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It's November! Let's make it a great month - just two months from the new year - what can we accomplish? I know I will continue to focus on taking care of ME!

Stay strong!

We still have time to show a solid loss! I know this month is filled with so many meals that we have to get our heads on straight and make a plan. For me I will eat a small plate and stop. I will avoid the dessert table!! I am trying to eat like I did when I lost weight before. Today is day 3 for me...round number..oh well this the round that counts!!

Trying to have a good Day 1 today!

I like Carol's "Focus On Me". I need to try harder to remember why I need to lose. My health being #1. I know my focus has been blurry but I'm getting out the virtual Windex and will try to see and understand more clearly why I need to stay on track.

Had a shocker at weigh in this morning. Last Thurs. I had lost 3.8 lbs. This morning I showed a 3.2 gain. The worst thing is that I didn't think I had been that bad. I would have accepted a pound, maybe even two, but this is scary. Guess it's time to start measuring and weighing as eyeballing even healthy foods isn't working. I probably missed logging a few things as well so no more sloughing off there either.

Time to put on my smiley face and dig deep to find determination.

Day 3 went great! I am excited but the weekend is here and I have to keep going and treat it just like any other day.
We are getting the grandkids tonight and will have them through lunch tomorrow. I need to make a plan this morning and stick to it.
scales are inching down but Im far from happy with what they are saying.

Heather - was it a good day 1?

What is it that stops us from taking care of US - we take care of everyone else. A good friend (skinny friend) learned that her kidneys are close to needing dialysis due to not taking care of herself - she is scared (and so am I). So here I am telling her WE will do that - I can sure help others, need to work on it for myself.

I've realized one of the big changes for me is my routine - always on Friday morning I was at the pool by 630 a.m. for at least two hours. Didn't stay two hours but I was there - first time in awhile on a Friday. I will be back there tomorrow.

Great day today for me! No cravings. Good choices. Came in under points even though I went out to dinner with a friend.

Good Morning - yesterday was good and today will be GREAT!

I ate pizza last night for dinner. I had a small salad first and then ate 2 slices of thin crust pizza. I planned ahead and pulled it out!! Today will be day 5! woohoo

I am off the rails!!!!! CRAP!!!!!

Breathe. Get it in control, Heather.

Come on now heather....you know you can do this.
Accept the hiccup and carry on....don't let it wreck your efforts so far.
Good luck.

Call in the heavy equipment and get you wheels realigned on the narrow gauge tracks.

More deep breathes Heather. Take a few minutes to put you ideas back into action. YOU KNOW you can do this.

Any idea what's derailing you Heather?

I've been trying hard to figure out what's going on here. Work stress is getting to me, I know, and I've let myself take on too much again.

But, thanks for the reminder, Carol, that there are two months left in the year. I do want to make a solid loss by the end of the year. Cardio every day, 1900 calories, and a vegetable every day. I can do that.

Already did my Cardio Salsa today.

Deep breaths. Here we go.

Hello everyone.

I am on Day 3. Can't believe how well I feel. Not many cravings so far. Woke up about midnight and was really hungry. Fought through it and fell back to sleep. All my meals today have been on plan. Almost time for my afternoon snack. Key for me has been eating 6 meals (breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, evening snack) on schedule.

Mixed it up a bit last night. Grilled 6 oz of shrimp. Low in calories and really high in protein (20+ g). Going with a pork chop tonight.

So far so good.