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I have been rather bad this weekend. Monday is the day to get back on track.
Hi Mary-Welcome! I am so happy you are joining us. Walking is a great way to get into exercising. Both Marie and I have used Walk Away the Pounds DVDs.
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Still struggling some with counting calories but at least I have already completed my Y step class for the day and stopped at the store for healthy fruits and vegetables. Todays purchases included kiwis, peaches, grapes, carrots, green beans, tomatoes and bananas. Yum. My weight is still okay. It stays near 140 so I am thankful for that but I could really stand to lose ten more or at least five. I know I have room in my diet to cut out some goodies that I consistently treat myself to so I just need to find some discipline!
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Marie , 08-01-2013 11:23 PM
Hi Tera, I am still off track. We got home last night and the trip back across the country was a munch fest. Today I was MUCH better but no one would accuse me of being on track. Monday and the dedication pact is approaching. I did choose many more healthy items today, including hungry at the grocery and I bought mozzarella sticks instead of chips. Definitely more progress. I also bought LOTS of fruit. Exercise while sitting in a car is pretty much impossible. 
Hi Mary, I hope you find your way back here. I'd be happy to share the EXCEL spreadsheet with you. You'll need to PM me your email address.
time to watch a movie. The Avengers is playing on my big screen and I'm hoping the bulky muscles of the super heroes motivates me. 
Marie
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I have not been been making wise food choices this weekend again. Not so much exercise either. DD was visiting so we ended eating out quite a bit. My kids are just not too interested in anything I cook, sigh. Well, there will be plenty of time this week to get back to eating right. DH and I are planning a visit home to see our siblings in September so that should be ample motivation to lose these pesky ten extra pounds I am toting around lately.
Marie-I hope you were able to continue to move in the right direction and readjust your diet after your vacation. Monday is the day!
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Marie , 08-05-2013 08:03 PM
Hi Tera, you're right. Today is the day. Yesterday I cleaned my house like a banshee and even cleaned the evil scale. It lived up to its name this morning. 
After I got over the shock, I did an elliptical workout and was an 
all day. I think I'm going to add into my spreadsheet a reward for every pound lost. And I have another motivator other than I'm getting fat - we're going to Cancun in February. So I have 6 months to get back into a better shape.
Like you, I think eating out is majorly difficult. I figure if I'm paying, I should LIKE it. My diet friendly food at home is tasty but restaurants rarely are. I hope you enjoyed your DD's visit and she's doing all right in her new town.
Marie
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Yesterdays stats: cals-2075, ex-long walk. I am giving myself credit for tracking calories and getting in my exercise. I admit the calorie total is still too high but it could have been worse-believe me-ha,ha. Another thing that is finally getting much better is I my sleep pattern is finally improving-thank goodness. I do not feel quite as gloomy. It's still a battle though-ha,ha again.
Marie-I cleaned my house this weekend also. One of those simple things that just leaves me feeling better. Your Cancun trip should be a huge motivator. How exciting!
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Marie , 08-06-2013 10:03 PM
Day 2 was been a success. I finished the day off at 1285 cals and 30 minutes elliptical and swimming 1/4 mile. I even went out to eat and ordered the WW wrap. Tomorrow and Thursday will be hard because I'm last minute going to a conference out of town. I do so much better when I cook my meals. But I will not get off track.
Tera, great job logging your cals and the long walk. I give you credit for logging too. That is the first step to getting the cals back where they belong! I'm glad you're not feeling gloomy. This past spring had to play mean to your mental well being. You're on the road to being back to normal. We are going to do this together!
Marie
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Thanks for the encouragement Marie. Your calorie total is outstanding. Too bad about the last minute travel plans. At least it is not a vacation trip. Hopefully you will find some "on plan" type food available.
yesterday's stats: cals-2160, ex-body sculpt class at the Y. Unfortunately the Y is closed for the next three days for cleaning so I will still have a lot of catching up to do. Well, at this point I have lots of time to do that. I do not see my calorie total improving much this week. I am hosting a bookclub meeting at my house tomorrow which means baking of course. Strangely, staying near 2000 is not that bad in my book. I easily consume closer to 3000 if I do not make at least some effort. However, I see the scale creeping up. Not pretty.
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Marie , 08-08-2013 12:29 PM
Hi Tera, I so wish I was in your metabolism group. I see the scale creeping up at 1800. It makes losing so hard. Sometimes it feels impossible. But it is not so I will keep trudging through. I thought of you often yesterday. I was so GOOD on the first day of the business trip. Breakfast and lunch were easy but I thought of you when for dinner I went to Costco for dog biscuits. I decided to buy a chicken Caesar salad for dinner. I then went to Safeway and bought a lo cal Caesar vinaigrette, blueberries and two peaches. I went back to my hotel room and threw the high cal Caesar dressing, croutons and most of the parmesan cheese away. I ended the day at 1205 cals. I'd elliptical led before I left (yes at 4:00 in the morning) and then I swam a 1/4 mile in the resorts lap pool. Yes, it was a good diet day! So far today I had two plain scrambled eggs and a pile of fruit. Woots. Then I'll be on my way home this afternoon. I think I will survive the diet still intact! BTW, exercise at home while the Y is closed. It's how you stay healthy, mentally and physically. Dig out the Leslie sansome if necessary. Off to workshop so I will ignore any typos on my iPad.
