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New,

I am the same as you! I have weighed my self when I shouldnt and i am happy! I can not wait till friday I HOPE!

newbeginning--wow good for you i think you deserve it after having such a rough time of it !

i've been fighting a cold all week, which means less activity than normal. i've been goingover my calories (i have 1410 for starters every day), but only by around 50-100, so it's not that bad.. it's just i'm used to having 300 extra calories or so from exercise!! hopefully once i get over this cold i'll be back on track... which i need to be if i want to be 130 by july!! i weighed myself today and was 145.8, which is not quite a pound off since last week (weighed myself as 146.4 last tues) but is still an improvement! however, i'm feeling really motivated now for some reason, haha!

I love those times like your party. I can relate! The one thing that shocked me was my first time like that. I realized I was thinking abotu the food when this is about friends and fun NOT FOOD! It was liek a light bulb,lol. To bad those lightbulbs go out an dI have to keep replacing them but I do replace them!

Hi Myth

I was reading this message you posted the other day. I was out having lunch with my sister and her little boys. Usually I would just cram all the food in my mouth. But thinking about your post made me realise. Im here because I enjoy my sisters company. I get to spend time with my little nephews. So why focus on the food. I should focus on the company - it was a revelation!! I did eat but I wasn't solely focused on food. I didn't eat as much as I would have and I really enjoyed my family lunch outing!!! YEH!!!!! Hope I can keep this mindset up!!!

Still have yet to wash my greens, maybe tonight. I do not have anything planned.

chipgal

I weighed my self this morning and I havn't budged!!! Ive been eating pretty well and I started exercising..

even though the scale hasn't moved I actually feel better about myself and Im not so lethargic all the time!!

just wish those scales would budge..

Jaymie,

Congrats on the lunch, that sounds so awsome! I hope that second salad is a good one! Mindless drinking, yaayyy now just stop all the peeeing! lol

Alright I have only had one salad this week... so I will have to make one tomorrow! I am really scared to get on the scale in the morning for our weigh in... I was only able to go to the gym Sunday and Monday this week. At one point this week I was down 2 more lbs... but two days I have been over my calories.... so I am thinking I will be about the same as last week. Cross your fingers for me!

Washed all my green stuff and had an excellent salad. Used most of my calories on lunch at a local resturant with some co workers. Will do another salad tonight. Thanks for the challenge it helps having a group with you. NewBeginnings good luck on the 16 hr shift.

Chipgal

Newbeginning -- wow, 16 hour shifts and you didn't cheat? you deserve a medal :flowerforyou:

I'm pretty much over my cold--they don't usually stay very long for me--and I feel so much better! Mindless drinking went well today... The only thing I've had besides water today is a teeny little juice box... (eventually, I'll cut that out too... but I love them so...) haha. Everyone's posts have been so positive lately... I love it... it makes me feel happy!

Somebody I look up to told me the other day that it takes 21 days of concious effort to kick an old habit or enforce a new one. I immediately started thinking about healthy eating habits, and thought that it was a long time--a lot of work. And then I realized that I'm going to be living thousands of days in my life, and if it only takes 21 of them to make a change that will benefit the rest of my life, I'd be crazy not to do it. So, there's some more motivation for me. I don't know if it makes any sense to anyone else, but I thought I'd share. :happy:

Taking that little revelation in mind, I'm going to start cutting out granola bars and replacing them with fruit or veggies in my lunches at school. Granola bars take up a lot of my calories!!

And I hope everyone has an awesome weekend... good luck

Hey Thalia...just came in from a 2 mile run and am wishing you the very best for the new year.

EEK

21 days to start a habit.. wow thats a wise piece of information., Im wondering what small change I can make to my daily habits that will help me to sustain a healthier lifestyle / lose weight...

...after some reading and pondering I have decided i want to make a concious effort to eat really SLOWLY!!! apparently it takes 20mins for our brains to register that we are full..

so if we chew our foods properly and slowly. and appreciate every single bite.. we actually end up eating less but feeling satisfied!! So how about we all aim to eat slowly and savour every bite !! if we did this for 21 days it will form a new Habit!

Chipgal

Good to hear your keeping up the salad challenge!! and boxing your meals.. I went out to dinner on friday night, we went to this restaurant called lonestar. They are famous for serving huge dishes!!! So I made an effort to eat slowly and not to finish everything on my plate - I got half boxed up before I could even touch it!

keep up the effort chipgal !!
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Welcome Sporters!

Sorry to hear about your mom !!

its a new year, new start!!! This is a great site with lots of friendly supportive members!! You can do it!!!

How was last weeks challange? Report in if you had 2? This is me holding you responsible! You are smart and beautiful and you want htis so do it! I some of you said you ahd 2 and some posted they had 1 and were gonna have another one? SO I am just checking in! :blushing:

I had 2!