Nikki, sounds like you and your mirror are harsher critics than the man on the street . In the big scheme of things, you'd probably rather feel frumpy in clothes that are a little too big 'cuz you're in the process of losing and re-shaping than feel the way you did several pounds ago! Whatever games your mind is playing on you, I bet you look great, and I hope we can all get to the point where we feel upbeat about the self we present to the world.
Carol, I'll have a few days on either end of this trip to hang out with friends, but the bulk of my time will be spent in conferences, and keeping up with office work from the hotel rooms. Several old friends will be at the conferences, and I don't have to do anything but be a participant, so in some ways it will be a treat, and too much like work.
I did okay at dinner last night, didn't overdo. There's a good-bye party tonight at an all-you-can eat Argentinian (meat, meat and more grilled meat) place, so I'll have a chance to practice again. But i'm working out and watching the snacks, so so far so good.
Judy- I cant wait til I can look in the mirror and like what I see and also when I actually see what I realy look like.
You are doing great. I have decided to adapt a no stress policy. I will eat right and workout but I'm not going to stress over the scale. Maybe that will help the lbs come off. It is wrth a shot. Today I had a glass of chocolate milk and banana and a WW meal. I will have chiken and vegies for dinner.
Nikki yup I am stable and yes that is good. Sometimes I will stay that way for a bit then lose again. Sounds like you had an adventurous day out. That is the way it should be for you. If you keep up the things your doing more wt has to come off eventually remembering that slow is better for perm. loss. I am trying to tell myself that too.
Judy oh so much work and so little play! Take a little time to do something fun even if its only an hour or two. I have never had that type of food. But I like almost anything. WELL i HAVE ANOTHER CALL SO I GOTTA FLY!
Hi everyone, I'm sitting in the Alaska Airline boardroom at Seattle airport and caught up on everyone's news (and Marmaduke). I am so HAPPY to be on my way home. I think I survived the trip although by the end I wasn't logging my food - it was too hard with not knowing how things were made. Mostly I think I was under my calories every day. Today, that probably won't be the case since we got up at 4 am (2 am for the time zone I live/am in now). So it's more like a 4 meal day. Overall I exercised quite a bit. One day I walked about 8.5 miles and the next morning rollerbladed over 10 miles. I was definitely tired. My quads were sore. One day I watched my mom make dinner and was appauled by how much fat was in it. Or should I say how much extra fat she added. I put it into my database and a chicken breast was about 500 calories. Only my mom can make chicken breast fattening. That was when I was was still logging so I stayed at 1500. Regardless, I'm glad I don't live there. It's quite apparent where my issues with foods comes from. At my inlaws, my m-i-l cooks light and was great in keeping me on track. Totally opposite of my mother.
Nikki, I'm sorry about the stress your under. Parents naturally gravitate toward their children for comfort. I remember a rough patch with my DH and I wasn't good about keeping my thoughts to myself with my kids. So good for you in putting up boundaries.
Judy, I've been thinking about you and am amazed how you can basically stay focused when traveling. It's near impossible in airports. Healthy food is hard to find.
Carol, hope you made your goal.
Penpal, I'll be back in Oregon in less than 2 hours. I can not wait. I miss my dogs so much. Way to go on the pound loss.
Well, that's about it for now. We did some fun stuff and were very busy. But I hate traveling so the best day of the trip is right now. In a few hours it'll be even better!
Marie
Nikki - I hope things are going a bit smoother for you now.
Marie - Welcome back! It sounds like you've managed to keep on track despite your Mom's way of cooking! It's funny how we notice things like that more when we've been eating healthy for a while. We just got back from the coast where we went to escape the heat for a few days. I bet you missed your puppies - I missed our cats, but they didn't even bother to say ''hi" when we got home - typical! I ordered a chicken breast with marsala sauce yesterday thinking it sounded fairly healthy and it came swimming in butter (actually submerged!!). I drained it off as much as possible but the idea of all that fat really grossed me out! Luckily it came with nice mixed veggies and a side salad. It's so hard to eat healthy when you're traveling. I hope I don't get a nasty surprise on the scale tomorrow morning! I don't even try to do my food log when we're out of town, but I'll get back on it first thing tomorrow. We got in a lot of walking on the beach, though, and I had a wonderful Japanese foot massage in Cannon Beach that had me walking on air! It's so hot here right now (almost 100 deg.) It's days like this I wish we lived near the beach.
I am having a totally relaxing weekend, yaay! Got my hair done yesterday and didn't do much else, and I'm supposed to be doing chores today but I'm not...and that's going to have to be okay. It's my first weekend w/o guests or work for a while, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I've been reading some of the Success posts, and thinking about what I have and haven't done these past several months. I've spent the afternoon listening to music and mulling over lots of things. I'll share it once I've come to some conclusions.
Nikki, maybe you can write the No-Stress Diet book . Besides making you store belly fat and screwing up your sleep, it certainly makes me want to crunch and munch. Just remember to mention our little group in your best-selling book's acknowledgements!
Marie, congratulations for keeping your goals in the forefront while you were with the relatives. It's hard for me not to slip into their (mostly bad) patterns, or to stick out by not going along with the gang. Traveling has been a major barrier to my weight loss, but I enjoy traveling, and it's part of the jobs and volunteer positions I've chosen. But I can look around the airport and see that most of the other folks aren't as fat as me, so I know that I can't blame this on traveling. I just have to deal with it.
Carol, I'm definitely taking some time off for play on this next trip--two days with my grandma, a day with a friend in Monterey, and a day to myself (or with friends, if I want)--to balance out the five days in conferences.
Hey ladies sorry I missed you this weekend I went to my boyfriends.
Judy I dont know about that book LOL.
So my parents are at it again. I called my grandma to ask if I could stay by here for the night. I was shocked she said no you have to support your mom. So I'm being thrown into the support roll and lots of crying , yelling and just feeling real cruddy going on here. Also I have a sore throat I have no idea what the scale wil say but I really cant be to concerned right now.
Nikki - I'm sorry you didn't get the support you need from your Grandma. I hope you can separate yourself from the situation somehow. I know I get along with my family much better now that we're thousands of miles apart! I hope your throat gets better soon too. Take care of yourself - I'm sending healing thoughts your way .
Nikki--I'm so sorry that your grandma didn't help you out...but I'm wondering if she's trying to distance herself from the drama, and worries that taking you in would involve her somehow in the next round of tears...who knows? Most people spazz out when confronted with other people's emotional distress. Anyway, I'm sorry that you have to deal with this. It must feel like it will never end (but it will!). I'm sending you a big hug . Feel free to come here and vent anytime you need to, okay? Although it's probably more fun to be with the BF .
This week I am tackling a few basics--planning and night snacking, where I've been slipping. I'm back to posting the next day's menu on a whiteboard on my frig. And I have slipped back into snacking in front of the tube instead of at my dining room table. I don't actually have a separate dinning room, and I can watch TV from the table, but it's a mental thing. So this week I'm practicing doing those two things. Even though I'm traveling next week, I'll make a point of logging my food and estimating calories, to make myself think before I eat. I've decided to get weighed and measured at Curves, which I used to do every month. Finally, I have found a "holistically trained" clinic that I'll visit later next month, and I'm even considering checking out Overeaters Anonymous, although I think I might hate it. I went to a support group long ago for child abuse survivors, and it was a bad, bad experience, and I tried Al-Anon for a while a few years back, when I was still with my ex, and it just wasn't me. But maybe I shouldn't give up on the group thing. What do you guys think?
Judy, I'd give the OE a try and if you don't like it, drop it. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Basically it won't hurt any and possibly could help. BTW, I think the only reason I stayed on track on my trip was to log everything and keep the calories in control. So you'll do great next week.
Nikki, I'm so sorry about your family troubles. Very surprising your grandmother turned you down. Telling you to support your mother isn't fair to your other parent. Too bad she didn't realize the error of her choice. Good luck and if food gives you comfort, have some in moderation. Judy is right, eventually it will improve. BTW, can you apply for a signature student loan and move out? It might be worth it for your health and well being.
Penpal, I totally agree with the distance with family. 2000 miles is a precious gift in retaining relationships.
Things are good here. DH and I worked our butts off this morning cleaning the pool area. Loads of weeds. It looks beautiful. I plan to go play out there eventually. I also WATP 3 miles and did my toning. I'm on track and am so thankful for all of you here.
Marie - Sounds like a busy day but very productive go you .
Judy - It might be worth checking out overeaters anonymous if you think it could help. Sometimes the group of people involved at a specific time will make or break your experiences.
Thanks for the support you all are real life savors. I find it hard to talk to my boyfriend he does not know what to say to me. Also, I am trying to support my mother because my dad is the one who wants out but I don't want to take sides because I love them both. As for my food I havent been splurging just not eating mostly or a little here a little there.
Penny congrats on the loss. I missed my goal by .5 what the heck! Maybe next time. I still lost and almost made it.
Marie welcome back home.
Nikki hang in there it will get easier to cope with. Sounds like your accepting and adjusting better than your parents are?
Judy sometimes those groups are helpful. Maybe its worth a try? You don't have to attend if you try it and drop out. Sometimes accountability to a group helps. This is my accountability here and the little square in the closet. Oh I have been so busy haven't even done the scale but I will on friday. I have been up early in the morning painting before work and at night. The rooms are painted in the addition but now its baseboards and trim for the doors and four doors. The elec. inspector approved us todya. Hurray. Now fire inspector and a final and we are good to go. Carpets to be installed and furniture del. and thats it. For now! I have been so active with all the remodeling I think the cals I have ate wear off quick. Don't think I have gained anything but I will ck soon. Hang in there everyone ! Nikki hope things get easier for mom too. Its tough to adjust to changes and life is full of changes. Does your mom work? Sometimes that actually helps. When I was having a hard time I just worked harder and it kept my mind busy on other things instead of myself. Maybe she needs a support group to know its not just her that it happens to and how others move on or adjust to the new lifestyle. Well take care.
Morning everyone, things are going good here. Very hot (upper 90's again today) but there's no humidity so that's nice. I will probably play in my pool again later in the hot afternoon. I will slather on the sunscreen.
We did lots of yard work yesterday and today I'm going to weed wack. I've been bad this year - I haven't done it at all. Some of the weeds are looking like trees. I did go out to do some yesterday but I was out of line so I had to go to the store and buy some. No excuses today.
I did the WATP 1 mile Jog 2 times today. Who would have ever thought I could jog 2 miles. I also did my toning.
Food is going good. I'm totally on track and I'm so relieved that the trip to butter country didn't ruin that. I will weigh in on Friday.
Carol, isn't it your birthday soon??? I know it's by mine but a little earlier. Next Thursday I'll be 45. Yikes, old age is creeping up. By the time I'm 46 I will be slender and NEVER will be fat again. That's my promise to myself.
Hope everyone has a good day. Talk to you later.
Marie
. In the big scheme of things, you'd probably rather feel frumpy in clothes that are a little too big 'cuz you're in the process of losing and re-shaping than feel the way you did several pounds ago! Whatever games your mind is playing on you, I bet you look great, and I hope we can all get to the point where we feel upbeat about the self we present to the world.
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I don't even try to do my food log when we're out of town, but I'll get back on it first thing tomorrow. We got in a lot of walking on the beach, though, and I had a wonderful Japanese foot massage in Cannon Beach that had me walking on air! It's so hot here right now (almost 100 deg.) It's days like this I wish we lived near the beach. 
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