One Day at a Time Challenge

[SeattleSue]

I have been struggling. I am having difficulty going consecutive days OP, stopped tracking, and have no good reason for any of it. :bcb_huh: Well, the excuses *sound* good at the time, but they're not.

I've decided that I need to be accountable right now, one day at a time. Today is a lost cause in terms of points, but I can finish out the day by making the best choices I can make, and I can track everything.

My personal challenge: for today (4/1) I will track everything I eat for the rest of the day and not treat the rest of the day as a "free for all." Starting tomorrow (4/2), I am going to post every day this month to be accountable for how my day is going (I tend to disappear when things are not going well, as if that makes a difference), I am going to track my food and I will :bcb_kick: myself in the butt and follow WW as if my life depends on it.

[s_suther]

So, how are you doing this evening? Everything going as planned?? One day at a time, girl. "I'll give you today." That's what I promise my CommanDO buds each morning.

[SeattleSue]

Thanks for your note, Shannon - so far so good this afternoon. It's early yet on this coast (6pm), but since posting I've been doing well. Wanted to go to the store for junk late afternoon at work (I was bored) and decided to reach for a 1 pt. bar instead, and then tracked it. I have some leftovers for dinner that I will measure out and track and a relaxing evening watching Biggest Loser. I *will* do this!

[rn&momof3]

Sounding good Sue. Have you made a plan food wise for tomorrow? I always find it helpful to plan out my meals for the next day the night before so that there's no excuses.

[SeattleSue]

Joyce, I don't normally plan ahead (unless something unusual is coming up), but given how "well" I've been doing, planning sounds like a plan. :bcb_wink3

My breakfasts have been totally OP throughout my off time - same stuff I always have (protein shake with either cereal/milk or kashi waffles). So that will stay the same. Weekday lunch is always one of my Eating Right frozen dinners. Dinner will need some attention - I've got an MRI scheduled at 5, and I will be leaving there around the time I normally start preparing dinner. So I have to decide if I will bring a snack to hold me over until I get home, or research what is in that area to eat at before I hop on the bus. I'll work on that. My biggest issue these past few weeks has been snacking. I now have some 1 pt. bars in the office, and our office orders in a fresh fruit basket at reception, so I really have no excuse to go to the lobby junk-food store. And I really must stop the daily mocha habit. Even though it's fat free, it's become my "gateway drug" :bcb_blush - you know, "well, as long as I'm getting the mocha, why don't I also get [insert food porn here]." I've got 5 boxes of tea on my desk. I'll make tea instead and save some money (both on the mocha and the junk I buy with it!).

Thanks, Joyce, for prompting me to think of a plan for tomorrrow.

[Falcon]

Can I join you, Sue? Sounds like I am in the same place you are. I've done well by cannot seem to get my act together lately. If you don't mind, I'll also post my journal everyday this month.

Thanks.

[SeattleSue]

Hi Cathy - I'd love some company. Well, I'm sorry somebody else needs to deal with a struggle, but together I think we can kick some butt. :)

[Falcon]

I had a ww smoothie with banana for breakfast and am off to the grocery store to get some much needed healthy food.

[SeattleSue]

Good job, Cathy! I had my usual breakfast (protein shake/cereal/milk) and brought lunch in. I've already posted in my daily thread, and obviously here. I'm feeling better today. Oh, and I've tracked my food for yesterday and so far today. You know you were doing pretty badly when you're glad you "only" ate 59 points yesterday. :bcb_blush Today will be better.

My week officially begins on Thursdays (I normally have WI today, but I have an MRI, so I'll have to skip it). So I'm living today as if I have no weekly points left, and will stick to my 31 points. Tomorrow I'll begin the new week as normal. We can do this!

[stblk]

SeattleSue,

You have to think about what an inspiration you are to many people who are struggling. You weight loss so far is incrediable!! Currently your struggle is staying on track but try to focus on how far you have come!
Congratulations not only for the weight loss but for the ability to recognize that you need extra help at this diffucult time.

Sylvie

[LaceyJo]

I'm right there with you girls. This week started off ok and then come Monday night I felt I was just at a total loss. I just can not get my BIG 'OLE BUTT in gear. I started back on WW a couple weeks ago and posted this whole big thing about how I was back for good this time blah blah blah and now look at me. I am a PMS'ing bloated overeating points maniac :bcb_cry: I even had a loss last week of almost 3 pounds and now that is gone. I am so disappointed in myself. I read on here somewhere yesterday I believe where some girl named Hannah (or Hanna) posted this thing that she posted several years back about being an all or nothing person, and I totally related to that. I need to get out of that mind set and turn now to a ONE DAY AT A TIME type of person. So, I guess after all tht blabbing, what I am really asking is if you have room for another?

[Falcon]

LaceyJo - We absolutely have room for another! I was thinking yesterday about my all or nothing attitude. Yesterday I was perfectly Op. The day before I was perfectly Off program. I have tried very hard this time in my weight loss effort to let go of my perfectionism. I credit my success so far with letting go of perfectionism. My attitiude this time around is that I WILL NOT QUIT. I'm staying with WW through the good, bad and ugly - and there's been some of each over the last year and half!

I'm having another problem now. I think I am being too easy on myself. I haven't lost any weight in 4 months. I do well, then not so well, forgive myself and press on. At this rate losing 100 lbs. will take forever!

I had a great day yesterday, knowing I was going to post here. I got all my healthy 8s and stayed within my points. I am on track for another great day today. How was your day yesterday, Sue? How is going today, Sue and LaceyJo?

Cathy

[SeattleSue]

Sylvie, thanks for your words of encouragement. I had lost 35 then gained back 11 of them. I decided I needed to do something before I gained it all back again, like I always did before. I'm really tired of that. So I'm glad if I can help others by reaching out for help!

LaceyJo, welcome! How are you doing today?

Cathy - congrats on a great day yesterday! I think being accountable really helps, at least for me.

I had a wonderful day yesterday. Since my week usually starts on Thursday, I decided to treat yesterday like I had no weekly points left. I was thrilled to say I only went over my daily points by 1.5! And that included eating out dinner! On a normal week, if I hadn't eaten my weekly points in the first 6 hours of the week :bcb_wink3 it would've been totally okay.

So far so good today. I had to drive in to work today (instead of the usual bus) and my parking spot brought me right by this latte place that has really good [food porn]. I immediately thought of going since my car was already parked nearby. Then I caught myself, realized I was doing it out of habit or boredom or whatever - I do NOT need a "snack" an hour after eating breakfast! - especially since the last "snack" I got from there came to 17 points! :bcb_cry: I brought lunch with me, and I'm meeting a friend for dinner after a doctor's appointment. I picked out the restaurant so I already know what they have and how to fit it into my day.

[SeattleSue]

Thought I'd make myself accountable for what I almost did. Somebody put all this junk food at reception. I went to look, picked up a truffle, even memorized the nutrition info for it so I could go back and put it in my planner. I wrote the calories/fat/fiber down on a post-it note. Then I proceeded to eat the truffle and tell myself that it was so small and insignificant that I didn't really have to track it. EXCUSE ME? :bcb_drill I don't have to track it?!

I am so grateful that I caught myself doing that. This is how I got in trouble last time, making justifications for why I could do what I was doing as I ate myself into an 11 pound gain. So that "insignificant" truffle ended up being 3 points! SO not worth it, if I had it to do over again. So yes, I did track it! Next time I'll maybe stop to think before I eat it, but I'll take this little victory!

