Hello Lovely Ladies! I don't know what the deal was but none of the posts from yesterday are showing up :( But anyway, it sounds like you all had good days!
CC- I know I've said it before but you ordering out at restaurants is really an inspiration for me! I'm getting a lot better, but this has been a big struugle for me. And great job on getting past that binge. I bet once the desire past it felt really good!
Robin- I'm glad you had such a good day :).. and I'm with Sunshine, I wouldn't even worry about eating so late, considering you ate light and then got on the elliptical afterwards(amazing by the way!)
Sunshine- Good job on skipping the unhealthy stuff and going for that salad, and extra good job on skipping the crutons, cheese, and dressing -Thats my favorite part!!

Well I did pretty good when we went out to eat Friday night. I had a grilled pork chop, baked potato, and a side salad. This is huge for me! It's weird leaving restaurants not completely stuffed and it feels great! Now here comes the bad news, when I got back to our friends house I drank 3 glasses of wine. :S That sent my calories up to about 1500. I got right back on track yesterday though and had a great day!! I've been getting used to drinking lots of water, I'm just ready for my bladder to get used to it lol.
Anyway, I have a question for you guys. I love popcorn and I've heard they have 100 calorie packs with popcorn. But I was looking on a regular box of popcorn and it said one bag has 32 calories in it after it is popped. I was shocked, why is this, I'm so confused.
here are my commitments
-water!
-exercise!
-calories!

Have a wonderful day ladies!

Good morning! (whoops, afternoon) I totally slept in today. Didn't wake up until 11AM. Yikes!

Robin, Way to go restraining at your MIL's house! It sounds like you weren't even tempted. I know some people don't like eating after a certain hour, but I think it's better to eat when you're hungry than not eat at all.

Sunshine, I used to eat in the car a lot. Part of my secret eating problem. When I'd go to the grocery store, I would always break into something for the ride home. I also used to get home form the store and find that within hours I had found a reason to break into pretty much everything I bought that was "fun" (i.e. BAD). Congrats on passing up the gooey treats!

CaseyGail, Sounds like you did well on your night out! I think it's not about being perfect all the time, it's about making smart choices most of the time so you can absorb a splurge once in a while. By making good choices at the restaurant, the wine wasn't as big a deal. Imagine if you had ordered a huge bowl of pasta or something and THEN had the wine. You did well!

For today, I need to be good at a dinner party and work up the energy on this lazy Sunday to get some exercise in before I go. Because I won't want to when I get home.

How is everyone else doing? Nalynn? PNG? Anyone else who want to join in who hasn't before?

Good Morning Ladies :)

Didn't get a chance to make it in til way late yeasterday, so I figured I'd just save it for the morning...lol My daughter and I revived a weekend tradition, "Funkin' Out" lol, I load up a playlist full of old funk tracks, and we clean and dance like fools... halfway through, we changed to holiday music, but it was fun, think we'll go for round 2 today :)

I did ok, got all but the last little bit of water in... ha, it always gets me. Now I have to think about the Do's for this week... time to sit down with my journal and figure out some more goals :D

I'm praying for some sort of breakthrough here... I think I need to lower my minimum calories, eating 3 healthy meals and 2 snacks, in 2 days, I've had a hard time making it to even 1300 cals, let alone 1500, then I try to make my minimum with a couple extra snacks.. and so on, maybe I'll just kill the minimum altogether... yeah, that's it lol I'm sure what I miss in one day, I'll make up for in another :D

*sigh* Right now, I'm looking at my super athletic 6 year old bouncing and bounding across the room... thinking, "what I wouldn't give for a third of that..." lol, I'd be at goal, and probably beyond in no time... sheesh, and she can still talk 50million miles an hour at the same time... that's it, she's my new trainer :lol3:

Ok, so I can barely keep up when there's 1 day of posts, so rather than miss someone, thanks everyone for all the encouragement and advice this week... hehe, I think one of my do's for the week coming is going to be to post individuals everyday :D