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I am having a really hard time getting my *kitten* together this week. My boss put in a raise for me and HR denied it and I was really counting on that money to help pay for some therapy for my autistic son. I've been doing a lot of crying and a lot of eating. I'm wearing my new buffy the vampire t-shirt today in the hopes…

I'm worried about the cold and about the dark. I've been checking out reflective leashes since when I run/walk outside I go with the dog.

I go to our YMCA and it's $42 a month, that's for myself and two kids. Free babysitting, pool, workout room, classes etc.

Ok, now I feel wimpy asking for cold weather running ideas considering I live in the south and you guys are running in some seriously brutal weather - lol. After feeling sorry for myself yesterday for not losing weight faster and then eating a bunch of crap I got on the scale this morning to a 1lb loss. I guess the…

I had a bad Sunday as far as food goes but I'm shaking it off today. I'll weigh on Thursday and hopefully see some results, I'm only weighing twice a month because I get too neurotic if I do it weekly.

I ended up going this evening, it was around 50. I think I'm going to have to invest in an ear band and some gloves and I don't know what else for the winter. Someone with some expertise needs to step up and help us out! On a side note, when I run outside I run with my golden, Watson. He is so pretty, and so graceful and I…

I had grand plans to take my C25K training outside this morning with my dog, but it's 29 freaking degrees out. So, now my plan is to take the training outside this afternoon because I don't have much in the way of cold weather workout gear and it's supposed to end up in the mid-50's. I just have to stay motivated through…

I'm glad to see a number of people saying the eat them back, makes me feel better :-) I wear a fitbit flex all day and a HRM when I work out to help with calories, I assume what they tell me I'm burning is overstated. I usually just eat back calories if I'm having a really hungry day and then I never eat them all back,…

I really like them too, you could do a lot worse in the morning.

I agree, 5 at a time does seem much more manageable and it's a very realistic goal for the holidays. I know Halloween will be hard because there will be so much candy and Thanksgiving and Christmas will be just as bad. But I'm sort of planning to take a break on each of those days, just those 3 days, ok 4 because Christmas…

I heart Greek yogurt too and my favorite is Fage, I mix it with honey and it's like eating dessert.

I'm just hoping to make it through the holidays without gaining. That being said, in a perfect world I'd like to take off 10 more lbs between now and the new year, it's going to be tough though but with support we just might do it!

Antidepressants are hard. I'm just coming off one that I have been on for a few years. Periodically I decide that I am fine and don't need them and I am sort of in that phase right now, I think it's all hand in hand with the depression issues I've battled for years but I'm going for it and will see how it goes. I'll…

I have a Taylor scale that I got last winter at Costco and it seemed to go belly up this past weekend, suddenly I was like 26lbs lighter overnight and while that would have been fantastic I knew it wasn't the case. So I called Taylor because they do have a warrantee (SP?) and the woman walked me through a bunch of things…

Yeah, hang in there. I HATE the phrase you didn't put it on overnight and it's not going to come off overnight but at the same time it's a pretty accurate thing. It'll come off, in the wise words of Dory the fist, just keep swimming :-)

Thanks! I need all the encouragement I can get!

Two pounds down this week, I'll take it! That makes me four pounds away from my mini goal for 11/1/13, I can do this right??

So I've been working extra hard the last few weeks and tonight my knee is killing me and I can't sleep. So I self medicated with 2 hostess cupcakes and now I'm mad at myself. I'm not a night eater but I had tons of extra calories today and went to bed hungry and between that and my stupid knee I've ended up awake at…

The mini fridge is a good idea, or maybe just put labels on your food? I dunno, that's a really hard one and it really sucks.

WOW - I am so sorry to hear that, that's pretty awful!

I have tried it, found it on youtube, it's pretty good!

I bought some hand weights recently and found a few arm toning routines on youtube to follow. I also downloaded an app that has strength training you can do with body weight and I'm going to try that. It's hard to fit exercise in so I try to focus on cardio and squeeze in some strength when I can.

I am a total emotional eater and can completely relate. I find myself in situations all the time where I am FULL and feel gross and am still eating just because I'm stressed or tired etc. It's such a hard habit to get out of. I fell off the wagon pretty badly a few weeks ago and just got back on this weekend, it's a…

I like almonds and they are filling, I haven't bought any in awhile, think I might have to this weekend!

I've been going to the gym at lunch 3 times a week and using the active motion trainer but the last few weeks I've been walk/running at lunch instead. Then I *try* to walk the dog on the opposite days for about 1/2 an hour but it doesn't always work out that way. I'd love to try Pure Barre or something like that but dang…

I am the same way, weekends are the worst for me!

I'm glad you have someone to lean on, it really helps!

I'll leave it open for now, there aren't too many of us at this point :-)

I have just about 100lbs to lose, please add me for support :-)

I had a pretty bad food day yesterday as well but today is a new day, clean slate, and I am trying very hard not to beat myself up about it.