It’s midnight so I’m going to start the new weekly chat. How did everyone’s weekend end up? Mine wasn’t too bad, I mainly stayed on plan although I was at my sisters so I didn’t get to exercise. When I got home on Sunday I spent the entire afternoon cleaning my apartment. I scrubbed my bathroom, cleaned and reorganized my bedroom, cleaned the kitchen and the living room. So the only things left out of place are my roommates stuff (I figured she would get mad if I cleaned up her stuff).
I’m going out of town again this week. I fell like it is all I’ve been doing all summer. Norfolk this time. Anyone ever been there? What is there to do? I have one free day (and hopefully two free nights) while I’m there.
my weekend wasnt too bad, i exercised according to plan, but i ate a little too much stuff that i really shouldnt have been eating in the first place >.< but it was pretty relaxing. Yours sounds very hectic!
My weekend was pretty darn bad. I won't be surprised if I see a gain... I was at 187 on Wednesday I think but starting Thursday or Friday... I went down the hill. I had a graduation/b-day party on Saturday, and then my DD's friend's bday party today. When I weighed today (in the middle of the day, so I know I had some food in me...), I was at 188.6. Ah..gain. My official weigh-in isn't till tomorrow morning so we will see.
My weekends are so tiring...I am used to waking up at noon and going to sleep at 530 in the morning from Mon-Thursday. Then weekend comes and I have to wake up at anywhere from 8-10 in the morning...Sunday is the worst. I wake up at like 8ish in the morning and then stay up till 530 in the morning. Well, I went to bed at 230ish because I went to the graduation/bday party... My daughter decided to wake up at 3 in the morning and didn't want to go back to her room. I was going to let her fall back asleep but decided to go peek in. She was actually standing up calling me...so I picked her up and she wanted to go to my bed so bad, which is not usual. I walked out with her to the living room to rock her but she just didn't want to have it. When I tried to walk into her room, she was freaking out so bad, jerking her body and everything. I think she had a bad nightmare or something. Since I HAVE to get some sleep (I drive about 40-45 minutes one way to work...so no sleep is very bad), my bf took her to her bedroom...She fought for about 1.5 hours to fall back asleep. She then woke up at 730 in the morning... happy and all. Sigh... So after her friend's party, I dropped her off at the grandparents' house and got about 2 hours of sleep. And I still managed to get some exercise in. I did C25K and some crunches...
I ordered WATP 4 Fast Mile one...so that I can do some nice cardio workout at home if I needed, like something with my DD or weather. Reviews were pretty nice. Hopefully it was a good investment.
Tara -- that is AMAZING that with all of that you still managed to exercise. Seriously amazing. I would NEVER have gotten up the motivation. And your schedule sounds insane. I wish I had something better to say other than it sounds hard!
Remember -- I'm doing the same thing in my apt right now. All of my stuff is going where is needs to. Bf's stuff? EVERYWHERE! I can't get him to just PUT THINGS AWAY!! I try to give him small tasks that he can make a habit (taking out trash, doing dishes, stuff like that) so that I do the bigger cleaning (bathroom, stove, etc.), but it's still just not working out. Grrrrrr. I sort of want to just institute a schedule (VIRGO THAT I AM!) but I don't know if he'd go for it.....
l was def OFF plan this weekend. BUT heck, I've been off the whole month of June now into July. Sad sad. I went to a cookout on Saturday ..stuffed my face..and drank 7 beers. YAY! not.
I've gained about 4lbs..but today I am back. I am counting calories and getting back to the gym 5 days a week. I am not going to let myself slip back into my old ways.
Although I was bad since Thursday or so, I lost 1.2 pounds. I weighed what I weighed on Wednesday.. Although more loss would have been nice, I'm not complaining because loss is loss, especially when I was bad.
illbehotoneday, it's good to see that you are "renewing" your "vow"...Good luck. I know you can do it. Just look at how much you lost already! wow!!!
Hi all,
I had a good weigh in this morning, I just need to get through these last nine lbs.
It is so strange wearing size six jeans. Every time I put them on I think to myself "this just can't be right, these must be a really BIG six if I can wear them." I don't know why, but I somehow thought when I get down to a six, I'd look and feel great. Other people notice my weight loss much more than I do myself. I wish I could see it.
I had a pretty good weekend. I actually ate more this weekend than normal, but it was good stuff.
My roommate is Korean and she's been making really spicy healthy dishes. I ate 1/2 cup of white rice 3 times yesterday. Normally I have like one carb thing a day. I was like, I'm sure the scale is going to show this! I never weigh myself at night, but I wanted to see. I stepped on the scale and I was 300 last night! I was like crap!!!! Then I weighed this morning and was 290. Very strange, I didn't drink near as much water yesterday or the day before. I also had two alcohol drinks last night. Any reason why this could have happened? Seems strange.
Well I am back from camping! I had a great time and really tried to be good.
I only had one beer while I was there and 2 s'mores. I tried to stick to what I normally eat at home but that didn't workout so well because we cooked over the fire and only brought 2 pans so I had to watch my portions of what the boys ate and drank a lot of water. I tired....I really did.
I am sure I did OKAY I was very very active...fire wood, fly fishing, hiking...climbing over rocks, walking to the bathroom, walking stuff to the car...getting water...etc. and I know if I had stuck to my usual 1.400 calories I would not have had enough calories.
