I just did 3 1/2 miles on the road with my bike. At about 3 miles my legs gave way and I had to walk a bit. It's really hard cause the road is a mix of pave and gravel and it's hilly. I like the downs, but the ups are so tough. I don't feel bad when I have to walk up hill cause I am lugging all these extra pounds and it's been a long time since I had a bike. So altogether I feel good. BTW if someone held a butter pecan sundae with hot fudge and wet nuts in front of me, I couldn't even taste it. Is that what hard exercise does to you?
We are meeting friends for dinner and then we have tickets to a concert. I already decided to have a crab cake appetizer as an entre and a salad, so I'll be ok. I wish I could have candy at the concert, like M&Ms, but that won't be a good idea.
Theresa-good for you making money on stuff you don't need. I love yard sales. I got my 2 matching dark green velvet sofas at a sale 15 years ago and they are still excellent today.
Melissa- good too hear you are OP all week.
Cadwell-sounds like you're on a roll
I hope everyone has an easy night re food and stays OP cause it feels better in the morning when the day before was good.
Laura

PS- I can't believe this is my 105th post. Is this my new addiction instead of food?
Laura

Hey better to have this as an addiction than probably anything else I could think of. There are no calories and it is good for the soul.
Melissa

Well theresa you certainly got me motivated to clean out some stuff, so I went thru all the Kitchen cupboards and cleaned up and tossed out old lids and those items that fall in the back of the cabinets- tonight I am tackling my bedroom closet, I need to organize some stuff for better access. congrats on the $$$ made!
Kathy- 6 ?? oh my- I really don't know how you all can go to the store and stay sane with the kids?? I can't take my hubby or any kids with me the cart fills up with junk.
Still debating on the gazelle --thinking it may be good for exercising- I am turning into a weight lifting junkie- I mean all i have are dumbells but I am liking it as exercise. and I guess thats the key- liking what you do as exercise and you keep on doing it. I tell hubby that i will be "buff" one day :rofl:

Made a yummy dinner tonight-

1 box (8oz. ) whole wheat pasta, cooked
2 cans diced tomatoes with italian seasoning -drained
1 green pepper sliced thin
1 small onion sliced thin
a handfull or 2 of mushrooms sliced
Sautee veggies(except tomatoes) in a bit of olive oil - (we like ours cooked but not limp)
when veggies are cooked to your liking, toss in drained tomatoes -until they are hot (like 1- 2 minutes) mix veggies with hot pasta - I served ours with a sprinkle of parm. cheese

why are there food temptations all over right now in my life?? bosses new candy bowl, people bringing me a bag of the new chocolate covered chex mix , klondike bars in my freezer ,cookies from the schools bake sale in the cupboard. arrgh I am really not a ice cream person or even a cookie person- but just knowing they are there it's annoying me..I plan on working in the closet and then exercising - then it's saturday night with the hubby,a movie and a bowl of smart pop! I am back OP and drinking water I find if I don't I miss it so much..
I can do this.

Yes, Sandi you CAN do this! You have your plan for the night, and I hope you get to stick to it. I'm glad I inspired you to get rid of some of your junk. Most of what I am selling is old stuff from the kids, everything from clothing to infant car seats, strollers, changing table and bassinet, toy boxes, etc. Plus some of those way overpriced big baby toys that play music and lights...you know, the ones that cost at least $30 each and the kids don't want anything to do with it after a week? LOL I sold 2 of those to a guy, both practically brand new with working batteries, both for $15...and I paid about $70 for them both. If I had another child I would not spend half the $ I did on these two when they were littler. Live and learn I guess.

We went to taco bell for supper and I went on and had what I wanted. That is all I ate the entire day, so I shouldn't be over calories and i was so hungry I was getting headaches and felt lightheaded. Tomorrow I have to find a way to get some food in me before 7PM. I did chug down a lot of water, but everytime I went to the kitchen to get something another person would pull up out front for the sale. I finally gave up and just stayed on the porch until evening when the people slowed down.

