Okay...last journal was two years old, weigh more now than when I started that one :( and alot of that journal was stuff I would just as soon get past so decided to just start anew :D I do want to keep my journal as more than just food and exercise. I learned in the last one that "talking" to my journal saved my sanity alot so will keep doing that. I may not get as many visitors that way but that is okay b/c I need to be able to safely vent somewhere!

Two weeks ago weighed in at 294...highest weight ever..beat my previous highest by 1 lbs :laugh: As of today am down to 291.8 :) not a huge differance but am pleased w/ it. I haven't really been working on it but have been paying more attention to what I am eating and trying to move more. My goal right now is to lose 25lbs by the 1st of September. That is not a huge goal but a slow steady pace of 5lbs/month and that I believe is do-able.

Haven't stressed about putting in my exericse minutes yet. Family life is really stressed right now with dh switching jobs, leaving the family business (needless to say his entire family is not happy w/ me right now b/c of course it is all my fault), ds having trouble making adjusts me to having my dh in the house in the parent role, etc. so...am just trying to keep my head above water right now and am not adding any more stress or risk of feeling more like a failure then I do right now.

Did walk to work this a.m. and walked most of the way home for lunch before dh picked me up. So that is 15 to 20 minutes of walking in today. DS has an dr. appt this afternoon so no walking back to work and prediciting rain tomorrow so probably not tomorrow either. but the rest of the week looks good.

Have plenty more I want to talk about but got to get back to work!

Hey Mikey, gorgeous journal you have here. Vent away, I will read it.

Great job on losing 2.2 pounds, that is fantastic.

Have a great day.

I'd post more, but we talked about it all in chat.

Hi Michele,

A new journal for a FRESH NEW START is terrific.

Congrats on your success :cheer: ... don't look back JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD. I am as always, Monica

Hello and welcome. I can relate to stress because im full of it most days. My house always has drama going on but i just keep doing this for me. I do everything for everyone else but this journey is mine alone and i take the time i need now to take care of me. Vent all you want. It is good to do so. Your journal is your own space and place to let loose. I wish you alot of success to your new way of life.

Congratulations on your new journal, Mikey! And the 2.2 down! That's a really significant sis boom bah start fer your new initiative! And 5 pounds a month, as ye plan is a perfect rate, IMO! Go fer it!!! You have a great attitude! :cheer:

Well it's been several days since I've posted here. Nothing to exciting going on to post about. Eating has been so-so. At home I'm doing good w/ no second helpings at home and my snacking. But work is a differant story...not as bad as it was a few weeks ago but not the best either. I have been limiting my snacks but not necessarily eating the good snacks. Exercise has been non-existant although I am not spending my evenings at home sitting on the couch so that should be a plus too, although I know it's not enough, that I need to be exercising too.

Home life is well....we're having a good week or at least a better week. ds is having some issues w/ dh and I'm not sure why...thought I wanted to talk about it here but guess at the moment I don't feel like it...will have to get back to that I guess.

ESA, Angel eyes, Monica and Wendy, thanks for the visits and good wishes!!

Hi Michelle,

I read your previous post and I would like to offer a suggestion ... concentrate on ONE ASPECT of your weight loss plan .. and don't STRESS about the other aspects. You said you're GAINING CONTROL insofar as HAVING ONLY ONE PORTION . imho that's a MAJOR STEP FORWARD.

Insofar as snacking .. look for ways to have those snacks and keep them healthy and satisfying ..

You're under a great deal of stress ... and from what I gather you like the rest of us SUPPRESS what you're feeling by FEEDING YOUR FACE .. don't :whip: BEAT YOURSELF UP that only creates BIGGER PROBLEMS. As long as you're making progress GIVE YOURSELF CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. I am as always, Monica

Hi Mik! I found your journal! Nice new digs. :D

I agree with Monica and the other posters, one step at a time, and you just vent, talk, learn, and live it up! :hug: Enjoy your new spot!

Wow more visitors!!! You guys keep that up and I'll think I'm special or something :) hehe

Didn't get anything done last night. Had bell practice and then took son to baseball practice. Good have gone home and done house work but instead stayed and watched practice and visited w/ other moms. Seems like the only time I get to visit w/ them is during sports so I take advantage of it. Was especially pleased b/c one of the mom was there (her 14 year old daughter, only daughter, commited suicide in jan) and so it gave us more of a chance to talk and for her to talk about her daughter b/c she says so many people avoid her name now like she never exsited...and that hurts her. She has more strenght in her than I could ever imagine having...loosing a child is the worst thing, imho. Don't know how she goes on every day, except the fact that she does have 3 other children needing her.

tonight have to dash to town for groceries and plumbing parts as we have a drip in our shower that dh is going to try and fix and our hometown hardware store doesn't carry what we need. So won't get alot done this evening either. But of course that is alright b/c thursday night I love to be able to sit and watch my fav shows, csi and shark (new show but so cool!).

this weekend we are headed to manhattan for K-State's spring football game and the carnival and kids activities so should get plenty of walking in but eating may be interesting as we will be eating out every meal I think. So scale could be interesting on monday am.

dh's brother and sil are finally calming down about his job change and they are starting to think of him now...we know this b/c they are now to the blaming me stage which we knew would come around sooner or later. They are asking him if I am forcing him to change jobs, if he truly wants to do this, etc. And that's fine they can ask away. We've discussed it and he wasn't too interested in leaving them until he heard they would be going to Puerto Rico for 4 months this summer and that was more traveling then he was interested in doing w/ a family. Only one more week with them and then he starts a regular job...needless to say alot of stress in that.

And ds is having issues w/ dh...not sure what caused those issues or why they would come about now after having lived together for about 9-10 months...but there are there and when you combine them w/ puberty and those mood swings, dh's job change, his family, and my house has been a stressful place to be and I don't like that!! Not sure what is all going on w/ ds but he is doing things like delibertly leaving my dh out of conversations, not wanting to spend time w/ him, almost snubbing him at times...We are thinking about counseling for him and for us as a family. But haven't decided. Part of me wants to do it b/c it might help but I also feel like a failure and a horrible mother b/c I can't help parent my son through this. I've tried to get himi to talk but all I get is "I don't know" or "nothing". He's never been one to talk about his feelings so am not to suprised that puberty hasn't changed that. DH and I are discussing that after this month we might go back on the b/c pill and put off having a kid for awhile to give us time to settle ds down. I am part way through a cycle now so we've got a bit of time to make up our minds. but on the off chance that we are already expecting I don't want to start the pill and risk damage, if that makes any sense to anyone. guess it doesn't matter I understand what I am trying to say. lol

Well think I have babbled enough..need to get back to work sadly...

Uggg...last night was such a long night. Didn't get home until after 8pm, felt like I was running all over town. Got McD's on the way as a quick meal for the family. Had myself a qtr pounder and a hand full of fries..not a good meal I know. It tasted soooo good, I haven't had one in ages. But at the same time I know I can't be eating those very often...but I also know not to tell myself never again 8-| or the binge monster will crave those until I cave. Good news w/ last night is that the tub is fixed so no more drips!! hehe

Tonight have to get laundry done, and get us ready to leave for the weekend, plus we are to head over to my brothers to watch a movie on their new large projection screen. Tomorrow head out and return sunday afternoon in time for ball practice. Really kinda regret saying we would go now...I don't want to spend the money on it, would rather put the money towards some bills or such and I'm a homebody and don't want to be gone even one night...:o sad I know...hehe

bil and sil have had interviews the last few days and again this a.m. so keeping our fingers crossed that they are finding people they like and will get someone hired asap. We are hoping that will help heal the rift but guess we'll just have to wait and see.

I certainly hope they find someone and that it helps heal the rift. They will get over it eventually.

I had a quarter pounder just last weekend and I agree, it tasted soooo good. But like you said, not something to have very often.

Sorry I keep missing you in chat, I was out to lunch today with one of my friends. Awesome lunch with her. I haven't gotten to visit with her in months, so I really needed it.

I think you should try the counseling, it makes you a better parent to work on helping your son through this. It certainly isn't a sign that you have failed, it is a sign that you care enough to do what you can to help him.

Have a great day.

Well if there was every anything to remind me of one of the reasons why I want to lose weight today is it! It is over 80 degrees in my office (thanks to these lovely floor to ceiling windows that face the west) and I am miserable! My fingers are too swoller for rings, including my wedding rings, I'm hot, cranky, don't want to move and just depressed thinking that summer is coming and I'm going to be this uncomfortable for the next several months! Think this weekend I am going to pull out my ww stuff and look at that and start that up again. I need something to help me account for my food more. ww seemed easy enough to track and follow so we'll give it a shot.

Wendy, I am sure they will get over it eventually but also imagine that I will be the evil one for a long time...the worst thing about it, as far as I'm concerened, if that once again they get upset w/ me and they pull back from ds...helloo!!! he's 11 and not stupid...he's discovered what idiots this family is and so he keeps his distance from them and then when they like us they don't understand why he is that way...duh!!! Hopefully dh and I will have time to talk more about it this weekend, but I'm leaning towards counseling for him and maybe all of us. Not sure how to go about researching to find good ones w/out just asking people and I want to keep this private ya know. Have a great weekend sweetiee!!

I don't exactly know how to go about researching counselors. I wish I could help you there, but I can't.

Now get out those WW books and read through them.

Have a fantabulous weekend dear.

weigh in was the a.m.....and it stunk! 292.2 so am up .4 which is actually a little less then i was up on friday so am certainly not feeling bad about this weekend. actually eating was pretty decent as I didn't go for 2nds and had lots of water.

will post more later...wanted to get weigh in down before I forgot about it.

Doing good so far today. Breakfast was a slim fast shake (love those things!), snack was a slim fast meal bar (yes I know they are intended for meal replacements but they do help hold me over for snacks), lunch pb&j sandwhich w/ chips and milk and have been drinking water at work..on my 2nd glass for the day. So very pleased w/ how today is going.

This weekend we went to manhattan for the K-State fan fest and spring football game and for family time. Saturday we got there, did some shopping, etc. Then walked to the stadium, leaving where we were staying at 12:15, walked around the carnival stuff and around the complex until 3:10 when we walked to the baseball game and sat there until 4:30 then walked to the football parking lot for dinner w/ family, then walked to the football game, watched the game, walked down to the field, walked aroudn the field for 1 hour getting autographs w/ my son, then walked back up to the top of the stadium, then walked home. Never knew my fat butt go doo that much walking :laugh: And I paid for it that night too. My feet, back, hips all hurt. Funny thing was my legs didn't hurt 8-| Sunday wasn't so active as we all hung out together and had a birthday party and then some more shopping and headed home to housework and ds's ball practice.

