Week 9, Friday, supper, exercise, bedtime snack and recap

supper= 2 bbq chicken tenders, 1/2 cup mac and cheese, one CAN of green beans (LOL), one pc toast and jelly...491 cals

bedtime snack=fiber one bar...140 cals. (I love these things, can you tell?)

I had 78 cals to spare!

I mowed the yard....so along with my walking from earlier, I walked a total of 2 miles (55 minutes).

Running points balance is: 140 (I'm outta the hole again!)

I'm busy prepping for next week which is going to be time crunched between school, revival and walking 30 miles. whew! but I CAN and WILL do it! I'm planning to do things tonight and tomorrow to make next week easier...such as ironing ahead and cooking ahead so it can just be microwaved...oh and planning my meals so I don't even have to think "what are we gonna eat?".

ttyl,

Amy...aka that TOPS lady

Week 9, Friday, lunch and 2nd snack

3 pm....hot dog, pc of toast with cheese, pudding....485 cals

5:44 pm....fiber one bar

I walked 1.5 miles at the track (35 minutes)

I'm resting a few minutes then I'm going outside to mow the yard.

Week 9, Friday, breakfast and 1st snack

11 a.m. breakfast.....1 cup spaghetti and 2 pc toast ..one with jelly....516 cals.

1 pm ....first snack....100 cal bag of cookies.

A TOPS friend called me this morning and told me that she was going to make a donation towards my trip to SRD! She also had a pedometer that she is giving me.

I made my hotel reservations for SRD today. We are staying at the Radisson in Tulsa and we got the LAST room that had 2 beds! It is a smoking room and we don't smoke (we'll have to bring some smell good stuff) but I was going to be SO SAD if I didn't get a room! Sounds like I called just in the nick of time!!!!!!!!

We watched The Muppet Show while we ate breakfast. Now it is time to get busy around here!

ttyl,

that TOPS lady

Week 9, Thursday, supper, snacks, exercise and recap

I didn't follow the "meal, snack, meal, snack, meal, snack" and "eat every 2 hours" plan very well today. It was just a weird day.

Supper was one roll and 1.5 cups spaghetti....634 cals

Then I had 4 of these sugar wafers......150 cals

Later I had an ice cream cone........150 cals

And hubby was eating while we watched a movie, so I wanted something...I had 6 pb crackers...200 cals

I had 2,134 cals! I honestly didn't even figure my cals until just now. (shame, shame) Tomorrow is definetly back to the meal, snack, meal, snack plan! I am low on my usual snack stuff and I think that is what threw me off. I went over my cal limit by 184 cals.

I did a lot of walking today. I'm really starting to enjoy it! Hubby asked me to run an errand this evening (he was going to stay home with the kids while I ran it) and I put on my walking shoes because I was *thrilled* about sneaking in a lap when kids weren't my responsibility! Too bad I got a really bad stomach ache during the first lap. I sped off to my church (which was the nearest non-public bathroom) and by then I figured I'd better go ahead and run hubby's errand and get home. He is going to start sending the kids with me if my little errands start taking half the night. LOL

I walked a total of 1.8 miles today. 31 minutes. I'd love to have an hour every day that I could exercise and the kids be happily occupied at the same time. That is one downside of homeschooling.

I will be getting an hour in every day next week----occupied kids or not!--- because of the walkathon. Whew! I'm actually looking forward to it. The thing I need to focus on the most next week is time management, because I have a lot of walking to do AND we have schoolwork AND we are in revival that week at church. So, yes, I will be busy.

Thanks for reading, all you wonderful people out there in cyberland.

Goodnight,

Amy aka that TOPS lady

Running points balance: neg 38

Week 9, Thursday, lunch

1 cup chicken flavored noodles, 5 crackers, hot cocoa, 2 cups cheerios with 1 cup 1% milk=720 cals......3 p.m.

I am feeling kind of yucky today. I could just crawl back in bed and sleep but I won't for 2 reasons. #1 I don't want to give in to it. #2 I have too much to do around here.

