That would probably bother my husband more than me..... ;)

Hey Everyone.
I'm sorry I haven't been around lately. Things have been so crazy. I'm still sticking to the plan but I've been maintaining so maybe I need to cut down on grains. Atleast I'm not gaining I guess. Well I'm off to do some stuff. Just wanted to check in. TAKE CARE

I got off plan tonight as I went to my moms and we had a heart to heart crying talk as she is haveing a very hard time dealing with the death of my dad and in the middle of it the ice cream reared it's head and yes we ate it - at least toward the end we both felt better as we began to look back on the good things of my dad and celebrate his life so YES the ice cream was worth it cause the momen twith my mom made her feel alot better - we neeed that

I hope your night is peaceful.....Good night!

Hey Tina! Glad to hear you've been maintaining! That's a hard skill to learn. You already know how to lose, so as soon as you set your mind to it, you'll be back on track!

Schmoodle, way to stand up to the kid! Seriously, sounds like they think they run the house, though. No wonder he tried to get one over on his mom. I say you put those kids to work if they're still home tomorrow!

Pam, we'll be praying for your mom and dad. Glad you got to visit!

Gonna, it's good to be there for family. I can't imagine being in your mom's shoes. Ice cream would be the last thing I'd be stressing over. I'm sure that having you to talk to was very special for her!

Neko, I second the gas pains warning! I once ate a half bar of sugar free chocolate and it was SO awful! My poor belly was rumbly and grumbly and not at all happy with me. Never again.

I don't know how many people are still reading this thread since it's nighttime, but we just heard that a close friend who's been very sick with a failing heart JUST came out of transplant surgery! Everything looks good and the doctor said he had maybe weeks left with his old heart, so this is extremely exciting news. He's only 30 years old and has two young boys and a wonderful wife. We were stationed together at the Air Force Honor Guard in D.C. and he just all of a sudden got really sick. But now he's definitely on the road to recovery! Praise God!

Kara

Ahh..ladies! I don't know where I've been.

I really need some new motivation! The last two days I've had some cheats and I feel like I may be slipping a little. Yesterday was my friend's birthday and we went out for Mexican food and margaritas. I had too many chips, 2 small tortillas with my fajitas (I'd forgive myself for that had it not been for the chips), and worst of all, 2 big margaritas. I ate on plan for breakfast and dinner, but I felt bad about lunch. I guess that would have been all a little more okay if I hadn't decided to have pizza for dinner tonight! So a few slices (at least on wheat) and 2 glasses of wine later I am feeling awful! I ate more than I needed - but it was tasting good. Then I came home and had some WW bagel chips with goat cheese, which I wasn't hungry for, but just wanted. Those are so in line with my old ways -- eat because it tastes so good.

I'm nervous for the weekend. I'll be at home visiting the fam and we are always very into eating/trying new restaurants/going out for dessert. I am really hoping I can find all my willpower again. I've been doing really well and would hate to stall my progress.

Sorry to rant about that, but it feels good to be back on the site, and since this is such a huge part of my motivation, I'm not sure why I went MIA so much lately (crazy nights spent at work to get projects done, yes, but I can and WILL make the time to be here). You guys are all so inspiring and just fun to read about (for lack of a better term), so I hope to be back on the boards starting now.

The good thing is...even with these cheats, the eating habits are so much better than before, so it's almost a relief to know that I can and do feel bad about this stuff.

I hope everyone is doing well...