Monday 5/17
 

It's Monday ALREADY. The youngest DD is home and DH isn't too happy about it (HE has to take care of her :lol: ). Well, my OP days are over. ARGH. The ice cream, 1/2 bag of pistacchios and a zcarb bar are now also gone. And of course the scale is up a pound. Self sabotage at it's best. What triggered it? Not sure. Maybe having DH say "Why is it you can decide when to eat something with carbs but when I ask you to you say no." So I ate some of his noodle stuff (it was ok. Needed miracle whip vs mayonnaise :lol: ) ....and then after supper (which was bbq chicken..and I used the LC Kraft stuff)....that's when the indulgence went on. I don't know WHY I do that. It's got to stop but I don't know HOW to stop it. No self control. Well, I've got to make sure to exercise this week and cut the carbs down to see if I can get that pound off again.

Good morning Brenda and all to follow.

I agree.....Monday already :mad: Why are the weekends so damn short?
I did have a blast though at the scrapbook show with my best friend. It was such a nice day. We got to shop and have lunch and chat. We needed to do that. Didn't buy too much....there was this one booth that had the MOST AWESOME papers etc. They are a new company and I am going to check out their web site today. I hope to see more of them around.

Well, I am up again. I'm telling you the weekends just kill me. Even if I am eating legal stuff it is the rest of the "stuff" that I guess is doing me in. This will mean this week is a bust. I will at least lose what I gained over the weekend but nothing else. I think this last 10 is going to be a killer. I really want to do this. My best friend that I was with on Friday!!!! You should see how skinny she is. She has been watching what she eats and doing Tae Boe. She is a stick. I felt like Shammoo the wale next to her.

Going to go shopping for a little bit after work. I really need some clothes!

Talk more later. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

Morning All :wave:

I sooooooooo didn't want to get out of bed this morning. Oh well. This is the last week of classes and next week is exams. I'm almost done. Now if only I could find a summer job! My BF and I could really use the extra cash. I did find out yesterday though that there is a TINY possibility that his internship could lead to an actual job. We totally weren't counting on that and it would be soooo wonderful if it worked out that way.
My weekend was OK. Nothing major. Was totally a carb junkie all weekend so I'm up some lbs again. I'm going to agree with the middle of the diet sabotage thing. I'm toa point where I'm not feeling as fat or gross or disgusting anymore and to where I feel sexy again and now.... both my and my BF are more than happy to blow it. Ridiculous. I've made a vow to be On plan for the next two weeks.... and I'm gonna do it!
Well, I had to start class before I finished this so I'm sure that I missed some people who snuck in on me so I'm just gonna say hi to everyone!

Good Morning :coffee:

Brenda, I am so with you on the no control, I was going to do good this weekend but wound up at the cheese cake factory and I let loose like I'd never had food b/4. Darn it !!! At least your eating op foods, I'm so afraid to get on the scale :cry:

Jane, your not Shamoo, no way, get that mental image out of your head and stop comparing yourself to others. Shoot if you stood next to me you'd feel like a barbie doll. You are NOT big !!! You look wonderful so don't think like this b/c its going to back fire and your gonna start gaining the weight back. Bet your hubby thinks your perfect !! Hugs

Rhonda, I'll cross my fangers for you and BF for the job(s). I'll join you on your promise to be OP for the next two weeks, I need to be OP soooooo bad so today I'm already glugging my water (ick). lol. At the end of the two weeks then I'll get on the scale, not b/4 because it will only depress me.

Hugs to all that come and post and all the lurkers too ;)

Love yah's

Thanks Leenie: You are right. I will get that thought out of my head! I wish I really knew what my dh thought. He tells me I look terrific but the insecurities in me make it so I don't believe him. I must drive him nuts!

Shimma: I'm with you too....OP for 2 weeks. We can all do this.

Yay! I have a posse! I'm gonna drink water like there's no tomorrow... eat carbs like they're poison (heheh) and I'm with Leenie.... I'm not even stepping on the scale until the 2 weeks is over. Maybe then I'll be back down to what my signature says. I didn't even have the nerve to GET ON the scale this morning. That's the first time that's happened.

oooooohhhh not get on the scale for two weeks! I don't know if I can do that. I was thinking this morning though that I am not going to hop on everyday.....just check on Monday's and Friday's. THAT'S IT!

I usually weigh every single day. This is gonna be hard for me.

Wicked hard! I wonder if I can do it..........:chin:

Of course you can!!!!!!! I won't look if you don't!!!!

:drill: Ok, here we go

*Throws her scale out the window to avoid cheating*

Good Morning!

Sounds like we all had carb fest over the weekend. I usually do when I have to work the weekend and get bored. Get bored, eat. Must have been my moto over the weekend. New day.

Only 4 more days until I have 3 days off and my girls come to vist. I can't wait!

Morning Morti!

Help me.....no wait, shoot me....it will be quicker and less painful

Brenda~ it happens...just remember, its not a diet- its a way of life...sometimes in life sh*t happens, but its what takes place long term that counts....this too shall pass and there will be a more bomb Brenda this time next year :)

Jane~ cool that the show was so great! I always feel so much more well rounded when Im doing something creative

Rhonda~ the worst thing I ever did was try and do body for life with Dale....he has NO willpower ( and doesnt need it) so he was leading me into temptation on a weekly basis!

Leenie~I go to the cheesecake factory in Vegas whenever Im there....my gosh the pasta dishes they have are killer!

Morti~ that boredom is a dilly....it gets me everytime

ok...again...shoot me...somebody-for the love of God.
I spent last night Champagne tasting for the wedding....Who knew champagnes tasted so different? not me...and who also knew that mixing different kinds of champagne will give you a hangover that would kill an elephant....apparently not me either.In the words of an old college friend of mine....I feel like hammered duck ****....nope, I dont know what that means either...but it fits the situation. :faint:

Good morning all! I think that lack of motivation thing must be going around. I had a very big piece of chocolate cake from Moonstruck Saturday night. BAD, but it tasted good. Not quite as good as I had anticipated though.

I'm with you guys and Shimma on the staying OP for two weeks straight. I need a BIG kick in the rear! Not so much with the food stuff, but with the exercise. Granted I've been fighting a cold, but I haven't done ANY exercise for a whole week now. Yuck. I feel like a slug!

This week WILL be better, I can just feel it!

Happy Monday to all.

Marie: So sorry your head isn't well today :stars: Was any of it good at least? I remember when my dh and I had to do our taste testing for our wedding. Yum, free dinner. And the wine we chose was so good.

I can't make it OP for longer than 3 days....highly doubt I'd make it 2 weeks. The only good thing I can claim is most of what I eat (usually) is OP. Last nights noodles weren't. But otherwise it is. At least the ice cream is gone! My legs are screaming at me from the 3 mile walk (up and down hill and sprinting after daughter in between) I did w/my family. ARGH. The walk wouldn't have killed me but the sprinting did. No wonder this white woman doesn't run :lol:
Hmm....what's for supper?

reponse to Brenda and marie from Saturday.

Thanks Ladies for the support, and Brenda I am right here for you! I am feelin better today and trying to puch those self sabotageing thoughts out of the window. My mom she can really get you even 800 miles away!!! URGH I wish I could just not let her bug me! Needless to say I am back to re-induction for this week and back to the gym. Ladies PM me anytime you need some support or just someone to say "STEP AWAY FROM THE....." :)

Love TG

To everyone else!!
Hello Ladies and I hope you all are having a great day!!!


TG

OMG kill me! I have no ability to say no to people so my house was the gathering place all weekend. Didn't get to bed before 6:30 all weekend except for last night - I kicked people out at 4. I'm soooooooo tired!

