Hi all! Guess what! I SURVIVED!! :D Well, barely LOL. I did just fine yesterday, my guestimate has me either breaking even or going 100 surplus. But that's OK. The day before I don't know... after dinner with our parents we joined my brother in law and their friends in Atlantic City. Woooo boy LOL... it was nice waking up to a view of the atlantic ocean. I felt great when I woke up. Well, tired. I felt great by the time we got to my inlaws. I felt fine through dinner.

Then I went to take a nap and I was DONE. My head hurt SO BAD and I was barely coherent for the car ride back until the last hour :( I feel bad too cause I was going to drive and let my husband sleep, because I had to get up today for work at 2:30am, but every time I woke up my head hurt even MORE. Yipes :/

Woke up this morning to a phone call cancelling my one session for the day so YAY for unexpected days off. I'll still do paperwork from home though. But still. So I slept until noon, after going to bed at 10:30 when we got home.

End result======== 151.5!!!!! (or so, i'm between the 151 and 152 lines)

So I'm actually up a HALF a pound. Yeah I'll take it!!

Now to see if that stays the case. I already have broken into the cookies from my mother in law today.

Sorry again for the lack of personals I am just overwhelmed by all the chatter I missed but welcome back OhThePlaces and Welcome to Bunneh!

~Katy

LeilaJey : For the raclette, it's not a daily meal for us here neither LOL. We put sooo much cheese when we do one... Actually I think the last time I did one was like 3 years ago!

That really do SUCKs for this dog issue!! I ADOOOOORE dogs, but I hate when their owner don't control them. Did you have a talk with the people?

OhThePlaces : Oh, don't worry, I am unprepared for Christmas too ;) I just felt some urge of Christmas spirit yesterday!

pixelllate : I totally understand your boredom eating situation. I am currently also without a job and just being at home, trying to actually find a job, plus the food is HARD. When I saw the picture from V for vendetta movie I was llike OMG THIS IS SO ME! I think you did the right thing about spending the holiday by yourself if it's really what you were feeling for, the other way would just have been painful anyway!

Bayzee : Yes, this is frustrating, especially when you KNOW that you did okay all week. But as mottaini said, there can be TONS of reason. The kettlebells/lifting thing is a major one, of course. Or any chance that TOM might be coming your way? I know it's never the thing we want to hear because it's so much better for our sanity to actually see the scale moving, but it WILL get there. Just hang in there!

TheBunneh : Don't be shy girl! ;) We'll start talking about poop eventually anyways... nothing to be shy about around here, really :P

mottaini : At first i was like :O :O :O you want to leave Vancouver!! Because I fell in love so much with this city when I visited... but I know that visiting and staying there full-time can't be compared ;) Were there a specific reason why you moved there? :)

Game night, sounds fun!!

Kakers : You should write a book ''How to survive with a diet during the holidays''. I'd definitely buy a copy :P Is your head feeling better after the sleep?

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Hi ladies! Was still 137.0 this morning and I'm okay with it, I indulged a bit last night. I went for a 13 km bike ride, it was a bit windy and a bit hilly but it was fun. I also PRed on the plank today : I hit 2 minutes for the first time! It might now be a lot for most of you, but I was never able to get past 90 sec... so yay!

So last night was the lightening of the Christmas tree in town. I was SUPER excited and spent all the afternoon listening Christmas music.

We got there a bit late, my boyfriend had to stay longer at the lab so I was scared it would be already lighten up... but it wasn't! yay!!

So we are waiting, waiting waiting... We are starting to get really hungry, so while we are waiting, we are trying to find some homemade corndog that we heard about in the Market. We can't find them outside, so we eventually say ''okay, let's go see inside, they might be there?'' so we entered the building, and spend MAXIMUM 60 seconds inside.

When we got out (WITHOUT corndog) the tree was all lighten up.

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ANYWAYS, after we eventually found the corndog, we walked around a bit because it was feeling like Christmas and it was SO PRETTYYYY. I had a cinnamon and raisin bun and a corndog (they were really small, like 2'' long) and a Christmas flavor tea.

We also watched the few Christmas songs performed by some people of a popular singing reality tv show here. They were singing the most unclassical Christmas song ever (Boyfriend : do you know this song? Me : no... Boyfriend : And this one? Me : Oh.. wait..!! Oh, no, don't know it)

At least the sight was super pretty :) I'm a bit sad I'm not running now, it was my usual running spot, it would have been a good motivation to go for a run with all the Christmas stuff up!

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Happyyy girl!
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Thanks for the warm welcomes!

Pixelllate, glad you're feeling better... throwing up, especially veggies is the worst! I was honestly relieved to spend Thanksgiving alone yesterday, even if it was to stay home with a sick baby... at least I didn't have to worry about offending people and resisting temptation!

Bayzee, that is so frustrating and exactly what I'm going through at the moment... staying perfectly OP and not seeing the fruits of your labor. I'm sorry. :( I hope you see a big whoosh soon!

TheBunneh, I need to make a plan of action too when we're visiting family for Christmas. Glad you've recommitted yourself 100%!

Kakers, I hope your head feels better and yay for a partial day off!

Mottainai, it's so tough being far from family. My husband is in the Navy and we just moved back to my home state after three years away and it's so nice to be close to family again. I hope you and your husband are able to work out moving soon. My husband's second choice for orders is actually Oklahoma, since it's closer to his family in Kansas.

Turbo, you are adorable!!

Frustrated with the scale, but what can you do? I've been eating around 1200 calories a day and doing a good hour+ of cardio 5-6 days a week. I'm hoping I'll see a big whoosh on the scale soon. I took advantage of Black Friday sales and ordered two dresses online at Express. They're size small, and I hope they fit! I want to wear one of them to my husband's Christmas party in 3 weeks.

Helloooo :) I'm super new hereee, still trying to see how this forum works. One thing that I've noticed is that each and every 3fc member is incredibly supportive of one another, and that's kind of hard to find in real life, with your family and friends. I hope that you guys can help me out too, I've also got a question posted about curvy gals..I'm having some trouble bringing me bodyfat percentage down :/ anyways, it's so great to see such an active forum, I love it! :D

pixelllate: All of the food you described sounds delicious too.. as I said, I love everything. I just ate a bowl garlic stuffed olives and it was amazing. What a strange thing to crave though.
Yeah my idea of therapy currently is go in, sort everything out, be magically better and ok with everything.. yay. Here's hoping.
Aww, hugs for you. Getting sick is not nice, the other thing isn't nice either.. I've been there, it's like your body's just like 'enough!!'. Hope it all settles down for you soon.. I drink a lot of herbal tea which helps. I think it's more that it's warm liquid than whatever cheap flavour crap I'm drinking though. Tastes good anyway.

Bayzee: Don't give up! Weight training totally makes you retain water, some people go up a lot more but you will get a whooosh if you stay on plan.. which is always fun. Are you taking measurements as well? If you're weight training it's good to keep an eye on them as the scale doesn't measure everything. Hope you have a lovely weekend and feel a bit better, don't let the scale get you down.

TheBunneh: I'm also trying to figure out Christmas already, I'm going to be having 2 Christmasses.. it's going to be tough. We can do this!

Mottainai: Being home sick is so tough :( go and skype your family! Have you been to Japan before? That would certainly be a big change and a great experience I'm sure. It's good to open the lines of communication about that anyway, lots of time to think and plan so you're not rushing into anything.

Have a great night!
Also how the **** do you not gain weight?! Haha, no fair :P

Kakers: Yay, go you! I absolutely love waking up and seeing the ocean, it's such a joy. Unfortunately I don't currently live by the coast but I'm hoping to change that. Mm cookies, enjoy!

Turbo: Oh god, can you imagine raclette everyday? My house would be the stinkiest house ever haha, one time we broke the rules and had cold drinks soon after eating and regretted it completely. The cheese went hard in our bellies and well.. you know the rest. Wine and hot liquids are key.
I didn't go to the dog owners yet, I wasn't out today so I'll do it sometime this week. Blegh, I'm not always great at that kind of confrontation. Espeecially not lately the way I've been feeling stressed.. Summer me is way better at this kind of thing.
That sucks that you missed the tree lighting but hey at least you have a funny story. Super cute pictures! I'm feeling really festive looking at them.. I'm trying to hold off breaking out the Christmas table cloth until December.
Also do you go on reddit a lot? (because of all the pictures :D)

OhThePlaces: I hope you get a whoosh soon! I know the frustrated feeling but I usually seem to lose in whooshes (probably because I never stay "on plan" for longer than like 3 days). Hmm.. black friday sales online you say.. hmm... to the internet!

