I'm up .4 today -- so again, not too bad after a big pasta lunch the previous day. Today is on track. I'm feeling a bit munchy, but I'm drinking a big tumbler of water and then if I really still want something I'll have a yogurt. I want to see a lower number on the scale again tomorrow.
Diana -- I was afraid to try the spelt pasta, it sounds awful, but it was great! Way better than whole wheat, and I love whole wheat pasta. It just taste like regular pasta without the grainier texture of whole wheat.
Carter -- Hope it was another successful day for you!
Kukkie --
Ona -- Thank you Good for you on sleeping in today! It's good to take a break sometimes.
Coondocks -- Did you celebrate Christmas this past weekend? If so, Merry Christmas!
Salley -- Congratulations on your loss today, sounds like you might have found your target number for calories!
As I type this I am still not sure I will actually click the post button. I've been gone for months . . . and yes, I've gained a lot of weight. It's heartbreaking to come back a failure . . . a big failure. I've had a year of a lot of changes and a lot of stress. I barely care, but I want to care.
09 ~ my birthday
10 ~ too much
11 ~ 246 (35 pounds up from my lowest weight - thoroughly disgusting)
12 ~ 245.4
13 ~ OOT
14-19 No WI
20 ~OOT
21 ~ 244.8
22 ~
23 ~
24 ~
25 ~
26 ~
27 ~
28 ~
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30 ~
31 ~
I'm just so amazed how many of us dedicated, staying on plan ladies are sloooow losers
I feel so discouraged at times, but always get some inspiration from 3FC and some motivation to keep moving forward!
Starting - 218
DEC lowest - 206
JAN 1 - 210 (TOM)
JAN 2 - 208
JAN 3 - 207
JAN 4 - 206
JAN 9 - 207
JAN 10-207
I've been keeping track of my weigh-ins even though I haven't managed to post here but I'm just been bopping back and forth between 169-170 still, sigh!
TOM showed up this morning so it won't be a week before I have a chance to lose anymore... Anyway, I'm going to use this week to try and be 100% on plan to hopefully get a nice surprise after TOM is over.
Calories for yesterday: 1340 + I chose to have lower calories because I had an extra cup of coffee. I didn't count the calories in the coffee, so this will average it out some.
Weigh In: 151.2 (TTOM)
Down: .2
Kris Hi and Welcome back! I am so glad to see you. I have thought of you often and wanted to check on you. I knew you were busy, so I didn't want to bother you.
Thanks for all the support. I managed to stay within plan another day yesterday, and got a good hard cardio workout in, and weigh in today with a new low of 161.
It is amazing that for all of my fretting through December, all I need to do is stick to my plan and the weight starts coming off again, slowly but surely.
I'm glad I made the adjustment to my target calories as I think it is making it psychologically easier to stick within plan. And, of course, checking in daily here is helping a ton!
Thanks again to all of you - and good luck and good strength today!
So, we all know there are a lot of ways to twist your knee.
Exercising, sports, shady stairs somewhere or some heroic gesture like saving an old lady from getting hit by a runaway baby carriage.
Did I do those?
No no, No no.
I stepped out of my car. I'm just that awesome. LMFAO
Needless to say my lef is swollen and i'm staying off the scale until I don't have a knee with a softball sitting in it.
Angie - We did do Ukranian Christmas this weekend . . . I almsot forgot how much food there is
Rennie - There was drama, of course, but I stayed away from it. Thank goodness for seperate rooms and a toddler with new toys to play with All that aside, it was nice seeing the family together.
Carter - Glad to see you again Meant to say that early
Ona - you slept in? Awww, I remember those days fondly, ha ha. Good for you
I'm going to have to ctach up with the rest of you later on, so gald to see so many firmiliar *faces* (I don't know if faces is the word or screennames is more appropriate lol)
Have a good one all!!
p.s.
I still think I am AWESOME for twisting my knee getting out of my own car ha ha ha
Morning y'all - despite the wonky scale, I did weigh in. Down 1.4 to 196.4 and I saw it both times I tried. Consistently wonky? Taking it with a grain of salt...half salt!
7 hours stand between me and my weekend, so I've got to get cracking on the workday, but quickly:
Diana thanks for sharing the links abt the scale, I'm going to look into that.
Kris no matter what that scale says, we are here to help and support you. Welcome back, it's a great first step! I still remember the story about your tattoo, remember that it is a new day
Coon oh I am feeling your pain...quite literally! I did something weird while dancing on Sunday, but I managed to ice it quickly, so don't have the swollen softball that you do. Feel better, and soon You're definitely just that awesome
Good to see you Kris you "Wanting To Care" is the start of building a solid mindset to change your eating style for life. you can do it
RRB2,you have nothing to be discouraged about.You're doing great.We might be slow but we're getting it done the right way learning,making adjustments w/food to fit our lifestyle..We're not going through this again
My goodness Coon,take care of yourself Thanks,sleeping in felt like a holiday or something
Great WI KuKKie wonky or not,as long as those wonky number are going down,it's all good
Hay Diana,you're welcome
Great Plan RunningfromFat
You're keeping things under control Angie, awesome Job!!
Great WI yesterday Salleyyou're holding off(moving on away from) that 200
WARNING: THIS IS GOING TO BE LONG :-) Thanks to everyone for your kind words - I so wanted to come back a success story instead of a failure . . . but here I am anyway.
