Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

PhedraJD

@Rachel0778 so glad you are getting back in your groove. Send some of your MOJO my way.

@Evamutt glad things went well with hubby, and junibee is liking his new home.

@ShyCush6 congratulations on the promotion. Good luck, stay strong and we will be here when you are ready to be back.

@janetay01 I am doing great on the challenges, except the food one. I will get at least half points for it though. I have completed the quid one, but didn't have house colors. Found a shirt that will work, so going to do another 2 miles, so I can get the bonus point. See competitive.

My weekend is going to be crazy busy. House cleaning, laundry, then team training, kids karate lesson, birthday party for son, hopefully gym time, then Mm a fights at sisters. Sunday Red Rocks weekend warrior work out. Possibly roller skating. Wow, that makes me tired just typing that.

I am doing lousy the last two days on food. I need to do better.

Have a good day everyone.

Rachel0778

@ShyCush6 Congrats, that is great news!!! I can't wait to hear how it goes!

@jdelaroy I hope you got the MOJO I sent to get you through the weekend It sounds like you've got a lot of fun plans coming up, plus a lot of great workouts! The food part is always the hard one for me too. I have no trouble fitting in activity, but saying no to treats is a whole other story

@janetay01 Our city sponsors a housing class that teaches new homebuyers the ins and outs of buying a house. They have local experts come in to discuss budgeting, mortgages, home inspections, what to look for, etc. Since I know nothing about houses I'm glad for any advice I can get! I hope today goes smoother for you. Playing at the pool sounds like a blast, I bet Alistair will be tired and sleep well after that busy day!

This week I've had a heck of a time getting motivated at work. I'm still getting my stuff done but it's felt a bit like pulling teeth. Today, however, I woke up feeling ready to conquer the world.

I woke up a little earlier since I dropped my fur baby off at daycare (there was another pit bull puppy for him to play with!!!). I only got a 20 minute PiYo DVD in this morning (I wasn't as impressed with this series as other ones, but I do feel it in my shoulders) but I'm going to workout both Friday and Saturday so I'm not too worried. I'm glad my fur baby will be tuckered out from daycare since I have to leave right after work to that housing class so we won't get our regular walk and play time in

I figured out that I have 5 meals that I'll be eating out in the next 4 days so I planned ahead and pre-tracked as much as I could. Today is my Grandmother's birthday so I took an extra long lunch so I can meet up with family at the cemetery to visit her and then go out to lunch with them. It'll be good to see everyone and catch up. I honestly think that is what is getting me through the day today. I hope everyone has a great Thursday!

bluepoppies777

Hello long lost friends! Sorry I have been completely MIA lately - life has been wild! It was spring break for two weeks here and we had four families come through to visit from out of town. Talk about too much company! Thankfully not everyone stayed at our house, but it was a lot of events, dinners, meeting out, visiting and eating & drinking! I came into work on Monday, and I felt like I needed a vacation. I only took two days off during that time to go up to the ski hill, so it was crazy working every day and being busy every night!

Tuesday I drove 3.5 hours each way to attend my friend's dad's funeral. he died of Alzheimer's, and was sick for a long time before he passed, but what an emotional day! And I've been pretty slammed at work lately too!

We celebrated 3 birthdays during spring break, and with all the eating and drinking, my weight went up and down. Finally on Sunday I said to my son and his girlfriend - we have got to get our *kitten together!! So they both signed up in MFP and we decided that we are going to have a family competition, my hubs joined too. The losers have to buy the winner a bottle of booze of their choice. I told them if I win, they are buying me whip cream vodka! LOL!

My son's birthday is on Tuesday - he's turning 22! So we won't be counting the cals on that day. LOL! His gf is in a wedding in January and she wants to lose 25+ lbs. We made the deadline August 1 (before our family cruise). So fingers crossed I win! I had a snaccident on Tuesday after the funeral, was exhausted and emotional and ate a bag of chips and cookies!! OOPS!

