I'm Giving A Challenge!

Hey Dawn.. *hugging you close* .. All I want to say is "i understand". It can be hard sometimes. Yesterday was a terrible day for me after being good all week. I was very emotional after all the storms. Hubby's friend is in the hospital and lost everything he has, etc. I kinda let go and food became my comfort yesterday but I should not have let it. Today I am going back to basics and I will log it all every morsel starting today. I got some of the "bulk" weight off me last week and I may not be down in weight come tomorrow.. may even be up just a tad but its better than 148 which is what I weighed a week ago. Each day is a chance to start over Dawn. But we need to try and get to a point where we don't feel like we have to start over every day. You can do this. But promise me something.. at 18 months out, do not limit yourself to your normal 800 calories. It isn't enough, I don't care how much weight you have left to lose. I have a friend online (not on this board) who has 100 left and we talked. She was getting 900 cals a day and losing next to nothing and kept falling off the wagon.. she upped it to 1200 calories a day and even lets herself go to 1400 at times.. she stays on plan and has dropped 20 something pounds in the past 6 weeks. Our bodies need fuel and if you are exercising even more so. If I stick to 1200 I lose fast, always have. But I am very active. My maintenance is somewhere around 1800, I know this. We are all different. Just don't shoot your efforts in the foot by going TOO extreme and end up backfiring on yourself and then giving up.. baby steps and be realistic ok? Love you lots and want you to be accountable with us.. not many are participating but I told myself even if it was just ME I was doing it for me.... because *I* need this and I also want the support here too. B/c I do *need* you guys.. so I am back here on this board as active as I once was. I know I have to be accountable and the only way I can do this is to be here around the family that has supported me all along.. so please yes, come back Dawn and lets do this together shall we? I am excited to see you posting again and hope you will make this part of your day.. its worth all the effort and time, I have even lost sleep over it.. b/c I am doing the beck discussions and logging my food, I have even cut into my sleep time and ya know what? its worth it.. make the sacrafice with me.. are ya ready? Let's do this thang! *hugs* love you!