Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

I know what you mean, Rachel. We went over our youngest sons for lunch Sunday & It put my recovery from being so tired back. Today I was too tired to volunteer at our rescue. Hopefully I'll feel better later so I can do a little much needed housework. Here's a pic of the lentils from Costco

@jdelaroy I wish I could give up sugar, but I know that if I try I would fail miserably, so I try to control how much sugar I take in, instead of cutting it out all together! Good luck with the running! The last time I tried to run I sprained my ankle, so I dont think I will try that any time soon. Lol. So just be careful!

@Rachel0778 I wish I could say that I have to bail on my friends! My friends and I all work nutso schedules. I talk to them a lot, but dont really see them. In fact, I've only seen one of my four bridesmaids since my wedding 2 and a half years ago! Although, one lives out of state now and one works two jobs and the other two are in school for their Masters, as well as working full time. Lol. So I can definitely understand that! But it would be really nice to spend some time with them. My DH is my best friend though. And I get to spend every night with him, so it's not a total bust. Lol

@bluepoppies777 Happy mothers day to you too! Hope you have a great time with the hubs and that the food is delicious!

@Evamutt I'm so sorry that you are so tired! Hopefully you'll feel better today or tomorrow!

@clicketykeys That's really sucky that you're having a hard semester! At least it will hopefully be over soon and you can start fresh in the fall! Have a great night with your husband tonight and splurge with delicious food! Lol

As for me, I totally caved yesterday! I had two chocolate covered donuts at work and a bunch of yummy but bad for me chips late at night with the DH. Didn't go to bed until late and had the cat wake me up three or four times in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. I think he just wanted to play. And I know that the bad food wont do much to my weight, it's the caving into cravings that are taking their toll on me. I'm such a sugar addict that some days, I just cant seem to pass up on yummy things! I mean, I have plenty of yummy and healthy treats at home, and usually I'm good at work, but I was down in the breakroom and there was a box of donuts just sitting there and they had two of my favorites and I just couldnt say no! Well I will do better next time!

But I think I am going to hit the gym now! I want to get back into strength training and I cant really do that at home.
So have a great day everyone!

@jdelaroy...I'm the same way. Happy, sad, moved...puppies, kittens, bunnies...I just tear right up at just about anything. And even if you gave up on the no sugar...you went several days, which means next time, you'll know you can.

@bluepoppies777 I'm a reader, too! I love reading real books but I don't hate e-readers...I'd just prefer the real thing. I also can't read in the car...but not because I get car sick...mostly 'cuz the hubs won't shut up. He'll say, "Oh, were you reading? Sorry, I'll stop talking." Two minutes later, he's talking again. It's okay...I like talking to him...but sometimes I want to read. Sometimes that's true out of the car too.

@Rachel0778 I do have that experience. Esp. on Friday nights. I'm just tired and not feeling it...friends are like, hey, come hang out and I'm like...nope, gonna take a nap.

@Evamutt...I get being in a dark place in your head. Sometimes it just happens...but it sounds like you worked through it. For being retired, you sure are busy!

@janetay01...I wish I ate less when stressed. Lately I've been eating everything...Good for you on the 1 lb loss. I've been wrestling the same 3-4 lbs for about 3 weeks...of course my recent eating everything policy is not helping.

Sounds like everyone had (or planned to have) a terrific weekend. My sis-in-law has moved and we've been helping clear stuff she couldn't take, which has been a huge chore. Poor thing. Had to leave behind a lot of stuff. So, between driving, loading and unloading and a lot of crazy, I haven't been on much and haven't been exercising much. I haven't been doing much of the loading...I just stand back and watch the hubs do his thing (uber-man mover). Mom's day, we have his parents over for breakfast, so I did a lot of cooking/cleaning prepping and then did very little the rest of the day. WILL walk tonight! Have a great week!

@melaniedscott How did mother's day go? It sounds like you had a really active weekend even though it wasn't planned exercise, moving is hard work!

@janetay01 I'm so jealous, I stress eat like crazy! I hope your stress starts to dissipate soon though and that you enjoy your long weekend!

@HGSmith0920 It's hard when your favorite treats are in the breakroom. I work on the "daily treat" concept where I'm allowed to have 1 treat a day (be that doughnut, ice cream, etc). It has worked wonders for not overdoing it since I know that I can always have another one tomorrow. Sorry to hear you and your friends have been so busy! Hopefully you can set up a girls weekend or something now that summer is here.

@clicketykeys Happy birthday to your husband! How was the fancy restaurant? Is the school year officially done?

@Evamutt Thanks for sending the lentils information, those look great! I hope your energy comes back soon

@bluepoppies777 I hope your bright outfit helped to bring in great weekend weather for you! Being DD is a great strategy to stay on plan (I did the same thing this weekend!)

