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Good morning folks! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend and stuck to your plan. I did well this weekend but my new bike I ordered didn't come in - darn! The weather is perfect and I'm ready to be out riding my new bike in it. Today I vow to: ? Eat a minimum of 80 grams of protein. ? Drink a minimum of 80 oz. of water. ? Run a gazillion errands I need to get done before I head out of town Thursday. ? No eating after 7:30 PM. ? Brighten some folks' day by inviting them in for interviews for a few analyst positions I have posted! =) What are y'all planning to do today to stick to your personal plan? I find the accountability of just "saying" what I'm going to do to be a real motivator to succeed. Come on and try it - post your intentions for the day and see if you don't do better at keeping them! Y'all have a Marvelous Monday! DeeDee

Hi DeeDee and good Monday to all, I so agree with the personal contract and accountability mechanism to keep ones self in check! I love to read yours and have merely been a lurker because typically I am very mu*****ontrol (remember, I am the one who controls the world)...but guess what? Control mama has slipped and today is the day to get back on the high horse. After 2 weeks of non-stop Jewish life-cycle and holiday fun (nephew becoming a Bar Mitzvah/Rosh Hashanah/Family friend Bar Mitzvah) my vow for today is to: Eat between 1200 -1500 calories. Weigh and measure my portions. Keep an honest log of my food/calories/hunger level. Get on my treadmill and stay on (no bathroom breaks while the timer is still running). Discuss results of my labs (not so good) with my PCP. Shop for food that I need to be prepared for rest of week. Complete session 2 of OH support group training (call in at 7 EST). Get boys to bed at a decent hour and have some Mommy/Daddy time and keep us all safe from pent up aching streams! Go to bed knowing that I have "got it going on!"* *Valet parking attendant over the weekend told me "ooooh girl, you have got it going on!" Needless to say my almost 13 year old son nearly vomited. Hot in the eyes of the valet parker, Karen

Karen, Welcome aboard the non-perfect people post! Heavens, it sounds like you have had your share of "fun" and isn't it amazing that it always seems to involve food?! I can picture your 13 year old now ... they just think it's gross that parents might... well, let's just leave it at they think anyone over about 22 years of age is gross. Hope your day went well today... and your labs discussion isn't too bad. DeeDee

I forgot to add one thing... I vow to get my before and after pics posted on the website!!!!!!!!! KGB

I'm backkkkkkkkkkkk! I was missing in action this weekend. I had lots going on and just took the weekend off. I had a rough day on Sat. during the long drive home. My PS consult didn't go quite as well as I had hoped on Fri. I visited w/some inlaws that I haven't seen in years and was a very emotional time. So on the way home I stopped at one of the rest areas and brought some peanuts and a bag of popcorn. I knew I was going to eat over some vent up emotions and I didn't care. Can I say I enjoyed every mouthful? No way. With each bite I felt out of control, but I chose to do it any way. The old ways of dealing w/unpleasant feelings came back for a visit. I have to say that it wasn't helping solve anything. So today I am back on track and being accountable. I missed everyone and hope you all are doing well. Today I plan to: 1.Get all my water in. 2.Get all my protein in. 3.Do the treadmill for 30mins. (my sister inlaw who is a trainer said that's all I need to do.) 4.No eating past 7:30. 5.Enjoy hubby's few days of being home. 6.Keep emotions in check. I owned up to my poor food choices over the weekend and I'm not accepting of them, but I will pick myself back up and move on. I am still in control and food isn't! I am setting my mind up to succeed today and to be accountable and face my fears, concerns and failures. I will eat to live, not live to eat. I will eat for nourishment and not to stuff my emotions. Today I am woman hear me roar. LOL....Nah! Today I am looking at solutions and not the problems. We can do whatever we set our minds to. Have a prosperous day my dear OH Family! Jeannie

It's nice to see you back today... you know we miss you when you're gone! (I'm sure you've caught up with the posts calling you the "Lady in Red.") Hoping your day has gone well. I'm heading out Thursday for a long weekend at the cottage... you want to take over the posts again while I'm gone? DeeDee

Today I vow to eat at least 1 fish meal (protein). Exercise,drink my water, take my vitamins and just chill since it is a holiday.

I love fish! I should eat it every meal and really shrink fast. Hope your day has gone well so far! DD

Get my protein up - I slacked bad this weekend Focus on how to have a conversation with my teenager without wanting to throttle her drink at least a gallon of water (I'm more than half way there so far!)

Well, I hope that your teenage daughter is alive and well at this point of the day and that you've succeeded with your plan. Did you and the daughter have a conversation? Mine is 27 years old, married 3 years, moved away last fall, and still wants to talk to her mom almost every day. They do grow up! DeeDee