Only 11 days til Christmas! How's everyone doing? Got all your planning in place for coping with holiday dinners?

Have a great week all!

Dagmar

Good Morning!

I am at 131.8 lbs. this morning. I'm confident I will break 130 by the end of December 2008.

The holidays will be problematic but not hugely so. I'm still doing what I do - calculating calories for the day and writing everything I can eat down in the a.m.

Most of the time it works. It'll be easier once I start the dog sit as I can read instead of watching TV. That should (with a detour into festive eating for two events) put me under 130.

I will probably maintain at 131 - 133 lbs. I just want to have that sensation of seeing 120-something on the scale.

Have a great OP week all!

Dagmar

Good morning

morningggg....i lost 2 lbs over the past week, which makes me really happy as i'd been stalled at 139lbs for 2 and a 1/2 weeks. i've been exercising at the gym, and doing a lot of walking and making a more conscientious effort to eat better. this is all good, but makes me feel even better that i've done it during my finals in school

great job carey!

Im pretty siked, I lost 3 lbs last week. I also started running up and down the stairs on my apartment complex for exercise. Man was I tired after lol

I am proud of myself that I actually am sticking to this.

There is so much going on right now I swear my head is going to spin off haha

morning everyone! i'm just trying to get through this week (3 more finals) before worrying about Christmas. and as an extra special present to help me out, my period came this morning... *sigh*

have a great week!

Congrats to our losers ...

Hang in there Iris

I made my BBQ meatballs this afternoon... I only ate about TEN ... that<s my supper for sure...

Looks like I'll be cash poor but somewhat time rich for at least a couple of days of the holidays. I'll have to make sure I take some hours to just sit and gaze at my tree (while DH is away with his family). And hang out with the cats. And listen to carols.

I'm also determined to take a walk along a stretch of beach front that's quite deserted this year and just enjoy the water and the scenery. Take along a thermos of tea.

No dogs. No people talking.

Now I just have to get through this week and next Mon. - Wed. and I'm there!

Dagmar

I've been afraid of my scale the past few days, but I'm going to yoga tonight (for the first time in FAR too long!!). I'm also picking up a meditation cd that I'll probably put on my phone to help me relax at work. Stress = eating!

I was also thinking about picking up a big bag of individual packaged Sunchips... they're whole grain, right? (I've been going on a major whole grain/oat binge lately, trying to fill up on something healthy!) I need to start acting on all my big plans.

I still have clothes hanging on my elliptical. Enter New Year's Resolution... Ugh.

I find the Sunchips are really kinda gross. They're salty and greasy and I don't think they're as healthy as their marketing people would have you believe. I find the baked chips (corn and potato) taste a lot better and they seem to be generally lower in calories too.

Dagmar

Hello, I'm new, and I am starting my 20-pound quest tomorrow. Any words of inspiration for that dreaded first day? I am at my own personal "rock bottom" of feeling fat, unattractive and sluggish.

My worst time is 3 pm, when the kids get home from school. Somehow it all goes downhill from there. Nothing against the kids. I think it's just because I'm started to get tired, and yet have to start thinking about everyone's dinner---just handling food, ya know? Ugh, I hate it. That's when I start to snack and binge.

Sorry if I sound cranky, like I said, I'm not in a "pretty" frame of mind these days.

Joan! for starting a loss during the holiday season. Anything we can do to help just ask.

I too have the 3 p.m. slump, although my "kid" is 47 and could very well make his own dinner. I have a snack with lots of protein (usually turkey chunks out a can or a hard boiled egg) and a cup of soup and that usually holds me til dinner at 7 p.m.

Don't know how old your kids are but any chance they could help with dinner prep? That way you'd have someone to talk to and less actual hands on with the food. Plus you don't want to set a bad example for the kids by snacking before dinner .

Cheers and good luck on your journey!

Dagmar

Thanks, Mudpie. I'll try the protein snack, thanks! and getting them to help would be a good idea alll around. would get them off the video games!

You bring up a good point, which is that the eating I have done to pile on 20 pounds recently is usually done in the strictest of secrecy. That's a big part of it. Sadly, I have gotten to a point where I don't enjoy eating with others and don't want to sit down at the table. I know this is very messed up, it's just the awful rut/vicious circle I'm in right now.

So I have just gotten up, and the first thing I am doing is logging on here. Sure is a big forum, will take some time to navigate, but I like it!

Already since signing up last night, I managed not to binge before bedtime. I slept much more soundly (why is that?) and woke up one pound lighter--just water, but hey I'll take it!

Maybe if i talk about the overeating I won't do it!

Anyway, thanks to all for your support, and have a successful day!

Hi Feathers,

Joan, welcome! I am battling the same war with the whole having children requires handling food, thing.

good for you in trying to get a handle before the big stuff starts.

feathers, I am so tired of playing chase games with my demons. ugh.