jen - I totally believe that! Since I have been on the Melatonin, I have been sleeping better and it lessens the stress of day to day, so maybe has helped with the pounds lost?
M3- Great job!!!! How awesome is that ?!? You look back and those tiny steps end up being something really wonderful when you add them all up! That's a huge loss!
myturn, yah, I finally fell asleep--needed a nap terribly. here I am up at 2 am again. I broke my way of eating today (IF) because if I ate that way today, I would have starved, when I really needed to eat. I am going to be off plan again tomorrow.
it's ok to shake it up every now and again though. I hope I stay sensible.
ItsMyTurn: Well the tat I have now is a willow tree (right ankle) and I want to get an imp holding an oak leaf and acorn (left ankle) - because my kids names are Willow and Oakley. Then I want to get a butterfly with my highest weight and final weight when I stablise to represent the metamorphosis I've gone through (left wrist). Four and fifth tat show my science geekness -L- I want a DNA fingerprint of DH, me and the kids showing how we are a family (right wrist), and lastly I want a double helix (spine, not sure exactly where).
Hope everyone had an awesome weekend. I've realised I am sliding, maintenance is working but Jen you are right if I watch my calories I should still be able to lose. So refocus dammit.
This weeks goal: stay on calorie budget and lose at least 1lb for Friday pre-weekend weigh in (so be in 196/195 territory).
jen - so sorry to hear you were up at 2am! So wish I could send you the ability to sleep restfully. Sounds like you are out to confuse your system though, so when you lose, it will be with a whoosh I bet,
jitter - those sound cool! Clever play on the names of your kids too! You are obviously a creative soul yourself!
I am sure you can refocus yourself and lose that pound you want gone. I look at your starting point to where you are now and just sit in awe. That is so wonderful!!!!
Well my plan today is to go get my worship on, then come home and hit elliptical. I would love to bike again, but by then it's too late in the day so the heat is wayyyy too high for my bad lungs to handle. Better for me to tackle the cardio in the a/c at that point. Spend some time with the family and hopefully in bed early tonight. Let's see how all that works out for me, LOL.
Whew.. 207 this morning! I was pretty excited as that's 4 pounds in a week (although the week before I didn't lose any.. so I like to think of it as 'catching up'.)
I'm getting excited about Onederland now! It's my next minigoal!
The diet gods giveth, and the diet gods taketh away (or maybe that should be reversed?). I bounced back to 199 from 194. I'm going to resist adjusting the ticker just yet. I had my daughter's second birthday party yesterday -- I'm a little cray-cray from the event. I must say, I managed to eat only some icing and THREW AWAY THE QUARTER SHEET OF CAKE WE HAD LEFT!! I am so friggin' proud of myself. Cake is truly my Waterloo.
Congrats to cats! my2, that is. Like m3rma1d said, you are so close -- hang in there!
To the divine Miss m3: Did you ever think about inking some violets to cover the tats? Clearly, botany is not a passing fancy -- and the lovely shape of the violet is pretty amenable to covering. Plus, it would look like you're being "consumed" by your passion! One tat? A conversation starter. Multiple tats springing up all over your body? A statement.
Sorry to hear about the stomach buggy, jen -- but to invoke my fav movie quote for the second time in this thread: "I'm one stomach flu away from my goal weight!"
And jitter is right: refocus and resume! My week goal is to try to start squeezing in some more exercise. If anything, some cardio is good for my heart. My 2-year-old daughter goes to physical therapy twice a week; I can get my saggy butt up and shake it!
no weigh in and off plan for 2 days. we'll see what happens tomorrow. I am still dealing with this stomach thingy. I didn't sleep last night worth a poop. Went to bed at 4 am and woke up at 5 am tasting the green and red peppers from something I ate, which then led me to vomiting at 5:30am. Fell asleep at 6 am...got up and nursed the baby half dead--don't even recall getting him out of the bassinett, then fell back asleep until 10 am, and reluctantly dragged my butt out of bed.
ended up eating very little breakfast, because my stomach just wasn't happy, plus i don't usually eat breakfast on IF. Next, came lunch. I ate very little again. Then the time I usually eat rolled around--and so DID HUNGER. I still ate very little again.
