Hi Girls - and no I'm not talking to my ( o )( o )

Welcome weekend, tomorrow I think if its not raining to hard, I'm going to Walmart neeener neeener neeener Deb I love that store too.

I did really well yesterday eating, no stomach growling in the middle of the night TG !!

Today will be a really big challenge, we are having a party here at work for a person who's been here 30 years, cake, brownies, cookies and all sorts of stuff.......I am seriously going to pray before I go, how hard is this uhhhhhhhhh !! I can do it I can do it I can do it !!! I tried to fill up on lunch so I won't be so tempted.

Other than that, my life is pretty boring HAAAA !!! SNORT ~

Have a blessed weekend .... week hmmmmm weak hmmmm Well I am weak during the weekend so I'm gonna say have a Blessed Strongend (but that sounds funky too ROFL).........OKAY so I'm silly, make something of it, I dare you

Leenie

Well, just got back from the the Doctor.

Unfortunately for me they got new digital scales--alot more accurate than mine (isn't everyones) but I wanted to weigh on the same scales I did last year. Anyway--I am at the EXACT same weight as last year at this time I sooooo wanted to be down like 10 pounds.
I just do not understand. I have been doing better at staying OP with this plan than any other in my life--I am just going to try to think positive and think that maybe I just gained like 10 or so pounds over the course of the year and lost it this month--it has been exactly one year since I have been at the Doctor--(which is a miracle in itself!!)soo--maybe now I'll start burning VIRGIN fat???

The good news is that my Doctor approves of this way of eating, she says that she belives the food pyramid was a goverment conspiracy NO-ONE should be eating as many grains and carbs as it says!!

She just warned me about being in ketosis--she says to watch the ketostix and don't be in HIGH ketosis for very long--moderate and lo/high is OK--but just watch the 'ol kidneys. She said lots of her patients have lost weight and kept it off--just modify it to your lifestyle--don't be unrealistic--like my diet pepsi-if I don't want to live my life without diet pepsi--then I should not give it up totally now--that is why people fall off this WOE..

well- I went to the mall afterwards and ALMOST really screwed up--I was feeling sorry for myslef and went to Taco Bell--ended up ordering a taco salad--no beans--and eating about 1/2 of it and Tori ate the other--ate a few little pieaces of the shell-but did not give into the urge to totally screw up

well girls--thanks for letting me vent--I think I will start posting on the food log and maybe get some tips from you all!

miss d

Miss - I just checked fitday and I've only lost 1.5 lbs in the year I've been charting there. Of course I've only been doing Atkins since Oct, so I have actually lost more this year. And I'll bet you have too.

Miss.D, being the same weight is a GOOD sign... better than yo-yoing, which is worse for your health than maintaining, even if you're maintaining a heavy weight.

This week hasn't been good for me. It was my husband's birthday so I had cake and there were many celebrations. Then on Monday we found out that he is getting laid off...

So we haven't been in great moods, and when I'm not in a great mood, I eat. I also had my time of the month.

The scale says 148, however. I just don't want to get back up to the 150's. We're working out five days in a row starting Saturday because our schedules allow for it next week, so that should help.

I read all the posts but as usual I just don't have time to respond to all of them. I am thinking about all of you though.

I'm totally bummed out. Here I stayed OP for a whole month and even exercised (until this past week when my shoulder was paining me so much) and I've only lost 5 of the 18 lb I gained between Oct and Dec.31. This really PICKS ME!!!

I managed to stay off the scale except for Jan 16 and today as promised and I really had high hopes that I'd have lost another 5 lb like I did the first 2 weeks of the month. I have the most stubborn fat on this planet, I'm sure.
And to top off my bad mood, I just had a chat with daughter in Scotland and one of their darling kittens got run over today and she and SIL are grieving and feeling guilty. She even thinks she'll never be a good mother to a child if she can't even keep a cat alive. Honestly, I feel so bad for them.
I hope to be more cheerful in the weekend posts. I just have to work through this on my own.

Linda!! your -5lbs!! com'on thats great!! Did you take your measurements before your started??hmmmmm?? Im sure there are alot more inches gone, than lbs. You've been exercising, building muscle, and if your joints are sore, then you are probably retaining a bit of water.....YOU DID GREAT!!

Linda - I'm sorry about your grand-kitty. And sweetie, you have to realize that if you just started new meds that your body could be holding on to the fat, if it's confused and scared that something "wrong" is happening and it's trying to fight it off. You'll do better next month.