Hook me up with the recipe! If I can lose 12 lbs I would be a very, VERY happy woman

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

Well I blew it this weekend. It was one big fat pity party and boredom at my house which involved excessive eating. I'll be getting back on track tomorrow.

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maddy.... you have done so well. Don't make me come kick you in the ass to get you going again. I can't lift my foot that far up Seriously, I am worried because we all seem to be at that self sabotaging point.

We all came into this deciding we were goddesses and needed to start treating our bodies like temples. My body does not run best off Mudslide Icecream and Swiss Cake rolls no matter how much my emotions are trying to convince me otherwise.

Veggies and fruit...I am gonna suggest we clean the cupboards and make sure all the shit is out of the house again. Go back to basics, what was working in the beginning.

Water, water, water, water, water, water, water!

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If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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The pleasant reality is that even when I "blow it", it's not nearly as bad as I was living on a daily basis before. I took some pork chops out of the freezer today and will be grilling them this evening (or broiling if it's raining at the time) for the week. I also have plenty of frozen veggies in the freezer to nuke each night for dinners.

I'm lacking in the fruit department for daytime snacking at work. I do have a plethora of apple sauce type snacks (pear mango sauce, strawberry sauce, and granny smith sauce) that are no sugar added so in a pinch they will do this week.

I'll be faithful to the gym again this week too. Lastly I will go back to tracking every bite I take tomorrow.

I have no valid excuses for riding the slippery slope to sabotage this weekend, but I am prepared to get back on track tomorrow, and I'm starting the prep for that today.

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When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and swing.

*whew* I was worried you were really gonna make me try to move

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

*sigh* I think I need a vacation to feel a bit more positive about the whole "my body is a temple" things again. I filled my temple with butter-topped toast and a half piece of gouda cheese for breakfast.

When I am bad, it's mostly in the form of eating too much...not of eating the wrong stuff. Although I will admit I could eat a bit less carbs and a bit more veggies.

What I need to do is exercise and control my portions. I am tracking my calories and am landing at 2050 average for the week, and 250 birned per day on exercise. At that level I avoid gaining weight, but I am not losing.

So...back to the gym for longer workouts, and back to portion control. And a daily post to Pixies Power to keep myself honest.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

So far today I ate 1/2 a bagel which is a no no for me. My digestive system is a trainwreck due to the abdominal surgery but that is just an excuse. I'm going to do a salad in a minute here for lunch and then am doing the burger thing for dinner. I've been snacking less this week but cravings for sweets are high. Particularly cookies of the chocolate chip persuasion. They whisper to me "resistance is futile"

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

If you have the energy, or if oyu can convince Mr. Lil...bake some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Sub half the butter for applesauce, and use Splenda. They're actually *good* for you cause of the fiber (and I am guessing you need fiber right now) and have low sugar/fat...but they feel decadent.

Do NOT -- I repeat, do NOT -- skimp on the chocolate chips though. I use Ghirardhelli chips an dI put LOTS of them in. I figure that way I get my antioxidants.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

Quick aside to Lil...

While plugging my calories into FitDay I realized that they had 3 activity classes for sex....passive, active, and vigorous

Vigorous only nets you 38 calories an hour!

Obviously those guys don't have sex like *we* do on Pixies!

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

I have to admit that fitday has been my failure. I just can't force myself to enter stuff again. I must get back to it.

psssssssssst* I won't be participating in that form of excercise for like 4 more weeks

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

Alright, pixies, I did my occassional laundry day closet cleaning. I just filled up two large lawn bags of clothes and my closet is starting to look sparse again. It is now starting to make me sick how much I've spent on clothes in the past six months. Granted, I will not buy anything that is not on sale or clearance anymore, but evenso I've gone through three sizes of pants. I now only have one pair of pants, and the rest are all capri length. I'm going to try to get through the next month in this size. I also have come to realize I will need a full new wardrobe come cold weather season, as all those clothes are gone now.

I am *this* close to being out of the plus sized section of the store - I won't know how to shop again. I will have a whole new world of options opening up to me. It's exciting, scary, motivating all at the same time. I don't like the plus sized stores, but rather the better named brands that make plus size too.... so I at least I know designers that fit my body better than others and hopefully that will guide me when I move to new sections of the store.

There you have it, my motivation for tomorrow is to get out of the last set of plus sized pants and into "normal" clothes again.

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When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and swing.

Superb! That is one hell of an accomplishment.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

I've been following this thread for awhile and I think you all are doing great!!!!

I knew I needed to lose weight but I kept putting it off for a long time. I have started eating breakfast again and am back to 3 meals a day. I've cut out alot of junk food but not all. The thought of exercise made me depressed. I found my scale a couple of weeks ago in a box I got from my storage stuff, so I got on and was suprised to see I had lost 14 lbs. Cool I thought, guess doing a lot of walking at work as paid off since I started working at the new store last Oct. I got on again today and I had lost another 6 lbs.
I keep forgetting to take the little meter thingy I have to work and see how much walking I actually do there. Our store is just over 8000 sq. foot and I seem to make a lot of laps around it. So I figured that's my exercise. I'm going to keep eating breakfast and keep snacks to a min. (well junk food snacks anyway, I have been eating healthier stuff). I hope to lose another 40 lbs and I think I would be happy with that. Someday I'll even quit smoking. I have cut down on that too.

I hope you all continue to lose weight and feel good about yourselves. I know that I feel a bit better about myself.

Hugs!!!!!

Congrats maddy!!!!!!!! WTG!!!!!!!! Sorry about the spendy money on clothes thou. I hate shopping for clothes.

Thanks Lilith and sdls. I still have my fattest pants laying in the bottom of my closet, when I really need motivation I pull them out and model them in the mirror to see how far I've come. I recently saw myself in pictures and don't see a difference, but the scale says I'm down 36 lbs and my clothes definitely agree.

I've developed a desire to run, I burst into a run on the treadmill now and can't last long (probably because of the speed I have it on), but I'd like to run in a charity run next year - I haven't picked one, but I'd like to be able to run a full 5K. That's something to work for, right? Did I mention I've never liked running? Or that I've never been able to run a full mile, not even in high school?

sdls, I'm glad you peek in on us... and great progress you are making!

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When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and swing.