Step by Step, Saturday and Sunday
 

I'm really struggling lately. I won't bore you with tearful tales, let's just settle for ... I know what to do. I've done it before. I could frazzin' teach it! But for some reason, I'm just so flounderingly incapable lately.

I can't be the only one. Stick with me over the weekend?

Ya got it Susan, I'm with you. Last weekend was NOT pretty for me. Let's do it!!! Let's stick to our plan like GLUE this weekend. How marvelous would that feel come Monday morning?

I've got my plan in place and also very important to me - my rules and mantras all set up - to help me STAY on plan.

DH has decided we need to take a little road trip to Home Depot but that's OK ... that's OK ... it's not what I'd planned but it's OK.

Okay dear Susan. Breathe. Breathe. Could be lots worse then Home Depot. No tempting foods there. Lots of walking involved. Pack up a nice snack if you're going to be long. I always bring a bag full of cleaned, trimmed string beans with me. I don't want to get "stuck" somewhere longer then I thought I would be and have to make a quick stop and eat something unplanned for or walk into the house ravenous.

I'm there with you Susan & Robin. Too much snacking on Thurs and Fri and not enough exercise. POP today and tomorrow.

Weekends are bad for me too--but I'm so glad I'm not the only one!
As much as weekdays are annoying (with the whole going to work and earning a living thing) the structure is very helpful: it's hard to NOT exercise on weekdays. I bike to work, I go to the gym with a co-worker, and if worse come to worst I can get up early and go to my condo gym. ...But weekends? Ugh! What is it about Saturday and Sunday that makes me think it's okay to eat the entire contents of my fridge? And then somehow feel that sitting around relaxing the entire day leaves me no opportunity to go the gym?!?
That's it--I've had it! I will eat responsibly today, not go nuts at the grocery store, and get to my condo gym today and the gym near work tomorrow. SusanB, rockinrobin, midwife--this weekend, nothing will get in our way--not even Home Depot! :carrot:

Mango, that's it. You've nailed it. Structure IS incredibly helpful.

But I can tell you this much, I didn't lose this much weight without STICKING to my plan weekend after weekend. So, I know it's doable. And this weekend - I'm doing it!!! Consistiency is SO important afterall.

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Nothing will get in my way. Nothing will get in my way. Nothing will get in my way. I WILL eat responsibly. I WILL eat responsibly. I WILL eat responsibly.

I'm joining in, too. One day at a time, one hour at a time, one minute at a time! We can all do it!

I have to laugh at the Home Depot comments because at our Home Depot, there is a hot dog stand right out front. I'm NEVER tempted by hot dogs... ick!!!... but you can't be safe anywhere it seems! ha!

Diane, I was actually thinking about that. We don't have a hot dog stand, but we've got candy. I guess there truly is no safe place really, other then our homes. That's why it's crucial to always have a plan in place - and be prepared.

I know what you mean. I haven't been doing bad. I could not change a thing and keep losing. Slowly. I just want to lose a *little* faster. Last week was a lot better than in a long while. Right now I'm struggling a little to make the decision to do the same as last week. I won't say I'm trying to find the motivation, because that feels like already admitting I'm not gonna do it. I find it helps to force myself to face it as a choice, whichever way it goes.

I'm with ya, Susan.

Getting back on track after Tgiving has been tough. I know what to do. I know how to do it. I've done it before. I even tell others how to do it.

So what seems to be the freakin' problem here!!!

Yeah. I'm with ya.

Let's hang in together. I had oats and cheese for breakfast. I'm going to have a mixed bowl of fruit and a 1/2 a pb sandwich for lunch.

We have veggies and hummus and popcorn set out for snacks for the ball game.

Dinner is stir fried veggies with chicken breast.

I'll stick to that. I will.

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There's a burger joint in the Home Depot where we went. We did not!

We did do a bit of aimless wandering and I was carrying a light fixture so that should be extra calories right?

I had a low fat blueberry muffin for brkfst and now I'm thinking about lunch.

Rockinrobin, I am so impressed with your progress! You are a superstar!

