Hey everybody!
Tomorrow is my official weigh in, so it will be an early night in. Some of my friends want to go out to have margaritas to celebrate a girls "newly single" status... but I know better!

GirlyGirl- I have 2 canisters of Slim Fast in my pantry, from when I thought I would try it in January... I drank shakes for one day but never got serious. Do you know if it goes bad?

brandi- good for you with the loss! I will be headed out to the gym myself in a bit to run.

Slash- The gym will be there tomorrow... sometimes it's better to let knee injuries rest

mj5- Loki is an American Pit Bull Terrier, I rescued her about two years ago. I couldn't ask for a better dog. I took this picture of her in my car last August with my phone, she always wonders what's going on when I go to my trunk.
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Good morning friends~

I just wanted to pop in real quick and say "hi" to everyone. I will be on the road again for work today and things are crazy. I am hoping to take tomorrow off so if I do...have a GREAT weekend everyone!

hokielokie - How did the weigh-in go? That is one adorable dog!

slash - I hope you are able to get some rest for that knee and get to feeling better asap! That's no fun!

Rhonda - I think it's great that you are making a plan of action. I did slimfast for awhile and liked it quite a bit. I actually really liked the shakes and loved having something easy for breakfast (lunch was a little more difficult for me). Let us know how it goes...

mj - Your vacation sounds awesome! That is such a great idea for the cards...love it!

dgramie - I feel you about the lunches! That always seems to be the hardest meal for me to figure out...I like the idea of cooking a turkey breast.

soulnik - I hope you are feeling better. I wish I was near you so I could take you out to lunch (a healthy one of course!) and give you a :hug: in person :) Hang in there...you WILL get through this.

beverlyjoy - Hope your trip is going well and that the aches and pains are gone. I'll be thinking of you :D

Today:
b - cereal, coconut milk, apple - 5
s - yogurt, walnuts, granola, banana - 8
l - chili, sandwich thin - 8
s - orange - 1
d - Greek salad - 8

Exercise: 60 minute cardio at gym

Ummm...I just posted but now notice that someone is in ONEderland!!!

:congrat: HOKIELOKIE!!!

Thanks!!! I sure am, 1.8 pounds down at weigh in this morning! Hooray!

Hokie, he is gorgeous! I love APBT's. Here is a picture of one of my dogs. His name is Beau and he is a lab/pit mix. He loves to go for walks. Mama needs to take him more often.
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awww. Thank you Girlygirl, Beau is beautiful. He looks very similar to my neighbor's dog Max, who is the same mix. I am always wary of telling people what kind of dog Loki is because she (and I) tend to get judged for it... I didn't plan on getting an APBT, but the little puppy needed a home and I had one. She's the best dog I've ever had. (in the pudgy pets forum you can see all the tricks I have taught her)


and now, because this is a weight loss forum, not the dog forum, haha, I am so glad to be in ONEderland... To be honest, I thought I was in the one hundred (and 90's) when I started... my denial about how big I had actually gotten until I stepped on that evil scale... so to actually be here now is happy, but kind of a sigh... 5 weeks down and I am where I THOUGHT I was..

but then I look at the 16 pounds lost on my ticker and think, that wasn't that hard! I can lose 88 more!

my goals for the rest of the month are:

no more pop/coke, only water, milk etc
continue to exercise 4-5 days a week
no food binging
be aware of food portion sizes

Hi folks - my son's computer is in the shop. I am checking in at my dil's mom's house. I wanted to let you know that I have been doing well since being on this leg of the trip. I am grateful. I've been doing the daily healthful tasks...water, stretches, logging food, etc. I can't really plan too much ahead - but, am trying to make good choice. I don't know about tomorrow, of course -- but, so far so good. I am grateful.

I hope you are all doing well. I'll try to check in again - or I'll be back home next week.

Hey everyone! I guess you could say I have been on a hiatus since the move. I was having a time management crisis, I guess. Not only was I busy with moving, buying things for the house, setting up the house, etc, but I got slammed with a bunch of freelance projects all in a row, and I've been totally slammed at work. So I don't leave work until after 5:15pm most days, get home, work on freelance projects for another 2 hours, make and eat dinner, and then try and fit in a little R & R. Shame on me for not working harder to get my exercise in!! Or tracking any of my food.

So, I'm ready to start back again. I got on the Wii Fit a few days ago and it actually said I was down 1-2 lbs, but I'm afraid that number may have creeped up on me a little bit over the past week. We'll see, as I'm about to get on there after I eat some breakfast. Today I'm also going downtown to walk around and go to the farmers market, so I'll get some exercise there. The downtown area in my new city is about 2 miles long and right next to the lake, and there's a huge park there. It's super nice... we'll have until 3pm before it's supposed to start thunder-storming.

