Trying hard to lose the pounds!!!!!!!!!

I don't even rationalize it. If some machine went to all the trouble to make a salad for me and put it in a bag, who am I to turn my nose up at the effort!!

I even buy the bagged shredded lettuce for sandwiches. Lazy, lazy, lazy but at least I get my roughage...

Big question - do you wash it or eat it straight out of the bag?

KariLynn and Susan,
Thanks so much for the new stretch tip.
Do you keep both of your feet on the step, or do you step back with the unaffected foot?
Denise

I'm thinking if I have to wash it, why buy it. Ginger

Hi girls! I haven't posted here in a while. But I just wanted to share this...
I've been walking for a while now. I started during chemo, and and continued after surgery. I walk 5 miles in a little over one hour. It took a while to get there, especially since I'm so busy and active at work, I don't walk as consistant as I would like.
Lately, when I walk, I have fantasized about running. I've Always told myself, that I'm just not cut out to be a runner. I was big breasted (before cancer) and I was heavy. How would my knees and back hold my weight? But on these last few walks, I just pictured myself running. I just wanted to take off.
So today, I took the plunge. There I was, going into lap 4, and I don't know what came over me. Maybe a good song on my IPOD, maybe extra energy from thinking about how my ONC kept me waiting for over an hour today, as she does every time I go there, and I was thinking how much I hated cancer... who knows???
but i did it. I ran. I kept good body form. Hell I've watched enough FIT t.v. while in bed during chemo. I kept breathing, and more importantly, I kept going.
Every corner, I thought this would be it... and I didn't even make it a full lap around the neighborhood, but I ran. And I'm going to do it again. and again. and again.

Now I need to invest in some running shoes....

Susan- as for washing veggies and salads, there's a spray you can get at the supermarket. Its in a white spray bottle called fruit and vegetable wash. You spray everything, or let it soak, and your fruits and veggies will taste so much better. It gets off chemicals, wax and pesticides...

Beth - just remember those new boobs are real. Get a good bra as well as shoes! We implant girls won't sag, but you might!

Sometimes I wash my hands before I take the lettuce out and put it on the plate! Does that count?

Beth, Good Job by you! That must have felt great.
I was so bummed after my BC diagnosis that I haven't been back to the gym since bi-lat mast in January. But the weather has been so nice in the evenings this week that I put on my walking shoes and walked a couple of miles around my neighborhood. It was good for my psyche, as well as my now-flabby muscles. Maybe I'll get back to the gym one of these days. You girls are great role models;)

Hi all Divas - glad all seem to be doing so well.
I went for my weigh in today - stayed the same, so will try to make it go down this week!!

Patti: Thanks for asking about my two grandbabies. I know I am so so prejudiced but they are just adorable, both in looks and actions. (Spoken like a true grammy, right)?? Anyway, Reilly (my granddaughter) is now almost 11 months old and Connell (my grandson) is just about 7 months. They are blessings from heaven.

God bless,
Pat

Pat,

They're Flat Out wraps and my Wal Mart has them in the Deli section. They have some rolls and pitas and wraps by the deli meat counter.

Good luck finding them - they really are good (the ones I found this week only had 8g fiber but that's still good!)

In my food research, I read that almonds are the best kind of nuts to eat, so I eat them everyday. However, it is hard for me to limit myself to just 11 (2 points). They should be the fresh ones, not roasted and salted.
Denise

180!!!

Woo hoo! Tried to eat all my "bonus" points by Saturday so could recover a little on Sunday - seemed to work. 11 lbs to get into the normal range on the weight charts - 20 more to goal (unless I decide I want to keep going!) For my height 135-169 is the normal range.

An excited about maybe seeing a 7 in the middle spot next week but I have a lot of lunches out scheduled (which also messes up YMCA time) so will have to try to find another way to get the exercise in.

Hope everyone else is treated nicely by the scale this week!!!

Great job.

Lunches out is a good thing. This isn't about just losing the weight, it's about staying where you are forever. So the eatting out challenge is always going to be there. You're learning to cope.

Maybe you can get your friends to go for a walk after lunch. Thirty minutes is all you need.

Kari, good for you. As for me I lost 4 lbs. I kinda cheated though. I wore my shoes the first week but not the second so I probably only lost 2 lbs. That's ok. I just wanted SO much to loose weight!!!!!!!!

My first goal is to loose 20 lbs. That would be 182. After that we'll see.

What are Flat Outs?

Calico, so sorry you hurt yourself and while exercising too. Not fair! Almond milk sounds interesting. Maybe I can get up my nerve to try it.

Ladies, I have been extremely gaseous since I started WW. Got any home remedies?

Love ya all,
Susan

Susan - GREAT JOB!!! 4 lbs are great. Flat Outs are bread to use for wrap sandwiches - a lot like a flour tortilla but shaped more like an oval. They taste good and seem to be good for you (at least better than bread!)

I think whenever you increase your fiber a lot there's an adjustment period (if you weren't eating as many fruits and veggies before, you probably have increased the fiber.) I think your body will adjust and agree with Rose - cooked is usually better on me too.

The shoes story is funny. I always try to plan my "lightest" outfits for my treatment days as the first thing they do is put me on a scale!!!

Keep up the good work!
Kari