Hey Ladies,
I'm back from vacation. I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but I gained about 6 lbs in 8 days! it's been coming off since I've been home, but still... 6lbs! I think we can officially say that I rocked the Mall of America! I went to Torrid (which we don't have here) and I bought some totally cute things, but the whole time I just kept thinking about how much I don't want to be a part of plus size culture anymore.
I'm not changing my ticker unless this weight sticks beyond the next week.
I bought new running shoes on vacation, so I've been breaking them in since I got home. My eating still sucks though. I don't eat often enough, and when I do , it's usually junk. I would be happy if I could just get my lunch packed before work so I wasn't stuck at the mercy of the vending machine!
Also, I think , like Courtnie, I'm going to have to be checking in and filling out my fitday much more than I have been!

Jen- Welcome back. The mall of America has always been someplace I want to go to. Eat good the weight will come off.

As for me I had the worst weigh in. I am showing a 4 lb loss. I am wondering if somehow I am sabotaging myself. I eat usually sausage for breakfast 2 patties and a cup of ice coffee with 2 splendas. Luncxh has been a hotdog or burger no bun. and dinner a burger or chicken with brocolli. I also have plain turkey roll ups for snack and 90 ounces of water minimum. I cant understand what I am doing wrong.

Nikki

Jen - welcome back! I am sure a lot of that 6 pounds is water weight, drink lots of water and it should come down in the next couple days :) And yes, I am right here with you checking in and using my fitday.

Nikki - do you feel you are eating too little? have you tried fitday to see how many calories you are eating? are you exercising as well? I know I am very guilty of eating too little sometimes.

Yesterday was another good day! Dinner wasnt super healthy but wasnt high in calories by any means. I went to a movie last night, and had nothing with it! not even a diet pop :)

As my for me, my scale is showing a 1.8 pound loss from last week :)

Courtnie congrats :cheer:

My gain must have been TOM. Today TOM is over and I am back to 151 my weight last week. I am hoping for a 2lb minimum loss this week.

Hi Ladies
In what state is the MALL OF AMERICA?

Nikki in your post you said you lost 4 pounds why is that bad.

Welcome back Jen it is good that you are back in and tracking your weight.


Courtnie glad to hear you are going down the scale your on your way.

Aimee how is every thing for you?

I am still at 149 it is not moving but what can i expect i had a Wendy's single burger yesterday i was out at court and could not keep on track.

Keep on track and keep in touch.

Eevey it is suppose to say gain D'oh

Nikki OK i see the next post after now.

yay for the mall of america!!!

Nikki-sounds like things are back to normal, we all have days like that (they are so yucky!)
Courtnie-great will-power at the movies!!

I'm doing pretty good with the master cleanse so far. im feeling lots more energy (on of the perks with the cleanse)! I have had some cravings (mostly for salad, etc. so at least i'm craving good foods :p), i'm determined to stay on track though. hopefully get rid of those junk food cravings! I've lost 2 lbs yesterday. not bad. althought as far as the cleanse goes, thats not my #1 interest. more just a fast start to eating right.

Those of you who use FitDay-have you found it useful? do you use it regularly? does anyone use any particular regimen? i think im gonna start using it when i get off this fast. it always helps to keep track of what im eating. anywho, id like to hear your opinions.

Keep up the great work!!

Goodmorning! Yesterday was a busy busy day! I got up, went to my interview - which went really really well! And by the time I got back it was time to work, ahhh living in a big city sucks sometimes! It took me over an hour each way!!

Nikki - I also thought you'd lost 4 pounds, and was confused. TOM definitely can cause a temporary gain!

Jen - welcome back!! I am sure those pounds will be gone in NO time, I also used to gain weight really fast on vacation. Once I gained 4 pounds in 3 days, it was horrible!! I went to Mall of America once - we are talking the one in Minneapolis? ( I can't spell btw).

Courtnie - congrats on the weight loss!! 1.8 is great :)

Eevey - I have a hard time staying on track when I'm away from home - yesterday I had to eat in my car while driving, and didn't have enough time to pack anything to bring - so ended up with a chicken snack wrap from McD's for lunch. And no exercise for me! although my legs are SO SO sore - not too sure what from.

