Stress. I work a LOT, so by the end of the day or by the weekend, I'm just completely tired of trying to count, manage, monitor, or be in control of anything. Beginning next week, I've planned to cut my workload back so that I can focus more on myself though. We'll see how that goes!

Work for the most part. I work 45 hours a week and its work where I am on my feet and lifting and moving heavy things all day, talking to people, and walking the sales floor a few dozen times that I am utterly exhausted when I get home. The days are so long, that its almost bed time when I get home! So, needless to say....I dont cook dinner for myself and eat cheap and easy foods. I HAVE been trying to still watch what I eat, but I hate the tracking of every morsel. I dont want to live like that either.

So....I have an extreme motivator right now to lose no less than 30 lbs by July 1st. I am hoping for 45 or 50 but 30 I would be satisfied with...as long as I am in super shape!


I just had a severe injury to my stupid toe so I cant do all the cardio stuff. Which means going back to sticking to calories like a stickler....if I can!

I am getting a promotion to a new department so while I wont be doing all that stuff during the day- it will leave me with energy in the mornings, during my lunch hour (with this lovely spring weather!), and after work I wont be too tired to tie my shoes! So I should be able to start doing SOME working out while I am on the mend. Getting back on track with Shakeology and eating. Looking forward to being in the group and dropping this weight once and for all!

Due to kids and my job (midwife) I am chronically tired. I am often up all night at a birth then I still have to care for my kids. It gives me a lot of excused to eat poor food at odd times and not exercise. Not anymore.

I don't have any excuses or reasons WHY I haven't been doing good lately but I know why I haven't been losing and it is because of the following things:

1. Not logging everything I eat. I have gotten pretty bad about this and I NEED to go back to logging everything even if it is bad.
2. Eating out and fast food. For some reason I started eating junk again and I can't seem to stay away from it. Probably because I am not logging it so in my delusional mind I think I can eat it. No more thinking if I don't log those calories they somehow magically disappear!!
3. Drinking alcohol and not logging it. I am not an alcoholic by any means but I could easily drink 2-3 drinks 3 or 4 nights a week and those calories really add up! Plus, if I do get tipsy I make really bad food choices and those don't get logged either.

So basically, it all comes down to logging religiously like I did at the begining. For the first few months I would occasionally eat out or have some drinks but I always logged it all and almost always made sure it fit into my alloted calories. Sometimes I would go over but it was rare so I didn't beat myself up over it. Lately I have probably gone over my goal most days but I don't know by how much since I haven't logged everything. So that is why I haven't been losing and I know it. No excuses. I just need to do better so that's my focus now.

Plateaus.
They are stomping me into the mud :grumble:
Every 3-4 weeks everything comes to a screeching halt. And STAYS that way for another 2 weeks or so. The first time, I went and changed diary setting and found out Salt was the bad guy. Then it was the activity level settings. Now? I just don't know. I up water. Change around the exercises (I hate "routines" anyway, so this isn't a problem) to keep my body from getting used to things. Spike days. Just don't know what to do to blow through it this time. Any ideas?

My love of wine! I do o.k. during the week. I am active and can afford a treat or two, but if I drink on the weekend I just end up right where I started, every week! Even when I stay around my calorie level, it`s the same.
I look at it as my reward for a week well worked, children well looked after etc... My husband drinks beer and we spend quality time talking this way.
I can`t think of another reward that would give me so much pleasure....

I have to think of one!

You guys are on the mark there! it only starts off that ONE bad thing which youve allowed yourself and then BAM it becomes a binge!!!

I need to just think 'NO' straight away and not make reasons in my head for why i can have that bad thing. I will not allow myself to fantasise the thought of the bad thing, ill just straight away NO and eventually the craving will pass