pizza friday = downward spiral

My co-workers and I have a tradition of pizza friday which consists of pizza hut pizza and breadsticks with cheese. I always swear that I will have only 2 slices of pizza but it never happens. 4 slices and 2 breadsticks later, I swear that my mess-up will NOT send me into a downward spiral for the weekend. but it ALWAYS does! sigh. This past Friday was no exception. It wasn't as bad as it usually is... but I ended up having Chinese on Friday night... at least I had the shrimp and broccoli, did not eat the rice, BUT I did have the egg roll.... Saturday night was chips and salsa con queso and chicken tostadas... AND a cookie... but I got back on track for Sunday which was better than I usually do. Although I baked about 4 dozen cookies, I only ate the one on Saturday night (whew)! Today I'm back on track, celery sticks in tow. hoping the scale is nice to me tomorrow... cruise is 19 days away! eeeek!

Focused....

Hi all,
So I am amazed to report that I weighed in this morning at 136.8. To tell you the truth I was expecting to be in the 140s with the way I ate this past week. I realize I only have 4 weeks left before the cruise and I NEED to be at least in the 120s. I'm going for it!!

Egg whites and black coffee for breakfast. Stayed home today because it took us almost 12 hrs to get home last night!! :( planning on grilled chicken with a green salad for lunch.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I was so happy to see some of you guys!! xoxoxo

Hello

Hi all, sorry I've been absent. The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of travel. right now I'm in Hudson NY. Will not be able to weigh in tomorrow.

I have been having such a hard time getting on track with food. I feel like with all the travel and exhaustion (I can't remember the last time I slept for more than 5 hours) that I just have no will to try. I had a lame workout (but a workout nonetheless) on Saturday. Ran/Walked 2 miles. I need to get in the right mindset and I guess that won't be until after Thanksgiving, where I suspect (and hope) that I will be able to stay grounded until the cruise. I feel so scattered and I also feel terrible that I so often leave Dan with puppy and kitten duty. Sigh...

Had a black coffee this morning and egg white veggie flatbread. I ordered it without cheese but for some reason, here in Hudson, they ALWAYS have cheese. I was secretly happy about it though!! lol

Hope everyone's doing great. Looking forward to seeing some of you this weekend.

I hate the treadmill.

I ate well today for breakfast and lunch, and promised myself I would work out after work. Got dressed and went to the workout room. I just could NOT get into it. I don't know what it is about the treadmill but I hate it!!!!! I did 13 minutes, only a few of those minutes running. Sigh. I am going to ask around tomorrow to find a well-lit place near the hotel to run.

Got salads last night at Walmart to stash in the room for lunch and/or dinner this week. Having the salad now. It's yummy and healthy but I'm still bummed about my work out... or lack there of :(

Monday

Hi all!
Weighed in early because I'm traveling this week - no change after being down 2 lbs all week and weekend. booooo!!

I haven't exercised since the 5k, which has been over a week ago :-O I am traveling by myself this week... and I find I do way better when I travel by myself. Sneakers and workout clothes are packed, and I'm planning on grabbing a bag of salad and rotisserie chicken to keep in the fridge at work for salads for lunch.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.
xoxoxo

Feeling Better Already...

Hi Everyone!!
I'm going on a cruise, leaving on 12/24 (yay!) and I REFUSE to feel uncomfortable while I'm there. I really want to enjoy myself, not worry about how terrible I look in a bathing suit. I wore a bikini ONCE this summer and felt so gross. I wore shorts over it and jumped in the water immediately so no one would see me. I do NOT want to feel that way while on the cruise.
I was doing well, had lost 5 lbs in the past couple of weeks, then last weekend happened. Dan's birthday dinners and lots of food, beer, and unhealthy snacking. Plus I ran the 5k on Sunday so I totally binged afterwards, thinking I "deserved" it, although all it did was make me feel like crap.
So I gained 4 of the 5 lbs back just this past weekend (if that's possible). I am just starting to feel better today, considering my binge from Sunday carried on Monday and Tuesday.... I cleaned out my fridge and pantry and got rid of all the crap.
My goal is to lose 16 lbs by the end of the contest. At that point I will be at a comfortable weight and not be totally embarrassed on the cruise.
Looking forward to getting focused and back on track!

helloooo!!

Hi all!
This weekend was terrible for eating and drinking.... Dan's birthday celebration(s), Friday and Saturday night. But I still managed to run my first 5k on Sunday... yay! I feel super motivated to keep running, do another, and beat my time. Maybe a 10k one day ;)
Looking forward to starting this up again... I really need it! The timing is perfect- Dan and I are leaving for a cruise on Christmas Eve, so I need to drop quite a few lbs!!!

omfg.

I just read some of my old posts. omfg. 121? 123? anything in the 120s??????? wow. I am officially depressed.