Sounds like everyone is still going strong, which is really motivational for me! Hope everyone has a great week! I can't believe it's Thursday, the days are going by so fast!

bluepoppies777

LOL!!!

bluepoppies777

Evamutt

I feel for all of you who had a busy day at work. I got laid off 3yrs ago & I'm so thankful I was able to retire & didn't have to get another job. It was the most stressful job I ever had or could think of having. My dtr in law worked there also & quit 3 months ago because she couldn't take the stress any more. Worked there for 15yrs, the first 10 I loved then moved to a different dept which was the stressful one. didn't stop moving the whole 8hrs of every day. Don't know how I did it. I have 2 delicious moist carrot/pineapple cakes in the kitchen for tomorrow but I'm not having any. It's not too hard for me to stay away from sweets but hard to stay away from salty things, like chips. We call my hubby the cookie monster because he craves sweets. I feel bad for his struggle but he really does try. someone posted a protein cheescake recipe on here that I'm going to make, says it's 137 cal a serving. Cheescake is my favoite

Luv2Dispatch911

Welcome! I've also been gone for quite awhile. I joined a few years ago thinking I was ready and realized I wasn't. After getting told I'm prediabetic recently I have really pushed myself and have never felt more motivated. I'd love to.join the group and get/give motivation.

janetay01

@Luv2Dispatch911 - welcome! I've been in that place where I thought I was ready - it's nice when you realise that it really is the right time now. Come back and post often - we are a good, supportive bunch!

@evamutt - jobs like that aren't worth it! Life is too short and we have to find a balance so well done to you and your daughter in law for getting out. That cake does sound nice - but like you, I would struggle more with the savoury snacks!

Joy - welcome back, thought we'd lost you! That sounds like a lot of parties and people - fun and exhausting in equal measure. Well done for getting your son and his girlfriend on board - nothing like a bit of healthy family competition to get you going again!

Rachel - sounds like you are rocking it this week. I hear you on the work motivation - I've done things this week in spite of myself. It doesn't help that we've got lovely spring weather here now and I would rather be anywhere than sat at a desk! Well done on making the derby team - you'll be great

Jen - yep, that sounds a crazy busy weekend. Ha I love your competitive streak showing through!

So, a good news story to start. I have lost 1lb in the last week - it's the first movement in weeks and I'm so pleased! Really feeling motivated again and I've got further incentive with the challenge group that I'm in. I even turned down the offer of dessert last night so husband had a portion of rhubarb crumble and I didn't - sad and yet so good!

Really, really glad it's friday - nice, busy weekend coming up and the sun is shining so I just need to battle through today at work. Hope the day treats you all well and that you all have lovely weekends!

brahns5

I joined a year ago and never really got into it. I have restarted with 80 lbs to lose. I'm here and finally doing this for me!!!

PhedraJD

@rachel0778 I think I did get that Mojo, it saw me through yesterday. I hope it carries on through until at least Monday (or is that greedy?) I love that you take your dog to day care for a treat. Sounds like you have a super busy few days coming. (No surprise there.) Great job pre-planning as much as you can.

@bluepoppies777 Welcome back. I am glad you had a great spring break, but I understand needing another vacation. Great job getting your daughter in law, and son to join you. I find a little healthy competition really gets me going.

@evamutt I had to quit a job because it was so stressful that it was making me sick. When I tried talking to my trainer, and the manager they both just blew me off. Because I tried talking to them about the working conditions making me sick, and they refused to do anything about it, I was able to claim unemployment and received the benefits for it. Let me know how the cheese cake came out.

@luv2dispatch911 Welcome, and glad you are back! Good luck on your journey. You can do this. I am assuming by your screen name you are a dispatcher. I did 911 dispatching for 3 years! I loved it and still miss it to this day. I quit when I became a single mom, and rotating shifts (Especially graves) played hell on my daycare.

