The E-LAB Project

samsue

NM, I'm with you... the weight down all week but Friday AM.... It must be a mechanism in the scales!

NativeMainer

Just so long as it isn't just ME that's happening to.  So annoying!

Meece

I also think that Thursdays are when the scales weigh the lowest.

2Hands4me

Been missing since August, I think. Busy, but still on the program. Guess I'll re-join the flock and try my best to make the Friday check-in. I agree - the lowest point is Thursday - then up on Friday! Love the mantra patoo!

One step at a time! Eat less, drink more, move more. And make healthy eating choices! 

o2bhealthy

I figured it out... The reason we have not been losing weight like we want to...We have been weighing ourselves COMPLETELY WRONG!!! I am getting the word out!

zogo

Rockin' Robin Checking in:

Basically in a 3 week stall in weight loss...grrr.  Lower than last week but not an e-lab low.

Friday                 3 pts

Water                 7 pts

Wt (172.4) dn      2 pts

Exercise             12 pts

Ex Cred               1 pt  (Dentist Appt)

Total                   25 pts 

NativeMainer

Roadrunner checking in:

Friday check in 3 points

weight 224 down 1# from last week = 2 points

water = 6 points

exercise = 1.5 points

extra credit =  called to make an appointment for counseling

Total = 13.5 points

bcincolorado

LOL!  I love the cartoon o2bhealthy (Michelle)!  What a nice way to start my morning!  I'll definitely have to share that!

Friday checkin:  3 points

Weight stable:  (now at 159 lbs) 1 point

Exercize:  (I don't think good intentions count) 0 points

Water:  7 points

Extra Credit:  I got my flu shot when I went for my check up and I'm a total needle-phobe....that should at least be 1 point at a minimum (I didn't even faint but came close!).

Total = 12 points

o2bhealthy

HUMMINGBIRDS CHECKING IN

                        o2b                karen333

Friday c/in          3                       3

weight                2  (176.4)           2 (181)

water                 6                       7

exercise             4                      11

extra credit         1*                      1**

total                  16                     24

* annual PAP schedule for next week

** no snacking after 7pm

Ainm

Roadrunner here 

Friday Check in      3pts

Weight down to 145 lbs   2 pts

Water    7 pts

Exercise (if I'm allowed work generated activity) 14 pts

Exta Credit (medical)   1 pt

Total 27 pts 

Sandeeonherown

Sandee here..

Friday check in - 3 points

water intake - 2..how can I remember o drink more?!?!?!?

Exercize this week -3

weightloss - 1 pound = 2 points

extra- went to the naturopath and gp and have decided to start arimidex. picking up prescription in half an hour...1 point

total = 10..slow week

zogo

Sandee!!!!  I count that you got 11 pts, not 10...winning!

samsue

Otob - love the cartoon!

Checking in for the Roadrunners

Friday check in, 3 pts   Water, 7 pts   weight the same, 1 pt (I'm definitely going to weight like Otob suggested).... exercise 8 pts. Went to the dermatologist today, 1 pt.

Total for week  20 points....

Definitely need pointers from all of you that are losing!

samsue

No pun intended.... ...

Anonymous

Roadrunner here:

Friday Check in      3pts (after this week need all I can get)

Weight down to .2 (note the point)   2 pts

Water    2 pts (really bad this week)

Exercise  6 pts (again, really bad this week)

Total 13 pts (think that's my all time low for points)

Are we having fun yet???????  (o2b - I weighed that way for several weeks, still couldn't lose!)

deborye

Hummingbird Checking in

Making the Friday Check-in 3 pt

Maintained:  1pt

Exercise 1 point for each 30 minutes of exercise: 8pts

Meeting daily water intake 1 point per day 7 pts

I'm adding 2 more points for hiking/climbing Mt. Monadnock in NH, check out my FB pics.

Total points 22pts

bookart

Roadrunner checking in - 3 pts

Water - 7 pts

exercise - 6 pts

no weigh-in this week 0 pts

Did my colonoscopy this week - 1 pt extra

17 pts

still didn't manage to journal.  Sigh.

faithandfifty

It's still Fri = 3 points

At my daughters and she has a scale and I went with loathing in my heart stepped on it and no number registered: LOL

What's the moral to that story????

