Congrats Tendalaya!!!:carrot:that is fantastic !!!

WTG Tendalaya! DH and I walked yesterday and today (in the rain with our umbrellas) It's good to be back in my routine. I have to get my stuff together after travelling the last 2 weeks and Easter on the horizon ~yeeps~ I was hoping to get in the 150 (159.9) by the end of March, I guess it's still a possibility, but if not this month then next month I'll be there.

Faerie, you're an inspiration, I just wanted to say :D

Bethz - Good advice. Nuts are very easy to overeat! I'll be sending positive thoughts your son's way! :goodvibes

Kelijpa - It's really good to get back into routine, isn't it? :) I know that personally I feel "off" when I don't get to do certain things. And awww :o :^: :hug: Everyone in the WW area inspires me. We all just keep on keepin' on, ya know? We're awesome!!! :grouphug:

Thanks for the words guys! You're my support system for real!

Well I never bought the nuts... I went grocery shopping and everything, and saw them on the shelf, but all the one's I could find were crazy expensive! So, maybe next week ;)

Happy Thursday Morning Everyone :D

Well tonight is WI night. So, we'll see how the first week of the Wendie Plan went. I feel good though. Solid good. Like I said last week, I'll be give this a good 'nother week before really accessing. But, this WI will be good for feedback about what's going on, how my body is reacting, etc. Yesterday went OP so that's also good. Lots of good going on today ;)

Time for actual work stuff.

Hope you all have a wonderous day! :dance:

Hi Everybody, well it's been a tough week, health wise, just getting over strep throat, so for the last 4 days it was like swallowing broken glass, so I've been living on activea and ff/pudding, so I thought weigh-in today would be a gain, but happy to say it was a 1.4 loss :carrot:

I did do some reading on the wendie plan, I going to give it a try, tomorrow starts a new week, and I'm finally feeling like chewing again, my tummy has been screaming for some real food, so before the weekend gets here, and I'm tempting by all the goodies, need to plan my plan of attack :dizzy:

Faerie, Thinking of you, that you get the results you wanted :hug:

need to get to sleep, have a great day everybody!

Institches - Ouchies! I'm happy for you that you were able to lose even though you were not feeling well. :broc: I hope that you continue to get better! :hug: And thank you for thinking of me :goodvibes

Heather - Congratulations on an amazing loss!!!! And wow, taking food home for dinner & planning a cadbury egg! I'm so proud of you :D You're do so well!!! :broc:

Congrats to everyone on your losses! Always good to hear!

I had a bad day earlier today.. Well, kinda. The man asked me if I wanted to go to the mall, (duh?) so I went and when I got there he said I could pick out any outfit I want! He says he's proud of me for deciding to try WW and knows how stressful it can be for me, so for that and for Easter, he said he's get me an outfit to make me feel good about myself. So Sweet! So anyhow, I was all excited and when I started going around the stores, nothing that I liked fit me, and even though I've got 13lbs gone so far, I guess I figured I was going to see immediate change, but I got really worked up about not being able to fit into anything. It's been so long since I've shown this butt around clothing stores I had no idea what size to buy, and only to find out I still wear the same size everything. I got a little teary and told him we could do it another time, when I lose more weight... BUT - chances had it that he had to go to walmart to get something and while I was waiting for him I found 3 shirts in the PLUS section that I really liked! And got them! YAY bad day turns to good day. Just a little more motivation for me I'm guessing.

Before I go, Judy, I MADE THE MUSHROOMS! They were really good but by the last one I was having the 'ughhh' feeling, so had some fruit and was done. But good recipe, only thing is I think I like them when I have like 3, but if I only have 2 I love them, but if I have 4 don't really like them........... I'm a reallllly big weirdy. Thnx! :chef:

Institches and THEHeather: Congratulations on the losses!:carrot:

Tendalaya: Like your pictures! Glad you found some new clothes and that you had a good day! Nice to feel you SMILING!!:D

Faerie: thanks for keeping us all going! You are a great cheerleader!

