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Naebird

Well, I am feeling better today, but I am still moving pretty slow. I really don't think it was the shovelglove, I did it at about 6am the morning before and felt perfectly fine all day, no pain, no anything. The chiropractor says it is in my neck (which I have had problems with on and off for about...

Naebird

Wednesday and thursday were great, both were successes. Today though I woke up with terrible back pain. I am assuming that my bed was attempting to kill me in my sleep or something. So I am out of exercise and Shovelglove for a while. :cry: I went to see the regular doc and the chiropractor. I am on...

Naebird

Oh, it goes by so fast! Just enjoy every moment. Last week I visited my Aunt and my cousin was in town. She has a 3 month old little fella and I just looked at my big kid in amazement. I can't believe he has grown so much from his little baby self.

Naebird

Yesterday was good, but it was an exempt day because of my son's 11th birthday. I had oatmeal for breakfast. Lunch was a hummus wrap, a plum and some triscuits. (Which did NOT have enough staying power or....I ate it too early. Still working out the school schedule.) Dinner was homemade potato soup,...

Naebird

Don't have much time today because of my classes but monday was a success.

Life cereal for breakfast. Check.

A slice of pizza and some chicken noodle soup for lunch. Check

Spaghetti for dinner. Check

Walked for an hour. Check.

Did 13 minutes of shovelglove. Check.

YAY!!

Naebird

You did it!! That is wonderful!! It may sound like a "small thing" but it isn't. It is you practicing your willpower. I think willpower is just another muscle and it needs to be exercised to get really good at it. Another great thing is that next time you can say, "Eh, that chocolate isn't even goin...

Naebird

Thanks snapdragon, I appreciate it!! :D So the weekend overall went pretty well. I had a few more sweets sunday than saturday but I made sure to get plenty of walking in. I walked for 1 1/2 on saturday and 50 minutes on sunday. Things are going good. My final semester of classes is starting next wee...

Naebird

I found this study while messing around on the internet. I thought everyone would be interested in reading it. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110330CampbellPork.html Here is an interesing quote from it. "We found that when eating high amounts of protein, men who were trying to lose wei...

Naebird

This is great...did you end up getting a treat that was good enough for your S day? That was really SWEET of your husband, no pun intended :). Great success! No, I didn't unless you count the apple cinnamon french toast I had for breakfast. (Which I kinda do.) We went out to Ruby Tuesday's for dinn...

Naebird

Great job! That is wonderful to hear.

Naebird

Another update. DH bought a coconut cream pie home from a specialty pie shop he passed on his way home from his business trip on thursday and he left me a slice for today. I was slightly peckish this afternoon so I thought, "What the heck? I might as well have my piece of pie." So I go to get it and...

Naebird

I am positive Zippy is up in heaven right now! Hugs for everyone in your household. Zippy has not only inspired shovelglove but has kept my cat safe in the process. Thank you Zippy.

Naebird

Oh my goodness tobiasmom, you are making me blush!! Thank you so much! So, here is an S-day update. I had my french toast, it was super yum. We had gotten some cinnamon apple bread at the brand new bakery in town. It has real chunks of apple in it and is SO good, so we made it into french toast. I h...

Naebird

I fully admit I have never been on any kind of serious diet before. There have been a few times that I have tried calorie counting but I gave that up after less than a week. It just doesn't make any sort of sense to me. How do you figure out how much food is in Grandma's veggie soup? Or a homemade c...

Naebird

Hi all! I just realized I actually qualified for this. Yay me!! I will tell you a bit about myself (even though some of this is in my siggy.) I am a tall, tall 35 year old woman at 5'11. My height hides a LOT of weight. In high school when I weighed about 155-160, and that was a good weight for me, ...

Naebird

I agree with r.jean, use the meetings. I mean you paid for it didn't you? Might as well. I admit I have never stuck to counting anything ever. I would do it for a few days (counting calories) but when I tried to cook anything at home the math just defeated me, especially since so many things aren't ...

Naebird

Nah, my sneakers are in good shape. My mistake was that I went for a walk in some penny loafers. They were good for about a twenty minute haul and they have nice arch support but when I kept walking for about an hour it was too much. Serves me right lol. Yesterday was a success. I feel like I am hit...

Naebird

Those are great photos. I can only imagine how heavy it would be to truck that much stuff around. It also looks like a traffic accident waiting to happen, I mean talk about blind spots lol. But, I fully admit, that some of my plates have been known to be full enough to cause a traffic accident. We w...

Naebird

Thanks NoSnacker. I plan on finishing another week strong. Yesterday was good, another success. Breakfast was Cinnamon Life cereal with skim milk and coffee. I did 11 minutes of shovelglove but yesterday was an exempt day for walking because I had to help my mom show that rental house we have been w...

