Amy's Journal: Comments Welcome!

[lovinaz]

I'm sorry to hear you are so bloated. I'm right there with ya! The only good thing about it is that you know it will go away pretty quickly. It stinks in the meantime, have you thought about taking a diuretic? I try to avoid those, but when my clothes no longer fit, extreme measures must be taken!

Great job getting a kids meal instead of a Whopper!

You are doing fantastic with your working out, and I bet you'll be really close to making your goal this month. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!

 

[CACruisin']

Sorry the scale was up, but you know it is temporary. It will go down next week. You had a bad day yesterday, but today is a new day. Out with the salt!

The whole female bloating thing stinks. I tend to have cravings and bloat midcycle . DD10 announced that she was not going to have any kids when she grew up because she didn't want to have a period ... Honey, it doesn't work that way !

Great job having a kids meal at BK. Keep drinking lots of water to "flush" out the salt. The water retention will stop at some point ...

You are doing great exercising. Add another 10 minutes a day and you will make your exercise challenge with some to spare. YOU CAN DO IT!!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Anna, Tracy and Amy. Today I had a major meltdown with my daughter. I think it started when her "friend" (whose mom is a friend of mine no less) told Maria she was glad her dog died. She said some really ugly things about how much she hated Lacey etc., no idea what this kid was doing, she's done stuff like this before. So I had to handle that, then I spent an hour assembling the world's stupidest geometry project only to have my crazy daughter mess it all up (long story), and at back to school night I sort of got nasty with one of my daughter's teachers for something I thought she had done when basically my daughter hadn't been completely on the up and up with me, which made me look stupid. Add to all of this dh's job woes and stress and I really lost it. Yelled at my daughter made her feel stupid which is just what my mom used to do to me when I was a kid and made a really bad day into something really memorably awful. I did apologize to my daughter, we had a long, long talk and she seems fine but I feel like I got run over by a truck. Guilty, guilty and more guilt. And bloating. Is life great or what. Sorry for the rant, its my confession, at least I got it off my chest and didn't eat myself silly which is what I wanted to do.

Breakfast: Cheerios with skim milk
Lunch: Lean cuisine, two cups romaine, 1/4 cup salsa
Snack: fat free, sugar free pudding, 15 pringles
Dinner: Southbeach diet pizza, tangerine.
Snack: Bugles, My goodness I hate those things, I will NEVER buy them again.
Drank 100 oz of water, and one half of a Coors Light.

Exercised: 30 minutes on the treadmill. Was going to also do my 70 minute yoga tape I bought but spent that time doing stupid geometry projects instead.

 

[toystoryduo]

Amy~

I had a meltdown last night too. You're not alone. I am right there with ya WISH sis. I pray that God would open the floodgates of heaven and let His blessings rain down on our families. It sure has been a tough few months hasn't it?

I pray your Friday is a good one. Take care!

 

[lovinaz]

I'm sorry to hear you had such a rough night! When it rains it pours, huh? We all go through that sometimes. Moms do so much and there will always be a time that all that stuff just boils up and spews out. Then of course we feel like we are the worst mothers ever, but we're not. Hang in there!

You did GREAT by not emotional eating yesterday! Maybe today you will find time to do your new yoga tape. You are really working hard towards your exercise goal!!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Amy,

I am so sorry that the scale was not working the way you wanted...don't worry though, as Anna said it will come down....you'll see!!!

Sorry to hear about the meltdown, we are all human and we all do it. Don't be too hard on yourself.

You are doing a great job....keep up the great work.

Have a great evening

 

[CACruisin']

Must have been something in the air or the phase of the moon Thursday. I blew up at the kids too. Very good to have a long talk with DD afterward. WTG not having an eating binge too!

Kid projects - aaak! Don't ya love em? NOT!

Hope you are having a more peaceful and relaxing weekend.

