Good morning everyone,

How do the weekends fly by so fast? Nothing particularly exciting happened over my weekend. BF was working so I brought him lunch at the office, then went home and slept, ran (!), cleaned, etc., and we hung out together at night. I stayed OP with food with the exception of Friday and Saturday night drinks. I had intended to have 1-2 drinks and had 3 Friday and 4 Saturday (I think…it’s a little fuzzy), but still got my F/V, protein, calcium. Saturday I did go slightly over intended calories, though – 200 cal over my upper limit.

I finally, finally re-started my exercise this weekend! I can’t believe how much I was running just a few months ago. Even trying to make it 2 miles was awful. I did a lot of starting and stopping, and added powerwalking onto the end. I also started my weightlifting & strength exercises. But I’ve restarted, that’s it, no more f!@#$%^ around.

It’s funny how the weeks I’m good about keeping my food journal are the weeks where I stay OP. Duh, Megan. Tomorrow is my weigh-in and I don't feel like my pants are any looser. We'll see. At least they're not tighter.

How was everyone else’s weekend?

Oops, sorry ya'll - I listed the week as 10/3 - 10/11, and it's really 10/3 - 10/9. I tried to edit it but could only edit the title of my individual post and not the sticky title. Does anyone else know how to fix it?

Hey, this weekend flew by.
I decide to switch to Core at WW. Ihave not been doing well on the flex, I think i got to comfortable and started cheating slowly until the past 2 weeks, I was barely even paying attention. I also think in a way, I was sabatoging my self. I'm not sure why but I can't get under the 200 pound mark. I get close then I'll have a bad week and gain a few pounds back. ahhhh...what is going on in my head, I want to get to my goal but I'm not letting my self.

Anyway Core is kind of like South beach, but I think a little less structure, you can eat until you are satisfied with a certain set of "whole foods". So far its day two and I think my system is definatly getting cleaned out with all fo the fiber and the lack of processed carbs. Its a very healthy way to eat, I was scared to try it because, I obviously overeat and dont' necessrily know when I'm full. I'll see how its goes this week.

Here's to a good week everyone.

Morning!! Im trying to catch up on these boards, and everytime I read a post someone else posts on one I just read! hahah.. Rough night last night, Makayla was up crying every hour, I think she is gettng more teeth Other than that.... ummm.. friday night, whoa! It was a bust. we went to the red wings game in a limo, what a game!!! then we picked up some friends, went to det. new hard rock cafe and then to another bar, I was beyond drunk.. then we went to white castle!! I dont know what came over me! I hate sooooooooo much, that I was beyond sick the next day... yuck!! I now know why I dont eat fast food anymore, sat I was back on plan, as well as on sunday.. Now Im just tired! I have to go grocery shopping this week, Im out of fruit! and salad!! yummmmm....
Well I hope everyone;s weekend went well!! any good gossip??? I feel as if we are losing members!! I would also like to welcome all THE NEWBIES!!! WHOOHOO!!!
*HUGS*

Hey all. Well, I am back from my anniversary trip. Ate like crap of course. It's amazing how much weight I gained (I know probably not all fat) over a few days. The days preceeding the trip weren't that great since I didn't bother working out. Maybe I just needed a little break. I am adding strength trainin this month. Although I am awfully discouraged right now (and not just because of the weekend gain), I am going to keep going. I have never made it this long doing both exercise and eating right. I am still not changing my ticker!!! I record my weight every day, but I cannot bear to see it on my sig!!!

On another note, I hope that everyone is having a super Monday (if there is such a thing).

Oh y'all I did SOOOOOOO badly this weekend!! Saturday I did OK eating-wise, but oh my goodness I got so drunk...it had been over a year for me! I'm just a little bit ashamed too! Seven orange Smirnoffs and 3 shots had to have a TON of calories... Then yesterday I went crazy pigging out...I don't know if it was guilt or what but something definitely came over me. It started off OK...I didn't have time for breakfast but we went to my in-laws for lunch and had turkey with dressing, macaroni and cheese, green beans, and rolls. I ate a little of everything, but in moderation...just a few bites of each. Then after we got home something happend and I had nearly a whole bag of doritos, a bunch of cookies, a bunch of little chocolate candy things with filling (fudge, caramel, and peanut butter), then ate a cheeseburger and potato salad for dinner!! WTF??? Why did I do that to myself? I'm never going to break this plateu with weekends like that!!

Well, today is a new day so I've got to get back to it...MODERATION MODERATION MODERATION! I think I'm going to have that tatooed on my forehead...LOL.

Hope everyone else's weekend was better than mine!

