Originally Posted by mars735 (Post 5161889)

Hi oneuh, hope you don't mind an outsider adding her 2cents...first thing is WOW you sure fought the good fight, and WOW your off program wasn't stale donuts, it was to-die-for food (I enjoyed every bite vicariously ). Good that you are ready to get back on track, too. Just go forward and don't worry about the trip now.

My 2 cents is 2 things. 1) Sometime eating off program actually fires up the metabolic furnace. Once you lose the water weight of the rich food, you may burn the rest off quite fast, and then some, once you are back on P1.

2. After being on a diet as restrictive as IP, it is a well-documented reaction to go off the rails when energy-dense food is available. It doesn't mean your old habits have returned. It's the hard wired survival instinct urging you to grab the quickest, richest energy you can in anticipation of the next 'famine'. You have built some solid habits in IP & your fat burning enzymes are still there. :)

Originally Posted by CenTXChk (Post 5161941)

Today was my birthday and it was an OP day. Didn't even miss not getting a cake or cheat. Got my Les Mill Body Pump set and a new 24oz tervis cup to help get all of my water in. :)

DH found a photo from my birthday last year. Wow, what a change!! Cheat or no cheat, you can't argue with IP results. The best gift I ever gave myself was doing IP and coming here for support.

Originally Posted by CenTXChk (Post 5161941)

One - My heart goes out to you!! :hug: I almost think it's easier to go on a vacation type trip and plan to go off plan rather than plan to be OP and "fall off the wagon" and just beat ourselves up. I took a week off IP last summer on vacation. There was no guilt after gaining SEVEN pounds. I go to my mom's funeral, screw up one day, gain 2.5 lbs and beat myself up for days.

Girl, this is life. We have to learn to pick ourselves up and dust off our boots. Our food issues are not like smokers or alcoholics. Once clean, they can go through life without having to touch another drink or smoke. We HAVE to eat. We will constantly have to make decisions to eat in moderation or turn down food.

Today was my birthday and it was an OP day. Didn't even miss not getting a cake or cheat. Got my Les Mill Body Pump set and a new 24oz tervis cup to help get all of my water in. :)

DH found a photo from my birthday last year. Wow, what a change!! Cheat or no cheat, you can't argue with IP results. The best gift I ever gave myself was doing IP and coming here for support.

Originally Posted by CenTXChk (Post 5161941)

One - My heart goes out to you!! :hug: I almost think it's easier to go on a vacation type trip and plan to go off plan rather than plan to be OP and "fall off the wagon" and just beat ourselves up. I took a week off IP last summer on vacation. There was no guilt after gaining SEVEN pounds. I go to my mom's funeral, screw up one day, gain 2.5 lbs and beat myself up for days.

Girl, this is life. We have to learn to pick ourselves up and dust off our boots. Our food issues are not like smokers or alcoholics. Once clean, they can go through life without having to touch another drink or smoke. We HAVE to eat. We will constantly have to make decisions to eat in moderation or turn down food.

Today was my birthday and it was an OP day. Didn't even miss not getting a cake or cheat. Got my Les Mill Body Pump set and a new 24oz tervis cup to help get all of my water in. :)

DH found a photo from my birthday last year. Wow, what a change!! Cheat or no cheat, you can't argue with IP results. The best gift I ever gave myself was doing IP and coming here for support.

Originally Posted by Briael (Post 5161934)

Alexandra - Talking of "healthy pizza" ... Clean Eating mag has a recipe for a cauli-base pizza with fresh tomato, onion, mushroom, peppers and spiced chicken. When I find it again (I have too many CE mags laying around in bathrooms! LOL) I'll come back and post it.

Edit: Foundthis recipe instead - low carb pizza at 272 cals a slice using cauli-base. :)

Originally Posted by Briael (Post 5161733)

Getting caught up on all my little household chores before I leave for England next Wednesday. Top of the list - clipping all three kittens' claws (my boys are going to turn 3 while I'm away) because my husband won't go near their paws. Then dosing them all up with Fortiflora to make sure their little bellies are happy and they don't have loose poops for hubby to scoop (as he invariably cuts through it in the tray). This afternoon I've got to hop out to Walmart and cash in my kitty savings jar (funds going to Merlin's Hope Ragdoll Rescue to help with vet bills for the kitties they rescue from shelters and get rehomed) and sorting out the protein powder packages I've promised, picking up litter bags so there is no excuse for hubby to say he couldn't get hold of them and that's why the trays haven't been replaced.