Happy Monday Everyone! I had an amazing 3 day weekend and I am bummed that it is over

Friday I went outlet mall shopping with my Mom. She talked me into white pants, which I would have never normally bought for myself but they look great! After that we hit up dinner and a show. I stuck with a mixed green salad and fish, so even with 2 glasses of wine I hit my food goal for the day.

Saturday my SO and I went to a friend's birthday party and we ended up staying until 3:30am! Seriously, who am I??? I was DD so I once again stuck to my calorie goals really well. I also had HaloTop for dinner, because sometimes ice cream for dinner is the perfect thing!

Sunday was recovery day. I only got about 5 hours of sleep, but I was productive and got my cooking and shopping in. I even swept out the garage and vacuumed out my car (long overdue!). The hour nap I took in the afternoon was definitely the highlight of my day though lol.

Today I'm feeling well rested and ready to tackle the week. I'm looking forward to yoga class over lunch. I'm insanely proud of myself for how well I stuck to my calorie goals this weekend, and the best part is it felt effortless! I'm going to try to make sure this trend continues into this week too!

@HGSmith0920 good for you for getting into strength training! How's it been going?

@janetay01 glad the weekend was better... though that kinda messes with your theory doesn't it? If you eat less when stressed, doesn't that mean you eat more when not stressed?

@melaniedscott dang, I'm tired just thinking about it! Hope everything got put where it goes!

@jdelaroy remember that you only lose if you give up! You can do this. You know there will always be tough times. Pick yourself up, forgive yourself, and keep going.

@Rachel0778 way to go! Sounds like an awesome weekend.

Started logging again. I'll only be working four days a week this summer instead of six. Hopefully I can keep it up, maybe even start strength training again.

@melaniedscott - hope you got your walk in!

Jen - hang in there, as @evamutt says, we all have bad times. You have come so far and done so much and you have clearly lovely kids who think the world of you. So be kind to yourself - but don't give up girl!!! Happy to listen via PM if you need to.

Rachel - what a great sounding weekend! And well done you on sticking to the goals - it's so good when it just feels easy. I don't get that feeling enough unfortunately but it's better than it used to be. Hope the week is continuing to go well.

@clicketykeys - I'm with you on the strength training, I need to do more of it - need to start to cut down my inches rather than just worrying about the weight.

@evamutt - you've raised 4 little kids of your own, you are perfectly entitled to not want to do it again!!

Not much happening here - working from home and I've got Alistair's 2.5 year development check with the Health Visitor team this afternoon. Not really sure what benefit it is but they check speech development, gross and fine motor skills, measure him and weigh him - just another check box along the way I guess! Happy Tuesday all!

@evamutt Thank you for the encouragement. I hadn’t really planned on giving up on everything, just felt like I wondered if it was worth it. I know it is. I felt much better after I did my weigh in last night. Nothing wrong with wanting to enjoy your time without kids. They aren’t yours, and I am sure you are there when they need you to be, and you love them. You look beautiful.

@janetay01 Thank you! I am not giving up. I am here another day.  I worked way too damn hard to lose those 55 pounds. I only have 30 left to catch up to the BF. He has started calling me ISW. I finally asked him what it meant. “Incredible Shrinking woman.” I also tried picking up our puppy, he weighs about 35 pounds. I could barely do that. Holy smokes, I have lost 20 pounds more than him. How in the heck did I move? Oh weight (pun intended), I didn’t. That checkup sounds wonderful. My oldest had a checkup like that in preschool when she was 4. (Wish I could have done it sooner.) I was lucky, it isn’t something most kids get to do, unless their parents specifically seek it out, it was offered as a service at her school. They were able to diagnose her with hearing/speech and language development issues, and short term memory problems (as in she doesn’t really have any.) Thanks to this test. I was able to get her help with her language and hearing problems immediately, and get her set up on a specialized education plan before she even started regular school. Most kids it takes 3-4 years to be diagnosed with these kinds of issues, unless they have physical ones to go along with them. (Mine didn’t.)

Well this weekend I was bad, I didn't do anything resembling healthy. My weight shows it. I am up 3 pounds. Eek! I hope it is water weight, but I don't think so. Blah, back on track.
I finished the gym competition yesterday and had final weigh in. Overall I did pretty darn snazzy. I lost 9 pounds, 3.1% of my body fat and gained a half pound of muscle. I am impressed with myself. They won't announce the winner until Wednesday night at closing ceremonies. It is kind of cracking me up, there are a few people complaining that they can't make it to the closing ceremonies. (You have to be present to win.) It was clearly announced at the opening ceremonies, all over the rules, and you had to sign a paper saying that you had to be at closing ceremonies to win. Silly people, how did you miss this?

I gave myself the weekend to be crappy, today I am back on the wagon. I lowered my weight loss from 1.5 pounds back to 1 pound a week. I think this will relieve some of the fatigue. I did manage to stick with my squat challenge every day though. (This is my unbreakable goal for the Hogwarts challenge.)