Theresa

Good morning everyone! Weigh-in day for me today and I'm 2 pounds down! :dancer:

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. :(

MIA (Missing In Action or no action
 

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 :grouphug:
For all those who had good news and stuff, Congrats :dancer:


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 = :strong:
Walking = :tread:
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)
:tread: :tread: :tread:

:grouphug: i am so sorry about your situation ice princess. that's so awful. i'll be thinking about you. :(
congrats on the loss suzymc. :D
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 :cheer: Sorry about your back - Are there any exercises that your dr. could suggest that may not make you hurt?
Ice - sorry about everything :cry: 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?? :yikes:
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 :lol: 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 . :soap: (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

Laura- you have nicer friends than I do LOL! kidding- most everyone doesn't say too much about my eating-there are a few who pick on me about "there she goes getting a salad, or have one french fry it won't kill you." but I find those are the ones who have issues about their own weight and maybe feel guilty about not watching what they eat. I keep quiet about weight loss and eating healthy- I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable. Family is a different story- they were really hurt I said no to the buffet I tried to explain to them I can't control it - I am addicted to certain foods and it's like drinking or smoking once you backslide it's so hard to get back to where you need to be. They just don't think it's an addiction-
Laura you are so motivational Thank you !!!!!!!!!

Hello All
Maybe we should ammend the September challenge to no scales from this Wednesday to the 28th. Hide the scale challenge. It's one thing if you have been off program, but when the scale can't support how good you've been, it makes you nuts.
What do you think?

Two weeks without a scale??? How about just for the week LOL-I admit it, I am a scale junkie.
melissa

Sandi-Maybe you shouldn't explain anymore. You've told them once and even if they don't agree they need to show you some respect. I've always eaten icecream with my DIL whom I really love. Yesterday at her house she kept saying "let's go on an icecream run," even tho I kept saying I wanted to stay OP, she kept pressuring me, by saying just this once, it's Sunday, etc. And this is from someone I love, and who knows how much I want to lose it. I didn't go. I think she was going after I left. It's really hard to break patterns that you've been in for a while, especially since I don't want to have a long explaining talk.
So we all need to do our best and if you mess up, get right back on.
Laura

Melissa- the scale is a miserable thing that beats you up when you don't deserve it. I hate the damm thing. I'd much rather put everything on fitday.com, be honest and know that if I do everything right, it will come off. Am I a dreamer?
Laura

No I don't think so. I know I get on mine too much and I should probably cut it down. Maybe we should check in less frequently and do bi-weekly or monthly so there isn't as much of a need to "hop" on because weigh in day is comming. We can still post on here when we want to ect but do something official on a less regimented deal. What does everyone think? I know I don't want to be a slave to the darn thing either.
Melissa

I am the opposite. I have only WI 2 times cause I'm so afraid that if the monster in the scale doesn't show a loss, I'll flip out and binge. So I'm using 2 pairs of pants that I couldn't get into at the beginning of the summer starters. One pair had ripped cause they were so tight and now I can fix them and wear them and the other pair fits but it's too hot yet. I really hate the scale and once I start with it I know I'll jump on 10 times a day, so since I'm not ready to deal with it in a rational way, I'll stay away. Chicken that I am. Maybe I will WI at the end of the month.
Laura

I am not sure what the answer is-I saw my son's shrink today and I do feel better and also feel like I got my power back. It just irritated me to no end that even after all this time, I was allowing him to control me and still basically run my life. I ate for two days-all good food since there is nothing in the house that isn't good but it was still more than I needed and I felt lousy. Today is the first day that I feel back in control and that I am the one calling the shots for myself. I did have to go pick up Josh since he got sick at school today. His teacher let him eat two of his treats instead of one. I have to let her know that she has to moniter what he eats or he gorges himself. By the time his brain registers he has eaten, he has eaten too much and gets sick. He did that with his Dad yesterday too. That moron doesn't listen to anything I have to say about Josh and just lets him do whatever and then can't figure out why he vomited. Obviously he isn't the brightest bulb in the room. I am really looking forward to the day when I don't sedate myself when things are rough. I am hoping that it does happen eventually.
Melissa

Melissa-It took me a long time to know I was sedating myself with food. I thought I was just a pig. Sometimes we need to be sedated just to get thru. I have a former friend who lost all her weight, and now she gets migranes and has to stay in bed for a day or 2 every two or 3 weeks. Just a tradeoff, one sedating method for another. I don't know the answer.
Two of my four kids are causing me grief right now and I have to lay low and let them solve their own problems. It's so hard and I worry so, but I think it's easier than road you are on cause your boy has such particular needs. I wish there was a magic wand for you, and certainly your ex deserves a hit in the head.
Maybe we can figure out another method of sedation. Exercise, crafts, cleaning, I don't know.
Laura

I am sure that finding a healthy alternative for emotional eating is the secret to weight loss! We just need to learn a new activity rather than walking to the refrigerator and putting something in our mouths! I've been trying very hard to walk in the other direction to my sewing room and just sewing for a few minutes...it relaxes me and keeps my hands busy at the same time. Maybe we could make a list of things to do (other than eating) when life starts to get the better of us...

