Back down to 118.0 today, but I didn't have enough water again yesterday. I don't know why I struggle with it so, but I do.
We're going camping for the next two nights, which means camping food. I tried not to pack anything too bad, but it's hard to measure portions, and we end up doing a lot of pasta between mac and cheese and noodles with parmesan sauce... I'm going to try to make it through the trip without eating too much, but I won't be recording either (no internet! will I survive?? LOL!) so it's just up to my internal moderator, which seems to be broken most of the time. So you can pray for me! It's supposed to be hot, and we're bringing the kayaks, so I'm hoping we get to kayak a fair bit around the lake. It's not a lot of exercise, but it is something, and it will work my abs and upper body which don't get a lot of exercise usually, so it'll be a nice change.
So... I'll be absent for a few days, and we'll see what the scale says when I return. Hopefully I will be down to at least 116.8 so I don't have as far to go to meet my Monday goal of 116.4! I just need to drink LOTS of water!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Not so good today...
I didn't get enough water in yesterday, so today I was up to 118.4. I guess I need more water! It's discouraging to gain that much weight just because I drank 1 liter instead of 2. Back to the grindstone!
Weight Loss Schedule...
Weight loss schedule:
7/29 - 120.8
8/4 - 119.4 (made it to 117.4!!)
8/11 - 116.4
8/18 - 115.4
8/25 - 114.4
9/1 - 113.4
9/8 - 112.4
9/15 - 111.4
9/21 - 110.4
I need to lose a lb a week to make it to 110 by my birthday. This is the updated schedule...
7/29 - 120.8
8/4 - 119.4 (made it to 117.4!!)
8/11 - 116.4
8/18 - 115.4
8/25 - 114.4
9/1 - 113.4
9/8 - 112.4
9/15 - 111.4
9/21 - 110.4
I need to lose a lb a week to make it to 110 by my birthday. This is the updated schedule...
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Impromptu Barbecue!
That's what we had tonight! Right after my last post Leif asked if he could invite people over for barbecue. I said sure! It was 5:00 and I was pretty sure the other people would already have started dinner, but they hadn't! So he told me about 15 minutes later that we were having the Taylors and the Richters over for dinner at 6! I jumped in the shower, cleaned the house, and cut up some tomatoes for the burgers before they arrived. They provided the salad and desserts, we provided the burgers and fruit, and we had a great evening of it! Really we should do stuff like this more often - it was really fun!
Now I have to figure up my calories for the day, but I'm not worried after today's hike! My biggest thing is getting enough water in. I still need to drink more today!
Now I have to figure up my calories for the day, but I'm not worried after today's hike! My biggest thing is getting enough water in. I still need to drink more today!
A HIKE!
Forgot to weigh this morning, because we were all in a rush to eat breakfast and head out for the day. Oops.
But the good news is that Leif is on vacation starting today and to celebrate we went on a family hike!! We were out the door by 8:30 and we headed up to Lava Lake. Ellie started out walking pretty well, but then before we even reached the Lee Metcalf Wilderness boundary she was in the backpack.
On my back.
She fell asleep in there and didn't wake up until we were a few turns into the switchbacks, at which point I had her get out of the pack and walk again because she is heavy!! And between her walking and my walking carrying her, it took us a long time to get to the top. 3.5 hours! I'm not sure it's ever taken us that long before, but at least I got my exercise carrying a 30 lb pack!! SparkPeople seems to think that carrying a 10-20 lb pack for 3.5 hours should burn over 1000 calories. I think that's an overestimate (they actually say 1400 calories!), but I know I burned more than my requisite 200 for the day!!
On the way down I had Leif carry her and I carried the pack with the water, food, and camera gear. It was still over 10 lbs, but much lighter than she is!
So that was my day. We just got home around 4:30 and it practically took us the whole day to do Lava Lake. 3.5 hours up. 2 hours down. An hour at the top relaxing by the lake. Oh, and we picked a bunch of wild huckleberries on the way down. They were delicious!
Now... what are we having for dinner? I guess I should figure that out...
But the good news is that Leif is on vacation starting today and to celebrate we went on a family hike!! We were out the door by 8:30 and we headed up to Lava Lake. Ellie started out walking pretty well, but then before we even reached the Lee Metcalf Wilderness boundary she was in the backpack.
On my back.
She fell asleep in there and didn't wake up until we were a few turns into the switchbacks, at which point I had her get out of the pack and walk again because she is heavy!! And between her walking and my walking carrying her, it took us a long time to get to the top. 3.5 hours! I'm not sure it's ever taken us that long before, but at least I got my exercise carrying a 30 lb pack!! SparkPeople seems to think that carrying a 10-20 lb pack for 3.5 hours should burn over 1000 calories. I think that's an overestimate (they actually say 1400 calories!), but I know I burned more than my requisite 200 for the day!!
