I haven't been on the scale for a week but will weigh in tomorrow....the more I ignore the scale the higher it is going to get....have to face the music. I have been eating horribly....I don't know what I want to do now to lose weight..i don't know which diet to follow.....which road to take to reach my goal....I feel lost.

Ugh, didn't even bother with the scale today.

B: cappuccino & a persimmon (new fruit for me, yum!)

L: steel-cut oats with raspberries mixed in

D: Thanksgiving leftovers, 3 chocolates

S: turkey pate, cheese, crackers

Sum, some morning I feel that way about breakfast but I have to take metformin twice a day. So I try to take it first thing otherwise I forget and miss the dose. But maybe on those days that I don't feel like eating I'll wait till around 11 something because that's when the kids eat where I work, unless they continue to cut my hours then it won't matter. I can set my phone to remember.

envelope, I'm gonna try to lose as much as I can. My church does a fast at the beginning of the year for 30 days (not a total fast unless you want to) you just give up something that would typically be hard for you. This past January I gave up all sweets, bread, potatoes and rice. So I guess I gave up carbs/starches. It was hard in the beginning cooking for the family and not eating but it did get easier. I loss 2.4lbs. I need to go back and check to see what I did in June because I loss 4.4lbs. I started going to the gym in October so I loss 4.2lbs. I have tried to cut the carbs/starches myself (alone) but I am not loyal to myself so it doesn't work.

I'm gonna shoot for 6lbs and try to keep it off. My sons bday is 12/31 and my daughter is 1/7. I hope to be in the 170's be at least one of their birthdays. Our church fast will probably start on 12/29 so no cake for me starting that day for 30 days. That's a good thing.

envelope we can do it :)

Zumba my friend that's how I feel most days. Thanksgiving didn't go as well for me as I thought it would food wise but the scale isn't bad at all. However, I know had I not eaten all of the carbs I constantly ate over those 4 days, I believe the scale would be lower. We'll figure it out :hug:

Heidi new day tomorrow :hug:

I would like to join in. I need to reel in the stress eating and move on.
Goal is to be 197 by Christmas Eve. That is almost 8 lbs less than the weigh in this morning. I need to get back to exercising.
Quick update on my MIL Hospice nurse thinks it will be a week and she will be gone. Her pain is under control for the most part. She is on a dilaudid drip. I am going to record all my food tomorrow and drink all my water and hopefully go for a walk.
Love to all and many thanks for the hugs and prayers.
Carma

Carma...I pray that your MIL passes quickly and without pain to be in peace and pain free place.

I actually ate breakfast, ladies :D -- I took DH to the airport and I had some time to kill before I could get into the Finnish Center, so I went to Bob Evans and had an omelet. I was so full all day that I did not eat another thing, except an evening snack.

My activity level was super low.

Meals
B ~ Bob Evan Border scrambler omelet, hashbrowns and decaf coffee w/cream
L ~ None
D ~ None
S ~ Apple w/pb

Exercise
None

Weight
155.4

Carma, Sending you strength during this difficult time! :hug:

Zumba Your feelings are shared by me as well! I wish I had never gotten big, why did I not catch myself when I started gaining....it would be so easy to worry about a few pounds, now I have 30 to drop. It feels like such a huge and depressing task. -- I have never tried WW or other diet plans, except Nutrisystem which was a huge failure for me. ( I did not know about my celiac and NS is mostly wheat... I was so sick on it). -- Anyways I don't know if it would be time to look into some sort of a plan. I simply can not do it just calorie counting. Or would I just waste more money and still over eat??

Okay, ladies. We can do this!! Introspection is good. Tweaking is good. Even doing a soul-searching overhaul is good. I vow not to get depressed over where I'm at, and to continue to attack with vigor.

I think my "eating events" are over for a few weeks. Thanksgiving is behind us. Chanukah is largely behind us. I have thrown away most of the leftovers, other than some pumpkin pie for my boys, and a plate of dinner food I saved for DH. Everything else is gone or in the freezer; no more for me. Next "event" is dinner out on 12/21. So... I have 2 good weeks ahead of me and I plan to make them so.

I'm not feeling 100% right now, both my DS are a little under the weather. But I'm trying to rally my slight lack of appetite to work in my favor.

Today so far, just cappuccino. It's 9:52AM. Off to run errands.

Carma, sorry to hear about your MIL, I pray for strength and peace during this time. Blessings :hug:

WOW Sum I need your small stomach or your intuitive eating smarts :D

Heidi, Hope you and your sons are feeling better soon :hug: I won't let where I am get to me either. Gotta fight on as an old friend would say. :)

I was down .8 this morning so that's a plus. Hope to keep it going :)

Oops, I posted in wrong place.

As you were.

Carma, I'm so sorry about your MIL's suffering :hug:

B: cappuccino
S: persimmon, 10 raspberries
L: bowl of spicy fennel & bean stew; salad of arugula, kale, mushrooms, tomato, broccoli, blackberries, and oil & vinegar

Okay, so now I'm up to:

B: cappuccino
S: persimmon, 10 raspberries
L: bowl of spicy fennel & bean stew; salad of arugula, kale, mushrooms, tomato, broccoli, blackberries, and oil & vinegar
S: Chobani yogurt, 2 handfuls of peanut butter stuffed pretzels

Exercise check. Water check. Calorie count check. Stick within my calories for the day. Well 3 out of 4 isn't bad.

Sorry your son's are sick Heidi. Thanks for the pep talk I needed that.
I am going to look for the December chat to fill in more of my day.

Sw 162
Cw 159.5

So I ended up with an okay, not great, food day.


B: cappuccino
S: persimmon, 10 raspberries
L: bowl of spicy fennel & bean stew; salad of arugula, kale, mushrooms, tomato, broccoli, blackberries, and oil & vinegar
S: Chobani yogurt, 2 handfuls of peanut butter stuffed pretzels
D: same salad as lunch, but swap blackberries for blueberries and add havarti cheese. Also 2 handfuls of those pretzels again.
S: 2 squares of fudge

I didn't really want the fudge, but it's part of our Chanukah tradition and last night was our last night to all be together. I really don't want to give up the tradition... So now it is behind us until next year. Scale was down from yesterday so it's all good.

Also went for a few-mile walk.