A Day In The Life of m2m :)

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Because you are consistently losing weight now & getting straight back on track each time you eat out or go away you stay on top of this. I need to take a leaf out of your book when I get back from our trip :)
 
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cate said:
Because you are consistently losing weight now & getting straight back on track each time you eat out or go away you stay on top of this. I need to take a leaf out of your book when I get back from our trip :)
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I seriously have to!
It's really hard when my partner and I have a day off together. E's a chef, and food factors in to everything we do, every plan we make (we once drove 9 hours out of the way, over a crazy mountaintop in the middle of winter in order to get a particular sandwich from a favorite place...) lol
 
Wow, that must be so hard living with a chef. I think you are doing amazing and with all these temptations everywhere, too! Glad you had a great visit with your daughter!!! Nothing better than that in the world!!!
 
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jackbenimble said:
Yes, agree totally. Stick with the plan!
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Marsia said:
Wow, that must be so hard living with a chef. I think you are doing amazing and with all these temptations everywhere, too! Glad you had a great visit with your daughter!!! Nothing better than that in the world!!!
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IT IS HARD!!!
E came home on Wednesday with this confection thing wrapped in plastic and tossed it to me saying 'You're gonna LOVE this!', I said I can't eat this until we have a day off together (this coming Monday). E said, "well, it's not gonna last!"

It's chocolate something with marshmallows and I'm not sure what else, some specialty carefully crafted s'mores type thing.
It's still wrapped and sitting on the coffee table. I'll throw it away tonight.

I don't think E means to make things difficult and it's not a sabotage thing in any way but I think there's a big association between the expression of love and food!
 
LaMaria said:
That's one of the reasons sticking to diets is hard: food is so much more than just fuel.
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So much truth there!
My daughter and I decided to start losing weight December 19th this past year. The week before Christmas.
It was the FIRST Christmas of my entire life I didn't have my mom's Wedding Cookies or my Grandma's Butter Cookies...

Not to mention all the other things food is besides fuel...(boredom filler, sadness stuffer...etc)
 
Speaking of which...it just tastes so damn good...
I'm at work today, and we have recently changed caterers (work provides full breakfasts & lunches).

This caterer is over the top delicious!
Today is Chicken Pot Pie in individual puff pastry bowls, even the salad has fresh, crispy onions for toppings.

I'm not leaving my office for the next two hours!!
 
And since I have soooo much free time at work today, I created a chart in Excel that shows my actual weight loss vs. my projected (planned) weight loss of an average of 2 pounds per week...it's a nice reminder that I am sticking pretty close to the plan - statistically, I would expect a pull from the projected line a little in each direction, but I wouldn't want any spikes.

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I really did like having the visual...I cleared my data out of the excel document and sent a blank copy to a friend at work who is focused on losing weight. There is something nice about having someone in my day to day world focused on it as well.

Tomorrow starts my weekend, I plan on being better than I was last weekend. It took almost all week to reverse the damage lol
I tell myself I just had way too much sodium last weekend, but I'm sure the Mexican food, In & Out Burger and shake and Kitikata Ramen all contributed to a very stubborn week!

See ya guys in a couple of days :)
 
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I tell myself I just had way too much sodium last weekend, but I'm sure the Mexican food, In & Out Burger and shake and Kitikata Ramen all contributed to a very stubborn week!
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:) Yeah, it's usually a combination of things. But you've rallied well and I'm sure this weekend will be... lighter.
 
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I love the spread sheet you made yourself! I was using one with the calorie counter and loved when I made the little line go down. You are inspiring me to track my weight again! That sounds so, so hard that your partner is inadvertently tempting you with food you shouldn't eat. I wonder if you could ask that they make you healthy food as a sign of love instead? You've probably already thought of that, but couldn't hurt to ask! It's really wonderful you and your daughter are losing weight together - so nice to have the support of the people around you!!!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
 
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LaMaria said:
:) Yeah, it's usually a combination of things. But you've rallied well and I'm sure this weekend will be... lighter.
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In my case, it's usually a combination of a lot of things! lol
This weekend wasn't as bad as last, we went out a few times, but I'd always stop at the half way point :)

Marsia said:
I love the spread sheet you made yourself! I was using one with the calorie counter and loved when I made the little line go down. You are inspiring me to track my weight again!
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The visual progress keeps me focused, and what I've learned more than anything, more than how many calories I eat, what kind of calories I eat, when I eat, if I work out...what I absolutely have to do is stay focused. It's when I lose that the the weight comes back!

Marsia said:
That sounds so, so hard that your partner is inadvertently tempting you with food you shouldn't eat. I wonder if you could ask that they make you healthy food as a sign of love instead? You've probably already thought of that, but couldn't hurt to ask!
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I could - I think what's hard is that E doesn't see me when I'm eating on track, because I only do it on our days when we don't have off together lol

Marsia said:
It's really wonderful you and your daughter are losing weight together - so nice to have the support of the people around you!!! !
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Well, she's 500 miles away, but we share in the planning and misery together. She's stopped tracking because she gets hyper obsessive and then drops calories to 600 for a few days then binges because she's starving. It's happened more than a few times now and only when she starts tracking. So now, we plan out what we're going to eat together and pretty much stick to it. :)
 
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She's stopped tracking because she gets hyper obsessive and then drops calories to 600 for a few days then binges because she's starving. It's happened more than a few times now and only when she starts tracking. So now, we plan out what we're going to eat together and pretty much stick to it.
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That must be scary but it's great that she confided in you and you're finding coping strategies together.
 
LaMaria said:
That must be scary but it's great that she confided in you and you're finding coping strategies together.
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She's dealt with depression and anxiety for awhile now, the blessing and curse is that I am the one she talks to.
I love it, we are very close, but there are times it's very, very hard.

There's been some really dark times.

The good news is that this quarter, they are up, feeling in control and doing really, really well :D
 
I am very close to our younger son too & like you the blessing & the curse is that I am the one he talks to. It can be very hard. He has bipolar. He is coping quite well at the moment too. Here's to our "children" coping well & here's to us :grouphug:
 
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