Weekly Chat: July 11th - 17th
 

Good Morning Ladies :)

How was your weekend?

I didn't do so good with my eating, I didn't do REAL bad like I normally do but y'know.

I'm all stocked up with salad stuff, veggies, LC frozen meals, turkey, so the guess work is not gonna happen this week.

How about you ?

You're smart to stock up, Leenie. I predict a good week for you. :D

Yesterday all I ate was three large Tootsie Rolls and a large bag of Doritos. I lost two pounds! New diet!! :lol3:
It's really really hot again this week. :( I'm going to stop stuffing myself with crap, and get some good veggies and good carbs into me. :yes:

I've just dropped my DD at summer school, DH has left for work, and DS is still sleeping. I'm ALONE with my coffee and computer!! :hat:

What's everyone else up to? :wave:

Good morning ladies! I had a pretty good weekend. I stuck to my plan pretty well. I ate a little extra on Friday night, but I try not to worry about that too much. I don't do a planned splurge day or meal, but my weekends normally end up a little over 1300. :p

I was very proud of myself on Saturday night. :smug: My husband wasn't home and I had ice cream as my evening snack. I've been eating fruit w/yogurt or cool whip for about a month now. Ice cream has always kind of been a food that is way too easy for me to overeat. I measured out my 1 cup and ate just that! :T It was very exciting. I wanted to go back for more and I talked myself out of it. Usually when I am home alone I will eat anything that moves. I am conquering these demons one at a time.

I will be on plan all week for food/exercise. 4 days strength training, 5 days of cardio - 1300 calories or less. :angel:

Hey Ellis babe, just one bag of doritos? you go girl :s:

Melissa, bravo on the self control. Ice cream is something that I can stay away from but if I do have some, I wind up eating way more than one portion. I usually crave cake or chips, chocolate. Stuff like that I can't even have in my house b/c no matter how much I promise myself I will not eat it, I wind up eating it all.

Today for lunch I'm having and LC meal with a whole load of veggies on the side. Those little meals are not enuf to fill the pit so the extra veggies will help.

I have to get serious w/dieting, my arthritis in my knees hurts really bad and I know if I lose weight it will help so much. Plus give me energy I am so lacking.

Oh... I'm home today, DD isn't feeling to well.

This week I am going to try some different dinner dishes. I usually have fish 2-3 nights I love to make something with crabmeat this week, or clams, havent had clams in years

Hi Ladies :)

Well I'm doing okay this week, but the first night I screwed up royally. OHHH what a tangled web we weave LOL ;)

How's everyone hanging in there?

ITS HOT AND STICKY IN JERSEY PHEEEEEEEEEEW !!!!!

I am hanging in. I was thinking way too much this morning about just how EASY it is to give up and be "fat" again. I really, really, really didn't want to get out of bed and go to the gym. But I did. :smug:

Good morning, girls! :wave:

Another hot one here, too. :( This is so environmentally incorrect, but I'm seriously thinking of picking up an air-conditioner next week. I just can't live like this... all I'm doing is lying around reading and eating.
Needless to say, I have NOT being doing well eating-wise this week. It's been a chip week. curses. :mad:

Congratulations to you "losers"! :lol:

This sounds like the place for me. I've struggled with weight so long, I don't even know where to start. Basically my highest weight was 277. In 2001 I was diagnosed with a liver problem I lost about 35 pounds, then a year later it was back, then I've worked for the last almost 2 years at weight watchers. I'm only down to 265, but that is down, so I"m happy. It's a constant struggle. I believe that if I could stop the binges, I could make progress. It's like success breeds failure for me. I struggle along and work and work so hard, I finally start making progress, then boom, It's all right back??? Why do I do that....

Anyway, maybe ya'll can be some help.

Tina, IL
(42, mom to Erin 17, Becca 15, Hondo 13 and Adam 6)

Welcome Ebhamom and hi ladies!!

Haven't been around lately... busy at work. Have been feeling sluggish about everything lately. My emotions have been getting the best of me lately and I'm trying to reign them in... It's a challenging thing and the little accomplishments aren't as satisfying a they once were. I know this is just a frame of mind... so I'm tying to focus my mind when it's all over the place (a challenge for me).

Glad you're all hanging in there.
Take it easy!!

Hello Ladies,
I think I may have found my place!

I have fought weight the last 5 years, gaining 120 pounds!! I've tried and tried to diet, and lose the weight...but I just can't stop eating!

