Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

Just wanted to pop in and say hi! My vacation is going wonderfully so far. I'm eating more than normal, but no binging which is good. I also read an entire book today and am starting another one in front of the fire right now. I'm getting my workouts in so I'm not completely slacking though Tomorrow is supposed to be 65 here so I'll definitely be enjoying the outdoors! Happy weekend everyone!

@kasey39 Welcome!

@evamutt Sorry for your loss, it's terrible to lose a friend. Especially one who did much good in the animal community. I hope your back feels better soon!

@janetay01 I hope you enjoy your 4 day weekend!

@ShyCush6 Food poisoning is no joke, yikes! Glad to hear you're feeling better today

@jdelaroy Sounds like you made great choices at your friends house, way to go! I can't wait to see new pictures of your puppy

@ngolden3320 All that painting sounds awful, I hope you find some time to yourself!

@gemwolf110 I'm glad the first spinning class was a hit, even if your butt is sore after!

Well we got Jenna's room painted. It took forever to take the border down. Didn't get a gym workout in, however my arms received a great workout. Not much happened this weekend except for laundry. I can't wait until everyone can go back to shorts and tshirts instead of 5 million hoodies and jeans. ugh. Hope everyone has a productive week.

@gemwolf110 I hope that is soon then.

@ngolden3320 Great job getting the bedroom done. I bet with all that painting your calories were good.

@rachel0778 Sounds like you had a great week, and a day off to catch up and relax. I am jealous.

I had a busy weekend. We got the new puppy. I haven't figured out how to post pics from my phone He is so adorable, and good natured. He loves to chew already, but he does pretty good with redirection. Saturday was an errand/spend lots of time with the puppy day. Oh, and eat a lot too. Sunday, I went with the BF to work, he is going to take Apollo to work everyday with him. So I was along to see how he would handle it/babysit. Then we went roller skating. I hugged the wall the whole time, and skated super slow. It was probably a good thing. I felt all of the work I did where they cut me for my surgery (basically, the whole stomach and pelvis area. ) I ate everything in sight yesterday as well. I keep going over my calories, and can't seem to control it.

Jen - Ok, that puppy is adorable!! apollo!! So cute, I bet your kids were over the moon and instantly in love! I've had that problem (still do lots of time) of feeling like I can't stay within my cals no matter how hard I try. So I feel your pain! Drink lots of water, and keep busy (even reading or cleaning or something) instead of being by the food. It seems like it takes so long to get into a good groove of being on point, and then once you get derailed one time, it's virtually impossible to get back on track. I think I was off track and off kilter from December to a few weeks ago!

Gem - yeah SPIN!! My all time fav class! Glad you tried it! I think you have to give yourself 3 x of trying it to begin to really like it. So definitely sign up for another class! Your down under (LOL!) gets used to the big seat after a few classes!

Kasey - welcome to the group. Sorry to hear about your thyroid, that is hard to go through. At least you know what it is and the doctors can help you.

Shy - Sunning yourself in an indoor water park sounds so awesome right about now - snowed yesterday again here. Today is sunny and warmer, feels like the weather doesn't know what to do, it switches almost every day between winter and spring! Food poisoning bites BUTT majorly. The last time I had it was in 1996 (aging myself! LOL) and I didn't eat chinese food for about 9 years after. It was BADDDD! Lexi driving will be awesome! Just think, she will say "I've got volleyball tonight" and you will say "awesome, drive yourself!" HA!

Rachel - glad your weekend went well, and you got some good reading time and visiting time in. it's nice after company leaves to have a day to regroup! Do laundry and get yourself all set for the week. Nice!

Nic - painting is a work out for sure! good job, one room down - one more to go!

Well, I had a good weekend. Not a ton of exercise, and not really logging but I am feeling fine. I know I am not as strict on weekends, so I'm not stressing about it. I've heard before of that idea if you are eating well/exercising lots 80% of the time, the other 20% of the time you can relax a bit... not sure if that is really how things will work for me, but I'm testing the waters. One of my coworkers was SO strict all of the time for so long, she lost almost 40 lbs. But then something clicked and she was so sick of it, she lost all control and went nutso - and now she's gained it all back plus more! So even though I want to lose 17 more lbs before the cruise, I don't want to kill myself and be miserable to get there!

You guys know how much I love pizza!

Thank you guys, he reminds me of a baby polar bear. He is doing great, mostly potty trained, I can take him out front and he doesn't run off. He likes to follow me or the BF around, and he is already very well socialized.

@bluepoppies777 Thanks for the encouragement. It sounds like you had a fantastic weekend, and I like your attitude of not being so strict that it is going to make you go off the deep end. I wasn't super worried about my calories, because I was staying close to maintenance, so I knew I wouldn't really be gaining weight, but I am no where near my goal.

Had an overall good day health wise. Under calories, over on step goal, did 20 minutes of cardio/fat burn walking.
My scale however said I gained 4 pounds, I flipped it the bird, called it a liar, and am chalking it up to sodium and water retention. It is getting close to ToM and gotta love those cravings. Aiming to do it again today.

Hope everyone has a great and successful day.

So, I've got about 50lbs to lose. Super overwhelmed about it. I started this journey at 183 and now I'm down to 173. I'm not sure how I even lost that 10lbs because I am struggling with being consistant. I've gotten down to 167 just to get back up to 173. Been that way for months. Have a lot of health problems associated with the weight gain since I'm very petite. I've struggled with yo yo dieting for as long as I can remember. Got down to 125 once but it didn't last long. I'd love to have some support in all of this cause I don't have much at home.