Weekends are the toughest for me too-- I agree with the weekdays being so easy-- I am an oldest born, so the structured nature of the weekdays make it easy for me to stay on plan. Weekends, however, mean eating out with friends maybe or at least out for drinks, or if I am home perhaps ordering out. I really need to stay focused and active to stay away from all of the temptations. I do think that my food cravings have gotten more reserved/reasonable now that I am taking better care of myself!

I got tidying and realised I had no garbage bags. I ran to the dollar store and got talking. I was near fainting by the time I got home ;) When I say I'm going to eat, I should stop right now and do that!

FF cheese and broccoli slaw on prairie grain bread with just a snippet of butter. It wouldn't stick together without butter.

Today is sadly my first day tracking despite repeated promises to do so and purchasing way to many new notebooks. However, today IS the first day I'm actually doing it. I'd love this support over the weekend. I'm going to write down everything.

Susan! You gotta eat woman! No fainting. No waiting until you're starving. You know the drill! :)

I'm dyin' here. DH fixed himself a frozen pizza for lunch. I'm upstairs cleaning my office and the smells are wafting up the stairs and right to me. I seriously could go down there right now and eat the whole pizza.

I need to go get an apple and some cheese. Or I need to spray pine scented air freshener. Or both. :D

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I laughed out loud at this. If I had the money back that I spend on notebooks, I could have a new pair of shoes!

I don't think I could withstand the smell of pizza. I'd eat some.


Now, I'm cooking baked potatoes and tilapia. And we'll have salad.

I resisted the pizza and he ate all of it before I could give in.

I had an apple with an ounce of sharp cheddar and a little later a 1/2 serving of popcorn.

Later tonight it's baked chicken breasts, black beans, and tomatoes, over a baked corn tortilla. Probably some chopped spinach thrown in there for good measure.

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Pizza under ones nose, under ones roof - that's definitely tough.

Susan, I agree. You should definitely not let it get to the point of near fainting. That's just not okay. :hug:

I'm holding my own here. I had some unexpected friends drop over. I quickly put out a bottle of diet soda, a veggie platter - grape tomatoes, baby carrots, string beans, mini bell peppers & sugar snap peas. And siince it's the weekend, I had fruit already cut up - mango and pineapple and I had grapes and blackberries to put out as well. They were SO impressed and gobbled it up. I was tempted to keep on picking and picking at it - but remembered that I must eat responsibly. And so I did. That eat responsibly quote has definitely struck a chord with me today for some reason. Thanks Mango.

Glad you all are doing so well. I've done okay....a few chips, a pepsi (the real thing, I have a headache---blah*), and, ahem, biscochitos. DH and I are doing our big Ho Ho Ho shopping night so dinner will be out.....I won't go down in flames.....

I have eaten my meals on plan and did work out really hard at the gym....


*yes, I know that is venturing dangerously into excuse territory.....I believe Ibuprofen is calorie free....

Midwife, last night I had a headache that was reaching into migraine territory and the only thing that kept me from losing it was a 20 oz coca cola. the excedrin brings it down and the coke finishes it off.

I think cola along with hydrogen peroxide (another go-to cure-all of mine) could fight crime sometimes :lol:.

I have been having a heckuva time on the weekends and in the middle of the holiday season that has one single source: alcohol.

I don't drink excessively, but when I do drink (especially at gatherings), it leads me to eat eat eat and it's so much easier for me to watch myself if I'm not trying to occupy a glass of wine at the same time. So tonight will be a trial. I'm going to 2 parties and the only thing I will be nursing is a club soda. Thankfully, they are both at bars/restaurants so instead of blowing money I don't have I can just sip on club soda and lime and no one will be the wiser;)

Currently I am enamoured of disaronna and diet coke. But not tonight ... nope ...

I agree with you all. Weeknds are my downfall. I'm so ready to get rid of that little voice in my head that says, "okay, it's Saturday, it's Sunday so go ahead eat whatever you want. It's okay, the calories won't count" Grrr!

I have a bottle of citron vodka in the freezer that's calling my name. I finished an entire overhaul of my office space today (I'll post pictures at some point) and I'm feeling a huge sense of accomplishment.

I really want a lovely icy cold citron martini to sit back and appreciate the organization with. But I really shouldn't.