@janetay01 Your competitive streak is showing too! I love a good competition to really make me think about what I am doing. Great job on saying no to the cobbler. It only gets easier right? Enjoy your fun and busy weekend. Don’t forget to post your points. Great job on the 1 pound loss.

@brahns5 Welcome, and good luck! You can do this. I have lost between 50-55 pounds since I joined. I am at the half way mark. There is some great support here. Just join in and we will help you out.

I am sunburned, sore as heck, and fighting “allergies” today. If I can make it through today, I will be having a great physical weekend. I am up 2.5 pounds since Tuesday.  Sad panda. I am about 90% sure it is water retention, and such. I was retaining so much water last night. My skin would turn white when I would gently push on it, and it would take about 45 seconds to return to normal.
Let us all have a successful and fun weekend.

Rachel0778

@jdelaroy That definitely sounds like water bloat so I wouldn't worry too much about it. You must have had a fun day outside yesterday to get so sunburnt! I'm sending more positive vibes your way so that you can hopefully make it through the weekend!

@brahns5 Welcome!

@janetay01 You're right, the gorgeous weather is definitely playing into my apathy. Thank goodness it's Friday. Congrats on the loss! Turning down rhubarb crisp is tough, great NSV to go along with your loss!

Welcome @Luv2Dispatch911! You're welcome to join us here!

@Evamutt I'm similar to your husband since I'm a cookie monster too. I'm impressed you can bake two cakes and not eat any! I'm glad you were able to get away from that stressful job and retire. I've got 35+ years to retirement so I've got a long ways to go yet, but luckily I think I'm in a great place!

@bluepoppies777 4 families visiting?!?! Holy cow! That must have been absolutely insane. I love your family weight loss challenge idea, what a great way to keep eachother accountable for your upcoming cruise!

So I have great news: I got rostered to play in the upcoming derby home game!!!!

All of yesterday was absolutely wonderful. I was able to meet up with my family to visit my grandmother's gravesite and have lunch with them. My fur baby had a fabulous time at daycare, but I can tell he missed us since he wedged himself right in between us to snuggle when we went to bed. The housing class was great, it had lots of good advice for new homeowners to look out for (I didn't even know radon was a thing!). It's definitely giving me the house hunting bug! (our lease isn't up for another 6 months so we'll start looking closer to then). I was also impressed by how knowledgeable my SO is with the process. I feel a lot more comfortable buying a home with him at my side!

Today is going to be another great day. My Mom and I are meeting up for dinner and then going to a play. Tomorrow we're getting up early to go to a bootcamp style workout class and then going shopping! After that I'm heading up to my best friend's house to spend the night with her since we haven't seen each other in ages! Sunday my SO and I are going to spend the day together (he ordered Blue Apron so he's making me dinner!). I'm feeling very loved and very blessed. Happy weekend everyone!

Luv2Dispatch911

Thank you so.much for the warm welcome everyone!!

jdelaroy wrote: »

@luv2dispatch911 Welcome, and glad you are back! Good luck on your journey. You can do this. I am assuming by your screen name you are a dispatcher. I did 911 dispatching for 3 years! I loved it and still miss it to this day. I quit when I became a single mom, and rotating shifts (Especially graves) played hell on my daycare.

Yes. I got out.of dispatching for awhile thinking I wanted to do nursing but just realized my heart belonged with the headset! Luckily my agency is set shifts, I'm currently on nights which is extremely hard on my family as well as.my body but I'm moving to days later this month so hopefully things will get easier. Sitting for 12hours doesn't make losing weight any easier!

PhedraJD

@Luv2Dispatch911 Oh days are great! I understand missing the headset. Ours were on these long cords (12 feet I think) and we had moving desks, so we could stand. Can you stand up and walk around while you still have your headset on? If you really want to get moving while at work, there are mini bikes and steppers you can get for under your desk. Might be able to try that. And thank you for your hard work. Our emergency system would fall apart without our dispatchers, and yet they are so underappreciated.

bluepoppies777

TGIF lovely ladies! Woo hoo, what a week! It's raining again here - I wish I had a sunburn! (actually no, but I really wish we had sun!)

