Urgh. I've stayed away from these forums for a few days because I don't want to admit something: that dang pound is back and it's not going anywhere!

I think I'll just have to admit it: I have arrived at my "happy weight." Now I will learn to be happy about it. And work on just getting fit instead of fitting into a smaller size. Methinks I should start to seriously consider one of the goals I threw out there for 2010: be able to run three miles straight! I can currently muster maybe half a mile before I have to walk.

@ Susan: I'm sorry about the blahs. I've had the blahs the past couple of days too, because the snow killed the power at my workplace and I've been stuck at home, eating snacks instead of meals and worrying about how I'll make up the missed pay.

Susan and doughnut's posts remind me how easy it is to get derailed - for planned or unplanned reasons. I'm quite worried about this for myself, as my life will be in upheaval starting in about 10 days. We're moving for my husband's work, so that means some number of days stuck in a car, staying with friends while looking for a place to live, not having a gym immediately available - basically all of my patterns disrupted. I will be thinking lots about how to have some ground rules in place so that I don't destroy everything I have accomplished.

I'm going to have my body fat tested before I leave so I have some kind of marker, more than just my weight. Oh and I'll be reunited with my scale that measures body fat, so yay! Well, maybe not "yay" - I don't know what my results are yet...

Yesterday was not such a great day. I am in the middle of sorting out a bunch of messy financial stuff so I sat for way too long on the computer. Then was starving. Didn't feel like the salad I had planned (I don't know, I haven't wanted salad recently with all this snow outside), my soup was frozen solid, so instead of being patient, I just ate badly... I just tallied the calorie count for the day and it wasn't bad, less than 1400, but protein-light and not nearly enough fiber. I just felt awful about eating in that mindless out-of-control way. Something has definitely clicked about healthy eating!

So today is planned out - let's see if I can stick to it!

Oh and bablou00 - we are the same height and started at ~ the same weight. You are about 6 lbs lower than me now and probably way more in shape if you are doing Chalean. I hope you post more so I can see your progress...

tkm - Running 3 miles straight is one of my goals this year as well. I got up to 2.25 miles straight using C25K and now I'm run/walking sporadically but need to get more serious about doing it regularly again.

That's better! 30 minutes on the elliptical!

We can pull this out and perk things up tkm256. Please don't underestimate how awesome your body can be at any weight! And who knows what you'll accomplish as a side effect of your new running goal!

tmk12 - aren't those last pounds the hardest to lose?
I think that is a good plan to concentrate on other goals for now.

Doughnut - I hear you - I will be soon be leaving for a 4 day beach weekend with 11 other girlfriends - the food and drinks will be over abundant. I am going to take fruit, veggies, and my snacks - but I am not even going to pretend that I'm not going to share in the goodies. It's called life - live it!
I will consider this my break and get back on plan for Spring when I get back. Since this is my life plan - I feel ok about taking a break - as long as I get back on track. I feel that after a break I am more than ready to return to clean eating and exercise.

Susan - I am boiling eggs as I write this - being prepared - for me that's half the task. Good luck this weekend keeping that ship on course.

I am a firm believer in serendipitous happenstance.

I went to the grocery to get coffee and salad fixin's ... only ... On a whim, I grabbed a copy of Muscle and Fitness Hers. I have a subscription to Oxygen but needed a between issues boost ;) Not only was there an article about the whole no grains thing, there was also the type of bio I've been looking for. Kristal Marshall was actually overweight and out of shape before she fixed herself up for fitness competion.
Very encouraging!

went to a wedding today, and well >.> that definitly didnt keep me on plan lol
tomorrow im going to start fresh (its been a tough week) and also start my calorie counting which is going to be hard but it will be worth it. ive got about 9 weeks til im going to get my tattoo and i want to work of some of my love handles (cuz as of now, thats where my tattoo is going!)

i hope you ladies have had better weeks then me, heres to starting fresh tomorrow!
good night :)

Well I do not know what happened last night - but I just went off the deep end. Could not stop eating and drinking. Of course the scales are up - of course I feel terrible - why did I do that to myself. I must be an all or nothing girl. I am very ready to eat clean today. However I have that 4 day party coming up with the girfriends. So that will be interesting to see how I handle that. I guess there is no such thing as a "little cheat". :(

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Good morning, everyone!