I am absolutly amazed b/c my ds was back to normal! We had to get on his case twice but both times he got upset for just a few minutes and then was back to normal behaviour...no serious pouting, no real attitude back :O I was in 7th heaven w/ that.

Finally pulled out the ww's books/info this a.m. Haven't had time to figure my points for the day but will do that this evening. I have decided to follow it again and see how much that helps me account for my food.

This is dh's last week working with his brother and sil. So could be a very stress filled week. And I'm sure next week will be b/c he starts his new job then and it worried about it. Can't say I blame him...first job he's ever had away from his family.

Okay feeling very fat right now...chair I was sitting in (okay leaning back in) a piece of it broke X-( that really puts a bumber in the excellent mood I was in...okay figured out it was the turn knob for the tension of the tilt so the chair is still usable. Really sucks b/c I am using this chair b/c my regular chair moans and groans and makes funny noises when I sit in it so bad that we think it is falling apart. bummer...

But I am diong good today so am going to try like the dickens to not let that bother me. And thinking about the chair and dh's job change this could be a long week and next week but I really need to stay on track w/ my food and get some exercise in.


Today will be a total of about 40 minutes of exercise b/c I walked to work, home for lunch, back to work and again home tonight. But severe weather is expected for the next 3 days so no walking to work then..but should be able to get some exercise done at home every night. Although am still not going to stress about that...at this point I am concentrating on my eating.

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noooooooo had a long, long post and then suddnely my page refreshed and it's gone....well no more time as I was just finishing that one up and I need to get ready for work...that is agrivating!!!

Okay..now to try this again! X-( really irriated me that I lost my nice long post!!!

Anyway....where was I?? lol

Didn't realize it had been so long since I'd posted here...shame on me!!!

Finally have my motivation back (although sure wish I knew where it has been the last year or so!) and am excited and energized about making the changes I need to make. Joined the biggest loser challange that starts today. Normally don't do good at challanges but am giving it another shot. figure if nothing else Wendy will give me a good talking to it I am backing off as we are both on the same team! right girl?! lol

Did 10 minutes on the treadmill this a.m. Wanted to do 15 but the small of back was hurting after just the 10 minutes and knowing I still had all day to go at work, decided to stop at the 10 and finish it up in the evening. My back hurts anytime I am standing or sitting w/out back support for more than a few minutes. It is one of the reasons I need to lose this weight. I carry alot of my weight in the stomach area, like an 11 year pregnancy :o so am hoping that is what is causing the back pain and that losing weight will help w/ the pain. My goal is 30 minutes of exercise a day and I fully expect to have to break it up into several small sections and am okay w/ that and even w/ differant types, like treadmill or exercise tape or weights or toning.

Went on a fieldtrip w/ ds friday and even got my butt out on the floor on skates!!! :laugh: my legs and hips were still sore yesterday but it was fun.

Scales was up from 295 on friday to 297.8 this a.m. Am not at all happy w/ that but finding it hard to believe b/c I was active and eating was good. Am going to try not to step on the scales again until the 30th for weigh in for the challange.

Eating was going okay until I had too many kisses after lunch. But now those are gone...hehe Actually had a salad and water for lunch.

Otherwise life is going fine. DH has started his new job, of course my lovely in-laws have gotten plenty of drama out of all that and continue to get drama out of it but oh well. dh has certainly seen their true colors so he isn't happy w/ them either. So we don't have to spend very much time w/ them.

Suppose I need to get back to work..yipee..

Have a serious sinus headache and just want to go to bed!!

You're darn straight I will give you a talking to if you slack off, we are going to ROCK this challenge. I am soooo glad we are on the same team. I was really hoping we would be, I would hate to have to compete against you.

Glad to hear that hubby likes his new job and that you are back on track. I am getting there also if I could just get back to eating right.

I hope that sinus headache goes away soon.

OH, HUGE CONGRATULATIONS on the roller skating, I am so proud of you. That was fantastic.

Hey Mikey,

Love your journal.

Glad that your ds is doing better. I don't know you well yet, is he just your son and not DH son? If so, I have heard that it is really good for the parent to make sure they do things with their child, just you and him. Sometimes kids can feel they are being left out. Like you said, sometimes they won't talk much if we sit and ask questions but if we get them doing something with us, especially boys, sometimes you can talk while doing your activity. Just a thought...... like I said I don't know much about your family. Sounds like you are a loving and concerned mom though, that goes a very long way with our children.

I love your activities, wow, skating good work. Not sure I could do that anymore, lol.

Hope things go well with hubby's new job.

I have the munchies!!!! just typing to be doing something other than eating! thank heavens for water, hard candy and gum...otherwise I'd be scarfing down chocolate!!!

oppss here comes another customer..

BACK AWAY FROM THE CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You stay away from it, smurfs do not eat a lot of chocolate.

quick post did 5 minutes of toning last night plus was active potting plants and moving them so not sure I got my 30 in but this a.m. did get 25 minutes of watp (forgot how much I loved that!!! much better than treadmill and much better work out) and then 5 minutes of toning!!!!

will be back later for a real post and to reply. Thanks everyone for visiting..ttyl

Great Job getting that exercise in, I am so proud of you.

Good work on fitting in exercise!!!

I am hoping to get some plants potted up this weekend too. Always love to get my hands in that dirt, lol.

Keep up the good work.

How are you today? Love the avatar.

Okay boss is gone today but I actually have alot of work to do...so I am a good girl and get all my work done rather than play on the internet so then I get done about 3:30 and guess what the internet was down X-( I was so torqued!!! lol But it was funny in a way.

Anyway, good news is that I did good at dinner last night, and after the ball game we went through a drive thru and I got a soft serve yogurt cone (love those things...taste so good) don't know if it was much better than ice cream but know it was better than some things I could have gotten but yet I still felt like I didn't deprive myself. Then this a.m. got up and did another 30 minute watp!!! :cheer: Am very proud of myself. Think this evening I am going to do some toning work as I didn't do any yesterday, other than situps and boy does my stomach feel sore today from those..wooo!

Bad news is my eating today :( This a.m. I binged and ate several candy bars and a package of 6 bite size cookies and had a pop and lunch while it wasn't a binge by any means it wasn't a smart lunch either. Rather than fix sides, etc. I just had a large helping of the main dish from last night. Although will say I've been full all afternoon so haven't eaten a thing since coming back to work. I still shouldn't have done that junk food this a.m. The pop doesn't bother me very much b/c it was a diet pop which the doc said was okay w/ my sugar problem and I'm okay w/ having 1 a day but the junk food I didn't need. Trying to figure out what the problem was and think it is a combination of things, tired (didn't even make it home from the game last night until 10 pm, not the first last night this week and have been getting up early to exercise), upset at the scale and I was really hungry this a.m. and running late for work. I could have grabbed a breakfast bar (and should have) but I let myself talk myself out of it b/c I know it doesn't fill me up for very long but hindsite being 20/20 it would have been enough so to get me through until I had some better stuff to eat.

I didn't want to get out of bed at all this a.m. so am very pleased that I did my workout. So far this week, have worked out all 3 days.

However the scale is really bugging me. When I weighed on friday it said 295, had a good weekend food and exericse wise I thought (not the best, didn't expect a drop but didn't expect a gain either) but monday am the scale said 297.8!!! what???!!!! and today it still said 296 something....don't understand it. But it bothers me that I am starting this biggest loser challagne and feel like I have to lose weight just to get to my starting weight. Am trying to be patient and wait and see what next week says but I am not known for my patience.

Wendy, thanks!!! I saw you and some of the others w/ the Smurf avitar and thought hmm... good idea for a member of the blue team! lol

Crazy, Thanks for the visits. yes, my ds is mine from a previous relationship. And you are right...it is amazing the questions they will just pop out w/ when you least expect it, but you try to sit down and have a "discussion" and they clam up!

Tonight is ball practice. DH is helping coach so house should be quiet for 2 hours and after the busy day at work am looking forward to that! Plan on doing some more toning then. Have a 3 day weekend coming up!!! yea!!!! Hope to have dh replace some sheetrock in the basement bathroom right beside the tub/shower as the idiot before us put regular sheetrock there instead of moisture reisentant stuff so it's growning mold and stuff, just a small patch but need to replace it before it gets worse. Then have another family reunion of his to go to 8-| which means more time w/ his family...yipee skippy. Should have time all three days to fit in regular exercise and am hoping to spend a day w/ my gf doing some shopping for a dress/skirt for a mary kay meeting I am going to in june.

Imagine I need to go back to either logging my calories in fitday which I don't really like b/c I've always felt that site was a pain, although nice b/c it is free or counting ww points...will have to think about that.

For now...off to post in some other threads before my shortened internet time ends! :laugh:

Did my toning last night, 15 minutes, although think I overdid it as my back is very sore this a.m. I am used to it hurting every morning when I get out of bed but this is a differant hurt..more like soreness so might not do situps and such this evening will see how it feels. Was started on a workout this a.m. but then dh had an emergancy at work, so he asked me to fix his lunch while he got ready so only got 15 minutes in, but should have time to finish that this evening. Also felt really hungry when I started my workout so I got a banana and took care of that. Am hoping that will help me make better choices this a.m. Dinner was okay last night. We had frozen pizza but I controlled my portions and although i wanted something sweet to eat after that I thought about it and realized it was b/c it was a habit not b/c I was hungry so I didn't have anything else to eat!!! :O shocking that I was able to do that!!! ya know what, maybe I will be able to beat this monster this time!!!

Started reading a very good book last night so didn't get to bed early like I wanted and then w/ the serious storms around here, had trouble sleeping, wound up w/ ds and the two dogs in our room so didn't sleep real well so am very pleased I did get up and workout. Have got to get to sleep on time tonight!!! Thankfully have a fairly quiet weekend so I can sleep in!! And no excuse not to get in exercise every single day of my 3 day weekend!!! Not going shopping w/ my gf but we are heading up to her place to hang out and bbq monday, so may just go by myself sometime this weekend. I hate clothes shopping as it makes me feel so bad b/c I'm right on the edge of not being able to buy stuff in the store as I wear 2x and 3x and sometimes 3x's are too tight....uck! However my meeting is the middle of June and I don't expect to have enough weight off to make a clothing size differance so need to just deal w/ it this time.

