I am very unhappy with myself today. Not only did I not go for my workout, but I also ate way to many M&M's.

I'm a little ticked at my hubby for buying that bag and bringing it home...he knows better! But yet, I'm a grown woman...I should be able to stay away from them, but I didn't and now I'm terrified what those scales are going to say on Thursday. WHY DO I DO THIS SORT OF THING OVER AND OVER?!!!

All I can do now is move on, do better tomorrow, get to the gym at lunch (my workout bag is packed!) and hope for the best on Thursday.

I'm headed to bed..I'll see you all tomorrow.

Hello,

I'm having a much better day with the food today. Thank goodness!
I also have my workout in for the day. I worked out at lunch using the treadmill for 20 min and then the bike for 20 min. That's going to be it for my 1st workout in a week.

How's everyone else doing?

Great job, Susie. Way to get right back on the horse.

Eating is on plan and I did Group Ride and then Group Power today. After that I went swimsuit shopping because my suit kind of disintegrated at the end of last summer. You all know I have been kind of down on myself because I have gained a few (12!) pounds and I can't seem to shake them. But, swimsuit shopping was absolutely painless. I remember crying over trying on swimsuits in previous years! Today I bought two tops and one bottom w/ a cover up skirt and I am ready for the swim party on Saturday (except for the glow-in-the-dark white skin, that is). So even though my scale is not moving, I feel like all this working out and eating right is worth it. I don't have to feel self-conscious, hide in my cover-up or wonder if I am the fattest person at the pool. Screw the scale!

See y'all tomorrow.

Ward- To heck with those 12 pounds. I'm sure you still look great in your new suits. You are buff and people probably don't even notice your little gain. I would like to thank you for saying I would start to head back down. I did today, about 1.5 pounds of it. I'm still up 3, but I was happy to see the number go down a bit.

Susie- there alwys seems to be something lurking out there, tempting us, taunting us. If we avoid it most of the time, it is okay to give in once in a while. You were right to get into your workouts today and work those M&M's off. good for you.

Kelly- Missed working out with you tonight. Stupid staff meeting. Hope you get a workout in on your own. I plan on meeting you after school tomorrow.

I've eaten dinner, I am currently digesting while posting, then I will get my workout in. See ya tomorrow.

Hi girls! I am finally back on plan today. I didn't eat like a pig this weekend, but I did go over my calorie goals each day. Today, I am at about 1300 calories, so I may have a snack in a minute. I am trying to gear up for another hectic week. My husband has a sleep study scheduled on Wednesday, so I am trying to figure out how I will get everything done that I need to while he is gone. I guess I am more dependent on him than I thought. I also have to go to a conference on Thursday morning, so I have to do a lot of running around with my kids, dropping them off in various places so they can get to school, and daycare on time, and still get to my conference by 8:15 am. Those are the days I dread because I will be feeling hectic and I am more likely to go off plan. Hopefully the other teachers I am going with to the conference will want to eat somewhere semi healthy for lunch.

Mindy--Yep, I got my workout in. It wasn't a very good one, though. My daughter had a speaker in her class today who was talking about heart health, and how important it is to exercise. So, she wanted to exercise with me tonight because she will get a prize next week for logging in 30 minutes of exercise per day. So, of course, the three year old wanted to exercise, too, so we all put on workout clothes and did 30 min WATP. It was really cute to watch them try to do it, and I had a hard time doing the workout with my space more limited, trying not to kick the kids. Staff meeting was ok, at least it got over early. Definitely looking forward to working out with you tomorrow.

Ward--Forget about those 12 pounds. That has happened before and you have shed them in no time. Glad to see your swimsuit shopping was painless! I can't wait for the day when I can say that!

Susie--Those M&M's will get ya every time! They really do melt in your mouth, not in your hand, huh? Only because no one can stop popping them in their mouth! Good for you for getting back on the bandwagon and working them right off! Sometimes our men just don't get it, do they? Some things we just CAN'T have in the house, no matter what! The reason we ask them for help keeping it out of the house is that we KNOW we don't have the willpower to say no.

Keep on keeping on, girls, and I'll see ya tomorrow!

Yep, that's how I feel today. Went back up a little and can't seem to get anywhere near where I was last week. I'll just keep working and doing my thing. I have almost resigned myself to the fact that if I lose, GREAT. If I don't, who gives a s**t.

Susie- Keep working. You have been dong awesome.

Kelly- It was good to workout with you again tonight. I miss it when we don't.

Ward- Probably too busy working out today to post. You keep on truckin'.

