<p>Ack! Sorry for all the typos above. Good luck with the wisdom teeth today binx!</p>
<p>The mangoes (sp) were the best when the skin was a little wrinkled. I had the stand owner pick out ripe (and nearly ripe) ones for me. I can’t tell you how good they were! I can’t wait until Friday to buy more. </p>
<p>I really believe the key to staying with a program is to allow yourself occasional indulgences - homemade cake at work, a trip to IHOP, etc. The devil is when the indulgences become a daily occurrence. A dear friend and I who both decided last year that we needed to lose 10+ pounds celebrated her birthday this week. Our routine is to take the birthday girl to a very nice lunch at an upscale restaurant. We each had a glass of wine, a shrimp & avocado salad and dessert - yes, dessert!! We spent two leisurely hours laughing, commiserating, and indulging ourselves. We also congratulated ourselves on losing weight and resuming a vigorous exercise plan. It was a wonderful day.</p>
<p>During past diets, I noticed that sometimes when I skipped a day of diet or exercise, it often seemed to jumpstart my weightloss somehow. But you’re right, one bad day followed by another bad day, followed by another… doesn’t bode well. The day after a splurge, the scale goes up disproportionately, which is discouraging, but a day or two later, and the effect is gone, if I can just be patient!</p>
<p>D is back home, with gauze hanging out of her mouth, walrus style, and ice packs wrapped around her head. She’s sleeping on the family room sofa, so my DVD workouts probably aren’t going to happen. And since I don’t want to leave her, I may not get to walk, either (unless I can get out this evening, when H is home.) But I also probably will feel guilty eating in front of her, so that might be good for the diet!</p>
<p>I lost 35 pound in about six months where I was very careful on weekdays, but allowed myself wine, waffles and desserts on weekends. I didn’t pig out on weekends, but I did enjoy myself.</p>
<p>I agree ocasional indulgences aren’t bad. I would have a krispy cream donut once a week.</p>
<p>I love my Garmin 305 also. I’ve used it kayaking to figure out how far I paddle. I forgot to charge it, so todays milage was a guess based on how long I ran.</p>
<p>The formulas for Max HR can be off by up to 20 beats. My max is quite a bit higher than predicted.</p>
<p>I’m having a rough day. I eat under stress. Today I have eaten half of a large raisin-nut chocolate Milka bar. (And the day is not over…)</p>
<p>D tried to walk a bit and fainted. I was with her, and able to ease her to the floor, although now I know what they mean by the unfortunate term, “dead weight.” After a few minutes, I was able to help her to a sitting position, and she promptly fainted again.</p>
<p>I had to call my neighbor to come help me get her back to the sofa. Then I called my H and asked him to come home early. Then I called the doctor so make sure I wasn’t missing something. </p>
<p>She really scared me - eyes open and staring, pupils huge, and a moment later pinpricks, making scary noises, white as chalk. She has low BP anyway, and I guess the combination of drugs, anesthesia, dehydration, and movement was all too much. I kept checking her BP, and it is finally up to around 80/50 - still a bit low for her, but higher than it had been. She’s been fine the rest of the day, and is awake and watching “Master and Commander” now. And I should be back to normal in another half a candy bar or so…</p>
<p>We had another big, windy thunderstorm, and our roof apparently has a leak. Wall of the family room is streaked with wetness. However, the rain has now stopped, and my H is home, and my D is fine, so I think I shall go for a walk.</p>
<p>Another music recommendation: George Thorogood and the Destroyers.</p>
<p>Sorry about your daughter Binx, that sounds scary.</p>
<p>The GPS watch sounds cool.</p>
<p>We use Gmap Pedometer to find out how far we walked after our various treks. It’s great cause you can go cross-country (off-road) and it will let you plot a course anywhere.</p>
<p>My H has lost quite a bit of weight, between walking, biking, and eating (slightly) less. I’m so proud of him!</p>
<p>The trick will be keeping up the exercise when winter comes.</p>
<p>binx - when my d had her wisdom teeth removed, a friend recommended that we be sure she had bed rest for 2 to 3 days. the concern is that you don’t want them doing too much too soon…and then have problems with dry sockets. d did very well…enjoyed the rest…and had no dry sockets.</p>
<p>Binx and Condor -</p>
<p>my dentist has been nagging me for 20+ years to have my wisdom teeth removed. If I get up the nerve, may I come to your house?</p>
<p>worknprogress…lol</p>
<p>i had dry sockets when i had mine removed…so i took my friend’s advice to heart…it was bed rest for d for sure.</p>
<p>ds will have to have his out it seems in 3 to 4 years…found out yesterday.</p>
<p>binx - i’ve been perusing a cookbook…no flour, no sugar recipes (by dr.gott).<br>
this week i’ve seen weight loss progress…am staying away from flour…that sure eliminates lots of cheating possibilities…processed snack foods. i’ve been snacking on nuts and fruit.</p>
<p>This morning was a tough one. I might have been a little dehydrated (my hydration yesterday evening consisted of wine…needed some water or something to go along with it). It was extremely humid and pretty warm outside. Even after a rest day yesterday I struggled with a 4 mile run (bagged the planned 6 miler before I even got out the door). Did it, though. I’ve been at this long enough to know that some days are like that, but it doesn’t make it any more pleasant when they happen! A neat new pair of shoes is due to arrive at my house tomorrow (which I don’t need…) so that will jump start the weekend runs!</p>
<p>OK. I am leaving to work out the minute I finish this post.</p>
<p>I tried to get the battery replaced in our heart monitor this morning and was told it is officially defunct. I saw the doctor yesterday on my erratic heart rate and she assured me the treadmill monitors are just no good and I am fine to keep pushing myself hard. In fact, when I told her I was trying to work out between 120 and 130 bpm, she told me I should really shoot for 145 bpm. Not at all the news I wanted to hear.</p>
<p>H says he will get me a Garmin but in the meantime I now feel adrift on my aerobic workout. I cannot get to 145 at a walk no matter how steep I make the incline and I don’t currently have the muscle capacity to run, bicycle or elliptical for a full 30 minutes. I hate change, but am obviously going to have to get on board with something different.</p>
<p>I feel like I am doing everything right on the diet front but not losing any weight. But, that is no surprised. I am at one of my well known set points and don’t expect to see any change for a few weeks.</p>
<p>Maybe I need some new shoes. Or, I really do like the looks of those tennis outfits even though I don’t really play.</p>
<p>So nice to know I’m not the only one struggling. Misery loves company! Very motivating to hear how others push through!</p>
<p>D is doing better. Has had zero pain. Is not bruised - yet - and if swollen at all, very slightly. She is staying in bed today. Had pudding and applesauce for breakfast, chocolate ice cream for lunch. 