I will be surprised if I lost weight, cuz when I start starving, my weight does not budge. my milk supply went wayyy down. I need to do something to get it back up again. but good news, is I did pump ahead of time, and got my little angel to take a bottle..he was pitching fits about it before.
I am really craving a coconut cream pie milkshake dream from Sonic, but am saving the splurge for some Chinese Food for tomorrow's dinner. yeah, i know. CF when getting over a stomach bug??? the heart (or belly) wants what it wants. All I know is I am hungry, and by golly [scarlet's voice] "I will NEVER be hungry again!" I am going to stuff myself to the brim with chinese goodness of veggies, and chicken, and beef. I don't really like the fried stuff or lo mein but go nuts on the green beans, california rolls, and the different meat dishes they have. I am also going to have some tiramisu.
My2cats - That is super! What a great weight loss and it brought you within skimming distance to ONEderland!
MissSea - Congrats on throwing out the rest of the cake! No matter what the scale says, to be able to throw out temptation (a yummy one), that's huge! And, I will say, there is always room for cardio
jen - So sorry to hear that your stomach is still giving you issues. I sure do hope it pulls around for you so you can regain some normalcy with how you feel... extremely important while you are nursing. I am glad to hear your lil one took the bottle without too much fuss though. Enjoy the CF!
jen - I am so glad to hear you are feeling a bit better! I wouldn't let the scale bother you today... until you are able to curb your hunger and convince your body you aren't starving it so it holds onto the fat for fuel, it won't budge much. I do hope you are able to get back on track though... more for your baby and yourself then for the scale...the scale will come
Jen - sorry to hear about your tummy bug. Hope you're on the mend. I'm the absolute opposite...when I DON'T feel hunger pangs shortly before I break my fast, I know I'm going to retain. And I do. When I feel hungry before my fast ends, I lose. Go figure...my body is SO backwards. I hope you're able to figure out your milk supply situation soon.
M3 - 214.2?!?! You ROCK!! You are making fabulous progress!! Keep up the good work!
ItsMy - I hear you on the A/C workouts. I have asthma and the heat bothers my lungs. Makes it hard to breath deeply. I'm an elliptical in my A/C'd house kind of gal, LOL!
My2cats - you're soooo close!!!!! You will be there before you know it - keep it up!
MissSea - Happy birthday to your DD! I hope she enjoyed her party. I'm very proud of you for tossing the rest of the cake. I wish I could say I would have had the diet dedication to do so... Cake is a HUGE weakness. Like SUPER huge. Good luck with your exercise goals this week!
Well, I haven't had a big "whoosh" yet, but I finally started moving in the right direction on Saturday after stomping, yelling, and threatening the scale on Friday morning when I weighed EXACTLY the same thing I weighed before going to bed the night before. (I need to be less obsessed with the stupid scale, I know...but sometimes I like to weigh myself at night just to see how much I fluctuate during the day, but I always always always weigh at least a pound less in the AM.) So after I finished throwing my temper tantrum, I decided to have an off plan meal with my family that night. I didn't go crazy and I was still well under the 40% calorie/carb ratio, but I didn't hold back on dinner, let's just put it that way. Low and behold the scale started moving again for me Saturday morning and steadily down since. My body is so screwed up that I could never offer people diet advice because no one could possibly replicate my plan and find any success. Just glad my body decided to shed the water retention finally....
dogdays, you are doing so well, don't let the scale frustrate you.
myturn, did you get your worship on? were you able to exercise in the a/c. Why are your lungs bad?
m3 you are rocking the weight loss.
afm: so frustrated. I had a BAD DAY. not sleeping for 8 hours at a time straight is wearing me down, and I got bad news from my school about my finances. All I wanted to do was go out to eat and enjoy myself with my loved ones. We went to a chinese restaurant. We are broke, so eating out is a REAL luxury. Well, the FOOD WAS HORRIBLE to say the least. Usually they get the egg drop soup--at least--right. It was DISGUSTING. I was so terribly disappointed. I didn't eat much. I also had to give the baby a bottle while everyone else was eating...that was fun. So upset about it, that all I can think about is going to a better restaurant and having a nice meal.
I didnt exercise today, because I am too worn OUT from the day, and the fussy baby. I feel like a failure, because he is so fussy. I MUST be doing something wrong.
Cake is a HUGE weakness. Like SUPER huge. Good luck with your exercise goals this week!