So it's not just my DH that avoids cleaning the litter and doing basic grooming maintenance :)

Finally, time to pull out the sewing machine this afternoon and make a start on altering at least the yoga pants (from 3X down to a 10) so I'm not surviving on a single pair in England. I can get away with my washing machine going on every day here, but water is metered at home and my sister's a little more conscious of any "excessive" consumption.

I'm still working on my parka (we have a class a week) and I hope that by the time I am done I will be able to alter some of my bigger clothes. Right now I'm stuck on the set in sleeves, I've done them about 4 times each and keep getting puckers!! But I'm a perfectionist and will keep trying until I get it right! And for some reason I decided to add embroidery to it for an extra traditional Labrador touch, which is also something I've never done before. I suppose I'll have it finished just in time for next winter :)


Figured I'd share a picture of my furbabies as I mentioned them:-

http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/br...tml?sort=3&o=0

Originally Posted by Briael (Post 5161419)

Oh, and I don't find homes for kitties. That's already been done long before I get involved. I am just a driver in a chain of volunteers. We pre-arrange when and where we're meeting the driver ahead and the driver to follow and do a kitty (or in many cases KITTIES) handover. If you're interested their website is here or you can find them on Facebook under URRKN, too.

You may only be the driver, but you're helping in a big way and that is fantastic :) I'm too lame to volunteer, the one time I tried fostering for our local shelter I ended up keeping the dog and we certainly can't afford any more pets!

Originally Posted by oneuh2 (Post 5161772)

I got off the plane, collected my luggage, hooked up with my DH who had come to pick me up at the airport, and got home about 1AM. I dragged my bags upstairs and unpacked most of my stuff... noticing throughout that I was feeling increasingly miserable in the gut..... by the time I laid down to go to sleep, my stomach was feeling truly bad. I could tell that I was not going to be able to hold down the stomach contents.... and within a couple of minutes I ran to bathroom to throw up.

I may not feel the same about a chocolate chip cookie in the future - I had never gotten sick from chocolate before, and it was just as horrible as every other bad case of nausea I have ever had. I tried to focus on the misery of the barfing experience so that I can remember it well, and call that awful feeling up the next time chocolate cravings enter my psyche.

Sorry you were sick :(

Originally Posted by Grateful4Health (Post 5161776)

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I saw Liana recently write something like "rebooting isn't anything to worry about, it's not rebooting that is the issue" (she said it better). I think it's the same in these situations. Everyone makes decisions, esp. on vacation, but it's what we do the day or week after that really is the kicker.

I like that.

Originally Posted by JJTx (Post 5162090)

CenTxChk - happy birthday!!! Glad you enjoyed your day, and congrats on staying OP! :hug:

Sue - I'm feeling your PTA pain! I picked up goodies last night for school, and will be helping with teacher breakfast tomorrow. It's definitely worthwhile, our teachers are amazing! (But it was tough in the store with all the Mother's Day treats everywhere!)

Originally Posted by Grateful4Health (Post 5162178)

Oneuh you are doing so great:)

CenTX happy birthday! What a great picture! So lovely.

Sue I still love your quote "you get what you work for not what you wish for".

Originally Posted by Avalon1957 (Post 5162193)

Very cool. And very creative! I might be adventurous enough to try it after I hit goal.

After my cheating fiasco 2 months ago -- I am living on the straight and narrow right now.

I am all focused on my next 10 pounds off ... and getting into the 210's ... maybe sometime in early June????

Originally Posted by oneuh2 (Post 5162296)

Official WI this evening showed a 2lb increase over last week - I am grateful to stay within a 2lb uptick for the week. Back to being 15lbs to goal. I know I can do this with a bit of patience.