Good morning ladies!

I was in sorta a crabby mood this weekend. I don't know why, I really didn't have a good reason. Other than hormones. Damn hormones. I hate them. I exercised really well Friday & Saturday, but took yesterday off. Food was eh. I didn't overeat but didn't make the best choices either. It continued to be a maintaining sorta week (I hope not a gain!). We'll see tomorrow morning at my weigh-in.

paperclippy, I wish I didn't have to pay for a masters! That's one of the reasons I had set my sights on a PhD instead - I'm not in any kind of financial position to pay for a masters. Oh goody, another loan. More debt.

trnsfrmnreplace, I'm ahead of you. I know I should talk to BF about these things, and I did. I couldn't have hoped for a better response. I told him what was going on and how upset I've been, and he held my hand and listened and told me that he always wants me to tell him these things, he loves me, and he wants to stand by me. Yesterday was our anniversary. Have I mentioned how in love with this guy I am?

sugarbutt, I'm so sorry about your friend.

How is everyone else this morning?

Good Morning Ladies!

I also had a bout of the hormones this weekend, I hate when my bf is doing nothing, and I get my feelings hurt over the dumbest things... Looking back, I'm like how does he do it, he just manages me well when I act like a crazed woman. He is defn. a keeper!

I will start off with I did horrible this week food wise, but did walk around the state fair for 8 hours, so somehow I think that will balance all the corn dogs and candy apples out!

Have a great week everyone!

Happy Monday y'all. Had a horrible weekend food and exercise wise. Gonna go about it different now I think, with the exercise at least, more strenth training, less super long cardio sessions. My mom and fiance had a scale intervention with me. I am only allowed to weigh once a week now, which is going to be really hard for me (so hard that the scales are actually hidden from me). I have been kinda outta control with the weighing since the beginning. I thought it would freak me out not being able to weigh this morning (much less the dozens of other time I would be bound to do later), but it's kind of a relief. I am definitely in a discouraged and depressed place right now, but I think switching things up a little will help. I literally feel like it doesn't matter what I do, I will always be fat and uphappy with my body. But I know that will pass.

ANYWAY! I hope that everyone is having a wonderful day!

See... if he loves you he will listen and support. Congrats on your anniversary! I just had mine pass last month.

Stephanie - I have the same problem, i weigh myself way too much and it just makes it look like i'm gaining and loosing and gaining again. Water weight is to blame. Sometimes i feel really good about my body and so i step on the scale and BAM i gained weight, then i feel bad. Theres no reason for that. Limit it to once a week and you will see results and you will be happier overall with yourself. Work hard and think about your scale as a surprise gift at the end of the week and see how much you really lost.

I did really good this weekend, i actually got my workouts in on friday and saturday. That's a first!

My morning is rather slow at the moment, i couldn't get up for the life of me - once again. I have yet to exercise today. I'm thinking about doing an hour of cardio, 30 min stretches, and arm workouts. Then later tonight head to the gym and do some miles and strength training. Hope it works out.

My birthday is on the 30th of this month and i want to look good! Plus it's the first time i'm actually close to reaching my goal!

Yurgh, Mondays! It is one of those weeks where I will be running around like crazy. Already I keep thinking today is Tuesday, which is going to make the week seem extra long. Like there is another day in there somewhere.

Oh well, after the way I ate this weekend I could use an extra day before another one rolls around.

Happy Monday all!

I didnt get to exercise today like I normally do on Mondays.. had too much school things to do! =P. Deff. wakin up earlier tomorrow to go before classes... also ended up eatin over a friend's house.. but over all I dont think I did that badly eating wise today...

I dont remember if I mentioned it to you all, but I finally told my mom I joined Curves, expecting to hear that I shouldn't have been spending the money on that when I have bills to pay.. instead, to my surprise, my mom told me how happy she is and how shes proud and going to support me as much as she can! She said that if I had spent the money on something stupid, she would have said something, but not for something that will improve my health. She's been amazing too, since she sees how serious I am about losing the weight... she went to the store and got me low calorie frozen foods and some rice cakes that look really good! So Im all happy about that now.. Woot!

