Beautiful Blues

Jg - listen to Chrissy, she's a smart woman! And remember to come to us with all negative thoughts, so that you can get them out. We are here for you!

Adding calories really helped me feel better than when I was at such a big deficit for a while...hopefully it'll help you too!

Keep an eye on what your burning....if your maintenance cals are 1800 say and you burn 900 - you're only netting 900 calories which is way too low...I found that was a problem for me and had to snack. If you ate half, you'd be at 1350...at least it's over 1200....I wouldn't be lower than net 1400 if you're trying to shoot for maintenance...

you could do the goal for what your goal weight is and see what maintenance cals would be for that and use that as your base, add exercise cals and be done.

Damn cake - 1 piece BUT AAARRRRGGGGHHHH - that's all I'll say!

I did level 1 of the shred last night. My first workout in, Im ashamed to say 5 weeks :blushing: , but I am hoping that the sudden change will shock my system to start losing again. I forgot how hard it was my arms were shaking when I was done. I am going to either do the ab circle pro tonight or Jillian Michaels boost metabolism tonight just depending on whats going on, night do both

j_g don't give up we are all here to support you and help you any way we can

Damn cake - 1 piece BUT AAARRRRGGGGHHHH - that's all I'll say!

Hubby gave me the carton of double choclate brownie ice cream to put back in the freezer when he was done with it and I wanted to take a bit, just one spoon full , but I put it back without so much as a lick

I wasn't so good....oh well I enjoyed it while I ate it but then was mad at myself for it....today is a new Cake free day!

Good morning guys,

I just got back from the gym and did 35 minutes on treadmill and 10 minutes on elliptical and am going to do ab ripper x from p90x. I always feel so much better after I exercise both physically and mentally.

j_g4ever- It's okay to feel down, we all do. But don't you ever give up! Remember this is a life change and the beginning of new eating ways. I think Chrissy's and the other advices given would be good to do. The body sometimes needs a change.

smadag1- Great job on resisting the ice cream. That is my biggest weakness, but I'm actually going to buy an ice cream from the organic section with low cal and have it with small portions during the week. Feeling deprived is really not cool. Also, there are so many alternatives to high calorie desserts today. There's the 100 cal snacks and I've also heard of vitamuffins which are low cal and are supposedly high in vitamins. I haven't tried them yet, but I did see them in stop & shop's frozen organic foods section. And Jillian Michael's always kicks my butt, even if my body has been working out for a whole month. But, I guess that's why I like her workouts, because if I feel it's a struggle it's because it's working.

Here's to a good day all!

Taradise, you rock, girl!!! :drinker:

Hey j-just read back a few posts. I have my sugar/eating evenings issues that I need help with, but one thing you can try to break over your plateau is lifting weights with a different amounts of reps and heaviness of the weight. At least 3-4 x per week. Switch things up. Different exercises, types, in different order. Anything to confuse your muscle. I haven't been measuring or journalling my food. Need to start doing that again, but when do you guys find time when you're working and doing household stuff? Gotta get back my motivation for the effort!

wanted to go for a walk on my lunch but the wind will not quit blowing. I can handle it being 38 degrees but the wind is making it unbearable. I guess I will just have ot do extra work tonight

Ok i stumbled a little hubby brought me a blizzard from DQ and I ate a little more than half. I know it is not a big deal but I want to hold myself accountable. I know I should have told him I didn;t want one, but the thought of him wanting to bring me lunch and see me after his day at work got the best of me. Oh well I will just have to work it off tonight.