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It sounds like you have a plan.  I pray it works for you.  Tri

Good morning botts:

I am back from vacation.  I won't get on the scale for a couple days...perhaps Friday.  It was great to have a break from the freezing tundra of Wisconsin. It is good to be home. Have a great day. Tri 

My eating plan today is:

B: Jimmy dean delight

S: plain Greek yogurt and 2 clementines

L: Weigh****chers meal and salad with ff dressing

S: nsa/ff pineapple and coconut cheesecake

D: beef and mashed carrots and potatoes, veggie soup

S: nuked apple slices, craisins and walnuts 

Exercise: cleaning for 360 minutes (920 calories)

Wondering what types of things others do for motivation to eat well and move more? Over the past month or so I have been using this site much more. I normally start my days reading/posting and then again come to visit in the evening while watching tv. I also try to look on Pinterest for tips and recipes. Yesterday morning I put on a shirt I have not worn in a month and the way it hung from me was enough motivation to encourage me through the whole day!! Boredom and emotional eating still seem to be my biggest obstacles. 

It's 7:50 am and dinner is done! It's mornings like this I am so grateful for my crockpot!! I'm exhausted and I know it will be a late day getting out of work (as usual). I moaned about getting it started for about 2 minutes but then it was done and I don't have to think about it again until dinner tonight :D I SERIOUSLY need to look up more crockpot meals. If I could cook every dinner in one I would do it for sure! Have a great day and hang in there.

Thank you for helping me put things into perspective this morning. Absolutely I have eating plans and phases. In fact, that is what is so different for me since last year. Having a plan to go back and review. I cant always tolerate the plan but things change. For example, have not been able to eat leafy vegetables and really craving them. Last week I had a small sample of mixed salad and it stayed down with no cramping. Yesterday I had 1/2 cup of salad with 3 oz of salmon (from the can) and it was perfect. I was able to be satisfied though out the afternoon with 3 saltine crackers and 3 cups of green tea. On most days I do have massive sugar drops to a point of being dizzy. Because I do not work, I got in the habit of laying down for 40 mins until it passes. And, I "think" Im so exhausted over Christmas and New Years that I am not as busy. I need to keep myself busy but not stressed. Stressed seems to make me sickish. The big different between this revision and the original surgery is the plans and phases and this site. I had nothing like this 26 years ago. I get great meal ideas online but since I have a sick dog, I am not going out for walks these days. Hoping Champ's eye gets better but for now the vet says "No activity". Well he and I are gaining and miss our walks. He has abscess on his eyeball and we are working closely with a vet ophthalmologist. I have a few friends in North America that I have met here and have gone through almost the same as me. They are helpful but not the least bit worried about gaining and losing and yoyoing up and down. I think Im sort of freaking about seeing a therapist specializing in over eaters. But I will continue shopping around for one and keeping myself busy so I stay on track.