hey gang, just checking in to say everything is okay. i just been so busy! hope you are all well. im going to read you entries then i have to go to a b-day party, so no time for personals yet again. but i am cheering you on silently from seattle wa!

-renee

Hi friends...yesterday was a great on plan day. YAY. I am grateful.

We went out for dinner with friends I hadn't seen in a while. Wow - everyone noticed my weightloss and congradulated me effort and complimented me. It felt so good. AND....I ordered plain grilled fish - it came with breading. My DH immediately said, You should send it back!. Good for him. Everything is a learning process.

Today.

I am almost done with the taxes - I'll take them to the accountant Monday.

I think Mom will come over for dinner.

meditation
lots of water
plan my food, journal & log food
stretches
heat and ice
PMA

breakfast - egg white scramble with ketchup, npnb toast, 1/2 banana
lunch - hummus and lite cheese on a ww wrap, spaghetti squash
snack - cottage cheese, apple
dinner - small pork chop on the grill, corn,
zucchini/mushroom/onion medley
snack - cereal, fruit, flax, milk

Have a wonderful Sunday, friends.

Good Morning! My arms and shoulders are really sore this am...must have been all of that scrubbing yesterday!

darkblue--Thanks! I think the pedo is working well...I just have to remember to put it on--that certainly helps!

math puppy--Thanks for popping in! I was wondering how you have been doing. Did you get the go ahead at the dr? If that's too personal and you don't want to share here, I totally understand! Hope you had fun at the bday party!

Beverlyjoy--Awesome! I think it's great when people notice our hard work! Yea for dh catching on so quick !!!

How is everyone else?

I did something really dumb yesterday....when I took the dogs for a walk I put on my old sneakers...the ones I should get rid of, but haven't. Well, last night my foot was really bothering me and it took me a while to figure out why. DUH! I know better! (I have a pinched nerve in my foot and wearing good shoes is important for that--and for my knee). So those sneakers are now gone. Today I will spend the day taking care of my foot. I haven't had to go back to the foot dr b/c it has been fine for a while now and I don't want to have to go back now, just because I made a bad choice! The good news is, it isn't super bad or anything, I think a day of ice/heat and pain meds will bring it around.

Have a great On Plan Day!

Yesterday, I did a 2 mile walk and I was on my feet organized my son's room and then I was walking up and down our stairs taking stuff to the basement. I feel it today!! So far today, I have a mile walk.

Hey beautiful ladies! Last night was date night with DH. We dropped DD at the Y for 4 hours! We had a lovely dinner, but I overate. =/ And when we got home, it was one of those terrible trigger times when you know you didn't eat as much as you could have, because you stopped yourself, and now you have to make up for the loss. Anyway. Yuck. I'm angry at myself. I don't know WHY I still think I need to eat a lot of food in order to have a good time. =/

I think the catayst for wanting the feed bag was because I was feeling guilty about leaving DD with strangers for a long period of time. She's sort of not used to that kind of situation, and so I don't think has learned to fend for herself. When we went to pick her up, she came running up and said, "I'm sooo done!" and then "I'm sooooo hungry!" "I'm so thirsty!!!!!!!!!!" and then cried the whole way home because she was so hungry and thirsty. It made me feel sad and guilty, and angry that none of the caretakers noticed. But maybe she didn't say anything to them. Who knows. She said she ate pizza and juice, but I generally let her eat when she wants to, and she's frequently not hungry during dinnertime but gets hungry an hour later. =/

But DH & I enjoyed it. We went shopping. I'm happy because I'm easily in size 24 now, compared to a 28 (or 30 if I hadn't been in denial) when I started three months ago. =/ So that makes me kinda happy.

Ok, I'm going to make breakfast and come back for personals.

Worked my butt off at the gym. I did 30 mins bike, 30 mins treadmill, and 10 on elliptical, which was all I could muster! My legs were sore. I'm curious how my weigh in goes tomorrow. The scale is dipping def below 280, but it's really hard to read because it's analog and it's at a weird part of the curve where the numbers and lines are really, really tiny.

Darkblue, you sound much better! Hope you're having a good OP weekend. How did your weigh in go?

Yay Scoobie! Good job on all your walks!!!

