Serial Starters

Feeling irritated as today is my second "official" weigh-in since I really started tracking again. I gained 1.6 from last week. Now, I new my weekend was not great but I also knew I'd had some really excellent days, some good exercise, had stayed away from pop, and TOM showed up on Sunday night - so I actually expected a small loss. Instead, I'm up .6 for the 2-week period. GRRR!

Now that I have vented, I will say that I will not let this derail me. I will continue to track and stay under my carbs and calories. I will have a good weekend this weekend if it kills me! (Meaning I will track and stay within my limits.) Eventually the number on the scale will follow my good actions. I do think I'm going to weigh-in daily (even after a day I feel I've been "bad"), so I can watch what is happening.

Good plan for the day. Egg and coffee for breakfast, string cheese and cucumbers for morning snack, leftover homemade beef stew for lunch, inside-out egg roll for supper tonight. There may be a piece of toast or some crackers in there. I have been allowing myself a few peanut butter M&Ms through the day but tracking every bite. And I'm soda-free now for 8 days! Interestingly, DH is talking about trying to stay soda-free after this 30-day challenge is over.

Have a good day, everyone! Like Sara, I will lurk from work!

Morning All-

A bit harder to get online at work.

Lana- NYC is so crazy for housing. My father's house has turned into a goldmine for a neighborhood that I think is the pits ...so good when you go to sell. However, if I had to live back there.. I have no idea where I would be living.
Couldn't afford it. How did it go at MSK.

Annie- no sweat on the gain. It's probably water weight since it's so small,I know though the number could derail you mentally- I know it does me. Way to go on the 8 days soda free

QOTD: What will/can be your activity or exercise today?
AOTD: My new job is on a 64 acre campus and the goal is a healthy work/life balance. They gave us at work stretchy bands and exercise cards to keep at our desk so that we can take breaks and stretch. So I will be doing that today!

Been eating like crap this week= Heading to San Diego for a long weekend- I know food choices will be poor - but Monday will be joining the gym.
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Sara- do you have lunch offerings at work? We do too- I just read that they are now having a lighter fare choice. Yesterday was pasta and a salad bar. I am trying to figure it all out so that I can plan my meals. It really helps with the cost of things since it's free. I used to (I'm working where I used to work 3 years ago) make lunch my main meal and then have a light dinner so I plan to do that again but need to watch the food choices.

Have a great day everyone!
Jen-

Yes, I've started and stopped so many times I have lost count. This time is different though. I'm setting goals and searching for people to keep me accountable until, atleast, I'm at a point where I enjoy working out and no longer need the motivation because right now, it's HARD, but once I'm done I feel great.

I can not understand, how it is when I eat breakfast, I seem to be starving all day. When I don't eat or barely eat, a lot of the times I am fine most of the day. I tell myself, eat breakfast, it's better than starving myself. But, when I'm starving all day, I wonder if it is truly better.

Good morning Ladies~~

I just cleaned off my vanity/desk. I do it only once a year. What a nice difference. I knew of all of the things in this messy cramped apartment, that vanity needed to be clean when I come home from the hospital/hotel later next week. I did it!

Dawn - what are you eating for breakfast? Whatever it is, change to something else before giving up on the breakfast idea. I need protein for breakfast to work for me. If it's carbs, yes, I will be hungry soon too, especially if it is sugary carbs.
Drink water too in the morning.

Announcement!:
The Cabana Boys will be having a very special Happy Hour Poolside today in celebration of
1) It's Friday and
2) Nasty Woman from Hades is leaving Sara's workplace. "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" will be played by the band several times: reggae, samba, Beach Boys etc styles......
Zero point cocktails and healthy snacks will be at the buffet.....

Lana

Hi All-

Lana- Get those cabana boys to bring over a bloody mary my way!

Sara- I worked with someone who made me crazy and part of me returning to my new/old job was that this person is no longer here in my department sitting feet away from me. It makes a world of a difference when one bad apple leaves the bunch. Go celebrate!

I've had a rough week food wise- lots of pasta- no veggies and several nights out for drinks. Since I am in SD for the weekend for a conference, I will not be at WI which kind of is a relief because it gives me the week to get back into gear. It's all such a mindgame for me.

There is this other WW board on another site and they do a daily Beck Book thread. I'll be honest. I bought the book, read the first chapter and have not gone back. I need to really focus on that. It seems from the posts that it really helps people.

The positive for me is that I am not sitting at home eating all night long infront of the tv. I'll be joining a gym on Monday (didn't I say that last week too). The other positive is that my local Starbucks (this is where I would go Mon-Fri) really changed in the 3 years I was gone. But then again so has the town. The friendliness of the baristas is gone and so I don't like going in there in the mornings. For me sometimes its not even about the food but the experience or routine.

Had an interesting conversation with a friend. She is retired and she and husband have wine at 4:30pm. She said it was a glass then two and basically they split a bottle of wine a day. She realized it was the routine of it, the ritual of it. She said she was not feeling like she had a problem with the alcohol but she thought - this is not a good habit to get into. For me, it was the morning Starbucks/cafe stop on the way to work. I live alone and it was nice to go into a place where people knew you and were friendly and a nice start to the day before work. I realized these past 2 1/2 weeks (thats how long I've been back at work) that I go in and they dont speak to customers or even each other. It makes me feel like why bother going in there. It's a good thing in a way.

I have a cafe (small mom/pop place) I walk to on Sat/Sun and I enjoy going int here for a cappacino and conversation. It's very homey there.

Ok I've rambled.
Havea a great Friday-
jen

A little "note" to my friends Sara and Jen and Annie and Dawn and Chamie and Liz.....

You all take good care of yourselves over the next few days. I have been pretty busy and self-centered, hopefully understandably, these days and I know I've missed commenting on some things that have been going on in your lives.
I will get moreso over the next week, with the surgery on Monday. My sister will be in town as of tomorrow evening.
I need to come to this thread to keep myself right side up, but I may not have energy to do more than pipe up that I'm doing OK. So forgive in advance the one-sided postings you will read. Plus!: I have no idea how the pain meds will affect me. Don't worry about not hearing from me for a while.

I love you all bunches and bunches.

Sara - snap your fingers often and keep those Cabana Boys in line. *wink and a smile*

Extra pillow fluffing for all: It's the weekend! I am having a martini---cheers!

Lana

Three times now I have typed everything out and I get kicked out of Community. Frustration. So, I will try quickly to make sense. The days I actually cook breakfast, eggs or protein shake, I am hungrier than the days I have a spoonful of PB. I drink 64+ oz of water, every day. That is what I don't understand. I get full on eggs and such. But, am starved well before lunch.
Hope all goes well, Lana
I will try to check in this weekend. Off to moms birthday celebration.
Hugs

Hi Jen---

Re the WW Connect, maybe Dawn or Annie can tell you, or maybe Chamie or a new visitor......but Sara and I both quit WW after they decided to get rid of the boards.

Don't let anything discourage you. It is hard to lose weight, but we can eat healthy as often as possible and slowly develop new good habits.....

Lana