Ilene - I hear you on the wine and walnuts!

Yesterday I had three chocolate biscuits at work. I work with a lovely bunch of people and there is always food around that people have brought in, but I have been resisting it all up until now! But yesterday was a long, hard day!!!

I'm home until Monday now, and must start afresh then!

Yesterday, Thursday, I went out with my g/f it's her birthday today.... We did wayyyyyy too much of two bottles between the two of us... We had supper out but it was a good healthy supper...

I did very well yesterday with my food, but then that wine was sitting there when I got home from work.
Good news, only half a bottle left.
Bad news, the grocery store is on the way home.

You're too funny Allison. Good news for you is that at your height and weight you must be looking fairly fantastic now.

Nah, not really. I need to get in shape. Also, the photo in my signature--I weighed 6 pounds less and I felt a lot leaner then. If I make my Easter goal, I'll be back at that weight. But thanks!!!

I just ate too much today arggghhhh!!! I can't seem to stay on track the full day

mint milanos...lots of them

Dang it.....I'm back here again.

Last night - greek souvlaki meal - full on with rice and potato + PITA yeessh.
Then if that was not bad enough I had not one but two pieces of cake (it was a bDay celebration)
Today I was heading back on track and those dam crackers found me again.

Need to zip it up for the night!

Today I had pizza for breakfast. Pizza. For BREAKFAST. TERRIBLE!!!

I made up for it with a lunch of only fresh fruits and veggies!

My mother brought a fancy bread pudding for coffee yesterday and I had forgotten about a birthday party we had to go to last evening!

I was out at my parents last weekend and that is always a disaster for me...so many tempting foods so easily available, right out on the table in front of me. Plus my stepmom makes this stuff called "friendship bread" that is like crack cocaine, it's so addictive. It's like moist cinnamon cake. She gave me the recipe and it has an entire cup of oil, a packet of vanilla pudding mix (she does not use the fat free, sugar free kind), 3 eggs, and a ton of white flour and sugar. She has a different recipe for it that would be healthier (applesauce instead of oil, 3 egg whites instead of eggs, etc.) but, of course, that's not the version she makes. I must have eaten at least half a loaf all by myself. Not too mention a ton of cookies. At least I avoided the Reeses peanut butter eggs, though, and I did okay at actual meals (it was all the in-between eating that was my downfall). Thank God I was only there for 2 days!

Barbara,

I am the same height as you and have been struggling to lose my last few pounds. I have been as high as 145 in my life but have pretty much stayed between 120-125 the last 5 years. Do you struggle to get down to 115? I eat pretty darn clean, avoid sugar completely and work out quite a bit. Do you have any recommendations for breaking a body weight set point?
Thanks,

azmom

Today, eek, instead of getting a side of fruit like I PROMISED myself I would at my school's cafe, I bought THREE (count 'em, three) HUGE SOFT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. They were so buttery I could almost feel my heart stopping from all the fats. And I ate them all in like one milisecond, not only instead of fruit, but BEFORE eating my meal. I'm feeling very discouraged.

Azmom, getting down to 115 has been a real struggle for me and I have to admit that I'm starting to think it might be unrealistic. I got down to 116 last August but then had a few off-plan weeks and quickly worked my way back up to 122.

I exercise every day for at least one hour, including 3 days a week strength-training with a personal trainer, 1 day swimming, and 1 day running 6 miles, and pretty intense cardio the other two days. My eating could probably use a little improvement--when I am on plan, I keep to around 1400-1500 calories per day, but there's stuff I eat that isn't exactly "clean." It's not terrible but it could be better. I am still losing weight (at least when I'm on plan), though, and I'm not really willing to make anymore changes in my diet right now. At this point I'm just keeping on keeping on for the next few months to see how low I can get. I look pretty good so if I can't get down to 115, so be it. I haven't tried to eat at a maintenance level yet, so I have no idea if my ending weight will be sustainable.

When I've gotten stuck at a weight, the things that helped me were to change up either my exercise routine or my diet. At one point I significantly ramped up the intensity of my exercise (increased cardio, new trainer that pushed me a lot harder). Recently I've added the 1 day of swimming and the 1 day of running. Also, increasing my calories helped at one point. I was eating 1200-1300 calories per day and stalled for a while after I changed up my exercise routine. I was also pretty hungry. Someone finally suggested I increase my calories and once I did the weight started coming off again.

So if you've gotten into a routine with your exercise, maybe try something new. My trainer is always after me to change up my cardio routine. If you do the same thing over and over again, your body adjusts to it. If you are able to, consider hiring a personal trainer--my trainer has been a huge factor in my success. Or try eating at a maintenance level for a while and then drop your calories back down again.

The fact that you've maintained at 120-125 for the past five years is fantastic. You've been doing this a lot longer than me; I should probably be asking you for advice! And given that you are the same height as me, I have to believe you look great because I know that I do.

I am not usually one to eat chocolate, but yesterday was a whole different story! I hate like 5 Andes chocolate mint thingies.
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