Go Ivy!You're looking great! Glad your son whupped his opponent. :D
Martini Girl, your getting serious! Nice smart purchases.... ;) I want to get the whatchamacallit that tracks how many steps you've taken? I'm not sure what it's called. I'm hoping to pick one up next week.

Walked today for 1 hour and went to gym for 40 minutes. I have NOT lost a stinking pound but I hope I'm shrinking. It feels like it. Wonder why I'm not losing BUUUUUUT I refuse to give up and I will lose eventually.
Go me! :D

sugar: That's what I got! If you just want to get a step counter, it's called a pedometer. I looked it up haha.
This is what I got:
"GOWalking by SPORTLINE."
-Take your pulse while you exercise
-Accurately measures steps taken
-Calculates how many calories you have burned, how long you exercise and time of day
-'Smart-timer' feature knows not to count false movement
-Easily displays distance in miles or kilometers

Basically, I entered my weight, and the length of my stride, so not only does it count my steps, it tells me how many km I walked (or miles, whatever your pref). Based on my weight, time of walking, and distance, it calculates how many calories I burned. I paid less than $40.00 Canadian, and have already tested it out, and it works for me. I can still return it within 90 days if it turns out to be a piece of crap LOL. I bought it from Wal-Mart, so we'll see... heh.
SPORTLINE - GOWalking Pedometer. Like I said, cheaper to buy from Wal-Mart than the actual SPORTLINE website.

Ivy: Looking GREAT! No offense taken. You deserve not to wear fat pants!!

Now, did my day even end up like I wanted, food-wise? Heck no.
I didn't end up getting to eat breakfast or my morning snack. Or my lunch, or my afternoon snack. And now it's 4pm. This feels far too close to my old habits for me to let it go.
Brenna's birthday party was alright. The hot tub was closed, so we all just sat on the balcony. I ended up eating a 50g bag of snack mix, 250 calories *dies*. There was also no diet pop in the vending machine, so I drank a Sprite, 100 calories *dies again*. I managed to eat only ONE slice of pizza, and not the biggest one in the box, thank God. And I stayed as far away from the cake as I could get, so no cake, wooo! Today is a pretty nasty day for food, so I am going to have soup and salad for dinner, get some good nutrients in to me.

I am in a really bad mood today. Holy s***. Funny how it ties in so closely to my food intake. Sorry for the profanity. By bad day, I mean really bad day.

But down .2lbs this morning. An even 273. I want so badly out of the 270's!

Ok...yeah so I want one of those things Martini!!!! I'll head on over to Wally world prob on Mon. and see about getting me one. :D Good ol' Walmart. As far as your diet goes... I can relate. I'm in the same boat. I'm not really dieting because I had a few days where nothing was coming off. ALl that exercise torture and I thought for sure I'd be in the 50's... hahaha *hysterical laugh* no, I'm in the dieting twighlight zone. :faint: So I had rice and cereal today and a ff coffee aaaaand a bite of chocolate. Some diet, huh? The cereal was like 21/2 cups and at least a cup of milk. Milk is skim but still it was Life cereal. :D Shame on me. I ate that only after weighing myself and still not losing anything. I need some encouragement and some proof that I am going to lose weight. SOS
Martini Yay for you not eating the cake!!! :cheer: Plus you're still down, girl!

Hey everyone! Hope you all are doing good. I'm doing fine. I'm down to 239! TOM started Friday but hopefully he will next mess up my next WI. Finally put the computer in the shop on Friday so I should be back in a week or so.

Good Sunday morning!! How's everyone doing? I've been in my typical weekend mode, one day I'm gonna break that nasty habit I just know I will!!

I havent worked out for days either so basically I'm really disgusted with myself.

Went and did my shopping for turkey day....sheesh that is one expensive meal. I think we overdue!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day today!!

~melissa

November 20/2006
B: 1.5oz Oatmeal
S: 1 small Mandarin Orange, 100g RC Yogurt
L: 1 cup Homestyle Chicken Noodle Soup, 1 slice WW Bread, 1/2 tbsp ICBINB
S: 2 medium Boiled Eggs, 4 oz Baby Carrots (fresh)
D: Veggie Stir Fry
S: 4oz Strawberry JELL-O

W: 1500mL (or more)

E: 30 min Gym Circuit, 30 min Walking (2mph), 45 min Walking (4mph)
Burned Cals: 1146

Cals: 1521
Fat: 28%
Carb: 55%
Prot: 17%


sugarybaby - The proof that you will lose is in the past. You have already lost, thus proving that you can do it! :hug:

JasonsLea - We've missed you!

Melissa - To break the habit, I go out. But then again, when I go out, we usually end up eating out, so that's usually never a good thing :(

Yay Shari! Great weight loss!

MelissaI figure if I at least make one step forward I'm moving forward even if I have a couple of backward days. I hear ya when it comes to the TG meal... good thing we all share the expense with a huge family! Tomorrow is a new day, girl! :hug: You can do it!
Martini, Martini... You are so right! Your diet looks great. Do you plan it each week or what? :)

sugar: I plan my meals the night before usually, but I planned next week's meals already :) It just makes it a ton easier. I usually change a couple things, but generally, if my food is organized, I feel more organized :)

Well Saturday was a bust!
 

