I am doing well today...but then, I'm not eating much solid food so I would expect to be fine. :)

I'm heading back to the gym tomorrow....I figure one more day to focus on healing then I am back to chasing the wagon. So today I will be happy if I can keep myself under 1800 calories (should be no problem) and I feel OK to walk home.

WI and Aqua.....thanks for chasing the wagon with us!

I have a surgery date and have less than two weeks to make sure I am at my best to go in to the hospital. I am really going to drink water and try to eat to nourish my body and try to find other ways to feed my soul.

((((((((Lilith))))))))))))

Thanks :thanks:

here's another (((hug))) with extra determination to be ready, body and soul, for this.

and one just for support ((hug))

((hugs)) I'm gonna be fine. He's not gonna take out any of the goddess parts :D

:console: Lilith I know you are much like the rest of us on the pixies power thread... you are a do-er and you don't allow people to help you easily ... that being said, if there is anything at all that I can do to help you on the two weeks of prepping or after the fact, please let me know. It's hard to hold your hand from this far away, but I can certainly poke messages at you to remind you to drink your water and eat your fruits and veggies. (((Lilith)))

I done good today! I made a new to me salad tonight that I'll report back on tomorrow before I share the ingredients. I sure hope I like it because I have a rather large bowl! I had a killer workout today. If I can lift my arms to my head tomorrow I will be amazed.

And would y'all stop chasing the wagon and just get on the damn thing.... someone else needs to help power the thing along :wobbly:

I need new salad ideas so furry up and try it!

And thanks for the support I'm trying not to feel so bad for needing it.

Lil ... so glad you have a date so you know the end of this particular "torture" ... sending big hugs to you ...

Yay to Aqua, osuche and WI .... great job you guys! And to maddy as well... way to be inventive for your dinner ... hope you really enjoyed the salad...can't wait to hear the details of what it included.

I didn't do so well today ... ate a bit too much ... but tomorrow is another day and as of this moment, I think I'll do good! :)

I'm down about 100 calories on average for the week, and I am now back to eating my "normal" diet! :)

Now, I'll add exercise back in today and I'll actually be *on* the wagon.

Hugs to all....

Even though I was dead tired yesterday I managed to stay away from the Dew. I had a nap instead. :p

A nap....and strange fantasies involving aliens and your boss. :p :spin:

Okay, I didn't like the salad, so I will not be telling you about it.

I had a killer cardio workout today - and ran... I RAN! I have not run willfully around a track in years. Nor have I done sprints willfully in years. But I did it, complained, whined, sweated ... but I did it.

After all of that, I found my lunch was ruined and was left with only some fruit and a 100 calorie snack pack. I made up for the lack of lunch at dinner tonight.

The scale isn't indicating much progress toward my goal of 5 lbs by 6/20 which is a bit frustrating. I'm doing pretty much all that I can right now and my body is just going to have to give up the fight to keep all this fat on my bones.

You guys are doing great ... I am very impressed.

No idea about calories but I ate healthier, had a better mindset and went for a walk.

Oh and bought some dead sexy, fuck me, never touch the ground, shoes.

I think we need to see pictures of the shoes!

You will :D As soon as I get my toes painted red ;)

((((Lil)))) and ((((maddy)))) ~~ health and good vibes must be in the air.

I had salmon and salad for lunch, and then worked out (35 minutes cardio, stretching, and sit ups). It's a start!

It's starting to come back off but sooooooooooo slow. I went to the park yesterday and played racquetball with the kiddo which means I ran a lot.:D

You are doing great Lilith... sometimes I think slow is the way to go, it seems to make the habit stick.

I'm having a good weekend, aside from spending way too much money at the outlets on Saturday. Getting out of the house helped me manage my eating a bit better.

Today was my official day to read the scale and it says I'm down 1.6 lbs. I hope all the time at the gym is starting to pay off. I'm also doing a thorough cleaning this weekend. Last night I vacuumed the mattress and changed all the sheets. Today I'm doing the rest of the vacuuming, including the stairs (I hate doing them!) and a scrubbing of the tiled floors.

