Oh ladies! Why do I do this? I hate weekends. I have marked in my measurements spreadsheet my calories for the weekend. I estimated about 2500 on Friday, 3000 on Saturday and 2500 yesterday I am guessing I probably gained back .4 pounds of solid fat. I havent weighed in yet. I wont until Friday when I know the water weight is down. So disappointed in myself.

Well Happy Monday! New week. New goals

Dorian Thats what Ive noticed too. When you first start on a weightloss journey, its the calories that really matter. But when you get down to the last few vanity pounds, its not just quantity, but quality of food! 25g of fiber is perfect in my opinion! Thats what I try to aim for. I usually only hit around 20g though..

fitmom CONGRATS on half an inch. That is SO exciting. Oh you girls are so motivating! Wish I could get this site on my phone; then maybe I could sign on every time I want to mess up on the weekends!!

Philana I always think homemade anything is much better than store bought. Its ok to treat now and then

Claire Vienna?! Oh, so jealous. I want to go there! And hey at least shopping is exercise

Helen While I am a FIRM believer in listening to your body and giving it what its telling you it wants, I dont think it is always true with food. Sometimes cravings are a result of dependence. For example, someone trying to cut out sugar in their diet because they eat too much of it and have for a long time. When they do so, their bodies will crave the sugar like no other. Actually, I eat relatively healthy now. However, when I drink, the next day my body goes CRAZY and craves only sugar. It just seems to not be able to get enough of it the next day. The body is a strangeeeee thing! But oh so interesting Love the dress! Go for it girl!!

Sumire You impress me with your workouts! I wish I had the energy to do all of that. Maybe I will once I get out of this ridiculous mundane desk job!

Have a great day feathers!!

Feeling guilty today, my one cheat meal turned into 3+ cheat meals and snacks. I inhaled chocolate like a fiend yesterday, ugh! I got to my mom's house to find she was babysitting my sister's kids last night, there was a box of Hostess brownies on the counter. I couldn't get the brownie out of the plastic fast enough. Then a handful of salt and vinegar chips. Then a few huge gulps of whole chocolate milk. UGH!! Lots of champagne and sushi and chocolate throughout the whole day.

Oddly enough, though, my dinner at Red Lobster Saturday night was lacking, I could barely eat anything because it was all so HEAVY and RICH! I was getting nauseous, I got to a point in the meal where I just wanted a vegetable that wasn't covered in sauce or breading or dressing, but there were none to be found. I had to change out my beer for ice water just to choke down a little more food.

I'm back on track this week and I'm staying the **** away from the scale if I can help it. I hope that I can manage to be back to my normal weight on Friday. At any rate, I know that my healthy whole-foods diet is making my body feel MUCH better than that other crap food out there.

Hope everyone is doing well -- personals later, feeling kind of down today. :/

I was almost afraid to confess that after the cookies yesterday I ended up going to the supermarket and buying a bag of chips and a can of coke. I just really needed it! But, I don't feel bad about it. And only one cheat-day (meaning about 900 calories on junk and 650 calories on substantial food) in about 10 days seems decent to me.

Guess none of us are perfect Ladies! But it's a new week again, so here we go!

Between your post and Philana's I need to say no more. Had 2 psuedo off plan days this wknd where I indulged more than I should but nothing TOO bad. Like you said I just felt like I needed it.

But this morning I popped up at 5:30am and got it in at the gym and just enjoyed a delicious fresh fruit salad breakfast. Back on track!

Feel better hun!

Fitmom Congrats on the decrease!

dianne042425 Dont sweat it! Just keep going!

sumire Thanks for believing in me! :0)

Hey everyone!

I am right there with you all regarding indulgences and eating WAY too many calories. I think the key is that we're consistently examining why it happens, and getting back to healthful patterns sooner rather than later.

Dealing with a major heat wave here... going to run on the treadmill today and take a gym class! Poor air quality in this humidity, bleghck.

Keeping the goals simple this week..... focus on staying within calorie range, and complete workouts. The rest will follow.

Hang in there feathers!

Hi everyone! Not feeling good today, sick to my stomach. So my exercise plans went out the window. Has anyone else lost a whole cup size when they went hardcore with diet and exercise? I have. *raises hand* Now I'm a B cup - a full B but I'm not happy. Although it did give me a reason to go out and buy some nice new bras, lol. Oh well.

Dianne042425: I get my daily motivation from all of you, seriously. I need it...especially on the weekends.

Dorian5: I can sooo relate to cheating on the weekends. I was surprised that I didn't this weekend. It helps that my hubby has joined me on my journey. We supported each other all weekend with our meal choices. Don't let it get you down, just move on and we're all here to push you towards the finish line.

philana: Haha - confess away, lol! You're right, it's a new week so onward and upward.

skinneyelle39: A half-inch might not seem like a whole lot but there was a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get it off, lol. Sounds like you had a better morning than me. A nice workout followed by a fruit salad are a great way to start the week off.

