T'is the 4th of July :sam: , more or less, 'n Dieter Am reflecteth that she's done extremely well on the weight loss front since the end o' May even though X-( the scale did not cooperate for a downturn this week, but we o' the Amarantha Universal Dietary Law 'n Justice Compendium have decided to NOT turn the scale into a lamp 'n give him another chance to do better. He's on parole, so to speak, for the month of JULY!

Am wisheth a breezier journalistic July journalin' experience 'n will only be stickin' to the basics without fanfare, 'n for July, with apologies to Am's muscles, we are focusin' on the most basic CALORIE COUNTIN' 'n EXERCISE plan that Am can muster 'n the Scary Exercise Fairie 'n the Rigid Diet Fairie can go take a rest 'cause July is about slidin' down the scale with our previous basic program that has taken us so far, but no beatin' up on the muscles or dieter in general, although we will diet 'n exercise! Just fun in the sun 'n gentle diet, kindly thoughts, 'n some personal challenges! Woo-hoo! Sign me up! :cheer2:

Journal entries will be short 'n sweet with no pontifications! Really, short, Am can do it! Huzzah!

Jiffy journal, no frills, just the July facts, no philosophical nor fantastical thoughts of any kind

Starting weight for July (first week, June 29): 132

Goal: Whatever, just down! :laugh:

Exercise plan: Keeping it loose, reduce lifting slightly, more cardio, I think, I just feel better with that equation

Food plan: Same, aim for average in 1500, high days, low days, whatever, no rules

Love the title of your new journal! Jubiliant july jiffy journal. Sounds fun and upbeat, hot (that's the july part! lol), and in just a jiffy you'll be at goal. You have done amazing in the june keep it up.

:laugh: Where I live it's gonna be hot t'ill November, mate! :laugh: So yea, figure I might as well be hot, hot, hot as well! Thanks for the visit to my new upbeat & short journal!! Huzzah!

Just the facts so Am will have more time for fun in the sun, even if it IS 106 degrees here (which is not really hot for where I live).

Today's cals: 1480, which includes a soy/whey shake not yet drunk as it will be a late night snack; odd side note is that is exactly the cals for last Sunday, this happens a lot to Dieter Am, provin' once again ... what? I don't know! Had chicken for dinner but burned it, still wasn't bad! Other things today also very good food!

Exercise, kind of restin' as previously indicated, changin' it up, walked 20 minutes in the heat, should mobilize somethin', heatstroke, mayhap! Nay, used to it.

Weird kind of journal, weird kind of mood, first week in july difficult at work, then gets better, will not let it derail weight loss effort.

Have a secret word re the goal strivin' for (family oriented line of thought) and oddly as Am was drivin' home from store thinkin' 'bout the odd cessation o' her gung-ho-ness re the goal that had characterized june, she passed a small sign tucked on a corner that had that secret word on it, announcing an event.

So, despite lack o' gung-ho-ness, we soldier on! :cheer2:

Film at 11.

Well, this was not so brief after all!

Looks like you are getting ahead start on July and sailing out to sea on your weight loss journey! As far as attitude, and motivation....fake it til you make it. You can talk yourself and your shipmates out of mutiny and move on to calmer seas! Ahoy mate, your final destination has been sited....your goal is in site. The Emerald City awaits and the Wizard will present you with your weight goal. Just click your ruby slippers and you'll soon be home. Looks like the wicked witch (temptation) is looking alittle greener at sea as you pass her up.

Huzzah, CJL! In truth, that Wicked Do-Nuthin' Anti-Diet Witch has NO chance 'gainst Am at all! :laugh: Am always wins this battle! Happy July!

... 'n ostensibly havin' a jubiliant july holiday, scary exercise fairie 'n THE CALORIE WATCHER (that's her picture in the avatar section 'o Am's journal) showed up before work this a.m. 'n everyone had a nice workout 'n agreed to meet later fer a second session 'n the question was asked at this ersatz meetin' o' the Diet Minds: "IS AM GOIN' TO LOSE WEIGHT THIS WEEK?"

The diet fairie had flitted in by then 'n joined in verbalizin' the answer, which was in the affirmative.

