Good morning feathers! You guys make me feel so special, gosh.
My official weigh in is tomorrow, but I snuck a peek today - ugh, I'm up 2lbs. It's not TOM or anything, I just went way overboard last weekend with sushi and alcohol and nachos and I am still paying the price. Bah. Maybe if I drink enough water today I'll be at least a little closer to what I was tomorrow.
I've been walking the dog every morning for the last few months for about a mile, but it was rainy and gross this morning so I couldn't, ugh. And it's supposed to SNOW tonight! WHAT.
I have a question for you ladies -- is there anything you eat that you KNOW is making your weight loss go slower, but you can't give it up? I have a serious affinity for WINE and I have cut back to a glass a night instead of a bottle, but I can't seem to give up that glass. I work it into my calories, though. Some studies say a glass a night is fine, some even say that it's good for you, but I just drink it because I like it. I also can't give up my coffee creamer -- it's Almond Joy flavored and 35 calories a tbsp, but it's my favorite. And lately I've been having a square of a Trader Joe's dark chocolate bar every night before bed.
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krampus: Wacky tobacky definitely doesn't count, nothing in there that will hurt anyone, and I am a fan. Except when I raid my pantry/fridge afterwards. (you, too?) Are you finding that you have cravings since you quit? When I was a (cigarette) smoker I wouldn't really eat much sugar, but I found in the months after quitting I would crush a king sized Snickers without batting an eye. My mom bought be sugar free lollipops, I had 11 of them one day and found out they had a laxative effect. Oh joy! That vacation sounds perfect and relaxing, it's nice to not have everything pre-planned and just go with it while you're there, I bet you'll have a kickass time.
Alexistrophic: Thank you, lovely! I agree, this place is much more therapeutic than any ED recovery site I've found (because most of the time, even when girls are recovering, they are comparing illnesses/safe foods/bmis/etc) and this is just a positive board -- I'm glad we're both here. I should find a female trainer. My boyfriend and I have also talked about getting some kind of home gym too. I have a treadmill at my mother's I could bring home, and we have a spare room at the moment. I'm excited to hear more about this army guy from you! Looks like you're doing great!
TurboMammoth - YES we have our tickets, someone at the arena was smart enough to put off printing last year just in case there was a lockout, so now they're rushing to get everything printed this week. Our first home game is next Tuesday, the arena is SOLD OUT, and my beau traded in our seats for this game and ponied up more money to get us Champion Club tickets (which is like, a nice private box with staff and whatnot) and we got new jerseys. I'm sorry your boyfriend rage quit your team, I think a lot of people got really frustrated. My puppy is great, it was his birthday yesterday, I will post a picture of him with his cupcake. Your chili sounds great, I'm making some Saturday while we watch the Hurricanes first away game -- I always use lean beef, but I bought turkey, I hope it's good, never done turkey before. I wish I could make banana muffins, but I would eat them all in one go. How is the weather up there? I'm excited that we're all going to have our weights back down to where we want!
kakers: I calorie count too! What app do you use? I do myfitnesspal, it always has me at 1200 a day but I usually eat closer to 1350. I NEED A VIRTUAL SMACK! I want to be back on the wagon! I want to lose this damn weight! I MISS MY JEANS! I have 10 pairs of jeans and can only wear 2!!!! I'm glad to see you're dropping, in spite of TOM -- that just means after TOM you'll be even lower. You do gymnastics? Color me IMPRESSED. I don't think I can even touch my toes. Gymnast bodies are always so lithe and strong too, like dancers. I hear you about the cold -- I'm ready for SUMMER.
sontaikle - WOW you have dropped even more since I was last here! 112!? Nice work chica! In regards to the job -- HECK YEAH you should do it! Life is about taking risks. Plus, 4 PT jobs sounds confusing as heII. I understand the hesitation, I've lived in the same city my entire life. But there is a GREAT BIG world out there and you should live in it!! Good luck with your phone interview! BTW, play any new games lately? I just beat Catherine, ever played it? Oh man, what a complete mind-f*ck. I clicked through your blog, I LOVE your Sailor Jupiter outfit, I was always partial to Sailor Venus myself. <3
Jossfit - Almost missed you! Haha, are you kidding, anytime I'm sad I'm going to leave for a while and come back just to GET that reception! That's excellent that you are ALREADY down, d*mn lady! Getting it done! I think you gave the weight to me though. A 4 day weekend sounds fantastic, I hope you get to relax a bit. I don't really have the money for a personal trainer, haha. But maybe as a Valentine's present or something, or maybe I'll keep checking Groupon -- they always have gym specials going on, especially this time of year. I'm going to check out ALL of those site while I'm here at work. If I can manage to go into a gym KNOWING what I'm going to do and pop in some ear buds and look unavailable to chat, that would be perfect. Thanks for the kick in the butt, I am going to throw myself at this weight lifting thing and see what happens. I'm proud of you, you're doing great!
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Here is Dorian and his (dog safe) birthday cupcake yesterday. He is 5 years old. I want his to stop aging.