Had a good day: drank my water, journaled, walked 5 laps around the school

B: 2 eggs, 2 toast
L: spinach salad with bacon vinegarette
S: popcorn
D: stuffed cabbage

Was up in the middle of the night thinking about my son returning this morning to fininsh deployment. I have faith that all is well. Have a great evening everyone. :hug:Bethz

Tendalaya - First of all... oh my gosh you are SUCH A CUTIE!!!!! Squeeee!!!! You are so frickin' pretty :D Secondly, don't worry too much about the sizes (and I'm glad to see that you felt better after Wal-Mart), because it took me 50 lbs before I felt my size 24's were really loose. (That's right... 50 frickin' pounds.)

Bethz - Sounds like you had a nice day! I like seeing your food typed out. It's good to see other people planning & tracking :)

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Soooooo... week 1 results of the Wendie Plan: I'm down 3.4!!! This tells me a few things (thinking in feedback mode) that the Wendie Plan did not cause a gain or did not cause me to stagnate. That it's OKAY to use my Flex Points. That it's even better to plan out my Flex Points.

This also tells me that I'm glad I stuck it out though the past few months have felt a little tough. I just finished my tracker for 12 weeks so I figured I'd share some results.

Number one, over the past 12 weeks I've lost a very nice 16.2 lbs. That's about 1.35 lbs per week loss. I also noticed going over my tracker that the weeks that I've tracked, I've done well, or stayed the same. The weeks that I do not track at all, I gain. A lot. Lesson learned... track. The past 5 weeks I have lost every single week. While I may have only lost .2, or .8 a couple of those weeks it was still DOWN. I tracked those 5 weeks, and I got in all of my water, most of my fruits & vegetables (I'm working on this small thing right now) and most of my exercise.

I'm really learning about myself and the way that I eat. It's so great! :carrot:

Anyway, so here's to a new week on the Wendie Plan! And I'll be sure to update you all on those results as well. We'll see if I can get more feedback :D

Have a good night everyone!!!

You guys are great!!

Poor stitches! Being sick sucks, I just got over a nasty cold and with the travelling, bleh!

Great job dealing with the stress and such, Heather

Tendalaya, great pics, you're so cute!

Faerie, as always, inspiring, 84 lbs. and still working it! Great job!!

You guys talking about getting in your water and fruits/veggies, that's where I'm at, trying to get in that dang water. I'm drinking a big glass right now, I don't care if I have to get up during the night!

:sunny:

YAAAHOOOOOOO it's Friday! :dance:

Heather - :lol: I think we had similar meetings! (I wonder if they're planned out by the WW HQ.) I loved the nibble it/scribble it one. Made me giggle.

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Tonight I'll be going out with a friend for a birthday dinner. It shouldn't be a big deal at whatever restaurant we choose to go to. I'll just check out some items beforehand. However, I'm going to have to refuse cake again :lol: And I feel bad... but it's because people sometimes say things like "Oh but it's my birthday it's a special day, you can have <whatever>." And I'm thinking "Yeah... your birthday isn't that special to me..." :rolleyes: :lol: but I just try to say "No thanks, I'm pretty full." But, I'm most certainly not going to gain weight & eat something just to be polite and easygoing. I'm too stubborn & rude for that. :D

So mental prep, "No, thank you. I'm not hungry." "No, thank you. I'm not hungry." "No, thank you. I'm not hungry." Whew! Isn't it better when we can prepare ourselves for these things? :D Much harder IMO when it's a surprise.

Bah. I forgot my cell phone at home. I hate it when I do that. :/

Well. I should probably try to get some work done. For once ;)

Have wonderful Fridays all!!!!

:grouphug:

Hey ladies,
So I'm not so good at posting here for some reason...but just wanted to pop in! I'm still Flexing, decided not to switch to Core. I am really liking it this time around, too -- definitely seeing results that I hadn't seen with just calorie counting.