Rachel - yeah! nice work getting on the roster, you are so awesome. And very cool that you are prepping to purchase your own house! That is so exciting. My hubs and I bought a house right before we got married 13 years ago, and it was pretty much the first house we looked at - we are very impulsive with large purchases! haha! It's good to start chatting with friends and coworkers about buying and asking for any advice they have, just to gather more info/knowledge over the next few months. Did you decide on going on a cruise in the end? Or a different vacation? I was gone and didn't catch up on all the posts I missed.

Jen - oh yes, I'm sure that is water retention! It will be gone over the weekend for sure.

Jane - congrats on the loss! and saying no to rhubard crisp is a very big deal in my world! I"m actually going to make that for dessert tomorrow night! YUM. I will have some, but I won't over do it. I am feeling good, like I am on track right now!

Welcome to all the newbies! We are all in the same boat, trying to be as healthy as we can, lose some weight and keep each other motivated and accountable!

Tonight I'm going to a fundraising bingo event with my son's girlfriend. I think I've played bingo once in a my life - should be hilarious! I'm the DD so don't have to worry about going over my cals with booze tonight! Tomorrow we are doing some yard work if the rain will stop, and go for a bike ride if it is sunny! We're having company over tomorrow night for dinner, so I'm going to try REALLY hard to stay on point, and not undo my progress over the week (minus Tuesday's oops). I hate it when I do well during the week, and then lose it on the weekend! Sunday we are going to the ski hill for the last time of the season! I'll do my last snowshoe... sniff!

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

bluepoppies777

bluepoppies777

Eva - I love cheesecake too!

Luv2Dispatch911

jdelaroy wrote: »

@Luv2Dispatch911 Oh days are great! I understand missing the headset. Ours were on these long cords (12 feet I think) and we had moving desks, so we could stand. Can you stand up and walk around while you still have your headset on? If you really want to get moving while at work, there are mini bikes and steppers you can get for under your desk. Might be able to try that. And thank you for your hard work. Our emergency system would fall apart without our dispatchers, and yet they are so underappreciated.

Thankfully we have wireless headsets. I usually.walk around when I have a radio but not when I'm a calltaker for the night. We have a shift of 7-10 people so they have been helping me stay on track and we do an excerise every hour on the hour when we aren't busy. I wish we could get the desk bikes and steppers approved but unfort. we have asked and they are permitted at this time.

PhedraJD

@Luv2Dispatch911 Well that is great that you can get up and move some. Plus supportive coworkers is awesome.

Evamutt

janetay01, that's great news & motivation is so important. I usually have a fruit smoothie I make in the morning but it's raining so no taking dogs out yet & I bought a ham so I cooked 3 oz, with 2 eggs plus my go to snack of low fat waffle, 1/2 tbl each of P butter & jam, coffee, tea. It all added up to 600 cal!! I's usually under 200 for breakfast. Now I'm motivated to go to gym & work off these calories. My dtr in law was seeing a therapist & on anti depressants cause of her job. She feels much better now. One of our sons also works there, but he's in a different position, so not stressed out but is looking for different job, been there too long. The cheese cake came out ok, I didn't put fruit in it so it's not real tasty, but I like the texture & It's 57 cal/piece & 4g protein. I would make it again

mbam89

bluepoppies777 wrote: »

I'm new to this message board, and I love you guys already! These memes are hilarious!
Do I just jump right in, or is there some kind of hazing I have to go through first?

Thanks,
MaryBeth

cdgibson1

Hi! I just paid for a trainer for 16 weeks. I expect a lot from myself over that period and sure could use a group of positive people.

PhedraJD

@mbam89 jump right in! We are pretty friendly here.

@cdgibson1 A personal trainer is serious business. Great job taking control. You can do it.

