Sillycat-The 140s is awesome! I hope to join you soon!!

time for a quick fly by - yesterday was great, today not so much. I do feel llike I am making some headway on the emotional side of this and that my thinking is changing which is good, Yesterday and the day before i barely thought about food till my stomach growled and then I ate. played tennis went for a walk.
On a sadder note, although my weight is the same for the last year and a half (up and down the same 5 pounds) my body is changing, blaaaahhhhhh I am more flabby then before, I know this is age and it just makes me want to work harder at this so I have the eating under control before i get much older.

FL - although I feel like emotionally I am so much like you I agree with the others who posted how hard it is to watch you be so hard on yourself. You are so much more then what the scale says in the morning. I feel kind of odd saying it cause I relate so much to you and totally understand your way of thinking cause mine is so similar, but trying to weigh yourself a little less then daily seems like a great idea. You are a wonderful women, you always seem to be out doing things for your husband and taking care of your home, you are so much more than what you think of yourself.

Getting ready to head home now - still gray and gloomy but not pouring so hopefully we can get a trail walk in or head up to the park.

Ashley - great job on getting in the activity! That has got to be tough with how busy you stay! Hope it provides some stress relief, too! That's what I'm noticing - sometimes I lazily dread it but then I feel great when I get started and when I'm done.

Midway through the month, let's refocus on getting in healthy eating and more activity so we can sail into June and get off to a good start to the summer! Some of you, though are already KICKING it on the exercise!! Great jobs, there!!

Annie & national- Thank you, I know our bodies will not be the same everyday or will we weigh the same. Just to see any kind of a gain when I'm doing so good on calories for a while is upsetting. I was losing steadily as I always do when I try, then all of a sudden a gain. If i was only a few pounds heavier than I was during the summer I'd be happy. I'm 11lbs heavier, that's not a few pounds. lol

Ashley- thank you, I noticed also that we think alike. Your right, I hold everything together around here. I take care of it all, husband takes no responsibility for anything here, just goes to work. I appreciate that he has been supporting us on his own for the last 3 yrs. We were married for 26yrs, I worked all my life too, til now, but still took care of it all. So I feel the need to keep my weight down to stay healthy so I can be around longer to take of them. It seems they would be lost without me, talk about pressure.

Another rainy day, depressing. Rode the bike 20min & did good on eating.

Computer died. Hubby trying to fix. On iPhone. Post when can.

Good morning. Quick post.

Still having issues getting back on track for eating and for exercise. I think allergies are making things more difficult, because I feel under the weather.

Have a good Thursday, all.

Hey everyone!

PP-Hope your computer is up and running soon. That is so frustrating.

Kitteh-Good to see you! Just keep on, you'll get back on track.


Ashley-You are doing great on the exercise....tennis?? Awesome!

NP-Is the end of our challenge next Friday already?? Yikes!

Got a pleasant suprise on the scale this morning. I am down 2.5 pounds!! I'll see what tomorrow brings before I change my ticker.

Think my A/C might be going out. I'm running home at lunch to check on it and to call repair if it seems to be out. Fingers crossed it was just my imagination.

How's everyone's weekends shaping up? My boys and I will go see the new Pirates movie this weekend. I also need to do some cleaning and maybe a little shopping, in addition to the usual stuff. Thinking of making my light version of Fettucine Alfredo w/ chicken.

Have a good day everyone!

Hello, all! Got in a good walk at lunch, and have done well foodwise the past few days, once the cake was in the freezer Monday night - god forbid we throw out 2/3 of a cake!

Sounds like a fun plan, Annie, to enjoy Johnny Depp this weekend And congrats on the loss!! Great job! Yes, next weekend is the end of my diminishing challenge - I kinda gave up on it as far as now I've set another date in the future for one. Why do I do that? I picked the date that we're leaving for a work/pleasure trip and trying to kick my rear in gear for that one now. My thighs won't shrink as much as I'd like in one more week. Pooh.

Sillycat - Congrats on your loss, too - I forgot to mention it when i checked in yesterday - hope it's contagious to the rest of us!

PP - good luck with your computer - how frustrating!

Looks like rain in the offing - have dog training tonight. Dog KNOWS all the behaviors and exhibited them every day on command. So we'll see how she does tonight. She's perfect when treat is nearby.

Raining again! this is the 6th day in a row! It seems like it will never stop. Walked anyway for 40min. Ate too much, did have some sweets. I can't stay away from sweets for more than 2 days lately. It' like a sugar addiction! I wonder what would happen with my weight if I would eat clean every other day and allow something sweet the other days if I'm hungry for it, but still eat all healthy meals. My calories would be over limit every other day, i guess I would gain. just a thought! Oh, lost 2lbs of water!

we bought a new computer so I'm back. Hubby was nice enough to take the time to make sure everything was loaded quickly to get me back online. I was going into withdrawl. I didn't realize how computer dependent I'd gotten, everything from my morning devotional to checking the weather. Using the iphone was a pain!

Hi all, not doing well, weight up, exercise down...hoping to get back on track, had scottish oatmeal this morning for breakfast, going to mow after I get back from getting groceries..

Rain Again! Rode the bike 20min & went over my calories again because we had peanut butter here. Maybe this not depriving myself idea wasn't the right thing for me. I'm never gonna lose this weight if I keep eating peanut butter & sweets. I'm gonna try eating clean for 3 days, then if I want sweets I will have them. This is the weekend, not a good idea to start this now, but I will try.

The guy next door moved but was kind enough to leave us {me!} his old weight bench. It has the barbell rack, preacher curl bench and a 'pull-down" pulley thingy. I'm very excited to have it, however its currently in pieces in my sewing room. I'm not really sure what to do with it, we don't really have a empty spare room, so something somewhere will have to get moved. Since it does come apart that is good, and the bench part folds up also to save more space. Just not sure what to do. Since I've only ever worked out to DVD's, I'm not sure I would use it in a room without a TV, such as my sewing room.


FL, I've learned that in the beginning its hard to say 'no' but the more often I say 'no' to what I'm craving the easier it gets. Hang in there

fl--there are things I cant keep in the house...

PP--very nice, my sons so gave us her old punching bag, just got to get it hung up..

Just kept the oldest grandson last night...aw sleep was nice, going to add the middle one who is allergic to sleeping the whole night through today...will get to see the littlest one we havent starting keeping for a bit when I get him