Lets see... I'm debating going to the gym today; I haven't taken a rest day in a while and I KNOW I should, but it's hard to make myself. I got some immunizations yesterday (Flu shot and anthrax booster shot) and my arms are SO SORE today. The flu shot isn't bad, but that anthrax booster is a killer. I don't usually have a problem with shots but it's so bad today I can't hardly lift my arm. Maybe a good incentive to rest? Maybe a ‘light’ workout? Gaaa! I hate not being able to just rest like a normal human being.

Things have felt so beyond my control lately, and it’s been hard for me because I’m a bit of a control freak. My home life, not having my husband around, my weight, my injured foot, work crap (am I deploying? Am I not? Separating…), getting set up for school this fall… too much stuff! Anyway, last night I went through ALL of my personal paperwork, magazines, photos, books and scrapbooking materials and organized all of it. I got a new file folder to put all my documents in and magazine holders to hold the ones I wanted to keep, and much more. It took a couple of hours but I felt really accomplished afterward. It was nice to have something to get control of.

Work is sort of jerking me around about whether or not I’m going overseas. They said no, but they are now saying that I will still go after I heal from my foot surgery, (even though I haven’t a clue when that will be or how long the recovery is) so I may end up being gone 6-8 weeks, longer, or not at all. It would be nice to have an idea! Sheesh! I’m so tired of this kind of crap. Sometimes I feel like I’m going to miss it, and sometimes (like right now) I can’t hardly wait to get out!

Speaking of work stuff; I did my annual PT test yesterday, and since I'm not able to do the run component the other three parts (abdominal circumference, pushups and sit-ups) are averaged together. I maxed out those parts so I got a full 100 points on my test. Pretty nice! haha

I also FINALLY weighed in today, and I was really nervous about it. I know that the number is just a number but it can be such a powerful little number.The last time I weighed was 5 October, and I was at 118.4 pounds (which is a few pounds above my 'happy range'). Since then my hubby was in town and I ate like crap for 3 days, I did the RFL for a bit, then I ate like crap again last weekend... plus a handful of 'average' days. I really had no idea what to expect.

When I did my PT test yesterday they weighed me and it said 123.3 lbs. Granted, I had a few light articles of clothing on, I had eaten breakfast, and I hadn't had a BM. From that number I was trying to estimate how much I would weigh under normal circumstances (first thing in the morning, naked, before food or water, etc.) and so I was prepared to see 120 on the scale this morning.

Higher than that would have really sucked, so anything lower would have been a bit nicer, though I wasn't going to hope for a miracle!

Anyway, I was 117.8 pounds today. Ideally I'd be between 114-116, but I do feel like I have added a bit of muscle along with my fatness since I've been lifting heavily and consistently even during periods of overeating.

So... here's my dilemna; it's the Saturday prior to Halloween and I really want to go out and drink, be a fat kid, and take a much-needed rest day today. The fact that I'm only a couple of pounds above my happy weight right now isn't exactly discouraging me from doing it, since it's easy to say "well, I can still lose 3 or so pounds fairly easily over the next 2 weeks"...


Turbo – A bit of cake and some salty chicken isn’t too bad lady! Besides, you got out and had a nice run, so I’m sure it didn’t hurt you at all. Becareful with that foot too! Having to take it easy isn’t fun (I definitely know that part of it right now) but you don’t want to do any long term damage to it if you can avoid it!

Your kitty is adorable! I miss my big guy so much sometimes.

Your pizza rolls remind me of a recipe I found for some fried eggplant rollitini. If I had more patience (and someone aside from myself to cook for) I might actually try them!

Bayzee – Oh, I’m so sorry about the sinus infection! That had to have been miserable, so I hope you’re feeling better now. I actually did the two-day RFL type protocol the last two days, and I think it worked really well for me. It was a good little boost to my weekly deficit (I think anyway) but it wasn’t long enough for me to feel deprived, sluggish, tired, or get any kind of keto/low carb headaches. I’m definitely doing it again this week!

Krampus – Still feeling like a Zombie? You had a hard week… you had better be blowing off some steam and relaxing this weekend! J

Mottainai – I’ve been keeping an eye on all your posts… keep it up lady! I too seem to have an easier time on the weekends, since I have a lot that I can do to keep busy and distracted. I usually plan out my big treat days, but lately I’ve had more than I want to and that is what has been leading to those guilty feelings. Prior to that, I actually didn’t feel that way at all, and it was a nice relaxing boost for my mind and body to have a day of eating whatever I felt like. I’ve just wanted more of it lately and it’s been conflicting with my goals.

