I'm Back...

[BreakfastSurreal]

Hi guys! Sorry I haven't been around for a few weeks Life happened and my diet, my nail biting, and my smoking all just went kaput. But I am back now picking up the pieces. Amazingly, I only gained 4 pounds, but my clothes are LOTS tighter! So I just thought I'd come in here and say hi since this forum is where I used to post the most, but I think this time I will do induction for 2 weeks and move right along to OWL. Exercise is going to be the hardest thing for me to pick back up, and honestly I think the exercise is what made me fell off. It was such a struggle for me. Anyways, how are you all doing?

[iwillbethin]

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Glad you made your way back home! Just take it easy and try do baby steps of exercise!

Glad to have you back! Just us crazies here still! LOL!

[BreakfastSurreal]

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I need some of that crazy juice you guys be drinkin! I want to be crazy motivated this time around like you!

[Effie]

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Glad to see you back Clare

4 pounds is not bad at all. I think I gained that overnight. Actually, it's true. I left for Minnesota on Friday morning, weighing 187.5, and returned Monday morning weighing 192.5. I told myself "It's all water weight!" and I've been seeing the scale come back down. I'm 189.5 today, so 2 pounds from my lowest. Part of me thinks that's a small price to pay for a weekend of careless fun, but the other part of me thinks I'm just plain out of control.

I hear ya on the exercise. Sometimes it's scary being so on track with everything, because once you fall out of the groove, it's almost impossible to get back in the groove. I was that way with running. About a month ago, I was doing 5+ mile runs on the weekends, and 3 miles during the week. Then, I just stopped. It was too much. I did nothing for 2 weeks, and now I'm doing the Couch to 5K program. It feels so much better to not have that pressure. I am doing 20-30 minutes, alternating running and walking. If you told me to do that a month ago, I would have thought it was not enough to make a difference. Everything little bit helps, and doing something is better than doing nothing, and probably even better than doing too much. Am I rambling?

My challenge now is finding foods to eat. I don't feel like cooking, so that's where I keep slipping up. I love everything I'm allowed to eat, so it's not that I'm sick of eggs or anything like that, I just don't feel like cooking! I get home from work so late and I just want to order a pizza -- not because I'm craving pizza, but because I'm just plain lazy.

We can hound each other until we get our groove back, you wanna?

[BreakfastSurreal]

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My challenge now is finding foods to eat. I don't feel like cooking, so that's where I keep slipping up. I love everything I'm allowed to eat, so it's not that I'm sick of eggs or anything like that, I just don't feel like cooking! I get home from work so late and I just want to order a pizza -- not because I'm craving pizza, but because I'm just plain lazy.

We can hound each other until we get our groove back, you wanna?

of course! be my buddy! we are at the exact same weight too I think. And YEAH the cooking thing is a PAIN for me...I LOVE to just pop something in the microwave and then eat it. But I dooo looovee scrambled eggs and bacon, and lots of meat, all which requires cooking. So I am totally with you right there. I sooo wish my fiance would do atkins with me, then we could take turns at least! And I am lazy too. Being lazy sucks, I hate that I am this way. Lazy and ADHD. And in the spring I'm going back to school so that means getting back on my ADHD meds, then maybe I will be less lazy, they always helped me stay focused.

[eireanngobrach]

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yay you are back!!! I was wondering where you went! Congrats for making the decision to start over. best of luck