I don't like the cookies, the cookies like me!

You are doing awesome!!!! Keep up the good work and you will meet your goals in NO time!!. And we are here to cheer you on!
 
Hi Guys,

Yesterday, I had cereal, banana, 1 can of beans, a coffee, 2 apples and 2 slices of pizza. I walked for 25 minutes.
Today, I ate cereal, 2 bananas, 1 can of beans, 2 apples and 1 helping of stir-fry (tofu, broccoli, almonds, onion, garlic, I'm hungry again). I walked for 50 minutes ( to and from work!!!).

I'm feeling really excited, as I can see results in the way my clothes are fitting. I'm not happy with working out, as I didn't today. I fell asleep before supper!!!

Blah, hopefully I'll get more done tomorrow!
:(

I did drink all my water!!!
 
Stupid Back

Hi guys,

I've been super busy at work, and I pulled my back a bit a couple of days ago, so sitting at this computer isn't so great.
But I wanted to put in a quick up-date.

Yesterday I had cereal, banana, stir-fry,2 apples, and 2 fatija's for supper. I'm soooo happy that the 'meat' strips I use are 0 fat!!!! Joy! :D

I'll be around tommorw night to check up on eveybody. :p

Oh, I've drank all my water, and all I can do for exercise at the moment is walk.:mad: :mad: :mad:
Stupid friggin' back!!!!:(
 
lift with the knees

What is it with you and Sillygirl and your backs? Lift with your knees, chickies!!!!! Get better soon, and ask your boss about a lifting belt if you have to do a lot of heavy lifting. They can really help!
 
Back Better-ish

Hi Everybody,

Well, I weighed myself today, and I was up 5 pounds (I'm having trouble changing my ticker?).
:mad:

I know it's probably normal,I hope, but I can't help it, I feel kinda crappy. I ate better and moved more last week, so I thought it wouldn't go up that much. :(
I did have taco salad as my weekly treat last night, with is a bit salty.
The last couple days I've been walking to and from work, which is 20 minutes or so each way.
My back is getting better, I'm doing back exercies with silly girl when she does them. But I'm afriad to do more at the moment. Which just sucks.
Ok, I'm being poopy, I'm sure things will get moving if I just keep at it, right???
:confused:

Twinmom, no, I work in a store and they wouldn't want me wearing a back belt, but I'm getting the girls to do most of the heavy lifting at the moment. Thanks for the concern.:eek:
I really needed it.:eek:
 
Hey Emmcookie~
Don't get discourged about that. It is probably all the WATER you have been drinking:p :eek: Right???LOL!! Keep your head up and your legs moving.. Stay POSITIVE and drink your WATER. Have a GREAT Night...
 
Water is usually no problem, but on Saturday, I was late in dringing it as my Head Office won't allow it on the floor anymore!!! : (
I'm drinking it right now!!!
 
That is kind of hard to drink water when it's not allowed? What happend to foster that action? I don't know what I would do if I couldn't drink my water at work.

What do you do to get your water in during the day? On Breaks?
 
bummer

Bummer about the gain, but it might really be just a temporary thing. I bloated up pretty bad before my period last month. I think if I had weighed then, I would have been really disappointed. I could tell how much looser my pants fit by the third day.

Try not to be too discouraged, and remember, you still have AT LEAST a 3 pound net loss in less than 3 weeks! That's still great! At that rate, you will be around 150 by next swimsuit season. And, if those five pounds are mostly water retention (which they probably are if you have been eating well and burning calories) then you'll be back down again in no time. Keep up the hard work, wait until next weekend to weigh, and I BET you will be down at least another 2 pounds!

And let me know about that dip! :)
 
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What was your works justification in not allowing you a bottle of water on the floor any more?:confused: I think in every job I've had I've gotten away with carrying a bottle about with me (I always wondered what would happen if I filled a bottle with straight vodka and carried that around taking the odd slug).

I'm sure your 5lb will be back off in no time, the salty salad probably made you retain water!:)
 
Feeling Better Now

Hi guys,

I'm feeling much better today, thanks everyone!
:) Loosing weight is really important to me, but I realized that there are more important things in life. Just watched a show about the Nazi occupation of Norway, so puts crap in bloody perspective fast!!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

Anyway, I had cereal,2 bananas, bean soup (mmmm), 1 apple, er, 2 pizza slices (greek pizza..mm) and 1 tofutitti cutie (small, almost miniscule, ice cream bar).

