SHEs Organized

OK - here we go again.

My goals are: Stay between 1,000 and 1,200 calories, walk 6 days per week for at least 1/2 hour (hopefully 3/4 hour by end of month), do strength building exercises on M, W, & F, belly busting exercises on T, R & S. Blood Sugar is +/- points from goal. Weigh in every Thursday. Sundays are a Day Of Rest (DOR) from exercising.

Stayed on food program: 7/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, oops 12, 13, 14, 15, oops 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, oops 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. That makes 27 out of 30!!

Walked: 7/1, 2, 3 (45 minutes!!), 4, DOR-5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, DOR-12, oops 13, 14, oops (rain and mosquitoes held me to 1/2 walk) 15, 16, 17, 18, DOR-19 - bad week this week - going to make next week better!, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, DOR-26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. Total 25 1/2 days with Sundays off.

Strength Building: 7/1, 3 (15 reps each exercise), DOR-5, 6, 8, 10, DOR-12, oops 13, oops 15, DOR-19, 20, 22, 24, DOR-26, 27, 29, 31.

Belly Busting: 7/2 (15 reps each exercise), 4, DOR-5, 7, 9, 11, DOR-12, 14, 16, 18, DOR-19, 21, 23, 25, DOR-26, 28, 30,

Total exercise days = 25 with Sundays off.

Blood Sugar: +/- points from goal
7/14 (+3),
16 (-2),
17 (+15),
18 (+12),
20 (-5),
21 (+6),
22 (+14),
23 (+3),
24 (+17),
25 (+26) this is going the wrong way! ,
26 (+15),
27 (+3),
28 (+8),
29 (-0), ON TARGET!!
30 (-2),
31 (+14).
Have to work on this - only 4 days at or below goal in 17.

Weigh in: 7/2 = -1.4
Weigh in: 7/9 = -1.8
Weigh in: 7/16 = -0.8
Weigh in: 7/23 = +0.4
Weigh in: 7/30 = -1.4
Total for this month = -5.0

Total since start in April -19.0 pounds.

Waist size: 7/2 = -1 inch
Total since start in April -6 inches

Isn't anyone going to join me? I feel strange out here all by myself.

Thinking of you EN
I'm tweaking my protocol on my meds.
and exercise routine
a few pounds have crept back on
and I my clothes are not fitting so
need to get a handle on this
before it gets out of hand.

Thanks for answering, Nancy. I felt like I was blowing in the wind.

Those pesky diabetic meds are not figure friendly. They not only make you hungry - but they store some weight, too. I've been fighting them (with them winning) for over 10 years now. I'm really fighting back now and it is beginning to show. My sweat pants almost fell off the other day!! Yippee!! Going to have to put new elastic in the waist.

Can I play?

I am starting tomorrow. I am writing my plan of attack right now. I've got to get this weight off. A buddy would be great! Hi buddy Emptynester!

Hey Mo!!

Sure you can play - come on along!!!

Post in any format you want. I just go back and edit my post each day to update it. Otherwise there would be 31 posts per month and I'd have to do a lot of typing.

When we first started some of us were posting our menus and calories but that got to be too hard for me. So I just post if I stayed on track with meals.

Gotta get moving - time to go walk. My cardinal is chirping outside the window.

Your Buddy,
Empty

MT you are doing fantastic. What is DOR?

Day Of Rest - no exercising - no walking - still eat on the plan. Gives me something to work toward as a reward and time for renewal to get going again. Otherwise I would be tempted to stop for a day here and there and then get off the program.

Thanks for all the attagirls. It helps.

Way to go!

I've been able to stick to the plan this week
and did not see an increase in the scale yea!
So this is working
and my bs [blood sugar] levels were good today
in my target range yippie.

WTG Nancy.

I have to get back to checking my bs more often and quit relying on how I feel. Sometimes variations can start to feel "normal" if I don't document. The biggest problem I have is that I wake up hungry and thirsty and grab some OJ before I remember I'm supposed to test.

I will make it a priority and start to log it when I get back to the RV on Monday. Should check my BP, too. We have the machine so will add that to my list.