Slashnl -- I know what you mean... I craved a little warmth when I lived in colder states (north of Colorado both of them). But this is just too much. It's kind of depressing for me. I don't like too much of one kind of weather. I like variety. :dizzy:

I was 192.8 this morning. I'm feeling lowwww. :( I got up great this morning but as I went about my day my energy levels decreased, my cravings went up, I ate things I shouldn't have, I'm cranky, rethinking this whole thing to get out of this rut that's driving me nuts and has me stuck in the low 190s... um... I don't know what to do. Since apparently I can't keep my fat hands off of food, even if it's healthy food, I think I'm going to have to find time to work out daily. Not much, just half hour on the treadmill or something mighty but short. My main excuse not to work out is that I don't have the time so I'll have to keep it short and get into the mind frame that short is better than nothing. Anyhow... we shall see how it goes tomorrow with eating and working out.

Laurie ...this is what I do....7 days on plan 1 day to eat what I have been craving within limits like I cheat meal plus a dessert.....it has helped me tons.

Hey everyone 4th day here in the 90s and NO ac.....my oh my.....I got a fitbit and love it so far. Still plugging away from my gain but at least I am here posting and trying!##

I'm on here so I don't get up and eat one of the pumpkin scones left over from tea, ooh they were good and I just want to bury my face in one lol. My husband has had a call out so I have to talk myself down ... or go to bed? Weigh in tomorrow .. will .. not .. brake .. baaaaaaa

Oh Laurie I'm so sorry you are struggling, it so hard when you can't get into the groove. I guess you can only take it day by day, eventually the stars will align, they have before they will again. You've got this.

Paulitens oh the dreaded first stall, been there done that got the badge. Its so frustrating ... you can do it though!! Patagonia looks amazing, and yes a little like NZ in parts. Autumn would def be my favorite season, its really mild and settled where we are - right at the bottom of the South Island. Heading up to our holiday house in Monowai for the weekend hope to see a bit of snow.

Right im going to bed, its raining again and I'm loosing my resolve. At least if i cosy into my beddy byes im not coming out unless by force. Mmm bed :) weigh in tomorrow will this be the day I finally get out of the freaking 230s!!!! Dun dun dun .............

Also Toasted where art thou?

Kelly - I can't wait for you to break out of the 230s! Pumpkin scones sound delicious! My confession - I frequently have to throw things like that away, or I just devour them all, especially if I'm home alone late at night. Yay for warm, cosy bed! And thank you for the kind words.

Jenni - I love my fitbit too! I have forgotten mine for the second day in a row. <le sigh> Glad you're still working through the regain, and it hasn't gotten out of control. I think I'm going to try your method. The idea of never having cookies again is unpalatable, but I don't need cookies every day, or even every week.

Paulitens - Adding a short work-out is a fantastic idea. For me, it's not the calorie burn as much as it is the motivation to stay away from food I don't need that makes working out a necessary part of my journey. Let us know how it goes, and if it keeps the scale moving for you.

Melissa - So glad you got some scale love! And, in my experience, if you can do this without your hubby noticing -- so much the better. Mine can get a little weird, both when I'm gaining weight and when I'm losing weight. And since I always seem to be doing one or the other. ;-)

Mandy - Boys are fantastic! What a great birthday present for the hubby. Congratulations!

Diane - Flirting with the 2-teens! Never have I seen them so well and truly earned. Hope you get back outside soon. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to hear you talking about running. I remember a time in the not-that-distant past when you were talking about wanting to start running, and you are a pro now!

Harjap - Welcome! I hope you plan on joining us! If not, what a great (and absolutely true) comment to drop. (Or maybe you've been around a while, and I am just meeting you because I took some time off. Regardless - I hope to get to know you a bit.)

Toasted - Yes! I echo Kelly. Where art thou? I LOVE reading your posts. Hope all is well, and that you are able to join us regularly again soon.

Going to set a new ticker right after I post. I am going to do another two-month challenge. 6/8/2015 - 8/8/2015. My goal is 15 pounds. I am going to have to think about some accountability strategy. But for now, I am going to finish out my 7 days strong.

