OMG Lisa, youve lost 18 pounds! That's awesome! That's a lot!
This is a good idea Katie. While I have back slid too over the last month, I still have improved my eating and exercise habits overall. I just weighed myself this morning (I have been afraid to look for awhile) and I am down 5-6 pounds from when we started. If we hadnt been doing this, I may have just been UP 5 or 6 pounds!
I want to feel like I did when we started this. Whenever I start up a diet or weight reduction program I like to call it 
I am really excited and have an easier time sticking with the program. I think we all have the diet fatigue now. i wonder if there is a way to say take a "break" for a couple of weeks. Or at least feel like weve had a break, without really totally going off the program. Do you guys know what i mean? ideas? Like maybe if we take the focus off of the scale and just work on a goal or two without worrying about how well it is working. Maybe focus on some things that make us feel good about ourselves. Then start up again in a week or two...I mean you cant leave the scale out of it forever! Or can we I dont know...just brainstorming here to get us excited again!
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!
Cool, thanks for the ideas! I cant believe we are driving to florida with 3 kids. Do you guys think I am crazy? It is about 20 hours from here!
We havent hardly even started planning for this trip and we go on the 30th! I have been so busy with cakes and now planning for my son's birthday party I just havent had time yet. I will definitely look into your suggestions.
I wish we had more time to stay and we could have had a chance to meet up. I think though it is just going to be a stopping point to get out and so something before we get back in the car. I think we were hoping to make it to around nashville that day.
Right after I had lost some weight, someone commented to me that nothing tastes as good as being skinny feels. At first I was a bit put off, but they were right. I had just lost about 80 lbs when she told me that. Now that saying keeps coming back into my brain every time I want to break my diet (constant desire, by the way). I'm where I want to be and I don't want to go back.
And for those sugar cravings, I honestly once took a bite of cake, let it sit in my mouth to get the flavor and then spit it back out and rinsed lol. I just couldn't help it. It was the Southern Living Carrot Cake. Yum.
Ya'll lied !!!!!!!!!! LOL, okay so I totally blew the whole no cheat wednesday thing. Why ? Well cause I had two cakes to make today and out of sheer habit I licked the icing off my hands AS i was taking the bowl to the sink to rinse it out. 
Three times mind you. Now which ever one of you can make buttercream and not do that I am in total envy.
On another note.....tomorrow is the start of a brand new week right!! Well you guys might get a little ticked off at what I am about to say but I think it needs to be said. I havent been doing this as long as most of you however I have been here. I have been at the point where having to watch everything I eat day in and day out had become so mundane and it just made me wanna crawl out of my skin because I couldnt just shove it in mindlessly like everyone else around me was doing. i even had a "diet buddy" who was supposed to be there to help support me. And instead of fighting the fight I gave up and gave in. I wish she wouldnt have patronised me and patted me on the back and said oh its okay every time I screwed up. Instead I wish she would have smacked me on the hand or upside of my head. I wish she would have said something more straight forward to the point like what I'm about to do now. Do NOT give up or take time off. Nobody said this was gonna be easy!! We are not seeing results because we are not being as strict as we should truly be!! Spoonfulls of icing and cake at parties and all those little allowences we shouldnt be letting ourselves have in the first place are whats holding us back. We all do it we all have set backs. But lets REALLY support each other here. If you'll still have me,......I volunteer to be cheerleader again this coming week. The black sheep of the family. The drill sargent/ kick in the behind thats needed. Ya'll said something has got to change right. So come on girls dont give up!! Dont end up like me who lost 20 pounds and threw in the towel. I beat myself up everyday for letting all my hard work go down the drain. I could have been at goal by now. I dont want you all to be in my place. So no giving up!! No taking breaks. We are SUPPOSED to be killing off fat cells here remember!!!! WE CAN DO THIS !!!!
Christine, you are the most awesome-est cheerleader!!
Yes, yes, kick our butts and get us back on track!! Sounds like you are just what we need!! Spring is here now and summer is right around the corner and I don't want to be embarrassed to put on my bathing suit to take my kids swimming!!!
Yay Christine! I feel like I've taken these last two weeks off unintentionally and I'm not happy with myself. If I stop now it's only going to be harder than ever to get back into the habit of watching what I eat. Tomorrow is a new week!!
