MC -- Take a deep breath, you can do this AND continue a healthy lifestyle... I think you're just going through, what I call, a WHOOSH I wish I would get those downward Whooshes more often...

Here, same ole, same ole... Yesterday food was on plan, ran and made it to the gym... Today, food WILL be on plan, my exercise today will be raking the lawn...It's gorgeous out...

Hi Feathers!

I am at 126 today. The weight did a little drop this week. About 3 weeks ago, I actually did see 125 on the scale, but the next day I went out of town and gained 3 lbs over the course of a few days. So, I've been hovering around my goal of 125, but haven't hit it solidly just yet!

Just got done running and it does feel great! Now that I finished the Couch to 5K program, I'm trying to work in ways to keep up the running. So far, I've just continued to run for 30 minutes 3X a week. I haven't used my elliptical machine in a long time, though, so I need to maybe incorporate that back in somehow. Right now, I walk 1x a week with a friend for about an hour, and sometimes I go to a step aerobics class, but it's been inconsistent due to my crazy schedule. I'm trying to keep myself on track with exercising regularly.

My food choices are just all over the place. I'll do really really well for days on end, then I kinda blow it by eating silly things like my kids' candy/goldfish crackers or handful upon handful of peanuts or cashews. I always lose it either right after the kids get home from school or after dinner. Those are such danger times for me. After school, it's stress out time, with me trying to get the kids to finish homework, get dressed for baseball practice or get dinner on the table. Also, they raid the cabinets after school, eating everything in sight and it makes me want to eat too! It's tough. After dinner, it's like I finally want to relax, watch tv and have a snack. This is okay, except I over-do it on the snacks quite often. One bowl of popcorn can turn into 2, and so on. So far, it hasn't hurt TOO much in the weight loss, but I really need to break this cycle of eating.

The crazy thing is, I went out to eat a few times this weekend, and was able to completely resist things like appetizers (which others at the table were eating), sips of my kids' milkshakes (which were just sitting there calling my name), and french fries. But then, I'd get home and eat some Cheez-Its or Goldfish crackers. WHY???? It's silly!

The weather is gorgeous around here, too! I'm going to get out and enjoy this day. And hopefully resist these silly snacks that seem to have a hold over me!

Kellost, I find the same thing -- being around the kids and all their eating makes it very hard to stay on plan. Yesterday I realized just how much of my day I spend feeding people, and how our staggered mealtimes and many snacks mean I'm prepping/serving/clearing food all day long! My youngest is 15 months old, so he eats all the time -- small meals and lots of snacks -- and then when I add the girls, who get home from school at different times, it means there is a constant flow of temptation. I think I will start planning my whole food day and writing it down in advance, so that when a half an apple or a few bites of PBJ pass by me, I can say, "No, that's not on my menu for today!"

I am inexplicably at 132.4 this morning. Why is it when the scale goes up, I think, "Oh no, I've packed on the pounds again, what was I thinking?" and when the scale dips down I think, "Probably just dehydrated. I'm sure it will be up tomorrow." Hopefully this number will hold for a couple days and not bounce back up!

I'm at 122.6 this morning. It's so annoying that 1 day of not exercising can cause you to gain 1 pound. It sucks that once I reach my goal weight, maintenance is the exact same thing as trying to lose the weight, because it's a constant battle to not put on weight.

DH said that I may be able to go to exercising every other day or 3 times a week, once I'm in awesome shape. Not so. I gain weight in the blink of an eye. I may as well be maintaining now. I need to do 30-1 hr of exercise to just not GAIN.

Kellost 126 Way to go! You have made such amazing progress - nothing can stop you now. Just keep on going.

Lab - I agree. Maintenance will not be magic. It will be just as much work as losing. It may even be harder if we start thinking we can eat anything we want to.

Hey all! Doing alright after a rough day...food was okay until tonight when I ate an unplanned snack, but it was less than 200 cals...no binge this time. Exercise got screwed up, but I snuck in a little during the evening but it wasn't the same. Time for bed now and here's to a much better day tomorrow!

