Hello friends,

I don't even know where to begin. I've been completely off plan for a couple of days, AGAIN.
Problem number 1 are my horrible shifts at work this month. I work from 11am - 4/5pm-ish and don't get a break. This means, I wake up at around 9:30am, get ready, eat my breakfast, go to work and by the time I get home at around 4/5:30pm I am really hungry. So I eat my healthy meal and get really tired. And then I get HUGE sugar cravings! I tell myself not to give in but once I do it's over. I've been eating a lot of bread with Nutella or coconut macaroons and last night I even made myself hot cocoa which I usually NEVER drink.
Problem number 2: it's PMS-week. I didn't know until I checked my pack of BCP and I was shocked when I saw that there were only a few left. That definitely adds to it all!

Every night and every morning I tell myself that I need to stop eating all that crap. But once the afternoon/evening rolls around I get these cravings again. I can try to stuff my face with veggies but it's just not gonna stop me from wanting sugary foods. It's horrible.

I've been seeing 140-142 lbs for months now. I finally want to get down to the 130s and then to my goal-weight of 120-123 lbs. My birthday is in almost exactly 3 months and hitting goal by then should definitely be doable. It's not even about motivation - I AM motivated. But I'm also tired and miserable when I don't eat that sugary stuff.

Anyways, I'll be back with personals soon. Just needed to get all of this out, gaahhh!!!

Good evening ladies,

Just a quick check in to report that I had another good OP day. It's getting a little easier now to stay OP but I've got to be more patient about the weight coming off. I need to take it 1 pound at a time and don't focus on how much I have to lose.

I hope you all have a great evening.

Hello Everyone!!

Wahoo!! No more school!! I'm FREEEEEEEEEEEEE!

High OP for the day. I was going good until about a half an hour ago when I got shaky during my exercise so I had to eat a granola bar. I did 40 minutes of wfp.

I'm exhausted....seriously, I'm falling asleep as I'm typing.

No school tomorrow, yahoo!!!!

SuperCecelia that's probably a good point about the sodium. I weighed anyway as I'm designated today as my official weigh in today, and I've basically put back on the weight I lost last week. I don't really feel that bummed as I know I had a few slip ups this week, but I'm planning on using that to motivate myself next week and hopefully will do better. If I have a good weekend, I might weigh in a couple of days again.
Kaitie yay!!

I have to work tomorrow

Hope everyone else enjoys their day!

Kaitie - hooray for you! A much deserved break! I hope you can get some good R&R, and catch up on sleep!

Lilmiss - glad to hear you are motivated moving forward.

GettinFit - so true that it is best to focus on one pound at a time and not the big picture. This isn't easy for me, either with weight loss or other goals in my life, but I try to come back to just taking the next step instead of what will happen in six months or a year, just the next good choice.

Hoopty - It seems really rough that you work straight through that many hours and don't get a break. I wonder if there is some way you could build in a snack, even if it just a handful of nuts or something? Even if you have to have it be part of a bathroom break? If I had to work straight through and not have a snack break, I would totally be in the same boat of looking for sugar and carbs once later in the day! And yes, PMS definitely does not help! I hear your frustration and hope you can find a way to tweak your daily routine to make it work. It's not a matter of motivation, it's the matter of biology and chemistry and blood sugar - at least that's been my personal experience.

I am at my standing desk today, and took a short walk over the lunch hour, and will hopefully go for a run this evening (it's not as humid today). Was OP eating yesterday and am so far today too. I'm hoping when I finally do get on the scale I see a loss - it's been nearly a week since I weighed, but trying not to worry about it and just wait and see. Also, I've been a little more relaxed the last few days and have been working to not stress myself out - I know that stress releases chemicals which cause the body to store fat, which I definitely do not need. It is shaping up to be a pretty chill weekend, which is good news. Hope everyone has a good one!

Hello Everyone! Happy Friday!

OP for the day and did 126 minutes of wfp--21 miles!

Cleaned the house, played with the dog.....and now what do I do? hahahahaha.

Scale was 169.6 this morning! Hallelujah I'm finally in the 160's!!!!

Kaitie - congratulations on hitting the 160s! You are in your "goal" decade - less than ten pounds to go! The home stretch!

I just got back from going with a friend to synagogue for shabbat services - a two hour service followed by a luncheon (cause, of course, you're hungry after being at a two hour worship service!). I didn't eat too much, but had more carbs than are on plan: half a bagel with herbed cream cheese, a bit of challah bread, a brownie, another small sweet. At least I steered clear of the soda and the pasta salad and the fruit salad. Balanced out the carbs with a big scoop of egg salad. Not totally on plan, but it could have been worse. I'm making salmon and veggie tonight for dinner so no more carbs for me today. I'm wearing a pair of pants I haven't wore in several months and they feel and look good - I remember when they were sooo snug.

Thanks SuperCecilia! Ya know, I knew I was close but until you pointed it out I didn't realize---I am in the home stretch! I could possibly even get back to the 150's before my master life plan takes into effect! I'm very excited now.

OP for the day and 60 minutes of wfp (15 miles, I have 10 more to go to reach my goal of 150 for the month of June--yes I am cutting it very close) :-)

Great job on the lose fitting pants SC--nothing like shrinking out of clothes that used to be too tight!

I hope everyone is doing well and that you have a great and restful Sunday!

