G2btg: Sounds like you had a lot of exercise today :) At least if you're busy, you're not snacking (which is my focus to stay active).

Wannaskip&laugh: Kick that can girl. Maybe "beating it up" will scare the scale for tomorrow!

Everlasting - you probably should expect this by now but.. we have chickens too :) Do you have goats? Food is absolutely my go to vise for all things emotional. If I'm happy "Let's celebrate with food". If I'm sad/mad "I'm gonna eat my feelings". Always happens when DH and I have any sort of fuss. Even if he's not aware we had one. :rolleyes: Way to go on fighting the urge to binge!

Today was so busy for us. We went for a walk (me pushing stroller) for 40 minutes in the sun and then came home to do yard chores. After chores, friends came over and we all swam for 2 hours. I literally felt so weak and tired cooking supper. I tried to drink a lot of water all during the day. I'm still tired.

I've realized the less sugar I eat, the less snacking/eating I want to do. Coincidence? I think not!

wandaskipandlaugh I actually am 259 today, and holding the door open for you to join me in the next decade... let's go!

I want to really buckle down and go quick down through the 250s!

Nagazim - No goats... haha. Just chickens and ducks. Would like some milk goats someday though and a sheep for the wool! And wow! Thats a lot of exercise for one day... I agree keeping moving keeps the cravings away.

Ubergirl - Yay for 250s! Cant wait to get there.


Well... Im at about 1100 calories today and feeling good. Ready for bed! I got a Leslie 5 mile walk in this evening so thats good! I just ordered an exercise ball on ebay. I used to sit at one and do weights when I was in college... also used it as a desk chair. I think I got rid of it when I moved. Anyway I ordered a 26" ball. Got thinking maybe I could find a really small one for Little one to bounce around on and found a "hippity hop" ball... haha... like a tiny yoga ball with a handle! So I ordered her a ball too and figure it will be a special thing for her to have out while mommy is exercising. I know I have some 1 lb weights hanging around somewhere that she could play around with too... but Im thinking I could also make her some fun half pund bean bags or something too... I need something productive for her to do whole I get a workout... the wooden blocks on the floor really hurt to step on.

evenlastingsounds like you had a really great day!

wandaskipandlaugh Sorry to report that I bounced BACK to 260.0 this am. Salty olives for dinner. I've now been at this weight since 5/24, and the truth is that I'm not buckled down enough to lose. I need to get back to the level of focus that I was at before I left for my trip!!! But, I'm HAPPY because not losing is really okay, as long as we aren't GAINING we'll get there eventually.

I have a lot going on right now-- a lot of family is in town for my daughter's graduation and I know there are going to be several celebratory meals in the next few days. So, I'm giving myself permission if needed to maintain for a few more days and then tighten down again starting Wednesday when everyone leaves. One of my biggest goals is to learn to take maintenance breaks and not think that whenever I'm not achieving my goal of eating 1200 a day that I'm going to immediately start gaining.

Ubergirl- That's the way to be! I have about a week and a half in July when I am going to be away from home at family reunions, visiting relatives, driving, flying... This is the kind of thing that could set me off track but I need to plan in advance. I'm going to utilize the family to watch my daughter so I can go on walks, and take a stroller too! I'm also going to be able to use my phone to still track calories, even if I eat at more of a maintenance level.

Well, I am at 264.8 this morning! Yay! Dropped below the 265 that I saw for a few days (probably because the first day of "265" I was actually a bit higher than that since the carpeted bathroom was throwing off the scale.) I thought of a redneck fix for it so I can still weigh in the bathroom, so I'm going to post the picture later... hehe...) I already got 5 miles with Leslie in this morning, ate an egg/spinach/tomato omelette for "brunch". Yum.

Sorry I didn't get to login yesterday, but I am now at 257.8. :)

Hello everyone - I came in at 265 today...I must have had a big whoosh over the last few days! I felt like I had been in the 270's for forever!

Everyone have a lovely weekend?

punkrocksong!!! Hey!! 265?! That's amazing!! Congrats Mara!!
I weighed in at 266.8 which is nice because past two days I was at 269 :/ I am eating a more clean diet now. Which is nice :) I like it so far.

Well :welcome2: to you Punk!!! WOO HOO and I am glad you have come to join us... tho I hope your hand heals fast (I read the other thread) Yikes. what kind of surgery did you have and what the heck happened?

Mara WOO HOO to you and Erinmarie & Everlasting too.. down down down... while I STALL STALL STALL STALL STALL

Uber Girl You too!! 260 argh... Me - 19 days around 260 is just so frustrating... ARGH! Another person has stalled at 160 for more than 20 days too... Must be that 60 no.. ARGH... Tomorrow tho.. Its gonna be history!!! I gots lots of water stored in this slimmer body (feet are swollen) so time for it to go Bye Bye!!!

Nagazim.... it is neat to not have cravings... Glad for you that you have cut out some of that sugar and glad you had a very nice (busy tho) day!

:welcome: to the group! It's great to have ya here and out of the 270s!


Yay for all of the loss in this group today! :carrot::carrot: Now I wish I had weighed to see if I caught the same bug!

