good morning LeilaJey
ChickieChicks, beautiful angels.
Hellooooo --- TurboMammoth

Good morning Everyone.
today is a rest day for me.
walking - 9 miles outside

Have a great day yall!!!

Joss - Sending you all my strength! Or at least what's left over from battling my own cravings, lol. Not getting enough sleep is honestly a huge trigger for me too. You're doing so awesome so far to stick with that program, really!
Turbo - Very cool to meet a fellow scientist. (: I am not a big runner but I do on occasion, and it sounds awesome that you're training for a 10K! It's OK if your pace is not quite where you want it, just keep working and think of those of us who can't really run for more than 20 minutes at any pace!
Chickie - Your kids are adorable! And you are looking fabulous as well, if I do say so myself!! I can't imagine what you'll look like after you meet your goal. And thanks for asking, I am still doing OK so far!
Leila - I know the like-you've-a-stick-up-your-*** walk so well! lol. I love hard leg workouts, think it feels kinda awesome. Glad you've lots of yummy food too.

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Got to be strong today-- it's Thursday, which in my mind translates to "great day for a binge"-day. Trying to reframe that into "great day for weightloss"-day or "great day for fun things"-day instead, lol. I brought an extra big lunch and am also officially giving myself permission to do no exercise and eat whatever the heck I want as long as it's NOT binging. Anything's better than a binge! And thanks to everyone for the pants encouragement!! Wanna wear those so bad.

good job with lunch plan mottainai
hang in there!
You can DO it!!!

masterptr : if walking 9 miles is a rest day for you, I dont even want to think of what are MY kind of rest days! LOL

mottaini : thanx for the encouraging words for the 10k. I guess I'm just complaning... I was really in the best shape I've even been before my last half a month ago and getting hurt just destroyed everything, and I lost a bit of cardio. Anyways, I'll do the best I can for this one and there's always next year to get to my time goal for the 10k I agree with you, thursday is a triggering day! with the week almost over, getting tired before the weekend... But you can do this! no binge!

Hi Feathers,

Another weigh-in below 124 and another BUSY day at work. I went to bed at 10 and couldn't get myself out of bed until 7:45 this morning. Going to a potluck tonight so I'll probably kiss those low weigh-ins goodbye, also my landlord/third roommate is back for a few days which always throws me off a little since he is ALWAYS in the bathroom when I need it in the morning.

Hope everyone's days go well!

JossFit Sending good mojo to resist the cravings - are you more concerned about 100% adherence to the diet or binging? 20g of fat and 15g carbs is...INSANE. Dino is famous, there are several branches and new locations opening.

TurboMammoth Every month I get my period I'm like WOOHOOOOOO bc I'm not on a BC pill that regulates my periods. Congrats! Also too bad about the cheesecake. The conference is Oct 23-24 so next week.

mottainai OMG girl I used to joke about "binge Thursdays" when I was living in Japan because I would always binge on Thursdays. You're right - even the most decadent overeating is much better than stuffing yourself mindlessly.

ChickieChicks You're in awesome shape! What mommy pooch, seriously?! I have like dangling skin and stretchmarks everywhere...so jealous haha.

LeilaJey Haha, enjoy the burn! I am good about exercise but my workouts are like 20 minutes at a time. I always imagine the kind of shape I could be in if I were more thorough...

masterptr 9 miles?! I can't fit that into my day/I don't have the attention span to go that long. Your resolve is impressive!

Just wanted to quick drop in and say, I did binge a little bit, but so little for me that it almost qualifies as just plain overeating in my book! I'm not a calorie counter but I'd guess after dinner I'll be at around 3500 or so for the day, which is a whooooole lot less than my normal omfg&%#!@ binges. Partially thanks to you guys here who are so kind and encouraging!! Thinking of y'all and knowing that I'll want to report in on how I did helped a lot, lol.

So, while I'm disappointed that I let myself give in at all, I also feel like I've proved to myself that I can merely "binge" without "OMFG#!@%*%#@*!! binging." Not a victory toward weight-loss, but a small step forward in that regard, at least.
Gosh, what I wouldn't give to be a normal person who just wanted to eat, like, pizza for dinner or get an extra dessert or something. One day.....

masterptr Yeah seriously, REST?!

krampus Potluck will be hard to resist, but hey at least you had 2 low weigh ins which is definitely a victory! Yeah a lot of my workouts are like 20 minutes too. Depends on what I'm doing though, I mean I could easily go cycling or walking for hours but indoors working out I don't usually make it past 40 minutes.
Also damn those bathroom hogs!

mottainai Yeah it's totally satisfying, I keep reminding myself that it's probably good hah.. no pain no gain!
Yep, anything's better than a binge. Be kind to yourself.