[LaceyJo]

Hey ladies. Thanks so much for welcoming me in. I did make it to WI last night and I was up a half a pound. I was pleased with that (I know it is nothing to be pleased about but it is also TOM and a half pound gain for that is normal for me anyway) so it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. The topic of our meeting last night was emotional eating and she just kept talking and the more and more she talked the more emotional I became and I was in tears by the end of it. I really needed that meeting.

I have decided that in my One Day at A Time challenge for myself, that I need to start with baby steps to get myself back on track 100%. The thought of journaling, tracking, weighing, planning, on top of everything else I have going on right now just makes me so anxious and that is when I start to fail. I am deciding that for this week, I am just going to be CONSCIOUS (sp) of my eating and make better choices. So far, so good. I had a meeting this morning and the room was set up full of pastries and stuff and I made the choice of fruit instead. Then at lunch instead of heading to a fast food place and regretting it later, I picked my DH up and we went to Subway and I had a wonderful sub, some baked chips, and water. I know I am not doing everything you need to do to be POP, but I feel like it was a good day for me because I did not make bad choices. Once I get this under my belt, then I will move on to adding some more to it and SLOWLY but SURELY I will get back to where I need to be. I am optimistic. I KNOW I will make it through today. I will face tomorrow when it gets here.

How have you ladies been today? I am hoping that you are re-energized by this challenge as much as I am. I think in taking some of the pressure of, I do not feel as doomed to fail. Does that make sense? I know that my way of thinking right now is not the hard core BC way of thinking, but I would rather take these small steps and work my way back with support than to leave again and end up gaining more and hating myself for it. I hope you all feel the same.

Take care ladies and I will check in more later :wave:

[SeattleSue]

Hi LaceyJo! Sounds like you've got a good plan worked out and are doing well.

Cathy, how are you doing?

I'm actually doing very well. I weathered some challenges yesterday and got through them and stayed OP, which is good. Went out to dinner with my friends and didn't go crazy with the menu, even though there were about a dozen other things I wanted that were probably like 50 point dinners. :bcb_wink3 I was proud of sticking with it!

It's really helping me a lot to post here. I tend to isolate when I struggle, because then I don't have to be accountable for what I'm doing, as if that somehow is fooling myself. That's how I've lost 50 pounds twice and gained it all (and more) back. This time I really want it to be different and a lifestyle change. And if it means babysteps to get there, well, so be it!

[Falcon]

Hi. I'm still here! We have company and I haven't gotten much computer time. Yesterday did not go as well as planned. I was great all day, then at a weak moment I ate a bunch of Goldfish. I hate that I didn't have another perfect day, but there it is. I am back on the straight and narrow and today has been wonderful. I love it when I'm in control of my eating.

Sue - Good for you for tracking the truffle. Writing down every bite we eat, when we eat it, can stop us from going down a slippery slope. Even when we don't track points, our body does! Congrats on staying OP when going out with friends. Isn't it obscene how many points are some restaurant dishes?! I also tend to hide when I'm not doing well -there's no hiding for us this month!

Lacey - I rarely miss my meetings, but I didn't go this week. I wish I had gone, as emotional eating is such an important topic. Sounds like you have a great plan. My leader always talks about making gradual. small changes. I think that is the key to making this a lifestyle change, and not a diet.

Good night and looking forward to a great Saturday. I will have all DH's family here Sa and Su so the weekend will be a challenge, but I know I can do it.

[Falcon]

Hi Lacey and Sue. I'm off to a good start this morning and hope ou are as well.

[SeattleSue]

Hi Cathy - glad you're doing well this morning. I am too. Could've been a disaster if I didn't have quick things in the house - I was supposed to drive my husband to his umpiring job this morning so I could have the car. Due to a miscommunication, he didn't wake me until 15 minutes before he had to leave. So there wasn't time for my typical breakfast. I had just bought these pre-packaged cheddar slices (each 3/4 oz.) and I had some blueberry bran muffins in the freezer. Nuked it for a minute, shoved the cheese in my mouth and I had a quick meal on the run - so quick I even had time to track it! :)

I am determined to do well today. Often, when Phil is gone all day and I'm on my own, it can be a "free for all" day because "nobody's looking" - well, today I'm looking, and you guys are looking, and I need to come back and tell you what I did, so I don't want to be embarrased by it! :)

Off to run more errands. Hope you both have a great day!

[Falcon]

Sue - Great job staying OP even when plans change. How did you do yesterday with DH gone? I hear ya about eating when no one else is around. That is a BIG problem of mine.

I wanted April to be a perfect OP month, but it is not. I did not track my points yesterday, but I know I didn't get in all my healthy 8s and probably went over my points. It wasn't a horrible cay, but not what I wanted!!! This is just the reason I haven't lost weight in over 3 months.

I didn't want to tell you, Sue and Lacey, that I didn't do well, but I promised myself I would not hide.

WIth your help, I feel that today can be a great day. How about ya'll? How is your day going

[SeattleSue]

Cathy, I'm really proud of you for coming and sharing your day yesterday when it wasn't quite what you hoped - you're right, we just can't hide! Awareness is a really important thing - knowing your off-program rather than just denying it and doing what you want. I bet today will be better for you!

I actually had a good day yesterday and stayed on program, which is a change for me when he's out all day and I'm on my own. I had the car for a change (rare for a Saturday), so after dropping him off at the softball field for the day I decided to do run a million errands with the car. Lunchtime was approaching and I was in a neighborhood I wasn't familiar with and happened to pass an Applebees - so I decided to go there and eat off their WW menu which worked well.

I passed a few latte places and wanted something instantly and then realized I really didn't so ignored it and kept shopping. I was amazed that I ignored all the sample people in Whole Foods too! I realized dinner would be late because of the time I had to pick Phil up (and he needed to eat then too), so I came home and had a snack and picked him up later. He suggested indian food and I decided to use some of my weekly points to do that since I hadn't touched them yet. So that was really fun and nice to know I didn't have to feel guilty about it. And it was nice to say yes to his dinner ideas - all week I've been saying no because they would've messed me up.

Hope we all have a great OP day!

[LaceyJo]

Hey ladies. This weekend has been somewhat crazy for me. Emotionally it has been a roller coaster and today is the year anniversary of my "mom's" death. She was my great-aunt but raised me from the time I was 7 years old. I have been back and forth emotionally but have managed to remain strong in my eating and making better choices. Last week's meeting on emotional eating came and just the right time for me.

I hopped on the scale this morning and with TOM over and my better choices, I am pleased to say that I am expecting an AWESOME loss this week:bcb_happy I won't jinx myself by saying how much, but I am pleased and it only helps me to realize even more that by taking it one day at a time, I am setting myself up for success instead of overwhelming myself and setting myself up for failure. I hope you all are feeling that way, too.

Sue--Congrats on passing up the latte joints. That was an AWESOME choice that you made and I hope it gave you the confidence to know that you were in control. One of my biggest weaknesses is always stopping when I am out for food or drinks and I end up regretting the calories and the damage to my checkbook. So congrats on that and keep up the great work.

Cathy-I'm sorry you were disappointed, but by coming here I hope that it made you feel better. Maybe instead of hoping for a POP month, you could try for a POP day and then try a week and so on so you don't feel so overwhelmed. I know you can do whatever you set your mind to. Keep us posted on how you're doing.

Ok, I hope I didn't miss anyone. I'll check in with you all tomorrow :) Good night :wave:

[SeattleSue]

LaceyJo, I totally understand about how you feel with your "mom's" death - my mom died when I was 13 and those anniversaries can be really hard sometimes, even now that it's been 32 years! Sending hugs your way.

