Lemon, thanks so much for the tips on cheese and protein. I put a little cheese on my tossed salad today and it was much more fulfilling. I read about you feeling hungry between dinner and bedtime and I am struggling with that too but so far tonight it's going better. I did have more protein today, though, than I have before. Also, your question about skinny jeans... I do have a pair of skinny jeans that I could wear last fall/winter but I was under 97 kg at the time. I refuse to spend the money on a pair that fit me now and I'm hoping they will still be fashionable-ish when I get back down into the 90's. When I wore them I always wore something kind of long over the waist and hip area...

Slash, I appreciate the encouragement! Thanks so much... I didn't get around to exercising today but I intend to do so tomorrow. I noticed yesterday that I could do more...I could move at a faster pace...since I started exercising a few days ago...so, it's going well.

I finally dropped down into the 105 kg range today. After all that moaning and fussing, the scale is actually moving... thank heavens! It helped my motivation quite a bit... Have a great Thursday, everyone... :)

Not a good day for me today. Was feeling emotional. On my period. Resulted in binge eating. :-(

Jelly: just did that, so I know the dilemma - totally a diet killer! Hang in there and try to do a bit differently today as that's all you can do.

littleKat: Good for you and the scale moving! Mine went up a bit today, I will admit yesterday evening got hard again in dealing w/my sweet tooth. Sometimes I think it's in preparation for winter heading this way. Glad my suggestions gave you something to noodle on. I am constantly noodling.

Morning all!

AM: So here I am, I ordered a pattern for skinny leggings, I ordered some fabric for said pants. I am going to try that look. As long as I don't wear a short t-shirt, skinny is ok on this gal. Of course today i am in my goodwill find - a $4 pair of skinny jeans - in LEPRECHAUN GREEN! hahahahaha. Hey, they fit and they are an 18w and never worn. I got them early in summer/spring this year and they fit then, my weight is up from when I got them, but they still fit. A tad bit of muffin top, not bad, longer shirt on top of said muffin. So I am going to try something different and work w/the changing silhouette as best I can. Maybe in sewing for myself my outlook will change and the pounds will fall? One can hope right?

Diet last night went to heck, oh the call for sweets was stronger than I anticipated. Today I will try to do better, however my LO brought me a plate of 2 cookies for breakfast that he "made" for me this morning. Oh dear, he looked at me with a big smile and anticipation that his breakfast was just what I needed. I obliged and will take out something somewhere to make up for the two of them.

What can you do when someone this small makes you a special meal? :D

Tonight I hope DH is home and I can go move. Maybe I need to relegate it to fro-sun for moving? Not ideal, but then I have him able to watch the kids. I have been thinking the early am, but if I go out at 5am, he's a heavier sleeper and the LO is not, and said LO has figured out the deadbolt and is prone to run after people when they go. I neither want him to run out behind me less I not see him while backing, nor do I want him out in this cooler weather w/o a way to get back in as DH snores on. Dilemma. And this gym does not have childcare, as it's part of an old folks home but it's open to the public for membership.

Whats on peoples dockets for dinner tonight? I need some new ideas. I did chicken and roasted veggies last night. Maybe I should stick with salad for myself, still make mac and cheese from scratch for the family, but have a small portion for myself? Will see.

Thanks, LemonThyme!

I'm still beating myself up over it. I had to skip the gym this week due to my work schedule (got home close to bedtime), and I didn't wake up early enough each morning to workout at my home so I really needed to have kept my calories in check. I'm so damn predictable that it's infuriating. I get super emotional over something (even worse when I'm on my period), and I binge on ice cream. I ate well today, but I binged twice this week so I'm scared what my weigh-in will be on Sunday. Best case scenario - net weight loss is zero. :-(

Alright, enough wallowing in self-pity. I can and will do better!!!

My work schedule gets in my way, too, JB. I got out early today, before 8, but spent the evening running around to different drugstore...and got a haircut. So dinner was a bowl DH bought earlier for me...orzo, spinach, some kinda tomatoey sauce...not great, and not good for a diet. It's more the timing of meals that is defeating me. And the lack of exercise.

Haircut. Ugh. Looking at my reflection in that big mirror. I have lots of hair and a big head. You'd think I'd look more proportional, but no, I just look fat.

Well...hay...lucky me...I'm poster #500 in this thread. I'll close this one out and start a new one. Believe me, it hurts me more than it hurts you.....this has become the Hotel California thread for me....

HERE's the next thread.