[willrun4chocolate]

<p>Starting weight 143.4</p>
<p>Last Week 139.8</p>
<p>This week 138.4</p>
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<p>Lost this week 1.4</p>
<p>Total lost 5</p>
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<p>Well it wasn't the 2 lbs I was aiming for after walking 10K yesterday, but seeing as I spent so so long at 139.8 this week, I'll take the loss.  I did my measurements today, I wish I had done them a couple weeks ago because I didn't see a lot of change from my numbers in Sparkpeople last year and I would like to think that the 2 walks a day thing has changed my body somewhat, so I am just going to believe that Iost an inch everywhere and was just way fatter two weeks ago.</p>
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<p>The really good news is that my body fat % did go down a whole percent, and I have been noticing a steady decline in that so that is a big payoff, though I don't know how reliable it actually is, but if the numbers are going down that has to be good. </p>
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<p>My walking times are also getting faster, so there is proof that my lungs and heart are getting stronger and my leg muscsles are working more efficiently.</p>
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<p>That is what that means right???  Just humour me please I want a burger.</p>

 

[willrun4chocolate]

<p>Still on track for food.  I always get off track when I reach about 9 lbs, or when I get to 130.  I haven't seen 129 in years, but I have been 130.2 and 130.4 twice in the last 5 years. </p>
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<p>Not this time though.</p>
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<p>I had to laugh at the scale this morning.  I walked 10K on Saturday and Sunday and was up .2 this morning.  All that matters is next Sunday, plenty of time, plenty of time.</p>

 

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<p>Hmmm, that is interesting, makes me re-think my post 5K cup of chocolate milk, which I really look forward too, but maybe I'll go back to water until I am least running some fo the 5K.  I know that in the past 3 weeks I haven't overcompensated my calories because I expercise, but maybe the post exercise chocolate milk AND my 70 calorie fudgesicle might be too much, even if I am staying under 1550 calories.</p>

 

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<p>A few years ago when I lost this 30 lbs the first time, I had 3 months of calorie watching and no exercise and I lost 6 lbs, the next 3 months I added exercise and whole grains and I lost 16 lbs in 3 months so in my opinion it is equally hard to lose weight with calorie counting only and no exercise.  Plus I was snacking on all the wrong things, like pretzels and nuts and bolts.  All the white flour in my snacks the first 3 months didn't help.</p>

 

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<p>LOL, this is such funny timing.  Ya know how I said I wanted to lose 10 lbs before I started running?  Well to heck with that I am bored with walking, so I went out and walked 4 minutes ran 1 for my 5 k, felt really, good, BUT I also ate at McDonalds today.  I will be over my calories by about 200 I think.  I don't think me running today has anything to do with the McDonalds guilt, but more to do with plain boredom of the same walk twice a day, and the fact that the measuring tape is not going down as fast as I would like.  Though I did manage to do up the button and the zipper on the shorts I bought in Ottawa two years ago, and I tried to get them on in the fall, and I couldn't get the button to meet so I kow I am making progress. </p>
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<p>Jebba, that is interesting about what you said about your kids and treats.  I felt the same way with my friends kids years ago when they were little.  I think for me it had to do with McDonalds being a treat when I was little because we didn't have one in my town until I was about 12, we rarely ate there so when I amw ith my friends little ones my idea of a treat is a Happy Meal, but with life the way it is these days, it ishardly a treat and in some families, fast food is the norm.  I think now I am more likely to buy crayons or something like that, than food, but they are all grown up now. </p>

 

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<p>UGH, that casserole I brought for lunch today and didn't eat because I went to McD's was so so so good, why did I go to McD's.   Such a waste of calories. </p>

 

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<p>Well, I took 2 pairs of shorts and a pair of pants into "Stitch It" today to get the waist band taken in.  This way they will fit my size 11 waist and my size 14 hips for a few more weeks before I have to go buy new clothes.  I figure this will be  security that I can't allow myself to grow back into a 14, because the waist is smaller and will be uncomfortable very quickly.  I feel sorry for the people at Vallue Village that try on my wacked out pants when I finally send them away. </p>

 

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<p>When I buy too small, they usually get sent to Goodwil laterl with the tags on.  LOL  I am hoping that I will be able to get the new waistline around my big hips.  They won't be ready until Friday, so I figure that in the next week I might be able to lose another 1/2 inch by walk/running in order to ensure that the hip/waist ratio isn't a problem.</p>
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<p>No change from yesterday so that makes me pretty motivated to stay on course at family breakfast this morning.  Poached eggs, dry rye toast, fruit cup, no hashbrowns or sausages.  Then I plan on coming home and going for a walk/run, then clean up and go to retail job. </p>

 

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<p>Could you bike instead of walk, or rollerblade or swim or something different to change it up?  Go get a Jillian Michaels DVD and discover muscles  that you thought were in shape, only to discover through her torture methods that they aren't in shape?</p>