Jillzee00's Journal, 20 February 2014

Glad you went to the doctor. Hope you mom is at home and on the mend. Glad to have you back. 

Yes, great to have you back. That's what its all about… when we stray, getting back on track! xoxox 

Sometimes it takes a slap in the face to get back on track! Count yourself slapped and welcome back! I also try to eat low fat/high fiber meals but have found that if I eat more often and smaller meals I am losing faster that just 3 large meals everyday. 

it is understandable..believe me we have all had setbacks.. but you are continuing on..and that is good !!! Keep on keeping on :) 

Glad to have you back and having a plan helps. Take care and I'm looking forward to hearing about your success. 

Hope everything gets back to normal soon. I remember how hard it is when you have a loved one in the hospital. Your focus is on getting them back to health. Isn't it ironic how much junk food is available in a hospital?  

Thank you everyone. It feels GREAT to be back. I know life throws planks at you at times, but was not ready for this one. LOL. Who is, right? I had my two/three weeks of craziness and it's time to deal with the situation! In looking back, I am trying to be healthier. I think my first attempt this year was too dramatic. It's not good to go to extremes. I started today by "cutting back." I haven't calculated my calories yet. I'll get to that after my journal. Instead, I tried not to be hard on myself and tried to make healthier choices. It will be interesting to see my final calories without counting them as I eat! Thank you to EVERYONE for the support and being there! Definitely need that slap, Kathy! I went out after work to buy healthy snacks to try to get me back on track. I can't go from eating whatever I want all day to nothing again. I like to snack, so made sure I had low cal/high fiber--I bought my l/f pretzels, fiber bars (90 cals), l/f yogurt, healthy popcorn, rice cakes, veggies and fruit! It's hard when you are on the run trying to eat healthy. The foods are there, yet I didn't want them! I want comfort food--esp with it being freezing cold! Instead of using stress to my advantage and not eating, I used it to eat--LOL. Fortunately, I didn't put it "all" on. I just want to Thank everyone and tell you that your support really does help! I'm so happy to be back here! 

Good job on realizing for yourself that being too extreme doesn't work for you. I have always had to do plans that allowed normal food and took into account my sweet tooth. I, like you, just started cutting back and then documented after the fact. I was pleasantly surprised that I was pretty good with portion sizes. Also, with experience, I already knew what types of food items were the big calorie-busters. Overall, I think that people like us do better with just making healthier choices and sticking to something that we can do for the long haul. Welcome back and good luck to us all! My 4th weigh in is this Sunday and I'm excited.  

I find when I am cold that I will get about 6 ounces or a small cup of coffee and sip on that and usually that will warm me up enough that I don't need the comfort food snack and then I get a healthier one. Have you tried the Oatmeal medley's yet. They are great and work as breakfast or lunch.