I have a reunion next weekend. I am so glad that I've lost what I have (although clearly I'd love to lose more!), and I'm so glad I haven't been bingey, and that I have given myself the gift of confidence. I am so glad that I will be able to sit with all those people and not have to rationalize my fat rolls silently to myself. Perhaps by then, I will even have lost the 2 lbs that are keeping me "overweight." Ooh I just got butterflies in my stomach thinking about that!

All this as I enter into a food fest weekend (purim = silly parties and yummy cookies). Thank god for activity points.

S

Thanks to everyone on their comments, we're all very beautiful people, being so nice to me! :hug:

And Faerie, you saying that you had to lose that much to see a difference made me feel alot better, I was starting to think I was doing something wrong! And good luck Lizzy on your reunion, we're all very proud of you.

As far as my own journey is going this week, I was supposed to do some exersize yesterday but never got to it so I'm making myself do it today, was really snacky last night but just tried to keep all the nibbling on healthier choices.. The man's home today from a bachelor party he had so I'm tending to him for the first half of the day, the rest he's on his own, lol, it's his own fault anyhow haha. Hope everyone is having a good Good Friday, and everyone has a great Easter weekend! I don't know about you guys but I'll be trying to convince myself I already ate a chocolate bunny, so I won't eat one.. (uh, another one... lol). :D

Tendalaya - Those are great photos! :D The portobello caps I used when I made them were about twice as big as the ones you're holding, and I only ate one per meal. I could see how you could get tired of them if you ate too many but hey, sounds like a good way to control how much you eat! :p And that's really sweet of your man to give you the gift of clothes :) I'm waiting for my first size drop too, even though I feel like I should shift I can't yet. But I can wear a wider variety of my size (before I guess I was between 14/16, now I can wear almost any 14). It's frustrating but patience is the key :)

bethz - good job with the walking and the water :)

Faerie - WTG!! That's an awesome loss, good to see your hard work paid off! I'm so happy for you that it worked out so well :) :)

Heather - love the new avatar :D

Sonja - :wave: Hi! Pop in whenever you can, it's good to get little updates. Good luck with purim, and with the reunion!! :eek: You've made fantastic progress, you must be so proud of yourself!



Well I'm off sick from work today. I started feeling dizzy and shaky and nauseous yesterday afternoon and pretty much ended up sleeping the rest of the day (left work early). Sleeping was actually to keep me from doing something stupid -- I think my physical symptoms are not necessarily due to sickness but to stress and just being overwhelmed by a lot right now. I came home and wanted to go find solace in the arms of the drive-thru. I talked with DH about it... Told him how this is just how I deal with things. I eat when I am stressed/need comfort. Talked about how difficult it is to change such ingrained habits. He obviously was encouraging me not to go do it, and I was unwilling to go through the 'hiding' behavior (you know, where you go eat a ton of crap without anyone knowing and hide the evidence - this is far more unhealthy than plain bingeing and I told myself I got past that last fall). So I made a grilled cheese and a cup of soup, watched a movie, and slept for 12 hours. It was tough there for a while but I made it through the day. Today I'm just kind of mentally exhausted and needed a break from the office. I'm using today to take care of myself as best as I can, catch up on some reading, maybe spend some time out in the sunlight (even though it's chilly). I need to tap into some internal source of strength to help push me through the rest of the spring term... hopefully once I have my degree in hand the demands on my time will lessen and I will have more "me" time. Then maybe in the fall I can start looking at a career change too... that would be nice...

Annnyway, I'm just rambling. Tomorrow's WI and I'm pretty confident that I'll see a loss. It kind of blows my mind that I'm so close to the 100's again, and that I actually have *less* than 10 pounds to go to my 10% goal. (I mean, I'm only just over half way there, but anything under 10 sounds very achievable). Progress! :)

Good one you Judy, from a previous post you learned how I use food for comfort, and now I'm reading one from you and that helps me to understand and learn to control them. It was very good that DH was there to help you too, the support is sometimes needed very much even when we don't think so.

I hope you feel better soon, and seeing a loss tomorrow will definitley give you a good boost I think. And, if you don't see one, don't sweat it. I believe in you!

