HAD A NICE WEEKEND EVEN W/going to the dentist. we went to the movies yesterday. weight the same.

Thankfully my weight is the same....
We went to a wedding yesterday and it was a long day. The wedding was a two hour drive away. It was quite stressful (the driving) and I got home very late. Then I had to get DH1 to the train station asap by 7am to catch the train to just about where we were yesterday! Crazy. I'm exhausted.

I ate lots of food... lots of food. The wedding was a mesh of two cultures and there was food from both cultures... and they really piled it on the plates. Unbelievable amount of food. I didn't feel like throwing it away. I actually only ate the one meal. I didn't have breakfast or lunch and this was supposed to be a lunch. It ended up being a very early dinner and an extremely late lunch.

So thankfully, the weight is the same.

Glad to hear that you had a nice day and you were able to keep your weight on track.
Too bad you couldn't stay over and take hubby to the train station and then go home instead of making the trek two days in a row.
Today the weather was nice and I got out with a friend for a long walk.

Wow.... that's what I want to do. Go for walks in the spring weather. We're just starting to warm up around here. We had one day when it was very cold (extreme) and one week later we were in the positives (celcius). crazy. That's why people are getting sick.

I haven't done much exercise... so much for getting in 30 min daily of something. Maybe next week. The kids are on holidays and my mom is staying with us.

My weight is the same today. 149.0. I went up half a pound and I seem to be staying there. It doesn't help that I went to the wedding and am eating some awesome food.... made by my mom.

I've been so burned out lately. I actually slept in for two days in a row... something that is unheard of for me. Maybe I'm low in iron. I'll have to go to the dr to find out.

Hope all is well with you.
I don't know what ever happend to Raymh. I thought she would chime in about now. I hope all is well with her.

I do wonder where Raymh went. I hope all is well with her

You may have hit a pleateu right now. Try maybe to get in 1x a week for exercise once you do that yo umay have the motivation to do more. :). start small. maybe make a goal like 2 - 3x a week 10 mins. once you get started you may find it easier to do more minutes or more days. starting off small may help you not feel overwhelmed. Enjoy the food your mom is making and don't feel bad especially if you aren't gaining weight. You seem to have learned portion control . now to add exercise. that seems to be what you want.

I'm doing ok . seem to be having trouble with losing .. but have been exercising at least and cutting carbs. I was around 177 - 178 lbs the last few months then I would drop lower then hit back to that weight. so plateau.
however today i'm 175 lbs. so maybe i'll hit a new plateau of 175 - 176 lbs for a bit before I go down again.

I need to work on eating. right now I'm just concentrating on exercise.. I am trying to measure foods when I can and trying to lower my intake of carbs. So, as not to get overwhelmed I'm trying to just onething at a time .
Enjoy your kids being home < My daughter has spring break this week too. Enjoy being with your mom too. How long is she staying?

We're expecting a bit of snow on Friday. LOL so strange how the weather is lately.

My mom is staying for the week. She's going back on Saturday night or Sunday morning. My brother will pick her up on his way back home. He'll be swinging by this way.

Oh, I am definitely enjoying her cooking. So much so that I've gained some weight. Ouch. All that work for the detox. My timing was just not right. I should have done it sooner or wait until the spring break is over.
Oh well.
Hopefully I won't do so much damage and I can jump back on the horse.

We went to the states yesterday.... Michigan...to take my DD's to a concert. We made a day of it and enjoyed some nice food along the way. Yes,,,,I overate. I know I did but I didn't seem to care. There's always tomorrow.
So 'tomorrow' i weighed in at 151.0! That's a two pound increase. Ouch. I think that I was more weight before yesterday... I might have gone up slightly due to the wedding. I don't know. I need to NOT let my weight get back up like that. I worked so hard for it.

I'm going to drink my 8 glasses of water today. I never do... but today I'm going to. I hope to flush out the 'bad' stuff. lol
Actually, I hope it's all salt intake and that I can flush it out. Here's to trying. At least I'll be homebound the rest of the week and I can control my food intake... at least I can try considering that mom is here!

