Here is my committment to myself. Anyone wanna join me?

I will follow my Nutrisystem meal plans.

I will exercise for a minimum of 20 min a day 4 days a week.

I will lose at least 1 lb a week.

I will drink at least 64 ounces of Water a day.

I cannot continue to eat unhealthy and expect to lose weight.

I cannot continue to not exercise and expect to lose weight.

I cannot continue to buy pills, buy exercise equip, etc then not use them and expect to lose weight.

I cannot continue to feel sorry for myself because I do not have the band anymore.

There is that good enough for you? I am talking to my excess weight demon. Yeah you - you good for nothing bad seed.

To quote the almighty, "Get thee behind me, (excess weight demon)!"

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Vegas: Welcome aboard. Come on in the water is fine.

Cashley: Where did you go? Come back and play. I promise to be nice.

Susan: We can cry on each other's shoulders missing our grandkids. LOL!!

Brenda: You can do it. Keep those Vows and all is going to work out in the end.

Paula: Where did you go? HMMM??? Step away from the GS Cookies!!!

Who did I miss?

Penni I am so proud of you !!! keep up the good work and keep the determination in the foremost part of your mind and it will help

I was thinking that for every week that i dont lose at least a pound i will have to put a dollar in a jar and cant take the money out or use it until i have reached my final goal or i am filing bankruptcy...lol...jk ...which ever comes first

Tina: That is a great outlook. Thanks for the words of encouragement on this thread an the other thread too.

Today's plan accomplishment:

I will follow my Nutrisystem meal plans. (OK, back to the plan.)

I will exercise for a minimum of 20 min a day 4 days a week. (I didn't get up today till 11am. What is up with that? I am so tired. I think the crud I had is finally catching up with me and kicking me in the arse. I am coughing my head off and now I am sore all over. GEEZ!! When will it end?)

I will lose at least 1 lb a week. (I sure hope I see a lose come Monday. I have not been eating as much since I am sick and I have been drinking lots of Water.)

I will drink at least 64 ounces of water a day. (Got in about 64oz so far. Can we say I live in the bathroom now. LOL!!)

Positive reinforcement mantras:

I will continue to eat healthy and hope to lose weight.

I will continue to exercise and hope to lose weight.

I will continue to be proud of myself with all the accomplishments to date.

Guess who's sleeping in a little bed in my room? *big happy smiles* Yup, we brought our grandson back over tonight so his mom and dad could get the moving cleanup completed.

I am so stinking sore from all the walking yesterday! Berks are NOT the thing to wear for speed walking when you have a 250+ lb body! *laughs*

I will do 30 minutes of cardio every day. (Too too sore to try.)

I will drink 6 - 16.9oz bottles of Water every day. (Way behind on water today.)

I will write down every bite I put in my mouth - quantity, calories, Protein. (Yup, keeping up on this.)

I will take on one realistic self or home project per day. (Dawg and I took a drive to the mountains today. I took the camera along and started working on my photography homework for the week. We also did a large grocery shop and - did I mention that we have our grandson with us again? hehe)

Penni thanks for the encouragement. Welcome to all those who have recently joined us here. Photonut - you and I have interest in the sam hobby - photography. I love taking pictures and I scrapbook as well. Love my digital camera and hope to have a digital SLR one of these days....

I didn't do too bad over the weekend but my WW (weight watchers) plan was not easy to stick to. I did "okay" but not great or nothing. I have done good so far today in sticking back to the core plan on WW. I am trying to get more Water in than normal as my allergies are giving me a fit and I don't want anything to eat becuase of all the drainage... I know, I know, that is gross huh? This stinks because I was due to have a fill tomorrow but they won't do it now since I have so much drainage.

Goals for Today, Monday April 3rd

• I vow to exercise for at least 30 minutes aiming for an hour a day goal 2 miles walked per day. ()
  
• I vow to follow the Weightwatchers Core plan. ()
  
• I vow to drink 64 oz water per day, aiming for 92 oz.:spit: ()
  
• I will NOT beat myself up when I have not lost yet:boxing: :ohwell: :frusty:(still not good at this yet)
  
• I vow to only eat core plan snack between meals.:hungry: ()
  
• I vow to take my Vitamins daily. (done)

I will post later tonight on how I have done on my goals above...

Today's plan accomplishment:

I will follow my Nutrisystem meal plans. (OK, back to the plan.)

I will exercise for a minimum of 20 min a day 4 days a week. (OK woke up this morning with a MIgraine. UGH!! I will be so glad when I can get back to a normal routine.)

I will lose at least 1 lb a week. (Nope no loss this week.)

I will drink at least 64 ounces of Water a day. (Getting in the water is getting harder and harder. I am working on it.)

Positive reinforcement mantras:

I will continue to eat healthy and hope to lose weight.

