getting it together after a holiday
 

Esmeralda--that sux--sorry to hear it was so chaotic. I think it is really hard to keep it together at a holiday or vacation. The only reason I was able to is that I didnt really celebrate the holiday--just had a normal day. Fortunately the next holiday is about three months off so I have some time to get some losin' under my belt and get some habits in place before ThanksG. And also I think it is great you are coming here and letting us know how it went--I know my impulse is to just HIDE when I have been off plan. So congrats for that and for working on getting back on plan. I think it is getting right back on that really works!

Bertine: I prefer exercising late afternoon because I have more energy but I do it in the morning as much as possible because I dont like having it hang over me for the day.

Nawchem; way to recover! ANd you make a good point--usually a binge weight gain is only water--particularly if you stop it soon enough!!

Dolly-congrats on making it to the gym--and yes I did swim and am now up to 16 laps in 30 minutes and counting.

Stacy--good job--sounds like you were prepared with some lo-cal ideas for the grilling day. Yum! I cant grill here because I am in a high fire area.

Ch--sorry you are having a bad time. My DH went on Prozac about 3 months ago and he says it is the best thing he has ever done. He also got some therapy which really helped. I am glad your DH is willing to go get help. Please keep us posted--you remind me that it is not all about losing weight, life also happens. As for cooking ahead--maybe you can give yourself a break and figure out some lo-cal take out meals--for example there is a grilled chicken place near me that you can pick up chicken breast and it is really good. Then just nuke some veggies and you are set for a dinner. Or Trader joes has lots of pre-cooked meals that have all the calories listed on the package. I get their Mahi-Mahi and if I defrost it overnight then put it in the oven for 15 minutes it is reacy--and 130 calories a serving--I usually have two servings. Then again--nuke some green beans and you are done. You can even get some rice precooked or potatoes. Hang in there and keep us posted.

I hit a rough patch, and today was no better, but I'm going to make supper, eat a small amount and then dance my buns off literally. I really need to get a handle on the headaches because they are actuallly a binge trigger for me. Most of my most recent weight gain was due to this. I did have the headaches under control but since I started dieting they have been getting really bad. Well off to cook.

Hey Card, have you thought about seeing a doc for the headaches? That sounds just aweful. I used to work in a pain clinic and perhaps there is something they could give you. Or at least figure out what is triggering them. My son gets hunger headaches, does it help if you have 5 small meals a day versus 3 meals? Do you know if they are migraine versus cluster etc?

I am prone to migraines, I get them when I don't eat, don't sleep, watch too much tv etc. I get very tired on most of the pills the doc has tried. Anti depressants, beta blockers, calcium blockers. The depressing thing is today I ate like there was no tomorrow and no headache. I am still going to look for a formula that works for me foodwise, but until I can see my doc I think I'll just up the exercise and try to eat normally. In the mean time I have an appointment Sept 19 and my evil boss informed me that there was no way I could get the day off.

cal 1167, netcarb 51, walk 30 min, stretch 1 hr

Only 2 days back on LC and I'm looking forward to next week. I decided to do a curves style diet. They have it as
week 1: 1200 cal, 60 carbs
week 2: 1600 cal, 60 carbs

you keep alternating to keep your metabolism up.

CH4- maybe you could do some things you really love to get the posiitve energy flowing for yourself.

stacy- I'm buying peaches next week. I'd forgotten how great cooked peaches are.

