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Hiker
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Posted: 2 January 2009 04:57 pm |
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| Cport, I do my weigh ins on Tuesdays for the same reason, it helps keep me honest on the weekends. I find when I do weigh ins on Thursday or Friday it gives me permission to go a little off on the weekend so for me early week weigh ins help.
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BJD74
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Posted: 3 January 2009 02:45 pm |
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ok, my weekend is kicking off officially tonite, though personally i feel the WHOLE PAST two weeks has been one long weekend! I finally ate the last of the posole for dinner last nite. I am not sure what to make for dinner tonite, or today to eat for that matter. I need to go to the store, and budget what i buy. We havent heard on refi yet, so we are watching the dollars closely.
Good luck everyone!!! I will post more later.... 
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Hiker
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Posted: 3 January 2009 03:11 pm |
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BJD, glad to hear I am not the only one who went off the wagon for the past two weeks. I started back on yesterday, I ate pretty well but I did have a small slip up w/ a piece of chocolate tort. I probably shouldn't have had any but I did allow myself a very small slice. It was one of those times I knew if I didn't allow myself a small portion it would be so much worse later  .
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BJD74
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Posted: 3 January 2009 03:35 pm |
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i am really working on that too hiker....taking in a little now so that i dont take in a lot later. i have only tested myself a few times, and i always mention after to make myself more accountable. I had a bite of ice cream that i gave to davey last nite, and its so creamy. its that orange and vanilla squares? and its like a dreamsicle from back when i was a kid. It was so yummy. it was just a spoonfull and it was all i needed. I am not ready to try to eat small amounts of those items yet. I have them here, but i dont trust myself yet. I havent accomplished enough of a loss yet.
we can do it together!!!!!
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cportwine
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Posted: 5 January 2009 09:23 pm |
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Well, this last weekend went ok, I guess. Sunday, was my best day. Didn't eat junk and did all my exercise. So, that helped get my weight back down for the new year challenge. But, it wasn't enough to keep me out of the pink  . So, I need to try harder to get that exercise in...
I would really like to see my average go back down a pound. It's been at 125lb for awhile now. I liked it so much better when it was at 124lb all the time.
As for right now, trying to stay busy, cause I hear the refrigerator calling my name....
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BJD74
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Posted: 6 January 2009 03:23 pm |
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my weekend finished out ok. monday we went for a lovely nature hike along the river, with madeline in her big wheel stroller, and pushing her in the soft sand made my workout even stronger. It felt good, we were out for over an hour and a half! We started the day with my french toast, which i had two slices of. I was upset in the a.m. though over something silly, and i ended up hiding my eating a slice of bread with butter while making the FT. Bad me, i know. I wrote it here and in my food diary and counted it in my calories for the day. I didnt beat myself up though, and then after that we went for the walk. I burned it off! Then, got home and realized i got my period. yay. Always explains soo much, esp my aches or aggrevations? I am wondering how bad my life and health would be were i to stop taking the birth control pills? they could definately be holding my loss back and making me mental half of the month each month! I will advise with my doctor and see what she thinks. I am still so young, and without having a hysterectomy....all that stuff that is supposed to go away each month just builds up in my body and i beleive that is my rub. Ah life......aint it grand?
So, the rest of the day i didnt eat a whole bunch, sunday i did ok too, stayed under 1200 calories. I had a brownie, but its not on my no no list, just those darn cookies. Sunday we just relaxed and watched the football wild card games, Dolphins lost, so we were kinda bummed, then i took a nap at some point, and we watched the Eagles game. I think they won? Other than that, we didnt take more lights down, and we keep working with madeline and trying to get over my parents and their reaction to our letter. It was brief to say the least. Sunday kinda got shot in the butt by that note, and it kinda kept me under the weather as well. I wont ever win, either i am letting them down or letting davey down....i wish it was another way. We learned yesterday that our paperwork is still with the bank and they are liking what they see? oh ok, thanks....you could take a little longer couldnt you?????
So i guess given all the little things, that i did ok this weekend!!!!
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VegaObscura
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Posted: 8 January 2009 07:24 am |
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cportwine wrote: Sunday, was my best day.
Stop that.
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cportwine
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Posted: 8 January 2009 12:05 pm |
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VegaObscura wrote: cportwine wrote: Sunday, was my best day.
Stop that.
