Weight Loss Help...with The Chunky Monkeys!
Lounge By TexasSugar Updated 28 Oct 2011 , 1:50pm by TexasSugar
Hey Y'all!
Thanks for the encouragement! I'm not beating myself up about the weight. It is what it is. But I am so proud of myself for getting back on track and back to the healthy choices. So far since January 1st I've walked or biked 540 miles! How cool is that!? I'm not really looking forward to the time change, I get most of my miles in early in the morning. I'm pretty nervous about going in the dark. My son put an odometer on my bike so now I can just ride wherever I want. I don't have to stick to the routes where I know the miles. So when the time changes I might just be circling the block over and over and over again! I don't care, as long as I get my miles in!
Y'all are such an inspiration to me. You've all done such a great job, it helps me to stick with it.
Thanks for being here and for sharing!
Melissa
I'm the opposite Melissa, I look forward to the time change to have later evenings! I haven't been exercising outside much in the mornings though, I have actually been finding that when I run first thing in the morning I'm much slower than when I do after breakfast and a couple hours of being awake... I don't know if I'm just tired, or the lack of food in me gives me less energy...
Tracy, I am finished with kids which is why I'm considering a tattoo now. I want something on the back of my shoulder, just not sure what yet, I was thinking a flower, plain and simple! I love your idea for a calorie counting recipe book!!
My Mom is taking me out to lunch today so I'm telling myself to be well behaved and order smart! I hope I am able to stick to that!!
Melissa, I have a feeling you will get your miles in no matter what. 540 miles for the year is awesome! Pull out a map and see how far you have gone. 
My parents would joke with me when I walked on the treadmill and kept track of miles that I had made it to Dallas and back.
I have to say though, I'm with Katherine, I'm ready for it to stay lighter longer. There are days I don't leave work until 5:30 or after and this winter alot of those times it was dark when I went home. I need some daylight hours after work especially since for the next three months I will probably have two class on Saturdays, and won't be getting home from that until 5pm.
Katherine, I have a tattoo on my lower back right now. My parents are not fans of tattoos at all and I was the last of their kids to get inked, so I put it somewhere where it wasn't in their face. Out of respect for them if I get another one I'd do the same thing. The problem is that just leaves all those areas get stretched when ya have kids. We will see what happens when I lose the weight and keep it off.
I love the tats of cherry blossoms myself, though I also thought about a butterfly. My current tattoo is a turtle with a quarter moon that has a face and some starbursts. My best friend has one just like it. We got them almost 8 years ago I think. I would say that think about what you want, find a picture of it, and stick it on your bathroom mirror. You want to make sure you get something you like looking at every day.
We went out to dinner last night and I had went with the idea of ordering from the kid's menu, but I ended up ordering regular food. Sigh. I can say that I did not eat everythign though, which is a plus, but I know I ate to much. I charted it in my journal as 800+, and since I can't find their information, I don't know if I am close, too much or not enough. Either way I have to work hard the rest of the week to see if I can make up for it and not take too big of a hit for it next Wed.
Went to Sam's last night and looked at the little 2oz cups. They sell them in a box of 2500, cups and lids seperately. Each box was like $24. When I looked at the big boxes I was like what am I going to do with that many of them. I thought before they had a box for 1000, that many I could have dealt with. So I didn't buy them.
Then I get home and was like, you should have gotten them. I mean I know there are many uses for them, I use them in my classes and do pass them out to students. And at .02 a cup/lid it wouldn't be the end of the world to throw them out instead of re-washing them all the time. Hmmm! I may have to go back and buy them.
Hello! Happy Saturday to everyone!
My weight was up again this morning, rats! Oh well, tomorrow's another day. And I think it will be a good one. I got a 12 mile ride in this morning. But I realized that I need to start doing a lot more cardio. That's one reason the weight loss has slowed down so much. I'm either going to have to really push myself on the bike rides or find something to add to them. Plus, I have to stay out of the chocolate!!!!!!! I seriously think I ate about 25 of the little Hershey's miniatures yesterday!!! 
