Lisa's Final Countdown, The Good Days, the Bad, & the Ugly

That IS an awful lot of will power there Lisa. My H also leaves tempting tidbits in full view or hides them in easy to find places like the top shelf in the closet. Duh. Once I came home from work and no one was here (a rarity) and I instantly found the "hidden" junk food (I had also asked him to hide stuff)..just climbed up and got it no problem. Can we not be a bit more imaginative with our hiding spots for goodness sake?!
 
lol Claudia...I just had this image of you teetering on a stepladder reaching for goodies just out of reach.

My husband has this huge antique trunk he has a bunch of gaming stuff in and he sets his snacks in the top...well normally. It's pretty easily accessable but for some reason I see it as HIS and leave it alone...especially when he was better about it and I didn't know it was in there. Pretty much out of sight, out of mind. But when he leaves it laying out so I keep seeing it then it by itself will start a craving...even if I wasn't having one. Even if it was something healthy though...if you leave it on my counter and I walk by it more than 3x I'm gonna eat it, lol. Bananas don't last long at my house.
 
sophia28 said:
Well now I'm doubly jealous that the avatar pup is your actual dog.

Ahhhh maybe one day me too...

Anyway, I had to laugh at your story about your boyfriend and the truffles.
Gosh it's so hard to stick to diets with a man around who can eat what he likes. :smash:

Today - coincidence really - I nearly strangled my poor ex in the car because he was chugging down a bag of peanuts and crunching away loudly as well, so after a few secs I was near boiling point (nuts and crisps are my downfall) and eventually burst out with: "Ah JEEEZ do you HAVE to eat that NOW??? Have some pity for us poor dieters !!! "

What a dumb thing to say, hahaha. :banghead:

So of course then he felt very bad, and then I felt bad. So I said 'Listen, when I say crap like that, don't listen to me OK. It's my own fault that I'm in this predicament' (i.e. I stuffed my face & stopped exercising last year so now I'm fat).
But I can't imagine living around temptation like that in the house, it would drive me a bit crazy. My kitchen is literally empty of anything remotely appetising, cos I don't trust myself lol.

So yeah, it's tough. I've had r.ships where I've had the bloke cooking supersonically-delish dinners and I'm sat there with a salad feeling suicidal. Really, really not easy. But good for you, you're hanging in there, super strong!!:Angel_anim:

Well you take care of yourself ...... and your lovely pup of course :)
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You are so much nicer than me, lol. I'd have yelled at him for eating the nuts and not felt bad at all. And unfortunately I out weigh my husband but not by much these days so he really can't afford to eat like he does either. He has high b/p, cholesterol and heart problems run in his family. He worries me, seriously. I've been fixing balanced dinners for almost two months now so we've all but quit the fast food but it doesn't seem to help him at all. He's part of the reason I've stopped buying pop and want to quit completely now...I drank diet but he doesn't.

Honestly I was talking about cutting back but I've been two days without and I really want to just stop drinking the stuff. I bought some diet ice tea in cans to help us both and have been keeping other drinks in the house. Unfortunately he keeps bringing home his two liters for himself....well least I'm slowing him down some, lol.
 
Ok so while I was grabbing some puppy pics I thought I'd post these. The first one was me this last Christmas. I was still ten pounds down from my heaviest but I don't know that it'd make any difference.

The next pics were taken about two weeks ago, one in my car and one in the house. So I'm probably 5 pounds lighter now? There's about 20lbs difference between the first photo and the other two.
 
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Ok here's some puppy pics of Lilly :) I have some seriously cute ones in my phone I'll have to send to my email though cuz it's quicker to grab...took some of her a few days ago on her first visit to the pet store and I still mean to do an entry on that funny story but I have to go to work in like ten minutes now.

Oh and some pics of one of our two cats, Ronin. He's such a ham.
 
