Go girls go!!!!! whoo hooo!!!!
Cheer cheer cheer!!!
Well......I hate to say it...but up 2 pounds. 
I know it was all the eating out we did this last week. Plus the buttercream dream I practically ate a batch by myself! 
So on to this next week and goals:
1. get started on SBD.
2. continue with the water, I really suffer with bad swelling if I don't!
3. get out to do my 2 1 mile walks everyday, or realistically every other day.
Spring is on it's way girls! So we need to SPRING INTO ACTION!
Well you try to spread a little sunshine and what happens. BAM 30 minutes later, a blinding migraine. Since I haven't indulged in any orange juice I know this means I haven't been taking the very best care of myself. I've had a water aversion and haven't been sleeping enough.
I weighed in at 223 and I'm getting my motivation back. So WATER, gotta have it even if I don't want it. AND I'm thinking a dance video, 10 minutes at a time throught the day.
We definately need to get the cheerleader going again was it Christines pick?
Die Fat cells DIE!!!
I refuse to get anywhere near my scale. I'm tempted to put it in the closet just in case it tries to jump under my feet when I go into the bathroom. I know I had a terrible, terrible week, not only did I WAY overindulge in the birthday cake that would never end, but I was having myself a good little pity party about my slow recovery and did some emotional eating.
Thanks to DH, the pity party's over and I'm now feeling well enough to start moving around more. Within the next week or so I should be able to start taking short walks. While I still need to concentrate on my recovery, I'm over that particular hump, now I need to pay attention to my weight. Some horrible person took a pic of me at DS's birthday party and I was HORRIFIED!!!
I didn't meet my goals this week either 
I maintained at 152 though, so I guess I am happy (sort of) that I didn't gain.
New goals - treadmill 5 times this week & quit eating between meals!!!!!!!!! Only healthy snacks allowed. Again, I will give myself Saturday off because of DS's birthday party (at McDonalds ), but I need to not spend the rest of the week eating leftover cake.
I NEED TO GET MY BUTT IN GEAR THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!
-Lisa
I lost 2lbs. 
Woo Hoo, I never thought I'd be happy to see the scale say 191 but hey it's better than the 198 I was when I joined here! I've been eating well and walking as much as I can. I *try* to walk 3.5 miles Mon, Tues and Thurs when I drop ds off at school. I don't always make it out but today I noticed that the route I walk (which invovles a big hill) was a little easier than usual. The other days I take the dog out for an almost 2 mile walk. Goals for next week
Water
Weights
Watch what I eat when dh and I go away (child-less) for the weekend. 
<---I know that looks like I'm trying not to say bad things but really I'm taping up my mouth so I don't eat so much 
Ok, I, too, am up 2 pounds. I posted yesterday on Yahoo about it, but this is the official WI.
Congratualtions on your baby girl!!!!!!
AAAWWWEEEE, thanks for all the well wishes guys! She's too sweet. I'll hafta post a pic later.
Well, I made it through my first day on south beach diet! Not too bad either. No cravings or snitching little pieces! Now to get through at least the 2 weeks. 
I gotta tell ya, the first time I saw this subject line, I read it as someone was "putting down" those that were in a "cake club". Only after I popped in did I discovered it meant "Putting Down The Cake" was the name of the club and it was pertaining to weight!
LOL Debi!!!! I have occasionally wondered if anyone thought we were 'putting down' a club!!
Thanks for the giggle!!
Okay so I get online and CC is down (several times) then i notice that there are no notifications being sent to my e-mail so here i am feeling waaaaay left out. My fault for not checking in sooner!! Been a BUSY week. I had to apply for a job for the first time in what seems like forever. The world no longer seems to care that you took time off to raise responsible caring well adjusted soon to be adults. Enjoy them little ones cause the older they get the faster the time seems to pass. my 14 yr old is leaving us for a boarding school scholarship she got. she leaves us next september . At the orientation they had brownies and cookies and candy bars on a table for us to snack on and I didnt get anywhere near them. Not even a little nibble, YAY. I know it's only been two weeks but man it feels like I've been dieting for two months already!!
Boy weve been pretty quiet here. Does that mean we are all feeling a little guilty? Okay so i havent been the best. Not too bad, but I did have pizza this weekend. okay twice. and I did go to a birthday party and have some of the cake I made (of course). But it wasnt a huge piece and though they asked me to take some home, I firmly said no. I am doing a Lightning McQueen cake for my son's party this weekend. I am known for screwing up so hopefully I wont have a mistake cake on my hands. I need to figure this one out. Anybody else done a 3-D Lightning McQueen?
Oh by the way...did you all notice I just became a forum Superstar? Guess that means I am on here WAY too much!