(I guess they need a new battery)

I have run up & down the stairs here in their home tons of times daily & made a point to literally chase the grand-peeps around & around & around their house -- which is like a racetrack in it's layout.

I "worked" at 4 different buildings this week: heaving my stuff in & out & back & forth & dancing with groups of kiddos so surely that's some sort of category for points.

I guess the truth is that I've strayed from the point keeping system here, but am attempting to get back in some sort of 'accountability' groove.

The first step is reporting in..........................

Anonymous

Roadrunner checking in - 3 points

Weight - up last week, back down to 185.6 this week - 2 points

Exercise - 11 points

Water - 5 points

Swimming laps in the unheated outdoor pool for the last 3 days - 1 point

mimi1964

Sorry I missed Friday weigh in... I didn't lose any wt. stuck at 169

water - 5 pts

exercise - 10 pts.

extra credit - 1 pt.

I spent yesterday at the beauty shop and go a make over.  New haircut and new color.  I feel younger now if I could just get this darn weight to come off.... LOL!!!

Valjean

It's been so very long since I've checked in. I have continued to read this thread, I just....

To be honest....

I got tired of keeping track of everything. I do have a diet/exercise journal & have looked back through it. For the past few weeks I have been keeping track of my weight again. I stopped getting on the scales for a while & that doesn't work for me. I need to see "it" everyday (whether I "cry"or not!! ) I have been on generic Aromasin since May & I swear I have put on more pounds with it. What's with that?!?!?

Meecie ~ My weight this morning was 154.8#

You may put that at the top.

I could really use some ideas on lunch items. I'm sick of broccoli. Cheese & crackers has too many calories. I don't like wraps. I could use some suggestions.

I still drink lots of water, but have BIG TIME stopped working out! My jeans from last winter are tight, so bought a size larger. I hated like H*LL to do that......

I'm so proud of all of you for hanging in here & I feel like such a failure for leaving....

But I'm back & I vow to stay on the wagon this time, with a little help from my friends.

♥

2Hands4me

Robin checking in- 

Love the cartoon 02bhealthy! Can we count the extra point for an E-Lab new low if we weigh this way?

Water - 7 points / Exercise - 4 points / Down 1.8 to 168.2 - 2 points / Check-in 3 point = 16 points

Not the best - impossible to squeeze time for Curves, then got a cold and had no energy. Plus - the priority was SCRAPBOOKING! Had been up last week, so back down this week even with less exercise. The plan - Move more, eat less, forward march, one day at a time! 

Linda-n3

Linda checking in late with the Flock:

Read your posts, gave me a little motivation.  Tomorrow will be 2 weeks post-BMX, so energy level has been up and down.  When it is up, I overdo, then pay dearly for the next day or two.  Just can't seem to pace myself very well.  Am still having some pain issues, so that has contributed to lack of motivation, and probably takes more energy, but when I take the pain meds, I get sleepy--- kind of lose/lose this week.  On the bright side, my mother has been here cooking for me, everyone at work has brought food in, so my weight has been stable despite poor appetite.  I so wish I could help some of you out with the weight loss - I think it's tough to be on either side of the bell curve!

So,

Maintaining from prior week = 1 point

Exercising = 1 point

Making the Friday Check-in = 0 points

Meeting daily water intake = 6 points

"Extra Credit" points awarded for special things done to encourage a healthy lifestyle = 1 for continuing to do my best through meditation and reflection to keep a positive outlook and "enjoy each moment" even when I don't really feel like it.

Total: 8 points

Michelle, I LOVED the cartoon! 

Valerie, welcome back!  How many calories are you wanting for your lunch?  I have several "staples" for lunch that I take to work that are easy to eat at my desk, thus contributing to a poor lifestyle rather than taking a real lunch break, but you can adapt portion sizes to what you need. 

2% cheese slices = 50 cal each, some whole grain "diet" breads = 50 calories/slice; sandwich + fruit = about 250 cals, add raw veggies or salad. 15 grams protein.

Frozen entrees, already calorie and protein counted; add a fruit or veggies or salad.

Vegetable soup (150 cals) and cottage cheese (80 cals).  I mix them together because I don't love store-bought cottage cheese, make a large pot of veggie soup with LOTS of cabbage and small amount of potatoes - can give you a better recipe if you want, or use your favorite.

