Good morning girls, so here is the new strategy.......I hope it works!
So I have been stuck, back and forth just flirting and torturing myself with onederland. I took a minute to try and remember what I did activity wise when I was thinner. Here is what I came up with:
1. I drank a ton of water, less diet soda.
2.I moved more.
I know it sounds simple, but I don't just mean exercise/cardio.... i mean I blasted the radio while getting ready to go each day, and I pretty much danced all through my morning routine. I went rollerblading for fun, rode my back to the store, then I cranked the radio while I made dinner, and cleaned house...........(LOL, more spastic dancing) I never counted any of this as "activity/exercise"
So that is my new plan.... I started yesterday and I am sure the neighbors think I am nuts, but I am a Californian in Tennessee, this shouldn't change their opinion of me. I hope it gets things moving quickly! Just thought I would share my lightbulb moment
Hiiiiiii Ladies miss you all. Hope everyone is having a terrific weekend, nice to come in and read everyones news.
We had a real nice day yesterday. Dh and I took off and met my parents as planned (to celebrate early B-day) for dh. I got the br. haddock as planned, it was excellent. We always have our salads (from the salad bar) first and that makes such a difference in the feeling full factor, no wonder I have seen it recommended in literature many times but I never do that at home.
We went for a walk and got some exercise after and then went up to NH for a bit....didn't get home until dinner time and by then we were bushed so it was an early p.j night and movies. Planwise, the day went very well but in the evening I nibbled a bit and I had some off plan stuff but nothing too major.
Today, my goal is to have lots of water, get in my exercise, and have lean protein as my dinner......same for tomorrow. We have 2 more days until Tuesday , which marks our half-way point. Let's keep on truckin'
Sharianna and Dianee, Sharianna , congratulations on the 3 lb. loss , that's great!
Zoochick, you sound mighty busy indeed. Good luck with your research projects I think that your doing incredibly well in finding the time for you walks and wii fit around your school and work , congrats on the walks you got in last week, that's great! Your work sounds interesting and oh my gosh, I bet that jaguar is absolutely beautiful! I'm a real cat person and love them all (as well as all animals) both small and large.
Lewisempire, hi there girl...hugs. Happy to see you! I read your posts and I just love your " light bulb" moment as you put it! Good for you! THat sounds awesome! THe water makes a big difference with me too and you know what? One of my goals was to be more active as well, aside from formal exercise, it makes such a big difference. I was doing v4ery well in that dept. until the past 2 weeks (tom and not feeling well, etc.) put me out of sync but I'm going right back there. My books always say, don't forget that cleaning is exercise! Activity is exercise! just think of the calorie burn. Anyways, enough about me! I just merely want to say that your enthusiasm inspired me and was a good reminder or lit myfuel. I love how your jamming to the tunes! You crank your tunes and you , that so rocks girl Oh, I am glad you liked the chicken recipe... right back at you
Scarlet, I'm curious, do you journal? That was really nice what you wrote about us all being here and about still working towards our goals "whether we accomplish them or not". I feel that that is so important. We strive to do the best we can along this journey, sometimes we falter, and sometimes no matter what we do or how OP, the scale does it's own thing and we can't control it but one thing is for sure, we do not fail unless we give up. I set a goal of 10lb. month before, before that, etc...did I meet goal? NO but the battle continues and I am doing my best to strive towards it. It is frustrating sometimes because of lack of control in the scale area, but I can control how much I exercise and eatinghealthy! Next month, I am setting the same goal again, oh yes Scarlet, congrats on getting close to your ticker again, your doing great! Onward and downward we go
MsPerception, I hope your having a great time with DH. Your kicking butt with your exercise , wtg!! We still have 2 days before Tuesday......I'm shooting for lot's of water in addition to my usual plan. A lot can happen in 2 days even...good luck w/ Tue. WI and to me too! lol
Hattie, hi there. wtg on the 7 month mark andddddddd all that youhave and are accomplishing. Hope you had a great Sat. night too
Efovaaaaa youhave lost 8 lbs. already and we are almost at the halfway mark, 2 more to hit your months goal.........amazing sweety. Keep up the awesome work and keep us posted girl, your an inspiration to us all.
oh my goodness, I just saw the time........I have to go. I hope I didn't miss anyone. Have a great day everyone, I 'll check in tonight.