Someone talk me out of it. Please!! :D

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Put it in the microwave. I'm serious. I've actually done that with flavored vodka. It's no good to me warm. And warm vodka watered down with ice cubes? Blech.

We are entering the danger zone! It's past 7:30, nobody's home but me .... How many games of word challenge can I play ;)

Going to take a hot bubble bath and put an oatmeal mask on my face. I can't eat while I have a mask on my face. Can't drink either. :)

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Made it through today mostly safe. I actually made my stomach uncomfortable, NOT from my food (which I felt good about!), but from drinking too much Diet Coke, followed by too much decaf coffee. It was weird. I knew I'd had enough, but kept drinking anyway. Well, certainly could have been worse!, but I didn't listen to my stomach. I DID make up menus for the week :) I'm very happy about that. Didn't make it to the grocery store yet, must go in the morning after breakfast and before morning snack! Here's to a good weekend leading into a great week. :carrot:

1700 or so cals today ... hmmm .... it's got to be better than last weekend

RESIST THE PIZZA. I worked two slices into my plan for yesterday and omg am I paying for it today. I am massively bloated, my tummy is killing me, only had lost one pound this morning and I KNOW I've lost more but I'm retained water from all that freaking salt.

RESIST THE PIZZA.

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And I believe if we all resist the pizza, it will somehow make cfmama feel better. There is some freaky mojo on 3FC! ;)

There's just no two ways about it. I had better get myself into bed or there may just be some serious damage.

Hubby went out with some friends to celebrate one of their birthdays. 2 of the wives were busy, so all of us gals stayed home. And I'm not happy. Keep telling myself food won't make me happy either.

So, I just did some online shopping, bought myself some new pots and pans.

But that's not instant gratifacation enough. They have to actually ship here.

But I will eat responsibly today. I will EAT responsibly today. I WILL eat responsibly today.

Okay, I'm better now.

I swear, I don't know where I'd be without self talk.

Robin :hug: you CAN do this.

Now, GO TO BED :p

I'm off to make the holiday party rounds sans alcohol...

If I'm not back in 2.5 hours, send the search party. 45 minutes-hour per destination should be enough time to say hello without getting into trouble, right?

Right???

I did ok right up until the bar-b-que chips. But I only had a few and I dipped then in 1% cottage cheese ;) And the scale is fractionally better than Friday.

Did Junebug get home in good time?
Did Robin go to bed?
Where did the pizza go?
And how about the alcohol .... join us today for our continuing stoooory ...

All right-y Susan. Sounds like you hung in there. :carrot:

To answer your question, I didn't go to bed actually.

Instead of feeling sorry for myself and drowning myself in food, I did the laundry. And I was glad to get it over with and not have to do it today. And then, get this, I did something I haven't done in AGES - an exercise DVD. It felt marvelous.

I stayed on plan all day, with the exception of a few extra nibbles of veggies and fruit. Not too shabby.

This thread came at a perfect time for me. I know for sure it kept me on my toes yesterday, by keeping me AWARE.

I ate responsibly. I acted responsbily. I ate responsibly. I am an adult and I an a responsible person. You may have noticed I'm loving that new "catch phrase".

Anyway, on to today. Funny enough, I find that if my Saturdays are good, then a good Sunday usually follows. *:crossed: * I know, I know, I should take away those crossed fingers. Luck has nothing to do with this. The choice is MINE.

Let's make it a good one gals. We CAN do this!!! We SHOULD do this!!! Because we CAN. ;) :hug:

Shake, shake, shake
Shake, shake, shake
Had a chocolate shake
Had a chocolate shake ....

I'm getting a lot out of just reading this thread.

SusanB, how are you going to work around your chocolate shake?

Jay

It was an Isoflex whey protein shake. :oI guess I should have mentioned that. :o

Ummm yeah.... :rofl:

Jay

While I didn't make it home until pretty late I was successful!

I drank diet soda and had veggies and hummus. I was fortunate enough to see many people with whom I had a lot of catching up to do so I was pretty occupied by that.

All in all, I'm pleased :) I CAN do this, I think.

Thank you, ladies!