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BEC950
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Posted: 8 January 2009 07:59 pm |
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I forgot to post on Monday  my weekend was not good again. I always seem to do this. I allow myself to overeat for special occasions (i.e. Christmas) and then I have such a hard time getting back into weight loss mode. It is like I am addicted all over again.
I hate the way that I am feeling right now. I feel really really fat  . I need to get back to eating a balanced diet.
This weekend I promise to be better.
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Hiker
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Posted: 8 January 2009 08:04 pm |
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| Bec, don't beat yourself up, we all have the same problem. Once you go off for a few days it is so hard to get back on track. It helps me to remember although I gained a few pounds over the holidays I am no where near where I was a year ago and the only way to make sure I don't get back there is to hop back on the wagon. I find the first few days incredibly hard but I just tell myself there is no other way and I know after a few days eating health it will get a little easier. Sugar is evil -- I swear it's like a drug to so many of us, the more we have the more we want. Anyway, stay strong and if you've slipped a little no big deal, we're all on this journey together and we will make it!
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BEC950
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Posted: 8 January 2009 08:10 pm |
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Hiker wrote: Bec, don't beat yourself up, we all have the same problem. Once you go off for a few days it is so hard to get back on track. It helps me to remember although I gained a few pounds over the holidays I am no where near where I was a year ago and the only way to make sure I don't get back there is to hop back on the wagon. I find the first few days incredibly hard but I just tell myself there is no other way and I know after a few days eating health it will get a little easier. Sugar is evil -- I swear it's like a drug to so many of us, the more we have the more we want. Anyway, stay strong and if you've slipped a little no big deal, we're all on this journey together and we will make it!
Thanks Hiker. It makes me feel better to know that I am not alone. Sometimes I just feel like everyone is doing so much better than me so I must be weak. Something I pride myself on is being a strong and motivated person. For some reason it is different when it comes to food and somehow that make me feel inadequate.
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BJD74
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Posted: 8 January 2009 09:42 pm |
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BEC950 wrote: Hiker wrote: Bec, don't beat yourself up, we all have the same problem. Once you go off for a few days it is so hard to get back on track. It helps me to remember although I gained a few pounds over the holidays I am no where near where I was a year ago and the only way to make sure I don't get back there is to hop back on the wagon. I find the first few days incredibly hard but I just tell myself there is no other way and I know after a few days eating health it will get a little easier. Sugar is evil -- I swear it's like a drug to so many of us, the more we have the more we want. Anyway, stay strong and if you've slipped a little no big deal, we're all on this journey together and we will make it!
Thanks Hiker. It makes me feel better to know that I am not alone. Sometimes I just feel like everyone is doing so much better than me so I must be weak. Something I pride myself on is being a strong and motivated person. For some reason it is different when it comes to food and somehow that make me feel inadequate.
oh bec i so TOTALLY understand that last statement. Just because I am having a nice success this week doesnt mean that the last year has not been challenging my head every day, if not minute. I consider myself motivated and strong, but not so much against food, esp around family and when i am stressing out over something. I have watched myself over the holiday almost undue all the hard work i had put in and somehow now that is changing for me this week. I cant attribute it to anything really, but the last few days i have been facing a lot of personal issues. Family, confronting my folks about my daughter and how they treat her and me esp, a refinance of our home because we are buried in debt and never have any extra around, even just to budget gas and must haves has suddenly become overwhelming, its just barely there to cover us and that is our life right now. For me to go back to work and actually get something meaningful and be able to get madeline into something for free...well, its not the time for me to be out there trying to make some money. Reality here is daveys just made more than i ever made in any job i held. He doubled my best job ever in this years earnings, so that gives you an idea of our debt. Anyway, I am digressing as i always do...but its to let you know that i am very stressed, and somehow i am still losing, and rapidly lately, due to a cut back in food, and when i do eat its a healthy thing and balanced dish with lots of colors. I have just accepted somehow this is the new me, i have to be careful of what i do every day. I am finally beyond the sweet hit, i mean there it is in front of me, and i am tempted but then its like--- WOAH! dont do it girl, you are at 182, that is almost a 10 pd loss. YOU CANT GIVE IN. I am now lower than when i was in middle school, to me that is huge. My hubby hasnt even seen me this small, its 4 pds less than when we met...but hey, with me 4 pds is a lot. LOL
I am here to tell you that you have to keep chugging along like i am. You can do it, I read your posts, you believe in yourself enough to come and share when you have a rough day, and admitting we fell off the wagon is HALF OF THE BATTLE!!!! We all struggle, some struggles are harder than others, and i feel such envy reading posts that show the losses too.....its very unusual that i am on top of something, esp something i have struggled with since i was about 7. I am 34 now. If i can get to 174, I will flash back to standing on the scale at my doctors office coming in at 174 with a pair of Gitano jeans and a striped blue shirt and I dont recall anything less than that in regards to weight for me. It has been with me all these years that i had to get back to that weight, and then see what i look like now, 24 yrs later. (just think, if i would be able to get to anywhere near where you are NOW, in the 160's. I WOULD BE IN HEAVEN... .....) I am gonna get there, back to 174. It may take me another year, but its gonna happen. I have you guys here to cheer me on, and we are all here for each other!!!
