WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE - 7 Weeks-10#'s

[Tuckervill]

I think there's a whole website on what you can make with the hotel room coffee maker! I just googled and there are LOTS so I'll let you peruse at your leisure.

HOWEVER, I do not like the taste of coffee--I drink hot tea instead. Whenever I used the hotel coffee maker, my tea always tasted like burnt coffee. So, I went and got myself an electric tea kettle and I take that with me when I travel. I almost always travel by car, so it doesn't matter how big it is to me. If you fly a lot, maybe a cup-sized one would work for you. Or a few cycles through the hotel CM would get the coffee taste out?

For oatmeal on the road, I mix what I like in my oatmeal (walnuts, raisins, brown sugar, and even a little powdered milk sometimes) into a ziplock bag--then I can take as much or as little as I want, knowing there's nothing artificial in it. I bring my own tea bags and raw sugar for that, too. All of that usually fits right into the kettle so it's no extra space. (I take my favorite mug--but hotel mugs are fine.) You could even set out steel cut oats to soak overnight in the hot water and they'd be ready in the morning.

You can make cup-o-soup and rice and raman noodles and all kinds of things with the hot water from the tea kettle.

The important thing is to eat right away after your work out. Happy problem solving!

Karen

[kelownagirl]

Whoo hoo, down to 118.1 this morning. I doubt it will "stick" but at least I know it's possible! Makes the suffering this week worthwhile...

[bambu101]

OK- the holiday weekend is over. How did everyone do?

I weighed yesterday morning, and was down .8 pound- I'll take it! After the cookie baking yesterday afternoon, I am not sure it'll stay off, but I'm a happy camper for now.

BTW, anybody weigh more than their significant other? I outweigh mine, who is 6'3" and 150 pounds, by a good 25 pounds- how humiliating is that?

[sandra]

I did not eat dessert over the holiday until Saturday. It was my son's 27th birthday. I ate a small piece of apple pie that he requested. Today I weighed 151. Down 1/2 a pound, I think, but anyway I'll take it. At least I made it through and did not gain.

[Tuckervill]

I ate this weekend--not the last 2 days, but the first two I ate a lot and didn't log any of it. We had my son, wife and grandson over for the weekend, plus the relatives for dinner.

God love him--my grandson is a really easy toddler to get along with and I do adore him so, but I had enough of the littering that toddlers naturally do by the time they left. Normally clutter doesn't bother me, but the relentlessness of the way a toddler does it--I'm no longer accustomed to that. My house is small, and we had 5 dogs here, too. Plus, I'm about to start my period and I don't tolerate noise well during this time, and I didn't get to really leave the house for 4 days, while everyone else came and went.

PLUS, our sewer system got clogged on T'giving day and my hubby had to dig it up over two days, but thankful that we didn't have to call a plumber!

By the time Saturday night rolled around, I was feeling emotionally hungry so I suggested pizza and everyone jumped on that and I ate THREE pieces before I felt happy again. Emotional eating. I used to be so immune.

/whine

I did exercise 2 of the days--did the Master Your Body program that the guys I work out with created,

http://fcs.tennessee.edu/masteryourbody/index.htm (the website where you can buy the booklet is down right now.)

One day I pushed the grandson in the bike trailer/stroller for 45 minutes.

So my weight is up a little (part T'giving, part bloat), but my measurements are the same, and I went to my fitness class today (the last week before it breaks then starts again in January--bad timing). I'm feeling good about my fitness because I could lift and throw and play with the boy without even noticing his weight. Now I need encouragement to keep going through December even though there's not a class.

:::sigh::: rain, rain go away....

Karen

[NoNo]

Saturday morning I was down to 122.8 Didn't weigh myself this morning, I'll have to do it tonight. Picking my bike up from the LBS tonight, it'll be nice to get back on that. Not that there's any room to set it up on the trainer - Christmas decorations everywhere!

