I need to come back

here I go again.....

its been a long bad road

hello everyone, its been a long while, too long. I sit here reading all my accomplishments, only to see I am right back where I started. FAT. I cant believe I lost alot of weight, and gained it all back. SICK!!!!

but I have to get over it and get back to exercising and eating healthy. Believe it or not I still fit in XL clothes, which is hard to believe better than 4x I guess. I havent worked out in 3 weeks. I am going first thing tomorrow to the gym, no matter what. I eat pretty good during the day but my nite time habits are creeping back, late nite ice cream and pizza.

Any words of wisdom, inspiration and healthy ideas are welcome. I will post tomorrow after the gym.

Its nice to see some old bloggers I read daily over a year ago, looking good!! Way to go LOVE JEN. you look good!!

thanks for listening, and hopefully I can get back on track.

happy friday!

Happy Friday to all, the one day of the week we live for!!!!

Down 2 more pounds!!! YEAH!!! I think my plateau is finally over. Back to regular frequent weight loss, so happy about that! :)

Yesterday food log-

Breakfast-Oatmeal, blueberries, strawberries, cranberry juice

morning snack- 4 apple slices, 2 Tab. Peanut Butter

Lunch- Tuna, cottage cheese, yogurt, water

afternoon snack- banana

Dinner- grilled chicken salad, chicken noodle soup, milk

Dessert- frozen chocalte Skinny Cow Bar :)

Water- too much to log

Good healthy day, but now the weekend is coming, those are the days I tend to indulge. Going out to dinner or pizza with the family, couple beers, a few extra desserts!!! I just have to stay focussed, exercise over the weekend, and keep my treats to small and well portioned!

Good thoughts to all, stay strong and focussed, the weight will come off!! M.

another dreary day

It would be so nice if we can have just 2 or 3 days in a row of sunny nice spring like weather. Is that too much to ask?? Geez!

Well yesterday was good,

breakfast-oatmeal, blueberries, OJ

midmorning snack- yogurt, with sprinkles of granola

lunch- turkey sandwhich, apple slices, a cookie

afternoon snack- rice cakes, and a few red grapes

Dinner- grilled chicken breast, broccoli and a huge salad loaded with more veggies

late night snack--nothing!!!! YEAH

water intake- 100 oz on the money.

Didnt exercise at all but had no time , I know bad excuse but I was up till midnight doing work so really my time  was limited. Going to the healthclub right after work today, need to lift some weights and walk also.

Feeling really good, and healthy. STRONG!!!!! hope everyone else is doing good, summer is so close, dont give up now. I have decided a swimsuit shopping day is going to be June 1st. Its a friday, I am calling in sick for work (ssh, dont tell my boss), going to the mall all by myself and pick out the nicest bathing suit I can find that fits me perfect, MONEY is no object, I dont care how much it costs, I am making a day of it! 2 summers ago I remember it clear as day shopping for a suit, trying on suit after suit, most of them only going up over my butt, you know reaching that point, oh forget this one, I cant even get it up. Finally decideding on a huge size 26 god awful black or flowery suit with the skirt to hide my big bottom. Then leaving the mall feeling so depressed??? Can anyone else relate??? Then last year in the middle of my dieting, I went shopping again, actually fitting in to some 20's do I dare say 18s?? Nope, got a size 20 never made it to the teens, but vowed that next year was going to be the year, I buy the nice smaller cute bathing suit!

Well guess what everyone, this year is finally here!!!!!!!! Will I make it in a 14 or do I dare say 12???? WOW, I cant wait for June 1st. I have it marked on my calendar in big Red star. I cant believe I am actually looking forward to bathing suit shopping.

I hope you all are having a good wed, the week is half over. Stay strong, make smart choices, portion control, drink that water & get moving!!!! Happy Thoughts to all!!!!!M.

hello

hi all, having a great day, sun is shining, still a little cool!

Ate really well yesterday, exercised, and got 9 full hours of sleep.

