August 27

This has been a very big week, with Griff's school starting, Curtis gone 3 days, and his sister passing away on Tuesday. We have not made it out to exercise. But I did sign up with Weight Watchers online again and I've been counting points. For a lark I stepped on the scale this morning and I was down another 1.5 pounds. So curtis stepped on, and he's down some 4 pounds. And Griff was actually up a bit and came back down. So this week of not working out maybe was a good thing. I want to talk to the boys a bit out the points before we leave for the funeral in South Carolina on Saturday. They will be by themselves for 5 days under the care of friends. Usually I bought them frozen breakfasts, but this time they will just have cereal. The frozen biscuits with sausage and egg or the breakfast burritos are so very very full of calories. I think they'll have a good chance of being down more pounds next week even without the workouts. Tho Josh will still have his.

I talked with my doctor this morning, annual check up, and she was saying that this very morning is an article in the paper about more success with eating less than exercise. She also cited her experience with women who have gastric bypass who would loose mass amounts of weight from eating so much less, and not exercising at all.

Still, exercising is for my head and my head rules my body, so I will continue this path. It is indeed a good thing. Good habit for Griff and Josh.

Josh will be done with football come November, and he will benefit from going to the gym with Griff and I.

So all is well tho I don't know how much I'll write in the next week. Dr. also thought it was cool because "maybe it can become a book." :-)

August 23, weight in

Well, we must have needed another day! This week was a wash. Kind of surprising to me, but I guess that is the way it goes. We all stayed still. Hey, that's better than backwards.

Yesterday I took the kids to Great America, the final summer hurrah. I guess the food yesterday was pretty trashed. I did bring quite a few good snacks that we all ate---even apples.

This next week is sure to show more. I think Josh and Griff's faces are looking thinner this week, even compared to last.

August 21

Griff and I did 20 minutes on the treadmill and 30 on the bikes.

I don't know why but my heart rate seemed to be easily high yesterday. Is that a sign of being more fit? Of being too warm? I did wear a longer sleeved shirt...Or what?

The workout we did Tuesday was good and hard, I did the leg press--my legs were sore the next day--and the workout yesterday seemed easier than usual. I was able to run faster for longer. And the bike usually is an effort to get my heart rate up was simpler. Maybe I'm getting stronger?

I made a terrible dinner last night. Curtis wasn't home so I thought I'd do something I've been thinking about, and made a vegetarian meal. The boys wanted burritos, so I used the ww tortillas. These particular torillas, however, do indeed taste like sawdust. Curtis complains of many things tasting like sawdust that does NOT to me, but these actually do to even me. Then I put refried vegetarian beans and a tiny bit of cheese. They were dry and boring. Would have been bearable with good salsa and guacamole, I suppose! I made Griffy promise to me never let me make those again!

August 20

Griff worked out with Curtis at the gym yesterday. They did half hour of xtrainer, half hour of weights and 20 minutes on the bike.

I went for a half hour walk...very busy work day.

Tuesday we worked out at the together, very similar workout, Griff seems to be leading out in the machines of choice.

Photos

August 18

Yesterday was day off for walking.

I did a quick 20 minute anyway while waiting for my car to be smogged.

Josh's first day of school.

Lunch

Griff had a friend over so I fixed them their ramen noodles that they asked for along with grilled turkey and cheese. It is such a good trick, it takes such a tiny bit of butter to make it crispy and you can use less cheese in grilled cuz it melts. Also gave them bell pepper slices and carrot sticks.

Dinner

-My mac an cheese, which is any-kind-of-noodle tossed with just enough butter so it's not sticky, a bit of grated cheese, and sour cream with a dash of salt. The kids LOVE it and it's real food with minimal damage.

-My chicken nuggets, which is bite-sized chicken breast sauteed in garlic, salt and pepper. I didn't even add oil.

-steamed broccoli

-I have this thing about serving a legume at most any meal. The dark brown chili beans looked so pretty on the plate with the cream-colored noodles and green broccoli.

August 17, weigh in

We are down 20.5 pounds!!

Curtis down 1

Dea down 1.5

Josh down 6.5

Griff down 1.5

Josh finally showed the significant weight loss jump I expected from his training. He's down 11.5 pounds, which is almost exactly what I predicted. His Doctor said he was up 12 pounds from last year, so there you go.

Both Griff and I were soooo not in the mood to walk yesterday...but we managed a brisk 45 minute walk by the marina. It was warm but windy, actually pretty nice.

Lunch:

turkey sandwiches

Dinner

red bell pepper, ww sweet onions, asparagus sauteed with turkey sausages and rice. It was sooo pretty, even Josh "ohhh-ed".