Lucy - Good luck with the interview, sounds like a tough choice but I'm sure the right decision will be made.

Jo - That is a lot to track. I'm kind of fascinated by long-term trends and data like that but I'm so GD lazy I don't end up being consistent with it. I pulled out my old food journal last night and it had been LAST May since I had tracked in it..............

H - I have been desirous of nommy nachos lately. I still think fondly back on the nachos I made with the vegan cheeze sauce... so good.

HH - turn that brain on.

Rhonda - You back to running yet?

Billie - Good luck getting the cat to give up the toilets. She's gonna keep doing it... unless you permanently keep your lids closed. It's tricky discouraging cats from water sources (icky as we may deem them), they have a relatively low water drive as it stands so I'm always hesitant to make them thirst lest they dehydrate...

did I get everyone?

About to go out to lunch with coworkers, one of my coworkers is quitting and tomorrow's her last day. We're celebrating someone quitting. I am not sure how that works...

Food was spot-on yesterday and I managed some, er, aerobic exercise in the evening hours. ;) Depending on how lunch goes I should be good for today as well. This weekend is another up at my sister's with my mother, eating is never wonderful there.... But I'll try....

I'm actually thinking when I move next month I'm going to try to procure a used exercise device of some kind, either a little elliptical or a little stationary bike (hopefully the bike). I'll have the space for it. And bonus, the bike wheels will act as fans to move the hot air around the apartment.

Anna - that dinner did sound pretty tasty. I am never that creative.

Heather - If you don't run I am packing up my kids and shipping them to you. Scratch that. I will leave the kids here and I will pack up and come down. We can take turns stoning each other. We'll both get exercise.

Jo - Binging sucks. I know how you feel but I have no words of advice. I can't control my own behaviors.

Lucy - :crossed:

She did drink some out of her bowl today while we were gone. She goes in Monday to get fixed and I don't want her dehydrated before surgery.
If she hadn't, I had every intention of letting her drink out of our toilet (ewww). I might just let her anyways (more ewwwwww). I can swish our toilet every morning when I do the litter box. The kids toilet is often neglected though so I am going to encourage them to keep that lid down.

Today is wet and raining and I am in a very BAD mood. I have something going on every weekday for the next 2.5 weeks. I don't really like being on the go that much. The house goes to pot and my eating goes out the window even more. I will be glad when the kids are done with preschool. It is going to be a lazy summer hopefully.

I accepted.
The director made it clear that he would be flexible with my schedule. He says he understands the working mom thing. Once the paperwork is moved thru top admins, we will work out a schedule.
I can still back out if I want. Gotta say, it was really fabulous hearing how great I am. ;)

Ooh, Lucy, that is so exciting! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Billie, make the choice to make it different this time... Old habits out, new habits in. Just because you're busy doesn't mean your needs go out the window!

I'm going to ask my sister if she ever uses her rowing machine now that she has a treadmill. I haven't seen that thing unfolded in YEARS - Maybe she'll give it to me? Who am I kidding, she'll want me to pay, but maybe I'll get a good deal. That would be a fun machine to have in the house....

Let the *****ing at Heather begin. Run Fail.

Morning everyone :)

I'm still alive. TOM's here and I am not in a happy or chatty mood. I've been little busy at work too with couple projects that need to be done within 2 weeks. Eating is going eh ok and so is exercise except for last night I just didn't feel like. Of course, now I feel guilty for not working out but such is life. I'm planning to go outside for my run again on Saturday. Hopefully it won't rain. I am tired of this rain too.

Talking about busy weekends. Man! we have no free weekend this entire month. It is nuts :dizzy:. Both of us are not too outgoing folks. Hubby definitely not too much and we just managed to have something or the other going on for 5 weekends in a row. We're going camping Memorial Day weekend and I am looking forward to hiking this year. Me? looking forward to hiking. Hello?? who is this person? :p

MIL had a shoulder surgery on Tuesday. And the drama begins. Good Lord! That woman should win an academy award for her performance. I'm sorry I know she's in terrible pain but my sympathies went out the door when I saw the facade she put on especially for her son couple years ago (& she still does it).

Totally unrelated note - my cubie can't shut up today. God! I hate sharing a cube. Is anyone listening?? Can I get a new job, please?

Lucy, congratulations!!! It's great that your company is ready to workout a schedule that works for you! Says a lot about them. I am happy for you :)

Have a wonderful day girls :)

Heather, Heather, Heather. :nono: Get your a$$ on the road!
Lucy - Congratulations!

Yesterday was headache day. I didn't eat much and, of course, no exercise. My scales have not budged this week. No exercise=no loss. My fault. This weekend, I will be very careful. Jen is coming to visit tomorrow morning! I want to do some cleaning before she arrives, but I will also take a break for the treadmill. I will!

Today is a 1500 calorie day
Breakfast - 2 scrambled eggs, ww toast, Chocolate Silk
Snack - Tangelo and cheese stick
Lunch - Lean Cuisie
Snack - Yogurt
Dinner - Sauteed veggies over ww spaghetti
Snack - Weight Watcher's Key Lime Pie.

Sigh
okay take 500. I really don't know why I'm rebelling against eating right and exercising. It seems to me there always has to be one area of my life that doesn't go well. Work is good, money is okay, dating is fun, friends are fine, family is fine so of course I can't get my *** together to workout and not stuff my face.

