Midwife, great job!

ICU, feel better!

Megan, how did the play go???

I am a little upset with the scale today. It's not moving as much as I would like, or as much as I feel like I deserve given how much effort I've been putting in. I'm also getting burned out of the whole strict diet business. It's like Jay says, this is not a lifestyle I can maintain. It's too strict for me. Sadly, in order to get back to the weight I want, I have to do this. I won't have to KEEP doing it once I get there, but it's hard to convince myself to keep doing it for probably 3-4 more months in order to get there.

Hang in there, Jessica! The scale's been moving down a little in the last couple of months, is that right? I think our bodies sometimes need a little break to catch up with ourselves. It can be frustrating when the scale doesn't reflect our efforts, that's for sure! But are you noticing other changes?

Yes, I was very proud of my goldfish free shopping trip.

It's the little consistent choices that eventually chip away. Yesterday was a potluck at the hospital. I avoided many many foods. And I feel really good!

Let's make it a great week!!!

Hi all, checking in from my work conference. I struggled a little bit with food today (trying to stick to a "losing" eating plan but I ended up eating the fruit tart they served us with lunch b/c I was so hungry - they didn't serve us until 1:00, and I'd eaten all of the snacks I packed and was still ravenous when they finally gave us food). I did get up at 6 am and hit the hotel gym, so I'm on sort of a good track. I did have sushi for dinner tonight. Oh, yum. Tomorrow we've got to leave the hotel at 6:30 AM but hopefully I will stick to healthy eating, and hopefully visit the gym when we get back. I'm very glad I brought my oatmeal to eat in the mornings so I avoid the pastry they serve!

FYI Hyatts have pretty good gyms as hotels go.

The play went great! We had full houses all three days - actually had to turn people away from the door - and the audiences laughed a lot and enjoyed themselves. It was a lot of fun. I was sort of bummed I had to leave town immediately and skip the cast party, I really enjoyed this cast. We bonded more than some casts do. Now... what will I do with my evenings?

Jessica, I thought you said that your measurements were where you want them and you weren't going to try to lose any more weight...? It's certainly possible to get burned out on losing. Maybe you could take a few weeks off to stick to maintenance eating, then go back to losing? I know it's tough, believe me I can relate. But you are doing great!

Midwife, way to avoid the goldfish! So small, yet so dangerous. I have trouble with them too!

Kitty, I hope your cold's better! Hang in there!

Jessica, I hear you on the mindset being a challenge as well as lack of instant scale gratification. Last week I thought, cool, well I am finally making some progress. I saw 125.5/125/124/125/125.5 and I was pleased to see those numbers instead of my 127.5/126.5/127/127.5 kind of runs. This week I am back to the 127 runs and it bugs me because I know I am totally responsible secondary to processed foods, the devil sugar and lack of proper hydration. My gut is back to very sticky out-y vs. the kinda-almost flat I was nearing. (and this is after a great BM-sorry,TMI gross!!!)


And I ask myself, is where I want to be too restrictive? And afet I give it some thought, I answer, no, because to me it is important to try to get there. What I really need are some well patterned good habits. I need to CHOOSE to avoid those darn cookies, and not have them in the house for crying out loud! WITH CONSISTENCY.....

Midwife I want to walk in your goldfish shunning shoes
ICU, get well soon.
Megan, Silver, Allison, Pat, Ward, all you fab chicks, hi

midwife: Oh, I can relate to the lure of Goldfish! My last remaining "cannot eat a normal portion" food is Cheezits. Best I can say is that I haven't bought a box at the grocery store in a year, but I have fallen prey to the vending machine on a few rare occasions. I've gone back to leaving my wallet in my car.

paperclippy: I like what Kitty said about "well-patterned good habits." I hope you find a nice balance between where you want to go, and what you're willing to live with to be there.

Megan - congrats on your successful play! As a confirmed "performance coward", I live in awe of anyone willing to climb on a stage!

I didn't make it to the pool Monday - I am still so full of snot, even though I've got my energy back, that I can't do that to my fellow swimmers. Nothing more disgusting than swimming past (or thru) a big glob ... ewwwwww!!! I'm doubling decongestant doses and hoping I'll be clear enough to give it a whirl tonight. Thanks to everyone for the well wishes - between that and the massive hits of Vit C, I'm on the mend!

