Good morning everyone

Weather is yucky here. Rain, rain and more rain! Eating is OP and exercise too. I'm a little bloated from all the salt from eating out this weekend and TOM is also around the corner. So, my weight is little skewed. Not panicking yet.

Lucy, sorry to hear about your mom's hip. How is she doing now? And congrats on the run. :carrot:

Have a wonderful OP day girls.

IMO, you are doing all you can. You are setting an example. The rest does have to come from within.

Lucy - great job on the run yesterday!

Anna - I love it when a plan comes together. :D Great job with planning ahead.

I'm happy to report that I've had a loss for two weeks in a row. I'm on a roll!

Today is a 1400 calorie day.
Breakfast - 2 scrambled eggs, ww toast and Chocolate Silk Soymilk
Snack - Tangelo and cheese stick
Lunch - Lean Cuisine
Snack - Yogurt
Dinner - Sauteed yellow squash and onions over ww spaghetti with parmesan
Snack - Weight Watcher's Key Lime Pie

Congrats Rhonda, way to go!

Rhonda, :woohoo: that's so great!! You are on a roll. Keep up the hard work girl!

Woo hoo on the two weeks, Rhonda.

Morning gang, getting off to a slow start this morning. I should have already run but for some reason this morning I awoke ravenously hungry, so I'm going to feed the beast then brave the heat a bit later.

Today's plan:
Exercise: Run ~5 miles

Food:
mini-bagel with faux sausage and coffee
pasta with pesto and veggies
strawberries
black bean burger, salad with veggies

Rhonda - go go go!!! So happy for you :)
Jo - Now I'm jealous, I can't find vegan faux sausage here, at least not the link kind I want.
Anna - I wrote the book on mindless eating.

Dear stomach and mind,
Let us work together today so we don't overdo it yet again. mmmkay?
Sincerely,
Skinny Heather trying to get out

Dear Heather's stomach and mind, Wake up and get with the program, wouldja?! Skinny Heather wants to come out to play.

My 1 day off from working out somehow turned into 3. I must make time for the treadmill today. Paul wants to go see Wolverine this afternoon because it's $5 movie day. I'll have to workout early today.

Today is a 1400 calorie day
Breakfast - 2 scrambled eggs, ww toast and light vanilla soymilk
Snack - Tangelo and cheese stick
Lunch- Lean Cuisine
Snack - Yogurt
Dinner - Sauteed yellow squash and onions over ww spaghetti
Snack - Weight Watcher's Key Lime Pie

Rhonda, you are a rock star.

This whole tracking in this thread thing is obviously not doing it for me, I need to go back to my pen-and-paper tracking. Seems to keep me on plan better, I guess because it's harder to modify the plan, and I don't always feel like coming in here just to report that my potato was an ounce heavier than planned for.

Not much to report - still trying to chip away at the sugar cravings, some days I do better with them than others. I think the first thing I need to do is really commit to tracking - for real - every single thing. That's my goal for the rest of the week, we'll see where it gets me.

I'm such a data nut that I track what I eat here, in my training log, and in a spreadsheet. Here I just give the broad basics, but in my training log I count every single calorie. I don't know why having the data in so many places helps me, but it does. Maybe it is just busy work to keep my hands from doing naughty things like snacking instead.

In my spreadsheet I also track the following on a daily basis (and then weekly and monthly totals and charts): exercise minutes (full details of each workout are in my training log), money spent, # of minutes I ran the AC, # of minutes I ran the dryer, food eaten with grade points assigned (A[4] thru F[0]), weight, blood pressure, menstrual cycle, # of times I had sex, # of drinks, # of medications taken, # of minutes I worked in the yard, and # of miles I drove the car, notes for the day, and notes of aches and pains.

So, yeah. I'm a GIANT freak.

I just re-read that post. I need therapy don't I?

*snicker* I point no fingers!

I do my spreadsheet in the morning, then I post here and in the 100lb accountability thread, then I track on TDP as I eat my foods. The more I write it down and track it, the firmer I am about my plan.

I think all my data tracking is about being in control. In the past I have felt so powerless to change my lifestyle and my eating. Tracking the data makes me feel like I'm running the show.

I suddenly feel so normal. I do food, weight, water intake and meds on paper. Then I use Spark for food, water, weight, meds and exercise. Then I keep a spreadsheet with daily weight and 10 day average, water intake and 10 day, meds, flossing (thanks Heather), nutritional breakdown of calories and their percentages, whether I fed the fish and the kids brushed their teeth.

I thought I was so lame. DH laughs at me. Little does he know he is the odd one.

I just got off the phone with my girlfriend in GA. She will be home right after Labor Day and has plans for us to go to a 5K together. She is new to this running thing as well. I need you guys to keep after me and not let me make excuses. I can remember last fall when I was doing the C25K and was enjoying it immensely. I need that feeling back.

Today's plan
B - oatmeal, banana, pb, choc chips (totally not needed), cocoa (today was my last day of syrup :( )
S - 3 mini cupcakes at preschool party
L - Lightlife roast turkey on light potato bread, ranch dressing, baco's, spinach and corn chips
D - spaghetti squash with sauce

NO MORE CUPCAKES

I have to wait for DH to get home and then I am going for a trial 5k to set a base time.