LanaC - I like that comment - nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. A good reminder for all of us when we're tempted by the spoonful of BC 
Yes, Merissa, you are insane for taking that car trip 
I hope you have a big car and earplugs.
-Lisa
I like that comment - nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. A good reminder for all of us when we're tempted by the spoonful of BC
When it was first said to me, I wanted to smack the woman upside the head with a Cinnabon, but then I realized she was right. All I could see was how skinny she was. I didn't know at the time that she was a "reformed healthy girl".
Yay Christine...you are the best cheerleader!! You always make me feel like I *want* to do this.
LanaC - I love that saying it will always be in the back of my head.
I'll definitely have to remember it for the next 10 days. I'm going home for spring break and my family eats. My Nana is the worst, when I'm there it's like you only had 5 cookies have some more. Ahhh. I need help. I usually have limited access to the computer so I don't know how often I can come here for help. I usually gain 5 lbs when I go home. I hope to keep up with my exercise though so hopefully it isn't too bad.
Anyways enough rambling. Hope everyone has an ok weigh in.
"Usually I drink nothing but water, but some diet sodas wandered into my house, and I felt sorry for them and let them stay... "
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! I always get the diet, caffiene free, sodium free Diet Rites and think I can count this, at least partially, as my water. I bet your sodas were sorry they found thier way into your house!!!
Christine, you said it all.I have been bad for the past 2 weeks, too and my diet buddy hasn't helped either. My DH said that as of April 1st, he is "getting back in shape"...my first thought was "Hmmm, wonder why. Maybe he's cheating?" Now there is no other reason for me to think this, it just seems that when men want to get back into shape it's not so their wife thinks they look good...maye it's just for his health ans waist line. I did just buy him some pants for his job he's starting. I guess things will pan out the way they are supposed to.
Anyway, I have to go get ready for work. It is one of those rare times that I work during the week.
OH! I weighed in at 167, up another pound and I have 2 cakes for Saturday...God give me strength...one of them is a butter pecan cake...salivating here just thinking about it....
Yeah, Christine is right! That is why I said a couple of weeks ago that I needed someone to personally come to my house and slap me (slap some sense into me that is!) I think I do need a little time off from obsessing about what the scale says, but that doesnt mean I want to take focus off of working on my goals. Though you all should just kick me out of the group I have been so bad this past week. I did weigh myself this morning at 146.6. Honestly I dont exactly remember what I was last week, but I think I maintained pretty much. Anyway, it is a new week.
1. Drink 64 ounces of water daily
2. Get back to my eating plan (I will let myself off the hook for my son's birthday party saturday...but it is humanly possible to have just one piece of pizza and a small slice of cake 
right? ) Actually i Invited like the entire planet so I will probably be too busy to eat!
3. Exercise at least 3 days preferably 5 days.
Good Morning Ladies!!!!
Shew! I was sweating bullets. Dont wanna offend anybody here or want anybody to think I was singling them out. It's just that I have been there and I really do know how it feels. This is hard!! Food for some of us can be an addiction. However unlike most addictions you cant take ours away. Smokers can quit smoking, druggies can quit the drugs but we cant quit the food!! We have to find a way to pull the strength out of ourselves and keep going. Go look at yourself in the mirror for a minute. Is this who you want to be?? While you are there say these words "I am worth it" Get that confidense back!! Women are nuturers. We take care of everyone else before ourselves. It's time to start taking care of us too!!!
Okay ladies this weeks challenge......it's gonna be a tough one......
Forget no cheat wednesday......it's no cheat WEEK!!! Give it a shot. Not just to lose the weight either. Do it so you can prove to yourself that YOU CAN do this. No self sabbatoge!! No allowences!! And come this time next week we can all hop on that scale without hesitation and post a LOSS!!
READY ?? Say it with me now.... DIE FAT CELLS ! D-I-E
Food for some of us can be an addiction.
Okay ladies this weeks challenge......it's gonna be a tough one......
Forget no cheat wednesday......it's no cheat WEEK!!!