Glad you're doing so well otherwise. I just had a major victory I'm very proud of - we went for sushi for lunch (a typical Sunday lunch for us, and low points, which is nice) and afterward I decided to use some more of my weekly points to go to this pie place I like. I brought it home, weighed it on the scale so I could better figure out the points (I don't like those generic "1 piece" descriptions - on a bad day I could easily justify a 2 pound "piece" of pie! LOL ) So I figure out it will 11 points. Yeah, that's a lot, but their stuff is really worth it. I heat it up, start eating it and decide that nah, this one is not that good, and certainly not 11 points worth! So I weighed it again to see how much I ate, tracked that and threw out the rest. A week ago I would've eaten it because it was there, so I'm thrilled that I just tossed it out and decided it wasn't worth it to me. Maybe there's hope for me yet! :bcb_wink3

My WI is Wednesday - it'll be 2 weeks since my last one at that point, 1 week still off-program, 1 week OP. I'll be curious to see what happens. But no matter what, I feel better that I'm staying OP - that's really the most important thing to me right now!

[LaceyJo]

A week ago I would've eaten it because it was there, so I'm thrilled that I just tossed it out and decided it wasn't worth it to me. Maybe there's hope for me yet! :bcb_wink3

Sue- I could have written that myself. Growing up we were told you ate what was on your plate. I guess that is what happens when your parents lived through the depression when there wasn't much to go around and you ate anything you could get. So growing up in that mentality, it has been really hard for me to stop sometimes. That is one of the main reasons why I have shied away from trying Core because I just don't think I could stop eating right now even if I was full if there was still food left. I am still working on that. I am glad you conquered it. CONGRATS!!!!:bcb_bravo

[Falcon]

I'm so glad we are coming here to stay accountable. I had a great day and really felt in control. After my last post, I wrote down my food plan for the day and stuck to it. I do best when I plan out my whole day ahead of time. I never used to be able to that, but now find it really helps me stay on track. I have a plan for tomorrow, then I am off for 3 days of camping with my Girl Scout troop.

I always eat well when we are camping and I get plenty of exercise. There is no refrigerator or pantry to raid when you're camping! This time we are camping on a remote island so there will be no food temptations. I get down sometimes when I think about how long it has taken me to lose weight, but when I do things like camping I realize what a blessing it is to be 50 lbs. lighter. I can do so much more and I feel so much better since losing weight. A few weeks ago our troop went whitewater rafting - I don't know that I would have done that at my heaviest weight.

I went to a WW meeting today since I won't be here for my regular TU meeting. My weight was the same, which is what I thought I would be. Next WI WILL be better.

Sue - My cat looks just like yours! Everytime I see your avatar I think I'm looking at my cat, Luna. I'll try to post a picture.

You are on a roll Sue - Passing up the lattes and samples and going out to dinner. That's fantastic. I also have to really think about going out to eat. Somedays I can handle it easily and sometimes I know going out to eat will derail me. And stopping half way through a piece of pie?! I didn't know it was possible. Good for you.

LaceyJo - Congratulations on weathering an emotional weekend without using food to cope. That is a great sucess! I missed the meeting last week, but my leader said they talked about the word HALT to address emotional eating. Ask yourself are you Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired when you want to eat. Is that what ya'll talked about?

Glad the scale is giving you good feedback. What day is your offiial WI?

Off to bed now. Bye.

[LaceyJo]

Well Monday is off to a rather BLAH start. I just hate getting out of the bed. I could stay there all day! ANYWAY...

It is supposed to be BEAUTIFUL here today, in the 70's, so hopefully if I get home at a decent hour, I might take Avery to the Capital (our state Capital and where my DH works) for a stroll. I had planned on it yesterday but Avery's nap was postponed an hour or so so he didn't get up until late and it was dinner and all that and I just didn't have enough daylight to get a walk in. I think I will make a point to do it this evening. It will be my first actual ON PURPOSE attempt at activity since I started WW this time around. Hey, maybe we will make it a daily thing if the weather keeps up. I also would like to take our new dog with us to see how he does on walks. He is a Min Pin and he gets plenty of exercise running in our yard and around the house, but I would like to take him on walks from time to time.

Cathy- My WI is on Wednesday. I am actually looking forward to a WI. I can't hardly believe that came out of my mouth. Yes, we did talk about HALT. It was a wonderful meeting.

Sue- How are things going today? I hope you are up and ready for a great day!

Take care ladies and I will talk to you later :wave:

[SeattleSue]

Hi ladies! Hope your day is going well so far!

Cathy, have lots of fun on the camping trip. I was a girl scout, but we never went on any camping trips. Well, unless you count "camping" in some church basement. :bcb_happy I'd love to see a photo of your Luna. I love my guy, Olias. When I figure out a way to post a full photo of him, I'll do that!

LaceyJo, I've never been a dog lover, but I do love min pins - my best friend had one. I loved how fierce he thought he was at that size! :bcb_grin Enjoy your walk.

My WI is Wednesday. I sneaked a peak at the scale this morning and it was lower than last time I got on, so that's good! Even if the weight was the same, at least I know my habits are improving.

Thanks for posting here - your support has really been so helpful!

[Falcon]

Well, I think I'm ready for camping. I know I'm ready for bed now - I'm exhausted!

I'll post again when I get back on Friday.

Hope ya'll both have a fantastic few days and I look forward to reading about your succeses when I get back!

[LaceyJo]

Cathy-
Have a great time camping! I have never been the camping kind. I can honestly say I've never been, but I would go if I had a camper. No tent camping for me. LOL Enjoy yourself.

Sue-
How are things going today? I hope well. I am glad that you are seeing some progress since we all started posting here. I look forward to what your results will be tomorrow. Yeah, Min Pins are the "King of the Toys" and full of theirself at that. Thank you for saying that you appreciate my postings. It made my morning that someone felt I am doing something to support them. I appreciate you and Cathy as well.

Well, the walk didn't happen. Instead, we took Avery to the park that Jason and I were married in and it so happend that they just built this new playground right next to the garden we were married in. So we went there and let him play. He had a BLAST. He is going through this phase of not wanting to hold our hand when walking and not wanting to sit in the stroller and he just starts screaming so I figured why fight with him, just let him play. So that is what we did and we all had fun just to be out in the warm air and sun.

I had a NSV last night too. We went to Taco Bell and I had ordered a burrito supreme made with chicken and no beans and they gave me a grilled stuft burrito and instead of eating it and sucking it up, I went back and had them correct it. I know they use butter or something to fry that thing and I just didn't want it. FYI- The burrito I order is 7 points. It is pretty much a HUGE chicken soft taco and it is filling.

Ok, gotta run. MOre later :wave:

[SeattleSue]

Cathy, look forward to hearing from you when you get back - have fun!

LaceyJo, I'm with you - camping must involve some sort of bed and a toilet. Not very outdoorsy now, am I? :bcb_happy Good job, BTW, on making them correct that meal for you! It's almost like we're trained to just accept what people do for us even when it's wrong because it's too much trouble. But if we politely point out our needs, I think it's great to learn to take care of ourselves!

