Singles Supporting Singles #5
 

Hello Singles!!!!!

If you are single and looking for support for healthy eating, exercise and/or weight loss, please join us. The world is often built for two and if you're looking for a place where you can hang out with other people who are single, you've found it here! We look forward to getting to know you.

Please come in, make yourself at home, and tell us a little about you. Help yourself to the fresh fruit and veggie tray there on the coffee table. We didn't figure it was appropriate to put out cookies. :lol:

If you'd like to look back at the previous thread to get a little more information about us, click here for Singles Supporting Singles #4.

Hope you'll stop by and say hi!

Hi everyone...yes, I'm back yet again :^: . If you know me at all, you know this is my pattern. I do well for awhile, but then I drop off the face of the earth. Sorry for my poor posting habits, but I haven't been online for awhile. Work has been nuts and I did get away for a week long camping trip to northern Minnesota with two of my brothers and my Dad.

I pretty much tossed the eating plan out the window while I was gone. I gained about 7 pounds back. I vowed I wasn't going to go overboard with the eating and I was going to try to exercise evey day, but that went out the window with the eating.

My older brother did attempt my murder by dragging me on a 4 hour hike. He really wanted to hike up to the highest point in Minnesota called Eagle Mountain. It's really just a very high bluff, but the hike in was 2 hours of rocky, uphill paths (in shape people could probably do it in 1-1/2 hours, but I am obviously not one of those!). The way up was rough, but doable. It didn't help that it was 94 degrees and humid outside, the mosquitos and deer flies were pretty thick and I had finished my water in the first 30 minutes! I had to stop and rest 4-5 times on the way up, but I did it! The way down was worse because I was out of water, and I was tiring so I kept stumbling on the rocks (only fell once though). My brother was a saint to put up with my whining and he ran ahead towards the end to get my extra water out of the car and brought it back. It sucked, but I made it. Couldn't walk without significant pain for three days. A year ago I would not have even contemplated the hike, let alone attempted it. Next year, I may even make it without the rest breaks and whining!

Have had a hard time getting the diet going again, but woke up with new resolve this morning. Went to the Y and did my hour of cardio. Now I need to start back in with the weight training. Baby Steps!

Hope all is going well with everyone. I could promise I'll be better about posting, but the most I can promise is to try.

A new thread!!!!

Jeez, I feel terrible….I have been reading posts, but just not posting…seems that I just get busy…doing what??? Not much of anything, but busy!!!! All is well with me…..had my physical and was told, based on my report and blood work that I am extremely healthy…..just the weight as the only issue. But the Doc said that at my age, it just is harder…..stick with the diet…1500 was her recommendation and exercise 5 times a week for an hour!!!! Holy cow!!!! So yesterday I went to the Y and walked the track for an hour…going to try again today! I have been doing great on eating…even really planning for a night out and staying with my plan! Friday night I went out to eat at Applebee’s, they have good “diet” choices, and then went to a Trick Pony concert. Last night I went out with a guy friend for pizza…planned for it and stuck to my plan, but then had a few drinks…oh well I enjoyed myself! No reason not to sick to my plan today! Just going to Target and Staples!


Janet….Oh my that hike sounds like a trek!!! And as hot as it is here!!! I usually walk outside in the summer, but once this heat wave hit…I had to go to the Y!

Lilybutt

Janet: Good to see you! That hike sounds like a killer...congratulations for mastering it, even if it was really difficult. Next time, you'll know to take more water (or ration the bottle that you take better). It's all about doing a little better each time...and learning from our previous attempts! :)

Lily: Glad to hear the bloodwork is on target. Doc says exercise 5 days a week at 1 hour each, eh? That's a lot! I exercise 5 days a week and two of those days I exercise for an hour or more, but the other 3 days (the days I'm getting up at o'God thirty to exercise before work) I work out for only 30 minutes. I used to exercise longer on those work day mornings, but I found that exercising 30 mins and getting a bit more sleep was a lot better for my body and especially my mental wellness than more exercise and less sleep. It's all a matter of finding that right balance for each of us, I guess!