Wannaskipandlaugh - Good luck tomorrow that all of the water weight will release you ;)



After church today, my group chose Mexican as our lunch meet-up. I wasn't thrilled since this is the place that has the best cheese dip and yummy chips by the bucket full. Quick google search to see what to definitely avoid. While ordering my grilled shrimp and veggies, I went full on "super dieter" and ask for no oil at all and begged the waiter to not make me even more fat (he got a kick out of it and underlined the "no oil" part for me). It was the biggest NSV as of yet. I left that restaurant and never ate any chips at all. I can't believe I did it! So this was me and dh walking to the car:
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It's a beautiful feeling!

I will say that other people acting offended because I wouldn't shovel the chips into my mouth too was frustrating. I felt like most people at our table were mad at me. I didn't try to make them feel bad. But I'm guessing they realize they should lose weight too. Haters gonna hate.

Welcome punkrock.:)

Yay to the losses.

And don't give up wannaskip. I was stuck at 260 for a few weeks too.

Wooow, I'm checking in tonight at a whopping 695 calories for the day. Every single minute that I wasn't caring for my child I was working on finishing a batch of dolls that I need to ship out ASAP tomorrow. Talk about not letting my hands be idle! It was 11pm before I realized I hadn't eaten anything since lunch and was only totaling around 500 calories, so I just downed a cup of kefir, not really hungry in my excitement to get these dolls DONE and out after working on them tons over the past month, but might as well add some fuel in there.

Tomorrow I'm going to have a little splurge in celebration I think! I've been under my target calorie range for a few days now and especially today so I need to get it up. Seriously today was off, but the last few days I've been eating til full. It totally makes a difference the types of foods I'm eating. If I eat nutrient packed foods with fiber and protein I just stay full soooo much longer as opposed to the carby junk that leaves me hungry again 30 minutes later.

I'm going to be busy this week. I have 7 custom order dolls to get done and need to make my mother something for her birthday as well, and my sister in laws birthday is coming up this month as well. Plus, school is out, so I have a child to babysit during the day! I just need to budget time to make sure I can get some exercise every day!

everlasting I'm sure you already know this, but make sure you don't get too low on your calories. I have a tendency to do that and it always backfires in the end-- although everyone has a day when they're too busy to eat-- and congrats on all your doll orders-- that sounds like good news!

wannaskipandlaugh I'm so sorry that you are stalled! I can't really say that I'm stalled-- from 5/24-6/4 I was traveling and eating a lot more than usual. And since then, I have been eating sensibly, but not tight enough control to post losses...sigh. I was 260 again this am. Had a really good day yesterday except for the fact that I ate way too much watermelon. If you are stalled in spite of staying firmly on plan then you will certainly have a whoosh as soon as you shed that water weight. When I can tell that I'm puffy, it's always at least 2-3 lbs. Drink lots of water and it should be gone soon!

Punk Welcome to the thread! You are doing awesome!

Hello and Good Morning to YOU ALL.. My scale and I are at WAR and its winning :( nash my teeth... I have got to find a way to make it MOVE it is more stubborn than I am :rofl: So I am asking this group of lovely people.. What do you do when you (Stall, Plateau, stop ) etc that is FUN to get your mind off... (beside changing menus etc) I am just looking for something to deter my mind from being in turmiol... what do you all do? Suggestions are appreciated... I tried on old clothes that are BIG woo hoo and did my measurements (down Yeah).. but what else?

Anyway to the success stories on this wonderful place....

Mara.. You are just doing wonderfully and I can;t wait to see you in the lower 250's !

Ubergirl... You are persistance plus even when traveling you were good.. Lets make our scales show that magic "5" tomorrow !!

Everlasting... wow about the Tincture... I had never thought about stuff like that to heal our organs and have them work better.... I need to find something to tell the cells to LET GO of the extra water!!

Nagazim Big GOOD FOR YOU... you should be able to order your food the way you want it and enjoy it and staying away from CHIPS? LORD that is a big time NSV!!! I think the other people were just thinking "When Harry Met Sally" Lets hope and not that they were judging you in the way that they felt guilty!!

Erinmarie,,., You are getting close to that magic 260no... Maybe Ubergirl and I are waiting on you to show us how to burst thru that no? If not. we will make that number very unaffective to you with our constant battering,.


Well,,, off to another week of work... and ways to keep my sanity over this stall LOL YOU ALL HELP ME ALOT!!!

Yeah yeah... I know not to push too hard for low calories. I was exhuberant yesterday thougb and I made up for it this morning by eating a decent breakfast with blueberry banana whole wheat pancakes AND local maple syrup, plus half an avacado. Yum. I have no idea how many calories it was but I am going to count it as at least 650 and go on with the day... I have a lighter supper planned tonight but if I go over calorie wise a little bit it will be fine. I think I won't be hungry for awhile though. Hah.

Last time I was losing when I hit a bit of a dry time, I started taking a zumba class and also bellydancing. It revved up my workouts and helped me feel better about how far I had come. I have some zumba dvds now that I am going to get out sometime. I started losing a lot of weight with that combined with my usual running.