Well I finaly made it to the Journal section. I have needed to do this for quite some time. I started out with the low sugar, low salt diet and have now just gone low sugar. For the first month when I wasn't having salt I lost weight. Now that I am back on the salt, the weight has gone up and down. I think I have finaly gotten to the point that the weight I have lost is real weight and not just water. It was hard when I started inching back up because of the salt. I have promissed mom2five that I will exercise and that has helped. We are doing it together!! Thanks to the morning chat and my friends there I have gotten through some hard times.

Weight 169
Goal 162 before my husband comes home.

He hasn't seen me since I was 182
I hope 20 pounds makes enough of a difference that he notices

welcome to the journals twinsmom. I am honoured to be the first one to post here. Sounds like things are coming together for you and i am so glad to hear that. Others doing well hleps me to do well too. it is contagious.

That is exciting about your husband seeing you 20 pounds lighter. I am sure he will notice and be very proud of you. When does he return home? You must be so excited , I know I would be. Anyway I better post this or I will not be the first LOL.

congrats on your loss.

Thanks for being the first one!!! You are so wonderful with all your encouragement. My husband said he will be home in a couple of weeks. I think 7 pounds in 2 weeks is a bit much to ask for but I can sure try. Can't wait for the challege to start to give me that extra incentive I need to keep me on track.

Sounds like you are doing very well now. I enjoyed chatting with you today. Once you know what works it just takes time.

Good luck.

Carol

HI Twinsmom
It was great having the chance to chat with you tonight. Interesting about the salt intake, I know it adds lbs but lately I have been craving it and I have been feeling so bloated. I have started to cut back alot hopefully that will sort out any excess lbs.

Take care

Thanks Ellie and Carol for the support. It was great chatting with both of you. Ellie, when I went off the salt and sugar I didn't have any cravings at all. It was so weird. I wish I had the will power to get back off most of the salt. I really want to binge tonight. I am hoping I can make it through without blowing it.:help:

Hello Twinsmom,

You've done really good so far. No reason to start doubting yourself now. Just keep doing whatever you are doing, and shoot for the moon! That hubby of yours is going to be totally bowled over.........LOL

Sandie

Thank you for the kind words Sandie! Maybe I will just stay on here all night and I won't be able to eat. LOL

Hi Twins..
I make it a habit and always have not to eat at my pc. Even when I wasnt dieting. Didnt want crumbs in my keyboard LOL

I have lots of fun in the chats.. we can just all get together and talk about diets, or let go of life for awhile..
Its almost like a pajama party hahaha

Your hubby will DEF notice a 20 pound difference in you.. Just keep on straight ahead and dont look back.
Dont let yourself get hungry and you will go all the way.

Im glad you have joined DT.
Im running out of people who have faith in the evil dietician hehe

I didn't do very well last night. Just kept eating and eating. Went to chat and even chatted with myself for awhile just trying to stay out of the kitchen. Thanks to some of my wonderful friends on DT they came to my chat rescue. I can't believe I was feeling so sorry for my self. Crazy2 told me that if she had done as well as I had she would be jumping up and down. It really made me stop and think ...13 pounds in 6 weeks is pretty good. Some people just can't loose that fast and here I was feeling sorry for myself. I know it sounds corny but I had tears in my eyes when I got out of chat. I am so amazed that there are people that I feel so close to and that have been so wonderful and supportive of me here. I am so lucky to have found DT.

I feel the same way Twins..
That is over 2 pounds a week girl, you want it to melt off in your sleep? lol
Well, tuff, it doesnt happen that way haha

I am on a 1 pound a week thing, I am still very happy about it too, because by this time next year I will be were I want to be.
I am never hunger, I rarely crave foods.
I just eat all the time Twins..LOL
Even at night..
well alot of times anyways.
I just dont eat pizzas and things lol
But, I dont eat carrot sticks either.

I really do love this forum.

