sweettooth-Wat to blow your goal out of the water! You'll be at the 160's in no time!

I am having a nice family weekend, just sneaking on here a couple times to say "hey!" Hope you all are enjoying whatever you're doing. Catch up with everyone more tomorrow!

Hi everyone,
Sorry I have been MIA for the week it has been busy + all my staff are sick so it is up to me to stay and cover so by the time I get home I just veg in front of the TV. I haven't had a chance to catch up on all the missed posts so I will just to a blanket Congratulations to all the losses and keep on pluggin for those who are in need you can do it. I have lost 3lbs for the week so I need to find my origingal post as I think I'm close to my October goal. I'll post back if I made it.

Good morning girls!

I'd love to do personals, but I really need to get something accomplished today. I made some rather bad food choices this weekend, so much so that I am really mad at myself. I know better dangit!!! But, I'm not going to dwell on it--there's no sense in doing that.

The painting is 98% finished--just the front door trim to paint. For some reason hubby didn't tell them to paint it--?!?! So guess who gets to do it? Yup, that'd be me. I also need to clean my laundry room before I go completely crazy and the kitchen is the usual 'post weekend' disaster area status.

So there you have it, my weekend recap and what I'll be up to today. I also need to get my butt in gear and get my workout in today. It's recovery week this week so I think it's Yoga today--so I'll be doing that while the girls are awake (obviously) or put it off until tonight so I'm not stressed out while doing yoga!

Please send some 'get out of your funk' vibes my way huh? I'm just not feeling the whole 'healthy lifestyle' thing right now and like I said, I know better dangit!!!!

Okay, better get a move on. Have a great day ladies and don't forget to...

Drink Your Water!!!

Morning Ladies!

I'm off to Edmonton tonight to stay at a hotel, water park, movie, dinner out etc. with dh and dd, for some much needed family fun time. Going to go shopping, I'm going to try on some clothes and see how close this butt is to a size 8 I may only buy a pair of pants but I'd like to take the body for a clothing test drive. Still have to hit the shower and pack my cooler full of safe food for the trip as well. Have my dinner planned out from the online menu from the resturant as well. And thanks to MsP I changed my selection to avoid some sodium too.

But before I go until Wednesday morning, I have two things #1) On Saturday I hit 154 on the button, that's a healthy BMI, that's NORMAL!! I'm not going lie, I did shed a tear, it was pretty awesome.

And #2) Sandye recovery week might help out a bit I find that it really helps me get my mojo back, I even too it one step further this month to try and slow things right down since I would like my TOM to come back, lol. and only worked out 3x. I can't tell you how much better my head space is now. Maybe you need a bigger rest, take a light week or try out the normal recovery week and see if that helps you or extend your recovery week and do another one if you're not feeling better by the end of this week. My thought is, if it's not feeling great, don't force it, scale back a bit or you may start to resent it and that's definitely not somthing you want. The food thing has to be coming from somewhere, are you resentful, feeling it's "unfair" any of that good stuff. Anyother stress lurking about that is turning into food urges? Hang in there chickie, you can and will get through this

irritatedly (is that a word?) weighing in at 131.8. My body is def. changing for the better in a huge way, but I'm so irritated that the scale isn't budging.... grrrrrrr.

Hi everyone! I hope you had a restful weekend. Just wanted to check in really quick since I haven't for a few days. It feels good to be back. I ate more than I should have this weekend (sis's bday and all) but I'm back on the wagon. There was some damage on the scale, but not nearly as bad as I thought. Can't wait to catch up with everyone later! Have a great day!

'Morning girls. Hope everyone is waking up to a good day!

Bigmid-Hope you're close to goal!

Sandye-Gosh! I wish I could help, but I'm still trying to talk myself into my workout for today, so...ummm....maybe I'm not the best influence. I think Tummy is right, scale it back if you're not "feelin' it". Once you do workout, you'll probably feel better. (Skip this next part if you don't want to think about it.) I know all about crazy weekend eating and the resulting Monday "blues". It's a vicious cycle. Thing is, physically you're a healthy, strong woman now and maybe now that you're body is more in order, it's time to dig into the "why?" of your weight. I've read a bunch about how you can lose weight, but if you don't deal with the reason you were heavy in the first place (usually habit, stress, or boredom), you're missing the point. It's something I'm definitely still working on! Am I getting too therapy-ish? Well, hope you're day is better! You're always an inspiration, so don't get too down on yourself. We have a lifetime to figure maintainance out! Love ya, chickie!

Tummy-Ooh FUN! Good luck with the 8's. I bet you're VERY close, if not already in them! Have some excellent family time. That's priceless!

Amy-Sorry the scale isn't cooperating, but the body changes are really what matters since you're already a healthy weight, ya know? I know you'll get the numbers you want eventually.

Shasha-Welcome back from the weekend away. Hope your off-plan weight leaves soon. It's tough when there's b-days!

I'm holding at 140 on the button still. I'm not sure my scale goes below that! LOL Well, it better because I plan to see it tomorrow. I'm going to make my October goal and then some this month. The last week of the month is usually my best since it's the end of TOM and just after. Let's hope that holds true this month as well. I don't see why it shouldn't. The day at the pumpkin patch yesterday probably kept me from dropping today since I did indulge in a caramel apple with nuts (YUM!!!)...but that's a necessity at the pumpkin patch!!! Plus lunch at my parents always throws me since I don't have those exact cals figured. Oh well, no complaints on maintaining today. Tomorrow's another story. Supper is at school tonight which is another question mark for calories, but I'll make wise choices and leave myself plenty of wiggle room with calories after breakfast and lunch. So, I hope my scale will realize the 130's exist in the morning!