[kelownagirl]

119 even this morning. I did two sessions on my trainer this weekend.

And perhaps I need to remind you that I'm lucky - did not have to battle Thanksgiving dinner this weekend.

[nonsmoker3]

I am just to chicken to get on the scale. I feel quite chubby.

We did a 35 mile ride on Friday (in terrible wind), and I have done absolutely nothing since, except eat and drink.

Wednesday we leave for Charleston for the festivelo, where I will ride, eat and drink for 4 days.

[sandra]

Since I last posted I've been up a couple of pounds, but I'm happy to report that I jumped back on the wagon and I'm now down another pound to 150. It has been forever since I've seen the 140's. I hope to get there soon as I also have a wonderful colonoscopy scheduled for next Monday. That should help temporarily.

[Tuckervill]

Not a good way to shed a few, Sandra. lol.

I'm holding steady just below 179 (it varies). I've gone back to weighing and measuring all my food so I know as close as possible how much I'm eating. I'm logging it all on Calorie King software, plus my exercise.

I spent all day Saturday in boots with heels, which I normally only wear for fashion for a couple of hours. My feet and legs hurt a LOT. I even walked almost the whole parade route in the boots. I still did 100 jumping jacks this morning, though!

Karen

[mtbdarby]

Sorry to have abandoned you guys My spreadsheet is long by the wayside with all the posts here though - I can't keep up!

I was on the road both in state and out to Vegas. I have gained 2 pounds so far (down from the 3 I gained!) and am at 154 today. I OFFICIALLY started the P90 workout on Saturday and am pleased to announce I have eaten 100% clean since then. And yea-gads am I sore. More so from shoveling snow than working out.

I do have a suggestion though. Can we start a new thread each Monday with a count down or such in the title? It would be easier to keep track of but that's just me. Feel free to carry on this way....

Hope everyone else is doing great!

[caribou]

bambu101: hurray! the scale moved!

OK- the holiday weekend is over. How did everyone do?

I weighed yesterday morning, and was down .8 pound- I'll take it! After the cookie baking yesterday afternoon, I am not sure it'll stay off, but I'm a happy camper for now.

BTW, anybody weigh more than their significant other? I outweigh mine, who is 6'3" and 150 pounds, by a good 25 pounds- how humiliating is that?

6'3" and 150 lbs? He's a string bean!

I outweighed my 5' 11" not-so-darling-at-the-moment husband when I was 190. He was 175. I lost twenty pounds, and I think he found them, and more. I'm not sure how much he weighs, and I don't think he knows either. He doesn't like scales right now. He know's he's overweight (and he's got naturally high cholesterol, so it's REALLY bad to be overweight), and was just starting an exercise program when he hit some railroad tracks the wrong way on his bike, tumbled off, and cracked some ribs. The doctor has forbidden him to do anything but swim or walk on the flats for months!!! I had no idea cracked ribs were that bad.

Wow, Tuckervill. Your Thanksgiving sounds like one that will be funnier as a memory. "Remember the Thanksgiving where litlle Joey was 2 and littering the house, I was PMS-y, and the sewer system went out with the house full of people? Hah hah hah." Okay, maybe not so funny!

Congrats for making it through it with a still semi-positive attitude!

We had a nice thanksgiving, just my younger daughter and me. Very giggly.

I'm up a couple of pounds, maybe the PMS thing, maybe the PIE thing.

But borrowed Darling Daughter's mountain bike and did a great ride in San Luis Obispo when I droppd her off at school yesterday. Pedaling up dirt hills is always great incentive to shed a couple more pounds of baggage.

[Pedal Wench]

Down one pound! We ended up staying in town without plans, so had Boston Market for dinner - plain turkey, string beans and stuffing, so nothing really bad, and I gave DB most of the stuffing. Plus, we only ate half and had the rest the next day. So, I'm glad I managed. The weather's been bad, so haven't done much riding, but I hope to get in long rides this weekend, and another century next weekend.