So, I realize my post yesterday was VERY long. Apparently I didn't have much adult interaction and had a lot to say! Anyway, I was down around 181.5 today. That is the lowest I have seen, and I saw it last Wednesday. I would like to see lower by Friday, but I don't know.

Mindy--Yes, it was very nice to work out with you tonight. I soooo missed it. I almost called you last night because we hardly had time to talk yesterday and I was going through Mindy withdrawal. Can't wait for tomorrow.

Susie and Ward--I know you are on plan and having a great day!

See you all tomorrow!

Hi,

I didn't realize until about 10:30 last night that I had not posted. It was just as well, I was in a rotten mood yesterday. I was just tired of everything!

I will admit that I did feed that frustrated desire a little. Nothing to drastic but I'm pretty sure I'll have a gain on Thursday. I'm not giving up..I'm powering through this. I think I might be a little PMS. I don't usually experiece this much anymore. I had a hyst 4 years ago but I still have my ovaries so sometimes I still deal with all of that.

Anyway, even though I did feed the frustration more than I would have liked I did get my workout in yesterday and today I'm going to my Zumba workout at lunch.

Mindy: Even when those scales don't move down, stay strong. The things you are doing for your body with the exercise is going to look so amazing on you!

Kelly: I'm glad to hear that the scales are still moving downward for you. I hope it all shows for you on Friday.

Ward: Looks like you were MIA yesterday too. Looking forward to seeing you here today. Your posts are always inspiring, even if you don't feel that way.

Susie, I am glad your mood has lifted today. Great job working out even when you were down, and again today. All those endorphins are sure to make you feel better.

Kelly, congratulations on the new low.

And Mindy, you are so right to just keep on going. You are making progress, although it may seem slow.

I am eating on plan, but a little hungry today. I desperately wanted something different for lunch so I had protein pancakes, fruit and a couple little chicken sausages. I guess it's not as much as I am used to having (although a little higher in calories). Some hot tea will probably help. Workouts are good: yesterday I did Group Ride + 40 min on the elliptical and 2 mi running (20 min) and today I did Group Power + the same. I thought I had posted, but I guess I just read. I was anxious to get downstairs and watch the Biggest Loser. I can't wait to see part 2 tonight - I wish it could be on every night.

See you guys tomorrow.

Still plugging along. Scale didn't really change today. Wish this could be easier. Did 45 min. of BL Bootcamp tonight. Didn't really feel like I was "getting into it." My heel has been killing me lately. I have that Plantar fasicitis or whatever. Pain, okay. No more jumping for me.

Ward- I am with you on the hungry feeling. I just seem to be starving lately. Got up over 1400 calories today before I even knew it. No snack for me. Keep fighting it.

Kelly- I will miss you tomorrow. have fun at your workshop. Try to get in a workout at night. I will be doing something. Then it is Shred on Friday. Doesn't that sound like fun times.

Susie- You just might be surprised tomorrow and lose something. Just keep working. We are all in the same slow moving boat. Keep paddling.

Hello,

Well tonight is my weigh-in. I"m hoping for good things. Yesterday I did my Zumba workout class at lunch time. I love that class, it's so dancy and it really makes me move and sweat. Then last night I went to the Y and did 30 min on the eliptical. I choose to do the interval training setting. It was a great workout..the whole time I was on it I kept thinking, this is like the "Last Chance Workout" from the BL!

When I went home and had dinner, my hubby had fixed breakfast for dinner. He fixed me two waffles; I gave him one and kept one, and 5 p of bacon! I kept 2 and gave him the rest and I also had a scrambeled egg. He looked at me as if I had two heads when I gave him the extra food instead of eating it. LOL! I just wasn't that hungry and why eat it all if I'm not and anyway..it was to much to start with in the 1st place.

I did watch the BL last night and I'm finding it so inspiring. To see the way they have changed their thinking and the way they now eat and exercise and how it all is working, it's amazing. I am so bad with the names of the people on the show but the one young girl, who is there with her mom said something about watching the show in the past and now finding that same thing inside of herself...it brought tears to my eyes! I'm feeling that awaking inside myself.

Ward: You made such good choices on your lunch. I hope the hunger didn't last long. With your food choices and your exercise, I bet those 12 lbs that you want gone will be gone soon.

Mindy: Plantar fasicitis can really be painful. There are stretches you can do and also icing it down after a workout can help. I've suffered on and off with it for years.

Kelly: I'm looking forward to hearing about this Shread workout you and Mindy have planned.

I'll see you all tomorrow, good news or bad news at the scales..I'll be here...I'm not giving up!