Hahahahaha, Beverly! I'm glad he apologized. That's such a funny answer -- "Why'd you listen to me??" =D Glad you worked it out with him and he's being supportive now. That's awesome about the compliments, too. =D That must make you feel so good.

mj, OMG owwwwwwwwwwwww! You poor thing. Wow. I must say, you handled falling off the bench with such grace! =D I hope your feet are okay today. I have similar problems with my feet -- I have no idea if it's a pinched nerve, but I have super high arches and if I wear shoes that constrict my feet in a certain way, I'll be in pain for a couple days.

Hi Math! Glad you had a moment to check in. Hope you had an OP day!

Schmoodle, hahahahahhaahha! I love the whoosh fairy!!! Congrats on the 180s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D THAT'S SO EXCITING!!! And seriously I don't think I could tell the difference between teh stair machine and the elliptical, either! lol Yes, we are entertaining for the gym rats, I think. I was doing crazy stuff on the elliptical today and I'm SURE someone was laughing inside their heads.

Hope everyone is doing well. =D So who is doing the virtual 5K? I very well may.....

Woohoo Darkblue! Congrats on the loss. =D

Wow, I know what you mean about food just not tasting as good as you think it did. I'm like that now, too. Our favorite Mexican restaurant where we used to eat our favorite fajitas? We don't even go there anymore because the food tastes so gross. Taste buds must change.

I also know that since I've stopped eating sugar, I can't even tell the difference between artificial and natural sugar. It all tastes the same to me now. =/ Kind of super sweet and gross. =/

Interesting changes, though, huh?

Hey everyone! Im back! I been so busy, but I have had all of you in mind the past couple days
Actually earlier today I was at the grocery store and accidentally found myself in front of the ½ off bakery section. Dun dun duhhh! And wouldn’t you know it, but my favorite snack was there. I picked it up and looked at it. It was those little pecan pies. The mini ones with the flaky crusts mmmmmm!. And they were half off!! Omahgawdomahgawd! For one milla second I thought I could take them up the counter and buy them.. but then I remembered my accountability friends, and how I would have to tell you all. So I put them back! And now I had an on plan day! Yay!

Oh, and no I didn’t snack the night away! Thanx for asking.
I better go, I want to get up early so I can get to the gym in time! I already know how painful it is to get up early for me, but I really want to make it a habit to work out every day!

Girlygirlsebas- 1.5 hours of hills? Wow! Hope you are having a op day today!

Mj-good job realizing how easy it is to fall into bad habits and do an on-demand exercise! That’s great. Omg I just read your gym story!!! Lol, I would have had to leave because I would be giggling way too much at myself!! Ha ha! Glad you didn’t get hurt! Oh, about the dr. no go. It was a sucky day. Especial since i have to pay the bill right after we got the bad news. Ouch! Fertility treatment is $$$!
But Thanks for asking, that’s whey makes you guys my support group! Hee hee

Purplefirefly- how are you doing?

Spiffy- good job exercising!

Bigtx- lol about hair plug guy! That too funny. With ellipticals I usually just hold on, and I don’t think that’s a good thing! Lol, sometimes I take my hands off and just swing them like im walking ( I know I look crazy) just so I don’t hunch over on the machine. I think the worst thing you can do for yourself is the hunch over on the machine. Abs tight, stand up straight. Push or pull. Have fun. At least you are out there doing it! I love the gym! Awww sorry about your dd being so hungry/thirsty! I bet she didn’t tell them because she was in a new environment. Sounds like something I would have done as a kid. The more she goes there, the easier it will be for her, just make sure she knows that all she has to do is ask for some water/ juice!

Darkblue- I like health food now, and I noticed that I don’t like a lot of junk food anymore. I think a lot of it, for me, was a reaction to the fat and carbs. Not the actual taste of the food. Of course when I am eating a million miles a minute, its hard to taste anything. The good part is, that makes it that much easier to stay on plan right?

Bevjoy- oh bev Im sorry you had such a bad interaction with your dh. Its your body, you should get to choose what goes into it! Looks like he reacted well. I laughed when he told you to send the breaded fish back! Lol!

Schmoodle- whoooosh!!! Ha ha! Congrats that’s so exciting!

Avi- most people have problems at night. I know I do. That why I check in right before bedtime. Its easier to not cheat when I have my checkin looming over me!

Ginger- sorry you’re still in hurts-ville.

Scoobie- good job on those stairs!