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Good morning! I'm back down to my lowest low of last week of 272.4 so I've undone the damage of the salt & vinegar chips/coke/fudge attack of a week ago. You shouldn't have to pay for an entire 7 days! No fair!
I'm looking forward to the 260's...four fun things in that 'decade'. First, a new decade, which is fun all by itself. Second, I'll reach the halfway mark in pounds lost/pounds to go. Third, I'll be 265 at some point which has always been one of those magic scale numbers for me. I bounced down to that weight a few times in my 20's and there was always something about that number that made me feel ok, like I felt like me after feeling too heavy to be me, though I of course always wanted to be much smaller. Finally, I'll reach my fourth mini goal. So the 260's will be fun!
Brenda, you burst my bubble! Here I was thinking I was taking revenge on Pennington's for their decade-long hostage taking of me by shopping at Reitman's and you're telling me they're owned by the same company?!! Waaaah!!
Brenda, you burst my bubble! Here I was thinking I was taking revenge on Pennington's for their decade-long hostage taking of me by shopping at Reitman's and you're telling me they're owned by the same company?!! Waaaah!!
they also our Addition Elle, RW & Co, and Smart Set.
Welcome home Wyllenn! I'm glad the attic is empty except for ghosts (of course). I bet you are tired today!! I hope you took today off and didn't have to go to work so you can rest. If not, oh well *zap* that's a little energy to get you thru the day.. hehe.
Meta, w00h00 .. down to lowest. My body doesn't play fair either. Between my body holding onto fat cells from binges long past and my brain thinking that it's deprived on a NORMAL amount of calories per day, I'm a wreck. It's you ladies and your motivation that helps me along!!!
Looks like it's going to rain today through Wed. We had some rain last night and it cooled things off nicely. I had the windows open and slept all snuggled with psychokitty. I might not get in my bike ride, but I have the old treadmill backup!
I've adjusted my calorie intake a wee bit (by subtracting 100-150 calories per day) and my one brain cell left is panicking that it's deprived and going to pass out. Doh.
Okay, so it's been a rough week. The bf got back from Alaska and I went out to LI to visit him... I looked SMOKIN, it was definitely apparent that I had lost weight, everyone commented on how great I looked and how I looked thinner. I tried to be good on my diet while I was there and I did pretty well, but once I had to come home I just felt really overwhelmed and ended up eating everything in sight. Since then, I've tried to get back with the program, but haven't really had my heart in it, you know?
Anyway. Today is a new day... I have 2 weeks until I return to school, and I want to spend those 2 weeks eating healthy and getting a head start on my diet, so that when I move back to Baltimore I don't go crazy and put on a bunch more weight. I haven't gained much over the past week, but I haven't really worked out, so my muscle mass is probably deteriorating. Boo!
On another note, I haven't read up on all the posts I missed yet, but I did notice this one:
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Actually, I'll probably still shop at Reitman's even when I'm a skinny mini because I've always like their clothes.
I can totally relate to what you're saying Meta because when I was at my highest weight, I always wanted to shop at this little boutique called Anthology (not Anthropologie the chain... different store)... they had the most ADORABLE clothes, but nothing there would fit me or look good on me. I kept my eye on the prize for so many months, just waiting to be able to shop there, and when I got near my goal weight 2 years ago I went on a crazy shopping spree! Of course, now some of those gorgeous things are sitting in my closet, too small for me, but still, it felt so good to savor that NSV!!!
Okay, that's all for now, take care and I will try hard to stay OP today!
Good morning, everyone. I hope it's okay to just jump right in.
I've been a lurker for awhile now and have decided it's time join in the chat and much needed (for me at least support).
Quick intro...I'm 32, married, have 3 great little boys (2,5,7) and run an in- home licensed childcare. I've been heavy all my life (of course looking back at some photos, I wonder why I thought I was so big, considereing what I look like now), and after so many starts and stops, I'm really hoping that this will be the time I will make a permanent change.
I realized when my scale would not register a weight ( it weighs up to 310) that I should definitely do something. Right now I'm just watching what I eat and logging everything in to FitDay. It's been a few weeks and I'm now down to scale readable numbers.
So that's all the bare info.
I'm looking forwrad to getting to know everyone here!
Heather: welcome back, and glad to hear the attic cleaning was much better than expected.
Meta: I know what you're saying about shopping. I am all but obsessed with being able to shop in the "regular" plus size stores. I think it's worse where you are because the sizing is smaller, thus regular plus size ranges are smaller. I'm hoping you see the 260s in no time.
Brenda: hi!
Ratkity: hang in there. I hope your appetite adjusts to the lower calories. I know for me, if I feel I am hungry and not getting enough food, I am destined for a binge.
Booty: a few days won't spoil everything. Now that you're back in the saddle, you can get back on track.
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Well, as for me, I've had a rough few days with eating. The scale, which had registered a pound loss yesterday, is back up so there is no loss for this week. Today I have all my food prepared and packed, and I have done everything possible to lay the groundwork for success.
I think I know what is bothering me. You know all this talk about having to deal with feelings that we used food to tamp down, well, the difficult feelings that bubbled up quite forcefully were not the ones I expected. They were not the ones I expected to have difficulty with either. Anger? Frustration? Sadness? Anxiety? Handled. Sexual urges? OMG. I don't know what to do with myself. I have been climbing the walls. I think part of it is also loneliness, loneliness for a partner. It is amazing how effective overeating has been at keeping these feelings at bay. My friend, my lover, my constant companion has been with me every night and weekend, and now he is gone.
If there were a man in my life right now he would need B12 shots, Viagra, and an oxygen mask to keep up with me.
This scares me because if I were to meet someone I would be afraid of letting these baser urges cloud my judgment, and I need distance and judgment before anything when it comes to relationships with men. Knowing that I am afraid of falling into the same dysfunctional patterns has kept me fat and not having to test if I've finally managed to grow enough to have a healthy relationship.
I'm not giving up, that's all I know. I want to feel and live. I WILL find a way to manage this.
Ratkity – What a difference in your pics! You look so sporting now!
Laura –
Battle – I wanted to say something about what you posted regarding men, and judgment clouding, etc., but I can’t quite put it together right now and so I will come back to the subject later. This is a huge issue for me, and I would love to talk about it more.
The weekend was really weird for me. Saturday was a LONG day. I left the house at 7:00am and didn’t get home until 2:00am. I did get a lot of exercise from helping with the move, but I more than made up for it with two PB&J sandwiches in the morning and then pancakes at the diner at about midnight (there was a good lunch in the middle there somewhere). I haven’t been keeping peanut butter at the house because I have horrible portion control with it, but I have been really craving it so I had some when I got to my ex’s. I think having that sugar in the morning got my engines going so that by nighttime I had a major pancake craving going on. I ended up not eating much Sunday (I wasn’t at all hungry) so it made up for it a bit. Not that I think you should try and not eat after a higher calorie day to make up for it, it just happened naturally (which I actually thought was kind of cool – the body self regulating its calorie needs). Sunday I did NOTHING. OK – I did two loads of laundry, but I had to push myself to do that. It was such a lazy day.
My NSV of the weekend was buying a shirt off the clearance racks at Catherine’s which is a size 14/16. I think it is a very generously cut 14/16, but still I don’t remember the last time I bought anything in the teens. I also thought it was really ironic that all the good clearance stuff at the Avenue was all in the 30/32 size. When I was 30/32 I almost never found good clearance items! The small ironies of life keep me grumpily smiling.
Happy to report that I've lost another 2 lbs. I've been so good OP it's almost funny and more determined than ever. I CANNOT believe the water weight gain I've had the last week. It was crazy!!! Not once have I ever been so bloated and feel like a walking water balloon.....geeze...thank goodness that's over with.
Nancy, I know what you mean about Avenue. I've gone there so many times and they don't have 30/32's on sale or even very many of....or they have them in that stretchy denim now which I just don't like. So I haven't been shopping there but have been considering it since I think I'm in the 26's now. I've been ordering from Lane Bryant on the internet which is fun, but I hate waiting for clothes.
Heather, glad you're back, we missed you. Aren't you glad that ol attic is cleaned out now..I can imagine what a job that was.
Laura, welcome...you will find many good people here and great help.
BodyToo, ah...we all have our bad days. Just jump back on the OP train. You can do it!
Ratkity, ooooo hang on to that one little brain cell. Encourage it!!! Hope you do well with fewer calories.
Meta, glad to hear you're back down on your weight. I've struggled with mine all week too.
I did work out some over the weekend. I did the 1 mile walk yesterday and today and I worked out with my stretchy band Saturday and Sunday and will again today. A little here and there and it all helps.
Hope everyone has a great day. Stay OP, drink that water and move!!!
Debbie
they also our Addition Elle, RW & Co, and Smart Set.
I just read you work at Penningtons? Me too. I work at the AE/Penn store in St. John's The discount is great...(and I get it on AE stuff too ) especially now that Penn is getting much nicer clothes in than in the past. The new Contemporary section is great.
But enough about work...I had a crappy day there today
butterfly~ thats cool... i am only there PT as I work another job. We dont even HAVE AE here on the Island. Sucky too as they have some nice stuff. We are likin the contem section as well. Much trendier than it used to be!!!
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they also our Addition Elle, RW & Co, and Smart Set. 
), and after so many starts and stops, I'm really hoping that this will be the time I will make a permanent change.
Me too. I work at the AE/Penn store in St. John's 