I feel great, that extra weight fell right off OP. This a.m. I was only .4 off from when I left. :D

Sorry you're going through all that stress, Suite, it's amazing what physical manifestations stress can have. Sometimes I guess your body just kind of shuts down as self-defense.

Funny, I've been noticing how many times when I'm out trying to come up with something to do, like when I was in Phoenix, all I can think about is stopping at this place and getting something to eat, going to that place and getting something for dessert, it's a constant battle.

poo

Checking in quick...
 

Have the house to myself for a few minutes...heading in to do DDR "workout". Have a wonderful weekend!

B: toast and PB, coffee, ff milk (7)
S: 2 clementines (1)
L: tortilla chips and salsa (6)
S: banana (2)
D: pork loin, large salad, italian dressing (8)
S: popcorn, baby carrots (3)

Lots of water, journal, DDR workout for exercise. Happy Friday everyone! :hug::hug:Bethz

Funny, but I do think everyone has the same topic at their meetings. I totally agree, I do so much better when I write everything down.

Faerie-So happy for you, Awesome Loss, I love how you decide how your whole night will go, down to the smallest detail. :broc:

The Heather-Great Weight Loss, like your tracker helpful hints, made me smile, but it's so true!! You have to write it down. :carrot:

Tendalaya-sorry your shopping trip started off ruff, but that is great that you did find those shirts. those mushrooms sound yummy, I will have to try them :flow1:

Well hope everyone has a great weekend, talk to you all soon. ;)

I know what you mean keli, even here at home when I get bored I'm like "hey boyfriend, lets go get a coffee" and then eventually he'll stop and probably get some chips or a burger on the way home (which I don't indulge in). Oh and I don't really call him "boyfriend." Although sometimes I call him other names. LOL jk.

Just to add to the topics thing, I'm in atlantic canada and we had the same meeting so yeah, I guess they are really the same. ;)

I was REALLY feeling lazy today and did NOT want to exercise. I was just going to skip it today but 'boyfriend' said that I'd probably feel bad tomorrow if I didn't get it in, and after pondering for a minute I totally agreed. SO.. kicked him out for half an hour to do my Hip Hop Abs video and feel much better. Even though he's not doing the WW thing, or the healthy eating thing, or the exercise scheduling thing like I am, he's still helping me out and that's something that I'm really appreciating. (Except for when he goes, "Hey, it's Whopper Wednesday!) lol. :D

:D too funny, "whopper wednesday", Tenda, he sounds like a great boyfriend. Supportive, that's great. It's funny how sometimes, we have to push ourselves so hard to do what deep down we really want to do...

Last night was such a struggle, I say to DH, I don't know what's wrong with me, I'm not hungry, I just want something, luckily while I was gone on one of my trips, he had eaten whatever chocolate was left in the house :D he saved me! ha ha, anyways, there were some chocolate covered cherries (not my favorite, but still yummy) so we each had one and then I ate an apple because that's all that was in here...so I'm going to make sure when I go to the grocery this a.m. that no chocolate or snackies jump into my cart!!

It was good though, because the scale was nice to me this a.m. hopefully it'll still be cooperating on WI day! :D

:sunny:

My meeting topic was about tracking too! Our leader says the next three weeks are going to be about triggers -- trigger foods, trigger emotions, and trigger environments. I definitely don't think I should miss any of those, they all look so relevant....

