Jen's Diary: To 180 or Below...and Maintenance!

I was at 194.6 yesterday morning. So no huge loss or anything this week. I was pretty bad this weekend too. The holidays are proving to be difficult. At this point I'll consider it a huge achievement if I just don't gain weight between now and the New Year. I think that's my new goal..lol!
 
The best you can do is the best you can do. It is a very tough time of year to be on a weight loss program, particularly up in the cold. Holding steady is always a good accomplishment as it only represents a pause in weight loss that you can start again without losing ground.

I was about 355 in July of 2011 (though it was hard to know) and I added those last 20 pounds in the next year, making me have to lose them back before getting back to even that unacceptable point.
 
MrVee- I'm going to do my best to not gain anything in the next couple weeks. If I stay the same weight, I will honestly be happy with that.


I ate horrible this weekend, but other than that, it was a great weekend. We went out and finished all of our Christmas shopping. We even got all the presents wrapped and under the tree! The kids spent the morning shaking them... lol!

Here's the tree and a one of me(my glasses are so crooked in that picture...haha). :)

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Look at all those presents. The kids must be going crazy!

I think I need to go buy a small tree today. It's just me here, but still. I do have a plastic tree with flat leaves. Maybe I'll hang some lights on it and call it a Christmas Tree. I do have a wreath on my door though.
 
Oh the kids are definitely going nuts... lol.

So far so good today. I should end up around 1400 calories by the end of day. Unless I have a little snack, then it might be a little more. I'm behind on my work that is due on Wednesday, and will be up pretty late tonight trying to catch up. Hopefully the munchies don't get too bad.

Oh, I also wanted to add that I had to make brownies for my son's bake sale at school tomorrow. I'm pretty sure that brownies that you are not allowed to eat, smell way better than normal ones. lol!
 
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Today has been a busy day. I spent all morning working, took a break this evening to go to my daughter's Christmas concert at school, and now I'm back to working.

I'm at 1310 calories right now. I might have snack in a little bit though. It's going to be another late night working. :(
 
Well I stepped on the scale today, and I'm at 195. Which honestly surprised me, because I thought it would be more. The stress is really getting to me, and I've been eating like crazy the last couple days. I love the holidays, but I can't wait for them to be over. lol.

The kids had a snow day today. Good for them, not so much for me.. lol! Last I heard we're supposed to get over a foot of snow by tomorrow, tons of blowing snow, and horrible driving conditions. Sooooo.. I'm guessing they won't have school tomorrow either. lol! But, the good news is I'll get tons of exercise with all the shoveling!:rolleyes:
 
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So we got quite a bit of snow yesterday and last night, not a foot yet though, I don't think anyway. It's still snowing though, so it might still happen. The snow we did get is super heavy and wet, and has brought down trees and power lines. So there's some people here that have been without power since last night. Luckily, we are not in that group.

Here's a couple pictures. It's pretty, but that's about the only good thing about it as far as I'm concerned. lol.

As you can see the snow is so heavy it's weighing the branches down. They usually don't touch the ground like that. We actually had one branch snap off.

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I'll be going out in a little bit to shovel....AGAIN. My arms are still sore from yesterday. lol! I also have to venture out onto the roads, because I'm out of groceries. Hopefully they have the roads cleaned up by then.

...and I was still at 195 this morning.
 
Chef's mom sent five containers of assorted cookies and fudge. *Sigh* FIVE. It's all yummy too. Damn her. lmao!
 
I had annoyance happen to me today too. I was driving in my car and it started to get a little warm, so I had to put the air conditioning on. What a pain! :D

On the cookies and fudge, I'm not entirely what to do about that one. How good is your willpower? Can you eat one a day?
 
your diary is hilarious! Wow, she sent FIVE containers??? generous...maybe you should freeze them?
 
Well MrVee, my willpower is not the best at the moment. haha! I think I might freeze some of them, Korrie. I'm definitely putting them out at Christmas dinner. Hopefully the family will eat a bunch of them. Better in them, than in me. ;):D
 
So, my kids are going with their Dad on Christmas this year, so we are doing all the usual Christmas stuff on Christmas Eve this year. We'll get up in the morning and open presents, have dinner, all that. So tonight, is really like our Christmas Eve. Chef has been torturing me with what one of my presents is for a good week. I think he got me a total of four, but the one he's torturing me with is something he "made"?! I asked him if he made it out of macaroni, and he said.."no", thank goodness..haha! So far my clues are... 1) he made it 2) it's not something he wrote, as in a poem, letter, whatever 3) I will see him in it 4) I will want to look at it a lot. .......So, I'm guessing it's a naked picture of him! :smilielol5: I don't know, but I'm SCARED! HAHAHA!



...on the diet front. I haven't weighed myself in a couple days...because I'm also SCARED of that. haha!
 
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