So, in short....(HA!! me, brevity has never been my strongest forte'.....).....you cant give up, you have to do this and love yourself each step of the way. If you have patience and love yourself...even just a little bit (cuz I know when i am down and out and the scale seems to fight me, i definately am not in love with myself) then you will succeed!!!!
"Define your success by your terms"  
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cportwine
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Posted: 8 January 2009 10:05 pm |
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I know what you mean Bec. I pride myself cause I lost the weight and I am always thinking how bad it would look if I put it all back on again. I don't want to be like so many other people who lose a bunch and then gain it back in a year or two. I want it to stay gone. I want people to think that I was always a thin person. I respect people who are able to control their eating habits and weight. So, I guess what I am saying I want to respect myself, lol.
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BEC950
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Posted: 8 January 2009 10:18 pm |
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Awww thanks Cindy and BJ for the words of encouragement. I know I can do it (I have done it before) I just like to beat myself up when I slip back.
I should learn to love myself more the way I am and then love myself even more when I lose some weight.
I guess I am just down this week. I am having a fat week. I am sure it will be all better next week. Even if I just lose 1lb I am sure I'll feel better
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Hiker
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Posted: 9 January 2009 11:21 am |
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Well, it Friday so here we go into another week end. For the first time since Christmas I have had a good week food wise. Now my plan is to have a good week end so I can string a couple of weeks together. If I can do that I will feel like I'm back on track.
My plan is to keep my calories under 1400 each day, I probably won't get much if any exercise because I hate to exercise indoors and this week end is going to be freezing here. Usually we snowshoe or at least go for a long walk or hike, this week end....I don't think it will happen. Maybe, just maybe I can drag myself to the gym for an hour on the treadmill, we'll see.
This site started off as a week end thing but it has turned into it's own little support group. I think that's great, I love that we all seem to be here all of the time to help each other. Cport, I feel your pain of trying to maintain or loose a pound. Last year I lost almost 50 lbs (49 to be exact), unfortunately I gained about 5 back over the holidays so I am trying to nip it in the bud as they say. This is a lifelong challenge for me and I suspect you guys too but we can do it together.
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cportwine
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Posted: 9 January 2009 02:00 pm |
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Sounds like you have a good plan for the weekend, Hiker. Keep it up!
Ok, Here's my plan. Tonight we have a party to attain (weather permitting) for the hubby's work. So, there will be a nice fating meal and then lots of empty calorie drinks. So, I think I will just eat light today. Maybe have a salad before we go. To ward off extra pounds. Last year I did really good at this thing, kept it under control. But, this years holidays didn't go well for me, so I am worried...
Sat. & Sunday should be good days filled with lots of exercise. So, that's the plan...keep it under control tonight and exercise my booty off on sat. & sun...
Can't wait to hear what everyone else is going to do this weekend. I know we can all do this. The holidays are over and many of us need to get back on track. So, if you haven't done that yet. This weekend is the time to start....
Let's all have good reports on Monday!!!!
