My "i" is sticking

So instead of tryng to fght my way through ths - I need to say that - its not a spellng error. Its my "i" key.

Yes, yes, Rita. I was wrong. Well, not WRONG, but premature (c'mon - we've all been THERE) lol!

Three pounds ths week and another few nches. thngs are defnately movng n the rght drecton.

SO - some sort of cardo actvtes every day. 20-40 mnutes and keep up the great work on portons and sugars.

Great job - I wll wrte agan as soon as I get my keyboard fxed.

I'm just going to say it...

...before you get a chance to post...


HA!

I saw it in drafts. Hahaha


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What?

How did your post happen before mine?  Are you behind me??!!!!!

Whoa!!!!!

So lets get this straight... I've steadily progressed over the last few weeks, lost weight every week and just because I didn't lose the 5 lbs you wanted me to, I have to start counting calories?  I might not have lost 5 lbs, but I did lose weight.  And inches?  Did I lose some inches too?

A big reason why I like what we are doing together is that I don't have to obsess over each and every calorie I ingest.  I know these sites work great for a lot of people, but I want to see how far I can get before moving on to the big guns.

And most importantly, lets not forget my reasons for doing this:

1.  BE HEALTHIER - Stop the downward spiral to an early heart attack by changing my lifestyle and eating better, cleaner foods
2. GET FIT - Get more active.  Move on a daily basis.  Stop being sedentary and get used to doing something physical more often
3. FEEL BETTER - Get more energy, feel more comfortable in my skin, get more done in the day without feeling like I'm dragging my ass
4. LOSE WEIGHT - Get into non-plus size clothes because face it, plus sized clothing ain't always that flattering

Notice how losing weight is not the first priority?  That getting healthier and feeling better are more important?  And hey guess what? I DO.  I have so much more energy now and I'm getting so much more done.  I keep going on and on like the fricken Energizer Bunny.  I am ON all day at work.  I am pretty sure that the only reason I haven't run screaming from my job is because of all this.  I've even started annoying my boyfriend with how much energy I've got. 

I've got a little theory as to why last week's weigh in wasn't as successful as you had projected: Work has been unbelievably stressful.  Our workload had increased by over 50% in the last few months and we haven't hired anyone else to help lighten the load.  Increased stress = increased cortisol.  Increased cortisol = less ability to lose weight.

http://stress.about.com/od/stresshealth/a/cortisol.htm 

Gandhi is quoted as saying “We must become the change we want to see.”  Last week I decided to adopt this as my mantra at work.  I've stopped allowing the little things to get under my skin.  I've started shrugging nasty negativity off and smiling more.  I've made sure to thank the people who make my day better.  When people ask me how I'm doing, I tell them I'm awesome.  And the result has been that nothing at work has changed.  The grumpy, bitchy people are still grumpy and bitchy, but I'm not as fazed by it.  

But I feel better.  And that's all that matters.  So how about we give this a bit more time to see what happens.  I've got years of bad habits to get over.  It ain't going to happen over night.

Ok OK

I know where Rita is going with this.

And no, its not the weight. But things/numbers aren't changing as quickly as I think they should be for all of the major changes that she has been making. I like Calorie Count and if you'd rather find another means thats fine, but part of it is to just bring an accurate awareness to that part of the whole deal.

Am open to suggestions...

Rita?

So. When I did Ritas measurements this week I did not have the previous measurements to compare against.

I had really high hopes this week. Rita is eating more regularly - becoming increasingly aware and diligent about her portion control (which was her biggest issue) and I think the testing the week before should have shocked her a little into how a realization. Realization of how far she has to go.

Again, I'm not trying to guilt Rita into anything. But I have known her for long enough that I too am very aware of how in shape she used to be as compared to now.

So. The short version of this is that she lost 2 pounds from March 16th to the 30th. That's great - its still two pounds, but really, given where we are starting from and the changes that are being made I would have expected greater results.

Now, according to Rita, there has been both an increase in movement and a decrease in caloric intake. And that may be true, but I think greater change is in order. I think its kind of time to get serious about this - no more wasting time. We've coddled enough and now its time to get agressive.

Here's how this is going to go down.

We are going to track your intake on http://caloriecount.about.com

We are going to track your exercise and intensity DAILY

Somethings not working as well as it should and the only way to know is to track it all. Ok?