I assume you made it through Friday okay and got a whole week binge-free?! I sure hope you did! What plans do you have for the weekend?

Chickie – How much of a hottie are you?! Your poor husband has to put up with a gorgeous buxom blonde… I wonder how he does it. J Seriously, I’m loving the ‘do… super cute. It sounds like a busy weekend for you. I’m sure you’ll have a good time, even if it is raining and crappy. I’m south of you and we’re getting crap weather too, but it’s not expected to be like the storm you guys are going to get up there in VA. Have a drink or two and loosen up before the run… haha.

Leila - Yes, that's exactly what that little 'game' is! It's letting the universe be responsible for my bad dietary choices rather than just making a choice and being okay with it. If there is some sort of 'sign' I must be meant to eat whatever I want for the day! haha
I too feel like 'why do I keep doing this to myself' so you totally aren't alone there. I'm sure that some of that will come off right away, so try not to stress it so much. I know, I know... easier said than done right? Here I just wrote 89 million paragraphs about my few pound gain over my 'happy range' and how that makes me feel/act/etc. LOL God I'm such a hypocrite sometimes! hahaha
Anyway, I'm glad you had a good trip and are back again!



Sorry if I missed anyone! I’m going to get off my butt and figure out if I’m going to the gym or not. A ‘light workout’ might be in the cards for me today. I’m worried if I don’t do anything I’ll go to the other extreme and just eat my face away today…

Okay...picture slap-happy lately! Our run was so fun!! It was a 10K at the Oceanfront, which would have been beautiful if Hurricane Sandy wasn't putting out gale force winds. Um...sand was freaking blasting us in our faces. YUM! But besides THAT...it was great. There were a lot of other "Oktoberfest couples" in costume, but I really do have to say we were the best! I added so much to these costumes, so we didn't look like anyone else. I sucked booty wih the ACTUAL RUN, which frankly, doesn't matter much since I like to focus on the pre- and post-race un. ha ha! We ran/walked the 10K in 1:10. It was pretty bad. Our 14K was 1:28 earlier this year. But I squeaked by just under a 12-minute mile, despite walking A TON.

Pre-race:


Post-race, sheltered by the Convention Center:


And this I though was pretty funny. Clearly my boobs have developed a personality of their own. I swear it doesn't matter anymore that I am ridiculously smart. Sigh...



I swear I'll catch up later. GOOD RACE VIBES to Turbo for tomorrow!!

Well...Friday night wine cutting was not much of a success. Drank pretty much the same as usual. I did get off my butt to do a circuit class today...which ended up to be a great workout! Scale said 118.4 today..maybe just dehydration from wine. LOL!

Leila...When I decided to get serious a few weeks ago, I did feel sluggish and hungry on the low calories. But now my body has adjusted. I have a hard time after workouts...I get pretty hungry and have the potential to over eat. During the week, I eat 2 low carb fruits a day, 2 ff, high protein greek yogurts and the rest is protein, salad and/or veggies. The weekends are harder.

Turbo...I love to bake too..luckily DH eats it! I can say no to sweets usually...but not chips! I'm a salt girl! Good luck on your race!

Lockitup...Weighing in is our "checks and balance", don't beat yourself up over it. You're just making sure you are keeping up your hard work!

Chickie..Love your pics!

Krampus...You seem to always be having so much fun!

Joss...Congrats on the PT test! I'm worried to do 2 days of RFL just to over eat afterwards. Wondering if I should just keep doing what I'm doing...slower progress, but steady habits? So frustrating! I hear you about treating yourself to normal eating/drinking...go for it! You deserve a break..go and have fun!

Hello to all! Just a quickie update for me as I'm writing from the bath on my iPod (im not postive why, but i dont like getting on 3FC in front of my husband, it's kind of a secret! Is it just me??), and it's too hard to go back and forth across the pages to check everyone's posts. But I must say, Chickie, those costumes are SUPER aweosme and you look amazing!! And thanks to EVERYONE for the encouraging words. Really it means so much and is helping me want to say on track so bad.

