i need a new start for sure...........didn't eat so great in Disney but not horrible either - guess thats to be expected - short term goal - drop 5lbs by Hyannis 1/2 end of february!! happy tuesday!!

So Holly, how'd you do? Got fingergrip marks in your desk still? I starved this morning... I hate missing breakfast, not even coffee! Got the blood draw done that I've been avoiding for over a year. Should have results by the end of the day. Funny, I feel like I'm in competition with myself to improve over last time... and those numbers were great! I really need to learn to back off....

Holly, have you tried the Orowheat whole wheat english muffins? 130 calories and pretty satisfying, I think. Got my numbers... Kewl. TC 178, HDL 100, LDL 62, triglycerides 35 and my "ratio" was 1.78. The nurse was most impressed. I feel like I won something. Yeah!

Nice numbers, Erika! I'm feeling discouraged. Yesterday I ran 10 miles, ate 2000 calories, and gained a pound. My maintenance caloric intake is about 1600 calories on non-running days, and I ws trying to hold to that yesterday in the interest of dropping weight, but I was so hungry all day that I ended up eating more. It didn't seem like too much. Drat! If I can't eat a little more when I run long, what's the fargin' point?

I don't seem to go anywhere. Sort of like running on a treadmill...

grrr Dark Horse

Carol - no, I don't weigh every day, more like twice a week usually. If I think the number is going to be especially bad, I wait a few days to get on the scale when I feel less bloated. But the other day I got on the scale when I felt un-bloated and still got a larger number than I expected. I'll try again tomorrow.

Ah Holly, I must have had you confused with Dark Horse and his quest for weight loss royalty Do you guys ever watch Biggest Loser? I have mixed feelings about it. It's inspiring to see folks making such dramatic changes, both physically, and mentally. But it is very misleading in terms of what most of us can expect in terms of weekly weight loss. It also makes it look like working out has to be absolute torture in order to be effective, which seems like it would scare some folks from even trying. Just my 2 cents, your thoughts?

yikes - so at 135 that would mean eating only 810 calories plus all those workouts to lose weight?? i'd probably drop dead of exhaustion............i need to get better at counting calories - i watch what i eat but never really keep a running tally of calories - there's a sign at the gym that says something like "if you don't know how many calories you consume how are you going to consume less" i guess that makes sense my 7p-7a shift doesn't help either but i need to stop using that as an excuse..........today i was up at 6 with the boys, went back to bed after they left til 11:30 ...... so now drinking my black coffee, had small banana, 2TB peanut butter, one slice light wheat toast.........heading out for a 6 mile run (maybe a little more but not too much since i raced the 1/2 on saturday) and then will work tonight and tomorrow night i dropped 5lbs 3 years ago working this shift so i know i can do it - just have to keep reminding myself - small goals - start with 5lbs then work on the next 5. holly - do you think maybe you're at the right weight for you and the amount of running you do? maybe that's why your numbers don't change much.....from pics i've seen you look great but i know we all have different views of our own bodies and what we should weigh.