You know, they really do have some cute plus size clothing out there. I still end up buying plus size sometimes just because it is cute and it still fits. I am so glad you are getting your exercise in, that is great. Oh, and the scale going up even when it shouldn't be, I know that feeling only too well. I know how hard it is to not get discouraged, but it will come back down, just keep doing what you need to do.

Have a great day.

PS, wish I was there to go shopping with you, we would have a blast.

Okay good news first...did 1 hour of watp this a.m.!!! wohoo!!!! :sweat: More good news is that I ate good for dinner last night and breakfast this a.m. Bad news is that I ended up binging and eating junk food yesterday a.m. at work. I know why....I was so tired. My plans to get to bed early thursday night got shot (won't get into all the details) but ended up not going to bed until 11:15, getting up at 4am, getting back to sleep about 5 and then waking up at 7:20 and had to be at work at 8!! didn't get any exercise in last night b/c I was so tired. However of the last 6 days I have managed 1 hour day, 2 30 minute days, 2 15 minute day and only 1 day w/ no exercise so I'm okay w/ it. Plan on getting in 1 hour sunday and monday too. I just have to learn to not let myself get so tired as that and being too hungry seem to be my weak points. Scale was still up this a.m. but for this first time this week I thought it might have reason too. But biggest loser weigh in isn't until tuesday or wednesday so am hoping to have made up for my two bad mornings by then. Decided not to go shopping this weekend. I have two more weekends before my meetings so I'll go one of them. As it is we have to go to town tonight for a family reunion and then head 45 minutes the other direction monday to spend the day w/ my gf and her family so don't feel like heading ot town another time.

Really enjoyed the work out this morning although pulled a muscle in my hip/butt area that is really almost feeling like it's pinching. But ds worked out w/ me and that was neat! He needs the excerise. I feel he is too heavy but the doc says not to worry at this point just make sure he is eating healthy foods but we all know that exercise won't hurt him a bit! He's 4'6" and weighs about 115 w/ a big ol belly on him. Am hoping he'll grow into it but only expecct him to get about a foot taller as his dad was only 5'6" and I'm only 5'5"...

anyway, we are replacing sheetrock in our bathroom and I'm helping (or am when Ican) and here the boys calling for me...gotta run!

Has a really good day yesterday. Stayed active all day, eats were good and after the family reunion dh and ds and I went bowling for 1 1/2 hours!! It was fun. The first time we'd ever all gone bowling. I've only been 2 years ago w/ dh took me on our first date. Was a bit of a workout...and my back and my arm are feeling it today. Plus my legs are so sore from the work out yesterday. Meant to do an entire workout this a.m. but stopped after 15 minutes. Don't want to sound like a wimp but my back is just killing me! Between the workout yesterday, helping w/ the bathroom, the standing around talking for hours at the reunion (expected 30 people got like 70 so we let the old people have the chairs), then bowling...think it was just too much for my back. Am hoping that it will losen up as I do housework, going up and down the stairs and help finish the bathroom and then I can get some more of a workout in and if not then I'll be okay w/ it.

Am pleased w/ how I am doing w/ exercise and eating. I know I'm not perfect and don't expect to be, after all this is something I will be doing for my life so I can't expect to be perfect every day and that's why I'm okay w/ some days not as much as others. As I build up stamina then the 15 minute days will be fewer imho 15 minutes is much better than nothing.

Only thing I am not pleased w/ is the scale. It jumped up last weekend, right as bl challange started and still hasn't gone down!!! It's getting very discouraging. Maybe I am wrong in that the exercise is good enough. We'll see what it says when I weigh in officially on tues or wed, I sure hope it is down or I'm really going to be upset.

Oh...note to myself that I want to take my measurments this am too...

WAY TO GO MICHELLE, :cheer:

You're definitely on the right path to SUCCESS -- just remember to THINK POSITIVE .. BECAUSE YOU CAN AND WILL SUCCEED. Have and make it a great weekend. I am as always, Monica

Didn't get another 15 minutes of exercise in sunday and only got 15 in monday, although did get 30 minutes done this morning. Eating was good except for last night. Ate way to much at dinner. Although wasn't hungry for lunch and didn't have a morning snack so not as bad as it could have been. Scale still isn't moving! Have I mentioned this is bugging me? :laugh: We'll see what happens on wednesday when I weigh in but I sure hope to see some loss. I mean I know I am doing this to get healthy and feel better, but I sure would feel better if the scale would move too!

I am starting to wonder if I am not doing as good as I think, if I am having too many excuses and need to be harder on myself?? Not sure. Am thinking I am going to keep doing as I am for now and I'll just see how it goes. I don't want to put too much change and pressure on me and then I lose it and give up.

Tonight have ds's ball game and it is an early one and then we headed to my favorite jewelry store for my mothers day gift. Dh was being very sweet and bought me a vase for my bridal boquet but we didn't like the way it looked so returned that and I am getting in on the sale of a $100 watch for $29.95! Want one a bit looser b/c w/ the heat and humidity the ones I have just cling and feel real tight and leave marks and it just makes me uncomfortable and grouchy! hehe

Otherwise think we have a quiet week. want to post more but have to get back to work...uck! oh, yea our water heater went to crap this weekend so having a new one installed today...can I say ouch to the budget! lol and did get my measurements done.

Thanks for the visit Monica. Nice to hear that as I have been wondering if I'm making too many excuses and not working hard enough.

I don't think you are making too many excuses at all, you are getting some movement in and that is what counts. You hit the nail on the head when you said you are not perfect and that you are going to be doing this for the rest of your life. You will be, this isn't something you can just turn on and off, and you certainly can't let the scale run your life. I know you want to see it go down, I want to see it go down for me also, but the way it looks right now, who knows if it will or not.

It doesn't matter what that scale shows tomorrow, you are a winner. Look how many times you have exercised over the last week or so. WAY more than you were doing before. In my eyes, that makes you a star. I know the scale will catch up, it always does, as long as you just keep on track and get that exercise in.

Have a wonderful day dear.

PS, OUCH on the water heater going on the fritz.

just a quick note that weigh in was today and am at 295.6 so I did manage to lose those mystery pounds but was still up for the challange and didn't lose!!! arrgg!!!

am now having trouble getting off here to exercise but am telling myself I got my butt out of bed so might as well do it...and here I go...lol

Soooo, did you get your butt moving and exercise? Congrats on losing the mystery pounds.

Don't feel too bad on not losing any for the biggest Loser challenge, it's not that big a deal, you will lost it this next go round, I know it. Besides, if the scale stays the same tomorrow, I will have gained for the challenge, although I am really hoping it doesn't. It was down yesterday, so I have no idea what is going on.

Have a wonderful day my dear.

Only did 15 minutes this a.m. wasn't really into it and then ds made me breakfast when I was at the 10 minute mark so I made it to 15 and then made him feel good by eating the english muffin he fixed. Am really struggling not to gorge on junk food today. Am feeling very craby and down and tired and just not up to par, back still sore. So far I am doing good. I've had the english muffin w/ butter and peanut butter and a glass of milk, then water at work and a yogurt for snack and have a breakfast bar for snack too. but it's a struggle today...am sure part of it is b/c of the weigh in...that really got me down. I know I haven't been perfect but as I've said before I'm in this for life but at the same time...shoot you take someone that is a champion coach potato and have them exericise 9 days out of 10 and there is no weight loss???? :O Money I also know is stressing me out..that water heater is going to put us in a bind this month. Wouldn't have been so bad before dh switched jobs b/c we had some savings but losing an entire months check last month, we used savings and haven't had time to build it back up. Goal for today is not to gorge or binge or eat crap and to get another 15 in tonight plus some toning... I HAVE TO STAY STRONG!!!

STAY STRONG SWEETIE, I know you can do it.

Well...didn't do as well as I hoped today. Did alright this morning but then caved some this afternoon. I had some fudge sticks and pop. So considering I wanted to eat all day, every single minute and I one bottle of pop and 1 entire package of fudge sticks...guess it's a win but yet a loss. And didn't get any more exercise in this evening either. However did get some budgeting done and that took alot of stress off my mind!! I was worrying way too much we'll be okay. In fact my dh agreeded that I could use a certificate for amazon to get myself 4 exercise dvd's for only $25. 1 I used to have on vhs but lost it, so them all on dvd so am every excited about them. Currently only have 1 watp tape and it's 1 hour long and I'm already tired of the same 30 minutes I've used...hehe This gives me 2 30 minute tapes, 1 45 minute..all of those are watp and then 1 leslie sanone pilates which I'm very interested in trying. wish they were here tomorrow but I'm too cheap to pay for any extra faster shipping so last next week at least. Also had the guts to call some of my mk customers and set up a few appts, got a few refusuals but that's okay cause I also got some appts and still need to hear from some.

Oh, just looked at the time, gotta go start dinner.

Wendy, thanks for the encouragement!! Wish I could have been stronger.

Hey, you did great, I am proud of you. You didn't eat near as much as you wanted to, and that is definitely a win in my book.

Good for hubby for letting you get those tapes, I hope you get them soon.

Have a fantabulous weekend.

Hello! I hear you on the stress with money since i am stressed over money every single week. I try now not to think about it until i have to pay bills then i pay what i can. You are doing fine, you are right no one is perfect and everyone will slip up but as long as you keep moving forward and never quit you are a winner. I always let the scale rule my emotions, it gets the best of me. If im trying i want instant results and when i dont get them i get upset and obsessive with the plan because i have alot to lose and just want the weight to fly off. You will make it, just hang in there.