I made it through the week all right and am now enjoying a lazy weekend. Can't really exercise on the weekends unfortunately, since it's raining 24/7 here now and the gym on campus is a 90-min transit away. But I did meet my exercise goals for the week! And I did walk around at the mall, if that counts. I'm happy to say, I'm confident enough in my legs now that I bought some alpine-pattern leggings with horizontal stripes on them, lol.

After a great week, I'm feeling awesome, binge bloat is all gone, muscle tone is decidedly better, and those goal pants are getting up pretty damn high on my hips! Only now comes the hard part...when the obvious progress slows down and the initial high of following the plan wears off. Going to need extra diligence the next few days.

Hope y'all enjoy your weekends!!!

Skimmed the past page, looks like a great weekend overall!!

So, I drove 10 hours yesterday so I could attend my sisters halloween party tonight. Early this week I went to the goodwill to look for a costume, and I found a dress I REALLY wanted to use and also a back-up. The one I really wanted to wear took, no exaggeration, close to 5 minutes to finagle it to button and zip up. I had to turn it sideways to button it. It came So close to not zipping. Well, I brought both dressed and my mom had gotten me not one but TWO back up costumes (my mom is special. we also had a discussion earlier this week along the lines of "no please do NOT make me coffee cake this weekend in the pan you got me, no I will NOT have time to exercise to make up for those calories over the weekend because I'm spending 20 hours in the car and I am too fat for my swim suits and cannot go swimming with you.")

Sooo today the DRESS ZIPPED!!!!!!!!!! I got to wear the costume I wanted I hope to get a picture from my sister to share with you all. I'm also tempted to have my own halloween party next weekend so I can wear it again.

So YAY. Not home,so don't have my scale to weigh myself but who cares. A dress that almost wouldn't zip up like 5 days ago ended up fine today so SOMETHING is going right I even did well with my calories with traveling yesterday, went over goal by 20 or so calories because I had snacks for lunch and breakfast and had calories left for a pretzel dog and cinnabon bites for dinner So yay calorie deficit!

I didn't track today. But I had 1 piece of pizza, a mozz stick, a donut, 3 drinks (still buzzed!) and a few (ok probably at least 5) rice krispie treats (which I made. And made into jack-o-lanterns.) AND we played just dance for a few songs at the party so I would say calorie wise I did OK today.

Tomorrow I drive home. Towards the hurricane, cause I'm smart like that!

~Katy

JUST A QUICK CHECK IN :

mottaini, you okay?? with the earth qwake? Did you feel it in Vancouver aswell?

JUST A QUICK REPLY:

Turbo, thanks for asking! I actually had no idea there was even an earthquake!! I totally missed it. I just read about it online. We were sitting on the couch watching a movie at the time it happened, it seems, but really didn't feel anything.... thanks again for asking though! I hope all those other people are okay. ):

Aaah... Sunday... trying to enjoy it before I have to go back to the office tomorrow. It's actually been a pretty good day for me!

Yesterday I did end up taking a rest day, and I had some treats too... and you know what? I'm not going to feel guilty about it. I am tired of fighting with my body right now, and I don't need to be totally ripped all the time. A couple of extra pounds is okay for right now, and I'm willing to back off a little bit and lose them a bit slower, especially if it means saving my sanity! hahaha

My weight yesterday was 117.8 pounds and I was pleasantly surprised by that, as I had expected to see it a bit higher. Today I am right back to my healthy ways after a relaxed day yesterday, and I've set a goal to weigh in at 117 pounds next Saturday. I think that should be doable and focusing on just getting through until next Saturday is less intimidating than continuing to think "I want to be XXX pounds by the photo shoot". I just want to NOT gain, and to ideally lose a pound or so this week.

Today I felt pretty good after resting all day yesterday (like literally, I went and got groceries and then spent the remainder of the day on the sofa!) so I went to the gym for my cardio session. I decided even though I'm not supposed to, I wanted to run for a few minutes. I actually miss it!
I did 45 minutes of intervals on the stairs and then actually ended up doing a full 30 minutes on the treadmill... 20 of which was running! My foot actually feels fine and doesn't seem to have swollen at all. I am wondering now if I even really need to have the surgery.

I will talk to the doctor at my appointment on the 19th and see what they say. If they recommend the surgery I'll do it right away, but if not then I guess I'll be good to deploy! I don't necessarily WANT to, but the money is good and it gives me a chance to focus on work and working out without any distractions. It will also get me out of this crowded house for a bit!

Anyway, I'm getting ahead of myself... I won't know anything for 3 weeks.

