Here we go again!

I'm sure that no one has forgotten you, there are so many diary's on here it is hard to get into every single one, Have you been posting in any other diaries as well, I find it helps to build relationships with the others on the board. Thats the great part about this place is that we are all supporting each other while going through the same problems.
Well done on the getting the exercise happening consistantly, I am sure you can get your eating under control before your op. Just keep trying to make good choices and you will have your routine happeing in no time.
 
Back in the Saddle again!!

Unfortunately I am still going thru the struggle with my weight. I am very happy to say that my sergery was a success and I didnt have any complications so I am now officially missing one of my 2000 parts. No more gallbladder for me!! The doctor thought I was odd when he asked me if I had ever been put under anesthetic before and I said never. He said you didnt even get your tonsils out? And I said nope - I still have all my parts - lol.

Things have been very crazy since the surgery so I have not had a chance to read many threads or do many postings so I have missed all you guys. I have made a few half hearted attempts at taking the weight off but I have not been successful. I seem to be stuck at the 170-172 range ever since I got sick and lost the first 10lbs. Currently a friend and I are having a little competition to see who can lose more weight before our shopping trip to the states on Dec 3rd. We are both aiming for 10lbs by then which is a little unrealistic but that is what is making it challenging for us and keeping us on track. We both have rules that we half to follow to make sure we keep it healthy, ie. she is not allowed to exercise for more than 3 hours a day and I am not allowed to eat less than 16pts per day. After Dec 3rd we will both stick to our regular diets and hopefully the weight keeps coming off - it just wont be as quickly as these first 3 weeks will be. That is the healthier way to do it anyway.

Well its good to be back and reading all of your updates - I'm excited to see how everyone is doing!!!
 
Y r weekends so hard?

Well its Saturday and I made it thru the day and stayed within my pts - I am at 20 now. So as long as I dont snack for the rest of the night I will be good - I still have flex pts that I could use but I am trying not to use them until after Dec 3rd cuz of the challenge that I am having with my friend. It has been close between us so far. She had lost more than me on Thursday and we were about even on Friday but I am below her today. It will be a close call between us I think :) .

Weekends are always the hardest - It hasnt been an easy day. It was really hard not to fall into the old habits and start eating all the junk food again. I had to remind myself that there is a reason why I am choosing to eat healthy, and me feeling good about myself is way better than any junk food will ever taste.

Here's my menu for today:

Weight Watchers cereal with fat free soy milk - 3pts
McDonald's Chicken Fajita - 4pts
Salad with a little dressing - 1pt
3 small slices of pepperoni pizza - 12pts

I didnt have any snacks today cuz I knew I was going to be having the pizza for dinner so I wanted to save my pts for that.

Lets hope I do as well tomorrow - I'm supposed to be meeting my cousin for dinner so I will have to keep my pts low again during the day.

Wish me luck :D
 
hmmmm....... 5 Things about myself

1. I'm 31
2. I have a 14 year old son :D
3. I'm a scorpio
4. I love reading - I'm currently reading "The Law of Atraction:How to Make it Work for you" by Jerry and Esther Hicks
5. I drive a cute little yellow Mini :)
 
I love the mini's! So cute. Great job, and I hope you have a great Thanksgiving!!!
Keep up the hard work. Are you taking your vitamins??
 
Actually I have been really bad about taking my vitamins lately and I really need to back into the habit of taking them. Thanks for the kick in the butt ;)

I have been having a really stressfull week at work and to add to that the scale has not gone down at all for the last 3 days. I know that isnt so bad but its just hard to see it go down around 1/2 lbs a day to nothing for 3 days. Plus I am thankfull its not going UP!!! And then this morning my wonderful son whom I love very much decided to give me his report card. And much to my dismay he is failing 3 out of 4 classes. I wish he had at least given it to me yesterday so I would have had more time to process the information and talk to him about it instead of giving it to me as we are getting ready to leave. So that just made today that much worse.