I am so glad yesterday is OVER! I had to drive to Richmond for my interview - over an hour away, have my 1 hour interview and then drive straight to work with 10 minutes to get changed and talk to my manager about my interview. After work I got home, talked to my mom, and my friend and then it was time to drive 30 minutes to pick Josh up. We were on our way home and someone called to invite us to drink beer and bbq in some parking lot - lol - so we went back. Got home like 1am - it was INSANE!! Diet wise it wasn't so great because of all of this as well, but there is always today :)

-Aimee

Nikki - TOM ALWAYS makes me gain!

angeleyes317 - I have been using fit day for a year now, and it has been VERY helpful to me. Of course at the same time there are things I hate about it, one is logging my food all the time, sometimes it really stresses me out and I worry too much about what I am eating, and sometimes I think I eat too little because I can see the number. But I honestly don't think I could of lost any weight without it... in fact I tried for the last few months on and off and gained back a few founds.

eevey - I can never stay on track when I am not at home! in fact, I do my best at work, even weekends are really bad... as I mentioned before.

Here I am, checking in.
Mall of America = Minneapolis. It was such a blast! I tried to map out all the stores I wanted to go to before I got there and after two days at the mall, there was a couple stores on my list I didn't even SEE. That's how giant that place it.
There is an amusement park inside the mall that I went to. The whole time, even though I'm really not that large, I was so concerned about fitting on the rides. I would try to spot someone larger that me in the front of the line and watch to make sure they would fit. I really dislike being this aware of my size.
geesh, anyways.. thank you for all the support. I'm getting back into my exercise groove , but with TOM this week, I'm steering clear of my bathroom scale!

Ladies I need some help. I am going to my boyfriends friends house for dinner tonight. She just told me they are makin pasta. I do not want to insult her but I dont want to screw my atkins up by eating pasta. How do I not eat pasta but not insult her?

Nikki

Nikki - tell her that you have an allergy to pasta? Tons of people can't eat wheat these days!

Jen - I love love malls, hehe. It's a sickness. I hear you on the ride thing - there is this place in Vancouver called Playland, but I really don't feel comfortable going at my size. I keep trying to remind myself that 16 isn't THAT large, but it just doesn't help. I always thought when I got to a regular size 16 that I'd feel better about my weight - SO not true! Yah, exercise is good.. and definitely gotta watch the diet.

angeleyes - what day of the cleanse are you on? I have decided I am going to do it - and i'm going to ease into it and out of it with 2 days on each end of fruits and veggies. I have been thinking about the raw food plan, my mom's client teachs it and also does colonic's - and apparently the raw food thing is great for the colon. Fitday is a GREAT tool - however it's very time consuming. I can't stand counting calories so I gave up on fitday pretty early on, heh.

I am totally enjoying my day off :) No work, no thinking about work, nothing! Yay! My last day off I spent at the mall and at work prepping for my interview so it's nice to have a day to myself. The sun keeps peaking out and if it stays like this I am totally going out to enjoy it. Oooh, so I am now going to be the proud owner of Turbo Jam - well sorta! I managed to score 3 more videos :)

-Aimee

Hi Ladies how are you?

I am so stressed my BF and i broke up after this long fight on Thursday night i an Ok surprisingly, did nothing yesterday no real diet or EX but plan on getting on it today. I am not going on the scale for fear of what it may say and i do not need any bad news right now.

Angelleyes whet cleanse are you on (i think i asked you this before with no answer)
Aimee when you said tons of people can not eat wheat these day, how do you find out about this , i have been wondering this about me ,every time i eat brown bread cereal or evan brown wraps, pita anything like that i blow up but i do know what to eat in place off them.

I am going to EX now.

eevey - sorry to hear about you and your bf! Glad to hear you are getting right back to exercise - it'll help relieve some of that stress! I've always known I've been sensitive to wheat - mostly because my mom told me, heh. I also get really bloated and generally feel ill. What do I eat instead of wheat? I guess it depends, so for example for breakfast I had yogurt and fruit - not toast or cereal. For lunches I have greek salad, something some chicken or something, uhm.. I just avoid it. Sometimes I do have some, but not too much.

From what I understand angeleyes is on the master cleanser - aka, the lemonade cleanse.

angeleyes - are you doing the salt water drink in the morning? I've been reading up on it, sounds a little scary.

-Aimee