Hey ladies! Sounds like everyone is doing well today
I had mt weekly weigh in and pow-wow today, up 0.5lbs..which is truly not bad considering..lol I did have a lot of extra snacking this week, let's put it that way..and my counselor was supportive after I told him I'd had a dreadful week and was stress eating etc. I am going to try harder this week to focus on other things instead,,intellectually I know that eating will just make the problems worse in the long run ...

Today I was a good girl..
went to a local "party" but easily resisted the cake, hotdogs, burgers etc.

Breakie: 1 pc toast, cottage cheese, peach
snack: apple
lunch: chicken, ww fusilli and homemade sugarfree marinara sauce
snack: missed it
Supper: 1 whole wheat pita with lean pork, romaine, a bit of lite havarti and dressing
snack: 35g popcorn

Calories for today~ 1504
Fiber~ 46 grams

Well, we are going out of town for the weekend. I'm somewhat concerned about having a bout of emotional eating this while we are gone. Sunday will be the 5 yr anniversary of when my Dad passed. That's mainly why we are going "home"; so I can go to the cemetery. Time flies far too quickly and even though it does get easier, it's still really hard. I just hope I can turn to things (and people) other than food for support.

On a happy note, I'm down 2 more lbs and only 9 more away from my birthday goal. I really hope I can reach my HS weight by my 30th birthday! That'd be very cool.

Natalia~ You didn't give into temptation! Congratulations! In regards to a few of your posts (I hope I'm remembering correctly), I really think losing weight opens your eyes to other areas that you need to focus on. It's like once the "cushioning" starts coming off you begin to see where the real "work" lies. At least this is true for me. Find what makes you happy. Instead of dreading going back to a job you hate, maybe you should use your energy to find a new one? Just a thought. I dislike my job too and am working towards going back to school. It's going to take some budgeting, but I know I'll feel better about my life if I do this.

cjc~ 10" & 10# that is awesome! Your hubby on the skate board sounds funny and very cute! Oh, and I think a plateau is more than two weeks although some will disagree.

Lucsmom~ No bulgogi recipe, but I'll look in my cookbooks and see if I can find anything.

Grammy~ I'm a bit of a tightwad myself. Except I count gas and wear and tear on my car as an expense!!! How interesting that some don't see it that way.

Rocknroll~ When we bought a scale I took the displays down and tried them all to see which one I liked. I don't know if you can do that where you shop, but I found it helpful.

Congrats on all the losses! I'm sorry if I missed anyone. Everyone have a great holiday weekend!

Tinky ~ The tea party sounds like it would be a lot of fun. I have never been to one except with my girls at their little table in there room. They used to love having them and I always made sure they had little cookies and cakes to go with them. I miss those days. I thought you might appreciate this.

HEHEHE, makes the cat look like its name is Lara. We did used to dress cats up like this when I was a kid. Mom even used my diapers on them. HAHAHA! I can remember it and I was probably only 2 years old.

LOL Lara about the california rolls! Now you see how I could shove 12 in my mouth so easily. it was 600 cals total, the ones i had.

Instead of going to the gym this week, I've been walking with the kids to the football field and track near by. I do 12 times up the bleacher steps and then walk the track a few times. my calves are sore!

today I talked Jason into going with us on his lunch break (works from home) and had him do 12 runs up the steps. I thought he was going to school me, while I huffed and puffed, but he was dying by the 8th run. lol I guess he's got some work to do too.

Lara- I know exactly where Shepard is. My sister use to live in a group home there (she's mentally handicapped). We use to go there at least 2 times a month. Plus have drove thru there many of times. I don't think there is anyplace where you can really get away from the car noise.

My calories today weren't the greatest, but not bad. I don't think that I am going to get any exercise in though. I am really tired tonight for some reason. I have already folded about 3 baskets of laundry, so that will be my excersie (sp?) tonight. And as you can see I can't spell tonight, lol.

Tomorrow should be better for calories and exercise. I have some more laundry to fold and put away. Then I am going to go on a bike ride if it is nice. We are also going to see the new Shrek tomorrow. It's a present for my son since he was good 3 out 4 school days this week. I will be so glad when next Wednesday rolls around. That is his last day of school, so I won't have to dread my phone ringing anymore, lol.

Well till tomorrow everyone.
Mary

Hey what happened to our tickers?? Is it something to do with the site? Or is it me? LOL :shrug:

hey girls!
I did well today, thank goodness...
wrote down my menu in the other thread..and i think I will continue to do so. It may even help in another way~ I'm actually supposed to be journaling it on paper but right now I'm actually finding online more convenient. As long as i write it somewhere I can always come back once a week to write it down in my binder too