So today here is what I have eaten so far

WW cereal with soy milk 3pts
5 mini sugar donuts 5pts
Michelina Advantage meal 4pts
1 no sugar added turtle 1 pts
4 mint oreos 8pts

That put me at 21pts already and it is only 2:30!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!

I could really use some words of encouragement today if anyone has any :eek:
 
Ok so I had to get gas on the way home and bought a bag of cheesies while I was there. But I'm not going to feel bad about it cuz after the day I had I am not going to beat myself up over my diet!!! And truth be told I think the cheesies were exactly what I needed. If I had had them at work I probably never would have been tempted to eat the cookies.

When I got home I had a nice long chat with my son about what he is going to do about his grades and it went pretty well. Then I had a wonderfully hot bubble bath and read a magazine. I feel so much better now:D After my bath I put on some comfy jammies and crawled into bed with my laptop and have been catching up on everyone in here!!! You guys are all doing so great and you are all so encouraging to one another that a person cant help but get a little lift from here.

So I ended the day at 34pts - which is way over my targeted 22 but I have not used any flex pts this week so I am still good!!! Tomorrow will be a new day and I will be back on the saddle again. I didnt get to work out today either so I am going to use today instead of tomorrow as my rest day. I will go to curves tomorrow and Friday to catch up.

I am a little worried about the scale going up tomorrow but maybe some extra calories is what my body needed to get my weight going back down again. I will keep you all posted tomorrow when I get into work :D
 
Woo Hoo - The scale was at 166.8 this morning!!! I guess my body just needed the relaxation and the extra calories to do its magic!!!

I have not made it to curves yet today but I am hoping to go after work. I have to go at least 3 times this week to qualify for the contest they have going on right now. It's a contest to maintain your weight over the holiday season and they are giving prizes and stuff. And Lord knows I love the FREE stuff - lol

I'm only at about 7pts so far today so I am going to have a granola bar or something before I head over there to keep my strength up.

Hope everyone is having a great day. Keep on keepin' on!!!
 
Well I got rear-ended on the way home from work last night so again I turned to the comfort food. I sent my bf out to the store to buy me ice cream and diet coke and being the sweet heart that he is he did it for me. I ate my ice cream and then had some toast with peanut butter and some melba toast rounds with cream cheese. All in all not a good eating day but it was just one of those days when you really really need the comfort food. On a good not though the scale went down again (just a little bit) I was at 166.6 (should I worry about the 6's) muahahaha.

I am going to update my ticker now that it is Friday. Today has been a much better day, despite all the running around I had to do for my car and the usual Friday crazyness at work. I am at about 10pts now and am on my way home to have some dinner. hmmmmm......I'm thinking some chicken, veggies, and a little bit of pasta. I have already had my bit of chocolate for today but if I have enough pts left over I think I will have another piece for dessert. mmmmmm.......chocolate. LOL

For exercising I have been pretty good this week. I did curves on Monday and Thursday and I went to Yogilates on Tuesday. I had planned on going to curves today as well but I had to use up my lunch time to get the estimate on my car. It is proving to be quite a headache.

I hope you all did good this week too and hope everyone has a great weekend - I will try to post over the weekend but I will be doing a fair bit of work from home so I dont know if I will have a chance.

Happy Friday everyone!!!
 
Hi RubyRed, sorry to hear about your car, but at least you're ok!
lol @ the 666 thing, don't worry about it unless you think you should. :p That should give ya good motivation to work hard to get past that little number. ;)

Have a good weekend!!
 
Oh no! I'm so glad that you're ok too! People who can't drive are a pain in the a$$...literally, huh? Congratulations on the weight loss and I'm glad the chat with your son about his grades went well.