The meetin' ended as t'was Black Lagoon Monday! Minutes to be typed later.

hi Am,
I love the name of your new Journal! You have such a great way at looking at things and that will sure be success for you! I am thinking that you will scare that scale so bad it will drop down! You have done so GREAT!
....Hugs, Millie

Yes I heard the fairies buzzing all about your up coming weight loss this week at the golden o'scale ceremony. I think you'll have a very successful week, mate! huzzz

I will have to check out that new BFL book you mentioned. Don't sweat the weight.:)

Am, Sounds like your negotiations have been productive with the scary exercise fairie 'n the calorie watcher. Sounds like your meeting has established the agenda for future meetings this week which will keep the focus strong.

I'm sailing to the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago for four days and will return on the 6th. I expect calm seas and a glance at some fireworks over the lake. Happy 4th to you!

Huzzah to Millie, Prada, CJL 'n the Jumpsoda Man! :wave: Thanks be fer the visits 'n here be the official start o' the great month o' JULY, when t'is too hot in Arizona to do much except be a good citizen, eat right, think good thoughts 'n wait for winter! 'N the Scary Exercise Fairie hath requested a share o' Am's time for WORKOUTS, WORKOUTS, WORKOUTS, promisin' that t'will all be within the realm o' gentle kindness to muscles 'n with a little good cardio stuff thrown in for the heart.

Jump: Nay, not sweatin' the weight 'cause t'is off, Am snuck a peek, though it be a teeny bit against her weight loss management rules! The BFL book is fun, I'm not really DOING BFL but I like the principles in general and I like to look at the pictures! :laugh:

MILLIE: Ye are doin' great, lass. I will visit thee anon! Thanks for the visit!

CJL: Have fun at your convention.

Prada: I saw the blue dress in one of your posts, just beautiful, such a lovely color!

Happy July, Am. We look forward to great reports from you and your various dietary henchmen. Just don't forget to have fun.

Seems that fairie has your best interest at heart with the gentle kind and heart healthy workouts she is discussing with you. I picture you walking on the treadmill with a little fairie on each side of you watching over you.

Glad you like the blue dress. I just loved it when I saw the rich color. Also because it is different looking than the normal wedding renewal dress. My hubby the other day said why not just wear a bikini if we go to Hawaii for the renewal. I think I passed out. A bikini dear me! lol MEN!

Hi AM,
I just love reading your journal, what a great way to look at things!!!
I see good things for you with all that greaT WORK YOU DO WILL PAY OFF! keep rolling!!!
...Hugs, Millie

Well, I'd spring for the beautiful blue dress AND a bikini, Prada! You'll look great in either.

Thanks for the visit, JoJo! I will have fun soon, I think. :laugh:

Hugs, Millie! :wave: I was just goin' to visit thee, lass!

A little list, brevity style!

Sunday: 1635, X=20 min walk
Monday: 1495, X=30 min walk with weighted vest, 40 min walk
Tuesday: 1770, X=40 min weights
Wednesday: TBD, X=?
Thursday: TBD, X=?
Friday: TBD, X=?
Saturday: TBD, X=?

Goal for week: Lose or maintain weight

Obstacles: Heat, general angst, the job, the usual excuses, yadda

"Can we do it? Uh, yeah, I think so." (quote from Bob the Builder show)

Am is going walking for a long time with the Exercise Fairie today, then she is going to have a perfect eating day and give THE DIET her all!!!

Am walked and will do an aerobics DVD after breakfast! Am is giving it her ALL on this easy goin' July DIET! Am will lose weight this week!

:wave:

Hi Am,
looks like you are on the go for a great July! Hope you had a great walk! You Go!
....Hugs, Millie

Huzzah, Millie 'n Prada!!! Thanks fer the visits! :wave: I really WAS on the go for the week until this afternoon when pretty much my whole work schedule until Friday went down the tubes, leaving me with some nonproductive time but I am happy, also had some arguments re work with someone it be not prudent to argue with but that's life, yellin' it like it is, a day at a time, very stressed, proud to say I have no desire to stress eat!!! Wowza!

THE LIST

Sunday: 1635, X=20 min walk
Monday: 1495, X=30 min walk with weighted vest, 40 min walk
Tuesday: 1770, X=40 min weights
Wednesday: 1490, X=140 min walk, 10 min jog/walk
Thursday: TBD, X=?
Friday: TBD, X=?
Saturday: TBD, X=?

Goal for week: Lose or maintain weight

Obstacles: Heat, general angst, the job, the usual excuses, yadda

"Can we do it? Uh, yeah, I think so." (quote from Bob the Builder show)

Since Am's meetin's in the nonvirtual work world (aka The Black Lagoon) have been canceled, t'is spa time until Friday evening for Am 'n she thought she'd just kick back, have a spa day, maybe not exercise, maybe have some ice cream, 'n LO, guess what?

UP turned Scary Exercise Fairie, Calorie Watcher 'n the Diet Fairie (a sort of general overall weight loss management fairie, related to both Scary 'n Calorie) 'n they informed Am a meetin' had been called at Weight Management Headquarters 'n Am's presence was needed. :coach:

SO, up she gets from her magazine readin' couch 'n her DS Lite teeny video game 'n trundles on down to headquarters, where an ersatz committee seems to have been formed called AM WILL LOSE WEIGHT THIS WEEK STEERING COMMITTEE!!!

Am sat 'round the table with this group 'n they hatched out a plan for TERRIFYIN' THURSDAY! Am didn't really like the sound of it as it seemed to involve a lot of work when Am had planned to take it easy and eat ice cream, but she voted for it 'cause Scary seemed set on it. :whip:

FIRST, accordin' to the event schedule, Am will not eat ice cream and will stick to her target of 1500 or less in the cal department! :keys:

SECOND, scheduled is a 60-MINUTE WALK AND A 40-MINUTE WEIGHT WORKOUT!

THIRD, Am 'n the Good Diet Plannin' Marketeer will go to the store and buy healthy foods and not ice cream. NO ICE CREAM, AM! X-(

'Bout covers it. Am voted for it, will implement. Fairies restless, ready to kick some anatomy :whip: 'round Diet Town Square if populace doth not participate in event. All citizens have been asked to cooperate. :help:

The meetin' ended with committee members linkin' hands 'n repeatin' the Slogan o' the Week in loud, dulcet tones: "AM WILL LOSE WEIGHT THIS WEEK!"

Film at 11.

Congrats mate on not eating your stress! Great goals there wise one!
Have a great few days off from the black lagoon kicking back is a great thing.

Huzz, mate! I am kickin' back but might get fired soon as the crisis at work is forcin' me to do some speakin' out I wouldn't have normally done. Ah, well, t'will all settle as it usually does (no worries, I won't really get fired, although it'd be nice and I could finally take a nap). :laugh:

Lunch today was a version of THE HEALTHY TURNOVERS that I learned to make from a mutual online friend via a DVD of a TV spot she did. I just got the DVD last week from her and it's so nice to have a healthy something to eat that tastes like dessert.

Film at 11. Nap time!

AM'S LITTLE LIST

Sunday: 1635, X=20 min walk
Monday: 1495, X=30 min walk with weighted vest, 40 min walk
Tuesday: 1770, X=40 min weights
Wednesday: 1490, X=140 min walk, 10 min jog/walk
Thursday: 1485, X=60 min walk, 40 min weights
Friday: TBD, X=?
Saturday: TBD, X=?

Goal for week: Lose or maintain weight

Obstacles: Heat, general angst, the job, the usual excuses, yadda

"Can we do it? Uh, yeah, I think so." (quote from Bob the Builder show)

Friday being THE FOURTH OF JULY :sam: , Dieter Am be workin' in the Black Lagoon, as always, but this lucky year she doth not have to spend the entire day on the job, just late afternoon and evening, through evening events and fireworks, so the usual stress and bein' dragged away from everything and out in the heat most of the day will not occur 'n SO a meetin' o' the AM WILL LOSE WEIGHT THIS WEEK STEERING COMMITTEE was held this evenin' at Diet Town Hall so that there would be a PLAN in PLACE from the start o' the still stressful day to the end.

The plan voted on calls for a 30 min walk with weighted vest with an option to walk more without the vest but NOT a mandate, as it's going to be a tough day physically. Component two of the plan is to remain at 1500 or below in cals, striving for the general bodybuilding (yes, including VEGGIES, weight loss diet Am has adopted fer the nonce, but whatever may be inadvertently eaten, the cal count should stay where it is.

The committee enthusiastically voted "aye" 'n the motion passed. Film at 11.

Hi Am,
Wow I see you are still doing so great and working out all the kinks, Happy to hear the meeting went well and AM will lose this week!
Have a great 4th!! Be safe!
...Hugs, Millie

Hi, Millie!!! Thanks! :wave: Huzzah!

This fair morn, a Happy Independence Day Fairie dropped in at the little diet digs wherein Am dwelleth in Diet Town Square 'n said, "HAPPY HOLIDAY, AMARANTHA 'N MAY IT BE A GREAT ONE FOR YOU!"