Take care.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks everyone. I had an okay weekend. Not the greatest with food. Friday night I had some KFC. We always either cook or take dinner to the my parents on Friday's and that was what they wanted. I took the skin off a chicken breast and ate half of that and then had a skinless breast strip. Also had about 1/2 cup mashed potatoes with gravey, one biscuit and a small piece of chocolate pound cake. Drank plenty of water that day, forgot what I had for lunch.
Exercise: None

Saturday: Worked like hired help all day, cleaning, doing yard work and getting ready for my get together. Drank 80 oz of water and one diet pepsi. Food:
Breakfast: kashi with skim milk
Lunch: Two soft tacos diet pepsi
Dinner: 5 pieces toasted french bread with about 1tb on each piece of tomatoe/onions/mushroom mixture. 1 oz. chips with salsa. Then for dinner had half an ear of corn, 4 oz. of pork tenderloin, 1/2 cup roasted potatoes, and once piece of fruit pizza. Not horrible for my food but did have a total of four, 12 oz glasses of rum/fruit punch. It was made with 100% fruit juice, not a sweetened juice but too much rum and even real fruit juice is high in calories and carbs/natural sugar. So that blew it for me. I actually had a miserable time all night, was just not in the mood to be entertaining, I am so sick of special occasions and what they do to my program!
Exercise: I am counting 30 minutes for yard work and cleaning.

Sunday:
Kashi with skim milk
Lunch: 1/2 beef burrito, 1 empanada, chips and salsa (went to On the Border) and a diet coke and large glass of water.
Dinner: small chocolate shake
Drank 100 0z. of water
Exercise: None

Monday:
Breakfast: Kashi with one cup blueberries and one cup skim milk
Snack: Bugles and 8 oz. of Dr. Pepper

Exercise: 70 minutes of yoga and 30 minutes of walking.

Will update the rest of my food for the day later. I need to not ever buy bugles again. Don't know why I drank the Dr. Pepper. Oh well, at least I got in 100 minutes of exercise today!

 

[lovinaz]

A chocolate shake for dinner? You're my kind of lady!!!

I'm glad you were finally able to get your yoga tape done! Do you like it? You really made up some extra ground on your exercise challenge, way to go!!!

There was something in the air this weekend, I've noticed a lot of people kinda strayed. But that is what Mondays are for - to get back on track!

 

[SunFloridaDisney]

Seems like we all have our "danger" food, you its Bugles, me its candy!

Good work on the exercise - keep it up!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Amy~

Way to go on 100 minutes of exercise! How are things going? I hope you have a great week filled with many, many blessings. Take care!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Good morning fellow Wishers. Well I am still struggling with the food. Did okay yesterday with food until dinner. I hadn't eaten enough, and then ended up eating an order of nachos (hold the sour cream, guac and beans but still not a good choice) for dinner. This dinner happened at 8:00 p.m., I actually was so hungry I could have eaten way more by that point. So I guess a somewhat hollow victory was achieved since I didn't eat my son's leftover Mexican food too. I also avoided eating some ice cream my husband was about to go out and buy (nixed that and gave the kids fruit juice bars instead).

Today:
Kashi with skim milk so far. Really trying to avoid the bad carbs and junk today. I know I am still up, the water is somewhat gone but since I can't seem to lay off the salt not all the way gone. And I am also just up in general since I haven't been eating right at all. I need to go to WW tomorrow but the thought of being up for the third time in a row is depressing. After so many months/weeks of losing most every week except TOM, being in this state is very hard to deal with. I keep adding up the total I should be at if I was more disciplined. There is a lady in my meeting that started when I did and is at 35 pounds. I was at 27 but am probabaly closer to 21 or 22 now. Time to get back on the wagon I have fallen off of so soundly! Thanks for listening. I'll update today's food tonight, hopefully it will be junk free!

 

[lovinaz]

YOU CAN DO IT today! And tomorrow, and the next day. Are your WW meetings inspiring? Because if they are, you definitely need to go. Don't compare yourself to others, everyone is different and will lose at different rates. You are doing great, and a couple bad days of eating won't kill all your efforts. Hang in there, you can get through this rough patch!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Amy, I needed that! I know I shouldn't compare but sometimes its so hard! My ww meetings are very inspiring. But I think ever since my kids have been home for summer (dd is back in school, ds isn't) I haven't been doing as well with meeting attendance and food. Vacation, more snacks in the house, less time to do what I need to do for me, and then trying to get us all to my WW meetings by 9:00 a.m. when they want to sleep in or whatever is making it so much harder! But you are right, I can do this. I once lost 33 pounds but didn't keep it off. I was okay for the first six months then it was like torture to keep up with the program and I ultimately bagged it, gained it all back plus another 20 pounds. I am at that point now, six months in and just tired of it all. The desire to go back to my old life of eating what I wanted is starting to creep back in. But my desire not to is still greater, I just need to run with that!

