Deployment Overeater Support Team

Im in Lunenburg, Virginia and my Boyfriend is out of Ft Riley KS

Ok I had to leave work early today with the stomach bug. (My son had it a couple of days ago :frown: ) my food journal looks horrible because I havent been able to eat most of the day. Should I keep on with the food journal or let it be for a day or so until I am able to eat. I was able to stomach a few club crackers this evening. :grumble: not really any nutional value in those. I just hate to slack off. Uggg so frustrated. :grumble:

it wouldn't hurt to just keep tracking even if you aren't reaching your nutritional goals.. it will just keep the habit of tracking going while you aren't feeling well. I know when i get sick i get SOOOO disappointed because i feel like it is such a setback but hang in there and hopefully it will pass quickly. try to keep hydrated for sure!

well, today i did a biggest loser challenge on my wii.. i won the 'challenge' and it was pretty fun.. the challenge was about 10 mins then i did a 8 min cool down. I also did the free step on wii fitplus for 30 mins. i did almost 3,000 steps. We will see what tomorrow brings!

Everyone have a great night and keep your boys in your thoughts!

Well my boyfriend is not technically deployed.. he is doing contract work. I am south of Boston currently and my boyfriend has a house in the Knoxville TN area. I will be moving there when he comes home for good. I can't wait... I love Tennessee. We will be going there in April for our vacation together so the clock is running! I want to be smaller than the last time he saw me.. although he loves me even being overweight I just dont feel good about myself being fat.

timmi you are doing great! congratulations on needing that belt!

I hope you all have room for one more... The hubby just went back to Afghanistan from two week R&R. I was very thankful to have him here for the holidays but I think I gained 4 pounds in those 2 weeks!!! I've been looking to Chocolate Chip Cookies for therapy since he left and thus I have realized I need to start logging my food again and get back on track (for the 10th time). I've lost 30 pounds since I had my daughter 17 months ago but I still have about 40 pounds to go until I am anywhere near my goal weight. Since my husband is in the Guard, I live a different kind of lifestyle than most deployed spouses. I work full time for a police department and no one really seems to understand what it's like to be apart from their spouse for so long... or at all. We only have 15 more weeks of this deployment so I really need to step it up!!! I'm trying to lose 20 more pounds by the time he gets home. Since today is already a caloric nightmare, I'm not beating myself up about it and looking forward to tomorrow.

Welcome Gennifer. This is an awesome place for the support your looking for

Thanks gals. I feel so much better.

Hoping to do some Wii Fit this evening (nothing hard) to get some exercising in. I sure did miss doing some yesterday :sad:

Welcome Gennifer! this is a great group!!!

Us military wives/mothers/family members/girlfriends as well civilian wives/family members who serve along side our military overseas..We are a breed all in our own! You hear your friends say oh I miss my husband when he has gone away for a weekend with the guys or on a business trip and you know in your head they have no idea!! But we are strong people! We have no other choice! When they go away we cant crumble and give up! We have no other choice but to go on everyday and make things work here on the homefront! To hold down the household, the family, the problems and stress that is ours to bear because they have better things to worry about!! Its not easy, somedays it is a struggle just to get out of bed when you look across and see an empty pillow! But we do it, because we love them and we also love ourselves. If we didnt, none of us would be on here looking for support in our fitness goals! I want to say thank you to my fellow posters here on( DOST) no matter the branch, no matter the rank, no matter the job! Thank you for being strong and keeping your husbands, boyfriends, sons, fathers (dont know if I saw any men on here but wives, daughters,mothers, girlfriends) strong! What we do here has a strong impact on Moral over there!! SO thank you for keeping my husband safe too!!

Keep loving yourselves!!!

Your right Lisa! a big reason I didnt go back to W. PA when my husband left was that so many people dont know how to relate! And they say the wrong thing alot!!!!!!!!!!! "I am sorry your husband is deployed, he is going to miss so much with your daughter..." LOL. Here in a military town people usually dont even ask which is nice and when it comes up there is no apology or bringing up the obvious, its a bit more tactful. Because we have been through it before, its hard to find a service member who hasnt gone over yet!!

OH YEAH I AM PRETTY SURE WE HAVE AN ARMY WIFE FROM NC ON THIS SEASON OF BIGGEST LOOSER!! I WANTED SO MUCH TO LIKE THE MARINE WIFE LAST SEASON, SHE ACHEIVED HER GOALS IN THE LONG RUN THOUGH SO OOH RAH TO HER LOL!!!

I do agree, we are a breed of our own. It takes a lot to support, love and stand by your military member. I know I appreciate my husband so much more. I do have to say that I about bite my tongue off when people complain that their husbands are gone for a few days.

I have TBL recording so I am anxious to see if there is another Braggette for me to support. I would do that show in a heartbeat!

Ok, somehow I missed the Braggette. Which team is she on? No, I do not live in Fayetteville. I am on post. I had heard such bad things about the area that I didn't want to chance it. I really like Bragg though. There are so many opportunities here. I have some friends that tease me about not getting out in Fayetteville, I do occasionally but why if I don't need to. I know where the bus station is and it is a very shady area (lol)

Thank you so much for the warm welcome and support!!! It's exactly what I needed today. I have to bite my tongue as well. A lot of people do the whole "he's missing everything in your daughter's first year" thing and I want to say "Thank you Captain Obvious! I really needed reminding!" but I don't. I just try to remind myself that people don't know what to say and they are trying to be there for me and I try to be thankful for that. After having him here for 2 weeks, I am just so ready for this deployment to be over with. He spoiled me rotten while he was here! He's been gone for a year now including his train up time and I'm just so tired of my life right now. I want to have energy to play with my little girl but there's none left after work and trying to keep up with the most basic of household duties. Maybe some exercise and good food will give me the little energy boost I'm looking for. Well, maybe not the first week or two while I get used to it all again. I have come to the conclusion that if he gets deployed again, we are going to find a way financially for me to work part time, if not quit working completely. I will be too old and too tired to do this again. :-) I hope you all have a wonderful Hump Day! Sorry I but I won't always have time to read through and reply to all the posts. I try to make a point of at least reading them all so don't think that what you say doesn't matter to me. If anyone can understand about being pressed for time, I'm sure it's you guys!

hello and welcome to our newest members, i love the huge amount of motivation and support so far, but it is hard for me to comment on everything like i want to. I am also a western pa native, Hermitage, Sharon area..not to far from Mercer..anyway yeah the BL was great last night, i love that show, and cry with them most of the time! WE have to remember to be strong for our heros, it helps them so much to know that we are doing good, and being strong!