RAFL Oh whatever
The days do sometimes last a great deal less than 24 hours but this week I
am actually behind, at this writing I have eaten very little on Tuesday's
journal, I still have 13 points left and wed. is the last day of my week. I
have 32 flex points left. This has been a stressful week. My aunt has been
diagnosed with a fast growing form of cancer and helping my mom deal with
this has caused me some difficulty as not only am I helping her I am
thinking about my own sister. I have decided that I will eat something
point dense to at least get to the weekly min. I already think that not
eating is going to cause me a disappointment at the scale. The sleep is a
family thing, my grandfather, mother, a brother and his daughter all sleep
the same. I don't need much more than four if I am not ill. My mother
sleeps about like I do and she still works full time as an EMT at the age of
65. Lee
Joyce wrote in message
...
Your sleep schedule (or lack of) sounds much like mine. I'm up between
6:30 and 7
in the morning, hit bed between 3 and 4 - long stretch in between.
Sometimes I
knock out on the couch in the evening, sometimes I don't. I still figure
my *day*
from the time I get up until the time I go to bed. When I get up the new
day, and
new journal, begin ... period. If I ended the day when I ran out of
points, I
would have some days that only had 12 hours or less in them ... and also
would
have some days that never ended. LOL! Again, it's all in finding what
works for
US.
Joyce
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 18:07:42 -0600, "Miss Violette"
wrote:
This is exactly why I love WW. The flex does work better for me but I
have
had an ongoing problem with the concept of a "day" due to the way we work
and the stuff going on if I picked a specific 24 hours I would just be
screwed, I can go for a long time awake then sleep for my big sleep time
four hours and go again for another twenty so I decided that since I eat
at
least every two hours when I can and I eat just a few points at a time,
my
new day would start when I reached the end of the day's points, plus
three
hours. Three hours is one more than I like to go without eating and
about
the amount of time I sleep on average. Since I have done this I have had
no
trouble at all sticking to points. Lee
Joyce wrote in message
.. .
Ahhhhhhh, the journal was a tough one. I used the online journal and
set
my target
point at the highest number in my point range ... then totally ignored
the
flexpoint number. In the notes section I set up a list for activity
points, for
banked or overage food points, and one more for a daily log of where I
was
for the
week ... over or under points. It worked fantastically! I had to
manually figure
out the numbers, but it wasn't difficult at all. And it really does
work
much
better for ME than the flexpoint thing.
Joyce
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 17:38:38 -0600, "Miss Violette"
wrote:
What did you settle on for a journal then? Lee
Joyce wrote in message
.. .
That's pretty much exactly what I said when I stepped on the scale
....
go
figure!
I ate more this last week, exercised less, stayed away from the
scale.
I
also did
away with the flexpoints way of journalling, and went back 100% to
the
old
ww plan
... upped my daily point range and banked/reversed banked away.
It
makes no
sense to me at all. It could very well be just a shift in water
weight.
It does
confuse me though as to how the heck I find a firm number where I
can
maintain.
sigh Close to a year into the maintainence game and I'm still
playing
with
numbers.
Joyce
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:30:28 -0500, Connie
wrote:
I love it ... an all-time low and she wasn't even trying... ain't
that
the way life goes.
Connie
Joyce wrote:
Fair 'nuff! You are hereby granted permission to have undersized
spare
tires too.
G Evidentally the different phases of my female life also had
something to do
with the measurement factor ... checked again earlier this week
and
the
measurement changed by more than a full inch ... thus moving me
into
the fit
range, 1% away from the athletic ... which I don't buy either
(the
athletic part).
I think nothing is gonna please me. G
On another wierd note ... official weigh in will be very
interesting
tomorrow. I
have avoided the scale the entire week, just not in the mood to
face
the music, so
to speak - also hasn't been forefront on my mind. Hiked down
there
Wednesday
morning, stepped up, stepped off. Slid the bar thing down to
zero
to
make sure it
was still well calibrated, thinking the boys must have moved it
around
when moving
things in the basement. Nope, was still where it should be.
Stepped
back up,
same reading ... a new all time low for me - at least all time
low
since I was ill
in the early '80's. And this after finally making that decision
to
stick with 130
for maintanence. We'll see ... maybe it was only playing games
with
me.
Joyce
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 06:52:55 -0800, Fred
wrote:
Yeah, yeah, you deal with baggage but with cars coming with
undersized
sparetires, you'd think us guys would be able to have undersized
spare
tires, too! (G)
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:45:38 -0600, Joyce wrote:
I know what you are saying, but it still is mind boggling to me
....
maybe my brain
is just tired today. This method definitely does seem to favor
those
women with
distinctive waists ... not those that have little to no
waistline.
