Healthier by Holidays - Challenge Details

Period ended: 11 Dec 11

Week 12

Mini Challenge - Say at least one positive thing about yourself daily. - Failed

Mini Challenge - Log daily intake into a food dairy. - Failed

Mini Challenge - Take in more water. - Failed

Journal Entry - 11 Dec 11

"Just saying Hello to all - Sure glad I have tomorrow off because I need to catch up. "

Journal Entry - 10 Dec 11

"Saturday - Finally! Ate too much at Christmas Party yesterday but stuck to healthier foods rather than the rolls & co ..."

Journal Entry - 09 Dec 11

"We are having our Christmas Party at work today. Steak and salad are on the menu so I think I'll do OK. Got to go finish ..."

Journal Entry - 08 Dec 11

"You would think I'd learn to listen to you - YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! Have been drawn into Nut Mania. I tell myself I eat ..."

Journal Entry - 07 Dec 11

"Just wanted to say Thanks for all your comments on my Journal yesterday - I read them even though I ran short of time to ..."

Journal Entry - 06 Dec 11

"I wonder if DH is thinking about losing (he is 30 - 40 lbs overweight). Last night I asked him if he wanted a baked potato ..."

Journal Entry - 05 Dec 11

"I was very bummed out yesterday. I grabbed our camera to take a new picture of myself for the Biggest Loser Challenge, ..."

Weigh-in: 164.0 lb

This Week: 0.61 % (

1.0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.61 % (

1.0 lb)

Period ended: 04 Dec 11

Week 11

Journal Entry - 03 Dec 11

"Good Evening - I was gone all day and didn't realize I'd gone private. I trust it is fixed now - will be back in the AM. ..."

Journal Entry - 02 Dec 11

"Am asking Santa for a waist for Christmas. It is just not fair that other people have them and I do not! Measured today ..."

Journal Entry - 01 Dec 11

"Made it to Thursday! Work has finally slowed down and I snuck a 20 minute walk in at lunch today. Had no idea what I ..."

Journal Entry - 30 Nov 11

"Hello - one last busy day at work - Bosses are getting ready to leave for the big trade show. Tomorrow morning I'm ge ..."

Journal Entry - 29 Nov 11

"Good evening! Please put up with my semi absence for 1 more day. Should be all caught up by Thursday. "

Journal Entry - 28 Nov 11

"Just saying Hi and Thanks to everybody who wrote on my Journal yesterday. I appreciate your encouragement. Good thing ..."

Weigh-in: 163.0 lb

This Week: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Period ended: 27 Nov 11

Week 10

Mini Challenge - Say at least one positive thing about yourself daily. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Log daily intake into a food dairy. - Failed

"Too crazy over Thanksgiving."

Mini Challenge - Take in more water. - Failed

Journal Entry - 27 Nov 11

"My vacation is over. Can't believe I just had 5 days off in a row! Got to spend the rest of the evening getting ready for ..."

Journal Entry - 26 Nov 11

"All in all we had a lovely Thanksgiving with lots good company and healthy foods. But after 3 days of "off" eating I'm not ..."

Journal Entry - 23 Nov 11

"I lost a pound this morning but am not going to bother to record it - because I have a sneaky suspicion I'll be gaining it ..."

Journal Entry - 22 Nov 11

"I'm on vacation! My Thanksgiving shopping is done so I'm not leaving the house until Friday. FYI - just letting you know ..."

Journal Entry - 21 Nov 11

"It's 10 to midnight. Just doing a quick journal for the sake of fulfilling a Challenge. Work was a little stressful today ..."

Weigh-in: 163.0 lb

This Week: 1.24 % (

2.0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Period ended: 20 Nov 11

Week 9

Mini Challenge - Say at least one positive thing about yourself daily. - Successful

"Had more nice things to say this week!"

Mini Challenge - Log daily intake into a food dairy. - Successful

"Yes - every morsel on every day this week."

Mini Challenge - Take in more water. - Successful

"Am answering yes - but this needs more work."

