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  1. Notes - Tom has gotten the best of me this month, I must get my head screwed back on straight. I had a binge fest last night, ate too much. Never PB'd but ended up sliming on a 1/2 of brownie - yuck. Then late night,had some nachos, and ended up waking up with acid reflux a little (the nachos still in my pouch because went to bed right after I ate them). I also ate 2 bowels of cereal, and a bowel of soup. A complete pig last night.
     
    This morning, the alarm went off to go exercise, I turned it off and rolled back over, couldn't even get out of bed. So mad at myself this morning. Now I must go exercise tonight! I will not miss a workout session - I will not do it! I must go exercise! I must I must I must!
     
    Driving into work this morning, I had a long talk with myself and told myself I need to get my head back into the game. So today, its back into the game, no more binging, no more excuses!
     
    M1 - Caramel light frapp.
    M2 - 3 oz of baked fish and 1/2 cup of salad with spritz on dressing (1 cal per spray, had 5 sprays)
    M3 - laughing cow cheese - light - 1 oz
    M4 - 3/4 cup of turkey chili with 1 oz of cheese
    M5
     
    Exercise #1 - (3:00 pm) 20 min on Elliptical (HIIT) - 210 calories, 1.62 distance, upped the resistance to level 4. My legs are burning!
     
    Exercise #2 - UBWO (9:30 pm)
     
    Exercsise #3 - Yes number 3 - did 30 min on treadmill, 4% incline, 3.3 mph, 248 calories, 1.82 distance.
     
    Wt this morning - 189.2 (geeze - I'm going the wrong direction!) I'm not weighing again until Sunday! Friday is my 4 month anniversary (with the band) and Sunday is my 4 week BFL update. So, I will weight Sunday for both ocassions, and take my 4 week BFL picture and measurements.

  2. 5/15/07

    · tonya66 · 05/15/2007 19:18

    M1 - 4 bites of refried beans and some flavored Iced coffee from the coffee shop (fattening I'm sure - but only drank about 1/2)
     
    M2 - grilled fish, 3 oz, 1 stalk of brocolli & a bite or two of cabbage
    m3 - It went downhill from here - binged, and can't even remember all the crap I ate.....
    M4
     
    Exercise #1 - 20 min Elliptiacal (HIIT) - 176 calories burned
     
    NOtes - scales are ugly these days, 188.4 this morning - i'm sure its water weight due to TOM. Hopefully when he leaves, scales will go back down.
     
    Went to my doctor today, and I am scheduled for fill #3 on May 25th. I can't wait. I'm nervous too. I doing good with this fill and no problems PBing or anything, I just feel I need to be a little tighter, and I'm worried about PBing. So, we'll see. I go on a Friday the 25th for my fill, I hope I do okay over the weekend, so we'll see how it goes. In the meantime, I will continue eating healthy and exercising. I'm almost 1/3 of the way thru my challenge!

  3. 5/14/07

    · tonya66 · 05/14/2007 15:28

    Exercise - 5AM - Yay me - did LBWO
     
    Exercise #2 - 10 am - did 18 min on treadmill (1.03 mile, 3.4 mph, 4% incline, 148 calories) - it was a short break, so I'm using it wisely and walking.
     
    M1 - protein shake with Betagen added in
    M2 - spinach salad
    M3 - 3 oz cottage cheese - granola mixed in
    M4 - 1 cup of speghettie, a small piece of apple pie (bad me) with some about 1/4 cup of sugar free frozen yogurt
    M5
     
    Notes - TOM came to visit on Saturday - damn it!, Feeling bloated and yuk. But, I DID NOT miss an exercise session this weekend, and for the most part ate pretty good and clean. I am calling my doctor today and trying for another fill, just doesn't fill like I'm tight enough, I can eat regular bites of food, and pretty much swallow it whole - I don't even have to bother eating the bandster way. So, I think its time for a fill.
     
    Scale was up this morning - thanks to TOM = 187.2 - grrrrr.

  4. 5/11/07

    · tonya66 · 05/11/2007 13:12

    M1 - Cottabe cheese mixed with lc yogurt (couldn't finish it all)
    M2 - 6 oz of apple juice mixed with Daily 5
    M3 - grilled fish, broccolli & cabbage (about a bite or two of each - except ate most of my fish - need the protein to build my muscles)
    M4 - grilled chicken, grilled veggies
    M5
     
    Exercise - UBWO - Worked out at my gym at work today, couldn't get out of bed, this weather is not letting me get up in the AM, but I will work on it next week! My biceps and shoulders were worked to total fatigue - they are burning now!
     