Okies thats all from me for now. Have a good week everyone!

Fae--I'm so glad your mother is supportive! Things are so much easier with motherly support, even if you don't get along with your mother much (as in my case!). For some reason, having my mother's support makes it easier for me to feel like I'm doing the right thing (even though in the past, I have deliberately done things I knew would upset her--tongue piercing, anyone? ).

I actually did pretty darn well over the weekend. We only ate out once, and I had a side salad instead of fries with my burger. I also still includd the burger in my calories for the day and ate fewer calories on Sunday to help make up for it. According to the scale, I'm already down about 4 pounds since Thursday night's weigh-in Maybe I'm finally busting out of my plateau!

I played hookey from work yesterday. It's funny how people perceive things--I said I had a cold (even though I was fine and just wanted to sleep and unpack and clean and run errands). When I came in today, my bosses asked me how I felt and told me I looked awful (thanks a lot!) and that if I needed to go home early I could. Now, knowing that I'm not really sick, I either deserve an award for my acting or I need to improve my appearance (since I think I look the same today as I always do)!

Fae- Hey that is awesome that your Mom is being so supportive, especially when you thought you would get a lecture and have to explain how important it is. You are doing so well. Definitely an inspiration for me.

Fae - That's really great about your mom! It makes things so much easier when the people around us, support us!!!

Jill - I love your story, that's so funny your boss told you that you looked awful. People see what we tell them to see I guess. I'd go home early if I were you, how often do those easy chances for some time off come around???

Well, yesterday went ok without the scale. It was actually a huge relief, and my fears were proven untrue. I thought if I didn't weigh myself I woulnd't want to eat good and workout, but everything went as normal. The scale doesn't hold supernatural motivating powers I guess.

The scale doesn't hold supernatural motivating powers??? Really? Mine has some kinda supernatural powers - more like supernaturally depressive. My weigh-in this morning put me 0.5 lb up from last week. Mother!@#$%^!!! I knew I wasn't eating as good quality food as I should be over the weekend but I didn't overat calorie-wise, so I didn't think gain weight. Logically I didn't overeat by enough calories to gain a half pound, but my body is really not logical. Maybe it's water weight? So...no brownies this week. Oh how tragic. I guess I should do that anyway.

Fae, it's great that your mom is so supportive! My mom has always struggled with her weight so has always been very encouraging of me and it has really helped to have that support.

Jill, good for you for being good over the weekend, and congrats on busting the plateau! A little hooky is good for all of us now and then. Hehehe.

Lockitup, glad the weigh-in went ok. Sometimes we all get a little too obsessed with the scale (case in point: my first paragraph of this post).

I speak English real good. What I meant instead of "so I didn't think gain weight" was "I didn't think I would gain weight"(this week).

Here, here...I need a vacation to. Is it to early to claim the flu?

Jill - that is a hilarious story!

Megan - hang in there! Even if your weight went up a little, you have a great boyfriend, right?

My scale was down to 133 this morning but I don't believe it yet, we'll see what it says tomorrow! I feel like I haven't been eating wonderfully (not like binging, just eating a little more than I think I should for weight loss) and I know I haven't been exercising like I should, but I still seem to be losing, just at a much slower pace. Maybe if I keep eating the way I do now, my body will figure itself out and end up at the perfect weight for me to maintain? Because I think I could eat like this for the rest of my life.

I have been soooooooooooo busy lately, which is why I haven't posted much (+ I am going tomorrow for my first occupational therapy appointment for my wrist problem). Better busy than bored though! Have a great week everyone!

Evening ladies! Not much time to chit chat because I have to pack to go see my husband. We are leaving tomorrow afternoon. I haven't seen him in 12 weeks! I was 168 the last time I saw him, so he's in for a nice surprise. Have a lovely week and I'll be back Monday to report how everything went. Keep up all the hard work!