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Rinse and Repeat

by Claire on November 10, 2009

So… I’ve been frustrated with myself and my weight loss progress lately, so I kicked my own butt buckled down and got back to basics with my program this last week. I was sick and tired of losing the same two pounds over and over again.

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Although I have the Weight Watchers Monthly Pass membership that gives me the online tracking tools, I have lately found that I really like the simple weekly paper trackers that they have at the meetings. Keeping it simple, folks. I don’t even like the three-month journal, which I’ve tried but found too bulky and cumbersome. This tracker works just great for me.

Since I work from home, I kept the tracker open on my counter all day long and jotted down everything I ate – good, bad, ugly. You’ll see I made some good choices, and some not-so-good choices. (Popcorn and WW fudge bars – my “treats”.) Even so, I managed to lose one pound. I’m now back at my lowest weight ever – where I was in late September. Sad, but it happens. I got lazy and quit tracking, quit weighing my food, quit being fully accountable and fully “on program”. Getting back to basics has worked, even with the “bad” choices.

At the end of the week, I used just over half of my weekly points and earned a whopping 24 activity points. I succeeded in my challenge to myself of adding a day of activity to my routine, totaling four days. Best yet, I don’t recall being ravenously hungry all week long, which was a common complaint for me the last few weeks.

So, this week, I’m going to do it again. I figure if I do the same thing over again, I should get the same results, more or less.I also have a challenging week ahead – birthday dinner out for my daughter, who’s turning 30, (she chose Red Robin) and a party for her on Saturday with a Mexican-style buffet.

I learned, once again, the power in tracking all my food and activity – precisely, not “guess-timating” – and the results showed. My goal this week is to cut back on the not-so-good choices, sweat more, drink more water, and then we’ll see what the scales think of that!

Tagged as: activity, daily points, tracking food, Weight Loss, Weight Watchers

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Run, Cayden, Run!

by Claire on September 22, 2009

One of my favorite things about the turn of seasons is the new things to do. In the Spring, it may be planting new flowers in the garden or going to see the tulips in bloom. In the summer, it may be hiking, swimming, all sorts of outdoor activities. You get the idea. In the Fall, this year, what I love is that the kids get back into team sports outdoors – rain or shine.

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Cody and Cayden (father and son) 

This Sunday, it was shine all around as my four year old grandson had his first flag football practice and then game. Practice is a misnomer. There were communication glitches and the parents arrived at noon, but the coach didn’t get there till 1. So a couple parents stepped up and started working with the boys to show them how to run and catch the ball. However no one explained to them the basics of how to play the game. If they knew how, it was from playing at home, I’m sure.

When I got there, the kids were already out out on the field, and Cayden saw me coming up. He started waving at me, and I could hear him tell the boy next to him, “My Damma’s here. That’s my Damma over there!” In unison now: Awwwww. (He loves his grandma and melts her heart every time.)

Cayden was fascinated with his blue mouth guard. I guess all the kids were fascinated with theirs. Even this other boy was standing around playing with his too. They look like a couple of really sweet little dorks. LOL.

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Lined up…

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Practicing catching the ball.

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After an hour of “practicing”, they had their first “game”. This was hilarious. As you can probably imagine, often the boys would run the wrong way or pull the flags off their own team member, or even tackle the other player.

The cutest little football players ever. I hope when Evan starts playing football that their games are at two different times. How could I ever choose who to watch?

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The kids got to play a second game – notice their jerseys are now blue.

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Finally, this video was from when they first got started. Cayden didn’t know yet what to do with the ball when he got it. I told his mom that she’ll have to keep this handy because when he’s drafted into the NFL they’re going to want to see some good childhood footage of his football days.

 

All in all, it was a great afternoon, the sun was out, and this adds another memory to my memory bank. Even Lily got to enjoy the sun and football. Her mom’s slacking though – she needs a Seahawks sweater.

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Autumn is more than changing colors on leaves

September 8, 2009

My daughters are grown so I don’t have the back-to-school deal going on, but I still feel the change in the air that comes with September, back to school preparations, and the change in weather. It seems to me that I’m much more aware of the change in season this year than I have in [...]

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My Running Route

September 4, 2009

I was commenting over on Run 4 Change (My Angle on Weight Loss) blog about how I did three miles in thirty minutes the other day. I didn’t think this was so impressive because I didn’t have anything to measure it against. However, according to Jason, “doing your three miles in 30 minutes is major [...]

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Starting with baby steps

August 4, 2009

This is always good advice, no matter what the endeavor, but especially when it comes to exercise. This may be obvious to some, but to me, it really makes sense. Babies aren’t born being able to run a marathon or go on a 50 mile bike ride. What makes us think that as adults we [...]

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