Just so you guys know this thread slows down on the weekends. So people aren't ignoring you, just busy living life.

melaniedscott

Hey, everyone! Happy weekend!!!

I had a half day off yesterday (hit my 40 before noon). I had all these plans. Laundry, dishes, gym. What did I do? Binge watched Glitch and grazed. Interesting but I don't love Glitch. I was just too lazy to switch to something else. I was supposed to have dinner with a friend but her kiddo had a bike tumble and they took him to urgent care instead (not entirely sure why...just some scrapes and a fat lip...but they felt the need). I was quite virtuous (if lazy) for dinner. A can of healthy request soup and some tapioca pudding. Then my hubs dragged me to the gym when he got home so I wouldn't be so totally over on my calories. I stayed under, but only barely. But I walked a full mile! Woot!

Today is Scouting for Food (boy scout thing, my husband was a scout and he helps out) and so I'm on my own again...I'm putting together a "Menu" for his parent to choose things they think sound good that I am willing to prepare if (big if) they decide to take us up on the offer of 3-4 delivered homemade meals a week. But it requires some participation and financial commitment on their part...can't afford to feed 4 adults on a regular basis (okay, I probably can...but I don't wanna). So, I'm going through my food diary for the past eight months...some things I eat that they absolutely wouldn't (read...eggplant, anything thai or remotely spicy, chili...CHILI! What's wrong with chili!?! And most things vegetarian...which is what I like)...and I've come to the conclusion I've gotten boring. When did that happen?!? It's all chicken and rice, crockpot curry, spaghetti and meatballs, sloppy joes, salad. I love Indian and Thai and Ethiopian and I used to cook that type of food...when did I stop making awesome food?!? So disappointed in myself. Of course, if I start cooking for them as well on a regular basis, this boring trend will definitely continue. Sigh.

Anyway...Congrats Rachel on getting to play for the team this weekend! Your idea of a binge and mine are a lot different. Mine includes a lot more junk and, from the sound of it, more of it. Came perilously close to one yesterday. Looked it in the eye. Stepped back. Your post about soy noodles (here and on your profile) made me laugh out loud. In training. While I was training. I looked at my phone while I was waiting on them to complete an activity and it gave me the giggles. My trainees looked at me like I was nuts. I've had that experience. O. M. G. SO gross! House buying class sounds amazing...I wish I'd had one when we were shopping. I *thought* I was totally going to get into gardening and turns out I suck at gardening...and I have six garden beds in my back yard (all weeds!)...when we sell, clean up will be h*ll. Be realistic with yourself! Something they may not tell you is that when you close on a mortgage, a lot of times your first payment isn't due for about 3 months...it might be worth it to close a couple months before your lease ends so you have time to do anything you want before moving in and to take a bit more time with the move. We did that and it was much easier (we had friends coming from out of town two months after we closed and we just left some minimal furnishings, air mattresses and linens & extra kitchen stuff and they crashed at our nearly empty appt rather than a hotel. Today is my gran's birthday, if my sister were still with us, we'd probably do something...but it's just me, so probably won't. Your visit sounds nice.

And all the motivation everybody's got! Must have totally missed me.

janetay...still haven't finished cleaning the work mess up. Had to train two days, one of them required about 6 hours of driving (to and from), so gah! then catch up. Pancakes with strawberries and chocolate sauce sounds AWESOME! Don't let me near it! I totally hear you about liking your job but it making you crazy...me, too. Especially this time of the year. People say, Can I have...and I say, not likely. One of me, five thousand of you. I can only make one person happy today, you're not that person. Get in line (behind me). Everytime you post about swimming, I'm jealous. And swimming with kiddos is so amusing. I don't think I've been swimming in more than 10 years. I planned to a couple times last fall with a friend but it kept falling through.

