its 4:30 and im HUNGRY!!!!

I have not been posting like I should, I know. But now I have two full time jobs, and I am going to college part time. I am getting back on track again, thank goodness. The last time I posted I was 221, and I weighed myself today and I am at 205 now. Just thought I would make a quick post before I head off to stock at Wally World. LOL. Hope you all had a great day, and have a great night. *waves*

Wow, you really miss a lot when you don't check in for 2 days!! I know I won't get to everyone, but here goes:

Alcysmom good job getting back on track after your big dinner. I know how hard it is dealing with DH's who, despite good intentions, quite often forget or don't understand what we are trying to do or how we have to do it. My DH has a metabolism like a rabbit... can eat all the junk in the world and complains that he can't gain a pound!! I wish!!

MyBody and Sarah Fish - Welcome. You'll find lots of encouragement and support here. I know I have.

Fae - welcome back.

Casey - good luck this weekend. I know it is hard, especially with everyone else stuffing their faces in front of you. Stick to your guns, but have fun!

Amberlise - So sorry to hear about your parents. I know how hard it is to deal with that sort of thing. I've been there totally with my mom. All you can really do is try to be there when they need you, even when you feel lost and confused yourself. Good luck to you and don't fret too much about one week of bad eating. I know how difficult it is to not stress eat. I've done it plenty of times.


As for me, my week started off good on Monday, until things got hectic at work and then DH called to tell me that in the midst of me trying to find a new job and not having the greatest cash flow I now have to start looking for a new car. Mine apparently is an accident waiting to happen.. literally, since the frame is rusting right thru and there is no way to repair it. Bugger!!

So for me today I was totally stressed and having total panic attacks at work... but it probably didn't help that the guy I am assisting decided to take Monday and today off, leaving me to do his job and my own since he decided to ignore everything he was supposed to take care of before he left! Grrr Everyone was telling me that I was doing a great job, but then again they don't know how good I am at hiding the fact that I am having a panic attack. So needless to say Pizza got the better of me yesterday. Today wasn't quite so bad, but I definately ate a bit more than I should have.

Here's to hoping tomorrow is better!

Just wanted to pop in and say hello. I'm new here...I've been lurking around for a couple of weeks. I'm 23 and a recent college grad. Can't wait to start talking to all of you!

Amber--so sorry to read about your 'rent situation. My thoughts are with you and your mom. And don't worry about the wedding. If that's you in your avatar pic..umm, your gorgeous and I am sure THAT will show through in the pic.


HighHopes--Eek. Stress sucks. And I am here to tell you that before this diet thang, pizza has ALWAYS gotten the best of me. I started making pizza at home and it takes a total of 5 minutes prep, 7 minutes in the oven..and YOU can control the cals on it. Betty Crocker's pizza crust mix has 160 cals perserving. Add some organic pizza sauce, 2% mozz cheese and fresh mushrooms and green peppers and you have my pizza dinner that is less than 300 cals per serving!

Casey--veggie corn dogs are made with corn meal and have a lot more cals than veggie hot dogs. Good luck this coming weekend. You got a lot of great suggestions here. Combine that with you not being a beer drinker and you are in like Flynn.


Welcome GaDawg

Night gang.

Woohoo! Well what started out as a journey to gather information on gyms with my friend turned into both of us joining Bally! No idea how that happened lol.. but Im excited. Not only to get back on track, but to use the facilities and spend some time with my friend. We have our introductory personal training session tomorrow at 8 am.. woohoo waking up early! Hah. We're inviting my boyfriend and her husband to join us.. don't think DB will take it though..

Other than that.. I seen to be doing well. My eating was good today. Im feeling good. One cigarette the past week. Go me

Amber - *hugs* Im sorry for that! I can understand what you mean about needing to find a better release for stress... Im comming back from that myself.

Muzik - Good job!

DGad - Welcome!

To everyone else - Im sorry Im not responding to everyone.. *hugs* Fae must sleep.

Hey all.

Just stopped in to say hi.

Welcome to the new people!!!!

Amber- don't stress too much about the food right. Some things in life are a little bigger.

Well my day has been all over the place. But right now I'm feeling pretty darn good. Eating wise my day is shot, but I don't realy care because I'm not binging. Even with a HUGE stress/anxiety feeling earlier today about a party I'm planning.

But bye for now. And I hope everyone else has some good days.

Whoa, glad to be back on my feet! Had some major dental work done yesterday so I was below OP yesterday and it showed on the scale this morning! I ate one bowl of Progresso soup yesterday. Back to chewing this morning. Just finished my grapefruit and Diet Mt Dew and am off to work the day away.

Welcome to all the newbies!

I got plenty of groove to spare: broc:

Thanks for all of the support, ladies. I got an email from my mom a few minutes ago. Subject: HELP Message: I NEED TO TALK TO YOU NOW!!

So, I called her and she said she's having a bad day. I just don't know what to do for her. She's at work, at least. That should take her mind off of things a little bit. What in the world can I do for her? I just have no idea.