So hurray for WI day, I'm down 2.4! :D :D Getting ever closer to that elusive onederland I hear so much about... I'm actually really excited about seeing a '1' before my weight again! :carrot: I don't think I'll make it next week (would require a 2.5 loss to get to 199.9). 2.5 is doable but I can't expect it after a big loss this week too. So I'll keep my expectations low and see what happens :)

Tomorrow I'm going up to my sister's house for an Easter brunch thing. It's a three hour drive each way... kind of a long day trip. It'll be nice to see the fam and my niece. I wish I could go the whole weekend but I just need to focus my spare time on reading for my orals... and if I went up for the weekend I know a 3.5 year old girl who would make that very difficult :) I'll probably be fine eating-wise at my sister's house, she and her husband are perfectly well aware of what I'm going through as they've been doing WW for over a year now and have lost a good amount of weight. Anybody else doing anything for Easter? How's all that candy doing? :p

keli - I hate that feeling! It's so hard to shake, too... I generally have to get wholly absorbed in something else (a movie, a book, a walk) or the feeling just doesn't go away. Glad you came out on top! And good to hear your travel weight came off fast, that must be a relief.

tendalaya - your BF sounds sweet :) Gotta love the supportive significant others, they really do help!

institches & bethz: :wave: :)

I'm going to San Jose for the weekend...
starting today and coming back home tomorrow...
I'm planning on using 10 flex points at the most today,and 15 tomorrow...
I have only used 3 flex points this whole week (first time I used flex points and the scale finally moved!!!)


My best friend's family is renting out an entire mexican restaurant for easter...and I will be going! so 15 flex points will probably be in order!! hahaha...enchiladas or chile relleno time!

Heather I wrote you're notes out on my WW stuff, if you nibble it, scribble it, and such :D A little scary hearing about your abdominal pain, a lady I worked with a few years ago had her gall bladder out and had to go back because she was having pain, she had adhesions, I think it's when your scar tissue attaches to something it's not supposed to. I hope something works out so you can get checked out. At Christmas time the choc cherries were too tempting, so we had a ceremonial cherry chuck :D I pitched them across the street (there's only woods over there), it felt great, for some reason these guys aren't bothering me. I thought for sure knowing the box is open would neccessitate (sp?) another chuck, but it hasn't yet :D Hope you're feeling better soon.

Suite brunch sounds good, I'll be at the mother-in-laws, there'll be all kinds of food there, all good stuff, we've planned to go for a good walk in the a.m. before we go over and to try and not eat too many sweets and then get back OP right away.

DH was talking about all the stuff he had to turn down this week at work, the woman who works in his cubicle had a birthday and the easter candy and treats started coming in. Next week could be a challenge with everybody bringing in their leftovers. Luckily (said somewhat sarcastically), in my office alot of people don't like each other, so there's never any bringing in of treats. Sad but at the same time, kind of good...

Vday good job having a plan, there's a million year old WW saying, if you fail to plan you plan to fail!

oh yeah, no chocolates or peeps or anything like that hopped into the cart, now to stay away from the stuff that'll all be on clearance after tomorrow! I usually tell myself it's all stale and yucky leftovers :D

:sunny: Happy Easter Ev1!

There are so many messages to reply to I will just create this post as a marker and work forward on the ones posted after it. Otherwise I'd be here for years!

I hope everyone is doing well. I am at "home" home now so will have more time on the computer most days I think, which means I'll be around more. Happy Easter everyone!

Happy Easter to all that Celebrate
 

Well made it through the Family Dinner yesterday, I did all the cooking which let me, be in control, of what was served. Also started my day with my Turbo Jam workout. First day in a week I was able to exercise, it was nice to get back into my routine. :carrot:
Saved most of my points for dinner, I did get to enjoy having the ham, mash potatoe and gravy. I knew dessert was going to be tough, but thank goodness, the kids all tried to skinny things up. Infact my sis, and daughter each found a recipe from cooking light, both were 4pts each, and my son made an angel food cake with fresh fruit, and added some ff cool whip. Did make sure all leftovers went home with them, nothing to tempt me with my morning tea :dizzy: I did have candy for them, but I made sure I looked up all the points, BEFORE I opened the bag, to me 1/4c of m&m's is not worth 5pts, and I can't stop at one mini pb cup, so I just did not have any. Besides I do have a bag of those ww mint patties, which I only allow myself, one, as a special treat. Even though they are only 1pt each, I have a hard time with portion control. Since I did have some desserts, did not NEED to have a mint pattie. Goodies are my weakness, and I cannot let them control me, I need to be in control of them. I did walk away from the table very content, not stuffed, I enjoyed a taste of everything, but did not go crazy. WW has taught me you can have anything, just be willing to use the points. I'm so in love with the fact that I can do that. Before I tried WW, I was on NurtiSystem, did very well, while on the program, but it never taught me what to do when I decided to not each a prepackage meal. I think for me I need the weekly meetings, not only do I get the motivation I need to get through another week, but it's nice to be in a room with people who can totally relate. That's why I LOVE this thread, You all are terrific, :bravo:
Speaking of triggers, Family get togethers are all about food, in the past, the dessert table, at my house had just as many items as the dinner table had, and I needed to have at least one of each, sometimes more. :devil:

Well hope everyone has a wonderful day, I actually took tonight off, so I plan to just do my yoga tape today and enjoy doing some cross stitching while my DH watches some boring sports. Have a great week :hug:

Institches - Well done for not gorging on the Easter goodies! I have some as well but I won't be touching them unless I know I have points to spare. You have tons of willpower - I hope I can borrow some for when I am feeling like something sweet! :)

Suite - I got some chocolate Almond Milk at the store yesterday. I don't put it on cereal so I got chocolate flavoured as I'd be more likely to drink it. It's really yummy and a whole cup of it for 2 points is just enough. I tried the regular one and the vanilla one at my aunt's last week and the vanilla one is great in coffee because it gives it just a bit of sweetness (since I am used to drinking coffee with sugar and milk). My aunt really liked the regular one on her cereal. Thanks so much for telling us about them!

Happy Easter again to everyone! Hope you all have a good time with your families and enjoy your Easter dinner without going off plan. I intend to! The cruise is only one week away! We are leaving next Sunday! Woohoo!!

Hey girls,

Just checkin in to say hi. Didn't eat so great today...too much free time to roam around the house while me and the ex-bf/current roommate cleaned (you see how that kind of stress might drive me to the snack drawer?). But it could have been worse, of course. I'm still flying off the fact that I jogged a 5K (though while my spirit soars, my legs feel like lead today!).

Weigh in is tomorrow. We shall see...

S

Monday... zombie-headed morning O_O :lol:

Lizzy - I hope your reunion goes well! I can't believe you jogged a 5K. Oh my, my legs would have fallen off! Best of luck at weigh in!

Tendalaya - Aren't the boys wonderful occassionally for kicking our butts into exercising? Mine does the same thing when I whine about not wanting to. "But, you'll be angrier with yourself if you don't!" says he. "Sigh. You're right." says I.

Suite - I'm sorry you were feeling under the weather :hug: Congrats on the weight loss :woohoo: You're so close to Onederland it's crazy exciting!!! I can't wait to hear you announce it :hyper:

Kel - YAY! Glad to see that extra weight melted away ^^ (And happy that no sweet things jumped into your cart ;) Those sweets are so willing to just fall right in as we pass by aren't they?)

vday - Wow! Have fun on your trip :sunny: Good job planning out your FP. Let us know how it goes ^^

Heather - Hope your day at work was okay. Sorry you had to miss out on Easter. And I certainly hope you didn't get overwhelmed with calls! BTW - I <3 your new avatar. Gorgeous!

Freedom - I know, sometimes there's just so much. I love reading every single post, but there's often no way to reply to each and every thing. I don't think anyone expects that. I certainly don't! :D

Institches - Yahoo! WTG on making it through family dinner. Sounds like you had a good day while still staying on plan. :carrot: Really awesome!

Bethz - :wave:

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Hope everyone had a fabulous yesterday! I stayed on plan which is wonderful. And I was very tempted by the little chocolates around the house. There weren't that many (my mom is on WW) just a few mini ones and little chocolate eggs, though I knew that if I had any I was going to be eating them all. So I had a fig newton, and a little bit of orange sorbet. I told myself that the only reason I was wanting chocolate was because it was right in front of me. It was an urge, not a craving. *whew* It was a nice low-key afternoon with the family.

