You girls are so sweet you're making me all teary! Thanks so much, I know this forum and your support is what's keeping me going this time. I've tried so many times to get rid of these stubborn last pounds, and I feel like it IS possible, thanks to your help.
Scarlett, I'll have to read your journal, lemmie go look for it. I hope my odd rants are good for someone!
Beagle, where's your new journal (what's it called?) I couldn't find it yesterday when I went looking for it.
Oh, yeah, I'm in a new challenge thanks to a push from Tina. I'm in the Memorial Day to Independence Day challenge (for my friends from other parts of the world, that's May 29 - July 4) it's a nice little 5 week challenge and I've set my goal at 1.5 pounds per week. I can use all the tough love I can get until then, I need to get my act together, really! So please, feel free to show no mercy, I need to be accountable for everything I eat & all of my exercise (or lack thereof). I already have a separate food journal on my phone, so I can't really transfer it here, but I will report my calorie total for every day (even though I'm not online more than 4 or 5 days a week). And I'll report my exercise. I don't know how many calories I burn exercising, but I can at least report time. Do my bike rides to work count? Even though one way requires almost no effort at all?
Take care all! Oh, and I almost forgot, my calorie budget is actually 1605. I programmed it into my phone & subtract every time I eat. So far today as of 3:25 I've had (or am in the process of having since I'm having some yummy almonds as a snack) 872 calories. I have 733 remaining for the day, and I'll probably have some yogurt and fruit later, but before dinner.