Planning & Chat Feb 9 - 15
 

Good morning all! Welcome to a new week! What's up?

Have a great week all!

Dagmar

Still dog sitting
 

I am maintaining right now rather than losing. I am looking forward to getting back to my exercise routine at home on Thursday, cooking real food, and having something to do other than hang out with a dog. She's a really nice dog but I'm limited in what I can do while she's loose in the house with me.

I had a run in with my client's crunchy granola bars but managed to avoid the rest of their "junk" food. There is no scale in the house but I imagine I'll weigh about what I did when I last weighed at home when I get back there.

I kinda have a goal date in mind for reaching my goal weight but, whenever I do this I sabotage myself, so I'm just going to be kinda vague about it for awhile.

I know that defies all the conventional dieting "wisdom" but we are all different and do this differently.

Have a good Monday all!

Dagmar :sunny:

Dagmar, perhaps you ought to make all client food off limits. Bring your own and tell yourself that you can't eat theirs because it doesn't belong to you. could work, no?

I have been so busy planning shopping and overly stressing out about the cost of moving, that I really haven't exercised the last couple days.But that should be no excuse! haha

I am now down to 138.5. I feel great. So great that today I went to taco bell:). After I ate there I looked up the calorie count and almost fell over!!! but that's ok, all I have to do is regulate my diner tonight and I shouldn't have to feel too bad.

Anyone have any new plans for v day this weekend? I will be unpacking all day but I am hoping that we can at least do something at night.

Easier said than done unfortunately. I have developed a lot of self-control over the years but there are some things that I just can't resist :devil:. Luckily not all of my clients eat junk food and a lot of them don't have kids, which always cuts down the snacks available.

Dagmar :sunny:

Dagmar, I totally understand! I used to dog-sit for a guy who would continuously tell me to help myself and he had all kinds of yummy things that I kept out of the cupboards at my place.

I finally re-joined the gym after being back home for a month... I think I've been maintaining my weight but I've only weighed once so I can't say for sure. The pants-o-meter shows no major changes. Time to get a move on!

And valentine's day... I might see if my BF wants to drive down. We are long distance and I'm in grad school (and my car is not in the best condition) so I can't go to him. I'd love to see him and he has off work for a few days, but I feel bad always asking him to come here. It's a full day of driving. Neither of us are really in to valentine's day as a holiday, but it's a good excuse to see each other!

Hello all :wave:

I know I haven't been posting for awhile (I have been lurking). My weight has pretty much stayed the same since Jan 1st. I had a little foot surgery done about a month ago so I have been pretty sedentary lately. This week I was able to do a little exercise. I don't know if any of you have "Exercise TV" on demand on your cable, but I just discovered this on mine. I did a little "dance exercise" yesterday (10 min video; not much I know) and when I was done, I was smiling and thinking to myself that it was fun. Maybe this might be my answer to hating to exercise ;)

Checking in
 

Hey everyone, newbie here :) I feel like I started a whole new phase in my weight loss journey when I arrived in Spain to study abroad : ) This week I'm concentrating on eating healthy and keeping up my workouts...It's hard to structure my meals because I eat when my host family provides, which means lunch at 2 and dinner at 9 and a huge no-man's land in between! I won't know if I've lost anything until Sunday, but here's hoping:D