last week was BAADD for me this week i am recommitting to EXERCIZE and DIET! saw some pics of me from this weekend and i am looking big

Well, this weekend was CRAZY. My sister got married, so that means there was a rehearsal dinner on Friday night, I didn't do too bad.. I didn't eat any cake! lol... The next day was the wedding, the entire day was really hectic, so I barely ate all day.. However, there was A LOT of alcohol involved later that night. A bunch of my friends just got home from Iraq and we had a huge welcome back party after the wedding saturday night, it got a little crazy, and I drank WAY too much. And then sunday, all I wanted to do is lay around and eat, and that I did. I had a blast though, and I'm just going to get right back on track this week, i did good yesterday, and I'm going to keep going.

I haven't seen the damage on the scale yet, I was weighing in on Mondays but I have changed it to Friday, so we'll see on Friday! I did take my inches this morning though, and since September 20, I've lost 2 inches around my waist!

Here's an NSV for you guys, I went to the big welcome home party this weekend, and several people did not even recognize me. Even some close friends that I hadn't seen in awhile. It was kind of embarrassing, because I walked up to several people to say hi and they just kind of looked at me like "who are you?" and then of course they flipped out when they realized who I was. I haven't lost a dramatic amount of weight, but if any of you guys looked at my before and after pics my face has changed quite a bit! Just thought I'd share it with you.

I'm sorry to hear most everyone else didn't do very good this weekend either. Us 20 somethings need to get on the ball with these weekends! I'm going to another Hogs game this weekend and that means tailgating! I'm going to buy some stuff I can munch on though, so i don't have to eat hot dogs :S lol... Good luck to everyone this week! DRINK LOTS OF WATER!

Hey all you youngings

I'm feeling blah. Seriously. And it isn't even to do with my weight, although that doesn't help much.

I went into academic advising today, and I just feel like I'm never going to get out of school. I really want to be a dietician, but that means switching schools... maybe, or I could get a degree here first.

Plus I'm just feeling super lonely. Like I have no friends, which isn't even true. But I just feel like that every once in a while. Grrr, I have got to snap out of this. It's stupid and dumb.

readyfreddy - recommiting is about all you can do right? My plans as well.

caiseygirl - Wow, congrats on that NSV, it must have felt so great to know you've changed your body that much. Nice.

I hit the 170's!!! And 20 lbs!!! I have lost 20lbs and now weigh 179!!! YAAAYYYYY!!!!

hope2lose: Way to go, girl! That's awesome! I'm right there with ya. I just hit 179 Friday. I'm planning for 165 by Thanksgiving. Hopefully I'll be less than that. I bet you can do better!

cats: I get that way a lot here. I know it doesn't come with reason, but it still is annoying to be in that sort of mood. You'll come out of it. I bet when you step on the scale whatever day you "weigh in" it'll be better. I know when I see some sort of progress whether it's weight or something else (like a clean house) it always gets me out of that funk.

Ok, so this morning I can tell that I'm feeling better. I haven't taken any meds yet this morning and I can still breathe! I went walking with my sis and I can soooo tell I've made muscle. The walk we're doing is quite hilly and it's not ever bring my heart rate up much. We picked up the pace today and that seemed to help but it dosn't tire me out like it has been. Also on a good note, the sale was down .6 lb this morning. Which is good because it's been up 2lb. I'm thinking sudafed makes you retain water because I drank lots yesterday and barely went to the bathroom. Anyway, you ladies have a GREAT day!

I've got dance class tonight. I got in so WONDERFUL stretching last night. I'm almost back into the splits! I will be back down into them completely in a week just watch!!

Have a great day ladies.

okay i just got what i needed!! someone just told me that i am starting to put some of my weight back on!!! it's only 7lbs!! time to REALLY get my butt in gear! no more playing!!!

Argh, doing core class and going into power yoga is SO hard. I had to leave class early to meet someone (which ended up being cancelled) but I feel that I made it an excuse with myself. It didn't help that I was starving and ate something right before class - note to self, eat + core = BAD idea.

On a good note, I weighed in this morning and I'm at 170! I think my mini-goal will be to get down to my normal weight (165) by halloween. Here's hoping..

