Hi everyone. Well, after my vacation I went back to P1 after gaining 5 lbs. I was doing good and last nite had to have some pretzles. Not hungry, just needed to eat while watching tv, a hard habit to break. Well, a few turned into a lot, then had some cheese-itz, then some dark choc. and then some cookies and cream ice cream. Was I ever such a pig and not even hungry or enjoying it. I can't stand when I let myself go off like that. Anyway, today is a new day and P1 is where I'm at and I am hoping to have a good day today. Going to Curves this afternoon while my son is at pre-K and that will hopefully keep me focused. Just had to share my horrible nite and confess my sins. Hope everyone had a good day.

Reading all the posts! I must say that I am a bit confused,, When you stray from the SBD is it truely hard to get back on track? and does the weight come back on Fast? Thats is my take on this,, Why has so many posters strayed,? I really need to know so I am carefull to continue with my success.. I am getting freaked out!

MsCockett--I gained after totally being off program on vacation for 10 days, eating out at theme parks and haveing ice cream amd dairy queen everyday. Just totally not watching. After being back on P1 for 2 days I had lost 2 lbs, but then TOM hit and I stalled and then my nite time habits camd back, I wasn't hungry or craving things but just eating to eat and not enjoying. When I first started I never strayed for about 3 months and then it was just occasional. Don't fear it, just be strong and you can do it. The chicks are always here for support. I never felt so good as when I am totally on the beach. It's a great way of life, don't let some of our stories freak you out. We are all here for each other, and if you fall down, we will help you pick yourself up. You go girl!

MsCrockett - I think it may be that once you have allowed yourself to stray that it is easy to just lose your motivation. I know that I've had a tougher time but there is nothing wrong with South Beach. I've just needed to remember why I started eating this way.

I had an absolutely wonderful camping weekend. It was pretty muddy on Friday but had dried up by yesterday. I'm a bit sunburned from Saturday afternoon. It got into the mid-90's so we didn't play volleyball as long as we would have like but the boys were just too hot. Then they went into the shade of the trees for knot tieing and the art belt loop and came back out for football and pack games. We do an egg toss where the boys toss a raw egg to the parent who has to catch it. The "surviving" parents then move farther back. On our fourth try, Brian through it way over my head and it broke. When I turned around to look, another boy's egg went right into my shoe. Yuck! Oh, well, egg washes off.

Everything was just a lot of fun (lots of good songs at the Pack meeting/campfire and at the Scout's own service). Brian and I joined the older boys for a 3 mile hike on Saturday and then went on our own nature hike with two other boys for over an hour yesterday. We saw some really need things.

As far as eating, I did pretty well. I brought Eggbeaters, RF swiss and whole wheat tortillas to make breakfast burritos. For lunch and dinners, I brought precooked stuff to reheat, things like lamb stew, sloppy joes, pasta with ground beef and broccoli. I had healthy snacks like raw zucchini. I did enjoy some of the cobbler Saturday night. The only thing I shouldn't have done was we stopped for a bathroom break on the drive home. I prefer to stop at a fast food place where I would buy a diet drink at the most but DH stopped at an ice cream shop. Not pretty

I was just wondering about the long term on SBD,, sometimes there is system we get into that sneaks up on us and we must regroup. I do understand this, I was just noticing that it seems the A LOT have strayed and I was just wanting to see why, I noticed that when I get into a FUNK that I will eat just to be eating not because I am hungry ,, This is an everyday task, the SBD and the change of life, eventually this will be such habit that it comes as easy as everyday tasks, such as a shower is daily activity that we just do.. ya know what I mean? I am just focused first and fore most that all the "BAD" foods are gonna do damage to my heart and health,, so it is a choice to be healthy and I have no intentions of eating Off Plan to allow for bad things to happen to my body.. Like I said,, just curious to why we stray, and what mind set we all have to achieve our healthy goals..

RNMOM - It might be difficult to do the lessons over the internet, but if you ever want to move to Springfield, I'll be glad to teach you!

Ruthie - Boy are you right. I'm swamped at work trying to get things ready for the person who's filling in for me through the end of the school year. I took my lunch an hour and fifteen minutes late today. As for the Claritin, I have felt really dry, but besides that and an itchy nose (probably from blowing so much this morning) I'm doing ok. It's not as bad as I had remembered it. Maybe my allergies are far worse than they were the last time I took them and that's why. Who knows?

SunLit - Thanks! And good luck with the cake.

