175

To explain that gain, I have to tell about my weekend...

Friday, we ate at Shogun. VERY disappointed. Fried rice was bland and all the portions were small. I didn't even bother halfing it.

Saturday, I walked 4.2 miles. Ryan went out on the bike with Leslie, so I had to walk. We went to the Flea Market, then stopped at WW Cousins for a cheeseburger...yum!! I also had some fries. :o( We stopped by Bicycle Sport and looked at bikes.

Sunday, I rode with Leslie. 9.4 miles! YEA! After church, we went to a birthday party. I had a very small portion of pasta salad, a piece of bread with marinara and one slice of Papa Johns pizza...soooo good! Not a good dinner. So, got home and walked about a mile and a half.

This morning, Leslie wasn't able to ride, so I took her bike out and did 9.4 by myself! :o) I will stay on program today...I WILL! Gotta lose 2.5 this week...gotta!

WI Friday

174.4 JC scale.

173 my scale.

Down 1.2 lbs. Was hoping for more, but I'll take it.

174

Yesterday it was 173...not sure what happened...ate on program yesterday. Rode neighbors bike for 40 mins yesterday and an hour today (8 miles). She's back from her trip. Talked to her about a bike she has no use for...may buy it from her.

174.5

Wow, I'm really slacking off! I'll get my act together.

So, to update my exercise...

*Friday night, I walked 2 miles.
**Saturday we went to an outlet mall and did some school clothes shopping...does tha count as exercise???
***Did an hour bike ride on Sunday, with a 1 mile walk in the evening.
****Monday, nothing...cleaned a bit, but not anything I could call exercise.
*****Did a hour bike ride this morning.

Food confessions:

*Friday ate at Olive Garden...had half my spaghetti and meatsauce, salad and half a piece of bread....a bite of somebody's dessert.
**Saturday, tried to be good and had my JC breakfast and JC lunch, but then had a kids sized chocolate cone....for dinner we went to Max and Ermas...I could have gotten anything on the menu and did better than I did...I ordered the halibut with pan lemon sauce...I had NO idea that pan lemon sauce meant lemon flavored butter! It was swimming in it! I tried my best to drain off the sauce, but sure it was very fattening!
***Sunday ate at Mimi's Cafe...had Salmon and salad.
****Monday had JC all day, tons of fruit...probably more than allowed. I made something new that wasn't terrible, Enchilada's, so I had one with FF sour cream for dinner...it was soo good.

Okay, I'm all updated...

WI Friday

174, my scale...175.6 JC scale.

I WI today...I weigh the exact same as my July 6 WI. No gain or loss. Felt good about that. We talked about the difference in the way that I felt at the beginning of our trip, compared to the end....beginning I felt energetic and ready for the day, end, I felt lethargic and ready for bed. I know some weariness is to be expected, since we stayed busy, but I really felt the amount of food played into it. I ate a bigger than (my current) normal breakfast. After breakfast, then I felt tired...not before. Then I started waking up about 2, just about time for a afternoon snack of some sort...I felt okay after that, but dinner time (between 7 and 9 pm) would wipe me out again. I didn't like the way I felt. Eating less more times is definitly better for me.

Did approx. 8 miles yesterday on my neighbors bike. Stayed on program.

176.5

I'm on program, but getting very little exercise...life is getting in the way! Road my neighbors bike for 50 mins yesterday...apprx 6 miles...heading out again this am.

Really cute French waiter...my niece thought he was beautiful...
He looks so much like my nephew Alex...its amazing!
Epcot, under construction.
Possibly a bigger pic of us...in front of the Epcot ball...??

Mickey, of course!
The absolute most annoying character!
My hubby has a crush!
4 of the best looking kids...
the Epcot ball was supposed to be in this pic...hmmm...btw, they are remodeling this, so it is currently closed....and without the word EPCOT.

Under the Sea...an okay show.
Beauty and the Beast...great show.
No, this is my niece's waffle...not mine....

Waiting on Daddy...he's a shopper!

MGM
Magic Kingdom
Kisses from Pooh
Timon and Rafiki
Castle at night...beautiful.

Lion King is the greatest show.
Flik...and an Ice cream??? No, not me!!!
Everest was great!
We love Goofy
Coming home...

177.

I have DSL back!!! YEA!!!!!!!! Dial up is not good! A total nightmare, in fact! Takes forever, kicks you offline, and did I say, takes forever???!!!!

Okay, so I wanted to post to Disney pics...now that I am over the dial up thing!