I can't believe July is almost here! Didn't I just start this weight-loss journey? and now I'm almost done? Sweet!

That's awesome Kaitie!
SuperCecelia - clothes fitting is the best feeling!

I can't wait to reach my first goal - I'm going to really work hard next month, it's been a so-so start but I'm determined to stick with it and kick some weight loss butt!

An okay weekend but worked too much. Feeling like I'm getting the flu which has been happening on and off for the past couple of weeks- I wish it would either come or just go away! Feeling pretty yucky today though.

I have been doing better. In a better state of mind lately. Worked Thursday & Friday night and slept my Saturday away! I did skip supper (fell asleep and skipped it) I stayed OP while working but I think I had a little too much coffee! (cream) Hope to get a few hours of gym time in today. Weigh in tomorrow and I will deal with whatever happens.
Katie- you are in the goal decade!! Woo Hoo!!!!

Everyone I send you happy motivational thoughts and wish you a great week!!!

= 5 pounds

Happy Sunday friends! I am very glad to share my good news that after several days of not stepping on the scale, with the goal of just focusing on staying on plan and not letting the daily ups and downs throw me off....I am down 2.4 pounds. That means I have lost 26 pounds since the beginning of February! And 4.8 pounds in the month of June. I am only 4 pounds from hitting 188 which will be 30 pounds gone AND BMI under 30. And 187 is the halfway mark to goal! I'm happy to have moved through the 190s so much in June and have my sights set on hitting these other milestones in July. I had a giftcard for Kmart so celebrated by going out and buying three new tanktops - size medium.
So I did stay OP the rest of the day and had salmon and veggies for dinner, followed by a four mile run (sub 11 minute mile pace, thank you very much). I also spent the day cooking health food for the week - a bunch of mashed cauliflower, green onion and goat cheese dip, lentil salad. I am going to stick with not weighing every day, only 1-2 times a week and focus instead on eating and exercise as that seems to be working.

June - glad to hear you are doing better and in a better state of mind. Feeling more relaxed and less stressed definitely helps make life better overall as well as makes it easier to lose weight (stress hormones which increase blood sugar and all that jazz, so they say).

Lilmiss - I hope you can get some rest this weekend and feel better soon and that that flu doesn't come!

Kaitie - Glad to hear that things are moving along with your master life plan (I think many of us women have those!) Being at a lower weight somehow does seem to make achieving other goals more possible.

Hello girls,

We have no internet at home and I realized that my night just doesn't feel completed if I can't check 3FC.
Anyways, I'm doing a little bit better but it's still bad. I had two 12pm-8pm shifts today and yesterday so I got a break halfway through and I was able to eat. However, I did have ice cream, peanut M&M's and cake these past few days. At least I was able to get off of Nutella. I managed to get a good workout in and I still ride my bike almost every day AND I'm on my feet all day long but that's just not cutting it. So DH and I decided to have a healthy start of the month of July which means we definitely wanna start to run again.
Starting tomorrow I'll be off for 4 days! I ordered a digital scale on Amazon and I am very determined to weigh-in daily. I'm doing this 20-day challenge here on 3FC and one of my goals is absolutely no junk food! TOM should be here anytime after Tuesday so I'm hoping for this stupid PMS to go away soon.

I saw an "aunt" of mine at work today. She's my Mom's friend and we've known her since I was a baby. Anyways, she didn't know that I was back in Germany and she was very happy to see me. She told me that I had lost "so much weight" since the last time she's seen me!

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SuperCecilia - Wow, 2.4 lbs! Congrats!!! Glad to hear your pants are fitting nicely. The whole no-break thing really sucks. I got those shifts only because the schedules had already been up since I. started working halfway through the month. So my boss kind of squeezed me in there. My shifts for July are much better, thank God!

junebug37 - Good luck on your weigh-in tomorrow! I hope you''ll be back with good news.

Kaitie9399 - Holy moly, you DO only have a couple more pounds to go! You'll be there in no time!

lilmisschattabox - Grr, I hate when it's kind of there but kinda not and by that I mean the flu! I hope you feel better soon!

GettinFit - Hope you're doing good!



On to a healthy month of July!

9.6 pounds to go until I reach 160...and then if 'life plans' don't work I'll keep losing until they do work. Although seriously, they better work this time around or I just might go crazy.

Anyway! High OP for today and I'm not expecting scale movement tomorrow, I had steak today--steak alters my scale for a good two-three days. Did 46 minutes of wfp and met my goal of 150 miles of running/biking/walking for the month of June. Wahoo!! Time to welcome July!

Stay strong everyone, we CAN do this!

Happy Monday--if that's even possible. :-)

Weighed this morning 82.2kg (181lb) which is back to where I was before my slip ups so yay! Looking forward to a productive weight loss week!

junebug good luck with your weigh in!
supercecelia smaller clothes! awesome!
hoopty good luck with no junk food... once you get through the first few days it will get easier!
kaitie good job! hope you have/had a happy Monday!

Happy July!

My new digital scale arrived this morning! Weigh-in: 142.0 lbs. I did 30 min of HIIT running and my legs hurt a little now. Tomorrow I plan on doing a full body lift plus 30 min of some type of cardio. I also have a dentist appointment, finally! I can't wait to go.

I've been really hungry for the past few hours now. I had enough healthy food for breakfast and lunch, lots of protein, some whole grains and veggies and fruit. And I drank enough. So I'm thinking it's PMS.