Thanks for the welcome Robot.

I guess I should weigh in.

SW: 186lbs
CW: 181.5lbs
GW: 154lbs

Plan: Watch what I eat and the size of my meals and exercise my butt off.

Welcome Riayn

I don't really know how I'm getting on this week. There are alot of family difficulties surrounding my boyfriends family and its taking its toll on both of us. I did have take away on Thursday night but I hope i've worked that off now. I also haven't been keeping track of my calorie intake as I usually do with my little notebook and I think I'm suffering from that. I am trying to make a concious effort to eat healthily though, even if I am ignoring calories for a bit.

Must try again!!

It's me! It's me! It's Earnest T!

Sorry for the MIA-ness. I've been sick as a daaaawg! and The Spawn had to have ear tube surgery again. And my parents came for a few days visit, hadn't seen them in a year. And still unpacking. Mostly I was just sick lol

I have been eating whatever. Plenty of processed wheat products. Yeah, I gotz a case of the bread bloat sooo bad, I look preggers. LOL But upward and onward once more, we shall go!!

I got on the scale this morning to assess damage, I am 3 lbs up from 3 weeks ago. I was relieved. It could have been awful especially based on the size of my bloat. LOL

Everybody's doing so great! And Hello to the new folks who came in!

B: Flax meal cheese danish w/ tsp PB, coffee w/ milk

Wormwood Doll- Your new Avi is the Hotness! I like how you have made a mini-challenge for yourself for Valentine's day. I am gonna play the mimic and make one for myself, too!

I challenge myself to drink 64 oz of water a day, everyday until V-day. At that point it should be worked into a habit and I can do another mini-challenge. What's crazy is I used to easily drink over 100 oz a day, now look at me, all lizard-skinned and dehydrated! lol

Robot- Hey! Hang in there! I totally have days exactly as you described. Like you wake up feeling almost anti-progress motivated. Tell me more about the bean and oat crust pizza. (yes, I came back and read all 9 pages I had missed lol)

Lookee! I have been here long enough for a ticker and siggie! I chose YOU! angry little chicken ticker!

fell off the wagon over the last week, back up to 197. gack. back to the start i go! but i'm visiting my boyfriend for his birthday this weekend - we are a food-and-drink based couple :P
i'll let you know how that goes...

edit: weighed myself this morning on my new more accurate (i hope) scales and it says i'm 192.5. the old cheap scales says 195-196 (it likes to cover a range of possible weights over the course of a couple of minutes..). i only got the new one last week and when i checked it against the old one they were both the same. hmmm. well, at least things aren't as bad as i thought.

Just a quickie from me:
Yesterday's menu:
L: blackened london broil and shrimp on a caesar salad
S: 5-6 olives, too many peanuts
D: Homemade black beans and wheat free corn cakes, sausage, pan-roasted okra

I ate 3 don't-say-its yesterday afternoon, just to stay honest with ya. But I drank all my water and stayed wheat free. I was higher in carbies than originally planned but not wheat ones and feel much less "fluffy" this morning lol of course 1 1/2lb of water fell off in the last 24 hours. LOL

DH has agreed to go wheat free for 2 weeks to see if that will clear up some issues he has. This should be an interesting 2 weeks. though, he said he had to start next week. LOL But he agreed so I know he will stick to it.

Now to figure out what I will pack in his lunch everyday to keep it interesting enough.

I am unpacking the stinking Glass Room today. I have to get to work LOL I have sucked at the unpacking. Have a good-un.

So...I went off for 4 days...But 23/27 days isn't too bad right? I'm working the next 11 days and won't have time to go back home so I'll be perfectly okay for the next 2 weeks. And hopefully I'll have my head straight when I DO go up there. No more crazy social eating!

The pizza was pretty decent. The crust was more like a thick cracker, but it was filling. I topped it with lots of veggies.

new mini-goal: limit myself to one cringeworthy pun a week

Fell off the wagon a bit this week but still lost 1lb! So quite happy about that. Of course the diet is now off over the weekend too as it's my birthday (21st too!) and Diets and Birthdays do not mix. So will have to work my butt off to get anywhere next Thursday!

ROFL!!

I am not eatin' nooo chicken tickers! But you know, if I HAD to... Chicken Tickers Masala would probably be the way to go! lol

I snacked most of the day yesterday, a little salad, some peanuts, a bite or two of this and that. No wheat. and alas, no water either. But I did lots of trips up and down the stairs. Dinner was a real meal, though- blackened chicken with Frank's Red Hot and Blue Cheese dressing, some black beans and green beans. lotta beans, I know LOL

I am back to the grindstone. Have a gewt day!

I am itching to weigh myself. But it would be such a bad time! I have my TOM!

I am going in the wrong direction, UGH... 181 this week...

Time to step up the workouts!

Great Job on the loss

Wabe I hear ya on the b-day stuff, I ate almost 1/2 my cake by myself! Eeep!

Back to 159... Maybe this week will be better.

I just want to thank everyone here for your motivation, inspiration, and support. Without you guys I don't know if I would be pushing myself to get that exercise in and stay within my calories.

I hope it's okay, but I've decided not to weigh myself until near the end of the challenge. It's just a psychological thing with me that I get frustrated and give up if the scale isn't going down fast enough for my perfectionist brain.

I'll continue to post here though, and I'm hoping to get to know some of you better soon, too!

I've been doing great on exercise and eating, so I feel like I'm on a roll. It can be hard at times, but I know we can all be strong and accomplish anything! Go us!!!