I should have been at goal weight a long time ago and instead I am almost back to where I started 2 years ago (still down from my highest, but essentially gained back about half - 30+ lbs). I have even seen 250 on the scale a couple of times recently. It's crazy to work so hard to lose weight and then to just let it all come back. I quit planning dinner, I quit planning/packing lunch and would just throw something together last minute or would eat the snacks in the breakroom for lunch, I quit drinking my protein shakes, I quit exercising. I quit caring about most things. Took myself off of my priority list . . . again. I pretty much go through the motions of life and I know that has to stop.
My daughter and two grandsons moved in with me in November 2010 and were with me until August 2011. Loved, loved, loved having them there, but I think I used them as an excuse not to do what I needed to do for me. They moved about 70 miles away for her to continue her education. I'm very proud of her and how hard she works as a single mother, full time student, day care worker and substitute teacher. I see them at least every other weekend. My grandsons are my bright spot - now 3 and 18 months. They love to paint and love to paint with me. I started making their paintings into greeting cards and they have a web page and an etsy store and there's an art store in the town where they live that is thinking about carrying their cards. Everyone seems to love them, but we haven't sold very many.
My mom's health has taken a turn for the worse and I spend a lot of time with her (as usual) - she spent the first 8 days of December in the hospital for kidney failure & heart failure (her kidneys were functioning at 15% and her heart is functioning at about 30-35%). She went back in the hospital December 27 - January 5 then was moved to a nursing home for rehab. She started Dialysis on December 30. Her Parkinson's is progressing - she shakes more and her short-term memory is not great, but she's still of sound mind. I don't know what's gonna happen with her once she completes this rehab (they say 2-4 weeks). She wants to stay in her home (across the street from me) - a few of my siblings are pushing hard for her to go to assisted living and a few others are non-committal about it. I visit her every day, sometimes twice a day (before and after work). (My mom's health problems are in my future if I don't take care of myself.)
My work relocated the first of December so I am now commuting 45 minutes each direction (36 miles) - I used to drive 8 miles. I was going to relocate to be closer to work (and it would be closer to my daughter) and had even given my notice to my landlord back in October, but my oldest brother told me and my mom if I moved they would for sure put her in a nursing home . . . so I drive . . . and I'm exhausted and am spending a fortune in gas. I don't really have the money to move on anyway. Work has been crazy and I have put in many 12+ hour days in the last 4-6 weeks. I don't have time for anything - my house is a mess, my health is a mess . . .
Well, I'm sure I have bored you guys enough for now. I am going to try really hard to be involved again - it's the only way I'm gonna make it. (And I gave away most of my "fat" clothes so I gotta do something or I'm gonna have to be nekkid soon and that wouldn't be good )
09 ~ my birthday
10 ~ too much
11 ~ 246 (35 pounds up from my lowest weight - thoroughly disgusting)
I finally got my average daily calories up for January to 1600, and had my first "real" loss! I'm down .2 from my previous low eleven days ago ( and .6 from yesterday).
MamaP, welcome back! Sometimes the fastest route from point A to point B just isn't a straight line. Good for you for wanting to care. Diana, thanks for suggesting a scale... RRB2, I hear ya, "slow"... but we slow losers are more likely to keep it off, and it gives our skin more time to adjust as we go. Runningfromfat, How long has your plateau been now? I start getting frustrated after 2 weeks, and start going ballistic after a month... Carter, Congrats on your new low! 161, that's awsome! Coondocks, take care of that knee best you can while running after your little man. I once threw my back out emptying coffee grounds from the coffee pot basket. But then, I was also doing an arabesque at the time... Kukkie, hey, the scale has to be right at least some of the time; congrats on your -1.4! OnaMi! Into the 150s! Yay!
Hey all! I'm down .2 today to 213.2 -- need to get moving downward again. I have a trip to Nashville coming up in early March, and I'd like to be back in ONEderland before then.
Diana -- Congrats on your .2 today!
Carter -- We are going to have to give you a 7 day pin if you continue to stay on plan Way to go!
Coondocks -- lol -- I once put my back out while turning around, sounds similar! You are awesome!
Kukkie -- Congrats on you 1.4!
Ona -- Woohoo! Congrats on you .2, it was an important loss psychologically!
Kris -- I'm glad things are moving in the right direction to give you time and the physical/mental resources to spend time on yourself. The cards sound cute, please post a link to the store if you can so we can check them out. I'm sorry to hear about your mom, that sounds quite grave and it must be very hard for you to watch that happen. I'm glad to hear that she is still of sound mind and that you are making the most of whatever time she has by visiting her often; I'm sure you'll be glad that you spent that time when the day comes that you no longer have her. I know it's hard with a longer commute, I changed work locations in the last year too. I also have less time in my day now as it takes me 1.5-2 hours to travel each way. I'm putting more focus on food and less on exercise for now, as this is something I can manage despite the commute. I just take opportunities to move as they present themselves -- going for a walk on the weekend, parking farther from the store, taking the stairs vs the escalator, etc. I'm sure you are going to start dropping the pounds quickly in the beginning, you probably have a good bit of water weight to get rid of. After that you already know all the things you need to do, and you have us to support you! Welcome back
Salley -- Good job on the loss today and the new low!
I chose to have lower calories because I had an extra cup of coffee. I didn't count the calories in the coffee, so this will average it out some.
wonky or not,as long as those wonky number are going down,it's all good 
you're holding off(moving on away from) that 200 
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