The E-LAB Project

Walking 2 miles either in the hood or on the treadmill. I want to double up and do both but don't know if I have it in me. I have a Yoga CD and throw that in once in a while. Keeps me bendy:)

No dessert, and cut the glass of wine down to 2 or 3 days a week. No Carbs or very low carbs. More chicken and fish and salad at least once a week for dinner.

Going on BC.org to get boost of confidence that I can do this with a little help from my friends.  

I did well with eating yesterday, no sweets or junk food.  I did have glass of wine (about 8 oz) - I'm not as good as Paulding with decreasing the wine intake.  After a long day at work, it is very relaxing - but I didn't have 2 glasses so that was an improvement.

You ladies rock, thanks for your inspiration. 

We had a retirement luncheon for a coworker today.  It was a mexican buffet and there was cake and ice cream and it was good in my tummy but not for my tummy!  I think a spinach salad sounds great Meece, I have just enough spinach at home to make a small salad for dinner and get back on track.

I am also dreading the weigh in tomorrow.........ugh

162  I have plans this week to loss loss loss. I guess that trip to the bakery wasn't such a good idea. 

Oh heck I am not even weighing in today...My weight has been between 165 and 170 all week...

I'm 159.17 today - managed to keep it below the 160 lost just over half a pound.

Had an onc visit yesterday. Usual thing, poked around at the 'good' one, tapped down my spine - told me to see the bs in three months and back to onc in 6 months.  While I was there i drew his attention to a fairly small lump in the mx scar - he wasn't too concerned, said to keep an eye on it and if there are any changes I could go to my GP. I also asked him why was I not being referred to a PS until 2 years after surgery had elapsed and as I suspected - it's allowing for recurrence!!! Pah!!! 

He did compllment me on my weight loss and told me I looked great!!!

Have a great weekend and I hope there will be a lot 'less' of us next friday!!

I know. It sounds like I was in the minority....

I was seriously looking forward to stepping on the scales.

Regardless of outcome.

I knew that I had made some good choices.

From the book I'm reading, which is very "behavioral" and getting to the root of food issues.... I have truly made a conscious decision to follow one of her first suggestions:

Make meals, genuinely about the food, savoring it and enjoying it!!!!

I am sooooooooooo guilty of eating on the run, while I am literally driving to a school on the freeway for breakfast. Drive-thru for lunch while I am reading my email. Dinner has traditionally been the only meal that has been about sitting down & savoring.

No more. I've set my alarm clock earlier. Starting the day w/breakfast at a table. No newpaper reading. Literally, appreciating the food. Textures. Flavors.

This is me on day #5 of eating while seated.

(LOL)

Anyhow. I've been flirting with "lower" numbers for the last week ++ so I did know that it was a genuine possibility. Would it happen on a Friday??

YES!!!!!!!!!!

Meece. Please clock me in for a new 'low' at 144.6!!!!

Wow. I lost four tenths of one pound.

Behaviorly I have made some good choices. I am going to write them out on my index cards. (her other suggestion.... so you can 'see' the good choices in the past & build on them in the future.)

BTW: She had a whole big long bit about not attempting to lose weight if you were particularly stressed.... to sort out the stressors first, then focus on the weight issues. HAHAHA!

Anyhow, since every single one of us here has stressors to the max, beyond our control (BC and it's aftermath) I think we need a seriously awesome celebration of "US" .....all of us..... making an effort to make better choices, even in the very midst of our lives after dx/treatment yada yada, even in the midst of the stressors.

Obviously we are not in the position to wait until the stressors are sorted out.... we must deal with our weight challenges, while wrestling with other issues. So here's to us!!! We're truly exceptional.

Now.

To find a reward WITHOUT calories.

How do you reward yourself WITHOUT calories???

That's what I have to focus on.

Today I drove right past ice cream opportunities at the end of an enormous day, at the end of an enormous week, to reinforce appropriate choices of rewarding myself WITHOUT calories.

My reward: I knew I was looking forward to getting here & hearing of everyone's outcomes. I knew that I got to post my progress in the right direction and I knew that I wanted to offer encouragement to all.

YIPPPPPEEEEEE!!!!

All that and no calories added.

I must tell you it feels great to have made a good choice, for the long-haul.

xx00xx00xx00xx00xx

Strength and courage.

Strength and courage.

Strength and courage. 

My author keeps talking about how once you've made one good decision/choice you are building the muscle-memory to make additional positive choices. She's right. As I was poised to go purchase my rainy, Friday, I'm exhausted, I deserve-it, this traffic is absurd, why does everyone drive like a nincompoop in the rain, ice cream treat -- I recounted the many good choices I have made thru the week and then made the insightful choice not to reward my good choices with a bad one.

Now I ramble. But I seriously am 'getting it'.

Four tenths of a pound.....  but more like having moved a mountain in my head.

Oh, Meecie, just wait until you have no clothes on in the a.m. to weigh yourself, AFTER you have used the you-know-what, before breakfast.

LOL Faith! I love, love, love your post. I am going to print it off & put it right by my computer & I actually think I'll put a copy in my purse to have with me when I go to the grocery store. I was proud of myself this week: I really like those Cinnamon Ritz crackers, I can eat a whole roll of them at a time. Seriously, love them! (SIN) And, I really like those Garlic Club Crackers, I eat a bunch of them in a sitting. I tell myself that is my whole lunch-I try not to think about the calories, which is bad, bad, bad. When I went to town this past Tuesday, I fully intended to buy some. They were on sale & I had written them on my grocery list. But, I did not buy them. I marked them off the list & did not go down that aisle. I bought broccoli, leaf lettuce, apples & carrots, frozen berries for smoothies & a box of Edy's Pops, the lemon ones.

If you would share the title of the book you are reading, I would be happy. I have read that we should enjoy our meal, take a bite off the fork, put the fork down to chew, pause a bit & repeat. We should really reap the benefit in the preparation of the food.

Ummmm, to make an insightful choice to not reward good choices with a bad one. That has hit home. My good choice Tuesday was to not buy those crackers. I did not make a bad choice - there is nothing 'bad' to eat in this house, so I couldn't!!   LOL     

Thank you for that post, faith, very much. A lot to think about..... It is mental, not hunger, for me.

Oh, and I must not forget: Congrats on the loss, faith, Ainm & Renee!

Michelle ~ Have you gotten that book yet? Any tips for us? You'll get back on track, you will.  

Hi ladies, busy few days but did manage to weigh in yesterday.  I'm down a pound to 121.  Today was not too good though because I made Pink champagne cupcakes with real buttercreme champagne frosting for my nieces 15th birthday and of course I had to lick the batter and frosting bowl and eat a cupcake to try them and make sure they weren't poison or something like that! 

These cupcakes were really good and everyone loved them, they went fast (thank goodness).  I'm not much of a cook or baker but I must admit I did a dang good job on these.

Now, back to ELAB!