Happy Labor Day!
For it being a holiday and going to a bbq today I actually had a pretty good day. I had a Morningstar burger instead of a burger or sausage. I also had lots of fruit. I limited myself to one tablespoon of potato salad (just for a taste), some Mexican dip (which we make low fat) with one serving of baked chips, and two cookies for dessert. AND I didn’t drink any alcohol at all.

I went groceries shopping and got a ton of veggies and fruit (which I’ve been craving since I haven’t been in control of my food when I was on vacation and since I didn’t get to the store until now since I’ve been back. I was very disappointed because the store didn’t have any poweraid zero which I’ve grown to love. I guess I’ll have to wait until next week.

Megan – Good job getting cleaning done, that is actually what I would have rather done today.

Sh3l5 - that is great that your teachers noticed.

Taylor – Sounds like a good plan another suggestion would be to eat fruit while everyone else is eating dessert so that you have something sweet!

Mojo – good job getting a salad, I love subways bread (ok I just love carbs in general) so can never do that. 8 pounds is great

Spoz – I hope your Monday is getting better.

Still trying – I am actually happy that school has started again because I’m a student and the routine helps me so much. Good job on 4 pounds

Iris – I totally understand what you are saying about the food binges and hangovers I think they are worse then real hangovers.

Ghost – Good job getting back on track after your slip up.

Margo – Wow that is a double bummer. I have been going out of town lately and always check for gyms, take the work out stuff, but then get there and never have time to get to the gym. It sucks, and that is one of the reasons I’m happy this is a new school year, less travelling.

remember - great job today at your bbq!

mango - seriously, where IS this year going?? It feels like summer just started and all of a sudden it's over! props to you for getting up early to get a workout in tomorrow.

caligirl, glad you had a relaxing weekend. sometimes those are necessary... it's good to take a break from constant diet vigilance!

I binged a bit again... I have been working ENDLESSLY on these online training protocols I need to complete and have been feeling the need to be noshing as I am working on them. I still have about 4 hours to go on my human subjects approval and I'm getting stressed - I have other work that needs to be done before tomorrow (and wednesday!).

i also binged a little bit...had some pop and banana cake, but i think i have to reign back in slowly. Do you guys get the thing where, after you do really well, you kinda get a "i can lose weight, i'll eat what i want!" sort of mentality? Its hard for me to break!

Im up to 900 calories today, i just hope we're not having pasta for dinner >.<

Well I did okay. I had 3 glasses of wine and about 8 ribs (about 3 too many) and instead of chocolate cake there was angel food cake with fresh strawberries so I had some. I also was sitting in front of a bag of chips which I am pretty sure I mindlessly picked at. Next time I will sit away from the chips!

Tomorrow will be better, I have school again next week (had last week off due to DNC) and school keeps me busy and my mind off food!

Taylor -- It's the opposite for me! When I'm back at school there's so much delicious food on campus....muffins, smoothies, fro-yo, chips, snacks....ahhhh it's hard to resist everything! When last year ended I still hadn't started using DailyPlate, so I think this year the structure of that might help, but I'm still a little nervous!

I have my BIG audition this weekend that I've been working toward all summer. I was hoping to be at 195 or below, and I'm really right around there, so I'm very happy. I'm just hoping that the director doesn't count med out for the part just because there are thinner girls auditioning. It's sad, but it's an unfortunate aspect of my life. Of course my biggest goal is to get cast, but I would love to also just make it to final callbacks. At that point, you know the director likes you, and is really just making final decisions that correlate to HIS vision, not necessarily to your talent. So, we'll see....it's nerve-wracking!

Hey everybody. I did good for most of the week, but on Sunday and Monday totally binged. I have learned that if I eat a big dinner at a restaurant, that's my trigger to go home and just eat everything around the house. For example, went to a fancy steakhouse last night and even though I was stuffed when I got home I decided to eat all of the leftovers from the weekend that were still in my fridge... 4 lemon squares, 2 fudge brownies, a bowl of pasta salad and some chicken parmesan later I literally passed out on the couch. I woke up this morning and felt absolutely gross. Talk about a food hangover. You know when you burp and you have this disgusting taste in your mouth? Yah that is how its been all morning.

