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07:44 pm: Not too bad...
This week is going relatively well.

I have been sticking to my food plan.
I have not, however, done any exercise.

Okay...one step at a time.
I worked on the diet this week...
next week I'll add the exercise.

The good news is that I have taken off 5 lbs
of the holiday gain...I'm pleased with that.

11:14 am: New Year...New Beginning
Last year I was bad,bad,bad!
My eating habits got even worse
throughout the Holiday Season.
It seems that I had given up.
I let myself get so out-of-control...
that my weight is up around my high.

So, here I am at the beginning of the new year,
I want to make a change,
I need to make a change,
I need to get my weight back under control.

I have logged back into my Fitday account,
after a long hiatus. I know that logging-
in everyday will help me stay on track with
my food consumption. I am vowing to myself,
to eat less (far less), to eat healthier,
and to get back to the exercise,
which I haven't done in about 2 months.

I am going to a concert in February and
I'd like to be down 10 lbs by then,
and I want to have a hot bod by bikini season.

I'm going to do it this year!

08:42 pm: I'm sorry
I'm sorry that I seemed to have abandoned you...
I didn't, really...

I was trying something else...
it didn't work...
so here I am, again...
trying, once again to lose some weight.

I have new motivation...
presently, a party on Saturday... not much, I can do
in that short of time (damage control).
We are planning a cruise for June...
I will lose as much as I can
between now and then. 20, seems unrealistic,
but, I'm shooting for it.

Once, again, back to the very small meals,
every few hours.

I'm sorry that I left you.

I hope that you are all doing well.

07:20 pm: Thursday
I've been having trouble this week.
PMS, I'm sure...still no excuse.

Again, I am not going to make this month's goal. :(
I am still not giving up. I will not give up!

This weight just makes me so depressed.
Bathing suit weather is fast approaching...and that is depressing.

I hope that everyone is doing better than I.

07:02 pm: Wednesday
I am still having trouble over the weekends.
I lose weight during the week and then manage to
gain it back over the weekend. Too much food...too much drink.
This past weekend, I went to a big St. Patrick's Day party,
and drank wayyyyyy to much. It was fun though!

But, I am not giving up...I am just going to have to
try harder to modify the way I eat over the weekends.

This week is going okay so far.
I've been staying at about 1000 calories each day.
I still have not been able to work exercise into
a daily routine...and I know that I need to do that.

I hope that everyone is having a good week.

08:04 pm: Thursday
I got on the scale this morning and I was down 2 lbs.
That leaves four to take off by the end of the month.

Whatever I'm doing, it's working...
so I'm going to keep it up. The exercise Monday
probably helped. When my schedule normalizes
(I don't know when that's going to be), I will
be able to fit exercise into a normal routine.

Wed. I had about 1100 cal.

Today...

Kashi bar and yogurt...breakfast
Kashi bar...mid-morning
Tuna wrap and V-8...lunch
Tuna wrap (a double)(it was good)...dinner
along with a glass of wine

Totaling...1200 cal.

07:40 pm: Tuesday
I knew that it was going to be difficult for me
to find time for entries, after starting this new job...

The weekend...I ate too much...tortilla chips, did me in.
Monday was good...about 1000 cal. and I actually exercised!
Today...

Kashi bar and yogurt...breakfast
Cheese stick...mid-morning snack
Turkey wrap and a V-8...lunch
Peanuts and pretzels...dinner
along with a glass of wine

puts me at about 1000 cals. again today...
if I don't have another glass of wine, that is.

I am still hoping to take off 6 lbs by the end of the month.
I'm crossing my fingers.

08:12 pm: Thursday
Well, so far...so good!
My training is going well.
The people all seem nice.
And this late, long shift is really
helping with the dieting, as I thought.

Calorie intake is about 1000 a day.
No time to get bored and snack.
I am also eating more healthy foods.
I can be so much more disciplined when
I've got a routine going that takes most of my day.

I haven't found time for exercise yet.
I'll work that in when my schedule gets better.
Actually, I should get some exercise in
over the weekend, and quit making excuses.

Maybe there is some hope of losing this fat before summer.

02:46 pm: Tuesday
We had a great weekend,
but as I predicted...it was bad for the waistline.

Monday - I went to orientation for my new job...
all day watching videos and filling out paperwork.
Today - we had a short day of brief computer training.
It was nice to get home early.
Tomorrow - I will finally report to my workstation
and begin my real training...so, I can finally get
some-sort of routine going.

Monday evening...I made a mistake that I shouldn't have.
I decided to skip dinner...but, then later while watching
television, I started snacking...I don't need to get into
that bad habit. I'm going to nip that in the bud.

My schedule is going to be crazy while I'm training...
once I am trained and working on my own...I'll be able to
set my own hours. The girl that is training me doesn't
get in 'til 10am...which is nice if you like to sleep in.
But, I've always been an early-riser...and I'm not looking
forward to getting home so late. Hopefully, it will be for
only a couple weeks.

I am going back to eating healthy, low-calorie foods every
few hours and especially while I'm on this late schedule,
I will just skip dinner all-together. If I can figure out
when to do the exercise...I will add that.

12:47 pm: Friday
This week...no weight-loss...no weight-gain.

We're going out of town this weekend...
it should be lots of fun...but, I know that I will
eat too much of all the wrong kinds of foods.

Monday, I start my new job...
I'll be in orientation all day...
I believe they are going to feed us...
again, I'm sure that it won't be very healthy choices.
I will start with my new plan on Tuesday...
I'm going back to the eating every 3 hrs...
healthy foods that are low cal. That seemed to
work well before, so I'm going to try it again.

