From: d.kester@comcast.net   
      
   Joyce,   
      
   Did you really want this posted here instead of in the other group we post   
   in???  LOL  You have had a stressed week.   
      
   Debbie   
      
   "Joyce"  wrote in message   
   news:km5tovc8k9fh5hi1jdqpj5ot3qu17n12us@4ax.com...   
   > Sorry this is so incredibly late, I swear I have been pushed to the limits   
   this   
   > week ... too much to squeeze into too little time, leaving no time to keep   
   up with   
   > the newsgroup, other than reading.   
   >   
   > Last Friday's visit to Mr. Eeeeeeeeeeevillllllllllll wasn't so bad ... I   
   found him   
   > to be rather nice, actually.    He spit out a new number for me   
   finally,   
   > well actually a new averaged number - but the entire week hovered within a   
   few   
   > ounces either way.  The results?  131.4, a drop of 0.8 pounds.   
   >   
   > This week has been a goofy week for eating, the week-end was impossible to   
   stay on   
   > program (and I am not exagerating).  Saturday was our trip to my sons   
   college for   
   > his 50 inning marathon baseball game.  We had a wonderful time, lots of   
   much   
   > needed fun and laughter.  We were stuck at the field, no exercise   
   opportunities   
   > unless you count a few trips around campus trying to find a potty.   
   Problem being,   
   > it is an extremely small campus, emcompassing MAYBE a full 2 blocks (that   
   might   
   > even be a stretch).  Food was served, we had huge choices ... hot dog,   
   hamburgers,   
   > brats ... fritos or potato chips ... and for desert, snickers or hershey   
   with   
   > almonds.  Oh, drink choices ... mountain dew or coke ... no diet at all,   
   no water.   
   > I decided to just go with it, eat whatever the he** I wanted and worry   
   about it   
   > when we got back home.  Monday found every one of my flex points gone   
   already and   
   > a few more.    
   >   
   > As of last night, after doubling up on the exercise routine daily and   
   watching   
   > carefully what food was prepared at home ... I am back in the positive   
   column.   
   > Activity points were creatively applied back to days where needed, as well   
   as   
   > unused daily food points.  I really do prefer the old method of accounting   
   > (winning points).  It helps ME to stay accountable and not give up.  If I   
   had   
   > totally stuck with the flex thinking, it would have been too easy to just   
   blow the   
   > entire week off, once seeing that negative number pop up.  The winning   
   points   
   > system makes me work, allows me to reason that a few days of diligence CAN   
   get you   
   > right back on track.  Just the way my goofy mind works anyway.    
   >   
   > Hope everyone is having a great week.  I'm heading down to the treadmill   
   again,   
   > then onto my marathon cooking day.  Hub brought in a huge bag of green   
   peppers   
   > from the farmstand, last of the season.  This morning will find me cooking   
   up a   
   > bundle of stuffed peppers (low point of course) and freezing for future   
   meals.   
   > Also have to get tomorrow nights dinner going as I will have no   
   electricity for   
   > the day ... am changing the old fuse box system over to circuit breakers.   
   I hope   
   > all goes well, is too cold to go without power for heat for an extended   
   period of   
   > time.   
   >   
   > Joyce   
   > started ww 2/5/02 --->  228.8/131.4/150ww goal/140ish personal goal   
   > WW GOAL!!!  2/21/03  ---> LIFETIME 4/4/03   
      
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