Happy Valentine's Day Twinsmom,

I feel so bad knowing that your dear hubby is not with you at this time, but I'm sure the boys are great company and no doubt they love you dearly. But I also realize they are far from having hubby with you. So I do hope that he called and you were able to have a nice conversation at least. And then when he does get home, the two of your are really going to celebrate, and you will both have a lot to be celebrating for as well, right? LOL

Take care now,
Sandie

Thank you karen and Sandie!! You gals are great!

I did really well today. Only 900 calories but I can't eat anymore.
I will do better with my exercise tomorrow.

Happy Valentines!!!

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Twins, wow, you did great, be careful not to get too low though, especially when you get-a-exercisin'!!!

See ya soon.

Twins, I had tears in my eyes at the end of the morning chat, lol, so I guess I returned the favour. So glad you are here. Lets keep going. :console:

Went and tryed on clothes today. I felt so much thinner until I did that. It is okay though. I am down 15 pounds as of today.:D

167 today :)

Crazy2- thank you so much for the Valentine! You are so sweet.
Talk to you on Monday.

Ann

Ann, you are doing so well. I bet hubby will be really impressed with your weight loss.

Be careful that you don't go too low on the calories. Sometimes your body goes into starvation mode and your metabolism slows down.

Have a good day.

Carol

Thanks for the advice Carol. I was thinking about that today and wondering if I should eat more not less. It just seems to be one of those days that I don't feel like bingeing. Thought i would take advantage and have a couple of low cal days.

Ann:rose:

Hi, Ann. Carol is right about advising you not to go too low on your calories. If you go too low your body might react by going into a starvation mode, and that makes it harder to lose weight. It is just something to be careful about.

But you are doing wonderfully. Stick with it, and keep smiling -

JoJo thanks for the advice and the encouragement. I really appreacite any help I can get.:cheer:

Ann, we are thrilled to have you! I had a wonderful time with you in chat tonight. Just wait until your husband sees you.......WOW! Will he ever be surprised! Let us know how the reunion goes.........! :laugh: Have a wonderful night and I will see you in the morning! Remember to drink your water! :water: *g*

Twins,

Good advice on the calories but one or two days of low calories isn't going to hurt you too much. Just don't do it alot.

Just because we care........

Glad to hear you are feeling good about DT. I love it here too. Talk soon.

Thanks Kimmy and Nancy and Nancy LOL It is so great to post on your journal and read all the positive response from friends. I am down another pound today. I ate a wonderful salad today but something in it made me feel all weak and terrible. I guess I put too much good stuff in it. It really was good!!! I have been drinking tons of water and I plan to exercise . Yes, I plan to exercise. I will exercise. I going to do it now!!!!

Hi Ann,

I am sorry I had to leave chat so fast today. I have been having air problems here in my office. Last Friday and then again today I have been roasting here in my office. I had the man from the building maintenance come in and try to find the problem. He needs more help so will come back tomorrow.

Sounds like your weight loss program is doing very well. Keep up the good work.

Will chat with you again soon.

Carol

I seem to be getting a bit absessed with this. It is good because I haven't wanted to binge. It has only been 7 weeks for the diet this time around. I thought I had gotten to the age I would just learn to love myself the way I was. Well I haven't. I have needed to eat healthier all my life. Maybe this is the time it sticks. I sure hope so.

Breakfast-Wheates and skim milk
lunch-salad

I did pretty good today. Just found out that my husband will be coming home in the morning. He hasn't seen me is 7 weeks and doesn't know I have been on a diet. I have only lost 16 pounds but I hope he notices a difference.

Well, did he notice?

Carol

Thanks for asking Carol! He noticed that I had my hair down, which I never do, and he thought that I looked nice but didn't know why. Now that I told him, he said how good I look. Maybe the next 16 will make more of an impression. It is okay though, he is so happy to be home with us and we are so happy to have him. He has said "16 pounds" several times and just smiles and gives me a hug. I can live with that.:D

Ann

sounds like a really nice guy Ann. Sometimes men are not as observant as they could be but I know he is proud of you.

