What I did right today!!! I started tracking again and got back to MFP! I am taking things easy as I've been a caregiver these last 3 weeks and have had very little time to do anything for Christmas. One thing at a time and trying to eliminate the stress. Did wrap the ornaments for the grandkids. And I am going quilting with my quilting group tonight despite the snow and cold!

Glad you are tracking, I find that is what is helping me the most.

And - I am going to stay positive in thoughts and actions today....no negative people will get me in their cloud of glum!

:happy:

^^^^ This is so RIGHT!!!

What I did right:
Stayed within my cals.
Passed on the wine, saving that for tonight.
Roasted butternut squash, baby squash, and made a casserole of cauliflower with Alfredo Sauce (lots of cauliflower so it make 8 serves with the same amount of sauce to lower the cals.)
Stocked up on chicken stock, since I'll need some for butternut squash soup.
Got new snow tires so I will be less stressed driving into work when I have to start doing that again.
Had a treat of skinny peppermint mocha, the 100 cals that fit within my day's cals. allowance.

Gramanana,
Doing it right isn't always about food. It is how you view your life when you get right down to it.

What I did right:

Took care of DH, he has a coughy cold. He got chicken soup foot rubs, and meds to make it all better.

Stayed under my cals. And had my champers within those cals.

Did my first Zumba workout in weeks. After New Orleans, I just started doing step aerobics and dancing to digital music. Finally getting back to a more structured experience.

Had a wonderful time at the art musuem, before hubby started feeling really miserable we had gone to see the Passport to Paris exhibit. Learned a lot about some painters I already thought I knew a lot about. I was most impressed with Gaugin's hand written, painted dinner menu for a dinner party he gave in Tahiti The exhibit covered 300 years of French painting ( a few American Impressionist were in the section about landscapes). I love Impressionists and the pre/post ones as well. So this was really a great experience for me.

Way to go everyone who is posting their Rights!!! :flowerforyou::flowerforyou:

What I did right:

Kept within cals. just barely but did it.

Decided to mix it up, I have been stalled for a week or so now. So went in and did a recalculation of my TDEE - 20% on MFP not IIFYM site which I had been humming along on nicely till last couple of weeks. I was at a higher weight last time I did this, so my daily cals. are now lowered, but I can eat all my exercise cals at this level. I think the stall was from eating them back at the higher level. It is a journey, and I had to make a detour I guess. :grumble:

Went to see the holiday lights at the Denver Botanical Gardens last night and had just the hot chocolate, no hot roasted pecans that made the air smell heavenly. I really wanted those but decided I could live with just the hot chocolate, since the pecans would haven taken me over my cals. for the day. It was well over 40 degrees out last night so it was a comfortable outing. Full moon just added to the enchantment of the evening.

Almost forgot, I am planning out the food to take into work with me, since there will be soooooo very much junk food around. I am kinda dreading that part of this work change. At home I control the junk in the house totally, but in the work place it is a whole different scenario. Going in will also increase the stress level, all the day managers around interrupting your work etc. I have found my stress management CDs. and will be listening to one of those each day when I get home and probably while I get dressed and prepped for work in the mornings too. Driving really stresses me out as well. So I am planning, planning, planning. And yes I am scared of what all this is going to do to my weight loss efforts. Last time I put on the weight it took my 4 yrs. to get rid of in about 18 months. I really need to get in touch with my inner warrior princess.



Make good choices today My Friends.

What I did right (last couple of days)

Packed my lunches so I didn't eat the garbage at work and OMG there was tons of it.

Stayed within cals.

Driving really tightened up my neck, I stress very badly when I have to drive in the dark, and I will be doing that for till March when the days are longer. Since I could still feel the tightness after dinner I asked my husband to massage it till the pain went away.

Today:
Did my step aerobics and later did some dumbell work. I am seeing some improvement in my strength finally.

Stayed within my cals.

Learning how to use digifit better, it does more than I am using it for, I think it is a good tool for my fitness goals.