Chickie Eating back exercise calories is hit and miss with me.. I don't count calories so I only eat more if I'm genuinely hungry as the "I deserve it!" line has only ever been disasterous. It's a slippery slope.. it's slippery with butter and sugar. Mm butter.

Aww your kids are super cute! It's great that they like to help out in the kitchen too, my niece isn't even 2 yet and she loves helping to cook and things. Clever kid.

Also you look awesome! We're our own worst critics though, I get that. I've never had kids and I have much more 'mommy pooch'. Mine is probably more 'love of cake pooch'.. not so good.

Turbo LOL! I really laughed about your boyfriend and his OCD lego.. hmm, what other suggestions are up my sleeve... well it's probably good to just chill out and watch Honey Boo Boo for a while. You've worked hard so enjoy the time before you get a job.

Salmon for dinner high 5! Oh and another one for the no baby in the oven.. yay!

Joss I'm sure you'll feel way better when you get some sleep. I hope you can power through the day and the fantasies will suffice. Lots of virtual strength heading your way.. beep beep beep!!

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Had some chocolate Santa and a few Lindt truffles today.. oh and a croissant for breakfast. Other than that I'm all good. I managed to stop myself from over eating them and just enjoyed a few.. little victories like this are all I've got right now. I'm really looking forward to sliding down the buttery slide of the 130s. Weeeee!

Didn't do any exercise at all though.. tomorrow is a new day! I need a hair cut. Blarrrrrrrr.

Just a drive by ladies. I had to call off the RFL plan after nearly fainting yesterday. I had my free meal in the morning, so I don't know exactly what is going on. But about 9 last night I got up to go to the bathroom and I fell, I didn't full on pass out but I actually fell to the ground; my vision went black and while I knew I was still awake and felt myself hit the floor I had completely lost control of my body. It scared the crap out of me. I can't imagine if something like that happened during the day at work or when I am alone with the kids. I am in love with the results the program gave me, but I just don't think it's right for my body. I wonder if there's some sort of blood sugar issue, or maybe just after so many months of dieting and so much weight lost in a relitively short amount of time that I just can't handle it at this point. I don't know. But I've just taken it easy today, eaten how I normally would, and I feel much much better.

Another quick check in... I'll have to catch up on personals tomorrow evening because I have homework tonight.

Krampus - I was worried about both; 100% adherence AND binging. I am so exhausted today (I only got like 4 hours of sleep and I'm an 8-hours-a-night-minimum kind of girl) so I was having a hard day.

I got home and make a nice healthy dinner AS PLANNED... but there were some critical decision points during the day for sure. Hopefully tonight I'll get more sleep and tomorrow will be easier.
If tomorrow is a repeat of today, I'm stopping this diet. It is fine if I'm not sleep deprived, but add that in and I am a mess; headache, lightheaded, and white knuckling through some serious binge fantasies. I'm not going to put myself through that two days in a row just for the sake of losing a couple of pounds.

My pants that were giving me a muffin top on on Sunday are a bit loose today though, so at least SOMETHING is happening.

Holy crap! Yeah, I'm glad you stopped if that is the case... it was a great run but if you don't feel good on it it's obviously not worth it! I'm so happy you're an intelligent woman and not the type of person to take something like that and ignore it.

Hello Krampus and LeilaJey
not running day is a rest day for me.
I can actually walk non stop about 5.5 hours (is my record).
that was hiking in the mountains and did 16 miles that day.
I was TIRED after

How are you doing Joss? Not sure if you are still awake. Lol glad you madeit to dinner. I found myself daydreaming of Reese's Cups this afternoon....I've been having lots of white knuckle moments with my new plan. I just don't remember it being like this, and AGAIN, 1700 is not low! It. Is. Not. So WTF?

And how are YOU doing, LockItUp?? Scary day around here, Feathers! At least you lost a good chunk of weight, and as long as you go back to a reasonable calorie deficit, you should t gain that back! I am so, so glad you were in your house when that happened. Not glad that it happened at all,of course, but thankfully you weren't driving, etc. Big hugs! Did you eat anything since then to regulate yourself a bit? What is your plan next?

Leila - No mas mantequilla. (no more butter!) you're killing me with the butter talk...and flaky baked goods? She-devil! Carbs are my major weakness, especially savory carbs. And with my PCOS, that is the very LAST thing my body needs. I had to throw away a small candy bag today. My work gave one to everyone, and I pawned off a couple of pieces to my kids, but it has been sitting on the counter since Monday and I couldn't take it anymore! You are doing amazing...scooting down the 130s! and thanks for the compliment. I do feel pretty awesome, for the most part, but maybe since I have just been maintaining for almost a year...it's like I feel like I "should" be trying again? Hmm. Too deep for me to ponder when I am hungry.

Mottanai- hugs! You binged.and yet you had some restraint. That is huge! It seems like you really understand your triggers and danger times.

