Holy crap 1 day OP and the scale was down 1.2

Mostly from not having late night food still hanging around at morning WI

That was ME last week! I don't know for sure (without my weight chart in front of me) but I think I lost 3.5 or 4 pounds last week! Goes to show you what staying OP will do!!!

Hit 147.2 this morning during my weigh-in.... so I guess I will hit my summer goal (and then some) before summer! And maybe set a new benchmark (probably another 5 pounds). Though I may want to work on maintaining and upping my lean muscle mass instead (particularly upper body -- starting to notice my rib cage just barely showing, and I am not digging that emaciated look :P) -- time will tell when I hit 145 ;)

Planning today:
B: Apple pie slice, babybel cheese, mini cereal bar - 390
S1: Yogurt + fresh strawberries - 150
L: PB&J Sandwich, whole fruit (apple or orange) - 400
S2: Turkey/Cheese roll-up with dab of honey mustard - 150
D: Mixed greens salad with balsamic, 1/2 avocado, grated parm & maybe chicken ~450
S3: Another piece of whole-fruit, if I feel hungry after dance class ~60?
Total: 1540-1600

E: 1 hour modern/jazz dance, 20 minutes strength with weights

Hello everyone!
I've been for my walk (with a repeater because I forgot my bank card), I've got the turkey divided out between the crockpot, soup pot and little baggies for me. My house is almost back in order and WNTW is on soon. So it's almost time for weights.
Lovely sun, lovely quiet ... it's a pretty nice day.

Good morning everyone.

:welcome: Mudpie.

Well, I did my weekly weighing this morning and I gained 2 lbs. and it is well deserved!!! I am actually quite ecstatic I didn't gain more!

I have been to the grocery store this morning to make sure I'm all stocked up on food and I'm back on track. I never got all the way off track just a few meals I ate things I usually don't or too much food but I didn't let ruin my whole day so I'm happy with that.

We went to TGI Fridays (a chain restaurant) and I had a pulled pork sandwich. It was delicious. It usually comes with fries but I ordered mashed potatoes instead. Well, these mashed potatoes were loaded with anything fattening you can think of (except chocolate!). Of course I ate them but later I was thinking how I would have done fine with just the sandwich. It was very good & it would have been just enough to fill me up comfortably instead of making me too full. Oh well, live and learn :dizzy:

I have laundry in, a pot of chili on the stove and the rest of the day is mine to do as I please. Hope everyone has a great day. Jane

We are a cheerful bunch today aren't we? Lots of weight loss talk too, good good. I finished my paper, but I have a final in two hours, that's ok by me, though.

I realized that my post before this was my 500th post!!! Holy. Time has flown by.

Mudpie: :welcome3: I think you'll find that everyone here is super encouraging,a nd honest about their own struggles. It's good to have you with us!!

Carey: The year is almost over! Hang in there! Hoping you're finishing your paper and feeling a bit less stressed.

Ennay is right - the right shoes make ALL the difference!

As for Easter - Chocolate bunnies don't tempt me at all. I'm much more of a breads and pastas and desserts person than a candy person. I could pass on the candy any day.

Very randomly, my scale went down one pound one day, another pound the next, and then up two today - and all 3 days have been OP days. Who knows! Scale gremlins I say :dizzy: Actually, for me that's a really good sign. When that happens (and I'm OP)_ I usually have a solid 3 lb or so drop coming up that sticks. :)

Today: Another OP day! YAY!

Heading to yoga tonight with a friend - I'm going to get there early and put in 30 minutes of walking on the track or so beforehand.

Hi everyone!

I spent a very chocolate free easter. I didn't even really think about it. I got the kids some blueberries and granola bars for treats and we colored real eggs and hunted for them. Fun was had by all. No one complained or seemed to feel deprived.

I am amazed by the rapid movement of the scale last week but still having trouble appreciating the difference. I look down and all I see is belly. It is surely the last thing to go. Stubborn little thing.

One of these days I will no longer look 4 months pregnant.

An elderly neighbor was out walking yesterday. I stopped my jog to say hi and she said "you have really lost weight" well that made me very happy. She says she has been watching my progress from her house (right on the steep part of my road). So I have a fan...kind of cool. I really needed to hear that because I am starting to get a bit self critical and perfectionistic. I have to fight that inner voice.

Yuppie girlie I just noticed your ticker and how incredible you have done. Big high five from me!!!

Happy day everyone!

Thanks Hikerchick!!! :hug:

And hikerchick? I have that same inner voice that tells me not so nice things about myself. Sometimes I have to remember how far I've come myself! These last 25 pounds (now it's 18 but still) have been the SLOOOOOWEST ever. Moves like a snail, but I'm moving in the right direction!


:yoga:

off to yoga!

Okay, cheers for me! Two posts and one day. Starting to get the hang of it, I work with infants and it can really be draining.

YuppieGirl, I was thinking the exact same thing as Hikerchick, you have come a long way girl! You must feel pretty good about yourself, your an inspiration!

Hikerchick- Doesn't it feel awesome when someone else notices the weight loss? I am totally with you on the belly, 4 months pregnant :), I have the same problem, I lose weight off my but and my boobs first, I like the booty! Leave that alone and shave some off on the tum! ALways the last place to lose.

