Aha! I just added up my calories for Thursday in Fitday and I only had 1718 cals for the day! This is progress. I thought for sure I had gone over 2000 again. (very small victories...)

Holy **** - I was getting dressed up to go to a nice restaurant and the skirt was too snug around the waist. That kind of "signal" hasn't happened during my entire years of maintenance. I can't blame it on the wash - it's a dry clean only skirt that I haven't had cleaned since I wore it last. It is a mystery, the scale still says 130 (which is dangerous territory) and the rest of my clothes seem to be fitting okay.

I'm trying not to panic, this is a very bad week to try to get serious - my birthday is Tuesday!! I know that my friend Beth is making me a cupcake (last week, I did request a cupcake and not an entire cake), I am going out with friends on Wed to a 5 course tasting menu at this exciting restaurant called "Six Tables" (only 6 tables in the whole place). Lunch Tuesday at my favorite bistro.

*panic*

dont panic!

it'll be ok, just watch the rest of the meals and get in a little extra exercise and NEXT week go hardcore if need be.

Deep breath! :hug:

Glory, if the scale isn't up, you can't have done much damage. I can think of a couple of things that might make your waist measurement artificially larger: sodium (water retention) and hormones. Some people bloat up from popcorn, soy sauce, or a salty meal. Have you had much salt lately? Or could it be TOM? Hormones can bloat you too.

I think you should enjoy your birthday week exactly the way you planned. One birthday cupcake and a special dinner out aren't going to do any lasting damage. You can buckle down and get serious *afterwards*. Please don't cheat yourself out of your celebration!

And good for you for not living in the Land of Denial and saying that your skirt must have shrunk. We've all done that!! :lol:

Originally Posted by Meg:
And good for you for not living in the Land of Denial and saying that your skirt must have shrunk. We've all done that!! :lol:

I was realizing that one of the reasons I was in denial for so long was the jeans I had on in my fat pic....the label said 12. :dizzy: so what if I could only buy 18's or 20's new? the label said 12

Glory, I think ennay's advice to watch the rest of your meals and do a little extra exercise is excellent. And ENJOY your cupcake on your birthday. We should all enjoy our cake on our birthday! (Asking for a cupcake is a really good idea, actually! I'll have to remember it next year.)

OK, let's see if I can recall what I ate on this disastrous weekend. :mad:

Friday:
B - multigrain cheerios (135) w/blueberries (8) and skim milk (85)
S - carrots (30)
L - tuna noodle casserole (380)
S - apple (105), plum (30) (I think I don't remember)
D - mixture of rice noodles (350), tofu (70), egg (100), veggies (50), ls soy sauce (30)
S - ?? I don't recall. I probably ate something though.

Total: 1373
Exercise: 20 minute walk/jog intervals, 10 minute warmup/cooldown, 30 min leg strengthening

Saturday:
B - multigrain cheerios (135) w/blueberries (8) and skim milk (85)
L - corn dog (290)
S - ice cream (530)
D/S - salad w/dressing (50), 2 slices + 2 bites pizza (650), 2.5 glasses wine (175), half of an apple pizza dessert thingy (350)

Total: 2273 :mad:
Exercise: walked around state fair, back exercises

Sunday:
B - multigrain cheerios (135) w/blueberries (8) and skim milk (85)
L - leftover 1.5 slices pizza (465)
S - blueberries and dumplings: 4.5 dumplings (596 for dumplings, 200 for sauce)
D - poblano pepper casserole (331), half a yellow bell pepper (25), glass of wine (70)
S - slice of lite banana bread (265)

Total: 2179 :mad:
Exercise: ran around cleaning and shopping and cooking and making beds

Monday:
B - oat bran cereal (210) w/blueberries (8) and skim milk (85)
S - hershey's nugget :o (52), carrots (30)
L - poblano casserole (331)
S - plum (30), nectarine (60), bite of frosting (20?)
D - pasta (197) w/ sauce (80) and parmesan (30)
S - 1 dumpling (132) with blueberry sauce (50), sip of milk (15)

Total: 1330
Exercise: none, I had some kind of 24-hour virus that gave me a terrible headache

I'm still trying to get back to goal. I've been limiting my carbs again. Not really to the Atkins level , but less than what I had been eating.

Yesterday:
BF: 1 slice wheat bread with 1TBSP LF cream cheese
Lunch: salad of lettuce, tomato, cucumber, diced ham, LF cheese and LF ranch dressing
Dinner: 2oz wheat spaghetti, salad again, oven fried okra and fresh steamed green beans
snack: fiber one bar

exercise: 2.5 hrs. gardening with rake and hoe, walked 1.5 miles on treadmill

Forced down 48 oz. of water.

Tuesday:
B - oat bran cereal (210) w/blueberries (8) and skim milk (85)
S - plum (30)
L - PB&J on wheat (330? that's fitday's PB&J count...)
S - banana (105), nectarine (60), Hershey's Nugget (52, why does my coworker have a bowl of these on his desk??)
D - cooking light Korean BBQ Burger (343), huge pile of green beans (130), two ears corn (166)

Total: 1519
Exercise: C25K W1 D2 at 3.7/4.7 20mins + 5 min warmup, cooldown, stretching, back exercises, leg exercises: quad machine, leg lifts

Wednesday:
B - raisin bran (200) w/blueberries (8) and skim milk (85)
S - plum (30)
L - leftover burger (343)
S - nectarine (60), banana (105)
D - two servings :o spaghetti (400), sauce (160), zucchini (30), parmesan (60)
S - leftover dumpling (132) with blueberry sauce (30), swig of milk (15)

Total: 1658
Exercise: cleaning the house...