You know, I've really been thinking that lately - not the no cheat thing, but the addiction thing. When it's (cake, that is) not in the house, obviously no problem. But once I have one piece, I can't stop eating it. Same with the NFSC's. I ate A LOT of cookies & cake this week - partly because when I had one, I couldn't stop at just one. Today I'm throwing out the last cookie & DS is going to eat the last piece of cake so I'll really be able to focus this week.
I gained 1 pound this week 
up to 153, so I'm extra motivated.
Goals - NO MINDLESS SNACKING and NO CHEATING!!!
Treadmill 5 times
DIE FAT CELLS, DIE!!!!!!!
-Lisa
Yeah, Christine is right! That is why I said a couple of weeks ago that I needed someone to personally come to my house and slap me (slap some sense into me that is!) I think I do need a little time off from obsessing about what the scale says, but that doesnt mean I want to take focus off of working on my goals. Though you all should just kick me out of the group I have been so bad this past week. I did weigh myself this morning at 146.6. Honestly I dont exactly remember what I was last week, but I think I maintained pretty much. Anyway, it is a new week.
1. Drink 64 ounces of water daily
2. Get back to my eating plan (I will let myself off the hook for my son's birthday party saturday...but it is humanly possible to have just one piece of pizza and a small slice of cake
right? ) Actually i Invited like the entire planet so I will probably be too busy to eat! 3. Exercise at least 3 days preferably 5 days.
GURL! (this is me being supportive) Good idea about the scale thing. remember that you could also be GAINING muscle. If you are working out you could be losing fat but gaining muscle in it's place so dont let it get to you. Try using a measuring tape instead. Sometimes where you dont see results in one way you will see them in others.
Okay now this is me being your slap happy buddy saying,....no cake !! You already know what it tastes like you dont need it!! What program are you following??? Maybe you should think about switching it up. I like weight watchers because I can still have ANYTHING I want so long as I count my points for it. Sounds like something you might wanna try looking into??? I can even have pizza!!! I got alot of information online all for free so if you want I could point you into that direction? Whatever you do though DO NOT GIVE UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GURL! (this is me being supportive) Good idea about the scale thing. remember that you could also be GAINING muscle. If you are working out you could be losing fat but gaining muscle in it's place so dont let it get to you. Try using a measuring tape instead. Sometimes where you dont see results in one way you will see them in others.
Okay now this is me being your slap happy buddy saying,....no cake !! !!!!!!
Boy you sound a lot like me about 2 months ago! I need to get that drive back. Actually when I did the cheerleader I had that as one of hte challenges, to find an additional way to measure weight loss, pictures, clothing, measurements. I had started the south beach diet a little while back and I mean I did not cheat, not one cheating bite for 2 weeks. I was doing so good! And I lost like 5.5 pounds in that time. Then I thought I need one meal off (it was just one) and I gained 2 pounds. That was discouraging and what I think ultimately started my downward spiral. Then I just wasnt loosing weight like I was at the start of the diet and I got more discouraged. That is why I think maybe I should just do the diet, dont watch the scale so much so I cant have a chance to get discouraged. like I am saying I should just check in with the weight once a week or so, not like everyday.
Anyway, I am in. I still have about 10 pounds I want to loose before summer. We still have time ladies! Imagine us sitting on the beach feeling good in our sexy swimwear!
By the way, thanks for the pep talk! I need a good slap in the rear once in awhile!
192 up a lb. Blah. I had a dream that we were all together weighing in and I was concerned 'cause I weigh myself in my birthday suit and this time I had to keep my clothes on and I knew that it was going to add a couple lbs. It was really weird.
Goals
Water
Walk
Be good while I'm gone...easier said than done.
Good morning. Well I am not sure how but I am down 1 lb from last week. The scale said 161.2 this morning. I have gotten back to journaling and have been following the weight watchers program with a little bit of South Beach. But was still surprised to see the loss beacuse I have gone over on my points all week. I have done really well with my walking and have averaged 2 miles a day so far this week.
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Hey girl a pound is a pound!!!!! Good for you!!!! Maybe you still lost because of all that walking. Are you counting your activity points?? I was bummed that I only lost a pound this week too but it's still that much closer to goal. Grab your pound of butter and see how heavy it is, you'll appreciate how much you took off.