I'm doing well. Yesterday I planned for the fact that dinner would be late, and it went very well. Even went out for pizza and caesar salad and stayed OP! Tonight dinner will also be late - I've got a doctor's appointment and have to go immediately to a Meetup group at a coffee shop. I've planned snacks again, and will probably have points for a nonfat latte later - if not, I'll just have some green tea. I have dinner planned at home - I don't normally plan ahead for dinner, but my husband accidentally left some frozen chicken out on the counter for several hours, so now it's refrigerated and will go bad if we don't eat it. :bcb_smile

This has been a crazy week, and I'm glad I've been working with it, planning ahead for what I know is odd meal timing. Tomorrow will be crazy too - this happens once a month where a church meeting falls right after my WI. So I go right from work to WW, then to McDonalds (only thing I can eat in 20 minutes between meetings) and then on to the other meeting. I know the points value of a few things off the top of my head there, so can plan according to how my day is going and how many weekly points are left (since Wed. is the last day of my week).

Now I just have to watch how I handle today. It's very slow here, so I'm bored, and it's only 10:15 a.m.! Me being bored can be a bad thing. :bcb_worry But since I know I have to come here later and admit whatever I may do, it helps me not do it. :bcb_wink3

[SeattleSue]

Happy Wednesday, ladies! Hope you're doing well.

I stayed OP yesterday despite all my challenges, and that made me feel really good. We can so definitely do this!

I have my WI tonight, but I'm going for chinese food at lunch with a friend and having a big bowl of salty noodle soup, so I have a feeling it will affect the scale. But that's okay, becuase I know I've been OP and won't be discouraged if the loss isn't what I hoped. I've made a lot of positive changes since I started this at the beginning of April, and that's a good thing!

[LaceyJo]

I lost 6 pounds!!!!:bcb_grin Can you tell I am excited???? I don't have much time right now but I did want to post because you all knew my WI was tonight. I can't thank you girls enough for letting me join in here and I really believe that without taking this journey One Day at A Time, then I would have given up again. I will be back for more tomorrow. I want to update my ticker and then watch the rest of Idol and then go to bed. Thanks again girls!

[SeattleSue]

:bcb_bravo!!! That's wonderful news! I'm really proud of you for sticking with it!

I had my WI tonight too. I was down 1.4. Considering I had salty chinese food for lunch, that was pretty good! I earned another star and they wanted to give it to me in the meeting, but I told them no, it's my second time through that weight, so I'd rather just take it privately and enjoy the moment.

[SeattleSue]

Sorry I didn't post here yesterday - I realized I posted in my daily thread and then forgot to come over here too! So at least I fulfilled my promise to post every day. Can't say I kept my promise though to stay OP. :bcb_mad:

On Wed. I stopped at the drugstore on my way home from my many meetings and picked up some <food porn> that I thought of as a yellow light food. It was on sale and I honestly thought I could control it. Well, I obviously can't, and it's obviously a red light food and can't ever come in my house again. I binged all of it. So I decided to not beat myself up over it, wake up on Thursday, and it would be done. Well, I did well until I got home from work. Realized I still had one more of them, ate that, then decided dinner wasn't enough and heated some frozen burritos. Then I went to town on some other stuff in the house that isn't normally a problem, but I was in grazing/binge mode. I woke up today, decided I would have a good OP day, got to work and by 9am it was as if I was starving to death. Nevermind I had breakfast at 7am that usually holds me until noon. So I decided to go out and get coffee. Somehow "coffee" morphed into egg & cheese sandwich, a donut and a full-fat mocha. :bcb_confu So now I feel sick and pissed off at myself.

I am going to eat OP for the rest of the day. This is not happening again, and I'm pulling in the reigns NOW before it gets any more out of control. And naturally, I didn't want to come here and admit this was going on, but I knew I needed to. I'm going to dinner with friends tonight, and I just went online, read the menu and picked out my dinner so I do not have to read the menu there and be tempted by other things that I know they have. The friends I'm going with are all 100+ overweight and don't particularly care about that and love to binge-eat, so I'll just have to hold tight to my goal today and not let them influence me. Well, they don't influence me directly (they do respect my being on WW), but sometimes it's easy to fall into a pattern, you know, and I can only blame myself. Well, this time it's not happening.

Hope you ladies are having a better day than mine has started out as! Thanks for listening.

[LaceyJo]

So now I feel sick and pissed off at myself.

Ok, I am in the same boat as you. Whoever named this the One Day at a Time Challenge was RIGHT ON. I went from dropping six pounds to eating anything that isn't tied down in a matter of 2 days. I guess I wanted to "celebrate" and I thought even if I gain a little, I still lost a lot and so it was ok. I just don't understand how I keep on managing to self-destruct even when I succeed. Talk about PISSED OFF :bcb_mad2



And naturally, I didn't want to come here and admit this was going on, but I knew I needed to.

Had you noticed I was nowhere to be seen after I reported my GLORIOUS VICTORY on Wednesday night? Reading your post, Sue really made me realize that if I am going to take it one day at a time, I need to stop acting like a baby and do it one day at a time, even if it is an OFFP day, I still need to come here and suck it up and say I have been OFFP. KWIM?


Ok, so that is my pitty party for now. I have had a hellacious week at work and I am sure that is not making matters any better, but I have to learn to deal with things in another way. I really think I need medicated but that is another story for another day.....

Try and have a good rest of your day...

[Falcon]

I'm back!!! Had a great time camping. I love tent camping, but must say I really refer to have a bathroom available (which we did : ) ) The island was fabulous. You can only get there by boat so it is not crowded; there are wonderful wild horses and a deserted beach.

I've caught up on your posts and see we are WW triplets. Seems we all have a nasty habit of self destructing after a victory. We've all have minor setbacks. While camping, I did not track my food as planned, but ate OP since that was all the was available. When I got home last night I ate a bunch of junk. Why? Don't know, but I am trying to figure it out so it doesn't happen again. Let's ut the bad choices behind us and plan for an OP day. Today is a new day and it can be a GREAT day!

We must post everyday to stay accountable! How are ya'll doing today?

[LaceyJo]

All right girls. Where are you??? I know, I know, I have been MIA, too but I am here now and I am looking for my buddies. I managed to make it to the store last night to buy some OP things and I have started the day out right. We won't go into my weekend of a pity-party for myself but I am here now. I have NO IDEA why I let myself go off track when I did so good last week. I know that I deserve to go in to WI this week and be up the 6 I lost if not more. I mean it is ABSOLUTLEY RIDICULOUS and I have no explanation except that I just didn't feel like being OP. Please girls, I need some advice here. I just am so :bcb_mad2 at myself and I don't know what to do.

Ok, that's all for now. I'm going to go have some water.

[SeattleSue]

Hi ladies - so sorry I went MIA there - it was unintentional. I was in Canada on Saturday and got so delayed in getting home that by the time I got home it was time to just collapse in bed. Sunday was just so busy (and I was so exhausted from the previous day) that I just never got online either. And today I spent much of the day having some medical tests done, so this was the first time I've been able to get online! I've actually done mostly okay on food the last few days - other than having to get an unplanned McDonalds meal on Saturday on the way home - I was in the middle of nowhere and that was the only thing open at that hour.

Today was an odd day food-wise. I couldn't eat prior to my tests, so I ate at 9pm last night and the first time I could have food or water was at 1:30 pm the next day! I thought I was going to pass out. I was proud of myself though - the hospital felt so bad for keeping me so long that they gave me a free voucher for lunch, and I could've really gone to town with bad choices, but I ended up with grilled chicken breast, brown rice, steamed veggies and a water. I'm glad that I didn't go into the mode of "well, you can't blame me because I was so hungry." So I'll certainly not be getting in my 31 points today when I've had less than 10 of them by 4 p.m.! But it's unusual circumstances, so I'm not concerned.

I hope the two of you are doing better. I know how hard it is to struggle. I think for me, I usually need to sit down and figure out what the trigger is, as to why I go crazy and don't stay OP. Is there something going on for you that triggers you, that maybe we can find a new strategy for dealing with?

