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[bikipatra]

So glad that a little icing wasn't enough to make you carry on your dalliance with the pizza guy! Good job!

[nickieluv]

Well, I only had 1 more liter of water instead of 2, and I still wound up not having the 2 supplements because I was just beat. I figure the PB was more than enough carbs and calories!

Weight back down today, phew. Also got 10 hours of sleep, which I am sure helped. And I'm seriously considering napping when the baby does, because I went to bed at 7:30 and woke up at 5:30! It's been a productive day, though. Paid all the bills, that kind of thing. Also checked up on some information for my husband's Christmas present, and was able to save $200 by downgrading the room I'd reserved for us. Exchange rates are not as good as they were, and after looking at pictures of the rooms I think the downgraded room still has everything we'd want. And no, he doesn't come here, so he won't see that.

So now I'm just checking in for the day - I imagine I won't be back on until late tomorrow, or maybe even Monday. The calling hours for our ex-pastor's husband are today, and the funeral is tomorrow. But if I don't make roll call, I'll check in on Monday with the results.

I didn't exercise today, either. I will definitely do it tomorrow. I'll be well-rested and will have no excuses. Then Monday, too. Moving up to the 2-mile so it'll take longer, of course - but I'm going to really be aware of getting to bed earlier so that I can make this happen.

Feeling good today - but I had a thought this morning that it sometimes feels like I'm going to be on this diet forever. And then I hear the Jo-voice (sort of like my mom, sort of like the police ) saying "you sure will be, if you keep going off-plan all the time!" I changed my goal, and according to my average weight loss (which of course has dropped over the past month with all the cheating) I won't even make my ORIGINAL goal by my birthday. However, if I can stay compliant and get that average back up, it is possible.

So, if I don't want to be on a diet forever, I have to buckle down. Get rid of the weight, keep maintenance in the back of my mind, but COMPLIANCE needs to be my focus now. I have to stop cluttering up my head with all this extra stuff about food.

Somewhere out there, Biki is saying 'amen.'

[bikipatra]

Amen!

[Sojourner]

...the Jo-voice (sort of like my mom, sort of like the police :lol: )...

JoMama/JoPo-Po

[nickieluv]

Just popping in to say that I exercised this afternoon - before the calling hours - which were tough. I've never been to calling hours before, for anyone. It was emotional but I managed not to sob in front of the widow - I know that's the worst thing you can do. Service tomorrow - but I'll be hidden behind the organ so I can sob all I want and no one will know.

[Mike]

...the Jo-voice (sort of like my mom, sort of like the police :lol: )...

JoMama/JoPo-Po

Sojo, you kill me.

[nickieluv]

...the Jo-voice (sort of like my mom, sort of like the police :lol: )...

JoMama/JoPo-Po

Sojo, you kill me.

I think we should combine the two and make it JoMaPo (emphasis on the first syllable). Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

Just finishing up the day. It's ten, so later than I should be going to bed - but I don't have to get up quite so early on Sundays as I do during the week. The 2-mile walking tape today had me dripping sweat, which I hate, but I made it and I think it's good for where I'm at right now. I caught myself in the middle kind of looking forward to the day when I can get out my aerobic dance DVDs again - NYC Ballet, Zumba, and although it's not dance, once I'm down to only 20 or so pounds to lose I want to get back into the Pilates. Leslie on the DVD kept talking about how there are no complicated steps to learn and that's why I was thinking of the dance workouts - because I LIKE having complicated steps to learn. That's part of the fun for me. I also have several 1 hour dance workouts Tivo'ed from FitTv. I'm not ready for something that long, yet - but when the 2-mile isn't such a challenge, I'll break out the half-hour dance things and work my way up to a full hour eventually.

I feel pretty positive. I'm hoping for a nice low number tomorrow to jumpstart me and get that weekly average back up. I ate all I was supposed to and nothing more, and I had extra water today - so now I just need to get some sleep and I will have done all I can do - the rest is up to my body.

[bikipatra]

Hope you have a great roll call Nicks.

[nickieluv]

196 today. Down 5.7 from last week. Not too shabby!

