. For the week though good news is I lost 4.5 pounds.
There is always another opportunity to keep moving forward.OK guys, I have to post this quickly and get kids to school. I'm really bummed - the original scale I used broke (long story about kids trying to weigh one of the 70 lb dogs). Anyway, bought a new scale yesterday, but it is weighing differently (more). I know I have lost weight this week because I have been exercising at the gym and using the scale there. I'm down 4 lbs according to that scale. But I have to go with this new one at home and feel like I'm back at square one. Sorry to have to post the gain for the team.
Live and learn and have the rest of my points for the tracker already in the tracker. have an awesome day everyone!
Heading to MK & Epcot tomorrow for a late Bday celebrationI will stay away from anything that is BAD to eat. also want to check out the new tea & spice shop at DTD.
I was kinda shocked at hidden calories on condiments, salad dressing etc.. As far as amount yeah I can eat more than I thought when I choose healthier.
I am thrilled by my loss this week
I need to get a tracker I think.
I haven't really tracked calories this week so I can't really say.
So, I didn't really delve right in this week because it's been a bit funky. But I've been more careful inn my choices, trying to knock off the night time snacking and drink more water. I was quite surprised when I weight in and I lost 3.1 pounds!! I was shocked, buy yay!Wouldn't it be nice to lose 3 pounds every week.
I think it was Rose&Mike who was talking about 8 minute meditations. As you activity increases that may help, too.I want to see about getting a ticker for my signature. Gonna have to figure out how to fit it in.
I had a pretty good week and am posting a 2.8 lb loss...I would love to just round up to 3, but since I have a digital scale and it reads out to the tenth of a pound, I am going to use it
I was down 2 lbs this morning.What a surprise. I just completed Walk Away the Pounds 3 mile dvd.
Great loss! And as time goes on you will be substituting more of the good stuff because after awhile the bad stuff just isn't as appealing as it used to be. 
Weighed in this morning. Down 1.8 on my scale, but at WW I was up 1.6.
Which means my scale is now about 3 lbs off from theirs whereas before it was nearly the same. Weird. But seems it depends which scale there I step on.
Oh phooey. So I'm making a spreadsheet so I can track my daily healthy habits, food tracker and then an area to put my monthly measurements. But I can't find the piece of paper I put my measurements on. I have the total but can't find the individual ones.
Duh- nevermind. I remember I put it on my phone.
Is there a sparkspeople group for us?
Did you do your measurements? If so, you might want to check them. We like to keep our weightkeepers happy! Thank you, Tracey! 
1/7/11 QOTD: Are you surprised by how much (or little) you can eat for the calories, depending on which foods you choose?
I am surprised. I seem to be finally starting to feel satisfied after a serving. My struggle this week is going to be stress eating. My tasks at work are weighing heavily right now and I that makes me want to eat comfort foods.
It's surprising how many healthy choices you can make if you are really trying I just need to get some food tomorrow and take down the Christmas stuff. I want it done by Monday. I had a really interesting thought today, it seems like every time we take that long flight it physically gets easier and easier. My first thought was that I am just getting used to it but then I realized that by being in better shape it's not as hard on my body. I am finding that everything is getting easier and I have a lot more energy as I lose weight and exercise more. Over the holidays, I was often the one to jump up and get things for others, to run out to the car for forgotten items or to walk all over the mall rather than moving the car
Great job!
Congratulations on your wedding, Jessi!! Love the pictures, you look just beautiful and so happy.
After doing ww so many times, I feel like I have a pretty good knowledge of the calorie/points values of foods we eat often, but I am still amazed when i'll go to a restaurant and look up nutritional value of some foods, and it can be so high, even the salads.
That was great. Thanks sue. I remember going to that movie theater when we were probably in junior high, and just old enough to be dropped off alone. I worked at wendy's in high school and we spent many hours at the malls after work. Lots of memories. Hope your work isn't too crazy.
Congrats on your loss, pamela. So happy for you, and thrilled your post didn't get poofed today. Have a fun, busy weekend. Hope the snow isn't too bad.
I have always found, that even if i go way above the ww points for the week, tracking everything really makes a huge difference. Once I stop tracking, I go totally out of control. If I have to write it down, even if I'm way overeating, it's not going to be as bad as if I give up on it. Glad to hear you had a loss this week, and I hope the snow isn't too bad. You've gotten a lot this year already haven't you.
Thanks and congrats on your 2 pounds too. I am always happy with any loss, but especially if it's over a pound. You're really doing awesome with the exercise this week. Very inspiring.I was down 2 lbs this morning.
Kathy Congrats I see you joined my club on losing 2 lbs.
OMG, I cringed when I started to read this. I can't believe it almost happened again. So glad it turned out ok. I would be scared of it too.Our sewage pump....that failed 10/11 and was replaced, then failed again on 10/30....was NOT running and was within 2" of overflowing. He took the dogs out & heard a rumble from downstairs. Got up, started labeling all faucets, toilets, etc. 'don't use' and noticed DD was in the hall bathroom upstairs & flushed. Ended up not flooding. He finally called plumber at 5:30, then went back down to check pump & it started working when he tried it manually. So, no plumber bill, but still scared of the stupid thing!
Whoo hoo!! Congrats on your loss and 20 minutes on the treadmill!! You must feel so great.
