Chelle the ticker is there, we have 7 more pounds to go to hit 30. I figured if we reached 30 lbs, we'd try for a second 30. We still have to make the first goal though.
Good Morning! Where is everyone????? It feels good to be able to say that I'm finally back to working out! A week off, felt a little like torture. My arms are jello now though.
I am here, of course. Looking for support and a good vent before I am forced to go to a mexican restaurant and eat the biggest bowl of queso dip ever!!!!!!!
Just got back from the grocery store and I had to mentally talk myself out of a frozen pizza, a bag of chips or a pack of hot dogs. I am stressed about money and all I could think about was food. Food is cheap everything else is not. Our car needs to go into the shop and we are guessing it will be a huge bill. Completely the wrong time of year for a major breakdown. The car or me. I know my husband does not think I worry about these things but I do. I just don't show it like him. I am much more the keep it bottled inside until it explodes.
All a part of my issues that are linked to my binge eating. Owning the problem of my fatness and owning other day to day problems gets them resolved not shoving them under the rug. I am want to just ignore things and hope they magically resolve themselves, somethimes they do most of the time they don't. Pretending I was not getting fat led to eating what ever when ever.
Sorry to be the downer today. Just talking out loud. Good thing I don't like birthday cake or I would have been all over it. I feel better now writing it down. I think I'll walk to pick up the little man from daycare. That will help clear my head.
Amanda sorry you are having a tough time today! You are turning to us for support and not food though, so that is a major victory! This time of year can be so stressful. I'm sure things will look better tomorrow!!!
I've been cookie baking today, but no tasting. I hope they actually do taste alright!
I made sugar free jello cake cookies, peanut butter balls, and peppermint chocolate brownies. I can't believe I made it through with no taste testing. The pb balls are my favorite!
Michelle- I didn't fare as well. I did a little baking today and did lots of tasting!! I ate a light supper, a 6 inch subway sandwich with lots of veggies. I was really planning on doing a lot of baking this week but my ds has been so grumpy lately that I haven't been able to. I think he is finally teething.
Amanda- sorry to hear about the car. I'm much like you that I tend to keep my worries to myself, while, my DH on the otherhand lets everything out. Glad the birthday party went well.
I've been kind of weak today, giving in to my food cravings, namely the cookies. I tend to munch more when I don't go to the gym, unfortunately. Dh wanted more Sbarro's for dinner, the stuffed pepperoni and saugage pizza, I almost gave in but got the sandwich instead. I think i decided no more baking for me unless I go to the gym first.
My goal for the rest of the year is not to gain any weight. I hope I lose, but realistically, maintaining is fine. We'll be spending about 10 days at the inlaws and since I'm breastfeeding, MIL is always eagle-eye-ing what I eat and how much. She's maybe 100lbs soaking wet.
Hope everyone is doing ok and having a good stress-free week.
Lori, I love cookie dough. Love it. I was fine with the cake and frosting. I am not much of a cake person. More a pie/cobbler kind of a gal. If Oliver cooperates I am planning a little cookie baking myself. I have been getting the 12 days of cookies from the food netwrok and there are 2 recipes I would like to try.
I love to cook and bake. It is my hobby. I love new recipes and I love peoples faces when they bite into one of my butter laden creations. So, I have continued to bake but have been feeding the whole neighborhood. My new neighbors must think I am insane.
10 days with the in-laws. Not me jelly bean. I can maybe stand 3 hours. Lori, you should be so proud of your weight loss while breastfeeding. I used it as my excuse as to why I was eating so much when really if I had made smart choices I could have been losing weight. I work and I tried to diet around the 6 month mark and had a severe decrease in supply so I stopped until he was 11 months then stopped pumping at work so I did not have the pressure of producing 16 oz a day for him while he was at day care. I am very proud of committing to and completing a year of breastfeeding. His official birthday is tomorrow so I hope by the end of January we can be fully weened. He does love his nighttime feeding/snuggle sessions.
Thanks Michelle and Lori for the support. I just was bummed when I noticed the fluid leak on top of the high grocery store prices plus Oliver's birthday and Christmas. All very over whelming. Next year I vow to start a birthday/Christmas fund. Last year we didn't have to worry because everyone understood why we didn't give out presents, we had only been home 1 day!!!!!!