MsP- I'm sure you will get into the 130's. Those last few lbs are the hardest to lose. And CONGRATS on losing almost 60lbs, that is quite a milestone. Is your ultimate goal 135?

shasha-For now 135 is the goal. I think it'll change once I get there, but not a lot. I just looked up some stuff that indicates I should try to maintain around the upper 120's. We'll see....

Hiya Ladies! Sorry I have been MIA for the past week. Unfortunately I think that might be the way it is going to go for the next month or so. I run an online business making wooden waldorf toys, and because the Holidays are coming up the orders are just pouring in and I am spending every last second cutting and sanding, etc. I actually just had to turn down a wholesale order from a big store in my area which was a bummer, but I just don't have the time. My side hobby is ending up bringing in more money than both of my part time jobs combined! (If anyone wants to check out my shop, I am on etsy under the seller ID "youreinspired").
Anyways, thanks again everyone for all the positive comments about my run in with Mr Hotty at the gym. I know I should have taken it the positive way, just kinda caught me off guard i guess. Also thanks for all the inquiries about my weekend with the ex! It went okay as can be expected I guess. I really have no intentions of getting back together with him anytime soon, and he logically understands that, but is still really in love with me and so it was really awkward. I told him how I felt though before our "date", and that if it was going to be an issue maybe we shouldn't go. He said he understood though, so we went. I did decide not to dress up as much as the ex LOVES fishnets and I thought that might send the wrong message if I wore them, so I just wore pantyhose instead. Still wore these really fun high heels I got and the cute dress...tried to take pics, but they didn't turn out! The outfit did get alot of comments by the ex and his roommate though, lol. We had a nice time at this really nice Italian restaurant. I think he tried to pick the most romantic place in town as it was all dark and secluded with a fireplace and candlelit tables. The food was good though and I know I went way over my calorie count for the day, lol. We talked alot about our relationship and I really hope he got the point.
We were supposed to gto to a movie, but dinner ran too late, so the ex suggested we go drive out to the lookout spot over town "just to talk", which I nipped in the bud and we went bowling instead, where we really did have alot of fun there and the awkwardness was gone.
The next day I went to the mall with the ex's roommate Allan and DD. Allan took DD while I went shopping for the first time alone (yay for no squirming daughter trying to crawl out the bottom of dressing room doors!) and I had a blast at Torrid. I spent WAAAAAAAY too much money, but got some really cute things. I was able to fit into Torrid size 1 clothes! (Used to be a 3/4). I got a size 16 dress, which is funny as I know I am not an official size 16 yet, but still made me feel good.
Then in the car Allan reached over and started stroking my hand and I looked at him and he started saying how we should hook up. WTH? I know he was kidding, but the way he said it was also kinda serious. He had been really attentive that day and bought me lunch and a smoothie, and bought DD all this stuff too. So then after that happened I was just shocked. I just laughed it off and decided I am going to take it as him joking.
That night I was determined to get my workout in, so we all headed for the gym before I drove back home with DD, and Allan and I played racquetball while the ex and DD went swimming. Well, Allan attempted to teach me to play racquetball, and I officially was the worst player ever. After 1/2 hour he gave up (to put it delicately the ball had hit him in a tender place and he was not so enthused to continue playing anymore), and I headed to the cardio room where I ran for 25 minutes! I was so proud of my freaking self.
I got in 1 3/4 miles in that 25 minutes, so still not running very fast yet, but it is a start!

Anyways, since we got home I have been running nonstop between work, working out, errands and the business. I have been getting online at night on my ipod to read over posts though and see how everyone is doing, No time to do personals for the past week, but I did want to say


CONGRATS ON ONEDERLAND SG!!!!!!!!!!!

I was wondering if you had made it yet so that was one of the reasons I kept checking in, lol. I am so happy for you right now! Way to go girl!

Personally I haven't been making the best choices diet wise the past week, so I am really going to try and stick with it this upcoming week. Still don't expect to make my goal this month though (234). I did weigh in today officially in the 230s though! So I will be happy just at making 239 if nothing else this month. Well, hopefully I will be able to get on more these next few days and do personals too!

Tummy~ I'm going to do my workouts at night this week and see how I feel about it. I think part of my lack of motivation is I don't want to wake up early and I don't want to workout with the girls around. So I'm just not wanting to workout. Bah...CONGRATS on your healthy BMI!!!!!! That's so freakin' awesome hun!!! Awww, I'm just so very proud of you!!! Dangit, Delphi's gunna be pissed she missed this!!! You rock girlie!!! Like, hard core rocker chick rock!!! Woo hoo on the panties!!!

MsP~ not to therapy-ish at all! I've always been pretty open about my whole depression thing so it's logical that I still need to figure out the why of why I over eat. Is it the depression and the serotonin imbalance or am I eating for some emotional reason? Or, here's a thought, am I eating because I just like sweets? I'm really afraid that that's the reason and that I'm just not ready for sweets and treats because I can't practice moderation yet. We'll see I guess. I can't wait to see you hit the 130's!!! It's soooooo close!!!

Jessica~ oh your stuff is adorable!!!!! I love the Lorax set, so cool!! I may just have to snag that orange tree too--oh how I love it! So very Fall'ish!!! Glad to hear it went well with your ex. It sound to me like you're setting very clear boundaries and taking care not to lead him on. Now, as for this other fella...hmm, I dunno, you might step lightly around him too. I think someone's got a crush on you girlie!!

Well ladies, I better get going. I was just taking a break from painting...I got the trim around the door done--just remembered that I forgot the bit under the door (dang!) and I have one coat on the front door. Just so ya know, it's not a good idea to paint a front door on a windy day when a million lady bugs are flying around looking for a safe place to hide out for the Winter--ask me how I know. Oh well, live and learn, live and learn...

ha ha Thanks.

I LOVE THE 160s