Since Am is workin' most holidays sometimes folks forget she'd like to feel special on that day also so woo-hoo 'n thanks be to the fairie.

Am then went shoppin' early 'n bought DS Lite games for self! Hey, childish it may be, but that little machine is not just for kids. It is one o' Am's best friends these days in the INITIATIVE TO REACH AM'S WEIGHT GOAL! When one is depressed, one can play WordJong or Final Fantasy or Solitaire on a cute little double screen 'n shut out all the negative vibes from the external environment, which is what an eating binge would also do but with the game, there are no nasty calorie gremlins to deal with.

Am is going to go on Amazon and buy the game the store is out of, it's a yoga tutorial game and even though Am has done yoga for years, t'will be fun to have the game.

The AM WILL LOSE WEIGHT THIS WEEK COMMITTEE sent Am a mental bouquet of Independence Day flowers (since nobody else did :laugh: ) 'n tucked inside the bright blooms :rose: :flower: :spring: , there was a message: "Don't forget to NOT overeat on this stressful day, Am! We know ye have to hie away later to the Black Lagoon 'n earn a nonvirtual livin' o' sorts, but is that any reason to forget the mission of our committee 'n pour sweet drinks full of calories down thy throat in the heat when electrolyte water with zero calories works better? No, it is not such a reason! Stay strong. Calorie Watcher is watchin' ... we know where ye live, we will follow you to the Black Lagoon to make sure you behave and we will, I'm afraid, have to report back to the CHAIRDIETWOMAN o' the AM WILL LOSE WEIGHT THIS WEEK COMMITTEE 'n she will take appropriate action to remove ye from your seat on this august diet governmental body with all the perks it entails, so don't blow it, Am, as we will know! This is nothin' personal, fellow DIETCOMMITTEEWOMAN, we spy on all our members. Yours in diet solidarity, THE DIET COMMITTEE SPY SQUAD!"

:yikes:

Film at 11.

Happy Fourth of July AM hope you have a great day of all things calm and good.

hanks, Prada! :wave: I am enjoyin' this part o' the day, shall work at enjoyin' the work as well. Need to do better at managin' my mind 'n havin' a positive attitude in the Black Lagoon. Cap'n Jack said he'd take me up there today on his ship so I'd be safe from all Diet Demons. What a guy!

Happy Fourth of July AM hope you have a great day of all things calm and good.

Hi AM,
I see you are still being watched very close! So I know you are doing what needs to be done.
Hope you had a GREAT 4th! Have a gREAT SAturday! keep up the great work!
...Hugs, Millie

Hope you had a good 4th. Those negative thoughts can get us all, keep on trukin.

Thanks be to Millie 'n Jump fer their encouragin' words 'n friendly visits! :wave:

The 4th got a little problematical fer Am (she got "heatstrokey" according to the paramedic, drank loads of electrolyte water with glucose thus killin' off the cal control resolution but t'was ok 'n Am begrudgeth her bod not re recovery calories, plus then she drank cold slimfast ... yes, this much hated by some fluid is actually useful in some applications and was better than havin' hot dogs in the heat, which would have then made Am ill after she recovered; THEN ... yes, this is starting to sound like Lemony Snicket :laugh: ... Am returned home from work to open doors as house had been robbed ... HER WONDERFUL DOG was guarding the front door and keepin' the cats in).

So that was the fourth of July but Am did exercise earlier in the day (before the heatstroke :laugh: and will be postin' her little list and plan for Saturday!

Feelin' quite chipper now and workin' my patio!

AM'S LITTLE LIST

Sunday: 1635, X=20 min walk
Monday: 1495, X=30 min walk with weighted vest, 40 min walk
Tuesday: 1770, X=40 min weights
Wednesday: 1490, X=140 min walk, 10 min jog/walk
Thursday: 1485, X=60 min walk, 40 min weights
Friday: NOT SURE, HAD HEAT ILLNESS EPISODE (literally, sugar calories accompanied recovery fluids and then Am drank slimfast every few hours, X=morning: walk with weighted vest 30 min, walk 40 min; afternoon and evening active outdoors on the job until becoming ill, recovered, active some more, feel fine now, hooray for me!
Saturday: TBD, X=60 min EZ recovery walkabout, best thing ever!

