I think someone slipped me regular coffee last night. I was way jittery and touchy. Why on earth would someone do that? If you don't have enough decaf...just tell me. :(

It's Friday, and that means it's weigh-in day for me. I'm down 2.5 lbs. this week, so I'm pleased. I also worked with a trainer last night and got some helpful hints as far as how to accomplish what I want in the timeframe I want, so I'm pretty excited about that.

In answer to your question, WI, I don't know...laziness (the decaf pot was further away, there wasn't any made, etc.)? An accident (they didn't know it was 'regular')? Or maybe it's just a case that, hey, it's not them, so they don't care. Sad, but true.

Great job IAKG! Another week with a loss, you are doing a tremendous job!

I had Ben & Jerry's Dublin Mudslide ice cream for dinner because I have just really been craving ice cream. I got it out of my system but shit that stuff is so good.

After being "yelled at" by WW Online for losing more than 2 pounds per week the last three weeks :D, I gave into my craving and also had something bad for me this evening. However, I realize it isn't the end of the world, and I dutifully wrote the point value down and subtracted them from the "extra" points I get each week. Tomorrow is a new day and a chance for a clean slate. On the positive side, "the girls" and I went to my most favorite restaurant here at lunch today and, for the first time ever, I passed on my BBQ Beef Tip Basket I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE and opted for something comprising less points. It was good, and I was proud of myself.

(But DAMN that ice cream DOES sound good, Lil.) :)

Lil that is my favorite ice cream!

The weekend is here and that holds it's own challenges for me. I'm hoping the weather is pleasant, it's motivating to me for getting my butt off the couch and doing something productive.

At a minimum the weekend always involves many trips up and down the stairs to get laundry done. But I'd like to be able to get my sneaks on and go for a walk if the weather allows for it. Too bad I left my headphones at the office for my ipod.

Weather permitting, I'll also be attempting to grill this weekend rather than using the stovetop/oven.

Anyone have something more exciting planned for the weekend? C'mon it's not hard to top my laid back weekends in excitement value.

Lil .. I'd probably choose a different flavor, but B&J's do have some great ice creams .... in the summer I crave anything frozen ... right now, ice cream isn't what I'm craving, but there are a few items that I am ... hoping to make it through the weekend without giving in ... I know I will again sometime, but going to try very hard to stay in my daily calorie range ...

On the other hand ... really glad you enjoyed the opportunity of endulgence!!

IAKG ... sorry WW online yelled at you, but glad you are doing your best to keep within healthy guidelines .... and congrats on the continued weight loss!

Maddy .... my weekends are probably even more low-key then yours .... one day I'm going to make enough progress that I'll have the energy to really do some fun things again during my weekends .... for now, I'm just doing my best to make sure I'll get to that goal as soon as is possible within healthy expectations ... how's that for being PC!?!?! :D

WI ... sorry about someone slipping something into your drink (coffee) ... when that happens you should be able to have more fun from it ;)

This weekend will be a busy one as I'm moving classrooms once again. Lugging books across campus makes for some good excercise.

Lilith ... hope the moving has gone well.

I had such an exciting saturday (total sarcasm) ... did some mending, but I also did almost double my usual amount of "exercise" and still felt good, ate all of my calories for the day and then went to bed! :)

Today .... I went down my driveway to get in my car ... someone had left an entire bag of fun size snickers bars in the yard area by my car .. I shifted where they were in hopes that whoever forgot them there would see them better, still there when I got back to my place .... I left them there ... though a whole bag of candy bars .... just glad I know they must belong to someone, cause otherwise ..... :)

I think I've survived the weekend :) I went out for a walk on Saturday but it was cut shorter than I had hoped as I had a horrible allergy attack. It seems when these attacks come the only thing I can do to stop the constant sneezing is ... sleep. So I slept a lot on Saturday.

Today, Sunday, I felt much better. I got out and did some shopping and told myself I could treat myself to Subway since I was heading out at about 11am and figured I'd be hungry before returning home. I did the grocery shopping last and didn't much feel like stopping at Subway so I came home and fixed something instead.

I ordered a treadmill this weekend - and am anxious for it's arrival. I didn't get the one I had planned on, as it has suddenly sold out just about everywhere.

Tomorrow morning is my weigh in and I'm expecting positive results to report - at least the ones I had on the scale this morning were very positive.

