I've fallen off that horse more times than I can count Shy. So, I'm with you. IF you need anything let me know. i know having this site to talk about what is going on has been a big help to me.

You can do it. We can do it together all of us.

So far, I've Walked Sunday and Monday. trying to get out today. It's very humid.. Still will try. Need to keep going. Then i'll have my goal of 3x a week and be able to add to that. just to make it a habit again.


eating has improved. not stressing as much. .just picking things i like and are healthy. So, far so good. it's only been a couple of days .

Shy let's start over together.

I'm in!!!!!!!
Definitely! We can do this together.
Yesterday I actually was craving a salad.... I had a choice between a fried snack food or a salad and I opted for the salad! I made it and enjoyed it while I was deep frying the snack for DH and DD#1. It was a small accomplishment but I was very proud of myself for it. Maybe my body is finally telling my mind that the two of them are finally in sync... lol!!!!
Whatever it is, I like it.

I was also pleasantly surprised to see that the scale was lowering in my favour this morning. I weighed in at 151.5 lbs! I know that I went down slightly... not sure how much but I'm aware of it now.
Oh... I forgot to mention that I ate quite healthy for the whole day... how I normally would eat! I made sure that I got in all my daily requirements! the only thing that I was missing was my veggies and I took care of that at 9pm... lol!

Looks like we're in the same boat right now. Let's stay IN t he same boat so that we can paddle together through this weight loss journey.

Weigh in tomorrow at your usual time and scale and post it... I'll do the same and then we have our starting point.
Let me know your goal weight and how much your realistically want to lose per week. Let's focus and give eachother support. WE can do this.

I am so happy to hear that you are back on track. you should be proud of yourself :) 3 cheers.
Your mind and body are definitely in sync now. Do you do any exercise when you eat healthy. If So, what do you do.

Well, after 3 days of getting back on track I'm down from 178.0 on Sunday today i'm 174.6 lbs. now to keep it up. I was busy yesterday and ate a very light dinner before taking my daughter for an eye exam. then went food shopping.. So ate well below my calories yesterday , plus took a 25 min walk .. so humid I only did about 1 mile.
Yes we can do it together. It always makes it easier . I'm making cabbage soup. Made some steamed eggplant. Hoping to eat healthy foods and try to keep track by weighing or measuring.

Do you have any favorite veggies and recipes for them?

What a day... OMG! What I thought was going to be a quick errand (about an hour) turned into a five hour trip! I'm so exhausted right now. There were so many stops my DH and myself ended up doing... it was great but some of them could have been done tomorrow. Actually, no... they cannot be done tomorrow. I have a late morning appointment and then ALL of my three kids have an appointment with the eye doctor! lol... it's like we're living parallel lives.

I spent the entire day shopping and came home pooped. I rested for a little bit (I actually quickly ate lunch at 5... yes, lunch at 5) Crazy. I don't know where the day went.
Then my DS asked me to go and see his soccer game at 6. How could I say no. So I went and came back not so exhausted.
Dinner? lol.
DH said he would take us all out for authentic English fish and chips! Yay. Yummy. It's been a while. But it's fried food. Agh. What to do. He really has a craving and, obviously, I have not prepared anything today. Of course, we have to wait until he finishes watching the FIFA soccer game he had to leave earlier. Hmm... late dinner and fried food on top of that.
What's a girl to do?
I have a feeling that my weight is going to skyrocket.

Don't worry about it Shy Just take it in stride. OH did you gain weight from the fish and chips and eating so late? You had a very busy day yesterday. Good luck with all the appts. today. eating fried food once in awhile should be ok. keep you from craving too . :)
Don't stress take a deep breath. Try to get in some small exercise that may help with the stress :) hopefully your weight won't skyrocket . Let me know what's going on.

I've walked Sun - Wed. it was really hard yesterday. I took my walk after standing and cooking and cleaning the kitchen for hours. It was later in the day and I think the heat and humidity got to me. I did gain some weight back today. Think it's all the water I drank yesterday had 100 ounces or more. Also, ate a lot of fiber rich foods yesterday . Did have a treat last night of 1/2 serving of dark choc. ???/ Well will see how i do today.

lol
Yup... I hear you. Don't stress. I'm trying not to. lol
I ended up weighing in at 152.0 lbs this morning. So not so bad overall. Only gained 0.5 lbs with the late night fish and chips. Oh, and a cinnabon. And two chocolate chip cookies that DD#1 made yesterday while I was out doing errands. They were so delicious. She really does have a knack for baking.
So... overall not so bad. IF I manage to stay on track today, I shouldn't see too much gain... hopefully.

I was running around two garden centres after my appointment. They had some massive clearance and I found the plants I was looking for but had no time yet this year!
I plan to get in my exercise today with gardening... or leaving it until next week as DH is going out of town with DS. The lawn has to be cut before the next four days of rain are going to hit us by Saturday! I think I will get my exercise done that way. lol... it looks like that's how I'll get the exercise next week.
This weekend i plan on painting DD#2's bedroom. That will be my exercise lol!

Yuck... no offence. I hate dark chocolate. I've given it many chances and everytime, I still don't like it.
You can see the kind of treats i'm into.... in fact, i'm eating one of those chocolate chip cookies as I write this.

You are doing great SHY with your eating. I wish i was down to 152 Lb. I weighed in at 178 lbs when I gained. up about 3 - 4 lbs. not in one week though.
Funny you should mention gardening.. I did some yesterday. Then later went for a walk. I did not do that much so, it was just a little extra exercise for me :).
Sounds like you are on your way to losing weight.