Journal Entry - 20 Nov 11

"Absolutely gorgeous day here - got to stay focused on the inside work. Other than the shopping I'm not ready for Thanks ..."

Journal Entry - 19 Nov 11

"Well, I flat-lined again this week. At the risk of sounding complacent (Hi Sandy), I'm not too disappointed. This week was ..."

Journal Entry - 18 Nov 11

"I am very bad. I agreed to dog sit this week. Have known about it for a month but "neglected" to tell my husband until this ..."

Journal Entry - 17 Nov 11

"Did anyone see Dr. Oz last night? His guest was a personal trainer - pictures showed him with a ripped, sexy bod. He had ..."

Journal Entry - 16 Nov 11

"My work day is almost over and I am glad. I spilled a whole cup of coffee on my blouse this morning so I've had to keep ..."

Journal Entry - 15 Nov 11

"2nd day in a row of sane eating (and even a little exercise). One day at a time!"

Journal Entry - 14 Nov 11

"It is a beautiful Monday. Sunny and 68 degrees at 11 AM. Walk is going to be lovely! Had lots of rest this weekend so ..."

Weigh-in: 161.0 lb

This Week: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Total Progress: 1.23 % ( Down

2.0 lb)

Period ended: 13 Nov 11

Week 8

Mini Challenge - Say at least one positive thing about yourself daily. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Log daily intake into a food dairy. - Failed

Mini Challenge - Take in more water. - Failed

Journal Entry - 13 Nov 11

"Got my Grandson here today so will have my hands full. Made some homemade vegetable beef soup - sure smells good. Eve ..."

Journal Entry - 12 Nov 11

"To anyone who may have read my first journal of this morning - I unplugged the Wii, let it set and then plugged everything ..."

Journal Entry - 11 Nov 11

"I think work has finally settled down - am taking a nice walk at noon so that will relieve the stress. Plus DH reminded ..."

Journal Entry - 09 Nov 11

"Yesterday was the first time in 9 months that I did not record anything in my food diary. I think I ate OK but the day was ..."

Journal Entry - 08 Nov 11

"Busy again at work - Will catch up. Right now I have to go record yesterday's food before I forget what I ate! Hope ev ..."

Weigh-in: 161.0 lb

This Week: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Total Progress: 1.23 % ( Down

2.0 lb)

Period ended: 06 Nov 11

Week 7

Mini Challenge - Say at least one positive thing about yourself daily. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Log daily intake into a food dairy. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Take in more water. - Successful

Journal Entry - 05 Nov 11

"Was watching TV with DH this morning and we say an advertisement for Zumba. I told him they had one that worked with my ..."

Journal Entry - 05 Nov 11

"2 pounds down - back to where I was when I got off track. Busy Saturday - going to mall with a friend - may do more walking ..."

Journal Entry - 04 Nov 11

"Day one (of the rest of my life) complete. And off to a fine start for Day two. Busy at work today so will catch up with ..."

Journal Entry - 03 Nov 11

"Thank you to everybody for your motivation (yesterday's journal). You help so much because you care and I don't want to let ..."

Journal Entry - 02 Nov 11

"I remember last summer when I finally got into my size 12's and how good it felt. Well, here it is 3 months later and I's ..."

Journal Entry - 01 Nov 11

"Survived Halloween - well kind of. Since I knew I'd be sitting next to a bowl of chocolate all night I ate an extra t ..."

Journal Entry - 31 Oct 11

"Ate a 4th meal at 10 PM, with my husband when he got home last night. Special occasion - won't make a habit of it. It is ..."

Weigh-in: 161.0 lb

This Week: 1.23 % ( Down

2.0 lb)

Total Progress: 1.23 % ( Down

2.0 lb)

Period ended: 30 Oct 11

Week 6

Mini Challenge - Say at least one positive thing about yourself daily. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Log daily intake into a food dairy. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Take in more water. - Successful

Journal Entry - 30 Oct 11

"Husband is coming home tonight! "

Journal Entry - 29 Oct 11

"OK - I won't call myself stupid because I know that offends some of you. But, even after I said I was not going to do it, ..."

