Planning & Chat Dec. 24 - Dec. 30
 

Oops! Forgot it was Monday.

Are they (holidays) over yet?

Happy Holidays! Good luck with all of the holiday eating and we'll see you all in a couple of days!

Dagmar

I know. Doesn't it seem like Sunday to everyone? This week will be all out of whack.

The family went out to my favorite southwest restaurant last night. The seafood enchiladas did me in and my weight is up. But I don't care! Wednesday I am re-committing to active dieting and I'll make goal in 2008!!

Christmas eve
 

I'm proud of myself on the food front last night. Ate just raw veggies/shrimp/ one salmon roll for appetizers. Was very careful at the buffet and the dessert table too. And no alcohol at all.

When I got home my DH told me that he'd overheard a conversation between my crazy father and my cousin Alan in which my dad revealed that he had blown all of his money ($100K) in some stupid venture in Estonia. Half of that money was supposed to be my inheritance from my mother. Merry Christmas.

We had all sorts of holiday food gifts around and alcohol plus DH had ice cream stashed. I took a sleeping pill and went to bed instead of bingeing.

I will deal with my father tomorrow. He will be very, very sorry that he lied to me and did this to me. But I will not overeat at my DH's sister's today or tonite after we get home. I will treat my body with respect. I deserve that.

Dagmar

Dagmar, so sorry to hear! If it's any consolation, my Christmas was full of family battles as well. My mother came down to Manhattan to visit, and we had lots of big plans, but unfortunately not all of them happened. One of my big ideas was planning an amazing (but healthy!) Christmas Eve dinner and then Christmas Day breakfast, but that got derailed. Fortunately, we were able to salvage it: Mom stayed an extra night, so we did Christmas Eve dinner last night and then watched a movie (Spanglish - really cute). This morning, I got up super early (4:30!) and made brunch so we could have Christmas Day this morning (presents, brunch etc - we had done Christmas mass already on the real Christmas Eve) before I put her on the train and got to work. Pretty much everything my mom gave me was some kind of health-oriented present (running gear, Misto Olive Oil Sprayer, weight lifting book, etc), so I was really thrilled, and she loved her present (new set of pots and pans). The beginning of our visit was lovely, and last night/this morning were great - it was just that unfortunate sticky time in the middle...

The big thing that is really cheering me up is that I am WAY down in weight - 2 pounds since last week! And it's not water weight; it's been constant for a few days now. Yippee!!! If I can lose just one pound this week, I'll reach my January 1st goal... however, that will be tricky with the leftover cookies and goodies I have. We'll see!

Hope others had a merry Christmas :)

Personally, i am very happy to see the holidays gone. Back on track today, though.

Hi. i'm boundndetermined.

Have about 20 lbs to lose to start with, and then go from there.

Hope to meet all of you.

Welcome BND
 

:wel3fc: boundndetermined. We're quite the fun bunch usually :D. Holidays are a little hard :devil:. So much of the sulking and whining (what, someone call me? :p) will be gone by next week.

Dagmar :shocksn:

I'm back on track today. Oatmeal for breakfast, soup for lunch.

Only I've caught a miserable cold and didn't sleep well last night. I just want to go home and curl up in my new blankie.

I wonder if I'll feel well enough for my run tomorrow. It's supposed to be very cold (below 40) so I might skip it because of my illness.

I left work a bit early today so I could go running while it was light out... and I did NINE miles!!! I'm proud of myself, especially since I'm just a teeny bit sick (above the neck though, so it's okay to work out). I am going to start 2008 with a bang!

Hi guys! I know this isn't the intro thread but I'm new here too! Just wanted to say hello and chat with the other featherweights (what a cute name! lol)

Glad the holidays are over with, quite frankly! No more temptation. Next obstacle is New Years Eve! Best friend asked me to make 5 dozen chocolate covered strawberries to go with champagne... if it wasn't her, I would've screamed NO! But of course, I said yes. It will be hard to avoid eating those (both while I make them and after!) :D

Today was my first workout with my trainer since Dec 5! They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and it was definitely touch and go there for a while. I'm also fighting off a head cold and my lungs still haven't completely cleared out from the last illness. I'm off this week and really hoping I start to have some more energy tomorrow, so I can start to enjoy my time off.

