Weekly Wednesday Weigh-In

Good evening, everybody!  Hope you had a great day and stayed safe and warm.  I was thrilled to make it home safe and sound today...accidents abound here in town with this latest storm.  People forget how to drive in snow, I swear. 

Anyway...  Sorry to whine.   I haven't been around much but have created a little unofficial goal for myself and am so far doing ok with it: trying to get to 140# by Christmas.  It isn't much but it is something I think I can safely shoot for and is helping me cope with all the goodies that are around.  So here goes:

HW: 268
SW: 230
Lowest: 130
LW: 142 (?)
CW: 141   

Yay!  Haven't been logging my food very well, but still trying to keep track of it in my head.  Been eating a lot more salads made with spinach leaves since the dr. wanted me to eat more iron-rich foods.  Have been adding some salad dressing,  another veggie (cuke or tomato) and a boca-style pattie.  Very satisfying! 

Also trying really hard to stick to the pact I made with Melissa not to bake cookies this month.  Am very seriously considering making some splenda sugar cookies...wanting to make the dough, roll it out, etc. is so tempting and such a part of the holiday!  The longer I wait to do it the better chance I have of staying 'out' of them and not derailing my Christmas weight goal.

What kinds of things are you doing to cope with temptations this month and how is it working for you?  Also, is anybody getting in their exercise?  I know you can't until your 4-yr old heals, Elaine, but what about everybody else?  For me it is still just the usual stuff at work and not at home.

Molly

Hi Molly!  Good to see you posting!  Glad you made it home safe and sound!  We have 1 foot on the ground of snow now and getting 6-9 more inches tomorrow into friday and then another round on saturday.  Guess I am taking an extra set of work clothes in case I get snowed in.  It has happened to me every year so far. :(  Not fun.  I agree, people just don't know how to drive.  I myself, hate driving in it and avoid it if I can at all costs.

I think your goal sounds great!  Mine is also not to get in over my head this year and maintain my weight where I am at - 143.5.

I go to my doctor to weigh in on january 9th.  So at least after the christmas time I have 2 weeks to whip it into shape and get even lower but trying HARD not to put it back on.  Last time I weighed in I weighed 140 clothed.  I would like to see that again of course but I will take 145 clothed but really want NO more.  


I also had 7 viles of blood drawn today.  My surgeon orders certain labs and my PCP too and of course there are my requests! haha.. adds up to about 1500-1700 dollars that my insurance tackles thankfully.  At least they have every time so far and for hubby (knock on wood).

I think staying away from the cookies is the best thing for me personally.  I hear ya on the sugar free cut out cookies but man just too tempting for me, as I love the real deal.  Makes my mouth water lol.  I made a SF pumpkin cheesecake yesterday and enjoying a sliver a night of that right now with a simple pecan crust.

I am not getting any exercise in these days.  I have been sick sick sick the past week and before that just seems like it was running to kc for thanksgiving, this time of the year always goes so darn fast.  I was looking at my schedule for january though.. wow talk about a slow down!  I am greatful and I recommiting to the gym.  Who else is with me?!?!?!  I am so there! My goal is to run another 1 or 2 5ks this spring and then start training for a 1/2 marathon.  God help me LOL.  All I know is this lack of exercise is horrible.  I hit the gym spotty like but not near enough.

HW: 328
SW: 280
CW: 143.5
Goal: 140-145 clothed on doc's scale Jan 9th.

Thats all she wrote :)  Have a good night everyone!

Good morning!  So sorry you have been sick too.  Do you have the flu-flu or upper respiratory stuff?  We have a 6-week upper respiratory thing floating around town that it seeems everybody has.  Luckily not much of the really bad proper flu tho, thank goodness.

Glad to see that you are holding your own on the scale too.  We sure have potential for regain this month of all months with treats all around us and our pouchies so willing to accept it all.   It hasn't even occured to me to think if I even want to make a resolution for the New Year.  Seems I should just get back to this year's work of learning to love running and get back to putting more miles on my treadmill.

 I finally managed to watch some news last night....of course all  our local yokels can talk about is the snow because it *is* a big deal here, but they did get around to showing a national map finally and it looks like the whole country is getting hit hard by this system.  Sorry to hear you may get stuck at work but I do remember you telling us about it happening before.  Know you will take some safe foods with you too, right? 

After waking up I looked outside and it looks like about 24" on my birdbaths so I think I am going to wuss out driving anyway.  I can always just go in a few hours late if the boss wants  it but with a normal 30-minute commute it doesn't seem very smart to head out there and potentially get stuck when I know very well our delivery truck is most likely stuck in Oregon anyway.  Wish I knew how to find out if the base is closed to non-essential personnel, it probably is but their website doesn't reflect that of course.  The local news say that the main roads are plowed but it is getting to a main road from my side street that is going to be the tricky part. 

Have a good one and keep safe!

Molly

o.k. ladies, when i dont post, it means  i'membarassed (also than time of the month, also, my pupppy who is 2 y.o. so she is technically not a puppy anymore rips the keys out of my laptop.)

anyway--136 as of wed.--not the end of the world, i know. i'm 5'4 so my bmi is still normal. but i have to watch it CLOSELY!!!!!!