Naebird

I like this idea of living in the glory of a new number for a while. I think it is nice to take the time to enjoy what you have accomplished before focusing on what still needs done.

Naebird

That is a good thought but I am so afraid that I might "fudge it" you know what I mean? I can just see myself saying, "Oh well, the salad can't possibly take up THAT much room." So I think I am overcompensating lol. Perhaps I should plate it and then move the lettuce to another plate. I am always su...

Naebird

Coffee instead of ridiculous junk food? That is quite the improvement! Way to go!

Naebird

Big cheers for the green! I have trouble at night, that is when i get my munchies. Great job on toughing it out even though you were a little hungry. When I feel like I am starving right before bed I will sometimes have a little glass of V-8, yeah the sodium is ick, but it is filling and the calorie...

Naebird

Lol, thanks NoSnacker. I like to be chipper. :D Yesterday was a success. I had Rice Chex and a banana for breakfast.....and my coffee. Had a 50 minute walk with the doggie. I also did my shovelglove, it seems kinda hard this week, I am not too sure why but I will muscle through......get it? Muscle t...

Naebird

Yesterday was a SUCCESS. I had coffee and cheerios for breakfast. I had a 45 minute walk, did my shovelglove right away and then rushed out the door to help my mom. We are getting a rental house ready for some new renters (my aunt owns the house but due to health reasons she can't help.) We are doin...

Naebird

Keep it up! You are doing great. I think it is going to take a while before the S days really start to straighten themselves out. Keep practicing those N-day habits and eventually it should ooze over into the weekend.

Hang in there!!!

Naebird

I am still on the 8 pound sledge and I think I will stay with it for a while. Now that I am at 11 minutes I am finding it harder. I will stay at 11 another week at least. I am taking this easy. For me, there is no sense in pushing myself to be up there "with the boys" when it is going to make me mis...

Naebird

Yesterday was a SUCCESS. Breakfast was leftover cold pizza. Then I walked for and hour and 5 minutes. Lunch was more 15 bean soup and crackers. Dinner was a marinated chicken breast, some long grain and wild rice and some veggies; broccoli, cauliflower, summer squash and zuchinni. We are going away ...

Naebird

We did enjoy the beach for about 15 minutes lol. Then the work started. Ah well. Exercise is exercise right? I started with an 8 pound sledge because I fully admit to having noodles for arms. I also started with 7 minutes only and it was okay for my back. I felt it for sure but not in a bad way. My ...

Naebird

I have a daily check in. "A Little Birdie Told Me" that's me! And you know what? One red in a month of greens is pretty dang good. I mean just think about how much improvement that is over how you used to eat. If you look at it like a huge amount of awesome and one little tiny flub up, it puts it mo...

Naebird

I realized after that other thread that you started that we started within about a month of each other. So, hang in there! You can do it!! I too have trouble when I walk by a sweet or something that looks really good but we must solider on!! It is only a few more days until the weekend. Don't worry ...

Naebird

Wow, really? I will have to stop by there next time I am in Indy. Thanks for the recommendation.

Naebird

Oooh me!! Me!!

I started in mid-July. I am still hanging in there. My first week was a little.....off. I kept eating things that were too sweet at meals but in August I have managed to stay all green. I am hoping to go the full month. Let's keep our fingers crossed shall we?

Naebird

Good Morning all you No-S people! Yesterday was another success , but just barely. It was SO hard for me. The only thing that kept me honest was this forum I swear. I just didn't want to admit that I flubbed up, so I didn't! Breakfast was coffee, two boiled eggs and two apricots, I am finally done w...

Naebird

Thank you Eileen! I didn't cry, but my kiddo was crying a little bit, which made me feel terrible. I was more focused on the goal, one foot in front of another. I was also more than a little grouchy, like when my 10 year old son ran the wheelchair straight into us because he wasn't watching where he...

Naebird

Yesterday was a NoS success. Even though it was one of the weirdest days ever. Got up and had a pretty strange breakfast. A Sloppy Joe sandwich and two apricots and coffee. We had decided to go to Indiana Dunes State Park/National Lakeshore and do some more hiking but this time with the kids. It too...

Naebird

Okay another S day. I had a homemade strawberry mousse that my DH made, and omg, it needed more sugar. But that was my sweet for the day......oh and like 5 gummy bears. I also had 6 pieces of popcorn chicken inbetween my meals but overall I feel like this was a non-idiot S day. Breakfast was oatmeal...

Naebird

S day today. Did pretty good, I just had a cup of pudding and a little bit of ice cream for a sweet, everything else wasn't any different from any other N-day. Breakfast was a banana and a pb&j sandwich. Went for a 4 mile hike today, it took about 1 1/2 hours. The hills were killer, but I had a grea...