Breakfast-Oatmeal w/ Berries, cinnamon, banana, OJ

mid morning snack- grapes, some granola

lunch-huge salad loaded with fresh veggies, cup of tuna on the side

afternoon snack-apple with 2 tab. of peanut butter

dinner- grilled chicken, baked potatoes (plain), fresh green beans

late night snack- cup of sorbet ice cream

That was my "healthy" food eating day! plus about 100 oz of water! Feeling good, healthy and strong!

Hope everyone has a slimming day and makes wise healthy food selections! M.

Happy Monday

Hello Everyone!

I am feeling really springy, even though it is still only 50 degrees out! Where is the nice weather?? At least the sun is shining!!!

Hope everyone had a good weekend. Stepped on the scale today to see I am down 3lbs!!! Happy Dance!!!!

I had 2 family functions this weekend, and went out to dinner with the hubby, ate some treats, ice cream and cake, small portions, exercised and still lost!!!!!

Trying to step it up a notch, with bathing suit season closing in fast. This year, I will finally be able to buy a suit in a regular store, and not the biggest suit I can find! What a exciting thing, I cant wait to shop for it!

Keep up the good work everyone, and sending out slim thoughts!!!

need a change

Hi everyone, hope everyone here is doing better than I am.

Easter was yesterday, I ate some chocalte and candy, not much. The scale was okay to me today, I didnt gain at all from the Holiday weekend. I just think I am ready for some warm weather here. It is very depressing, gloomy, rainy & today SNOW!!! April 9th and it is snowing. I thought that is supposed to be long gone. I want to walk outside, ride my bike and just see the sun shine for once.

I try to think everyday about what size I can be happy with. Will I be watching what I eat forever, I think so. I am in a size large, and from coming down from a size 3X I thought that would make me estatic, but it doesnt. WHY???? My legs are still huge, my stomach has a pooch, and my face looks fat. But everyone tells me I look great, and I like hearing it but I am still feeling lousy. I am having a pity party I think. I need SUNSHINE!!!!!

I need clothes for summer and really spring, if it ever gets here. Maybe a shopping spree will cheer me up. I think I will go shopping tomorrow.

Hope all is well, happy slim thoughts to everyone, and hopefully tomorrow the sun will shine??? M.

I dont like what I am reading here!!

Well ladies, I have to be honest here. I have been away from blogging for over 2 months and have been catching up the last couple days by reading all my favorite people and I am not liking what I have been reading! I see alot of weight scales going up, people talking about giving up, buying bigger fat sizes again, pigging out! What is going on here????

I have been gone for 2 months, and have had some rough times, but the scale has not moved up, I have been maintaining & losing a little at a time but no gains! Why ladies?? Do I need to remind everyone how hard it was to take of each and every pound? All the exercising, saying no to our favorites, drinking our water & staying focussed!! Summer is right around the corner, DO NOT GIVE UP NOW!!! We all have come so far, do not slip back into any old habits, you are all much smarter than that!

Now I am going to keep my eye on everyone here, and I better see some numbers going down & some better positive attitudes here! We are all in this together, we all want to look good this summer! Think about all those "fat" summers before, not wearing shorts because of those fat legs, sweating so much, not wanting to go swimming because you wanted no one to see you in your suit!! Remember that??? I do, and everytime I think about getting down on myself or giving up or not exercising, I think of those "fat" summers. I am never going to have one of those again and neither should any of you!

Now lets get focussed & get moving!!!!!M.

remember me?

Hi everyone, I am back!

So sorry I havent been keeping up. Life has been crazy, family issues, work issues, internet problems, but all is well & I decided to start tracking again.

Weight issues have been okay, seems like I have been maintaining instead of losing. Inches are falling off, becoming extremely tone, but the scale is hardly budging! My clothes sizes have gone down, I am now in a large completely, so thats good. But like I said, I would like to see the scale go down more!

How is everyone else doing?? I miss some of my old pals! I promise to keep up, going to start reading everyones blog, and hope to see good news on all of you!