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onmyway - what a contrast in your pictures! You must feel so much better now. Congratulations!!
newleaf - it's only fair that we have unexpected drops when we have to deal with those days we do everything right and the scale stays locked on a certain number, right?;) weightlosswanted - good for you with your walking. Have you found that your energy level is up? Marie - I had a picture taken this week and I thought "I look better than I did a couple of months ago, but I'd still like to look better than this". Pictures clearly tell us how we're doing. I find them great motivation. dmc2009 - I have knee problems, too. It was really helpful to work with a personal trainer on some strengthening exercises for them. gardenerjoy - that salad sound yummy! CruiseCAT - best wishes on your teeth. It's funny how they start causing us trouble in our 40's. My parents are visiting for a few days. They always stay in a hotel because they don't like to get up at 6AM when our boys are up (actually 5:50 AM this morning). My mother can be a trigger for my emotional eating, but so far, so good. I'll hope for a good weekend. |
Hubby says he had a nice Bday, but since he has to work I think he's lying a little, LOL. I had fried chicken, green beans, garlic mashed potatos, and mushroom grayy ready for him when he came home. This is my mom's recipe, my alltime favorite comfort food, and has become one of Hubby's favorites also. I only drizzle a little olive oil in the bottom of the skillet so the chicken isn't very crispy but its has a good taste. The mushroom gravy is made with a can of Cream of Mush soup and a little milk poured into the bottom of the skillet to get the brown stuff off the bottom. Liquid comfort! Had I used more oil the recipe says to remove all but a few Tbspoons. Not too bad. Hubby says the swelling is going down dramatically. I keep making jokes about his swelled head.
:D OMW, Great photos! thanks for posting them! Gives the rest of us some inspiration! Yay, on the bathroom! sounds wonderful. Maggie, Glad you get to spend some time with your parents even if your Mom is a trigger. LOL, is this like being a 'pistol'?? Hydra, Good job on staying on plan in the face of temptaion! I didn't know they had digital frames until my friend said she wanted one, now I want one too! |
I did DO it!!!
The scale stuck and I am down. I moved my flutterby!
OMY - Thanks BFF!!! Are you the last standing BFF? :hug: I am off to the gymnastics class for my DD and then I am going to walk around the place so I don't just sit there! Now, I have to go get breakfast and snacks prepared to take. yesterday before I left the house I made a little snack pack up for me and stayed on plan. yesterday treadmill for 20 minutes, and eliptical for 40, burned 390 calories. Now why didn't I just stay on for 10 more calories....? Because I was sooo done! Personals later! Yippeeeee!!!! maybe I can do this.:carrot: |
Hydra, I really love my frame. It totally calms me in some hectic work situations. I don’t think it’s as needed at home but I love the calming effect. Your mom will love it. Congrats on staying healthy when presented with all the treats.
WLW, good luck at the potluck. You can do it. Joy, ah I envy the farmers markets. The ones we have around here are pretty much a joke so I don’t go. But a real one, I’d make my way to the tomatoes ASAP. Newleaf, congrats on a lower reading. Here’s hoping for a good reading on Monday. OMW, I hope you’re enjoying your day alone as much as I am. I love the solitude after a busy work week. More this time of year than others as the start of a school year is just plain painful. Presmaggie, here’s hoping the emotional eating continues to stay at bay. At least the parents aren’t there 24/7. That will help. You might want to give your early risers a hug for that one. DMC, you can do this – no maybe about it. Great job on the exercise. Dear Doggies and I had behavior training again this morning. Kodiak has become prince kody the last few days and the behaviorist even called him a prince. I think I broke through the alpha on him. He's doing great. Now puppy Kai, she's being mule-ish but she is so cute... Liz said she has one of the strongest lead dog mentalities and that dog sled drivers would want her on their team as she's so determined to be first. She wasn't joking, that my baby Kai could be in demand. But alas, she's my baby and isn't going anywhere. She and I are going to start skijouring this year. We've been working on the left and right commands already. I've got all the gear and winter is on the way. I just need to teach her two more commands: Leave it and No. She's pretty good with leave it but NO is her least favorite words. :o Marie Oh, and the scale was down another pound. The 140's are a breath away. Perhaps if I exercised for a third time today with that breath being deep with the blood pumping the scale would show me a 4 in the middle number. But since I cleaned my bathroom and cleaned the scale (it was dusty and furry) it'll be a 5 as the scale always hates when I clean it. It has never been nice the following day. Here's hoping tomorrow is different. |