Jdeleroy...your pork chops sound similar to my chicken in mushroom cream sauce, though I don't do it in the crockpot...maybe I should. Be much less effort, though I add in more crap (onions, garlic, extra fresh mushrooms, spices) and dump it over mashed potatoes. I don't eat pork but many pork dishes can have chicken subbed in. Love potato soup, never make it; can't eat commercially available/restaurant because most all of them have bacon (ick!). I should totally make some...

evamutt...I love that pic of your dogs. So much puppy diversity and cuteness! I'm the opposite on carbs...if I eat too much protien I feel like total kitten. Bring on the carbs!

Shycush6...pickles are NOT better than girl scout cookies...they just have fewer calories! Congrats on the job!

Bluepoppies777...Glad to see you (and your memes) are back. RE the Nobody wants to hear about your diet...I've actually had several people ask about what I'm doing to lose weight the past month or so...I think about the time I hit 40 pounds down, it started to really show. I'm at about 55 now. Some say, yeah, but I bet you exercise a lot...(with a pissy face). Nope. I walk (not even a lot). Stationary bike now for ankle rehab. And I was in a cast for 8 weeks! Of course, some of that might have to do with the big push my employer is doing about joining the stupid weight loss program that's available (I've hissed about it before...half intermittent fasting, half super restrictive calories, all WOO...I'm "participating" but not following it) so more of us are trying to lose and to talk about it. It sounds like you were super busy and had a bunch of fun! Sometimes I find I need a vacation from both work and vacations...

Welcome to those new to the thread! And...I've gone on long enough. Have a great weekend ladies!

janetay01

@melaniedscott - ha, I like the one of me, five thousand of you line - must remember that when too many people want a piece of me! The pancakes were fairly awesome and I was very careful with the amount of chocolate sauce that I had so it didn't do too much damage . I've said it before but it bears repeating - you are incredibly generous with your food offers to the inlaws. And no, I don't think you should have to afford it - you need some participation and commitment from them.

@cdgibson1 and @mbam89 - welcome!

Joy - how did bingo turn out??

Lovely weekend here - did all of the fun things that we planned to then finished yesterday evening by having supper as a picnic in the garden with Alistair. Such a nice way to finish off the weekend - shame Monday comes round so fast. Unusually for a Monday, I'm working from home so I've just been for a brisk walk/slow jog round the block - 30 minutes of a decent level of exertion so feeling good about that. Not a huge amount else to report - hope we all have a good day

Rachel0778

Hi Everyone. Just a FYI I'm going to be away this week. My SOs father passed away on Saturday so we rushed to my MILs home to mourn with family.

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter, I should be back next week to catch up with you all.

As an aside, I've learned I'm not a fan of most funeral food so sticking to my calorie goals has not been an issue. I also wake up way earlier than everyone else in the house so I've been able to fit in daily workouts before the craziness commences.

melaniedscott

Rachel, so sorry to hear that! Take care! Funeral food does tend to suck, unless you're really lucky, well, other than the desserts. Good for you on keeping up with the workouts!

Janetay...it would be funnier if the numbers were exaggerated. Unfortunately, that's reality. I don't actually have to deal with all 5000, but...in theory I could have to. And I frequently deal with reports for everyone. And I really don't see helping the inlaws as being nice or generous...I see it as enligtened self-interest...I am very attached to my husband and he is very attached to his family. Example: he cried at our wedding, not because he was so happy we were getting married but because his mom was crying. His parents are getting older and don't take good care of themselves. If we don't do everything we can to improve the likelihood of their improved health, he will beat himself up about it forever if the inevitable happens. (Which, well, being inevitable...WILL) And I don't want that...he'll be upset enough anyway, self inflicted guilt isn't cool. It happened 10 years ago when his dad had surgery, three or four years ago when his mom was in a car accident and last weekend when she ended up in the hospital for high blood pressure. The more I do now (which I'd be doing anyway, as we have to eat, too, and I never learned to cook small batches...I can do the math, I just don't), the less trouble there will be later...