Exactly, I don't want to change one life robbing habit for another one-may as well stay fat if I do. Adult children are so much harder than small ones. I have one child who is an adult and I also had to step back-kills me, I haven't talked to her in about 4 months now-her choice not mine. She is making all kinds of hidious mistakes but unless she asks me, I have to be quiet about it. I worry for my youngest grandchild who isn't in my care because I don't know if he is getting taken care of the way he should be. I did start cross stitching again-kind of have to wait for my new glasses cause it is just too hard to see and I have to admit the house is much cleaner too now. Maybe I should take a poll of thin people and see what they use for coping-tried to talk the shrink into medication for ME but as usual she laughed at me. I just keep hoping it gets easier and I will run to the fridge less and less as time goes by.
Melissa

That is a good idea Suzy-we are all in the same boat together, our demons that drive us just may differ at times.

I don't remember who here mentioned that thin people fidget more, but I have been turning myself into a fidgeter ;) No matter where I am, if I am still I think of a fidget to do. Right now I am bouncing my legs and doing little calf raises. I was squeezing my butt cheeks while watching out the window earlier, and in the car I have come up with some little fidgets to do at red lights and stop signs. We'll see if it works and becomes habit.

I was going to respond here at 1 this afternoon but there was a car acciden that knocked out our electricity until 7:30PM. No one was hurt, but neighbor said it was a drunk driver. Dinner was forced into sandwhiches, and I had some wheat bread and FF turkey for mine. Then I made a small salad right before lights came back on. I wanted to pig out on the brownies the kids were snacking on just from the boredom, but I picked up a book instead. It was actually nice since I don't have as much time to read as I used to. I am reading Enemy Women and it is SO good, got to really get into it today...so something positive did come out of it! I have been reading while cooking, in those few moments when I would usually just kind of nibble and taste things, I stand at the counter and read instead.

As for what to do instead of emotional eating, I have been going outside, letting the kids play while I sit on the deck and read or do some gardening. Just being out of the house helps. At night, I have been getting on the gazelle for a mile...I never want the food anymore when I get off, it makes me feel so good about myself.

Oh, and on the scales and WIs, whatever is best for you all is fine for me. I get on about every 2-3 days and don't take the gains to heart, because I can always tell before I step on that I am bloated or icky and expect it that day, knowing it's not fat in there, it's other things. There are so many other things that effect the scale! I am using the measurements as my mark of prgress, and I do that on the first of every month. The inches lost are what convinces me I am really shrinking.

Okay ladies. Another week, fresh start, we can do this! It may be a slow progress, but the weight didn't get come on overnight and it's not going to leave overnight either!!!!

Theresa

Laura -I think you are very wise- Thank you for words of wisdom.
Suzy - ditto on the good idea. I did start on a 1000 piece puzzle the other day and my hubby said to get a magnetic dart board so i can toss darts at whatever is "bothering" me- take out my emotions on what I feel should be the target.. hmm could be fun??
Melissa-No comment on older kids- I have to stop worrying.
when you get the poll results please share with us LOL

Well hubby's company is changing insurance companies again :mad: and I was just notified today that as of Sept. 25 No more WW oh well I wasn't being serious with it anyway. I had to scramble to make new appointments- it just stinks but at least we have decent insurance so i shouldn't complain.

I am having bad cravings tonight- can't decide if i want a smoothie or popcorn. I finally checked out fitday and I like it- straight forward and the calories don't lie. The gazelle is on lawaway as of tonight- I got on one at the store and I LIKED it too. (yes the kids laughed but they liked it too LOL)
I am going to get an account on fitday and decide on a snack and go finish the book I started the other day.
Thanks everyone and have a good night!

