Onederland or Bust!

I joined a support group today, Onederland or Bust. I'm excited! My personal goal is to see onderland before my birthday, December 20th, BUT I'd be happy to see it by January 1st. In fact, if I DID see it, I would have lost 80 pounds between giving birth to my little boy last January 1st (2008) and this coming January 1st (2009). What a story, right?! I'm right there, 20-25 pounds to go and it's the end of September... c'mon baby!

I want to have this support, so if you are wanting to reach Onederland, either by next year or whenever, PLEASE come join us!!! We could be great support for each other! Help keep everyone's eyes focused!

Back on the wagon...

Kimquilts says that some of the weight I gained (I gained 6 pounds as of this morning! ) is from SALT! Whew! I know, it's a gain, but still... salt weight is better than fat weight! I know what I need to do next time and I'm trying to go over what I did this weekend to come up with some solutions for next time. 2 pieces of pizza and a salad, vs. pizza, and pizza, and pizza and a salad! I don't need to snack while traveling, I tend to eat enough at mealtime, etc...

I was suppose to be on phase 2 this week, which added back your fruit except for bananas, and your veggies except for your white potatoes... but I'm going to do a day or two of phase 1 and then go to phase 2. I'm looking forward to phase 2, I can eat apples, grapes, and corn! Exercise doesn't look promising. I'm just not in the mood. I know I need it, but I'm tired and worn out! I think we're going to the homeschool playgroup, so we'll walk there- 1 mile, about 20 minutes of walking (yes, we walk slow when I have the 4 kids). My plan is to go for a bike ride in the morning- that burns good calories! Today is just slowly easing back into things- concentrating on what I eat and just moving a little.

Gotta go get school started or we won't make it to the playgroup today.

Tell me what you do when...

... you go to an all you can eat buffet? (somebody else's treat)

... order pizza?

... eat at a fast food resturant?

... eat at a Mexican resturant?

Yes, ideal would be NOT to do these things, but things happen- so help me out with some suggestions please!

Calories

How many calories do you eat?

It just went downhill....

So the pizza thing was just the beginning. If I end up in this situation again I'm going to HAVE to plan things out better. Can't afford to do this too often. I think I gained 10 pounds over the weekend. I was eating PLUS stress eating (certain family members add stress, but I can't just NOT ever see these people) Grrrrrrrrrr! I suck. I know it. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr! Ok, *deep breath*, today is a new week. Even though today has sucked too... I CAN do this, I CAN get back on track. But why oh why do I have to get off? Why can't I have self control!????!!!!!!???????!! Ok, I'm done. I'll beat this.

Confession over now.

Pizza

I confess, I went crazy at dinner. You'd think I had no proper upbringing! It was sad really...  I did great all day today... breakfast, lunch, snack... but dinner- forget it! I had coke (I was getting a headache and thought the caffiene might help) and we went out to a unique pizza place. They have all sorts of "special pizzas" and the waitresses walk around the resturant calling out what they have. They had chicken honey mustard, taco, chicken fajita, hamburger, bar-b-que, baked potatoe, etc... YES PIZZA! Anyway, that's really besides the point. I did get a salad, but I had too much salad dressing and I don't know how many pieces of pizza I ate. I'm trying to remind myself that we ALL make mistakes and that it was just ONE meal. That doesn't mean the whole weekend is blown. Doesn't help that I came home (to my inlaws) and had some coconut cake. I didn't eat the whole thing though, I found the icing to be too sweet for me. That's a start I guess... I just need to reign myself in, have a little self control. Geesh, why is that so hard? I'm not STARVING and it isn't like I'm FORBIDDEN to eat certain food... why can't I just eat a decent amount and that's IT?!  There really should be a head banging icon...

Weekly Weigh-In

Down 3 pounds! WOOHOO!!! What better way to start off a difficult weekend than knowing I dropped 3 pounds in a week! Talk about motivation! That just means that I'm on the right track. I'm a bit nervous about the weekend. It's such a long weekend, and traveling and going to a new church and all. But I picked up lunchables for everyone for Friday's lunch- so we don't have to eat out on the way. I'll just eat the meat and cheese and give the crackers to someone else. Bottled water is going in the ice chest, so no need for cokes. I don't know about dinner at my in-laws Friday night, but hubby told me he'd make sure I had a salad or something! I think I'll be fine at my dad's, they tend to try to avoid the breads and pastas a lot- so while they might order a pizza for everyone, they'll make sure there's a salad too. I just have to stay " in the zone ", right? Remember what I've been doing!

I went for a bike ride this morning, and I intend to do a little strength training while the kids nap. Tomorrow we'll leaving in the morning... so I'm not sure I'll exercise. In an ideal world, I'd get up and walk before we left... but this isn't an ideal world!

Mid-Week

I got up early this morning and went for a walk/jog. I wanted to take advantage of the 60 degree morning temps before it reached 80-something! It was LOVELY! That was my SOLE reason for rising early- to exercise in the coolness! But now it's done with and I don't have to fit it in between nap or after hubby gets home.

Today is grocery shopping day. I always enjoy shopping for food- especially when it's healthy. I'm in the middle of week 2 of phase 1, which is a first! It's been a LONG time since I've made it this far on it!

Fall weather & New EP

Today is the last day that the weather will feel really nice. I'm bummed out. Tomorrow we'll be back in the 80's. UGH! Oh well, maybe it won't last long and we'll get some more of this fall-like weather again- and SOON!

I had a great day yesterday. We ended up walking to and from the library, plus to and from the park. I probably got in 2 miles of walking, even if it was slowly. I pushed the stroller, so maybe I got some upper body exercise in that way.  The kids played at the park for 1 1/2 hours, so that was lovely. It burned some of their energy. I got to visit with some other moms, so it was good.

Today I've done a little strength. We'll be walking to our homeschool playgroup later- 1 mile round trip- and I'm thinking we might stop at the park (just a few blocks from the playgroup) afterwards. That is, if everyone is in good moods! Just trying to take advantage of the weather!

Now for my thoughts on the new EP: I like it. Yes, it's different, but it's nice. Sure there's a few things that could be worked out, but overall it's nice. I like the new smilies... and the way the account admin is set up.

Change of plans

Today, at noon, the weather is ONLY 70 degrees! Which is pretty amazing considering where I live at! The high is only about 74. So, instead of doing something I don't want to do- Lose A Jean Size- I'm going to take the kids to the park when they get up from their nap. It's 1/2 mile one way- so even if I only get in 1 mile, that's better than nothing and I'm getting FRESH AIR! Tomorrow I'll do some strength training. I know that if I attempted LAJS I'd just give up... I just don't want to do it today- I'm still worn out from the weekend. But I also want to take advantage of the great temp. They won't last. In a few days, the highs are in the lower 80's again. So, if the weather is nice where you are at, get out and ENJOY!