So im still in my positive weight loosing state of mind, which is always a happy place to be!! Still planning, planning all my meals.
Went out for lunch today and had squid rings in chilli sauce with rice, so it could have been worse, could have been better, but im pretty happy with that! Not sure what im having for dinner tonight, might be brown pasta with pesto and cherry tomatoes perhaps.
Going to the gym tonight, if i dont feel like going to the gym Im at least going for a walk after work.
Things are a bit fraught at the moment, work is stressing me beyond belief, Im sick of it!!! Might be time to look for something else i think. Missing scottish man a lot at the moment too which doesnt help with the stressed out feeling. Ive just got to keep focused on my march goal!! To be confident enough to stroll around nakie!! LOL! Ive told scottish man, and he is definitly going to hold me too it, so if that isnt motivation i dont know what is!!! Hehe!!

yall!

Piggin ~ I hope you get to see Scot soon.

Well, I DID IT! Finally! Went to both the meeting and gym today. The meeting was very nice, even though (as usual!) I was the youngest there. At the assessment, the trainer was surprised at my strength. I told her, 'I'm healthy, I'm just fat'. I created a page on Xanga.com, this one is just for my WL progress. Please drop by and comment, you don't have to be a member to leave comments (that's one of the reasons I chose Xanga). The link is in my sig. I posted my current goals and tickers on there.

Aww ****, I forgot to add that I lost 1.5 this week.

WTG Jasonslea - Ive always been too scared to go the meetings and too self-conscious I guess, I never never tell anyone how much I weigh, apart from on here!! So im full of admiration for you, keep us posted on how you get on! Also good for you on the pounds lost!!

I had a good day yesterday, I ate relatively well, went for a long walk with my friend, probably about 45 minutes worth of walking. Im either going for another walk or to the gym tonight. I think my metabolism has suddenly revved itself up again, its only 2 hours since i had a bowl of wholegrain cheerios and already my tummy is rumbling. Its also TOM so that might be another reason perhaps.

Greetings everyone! I am being scheduled for an excisional biopsy as we speak and then we move on I suppose.

In other pretty grand news...I"m down to 111 as of this morning's random weigh in. I really would like to be down two more pounds by the end of the month if possible. My eating has been on point even though I've been seriously lacking in exercise...trying to get that rhythm back.

Hope all are well.

Hi Everyone. It has been an unsuccessful month so far. Today will be my first trip to the Gym since 2007! How slack is that?. I am looking forward to it; I need to get back on track with exercise as that is the only way I can lose weight.

I have two weeks to turn this month around and make it count!

How is everyone doing?

Hey yall. Eating today started out okay then kinda went downhill. But it's cool considering I woke up like 2 in the afternoon so I haven't had long to gorge. Hoping I can get to the gym today or tomorrow. My car is done. Damn thing blew a headgasket. It won't piss me off so much if I hadn't just spent $300+ LAST WEEK on that heap of junk.

Yesterday afternoon I was so so so hungry I just couldnt stop eating! I didnt make terrible choices though, it could have been worse! But im not letting it ruin today, I needed more food yesterday, end of story. Its TOM and I always get ravenous about half way through ( sorry too much information!!)

So having done a quick add up, i consumed about 1,700 calories yesterday which is a lot higher than I am aiming for, Im aiming for 1500 - 1600 at the moment with plenty of exercise. So im sucking it up and getting on with it. Im trying to listen to my body more, besides I read somewhere that if you switch calories like that every now and again it can help buck up your metabolism?! I might have that wrong so correct me if I have!!

Bad news about your car Jasonslea, unexpected costs like that are such a pain!!

I MISSED YOU ALL! This week has been He** at best! I haven't worked out once - but I'm changing that beginning tonight! I 've worked SO much over time - the check will be nice though

Shari - on the weight loss - and FINALLY making it to the meeting! I'm proud of you! I'm sorry about your car though!

Lekhika - WTG on the loss. Keep us posted on the biopsy.

dubh- I feel you on the exercise thing. I can probably count on one hand how many times I've exercised this month! SAD SAD NEWS!! And I get frusterated with myself. I've been doing so much work at home - what I need to do is work out first and then do work... they get 40 hours of regular time a week - this week they've already gotten 17 hours of over time on top of that!!! I should get at least 1 hour a day for me!!!

Piggin - don't stress about the additional 100 cals... it's actually not bad! I've heard that it's good to throw a curve at yourself too - makes your body have to work to readjust. I'm not 100% though. I've decided to up my cals a little bit. My goal is 1300-1500 now instead of the 1100-1300. I think that the 1100 was putting my body into starvation mode - and I'm losing more now.

I'm at #180.8 this morning for my daily weigh in... I can almost See the #170's!!! Trying to Keep this up for the "official" Sunday weigh in!

Off to work - & for all!! I'll try to do better about getting on here!!! I MISS YOU!

goodmorning ladies came in to post a quickie as I am getting ready to go see dad, I can finally go now that I am well and no fear of him catching anything from me! I cant wait! Lekhika, was thinking of you girl, nice to hear from you....from all of you, keep us posted. Congratulations on the weight loss girls keep up the great work. I'll be in soon to post more in depth. Wish you all a great and happy day

Girls - I FINALLY got a workout in! 45 mins of yoga! I needed ot SO bad. I'm working now -again... but at least I took time out for me first tonight! I'm a happy girl

Let's talk about my luck: after almost 15 years, it decides to SNOW in back in Birmingham! UGH!

Im feeling positively down in the dumps today. Sigh. Last night I was very weepy and feeling sorry for myself, and yesterday I ate too much, classic comfort eating. Sigh. So today Im the same weight. Its a year until im matron of honour for my friends wedding, so me and her are going to go to the gym together tonight, and start getting that routine going again. Its purely the exercise that Im obviously not doing enough of. So this week im going to make it count. This week will see a loss!!! I have to lose something in January, I just have too!! Will be weighing in again next monday. Hope the rest of you are having a better day.

Hello everyone,

Enygirl - Sorry to hear about the amount of work you have. That was what made me overweight in the first place, really long hours, quick high fat food and back to work again. Looking back I wish I had taken even 20 mins out of the day to exercise, I would probably have been a lot more productive.

Good luck PiggenPodgey!

I realized that my attempt at losing weight this time (started in September some time) has been the longest that I have decided to get active and have stuck to it. Previously I have tried for a month and then left it. I feel something is changing in me, I seem to seek out opportunities to exercise which, believe me, is a new sensation! I went tubing on the weekend, while waiting for people I saw there were forest trails so I took off for a run, something I would never have done in the past. I went to the beach yesterday and usually I would just bob around in the water, this time I made an effort to swim for a while as I wanted to get some exercise in. This morning, having a little spare time before work I went for a bike ride. As I am nearing the end of the work day I am thinking ‘What exercise should I do this evening’ when previously I would think ‘should I exercise tonight or not’ and would generally talk myself out of it. I hope this is my turning point. I hope this is now a new me that needs to be active everyday.

I seriously doubt I lost anything this week. The hospital just makes too good food! Anyone have any tips on stopping my eating at work?