JellyBeanmarshmellow: Hey! Welcome.. this place is amazing and supportive, I totally wouldn't be where I am without these great ladies. I owe them a lot. I'm sorry I'm not unable to answer your question but I'm sure someone else will be able to.. I would say weight training though, that seems to be the answer to everything and it won't bulk you up.

I hope Joss & krampus have survived Thanksgiving!
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So our visitors are only coming tomorrow, well hopefully - my boyfriend feels like he's getting sick so we'll see how he is in the morning and then we'll be able to tell them whether or not to come. I'm really looking forward to seeing them though and eating a raclette.. not forgetting those cheese shovels.
134 this morning! Now here's hoping I don't go and ruin it as per tradition of seeing low weights. I can do this. I weighed myself on my old scale and I was closer to 9stone than 10 on that which I have definitely never seen as a grown up so yeaaahh. I'm trying to remember that even though I'm not happy with my body I'm still the thinnest I've ever been and the rest will come. I also realise I really need to get serious about weight training and toning in general. I seem to get into a good habit for a week or two then go away for a few days and I've completely lost my mojo.
Also coming to terms with the fact that I don't magically look like a lingerie model just because I weigh less. No fair.
Aaand I wanna win the lottery and a pony and and and world peace.

Have a great weekend feathers! xox

Welcome newbies!!!!

Ug, honesty here feathers, I've been avoiding you guys a little. I've been kind of a big baby lately and coming over here had put me into a bad place. Why? For some reason, all of a sudden, seeing people smaller than me (tiny to begin with) complain about their weight made me feel super fat and awful. Now USUALLY I don't care at all, and love coming here for the commiseration on the scale being an a$$hole, but I was taking it as a personal attack on me. Of course LOGICALLY I totally understand that nobody's weight or body image has a gosh darn thing to do with me!!!!!!!!! Of course logically I know that someone smaller than myself having trouble with their last couple pounds doesn't mean they are insulting me calling me a fatty! I totally KNOW those things, yet in my crazy messed up state of mind the last week or so, it sent me into kind of a spiral.

I am feeling better now though! I did well yesterday, and have committed hard core to the next 28 days which leads me to the year anniversary of my highest weight. I want to bit 136 by that day, and I will try my d@mndest to do it!!!

So do please forgive me for being a flaky feather! I feel like a jerk for having felt the way I did. I'm so behind to do personals tonight, but I'm hoping to be able to join back in now.

LeilaJey thanks for your help, i agree that weight lifting seems to be the answer to my problem, just trying to find a solid routine now! :)

Quick drive by; I did in fact survive, but I'm all too bloated from salt, too much delicious food and TONS of alcohol! :) I have to travel home today but I will catch up on personals tonight.

Starting tomorrow I'm 100% on plan until Christmas Eve, which is just a tad over 4 weeks. LockItUp, I'm right there with you on the committment! I want to get this bloat off obviously, and then lose 4-5 pounds by Christmas.

OhThePlaces : It is always frustrating, not seeing any move on the scale when you KNOW you stayed OP. The only thing to do is to stay on plan though... Oh yeah for the Black Friday sales! I've been lurking online for some Christmas dressed but I've always been scared to order something that is not a basic top online, size is sometimes an issue with me!

JellyBean : Hi! I saw your thread about the curvy girls, and I fit in this category, I'm getting thinner but I'm still having trouble in the hips areas... It seems that the answer to all our demands would be weightlifting but I never actually started ;)

LeilaJey : It is true that raclette, well, melting cheese, would make a wonderful odor in the house :D LOL Once we even had on in a garage to make sure the house wouldn't smell (but it was a high class garage though :P). Did you friends finally got to your place? Hope your boyfriend is feeling fine!

I had no idea whjat Reddit was before your mentionned it... but now I am hooked. I spent like 45 minutes straight on it last night LOL

Lockitup : Aww girl! Sorry to hear you've been feeling down. :(

I recall many discussions on the subject in the past, but in the situation where people on 3FC, for exemple people with 100 pounds to lose, were frustrated by the talks of the Featherweights, who would tell how fat they are, etc etc... As I said, the definition of featherweight being quite large, it's probably normal to have a similar feeling from time to time... A weight loss process should be for ourself only, but the crazy stupid human nature like us to compare ourself, even if we do KNOW we should not.

