Hubby and I are going out to an Italian restaurant for dinner tonight. I hope I can behave! I've already picked out what I'm going to have. It's a pasta dish with olive oil, oregeno, feta cheese, greek olives and romano cheese. My biggest challenge will be portion control. I think I'll ask for a to go box right up front and put half of it away before I eat.
Hubby and I are going out to an Italian restaurant for dinner tonight. I hope I can behave! I've already picked out what I'm going to have. It's a pasta dish with olive oil, oregeno, feta cheese, greek olives and romano cheese. My biggest challenge will be portion control. I think I'll ask for a to go box right up front and put half of it away before I eat.
That is an excellent plan!! It is something we all should do when we go out to eat.
so, I weighed in as low as 222 yesterday but then today I was 225! and, I didn't eat too many calories or unhealthy food. So may be salt, may be water, who knows. Hopefully I get back to 222 ASAP
I like to do this when I eat at a restaurant, although I don't always have the willpower to do it
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Originally Posted by Garnet2727
Hubby and I are going out to an Italian restaurant for dinner tonight. I hope I can behave! I've already picked out what I'm going to have. It's a pasta dish with olive oil, oregeno, feta cheese, greek olives and romano cheese. My biggest challenge will be portion control. I think I'll ask for a to go box right up front and put half of it away before I eat.
I did some Fall yard work in order to stay out of the kitchen. I didn't get done, but I made progress outside! No weight loss this week. Yo-yoing around + or - a couple pounds. Next project is to clean the refrigerator!
Going2be, I knew it wouldn't take long for some of the last forum to move to this one! I like the 10 pound increments better though I think!
Garnet, that's a great idea! for portion control!
It's been a pretty emotional time for me... I'm still doing goo on the weight loss, taking it slow, not getting frustrated. now if only the rest of my life would align.
Ah! The agonies of daily weighing! Back up to 221.2. I committed no real crimes against the scale - just a low sleep night. Still hope to make 219.somsthing by Sunday.
I have a lunch date today. His idea. Eating is not the most attractive human activity. But it's a first date and I really like him, so I will not be subjecting him to my unique way of eating just yet. So I am saving my calories, and I will eat something that I can easily manage so the food won't be a distraction from my delightful personality. ;-) It might be carby, so the scale may continue to rise, but should not derail my official Sunday weigh in.
Hello everyone I hope all is well Im still fighting to get out of the 220s just wi at 226 with clothes and shoes on so I think its safe to say Im 224. Still pushing I need to see the two teens this month!
I'm relatively confident that I'll dip below last week's weigh-in of 235.5 tonight, but then again I was confident of a loss last week and had gained! Home scale says 231, but it's apparently not consistent with the official scale so I don't know why I keep checking it.
I've realized that I've lost 3" off my waist since May. I really wish I'd have measured back in March but oh well, for that matter I wish I'd have measured at my highest. I've lost a couple of inches off my underbust and an inch off my bust as well.
My husband and I have been trying to take nightly walks with our pups, and as we were out last night I remarked how nice it is that he's been willing to take these walks with me now. I reminded him that when we got our first puppy last year he wasn't at all interested, and he replied that he's lost weight and has had more energy since. We're both eating better and are more active. And as we were talking about it, I realized that he no longer has to slow down to meet my pace like in the old days. That was a pretty great feeling! I've lost 50 pounds since we first started dating, and he's probably lost 40-45. I still need to lose 25 more before I catch up with him though.
I'm still trying to stay off of the scale until Saturday. I was really tempted to get on it this morning but I got sidetracked and drank a big glass of water...no way was I weighing after that. I can't tell whether or not I feel slimmer. I know that I'm all over the place with sizes. I can fit into some 14s, 16s and 18s (although the 18s are really too big and I should probably stop wearing them).
Just sticking with everything today. I did a little more than 30 minutes of the Plyometrics dvd from P90X this morning and it was a killer haha. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would based on what a lot of people have said about it being their least favorite workout but I thought it was cool. Doing upper/lower/abs strength training tomorrow with a bit of cardio either with jumping rope, jumping jacks, or running.
This has been a crazy week for hubby at work, he's been having to stay about an hour longer than usual, a lot of crazy stuff has been going on but thankfully his weekend begins tonight once he gets off work. I still have two more days but I am soooo ready for the weekend. I am feeling a little crampy and bloated today, so I know it's almost TOM. Not looking forward to the scale Friday but I'll just continue on my plan and roll with the punches. Not sure what to make for dinner tonight, but we have to make a grocery trip soon and I'm trying to load up on healthy recipe ideas before we go!
I'm still trying to stay off of the scale until Saturday. I was really tempted to get on it this morning but I got sidetracked and drank a big glass of water...no way was I weighing after that. I can't tell whether or not I feel slimmer. I know that I'm all over the place with sizes. I can fit into some 14s, 16s and 18s (although the 18s are really too big and I should probably stop wearing them).
I feel you! I have everything from a 12 to 22 in my closet, and at least one p[iece of clothing in each size that fits. Ugh. And as far as the one that are too big, et rid of them. Don't give yourself the option of them fitting again!
Hi Everyone! I'm back from being offline for 3 weeks. In that time I made it into the 30's !!! I poked a long with halves and 1's and then POW! A 4 pd loss showed up Sat morning putting me at 238. This also put me halfway to onderland from where I began. My next goal is 132 where I offially let go of being morbidly obese. I can't begin to tell you how much that means to me.
I got out of the 240's today, I weighed in at 237.8. So glad to be out of the 240's. I haven't lost much weight this year. Was in the 250's and 240's most of the year. Good Luck, Everyone!
Congratulations and Welcome VickieLou, sometimes slow and steady is better than sprinting. It seems like it took me forever to get out of the 280s and 270s. Now I'm almost out of the 230s. You can do it.
It is something we all should do when we go out to eat.
for portion control! 
Home scale says 231, but it's apparently not consistent with the official scale so I don't know why I keep checking it. 
I've lost a couple of inches off my underbust and an inch off my bust as well.
