Mexican food.................yummmmmmy! Guess I know what I'm going to be having this weekend.

Kristiina, have you ever eaten at the Cantina? It's in Lake Orion & they have awesome food & drinks. We go there once or twice a year. It's a little bit of a drive, but we like road trips. And I giggled when I read your note to Guac btw.

Andrew, I'm averaging around a 650 calorie a day deficit. Not quite as much as I would like to get, but I really want to stick with this, & if I start to feel too deprived I'm worried I may not. So I'm tring to add a little additional exercise each week. Based on my BB, my BMR seems to be about 1,584 & I average burning 2,200 a day over the last 30 days. Up from 2,150 the first 30 days.

Hope everyone has a great OP weekend.

Kim

OMG Kim!!!!! If you come to Sagebrush; LET'S MEET! I spent the last two years doing the street scape for LO...we re-did the streets etc I like their fish tacos and chicken rice soup!

Oh and if you have too many drinks at the Cantina; you can crash in my basement

Hello, everyone! Just popping in to update that I don't need surgery right now! I have two things going on in my back between the benign tumor and a few discs that suffer from degenerative disc disease. Ugh. I will do a follow up MRI in six months to see if there is any change in the size of the benign tumor in my spine and reevaluate at that time. As long as I don't remove it, I will have to continue to have follow up MRIs every year to keep track of it, though. I start physical therapy next week.

Hope I can stay to my calories this weekend! Good luck, everyone!

@Guac I'm glad to hear you don't need surgery. I also have a back issue they monitor every year. Even though the surgery they describe scares the crap-ola outta me, I sometimes wonder why they don't do the surgery now, while I'm "young" enough to minimize the recovery time, rather than wait until the issue inhibits my mobility and I'm so old that I may not recover at all. I suppose they hope to avoid the surgery altogether - perhaps.

Saturday; A loss is a loss: Only .2 kilograms from my goal. Next week is another chance to do it better.

Drumroll: -24.9 kgs / -54.91 lbs

I only have one client meeting next week, so there aren't any excuses for not going to the gym for that class. Although I did some extra core strength training this week, the social aspect of a class is equally important to whatever activity the class provides. Me and the treadmill remain best friends, doing squats remains a chore. Most importantly, my Kona goal is still totally attainable.

Guac: Great news about not needing surgery! I hope you can control the pain through other means.

Espresso: You are doing great!

Sum: I totally hear you on the PMS thing. I never had PMS until I got into my 40's. Not only am I famished the days prior to having my period but I am an emotional basket case also. It's a horrible cycle. I'm a big believer in hormones playing a huge roll in our weight and everything else, but unless you get a total hormone work up and then get personally made hormone replacement like Suzanne Somers can then what do you do to keep hormones level?

Im happy to say that I"m down a bit so maybe I will make some progress in this challenge. Honestly, I'm not looking to break any records but my pants literally HURT on my hips....I can't afford a new wardrobe.

I've been seeing the emotion/food connection more and more since I"m going through a horrible divorce. Last night my husbnad did something that really upset me and I immediately wanted something "junky" to eat..and I could care less about losing weight at that moment. I am going to have to control these feelings. No amount of dieting and exercise will help if I continue to use food for comfort or as an addiction. I think I obsess over my weight becaues i know all too well that I can easily gain 50-80 lbs. I saw emotions do that to my mother. I couldn't understand how a w oman so petite and skinny could become morbidly obese. As I grew older and realized that she was literally trying to anesthesize herself for YEARS with food I vowed that I would never do that. It isn't even about esthetics at this point...she has diabetes, high blood pressure and is a heart attack waiting to happen. She spent years being miserable about her weight....it's sad.

Wow, hate to use this forum as a therapy session. I hope everyone is having a great weekend......

Espressowhip - Congrats on your progress! My doctor was willing to do surgery now, but his advice was a wait and see approach - I suppose waiting so that perhaps I won't need to have surgery at all, like your doc.

Zumbachica - I'm sorry you are going through such a rough time. I think it's great that you realize you are susceptible to emotional eating and you are taking control by diet and exercise.

I had an ok weekend. I have been tracking my calories and being more aware of my foods even on an off plan day. I know that I need to track my foods every day from now on....about 2 weeks ago I had a 4,000 calorie day on a Saturday! I planned on an off plan day, but not THAT off plan! I realized I had probably been doing this every week at least one day per week. No wonder the scale would stall so often - I was spending the rest of the week just recovering from the weekend instead of making progress! Anyway, I'm glad I saw a pattern, have started tracking even my off plan days, and am taking control. We shall see if it pays off.

Hope you all had a good day!

Just popping in to say hello. On track so far today with my eating. Hope it continues!

Good luck today, everyone!

Thanks for your support everyone..

Sum: I have a sister like that also. We were never close, and when my father was dying she was so mean to me. I cut her off for good and although it is sad because she is the only sister I have it was for the best. My life is stressful enough without added stress from family members. I have some good friends that I love like sisters and feel blessed to have them in my life so it is all good.

I am going to have to cancel the trip to Universal Studios that i had planned for me and the boys Easter Week. I don't think it is a good idea that I spend all that money right now. I am going to reschedule for when the kids finish school, most probably the rates will be lower then also! I was using the trip as incentive to lose weight, but i'm going to try and keep motivated anyway....

Had way too many carbs today, It's done and it's back on the wagon tomorrow.

Well I had a pretty bad weekend. So happy it is almost over even though I dread going back to work tomorrow.

So I was really bummed last week as I weighed in at 217 (although that may have been due to clothes, shoes, etc.), which was up. This morning trending back down. Not a huge jump but 213. One pound down. I'm starting to worrry I'm not going to make my 199 March goal.

I love this! I'm hoping me and my treadmill will become friends at some point but currently, it's a very lukewarm relationship.

There have been days where I've had to unbutton my pants at work, at my desk because they hurt so much. I totally understand. Keep leaning forward. That's my motto.