hi everyone thanks for the welcome today was a hectic day at work i didnt get my water in (im doing a 21 day challenge) i dont think im going to follow a diet plan just yet im just going to use a little of what i know from different diet plans my main focus for now will be water and exercise. I didnt work out this morning before work but i will before the night is out, how did everyone's day go?

Good evening all. Today is my 1 week anniversary of my return to healthy eating. Lol…I have really been able to tell a difference in my mood overall in the past week…like maybe I can start believing in myself again.

Okay enough heavy stuff.  Sugarbaby – you asked what I eat…here is what I had today…
cal fat carb pro
Kashi Good Friends


170 2 43

Milk, nonfat,


64 0 9 6

Banana, raw


37 0 9 0

Chicken noodle soup campbells micro


140 4 20 8

Crackers Multigrain Saltines


60 2 10 1

Spinach


20 0 5 3

Squash, summer, yellow, raw


39 0 9 2

Fish - sole


90 1 1 19
Totals 621 9 106
Copied out of my FitDay…
I’m sure I will eat an evening snack – probably a glass of milk. And don’t worry all of you, I will be eating more soon I am sure. Just trying to break my bad habits and give myself a jump start.

Julie – thanks for the tip for saving our logs from *poofing*. I hope you got that workout you wanted to get in today!

Good to see you Elisha. And Cami I’m glad you are still out there and burnin’ up that treadmill. I understand the fight with food – sounds like you are pumped to win.
MSrD, what is your name…I mean I could call you MSrD if you want, but…..Thanks for the encouragement. :hug:
Well I better go. I have been procrastinating doing schoolwork ever since I came home from my clinical today. It’s hangin’ over my head…. Talk to ya soon - Starfrog

morning all checking in
I have been living like i dont know what diet means LOL
Diet what diet gezz
I will get my butt back in gear
I'll check in later
Take care
Michelle

Hi Michelle. Your posting was almost like a little poem. I'm sure you can do it - congrats on the weight you have lost so far! -Starfrog

hey chickadees! Sorry it took so long to get back here- a 2 day work week didn't leave me a lot of time to do more than breathe, and eat lunch at the desk. Evenings have been busy with all the last minute preparation for Turkey Day, and my family arriving sometime early in the day tomorrow.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Hope you all have a very healthy, and very happy holiday.

:hun: :cofdate: :happ3:

Hello All! :)

Still doing the rocky road approach to the diet......kinda like the entrance on the expressway...:scooter:....just going slow and trying to get up to speed.

Miafluker.....Sometimes following a diet that just 'seems right' to you is the greatest chance at success, because you are following what you mind and body are telling you! :cool: You are going to do great!

StarFrog....Glad to hear you are getting a psychological lift from healthy eating. Maybe it is because you are purging the bad food and its effects from your system......or maybe it is because you are focused on just doing something for you. Either way, I believe in you too! :cp:

Michelle.....I hereby declare your non-diet day over and done with! :wizard: Back with the program, Superwoman!

Jennifer....These short work weeks are really hectic.....the weeks are short, but there is no shortage of work to do! :dizzy: Tonight, I am going to make the cranberry relish and focus on cleaning the house.....tomorrow, everything kicks into high gear!

Ugh...feeling the emptiness ladies, and wanting to eat some comfort food (like pizza). Instead I guess I will sit with these feelings. Although it is very tempting. Not looking forward to these holidays.

Didn't have clinical today. Wrote papers until 2:00, had plans to hike with a friend and she backed out. I did walk for 3 miles out in the middle of nowhere where i live. When I got back, I just got into a funk.

Hope you are all doing good this evening -Starfrog

Morning everyone!

I swear I typed a post yesterday, but somehow it's not here. Huh.

I seem to be falling back into an old pattern of mine: I do well for a few days, then I do bad for a few days. *sigh*
And this holiday stuff isn't helping, either.

I've been busy busy busy, and it's not looking to get better any time soon. Tonight Steve and I have to do a major cleaning spree, then tomorrow morning I have to get up and bake rolls for dinner. Dinner will be at my grandma's, then afterwards we're headed to Steve's parents, and we'll have another dinner with them on Friday. Then Saturday my mom and grandma are coming to help me put up Christmas decorations! YAY!

Exercise? Well, I guess we'll see. Cleaning should count tonight, as I'll be moving stuff and running up and down the steps and I need to do heavy duty cleaning like scrubbing showers and so forth. Other than that... who knows. I might make Steve go for a walk with me after our dinners.