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BJD74
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Posted: 9 January 2009 03:34 pm |
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hello all!
my weekend isnt officially starting until tomorrow since i make my weekend sunday and monday around daveys work schedule. we dont have any big plans, we will probably take that river walk again, and the weather should be good thru the next few days. madeline is talking about going and well, i am not taking her alone since its totally isolated. Gotta have daddy with us!
i did my major cleaning on tues and weds, so actually today aside from being here with madeline, planning dinner for tonite and getting my exercise in, i dont have much more on the books. i havent relaxed at all since we began the refi ordeal...so today i am goin to try to relax. i need to get to walmart for dog food (yeah, we are waaaay broke now....cant afford to get up to ABQ to Petsmart or Petco) but i think i will go tomorrow. I hesitate since we are so broke, to go there is a horrible shopping temptation, and we are sitting on 90 bucks till next friday...and then that mortgage payment must go out...and then its a whole nother stress over what bills will be paid and what wont....
argh...we will get thru. I will not eat to make myself feel better though. I am so psyched that i am down 7 pounds, i will watch myself carefully.
I hope all of you guys have a great weekend, enjoy the party Cindy! I wish we had something fun to go to, esp being we have no money to go to dinner or anything...it would be nice to forget for a nite....enjoy a glass of wine for me, or something delicious, and i will count half the calories on my daily number!!!! ha ha ha lol...wouldnt that be cool if we could help each other by taking it like that for you? 
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cportwine
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Posted: 9 January 2009 03:52 pm |
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Wow, a river walk! I am jealous! I use to walk down by the river everyday. Now that snow is everywhere, I have been doing the machines here at home. I miss the river, it's so pretty down there and the wild life is a nice bonus. Maybe I can get down there when this snow quits. It seems it snows, then it gets really cold, then it snows again. It's making it really hard to want to go anywhere.
I don't know about tonight, it's not looking good out there. So, might not even be going. I hope so, cause I really need to get out of this house more often. lol, cabin fever is setting in...
Well, good luck on your weekend...
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BJD74
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Posted: 9 January 2009 07:26 pm |
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well i have been ok today, i had a hard boiled egg, 1/2 carrot raw, small apple and sugar free punch. i have spent most of the morning researching my financial options, and i talked with freedomfromdebt folks and i think this may be my route. consolidation and payoff and savings. i lose the cards, but #%@&! didnt they get me here anyway?!
so somehow i feel lighter and feel confident in what this woman had to tell me. i will know more monday. so this weekend will drag on since i want that call sooner than later!
i weighed in at 183 today, we had those velveeta shells for dinner 331 calories for one cup! and even though i had the serving amount, i think it had something to do with the gain. i didnt eat that much more yesterday but i started to take a supplement appetite pill and its loaded with caffeine. Its this one called Trimform. I have had it for a while and pulled it out just to get me over a hump i hit yesterday but maybe its not helping? I say that since its like an equal to 6 loaded caffeine cups of coffee.....and since i have stopped coffee and all caffeine with the eat well challenge...could that be hurting me? any thoughts? can caffeine cause a gain? or water retention?
maybe i shouldnt take them, i guess i am seeking an edge to keep me on the edge you know? what do you guys think?
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BEC950
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Posted: 9 January 2009 07:36 pm |
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Well yesterday was a much better day for me. I stayed at my calories and didn't have anything unhealthy. My fiance even brought home left over dainties and cheesecake from him mom's place last night and I didn't touch them YAY ME.
Weekend challenge starts tonight. I need to go out and do a 10km run tonight as part of my 1/2 marathon training but I am already sleepy and it is only 1:30. I'll see how I feel later.
Good luck this weekend everyone.
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Hiker
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Posted: 9 January 2009 08:08 pm |
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| Okay, I have to say I am pretty happy with my plan so far. I didn't want to go out today and walk becuase it is so cold but I told myself it's go out or go to the gym...going out is soooo much better for me. I got a good 2 mile walk, nothing grand but it counts! But the best choice I think I made today is I am going to the movies tonight and instead of buying that really, really bad popcorn I am going to sneak in a bag of Smart Pop, it only has 240 calories for the whole bag vs. 600-800 calories for a large movie popcorn... and that is without butter!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 9 January 2009 09:00 pm |
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So the week went really bad, but Friday is shaping up good.
This weekend I'm doing a mostly fluids fast, including juices, protien shakes and soups. I've been eating really badly and I just kind of want to clear my system. I intend to be at 1200 calories each day. I'm not trying to do anything unsafe or drastic, it's just been a bad week for me and I'm feeling pretty bad and I just want to eat light the next couple of days.
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cportwine
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Posted: 9 January 2009 09:34 pm |
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl wrote: So the week went really bad, but Friday is shaping up good.