I have NO self control, I can't do the 'I'll have one and the will satisfy me'. Once I start it's very hard for me to stop.
I'm headed out to do the glider thing for a little while. Have a great day!
Melissa
Good morning all.
Melissa - I know EXACTLY what you mean. If I open a bag of something, be it chips or Hershey kisses, etc., I will definitely over eat. I try my best to avoid buying large bags of anything..... I do really well with the 100 calorie little bags of cookies, etc. It makes me feel like I ate the whole bag so I'm satisfied.... 
I have little self control if I open a large bag of anything.....
My weight this past week hasn't seen much of a change. I have this feeling that I'm reaching a plateau. I've stayed well within my alloted points but the scales aren't showing it. I hate it when this happens but I know it's all a part of losing weight. I'll get through it but it's gonna be a challenge this coming up week. Hubby and I will be out and about working and we will have to rely on restaurant food for about 5 days. I've got to really work hard to make some good choices. Problem is that we'll have to eat at fast food places most of the time. Yep, this week is without a doubt gonna be a challenge. I'm going to bring lots of fruit and 100 calorie snacks and do the best I can. Please wish me luck....
Margie, what about taking some of those Healthy Choice meals they have in the pasta aisle? You just pop them in the microwave? Or if all else fails, look up the fast food places before you go and you can plan what you order before you get there.
My scale has been showing me up a little since I went out to eat. But it isn't Wednesday yet so I'm not freaking out about it. Last week it showed higher until weigh in day. Think it is toying with me agian.
Mellisa, have you done measurements? Sometimes you will notice inches lost but your weight not really dropping much. All of your miles are burrning calories. Sure if you want faster they would burn more, but they are still alot of exercies.
Yesterday was a long day with two classes back to back. I'm not sure I'm going to like that. Tomorrow I will be doing a Cookie class, so the next two weeks I will be doing 4 classes a week. Last night I started cleaning house. Right now I'm waiting to see if my mom is going to come home soon. If not, I may have to go to the store with out here. I still need to bake and decorate cookies tonight and I am out of eggs, so I'll either need to borrow from her or go to the store. If I don't go today then I won't be able to go until Tues, and I'd rather do it sooner than later.
Hope everyone enjoys that last of their weekend! I'll be back around in the morning!
Tracy - I don't think I've seen any of those Healthy Choice meals in the pasta isle. Hmmmmm, I need to look into that. Yeah, I'm gonna check and see what the better choices will be in the fast food places. It still won't be as good as I've been eating but hopefully, I will be ok. Leaving in the morning so I won't be around for weigh in day on Wednesday. Hope you all do great next week. I'll check in when I get back.....
I looked again last night when I was at Walmart. At my store they are in the pasta aisle between the pasta and canned tomato products. Marie Calendars and Healthy Choice makes them. They are pasta or rice dishes and the ones I bought are 300-400 calories I think. I haven't tried them yet but have them for a rainy day.
http://www.healthychoice.com/products/fresh-mixers.html?WT.mc_id=HCFMGOOG107&WT.srch=1&WT.mc_ev=click
I went out to eat with my parents last night and while I thought I did good by only eating half my dinner I know now (after some investagating online) that I still ate way more calories than I needed. What sucks is minus the roll (with no butter) and rattle snack bites, I mostly had a healthy dinner. I got what they call Road Kill which is chopped steak with mushrooms, onions and a slice of cheese on it, steamed brocolli and carrots and a sweet potato. Instead of the yummy, ooey, gooey toppings (marshmallows and caramel) I got it with no butter and sprinkled a little cinnamon and sugar on it.
Thankfull yesterday was my low calories day since I usually sleep in and miss breakfast.
I'm eating my left overs for lunch today. Almost tempted to throw them out and eat something else. But I haven't had a big breakfast, and if all else fails I will just not eat all of it. If I go there and order this agian, instead of half of the meat portion I'll just eat a 3rd of it.
