Hi there. And welcome. Some do come and report their calories in this thread. I like to because it adds another layer of accountability. And the support from the lovely people here is really helping get me through this. I don't know how well I would be doing without it.

Just post how and where you feel comfortable doing so. There are no rules, no right and wrong.

Welcome Shrinking and look forward to getting to know you.

Tinky ~ I am glad your going to stick around here also. Yep, we do crazy things like that but it happens. It should come off very fast as long as you drink all your water. I am back down to 178 from 181 Monday and I am hoping for 175 by next Monday. I can't do the rapid result meals because I get light headed, shacky and sick to my tummy. The group I am posting with now is called Journaling Through The Journey. What they do is post a thought provoking question and then we all think about the question and answer it. Sometimes the answers that others give really awakens something inside of me. I was trying to lose the weight for all the wrong reasons and I was digging in the wrong direction to help me move forward.

Well I better get going for now and I will talk to you all later.

HUGS!

I had a great day yesterday ... until a friend called me to go to Moxies at 9:00pm! I had two margaritas and a bunch of appetizers. EEK! I'll be extra good today!

Rain - BTDT (yesterday haha) and you're right, we are human and we will move on!

Shrink - Welcome! I'm a newbie too

Well - off to work for another day. Have a great one everybody!

well....Here I come tail between my legs back again lol. I am having a really hard time doing it this time around. On sunday my husband sat down and made a goal chart with me. He is trying so hard to motivate me. so we are going to niagara falls on august 18th. He made a list of things I will get at each step. for example if I hit 170 I get a new outfit for the trip, 167 I get the outfit plus socks, 165 above plus bathing suit. It goes all the way to 155 where he rights impossible but if you reach here you get everything plus 300 dollars. So That helped to motivate me a bit and I have already lost to 178 from 181. Also I am on TOM so I think I have some water weight that should drop off after. my main goal is to get the bathing suit so I have to reach 165 before august 18th (I only have a 2x bathing suit from when I was prego)

Tinky: 156 OMIGOD I am soooo jealous hunny you are doing amazing!!!!!

Irish , you CAN do it!!! Look what you have done already!! You are so lucky that you have a husband that supports and encourages you. Many wives are not so fortunate.

Tinky, Way to go! You will recover from your little bit of dietary debauchery. My son also has a sore throat. That always means a cold for him.

Mygems, One evening of snacking won't hurt you. As long as you jump back on plan, all will be well. Don't forget to drink lots of water to flush the salt and so forth.

Irishfairy, it is so great that you came back and are trying, again. if we never give up, one day, we will hit on the solution for us and make it work. Good luck reaching your goals. You should make all of them and make hubbie pay out.

So, yesterday, good. Stayed nicely on track. Didn't have any evil urges and didn't have to fight the binge monster. One thing about a feeding frenzy or even a binge, once I have one, I don't usually need another for a while.

Calories for yesterday: 1168. And I remembered to drink all my water. I have got to get out and go vitamin shopping, tho. I am out of most of what I like to take.

Have a great day, everyone.

Thanks guys!! I am feeling really good about my diet today. Well I was mia I have been working on my photography http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctord...7605744502185/ feel free to take a look. Also I got a job as a backup freelance photographer for my local paper. I have done 3 assignments and I love it!!!

Irish, your photos are beautiful!

Irish it's great your husband is so supportive! Mine buys me potato chips. UGH!!

I drank a TON of water today (2 litres) so I hope I flushed last night right of my system! I've done great all day too.

Just wanted to stop in and say hello. Been so busy around here with company. Takes a lot to keep a house clean with 9 people in it and takes a whole lot of cooking to feed everyone lol. Have our week at the camp grounds coming up and a few little things we want to do with everyone while they are here. Hope everyone is doing well.

Irish ~ Promise you won't disappear on us again. You know you can do it and that is wonderful what your DH did for you. I wish mine would do it but he has his own reservations about me losing the weight. LOL! He thinks its going to change who I am and our relationship but it won't. I am doing this for other reasons and one of them is to like the body I know is under all the fat.

Shy ~ WOW, that is a lot of people to tend to. I spend so much time just cleaning up after three or four that I can't imagine 9. I would never be able to rest.

Tinky ~ That we are neck and neck and we are coming to get you! We can swing each other forward until we reach you. The dress sounds beautiful and it is true love. Why not celebrate all the momentous things in life.

Rain ~ Good for you staying strong. You should really pat yourself on the back for that one.

My girlfriend lost her battle with cancer yesterday. My BIL called me because he found out and didn't know if I knew and I said I hadn't been home yet and there would probably be a message on the machine. She is in a better place now free of pain.

Well I have to get going for now but I will post a deep thought that I had that might help someone else. This is what I have been doing since last week to get back on track. Now, I am on a program other than calorie counting but I still hope that it might motivate someone. I don't really have time to modify it to fit calorie counting. I have flopped between calorie counting and this program for the last couple of years. Calorie counting just allows me to much freedom.

All my life I feel I have been miserable in one way or another and for the last 28 years my biggest misery has been my weight. This misery has been with me through everything, every single day for 28 years, which is approximately 10,220 days that I have looked in the mirror and seen a body that I despise because of excess fat. Then I realized 1871 days I have had the tool in my hands to fix the problem but haven’t used it. Why, I can’t really explain. Maybe its because I like despising myself because that is my comfort zone, lets face it 28 years is a long time. Maybe I enjoy being miserable and unhappy or maybe I like to be self-conscious and not be able to dress the way I want like put on a bathing suit to go to the beach or even put on a sleeveless top and cloths that actually fit (buy at least 1 to 2 sizes bigger to cover bulges). I don’t know the true answer but what I do know now is I need to finish this journey and find peace. I am tired of carrying around all this excess weight, I want energy to do the activities I want to do, I want to erase diabetes from being a possibility or even a heart attack, I want to dress the way I want not the way I have to so I can cover all my fat. I want to be able to use my body to do what I want and not have to push myself constantly or pass up opportunities because I am either to tired, self-conscious or not strong enough to do. Lets face it, carrying around 48 extra pounds with each step would be tiring even to an athlete and in the big picture I was carrying around an extra 105. Try to imagine putting on a 105 lb body suit and wearing it every day, day in and day out because that is exactly what I have been doing. Just the thought exhausts me and then I wonder why I am tired. I have been searching for motivation, hoping that it would find me and stay with me but in reality it was right in front of me, I was looking at it each and every day and I just didn’t know it. I had lost sight of why I started the program and was letting food take away what I originally started this journey for. I took a wrong turn for many years but now I have found the way back. I really don’t have that far left to go, I am over half way there.