Thread: OWLs Nest...OWL accountability

Ok, I'm about to have to get in gear and make a change. DD went to the doctor last week and was told she needs to lose 60 pounds before her checkup next year. The doc recommended South Beach and walking 45 minutes per day. I need to get after it with her for both our sakes. I've put on a solid 20 (and moving toward 25) in the last two and a half years. Damn maintenance is hard!!

Hey Bert and Judy!
glad you guys dropped by!
Bert...pluh-eese post your totals...I SOOOO need to feel virtious! hehe!

Judy...boy howdy, I hear ya on the maintaining! That's always been my problem once I lost the weight. Now, thanks to... ummmm, a *more mature* metabolism(darned if I'm gonna say OLD!), actively loosing the weight has been a slow boat to China!

I've absolutely got to WEIGH AND TRACK every day, or *things* can get away from me in a heartbeat. And I'm not kiddin'!!



today's #s:

• 1306 cal
• 78g fat
• 81g pro
• 83g carb GULP!
• 30g fiber
• 53g net carb booooo!!!

walked/with jogging sprints this morning:
70 min/4.01 miles/329 cal burn/avg sp 3.34mph

onward.

Happy Mom's Day to all!!

today's #s:
1475 calories
87g fat
74g pro
90g carb HOLY BLEEP, BATMAN!
35g fiber
55g net carb shoot! darn! crum!

walked with jogging sprints: 53 min/3.23mils/264 cal burn/avgsp 3.30mph

OK...I'm gettin' tough tomorrow!!! Anybody with me???

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Well.....
so much for my getting *tough* today! sigh.

today's take:

• 1445 cal
• 82g fat
• 81g pro
• obscene amount of carbs
• 17g fiber
• obscenely embarrasing net carbs!

walked/jog sprints: 58 min/3.44mi/273 cal burn/avg sp 3.34mph

today's #s:

• 1472 calories
• 83g fat
• 105g pro
• 76g carb
• 28g fiber
• 48g net carb

walked: 77min/4.28 miles/227 cal burn/avgsp 3.19(waaay slow for me, therefore the crummy calorie burn!) Didn't want to inflame the back/leg anymore, so it was a gentle, mod slow walk; no weights; no jogging sprints.

I'm not giving up! I'm heck bent and determined to get to goal THIS YEAR!!!...dangit!!!

OK...
for some reason, I've had a bad week, eating wise. blech!
I think I've got myself under control...LOL...well, as much control as a chocoholic can have....ahemmm...we won't go there.

today's numbers:
1454 calories
98g fat
90g pro
47g carb
15g fiber
32g net carb

walked 78 min/4.33 miles/246 cal burn/avgsp 3.26/>10,000 steps.
wish I had worn my pedometer while I was shopping today; prolly shopped for 2 hours. That should be good for another 2500 steps, at the least.

today's take...it's a little ugly....

• 1322 calories
• 73g fat
• 81g pro
• 88 carbs...YIKES! a lc tortilla and a stby-peach smoothie are the culprits
• 25g fiber
• 63g net carb...uuuuugly!

started biking today. Not looking forward to the sore *sit bones*, but that's the way it is for a few days. I am aiming for biking and fitness walking on alternate days. I've also started some upper body weight training. These last 15 pounds have to go!

biked: 30 min/5 miles/213 cal burn. just a slow, gentle bike ride to get back into the *saddle*, so to speak.

today's take is even uglier than yesterday, but I'm tweaking things a little, and the carbs I had were fruits and whole grains.
I sucked it up and bought some Soy Slender vanilla; it's not bad. I prefer almond milk, but it's getting hard to get at the HFS(they are always "out of it"), plus they charge a freakin' arm and a leg for it! Grr!
So, good ole Walmart N-hood Market carries the Soy Slender and for a buck.76, I thought I 'd give it a try.

anyhoo...

• 1470 calories
• 83g fat
• 80g pro
• 115g carb OYE!!!
• 45g fiber!!!
• 70g net carb!!! fiber-one cereal with berries for brekki, some wasa bread light rye with lunch, and fresh strawberries tonight.

