Well I am dissappointed...I ate good all wekk - and I thought I would have lost more than 2 lbs. I feel very dissappointed and I am tired of the battle with weight. I dont feel like excerising - its getting really hot in Atlanta so I stopped and ate a whole wheat bagel and a med iced mocha latte. Well those two things basically (well the latte)) used up everything.
I cant find what works for me - The tamoxfien I take for breast cancer tends to make woman gained weight - and its like this HUGE struggle to lose. I am discouraged. I want the thin gene. I want my trainer back.
Thanks for allowing me to vent

My day is coming to an end in my neck of the woods. Did well today after being away for a week at a workshop where they had fatty, food and tons of bread stuff! Was hard to select correctly, but only gained one pound, so today I decided to pick it back up and have been good. Did a lot of heavy house work (well with 9 furballs, there is a lot of dusting and vaccuming and sweeping etc, etc) after being gone a week, so I consider that exercise for me today!! Hope you all have a great day!!

Getting ready to go camping this weekend and the kiddos are excited!! I'm feeling great today because I achieved my first goal to get under 255lbs! SLow but steady wins the race! Hope you all have a great long weekend!!

Morning loves! 2lbs in a week is great! I weighed this morning and was up 9lbs in 2 days. Woo hoo! At this I just have to grin and bear it because even at the docs who weighs me heavy were I was wearing jeans in the afternoon 3 days ago, I was down 3lbs less than that. So bright side is, I am going into this holiday weekend heavy and motivated more than ever to watch my sodium, drink lots of water and take care. Looking forward to that big water weight drop because Lord knows I did not eat over my calories this week. I DID eat up to them though and my visitor is still being.pokey so multiple things going on.

Really excited for our trip. Its going to be a long day. Work until 5, grab the kiddo, finish packing, hit the road hopefully by 6:30 and roll into Galveston by 11. Houston traffic better be kind.

Hello lovelies!
Tough struggles must be the game plan for today. Let's do what we need to do to nurture ourselves and feel good.

I've hit that stage too where I feel pissed that I can't eat the food I like and the portions I want. I just keep trying to remember that these are cravings- -psychological- -and not physical needs.

Yesterday was a bust for me, including sneaking two peanut butter sandwiches at midnight. I need to record everything in my food diary before I forget it all, but my day involved a lot of bread and it wasn't pretty. No sugar or fast-food though--so I'll take that victory!!!!

Knit, my rheumatologist told me the same thing and doc and nutritionist confirmed--higher protein and fat: lower carb. I feel much better doing that, retain less water, and am less hungry. The last few days I've been eating multigrain bread at every meal and I feel like crap. Add in potatoes the other night, which turned me into a carb hound, and I really don't need more confirmation.

My plan for the next few days is to do a good carb detox and get lots of swim time. And t i stay excited about taking good care of my body!

Ok I am back and a little more human. I ended up switching my afternoon snack to morning, and I just had my lunch a little early. But saved some of the poached chicken and the fresh pineapple for my afternoon snack. I am still good for cals and feel less I want to eat so eff you allish. Doesn't help I am due my TOM Sunday, I always struggle not to give in at this time, I want carbs and sweets and junk.

I have read a lot that upping protein and lowering carbs works for a lot of people but unless I start using protein powders there is no way I can do that, I cannot eat eggs, I do not like Greek yogurt have tried it multiple times, I force myself to add beans to chili so I get some of those, but I do not really enjoy them, do not like the texture at all. And I cannot afford to be buying protein bars like Quest, or the powders. So for now I am focusing on other stuff while I still lose, fat was a problem I think I am getting on top of that. Next will be my water, then my sodium (I try to keep it under 2300, but really should be less as I am on high blood meds). When I get those worked out I will look at carbs and protein. Right now I am set at 50% carbs, 30% fat and 20% protein. I would like at least to do 45% carb and 25% protein and then go from there. But one of the things I learnt from other weight loss attempts is not to try and make every change all at once.

Cat I cannot imagine having that many kittys around the place! I love cats, I had 2 in the UK I had to leave with my mum, and when she died I was grieving for them too as we had to take them back to the RSPCA where I had adopted them from, to be rehomed, as neither my brother or I could take them. Then I adopted 2 strays here in Canada, but both died. I suppose at least they got a couple of years of spoiling, good food and warmth.