I finally made it to the gym yestereday after 2 weeks. boy am I sore this morning. I was really hungry yesterday - but only ate the good stuff.
125.5 this morning - so I'm just hanging out in the neighborhood of 125.

We have company coming (2 sets) so there will be eating out.
On Sat. we will be out of town for a for a Dinner/Dance. (more eating out).
I know one meal out can put on 20 pounds - but the last time I ate out, it triggered 4 days on overeating. I must conquer this .

Hope your Wednesday is Wonderful!

Yesterday felt like I was off plan because I didn't get a run in (walked instead) and ate Indian food for dinner. I felt like raiding the leftovers and last night was the time in two weeks I felt out of control. I didn't binge, logged onto 3FC and a woman had just posted about resisting her mother's brownies. I thought if she can do without, so can I.

At my official weigh in, I had held to 138.5 pounds. That 3.5 pounds for the week and 10.5 for April. My goal had been to be be 141 by the end of April.

I'm fussing about losing weight too fast, but my eating is healthier than it ever has been. Plenty of veggies, protein and enough fat. And I've had some treats like beer, pizza, and "buffalo pretzels" (my favorite).

I hope everyone has a good day.

*sigh* the rain is pouring today...after a week of sunshine, it's hard to be motivated to do anything when it is a dull grey day!

Down 3 lbs in the first week...getting weighed at lunch today again...scared that it will be lower and scared that it won't! Definitely can agree with the whole double emotion thing!

It's so nice to hear that other women have the same fears and issues that I do! 3FC site will definitely help me to reach my goal!!

Thanks to all the ladies on this site (and in this forum especially!)

Mc - I just read that the 2nd week is harder than the 1st week. So make sure you hang in there. The whole journey will be a lot of ups and downs - but the end goal is worth the work.

on the weigh-in and let us know how you did.

The rain almost sabotaged my run today. It really started coming down when I was about a mile from home. I don't mind running in the rain so much but I had my son in the jog stroller and he was getting quite wet -- I'm sure the grannies in the neighborhood were aghast! But my son fell asleep so I stopped back at my house, covered the stroller in raincoats and went back out. Ran into a friend at 3.5 miles and ran with her for 3 more -- can't believe it! I haven't run that far since I hurt my hip last year.

It also reminded me how much, much more fun it is to run with a friend. I will have to make a better effort to run with some of the other women in my neighborhood.

Does anyone here watch the Biggest Loser? Last night Gabby Reece (the volleyball player) was promoting her line of activewear and talked about how when you're not motivated, a cute workout outfit can perk you up a bit. Amen, sister! Just went to Target and got a bunch of their C9 clothes.

Scale is at 133.4 today. Feeling good!

Wow, lots of you guys are doing great! Congratulations on the lower weights!!

Ugh, I'm not doing that well. I have gotten better about planning great menus and having really healthy food on hand. The execution not so great. I am starting to figure out the reasons behind this and how to get better at this - so hopefully I will get it sorted out soon.

Also exercise, so-so. I've gone hiking a few times, I walk whenever I can and I now do yoga about 3x/week - but haven't managed to get back into the running thing. It's a real hurdle for me. Oh well, one step at a time I suppose.

Someday I'll get it all together.

Seriously, it's great to hear about all of you who are doing so well. I hope to be one of you soon!!!!

Had a huge amount of food (in the form of snacks and Combos) today (sort of a stress/boredom-induced binge), and I have like 50 calories left for dinner. Ouch!

YAY!! My first 5 lbs gone!!

Very exciting day for me! It makes all the weighing and measuring worth it!

Great McMommy! Congrats on your success.

LabMonkeyGirl - Combos are a temptation of mine too. Hope dinner goes ok.

As for me, I am tired and burnt out at work. It's too busy here and I want to sleep for 24 hours straight. I want this month to end and have work get back to normal.

I need to force myself to go to bed at 9 pm tonight. Caffeine is not cutting it for me anymore.