Hi Megan, I will definately still be here come December... by the way I LOVE December babies! I have 3 of them!!! I have one who will be 11 on the 20th, one who will be 5 on the 28th and one who will be 4 on the 29th... then I have the new little guy who taught me what it's like to have a warm weather newborn, what a different world!
Gale, it's ok, just get back on track as fast as possible!
As for me, I plan on blowing it tonight! The fair starts tonight.. it's HUGE and is loaded with food.. google Bloomsburg Fair... it's about the biggest fair I have ever been to! Lucky for my weight loss efforts, we are pretty broke this year, so I will have to only choose one or two foods to enjoy.. I usually get a gyro and an apple dumpling, I know the gyro is on my list (600 cals) but I'm not sure about the apple dumpling.. I can make my own cheaper, and I am awaiting the night time corn maze that opens in Oct... they have hot cider and peach dumplings that are to die for.. maybe I will wait for my dumpling until then.
I lost 4 more lbs since about 2 weeks ago! I need to update ticker. My ipod broke & my computer crashed. I've only been walking, not running. So been a crazy week & not typical. Really going to try hard to make it to Thanksgiving. I want to lose 15 more lbs by then.
Great news Gale! I've always found that to happen with weight loss--losing after "cheating". I used to eat 1200 calories & stick to pretty much the same menu everyday. Then about once a month, I'd got to taco bell & have a pint of ice cream (or bake cookies). Yes, I said "and"--haha! I almost always lost weight within 2 days of that.
That's kinda what got me started on zig zagging. That was pre-baby. I had lost 80 lbs & kept it off for years til miss priss came along.
I'm noticing something similar on this diet. I don't lose weight the morning after my low calorie day. I lose it after the high calorie days. My sister is having the same experience. Seems so illogical.
This morning I was actually excited to get on the scale for my weekly weigh in and...I'm down 2 lbs for the second week in a row!!
I set a goal for myself to walk 18K last week and I got in 22K, so I'm sure it helped tons. Yesterday I got out for a really great 6K hike in the ravine by my home, and now the weather has turned cold so I'm glad I took advantage of the nice weather while I could. I got the kids out on their bikes this afternoon so I could get a walk in but it was so windy that we only did 1K.
I started tracking my food on The Daily Plate and I'm waffling on if I'll keep doing it or not. I like that it keeps me accountable and is teaching me about staying within my calories, but I find that it's taking up a bit of time when I'm already so busy.
I'm a little nervous... we're going to visit the in laws this week and their cooking leaves much to be desired in the health department. They don't believe in vegetables or fruit and think everything is better with a stick of butter. Or two. I'm going to make the best choices I can and make sure to get out on my walk every day.
I went to a Tuesday WW meeting this week since we're going to be on vacation this Friday (my normal meeting day.) I weighed in and was down another 2.2 lbs. Woo hoo! It's good motivation for me to stay on plan while I'm on vacation.
I have been struggling with food the past few days, I think part of it is because I'm pmsing, but I think a lot of it is depression... money is really tight right now.. I mean really really tight, like I'm not sure if we will have grocery money for the next few weeks. Also hubby is down to 199, he started 10 weeks ago when I did at 237, I'm so proud of him, he is working his butt off, but at the same time it's really hard to watch him zooming along on this journey and I seem to be crawling behind him.
I Did weigth yesterday i was down to 153 so I reach my goal weigth from when i star preg ....now i have 28 more pound to go .... let see if the scale keeps moving down next week.....