Feeling so happy today for some reason, resolving a lot of issues in my wee brain and focusing on priorities! Cals yesterday were 1350, my streak is continuing and this is day 191 of my countdown backwards to the Sunday following the Winter Solstice. I have named that Sunday MY GOAL DAY! Hope to reach the goal earlier than that but life happens lol.

This is GOING TO BE DAY 2 of my 10-day challenge to do as little as 5 minutes (or more) of yoga daily and I did do that yesterday and log as part of the streakity streak.

Marie: I am a former newspaper editor/reporter and now work for a municipality. I am changing my career slowly in the direction of real estate and I need the required onsite classes before I can take the license exam. Your driving home lunch does sound healthy and delicious. I need to buy some of those little string cheese thingies.

Glynne: Congrats on the victory of not really feeling like doing the exercise and doing it anyway! Woot! Your little flowers look so cheerful!

Maryea: Huzzah on that good cal count yesterday! I struggle with keeping the cals exactly where I want them (lol, I always want to eat more). Fluctuations are frustrating, I bounce around a lot, too. You are doing great! Woot!

Bye for now, all!

Woot! So great that you are also doin' a yoga streak, Marie! I am the same, I don't really like stretching ... or rather, I guess I like it when I do it consistently and start feeling better, but I resist it. I love yoga for its many benefits both physical, emotional and on every level of my life, but totally resist it as well. I just got done doing my own routine with some soothing music and it was nice but I am too relaxed.

My streakity today is thusly:

FRIDAY, June 22, 2012, Day 271 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 90 min walk, 15 min yoga, total streakity streak minutes so far 20,490 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!)

Re cals I am ending the eating day at 1565 and know it will be just like last night in which I will have no problem not eating anything else. I was like this last night, even after a three hour meeting that stressed me out.

I was going to work today, just really needed a rest day, though, so did pretty much nothing. The day was a blur lol.

Have a great night, challengers!

Did eat a bit more after posting last evening, didn't expect to but that's life. Ended at 2180.

Traveling today to say good-bye to two old friends, so was up early to exercise and work some on the paying the bill stuff, ready to leave the house in a bit.

This is Day 190 of countdown to the holiday know as MY GOAL DATE! Feeling very focused. The streakity is thusly:

SATURDAY, June 23, 2012, Day 272 of streakity streak of no day missed of daily exercise, 60 min walk, 15 min yoga, total streakity streak minutes so far 20,565 (Previous: 288 consecutive days of exercise, 18000 exercise minutes!)

Hope everyone has a good day.

I didn't get back here last night but I did great all day but then ate too much last evening...think I went about 2-300 over probably. My weight was the same this morning though.

Marie - glad the exercise helps but know how hard it is to do when you hurt.
I didn't hurt as much last night either. Glad you are being diligent with finances and calorie counting. I NEVER reconcile a check book..haven't for years. But I use YNAB (a budgeting program) and enter our transactions in there and it keeps everything in balance for me. I can also download the transactions from the banks/CC but I prefer to enter them myself to keep me in touch more and only download when I'm off. As long as I do that I just check the accounts most days and have no need to reconcile beyond that. We rarely write a check, but we use cash and debit/credit cards.

I'm loving My Fitness Pal! I continue to be amazed at the large database of foods it has! I have only had to enter 3 foods of my own as everything else has been there.

Well, back from my little day trip errand and calories stand at 1680 right now and have eaten dinner. Not hungry but again not sure if that will hold. Overall, my cals are just too high so not sure how the weigh-in will come out tomorrow but whatever, will be sloggin' on with the diet.

Marie, thanks for the condolence.

Re the evening eating, yea, no regrets. I regret a lot in life but eating is never one of them. Eating is a good thing, it is fundamental to humans and animals and top of the list of things that make us happy ... or most of us. Some people dislike eating or are afraid of it or use starving themselves to meet some sad emotional need, but I'm not in that camp.

The only thing about eating with me is I need to do better at making it healthier and watch amounts more closely.

NO MORE DONUTS!

Well, maybe ...

Good job on the yoga! Woot! I am starting to get into it more now. I always do when I get past my resistance to it.

Maryea, glad you are enjoying My Fitness Pal. I think it is good also and if I get tired My Net Diary, MFP would be next in line for me, unless I find something else.

I enjoy tracking things and have tried pretty much every diet and fitness tracker that has come down the pike.

Woot to all, mentioned and un-!!!

Hello all,

This post is for Thursday, Friday and today.