I know...... :eek: 60 minutes 5 times a week!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: and :barf: LOL

Well I know exercise really can be the key....I am 5'5" and 240 ish....wear a size XL or 18 and really, even with the weight, curvy....you know what I mean???? I have a figure.....i don't know it just is so hard to lose weight......I just feel like I am stuck at the 240-220 range. I have been here for years....so maybe upping the ante on the exercise will help....Can't promise I will make it, but I can promise I will try! :workout:

So today I made it to the Y again today.....yesterday walked 3 miles in an hour....today did 40 minutes on the bike and 20 minutes of weights. It is a start!

Sheri.....I think any activity is good, but sleep is better!!! I am not a morning person at all! I have to go to work tomorrow, been off since June 4th, and the thought of an alarm for the purpose of work is killing me already!!! :yawn: Oh well it will be a trial run....I have two weeks of vacay left then back to the desk!

I will keep you posted ! :cheer:

Lilybutt

Hello Ladies,

I saw one of these posts up on Friday and thought that I'd join in as well. My name is Megan and I live on the other side of the world from you guys : South Africa. A bit of my life story : I have recently returned from living in the UK for 5 years and then went back to study for a few months last year. Am now entering my sixth month at my new job up near Johannesburg. I'm a draughtsman and work for Consulting Engineers.
I've battled with my weight for most of my life with some periods of great weight loss at times (usually as a result of stress at work or very little money while in London). I've now been doing Weight Watchers at Home for about 4 months now and the weight is slooooowly coming off. I've now come to realise that I only lose about 1 week in four and I can cope with that as long as it isn't a gain!!
I try to exercise at least 3 times a week and am doing an old version of the Self Challenge as it makes me accountable for the exercise.

Great to meet you all.

Welcome, Megan! So lovely to have you join us.

I am so impressed that you're hanging in there even though your weight loss is slow...that's fabulous! I lost my weight (I'm about halfway to my goal weight) slowly as well and I happen to think that's the way to go. However, I sure understand the frustration.

I get so tired of having people complain to me about "only" losing 2 or 3 pounds a week. I would KILL to lose 2 or 3 pounds a week! They think of it as a failure because they want it all gone NOW. Well yea, we can all relate to that, but still...!

I'm with you guys - as long as I don't regain what I've lost, I am happy. I do go through spurts of losing 2-3 pounds in a week, but then I seem to plateau for a couple weeks while my body adjusts. If it would only come off as easily as it goes on :^: ... I've been on this diet for 48 weeks and am down 75 pounds for an average of 1.6 pounds a week. Its alot slower now than when I started, but probably because of the lessened commitment and motivation.

I agree with the five times a week seeming to be impossible. One of the recent books I read said that it takes more exercise to keep the weight off after losing than it does to lose it. :yikes: Bummer huh? I guess it makes sense with resting metabolisms, lean muscle and all that. So get used to it ladies!!! Maybe I won't hate it so much when I get the weight off and I'll want to exercise...but somehow, I just don't see that happening.

Exercise has got to become a priority again. I have had issues with depression in the past and I find that my moods are much more even when I am exercising regularly. Whether it's because of the increased control I feel or because there really is an exercise-antidepression link, I have no idea, but the blues are calling.

Hope all is going well with everyone

Hi there. Welcome megsa.

Sheri: I agree... I'll take whatever loss there is!!

Janet: I'm with ya regarding exercise. It's really time to get back in the saddle. I broke my wrist 4 mos. ago and have really let exercise go by the wasteside... and my moods are better with exercise as well.

I know if will make me feel good... and lead to me looking good - so why is it such a challenge? It takes every(!) ounce of courage in my body to get out of my door to get the gym...

Hope everyone has a good week!!

I've found that having my exercise bike or stepper in front of the tv helps A LOT!

Hello…..

Doing well here….maybe not really a “good” diet, but doing okay…Yesterday I knew I was going out to dinner with a friend to a pasta bar…so I ate very sparingly during the day…..got there and had pasta with red, yellow, green peppers, black and green olives, tomatoes, shrimp and chicken with red sauce…..all in all, not REALLY that bad!!!!!

Did go buy a new pair of shoes yesterday too…walked yesterday afternoon, and ended up with ANOTHER blister and said enough is enough…..hopefully these will fit better! The last two pairs were medium width; these are wide, they felt a lot better! For 75 bucks they better be!!!!

Megsa and Wander…..I usually watch TV at the Y…..makes the time go faster!

