Hey, everyone! Happy Friday. Whoo-Hoo! Weekend, here we come.

Tinky, cool, you will have your own personal bodyguard.

I had a good day, yesterday. Ate well. Calories were: 1085 and I got plenty to eat, including a load of protein. It's funny, I thought that I ate a lot more calories than I did. Then, other days, I will think that I am eating very few calories and add it up and be like How the heck did that happen? Anyone else do that?

It is going to be another hot, sticky one, here. Summer in Arizona. Joy.

Have a terrific weekend, girls.

Shy - I will pass on the 90's but I do deal with the heat much better now. Hope your baby gets better soon.

Rain - Be careful not to cause a bad injury. Sounds like your body is trying to talk to you.

Tinky - I am really working on my attitude for the weekend. Groceries are bought and stocked up. Doesn't it feel good to have people look at you and not for a bad reason. LOL! You keep going girl and you are going to have to buy a smaller dress.

Well I am off for the weekend and I am sending happy thoughts to you all. Weekends are my hard time but I have a goal in mind that I want to achieve and I am sticking to it. Going to do lots of pep talks to myself and ask myself if I really want to eat it or do I really want to lose the weight. I am also going to try and be my own best friend because I wouldn't eat my best friend eat the way I eat. LOL!

Talk to you all on Monday.

calories: 1370
sodium: 2170 mg
weight in the morning: 136.2
workout: turbo jam - ab jam workout (20 mins)

hey girls! today i was given the keys to the car for the night, and the first thing on my mind was getting some healthy snacks! i bought: all natural unsweetened peanut butter (this is gonna have to grow on me...), organic granola bars (140 cals), organic fruit roll ups (80 cals...and 1 serving of fruit for each one!), all natural apple sauce (50 cals), and mint cookie and pringles 100 calorie packs. everything i bought, i checked the sodium content...and for the first time in a VERY long time, i got under 2400 mg today! it took conscious effort, but i think it will become easier over time. and i got a lot more monounsat. fat today, and way less saturated fat.

have a terrific weekend!!

Thank you ladies, for your support. I feel like a real slacker, sometimes, but I also know that I don't want an injury, so I am listening to my body and doing what I can.

I did well, calorie-wise, yesterday but my eating pattern was all messed up. I ended up eating dinner at ten, last night. And awoke with the heartburn to prove it, this morning. Ugh! I no longer like to eat anything later in the evening. But I was so busy, yesterday that I thought that a late dinner was better than none. Bleck. Next time I have a day like that, I'll just skip it. The longer on this journey I go, the less I want to feel the way I used to feel. Not just occasionally, but all the time. How did I live like that?

Calories were: 1186. Got a nice bunch of walking in, running around shopping. So I got some exercise, too.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Gotta dash.

Hello ladies. Just wanted to touch base with you since I have been gone. I'm not sure when I'll be in the mindset to get back into the calorie counting and keeping tracking of things. Things are still in such a blur for me. I pray that you are all doing well, and I'll try to get back one of these days. Thanks for all of your support!

Tammy, if you see this, {{{HUG}}}. Just do what you need to do to get through. Time will take care of the rest.

Had a good day, calorie-wise, yesterday. But not food-wise. I had a couple of small meals and basically snacked my way up to 1030 calories. I just wasn't hungry and my stomach was wonky. Felt over-full, but it was growling, at the same time. Anything I ate or drank made me shudder and want to toss my cookies. But, my mind was screaming for me to eat.

Finally, late yesterday afternoon, I ate some left over french fries my husband and son had baked the night before. About 150 calories worth. And funny enough, a little while later, I felt a lot better. For some strange reason, when my stomach is wonky, potato seems to help.

As of yesterday, I have had a string of eleven days on plan, on track and doing well. I am very pleased and encouraged. I can't promise myself that tomorrow will be the same. I am just getting through, one day, sometimes one meal, at a time. But this streak lets me know that it is doable. And I don't have to blow it, every few days, like I was, for a while.

I hope that you are all having a lovely Sunday.

calories for yesterday: 1395
exercise: turbo jam "burn"
weight: 135.2

i hope you all have had a wonderful weekend! today i went out and bought even more healthy snacks to munch on. i've realized that i pretty much have something in my mouth at all times, either gum or food. this is probably a habit i should break. when i got on the scale this morning, it read 134.2, which means i have lost almost 7 pounds since 7/3...but i really dont know where i've lost it from since i don't see a difference at all. hopefully i'll be able to see the results of my hard work soon =/

i bought: kashi honey toasted oat cereal (i figured its about time i got off the lucky charms and fruit loops), orville redenbacher's caramel mini smart cakes, weight watcher's chocolate cake sticks, and cinnamon twists (30 cals each). i'm eating the caramel cakes right now (they come in individual 100 calorie bags) and they are delicious! highly recommended =)

edit: i've decided to make the switch from fitday to thedailyplate. seems like they have a MUCH better database of foods. the only reason i was a bit reluctant was because i've been using fitday for almost a month, but having to constantly add foods to the database was getting on my nerves! hopefully daily plate will be better =)

calories for 7/20 - 1525
calories for 7/21 - 1307

so today i went to a concert for my favorite band (all time low - similar to blink 182, check them out!) so i barely had time to eat anything. i had kashi for breakfast, a luna bar for lunch, and then nothing until 8 hours later...which resulted in a bit of a binge at wendy's since i was basically ready to eat my own foot. but im pretty sure i lost some weight today just standing for 4 hours and dancing in the moshpit, i guess i'll find out tomorrow! luckily, i still managed to keep my cals pretty low so i'm happy =) i just need to not make the wendy's thing a recurring problem.

have a terrific tuesday!