This weekend I'm doing a mostly fluids fast, including juices, protien shakes and soups. I've been eating really badly and I just kind of want to clear my system. I intend to be at 1200 calories each day. I'm not trying to do anything unsafe or drastic, it's just been a bad week for me and I'm feeling pretty bad and I just want to eat light the next couple of days.
I do a fast every so often and I don't see anything wrong with it. I look at it like this. So, say you went over your calorie intake by way to much then your just making up for it on the fast day.
Really, it would work out anyway if you counted your calories for the week instead of daily.
So, you go girl...you can do it...
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cportwine
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Posted: 9 January 2009 09:36 pm |
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Hiker wrote: Okay, I have to say I am pretty happy with my plan so far. I didn't want to go out today and walk becuase it is so cold but I told myself it's go out or go to the gym...going out is soooo much better for me. I got a good 2 mile walk, nothing grand but it counts! But the best choice I think I made today is I am going to the movies tonight and instead of buying that really, really bad popcorn I am going to sneak in a bag of Smart Pop, it only has 240 calories for the whole bag vs. 600-800 calories for a large movie popcorn... and that is without butter!
Hey, two miles is two miles. Better then no miles. So, keep it up.
I like your attitude about the movies also. Be careful, I don't want to hear about you getting kicked out for sneaking the popcorn, lol.
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cportwine
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Posted: 9 January 2009 09:42 pm |
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Well, I have stuck to the plan so far as well. I had my breakfast and a huge salad for lunch. So, I should be good to go. Thank god, dinner is early cause I am starving. I might need a snack before we go. I don't want to go there and end up pigging out on high calorie food. I would rather eat sensible here and then eat little there.
BJ! Hang in there. And if anything good come from money stress, it is dieting. I have been so good today. I think cause I am fretting over property taxes, ugh! I just keep telling myself, next month will be better.
ps: Besides, I know hubby has got a secret stash somewhere. So, he might have to share this month... lol
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BJD74
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Posted: 9 January 2009 10:09 pm |
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Hiker wrote: Okay, I have to say I am pretty happy with my plan so far. I didn't want to go out today and walk becuase it is so cold but I told myself it's go out or go to the gym...going out is soooo much better for me. I got a good 2 mile walk, nothing grand but it counts! But the best choice I think I made today is I am going to the movies tonight and instead of buying that really, really bad popcorn I am going to sneak in a bag of Smart Pop, it only has 240 calories for the whole bag vs. 600-800 calories for a large movie popcorn... and that is without butter!
good job hiker! i am proud to say that i saw your two miles...and raised it an extra mile after that for a total of 3 powerful miles today!!! (good job baby!!!) whew, i am winded but its good. Since i got sick before christmas i kinda stopped doing the walking video and sure did feel it today after that long away. I have been doing bowflex instead, and having done that yesterday, i am super sore now....but its for the greater good eh? so yay for us! Heres to a great weekend kickoff!!!
Good luck sneaking into the theatre...i got caught doing that once...when madeline was just a baby, took stuff for her to nibble and i had to toss it all.......crazy movie staff!!! like a baby can eat the stuff you sell!!!   
have a great time!! two thumbs up!
As for my day, I did a great workout! I feel better, esp with all the stress lately. I havent eaten alot today either, and i am not sure about dinner tonite. I have leftover chicken breast and i can make daddy and madeline a pizza...and not eat it myself....i dont care for the easy frozen pizzas but they love em...! Who knows, gotta ask daddy what he is feeling in his tummy tonite....i made them eat chicken two nites in a row and he has had it the last two days for lunch as well....enjoyed it but i dont want to turn him into a chicken...bak bak bak bak bak  ha ha ha lol
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BJD74
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Posted: 10 January 2009 12:33 am |
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its friday. i think i had a rougher day than i thought originally. i wrote about how well it went talking to someone about my debts. but suddenly i wanted to eat, anything sweet i could get my hands on.
So far since my last entry ive had:
Frosting in a can two fingers full (leftover from birthday(
Vienna cookie, one bite
1 animal cracker
2 spoons of peanut butter
2 slc of cooked ham
1 slice of bread with mayo
MAN ALIVE.......
