QOTD December 30, 2012
You have weight watchers, nutrisystem, Dr. Oz, paleo, south beach, atkins, my fitness pal, etc. There are no shortage of ways to help you lose weight. I am a big believer in failing to plan is planning to fail.
So removing exercise from the equation (we will talk about that tomorrow) what is your plan?
Be as specific as you feel comfortable. Some of your fellow participants might get some good ideas.
South Beach
Love it, have done so well with it and find it so easy to follow.
I did try WW last year but was feeling sick all of the time. Finally figured out that a lot of the things I was eating on WW were making me sick. While I don't have to avoid any particular foods I do have to carefully balance what I eat over the course of a day and even a few days.
Thanks for the links. I think I will take you up on that invite. I have heard multiple times now that it is a great place for gf recipes.
PM me your email address and I will send you an invite.
I had a little meltdown last night. One of those I want to quit everything meltdowns. I am pretty stressed about this race and things were starting to get a little over planned. Too many things we felt like we "had" to do marathon weekend. I have had insomnia for a couple of months now and I'm just starting to sleep again, so I think that is part of the problem. Anyhow, last night I decided I wasn't going. I am sick of running those really long distances. It is just not fun anymore. I am terrified of getting a new injury. I got a cold a few days before Christmas and have not run or exercised in almost a week. Basically my inner two year old came out last night.
We came up with a compromise that I think will work that involves more sleeping and less stress on the trip. I am planning a trip to the gym either today or tomorrow.
We all have those moments-- particularly when we have too much stress and not enough sleep. Glad you are feeling better, compromise is a great thing.
Morning all!!!
I'm back in the saddle again. I have gained back 9 of the 12 pounds I lost in the last challenge.
I'm setting my goal with a modest 5 pounds though, I am really sick (need to see if the Dr is open tomorrow) and I am weak, can't breathe, coughing up a lung, etc. I don't know how much exercise I can do in January until I can get my lung capacity up to normal again so the QOTD is perfect.
I hope you feel better soon. It stinks being sick.
I'm on WW - I truly believe it's the easiest most sensible plan out there. Fellow WW's also turned me on to the book
The Beck Diet Solution. It's a diet companion book that focuses on the behavioral side of things and gives daily activities to help overcome sabotaging thoughts that make you fall off the wagon. I've read a bit of it but haven't yet started any of the activities. I'll be getting into those this time around too.
That book sounds interesting. I may have to see if my library has it.
We are supposed to have a plow guy but we seem to be cursed with them, they don't last more than a season. This guy's truck broke. the guy last year has his truck catch on fire, the guy before that lost his house to foreclosure. DH wants to go buy a snow blower but honestly I hire someone because I don't want to be out there.
OMG!
Sorry Buffy but I had to
a little bit. I don't think I would want you to hire me!
Working on my menu and grocery list. Still feeling really icky so not really sure how to plan my meals for the week. I don't want to buy a lot of fresh food that ends up not getting eaten before it goes bad. But I don't want to end up stuck without the right food and sabotaging myself in the first week.
I am on the verge of a 2 year old temper tantrum like Rose&Mike! I keep trying to stay upbeat and see the positive in IBS -- almost 10 pounds lost without even trying
!, no overindulging over the holiday
, it always goes away eventually
. But the feeling miserable has caused me to pretty much waste my break. I haven't accomplished any of the things that I had hoped to and now have to go back to work on Wednesday, and am not sure how I will be feeling. I want to be eating healthy but instead I am stuck with rice, white potatoes and bananas. My coworkers will make a big flipping deal over it if I am still not feeling well. I try to hide it but it is obvious when I have to keep going to the bathroom and don't eat anything "normal" at lunch-- I really would rather they just not mention it. At this point I am just DONE. mad: DONE, DONE, DONE
(that is me on the ground kicking my arms and legs and screaming)
DH has a headache so I can probably put grocery shopping off until tomorrow. Have to make a Costco run for sure tomorrow.