Janet…Exercise, exercise, exercise….the doc told me that for my depression and anxiety too…jeez how can something so good for us be so hard!!! LOLOLOLOL

Sheri…..I agree…a pound a week would rock my world….anything is good!!! Sometimes maintaining is even good!!! Like I seem to be doing now! Lose a pound…maintain for a month LOL…oh well!

Everyone…you guys keep me honest and keep me going…thanks!!

Lilybutt

Hi everyone, just checking in and bringing us to the first page again.

Megsa - ditto on having the exercise equiptment in front of a TV. I used to play Nintendo when I was on the treadmill. I can barely walk & chew gum at the same time so I played Monopoly which required very little hand eye coordination. At the YMCA I go to, they only have two TVs and one is tuned into a news station and the other to sports, so I have been borrowing books on tape cassettes from the library to listen to. Anything to make the time go faster.

Lillybutt - any control at all at a pasta bar would be good enough for me!! :lol: Pasta is my downfall (coming from a big Italian family and a mother who was a phenomenal cook). I can't even have it in the house or it's a binge waiting to happen. Finding decent shoes can be a pain - no pun intended. I wear a size 11 and alot of times my choices are limited to what the stores carry in an 11. Certainly cuts down on the choices! And unfortunately, my feet are the only thing about me that isn't wide, so it can be a challenge. I found a new pair that I actually bought off a guy at work that I just love. They are actually a size 12, but I refuse to believe I am a 12, so they MUST be mislabeled :D .

As to the exercise? Just get that old Nike attitude and JUST DO IT!

Good luck all! Gotta get to bed so I can get up and "Just do it", 'Nite

Had a thought today…went walking outside (new shoes worked out great….still got the old blisters, but no new ones)…anyway…I was thinking about wanting to lose weight and having a goal. Now my long term, would be ecstatic to be there, goal is---190. I was up to 250 once, got as low as 130, but gained weight back and got as high as 320, then I lost 80 and have bounced up and down at the 240-235 range for months, okay actually well over a year. So I was thinking about goals and weight and diets and thought to myself “why am I settling for 190….seems that I could be down further…170? 150? 130?” ……then stopped myself cold and said to myself, in my head of course-I don’t talk to myself on my walks, only in the privacy of my home-hehehehe-“why are you thinking about a weight loss goal?….what I am doing now…eating 1500 calorie of healthy food, exercising as often as I can (trying for the 5 days a week), should be my goal…not losing weight”. So I though instead of going to bed every night ruminating about whether the scale will show a loss in the morning and waking up running to the scale…..I should go to bed every night proud of having made good eating choices,while at home or eating out, or sticking with my calories, or walking and lifting weights, or just feeling good about myself. And get up in the morning and make conscience decisions about how I am going to live that day to be healthier….just my musings!

Lilybutt

I've discovered that I HATE the fact of walking just for the sake of it (or for exercise)! Walking around in circles does my head in! When I lived in London I walked a lot as it was easier and often quicker than taking a bus. Now back here in SA, you can't get anywhere without a car, so now I've got an exercise bike and peddle nowhere and back three times a week!

My diet pretty much sucks this week. Fell off the wagon last night and had a small packet of peanuts (50g) and two ff brownies. Not really that bad, but also not that good! Will be spending the weekend with a friend and REALLY looking forward to it. She is pregnant and I can't wait to see how she looks! It does mean that my eating will be a bit unrestrained, but it normally is over a weekend. I very rarely manage to stay OP on Sat and Sun. Think that it's because I have no routine. I normally weigh on a Sun am, but just do it on Sun night this time.

Payday today, so am now off to bank to shift money away from me.

Meg

Lilybutt, that is AWESOME! You know, I have been plateauing for a very long time now and it is really frustrating. But I finally decided a few months ago to look at the silver lining (that by plateauing so long, I'm learning to maintain, which is a skill I will definitely need when I eventually get to my goal) instead of looking at the frustrating (ARGH! why can't I lose weight!). It has definitely helped my emotional well-being to think of it in a more positive light. Every little bit helps, ya know?

Keep up the great work...that was one powerful thought you had!

Megsa - I've never tried it, but this is something my sister-in-law does when she is on her excercise bike: she has a map of the United States and some travel books. She plots an imaginary course on the map and reads up in the travel books about places she wants to visit. Then she "bikes" to them. When she reaches her goals, she reads the in the travel books about the places she has "reached". I guess you could just plot a course across the map without reading. Don't know if it would work for you, but it might be better than biking to nowhere & back!

