Good Morning.............

How is everyone doing?
Yesterday was good for me! I drank as much water as I could through the day while being out. I had a breakfast sandwich for breakfast... a lunch meat sandwich for lunch... and steak & eggs for dinner. I didn't snack at all during the day... which was helpful!
Today is my sweet little Michael's Birthday. So we will be going to Chuck E Cheese for dinner tonight. Now don't worry... they have a great salad bar there ... so I will make myself a nice dinner from the salad bar and be happy!!! Thanks to my mom... we have some awesome coupons to use there ... so pizza and partying is our plans for tonight!

Mel............ its great to see you.......... and thank you for the great tips!!! You're right... If we make a purpose of sitting to eat... enjoy our food... eat slower.. chew better and not inhale our food... sit for a while... we will feel full and walk away feeling much better about ourselves. And yes... a glass of water before you eat... and while you eat... is a great tip. Water with your meals makes the food taste better... you enjoy it more. Water before your meal... helps fill you a bit before so that you don't over eat... and gets your pallet ready for the food.
Water is so very important during this time .... it speeds up your metabolism... and flushes your system of all kinds of things your body does not need. ... not to mention.. it keeps you hydrated!

Okay... I'm off to get my water... another cup of coffee... and get some knitting done for a while.
you all have a GREAT day!



hugs....love... & blessings,
.::Tam::.


water ... water ... water! :)

Yeah!! Let's do this thing!

Thanks for the pep talk, Tammy! Yes, I also have many many pounds of weight I want/need to lose, and gaining yarn is always awesome! I'm ready to get the ball (of yarn) rolling on this - I like all of your ideas, and have one of my own to share. I recently read this online - and it makes sense... DO NOT EAT WHILE STANDING UP. I never really thought about it before, but I do eat while standing up often. It is much better, if you are going to take the time and energy to eat something, to go sit down at the table and really savor each bite. No more rushing through meals - that's the reason I go back for more... I've eaten too fast and don't realize I'm full! My step-dad used to tell me it takes your stomach 20 minutes to tell your brain it's full... so for an entire 20 minutes you can keep eating, but your stomach is really full... I'm certain that's why I come away from meals feeling STUFFED! So that's my 2 cents worth today... sit down and savor your food, wait a few minutes before getting seconds... oh - and drink 8 ounces of water before each meal! :)

Happy weight loss, everybody!!

Happy New Year,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Lets get this weight loss movin' this year!!!

I have pounds of weight I want to lose and pounds of yarn I want to gain.

So............ no more slacking everyone.................. lets get our backsides and hooks in gear!

Dont panic... we're not going to go jogging.... we're not going to miss out on the yummy foods....... But we are going to get up and move more often... and we are going to pay attention to our size of servings we eat... watch our snacking ... pay attention to the nutrition of the foods.. and drink more water!

So............ today... on the way to church... I will get a big bottle of water at the gas station we always stop at to start my water intake for the day.

I will be making some lunchmeat sandwiches to take along with us to eat at the boys basketball games instead of the hotdogs and nachos they serve at the concession stand. I'll put mustard on my sandwich... (no calories in mustard)

Havent decided on dinner yet for tonight.. .but I will stop at one serving!

Okay.................... anyone else?

ready to start the new year with losing weight and gaining yarn?

LETS GO.

hugs...love... & blessing,

.::Tam::.

Terrific Tuesday............

Get up............... lets go............... time to get our back sides back to business... one pound at a time!!!

Grab your water... and lets get some exercise in. Now don't panic... you don't have to get on the treadmill... no stationary bike... get up off the floor... we're not going to do crunches.

We are going to dust the house and get some movement in. Two birds with one stone .. so to say.

So.. grab your dust cloth or feather duster... dust that living room. Get down and do the legs of tables... chairs.. etc.

Whew!!!! are ya done? Drink that water. Now lets relax. Do you have email you would like to read? Maybe a chat board or group you would like to check in on? Or maybe you have some crafting or reading to do. Well.. now you can.

Do you have plans for lunch? Think about what would be good to eat today for lunch and dinner. Don't deprive yourself... but eat smart!

Okay... I'm off to get my dusting and exercise in... and I'll be back tomorrow to see how we did!

Have a GREAT day everyone!

God Bless,

.::Tam::.

Inches

Well, well, well... I told you all before that I started keeping track of myself on the Prevention site, where you can punch in how much of what you eat, and how much of what you do... So - one of the things you can punch in is your measurements - you know, how many inches around is your: neck, chest, bicep, forearm, waist (yikes!!), hips (double yikes!!!!), thighs, and calves. I'm sure you could put in other ones, but those are the ones I entered. That was a month ago - so, I decided I'd take measurements again today, and compare. My weight has stayed pretty much the same over the last week or so, well okay - it went up a little. But I don't enter that! I only enter when it goes down!!! LOL Anyhow - I measured myself tonight to do a one-month comparison from last month. Guess what? I lost inches!! Now, I don't know how many inches you're supposed to lose, or any of that. Don't really care, actually... I just know that I've lost a total of 9.5 inches! My waist and hips are each 3 inches smaller, my thighs are 2 inches smaller (well, at least the one I measured is... I didn't measure both!!), and the various other places I measured (except my calves) are also a little smaller! (A little, as in an inch or less... but I don't care! It's smaller!!) My calves are the same - and they probably will stay that way. I have good ol' Kugler calves (my paternal grandmother's maiden name) and that's just the way it is. My husband says I come from good, sturdy stock!! I just had to share - I've never done the measurements before, but I'm glad I did. Even though my weight is staying pretty much the same, I can still see results!! So, now I'm hyped up again!! I just might pull this off yet, God willing!!

weight loss...

Well, ladies - since I have been logging my information into the "My Health Tracker" on Prevention.com, (which I believe was right around July 24th) I have lost 10 pounds! I'm fairly excited... I need to lose about another 70 pounds, but the first 10 is GONE!!! Woo hoo!! This is me doing the "happy dance" (you know, so I can burn even more calories!)

It is great to see everyone is getting back on track here and doing good with you weight:) and oh yes you can surely count Swimming as a workout!!

someone sure needs to give me a kick in the butt to get me back on the wagon! I have not gained any weight "THANK THE LORD!" but sure am not losing any either.

you would think with all the garden in and eatting good veg's I would be losing but not!:(

everyone have a great losing day:)
lots of water:)
hugs
sissie