Our mind are great to leading us in crazy spiral thoughts. Hope you're feeling better *hugs*

Joss : Yay for surviving Thankgiving!! :)

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Hi feathers! Still 137 this morning, for the third day in a row. Wasn't really expecting a loss this morning, I ate way too much of a dessert I bake yesterday and turned out not as it was supposed too, but it was still good... So the boyfriend and I ended up eating from the pot with our spoons on the coach after dinner... For that reason, I'M REALLY HAPPY it wasn't a gain this morning :P

Been eating clean today so far. We are having my boyfriend's dad and sister, with the new girlfriend of his dad that we are all going to meet for the first time. I was really decided to cook something clean so I prepared some hummus and a homemade spinach dip (swap the sour cream for FF plain greek yogurt) with crackers to snack in the afternoon with them, and we are having lasagnas and ratatouille for dinner... I baked a HUUUGE pot of meatballs spaghetti sauce this afternoon so the house smells so good :) There is going to be a apple-maple syrup pie for dessert 9but the crust isn't the flaky one, it's like a graham cracker thing crust) and some light cardamone and orange cookie. If I watch portions, it should be okay. I think. (I'll have a light lunch jsut to be sure...)

I discoved that nail polish has the ability to make me feel sooo much better about myself. I bought a new Essie one last night and since I put it on, I feel so much prettier and good about myself. Makes me forget my not flat tummy!

Plus the color is called Plumberry. How can you not look pretty when you have a thing called Plumberry on your nails.

Okay, rambliiiiiiing. Bye!

UGH Feathers I f-ed up my lower back squatting today - I thought as I went down "my back is round, I could get hurt" and then as I hit the bottom I felt a sharp pain and have been hobbling around making groaning noises ever since. Morning weigh-in was 129.2 after the gym lololol.

:( :( :(

Good morning, feathers!

DH and I had a lot of fun last night playing games! I also made a great chicken soup-like thing for dinner in the pressure cooker.
And I didn't overindulge at the party either-- not something I even personally would call a great success, because I've simply never had trouble staying away from snacks or alcohol at events and such, for some reason!, but it sounds like a lot of people do, so I feel like I ought to report on it anyway, haha.

Today was so-so, ate a bit too much and feel a bit overfull but nothing un-healthful or un-delicious, so I'm not feeling bad about it! Kinda wish I had gone to the gym, though, since I did have time.

For everyone who inquired, there are lots of reasons I don't want to live here...for one, everything is extremely expensive here for a comparatively quite low quality. I really don't see it being feasible for us long term having a comfortable lifestyle here, honestly. I'm also not comfortable with the population. There is a huge number of Chinese immigrants, and only growing more and more, and as the city is still developing in general, the whole city and the culture is becoming overwhelmed by it, and it's simply not something I was looking for when I imagined living in a Canadian culture. And then, our circumstances are just not that great. My husband had been working for years even before we got married, and then we have been doing so together since, working on a plan to get residency here, but it's just extremely difficult. Now I'm going to school basically just in order that my husband can look for work, but he's had ZERO luck doing that.
There are lots of details of course, but that's the main gist of it....basically, I'm not getting any fulfillment from staying here. I don't see it being a place I want to stay longterm, and therefore it's making it very difficult for me to put effort into things like my classes and settling into life here when all I want to do is MOVE.
We could have a MUCH MUCH better life in either of our home countries, PLUS getting to live near family, and for me, I honestly have no reason I'd want to stay here. It's not a bad place, but it's not for me.
My husband is just a very persistent person and doesn't want to give up after he's been putting so much effort into moving here. But at the same time, he makes little comments ALL THE TIME about the technology, the people's attitudes, the traffic, the housing, and especially the FOOD! about how the quality here is so much worse than in Japan. That just makes me want to scream "then what the heck are we still doing here??!?!"
Soooo basically I'm pretty frustrated with the whole situation. I sound so negative, lol. It's not really all that bad, and of course there are great things that I love about this place. Anyway, I'm trying to live each day and enjoy it for what it is, but I don't have a lot of "life satisfaction," if you know what I mean? I just want to get started on the path for a normal life, not one where the future is so uncertain. /:

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Krampus- Oh no! I'm so sorry you hurt your back. I hope it's not too bad. Back injuries are so difficult because you use your back muscles like all the time whatever you do, so it hurts and lot and seems like it takes a long time to heal. ): Really hope you're OK!