My eating has been terrible and still isn't completely back on track. I've decided I'm just not going to worry that much about it until next week. I'm at least eating better than I was at my parents, where there was an inordinate amount of refined sugar--friendship bread, magic bars, pie and cake. I picked up some yogurt, Fiber One cereal, bananas, and lean cuisines, so I had some healthy foods to eat, but I still ate a lot of sugar. But I did manage to work out every day, so at least that's something.

Dealing with family is always wrought with tension. I become a raving lunatic around my Dad. I can't even explain why he makes me so mad. Well, actually, he was a pretty bad father and there are a lot of crappy things he did that he can never take back or make right. But despite this, I know that for my own mental health I should just let go of the anger--I just can't seem to do it. Luckily, even when I am home, I don't have to spend much time with him. And my sister and I had a great day together. She has been exercising and dropped a couple of sizes, so we went shopping together. I normally get discouraged very quickly when shopping, but with someone there encouraging me, it was a lot more fun. We both bought a ton of really cute clothes that looked great on us. We had a lot of fun and I felt closer to her than I had in years, so that made the whole trip home worth it (and now I have a cute new outfit to wear on New Year's Eve).

Morning!

My daughter talked me into playing "Scene It" after dinner yesterday ... far away from the dessert table ... best move of the season!

It also was far from the tension causers at that particular festivity.

Holidays almost done
 

Got the huge argument with my father over and done yesterday :tantrum:. He now "owns" a house in Estonia ( no bill of sale, deed, etc. but he "owns" it) and has wiped out his remaining retirement fund. What a knob! At least we didn't get into it on Christmas eve at the party. I tend to keep at least a room's worth of distance from him at these events.

Then went for a long walk down at the lake and had a tea, paid for with my cute little Starbucks card that Stella the mastiff gave me for Christmas. No munchies and no binge when I got back home :D.

Getting on the scale today was quite nerve-wracking but I'm maintaining at 132 :p. The Christmas Day event with DH's family only served to reinforce my weight loss goals. They, except the 14 year old who's only moderately overweight, are all morbidly obese and all have major health problems. Two of these people are young men (19 and 21 years old) and I feel so sorry for them :(. DH came home and just ate everything in sight. He's well aware of what could await him if he keeps following in his family's footsteps but he's not quite ready to stop yet.

I didn't nag :no:. Seeing all of your family that ill as a result of excess weight is depressing enough. I will start encouraging the dieting/exercise again when I finish this dog sit Jan 2.

I'm off to do some Boxing Day shopping and then I'm going to make a big lab ecstatically happy by driving him down to the lake and running around like a fool with him for a couple of hours. There will be cookies :devil: involved but they're DOG cookies. I will have another tea as my treat.

Dagmar :angel:

Good morning!

I think today might just be a normal day. I'm going to work, there's no where to go after ... I might even make a nice healthy supper. Wierd ... it feels like weeks since we've done that.

Good morning SusanB!

That sounds nice - ENJOY!

I'm still in the disconnect of not knowing what day of the week it is (and not caring much either as I don't have my regular sched until Jan 2.) :p

Dagmar :coolsnow:

Good morning! I haven't been doing too well on my resolve to post here every day :mad:

I also didn't do too well in the eating department on 12/23, 24 and 25. I did do lots of exercise though so that is some consolation, I guess. By the time I went to work at 2:30 pm on 12/25 I was so full and felt so awful that I had a nice healthy lunch all packed, etc. There was SO MUCH food at work it was obscenely ridiculous but I had a go at it! I really wish I could always remember exactly how miserable I felt at the end of the night but just a few days later and I remember it but I can't "feel" it (if that makes any sense?!).

I've gotten back on my usual healthy eating plan esp. journalling everything. That is really the key for me. I have to work NYE so I won't be out drinking & eating but I'm sure there will be a ton of food again :( I'm definitely going to try to do better though. I'll bring some of my own low-cal treats so I won't feel totally deprived.

