New Plan

New plan--pilates. Don't laugh, I'm tougher than you. Gonna try for the next month solid skipping only Sundays. You in?

I sort of dropped the ball the end of May but I am determined to get back on track this month. Karl, I think it is great you are building muscle. It will help speed up your metabolism and you will find you are losing weight again or at least inches. Way to go!!!!
Mom

Karl,
Thanks for the 'before 8:00 a.m.' advice. That should help me out but since it is already 9:21 a.m. I guess I can't get into the living room and turn that /@## Polatis DVD on for today! Heh, heh, heh.
Mom

Hey. I have had success just drinking 8 glasses of water a day. I hate drinking water and have to force myself but it has helped me feel less 'junky'. That is a real triumph for me. Last night, though, I learned that if you miss 4 glasses during the day you are very dumb to drink it at 10:00 when you go to bed.

I need some help motivating myself to walk into the livingroom and turn on Polatis. Anyone that would like to come and force me would be welcome.

Mom

Yeah!

My mid-month crisis was early and short this month, so that means I'm gonna have more good days this month. :-)

I also am going to weigh in tomorow. So we'll see how that goes. Anybody know how to get to bed at a good time?

Later,
K/\/\ort D

Anybody else?

I'm so glad Cory and Mom are tracking too. Let's keep it up. It makes a difference. This is a graph of my weight last month. It's surprising the difference tracking can make. :-)



Later,
K/\/\ort D

Game On!

Karl,

You have inspired me that just by tracking and reporting, you have dropped 10 lbs. in a month! That is amazing. While I don't think I will drop 10 lbs. in 1 month, I am ready to dedicate some time to myself to become a healthier me. Thanks!
Coralee

Yeah May!

So you can see in the tracking sheet that I really fell apart when I got a bad cold in the middle of April. Plus Mom was here so I was having fun doing things with her and didn't work up the motivation to exercise a lot. And I ate TONS of junk. But, all in all, it wasn't as much a regression as I had anticipated. I had put off weighing myself because I knew it was going to be bad. But I weighed myself this morning and I was 224.6, which isn't too much above my recent low. So I'm rededicating myself to doing better. :-)

Anybody out there going to play along with me in May? I could use the moral support.

Later,
K/\/\ort D

Yeah!

223.2!

I am making some progress! How about everybody else?

Later,
K/\/\ort D

AHHH!!!!!

So I thought I was making tons of good progress and was really proud of myself because I weigh 9 pounds less than a couple weeks ago. Then I tried to put on some pants that I haven't worn since before I broke my ankle. Let me tell you, I still have quite a ways to go.

Wish you all luck! Keep going and don't look back!

Later,
K/\/\ort D

Looser Pants!

So my pants are fitting looser. It's nice. And I haven't been doing a whole lot. Biking to work, something to get my heart rate up for a little while, some situps and pushups each day, and not eating any junk until after I exercise. It's working. I weigh less than I did and I feel better. It hasn't been long enough to make a solid habit, but it's coming.

I am thinking about making a no treats rule for next month. I don't know yet. I am excited about how it's working and I hope I will stick with it.

How's everybody else doing?

Later,
K/\/\ort D

Day Whatever!

I'm feeling stronger now, after a few situps and pushups, but I weigh more than I want still.

Well, with March Madness over, now I'll have less excuse to eat junk. :-) Having to do some exercise before eating junk is helping though.

How's everyone else doing? Tips?

Later,
K/\/\ort D

Hmmm

Day 4 was hard.

Between all the running around for shopping and helping with the YM/YW fundraisers and 3 sessions of Conference, I didn't get much good stuff done. And then I stayed up late to read. Bad choice. Well, at least I'm gonna do better today. :-)

Later,
K/\/\ort D

Formula are Fixed

Hi all. I just fixed the averaging formulas so they make sense. Take a look at the sum and average bar on my page. If you need help, just ask.

Later,
K/\/\ort D

Biggest Loser

Alright Ya'll,
I just want to say that I failed miserably yesterday! We had a big birthday party at work and we all ate lots and lots of junk. I have worked out at the gym 3 times this week and I feel great! Now I have a little news of my own... we have been having a biggest loser contest at work for the last few months. We had the first weigh in July and the next day I got put on steroids for my allergies. Well being on three different steroids everyday I gained a lot of weight and got depressed because I wasn't doing so well in the work competition. I took myself off my steroids and started going to the gym again to lose the weight I gained and more. I just want to tell you all that we had the final weigh in at work yesterday (yes, right after I stuffed my face with treats) and I got second place!!! I won a $75 gift card to the Idaho Falls mall. I am going to save it and buy me some super cute and smaller clothes after we are done with this biggest loser thing. I have a long ways to go but winning yesterday has given me some more motivation. SO good luck to everyone!!!

Day 3

Feeling good. Got to work early the last three days. It's nice. And I weigh less today than last time I weighed in. From 235 to 226.8 lbs. Part of that is because the first one was in the doctor's office with clothes and shoes and stuff a while ago, and part of it is exercise and portion control.

So at least on paper I have a big weight drop. Let's hope I keep it up. How's everyone else doing? Let's see some posts!

Later,
K/\/\ort D

Day 1

Day 1.

Today I turned down donuts and animal crackers this morning, and it was a good thing I did. At Mutual we went out for ice cream and planning but all the young men were so timid they didn't want to order. So I had to order something and eat it. Then they followed suite. So I did eat some junk, but for a good cause, and after using my agency to not eat free donuts.

I also biked today. So that should help.

Don't forget to fill in the chart!

Later,
K/\/\ort D

You can post!

Yeah! Due to the magic of proper permission settings you can now post to the less-round blog. Rock on!

This is what I intended to do prior. Apologies. If I missed anyone, shoot me an email.

Later,
K/\/\ort D

I'm going to get in a less round shape

Here we can share tricks, tips, advice, encouragement, and statistics.

Take a look at The Tracking Sheet on Google Docs.

Let's get skinny!

Later,
K/\/\ort D