Goal for week: Lose or maintain weight

Obstacles: Heat, general angst, the job, the usual excuses, yadda

"Can we do it? Uh, yeah, I think so." (quote from Bob the Builder show)

*****

PLAN FOR SATURDAY: Returning to calorie control with permission from Calorie Watcher to eat high if the body requires. As Diet Wise Woman once said (she said a lot of things, apparently): "Listen to your body." So Am's plan for Saturday is to listen to body and hope for the best re the :help: Ceremony o' the Golden Scale, which, at the end o' the day, gentle reader, IS important to Am no matter what anyone thinks o' that :laugh: but yet if things do not go well, there's always next week! Huzzah! Quid pro quo, let's go, WO!

*****

Transmission ends, control of your television viewing will return to your local broadcaster.

Be careful in the heat!!!

Thanks, JoJo! :wave: Hope you had a great 4th! :wave:

Hi Am,
Oh NO, You have had some day! Thank God you are ok! Sorry to hear about the heat stroke.
And your house was robbed?? What all did they take?! Now that was some day. But you sure are hanging in there and doing what you need to do!!!
I sure hope you have a MUCH< MUCH, better week!
...Hugsss, Millie

Huzzah, Millie!!! :wave: I'm ok re the heat now, even did yard work today. Feel pretty good tonight. Re the break-in, only some cash from a drawer was taken, happily, and my pets are ok, so that's all I care about. Thanks! :cheer:

Don't bother readin' this, passersby, as Am just be musin' in the journal, otherwise known as ramblin' on! Am hath not been in a mode to placeth entries in a DT bloggie for awhile, it seems, which is probably indicative of something likely, but who knoweth what, but nevertheless, t'is a fun place to blog the weight loss journey 'n well, that must go on, even when Am's limited little grey cells wither in the July desert heat 'n things go wrong 'n zap said brain 'n even when friends leave us (emotionally) 'n even through sturm 'n drang, elections and controversies, wars and rumors o' wars, super volcanoes (the existence of which Am just recently learned about and they are NOT a goodly thing, Gentle Reader), new plans, new aspirations, aging, living 'n dying, seeking eternal life, rejecting eternal life, eating sugared violet petals, planting bougainvilleas (which Am did today in the nonvirtual world, btw, and she's hopin' they are not fryin' in the sun even as she typeth), yea verily, even unto all these, at the end of the day, Am still marcheth mightily (or sometimes slowly 'n reluctantly) towards the quest for the weight management goal and then the physical perfection so far as it is possible o' her already (if she say it herself) fab body, 'cause, well, t'is the only body she possesseth, why not maketh it a good one, huh?

Tomorrow comes the Ceremony o' the Golden Scale o' Dietary Justice. Will it BE a golden scale in attendance or with the Evil False Lyin' No Goodnik Bad Scale Demon STEAL the Golden Scale 'n replace it with a malfunctionin' one o' dross metal that falsely reports a NONHAPPY WEIGH-IN! Film at 11.

Transmission ends, control of your TV set returns to your local station.

AM'S LITTLE LIST

Sunday: 1635, X=20 min walk

Monday: 1495, X=30 min walk with weighted vest, 40 min walk

Tuesday: 1770, X=40 min weights

Wednesday: 1490, X=140 min walk, 10 min jog/walk

Thursday: 1485, X=60 min walk, 40 min weights

Friday: NOT SURE, HAD HEAT ILLNESS EPISODE (literally, sugar calories accompanied recovery fluids and then Am drank slimfast every few hours, X=morning: walk with weighted vest 30 min, walk 40 min; afternoon and evening active outdoors on the job until becoming ill, recovered, active some more, feel fine now, hooray for me!)

Saturday: 1385, X=60 min EZ recovery walkabout, best thing ever!

Goal for week: Lose or maintain weight

Obstacles: Heat, general angst, the job, the usual excuses, yadda

"Can we do it? Uh, yeah, I think so." (quote from Bob the Builder show)



NOW COMETH THE CEREMONY O' THE GOLDEN SCALE! BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!

Oh Am, I am so sorry to hear about your heat episode and the break in. It's not a great feeling when you are violated like that. I hate that the green went for a walk. I know you are grateful that the animals were not harmed. Get those locks changed and make it more difficult for an intruder to gain entery. When I was in college I had wine bottles lined up across my two windows...hoping the thought of moving the bottles or the threat of broken bottles would be a deterent....that was the only alarm system I could afford8-| Seriously vary your routine, have lights on timers and leave the music on.

Sounds like you are contemplating life these days. I do that...not sure I come up with answers but I tend to feel like I do become more aware and grow from the process. It helps me to mellow out.