Welcome @CallaLilyNess Please keep posting here, we're happy to be your support group!

@ShyCush6 You are killing it this year! How do you stay so busy and not get overwhelmed? I'm always so impressed by how much you have going on!

Quiet board today! I got the news that I'm officially on the roster for this weekend! If anyone lives near Appleton, WI we're playing there (it's going to be a loooong drive but totally worth it!). Even though I'm not a strong player this is going to be a great experience!

Last night I went to a pole dancing drop it class. It ended up being 2 hours long since the owner was teaching and gave us extra time! I am sooooo sore today, I'm going to take it easy and just do yoga and walk the dog. Have to get that recovery in before the big game this weekend!

@gemwolf110 You are doing excellent! I have never made a quiche in my life. Not even sure if I would like them.

@Rachel0778 Glad your Me day was a success. I wish I could do that. I can't ever get my house to myself. Good luck on your first match. I bet you will do awesome. I had a friend who did derby. I loved to watch, but she doesn't do it any more. 2 hour pole dancing, lucky you!

@CallaLilyNess Welcome! You can do this. Remember we all have a bad day, and despite that, you can do it. Just dust yourself off and start at it again. Post often, ask lots of questions.

@shycush6 You are doing so great! So close to your 10 pound goal. I need a break like you took at the pool.
Keep thinking I need to do a chart, but never do it.

@selectdiva You have picked the right place for your first post (Woot hoo) and the right place for lots of support. I used to be a single mom of 3, Now my BF and his Mom live with me. He helps with what he can, and I help take care of his mom. So I get the stress of both. I also love sweet things. If you can cut them out for about a week, you stop craving them so much. Please post often and ask lots of questions.

So, yesterday was an alright day. I had a migraine at work, and carried over to going home. Spent almost 2 hours lying down. This helped some, but than the BF came home, and his mom was being pissy, said some not so nice things about me. I no longer gave a crap about what I ate. Went over my goal by 250 calories. Dang gummy bears and pop. I wanted to go to the gym, but the bf got home late, and I was tired by then. I spent the rest of the evening in my bedroom. I plan on doing the same thing tonight, either my bedroom, outside or shopping. At this time I really want nothing to do with his mom. I know she is old, has memory issues, but really, I just don't want to deal with her, her dog or anything else. Gah. I feel like a horrible person for thinking this, but I really think I just need time away from her. On the plus side, I was still below maintenance calories, made all my steps, got my water goal in. The scale was back down to 201.6. Guess it didn't like me flipping it the bird and calling it a liar. I had one day in onederland and have been hovering right above it since that day. I would really like to see it again, and soon.

Happy Hump Day! The sun is shining here today, so I'm hoping for good weather for the rest of the week, I want to get cycling to work again! Last night it was snowing like crazy again, this weather is driving me nuts.

Rachel - congrats on getting to go on the away trip with the team! That is exciting, you are going to kill it! Pole dancing for 2 hours sounds crazy hard to me, I'm sure I would have fallen on my face! LOL! You always do such cool activities, I'm just going to live vicariously through you. Glad you had some me time, you have to try to schedule yourself that weekly - not a whole day, but an evening or 2 hours or whatever.

Gem - Glad you love that spin and are going to do it again! We have a Cycle and Sculpt class at my gym that I have done, you bring in weights and half the class is cycling while the other class is doing weight stuff, and then you switch back and forth. You get real sweaty and it's a crazy work out that you walk out feeling like your whole body is made of jelly!

CallaLilly - welcome to the group! I've lost about 20 lbs and have at least 45 left to lose... so don't feel discouraged. We all have our ups and downs, but just remember it is health first. We are all trying to live a healthy life and lose weight in a healthy way. So if it takes you a year or two to lose it, but you can keep it off because you have done it with a healthy lifestyle, that is awesome. I'm aiming for losing 17 more lbs by mid august.

Shy - 10 lbs and a manicure reward sounds fab! Great idea to keep you motivated! Glad the FIL is doing better, and really good that you all don't leave him alone because he might get scared or fall and that would be awful.
I'm going to have to think of a reward for myself when I get back down into onederland - I'm 5 lbs away!!

SelectDiva - welcome to the group too! I'm definitely a stress eater as well. It's funny, it doesn't really matter that I know that I'm a stress eater, I still seem to stress eat! Working on that! I was a single mom for 9 years, so I know how busy that is. Hopefully you can remind yourself that you are worth taking 30 minutes a day for yourself! I'm married and my youngest is turning 10, and I feel like I am still reminding myself of that! Our health is our wealth, so we have to make it a priority.

Jen - Sounds like it's a good idea to keep yourself busy and give yourself some space from the BF's mom. Definitely take the high road, especially since she's old and her memory isn't there. As long as your bf is on your side, there's not really much you can do probably. Aren't mother in law's a treat? LOL. I just booked my hubs a plane ticket to go see his mom for 4 nights later this month. No one else in the family wanted to go because she can be such a hag!!! I'm just glad I'm not going, I pretty much get high blood pressure and get close to a stroke every time I spend time with her. LOL!!

So I tried that Yoga Barre Fusion class yesterday at the gym... and reminded myself that no, I still don't really like yoga at all! Should have done the spin! Gahhh! Oh well, I did it and I did sweat. Sometimes I think I'm doing the same thing all the time, so I try to switch it up, just to realize that I'm doing the same thing because I like it. haha! I already got my cardio in this morning at 5:30am because I'm working 12 hours today. I'll be pooped by the time I get home tonight. Hope everyone has an awesome day!