I also have not had ANY gum since I decided to cut back! 2 weeks! Whoot! It's weird, but a little NSV for me so I'll take it.

Oh, by the way... should any of you be considering trying any of this season's pumpkin flavored treats, I have sampled a few in the past few weeks and would like to provide you a review!

Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte (as advertised, no substitutions): Meh, I actually am not a huge fan. It wasn't anything special, and could have used a bit more nutmeg. I wasn't worth the calories in my opinion.

Starbucks Pumpkin Scone: It was definitely tasty, but not particularly pumpkiny so don't expect a big pumpkin kick. Much like their latte, it was good, but not REALLY good or special in any way, and not really worth the calories.

Dairy Queen Pumpkin Blizzard: OMG. Get this. Now. Best pumpkin flavored anything I've ever had.

Pumpkin Spice Almonds: These didn't taste like pumpkin, but exactly what they are called; pumpkin SPICE. They are sweet and heavily flavored with nutmeg and cinnamon. Definitely tasty and super easy to eat way too many of!

Krispy Kreme Pumpkin Spice Cake Doughnut: Very dang tasty. I could have actually done without the glaze on it, but the doughnut itself was good. I don't like yeast doughnuts all that much, so cake doughnuts are perfect for me. It was mildly spiced and aside from the glaze, not overly sweet.

International Delight Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer: Blech. It was WAY spicy and not in a good way. Too much nutmeg and little else going on in here.

I've also spotted Pepperidge Farms Pumpkin Cheesecake COOKIES, Paula Dean's Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake and Ben and Jerry's Pumpkin Cheesecake ice cream in stores...
Depending on how the weigh-in goes on Saturday I may have to pick one of them up and add it to the list!

Hmmm, what else... Oh, I got 2 of the 3 items I ordered for my photo shoot in the mail yesterday!



^^ I got these "boy shorts" in Gold, to go with a pair of gold studded Louboutins I bought a while back. They fit okay, but I should have gone a size smaller. No matter, creative posing or a small clip in back will make them work perfectly.

I also ordered this corset in black:



^^ This one fit BEAUTIFULLY. I love it. I want to wear it all the time! hahaha

The other item I ordered hasn't shipped yet, but I'm REALLY excited for it;



I ordered the Bralette, but not the thong (no thanks). Overall the look I am going for for this shoot is sort of sexy glam-rock. I'm going to mix and match the pieces I ordered with clothing and accessories I already have. I'm pretty excited for it, but definitely hoping that I can lose a couple of pounds by then!

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Turbo and mottainai - Earthquakes?! LOL I have been through a few in my time and always enjoyed them. Is that weird? haha I'm glad you're both OK!

Kakers - That must have been a heck of a party to drive 10 hours for! I am so happy for you about the dress! As much as some of us (*guilty*) obsess over the scale at times, that just goes to show that clothing really is a much better gauge of progress.

Mottainai - Congratulations! You're doing so well lately. I too am taking things in smaller chunks (just in terms of workouts and weightloss) largely because of your influence. It can be daunting to look at any goal (be it not binging for you, losing 3-is pounds for me, etc.) if you look at the end state first. I'm trying to take it a weigh-in at a time now.
I hope you had a good weekend!

Bayzee - yeah, I did end up relaxing and treating myself a bit, and I feel better! LOL I know it can be hard to put down the wine (I had a hard time putting down the cider yesterday) but at least we got up and did our workouts right?!

Chickie - What are you talking about? You TOTALLY look smart to me! LOL Seriously though your costumes were REALLY cute and it looks like you had a good time! I actually did not end up going out last night so this is the SECOND year in a row that cute fox costume wont end up seeing the outside of my closet. Next year perhaps?
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Chickie : LOOOOVE your costums! You and your hubby make suck a cute couple! And GREAT JOB on the run! Especially for the crappy weather... You doing okay, with the hurricane? Is it hitting near you?

Bayzee : Oh chips. Can't say no to them neither, usually. As you said, at least we do have husband or boyfriend to eat the sweets!

Kakers : I LOVE the discussions you have with your mom LOL Post some picture of the dress!! Hope your drive toward the hurricaine was okay :S Stay safe!