OK, I have about a zillion things to do today, especially since half the office is gone for the day, so I need to jet. I hope you all have a wonderful day, and a very happy Thanksgiving!
Elisha

Elisha i seem to do the same i do well the first few days but then i get stressed and mess up ex. i worked out this morning and by this evening argued with my hubby and ended up with mcdonalds now im mad at myself:?: hope everyones day went ok

*sigh*

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone had a good day......munchkins and sub-munchkins were here and MIL was able to come, so all went well. I ate too much. Nothing more to say about that...:( ..will probably be reflected in weigh-in on Saturday.

StarFrog.....Sorry the bad feelings keep coming back at you, but glad to hear you didn't cave in to the comfort food. Food really is no comfort, and solves nothing. You get a gold star for getting that 3-mile (!!) walk in! :cheer2:

Elisha.....A walk after dinner...:running:..wish I had thought of that and maybe I wouldn't feel so overly stuffed right now. Putting up Christmas decorations sounds like fun!

Miafluker.....Give yourself a pat on the back for working out, but forget the indiscretion at McD's.....gotta get this all into perspective, you know! :yes:

SugarBaby......sigh??? was that a good sigh or a bad sigh....:?: ..a tired sigh?.....a satisfied sigh? I never was any good at reading between the lines!

I am exhausted......was up early and got the turkey in the oven, coleslaw made, potatoes peeled. I was going to sit down a moment and turn on the TV......and there was Denise Austin, telling me I should get up and move! And I did! Didn't follow her program exactly (I have more to bend over then she does), but I gave it a good 20 minutes.......and wow! I felt fantastic and full of energy! When exercise always makes me feel so good, why don't I do it more often???

OK, OK....I know I've been MIA...AGAIN!!! I just don't seem to have time to sit down and get in a post. By the time I get done reading all the posts (because I haven't been here in a week...you get the idea!!!)

DH and I went power shopping this morning at 4am. I just HAD to come home and take a nap when we got home at 10am! I didn't sleep well last night and now I have a stupid coughing fit! I am feeling a bit out of whack right now...but we did manage to get some SUPER buys! We hit 6 major stores before 9am!!!! I am usually not even showered by 9am most days, so that was an accomplishment. I told DH that I should hang out with him more often that early in the morning because he's in a really great mood that time of day! It's no wonder he's a grouch by the time I get home at 5pm most nights. I'd be exhausted if I got up at 3:30 3very monring!!

OK...enough about my day. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and is ready to get back on track next week (yes, next week because I know this weekend is going to be sporadic eating for me!). I haven't weighed in for 2 weeks because my eating and working out has been pretty bad! It's nice to see some motivation here, though...it's just what I need.

I seem to have the same disease as many of the chickies here..."losing motivation quickly"...we'll just call it LMQ from now on!!!

Well, I need to go fill my stomach with something healthy...and clean out my fridge. It's really stinkin these days and I can't find the source, so I'm just goint to throw everything away that's been there for a long time!!! That should do it, eh?

Catch you all later!

Hi Chickies! :wave:

Just a short note......weigh in went well. I stayed the same.....not too bad for a holiday feasting week, I say! This next week will be 'hunker down' week....holiday is behind me and it is time to really concentrate on managing food and adding minutes to my exercise! :carrot: I am pumped! Who is with me?

Julie.....What a brave soul to attempt the day after Thanksgiving sales! :dizzy: I bet you got some good bargains too! I talked with some salespeople at a major store later in the afternoon.....they said the early morning was borderline insanity, but then it died down and was really a slow day......I think the anemic Michigan economy kicked in.

Today DH will go out and gather wood......we have already cut it, but it just has to be gathered up and brought to the house......then thrown in the basement and stacked. Guess I won't have to worry about exercise today! ;)

Have a great weekend!

Happy Post Thanksgiving! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. We had a great time- things went off smoothly, which is very surprising, considering this was our first time hosting Thanksgiving ever, and the new house. The huge kitchen came in handy- I think hubby covered every single surface on the counter with a pot, pan, lid, utensil, or serving plate or bowl. :) I still have a few things to put away from the feasting we did. I'm too full. Still! :) Nah, not really, but I swear, for 2 days there, I might just have busted!

We got a lot done, too. Dad helped by putting up curtain rods in all the rooms for us. We need to add a cordless drill to the list of "must-haves" for this house. Anyhow, rods are up, curtains are up in many places, and a few valances need to be washed and ironed, but I can do that when I have some free time. Dad also put together a total of five 6' bookcases- 3 of which are in my "office" here, and 2 will temporarily go into the family room to hold CDs and DVDs / VHS, and then at some point be on a wall in the living room, for a reading area, when we can buy / find better media storage.