I have a challenging week ahead of me ... and then the following week is my quarterly trip to the Hut. I hope this week's success carries me through.

I'm going to have gained or remained the same tomorrow :(

I'm on a downward spiral and I'm trying to catch myself and break the bad cycles but fuck am I stressed. I know that is not gonna change so I have to find a way to be stressed and still make good choices.

(((((Lil))))) ~~ every day allows new choices....

(((((Lil))))) Tomorrow is a brand new day! Can you tell us what is causing all the stress ... is it the whole new job/life situation? Anything I can do to help ... feel free to PM or email me if I can help in any way!!

Me, I did ok through today ... but glad to be going back to the routine of my work days ... I love my weekends, but (playing the broken record here) ... just have a lot more control over myself when it comes to the routine of my work days.

Hope tomorrow is a great day for everyone!

I was asked to move to a classroom where a teacher took a state job. It is the first week of standardized testing and my students are severely emotionally disturbed. I think I can do it but I'm not 100% positive and that is not like me. I had a cushy job in comparison and I'm worried I've fucked up. These boys can't afford to be the results of my fucking up. Someone could get hurt. OK vent over.

I'm down a pound after all but that must be pure luck.

(((Lilith))) - I hope you soon realize that you are entirely capable. You just need to wrap your mind around your new situation. Someone believed in you enough to ask you to move to this classroom. Remember to take time to decompress when you leave the classroom. Easier said than done I'm certain.

As for me, I'm down 2.5 lbs this week. I think I have all the tools I need to cope with a couple of eating out situations this week. I would have preferred one a week, but this week I'm hit with three all at once.

Lil - Those boys can't afford not to have you as their teacher. I'm sorry you're stressed, but I know that once you're settled in your training and personality will take over. (((((Lilith)))))

I'm with WI & everyone else, Lil. You can rise to this challenge & do a world of good for a lot of troubled kids. We have faith in you!

Sending more hugs and positive thoughts your way Lilith .... lots of stress in job changes ... especially when you had only just started with the original one then shifted into a lot more demanding task, but you will make a wonderfully positive difference in their lives, of that I am certain!

Way to go with the weight loss for both of you Lil and Maddy ... sending many mental pats on the back!

Thanks guys! I had a great day :) It's not like being in the normal world. I am hungry but trying to stave off the munchies.

BTW you guys are the best and I love you all.

Made it through another monday .... did good on my calories today, right in the middle of my goal range, so I'm happy about that ... sometimes the weekend days are so on the high end of my goal that I worry come Monday I will lose all control ... well, it didn't happen today anyway. yea!

Excellent fzzy!

Just checking in. After a weekend in which I was a little more "relaxed" (actually using all of my daily points, plus some of my "flex" points I receive each week to spend as I please), I found myself "up" on the scales yesterday morning. I'm thinking maybe it was a fluke/water retention/some other excuse, though, as, while I watched what I ate yesterday and spent 30-45 minutes at the gym, I managed to "lose" that pound or so, plus a little more overnight.

I suppose in an instance like that, it's not always good to weigh myself every morning, although I'll admit to a little more motivation yesterday, maybe, because of it. For me, weighing myself every morning helps to provide focus, I think.

Hang in there, Lil...you'll figure out the things you need to do to make this work consistently before long. And congrats to fzzy and maddy and everyone else for their progress!

Still hangin in there...worked out 6 days last week. I've kinda been watching my calories, but each week I've had a day where I've totally blown it. Hence, I'm down net 4 lbs for 2 weeks and no more....but I *have* noticed that my endurance has gone up a LOT at the gym. I've increased my workout level and duration, and my heart rate is still lower when I finish than it was 3 weeks ago. I consider that a win, too.

Great to hear osuche .... also, if your endurance has increase, then you've probably traded some fat weight for muscle weight which means the loss shows on the scales slower initially (since muscle actually weighs more than fat) but more muscle means more calories being burned from moment to moment, so it catches up eventually and starts burning off easier. Great to hear!

IAKG ... way to stick with it, even when it seems like not the news you want, if you lost 1+ pounds overnight, it probably was a little bit of water retention.

Another day completed successfully!

woot! Feels good huh fzzy???

Today I paid up the candy bar bet I had with the boys regarding the Superbowl. I had 4 of my fave candy bars left. I gave 1 each to my 3 aides and wrestled with eating the last. I was saved by a behavior specialist who walked in the door and was rewarded with the last bar. :D

Good for you fzzy and Lilith!

The scale and I are not going to be friends this week. I've been staying within my point range, even if some of the choices I'm making are not the best ones. The scale is either showing early signs of PMS or reflecting the bad choices I've made.

Thanks Lil and Maddy.

Way to make a great choice Lil!!

Hang tough maddy .... it will improve as you stick it out .... I felt discouraged almost all of last week, but just kept reminding myself that I don't want to go back to how bad it had gotten in my life, want to have improvements!!!

I was fine all day today, then this evening something hit me and I am feeling quite lethargic, achy, and trading back and forth between chills and fever (or both) ... I ate enough to stick in my daily limits, but nothing tasted particularly good, except the fresh taste of the jello. It literally took me over 2 hours to prepare and then eat my dinner ... now I'm getting ready for bed ... am feeling a bit better now, but that could be because I'm swimming in Ibuprophen at the moment :) Tomorrows a new (and will be a better) day. :)

Maddy, I think if you are staying in your point range, you're still doing okay. I was reading something at the WW site the other day about the "science" behind the program. I mean, the whole thing is that you have X number of points per day (corresponding to a calorie level, in all actuality), and you get to choose how those points are used. Human nature would dictate that you would naturally gravitate towards those foods low in points, so that you could eat more quantity-wise. However, that doesn't preclude the fact that, from time-to-time, a little treat or two is in order.

That being said, I, too, am not going to be friends with the scale this week. My weigh-in is tomorrow morning, and, while I've gone over three or four days on points, I am still well within my range, as I have 17 flex points still left that I could technically use before weigh-in. Still, I am going to be surprised if I lose at all this week. I'm crossing my fingers nonetheless for a half-pound at least.

One problem could be that in the beginning you kept things so tight that now you are actually eating more calories than you did in the beginning. This would cause a lag but you should kick back in. I think this was the case with me.

I'm nearly positive in my case it's my trip to the HUT next week that is causing the problem. When I checked the scale this morning I was at no loss/no gain since monday. I'm starting to see some of the emotional things I go through pre-HUT this week as well.

You mean like wanting to rip people's fucking heads off and shove them down their throats? :D

Oh no!!! I'm a person! :eek:

Today is a day I'm really being tested. I was woken up late and awake for almost two hours last night. I'm really feeling the effects of that this morning and when I turned to the coffeepot for help, well, the decaf is soothing my urge for the taste of coffee but my ass is dragging. It's much easier to avoid brewing real coffee at home, but once I'm at work...well, there's two huge pots always fresh in the cafe, and because I run the building I get fed free. One of the perc's. Forgive the pun but it was there and I'm not so strong where I can avoid it too. One thing at a time.

Biggest help is in knowing that I can slip and not fall.

(((((WI))))) ~~ one cup won't kill you....it's making a many-cuppa-day habit that might.

Good for you for understanding why it's tough for you today.

I've discovered it's pretty easy for me to stick to one can of pop per day if my schedule is normal and I'm at work. If it's not and I am busy, doing a lot of running around... I go for the easy 'grab a can'. Not that it's a huge deal... no splurging and no extra caffeine, but still, I didn't keep to my weekday plan.

It's funny how we all have triggers that cause us to resort to behaviors we are trying to eliminate.

Another successful day .... it was pretty easy today though ... most of the day I still was feeling lousy, very tired and no appetite to speak of ... whatever the reasons, I'm always thankful to make it through another day keeping to my plan.

WI ... every once in awhile we all have our slip up moments, glad you feel it was a controlled slip.

maddy, the good thing is that at least we all know that the hut is not a permanent locale ... hope you make it through the worst of your symptoms as easily as possible.

Good luck with your weigh in IAKG!!!

Well, yesterday simply doesn't count in my world. There isn't a feasible way to track points when you aren't really sure how many drinks you had. I'm horrible about that when I'm with a group and someone keeps buying me another. I'm going to chalk it up to a fun night and move back to tracking my points today.

It's not the one night of "off the program" activity that brings about our demise, but how we handle having had it happen, right? Your approach is the best one.

It's very easy to fall into the doldrums when it comes to giving something up. A splurge is kinda like the forestry's controlled burn. Just have to make sure it doesn't get out of control and start a wildfire.

Speaking of giving stuff up, did anyone see Survivor last night? Shane gave up smoking 3 packs a day when he landed on the island. I can't imagine how he's doing it.