Kerri - what happened to you on Saturday? I was waiting! Did you have a fabulous birthday?

So here's the problem - I got totally toasty on Friday night so I decided I needed to maintain better for the rest of the weekend. That means miller light because it takes me forever to drink on. That also means lots o' carbs! Bad me!!!!!

So funny stories from the weekend. Friday night, after the bar closed, we went to this guy Kelly's house for after hours. It was insane! It was like the entire bar just picked up and went to his house. Lots of drinking, lots of flashing (neither by me!) and we're all having a good time and all of a sudden there's this huge bang and Kelly's yelling at everyone to get out. I was so confused! Turns out someone accidentaly locked the door and so Kelly broke the thing in half trying to get back into the house. He wasn't happy but I thought it was hysterical - once I was safely out of earshot. The girl that locked the door is in big trouble, though.

Saturday was the night of dark clothing. DH and one of the Tims were both wearing black pants, shirts, and leather jackets. I was wearing black tights, tiny skirt, and shirt. And then walking down to the bar got totally funny because here's this little blonde girl walking arm and arm in between 2 tall, skinhead looking guys. People were actually slowing down and looking at us funny. It probably doesn't sound as funny as it was, but I was cracking up. There I am walking in between what are quite possibly the 2 biggest dorkwads on the planet and people are acting scared. :dizzy:

Anyway, Saturday ended at 6:30 in the morning with a couple of extra people at the house and a fierce competition of 'who can say the line first and correctly' while watching the breakfast club. Too fun!

So now I'm wiped out, have no idea what my eating plan is like and seriously need to get back on track. This was so much easier when I didn't have a social life!

Hi Star: Sounds like you had quite a weekend! Sounds like we ALL were carbing this weekend. Must be the time of year.

I don't have a snack for this afternoon!!!! I ate both snacks this morning :(

I am trying to keep my calories down but that is proving pretty hard with the legal foods I can eat. Don't forget I eat very few veggies......
any suggestions? Today is already at 1400 calories including dinner but if I have any wine or anything it will go up!
I'm going shopping after work and keep telling myself if I break down and have something bad then I don't get to go shopping! I hope that works for the next couple hours........

Jane - learn to like veggies ;)

Seriously, there are all sorts of ways to sneak those little buggers in. Otherwise, you're not getting the right nutrition and you end up eating a bunch of calorie-dense stuff.

I've found that if I'm eating the right combination of foods (read: getting the right nutrition), I am not nearly as hungry. Just a thought.

And yes, the weekend was a blast! There's at least a couple of people that I know who are 'sick' from work today because they're still recovering.

Star: is that a thread somewhere "Getting the right nutrition"? Searched but couldn't find it.

LOL - sorry. I was just explaining what I meant. There's nothing to read.

:doh:

Too bad cause I would really like to know how I do this.....I feel like I am sliding in the wrong direction. I am not as confident as I was before.

My best advice is to get adventurous. Find recipes and try new things. I have found such amazingly good food that it never would have occured to me to try. You might surprise yourself. ;)

I'm not kidding when I say I don't like vegetables....I just started eating some.....broccoli, spagetti squash. I eat salads but that is about it. I will eat the occasional green bean but can't seem to get them down.

I like tomatoes but they are high, I like acorn squash but it is high.....peas even a little....but they are high.

:dunno:

I need to find some low calorie snacks that are still legal and without going over my 3 cups of veggies a day. I was going to buy strawberries again this week but they looked horrible in the store.

How about zucchini? I've got a fantastic recipe for it grilled and tossed with a basil/lemon sauce. Low carb and yummy.

Or add spinach to your salad? Spinach is one of the best things ever. Low cal, low carb, and tons of nutrients.

You're gonna have to venture out eventually. Try things you haven't thought of - asparagus, brussels sprouts, jicama, collard greens, cactus leaves. Really stalk around the produce section and you'll find a ton of things that you hadn't noticed before.

