Anyone else just flopped right off the...

wagon lately? I don't mean weight loss wise I mean plan wise? This past week I have not: - worked out - tracked my fluids - tracked my protein - tracked my foods - drank enough fluids - ate enough protein ( well probably still close with the shakes though ) - basically kept tracked of anything... Anyone else just mentally fallen off the "gung ho" wagon? Don't get me wrong I haven't been eating bad things or like not drinking fluids at all type thing. Just off the anal obsessive tracking thing... Tomorrow I am starting bright and early with: - working out - at least 15 mins on the gazelle - tracking my fluids - shooting for 64 oz of PLAIN water the rest is extra - tracking my protein - back to making sure I am getting 90 g's in - tracking my foods - don't think I am eating enough - drinking enough fluids - Kind of goes with tracking it lol would like to shoot for 100 oz total - eating enough protein - again with the above but just making sure I am losing pretty good so not so worried that have caused damage or anything I guess I must have just needed a week mentally off from "working the plan" lol. Any one else? *huggles* Felicia =0)

OK right there with ya. Not totally fallen off...like you said did not eat bad stuff but did not keep track. It soooo helps to keep track. A little birdy (*you*) taught me to track and it has been such a great help. I was just too absorbed in dr apts and all that last week with hubby gone that to be honest I really did not care. I did all protein and some days I did track but not all. I am hoping for a loss tomorrow but if not I will not be crushed either. But it did kinda feel good to take a while off. But I am going to hijack your plan above and (except for the gazelle) try and do all that as well. I am want to succeed and keeping with the plan is the only way to do it. Spent too many years abotaging myself. I am so glad that I have you. You are sooo good at goals and keeping up with things you keep me going! Thanks Mom !!! You are the bestest. Anywho I know I am rambling but thank you for posting...makes me glad that I am not the only one and gives me less of that *bad girl* feeling Big Hugs for a very very very tracked week! Melissa

*BIG HUGS* We can do this.. We are on the exact same road lol. I so hear you about sabotaging oneself. This is pretty much how it went when I would fall off whatever diet I happened to be on at that time. Thats why I am so happy to have this tool. I may have fallen but at least I have a real opportunity to get back on the wagon this time. WE CAN DO IT!! *huggles* Felicia =0)

Felicia i did , For 5 weeks i didnt loose not and once due to a floop out , i was drinking but not eating very busy not even having time to come home and just relax , i had a big deadline and finally now its over , so im back on track now for a week .... Love maria

*HUGS* Well I think you have had reasons for falling off lately!!! I am glad to see you are ready to get back on track!! Not to mention you have been using your new toy and doing great with that!! Hang in there! *Huggles* Felicia =0)

OMG...this week I have been so bad at tracking things this week. I was so excited because I was .5 lb away from losing both of my kids, then I got busy and was eating out with my family and eating on the run and didn't get things tracked. I *KNOW* I wasn't getting in all of my fluids and probably barely getting in my protein because I hadn't been getting in my protein shakes in the morning. I was trying to EAT a breakfast and it was messing up my schedule. I have missed a lot of vitamins this week, too. Just doing bad keeping up with things. Today I had a baby shower and had a cookie and split a piece of cake with Meg. I know I am no supposed to have it, but this is my life and how I have to manage it and I know that there will be parties and I have to learn to deal with them. It may cause me to stall, but I will get over it and will not beat myself up. I don't need anyone else to beat me up for it, either. I have exercised the past four days, though. That made me feel good. I will also start tracking again tomorrow!!! I have a funeral service tomorrow and a family get together on Tuesday, so I hope there are some good protein choices for me there. This is a new week!!!! I'm going to make it a good one. I want to lose 12 lbs in the next month, so I will be down 100 by my 6 month surgiversary. I CAN do it!!! hugs to all, Tabby

Great job on the working out!! Sounds like you are doing well though just have to get back on the stick about fluids and protein. I found that if I did good with my protein and fluids then that little "goodies" was a lot easier to "swallow". I would eat it, enjoy it, and move on from it. Good luck this week!! I know you can make your goals!!! *huggles* Felicia =0)

*waving my hand* I have fallen off track....not so much with tracking. I'm addicted to the computer and fitday, so I track everything.... BUT...where I have fallen off is with exercise. Just haven't been doing it. Other than heavy cleaning and parking at the end of the lot when I go shopping - which is almost every day I have to run to the grocery store for something. lol That's been it...and I KNOW it's why my weight loss has slowed down so much. The good news is....I measured today and I have lost 3/4 inch on my waist this week alone!!! wooo hooooo!!! And, the other thing is, I've not been planning my foods. I've been lazy and been drinking lots of protein drinks and eating a protein meal replacement bar everyday to get in the proteins (Yes, Felicia, I know what you think of them!!!!) and then just eating other stuff - nothing "bad" just "regular" food (read not packed with protein) that the rest of the family eats and I usually don't - to get in my calories. I just needed a break from THINKING about food all stinking day long. I've had it now and I'm ready to get back to REAL FOOD again. So...that's where I've been off the wagon and feeling like I was failing myself with it all. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who hasn't been "perfect" lately. Let's get back on track this week! We can do it!!!!! Susan

OK I never said you couldn't have protein bars LOL or anyone else could for that matter.. I just think that for the amount of protein in those there are MANY options that are much healthier for you is all for the same amount of protein *grin* SO THERE!!! EAT THEM DANG IT SEE IF I CARE!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH *evil insane laugh goes here* LOL what is perfect? Perfect is that we did our best not that we did the best in others eyes. We just have to remember it and hang on to it lol. As flylady would say its our perfectionism that got us where we were!! ( ok not a *perfect* quote but you get the point) lol I have had my coffee and done 15 mins on the gazelle. WE CAN DO THIS!! Just look how well you are doing!! Almost a whole inch gone for good!!! *huggles* Felicia =0)

Hee hee...I know you never said not to eat them. I just know how you feel about them. I eat the South Beach Diet bars. And, I love the meal replacement ones. 19 grams of protein and just over 200 calories. Packed with vitamins and minerals too, which I like. So nice when you don't want to think about your choices. They are so easy to have on hand for when I'm out running errands....and they keep me from doing the drive thru. Like I said....they've been such a convenience for me lately because it was all there and I didn't have to think about it. Eat one of those, have a shake - or two - and then dinner with the family. It worked for me to not have to try and figure out every night if I needed to eat more, etc. But, I'm over it this week. I think. Today, I've had coffee and taco soup. YUM-O!! And, my vitamins. Sort of on hold for exercising. When I try the kids want to work out with me....and they get WAY too close. Do not want a trip to the ER because I kicked someone in the nose and broke it. If it will ever stop raining, I'm thinking we can walk to the park....and then back home because the park that's close by tends to flood. But, it'll be nice to at least take a walk. Susan