We'll see what happens over the next week or so. Tomorrow I plan on lower carbs.

walked 72 min/4.03 miles/226 cal burn/avgsp 3.29mph.
As I mentioned in another thread, I calculated my cal burn in several places, and it's amazing at the different #s for the same activity!
The above cal burn is from fitday; my pedometer said 378, and another site, gave me 350! As much as I sweated, I'm inclined to think maybe the burn was more than 226, but I totally doubt 378. AARRGGHH!
Guess I'll stick with the lowest number, just to be safe, eh?

over and out.

working on reigning in calories.
today's #s:
1300 cal
46g fat
75g pro

walked 67 min/3.90 miles/213 cal burn/3.30mph avg sp

was down 1# this morning by being watchful of calories yesterday. I'll sure take it.

Today's #s:

• 1105 cal
• 64g fat
• 97g pro
• 38g carb
• 13g fiber
• 25g net carb

walked 62 min/3.56 miles/197 calorie burn/3.33mph avg sp

OK...I think this was a very good day. I will have a small snack, probably some cheese, around 8P, then nothing after that.

I am re-reading Protein Power, so I'm leaning towards that for a few weeks, just to get the carb cravings under control, plus I like the fact of a 30g carb allowance per day, vs the Atkins 20g on induction. It's amazing, for me at least, that 10g extra carb makes a BIG difference veggie wise. Anyway, will keep reading and do my calculations tomorrow of fat body and lean body mass to get my protein requirements.

re-focused on the BIG picture...just like GA's! har!!! Headin' to the goal line, bay-bee!!!

didn't get much sit down, reading time today, but kinda followed PP today, except I'm over 30 carbs(low GI fruits/cottage cheese are the culprits).

anyhoo....today's #'s:
1200 cal
67g fat
94g pro
69g carb
20g fiber
49g net carb

walked 60 min/3.28 miles/190 cal burn/3.28mph avg sp
STBO!!! 87 degrees with a heat index of 91! I think we've jumped into summer and skipped the spring part(except for the tornadoes!)

down another pound this morning...will certainly take it and anymore the usually hateful scales will give me!




today's scoop:

• 1396 calories
• 78g fat
• 115g pro..oops over by 17gms
• 60g carb
• 28g fiber
• 32g net carb over by 2, but hey, I'm gettin' there!

walked 63 min/3.51 miles/213 cal burn/3.33mph avg sp. I'm steppin' it up with the walking. After a half mile *warm up* walk, I rev it up...LOL. If I walked any faster, I'd be running. When I was a gym member a few years back and went to the gym and used the treadmill there, my comfort stride was 3.5-3.75 mph to walk, and 4-4.50mph for jogging sprints. That feels like about what I'm doing now. I'm happy with that, and I think, for the most part, I do reach an aerobic HR and sustain it for well over 30 minutes.
I would really like to alternate biking with the walking, but the darn wind has pretty much been a factor all spring! ack!

over and out!

Up that stinkin' pound this morning...par for the course!

I'm almost full tilt with PP, just working on getting the carb/calorie levels under better control. I will most likely close this thread at the end of May, unless anyone wants to keep it open. We can always start a new OWL thread, but for me, since I'm going back to PP for a while, I thought I'd start a PP thread in case there is anyone else out there that would like to track and check in daily with their counts.

anyhoo, today's #s:

• 1320 cal
• 80g fat
• 93g pro
• 62g carb
• 21g fiber...shucks...not enough!
• 41g net carb...over by 11!!! Phooey!!! Tomorrow WILL be better!!!

walked 53 min/3.28 miles/180 cal burn/3.32mph avg sp

I'm gonna have to start planning the whole day's meals, I think, to get my carb levels down. I think I'm doing OK, then when I enter dinner items in(after we eat, of course!), I find I didn't make my target! Grrrrr! Happened again today! D*mn!


today's scoop:

• 1464 calories
• 86g fat
• 111g pro...a little high
• 78g carb
• 33g fiber
• 45g net carbs...still to many for PP purposes!

OK...what I DID get right today...
walked 63 min/3.59 miles/214 cal burn
washed and detailed out my car...90 mins I sweated like a horse! LOL...but I got a good cal burn...241 cal.

Made it for the most part on the NEAS challenge last night. Had to take some meds, so had a bite of a legal snack so I wouldn't hurl taking the med on an empty tummy...ack!

eyes on the prize, and getting my focus back(I think) for the most part. Onward!

today's #s look about like yesterday's...
just can't seem to get the carb count below 40-45; and obviously, 40 is not my CCLL(if I were still doing Atkins!) har!

1298 cal
63g fat
115g pro
70g carb
25g fiber
45g net carb Shazam!

walked 60 min/3.38 miles/203 cal burn