Sunday, May 8th

Happy Mother's Day to you Moms out there, the ones with the two legged variety and the ones with 4 legs!

123.2 today - down. Too many peanuts yesterday but otherwise a good eating day - calories were high from the fats though. Had a good walk outside with a few jogging intervals and some hills tossed in.

Work again today (though I doubt it will be a full day) and then out for su****onight with the fam for Mother's Day. Exercise is to be determined - may or may not get to it.

Enjoy the day my friends!

Happy Mother's Day!

127.4 today.  Yikes, another big step-up!  Eating not terrible but will make sure that absolutely everything is weighed in the coming week to be doubly sure.  I don't care if it is jus****er and perhaps a miralax/bran bud/fluid deficiency, but want to control for anything more worrisome.  I yoga'd yesterday and got in a boat load of steps.  

This morning my daughter and I will do a Mother's Day fun run. My company is one of the major sponsors so should see a bunch of work buddies there as well.  I might take Buster the dog just for extra giggles.  

Ugh, I am actually tired this morning and a bit sweaty.  Might be coming down with something. 

Have a great day!  Shel 

Morning all

not making much progress in the losing pounds dept.  frustrating that in spite of calories that range from 1367-985.   As per the article metabolism has probably slowed right down.  Have been on 'diets' since age12, having been put on one but family Dr.  

  Walking continues but feeling bulgy, pudgy, and bloated.

can't give up though and so we carry on.

While most of us do have damaged metabolisms we must also remember we are biologically superior because after all, we absorb with great efficiency all the calories we eat and are therefore far more likely to survive during famine. It is the price we pay for the superiority of our ancestral DNA.

You are right, Carbon, we have no other choice except to carry on. Here is a link that offers suggestions on how to help boost metabolism:

10 things to help raise metabolism

Happy Mothers Day! I'm still at 113, despite my food choices and maybe calories continuing to be way off. I don't like this. 

Had an amazing day of riding with like minded women yesterday. Weather was fantastic and everything was well organized and super fun. 

Today we are taking the maiden voyage in our truck Mickey. Heading two hours south to spend a few hours with Rob's mom and to pick up the hitch we need to put on our truck to tow our fifth wheel trailer. Things are starting to come together! 

I'm wearing heels for my Mothers Day celebrations but Rob brought me my new duck boots to wear in the truck instead lol

Down .6 today - mostly water I am sure but I'll take it!

Planning on going to the movies with my kids for Mother's Day, and hoping to go out so I don't have too cook :)

Thanks everyone for being here for support and encouragement!

Happy Mother's Day, ladies! I said a happy day to my mom - the mom who never wanted anything more than a little vase of flowers on this day because once again her practical German nature dictated that a dedicated Mother's Day was silliness created by American business and that a good mother reaped the rewards of her "work" all year long. My mom has been gone a long time and I don't really miss her any longer, except on holidays. 

We will be going to Ron's half-sister's to celebrate/honor the step monster. She's really a lovely person most of the time - just not so much when she drinks. And she'll drink today... 

Am still dealing with the fallout of the week. Yesterday food was fine as far as getting off sugar. I chose to not go whole hog and go low carb, low cal. I didn't have it in me. I'm at the "one step at a time" ability right now.

To be honest, I would rather stay home today and not go to a food centered celebration. I already know the scenario: We will arrive. People will be late since it is Ron's family's trait. The wine will flow freely for 2+ hours along with appetizers and then there will be a dash to get the food out. There will be burgers and dogs with fixings today accompanied by all the traditional cook out sides - fruit salad, broccoli salad, Ron made bacon crack, chips, potato salad, etc... None of it will be particularly good, but there will be lots of it. We are also celebrating the family's April and May b'day people, so there will be several kinds of cake. 

I am honestly feeling "vulnerable" in the sense that I don't know how much strength I have to wield against a "free food" event today. I feel like a whiner, but I'm being honest. I know I won't eat "low cal and weight loss friendly". I'm okay with that. It's having to deal with the free supply of sugar that I'm concerned about. 

The up side today is that after getting up with the dogs and pups from 6:30 to 7:45, I jumped back in bed and slept until almost 10! I must have needed it. If not fully charged, at least I was able to recharge a bit of the battery! 

Hi all you skinny moms and dads!

Have a great day all. Hope everyone gets to go out. 

Back down to 130.5. Yay. And we may get a puppy visit in today. Otherwise busy cleaning up the weeds plus making a workspace in the garage for the siding guys. 

Gotta call my mom but she sleeps most of the time. 

When I was in high school I worked at a KFC.  Mother's day was their busiest day of the year.  Don't let anyone bring you KFC today!

Keep the faith.   diane s

Hey Kairk,

Every time you are having a bad moment today, pretend like you are hugging a puppy. Actually, that might work for everybody. 

Too bad you can't take a pup along for hugging.      diane s

This has been my worst food day since my surgery in August!  A friend and I will be teaching at a quilting retreat next weekend and we have been buying supplies for the students to use during the weekend.  The supplies include some snacks, because we want the students to be able to stay at the store, not have to go out for food or treats.  For some stupid reason I have kept the stuff at my house, because she doesn't have room for it.  The trail mix that we bought has been calling my name for the last week and I gave in today and opened the jar.  That is all I've eaten today since breakfast!  I'm sure what I've eating is close to 1,500 calories, and I feel like crap.  My heart is pounding, and I've been in the bathroom most of the day.  Why did I do this to myself?  

I was finally strong enough to throw the rest of the jar (about half of it) away, and am waiting 30 minutes so I can drink some water.  I'm sure I'll still be paying for it tomorrow too.  I'm miserable for doing this, and if my husband was home, I would not have done it, but he is out of town this week, and I took advantage of being alone. 

I was at my lowest weight this morning, 142.4 and I still did this.  AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!