O.K Ladies. I am back after a little rest. No more sick babies or needy pets so I can just relax and see about me again. So I knew I had gained this week and boy did I! I weighed in at my heaviest in awhile. 130!
But I am trying and I shall over come. 
So to celebrate, today I made a couple of mini cakes and finished off some of my first gumpaste flowers and little pink minis I have. To give away of course. Each has their own home they will be running off to as we speak. So hang in there girls....we'll do this TOGETHER!!!!!
I have been so busy planning for my son's party tomorrow that I think I have been too busy to eat. Actually I think I am done for the night, I finished the cake, so that stress is off. Whew!
You all have a good weekend too!
Okay, I FINALLY got on the scale for the first time since my surgery and I'm up about 4 lbs. SIGH!! DH very sweet, he's trying to comfort me. And it's true, it's hard to lose weight when you can't do any physical activity at all. But that's no excuse for the emotional eating I've been doing. I am about 15 lbs. lighter now than I was at my heaviest ever. My clothes are uncomfortable and I'm frankly disgusted when I look in the mirror. Not to be down on myself too much here, but, really. I can do better.
For the good news, my back is much better and I need to start walking as much as possible as a part of my recovery. Spring has officially sprung and I'm taking advantage of the beautiful weather to start daily walks with the kids.
I can't wear jeans or 'real pants' (anything with a 'real' waistband) right now because of where the incision is on my back (the waistband hits it). I am DETERMINED that by the time the incision has healed completely, I will get back into my clothes comfortably with no 'muffin top' overhang at the waist!
So....long story short...
DIE FAT CELLS DIE!!!! YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR BACK, CAUSE I'M AFTER YOU!!!!
Sorry to make a long post even longer, but I read a novel years ago where the central character was heavy her whole life, then drastically lost weight. It said that hunger pangs became a comfort to her, that she was never completely comfortable if she was totally full. I realize that's fiction, but I try to keep it in mind when the hunger monster hits my belly.
Sorry to make a long post even longer, but I read a novel years ago where the central character was heavy her whole life, then drastically lost weight. It said that hunger pangs became a comfort to her, that she was never completely comfortable if she was totally full. I realize that's fiction, but I try to keep it in mind when the hunger monster hits my belly.
I've been reading the Best LIfe Diet book by Bob Greene, and in it he has a hunger scale. In explaining it he says while losing weight you should stop eating when "You're more or less satisfied, but could eat a little more." When you are maintaining your loss it suggests you eat unti you feel satisfied.
We live in a world were bigger seems like it is better and we feel we have to eat until we are stuffed and uncomfortable. The past few days I have been making an effort to not eat until I am too full and just feel icky. You'd think you'd be hunger agian soon, but that doesn't really happen. Plus you can always snack on something.
The diet plan has you eatting 3 meals a day and 1 or 2 (healthy) snacks a day, so you aren't straved feeling at meal times.
I don't know that I will follow the Best Life Diet to a T, but I think it has some really great information and some reasonable ideas in it. After reading parts it is like, well that makes more sense. It explains alot about your body and how it works, which I think really helps when trying to lose weight.
I have avoided this post for so long, but now that I have put down the cake LOL I can look over here.. I started kimkin's on 3/14 and I am down 13.5 pounds. it is low carb low fat as well. Most of the people on it only eat like 6-700 calories a day and I was like WHAT oh there is no way I could do that. BUT I have been doing it and I am not hungry (unless I go too long without eating like 5-6 hours) I have even stopped drinking pepsi (used to have 1-2 20 ounce bottles a day).. My best day was when I made a cake for my sister in law and DID NOT even lick the bowl, paddle my finger or anything.. and when I gave it to them, i served it and all.. it is a daily struggle, especially dealing with the reasons WHY I eat when I am not hungry.
welcome lilthorner! I hope you check in often! I think we are all determined to do this, but some of us are sort of in a funk right now. (call it diet fatigue) But mommabear is working at whipping our behinds back into line LOL!
okay...confession time. I was not the best this weekend. Like I said I had my son's birthday party (see my new avatar!) . I didnt eat that much during that, it was just the leftovers (pizza) that got to me. I was so exhausted after the party (15 kids were here plus 3 little ones!) I just couldnt bring myself to cook and prepare meals yesterday. I plan to work hard this week, but i am going on vacation Friday, so I dont know if I can exactly commit to being on a diet while on vacation. I was really hoping to be sporting a bikini body for vacation, but yet again I failed. I am disappointed in myself. That is why when I get back you will see a new and improved club member! I am going to do this for summer!
