Good morning all and welcome to a new week. How is everyone's spring going? Are we ready for those bare fashions?

Have a terrific week!

Dagmar

. . . and I'm quite determined to take no more steps back. I'm back to 135 after two weeks of being on a roller coaster of binge/restrict, binge/restrict. I can't believe this was the way I used to eat all the time .

I stayed OP all weekend even with dinner out one night and going to a movie the next (Iron Man is quite fun ).

The strength training has gone by the wayside temporarily due to an injury and will have to resume sometime late in June due to dog sits coming up.

I'm starting to look forward to summer again .

Dagmar

hey! hope your in;jury gets better soon (HUG)

Im back to 206.8-207... my body has settled down again... im hoping to get to 205 this week

Good morning all!

Dagmar- It sounds like you are very much back on track, which is awesome!

Paula - which day do you usually weigh in? I do so on Fridays.

I am praying that I am now back on track after my awful day yesterday.

I am class mother for my son and have to do a bunch of teacher appreciation stuff all week. So that is my main plan this morning - after which I will power walk.

Morning my dears!

I, too, ate too much yesterday (and the day before).

It's kinda rainy here today. Not enough to stop me from walking to the gym tho', I don't think.

I'm going to weigh myself there and think on a plan for this week.

I like the idea of Friday weigh in's so I will start that this week. Today I have an interview at my gym to be a general fitness instructor (nothing with certification). Should be fun. After that I hope to get a nice run in. hOpefully the weather will hold for me.

So yesterday was my official beginning of my healthy lifestyle

I went to the gym and did about 3 miles on the treadmill (walking/running) and some weights. Woke up this morning and was REALLY sore!! By the end of this week though, hopefully my body will get used to the daily exercise...

I am also trying to eat less food, but more often (just when I am hungry, pretty much). It's going well so far but I still have to stay away from the cookies and crackers in the pantry

My starting weight was 120 yesterday morning, and I think I will be weighing myself every Sunday after my post-workout shower. I talked to my dad about what I should reasonably expect to lose (he's a personal trainer) and he thinks that 1lb/week isn't too extreme. I will be going by how my clothes fit more than pounds lost, though, since I am focusing on building muscle as well with weight training.

Hope everyone has a great start to their week!

Today is going far, far better than yesterday

I am wondering if part of my problem is too little protein. So in addition to the peanut butter snacks on healthy bread; I also got some low fat cottage and ate some as a snack. Eating a lot more protein like this seems to help me a lot.

Kitegirl - your plan sounds extremely reasonable to me.

Batmomm - oh let us know how your interview goes!

Susan - hope you had a good work out and weigh in.

LoveLiam i weigh every day... i know its silly but i can know how i go with foods each day really... i dont stress over it!

hi all! welcome, leigh!

paula - i used to weigh every day and i really think that i should start again. i think it helped keep me in check even if gaining a half a pound made me bummed.

leigh - are you a vegetarian? i noticed the choices of PB and cottage cheese for protein and was curious. i am but i think i'm going to try to eat a little meat now and again - i'm thinking maybe once or twice a week. I used to be very conscious about my nutrition but lately i've been a bad veg and i think i need to do something!

kitegirl - great job on the workout! keep it up.

batmomm - good luck w/ the job at the gym. that would be a great atmosphere to work in for keeping up your own training!

dagmar - i am totally looking forward to summer but not at all ready to bear my legs and arms. time to get a move on for me!!

tonight i am going out to dinner with my parents and bf for my birthday (which was a couple of weeks ago, this was just the first time we could do it) and i know it will involve drinks and onion rings, not sure what else to eat! as damage control i just had a salad and a pretzel at lunchtime and am hoping to make it to the gym - just need a little motivation because my allergies make me want to crawl back in bed!

I was doing great this weekend, and then the scale was up again today. I don't get it...

I have to take a skirt into the tailor's to have the waist let out. Yikes--let out? Well, I have to admit this skirt is 10 or 12 years old (formal, long black lined skirt) and I wore it when I was 130 and now I'm 148. I should have paid more attention to my diet. I've been "maintaining" at 146-148 for over a year now when my goal is 133-135. I must get cracking. Oh, yeah, I am doing that. Today is day one of phase 1 of the South Beach diet--just something to get me GOING in the right direction again.

Allison You have a plan. That means you're already back on track.

Dagmar

hope you had a great night IRis!! I love onion rings...

thank Leigh! It went great. Apparently they need to hire at least 20 more people in the next month so I think the fact that I wasn't drooling sealed the deal. I do have to have a second interview but it seems like a done deal. HE also said that they really encourage "fitness instructors" to go ahead and get certified to become personal trainers. Sounds pretty exciting to me. Definately need to stay on the straight and narrow eating wise though b/c no one wants a chunky trainer

Fitness instructor does sound exciting!

I've been weighing at the gym to keep consistent. Mondays are the day for that thread that Meg started, but I can weigh at the gym whenever I want. Usually a few times a week.

I've got my lunch packed, my gym bag packed, supper thawing and (aside from teeth) I'm ready for work. And DH wonders why I get up at 5:15!

My Dh thinks I'm crazy for wanting to get up at 5 to get the strength workouts in. I had a slightly dislocated arm until Sunday night so couldn't train for a couple of days. Back at it this morning even though I've got a cold coming on.

Once you get the body fit and exercising it doesn't want to stop. We are made to move!

Dagmar