We had a nice time with my parents; Hubby and Dad did that male bonding thing {involving computers and cars} while Mom and I took a walk around the neighborhood.
I found Leslie Sansone's new 5 Day workout at Target for $13. Its not supposed to be released until the end of March, so I was excited.
Dove, I like your comment about wanting long term change. I regained because I didn't understand about maintainence so I gradually went back to old habits, then I went into Denial! ACK!
Caroline, I'm interested in trying to grill pineapple.
Oh my goodness! I can't believe I finally decided to sign back onto 3FC and get accountable again and I discover this thread. I feel like it's a reunion and I've found my family again. If you all don't mind, I would love to start posting with you all on a daily bases. After many months of being off-plan, I shot back up to 3 lbs from my highest. Last Monday, I jumped back on the wagon again. I'm doing Medifast and I've also picked up a book and workbook that will help me to re-teach my brain how to think about food. I really thought I would have mastered this by now, but I'm a hard sell. LOL And, I keep trying. As long as I keep trying, there is hope.
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good job jumping back into things. i'm working my way back down from a 30lb regain over the grouping of holidays that *always* kills me (birthday-halloween-thanksgiving-christmas-new years) the time in between each one of those is filled with celebrations of the following event. plus lots and lots of travel. something different i'm doing: i've decided to incorporate weight training to my plan this time.
i've been out of the gym since wednesday and i'm feeling twitchy. that's never happened before! i used to hate going to the gym, now i feel weird when i *don't* go to the gym for more than a day. it's been a super fun weekend, the blast off of spring break for my hubby. so we went to a cook out friday night with a bunch of folks, then we went out to dinner last night with a couple we're friends with, today we hung out with another friend of ours for most of the day, and there was lots of bad food choices made. though i can't feel bad about them because of all the fun we had in the process.
back to business tomorrow. gonna get back into things with a double-workout day!
Morning ladies! I hope we are all feeling better about ourselves! This is a new week! New beginnings to make it happen! I had a great week last week and making this one great, too.
Want to hear something absurd?? I have a friend who is rather negative. I've learned to deal most of the time but sometimes...ugh. Anyway, she wants to start a diet and drop some weight. Good for her. She's not hugely overweight...maybe 35 or so lbs. Anyway, she says," I don't want to be one of those people saying that they are going to lose weight and never doing it. Always on a diet and never changing. I hate that." Ummm....hello.....I'm sitting right here! LOL! So I say, "well, I admire people who keep getting up...not giving up, try different things to see what will fit with them. At least they try. Oh, and by the way...that's me." She felt bad after she said it because she never means to hurt my feelings. LOL! Absurd that people think that you have to succeed the first time out of the box or give up! So.....my motto for this time around...
If at first you don't succeed.....try, try, again!!!!!
Rhonda, welcome back. Ubergirl started this group, if you remember her, but she's since disappeared again. We are still carrying the banner for whenever she returns, though!
Penguin, grilled pineapple is delicious. It brings out the sweetness like you wouldn't believe. It's really good on vanilla ice cream, not that I am advocating that sort of behavior.
Kristen, I have a problem with all or nothing thinking like your friend (though I try to remember who I'm talking to before I start complaining!) so I understand where she's coming from, but you're right. I have to remind myself constantly that it's the effort long-term that makes the difference, and not whether or not I can be perfect 100% of the time. That's hard for me, for some reason. I don't think of myself as a perfectionist, but I suppose that would explain why I never get anything done.
I worry someday I'll be like one of those people on Hoarders, trapped by my own indecision. Though every time I watch that show I start cleaning my house maniacally, so maybe I'll be okay.
It's Monday! I am glad this less-than-stellar weekend is over, but it's stormy out this morning and the thought of going to work is not that appealing. Monday's our busiest day, though, so I have to go in. Oh well, at least it'll go quickly. Have a great day, everyone! If you're in the middle of all this winter weather, stay safe.
Mandy - I remember you, too! I always had a good experience when I did weight training. My body always looked better despite the number on the scales.
Kristen - Perfection is vastly over-rated. Your friend's mentality was my mentality for years. I was either strictly dieting or bingeing.
Caroline - Stay safe. The weather has been wacky this year. We had tornadoes in our area on Friday.
Well, today is restart weigh-in #1. I lost 3.6 pounds. I'm happy that the scales are going down, but I must be honest. I thought I'd see a bit of a bigger lost for week #1 because of water weight or something. At least, this is what has always happened in the past. I was 100% on-plan. I guess I just need to keep trusting the plan, huh?
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to all the new reloser family members! I was away for a couple of days and feel like I missed so much...
The scale finally moved for me. I was hoping for a big woosh since it's been a few weeks, but I'll take the 2.2 lbs I got. As frustrating as it's been not to have the scale moving each and every week, I never once considered giving up this time. Planning my meals more carefully, watching my portions and worrying about activity a little more have really made me realize how sloppy I had become with my eating habits and that's just not a life I want to live. I'm quietly determined to make better choices each and every day. Strangely, I can remember one single time I've found myself hungry during the past month and only one time I really had a case of the munchies. I don't feel deprived at all and that gives me confidence that I can do this long term rather than thinking about in in terms of sprints where I'd go all out and need a "rest" in between.
Nothing exciting to report yet. I got a migraine last night {or at least a bad headache} so I slept later this morning and didn't start the bread process. I need a bread break anyway. The son of one of Hubby's friends is in school to be a gunsmith, he told Hubby that if he ever needed anything done he would 'work for my homemade bread'. Hey, I always appreciate the barter system!