Scale is unusually forgiving. I'm happy but puzzled - I think it's because I wake up so totally parched from the Nyquil, and/or I'm losing muscle from not swimming. I'm a LOT more active at work these last few weeks, and will continue to be for a long time ... I dunno. Time will tell.

Hi to everyone!

Becky - cheezits are big lure for me too. Why? esp when you read the ingredients. I never buy them, and have no vending machine, so it's only if someone brings them to work to share, or I encounter them at a party. And let's not even talk about the white cheddar ones.....

I'll be joining you tonight. I haven't been in a couple weeks, so it'll be good to be in the water.

Megan, congrats on the play! My measurements are close to where I want to be but not quite there. I did adjust my goal weight, but I moved it up to 135 instead of 130, with 140 as my new red line. So technically I'm barely within red line right now. I want to get down to 135, then go back to maintenance and see what happens.

Speaking of I have my last swim class tonight. Maybe I'll make it a whole lap of butterfly! Not sure what to do about my final NRLW workout tomorrow since I had a meeting scheduled during lunchtime (ugh).

I totally missed this!
Congrats on a wonderful play!
very cool.

Friends, I'm in a holding pattern here. The same few pounds for a week or so. I don't mind as (a) I've got an appalling cough - I'm ill and (b) this kind of thing happens, doesn't it? I'm eating beautifully but not exercising (see a above plus I've got a bit of a deadline). Exercise will make the figures plummet.

General comments about life follow. (Can you tell I'm writing a report in RL?)

Goldfish - who needs them?

Well patterned good habits - we all need them. I clean my teeth twice a day, for example!

Plays - lots of fun. Going to London next week so I'm hoping to catch something. Would have come to yours, Megan, had I been around!

Finally, swimming - the pool is where I got this virus, a week ago on Sunday. That's 11 days ago. Still can't speak without coughing. And woke up in the night.

Carry on!

Get better soon, Silver. I'm fighting a cough myself.

So the goldfish saga continues! My mil will sometimes take the kids with her to the grocery store and then they'll show up here with food from the grocery store. So, we now have goldfish crackers! I'm not worried about eating them....I just thought it was really funny. No one besides you guys know about my battle with goldfish!

Good news is that I am down 4 pounds this morning from last Friday.

Back from my 3 1/2 day/3 nights away conference. I went to the gym and ate well the first day, then got caught up in conference meetings and travel the next two days and ate rather poorly and didn't revisit the gym. Back on track today - only 2 days off, not terrible I tell myself. Right back to it!

Thanks for all the play props everyone!

My co-worker loves cheez-its and always brings a big box out on the boat for field work. It's sometimes torturous...

We can do it, we can do it, there's really nothing to it!

Neither goldfish or cheez-its are allowed in my house! It's enough that DH wants Ritz crackers (well and pilot biscuits* - but those are certainly not tempting). He likes croutons or crackers, etc on top of his salad. I read somewhere that goldfish are good for this, but I wouldn't stay out of them, and when asked he said he didn't like them. Whew.

Midwife and SB - hope you both feel better soon.


*hardtack = hard bread = pilot biscuit = pilot bread = sea bread = ship biscuit = ship bread = tack Notes: Hardtack is an unleavened, unsalted biscuit that sailors used to eat while on long sea voyages. Since it's very dry, it can be stored for a long time without refrigeration. Substitutes: zweiback (from Cook's Thesaurus)

At Karate last night a parent approached me about buying Girl Scout Cookies. DS was all smiles, so I got 4 boxes. I don't want to tell you how many boxes are gone...But I refuse to taste the Thin Mints (DS's favorite so I will let him have those). I would LOVE the shortbread for my coffee breaks here at work, but I left them home and will ration them out. The other box doesn't really appeal, so I'll let DS and DH eat those. Just stay away from my currently unopened shortbreads!

I've been taking advantage of DH's elliptical instead of my treadmill this week. 20 minutes there sure works up a sweat. Two more weeks and I'll probably return to my 45 minute treadmill routine (as soon as I have normal mornings again--long story). I really prefer the treadmill but ought to try to do both...hmmm, must think up a routine...

Hi girls turned 40 today. I feel so great.
thx for all your continuing support.
*group hug*

Happy Birthday kitty!