Some days it feels like two steps forward one step back.
On top of now looking at a way to big calorie number for yesterday I didn't get to bed until really late. Since I went out to eat with my parents, and we went to Walmart after that I didn't get home with the eggs I needed for the cookies until 11:00. By the time I got grocery in and put up and butter resoftened to bake the cookes with it was already close to midnight. After they came out of the oven I still needed to ice them, since this is for a cookie blossom class and I needed to have something to show them. I ended up going to bed after 2:15, leaving my kitchen a mess, which I haven't done in a week. I still need to go back and outline some of the cookies and pack my supplies for the class, so I'll have to make sure I leave work at 5 today, or see about using some of my lunch time to do it. Sigh. Atleast I didn't have to bake dozens of cookies, just enough for the blossom and to use to show what to do.
Needless to say I'm tired this morning and annoyed that I didn't just follow my orginal plan, skip going out to eat, and gotten the cookies done early yesterday evening. Now not only did a go over my calories for the day, I stayed up way to late, and now I still need to deal with the veggies and stuff I bought at the store.
I guess the good thing is that class only goes until 7:30 tonight rather than 8:30, so I should be home around 8 instead of 9. That gives me time cook, clean up the kitchen and portion size atleast some of the veggies before having to get ready for bed.
So how did everyone else's week go?
I loved meeting you at ICES Mid-Year this week, Texas Sugar. It was hard to see you as a chunky person. Your "sitck-to-it-ness" is inspirational. I may join you soon. There were too many good eating places in Charlotte.
Umm, I wasn't at the ICES Mid-Year event this week??
But you are always welcome to join us hee.
Sorry, Texas Sugar. She said she was "chunky monkey." So when I fould your monkier, I was delighted. No matter though, your forum is inspirational.
I am SO frustrated, my weight is up to 196 1/2!!!!! I just don't get it. I'm keeping a food journal today - I know, I know, I'm always supposed to do that. I don't know what is going on. But I'll just keep on trying. My hubby is being really encouraging. My marriage is much better, but I'm not sure how much of my heart I'm going to give him - that's a whole other post! Anyway, I'm just a little heart broken.
Tracy - I don't know how you stayed up working on those cookies and still kept going the next day! I guess my age is showing ! And you have made me very hungry for a sweet tater! I know what I'm having for lunch tomorrow.
I really want to buy a bunch of the WW frozen meals - they're on sale for $2.00 each. But I didn't see any vegetarian meals. I know that they make them, I just didn't see them.
I'm praying for a great weigh in tomorrow. I hope that everyone has a good night!
Melissa
SugarButter, I wonder who it is?
And you don't have to be sorry, I was just trying to figure out if my body went somewhere with out my mind. 
I wasn't the orginal one to start the "Chunky Monkey" group. Mencked
actually started us off in July 2008 with this post...
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-596177-chunky.html+monkey+weight+loss
We had another thread going in 2009...
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-613431-chunky.html+monkey+weight+loss
We started the current post because some people were having trouble getting the notice for new posts and we thought it would help.
Melissa, HUGS!!
Chart what you are eating and how many calories you are taking in. Then go online and figure out how many calories you are burning with all the miles you are doing. You may not be taking in enough food for all the calories you are burning. And if that is the case, your body may be on stravation mood.
Are you eating alot of sodium the day before you weigh?
WW brand Smart Choice, does have the veggie meals. Here is a list of what they make... http://www.eatyourbest.com/products/productsearch/searchresults.aspx?t=simple&sc=viewall&c=entree&showID=entrees&index.aspx?sid=90
Maybe they are really popular and the meatless ones had already sold out.
Hey everyone,
Tracy, thanks for the info and the encouragement. I am down to 193 1/2 as of this morning. So I'm feeling better about the weight. I'm trying to switch up me exercise some - more walking, weights and exercise on the glider thing. Maybe my body was just getting too used to the biking. And there is SO much family drama going on that I know I'm stressed.
I did find a couple of the WW veggie meals. So I got a few of them. But I have become a toast addict!! I've got to stop eating it. I make it for the kids and if I just happen to make a slice or two too many...That's all I had for breakfast and lunch yesterday ! At least I had a grapefruit today!
I finally polished off the bag of candy, so that's not an issue anymore. And I'm sure that had nothing to do with my weight gain!!! Now if I can just kick the toast habit.
I think I'm going to get the kids settled with some math and then go for a walk.
How is everyone else doing? I hope you all have a great morning!!
Melissa
Week 10 weight - March 17 - 138.4
Week 9 weight - March 10 - 140.0
- 1.6 lbs lost this week.
- 15.2 lbs lost this year.
- 11.4 lbs to reach first goal.
This was one of those mornings when I stepped on the scale and stepped of the scale and stepped on the scale and stepped off of it. You know when you can't figure out if you are standing in the wrong place. I really couldn't believe I lost that much. After eating out twice and pizza for lunch with my brother I was really ready for a small loss if any.
This reminds me that I can have 'bad' days and still keep plugging away. And it also shows us that more plays into our weight less than just the 7 days between weigh ins.
I've also had a small victory this last week. Friday night I had to bake a cake for class. Played with icing Saturday. Baked cookies Sunday. And baked cupcakes last night. Last night was the only night I licked my fingers. I'm bad about licking the spatula after scraping the cake mix in the bowl, or getting a pinch of cookie dough while rolling it out. I did taste test the icing I made last night because I used Bailey's for the liquid and wanted to see if you could taste it enough. I only had about a 1/4th of a teaspoon of icing though. Which is a big plus. I'm hoping I break the habit of doing it. I'm thinking more about it now.
I started typing this up earlier this morning and got distracted before I posted it. Going to post it now, then I'll come back again this afternoon. Off to make my brother some tuna salad so he can eat lunch with me.
YAAAYYYY! That is what I yell as I do the 167 Happy Dance! I am feeling renewed confidence that I can get down even further... I was supposed to run today but meetings kept me away from that, I'm hoping to do a work out video tonight, but the nights just escape me these days. 
Congrats Tracy and Melissa on joining me with some losses!!
Hugs Melissa, stress can be a killer (as we all know) to routine and stuff... I try not to keep a consistent schedule with eating or exercising, some days I'll eat yogurt and veggies for my morning snack, others I'll eat some nuts and fruit, and my exercise is all over the place due to my inability to stick to a schedule. lol!
Tracy, that is AWESOME! I am horrible for picking, but I need to stay strong as this weekend I have my first cake order in months, cake scraps (except for the tiniest sample for quality control) go straight in the trash, icing stays out of arms reach, batter ALL gets put in pans to bake!
DH and I have started a little challenge. Whoever loses the biggest percentage of weight each week is free of dishes and evening suppper clean up every day for the next week. We'll see how that goes, he gets so cranky I almost hope to lose. LOL! So far I am leading since we've both lost 3 lbs and he is 100 lbs more than me. I want him to lose the weight though, and he knows he has to...
Mellisa, hang in there honey! We will get to our goals.
I'm glad you were lower this morning, and just keep it up and you will see more lower numbers.
Woo Hoo Katherine! I'm doing the happy dance with you.
It is good to see you and hubby working on this together. It really helps when those around us are supportive. I guess we will see how long it takes hubby to realise he has the greater advantage since he is male and they tend to lose weight faster than us.
The cupcakes on my desk are smelling very good, but so far I have resisted. We will see if I can finish out the day with out having one.
Hey everyone...
Tracy - YAY!!!! YAY!!!! YAY!!!! Look at your weight.... You're in the 130's!!!! Absolutely AWESOME!!! I'm so proud of you.... I bet it felt great to see that number come up on the scale. 
Katherine- WOWIE, you are doing great too. Congrats on the weight loss. Keep it up. OH yeah, you've definitely got some motivation now with hubby trying to lose as well. I'm rooting for ya!!!