WHAT DID I DO THAT FOR? i started to write in my journal, since i had already written down the dinner counts to keep myself in check...and i wrote all the things i ate just now and ended up that i have to eat barely anything tonite, or i go over and tomorrow is my official weigh in and face the damage i do tonite. So here i am writing here, its faster than handwriting in the journal, esp when im moving a mile a minute. Could it be that pill i decided to take? Or i am just anxius cuz after the two emails i sent to vanessa the rep i talked to today...i never heard back?? um....my period? i dont know. DARN IT.
And i worked out today too...maybe that is making me hungry? arghhhhhh
Anyway, I guess i can say that this doesnt help keeping to the challenge! But i will stop now, i just made myself accountable and i will behave the rest of the nite. TOmorrow i will work out and eat good. :) Lets hope! Weekend kicks off officially for me tomorrow.
..how do you ever know what stems a purge?
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 10 January 2009 04:39 am |
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| This liquids mostly fast is going so awesome, I feel great, and I think I might start doing it every weekend, or at least one day a week. I've been enjoying super protien, juices, teas and soups and loving it.
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BJD74
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Posted: 10 January 2009 03:28 pm |
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yeah but a fast cant be permanant. if i tried it i would bounce right back into the foods i shouldnt eat!! i am happy for you OU-A-TG and i hope you see a great success!
as for me, last nite, i only had my egg/bacon/lettuce sandwich with one slice of toast. i did eat bacon, but i love bacon. its not a regular item anymore, so it was enjoyed! I tried to have a no sugar chocolate fudge bar for dessert, but my tooth was hurting FAR too much to continue, davey took it from me and packed it in a bag and put it back. I didnt have any dessert thereafter. We got in the hot tub then we played some Skip-Bo. Quiet nite.
today, i am off to wal-mart for dog food. i will get only needed items till next check. its gonna be hard, since i am going to use a credit card (we only have 60 in bank, that is gas till friday) that i just made payment too. its a viscious cycle, i cant wait for them to go away...but until then we desparately need them to get by. argh.
this is my official kickoff day for my weekend....good luck to the rest of you guys! hang tough! be strong! (stronger than me last nite...!!!)
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 10 January 2009 07:23 pm |
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| Last night my only exception to liquids was two scoops on no fat frozen yogurt, and I'm good with that. Tomorrow I'm going back to normal eating. I could do this for one more day, but I think two is plenty for the purposes I want. I'm not doing this to lose weight, just feel better mostly.
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BJD74
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Posted: 10 January 2009 07:57 pm |
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Sounds good! Just as long as you are being safe! :)
I went to the store, i got a lot of good deals, so we have food and a variety of good things. i am excited to try the 100cal chocolate covered pretzels i found. it was meant that i buy them as they were on sale this week! its well worth the calories since it is a satisfying snack for a sweet tooth. I promise to eat in moderation.
Davey is out of cookies, so here i am baking macademia white chocolate chip minis and some chocolate chip minis. I dont care for either, but i did have a couple of bites of dough, so i am guilty of violating my NO NO list. I am planning to work out on the bowflex, and i will not eat the rest of the day until dinner time. Just drink. Its so hard. I can see the ease in unraveling all the good work i have done this week.
I do say though that when you lose weight life just seems a little easier. Putting on your skinny jeans that fit you now and actually do fit better after some loss..its just nice. It is one less thing to worry about you know?
I hope i can stay on focus this weekend. Maybe after madeline gets up we will take a walk out in the sunshine. Its cool but the sun is out and the breezes are minimal. Maybe, we will see how she is and how i feel after the workout.
Good luck everyone!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 10 January 2009 08:54 pm |
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Let me know how the pretzels taste, they sound heavenly!
You must have great willpower, I'm a sucker for cookie dough. I can't be near the stuff lol!!!!
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cportwine
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Posted: 10 January 2009 08:55 pm |
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I am not doing to bad so far. Last night was a little more then I eat. But, alls I had before we went was salad and cereal in the morning. There I had green beans, chicken and mushroom sauce, some sort of macaroni salad, regular salad, potatoes, corn stuff. I didn't finish the macaroni salad-it was nasty. I also left about half my chicken. The other stuff was just a table spoon a piece. I did have a roll also, with real butter .
So, it seems like allot but I thought I controlled it really well. I could of had prime rib and a bunch of goodies, but didn't.
After the meal was over I seen they had salmon. Wish I would of known that before hand. I would of had that instead of the chicken stuff. Oh well.