Today:
breakfast- toast and a smoothie
lunch - going to Earthfare so it'll depend on their menu. Hoping for some of their mock chicken salad and a cup of soup
dinner - veg burger and fries

Anjuli - I feel the same way about weekends. I've had things going on for far too many weekends in a row now - I'm looking forward to the next one when I have *nothing* going on. It'll be my reprieve before gearing up to move. Sending mental duct tape your way for your cubie's mouth...

Rhonda - That's so neat that you and Jen get to visit :) Glad you're feeling better.

Heather - Journal? If you don't know why you're rebelling... might be wise to find out. I know how you feel though, seems every time I get everything on track I sabotage my health & weight loss for no good reason. It's frustrating and a bitter cycle.

I made a list last night of positive affirmations and mantras and things to keep in mind. I read it over this morning while eating breakfast. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

I have tracked in my journal for two days in a row now, going on three. Even when I went over my points for the day due to ill-advised animal crackers, they made it in there. That's a step in the right direction...

Today:
B: 2 eggs (4), wrap (1), spinach, onions, black tea
L: black bean soup (3), orange (1), english muffin (1), turkey (1), spinach
S: smoothie - 1/2c lf plain yogurt (1), peaches (1), blueberries, almond milk (1), spinach
D: ? will be at sister's house by this time

=14/25, have plenty for whatever dinner throws at me.

Happy Mother's Day everyone.

DH picked out cards from the kids and then the kids let me lounge in bed until after 8am. Poor DH had to work a 16 hour day. :(

I just finished W1D3 of my training. I plugged the kids into the TV for a while today and made up a training schedule. I feel much more confident after planning out my weeks. The program I am doing is a 10 week to 10K. It starts with 1/8 mile jogs and 1/8 mile walking so it is perfect for my couch potato self. Today was much easier than yesterday was and I wanted until evening tonight. I have a 5K tentatively scheduled for July 18th and a 7 mile trail run for August 22nd. Our race is 8 miles and is September 12th on beautiful Mackinac Island.

I have been very pleased with my food for the last three days.

The weekend went surprisingly well food-wise. I ate close to OP as much as I could, and am down a bit from Friday morning... I went for a run on Saturday morning that was close to 2 miles - not terribly long but I've been off running for a couple months again so it was a good start. My legs are STILL sore from that. Did a lot of walking otherwise as well, and tried to help out the sister around the house - did some sweeping and other yard work... more activity!

It's a no go on the rower from the sister, they are keeping it. Ah well.

I am going to my meeting Saturday morning come **** or high water, I haven't been in months. My last WI there was 181, I am at 184ish now. Hopefully I can shake a little more of this gain off before I go. I don't mind being up from the last weight but I'd rahter not be SO far up from it!

Hope everyone else had a good weekend.....

Billie - Couch potato? You? I don't think so. You've been wogging for a while now, right?

I must confess. I had a craptastic weekend and used food for comfort. My scales are less than happy this morning.

This week is a hectic week. Late this afternoon, I'll be helping with a blood drive for my daughter's Girl Scout troop, so I won't have treadmill time. But, I'll stay on-plan with my food.

Breakfast - 2 scrambled eggs, ww toast, Chocolate Silk
Snack - Tangelo and cheese stick
Lunch - Frozen meal
Snack - Yogurt
Dinner - Sauteed veggies over ww couscous

Hi Chicks.

Thanks for the psych words last week. I have been alternately crying and freaking out and then planning and trying to figure how it may work. Meanwhile I spoke with the director's assistant several times today on other work matters and the topic of the possible new position never came up??!!

Rhonda, craptastic shmactastic. Today is a new day.
Billie, no, couch potato does not aptly describe you!!
Anj, my hubbie protests those super crazy weekends, but whaddaya gonna do? When ya got it.....
Heather, turn the self sabotage around. YOU CAN!!!!!
Jaime, bummer about the machine... but the outside is (almost) always available. way to rock the exercise lately :)

the weekend was fine, mother's day fine, just totally immersed in the anxiety of this potential new job.

Jaime - someone just up the road from me has an exercise bike for sale. The first thing I thought of when I saw the sign was J would like that.

Rhonda - I was wogging last fall but then had to quit when I got PF. This spring I started encouraging the kids to jog with me a little but we never went more than an 1/8th of a mile at a time. Today was day 4 and I two of my jogs from 1/8 to 1/4 mile and overall went from 1 mile to 1.5 so I am pleased. Tomorrow is a scheduled rest day.

Calories were over a little today but I had an increase in activity so it doesn't bother me that much. I was going to do a no dig raised garden but after looking at the amount of grass and how hard packed it was I changed my mind. We dug it out and weeded it and broke the soil up and got rid of the rocks. Then we laid newspaper, hay, and an entire pickup full of topsoil. There is manure, humus, and peat moss in my van to mix in tomorrow after lunch. It is really starting to look good. I will post pics. :)

Morning girls :)

Not much is going on here except that I am tired. I haven't been getting enough sleep for the past few days and it is taking its toll. I didn't workout last night cuz after my run on Monday my foot was hurting a bit yesterday. It felt stiff and as if something needed to pop. I am kinda worried about my 5k end of this month but we'll see. I also read it on the site that we cannot have headphones and umm...I cannot run without my music so that might be a problem. I'm trying not to think too much about it. I wish I had trained properly for the 5k but *shrug*. Food is ok so far.

Is it Friday?

Have a wonderful day everyone :)