Mottaini : i think the heartquake in the north of BC... Glad to know you and your hubby are okay! And I get your feeling of being secretive about this board, it took me a while to talk about it with my boyfriend. At some point I jsut started to talk about it and he realize and understood that it was actually helping me to say accountable. Plus when I talk about weight, pooping or other PMS gain induced, it means I don't have to talk about those with him = happy, happy boyfriend LOL

Joss : That is some good news about your foot!9well, can't be BAD news ) I'm sure the rest day yesterday will do great for you! LOVE the theme of your photoshoot and the items you bought. The last one especially! Plus the corset seem even.. comfy!

Yes there was an heartquake in canada, in North BC on the West Coast (I'm completely on the East coast though ) Everything seems fine though, no one hurts in the news. (There was some kind of the social media meltdown though last night because of that on Twitter : #PrayForCanada became trendy on Twitter because of the Justin Beiber Fans who wanted to make sure that Justin family, who live in Ontario, like 4000 KILOMETERS AWAY, was okay. Jeez. KIDS!)

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Hi Feathers!

First, I hope everyone who might be around the hurricane is doing fine and is safe. My thoughts are with you! :S

We are supposed to have crappy weather this week with the remains of the hurricane coming our way... But for the race this morning we had AMAZING time. 9-10 Celsius degrees, so not hot and perfect for running. Plus the scenery where we were running was SO BEAUTIFUL. Some pictures will probably be posted this week on the race website, I'll try to post some.

So with the foot having its own mind since my half weeks ago, I did not know what to expect of the run. I was okay with not pushing too much if it was hurting (and also because my traning in the last week was very slow to protect the feet). I was aiming around 1:05 and it was killing me to have to not be able to give a shot to my goal of sub one hour.

I was feeling SO SO good this morning (despite some horrible sleeping last night) and I felt like .. I want to go FAST. I was doing SUPER good until kilometer 8, who had a one 800 meters long hill. KILLED me. Had to stop 3 times for about 20 seconds each to get on the top of this hill... Note to self : do NOT give up hill training in the future!???!! Jeez. I was able to sprint in the end to make up for the bit of walking though.

We don't have the officials results yet (organizers are a bit overwhelmed, they were expecting 500 people.. they got 2400) but as I crossed the finish line my Garmin said 1:00:12.

MISSED MY GOAL by TWELVE seconds! D*MN walking! Like, if I would not have gave up on the hill, I would have my sub hour time... Oh well. There is always 2013..!

So here's the post ''I ran my 10k under an hour but I could have push it more'' boyfriend and my ''OMFG *&"*?"%?"*("* TWELVE SEC!'' self.

Turbo Cute picture! 12 seconds is close and considering everything with your foot and not sleeping well that's pretty awesome. I love those rare occasions where lack of sleep makes you feel great and energetic! I haven't had much experience of that lately unfortunately.

whoa, 2400 people? Why were they only expecting 500? Is that how many ran last year? LOTS OF QUESTIONS .. it's great to hear that more people are exercising than expected though. That's always a good thing!

Joss Awesome outfits! I really love corsets/tops with straps. I'm not a huge fan of the strapless look generally. Probably just my own experience of not having much boobage. Well it's too early to analyse my strap preference so I'll move on..

All of the pumpkin flavoured stuff sounds absolutely delicious! It's not such a big thing here unfortunately (well actually that's probably not that bad a thing in the grand scheme of things).

I'm glad to see you're doing good and not stressing too much! I'm going along the same lines as I'm really driving myself crazy at the minute and it's just not worth it.

kakers Yay, so happy the dress zipped! Stay safe driving towards the hurricane.. I want to say turn around but I get it. You're not being evacuated then?

mottainai I hope you enjoyed your lazy weekend, sounds great! Also happy to hear about everything else, sounds like you're being good to yourself and not stressing.. yay

bayzee At least you worked out! Little victories (or not so little) are so important.

Chickie Hey you guys look the same post race as pre race.. how does that work?! :P No fair! When I do exercise I look like a blob fish at the end of it. So hot.

I don't think that costume was designed to show off your brain, ah, still fun though. You guys look great and I'm glad you had a good time! Good luck with Sandy! Stay safe lady.

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I didn't weigh today, I'm going to take a break from that for a few days for the first time ever. I feel like I'm cracking up! While I was away I got down to 134.8 then the day before yesterday I was back to 138, yesterday 136.6 and then I spent yesterday eating everything (EVERRRYYYYYTHING!) so I'm saving myself some pain. I'll give this a go anyway for a few days - wish me luck as I'm a chronic weigher.

