Well I hit a rock.. more like plowed head first into a brick wall maybe. I was doing so well this week and then yesterday I was a mess & combined with feeling like I was starving, I fell into some nasty emotional eating.
I ended up going over my daily calories by over 1000! I ate an entire pizza + 2 slices. I've never even ate that much before.
The only good thing is that I am being honest with myself about it. I journaled it and counted the calories for it all on my food tracker.
But now I am a mess of icky emotions over it. Trying not to be too hard on myself. Like they say don't cry over spilled milk. It is too late now to change what happened and crying making myself feel bad is not going to help.
I just have to do better today. and try and learn from my mistakes.
so the good news is that it looks like i really only gained 5 lbs over the holidays...i knew that on tuesday if i didn't get back on plan i may have blown the whole thing...so i'm back on plan and the goal of 230 lbs looks very attainable...side note: went to a storage auction today...you gotta go at least once...didn't buy anything but it was still fun...have a great day everyone
misspriss- Thanks, we can do this!!
KDM- Welcome Back, we missed you.
Had 1255 cal. I have .7lbs to lose yet, then I'll be back to pre-holiday weight. I'm a little nervous, going out to eat on Sunday for my daughters sweet 16 b-day, she doesn't know where she wants to go yet, so I can't plan on what to order & I'm already craving junk food. I was going to just have a little of something today, decided not to blow it. Once I start I don't stop, it's best not to have it at all. I've actually been right on target w/ my calories for 4 days straight. That doesn't happen much. Good Luck to all!!!!
Completely back on track with calories, but not with exercise...I know that the best time to start is now, but in my mind I think the best time to start back on that is Monday. So Monday it will be haha. I have a million excuses, but I figure if I put exercise in my diary for Monday, I will do it on Monday. I'm taking my stuff with me to my parents house this weekend in case I feel like doing something, but my mum has shingles at the moment so I'm planning on helping her out with some cooking and tidying around the house this weekend. I'm back to work in an hour, not looking forward to it - though it's only a 4 hour shift so it should be bearable.
So ready to start losing again!
1510 calories today. I had planned a few extra because of Zumba tonight. I'm working from home tomorrow because of the impending snow - think I may sneak a visit to the gym in at lunchtime.
Official weigh-in tomorrow - that will be my starting point for this challenge.
Hello! I'm checkin in and amazed at all the posts. I feared the scale over the holiday so I waited to step on until today.I'm 5 pounds down from the day before Christmas.Yeah! I am hoping for 5 or more by Valentine's Day. Keep to it everyone!
So I had my first WI today since before Christmas...was hoping for a minimal gain, but I have actually LOST 1.1 lbs since then!! YAY!!!!! WOO-HOOO!!!! (Can you tell I'm happy about this? LOL.) Funny how I would normally be kind of bummed over "only" losing 1 lb in over 2 weeks, but given all the slacking I did over the holidays, this is SO exciting!!
So now I'm at 192.5 (rounded up to 193 on my ticker.) I think I'm going to go for my overweight goal of 185 this challenge. 7.5 lbs in a little over a month is definitely ambitious at this point in my journey, but I'm going to get as close as I can! If nothing else, I will get safely out of the 190's and solidly into the 180's. New year, new "decade!"
My wii fit actually says I'm almost out of the obese range....right now my BMI on that is 30.11. But all of the online charts say 185 for my height/weight, so I'm going to go with that.
Well, I'm off for my girls' weekend out of town. I'm definitely motivated to stay OP now and not go too crazy! Hope you all have a great weekend!
susie, good for you checking in. I stopped checking in when I wasn't on plan and that's a big part of why I gained.
Weighed in at 141 today. Kind of depressing when I look over my year's weigh-ins, but I know why it happened and I am down 4 from where I started last January, so I'm choosing to look on the bright side.
Trying to keep my calories low today - close to 1200. Will try a little running at lunch, and spin class tomorow!
Good Morning CCs!!
Megems - As long as it isn't Valentines Day you can join in...we are having fun!
Natamars - You know what, as long as you don't quit the unfortunate times of a gain are okay because you know what to do to get it off. You are going to be just fine.
Northern - You are doing the thang...what ever happened to those TSPs?
Susie - I'm trying to catch up to you and those size 10s no matter how tight they are...LOL!!!
K15 - Great job on the 5 lost!! That is pretty awesome.
So yesterday was a good day. I kept my calories at 1240 and got my 30 minutes in on the eliptical. Today should be more of the same. I really want to get more than 10lbs off so I'm being very strict with myself.
Doing good this week. Have got in 20 - 60 minutes of exercise each day, and have tracked everything! I try to maintain around 1,600 calories/day, and have gone over a few times, by less then 100.
My downfall is the creamer for my coffee, I can easily use 400 calories in that alone!!! I know bad! So, need to figure out another alternative!
MISSED YOU ALL!!
