Red! congrats on finishing your 21 day no sugar challenge!! im proud of you!!

I went camping for a week and didn't go off plan.. not once! Im happy i didnt stray from plan.

Faux! Congrats on not going off plan!!! That's impressive--I am sure I will not be able to say the same thing when I get back from Vegas--I'm just hoping to keep it real. Did you lose with all the extra exercise?

Apple--thanks for the congrats! Sounds like you are becoming newly motivated--yaay!

Red--yes, congrats on doing 21 days w/o sugar! Now have a well-deserved cookie or something.....

Exercise: 3 days
Booze: 3 days
Journal: 23 days

Mod: my weigh in is tomorrow.. so we will see how the weight loss went

I passed out yesterday (first time in my life) and I think it was due to lack of water/too much heat.. but im taking it easy for a couple of days.. dont want to mess my body up. so no exercise yesterday or today. I dont like not exercising.. but im feeling weak... wanna see whats up before I push my body
too hard again.


Red: it's crazy how when your body isn't used to sugar.. then has some.. it just makes you feel icky in the end. Try having different prizes for finishing a goal instead( im sure you know that already) hehe but yeah.. sometimes t takes getting kinda sick from going back on something to relaize.. eww.. i dont wanna do that again! hehe
here's to another 21 days!

Hey all. Hi Red. i am going to the Bahamas. The exact same cruise I did last year, and we want to enjoy more of the same. I am treating myself to some shopping, so that all of my clothes on the trip fit great. CAn't wait. You can do it with your challenges. I agree with Faux - it is amazing how what used to taste and feel so good, so quickly becomes disgusting. I am pretty much fazing out my "free" day because of that. I was eating because I could, and it was just yucky.

Faux - hope you are feeling better. Get it checked out if you are not 'kay? Nothing to mess with!

Mod - have fun in Vegas. I am really hoping to go there again next year for a marathon. JUST SAY NO TO THE BUFFETS

I am ok. Ate too much this morning, which left me sleepy and drained. I am trying to recharge my batteries while having a busy weekend, since class starts Monday. I am kind of ashamed of myself. 6 mile run today. My sister was going to run a 5k with her boyfriend, so ran the first half with me. i got to the last .75m of the second half, and my mind just said "DONE." Too hard, too much, too alone. I was feeling fine. Joints good, breathing good. But I quit and walked the last. I tried shaming myself into starting jogging again, but just didn't do it. Unacceptable really.

I am trying to figure out how to support a friend. She is about 15 lb overweight, and has plateaued. I keep getting these "F this I am done" emails. She is frustrated, but won't go to doctor, personal trainer, dietician to see what can be done. Hard for me, with 40-45 left to go. I want to tell her it is ok to see how much calories b****ng will burn, though that exercise plan never did much for me. I know that is not what she needs, but am not sure what is.

Have a great day all

30 min exercise,Day 2, 2 pauses left
No beer, Day 3, 2 pauses left
Yes, it looks like lift off. Major hazard coming up, it's our anniversary next week end. I guess that's worth a pause. It will be a bit tough figuring out how to fit in exercise, the 4 year old doesn't start school for another week.

Jolly, I've had runs like that. But you finished it! You sure have a busy life coming up! Just keep thinking about that cruise as you run the 1/2 marathon. You are going to hit the 100's BEFORE that cruise, I bet!!
Red, congrats on finishing that sugar challenge!!
Don't sweat the bine too much, just get right back on challenge!

Faux, you should have saved the pass out for when you weigh in and can't believe how much you've lost!!! Definately take a little rest to be sure you are OK. Sounds like you have good self control with this plan (what is your plan? I can't recall) and you are headed for success!

Hey mod! I've never been to Vegas. Hope you can keep it "real". Vegas "real" might be different from the rest of the country.....

Apple: My plan is mostly following the glycemic index. (the g.i.diet ) I'm staying away from as much processed stuff as possible and in general.. only eating food that will actually benefit my body. I'm being as active as possible... LOTS of walking and doing the c25k program right now. Also incorporating lots of knowledge from books such as ' the body sense natural diet'.. just being as natural as possible. It's kind of combination of the body sense natural diet and the gi diet. It's definitly a plan I can stick to. I don't have cravings and never feel like im starving/suffering in anyway.

Hi All

I'm totally nuts. I went away for the weekend to a friend's house to avoid hosting my in-laws (my DH is away - remember? he wanted my in-laws to come WHILE HE WAS AWAY- AARGH) The only way I could get out of it was by not being here. Sheesh - I need to learn to be more assertive.

On Friday I was totally stressed - I don't usually work on Fridays and it's my day to sleep, but I had to go to work and then get home and deal with all the kids and go to my friend's house (no CAR!!) and I was sooooo stressed out that I ate 3 chocolate bars!!! Okay - they were mini ones - but I haven't touched that kind of stuff for 12 weeks! And it was all downhill from there.. Overate Friday night, had junk this morning, Heck - I need some support. I'm so frustrated. I thought while my DH was away -I'd have some time to get the house together and maybe even a day or 2 to myself in the morning - to just laze around. I need a break so badly. And when he's here - he's unemployed and always in the house and makes me nuts. But my schedule at work is so hectic for these days while he's gone that there's no chance for anything of the sort.
Sorry for the vent