I'm trying to keep upbeat about this whole diet thing. Everyday I try to start on a good note but am having a hard time. I have a bowflex and need to get on it for it to work. I love it and it is easy, I just need the motivation to get down in my basement. The house is clean finally so maybe today I will get my rear in gear. I know what I have to do, it is just so hard to do it every day. I would love a greesy cheesburger. I have a trip this weekend away from the family and kids to go to state bowling tournaments - I hope I can hold together for that. Any ideas on motivation or just plain help would be greatly appreciated. I really need to do this, for myself this time not for my husband or others.

HURRAY, WE HAVE KARI IN THE JOURNALS, WHOOHOO!!!!

Hehe, welcome here kari!!!

So glad you started a journal. I hope you find it very encouraging and enjoy all of us who will come and bug you from time to time. lol

You encouraged me so much in chat this morning, thanks so much.

You know, no one is saying you can't have that greasy hamburger, you just can't have one every day, that is all.

BTW, I will be looking to see if you did the bowflex today, so better get on it!!! LOL.

Take care Kari, you are a wonderful person, so glad you are here.

Thanks for the reply crazy! I did get on my bowflex yesterday - YEA!

I really got the jump start I needed yesterday with morning chat. I hope that I can keep it going now the rest of the week.

I am going out of town this weekend to state bowling tournaments. I leave Friday early so will not be in chat and do not get back until Saturday night late. We will be eating out all weekend so I will try to make good choices and not worry about what everyone else is eating. My goal is to have 1 greesy cheesburger and choose salad whenever I can, I'm thinking then I can have my cake and eat it too LOL.

I'm feeling so good today and going to take my sister-in-law to her first prenatal appointment for her second child. I'm hoping everything will go smoothly. I have to get lots done today so I'm going to excercise tonight after survivor!

Thanks for your post crazy and have a great day! Hope you enjoy your weekend and think of me tomorrow as I will not have a good morning chat before my trip Booo Hooo.

See you and think thin!

Kari,

Wow, good for you, you did bowflex!!!! You can do it!!!

Good plan with the food for the weekend. You will probably bowl better without alot of greasy food in you. Then everyone will want to eat like you next time, lol. Show 'em how to do it Kari.

Hope you have a great weekend and win that tournament!!! :up:

I have enjoyed being in chat with you Kari. Keep up the good work. You are doing great. have a great weekend!

Ann

Well, I'm back at home from my tournament. I had a great time and stuck to my diet pretty good but did have a cheeseburger like I was craving. I didn't bowl very well but our team is just out to have a good time so it is ok. I met quite a few people there and really enjoyed the pool. First time in my bathing suit. It looked ok but I still have work to do and a lot of toning to do. I feel stuffed today and tired from the weekend but am going to try to get on my bowflex today to get me back in the groove. And if I do it will be an extra workout as it is on the weekend. Drinking lots of water today as on vacation you seem to not pay attention to that. Thanks for all of the replys and catch you all later. Think thin!! :D

Hi Kari!! Welcome to DT and the journal section. I look forward to sharing your successes with you. I'm glad you had fun bowling!

Corinna

Thanks for your reply Corinna, It was great to know everyone cares and helps you out on this site. I would not be this far without all of my friends here. Thanks again and hope to see you often. :D

Welcome home Kari!!!!!!! Way to go on the food, so proud of you!!!!!!!!!

And glad you had a good time.

I have missed ya, hope we meet up in chat sometime soon.

Take care.

Thanks crazy, I'm really trying on the food issue. It is so hard here with my husband and 4 year old. They do not want to diet or even try any of the new foods or vegtables I have eaten. I am making about 3 dinners now but it is worth it for me to eat healthier. I have had my little boy try some of them but he has not been impressed. I have found that weight watchers or any other pre-packaged meal works great for dinner because I cannot overeat. Once it is gone I cannot make more even if it was good. I had a great weekend and hope to keep on track once again this week. Today I had 2 turkey burgers for lunch because I was so hungry. We will see how dinner goes. Hope to see you in chat tomorrow and thanks for the support, you don't know what it means to me!

Hey kari! i know how you feel with the 3 meals. when i'm at home and not away at school it is so hard because my parents and brother eat so unhealthy. that i'm usually trying to make my own dinner! i can't wait to see your progress. we are at the same weight pretty much and have to lose about the same too!

kmsmit3 -> I just wanted to tell you that I think a lot of the reason I am healthy is because my parents ate unhealthy. I grew up with obese parents, I remember that they used to eat a 2 lb bag of M&M's in one sitting. They hardly ever ate vegtables and everything was fried. I married my high school sweethart and he is very athletic. He has made a big difference in my life. After my first child I never lost the weight I had gained because I figured I would have another child. My second child is 10 months old and I am going to loose the weight now. I have seen my Dad go through a heart attach, diabeties and other food related problems. Kids used to always say things behind my mom's back about her weight and I cannot live like that. Weight control is a life long decision and I really want to keep on track. I am loosing slowly but eating much better and feel much healthier. I want to teach my kids how to eat healthy and that sweets are not a part of everyday life.

Good luck with your diet and thanks for dropping by my journal and I will check out yours and hopefully together we can get where we need to be with each other's support and guidance. :)

Well there you go Kari, either a buddy or a challenger, hmmmm, how will this story turn out?! LOL.

I am thinking that you both will do just great.

Keep up the good work Kari, I am really missing you in chat though. But then I have been getting there kind of late too.

Crazy, as long as I have support or competition either one I will win. Today is going bad so far. My little 10 month old is sick and I had to go out of town for the doctor's appointment, just a really bad cold so far. My 4 year old had school this afternoon so I decided that I would go through a drive through and got a chicken sandwitch with fries. Bad Bad Kari!! :( Anyway I really need a nap because the baby kept me up last night but need to excercise too so I hope all turns out ok today.

Hey Kari,

Hang in there, I sent you a pm. :console:

Well today is turning out to be a much better day already. The baby slept through the night until 6:00 a.m. and I needed a full night sleep really bad. It is supposed to be in the 70's today so I want to get out and walk in the fresh air. I'm going to do my taebo today if it kills me!! Yesterday was full of bad news and I did not feel good but I will put the day behind me and start fresh today! Thanks crazy for the p.m. I went off line after writing in my journal, actually got the nap I needed. Going to eat breakfast and set some goals for today.

Goals for Wednesday
Drink 4- 16 oz. glasses of water
Go for a walk with the baby
do taebo during nap time
eat healthy today, no cheating!!

Kari,

So glad that you survived yesterday and that today has started off so well. The weather sounds great and I hope you really do enjoy your walk and just sweat away with the old Tae Bo. You will be glad you did it!!!

Thanks for your post in my journal, and I seemed to feel that a challenge was thrown my way!!!!! You said, "I'll keep going if you keep going..." . Well, that only thing to do now is to KEEP GOING!!!! LOL.

We will do it Kari, we would never give up on each other AND we are not going to give up on ourselves either!!!!!

So, I will see you around soon. I will be in chat tonight if you can make it, but if not maybe tomorrow morning or at least here in our journals.

Have a good day.

Well, yesterday was ok. I did my bowflex but not taebo. I did manage to go for a walk with the 4 year old, not the baby. The nursing home that my grandmother is in called and said that she was not doing well. She has a GI track infection and is coughing up flem. They are giving her antibiotics for the infection and doing a chest x-ray today to find out if she has pnemonia or broncitas. If she does end of with pnemonia I don't think she will make it. My grandmother is 92 years old and has lived a very long and full life. It is just sad seeing her like this, although she cannot talk she mouths words and knows who we are and kept asking for the baby. Today I'm taking the baby over there. Oh well, some things are more important than excercise but like yesterday I will try to work it in somewhere. I had one little slip yesterday when my dear husband bought me an ice cream bar. Oh well, that is a once in a blue moon thing so I guess I will just try to refuse next time. Today is going to be hard with my grandmother so I hope to get my mind off of it by excercising.

Kari, so sorry about your grandmother, it is hard when they get like that and you know they will have a very hard time getting better and that they may not. I remember when I was about 25 going to the hospital on my lunch breaks to help feed my grandfather because he wouldn't eat for the nurses. I think he did it just for me, but he didn't last very long. I will be thinking about her and praying for all of you.

yeah, somethings are WAAAAAAAAY more important than the exercise, so no feeling guilty here, OK!!!!!

We love ya and will be keeping in touch. Take care.

The weekend is coming up quick. I have a banquet to go to on Saturday and I'm going to try to make healthy choices on my dinner. My grandmother is doing the same I have not heard the results on her chest x-ray so we will take one day at a time and see how she is. I'm going to visit her more now as it is important to her and she seems so happy when we visit. Thanks for all of the support crazy, it is getting hard. I'm still trying to do at least one type of excercise a day to keep up with my plan, but I'm happy with 3 days a week. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Kari, You are doing so well, three days a week in this kind of stress is just great. You will be able to go full force when things ease off a bit.

Be good at that banquet this weekend, I know you are good at making healthy choices. Might even be good to eat something healthy, like fruit or veggies before you go to the banquet. And why not bring some water with you.

Just relax and enjoy your grandma.

ok, today is going great! I had special K for breakfast - normally on the weekends I splurge with some type of eggs or something else that is not very good for me. I had a lean ham sandwitch for lunch with pretzles. Well now off to the birthday party and banquet. Maybe I can still be a good girl for the rest of the day we will see. So far so good.

:flower: I live in a wonderful place. On my way home from the store I saw 5 deer, 7 turkeys, squirls, birds, a bunny and a sandhill crane. I would not want to live in the city because I think these things are wonderful.

My weekend went ok, Saturday we had a birthday party to go to and I ate a taco and some vegtables with dip. I passed on the cake and ice cream can you imagine me passing on cake and ice cream?

We had a banquet on Saturday night and their were not many choices they were serving prime rib. I ate the salad and 1 serving about the size of a deck of cards of the prime rib - the rest went to my husband who was greatful for it! I traded him for 1/2 of his potato. It could have been worse but it could have been better too.

This week is starting off with sunshine and a good feeling. I'm going to try to work with that and make the best of this week. I have a wedding reception to look forward to on Saturday so this week is important! :D

Well yesterday I was called to schedule an interview for Thursday so I hope it goes well, this is a job I really would love. Also we were told our camper is ready so we are picking it up soon. Yesterday I took my dog for a mile walk and today I have already done my bowflex and since it is so nice I'm going to take the kids for a walk this afternoon. I'm trying to keep my mind on excercise and not as much on the food part of the diet, I don't seem to do as good if I don't excercise. Hopefully once I get back to work I can work in some excercise at least 3 days a week. I'm trying to keep at it one day at a time and eventually one day I will be the size I would like and be proud of.

Good luck at your interview!

Thanks for the good luck nikic :) . I now have an interview on Friday as well. This week is going to be a little full. I have a mothers daughters banquet tomorrow night and they are serving lasagna so I think my calories will be through the roof for tomorrow. I'm going to try to comtrol the portion I eat. All is well today, going to see my grandma again in the nursing home this afternoon.

Yesterday was great I did my bowflex and walked a mile with the kids. If I can just keep moving I can do this!

Good luck with the interview Kari. I hope you find the job that you want and that you can be happy at.

Kari, good work on the bowflex and walking, that is terrific.

And plan out tomorrow really well and you will do fine. Lasagna is a weakness of mine but if I am out I don't eat as much as I do when I am home. Portion control is the trick for sure. You can do it.

Well, just wanted to see how you were doing. Take care.

Going to see my grandma and if time or not raining going for a walk later. The interviews are stressing me out but I hope to overcome it and relax tonight with hubby. Trying to keep my dinner eating habits at a minimum! It seems like after 3 p.m. I want to cheat so I need to see why that is and attack it. Dinner is my downfall now and I need to get back on track on my portion control, that is my goal for today. Breakfast - apple
Lunch - Turkey & ham sandwitch with strawberries
Dinner - ??? I'm waiting for hubby to see what he would like maybe I can grab a weight watchers out of the freezer for me.

Wish me luck!! :c(

Had a great week last week. The interviews went fine now if I would only hear back from the one I want! I'm doing ok on the excercise thing but the diet is failing. I went out for Chineese today with a close friend and should have not eaten so much. I'm going to try to get back on track starting now and give myself a goal to Memorial weekend to loose my 10 lbs that I missed on my goal of May 1. Lets see if I can make the challenge! I would like to get into a routine again but life seems to keep throughing me curve balls. I guess that is life and I need to learn from them! Anyway hoping to get to chat soon, it has been so hard so many things here in the mornings! Last weekend was good too, so if I can just keep on track I will loose just slower than I hoped.

Good work Kari, you are really doing well. Getting right back on track!!!

Hey, in the past some people have made a memorial day challenge in the challenge thread. There may be others interested in joining you, if they haven't already started one like that.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks Nancy, I'm still struggling a bit but the excercise is comming easier. Today it is supposed to be around 80 degrees. A sudden change yesterday it was down to 50. I'm hoping to get outside today and get some walking in. Now is the time to lay down the law if I want to look my best this summer no more time to wait. I had to buy new shorts because my old ones were falling off from last summer. I cannot wait to buy a smaller size yet! I cannot loose track of my goal though even though I am smaller than last summer. Hope you are doing well Nancy and thanks for keeping up with my journal it has been really hard to get to chat. :D

Today was good, had 1 interview so I did not get into chat today like I had hoped to do. I have been eating terrible the last few days. I have almost given up on the diet thing. I'm going to try to get down and excercise tomorrow. I have memorial day to look forward to and I can loose some of my weight if I would just get my butt in gear! I got a pedometer yesterday and I'm going to see if I can track my walking this week and pick up the paces. I guess I can only blame myself if I cannot do this because that is who it is up to! 8-|

Today was better, I got to go on the morning chat which always seems to help my self esteem. I did taebo and felt so good after that that I went for a mile walk with the baby. I ate one of those adult happy meals at McDonalds with the salad and pedometer. Now if I could just remember to wear the stupid thing and try to get an average I would be getting somewhere. Did really good on the diet too today, had a really good salad for lunch and for dinner watched my portions. I guess it pays to keep yourself in check!

I'm still at 155 so I have missed my May 1 goal, so I am changing my goals a little. If I can be down to 145 by July 4 and by the end of summer be in a size 10 I would be happy. Then I will try to maintain through the winter and see how I do. If I can keep on this site and monitor myself I think that would be great!

Hey Kari,

You are doing just great, good for you. You are really pulling it all back together.

I love morning chats too, they really get you going for the day I think. I have missed it lately though. Sleeping in too much I guess. LOL.

Well take care, keep up the good work and I hope we meet up soon in chat.

Thanks for the support Nancy! I really have been in the dumps but I had such a great day yesterday that I think evertying is starting to turn around. I will try to keep on track now. Now the only thing I need to happen is for one of my places to call back and offer me a job! Well all I can do is keep my chin up and keep trying :) . I will keep you posted.

I finally was offered a job. It is with the local Electric Company and is very close to my day care. This is the job that I wanted and I'm so excited to be offered. I'm not sure when I start I have to wait for the letter explaining the pay and benefits and then I will know for sure.

Today started out early, 4 year old woke me up at 6:30 a.m. normall does not get up until 8. Then it was storming - bad rain, lighting and thunder. Didn't think it would be a good day until I had the good news about the job and then found out it was a great day.

It is time for me to get back to work. The baby is 11 months old next week and I would not trade this time for the world, but it is not who I am and I need to interact with people!! So for all of you morning chatters, it does not look like I will be in chat anymore but maybe I can catch the night chat sessions if someone will tell me when they are. :D

:cheer: Congratulations Kari!!!!:cheer:

I am so excited for you but will miss you in morning chats.

Now you must come to my Wednesday night chats. I lead them and would love to have you there. They are open chats, just wanted people to know that someone would be there. (9pm est).

I will be able to chat almost any night next week so if another night is better let me know. Lizzie leads one on Tuesday nights at the same time.

Keep up the good work. Try to make some good routines right away when starting your new job so that you don't have to change things later to fit in the exercise and keep up the healthy eating.

You are doing great!!!

Thanks Nancy, it really means a lot. I am so excited to start. I will still try to excercise 3 times per week and I should be able to with the bowflex. It should also be easier because it is summer and maybe I can get a few girls to walk during lunch. I guess I will find out how it all works on my first day. I will find out tomorrow when my first day is as I have to go for my physical and drug test. I am so excited.

This weekend we are camping so I should have fun and keep my mind off of my first day.

I'll try to make it to chat at night, our nights are pretty busy and my son has soccer on Wednesday nights so I'm not sure if I will make it or not, but I will try every once in a while. :D

Hey Kari,

So how is everything going? Settling into the job yet?

Sounds like you are a busy soccer mom, but don't forget to make time for Kari too.

and let us know how that wonderful party full of 4 year olds went. :D

Well everything is going quickly here now. I do not start until Monday but I have been trying to catch up from the long weekend. We had a blast camping.

Soccer is great, my husband is coaching and it is going really well. At least Troy is having fun and getting outside to play and run.

I'm hoping after starting work I can get back into a routine so I can excercise and get the house cleaned too. I used to be able to do it we will see how it goes. I will not be around the frig 24/7 though and that will have to help.

Thanks for the post Nancy, I will try to keep up on here just not sure how much I will be able to do anymore.

I'll let you all know how I do and if I have any new tips or ideas for the working mothers out there. I'll see if this is a better experience than my last job, the place where I was at I was not happy and I think that is why I gained so much extra weight just from stress.

I'm so excited and happy I cannot wait to start my new job!

Hello Kari,

I was passing through, and thought I would stop in to say hello and how ya been? I haven't seen you in chat lately, and have missed ya too. I sure hope all is going well.

I see you got a new job, and it sounds like everything is honky dory! Good for you lady! Well, when you have some time, don't be shy. Come on by for a chat and let me know when and I'll be there. Take care now and have a great weekend.

:hug:

Kari,

I came searching for you. How are you doing? I miss having you around. But hope you are doing really well and enjoying the job still.

I just noticed that your sons name is Troy, were you ever on another site, The Ultimate Ladies Club? Probably not, just got curious. LOL

Well, hopeing all is well with you. Pop by once in a while and let us know.

Hi Kari :wave:

I miss seeing you around and hope you will come back to us soon :D

Beth :not:

:o Sorry I have not been here in a while. Thank you Beth, Nancy and Sandie for your post and good encouragement once again! Well I have a lot of things that have happened so here it goes.

My first week of work was great. I love everyone there they are very nice and very family oriented. This is where I belong and there is no doubt about it. I am going to do my best and learn and take notes as I realize that this is one of the best jobs in my town. I was told that there were over 100 applicants for this position, how lucky am I.

Ok now the bad news, :c( My grandma that I was very close to passed away at 91 years young and my first week of work I took a day off to go to her funeral. They understood and actually knew about it before I got there on my first day. Then my little boy got an ear infection and had a really bad cold. He needs a nebulizer when he gets ill, the doctors told me that he has a tendency for asthma. I had to leave to give him a treatment and then come back and they were ok with that too. Now hopefully everything is settled down and I will not have to go anywhere for some time!

Last weekend I had a wonderful time with my friend from Appleton, we met a few friends out and it was very relaxing and a good time. At least my friends know when I am stressed and take care of that for me. I wish this weekend would be that fun, but highly unlikely. Anyway I will relax and get cought up around the house again. It makes me feel so good about myself when people comment on how much weight I have lost. I just need to keep it up and not think I am done until I am at my goal. I'm at 150.5 now and only have about 25 lbs to go to be at my ultimate goal, I now know I can do this! It is for me this time and will benefit everyone around me.

I hope everyone is doing well and keeping on track. I'm trying but having trouble fitting excercise, the diet is ok calories are on track and eating healthier than ever before in my life. I just have to get my butt moving literally.

Well, that is all for now, I will be in from time to time, hopefully at least 2 times per week! :D

I have not been here in a while. My grandmother passed away the saturday before I started my new job. It was a blessing because she was not happy living any longer. She was in pain and could not move. It hurt to have her go but it hurt worse to see her like she was the last few days.

My diet has been going ok. At work I do great because I plan my lunch and have been doing great at staying away from the snacks. At home is a different story. I get home have tons of things to get done and am starving when I get here. I am not doing very good on my water intake either. I guess my new goals will be to plan dinner a day ahead of time, and drink at least 8 oz. of water before dinner. I think I am more thirsty than hungry anyway.

My mother in law has me a little stressed out. They are moving my husband's grandmother back to her old house and my brother in law and his girlfriend and her kid into the grandmothers house. I think she has everyone crazy. Anyway I can tell when I'm stressed I eat more than I should so I will have to control that and look at the good things about the situation.

I hope everyone is doing good in morning chat... I miss you all but I love my job so much that I cannot thank god enough for giving me this opportunity! :D

Kari,

I am so sorry about your grandmother. Those are such sad times.

I am so glad you are back though. I hope those 'other' stresses don't overwhelm you too much. I know that I find that walking or any other exercise really helps with the stress factor.

We definitely miss you too Kari, but am so glad that you are enjoying your job so much and that is it such a good one. That really is a blessing!!!

See ya soon

Welcome back! :wave:

This is what I always tell myself when I am having a rough go of things " this too shall pass, but its up to me how I handle it while its here" :)

Sorry to hear your having such a rough time.

Beth :not:

Well hello again, I have not been here in a while and my diet has slipped. I have goals and I cannot meet them if I don't try I guess. Next weekend is a big weekend for me and I am going to try to be good on the diet front this week. I really hope everything falls into place.

My 5 year old is gone for the week visiting my husband's mother, I'm nervous about that because she can be very moody and has had a drinking problem in the past although she has been good recently. I told him if he needs me to just have grandma call. Well, I guess I cannot keep them away from family it just makes me nervious because no matter what he is still my baby!

I'm going to try my special K diet for a week. Last time I lost 10 lbs and with a balanced diet after that week I kept it off. I'm hoping that it will work again, not 10 lbs but a few would be nice.

The sun is so nice, I'm enjoying summer here. It has been a long time coming so I'm going to go sit out on our deck and read a book while my 1 year old sleeps.

I hope everyone in chat is doing ok and everything is going good!

See you all lighter

Kari