So what's YOUR plan.

Here's mine:

I've been tracking on www.SparkPeople.com I'm actually liking SparkPeople a LOT for tracking calories. Virtually EVERY single food and brand name in life is in the data base because you can access foods put in by other people. Pretty much ANYthing I've eaten... somebody else before me has already eaten it and put it in the database for me.

But I like tracking calories burned at Fitday better. Fitday has every activity in life in the data base... including sleeping, playing trombone, cleaning, driving, exercising...

So anyway, I've already done my 25 minutes of "30 Day Shred" and 30 min on the elliptical.

I've got fish defrosted and bread out getting stale for bread crumbs for dinner.

And I've got Spark People calories eaten set at 1500-1700 calories.



Now... nothing to it, but to do it.

Off to practice trombone for an hour (which burns 200 calories, btw )

I'm still 3-4 lbs up from my current normal. I'm still not doing anything about it even though I hit my upper limit this am (the number where you say NO MORE).

I've been biking short stretches and drinking more water, but my food is definitely off.

Blecchh.

Do I have a plan? Not yet.

Wow, Jill, I'm exhausted just reading about what you did yesterday. And I slept well after just spending the whole afternoon at the pool with DS.

Brie, I'm sorry to hear you're so frustrated. But from all the years I've "known" you on this board, I feel pretty confident that you will be able to turn it around. You always have.

My plan is to go back to baby steps. Even though I know better, lately I've been starting every day thinking "OK, this is IT. I'm going to do everything right from now on" or some variation on that theme. And it's just not working -- big surprise. So instead I'm going to focus on three things: eating more slowly, keeping my snacks under 200 calories (and having one in the afternoon only), and incorporating more lean protein into my meals, especially breakfast.

I am planning for a totally on track day. I did 90 minutes of pretty intense exercise so that I make my food day "top heavy" as I am super hungry after exercise. Plus, I tend to feel far more satisfied eating more for B and L and keeping dinner super light.

I logged on fitday and came up at 14% fat. (I was at 9% but decided to have one of my oatmeal pb cookies after exercise and the fat jumped.)

My weight is still up :-(

I'm up five more pounds from Chicago : (

That's motivation enough for me to get back on track right now.

I'm planning on a salad for lunch, a 6 mile power walk (my ankle is really bothering me so I don't want to run on it today) and then we'll be walking around the zoo later this afternoon.

Dinner will be tuna and a salad.

I tried on one of my "go to" skirts this morning and it was too tight. I almost cried.

I know that some of the Chicago weight will come off quickly but I definitely have some work to do to get back down into my range (and the lower part at that).

My goal is to get back to my Oprah weight by the end of July.

My plan today was NO plan. It is after 2AM here, and I still cannot sleep. Some insomnia issues. Today and yesterdays plan included unplanned exercise. Last night I carried about 15 bags of sand up hill into our yard to get ready for laying a patio. Today included almost 2 tons of bricks patio pavers-carrying them from a truck to our yard because we have a narrow walkway into our yard-so that means NO wheel barrow, no help, just carrying those darn bricks from truck to yard. My unplanned exercise also included 5 trips to Home Depot. Trip 1: to get the 2 tons of brick pavers, Trip 2: to return the 8 broken brick pavers exchange them for un-broken bricks, and to rent a saw and tamper for patio project. Trip 3: to buy 10 more brick pavers and patio furniture for new patio. Trip 4: to get the pole attachment for the umbrella that Home Depot forgot to give us on trip 4!!! I carried/moved about a ton of stuff today so I guess that counts as exercise! Okay-there was NO trip 5!!! But 4 trips to Home Depot was enough for me! The people there know me by name. So, I got way more unplanned exercise than I planned for! Yay! My body hurts from all the carrying/moving of sand/pavers. Also, and totally not related to our patio project is that I started a belly dancing class on Mondays. Wow-way harder than I ever anticipated. The stretching and movements are very hard!!! Our teacher, Flavia, makes sure we are doing everything JUST right, making sure we are perfect in our movements-which I appreciate, but at the same time it is a curse because my body hurts the next day! Ok Denise, I think I went way overboard answering the "What's YOUR plan" question LOL!!!
JIll

Hey Steph,
Have you considered taking children's vitamins? I like the Flintstones chewables, but they are making gummy ones too. I like how they taste so I remember to take it. I also do a chewable calcium, the fruity chalky kind, not the chocolate ones. I don't think I have forgotten to take my vitamins more than 2 or 3 times in the last 2 years.

Hang in there, Brie!!!

I came in at 1671 calories, which for me... on a Saturday is very good.

I think I burned 2100ish. Would be more, if I didn't get hooked on a VH1 show on Micheal Jackson's videos.

I had 1/2 a slice extra cake and not a small sliver of cake. Not on plan.

I'm doing way too much "off plan" eating - even before vacation. I'm feeling it too. Stuff is tighter and I don't feel good in my skin right now.

I need to get back to a place where I care more and am struggling.

I'm back to the weight I was when my mil was sick three years ago and I'm not happy about it.

I feel like I start the day super motivated but by night time, I just want to eat what I want and not bother with my plan.

I feel like I'm starting to spiral and have to get a grip on it.

I have an outing tomorrow night, a lunch date Tuesday, and two parties later this week. Then another vacation.

I want to be back down to where I was weight wise but don't want to do what it takes to get there. Ridiculous and impossible statement.

(I'm also wicked puffy and PMSing which is not helping either and I messed up my ankle yet again this morning).

I need to make a plan for tomorrow for food and I'm struggling.

I have decided to make a goal for each month. This month I am a broken record, but its drinking water and taking vitamins.

I really need to take KD's advice and babystep back into all this.

I stuck to my plan today- the first TOTALLY on plan day in well over a week. I also did a 4 mile walk and had plenty of water.

Thanks for starting this, Denise. I totally needed it!

My plan:

Exercise was a 4 mile run, 1 hour of lawn mowing and yard work. I was outside for 3 1/2 total this morning.

My challenge today is that we're having a b-day party for dd tonight - pizza, popcorn, ice cream cake.

My plan is to have a large salad and one small slice of pizza and a sliver of cake.

I'll have some popcorn for snack.

I have some anxiety right now about some family healthy issues so I'm trying to stay focused on not letting worries derail me from my food plan. It won't help!