Back to work. Hope everyone is doing well!

Lisa

Got my new windows in and they did an crappy job, wait until DH gets home and sees this. They didn't use a level to see if they were level, part of the trim has already fallen off. They didn't put trim on the bottom of one window. One bows out in the middle and hard to close. So, he said he will look at them when he gets home and call them in the morning.
Well, off to eat some lunch getting hungry, couldn't eat while they were here.
Have a great day everyone.

Afternoon everyone! I'm feeling physically funky today, kind of out of sorts dizzy, brain dead... Wondering if it's lack of carbs? I don't remember feeling this way (after the first 3 days) the first time I did Phase 1 - So I don't know if it's that or something else... really hope I'm not getting sick!

I'm totally stressed because I have a deal that is supposed to close tomorrow and I'd say there's a 50/50 chance it won't... the other agent is such a jerk that he's not going to give us any more time... Only problem is that if this doesn't close then I won't be able to make May rent. I just need to breathe though because there are several people I could borrow from if it comes down to it... Everything just seems so up in the air right now that it's driving me crazy!

On the upside I am so proud of myself for my willpower this weekend! Had a couple of bites of casserole because I didn't want to hurt my grandmother's feelings, avoided alchol though and didn't partake of any sweets which was the hardest because they were my absolute most favorite sweets! I did pig out a little too much on OP stuff yesterday when I got back into town but I think I pretty much broke even as far as calories are concerned so I'm not going to lose sleep over it.

Hope everyone has a great day, gonna try to stay awake over here... oh and it's TOM so I'm sure that's not helping with feeling strangely

Hi All,

It's me lurking again--only recognize a few names, since I've only been popping in now and then. Since our weather here has been fairly nice, and this is about my 1 year anniversary since "starting" SB, AND since I'm almost 6 mo preggo and feeling very much like a cow (DH put on my humungo preg pants last night and skinny him was like these are so huge!!!! I could have sumo'd him...........Anyway, SB is really on my mind, so I thought I'd just check in with you all, my favorite bunch of SB girls. Best of luck to everyone and will power dust in abundance--I'll be with you as soon as I can. Sarahslacker---From one agent to another--hope your deal closes tomorrow. Know what it's like, and the anxiety your buyers must be feeling.....So, just wanted to say hi. Keep hanging in there!

MamaEli

Hey all. Just checking in after work. I worked out in the yard for a while as soon as I got home, so I can say that I did at least one productive thing this evening! I trimmed the grossly overgrown shrubs in front of the house so that they are only mostly overgrown.

Ruth - Hope your floor didn't get too muddy today.
Cottage - Eek - hail! I should get the car back on Wednesday.
Weez - Hang in there. That job will be over soon!!!
Rn - I like the 'hug a soldier day' idea. It reminded me of this past Veteran's Day. I was at my parents house for the weekend and my aunt and uncle were also visiting. My dad and uncle were both WWII vets, so I declared it "hug a veteran day". Soon, everyone was giving them hugs. It was so cool!
Batmomm - Way to go on the willpower! I would have just given up and Hoovered my way through their visit!
SunLit - Is your mother into plants? My mom loves gardening (much like our Ruthie!), so I usually get her a plant or something for the garden.
MsCrock - I think everyone's got their own little triggers for slipping up. I don't get PMS cravings like a lot of people that post here. But, social situations are the absolute kiss of death for me. I can't seem to eat right if I go out to eat with friends or go to someone's house for dinner.
Sun, Crock & Crk - Congrats on the good scale report!
Jazz - Great job on getting through the birthday party!
Lindy - Good for you getting back on track!
Barb - Eggs in the shoes? Eeeewwww!
Chipper - Sorry the windows didn't turn out better. What a pain!
Sarah - You have the will power fairy dust!
MamaEli - Nice to know that you're lurking. You'll have to pop in more often!

I'm off to reheat dinner - chicken parmesan & "potato" casserole - make a few calls and then settle in to watch '24'. Have a great evening!

Crock saw your pics you look great!!! keep up the great work....
I think we fail or go off track because nothing around fits with what we are doing...temptation..be strong...
I can't believe that I haven't given in the the ton of easter candy everywhere in my home...
I have just asked myself why do I want that or need that..And I stink at dieting..I have done everything...I get hungerer just by saying that word...

Maureen~ Thanks for the compliment, I have no desire at all to stray off of my plan, I was just curious as to why anyone following the SBD strays..thanks for letting me see your point of view.. Take Care