Feeling so so
 

Hey all,
I just finished reading up, I haven't checked in here for a couple days. It seems that with work and kids I never get a chance to sit down let alone actually spend a few minutes reading or writing on-line. I just finished doing about 1/2 of the new Billy Blanks boot camp video...well, not completely new, just new to me, I bought them today. I remember about 4 years ago I did his video 5 days a week and looked really good ;) (And I remember of course because I came across a picture last night from Halloween in 2001, it was about 30 lbs ago.) Anyway, I am determined this time, though I agree with everyone else, we all have emotional or mental blockages that keep us from actually suceeding. I have noticed this past week that since I am paying attention to what I eat and how much, I am always watching the clock and thinking about being hungry. I found myself on the couch eating a Lean Cusine Saturday night around 5pm and thinking about what I should grab on my way to work to eat later because surely I would be hungry..and at that moment, I wasn't the least bit hungry. Am I the only one with the psychological attachment to the eating...even when I am full, I find that I start worrying about how Im going to starve. :mad: Will it ever be easy? I did get on the scale today as I said, and I too pretty much jump on it everyday, but I have promised that I will only get on once a week from now on and I will work hard in between. So I was a about a week late joining for the Sept. goal, but I am still going to push for the workout time and at least 3 lbs.
Have a great night ladies. Hopefully I can check back in tomorrow. :D
Michelle

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150 minutes workout in 12 days. :( :( Not so great when you do the math!!

well i guess y'all are right about the scale, but it's such a temptation when i see it just to check and see what it will say. i only weigh at the gym, so i thought that would be ok, but now i notice i avoid the gym when i have had a lot of coffee because i know that makes me weigh more, and i don't want to get myself thinking i have gained (when it IS just water, just as melra says) grr. so now i am avoiding something that helps me lose b/c i am afraid of thinking i gained. :tantrum: (bangs head) what is wrong with me?!? my neighbor said yesterday that folks in california are obsessed with how they look, and seem dumb too (she's from iowa, so she doesn't get the whole thing of saying "like, and whatever"). maybe that is my problem. obsessed with my weight, but kinda dumb :?:
y'all are right. we should just weigh in less. i have enough stress to deal with without having to give up coffee b/c it confuses the scale. then i would really go crazy.
melissa, your idea of cleaning to deal with cravings is right on. i do that, and it really works. i also just leave the house, because eating out is unhealthy and expensive (but healthy things at home tempt me, because they ARE healthy... but i'm not hungry, so why eat?)

Hi all! I cheated a bit last night by having ice cream though I still managed to come in under calories somehow. I wish my husband would just stay away from the grocery store altogether if he's going to bring that home--it's not even lite!

I didn't get as much strength training last night as I wanted to--I got a rare and strong case of insecurity while working out. I just felt like everyone was staring at me and I was so red faced and sweaty...I just wanted to get out of there. Stupid, I know. First time it's happened in a long time. I still got 25min of high intensity cardio and 25 min weights, so I'm happy for that.

Michelle~I did Billy Blanks about 5-6 years ago and it kicked my butt! It would be neat to see what it does to me now that I feel my endurance has improved.

I'm nervous AGAIN about WI tomorrow--this time I doubt I see a loss.

Ok it seems many of us are feeling the same way about the scale ect so here is what I am proposing. We check in by email the first of the month. We can post losses ect just like we do now on the board and also reflect it in our ticker if we are inclined or just not get on the scale except for the first of the month. That way those who are avoiding it, won't feel pressured and those of us who are compulsive about it can try and get a grip on it. Let me know what your thoughts and feelings are about it.
Melissa

Good idea Melissa.
Laura

I woke up hurting this a.m. Sore and achy.. I don't want to feel this way and I realized that I have been slacking in the exercise Dept. and when I stepped up the exercising I am sore. So again like no drinking sodas, no white bread no "trigger foods" I can't let up on the exercising. Just need to keep the routine going or else I am miserable and grumpy :lol:

I also realized I've only lost 1-2 pounds this month and there's only about 2-
2 &1/2 weeks in Sept. And I am going what is wrong with me?? I can do this!!! I am just being flat out lazy and making excuses again. :mad: at myself now and joining cadwell in banging head against wall. so i am gonna step up to what needs to be done. That's all !! no more reasons why I CAN'T, no more whining, no more excuses. sorry I needed to vent-
Oh my FIL was a hoot last night- he fussed at everyone about them making me feel guilty about the buffet and said we will go somewhere else- none of us need a buffet either .. it was great!
We've been invited to a fish fry too but I turned down the invite- fried fish, fries, coleslaw and hush puppies are not good for you in anyway shape or form. Hubby isn't happy because he wants to go but --oh well-- I am working too hard to blow it on one night, plus all that grease would kill my liver
Melissa- I like the idea- sounds good to me. I hate the scale as I do know it's not always accurate or consistent. I mean how can a person gain 4 pounds in 2 days?? and then there's panic over "I need to starve so I can weigh in at a loss." arrgh :crazy: there's no winning when it comes to a scale and a WI..
Have a great day all !!