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Aim for this week: Made the Grade/Over, but okay/Maintenance /Over Maintenance

 

September 6^th to September 12^th 2010

Day	Target	Actual	Summary	Burn	Deficit
Mon	1500	1550	Went shopping. Good eats. (B+)	2550	1000
Tue	2000	2450	Work. Heavy eats. No carbs. Okish. (A-)	3400	950
Wed	1800	1600	Ok Eats. Brisk walk.  (A-)	2450	850
Thu	1900	1550	Good  eats. Work Day. Nice. (A)	3250	1700
Fri	1900	2000	Work day. Okay eats. (B+)	3400	1400
Sat	1500	1600	Had beet. Ooops. Still… (B+)	2400	800
Sun	1500	1170	Good eats. Mowed. (A)	3200	2030

 

Thoughts: Done with Week 1 of Phase 1. Feeling pretty good. Decent deficits all week. A bit disappointed with the beer splurge, Saturday, but life is short. Had a fun night. And at least packed my own dinner, so that was a bit of a victory.  

 

This week:

 

Did I get 30 + minutes of exercise 5 days this week? Yes.

Did I eat relatively healthy? Yes.

Did I keep my “free” day around maintenance calories? Yes!

Did I binge?  No!

This week:

Did I get 30 + minutes of exercise 5 days this week? Yes.
Did I eat relatively healthy? Yes. (A and B nutrition ratings all days.)
Did I keep my “free” day around maintenance calories? Had one main. and one only slightly over main.
Did I binge? No.

Thoughts: Did fairly well through the week. One “red” day but it was really barely over maintenance calories. Think Sunday might have been another maintenance day, but had a 900+ deficit all other days. Pretty nice. This week is going to be a bit rough with the mini vacation for two days, but hopefully that won’t derail me too much. Just have to see how it goes. Hope this bloat will pass in another day or two. Am still terribly excited to start the South Beach program next week. 

Had a good week.

This week:

Did I get 30 + minutes of exercise 5 days this week? Yes.
Did I eat relatively healthy? Yes.
Did I keep my “free” day around maintenance calories? Yes.
Did I binge? No.

AVERAGED a little over 1000 calorie deficit per day for the week. Very nice. Somehow haven't lost anything. Trying not to get discouraged. Know hormones are playing a part. It's still frustrating. I *know* I put in the work for at least a pound, and prob. closer to two, but just got to keep on keeping on.  

I had three minor dairy "slip ups"...Can hopefully do even better, next week. Been 90% dairy free if not more. Had MAYBE three ounces of cheese (high-end guesstimate) throughout the entire week and one scoop of ice-cream. Other then that, no dairy. Don't know if I'm going to make it through the rest of the month or not. I knew this was going to be hard but I didn't think it would be THIS hard. My biggest fear is that "depriving" myself is going to trigger a binge, but hopefully, I can be better/stronger then that. 

Feeling a little frustrated, but also determined. If nothing else, it's good for me to be back on track. It's too bad the scale isn't cooperating, but I should still be doing right by my body and that's the most important thing, really. 

Had a good solid week with the eats. 700-1000 deficits all days.

Movement was somewhat limited. Been sickly with the virus/rash that’s going around town and another bout of tonsillitis. 

Temporarily going off dairy in a couple weeks. For as long as I can stand it. Trying to get my immune system built back up. Multi Vitamin daily, Exercise. Healthy eats. Sunshine and fresh air. And going to start remembering to gargle when I can do after (all) meals but esp. before bed. EVERY night. Even when I’m "healthy". Also want to try to use the neti pot at least a few times a week.

I’m hoping ALL of these things will help, because I’m SOOO tired of being just constantly sick with one thing or another.  

Had a good solid week with the eats. 700-1000 deficits all days.

Movement was somewhat limited. Been sickly with the virus/rash that’s going around town and another bout of tonsillitis. 

Temporarily going off dairy in a couple weeks. For as long as I can stand it. Trying to get my immune system built back up. Multi Vitamin daily, Exercise. Healthy eats. Sunshine and fresh air. And going to start remembering to gargle when I can do after (all) meals but esp. before bed. EVERY night. Even when I’m "healthy". Also want to try to use the neti pot at least a few times a week.

I’m hoping ALL of these things will help, because I’m SOOO tired of being just constantly sick with one thing or another.  

Had a good solid week with the eats. 700-1000 deficits all days.

Movement was somewhat limited. Been sickly with the virus/rash that's going around town and another bout of tonsillitis. 

Temporarily going off dairy in a couple weeks. For as long as I can stand it. Trying to get my immune system built back up. Multi Vitamin daily, Exercise. Healthy eats. Sunshine and fresh air. And going to start remembering to gargle when I can do after (all) meals but esp. before bed. EVERY night. Even when I'm "healthy". Also want to try to use the neti pot at least a few times a week.

I'm hoping ALL of these things will help, because I'm SOOO tired of being just constantly sick with one thing or another.  

Had a good solid week with the eats. 700-1000 deficits all days.

Movement was somewhat limited. Been sickly with the virus/rash that’s going around town and another bout of tonsillitis. 

Temporarily going off dairy in a couple weeks. For as long as I can stand it. Trying to get my immune system built back up. Multi Vitamin daily, Exercise. Healthy eats. Sunshine and fresh air. And going to start remembering to gargle when I can do after (all) meals but esp. before bed. EVERY night. Even when I’m "healthy". Also want to try to use the neti pot at least a few times a week.

I’m hoping ALL of these things will help, because I’m SOOO tired of being just constantly sick with one thing or another.  

Had a good solid week with the eats. 700-1000 deficits all days.

Movement was somewhat limited. Been sickly with the virus/rash that’s going around town and another bout of tonsillitis. 

Temporarily going off dairy in a couple weeks. For as long as I can stand it. Trying to get my immune system built back up. Multi Vitamin daily, Exercise. Healthy eats. Sunshine and fresh air. And going to start remembering to gargle when I can do after (all) meals but esp. before bed. EVERY night. Even when I’m "healthy". Also want to try to use the neti pot at least a few times a week.

I’m hoping ALL of these things will help, because I’m SOOO tired of being just constantly sick with one thing or another.  

Had a good solid week with the eats. 700-1000 deficits all days.

Movement was somewhat limited. Been sickly with the virus/rash that’s going around town and another bout of tonsillitis. 

Temporarily going off dairy in a couple weeks. For as long as I can stand it. Trying to get my immune system built back up. Multi Vitamin daily, Exercise. Healthy eats. Sunshine and fresh air. And going to start remembering to gargle when I can do after (all) meals but esp. before bed. EVERY night. Even when I’m "healthy". Also want to try to use the neti pot at least a few times a week.

I’m hoping ALL of these things will help, because I’m SOOO tired of being just constantly sick with one thing or another.  

Had a good solid week with the eats. 700-1000 deficits all days.

Movement was somewhat limited. Been sickly with the virus/rash that’s going around town and another bout of tonsillitis. 

Temporarily going off dairy in a couple weeks. For as long as I can stand it. Trying to get my immune system built back up. Multi Vitamin daily, Exercise. Healthy eats. Sunshine and fresh air. And going to start remembering to gargle when I can do after (all) meals but esp. before bed. EVERY night. Even when I’m "healthy". Also want to try to use the neti pot at least a few times a week.

I’m hoping ALL of these things will help, because I’m SOOO tired of being just constantly sick with one thing or another.