hello ladies, I have had a busy weekend but DH and I managed to make it by a gym that we are thinking about signing up too... The boys and DH are very excited about it.. We were looking for one that was open all night since DH has really strange hours and this one is so it will work great for us and the price is good as well LOL so I think we will sign up I am a bit nervous since I don't like to workout in front of others at least at home it might just be that I don't like to workout in front of the family LOL I am hoping that I will just get in there and not think about it since there will be others in there doing the same thing as me LOL wish me luck :)
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Well, I could have done better at the potluck but I could have done worse : ) I ate really well all day, and had my cottage cheese and fruit on break 1 1/2 hours before I got there. And even though I didn't ride the bus yesterday I got in 2.5 miles of walking. I ate much less than I normally would (but most of it NOT healthy) and came home with leftover veggies for snacks : ) I also left the 2 liter of coke the hostess wanted me to bring home, because I would end up drinking it all. Earlier this week I got past a craving for chinese and had cottage cheese with strawberries n almonds instead. I've gone a week + without eating out or ordering in...everyone is probably wondering where I disappeared to! And yet the scale still isn't budging, sigh...
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Onmyway: I love that this had been a great summer for you because slimmer is more fun! Very inspiring!
presmaggie: boy, I get the mother as trigger thing. My parents are gone now and I miss them greatly, but there are ways that my life is better and that's one of them! I sometimes ate junk food on the entire 90 minute drive up to their house. But, I was never as conscious of it at that time as you are now -- you can do it! I hope it turns out to be a great weekend. patchworkpenguin: the comfort food birthday supper sounds like a great gift to your husband! dmc2009: congrats on the moving ticker! You're doing great with planned snacks and walking while your daughter is in class. Marie: good to know that scales can be persnickety about cleaning -- I'll watch that! mystical: you can do the gym! After a few times, you'll be so used to it that you won't even think about it anymore. People aren't looking at you -- they are busy doing their own thing. weightlosswanted: good job on the pretty good potluck and the walking. The scale was up 5 pounds this morning from yesterday. Yikes! It's a good thing I just read a thread on 3FC about that happening to people or I would have really freaked out. I was on plan yesterday, but Japanese for lunch and Chinese for supper is a lot more sodium than I've been getting recently. Combine that with some digestive issues and TOM and I guess it's a perfect storm. I need to go to the grocery store. Used to be groceries on Sunday morning meant donuts. And the 5 pound weight gain makes that tempting. But, I'm going to eat veggies for breakfast because that always makes me feel uber-healthy and then go to the store, fully armed against donut-eating. |
OnMyWay yay about the bathroom!! I hope it's almost done... I hate being in that "almost done" state that usually lasts for months (even years!) around here...
PresMaggie I hope you are doing well with your parents visiting... My parents stay in a hotel, too, which I find strange. They ostensibly are doing it "to make things easier for me" but it's really because they feel uncomfortable just hanging around without a scheduled activity. They would rather go back to their tiny hotel room and read for a few hours than to just relax and read at my house. Whatever... :shrug: PatchworkPenguin I hope your husband is feeling better now! DMC2009 good job with the exercise and seeing the scale move -- woo hoo! Marie I love reading about your doggies... And I'm so glad that the scale is moving for you!! You have lost so much weight; it really is impressive! I hope you've gotten to see that 4 this weekend... Mystical good luck at the gym; you'll love it! WeightlossWanted great job at cutting back the restaurant food... I'm so sorry the scale isn't being kind. I forget, do you count calories? You may want to try that for a couple of days (if you don't already) just to see where you're at, in case you are unwittingly way too high or way too low. GardenerJoy WOW on the scale! :sp: It's probably the sodium... Although I did once go for a big sushi / sashimi lunch and was surprised to find out afterwards that it had a lot more calories that I would have thought... Keep doing what you're doing (great job thwarting the donuts!) and I'm sure you'll be down soon... |
Mystical, join the gym. Remember everyone is busy doing their own thing and aren't paying attention to what you're doing. And I know I'm always happy to see a person working at getting healthy so you have nothing to fear.