I did probably eat more trail mix that I should have because I got so darn hungry but on every other camping trip I ate more than my dad and this time I didn't..not even close. I even had to get pulled away from my fly rod to eat lunch and usually I would have been the one to ask when we eat next.
All and all I could have done worse and I could have done better. At least I made one of my goals and that was not to focus on food but to focus on the other aspects of my trip.
I also noticed how wonderful it is to be in "shape"...since I have been working out I noticed I can keep up with my man and my dad which felt so good and I didn't spend the time wishing I wasn't out of breath or had the energy go on. I also asked if I could be the one to go get water or things out of the car so I get a few more steps in.
This also was a great learning experience of not always being in control of what foods are before you but how to work with the food there is.
The trip was a total success. I caught about 12 fish on sunday and really got some good casting practice with my rod. Chris had a wonderful time for his first camping trip and learned to fly fish and we cannot wait to get back up there.
I am gonna keep on going on the track that I was on before my birthday but I am proud of most of the choices I made and how active I was able to be.
It looks like everyone is doing really well and I will post more later when we unpack.
OMG My back went out. I don’t know if it was all the cleaning or sleeping on a mattress on the floor this weekend but it is defently out. That means it hurts to walk so no gym, no working out. Doesn’t that suck. At least I am going out of town tomorrow so I wouldn’t have worked out there anyways. But I’m so mad because I want to be at the gym right now. Not resting in my apartment.
Tara – At least you got some exercise in. Sorry life is so hectic.
Illbehot – I know what you mean alcohol is such a killer, that is what really gets me when I am on vacation worse then food. Good job at renewing your vows to lose weight.
Silverstar – I think I would kill to be a size 6.
Herewego – Hmmm I don’t know why the scale would jump up like that but then I don’t pretend to know anything about why the scale does what it does.
Taylor – I’m glad you had fun camping. It sounds like a blast. Good job!
Tara That sounds like a killer weekend. Frankly, I don't know how you moms do it, and getting exercise in there too is such an accomplishment!
I'll be You've got the absolute right attitude about this.
Here we go Yes, scales are very very strange sometimes. I've learned my lesson about not weighing myself other than first thing the morning. The fluctuations are just way too bizarro.
Taylor Welcome back! Isn't it a great feeling to have a couple of treats and know that you can keep it to a couple of treats? I think it's sometime more of a satisfying accomplishment than cutting them out altogether.
Remember I feel for you. I've come to depend on my gym time. Whenever something prevents me from going, I always feel bad about it. I hope your back heals up quickly! I thought the size 6 would be totally thrilling, I don't know why I can't get it into my noggin that I actually am a size six and look the way a size six person looks. I see myself in the mirror and think "you still look pretty much the same, around a size 10."
My weekend was good. I stayed on plan and my weight has went back down from an increase last week. I finally think that food is releasing it's grip on me. I have noticed that I have found eating to be more of a "chore" now. Which I think is good. Now I am like "ok, I need to eat now". It's kind of weird. I am in tune with my body more, and I don't find myself thinking about food all the time. I have more will power to say no to treats. I think that this whole weight loss journey is finally getting easier. Because, my god, it was soooo hard in the beginning!! I thought I was going to starve!! And I am getting used to my portion sizes. I always portion out my stuff after I get home from the store and I write the calories on the bag. Today I was eating a serving of baked pita chips and a wedge of laughing cow (OMG that stuff is AMAZING!) and a co-worker was like "is that ALL you are going to eat??" It's just funny. Because eating the right amount is not strange anymore, it is just... normal!
Weekend was great! It finally feels like summer, so it's nice to be outside, tan and in pools. It doesn't really get much better. I got a nice little boost of confidence at my weigh-in today because I was 4 lbs. down from last week. I'm going to do my best not to let it go to my head though, especially because I have to workshops at hotels this week with huge breakfast buffets (can we say uh-oh!) so I know that as long as I keep repeating to myself what I want, why I'm doing it, and how far I've come, I think I'll be just fine.
I'm just going to hop right in here and I hope no one minds!
This is a bad time for me to start getting on the right track... but I guess there really is NO bad time, as long as I'm doing something. I'm leaving for vacation on Friday and I'm hoping that I'll be active enough and be able to make good meal choices so that I'll be ready to hop right back on the wagon when I return. The healthy eating will have to wait until vacation because I have no money, literally, (rent is due tomorrow and I don't get paid until Friday) so I have to make do with the food I have.
I'll be going to the gym for the first time in almost a month tomorrow. I find that I'm always excited to start losing weight, but quickly fall off. I'm hoping that keeping up with this site will be the key, because it always helps to have the support AND people to brag to when you've made a stride.
I'm trying to decide on a weigh-in schedule. I guess I have a couple of weeks to figure that out, though. I think everyday weighing discourages me.
I'm going to do some crunches tonight, and I WILL GO TO THE GYM TOMORROW. I won't give myself a choice, even though it's my day off and I just want to be lazy!
lilukay, You are right about "no bad time." If we keep saying tomorrow is a good time, there will be no today...as it will be always tomorrow. I weigh in every Monday... I know some people do it daily but for me, it will drive me crazy with all the ups and down..so I do it weekly.
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I did C25K and some crunches... 
You are right about "no bad time." If we keep saying tomorrow is a good time, there will be no today...as it will be always tomorrow. I weigh in every Monday... I know some people do it daily but for me, it will drive me crazy with all the ups and down..so I do it weekly.