If I'm so happy when I lose weight, why do I sabotage myself like this?

Hey Ladies! I was so busy this weekend, it was crazy!

I went to the California state fair on Sat night and had a blast, it was my first CA fair. I knew I was going to have a funnel cake b/c I was saving for it. My two friend and I split one, so it was actually only 300 cal each, that was good. Then my friend decided to surprise us with the cheesecake factory. I was like this is so funny that we were talking about cheesecake last week. I didn't have any cheesecake. *patting self on back*

Did good at two bbqs on Monday. I finally lost the 5 pounds I gained last week due to TOM. Yeah! Hopefully I can get to losing again. I don't like being at a stand still.

I have a confession to make...... so I was the first of my friends to go on a health kick. Now my friends are losing weight and eating healthier. I'm so happy for them, but a part of me is jealous that they are losing and I'm at a stand still again. Does that make me a horrible friend?

Down 8 pounds that awesome!

Hey- I see you're from Fayetteville. I used to live there. I haven't seen anyone from back home and I had to say hi! I live in Sacramento now. I'm going home for Christmas, how's NWA?

I saw in another post that you were from AR but I never got around to PMing you. I'm originally from South Arkansas but I LOVE NWA. It's Booming like crazy around here, but I still love the small town feel. It's such a small world isn't it.

I'm back at work today after a nice relaxing LAZY weekend. I'm trying to figure out my meal plan for this week and I am drawing a blank. My BF is getting tired of all the baked chicken and salads haha. I also need to figure out some snacks bc I am afraid I am not eating enough calories. Hope you are all having a good day.

Where in south Arkansas? I grew up in Louisiana and had friends all over Arkansas. I'm very familiar with south, central, and NW. I do like it there and can't wait to see all my family and my old spots. My momma told me that I wouldn't recongize it at all. I haven't been there since last Christmas. I was just telling my friends here that I'm a little homesick.

Hey all, I had a pretty good weekend. watched what I ate though not perfectly. But I'm feeling pretty good this morning. My bf's family was in town (minus his dad, b/c he was in the hospital) so there were lots of dinners. I made a pretty healthy jambalya for dinner on sat, and we had pizza on sunday but I only ate small pieces of the veggie and skipped dessert.

We pulled names for their Xmas gift giving, it's the first time I've been included! I pulled his sisters name. Now this should be interesting, b/c I don't think she really likes me....I just get weird vibes from her. She should be realitvely easy to shop for, b/c she's pregnant and due in late jan, plus her and her baby daddy are in the process of buying a house. So I'll probably get her something for the house.

In other news, I started my bootcamp class yesterday. I had fun, but it wasn't a real class. The istructor invited everyone down for a single class instead of the usual 4 classes a day. She called it an easy class...crap man if that was an easy class - I'm going to have my butt whipped into shape in no time! I can barely walk today my abs, thighs and quads are so sore! I'm scared to think of what tomorrow will bring!

I was going to start the C25K today, but a co-worker of mine and I decided this mornin that for old time sake we're going to go to the Backstreet boys concert tonight! I feel so lame writing that, but I'm secretely super excited! I used to love them back in the day. Tickets were reasonably cheap $75 for floor seats. Sigh I'm so lame....

It looks like everyone had a good weekend. I'm at work and I really should be working so I'll be back later to post to everyone.

I'm orginally from Washington, AR, but you would probably be more familiar with the town Hope which is where I went to high school and such.

Yeah, I've of Hope but I don't think I've ever been there. When I lived in Monroe, LA I would always drive through El Dorado, Fordyce, or PB so it was more of the southwest of the state.

Where do you work out? I'm want to make sure I plan my workouts while I'm there and I know I can't run/ walk outside it's too cold, especially since I'm used to CA weather.