thanks for all the tips Lisa! you do sound determined!
 

Ok, ladies, back on track. Kept my calories low and was extra careful to measure everything that went into my mouth. Got my exercise in, as well as some extra (walked to the store for my salad fixins rather than driving!) and today I am also determined to stay on track. I had my oatmeal and will be going to get my exercise in, in a few minutes. So wish me a better day!
Hot bikini, sorry to hear about your gain, shake it off baby and move on, we've got a new week and a new opportunity to do better! YOU can do it!:carrot: My dd has gymnastics tonite, so I will be walking the track tonite as well as exercising this morning. A little extra exercise never hurt anyone right?!
Well, I must get myself in gear now, get my kids to working and get my tape in!
Many hugs!
tracyg

Tracy that's great to hear that you have gotten your motivation back. Although I have not lost much weight yet, I feel that motivation is the key to any success. Keep it up.

As for me, I am still low carb and I really like it. I hope that I am successful.

got work! thanks for the pep talk, right back at ya!
 

i know you can do it! I'm loving our thread! It's great to see everyone so active, and to hear how everyone is doing! I just realized that with all my mini goals in mind, I hadn't realized that I am pretty close to my first 10 lbs.
2 more to go. Doesn't seem like so much I guess when I have so much to go, but hey, 10 lbs is 10 lbs. Feels like a milestone to me!
well, I need to run.
hope you all have a good day! will check in tomorrow!
hugs
tracyg

Hi ladies,

Hope you're all having a good evening. I've had a pretty good day ... calories in the 1600 range, a short walk today (misty rain here.)

Tracy, glad to hear you're back in the groove. I KNEW you'd bounce back in no time. :hug:

Hotbikini, don't let that scale get you down. You're probably holding fluid, and by next week, you'll be seeing a drop again! Just keep on keeping on ... :cheer:

Gotwork, your shrimp in butter doesn't sound at all disgusting to me ... in fact, I'm drooling! :D I love your enthusiasm for your new plan ...

Lisa, thanks for posting your tips. It's good to do that ... what one of us doesn't think of, another may! :)

Have a good day tomorrow, ladies!

Olivia

just checking in ladies. how are you all today?
 

had a good, on track day yesterday and shooting for that again today.
got lots of stuff to accomplish today, so need to get at it.

i'm back to 178.4, i saw 177.6 yesterday, so hopefully that will come back soon~!
ok, really gotta run, have a great day today!
:hug:
tracyg

Good for you, Trace! You will have that 10 lbs. off before you know it. My scale is up, and it shouldn't be, calorie-wise. So it's gotta be the salt ... :(

On the bright side, I just did a long, brisk sweaty walk so that's 2 out of 3 days this week that I've exercised! :)

Olivia

good for you olivia! keep up the good work, it will
 

eventually show up on the scale!!!
I got my watp tape done and my upper body weight workout done. I think tonite I'll be trying to walk too.
other than that, not much new here. I too have to watch the salt. I am trying to avoid salty things and sugar too, drinking tons of water.
so get your water in!
ttyl
tracyg

The scale didn't move at all for 3 days...I know that isn't suppoed to be a big deal but I was hoping for a little move even half a pound. I'm tired of looking at 244. It sent me over the edge and I've been eating all day. I was doing so good then without seeing the scale move I feel like I'm spinning wheels for nothing....Time to regroup and recover before I do to much damage :eek:

good and bad?!
 

I pulled out some clothes from last summer. I had bought a pair of khaki
cargo capris. i only wore them like twice because they were tight. I put them on to day and they are large. almost too large...they hang down around my hips...YAY!!!!!!! YIPPEEE!!!!
But heck they are practically brand new and I barely got to wear them.....
OH WELLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!
hugs
tracyg

Yesterday I was hanging on by a thread. I went to the grocery store,
with a precise list of only what I absolutely needed. But nowadays it's
impossible to shop when I'm not hungry because I'm ALWAYS somewhat
hungry. Walking up and down those aisles just released some sort
of appetite beast inside me that I didn't know was under the surface.
The grocery store is in a shopping center with places to eat, benches,
etc, and I was so close to having a binge right then and there. The
craving, the longing, you know what I mean. I kept myself from buying
the foods I wasn't allowed to have, but my brain was in some weird zombie
trance of internal struggle and daydream, hypnotized by watching all
the foods on the shelves as I walk down the aisles. When I didn't
allow myself to BUY the food I craved, I found myself on the verge
of stealing the food in a zombie state, as if not paying for it would
solve my problem. I wouldn't have really done it, but just feeling
so out of control freaked me out.