Erkkkkkkkkkk not doing well at all, been totally off plan all weekend and really all of last week. Virtually no exercise and I binged on chocolate yesterday. Gross! Cooked a healthy chicken/broccoli/sweet potato/mushroom lunch for today though and dinner shall be healthy and clean too.

It's crunch time. Every single dinner from now until at least August 1st is dinner "out."

O_______O

The scale hasn't moved in a week. I think I'm dropping my calories to 1200. I've been doing between 1200 and 1500 and 5 days of gym, 3 days of an hour bike ride plus some extra walks. But this is just too slow. I wanna be at 65kg by the 29th (my birthday). So 6lbs to go!

In a hurry here, so personals later today!

Hi! I joined the site around 10 minutes ago and just found this forum from Suzanne 3FC's post in Introductions. I guess this is where I'll be posting the most?

I actually had my first post in Introductions, and I'd love it if you could read it!
3fatchicks.com/forum/introductions/ 238479-man-i-love-my-butter-sugar-flour-eggs-but-do-i-love-my-waistline-more.html

So, just wanted to pop in and say hi. It's almost half past midnight now, and I'm going to go grab my third oatmeal raisin cookie of the day... hehe.

And then sleep. I think.

Fitmom It is great that your husband has joined you. That would make the weekends a lot easier.

SkinnyElle Good job getting right back on track. That is what matters the most. 5:30 a.m. wake up for the gym, that is dedication!

Philana Six pounds in 10 days is a pretty steep goal, even with low cals and all that exercise. I hope you get your birthday wish, but maybe it's time to tweak the goal a little bit to avoid disappointment?

Bakersdozen Welcome!

This has been such a struggle for me the last three weeks. I can't seem to drag my butt out of bed early to run, and though I am itching to run in the evenings, there is just no time before dark. The eating has been way, way off. No binges, but mindless grazing and snacks at the concession stand (which I banned myself from this baseball season), camp food and drinks, dinners out, and I even had McD for the first time in 7 months and KFC too, and NEITHER was anywhere near worth it. I am not eating as much or as badly as I had before I began being more health conscious in January, but I am inching closer and closer in that direction and it panics me a little. I worked too hard to go back to where I came from.
I stayed on plan yesterday, eating 1400 calories and running 2.5 miles in the sweltering heat, and braved the scale this morning...133. Why must this be so hard?

Morning feathers!

What is going on with me lately? I tell ya, whenever I drink, the consequences are for days. My sugar cravings are out of control for the next few days. I messed up again yesterday! Had 80 crackers and 7 big slices of cheese. Made my calories shoot up to 2000! OH well. New day and I am NOT messing up. I have got to get serious. I cant stand being moody and feeling my work pants a bit tighter..

Sorry, dont have time for personals today! But it seems we are all experiencing a bit of a bump in our journeys. We can get through it together! new day, new slate

@bakersdozen: Hello and welcome!!

@Dianne042425: That's why I don't drink, lol. The sugar cravings grab a hold of me too. But don't let it get you down. Just continue moving forward. No regrets.

@aimeebell: Sounds like you are back on track. Good for you.


What's going on with me? My nine-year old son says he wants to do my HIIT cardio with me. My hubby says I should take him. He can time me or we can do some sprinting together. It might be nice to spend some quality mother/son time together.

Also, I'm implementing my cheat meal for lunch today - chili mac to boost my metabolism. I'll let you know how that goes. And I'm looking forward to going on my vacation this weekend.

We can do it, ladies!!

aimeebell - thank you! you are right! If I don't all at once drop 2 lbs again (like last week) - I'll change my goal. But, no worries. I am not so super focussed on the goal - but it would be really nice if on my 26th birthday I could be at healthy BMI again


I'm going to Harry Potter tonight, instead of the gym. I've been working out a bit too much that I decide to give myself a treat! However - the movies without buying junkfood - how am I gonna do that? I just had dinner - if I don't eat anything anymore I can still have a coke and be at 1.075 calories for today. So - maybe!

Hi everyone!

It seems like everyone has had a rough weekend, but looks like everyone is getting back on the wagon - good job!

fitmom My bra size has gone own too, boo! I was approaching a C but now I'm back in the B. It could be because I stopped taking the pill though!

My weekend was OK, and the beginning of this week has been acceptable too. I skipped lunch today because I was on a roll with revision for my big exam, so by the time I got home from the library at 4pm I was starving and had to fight the urge to eat the world. Luckily, we didn't have anything unhealthy in the house so I stuck with a peach, coffee and a 25g of dark chocolate (dunked in the coffee, mmm) and settled down to watch Family Guy. I've since read another article about human rights, and am gonna make a chicken and avocado salad with raspberry vinegar dressing for dinner and watch a film about the Dalai Lama, then have an early night. Revision and watching TV, this is the kind of rock and roll lifestyle a 25 year old should have...

philana - I hide snacks in my purse when I go to the movies! Sneaky sneaky! Last time it was sugar free red vines, yum! (7 twists for 90 calories, I cut them into bites and put them in a sandwich baggie in my purse)

Definitely cheaper too!

YAY HARRY POTTER, I LOVED IT! Snape's story made my cry cause I'm a total nerd.