Happy New Year! I continued the celebration most of the day yesterday. In my family, celebration = eating. Today the celebration is over. All the evil food is gone. I will be restocking with healthier choices. I only have chicken and veggies in the fridge at the moment. I wanted to take an early walk today, but it's raining! I think it will clear up by noon though. I hope so anyway. Tomorrow I go back to work and finally back to a routine day. I do much better on a routine day.
Again, Happy New Year!!!!

I did go to the gym tonight . It felt great after being absent for 3 months. I started off really slow on the treadmill but ended up walking 2 miles in just over 30 minutes. Not bad, especially considering I have been sick with a cold and ear infection for a week! The endorphin high afterwards was terrific!

@JanolaBarbara it's good to hear from you again. Good for you for joining Weight Watchers! I think with only 12 pounds to lose so many people would have thought they could do that on their on and not sought a support group. You can do this!

@1skholloway -- Thanks! I'm still at my in-laws. I've been making pretty good food choices, considering. I've managed to walk every day and do yoga every day. As much as I enjoy my husband's family, it'll be nice to go home and try to have a normal routine!

@NewOR2015 == Yup! Back to routine! I can't wait to finally have more control over my food and activity. I know you can do it!

Yes, I've joined WW. I am tracking my food on their site, but checking in here. It's a bit of a hassle balancing the two sites.

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing well. I haven't posted much lately because I just don't feel like I have anything new to post.

I went to the gym 4 days last week. I started out very strong. By Thursday, I was happy to complete 30 minutes on the treadmill and it was not close to my fastest time. That's probably to be expected for my first week back since I lifted weights and did cardio the 3 previous days.

We had a little (and I mean very little) sleet Friday morning but schools closed Friday afternoon in anticipation of more so my office closed. We saw no more precipitation but we had very cold temps for us (around 20 degrees). I didn't even stick my head out the door of my house Saturday. I meant to walk 800 steps Saturday evening to get my steps to 5,000 and I ended up walking 5,800 steps so I could reach 10,000 steps for the day. I ended up having a good work out in my house.

It's getting very hard to lose weight. I ate 1228 calories yesterday. I walked at least 250 steps each hour for 10 hours and ended up walking about 7200 steps. I exercised for 15 minutes. Y'all, I gained about 1/2 pound today. I know it's probably water. I haven't lost any weight in the last week. It could be because I'm lifting weights also. I guess I need to talk to the trainer at the gym. I'm ok at my current weight but I am trying to lose a few more pounds. What I want more than to lose weight is to lose the fat on my belly through exercise and diet and not liposuction. Is it possible???? I'm going to continue to try.

I hope y'all have a great Monday!

Gosh we have been a quiet group lately. I survived birthday at the office. The lady who drew my name made 2 big sheet cakes. Plus she put mini candy bars on the tables and had ice cream to serve with the cakes. One of the cakes wasn't even cut and she wanted me to bring it home with me. I told her someone could take it home. I allowed myself one piece of cake. It was bigger than I would have cut but I ate the whole thing. We ate cake at 10 and I was hungry before noon. It tasted pretty good but I didn't like getting so hungry so quickly. We then went to lunch at the restaurant of my choice. I chose a fish restaurant at which I knew I could get grilled fish and veggies. Someone ordered cheese sticks as an appetizer for the table. They were handmade and everyone kept talking about how good the breading on the outside was. I resisted. I was tired during the afternoon and just wanted a nap. I don't know if I had cake hangover or was just tired.

Unfortunately, I had to go to the grocery after work. I went to a market near work. I bought more than I planned with the hopes of making some healthy dishes this weekend. My big project for the day is to make non dairy low fat yogurt in my electric pressure cooker that I bought on black Friday and have hardly used. Since I was sick in the fall, it seems to have left me with some lactose intolerance. I follow a group on Facebook that cooks in this thing all the time and they enjoy making yogurt in it. It's a long process. It cooks 8 hours. If you choose to strain it, it has to strain at least 4 hours. I hope this turns out ok.

It seems like I posted just yesterday, and it's been a week! I've been swallowed up by my new workload. If it doesn't ease up, I'm going to have to start thinking about a new job for next year.

@1skholloway You did great on your birthday! I don't think I could have turned down more cake. I love sweets...and one piece would have led to another...and another....

@JanolaBarbara Congrats on getting back on track so quickly and so successfully!

Cold day today but still running around. When I first started at mfp it was quite a challenge to get in 10,000 steps a day. Now, I can't see how I could possibly not get at least 10,000 a day.

@2020pinktogo Sorry to hear about your cold. Seems our thread has gone cold too. I know I've just been too busy to even remember to log in daily. But I'm not giving up. I'll keep checking in when I get the chance.

I hope everyone is doing well!