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hahahaha "the incident" you had me rolling on the floor with that one! You can REALLY tell with the weight loss! I'm SO PROUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And that puppy? I might steal it...
 
douknowjello said:
Ok so while I was grabbing some puppy pics I thought I'd post these. The first one was me this last Christmas. I was still ten pounds down from my heaviest but I don't know that it'd make any difference.

The next pics were taken about two weeks ago, one in my car and one in the house. So I'm probably 5 pounds lighter now? There's about 20lbs difference between the first photo and the other two.
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I can see the loss...you're going to be a stunner, you have gorgeous eyes!
 
ronin is like my favourite animal colour!!! i had a goat named cream and another named vanilla and they are about that colour... cream was gorgeous... =T but she got sick and passed away T_T

and you are soooooooo prettty!! i love your hair!!!

lilly is lovely!

haha yeah i didnt get my usual pms moodiness and cramps
sooo it was quite a surprise when i started!
the only clue was the sudden weight gain >_<
i was soooo upset! lol i binged.... on tortilla chips...
but when i started this morning it suddenly made sense...

its lovely what exercise and healthier eating can do...
no pmsing! =D
 
douknowjello said:
Oh and in case anyone didn't notice, I hit the 32 pounds lost mark today, in spite of pigging out on Valentine's day :)
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:hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray:
Hell yes!!!!!!​


I absolutely LOVE your red heart shirt in the first pic--and your eyes are soooo beautiful, I prefer hazel over all else, I think--but not too green :) And your pets? Adorable! Ronin makes me want to give him kisses :D

Hope your DH listens to you! Glad you had a good time being decadent on V-Day--I found that an occasional D-day doesn't really hinder weight loss. I managed to lose a decent amount of weight over the past 6 weeks, and I probably had a few gobble-everything-I-wanted-3000-calories-days :eek: However, they were countered by mostly careful, calorie-counting 2000 calorie days!
 
Buckeye- NOOOOoo *hides puppy* lol
My hubby and I joke she's half his and half mine...so I always hand him his end first...the butt end :D Thanks for the encouragement on the pics :)

Lillytame: woot you came by :) Between you and buckeye I'm gonna have to watch the puppy, lol. More with buckeye though cuz she's close by :X And our cat is hilarious but I think that comes out in his hamish pics.

txsqlchick: wish I knew your name so I could stop callin you that, lol. But anywho, thank you so much for the compliment. I don't feel pretty at all so it's nice to hear that sometimes. I wonder if once I lose the weight I'll ever look in the mirror and even think I'm attactive. Would be nice :)

Angelica: I outdid ya on the eating ;/ But that'll follow in the next post. HATE that I want to eat so much during TOM. And I miss dexatrim...the old one. I haven't tried the knew one or anything else out there but I wish I could find an appetite suppressant to use a few days a month that worked like the old dexatrim did before they pulled that drug off the market.

You're goats sound so cute. Sorry about the one passing away.

Val: So glad to see you came by! I know you're super busy but I miss you're regular visits. And Ronin would let you kiss him :) I do all the time...sometimes if I get too crazy about it though he tries to take off, lol. Doesn't do him any good. We maul our pets :X But they can never say they didn't get enough LOVE!

And yea....about those 3000 calorie days :X
 
So Wed. I didn't post...I tried to get on and I was so sick my head spun and I had to get off. My calories that day ended at 1460. Even though I felt too sick to eat any more that day the next day it only hurt me. And I'm seeing a resulting pattern. On days I eat under 1500 the next day I'm ravenous and pigging out.

Well Thursday I started out ok but just kept eating. I ate a whole bag of nuts for almost 400 and at that point just threw in the towel. I wasn't even going to count the calories but after today's bad eating I felt I needed to and it was bothering me. Yesterday's total was 3000.

Today my friend asked me to breakfast after our staff meeting then later we went out again and were only having dessert but she asked me to share her nachos. I knew better but honestly with my husband being such a hermit I guess I was treating myself out with food. Best I can approximate (high estimate cuz I couldn't finish breakfast) I've eaten 2931 on calories today and it's not over yet. I'm so full though I don't think I could possibly eat anymore.

