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Oh I am sick.  I have a sinus infection and am pretty sure I did something worse than I thought to my foot.  I have repeated injuries in that location so I'm not surprised. I am gonna stick to the elliptical I guess.

Yesterday I was so bad. I got up at 11am!! (I normally wake up at 5...) This should have been an indicator that I was sick but nooo. We went out to lunch and I had a chicken Caesar salad (saved half for lunch today) and a piece of my favorite indulgence.  That's right folks, I need a cheesecake eaters anonymous support group.  My mom even told me she's bringing some for Christmas. It's hard for me to binge in front of my skinny fit family though so that's not going to be an issue.  We had turkey breast, green beans and cornbread stuffing for dinner and I ate blue chips and super spicey salsa later on. I did have a few glasses of wine which totally breaks some personal rules but I was feeling pretty off so I decided wine was the way to go. I regret that because it was the only bottle I had and now I've got to buy some for the party next week.

I did lose one pound though! I'd bet it would be two if I were not so congested. Who gets sick on Sunday? At least all I have left to do is clean up the dining room and then my downstairs will have been successfully cleaned!

I'm starting over, i totally got on a crazy track the past couple days. anyway today i started the master cleanse. i've done it before and was very sucessful. usually it is for a minimum of 10 days, but i'll probably only able to do it for 5 days bc i'll be going home for xmas. i know 5 days on it should jump start something.

f-2/2 (4 bottles lemonade)
w-2/2
e-2/2 (ballet class and 2 shows)
p-2/2
c-2/2 (cleaned my apartment)

1,10,

food: 2/2
water: 2/2
exercise: 2/2 (45 mins stationary bike)
post: 2/2
challenge: 2/2

total: 10/10
numbers: 16/5/150

so i know i said i was fasting, but i did end up having a late snack and dinner. all in all 675 calories, which i'm pretty proud of. i managed to eat without overeating. hopefully, i'm 129 or less tomorrow for the christmas party i'm going to. if not, i'm gonna be really disappointed. either way, i've decided that i'm going back to taking it slow and just meeting goals of 1000 or 800 calories or less per day. cause once i started getting really strict, i'd do good one day but the next, i'd do absolutely awful. my goal is to get healthy as well as lose weight and what i was doing was not healthy. i'm not expecting tomorrow to be really great since it's a christmas party, but i'm going to do my best. hope everyone's doing well even during the holidays, xx

Food: 1/2
Water: 2/2
Exercise: 2/2
Post: 2/2
Challenge: 2/2

15/7?/130

Food - 2/2 estimate of no calories! fasted. still fasting, now that i mention it
Water - 2/2
Exercise - 2/2 worked out for 3 hours
Journaling/Posting - 2/2 yessir
Daily Self Esteem Challenge - 2/2 i played wow, got to level 17 and completed a few quests, went shopping and got a blackberry, some fluffy la senza slippers, mittens and sparkly berets. i miss shopping. i miss having money

I don't think I get any points today. I'm probably under calorie but what I ate had virtually no nutritional value which is a big part of this diet. I was so skint, I couldn't afford a proper meal. So I peeled and roasted my last potato (ergh, I know!) and scavenged my way through the freezer for tea and ended up with a veggie sausage sandwich. Just gross. My food points do not allow for crap like that. I might have had over half my water and some of my exercise but it's difficult to say. The day ended in tears and I just don't deserve even a point for it.

This just goes to prove what I thought, I need to eat veggies small and often rather than eating crap that makes me feel bad and my moods unstable. I get paid on Monday and can buy loads of lovely veggies (and limited wholegrain carbs) in for all over Christmas and hopefully get back to being myself again.

Hope you're all doing well.

Food: 1/2 (had some meat. didn't go over my limit but I'm not supposed to have meat)
Water: 2|2
Excercise: 2|2
Posting: 2|2
Challenge: 2|2 (cleaned my room)

9|10

17|??|123

You know, I care more about the way I look than about how much pounds I've got (and besides, I don't have a scale), and when I look at myself I can see I've made some progress. For example, my stomach is almost as flat as it used to be before my horrid binge period this fall! ^^ So I think that I'm going to measure myself these days ^^ This has generally been a fail-tastic round because I spent the first week or so failing abysmally, but it's still working, sort of. <3 And the last couple of days I've really got my head in the game and I have that amazing hungry feeling. I missed that feeling. If I keep on like this I'll get to my goal weight before this incredible posh New Year's Eve party I'm going to.

I've worked out everyday, sometimes twice a day for the past seven days, and today my body is taking a much deserved rest. My back and hamstrings are killing me, so I think this probably came at a good time. In other news: I'm going to go see the nutcracker with my boy and his family! I've never been to a ballet, so I'm really excited. I'm also giving them all some Christmas presents, so I'm a little nervous about whether or not they'll like them... *crosses fingers*

Hey there, if there's anyone out there.

So I started back on my diet a few days ago. 3 I believe. I moved home a couple of months ago and puffed up like a ballon. When I started 3 and a half days ago I was 133 at 5'3 *Yes, I know... Disgusting* This morning I weighed myself in at 127.5. I know I should be happy with my progress, but I just can't be. My body makes me sick.