I hope you all had a great weekend! We drove Kittie to Houston yesterday morning and I spent the night at my friend Desi's new house out in the country last night. I LOVED IT! It reminded me of when we lived out in Pleasant Grove which reminded me of when I first tried to lose weight the healthy way. All I wanted to do was walk around forever. It was BEAUTIFUL! I want a house out in the country.
HI agian, I love it! It is still not dark yet, soooo nice.
Efova, omg, you bet yesssssssssssss , let's keep on going and make the rest of march. OMG, what you said hit home girl. MY mom, well and my dad and m DH too are my lifelines efova. I remember not so long ago, a gal here gave me some kind words which honestly were enough to pull me out of a funk! that is how powerful it was! Anyways, im with you girl, lets go! keep on truckin we have the whole rest of the month to keep going and you are doing so wonderful.............
omg, my dh is surely burning something. The house smells, lol. Well it does! omg, it smells like burnt toast! lol. Well, if its one thing I know it's that DH needs to rest chickeis so I hope to settle him on the couch and just chill a bit.........I wish us all a good night
hugs
Love havingyou all here and I look forward to the rest of our journey
THis was a neat weekend, don't think we did this in a long time!
I know I have not!
thanks for everything
talk soon
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Last edited by FullSteamAhead; 03-16-2009 at 11:08 AM.
Wow! efova, you are doing awesome! That's an incredible accomplishment to have gotten so close to your goal already!
I have over-eaten for a couple days. I honestly have not been this full for a long time. Now I remember why I don't like it!!! Oops! Today I ate a very clean breakfast and supper, but lunch was NOT OP, so we'll see if it all evens out. I have kept up the activity, sure, but I don't think it'll keep me from seeing the damage I've done from too much food. What was I thinking?! Well, I definitely got it out of my system, so now I can cleanse myself for a day or 2 then go back to plan. I miss my healthy, OP days!!!!!!
FSA You are so inspirational and kind. You take the time to recognize everyone on here and what they're going through, THANKS! It means a lot to me!
Last edited by Ms Perception; 03-15-2009 at 06:40 PM.
Hey guys I know I've been missing. I waitress on weekends and it's hard to get online. I reached my St Patty's Day goal on Friday so that was excitement!!! Now I'm reaching for the 10lbs I wanted to lose for March.
Just wanted to check in and say that I had a pretty good weekend. On plan Friday. On plan Saturday....except drinks after work and pizza after drinking. LOL but I did good the rest of the day and I got in a lot of exercise that morning. Today I was actually WAY under cals because I slept away most of the day. LOL. I went to a BBQ at my mom's and ate very well....my mom is doing weight watchers so that helps me out. I did have a piece of cookie cake though but just one.
Goodmorning girls It's a little late for coffee hour but having a nice ice coffee here.
Hope everyone had a great weekend. I drank a lottttt of water last night and this ginseng mint tea which had a kick to it. It tasted a bit funky though and I much prefer my ginseng eulethero tea (which I am out of).
MsPerception , thanks I did just as you did awhile back , to get things out of system, and I felt a lot of what your describing now. I was lucky in that I had no gain after that which somewhat awed me and left me wondering, did I really not eat as much as I thought or maybe I catupulted my metabolism???, I have no idea! Needless to say, I got a taste not only of anything I wanted but of what it felt like being off OP like that and then I felt that much better being back to my healthy OP and that much stronger! Sounds like you had a pretty good day yesterday, Hope your having a good one today too....I'm sure you will be feeling better in a jiffy being back OP : ).