On the way down I had Leif carry her and I carried the pack with the water, food, and camera gear. It was still over 10 lbs, but much lighter than she is!
So that was my day. We just got home around 4:30 and it practically took us the whole day to do Lava Lake. 3.5 hours up. 2 hours down. An hour at the top relaxing by the lake. Oh, and we picked a bunch of wild huckleberries on the way down. They were delicious!
Now... what are we having for dinner? I guess I should figure that out...
Monday, August 4, 2008
Weigh In
As for today... I have 200 calories left after dinner and I've walked approximately 7 miles. A 6 mile walk this morning pushing 2 kids in the stroller and then another mile walking around trying to find a lost shoe after our morning walk! But I found it! And I have a blister because I didn't bother to wear good shoes for walking, and they were shoes I don't wear often. Oops. But I'm counting that as my exercise today! =D
Okay... off to find some dessert with the family!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Really??!
After yesterday's disappointment with the pulled pork sandwich, I decided that today I would get to splurge on the other good things I love at Sweet Pea... cotton candy and kettle corn. I love 'em! And normally we get them, but I was forgoing them this year so that I could have my pulled pork sandwich. And we all know how that turned out.
So I looked up the calorie count on the cotton candy and kettle corn and figured accordingly so that I could have my yummy Sweet Pea treat after all. And boy was I looking forward to it!! We didn't go in as early as we'd planned because Ellie really needed a little nap right after church, but we got there around 2:30 and made a beeline for the concessions. Leif said he'd get me my yummy treats while I took Ellie and went to look at the crafts.
And then I got a phone call.
No one selling kettle corn this year. WHAT??! Seriously? Bozeman is the kettle-corniest town I know! How can there be no kettle corn? But I calmed down my inner comfort food monster and reminded her to drool over the cotton candy that would be coming. Because I had SEEN lots of people eating it all weekend, so I knew it was here!
And it was there. WAS being the operative word. Yes, they had run out of cotton candy shortly before we arrived.
What a disappointment it was! And I had saved up calories so I could really splurge and not feel like I was being restricted, so now we're at the end of the day and I still have calories left. Ergh. I've been trying to eat yummy things to curb the cravings, but I still feel gypped.
The good news is that I was down when I weighed again this morning, so at least I had that to motivate me not to eat everything like a pig a blow all the hard work right before weigh in tomorrow! Because I was tempted to, let me tell you! But I didn't, and now I have calories left today (200 and some!) and I still need to drink some water before I go to bed (I'm convinced if I don't drink my water that I'll gain!) so I just have to figure out what I want. I'm tempted to make s'mores in the microwave. Sad, isn't it? But I am in want of comfort food (thanks to the disappointment over Sweet Pea food AND PMS) and I have the calories to do it, so I think I'm going to. Now... how many calories are s'mores again?
So I looked up the calorie count on the cotton candy and kettle corn and figured accordingly so that I could have my yummy Sweet Pea treat after all. And boy was I looking forward to it!! We didn't go in as early as we'd planned because Ellie really needed a little nap right after church, but we got there around 2:30 and made a beeline for the concessions. Leif said he'd get me my yummy treats while I took Ellie and went to look at the crafts.
And then I got a phone call.
No one selling kettle corn this year. WHAT??! Seriously? Bozeman is the kettle-corniest town I know! How can there be no kettle corn? But I calmed down my inner comfort food monster and reminded her to drool over the cotton candy that would be coming. Because I had SEEN lots of people eating it all weekend, so I knew it was here!
And it was there. WAS being the operative word. Yes, they had run out of cotton candy shortly before we arrived.
What a disappointment it was! And I had saved up calories so I could really splurge and not feel like I was being restricted, so now we're at the end of the day and I still have calories left. Ergh. I've been trying to eat yummy things to curb the cravings, but I still feel gypped.
The good news is that I was down when I weighed again this morning, so at least I had that to motivate me not to eat everything like a pig a blow all the hard work right before weigh in tomorrow! Because I was tempted to, let me tell you! But I didn't, and now I have calories left today (200 and some!) and I still need to drink some water before I go to bed (I'm convinced if I don't drink my water that I'll gain!) so I just have to figure out what I want. I'm tempted to make s'mores in the microwave. Sad, isn't it? But I am in want of comfort food (thanks to the disappointment over Sweet Pea food AND PMS) and I have the calories to do it, so I think I'm going to. Now... how many calories are s'mores again?
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