A Really Rough Day

The scale has not budged, as I knew it would not, and that sort of set the tone. The rest of the day was really rough on all fronts and I just couldn't seem to get it back on track. Had a birthday at work and I passed on the cake. Made lasagna for my staff and I sent the leftovers to my son's house. In spite of all the stress of the day, I'm at under 800 calories and I've held on by the skin of my teeth. About a hundred times today I've thought "Ef it, what's the use", but I'm hanging in there. On the way to work I was rationalizing that since I'm not losing weight, I could be eating more, like I was three weeks ago and stay the same wieght. Talked myself out of that stinkin' thinkin. I just needed to come on line and be accountable. I was afraid that if I wallowed in my bad day, I'd end up ordering a pizza or something. Thanks for letting me vent. I think I'm going to go get some paint and paint the bathroom. Hugs, Connie

Connie, baby, read my reply to Joy in my "Curioser and Curioser" thread - do you want to do this with me? Nothing but protein for the next three days - lots of water and exercise and make some time to feed your passions, not your gut. I am SO IN TROUBLE with the food right now! I have got to turn this around. Let's do whatever it takes to help each other through this, all of us! Love you HUGE, babycakes. Reenie

I'm in. My demons are popcorn and grits. You can take the girl out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl. I've been working them into my calorie count, but if I'm eating carbs, I'm using up calories and tummy space that I should be dedicating to protein. I ate grits for breakfast, but from this moment on, consider me in on the protein pact. Back attcha babe! C.

i'm on a downward spiral myself ladies. very down about this scale thing. each day i am trying each day i'm cutting back on carbs, calories, and all that crap. each day the scale goes up not down. tonight i pulled out the scale and measuring cups. dinner tonight is 1/2 cup of boiled macorini and 3 oz of chicken breast that i cooked in a can of stewed tomatoes. i have enough for lunch tomorrow and dinner too. i'm weighing and measureing again. i really do not eat that much but i'm not always eating the right htings. high sodium too needs to be counted for me. but i'm hungry. i feel hunger. my stomach growls. is there a medical reason why i could be eating correctly calorie wise but gaining? why am i so hungry all the time? i'm going to log in every day and weigh and measure and write down each thing that goes into my mouth. what color paint connie? i'm goign to head to walmart and buy some too.

It may not be the calorie count but the content. Macaroni is high in simple carbs. Try to increase the proportion of protein without increasing the calories. The protein will satisfy longer. This is not easy at all! Joy