Here's a few sources for cooling vests....I don't kow if there is such an animal as a cooling weighted vest.

http://www.climatechsafety.com/?gclid=CJ_bn_e9q5QCFQOaFQodoAIQuA

http://www.steelevest.com/?gclid=CIONwLG-q5QCFQcmIgod0S0etA

http://www.tuffrhino.com/Cooling_Vests_s/47.htm?Click=20&source=google&segment=productpage&paidKeyword=cooling%20vests&adVariation=1&gclid=CKqYq4K-q5QCFQSwFQodgGBzuQ]

Hi, CJL! Thanks for the kind words and visit! That's a great trick re the wine bottles. Good idea.

THANKS for links re cooling vests. I've used cooling neckties but never knew there were vests! I'm going to take a look later.

I usually do ok in the heat as I've lived here 13 years. Not sure why I've been having these episodes lately! Huzzah!

comes the ceremony o' the golden scale! Am's weight down one pound! All hail the golden scale! Wazoo!

Hurray for the one lb. You are doing awesome.

Thanks, Smallfri!!! I appreciate the hurray 'n the visit! :wave:

Attention Earthlings: A quick meetin' o' the Am Will Lose Weight This Week Steering Committee took place at Sprouts Cafe this afternoon for the convenience o' all members, includin' Am, Am, Am, Am 'n Am, plus Diet Fairie, Calorie Watcher, Scary Exercise Fairie 'n some others.

Members o' the Am Will Maintain Weight This Week Committee also sat in on the meeting 'n asked to be notified of all future action in the Am Weight Management Project Sector, as they are ready and willin' to step in for a week or two if the Losers don't lose for some reason sometime.

Scary X Fairie 'n her sister Diet Fairie, with the help o' Calorie Watcher asked that a plan for the week be drafted and voted upon right then 'n there. It consisted of two parts, including:

EXERCISE PLAN

Sunday, 90 min walk, done

Monday, 30 min walk; 30 min walk with vest, all done in segments during work

Tuesday, weights, no specified time,do total body; jogwalk 20 or as desired

Wednesday, 90 min walk, can divide up if desired

Thursday, repeat Tuesday

Friday, repeat Monday

Saturday, anything goes, maybe Shred-type last chance workout, kick b*tt or kick back, no force or pressure to be applied on the front of discipline this week. Ask us if we care. (We do, actually)

General, add some yoga if desired, using the new game when we get it, before that, don't worry about it; add other elements as desired; kick b*tt or kick back depending on health and how the weight goals play out.

DIET

:keys: 1500 calories or less on average, high or low days ok-dokey, strive for nutrition but no real rules, aim for six small BFL type low glycemic meals, strive not to stress eat but if it happens, hey, no stress, Tuesday is Treat Day wherein REAL ice cream can be eaten or other BAD FOOD!

LIFESTYLE

Practice GWLBs all day every day (e.g., walk around more, slip in extra teeny workouts, don't stress eat (said that) or take care of some of the things causing stress in feeble brain, walk shopping cart back to the cart corral every single time, park far from the cart corral, round cals up not down when logging even if they should be rounded down, much more, take a nap, do yoga when game arrives or stretch (ok, we know Am knows how to do yoga and could go do some right now but we're waiting for the GAME), und so weiter, post Am's little list later.

All parties voted "yea" and everyone had a banana protein shake, even Am, who sometimes has a bad reaction to whole bananas but she only had a quarter for the potassium and this was whirred with immersion blender with Silk Light Plain Soymilk and Walden Calorie Free Maple Syrup. Earlier the group had a Bolthouse Farms Chai Tea Protein Shake.

Transmission ends. Control of your local TV station has been returned to the proper authorities.

Remember that Calorie Watcher is watchin' over a weight management station near YOU 'n is authorized to report BAD CALORIES to the proper authorities.

Hi AM,
WAY TO GO LADY, YOU ARE SO ROCKING :congrats: :cheer:!!!
You have worked hard and it payed off for you way to go!!!!!
Have a GREAT Monday!!!!
....Hugs, Millie

Huzzah 'n hugs back at ye, Millie! Thanks fer the visit!

Sunday, 1480, 90 min walk

Monday, TBD, TBD

Tuesday, TBD, TBD

Wednesday, TBD, TBD

Thursday, TBD, TBD

Friday, TBD, TBD

Saturday, TBD, TBD

Up way before dawn and exercised before sun hits, so posting my list with today's X update!