    Exercise #2 -
     
    NOTES - Wt this morning 184.4 - OMG, I am getting so close to being out of the 180's!
     
    I must get my butt back in gear next week and get out of bed at 5 am. Although I haven't missed one exercise session, I have been doing it at all different times in the evening, afternoon, etc. It just works better for me when I do it in the am. So next week, that is my focus.
     
    Next week I begin week 4 of my BFL challenge, after completing next week, I will be 1/3 of the way finished - yay. I can't wait to take my measurements on the 19th - it will be my 4 mo anniversary and, it will be 4 weeks doing the exercise challenge. I am anxious to see what progress I have made and compare my pictures - even though I hated taking a picture of me in my bikini (I had to go buy one cause I didn't own one) - I think it will be neat seeing the difference after exercising for 4 weeks straight. Sorry, just can't share those pics with you guys, lol. Maybe after I finish the 12 weeks and I see a difference and I don't look so scary, I will share the pics.
     
    To all my journal buddies out there, thanks so much for all your compliments and your cheering me on. I am inspired by each of you and watching your progress motivates me even more. Together we can achieve this!

  5. 5/10/07

    · tonya66 · 05/10/2007 16:52

    M1 - apple juice with daily 5
    M2 - 1/2 cup of shredded hash brown potatoes - I was having a craving for them so gave in.
    M3 - grilled chicken breast salad - dressing on the side
    M4 - Grilled talapia fish - YUM
    M5
     
    Exercise #1 - 30 min on Elliptical machine (20 min of it was HIIT) - 2.20 distance, 280 calories (burn baby burn!)
     
    Weight - 186.4 this morning - come on 170's, let me go there! PAALEEZE. I can't believe this is really working. I look at the scale and am shocked I see the 180's. Then I look in the mirror and shock I'm still fat. I'm trying to work on my body image. I see a huge fat person instead of the weight I've lost. I know I have an issue with it, and it is something I am working on.

  6. 5/9/07

    · tonya66 · 05/09/2007 20:14

    Exercise #1 - 25 min on treadmill (would have done 30 min or more, but the darn thing came unplugged and then couldn't get it to work again - so left)
     
    Exercise #2 - LBWO
     
    M1 - SF yogurt mixed with lf cottage cheese
    m2 - coffee & cream
    m 3 - 3 whole wheat crackers & 3 oz of pink salmon
    m 4 - grilled talapia and broccoli sald (the last of it - getting sick of it now - lol)
     
    Notes - I've started tanning and I tried on a shirt I bought last year on clearance for $4.00, it was way too tight on me, but I tried it on, it fit! I'm wearing it today and I feel so good in it! I guess I feel so good becaue I remember how tight it was on me, and now it slips on with ease.

  7. 5/8/07

    · tonya66 · 05/08/2007 13:01

    M1 - apple juice deluted with water and Daily 5 mixed in
    M2 - Broccolli salad with roasted chicken added in
    M3 -
    M4 - roast & spinach
    M5
     
    Exercise - 5 am - UBWO (upper Body Workout), I will try and do an additional cardio this afternoon.
     
    Exercise #2 - Yay me! Jumped on the treadmill, 30 min, 3.4 mph, 3% incline, 1.68 distance, 240 calories
  8. M1 - Brocolli salad with chicken added in - about 3/4 cup
    M2 - coffee with cream
    m3 - Brocolli salad with chicken added in - about 1 cup
    M4 - sugar free/fat free ice cream (not the best choice, need more protein!)
    M5 -
     
    Notes - wt 188.4 - Major sweet tooth, TOM must be getting closer, I think I'm due around the 14th. Didn't get up in the am to exercise, raining cats & dogs, will have to do it tonight.
     
    Exercise - 20 min on Elliptacal (HIIT) 186 calories.

