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Wednesday morning We have had a lot of craziness at our house the last couple of weeks, which is why I haven't felt the energy to post. DH does the yardwork and snow removal for the elderly widow neighbor-lady across the street. Her name is Sandee. We haven’t ever really had much to do with her other than that. I’ve never…

Saturday evening Diet has been bad. Leg/back have been feeling a bit better. It depends on the day and the activities I have done. I decided to try a 1 mile walk on the treadmill - only going 2.8 miles per hour and everything tensed up. :( I finished the 1 mile and came back upstairs to stretch. I may be ordering a massage…

Thursday Let's just say yesterday was a rollercoaster of emotion that has spilled over into today. I'll write about it another time. My eating has not been good as a result of the emotion and drama. :( I did show restraint by only eating 1/2 of my meal at a restaurant last night. And I went out at lunch again today and…

Hmmm...I was doing so well and then just inhaled a pack of Belvita breakfast biscuits. Will track and adjust the rest of my day. Looks like I'll be okay on calories, but over on where I'd like to be on carbs.

Wednesday morning Yesterday went well. I did have a couple of co-worker's candies - but I did track them. Also broke down and had a cup of hot chocolate after doing my homework. That put me in the red. :( Woke up with a headache today. Yuck! Thought about staying home, but decided to get up and come to work. We had four…

Tuesday morning Back to work. :( Would have liked another day at home. My two younger kids are home as they don't have school today. I will run home at lunch to check on them and make them sandwiches. DH built a loft bed for DD over the long weekend, which is wonderful - except the house smells like wood stain since he had…

Sara - Yes! I keep forgetting that I want to add a cup of milk with supper! Pre-tracking it now...

Monday morning Well, I'm sounding like a broken record as I say I'm re-starting for the new year again today. But I really am. Trying to keep the mindset that food is fuel. I will plan and eat things that I like, but I do not need (or want) the sweets/pop/bread, etc. DH's b-day is behind us now, so no excuses. I know diet…

Totally sucking it up here today. DH wanted to go out for lunch and that was that. Feeling down about my back still hurting and making it hard to be upbeat and positive. Making it impossible to exercise. I know I need to double-down on my diet. That is the key. Dawn - I hear you on the pop. It's a struggle.

Wednesday night Pretty good day except for co-worker's candy dish really got me again. Have to string together a couple more better days before I dare stand on the scale. My selfies tell me my face has gotten a bit round and pants are snug, so I would expect the scale to be unpleasant. COLD weather coming in. Not looking…

A bit over on calories today. Sweets at work did me in, although I did track them and showed some restraint. We had tacos for supper tonight and I was going to skip the shell, but in the end I ate it. Still, I know I'm doing pretty well. Back was feeling a little better today - until I got home and started doing housework.…

Calories are good today. Carbs okay. Protein could be higher. All in all, I'll take it. There is still room for improvement. Sore from chiropractic appt. Taking advil. Will stretch and take a hot bath later. Reminding myself that I cannot expect to be on plan for one day and immediately be skinny! :)

Monday morning Almost noon here, actually. :) Good day, so far. Tried to go without ibuprofen for back so I could better judge how it was doing, but then I also got hit with menstrual cramps. Decided I needed the pain relief. Chiro appt this afternoon and looking forward to it! Menu today = Breakfast = 2 eggs, 2 cups of…

I am not proud of my diet this weekend. Back is still hurting, which meant no exercise. I confess I kind of ate my way through it. Had our 5th and final Christmas yesterday. Made a great meal plan for the week and bought the groceries today. All of the junk food is GONE! DH and I decided we both agree we just can't "go…

Terrible diet day. Started out strong, went downhill tonight. :( I'll never make progress if I keep this up. I think I'm having a hard time getting my head in the game when we still have another Christmas event this weekend. Will plan to do better tomorrow.

Thursday Good morning. It's currently -13 degrees. Brr! We may not even make it up to 0 today! We have one car on the fritz and DS took the spare car to a friend's last night, so DH and I had to share the remaining car today. This means I am stuck at work since he dropped me off and will pick me up tonight. I packed…

Oh dear, DH brought me a Caribou Chai Tea knowing that I had left my coffee at home. There goes my low-carb day. All that sugar! He loves me - but he can be my worst enemy when it comes to diet. But I tracked it and will do my best to stay within my calories for the day. Also, seeing the chiropractor at 2:30.

Wednesday morning I do love short weeks. And I do love having my DH at home at night to help manage supper, kids and their homework, etc. I'll be sad when he goes back to work next week. He'll be gone until 7:30 p.m. M-W which leaves me on my own with them. I tell myself it's worth it when he has the summers off with them.…

Good day, although I broke down and ate a serving of reduced fat Wheat Thins which pushed my carbs up higher than I would have liked, but they are still under 80g so it's okay. Calories are good, if a little low. It is really cold here. Current temp is is 2 degrees. Our low tonight is supposed to be -6. Ugh! Time to get on…

Tuesday morning Amazingly good morning for the first day back to school and work! What a nice way to start the week! Thanks for the suggestions, ladies. I had forgotten that I intended to add in 1 cup of 1% milk each day. When I was doing WW I always skipped it because it took too many points away from eating more filling…

Monday night check in... Day 2 of no pop/soda and Day 2 of walking. I have walked 4.61 of 520 miles for 2017! The rest of the diet, not so good. I think the bulk of the holiday leftovers are eaten now and if anything, I am going to throw out the rest of the temptations! I am back to work tomorrow after nearly 2 weeks off.…

Happy New Year! I lost 10 lbs this year and gained it all back (mostly right at the end of the year during the holidays.) Goal is to lose 15 lbs this year and keep it off! Working on making better choices today although there are way too many leftovers and temptations in my house right now. I did have my regular fried egg…

Happy Friday! I'm home from Georgia and just got done opening gifts with our kids. Thoroughly enjoyed vacation and being with my folks. Saw lots of sights and enjoyed beautiful weather. My mom cooked way too well for us and I'm afraid to stand on the scale, so I'm not going to. Not very happy with the family pix she took…

Thursday So nice to get an extra hour of sleep before having to get up and send the kids off to school. It was Christmas sweater day for my DD and pajama day for DS. :) Made them happy to go to school! Checked in for our flight. Mostly packed. Last load of laundry is in the dryer. Now doing some other cleaning and…

Last day of work was great! Perfect amount of work + some time to chat. Lunch out with DS and DH, so diet not-so-hot with a patty melt and a few fries. Supper was better = bacon wrapped chicken and vegetables. But I did break down and have one piece of lefse tonight. I have resisted it all season long but as I'm not sure…

Wednesday Ah! My last day of work before vacation. Not sure if I want the day to be busy or quiet. I checked the scale and it was NOT GOOD. I am 1.8 lbs over what I want my "max weight" to be. :( So much for maintaining. I know why my pants feel so tight. Guess I've been fooling myself - thinking I'm not sneaking too many…

Lana - also, BRAVO for checking the scale and posting your stats!

Tuesday Sorry for the late post. Drama with my oldest son (breakup/depression) caused a bunch of chaos this morning. I felt sick all morning and then stress-ate later. Sweets and bread. Thinking I'm going to fall asleep on the couch pretty soon. The stress just wore me out. Trying not to let the chaos today put a damper on…

Sara - Miss Tillie looks so sweet!

Monday Sara - Congratulations on your loss! Lana - glad your internet is better and you're able to check in! Dawn - your fudge sounds yummy! We had a good weekend. Celebrated one Christmas, went caroling at a nursing home with DD's church youth group, ate way too much! I'm afraid to stand on the scale. Stepmother insisted…