I plan to go to the track at 4 and walk.

ttyl,

thatTOPSlady

Week 9, Thursday, breakfast and feeling "small"

Nothing sounded good this morning...and I need to buy groceries. I ended up eating a can of sliced potatoes, 1 piece of cheese and OJ for 280 cals. I ate at 11:45 because I slept until 11 because I was up until around 3 with 70 mph winds and the tornado siren going off. It was a long night.

I have a black skirt that I wear to church ALL THE TIME. However, as my stomach and behind must be getting smaller, my skirt was getting longer! Now, I wear really long skirts anyway, but when my foot kept getting caught in the skirt and I looked in the mirror and saw how tacky it was looking, I put the skirt in the sewing pile. I hemmed it yesterday. Cut off about 4 inches! And it is still long! Just not too long. It is perfect now. I also put on a blouse that I haven't worn in a while. I always wear it as a "jacket" over another shirt because it just looks better that way AND because it wouldnt' button. However, it buttoned yesterday!!! All of the way down! I got all excited and was telling hubby "Babe! Isn't this awesome! Look! Look! It is buttoned!". He was like "that's good". But he just wansn't nearly as excited as I was!

After that I looked for my heels (despite the fact that I am already 6' tall, I like to wear heels when I am feeling not so fat). I walked into church feeling like Mrs. America. LOL Isn't it funny how a little victory like buttoning a shirt can make you feel like you are a size 10? haha It was a good feeling anyway.

P.S. The sonic cup in the pic is my water. I drink 2 sonic cups full of water per day.

Have a great day!

:) Amy...aka that TOPS lady

Week 9, Wednesday, bedtime snack and recap

After church hubby said "Let's get an ice cream" and I said "McDonalds!". I'd like to say my cone was 150 cals, but this cone was really big...so...I have to be honest and count it as 200. I didn't have my camera with me.

I walked 1 mile today (22 mins).

I had 93 calories leftover.

Total running points balance is: 46. I'm finally out of the hole!

Week 9, Wednesday, afternoon snack and supper

snack= fiber one bar...140 cals

supper= 1/3 of a 6" sub sandwich and 2 fiber one bars (I was really wanting those fiber one bars today apparently!)....397 cals

(sorry...no pic of sub)

Week 9, Wednesday, Lunch

tv dinner and 100 cal cookie pack....480 cals

Week 9, Wednesday, 1st snack

1:30 pm.........fiber one bar.......140 cals

Week 9, Wednesday, breakfast

500 cal breakfast......11:30 a.m.............2 pc thin slice ham, 1 pc toast (half with jelly), 3 scrambled eggs, half piece cheese.

Week 8, Tuesday, supper, snack, exercise, weigh-in

Supper was 2 McDonald's burgers= 500 cals
Bedtime snack was Mickey D's cone.
I had 13 cals left.
I walked 2 and 1/3 miles today! 56 minutes.
Running points balance is negative 147.
I finally finished watching Lonesome Dove.
It is 11:52 pm and it is storming like crazy.
I plan to sleep in tomorrow.
I lost another 2.5 pounds! That makes 14 and 1/4 total in 8 weeks! I was the best loser at TOPS. I announced that I am going to go to SRD and I passed out sponsor requests.
I am just thrilled that I am actually doing this! This weight loss/diet thing is different than anytime before. This time it is for real. and for life. Just the fact that hubby said yes to us attending SRD lets me know that he sees a difference too. Wow. That is so exciting!
I'm off to read a few blogs while I keep an eye on the weather.
Goodnight and thanks for being my cyber friends :)
-that TOPS lady
P.S. My computer is not recognizing my USB port for some reason, so I can't upload any pics. You all know what ice cream and hamburgers look like anyway. LOL Just scroll down a ways. There are plenty of ice creams and hamburgers through the pages of this blog! ;)

not the best choice

I just ate 6 Hershey's kisses that snuck their way into my house in the name of a Mother's Day present. That's 132 cals..............and I'll count it as my afternoon snack although it was about as filling as air. oh well.

