From: joyce@123.net   
      
   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   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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