Day 40: Week Over

August 15, 2009

Another week come and gone. As usual I did well on the exercise and only good to very good on the food. I forget to eat and then I overeat.
Try again next week.

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Day 39: Eat as Much as You Want

August 14, 2009

When you decided to Live the Life, you can’t eat whatever you want. But as far as the provided menus go, it seems to me you can eat as much as you want, Why do I say that with an eating plan that has very specific proportions? Because when I eat a Live the Life [...]

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Day 38: Looking Good

August 13, 2009

My 16-year-old daughter walked by and said, “Mom, looking good. Those white pants you worked out in? Way looser.”

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Day 37: Mighty Good Day

August 12, 2009

Did the workout. Ate the food almost perfectly. OK, the cheerios with cottage cheese just sounded revolting, so I ate cheerios with milk. Milk has protein, right? It’s kind of in the cheese family, right? I’ll try the real thing tomorrow, but I was pretty spot on.
Waffles and pancakes in the same day? Lovely!

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Day 36: I Hate Mondays

August 11, 2009

Just looking at the exercise for Monday was another killer. But since it was a circuit workout (my favorite and the quickest) and I could “legally” drop down to eight reps, it wasn’t so bad. Since I’d already done my run at the hotel, it was all good.
Have slacked a bit in the water department [...]

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Day 35: Ready for the New Week

August 10, 2009

Had a bit of a celebration yesterday. Ate sugar-free chocolates from Sam. Did not eat roses. Will not go into detail about form of exercise.
Did end our hotel stay with a good run around some gorgeous gardens.

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Day 34: Happy 24th Anniversary!

August 9, 2009

Today I have been married for 24 years to my dream man. I’m not terribly worried about “the diet” today, but I’ll still mostly follow it just out of convenience.
Down 5.0 pounds today. But, seriously, after 34 days plus the early week, that’s not much progress. Yea, I could say, “Oh, I’m gaining so much [...]

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Day 33: Feeling Brawny

August 8, 2009

No, there’s not some huge notable change—and no one is running up to me screeching, “Alison, you look amazing! What are you doing?” But I’m feeling a bit thinner and a bit stronger.

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Day 32: Boycott Eggs

August 7, 2009

You were warned I’d be whining all week long. I will not disappoint.
Dinner time came on the fourth day this week and I just could not face that egg white/coleslaw/mushroom mash. My three youngest kids were about to die of starvation. They’d rather go to bed without supper than eat any more of it. And [...]

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Day 31: Plank of Death

August 6, 2009

There it was. In black and white. Three sets of plank, 90 seconds each.
You have got to be kidding.
Considering the fact that the 45-second plank nearly does me in every day—and each one has to be done in two to three segments with rests in between—my heart was filled with fear.
But I did it. Yes, [...]

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