Naebird

Friday was a success . Breakfast was oatmeal with blueberries. Lunch was chicken salad sandwich, a little leftover au gratin potatoes and some cherries. Dinner was a brat and a hamburger. All the rest of the plate was heirloom tomatoes. No cooking today, excepting the oatmeal. It was a leftover kind...

Naebird

My hubby doesn't follow no s at all. He pretty much lets me do what I want without complaining though. He did want to go out for ice cream though last monday and I told him I couldn't since it wasn't an s day. So he said that that was okay he would just call it "smonday" from now on and then we coul...

Naebird

We live in Indiana. I may look into it, thanks for your suggestions. Yesterday was a nominal success. My daughter had a friend over so the eating schedule was a little weird. Breakfast was eggs, bacon and sausage. Lunch was a brat, some chips and half a hamburger. (We grilled out at the lake.) Dinne...

Naebird

Sure, I would appreciate the links. She does have a tricycle at home but I can never get her to use the darn thing. Her biggest hobby is writing stories. Yesterday was a success. Breakfast was 2 boiled eggs and some cherries and my coffee. Then I walked for 30 minutes and shugged. Not so sore today....

Naebird

Oh sure, she is 14 and has cerebral palsy. It effects mostly her legs causing spastic diplegia. Her muscles used to be so tight that they would cross each other all the time and she would be on tiptoes. She had a very intensive surgery about 6 years ago though called a spinal dorsal rhizotomy. They ...

Naebird

Lol, yeah wheelchairs are hard work. We recently went to Europe and pushed that girl all over Paris. It was rough! We had the worst time finding handicapped accessible places to get on the Parisian subway system. Grr. The most fun we had pushing her was when she wanted to go "hiking" at a near by st...

Naebird

Okay back to No-Sing (is that a verb?) Yesterday was a success. Breakfast was oatmeal with blueberries and a splash of milk. I took the kids on a long walk, 1 hour and 20 minutes. I went slower than normal but that was because I was pushing my daughter up and down hills in her wheelchair. 14 year ol...

Naebird

Okay, another S day and I was exempt from all exercise. I felt pretty lazy but I think it did me good to rest up.

I went a little heavy on the sweets. I had a piece of pie AND a rice crispy treat but other than that I was pretty minimal on the idiot scale in my opinion. So that was good.

Naebird

A S-day went okay. I don't think I was an idiot anyways. I did have an extra chicken breast, I also went and got the small reese's cup blizzard I have been mooning over for a week at Dairy Queen. Best. Treat. Ever!!! It tasted so good having waited to have it. I actually found that I didn't like hav...

Naebird

You are right Who Me? that is definitely something I will be working on. This check in helps me to be reflective about my eating choices. I am thinking about things I never considered before! So yesterday was a SUCCESS. Had coffee and cheerios for breakfast. (Oh and a couple pieces of raw cauliflowe...

Naebird

Hey wow! Thanks for the encouragement you guys!! Sooo.....yesterday was another SUCCESS. :D Started the day with coffee, with my creamer. Sometimes I think I should go a little easier on the creamer but it is SO hard. Then I had a big bowl of cheerios. In the morning I took my daughter and my doggie...

Naebird

Walking in the heat is no fun at all. If it is too hot I try and split it up into 2 small 20 minute walks with the doggie, one early in the morning and one as the sun goes down and the heat starts to abate. If I am really feeling like it is too hot, the dog is on his own and I will walk on the tread...

Naebird

Yesterday SUCCESS I had pb&j oatmeal for breakfast and my coffee with creamer and I was SO full, I didn't even want to eat lunch when it came around. But I decided at about 2 that I better have a little something. So I had a chicken/turkey sandwich with some "Health nut" bread, which I hate and was ...

Naebird

Okay checking in. Tomorrow will be 2 full weeks no s-ing and walking a TON and attempting to Shovelglove. The scale says 8.8 pounds down and I frankly am not sure if the scale could possibly be right. I mean seriously? That is crazy. I am not getting too excited yet, some of it is probably water wei...

Naebird

Thanks for all the nice greetings.

Naebird

Oh my! What an experience! Those muscle rubs can be dangerous. I will never forget the time my grandmother went camping and in the dark somehow managed to grab the wrong bottle when she went to brush her teeth. The poor old dear, instead of finding the toothpaste, she found the Bengay. We found her ...

Naebird

Well, I have started shugging too. I am also a girl hehe. I got an 8 pounder and then attached a velcroed washable mop pad thingy to the end (cuz hubby was sleeping upstairs and I didn't want to break into our room to smuggle out a sweater.) So I velcroed it on (which looked ridiculous.) http://www....

Naebird

Hello all! I tried this once before, took off 9 lbs and then promptly forgot about it due to some family ickiness. So I am back, started about a week and a half ago and am down about 5 lbs. (Which may be some water weight but I am claiming it anyways.) At any rate, if you see a little yellow birdie ...

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