Day #2 -
1 - No sugar treats
2 - Go swimming with my daughter this evening
3 - Do not take the elevator today
4 - Take a 2-mile walk this morning, before the weather gets too unbearable

Also, got great scale results this morning. Confession - I weighed partially-clothed yesterday and unclothed today, but I don't care. I didn't want to weigh yesterday at all, and I finally made myself get on the scale. It's all a mental game anyway, and if fudging my number a bit gets me motivated, I'm going to do it.

Weight this morning: 229.8. Out of the 230s. Instead of being upset that I allowed myself to get into the 230s again, I am going to be excited that I am back in the 220s. I am down 49 pounds from my highest weight from roughly 3 years ago. And since I either gain or lose, I am way down from where I would have been had I not finally been able to start losing again.

Have a great day, everyone!

QUICK UPDATE: I haven't been avoiding updating my ticker. I just have struggled to get on to post at all. But having updated it now, it feels like a weight has been lifted off me. I am embracing my struggles, and figuring a way to break out of them. I feel so much better seeing my true numbers up there.

I also forgot to change my ticker.....I have been ignoring it because a 28 pound gain....but I am working hard to 7/21 I want to make it to 40 lost and I will take any lost this year!

Boy, feeling a little sore today for some reason... my hamstrings are wanting some attention. I went running last night. It was a little too warm outside, so I went to the gym, on the treadmill. It isn't too bad, but I do miss being outside. I will say that with the treadmill, I can at least work on my speed. If I boost it up, it stays there and I just have to keep up. So, last night was better for speed. I've been trying to do a 5K each time I run, and last night felt pretty good. Really good workout. Then, went to Body Pump this morning. I'm still scale obsessed right now, and it looked good this morning. Down a couple of pounds, although that may not stick. I was so sweaty last night running, I might just be down a little bit on water.

I talked to my husband last night about how I need to be a little more diligent on the weekends. I told him that I don't log all my food on weekends, and I think that really works against me. He said, "Well, why don't you log it all on weekends?" Hmm. Yeah, I don't know why. I seem to have the mindset that since I worked out so well throughout the week, finishing up on Saturday, that I can take a break and overly reward myself. Not a horrible thing, but just need to tweak it a little bit.

Laurie: Good for you with the scale love! I think it is a good thing to be honest on your ticker, too. To me, if I don't have it right, it just slaps me in the face every time I look at it! I like your goal, too. I have a mini challenge right now, too. I may not make it after the past couple of weeks, but I'm definitely going to try extra hard. I just love seeing your posts!!!

Toasted: Add me too, where are you?? You are missed!!!

MissLoud: Hope you were able to stay away from the pumpkin scones! That's a tough one!

Jenni: Keep us updated on your fitbit and how it works for you!

Paulitens: Sorry to hear about your struggles. Don't you wish this all was easier???? Ha! Obviously, I think working out is a great thing, so I'm behind you 100% on adding workouts. Like I always say, I workout so that I can eat more!!

Well, as I set out myself to do yesterday, I got on the treadmill first thing this morning. It wasn't much, really, just 1+ mile, half jogging half walking, in about 25 minutes. Although it's not much, and I know I'm going to be super tired at noonish, it's better than not doing anything. :) The scale showed me a too nice 193.0 despite my huge "I'm recalibrating my healthy mind frame" splurge (and I mean... while I was thinking about what I was going to do to get back on track I splurged A LOT, as if I had not seen food in decades, or wouldn't see food again for a long time). That's only 2 ounces up since yesterday. I can live with that.

jenjen-- This is a good place to be even when we're struggling. Or especially when we're struggling.

I can't imagine life without AC in this heat. Hope that gets fixed soon.

MissLoud-- I know the struggle with the pumpkin scones. I splurged (because I hadn't splurged enough, right? :lol:) on pizza last night and we have a whole pizza left over that I'm going to feed the kids. I'm trying not to think about it. Ommmmm... Ommmmm... I can do this. :yoga:

About the stall... it's barely the first one! And it's all on me. The pizza, the snacks, the sedentary life... For some odd reason I don't plateau much, so when I'm stuck I know I am the one doing something wrong.I just need to refocus. Maybe that's what I did yesterday. I hope so, at least. I need a whoosh.