Hi nicki rose, congratulations on reaching your St. Patty's day goal wtg nicki! Sounds like you had a good weekend......had fun and didn't deprive yourself but made some good choices too and got in some exercise! BBQ sounds good to me right now girl! I love it, you can eat healthy that way and it's delicious too. Well I am glad you had fun and reached your st. patty's day goal .
How is everyone else doing? Tomorrow is our halfway mark, I am having difficulty moving that scale...I am thinking at this point it could be from too many carbs this week and not as much exercise as I typically do so it's back to the drawing board for next week and I know what I am going to do! I'll keep you posted. In the meantime, we'll see what tomorrow brings...let's keep on truckin' gals
Hope everyone has a super day, talk soon.
FSA You are so right. I did have a gain, but already I've dropped most of it in one decent day. The exercise consistancy had been a God-send during this time!!
Hey! Hey! NickiRose WAY TO GO!! I love it that we can eat good stuff and still lose (as long as we don't over-do it)!! You're rocking it this month!
I am drinking water like a fish today in hopes to "cleanse" myself of any junk left in my system from the weekend. It actually is really hitting the spot, too. I wonder if I got a little dehydrated during my calorie-fest. I tried to drink normally, but you know it falls to the way-side sometimes. I'm fixin' to go on Amazon and buy a couple mroe work-out DVDs for the days I can't be outside. But being outside is SO wonderful. Yesterday our temps were in the 50's and the kids and I were outside for hours! It supposed to be nice like that for most of this week. WOO HOO!!!
I think maybe I'm turning pirate as I had another Arghh! day yesterday....it's frustrating as I can give advice to other people and when I read it it makes sense and I do feel that way, but faced with actual temptations and challenges I've just been caving in and not able to talk myself out of it...
I've made the committment to post whether I had a good eating day or not, so this is the not post. Today however is good so far, and my aim is to keep it good all the way through to the end.
It really hit home reading that the month is half over...why am I allowing myself the privilege of indulging and eating stuff that not only is bad for me in the weightloss department, but also stuff I could get anytime so it's not even a special once in a lifetime event?
And why do I think it's a privilege and allowing myself to enjoy the sweets, etc. when I have serious surgery coming up in 4 months and I really need to get some of this weight off?
I SO appreciate all the support here. I read every post to every person and I look for motivation for my own situation. I want to be one of the ones who gets to post regular losses, because I want all of us to be able to do that!!
Okay, enough fussing. I know what I have to do, I will make every effort to do it.....
Even though I think Johnny Depp is gorgeous, I don't want to turn pirate!!
Scarlet, I hear ya! I go through phases when I just want to my own butt for the bad choices I make. I think you're making a good choice posting and staying accountable either way...so there's something you know you're doing right!
I'm not sure how close I'll get to my March Goal, but I've started looking ahead to summer and where I hope to be by then. I know if I keep OP mostly until then I will look and feel much better in addition to being down to a healthier weight. That has started to sink in and get me more excited about what I'm doing here. Improving my quality of life isn't a measurable goal, maybe, but it is definitely something that matters to me. It will make this summer way more enjoyable! I don't know why I felt the need to share that, but just some random thoughts I had.
) I never counted any of this as "activity/exercise" 
miss you all. Hope everyone is having a terrific weekend, nice to come in and read everyones news.
Sharianna , congratulations on the 3 lb. loss , that's great! 
I think that your doing incredibly well in finding the time for you walks and wii fit around your school and work , congrats on the walks you got in last week, that's great! 
Oh, I am glad you liked the chicken recipe...
right back at you 
Scarlet, congrats on getting close to your ticker again, your doing great! 
everyone! 
It's a little late for coffee hour but having a nice ice coffee here.
, sparrow! Good to have you!
my own butt for the bad choices I make. I think you're making a good choice posting and staying accountable either way...so there's something you know you're doing right! 