Dolly good job on the workout, this drought has been awful

card- I agree with stacy, I hope you will get the headaches checked out. I had awful headaches a year ago, to the point that I would throw up. They said it was something in my neck pushing on a nerve, they injected a bunch of stuff in my neck. Its been a year and I've never had another problem.

ch4, I plan meals for 2 weeks at a time and shop once (can you say impulse spender and junk food in grocery store) I plan the meals depending on how much time I will have that day. Wednesdays are a bad day for me I work late and have a very busy day at work, welcome to slow cooker Wednesdays. The soups are great and very low cal. I save meals that take longer to prepare for days I am off at 3 or the weekend. I keep one or two easy to prepare meals (sandwich meat, stir fry etc) for days when I just can't make myself cook. By anticipating my evening time I can plan meals better. Hope something in here helps you.

wow, so much chatter here...i am having a really hard time keeping up with everyone. from what i have read it looks like most lost last week which is great. for those of the rest of us...this week will be much better. i have really cut my calories while at work. i eat a 90 cal bar for breakfast and have about 4 oz of diet coke to keep from having a headache. lunch is string cheese, a few wheat thins and fruit. snack is a ww smoothie and then i try to eat a sensible dinner and then have a sugar free snack and a glass of milk before bed. i drink as much water as i can get in and walk by butt off at work. i wish that the scales would show results. do you guys have any suggestions. i lost 3 pounds last week but put it all back on this weekend. i did weigh less tonight than i did this morning so i guess that is something. it is just hard not to get discouraged.

nawchem: I am 29 and about a year and a half ago I took a job that, while i love it, is high stress. lots of deadlines, lots of grabbing food when you can and getting home pretty late at night. i wasn't in super good shape before but now all my bad habits are going on at once. I have been thinking about leaving this job before I get really burnt out but stress is somewhat addictive.



I think I might have to work on getting to be earlier and getting up to work out. I went running/walking for about a mile today. Wow, I am out of shape. Oh, I weighted myself too, 186.6, which I am sure is a lot of water at this point.

Hello ladies:

Congratulations on all of the losses. That is great! Keep up the good work! Bertine, I HAVE to get my workouts in in the morning. If I wait until the evening, something inevitably gets in the way. But I'm a bit of a night owl, so it is hard for me to get to bed sometimes too.

Well, I can't type much tonight. Everyone take care and have a wonderful evening.

Ciao!

Elycia

PMS cravings
 

HI all:

I am having some major pms cravings tonight! Calories are up and I am going to stop at 2200. This week may be a challenge--hope tomorrow is better--argghh!

Sno

It is realy great to hear from everyone!

Sorry I'm late with reporting. My weight from Monday a.m. is down 1 # which is awsome. It's just one little pound but added to the other pounds I've lost this year it adds up to 36#. YAHOO. I've been busy,stressed and still managed to lose. Spent the entire day today with my Father who was diagnosed with 4 tumors in the brain today. I didnt have to eat to relieve my stress. Lord knows a year ago I would have hung the feed bag in front of me and went to town to "feel" better. My Dad was actually deemed terminal a year and a half ago with lung cancer and has lived a very normal life after going thru **** with radiation and chemo. Our entire family has been drawn so much closer and we have been celebrating the time we have had, knowing that this day could come. Well today it did. Now my siblings and I will bond together to make his last days, months, year? quality. I know I can handle this and keep control of my eating. I made a vow to myself a year ago that if my 72 year old Dad could endure what he had to.....I can pull my lazy butt off of the couch and do something to make me healthy. I knew I needed to lose weight and here was my chance. I don't count calories......just because I dont like to. Instead I attempt to make wise choices. Fewer carbs. More fiber. More veggies. MUCH MORE EXERCISE. And change my attitude. The weight loss has been great. But even better is my attitude. I have had more persons than I could count walk up to me and compliment me about the weight loss but even more is the radiance and glow I have. That is from the self-esteem I have gained and the positive attitude which only gets stronger.
Keep it up girls. I've been trying to diet for 25 years and have lost weight a gajillion times......this time everything is different. I am the same person but an entirely different person. Its the attitude. Be positive and dont give up. Never look back. Keep looking forward. Even a gain is a lesson learned. Use that lesson wisely!

Thanks!
 

Thanks a lot for that profound post--I kinda had the feedbag on today and yesterday. I realized just now as I was journaling that I was eating to deal with feelings of helplessness, sadness and fear about how my life is going. Your post kinda put the icing on the cake--so to speak.