Laundry and cardio for later.
Mahtha, glad to hear you had a loss! I hear you on the sprints and rests. I guess that's the 'all or nothing' approach also.
Rhonda, welcome, glad to have you re-join us. I recognize your name but I don't think we shared a group.
Caroline, I'm 'late to the party' regarding Hoarders, I didn't start watching until a few months ago, but to have the tendency to collect things {Hubby and I both do}. So everytime I watch a show I end up cleaning something, also.
Kristen, Its possible that your friend sees you differently than you see yourself, that she sees the positive in you that keeps trying.
Mandy, way to go on your gym habit! Its always helpful when you can't wait to go back rather than dread your workouts.
I hope you all don't mind me jumping in as well. Im finally on track again. Dr prescribed Bontril for a month so I can get into a routine of diet and excercise. I still have such a nagging sweet tooth and it seems 10x harder this time around.
I did have a good weekend though. We went out for mexican food yesterday and I ordered fajitas with no oil---they actually understood what I meant--normally they don't "get" it and add a bit just not as much as normal. Anyway--I didn't feel as guilty as I thought I would. I stuck to my plan and didn't see a gain this morning from the sodium.
just wanted to pop in and post before my food and exercise time. i got 5 miles with leslie queued up, as well as a nice healthy-ish lunch (turkey and ham with lettuce, spinach, onions, and green peppers on a high fiber, whole wheat wrap).
also, my cats are like "pfft, you silly christians, tom cruise is cooler" and i think they are plotting a move to hollywood:
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Hi all! And Rhonda... Hi again! I rejoined about a week before you did! I wish there was an answer to why we are such slow learners!
I also remember ubergirl. I'm sorry to hear she has gone away for now. Maybe she'll be back soon.
I meant to get on the scale this morning. I wonder if my subconscious mind made me "forget". I hate it when my kids tell me they forget to do their chores or whatever. And here I am... conveniently forgetting to weigh in. Not a good excuse.
Hope everyone is having a good week! I hope to get more consistent in coming here, too.
Back, MY HALO & RHONDA ~ glad you found us over here. Both of you have had a good start this past week; keep it up, and come back often ...
SUE ~ so nice to see a loss again ...
SILKYDOVE ~ gardening is another great activity to burn off calories and grow some healthy food too. I have gardened most of my life; and luv it.
KRISTEN ~ your friend may not have been referring to you at all, but sometimes it is hard not to internalize some of the careless comments people make about others ...
MANDY ~ those holidays used to be a big problem for me too, until I made some changes. For my birthday, I still have a nice dinner, but just pick something that is more healthy -- on my 50th birthday, DH and I split an entree rack of ribs; we each had a medium baked potato and I had a salad on the side. I still stayed within my daily calories; and was too full for dessert.
We celebrated Thanksgiving with turkey, and lots of veggies, etc. I still have a serving of dressing and mash/gravy, but plan for it too. We have nixed the Halloween junk altogether; and don't miss it either. Last Christmas was the best ever; I made 3 healthier treats (all healthy & low-cal) and served lots of healthy stuff too. Day after Christmas, back on plan. For Easter last year, I bought DH and I each one small peanut butter egg; had it as one of my snacks and still stayed on plan. The key thing is to plan ahead ...
We have lovely here again today; so nice -- can't wait for spring. Eating and exercise are going good this month too. Have a wonderful week everyone ...
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I did 3 miles from Leslie's Ultimate 5 Day; Red, Green, and Purple miles {named according to the backgrounders shirt color}, abs and stretch ~ 50min. Nothing revolutionary here but I thought it was fun, Leslie fans will be happy. I don't usually pay a lot of attention to the music but I thought it was all new {was that Barry White in the green mile?}. New to me moves were grapevine with a kickback, arms 'up, side, DOWN, and side', and the 'mambo combo' {front, back, side, back}. No jogging in those 3 miles, but the green mile started out in a grapvine after a few walks to catch the beat. I was surprised there was no cooldown before we hit the floor for the abs {my HR was 130}, but the CD played after the stretch?? Abs wasn't very hard {to me} we did bent knee lifts, crunches, half a Pilates hundred, and some bike, I thought it could have been longer. The stretch is preformed on the back, I wasn't thrilled with this one either, 'hug the knee' both sides, lay bent knees to each side, arms overhead with feet flexed, arms out to side than raised over chest, back to hug/knee, then to straight leg for hamstrings, flex foot.
Mandy, when the kitties start reading, let me know!
I am popping in to welcome all the newbies! So glad to see this thread thriving!!!
I did not sleep well last night and today the grandbaby was uber-cranky. But, got in a good 30 minute walk this morning. Didn't get lunch until late this afternoon. Dinner is in the crockpot (swiss steak). Hubs will pop in for dinner and then he's back out for an evening work meeting. I think I will go to bed early tonight!
Discovered a low fat ground chicken that I really like and at 120c for 4 oz it's a lot better than ground beef (calorie wise). Used it to make a taco salad for myself last night--yummy! I really like the coarse grind, it cooks up almost like a chicken tender. I'm thinking it would make a great burger!
}. So everytime I watch a show I end up cleaning something, also. 
Back, MY HALO & RHONDA ~ glad you found us over here. Both of you have had a good start this past week; keep it up, and come back often ... 
here again today; so nice -- can't wait for spring. Eating and exercise are going good this month too. Have a wonderful week everyone ... 
