While I am very happy to have dropped into the 170's finally, it kind of sucks that I dropped into the 170's this week...that means I lost a point a day for Thanksgiving week!
But I'll take that lost point and still do the dance of joy. And I will just make sure to be careful all week so I go into the big day with my flex points intact. My ultimate goal that day is to not use all of them (but probably most). I don't want to deprive myself, but really, it's just one meal. I don't want to g… Continue

Today was not a great day. I didn't go to the gym as planned. I was supposed to do 3.5 miles. It takes less than an hour, so why won't I just DO IT?!

Ugh. Tomorrow was my scheduled rest day on our training schedule. I think I'll do the run I missed today tomorrow afternoon as a recharge between study sessions. Also on tap for tomorrow: making better food choices.

I stayed within calories today. I didn't make great choices (way too much sugar), but at least I was on the low calorie end. I had a… Continue

After I graduated college back in December 2008, I decided to dedicate time to my body and health which had been very neglected during my intellectual pursuits. I was 285 lbs and while I have been overweight my entire life I had never been heavier. I ate with out thought, had no energy, napped constantly, and never got any exercise. I went to one of my mother's appointments with her heart doctor and he actually took time to pull me aside and recommended a gastric bypass to me. He and his son had… Continue

After "practicing maintenance" as my ww leader says, for the last... oh at least 6 months, I'm feeling ready to start losing again. I'm taking it one day at a time, currently on day 5 of counting points again, and just generally being more conscious about what goes in my body. I'm also trying to be more conscious about how different foods make me feel, which I think is really helpful.

For example, the other day one of my co-workers brought these key lime coconut chocolate squares of yummy goodn… Continue

I'm in total need of a virtual gym buddy/motivator. My husband is fantastic and I use him for support, but I need all the support I can get, so I'm making a call out to applicants for a virtual gym buddy/motivator!

Anybody??

Bueller?
Bueller?

;o)

I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking I'm going to ask you to give up your favorite dessert or track points or some other ridiculousness on

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today was an overall great day for me. I faced a couple situations that may have caused bad eating behaviour with me before but I was prepared with a plan adn was able to stick to it! I started the morning off right with some strength training followed by a run. Then I had a long walk running some errands. Next, i went out for lunch with my roommate, and I only had a bowl of (delicous) torilla soup. Following lunch, we went to join a theatre full of 12 year old girls to see new moon (loved it) a… Continue

So yesterday I was sooooo frustrated with my new bodybugg. I waited for a whole month and a half after I bought it on ebay for it to arrive here in Korea and then after all that, it wouldn't let me register because I'm not American! How silly! Well thanks to Elaine (who I owe BIG TIME!) I am now set up with a BodyBugg account and it is charging while I type! Even after Elaine helped me out with an address I did encounter some problems. The box says that it's compatible with macs (I just got a ne… Continue

I finally got my power cord for my lap top in the mail. I've been lost without my computer. I did pretty good this week considering my son was sick and home from school. I went to the gym 2 days out of the 3 days he was sick. So I got 4 days in at the gym this week. Just trying to do things differently from normal. Trying not to make excuses why not to eat right, why not to exercise blah blah blah...... my list could go on forever. Now as am sure I'm not the only one freaking out about Thanksgiv… Continue

My version of a detox has really gotten things back on track this week. Decisions as small as using whole organic carrots (not the scary chemical-dipped, shaved down, 'baby' kind) to eat hummous for lunch or slowly going through a half gallon of Odwalla's Green Machine as a post-coffee drink were enough to get the rest of my day on track. I was able to get back to eating a real breakfast in the morning, I didn't find myself binging/craving in the evenings, and overall I felt lighter in spirit as… Continue