I looked into OA in my area, but there's nothing... not within an hour of me, and there's no way I can justify driving more than an hour for something like that! So hopefully this board can help me a little :)

Tina and LegallyBrunette, welcome! :wave:
We're so glad you've decided to join us. :)

Tina, I am so with you re: the binging. :( I don't eat badly, either, but it's those darned binges that put me right over the edge. :shrug: I can't believe the number of calories I consume in one sitting.

Wandlust, you're a very wise woman to focus on mindfulness. Keep it up, hon!

LegallyBrunette (love the name! :lol: ), are you doing any particular diet, or are you winging it?

I'm almost ready to get back on track. Next Thursday (payday), I'm going to stock up on healthy foods. And an air-conditioner. And I'm going to spend this week looking through my recipes and making plans. I just CAN'T cook in this terrible heat, and I'm "short-cut eating" with junk. :shrug:

Hi Tina and LegallyBrunette, welcome!

Good luck getting back on track Ellis!

I rode my bike in to work this morning (17.4 miles according to this bike odometer, my other bike always says 18.2 - Weird!) so I didn't get to the gym to do my normal weigh in. Which is probably fine because TOM just showed up this morning anyway. BUT next Wednesday is my birthday and I have two planned splurge days - Wed w/ mom and Sat w/hubby. So I don't think I will want to weigh in then either. We'll see. :D

Last night I made a WW Beef Stroganoff recipe. It was okay, nothing special. I ate a little over a serving for dinner. Then right before bed while my hubby was upstairs I snuck probably another 1/2 serving. Why the heck do I do crap like that? :?:

I am riding my bike home too, so it will be over 1000 calories burned today. We are making BBQ Chicken Pizzas for dinner tonight. I hope their good! ;)

I am counting calories... I've tried every fad diet and it's never worked, so I figured I'd try it this way...

Oh, and I just got Dr. Phil's book... haven't begun reading yet though...

Hi and Welcome !!!

It sounds like each of you have a plan.

Night time eating is rough, even those little sneaks. I've been doing alot better at night but I tell yah. The other night I had a hand full of pretzles before bed and I got up a few hours later w/an upset stomach. I always get a tummy ache if I eat b/4 bed but you would think that would stop me...nahhhhhhhhhhh. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment lol.

Ellis I hear ya on the cooking in the heat. Today for dinner I had a big ol bowl of cold cereal. I had lean cuzines for dinner this week but today I just couldn't down another one. What are you planning on cooking ? I really need to do some pre-cooking for next week's dinners as well. Lunches are easy, salad!

LegallyB, I have Dr. P's book to and every time I pick it up to read I get a paragraph into it and bam, my daughter starts bugging me (which I don't mind, she's my sweetiepie).

Squshie, how's your seafood extravaganza ? lol ;)

Melissa, burning 1000 calories, YOU ROCK!!! thats teriffic. I sware at this weight I just don't have the energy to move my body. I've been trying to do a little at a time so I guess thats better than nothing.

Wander, the mind can really play some wicked games on us. Hang in there and hopefully your rut will end soon. Is it anything you can pin point it on ? most of the time for me, when I get really down, its for no reason, it just happens.

Hi Tina, you have to give yourself credit for not giving up. We're here for you !!!

I wish there was an OA by me. There's one about 40 minutes away but the meetings are like 10:30 am during the week so thats out w/my work schedule :(

How about us meeting in the Chat Room here once a week???? do you think this would help?

Hugs, Leenie

Ah... counting calories, Legally Brunette! So simple, and yet, so honest. :lol: Maybe I should try that again myself. :yes:

Leenie, me too with the pre-bedtime eating. :rolleyes: I have acid reflux. Although I take meds for it, they don't work perfectly, and I often wake up choking if I've eaten badly before bed. But does that stop me from doing it again? NO!! :rolleyes:
I've got a big binder full of recipes that I've collected over the years. I'm going to look through that for some ideas. I'd like to make stuff that I can divide and freeze. Is it you that does that, Leenie?

I don't mind chatting if someone would remind me of the time. ;) I'm pretty forgetful about things like that.