Have a great day.

Went out out to eat tonight. I had everything but dessert. It is so wonderful for the first time to not be stress out about eating. I knew I wanted to do it and I don't feel guilty at all. I will just start new tomorrow and go on. I am on to fitday to figure out how many calories I had , just for fun.

Mom2five is going to pull ahead of me in the morning challenge but I will catch here next week.:D

I was down 20 pounds 2 days ago but am back up 2. I feel that I have not lost any weight. It is so weird that some days I feel like I have really done something then other days it feels like I am the same weight I was when I started. TOM is coming soon and maybe that is what has me in such a negative attitude about all this. I need to just hit it hard and get the 20 pounds to stay off then go from there. I will do more exercise today and eat less.

:ex: :lift: :water: :violin:

Hang in there Ann,

You have done a great job and will continue to do so.

Yes, TOM messes things up royally, grrrr. That could be why you have the 2 back and probably it is affecting your mood.

I find that it is hard to be consistent living with a shift worker. Maybe it is just an excuse but until you live it you don't really know. So, what I am saying, is that having hubby gone for so long and then home for so long is also upsetting to your consistency.

But we won't give up, we will continue to fight this and we will win and be healthy for our lives.

I am so proud of what you have done, hang in there.

PS - good for you for exericising, so did I, I saw your note in my journal. Lets do it again today, alright?

I will be leading chat tonight at 9 pm est if you can make it.

Thank you crazy for the pep talk. I really needed it today. I am going nuts with the food and I can't stop eating:O

Hey Twins,

I haven't seen you for a couple of days, what is happening? I miss you at morning chat. :c(

How is the exercise going? I think I caught the eating bug from you, I have been struggling that last few days. But am glad that I am getting out walking anyways.

I just got a notice from the library that the Dr. Phil book is in, his new one about the Ultimate weight book. I will be able to pick it up tomorrow. I really want to read it and take it all in. I need something and am hoping that this will be a major key for me. Or should I say, '7 major keys' LOL.

Well, just wanted to stop by and say hi. Oh, I walked 3 days out of 4 since we started. But today was just a 20 minute walk and not as fast of a pace as the other two days. I am looking forward to the warm weather that is just arriving here though and hope to get in at least one looooooooong walk this weekend and then another one, at least 30 mintues.

Well you take care. See ya soon I hope.

Well, I have been doing pretty well. I gave up peanut butter for the cruise to lose chat. I have made it one day so far. I only have 6more days. That is sad that I am almost counting down the seconds until I can have it again. I am down 1 1/2 pounds today so that gave me a little boost for the day. I have done my thighmaster for the day and will do the step machine later in the day. I think it is going to be a great day!!!:D

hey twins,
I did my 35 minute power walk, glad I did it already because now I see it is getting pretty windy. I also don't have to keep bugging myself about when I will do the walking throughout the day.

Good work on the thigh master, that is great.

Just a thought about the peanut butter, it is great that you are trying to give it up, but not having it at all causes you to binge on it and go way overboard, how about allowing yourself to have something like a Tablespoon of it each day or three times a week on a nice wwbun or with an apple or however you like to eat it.

Well, I am going to cut down on my diet coke, not give it up but back off a bit.

Well, take care, keep up those healthy habits you are working on. They will all pay off eventually.

I will try to get alot more read in the book today, tomorrow is going to be pretty busy.

See ya soon!

Great about the 1 1/2 lb loss! :dn

Just keep thinking that just for today you can't have the pb and your 6 days will be gone in no time :)

Beth :not:

Thank you Crazy and Beth for the support. Some times I just don't feel like I am on a diet and it doesn't feel so hard but then there are some days that you just need to go back to your journal and read the support that your friends have given you. It is always so helpful when I feel like binging to know that you guys are out there and rooting for me to win. I will win this time. I just know it. :D

We know it too Ann. Congrats again on your loss.

Is this a new thing with the cruise to lose where you give things up . How does it work?

