July 2011- 289
July 2012- 250
Aug 1 2012- 246 

So me and my scale are at odds, it verries depending on the time of day, month, mood; you know if the floor is too cold for the scale ect... haha 

i have walked 3 miles a day for 3 days now, i have a 5k (3.1 miles) on Sep 8th called the color me rad run :) i am super excited and have a goal of running it... well most of it any way!

food has been my biggest down fall.. im suposed to go low carb because of the pcos but find that is the hardest to give up! expecially on a low budget menue... BUT my way of thinking this last week has made things easier! 
Instead of thinking about depriving myself of food, or saying "NO" you CAN'T have that, i think about it and decide No i dont WANT that, i want to eat healthier. That way i feel less deprived! plus all the water I drink because of the workouts fills me up quicker! :) 

my goal, is 200 by new year! and I will do everythingi n my power to get there! 

I saw my NP today. Told her about my headaches and the increase in my IBS symptoms. She thinks that it maybe that my diabetes meds are too high now that I lost approx 40 lbs in the past year. So she wants me to stop the one med completely. Some would call this a NSV but I am nervous about stopping it. I am afraid that stopping it will increase my appetite and that I will eat more and gain the weight bk! I am going to have to work even harder now to keep my sugars normal. That means being extra vigilant about the # of carbs I eat and getting more exercise. Portion control and planning are a must for me now! Non surgical or surgical it's still work! There is no magic!

Hi Tammy so sry to hear about your MIL passing away! My thoughts are with you. I am really proud of you! Your doing a great job with changing your behaviors and not falling into the emotional eating hole. Your a real inspiration to others! See you post again on Hump Day! Take care.

I like the idea of Wed Hump Day weigh-in. Works out perfectly with my program since I have "fat camp" (as those in my group call it) on Wednesday at WMC in Ottawa.

This past week has been especially challenging as my MIL passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning from multiple cancers. Such a sad time but I am getting through it without the comfort of chocolate, chips or alcohol. It is possible. (Who knew!?) And to help with the challenges of comfort food provided by caring friends and family, we took healthy foods with us when we spent the day with family yesterday. Veggie tray, healthy sandwiches and hard boiled eggs (didn't devil them since I can't have fats yet)(or breads...but I didn't eat the sandwiches...just the chicken breast filling wiping off the mayo).

More than the nutrition factor is the behaviour modification for me. I must pick up the book "Mindless Eating"...it was one of the recommended readings to us at WMC class.

Wishing everyone a good week. I challenge everyone to make a meal plan for the rest of the week. If that's too much to start, let's plan for one day or one meal. Baby steps! We can do this!

Oh...and exercise too...not my friend but we're getting to know each other a bit more...

I am also needing to sit down and write out some meal planning, I am in school right now and learning 100 different dietary theories, this is a little challenging for me as I navigate through them and try different ones "on for size" still trying to figure out what way of eating is most beneficial to me and also to my family, my weight loss has stalled and I really want to break through that 200 lb mark and get to the other side! I am only about 7 lb's away or so, I know to break through to "one"derland (as many have called it) I need to be very dilegent and stick to a plan with little deviations, not that I eat in an unhealthy way, but if I am just willy nilly in my food choices and I have little directions of what I am eating and why, I tend to plateau or gain and lose the same 3 lb's over and over again, my 15th wedding anniversary is in 3 1/2 weeks, so i am hoping to use that as date marker to get myself disciplined again. Good luck to you on your meal planning!