Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

@evamutt Great point! Some times just making it through the day is accomplishment in and of itself! Thank you for the reminder.

@janetay01 Hope he feels better soon. Good thoughts your way.

@rachel0778 Thanks. That is only the second time I have done it. I would like to make it a weekly thing. Sounds like you have a really fun weekend planned. (Besides the house cleaning part.) Your Meme is how I feel. It is 10:13 here and I am ready to call it a day.

I had a decent day yesterday. 4 days green. Went roller skating with the kids for the school skate night. Tweaked my back when a kid fell in front of me. Somehow I managed to not fall/clobber the kid and keep my balance, but made my back hurt. So without and the soreness from the hour run, decided to not do the adult skate. Did one round of circuit training this morning. (2 is still too hard for me.)

Today my oldest turns 18! So either tonight or tomorrow night I am going to have a pasta laden chocolate cake extravaganza. Hopefully, I can make it work for calories. (I want to keep my green streak alive. No snacking today.

@evamutt I get shaky when I don't eat on a regular basis. So I completely understand the wanting to eat asap. I have actually found if I eat a few pieces of candy, and wait about 5-10 minutes the shakes will go away, and I can then eat something normal. The quick sugar helps get rid of the shakes, and usually gives me time to eat something normal and stop when I am full instead of thinking I am starving.

Thank you evwryone I will look around.

My Hubs and I went to Cedar Point yesterday with some friends an my brother in law. I ate everything I wanted, when hungry. We walked over 20k steps and I am so sore from rides and walking. Well worth it mind you, but my body needs an epsom salt bath stat! I took the extra timw to log my meals and ended up still under my calorie goal with excerise calories. It was a small victory, even though I know eating fried cheese and dip n dots doesnt affect me the same way as the veggies I normally get. I had fun and am taking the day to reset before my work week tomorrow.

@cayladebra Sounds like a great time! Great job sticking to your goals while enjoying yummy treats

@Evamutt 800 calories is a reasonable amount, especially since you were filling your body with reasonable food due to your hunger levels and not junk. Don't beat yourself up too much!

@jdelaroy How was the birthday party. Sorry to hear about your back...d*mn kids! lol

@kmshover I feel like garbage when I don't move my body too. Even getting out for a walk might help with your slump!

So this weekend was a lot of fun, but it definitely included way too much wine. I need to remember to stick to 1 glass/week or else I feel like garbage I prepped all my meals for the week ahead and made a semi-healthy treat (spice cake cupcakes- 1 box spice cake mix, 1 can pumpkin, 1 cup water) for an 130 calorie treat with a vitamin A boost! I absolutely love fall food so I'm enjoying the seasonal produce change. I've been spiraling out of control with the house stuff, but now that we have everything figured out I'm feeling like I can get back into control.

Sorry about your week end jdelaroy, I do hope it'll be better today, I hate it when me & hubbs argue. I used to love Starbucks. Didn't go too often but now a days all I ever get is the passion tea with no sweetner. Yesterday there was were 2 pck of the 3lb Jennie O 93% lean ground turkey at the store, so I got both for $12! It's the only kind I buy. I love getting deals at the grocery store. I don't shop for clothes or anything else much but do like buying food, even if I don't eat it. I think it's because when I was little, my mom told me we had to stand in long lines to get food (this was during the revolution in Hungary) so I was always afraid of running out of food. Anyway so I made a big batch of 4.6 oz turkey patties. I eat those a lot, make a burger with 1 piece of bread, cut it up for salad or add a side dish & just grab one if I need a snack.They're so good

@Rachel0778 Way to get your workout in! That salad sounds absolutely delicious!

I am back from my honeymoon and back at work today. I didn't track a thing when I was gone; I had lots of bread and I didn't restrict my food at all. We mainly ate breakfast and then dinner, but I did also splurge on dessert and alcohol. I don't regret a thing. Ireland was beautiful, and I'm glad I got to experience it (and the food!).

We got back Sunday night, and I haven't been eating well since then. I had a big meal after we arrived home, and yesterday I had another big meal at lunch (lots of pizza). I finally weighed myself this morning. I am up 4.8 lbs, but I'm not sure how much of that is water weight. I definitely don't think I have gone over maintenance by enough calories to gain that much in a week and a half!

I am back to tracking and the gym today.

@Evamutt You are from Hungary? I would have never guessed. Do you remember any of it? Just curious.

@rachel0778 Your food sounds delicious, can I come over and eat? LOL Poor puppy. Sounds like you are doing awesome.

@rachelbachel32 Sounds like a fantastic time. Even if you did gain 4.8 pounds, you have the skill, the will and the ability to take it off. Sometimes you have to just live.

Yesterday was a busy day for me. Up at 4:30, (my normal time) did circuit training at the gym, kids to school, worked, then ran errands, came home made dinner, then grocery shopping. Finally was finished at about 9:30. Did a 50 minute run at lunch, and stayed in the green. This morning isn't starting off so great. Sigh. I can do this though.

Hi everyone, I'm down 27# on my own through diet and exercise and have about 15-20 to go (no definitive goal weight just a pair of jeans staring at me longingly). Would love to join this group and make some new friends to get me through the final stretch during the worst season of the year!

@noodlenewman Welcome! Congrats on already losing 27lbs! Happy to have you here!

@cayladebra I'm sorry you've had a rough week as well and that your confidence was shaken. I hope the rest of the week goes much better and that your confidence gets a much needed boost!