Well yesterday was my first official day and it wasn't too bad. I ate a bit more than planned but it was because I thought rather than having my daily subway I'd take lunch, well I took a turkey pot pie which AFTER eating I realized was almost 400 calories! Back to my Subway Veggie Delight today I tell you!

Total calories consumed yesterday - 1601.

Exercise - Walked about 30 minutes to and from the bus but that was all. I'll do better today with some real cardio.

Hey everyone...I AM BACK!!!! I have not had time to catch up with everyone yet, but I will.

I had a great time on vacation! We went to San Diego Wild Animal Park, Universal Studios~Hollywood, the beach, San Diego...my nephews Marine Corps Boot Camp Graduation. Saw family, friends, and just looked around and all the stuff that changed since last time I was out there. We did a little of Vegas and just had a GREAT time. I am so tired today. We got home at 5pm last night, I started cleaning laundry. I have all of it done except for 1 load. My 3 y/o and I didnt want to get up today...we were SO tired still. I am sure my 13 y/o slept in also.

I have NO idea where I am weight wise, I will check at the end of the week. My ankle is doing good. I go back to the DR next week Tuesday. I think I get to start weight bearing on it then....(I HOPE)

But just so you know I am back and will start catchin up soon!

Welcome back, Still. Sounds as if you had a great time. I hope all is well with your ankle.

So... I had a not-so-good day, yesterday. I ate more than I should. I didn't have an all out binge, but I certainly did go overboard. I do have to be thankful, tho. Trying to go on a feeding frenzy in a house stocked with nothing but healthy foods makes for a fairly lo-cal blow out. Could have been a **** of a lot worse. Calories ended up at 1933. So, not too horrid. Still within lose range, for me, at this time.

Yes, I feel a little icky. And a bit mad at myself. But I am not devastated and wrung out as I would be, after a serious 5000+ calorie nightmare binge.

Baby steps.

I am back on track, today and moving forward. Today's mantra: I will not punish myself for this. I am human. I am not perfect. I make mistakes. I hope to learn and grow from them. I move on.

I hope that everyone is having a terrific day, today.

Ashley ~ Good job on finding healthy alternatives. You took a huge step in the right direction and have a starting list. Now you can concentrate on finding new foods. It does take effort but it will all pay off in the long run. Have you done any measurements so you can see where you might be losing inches? What I have always noticed is I don't lose inches where I want to all the time. LOL! Irritating to say the least.

Rain ~ Sometimes we just don't really realize how icky we feel. I used to have heart burn and acid reflux all the time. Now, I only get it when I don't eat right. I realize now that it was the food I was eating and the amount that was causing these problems. You tummy may have felt that way from the heart burn the night before. Maybe something you ate just didn't agree with you. I used to get sour stomach which always left my tummy feeling all kinds of icky for days. Thank goodness your house was stocked with low cal stuff because there are times I could have 5000 cal bing. Right now it would be hard to do because all I really have is healthy stuff to. Who wants to bing on fruit? LOL! Actually I would but it wouldn't go very far because it takes so much to digest.

Sarah ~ Definitely always check packages for calorie counts. There is a lot of food out their that we think is healthy and low cal but its not. Just like a salad with dressing it can really pack a wallop on calorie counts and even some soups. Very deceiving.

Still ~ Sounds like you had a fantastic fun packed time. Glad your back and your ankle is continuing to head in the right direction

Tammy ~ Stop in as much as possible. This isn't just about weight loss and calorie counting. This is about sharing our journey with one another. We are here for you and look forward to your visits. Your going through a very hard time and the last thing I would be thinking about is calorie counting but please do come and visit us.

OH WOW! I thought there was another page to catch up. Where is everyone? Who am I to talk. I joined another group in Provida that has me journaling through my journey. They ask some thought provoking questions that has me moving forward again in my journey.

Tinky, better watch out because I am on my way again. I sorry I haven't been posting on the other sight but I was just not getting comfortable with the set up of the sight. Lots of wonderful people there but I couldn't get used to it. I hope you decide to stick around here. I found another group that I am posting with in Provida that is waking me up from a deep sleep and leading me down the road again. I don't think I really have been in touch quit this way before. Yah, I wanted to lose the weight, knew what I needed to do but just couldn't do it. Now, I feel I can because they are helping direct my attention to some corr things and making search inside for the answers.

Well I am off and I will talk to you all later.