Once again let too many days go by w/out posting. I know why this time..I was ashamed of my eating so I stayed away rather than post it. :( Bad me I know. Eating thursday afternoon and friday was horrible, saturday was actually pretty good and sunday was back to horrible. Today however is going good. Another bad point is that I haven't exercise since like tues or wed...not good!!! Back was finally feeling better saturday, but thought I was headed to town first thing so hurried around and got ready and then gf didn't show up until 1:30, so I would have had time to exercise but oh well. Hurt my back again saturday, spent too long walking and tried to lift a box of ceramic tiles (heavy things!) so spent yesterday on the couch.

did find a dress for my meeting next week. took forever!!! Was having a real rough time finding anything that fit me. Tops would fit my arms and chest but not my stomach and wanted something long enough to cover my belly (as it hangs down so low) and they don't carry any bigger in stores in my area than 3x so I was out of luck and what did fit was the casual stuff, not dressy enough for a meeting. But thank heavens for Catoplus!! Finally found stuff that will work in there. I love that store. They are so reasonably priced and carry such cute stuff (okay, some ugly stuff too! lol). And have some amazing clearance deals!! Was really hard too spend so much time looking in the mirror while trying on clothes. The only full length mirror at home is on the back of ds's door (don't know why but that is where the previous owner had it and we haven't moved it) so I don't normally see full length shots of me...very hard to look at. Especially as we were having trouble finding things to fit. Am very thankful that I went w/ my gf as she kept me from getting to depressed but is also honest and helped me find one that was slimming and fit good, instead of taking the first thing that might have worked.

My exercise dvd's arrived today. Am so excited to use them!! Was hoping to get some in tonight but have a mk customer coming right after work so we'll see..depends on how long that takes. Don't imagine it will take long but my energy doesn't last like it used to. Amazing to do what a differance these 25lbs I've put back on do to me. I didn't notice the differance when they came off but since they've come back on I am so much more tired and my body just hurts at the end of every day..well honestly well before the end of the day. But I am going to get up tomorrow and get a workout in. Depending on the back how long it will be but aiming for a least 15 minutes. May be able to take a walk w/ dh, ds and dogs this evening..that's a thought.

Pulled out my ww stuff again...this is how many times now?8-| And have tracked my points so far today but once again I'll run into the problem when I cook dinner tonight. How do people figure out calories and serving sizes on homecooked stuff?? I know how to make it, what all goes in it but then I don't know what the serving size needs to be, or how many say 1 cup servings are in the casserole dish?? Am I just too stupid to figure that stuff??? :sigh:

Work is calling...off I go!

:hug: I know you can do this just try to have more good days than bad I know what you are feeling but you can do it. Just pick yourself up and start again.

I'm glad you found a dress, I bet it looks awesome on you. You really can do this. I promise.

Have a great day.

chat tomorrow?

Just a quick post that we did walk this evening between 30-40 minutes. Not at a brisk pace but an okay pace. Certainly not slow for me, and lengthy walk for me. We didn't stop once the entire time to visit! lol Shocking in a small town! :laugh:

another quick post...did 30 minute 2 mile watp tape this am. Am especially pleased b/c I didn't get to sleep until well after midnight so was very tired but went ahead and got out of bed and got the workout done. :cheers:

You are doin' great, Mikey! Readin' over your recent posts re wantin' the scale to move (I can relate), I am just wonderin' if it is holdin' off a bit because of your excellent exercise adherence. You are probably building muscle and getting fitter and fitter all the time, so it takes awhile before the scale registers that.

Have a good day.

Great job getting up this morning, and also walking last night, I knew you could.

Have a wonderful day today.

Thanks for posting in my journal. I just wanted to let you know. I set my husbands 15 lb hand weights on my scale and it worked. My scale read 30 lbs even lol.

Smallfry, thanks for the reminder! I told you but then forgot AGAIN to do that to my scales. Have a feeling there are more accurate then I want to admit! hehe

Wendy and ESA, thanks for the encouragment.

Eating has not been good once again. Wonder if I can get my mouth wired shut? :laugh: Did okay yesterday until dinner after the ball game when we went to mcd's. And then again this morning, I was just too tired to care and ate junk. Didn't get to bed until late and then didn't get to sleep until after 3:30a.m.

Needless to say I didn't get my butt out of bed for exercise at 6a.m. And don't think I'll get it in this evening. Have mary kay facials out of town tonight and they are predicting storms so even if I get done quick and get dinner done quickly don't think a walk will work out. Think an early bed time might be the best idea for me. Especially as we have another ball game tomorrow night! Although I don't have to go shopping after that one so we should get home sooner. And I won't have to do laundry after we get home too.

DH is loving his job, however his uniforms haven't arrived so they only had two shirts to give him to wear so we are doing laundry alot more than I normally do. Forgot about it monday night so had to do a load last night and b/c dh was called out, he wasn't home to stay up with the laundry.

Anyway...thankfully no plans for the weekend. Just gotta get through tonight and tomorrow. Think dh is going to play in a golf tournament so that will keep him busy saturday and then think I'll do some housework and kinda relax and get some exercise in.

Well...suppose I need to get back to work.

just a quick note before I forget...did 15 minutes of Leslie Sanson pilaties..loved it!! never before had a tape where I didn't feel like an elephant trying the ballet! She is soo good at this..really feel like I will be able to do this and get better at it. just did the instruction portion but can feel it already!!

Went for a walk w/ family last night..so add 20 minutes to activity for yesterday. Can feel the pilaties in my stomach today!! Funny as I honestly only did the section where she explains the moves and breaks them down and then just done 2 or 3 of each move! :laugh: No exercise this morning, meant to get up when dh left for work but then next thing I knew it was time to get ready for work and tonight is the ball game so no exericse today, but will be okay w/ that as I've gotten some in all 3 days this week, at a minimum of 30 minutes.

Wow, great job at getting the exercise in. I hope you are enjoying those walks with the fam.

When will hubby's uniforms come in? It sounds like he could use some soon. I hate washign clothes, so he would never have clean uniforms here.

Have a great day dear.

Wow, I didn't know that Leslie Sansone had pilates tapes. Might have to check them out. Good work with your exercise.

I know what you mean about the food issues, sometimes I find myself always walking towards the kitchen and searching, and too often finding. Need to get some healthier choices available and get rid of the junk.

Anyways, you can do this!!!

Crazy, I found the pilaties on amazon.com she has a yoga one but the reviews on this one where better. It was pricer than her others at $17 so I almost didn't get it, but it's 45 mintues long with the instruction, mat workout and a mat challange workout...so decided that it was probably worth it for that. And am so glad I got it. She is very good about explaining it and is very encouraging w/out sounding fake.

Ohhh just looked at the time and I've gotta go. EAting is going okay...not great but not horrible.

Wendy, thanks for the visit!!

Eating was really bad this weekend. Exercise was a walk saturday night and then 30 minutes watp this morning. Gotta control the eating though...it's bad!!! Hope to be back to post tonight and am even hoping to make chat and not to be too shy in there :laugh:

So did you make chat? I meant to but was an hour late. Typical.

I hear you on needing to get the eating under control. I don't understand how I can get the exercise controlled but not the eating. Or I have the eating but not the exercising. I hate it.

Have a great day.

Made it to chat but not any more posts. dh forgot to wake me up this am so woke up late and thought I'd go ahead and try to cram in a watp tape but to be honest 10 minutes into it I wasn't working, just half way doing the moves so I stopped. Still feel half asleep and wished I had stayed in bed! lol But guess at least I got 10 minutes done.

New something had been bugging me for tonight...kept thinking I had plans made but couldn't rememember and then during chat last night it came to me that I had mk facials out of town tonight!! woo am glad I remembered those! Would have felt really bad had I forgotten. So don't know how much if any exercise I'll get in tonight. If I get home early enough maybe a walk w/ the family.

Have another facial tomorrow night too, but it's at my house. We won't get a walk in then either b/c of ball practice and then thursday night is a ball game.

Friday I am out of town all day for an mk meeting...kinda excited to learn all that stuff but then nervous b/c I have to spend all day in a dress w/ women I don't know and when I do that I get all self concesious of my size.

Wendy, made chat and it was fun. I know what you mean...I can't understand why we can't get both things going either. Although I noticed that the Bob Greene/Oprah "life change" has the people focusing on just their exercise for a period of time (couldn't tell if it was 2 weeks or 1 month, or more than a month) and then worring about food and I thought that was a very good idea. Get your body into the routine of exercise and then tackle the food. Or the other way...but that is still no excuse for the way I have been eating!! Hey, I haven't made it back to your journal but want to say CONGRATS ON THE SCALE!!!! BELOW 210 IS AWESOME

Thanks for the congrats Mikey, it was good to see. Too bad I haven't seen it since, thanks to that crappy eating I was talking about.

I like the idea of focusing on the exercising for an amount of time and then worrying about the eating. I may have to think on that one a bit. I have so much going on I just...well, this is not the place to go into it all. I miss chats with you. However, if I want to get any exercise in at all, I have to work on walking at lunch and that means no chat for me.

Good luck on the Mary Kay facials tonight and tomorrow night, I know you will do a great job. I'd say too bad you aren't closer so you could do one for me, but since I can't wear Mary Kay it wouldn't make a difference anyway.

Have a great day dear.

Well let's see how have I been doing...eating during the day at work has been horrible! Dinner last night was good however. And actually meals have been good. We've been having salad w/ them all and I have watched my portions and not had seconds. It's just been in between meals or when I'm at work that I turn into Mrs. Piggy 2007 :(

This afternoon I am determined to do better. I will have my afternoon snack (blood sugar I know better than to go to long w/out anything) but I have popcorn in my draw so that will work. And just as soon as I get done here I am getting myself a glass of water.

Will just have to deal w/ the fact that I only got 10 minutes of exercise intoday. I won't be home until after 7:30 tonight and will still need to fix dinner...listen to me! I'm beating myself up again when if it was anyone else I would be telling them good job for getting 10 minutes in!! I really need to learn to be as supportive of myself as I am everyone else.

Raye, Thanks for the visit! Although I miss you at chat I am proud of your for doing what you need to do to get your exercise in...good job!!! As for the mary kay...I know you don't live here but I do have to stick this little blurb in that it is more about skin care than makeup!! Makeup just happens to be part of it. But the main focus is on skin care b/c that is what will help us look even more gorgeous as we age...hehe and taking care of our skin now will make us feel and look more beautiful now!

Okay, I'm off my soapbox now...:o

Just a quick note about my mk tonight. Turns out she didn't want a full facial, she just wanted to discuss what she was using etc...so even easier for me! Had her mom there too and they ended up spending about $280!!! For an hour and half work not to bad!! lol Am very pleased!!!

Did good on dinner. had pizza but didn't oink out so since this morning when I finished oinking ms. piggy has been absent!! woohoo!! did good all afternoon too..mainly b/c there wasn't anything good to snack on :laugh: need to do that more often

Completed 30 minute watp walk strong tape...really love it! 2 miles in 30 minutes w/ intervals of weights...really worked up a sweat and feelling really good. More squats then I've done in years may not be able to walk tomorrow but I'm feeling good now! lol

Way to GO MICHELLE, :up: ..

You see YOU CAN DO THIS ... remember that and LOL just a reminder DON'T :whip: BEAT YOURSELF UP ...

I'm thrilled for you and for the progress you're making. I am as always, Monica

Monica...thanks for the visit. that's always like alitte burst of motivation, as silly as it sounds, to have visitors in my journal...I'm silly I know! hehe

Eating is going very well today. Don't know how many points lunch was so am trying to figure it out in fitday...not sure I got it right but tried to find something w/ close to the same ingrediants so guess that will have to work for now. That means I am at 12 points for the day, so am doing okay. Will have to look at my sheet at home but think I am allowed 32 points so plenty for dinner and afternoon snack.

Sounds like it is suppose to storm pretty good tonight so might not have my facial so might have time for another workout. Am feeling the effects of this mornings already. Might be interesting to get around tomorrow! Have a ball game tomorrow night and it's a late one. Won't be home until about 10 and then have to be up and all my makeup put on and dress on and such so I can leave the house by 6:45 friday morning for a meeting...ack!!! I like my sleep! I am going to be a walking zombie friday! hehe Needless to say no exericse that morning. But should be able to get some in that night. Am spending all that day sitting in meetings.

Mikey!!!!!!!! Another workout, whoohoo, you go girl!!!!!!!!!

thanks for the visit. that's always like alitte burst of motivation, as silly as it sounds, to have visitors in my journal...I'm silly I know! hehe


That is not silly, everyone loves visitors. It means that someone thought of us while we were gone and took the time to post. It is a great feeling!!! Enjoy it.

I hope you don't get storms that are too bad. We were supposed to get some nasty ones last night, but they managed to go around us. I hope you got another workout in, you are doing such a great job. I am so proud of you.

Have a wonderful day dear.

30 minutes 2 mile watp

Good job Mikey!!!!!

Ohh busy day today at work! Tried to post at work but computer ate one long post in another thread so decided not to even try it here. Had a busy evening but ball game got rained out so that helped alot.

Have a long day tomorrow. have to be up by 5:45 to get ready for a day long meeting for mk, training by a famous make up artist. Which sounds like fun, but it will be long day. The meeting is 2 hours away, I just found out that there are 5 of us grown women carpooling in one sedan! yea...2 hours each way!! that back seat is going to be very crowded!!! Shoot I'll probably squish some of those little bitty girls. We are meeting in the town closest to me which is about 30 minutes away. Plus I have to wear a skirt all day...uck!!! I hate wearing those...And then when we get back to town I will do grocery shoping before heading home, to avoid driving back to town the next day for that.

That sounds like alot of whining and I am really excited about learning the makeup tricks and how it all works together I am just also very nervous about it. And it is the week before tom and I know I am beyond crabby this week.

could have and probably should have gotten in another workout tonight but just didn't feel like it. Eating was okay today and did 30 minutes this morning. Calves are sore tonight and not sure why but won't have time to get anything in tomorrow. However....this weekend I am shooting to get the 45 minute or 1 hour watp tape done each day and also want to try the pilaties workout too on one of the days. For those reasons plus the fact that in the last 4 days I have 3 30 minute workouts and 1 10 minute..I'm feeling okay w/ missing tomorrow.

Wendy, thanks for the visit!! Storms have missed us so far, thankfully!! We got enough of those w/ the tornados and hail and wind last month!

Didn't get in another workout last night. mk customer is also a friend and she lost her daughter in january so we spent most of the evening visiting. But I am okay w/ that b/c i know she felt better when she left here and that is important to me. She needs to be able to talk about her daughter w/ someone and I'm glad she can with me.

It's early but since I have to pull my booty out of bed early think I am gonna head to bed..or to aleast lay down and read.

Glad to hear that you had a good visit with your friend. You are right, she needs to be able to talk about her daughter. It's good that she can talk about her with you and that you are there for her. You are such a good friend.

The meeting with the famous makeup artist sounds like fun. Can I come along? Oh wait, that is too far away. Guess not.

Have a wonderful day, I hope you didn't have to squish too much.

Mikey, good for you for getting to bed and getting your rest. Hope the ride with all the ladies went well.

That is really nice of you to be there for your friend. That was alot more important than all the other stuff.

Have a good weekend.

Had a wonderful day today!! Learned so much and am so pumped about sharing it w/ people!! woohoo!!! Also got a computer program that will tell me what colors each of my customers need to wear and give them lots of options. wohoo!!!

As expected no exercise. Eating was okay. Dinner not so hot when through a drive through and could have made better choice but that's okay.

Drive was better than expected b/c one of the ladies didn't show...so I didn't have to squish them! :laugh:

Nancy and Wendy :hug: thanks for the visit!!!

Am off to get some stuff done and put up since I've been gone all day.

So glad you had a great day. Keep it up.

Did 45 minutes watp 3 miles this morning. To be honest I could have worked it harder. I didn't want to do it and wanted to quit right after I started it but didn't so think even though I didn't really get into the moves at least I was moving and got my heart rate up for 45 minutes.

tonight we are meeting the in-laws for dinner at a trough (buffet)...they love to eat there b/c they can gorge themselves wheras I would as soon eat somewhere w/ some better suggestions and not so much tempation...but whatever makes dh happy. So that is one of the reasons I forced myself to do the dvd this morning and I am have a small salad for lunch. Thankfully they eat early and we are going to play put put golf afterwards.

tomorrow headed over to my folks for the afternoon. stepmom's b-day is monday and usually I don't see my dad at all on fathers day b/c of wheat harvest so will be nice to have a chance to see him.

Man, my hips and legs feel so tender and sore. Guess I'm feeling the days of workouts. Out of 6 days I've worked out 5 of them. Not bad.

Small, thanks for the visit. Hope you are feeling better!!

30 minutes watp walk strong..such a good workout. Am really hating that scale!! Am hoping it is being demonic b/c of tom due and not b/c it is telling me that all these workouts aren't good enough.

Maybe I am just stupid but seams to me that if I improve my eating, which I have-it's not perfect but it is much better than before, and exercise I should atleast lose some weigght..I understand that it won't come off like if my eating was perfect...but that scale refuses to move down at all!!! ARRRGG!!!

Mikey, wow, awesome job on the exercising!!! Don't quit now!!!

Remember, there are a ton of reasons that scale may have gone up. I would think that the #1 reason this time was SALT. You ate at the buffet, I am willing to bet that there was a ton of salt in all those foods! Couple of days and it will be gone, drink lots of water, lower the salt intake and keep being good.

Have a great day.

I second what Nancy says. My guess would be salt also, that combined with the muscles you are building, will make the scale go up. Stay away from salt for a few days and you will be down.

Have a wonderful day, and I am so proud of you for all the exercise you are doing.

Went home from work yesterday w/ stomach cramps, very bad! Couldn't move at times so went to bed. So yesterday, other than the exercise, wasn't very active. Stomach is sore today and feels like tom cramps are starting but otherwise feeling better. Did 30 minutes 2 mile watp this morning. Scale still shows the same X-( but I did do some quick measurements this morning (even though I was running late for work I needed some motivation to stay on track after that stupid scale) and it looks like I am losing inches so that made me feel better. And I know I shouldn't look at the scale every day but I do anyway. Normally it doesn't bother me too much b/c I know it jumps around, but it's not even jumping now it's just sitting there! X-(

Eating has been good. I'm not counting points right now, just watching what I'm eating, not having seconds that sort of thing. I am sure I could be alot strickter w/ my eating and lose faster but right now I am getting myself used to the exercise and no seconds, no deserts, cutting down snacking, etc. I will work myself up to counting points or calories. Maybe an excuse but that is what I'm gonna do at this point.

Thanks for the encouragement Nancy and Wendy!! It means alot to me!! The comments about salt are making me wonder if my lunch is part of the problem. We have been eating wraps for lunch using the good high fiber tortilla shells w/ 1 slice of cheese, mayo, mustard, lettuce and 1 slice of turkey lunch meat...maybe that lunch meat has alot of salt in it?? Will have to check it out...am hoping that the scale heades downward eventually.

The salt could be any number of things, I have found that it is hidden in everything. I wouldn't forgo the wrap though, just fine some lunch meat with less sodium.

Sorry that you are feeling icky, I hope you feel better soon.

Ah, darm TOM, that is also probably what is making the scale stick, hang in there, keep up those healthy habits, drink lots of water, and you will see some good stuff soon. Congrats on some inches coming down, that is always exciting too.

30 minutes watp walk strong this morning. Eating was good yesterday!

Eating was good? YAY YAY YAY

Exercise this morning? YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY

You are rocking now.

good job Mikey!!!

30 minutes watp 2 mile...eating still good. hope to have more time to post today yesterday was crazy busy! feel like I haven't had time to post in other journals in ages! stupid scale was up today!!! wth??? whatever!!! Still did my workout and am not gonna let it get me down. right now am blaming it on tom so am really hoping to see a differance by the end of the month.

You are doin' great, Mikey! Glad you are takin' the scale with a grain of salt as you know it's not the only indicator of success in weight management. :cheer:

UGH, stupid scale, I know that feeling of it just going up and up and up, at least I have a reason for it though. Although I think TOM could definitely be causing yours. Mine is caused by eating like crap for weeks.

Great job on getting your workout done.

Have a great day.

Well did real good until Friday morning. Scale cracked the 300lb mark for the first timme ever, did NOT handle that well at all...plus was running late and again spent lunch hour running around so not a good day for eating or exercise and I let it continue through the weekend. Well saturday wasn't very bad but sunday was not good at all. So...guess I need to explain to my teammates that since we've started the challange I've gained 5lbs...yea that's gonna feel real good...sucks!

Thanks to dh's alarm I was up very early this morning so I did 45 minutes 3 miles watp and am feeling very winded and sweaty so feel good about getting it done. Still very unhappy w/ the scale but am going to give it another shot, hope for another good week w/ the exercise and aim for doing better food wise.

Oh...chat is tonight...need to try and remember that. That may give me the motivation I need for this week...

Great job on getting the exercise in despite that nasty scale.

I wish I had some words of wisdom for you this morning, but unfortunately I am fresh out. I just can't seem to get it together.

Have a wonderful day, despite what the scale showed. You are working on it and that is all you can do.

Mikey,

Excellent work on the exercise and remember, that some of those bad food days probably had tons of salt in them too. You can do this, keep doing what you know is right.

I am thinking about going to see a dietician this summer, just to see what she says, and if I can get some motivation from her. Who knows.

Thanks for the visits girls. I know it sounds stupid but hitting that 300lb really threw me for a loop. Before my highest was 297/298..only 2 pounds away from it but I kept telling myself at least I haven't gotten to 300...and now I have :cry: I'm thinking I can't wait any longer to figure out my eating. I need to start counting points or calories asap and find out where I am going wrong. All this exercising should not add up to weight gain!!

We have a fairly quiet week at home so think I am going to try and get some evening exercise in too and hope that helps the scale for this weekends weigh in.

Have so much more I would like to type about and some journals I want to visit but am backed up at work and it's my busy week so more work is coming so gotta get back to it.

I can certainly understand how hitting that 300 threw you for a loop. BUT don't let it cause you to give up. Just let it make you work harder. You are doing such a great job, don't give up now. I know the scale will start coming down soon. your body is just rebelling right now.

Have a great day dear.

Mikey!!
I'm back! :o
Gosh, I know how you feel. I'm at my all time high. I had to come back and try to get on track again. I say who cares how much I weigh now (or you weigh) because we are on our way DOWN from here. This is the highest point and everything from here forward will be less. So just keep plugging away and keep up the walking. I'm sure you've heard the saying that muscle weighs more than fat - so it IS possible that you are building muscles - - but along with that you should be making your metabolisim work more efficiently and pretty soon it will kick in and those pounds will start to drop off. Don't stop exercising and NEVER stop trying. You can do this!!!

Now that I'm back and ready to go - you can't leave me! :D

Well I curled into a ball, hid from the world and had a major binge feast/pity party last week...sure didn't make me feel anybetter and didn't make the problems any better but guess some stupid part of me thought it would make me feel better. It never does but guess I just haven't learned that lesson yet.

No exercise last week other than monday and eating was beyond awful. Funny thing is when I exercised I gained weight and when I didn't exercise and ate anything and everything I stayed at the same weight 8-| is it anywonder we get discouraged!! lol

Plan was to get up this morning and exercise however....woke up late so didn't get that done. And then thought about doing exercise tonight but...as I neglected house work all last week and was gone all weekend imagine I will do housework instead plus we promised ds we'd all sit down and watch a movie tonight. But tomorrow I am planning to get up and exercise.

Tomorrow night is ds's ball game, wednesday night we will be at brothers for fireworks and grilling, friday night girls night out for wine tasting party for my sil (need to come up w/ a way to note which sil...good one or evil one! :o )and then saturday morning we are headed to kc to stay at a hotel w/ an indoor water park and go to a ball game w/ my family. Should be fun but I'm such a homebody will be ready for some quiet time after that and instead ds has 3 ball games next week!!!

dh had his sperm test done and doc said he is low but within the okay range...which means it is me and that is really bothering me. Partly b/c I think part of the problem is my weight but yet I am having trouble losing..for something this important shouldn't I be super motivated?? It's really gonna bother me when/if the in-laws discover I'm the problem, they want a grandchild so bad and to know that the dil they didn't want is the cause...oh lordy....We were orginally gonna wait until the first of september to see an ob/gyn b/c I was going to lose weight by then but as I haven't made any progress, except to gain 5lbs!!!, think we will have to push that back. I would like to have lost 20-30lbs before going in as I expect the first answer to be "we would like you to lose weight before we checkinto this"

here come customers..gotta go

oh..wanted to say thanks for the visits and to reply to them but then these customers keep taking up my time :)...so sorry I haven't replied..I will just as soon as I can!! :ghug:

Mikey,

So sorry about your frustration and pain. I know how it is, most of us do. I found that I really had to be more specific in tracking what I was eating. IT can sneak up there soooooooo fast. I use fitday as I have found that works best for me. So try it, or points, or whatever, if it works for you then stick with it, if it frustrates you then try one of the other ways. It will probably take a while with any of these to get to feeling comfortable but it will eventually get better. You will gradually learn how much you are actually eating, you will be able to see where you have to cut back, or what you are missing in your food plan. You will have some great days, low calories or points, etc, and then you will have some bad days, but listen, that is completely normal and we just work at having more good days than bad days. We are not bad, just didn't plan as well or make as good of choices as we could have. We will not beat ourselves up over it, but will use it to see what we need to change.

Ooops, anyways, that is long enough, eh, lol.

You can do this. You deserve it. We all do.

See ya.

15 minute walk w/ family last night; 30 minute watp 2 mile this morning...if I don't post it right after finishing then I forget!! lol

I certainly do understand your frustrations. As I don't want to go into everything here, we need to chat. Should we shoot for Thursday?

I know you can do this, it is sooooo hard. But you are on your way. Great job getting up and exercising this morning.

Love you hon

Mikey - good to hear you got some activity in this morning! Sorry to hear all the stress you are under lately. I can really relate to that. I went down the infertility rollercoaster years ago and can say we've "been there, done that" for almost all of it! I know what you mean about the in-laws. All I ever heard about was how they wished we'd have a little boy and how DH needed an heir...etc. It was a stressful time - but you will make it through. You can overcome the stress and get yourself headed back in the right direction - - mentally and physically!

This mornings walk was a great start!

30 minutes 2 miles watp this morning. Have to be honest and say I didn't want to do it, stalled for well over an hour but eventually did it...yea for me!!!

Was going to post more here yesterday but got busy posting elsewhere instead...lol

Eating yesterday morning was good but yesterday afternoon not so good. Last night was good however.

tonight we are headed to my brother's for the evening so will have to watch my eating tonight, in a way it will be easier then if we were home b/c there will be people there and I don't like to eat alot w/ people around..you know those looks (either real or imagined) that say "the fat woman is eating..."

Am real excited b/c I got a new cell phone, love it!! I love techie things. And had purchased a new wireless bluetooth headset for it but then felt guilty for spending that kind of money so returned it and checked into ebay, checked references and emailed people who had purchased them, talked to people around here and just won one on the auction for over $100 cheaper than the one I had!!! woohoo!!! I am so excited and it's probably stupid to be excited but I am...lol

Now I need to be getting off my booty of the computer and getting some housework done.

Think I am gonna start tracking my miles just for added insperation...so

Since July 1, 2007 total 4 miles

Sunny thanks for the visit. Did you and hubby have a child? We're waiting until I lose some weight before going to see a doctor, or until my annual well woman in Sept or Oct and ask some questions then. Think we are going to get a basil therometer before the next cycle. But I am fairly certain I'm not ovulating.

Wendy, will plan on meeting you thursday!

Off to do housework..yippee!!! lol

Hey Mik, good job getting in that exercise!!!! Woohooo! :dc :dn When I use it faithfully, I really find that fitday is super helpful as well. If nothing else it gives you a graphic picture of the breakdown of your food choices (fat, carbs, prot.). Pretty cool!

I think you will find the thermometer really helpful. As I mentioned before, I liked the ovulation predictor kits too. Who knew they actually work?

Enjoy your new gadget! Ya gotta love ebay! :D

Mikey, great idea about tracking your miles and 4 already!!! Awesome!!!

I love techie things too, I think it is completely normal to be excited about getting such a good deal, good for you!!!

Hey Mickey,
I love the WATP tapes. Their so great on days when you can't get out because of the weather or on days if you just don't fee like hitting the gym. I use to use her tapes all the time. It got to a point where I didn't even need to listen to what Leslie was saying anymore. I just turned down the volume on the TV and cranked up the music, it was great.

Hey that's great that you were able to find such a good deal on ebay. I actually won an auction a while back, and I was totally cheering. Of course the item that I purchased I was the only who who placed any bids, but hey a win is a win right.

take care

No exercise this morning. Eating last night was okay. Not alot of stuff there I liked (yea I'm picky and don't like to try new stuff and don't like alot of veggies) so that was good for me! lol Got home about 10:30 but then I sat up w/ my son as I knew he needed time to chill out before going to bed, started reading a book (Kabul beauty school...excellent book!!!!) and lost track of time until after 1am! omgosh!!! So was way to tired to get up and exercise early this morning. Will see about doing some tonight. Would like to do some pilaties but I also know I need to get the areobic stuff in every day too. Otherwise a quiet night...last one for awhile. Big Brother starts tonite so will be watching that. Used to love that show but last year wasn't very good so we'll see how long I stay interested this year.

this weekend will be a real test as we are headed to kc for sat and sun. We will be eating out lunch and dinner sat and breakfast and lunch sunday. Plan on packing snacks and bottles of water (so I'm not tempted by so much pop) and that will help...will just have to watch my portions and choices.

Got my email from ebay seller and the headset has shipped...wohoo!! lol

Ivory, hi pregnant one! lol I asked you about the ovulation deal in our other thread b/c I don't understand how it works, yea I'm a blonde, especially if your cycle is as irregular as mine is oh but forgot to ask you how much those things run. I've been reading on the therm and sounds like it would be very easy for me to forget to use it as you have to use it before climbing out of bed, preferably before fully waking up.

Crazy...thanks! I think it'll be something neat to look back on. And i'll know that I actually walked more than that as when it isn't cool out we take some family walks too and I'm not counting those.

Kfoard..HI there! Thanks for the visit. It's such a cool feeling to win something on ebay...makes me feel like a kid again...hehe

Mikey,
Sounds like you are getting back into the swing of things. I used to do the WATP videos, but I got a bit bored with them after awhile....However, I might have to give it a shot again and use kfoard's suggestion of listening to other music after awhile - once you know all the moves and what she'll be doing next.

I don't want to bum you out - but no, I was never able to get pregnant. While we were doing some of the injectable type meds, I was diagnosed with cancer. I ended needing a hysterectomy shortly after. Would I have gotten cancer even if I hadn't been trying all those pills and injections? I have no idea... but it happened. Now, the good news is that after grieving for the bio-child I would never have...I came to the conclusion that biology doesn't really matter and being a "mommy" was what I wanted the most. DH and I adopted and my DS is my world! I can't imagine my life with any other child and I can't imagine loving anyone more than him. He was and is the answer to all those prayers I had for so many years..... and I can't help but think that the reason I never conceived was because THIS is the child God intended me to raise.

Anyway, Mikey you should start trying to conceive whenever YOU are ready to try. Don't be embarrassed or afraid of what the doctor's may say. Find a good doctor who is willing to work with you as you are. Yes, maybe you would ovulate more regularly if you lost a few pounds - but maybe you wouldn't. They have meds that can help you ovulate. There are plenty of large women who conceive - it's not impossible, so there is no reason your doctor should tell you to lose "x" pounds before getting started. If he does, find a new doctor! But if it's because YOU want to lose first...well then you are on your way!! Keep doing what your doing and you will be where you want to be in no time!

Good Luck!

Didn't exercise last night and didn't this morning either. Went to bed at 9 b/c I was so tired but couldn't sleep, at midnight finally got up and walked around the house a bit but it was after 2am before I felt tired again. Got woken up by dh's cell phone ringing...it was his mother. Why she never calls the house I don't know, but no matter what time of day it is or what she wants she'll call that instead. Really sounds stupid but it irriates me too. I mean he lives here but it is the phone number I had before him..whatever.

Guess I kinda woke up on the wrong side of the bed, too little sleep and being woken up by his cell phone b/c of his mother just started it off wrong. boohoo me...need to grow up and put on my big girl panties! lol

today will be a busy day at work and this evening I have a wine tasting birthday day for my sil so won't be home and then tomorrow morning we head to kc.

Sunny, thanks for the visit! I know what you mean about adoption. My brother and sil were unable to conceive, decided at one point it wasn't worth the money and the emotional up and down any more, and have adopted a wonderful little boy. dh and I have talked about adoption too. He is still at the point though where he would like to have a baby b/'c he has never been around one and there are no grandchildren in his family. We'll see though. Thanks for the encouragement on the ob doc. Think maybe you are right. I will make an appt to see someone. After all I have beat one of the problems, I've been off my anti-depresent meds since January. Is your cancer completely gone? Do you have to watch out for it?

OMGosh...just looked at the time...gotta go. gonna be late for work if I don't book it.

You didn't tell me you were off your depression meds? that is fantastic. Or maybe you did and I just forgot, that would be just like me especially lately.

I don't think you should worry about what the doc has to say about your weight. I conceived while extremely overweight, and I had a very very irregular cycle. I have never had a regular cycle. The only time it was ever regular was when I was on BC pills. The second baby though was conceived with the help of some fertility drugs. They worked on the first try. My doc tried them after we had been trying on our own for 2 years. He would have gladly let us try them after a year, but we wanted to wait a bit longer.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Hey Mickey – I guess it must be something going around because last night I couldn’t’ sleep either. I had my window open to have some air in, but it was pretty hot last night, so I had trouble sleeping. I’m totally looking forward to the end of my work day, oh wait that’s when I have to go to the gym. Hopefully that will give me some energy.

Hey you know I bet my sister in law would love something like a wine tasting party for her next birthday. That’s something to really keep in mind, thanks.

Hugs,
Katheirne

Called the doctor's office and set up an appt for September. That is the earliest they are scheduling new patients. Not exactly sure what that appt is for :laugh: she asked and I honestly told her I would need my well woman any time but needed to talk about troubling conceiving and am in the high risk catagory so...however the doc wanted to do it is fine w/ me! lol Also finally gave in and made an appt to see someone about my foot pain. Been going on since nov/dec, went to see my family doc, he said it wasn't broken, go see a specialist..not really happy w/ him in regards to me but ds was in there this week for physical and he still does great w/ him. Anyway, had an appt this winter w/ the foot doc but something came up and had to cancel it and am just now rescheduling it..actually works out better for me as we now have a co-pay for office visits, lol. That is just two weeks away.

Kfoard, wish we could sleep w/ the windows open still but it's in the 90's so a/c is on and house is shut up tight until at least september knowing this area.

Wendy, yea I thought I mentioned the med thing in chat one time but maybe not..am shocked you can't remember every little detail I tell you! doesn't your world revolve around me :rofl: I am hoping that the doc doesn't get on "you have to lose before I'll help you get pregnant" kick cause there aren't a whole lot of ob docs in this area. this one does specialize in high risk so am hoping that means he'll be more okay w/ it. Would like him to give me something to ovulate but we'll see what he recommends.

Yay Mikey! Glad you made the appointment - that's the first step. If the doc seems concerned about your weight - just mention that you "are" on a weight loss program and you plan to continue working on it - BUT you'd like to start making progress in this area too.... I wouldn't think the low dosage fertility pills would be a big deal just to help you ovulate.

As far as my cancer, I'm happy to say I've been cancer free for over 7 years now. I still go in for checkups regularly, but I feel better and better about things with each passing year. Thanks for asking.

The party sounds fun and so does a trip to KC (I have relatives there!:)) Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hey Mickey - happy Friday to you! Ouch I'm sorry that you've been having foot pain for so long. I hope everything works out for you at the doctor.

Take Care

I hope you are having a fabulous weekend.

Sunny, yea on the 7 years!!! am so glad for you!!!

Wendy, thanks for the visit! I hear another of my dear "old" friends from here is needing you..Ivory is so sweet and I know you'll be a great source of comfort to her! I knew she was experiencing some sickness but hadn't been in her journal to hear how bad it was (yea I know bad friend) but am so thankful that she was pointed in your direction!

Kford, thanks for the visit too. I am hoping that the doc gets my foot all straighten out next week. If you hear on the news about a doc that was strung up by his nose hairs that will mean he blamed my foot on my weight! X-( I get so tired of that answer, I had heel problems for about 2 years and that was their answer however I haven't lost the weight but the heel problems dissapeared on their own..this isn't in my heel but it's on the side of my foot...kinda feels like what I've heard a broken bone in the foot discribed as but we'll see.

Did another 30 minutes, 2 mile, watp this morning. Soo..since July 30th total 6 miles walked w/ watp

As for the scale..no comment. If it wasn't for the biggest loser challange I'd just throw the thing in a closest for a month or so..in fact I may just do that and either quit that challange or just not weigh in until the first of august, that would give me 2 missed weigh in's and think 3 is when you get kicked out.

We had a real nice weekend. It was fun to spend time away from home w/ all the family. Of course we came back exhausted so it will be early to bed tonight. Have ballgames tu, th and fr so...there will be three late nights for us. Managed no deserts and when we snacked, only once, had a fiber 1 bar and drank lots of water too.

Am planning on making chat tonight and wanted to take my measurements this morning but forgot so will try another day or may wait until sat when I'm not rushed to leave the house.

heard this weekend that evil sil's daughter is pregnant..am happy for her and her dh but of course dissapointed that it isn't us.

Yep, I am glad that Ivy was pointed in my direction, I sure know how she feels. I'll do my best to help her out.

I'm glad to hear that you had a nice weekend, I was hoping you would.

I am going to attempt to make chat tonight also, but who knows what will happen around my house.

Sorry to hear about SIL's daughter, I know how hard that is when everyone is getting pregnant and you aren't. I've been there.

Have a wonderful day.

Oh in a way I'm telling myself it's good. b/c she is one of those that is natrually tiny..I mean so tiny she has trouble finding clothes that are small enough..a true size 0 or 2. I already feel like a elphanant next to a lady bug...imagine she'll have the perfect looking pregnancy belly too so at least this way I won't be compared to her.

just a quick post that I did 15 minute of pilaties tonight. Was just leslie sansone's instruction on the moves and such but that last time I did that I really felt it in my abs the next day and am feeling sore already so it's doing some good. will work myself up to a workout.

with 3 ballgames this week will only have 1 other evening at home so am pleased that I took advantage of it so get that in. I really enjoying unwinding from work w/ a workout, need to remember that and fit it in more often.

Did 2 miles watp walk strong w/ the weight this morning. Man that is a good workout!! Gonna try to track point today. Will be a challange as we will be eating out tonight but I'm gonna try. Did get the carrots put in tuperwear w/ dressing to dip and the celery all ready to go...so no excuses not to grab them on the way out..thanks for reminding me of that Sunny!

Loved chat last night!!! Very deep and emotional, I was crying during a part of it but sttill very good chat!

OH dang, I wanted to catch chat last night, but since we were having some nasty weather, it wasn't going to happen. Looks like one I should have made it too.

I am so proud of you for getting that exercise in, keep it up. I was just telling my neighbors about those Leslie Sansone videos, one of these days I am going to have to try them.

Have a wonderful day.

Mikey, It was a good chat last night, made a person glad to be there for sure.

Good for you for getting the veggies ready. That will help with organization and making sure you have some good choices.

I am very proud of you for your consistent exericing. You are inspiring me. Now to just get that food in control, I certainly identify with that struggle but am so tired of it and am determined to get it under control also. Need to have both to get success. I descided that even if I go over I have to track it. No way out, lol. I am hoping that it will 'glaringly' show me what I need to change.

Well, thanks again for coming to chat.

Mik, so glad you had a wonderful chat! That's what it's all about. You are really getting a handle on the exercise -- AWESOME! Mmmmm, carrots and dip are a fave...when I'm eating of course. hee hee Yay for your exercise and yay for your carrots!!!! WOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!! :dn :dc

You are SUCH a good woman to be happy for evil SIL. Is this the one that was refusing to pay y'all while they are living high on the hog? pffffft.

Well....do good intentions count? had all that stuff ready and then was late this morning and literly ran out of the house and after I got to work I remembered I had that stuff ready and had bought canned slim fast just for mornings like this morning..if only I could remember these things! And spent lunch hour doing errands and mk deliveries and never even made it home for lunch. so eating is not going great today but maybe I'll sweat alot of it off at the ballgame tonight?? lol

Ivory, you are right..that is the evil sil and the same one that made dh's life he** when he gave his notice and I could go on and on..her daughter is quite the stuck up, I'm better than you for a zillion reasons type too but I'm always happy when someone that wants a baby gets pregnant...especially if I dont' have to see them much!! lol

Nancy, thank you for starting that chat!! I really loved it and felt so good when we were done last night. To be honest I was feeling guilty for heading to the computer as dh and ds were headed outside to toss the ball around but I told myself I need to do stuff for me too and I knew that would make me feel better and it did..so thanks again!!

Next week you'll catch it Wendy!! I know I've missed alot of great chats b/c I was too shy to get in there and start talking., so am very glad you have talked me out of that! hehe

Mikey,
Sounds like you are doing great! You have the first part down - - "be prepared", now you just have to remember ahead of time that you are prepared! :laugh: Take the stuff with you!

Chat sounds fun - is that open to anyone? What time do you all meet? I'm glad it was a good experience for you and yes, you do need to do things for yourself sometimes. Plus, I think talking to others helps you stay motivated and dedicated to the task at hand. It's also inspiring to see how far others have come.

Good job on the exercise too! Sounds like this will be a great week for you! Keep up the good work.

Mickey,
I a firm believer that good intentions to count. I had every intentin to get a tunafish sandwich for lunch today, but I forgot my lunch at home. Oh well, nothing to cry over. Have fun at the ballgame.

much love to ya!

another 2 miles watp 30 minutes...and my ticker updated itself...scary!! lol had tabed browsing w/ my ie and so my other tab is open to that, I reset it and came here in another tab and it's already reset!!! scary!!! lol

Hey Mikey,

That has happened to me too, pretty cool, as anything that does work FOR me I think is cool, LOL.

How is that food tracking going?

BTW, I love those tickers.

YAY for more time exercising. You are really rocking girl.

You know what, I think you need to join the Walk to Iraq challenge that Jess started. All those miles you are doing will help us get there faster. check it out.

Have a wonderful day.

Wendy, I'll check into that walking to iraq thread.

Nancy...ummm the food tracking??? lol

Yesterday not at all, today I am tracking. Although not real happy about it..I'm already at 22 points used!!! and it's only noon! For skinny people that is their entire days worth of food! I can account for some of it..I mean I can look and see where I need to change but to be honest am just shocked. Which happens every time I start tracking my food. You forget when you don't do it daily. Like cheese...oh I love my cheese...but ya gotta be careful w/ it or it'll bite ya in the butt! lol And I bought these wrap tortilla's..whole grain, lots fiber but they are still 4pts! well heck my bed is less than that! Think I'll go back to the smaller tortilla's instead. But then again we'll see how long that meal last me. If I can get by w/out an afternoon snack I'll feel better about it. Lunch was a whole wheat wrap w/ lite mayo, 1 slice cheese, lettuce, turkey lunch meat, and then some chips and dip and water. I know the chips and dip are something I can cut out and I won't eat them everyday. Was also very hungry this morning so after my fiber 1 bar (wonderful things!!!) I did have some doritios and that was 3pts. Not sure what we are doing for dinner. I know we are eating at home so that gives me alot more control and tells me that I will have a salad to start w/. And brought carrots and dip to work in case I get the munchies. And shocking...my dh grabed a container of carrots yesterday for his lunch and commented how nice it was to have those ready to go!!! lol

Well Mikey, good for you. I am proud of you tracking even though you are shocked and maybe not happy. This is just the first step and you are doing great. Now don't freak out if the points get to high, just accept it, and like you are already doing, look and see if there is one thing you can do different tomorrow. It is surprising when other members of the family enjoy our healthy changes too, lol. Keep it up. Maybe he will even start pitching in and cutting up those veggies along with you.

Have a terrific day.

just a quick note before I forgot, went for a 50 minute walkl tonight :O yea shocking I know but who would have ever guessed that it would be so nice in july in ks!! lol worked up a good sweat and even managed to break my sandles...thankfully that happened on the way home! :laugh:

whoa, 50 minutes, that is amazing, good work.

Mickey – Way to go on the 2 miles today, that's awesome. Great job on keeping track of your points. I'm terrible at doing that. I really need to get on the ball, and start keeping more careful track of my points. 4 points for a tortilla's, that does seem kind of high, especially once you add everything into it. I like the fajita 94% fat free one's, but they didn't have any last time I was at the store. You actually just gave me a great idea, from now on i”m going to bring my calulator to the store with me.

Take care! Katherine

Thanks Nancy.

that means yesterday was a total of 1 hour 20 minutes of exercise! woohoo!!!

Didn't get to sleep until after 11:30, woke up at 3:30 when dh got called in to work, couldn't get back to sleep until after 5:30 and then up at 6:45 w/ a pounding headache...so no exericse this morning and b/c of the ballgame tonight will not get any tonight. Good thing I did go for that walk last night. The challange will be to keep eating correctly even though I didn't workout. Not to let myself say "well since I didn't workout the day is a loss anyway so I might as well eat whatever I want", that has been one of my downfalls before and I want to stop it!

Kfoard, that is a good idea to take your calculator. I had done that previously when I was on plan and it works great.

Man, could tell I wasn't wearing my fav sandles last night as my foot hurts like a son of a... My favorites were only $5 sandles too, found at a store out of town back in april so don't hold out too much hope to find them here in town. Am guessing I should just find a good sandle sale and invest in some good ones to last me instead of several pair of cheap ones. I know w/ my weight and the fact that I wear my sandles all day every day almost year round they do get alot of wear and tear.

wops...just saw the time, gotta run.

Michelle,

WAY TO GO ON THE WALKING ... :up: ... that is so phenomenal :cheer: ...

And the total minutes is out of sight ... CONGRATS ON THE SUCCESS. I am as always, Monica

WOW, 1 hour and 20 minutes of exercise, that is fantabulous.

As for the sandals, I only wear my sandals to work. If I am going walking, I put on tennis shoes. THere is no way I could wear sandals and walk a long ways, my feet would kill me. It is better now that I have lost some weight, but I still can't wear them to do a lot of walking. That is the only time I wear my tennis shoes in the summer though. When I started exercising, I decided to invest in a really good pair of tennis shoes. I didn't, I found a pair of $20 shoes at Walmart, and I absolutely love them. They are pretty worn out, but I bought another pair that were similar, but I don't like them as well. I do keep one pair at work and one pair at home though so I have them when I want to walk. I need to get another pair identical to the first pair one of these days.

Have fun at the game tonight, and have a great day.

Congratulations! What a great job on exercise. I'm like Wendy, I wear sandals during the day usually, but when I go for a walk I change to tennis shoes...my feet get really sore if I try my walk in sandals.

I hope you are able to find a nice comfortable pair of replacement sandals though. Keep up the great work!

I used to wear my tennis shoes when walking but when I hurt my foot it now hurts to have anything touching that side of my foot so thongs (my babysister informs me thongs are now underwear and not sandles! so plz bear w/ me and my outdated terminology!hehe) were the best for that and for the first time ever I could go for a walk in sandles and my feet didn't hurt, other than the pain that is there all the time now. Was going to look for sandles tonight but dh got called out at 3:30am, they got done w/ the emergency right about 7 and then he had to work 7-4 and we have a ball game tonight at six and then team dinner afterwards so...have a feeling he will be ready to hit the sheets instead of shopping! but then he is always ready to sleep rather than shop! hehe

typical man, they would all rather sleep rather than shop, unless it is for sporting goods.

There is no way I could wear flip flops and walk, my feet would never forgive me.

Have a wonderful day.

1 hour 20 minutes!!!!!!!!! :O Amaaaaazzzzinggggggg!!!!! :dc :dn :cheer:

So proud of you!!!!!!! I'm with RV on the flip-flops...those rub me raw between the piggies. Have you tried a wide walking shoe? Although if you can walk for that long in sandles, I say keep it up!

will be back to post more later in fact probably more than ya want to hear from me as boss is gone this afternoon :caf: anway, did 30 minutes 2 mile watp this morning. Am more proud than usual b/c I didn't want to get up and do it but I did..now if only I could control my eating like this I might actually start losing weight!

I would not be able to walk in ANY type sandal for long... flip flop, thongs style, whatever! I need a shoe with lots and lots of support. Proud of you for the long walk AND doing it in a sandal! Wow.

WOOOOO HOOOOOO on getting up this morning.

:cheer:AWESOME WORKIN' MIKEY!!!:cheer:

Mickey – Happy Friday to ya! I’m sorry to hear that you had so much trouble sleeping last night. How are you feeling now? You know I love your attitude on how even if you don’t’ workout one day your still staying on track with your eating. I tend to use my exercising as an excuse to get off track. Which I know is something that I need to change. Sandals actually sound really nice right now. I haven’t wore them in years.

Much love to ya! Katherine

Have our last ballgame tonight. While I won't miss the trips to town I will miss the chance to visit w/ the other parents. But football starts in a month and games just about a month and a half so won't be a long break.

Katherine, I wouldn't know what to do w/out sandles. I wear them pretty much year round. In fact I don't like wearing shoes at all! I usually walk around work w/out shoes and they are the first thing to come off when I get home at night. And really don't want anything touching my arches so sandles work well for me. That is if I can find some that are nice enough for work but yet comfortable. Being as this is the end of the summer as far as stores are concerned I might be out of luck :(
Thanks for the congrats on my eating but it hasn't been good at all.

I was thinking backto my problems before and I've been able to get into exercise routines, I really don't mind it once I get started, but eating has always been my downfall. I just can't seem to control it very long.

Thanks for the cheers Nancy, Wendy and Eball. Am planning on doing workouts both days this weekend too. And w/out having to get ready for work should be able to fit longer workouts in. At least that is my plan.

Are ya ready for this...woohoo!!! Did 1 hour, 4 mile watp this morning. Again, didn't really feel in the mood for it. Would have prefered to have been curled up on the coach w/ my book and some naughty food but I did it!! lol Told myself yesterday I would also do some toning this am, but think I'll stop for now. Maybe later if I feel like it or maybe this evening I'll take another walk.

Ballgame last night was awesome!!! Final inning, the other team comes from behind and are only 1 run behind w/ 2 runners on base, no outs, batter hits a pop fly foul ball, our catcher actually catches it, then tags the runner trying to steal home and the other runner trying to steal third base :caf: a triple play!!! OH MY GOSH!!! The boys won the game and their division. That team was excellent!! They were undefeated until we beat them twice this week. I thought they were very classy too until the end when one of their boys yelled out "you all suck" but except for that one boy it was a nice team. And a very exciting game, was close the last time we played them too so we were all excited about this game. Perfect way to end the season.

Need to concentrate on my eating today. So far am doing good...knew I was up later than usual and feeling hungry so rather than use that as an excuse to end my workout early or not workout I had a fiber 1 bar before hand and it held me over. Although am getting ready to end this post b/c I am starving now!! lol those bars taste great and do hold me over more than the usual breakfast bars but they still don't hold me too long...although guess I did eat that at 8 so it has been awhile.