Everyday Systems

Got my steps in last night, took me til almost 9pm, but I did it. Today, I am on my usual routine and already have 9000 steps in, which rocks. Lordy, I am such a pinger, if I am not worried about one thing it is another. Now I am stressing myself out with if I dont have the house and garden perfect ...

Snazzybabe, Thanks for the advise, I pretty much figured the first week I would be to sore to do much of anything. I will be in a German hospital for 4-5 days after the surgery with draining tubes, so I dont think I will be able to do much. I am also hoping to be asleep much of the first week with p...

This morning was weird, was exhausted. So after my morning walk I climbed right back into be and slept til almost 10am. Guess my body needed the rest. Obviously I didnt have breakfast but had a great lunch. 1 piece of multigrain bread with edamer cheese, salad and a pear. Was very tasty and really h...

Thanks Guys, this is why you guys ROCK!!! You allow me to ping and patiently say "With NoS you dont need to do that silly stuff, just do the right thing and you will be okay." I know I am going to be alright. I have been eating right for the last 4 months and I am going to make good decisions while ...

Gotta a quick question for you guys. Does anyone know how to figure out how many calories your body needs to stay alive? I have seen a few things, from changing your weight to kilos, than multipling that by .9, then multiply that number by 24. I also seen multiply your weight by 11-15. So does anyon...

Deb, thanks again for your input, most valuable. I only make brownies once in a blue moon, so I was just telling myself I need to get more control over the brownie monkey. Funny since my husband has been home I have made chocolate cupcakes, which I ate a few with no frosting even and homemade chocol...

Definately was off my routine this weekend. Friday I got some grapes and couldnt stop eating them. I know there are worse things to gorge on but it set me up to fail the whole weekend. Made brownies with my daughter Saturday. Saturday I ate a couple more than I should have, but Sunday I really over ...

Lynn, Please dont be so hard on yourself, YOU ARE DOING GREAT!!! In May I made a decision to change my whole lifestyle which included losing weight and quitting smoking. I managed to do both, but had some trying times in front of me. This is not just a "Diet", it is a lifestyle change. With LIFE som...

I definately praised her for making such a good choice. Both my kids are rail thin and they do eat alot better than other kids their ages. Yes, they will eat chips or some other junk food, but then next time they get something to eat they will grab a small bag of baby carrots. My son has been known ...

First, let me say we live near a military base in Germany and have many fast foor options but some you may not know. So today I was running errand and had my 8y.o. daughter with me. So close to lunch time she asked what was for lunch. Now her choices on post are Popeyes, Burger King, Taco Bell, Subw...

Had tons of errands to do so was able to get in alot of extra walking. I can probably top 14k today, only 150 shy of 13k now. I was really proud of myself today. I let my 8 year old daughter come with me. It was close to lunch time and she said she was hungry, I asked her what did she want to eat. (...

Thanks Guys for the support and suggestions. You know I was just thinking about what you have wrote and it came to me. The Other "Diets" and such base so much on what that number on the scale says. If I needed to lose weight before to fit into those size 10s I just had to eat watermelon all day and ...

Just realized there was a walking club which is the Urban Ranger. So I am going to use this mainly to meet my monthly goal of walking so many miles per month. Of course I will also put down my meals for the day and if I had a good or bad day. My daily goal is to eat reasonalbly, walk a minimum of 13...

Thanks for the reply Deb. Yes I know what I should do, but sometimes you just need to hear it from someone else. I believe I do have a handle on not smoking, I refuse to start at day 1 again. The only reason I started in the first place was the huge weight gain, but now I am maintaining both the wei...

Hey Everyone, I have been around, read what has been going on for the past couple of months. Five years ago I was around 160-165lbs when I quit smoking the first time. I was prepared to gain 10-15lbs because I know that is normal when you stop smoking so that would have got me around 175-180lbs. The...

Hi Everyone, I have been looking for an easy to do plan, for a few months now, trying to find something health but would help me lose weight fast. Something kept drawing me back to this one. I am not happy with the other stuff I tried or had to modify them too much to meet my needs so I wouldnt stic...