Hi all. I posted a reply to all my great supporters in last week's thread. And, again, thanks for being there when I needed you.
Hoping this week will be much better than last. Even if it isn't, I'm going to just accept whatever comes my way and not have any more pity parties (at least not for a while).
Today was Board day (which I should spell Bored Day) and I attended a 4 hour board meeting this morning and have to go back after lunch. I hate bored day. They cater a luncheon for the board members and it's always difficult to avoid the "goodies." But so far I've managed.
Courageous - glad you had a successful weekend. Feels good to resist the temptations, doesn't it.
Robin - know what you mean about those Board minutes. I used to do the same thing. In fact, I ate my way through law school which is where I found my first "extra" 15 pounds. Then, I ate my way through private practice as a trial lawyer. Whenever I was preparing for a trial or an important brief, I always kept a plate of food on hand to nibble at. I did more eating than preparing I think. I'm done with that.
Sashenka - only 1 piece of pizza and cake at a kid's party. Great job! And good for you for getting right back on track.
KarynLee - congrats on the 3 days of success. I know you can do it for the upcoming weekend as well.
4rabbit - thanks for the post last week. Very helpful. Wow, 2 straight hours of exercise? Is this a regular thing? I've been known to do that much - but only when trying to bust a plateau or work off "extra goodies."
Gina - yes, the 4 day weeks can get to be a habit. I work on a flex schedule and every other week for me is a 4 day week (or a 3 day week if my flex day off falls on a holiday weekend). It's wonderful.
Mel and Meg - I so envy that you actually get to work in a gym. DH and I have joined a gym for the first time ever (at 48 years old) but we are waiting for them to finish building it. I'm very anxious. I want to start strength training. And Meg, good job on pizza/cake avoidance.
Anne - glad that you recognize that you'll have to be careful while you are PG. The weight is very easy to put on and takes forever to take off. With my first pregnancy, I gained 56 lbs. Took me 4 years to get back to my pre-pregnant size. Then about two months later, I got pregnant again. So with the second pregnancy I was very careful and gained only 20 lbs. Much better. It's all worth it though when the little one gets here.
I've been on maintenance now for two months and my weight has finally stabilized. I weigh every morning and every night and fluctuate between 110.8 in the a.m. and 111.6 at night - which has been consistent for 2 weeks now. I do not want to lose any more weight and so I'm glad that I've been able to "hit bottom" as far as the weight loss goes. Now, the real battle starts - keeping the weight from coming back. Well, I've put on my good attitude hat today and no more whining for me.
Funniegirrl - who posts here and on the Jenny Craig website - turned me onto Fitday.com. I notice that some of you have mentioned that site as well. It is so nice to have such a wealth of knowledge and experience available to help learn maintenance -- and for free too!!!
After playing with Fitday for a couple of weeks, I think I've finally gotten the hang of it and am now planning my daily menus with it. Really keeps me in line. I hope that I will get to the point where I can just eat right instinctively. But, at least for now, I'm keeping to a strict regimen. I find that now that I'm on maintenance I tend to crave certain things a lot more than I did while I was actively losing weight. Things like candy bars and pizza, etc. Right now I am craving a Butterfinger so bad I can taste it. (Probably because I noticed that they have them in the vending machines today.) I think what I may do if the craving doesn't go away by the end of the day is just go ahead and buy the thing, take it home and substitute it for the evening snack I would usually have. I'm hoping that by giving myself permission to have it if I'm still craving it, the craving will just go away. We'll see if that works.
So, everyone, let's go take on the day, the week and the month!