Took a long walk this afternoon and cleared my head.Feeling much better. This excersize thing really works.
Wow Michelle, baking all those cookies and not tasting them --- I really admire your will power!
Amanda! Everything breaks down in December, doesn't it? I also went to the grocery store today and spent over $200!! It is insane.
I'm afraid that I didn't do too well today. Today is the first anniversary of our son coming home from Korea So I made Jap Chae and chocolate cake! The Jap Chae is actually probably low cal, or at least compared to a Big Mac, but the chocolate cake, well, no excuse for that
I am drinking my water, though I'm still not at the 8 glasses mark. And I will be riding my excercise bike yet tonight, so things may kinda sorta even out. HA! However, tomorrow I plan on making much more healthy eating choices and drink much more water. Thursday my girls will be out of school so we will be baking our cookies. That is going to be a hard day. I think I may take the stance of one cookie at a time. If I eat one cookie I will not have blown it. If I eat 15 (which I have done before ) well, I will *not* eat 15!!
Amanda- Great job on the 12 months of breastfeeding!! I breastfed my first 2 for a year as well. I remember how hard it was in the beginning and was aiming just to get to the 2 week mark. Thanks for the heads up on the 12 days of cookies. I haven't been watching too much tv lately. I love the food network!! I love Paula Dean's southern food, alton brown's quirkiness and rachel ray is just so cute, she reminds me of my sil. Speaking of inlaws, 10 days won't be so bad. When we moved here from Germany in August, I spent 3 weeks with them and my DH was only there during the weekends. I actually get along with my MIL pretty well, better than my own mother, but that's a different story.
My DS1's birthday is in the beginning of January, so I completely understand the money issues. He was originally due Dec 28 and came 2 weeks late, now he's almost 3. So, Happy Birthday, Oliver!!!
Well, Nancy, I think I ate about 15 cookies today!! And, I'm not exaggerating!! When you say you're son came home from Korea- was he in the army? I spent some time in Korea while I was in the army.
Dh is still at work and the kids are asleep. I really should get up and do some cleaning, but I feel that this is "me" time. I have a load in the washing machine and I cleaned up my kitchen, so my house isn't a complete mess. What's everyone planning on doing for New Year's eve?
You were stationed in Korea? How was that? Our son was adopted from Korea --- he just turned 2 in September. He was escorted from Korea, and I always wished that we could have gone there to pick him up.
Korea seems like a beautiful country, and I've heard that the people there are very friendly. The Korean's I've met in NE have always been friendly to me and to Sam.
And about the 15 cookies, realistically when I start making the Russian Teacakes it will take a mountain of will power to stop at 1 or 5 or 10 lol!!
Hey all, I'm on my way to bed, but just wanted to check in really quick. The show went well tonight, and now we have a break for awhile. I can't believe how hard this week has been eating wise! Much harder than Thanksgiving week, and we aren't even to Christmas Eve, and Christmas day. There are just so many goodies around!!!! I fought my way through temptation at the theater tonight. I got lots of food gift items, that all look yummy. I just want this weekend to get over with! Next week should be easier.
Wow, skip a day around here an you've got A LOT of reading to do!! Hello everyone, Happy Wednesday.
Chellefox, I'm glad DS is better, hope you'll be better soon, too.
Amanda-Christmas if financially stressful for the best of us- and cars break down whenver you don't need them to anyway, I think it's some kind of law. I don't know how the rest of you financial life is, but if you need help in that area, I LOVE Suze Orman. - She's got audiobooks if you don't have time to read- I have vowed to clean up our finances, too. It takes such stress off of you. So, just a suggestion,- just remember it's only temporary anyway. I am glad you are feeling better though, and good job on resisting all that junk-( I couldn't- I bought oreos yesterday ). Oh yeah, and 12 MONTHS of bfing??? Way to go, I pumped for 5 weeks and that was it for me.
Lori- I think its great you are at a point when you're satisfied with maintaining. Good luck with that.