We had warm (almost hot) weather all weekend and it really motivated me to get moving. We live 2 blocks from a park, so we started a daily routine of walking the kids to the park, playing for a bit, then walking home the long way. It's a start. As my back heals, I'll be able to do more. My sister lives about 4 blocks away, and we walked to her house to deliver a cake yesterday (hint, if you try to walk that far in the heat with a cake with a figure on top...expect the figure to fall over. LOL!)
The scale still isn't being kind to me, but I have a new attitude. I really think a lot of my problem was pain fatigue(from my back) and winter blahs. Now we've got nice weather and longer days and it's time to play outside with the kids instead of sitting inside snacking!!
Hey, Merissa, AWESOME cars cake!!! It looks perfect!
Welcome, lilthorner! We've all (mostly) been a little blue lately, but hopefully we're pulling out of it now. C'mon ladies, let's hear it....
DIE FAT CELLS, DIE!!!!
Yes WELCOME lilthorner, welcome welcome!!
Okay ladies where are we??? Merissa has already confessed to a not so great weekend and I guess I'm jumping on board as well. How did everyone else make out??? My daughter brought back home some of the cake I made and well I just had to try it. Ugh! I am my own worst critic and find fault in ALL my cakes. I had one taste of this one though and OMG it was so moist and oh so yum!!
so this weekends failure led me to todays quote :
Failure is not in the falling down , it's in the refusal to get back up!
I believe as long as we keep taking steps to get to our goals eventually we ARE going to get there. We are going to foul up now and again but as long as we keep trying we are headed in the right direction!!!!! It may take us a little longer, but we WILL get there!!
Die you stinking fat cells D-I-E
For all of those who scale watch by the hour - I've recognized after a lifetime of dieting that I can go two weeks and not lose an ounce and then lose five pounds in one week. It's not water because it's staying off. Don't let the weeks of not losing discourage you because perhaps your body is just adjusting and will reward you later. It's also a really good idea to tape measure your body. That can give you the encouragement you need when the scale isn't functioning properly. (and we KNOW it's the scale's fault)
Merissa I LOVE your cars cake!!! It turned out perfect!!!!!! I'd pay ya big bucks for that one!!!! And the carousel cake turned out really well too, got that one in my favs!! Your on a roll!!
Shelbur we had awesome weather here too!! Hubby even broke out the grill. It kinda gave me the boost I needed . I am SO ready to start going for our neighborhood walks too!!!!! I hope the weather stays like this!!
Well, I was doing ok until yesterday when we went to Wendys for dinner. We were putting in a new kitchen sink and had some issues with the drain not lining up, so it took much longer (and several more trips to Lowes) than we expected. The dishwasher was already full and obviously we couldn't put anything in the sink, so we took the easy way out. Today I was having a great day until just now when I made my cake for Course 2 (last class tomorrow). I had to level the tops of both layers and they were really good I did stop before I ate both of them - about 2/3 of the second layer went in the trash. I have been on the treadmill everyday though, and I am NOT cheating tomorrow!!!
-Lisa
P.S. About the Course 2 cake - because we're putting basketweave on it, I am assuming the sides only need a crumb coat?
Katie: That is what frustrates me the most, not being able to experiment. I got the cake mix doctor books from the library finally and am scared to death to try anything now because I just know I would cheat!!
Okay so where is everybody?? Out enjoying the nice weather and getting lots of exercise I hope. It got up to 80 here today!!! I bought some popsicles to help with the snacking habit I have and it seems to be working!! I even got in a two mile walk yesturday! Now that the weather is changing I really seem to be more motivated. We are gonna be pulling out the shorts befor you know it!! Yikes!
Ok, I finished my Course 2 cake last night (chocolate chocolate chip) and now I have to not eat it. DH & DD want to eat it for breakfast, and my parents are coming over this afternoon to pick up their share, so I just have to hold out until then
-Lisa
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