I've already exercised for the day - I added some more weights because it didn't seem as intense as the 1 mile in terms of upper body stuff. I was still dripping sweat but it seems that after just one day it wasn't so bad - probably because I knew what was coming, and about when the horror would end!

I plan to exercise again tomorrow, to get in 4 days in this 10-day cycle - but then I'm taking Tuesday off. I felt a little tight in places today, not sore exactly, but I can feel it.

Well, off to see what else has been posted. Turns out I'm able to come here more than I thought I would be - but I think that's mostly because I'm making the time - I need to be here, for whatever reason.

[bikipatra]

That's awesome!!!

[Lizabette]

Guess you noticed you are well over half way to goal. Simply fantastic!

[nickieluv]

Guess you noticed you are well over half way to goal. Simply fantastic!

Actually, I didn't notice, Lizabette. I was so focused on the fact that I changed my goal and have farther to go than I did before, that I didn't see how close I am to the 70# club, either - even though I've been stalking that darn club for almost 2 months!

It would be a nice welcome home gift for Jo to hit that new club the week she gets back from vacation, eh? It would be a nice gift for me!!!!

Oh - I just added a verse to my signature. I've had one in the back of my mind for a while - and another non-Biblical quote - but this was the last verse of the Bible reading for today's sermon, and it really felt like God was talking to me today.

Matthew 6:34 - So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.

[queenielou]

Hey Nickie!

Congrats on the 5+ pounds down. It feels great to be back on track, doesn't it? I'm glad to hear you're exercising. It's funny how once you start you immediately want to do more than when you started. You're off to a great start and it looks like you're setting realistic goals for yourself. I hope you catch the exercise high and it carries you all the way to goal! Since Tuesday was my restart day last week, I'll weigh in with you and biggest losers on Tuesday. I'm glad we're both back on plan Have a great week!

[nickieluv]

Thanks Queenie! I forgot about weighing in on Tuesday. My first compliant day this week was Wednesday, though, so I'm right on track to weigh again on Tuesday. I even made a nice little chart for myself for the season and I forgot to mark my weight this week! I'll guess - I kind of remember what it was.

[nickieluv]

Well I saw a little loss this morning and we all know how that perks up a Monday!

I did not exercise this morning, though. As the day went on my legs were hurting more - although now they seem fine, so I probably could have done it. My husband says every other day, but I was thinking whenever I have work. So if there's a day off of work, it's a day off of exercise. Unless we have a long break, and then of course I would still exercise that week - probably Monday thru Friday most times will be my schedule, so that my weekends can be more relaxed. Plus, it's easier to fit it into my 'getting ready in the morning' weekday schedule.

I still would like to have lost 100 pounds by December 28th (the date I started MF last year, although I didn't do really well with compliance until a month later) but I don't know if that will happen. So at the very least I hope to make the 90# club and post some new pictures then.

I tried on my New Year's Eve outfit last night - and I almost wish I hadn't. It fit. And I would wear it in public. And the top and pants were mediums. Stretchy mediums, obviously - so I could lose a lot of weight and they would look even better. But the cut of the top and pants was very flattering and hid my bulges nicely. And of course the whole NYE discussion led to an argument about how I never want to go anywhere and I'm paranoid because I'm a teacher and someone might see me partying blah blah blah. Never mind that I have been told in union meetings that essentially you could LOSE YOUR JOB if you're not setting a good moral standard both in and out of school. I figure if I go to a city that's miles away, I've done my part in trying to not corrupt the youth of our town. Who should not be up that late anyway.

So - my fear now is that we'll wind up sitting at home on New Year's. Which is probably what is going to happen because unless I make the calls and reservations to go somewhere, it won't get done - and I've asked my husband to take care of it and I don't have a lot of confidence that will happen.

The fun part is - he keeps pouting because he wants to go to Niagara Falls for New Year's, and I told him it was way too expensive for those packages and I didn't want to be THAT far away from home. What he doesn't know is that I'm taking him to Niagara Falls for two nights after Christmas - that's his big surprise present. If I can keep it a secret for three more months, that is - which is iffy with me, I'm terrible with secrets.

Well, I have a class to teach and I have to set up for them now. Nice chatting with y'all.