LTA: I'm starting off the most encouraging way I know how. I'm doing walking if I'm up to it, but not pushing myself to be an exercising fool like last time. I think that's what burnt me out and I just wanted a little break and it went off from there. I'm counting calories, not carbs or sodium intake. Only calories. Using the tool on livestrong, it's very helpful.

Today is my husbands birthday and he seems hellbent on me breaking my diet for two days and eat whatever he does. He want's to go to a buffet, which I think is the worst place ever to take me... But it's his birthday and I have control of myself.
This morning he wanted breakfast from jack in the box and I chose to eat an 800 calorie breakfast (one breakfast sandwich with ham taken off and 2 hash browns)
My calorie limit is 1570 and my period isn't helping anything >.<
I have a spaghetti squash, light progresso soup and shirataki noodles among other things that will allow me to choose my last 770 calories wisely. Does anybody else "charge" themselves a certain amount of calories when eating this calorie-less shirataki noodle (no tofu)

I've been at least 100 calories under my limit for the past few days.
So I'm hoping that tomorrow when we go out to celebrate his birthday that will give me a small cushion should I not have the best of control.

Good luck with your journey everyone!

Yes Lose, I'm the manager of a Pilates studio. I feel so blessed to work there! I have so much wonderful support from my boss, my staff and all our clients. I don't make much money at it...yet. I was hired to help the business grow, and that is happening now, so I hope to be there full time in the next year. I'm also studying to get my AFAA group fitness trainer certificate this year. So excited about that! Five years ago, when I was struggling just to march in place for more than 10 minutes I would not have believed that I'd be doing all this!

Raworz, welcome to our group! I am sending you good energy so you can make the choices you really want to make at the buffet. I struggle with making good choices when I eat out with other people. If I play along, I really regret my choices later on and they can really mess with my progress. But when I stick to my guns and pick the foods that are good for me, then I get grilled about why I'm not playing along. I hope you have a good time and find balance.

Today I weighed in at 310...again! I am a little stressed about the weekend. I tend to be a little too indulgent on the weekends and spend a couple days the following week recovering from that. But I need to push through. No slacking till Thursday!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

geo: Oh yes, it's like they can't possibly have a good time if you aren't stuffing your face with the rest of them. Sigh, oh well. It's either making you feel good or them I suppose. & we should choose ourselves! At least in this instance. :)

I'm hoping these 2lbs that keep snatching my onederland achievement from me is only water weight from my "."

I haven't been going over so we will see.

Have you guys ever heard pf artic zero pints of ice cream?
The mint chocolate chip cookie one is very satisfying and it's only 37 calories for 70 grams.
It's been keeping me from going over my calorie limit. 150 calories for the whole pint!

Raworz. I know what you mean about satisfying what other people want. It seems like that is all I do. One time I actually had to yell once about not eating cake at a family party. They would not shut up about me eating the stupid cake.

Geoblewis. It sounds like you are getting it together. What got you in with that job? I love pilates I wish I had a studio to go to but I just can't do it in public.

Just trying to keep it together for the weekend. Counting calories. Wish me luck.

Lose, I actually have my own business as a web developer, content writer and small business consultant. I was just starting my business when I had started attending the Pilates classes at this studio. The studio is just a small business, and the owner had no website or Facebook presence and no idea why she should have that. She's good at the fitness stuff. So we traded services. I got free Pilates classes and she got a website and Facebook page. Then I started pitching more ideas to her to expand the business. And she saw potential in me as a trainer to those with limitations in mobility, plus some additional skills. Late last year I taught some rudimentary belly dancing classes for fun, and later this summer we're offering Greek folk dancing classes as a fund raiser for St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

By the start of this year, she made me her business manager. I've got a lot of culinary experience so I'm teaching cooking classes through the studio too. And we have developed a nutrition and fitness challenge together that we launched earlier this year through the studio. We're working on it to make it available online as well. After that, we're going to work on a book together. I have enough time to still run my business and work for other clients during the week as well as work for her. But I wouldn't mind letting my business go if bee's really took off and needed me full time!

Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind another new face.

A few years ago I lost about 50 lbs, then life happened and all 50 came back and some brought pals, grrrr ;)

So now I'm back and trying again, for the sake of my health. Apart from the physical, my depression gets worse when I'm not out and about.