Congrats on your loss, Ann! YAY :cheer: See you tomorrow in chat? :D

Twins! way to go on the weightloss....

Think of peanut butter as newborn baby poop and you wont want it anymore ..lol

Love,
your obnoxious dietician

thanks for the lovely thought about peanut butter Birdie! Since I keep a baby during the day it makes it even more real. YUCK!!
Will I ever be able to eat it again? I am down another 1/2 pound today. This is so great!!!:o

I am SO proud of you Annie Poo! You are doing fantastic! Keep it up. The baby poop thing doesn't work for me...............I have a tough tummy because I owned a day care in my home for 2 years! ROFL Love ya bunches! See ya in chat! :D

LOL twins.......yeah and its that kind that you have to use alot of baby wipe n dipes to get it off the babies hinny LOL

You can do this, you know you can... its only our brains wanting things.. Just dont get hungry...

Congrats on the lost weight!

Thanks Kimmy and Birdie for your support. The peanut butter thing is gone. I have not even thought about it. I didn't even want anything sweet yesterday. I don't know why things are so different for me this time. Maybe just my age, I don't know. I think I am down another pound today. I just need to start weighing once a week but I get so crazy about it and I think that I should do it every second. I am at 23 pounds off so far and am now down in the 150's. YAY:cheers: I don't think I am eating as much as I should but I haven't needed to. I know the plateau will come and I hope I am ready for it when it happens. I guess then I will have to eat more.

I am up two pounds today. I gave up peanut butter but started in on cookies. The more sweets I eat the more I want. It is eat, eat, eat all the time. I need to put the breaks on but I don't want to. I thought I was making so much progress but then I look in the mirror and I see the same big person that I was. I wish the stress in my life would go away and I could get back to living life. I can't quit now. I can't quit now. I can't quit now. I can't quit now. I have to go on and do what I set out to do. Be healthy and look better. I can and I will do it.....won't I?

Things seem better today. There is really no reason they should be but the weather is beautiful here. It makes me want to go outside and work in the yard. I am back down the two pounds so of course it was water. My eating still seems to be out of control. I will try to do better today.

Boy, have things really gone nuts for me. I seem to be eating every cookie in the house. I had one today, then went back for another then two at a time. I finally chunked the box in the trash after 8. I am not a stupid person. What makes it so hard to stop this madness. I had two servings of dinner last night and I still wanted more. It is like I am on some horrible ride and can't get off. My husband is home now and found some work here until he gets back to his regular job. We are glad to have him home but I am back to cooking and keeping things in the house that he likes to eat. I went to the store and they had the cookies that you just talk out of the box and put in the oven. I got 5 boxes for the kids to give their friends when they came over during spring break. Well, maybe I am stupid, guess who ate most of them. i need to start a new plan that I can get excited about, maybe Adkins or something different. I have to stop this binging or I will put back on all that weight. I have worked way to hard to let that happen.

Twins,

So sorry about your struggles, I know how it feels.

How about just telling everyone that you are going to all eat healthier together. The kids don't need all the cookies and munchies and neither does hubby. Just have some on a special night of the week. Then offer healthier snacks the rest of the time.

I am constantly amazed at how fast carrot and celery sticks disappear in our house. We will put a container full of them on the end of the counter and before you know it they are all gone.

Don't feel you are being mean, and that they should be allowed the snacks, and not 'punished' just becuase you don't want to eat them. That is a guilt trip that people try to push on us. It is garbage.

We are teaching them healthy habits that they will have for a life time. We are helping them be healthy right now, and it will just be normal for them when they have their own places.

Where do you think we learned to have cookies, and chips, and cheese and crackers etc, etc. That was what we were taught to have for snacks. Not because our parents were mean, but that is just the way it was. We have an opportunity to break the chain, to make new traditions and habits.

This is what I need to work on too. We have special snacks on Thursday night, we call it Survivor night at our house. I often buy something special that night, Doritos, or chips, or sometimes pop.