Good for you for getting that weight down. I think you're right. I need to fit the exercise in more and you need to fit the eating right in more. You have to get a handle on the whole portion control thing. I think when you do that you will lose weight like crazy!!!! And don't for get the water.

It looks like we're going to have a pretty descent day tomorrow... weather-wise. I think I will suggest for us to go to the sugarbush.... the sap is surely flowing through the trees with this kind of weather! It will be nice to have hot pancakes with fresh maple syrup. Besides, my stash is almost out and I need to stock up on the fresh stuff again. Yummmmmm

I guess the whole eating right thing may have to wait until after spring break!!!!!
lol

okay.... so I didn't do a single thing I said i was going to do yesterday!
Hmmm.....
My weight said 151.0 again. At least I didn't go up but I didn't flush out all that salt. I guess it's there to stay.

Considering all you have been doing I think gaining only 2 lbs it a good thing. So , think of how much you lost and where you are now from last year. I'm sure with the fact that the spring break is over and mom is going on home soon you will get a handle on your weight.
Take your time in getting your exercise in. it will take your patience .. it doesn't happen overnight making a new habit

I do watch portions. .just that I'm not measuring every thing I eat. I ve been trying (I think Have succeeded in lowering the amt I'm eating) Exercise has been good the last two week. Went out to dinner last night and gained about .6 lb. I had an alcoholic drink last night something new for me. So that probably didn't help.

Yes.... you have to watch those alcoholic drinks. They really are loaded with calories. That's what I hear...I don't drink!

You have hit the nail on the head once again...
Yes... now that the spring break is over and mom has gone back home, I will watch what I eat and I will try to get in the habit I was forming of working out for at least 30 a day.
So... that being said, I am watching what I'm eating and I am going to measure everything today! I am going to get in as much water as I can. I also have just got back from the gym where I walked on the treadmill for 30 min. AND I already drank two glasses of water.
Not bad for the first day back onto this routine, eh?
I just hope that I can keep it up. It took so long to break out of the 150's and I was so glad that I was 149 for a bit. I worked so hard to break that and now I need to get back there.

Current weight:152.5 (I think..... my battery is going.... things are all over the place)
Goal weight; 140

Agh.....
12.5 pounds to go

**here we go again.

You are doing great.it is wonderful what you did on your first day back on track .. whoo hoo. do a little victory dance.

We are going again. We'll keep going until we get it right. do you have a plan on how many days a week you want to exercise? great job with the water.

I was doing well, than gained some weight back... boo hoo ;( now I seem to be losing again... shhhhhh I don't want to jinx it. I am doing hard work.. my goal was to workout 3x a week. so far i've been doing more than that. I know that's not much to exercise 10 mins . but if i can just get started i figured it would come.. I worked out 4 -5 days the last 2 weeks over 10 mins most days around 20 . So I'm doing a little happy dance. it's only tues and so far done exercise 3 x this week. :)

I thought i blew the eating yesterday eating hospital food.. we were in the waiting room most of the day and at the hospital for 12 hours. SIL's surgery seems to have gone well. I did bring some snacks hoping that was what helped. I also walked around a bit w/my daughter. phew

Hope you are enjoying your day.

Oh I really hope all went well with SIL's operation. I didn't realize that your SIL needed an operation. Was it a routine surgery?

Shhh..... your secret is safe with me. I won't tell anyone that you are losing weight. lol
Of course you are losing it with all the exercise you are gettting in. 10 mins a day is more than 0 mins a day. Every little bit helps. Good for you for getting in that much exercise.

I hope to get in 30mins of exercise a day for at least 6 days. I know it's a lot to try to get done, but I think I can do it. I'm staring slowly. I hope to get in 4-5 sessions this week. I'm usually on the treadmill watching a show on the tv. I hope to progress to weights (either free or machines). I used to love to do weights.

