Good morning everyone! Weigh-in day for me today and I'm 2 pounds down!
I've been having trouble with my back though, so I've been taking it easy on the exercise and everything else as far as that goes. I did go to the chiropractor last Friday and it helped some, but I think I'm going to have to go back again this week. Hopefully I will be able to get back on track soon! Seems like whenever I get going good in the right direction something like this happens to slow me down.
Well ladies still havnt got my puter back so i had to read 6 pages hard to keep up.
For all that have had bad news and stuff, Sorry
For all those who had good news and stuff, Congrats
I havent done anything except clean my basement, garage and porch which to 3 days a day each so I guess that is quite a bit of exercise but, no walks and no Curves. Been really hectic hubby is moving out at the end of the month, we are going bankrupt, they have committed my gramdmother, she is suicidal. Everything all at once right, thats the way it goes. I am hoping writing this today will get me motivated for that Monday morning new week thing. Today I am just focusing on me and getting back in to my routines that I was doing so well on. Tommorow is my weigh in at Curves so I am going to go and just see, I dont expect to much of a lose if any, but it will prove if I do nothing, nothing will change. Hopefully I will get my puter back so I can go on daily, I think that hasn't helped either, no support, don't feel like dooing anything. Well take care ladies, keep up the good work, make me jelous and I will try to get on every second day or so through my work puter, to hard to miss more that that to much to catch up on.
September's Goal
Curves =
Walking =
Goal 12 Curves ( still have TIME to get all 12 days in at Curves)
25 walks ( if I walk every day I will miss my goal by 2, I can't let that happen gonna have to make 2 of my walks duoble)
Last edited by Ice Princess; 09-11-2005 at 11:25 AM.
i am so sorry about your situation ice princess. that's so awful. i'll be thinking about you.
congrats on the loss suzymc.
well gotta go. dh is hollering at me to get ready.
Well when it rains it pours! I was stressing last night about dealing with my ex(I am no longer speaking to him) and I ate way too much. I didn't eat anything icky but just too much and now I feel like I have a box of rocks in my stomach. Of course it was just as ugly as I thought it would be this morning. Jerk parked away from the house and also came in his new chippies car and poor josh was stuck in the middle because I was telling him goodbye and have a great visit and ex was flapping his gums and saying no he was going to talk to me. I thought I was going to have a brain hemorage. Feel bad for his new married girlfriend though-she is trading one abusive jerk for a slightly younger version of the current jerk she is married to. He is still being Mr. Wonderful to her until he has her hooked and then the real guy will come through. So today I am back eating the amounts that I need to-man when I am I gonna learn that it isn't worth it???
Melissa
melissa- ex's are jerks sometimes- and no they are not worth it. but it's hard not to let them affect us. I think they enjoy being like they are- my ex must love it cause he is one miserable phooey head.
Ice- I am so sorry things are not going well- I know how bad things can turn in a split second. I hope your grandma can get the help she needs. I am sending hugs((()))
Suzy YAY! on the loss. you help to motivate!
well I did get closets cleaned out and I was great on food today and water. My body doesn't seem to be happy w/o water. decided not to exercise as we did yard work and I am tired. I should have but I am LAZY.
I am having some emotional "wanting to eat everything" issues this weekend. Missing my nana who has only been gone 2 months. it's almost like she isn't gone and then I think about it and it's hard. Lots of other issues that would turn into a novel- I need to get over the anger I have toward my mom & step dad. it's not healthy and then I want to eat but then I realize that eating isn't helping the anger go away. It only makes me more angry that I allow them to bother me. sorry for being and spouting..
Have a good night all Thanks again for the motivation.. you guys are awesome!
SuzyMc - Congrats on the 2lb loss Sorry about your back - Are there any exercises that your dr. could suggest that may not make you hurt?
Ice - sorry about everything It always happens that everything hits the fan at once! Hope things get better for you. Just remember exercise is a great stress reliever!
Sandisuze - I lost my mom 6 years ago and it still hurts, but it does get easier to deal with - just remember she is always with you, looking out for you.
Melissa - ex's are jerks (I guess they wouldn;t be ex's in most cases if they weren't)
Try not to let it get to you - it's hard when the kids in the middle. Not fair to them at all.
I had a very off plan day today, but will not beat myself up over it - back in the saddle tommorrow!
Take Care everyone...keep up the good work!!!
Melissa- I hope dumb new girlfriend doesn't upset Josh.
Ice-I am sorry for your distress. Maybe this week will be better.
Suzy- 2 more is wonderful.
Every Sunday my dh buys 2 loaves of bread at the Sunday farm market. Today it just called to me and I ate 2 regular and 4 small pieces, with butter of course. The day comes out at about 1700 calories, not a gain, but surely doesn't help towards a loss.
I think Sunday is the hardest day of the week for me. I like to read the papers and snack and somehow it all adds up. I have to plan better.
Laura
Good Monday morning everyone! Here we are the beginning of another week! Drink your water...stay on your eating plan...and exercise, exercise, exercise! Go, go, go...we just have 18 more days to meet our September goals!
My thoughts exactly Suzy. Monday morning is a good time to get it all together and make a decision to stay OP.
