Good Morning!
We have about an inch of new snow on the ground and more coming, darn!
Monday's calories were low at 996 and fiber 59 grams. I was too busy cleaning up and putting house back together after our Easter party.
Tuesday's calories were 1,227 and fiber a whopping 65 grams.
I'm having small anxiety attacks every morning when I get up, I'm so use to weighing myself. But I'm determined to go from Monday to Monday without stepping on the scale.
Claire... Speaking of scales, mine has a body fat indicator that lies! Or I want it to lie, because my body fat is really high. 27 + pounds ago I started out at 39% body fat and it hasn't gone down much. 3 weeks ago it was down to 31%, not sure what it is today. I carry all my weight around my waist/tummy and that's a hard place to lose fat. I can't do sit-ups because of a bad back! I don't know how accurate those percentage are, anybody know?
Robin... A belated congratulations on the 5 pound loss, fantastic news!
Lovemyboy... Congrats to you too, touching your toes for the first time in a long time is great news.
Zoe... Same goes for you, a belated congratulations on the 5.5 lose, I'll bet you got some well deserved hugs from your "Tops" circle.
Zenor... 52 grams of fiber, good job and glad to see it back up. Is today your doctors appointment? Let us know, we'll be thinking about you.
CoolMom... Congrats to the new smaller size chick!
Hi everyone else, have a good day!
Bobbi

I did finally step on the scale, just couldn't resist. I am up 2 lbs but TOM is still here and I can't move my rings so I am still bloated. I am going to see what it says tomorrow and if its not back to 187 by Friday I will move my ticker. I just can't bear to do it and knowing if I am not good I will have to move it up will keep me motivated the rest of the week.

Had the Newman Dressing Seasame Seed chicken last night on a salad. It was also very good.

Calories Tuesday: 1485

Have to get going and do department errands. Its my way of getting paid to exercise plus it gives me a way to get out of the office.

I'm so mad . I finally lost 2 lbs last week after being at a plateau for soooo long and then after two Easter dinners (one on Saturday and one on Sunday) I put the 2 lbs. back on. I didn't really eat all that bad (not like I used to) and I figured the ham probably made me retain water. So the last couple of days I have been really staying on plan and drinking lots of water.

I get on the scale this morning and I'm still up 2 lbs . I don't get it maybe I'm destined to stay at this weight forever.

Anyway, congratulations to all of you who ARE losing. Maybe some day I can join you.

Good morning

Tuesdays numbers are
just over 1200 calories and 34 for the fiber.

First week of the program is only 1200. I will be back up Sunday.

What is the purpose of "jump start weeks"?

Seems like I lost 2 more this week. Will find out the afternoon when I go to work out.

Glald to see everyone is doing well today.

We're in the same boat. I got down to 138, kept it off for the requisite 2 days and changed my ticker. Now I'm 140.5! What's up with that? I've been eating OP, too. It definitely is a downer when this happens, but I'm not giving in. I'll continue to stay OP and hope that it is just a temporary gain.

I'm with you Allison. I too, am staying on plan. The weight has to come off sometime . . . doesn't it?

I have to chuckle at myself. All these years of dieting has me trained well. I slipped up on Sunday and I am catching myself going below my the recommended for my weight and exercise level. So, now I have to get myself back to the range they advise for me. Does anyone else catch themselves doing this?

Okay, so I went the doctor and he diagnosed me with minor depression and anxiety. Duh. I guess they have to make sure right?

He prescribed me 10mg of Lexapro daily. This is supposed to have the least amount of side effects. I've taken everything else in the past and have had major side effect issues. We'll see how this goes. I did not want to take meds, but I need to function. So I'm trying it and hoping for the best.

I tend to prefer more natural alternative methods to health care. I honestly think that the FDA and pharmaceutical companies do not take drug research far enough. So taking this feels a bit like Russian roulette to me. Hopefully, I don't get any nasty problems from it. I especially do not need weight gain! The last thing I want is to be fighting all the way downhill to my goal weight. It's enough of a battle already

I am also going to start taking EPA/DHA fish oil. I have a friend who works on the alternative side of health care and she recommended I talk to my doctor about it. I did and he gave me information about all the studies and statistics. I guess a lack of omega-3s can cause brain neurotransmitter problems. I figure that I'm more okay with taking fish oil for the rest of my life versus medication. Hopefully, after 6mos to a year I will only need the fish oil. Fish oil is also better to take when you are pregnant and I do want to have babies some day. We aren't even ready to try and I'm already afraid of having postpartum depression. Silly me!

So there you go. I'm also thinking of cutting back my hours at work for a few weeks to see how the medication works. I think the human resource manager will be on my side on this, so it shouldn't be a problem. I sometimes wonder if my work problems aren't partially caused by a skewed perspective on my part. Time will tell with that one.

Bobbi, Littlered, & Lara~ I went and bought some of the Newmans Own Low-Fat Sesame & Ginger dressing and made Asian-style salmon salads last night. Yummy! It was so good! And no weird ingredients in the dressing. Thanks for talking about it so much and getting me off my duff to try it!

I am down 3.6 pounds this week. I'm so excited.

Calories were around 1700 today even considering we had a potluck lunch today at work. It helped knowing the menu items in advance so I could plan.

zenor - Hopefully you'll start feeling yourself soon.

Calories for today~ 1238

Fat 28%

Fiber 42 grams

Congrats to all who lost (or who fit into smaller sizes!)

Cals 1740 today.
My one serving of pasta turned into two, then I nibbled some while I put away the leftovers. Why can't I just stick to my plan and not touch a bite more?? grrrr! Oh well, I still kept within my range.

I've been writing my food down in a little notebook I have every day, but never really knowing how much I take in. Today I started an account with Fitday and I actually ended up going over my highest of the range, so tomorrow I will work on lowering it some. My total calories for today were 1760.

Zenor ~ I have battled with depression according to my doctor for the past 20 years. He never said anything until I complained to him three years ago. I spend a year trying different medications and finally gave up. He wanted me to lose weight but gave a pill that made me gain. One made me sleep all the time, who can be depressed when you can't stay awake. I finally just gave up. I now take SAM-e which really helps me. One of our biochemist suggested it to me and it really helps me. I ran out two weeks ago, very pricey supplement but worth every penny to me, and just never went and picked up more. Then I freaked yesterday at home after just a little irritation and was very ungly last week, thought it was all TOM, but then I realized I hadn't my SAM-e. I picked some up last night and took some and I am already feeling a little better. I am not sure what it does for me and it could just be me thinking it works but I will pay the price. I also take fish oil.

Morning folks! I got the book Superfoods Rx by Pratt yesterday and tried them. I was stuffed at under 1200 cals. That is good food! I'll fiddle some more today cuz that's not enough.

Michelle ... it can be very enlightening to enter your food in a calculator, hmm? However, 1760 is not bad. Obviously it's working for you. Is your fitday linked here? We could probably very easily tweak you down to 1600 if you'd like.

zenor ... it is sooo worth perservering with meds until you find the right one. Hang in there honey. We're here for you.

Well I upped my calories yesterday to see if I am going to low. I ended the day at 1660. I have the feeling I am dropping to low to fast. I reviewed my journals from the past three weeks and I had been going between 1550 - 1800 calories thru the week cycling. Then this week I have been below that on Monday and Tuesday. So we shall see what happens. I am also going to try and not munch while watching TV at night to see if that helps. I save calories for that but over the years I have found that eating and drinking after 8:00 pm seems to be a bad thing. So I am eating the saved calories for the evening snack for during the day. Will be a hard habit to rebreak but I can do it.