So glad you made it back safe, and so proud of you for making the best of your travelling day, getting your exercise in, and eating healthy. I know it's emotional for you to leave, and that would have been a good excuse to indulge in comfort food at the airports, and forget about the good healthy changes you've made, but you did amazing, and had such a healthy, active day travelling. Hope you get a good nights sleep.
Have you tried Melatonin? It is in the vitamin area of the store. It helps you to relax and fall asleep but isn't a "sleeping pill" so you don't wake up groggy and icky. And you don't fall so far asleep you can't wake up. I find it just helps me shut my mind down and drift off. The only side affect I have is some really bizarro dreams but nothing bad. I actually kind of enjoy them!
Last night is the first time in a VERY long time (like several years) I haven't woken up hot and sweaty in the middle of the night-- our heater broke! So it was lovely and comfy for me and the rest of the family is freezing
I should have checked out the kiss cost before I ate it, but at least its logged now. Still have a couple hundred calories left for dinner but will be making choices to stay within range.
Hey Donalds, I'm a little frustrated at my weigh in, lost only I pound (I know, I know, on the bright side, I LOST and didn't GAIN, but still...) and I really was a good little teammate this week.
15/18 on the HH, finished Week 1 of C25K, tracked everything I ate on Sparkppl, staying in bounds on the calorie/fat, etc. limits they set for me.
I'll be ok...it just makes me all
Maybe next week I need to up the exercise to each day, gotta figure out how to work that in with all the demands on this Modern Woman's time, lol.
A clone to go to the gym for me (and maybe to cook meals while I'm driving kids around) would be very handy!
out...going to Outback tonight and I went to their website last night and checked nutritional info and *planned* what I'm having, woo hoo, that's a good start!!
Hello Team Donald!
We made it back to our temporary home in Germany today. I am so thrilled that we have less than 18 more months to go in this assignment. We are going to enjoy it and make the most out of living in Europe but it will nice to return to life in the US one day.
Hope everyone did well at WI today. Sounds like we have some nice losses!
I have not weighed in yet. I was up on Thursday so I didn't want to submit that, was not about to weigh in today after travelling for 20 hours, so I guess I need to bite the bullet and send in tomorrow morning's weight. I hope I'm not up. I got 16/18 HH points this week but I did continue to splurge a little on eating since it was the last week of our vacation. I need to get serious tomorrow, get the Holiday weight off and start to make some forward progress.
Yesterday started out I assumed I would not be able to do the HH since we were travelling. But, I started with drinking 1 liter of water very early in the morning so I could have time to go the bathroom way before flying. Then, turned on my cell phone timer and got in 10 minutes of walking around the terminal waiting on first plane. Got to Atlanta and walked from Terminal A to Terminal E. This took 20 minutes so I got in my exercise portion of HH! I actually had no idea you could walk from Terminal to Terminal in Atlanta! We have always just taken the tram. But, I remember Rose saying she and Mike had to run from one terminal to another to make a connection so I asked my DH and he said of course you can walk between terminals and he walked with me. DS took the tram! I had a large salad in ATL for lunch so got in Veggies HH! I drank another liter of water at lunch so I now had in my Water HH! We had a long layover in ATL so I had plenty of time to go the bathroom several times. I chose water for every beverage selection but they have a couple where beer is free so of course I have to get the free beer
There has been a lot of great information shared on here and some great websites. My favorite is the one for volksmarching in the US! (this is the German word for a group walk, usu 5K or 10K) I had no idea! There is an active club in my hometown so I will be checking that out when we move back. I have also picked up some great tips for preparing veggies that I will be putting to use. And, on the last challenge I learned from Lindsay that she uses her cell phone stopwatch when she runs. I then started using my cell phone stopwatch and timer for all kinds of things. I love to give myself a reward after x minutes of doing something like exercise or chores. I also like to time myself doing different things to see if I can break my record the next time. It helps too when I'm hungry but don't need to be eating anything at that moment to see how long I can go w/o eating or to promise myself something after x minutes. Just mind games that keep things interesting and keep me on track.
We got everything unpacked and put away today and I did all our laundry before we left the US so I feel like I am a little ahead right now
It does get better over time even if it seems slow!
Well, it's almost 1 am here so I should try to get some sleep and try to get adjusted back to the time zone here. Have a great weekend Team Donald!
Shawn
). I made it through the day without losing my mind. The house was reasonably clean and the dinner was cooking when the kids arrived, so all went well (I hate being a hostess.... I find it so stressful!!). Busy day with b.ball and swim meet tomorrow and swim meet Sunday. I'll try to hop on at least once a day to keep up, but no promises!.................P
Weigh-in was very good to me this week. Like ridiculous - I lost 8 and my husband lost 10 (Go HappyMatt). There's a long road ahead - but we are very motivated. Can't wait to see how next week goes, we will be sticking to our eating plan. (no excuses, right?)
I was down 2 lbs this morning.
Singing to Piano Man (the lovely Joanna from the Disboards is the bridesmaid in the middle)
OK guys, I have to post this quickly and get kids to school. I'm really bummed - the original scale I used broke (long story about kids trying to weigh one of the 70 lb dogs). Anyway, bought a new scale yesterday, but it is weighing differently (more). I know I have lost weight this week because I have been exercising at the gym and using the scale there. I'm down 4 lbs according to that scale. But I have to go with this new one at home and feel like I'm back at square one. Sorry to have to post the gain for the team.
