Soon To Be Skinny Sooner

Yuck…

s2bssooner — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:20:58 +0000

…I’ve been dealing with a flu bug all week, so sorry about the lack of updates/posts. I’ll be back next week, GLW.

Posted in Weight Management

Down five pounds

s2bssooner — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:04:34 +0000

Unreal. My biggest loss in a month comes a week after Thanksgiving. I must have done something right. Hopefully, my good, clean living will translate into an OU victory Saturday.

Boomer Sooner, and Keep the faith
-s2bs Sooner

Posted in Weight Management Tagged: Thanksgiving, Weight loss, Weight Management

Surviving Thanksgiving

s2bssooner — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:34:31 +0000

The trick wasn’t so much making it through the day. I’d already decided that I wasn’t going to make myself miserable by forgoing so many of the once-a-year treats Turkey Day offers, so I enjoyed and even indulged some. I did use some of the techniques I’ve learned on the journey, such as waiting 20 minutes before going back for seconds and taking plentiful portions of veggie and salad. Mrs. s2bs also made almost all of the dishes, and found recipes on Weight Watchers that made the sweet potato souffle, the turkey and the stuffing not overly-ridiculous, calorie-wise.

The bigger issue proved to be getting back on the road. I did take in a dinner and a next-day lunch of leftovers, which wasn’t what I was hoping to do. However, we did make one big decision that I think will pay off in the long run. We didn’t take any leftovers home. The banana pudding, pecan pie and pounds of turkey stayed with my mother-in-law, and we came back to a fridge full of the stuff we know we can eat and manage. That, I think, will help keep my day or two of decadence from becoming a surrender of some of the gains I’ve made. I’m hoping to break even at weigh-in this week, and move down the road from there.

Boomer Sooner (OU has as much right as Texas does to the trip to Kansas City) and Keep the Faith!

-s2bs Sooner

Posted in Weight Management Tagged: Oklahoma Sooners, Thanksgiving, Weight loss, Weight Management, Weight Watchers

A rough week on the road…

s2bssooner — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:38:28 +0000

I spent quite a bit of time on the road last week, driving from town to town. It was quite a challenge finding places three or more times a day to eat healthy food. I did discover, however, that the nice truck stops, like Love’s , Travel Centers of America and Flying J do offer a pretty wide selection of fruits, vegetables and other healthy snacks (along with a wide array of complete crap). They’re ubiquitous along interstates, and usually have pretty clean restrooms to boot. Check them out if you have a chance.

Also, Buffalo Wild Wings is another of the growing list of chain restaurants that now provides nutritional information about its selections, although for now, they only give it out by request via e-mail. Thanks to them, at any rate, for providing this information.

Boomer Sooner, and Keep the Faith!
-s2bs Sooner

Posted in Notes from the Road, Weight Management Tagged: Buffalo Wild Wings, truck stops, Weight loss, Weight Management

I happened across…

s2bssooner — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:11:21 +0000

…this blog, which is written by Molly Erdman, she of Sonic commercial fame.

She talks about the FullBar, which claims to simulate the effects of gastric bypass surgery. According to FullBar’s folks, you simply eat the bar with a big glass of water, wait 30 minutes, and you won’t be hungry.

Molly answers this with a really good point. This “trick,” for lack of a better word, will work with just about any small, healthy snack and a big glass of water. Try that before you get to go out to dinner, or before a big social gathering. You’ll be less inclined to overeat.

Boomer Sooner, and Keep the Faith!

-s2bs Sooner

Posted in Weight Management Tagged: Molly Erdman, Weight loss, Weight Management

Been a while…

s2bssooner — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:37:10 +0000

…sorry. Things happen, I guess. It’s weird. I’m not doing anything out of the ordinary, but, in the last week, it just seems like the day has gotten away from me. I’ll try to do better about the blog, I promise.

We’ve got a new president, so good luck and God speed, Mr. President-elect. You’ve got some work ahead of you.

As to my journey, it’s been moving right along. After a week of maintaining my weight after a trip to Vermont, I’m down another five pounds, with hopefully even more gone tomorrow. A couple of people stopped me at the gym and mentioned that they’ve noticed the improvement. Since these folks get to see me in all of my glory, or lack thereof, in the locker room, I’ll take that as an pretty good compliment.

Boomer Sooner, and Keep the Faith!

-s2bs Sooner

Posted in Weight Management Tagged: Barack Obama, Weight loss, Weight Management, YMCA

Going out of business…

s2bssooner — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:53:29 +0000

…not me, but the Dillard’s at Crossroads Mall in OKC. I bought a ton of stuff a size too small, as motivation, and as a cheap way to replenish my dwindling wardrobe.
I’ve also got a weigh-in tomorrow, which I hope goes well.

I’ll be more wordy tomorrow, I hope. I’ve been working on this for a while this week.

Boomer Sooner, and Keep the Faith!

-s2bs Sooner

Posted in Weight Management

Healthy concessions

s2bssooner — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:31:27 +0000

I recently read an article about healthy options at concession stands. It’s a fantastic idea, but one that I’m sad to say has not taken root most places.

At the movies last night, there were no options that didn’t involve popcorn candy, nachos or hot dogs. The same is largely true of the fare offered at Owen Field, sadly (they do have a wider array of items, but no really healthy options) and at other sports venues I’ve been too in the Oklahoma City area.

I think it would be easy and helpful if venues would augment, not replace their menus with a few healthy items.

(Ed’s note: I’d hoped to have a poll to go along with this, but no soap so far. Seems to be an issue with polldaddy. Check back.)

Boomer Sooner, and Keep the Faith!
-s2bs Sooner

Posted in Weight Management Tagged: Concessions, Oklahoma City, weight loss weight management

115 pounds of clothes…

s2bssooner — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:10:45 +0000

…at least, it seems that way. I got a call from AMVETS earlier this week, asking if I had any donations for their every-six-weeks-or-so trip trough my neighborhood.

“Lady,” I thought, “is this ever your lucky day.”

Clothes from the beginning of my journey

Two and a half sacks, plus a suitcase, full of clothes I’ve undergrown.

This, I think is a great day on many levels:
1. AMVETS is a truly worthy cause, an aid organization for veterans.
2. The obvious self-gratification of putting more X’s on the street and on display than a French-Quarter porno store (clothes for us large people are sized by Xs. 4xl, 5xl, etc. I was in the 5-6xl range when this started, now in the 2-4xl range, depending on the type of clothing and the manufacturer).
3. Knowing that there are quite a few needy people out there that can’t easily get large-sized clothing, and that this might help.

I don’t actually know if it was 115 pounds of clothes. But, it was a suitcase that typically weighs 40-45 lbs. when full, plus two sacks that seemed at least that heavy. So, if anything, 115 pounds might be an understatement, though, to be fair, it wasn’t all clothes that we gave away.

But, it’s interesting to think that all those bags I lugged from our back bedroom to our porch (further than it might sound, given the unconventional layout of our house) are a pretty visual and tactile representation of how far I’ve come. So I’ll stick with 115 pounds.

Boomer Sooner, and Keep the Faith!

-s2bs Sooner

Posted in Weight Management Tagged: AMVETS, big and tall, Weight loss, Weight Management

NFTR Visual Edition No. 3

s2bssooner — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:13:41 +0000

The Ramp

The view from the top of the ramp. It may not be Everest, but it’s beautiful to me.

Vermont

Mr. and Mrs. s2bs Sooner on Okemo Mountain near Ludlow, VT.

Posted in Notes from the Road, Weight Management Tagged: Okemo Mountain, Oklahoma Sooners, Owen Field, Vermont, Weight loss, Weight Management