Journal Entry - 28 Oct 11

"I'm back! Don't know why my Journal went private but I thank everyone for telling me or I would not have known. My last ..."

Journal Entry - 27 Oct 11

"The Banana Nut MIM's were not my invention, any more than the Lemon Poppyseed MIM's. Just for the record - I got the ideas ..."

Journal Entry - 27 Oct 11

"Last night, instead of watching TV, I made 2 Spinach Quiches, a dozen Banana Nut MIM's and a batch of homemade sausage. ..."

Journal Entry - 26 Oct 11

"Busy day at work today. I would not even be on here recording a Journal if it wasn't for one of my Challenges, so I guess ..."

Journal Entry - 25 Oct 11

"First of all I'd like to thank everybody for their comments yesterday. I didn't have a lot of time last night to reply. ..."

Journal Entry - 24 Oct 11

"It is a beautiful Monday - went to bed at 9 PM last night and am ready to face the week. Instead of grocery shopping I ..."

Weigh-in: 163.0 lb

This Week: 0.62 % (

1.0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Period ended: 23 Oct 11

Week 5

Mini Challenge - Say at least one positive thing about yourself daily. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Log daily intake into a food dairy. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Take in more water. - Successful

Journal Entry - 23 Oct 11

"Just took a minute to look at yesterday's disaster of a Food Diary. Beside my unexpected encounter with the Amish Cheese ..."

Journal Entry - 22 Oct 11

"My experiment is concluded and I have the results. It comes in Good News/Bad News format. The good news is I can eat up ..."

Journal Entry - 21 Oct 11

"This is going to be one of those days - at 10:45 I've already had breakfast and my snack and am looking for an early lunch. ..."

Journal Entry - 20 Oct 11

"I know I've been running my mouth about keeping my calories down, but I have actually done it 2 days in a row. Am hoping ..."

Journal Entry - 18 Oct 11

"I wore my favorite capris this morning - the ones that make me look just a little slimmer than I really am. Will pack them ..."

Journal Entry - 17 Oct 11

"Summer is back - expecting a high of 83 degrees. Perfect weather for a walk in the park. What more can I say?"

Weigh-in: 162.0 lb

This Week: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.61 % ( Down

1.0 lb)

Period ended: 16 Oct 11

Week 4

Mini Challenge - Say at least one positive thing about yourself daily. - Successful

"Yes - I can bounce back from a bad day and not give up."

Mini Challenge - Log daily intake into a food dairy. - Successful

"Always - no matter how horrible."

Mini Challenge - Take in more water. - Successful

Journal Entry - 16 Oct 11

"Having a nice semi productive day. Started to reorganize my kitchen but gave up until I can buy some organizers. At least ..."

Journal Entry - 15 Oct 11

"DH had to work this morning so I am thankful for this quiet time to regroup. I just have to trim 100 cals off my daily ..."

Journal Entry - 14 Oct 11

"Rain has finally stopped! I packed my walking shoes and am getting out of here at lunch time for my walk - will be the ..."

Journal Entry - 13 Oct 11

"Another rainy day so no walk in the park at lunch today - this makes 3 days now! Will do something useful and walk through ..."

Journal Entry - 12 Oct 11

"Sorry I'm on here so late - had 2 busy days in a row. Wanted to thank everyone for your response to my journals. I've ..."

Journal Entry - 11 Oct 11

"I am having a bit of a problem and am calling out for your help. Two nights in a row I have slipped into this "Mindless ..."

Journal Entry - 10 Oct 11

"Had an unintended "Spike Day" yesterday - nothing bad, but just kept on snacking all evening. Reminding myself NOT to do ..."

Weigh-in: 162.0 lb

This Week: 0.61 % ( Down

1.0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.61 % ( Down

1.0 lb)

Period ended: 09 Oct 11

Week 3

Mini Challenge - Say at least one positive thing about yourself daily. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Log daily intake into a food dairy. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Take in more water. - Successful

Journal Entry - 08 Oct 11

"I gained 2 pounds yesterday! I would not have recorded this except I had to do a weigh-in for one of my challenges. I ..."

