Hello - happy early weekend - at least for me because I'm heading home to Florida tomorrow. I have been struggling to stay on plan the past few days. Think it might be worse in my mind than in actuality - not able to track during the day on the ww etools but I'm thinking i'm just going to open it up on my computer and track, because they preach health and wellness out the wazoo at work and that is helping me get healthy!

Hope to limit any indulgences with my family. Enjoy the time and connection and not place emphasis on the food, right?

Good for you, annie - cold turkey on the cake sounds funny.

I want to go to Florida... Colorado it has been such a dry, miserable heat. I bike to and from work and it has been killing me!
I wish it could be down hills both ways sometimes...

I did 60min total body weights today.

My wrist is a lot better. I iced it, then wore a brace leftover from Hubby's ganglion cyst, but neither helped long term. What did help was sleeping with it curled under my chin. I do that in winter, because my hands are always cold, but not summer. I guess that's the difference.

Kruis, welcome, glad to have you join us.

Iateit, it felt more like a sprain than the joint, but it came on so suddenly too. This is the third summer in a row. The first summer I was doing P90x and a lot of pushups, so it was easy to blame that.

Annie, good plan. Maybe I can follow your example???

Hello everyone. I agree with Annie on measuring. I have to log each morsel or I forget. I have to take ibuprofen to reduce the swelling in my shoulder and need to take with food. Each morning this week, I wake up super early and eat a banana or a half a small low-cal hamburger bun with the pill. It comes to 45-75 cals. I kept forgetting that I'd had this. Anyway, I agree the log book is super important.

Sorry about the sore wrist. I think it's frustrating to not know what's causing it because it's so hard to figure out what to do or not do to fix it. Ah, over 40 is hard. Where's that darn instruction manual?

Trips home are hard because of all the food that surrounds the whole visit. I'm visiting home next Tuesday. I'm so worried I will not stay on track.

I'm happy to have been on track this week with food, exercise and walking. I worry that the scale won't budge come Sunday. I know I've been only "on plan" all week so there's got to be loss. Right?

Well, I was up two pounds this morning since my last official weigh-in. I don't have the heart to change my ticker, but vow to do so if those two pounds are still here next week at weigh-in. I can guarantee that they WON'T be here. I will not ruin all the hard work I've done. It's all my fault for allowing cake and things into my mouth more often than I should.

Weird thing here....work girls are doing a Biggest Loser challenge. I actually won it last year when we did it starting in Jan. 2010. Anyway, this is the first full week and weight-in was this morning. Someone brought home made cupcakes AND there were boxes and boxes of Dunkin Donuts in our office. Think it's probably just coincidence, but interesting...

Spending the weekend at fiance's and will get in a good walk tomorrow. I've promised myself. And will make good choices on food.

Have a wonderful Friday everyone!!

Annie - hang in there - there are so many things that cause temporary fluctuations in our weight - for example i'm not weighing in this week - because in a few days TOM will be here and i know what the scale will do - and it won't be representative of the work i've been doing ... so... do not let that discourage you and no they won't be there next week!!

I believe that there is a certain amount of sabotage that goes on even if it is subconscious..

I had a good week 500 to 700 under my everyday health calorie count each day - so while i won't weigh in and i feel bloated i am just sticking with my TOM thought process since it is not unusual for me to gain 2 to 3 pounds in H20 weight that come off once it's over.. ugh - i HATE that time and the hormones...

Hi girls! Let me tell you that I so appreciate all of you who share your daily struggles, tips, and encouragement on here. It really helps! I had such a horrid day yesterday. My husband is also overweight, and we got into the biggest fight over - him being fat! Basically, his mom told him he needed to go on a diet, and in front of her, he said that if only I would make healthy food for him to eat, he could lose weight! I became so incensed (because I do make an effort to cook healthy food) that he would blame me for the food and the amount of food he chooses to eat, that I began yelling at him/defending myself. We began fighting in front of his parents and his mom felt awful that she had brought up the topic.

Essentially, we are two fat people who are miserable with ourselves. The only difference is that I don't blame him (and hey, I could partially blame him because my weight has crept higher and higher with each of my pregnancies leaving me at this weight) for my weight, but he does blame me. Of course, I was so furious that the fight continued even after we came home until he finally apologized.

What a crappy day...

ETA - sillycat - I too am going through TOM with the bloating, cramps, and headache. I am sure that's why I became so angry and emotional with my husband.

iaradajnos- Don't worry if the scale doesn't drop, ibuprophen causes the body to hold on to water. That's why the warning on the back of the bottle says it can raise blood pressure, water retention makes your blood pressure go up. I avoid taking it unless i have extreme pain. I gain 2-3lbs if i take it.

Annie- Your like me, a cake lover. I understand how hard it is to resist, try chewing a strong minty piece of gum when your tempted, it works for me.

Not as hot today, 88 & humid. Didn't have time to walk, rode the bike vigorously for 20min instead. Busy weekend ahead, too many opportunities to over eat. I'm afraid I'll be defeated by all the desserts, food is a powerful thing. I'm doing good right now, weight is dropping. Really don't want to start over again.

I didn't feel very good today so no workout. I slept late and did a lot of knitting. I did give Apri her Spa Day {brushing and clipped claws} then get some laundry done, LOL. Why is there always laundry? Since we've kept April inside so much this spring becuse of her surgery, she's just now starting to shed her undercoat. Oh, Joy!

No exercise today, raining. didn't have time anyway, we left early to go to the farmer's market in Kutztown. Didn't buy any sweets, now all I have to do is survive the farmer's market here in town, that's next. Did good eating healthy, don't want to blow it.

I did Margie's Good and Strong Vol 1 today 60min. Set in her pretty backyard, she is alone but has some 'not your average' exercises which I always appreciate. I realized I haven't done this one in over a year. Years ago I started writing the dates I did each workout in the DVD boxes, but I only recently started writing short discriptions and if I LIKED the workout also. Apparently, I can't count on my memory any more; I maintain I had a perfect memory until I got married, then having to remember everything for Hubby wore it out.

Is anyone else have trouble with the 'go to first unread' button?

Not even trying im just here hanging on till vacation over. :/

guacamole: Fighting can be stressful, and it's so not fair you're being blamed for someone else's weight even if they're your husband. He knows what he's eating and he can pitch in too. I bet it's just easier on him to blame someone else. I use to do that, blame my room mates or friends for buying food I shouldn't eat and cooking food I shouldn't eat, or taking me out... now I know no one forces you to eat anything I can go out with friends and just order water instead of coffee at the coffee houses, or just tea. It's the choices we make that effect us, I'm sure your husband knows that.

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At least he loves you, and I'm sure you love him. One day you'll both be healthy and look back at these petty fights and laugh.

No workout today. Hubby and I hung out around the house but did the groc shopping.

Good morning.

Had a busy weekend. No sugar, but my volume control was not so good. It's easier during the week to count calories, because I measure out my food to take to work and can't get into the pantry. Yes, I could go to the cafeteria, but if I don't carry any money on me, it helps me to think twice about buying anything. Not so good on the exercise, but I did some marathon housecleaning, so I did get some significant physical activity done.

I am going on vacation soon, so part of me wants to give up until after vacation, and another part of me wants to see how much I can lose beforehand. I know I'm not going to eat well during the vacation--staying at someone else's home, staying in a motel, and being on the road are not good situations for eating well.

I hope everyone had a good weekend. Happy Monday.