I'm starting super easy. I logged in everyday this week - certainly makes you aware of what goes in. My sister has been strapped to a fuel band now for a week. she loves the fact that you know what you are expending - in the exercise. For now I will concentrate on logging in food and walking a lot more than I did last year. So far so good.


TO be totally honest, I'm sort of afraid to even think about 100+ and so for now I'm just going to concentrate on 25.

My success is losing 11.5 pounds when I weighed in Wed. I'm trying to look at this as a change of eating healthier then saying I'm on a diet. My downfalls have been cokes and chocolate. I have really been good w/o having any sweets and oddly enough, I'm not craving sweets. I did have a coke 4 or 5 days ago, but thats okay. I'm going to treat myself to a soda once a week. I actually couldn't believe how sweet it tasted, didn't drink the entire can but boy was it good..lol
For me its started to get hard on trying to change up dinner. Its hard to find something different every night. I don't go over 25 fat grams a day so I need to find more food that I like without fat in it. I'm eating lots of apples, oranges, veggies. I have been drinking 64oz of water every day.
Next thing I need to start is exercising. I have to start.....

Hi!
Successes:
-signed up for MFP ...AND logged in 5 days in a row!
-stayed under my (1 lb/wk) calorie goal all 5 days
-dusted off the treadmill and recumbant bike and got moving
-organized my pantry and refrigerator so I could easily make better choices with what I had, until next big grocery shopping day
-BIG ONE: started eating breakfast!!!

Struggles:
-not drinking enough water ...yet
-diet coke
-gave in to McD's with the family (but smaller burger and NO fries)
-resisting the urge to reach into my old, tired "diet" bag of tricks ...that never last
-the WAIT til my next (Wed) weigh-in!

I had no more than 1 Pepsi per day (had to cut down slowly to curb the caffiene withdrawl)
Drained my 32 ounce water bottle at least 3 times a day (= to 12+ glasses of water)

Drinking too much soda (Diet Coke for me) and not enough water has been a big issue for me. I have really cut down on the soda and am working on upping my water. Good for you for cutting down to one per day. It isn't easy. You should be proud!

It's been ok. I've only had one soda this week versus the several a day I was drinking. I haven't been eating as well this week because we've been trying to eat cheaply lol. Still staying in my calorie goal though. Speaking of, I bumped it from losing 2lbs a week to 1.5lbs a week so I can eat more calories. Hoping that helps. But I exercised 3 days this week. Last workout of the week, I pushed myself too hard and aggravated my foot injury so I've been resting it all weekend. The scale has finally gone down a whopping .2lbs and I'm down a couple more inches. Meh. It could've been worse. I started a challenge today with some local friends and my 'challenges' are to exercise 30min+ for 3days/week, no sodas 6days/week and veggies with 2 meals/day for 6 days/week. So, that should keep me going through this next week.

Congratulations on your pounds and inches loss. Good luck on your local challenge. It sounds tough, but you can do it!

Time has bee a huge struggle. We have two teenage sons. In the last ten days, I have worked 8. We had basketball games five nights. We had faith formation one night. We had an Eagle Court of Honor. I made my workout calorie goal, but just barely. My trips to the Y have been limited. The successful part is I still made my calorie goals, but daily intake and overall burned for the week. It was just a tough week.

Good: I have logged every day this week, even when I ate 4 choc. chip cookies, oh, and I refused to feel guilty about them and send myself into a shame/binge/regret spiral. So, Yay for me!

Bad: see cookies above

Ugly: I went through the hardest training sessions this week with my PT. They were gross! They were painful (in a good way) and awful, I really pushed my limits physically and it felt great!!! But it wasn't pretty.

Time has bee a huge struggle. We have two teenage sons. In the last ten days, I have worked 8. We had basketball games five nights. We had faith formation one night. We had an Eagle Court of Honor. I made my workout calorie goal, but just barely. My trips to the Y have been limited. The successful part is I still made my calorie goals, but daily intake and overall burned for the week. It was just a tough week.

Sorry to hear that. I hope it slows down a bit for you. I know how it is to be super busy and I'm lucky that right now I am able to slow down and focus on me for a bit. Sending good thoughts for a relaxing week for you next week.

How has this week been? Successes? Struggles? How can we encourage you?

Good week once I decided to ignore that annoying, "You know there are Doritos just down the hill!" voice like a teenager ignores authority. It helped - a LOT. Then I suddenly found myself chuckling at how good it felt when I gassed up at the c-store and just paid at the pump - no going in for pizza or chips or Reeses pieces.

My struggles were earlier in the week with the food trance - that still freaks me out a little. It was scary to kind of "come to" in the kitchen with food in my hand. Early in the week I missed soda and the crunchy chips...so bad. The headaches and jitters were hard, but now, on day 10 with no soda, I really am glad I stopped. Had a close moment last night when I REALLY wanted a sip of diet Pepsi. But I made myself and ice water and chugged it. Felt immediately better - physically and emotionally. I'm not a water drinker at all, so logging in 5-1/2 cups of water for yesterday was an all-time high. I'm getting there.

My successes were having hubby there doing this with me (also on MFP). We coordinate our meals and exercises together. Even our youngest has been monitoring our progress! The accountability is key for both hubby and I.

This site rocks!

Today is my first weigh in and I am worried!

Typically I will weigh-in and if the scale does not reflect what I feel I put into the week I fall off the healthy wagon. Slightly nervous. Does any one have any good mental tricks regarding the scale? It's just a number right? I know I should feel good about my last week, I exercised 5 times for at least 30 mins, ate within my calorie goals, and have been logging everyday, but still very nervous.

Today is my first weigh in and I am worried!

Typically I will weigh-in and if the scale does not reflect what I feel I put into the week I fall off the healthy wagon. Slightly nervous. Does any one have any good mental tricks regarding the scale? It's just a number right? I know I should feel good about my last week, I exercised 5 times for at least 30 mins, ate within my calorie goals, and have been logging everyday, but still very nervous.

Focus on all the hard work you put into this week instead of the numbers. You've worked hard. You should be proud of yourself.

Success: Logged in every day
Drinking more water daily
Working out at Curves 4 days this week (Missed Thursday because I had to be in another town conducting a training.)
Averaging only 2 cups of coffee a day
Struggles: Drinking more water
Remembering to wear my FitBit every day.

Thanks Tinatatertoes! The scale is my evil arch nemesis. Thanks for putting things in perspective.