I feel very greatful for all the good things that are happening in my life and I can suffer the hard knock without eating--because the eating is just making things worse in the bigger picture, even tho it helps in the little picture.

So, I want to renew my determination to keep working to take better care of myself, work on my behaviors--particularly eating too fast and obsessing about food. And to make my health my number 1 priority. Also to keep an eye on the good things I have I have accomplished today--I went swimming and I did well most of the day until evening. And now I am going to work on my menu for tomorrow.

SNo

Good Morning & Happy Hump Day!
 

golfsalot: You are awesome!!! It is so great that you're being strong through this - I know it must be difficult.

It is amazing how we let lifes stress cause us to overeat. I know we all have so many things to be grateful for. DH and I were talking about this last night. At anytime in our lives, anything can happen. Look at the crocodile hunter - I'm sure he's put himself in many more dangerous situations before, and now because of a sting ray he's gone. It's hard to, but I want to appreciate every day just because I'm here.

card: Thanks - that's exactly what I want to do. My problem is that I also want to have DH's food planned out and he is anti (thinking ahead about food). I can barely get him to think of something to eat for dinner on any given day, let alone tell me what he wants to eat for a week. He doesn't like 90% of the food that I like or eat. I normally have to cook atleast 2 meals in my house. On the weekends I cook for the kids, then I cook for myself and sometimes DH also (sometimes he'll eat the kids food). I told him last night that this is getting to be too much for me, and that I would like us to come up with a solution. He's resistant, but I think he'll come around.

I feel much better today. I woke up - late - but I did make myself a blueberry protein shake. I have 2 lean breakfast pockets for me to eat in a moment, and I have black bean turkey chili that I made last night for lunch today. I cut all my veggies up last night, so I also have veggies to snack on in between meals.

I weighed in this morning and I am up to 181.8. I'm not surprised - it's likely water weight from all the junk I ate the last 3 days. That is okay. I know that I'm not starting all over, just starting fresh.

My goal this week is to get in 2 cardio sessions and 1 strength session before Monday.

Thank you ladies!!! Have a great day!!

hello everyone... I weighed in yesterday... and well no good news. this weekend caught up with me.... But im still workin at it... Im so happy I got through traffic I wasnt gonna let me get me down... I found an alternate route... now theres no excuse...

Anyways... I need to set some kind of eating plan... because Ive pretty much tryin to make heathier choices... but one thing or another... work gets busy... and im scrambling for something... I think what it is that i wait to long to eat... that i get anxious and eat anything... I know that is so bad... I need to change... Well ttyl

So I tried a new reciepe last night, teriyaki salmon with fried rice and vegetables. I was having a craving for the fried rice and thought I could make a lowfat version at home. It was so good and DH requested to make it again so you he liked it. Then I decided I need a break and was going to watch tv tonight and just relax. Within 30 minutes of watching and watching the commercials I was hungry. It was the commercials with all that good looking food. Does anyone else get hungry when you watch tv? I made out good and just had a few m&ms for a quick treat.

Bertine: I quit my very stressful high pace job about a year ago. Let me tell you it was the best thing I did for myself. I did not realized how much stress I was putting my body through. I was grinding my teeth at night causing me to wake up with headaches that could last all day, never exercising, and eating fast food when I could fit in. My job now is a slower pace and that that reflects the way I lead my life.

CH4: DH is the same way. You can ask him what he wants for dinner and he says I don't know. So I have decided that I will cook healthy meals for me and he can eat them if he wants. I do keep a few tv dinners in the freezer for him if he doesn't like it. He has come around though and start eating more of the meals I cook.

golfsalot: Great post, one of my best friends is going through the same thing with her mother expect that it is stomach cancer and it has spread to the kidneys.

card: I agree with the other posts, see a doctor about your headaches