Aileen's Weigh In

sorry for the delay guys. 123.8.... so i guess you can see why i was in no rush to post :-/

YAY for nick!! send some inspiration and motivation my way!!!

aileen's weigh in

i was in chi-town on friday morning... sorry for the delay!!

same for me... i'm afraid to see what's comingup this friday... i ate and drank sooo much this weekend...

awwww :-(

Hi all,

looks like we're not really in the spirit of round 3. maybe we've just been doing it for too long. anyone have any new ideas to keep us motivated and communicating about our weight loss goals and progress? i could really use some motivation right now :-(

Weigh In

121.4

having an extremely gluttonous weekend.

what ive been eating...

Maybe I should be honest about my food intake. I haven't been posting it because it's been absolutely disgusting. Luckily I haven't gained a lb because of all my working out. But the bottom line is... if I hadn't been eating like this, I'd probably look super hot in a bikini by now!!! :-( oh well.

I guess we'll start with yesterday...
Green lemonade
2-3 cups of coffee
3 key lime cookie straws (6 is a serving. but for breakfast?? geez.)
spinach salad with mung sprouts, mushrooms, cucumber, balsamic dressing, and a bag of fritos. not the 50cent size... but the 75 cent size... :-o
potato chips
2 slices of cheese pizza, homemade
glass of white wine

Today so far...
coffee, water
banana-mana bar
handful of pork rinds
cajun shrimp wrap w/ fries (more like chips because of the shape, but a fried potato nonetheless... ) I ate the whole thing. i was thinking halfway through, I should stop. but i kept going and also ate almost all the fries... chips... whatever.

and i'm going out to dinner tonight.

It seems as if I've been trying to justify my meals like... ok, if I have green lemonade first thing, i can have coffee and whatever else for breakfast. or... as long as I have a salad, I can gorge on dominos cheesy bread and pizza. ugh!!!!

I'm going to refocus on monday. i'm just not ready today....

Aileen's Weigh In

122.0

I'm SORE today!! the workouts are getting harder!!

new yummy healthy snack

Hi there-

If you like the Lara Bars (Teresa!), try Weil by Natrue's Path Organic Pure Fruit and Nut bar. I don't think they're raw like the Lara Bars, but still yummy. I opted for the Banana Manna bar instead of stealing some of my mom's croissant. whew!

PT tonight. Haven't been there in about a week. scared, but looking forward to it!

Tuesday

i was pretty good until i got a gift basket from a certain someone :-) although i had one bite of the almond roca and the 2 lil' white choc and raspberry cookies. YUM. Then dinner was a case of "i'm just eating what we have in the house." (not that i didn't enjoy it!) whole grain wild rice with fish sticks and ketchup. totally reminds me of my childhood (well, it was just white rice then). Went to the gym this morning b/c i'm making dinner tonight!

have a great day, everyone :-)

No Doubt!

So I went to the No Doubt concert last night and it was AMAZING! I hope all the jumping and dancing around I did made up for my day off from the gym....!

yesterday was good until dinner time.... Joseph gave me a choice of Bojangles or McDonalds. We went for McDonalds because believe it or not- the choices there are more healthy! Had a grilled chicken sandwich, no mayo, fries, and some sprite. at the concert i had this bacardi twister thing and a huge huge miller lite... then on the drive home, a bag of grandma utz kettle cooked potato chips. oh well.

hoping for a decent eating day today. it's so weird, even though my eating has been crappy and my weight hasn't changed, i'm still feeling pretty good. put on a pair of pants last night... i had gotten them years and years ago at anthropologie. i wasn't in a try-on mood, so i just bought them. size 6 seemed to be a good choice (i think i was b/w a 4 and a 6 at the time). I brought them home and... they were TOO tight! i was so upset, but was hoping to get into them someday. I have to say I was only able to wear them after I got my tonsils out... you remember- no eating for 2 weeks! And I never put them on again... until last night! I can't wear them, they are sorely "out of style," but hey. i'm glad i held on to them!!

Weekend

So... I haven't been able to focus on eating right recently. But I finally got back on track yesterday. I was craving sweets so badly... but i held back. it's crazy how i've been eating sweets and/or dessert every day for the last few weeks. I need to pick certain days that I treat myself to dessert... so i don't have it every day.

Aileen's Weigh In

123.2 BUT I'm not upset. I just put on a pair of jeans today that were tight when I was this weight prior to personal training. yay

Thursday so far

Green lemonade, a brownie (gasp), coffee, and a banana... made a big salad for lunch and split with amy... baby greens, mushrooms, grilled chicken breast, sprouts of some kind w/ homemade "liquid gold elixir" dressing... and I ate 1/4 of a steak biscuit (free sample from the vending machine man. damn him!!!!). at least i only ate 1/4.

water, water, and hopefully I'll stay away from another coffee. I HAVE to go to the gym today...