Week 8, Tuesday, lunch

No, I didn't eat all of that! But the pic shows the ingredients. I had 4 pieces of thin sliced deli ham 84 noodles with tomato sauce. 515 cals. ;)

I am so sleepy. The FOUR hours of sleep I got last night just isn't cutting it. Sleepiness is one of my binge triggers, so I'm watching for that today, so I can slap its face if it suggests something stupid like driving through Braums for an extra large butter pecan and chocolate almond malt.

Poor hubby got the same 4 hours of sleep and he has to teach new convert's class at church tonight. Poor guy!

I think I will be in snoozeland before he even gets home.

Week 8, Tuesday, morning snack

11:30 a.m..........fiber one bar. 140 cals.

Week 8, Tuesday, breakfast and WALK-A-THON info

I've been up 3 hours, so I guess I'd better eat. I'm just not an early eater. 500 cals worth of bran flakes with 1% milk is my breakfast, here at 8:30 a.m.

Walk-a-thon! Durning the week of May 17-23 (aka next week), I am going to walk 30 miles to raise money for SRD! I can hear your questions -- "What is SRD?" and "Have you ever walked 30 miles in a week before?".

"What is SRD?"-- SRD stand for State Recognition Days. It is a TOPS event. It is when the TOPS queen and king are crowned and lots of weight loss award winners are presented. There are also a lot of nutrition and exercise seminars going on throughout the 2 day event. It will be held May 29 & 30 at the Radisson in Tulsa.

And I WANNA GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I do not have the $$$$$ to go. Hence, the walk-a-thon. I am sending a "please sponsor me" letter to my aunts and uncles. If any of my cyber friends would like to help, that would be awesome too! ANY amount--even 5 bucks--will help. While I am at SRD, I am going to try to have my pic made with "the queen" and everyone who sponsored me will recieve a thank you letter and a pic of me with the queen :) please? Don't feel bad if you are financially strapped right now. I understand. But for the others who can, I thank you so much!

On to question #2- "Have you ever walked 30 miles in a week before?" and the answer to that is a HUGE no. Looking back over my exercise log, I think the most I have ever done in a 7 day period is 9 miles. So, yes, that is going to be a huge walk for me. But I can do it!

ttyl,

Amy aka that TOPS lady

Week 8, Monday, supper and recap

I haven't eaten yet, but I made my plate, took the pic, and put the food in the microwave. I plan to eat around 9:30 tonight...while sitting in my bed and watching Lonesome Dove (yes, I am STILL watching that movie...it is so long and I only have time to see it in short spurts).

Supper is chicken helper, corn, green beans and a 100 cal bag of shortbread cookies. 475 cals.

Today's total cals is: 1,864...a whole 86 cals under the limit! I'll tell you, this eating every 2-3 hours REALLY helps! I have not been hungry. yay!

I had a reader comment on the weird things I eat for breakfast. I admit, I do eat nontraditional breakfast foods quite often. The good thing is, it doesn't hurt anything! ;)

Tomorrow is TOPS day. I love Tuesdays!

Also, on tomorrow's blog, I plan to have all of the info about my walk-a-thon! Oh, and Sean, if you are reading this....... how far is Ponca City from Tulsa? I am going to be (by faith I am going to be) in Tulsa the last Friday and Saturday of this month at TOPS state recognition days!

Thanks for reading!

Until tomorrow,

I'm that TOPS lady

(running points balance is negative 260 but its getting better!)

Week 8, Monday, early bedtime snack

I had to run to town this evening around 7 or so and I decided to get a McDonalds cone and do away with tonight's bedtime snack. I don't need a bedtime snack since supper is so late tonight anyway. 150 cals

Week 8, Monday, afternoon snack

4 pb crackers....134 cals.....6:10 p.m.

Week 8, Monday, lunch

3:30 pm.........small salad consisting of 2 boiled eggs, lettuce and 2 tbsp dressing, 2 pb crackers, 1 sugar free pudding, 2 thin slices ham. 500 cals.