Day Five of the Walking Plan complete :thumb:

There doesn't seem to be a Saturday or Sunday on the plan I feel I should do something at the weekend because if I don't I know I'll be sluggish come Monday. I shall continue with 20 minutes Saturday and the same Sunday, then move on to Week Two of the plan on Monday :nod:

Have a great weekend :wave:

Day Six went really well :thumbs:

I'm really enjoying the walking plan :nod: The walking is getting easier each day, and it's suiting me to walk everyday rather than every other day as I have in the past.

My food choices have been healthy today, and where the f and I've had no cravings for sugary things :line:

It's going well so far :D

How is everyone else doing?

I'm going through some stuff since the Dr changed my diabetes meds. My sugars are higher again so that makes me hungrier. I've been doing ok. I am still using the ab thingy.

I gave in to a StarBucks craving today but got the small size and splenda.

I've dropped 3lbs... Had 1/2 my usual serving of oatmeal, honey and dried cranberries for breakfast. Then vegetable soup for lunch. For dinner we had venison steaks (about 4oz) and drizzled some onions caramelized in olive oil, green beans we had frozen and potatoes cooked in frypan in olive oil and herbs from Mrs Coaster's garden...... all very yummy!

Then I found the 7 chocolate cherries I had gotten for Christmas........

I took Veg Head to the local Co-op and I bought a treat for after healthy dinners,

Excellent work here. And I am the same as you...results usually trail by a week to 10 days. Sucks, I know.

I am determined to get back to where I was, conditioning wise, 10 years ago. I'm off to a good start. Current weight is 178, down from 183 on January 1. Tomorrow is cardio day...3 miles on treadmill at 6.3 - 7.0 mph. Mebbe some upper body if I am up to it (still sore from yesterday...my tits feel like they are gonna fall off.)

Ah well...

That was me on Thursday! I forgot and did chest press two days in a row, and I swear to God I thought they were going to explode. I typically wear sexy demi bras...and instead that day I chose the biggest, tightest bra I could find in a sad attempt to keep my chest muscles immobilized! :p

I'll lend it to 'ya if you want to try it. :D ;)

I slipped yesterday. I had a late breakfast, skipped lunch, then found Burger King around 4 pm. I restrained myself to 1 Jr. burger with no mayo....then I made it to an 8 pm party and gorged on chips and guacamole.

At least I hiked for an hour....that helped. This morning I woke up feeling too full and greasy, though -- not a good sign.

Today will be better. I have a workout planned, and also about 4 hours of dancing tonight is on the agenda.

I regained the 1 lb, but I think it's water weight. I am swiftly approaching the PMS zone. :(

Coaster, I would be inclined, especially now when the weather is so cold and you're out shoveling snow, to eat a normal portion of oatmeal for breakfast :nod: I firmly believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day so if it were me, I would eat something substantial and then maybe have a lighter evening meal instead (the meal you described with the venison sounds delish) :) Well done for losing 3lbs already, I'm impressed :cheerlead

Lilith, I hope your sugars settle with the new meds soon. Great that you're continuing with the ab thingy :thumb: I have gone as far as moving the ab roller to the room where I'll be using it but not done more than that. Last week I wrote I would start to use it week 2, so I guess that's today. I will start after my walk today, when I'm nicely loosened up.

The choc bananas look delish, but I can't succumb to such things so early on as I will likely then go off the rails :banghead:

rabbit, are you running the three miles on the treadmill? I'm walking at 4.5mph and I'm not sure how much faster I can go without flying off the end, so I'm guessing you're running! Well done for losing 5lbs so far, that's great :thumb:

osuche, it sounds like you do a whole lot of exercise, so I wouldn't worry too much about a handful of chips and a burger. The hiking most likely cancelled them out, not to mention four hours of dancing (hope you had a good time!) :)

txgrneyes I hope things are going well for you :wave:

Who else was there? dicksbro, Aqua and 1nutworld, check in when you can, I know you're busy :nod:

Day Seven went really well for me, and I am at the stage where I look forward to walking. I'm loving the slow build-up and I am finding it easier just after one week, so I think the walking plan is a good one for me. I add five minutes of fast walking today so I expect today to be tougher than yesterday but by this time next week I will hopefully find it a breeze, ready for the next increase.

It's weighing time for me today. I shall be back later with the results :yikes:

I'm so happy I could scream, it's like my wildest dream
 

...just look at my smiling face as everything finally falls into place :D :D

OK that's enough singing from me :p

I weighed myself and the result of my first week is 6.5lbs lost :line:

I know it is TOO MUCH to lose over a long period of time, and I am only likely to lose a small amount each week from now, but what a boost for the first week :faint: :cheerlead :thumbs:

Gaunyersel, sweetie! Well done you! :D

weekly results
 

can we see the photographic proof FWM? preferably with as little clothing as possible? nekkie weight pics!! :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

Congrats!!!

EXCELLENT JOB Flirt!!!! You should be able to lose almost as much this week then it will slow to a more manageable amount each week!

That's OVER 10% of your goal!!!!!!!!!!!!! :line: :thumbs:

Keep it up as you keep us up!!! :D

DM, Moran taing, sweetie :kisser:

texguy, I'm taking snapshots every few pounds I lose but I think I'd be doing you a BIG favour by keeping them to myself as they ain't pretty :yikes: :p Keep talking and I might show you the final pic :boobs:

Navarre and Coaster, thank you both, I'm still beaming :D

Yesterday was a good day and I'm really happy how it's going so far, as I think is noticeable in my last post :p Today is going really well, too. I found the increase of five minutes on my Walking Plan to be more of a trial than I expected, but I did it, trying to focus more on the music blasting out of my ipod than on the walking, that helped a lot.

I noticed on the plan sheet that it says to take two days rest from exercise. Of course, I read that AFTER I'd walked both Saturday and Sunday :rolleyes: I will still walk next weekend but maybe go back to last week's plan for those two days. I think two whole days of rest and I'll lose my momentum.

^^^ I was wrong when I typed this. The speed I am walking at is 4mph. 4.5mph would surely break me into a jog.

I have started doing sit-ups using the ab roller, as I wrote that I would in my last post. I did 150 in total, 6 sets of 25 reps. 50 'normal' ones (front) and 50 to each side. I don't know if that's enough but I will continue with that this week and start to increase next week :eek:

I hope things are going well for the rest of you :wave:

Flirt With Me- Do you work outside the home? I struggle to stick to my lunch plans when presented with alternate choices.