get there, and I'm so much more desperate now to make it. I would like to get there before Valentine's Day, but who knows.
I don't know if I want to change my goal weight to something lower? Maybe 127? I'll wait until I'm going to get to my ULTIMATE goal weight, and see if I feel like I should.
I tried taking a full body picture yesterday, but my clothes are SO baggy on me, that it makes me look so much bigger. I need to go shopping in 8 pounds!
Alright, well... that's all for now.
Sam :)
Breakfast: 2 Clementines 50
Lunch: Salad with Vegan Chickenless strips 150
Dinner: Steamed Veggies with White Rice 600
Snack: Tofutti 130
270 Remaining.
I have laid it all on the line
Written by kellyrdh on January 08, 2009
This was extremely hard for me to do. I do not like looking at pictures of my self. That is why I chose a picture for my profile that was not up close and I think I was 20 pounds lighter! it's no olds barred now! I actually told my husband my starting weight today (I have never told him how much I weigh). I know that I am an emotional eater so I have decided to work on those as well. Part of my problem is obsessing with how I look...I was miserable, self conscious..you name it. I would typically start loosing weight and then mess up for a day and completely badger myself about it....which would lead to more emotional eating. I have really been thinking about this for a few months and have come to realize that most of my weight loss battle will be won internally.....but I guess thats why it is such an emotional subject!!
I cringe at this picture
Written by bocabulls on January 08, 2009
I picked a tough task to keep my rubies. At least a tough one for me, keeping a food journal.
Through 3 days, my weaknesses are more obvious. Late night eating is what gets me down, or keeps the weight up. Could be the down time. Could be that I'm unknowingly starving myself during the day.
But, I'm keeping my rubies. I'm keeping my journal. Now I gotta make time for exercise and watching what I eat.
Written by valhue on January 08, 2009
So I was home today with Myles being sick. That meant that I did not get a chance to exercise at all yesterday. Today i ran and walked on the tredmill. I ate ok, but had a bite of a rice krispie bar...why did I do that?
Written by ckarhunen on January 08, 2009
It was the best of times it was the worst of times.... I actually think that today was a good day even though I struggled all the way through it. So I guess a positive plus a negative equals a neutral day. Once again hardly any sleep and just feeling overall stressed. Finally after just breaking down in tears spoke with Raimo and kinda figured out what's going on with me. It's all about finding out who I am now and loving it. It's a long story and a long struggle but at least although today felt like a struggle I feel good about 2 things. One is identifying my main body issue and two is that although I did eat kinda a lot today, I kept it all very healthy. No exercise today. Two trips to the hospital and this evening it was killer getting back with the snow. So instead I spent time with the boys and am going to do some boxing on the wii in a bit. Tomorrow will be a gym day for sure and although I have plans for Friday, Saturday morning will have to be a must. I guess I feel neutral because it's hard to decide whether to feel good about things or bad. Hopefully the new insight I found today will help move me in a more positive direction. Shouldn't this all be easier? I guess if it was I would have done it long ago. Well, I guess that's it for now....off to find myself! Oh and put my boys to bed too!