I think my scale's defective

I hopped on the scale every morning for the last few days and it has my weight up by 3 pounds roughly...so I think my scale is mad at me....my eating has been ok, not stellar but I exercised twice this week. I went on a brisk 3 mile walk on Thursday and I went back to gymnastics for the first time in awhile yesterday. I'm sore from gymnastics. I went grocery shopping today so the house is full of great food....that was my problem last week. When I buy fresh stuff, I eat it...and love it...but when I'm living out of the freezer and cupboards....it's all carbs and less nutrition...but I can't afford to shop weekly. Maybe I need to find a way to so that I'm excited to prepare food all week long...I need to start setting goals again and I need to start exercising more. I need a new job too...I come home so burnt and stressed that I can't imagine moving any more but maybe I'll feel better if I start going for walks and hitting up the gym. I think I'll set some goals soon. My sister and I are going to start a contest where who ever doesn't lose the most has to buy the other one something. Finally - I have a bunch of clothes, size 14,16, 18 that don't fit me....I was wondering if any one would like to buy them from me, for cheap...I usually sell them on ebay but I like my readers so much more....most still have tags....they're just taking up space. Let me know!

I'm up .4 this week...I am just so blue...and so stressed about work and I've had the serious munchies....I keep wanting to go to the gym and I've been making all my food for work, but when I'm home, I'm a bottomless pit...I just wish that I could just stick with it, that knowing the end result would push me, that I could get excited for Weight Watchers, or South Beach or something....and have major losses but I'm not there yet and it's hard to see how far I've come when I'm sitting here struggling with where I'm going....

Progress

This week I was down another 1.8 and if you count the half pound this morning, it's even a bit more. My life has become chaotic with work obligations and I feel like I've been on the go for days without even stopping to eat. Tonight I finally ate all my leftovers and it's on to fresh food again. Tomorrow promises to be a more normal day at work so it's back to food prep. I'm just looking forward to going to bed early and catching up on some zzz's. Glad to hear everyone is doing great!

Getting back on the Bandwagon

I am slowly gaining control again. I ate well late week, ate like crap on the weekend. In the middle of the week, my weight was down over 4 pounds from the week before. I had some kind of food poisoning this morning so I had a serious bloat going on. I'll officially weigh in tomorrow. My husband and I went to Stew Leonards on Sunday - what a treat...it's like a giant farmer's market. We got so much fresh stuff - I can't wait to eat it all!!! I also discovered a product called Fit and Fresh. They're storage containers designed for portion control but they're also space saving and each one contains an ice pack. They are so cute!! And on sale at KMart and on the website...!! My eating today was great...I only had a few potato chips when I got home from work, but those are what made me sick, I think, I realized that after I ate and now they're gone. For breakfast I had some special K with bananas and 1% milk. I had some mini rice cakes for a snack. Lunch was a salad with 1 cup pasta with sauce. Snack was 1 cup green grapes and a string cheese, my potato chip indescretion and dinner was 1 pc corn bread, 1 cup broccoli with a little cheddar cheese, 3 oz of awesome chicken and 1 serving of potatoes au gratin...not the best, but days when I eat like this, I lose. And I've been eating way more fruits and veggies than normal. I'm going to start exercising again too. Went back to gymnastics on Saturday and I'm going riding on Thursday. I feel good and I'm hoping to ride this high!!

Hello?

Hey!! Where'd everyone go....I thought I had a fairly decent readership...and now, nothing...I'm actually starting to get back into this and I feel kind of alone....Please come back!! I hope I didn't offend anyone!!

Hello There!

Hi Everyone!! I survived Tour DaVita....I wasn't able to ride all 240 miles, but I surprised myself and was able to complete 131 miles, over half!! There were 225 riders, from all aspects of the company I worked for - from the CEO to the unit secretaries and everyone in between. It was all about "The Spirit of the Ride". I met some amazing people and had such a wonderful time.

This is me and our CEO. The company that I work for, DaVita, is a Fortune 500 Company. And we do some amazing things across the US. And our CEO rode 270+ miles and was involved with everything. Now that I've done this, I really want to get into cycling. Aside from muscle fatigue and soreness, I felt great, this is something that I can do!! And it's great exercise. Next years ride is supposed to be in Oregon and I think it would be wonderful if I could do it next year. I've spent the last 3 days since I got home cleaning...which is kinda funny since I thought I left the house spotless before I left. Between my husband and my cats, it was a wreck. But I also massively cleaned the bathroom and I'm starting to get rid of some books and old clothes on Ebay. I'm also going to store all of my summer clothes, something I never thought to do, but space is limited. We spent $300 shopping yesterday and got a new "used" fridge so it's all loaded up. I feel great and I'm ready to get back into the swing of things. I also bought a diet and exercise journal that lasts for a whole year so I'm going to start using that....hope everyone had a great week while I was gone, and will have an awesome week this week!

I'm here....I've been away. I went to Atlantic City for one day, Philly the next, back to New Jersey that night for dinner with my old supervisor, back to Philly and then came home. Was home for an hour, then drove 5 hours with the husband to upstate New York for Labor Day weekend. I had a great time...it was relaxing and I'm back into the grind. I leave on Sunday for my bike ride....I'm not excited yet, but I'm sure I will be once it all gets started. I bought a new little digital camera so I'm hoping to take some pictures - I've never been to Wisconsin. I'm eating better....weight was down a bit but I'm still hovering around 258....By the end of the month, I'll be back to making good decisions. I'm still reading everyone's blogs, they continue to give me hope and inspire me not to give up! My boss has banned all non-essential internet use, so no more reading my blog from work....but I'll keep reading from home. Have a great day!