  9. 5/6/07

    · tonya66 · 05/07/2007 04:23

    Eating - I started off the day eating good clean food, for breakfast I had about 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup of brocolli salad (made with broc, light mayo, splenda, grapes, sunflower seeds, cheese, red onion, delish)
     
    Lunch - more of the brocolli salad (I think I will add some diced chicken to it and take it for lunch tomorrow - it is really good)
     
    Dinner - had dinner at some friends house - here is where it gets BAD. I think I might even need another fill, I can't believe I was able to eat all this:
     
    3 slices of FRIED fish
    1 heaping TBSP of coleslaw
    1 heaping TBSP of potatoe salad
     
    Then, here come desert - 1 fairly decent piece of itallion cream cheesecake from cheesecake factory - baaaaad
     
    Notes - I know I did bad, but according to the BFL plan, I can have a day that I eat whatever I want. But I felt too guilty about all this food, plus I was miserably full - I sure hope I didn't stretch my pouch:cry - I felt so bad, I came home and went to the gym
     
    Exercise - 45 min on treadmill, 3% incline, 3.2 speed, 304 calories, 2.30 distance

  10. 5/5/07

    · tonya66 · 05/05/2007 17:30

    Exercise - 20 min of HIIT (on Elliptical machine - results said I burned 200 calories)
     
    Wt - scales read 187.6 this morning - Yay.
     
    I have officially finished week 2 of the BFL challenge - only 10 more weeks to go. Sunday is supposed to be my "Free Day", according to the program, I can eat whatever I want and do no exercise.
     
    I really don't want to do that, so I will just see what happens tomorrow. I probably will go to the gym and spend 30 to 45 min on the treadmill reading a book or somthing, this to me is a great stress releaver and it is my "alone" time.
  12. After todays exercise (which will be my LBWO), and tomorrows cardio session, I will have completed 2 weeks of the Body for Life Challenge - which leave me 10 week sto go or 70 days. I will complete this challenge!
     
    I'm excited about not missing any workouts, eating pretty clean for the most part.
     
    Things I need to work on -
    1) Need to plan my meals better (if you don't plan, you plan to fail)
    2) Need to make sure I do my carido in the am on empty stomach - burns more calories this way.
    3) Need to plan my workouts so I know what I'm going to do before I go the gym - this will save some time.
    4) Going to try and add 2 extra cardio session my 3rd week.
    5) Will work on getting some additional supplements (Betagen - helps build muscle)

  14. 5/2/07 Workout

    · tonya66 · 05/04/2007 14:27

    UBWO -
     
    Chest
    Pectorial flys
    12 - 10lbs (next time will need to start with 15lbs)
    10 - 15lbs
    8 - 20 lbs
    6 - 30lbs
    12 - 30lbs
    Chest press
    12 - 25lbs
     
    Shoulders
    Side raises with dumbbells
    12 - 2 lbs each hand
    10 - 5
    8 - 5
    6 - 5
    12 - 5
    Shoulder press
    12 - 10ls (very difficult, still having problems with shouders)
     
    Back
    Rear deltoids
    12 - 15lbs
    10 - 20
    8 - 25
    6 - 30
    12 - 25
    Lat Pulldowns
    12 - 35lbs
     
    Triceps
    Tricep extensions
    12 -15
    10 - 20
    8 - 25
    6 - 35
    12 - 30
    Dumbbell extension (behind head)
    12 - 5lb weights (burned big time)
     
    Biceps
    Bicep curls
    12 - 15
    10 - 20
    8 - 25
    6 - 30
    12 - 25
    hammer curls
    12 - 8lb weights

  15. I've hit the 60 lb mark!

    · tonya66 · 05/03/2007 15:22

    I am down 60 lbs now, I weighed in the morning at (drum roll please.........) 188.6!
     
    I was having so much problems trying to lose weight in the 190's, and now that I broke the plateau, its falling off. I've lost 4 lbs since Monday! I'm eating and exercising just like before. I'm not complaining, I'll take it, I just find it strange! Heck, I might be out of the 180's sooner than I think.

  16. The Lap Band Really works

    · tonya66 · 05/02/2007 13:14

    I'm sitting here in tears, I can't believe it, the Lap Band really works! I weighed this morning and I weighed 189.6 - I tried for 6 years to get below the 190's doing Low Carb, and I couldn't do it. I have the Lap Band for 3 1/2 months and I've done it! I've broken out of the 190's! I'm so happy and so excited, and I have no more fears of failing!
     