Wow mommabear! That sounds tough...your daughter going away AND keeping away from the goodies that is. How far will she be from your home?
I am currently staying at home too. I wonder what I will do when my kids are older. I dont know if I can very well go back to my former profession (an occupational therapist) without going back for more schooling. Plus I dont know if I want to. I really want to figure out a way to do cakes for a living. Somehow!
My husband and I have the same discussion every beginning of, and end of, the school year. I kind of like the idea of just being home after the kids are in school full time - I've earned a little quiet time after all this time with them attached to my hip. I could keep an immaculate house, take up some hobby classes and of course be a total Gym Bunny. But then again, I don't want to go totally bonkers and there is a very good possiblilty that's what would happen without some kind of direction. Ahh the joys of being a grown up. I so miss the days when your biggest concerns were to ride your bike or color a picture.
I've been shopping to avoid being home with food in the house. My budget and my wasteline are my two biggest problems. If it's not emotional eating, it's retail therapy. Gonna have to find a new outlet. Did we ever get a cheerleader going again? I'm finding my motivation falling to the wayside again.
Merissa congrats on Superstar, I've noticed my posts are growing by leaps and bounds....and so has the dirty laundry LOL
Wow mommabear! That sounds tough...your daughter going away AND keeping away from the goodies that is. How far will she be from your home?
I am currently staying at home too. I wonder what I will do when my kids are older. I dont know if I can very well go back to my former profession (an occupational therapist) without going back for more schooling. Plus I dont know if I want to. I really want to figure out a way to do cakes for a living. Somehow!
she'll be almost three hours away it scares the ba jeebers out of me but it truly is something she has worked hard for and their goal is to make sure they get into good colleges so i gotta let her do it. When we first got the news I was eating non stop and up went the scale, so I knew I had to find a better way of dealing with this. I try not to think about it too much. I just know I'll be a mess when she goes!!!!!!!! We have a great relationship considering her age and I'm so scared we'll lose that.
As for the SAHM thing nobody seems to respect that anymore. You get sorta snubbed by those that think you should be out there working like everybody else. Um excuse me this IS work!! I dont get days off and there are NO raises or sick days. Oh I could so go off on a rant about this!! But I wont.
I've been shopping to avoid being home with food in the house. My budget and my wasteline are my two biggest problems. If it's not emotional eating, it's retail therapy.
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Girl we would be so dangerous together!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL Retail therapy,.....I love it!!!!
Yeah, Christine, were you the last cheerleader? How about on Thurday at weigh in Christine will nominate the next leader and we will be back on track. Remember that person will then nominate the next leader on the following Thursday. I know i was really into it and keeping with my goals when i was the cheerleader, maybe it will help someone else too!
Retail therapy is a dangerous thing. I hate it when people say it's "the mom's fault" but she still does it. She found out last year she has all these health problems, which depressed me on two levels because she's sick but also they're all hereditary to boot. We left the house at 6:00 and closed down the mall and systematically closed down all the retail stores too, Shopko, Target etc. When we ended up at the 24 hour Wal-Mart at midnight we knew we had a problem. 
LOL but we found some GREAT deals. 
Merissa I've been meaning to ask - will you make me that cake (your avatar) for my B-Day?!! I love the colors and the butterflies. You could just drop it by (after a few days in the car) 
Wow mommabear! That sounds tough...your daughter going away AND keeping away from the goodies that is. How far will she be from your home?
I am currently staying at home too. I wonder what I will do when my kids are older. I dont know if I can very well go back to my former profession (an occupational therapist) without going back for more schooling. Plus I dont know if I want to. I really want to figure out a way to do cakes for a living. Somehow!
she'll be almost three hours away
it scares the ba jeebers out of me but it truly is something she has worked hard for and their goal is to make sure they get into good colleges so i gotta let her do it. When we first got the news I was eating non stop and up went the scale, so I knew I had to find a better way of dealing with this. I try not to think about it too much. I just know I'll be a mess when she goes!!!!!!!! We have a great relationship considering her age and I'm so scared we'll lose that. As for the SAHM thing nobody seems to respect that anymore. You get sorta snubbed by those that think you should be out there working like everybody else. Um excuse me this IS work!! I dont get days off and there are NO raises or sick days. Oh I could so go off on a rant about this!! But I wont.
I so get this same attitude from people all the time when I tell them I "stay home" with my kids and home. Then I have even had men say to mu DH "oh, payin her bills hu?" 
My Dh just says "wouldn't you to get to have children and call her your wife?"
Cheerleader? I need a drill seargent? Anybody wanna volunteer?? So what is posted over on the yahoo group thingy we need to join to check out?? Guess I oughtta go find out huh?
