Hi everyone! I had a good day today. It was nice weather and I did some gardening.

Sunday: 1317 calories, 1056 deficit

Weekly deficit 6738

Tomorrow is my weigh day. Hopefully I'll see at least a pound lost!

Hi guys..... I've been a lurker lately, don't know why but I also don't seem that motivated and I really need a kick in the butt to get re-committed!!! I want to get going but instead ....I'm just lagging. Curly's idea about the Yankee Doodle Dandy contest could be just the thing I need......do we set our own goals or has someone thought of the info already for it?

Curly....congrats on the new car!!! wooohooooo
Petra......This certainly sounds like one of those life changing moments,....the new change sounds both exciting and stressful. When do you get your biopsy results?
Valerie......yup, calories in/calories out!!! you're doing a great job!!!
charlie.....where you at GF? get back in will ya?
Iwmonn......ohhhh, naughy naughy....telling tales of +$3.50 /hr? She just might make the offer final and then you have a big decision to make!!
lexus......good job on the biking!!! and er....the bathroom duty, LOL

Hi Angel! Good to see you posting! I've been feeling unmotivated also. It does seem hard to stick with it for a long time but the end result is worth it!

My good news is that I was down 2 pounds today at my weekly weigh in

Monday: 1497 calories, 1197 deficit - 45 minutes curves

hmmm I think we all are feeling the same way..
But I also think this is a turning point for us
now is the time that we HAVE got to buckle down
and rededicate ourselves to this journey...
if not we will allow ourselves to say I am so tired of this
dieting.. ONE LITTLE ? wont hurt me
Ive worked so hard I deserve.. ?
And that is the exact thinking that will ruin all of our success..
been there... as soon as we start looking really good and those compliments start coming from all our friends

and people who see us... we get ready to ease up
and if we continue .. the weight will creep back on us..
maybe what we need to do.. is forget all the progress we have made and start fresh
yep start over... pretend we are starting this journey anew
i know speaking for myself.. I am just tired... so tired

i thought losing weight would "fix" all the things missing in my life
hmmm Ive lost weight... things arent fixed... hmmm why bother?
the weight will just come back.. it would be so easy to.. just go back to eating what ever i wanted..


BUT we have worked to hard. to let up, too hard to let that feeling of accomlishment slip away..
and too hard to get so close to where we want to be ...

So i say ... lets tell ourselves yes we are tired.. BUT we aint giving up..

we are not gonna let the chub monster win this battle

we are gonna buckle down... be strong... keep fighting...

and whip the chub monsters azz!!!


come on we can do it!!!!


i swear i am gonna get those prizes in th mail 1 day!

ok for the doodle dandy I am gonna go back to tracking

1. water
2. carbs
3. calories
4. exerise

seems like this method really worked for me... so time to get it back into gear and get to work! think i will shoot for 15 pounds...


ugh... i am up 4 lbs this morning.... and have adjusted my stats... yep time to put on the brakes for sure!

I have been MIA for months now, but have been reading your posts when I get a free minute and it sounds like you are all doing wonderful. I am still busy busy with work and school and finding it very hard to find "me" time. But the end is in sight, my exam is in June so I just need to focus on getting there and then I will have all the time in the world for myself. Anyhooo.. just wanted to pop in and say

Curly sounds like a good plan for you!

TLB thanks for checking in! Good luck on your test!

I've had a good day

Tuesday: 1537 calories, 1277 deficit, 45 minutes elliptical, 20 minutes weights

made it thru yesterday... back on the beach P1 but let me tell ya @ 3 in the afternoon yesterday i woulda killed someone for some sugar!!!! lol

cutting the carbs really takes the weight off.. but just eat a few carbs and the weight is back... after yesterday i am back down 1/2 lb...

this looks like a good maintenace plan... for the future but i can see i will always have to be hopping on the scale to montior any weight gains so i can reign myself back in...

today is administrative professionlas day and my boss is taking us to lunch at arizona pizza.. ive checked the menu and i think i will be safe with a spinich salad with grilled chicken... you would think by now someone would offer "whole wheat " pizza.. i am sure someone does... hey if not we can go in business ... hahaha

have a great day... gotta scoot!

Curly enjoy your meal out! I get SB pizza with a whole wheat crust. It is pretty good any only 350 calories.

Hi ladies. My biopsy is Friday. I've been trying not to think about it too much and so far so good. I'm still getting lots of phone calls about prospective jobs. I have one place in Mississippi that wants to interview me (not the VA) but I have them on hold right now. I have talked to a couple people at work who are trying to soothe me a little and telling me to be patient and see if things get better in a few months before I jump ship.

Although I haven't been journaling recently, I do get on my scale almost every day to make sure I'm not getting too far off track and I do watch what I eat. I'm staying pretty much at the same place right now. I haven't started eating sugar or anything crazy like that. I know I need to get back to business soon.

I have been reading Cesar Millan's book on Dog behavior. He recommends walking your dog for AT LEAST 1 1/2 hours a day. He walks his pack for 4 hours a day! I don't know if I can commit to that much but I am trying to do more dog walking. It's interesting how I can make myself exercise for my dogs but I can't make myself do it for me. BTW, the boys love doggie day care. They get very excited when they realize that is where they are going and they come home pooped which is the best part. They are going to get groomed while they are there tommorrow.
TTYL

Hey everybody. This is my first time posting a thread, so here it goes. I'm 18 years old. I am 5'7" and I weigh 218 lbs. My goal is to get down to 180. I am a discus thrower and I hit the weight room after throwing, so eating healthy is the only way for me. NO PILLS or SHAKES! You never know what the FDA is going to find and I am looking for long term health. So, anyone who has any ideas for me. Shoot! I'm also looking for someone I may email to on a regular basis, because I am finishing high school and I really can't promise getting on the computer at any moment. Anyone who is willing to take me under there wing, I'm interested. I would love somebody who knows about good nutrition and burning off fat and calories. My thing right now, is I wear myself out when I'm throwing the disc, then I go to the weight room and I can barely bench my warm up. Fat is energy. I have quite a bit of it. Why is that energy not kicking in? Where does my lunch burning off finish and my fat start burning off begin? Anybody, please help!

Hey PIC's... soooo I have a new goal... I need to take off 10# ASAP.. LOL not that any lbs are any less important but I went to a specialist today about my snoring . He'll do a procedure for me but only if I lose 10 more. I was SO hoping he'd be able to do it today but he wants to make sure there is total commitment on my part (as he put it). I can't live like this much longer lol... Lee and I are sleeping in seperate rooms most nights any more.... it's really playing H-E-double-hockeysticks with our relationship. I've snored all my life, regardless of my weight so I'm not sure why he's having this insistance but I'm going to do it! What a freakin rollercoaster today lol. okies girls... whining session is over! I move on as of now

TLB!!!!~ It's wonderful so see you post. I'm glad to hear you've been with us all this time I think we all do the lurking thing from time to time for whatever our personal reasons are.... can't wait to start seeing you more regularly!!!

Curly~ Wow I think you've tapped into my mind with the whole start over thing.... everything you're saying rings true (to me)... I do great for a while then start the "one little bit won't hurt...." and sadly enough it really doesn't hurt me so I do it again and again and pretty soon I've sabatoged myself into shame and embarassment... I haven't lost all that much weight, but I do know I've made some important changes for my health none the less.... So I'm going to start over, do what I was doing at the beginning because that's when things worked the best... and I'm going to assume when you say WE you mean WE lol... none of us are alone!!!

Petra~ Hey I don't know if it's a good thing or not, but one of the main reasons I want a dog is so I can (which translates into "have to") walk him lol.. take him to the beach and stuff... heck it's also one of the reasons I got the CR-V instead a sedan lmao... it's gonna fit me & my dog just fine but.... 4 hours a day IS a bit on the extreme side lol.. good luck with the work decisions... you don't have to rush anything so you can take or leave those offers until you're better able to deal with them... You'll do what's the right thing for you!

18~ Welcome to 3fc!! And Welcome to PIC's! You can find someone who can help you with all those questions here somewhere... try some of the exercise threads. They have a lot of expertise there! It's awesome to hear you saying you want the long term health! I wish I'd have thought about that THEN! lol... I hope to seeyou post again soon..

Val & Angel~ just cuz!! Couldn't do it without you guys either!!!

Gwena & Charlie!!! Where ARE you!?!? hmm maybe charlie is out there inventing the WW pizza for her shop lol... Check in soon ladies!

18 welcome to the group! I hope you like it here and learn a lot!

Dee I wonder why the doctor choose 10 pounds for you to loose? I've been thinking about going to a sleep specialist myself. I'm so tired all the time even though I sleep 9 to 10 hours a night! Recently I've been hot & sweating or freezing in bed also.

Petra that seems like a very long time to be walking your dog everyday. My old girl (8 year old boxer) can barely make it for our 1/2 hour to 45 minutes walk everyday. She lags behind me all the time now.

I went to Wicked tonight and really enjoyed it. I had it all planned out what I was going to eat at subway and we ended up eating at Potbelly's. I got a Tuna sub thinking that would be a best choice. It ended up being just soaked in oil! They list the calories for it as 465 not counting cheese, oil or mayo. It seems liek they're trying to hide something by not listing what the sandwich comes with! I added a few hundred extra calories to hopefully make up the difference! Which brings my healthy tuna sandwich up to over 800 calories!

One sandwich place I don't want to eat again is Potbelly's. Unless I want to keep my potbelly (which I don't)!!!

Wednesday: 2200 calories 464 deficit, 45 minutes curves

oh yeah must be the alignment of the stars or something cuz the night sweats have been playing havoc with me as well... by the time i have to get up in the am i have been up and down @ 4 times thru the night! tooo hot.. next tooo cold ! grrrr really zapps your energy! i think thats where my just soooo tired issue stems from...

Dee maybe u need to do like valerie and have 1 designated day for a free meal... then its back on the wagon the next day...

but i have been op for the last 2 days not gonna let the chub monster win! that and i thought i lloked soooooo good .. bought myself a skirted tankini... and trust me it didnt look so good!! lol so then i thought woah i musta really looked RUFF before!!!!

i have much more work to do here! never gonna be slim & petite... but i dont wanna stop at this weight either... I think 175-180 will work for me.. and its not that far away if i just work at it and stop resting on my laurels...

yes have done well... but its time to get ack to work and stop making excuses... and as Larry the cable guy would say "GIT R DONE!"

Welcome F-18 .., jump in anytime... its nice to have u here!

Tea- glad to hear things are going well for u... what happened to your motivational verse??? i read thru it and was gona come back and copy it and it had poofed!

Petra- i think i read tat a lot of people put their dogs on the treadmil to walk lol he really has a point becuz i can see a change in chai's behavior when he gets a long walk in ... what does ceasar have to say about fear agression?

i wish i could get the national geo channel here!!!! he was just in DC a few weeks ago but geez his seminars are over 100$ for a few hours


Angel: get ur butt in here! we need ya!!!!!


OH i had the gorgonzola salad yesterday at lunch...spinach, lettuce grilled chicken, bacon and a hot dressing... it was good but after a while it was just tooooo much..( too bacon-y )
tho it kept me full and i didnt feel like much dinner, so just had a small salad again..

lol my boss gave me a gift bag with a car washing sponge, chamois, and a box with car wash, tire cleaner etc) lol i thought it was a really cool gift... since i was fussing the other day cuz the grass cutters blew grass all over my new car!!!!!

BOO!!!....hehe...I'm here Curly, big butt and all !!!

I got TOM...anyone want him? no really?...not a problem. I've been on a spiral going down down down.......its a wonder I haven't gained 5 lbs!!! Sugar seems to be my best friend these days, and I know its just a matter of time before I gain big time so......as my friend Curly says....STOP THIS INSANITY!!!! dh has been home on holidays all week, so we've been PIC eating mint chip icecream (tsk tsk, ) so I HAVE TO BUCKLE DOWN!!!! I'm with you Curly for the Yankee doodle challenge!!! Sorry to have dumped all of this on you guys.......