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Back to normal today, I hope, with correct eating. Then a flyball tournament this weekend. I don't feel too bad about yesterday's over eating as I think that I can average okay for the week if I focus.

Normally I'd just skip this day and go on to Friday, but that shivering picture was just too good not to comment on! I woke up yesterday morning with no heat, no hot water, but with electricity. Outside, it was the coldest that Maryland ever gets (8F). Not surprisingly other people did too, so although I was added to the…

Valma, sounds like you have a great plan for today and for the future. It's got to be frustrating for you, not being able to do what you could do easily just a few weeks or months ago. You are doing great, IMO. I didn't get in the exercise I wanted to yesterday as I stayed later at work than I hoped. I DID stay within my…

My advice is to wait and distract yourself. Yes, it happens to me, too. So I try to eat my meal and then do something that causes me to not think about food for 15-30 minutes. Then I seem to be over it.

I like the idea of Bento and bought one, but find that I'm more likely to use other containers. I don't really appreciate a variety of things for lunch. Plus, I generally eat more than just lunch away from home. I'd rather just have fewer and larger than what Bento provides. I have four of the Rubbermaid lunch blox…

Hi, ready to start the new year! Well, now I am. Got up later than I should have this morning and so been playing catch up all day. Most likely will not make kettleball class today. So today we'll have to get in a 1/2 hour run with Fells. On Saturday I made soup; a lot of soup. My slow cooker did a potato, carrot, celery,…

This one applies to me too! I didn't go to class last night because "I was still on holiday" which was a pretty poor excuse rather than "I'm being lazy and don't feel like it". Starting fresh today! I did get a couple of runs in last week with Fells and spent an hour with my Wii doing Just Dance on another day. I'm also…

Okay! I'm going to be back on the plan now. So this month I will: 1) Log! And stay within my calories for the week 2) Run! Minimum three times a week. If the weather is too poor for running, then swim. If the swim center is closed then dance with the Wii for an hour. 3) Attend kettleball class on Monday. If home on the…

Today is my last day at work until after the new year! Yeah! Stayed within my calories yesterday, even with a really nice lunch at a Japanese restaurant. Today is my trainer workout. It will probably be the last one for 2014. I'm switching days starting in January, probably to Wednesday, because I'm teaching a puppy class…

Good message for me today. Resolving to stick with everything despite the holiday stuff.

While I'm not a truck driver, I have had many days of just driving and driving in the car. I definitely agree with the not mindlessly eating (what nxd10 meant by "snacking"). It is so easy to just munch as you drive and similar to when you munch as you watch television, the food just disappears. Eating while you drive…

Laura, I hope you're feeling better. Sherry, I hope you feel better. Valma and April, I right with you in trying to turn myself around and get back to good habits. Marla, hang in there, you can do it! Yesterday was almost a really good day. I generally stayed within calories (I did unless you count the 4 pieces of candy…

Today is my trainer workout and I'm looking forward to it. I've been eating poorly and sleeping poorly and not getting out exercising as much as I wish. I'm just going to do the best that I can until life settles down a bit more.

I've missed you too, Valma. Sorry about all the upheaval in your life. Hope everything settles down to relaxed (as much as it can be with children around :smile: ) and happy and that you get back to running as soon as possible with your healing.

Me, too, April

Congratulations on the weight loss! Yes, strength training will help with the saggy parts, but don't just focus on them. Strength training will also help with bone strength and density, and it's important for you (and me) right now to work on that. It will also help with your mobility and what you'll be able to do as you…

One thing I did that helped me, was to look at how much I needed to eat to maintain the weight I wanted to be. If you eat that amount every day for the rest of your life, on average, then you will be the weight that you want. So, especially at first when MFP said that I could eat more calories than that, I didn't always.…

Upsaluki, agree with Laura in checking out your IT bands. Doing more correct stretching worked well for me. I initially threw myself into yoga and that didn't work so well because I overdid it. Getting some "stretching for runners" techniques and doing them really helped. AglaeaC, again agree with Laura that the Hal Higdon…

Sounds like the maintenance plan is working well for you, Sherry. Fell better, Laura! Good getting up and exercising, April. Have a good rest day, Marla, you'll need it this month. I went to my trainer workout yesterday. Very happy that I managed to run to it, despite me running late and that fact that it was after dark…

I did fine yesterday and on track with my eating today, so I'm feeling positive. Trainer workout tonight.

Sherry, sounds like you have a good plan. Focus on the strength and exercise and eat as best as you can. Try to heal, too. Marla, wish I could come to your book club! The food sounds great! April, I wish I had the answer. I was doing really well until my half marathon in September and I've been having backsliding days ever…

I think that I'm in the same boat, Sherry. Tried so hard to eat well today. Ate no junk, yet went over my calories. I think, at least at the moment, it's do as best as I can. I *think* that I burned more than I ate today, but either way, it's very close. Nosework test today. I worked the score room rather than competing. I…

Nice getting up and into the workout, April! Enjoy your rest day, Marla, and hope the weekend goes well. Looks like you're using the gym, Sherry. Seems like it's good that you joined it again. I'm glad! Great workout yesterday, Laura! You are doing so well! Just did the stair workout yesterday, but ate sensibly, got to…

Sherry, hope your son has a happy birthday. Val, glad that you're feeling better! I've started my new (and old because it's last year's) exercise plan today and ran/walked the stairs at work a few times. I've been having a really difficult time feeling okay and getting my exercise in. So feeling bad…

I need to get myself back together, so for December I'm going to retrench and go back to basics. I'm not running, not so much because of the cold, but the dark. I had it in my head that I didn't run much last winter due to ice. No ice to deal with yet this year, but I'm still not doing the regular running I have gotten…

November was a bad month as far as my "be healthy" plan, as was October. December didn't start well either, but I'm going to try to make it a good month.

Enjoy your rest day, Sherry. Hope that you can get to the gym sometime by Sunday. Hope everyone else, is doing well, and will have a nice holiday weekend. Don't know what I'm going to do today as far as exercise. Yesterday I ran in the Turkey Trot at work. It was about a mile loop. I was the slowest of the runners. There…

Val, I hope that today is going as well as possible for you! Sherry, I hope that your son is feeling better today, physically and mentally. It really can be hard to be a kid. Hi all. I spent the weekend in the wilds of Virginia where cellphone towers are spotty and wifi virtually non-existent. When I did get on I had to…

Hang on everyone through your difficult times! Hope you feel better, Sherry! I can't stay on much today, but I am getting my exercise in, staying healthy, and (barely) staying within my calorie goal.

Well I had a rotten week as far as not feeling well, eating poorly, and not exercising, actually not leaving the house for a lot of it. I was miserable! But I did start turning it around on Saturday. Saturday I got a run in with Fells, got my car serviced (got out of the house!!), and got some shopping done. Sunday I got…