    I have not been in the 180's since 1997 or longer.
  17. m1 - light swiss cheese/ coffee w/cream
    m2 - handfull of nuts - about 15 nuts
    m3 - 2 oz of chicken - I couldn't eat any more. I must be tighter today.
    m4 - taboli, about 1/2 cup, and a few bites of salad and 1/2 of deviled egg
    m5
     
    Exercise - LBWO - 5 am
     
    Quads -
    Seated leg press
    12 - 35
    10 - 35
    8 - 40
    6 - 50
    12 - 40
    Leg extensions
    10 - 30 lbs (just couldn't do 12)
     
    Hamstrings
    Seated leg curls
    12 - 15lbs
    10 - 25
    8 - 35
    6 - 45
    12 - 40
    dead lifts
    12 - 5lbs dumbbells in each hand (10 lbs total)
     
    Calves
    horizontal calf
    12 - 50
    10 - 70
    8 - 90
    6 - 110
    12 - 100
    Calf raises
    12 - 5 lbs dumbbells
     
    ABS-
    incline crunches
    20, 20, 20
    Hammer strength ab crunch
    10 - 10lbs
    10 - 10lbs - this is a killer ab workout
     
    Exercise #2 - 20 min on Elliptical machine (HIIT) oh baby, am I working it or what? I'm actually starting to become obsessed with exercise!
     
    Notes - wt 191.8 - OMG - am I really going to see 189 soon? I'm getting so excited.
  18. m1 - notta - fasting for blood work
    m2 - notta - fasting for blood work to be taken this afternoon
    m3 - Cottage cheese mixed with yogurt
    m4 - grilled chicken and just about 2 egg noodles
     
    Exercise - Took today as my "free day" so I could get in bed early and get up at 5 am.
     
    Notes - Wt 192.8 yay!
  20. m1 - The inside of a sausage roll (not the bread - and not the best choice)
    m2 - coffee w/cream
    m3 - salad - 3/4 cup, dressing on side
    m4 - chineese stir fry
    m5
     
    Exercise - UBWO
     
    Notes - wt this morning 193.2 - no loss since the 18th. grrrrrr. My weight keeps bouncing from 192 to 196, seem to be stuck, but I don't care, I feel so damn good these days, and I must say, I am looking good. lol. Or at least I feel like I do.
  22. M1 - 1 oz of chicken, 1 oz of light swiss cheese
    M2 - coffee with cream
    M3 - 1 cup of salad with grilled chicken strips (2 oz), dressing on side
    M4 - 3 oz of yogurt, 2 oz of cottage cheese
    M5
     
    Exercise LBWO - 5 am - 3 min warmup
     
    Quads
    Leg lifts (machine)
    12 - 10
    10 - 10
    8 - 15
    6 - 25
    12 - 20
    Leg Presses - 12 - 90lbs
     
    Hamstrings
    12 - 10
    10 - 20
    8 - 20
    6 - 25
    12 - 25
    (leg curls machine) 12 - 30lbs
     
    Calves
    12 - 50
    10 - 70
    8 - 90
    6 - 110
    12 - 90
    12 - 90 lbs
     
    ABS
    Crunches - incline
    Machine Ab crunches - no weights
     
    Exercise #2 - 3:15 pm - 27 min on treadmill, 3% incline, 3.3 to 3.4 mph, 1.46 distance, 213 calories
     
    Notes - Today was really hard getting out of bed, I've been tired all day, I just realized that the reason is I didn't sleep with my cpap machine last night, I will make sure I sleep with it tonight!
  23. M1 - Protein shake made with 6 oz of apple juice, daily 5 & pinnaple protein powder
    M2 - Coffee with a little bit of whipping cream
    M3 - 3 whole wheat crackers, 1.5 oz of salmon
    M4 - Grilled, skinless chicken thigh, salad
    M5 - Not good - dug into the SF cookie dough - ate 3, then had 2 minerature dark chocolate bars out of my candy dish. GRRRRR
     
    Exercise - 20 min of Elliptical (HIIT)
     
    Notes - wt 193.4 - I am having a hard time staying off the scales, I think its time to have DH hide them again. I am just so close to getting out of the 190's that I'm obsessed with the scales, I really need to see that 189 for sanity reasons. I cannot keep going on like this and still seeing the 190's! grrrrrrr. However, I will say that yesterday I had on a pair of capris that I bought last summer at this same weight, they were tight on me, well yesterday I tried them on and they are actually too big! So, I might be the same weight, but I'm smaller in inches.

