I am on track - maybe due to a contest we're having at school. We pay a dollar each as we weigh in once each week (Friday). At the end of the month, the pot will be awarded to the one with the biggest percentage of loss. February is mine!!!

Talk to co-workers/friends/family. Put some $$ on the line. It's working better for me than the beach picture on my refrigerator!!!

Sounds awesome! Prizes tend to be a big motivator for people (myself included!)

I have been having major issues with eating and moving the past 3 days. I think I see that nice number and think I can cheat and eat more, or different.

I've just been getting bored with my routine and feeling so limited with my exercise. I'm trying to get myself to really understand I should do this slowly and not expect overnight miracles. Today I started Walk Away the Pounds and I think it will be a great stepping stone to get me on my way.

This group has been awesome for me and given me motivation that I need to hopefully get myself to finally reach a goal.. : ) My daughter passed my husband and I some "daycare crud" as I call it over a week ago now and we just can't kick it.. So I haven't been working out this week like I would have hoped.. I had a good program going of either going to the gym for a workout class, swimming, treadmill or if I didn't go to the gym I would do 30 day shred and now I haven't got in a workout (besides walking on lunch break) since Thursday.. Which is fine cause I've been eating pretty well, but miss the excerise dedication that I had going. But, am going to the gym tonight, no excuses!

Sarah, I hope you like your walking program! I can't wait until winter is over so that I can take the baby and dog out for walks again! I hate to do that right now though, since it's dark by the time I get home and we live on a busy road... Come on daylight!! tee hee We did get in a long walk Saturday morning, it always feels so refreshing! My mom's doctor had told her that to stay healthy, a person should walk 3 miles a day, so I like to try for that..

Woah, I guess I had a lot of chat stored up..

I'm really glad everyone is gaining support and motivation through this group We have "school crud" going around here and its been cycling for 2 weeks. We're all hitting the second round. I'm still commited to getting at least one exercise video done, whether its walking or yoga today.

I got very little sleep last night. DH was working later than usual and MIL had been complaining about the baby crying and her not getting any sleep. I kind of rolled my eyes because this is the same woman who was berating me for not letting the two year old just tantrum it out in her crib (which I was doing, but trying to get her to stop screaming like she was being murdered.) So I spent half the night up and down with both girls. I didn't get to sleep until 11:30, then DH came crashing in at 12:20a (he has no sense of trying to be quiet when others are sleeping.) Finally fell back asleep and at 2:30 the baby started wailing, which woke up the 2 year old. I got to sit from 2:30 until 4:15 trying to get both of them back to sleep. I gave up at 4:15 because I just couldn't please either of them. Went back to bed and DH's alarm went off at 5:15 for work (which is really to wake me up so that I can wake him up, because if I don't he doesn't get up.) And proceeded to go off 4 more times after that. My alarm went off at 6:30 for me to get up with the kids and he was still in bed. Then he made the bad choice of asking why I was upset/cranky.

I want to eat everything in site today, but I won't.

Yikes! That's a rough night! Stay in there today and keep focused and at the end of the day hopefully you will feel empowered and stronger for keeping on track.

Besides being sleepy and cranky, I'm doing well. Trying to finish my second mug of water so I can start a third and actually get more than 64 oz today. I'm letting myself snack when I want to as long as I log it. I'm actually still under by almost 1000 calories for the day, so I'm happy.

After doing all the many formulations of how best to consume calories + get exercise, I've discovered that 2000 calories is the magic number for me. No matter how I look at any of them, I come back to 2000 calories should get the job done. Of course thats with me continuing to up my level of exercise in a day, which is the plan, gradually.

DH is off today. My day has already started crummy. He was supposed to get up and take my MIL to work so we could have her van for the day (he had to turn our van into a work van.) He didn't. He also has to drive all the way to work this morning to drop off paper work. So half the morning lost with his family. It sounds like its something petty, but I haven't left the house in 2 weeks. And he hasn't seen the kids for more than 5 minutes in 2 weeks. I guess I expected too much.

Up all night again with the kids. And all of them are cantankerous today.

It's moments like these where I just want to give up. I won't, but its really tempting.

I'm starting my morning right. Smoothie for breakfast, fully loaded.

Yesterday was horrible, but it's done and its over with and today is a brand new day.

I'm so ready to get our taxes filed so I can get some proper shoes and workout equipment.