I wasn't home to do my weigh in yesterday which was probably for the best. I did really good the first day we were out of town. The second day, I did really good until dinner time. We were staying at a place right next to Outback steak house and all day, you could smell the steaks cooking. It was like total torture. Then I started thinking of that darned blooming onion. I couldn't think of anything else. Well, because we couldn't leave the area, we went there for dinner. As soon as we walked in, the smell of bloomin onion was everywhere but I thought I'm gonna be strong.... I'm gonna fight through this.... Well, the waiter came over to take our orders and asked if either of us were military. The reason for this? Seems that bloomin onions were FREE to all military people. 
OK, free food, now how can I turn this down. I immediately said OK, yes send us a bloomin onion..... 
Yep, I gave in. Stupid, stupid bloomin onion. lol Soooo, I proceeded to eat more than my fair share of course. Yep, when I cave, I really cave.... So, I've been good since this time and I'm hoping that by next Wednesday, I'll have a decent weigh in... Darned I hate going out of town. I always let it screw me up. Oh well, what's done is done, time to go forward again......right?
Tracy - I meant to comment on your picture. I see you have a new one. Looks great!!
Margie, I just have such a funny mental image of a woman screaming "YES GIVE ME THE BLOOMING ONION...." lol! We all have to indulge sometimes, I'm glad you enjoyed it and hope that your next weeks weigh in is a happy one!
Tracy, I agree, you look fab!! You can see the weight gone in your face, and you no longer start with 14!!
DH is leading now in the challenge, but that's okay really... I just wanted him to have some motivation as he is missing it and I still have quite a bit!
Margie, thank you! I actually took that one right before the new hair cut. I liked it better than the picture of me after the cut, not that I don't like the cut, just that I'm still working on the styling part, so I decided to post it for a while.
I went out to eat with my parents last night. I was hungry for some reason and it took FOREVER for our food to come, so I had eaten way more chips than I should have. I pretty much could have stopped there and not eaten dinner at that point. Before we go there I keep telling myself I'm going to ask about a smaller dinner, and every time I go, something just really sounds good on the regular menu and I end up eating it. Sigh. So I can totally understand how you are feeling. I would have caved for the blooming onion too.
But you know not to let it get you done and keep going and you will figure out a plan that works for when you have to go out of town. I know you will.
The 130s feel great! It still feels weird to say it. And I'm just thinking I'm that much closer to the 120s. I have a little over 11 lbs until my first goal and I look at my body in the mirror and know I have more than 11lbs left on me. So I know I'll have to make a new goal. I'm just not sure what to make it. Hopefully I'll figure it out.
Tracy, baby steps is the way to go!! I think mini goals are so much easier to accomplish as there won't be discouragement every time one is not reached....
I only have 12 to go until my first mini goal of 155! So, we both have the same poundage to lose until our first min goals... WE can both do it!
I am kind of hoping to reach mine by the time I run the half marathon, but I hate setting a date on my goals just in case things don't go right. The half marathon is in 9 weeks and I "think" I could lose about 1.5 lbs a week if I continue to be dedicated to healthy eating most of the time, and continue to do my training.... Time will tell right?
I have to say that I am loving my training right now. As I get healthier and lighter I am finding it easier to run, and easier to run faster! I guess that all counts for something... If only I could give up the damn cancer sticks (my dirty little secret), I don't smoke often, but even every now and then is too often for somebody trying to be healthy right?? I just find them an outlet for my stress when things are going badly at work, or when DH and I are fighting... I will give them up when I'm ready, I have in the past, and will again.
Katherine, we most of posted at the same time earlier since I missed yours. Thank you! My face has really changed, these last few months. I looked at a picture of me from last summer and it is very noticable.
Let Hubby think he is winning, because in the long run that is a win win for the both of you. As long as you don't lose your focus or get frustrated what he wins. And just think you'll burn extra calories doing those dishes and cleaning.