Marie
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WTG Marie! You are doing awesomely well. I am impressed. This is a very good for me as well since it makes me want to do a better job with my diet or so I say anyway. I had cake for breakfast for goodness sakes but that was before I read your inspiring post. I did stop at just one cupcake for what that is worth. You are quite right about exercising at home. I will see if I can make myself do something later. I have become quite lackadaisical lately. I have decided to post my real weight in an effort to make myself work harder at this.
Yest cals-2110, ex-none
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Marie , 08-09-2013 10:14 PM
Hi Tera, good job posting the real weight. I'm not ready to do that. Maybe never. I will end the day at 1242 cals. No exercise as I'm just tired. I HATE traveling. Most of the time I love Fridays but the start of the school year is busy. Ridiculously so. Today was more like Monday. Tomorrow my DIL and I are going shopping over the mountain. But I will exercise before I leave.
Marie
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Marie , 08-11-2013 11:25 PM
How sad but the weekend is almost over. 
I pretty much wasted today. I was tired so I took a nap. A long nap! I bet my night sleep won't be all that restful. On the plus side, I stayed below 1300 calls both days and ellipticalled yesterday. Today I took the plunge and dug out my yoga DVD. That actually felt good. Considering I don't like yoga, I actually sort of enjoyed myself. And yesterday's weigh in was GOOD but considering how bad Monday's weigh in was, I still shake my head at the scale. I didn't weigh this morning since I'd gone over the mountain yesterday and car travel gives me water weight. No reason wanting to kick the scale through the wall. 
Tera, I hope your weekend was good and that you logged your calories. And found an exercise DVD to keep your body moving!
Am2, if you're still out there lurking while you work through your struggles, please say a quick hi so we know you're ok.
Marie
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yest cals-2200, yest ex-two walks around neighborhood
I am finding I am less and less interested in eating treats. I must have eaten so much lately, I've reached a saturation point. Plus I dislike tight clothes. I am ready to go back to making wise and healthy food choices and making sure I get to the Y for my fitness classes.
Marie-I am sure you needed that nap after all that travelling lately. Glad to hear you are sticking to your plan to eat well and exercise. I think it was wise of you to skip the scale this morning; one day will not make any difference. Good for you for breaking out the yoga DVD. I think yoga is an almost perfect exercise program although I find it rather strenuous. It gets better as long as I stick with it.
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Marie , 08-12-2013 08:34 PM
Hi Tera, I hope today's cals are where you want them to be. I know what you mean about the saturation point. For me, I feel crappy about myself when I indulgence and then I eat to soothe, then feel crappy. Breaking that cycle is sometimes so hard for me. I know since I've been eating clean for a week, I don't have the hate myself, I'm such a fatty thoughts anymore. That, in itself, is worth staying on track. I hate when I put myself down.
Today's calls will be 1288. I've pre-planned and logged. That has to be a once in a lifetime ocurence. OK, not that bad but I rarely do that. Mostly because DH is home this evening and he likes having a real dinner. When he's working in the evenings, I tend to be blah about having dinner. So I planned it out. I got up at 5:00 and did the elliptical workout. I really amy having trouble getting the distance in the time I allow to be at the minimums. I'm going to attribute this to the weight gain. I will keep at it and I'll be back to the right fitness level. Tomorrow morning is a bike ride on the fluid trainer. My butt is hurting more riding the bike. Ah, the loveliness of gaining weight. There's another reason to stay on track. And of course, there is the Cancun trip. That's a big motivator too.
Marie
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Wow Marie, I do not know how you get up and exercise so early in the morning. What time do you go to bed at night? You are amazing. Good job on the great calorie numbers. I agree with you about the tremendous importance of not putting yourself down. I find it difficult also but it is truly unproductive. As you pointed out though, it is a lot easier to maintain good thoughts when you are doing all the right things.
yest cals-2200, yest exerc-Y step class. I had to make myself get out of bed and go to the Y for my 8:30 body sculpting class. I would have put it off until this evening but I am off to offer moral support to DD. She is terribly, terribly unhappy. Sigh. To top things off, the Y instructor for this morning class always (and I mean always) calls out my errors in form. It is so disheartening. The true gist of the problem is my refusal to use heavier weights but this teacher has no idea what a weakling I am-especially when I am so hit and miss in attendance to my classes. I know things will get better. Sigh. I am pretty sure not every fitness instructor proposes the use of heavy weights anyway so I truly do no understand her insistence in this matter.
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