KariK

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LOL I admit it, I watch it! You do get sucked in lol. I hope Wil and Boogie don't win or make it to the final two!!

9/1/06 Neck: 14" Bust: 50" Upper Body includes around arms: 54 1/4" Upper Arm: 18" Below bust small part of rib cage: 40 1/2 " Waist at belly button: 45" Wrist: 6 1/2 " Hips: 53" Thigh: 26 1/2" Knee: 16 1/2" Ankle: 9 1/2"

9/1/06 Neck: 14" Bust: 50" Upper Body includes around arms: 54 1/4" Upper Arm: 18" Below bust small part of rib cage: 40 1/2 " Waist at belly button: 45" Wrist: 6 1/2 " Hips: 53" Thigh: 26 1/2" Knee: 16 1/2" Ankle: 9 1/2"

Do you mean in addition to my treadmil regime? I don't know if it would be possible for me to add walking in place because I would rather do treadmil and also I barely have time to do the 30 mins im currently doing. I know I will eventually have to do more exercise but I want to do things slow and steady, and since Ive only just begun exercising again...eek im not sure I want to add anything additional. Between managing the office for a very busy business and having a 4 month old im stretched and already feel guilty for taking the time to exercise and journal. But I really love the fact that you commented on my journal .. THANK YOU! It motivates me greatly to know someone looks and cares enough to write me !!!

Ok so I woke up this morning and im down another pound! I was definitely not eating enough calories for a few days there and my body would NOT give up an ounce. Then I ate around 1300 and poof a pound just falls right off and I didn't even exercise yesterday. Well today im going to try to eat similar amount of calories and exercise and see what happens.:cool: 9:30 am Breakfast: Atkins + Unjury, SF chocolate pudding. 12:00 pm Lunch: 1/2 can tuna, 3-4 T. miracle whip, 1/2 avocado cubed and mixed in with tuna and mw, 15 Kashi crackers.:hungry: yumm I liked this meal, next time I think I'd add in a cubed tomato. 6:00 pm Supper: 1/2 cup pork roast, 1 c. Baby red potatos, a bite of carrot, a few bites of cooked onions. Vitamins: 2T. liquid multi, 1 Calcium chew, 1500 mcg biotin Water: >80 oz. Exercise: Treadmil, 25 min 3mph. Goal: Exercise more!!

Ok so I woke up this morning and im down another pound! I was definitely not eating enough calories for a few days there and my body would NOT give up an ounce. Then I ate around 1300 and poof a pound just falls right off and I didn't even exercise yesterday. Well today im going to try to eat similar amount of calories and exercise and see what happens. 9:30 am Breakfast: Atkins + Unjury, SF chocolate pudding. 12:00 pm Lunch: 1/2 can tuna, 3-4 T. miracle whip, 1/2 avocado cubed and mixed in with tuna and mw, 15 Kashi crackers.:hungry: yumm I liked this meal, next time I think I'd add in a cubed tomato. 6:00 pm Supper: 1/2 cup pork roast, 1 c. Baby red potatos, a bite of carrot, a few bites of cooked onions. Vitamins: 2T. liquid multi, 1 Calcium chew, 1500 mcg biotin Water: >80 oz. Exercise: Treadmil, 25 min 3mph. Goal: Exercise more!!

No movement on the scale today, but since im exercising and staying at a reduced calorie level with lots of protein, Im probably losing inches anyway. Im doing good with the sugar challenge only today and tomorrow to go. Im proud of myself for not eating any sugar. My daughter has orientation today for Kindergarten, pretty exciting stuff :cool:. My baby is growing up. 7:30 am Breakfast: Atkins + Unjury. 11:30 am Lunch: Tuna salad, Kashi crackers. 5:00 pm Supper: Apple Bees riblets and mashed potatoes a few bites of baked beans. Exercise: I was on my feet all day running around busy, but I didn't do treadmil. Vitamins: 2 T. Liquid Multi, 1 Calcium chew, 1500 mcg Biotin Water: >80 oz. Goal: Exercise on the treadmil tomorrow. Stick to my no sugar challenge. Get my desk space organized. Call again for office help asap!!

No movement on the scale today, but since im exercising and staying at a reduced calorie level with lots of protein, Im probably losing inches anyway. Im doing good with the sugar challenge only today and tomorrow to go. Im proud of myself for not eating any sugar. My daughter has orientation today for Kindergarten, pretty exciting stuff . My baby is growing up. 7:30 am Breakfast: Atkins + Unjury. 11:30 am Lunch: Tuna salad, Kashi crackers. 5:00 pm Supper: Apple Bees riblets and mashed potatoes a few bites of baked beans. Exercise: I was on my feet all day running around busy, but I didn't do treadmil. Vitamins: 2 T. Liquid Multi, 1 Calcium chew, 1500 mcg Biotin Water: >80 oz. Goal: Exercise on the treadmil tomorrow. Stick to my no sugar challenge. Get my desk space organized. Call again for office help asap!!