Hope your days are all nice! :D

vday - good luck with the trip! and hey, eating more and losing weight = really fantastic! keep it up :)

heather - I hope there weren't too many people with Easter-related medical mishaps. your job reminded me of a job my stepmother used to have, she was on the crisis management team for a big gas company. she NEVER got holidays free from work because thanksgiving and christmas means people cooking while drinking and not paying attention which tends to mean gas stove-related explosions and stuff..... :/ I hope you get your meds sorted out too, abdominal pain can't be fun :(

keli - hope your easter was good :) lol @ the people in the office not liking each other... that's pretty funny :lol:

free - :wave: I'm glad you're enjoying the almond milk! I've never had the chocolate kind but I bet it's good. I haven't tried it in coffee yet, I bet that's really good -- I don't sweeten my coffee so I bet the unsweetened stuff I like will be perfect.

institches - ooh, it sounds like you had a wonderful holiday! How sweet of your family to "lighten up" the desserts!! I made an orange crumb cake from a cooking light recipe to bring for dessert to my sister's house, and good thing too, as the alternative was something heavy on coconut, whipped cream, and mini marshmallows :p 1/4c of M&Ms is really nothing, I've learned, and 5 points is a lot! Sounds like you made some really good choices.

sonja - WOW! Congrats on the 5k, that's fantastic! I'm green with envy :dizzy: Seriously that's an awesome accomplishment, be proud of yourself :) :)

Faerie - Good job staying OP yesterday! :D


Yesterday was pretty crazy eating-wise. I just kind of... stopped... counting points at a certain point. Saturday itself was a major drain on my FPs, and then I just let myself eat and eat on Sunday at my sister's! Anyway, I know all my FPs (and then some) are gone for the week, so I'm going to focus on getting some APs in so I can eat those :p I don't think I can eat just 27 points and call it a day! Well, the important thing to realize is that nothing I did this weekend totally undid all my progress, and unlike other times I've tried to lose weight, I'm not letting this one weekend determine the course of my eating habits for weeks to come. Back on the wagon today, it is!

Boy, will I be happy in three weeks when my oral exam is over. I have three weeks from tomorrow.... I have to say I suspect part of my eating bonanza this weekend was me trying to quiet the inner anxiety monster, though it was rather conveniently veiled as "Easter." :lol:

Well I think the things that really messed me up this week (in my head), was that I never got much excersize in, and slept late ALOT so I wasn't having the three balanced meals I was getting used to. SO, next week I plan on getting up and trying to get some activity in earlier in the day, I know I always feel better when I do that, but the Bed is soooo comfy!

WI tomorrow, hoping for 1.2lbs to make me have a well rounded 15lbs gone so far since starting the program. Hoping to GOD I GET IT! But if I don't I won't sweat it, just give myself another week to reach it, and blame it on being wayy too darn lazy haha.

Judy: "Well, the important thing to realize is that nothing I did this weekend totally undid all my progress, and unlike other times I've tried to lose weight, I'm not letting this one weekend determine the course of my eating habits for weeks to come." This is something I'm still trying to tell myself. Glad you put it into plain terms, maybe I can't beat it into my own head now. :p

Faerie: Good job on staying away from all the goodies! I was really putting myself into 'mission mode' for that one, it was tough, but accomplished!

Lizzy: Another props to you on the 5K, I think if I jogged that far I would fall over and pass out right now, lol. Still trying to build myself up on the fitness thing, aiming for a bit more and a bit more each week, but as I said FAILED on that one over the holiday, eep! :o

Freedom: Hey, uh, if ya have, you know, other arrangements, I'd love to go on a cruise! You don't even have to know I'm there, I don't quite fit into a suitcase, or hockey bag for that matter... lol. Have a great time!

Stitches: I tried those WW candies for a while, but for me it kinda changed to not buying them at all, because I'd stuff them in the drawer, have one, record it, and before I knew it I had like 6 points worth! I guess when it comes to chocolate I'm an 'all or nothing' person, so stayed away for sure all weekend! BTW, the Yoga you do, what's it called? I do a beginners one every so often, it's like an hour long, just wondering about doing a different one.

