Hey Dagmar,

I'll join as a w/e warrior. I was doing fantastically - even sailed through the 1st Christmas party without too much damage....then for some reason I thought it would be OK to have some chips and ribs on Sat. night
The sliding continued (won't get into food porn).
Ended in a trip to the garbage to dump the nasty leftovers.

So after that looong winded prelude - I just want to say - I will hang out here on the w/e's to avoid a repeat of this w/e.

-S

Hey gang ... Woke up to a nice surprise on Monday morning I was at the low end of my fluctuation which is surprising after a weekend... I am determined this year not to gain during the Holiday season and maybe lose a bit too... Exercise has been good too ...

See you later all, I'm at work at the moment, gotta run...

I don't see anything wrong with sitting in front of the TV for an hour or so in the evening, Dagmar! I mean, you're out exercising the dogs all day--you need a break. I get up at 4:30 to do my 30 minutes on the treadmill, and I'm on and off my feet all day, then I'm home running around getting dinner on the table--I deserve an hour or so to totally veg out!

hello! yesterday was close to POP, but no exercise.

today cals a bit higher than I wanted and not such great choices. also did loooong run. hopefully I can stick to tea for the rest of the night after having early dinner with kiddos.

and I agree, nothing at all wrong with an hour or so of end of the long-hard-day tv-zone out time.

and I'm also in for the weekend thread.

and congrats ilene

and allinell, i'm hoping things are ok in your world, tax-wise


i'll be back

i haven't ran in about a week! my son just wont nap anymore.. lol

oh, I hate plateaus. Is anyone else stuck at one?

I find I can't watch TV without snacking. Unless the show is absolutely riveting (and nothing on our 10 channels is that interesting).

I sit down, intending to not eat anything, but then the snacks start calling me. Most of our stuff is healthy and not damaging in small quantities but I can't seem to stop at 10 pretzels or one small bag of popcorn.

I've brought home veggies and fruit and those were really satisfying in the summer but now I'm craving warm stuff.

I'm gonna try low cal hot chocolate and 1% milk tonite.

Have a good night all!

Dagmar (wet, wet, wet)

I"m trying so hard, and just hoping hoping hoping beyond hope that I can fit back into my jeans before flying "home" for Christmas. I've only been gone 5 months... how much damage could I have done, really?? =(

Mudpie, I can totally relate to the tv snacking. I'm trying to stop but usually I find that I really am hungry. I've tried herbal teas but they don't cut it for tv watching. Light hot chocolate might though, I'm going to try that too.

Morning!

I can relate to the TV snacking too. It's such a passive activity that if you're not really engaged by what you're watching, it's all to easy to just grab a snack and munch away to make the whole experience more entertaining!

I'm mainly eating to stay awake until 10 p.m. so I don't wake up at 2:30 a.m. ready for the day. TV is a really passive thing and I find it tends to lull me to sleep. Which can be good, but not at 8 p.m.

Dagmar

Plateau? Only for the past two years!

Snacking in front of the TV? That is one of my "safe" zones. I rarely eat in front of the tv. I'll snack til the cows come home if I'm in the kitchen, but move to the family room (which is just a separate part of the kitchen) and I forget about snacking.

Hi feathers!

My biggest bad habit (right now) that I find myself battling (and not winning, at least last night) is the post dinner eating/snacking/turns into a mini-binge.

Arghh. But I resolved to step on the scale today, get back on plan.... and found the scale was up by only one pound!

Seriously, I had ice cream, chocolate sauce and cereal with milk. And 3 slices of wheat bread with butter. And those insanely yummy and not too caloric, if eaten in the suggested portion, trader joe's dark choc ginger pieces.
At least I put splenda and not tons of sugar in my cereal. Then it would have been a real binge, on its way to where I have been in my darker days.

gotta go to chicks in control.

Hey feathers.

When I embarked on my latest (yawn) campaign I banned food from the living room. Easy rule really given that I live by myself most of the time. Otherwise I can spend a good couple of hours and thousands of calories chomping away in front of the tv for no good reason.

Whilst I'm here with such a knowledgeable crowd I have a question. How long, in your own personal experiences, does it take for scale weight to show up if you've really overdone it? I appreciate that the answer to this is going to be variable but say you'd consumed an extra 3,500 cals on top of maintenance on a Friday night when would this reflect as a true weight gain for you?

Well, it's 10:30pm where I am and I have a pi$$y day at work tomorrow so I'm off to bed. Had a pretty virtuous day with 2 hours exercise too so am feeling smug. For now.

Night all