Okay, I'm up super early...have to take my bestie since 4th grade to the airport this morning. But I couldn't wait!!!! 189.9 on the scale this morning! Woo Hoo!!!

Okay, post more later when I'm fully functioning. NEED CAFFEINE!!!

boatingmommy I have a really hard time not crossing the line from buzzed to blackout drunk; it happens so fast for me. It was a really great time, if I am honest, I wish I was capable of having that much fun sober. I ended up going to the ER the morning that we left for the cabin because I spent hours in agony the night before with my stomach pain. I have a gallstone but he didn't think that was what is causing the pain because I did not have pain during the ultrasound. He suspects that I have an ulcer, I will find out soon for sure. I didn't want to go to the cabin because I felt awful. I feel like a switch was flipped and everything is just too much to handle right now.

You did brilliantly at the pool party and at your family reunion!! That is nice that you have your husband to help keep you on track!! Also, congrats on the new decade, that is super exciting!! Keep it going, you are doing awesome!!


gettnfit- Welcome back from your vacation, you did AWESOME girl!! I am so impressed with how you handled your vacation, and I hope that you have a great weigh in because of all your good decisions! Your step counts are insane, I have the hardest time getting above 10k.

PERUNNING and Strong.beautiful!!

I can't think of a scenario where I could have done more damage than I did this past week. I don't have many choices at this point so tomorrow I will wake up and stop the madness. I am sure that I gained 15 lbs + I will face the scale in the morning. I hope that the intense feelings of sadness and despair go away because I don't think I can function like this long term. I dread going back to work on Monday, I just want to quit, but I know that wont solve my problem. I am sorry to dump this all out, I don't know what I am looking for in return.

kfunk, I'm so sorry that things are so hard right now. Please share as much as you'd like, as often as you like. We all care about you and want the best for you!

Hello! Back from a weekend of camping, fireworks and fun...and NO ALCOHOL!!! Whew! I made it. I have to admit, I kind of fooled everyone. I had a bottle of what everyone else thought was vodka and crystal light...only, it was just crystal light. No one was the wiser and no was was calling me a downer because I wasn't drinking with everyone else.

kfunk - What you are looking for is SUPPORT...and that's what you are going to get. We are listening. That's what we are here for, after all! I am sending you a great big hug!!! 1. because you are dealing with some crazy health issues with your tummy problems lately. It's hard to stay positive when your body is not cooperating. I hope they figure out if it's an ulcer, or what, soon. Is that what has been causing your fruit and veggie issues? or is that the gallstone? 2. because you are only human. We all have our ups and downs. No amount of slipping up can't be repaired. Although, it's difficult, accept it and move on. Maybe going back to work tomorrow won't be so bad because you'll be back into your normal routine. You have come too far to give up now and you are a huge inspiration to me, so chin up! On the alcohol business...that is a problem for me too. I like to get together with our friends and have a few drinks...however, my off switch must be broken because I don't always get that signal (or take the hint) that what I've drank is enough. I have to be super careful and drink lots of water afterwards because the older I get, the less my body bounces back from a night of binging, and I can't stand a hangover. I too wish I could have as much fun sober as I seem to have with a few cocktails.

GettingFit - I hope you had a marvelous week off! Yay you are a walking queen!!! Hope you enjoy the last day of the weekend.

Chunkahlunkah - Glad to see you here giving our pal the extra support she needs and deserves. Hope to hear more from you!

Perruning and StrongB - Happy Sunday to you both! Hope you both had a great weekend and have new things to share with us next week!

Okay, I have to go and calculate the points for the cookie I ate earlier - little slip - damn things need to get out of my house. I solemnly vow to stay away from them until they are gone! I wish my hubby was supportive enough to have slapped that cookie out of my hands before it got to my mouth! I'm feeling emojis...hence the extra bit of dazzle today!

boatingmommy - You've picked such a hard time of the year to be limiting drinking, and you're rocking it!! LOL, well done with the decoy.

lunkah- I really appreciate your encouragement.


