One of our local teens just appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show to show off their award winning "Treadmill Powered TV"! Unfortunately, you have to run 10mph or the tv won't work! lmfao

maddy, the other thing you might consider would be an elyptical machine, if you have any problems with the jarring movement that walking can have on your knees, hips, etc., they say an elyptical cuts down on that even more than a treadmill does. Just a thought.

Ddo they make that in a vibrator??????I'd be sooooo skinny :D

thanks for the tips...dick's sporting goods has some incredible pricing... and silver service delivery!

Another day completed successfully!

Well, I'm back on the workout bandwagon since Saturday, and today was the first day I didn't feel *worse* after working out...I think I finally passed the you-haven't-worked-out-much-for-2-whole-weeks barrier. :)

I trimmed my average calories by 200 today, and I want to try and replicate this for the entire week. Also, I can now walk to work...and my goal for the next three days is actually to DO IT (walk to work), barring rain of course. I *will* resist taking the bus. :D

Congrats on getting back in your desired mode .... and hope you have fair weather for your walks to work!

I've been hungry all day ... only it's more of the psychological variety .... I've managed to stick in my calorie range, but it's been tough!! ... wanted so much to stop tonight for a big juicy cheeseburger .... I did stop and get a salad and chicken breast, so I felt like I got a treat mid-week. I'm just starting to feel the positive effects of keeping with this, I don't want to self-sabotage now ... just keep reminding myself of the good things that I'm getting out of this and that I want even more of them!!!

fzzy

What I did when I gave up smoking and did the food thing was to take some dry spaghetti in matchstick sizes.

When you feel really hungry, nibble, shape with your teeth and generally play with the stuff.

It meets the psychological need without being bad.

You may however develop a several stick of spaghetti habit you will need to deal with later.

fzzy, I was like that yesterday too. Took my caloric intake to the max but I did a McD's salad for dinner and it was enough to get me through.

I had a pretty rough day yesterday, although not food-wise. I ended up having to skip lunch and instead snacked on some celery with light dip throughout most of the afternoon. Since I *was* so far under points heading into dinnertime, I was a little bummed out...until a friend who hadn't seen me in a month or so stopped to talk, and about the second thing out of her mouth was, "Are you losing weight?" Talk about on top of the world--a simple question has the power to make things seem "right" again. :)

(P.S. Congrats to Lil and fzzy for resisting temptation!)

It does feel nice when someone notices. Grats to you for being visibly, noticably, smaller :D

IAKG, I had a similar experience food-wise yesterday. I got about 8 minutes for lunch, and 5 of those were spent heating up my frozen meal.

I ended up eating a couple of high point unhealthy snacks at night to get me close to where I needed to be for points.

Also because of the chaos, by lunch I only had about three sips of water, when usually I've had 3 16oz glasses by then.

Today's a new day and hopefully a better one.

I woke up this morning with lower back pain, barely able to move. :( I took some Tylenol and went back to bed until about 20 min ago....thinking I'm NOT going to the gym today. Could it be that 5 days of intense workouts in a row stressed out my body too much? <sigh>

You guys inspire me, but sore muscles may hold me back....at least for today.

I'm so pleased for you IAKG... (about a friend noticing your smaller self)

And osuche, you should know that a day off is not a bad thing, gives your body a chance to recover and tired muscles a chance to rest, its the weeks turning into months and years of no workouts that can cause the real problems!!! :)

maddy - great job at sticking with your plan, even when time doesn't seem to be in your favor on a rough day.

Lil ... way to go! Personally on such days as yesterday, I remind myself how out of control I was before making these positive changes and it helps me get through ... along with all of the other positive reminders and thoughts I "feed" myself in place of the goodies I sometimes would really like to be able to indulge in!

Oldfart, interesting idea .... I like it, but I'm trying to think up some substitution for the pasta since my biggest weaknesses are in the carb area, so even uncooked pasta might cause me problems. Thanks for your thoughtful suggestion and positive thoughts!!