Hope we'll all have a great OP day for Tuesday!

[SeattleSue]

Hi ladies - sorry I haven't been online - I'm just swamped and wanted to pop in before heading to bed to say that yes, I'm OP and doing okay. And I did get your email, Cathy - just haven't had a second to do more than read it! Even got on the bike today, so that was good! I'll try to catch up tomorrow.

[Falcon]

I'm so glad you are doing well. Good for you for getting some execise on the bike. My daughters (13-yr old twins) and I are going to start the couch to 5 K today. I haven't really exercised since I started my weight loss journey, and I'm excited to get started. The girls are not so enthusiastic, but I think once we start they will enjoy it.

LaceyJo - Where are you? If things are going poorly, we want to hear about it. If things are going well, we want to hear it also!

I had a great OP day yesterday and plan another one today!

[Falcon]

Yoohoo - LaceyJo - Where are you? We care about you and want to know how things are going.

I'm finished with another OP day. I even earned 2 activity points! I started the couch to 5K today and it about killed me.

Sue - What tests did you have done? I hope you are feeling better.

Hope to hear from ya'll tomorrow.

[LaceyJo]

I'm here girls. I have been MIA for many reasons, exhausted when I get home and no time to get online, ashamed of how I am self-sabataging myself, nothing postive to say, need I go on.

WI was last night and I was up 3:bcb_cry: So much for my celebration. The lady that weighed me in asked me for my journal and I told her I knew what I had done and I was so upset I just left the meeting. I proceeded to go eat myself sick in depression and disappointment. I am really so disappointed in myself. I know I deserved to gain the 3 pounds, heck I even deserved to gain the other 3 I lost last week, but it is still so hard to hear.

Watching the BL the other night, Allie asked Bob what the contestants should do when they face struggles and he said to take things "One Day at A Time". Immediately, my thoughts came here. So I am back. Probably about as low as I have ever been emtionally as far as my WL struggles go, but I am here. I did get your email Cathy but I just didn't really have anything to add at that time and I just felt so ashamed. I do appreciate you emailing me though. It feels good to know that I was missed by someone.

I bought a points calculator (not a slider) last night in hope that this will make it easier for me to figure out my points. Because in all honesty, I am so exhausted from working 2 jobs having a 21 month old and taking 2 grad classes, that I just don't feel like taking the time to use that D*&$ slider. So, we will try it this way. I think I am going to call my doctor and get an appointment because this depression and exhaustion is really wearing me out. Please pray for me.

[Falcon]

LaceyJo - I'm sooo glad you checked in. I can't imagine 2 jobs, a toddler and grad school. You must be exhausted! You gained back 3 lbs. That's OK. You've still lost 3lbs! Get back OP now and you will keep that loss and see more lbs. disappear. I know it is not easy, but losing weight is worth the effort. I think it is a great idea to see your doctor, as that might really help you feel better. You may not want to hear it from me, as I am not working right now, but I know you can lose weight even with your busy schedule. Plan ahead, have healthy foods in the house and write a list of things to do insted of eating (posting on BCB :bcb_smile, walking, reading, etc.).

I hear you about being disappointed at WI and not staying for the WW meeting. When I have a disappointing WI and stay for the meeting, I always leave inspired. Even though things haven't gone well lately, stick with it. You can do this!

BTW, what are you studying?

Sue - I know you have been really busy also. I hope you are feeling better and the results of the medical tests were good. Still haven't taken the time to figure out how to post a picture, but I will. I want you to see my cat, Luna. She is sweetie. I haven't seen her much today, since a friend's dog came over last night to stay with us for 2 weeks. The dog is a high energy puppy, which is helping me get a lot exercise!

Take care all. I have you both in my prayers.

[Falcon]

Had a great OP yesterday and looking forward to another one today. I am going out tonight with friends, so I will need to plan my accordingly. I know I will get plenty of walking in with the pup here. She went on 8 walks yesterday!

[Falcon]

I'm starting to feel lonely, guys! Had a great OP day yesterday. Used more WPAs than I had planned, but still have some to spare. Today I am tired, so I need to make an extra effort to follow my plan. I sometimes don't do well OP when I am very tired.

Hope all is going well for you both.

[SeattleSue]

Hey guys, sorry I went AWOL again. It just seems that there are not enough hours in the day and I haven't been spending a whole lot of time on the computer in any capacity. I'm having trouble sleeping from this leg pain that nobody seems to be able to do anything about (which is why I'm up at 5am on a Sunday morning). I've been worried about my medical stuff. One of you asked what tests I'd had done - well, when I had a recent MRI of my spine, they found some enlarged lymph nodes they needed to check out more, so I went for a CT scan, and also an ultrasound of my leg to see if there's something visible that's causing my pain. CT scan confirms the enlarged nodes, and they want to biopsy one. I need to talk further to my doctor, but she's on my vacation. I'm kinda crazy from lack of sleep from the pain, and then in the middle of all of this, yesterday was my birthday. My food has been a bit erratic this week as a result (fasting for 15 hours for the test didn't help matters, followed by a 1 pound gain). For my birthday we went to a very fancy brunch where I pretty much had no intention of staying OP. I actually didn't do too badly, considering I'm a huge fan of shrimp and had a heaping plate of it, but I did indulge.

Today's another day. I don't feel very well, I'm exhausted, but I'm going to give it a go to stay OP and try and feel better.

Hope you're both having a good day.

[LaceyJo]

Hi ladies. Hope today has been a good OP day so far for the both of you. I am back at work after taking Friday off. I left work Thursday to go see my doctor. I practically had a nervou breakdown on Thursday. Jason (DH) met me at our house (about 4 minutes from work) and took me. I was a complete wreck. She talked to me about alot of what was going on and she prescribed me a heavenly blessing of meds to help get me back on track. Right now I am taking a mood stabalizer, nexium for a stomach ulcer, an anxiety pill, ambien to help me sleep a whole night for the first time in probably a year, and also an anti-depressant. The mood stabalizer is only until the anti-depressant gets in my system, which normally takes about 4 weeks. This mood stabalizer works in 2 doses and I can already tell the difference. I am taking all of my meds at night just because they are making me loopy but I can still feel the benefits of them throughout the day. I have actually SLEPT 7-8 hours for the last 3 nights and it is like a blessing from God. I am fighting (well, playing phone tag) with the pharmacy and doctor because our insurance denied the Lexapro that she had prescribed me and since the mood stabalizer usually yields a 10-15 pounds weight gain for user over 3-4 months, I need to get off of this as soon as I can. I am having enough trouble on my own losing weight without having to worry that my medicine is going to make it even that much harder. So, hopefully today it will be straighted out. If they won't approve this one, then hopefully she will figure out another one instead that will work. With all of this, needless to say worry about WW has been the last of my worries. I am hoping that once everything falls into place, I can start up again with the ump and determination I had when I joined WW. But for now, at least I am here...

Ok, so enough about me. I hope both of you are having great days. I am sorry that I have not been much of a support for you both. Please know that I do think about you all and have every intention of coming on to post to you, but sometimes it has just been next to impossible. I will promise to do better.

Take care of yourselves :wave:

[Falcon]

Hi. It's so great to hear from both of you. I'm so sorry you are both having such horrible medical problems. My problem seems trivial in comparison. My problem is I keep chugging along OP and not losing weight! My WI is tomorrow and if the scale says what it did today I will maintain again.