boatingmommy- Holy crap, what a great idea!! I am glad that they didn't catch on, you must feel so proud of yourself!! I bet that you will have a great week on the scale because of the great choices you made. I agree with lunkah that this is a difficult time of year to limit drinking, so kudos again!!! thank you for your support, I really can use it! I have felt sick every day since last Saturday. My sinuses are really bothering me and I feel like I am going to vomit. I don't know if I feel sick because I got too much sun today (my back has blisters) or if I am getting anxious for work tomorrow. Either way I feel like he*l and will probably ask my husband to do baths so I can go to sleep. My off switch is broken as well... drinking lots of water is a great idea- I am hit or miss on that and I get annoyed at my husband when he tries to be helpful and reminds me to drink it. Hopefully the cookie wasn't very many points. Sometimes I bring in treats to work to get rid of them, or sometimes I just toss them in the trash, the former feels less wasteful so is usually my first choice.

Morning! Scale is up a tad this morning. Although I avoided the alcohol, a couple of the treats I had were not OP. Gonna be a totally planned out day today! That should take the scale back down.

Weight 191.4
B - Quaker Weight control oatmeal with 1/2 cup blueberries - 4 pts
L - Progresso light Italian meatball soup, babybel cheese, carrots, cantaloupe - 6 pts
D - Roast Beef sandwich, salad with italian dressing - 11 pts

Good morning ladies,

WOW, I missed a lot by not posting over the weekend! So sorry that I didn't get to check in but I was super busy doing an online course.

Kfunk: I'm sorry things haven't been going so good for you and I hope this week is much better for you. Hopefully the gain on the scale wasn't as bad as you thought. I totally understand where you're coming from because I have been in your shoes. It's so easy to lose focus and give in to food/drink. Hang in there chickie, you've got this

Boatingmommy: Great job on resisting the alcohol! Love all your emoji's too

Hi PERUNNING and Strong.beautiful I hope you all are doing great!

I had a nice w/i on Friday. I was down another 2 pounds. I overdid it on wine on Fri & Sat night but I didn't have any last night. Yesterday I over did in with Scoops Tortilla chips. I usually buy the baked ones but I went to 2 stores and they didn't have them so I bought the regular ones to have with my LF Chili. I ended up eating about 6 servings all together for the day I tracked the Points for everything I ate and drank and still have 2 weekly points left. Whew!!!
I'm hoping that with all the walking I did last week, the weekend craziness won't affect my weigh in this week.

I hope everyone is having a great Monday!

Hope you all are having a great morning. I'm a little pissy and stumped here. Scale is up for the second day in a row and I'm not sure why. I went over by only a couple points yesterday and I even walked last night in the 96 degree heat index for 40 minutes. So, what gives???
My body needs to cooperate a little more!

Weight: 192.2
B - Jimmy Dean delights sandwich - 7 pts.
L- Progress light - beef barley vegetable, mini babybel - 5 pts.
D - Tuna tetrazini, green beans - 10 pts

Hi ladies,

Boatingmommy: Hopefully the scale will cooperate and go down soon. In the meantime, hang in there and keep working the program. Your body could be hanging on to water due to walking in the heat yesterday.

Kfunk: How are you doing today? I hope things are better for you.

All is good with me today. I'm working from home so I was able to go walk at 6:30am before it heated up. I'd like to get in a workout DVD later today. I really need to start doing some core work. The older I get the more fat I get around my middle and I HATE it. My eating has been good today, I've only eaten what was planned for the day. I will be going to a WW meeting again on Friday and I am hoping for another good loss.

Enjoy the rest of the day ladies.

Day 2 = 194.6
Day 3 = 192.7
Day 4 = 192.2
Day 5 = 192.6
Day 6 = 189.9
Day 9 =191.4
Day 10 = 192.2
Day 11 - 191.7

Hello all! I was a bad girl and had popcorn at the movies last night, but then went home and walked 38 minutes in the heat. I drank a ton of water before bed hoping to flush out any water retention from salty popcorn. Making a pitcher of green tea and staying away from soda today. I had been avoiding it, but have had a diet coke the past couple days.

