Friday!!!!!!! Dec4th

good morning everyone.

calories were spot on and walking was great.  All in all a much better day.  Scale same but that is ok.  

Happy Friday everyone.

Best wishes to Paula for a trouble free and successful surgery today! 

Carbon - good for you! You are stringing successful days together and that will begin to pay off in spades. 

I had a really great workout yesterday. I did both a HIIT circuit and followed that by 2.7 miles on the elliptical keeping my heart rate up at about 140 for a full 30 minutes. Have not done a double day like that in a very long time and it felt GREAT! However, my hip flexors were feeling a bit worn last night. (I did both the sled and a stair climber as part of the HIIT and I've never done the stair climber. It's much harder than it looks! Then the elliptical...) 

Food was spot on yesterday, too. Scale followed its path and is down another .4 today. I'm due for a hold or rise tomorrow after my training session today. We'll see. 

Busy weekend with trimming dogs and on Sunday I hope to get a few little Christmas chores done (like shopping!). 

Happy Friday!!!! 

Wow so many of us being deliberate right now and it's starting to pay off!   It really is just about stringing purposeful days / actions together, isn't it. 

I'm at 112 today do things feel right in my world. Last night hubby insisted on breaking out the homemade peanut brittle that was gifted to us on my trip north.  I really wanted it of course, but had blown all my spare calories on ice cream while at work.

I resisted, but was well aware of the annoyance I was feeling towards DH. Not his fault I'm not a normie and he's usually incredibly supportive so while my feelings were understandable with my struggles being faced with such yummy things, I knew it was my anxiety at the situation being projected onto him. Sigh

But I survived those few minutes without taking a bite and the peanut brittle is now hidden away somewhere for DH to indulge in as he chooses.  

Looks like you've settled back in to 112! I'm happy for you! Awesome place to be to greet the holidays. Less stress when the weight is where it should be.

Every once in a while Ron does the same thing and brings something in the house that just kills me with cravings. But, like your DH, he's always so supportive I choose to say nothing. And if I need to, I ask him to hide it and he always does!

Yes it's really great to see 112 again.  It's actually been an entire year since I last formally recorded that weight, so I'm feeling very grateful and I want to be protective of it this holiday season. Most of 2015 has been spent at 114 or higher, largely set by my actions last Christmas.  I kinda scared myself and it was super hard to get and keep those few extra pounds off!  This year, I'm tracking my food and watching the scale like a hawk as I try to reconfirm my maintenance calories level, so this is a good situation to find myself in this year, as opposed to the free for all that last Christmas turned into!

Devon, I'm so thrilled that you continue to make progress!  I find it so reaffirming to see that it's never too late to put our sleeves to work again.  Not that its easy, which is why I admire what you're doing so much.

Oh, do I understand the free for all! I was on a hell of a bender for a while there. It's sort of a self perpetuating cycle. I'm glad I found enough self truth to stop the cycle before I became morbidly obese again!

Funny that you mention putting our sleeves to work. I have been deliberately trying to see this week how much I really need to eat. In a sense I suppose I'm seeing how much food my sleeve really needs to be satisfied and maintain a sense of physical satiety for 3 to 4 hours. I am actually able to stay sated with much less than I thought. Honestly, the past 3 days I have had to push to make 1200 calories per day, which I like because it gives me a whole lot of wiggle room. I am coming to believe that I also lost touch with my sleeve and its attributes so much so that I was not allowing my sleeve to be used to its full advantage. Still working on it, but boy, am I feeling positive about what's going on in my weight life.

Mark my words: I will get back to goal. It may take some time, but I know I have what it takes to achieve this. I am not going to lie either. Because of where I am emotionally, it's not all that HARD. What it is is a conscious choice to do the WORK it takes to be successful in dealing with my good issues and the weight that is the symptom of my issues.

Hi all, 128 today which is amazing since i was home all day and it was dreary and raining. made black eyed peas and ham which was a filling and satisfying meal.  only a little ham in it and lots of veggies. 

spent yesterday on the phone dealing with issues of our family friend being hospitalized and far away. phone rang all day.  we taped "The Wiz" and enjoyed it. 

Sun's out today so I will be the itsy bitsy spider and get out and about today. art needs to be made.  we are supposed to make christmas ornaments for the galleries but i have done none.   oh well.

glad everyone is doing so well.   diane

Hi All!  The scale was up .8 lb this morning, after having had a day yesterday when I ate just around 1200 calories, and carbs were in line.  I know the scale bounces around a bit, so am trying to not be frustrated. 

The 5th grade chorus concert was a lot of fun last night.  The men's and women's choruses from the high school performed too, so I got to see some kids I've known for years looking all grown up, as well as my 10 year old and her friends.

So glad it's the weekend.  I too will be doing some Christmas shopping, along with cleaning the house and starting to break out the Christmas decorations.  Fun to see this time come, but I'm always so relieved when all of the hoopla is over and things get back to normal.

Have a great Friday night!

Mary

Happy Friday!!!!  It's been a relaxing day with a hard work out this morning.  I need to do some shopping, too but have been too comfy in my chair to get up!  

Food yesterday was not as stellar as wanted.  I stress ate and then stopped.  Today, on track and drinking a lot! And, not wine either...lol

Being deliberate...Also, consistency and compliant...those two other words that have stuck with me.  When I am, I am rewarded:)

I'm happy I have this group...thanks!!!

Weight down again! Yippy! Vericose vein surgery done and I'm not having too much pain! Good day calorie-wise (just under 600). I will have another protein hot cocoa this evening.

Paula