As a newbie I just have to say this was a very helpful thread. Im really wanting to lose weight right now but if I don't Im not stressing about it daily. I did so many 'diets' before getting my band and I was pretty good at them too and could lose a fair amount of weight and then Id buy a bunch of new clothes and then POOF!! all my weight would come right back to me. I love how someone stated 'slow and steady wins the race'. In the past i'd always try to lose fast and furious lol because I knew it was only a matter of time unti I would give up and gain it all back. Im gonna do this slow and steady and focus on health and eating in a way I can LIVE with and not feel like im 'dieting'. Its so hard sometimes to wrap my mind around the fact that I have a band now and I need to think differently about how I lose weight. Ok enough rambling lol. Thanks for bumping this post.

Hm well this is very interesting, I think I really do need to eat more carbs. The scale went in the negetive direction this morning. Or maybe the secret is to change it up daily .. one day eat more carbs the next eat less? lol I'll get this figured out yet!! 7:45 am Breakfast: Atkins + Unjury :cool: 11:30 am Lunch: Sloppy joe meat @ 1 c., 1 small tomatoe diced, 1/4 small onion chopped. 3:00 pm Snack: 1 instant cream wheat, 1 SF choc. pudding. 6:00 pm Supper: 2/3 cup egg salad, 3/4 cup potatoe salad. Water: over 80 oz., stopped keeping track after that. Vitamins: 2 Tbs. Liquid Multi, 1500 mcg biotin, 1 calcium chew. Exercise: 30 Mins 3mph treadmil, did 3 minutes jogging, and an extra 5 for a cool down at 2mph. Goal: Stay on with my no sugar challenge! It feels great to be succeeding at something healthy. Even if I don't lose weight its so good for my body to have a break from sugar and to be getting exercise. I need to hire someone to take over some of my office work, I just can't do it all anymore. Ugh it feels like I am admitting defeat but I have to look at it as a smart business decision. So I guess my goal is to finally get off my duff and make some phone calls to lighten my load. I will call tomorrow.

Hm well this is very interesting, I think I really do need to eat more carbs. The scale went in the negetive direction this morning. Or maybe the secret is to change it up daily .. one day eat more carbs the next eat less? lol I'll get this figured out yet!! 7:45 am Breakfast: Atkins + Unjury 11:30 am Lunch: Sloppy joe meat @ 1 c., 1 small tomatoe diced, 1/4 small onion chopped. 3:00 pm Snack: 1 instant cream wheat, 1 SF choc. pudding. 6:00 pm Supper: 2/3 cup egg salad, 3/4 cup potatoe salad. Water: over 80 oz., stopped keeping track after that. Vitamins: 2 Tbs. Liquid Multi, 1500 mcg biotin, 1 calcium chew. Exercise: 30 Mins 3mph treadmil, did 3 minutes jogging, and an extra 5 for a cool down at 2mph. Goal: Stay on with my no sugar challenge! It feels great to be succeeding at something healthy. Even if I don't lose weight its so good for my body to have a break from sugar and to be getting exercise. I need to hire someone to take over some of my office work, I just can't do it all anymore. Ugh it feels like I am admitting defeat but I have to look at it as a smart business decision. So I guess my goal is to finally get off my duff and make some phone calls to lighten my load. I will call tomorrow.

The scale did not move today boo hooo! I did really well yesterday too and ate less than 900 calories plus exercised. Oh well I guess its just making up for the days I ate ice cream and still lost a pound. Or maybe I need to eat more calories to lose? Ive read some ppls posts about that, the 'starving body' syndrome or something. :cry Hmm well Im going to keep on with eating healthy today at a reduced calorie level and exercise and see what happens tomorrow. And no Sugar today!! 8:00 am Breakfast: Atkins shake + 1 scoop Unjury. 10:00 am Snack: SF choc. pudding (chocolotaholic).:cool: 12:30 pm Lunch: 1 1/2 peices stone ground whole wheat/grain toasted crustless bread, 2/3 cup sloppy joe meat, 1 activa blueberry yogurt. 6:00 pm Supper: 2 instant Cream of wheat, SF choc. pudding Water: 80 oz. Vitamins: 2 Tbs. Liquid multi, 1 calcium chew, 1500 mcg biotin Exercise: cleaned my entire house Goal: I purposely ate more carbs today, I want to see what effect it has on my losing weight tomorrow. Exercise tomorrow on the treadmil. Stick to my no sugar challenge for 3 more days!