Lillibutt - sounds like you are in a good, healthy place to be mentally. This battle is for life and your road will be easier with your better attitude.

SheriaVa - I like to look at plateaus as my body giving my skin time to catch up. Don't know if it works, but it takes my mind of the worries over loose skin!

Janet - I've been keeping track of my distance and have done about 210km in the last month or so. Have been thinking of trying to get to Cape Town (which means about another 900km to go!!) :lol:

Today at work has been hysteria all round. My engineer is on vacation and things have gone pear-shaped on one of the jobs so I've had hysterical contractors phoning me a couple of times a day! They'll just have to wait til Tues when we can actually DO something!

Good point! I have only lost 30-35 pounds but, being over age 50 when I lost them, I was worried about droopiness. I had a little at one time under my chin but that seems to have lessened. I totally agree that losing slowly is beneficial in allowing our bodies to adapt (in all sorts of ways, including skin) to the new us!

Hi everyone - Just posting to check in and bring us back up to the top. Having a kind of lazy day here. I did get up and go to the gym this morning, so at least I got that out of the way. My brother and my neice, who both share my house, are out of town so I have the house to myself for a nice change. I've been lazing around, finished a book and am mulling over going out to see a movie. On the other hand, maybe I'll go out and rent one to relish this time alone. No ambition whatsoever in this bod! I'm cool with that though...

Okay Megsa - Cape Town by Christmas!!

Sheria - glad to hear the skin does tighten up, even a little. I worry about that now, instead of the weight. Perverse creatures, aren't we? If we didin't have something to worry about, then we'd worry about that! Either way, I'd rather have the droops than the weight.

Hope all is going we for everyone. Have a great rest of weekend!

Hello!

Just enjoying a quiet night home alone on a Saturday night...nothing much on TV!!!! Oh well...it has been a good day. Yesterday I called a friend to go have dinner with me last night (Friday)...I think I had not spoken to a single person all week, except for the furbabies!, and I needed to get out.....it was obvious...I chatted her ears off!!! Oh well that is what friends are for!

Today I ran some errands, went for a walk using a new pedometer (walk was 6200 steps..wooo hooo!), made some supper and started a new book. Tell you what guys...it is very obvious it is time for school to start and for me to go back to work!!!! I enjoy me time home and time alone...but it is time to get things started and go back to work. I have one more full week off...then two weeks of working a few days...then start back full time.

Tomorrow I am headed to Minneapolis to pick my boyfriend up at the airport.....heading up early and doing some shopping along the way...looking forward to it and I usually am not much of a shopper! Monday I am taking my car in to be serviced...100,000 miles!!! then I'm heading to the bank to make the last car payment. That will be a good day!

Eating wise...all is good here...even at dinner the other night did okay. Went to the grocery store and loaded up on fruits and veggies. I am working on decreasing the diet pop thing.....working on it is the optimal phrase there.....drinking ice tea to replace some of it and increased water.....hopefully be off it by next weekend.

Oh and the 5 days of exercise this week.....well let me think......Last Sunday went to the Y and biked and did weights, Tuesday and Wednesday walked, Thursday back to the Y and biked and weights, Saturday walked outside...all for an hour....so I DID IT!!! 5 days!!!!

Enjoy your weekend!
Lliybutt

I hear what you're saying. I'm probably the most solitary person I know and yet, if I spend TOO much time alone, I can get depressed. Definitely needs to be a good balance between the social time and the alone time!

WOOHOO! OH man, I know how good that feels. I am always so happy when I finish off a car loan. :)

WOOHOO No. 2!!! You're doing wonderfully, lilybutt! Keep up the great work!

Lilybut : I really know what you mean! 'Not a people person' does not even begin to describe me! I see people at work and that's more than enough for me. Saw lots of friends on Sat eve and even that stresses me out for a while beforehand. Always enjoy it, but dread the buildup.

My sis and brother-in-law came round last night and he noticed that I'd lost weight!!! Yay!! He can be quite nasty in his teasing about my weight and it felt good to get a compliment from him. I measured myself yesterday and i've lost about 16cms all round. About four each from bust, waist and hips! Really makes it feel like somethings happening.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Meg

Hi there -

I'm a single Mom in Ontario, Canada, and can really relate to this thread. I find that I can do EXCELLENT all day with my eating, but in the evening, after the kids are asleep and I'm on my own, that's when the eating starts. If I have company, I'm fine, but it's being on my own so much that does it. Any ideas? I've been thinking of trying some 'planned snacks', but not sure what to do? I like the carbs/salty snacks - not a sweet person.

Thanks!

Welcome bellarotunda (dig the name!) I've found that eating dinner and then doing some exercise cuts down the cravings in a big way. I think it has to do with the endorphins or something. It doesn't always work and I find weekends particularly hard to stay op, but getting off the couch for even just a few minutes is good.

Good luck

Meg

Welcome, Bella!

Do you feel that you're eating in the evening because you're hungry or is it more an emotional thing (lonely, bored, etc.)?

If it's true hunger, then I would say make sure you're getting a more substantial dinner (or a more substantial lunch, if you don't want to eat so much later in the day).

If it's emotional eating, start by switching your snacks to healthier things like air-popped popcorn (or the 94% fat free microwave variety if you don't have an air popper). Then start thinking about what emotion it is that you're feeling and think about how you can meet that need in non-food ways. For example, if you're feeling lonely or in need of some conversation, pick up the phone and call a friend or family member and have a chat instead of snacking. If boredom is more the issue, get involved in a hobby that will keep you busy in the evenings--especially some sort of handcraft (knitting, needlepoint, etc.) that would involve you using your hands. Get into a good book that you can pick up each evening. Write poetry if you're so inclined.

I'd also suggest that you start keeping a journal if you aren't already. If you aren't consciously aware of why you're snacking, keeping a journal will help you identify what it is that you're feeling when you want to snack. Every time you get the urge to snack, first pick up the journal and write down what you're thinking--be honest! Then allow yourself the snack, but be sure it's healthy. After a week, read over the journal and see if you can pinpoint the emotion that's causing the snacking...then start working on that.

Good luck!

Hi Everyone....

Still hanging in here.....so hot here though! I didn't exercise on Sunday, went to the Twin Cities to pick up my boyfriend. Then on Monday I almost had an impromptu overnight trip...so packed to go and got in the car.....only to discover...the plan was off by a week, it is next Monday night.....luckily wasn't even out of town before the call came.....so ended up going out for dinner and a long harley ride! Very nice evening with the BF! So today I walked 3 miles outside. The new shoes are awesome.....my feet and legs get tired, not sore and full of blisters! Feels good! Tomorrow I will go to the Y and ride the bike and lift weights.

Megsa....LOL not a people person...oh my can I relate.....my mom called and asked me to travel with her and my Dad 6 hours in the car and the for a whole weekend to visist some relatives....now i would like to go see them....I actually am considering driving myself!!!! LOL...I know I would have my own motel room for sure!!!

Bella...I am a carb/salty eater too...I buy the 100 cal packs of crackers or ritz snacks or the 100 cal microwave popcorn.....It does the trick for me!!!!

Everyone.....keep on keeping on!

Lilybutt

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hi singles! i'm baaacccckkkk! for a short time anyways. sorry it took so long to get back. life has been very, very busy. my vacation was wonderful and relaxing. i only gained .75 of a lb. not too bad for all i ate. i discovered canolis on my trip into little italy. :lol: nyc was soo interesting. not at all as i pictured. it has cleaned up so much since i was there last when i was young.

my mom left saturday. :( she was impressed with what i had done with the house so far. saturday afternoon i went and purchased my new truck. i picked that up yesterday and of course i have been cruising around since. my friend and i took a 1/2 day off from work today and went swimming because it is so hot here. it's fun to play hooky once in a while.

welcome bella and megan!! glad to have you join us. :) i am glad to here everyone is doing well and out thread is thriving.

i am going away again for this weekend, so i probably won't be back till next week. i hope everyone has a great rest of the week!!!
kathy

Hello girls, Have enjoyed reading the thread today. I tried to post here months ago but was not motivated or consistent. I'm trying to get back on track now and thought I'd write a quick note sorta re-join again...although I've been doing well on the Jorge Cruise plan for close to 2 weeks now, I now soon I will need somewhere to come for support and encouragement as well as continued motivation. I used the journals today and that helped keep me on track. Gotta go now and prepare a healthy dinner! Until later....

