ya im also waiting for the who-won-this-week thread its friday today dixie must be busy

You must have done another spread sheet? You are the Red Teams tekkie! :woohoo: We won! :broc:

I am so glad I am out of school. I worked full time and went to school it was a rough 4 years. I have always wanted to visit Vermont at Christmas. Every year you'll see photos in the magazines and it seems so perfect with all that snow. Yes I love sole it's very delicate, are you going to cook it at home? I have tips if you are and want them.

Hi Red Team, happy Friday. I am back to 194, yes I had to peek at my weight to keep myself motivated. I'm super bogged down with homework, housework (still unpacking, putting up curtains, etc) and my son's therapy is now 5 days a week so that's taking up a lot of time but I am doing well with eating. I just need to make time for exercise. It's always hard to start up a new routine, but I am going to make good choices this weekend and force myself into an exercise regiment before October is done and I am still a couch potato!

No time for personals, but I hope you are all doing well and have a great weekend!

Today
 

I fell off the wagon and ordered Thai food for lunch; I won't go over my calories if I don't eat dinner. I am mad at myself because I haven't had delivery in I think almost a year, I have yummy food to eat at home so I am not sure why I ordered it. It wasn't that great, and now I feel just gross... I feel like I polluted my body. I have been eating only organic whole foods and cooking everything myself, following the "You On A Diet" menu plan from the book. And last week I ate 3 organic chocolate bars, for dinner, I can't explain my actions. I am feeling weird, and vulnerable now that I am getting closer to my goal.

TOM has moved on and I am sitting at 179. I never thought I'd see that number but it is sticking. I am hoping to lose a few pounds this month. Sept. was not good, hopefully Oct. wil be better. I am looking forward to seeing 175.

I've totally fallen off the wagon this week. It's not that I ate badly all the time, but I made some poor choices and I was not motivated with my exercise this week. I only got in two workouts. Usually I am up and moving all day at work teaching, and this past week we had 3 days with no students so we all had to do desk time. I let myself sink into a strong lack of motivation. One day the boss brought in pizza for everyone for lunch. Granted I only ate one slice, but still I didn't really need it. I also had one night's dinner I made a black bean chili loaded with salt and cheese. To put the knife in further, I went out for Indian food and drank 3 beers (which I have refrained from drinking for almost a whole month so I don't know why I started to do it the other night).

I'm sorry red team. I've totally blown my weight loss this week. So I think I'm going to take a freebie this week and try to get my head screwed on straight for next week. Thanks for letting me vent and be honest with myself and with you all.

Must be one of those weeks! I am not "off the wagon", but I can't seem to lose anything to save my life. I mean, last night I had my "cheat meal" (pizza and a little ice cream, not terrible since they were reasonable portions), so I knew today I would be up a touch...no big deal. But today I ate OP and drank my water and all, yet I think tomorrow will show me even more up...UGH! Well, 'keep doing the right stuff and it will come off' is my new motto. I have meals planned for the weekend so I don't cave to my dissappointment and eat something unhealthy. I hope I can stay on track and post a decent number Monday!

Sorry I haven't been chatty lately. My weight seems to be back down, my official weigh-in is tomorrow. I'm just kinda nervous that this drop is just TOM (yeah, I LOSE weight at TOM). But I did finally get a workout in after being so freaking lazy lately. I ran/walked for 30 min, did weights for 15 min, then had work for 3 hours and swam when i got off. I was in such a good mood today and i really think it's because i exercised. I need to get in the gym more. I never feel like going when I'm stressed but it ends up making me feel so much better! Hope everyone else is doing well. Have an awesome weekend!

Guess I was right about my weight only being down due to TOM. It's now exactly back where it was earlier in the week. :(

Dixed hasn't posted last weeks results, I hope she is okay. Can anyone check on her?

I ate Thai food and had 3 chocolate bars this past week, so please do not beat yourself up. Just get up and run on. Because let's face you will drink beer and eat Indian food again, so run on. I to love cheese in the chili I make, so I measure out either a 1/4 cup or a 1/2 cup of cheese, this helps me keep the calories in check. You are doing great, so please don't let the Indian food slip derail you. :hug:

Hi ladies!

For those of you who have had slip ups, please don't beat yourself up. And to igetfitNStrongforme please eat dinner just make it sensible. Your sugar levels get way screwy when you skip meals and it's actually worse to skip even when you've had a slip up. Please eat :)

I am having an off week as well, but mine is with exercise. I can't seem to get my butt on the treadmill or out the door or anything. It's driving me crazy! I am very busy right now with my school load and every afternoon my son has ABA therapy now and I either have to keep my other son upstairs and entertained or I am asked to be downstairs to participate. It's from 3:30-5:30 every day which used to be a time for me to do homework, so I have had to move my homework to mornings and guess what I used to do then? LOL. I need to start going to bed earlier and waking up earlier I guess and forcing myself onto the treadmill. I work best with a schedule or pretty much the same thing every day, so I guess that is a project for the weekend - write out workout/homework/cleaning schedule and start using it!

Anyways, I hope everyone is doing alright. It's starting to get chilly over here and today is the first dull day we've had since last winter. I guess I should be greatful we had an amazing Fall until now with very little rainy or cloudy days. I'm off to go clean as my in-laws are coming over to visit tonight and they've never seen the place which means they'll be looking in all rooms haha. I swear I clean every week and I am always amazed at how dirty things get that are cleaned on a regular basis!

Hang in there girls, we can do this even with mistakes made along the way!

There must be something going around on this forum, because I've been totally UN-motivated to exercise. I have no idea what it is. I enjoy playing tennis and taking a walk and I told myself when I started this summer that I was only going to engage in activities that I found fun. Well, I still find them fun so what's my problem? I'm losing so I'm getting complacent. Before, I had the drive to get past 160 and be in the 150s again (I feel like I'm "thin" if I'm in the 150s because I haven't been here in OH so long!) and now that I'm comfortably in the 150s, I'm self-sabotaging. I'm happy that I've learned to control my food portions enough to eat what I want but in moderation so I don't feel starved or anxious about upcoming social events. Grrrrr!!! I just need to kick my butt and get out there!! :mad:

:hug: to everyone off the wagon. Let's get back on!!! WE CAN DO IT!!! :carrot: