Hey! Checking in with you all. I don’t have the time to check in here every night like I want to, but I will keep coming here at least once a week.

I am still on my detox diet and have lost three or four more pounds since i started it a week and a half ago. (Now about six pounds in all and that includes a ton more muscle from yoga so I’m happy with that loss.) I feel lighter because of it. Add yoga to it all and I’m feeling great.

Well, I didn’t lose or gain any weight this week, despite working hard the last half of the week. For those of you doing Weight Watchers, do you use your flex points? I have another friend doing it right now who lost 5pounds last week by actually eating all 35 of her extra flex points. I don’t usually even eat 1/3 of them. I try to keep within my points and may go 1-2 over each day, but never that much.

Have you  noticed a difference if you do consume those extra points? I am afraid I would gain, but I have to shake up something here because I’m really stagnating. I’m starting week 6 at 6.2 pounds loss and, while I know that’s still a pound a week, it is hard. My friend has dropped major weight and I sit in meetings with people who are losing 4-7 pounds a week. Granted, they have  more weight to lose than I do, but I still have 24 pounds left and need to do something here!

You know how they say that you should view your change in diet as a “way of life” rather than a diet? You know how you hear that people lose the weight and then gain it all back (because they go back to eating what they did before they dieted)? I keep these things in mind a lot. I keep trying to find foods I’m going to continue to eat forever and ever - because I’ve just figured it out. I can’t not. This is it - I can’t go back to eating Panera Egg Souffles for breakfast and Chipolte soft tacos and salty chips for lunch, followed by a fatty rib eye for dinner. Not ever.

Yesterday was weigh in and I lost almost 2 lbs. last week, 1.8 lbs.  So I am down a total of 11.5 lbs.  It kills me though, I have been really conscientious for the most part about eating correctly, water, etc., but my daughter on the other hand, had several little episodes of eating too much or the wrong thing and she still lost 3 lbs.  It has taken me 4 weeks to lose 11.5 lbs. and it has taken her 2 weeks to lose 10 lbs.  Interesting.  I have decided that this week, I am going to have to MAKE myself get up and do some exercise and get into the habit.  It is just so hard by the end of the day and with all the rain and stuff my body just aches by the time I get home, all I want to do is plant myself.  I don’t think I can lower my points anymore because I will get too hungry at this weight so its a must.  So.. Wish me luck.  I am determined.  I have got to get my metabolism revved up.  The WW meeting was actually very good, and I got a couple of new recipes and ideas and meal planning. 

I could just kick myself. I bought a big bag of candy for the kids to give out with their Valentines. Well, lets say I am going to have to buy another bag because I binged and ate enough for all of us here the last three nights.

Now I feel down, depressed,ugly and frustrated.  Why can’t I do this right now? UGH!!! I am blaming it on lack of sleep. Been a week and T is still waking to nursing all night(cries for hours on end) . I haven’t nursed him at night so why is he still waking for it? Last night he tried to nurse off my nose : ( But thats a whole other issue.

Hi, I’m Jacque. I’m a stay-at-home mom of 4. 1 girl (12) and 3 boys (10,4,2) I am not used to blogging and basically very cautious and quiet. I have 45 pounds2go, more like 50-60. I’ve never counted calories I always believed if I exercised enough things would work out. Obviously I stopped moving a few years ago (10 to be exact) and its all caught up with me. I have not weighed myself yet. First I have to find the scale under my bed and go buy batteries, but I promise to do it. This week I’ve done better but I sure don’t get a blue ribbon for it. Now the kids and hubby are home for the weekend and there’s left over pizza in the fridge. After reading everyones blogs I now realize I must be dehydrated and need alot more water. I need to get up…..

Good morning, fellow P2G’ers! Happy Groundhog Day! Our Nova Scotia rodent did NOT see his shadow this morning, so can spring be far off?

Yesterday was a good day again with no major mistakes in it. Well, I did have a 2″ slice of apple pie at suppertime, but even with that, I stayed within my calorie range for the day, thanks to a fish and salad brunch.

I started a new “diet blog” yesterday and have linked to that instead of my other one. I wanted a place where my day to day struggles and triumphs while losing weight wouldn’t get overshadowed by other posts. I posted an anecdote this morning about a canoe trip I took in 1996 and how the memory of that trip inspires me to face new challenges, if you care to read. I imagine that everyone has some sort of hardship they’ve overcome in their past from which they can draw inspiration and determination.