Posted this at my site, but wanted all kinds of lovin’ from here…

Sucking in my belly all day, against the jeans that are too tight? Because this is my chosen exercise of the day. I joined up over at Pounds2Go. Leanne’s doing something else amazing. And probably exercising. I am too, right now as I type this. I’m sucking in. Hard. It’s like vertical ab work. And doing some light upper arm weight work with my 4 oz. pour of Pinot Grigio. Now this is a diet I can live with. OK, seriously. I am doing these things, but I also drank nearly 2 gallons (really, I measured) of water today, and have only consumed 14 of my 20 alloted WW points. 4 of which were sucked up by that stinky Slim Fast. Won’t do that again. I was only hungry for about an hour, and finally decided, screw that, I need to eat some sort of healthy snack. So I did. A couple of grahams, a Laughing Cow Lite wedge, and some carrots. Yep. Just like queso dip and Fritos. Gack.

Another decent day today, although I did eat an extra slice of WW bread today. I guess it won’t kill me, but it’s these teensy little “slips” that have always been my downfall in the past, and that turn into slides. So, I put the rest of the loaf of bread in the freezer. That way, I can have it for toast in the morning and make hubby’s lunch, and just take out what I need. I’m learning, I think. Remove the temptation!

The extra slice of bread came from putting together a quickie sandwich today rather than making up a salad as I have been doing. Many errands to run and it was just a busy day, trying to get all those Xmas boxes stored away again. Supper was fine–skinless chicken breasts, small serving of corn, tossed salad and copious amounts of water ever since.

Awesome day for me I decided while I wait for my WW stuff to get here I would join online so there would be no questions. I have 28 points for the day and I ate 28.5 so not to bad. I feel so full! This is great and my DH is even eating healthier too. Tomorrow my goal is to stay OP and get in some exercise. Thanks to everyone for the offers of help with the points, you ladies are awesome! God could I say awesome one more time?

Today, I hit a milestone for me–I did 2 miles on the treadmill today.  Ok, it took me 68 minutes, but it’s a far cry from barely half a mile when I first joined the gym.  And I felt pretty good afterwards (considering I’ve had a headache for a week, woohoo!)

Weight lost: 24 (-1 since joining P2G)

Pounds2Go:161

Hi y’all! I have a great update. I went to the gym again today with my 14 month old. While she started freaking out after thirty five minutes and they had to call me back to get her, at least I got in a good run.

Yesterday was “sconeday.” I decided that my one weakness (ok, one of my weaknesses) I could still have once a week on Sunday. Thus Sunday became Sconeday and Mr. Flinger and our daughter go to Starbucks and get lattes and scones. It’s really helped me stay focused during the week because I know I’ll get a scone on Sunday so I can say no to more yumminess like chocolate chip cookies during the week. I’m hoping it works since one scone a week is much better than five and some other things!

Thanks again, y’all. The power of encouragement is amazing.

If you add one of these tips a week to your daily routine, in one year you will have developed some very healthy habits!

Eliminate one tablespoon of fat a day and you will lose 10 pounds in a year.

Avoid strange fad diets — if you can’t eat that way for the rest of your life, don’t waste your time or your health.

Limit alcohol consumption — each serving contains 100 to150 calories.

Eat fruit at least twice a day.

Keep a food diary about your food choices, indicating how hungry you are each time you eat. Pay particular attention to your level of hunger when you snack.

Perform aerobic exercise a minimum of 30 minutes three times a week. Log this on your food diary. Gradually increase the length and frequency of your workouts.

Weigh yourself no more than twice a week.

Ever have one of those days that no matter what you ate, you never felt full.  That was me Sunday.   Saturday, I don’t remember what I ate,  I wrote it down, but don’t have a recollection.   Sunday.    I ate cereal, seemed like 1/2 box since I ate it straight out of the container.  Then a few hours later, like 4, I was on my way to my sisters and was starving so I went to McD’s   Chicken Mcnuggets, which by the way were nasty.    At my sisters, had cheese and crackers and something else.   I don’t even remember what.   I didn’t write anything down, mainly because I forgot my book.   Of course, I could have written on any paper and transferred it, but since that just occurred to me now, to late.   Today…

pop tarts

potato latke soup