[B]A WARM HELLO TO ANYONE WHO JOINED WHILE I WAS "TAKING A BREAK" [B]

Well, so far it's been a really good day, fruit for breakfast, sushi for lunch, pasta, fish and veggies for dinner. I would say it's about a 1300 calorie day and that's good for me. Unfortunantly, the chocolate in the house is beakoning me. "EAT ME, EAT ME" but "NAY I SAY" I will be victorious today. I have already caught myself try to logically talk myself into some chocolate, "Well, I have only had 1300 cal. that means I have 100 to spare, I could just eat a small piece of chocolate." But there is no such thing as one small piece of chocolate, especially when my house is overun with it. So I will have none. I might be on here a few times to talk it out, can you see the madness already in my words....Anywho..

Who is going to kick my but to get back to the gym! I need an excercise buddy or buddies, anyone interested. Someone I am accountable to and will be accountable to me. We can just post on here but I have been slacking big time and need some serious encouragment to get me moving again.

Nice to be back and read all your wonderful posts.

Dana

Hey girls :wave: and :wave: to our wonderful guy too ;) ....

Today has been a strange day, I feel disconnected somehow... I woke up with a raspy throat and feeling like my head is filling up and feeling light headed all day like I took some drugs or something, and I didn't take anything for this headcold I feel coming on, except vitamin C and Echinacea ... Anyways all this to say that I didn't feel like exercising :lol:

I'm feelnig really tired so I'm off to the couch and the TV...

Hi everyone, I was not so resistant to the call of leftover Easter chocolates... so had about 3 fun-sized pieces (guesstimating 75-100 calories total). But I played around with my day's food so still at budget, more or less.

And ugh! at work today -- I only had one pair of slacks left (laundry day was s'pose to be last night, but washer was broken)... from me 4-5 inches ago. After belting it... it kept bundling here, there and everywhere... not to mention that it looked like I had two potato bags on my legs, haha! Thank goodness no important meetings today.

So yea - that pair of khakis gets to go with the rest of my old clothes... next time I'd rather febreze a worn pair and re-wear!

And I'm SO happy it's strawberry season -- I diced some up to mix with my yogurt for a snack and also put some sliced ones in my PB&J for lunch, so delicious! Can't wait for the strawberry festival (about an hour's drive away) coming up mid-May... :D

Thanks for the info!
 

Ennay, thanks so much for the info! It couldn't have come at a better time. Armed with this knowledge, I'm never shopping for tennis shoes at Fred Meyer again! When I was more....sedentary...I never noticed too much of a difference in shoe quality, but I sure have now that I'm in the gym more often.:)

Kylie

Easter is just another Sunday around my house so I don't have any chocolate bunnies to tempt me. Of course, if I did, they would be gone by now! :drool:

My Penny's Low Fat Muffins came today; I am super excited to have them :hyper:! I've already tried one of the zucchini muffins and it was so moist I'm having trouble believing they are really only 100 calories and low fat. On top of that, I made Fiber One Gingerbread Muffins over the weekend (which aren't quite as moist as Penny's but are only 60 calories) so it is muffin mania around here these days! :crazy:

I do really have to get myself to a real running store one of these days :running:. I have a pair of shoes that are okay for gym workouts (and were NOT cheap) but they give me a humongous walrus blister when I run for more than half an hour. :headache:

I did sprints on the treadmill at the gym for the first time today. The calorie burn was about the same as for my regular treadmill run but I'm not sure if it seemed quite the same intensity. But it did make the fifteen minutes pass quickly. I wish it were easier to adjust the speed on the treadmill. :mad:

No worries, AquaWarlock, I didn't take your post the wrong way. I laughed when I read it because it's totally true. :lol:

Alinnell, I read an article recently (I can't remember where) about someone who said she lost 15 pounds in something like ten weeks, just by giving up alcohol. She said she drank around 2000 calories per week in wine, etc. I remember I kept doing the math and thinking it wasn't possible :dunno:. A drop of 2000 calories, should only be a loss of a little over half a pound per week and she was claiming that she lost way more that that. There were other women in the article that made similar claims. Either A) she drank way more than she said, B) she didn't lose as much weight as she said or C) alcohol effects our weight different than other calories. :hat:

Sweet_talker, a three-hour history exam sounds brutal :stress:. I bet you're glad you're done with it; it makes me glad I'm not in school anymore! :D

Well, I've probably :blah: (been wanting to use this smilie for a while) long enough now that no one will want to wade through all this. Today was a :crazy: day at work and tomorrow is not going to be any easier so I should probably get some sleep! :faint:

Hey all, well I made it through without chocolate last night but in order to do it I had to have a peanutbutter sandwich, and that pushed me to 1500 cal. I'm not complaining, pretty good for just getting back.

Still looking for an exercise buddy, maybe I should post this as a thread. I'll give it another day though.

Today, I will have fruit and yogurt for breakfast and a salad for lunch. No sure on dinner yet.

IIlene I hope you feel better dear.

Dana