  24. 4/23/07 - Day 1 of 84

    · tonya66 · 04/23/2007 12:57

    M1 - 7:30 am coffee/protein drink blended in ice
     
    M2 - 11:00 am - 2 oz of lowfat cottage cheese mixed with 3 oz LC yogurt
     
    M3 - 2:15 pm - 2 whole wheat crackers with pink salmon chunks
     
    M4 - 1 cup of salad with chicken breast, sunflower seeds and dressing 1 TPSP
     
    m5 - water & lemon
     
    Exercise - UBWO (Upperbody workout) 5:30 am - 6:30 am
    3 min warm up on elliptical machine
     
    Chest
    Chest press
    12 reps - 10 lbs
    10 reps - 10 lbs
    8 reps - 15 lbs
    6 reps - 15 lbs
    12 reps - 15 lbs
    Pectoral fly - 12 reps - 25 lbs
     
    Shoulders (note - very sore in the shoulder area, must have slept on it wrong so took it easy because of past injuries and did not want to have problems)
    Shoulder press
    9 reps - 10 lbs
    7 reps - 10 lbs
    10 reps - 10 lbs (really hurting - lots of pain this morning)
     
    Back
    Rear deltoids
    12 reps - 10 lbs
    10 reps - 10 lbs
    8 reps - 15 lbs
    6 reps - 15 lbs
    12 reps - 15 lbs
    Lat Pulldown - 12 reps - 30 lbs
     
    Triceps
    Tricep extension
    12 - 10 lbs
    10 - 20 lbs
    8 - 25 lbs
    6 - 35 lbs
    12 - 30 lbs
    Dumbbell extension - 12 - 5 lbs
     
    Biceps
    Bicep curl
    12 - 10 lbs
    10 - 15 lbs
    8 - 20 lbs
    6 - 30 lbs
    12 - 25 lbs
    Hammer curls - 12 - 10 lbs
     
    Exercise - 6:25 PM - 35 min on treadmill, speed varied 3.1 to 3.3 MPH, 3.5% incline and then lowered to 2.0% (was getting a cramp in my side), 249 calories, 1.89 distance.
     
    Note - wt this morning 195 - grrrrrr here we go again, trying to get out of the 190's and my body is fighting me all the way! I jump from 192 to 195 and keep bouncing.
     
    It was hard getting up this morning, but I didn't want to blow the challenge the first day and I don't think I can fit my exercises in this evening so I knew I had to get up. I can push myself harder next time on the lbs I lifted. Having horrible shoulder pain so didn't push it too hard, I don't want another injury like I had before.
     
    I'm proud of myself for getting out of bed at 5:00 am and keeping my promise to myself, I will need to stay focussed in order to finish this challenge. Day 1 completed, and 83 more days to go.
     
    Beginning measurements for my 12 week goal -
     
    Weight - 195
    Body Fat - 41%
    Lean body mass - 115 lbs
    Fat weight - 80 lbs
    Neck - 14"
    Waist - 36"
    Forearm - 9 1/4"
    Wrist - 6 1/4"
    Hips 44"
    Thigh - 23 1/2
    Bicep - 13
    chest - 38 1/2
    calve - 16"
     
    BFL Goals -
     
    I will complete the 12 week challenge
    I will lose 25 lbs of FAT
    I will gain 5 lbs of muscle to make a total loss of 20 lbs
    I will stay focussed
    I will eat clean
    I will not quit!

  25. 4/20/07

    · tonya66 · 04/20/2007 13:40

    Breakfast - Starbucks Light Frapp (man, when am I going to get away from these?)
     
    Lunch - turkey salad, crackers (3)
     
    Dinner - olive garden - split a meal with my husband the stuffed chicken marsala (only ate 1/2 of what I got) no breadsticks and a bite or two of a the salad.
     
    Exercise - bad girl - NONE
     
    Notes - wt 193.8 (must have been the girl scout cookies last night - this should teach me) At least they are in the trash now and no more excuses!
     
    Yesterday I was told that I looked like Anna Nicole Smith - I asked this person if I looked like the fat one or the skinny one, lol, either way I took it as a compliment since I've always thought she was beautiful (a little weird, but still beautiful). I was also told last week that I look like Reese Witherspoon - I really took that as a compliment since I think she is absolutely gorgeous. I was approached by another Male supervisor and he asked me how much weight I've lost and how am I doing it? I told him I am eating less and exercising, since knowone knows about my WLS at work. I felt a little guilty, but I its the truth, I am eating less and I am exercising more. Right?
     
    DH had surgery yesterday and I've been babying him, he can be a real baby, but I love him - lol. I have to give him constant attention when he is sick or down & out, so he has been taking up all my time and I haven't had time to exercise, but I will have to make time today!

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