The scale did not move today boo hooo! I did really well yesterday too and ate less than 900 calories plus exercised. Oh well I guess its just making up for the days I ate ice cream and still lost a pound. Or maybe I need to eat more calories to lose? Ive read some ppls posts about that, the 'starving body' syndrome or something. :cry Hmm well Im going to keep on with eating healthy today at a reduced calorie level and exercise and see what happens tomorrow. And no Sugar today!! 8:00 am Breakfast: Atkins shake + 1 scoop Unjury. 10:00 am Snack: SF choc. pudding (chocolotaholic). 12:30 pm Lunch: 1 1/2 peices stone ground whole wheat/grain toasted crustless bread, 2/3 cup sloppy joe meat, 1 activa blueberry yogurt. 6:00 pm Supper: 2 instant Cream of wheat, SF choc. pudding Water: 80 oz. Vitamins: 2 Tbs. Liquid multi, 1 calcium chew, 1500 mcg biotin Exercise: cleaned my entire house Goal: I purposely ate more carbs today, I want to see what effect it has on my losing weight tomorrow. Exercise tomorrow on the treadmil. Stick to my no sugar challenge for 3 more days!

Yep scale didn't move, but tomorrow its going to!:cool: 7:45 am Breakfast: Atkins shake + 1 scoop unjury. 12:00 pm Lunch: Skinless baked chicken 1/2 cup, 2 flowerettes of broccoli, 1 SF choc. pudding. 6:00 pm Supper: 1/2 chicken breast in alfredo sauce, a couple bites of rib meat, 1/2 cup of mashed potatoe, a couple bites of green beans. Vitamins: 1500 mcg Biotin, 2 Tbs. Multi vit, 1 Calcium chew Water: 60 oz. Exercise: 30 min. treadmil 3mph 0-5% incline. Goal: Stay on track with my 5 day challenge to not have any sugar. Exercise tomorrow.

Yep scale didn't move, but tomorrow its going to! 7:45 am Breakfast: Atkins shake + 1 scoop unjury. 12:00 pm Lunch: Skinless baked chicken 1/2 cup, 2 flowerettes of broccoli, 1 SF choc. pudding. 6:00 pm Supper: 1/2 chicken breast in alfredo sauce, a couple bites of rib meat, 1/2 cup of mashed potatoe, a couple bites of green beans. Vitamins: 1500 mcg Biotin, 2 Tbs. Multi vit, 1 Calcium chew Water: 60 oz. Exercise: 30 min. treadmil 3mph 0-5% incline. Goal: Stay on track with my 5 day challenge to not have any sugar. Exercise tomorrow.

8:00 am Breakfast: Atkins shake + 1 scoop unjury 11:00 am Lunch: 2 Chicken tender strips, SF chocolate pudding 5:00 pm Supper: Chinese chicken, pork, with broccoli a few bites of shrimp in all I probably ate about 2 cups. 6:00 pm Snack: Ugh I hate to type this its humiliating but I had a sm. sundae with fudge. Im sure I will pay the price by having a nonmoving scale in the morning. Vitamins: 2 Tbs. liquid multi, 1500 mcg Biotin, 1 Calcium chew Water: 90 oz. Exercize: what exercize? bad bad again but I was gone all day and took my daughter to the amusement park on some rides and stuff. Thats being active too right? lol And I went appliance shopping, and Grocery shopping, hey thats walking.. maybe could be called exercise but my heart rate wasn't up so I doubt it counts. We'll see what my friendly scale says in the morning. Goal: For the next 5 days no ice cream, no sugar period. If I eat any sugar I will have to post a naked picture of myself!! lol if that doesn't do it nothing will motivate me.

8:00 am Breakfast: Atkins shake + 1 scoop unjury 11:00 am Lunch: 2 Chicken tender strips, SF chocolate pudding 5:00 pm Supper: Chinese chicken, pork, with broccoli a few bites of shrimp in all I probably ate about 2 cups. 6:00 pm Snack: Ugh I hate to type this its humiliating but I had a sm. sundae with fudge. Im sure I will pay the price by having a nonmoving scale in the morning. Vitamins: 2 Tbs. liquid multi, 1500 mcg Biotin, 1 Calcium chew Water: 90 oz. Exercize: what exercize? bad bad again but I was gone all day and took my daughter to the amusement park on some rides and stuff. Thats being active too right? lol And I went appliance shopping, and Grocery shopping, hey thats walking.. maybe could be called exercise but my heart rate wasn't up so I doubt it counts. We'll see what my friendly scale says in the morning. Goal: For the next 5 days no ice cream, no sugar period. If I eat any sugar I will have to post a naked picture of myself!! lol if that doesn't do it nothing will motivate me.