Today, is going good, I have only had breakfast (at about noon) and it was turkey breakfast sausage gravy, toast, egg whites. Oh yea, I did have a few nuts also.
No exercise yet, need to do that. But, lots of dancing last night among other things
So, off to get something done..... Good Luck everyone, hope you are all doing well...
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BJD74
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Posted: 10 January 2009 09:04 pm |
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl wrote: Let me know how the pretzels taste, they sound heavenly!
You must have great willpower, I'm a sucker for cookie dough. I can't be near the stuff lol!!!!
ha ha....i really dont think so but thank you! i know i am super hard on myself, but one thing i can do now is stop the self abuse and the eating once i am aware of it. At this point in the day, I am not hungry. I havent worked out yet, but i am sitting her on the forum..so no wonder! Maybe i think i eat more than i do, you know, its not like the cookie gets me its the little bit left on my finger as i am pushing the dough onto the cookie sheet......LIKE AFTER EACH OR EVERY 10th SPOON full, or the small scraps at the bottom of the wrapper or bowl.....Its nibbles and i abuse myself to NO END over them!!!!!
Thank you again saying i have great willpower! Gives me wings to Fly!!! Right to my workout machine!!!
Hugs! i will advise on the pretzels....i am sure they are delicious. i have had the oreo and chocolate chip cookie bites and they were pretty good for 100 calories a bag. I do think that those however were super sweet...so i dont eat them anymore...i hope these are good cuz i have to allow myself something sweet or i will go insane!
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Hiker
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Posted: 10 January 2009 09:49 pm |
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Hi guys, so far the week end is going well for me. I was able to walk 3.5 miles this morning, it was only 12 degrees but no wind so it really wasn't too bad. For me the wind is what kills.
I got my popcorn into the movies last night, no problem. My method is I put it under a sweater I carry and I just walk in like I have nothing to hide, it seems to work everytime. Hey, I would buy stuff there if they had anything health, they even manage to make thier popcorn unhealthy.
I had chicken noodle soup for lunch and I had a protein bar for a snack, those keep me away from candy. Calories wise they aren't much different but a lot less fat and a lot more protein so I figure it's a better choice. For supper I have a small sub planned and of course some more soup. In the winter soup really helps me a lot, it curbs my appetite and doesn't add a lot of calories and it is realativley inexpensive which is also a plus.
BJ, do let us know about those pretzels, I think we'll all be out buying them soon.
Stay strong guys.
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cportwine
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Posted: 10 January 2009 11:29 pm |
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You know Hiker, you just gave me an idea. I think I will make some healthy granola bars to snack on. That way I will stay out of the bad stuff.
I don't know why but I haven't been buying them or protein bars or anything like that lately. No wonder I am always sneaking the ice cream and stuff.
Ok, I will be back to the store tomorrow... I think I will make some oatmeal, walnuts, granola with some peanut butter....oooohhhhh...sounds good already. Maybe I will let loose a little bite and put chocolate swirl stuff on the tops of them.
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Hiker
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Posted: 11 January 2009 02:33 am |
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| Cport, those homemade granola bars sound great. Are they hard to make? Can you tell me the recipe. I am not much of a cook but that sounds like it would be worth the effort.
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cportwine
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Posted: 11 January 2009 02:56 pm |
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Hiker to be honest I don't really have a recipe, I just throw a bunch of stuff together and mix it up. I try to use peanut butter and brown sugar to hold it together, but I have used corn syrup or marshmallows also. I figure whatever option is loaded with sugar so I just try to make all the other stuff in it healthy. Like the nuts and oats and stuff. Plus, I figure if I am making it myself then it's got to be better then the the stuff you buy at the store.
For me, this is a better option for a treat then say something like Ice cream that is loaded with the dairy products that I am not suppose to be having cause of my cholesterol.
I know from doing searches on recipes, that there are a million of them out there. I even found some that are really healthy vs the ones I make. But, if I am going to have a treat, I want it to taste good. So, I don't do the super healthy ones that I have found. I think most of those used the peanut butter to hold it together.
I usually take all the peanut butter, syrup, sugar, whatever it may be. Heat it in the microwave, then add it to the dry stuff. Mix it and put it in a pan to cool. Allot like making rice krispy treats.