Allison-so sorry to hear about your mother. How is she doing now? Is she local so you are able to visit her?

Talk to you all later. Jane

Jane~no, Mom is not local--she lives in SLC, Utah. I try and talk to her daily, though. Last night we had a nice long conversation. She just wants to go home, but the good news is that she had a long physical therapy session yesterday and I asked if it hurt and she said she felt so much better afterward. I told her to be sure and tell her therapist this. It is good news.

I'm still feeling the effects of my cold. So far it hasn't traveled to my lungs (thankfully) but I still feel yucky. I slept well last night, though. Because I feel yucky I have little to no appetite so you'd think I'd be losing. Not so. Even though I'm not hungry, I continue to eat and I'm not tracking it. I haven't gained (any more!) but I'm not losing either. I seriously need to get on track. My ticker is so far off! I think I may get rid of it all together and just keep the side bar stats until I get back to the right weight to show my ticker.

Allison - sorry to hear about your Mom, hope she recovers soon.
And take care of yourself with that cold. There are some real super bugs out there. I am finally feeling back to normal after 4 wks that included 10 days on antibiotics. I haven't been out for a run in over a month :(

Unfortunately - in the last few days I have been treating myself a little too frequently with chocolates. They are all gone now - except for a king size Toblerone. Think I am safe as long as I don't open it.

Oatmeal is cooking on the stove and I am contemplating a run/walk session this AM.

-S

I made this awesome Belgian chicken soup last night for dinner, and painstakingly packed up the leftovers for lunch today. I packed a nice piece of baguette to go with it, and I even chopped a few carrots to have as a midafternoon snack. Then when stopping in at the pharmacy before work this morning, I totally left it on the counter. I realized when I was getting off the subway (at work), and was so mad at myself. I called the pharmacy (which closes at 7 PM or something early) and they're going to give it to the manager to hang onto so at least I can get my favorite soup mug back, but I'm really annoyed that I can't eat it - it's a busy day for me at work, so I probably won't be done until 10 PM or so, and it's going to be spoiled long before I can get there.

Frustrating. And here I thought I was going to have a good day because I got up early and worked out!

sznn - I completely understand the "if I haven't opened it" syndrome. I have a tub of meringues and a tub of caramel/chocolate popcorn left over from Christmas. It is SO hard not to just tear into them, but I'm allowing myself one serving of one or the other each day (110 and 150 calories, respectively, so not THAT terrible). On that schedule, within 2 weeks they'll be gone, but it's so hard to have them sitting there in the meantime! I've encouraged my roommates to eat as much as they can of them - hopefully the weekend and its "drunk munchies" will help them to do better so I don't have to eat them all :)

Allison - hope you and your mom feel better soon!

Ok. I bit the bullet. The ticker stays. I updated it to this morning's weigh in weight. I have 80 days until my birthday. That's 1.5 pounds to lose per week to get to goal (17 pounds) although I'll be happy if I can at least get close (135-136 would be more than acceptable).

Beware the Toblerone!
 

It's calling to you - can you hear it? Even though it's not open you can hear its little velvety chocolate voice sighing sweetly - " :devil: eat me, Eat Me, EAT ME!!"

I just gave all of my remaining :o Christmas treats and my DH's (he's gonna be sooo mad) to the food bank so those little voices are still in my house(s).

Laura I totally get "drunken munchies". Back in the day when I still indulged the diet was all over after the first glass of wine. DH will be running to the grocery store tonite after a tot of bourbon and the discovery that his goodies are all gone. At least he'll be getting in a little exercise ;).

We are having a healthy lo cal dinner with pomegranates for dessert. I will then go back to the dog sit and finish off my 130 cals of air popped popcorn from last night. I'm trying to get a bit of a head start on Jan. 1 and the 5 lbs I still have to lose.

Happy Friday feathers!

Dagmar :coolsnow:

If anyone is in need of a really low cal dinner that will make up for holiday indulgences: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._23997,00.html
I omitted the butter (just the olive oil was enough to saute the veggies), and used whole wheat English muffins instead of buttery biscuits. It tasted pretty good, and the whole thing was only 338 calories!!!