Peanut butter sandwich with dill pickles.  Sounds like I'm pregnant, but it adds a lot of crunch to the peanut butter as well as a little zing to the flavor that is not sweet.

Also, using snacks between meals, keeping yourself from being hungry, keeping calories low for meals.  I have a sister and brother-in-law who are extremely overweight (obese), one is diabetic, one has cholesterol problems, so I have worked with them a lot on meal plans. I have always been interested in good nutrition, try hard to practice what I preach, don't always succeed.  It's kind of a creative thing with me... 

Sending hugs and encouragement your way this week!  Will try to catch up with you all next week.

bcincolorado

I often eat Progressive soup for lunch and many are under 200 calories for the entire can, which I don't always eat that much and have a piece of fruit too.

I also enjoy a big salad and can just season with Mrs. Dash and eat it dressing free.

Anonymous

We have a salad bar in the cafeteria at work so it's easy to switch up different items although I tend to put the same items because I enjoy the salad.  I don't do salads at home so that works out well.  Now that the weather is getting cooler I will also make a big pot of soup and that will be lunch for several days, with or without the salad.  Sometimes I will do their hot entree or have a sandwich.  I think it's important to change up so it doesn't get tiresome.

Valjean

Linda ~ Thanks for the ideas. Before my Dx, I really watched my carb intake, but had just started to allow some back into my diet & had gained 4-5#. (I had always heard that when you cut carbs & then allow them back in, you gain the weight back & that certainly happened to me.) Then I started the Aromasin after Rads & gained more. As for calories for the lunch, well, lately I've been hung up on those peanut butter filled cheese crackers & they are 190 calories per pack & I will eat 3-4 packs.  There's 570-760 calories - NOT good!!  And then later I'm hungry. (I'm ashamed to say that's what I eat....)

I like the idea of even a half a sandwich. I do like tuna on rye with lettuce, even tho there is high sodium count. Or peanut butter. I hadn't even thought about soups, I do like beef broth. That's something I can do. bcincolorado, I do like the Progressive soups. Haven't bought them in a very long time. Good idea. I do really like salads, just got tired of them.

patoo ~ Yes, I certainly do get bored with my lunches. My dinners aren't the problem, I just take smaller portions & no seconds. It's those dang lunch times. Nobody around, just me, & I grab things I shouldn't. And therein lies the problem & the pounds.  

I guess it all comes down to discipline & I have none of that right now.

Thanks for the ideas. You have me thinking.

Tomorrow is a new beginning for me with fresh ideas. I'll keep ya'll posted!

Meece

It's not Friday anylonger, but I got a scale that works now.  Last night I stepped on it.  Weighing for the first time in months and I wanted to cry.  I am at my all-time heaviest.  177.6!  I can't wait to find out what the dr. finds out with my bloodwork.

DH and I went for a walk last night, so I will get some credit this coming Friday.  

I need to be cooking more, it is so easy when I get home late from work to "eat out".  I am going to have to work on meal plans.

This week is a very busy one for DH & I.  We are in charge of a "show" Friday thru Sunday, So I will be on my feet and active.  I just need to make good choices for the meals.

o2bhealthy

I really hate planning meals but it is so much more cost effective...I just wish my family would give some input and help...got on the scale this morning and all time low 176.0...I am hoping for same or better on Friday. 

karen333

Dear o2bhealthy, way to go girl!, I bet that was a thrill, still trying to hit the 170's on Friday, then it's a chocolate martini for both of us.

samsue

Valjean, I try to keep stuff at work that I can make a salad with. I have a "bag" in the refrigerator that keeps others out of... we've had problems with putting stuff in the refrig and when you go to get it - it's gone. Solution... put it in a lunch bag.

I always keep cans of soup at my desk just in case I'm not hungry for what I've brought. The new flat breads are great because they come in whole grain. I usually get something with rye in it. My fav. There is a fresh market around the corner that sells cheeses and kosher deli meats. I sometimes get those to keep on hand. I also buy yogurt and have a couple of those in my lunch bag. Monday's I come in with a bag full... 

I'm trying not to eat fruit after 2:00 because of the sugar content. And during my 10:00 break I sometimes eat a boiled egg for the protein.

I'm still struggling to lose the weight. Today someone brought cupcakes in left over from a party they had.... ARG.