I was wondering about fzzy too... she's been such a faithful poster ... glad to hear you are still hanging on fzzy.

osuche, I think your poor body is trying to rebel over the stress it's been going through. I hope you get to feeling better soon and can find time to slow down now and again and let your body rest.

Lilith, I think you are exaggerating ;) and I know once summer hits in a day for you, you will be able to do much better too.

I suggest us pixies spend some time figuring out how to de-stress and then we should hold seminars for everyone else - charging a great fee... what could be more fun, making money and working with other great pixies spreading a message across the lands for stress freedom ... okay just smack me, I'm going off the deep end.

who will bail us out when we get picked up for soliciting?

Ummm, IAKG has lawyer connections :D

Stress freedom or SEX freedom??? ;) :D

How many dollars is that? :confused:

PF?????




I like maddy's idea about roving pixies solving stress issues. Stress causes so many problems in our lives, and disguises others. If we can manage stress, the rest would fall in line. I know that for a fact. If stress is capable of stealing my erection...it's a powerful foe! We should meet at my place to cum up with a plan of action. :D

I didn't eat the best today, but right now I'm simply stuffed and don't even think I could eat another bite.

I went to the gym for the fifth day in a row. My abs ache but I'm ever anxious to minimize my middle so I do more ab work and whine through it.

Hopefully I will see the rewards on Sunday when I take an official peek at the scale.

For now I'm just trying to find things to occupy me for the long holiday weekend.

I went out and bought a new scale yesterday as I'm losing hope with mine. It's a Tanita with body fat and water monitors. I think it's last year's model as I can't find it on their website. It was easy to set up and I stepped on it and then my old one. My old one only weighs in 1/2 pound increments and the new one in 1/5 pound increments. They were actually fairly consistent. So this is a new game I play, try the new one, then the old one. This morning the new one showed me having a loss for the week of 4/5 pound (hey, I'll take any loss!) and the old one showed a gain of 1/2 pound. That's nearly 1.5 lbs difference!

I also picked up a Salter food scale. It's something I've been toying with getting for sometime. I've never been good at portion control and I think it's part of what's been slowing down my weight loss lately. I've been lying to myself about eating one portion of lean meat, when in reality it has probably been closer to two-three portions. And I know even my cereal serving has been creeping upward in size.

Hope everyone had a good long weekend... I just wish I would have done something fun rather than be at home lazy the whole time. Maybe the next time a holiday rolls around I can make a plan!

maddy -- try mixing up the types of food and the types of exercise. My bodt seems to plateau when I get into a "habit" -- that's when I pick a few days to go on a nut craze or a high fiber craze or a vegetarian week. These changes seem to spee dup my weight loss.

Me? I've been bad the past week -- and blaming it on all the parties and also my cold. But we took a 2 hour bike ride in Monterey yesterday and it didn't kill me completely...so I think I am on the mend.

yay maddy and osuche ... me, I've been behaving badly and now it's time to get back to healthy lifestyle choices again, don't want to backslide any further than the week or so worth I have ... thanks for being here all of you!

Well I've made it successfully through today ... in some ways it's almost like being back at day 1 again ... the cravings, wanting to have a treat ... but time to be an adult again and make adult decisions ... at least until the next time anyway! :)

(((((fzzy))))))) ~~~ good for you!!

I was a stress eater all day today, and tomorrow is destined to be a disaster.

excellent fzzy!!! I have to start back at day 1 too. And it won't be today. Stress and poor planning having taken their toll, I have to start putting me first. Or at least in the top 25.

(((Lilith))) In my mind...you're always on top! (Well, almost always) ;)

Fzzy - Did you ever think you'd be such an inspiration?

osuche - stress is only harmful if you ignore it. Keep your friends close...and your enemies closer. Stress is your enemy, so remember what stress makes you want to do, and don't let it win. Stress makes me head to the coffeepot, and then makes me into a recluse. When I'm in stressful situations, I have to make a concerted effort not to shut myself off from the world. Ignoring the email or phone message only feels good for a minute. The second email or message compounds the stress tenfold. Now, I tell myself "This sucks...but if I don't do it now, it's gonna suck way worse. Just do it." Good luck, and reach out if you need to.

maddy - The food scale is a wonderful thing. I never realized just how big the portions I cook are. I knew we ate way more than "human size portions" and 3 ounces of steak looks so damn small! But cooking proper portioned meals satisfies the hunger, and doesn't make you feel stuffed. Good job!

