peanut: I'm so sorry to hear that you had to have surgery, and have been in the hospital. I hope you are doing ok and are resting comfortably, and I hope you'll be able to get back home soon and work on your recovery in more familiar surroundings. Please take care.
I may have pushed myself a little too much on Thursday when I did an hour of walking (even though it was very slow walking!), as I've been feeling less well the past two days. Lesson learned - as much as I want to be back to normal NOW, I need to take things slowly and be patient. I've been trying to get some rest and feel better again, and I am hoping to go back to work for a half day tomorrow - as long as my regular pants button around my stomach, lol. The scale is down again though and that's good, so I'm pledging a pound for the coming week.
I hope everyone has a great weigh-in today, and is looking forward to a healthy week!
Ugh, what an embarrassing weigh in....On Thursday morning (the morning after we got back from vacation) I weighed in at 214. Holy smokes. I was expecting some gain, but not like that, especially with as much as I worked out over the week. So confused...
This morning, I'm at 208.4 and want to get back down to 202 by the end of the week.
It's all good, my spirits are high and I'm in a good mood, which is a good mindset to get the vacation weight GONE this week!!!
I'm off to teach youth group and go to church, so I'll check in with you guys a bit later!!!
Last edited by pokeycactus; 07-10-2011 at 12:00 PM.
I earned my gain, but for the couple of folks who worked hard and gained or maintained, I do believe that eventually what we do will show on the scale.
When I've lost weight before, I noticed that sometimes after a week when I'd been diligent about my food and exercise, I didn't always see it on the scale. But often, in the next week or two, it would show up as a delayed loss. I think the body just wants to hang on sometimes.
I share this, because I'm guessing some folks can relate:
I've been going to church for about a year now. I work a lot of Sundays, but when I'm off, I go. It's a little old church with ancient furnishings. You know, from back when the average person wasn't a fat person?
I was running late this morning. Hate that. Since I was late, I went to sit in the balcony seating rather than disrupt by walking in the main seating area. Never been up there before. No pews up there. Little old fashioned wooden theater seats with arms. I could see right away it wasn't going to be comfortable, but I tried. Forget uncomfortable. I couldn't fit at all. I unwedged myself and went back downstairs.
Now, here is the great thing about being forty. Fifteen, twenty years ago, maybe even ten years ago, I'd have been embarrassed. I probably would have left and gone home. I might have even cried. I'm forty. I've been fat a long time. And, while I don't want to stay fat, in the meantime, I don't want to miss one single thing I don't have to miss because I'm fat. So, I said (to myself) 'eff it, I'm going to church.'
And I did. And the morning was a good morning. And I am on plan today.
Last edited by BudgetBaby; 07-10-2011 at 01:30 PM.
Hey platoon. Just a quick update to let you all know that I'm in sick bay this week recovering from an unexpected surgery. I've been in hospital since Wednesday night and will hopefully go home tomorrow. Will update more then. But I'm doing well now, recovering nicely and feeling better. But I'll be laid up in sick bay for a few weeks.
@envelope sorry, I already dropped the ball on our challenge but I will work on next week! Congrats on your loss!
@Anon running today. Late afternoon probably. I will report back.
This week sucked!!! Work stress, worrying about my kitty and no weight loss. Aarrgh! I think the stress and worry definitely mess up my weigh in. I was on plan and was running W7 pretty well and still no loss.
I heard stress can hinder weight loss. Well this week was crappy as h***!!! My cat got attacked Sunday morning and has some puncture wounds on his back and we weren't sure if he will make it. Yesterday was the first day it looked like he is getting over it. I am worried sick about my little kitty! At least I didn't binge on it. I wasn't even in the mood to eat, I just ate to use up my points everyday. BF gained and is devastated. He also had a tough week at work and was worrying about the cat. But he topped it with late night dinners and short nights.
Oh well, today starts a new week. Let's hope it is better.
I hope you are doing ok and are resting comfortably, and I hope you'll be able to get back home soon and work on your recovery in more familiar surroundings. 
Please take care.