Okay... guess what?
You know that I was determined to measure all my food and increase my water intake yesterday, right? so I did... I measured everything and ate everything I was supposed to....no skimping on the food.
I ended up losing weight. Yup. I lost 2 pounds!!!!! How that happened I don't know. But I'm happy.
My weight was actually either 151.5 or 150.5 when I woke up. My battery has been on the fritz and I changed it in the morning. So i got two weights. I did step on it again and it did show 150.5 again. So I guess I'll go with that one.

Current weight; 150.5
goal weight: 140.0

**10.5 lbs to go
Sounds a lot better than it did yesterday.

I think my body wants to get rid of all that extra weight I put on and get me back to 149.0 so that I could have a fair chance to achieve my goal. lol
I'm not too sure that I will reach my goal by mid-April.

WOW You are doing great. Keep it up. I wish it was that easy for me. I lower my food intake , add exercise and it takes months for me to really show a little tiny weight loss.. You go. I'm so happy for you .. A bit jealous. But hey that's the way it goes.

Keep it up before you know it you'll be at your goal weight. Let me know how you do on your exercise.
Today I'm taking off. I did 3 days in a row.. plus a lot of walking around besides the exercise yesterday so i'm exhausted. I figure 3 on 1 day off maybe ok. Since, I have to go to a dr's appt w/my daughter I though i would rest today. Not sure if I'm driving yet. I'm so exhausted today.
Did lose a tiny tiny bit. not enough to mention. LOL

We'll keep track here and see if we can keep each other going.
If you want you can join one calorie at a time. we have things up to keep us motivated.

http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/one-calorie-at-a-time

Enjoy your day. Great job with eating, measuring , and exercise.

Thanks....
I will definitely check it out. We all need the encouragement wherever we can get it, right? lol

I measured and ate well yesterday. And i have something to show for it. I went down 0.5 lbs!!!!! That means that I am now at 150.0!
Two things:
1. Obviously I am losing when I watch what I eat, so I should watch what I eat everyday (except for the fun days/parties/ect.). This way I will lose. Plain and simple.
2. Water intake seems to be helping me as well. So why can't I continue with this? I lose the weight and then slide back into not drinking enough water. So, obviously I have to stay with it. I've done it before and i can do it again. I just have to get myself to like the taste of water again. Agh.

I am motivated when I see these results but I can't seem to stay motivated. I don't know. Maybe I'm still craving the comfort foods. The weather is awefull. I don't know how to dress anymore. It was starting to warm up and then fell back into the negatives. It's colder than usual for this time of year. The sun was shining and it was starting to warm up yesterday and today, it's gloomy and raining. This is the freezing rain we were expecting.... so two or so hours of this rain and then it warms up and the freezing rain will change to regular rain.
Crazy, right?

I was about to go to the gym and now I don't feel like it.
BTW, I did go to the gym yesterday and got in my 30 min of treadmill!

I went to the gym yesterday for 30min.
I weighed and measured all my food. I drank 4 glasses of water.
However, I overate a wonderful rice dish... I knew I was doing it but, it was so tasty and it was the leftovers of my mom's cooking. We had to finish it, right?
Anyways, I'm thankful that I'm the same weight today. I didn't gain anymore since I over ate. Maybe the gym helped balance things off? I did burn 100 calories.

Current weight: 150.0
**let's see what tomorrow brings!
***I'll check in a little later to see if you've chimed in. I'm off to a one hour yoga class.

You are doing great. I agree we have to drink our water. I've been cutting back a bit due to traveling. Don't want to have to stop when there is no place to stop the car LOL.

You are doing great .. I took yesterday off. Today I did 25 mins of exercise. I gained :( this morning. Not sure if it was that I ate late or what. probably to many carbs. I had lunch out with my daughter when we got back from the dr. we had a chicken parm hero and ceasar salad. it was split between the two of us. later that night i got hungry figuring i didn't eat to much i had some melon, tomatoes, piece of cow cheese, then had a serving of graham crackers w/sunbutter ... a fiber one lemon bar. too much for the night.;)
I woke up gaining the weight i lost the other day. :(. Oh well, have to work on what I'm eating and make sure I eat properly.

You are doing great I hope you can continue the routine.