I like the word decision cause that's what we all all doing-deciding that we want to make certain changes in our lives and then sticking by that decision. Saying that you made a decision about yourself empowers you. This time I'm not doing it for my DH or kids or mother etc. This is my decision to lose all this extra weight because it's what is good for me and I want it.
It's hard for me to say that there is something just for me that I want, after years of kids and DH come first and I need to bend to their needs first.
I am not traveling with my husband on business this week as I usually do. First off I don't want to go where he's going. Second, when I travel on business I wind up eating all the time, big hotel buffet breakfasts that come with the room, lunch in a nice place and then dinner with the customer, who is insulted if I don't appreciate the lovely restaurant he has chosen. Then DH is spending a few days with good friends at the beach and I don't want to be the the fat lady stuffed into a black bathing suit on the beach ever again. I don't feel strong enough yet to stay OP thru all this so I'm not going this time. Next time, when I am thinner and have something new to wear, and I feel better, and I feel good about how I look, maybe I will be strong enough to resist all the traveling temptations and I will go too.
Laura
Laura
I agree- Mondays are the start of a new week and a new time to get it together.
ARGHHHH only 18 days ??? where did the time go??
I weighed myself today just to see if I gained any from last week's rotten eating habits and no I didn't gain so thats all good. even lost a 1/2 lbs but it could be water weight loss I am only counting full pounds lost. I am down 1 pound for the sept. goal so that's a good start. and I am going to put the gazelle on lawaway- it's my "I've almost lost 10 pounds and I am NOT drinking soda and I am eating better and drinking water" present to myself.
I understand about putting others first- for the last two years I ran around dealing everyone but me, even though the dr. said you need to lose weight, you need to eat better - I still feel selfish/guilty at times telling people/family NO I can't have that or I can't eat that or I can't go there I will overeat..But this is my health- It's my body and I refuse to allow others to make me feel bad about treating it in a healthy manner.
Laura- the inlaws wanted to take us to an all you can eat buffet next weekend and I said sorry i can't go- I know I am not steady enough to do that yet. I told everyone they could go but I will stay at home. People were upset because I am ruining the day for them but i refuse to be guilted into a binging event . (sorry)
I hope everyone has a great day!!
hi everyone. i am so tired of this constant yo-yoing on the scale. i am up two pounds. this is like some kind of freak cycle. down two punds, up one pound, up one pound, down one pound, up one pound, down one pound... grr! it makes no sense! well i guess i just have to do my best with calories and forget the danged scale. but the whole yo-yo thing is getting old.
I feel exhausted today--can't seem to wake up! I made a serious detour from my plan this weekend and ended up having a high calorie day yesterday. I started and ended okay, it's what was in the middle that did it to me and I blame my husband. He was trying to cheer me up b/c my sales were so low at the fair by bringing me a funnel cake. I ate a little more than half of it, I think, and I have no idea how many calories were in that...probably more than 2 donuts. I had a mini-bagel with lite cream cheese and lox for breakfast (250), veggie pita for lunch (500?) and salad and a slice of pizza for dinner (650?). And I still woke up with a growling stomach. It's a yogurt and salad day for me, probably fish for dinner.
20 min run on Fri, but none Sat/sun, though i did spend the whole day yesterday on my feet and lugging around display stuff. I'll do a short cardio tonight and lots of weight training, so I should get in about an hour of exercise.
Congratulations to all of you registering losses this weekend--way to go! I feel like I'm getting off track more than I'm staying on lately.
cadwell~ about the weight fluctuations--It's probably water fluctuations that are getting you bummed. If 3500 cal are in a pound, it's unlikely you ate an extra 7000 calories since your prior post boasting a loss. Just take it in stride and stop weighing yourself so much, or if you must get on the scale, do it every day and then average it on your weigh-in day. I gotta big problem wanting to weigh myself all the time. My scale this morning said 165 and I know I did not gain 4 pounds this weekend--it has to be water. I had to wear my bloaty clothes today.
Sandi-One of the things I've noticed in the last few weeks is that other people really don't care what you eat or don't eat. The last 2 times I ate out with friends, I ordered an appetizer as my main course. No one said anything like, "oh, you're dieting or being so good," and I was happy with my order. It's different however, to go into an all you can eat, so it's really smart to stay home. No discussion, no excuses, it's your body, your life, your choice!!!!!!!!!!
Laura
I am about to change my name to Duncan-that is how much of a yo-yo I feel like too. UP two down some then up again. What do people think about changing weigh in to Friday or Saturday?? Weekends seem to be hardest for us all. Of course I am really tired-Odessa will just not stay in her bed. I would put her back in a crib if I wasn't afraid she would climb out and break her neck. I go see Josh's shrink today so maybe I can vent a little to her and get out of this rut I am in. Cracks me up, Josh is the one with the issues but I see his shrink every other week. Come heck or high water this weight will come off!
Melissa
Sorry about your back - Are there any exercises that your dr. could suggest that may not make you hurt?
It always happens that everything hits the fan at once! Hope things get better for you. Just remember exercise is a great stress reliever!
I am only counting full pounds lost. I am down 1 pound for the sept. goal so that's a good start. and I am going to put the gazelle on lawaway- it's my "I've almost lost 10 pounds and I am NOT drinking soda and I am eating better and drinking water" present to myself. 
(sorry)