LaurieDawn-- It has to be a short work out otherwise I go overboard, I get too tired, don't work out the next day... I am the laziest person you'll ever meet. I'll find excuses in anything not to work out. And that is what I was thinking this morning--perhaps working out a little bit puts me in the right mind frame to watch what I eat more intently. I hope so! :)

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Hi all!

My pregnancy gain, through 5 months, is about 12 pounds. Doctor isn't the most pleased since she wanted me to gain only 10-15 through the whole thing. Pfft. Tell that to my appetite. I swear, bottomless pit over here lately.

Our little boy though, oh my gosh, he is SO active and it's such a crazy exciting thing to feel him moving around in there. I'm growing a person!

We're working on nursery stuff, and a registry at this point, so we've picked a theme (day at the zoo) for the nursery and a color palette (blues/greens/browns) that we want to stick with... and have most of the *necessary* stuff on the registry. We've also managed to figure out a layout for the nursery! Starting next month when we get the queen size bed out of there, we can put things in for the baby.

We'll be going out of town to visit with family in Virginia next week, so hopefully the moms in law can be helpful with what else we need on there. (notably absent: crib, changing table, infant bedding). I really don't even know what all I need at this point, so help is a wonderful thing!

I hope you all have a great day!

Well I know you'll be all waiting with baited breath lol yes I did manage to talk myself down from the pumpkin scone ledge .. and I'm down 3.5 pound! Whoop, I don't fully believe it because I think I'm a bit dehydrated also I seem to go really low for a day after TOM arrives and I think I struck that day. But I'll take it after all the bad weeks. And into the 220s come on 219 and double figures in kg .. oh bit exciting lol

Got the little sprogs here today and they are driving each other crazy, they are like brothers and sisters and know how to wind each other up!!

Went to spin this morning. It has been raining here again, so it was super humid in there. Sweaty! I'm going back there tonight to run, so I'm sure I'll be sweating it up again, since it is still raining now. Didn't do very well for food plan yesterday, but I did record it all. Not horrible, but over my calorie goal. I'm trying to do better today.

The cool air came in and let me tell you makes you thankful for the days its cooler. 90s is not normal for where I am at in Oregon...but these past 2 summers uggg! I am going to try and go for a walk tonight and wake up tomorrow and do the same thing. I am not getting 10,000 steps in a day so I need to try and do something!

I hope you don't mind if I hop in. I'm trying to go back and read some of these prior posts to catch up a little

So yesterday was a superb day... I feel so proud of myself. :lol: I didn't touch the leftover pizza although the aroma was calling my name. Pizza is, hands down, my favorite food in the world. You can picture how hard it was. But because I had worked out in the morning I felt that if I ate some it would all be in vain, so I didn't touch it. Instead I had a yummy salad with shrimp for dinner, lots of water and protein shakes throughout the day. Today the scale showed me some love at 191.6, which is -1.4 since yesterday, then worked out (treadmill and 15 squats, I did 10 yesterday), then went out and cleaned the covered patio to set the pool for the kids, which had me sweating some more. Feels good to be active, I'm not going to lie. My job is teaching online so that gives me the perfect excuse not to be active. Boo. Anyhow... Pretty excited to see my weight "trending down" again as Laurie said. I think that I just got to excited to be so close to the 180s that I let myself go as if those lbs would disappear magically on their own. Am I the only one who does this?

FeraFilia--You're giving me a serious feeling of déjà vu! When the 20th week came around people better got out of my way because they'd risk me eating them too! :lol: At that point I stopped fighting the "eat healthy" thing and just ate whatever. It made me happy. Do and eat what makes you happy, because the weeks to come might be otherwise tough. :)

MissLoud--Yay for not touching the pumpkin scones! And for the scale showing you some love! I bet that tastes better than the scones, huh? I had a little victory like that yesterday too: the whole leftover pizza was eaten and finished by everyone else in my family but me! It felt glorious, and I'm sure you felt the same way with your scones too.


Slashnl--I sincerely admire your determination to work out rain or shine. If I wake up and see it's raining, I roll over and keep on sleeping. Gym will be there when the rain stops. :lol:

jenjen--Sweet relief! I used to live in Western Washington and yeah, 90s was pretty unusual and suffocating up there. Especially with no AC.

LondonJulz--Welcome!!! I'm checking out your blog. ;)