I walked 45 minutes.
My head office is,... I can't use the words here. I do have it out back, but when I'm busy, it's hard to duck out back. Luckily, I'm a world class chugger, so I can do 500ml in 10 seconds.

I will do better with food tomorrow. Too much today.:eek:
 
You just keep doing the awesome job you have been and the weight loss will happen. I hate scales (maybe yours is broken?) they are evil little monsters that hide in your bathroom waiting to ruin your entire day if you step on them....hate em! Nasty little buggers! Know that we are all here cheering you on and will keep doing it until you can't take it anymore.....mwahahah!!!
 
Why?

Hello guys,

I did ok today, I ate cereal and 1 banana, 1 can of beans and a yummie salad. Seriously, that's what I call it. It's lettuce, spinach, grilled onion, chopped tomato, sunflower seeds and grated cheese. So mmmmmmmmm. With a no fat dressing of garlic, lemon juice, balsamic vinager and basil. Mmmmmm. Oh, and a tofuitti cutie. :D

The scale I was using was broken.:mad: So I'm now 213. I'm quessing I was more before, I'm thinking 215-ish. Who can say? :( :eek:

So why do this now???

I like reading others reasons for their motivation. I thought I'd talk about mine. I've been overweight for as long as I can remember. Junior High was fabulous!!! :mad:
So, I'm now 35, and I'm finally doing something about it and not just ignoring it. Thinking 'it'll just go away one day'. It didn't. Strange, eh?
This last January, my cat, Morrissey, past away, he had liver cancer. He was 8 and loved him very much. Still do. It sounds funny I know, but it kind of made me stop and think.

I decided to start moving forward in my life, as I think I'd kind of stalled. Morrissey wouldn't have liked that much, he always wanted the best for those he loved. Though, I think he'd be horrified that I cut down on food consumption, as food was his favorite thing ever. And the whiskey. Ha.
So, that's why now. We did everything we could for him when he was here, so why stop now?
 
The same thing happened with my scale. It said 163 then I bought a new scale and it said 170!!!! How depressing, but it got my butt motivated! We'll get there....it seems like a long road, but nothing really good ever comes easy, right? ( Except maybe that ice cream cone...although we know that is not really Good For us:rolleyes: ) My girls are one of the things that motivate me..Quick Story about that: one day out of the blue, while I was getting out of the shower, my oldest walked in to go potty, and she looks at me as I am wrapping a towel around myself and says "Your kinda fat around your bottom and legs". My heart sank. She said it with such a sweet smile, not realizing that the comment was killing me, and went on about her business. She left the room and I burst into tears. I later talked to her about how you should and shouldn't express certain obvious things. Not easy for a 5 year old to understand, but I realized I taught her what "fat"was and how my poor body image and self esteem had already been noticed by her. I wish I could say that I have been perfect since, but You have seen my posts and there are days when food just gets the best of me and I just want to beat myself up for being such a glutton. But I have to move on and find a better relationship with food if I ever want my gals to do better for themselves. You should pick up Oprah's magazine this month...alot of great articles about body image and the sort. I wish I could say they gave me an "aha moment" as Oprah calls it, but they did make me think about my body obsession.
We can do this...maybe more surely because we can lean on each other, maybe not as quickly as we like, but we just keep plugging away, making changes we can stick with forever and not just UNTIL we hit the magic number! Okay I have rambled enough ...this is YOUR diary:p !
Keep up the good work...I am proud of you!
 
Hi there emmcookie, just checking up on you. There are so many things that can show a gain, but trust me.....you have not gained fat. It has to be water, or food intake that is still processing through your system. Don't sweat it!!!! And most of all, I know this is easier said than done...but don't let it discourage you!!!!
 
Hey!

With the scale setback and Sillygirl's continuing back problems, I know you are having quite a week. Hang in there and keep up the good work. I'm hoping for you two a little extra motivation this week! :)
 
If it's possible try weighing yourself less frequently, go two weeks if you're only doing one or maybe even a month. I know I get way too discouraged when I was weighing myself every day.

Hang in there.:)
 
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