Okay, guys, this it is!

No excuses, no whining, let's just make it happen!

We know how to make this band work for us and 2015 will be our year!

@@enjoythetime - could it be muscle gain due to the shred workouts? I know your frustration, but we also know it will come off. Hang tough!

@@bacon - I'm thinking about my WI's too. Can't decide if I want to do weekly at home or wait for monthly doc visits. After all my years, I still like a monthly doc visit. There's just something about going there, having the house with my chart, etc. I believe whatever works for YOU is best!

Another snow day here. I think we're going to venture out to meet my husband for lunch. We don't eat out often, so this will be a nice treat. It's always hard for me to guesstimate my calories, Protein, etc, but also know an occasional meal out seems to boost my metabolism too. I've already done a 2 mile walking video and will get in a 3 mile tonight.

Have a dandy day!

Battling head hunger with a little stomach hunger right now at work. Aaagghh. I'm on liquids until dinner tonight due to a fill Tuesday. I had soup for breakfast and will have a protein shake for lunch but it's too early. I suppose I could have an extra protein shake now. 100 calories. I'm drinking water and tea. I'll try to hold off until 11am. 10:30 is too early for lunch. Grr.

Today....

B..baby bel cheese& 1/2 of my Protein shake in my coffee

L..leftover beef stew. 1 cup

Sn..Greek yogurt and small handful of almonds

D..salmon fillet, Brussels sprouts, roasted cauliflower

Running away with the hubs for a night tomorrow ill try to be a good girl but I'm sure I will treat myself some!

Hope y'all are having an amazing day!

**next week I am going to really try to add some exercise! I have sucked at that this week!

Pump the brakes.. @@2babutterfly .. Protein in your coffee? Tell me more.. Never heard of this.. What brand and flavor?? (I am truly intrigued, not being critical)

We could not leave the house for the last 2 days. I stepped out to feed the dogs and run the snow blower. No outside exercise. I did map out a course that is close for future running activities. It has thrilled me to see my sons not ask for pop but rather to ask for water since that is what daddy drinks. Meals were good. Plenty of protein and water. 1 hr 6 min on the elliptical. Hope everyone killed it today!!

Exercise, check! We got a five mile walking video done. Whew!

Not sure about food. We met my husband for lunch. I took it easy and left food on my plate. Everything is documented in my fitness pal. Since I ate out, I increased Water to 96 oz. to compensate for added sodium. I'll probably do the same tomorrow. I love the splurge of eating out, but hate the not knowing (calories, ingredients, etc) part of it.

Sounds like everybody is making it happen today!

@@punkinvine - things going well? Missing your posts!

@@JustWatchMe - did you win against the head hunger? I battle it daily. Hope you finished strong today!

I had a cup of chili at 11am and then chicken strips for dinner. 1700 calories and 8 flights of stairs. Knees better but not back up to speed yet. Not bad.

Ok so I hit half of my goals.

Exercise 18 flights of stairs, no shred tonight

Lunch grilled chix salad

S: protein bar

85oz water

Yogurt with trail mix for breakfast and dinner

Snack skinny cow ice cream

Total calories 1020

So all in all not bad.

Started snowing today and took me 3x as long to get home. Excuses I know but life happens right.

Sounds like everyone is holding their own AND helping one another out. Great group!!

Edited February 20, 201511 yr by enjoythetime

@bacon. I asked my doc about not eating breakfast since I'm just not hungry then and she wanted me to drink a protein drink or at least half of one. I really haven't found one that i like so today I just added half of one to my coffee. Tasted pretty good!

Well I just could not stay off the scale 274. That is 8 pounds in 2 weeks. But more importantly, I haven't binged in 2 weeks. Praise the Lord!

@@bacon whoohoo, congrats to you, this is great! Keep it up!

Happy Friday Everyone!

On this cold and snowy Friday in Missouri my day will go something like this

Calories would like to keep them at 1200 or less

80oz of Water

Exercise- Stairs for sure- exercise video depends on how long it takes me to get home!!

I do have a question Can anyone tell me how much Protein is "too much", is there such a thing? The reason I ask is I was telling my Dr. that I get 60-80g in per day more towards 80 and she said if you find yourself wanting to lose more bump up your protein but she didn't tell me by how much. I was wondering if there's a DO NOT EXCEED???:-)

Thanks and I hope everyone has an awesome day!

Sounds like we're all rocking this thing today!!

@@bacon - no binge is HUGE!!! The loss is your reward. Keep it up!

@@enjoythetime - not sure about too much Protein. My doc doesn't care if I eat nothing but protein, so I'm not sure there is a ceiling because we banders can only eat so much anyway.

Meals planned, half of my exercise this morning and the other half this evening with the family, Water will be at 96 oz today. I'm getting it done here too!!!

Check back in with you guys later...

Have a dandy day!

45 minutes walking at work. Bunch of Water and meals were small. We had my fave for supper. Beans and Cornbread..(hillbillies) Held myself to 1 piece of cornbread and 1/2 bowl of bean Soup. Ate my chunks of ham first!

My right knee was hurting pretty bad today so I took a day off from the elliptical. I got some really good advice from some seasoned runners on another site. They advised me to take things slow and "walk" my 5 k until I get a good part of the weight off. They said I should stay with the low impact elliptical as well. Thoughts?

I did sign up for a 5k walk for April 1 In Miamisburg OH.

Hope everyone killed it today!

Edited February 21, 201511 yr by bacon