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It's great to see renewed life here... thank you momma24! I am hoping your enthusiasm is catchy because I need some. I didn't do very well yesteday: calories: over by 600+ exercise: none water: under proud: that I logged everything I pretty much sucked at last months goals, but I would like to try again with some September…

Good morning bbpurple1967! I need to jump on the train again too ... have been stalled for 2 months and I'm getting frustrated with myself for only 'half trying'. I like your weekly goal idea. Here are mine: 1. track all my food and exercise every day 2. eat more protein and veggies 3. drink 80oz+ water daily

Oh and I'll weigh in on the sugar question ... from my nutrition class - they would say stevia is the best choice, then sugar and splenda (or any other artificial sweetener) is the worst choice. My nutrition class would also say keep doing the cream - it's good for you (in reasonable amounts).

Thanks momma24 for stalking me and starting the new thread! I was down in the dumps all weekend because I have been slipping back into some bad eating habits, and because all I did all weekend was work on bills and budgets. Which was depressing since we are in the negative every month. I've got to figure out how to spend…

Did you stay within your nutritional goals? YES! FINALLY .... it's been awhile. :drinker: Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? yes What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? made better food choices What would I have done differently? got to step class on time What is today's personal goals? stay under on cals & carbs,…

exactly my experience too ... no diet pop=less cravings (at least for me)

lildeb: good to see you back! lilspy: congrats on limiting yourself on the ice cream elmox: have a great long weekend ... it seems like you are doing really well lately with exercise! checking in for yesterday: calories: GOOD! net 1492 exercise: good - 45 minutes of step (I was late again :blushing: ) water: not so great…

smitchell37: I had a hard time quitting diet soda .... what I had to do is find something I like almost as well and switch to it ... for me it was chai tea - I started drinking Oregon slightly sweet chai in the mornings instead of diet pepsi. Then eventually I switched to just regular tea (I switch up the kind for variety…

I started a nutrition for weightloss class last January and the first thing they advised was stopping diet pop (I had been a diet pepsi drinker for years and years, only stopped twice while pregnant). I didn't like giving it up, but I haven't had a diet pop since. One big benefit to stopping all artificial sweeteners for…

Good for you! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: To weigh less than my husband is my next goal too! My hubby has been changing his eating habits too and has lost 30 pounds (same as me) ... which is great ... but also means I have a moving target if I'm trying to weigh less than him!

Hi bbpurple1967, mck8686, smitchel37! I'd like to join your group and hang around with you at MFP! I've been on MFP for awhile, lost 20 pounds a couple of years ago, then had a setback and gained 15 back, I refocused in January, joined a nutrition class for 24 weeks and had lost 31 pounds. In July I had 2 weeks of…

mstahl: that stinks when you think you've done well, and then find out that something you ate had waaay more calories than you thought ... and just wasn't worth it. bummer - but good job on the swimming!

oh, that's sad .... and sweet.

Did you stay within your nutritional goals? no Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? not quite What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? lower on cals than I could have been considering I was almost out by 2pm What would I have done differently? less cals for lunch What is today's personal goals? stay under cals and…

Lilspy: Yeah to getting back into exercise! good for you! RedneckWmn: I hope you feel better soon! checking in for yesterday: calories: over by almost 400 ... but really I think it wasn't bad considering I was almost out of calories by 2pm... so could have been much worse ... and it was a no exercise day exercise: none -…

Did you stay within your nutritional goals? no Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? no What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? What would I have done differently? bad food choices What is today's personal goals? stay within nutritional goals, which is going to be tough since I'm already almost out of calories…

Congrats HeatherMN on the great stats from your last 5k! I once again had a bad day yesterday ... going way over on calories and carbs. My motivation is alluding me.....

Did you stay within your nutritional goals? no - bad weekend for eating Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? no What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? got up early enough at the farm to drive 2.5 hours to make it back for step class What would I have done differently? not eaten so many cookies What is today's…

mstahl...............+5lbs momma............+2lbs Jess...................+5lbs Julie...................+4lbs Heather.............+2.8lbs lstpaul...............+2.8lbs I'm joining the movin on up team from last week?! What happened to my good goals for August??? I know exactly where I have been slipping up ... carbs, carbs,…

mstahl with your morning parenting snaffoos, and reneckwmn with your awful time with your ex - wow ... there must be something in our horoscopes for how screwy some of our weeks have been! mine being just a little 'off' doesn't seem quite so bad. yesterday I did have a goofy day - I was 15 minutes late for my step class,…

momma24: that time of day is always my worst too, good for you for 'coming clean' ... you will have a better day today heatherMN: good for you signing up for the Warrior Dash 2012! I'm not sure that I'm ready to be that crazy .. I know my sister-in-law loved it. I'll think about it. I'm having another off day, it's been…

scratch that part about being proud of myself for not getting the patty melt and fries .... instead of eating 1/2 the cobb salad wrap - I ate the whole thing! I guess it was probably still better than the fries, but I'm still disappointed in myself. :frown:

Thanks mstahl .... it makes me feel better that I'm not alone in the 'evil parent' boat and that even good grandma's get a turn at that! I was told last night that my daughter just doesn't WANT to talk to me about anything. And good catch on school starting tomorrow! At least you didn't catch it after the fact! :wink:

I love your picture momma24 .... so appropriate to how you are all feeling without your daughter... eeyore made me smile! I will be in the same boat in a year and I'm sure I will really be missing my daughter then - but right now there are definitely days when having her around is stressfull! I think she is being a bit…

Happy Belated Birthday Mstahl! (I just caught in an older post that it was your birthday earlier this week) I'm still struggling with what I am eating. calories: way over exercise: none (was my 'off' day) water: didn't track proud: hmmm My 17yo is dealing with some drama with friends and senior year schedule not working…

Did you stay within your nutritional goals? over a lot Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? no What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? ??? What would I have done differently? not eaten a high calorie bedtime snack What is today's personal goals? stay within nutritional goals, already did 45 minutes of step (overslept…

Did you stay within your nutritional goals? over a little bit - but ate every last exercise calorie Did I reach yesterday's personal goal? close What did I do yesterday that I am proud of? step class in the morning What would I have done differently? not eaten a much at night What is today's personal goals? stay within…

I'm sorry Jess - what a jerk! You are better off figuring him out sooner than later. Good plan to go to the gym.. To answer your question about my 'groove'... I think part of my problem is that I finished my nutrition classes, so I've lost that weekly motivation. Plus things have been out of any routine all summer, so I'm…

Sorry your are feeling so ishy Lilspy! I think you have hit on the thing I disliked about pregnancy .... feeling like your body just isn't 'normal' for 2 years (while you are pregnant and a year plus afterwards). But it is all worth it in the end because I wouldn't give up my kids for anything! :love: :love: :love: Hang in…

Allison...............-0.8.............0.39% Heather.............-2.2.............0.00% (re-loss) Melinda..............0.................0.00% lstpaul................+1..............0.00% Well I was ok with only being up one pound for my weigh-in on Friday because I've been seeing higher numbers. I really hope I can get my…