@fitoverfortymom - I would eat all the guac (assuming it was just avocado and things like onion and jalapeños and not with mayo or anything like that...) and not feel bad at all about it! I love avocados!

The pie sounds like something my husband would enjoy. My nemesis is cookies... and now it is 'Girl Scout Cookie time!!' Fortunately I caught the Brownie at the front door and not my husband. He would have bought everything she had and in particular thin mints and anything else chocolate. I only bought four boxes and have already hidden one in the freezer. He will take the thin mints and there is one box I am not sure I will even like as I suspect it will be sickening sweet (S'Mores cookies).

I had 2 of the Peanut Butter patties with a protein mocha coffee and my calories and macros are still ok.

The office lunch room was full of treats for lunar New Year today and I definitely indulged. But the rest of the day has been sensible.

I'm a Monkey... but bananas give me stomach cramps now . They didn't used to...

Last weekend was tough. A big weight jump from two long runs, two big meals out and going out for drinks. The bump is coming down now. Yesterday, with a 1500+ calorie deficit after a 10 mile run helped. So far no huge hunger or cravings today.

Hey all, I dropped out of this thread for a while, hope everyone’s doing well or at least keeping on! I’ve been frustrated recently at my inability to stick to a deficit long enough to lose those last 20 pounds, which have crept up to become a last 25 pounds, sigh. The scale tipped 160 this morning for the second time this month and I’ve decided to take that as a bit of a kick in the butt to try something different.



Pictured above: last 30 days of data plus 2/1/18 through today

I’ve put together two meal plans that will net me around a 1000 calorie/day deficit. I’m going to try and stick to the plan for 6 days a week through the end of February (with one maintenance day per week) and see how that does me. It’s a little more aggressive and structured than I’ve used in the past, but after about a year swinging around the same 10-pound range, I think it’s time to give something new a try.

My main goal is to get back to 155 so my current jeans fit a little better and my driver’s license is accurate again - that should take right around three weeks on this plan. At that point I’ll probably try for a month maintaining (lots of birthdays in March, including my own) and then evaluate.

Skimming the last few pages it looks like accountability is the byword, so I’ll try and check in regularly for a little peer pressure!

And now I'm off for part two of trying something different: dusting off the exercise bike! /shudder

Been eating a lot of takeout. It's just so hard to get out and go grocery shopping when the weather is so terrible! We are going after work today so food should be back on track again.

@sarahthes @shanaber I hate grocery shopping. I love the ease of Green Chef but its far too expensive for regular use. I ak slowly wearing DH down on click list.