Cat update...

I lost two pounds this week. The week of thanksgiving! How did you all do?

Cat weight loss...

I lost a pound!.. woohoo!....)

Nothing new...thank heavens!

We both maintained this week.
I have been on-call all week which means several middle of the night calls and deliveries. So when I am home, I sleep. Hence, exercise has been poor on my part while my calorie intake has, um, not slowed down any. I guess I am just lucky Tammy has hid the halloween candy!
Next Sunday we'll be reporting from Cali. I better work hard this week because we all know that long car trips are not very friendly to the waist-line!

Cat weight loss...

I lost 2 lbs...hopefully it was fat and not muscle!

This week...

... I maintained.. I sure do a lot of that!... This week we will see how the chemo effects (or is affects) my appetite... I really never am hungry anymore but I just eat out of habit ( and the fact that they have so much good food around here!- strawberries, salads, turkey, chicken, and foods that I will not be able to eat after wednesday) At first I kept telling myself "i need to eat to keep my strength up) then I found out that part of my treatment would entail prednisone (a steriod known for uping your appitite and causing weight gain.) So I stopped eating so much thinking.. I can't gain weight now if I am gonna gain weight on chemo. But now that I have read all the other drugs side effects and how all 7 of them include loss of appitite, and weight loss I hope that the predisone will really just couteract the other drugs and not cause weight gain. Who knows we will see. Good luck to you this week!

Thank Goodness for Exercise

Okay, so I never fare so well in October, like I said last month, it's scary! Anyway, after an entire month, all I did was maintain and it's amazing I did because I ate tons of candy. It was all over my house and I just couldn't help it. I need some of Tammy's will power. Seriously, who loses weight the week of Halloween? You go girl! Unlike Mark's previous post, I do attribute my maintenance to exercise. I'm sure I would have gained several pounds if I hadn't been consistent and exercised at least four days a week. So I say Kudos to exercise!

Steady as she goes...

So both Tammy and I maintained this week.
I was really hoping to lose those 2lbs I gained back last week (which I actually did if you count my weight Friday morning). Throughout the week I ran a total of 17 miles and played racquetball with Troy (without injury this time!)...hence the 2 lb loss by Friday. However, this goes to show you that you can't exercise all week and then decide Friday and Saturday to eat at Carl's Jr. and McDonald's as well as pig out on Halloween candy and expect to magically keep those 2 lbs off! Oh well!

Let the Holidays Begin...

I just read Roy the lastest blogs and we were both in stitches. He said we are excited about everybody's progress (or lack thereof) and found all the excuses very entertaining so we thought we would join you. He also said he stressed all week about weather or not he had a job or had to move so he "Stress Ate" more that his fair share. However, the job thing is still good (for a least another year) and no "moves" in the works so that excuse is as gone as Halloween. Actually we heard about a great idea and tried it this year. "Money for candy". We gave our kids each $5 if they gave us all their uneaten candy on Halloween night, $3 for the next night and $1 for Sunday night. I was so surprised and excited that Karen and Hyrum both took us up on the offer for Halloween night. You should have seen them during scriptures however - shoving it down as fast as they could. David gave it up on Sat. for $3. What a great, WONDERFUL treat to have all of it hidden away for a night at the movies, thrown away and given away. Not one candy wrapper could be found Saturday afternoon. And the best thing was between the $ and all the candy they could eat that night, nobody even felt cheated.

Anyway, Roy said he really did lost 3/4 of a pound but Cat said he can just save that up until he reaches a whole pound. I maintained AGAIN and although I am going to have to actually work out a little more to get up to you "10-13 pound losers" I am UP TO THE CHALLENAGE. So bring on the holiday cookies, fudge and pies!

California weight loss

Teri lost 1 lb and Mom lost .5 lb... (and they said I could update it too!)

Up and Down!

