See thats another benefit, when you know you gotta come tell someone what you ate, you may just be more apt to think about putting the fork in your mouth. Tera...pasta is a huge overeating trigger for me. I dunno why but once I start I cant stop. Can you believe I havent had any pasta for over 30 days! Honestly I havent craved it once either. Now if I could just get over this darn carrot cake craving....GRRR!!

~melissa

I forget how it feels good after a nice workout. I did a 30 min belly dancing video. I love belly dancing, but sometimes feel awkward since I have a gut. Maybe one day, I'll feel sexy doing it. I haven't eaten breakfast yet, but I plan on having a fruit salad since I'm out of my usual Kashi shredded wheat.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a great day.

Good Morning Tera...normally I'd say good morning Red team but we dont seem to have a team anymore. That makes me very sad considering we've got several weeks to go in this challenge and I for one could use some support in my weightloss journey.

Tera...you WILL feel sexy doing your workout! Sexy is a state of mind and the more you tell yourself you are important, you are beautiful and you ARE worth all this..that sexy feeling will come!! Way to go for staying the course despite being out of the usual! Have a fantastic day!!

I've really been struggling with NOT getting on that scale everyday. My weightloss has slowed down now and the scale doesnt move daily like it did in the beginning so I get frustrated. Stupid I know, because I do know better. But it ends up making me feel like I'm not doing enough, when in reality I have stuck to plan like a champ. So....stay off that stupid scale Melissa!<<thats me kicking my own butt! LOL!

Have a good one!

Sorry but I'm working 16 hour days in preparation for my shows... I'm trying to check in but I'm not going to be able to make it as much as I did the first handful of weeks.

Speaking of pasta I had pad thai for the first time in over 6 months. I only ate 1/3 of it last night and told to take it to work for lunch, but of course he didn't so I ate another 1/3 today. Well you know given how good I've been it's not a big deal, but I don't like that I just had to eat more cause it was there. Still within my calories (I guess since who knows HOW many calories are really in those nasty things) but that's not the point.

Okay off to go workout and hopefully swing by the PO and then back to work.

-muse

Hun - the scales been slow for me too the last few weeks it's hard not to get discouraged even though your brain knows better its hard to be as on track when you're not getting the feedback you want... but it will happen just more patience. I shouldn't step on the scale daily either but I do. Most days it doesn't bother me if i'm not down but if it's too frequent I get annoyed.

Diva - Great job on the workouts

Menus? Hm I'll have to think of if anything I eat is interesting... not really.

I feel really guilty...I check in everyday (sometimes a couple of times) and just don't say anything. I'm sorry the thread has gotten so slow. I am still here and still losing , though slowly.

Sharing menus is great here's mine for today. I noticed that I was getting a little off track with my food/calories (I use the dailyplate), so whenever that happens, I plan my food out. Here's today's menu:

B:Shredded Wheat w/ skim milk, 1 cup strawberries
S: 1 serving baked lays
L: turkey sandwhich, small side salad w/ small amt thousand island dressing, fat free pudding
S: 1 serving of almonds, 1/2 banana
D: chicken salad (grilled chicken, romaine lettuce, tomato, a few croutons, sunflower seeds, small amount of thousand island dressing)...smart ones dessert

I've kept up with my exercise, my current love is yoga and I'm still running. I finally hit the 30 minute mark, so I'm pretty proud. I have a 5k in 10 days! EEK!

Diva, men are incomprehensible creatures, I don't even try to understand them anymore :/

Tera, if you look at real belly dancers, all of them have a little extra tummy. I think women should have that slight curve. Who wants to belly dance with a flat belly? I'm glad you enjoy it. I've tried it but it was too hard for me to concentrate.

Melissa, I'm sorry you and the scale are having a tiff. I get on mine every morning regardless, it keeps me in line. Well, sometimes I do skip if it's TOM, but that's all. I know for some people it is nervewracking. It's not stupid at all to be frustrated with slow weight loss. Iv'e always been a slow loser, so I guess I'm just kind of used to it. It will happen, give it time and don't get too discouraged!

I weigh every day too. I get frustrated when it doesn't move for days in a row. In the past I would have just given up thinking I'm working this hard and nothing is happening? I might as well eat what I want. Thank goodness I don't think like that anymore.

Hi ladies!

Melissa, you're absolutely right. Being sexy is a state of mind. I suppose I'm so used to being in this body, that it gets hard to consider myself sexy. It's strange because I think the sexiest thing about a person is their mind.

Leeda, you're right too. Bellydancers have beautiful curves and aren't waifs. I suppose I forget that curves on me and any other woman are beautiful.

I can tell that a lot of us are struggling with the daily weigh in. I am happy to admit that I haven't been on the since last week. OK, to be honest, I haven't been on the scale because I'm so freaked out that I gained and I don't want to see what the scale says.

I too am sorry about not being around I check in just about every day, but I've been working really long hours and I haven't been doing really well with my weight loss lately. I've been sneak bites of food I shouldn't. Quarter of a bagel here, a half a cookie there, a pepperoni or two... and it's adds up so fast. The long hours have made exercise virtually impossible (not really, but I'm just so tired when i get home....) Just maintaining is a struggle right now.

I know it sounds like the excuse train (and it is) and I don't know how much longer I'm going to ride it before my butt gets into gear.

Hey Red Team! Sorry I haven't been around much, work has been sooo busy and my SO has a family member in hospice, so we've been driving back and forth a lot to visit. I think I'm sticking around here for now though, it's just too much time in the car for our daughter (15 months).

I'm excited about my new clothing size, noticed that my pants are looser as well, which is awesome, so I'm forgiving my scale for not moving. I haven't been as on track with my eating this week, so I've been getting back to recording, which always helps me. Well, I need to go let Jillian kick my a$$ for a while, hope everyone is having a good hump day!

Hey everyone,
I actually exercised today and my foot felt alright. Two of my programs started tonight and I wanted to set a good example by exercising too. I supervise recreation programs for individuals with disabilities and they need demonstration and modeling to participate. My staff who run the program do such a great job with them by really encouraging and making them think exercise is just the best thing ever! I won't visit the programs again until the end but I look forward to seeing the improvements when I return.

The scale and I are always in a love hate relationship. I try to hide it so I won't think about but I know its there so its pointless.

Good morning ladies, just checkin in before my morning run. I took a couple days off from exercising, and boy can I tell. Not to mention AF is heading my way. It seems like she lets me know bout 4 weeks before she gets here, I just hate it, oh well I guess thats part of being a woman. I'm back on track with exercising, yesterday I had my date with Gilad and Mari. I'll run this morning and I visit with Mari again tonight. As for the scale I check it most every day, just to make sure I'm in check. I don't get overly excited if it flucuates, I know that I'm probably just retaining water. Even though I weigh everyday, I only record the weight that I see on Monday.

Well I suppose I better go get my run in before its time for me to get ready for work.

Have a great day.