Hi everyone! My weekend was okay food-wise, not OP but not too bad. Saturday morning my BF jokingly said "why don't you make pancakes for breakfast?" and of course I was like "YES!!!" instead of sticking to oatmeal or cereal (at least I used reduced fat Bisquick). Then we went shopping and were starving afterwards, so we went to Walt's Roast Beef and I had a roast beef sandwich and most of my fries and a big giant Sprite. Do fries count as vegetables? Ugh. We went out to dinner at a Thai restaurant where I engorged myself on wonton soup, pad thai, and beef with oyster sauce. At least there was Chinese broccoli in there, I probably ended up with three servings of veggies that day. That evening I had a couple sips of his beer too, but not enough to be too many calories. Now that I've written it down it doesn't sound nearly as bad as it felt! I don't know how many calories it was, but it was probably not much over 2000, if at all. Phew! Especially considering I ate out for lunch Friday too.

Sunday was basically OP eating-wise, except I threw in an extra piece of buttered bread. After watching the scale go 135-137-135-137-etc for the past few days, I am totally back on track this week. I had been really stressed out about my future at school, but now I have officially decided to take a leave of absence at the end of this year (which I doubt I will be returning from). I should have a masters degree by then, so BF and I are planning to move to Indiana and get jobs next summer. Now I just need to tell my advisor. In any case I feel better now that I at least made the decision.

In totally unrelated news, I spent WAY too much money on clothes this weekend. I pulled out the fall clothes I bought last year since it was getting cold, and everything was too big! Good because it means I lost a lot of weight, but bad because I can't afford to replace my entire winter wardrobe!

Hope everyone has a good week!

Paperclippy - I'm in a rut with the winter clothes thing too. Since we've moved to a place that has a real, snowy, cold winter, I know I'm going to need to do some major shopping - on limited $$$.

Jill - sounds like a good weekend!

I'm one of the many that didn't have a very good weekend - I was feeling pretty guilty about what with the start of a new month and new challenges, but then I looked around and saw I wasn't alone! Hope everyone is back on track today - I am!

Hi, girls! I don't have much time but I just had to get on here to tell you 2 things that I am excited about: 1. The university that I attended (which is less than 5 min from my house) started fitness classes today that the public could join. Which is perfect.......because it's not as expensive as a gym. My mom and I joined and our first class was SPINNING! I thought I was going to die!! My legs feel like jelly right now! Pushing in the clutch on the way home was hilarious! Anyway, I'm really excited about this because I was getting so tired of just walking and there are 4 different options for classes. 2. You all probably won't think this is too exciting but I do!! I did an older persons very first IV ever today! I don't know how this person was lucky enough to get this far without needing an IV........but I did it, it was easy and the person was happy! It's funny to think that just a few months ago I thought having to put an IV in someone was going to be impossible!

I'm off to study now! Hope everyone has a great week!

Bad, bad Megan. I was so good for a whole week. And then last night I was at the store having a chocolate craving. I got a box of generic cocoa puffs thinking it was cheap, and I usually don't have a problem with cereal. And proceeded to eat about 5 cups when I got home! (instead of the rest of my dinner) Since I exercised yesterday it turned a really low-cal day into a maintenance day calorie-wise (put me at 2000 cal for the day). But it was the principal of the thing. Maybe that's why the scale only showed a pound down for my first week of my Thanksgiving challenge this morning. I am so mad at myself, because I ALWAYS do this. I do well and then binge and undo it all. After having more for breakfast this morning, I dumped the box in the trash, not that there was much left. I /have/ to stop using food to feed my emotions. It's a connection I never was able to make despite losing 60 pounds. GAH.

Ok, ok. Today is a new day. Erm, after breakfast...today is a new day. I have exercised for the past 3 days - my longest exercise streak in months. Regroup, refocus, breathe Megan. 7 1/2 weeks, 9 pounds to go.

Gammagirl, it's very exciting that you have new exercise options! It's sooo important to stay entertained while you work out.

Good luck with winter clothes everyone. I was still losing last winter and probably need to add a few items to my wardrobe as well. Paperclippy I wish I had your problem .

does anyone ever come back from the weekends and say "hi! i had a great weekend, totally on plan, didn't eat one bad thing, didn't eat out, made everything myself, didn't sleep in, got all my chores done, excercise three hours each day, and still had time to hang out and party with my friends/boyfriend (calorie free of course!)" HAHA NO I DON'T THINK SO!!! so i am going to let myself off the hook for last weekend *devil face* ok but seriously, i am actually going to try to get through this upcoming weekend by accomplishing maybe just one of those things on the above list (which was more than last weekend!)

LOL at missmichelle - so TRUE!

Jill - I think that there are a lot of people on these boards who changed careers or want to change careers because of their experiences. My husband is working on his doctorate in pharmacy right now and has a class called "Human Wellness" which is basically a nutrition/diet/exercise/general well-being class for all the health care doctoral students and I was looking over a study guide for a test, and I already knew so much of what was there! I'm sure you would have too - I think it's a great idea if you can make that leap! Keep us posted!

Miss Michelle: lol. So true. Maybe we should start changing that around here. I guess it's really something us 20 somethings struggle with... I think I smell a Weekend Challenge?-lol