My family and I started the couch to 5K together and it is kicking my butt. I had to drag the rest of the family to start it and now they love it and I am struggling. I want to do week one over again and they have reluctantly agreed.


Sue - HAPPY BIRTHDAY (a few days late)!!! I hope you were able to enjoy your birthday, with everything else you have going on. I also hope you get your test results back quickly. Waiting for the news would drive me insane. Both you and LaceyJo said you were having trouble sleeping, which can absolutely wreak havoc on your body. Can your take Excedrin PM to help you sleep?

LaceyJo - Sounds like you have had an awful few days also. So glad the doctor could get you feeling better. There are a lot of anti-depressants that work like Lexapro. The doc should be one the insurance company will cover. Take care of yourself and do what the doctor says. You can't worry about weight gain from meds, when you need the meds.

Both of you take care of yourselves and you are in my prayers.

[SeattleSue]

Morning! Yeah, I know I've been rather erratic online. I've been struggling a lot on a personal level - this stupid leg pain is getting worse and worse and really pushing me to my limits. I've had a ton of tests about it, some of which I'm having trouble getting results for since my dr. is now on vacation. They want me to get a lymph node biopsied (which involves 4 hours in the hospital, sedation, and a day off from work), but so far I've seen no indication that there is a need for that other than everyone trying to cover their butts. So we're having some arguments about treatment, and I am seeing my dr. again on 4/29 to discuss this with her further. The pain is keeping me up at night, I'm sleep deprived, crabby and figured that since I didn't have much nice to say, I may as well stay offline. :bcb_smile

LaceyJo, I'm so sorry you've been struggling and glad you're getting help finally. I can't stand dealing with medical insurance. They once denied a prescription for me for erythromycin (an antibiotic that costs like $15) and said they don't cover over-the-counter drugs. I told them that if they could tell me where to buy e-mycin over the counter, please do. Then they looked again and said "oh yeah, you can't - okay, we'll cover that." Sometimes I think they just want to see how badly you want it, and when you already feel like crap, it's hard to fight them! :bcb_grrrr Good luck dealing with that. That's one thing I love about my primary care dr. - she's a pitbull with the insurance companies!

Cathy, thanks for the birthday wishes. We went to an all-you-can eat brunch. Yeah, really OP, huh? :bcb_blush At least I ate tons of the chilled shrimp - I love that stuff, and it's low points. I also tried to not eat until I was ill, but I admittedly indulged.

I'm still not entirely OP. When I hurt, I crave, so it's been a difficult week. I start out my day with an OP breakfast every day. And it's usually what happens between 8 and noon that dictates the rest of the day. So we'll see what happens.

Hope the two of you are having a good day!

[Falcon]

Sue - I hope things go well between 8 and noon! It must be incredibly frustrating not be able to get the results from the tests. I hope you get some answers from you drs. appt. next week. Here's some probably unwanted medical advice; I'd do the biopsy if the doc says to do it. Just to make sure. OK, no more Dr. Cathy!

I had my WI yesterday and lost 1.8 lbs. YEAH! I have been hovering around 191 lbs. since DECEMBER and I finally got to 189. I must keep up the hard work to maintain this loss and lose more. While I'm not a big exerciser I have been walking more with the puppy we are babysitting. The family is still trying to do the couch to 5K, but we are behind in our schedule.

Take care and I hope you are both feeling better soon.

[SeattleSue]

Great WI, Cathy! I've actually decided to stop going to meetings (save some $ - I'm switching from $40 monthly pass to the $10/mo e-tools) so am switching my WI's to Wednesday mornings. So today is a bit transitional since I went from doing it at night after eating all day (and fully dressed) to doing a WI first thing in the morning, empty stomach, and in my underwear. :bcb_wink3 So next week I'll start tracking what I actually am losing - this week it's like comparing apples to oranges.

Yesterday was a particularly hard day pain-wise, and I ate a lot of sugar. I know that doesn't help - sugar just inflames everything in the body. I'm such an idiot. :bcb_grin So today I'm going to try very hard to get back OP properly. I've switched my week begin day to Wed. instead of Thursday, so I'm starting fresh this morning. Already had a great breakfast (cereal, milk and a protein shake - pretty typical for me) and brought lunch with me. Of course, now I'm bored and want a mocha. A mocha in and of itself isn't really an issue - the size I buy, and NF, comes to 5 points. It's just all the other things I start to justify as a result, not to mention giving in to eating when I'm bored. So we'll see how the day goes. Wish me luck!

LaceyJo, how are you feeling today? I hope you're doing well and would love to hear from you.

[Falcon]

Don't you love starting a new week! Hope it was a great OP day yesterday. Switching from pm to am WI should give you a good loss. I usually have a good loss when the weather get warmer and I start wearing capris or shorts instead of jeans. Hey, that better not be what Tuesday's WI was! I worked HARD last week! People at my meeting think I'm crazy weighing in in jeans, but I like to be ready for the day when I head out the door and I usually wear jeans when it's cold. I figure it all works out in the end.

Did you resist the mocha? I hear you about giving in to one temptation, and that leading to more temptations! I like the Starbucks Mocha Frap light. The large is 5 points, but I am so cheap, I rarely get one. Having them less often make them more of a treat. There's a concept I didn't grasp before WW!

Sorry you were in pain yesterday. There is nothing worse. I hope the dr can figure out what is wrong. Is she giving you anything for the pain?

Let me know how today is going for you.

JaceyJo - Hope things are going well. Please stop by and let us know.

[Falcon]

I had a great OP day. I planned to have popcorn tonight, but had a cookie at a school event - so no more points! Guess I should just go to bed. The dog we are babysitting is now getting up at 5 am. UGH. I don't like to get up early.

Hope you are feeling better today, Sue. I know you can't wait to see you dr. next week and hopefully get some answers.

[LaceyJo]

Hey ladies. Thanks for asking about me. It is taking some time for me to adjust to my medications. I kind of feel like I am in a fog or something, but the good news is that my Dr. says it is normal so I should be out of it soon.

I missed the meeting on Wednesday. I just couldn't take seeing a gain two weeks in a row. Really the money was also an issue because I just got paid last night and I was not going to bounce a check for my meeting. I realize it would have taken a day or two for my check to clear the bank but it was the principal of the matter. Or maybe it was just an excuse I was using to get out of it, either way, I didn't go.

One good thing, my meds have been helping me sleep ALL NIGHT LONG. It is amazing. This morning was the first morning I woke up on my own though and that was at 5am and I usually get up at 6. So that's not too shabby.

Congrats Cathy on your OP day. I hope to have one of those soon. I start out each day with the best of intentions and somewhere along they way, I get off track. Keep up the good work! I'm preoud of you.

Sue, thanks for checking on me. I am feeling better but weird as well if that makes sense. I am calling people the wrong names, forgetting where I put things, just weird stuff like that that is not usually how I am. Hopefully this weird phase will wear off soon.

Take care ladies and I promise I will TRY to check in more.

:wave: Jeanna

[Falcon]

So great to hear from you, LaceyJo! Glad the meds are helping and I'm sure the doses will even out soon and you'll be back to yourself. I can't stand that hazy feeling that some medications cause. I'm a light-weight (when it comes to medicine!), I get loopy from Sudafed! Even if you aren't totally OP, starting the day OP and thinking about eating healthy will help you to feel better.

Sue, hope your day is going well and the leg pain has lessened. How are you able to work with the pain?

I'm stuck home today waiting on the AC repairman. We turned on the upstairs AC yesterday, for the first time this spring, and it does not work. Not unbarely hot, but it will be soon. I'm having a great OP day. We are supposed to do our couch to 5K tonight, so I will get in some exercise.

