T.H.E (Trying Hard Everyday) Team: May 6, 2011 Thread

I didn't see a new thread so hope I am still with you guys.

I've been so unmotivated it's not even funny. Been working hard. Have new duties at work and I've been so busy the days have flown by I've been so tired it's easier to just grab some fast food on the way home to eat and then go to bed. I am going to try to get started again today. I'm up about 8 lbs from my very lowest even though my lowest only lasted a day!

for you late night snackers.....try 100 calorie popcorn. I love it and it is filing for me. You really shouldn't eat past 7pm. if you are feeding your kids at 5pm why not eat with them??

Have to get ready for work it's gonna be a 10 hour day! Later

Painten you are going to have to get one of us to send you a care package full of 100 calorie snack packs!! I think that if you train your body to eat at different times that you will eventually get to where you can eat at 5 or 6pm and then not be hungry at 8-9. I think if you eat breakfast at the same time every day and then lunch at the same time...then have an afternoon snack. then dinner about 6pm then a healthy snack ( fruit or something low calorie, or a little protein like nuts) about 8 or 9 then you would do well.

So I guess the May thread has continued into June?
Okay, as of 6/18 I am at 255 pounds, Down 1 pound from my 6/14 weigh in. It's not much, but every pound counts!!!
I'm going in for surgery next Friday (6/24) & the meds that they have put me on are making me hungrier than normal. This is not what I need if I am going to be a couch/bed potato for 2 weeks after my surgery. :grumble:

I stepped on the scale yesterday - 251.5. My surgery is in 2 days. Yes, I might be getting on the scale more often than I should, but with the decline in weight that I have had recently - it makes me smile.
My FIL (father-in-law) is in the hospital & not doing well. The stress of getting family members together (from out of state & country) will make my blood pressure go up & that is not what I need before surgery. WISH ME LUCK.

Sorry to see that about your fil Dreamer, that has got to be tough on the whole family. Your mil must be devastated. There is something about that generation they think tougher than we do. My in-laws have lived in a caravan in the middle of a field for the longest time as they were market gardeners so they had the fields for veg growing and lived on in in the van as they weren't allowed to build on it. They've managed well but the last few years the van has started to crumble. My 75 y/o fil was crawling under it to fix holes in the floor, every autumn he'd have to climb on the roof to clear off the leaves and things from the roof as they blocked the flu for the fire. Going outside to cut wood for the fire etc. This last winter was harsh and fil damaged his eye and couldn't see for 2 months and my mil had a fall in the kitchen. My oh was still can't drive after his car accident almost 2 years ago now so they were stuck with no heat for the whole time we had that snow. Our winter was so bad i believe it made the american news. It finally made my in-laws realise they had to sell up and get a house. They moved in to a house 14 doors down from us last week. In their head though i think they saw themselves living there till they were 100. I reckon it'll take some doing to get your mil to see the reality. It would be hard for her to accept she can't help the one she loves in his last days.

Here's hoping your surgery goes smoothy and quickly today dreamer

Deb..i managed to eat most of the week with the kids, evenings have been murder though but i'm sure i'll get used to it.

Kids aren't sleepign well right now. My son keeps waking up at 4 then i'm struggling to get back to sleep if i can get him back to sleep. Some days he's not going back to sleep and then still isn't settling in the evening. I don't know how he's staying awake. My daughter has started falling out of bed again. I really could do with someone promising me that they will sleep by he time they are teenagers. The Oh and i were talking about another baby and if we could manage it with me going to uni in september he mentioned sleep with a baby waking up in the night. Then we both laughed as we realised it wouldn't be a lot worse than right now. Like Bon jovi said, i can sleep when i'm dead lol.

I did my weigh in this week

sw: 301 cw: 274 = 1lb loss since last time.

Nice to see you back on here Vicki

Step one: log breakfast! DONE! My first baby step. On to the next!

Planning on a motorcycle ride today, but it's a bit cool and quite cloudy. Mondays DH and I make them our "together" days...so we will probably go for a drive.

See you tonight!

*Ü*

Howdy Gals,

I'm so sorry about your DFIL, Dreamer. He must have someone special to be so loved by you. I appreciate that helpless feeling about not being able to help your DH, too. It's like being mired in gooey mud, the harder you try to work it out the more stuck you feel. But on a GOOD note, there is ½ pound of you and that is so much better for you in so many more ways...especially in your recovery! I'll be sending up a little prayer for your DFIL tomorrow as my contribution to the funeral. Hugs to you. :flowerforyou:

Cleaning day always makes for light eating for me, too, Cyndi. Have fun with your family, and forget Aunt Mary's French Silk pie, go for Uncle Rog's fruit salad instead! Well, okay, have ONE bite of the pie...the first bite is always the best, why go down hill from there? Sounds like you had a great ride. I haven't put on 200 miles on my bike yet...:sad:

Hey there Vicky...you've been plugging away I see.

Ooop, I hear my boss sign in on the scanner...better get ready! Oh BTW...lost three of the 5 pound I gained. There is a lesson there...if we tackle the gain quickly, it goes away quickly.

Happy Losing....Vicki....*Ü*