My day went pretty good, I stayed well within my calorie count goals, but my carbs may have been a little high for the day.

a new day, new possibilities!

Lil and fzzy, no one is perfect, and it's great that you realize that these things should be taken a day at a time. As someone recently said to me, sometimes you *don't* want to see the forest--you just want to see the trees. The forest can be overwhelming at times.

Best of luck to everyone today!

It's going to be a good day! I just know it. I went shopping again last night and walked out thinking that these groceries are really starting to add up - but most likely it pales in comparison to what I was eating out previously.

I'm trying lean cuisine of lunch today. They were on sale at the store and looked more appealling than the smart ones I've been eating. And I'm most definitely looking forward to a chicken enchilada and rice, even if it isn't authentic.

I also went through all the items I brought home last night and stood in the kitchen with my laptop calculating the points for each item and writing it on the package with a sharpie. It didn't take much time but I think will benefit me in the future.

So far so good today! Busy days work for me!

Thanks for the positive encouragement IAKG, it is really appreciated!

Great positive attitude Maddy ... hope you enjoyed the Lean Cuisine lunch!

Yeah Lil! Glad you have been having a good day today.

Mine also has gone well, I was so busy and lots going on, I ended up HAVING to add a fat free jello pudding to made sure I had enough calories for the day .. don't want to turn my metabolism off! :)

I just wanted to say today was a darn good day... even if the scale is being incredibly cruel to me tonight... hopefully it will be more kind in the morning.

Grats maddy! Don't worry about the scale today. Good choices will pay off eventually.

Thanks Lil, turns out I'm the department chatter... everyone's asking each other (but not talking to me!) why I'm suddenly eating in ... and smart ones and lean cuisine no less. And head's really turned when I only had one drink tonight, skipped the appetizers, had a salad sans dressing and a single scoop of vanilla ice cream for dessert. And I didn't feel neglected... I had told myself that's what I was having and I stuck to my plan.

Superb! I had a day where I could not eat at all until 4:30. I could have gnawed my arm off by then. It is so hard not to munch all night on days like these. I'm drinking water to try to curb it.

That's terrific, maddy. I find, too, that I'm the talk of my workplace, although they *do* talk to me about it. In fact, I'll be going two nights a week with one of my friends, right after work, to the gym. It's amazing, finding support where you least expect it.

Yikes, though, Lil...that can't be good, diabetic wise, can it? Is there any way at all to at least get *something* between times?

Not on days like today. No time to eat, breathe or even pee. I'm thinking maybe I should go back to school :D

Way to stand tough Maddy ... and great job at resisting both Maddy and Lil!!!

There were a few unexpected challenges for me today in what I had planned as far as my food goes, ended up having a dinner of scrambled eggs and mushrooms with a small amount of mozzarella cheese (totally comfort food) that and a serving of the Quaker Weight Control Oatmeal .... (also a bit of comfort food) ... could have been soo much worse even with that same meal plan, I kept my portions in control and ate a lot of mushrooms to make it all more filling, then for my little snack/treat just now, I had 2 of the jello snack cups (orange and raspberry) with 2 tablespoons of fatfree cool whip ... a whopping 50 calories for a fun treat. Anyway, stayed well within my calorie range, so even though it's not the type of meal I will be eating most of the time it tasted good and got me through.

It's interesting the different approaches we all are taking. I'm not sure I could do what you're doing, fzzy...counting calories is tough. I tried it once and was moderately successful...but I couldn't maintain that lifestyle. Kudos to you, though, for finding a method that seems to work for you!

Lil, if they ever have to put you on insulin, you know you're dead, right? :D

The scale gods were very kind to me this week. Fridays are my "official" weigh-ins, and I've lost 5 lbs. since this time last week, 7.5 since 12-30 and 15 since October. (I wasn't really doing anything Oct-Dec, and only discovered the loss at my physical last Thursday.) In the grand scheme of things, it's a drop in the bucket, but it's a start, and it motivates me to try even harder.

Hope everyone has a terrific day!

It's amazing what us woman-folk can accomplish when we set our minds to it!

Excellent losses at the scale, IAKG!
Great choices in finding healthy comforts, fzzy.
And, Lil, we need to find you a way to eat during the day - but good for you for staving off urge to indulge with water - just be careful not to throw your body into starvation mode.

Anyone else that's lurking around the corner and not letting pixies know how you are doing ... c'mon - speak up :)

Ummm I ate today, and ate, and ate :(