Zenor- point well taken about the weight loss. Once you kind of remove the outer layer, the other "problems" seem way more visible, and dare I say, Problematic??! lol I really need to stay there for the short term tho, to kind of get to the point, dh is still in school (he graduates in about 4 weeks) and then he will be apprenticing ..so not too much income there. I work on the phones but becasue of the union I'm in I make an uncommon amount of money (I would NEVER find another job that would pay me that much)..now I think I could work for about $8-$10 less per hour and not have a huge drop in net income becasue so much gets taken out of us with union dues, disability dues, high taxes, pension etc etc...but the perks are many,
I'm not going to be there forever thats for sure, but I think maybe the longer I can stick it out right now, the better..DH says he doesnt mind at all being the breadwinner once things get up and rolling and have me just puttering around working PT as the mood strikes, lol I think he likes the idea of me being home with ds al the time at his disposal. (I do, too. ) And it was so nice to hear those words esp since I'm not Suzi Homemaker, iykwim. I am a good cook, a good companion, but I don't chase dust bunnies all day..lol I do the basics and leave the rest until I can't stand it anymore, or we have company coming..lol

Grammy- You know, I have never tried those california rolls. They have never really "spoken " to me, but maybe I am missing out. I am adventurous in other areas but when it comes to trying new food I have to pay for, i am suddenly very frugal. I still have not even ever tried thai or japanese or indian either..
dh is kinda picky too about ethnic foods so when I've triecd to coax him towards thai last year, he nixed it..

Petra I would love to hear what you think of shrek 3, theyre saying it's better than shrek 2 which I didn't care for, but I really did enjoy number 1.
I usaully fall asleep at the theatre; I think I am hubby's worst nightmare, lol

Well, girls it's 2.27am and I still haven't exercised yet, so I have to log off here and hop on the bike for awhile...
Talk soon and be good!

I haven't been posting because I was spending TOO MUCH TIME on the computer. I have lots of stuff around the house that needs to be taken care of, and I've been slacking off. I've been trying to create a family routine - been doing a little bit of that in the past couple days and it makes life so much easier. I have more time during the day now. I am embracing my new life as a "creature of habit".

Yesterday's numbers
Total: 1945
Fat: 65 585 31%
Sat: 16 145 8%
Poly: 6 56 3%
Mono: 12 108 6%
Carbs: 266 921 48%
Fiber: 36 0 0%
Protein: 103 411 21%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

I just looked back at my weight data and I noticed that in the past 2 weeks I've only lost 1 pound. Granted, a week of that I was away from home (and my goal was to maintain, which I met) but I need to get motivated again. I think I'm starting to become complacent about the weight loss, because I look much better than I did. I keep having to remind myself that I'm not done yet!

I also have gotten out of control with the daily weigh-ins. I thought I was doing okay.....but then.....I was 180 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Then I was 181 on Friday. I knew that it was because I was retaining some water, and that I hadn't, in fat, gained 1 pound in a day. But it all but ruined my day, and I was having a borderline depressive episode because of it. Of course, I'm 180 again this morning. I am going to cut back to weighing in every other day. (Once a week isn't realistic for me now, but I hope to wean myself off the scale until I'm at that point.)

Going to the Farmers' Market with all the girls this morning!

Hi everyone.
Just wanted to check in here, To say hi, And I am glad everyones well.

I stayed away for a little while.
I have been kind of depressed lately. I did not want to bring that here.
I am fine right now.

I have been busy lately.
Went to the Dr. this week. Found out my back is not doing bad things. I am feeling like a hypochondriac. The xrays shows a small amount of arthritis with my Osteoporosis. It has been hurting alot.

I also found out that I do have the Sleep Apnea.
Mild enough my Dr says I don't need the machine.

Also Started a part time job yesterday. It is serving dinner is a Living assisted home. (Nursing home) I think it will be an ok part time job. just about 3 hrs a day, 6 days a week.

The hardest part is remembering one from the other. Some have food allergies. and 2 like to play in the food.
Can't wait to get old. Then I can play in my food.
Really they all seem nice so far.

I have been experimenting with how much I eat. Will let you know how it goes.
We also have been busy with working out here. Even got hubby in the act a Little.
I now have a new treadmill, elliptical and Ab Lounge. I love the ab lounge. I have had it since the beginning of the month, and can feel the difference already.
Any way. have to get moving, back later.

Hello everyone!! Just got home from seeing Shrek. It was funny, but I don't think it was as good as the last 2. But I know that the kids will want to buy it when it comes out on DVD. What I am looking forward to is Pirates of the Caribean!!!! Johnny Depp!!! It's werid that we barley every go to movies and now we are going to see 2, 2 days in a row, lol.

Calories are a little lower today than ususal, we had no milk this morning so I didn't drink anything with my oatmeal. But other than that I have been right on track. Don't know if I will get any exercise in, besides walking the mall, that will probably be about it.

And speaking of the mall, I noticed that I really want to shop now that I am a smaller size. Before I use to hate it. Now I want to go into every store. We just browsed though, don't have the extra money to buy clothes right now.

Also I am one that weighs myself every day when I first get up after I go to the bathroom. Well I was 144, then about 2 hours later I jumped on the scale again before my shower (It's Saturday and I like to lay in bed awhile, lol) and I was 143.2. How werid is that? It was after I had ate too. So of course I recorded the lower #. But I wish that the lower number would have come first.

Well I will chat with you all later!!
Mary