I didn't eat the best today, but right now I'm simply stuffed and don't even think I could eat another bite.

I went to the gym for the fifth day in a row. My abs ache but I'm ever anxious to minimize my middle so I do more ab work and whine through it.

Hopefully I will see the rewards on Sunday when I take an official peek at the scale.

For now I'm just trying to find things to occupy me for the long holiday weekend.

I went out and bought a new scale yesterday as I'm losing hope with mine. It's a Tanita with body fat and water monitors. I think it's last year's model as I can't find it on their website. It was easy to set up and I stepped on it and then my old one. My old one only weighs in 1/2 pound increments and the new one in 1/5 pound increments. They were actually fairly consistent. So this is a new game I play, try the new one, then the old one. This morning the new one showed me having a loss for the week of 4/5 pound (hey, I'll take any loss!) and the old one showed a gain of 1/2 pound. That's nearly 1.5 lbs difference!

I also picked up a Salter food scale. It's something I've been toying with getting for sometime. I've never been good at portion control and I think it's part of what's been slowing down my weight loss lately. I've been lying to myself about eating one portion of lean meat, when in reality it has probably been closer to two-three portions. And I know even my cereal serving has been creeping upward in size.

Hope everyone had a good long weekend... I just wish I would have done something fun rather than be at home lazy the whole time. Maybe the next time a holiday rolls around I can make a plan!

maddy -- try mixing up the types of food and the types of exercise. My bodt seems to plateau when I get into a "habit" -- that's when I pick a few days to go on a nut craze or a high fiber craze or a vegetarian week. These changes seem to spee dup my weight loss.

Me? I've been bad the past week -- and blaming it on all the parties and also my cold. But we took a 2 hour bike ride in Monterey yesterday and it didn't kill me completely...so I think I am on the mend.

yay maddy and osuche ... me, I've been behaving badly and now it's time to get back to healthy lifestyle choices again, don't want to backslide any further than the week or so worth I have ... thanks for being here all of you!

Well I've made it successfully through today ... in some ways it's almost like being back at day 1 again ... the cravings, wanting to have a treat ... but time to be an adult again and make adult decisions ... at least until the next time anyway! :)

(((((fzzy))))))) ~~~ good for you!!

I was a stress eater all day today, and tomorrow is destined to be a disaster.

excellent fzzy!!! I have to start back at day 1 too. And it won't be today. Stress and poor planning having taken their toll, I have to start putting me first. Or at least in the top 25.

(((Lilith))) In my mind...you're always on top! (Well, almost always) ;)

Fzzy - Did you ever think you'd be such an inspiration?

osuche - stress is only harmful if you ignore it. Keep your friends close...and your enemies closer. Stress is your enemy, so remember what stress makes you want to do, and don't let it win. Stress makes me head to the coffeepot, and then makes me into a recluse. When I'm in stressful situations, I have to make a concerted effort not to shut myself off from the world. Ignoring the email or phone message only feels good for a minute. The second email or message compounds the stress tenfold. Now, I tell myself "This sucks...but if I don't do it now, it's gonna suck way worse. Just do it." Good luck, and reach out if you need to.

maddy - The food scale is a wonderful thing. I never realized just how big the portions I cook are. I knew we ate way more than "human size portions" and 3 ounces of steak looks so damn small! But cooking proper portioned meals satisfies the hunger, and doesn't make you feel stuffed. Good job!

LOL WI ... I've been an inspiration before .. (not often) ... but never for proper eating!!! ... truth is, I'm just trying my best to hang on with every single day, the habits of a lifetime .. especially when you're lifetime is rapidly approaching the 50's mark, are tough to break! The funny thing is that almost all of the treat/goodies that I was allowing myself a lot during this month of May, most of them didn't taste anywhere nearly as good as I thought they would ... you'd think that would be enough to stop after indulging once, but nope, just kept wanting those treats ... sometimes (as a good friend of mine would say) I'm dumber than a post! :D

Lil ... I'll be thinking positive thoughts for you ... hope you know I love ya and want you to be well up on that list of yours!!! (((((Lil)))))

osuche ... thanks!!!

I love all of you and so much appreciate who you are and how you are! :daisy: :cabbagep:

:grope: Good to see more posts on this thread again.

I've been feeling the gym, in all the muscles that I don't use that is! Today was a two mile walk followed by 50 sit ups and another 25 ab crunchers. My legs ache from yesterday and today. Who knows what I'll do to my body tomorrow.

Amazingly enough, I'm finding with the workout I'm eating my lunch a bit later and lasting much longer into the evening. I really am beginning to think the working out bit is curbing some of my boredom grazing. I have a hard time believing that my discipline is spiking to a high again.

Lilith ... WildIrish ... osuche ... fzzy ... and everyone lurking on the thread... chin up, we are all doing great!

maddy ... you are doing so great ... I've got to get myself into doing more physically active things, but at the moment, I'm focusing most of my spare energy just on keeping with the proper eating .... and I've now ended my new day 2 successfully ... hopefully each day will continue to get easier a little faster than the last time! :)

OK today is new day 1 for me. I'm slurping coffee and getting my head outta my ass (quite a trick I might add) :D

Today I will go pick up some fruits and veggies. The crisper drawer is empty but the junk cabinet is full. I need to fix that first.

I've been SO bad this week...cookouts, fast Chinese food, and very little exercise except for walks in the evening with Mr Osuche

I am going to try and get myself back on track this weekend.

Yay Lil ... hope you had a good day and the crisper drawer got fed! :)

Osuche, I think it's great that you are getting walks in with the mr. ... hope your weekend goes as planned.

I had another good day ... though pre-hut munchies are starting to hit me with the cravings .... I made it through today and plan to do so tomorrow by simply not having any options in the apartment that will sabotage my plan. Have a great Friday everyone!

I joined a challenge as part of the WW message boards. The challenge is to be OP (on plan) every day for the month of June. I figure that ought to kickstart my butt back in gear. So on day 1, I'm presented with a dining out challenge by having an out of town visitor for dinner (unexpected!). I managed. I was drooling the whole time over my visitors bbq ribs, but I stuck to chicken and vegetables. I've also kept up with the gym yesterday - it kicked my ass, but I sweated it out. The scale has me up almost a 1/2 for the week so far, but I'm pretty sure it's water.

I have an event to go to in three weeks and I am hoping to be down another 7 lbs by then. I have some serious work to do, but it's possible.