Krampus- dude....stop being all thin and crap. I can't break 125 and I hate you. I'm rewarding myself with some kicka$$ cowgirl boots if I ever see 120. That is what I weighed in high school. Don't know how long I will last. I am so effing hungry. I giggled about your roommate occupying the bathroom. I has this crazy vision of you doing the potty hop outside the door waiting....lol.

Turbo- we got this! My 10K is next Saturday. I don't have a physical excuse to suck, but I plan to anyway! Ha ha. Hubby and I made props today for our fun run. I bought small plastic beer mugs and we used spray foam to make it look like they are full of beer.

Chickie you DO NOT look old enough to have kids that old!

TurboMammoth YAY for not being preggo! I am sitting here hoping my TOM comes soon. Not that there is a huge chance that I could be preggo, but there still is one and I did NOT get TOM when I was thinking it may be coming soon last month.

Also you were the one who asked which ab workout I tried right? It was this one http://petiteathleat.blogspot.com/p/the-300.html which is more or less the ab ripper x ab workout from p90x.

Leila keep it up with the little victories! They add up

LockItUp WOW... that is scary. Take care of yourself! You'll find a balance of something that works for you AND allows you to stay healthy.

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So no surprise I'm up a couple pounds after my "It's the freaking weekend I don't care what goes into my mouth" weekend. I'm sure it would have been worse if I wasn't exercising through that. I didn't end up counting my calories again on Monday because, well, I just didn't want to. I started counting yesterday, but gave it up mid day, and today I did well with my counting and am back on track I have also done well at being more active.

Tuesday was the first day it felt OK to walk. That darn ab workout was evil, and destroyed my hip flexors. I'm lucky I didn't trip over a cat and hurt myself. I decided last night to just make up my own ab workouts and post them in my blog, and I made the first one today. It went pretty well, but we'll see if I feel it tomorrow!

Today I woke up with a sinus headache like I had been most days for the past week or two, but normally it goes away within minutes of getting out of bed. Not today. I feel like my face is going to explode. UGH I hate my sinuses!!! It was OK for a short time but it's gotten MUCH worse as the day gets later.

I've been feeling odd overall, too. I've been feeling all blocked up, even though I have been going poo. So that's super annoying. Tonight I started cramping, which I am hoping that I will wake up to my TOM tomorrow. REALLY hope I wake up to TOM tomorrow LOL!

~Katy

Good morning, and happy FRIDAY Feathers!

(I'm not really that excited about it, but I'm trying)

Well I too have decided to resume a more moderate diet and transition off of the RFL. I completed 5 days of it and hadn't really experienced any sort of adverse effects, but seeing that scary situation LockItUp went through I didn't want to wait for something like that to happen to me before I stopped.

My pants are looser and I have leaned out visually, so all in all it was a good jump back into fat loss mode. I feel a bit run down and I started to get a headache last night around bed time (and it is back with me this morning) so I think I have hit my point of diminishing returns.

I went right into it from a low-ish carb diet/calorie deficit, so all in all it was about 11 days so I'm not surprised. I actually am a bit amazed my body adapted as well as it did and I probably could have continued on with it. Anyway, it's a good tool to keep in my back pocket should I need to lean out a bit for just a few days in the future.

Last night I went ahead and did a re-feed as though I had completed the 11-12 days, but kept it considerably smaller and shorter in duration than the 2-3 days the program calls for.
Today I am working my 'normal' foods back into my diet and taking advantage of the extra carbs by resuming a deficit right off the bat, just not as steep. I'll slowly taper the calories up, and started today by adding creamer back into my coffee, salsa on my egg whites, extra broccoli with lunch, and a green apple with my post-workout shake.

I do think I'll continue to use a carb cycling/refeed approach because it is really effective, as well as continue the E/C stack and making sure I'm getting plenty of EFAs from fish oil supplements.

Anyway, that is the PLAN... haha lets hope I stick to it! I may 'deserve' chocolate and ice cream and goodies today... haha.

*Oh, and yes, this is TMI, but I don't care - I'm REALLY looking forward to the return of my regular BMs!

Wow, so much is going on!
I'm typing this on an iPod so I'll make it shorter, but I just wanted to say HUGS to everyone struggling out there!! Especially you, Lockitup, with the fainting scare!

I'm having insomnia so bad tonight. Slept at 10 but woke at 3 and couldn't fall back asleep!
My motivation is also flagging a bit. I'm at a point where I feel like my size/weight is acceptable, and that creates the problem: in moments of clarity, I still want to lose the last bit of weight to get back to where I was healthily maintaining before I developed binge eating habits, as well as keeping up with normal, healthy meals and exercise... but at the same time, when I'm hit with the urges, it's easy to give in and skip workouts or eat too much, because I can use the argument that I don't actually need to lose more. :/ Any other Feathers have this? Advice?

Anyway, hope everyone can finish out the week strong!!