EDIT: Hey Jana, is the apple juice thing working for you? I've never heard of that before - I would think that all the sugar in apple juice (not to mention the added sweetener found in a lot of brands) would be problematic.

hope! congrats! that is awesome!

jusj- ok - i have a qu i've had for a while but didn't want to butt in where i wasnt wanted to tell me to go away if its not something you want to answer haha but do you find that its hard to stay in your calorie range drinking apple juice all day? is this a special juice? sorry have just been curious as i normally try to avoid juices because mine are normally a source of refined sugar and extra cals? im sorry someone told you you are putting the weight back on but I think the fact that you are having it motivate you is great! also congrats on the almost spits - that is nevber something i would be able to do! (ps just read what jen wrote above as i was typing this....)

ready and jenn - i have not really looked at the calorie's on the applejuice. i really drink it because it keeps me more regular than anything else. the only ways i can stay regular is with a pill or activia and i got kinda burnt out on the yogurt to so went to applejuice. i have drank only applejuice for about 3 days and lost about 7lbs but boy is it hard to keep it off. right now i'm stuck and don't know what to do. i have not been excerising no where near as much as i need to so i know if i get serious about that then i can continue to eat the way i am and just stay consistent with my workouts. that is really my problem that i need to face noe before it gets out of hand again. i will never go back to the way i used to be.

Well I cheated yesterday!

I went on a tour with one of my classes and our driver was the director of student life for my school. While on our way to the facility we were touring he said, "How about if I get you guys some food, i'm sure you're all hungry. I'll just get some cheeseburgers and chicken sandwhichs from McDonalds, I hope anyone isn't a vegetarian". After that last part everyone in the car looked at me. Though i'm not a vegetarian I eat my lunch in that class most days because it meets and noon and I guess everyone has picked up on what I eat.

I didn't say anything and ended up eating a DOUBLE cheeseburger with everyone else from this place called Mazos. He decided agianst mcdonald's and went with this place that's been in business since the 1930's. They even grind their own beef for their burgers. All homemade food.

However, I didn't eat anything else yesterday because that took up all of my calories. I figured this was the only solution for what I did. I just drank water the rest of the day, and I was not hungry either, that thing was so huge and filling.

Oh yea, I'm becoming more and more attracted to the trainer at the gym. He's so sexy! He always says hi to me and asks me how i'm doing and stands there wanting to have a conversation, but I get all nervous and say something short and say see ya. What is wrong with me??? I'm never shy like that.

Heya!

hope2loseit - WOW!!! That must feel so great to have reached that milestone. Rock on!

Happymomma - Thanks I am feeling better today. My roommate and I basically had a cry fest yesterday since we're both stressed and emotional. It must almost be TOM we're thinking.

jusj - Wow the fact that you're feeling motivated by that person's comment is amazing. And yay for stretching and dance class. I'm a little confused about your juice thing too though. Are you eating/drinking JUST the apple juice?

Kim - You may have cheated, but congrats on not letting it lead to more indulgences. The fact that you didn't eat (because of hunger) is probably the wise choice. And a cute trainer eh? Yum. Talk to him... I've found that if I just embrace my shy feelings and then kind of "get over them" I can talk to guys I like a little bit more coherently. Good luck with him.

HELP I am stuck at work and can't leave for lunch because no one else is in the office to watch the phones! Argh, so hungry.

Jusj - Interesting. I'm wondering how apple juice adds to 'regularity' as all the fiber is gone - and usually fiber is what helps, at least for me. I'll have to do some research!
I wasn't talking about calories as much as things like HFCS which easily sneak it's way into many brands of apple juice. It might be worth a look - added sugars like High Fructose Corn Syrup can actually make you artificially hungry. But if it works for you, and more importantly if it's a way of keeping hydrated that works for you, that's great!

jusj- interesting! thanks for answering


jenn- sorry youre hungry!

Wow, I am so far behind this week it is not even funny!

Jusj - glad to hear that you are not letting anyone's negative comments discourage you. Good for you! I had someone about a month ago comment on how fat I had gotten and I wanted to smack her. Just keep your goals in mind and everything will fall into place.

Casey - way to go on the 2" loss! Keep up the good work

Hope - Congrats on reaching the 170's!

well, I know I haven't exactly touched on everyone here, so sorry to everyone I missed. We all just got to keep on with it.

For me this weekend was somewhat of a write off. Went to my in-laws on Saturday and managed to stay on track, despite my MIL constantly sticking junk under my nose purposely. She has this bad habit of doing it everytime I start a diet cuz she thinks I shouldn't be skinner than her, but I always have been so (sorry... my pissed off sort of childish moment)

But Sunday, fell off the wagon by having a really bad lunch of pizza pockets and then ice-cream cake for Thanksgiving/ Birthday dessert.... probably due to my MIL purposely tempting me into feelings of deprivation on Saturday.

Started off well on Monday, but took my niece to Chuck E Cheese's, so ended up eating pizza for lunch. Made up for it though by running around after her and having a proper dinner.

Tuesday went well... stayed on plan. Today went ok except for the company lunch I had to go to. I ate a bit more than I should have bread-wise, but steered clear of desserts!!

Well, that's my bit for now... sorry for being long winded! I'm off to hit the exercise bike for an hour if possible and work off some of the guilt!

Good luck to everyone for the rest of the week!