Sunday, 1480, 90 min walk

Monday, TBD, 40 min walk w/weighted vest, 10 min jog, 50 min walk

Tuesday, TBD, TBD

Wednesday, TBD, TBD

Thursday, TBD, TBD

Friday, TBD, TBD

Saturday, TBD, TBD

Hi AM,
Wow you where up early and working away! I wish I could be half as good as you are with working out! maybe some day I will get half way!
You should be very proud of your self!!!
Have a GREAT Tuesday!
...Hugs, Millie

Thanks, Millie!!!

Am hath just finished work work from the Black Lagoon and t'was a high eatin' day but ok food! Shall update the list up yonder and stop tryin' to think anymore today! lol

Hope your feeling better and safe. :) Scary.

Wow, your hanging tough. Way to go, your exercise plan looks cool.

Thanks, Prada 'n Jump! :wave: Re the X plan, yea, I am beginning to cover the bases again and see light at end of tunnel.

Re calories, couldn't control today, slipped away, Calorie Watcher just kept watchin' in astonishment as Am kept havin' healthy mini meals beyond the point where her final healthy mini meal would normally have occurred. :laugh: But ok dokey stuff so likely the high day will benefit the bod in the long run as it seeks equilibrium from all its stressors.

Am is not certain what would happen in life if there were no stress. She'd likely just take a lot more naps, which don't burn a lot of calories.

Everything seems to stress Am these days but there seems to be no answer as to how she should go about alleviating this, so sometimes it breaks out in food, which is ok once in awhile but the problem always is that slippery slope.

So Am has poured some concrete on the berm near the slope 'n won't go near it tomorrow, just in case.

Am's yoga game has been shipped so will play with that soon and work that peaceful element into life again. Not sure why the game is necessary as, again, Am is quite well versed in yoga and could have been doin' it every day for the past decade, but there it is, she wants the game.

Reflectin' today that I never go to the gym even though I pay for a membership and even though I be not a slacker and exercise daily and have a gym in my house with everything I need. Reflecting that I need the paid gym for socialization maybe but t'is just too much trouble to drive there. However, I will keep the membership until the end of the year and we'll see. Ok, that was the Entity Known as I just talkin' there. Pay no attention to him (he may be a him, we don't don't, he's a little strange).

Wow, this journal gets so very random on Black Lagoon Day, a result o' the fact that Am is sort of random in and of herself.

Well, whatever, we slog on. One thing is certain, THE GOAL IS IN SIGHT AND IT IS INFINITELY WORTH DOING, SO AM WILL NOT BE FAILIN' TO CONTROL CALS TOMORROW, though she regretteth not the extra food today as it falls under the category of calorie cycling in her book.

Am's Little List:

Sunday, 1480, 90 min walk

Monday, 2200, 40 min walk w/weighted vest, 10 min jog, 50 min walk

Tuesday, TBD, TBD

Wednesday, TBD, TBD

Thursday, TBD, TBD

Friday, TBD, TBD

Saturday, TBD, TBD

It is amazing how our bodies and minds react from day to day. Stress can send ya out to sea and it is hard to see land at times. Keep your compass handy and just keep heading back. Your steering committee is there waiting for your return and will be cheering you on. Congrats on losing a pound despite having a stressful week. You are strong and you rock!

"... emergency, emergency, emergency! :army: :air:

Well, not really, but the United Diet-ites, a pseudo-militaristic diet society of die-hard DIETERS that Am belongs to, got all nervous this mornin' re a breach yesterday in DietAmLand's defenses that allowed for calories to float in that were above 2000, which could be a sign of trouble, trouble, trouble in River Diet City, so the Head Diet-ite called Headquarters o' the Special Calorie Control Squad 'n asked that Calorie Martial Law be declared for 24 hours until the Sneaky Extra Calorie Demons :lil: could be rounded up 'n removed from the weekly average.

SO, Calorie Watcher is watchin' extra close today, diet kiddies, 'n Bad Evil Extra Calorie Demons :lil: had better go into hidin' 'cause ...

AM IS GOING TO LOSE OR MAINTAIN WEIGHT THIS WEEK!

No naysayers will be allowed in DietAmLand for 24 hours, at least! If anyone doubts that Am WILL LOSE OR MAINTAIN WEIGHT THIS WEEK, please check her sig line.