I tend to eat when I'm bored or upset to, so I keep healthy snacks in the house. I've now fallen in love with them and so I can gorge on strawberries and not gain weight but my mind will feel comforted b/c I ate. Today I made a GREAT low fat, low cal snack that helped a sweet tooth craving. Low fat/cal popcorn (100 cal Kettle Korn bag w/ 2g of fat, no transfat.) drizzled with approx. 2 tbsp of lite chocolate syrup (50 cals and no fat). So there's an AWESOMELY sweet snack with only 150 cals and 2 g of fat...you can't beat that. My sweet tooth is still tingling with joy. :p Give that a try next time vs. the ice cream and coke. Though...you may not be the chocoholic that I am.
 
Thanks for your well wishes guys and you are both right - The most important thing is that I didnt get seriously hurt. I was feeling stiff until about yesterday so I havent been working out but I went to curves today and it wasnt too bad - I just took it easy and I'm sure I will be back to my old self by the end of the week. I think I will try that sweet treat you recommended OHD. I had never thought of popcorn and chocolate sauce b4!!!

I am having a bit of a hard time getting back on track with my eating but I think PMS plus work stress, plus car stress is just a little too much for me right now. I am not going to give up tho - just take it one day at a time and I will be back on the straight and narrow in no time!!!

I managed to hit 165 over the weekend so I broke the 166.6 curse CFL!!! But then I was back up to 166.0 this morning due to my BurgerKing pig out yesterday while I was at the hospital with my son (he is a memeber of a research group for children with ADHD, but thats another story - lol). You would think that given the fact it was a hospital they would have had more nutricious places to eat than BurgerKing!!! If I had of known I would have packed us a lunch the night b4!!! Anyway - you win some, you lose some. I will try to be good for this week and I'm sure I will break the curse again by Friday!!!
 
Thanks for the Cheer OHD - Ur the best!!!


Thanks to you as well T2 - I :heart: your little dancing kitty - he is so cute!!!
 
I have not made it to curves yet today cuz I have not had a chance to take my lunch break. It's just one of those days where everyone is really busy and has to keep stepping out of the office so I got stuck watching the phones. As soon as at least 2 ppl come back I am running out the door and across the street to get my work out in tho!!! It is so nice to have a curves so close that I dont have to drive, but it makes it hard to find excuses on those days when you dont feel like working out - lol.

I have been good today - no junk for me!!! I think I will be fine for the rest of the day now. Its that first little bit where you have to adjust to not eating it that is always the hardest but I find if I can make it to about 3 o'clock I can make it thru the day. YAY for me!!!
 
Good for you for not having any junk. And it is pretty cool to have Curves right across the street...but you're right, there is the occassional downside. ;) :p
 
It is really nice having a curves right across the street - Unfortunately I did not make it my 3 days last week or this week. Last week it was cuz of the accident and this week it was cuz I missed Monday since I was at the hospital all day for the research study and I am not at work today due to weather. But I did make it 2 days both weeks so yay for me!!! It is freezing rain this morning and we are supposed to get up to 10 cm of snow in the afternoon so I decided to work from home. This will be the first real snow we have gotten this year and it always seems like ppl forget how to drive during the first snowfall - lol.

My weight has stayed the same since tuesday so I have not gotten below the evil 166.6 by today like I hoped but I am staying optimistic and I'm sure it will go down again soon. With all the stress of work I have been having a really hard time avoiding the junk so being home today and over the weekend should help me get that garbage out of my system!!! Its a lifestyle not a diet and I am not a garbage disposal!!!

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!
 
Sorry I have been absent the last couple of days. Things have been soooo crazy at work I havent had a chance to squeeze a post in, and by the time I have been getting home the last thing I want to do is look at a computer screen!!!

I am still maintaining around 166 or so. I'm still not stressing over it too much cuz there is more than enough other things for me to stress over right now. I was hoping to be in the 150's by Christmas party season but my first one is this Saturday so I know that is not going to happen - AHHH I just realized I still have to find something to wear!!! Oh well - that is what Giant Tiger is for - hehehe.

I hope everyone is doing well and getting closer to their goals. I am still striving for mine - just taking a little break on the way.
 
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