The E-LAB Project

Sorry I'm late, totally forgot, starting Monday this Hummingbird is going to stop snacking. 

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
Total points 20 pts

Ainim, can so relate to what you are saying.  Each day I promise myself I will start again in earnest, but the day goes by.  I did so well in the beginning with both the diet and the exercise, and then fell off the wagon bad!  Karen

Roadrunner checking in:

Down from the prior week = 2 points - 178.6
Exercising = 0 - I don't think I did any planned exercise this week.  Thought about it a lot though.
Making the Friday Check-in = 3 points
Meeting daily water intake = 4 points

"Extra Credit" points = 0 - had a new low on Tuesday but then back up to my all time low today.

Total = 9 points - very disappointing

Robin Checking In (finally!)

Down from the prior week = 2 points (and may I add a Woo Hoo! )
Making the Friday Check-in = 3 points
Meeting daily water intake = 7 points

Didn't make the exercize yet but maybe next week! 

Total = 12 points

((((((((((((Ainm))))))))))))))))))

(((((((((((((Zogo)))))))))))))))))))

Check in = 3 points.

Weight down from last week -- which was a 'recent' all time high following holiday + the cruise.

In any case I was 144.4 this morning. I have been going over to the treadmill!!!!

Progress. Intentional movement. Or even micro-movement.

I've been doing squats while I dry my hair. Leg lifts while folding the laundry. Teeny tiny things as I 'move' through the day..... have no idea if it will help -- but makes me mindful of 'little' bits being added over time.

Why am I so lousy at the water?? So totally without drinking of liquids?????? Not good.

We need to stay the course.

We need to get our rah-rah-rah outta hock and into gear!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's go birdies!!!!

Weight up 1.8 to 169.0 = 0 points (Down 2.4 last week but forgot to check in!)
Exercising = 8 points
Friday Check-in = 3 points
Water intake = 7 points

Total = 18 points 

My goal for this next week - 10 exercise points.

Some water ideas - milk and herbal tea counts, right? So 2 cups at breakfast, 2 at lunch, and 2 at supper leaves 2 more (maybe 1 mid-morning and 1 mid-afternoon? OR - fill a 4 cup water bottle - then you only have to drink 2! OR - flavored water like Propel - for variety. Whatever works - we are all different and different things work for different people! bottom line is that our cells need water and our kidneys need something to filter! 

Samsue, congrats on the new grandbaby! I can imagine that you would love to retire just to be with the baby and your kids.  Glad to see you back here, too.

I know you have been logging the water and exercise, but have you been logging your food?  One of the best ways to really KNOW how much you eat is to log it.  I got this lecture a couple of weeks ago when my sisters were here and concerned that I was not taking in enough, and although I assured them I was, when I started actually logging it found I was taking in about 100 calories less per day than I thought I was, and thus was not gaining my weight back.  So the same thing goes in reverse, and even 100 calories difference in what you really take in vs. what you THINK you take in can make that weight loss impossible.  There is a web site somewhere that was developed by an engineer, and he said it so simply: if you take in more calories than you burn, you will gain weight, and if you take in fewer calories than you burn, you will lose weight.  (3500 calories = 1 pound of weight gained or lost, so 500 calories per day gives you one pound per week)

So how do you know which you are doing?? By logging EVERYTHING and MEASURING serving sizes.  We have no idea today what a real serving size is.  When I was learning to cook in the 1950s and 60s, a serving size for oatmeal was 1/3 cup oats; today it is 1/2 cup oats.  This is a 50% increase!!!! We used to get a hamburger at McDonalds, small fries, small drink and thought the quarter pounder was HUGE.  Nowadays that is not the case.  Also, using a food scale rather than a measuring cup cuts down on estimating calories because all the food science uses weights rather than volume to calculate calorie content, as well as fiber, protein, fat and carbohydrate content. A really good scale costs about $50.

So today, I hit my goal weight!!!! Now I just have to get that exercise in to change all the fat that I have gained into muscle mass, so new goal is at least 14 exercise points each week, hope to meet that goal by the end of March.  I have been warned to increase activity SLOWLY as opposed to my usual approach, which is to say, gee, this feels good, let's do a few more! and then suffer the consequences.  So aiming for 7 points for the next 2 weeks.  Karen, not sure I am competetive yet, and am a bit behind 2Hands4me, but I will be cheering you both on!

Sorry about the monologue. Geez I get carried away.

Linda, thanks for your input. I have the points calculator from WW that I got a year ago. Put a new battery in it and will try again to track what I eat. Seems that I have the same thing every day... nothing new ~ especially since I cook for one. I usually make a big batch of food and eat it for a few days. My Bro gave me some ideas since he likes to cook and uses all kinds of fresh veggies, etc.

Today I tried a recipe I found for curry, rice, broccoli, & chicken (ground). It was really good. The liquid was a chicken broth with curry in it... plus I added more for a stronger taste. Will be eating it for several meals....

Hi everyone, I haven't deserted you.  I have continued to have some minor stomach problems compared to what they were in December.  My wt. had climbed up to 177 at one pt. prior to my stomach issues and I am currently at 165 lbs.  with clothing on.     I really have to watch what I eat.  It's a little better than before where everything bothered me.  Now it's like I am putting things back into my diet and finding out what is and isn't off limits.  I also find that what bothers me today may not bother me tomorrow.  I hope to lose another 15 lbs before next Oct. at least since my daughter is getting married.  I would like to look a little more svelt.  I am setting my goals a little more reasonable and going to take smaller steps. 

Good Luck all in meeting your goals and your endeavors towards health.  I am going to try and come here more often and as I feel better I am going to incorporate more exercise back into my daily life. 

hi birdies, I am going to try the low-carb diet that helped zogo lose all that weight.  Bringing a chef salad to work for lunch today instead of a sandwich.  A small pack of almonds for a morning snack and a pear for the afternoon.  I'll be out of town Weds-Fri this week so will be checking in late Fri evening.  Bringing my yoga mat with me for morning yoga in the hotel room.  {{hugs}}

zogo you are having a blizzard and we are getting a flood and storms... only in the south! we haven't had much of a winter this year.    I am hoping that late Jan or early Feb will give us some much needed cold weather to kill off some bugs so we won't be over run come summer but I'm not holding my breath.  Stay warm zogo.

Checking in

Friday:               3 pts

Wt (174.6)         0 pts  up again, but down from 2 days ago

Water                7 pts  Been tallying and did great this week. over 80 oz every day.

Exercise           10 pts  Started Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred, feeling a "good" sore.

Total                20 pts

Chekcing in with the Flock:

Lost weight (again) - down 1 pound = 0 point

Exercising = 3 points

Making the Friday Check-in = 3 points

Meeting daily water intake = 5 points

"Extra Credit" points = 1 - met with my dept. chair and got workload reduction. 

Total = 12 *sigh* 

I have simply not given myself time to heal according to my docs, now I just don't have any energy, can't even get myself to do the least activity, so didn't get back to tai chi this week, but DID get to my mindfulness class.  Nutrition has been difficult, realized I wasn't drinking enough water again, had nausea with meds issues, so didn't eat all that well this week either.  OK, so I will try again!  Have a good week all!

Roadrunner checking in after being absent for a couple of weeks:

3 pts for check-in

0 pts for weight - I haven't weighed in but my jeans are tighter!  Too much time sitting in the car munching to try to stay awake.  I did try to eat healthier - nuts, carrots; still indulged in some candy.

7 pts for water - still doing OK with that

6 pts for exercise - walking on the beach, walking the dogs

16 pts total