I've barely exercised lately too, I was going to go cycling but I'm bored of doing that alone and I'm also bored of all of the routes around here.. that and I haven't gone since that guy was kinda creepy checking me out in that remote area. Sorry for the whining, I know I need to get off my *** I just don't have the motivation at all. Waa waa waa. I'll go and put on my workout clothes and stare down my kettlebells.. woop!

Hope everyone in the path of the hurricane is ok! Stay safe.

Leila- Good luck with staying off the scale for a couple days! I've got to say, these past days not weighing has been amazingly helpful to me. For some reason I'm kinda down on exercising at the moment too. This morning I was running all "one more minute...OK one more minute...just ONE MORE MINUTE!!" Haha.

Turbo- Sounds like the run was awesome! I'd love to see pictures. Hills suck! But your time was still great, and I'm sure by next year you'll be way better even!!

Joss- Thanks very much for your encouragement. Glad you had a good rest day and are not stressing big time about your weigh-ins and such. Those outfits are all super cute! I really can't wait to see you in them too though. BTW I meant to ask, from reading your earlier posts, are you also in the military? Just curious!

Kakers- Many many congratulations on zipping that dress! It's so fun when that happens, haha. I'd love to see a pic of your costume! Sounds like you're doing great. Be safe driving into the hurricane, please!

Bayzee- Sorry your wine cutting was unsuccessful, but hey, just keep trying! Glad you had a good workout too. (:

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I had a pretty good day yesterday! We made it to church in the morning, then it actually STOPPED RAINING so we went out and played tennis for a bit. Neither of us are any good at it, nor even actually know the rules, lol, but I like running after the ball anyway. DH wanted to eat McDonald's for dinner (the dear, dear man), and so I got a chance to eat whatever I wanted and I chose a spaghetti squash (yes, 'a' as in a whole one just for myself!), which was amazing. I'm eternally grateful to my parents for raising me eating massive quantities of vegetables, because I just adore them.

Today, though.....I've got it so bad, girls! I was hoping that indulging myself and eating until I was totally full last night would help satisfy my binge craving, but this morning I'm still all "bingebingebingebingeigneinge." /: I'm past the point of logic now; the only reason I'm not binging is A) I only have $20, enough for only two half gallons of ice cream, and if I'm gonna binge I'm not going to do it half-assed and eat JUST TWO, and B) I made a deal with myself that if I don't binge I can cut my cardio goals this week to just my ten minute warm-up each day (when did I become such a cardio wimp??). I have no idea how I'll be tomorrow, but I think I'm going to stay strong at least for today!

Oh, and I've got to say, just looking forward to getting on here and posting is helping me stay on track. I love this place so much, lol. I've got in the routine of getting to school, working out, then having my post-workout meal while browsing/posting (especially when I've got good news, haha), and I like it so much that it encouraged me to not binge instead!

To be honest, it's also helping that I'm consciously making my goals NOT the usual "this weight by this date." When I do that, I notice that I either get frustrated because I'm not making progress on track or happy because I'm going faster than I thought, and both of those lead to giving in and going off plan. By instead making my goals just daily behaviors, I don't have those excuses to binge, because each day's goals are totally new and totally achievable.

I'm a little stressed because tonight we're going to go to church group for the first meeting and I'm just so damn socially insecure, and also because I've got another midterm and a big project assignment due this week. But I can deal with those.

Hope everyone starts off the week well!!

OK...I'm just venting! I ate extremely well this weekend but had wine Friday and Saturday. I was 117.8 on Sunday and 122 this morning! WTH? Is it really possible to gain 4 lbs in one day? I have no idea what happened because I didn't even drink Sunday, so my weigh should not be reflecting wine by now! I've never had such a huge jump like that. It's taken me 3-4 weeks to loose 4lbs. And no...it's not my TOM. lol!

So far so good hurricane wise where I am. I only are getting the edges of it, though. Supposed to have tropical storm to hurricane force gusts for the rest of the day and rain through tomorrow. The worst of the tidal flooding is over here, and there've been limited power outages.

But that's just here! North of here I hope is braced, because the storm has gotten stronger and is heading for the coast. Looks like it will be going directly over my in laws!

Weight wise, I had another good day for calories yesterday. I didn't weigh yet today but last night I was down to 154! Not surprised after the dress zipping Making me quite happy. Now here's to hoping I don't eat myself silly the rest of today!

~Katy

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