[Falcon]

The family went for a walk last nght rather than doing our couch to 5k. One of my daughters said she didn't fell well enough to run. She has a SMALL cold. I'm hoping the family doesn't give up on this. We all need the exercise.

Hope you are both doing well. Off to walk the dogs.

[kkfashionista]

Hi all, hope I can join in!

I'm new to the WW journey in a sense and am taking each minute, hour, day at a time to make good choices.

I really feel like this philosophy helps me to stay OP especially when the end goal can sometimes seem so far away.

:)

[Falcon]

Yes, please join us Kristen. It seems daunting when we have so much weight to lose, but taking it one day (or hour or minute!) at a time will get us to our goal! We are all trying ot post everyday and hold each other accountable. Sue and LaceyJo are having health issues, but are hanging in here with us. Right, Sue and LaceyJo?

I stayed within my points today, but did not get in my oils. When I get off the computer I am going to plan my meals for tomorrow. My WI is on Tuesday, and I don't like to eat a lot of processed foods (think salt) before WI. This means I need to have a plan.

See you all tomorrow.

[kkfashionista]

Yes, please join us Kristen. It seems daunting when we have so much weight to lose, but taking it one day (or hour or minute!) at a time will get us to our goal! We are all trying ot post everyday and hold each other accountable. Sue and LaceyJo are having health issues, but are hanging in here with us. Right, Sue and LaceyJo?

I stayed within my points today, but did not get in my oils. When I get off the computer I am going to plan my meals for tomorrow. My WI is on Tuesday, and I don't like to eat a lot of processed foods (think salt) before WI. This means I need to have a plan.

See you all tomorrow.


That is great Cathy! Good job on getting your plan going for tomorrow! That is still a skill I am trying to master :).

I used to weigh in on Tuesdays but I am changing it to Mondays so I will post in and let everyone know the results!

I definitely did my best this week! I fit in work outs like walks, bike riding, and did 2 work out dvds this week which my goal was 3.

I have about 25 flexies and 8 points left today, so I'm going to treat myself to a serving of Movie Butter popcorn and enjoy it!

[Falcon]

Kristen - 8 points left at 10 pm?! Wow. Good job on the exercise. That is what I am working on now. I'm doing really well with eating the right the things, but I am slow to motivate myself to exercise. I have some Firm and WATP videos that I should take again. I have been walking more because we are babysitting a puppy that likes to go out A LOT! My family is also doing the couch to 5K program, but if I don't motivate them (force them to go!), we don't do it.

Sue and LaceyJo - Hope you are having a great day and feeling better.

[SeattleSue]

Morning ladies! And welcome, Kristen! I didn't get online at all this weekend, so I missed your joining us.

I hope all of you are starting off your week well. Cathy, I have no idea how I'm working through the pain. I'm so unfocused, so crazy from lack of sleep. I go back to see my doctor tomorrow. I just learned that if I roll up my gym shirt and stuff it under my thigh here at work, it presses into the area that hurts and seems to relieve the pain. (Looks like it's a swollen lymph node in the leg that's pressing on something - nerve or muscle - that is causing my problems.) I've spent some time this weekend with different practitioners who are working on that. And I've been asked to temporarily do a "detox diet" which is essentially a dairy-free, wheat-free, sugar-free, coffee-free core program. :bcb_cry: It'll help with my body's inflammatory response. Sounds like fun (she says sarcastically). I decided to start with no dairy, which is already really hard. It'll be a little while before I can transition into this. Right now it's hard to do WW along with it - I'm trying the best I can, and we'll see what happens.

I had a nice weekend otherwise. The weather was finally good, and we had some friends over on Saturday night to hear my husband play keyboards - it was a lot of fun.

I'm really tired today, and it's only 10:30, so this is going to be a lonnnnnng day.

[Falcon]

Sue - I hope the dr. can give you some answers today. I remember lack of sleep about killed me when my twins were little. Everything is more difficult if you don't get a good night sleep. Sending healing ****{hugs}}}.

Kristen - How did WI go? I'm off to my WI in a few minutes. The weather turned cold again (well, cold for GA!) and I am wearing heavier clothes than last week, so I may not have a great loss. Though my week was terrific!

[Falcon]

I lost 0.8 lbs. at WI today. I was hoping for more but I'll take it. Hope everyone is having a great OP day!

[SeattleSue]

Congrats on the WI, Cathy! Good job!

I'm off to the doctor in an hour and hopefully will come back with some plan of attack for what's ailing me. Or at least let me sleep!

I'm not really tracking food right now as I'm making some temporary but major changes to my diet at my naturopath's suggestion. I'm trying to transition to a core-like program, but with a lot more restrictions that will be the death of me. :bcb_grin Although I'll admit it's hard to take away my "comfort foods" when I'm feeling so crappy! I'm trying to take it one moment at a time. I'm still doing a WI tomorrow morning (now that I do them on my own) to track what's going on. It's been an odd week - kinda half on points, half core. I'll probably lose weight from no mochas alone! :bcb_wink3

Cathy, it turned cold again here too. It's been so weird! Most of our days have been significantly below normal, then we get a day or two that's above and sunny and nice as this awful tease, and then mother nature takes it away again! I wonder when spring will arrive?

Talk to you later!

[kkfashionista]

Cathy, I get really snacky at night time and I don't usually get up until around 10 am, then I grab breakfast on the go and am home at 1 -- I only work a few hours a day.

So it's typical for me to be up until 3 am and I try to save a decent amount of points for night time so I don't go off plan :) and eat lighter during the day time.

My weigh in went well -- I stuck with Tuesday again this week instead of switching and was down 5 lbs from last week so I am at 230 right now!

That's a loss of 11 lbs in 3 weeks which I couldn't be happier about -- I am really ready to get out of the 230s!!

Sue -- thank you so much for the welcome!!! :) I am happy to be here!

[kkfashionista]

I lost 0.8 lbs. at WI today. I was hoping for more but I'll take it. Hope everyone is having a great OP day!


Great job on the WI Cathy!!! :bcb_up

[Falcon]

Kristen - 5 lbs is soooo awesome! You are working the plan and it shows. Getting to a new decade is always exciting. You'll see the 220s soon! With every pound I lose I have more energy. You're smart to anticipate being snacky and saving your points for it.

Sue - Let us know what the doctor said. Hope she helped you with the pain.

I have an OP day yesterday, but not a great day. I am going to need your help this week, because I ate 16 of my WPAs on the first day of my week! I like to save my WPAs for special occasions, going out to eat, or really yummy food. The 16 I ate last night were just junk. Yuk.
While this is fine and OP, in the past when I use a lot of my WPAs early in the week it derails me. I go over my points then say, "what the heck, I'm already over so I might as well eat (insert unhealthy food)." Not this week! I will be strong!!! I want to get my 55 lb. star next week.

As I write this, I remembered I am having a Cinco de Mayo party on Monday. I need to save the rest of my WPAs for that!

[Quiltin1]

Do you have room for one more? One day at a time is about all I can manage. Sometimes one minute at a time.

I'm a slow loser and have some health problems so exercising is difficult. But..... I must lose this weight before I have more problems and more serious ones!:bcb_worry

I just got home after a weeks trip and am trying to get back on some type of normal schedule and OP again.

[Falcon]

Welcome, Quiltin! One day (hour or minute) at a time will get us to our goal. Glad you are going to join us. I used to be able to lose weight quickly, but this time around it it coming off more slowly. It makes the journey more difficult, but not impossible! I know if I don't stay with the program, not only will I stop losing weight, I will gain back what I've lost.