I still need to work on health'ing up our other nights, but they are simpler.

Well, sorry I chewed your ear off. Just wanted to encourage you.

Hope to see you soon.

Twins,

I think that I am just waking up to these ideas. I think that I fool myself into thinking that I have to buy the cookies etc for my family, that it isn't fair if I don't. But it is really because I want to have them in the house. I want to be able to 'snack' on them too.

It is a tough thing, to realize that this is probably the more honest answers. Hmmmm!!! Want to kick me out of your journal now?! LOL

Well, just some thoughts that I am working on.

Hope to see you in chat tomorrow night.

You are right crazy, I need to stop with the junk food for the whole family. I do feel like I am being a bad mother not buying the fun stuff for the kids. I always wondered why all the neighbor kids wanted to be at our house...we had all the junk to eat and their Moms wouldn't buy it for them. Fruit seems to be getting cheaper everday so I am going to really concentrate on keeping that cut up and ready for me and the kids. Since I have gotten through the binging stage this week I feel much better about myself. I made my first goal of 25 pounds yesterday and I am down another pound this morning. My next goal will be to get into the 140's. I am so excited:D My neighbor came over the other day and didn't recognize me in the yard. She was looking for me and had to take a second look to make sure that was me. My husband said how much younger I look and that is so great. I even laugh more. Happy, Happy, Happy, am I.:dn :jn

Twins, oh wow, that all sounds so great. I am so happy for you. That is great encouragment to keep working at it, isn't it.


Hang in there. See, now you are building healthy habits for your whole family. That is being a very good mom!!!!! And don't you forget it.

I have been encouraged just by being here at your journal, thanks.

Twins if I can offer a suggestion here.. When I first started my diet last year, I went lowfat because I was having angina. I nearly omitted all fats.. around 5-7 grams a day only..
That is not good at all.
If you have cotton candy and you take the sugar out of it and somehow put something in there that will keep it all puffy and nice, but it has not taste, what would be the point in eating it?
Same with our foods, if we go along with what is out there, they strip mine our foods and hand it back to us on sale lol
Well, eating 'lite' bread for example, heck you had have two of those .......but at what cost to your body?
You dont get the nutrition your body needs and it will indeed let you know about it! Its called survival, right?
Once we start giving our bodies 'real, whole' food it response beautifully.. no cravings, no hunger... amazing..
This way, you can have meat, breads, rice, pasta, fruit.. man you can have it all. That content feeling is so wonderful..
I just cant explain.
I have been talking to my son too about transfatties and his cholesterol. He is starting to heed my warnings and I am so glad he is.. He still nips in the junk food at friends houses and such.. its becoming less and less that I get it here, because I figure what he is getting at school, or at friends houses is way to much anyways... dont feel guilty about that ok?
Three double stuffed oreos is over 200 cal. You could have ff frozen yogurt [awesome] w/fruit topping, drizzled with chocolate w/a thin slice of angel food cake for that lol
Or take the frozen yogurt add fruit in a blender and make a milk shake.. so many alternatives...till you get your 'tongue' trained to eat diff, you know? One teaspoon at a time..

Well, I was just reading some of your posts and wanted to tell you something..

Hey Nancy, you are such a positive influence in my life. You always have those up, positive things to say that make me feel great! Thanks for all your support

Birdie...I have missed you in morning chat. You always put that funny and sometimes pg-13 rated spin on everything. I always end up laughing when you are there. I appreciate your advice. You always make me think and sometime reconsider my course of action. Thanks for the support and encouragement.

I WILL NOT BE A WIMP AND FEEL SORRY FOR MY KIDS BECAUSE I DONT BUY THEM THEIR GOODIES. RIGHT:tomato: :coach:

Hi Ann you are changing your ways of eating and of life and that's what will stay with you. Keep changing and soon you will have a healthy life. Keep up the good work. And it's a joy to see you in chat in the morning.