Turbo- Your cooking all sounds yummy, and the nail polish sounds awesome too!! I love painting my nails...I really should take the time to do it more often! I just feel like it chips so fast on me. Maybe I'm just not careful enough! hah

Joss- Glad to hear you survived and enjoyed Thanksgiving. Way to be committed to going 100%, I know you can do it!

Lockitup- Yay, I'm happy to hear from you. I'm really sorry if I was one of the people contributing to your feeling badly. Like you said, of course I would never mean to judge anyone else just because I'm complaining about a few vanity pounds on myself, but nevertheless I apologize if it came off that way at all! I actually do understand how you feel. Hugs, and I'm glad you're feeling better now anyway! I know for sure you can make your goal. I really admire your spirit, and you're a great inspiration for me, so I'm happy you've come back. (:

Leila- I'm excited about your raclette too! I looked up on the internet about it a bit and it sounds so awesome. I wish I could tell you how I didn't gain weight but I honestly have no idea!! lol Actually, this is kinda silly I know, but I admit, I have this strange notion that I don't really believe but someone it's still in my head, that because I binge basically only on ice cream and so much of it, it makes me SO FREAKING COLD and it feels like my body is spending a lot of energy to try and get my temperature back up, so that negates the calories. Lol, I know that's ridiculous, but maybe placebo effect?? Anyway, that's awesome you're at the thinnest you've ever been! I'm sure you'll get more comfortable with your body and see more improvements as time goes.

Jellybean- Welcome!! Yes, this is a great active forum. Hope you enjoy the support here! I saw your question, by the way, but I really don't have any good answers for you, unfortunately!

Ohtheplaces- Oh, that's cool your husband has family in Kansas! I've been there a few times travelling with my dad for his work when I was younger. I'm glad you guys are closer to family now, it really is so tough!

Kakers- Hooray, glad you survived! (: Sorry that's so short but I've gotta run out the door, haha!

Ach, just wanted to add!
We went to a party tonight, with TONS of food and especially CHOCOLATE DESSERTS, and I feel like I ate sooo much more than I should've! Key word being feel: it was a bunch of bits and bites, people putting food in my hands and my husband putting forkfuls in my mouth. It's like, I have no idea how much I actually consumed and that's pretty frustrating! I'd already eaten dinner and was planning on not having anything, but things kept finding their way to my mouth, and part of me thinks it wasn't actually enough to worry about, but the other part honestly cannot remember what all I ate and is kinda anxious about it. Trying to relax and not let it affect me, but really, it's annoying! /:

Wow...Sunday already?

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I had a very rough weekend with some personal stuff, but I had a good weekend staying OP with food. Had a few glasses of wine on Friday and 2 glasses last night. Did not eat any extra food and counted the wine in my daily calories.

I finally saw a change in the scale this weekend. On Saturday, I weighed 117.8 in the morning, but after my workout (fasted in the am) I was 116.8. Thought it was a fluke. But this morning my weight is 116.8. I REALLY needed to see the scale drop. I haven't seen 116's since the summer, so this is a huge deal!

And it's not happening without hard, hard work. I'm working out 6 out of 7 days, really eating clean and NEVER going above my calories for the day. This weekend I really felt the food cravings kick in.. I am dying for a bowl of chips! Hubby sat right beside me Friday night with a bowl, and I didn't have one! I still can't give up the wine...It's just something I enjoy and not willing to give up right now.

Honestly, I can't believe it's been so hard to drop 4 lbs! I will likely not reach my goal of 1lb per week in November and that's really hard to swallow. I will continue to stay OP till December 24th, then I will eat and drink my face off for 10 days and come back and complain that my weight is up! LOL!

So, judging by the weigh in thread I'm the only person coming back from Thanksgiving who is a giant fat *** huh? LOL You're all LOSING WEIGHT and I'm a blimp. Awesome.

Sorry Joss...No sympathy from me! I'd rather have your abs and your weight! LOL!