Hello lovely ladies! It's Tuesday... and it's pouring rain AGAIN. We've had some crazy flooding here, and there is most likely more to come with all this rain. I live on higher ground, so no flooding worries for us thankfully. Hubs and I went on a bike ride while our younger son was in tennis lessons yesterday (rain subsided for a few hours!), and the creeks in the area are scary high! yikes!

Eva - you look fabulous in that picture! and your family is beautiful too. Keep resting and hopefully you will feel back to 100% soon. I don't think you should feel guilty about not babysitting the grandchildren every day. I know as moms we want to do everything we can for our kids, to make their lives easier and to help them. But they have to go through struggles in life just like we did. I've talked to my hubs about this topic quite a bit lately, since our older son just turned 22 and lots of his friends are getting married etc. We said we aren't going to be childcare for our grandkids, we want to do things for ourselves once the kids are moved out and grown up. Heck, I didn't even want to be a stay at home mom with my own kids, why would I want to do that with my grandkids?! My parents take our younger son (9 yo) every monday after school for a few hours, and that has given them a really close relationship. We pay for childcare every other day after school. Your kids probably don't even expect that you would do that anyway, so just enjoy the times that you have with the little ones! and offer to babysit on a friday night every once in a while, that would surely be appreciated!

Clickety Keys - my hubs birthday was May 11 too! We went to a fab french restaurant and had a very nice expensive dinner. Hope you enjoyed yours too!

HG Smith - ok, let's talk will power....I have none! That is a big struggle in my life, and of course I love sugar too, and find it very hard to say no to things. I'm working on it, and will be for my whole life I'm sure! I like Rachel's policy of one treat a day. I think if we allow ourselves to have that, and log it, we are golden!

Jane - ok, now let's talk about stress eating... I am totally a stress eater!! LOL! Obviously I have lots of issues! HA!! Lucky that you don't eat when stressed! But honestly, if I think about it, I am en emotional eater -I eat when I'm stressed, happy, sad, excited... you name it. I guess I just love food! trying to still work on that too. Food is fuel!

Rachel - I almost laughed out loud when you asked if anyone gets into a funk with regular routines? HELLO, that is the story of my life right now! I think I'm SO sick of this crappy weather, and really have been feeling like I'm in that movie Groundhog Day. Every dang day is the same!!! LOL.

At least this weekend is a long weekend, and last week I worked overtime enough to take Friday off, so I have a four day weekend! WOOP! I think that should help with the funk! I definitely was in a slump the last while (again... may be the weather or ?). But yesterday, my coworkers and I started up and are helping each other. I am logging and eating healthy, and am focusing on positivity! Hope everyone has a great day. I've got my spin class after work today, so that will kick my butt!

I'm still super sleepy. My nose has been stuffy & ears plugged so maybe it's my sinuses? Hope I'm not getting sick. Today was the first day since last June when I overate & not planned it. I over ate a few times but I planned it & logged it. My sis in law came by to visit & I wanted her to try some of the chocolate covered potato chips with pink salt I got for mothers day, well I had a few then a few more. Then I refried some beans with pork for dinner without weighing it & had more chocolate. I hope I'm not getting sick but it would explain everything.I wish life were easier. I'm glad everyone is hanging in there. Things are always changing

@gemwolf110 So glad to see you! I'm glad the job is a great fit and you're able to work regular hours, it's amazing what a difference that makes! Keep us posted on how the transition is going.

@Evamutt We all have days like that so please don't feel too down on yourself. Not having an unplanned day since last July is an incredible accomplishment! Plus chocolate covered potato chips sound worth it!

@HGSmith0920 That sounds like a horribly stressful day. Shame on them for putting you in that position, only having 2 small errors that were sorted out is a big accomplishment. Way to go on not caving in to smoking or overeating! Enjoying your healthy dinner and going out for a bike ride are both great ways to refresh instead!

@bluepoppies777 Did you send the rain my way??? It's pouring today! Great job focusing on positivity, I bet the 4 day weekend will be a great refresh. I've got to remember that I've got a long weekend coming up and I'm looking forward to the break!

@jdelaroy Keep us posted on how you do in the competition awards tonight, 9lbs is a great accomplishment! I bet most of that 3lb gain is definitely water and you'll see a quick drop now that you're back on the wagon.

Derby did help to cheer me up last night even though I spent most on the night on the ground (I seriously can't stop falling down). I made sure to sign up for a pole dancing class to keep the fun rolling. I did a quick weigh in today to see where I am and I lost .7lbs, which I will take considering I had a 4 day conference of all buffets since the last time I weighed!

It's rainy and dreary today, but that makes it easier to be in the office then when it's gorgeous out. Hopefully the weather turns around by Friday so we can enjoy the outdoor areas of the winery (and I don't have to be trapped inside doing small talk the entire time). Today is going to be a busy day at work, I hope you all have wonderful Wednesdays as well!