Soooo, I am doing ok, too darn tired to walk at night, but not pigging out during the day. I am just so sick of looking frumpy. I have refused to buy bigger clothes because I vowed not to stay at this weight, but I have like 3 or 4 things to wear, jeans, t-shirts and sweats. All I want to do is to fit into a size 10- is that too much to ask?- I don't even know what size I wear, because I am wearing my husbands sweats and my maternity jeans. Dh gave me some beautiful jewelry, and I have nothing to wear it with. Ok, done whining. What does everybody else do?
It's so nice to see everyone supporting each other. I know how it feels to be stressed about money at this time of year. Nothing seems to go right, everything breaks, the credit cards are maxed, I honestly think retailers increase their prices at Christmas just to make us psend more. To top it all off my DH just spent $40 on a turkey! He figured we needed the biggest one at the grocery store. 22 Pounds, I'm only feeding 5 people.
I'm having a hard time getting motivated to start my diet program, life has been so hectic lately I don't seem to get any me time to concentrate on what I have to do. Exercise is the last thing on my mind too, my treadmill is just collecting dust in the basement, I feel so guilty. I have stopped drinking pop (i've been really bad lately) so that's a start I guess. Nancy, I have a few tricks I learned at WW for anyone who can't drink their 8 glasses of water:
Try drinking it through a straw (this one never worked for me)
Let the water reach room tempurature or close to rt (this is the one that works for me, sounds unpleasant but to be honest I can only drink my water like this now unless I've been exercising)
My DS is having his very first Christmas concert tonight, I can't wait to see him on stage. They've asked us to bring treats for after the concert so that means I'll be baking too, and trying to resist tasting. It's so hard though, I love cookie dough too. I also volunteered to make cupcakes for his party on Friday, again one of my downfalls, the icing!
Anyways, I wish you all luck with temptation, like Michelle said next week will be better.
Hi, all. I love the fact that most of us have the same amount of weight to lose! Michelle - I especially look at your progress because we seem to be at the same place weight wise and goal wise.
I made my goal this week! I weigh in every Wednesday morning with my husband and each week I have a 2 lb weight loss goal. I am now down from 200 to 195 (5 lbs in 2 weeks).
I have been trying to take this weight off for years. I weighed around 176 in Sept of 2001. I was trying to lose THEN even. To my husband this is the "sudden death round" as he says. If I don't progress each week from now on, he wants me to look into other methods such as this diet pill called "Meridia" which I DO NOT want to take. I took Dexitrim in middle school and it made me jittery. I don't like the idea of taking prescription drugs, either. You never know what the affects could be.
Please don't think he's a bad guy because he wants me to look into diet pills -- he is usually against drugs as well but we both feel that my health is at stake for being obese - and at this point I am obese.
Sounds like everyone is doing holiday baking. I can resist eating what I make but CANNOT resist licking the bowl, spoon, eating the batter. I have my final baking to do today - fudge - for gifts. I may take a few liberties since I don't have to weigh in again until next Wednesday.
Kimberlee- Go shopping! Buy some cute clothes that fit you now. Stop waiting! You will feel better in non frumpy clothes no matter what the size.
Dawn- Have fun at DS's concert tonight!!! Good luck with your baking!
Melly- Congrats on the -2 lbs. I'll go add them to our group ticker in a little bit. How tall are you? I only ask, because I'm reevaluating my goal weight since it actually might be to low for me. I'm 5'8" and medium boned so 136 is the very bottom of the healthy weight range for me. I just don't actually know what "thin" is for me numbers wise.
I know my husband does not think I worry about these things but I do. I just don't show it like him. I am much more the keep it bottled inside until it explodes.
Amanda sorry you are having a tough time today! You are turning to us for support and not food though, so that is a major victory! 
This time of year can be so stressful. I'm sure things will look better tomorrow!!!
Calling out all lurkers!!!!!!
Hello everyone!
). Oh yeah, and 12 MONTHS of bfing??? Way to go, I pumped for 5 weeks and that was it for me.
Good Morning Everyone!
He figured we needed the biggest one at the grocery store. 22 Pounds, I'm only feeding 5 people.
Try drinking it through a straw (this one never worked for me)
Let the water reach room tempurature or close to rt (this is the one that works for me, 
sounds unpleasant but to be honest I can only drink my water like this now unless I've been exercising)
I also volunteered to make cupcakes for his party on Friday, again one of my downfalls, the icing!