Journal Entry - 06 Oct 11

"RE: Cholesterol For those of you who are worried about your cholesterol, there was a new study released indicating that ..."

Journal Entry - 06 Oct 11

"Can't wait for tomorrow - am taking a vacation day for Hubby's birthday. He said he does not want a party but I know his ..."

Journal Entry - 05 Oct 11

"Last night I broke all the rules. I couldn't decide if my treat was going to be apple & peanut butter or winter squash - ..."

Journal Entry - 04 Oct 11

"On here a little late this morning due to dentist appointment - just routine. Another good thing about eating low carb - ..."

Journal Entry - 03 Oct 11

"Warning - Am happy today. Very, very happy. First of all - I'm at 161. Am going to work my butt off this week - trying ..."

Weigh-in: 163.0 lb

This Week: 0.62 % (

1.0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Period ended: 02 Oct 11

Week 2

Mini Challenge - Say at least one positive thing about yourself daily. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Log daily intake into a food dairy. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Take in more water. - Successful

Journal Entry - 02 Oct 11

"Having a nice Sunday so far. DH took me to a fall festival and then out to lunch. Think he is buttering me up because next ..."

Journal Entry - 01 Oct 11

"Happy Saturday! Another beautiful crisp day. Am still fine tuning my experiment of adding more food choices. Have d ..."

Journal Entry - 30 Sep 11

"What a beautiful day! Sunny and crisp! I know the weather shouldn't dictate your mood but I just can't help it. Of c ..."

Journal Entry - 29 Sep 11

"Having one of those munchy days - have already eaten my afternnoon snack. May eat 2,000 cals today but at least it will ..."

Journal Entry - 28 Sep 11

"In case anyone missed this - here is another excuse for me to keep on drinking my coffee: "The study, published in the ..."

Journal Entry - 27 Sep 11

"So glad I got off my lazy butt Saturday and made these lemon poppy seed MIM's. Unbelievably tasty! Last weekend I also ..."

Journal Entry - 26 Sep 11

"Another pound down. Slowly but surely. "

Weigh-in: 162.0 lb

This Week: 0.61 % ( Down

1.0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.61 % ( Down

1.0 lb)

Period ended: 25 Sep 11

Week 1

Mini Challenge - Say at least one positive thing about yourself daily. - Successful

"Am gradually learning to live with my flaws."

Mini Challenge - Log daily intake into a food dairy. - Successful

Mini Challenge - Take in more water. - Successful

Journal Entry - 25 Sep 11

"At last - Beautiful sun burning through the clouds. I was bad this morning - made my husband some sugar free pudding and ..."

Journal Entry - 24 Sep 11

"Waking up slowly this morning. Our 20% chance of rain has been coming down hard for hours. I've been telling everybody ..."

Journal Entry - 23 Sep 11

"Happy Friday! Fall is officially here and it is cool and rainy so I'm finding some herb tea is hitting the spot. With ..."

Journal Entry - 22 Sep 11

"To Coach, MikeC, Prices, LowCarbGuy, & all. Guilty of male bashing on this site again. Sorry, I was in a bad mood. Didn't ..."

Journal Entry - 22 Sep 11

"My waist is still thick. Have lots of slacks that fit me well, except for the waist being snug - including the kind that ..."

Journal Entry - 21 Sep 11

"I am having a very good day! After -23 lbs. someone has finally noticed that I lost weight! Not my friends, relatives or ..."

Journal Entry - 20 Sep 11

"This is not good - two evenings in a row I'm doing some after dinner (mindless) nibbling. Will nip this in the bud - I've ..."

Journal Entry - 19 Sep 11

"No weight loss this week but I guess my body needs time to settle in from last weeks loss. Will continue on same course, ..."

Weigh-in: 163.0 lb

This Week: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Total Progress: 0.00 % ( Steady

0 lb)

Start Weight

Weigh-in: 163.0 lb

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