Ninae Welcome, share your story. I would love to hear what threw you off your game.

Geoblewis. That is quite an adventure you have been on. What a great studio and owner. They must be good friends. And belly dancing how brave you are!

:D Not brave at all! A natural extrovert with no shame!


I'm struggling this morning. I had such a wonderful week. Really worked hard and ate very well. I got down to 310, twice, then kept bouncing back up. Last night, I took my son out to dinner. I made good choices. Then came home still feeling a little hungry, so I caved to a small bit of vanilla ice cream, then some dark chocolate. And then some cheese and a handful of cashews. Before I knew it, I had gone over my calories for the day by 600.

I went to bed, but I felt edgy. Didn't fall asleep till well after midnight. Then I woke up about three hours later feeling random pins and needles all over, and was hit with a hot flash that ran all night long. I couldn't get cooled down enough to go back to sleep till maybe 5 a.m. I'm still out of sorts this morning, and the pins and needles thing is still going on. I've had a cold shower, drank ice water and had a fan on me all night. I've taken some herbal stuff for keeping calm. Nothing is helping.

During the night I got hungry, so out of my frustration and the sleeplessness, I ate a turkey and cheese sandwich and a pb&j sandwich and drank a glass of whole milk. And then this morning, I had part of a whole wheat pancake with butter, two eggs and four strips of bison bacon. Plus an iced decaf coffee with cream. That's nearly all my calories for the day, all before noon! At least I don't feel like eating any more.

Ugh! I hate mornings like this. I want to go back to bed so much! But I have a family to manage.

"Raworz. I know what you mean about satisfying what other people want. It seems like that is all I do. One time I actually had to yell once about not eating cake at a family party. They would not shut up about me eating the stupid cake. "

omg LOL. I totally understand that.
You are hilarious XD

Well, as usual, I totally blew the weekend! Up 8 lbs. by Monday morning! Back down 2 lbs. today.

My mission this week is to drop the remaining excess water weight (because that's really what it is) by Thursday morning, then make it through the rest of the week and the weekend without dipping into the carbs. The plan is that I am doing a 36-hour fast (my first one) till tomorrow morning at 8 a.m., then having protein, fat and vegetables for the remainder of the day (with very little added sodium) and then nothing but water till my DEXA scan at 11 on Thursday. I'll be working out daily, as usual. And I WILL NOT indulge in carbs after the DEXA, no matter what my results are!

After I drop the regain within the regain, I will stay on track to lose the rest of the regain (another 9 lbs.) and then push through till I drop to 294. That's where I hit my second 10% body weight loss. Then I'll have earned my reward!

Okay, I'm hitting the gym!

Hi Raworz and LoseToAll:

Your posts reminded me of incidents that I have had with my mother in law.

When my weight is up, she loves to make rude comments to me. When I am losing weight, she actually gets a very worried look on her face and pushes and pushes me to eat all kinds of bad foods. I have to constantly tell her NO. :nono:

Needless to say, I stay away from her!

You would think that people have better things to do with their time than monitor what other people eat!

So I am starting all over again after gaining back 28 pounds that I lost on WW. I am looking forward to seeing another worried look on my mother in law's face! ;)

I blew the weekend too. Pizza and carbs.

I am at 233.5. My goals are crap. I break them every day. I can not get myself together. I have got to get down to business.

Started swimming lessons with my boys yesterday. It gets us out of the house and I sit in a sauna of a pool room for an hour reading. Talked to a nice lady yesterday at the pool. It is hard to do that for me so it was good to get out.

I am definitely a re-gainer trying to lose it again. I was back on track for a little while, went on a 4 day vacation, had a great time and gained 2 pounds. It is going to be a month before I go out of town again so I need to get my feet solidly back on the diet wagon. I cannot regain all the weight I lost, I am so mad at myself for where I am at now. Ugh, back to one day at a time.

"So I am starting all over again after gaining back 28 pounds that I lost on WW. I am looking forward to seeing another worried look on my mother in law's face!"


Don't let it phase you! Mother in laws can be... difficult. :)

I absolutely LOVE those sorts of perks! They totally make my day! :D