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Hiker
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Posted: 11 January 2009 03:00 pm |
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Cport, I can tell you are a good cook, anyone who just throws stuff togehter has a kcnack for it.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 11 January 2009 08:59 pm |
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So last night I finished up my juice/soup fast. I did have a bowl full of cherries and a small scoop of frozen yogurt, but it was that or something way worse for me. Not having anythig solid for two days is hard! I wouldn't want to do it any longer than that.
BJ I hear you about having to have a little something sweet. It seems everytime I try to quit sugar cold turkey I go on a wild binge. I figure in the long run a little sugar is better than going crazy on it and having way too much.
So far I still consider this weekend good!
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Hiker
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Posted: 12 January 2009 12:00 pm |
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It's Monday morning and I made it through the weekend with no cheats. My plan was to keep my calories under 1400 each day on Friday I had 1386, Saturday 1248 and on Sunday 1162 (which is actually too few for me). I even had enough left to have a tapioca pudding with whipped cream on Sunday, Not sure why my count was so low except we had a snow storm and I was so afraid of binging I was VERY careful. Anyway thanks for being here all weekend guys, it really helps. Exercises was not great but at least I got 2 miles in on Friday and 3.5 on Saturday.
Looks like on the sweets, we all agree, you need to have a few in moderation to avoid going on binges. Actually the longer I am doing this the more I am getting away from low fat foods and it seems to be working. I just watch portions carefully and try to plan ahead whenever possible.
Hope everyone else had a good weekend also, if not calorie wise at least fun wise.
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cportwine
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Posted: 12 January 2009 12:44 pm |
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Ok, I didn't do to bad this weekend. Friday was not good, but sat. and sunday went well.
I could of stayed away from the oreo cookies a little more... But, hey that was it for my bad stuff....
Hope everyone else did good...
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Hiker
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Posted: 12 January 2009 12:47 pm |
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| Cport, sounds like a good weekend, not bad calories and you got to have some Oreo's. I'm more of a Hydrox girl myself but I know I'm in the minority in that one.
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BEC950
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Posted: 12 January 2009 05:16 pm |
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I finally had a good weekend. I ate a little more that I wanted to but I ran so much that I counteracted it. Sunday I ran 9 miles and then Sunday I ran 6 miles.
My weight this morning was 161lbs so down a pound since last week. I am fine with that.
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BJD74
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Posted: 12 January 2009 05:29 pm |
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| great job Bec!
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Hiker
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Posted: 12 January 2009 05:40 pm |
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BEC950 wrote: I finally had a good weekend. I ate a little more that I wanted to but I ran so much that I counteracted it. Sunday I ran 9 miles and then Sunday I ran 6 miles.
My weight this morning was 161lbs so down a pound since last week. I am fine with that.
Great job Bec, that's one of the best things about exericse...you get to eat a little more and stilll lose wieght. .
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Hiker
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Posted: 12 January 2009 05:40 pm |
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BEC950 wrote: I finally had a good weekend. I ate a little more that I wanted to but I ran so much that I counteracted it. Sunday I ran 9 miles and then Sunday I ran 6 miles.
My weight this morning was 161lbs so down a pound since last week. I am fine with that.
Great job Bec, that's one of the best things about exericse...you get to eat a little more and stilll lose wieght. .
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cportwine
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Posted: 12 January 2009 07:21 pm |
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Yep! Great Job BEC!!!! Keep it up! 
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BEC950
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Posted: 12 January 2009 09:42 pm |
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| Thanks guys I feel much better about myself this week :)
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BJD74
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Posted: 13 January 2009 02:29 am |
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my weekend closes out tonite, and i finished it by going to the dentist and getting a tooth taken out. Hopefully solving the pains i have been experiencing these past few weeks. MAN IT HURT. I am feeling 150% better though, here a few hours later. All the aches i was having are gone. May it stay that way.
So therefor my weekend got shot to #%@&! exercise wise,aside from Saturday. it was all i could do to be comfortable from saturday evening thru this morning before the dentist visit. I havent eaten well, high salty things like boulion soup, and my pretzel yummys...I had chicken soup tonite, it was yummy and an orange. I did great today food wise, and exercise was nothing today, just resting from too much novacane.
Good luck this week team and may I have a success in a small way! Somehow! :)
3 pounds down from last saturday to this saturday is what i am counting as my final weeks loss. I shouldnt even have entered the 182, it only last like an hour. I just got so excited. I always forget water weights etc.
Anyhoo! Good Luck!
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