2sdae : I hear the same things! Like it's some sort of sin to have kids AND ACTUALLY RAISE THEM!!
My Dh just says "wouldn't you to get to have children and call her your wife?"
Aaaaawwwwweeee that is SOOOOO SWEET. My DH is too much of smart a$$ to say something sweet like that.
Fortunately for me there are a lot of stay at home moms around here. I thought it was a dying breed, but seems like I know a lot of people. There are a lot of part time working mothers around here. I dont really catch a lot of bad comments about being a SAHM...fortunately. Sometimes I do feel (unrealistically) inadequate to other mothers because I stay home. i know i shouldnt. I think women tend to feel guilty either way.
Amber, I would love to make your bday cake! (that one is my new favorite!) I would love to get out to washington, never been!
Oh that reminds me Tuesday, on our way to FL we are passing thru your neck of the woods. My husband wants to go to the slugger museum?? Doesnt sound up my alley, but you know with 3 boys and a husband...I am sort of overruled...any other good things to visit? We will only stay in town a couple of hours for some sight seeing.
Slugger museum isn't too bad. Kinda neat. Not fantabulous but tolerable at least. The Spaghetti factory is a cool restaurant right around the museum to eat at! I know, I know, pasta!!!
Our science museum is cool for kids and very interactive too. Might be a good place to visit also. Our extreme skate park is right in the same area as all that stuff too.
AAAAAHHHHH, a fellow ccer and we can't go to any cake things...poo!
Oh, I have been bad! But I got a firm committment from DH that as I get better we are going to change our lifestyle. Better eating habits, we're going to quit smoking, daily workouts together and family walks every day. I hope I can hold him to it!! I know we'll not only look better, but feel better and set a good example for our kids.
*sighs* Well I think I might just give up the dieting for a spell. I am getting upset with the scale, myself and everyone else whn they dare utter a "Hey, what's for dinner?"
I think maybe my focus has been too much on my eating to the point it's taking attention from the important things around me.
Now both little ones are sickly with some tummy flu and it just feels like too much to worry over weighing and dieting and eating and exercising and just piling more on.
Not that I intend to let myself balloon up but just sensibly rest.
*sighs* Well I think I might just give up the dieting for a spell. I am getting upset with the scale, myself and everyone else whn they dare utter a "Hey, what's for dinner?" I think maybe my focus has been too much on my eating to the point it's taking attention from the important things around me.
Now both little ones are sickly with some tummy flu and it just feels like too much to worry over weighing and dieting and eating and exercising and just piling more on.
Not that I intend to let myself balloon up but just sensibly rest.
Ladies is it me or have we all kind of started feeling like this?? Like food has taken over our every thought and concern? I'm noticing a pattern in a lot of the posts. I don't have any great ideas to help but maybe we should brainstorm and come up with a new outlook, or focus. Maybe just work on getting in our exercise......Just a thought. I know we can reach our goals it's just a matter of finding the right method for all of us individually.
Thoughts??.....Concerns??.....Ideas??......
I agree that we are all loosing some steam. I dont want to, but I cant seem to get back into gear lately. I really really want to do this, but it is like i need instant gratification...either from fast weight loss to keep me going or from food! Yes, lets brainstorm. We cant let the fat win!
Good idea, Katie! I wonder if the 'diet funk' is related to the 'winter blahs'. They seem to be coming at the same time for me.
Well, one thing I have improved on is water! I have backslid a little lately, but I always get in at least my 64 oz. Usually I drink nothing but water, but some diet sodas wandered into my house, and I felt sorry for them and let them stay...
Well I'm up to 1.5 miles every day walking the dog.
Ladies is it me or have we all kind of started feeling like this?? Like food has taken over our every thought and concern?
It's definitely not just you. I feel burned out on this diet thing & want to eat everything in sight. It hasn't helped that the past two weeks have been filled with yummy food. Last weekend was the chocolate festival, then this weekend I made DS's birthday cake (pictures to come later), NFSC's, and birthday cupcakes for school today. I made waaay too much cake, but kind of had to since it went with the idea we had. {although if we had gone with DD's idea, we would have had even more cake!} Tomorrow I hope to take the remainder of the cake to my parents house, and then I can really and truly start again. I have gone back to having a piece of cake as an after breakfast snack, mid-afternoon snack, and after dinner dessert
Ok, something I have improved on... I have increased the number of times I treadmill each week, and also increased the time and incline. I am proud of that. I've also lost 18 pounds - I hope it's still that and I haven't gained this week I'm very scared to get on the scale on Thursday.
-Lisa
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