Looks like we're all in the same boat lately - is it a winter thing? Everything just seems so hard lately.

I posted on the V-Day challenge thread that I'm starting fat smash tomorrow. I have stayed the same the last two weeks and have been getting sloppy because I'm discouraged. Hoping the strict food list will keep me disciplined.

For tonight, a nice dinner out with DH. I am going to the gym this morning and swimming with my son this afternoon.

Happy V-Day, everyone!

After a week stall the scale finally gave up another .5 lb. So I am back on track and glad to be eating clean. Maybe my one-day binge was what I needed. Last night I was watching TV and I just wanted to eat - because munching goes so good with a good movie. But the good guy, :carrot:, was able to beat back the :devil:, and I just chewed the heck out of some gum.

So I again feel like being OP does work and I just have to keep on keeping on. Hope you all have a great day. :hug:

Danni--I did the same thing yesterday; I made some baked doughnuts for my sweetie for V-day and ate three of them myself! (Damn Snackwells Trap. Fat-free is NOT calorie-free!) I'm glad it worked out for you, though--I really believe our bodies get suspicious if we underfeed them too long.

So today I'm up a pound in sugar weight (and maybe salt weight too), but I did start my "running three miles" goal yesterday. I only jogged half a mile again, but walked another two. The theory is that even if my heart muscle isn't strong enough to take the whole distance yet, if I keep walking my legs will be.

morning everyone. happy valentines day :)
im still 133 this morning, but no gain from all the junk i ate yesterday so i guess i should be thankful. today starts my calorie counting and trying to be on plan, but today also started TOM. blessing and a curse, cuz that means in a couple days i should lose some weight.

off to the gym later. so long as i keep my eating in check i should see a drop for tomorrow. :)

tkm256 - I have read that walking is the one best thing you can do for yourself --- if you do nothing else. Years ago I lost by just walking one hour a day and cutting back on the eating. Now I keep seeing articles about short bursts of high intensity give you more results. So you might try a walk - run - walk - run workout. It had something to do about getting your heart rate up. I am also adding strength training to my activities. I am getting a little lazy in the exercise department :o.

Alright, Feathers...I'm here to admit that I WAY overindulged in the Valentine's chocolates, candies and other foods today. I know that candy is my enemy. It's like, I can't stop eating it once I start. Tomorrow is going to be better. The candy isn't doing me any favors. I am dumping it in the trash or sending it to work with my husband tomorrow. I need it out of my house.

Kellost - that's what Mondays are for - fresh start!

I am down another .5 lb. the extra fruit and veggies sem to be working.
I didn't do any major exercise yesterday - clean the house and use the step box while watching TV - but it was moving as I guess it helped.

If anyone hasn't tried the packages of Steamers (frozen vetetables) that you just pop in the microwave for 6 minutes you might give them a try. I usually mix 2 packages together for a variety. They really help fill me up.

tkm256 - TodayI hit 130.5. Come on let's work to see the scale hit 129! I will be happy with anything in the 120's.

Have a wonderful time Danni, it sounds like good fun.

Well I got on the scale this morning and it was as bad as I expected - 159.6 but I've had a helluva fortnight - a really, really good time so I kind of don't care. Got to get back into it now but I really feel like doing it so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Also I'm totally motivated by my next holiday break at the end of May. Wherever we go it'll be European and I always feel like such a hideous heifer next to the glamourous Italians/French/Spanish. I can remember how bad I felt last time I went and this time I have 3 months to do something about it.

doughnut and danni, sounds like some good vacations you have coming up!

kellost, good idea to get the chocolate out of the house! i was making dinosaur molds for my son and kept picking at the extra chocolate. plus dessert at dinner out with dh and a few glasses of bailey's(haven't had that in years - forgot how tasty it is). so yesterday i went totally off sugar and i was SO CRANKY. i hope it gets better!

i did go ice skating and did 45 minutes of cardio at the gym yesterday, and totally stuck with the fat smash menu. i'm off from work today so i'm doing a body sculpting class at the gym this morning and a cardio dvd at home later. also going to make a big salad, cook some lentils and brown rice, and generally prep for the week.

have a great day!

