Hey everyone. Doing ok. My eye is still giving me a bit of trouble but I'm being my usual stubborn self. It felt better before so I put in contact lenses because I'm going out tonight...maybe not the best idea, but then again sometimes I do dumb things. Hopefully it's ok. Will take them out when I get home again most likely, and I won't be out for long.

Indian takeout for dinner tonight, hopefully I've made a good choice. It should be ok if I limit my rice - and I'll still weigh my portion. And probably won't drink much anyway so it should be fine. Work tomorrow!

Got all my Christmas shopping done now, am so happy (though my bank account isn't!).

Good morning!

Last night I REALLY wanted Chinese, but DH and I talked ourselves into making a better choice...went to a family restaurant and got a lean steak, broccoli and salad instead. Small victories :)

I am attaching a pic of me in the TSP's! Sorry, not the best picture quality, but you get the idea. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Rainbow: good for you getting your Christmas shopping done! That's our plan for today too.

Argh. The holiday season kicks in today - I have my work party tonight. I don't drink so that helps keep calories down, but the food where we're going is SO good, I really want to enjoy some of it. I've kept my calories low so far today so that I can indulge AND stay on track. I know that it's not the last time I'll ever be able to have this food, but as it's a place I don't frequent (only once a year for the work party!) I do intend to enjoy the food. I won't be overeating, though, as my dress fits perfectly but it's got a tight corset-style bodice and if I overeat, I am going to be in serious pain for the rest of the night! I'll also make sure I drink soda water and not Diet Coke, as I think that helps keep my food intake under control. Have to say I'm very excited to be going out and dressing up - I do it so rarely, it's fun!

The scale jumped up real fast & I was still craving peanut butter today. Had 2300 calories, not good. Yes, I gave in to the P.B, but I stopped myself before I ate the whole jar. I have to stop this, I'll never lose this weight I gained. Pants are getting tight, but yet there's this thing about December, to me it means eat! Please let tomorrow be a better day

~quick check in..Got a new low today (EVEN WITH MY "TOM" BLOAT STILL)WOOOT WOOOT! 137.4~ Oh & I will be 35 ~SOON Tomorrow~UGH LOL
MY Birthday is December 6th & I am a fake grandma for the weekend ~my daughter brought home a baby doll that crys & stuff for her weekend school assignment ~LUCKY ME~UGH! It's drove her nuts & me & the whole household...~hehehehe~ Anyways It's late Off to Bed ~STAY STRONG EVERYONE! 20 DAYS TO GO!

Did OK at the holiday party last night. I had some appetizers and then one serving of everything from the buffet - it wasn't self-serve, so I got very reasonable portions (I tend to take HUGE amounts of food from self-serve buffets). I left half of the chicken dish as it was too sweet, but I ate the sea bass, which was excellent, all the salad, and about 2/3 the rice. I felt satisfied but not over-full, which was great. Drank soda water all evening, so that was calorie free. And it was fun to get dressed up and feel festive!

Good evening everyone. Well this weekend is a bad one. My dad passed away yesterday morning and the funeral arrangments is pending. Dont know yet when the funeral will be. will fine out sometime in the morning. He was 84 and lived a wonderfull life. I know he is in peace now. So I proably wont be posting for a few days and I wont be getting my exercise in this week but I am still trying to watch my calories and I feel thats is still doing good. So everyone have a good week and I shall post again after all this is over with. Will be away from home because will be in houston during this time. Bye for now:wave::dust::tree:
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So sorry to hear about your dad, mamatx. Please take care...our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Lori- Happy Birthday!! Congrads on the weight loss!

Had 1165 today, good compared to the past few days. I gained 7 lbs of water, and got so scared that I wasn't even craving junk.

bigmamatx So sorry to hear about your dad passing. Thoughts are with you.

Stuff here with me is pretty good. Work has cemented itself into a pre-Christmas hectic haze. It's kind of good because the days go fast, but kind of bad because I miss out on eating when I should, causing issues like today's where I had no snack between breakfast at 8.30 and my lunch which I finally got to eat at 1.30pm. By that time I was feeling pretty unwell. Doing ok with calories, have started off this new week well with exercise too. Did my 25 min 3km jog (with a little walking) and I'm feeling good. Hoping for a loss this week!

Happy Monday.

I did pretty well this weekend, stayed within my calorie range. Yesterday was a teensy bit high, but I did do a fair amount of exercise, so it's all good. A co-worker of mine recently loaned me some Zumba DVD's. I definitely can't keep up with it all yet (I'm a white girl from Minnesota, after all...lol), but so far, it's really fun and I like the music. I need to see what's going on with my DVD player though...it kept freezing up...so frustrating!

Well, here's to a new OP week! I was glad to stay at 198.something after my TG overeating, but I'm definitely ready to make some downward progress now!!

I did well this weekend but it was a very busy one. I stayed on task calorie wise and got in my workouts before the family got up. Made Christmas ornaments with my little one and ran around town doing Christmas activities. We had LOADS of fun. TOM is in town as of this morning and I'm going to really be strict on myself because the last go around I was craving and eating all kinds of salty, crunch, chocolaty treats. It will be a battle but I'm going to get it done!!
We are preparing for our staff Christmas Party and since I'm on the planning committee I won't get a change to eat as much as I could in these situations because I'll be too busy. We usually do something in our office the last day of work before the holidays...last year we did Maggiano's and I ate WAY too much. This year will be different for sure. It is the same day that we took the picture that keeps me going in the downward direction.
Northern - I feel ya girl. I am hoping to loose some inches after this cycle is over. I need to anyway.
Rainbow - Even though it's hard to get something between meals when you do eat make it something that will last without a huge caloric intake and you'll be fine.
Everyone else have a super fantastic on plan day and we will get to our desired ends!!

Hi ladies!

I'm back once agian to TRY again! I told Lori I would be here after Thanksgiving but got side tracked lol... I really would like to ring in the new year without a gain this year :shrug: Not sure on the goal... Maybe 10 pounds?? I just want lose and keep losing :lol: Staying on track should be my only goal but losing is part of the fun :D Looking forward to catching back up with everyone

OMG ~Bigmamatexas~SO SO SO SORRY For your loss.~my prayers be with ya girl!~SENDING A MASSIVE HUG TO YA!

Thanks FruitLady~ I got a cool new weight today for my birthday~136.6 (For December 6th ~OMG 3~6's LOL evil scale!~I <3 my evil scale today though ~A new lower weight is always awesome to see!! WOOHOOOOOO)


Lorra~Was waiting on ya ~glad your back girl!

Everyone else ~LOVE Y'all~But it's 6 degrees Windchill outside today(yes another 6 in my day~At least I just turned 35 & not 36 LOL~Maybe thats a plus~who knows) & even with the furnace turned high I am freezing My hiny off In this BIG FARM HOUSE!~Gonna go cuddle with the hubby til the kids get home.~one is home sick anyways.Poor guy ~flu is going around here in OHIO Schools.~UGH! Anyways Eating a little debbies Brownie for my birthday today...Everytime we get a cake now days We all get sick & it just waste~To much sugar intake I guess....TTYL!!!! AS SOON AS IT WARMS UP!BRRRR~FREEZING!

Hey everyone,
Back after a weekend with friends... naturally I overindulged. Ready to start fresh this week!

Looks like you're all on track, inspires me to keep going!

bigmamatexas, I am sending warm & healing thoughts your way. So sorry for your loss.

Weighing in on Wednesday, will update w/ progress!

-FPSJ