Oh - and don't worry about going over on the veggies. It's not going to hurt you at all ;)

Actually I like cold spinach...will have to add that into my salads.

Thanks Star....I am searching the net now to find some recipes for veggies.

Anytime, muffin ;)

Did you say muffin? :fr: You're killin me here

:lol:

Hey, ladies! Long time, no post. I haven't been home in a LONG time. First, a business trip to what I thought was Buffalo, but we actually ended up in Canada. I was there Tuesday-Thursday. Then, I made a trip home to Kansas Friday-Sunday. Busy, but fun!

The trip to Niagra Falls was great! I had a hotel room overlooking the falls, so every night I feel asleep to the sound of a waterfall. It was so beautiful and so peaceful. My eating wasn't too terrible. I tried to stay OP, and I did, except for a few hundred glasses of wine (OK. So, it probably wasn't a hundred, but it felt like it.) and small desserts two nights. We toured a winery and did a wine tasting. I really didn't know anything about wine before that. It was so fun! And, the bad news is that my favorite wine is an icewine, which is terribly sweet, and I'm sure it's the worst for me.

Oh, we also did the Niagra Falls tours, and I got wet and got lots of pictures. Overall, for a business trip, it was definitely the best ever!

My trip to Kansas was great. My dad and I hit a Royals game on Friday night, and then I helped him pick out things for his new house the rest of the weekend. He actually has really good taste, but he has some trouble matching colors. We also worked on landscaping with my brother.

So, I'm back home now for the first time in a week. My apartment is a disaster. Work is piled up. But, it was definitely worth it!

I hope all of you are doing well. I'm joining the group of staying OP for two WHOLE weeks. It sounds tough, but I've got to do it! My weigh-in tonight could be scary! :yikes:

Take care,
Jina

Hey Jina welcome back. Glad you had such a nice time on your business trip. You will have to share some photo's of the falls.

How about mushrooms?...I love them grilled with butter

Sorry Marie: BLECK, I don't like mushrooms. Thanks though :D

Hello.

I am new here, in posting actually. I have been reading your insightful messages for couple of weeks now and I thought I should come out of lurkerdom and introduce myself.

My name is Rachel, I am 33 years old and I am from Boston.

I started Atkins five weeks ago and have lost 11.4 pounds so far. I like to go down to 121. That was my weight up to four and half years ago.

I don’t particularly like to cook, but since starting Atkins I have been cooking everything! LOL! I used to love to bake, so now I am trying to push all my interest in baking to cooking. It has worked so far.

For instance, yesterday, I made Spaghetti Squash Alfredo, got the recipe from the Food network site. Very good and tasty. Also made their Ricotta Cheesecake last week and have been eating one for breakfast everyday.

Anyhow, just wanted to say hi.

Hey Rachel!....let the games begin! :)

welcome :wave:

Well, I figured I needed to tell this story as my "motivation for the day" story....

So, Im at lunch and I go to Michaels ( art store) to pick up some of those little flowered tie things you use to tie up your wedding favors in those little mesh circles ( we're giving these beautiful polished shells since were getting married at the beach)

Now the wedding section is always bad for me because there are the big economy size bags of the candy I love: jordan almonds, butter mints etc....

so, I'm walking to the check out and my mind is saying 'go ahead, just one bag...you can save them and eat a few at a time "(as if) and I turn my head as I get in line and in front of me is this woman....she was probably in her mid to late 40's and she was....(delicately put) NOT pretty....Im not trying to be catty....Im sure she was a great person and she had a cool smile, but I really need to emphasis the word NOT in not pretty.....
BUT

She had THEE most perfect body, I have personally ever seen....Tiny little shorts, tan, perfectly proportioned, beautiful flawless skin, she even had pretty FEET! Im straight and I swear I could not take my eyes off her-

Talk about bringing a binge to a SCREECHING halt!

lol! I am OP!