The A2K (virtual) Weight Loss Club !!

Joe, with a wind chill level of "holyshit" you should be losing weight just by shivering! LOL.

All this excersise-ugh. Might do a killer one mile walk today if I can convince the skinny cowboy to come with me.

So far, so good. No sweets for two days. The longer I go, the less I feel the urge to splurge.

George--




Mama without a kerchief who has snatched the poet's cap?


Diane--

No sweeties for two days is a very creditable start.

Sugar cane has been said to be a retaliation from the downtrodden third world against the plundering, expansive Europeans.

170.5

Now, if I can just hold on through the weekend. I'm going to a chili dinner tonight but the rest of the weekend is open. Mr B returns from Las Vegas tonight and after 3 full days of restaurant meals he'll be ready to eat simply for a few days. Exercise today will be inner/outer thighs. No cardio unless I count the housework I plan on doing.

Good job on avoiding the sweets, Diane. Walking brings me peace, even when I'm walking fast.

I had a lovely outing planned for today and had to cancel last night. I figure I probably consumed 1000 unnecessary calories--but at least I stopped when I began to feel over-full.

Today is another beginning.

Alright, so I try to get to the gym daily; night before last I had a bad night, couldn't sleep blah, blah, blah...so no gym on Friday. So how is it that I am 1.5 lbs lighter this morn??? I will think about while I am at the gym this morn
That and the lil black dress that hangs at the foot of my bed encouraging me to keep up the battle

Ay S--

Some fat cells are prone to lengthly farewells.

J_S, so true about walking being a peaceful time for meditation and letting go the unnecessary tensions. I always feel better, even in summer when I come home sweaty. I hate to sweat!! That is a leftover from menopause that is my bane.

Noddy, you have a way with words that makes me always smile or nod in agreement:

"Some fat cells are prone to lengthly farewells."

How I wish Dys and I could be there in NYC with you and ehBeth.

Sometimes, once in a while, the scale can be kind. I had been too wimpy to look for a couple of weeks. I have lost six pounds! Thirty six more to go. At 5'1" all those pounds make a huge difference in how I look; more important is how much better my joints feel.

It looks like dominions are being held. YAY!

Huge Sigh...
I did it!! I ran an entire 5 km. Brisbane had a Women's International Day Fun Run and on the spur of the moment I decided I would enter! I didn't sleep a wink last night! I had to get up at 5:00 to ride my bike over to the event site to register by 6:00; the race didn't start until 7:30 am and by then I was ready for a nap
My 21 year old son ran along side me for support It is the first time I have run a road race since my accident in 2002 I am pumped now and ready for more!!
I reckon I just might sleep well tonight

Thanks for the encouragement Noddy I reckon I should throw a bon voyage party for all my fat cells...maybe that would trick them into leaving???

Good job on shedding six pounds Diane! What is your secret? I am not a whole lot taller than you and I know what you mean...every pound shows!

How did you go with your weekend JB? Hope it went well

I am sure you held your own Joe(looking good)Nation

WAY TO GO, AY!!!! Good for you! I'm sure you slept well. That was nice of your son to support you by joining you. You gave a lift to my weekend.

Diane--

Moderate your lust for pleasant memories, please. I'm hoping to be able to get away to NYC at the end of April, but a lot depends on my husbands health. Missing connections with ehBeth is sufficient disappointment for anyone.

Meanwhile you have the glories of Europe ahead of you.

Ay--

I'm impressed--particularly that you regard a 5k race as a beginning. Hold your dominion.

2 pounds down after rip to India. There I identified a perfect diet - eat only with your own hands, preferably hot spicy sauce with rice. guaranteed small portions, you're bound to give up after half an hour!

dak--

If you hear a scritch-scritching on your bedroom window pane tonight that is probably my green-eyed monster. Exotic travel, contributions to world peace and weight loss.....you're amazing.

There will definitely be a scritch-scritching--perhaps at more than one window.

With this horrible jetlag of mine, I will be up most of the night. I will be glad if a green eyed monster keeps me company. Does the monster come with a body of a greek god? that would be very appreciated, thankyou.

My goodness, jet set women are uppity. I hope you and the GEM had a pleasant midnight visit and when it left you could adjust to EST.

Hello All

Good work being done, I see, if not every day by everyone!

I'm back from a ski holiday in Chamonix, France. Lots of off-piste bump runs and other sweat-inducing skiing was offset by more drinking and eating than I would have done at home.

So I was hoping to have stayed about the same weight, when I stepped onto the scales this morning.

To my delight I found that I had lost 4lbs since before I went away - I was clearly being careful enough with my portions and choices (no cheese fondue for me!). That's a total loss of 18.3lbs (8.3kg) since I started on 18 January.

I'm feeling fitter, as well, though I managed to twist my ankle during a big wipe-out so I'll need to keep impact exercise down to a minimum for a few weeks.

Must work now. KP

Kitchen Pete--

Losing weight under festive circumstances is very impressive. Your lifestyle changes are becoming automatic. Congratulations!

Wow, Ay, your run sounds impressive and your son sounds like a sweetie.

Dasha, everything Noddy said. What a gutsy little gal you are.

KP, losing while vacationing is defintely the stuff of legend. Sorry about your ankle. Now it will take a different kind of determination to keep those pounds off.

BTW, Ay, I tend to lose quickly at first, then it tapers off to a slow or moderate rate--only if I am very careful.

Well done Dag and KP! Maybe I need to go on vacation to lose weight. It never seems to work out that way for me though.

Back up to 172 today after a food-filled weekend. No alcohol, but more than enough junk food to make up for it.

I still lost a bit last week overall so progress is progress, I guess.


Yesterday: 35 mins on treadmill with speed intervals, chest and back exercises.

Today: 30 mins on treadmill at 4.1 mph, 24 mins on bike at level 3, shoulders and abs exercises.

It's absolutely true. I was an enviable 135 lbs in India, for 3 yrs, and always ate what I wanted. Constant state of flux, though.... perhaps i should go back.

130 this morning--9 days to lose a pound.

Of course I was not absolutely sensible and abstemious for those nine days, either.

Nine days times 15-20 pounds....