rainbow oh well didn't make it on the elliptical but didn't go over my calories so I'll take that for today :) Great job on the exercise! Hope you have fun at Zumba. I am going to try and get a session done in the morning. DD is asleep so hopefully we have a good night. Tomorrow she has to get her shots so hopefully it isn't too horrible of a day! see ya later chickie

so we had a good night and I got half an hour on the elliptical. DD is napping which is amazing! and am back on a satisfying diet. Pray I can keep it up! love you girls

OK I still didn't fit in an official workout but I was out and about most of the weekend so I did get in lots of walking. Not the same but at least I didn't sit on my butt crafting all weekend. I also did not have any super bowl parties to go to so no bad eating for me! I am getting pretty excited for valentines day!! This should be a good week. The weather has been just beautiful and warm here the past couple days and I can't wait to get out running!

sun Yay for good eating and exercise and your daughter napping! All good things :)

Kay Busy weekends are good! Do you have Valentine's day plans?

~Alright. I'm at work. Just have to make it through the next 7 hours and 45 minutes, then an hour of Zumba..and then I can relax. I'm so tired! It's ridiculous! I'm also avoiding the scale til Friday. Got TOM and I always get "backed up" so I feel like I'm carrying some extra weight haha.

rainbow- I have fancy dinner plans on a riverboat and I am going to make my husband wear his suit. We have NEVER been out to eat all gussied up. Can't wait.

Kay Oh wow, awesome! That sounds like lots of fun :D Think I'm waiting to do something like that until next month - my boyfriend and I will hopefully be celebrating having been together for 3 years. I hope you have a great time!

kaysounds like so much fun! I hope u and your hubby enjoy yourselves!

rainbow I am the same way during Tom. Ugh. Just finished mine. Hope you enjoy zumba. How nice 3 years! Hubby and I have been together 6 altogether.

So still going strong today. Gonna go home and cook dinner after dd gets her bloodwork and sots done.....it takes forever here in the peds office. Blurg.

Rainbow- congrats on 3 years!

Sun- Thanks! My husband and I work opposite schedules so we only see each other at lunch time but he is changing his schedule around for Valentine's day. I am so excited to have him home for an evening. That is part of what sparked a fancy night on the town.

Hey everybody!

I have started back on this weight loss journey as of early Feb. This time the BF is joining me. We are challenging each other to lose 20lbs by May 1st. :D

My goal this month is to get from 181 to 172. I'm at 177 as of this morning. Almost TOM though. :P

Question: how much water do you drink on a daily basis?

Thanks! :D

kay sounds lovely! You will have so much fun!

beer Welcome. Sounds like you have some good support and are on your way. I try to drink about 2 liters a day. More if I can. It means alot of pee breaks :)

hey everyone! sounds like you all are doing so well! i'm jealous.

i ended up going to a superbowl party yesterday, drinking way more than i should, and bingeing. sigh. i think i need to spend time curbing my ED before I can focus on weight loss. it's kind of tricky, but if I can break the binge/purge cycle, i'd be loads better off than having three on plan days ruined by a day and a half of binging. i'm still considering what i want to do. i just know what what's been going on is unsustainable and needs to change.

sun Sounds good! Hope the doctor's stuff doesn't take too long, I hate waiting around at the doctor! I hope I make it through Zumba! My legs are sore after running yesterday!

Kay Thanks! For a while there I almost thought we wouldn't get there...but I don't see us breaking up in the next month haha. Guess I should start thinking of something nice to do!

beer Hey there! In answer to your water question - at the moment, not nearly enough! I usually aim for at least a litre a day because I'm terrible at doing it. But I don't think I've been getting much over half of that for a little while, not so great.

fatmac Sorry about the superbowl party/binging. Does the plan that you try to follow allow for things that aren't necessarily healthy? I'm sorry I can't remember what you do...but I agree with sorting out the binge/purge thing being a priority.

rainbow - thanks hun. I'm actually REALLY flexible with my plan. I try to incorporate the parts of all sorts of plans into one that works for me. I try to eat whole, natural foods and I avoid gluten and most processed foods. I like to eat a lot, so I try to fill up on vegetables. When I count calories, I'm typically between 1100-1650. I just get in these manic rages in which I want to eat EVERYTHING EVER PRODUCED BY NATURE OR MANKIND. It's ridiculous.

fatmac That sounds pretty frustrating... but you're doing really well so far. I guess the binges are just something you have to either somehow work into your plan...or try really hard to cut out? I dunno, I'm not good at advice!

fatmac I know what mean about wanting to eat everything! I was like that last week! You can make it through. My cravings are gone and so will yours be :)

rainbow did your poor legs amke it through Zumba? you are doing so well

So I am making it through another day ladies. Haven't had chocolate and am struggling with that. I really love chocolate...haha...it makes me happy :) Well I didn't work out but I did clean the entire house plus we had to move furniture so I got some exercise. Now I am going to a movie with my GF :) Hope you are all having a great week so far.