Good morning!

This is my week of evenings, so my challenge will be the evening munchies. After I get all my patients settled for the night and sit down to do my charting ... oooo .... bad scene!
I might have to go to the grocery and find something crunchie and low cal and cut it up into wee bits.

I was sick :barf: yesterday for Valentines Day, so I didn't get the chance to make the nice salmon supper I had in mind... Today I will make the nice supper, I feel much better :yes: ...

I've been staying on track but no weightloss or not much weightloss...

Danni and Doughnut, I am envious of your vacations, DH and I are not going anywhere this year :(, well not for the winter break that is ... I am going to push for somthing interesting this summer though, I can guarantee that ...

guess what?! I went down a belt loop!! :carrot: I'm not weighing daily anymore, I was going crazy, but I can tell my body is responding! yay!!

shasha -- :bravo:

Hi feathers, I've decided I'm going to try and make the final push for those last three kilos, and I definitely need some help to stay on track, so will be posting in this thread a bit, hopefully!

Doughnut, I'm with you on the vacation motivation. I'm planning on going to south-east Asia for a few months backpacking in about June, so definitely want to be fit and looking good so that I can carry that pack around and also feel good about myself on the beach.

Anyway, am just heading away to do some yoga. Have been doing it daily for the past week and it's made me feel so much better. Do my part of the one hundred pushups challenge, and walk to work. Am easing back into it as I had a terrible migraine all day yesterday so don't want to push myself too hard.

shasha12 - super! :cool: It's the whole package - not just the number on the scale.

Sounds like the weekend was a challenge for more than just me. I'm glad to say today was POP and I'm feeling good. I've decided I may be at or very near my end weight. I just feel very comfortable where I am for now. I know running will get me more toned and slim me down as I add miles....it's has that effect on me. So, I figure as I work my way through this marathon training, I'll be quite pleased with the changes that will come with it physically. The number on the scale means very little to me now (as long as it stay at or below where it is).

Today the scale was nice again - it went down another .5 lb. :carrot: I babysat yesterday and will again today so running after the boys is about all the exercise I am getting in. I did go up and down the stairs about 10 times to get the heart pumping in the morning and I jumped on the stepper a couple of times throughout the day. I think trying to get in all the servings of fruit and veggies is helping the most.

Now the worry - the 4-day vacation with the girlfriends. I go to the store tomorrow before we leave on Thursday so I'ave decided that my contribution to the feast will be a huge salad everynight. I will weigh in on Monday morning when I come back and hope that the damage will not be too bad.

Ms Perception - I agree with you - the scale is just a number - I do mention it alot because I am one of these people that weighs every day.
The most important guide for me is the mirror - when those love handles are gone, the number on the scale can settle on anything it wants to. My clothes are fitting so much better and when I go to the doctor in April I want those lab reports to be good. I am in awe of the progress you have made - what a success story you are!

morning everyone. ms perception, i cant wait til im at the point where the number is no longer a focus. im eager to get where you are. :)

i gained some weight last week but now that TOM has arrived i should be able to get it off within a couple days. Im at 133.8 currently, which is good and all, but its still frustratingly close to the darn 120's. my goal is to be in the 120's by march but we'll see if my body decides thats a good idea or not lol
today has started off on plan and the valentines day candy is finally gone :) so hopefully tomorrow the scale will be nice to me.
off to school and then to the gym, hope everyone has a fantastic day!

The Valentine's candy has not been good! I swore I would throw it out or not eat it, but I found myself eating it to excess during my "haunting hours" which are typically between 3 and 5 pm for me. Rather than throw in the towel for the day, I decided to add up the calories and force myself to stay within my calorie range. Needless to say, chocolate calories do not go as far as a nutritious dinner. But I forced myself to call that dinner last night. Tough love! Maybe this will teach me to stop overindulging in empty calories.