The day has just started for me so nothings really happened yet. I guess this is more a checkin for the end of the day yesterday. I did fine calorie wise and my macros weren't bad either but i didn't exercise. I skipped yoga and talked myself out of a walk (told myself I had to much client work to do, wich was partially true, but i didn't spend any of the time that I wasn't walking working on client work). I need to do yoga or something in the morning or early afternoon otherwise I simply have no energy in the day. I will literally start falling asleep at the table. I've skipped it for the past two days and they have been miserable energy wise. I just have to get my *kitten* up and moving.... like i'm not doing right now.

I try to focus on my macros and less if i go over on sodium or cholesterol act, worrying about the rest is just being too obsessive and thats no sustainable. I do need to find something to spice up walking as Im getting a little bored. I will be walking a 5k for fathers day so thats something but since I walk that distance normally i'm not too concerned. So I think my focus until then will be pace.

It's been hot here as well, i've been having to wait later and later into the evening to do my walking, wich also makes it difficult. I'm not a morning person and really have little desire to go walking at a time of day when the temp is slowly rising rather then decreasing. It just means I rally need to be close to finished with my work for the day and have some idea of whats for dinner since when i get back all i usually want to do is rest and eat. It's a little frustrating that I will have to wait till the end of summer to start bike riding (I agreed several months back that a family member could barrow the bike for her summer nanny gig), it's something I am really looking forward to.

Im so glad I don't like coffee or coffee based drinks, or alcohol.

Julie, I agree with you. Eating should be enjoyable. Their is no point in losing weight to foods and meals you dislike or don't enjoy, you'll never keep doing it, why would you want to. That was a big difference for me this time around, make sure i'm enjoying each meal, and if I don;t then don't do that meal again. Also try to make that meal fit within your macros and calories (everything else can F*** off). I also hate low fat foods. In my mind the reality is if it has enough packaging to put the words low fat or fat free then most likely you shouldn't be eating it. For the most part its usually processed and unenjoyable. I rather have a controlled portion of something good then a larger portion of something bland. I have noticed that the more I avoid eating these foods the more my tastes change and they become less enjoyable as i notice how flat and one note they are. Just look at the nutritional label, that all we need to know about how much fat is in something. If one thing is lower fat then another without being fatfree then i'll go with that. Thats just better eating rather then eating to food manufactures interests (besides it usually means they have upped the sodium to compensate).

Have what you love in a proper portion, and enjoy it rather then filling yourself on fat free fakes and diet foods/drinks. Question what you think you really like or can't live without. You can probably do without those coffee drinks, and will enjoy them more when you do.

now i need to get moving or risk being more of a hypocrite then usual.

I'm dead tired. Yesterday I didn't move around much at work so I tried to make up for it with walking home and going to the gym. I didn't get tired until a little after midnight so I probably didn't get as much sleep as I should have. I also probably should have eaten a bit more yesterday, and definitely more protein. Today, because I'm tired, I don't feel like counting calories and thinking about what goes in my mouth. I still will because that's What I Do now, but mehhhhhh I don't wanna!

It's funny that folks are talking about low/no fat things because last night I bought some "extra light" sharp cheddar and I've been having 1% cottage cheese for snacks. My big problem is that I know I have more energy when I get more protein, but I have a really hard time doing that without getting too much fat or carbs. I've been searching for high protein/low carb/low fat foods and coming up with very little. I actually really love the cottage cheese, and the sharp cheddar isn't bad, either. I still eat regular cheese, but I need things to eat when my macros are out of whack and I have to fill out some calories.

Me too Karen, instead of snacking I can sip water and read here, or type, or re-read old posts and I remember a) I am not alone and b) I can do this.

I get some reduced fat stuff, like sour cream we do not have often so I get reduced. Light laughing cow wedges, 1% milk (have never liked full fat milk anyway) and light cool whip. But I get real cheese otherwise, regular butter or becel, 2% milk for my son. I do not normally by fat free as when I have in the past I have never actually liked the taste and a rule I have now is no wasting calories, it better taste good or I am not eating it.