Sam's results came back from his blood work from Monday, everything is improving but not his testosterone levels. Next appt. in Sept. will be the MRI and blood tests again. Doc will probably start him on testosterone if his levels haven't improved by then. He's looking kind of peaked this week, I hope he's not getting sicker. What would I do without the love of my life? I've got to just pray that his tumor is shrinking. I've got to believe he will be ok and make it through this. At least he is eating healthier now that im eating healthier.. thats gotta be a good thing. Ive gotta get healthy and strong so that I can take care of him and our family if need be in case he has to have brain surgery. I can and will do this! You can take that to the bank.

Sam's results came back from his blood work from Monday, everything is improving but not his testosterone levels. Next appt. in Sept. will be the MRI and blood tests again. Doc will probably start him on testosterone if his levels haven't improved by then. He's looking kind of peaked this week, I hope he's not getting sicker. What would I do without the love of my life? I've got to just pray that his tumor is shrinking. I've got to believe he will be ok and make it through this. At least he is eating healthier now that im eating healthier.. thats gotta be a good thing. Ive gotta get healthy and strong so that I can take care of him and our family if need be in case he has to have brain surgery. I can and will do this! You can take that to the bank.

Wow im down another pound today!! yayyy! So now im at 211. Exercise definitely works.:clap2: 8:30 am Breakfast: Atkins shake + One scoop unflavored unjury. 12:00 pm Lunch: Skinless roasted chicken thigh, 1 1/2 peices of deli ham thinly sliced, SF chocolate pudding.. was planning on eating some steamed broccoli but was too full! yay! Will have for supper instead.:hungry: 6:00 pm Supper: Skinless roasted chicken thigh, broccoli 1 cup, 1 blueberry activa yogurt, 1 SF chocolate pudding. ( I was actually low on calories today so I HAD to have the pudding hehe) Vitamins: 1500 mcg Biotin, 2 Tbs. Liquid multi, 2 Calcium chews. Water: 110 oz. Exercise: 30 Min. on treadmil 3 mph 0-5% incline, 1.5 Mile walk outside with the family. Goal: Exercise exercise exercise.. I hope im down a pound tomorrow!!

Wow im down another pound today!! yayyy! So now im at 211. Exercise definitely works.:clap2: 8:30 am Breakfast: Atkins shake + One scoop unflavored unjury. 12:00 pm Lunch: Skinless roasted chicken thigh, 1 1/2 peices of deli ham thinly sliced, SF chocolate pudding.. was planning on eating some steamed broccoli but was too full! yay! Will have for supper instead.:hungry: 6:00 pm Supper: Skinless roasted chicken thigh, broccoli 1 cup, 1 blueberry activa yogurt, 1 SF chocolate pudding. ( I was actually low on calories today so I HAD to have the pudding hehe) Vitamins: 1500 mcg Biotin, 2 Tbs. Liquid multi, 2 Calcium chews. Water: 110 oz. Exercise: 30 Min. on treadmil 3 mph 0-5% incline, 1.5 Mile walk outside with the family. Goal: Exercise exercise exercise.. I hope im down a pound tomorrow!!

7:45 am Breakfast: Atkins shake + 1 scoop Unjury 10:00 am Snack: SF Choc. Pudding 12:00 pm Lunch: 1 C. chicken pot pie 6:15 pm Supper: 1 Baked chicken thigh, 1/2 C. Broccoli Water: 102 oz. Vitamins: Biotin 1500 mcg, 2 Tbs. Liquid multi, 1 Calcium Viactiv, 1 Nioxin vitamin. Exercise: (new entry- yay!) 30 mins. 3 mph 0-5% incline. Goal: Exercise more!! Tonight was very weird, last night I felt like I could eat and eat, tonight I could barely get down a few bites of chicken and some fresh steamed broccoli. I was thinking I definitely needed a fill and now Im not so sure. ?? hmm we'll see.

7:45 am Breakfast: Atkins shake + 1 scoop Unjury 10:00 am Snack: SF Choc. Pudding 12:00 pm Lunch: 1 C. chicken pot pie 6:15 pm Supper: 1 Baked chicken thigh, 1/2 C. Broccoli Water: 102 oz. Vitamins: Biotin 1500 mcg, 2 Tbs. Liquid multi, 1 Calcium Viactiv, 1 Nioxin vitamin. Exercise: (new entry- yay!) 30 mins. 3 mph 0-5% incline. Goal: Exercise more!! Tonight was very weird, last night I felt like I could eat and eat, tonight I could barely get down a few bites of chicken and some fresh steamed broccoli. I was thinking I definitely needed a fill and now Im not so sure. ?? hmm we'll see.

I think your butt looks great, id trade you anyday lol. I can't wait to get a butt again! The running you've been doing is definitely paying off. Ok im going to go hop on that clothes hanger in my bedroom aka treadmil! Thanks for inspiration Telli! Keep up the good work.