On the bright side, I did lose 1 pound this week after staying the same for the past 3!!

Good morning. I've got nuthin'. These mornings just seem to slip by ... I fiddle with this and fiddle with that ... and really don't accomplish anything.

Susan - sounds like you need a :hug:.

How about just making a fresh start? I remember your 1st post on this thread - you said Feb. was a bright shiny new month. So make today your bright shiny, new day!! Good Luck.

Thanks Danni!

Hmmm ... I've actually had a little drop this week. I'm lower than that number over there <<<< and will change it right smartly!
Now ... to keep my act together for a few more days in a row ;)

ugh im down this morning, but only .6
but ya, its in the right direction so im trying to be optimistic. But it still wasnt the 132 that i was wanting. But no worries, im off to school and then to the gym later. all the valentines day candy is gone so i wont have to worry about that anymore.
i hope everyone is doing fantastic :)

:drill: Don't dis your .6. It's downward and I'm proud of you!

Absolutely agree with that!!!!

i agree 100percentME, a loss is a loss! :D yay you!

hi ladies! tried on my size 8s yesterday, and I'm in, no problem! very exciting. anniversary celebrations start this friday and go all weekend, so i'll weigh in friday morning. hope to see another loss! it's working, i can tell... can't wait till it's 6 months from now and i am living life at my goal weight :carrot:

Urgh. The past few days I've had to go to work early to make up hours from snow days last week, so I could barely eek out a mile of walking after hours before I was too tired to do anything but sit in a hot bath. I'm also getting a severe case of cabin fever--it would be so much easier to be active if the sidewalks were safe to walk on! When will it all end?!

Ok day and it's time for bed here. I had an extra cereal bar but at 115 cals it's hardly a biggie. That aside, it was my first half decent stab at being back on plan since my hols so I'm just pleased to have made it through the day with a deficit at the end. Gonna have to work at that exercise though (t'was ever thus with me).

Just found a channel on my tv that seems obsessed with running loads of US The Biggest Loser shows that I haven't seen before. Those shows kill my appetite so I always catch them when I can :)

I think I'm getting back into the groove better this week. I sent the last tempting bit of the Val-day candy to school with my son today, so that's gonna help. I have my meals planned for the next couple days which should also make things easier.
Congrats to those seeing losses, big or small. I'm just trying to get back to the lower 130's and stick there!

Good morning!

I am never hungry in the morning. In fact, I'm often faintly nauseous and don't eat for a little while. Today? Ravenous! I made and drank half my shake before I'd finished my first coffee. Weird!
Apparently something is using some calories ;)

Ah ... the 120's ... so near and yet so far!

ty for the encouragement yesterday. it totally made my day :)

unfortunatly, im back up that .6 today. im a little discouraged cuz ive been tracking my calories. perhaps im eating too much? or too little? im aiming for about 1200 a day. plus i went to the gym yesterday. and the day before. *sigh* oh well, it will come off eventually. im determined.
susan i go through days like that too, but i usually force myself to eat something in the mornings cuz i need to energy to get through my school day. but its such a pain! lol

I have this all figured out 100percentME. ;)

If the decimal points are in a downward direction, I've done fabulous work losing actual body fat. If they go up ... it's just fluid retention :joker:

But seriously ... if I'm on plan ... it's probably more right than wrong. .6 of a pound worth of water isn't really very much if you consider how big a quad or a glute is.

Hi all. February hasn't been the month I had hoped it would be. Sick kids, school volunteer stuff and kids vacation have really gotten me off track. Luckily weight is sort of staying the same give or take 2 pounds. I don't like that I making excuses but with my lifestyle my kids have to come first. I am going to try get some exercise in today and control my eating the best that I can. Monday is only a few days away and I can go back to my more structured routine and back on plan.

It seems like the winter months are harder for everyone. Come on spring!