So today eating wise has not been very good for me but I was able to go shopping today and get some chicken and salad stuff! I also found a salad dressing online that I crave and I am going to be working on it to get it low fat low carb so I dont feel bad about eating it! It is a lime cilantro ranch from a very famous place ( i think it is mostly in Utah) called Cafe Rio! It is the best ever! So I am hoping to tweak the fat and not the taste . Well will post tomorrow to let you know how it goes!

Don't mind! It's out there for the world to see as Melissa put it! BTW, check back often as it is updated many times throughout the week.

Yello - Congrats on the weight loss

Roni - Sorry to hear about the school issues. I've been right there w/ you

Tina - way to go on the workouts!!!

Muse - so sorry to hear about your sprain

Nicoya - wow 4 hour walk?! You are my hero!!!

Sara....I switch plans too often to give you any of my own personal experience but sometimes we just need to shake things up a bit. I'm not familiar with the LA plan, so I cant tell you what I would personally do. But I do know the deal with plateaus is that your body is comfortable right there, and something needs to happen to mix it up. Could be more calories for awhile, could be less, could be more carbs or less. Or it could be exercise. Are you losing inches during all this? Stinks that you are paid up for so long but I suppose getting to goal is more important than the money. sorry I'm not more help!

Barbara...that ranch sounds fantastic! I love ranch! Great job today!!!

Utahgirl - here's an awesome cilantro-lime dressing recipe that you can make. To make it healthier and creamier, you could probably substitute some fat free sour cream or plain yogurt for the oil, and it would make it more like ranch (haven't tried that, though I'll tell you that the regular recipe is INCREDIBLE).

Counting...way to go on your loss!!! that is fantastic news!! What a successful week you had! Keep it up!!!

yello...and Congrats to you too!!! WOOHOO! Love to see all this losing going on! I love dark chocolate too, dove is my favorite, I've got to just not have it in the house. Way to go this week! You are doing GREAT!!

Lady...good to see you hows everything going?

Tina...you rock!! You are an exercise Hero!! Excellent job meeting that goal, I just knew you could do it!!

So I am counting my shoveling today as exercise. Normally I wouldnt but since I had to do it twice I'm gonna go ahead and count it as doing extra physical activity. I have a feeling my arms are gonna be SORE tomorrow! Stuck to points all day but I think I'm gonna have a little treat tonight. Its okay I still got my extra ones to use so its all good! Plus, tomorrow will be my first meeting YaY!

have a wonderful night everyone!

Okay ladies, I am really in need of a bit of support right now. I had a light breakfast, and brought some homemade butternut squash soup for lunch: a HUGE bowl is only a little over 200 calories! However, as usual on Fridays, there was a ton of free food at the office, so I found myself tempted by the pasta bar and salad. I left the soup in the fridge for another day, and didn't do too badly with my choices though: about 450 calories, which is just over what I like to do for lunch (400).

However, near the end of work, I got sucked in by the Friday afternoon cocktail hour. I went downstairs to take a quick break from work and have just a glass of wine (which would have been completely within my plan). However, because I've been losing weight and also drinking less than I used to, I get drunker a lot faster... and I found myself very buzzed and not caring what I put in my mouth. There were tons and tons of pastries and cheesy hors d'oeuvres, and I ate about 1900 calories!!! I am so disgusted with myself. That's way more than I would normally eat in a whole DAY. I honestly feel so gross, I really want to throw up right now (but I am definitely not bulimic at all, don't worry). I'm a little scared of myself for thinking that though.

I know it sounds silly to get so upset about one screw up, but I screwed up yesterday as well with the dessert I had when I went to lunch. I made up for it yesterday by working out and having a really light dinner (100 cal salad), but it's scary to me that I've messed up so badly two days in a ROW. On Sunday I'm heading to Boston for two days to visit a friend, and I'm really scared of the choices I'm going to make there - it's even harder to eat healthy when you're visiting someone away from home. I'm not going to be able to cook healthy meals, and we'll probably go out to eat, where I find it really difficult to be good.

Tonight I did just 45 minutes at the gym - a normal amount for me, but I really should have done a lot more in light of what I ate. I'm planning a 10 mile run in the morning before work (yes, I got stuck working tomorrow, which sucks a lot). But, I was counting on the 10 mile run to make up for the junk I know I'm going to be eating Sunday/Monday. I also have a potluck dinner tomorrow evening, and while I can bring something really healthy, I have no idea what other people are making, and I'm really going to have a hard time not trying stuff, as most of my friends are not domestic at all so it's a big deal that they're cooking!

I think I am going to have to try to just go for salads with light dressing on the side when I am in Boston, and other really light things. Not fun at all, but I ate too much "fun" tonight to make up for a while.

Hope I haven't let you all down when I weigh in on Sunday morning

Hi all! Just wanted to check in and share some cool news!

So! Some of you may know about the Biggest Loser tour that is coming to 5 cities? Well, one of them is only 15 minutes away from me (Wichita), and I'm going to see them either tomorrow or Sunday I think! Julie and...one of the twins; I get the names confused, from last season will be there. If I do make it, I'll make sure to take some pics.

In OTHER news...I ate too much today; around 2,000 calories which shouldn't make me gain, however, I'm pretty sure I had too much sodium. *sigh*...I don't know, guess I can asses damage tomorrow...fingers crossed that there is none, lol. I did buy the 2 newest Biggest Loser DVD's today though..they're only $10 at Wal-Mart.

Laura-
I'm sorry you had an "off day", girlie...but please don't sweat it too much. You'll in no way let me down on Weigh In Day! I know this is a competition, but I think that the support for situations like these and the motivation is what really makes this great. You had a bad day, we all do...but you have to forgive yourself and move on.

Today I only did cardio, I did 3.68 miles on the ellitpical, which is so far from my monthly goal but it was only for 40 mins. As far as food, I had the usual oatmeal for breakfast, egg salad sandwhich for lunch, and cooking spaghetti for dinner! Not too bad, I don't think.

Laura...I think you've just got to chalk it up to a learning experience. We all have days like that where we just let lose and then we regret it later, but the worst thing you can do is beat yourself up over it and get stuck in that negative self destructive hole. Besides that with all that exercise I think you are just fine. Things like that happen in life, we acknowledge and move on and hopefully next time remember how it made us feel so we make better choices. Dont be so hard on yourself. You are doing great! Just remember those girls and get back to kicking butt! You can do it!!

Cassie....TBL was in phoenix recently I dont think Danielle made it down to see them. Wouldnt it be grand if Bob and Jillian were there? You didnt do too bad today at all! Let us know how you like that dvd!

OptimistiK...wow way to go on the exercise!! Thats GREAT! Sounds to me like you are just kicking butt!! Excellent!

Well I bit the bullet and posted photos.

(gulp) If I did it so can you. Hop to it!

-muse

my pics are posted on my million pound site, I think I'm gonna be good with that LOL, I have measurements just havent posted them. Why? good question LOL!