Day 2

I'm going to post early because we're going to see the Lion King tonight and I won't be home until late.

Breakfast -
1 egg
packet of grits
1 ounce of low fat sausage
1/2 ounce shredded cheese

Lunch -
Chicken Fajita Pita with 1/2 if the pita

Total calories so far are 600

We're going to Applebee's for dinner so I can order off of the smaller portion or Weigh****cher's menu.  No idea what I'll order.

Did the bike and was tortured at Physical Therapy this morning.

Yeah, we're doing this!!! I'm into day 3 today, yesterday went very well - what a difference I feel already - NO M&M'S FOR TWO DAYS NOW!!! I have discovered, however, in picking up my workout again that my knee is not in good shape (the one that was shredded 2 years ago); so I have an appt. with the ortho surgeon next week, please pray for NO SURGERY! What I ate yesterday:
B - LF cheese stick w/ clementine (gosh, they're good, much tastier than M&Ms!)
S - celery w/ 1T peanut butter
L - small chef salad
S - Zone bar
D - my handy-dandy protein shake
Before bed - 1 cup steaming, delicious caffeine-free Green Tea with all those great antioxidants

It feels REALLY GOOD to be taking care of myself after so long of not doing so. My immediate goal is to simply get back in the 140s; and to increase my level of fitness and strength, to feel that surging through my body again. I want it BAD.

Connie, is it a professional production of The Lion King? You will be blown away by this musical - have a great time, wish I was going with you? Kim, how was Sophisticated Ladies???

Keep going, Buddies!!! We can do this!!!

Peace,
Maureen

My menu for the day:

Special K and 1% Milk

3 oz Tuna and 2 oz carrots

15 Almonds

1/2 container of Sugar Free Yogurt

1 cup of Homemade Beff and Veg soup

Oatmeal raisin Atkins Bar

62 oz of plain and flavored water

Eating the mini meals really helps.

Judy, you're doing great! Keep it up and holler if you need to talk or get support through this!
I just weighed myself, I'm 154 - down 6 lbs. since I started this on Monday. I'm gonna play Scarlett O'Hara right now (picture the scene where she's shaking her fist at the heavens...) "As God is my witness, I will NEVER see 160 again!" (she says, "I will never go hungry again" - isn't that ironic???)
Let's keep going, Buddies - even if - especially if - you're having a hard time, POST! The true success in this exercise is TRYING and not giving up.
When the craving**** me, I say to myself, "I want THIS (feeling in control of my food rather than food controlling me, feeling stronger and fitter because I'm exercising), not THAT (feeling out of control of my food intake, feeling lazy and sluggish and sad and disoriented in the head because of the sugar). Say it to yourself: I WANT THIS (whatever your 'this' is) not THAT (whatever your 'that' is)
Love you guys,

Peace,
Maureen

I want to feel good again and not feel like I'm a hundred years old!!! Have a good day. Lov ya, Judy

Me too, darlin', me too! I've got your back if you have mine! M.

i did bad today. Just rushed and not paying attention blah blah blah...

Breakfast
breakfast sandwich (It was a poor choice in grab and go)

Lunch
8 bites of general tsos chicken. So bad. I didn't eat the fried rice and of course didn't finish the chicken but still real bad.  I was in a meeting at lunch...didn't bring my protein and by the time i got out of the meeting the darned cafeteria was closed. I had ordered chineese as a last resort since the lady at work was ordering out. I should've jsut skipped it and had my coffee...but man I was hungry!!! that was from eating the bread this morning. sheesh.  and stress.

dinner.
protein shake. I'll skip dinner. That was the chineese chicken!!! ill have some pumpkin seeds as a snack. salty but yummy. That or celery sticks with a little light cream cheese.

anywhoo...tomorrow is another day! I'll try harder tomorrow. I was so unprepared!!! 
I almost got the silver bullet last night but my husband was confused about it and didn't pick it up at wall mart. (moue)  :( 

It's the Magic Bullet, girlfriend, not the Silver Bullet. I don't know if they sell them at Walmart??? Hey, were you able to find the protein powder at Walmart? Don't stress today - but you bring up a really important aspect of our struggles: Life Cir****tances.  We're going to face challenges every day of our lives that are going to cause us to feel stressed out or other negative emotions; for some of us that simply means Find Food For Comfort.  I had a bad day, too - again, after having two really solid days of healthy living - but I'm stuck at home because of the weather, going stir crazy and can't get out because the roads are not made of cement or asphalt anymore, they are made of sheer ice about 3" thick up here in northeastern CT. I feel like a caged animal! And I have soooo much work to do at my office, two super huge meetings in the next two days that I really needed today to plan for - stress!!! So I've grazed all day out of boredome and anxious feelings. I am also very much a creature of routine, which is a bad thing because life just isn't routine all the time (thank goodness!) - ok, enough soapbox, my point is we have to find better ways to deal with the cir****tances - the curves - that Life throws at us.  Yes, my dear frined, tomorrow is another day (didn't Scarlett O'Hara say that as well? "Fiddlesticks, tomorrow is another day!"

Commisseratingly yours,
Maureen