Okee dokee, I am back! I took a few days off from dieting and scale jumped 4 pounds. UGH!

I am eating clean today; so far so good. Cutting that junk food cycle is hard. -- I am busying myself with errands, workouts and lots of green tea to keep my mouth busy :dizzy:

I am hoping to drop a few pounds of that bloat today and the rest within next few days. When will I learn that cheat days are a bad idea? I was sooo happy to be out of the 150's and now I am right back. I guess in a long run, two off days will be meaningless.

On a positive side, I haven't had any liquid doughnuts :D

Sw 152.8
Cw 152.6
Gw 144

My eating has been absolutely HORRIBLE lately.....trying to get back to that place where I have a grip on things. So happy that I don't have to zumba after tomorrow.....I'm exhausted. Going to get my act together as of tomorrow.....

You and me both, Zumba!

I was actually able to pull myself together and have two OP days in a row. Let's hope that the junk cravings are over now. I am still a good pound heavier than I was a week ago, but atleast back into my 140's.

Meals
Bfast Green Tea
Lunch Salad w/ veggies, grilled chicken, feta and dressing
Dinner Salmon, rice and veggie
Snacks N/A
Total cals 1050

Exercise
4.7 mile walk
Weight Lifting 45 min
Elliptical 30 min

Weight
149.6
Down 3 pounds

I MUST get back to counting calories, at least for a little while. I have not been doing it for the last 6 days or so.

I have been good about exercise, but I have grabbed fast food a few times this week. The scale is holding steady, but it certainly ain't heading down. I have a couple of food related outings planned for this weekend, but also a big bike ride. I am hoping the effects will cancel each other out.

Hello all....

I am back OP today.....haven't gotten on the scale, i'm too afraid..and too afraid to try on my levis....but I definitely feel more in control today than I have been since I got back from camping...I even went into dunkin donuts to get coffee and donuts for the kids and didn't indulge....lets hope that I can keep this up..;)

I did not count calories yesterday, but I think they were pretty low. I resisted two temptations....first we went to Tim Horton's and I wanted their Pumpkin Pie Latte, but ended up getting just coffee....saved 300 calories and something like 50g of sugar :eek:. Later on at the pumpkin patch, which is also a farm, I resisted homemade icecream.

I was a little mad at my scale this morning. It went up :mad: I am still under 150 lbs, but still.... I guess I could be crying here how bad I was and how my scale jumped up past 150 :lol:

I did not exercise at all, except fitbit recorded 9000 steps from the various functions/activities we did all day yesterday.

hi all..

it was so nice to have the weekend "off". it was a very active weekend though....moved a lot of stuff around my house, went to a very cold beach for kite flying and then walked around town.....had a big breakfast (bacon and eggs, toast with butter and jam) but was starving because I didn't have much of a dinner the night before. Lunch was clams on the half shell , calamari and duck confit over salad. Skipped the dessert menu and just had coffee....baby steps......it was a special weekend because I was away but I have to buckle down and get serious now before my big move to my new house and my new life. Doing low carb this week.

Hello, all! I came in way under my calorie goals yesterday, at 770 total calories for the day. It's not something I am particularly happy about, but being pretty immobile and unable to prepare meals, means that I often skip meals. Considering that I am not getting exercise, I suppose having a few low calorie days sprinkled in isn't a bad thing. I was at 159 when I broke my leg, so it will be interesting to see where I am when the cast comes off. I think my secret weapon will be logging my food on myfitnesspal to keep myself accountable. So far, I have been logging in daily, and I am proud of that!

You guys continue to motivate me by sharing your journeys and successes!

Zumba - congrats on your new house and new life! You sound happy and hopeful!

Sum - Congrats on resisting those temptations! I think I would have caved!

junem - Great job on the exercise!

teeni - hope you are feeling better. Thanks for the encouragement! I am going to count the little things as victories, such as tracking my calories and staying within the range I need to maintain. I'll be happy if I step on the scale to where I started before the accident.

Have a great day, everyone!

The days in the calendar cycle approaching 'those days' it doesn't seem to matter what I do. I put on 2 to 4 pounds. This has a tendency to make me inclined to binge a little; its like if the scale is going to punish me I am gonna be bad. Weighed in at 154 today, and resisting the urge to sabotage my efforts with sweet and salty (also fatty) foods.

I did run this morning and I biked nearly 40 miles on Saturday. My eating has been so-so. Got pizzeria pizza last night, and had another slice for a midnight snack.

Guac. Bet you are counting the days until you are done with cast wearing. Hang in there.

Hello! I am hoping to lose a few pounds by Thanksgiving. I would like 8 pounds gone, but realistically that would be hard. 5 pounds seems more reasonable.
We will see how it goes. Don't have a plan yet, except I know I need to dramatically reduce my beer habit.:witch: I have not been exercising all that much lately either, so I have to step that up.
Today I am just drinking smoothies for a kick start. Didn't weigh in today but I've been hovering around 175. Ultimate goal is 145.
Hope to get to know all of you during the next month!

Hello, all. I bit the bullet and managed to step on the scale. I weigh in at 162, which I am not happy about, but, assuming that my cast weighs 2 or 3 lbs, that puts me right around where I was before my injury, which is great! I am continuing to log my calories and keep myself accountable with my eating. I also have been cheating with sugary foods way less than usual, since I don't have access to the grocery store or baking myself. I really want to get back into the 150s, but I am happy that I am halfway through my cast confinement and haven't packed on major pounds! My goal continues to be logging calories and staying within my range.

Have a safe Halloween, everyone!

I took a few more days off from dieting, and now I am finally ready to get back on that horse.

I need to get back to logging and planning my meals and exercises, and not eating junk and candy.

I am above 150 again :mad: I loathe that number.

On a positive side; I was wearing size 8 pants at ease. The rest of the 8's will fit me well after I drop 3-5 pounds.

How are the rest of you doing???

Meals
Bfast Green Tea
Lunch Ceasar salad w/ pork tenderloin
Dinner Assorted Finnish foods
Calories ??

Exercise
4.4 mile walk

Weight 150.6
Down 0.2 pounds

Weighed in and lost 1 pound. Maybe. Since I don't really know what my start weight was. :dizzy:
Made it through Halloween with out any total pig outs, although I did it more candy than I should have.:devil:
Have to step up the exercise, so that will be the focus this week. I'd like to burn 500 cals a day exercising. Unfotunately it was super windy today so I didn't go running, my calorie burner of choice. I did some stationary biking, but not nearly enough. Well, the day is not over. :ebike:

Guac & Sum, I think we are going to have a great week! Lets keep on it!!

im doing really badly....ate pie tonight, a few mini croissants and two mini mounds bars. I know that the holidays are coming and a cold long winter and that Is when I always put on weight. Last winter was HORRIBLE..I don't want to be like that again this year...

Oh gawd, these gray Autumn days do not inspire me. I could just lay around in my PJ's all day, and not care. I am holding steady at 154. which is not what I was hoping for. But I can't honestly say I have put in the effort for a better result.

Thinking maybe a short fruit juice fast would get me on track. But in general I think these sorta things are just a gimmick. Still I ought to do something.