@HGSmith0920 Welcome back! We missed you! Sorry to hear the medication withdrawals have been so rough. I'm glad to hear there is an end in sight though. We're here for you!

@jdelaroy You are such a rockstar waking up at 4:30am to workout! You can absolutely do this!

I got pretty down on myself yesterday and still feel like I'm in a slump

I finally made it back to pole dancing classes after over a month being away due to the house stuff. Of course I chose to come back when we had a guest instructor who is a nationals competitor. And of course I was once again the worst in the class. I just felt so discouraged and knocked down after not being able to do anything and feeling like an uncoordinated mess.

I honestly can't remember the last time when I went to an exercise class and said "I'm actually good at this". Reality is I've never been athletic, I can't dance to save my life, and if you throw something at me I won't catch it. It is frustrating and disheartening at times, but I figure at least I'm trying?

I also got down on myself yesterday because while I have a lot of acquaintances and casual friends where I live I don't feel like I have a best friend. I miss meeting up with someone and feeling 100% comfortable to say whatever instead of constantly being on guard and having my filters up. I know this will come in time, but it seriously takes forever to build a new friend group, especially since most people who grew up in this town stay here and thus already have their friend groups formed from when they were younger and aren't necessarily looking for new friends. I go to a lot of things and keep busy, but I rarely feel like people are excited to see me when I show up

@noodlenewman Welcome! This is a great group! Feel free to join. We are all about sharing life with each other. @cayladebra I'm so sorry you had a rough few days! I know all about those! And yes, I had my doctors approval to step down. The first few weeks were fine, but that last step of stopping everything completely has just kicked my *kitten*. But I'm getting back in the saddle right along with you!
@Rachel0778 I'm so sorry you're having such a terrible time! I know how you feel about the friend's thing as well. My best friends were all in my wedding three years ago. I've seen one of them since and that was only twice. We all live relatively close to each other but we dont really talk that often either. I spend a lot of time with my DH who really is my best friend but I just dont seem to have a true girlfriend anymore. But know that I am always happy to see you and love to read your posts! I wish we lived closer! Lol.
@kmshover I love early days! I'm a part-time floating teller at a bank and love the days that I only work a few hours. I hope your DH get's better soon. There have been a couple of times I've wanted to break out in tears as well. I think it's just a natural part of being a woman. Lol. And everyone is entitled to a concrete custard from time to time.

Well, today is definitely better than the last few days. I got my B/C implant out of my arm and the possibility of babies is getting me excited. The withdrawals are still bad but I seem to be in a better place mentally. Had a good appointment with the doctor, nice chat with Mom and got an appointment scheduled for the DH for testing which he desperately needs. Gonna do dishes, put dinner in the crockpot, take a short walk and a nice nap and I think that's it. I love days off!

So many posts and so little time!

@HGSmith0920 Welcome back, I hope you start feeling better sooner. Give yourself some leeway, all your body chemicals are going crazy. Sometimes self love means just coping.

@noodlenewman Welcome!

@cayladebra Sorry you are feeling down. Hang in there.

@rachel0778 I know how you feel about friends. When my ex and I split up over some very horrendous things I lost almost all of my friends, and those who did stick by me, were ones I didn't know that well and are dealing with their own life altering crisis. So that, and kids doesn't leave a lot of time to make new ones, let alone form really comfortable bonds.

@kmshover we all have those kind of days! Did you know crying is actually good for you? It helps relieve stress and lower blood pressure.

@Evamutt Good job on getting to 150.8 You are a rock star!

I had a yucky day. Was feeling down/sick/exhausted. I ate out for breakfast and lunch. I did eat fairly healthy choices though, had an awesome dinner, was delicious. We had company over, and they brought pie. So I had a slice of pie (after sleeping for 4 hours yesterday.) Who knew it had 600+ calories in it. So was in the red.

Today is a school function with pizza, tomorrow is our work BBQ and we are having Mexican catered. I have a feeling I am going to have a rough 2 days calorie wise.

Did manage to do circuit training again today. Missed my step goal. Only had 5k Normally I am closer to 20K. I am going to say I probably needed that sleep though.

Hope everyone's day is going well.

@kmshover Sorry to hear it's been an emotional week, what's been going on? I'm impressed you were able to stop at half!

@Evamutt What does melatonin do for dogs/how does it work? Do you notice a marked difference? I tried a calming collar once but it didn't seem to make a difference Congrats on reaching such a low weight! You're doing a great job! I agree with you on the online friendships, even though we don't know each other IRL it's great to be able to connect.

@jdelaroy Running on 4 hours of sleep is not easy! Great job not going more into the red than you did! And it is really hard to form those bonds with new people as adults. I miss the days of being in school where you were stuck with people around your age all day long so it was easy to make friends!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!! I'm feeling much better today after going out to eat last night with family and scheduling some things out for next weekend with my friends in the cities. I have to keep reminding myself that my friends are really just a little over an hour away, which is nothing, especially since I no longer have to commute to work. I just need to continue to reach out when I need it

Rachel0778, melatonin makes them sleepy. Used to give them benedryl, but melatonin works better. the ones I buy come in 3mg tabs. You can look up on line how much to give according to weight.

I haven't lost a pound in the last 5 weeks I have made strength gains but it's a little discouraging. I was hoping that i could at least get to the healthy weight range before it slowed down. I feel that it could be that I am lifting heavy and gaining muscle in a small deficit. But stupid me lied to my self when i measured my self last month so now it seems like nothing has changed and I am not making progress. I just want to get a healthy weight range and focus on recomp, I am tired of this belly