LOL WI ... I've been an inspiration before .. (not often) ... but never for proper eating!!! ... truth is, I'm just trying my best to hang on with every single day, the habits of a lifetime .. especially when you're lifetime is rapidly approaching the 50's mark, are tough to break! The funny thing is that almost all of the treat/goodies that I was allowing myself a lot during this month of May, most of them didn't taste anywhere nearly as good as I thought they would ... you'd think that would be enough to stop after indulging once, but nope, just kept wanting those treats ... sometimes (as a good friend of mine would say) I'm dumber than a post! :D

Lil ... I'll be thinking positive thoughts for you ... hope you know I love ya and want you to be well up on that list of yours!!! (((((Lil)))))

osuche ... thanks!!!

I love all of you and so much appreciate who you are and how you are! :daisy: :cabbagep:

:grope: Good to see more posts on this thread again.

I've been feeling the gym, in all the muscles that I don't use that is! Today was a two mile walk followed by 50 sit ups and another 25 ab crunchers. My legs ache from yesterday and today. Who knows what I'll do to my body tomorrow.

Amazingly enough, I'm finding with the workout I'm eating my lunch a bit later and lasting much longer into the evening. I really am beginning to think the working out bit is curbing some of my boredom grazing. I have a hard time believing that my discipline is spiking to a high again.

Lilith ... WildIrish ... osuche ... fzzy ... and everyone lurking on the thread... chin up, we are all doing great!

maddy ... you are doing so great ... I've got to get myself into doing more physically active things, but at the moment, I'm focusing most of my spare energy just on keeping with the proper eating .... and I've now ended my new day 2 successfully ... hopefully each day will continue to get easier a little faster than the last time! :)

OK today is new day 1 for me. I'm slurping coffee and getting my head outta my ass (quite a trick I might add) :D

Today I will go pick up some fruits and veggies. The crisper drawer is empty but the junk cabinet is full. I need to fix that first.

I've been SO bad this week...cookouts, fast Chinese food, and very little exercise except for walks in the evening with Mr Osuche

I am going to try and get myself back on track this weekend.

Yay Lil ... hope you had a good day and the crisper drawer got fed! :)

Osuche, I think it's great that you are getting walks in with the mr. ... hope your weekend goes as planned.

I had another good day ... though pre-hut munchies are starting to hit me with the cravings .... I made it through today and plan to do so tomorrow by simply not having any options in the apartment that will sabotage my plan. Have a great Friday everyone!

I joined a challenge as part of the WW message boards. The challenge is to be OP (on plan) every day for the month of June. I figure that ought to kickstart my butt back in gear. So on day 1, I'm presented with a dining out challenge by having an out of town visitor for dinner (unexpected!). I managed. I was drooling the whole time over my visitors bbq ribs, but I stuck to chicken and vegetables. I've also kept up with the gym yesterday - it kicked my ass, but I sweated it out. The scale has me up almost a 1/2 for the week so far, but I'm pretty sure it's water.

I have an event to go to in three weeks and I am hoping to be down another 7 lbs by then. I have some serious work to do, but it's possible.

Well, I survived Saturday with ease. Today is a different story. The weather is gloomy, I had no plans outside the house, and I've been eating non-stop. I tried two new to me chicken recipes today. One of them I absolutely love, the other not so much. I jumped on the treadmill today to try to counteract my food fest. I only last 15 minutes before my foot was cramping. I'm not sure what that was about!

Tomorrow will be better for me. I will go to the gym and eat better.

I completely suck. I've been kinda bad about calories...but the worst thing is that I haven't been to the gym in about 2 weeks! :( While I have been taking walks with Mr Osuch almost every night...it's not the same thing. So tomorrow I have to get back on the bandwagon.

((((maddy))) ~~ thanks for bunping the thread and keeping us all honest. :)

osuche, are you back on the wagon today? PLEASE say YES. I don't want to get lonely on the wagon all by myself!

I did pretty well today. Home is still my downfall, I tend to keep eating out of boredom. In a few minutes I'm going to climb in my bed and read til I go to sleep. There is no food upstairs and I won't be compelled to have more string cheese or watermelon.

On a different note, I swear to someone I am going through puberty all over again. My face keeps breaking out with those deep zits that form a bump and may or may not actually burst through the skin. I know that I sweat when I work out, which is why I'm dilligent about making sure to wash my face afterwards. I try to keep my fingers off my face too. I don't wear any makeup so I'm pretty sure that's not my problem. And to top it all off, I am on birth control to attempt to control it and it seems to be getting worse. I'm curious if my body is resisting the birth control impacts now that I have been on the same prescription for over two years? I'm open to any and all suggestions!

maddy you're not on the wagon alone ... I wasn't as good as I wanted to be on Saturday and Sunday, but I'm basically still on the wagon ... like you, time at home is my biggest problem. On week nights it's do-able for the most part because I can kind of space out my eating times .... I have my veggie soup right after I get home and then after I'm finished with that I wait about 1 to 1 1/2 hours before I fix my dinner (I've always been a late in the evening kind of dinner person) and then if I feel like I have to have something then I will indulge in a snack pack or something like that about an hour before I go to bed ... (I know all the thoughts about eating late, it just doesn't work for me to try to not do it).

the breakouts I don't know what to tell you ... I know sometimes when I'm working at eating right and my body is getting rid of all the built up toxins that have been in my system ... sometimes it seems like there are so many toxins and just not enough outlets through the usual routes and I'll get the really painful ugly pimples ... and they usually show up on my chest or legs .. not so much on my face (gratefully), but I don't know if that would have anything to do with what you're experiencing.

maddy -- I am on the wagon!! I'm at 1500 calories for the day and I am eating only grapefruit for dinner! Then I plan to do my pilates before I go to bed. (((((maddy)))) you are NOT alone. :)

As for the breakouts...the only thing that works reliably for me makes most people cringe. I pour a bit of rubbing alcohol on a swab and scrub my face with it. If I do this for 4-5 days, the pimples seem to evaporate.....for quite a while.

However, this strategy is not recommended for those who are into face moisturizers and other such things. But it does seem to work.

I am not on the wagon yet but I am chasing it

LOL Lil ... that sounds like a good descriptions of how my weekends are ... chasing after the wagon .... maybe it's better exercise for you then it ends up being for me! :D

Yah! I hate to feel lonely. Today was a hectic one and I didn't get my lunch until late in the afternoon, and I just didn't have time to eat... so I munched on veggies. Of course I was like a fiend when I got home and dove right into dinner.

I didn't get a cardio workout at the gym like I had planned. Instead I did weights and ab work. I need to do something to these flabby arms, so I'm not complaining too much.

I finally ate one of those fruit salad things and McD's and they are to freakin die for. I did not eat well but I walked. I know after my surgery the nerves will be settled and I'll be more focused.

Do you have a surgery date yet Lilith?

Is that the apple/grapes/yogurt salad? I wasn't crazy about it because I don't care for plain yogurt or green apples or red grapes. Yes, I'm well aware I'm picky. Nonetheless, it sounds like you made a healthy choice in a less than healthy environment.

I'm trying to get away from the Dew again. I've been back to two a day weekdays and 548954809384 on the weekends. I also have a Y membership that I could put to better use.

I go to see the surgeon tomorrow.

Yes that is the salad. The yogurt was super vanilla flavored. Super sweet. 284758921749271298471293473 carbs.

I had a Y membership but Walmart is buying out the property the Y is on.

Aqua, I gave up Dew about 3 years ago and can't even imagine having it now. I went to Pepsi for awhile and now that scares me too. Give me water and I'm a slightly satisfied girl. :D

I just have this feeling that Dew would be sickly sweet to me now.... but oh how I lived on it (and the caffeine) for years.

They're getting back at you. :bs:

*Oops, this post was supposed to be right after Lil's*

((((Aqua)))) You can do it. Just make sure you don't chug the Mountain Dew to motivate yourself to go to the Y. :p

(((((Lil)))))) I understand (just a little bit) how nerve racking the wait for surgery is. Please be gentle with yourself now. There's time later for fitness and good food.

((((maddy)))) -- Never feel alone! We're all here with you...and I am chasing the wagon too. :spin:

((((fzzy)))) as far as I am concerned, you are the wagon driver, and what a good one at that.


I am at 1500 calories today...mainly because I had ice cream twice. But dinner sounds terrible, so I think I am safe for another day.

osuche ... you are doing so great!!!

Lil ... I'll be thinking positive thoughts of and to you for your visit to the surgeon ... hope the news is positive and forward thinking!

Aqua ... yay!!! ... I think we all understand (oh so very well) the need sometime to relax about how strictly we adhere to our program and allow for those times ... but it's great to have you back in the "wagon"

maddy ... great job!!!! Sounds like you are doing great with your workouts!

I've had another good day .... I'm using up all my calories each day, so I end up in the top of the range I've set, but at least I'm in the range.... and trying to motivate myself back into doing a bit more physical activity/effort ... gratefully I finally made it into the hut today ... jeeesh it took awhile, and it seems like I've been in pre-hut cravings mode for way too many days, but I've been keeping it reasonably under control (except for those pesky weekend days). Maybe now I can get back to more motivated thinking/doing.

Hut stuff can definitely be affected by weight gain or loss. I'm going to put forth great effort today. I think when I stopped journaling at fitday I really started going nuts.

Thanks for the encouragement... I brought a non-caffeinated soda today.

You might get a headache from the lack of the goodstuff. You could take some aspirin in advance.

With all these sexy people chasing the wagon...I'm thinking the best place to be is bringing up the rear. :brows:

I've been pretty much caffeine free for a while now. I've had a Coke now and again, but not with regularity. I usually reach for Caff. Free cola because I'm so damn sick of Sprite. :rolleyes:

I try to drink a lot of water but it goes right through me.