whats your status- tuesday

where are you? what is your plan? how are you today. I will post mine in a while

I am having a hard time so I am going to hang out on Day 16 again. I am feeling unmotivated and discouraged. I am trying to snap out of it, but I feel I am loosing my way. My deisre to loose weight is waning. I am looking at my advanteges to help move me. So much going on at work and at home......(but that is really an excuse )I really need to get it together.

April, your in my prayers and thoughts. Good job sticking to the plan under all that stress, you deserve a high five. Way To Go!!!

Free, I’m sorry you are having a rough time, hang on its going to get better!

Free, I hope you don't give up.   We can get through this together.  

I just wanted to check in because I have been away for a few days.   My husband recently returned from Iraq, and we had some major drama in the house this weekend.    I had to put the book aside for a few days, because honestly I had a few more important issues to deal with.   I don't really want to go into any details on a public forum, but if you guys pray, can you add my family to your prayer list.    

Tonight, I am going to figure out what day I am on and get right back to doing the daily activites.   The good news, even though I didn't progress in the book, I did stay true to my eating plan for the most part.   I didn't feel too much need to stray, even though my emotions normally would want me to.  

I hear ya! Sounds good, and I will add your family to your list. Way to go avoiding emotional eating during tough times. That is quite an accomplishment.

Hello. I am on day one. I read the intro sections of the book last night and am in the process of making my advantages/disadvatages list. I realize I am not supposed to "diet" until day 15, but as you all know we are all already on a diet of sorts given that we had surgery. So in preparation I decided to stat logging my food intake. Not so much to start the diet but to see where I am. I was surprised after I got home a logged everything into the OH health tracker. Oh my. 1700 cal!!! Now about 650 of them were from protein drinks. i had one for breakfast and 2 more for snacks. I ate chicken with breakfast and a burger (hold the bun please!)for lunch. Then tonight I had whole wheat pasta and sauce. I ate slow. I ate sitting down. I didn't overeat, or so i thought, but after seeing the calories.....ugh! No wonder I am at a plateau. I guess I should be glad I haven't gained. Wow. I am glad I am here. On a positive note I did work out and used a lot of those calories.......that was the first in a while........and might I say it felt great!

Glad you are here...yeah amazing how the calories rack up FAST when you track them...Im amazed that Im not even bigger than I was with all of the calories I must have been eating b4 surgery!!

Bevvv22, I too have been really shocked when I counted my calories and thought no way and re counted them only to discover that I had forgot to add an item and that brought the number high LOL
Keep using the health tracker it’s a great tool. Good job on working out, I too am always surprised at how good I feel after I work out.
Keep posting and letting us know how your doing each day.