In the future, I'm not going grocery shopping by myself again.
I can bring a child and focus on the child. (Mine are young and
they'll sponge up attention). But mainly I'll have my groceries
delivered for the near future. I'm willing to fork out some money
to avoid that situation again.

Still determined,
Lisa

Lisa~ Good for you.. You held strong :cheer:

I on the other did finally get the scale to move. The wrong way. Got to see 245 instead of 244 this morning. Should watch what I ask for I just might get it. I really over did it yesterday. Once I let myself get out of control I stayed out of control the whole day. Not going to let myself do that today.

Hey there Lisa, the good news, hard though
 

it may seem, is that you didn't cave! I wish grocery delivery were an option here. I live in the boonies, so doesn't happen here. sigh....I too went grocery shopping. however I prefer to go alone. my kids are old enough that they want this that and the other thing, things I don't even bring in the house, and aisles I totally avoid, so that is way worse for me. I have found that since I go shopping only once a week that I allow for my treat then. I go to the grocery store and then I go to mcd's for a cone on the way home. It feels like cheating but it's not (150c.). So, that works for me.
Losing...I know it's hard to see the scale move in the wrong direction, this week alone mine has been up as much as 180.4, and then today I saw a new low of 177 even!!!!:carrot: Hoping to keep that, and lose one more by weigh in which will put me at my first 10 lbs!!! On the one hand I am excited about that, but when I think about how far I still have to go...oy vey!
well, so far this week has been good food and exercise wise. I started weights this week. Today was my first leg day and WOW, I can really feel it, yikes. gonna be sorreeee!!! tomorrow.....tonite I am going to walk during dd's gymnastics.
got some projects to start around the house this weekend.....
ttyl,
have a terrific day!
tracyg:hug:

Hey ladies,

Hope you're all doing well as we go into the weekend. Tracy, you are doing so great with your exercise ... way to go, girl! :cheer:

Lisa, maybe you need to up your calories a little if you're truly hungry most of the time. Your body may be telling you it needs a little more ... unless you're talking about *emotional hunger* which I get at night, when I have eaten all my calories but just feel like eating! :( Congrats for staying strong!

Gotwork, where are you? How is that low-carb going?

Losing, I'm sure you will get started in the other dirrection. Don't give up; I'm not losing as fast as I should either but together we'll all get there.

Have a good Friday, girls! :flow2:

Olivia

good morning ladies, just checking in!
 

Hope everyone has a great day! I have to admit to being a little nervous about the weekend. They always seem harder to me than during the week. We have some projects around the house planned so hopefully that will keep me occupied. I am really striving to get one more pound off to hit my first 10..dunno why i am so psyched about that! Hoping that all of us moms don't over do it on mother's day....yikes!:dizzy: I already got my mother's day presents lol! we got new azaleas to plant as well as some plants for a garden.
(we bought our house last august and are still in the honeymoon stage lol! and for the first time ever, a YARD!!) This weekend we are refinishing the hardwood kitchen floors which desperately need it. And I bought some new lingerie:o Not the naughty kind lol! My undies and bras were falling apart, I opened the dryer to strings coming off my undies and broke one bra, stuck a finger through one and thought, ummm, it's about time...so...happy mother's day to me, yippeee!
well, i must go, got a busy day ahead! huggies to you all, hope you have a great friday!
:hug: tracyg

Hello gals,

The scale finally moved for me, in the direction I want to see ...243 <---- you can't see it but I am doing a happy dance :carrot: Maybe my body was holding on to the fat thinking I was starving myself. Since the out of control day I lost the weight I gained and another pound.

Tracy~ I'm scared of this weekend too. I've been wanting to go out to eat with the family for a while but now that I recovered from my melt down I'm scared all those smells are going to sent me into another pig out.

My daughter has a multi-cultural fair tonight but I think I should be safe there...i'm a chicken when it comes to trying different foods. I'm sure there will be baked goods but I think thats only if you win the cake walk...lets hope we don't. Hmmm that will probably be the only time I say I hope we don't win:lol: Plan to only spend money at the book fair.

Babenwaiting~ How are you coming along? Still going strong with that exercise? It's getting so hot I'm going to have to join a gym or something soon to keep from roasting :hot: