I'm a day late starting this but better late etc. etc.

This is for those of us who "fluff" up over the weekend after staying more or less OP all week. If you find you're gaining back what you lost during the week please join in.

Dagmar

Fri. 132.6 lbs.

Sat. 131.8 lbs.

I weigh every day on the weekend to "encourage" myself to not backslide. I have a very busy two days this weekend but no "eating" events. Those are all starting next Friday.

What might do me in this weekend is feeling sorry for myself that I have no "free" time. Should I get a bit of that I certainly don't plan to spend it eating!

Dagmar

Hi Featherweights,

Been off the boards for a while, after reaching goal, I stopped wanting to even think about weight control. But here I am, drowning in schoolwork, and the stress has me running to Chex Mix and cookies (yup, that was dinner last night)! Doesn't help that we hosted a potluck last weekend and have leftovers up the wazoo.

I'm in the middle of writing a giant paper, and wanted to distract myself by coming here and say hi! I am actually trying to make a plan for the day that includes salad (oh my goodness, vegetables!!), as it is very easy to sink into grad student mode of carbs and coffee and self-pity, and that has not proven effective for either my weight loss or my general mental health. I am not planning to step on a scale until Monday, for fear of having gotten up past 127 (the danger number), and for today and tomorrow, I am sequestered in the library, which may or may not be helpful in keeping me away from snacks.

OK I NEED to get back to work!! I cannot wait until this is over...

Good luck this weekend!!

S

While I may not have time for the treadmill today or tomorrow (I'll try) I'll be out and about all day today which generally means no time for any mindless snacking. I'm going to try and finish (start?) my Christmas and birthday shopping.

Got the tree sequestered in the yard. The santa collection is out on display. My dad's final Christmas gifts to the relatives (which I had to buy of course) are at his house along with gift bags, tags, etc.

DH just went to the office to study. I have several peaceful hours of laundry/reading ahead of me before going out to work/dinner etc.

Dagmar

Yesterday, was a bad day for me because I totally fell off the wagon! We were out doing Xmas shopping for the kids and had fast food. I didn't get my workout in AT ALL. So, today I am going to kick it up to the next level and tomorrow too! Can't regain these first 2lbs I lost again after getting serious about my new lifestyle.

I will check in later with ya'll and let you know how it goes today! Good luck ladies keeping to it over the weekend!

*hugs*

Yesterday was a carb overload day for me, I really hate doing that it makes me sooo tired, I am really carb sensitive, me thinks ... because of the carb overload I went to bed early and was up at 7:30 and in the gym by 8:30... Worked back and biceps and then 45 mins intervals in the dreadmill, burned over 300 cals according to the monitor... I'm happy

Tonight it's DH's company Christmas party... the food isn't usually that great but the wine flows freely ...I am eating clean and drinking lots of water for the evening to come ...

Last year I had a 50 min commute and I complained many you gals are saints with 1.5 hour commute

No movement on the scale equals a cranky me but for some reason I have lost the motivation to tweak anything bust through this plateau as I usually have done in the past. I'm just going to keep eating clean and exercising as I've been doing and see what happens. Also, I'll focus on the fact that at least I'm not gaining.

I usually relax on the weekends with the food/alcohol consumption but this weekend I'm focused on reaching my goals. And I'm planning next weekend to be the same, otherwise I'm not going to reach my weight goal for December.
Staying in and watching ultimate fighter finale with some low fat popcorn and crystal light mixed with soda water tonight. My sister and I have a "pj christmas" planned where we spend the afternoon eating our fav things in our jammies while we make the family xmas dinner. So I want to be able to eat freely that day and create a calorie deficit for it.

Great start.. not!
Had a dozen cocktails - a lemon square for dinner - and then some nasty chinese food @ 3AM.
But it was fun!
Need to muster up some energy for a run...and STAY OP for the rest of the w/e.

Woweee!! I can remember those days but can't ever repeat them. I'd be sick for a whole week. And you're going out for a run -

Dagmar

132 lbs. this morning.

OP all last night, despite watching DH drink wine and eat stilton and crackers. Budgeted for 6 crackers and had them with water. Give me the hairshirt!

Today should be fine. I picked the movie for this evening (last night's was in mongolian with subtitles - snore!!) and I might just get DH to "exercise" with me instead.

Off to do weights for an hour. Have a great day all!

Dagmar

ate off plan, on purpose.
just need to get thru tonoght w/o bingeing. ds x 4 and dh giving me test-- i think ;(

I did well last night at DHs company party, only too much wine but food was good...

Today though, I don't know why but I just can't stop eating, and none of it is clean... I did have a good weight workout this morning so maybe that's why I'm so hungry....

sznn... i had a party mishap as well - it's always so tempting! I had planned to have two drinks, let myself enjoy the evening but not get carried away, but that was before I got there and one person made a big vat of sangria and another was fixing hot butter rum and well - somewhere in there I just lost count of the drinks! I can safely say I haven't had that much to drink in about a year (probably last new year's eve)! Needless to say I was not feeling up to working out this morning, but by late afternoon I did take a stroll around the neighborhood.

Back OP tomorrow!