Perhaps we should rename the blog with that title: Wardle Family Ups and Downs! It sure has been the major theme! I am glad to see that the downs tend to out number the ups.
So here is the skinny (and the not so skinny) on the weight report:
DOWN: Tammy - 2.5 lbs
UP: Mark - 2 lbs of candy corn (with a few other varieties of sweets in there as well!).
So I am back down to 9lbs total loss. I do have to say that with my "on-court vasectomy" that Troy gave me last Friday, I was sort of out of commission with regards to exercise for most of the week! So Tyler blames Cancer and Pizza, and I blame Troy and the racquetball! By the way...I guess Tammy and I are done having kids! Ha Ha Ha.

weight loss for the bachelorette?

I lost .5 lbs!.. woohoo... and that with candy around... how did everybody else do?

The Bachelor

Well, as a relative bachelor, I guess it's my job to actually post
for myself now! I don't really have any weight loss to report, but hey, I blame the CANCER! Why you might ask. It's not my fault I'm alone with no wife, and a Walmart full of frozen pizzas. Seriously, I think I've eaten more frozen pizza in the last 2 1/2 weeks than I did when I was single in college. So, pizza and cancer, those are my enemies!

Death by Candy Corn

Let's just say I am a few candy corn heavier than I was previously. We'll update this week. We have Fast Sunday on our side!

Thousand Pounds

I just heard a little saying that I felt fit me to a tee. This old guy said that his wife had lost a thousand pounds. It just happend to be the same 5 lbs over and over again. If we are counting those 5 lbs, then I think I may have won! I just can't get over the 230 mark. Adam, Brett, Braydon, Jace and I hiked over 30 miles this last week and still nothing. We even carried a gun for extra weight. Mabey if we had something to run after I could have lost some weight. Just so you know where I am Kat, still at the 230 mark.

Troy

Where is everybody?

So I weighed my self this morning.. and I have maintained! How about every body else.. it has been a while sine anyone has updated!.. HELLO OUT THERE!.. (echo, echo, echo?...)

Amy and Brett

I talked to both at the party tonight. Amy says they are just coasting along at the same place: Maintenance City. I hear the view of that city is better from their place then it is from mine! Just a few more pounds and I'll buy a lot next to theirs...I hope. -Mark

ooops!

We forgot to weigh this morning and me and the boys leave for Califonia tomorow.. so next week I will have to weigh in on their scale... we will have to update then... sorry didn'y have time to call Saunya and Roy... Hopefully we will see all the Utahins Wednesday or so.. laterz!

Feeling down...

And DOWN never felt so good!
Tammy is down 2.5 lbs from last week and I lost the 2 lbs I had gained back the week before.
Of course with the birthday party tonight...

Plateau City?

No, that's not it, it's more like a roller coaster ride. This past month has been filled with ups and downs. Fortunately, the ups have not outnumbered the downs. Unfortunately, the downs barely outnumbered the ups. I only lost 1/2 a pound this month so I'm at 13.5. Pretty sad, huh? I'll try to get back on track. As for Troy, that strep throat really didn't help. He gained those four pounds right back. So, his total is back to 6 pounds. I know, we're not doing too well and the scary thing is we're heading into the bad months. Scary!

The Water Diet!

So Roy's secret made me remember when we had to drink a certain amount of water per day for a "Healthy Challenge" we had at work a few years ago. It was such a memorable time that I decided to put my thoughts to a poem:

The Water Diet

We are 60% water already
But why not add some more.
It’s the fad, the latest diet -
Water, water, water galore!

I’d like to take a little time
And spell out all that’s great
About our friend, Mr. H2O,
There’s much to celebrate!

A little water before you eat
And you should fill up fast.
Then after dinner, to stay feeling full
Just down another glass.

And when that cheeseburger stares at you,
A very tasty temptation,
Just drink a gallon of our pal water -
You’ll lose that craving sensation!

And then perhaps, if your stomach’s small,
That is not all you will lose.
Eating will then be the last on your mind -
Oh what glorious news!

And let’s not forget all the exercise!
Yes water will make you go ZOOM.
At work, at play and even at night -
ZOOM! ZOOM! ZOOM to the bathroom!

So you can see how water can be
A great way to lose some weight.
So drink it right up, and have some to spare
Doesn’t the water diet sound great!