WLW, do you measure and log all your food and calculate the calories? You really should give yourself at least a week of measuring everything and calc'ing the calories because with your walking that scale should budge. 2.5 miles walking is a great job. Joy it's amazing how salt and TOM can make the scale tempermental. I know that during the summer months when I OD on fruits and veges - hence way more fiber than I'm used to - I'm a bit more bloated. Flush your body out with water and have low sodium food today and I bet the evil scale will be more cooperative. NewLeaf, LOL on the almost finished comment. My DH is like that - get it to the usable stage then that's it. He has more unfinished projects than anyone I know. Maybe your household can be in competition. So, drum roll. The scale made a liar out of me. Apparently it liked the cleaning... http://www.mariesdogs.com/images/the40s.jpg I know, a little strange taking a picture of the weight but I was so excited. And yes I had it measure, then I picked up the camera. I have not been in the 140's in forever!!!! This is a great day. Today I'm going to make Blizzard a new bed for her "house". Hers has been mulled and ripped by the other two. I bought pink denim when I was in Minnesota and think that since she has a pink collar and food bowl, her bed should be pink too. She looks pretty in pink (my favorite color). I'm going to hunt down my before picture today. Eeks I don't know about posting it for the world to see. But I will... Marie |
Marie Congratulations -- I am so happy for you!!! :carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:
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Sorry I have been MIA....hope everyone is doing well Don't even have time to read the pages of posts but wanted to check in and say hi. Hope it was a good weekend for all!!!
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Hi everyone! Today was a day back on track. I've been coasting for a week, roughly. No excuses - back to work. I did not wait til Monday ... I got up this morning and said, "ENOUGH!!!!" Stayed busy and ate carefully. TOM arrived today too ... so I might have at least a bit of an explanation for why anything that wasn't nailed down last week got eaten. That's an exaggeration - I didn't really eat everything - but I did eat like somebody who was thinking maintenance instead of loss. :D
I'll catch up tomorrow with everyone. Looks like it's been a busy weekend - I like to read everyone's posts with coffee in the morning at work! |
I feel like I've had a good weekend, so hopefully I won't start Monday with a weight hang-over (ie, having to re-lose what I already lost last week). I haven't exercised today, but after the kids go to bed in a few minutes, I'm going to walk on the treadmill for a bit.
Fingers crossed for Monday... Good for you, ICUWishing, for getting right back on track. You are so very close to your goal!!! |
Next week, lets roll!
Mystical, don't care. Just plain don't care.. you are doing it for you, and nobody else. Get strong and in your face about your workouts. You have a right to be there working out and getting fit. Just do it.
WLW, Cottage cheese, strawberries and almonds sounds so wonderful, I have got to try that. Newleaf, lets hope I can move that baby again this coming saturday. I feel a new resolution! Marie, you are not strange to take a picture of the scale, it makes it real. Sometimes when I look at the scale, its not digital, its so hard to read!! I have been thinking about a digital! Congratulations:hug: ICUWishing... Next week is a new week, a new fresh start. Today, I went on an hour and a half hike in new trails with a friend. Came home and cleaned and went to the market. I have my lunch and snacks already packed for tomorrow. I feel pretty strong about staying on track. Last night I got the munchies and I got up and had peppers for snacks. No calories and felt pretty good about it. Trying to eat no calorie food or water only at night. I really feel it will help me get there by December. Only one pound a week is my goal, but if I can do two like last week, I will be happy. A woman at work is so negative, she drives me crazy, she said that one pound a week will be TOO HARD. Yes, its hard and maybe sometimes the scale wont' move (no matter how long I stare at it) LOL, but I can try and be postive! Looking forward to another week of good choices! |
You are all doing so well!!! The inspiration is just amazing that I get from this site. I hope you all have a good upcoming week. I will check in when I can write more, I am babysitting my granddaughter and she is a tad restless tonight. Hang in there and keep making headway on your goals.:grouphug:
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