I am headed off to go shopping too. It is hard to face that after all this work to become smaller, one simple operation is going to make me gain at least 2 sizes temporarily. The two sizes I lost :( God Bless Granny Panties :D

((((Lil))))

I've been horrible with the grands in town...and I'd like to say that I'll be better today but I am sooooo tired and I just want to RELAX.

My hat is off to everyone who is persevering...not feeling very positive today myself. :(

I was BAD, BAD, BAD for several days there ... but now I'm ready to get and be serious about this again for a more extended period of time again ... somehow knowing that my birthday was coming up and that I'd be celebrating (a bit TOOO much) negatively affected my motivation ... so now the day is past and no "excuse" days in the near future ... considering it has been almost 6 months, I have not made nearly enough progress ... so I'm getting in the mind set to push at myself a whole lot more!!!

It was a good'un today. I did very well with my food. Stomped out two miles on the treadmill and did a good ab workout. I'm seriously considering stomping out another two miles on the treadmill yet tonight before I go to sleep.

I got the last of the cheetos out of the house last night so they can't call my name late at night anymore. I really just need to go back to avoiding the chip aisle at the grocery store. I can walk the cookie aisle with no problem, but the chip aisle is clearly a different story.

Okay, got to find some sneakers and get on the treadmill if I'm going to do this... or I'll never sleep tonight!

Yup, fat and lazy maddy was hiding somewhere tonight... I don't know wherre. But this maddy just did two more miles on the treadmill, with short intervals of jogging. I haven't done two miles on the home treadmill, since I don't know when. But since summer tv sucks, and I need something to do with my time other than eat... and I spent good money on that damn piece of equipment that hogs up space in my living room, it's about time I use it ... right?

And as crazy as it sounds... it just felt good. I'm officially back in the groove :)

/me rubs up against maddy hoping the positivity rubs off

/me rubs up against Lil's other side... just for fun. :D

mmm creamy filling ;)

*now with less caffeine!* :p

Only 3 Dews in the last 8 days and none during the week.

awesome!!!! Great!!!

That's awesome Aqua. What have you replaced all that Dew drinking with?

Mostly water. I do still have one pop a day... usually a store brand cream soda or root beer. They're all caffeine free.

Woohoo Aqua!!

Today was a good day for me. I got the eating thing down again. I didn't get my midday workout in so I had to go after work. I had a dr appointment today and my blood pressure was elevated, that is not something I need to add to the growing list of reasons to be running to the doctor. I really sincerely hope it was a nervous thing. I'll be able to test that tomorrow since I'll be visiting another doctor.

I'll be sipping water all night as that is the one thing I didn't do well with today. I didn't drink enough!

I struggle some with the water thing. A lot of times, and this is so dumb, I just get caught up working and since I don't have a soda to just go grab I won't take the time (like 15 seconds) to go fill my water bottle at the water cooler. :rolleyes2

Not so today though, I'm glad to report. I just finished the water that I put in it today.

Glad to hear you had a good day maddy! Woot!

I worked out today and stayed at 1700 calories! I can't promise I've got my groove back, since I will be in Columbus Thurs-Sunday and won't be able to control the diet....but I am trying.

Good Job osuche!

Way to go maddy, sounds like you are doing great...wonderful!

Congrats Aqua ... sounds like you also are really sticking to your plan, YAY!

osuche, you are doing so great ... congrats, and hope you have a ton of fun on your time away from home.

hugs Lil ... Aqua beat me to the punch on the rubbing up against you as you rubbed against our maddy .... but his rubbing was probably infinitely more enjoyable anyway! ;)

I've done very well today ... yesterday was a bit more of a challenge, but I'm still plugging away at it ... working to get back to doing this much more seriously then I have been for the last month or so (at least overall) ... at least I haven't gone backwards so far ... and I intend to keep it that way and make progress moving forward as well.

I've lost about 3 of the 10 I put back on but it's not been due to anything structured or organized.

Good job Lil! Yay for you! ... if it's coming off it's a good thing (at least for those who aren't anorexic)

Progress Lilith!

I'm exhausted today and likely to find my way to bed soon. My legs ache terribly and I didn't even workout hard today. I overate by a smidgeon today because I had an extra treat tonight and then remembered that I had a banana earlier I hadn't counted. Oh well, I only went over my daily amount by a bit, and then the exercise actually makes up for it.