I hope that you all have a great weekend.
Hopefully, I'll be able to post on Monday.

10:36 am: Wed. - end of Feb.
Unfortunately, I end this month exactly where I began it.
I had a goal of losing 6 lbs....It didn't happen.
Ate too much, drank too much, and really slacked on the exercise.

My anniversary is tomorrow...I have planned a special dinner.
Also, the people at my current job are throwing me a "good-bye"
breakfast tomorrow morning...complete with bagels and donuts.
Oh my! And we are going out of town over the weekend...
which means lots of restaurant food.

Looks like I will be starting fresh on Monday.
I'll have a whole new schedule, so I'll be formulating
a whole new plan. I will start March, again, with a goal
of losing those 6 lbs.

04:36 pm: Monday
Only two more days left in the month...
I must accept the fact that I have failed miserably this month.

Ate and drank way too much...
No exercise...No weight-loss.

I'm trying very hard to be good...
900 calories today, but I haven't exercised, YET!
I need to exercise!

I need to be good for the next couple of days...
Thursday is our Anniversary, I've planned a nice
dinner...and then Hubby is taking me out of town
for the weekend...to celebrate our Anniversary and
my new job. I've got to be good while I can
so I can minimize the damage.

04:06 pm: Friday
Yesterday, wasn't too bad...under 1000 cal.
If I don't lose-it this evening, today will be
under 1000 as well.

I have a dinner party to go to tomorrow evening...
that's always rough...and I have to bring the dessert!
I'm trying to come up with something with a lot of fruit.

02:00 pm: I've not been doing too well in the dieting arena...
eating too much...not exercising...blah-blah-blah
I've gained back 1 lb., so I still have those 6 lbs.
that I started the month with, to lose ...
by the end of the month?...I don't think that
is going to happen.

I'm going to be careful over the next few days...
and really be good and focus lots of attention
on what I'm eating beginning Monday...
I'll start fresh on Monday. And let's not forget
the exercise...I've got to get back to that also.

05:45 pm: Tuesday
I know that I have been away for a few days...
and unfortunately...I've been slipping.

Monday morning weigh-in was good...no gain over the weekend.
But, then my hubby took me out for lunch,
to celebrate my new job...I almost always over-eat
when I go to a restaurant. I mean I had a salad but it
was probably loaded with calories.
Then I came home and made a big pot of chili
and had 2 helpings for dinner. :(
I haven't been too good today either...about 1200 cal.
And I have yet to do any exercise!

I need to get this under control and quick.
I'm hoping for a better day tomorrow.

07:26 am: Saturday
Well, I didn't do too badly yesterday,
though, I believe that I did end up closer
to 1400 cal. We decided to play dominoes
and I made some popcorn to have while we
were playing...I shouldn't have, I know,
because I like it too much.

Today is my son's final basketball game,
My husband has planned for everyone to go
for pizza after the closing ceremonies...
I may pass on that, and just come on home,
I don't need that sort of temptation.

And I really need to make myself get on that
treadmill...maybe this morning, while they're
at baseball practice. I really need to, JUST DO IT!

Have a great Saturday!

04:42 pm: I got the job!
I got the job! I just spoke with the manager that I interviewed with...
and she chose me! HR just hasn't gotten a hold of me yet.
Exciting and nerve-racking at the same time.

So, in a couple of weeks, I won't be able to post here so much...
more working hours...but the dieting should be easier.

01:08 pm: Friday
Weigh-in this morning was not quite as good as I had hoped.
Last Friday to this Friday...down 1 lb.
That leaves 5 lbs to shed by the end of the month.
I'm not going to give up.

Hubby just fixed the treadmill...
so, getting back to the exercise should help.

So far today, I have had about 500 cal.
I've made a leek-y vegetable soup for dinner...
it's so cold, I thought soup would be wonderful.
Some soup and a glass or two of wine...
I shouldn't go over 1200 for the day.

Have a safe Friday, everyone!

02:05 pm: Dinner last evening was wonderful...
it was fun being out on a date with my hubby.
But, I guess because I had been fasting since
Sunday afternoon and because I had a few glasses
of wine with dinner...
Plus we ended up eating so late,
and the food was so rich...
anyway, what I'm trying to get to
is that it didn't sit well in my tummy,
about an hour after going to bed I woke up
extremely nauseous...I ended up vomiting
quite a bit of what I had eaten...
nasty as that was...I hate feeling nauseous,
damage from last night, will probably be minimal.

Calorie in-take for today is at 500. That's it for today, no more.
Still no treadmill. :( maybe he'll have time to fix it tonight.

I'll weigh-in in the morning...I'm hoping to have lost a couple pounds.

02:17 pm: I'm doing really well today,
but, I have this horrible feeling that
dinner, tonight, is going to destroy the
progress that I have made this week.
I've already been trying to calculate
the possible caloric intake of dinner
at an Italian restaurant...
caesar salad, bread dipped in olive oil,
plus the main course, and a couple of glasses of wine...
I just know that it's going to be way over 1200 cal.
IN ONE MEAL!...it's a sin!
I guess tomorrow will have to be a fasting day.

I have got to try really, really hard to be good
over the weekend! Only 2 more weeks to take off the
6 lbs that I wanted to shed this month.

The good news is that, the part came today
to fix our treadmill...so, soon as he can fix it...
I'll be getting back to the exercise.