Hiya Twins.. you know with all the fast foods, processed foods, commercials about them, life in the fast lane kind of thing, our kids will appreciate us alot I think... we will feel like home..

I wont go to morning chat, I am sure you understand the reasons.. But you are very welcome to come bug me in my journal or pm, email, what ever you like..

Well, I am going to look around quickly then lay down a bit, I over did it lol

I have been doing really well. It is funny when I have had a hard spot I have always just given up, now I just dust myself off and start again. I am glad that most of my binges have not gone past a couple of days. Even though I feel bad about myself when I binge I feel terrific when I can just get back to the plan and start again. I am getting stronger and stronger with every bought of the bad times. The power I feel is such a wonderful feeling. I do have control over my eating, maybe not all the time but I control what happens. I like that! I can do this. We all can do this. We must take the bad times to make us stronger and in the end make us better people. I like this new person I am becoming. I am much more confidant and happy. I even laugh more now. How great is that:D

AWESOME FOR YOU TWINS....
and look at your stats...
Your hubby is going to give you a wolf whistle lol

dont go too fast, twins, so your tastes change as you lose weight k?
Im happy for ya!

hey twins,

Sorry I don't get here very often. It was nice to chat with you tonight. I hope to make it to morning chats next week, as I haven't made it there much this week. Really miss it though.

I think I have actually lost a pound or two that I put on in just the last couple of months but want to get better at that.

I just want you to know that I really appreciate your friendship here. Thanks.

Nancy,YOU FOUND MY JOURNAL! I thought it was lost. :laugh: I was going to write in it today but I thought It would be so far back that I would never find it again. It was great chating with you as always. Everytime we chat I feel like you are my rock. You are always there to offer kind words of encourgement and prop me up when I am feeling down. When I got on the scale the other day and was up a couple of pounds I was so proud of myself that insted of making me want to give up I just got more determined to lose the weight and I knew that the two pounds were just temporary. They are off today plus one more pound. My jeans are getting baggy again and my wonderful husband ,who never notices anything, has made a positive comment everyday about how loose the jeans are or how well I am doing. I asked him if he liked me in the baggy jeans or tight ones and he said that it didn't matter he was happy with me no matter how my jeans looked. In the past the men in my life have always made awful comments on my weight. I am so glad I finaly picked the right man. I have to go to a cleanup drinking party at my childrens gymnastics. I hope I can resist all the food AND drink.
I can do it , I can do it.

Hey, a rock, wow, lol, sometimes I feel like a rock, lol.

I really enjoyed the humour in the chat, it was fun.

Wow, congrats on the extra pound off, that is fantastic.

I wrote in my journal again so it is closer to the beginning, drop by when you can.

Well, til next time, have a good weekend.

I was thinking last night and that fact in itself is pretty scarey. I really love this weight loss thing. I get on the scales and see progress. Everyone around me always asks about how I am doing. It is a major focus in my life and it is fun. Some days I think I just want to be at my goal weight, poof, but when I get there it won't be fun anymore. The novelty of it will wear off and I won't feel special anymore. Maybe I will look at myself and see how far I have come and what I have achieved and still feel the power this gives me. Then, when I do this, it is really going to piss me off because I didn't do it when I was younger and when my skin would go back into shape easier and when wearing fun sexy clothes were more apropriate. Wow, I told you this thinking thing was scarey. What a sicko I am. What ever mind set gets me to accomplish my goal is okay I guess even if it is sick..

*poke poke*

G'morning!

Enjoyed the chat the otherday {waves at Crazy2}.

Had McD's last night.

For the first time ever I only got 2 Grilled Chicken sammichs and a Sprite. This is rough, but with good people like you to talk to and with the encouragment I learn reading through the journals I think I can do this.

/rawr!

Here I go!

-=M=-

Hehe, Twins, I think you still will deserve to wear the sexy clothes and I am sure hubby will think they are appropriate. LOL. Have fun with it.

Your thoughts are really interesting and I understand them, but I am still working towards doing enough that other people will notice and I'll get some attention for that, lol. But I think that when you reach goal you will still get lots of attention and that you will be ready to move on to other things, that you may not have done now or before you started losing. And then you will get attention for those things. You will love your new freedom!!!

Hey melt, I caught the wave, lol, thanks.

Hey twins, I just wanted to tell you that I got my walk in tonight, whoohoo, I was excited so I just had to tell you.

Take care!!!

Crazy, You are right as usual. Maybe once I am done with the weight loss I will get into some exciting sport that I was not able to do before. Maybe something with the dh. that would be great! I saw a picture of myself yesterday from this last weekend. Wow, that is what I thought I looked like before I lost 30 pounds. I don't know if seeing how I really looked motivated me or made me want to eat. I am eating more , quite a bit more but I am not giving up. I was going to walk yesterday but we had a hurricane come through, Oh, I mean the dog ate my homework,oops I didnt have a car. You know how it goes. I have got to get to work on the exercise and I think I would start to lose weight again. My next goal it to get in the 140's. Just 2 more pounds but at the rate I am going it will take me another month. At least that is how it feels about now. I haven't been in the 140 for 12 years and even then it was for about a month or so. YOYO I am whining again, so I guess I will go.

Thanks friends for all the positive that you give me and all the negative you take away when we visit. :hug:

OK twins, I just came to check out where you live again so that I can 'check the weather' and know if it was walking weather, LOL.

Thanks for the chat, it was great.

Take care of yourself, my friend, I need you here.

Sorry I missed morning chat Twins, I came but everyone had just left.

Well I checked the weather and yes it is a bit cold there but nothing you can't bundle up for, lol.

How did the walk go? Hope you enjoyed it, don't you want to do this everyday now?

Take care of yourself Twins. :hippy:

Thanks to Crazy, I walked yesterday. I know she was going to check up on me so I did it. Didn't want to but sometimes we all need a little push to get us going :tomato: I was up 2 pounds then down 2 pounds. You would think I would just stop weighing but I can't. I am down about a half a pound but I feel so run down. I need more exercise!!!! 1 1/2 more pounds until I am down in the 140's. I can't wait. It will be hard to do on the weekend but I can get there maybe by Monday if I really try hard. Well, maybe a week from Monday :) Thats okay, It will happen when it happens. Wish me luck!

I did really bad last night. I got in that binge mode again. I probably had about 3000 cals. I did the three servings of dinner and two of ice cream.. I hate it when I go crazy on things. I was so full but I kept going back for more. I have done much better today but it is only 5:00 and I still have to get through dinner. I did get exercise though. My dh and dd went for a hike up the mountain behind our house. I told them not to bring jacket and it started getting cold so I hiked up to find them and bring them some. I never did find them and I kept going and going. I think my hips and butt are really going to be sore tomorrow. Maybe I walked off some of what i ate last night. Oh well, tomorrow is another day.







1/5/04--------182
4/24/04-------150-----32 pounds :)

Twins, oh wow, sounds like a lovely place to have a walk, I am jealous!!!!

I know all about the binge thing, grrrr, I had one day this week like that too and had a hard time keeping things at least close to 2000 cal. grrrr, again.

I was wondering, when you have a binge or feel like having one, if it would help to write down how you are feeling about everything, family, finances, etc, write about what happened in that day, what your family did, phone calls, etc etc. You may find a connection eventually and be able to have a plan for when those situations arise. I think that might be a good idea for me too.

But, you are still here, you are still working on being healthy and losing the extra weight, so I give you many points for that, good for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had another hard day on the diet. I stopped the diet drinks and didn't really feel like I had to binge. Maybe that is the key for me. I may have to save the diet drinks for right before bed. I am going to do a few more experiments with diet drinks and without.

I did exercise though. My dd's and I rode to the doctors office. I was winded but we had fun. I wish I would get myself to do that everyday.

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Happy Birthday Ann!!!!

Wishing you a wonderful day!!! God bless you!!!