Holli's Human: So good to see you again! Glad you came back to visit. How are you liking the 3-Hour Diet? What do you like and dislike about it? I have been eating pretty close to every 3 hours for about 2 years now and I do find that I can manage to almost never be hungry if I stay on that schedule. Not ever getting too hungry is key, since I tend to overindulge (or indulge in the wrong foods) when I get really hungry.

Kathy: Good to hear from you! Glad you had a nice visit with Mom.

Happy Friday to all! Hope you have a marvelous weekend.

Sheria, I am loving the 3 hour diet! I am a bit enthusiastic today cause I just weight ( 2 weeks mark) and have lost another 3lbs!!!! THat is 6 total. I feel so great! I have more energy and am almost never hungry. Both I have never experienced before while dieting. Tired and hungry usually wear me down. The food is delish and very satisfying. I haven't had this much success on a diet plan in years, outside of the usual starvation plan. I'm thrilled with it! I joined the website last night and think it will be extremely helpful in meal planning and new recipe ideas. I haven't exercised at all in the 2 weeks, as he says you don't have to, but of course reccommends you do. I may start his 8 min. in the morning exercise plan Monday to start toning a little.

Hope everyone else is doing well and have a great weekend!

[QUOTE=SheriaVa]If it's emotional eating, start by switching your snacks to healthier things like air-popped popcorn (or the 94% fat free microwave variety if you don't have an air popper). Then start thinking about what emotion it is that you're feeling and think about how you can meet that need in non-food ways. For example, if you're feeling lonely or in need of some conversation, pick up the phone and call a friend or family member and have a chat instead of snacking. If boredom is more the issue, get involved in a hobby that will keep you busy in the evenings--especially some sort of handcraft (knitting, needlepoint, etc.) that would involve you using your hands. Get into a good book that you can pick up each evening. Write poetry if you're so inclined.
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This is just what I needed to read tonite!! Thank you Sheri - you always have such good, sound advice!

Janet: I really like that your SIL makes an imaginary course. I get so bored on machines... maybe I'll try it!

I've been way off-course and subsequently quiet on the board (i know that's when i should be more "vocal"... ?!). I'm trying to focus my mind (always have a lot of thoughts buzzing around). Do you think that - mainly - weightloss is mind over matter?

I happened across a motivational speaker on TV yesterday and a point that he made was that the Wright brothers didn't achieve flying by dreaming of staying on the ground. What do you guys think of that? For some reason, it speaks to me... although sometimes if I focus too much on trying to lose weight - it becomes too much and too overwhelming... ?!

Anyway: thank you for all the posts... y'all are motivating me to put one foot in front of the other.

ok... p.s. I guess I have no idea how to "quote"!! hahahaaaaaa (sorry!)

You're most welcome. I'm so glad you found it helpful. :)

While I completely understand the thought process of staying quiet when you're off course (that has seemed to be predominant attitude on 3FC overall in the time I've been here), I do find it really helpful to "talk it out" when things are going crappy. There are times when I'm feeling SO down that I'm not up to sharing but, more often than not, I find that posting when things are rough--and getting support from the group in return--are helpful to keeping a small stray off-course from being a major detour. Just a thought!

Yes and no. Everything I read about weight loss from "the experts" says that weight loss is pure science: calories taken in - calories expended through exercising = weight loss. However, I know that, for myself, this is not always true and I have heard the same thing from other women, esp. women over 40. For me, eating too few calories on a consistent basis tends to be a problem. I've noticed that, on mornings after a bigger day of eating, the scale goes DOWN not UP...if it was just science, that wouldn't happen.

I do believe that a positive outlook has a lot to do with everything we try to achieve in life, including weight loss. I have been plateauing for a year this month and I beat myself up pretty good about it in the first half or more of that year ("you're a failure," "you can't do anything right," "why can other people do this so easily and you can't?"). Just recently, I've been trying to be more positive. First, I started several months ago by reframing the plateau (i.e., looking at the silver lining) as not wholly negative. Now, I'm adding to that by repeating positive affirmations to myself. I am FEELING more fit and lean, but it's not yet showing on the scale. I only just started the affirmations this past week or so, so I need to give it more time.

Oh my! Once again time has slipped away from me and I just haven’t had time to sit down and post…..officially I am back to work…but just 3 days this week and next then back to full time! Oh well it has been a great summer and I am ready to go back!