I will continue to exercise and hope to lose weight.

I will continue to be proud of myself with all the accomplishments to date.

Umm.. I haven't done this since Saturday? Ugh.. I'm really falling down on my commitments!

Basically, I've been doing ok, just not perfect. Starting tomorrow... perfection baby! :scared:

Yeah guilty here as well. Just trying to focus all my energy on getting well. Did I say energy? What energy? I have NONE!! LOL!!

I will try to check in more often. That should be another committment. LOl!!!

I will try to check in more often. That should be another committment. LOl!!!

I will do my daily update on this thread - daily! (so far um.. blah) *laughs*

Where'd you go, Penni? I thought I'd come over here & poke you with a stick! Plus, I've been looking for a home for my checklist. It was inspired by you, lol, so you're getting stuck with it!

I don't weigh myself (no scale)... so I HAVE to work my plan to make a difference. I'm really trying to focus on things I CAN control & not stuff I can't (water weight, plateaus, etc).

10-APR-2006

Vitamins — check

Water — check (First time in 4 days!)

Protein — check!

Exercise — no check (This is per plan.)

food journal — check!

Good choices — semi-check (Better then last week, but not where it needs to be.)

Calorie difference 1000+ — check! (1381, first time in a week!)

Daily affirmations 3 times — semi-check (2 of 3)

OK OK OK Janet I am here are you happy now. LOL!!!! Thanks I needed the poking with a stick. OUCH not so hard next time.

Today's plan accomplishment:

I will follow my Nutrisystem meal plans. (OK, back to the plan well for Breakfast and lunch anyway, Just can't seem to get supper on plan. :help: )

I will exercise for a minimum of 20 min a day 4 days a week. (nope none today)

I will lose at least 1 lb a week. (Nope no loss this week.)

I will drink at least 64 ounces of Water a day. (Getting in the water is getting harder and harder. I am working on it.)

Positive reinforcement mantras:

I will continue to eat healthy and hope to lose weight.

I will continue to exercise and hope to lose weight.

I will continue to be proud of myself with all the accomplishments to date.

Woot! Sorry, didn't mean to bruise!

Start with the Water... and the rest falls in line (works for me, anyway, lol). Probably cuz I don't have time to shove food in!

11-APR-2006

Vitamins — check

Water — super-duper check (100+ oz, really, really thirsty)

Protein — check (barely)

Exercise — check (moved our time up to 25 min!!)

food journal — check

Good choices — no check (better then last week, lol, but still need work here)

Calorie difference 1000+ — check (1217, thank goodness for exercise!)

Daily affirmations 3 times — no check (1 out of 3, lol. I say them when I post here.)

TODAY I will make a difference!

TODAY I will create the me of tomorrow!

TODAY I will conquer my addictions!

TODAY I will practice my new habits!

TODAY I will get all things checked!

I am in control of my diet & exericse.

I make good food choices daily.

I move my body daily.

I am patient with myself & my weight loss.

I follow my plan so that I can triumph!

I'm getting really, really tired of chewing. **sigh** Do you still chew like a bandster Penni? I have this theory that bandsters lose weight simply because there's not enough time in the day to chew enough calories!

Oh, I forgot my NSV, lol! One ENTIRE day with ZERO food incidents! No golf-ball, slime, or PB! First day in a LONG time!

LOL Nope I take HUGE bites and never chew till it is liquid anymore. That is one of my problems. I need to do that more. I had a weird incident last night. I had just eaten my 6 inch sub and a small bag of fritos (yes I know it was bad) and I hiccuped. I brought some of the food back up. Almost like a PB but without the pain. I was shocked. That told me that I ate way too much but I was still in the head hunger. I was looking around for something else to eat after I ate the sandwich and fritos.

So, in the past I have kept an emotion/food journal. I think I will start another one. This works by writing down your emotion prior to putting something in your mouth. Then write down your emotion after you eat. Compare the two and see if you can connect them in someway to how you are actually feeling about the food. I did alot of self analysis that way and had conquered some of my head demons. Amazing I had forgotten about it till now. The pseudo-PB episode reminded me of that rather fast. LOL!!

Today's plan accomplishment:

I will follow my Nutrisystem meal plans. (OK, back to the plan well for breakfast and lunch anyway, Just can't seem to get supper on plan. :help: Still working on that and will till I reach this goal.)

I will exercise for a minimum of 20 min a day 4 days a week. (nope none today)

I will lose at least 1 lb a week. (Won't know till I weigh agian. Keep me in your prayers.)

I will drink at least 64 ounces of water a day. (Getting in the water is starting to get more easy. SIGH!!)

Positive reinforcement mantras:

I will continue to eat healthy and hope to lose weight.

I will continue to exercise and hope to lose weight.

I will continue to be proud of myself with all the accomplishments to date.