My goal this week is to yes, do the freelance work I need to, but also get in at least 30 minutes of exercise... and I have no excuse for not tracking my food. In the very least, even if I'm not exercising, I should make sure I am well within my calories.

As expected, I did go up a little.

I weighed in on 2/24 @ 309.5 lbs
3/15 @ 306.9 lbs
3/27 @ 308 lbs

So, 1.5lbs for the month... whoo :) Better than nothing I guess! But I can totally do better. I need to step up my game if I want to lose 52.3lbs by October 25th, but 7.5lbs a month for 7 months should be pretty do-able. That's 1.8lbs a week. It would be nice to get into the 250s again... I think I could actually ride a rollercoaster... and Universal just came out with a new Harry Potter section that I'd really like to go check out.

Good Morning everyone! I can't believe it's Sunday already! Vacation has been awesome, but really, it will be nice to get back to a routine. Food choices have not been good. Meal times have been totally bizarre. I haven't been drinking enough water. Workouts have been sporadic....yea, it's time to get myself back on track!!!

I have found a weekly zumba class that some friends and I are going to check out. It's $6 per week (totally affordable!) and it's on Thursdays in the evening. It's time to shake things up a bit w/ my workouts, so this sounds perfect. We are going to go this Thurs and check it out.

HokiLoki--What a cutie!!! CONGRATS!!!!!

Rhonda--What a cutie!!! Thanks for the info. I'll ask him and let you know. He puts them on facebook, for now, for friends and family to see. his favorite subjects right now are birds. Good luck w/ Slim Fast. It is drastic, but you know what you need to do for yourself. We are here to support you!!!

Beverlyjoy--So glad you could pop in!

rakel--Welcome back! Sounds like a good plan!

Soulnik--How are you doing?


If I can remember how to post pics here, I'll put up a pic of my "girls"...you know, the two most spoiled beagles ever!!!! LOL!!!! they have been loving having us home for vacation....lots of extra attention and snuggle time. Back to reality tomorrow, though! LOL!!!

I am actually cooking a healthy dinner today--roasted turkey breast w/ veggies. YUM!!!

Have a great OP day!

boy, last night was HARD. I wanted to have some wine as I was cleaning the house sooo bad. I didn't have any, so I told myself I could go out to the store and have 2 glasses of wine, ONLY if I went to the gym and ran for 30 minutes first. I had already had a good workout hiking at a local park's mountain bike trails for 2 hours (Loki's favorite workout) and didn't feel like hauling myself to the gym, too. So hooray, I stayed on plan.

I guess that's my best strategy... making a deal with myself like that works, and not having the wine on hand was helpful. Who knows what would've happened if I already had a nice chilled pinot grigio in the fridge like I used to.

I was wondering, has anybody had a massage while overweight? I have only had them while I was small. My cousin is coming to visit me from Kansas and she has never been to a spa, and told me that's one thing she really wants to do while here. I booked us both the whole Queen package at my favorite spa, and decided it would be my first mini-goal reward. I am nervous about the full body massage and know I am going to be embarrassed.

Hi chicks...

I am so ready to be back in my 'food comfort zone'. Last night was not good. We went out to dinner again...I had good intentions - but, they changed when I saw the menu. It went down hill after I ate the huge very crunchy onion ring (best ever). I changed my salad to one with more calories. Had pie when we got home and about ten graham crackers. It's like the stuff I've been doing for days just floated out of my brain. I went to bed bloated from overeating and a tummy ache to boot. I know it's very important to concentrate on how much I've been ON my plan instead of off my plan. So when I look at the past 10 days away from home, I have been mostly on my plan and really off my plan only two evenings. I really, really wish I could conquer this food craziness. But, I am working on it.

Today is going well, so far. I am grateful. We are going to a restaurant again tonight - dil's mom wants to go because it's my last night in town. It's funny to say that I am tired of restaurants - but, I won't have a repeat of last night again today.

Tomorrow morning I will do two programs at an elementary school, come back to ds's home for lunch and head back to my home in the afternoon. It's a four hour and half hour drive back home. My pieces and parts are holding up , but, not the greatest. Playing with my grandson has been the best fun. My three year grandson is a comedian! He's very silly and loves to joke around.

Soon, when I have a computer on a regular basis, I will be able to have time to do some personals. Thanks so much to you all for your support and good wishes, encouragement and understanding.