I don't exercise much, but I'm trying to do more. I went for a walk yesterday just to get enough points to get in my healthy oils!

Sue - Hope your docotrs visit went well. Check in and let us know how you are doing.

[Quiltin1]

Thanks for letting me play with you. I too used to be able to lose weight easily but no more!:bcb_yuck: The older I get the harder it is. I guess I have
yo-yoed for so many years that my metabolism is really screwed up. I know that can be changed but it is definitely hard to do. The weight has been hard on my knees and I have a heel spur so walking is painful for me. I can get to a pool occasionally for exercise. Water is so forgiving.

But.....one day at a time...we can do it!!!!!! :bcbkickbu

[Falcon]

Well I'm still hanging in OP, but by the skin of my teeth! I used 6 more WPAs today which leaves me with 14 for the weekend and a Cinco de Mayo party on Monday. I have my work cut out for me!

[kkfashionista]

I am so sad today buddies :(.

I know you aren't supposed to weigh in daily, but I did and I've somehow gained 2.5 lbs since Tuesday WI and I've been OP and have worked out Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed -- I broke down crying this morning.

I haven't been under 230 in 2 years and I was praying to see 229 for my mental state, and now I'm up?

I'm just so distraught over this :(

[Falcon]

Don't panic. You could still have a great loss by Tuesday! I know many people don't agree with this, but I weigh everyday. My weight fluctuates up and down as much as 5 lbs. during the week. Stay OP and you WILL see the 220s!

The danger of weighing between meetings is that it can affect your attitude (as you have seen!) towards your weight loss. Don't let the scale dictate how you feel. You are doing great and keep up the good work.

[Quiltin1]

Kristin..... that gain may become a loss tomorrow. Our bodies do such strange things. I truly believe we would be bettr off staying off the scale and letting our body tell us how it is doing. Stick with it...you will win out in the end!!!:bcbkickbu

We have storms moving through Illinois this moring. I'm so in the mood to buy plants and get started in the yard but it has been so cold here and I know it could still freeze again....best to wait until aftr Mother's Day but.....

[kkfashionista]

Thank you so much guys, I got on the scale this morning and it said I was 228.2! Of course I have no idea what my body will do until I officially weigh in, but this was an encouraging sign!

And I did work out last night regardless of if I was upset about the scale and I stayed OP.

For some reason I just feel like this time, it isn't as hard and I'm really ready to do it 100%. In the past after only a few days my commitment would waiver so I really am so proud for the past 3.5 weeks I've been totally OP.

Thank you guys so much for being here for me and reminding me that the scale is not the end all! :)

[Quiltin1]

Good Morning Everybuddy !!! We have a beautiful day here in Illinois even if it is a bit windy. We're used to that.:bcb_wink3

I'm going to enjoy this weekend. I get to go to pre-prom for my grandson Brian and his date Paige. It so cool. The kids all come and family and friends can see the couples all in their finery and take pictures. They have a professional photographer there if we want to use their services (of course I do) Then the kids go on to their dinners and the prom. It lets us feel part of it.

I hope you all have something very special planned for the weekend. Get out and do something for YOU !:bcb_up

[Falcon]

Hello all! We are having a beautiful da y in Ga also. It's raining and we desparately need the rain!

I'm in for a tough OP weekend as I have used all my WPAs. I know I can do it if I plan ahead and stick to the plan.

Quiltin - Pre-prom sounds wonderful. What a great way to share a special day. Nothing special planned here, but we have been so busy, I'm looking forward to a quiet weekend at home.

Sue - Let us know how you are doing. Hope your feeling better everyday.

[Falcon]

Didn't have a great day today. I was so worried about my Cinco de Mayo party and I forgot today is my anniversary! We went out to eat and I went over my points. I am trying now, not to get the attitude that I have gone over so I may as well eat what I want. Bummer.

I know how to correct this problem. I need to save most of my WPAs for the weekend. I wasted them this week and didn't have them when I needed them.

[SeattleSue]

Morning! Welcome to the new people, and thanks for keeping my thread alive while I went AWOL. :salut

I'm getting by. My doctor had to prescribe pain pills to get me to sleep at night, and it's amazing how much better one can feel when they sleep! I hate taking medication like that - the bandaid approach to health - but until we figure out what's going on, my body needs sleep more. So I gave in. Still more tests next week. Maybe someday I'll actually know what's wrong with me and how to fix it! :bcb_smile The nutshell version is that they are ignoring my leg pain now because they found some other stuff and need to rule out whether I have cancer or not - the test for that is next Tuesday (PET scan - I refused the biopsy). Please keep me in your thoughts - it's been insane!

I'm down 4 pounds this week, which pleases me. At my doctor's suggestion I'm trying a temporary "detox diet" which means eliminating all coffee, dairy, sugar/sweeteners and wheat. I spent the last week without coffee and dairy (I miss my beloved mochas :bcb_cry:) and on Sunday i dumped all the sugar/sweeteners in the house and office (put all my 1 pt. bars in a padded envelope and shipped them off to my sister, who's doing WW in NY) and am now going through sugar withdrawal. Fun ... not! Haven't tackled the wheat yet. But, as a result, I'm losing weight since most of my stubborness of not losing weight were the snacks, which were all in the dairy/sugar/coffee realm. So, we'll see what happens. I'm not technically doing WW right now, but have WW's philosophies/healthy 8's firmly in my mind while planning my food.

So I haven't been online much since I've been so consumed with this, but wanted to drop in and let you know I haven't given up and I'm still here, trying to trudge along one way or another.

[Quiltin1]

Oh Sue...that sounds hard.Don't know if I could do that. I love my coffe and snacks too! Good luck!

A little Grandma bragging please.... learned yesterday that my Kevin (19) who has struggled with school and dropped out as a freshman just passed his GED. I am so excited for him. His life will be changed.:bcb_up:bcb_up

Hope you all have a great day!

[SeattleSue]

Quiltin, congrats on your grandson's success! A nice thing to brag about! :)

I'm hanging in there. Not exactly doing WW - as I mentioned, doctor wants me off dairy, coffee, wheat and sugar/sweeteners (all of which I've now done) and I'm busy concentrating on this new way of eating, but trying to keep WW in the back of my head the whole time. I'm trying to be patient with myself right now.

Today, however, I'm kinda miserable. I have a PET scan scheduled for tomorrow (so they can see if those enlarged lymph nodes are cancerous). The day before a PET scan you cannot eat any carbs AT ALL. I mean, I'm eating super-Atkins, essentially. My god, I don't know how people do that diet. I'm sick to my stomach from all the fat and meat. I pretty much can't eat anything except meat, cheese, egg, butter, mayo and green leafy vegetables (the higher fat the better, I'm told), and drink nothing but water. My head is throbbing and I'm nauseous. I would kill for a carb - you know it's bad when you're being tempted by the cup-o-soup in the work kitchen. :bcb_grin Fortunately it's only for a day. After today (and the fasting from 10:30 pm tonight until about noon tomorrow) I think the no sugar/wheat/dairy/coffee diet will seem like a dream! :bcb_wink3 I'm dreaming of a big bowl of brown rice with olive oil!

So I haven't been posting much since I'm not exactly OP (on doctor's orders) so haven't had much to share.

Hope everyone else is having a great day!

[SeattleSue]

Cathy, happy belated anniversary! And how did you do on Cinco de Mayo?

[Quiltin1]

Just time for a quick checkin...I'm off for a week's sewing retreat.
Hope you all have a great week!:salut