As for the dark choc. I didn't like it when i was younger. For some reason it tastes really good to me now ,.. I buy hershey's special dark choc. that has some sugar in it.. or lindts(sp) with intense orange , or with chili. yum.
I too love choc chip cookies. :).

I am getting on track with my eating. trying to make a habit of weighing my food to get the right portion control . Also, trying to eat more often during the day so i don't binge at night. So far so good.
Seems exercise helps me eat better. If i can't exercise i lose track with the eating. I don't now if it's frustration or that I can't seem to lose w/0 exercise....

152.0 lbs.... staying on course... but it's hard with the poor choices I'm making lately.
Been so busy painting DD#2's room with so much fine detail, that we've been eating fast food :(

I'm sorry I don't have much time to post today...

Glad you are on track. I lost this week then gained from yesterday. went to visit family and didn't eat properly. didn't measure serving size. Oh well, I will continue to do better today.
Good luck with the painting. What color are you doing for DD#2's room?
If i remember correctly I exercised 6 out of the last 7 days.

You're doing so well.... you should be very proud of yourself, I know I'm proud of you! You are staying on track as best as you can while fitting in all other obligations. Good for you!
You have the perfect attitude that will get you to your goal... don't even sweat it that you won't get there. Life happens... we have to deal with family events, parties etc.... and the best attitude (one that I also share) is to enjoy yourself because these times are what memories are made of. You can always go back to eating healthy and watching and weighing your food the next day! As long as your keep yourself checked, there should be no problem.

I hope you had a nice time with your family.

We are painting the room pink... not bubblegum pink... not a bold pink... not a wishy-washy pink... but the most beautiful shade i have seen in a long time. It looks so classy and elegant. We found the shade within the first five minutes of walking in the store. She's doing a french inspired room complete with Eifel towers! She actually bought these towers when she was at the Eiffel tower! There is a border we are hand painting... that is a lot of work. We've had to make a stencil and trace it on the wall.
I realized that the baseboard has to be repainted (or touched up) and I have no paint! Yikes... this project keeps lingering on. However, it will look very beautiful once the border is painted.... hopefully today! I have to get her mattress out of DD#1's room so she can get to her dresser. lol

Thanks for the support Shy. Sounds like you have a major project going. Sounds lovely. How are you doing with your eating.

We went out yesterday for breakfast and dinner.. Daughter took me out for my B.D. and we went to dinner last night since it was. LOL we also went for a massage. that was my Hanukkah present. I was so tired after the massage and relaxed it was wonderful .. will like to do it again. on the other hand my daughter left in so much pain I had to take her to the chiropractor. Don't know what happened there.

Gained 2 lbs. . I ate carefully. .i think a lot of it was i ate a bit too much food and way too much salt., Who am i kidding probably a lot more food than a person should who's watching their weight lol

I hope your project gets done soon. Maybe, you can post a picture of it here on diet and fitness buddies ??? It would be nice to see. If you know how? I know I have no idea how to download pictures from a camera :)

Enjoy your day and your family

For sure... I'll try to post a pic just as soon as I get this painting done!
Lol.... not really... I went for an appointment at the hospital yesterday... what s hould have been an hour or an hour and a half maximum ended up being 41/2 to 5 hours... I stopped counting.
There was a big mixup and running around in circles... totally the hospital's fault. They apologized llike crazy but my whole day was ruined. My nerves were frazzled. I tried to paint the border and seriously started to mess it up. I figured that I just need to rest and have left the chore for today... when I'm much calmer(hopefully). I wanted to get it done yesterday for several reasons but I had to sacrifice... not sure now about the other stuff that's supposed to happen today.
Anyways... I try to post a pic of the wall and then I'll post a pix of the whole room when the furniture comes in towards the middle of August.

That's weird about your daughter having issues with her massage. I certainly hope that she's okay. What did the chiropractor say?
Happy belated birthday to you!!!! May the next year see you in improved health and your goal weight achieved!

Oh dear, so sorry to hear that you were put threw so much. why were you there in the first place, I hope everything is ok? It's amazing how hospitals can mess things up. You did have a very stressful day. I hope today is a better one.

don't remember what the chiropractor said. he was baffled too. I think maybe, it was some muscle spasms. I guess she's not going to do that again.

You will get the room done. as for the things you planned to do , see what you can get done and move them to another day. If you can delegate what you can't do to someone else(if that's possible) you 've been very busy.

I fell off the wagon yesterday gained 3 lbs today. Had a big sushi dinner last night and didn't eat right yesterday. Had some pizza (not a while slice even). Just too much salt and probably to many calories.
Trying to get back on track today.

how are you doing with the eating?

my eating is up and down right now... looks like i've gained weight as well. I was doing quite well and actually lost half a pound and saw the scale at least read 151.5. It was so nice to see another number! That was yesterday... I also ate pizza ( and quite a bit) and i weighed in at 154.0lbs this morning. I beiieve that it is the salt content as well, as I ate other salty things with it. My pizza was home made so I controlled what went in but I couln't control the other stuff.
Oh well.... pizza is my favourite... I have to have it often enough.... and its' usually home made.

Gotta run.. another appointment.

Home made pizza is the best. I make it too. I leave the salt out of the crust when I make it It's hard when we have a day w/lots of salt. If it's your favorite food then enjoy. If you get used to having it and feel it's ok not a problem you may learn to eat a bit less of it.(Sounds like you are like me and feel it's a no no food,cheat, food/ for special occasions only)

Also, what do you put on it? I know I get lower salt mozzarella too. So, enjoy and see if you can cut the salt (if you want to do that & have it as often as you like. ).... you are doing great,

I lost some of the weight I gained on Sunday. Salt the culprit and too much food too.

How is the room painting coming along?