I also have experienced a dry socket - not something I’d like her to have! (Sure, worknprogress, c’mon down. I’m sure I can drop you on the floor as well as I did my D!)</p>
<p>My attempts to exercise yesterday were a series of non-events. After I decided to go walk, and was headed out the door, I realized I had a piano student showing up in 20 minutes. (Summer schedules are hard to keep track of.) After student left, I went out. Was about two minutes out when it started raining pretty hard. Came back home. Tried again an hour later, when the rain stopped, was out for 10 minutes this time before it began raining heavily again. Gave up. Decided it wasn’t meant to be.</p>
<p>Was elated today to find that my weight is holding steady. Some days I really want to see a loss, other days I’m just happy to not see a gain.</p>
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<p>Amen to that, Binx. After I have lost weight and then see the numbers rise on the scale, I DO NOT want that weight to move into what I regard as resistant weight. It seems to me that my weight can fluctuate a little, but as long as it doesn’t stay on for more than a couple of days it is not permanent -its temporary and fairly easy to move. When the new number has been on the scale for more than three days, it seems much harder to ditch. Now that’s some real science for you!</p>
<p>Today I had a buddy walking with me. A friend who had taken a class 20 years ago on race walking asked if she could join me. She does more of a power walking style, but she is very fast and in great condition. If she mastered the technique she would blow me away. I tried to convince her to try to qualify for the National Senior Games and then we could go to San Francisco together. She is thinking about it. Anyone else interested??</p>
<p>Condor - the Dr. Gott method was how I jump started my diet. I really had a pretty healthy diet, but I was eating a lot of refined flour. On about day four or five I was ready to just grab some candy bars in the check-out line (and I don’t usually eat candy bars) but eventually I found I was nearly as hungry or as likely to just stuff my mouth with bread. Once I dropped most of the weight I wanted to lose, I returned to eating some bread (mostly pitas) and very little sugar ( a glass of white wine). If those pounds start to re-appear, I swear off the bread and sugar for a day or two and they do disappear.</p>
<p>Okay, girls!</p>
<p>I have checked into “the gym” the last few days and there has been no activity. I hate to see our thread die, but that’s okay as long as we are all still walking, running, rowing, and eating healthy food!</p>
<p>Binx, where are you??</p>
<p>Ummm, hiding.</p>
<p>It’s a lot easier to post when I’ve been being good, and losing weight, and exercising regularly, and eating right…</p>
<p>Frankly, I have a lot of trouble with the “eating under stress” part. My D was just diagnosed with some health issues that are discouraging. We’ve had a fair amount of company and other stresses of one sort or another. My German chocolate is disappearing at record rates. Finally went walking last night, after about 4 or 5 days off of any sort of exercise at all except housecleaning. Scale is not being understanding.</p>
<p>I have overcome my resistance and added a 30 minute daily jog (+ warm up and cool down) on a treadmill to my routine in order to get the aerobic kick I need. I bought new shoes today because I was feeling it in my knees. I still walk every day since that is my joy (3 mile loop in the early morning) and walk to and from the club in the afternoon (another 3 miles round trip), so getting in about 9 miles per day. The weight routine is feeling a little stale but not onerous so I will leave that as is for now, at least until I have this jogging thing down. That is still really hard.</p>
<p>I did break through my mini plateau and am down 34 pounds so far on this diet. The diet lets me eat as much as I want of most foods, so doesn’t feel like a diet at all. I think the exercise is really more responsible for my weight loss than what I am eating. Plus, my slump time is in the late afternoon so by scheduling my hard workout at that time it keeps me from eating and/or napping.</p>
<p>H’s weight dropped below 160, which is his lower limit (6 feet tall) so he is trying to gain now but doesn’t want to eat anything I won’t eat, which is just plain stupid. I bought some cookie dough ice cream at the store today, which is his favorite and doesn’t tempt me at all.</p>
<p>How have I missed this thread!!! sigh…I’m always last to the party! 
I have been working very hard this summer. D1 has me in the gym 5 times a week, up from 0! I am walking around 35 minutes per day. I am seriously out of shape but have been doing this since she came home at the end of May. Need to lose lots of weight! I’m trying to watch calories and do a little low carb diet which is hard for me since I love bread more than sweets. I can give up the sugary stuff but am sooooo tempted when bread is in front of me. I have found the WW bread, pitas and Thomas’ multi grain light English muffins. They do satisfy me. I have lost inches in hips and rear but not so much in the mid section where I really need to drop it. Any suggestions???</p>