I spent 8 weeks in the 140s. I was looking at that earlier, so I'm like you, yeah I could get to that next goal weight in a little over two months. But like you I have a hard time setting a goal date, because I don't want to get frustrated that the date is coming up and I'm not losing fast enough. That is just added stress.
I started the year saying I wanted to lose 6lbs a month. I thought it was a realistic and do-able goal, but I'm also not going to freak out if I don't hit the 6lb mark, because I know the next month I may lose more than that.
My first goal number is the first weight, 127, that puts me at a normal BMI, so realisticly I should be able to lose more after that. Part of me wants to change my goal to 120 now because it seems possible, and it is only 7 more lbs, but I do like that my lost pounds number is currently bigger than the to go number. Maybe I'll wait until I hit 127 and then reset for 120 or maybe even 117.
I just want to make sure I don't end up picking an unattainable number. I realise that at some point I'll reach a healthy weight, but I don't know what it is. So I don't want to say, I want to be 110 lbs when my body may not think I should be 110. I know as I get lower and lower I may have to work in smaller numbers and go with what just feels right.
These are the times when I wish I could say I want to be the weight I was when... But that just won't ever happen. So I'm just guessing.
Oh and let me just say, as far as the easier to do things... Yesterday I was rearranging the display in the office and I was having to squat down for periods of times to rearrange and move things. And I realised at one point how easy it was for me to do. Before there was that point where you wobble or your legs start to hurt.
I felt like a little kid that squats and plays for a while and you always wonder how in the world they can do that.
Hello my fellow monkeys!!
First, congrats to you all - you're doing great! And Tracy, you look AMAZING!
Margie, I think it's impossible and possibly illegal to say no to a bloomin' onion!
My weight is finally coming down. I'm back to 192 1/2. One more pound and I'll be back to where I was on Feb 24th. I'm just glad that I've stuck with it, I'm still exercising and my weight is finally headed back down!
I'm headed off to have a cup of coffee, is that a bad idea at 9:39 pm!? Oh yeah, and I'm hating the time change!!!I like it being lighter in the evening. But it is SO hard to get up in the morning and I miss my early morning bike ride!
Melissa
Tracy as I pm'd to you, you look amazing!!! Way to go!!!
I just wanted to report (with Tracy's prompting lol) that I have lost a total of 15 lbs. so far, since joining the monkeys! The first week I lost 10 pounds (doing weight watchers) and then didn't lose anything........until this week, when I lost an additional 5.4 pounds now. I stopped doing the weight watchers and went solely to counting calories (it's just quicker and easier)....this way it will be easy to keep up on.
My mom begged me to go to lunch with her yesterday and I did and I ordered the salad bar and stuck to an all vegetable soup (vegan soup as well, so I knew the broth was most likely fat free as well) and a salad. I'm pretty sure the little label was about a 2 tbsp. measurement so I put just one ladel full of dressing in the corner of my plate and dipped my salad into that the whole time.
My mom forced me to order a meal in addition (because she didn't want to feel like a hog for getting one I think lol) so I ordered a turkey, bacon, swiss melt w/ french fries ............I know what you're all thinking................I didn't touch it!! I took it home in a box, gave each of the 2 halves of the sandwich to my two sons and gave my DD the fries!! lol My mom felt better, and I felt better because I didn't eat a single drop of it!!
Just wanted to add, not sure if anyone else knows about this.......but I found this website that lets you join for free and you can track your calories, etc. each day.
It even has a calculator where you enter your age, weight, height, and activity level and it tells you how many calories you burn per day!!
Turns out I burn (with a sedentary lifestyle........that's what I entered just in case I have some days that i'm not active at all lol) TWICE the calories that I'm eating right now!! So no wonder I lost 5 lbs. this week!!
It also let's you know how much fat, fiber, and different vitamins you need to take in too.......pretty cool
http://www.nutritiondata.com/
enjoy!!
Coffee that late all depends on you. I can drink caffine late at night, crawl into bed and fall asleep.
I'm glad your scale is playing nice again. Sometimes I really think they just pick numbers to drive us crazy.