I was thinking of starting an exercise thread to log our achievements. Would anyone be up for that? :ebike: :strong: :tread:

Melissa, how did the pizzas turn out? I've always wanted to try that... it sounds WICKED!! :eating2:

The pizzas were yummy Ellis. I used Boboli crusts, broiled chicken, chopped green onion and ready to eat bacon with 2% cheddar cheese and part skim mozzarella. While we were eating them I told hubby "I totally rock!". After my long bike ride home I chose to eat my pizza with an ice cold beer. It was a perfect Friday dinner.

I have decided to do 1200/1300 calories Sun/Thurs and 1500 on Friday and Saturdays. It seems to happen anyway and this way maybe I won't get so mad at myself when I screw up. We'll see. If I start gaining then I will need to be more careful.

Good Morning :)

Ellis yes, I cook ahead and freeze stuff. Mostly I'll cook on the weekend enuf for dinners for the week. When I come home at night I'm like a slug. I'm out of the house for almost 12 hours and then to have to come home and cook with a 3 year old just aint gonna happen. If I don't pre-cook stuff on the weekends we wind up eating like poop during the week.

Today I am making a pot roast (its actually been cooking since 6 am this morning lol) and some ckn breast (I'll grill that later). I'll also cook up some noodles or rice and keep that plain so what ever mood we are in, we can add a sauce to it. Quick and easy.

Melissa your calorie plan sounds very good. I bet you'll do just fine on it, especially with all that exercising you do. Your pizza sounds great !!!

Today I'm going to finish laundry, and I need some more fake plants for my 10 gallon fish tank I got yesterday. I had 2 gold fish in a 2.5 gallon tank and wouldn't you know, they got soooo big. I felt bad and went out to get them a bigger tank. But the problem is, I don't have no cover for them (plants) or enuf stones for the bottom. So I'll go shopping today for that. They look lost in there but they really look like they are enjoying being able to swim all that distance. I hate seeing animals cooped up in little areas LOLOL !!!

Well its time for more coffee. Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday and a great new week thats ahead.

HUGS !!

Originally Posted by sherpamelissa:
While we were eating them I told hubby "I totally rock!".

:lol3: I hope your DH agreed with you, Melissa. They sound awesome!! :cool:
Hmmm... you're counting calories, too, eh? Maybe I should think about it...

Cool... you have fish, Leenie! Wow... great tank! A lot of our Chinese and Vietnamese neighbours/friends have huge tanks with beautiful fish. It's better than a tv. ;)
We have a small tank, but now that we have the guinea pigs, we've just let the fish die off (naturally, of course!), and the tank is empty now. I loved our corey (sp?) fish. They were so cute.

Okay, so no one responded regarding the exercising thread. Hellooooo? :wave:
Leenie, I think it would be good if you and I did 10 minutes or so. It would be a lot better than we're doing right now. (sorry, I'm speaking for both of us, here. I AM speaking to my sister sloth, am I not?)
Melissa is biking her way towards babedom and health, and we're sitting on our big bums watching her.

Originally Posted by ellis:
Leenie, I think it would be good if you and I did 10 minutes or so. It would be a lot better than we're doing right now. (sorry, I'm speaking for both of us, here. I AM speaking to my sister sloth, am I not?)
Melissa is biking her way towards babedom and health, and we're sitting on our big bums watching her.

I know :^: watching her with a bag of chips in one hand and a diet soda in the other OY!

Okay put me down for 10 minutes, I will start tomorrow. 10 minutes is something. I was doing good about 2 weeks ago and then poof, lost it.

Scary Leenie! I was probably reading this with a bag of Doritos in one hand and a Diet Pepsi in the other. Thanks for the faith in me guys. I haven't had the best weekend. Up to 1550 calories today too. The extra calories burned on Friday sure aren't going to hold me through a bunch of weekends like this. I'm not sure if my period is too blame or that fact that hubby isn't home tonight. I'm about to enter a really trecherous period for me here. This week is my birthday, then I have one week that should be okay, then my sister is in town for two weeks and we are go-go-go the whole time. Add to that, my hubby has now started working second shift so I have a lot more "me" time to eat in secret. I AM NOT DONE YET! I STILL HAVE WEIGHT TO LOSE. I CANNOT GET COMPLACENT. I MUST BE STRONG!

:stress:

Originally Posted by sherpamelissa:
Scary Leenie! I was probably reading this with a bag of Doritos in one hand and a Diet Pepsi in the other. Thanks for the faith in me guys.

NOT YOU !!!! MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
I was watching w/a diet coke and a bag of chips !!!

ME ME ME ME ME ME !!!!!! :lol3: