Sadly it was a pizza day here too.

I realized my mindset is changing - my confidence is gone. While I was shopping yesterday I looked at plus size tops - been a long time since I didn't look at the XLs. Exercise has so much to do with my mental state - I really hope the surgeon releases me on Friday.

Stay strong!

Today is pizza day here too, already planned in advance so I can't get out of it. So it's soups and salads for me until the pizza, and I've already figured up the calories for the pizza so I can budget for it. As long as I make sure I exercise, I'll be on track with calories.

We ate at our favorite mexican place for yesterday. I was awesome and I only ate half of my food. We really limited the chips but still ate way to much. Scales are up 5lbs today. Im cooking lunch today so it will be a veggie heavy meal. I will also drink extra water today to help flush out the sodium.My mexican meal didnt taste greasy at all but when we heated up the leftovers for hubby last night i noticed how greasy it tasted. I also noticed the grease left on my plate. YUCK!!!

Hi all, sounds like we're all in some version of December struggle.

The end of the semester has been hectic, as usual, plus I got a nasty ear infection and the amoxycillin is doing a real number on my stomach.

But next week is finals week, so I have a chance to get myself back on track.

WTG to those who are staying OP, HANG IN THERE! to those who aren't.

Tomorrow is my "re-set" day. I'll be back posting daily, since I know that's one important step for me.

Oh, I was accepted for the OTHER conference in April--so I'll be on the west coast one week and east coast the next, lots of opportunities for networking and professional development, and boy, what a motivator to be lighter than I am now, four flights in two weeks. I've already bought a first-class ticket to NYC (was able to get it for a reasonable rate) and I'm planning to buy 2 coach seats for the flight to California, since first-class looks prohibitive. Boy, it would be nice to fit into a coach seat without anxiety again.

Okay, I'm off to continue work on decluttering this apartment.

More soon~~

Angela

:wave:

Brrrrrr! Power went off at 10 AM on Sunday morning. Came back on at 12AM Monday morning. It's still a bit chilly in the apt. right now Underground transformer blew up and had to be dug up an replaced. Some folks earned a ton of overtime, for sure.

Went to a Xmas Party for the dog's agility school yesterday afternoon. 3 hrs in a cold unheated barn! Didn't help coming home to a cold home either. There was tons of food. I took Ital. cookies cause I'm not fond of them <G> Kept myself busy helping out and chatting so I was able to avoid the spread. On my way out I treated myself to one small, home made butter cookie. It confirmed my thoughts that I can't deal with good sweets. I tasted like heaven and if I wasn't driving home when I put it in my mouth I would have gone back and devoured the whole plate and not been embarrassed.

Had a rough time Saturday so I have to do damage control for a few days.

Let's do our damnedest to hold today together and tomorrow we'll do it again!

Love this! I feel like maybe, maybe, maybe I've actually turned the corner on the food. Fingers crossed!!! I'm closer to being on track than I have been since August, so that's got to be good, right? I think having my clothes not fit was a powerful motivator. Now I need to get the exercise back on track and I might just make it out of this slump!

Good luck to everyone -- I've been trying 2 new mantras:

Food will not make me feel better.

(this is for those days when you're tired and worn down and there's so much to do and food feels like the only positive, comforting thing in your life)

and

It's never too late to start.

(for those days when I'm just stuck and feeling like nothing's ever going to work again...).

Another one I've used in the past is:

Choose happiness.

(for those days when I feel like I don't have any control -- a reminder that being happy is a choice, and to choose happiness).

We're so busy right now trying to get everything achieved before Christmas that I'm not sure the holiday pitfalls will apply this year -- but I do have some legitimate fears about January and February. So I guess it's time for another mantra:

Don't borrow trouble.

:)

dramie, we also went to our favorite Mexican place this weekend. Well, it's technically our 3rd favorite since our fave close down and 2nd fave was flooded out! I do really well getting shrimp fajitas and not eating any tortillas or sour cream that comes with it. But I brought home leftovers and noticed a lot of grease on the bottom of the container. I'm actually not so sure how to calculate restaurant fajita veggies on FitDay now that I know there's so much oil on it; I may just add 1 T of oil manually at this point. It was definitely a lesson learned.

Hi ladies, I did not, as planned journal today, but I'm feeling sick and think I'm OP~~didn't eat much at all, just enough to put something in my stomach before each antibiotic. Got chills and aches, afraid I'm actually getting the flu. No fever, but man, I was shivering for 4 hrs. I had to put my fleece hoody on, with the hood up, turn the heat up to 72, and drink two cups of hot tea before I could stop shivering!

But I committed to posting daily, so here I am.

Have a great Tuesday, everybody.

Feel better soon, Vortex!

angela- get better quickly! I keep fighting sinus trouble but refuse to let it win. fact is if its not better by thursday I will break down and go to the dr. I cant be sick on monday Im getting a new granddaughter!!

stranded- it was really gross seeing all that grease that I sure didnt taste when the food was hot! I do so much better just staying home and cooking myself.

well my youngest daughter cooked dinner last night and I ate too much. She made poppy seed chicken for our anv dinner. I then had a couple of glasses of wine. Today is a new day and I will be careful what I put in my mouth!!

Morning all - not much going on around here. Thinking of you all!

Quiet day expected here too. Maybe a run to the grocery.

Angela don't breathe on us. :sorry: Hope you begin to feel better soon.

Hi all! I'm sorry I've been MIA. I went to visit my family for a few days and just didn't have the ease of internet access I thought I would.

I did get a fair bit of exercise... including a run through the airport when I nearly missed my flight!!

Angela, I hope you feel better soon!

Still on track, calorie-wise, anyway, food-wise, and I worked out tonight. Didn't make it through the full hour, which sucked, but it's better than nothing, for sure. Next I'm going to try to get my eating patterns, in terms of what, when, and how, smoothed out, so that my eating choices can be positive, in addition to my caloric intake. My husband has promised that if I stop working so much, he will start exercising with me again, which is a big motivation to reclaim my life. He's got a chest infection right now, though, and is sick as a dog, so I have a few days to make the change :p

Here's hoping the mojo sticks around and gets stronger -- I'll share whatever I have of it!