Just a quick update, I am glad you all did well over the weekend, Sat was a bad day for my diet though. We went away for the weekend. Started out ok
banana for breakfast anticipating what would follow...a vitamin...pizza for lunch and then an all you can eat buffet with more artery clogging food sin than you can imagine. I started out ok with clams and muscles only leading to lambchops, porkroast and standing rib. Then aghhh creme brulet for desert! Sunday was make up day Banana, vitamin, chicken dinner salad
and ramen noodles...4 hershey kisses ( managed to stay within my calories on Sunday Today back to kashi and yogurt, back to my routine and shopping cleaning and getting ready for Thanksgiving!
I hope a light one! Any suggestions for a calorie friendly Thanksgiving?!:turkey: :turkey:

Thanks Martini and Sugar!I miss you all too!

Congratulations Tisha! You are way closer to your TG goal than me!

Way to go Tisha! :cheer: Congrats on the weight loss and you're looking good. I can def. see the changes. :D
Hi littlegg! I hear that a turkey dinner itself isn't bad for someone eating low cals it's all the butter and cream that they add to the side dishes that make TG so fattening. :D Why not try for the turkey, salad and a dinner roll and a sliver of pumpkin pie with no whip? If you make the mashed potatoes yourself you could always use chicken broth to whip the taters instead of butter and milk. I hear they're great that way...

my ivy:

Awww thanx hun! I was always teased as a kid about it and my mom always said those kids were jealous! I grew up and I get compliments often from men and women about my hair so good old mom was right! ;)

Sounds good! It is great to see everyone and put a face to a name!

Thanx hun! :hug: I know I am I just get discouraged sometimes!

littlegg:

Thanx hun!!

That is great hun! AT least they are looser!!

Old pics are great incentives. I pull mine out of when I was 16 and in a 12 every so often. Bring healthy snacks along. You can do it!!

Stressful jobs suck! Try to plan ahead on the weekend!

dollypie:

SOunds like a great plan!!

Yes I am getting a ton of walking in. That is the upside of it! :D The buses can just be annoying at times! *sigh* Thanx for the compliments, I am looking so much better than I was last year! :D I am so glad we have a digi cam and have always taken lots of pics!

sugarbaby269:

Thanx hun!!

None of my daughters inherited it! :lol: Funny thing is when I was their age that is all I wanted was brown or blonde or black, anything but red! :lol:

Thanx for the compliments! I want to zoom past 18, 16, and 14 so bad, right to a 12. *sigh*

Do great!!

martiniforme:

Good idea! I do have a few weights around here I should have hubby look for them!

Okay, sounds good.

I NEED to get to those crunches! Do you do them on the floor?

I know that is for resistance training but what does it do?

hahahah Thanx for all the advice sweetie. I just need to get my lazy butt rolling now. The walking is so easy it is like second nature to me but doing something new is going to take a great kick in the pants! :lol:

I should watch the pilates again today and give that a try. dh won't be getting off work til 7:00 anyhow. I have the beginner one. ;)

Awww thanx sweetie! :hug: So far I only have that one shirt like that but I would rather it be a little tight now and lose it. ;)

Awww so nice to finally get a look at your sweetie!! How tall is he? My dh is 150 and 5'10!!! (I could smack him! :lol: ) Is your man similiar?

And you are so cute! I LOVE the eyes! Are they gray or hazel?

What does the sign mean? :lol: I don't mind craziness one bit! ;)

my ivy:

Awww I hope you feel better! Awww you look adorable sweetie!!
You must be so proud of yourself! I bet your loving them curves!! What size pants are you in now? What were you in? WTG!!!

sugarbaby269:

You are doing great sweetie! Just remember to watch your food to and remember this is about being healthy, the scale will catch up to your good ways soon! ;) How many cals are you doing?

martiniforme:

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Aww hun. It could of been way worse! Keep some healthy snacks in your purse so even if things get crazy you can still eat. If that were me and I hadn't eaten all day I would of wound up binging! WTG on only 1 slice and no cake! :D WTG on the loss!! You will be out of there soon. Don't worry!

sugarbaby269:

You know what I tell myself when I am working my butt off but not showing it on the scale, at least you are exercising and helping your heart! If nothing else keep busy!! It will come off! :hug:

JasonsLea:

Hello. WTG on the loss!! WHoohoo!!! We'll miss ya, hope it gets fixed okay!

Hun.e.B:

How much did ya spend? I take it you get to cook as well? :lol:

littlegg:

I had a similiar sunday. Just remember that was then and it is a new day. :D

Yes everyone please share if there is anything you are doping to make it a lighter turkey day!

Tisha___:

Same here! Hey it is better than maintaining! ;)

Awww thanx hun! :D

Tisha___:

Tisha I can definately tell a difference!!! The first thing I noticed is that in the 2nd pic you are smiling! :D The next thing is your boobs look smaller. Have you gone down or are able to wear a tighter notch on your bra etc? The next thing is I can tell a difference in your belly. You have lost fat around there for sure! The ppart riight under your boobs. The butt looks almost the same but a little smaller. I think your arms look smaller too. You are looking great sweetie! I am so proud of you!! :hug:

I will BE RIGHT BACK!!