And the best news of all- today, Adelphia / Comcast came to fix hubby's internet slowdown issue, and FIXED my wireless network while that was happening! :) The 11 month immediate internet drought is over! Wahoo!!!!
But....there is one drawback.

I lost all my MSN Messenger contacts. Please, please, please, PM me, or email me with the email info you use on MSN, so I can add you back. Julie, Miss Elisha...Lisa, if you're lurking around! ;) I'm trying to re-create the wheel here!

Now, time to work around on my desk a little, and show hubby that I can be productive, despite having internet ;)

Will post more later!

*sigh*

How many of you over-indulged over Thanksgiving weekend? Let’s see a show of hands.

*raises hands*

I went shopping yesterday. I’m going to San Francisco to visit a friend next week, and I wanted to buy something new and cute to wear. But, as is my tendency when I go clothes shopping, I tried things on, and even though most of them fit, none of them looked good. I bought one shirt on clearance without trying it on, because it was too cute and too cheap to pass up, but I put it on this morning, and let’s just say that it’s going in my “when I lose 20-30 pounds” pile.

I went to the grocery store yesterday, but I talked myself out of buying unhealthy foods, for the most part, so that at least is good. I need to go restock on healthy food some time this week.

The lunch I packed isn’t too bad, a stuffed pepper made with turkey, some fruit, some cranberry salad, and a slice of bread. (I won’t eat all of that for lunch… the fruit is for snacks.)

Lately I just seem like I am hungry ALL the time. And I know it’s not physical hunger, that it’s all in my head. I know that. I’ve read enough books to have a pretty good idea of how the digestive system works, and yet I actually feel that mental hunger to the point I think my stomach is growling, even though I know it’s not. Is that crazy?

I don’t want to be this person anymore.

Lately, and I attribute this solely to the fact that I just got married, but I’ve been thinking more and more about having kids. I want to have a baby sometime in the next year or two. But I don’t want to be overweight. I don’t want my body in such miserable physical condition before getting pregnant. I’ve always said to myself, “once I lose weight, then I’ll think about having a kid.” Because right now I’m not entirely confident that my body could support me through pregnancy, and I AM confident that I don’t have the energy or even the capability to keep up with young children.

And I worry too that even if I do lose all the weight I want to lose first, that I’ll gain it all back during pregnancy. I don’t want that either.

I don’t want this weight to be the defining issue of my life.

So I’m thinking of signing up for something like Weight Watchers. There’s a new weight loss center not too far from my office called Inches A-Weigh. I haven’t checked it out, but I think I might. Ironically, I don’t have the money for it this month, so it’ll have to wait for January like all of my other resolutions. I think I would do better if I had someone hounding me and actually checking my progress. Telling you all “hey, I’ve lost weight” or “I didn’t exercise today” is one thing; telling a group of people face-to-face is rather different. I might be a little more consistent in my efforts if I have more of a connection.

I don’t know.

I will say one thing. Doing NaNoWriMo this month has really helped me in ways I didn’t really expect. I’m supposed to reach 50,000 words by midnight on the 30th, and right now I’m at 43,517, so I’m in good shape. At this point it would be incredibly silly of me not to finish. But following through with this project, being this close to the finish line… well, it’s helped me see that I actually CAN accomplish a goal if I want to. I’ve never really done that before. I’ve always quit about half way through, just like when I lost 40 pounds out of the 80 I needed to.
But now I see that I can do it if I really want to.

I just need to take that motivation I had to write and redirect it to being healthy. For the past month I’ve been spending quite a bit of free time writing, literally hours a day. There have only been 3 or 4 days where I haven’t written at all, and I’ve made up for every one of them within a day or two. There’s no reason I can’t put forth the same effort in terms of exercise, drinking plenty of water, and eating healthy food.

So it’s the holiday season, so what? For literally years I’ve been telling myself that I want to redesign our holiday meals so they are healthier. This year Christmas dinner is at MY house, and I can cook whatever I want. I’m going to make it my mission to cook a healthy meal. Sure, I’ll still most likely overeat, but eating too much cauliflower won’t send me on a guilt trip the way macaroni and cheese would.

OK, I’ve been interrupted and lost my train of thought, so I guess that’s all I have for today. I'll try to make it back sometime today to leave some comments.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and a wonderful weekend, and I wish you a wonderful Monday.

Elisha