(I went and munched on meringues after). Does the food bank take already open containers? I HATE wasting, and they're just staring me right in the face, saying "I'm already open! Eat me!"

My problem is back to the nuts. My brother gave us a HUGE jar full of pistachios. I eat at least one handful a day (that's probably a bit more than 1/4 cup which is about 200 calories). I know nuts are "good" for you, but not when you overindulge. If I could just lay off those before I start cooking, I'd be good to go.

I'm planning my menu for the week. I checked out that recipe--it does look good. Somewhere I think I have a recipe for some lower calorie/fat biscuits--I might try that.

Food bank doesn't take anything that's open. Don't think they take booze either although I did drop off a bottle of plonk we got, hidden in among the chocolate bars, sugary cocoa mixes, and other stuff we got as gifts.

Dagmar

I don't know if I'd have the willpower to donate alcohol anyway :) I really don't drink very much compared to my friends, but I'm thinking of cutting alcohol completely in the new year. A friend of mine did that and it really helped her lose weight. Plus, it might be easier to do that than have a drink or two and try to practice restraint: it's almost harder to stop once you've started.

I'm pretty sure alcohol messes with your weight in many ways especially over holidays. I think folks that drink a little everyday would benefit by removing the calories.
But the rest of us??? A tipple in my coffee makes cookies look really good. I kinda like the light buzz especially if we're having a quiet evening at home. I feel puffy the next morning.
Our daughter is pregnant so there wasn't anything fancy around this year. And that's OK.
I've even tried the so-called healthy one glass of red wine ... naw, didn't help at all.
Laura's friend probably has the best idea.

Tippling munchies
 

I can NOT drink one anything and then not eat :devil:. I came home Friday night from eating dinner with DH and was furious at him :tantrum: (argument about locking doors, cars, etc.).

There's a lot of alcohol at the place I'm dogsitting. I have been offered free rein with anything I want in the house (food and booze - luckily they're on very restrictive diets) so I decided to have a beer. Just to aid in the concentration of my sulking against DH's unfair remarks :p.

One beer led to a PB and caramel sandwich (better than it sounds), some pretzels, some popcorn, and a trip to the variety store for Ben & Jerry's. Then of course I got a very poor night's sleep due to the double whammy of a bit of booze and a whole lotta food.

I'm up a lb. to 133 even though I was OP yesterday (I'm still so scrambled :dizzy:from the holidays I had to check on the computer to see what day today is).

I don't drink at all at home and I'm going to keep away from the booze on the dogsits too. Just not worth it. A mild buzz for about 30 minutes = bad sleep and huge "food hangover".

Dagmar :dizzy:

Drinking is my #1 worst issue. While I don't tend to overeat when I drink, I do tend to overdrink. One glass of red wine turns into a second and usually a third. Easily, if I cut out wine, I could cut out 500 calories a day. However, if I didn't have to cook, I could easily have just one glass of wine, 6 triscuits and 3 slices of cheese (or a Laughing Cow light wedge) and call that dinner. Instead, I come home, pour a glass of wine, fix dinner, pour a second to drink with dinner and often have the third when I sit down to relax. Perhaps I should get rid of my family. Naw. I love them and they look to me for nourishment!

Drinking is awful for me too! The moment I drink something, it is ALL over. (Ialso have really low tolerance!) I will eat anything, just anything without abandon. It's bad because most of my friends are tiny with amazing metabolisms, so we are always up for doing 2am hot dog and burrito runs-- and I am usually the one who ends up with the 5lb weight gain.

Speaking of awful ... I'm so glad this is the end of the week ... here at Featherweights anyway. Bring on a new week. I ate waaayy too much this last one (er two er three).

Good morning everyone!

I have to work tonight and it's going to be CRAZY!!! :dizzy::dizzy:
Also, I'm sure there will be tons of food around. I'm just going to bring my lunch/dinner as usual, all journalled out, and hope for the best! (HA! When I write that plan out it doesn't seem like the best way to go, hoping for the best!) :devil:

Hope everyone has a very safe NYE and here's to the start of a wonderful year for everyone :angel::cheer:

Jane