But I do know
my own flaws and I can't argue that. I also know I'm never
gonna
have
a tiny
waistline - never have so why would I think I would down the
road?
I'm also
interested to see what next week's measurements will be ...
after
TOM
.. if any
difference at all. LOL Us women sure have a lot of baggage to
deal
with.
Joyce
On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 16:12:10 GMT, "Lesanne"
wrote:
Well if you Were M, then that would be a very small WAIST
measurement
that
you had there. This thing is using that tool the docs' came up
with
a
couple of years ago using the waist measurement to figure
cardiac
risk
factors? The ole apple shaped thing? I am going to go see
what I
come out
with if I go minimal...
"Joyce" wrote in message
om...
Now this I find really bizarre. I enter the exact same stats
but
use
minimal for
the sex choice G and come up just under 8.7% body fat, fail
that
sex
thing and
get slammed with 25.3%. Why the huge difference? I know
women
carry more
natural
fatty tissue, but c'mon - I find it pretty dang hard to
believe
there is
THAT much
of a difference. And what if you fall somewhere in between?
Like I
swear
I was
supposed to be born a male, but came out a female ... super
wide
shoulders, monkey
arms (really need more of a mens sizing shirts as womens are
too
short in
length
and sleeve length, and too narrow in the shoulders). And vice
versa
... I
know a
few men whose bone/body structure is actually more feminine
than
my
own.
G
I have what I think of as a normal wrist measurement, but
according
to
charts it
puts me right on the edge of medium/large framed (6.5
inches) -
and
my
wrist bone
really sticks out! I also seem to be blessed with those
longer
hands -
probably
not as long as yours, but not near as tiny as my *petite*
daughter
... who
happens
to be only 1 inch shorter than me. So where do those of us
*tweeners*
fall? Or
is this just another one of those *take your best guess* type
of
things?
One of these days I am going to get out and buy those weights,
just
have
some
other crap to straighten out first. I do have quite a bit of
muscle,
always have,
probably always will ... just not as much as I'd like. G I
think
I need
to
build the muscles in the stomach area - everything else is
doin'
pretty
well. G
And yikes ... if I lose more in any area - will it mean going
down
to even
smaller
sizes? I'm in some 6's, some 8's ... depending ... pants
already -
and
those 6's
tend to be pretty hard to find.
I have no idea as to what calorie count I should be
consuming -
think my
daily
trends tend to flucuate way too much right now to even try and
figure it
out. I
may just have to take a stab at the program you like ... is
always
fun to
play
with new things. G
Joyce
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 16:42:03 GMT, "Lesanne"
wrote:
Thanks Joyce. I know muscle weighs. And Burns calories. I
have
slender
"bones" but long ones? My hands are larger than almost any
woman I
know,
but I have a tiny wrist measurement. It is hard to use many
of
the
indicators of frame size. And taller women don't fit right
into
the
recommended averages as far as calorie consumption goes
either.
I
am
religiously logging every bite right now into diet power to
see
what my
metabolic rate is, and at this moment it is telling me I am
burning
2300
calories a day. I expect that to come down some when I stay
at
a
stable
weight for a couple of weeks. I don't even Want to eat that
much.
It is
reacting right now to me losing from that evil one six place.
I think you are at a great weight, now build some muscles and
those
will
burn off any tummy fat that is hanging around .
"Joyce" wrote in message
news:8mnc2090sd98ofqkmtrpt70or5mlrkol4e@4ax .com...
Wow Lesanne, sometimes those other indicators tell us much
more
than
just
the
number seen on the scale. Being considered *athletic* is
wonderful! I
checked
the website out, found out I am *acceptable* according to
his
little
quiz.
I'm
not sure if there would be any difference in the reading
since
it
currently is TOM
(ugh!) and chinese dinner last night. G Regardless, there
was
something
else
there that opened my eyes up a bit more ... acceptable
weight
...
129-158.
So why
should I keep hoping for 125? Like you, I think I'm going
to
quit
worrying about
the possibility of seeing the 120's again and work on
staying
in
the
low
to mid
130's. And work on that body fat that just won't go away.
G
Congrats on your new and fit body. You've come a long
way!!!
Joyce
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 20:24:42 GMT, "Lesanne"
wrote:
My average for the week was 160. At least I am fairly sure
next
week
will
be a loss. My leader at my meeting (where I was at 159.5)
said
that
it
is
probably not realistic for me to try to get to 155 anyway.
I
put
my
measurements into a site that Bob Greene has up, and came
out
with
"athletic" category at 19. something percent body fat. I
am
going to
quit
trying to lose more and just concentrate on staying in the
high
one
fifties,
y Ya as they say here
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