Mindy, I really like that "slow moving boat". How fitting.

Susie, great job turning down that food. I know if it had been on my plate, I would have eaten it, hungry or not. Good luck at your weigh-in.

re: The Biggest Loser - what in the h-e-double hockey sticks were the blue team thinking last night? They are so screwed now!

Today I did Group Ride + 40 min elliptical and 20 min running (2+ mi) again. Eating is on plan. T-two days until swimsuit. I was down to 129.4 this morning, but weigh-in is tomorrow. See you guys then.

Ward- 129.4??? OMG!! you skinny little thing you. You are going to be awesome at the pool party. Our local YMCA is sponsoring an overnight for our school tomorrow. We have been encouraged to stop in. When I was talking to our assisstant principal today he was saying he is going and doing everything; playing baseball, swimming, etc. I was like oh no. Not going swimming with people from work. this body will stay safely under wraps. So you go live vicariously for me at the pool.

Susie- I am sending the best vibes your way for tonight. Congrats on passsing up that extra food. I have been ravenous the last 2 days. I will eat anything in front of my face. I had 2 peices of cake, before dinner. I'm starving. I don't think I've gone over calories, but I could very easily. Let me know if you have info about those heel stretches. Mine is really hurting lately. It is starting to hamper the workouts. Shred is by jillian. You've probably heard about it before.

Kelly- Missed you today. Hope you had fun. After American Idol I am doing some type of workout. It will probably be WATP or yoga. Besides being extremely hungry, I am also very tired. I think it has to do with TOM coming soon.

This is what ticks me off. I weigh myself at night, just to get a hint on what to expect in the morning. I was down about a pound last night, so I thought I should be lower today. Right?? NO!!! What gives?? And why won't this last gain come back off??? I sit at 197.8, up 4 pounds from last week. Can I just hit somebody?? I don't think we will weigh-in at school tomorrow because our nurse is sick. My official weight will be whatever I am at home.

See ya all later.

Ok, so what the heck! Is starvation in the air or what? I have been starving the last two days, too. I am sure I am going to gain tomorrow on the scales, because yesterday and today I just ate...and ate...and ate. It was as if a switch flipped and I was hungry (or just craving) and didn't care anymore. My daughter's 3rd birthday is on Monday, and we are going to be doing several different celebrations with our families over the next week or so. I am worried. I will be doing my best to be vigilant, but I know it will be a lot of eating out. This week was terrible with the eating out. I think I have had something from every fast food restaurant imaginable.

I am very tired tonight. I had to get up super early today to drop kids off before a conference I went to today. My husband couldn't help me because he was at a sleep study. He just found out this morning that he has severe sleep apnea and will be using a machine at night to sleep from now on. It was kind of crazy. In the first 3 hours he was asleep, he had interruptions in his breathing 114 time. They woke him up and put him on a breathing machine. Once the machine was on, he had 2 interruptions in 3 hours. It is scary to think that he could just stop breathing in his sleep and not start breathing again. I think just thinking about that today has made me worried and stressed, and I don't seem to care about eating the way I should when I am worried and stressed. Hopefully I can rest a little easier when he gets a machine for home. I always thought he had sleep apnea, but now it is just so much more real.

Anyway, I have to go for now, I will catch up on personals tomorrow!

Ladies,

Those M&M's did me in. I had a BIG gain and I feel like I need a BIG cry! I gained 4 lbs. I'm so mad...at everything! Lucky for me I'm made enough not to eat. I'm like, "I'm going to show you". I really want a 5 lb loss for next Thursday because I just can't take those 4 lbs and I need to loose 1 more to get over it. I'm going to be diligent with my food and exercise from now on.

The fact that I was so hungry this past week and didn't give into it when I was and pushed away extra food...and I still gained? All because of those damn M&M's at the first of the week.

I know we have all had these issues and I know I can get over it..it's just that I want it to happen NOW!

I am working out with weights with my trainer today. That should help me get some frustrations out.

Ward: I want to feel good enough about myself to go to a pool party! I'm so happy you do!!! That # on the scales looks good on you.

Mindy: Girl, I understand your frustation with the numbers. As for the heel stretches, I googled and found them. When I went to my doctor about it, he gave me the same stretches. Let me know if you find something when you google it, if not I'll see if I have a copy of them somewhere and email them to you.

Kelly: I'm glad your husband figured out the sleep apena issue. I hope your routine gets back to normal soon. I know it's important to have a routine.

Ok ladies..got to get to work. I have a lot of meetings today and I need to get focused.

I'll be around this weekend.