Friday, 9/12. . .
Got through the day OK--very busy with this and that, so didn't have much time to think about food, though I did give a lot of thought to the marathon!
Exercise: Did some research on the WISH board and found a great website on beginning a walking program and training for a half marathon. If anyone wants to know more, just let me know.
Anyway, I began with the end of week one on the beginners chart; just 15 minutes on the treadmill, went .95 miles. I looked over the chart and figured with the exercise that I've been doing the last month I could start on one of the later weeks, but decided I'd really like to take this gradually and get into the habit of walking every day on the treadie (except my rest day). It should take me approx. 12 weeks to complete the beginner walker pre-marathon training program, and by the end of that (I guess that'll be Dec.), I'll know whether or not I have the discipline to begin the 12 week half-marathon training which includes, gulp, a 15 mile walk on one of the Saturdays!!!!! If I do have the dedication and the stamina, I'll sign up to do the half marathon in 2005!
Oh, yeah, I walked Mickey, today, too.
Food: b--coffee with cream, toast w/pb=5
l--3 oz. chicken salad=5
d--2 and 1/2 cups steamed shrimp=5
1/2 cup General Tso's chicken=7
1/2 cup rice noodles=2
mushrooms and broccoli in brown sauce=2
1/4 cup cocktail sauce=1
Total: 27/total in bank 21.5
I know, it's been awhile since the ole General Tso and I have been out, but girls, you would've had to lol if you saw me in the restaurant with my 1/2 cup measuring cup, weighing out my chicken and putting the rest on to my DH's plate. I like to go to the Chinese buffet because I can get all the shrimp I want while my DH has anything that he's in the mood for. As you know, I went to the buffet a few weeks ago, but wasn't quite as successful that night. When I went this time, I felt like I was in charge of what I was going to eat, and I wasn't at the mercy of the egg rolls!
I guess it's been a month since I started the WISH challenge--will have to check the exact date--but a lot has happened to me since I began! I fell off my original wagon when I went away for Labor Day, but got back on with the help of you sweet WISH friends. Doreen, I get a lump in my throat and a little teary, too, when I think about how generous everyone's been and how wonderfully supportive. There are times that I really think that I'm changing my life for good--that I won't be a slave to the scale (well, most of the time at least
, that I'll exercise and eat right for the rest of my life. Not that I won't slip up. . .it's just that now I know I can mess up and get back on track.
MeMe, when I got your note today and read the part about giving my xl clothes away, I was taken aback for a minute. You know, I never even thought about not ever wearing them again! I mean, I know some people give away their "big" clothes, but I've been in and out of them so many times in my life (I have a least three different sizes in my closet!) that reading your comment introduced to me the possibility of NEVER going back there to xl world again! I have dieted and lost and failed and gained and dieted and lost and failed and gained SO many times that I never even considered that this time the changes could be permanent. But you know what, they might just be this time. I think that that's one of the reasons that I'm considering the half marathon. It represents a long term commitment to taking care of myself and to choosing to lead a healthy life. . .what I wanted, but never dared to think I could really achieve.
Geez, I'm getting quite philosophical tonight! Better get my DH to
take me out before he falls asleep on me!
Onward and downward
Got through the day OK--very busy with this and that, so didn't have much time to think about food, though I did give a lot of thought to the marathon!
Exercise: Did some research on the WISH board and found a great website on beginning a walking program and training for a half marathon. If anyone wants to know more, just let me know.
Anyway, I began with the end of week one on the beginners chart; just 15 minutes on the treadmill, went .95 miles. I looked over the chart and figured with the exercise that I've been doing the last month I could start on one of the later weeks, but decided I'd really like to take this gradually and get into the habit of walking every day on the treadie (except my rest day). It should take me approx. 12 weeks to complete the beginner walker pre-marathon training program, and by the end of that (I guess that'll be Dec.), I'll know whether or not I have the discipline to begin the 12 week half-marathon training which includes, gulp, a 15 mile walk on one of the Saturdays!!!!! If I do have the dedication and the stamina, I'll sign up to do the half marathon in 2005!
Oh, yeah, I walked Mickey, today, too.
Food: b--coffee with cream, toast w/pb=5
l--3 oz. chicken salad=5
d--2 and 1/2 cups steamed shrimp=5
1/2 cup General Tso's chicken=7
1/2 cup rice noodles=2
mushrooms and broccoli in brown sauce=2
1/4 cup cocktail sauce=1
Total: 27/total in bank 21.5
I know, it's been awhile since the ole General Tso and I have been out, but girls, you would've had to lol if you saw me in the restaurant with my 1/2 cup measuring cup, weighing out my chicken and putting the rest on to my DH's plate. I like to go to the Chinese buffet because I can get all the shrimp I want while my DH has anything that he's in the mood for. As you know, I went to the buffet a few weeks ago, but wasn't quite as successful that night. When I went this time, I felt like I was in charge of what I was going to eat, and I wasn't at the mercy of the egg rolls!
I guess it's been a month since I started the WISH challenge--will have to check the exact date--but a lot has happened to me since I began! I fell off my original wagon when I went away for Labor Day, but got back on with the help of you sweet WISH friends. Doreen, I get a lump in my throat and a little teary, too, when I think about how generous everyone's been and how wonderfully supportive. There are times that I really think that I'm changing my life for good--that I won't be a slave to the scale (well, most of the time at least
, that I'll exercise and eat right for the rest of my life. Not that I won't slip up. . .it's just that now I know I can mess up and get back on track. MeMe, when I got your note today and read the part about giving my xl clothes away, I was taken aback for a minute. You know, I never even thought about not ever wearing them again! I mean, I know some people give away their "big" clothes, but I've been in and out of them so many times in my life (I have a least three different sizes in my closet!) that reading your comment introduced to me the possibility of NEVER going back there to xl world again! I have dieted and lost and failed and gained and dieted and lost and failed and gained SO many times that I never even considered that this time the changes could be permanent. But you know what, they might just be this time. I think that that's one of the reasons that I'm considering the half marathon. It represents a long term commitment to taking care of myself and to choosing to lead a healthy life. . .what I wanted, but never dared to think I could really achieve.
Geez, I'm getting quite philosophical tonight! Better get my DH to
take me out before he falls asleep on me!
Onward and downward
What do ya think????
I made a WW cheesecake. Not enough fat and too much sugar (1/2 cup), but it's low enough in points and can fit into my plan. 
we bring them home!! so that I didn't have to sit and watch DH eat his right there). DD and I weren't going to have any, but we know he loves this chocolate cake so we said we'd give him ours. . .