I'm dragging this morning, not sure why. Hopefully, I perk up as the morning goes by. I'm also cold with out my sweater on and then too warm with it on. I think it is just going to be one of those days.
Hello All,
This has been an awful day!! I've been working on a cake ALL day and I hate the cake! I'm going to refund the customer part of her money. I think it looks just awful. Ok, it's not so bad, but it's not as good as it should be. This is my last cake for a paying customer. I had already decided that, but this just solidifies my decision. The customer is one of my friends from church so I know she'll be ok with it. The cake isn't that bad but it's not exactly what Denise wanted. I think it will taste amazing - at least the scraps that I had were pretty yummy !
So it's been a pretty stressful day with no formal exercise. I have gotten in over 15,000 steps today. So at least that's something!
KHalstead - congrats!! That is awesome!! Keep up the great work. I wondered how you were doing.
I hope everyone has a great night!
Melissa
KH I missed your post yesterday, I think we posted at the same time. You are doing awesome! Way to go on the good eating out.
I just talked to my parents and they invited me out to eat again. I already went out with them on Sunday, where I did so so and Wednesday where I ate way to much. So I'm not sure if I want to join them or not. She's going to call me when they get done shopping and I'll see where they are going and if I feel like I can eat okay there. I also need to take a minute to add up what I have eaten today. I had breakfast on the go and threw together lunch real quick since it seemed I didn't want to get out of bed this morning.
Melissa, when you get to a point where you don't enjoy working on the cakes, it is time for a break. I'm sure it doesn't look as bad as you think and I wouldn't say anything first about it. Just see how they react then go from there. We are much harder on ourselves than we should be.
I'm home from my two classes at Michaels, and I need to convince myself to clean something. Last night the only thing I got accomplished was laundry. It is atleast something but I really need to focus if I am going to get my house cleaned up. I think I can I think I can I think I can.
Hope ya'll have a good rest of the night. HUGS!
Khalstead, congrats on the weight loss, that is awesome!
Melissa, we are our worst critics, I'm sure it's fine!!
I was chugging along great this weekend, only sampled a tiny piece of cake and icing for quality control, then "BOOM" yesterday arrives and I got to a birthday and eat, not one, but two pieces of pizza and a piece of cake. bad me.... My weight is up slightly this morning, I am that type of person who just has to behave all the time.; *sigh* I am going for a 12.5 K run this morning so hopefully I leave that pizza on the pavement somewhere. lmao!
Hope everyoen is having a great weekend!!!!
Katherine, two pieces of pizza isn't as bad as three or more, and I can tell you I use to eat three or more easily, plus the cheesy dipper bread. And your weight was probably up from the salt in the pizza. Our bodies can't turn that pizza into fat that quickly. I'm always having to remind myself that. Just because my weight is up after I was 'bad' it doesn't mean I actually gained anything from that meal.
I went out to eat with my parents again Saturday. I told them they have to quit going or quit inviting me. Because when they invite me and I pass they give me the are you sure you don't want to go. We went to the Mexican place again since it was cold and wet here. Instead of getting cheese enchilada with chili I had a chicken breast topped with mushrooms, onions, bell pepper and cheese. Next time I may ask for the cheese to be left off, but I figure atleast I got veggies with that where I wouldn't have with the other dinners. I also divide my rice and pushed some aside on the plate so I'd know where to stop eatting it.
This week, I am not going out to eat though, I don't care who askes me. I just can't do it again!! It isn't good for my weight. I don't mind doing it once a week or two, but these last two weeks I went out too many times.
I finally got into cleaning mood this weekend and tackled my bedroom. The only clothes in the dresser are the ones that currently fit me. And all the too big stuff is bagged up and out of the room. It is sitting in my living room, but it will get moved out tomorrow. I cleaned out the hall closet and my bathroom as well. I have two rooms done, five to go. Living room will be the easiest, a couple of the others will be alot harder and more time consuming. I'm hoping to get it done before the month is over, but we will see what happens.
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