Anyway, I went to the gym last night for about 40 minutes which was nice. I'm baking some pumpkin bread and zucchini bread tonight, but I hope to make it to the gym again tonight. I've been eating well since returning from my mom's. Uuuuugh, this has been the worst year in my life. In the past year I've had my engagement called off because my fiance's mom made COMPLETE lies about me and he believed her. I moved out of the condo he and I purchased together and I'm now renting a studio. I sprained my ankle. I spent a week in the hospital because I have a blood clot in my brain. I've been diagnosed with a blood disorder. And, I find out that everything I believed in as far as marriage - because I honestly thought my parents had a great marriage - has been shattered. And my dad is a lying and cheating dog.

Maybe I should see a therapist.

Okay, I need to stop talking about this. This is a diet board. Control what you can control and I can definitely control my eating and exercise habits.

Amber - i just read your post and all those words sound all to familer! when i get stressed or lonely all i want to do is eat for comfort! when things are going my way i eat for fuel! it's like when i have nothing else to think about or do all i think about is food! your not in this boat alone, stress is apart of everyday life for us normal people, and it can be really hard to deal with. i've been working on different ways to deal with stress and doing other things to keep me busy. dancing has become a WONDERFUL stress reliever! even though i only have class on wed nights which is just one night a week, i still dance at home in the litte space i have. i make up dance to various songs for no particular reason besides i want to and it being excerise is a plus. i love to do lyrical and modern dance. it gives me a way of expressing my feelings without to actually voice them. sometimes you have to dig deep and find what truly makes you happy and even though you may be scared to get started, you will end up happy in the end. i was so scared when i took my first dance class a few weeks ago, i had not taken one since 9th grade which was 9 years ago. but i could not be happier now. even when i've got boy problems or money problems i can always turn to my dance and come out happier in the end. when i think back i don't see how i stopped doing it in the first place. even though no one may not ever see any of the dance i make it still makes me happy to do it.

*anyways*
yesterday was a pretty good day got a lot of dancing in and eating was right on point!

7th day without a binge!!!

Hey everyone,

Wow, amber, this has been a tough tough year for you . I hope it gets better soon. Don't stress about eating too much or try to control it too hard right now. Sometimes what you need is to not turn to controling/comfort food when life gets tough. And this might be a weight loss board but it is somewhere to come and post the things that lead to stress and lead to weight gain or eating problems. And believe me, getting it out is better than holding it in.

jusj -Isn't dancing wonderful? I'm taking a hip-hop class and a ballroom class this semester, and while I'm pretty sure I'm embarrassing myself quite a lot (I'm not graceful or anything like that ) but they are so much fun. And I'm learning a little grace. And my hip hop is definitely a stress reliever, I always come home feeling lighter than before I go.

My day has been good good. Eating still isn't perfect, but I'm getting in exercise and I'm getting in all the food groups (a little too much of some if you know what I mean.). But definitely not horrible consider this week and next are my midterm weeks. I.E **** for students.

Amber--- if you don't have someone to talk to, maybe a therapist would help... it is not healthy for you to take all of that on by yourself... if nothing else, you will be able to get things off of your chest. I just know the stress I literally FEEL when I hold all of that in... Keep working out (I know that time might be an issue with time).............BUUUUUUUTTT it's really a good stress reliever... atleast for a short time.

I am down to 176.2 today!!!!!! Wahoo! I get to see DB tomorrow!!! TOMORROW! I am so excited... maybe I can post a pic of us at D.O. ---it'll show the weight I lost.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Thanks Fae, I appreciate it. I swear I am working muscles I haven't used in years stocking at wally world. roflmao. I am aching all over. So very tired. Just got home about 30 minutes ago. 'Cuse my french, but I sweat like a whore in church working there. hahaha. I know I am going to lose quite a bit of weight while I am an employee there. Have to go to the doctor today, and hopefully he gives me some nice compliments since the last time I was in there. He wanted me to do the south beach diet, but I just decided to watch what I eat, and how much I eat..plus exercise. and so far I have been successful.
Anywho. Going to go fix some breakfast, and wait to call the doctors office. Called in sick in the other job so I could go to the DR. Anywho. Hope you all have a fantastic day!

I'm still sitting pretty at 179 . . .
I forget how much I love Thursday until the morning. I get so much alone time (with having a roommate I don't get the alone time that I use to.) From 9 until I leave for class at 10:30 and then I have a break between 12:30 and 4 where my roommate is in class so I am alone. Its nice to have alone time. Although I always have a ton to do during that time.

I'm going to start doing something new today, I live on the 17 floor of my apartment, you can only take the stairs up and do to the 8th floor (the rest is an emergancy exit with an alarm. So I'm going to take the stairs down from 17 to 8 and then try and take them up from like 14 and start adding more floors every few days. I figure that will help me since I haven't had time to get to the gym but still want to exercise.

Anyways I think I'm going to try and get some homework done before I go to class.

Well, for some good news. . . I got on the scale this morning and it read 149. But in true form to my scale, I double-checked and the next two times it read 150. Oh well!! Either way it's still down, so I'll take it.

Mom called this morning at 6:45 am telling me she didn't want to go to work. I had to coach her through it and then called her work at 7:40 and she was there. I have an employee assistance program phone number provided through my work. Tonight my boyfriend is going out for poker so I think I'll call the number and get some things off of my chest. At least the weight is still going the right direction on the scale. I really have to go to the gym tonight. Someone convince me to go!