So Yesterday and today I did pretty well. However, I was really good about tracking all my calories and realize i am eating way too much. No wonder I am gaining weight. I have a few frustrations right now, so i'm going to vent a bit.

I eat out over half my meals. The food here is wonderful, however I have no control what's in it. I also would like to eat mostly Vegetarian because I feel better when I do, but its really hard here.

Also, the food here is really different. My old yogurt was only 60 calories and big, here it's tiny and 110. Fat Free doesn't exist.

snacks. I'm snacking and I don't like it. I think it's because of my weird work schedule at the moment. Hoping it will end soon.

I guess that's all. Hope everyone is doing good! and staying OP

Maenad, thanks for starting this thread. I have bounced over my red line and need to get back down!

My goals:
NRLW (strength training) 2x/week
Run 3-4x/week
Calories under 1800
No alcohol until Thanksgiving

This month is weird -- starting with the kids having two days off from school today and tomorrow -- then they have some half days next week for parent-teacher conferences. Then of course Thanksgiving at the end of the month. All these things conspire to interrupt my exercise routine! All the more reason to get the food in line.

Maenad, where are you in Vietnam? I visited the northern part of the country, but that was 10 years ago! We have a great Pho place here. I could live on the coffee alone.

Changing my goal weight from "Under 58.0 kg" to "Under 57.0 kg." Giving myself something to really work for. I was 58.5 after a run today.

:bravo::cp::cp::cp::cb:

Okay, I went crazy this weekend and need to get back on schedule. My goal 132 by Thanksgiving.

Walk 1hr 5 times a week
Tae-Bo every evening
South Beach food plan.

Yay! we can do this!

My goals--keep exercising!
So far one 35-minute elliptical session and one 29-minute Pilates workout.
Five more days. I can do this. :)

I live in Saigon. I could live off of the coffee as well, but i think it must be thousands of calories! Sometimes I think it gives me more of a sugar rush than a caffeine pick me up! I just moved here recently, so still getting used to the heat, humidity, traffic and over all strangeness!

Well, so far the weight thing is not going as well as I'd like, but I'm now 3 day's late for my period, so everythings weird, bloating, food craving blah blah blah.

But, on the other hand, I haven't had a soda since Thursday. Probably the longest I've gone without soda in 15 years. Not too bad!

Excercise is going well, I'm going to have to make myself run on the treadmill this afternoon since I got lazy and didn't get up this morning... Oh well, it's better than nothing!

Hope you all have a great Tuesday! Have fun voting if you're in the US!

Yesterday was perfect. I played a long game of tennis, ate on program, but then disaster struck! My husband and i headed out on the town with some friends. Luckily I had been pretty low on calories for the day, but not low enough for the amount of beers I drank. Today I feel ill and swollen.

I walked for a little over an hour at a pretty good pace to meet a friend for marathon clothes shopping. Then we ate at Hamakatsu, a restaurant that EXCLUSIVELY sells deep-fried meat. Sigh. I only ate half my rice, but it felt like too much of a crime to leave meat there and I was starving. Guessing today amounted to about 1700 calories.

I also haven't done cardio yet today but I am so sleepy I don't know if I can. Guess I'll have to do Tae Bo in the morning and run in the afternoon tomorrow.

Hi every one, how r u all doing today. I am definitely going to join this thread. I am going on a vacation with hubby on dec22. So I plan to be at 120 by then. My goals for this month...weigh 125 by dec 1st and do yoga 5times a week. Best of luck for all. We can all achieve our goals

Hi all! Great goals so far :)

My goals to achieve by December:
-Get under the 125 mark consistently
-Drink more water
-Practice mindful eating when tired/not busy-- eat when hungry, only!
-Practice positivity-- no more berating myself for mistakes. Breathe deeply, forgive myself, and keep going :)

Hello!
I'm new to this site and would love to join this December goal setting thread if that's ok. I've never been over weight, but I recently moved to Chile and have piled on 6kg in 2 months. I now really want to lose this, because none of my clothes fit and I feel really unhappy. I currently exercise 6 days a week, swimming, running and doing weights, but its obviously food that is the problem because I haven't lost ANY weight yet. I weigh 75kg at the moment and want to get back down to 68kgs. I've got no idea how long this will take.

My goal is to keep track of my calories and keep them under 1800 every day.
It's great to read all of your goals! Keep it up!

Yesterday was wonderful! I planned everything out, and actually ate on plan and took off another 1 1/2 pounds. Yay! It's amazing what happens when you stay POP!

Still no soda, huge deal for me! I'm so excited!

I need to make sure I go for a run or walk tonight after dinner. No excuses. Even if it's in the dark. Dogs need to get out anyway, right?

Wow! Congrats Cherbear!!

My goal is to enter the 120's this weekend and to be under 127 by December 1st!!