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Thursday Kathryn, I am so sorry for your loss. Please accept my deepest sympathies. Checked the scale and in spite of being on track for 4 days out of the last week, it is up .6. :( But not planning to jump off the deep end in my frustration. Good plan for the day. I know I need to get back to exercising whether my…

Monday evening Congrats to Sara on her great WI! My long weekend went by way too quickly. I actually tracked and stayed on plan one day of the weekend. Baby steps. Back to tracking today. Going to emulate my sister and concentrate on staying within calorie limit (1288 per day) and hitting my protein (which I have set at…

Thursday Checking in late. Today was a vacation day. Spent it at a local county fair watching my niece compete in 4-H horseback riding competition events. She will be a senior in high school this year so not sure how much longer she will ride. We surprised her by attending! It was nice to spend the day with my sister. I…

Wednesday Today is my Friday. Woo hoo! We were supposed to go camping but the weather is going to be pretty rainy. We decided not to go in our tent. Instead, tomorrow the younger kids and I are joining my sister at the county fair to watch my niece ride her horse in the 4-H competition. Will try to be good while I'm there!…

Thanks, Lana! I am working on ab exercises as prescribed by PT and chiro. I'm doing planks and bridges, but I have admittedly been lax about them. Realizing I must be consistent and build strength - it may do more good than I realize. Stretching is nice but I am understanding the strength may help keep things in line…

Tuesday Sorry I have been MIA again. I've been checking in to read, but haven't written. Kathryn, I am sorry to hear about your brother. You are all in my prayers! I think I'm finally on track after an entire spring/summer of "false starts". I actually made it through yesterday without drinking any pop! The headache has…

I have gained back 20 lbs that I lost 3 years ago. Starting over tomorrow! We can do this!

Friday So tired! Have not gotten enough sleep this week - or eaten well. Going grocery shopping tonight. Starting Phase 1 of South Beach Diet tomorrow and am committed to 2 full weeks on Phase 1. I'm telling myself to take it one day at a time and before I know it, two weeks will be done - my sugar habit will be under…

I'm with you. Going grocery shopping tonight to stock up and then starting tomorrow. 20 weeks to Christmas!

Thursday Ooo boy! Cold and rainy here today. Had to face a pair of jeans. :( These are my "big" jeans and they are tight. There is no denying what is going on here. I think I'm finally going to face the scale this weekend and stop making excuses. I was afraid of this very thing and now it has happened. Why am I so scared…

Lana - you are having such good success. May I ask...are you tracking on MFP? Simply watching calories? Anything else that seems to work better for you?

Tuesday Allergy season is starting up again already and my eyes are reacting. I have continued to take Zyrtec all summer but am adding back in the Patanol drops. Will probably try artificial tears, as well. I hear my co-workers complaining of allergies today, too. Back to tracking today. Wearing a comfy and flattering…

Monday night So, what happened to my resolve last Monday??? Still haven't really stayed on track. Back and hip pain got me down and I ate my frustration. Still haven't braved the scale. Had a massage on Saturday, which helped a bit. Did lots of housework yesterday, which did not help. Not feeling to bad today and got in a…

Lana - thanks for your thoughts. I keep in mind he needs to grow and mature. Don't they say guys don't really reach maturity until around age 25? Sigh. As for the neighborhood, it's the bad apple right across the street from us that is the problem. Rich daddy and mommy bought the house for loser drug-dealing son who is now…

Friday Luckily, it is not "donut day" at work. We have a couple of people who regularly bring donuts to work on Friday. Neither did today. I consider it a good sign. Lana, I liked your comment about the Holiday Eating Season coming up in 3 months. I have been thinking about that and trying to tell myself that I can lose…

Thanks, everyone! I think I'll ask DH about the date night when he gets home. I am in the red today again with treats at work. I keep starting again but not stringing together more than 2 or 3 days. Which is why my weight is up and my waist is bigger. Grrr.

Thursday Was doing great until sugar found me last night as DH brought me chocolate covered peanuts as "pain pills" since my back has been so achy. Shame on him! I dutifully tracked and went over on everything. Good today until boss brought ice cream as a way of saying "thank you for your service" before a few of us move…

Tuesday I held firm yesterday! And now my sister-in-law wants to share our food diaries each day as accountability, so I really have to behave and do well! Why, oh why, did I agree to do that? Good plan for the day. Have already pre-tracked most everything but short nearly 400 calories! When I try to keep carbs and sugars…

Monday Back to work after being off for a week. Sigh. Put on a dress with shapewear underneath and boy is this shapewear tight! Another good incentive to stick with it. Lana - congrats on your WI! You are an inspiration! Dawn - good luck today! I am committing to tracking everything every day from now to Christmas.…

Holy cow! Looking at a few pix from vacation and there is no denying I need to do something. Dial in the diet is the first key. Hopefully stupid hip will allow me to get some walking in. But beyond that, I think I'll do some light weight training to try to tone my arms and planks for my abs. This is ridiculous! Sara - I…

Saturday Good morning! Like Lana, I caved to a couple of sweet things yesterday but I did resist others later in the day, so it wasn't a complete waste of a day. Today is a new day. Low back and hip are being wonky and it's very hot and humid outside, so no walking for me. I am doing stretching and the other exercises PT…

There are 22 weeks until Christmas. If you lose 1/2 a pound a week until Christmas, you'll be 11 pounds lighter!

I had a good reminder in my Facebook memories from one year ago today.

Friday So glad I took the remainder of the week off of work even though we're just at home. Nice to sleep in and get housework done at an easy pace. Day two being back on track. Only complaint is my bottom lip is having twitches similar to the eye twitches people sometimes get. I carry a lot of my tension in my jaw so…

Thursday I'm back from three glorious days on the North Shore of Lake Superior! We had beautiful weather, lots of hiking and sightseeing, and fun memories made. I'm sure I ate too much even though we didn't eat regular meals and actually didn't eat 3 meals each day. I don't know what my problem has been this summer but all…

Friday Why am I at work today? This is my last day at work until July 24th. It's completely dead. No one is working. It's all chatting. I wish I could just go home! Yesterday was pretty good except for caving to too many treats at work. Stayed strong for supper when the rest of my family got McDonald's due to a busy…

Tuesday afternoon It's a good thing there isn't anything "bad" to eat around here today because I think I'd be on it! Instead, I only have the sweet mini peppers I brought for a snack. Hoping I can control myself when I get home. Supper will be kind of late due to DD's tae kwon do class. Really trying to stay on the…

Monday evening Good eating day. Now, can I string a bunch of these together? This is what I need to lose the weight. Nursing sore hip/hip flexor. Did more stretches. Applied a couple of pain patches and took some ibuprofen. I am cautiously optimistic but not going to push it with a walk tonight. All the more reason to eat…

Monday Not off to a great start. Didn't stay on plan so well yesterday due to traveling with my family. My lower right back had a small spasm this morning and now I'm worrying about that. I have not been doing my exercises and stretches as I should. And I'm paying for it. So, I did them this morning and took some Advil in…

Sunday Rainy morning. We slept late as we decided to skip our church's outdoor service. Not feeling hungry this morning. So far, have only had coffee and water. Feeling restless like I want to go somewhere and do something but the weather around the state is not conducive to outdoor plans. :( Spent too much money yesterday…