I've been home alone all day, but my parents left out some stuff they wanted me to eat. *I don't know how to white stuff out or cut it, so I'll just not go there. But know that it was crazy high in fat and calories!* So I cut it up and fed it to my dog. She's a greyhound mix, so she's got a gorgeous sleek and slinder body. I envy my dog, as crazy as that sounds.

I got to sleep in today, which was nice. In a couple of hours I'll be heading off to work, but for now I'm just getting some stuff out. I think if I start trying to regularly post in my journal it will help. At least that's my hope. I have a paper journal as well, but getting support and encouragement every once in a while could be a positive thing.

I feel so lazy and I hate it. Sleeping in was nice, but I've not done much today. Although I'll be on my feet and basically running for at least 4 hours tonight it just doesn't seem like enough. I think perhaps I'll do some stretches and run the stairs before work. Mayhaps that will help me feel better.

If there's anyone out there reading, thanks for making it through my random thoughts. I hope you're all doing well, lovelies!

-Em

I made it through finals week which was very stressful. My workout schedule was modified a few days to make more room for studying and I was worried that everything was going to interrupt my goals. I did not end up losing 2 pounds like I hoped but did lose 1.7 which is close enough! Hopefully this next week I will be able to focus on it and really push myself. I do not have school to think about and can just relax and exercise.

Good luck to everyone else and be strong through the holiday season. Money, food, family issues, work schedules, these are all things that change and get frustrating this time of year but you just have to remember that most of it is temporary and you will feel much better about all the things you cannot control if you are able to control at least one part of your life.

HW : 300ish

SW : 251

CW : 181.3

GW : 170

can anybody reccomend a good FREE website with information/tips/help with weight loss. or any of your own :) 

I haven't worked out in what feels like at least a month. I had problems with my back where it hurt to move at all. So I stopped working out. But now my back is feeling better. But I haven't been back to the gym yet.

I'm starting to gain weight again. Not much but enough that I notice it. I'm a size 14 still, which is good. If I was a 16 again I would be so upset. But my size 14 pants are getting snug. Not good.

The kids are off from school for the next two weeks and so is my husband. Thankfully our gym has a daycare that's $1 per child per hour. The kids both love the daycare. There's a lot for them to do. Video games, movies, toys, a table to draw at, and a play structure that is kind of like a McDonnald's Play Place type of deal.

So here's the plan. I'm going to go to the gym at least 3 days a week. I might wind up going more than that, even if it's just to do cardio or take a class.

I'm going to dig out my Body Sculpting Bible for Women and do the workouts suggested in there. I was getting good results with the routines in there. I'm so looking forward to it!

I'm not doing my goals in lbs because my weight is never steady. So I measure myself by how my clothes fit. I was an 18. I'm now a 16. My goal is an 8. However if the lowest I get is a 10 then I'll be happy. :)

Hey again! I started the plan last month and did pretty well, however the only thing I failed on was updating! So I'm starting over and hopefully losing a few lbs before Christmas! I'm going to try to eat a maximum of 1600 calories a day. To do this I'm going to try to eat 200 calories for breakfast, 200 calories for lunch, 200 for afternoon snack and that way I'll have a wopping 1000 left over for dinner. Dinner is always the biggest and most supervised meal in my house, so trying not to eat that much at dinner time just isn't an option!! I might edit the calories slightly after going on this cool site that calculates how much calories you can eat and how much exercise you have to do to get to a certain weight at a certain time. If you're interested, search 'loser town calorie calculator'. It's my favourite one to use! Anyway, wish me luck! Good luck to all you lovely people! Are there any men on here? Just interested to see if it's an all women crowd :)

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i cant remember how much i weighed last time i posted on here lol lets have some stats:

HW: 228
LW: 196 (i want to back there by January 4th)
CW: 204

i think i was 206.somthing on my last weigh in icant remember tho lol.

have a nice dy everyone xx

My stomach aches have went away! (for now...if they come back and im still eating the same, i think it might be my meds) I weighted myself...the other day and 145! I haven't been that since...last year! I "puffed" to 155 (almost 160) after meeting my boyfriend...and am finally back down to what I was when we first met! I've set short term goals for myself with rewards :) to get my self on track- ( short term goals :] ) what kind of goals do you set for your self in terms of this weight loss journey?

food: 0/2 (ugh why am i incapable of having a good day?)
water: 2/2
exercise: 2/2 (30 mins stationary bike)
post: 2/2
challenge: 2/2

total: 8/10
numbers: 15/5/140

bleh i am seriously incapable of having good days when i'm out with people. definitely fasting tomorrow. i don't care what it takes. i feel so incredibly large meh. but i did get my tattoo today. it'll look much better when i'm thin though. here's to having a better day tomorrow, xx

Food - 0/2 estimate of too many calories kept down. i always fail at night.. at least recently
Water - 2/2
Exercise - 2/2 worked out for 5 hours
Journaling/Posting - 2/2 of course
Daily Self Esteem Challenge - 2/2 i resisted the urge to binge and purge when i was depressed/home alone. now, if only i could do that at night..

I could've done better today, food-wise. I didn't eat excessively, or way too many calories, but didn't have ANY fruits or vegetables. It was all carbs. And though carbs are importance, so is balance. Did a 40-minute interval run, and now for situps and push-ups. Woot?