Week 1 Week 2 :1/2::1/2:

Week 3 (/):1/2: Week 4

Week 5 :1/2:

Week 1 (exercise) 0 0 Week 2 0 0

I had a frustrating day on Thursday and didn't do so well, then Friday, didn't feel so good (probably because of my bad choices on Thursday) and so I didn't do so well that day either. Back on track today pretty much ~ gave myself a 1/2 because I went over on my points a little ~ gave in to munching even though I counted it all. I sort of feel like I am making progress a little. It feels like when I get off track, I get back on track more quickly. Eating junky stuff makes me feel yucky. It didn't used to do that as much. Maybe this is a good thing.

1581 calories and almost 12 carb serv. We ate out at Costco today. I got a hot dog. Realized afterwards I probably should have only eaten half, but I still did pretty good today. I have a new recipe book from the company that sends us our diabetic supplies and so far we have liked 2 out of the 3 recipes I've tried. They are pretty low carb so it helps me. I even made a dessert from it tonight but it was the one I didn't like. I was actually kind of glad about that.

One of the things I like about MFP is that when I enter my own recipes in it, it not only shows the total calories (as I enter the ingredients) but it also shows me the calories per serving. Its great software!

No exercise today being Sat.

I signed up for My Fitness Pal this morning. You like it Mary, and Am2 you spoke of it also, so I thought maybe I would give it a try. I sure need help ~ all the help I can get. I had a disappointing weigh in this morning. I didn't lose any. I stayed the same ~ I guess I should be thankful for that. I did mess up on Thursday and Friday ~ not horribly so, but it seems that I can not mess up even the tiniest little bit. I went back to trying hard to do the weight watchers (I had been successful with that before) ~ measured and tracked every thing.

I had a maintain this week and am really happy with that as have been just a hair too high with calories most days this week. Really thought I had gained as again I ate more last night after declaring my eating day ended, which is something I always do, if only to myself. So am feeling quite wootish with the scale and going to really watch this week as I have one more week before I start the real estate classes and I want to feel peppy, which losing a little weight would help with.

Gayle, think you will love MFP! Congratulations on your maintain. I know you said you were disappointed but as stated above, I'm ECSTATIC with mine.

We'll get 'em next time BIG TIME! I want a nice big loss so am going to stick like glue to my plan, or rather I think I am going to go to My Net Diary and rewrite it a bit, lower the calories, even though IF I stuck to my stated calorie average, I would lose more weight.

Maryea, congrats on your consistency and how well you do with those carbs. Huzzah!

I do recipes on the My Net Diary iPhone app that I use the most. I have the software online and also the iPad app and they synch but I use the phone the most. Yea, I love having recipes and meal groupings just to plug in.

I used to love Fitday PC. It's not the free online version. I have bought it and downloaded it into every computer I had for years. Then all of a sudden when I tried to buy a new copy, it was very weird and I couldn't get a copy. They also have a phone app but it got horrible reviews. It is a shame as I really liked that software, but anyhow, life goes on lol.

See ye all! I worked on documents for my job all morning as I don't eat until brunch on Sundays (lifetime habit, not a weight control measure) and right before brunch is my optimal and most stable weight so I ceremoniously get on the scale, eat brunch and then bag whatever I am working on for the job and have a quiet day alone and shopping and sleeping lol until Monday morning.

Heavens, I am HAPPY I didn't gain.

They tell us the scale should not rule our moods but mine does lol.

I also love logging on my electronic devices, so much easier than when I did Fitday PC in my computer and had a huge file in there because I keep records so long. I also used to do handwritten logs in journal form and saved them all. I liked doing that but I was never totally accurate because of scrawling numbers when I was tired or whatever. I currently do keep some old-fashioned spreadsheets in my PC that I use to generate numbers that I want but don't really get from either LoseIt, MPF or My Net Diary.

Hmmm, yes, I'm obsessed with diet and fitness. Just had this talk with a friend about why I want to lose a little before starting the real estate classes. She said, correctly, that weight would have nothing to do with how well I do in the classes (which isn't an issue, as I will do well lol). But there are a lot of reasons why I choose a specific weight. For one thing, I am developing joint problems and every single pound off a joint makes me feel better and helps me remain active. There are a zillion more reasons.

So hope I do not sound obsessed here, lol, but I am.

I did adjust my food calorie level downward in My Net Diary. I loved my maintain and agree that a maintain is a victory, just ready for a bit more action lol.

I still have dinner and snack to eat and am going to bed early but feel confident I can make my new goal.