Day 2 for me, I made banana bread last night( my low cal, low fat healthy version) I didn't want to taste it last night cause I don't trust myself. I tasted it today, it was really good and I ended up eating 5 -1 inch slices. At 95 cal a slice I had to skip lunch so I didn't go overboard with my calories. I'm ok with it.
Day 35 for me! Whoo, 5 weeks! I'm subbing in a kindergarten classroom this morning and I know that leaves me exhausted and with zero motivation to go to the gym. So, I got up at 5 a.m. this morning and got my 45 minutes in then! I was so proud of myself! Usually I *tell* myself I'll get up and then wind up hitting the snooze. But, I got to bed at a reasonable time last night, was able to drag myself out this morning, scraped the frost (!) off my car and off I went! And I don't even feel tired now! (And I haven't even had my coffee yet, haha) Now, ask me that when 4pm rolls around and I might have a different story. Next year I start my internship and my hours are going to be from 8-4. I was worried I'd have to start working out in the afternoon/early evening, which I'm not a fan of cause the gym is packed at that time. But, I have extra time this morning, so maybe a 5 am gym time is reasonable for next year! We'll see!
Happytobe -- hope your sore tush feels better, haha! I had a killer legs exercise with my trainer last Saturday, so I feel your pain.
jdonato -- ring shopping!! That's so exciting! I think we're all going to want details when the big moment happens!
tyla -- congrats on Day 78! Whoo!
fruitlady -- 95 Cal banana bread!? I think you need to share that recipe! I've been searching all over for some low cal banana bread recipes.
Starting day 3 and I still can't get over how much better I feel after my therapy session yesterday (what I talked about in my other thread). Case presentation this morning then studying the whole afternoon and night for 2 quizzes and an exam tomorrow! yikes!
Day 79! I'm surprised I held it together yesterday, because I was so stressed out. I was preparing for a seminar, trying to get all my work done and tried to make sure I had enough people coming to the event. I exercised on the treadmill in between stresses to calm me down. That really helped me instead of going for food. All that worry, and it all worked out well. People came, I had a good seminar and everyone enjoyed themselves. Why do I stress myself for nothing?
Fruitlady, Congrats on Day 2 and only eating 5 slices. Sometimes it's hard to stop at all!
Paris, Day 10! Woo Hoo!
Duq, congrats on day 3! Good luck on your case presentation and quizzes!
Just about to get started with my studying that will continue throughout the afternoon and into the night but thought I'd post real quick. I am just PLOWING through this day! I'm done with my case presentation which I think went over extremely well and all in all I just feel GREAT (despite it's my TOM). I finally got back into my workout routine this morning too. I think my awesome mood is all due to the top notch breakfast I had this morning. I had 2 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces of toast w/peanut butter, but sparingly..not slathered on. I then quartered a banana and put the slices on top of the pb toast. Add a small glass of milk to that combo and I kid you not.....I had to FORCE myself to eat lunch at 12:30 even though I STILL wasn't hungry!!! And I ate breakfast at like 7:30. It was just the right combination of lots of protein and good fats to power me through my morning and presentation. So like I said....feeling good today and I hope everyone else is too!! Back to studying.... :-)
Foxxy- I had an old recipe for fattening banana bread so I switched out the butter for applesauce( only put 1 tsp of Olivio), I use a salt substitute for the salt, instead of sugar I use stevia in the raw and 1 tsp of sugar, instead of white flour I use 100% whole wheat flour. It's really good and only has .5 grams of fat per slice, I also add other fruits to it sometimes or skip the bananas all together. You can change any recipe you have. I will post it when I have more time, thanks
I'm on day 3. I wanted to binge bad today, but I didn't. I just realized that a stick of sugar free gum really helps. Try it!
End of day 3 :-) But boy oh BOY do I "feel" like I binged. Darn TOM has me so bloated I feel like I'm 9 months pregnant ;-) Off to bed to get a good nights sleep to prepare for my exam and quizzes tomorrow :-)
made it through day 38 now on to day 39! almost 40 days. Ok so tomorrow is the big big big exam! I have one easy one in the morning and the one that determins EVERYTHING is tomorrow night! wish me luck ladies! If I make it through this exam....I graduate! Wahooooooo.
duqserb: Good luck tomorrow, i'm right there with you!
Everyone else, super job! I have to head to bed now and get some decent sleep. Night!
I was up .6 at my WW weigh-in this morning. Not sure why. Might be TOM, might be the full moon. I'm determined not to stress about it. My trainer is doing my measurements on Saturday, so I hope to see a change in numbers there, but if I don't, I won't stress. I'm really trying to not focus on the numbers and instead focus on how I feel. I'm definitely feeling better now that I'm on Day 36! But it kills me that that urge to binge is ever present. Like, at the back of my mind and I'll think "How great would it be to buy a bag of Chex Mix and just go to town?" And then I'll think "Great for all of 10 seconds and then lousy for god knows how long after." Will that back and forth ever go away?
Congrats to everyone! I'm lovin' the positive attitudes and increasing number of binge-free days we're racking up! Have a great day everyone!