Back from Disney...got home on the 15th. This morning I weigh 177.5. Not bad considering the amount of bad food I ate. I tried to keep it small, but it was still not healthy foods. Didn't drink as much water as I needed...too expensive at $2.50 a bottle.

176.5 :oP

Ate at Macaroni Grill last night. Ate very little...salad, small piece of bread and about a cup of pasta and meatsauce. Had a bite of Darrin's dessert, bite of Ryan's and a bite of Sean's. Really didn't do badly.

Off to Disney in the AM.

Jan 19/July 6

WI Friday

Well, WI was today...and this was my TOM...I lost 2.2, instead of the desired 2.8. I am 175.6, instead of 175...BUT, that's okay...MY scale said 174.5, so I'm happy with that. I'm taking snacks and cereals on our trip, but having at least one meal a day out. Most days will be 2...breakfast and dinner.

176

And tomorrow is WI!! Gotta get to 174.2 at least...or it won't show a 2.8 loss at JC...which means I won't meet my 175 Disney goal! Eeeeiiiiiiiiiiiyyyyyyyyyyy.... Okay, so did another 8 mile bike ride this am...then did some Yoga with my hubby...about 1 hour, 10 mins. Thinking of going for a short walk...maybe 2 miles...not sure, got a lot of other things to do...we'll see...

Keep your fingers crossed...I don't want this to be the first goal I don't meet.

175.5

Wondering if that was a mistake though.

Went on a 8 mile bike ride this am. Stayed on program, until we ate at SmokeyBones...hoping it doesn't mess me up. Had the BBQ Chicken with salad and brocolli...shared with my 7 y/o.

Plan to ride again tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed for a good WI Friday!

178

Did my 8 mile bike ride yesterday...cut off 10 mins...got it done in 44 mins. Not sure why my scale isn't moving! It is my TOM, but come on! I'm working hard and staying on program.

So excited...yesterday my hubby had the idea to take some big toy items to the Once upon a Child store and sell them. I was able to get enough money to buy a new stroller for my daughter. She's too big for normal strollers, but we are heading to Disney and she won't be able to walk that whole thing w/o getting wore out. Now she has a stroller she can fit into and I have a stroller I can use for our walks and its easier to push! We are going to try it out this morning.

178

Well, I did a total of 6.8 miles yesterday...4.2 in the am, 2.6 in the pm. Had a chef's salad for lunch, left off the ham and scrapped off the bacon. FF Thousand Island. Stayed on program for the rest of the day.

Heading out now for a bike ride. Feeling tired...my TOM.

Forgot to update my graphs...hairy weekend with the internet out....so I'm including that.

WI Friday...posted on Sunday...

***sigh***I've missed my computer!...wasn't able to get online since Thursday!!! Apparently, lightening hit my house, fried my DSL box and my computer downstairs and my phone lines! So, I now have telephone (Thank GOD!!!!) and I am using dial up (and the upstairs computer), until they can come back out and figure out the extent of the DSL damage. VERY SLOW stuff!

Lightening hitting your house is very interesting...when it hit, the electricity was already off, but the lightening caused all the lights in the house to blink on, then right off again. There was a loud popping noise then all was quiet. Thank God it was only my phone box and computer that got fried!

I lost 2.2 last week. I still need to lose 2.8 for my new Disney goal...

So, I have to share this computer now, so I have to go and give someone else a turn. I can't even use my laptop, since I don't have wireless connection right now!

Start date: 1/19/07
Height: 5'7
SW: 247.4
CW: 177.8
Halfway: 191.2 (passed on June 1)
GW: 135
Week 1: 242.2 -5.2
Week 2: 239.4 -2.8
Week 3: 236.8 -2.6
Week 4: 233.4 -3.4 TOM
Week 5: 230.6 -2.8
Week 6: 227.4 -3.2
Week 7: 224.6 -2.8
Week 8: 221.6 -3.0 TOM
Week 9: 218.6 -3.0
Week 10: 215 -3.6
Week 11: 210.8 -4.2
Week 12: 208.6 -2.2 TOM
Week 13: 204.8 -3.8
Week 14: 202.8 -2
Week 15: 200.6 -2.2
Week 16: 196.4 -4.2 TOM
Week 17: 194.2 -2.2
Week 18: 192.2 -2
Week 19: 188.6 -3.6
Week 20: 185.6 -3 TOM
Week 21: 184 -1.6
Week 22: 180 -4
Week 23: 177.8 -2.2

Another 7 inches gone.
Grand Total so far: 69.6
Total 41 1/2 inches!