So here's me being accountable. Wed. 1400 calories, Thurs. 3000 calories, Friday 3000 calories. Thankfully I can't eat as much as I used to or that'd be closer to 5000. And my friend was surprised and got on me for not finishing my plate!

Anyway I'm not beating myself up but I think I've had enough off days that it should be enough for a while. For the rest of this month and well into the next I need to buckle down and stay within my calories.
 
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I also wanted to say that strangely by documenting those two high calorie days I feel better...like I'm still on my plan and those days are accounted for and have an end. Not like this was me off my diet and I'm going to continue binging until I get the motivation to restart a "diet". It's so different now because this IS a lifestyle change. I'd rather have a few bad days where I tell myself to get it together than weeks or months at a time gaining back everything I worked so hard to lose. I'm not trying to make excuses...just saying that this is alot easier to get my head around than what I used to do.

Oh and on a positive note I went from drinking very little pop to deciding to stop altogether. I may have said this already but I've been almost a week for sure now with no pop and not caring that much. As long as I can have ice tea I'm ok :) So far so good.
 
douknowjello said:
So glad to see you came by! I know you're super busy but I miss you're regular visits. And Ronin would let you kiss him :) I do all the time...sometimes if I get too crazy about it though he tries to take off, lol. Doesn't do him any good. We maul our pets :X But they can never say they didn't get enough LOVE!
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Awwww I always feel so appreciated and loved on this forum! :grouphug:

I am a pet-mauler if the pet is cute enough. Sometimes I meet dogs and cats who are not really that cool, which surprises me, but when I fall in love with an adorable cat or dog, I totally let loose on the kisses!

douknowjello said:
On days I eat under 1500 the next day I'm ravenous and pigging out. So here's me being accountable. Wed. 1400 calories, Thurs. 3000 calories, Friday 3000 calories.

Anyway I'm not beating myself up but I think I've had enough off days that it should be enough for a while. For the rest of this month and well into the next I need to buckle down and stay within my calories.
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This pattern is very common, but I have to say sometimes your body just wants to have 3000 calories+ in it! What can ya do? :angelsad2: Being sick doesn't help, and I noticed it is SO EASY to get into a daily trend of over-eating. It's like, a bad weekend can spurn a seemingly-stretched-out tummy and it's SO HARD to get into the habit of creating caloric deficits. Then the weight creeps up....I'm not pro-meal skipping, but I have to be honest: sometimes I just have to force myself to skip dinner, to get back into the habit of dealing with slight hunger. I CAN'T skip breakfast or lunch; I'm very hungry in the beginning of the day and since I spend it on my ass in front of the computer it's easy to snack away. Plus I need nourishment and energy for my workouts, which are usually after 5:30pm. But skipping dinner can actually be a decent tool. Shhh. Or, at the least, having a protein-rich small meal or snack instead of a full meal, drinks, dessert, etc. It helps that the metabolism is slower in the evening (for most), and if I have had a big b-fast and lunch, any hunger is usually just me feeling I deserve dinner and am entitled to it, not so much that I'm actually really HUNGRY.

CONGRATULATIONS ON KICKING THE SODA!! :party: :hurray:​
 
Thanks :) I guess I'm knocking out all the easy commitments first so I went with the soda, lol. And yea...after that huge breakfast and a late high calorie lunch I'm still SO full. It's almost 9 now I couldn't possibly eat anything again today.
 
:cheers2:Hey Lisa how are you?? I'm sorry it took me so long to get here but I have had some crazy issues with my laptop and it was so hard for me to respond back to people.. But awww you've done wonderful with the weightloss.. I have huge fat momma days and then go back to normal calories day and still manage to lose little by little... you know.. :iagree: Well thanks so much for stopping by?/ How was your valentines day?? what did you do?? Well I'm glad to get to know you can't wait till I have lost as much as you.. Good job...:party: Your doing amazing.. I guess little by little inch by inch we truly make it there...:waving:
 
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