Snack at 10:45: three egg omlette (2 egg whites, one egg with 1/2 cup tomato chunks)
Lunch: Southbeach diet pizza, ff, sugar free pudding.

Points total thus far: 16 I have 10 points left to get me through dinner. Oh wait I ate a mini milano, probably 1 point since it was a mini and broken to boot! So 9 points left.

Snack at 5:00: half of a balance bar and 8 oz. of skim milk (4)
Dinner: 4 oz. of chicken breast, 2 cups salad greens, 2 tb low fat dressing, 1 tb. low fat cheese. (5). I made it just exactly!

Exercise: 30 minutes on the treadmill.

First decent on target day I have had in awhile.
Drank 70 oz. of water, one diet pepsi and 16 oz. of herbal, caffeine free iced tea.

 

[CACruisin']

Amy, glad you had a better day today. What is it with summer? I thought it would be easier without school commitments and lots of daylight for exercise and good fruits and veggies. Hasn't worked that way for me either. But, you got back on track today and you can do the same tomorrow. You CAN do it. Remember your desire to lose and focus on that. We are in this together.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Anna, summer is sooo hard for me! I think it might be those summer time cocktails and too many get togethers and bbq's!

I was down one pound today. So I am at 24 total (I lost one of my four pounds gained since June). It felt good, I was halfway surprised I had lost given the past couple of weeks. So I am glad I went.

Today's food:
Breakfast: Balance Bar (5)
Lunch: Lean cuisine, ff/sf pudding, one lowfat mini pack of popcorn (8)
Snack: 32 wheat thins, ww ice cream bar (8)
Dinner: 4 oz. ground turkey, 2 tb lowfat cheese, wrapped inside two large lettuce leaves and one tangerine. (7)
Still need to exercise. I may take the night off from exercise, my back is absolutely killing me, I think I wrenched it cleaning today or something. My food was sort of weird today (32 wheat thins and popcorn?! ). I am two points over so I am using 2 of my 35 flex points.
Drank 80 oz of water, one diet pepsi and 12 oz. of herbal, caffeine free tea.

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Amy~

I don't understand what it is about this summer either... Usually, I am at my most active and eating better than I do in the fall and winter. Maybe it's all of the stress eating I have done.

How are things going for you? Things are still a bit tough for us right now, but we are trying to work together to make the best decisions we can for our family. This too shall pass, right?

That's great that you lost a pound! Keep up the good work!

Have a great day, Amy!

 

[lovinaz]

YAY on the lost pound! I knew you wouldn't be disappointed if you went and I'm glad you did.

Your food looks a lot better. And that's what your flex points are for, right? I think you are finally getting back into the swing of things. Let your back heal before working out again, and try some stretches. That always helps me when I get a kink somewhere.

You are doing great, keep it up!

 

[BCV MOMX2]

Hi Amy,
I just wanted to thank you personally for responding to my post last week. I wanted to congratulate you on your weight loss! If I remember correctly you've almost lost 30 lbs since January? That's fantastic! I hope I'm not imposing - I feel like I'm jumping in in the middle of a conversation. I'm still VERY new at these disboards and just found your thread that you started last August. I was following your posts to see your progress. I think you are doing great! You inspire me - and you're really funny! I laughed out loud when I read some of them. I look forward to reading your next post!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hi Amy,
I just wanted to thank you personally for responding to my post last week. I wanted to congratulate you on your weight loss! If I remember correctly you've almost lost 30 lbs since January? That's fantastic! I hope I'm not imposing - I feel like I'm jumping in in the middle of a conversation. I'm still VERY new at these disboards and just found your thread that you started last August. I was following your posts to see your progress. I think you are doing great! You inspire me - and you're really funny! I laughed out loud when I read some of them. I look forward to reading your next post!

Hey, I am thrilled you visited my journal! I was down close to 30 (almost 28) but gained about 4 or 5 back. So I am at 24.6 as of Wednesday. And don't worry about coming in middway, I have done that with all my WISH buddies, you catch up in a hurry and get to know people quite well. Again, so glad you stopped by. Incidentally, what's your name (I am thinking its not Beachclub Mom!).