And now I'm craving pancakes with strawberries and chocolate sauce. I have everything but the chocolate sauce (and the calories). I could probably create some with karo syrup and cocoa powder...*chocolate syrup, not calories...

Have a great week, ladies!!

Evamutt

Rachel, I'm so sorry to hear that

lnewsome

Hi my name is Leanne. I've been a member for awhile now. Ive lost 100 pounds on Beachbody programs before and gained it all back. So, now i'm doing both once again. My question is, how do you keep yourself from eating the sweet stuff your kids like? My kids love their sugary cereals and poptarts and my daughter is autistic so i'm not about to keep that food out of the house bc one of the few things she enjoys is her food.

janetay01

@lnewsome - welcome! I wish there was an easy answer on the sweet stuff. We try not to have it in the house for our two year old - but I totally understand what you would find that hard to do with your daughter. I think it's about having a balance of snacks so that you (and they) can make the nice, healthy choices as well! Beyond that, I found that really asking myself what my reasons were for wanting to lose weight helped - my reason for doing this needed to be strong enough to mean that it was more important than weakening and eating the entire box of chocolates! Exercise helps as well of course - I'm small so I don't have much to play with calories wise but a workout that gets me a few hundred calories usually gives me the room to treat myself.

@melaniedscott - enlightened self interest - I like it! But in all seriousness, I understand - they are important to him and therefore to you as well. I'm sorry to be causing cravings - no more mention of them!!

Rachel - sorry to hear your news. Take care of yourselves.

Not much to report here - just a standard Tuesday at my desk whilst the sun shines outside

PhedraJD

@melaniedscott I make my soup without bacon! I use ham instead. So yummy! I would love to add in all the yummy stuff you do (Sometimes I will) but I have a very picky son. I also try to take care of the BF’s mom because he is so attached to her, and I don’t want to see him in pain. Although a lot of the time I want to give up. I think she has given up on really living, she won’t do anything to help herself, and she basically ignores anything and everything I say to her. About the only thing I can get her to do is to take her meds, and that is only because I stand in front of her, so she can’t watch TV until she does.

@janetay01 Your picnic sounds wonderful! I think that would be fun to do with my kids, but then we would have to leave his mom in the house and she would feel left out. Did you see RoR posted for today and tomorrow? We have to do 20 minutes of exercise with a friend. I might see if I can drag my kids out.

@rachel0778 condolences to you and your SO. I am impressed at how well you are doing. We will miss you.

@lnewsome First I try not to buy too many sweet things for my kids. In your situation, can you buy things that she likes that you don’t? Tell yourself that they are hers and that it would be stealing if you ate them. Try having prepared alternatives in the house. Easy to grab snacks, such as a bag of veggies, the pre packed 100 calorie snacks, fruit, boiled eggs, sliced cheese. Also try distracting yourself. Drink a bottle of water first. Feel like a snack, do 10 pushups before you can have it. (I just thought of this I might have to try it.) I can have the snack if I do 10 pushups first (I can’t do these without a lot of struggle.) Or pick another exercise you hate doing… Good luck!

Sorry I didn’t post yesterday. My weekend was pretty good. Didn’t make the workouts I wanted to, but did do an extra skating session. I even did the 30 seconds of speed skating they do for the last session. This was the first time I have ever tried it. I was impressed with myself, not only did I not fall, I was able to keep up with almost everyone on the rink. Granted no one was fantastic, but they were in my mind better than me. So this made me feel great. It was a spur of the moment decision and the BF didn’t realize I got on the rink behind me, and never saw me until I got off. Means he didn’t lap me.

Saturday, I took the kids to karate class. During class I was walking around and saw myself in a full length mirror. This was the first time I have seen myself in a full length mirror since I started working on losing weight. I almost cried, I didn’t realize how much smaller I look. Right now I have 42.4 pounds to go until I hit my original goal weight. I think I want to get about 10 pounds lighter than that, if so that would make me at my half way point right now.

Hope everyone has a kick butt Tuesday!