Have a good week everyone! :hug:

I just ate a small mexican bread...the ones with the crema inside...do you guys have any idea how many points it would be?? It's a small one, only about a three inch triangle..I am guestimating that it is 5 points, which is the same points for a store bought doughnut.

Sorry, Vday, don't even know what it is let alone how many pts. You so remind me of me though, I just ate it, how much was it? I'm an eater then counter!

Suite, I was with you Sunday! You have the right attitude, I'm proud of you for that!

TOM showed up for Easter, so that didn't help and 50 thousand things to eat at MILs, but it was all good stuff and we didn't eat when we got home and we walked in the a.m. and walked tonight, and I tried to drink water and so on and so on and scooby dooby doooby....

Anyway, whatever tomorrow's WI brings, it's just a WI and I'm saying I know there are extenuating circumstances, so whatever it is is whatever it is.

Have to go to the grocery, we're out of fruit, egads! Can't have that and DH wants some oatmeal to have for breakfast once in awhile, I have some coupons, so maybe I'll eat some of that instead of my cereal.

I may have to look for that almond milk, sounds pretty good.

Shrinking, :congrat: on your 5K that's awesome. My mom and I always walk in the race for the cure in Sept. She's a 15 year survivor, I want to find one to run in, too. Sounds great.

Sounds like ev1's doing great, so many inspiring stories about dealing with Easter, maybe next year mine'll be more like that :D

:sunny:

Hooray for Tuesdays! :carrot:

Suite - Gotta love that attitude of yours :) It was one Holiday. Nothing that will undo everything you've worked for! Gosh I'm nervous for you for your oral exam. Anything that involves speaking outloud... well... I get... :barf: :stress:

Ten - I hope getting your activity in sooner in the day helps you out. And hope your weigh-in goes well :goodluck:

Vday - Sorry, I can't think of any Mexican bread treat with cream inside... So I wouldn't know what to look up. :?: You may have to go with your best guess as 5 points. But, sometimes we have to do those things!

Kel - Sounds like you enjoyed yourself at Easter dinner :) And the fact that you were walking and drinking your water is excellent! Oh I can't stand to be out of fruit or vegetables! It's the number one reason why I'm at the store every few days. Just to make sure I have them on hand. It's unfortunate that we can't stockpile them without them going bad :(

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Blah. Had a late night. :tired: My own fault! :lol: Ever have days when you wish you could drop your normal adult responsabilities and just kinda exercise for a little while? I wish that right now I could take an hour break and just treadmill for a bit.

Does anyone else get the feeling that their co-workers think they are very, very strange? O_O Sometimes I feel like such an outcast, I swear. Individually, I'm a perfectly wonderful person... if I do say so myself ;) I'm just not good in groups. I think the exercise thing might just be because I kind of want some "alone" time. Ya know? The joys of being an introvert.

I had the weirdest dinner, I had some 2% Fage yogurt with 2 tbsp of Agave Nectar (5 points total), a 1/2 c. of Fiber One cereal (which I cannot believe is 0 points! :eek:) with a cup of Almond Milk (2 points (I picked up a different kind, and I have to use it since I bought it but the kind I got before was 1 point a cup.. oh well)), And an avocado (6 points). (Total 13 points) I felt like such a granola health-nut. :lol: These are foods that I don't feel "au natural" enough to eat! :D I felt great though, I got most of those food ideas from a bunch of different people on 3FC. (Besides the avocado...) Three cheers for 3FC people. Without you guys, my dinners would be "normal" :p

Should probably do some work now... :^:

Hope you're all having great days!!!! :grouphug:

Heather - We posted about the same time ^^ Wow that ex of yours sounds like a real winner... :rolleyes: Not a swell idea of your sister's to call him up. :no: Love is a hard thing. :hug: I hope that sometime soon you can completely sever ties. And that people will stop mentioning him to you.