I REALLY wanted to be at 230 by the end of the month….but I just am stuck bouncing around between 238-240……so I may not make it…but I am not giving up!!!!!

Sheri…you are SOOOOOOO correct…cal in/cal out is the science…..there is more to it than that…..I used to be able to lose 5 pounds so easily…now I just can’t…..I, too, am thinking about how much fitter I feel and how much better my clothes fit and how good my health is….the weight loss will come if I stick with it!!!

Wander….just keep reading if that is all you have time to do…..I know I post for my own well being….”getting it out” so to speak….nice to know someone reads it!

Oh yes….I did 5 days of exercise last week again……and already did two days this week….I start my weeks on Sunday…..so I am doing the right things!!!!

Well just wanted to touch base…..good eating and exercising to all!!!

Lilybutt

YUP! That's my philosophy too.

Way to go! I got my 5 days in last week too...but barely. I got into a serious emotional funk this weekend and just didn't want to do JACK. I skipped the gym on Saturday and that's usually my longest and most intense workout of the week. So that left Sunday as my last day to get in my 5th exercise day of the week (my exercise week runs Monday to Sunday). It was until maybe 5 or 6 p.m. that I finally got it together, but I did it! Not only did I exercise, but I picked the toughest workout I have on DVD--Tae-Bo Cardio. WHEW! What a workout. :)

Five days a week is always my goal. Last year, I did 6 days a week for much of the year, but found myself feeling resentful about always having to work out--it just felt like I wasn't getting much of a break. Since I went to 5 days a week, I find that I am able to keep up with the schedule more often than not and that I don't feel overworked or resentful about it. As a result, while 6 days of exercise may be better for me physically and help me lose weight better, it's bad for me emotionally/mentally and that means I am more likely to blow off exercise more days a week and that's counterproductive.

It's all about finding out what works for our body and doing it consistently! :)

I think, I say in a whisper, with my fingers crossed, knocking on wood wearing my lucky charms, I may have broke the plateau.....weighed in today....down 4 pounds!!!! But I am being reserved and waiting to see what happens the next few days....maybe??? the exercise is working?? LOL

Lilybutt

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hey singles! i'm still here. haven't had a lot of time to sit down and post though. it seems when i do get the time it is late and all i want to do is go to sleep. been going to bed earlier that i used too. i haven't figured out as too why i am so tired lately.

welcome back holli's human! glad to have you return. great job on the 6lb loss!! keep it up! :)

my weekend away went ok. it was expensive for just a volunteering job. and it wasn't a charity or anything so i probably won't do it again. i ended up taking monday off just to catch up on some sleep.

my tops meetings are going well. i think i remember telling about a exercise contest i volunteered to be captain of.....well, my team won!!! :D i was so excited. it also feels good to be moving a little again. i will get back to par slowly but surely.

sheri- i have to agree with wanderlust, you do give good advice! thanks! :cool:

well, i will check back soon. hopefully after august i will have more time to myself. happy thursday!
kathy

lilybutt: i'm crossing my fingers too!!! good work!!!! :)

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hi singles! another weekend over! :( nothing much eventful here.

lilybut - i hope your plateau is broken and then some!!! i posted this in a previous post but for some reason it isn't here.??? i have faith in you and please rub off some of that determination on me. :)

i bought some books this weekend. the one i started is "Tales From the Scales". i've only read a little but it sheds some light from other women's view of the things i think and feel. it's a wierd kind of funny to realize they actually think the same things i do. and when i read it, i can't believe i have those thoughts of low self esteem like others. i always feel i am the only one who thinks those stupid things. i'll keep you up to date on it as i read it.

i hope everyone had a good weekend and have a great week too! :D
kathy

Hi all……well I haven’t weighed myself since I dropped the 4 pounds. One reason is that I really was not in a place to see it go back up right away. The other is that I have had a few nights out, and have eaten somethings that I shouldn’t have….so waiting to be on track for a few days to weigh again….giving it a few days! Still exercising, but not today…instead I did a TON of yard work…edged the yard, mowed, weeded, and fertilized! I think that counts! And I did a great job eating today! Back to work tomorrow and back to a work/eating routine. I have done a good job with drinking less diet pop, I hope I can keep it up when back at work. I bout a box of 100 calorie microwave popcorn bags….for the afternoon munchies, if they hit! So trying to be prepared!!!

Best to all of you for the week!!!

Lilybutt