Transmission ends. Control of your local station will NOT be returned to the Civil Calorie Control Defense Department until further notice. All stations will be broadcastin' a compendium of pictures of the face of Calorie Watcher interspersed with bracin' addresses by the head Calorie Control Special Squad leader. Don't bother tryin' to turn that dial as there's nothin' else on. :cheer2:

I know AM will lose this week. I wish you much success at reaching all of your goals thanks for your support always. over and out huzzz

Thanks ye kindly, mate! Huzz!!!

I know AM will lose this week. I wish you much success at reaching all of your goals thanks for your support always. over and out huzzz

CJL, lass, Am mayhap posted her last entry at the same time as thee 'n she did not see thou hadst been here!!! Thanks!!! :wave: Huzzah!

Finished eatin' 'n exercisin' fer the day and as tomorrow be a heavy schedule, shall posteth this now! Huzzah!

Am's Little List:

Sunday, 1480, 90 min walk

Monday, 2200, 40 min walk w/weighted vest, 10 min jog, 50 min walk

Tuesday, 1440, 20 min walk, 40 min weights

Wednesday, TBD, 30 min jog/walk, 60 min walk

Thursday, TBD, TBD

Friday, TBD, TBD

Saturday, TBD, TBD

Sort of an island feel in Am's world today as she was up before the sun to get the exercise in 'n listenin' to island music on the MP3.

Muse for the day: Not mentally into the busy day, just wanna play (girls just wanna have fun, boys, too, methinks, anyhow, Am digresseth); thought occurreth that there be too much stress in Am's brain to lose weight this week, which is why she invited her virtual Maintenance Club members into the "meetin' o' the mind (singular)" yesterday. Today it occurreth to Am just to kick the Stress Demon :lil: out o' the cadre. So kind o' out o' the mode o' carin' what the world thinks (not referrin' to anyone on this forum, referrin' to the nonvirtual world o' Am, wherein she scuttles 'round 'n worries 'bout doin' things 'n thinkin' things 'n tryin' to please the unpleasable 'n that maketh her EAT TOO MUCH BAD FOOD!) ... so, the new plan is to kick back, relax, do the nonvirtual stuff but with ATTITUDE ... 'n hey, the message fer today in Am's brain is unrollin' as ...

"GIVE ME TWO NON-ALCOHOLIC PINATAS 'N LISTEN UP: AM IS GOING TO LOSE WEIGHT THIS WEEK! :beam:

Hi AM,
I see you are still doing wonderful.
Sorry about missing you yesterday. I got so busy then got tried after checking emails, I just went to bed.
Hope you are having a great day!
....Hugs, Millie

Huzzah, Millie! :wave: Glad ye got a good night's rest, Millie! And, yea, I'm havin' a pretty good day so far with some good financial news havin' presented itself. I still have to work tonight, though. Getting ready to cook chicken for a small meal before I go! Huzzah!

Muse for the day (yay): At a meetin' o' her many diet minds this a.m., Dieter Am 'n the Minds agreed that a new spirit o' relaxation 'n freedom had come upon all o' them 'n all in Diet Am Land (could have been that we did yoga, but could have been a lot o' things).

All agreed that sometimes t'is hard to see the things that are weighin' us down 'n interferin' with peace 'n mental clarity in the life o' a dieter lass, but now that cloud seems to have passed 'n Am hath sailed away into the land o' diet repose where all will be easy 'n she will enjoy this journey and this journal for awhile, although she's stoppin' in at BOOTCAMP :coach: :whip: :lapd: several times a week nevertheless to hedge all bets!!!

Calorie Watcher and other members o' the Am Will Lose Weight This Week Steering Committee have pledged to stay alert for the rest of the week.

Because, ye know, gentle reader, t'is like this: AM WILL LOSE WEIGHT THIS WEEK!

Yes, indeedy!

Am's Little List:

Sunday, 1480, 90 min walk

Monday, 2200, 40 min walk w/weighted vest, 10 min jog, 50 min walk

Tuesday, 1440, 20 min walk, 40 min weights

Wednesday, 1445, 30 min jog/walk, 60 min walk, 30 min walk (evening)

Thursday, TBD, 35 min weights (will update in yoga and walks later)

Friday, TBD, TBD

Saturday, TBD, TBD

IN THE INTEREST O' THE NEW DIETIN' SPIRIT, AM IS CLOSIN' THIS JOURNAL 'N MOVIN' INTO PHASE TWO, JUST A CONTINUATION OF THIS ONE. AM GETS CONFUSED WHEN JOURNALS GO ON TOO LONG, APPARENTLY! :wave: