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RubyRed

RubyRed

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Well I have found you guys and I'm going to give this thing another shot. Hopefully I will find the motivation and encouragement that I have been needing on here. (As if the Gallstone attack that I had last night from the big bag of munchies isnt motivation enough)

I've started off good - had some oatmeal and yogurt for breakfast - we'll just have to see how the rest of the day goes.
 
Hi and Welcome! Hope you are feeling better after that gallstone attack. Hope it wasnt too painful.

Sounds like a good start to your day today. Look forward to reading your journal and learning more about your weight loss plan. I am sure you will find lots and lots of support and motivation from all the wonderful people on here! :) Good luck and keep up the great work!
 
Hi, welcome to the forum. You will certainly find heaps of encouragement and support here. Sounds like you've started well, what are your stats and your goals.
 
Well the day has gone pretty good - I'm at 23 pts today which is on target so as long as I can make it thru the next 2 or 3 hours without eating anything else I will have made it thru my first day successfully!!!:D

Thanks for all your encouragement - every bit helps!!!

As for exercise - I'm easing my way back into that. Actually I recently ordered Kathy Smiths Project You, but it hasnt arrived yet. I'm also debating on whether or not to renew my gym membership - it had expired at the end of December, which is when I first ended up in the hospital with the gallstones so exercising was out of the question at that point. Problem is my surgery to have my Gallbladder removed is on June 2 so I dont know if I should bother spending the money on a gym membership and then not getting any benefit out of it if I cant exercise for a while after the surgery. Any suggestions? Should I bite the bullet and go for it anyway and just miss a month or two after surgery, or wait till I'm all recovered before rejoining?
 
Hi there well done on your first day, you did well. With your gym membership you will find most gyms if you have a doc certificate will pause your membership for you till you can come back to exercise. Well over here they do anyway, when I was pregnant with my son they paused it for the pregnancy and two month afterwards to allow me time to get back into it. Its worth going down tell them you want to start now but you have an op in June is it possiable to pause it to allow recovery time. I'm sure they will be helpful.
 
Thanks for the suggestion - I hadn't even thought of that. I will have to stop in on the way home from work and see if they will do that for me. Actually I will wait til next week cuz they give you your first month free, so if I go now I would only get the rest of this week free but if I go next week I will get all of april free :p

Made it thru the rest of the night last night without eating any junk - YAY ME!!!! So I'm at 173.6 today, first time I've seen the scale go down in a loooooooooooong time. It's a long road but the first step has officially been taken!!!!
 
So today I had 22pts - right on target. I still havent started exercising yet tho - that seems to be where I'm going to have a hard time. I'm still waiting for my Kathy Smiths Project You to get here - they have already charged my credit card but still no delivery...hohum. The weather is definitely starting to get nicer tho so I may start walking on my lunch hour at work. Hopefully the days will start to get longer too so that it's not dark when I get home and I can go for a walk after dinner too.

Ok so my goal for tomorrow is to get up 1/2 hour earlier and do a yoga or pilates dvd - baby steps, right?
 
Well I didnt get up the 1/2 hour earlier :( I ended up being awake 2 hours later then I had planned so getting up earlier was pretty much out of the question. I dont know if I'm using it as an excuse or not but my sleep comes first. Unfortunately I dont get very much of it so I try my best not to skimp whenever possible. I will try to stop at the gym on the way home and see how that goes.

Down another pound today - WooHoooooo!!!

Hopefully I stick with it this time. :eek:
 
Ok - today has been a disaster - I'm already at 25pts and I havent even left work yet. Just one of those days where everyone keeps dropping bombs on me and I'm just not coping very well so I keep shoveling the food in!!!

I will try to exercise when I get home - it should help to give me some extra pts so I can actually eat a dinner and it will help me to blow off some steam too.

ARGHHHHH!!!!!!!
 
Hi Rubyred! Sorry to hear that your day at work wasnt so great. I hate days like that, when you feel everything is just going crazy. Hope tomorrow is better. Dont beat yourself up about the points. We all have our challenging days. The important thing is to get back on track the next day. As far as I see it, the only way to fail at weight loss is to quit. As long as we are continuing to try....we are on the road to success! :)
 
You are doing so well that I am sure one not-so-good-day won't send you into a tailspin. Focus on all your accomplishments!
Totallyscrappy
 
You Can And Will Do This I Know You Can Your Headed Good But You Have The 35 Weekly Points Just Deduct From Them If Ya Go Over Daily! Dont Let Peeeps Get To Ya They Want Ya To Fail You Show Them Different!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
WOW guys - you are all so amazing - I wish I had turned on my comp as soon as I got home and read all your great posts. Unfortunately my evening was even worse than my day was, eating wise. I came home and made muffins and chicken drumsticks for dinner (comfort food) so my grand total for pts today was 44. Mind you I counted the drumsticks as 2 pts each and I'm not sure if that is acurate so I may be above or below that number. So that means I have used up 23 flex pts so far this week - I will have to be really good for the rest of the week cuz I only have a 12pt cushion now.

Thanks for all the support everyone - I was beating myself up over today and not wanting to face what I had actually eaten so I didnt write anything down after I had gotten home. But after reading ur posts I grabbed my food diary and wrote it all down and tallyed it up and I guess I'm not quite as bad as I had thought. I can still do this!!! As you said Fluff "the only way to fail at weight loss is to quit". So I'm not quitting!!! Tomorrow will be better - I'm sure of it

(((Hugs))) for ALL!!!!:D
 
Well today has been a much better day then yesterday was. I'm heading home and I'm at 15pts which leaves me enough pts left to have a good dinner. I still havent managed to work out at all this week but at least I am getting my eating under control (with the exception of yesterday).

I'm going to Ottawa with my cuz on saturday to visit a friend for her b-day so the weekend is going to be a challenge. My cousin is pregnant right now so it will be impossible for me to stay away from the fast food places. I am going to have to make sure I bring my journal and account for everything as I eat it to make sure I dont go overboard. It's going to be a challenge but I'm sure I can do it.

Thanks again for your support guys - I may have completely fallen off the wagon and just started binging daily again if it hadn't been for u guys. This morning felt like the first day of my diet again cuz of yesterday but I'm feeling back in the swing of things now.
 
Your doin awesome!! Congrats on keepin the binges to a minimum... we all do it... I personally think it keeps us sane lol :rolleyes:
 
Thanks guys!!! Yesterday was a good day - I stayed within my pts and didnt have too many cravings so I ate well. I went wedding dress shopping with my friend who is eloping on Saturday and she has lost soooooo much weight so that gave me a big boost in the motivation dept - she looks amazing!!!

Im going to try to stay motivated and positive thoughout the weekend - I know if I can make it thru the weekend without going over my pts then I will be able to stick with this over the long haul and reach my goal!!! Today has been good so far as well, I had a 5 pt breakfast and I'm about to have some lunch. I will keep you all posted.

I'm on my way to being me again!!!
 
You are doing so well! Weekends are my most challenging days. Mostly because everyone is home, and we have no real schedule when it comes to meals. I just try and make sure I have plent of 'my foods' in the house to eat, so I won't be tempted to eat what everyone else is eating.

Hang in there this weekend. I am sure you can do it! Then on Monday you will feel so great and your confidence level will be through the roof! Have a great weekend! :)
 
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