Hope you are all doing okay!

boatingmommy- You are retaining water. Its HOT and you have been working out in the heat. How much water have you been drinking? Plus there are several times throughout the month that we fluctuate for no reason. You did awesome this past weekend and will see the results from that soon!!! Also, I notice that when the scale is not cooperating I am usually losing inches and my clothes are fitting better. Have you always weighed every day, I can't remember? Keep it up!!

gettnfit- awesome weigh in!!! Have you considered lifting weights? I have seen so many women with amazing results after incorporating heavy weight lifting into their routines. I want to do this myself, but I am lazy and you are the opposite!!

I have been struggling, but it has been getting a little better every day. It is really HARD to get back on track. I went from 155 to 169 and this morning I was down to 163.8 but I have been eating like total crap. I have a feeling I will go up tomorrow. Work has been very busy and by the time I get home I am sick with a migraine so I haven't had time to post. I am counting down the days until my procedures and pray they will figure out what is wrong so they can fix me!

Good morning ladies,

Kfunk: I totally understand where you're coming from. For me it is sooooo hard to get back on track once I stray off course. It took me from the end of Jan until May 28 to get back on track. I kept trying but just could not gain control of my eating. I consider myself to be a foodaholic and it's so hard because we need food to live. I hope to one day have a healthy relationship with food. Just take it one meal at a time and be sure to track everything. I'm sure that once you find out what's going on with you tummy and get some relief, it will be easier. Hang in there chickie
Yes, I have been trying to get myself back to doing the Firm DVDs. They are done with weights and really work for me. About 6 years ago I did some of their rotations for 2.5 months straight and was very successful. I took before and during pics and the change was amazing. I just looked at those pics yesterday. I made them into a PowerPoint slide and have on my desktop. During that time I was also strictly following WW.

Boating: I'm sure you'll recover from the salty popcorn. Like Kfunk said, try taking your measurements to see your progress there. Also, keep downing the water & green tea.

All is good with me. I'm in the office today so I didn't get to do my early am walk. I will be working from home tomorrow so I'm planning on my early walk and then off to WW and then home to do some work. The scale bounced up about a pound but I'm sure it's from some bean soup that I made yesterday. It was a little salty but so good. I'm drinking lots of water today so hopefully I can get back down and at least stay the same in weigh tomorrow.

Hope everyone has a good rest of the day. Hang in there ladies. We've got this!!! We can do it!!!

Gettnfit- That is awesome that you have before and after pics to look back on!! That is so motivating know that you can see such a big difference in 2.5 months when you paired it with WW. I can really relate to you when you say that you are a foodaholic. I can go months without a problem, and feel like I have a healthy relationship with food, but that is not the case. I really hope that we can conquer this!! Thank you, I hope that you are right. Relief would be very welcomed at this point. I am a big baby and hate not feeling well.

boatingmommy- I hope that you are doing well today!

Today I am going to really focus on making better food choices. I would like to go back to tracking my WW points very soon. I keep fighting the urge to eat thinking it will help make me feel better, but it does the opposite and makes me feel worse. I have had scrambled eggs and hashbrowns so far. Yesterday was a train wreck but I ended up staying the same weight this morning.

Good evening, ladies! Just got back from my walk...it's hot, but at least the humidity has backed down. Down a little today to 191.1. Guess what arrived a week early...TOM!!! Stupid female crap! That would answer the question of why am I up a few pounds. Very frustrating, though. I sometimes wish menopause would just kick in and be done with it all.

kfunk - I sure hope you get some relief soon, too! I have a bad habit of eating to make myself feel better, both emotionally and physically. I'm working on it, but man is it tough. If I was feeling as bad as you have been lately, I am sure the scale would jump. It's not fair that even the good stuff you are eating makes you feel bad. Hang in there girl!

GettinFit - Hope the weigh in is good tomorrow! I agree with both of you that maybe taking measurements would be a good idea...I'll have to find my tape measure, first! Who knows where I put it the last time I used it. Bean soup sounds good. I make a good black bean soup in the winter. YUMMY!

Well, me and hubby are off work tomorrow. Going to sleep in, but do Turbo Jam before going anywhere. We are camping and boating with a different group of friends this weekend. Going to try the old "I'm drinking mixed drinks/Fooled you, it's only Crystal Light" trick again. It's July 12 and I have had zero alcohol! That's a big deal for me! I'll try and post before we head out.