Tish (Natasha?), I keep meaning to say how wonderful it is to read about all your activities with your husband and son. Especially the badminton- -I can just see the three of you hopping around like crazed lunatics. Badminton is so fun!

Well I've managed to procrastinate so long on putting Thompson's on the front deck that a storm is rolling in and I won't be able to now. Going to do my recycling and go to the hardware store then do laundry. Hubs has worked all weekend and will take tomorrow off, so I am going to surprise him with a "slothfest day." That's a day of being a sloth--no chores allowed!

Heather, I like this idea of a recommitment. I've been on MFP since April 24, lost 31 pounds in six weeks, and now I think I've gained it all back. My scale won't talk to me and I don't want to weigh in at the doctor's and face the music, but I KNOW. I can tell by the way my back feels and the extra fat roll on my neck. I have good excuses for gaining back--six weeks on high doses of prednisone, two weeks of nonstop Still's flares, pneumonia, leech bite, three weeks of company. It all added up.

The only thing I've done consistently right is check in here!

So yes, recommitment starting now. I know how to do this--3 healthy meals and two snacks, exercise for an hour each day, get enough water and sleep, have an occasional treat so I don't feel deprived. I guess the "trick" is to actually DO those things consistently. And make them a pattern or habit before I go leaping off into my usual craziness of adding a thousand other plans, like working with a trainer on weights, or learning to cook vegetarian, or teaching a water aerobics class to my neighbors. Instead of doing the basics, I try to be a superhero, and then my cape falls off, and I'm lying naked on the sidewalk eating Cheetos again.

So my commitment is to create a habit of basics!
That's it.
It's boring but necessary. LOL. Oh my God, I think I just grew up a little.

Edit: almost forgot the most important part... my reward for doing this all week is that I get to spend $20 on vintage jewelry from my favorite etsy shop next Sunday! Bling!
Karen in Maine

I will join you in recommitment. The most sobering moment of my week was realizing that I cant go to the pool because my new swimsuits don't fit. Yesterday I went to a dog show with my friend and today I have done chores.. working on coloring my hair so I am typing in plastic gloves! LOL.

My recommitment is to track.. just flippin track and stay within it. It isn't that difficult I just haven't been focused. I meant what I said before.. this isn't a journey for us that is like flipping a switch and we lose it forever.. this is a battle day by day month by month.. I haven't done so well lately.. but my body feels awful for eating junk and its time to do great again.

Yes, Julie--tracking! When I stop tracking my food and calories, everything falls apart.

Come on--you and I have been in this group since day one--let's make it work.

As for the swimsuit, message me your particulars (size, style) and address. I probably have one in my swimsuit bag that I can pop in the mail to you. Seriously--I have about 25 in all sizes--in fact, my mom just left three more with me. That's life on a lake, LOL.

Dee if you need a suit too, let me know.
Karen

Very windy and choppy here too Diana, but the water was 80 degrees! Seriously warm and lovely!

Salad in a pita for supper. Nom nom nom. Swam for over an hour. Decided to chance the rain and put Thompson's on half the front deck.
K.