07-07-09-Weigh In

For the past two weeks, I have gained a total of 1.4 pounds. Not good. Not good at all.

The Pathetic thing is, this past week, I didn't do any snacking at all. Here I am being good in the eating department, and I gained. Gained I tell you!

I guess this week, I will have to try to do the same thing with no extra eating, but I will have to add in some exercising. I have fallen off the exercising wagon. I need to restart my exercising.

All I need is some motivation to get up off my rear end and start exercising. We are having a contest at T.O.P.S. during the next 7 weeks. The categories are:staying and weighing, not gaining, exercising, losing in the double digits, and the best loser.

It would be nice if I were to win one of the categories. No way to do that unless I buckle down and work hard.

I could use some encouragement, though. Maybe a good kick in the rear end while you are at it. Maybe that is what is needed.

Til next time,
Donna M. Clark

No Weigh In This Week-06/29/2009

So of Course, this week, when according to my scale I am finally down instead of up; there will be no weigh in for me. My mother and I are taking my Baby sister to special needs camp tomorrow, which is four hours away from here. By the time weigh in time rolls around, we will be dropping Littlebit off.

Camp Pinetree is a great escape, both for my sister, and for my mother. Special needs kids can be extremely trying at times. Now, don't get me wrong, we love her to pieces. But there are times when she is just very aggravating. So for 6 days in the summer, she gets to go to a camp with other kids just like her. She can play and swim, and all around have a good time. It is a good camp and a worthy cause.

On the weight thing, I can only hope to maintain this weight loss through this upcoming week, and maybe even add to it a little bit. That would be cool. I would appreciate if any of you that care to would leave me an encouraging message.

Til next time,
Donna M. Clark

Weigh In-06/23/09

I gained 1.4 pounds today. My total is now 306.8 pounds. I am a terrible person. I need to lose weight. Why oh Why do I keep gaining instead of losing?

Of course, it might be the eating like a pig. Actually eating a pig. No, seriously. For Father's Day, the only cake that Hannaford's had left was one in the shape of a pig. Good for us, because Mom loves Pigs. Not so good, because we ate the whole thing within two days.

I eat everything in sight. All the time. And I haven't exercised in so long it isn't even funny anymore.

I need to start being good again. Okay than, starting this very day, I am going to get back on the wagon. From now on, exercise every day, and absolutely no eating more than I should.

Next week, I am going to be a new woman. Now, if I could just find a way to make this happen. Hints and suggestions are welcome.

Til next time,
Donna M. Clark

Weigh In- May 19, 2009

I am up this week by 1.2 pounds. I kind of knew I would be up this week, but it was still a disappointment.

This week I had difficulty with ice cream. Actually, Skinny Cow French Vanilla Truffle Ice Cream Bars. Thank goodness there are only 100 calories per bar, because I totally are 2 boxes this week. Have you tried these things? MMM MMM Good! Very not good to have in the house if you can't control your eating.

I am no longer buying Skinny Cow Products. How unfair of them to make their diet products taste so good.

I also didn't do very well in keeping away from the wheat thins. Another three boxes this week. Although, I got to say, at least it wasn't seven boxes this week.

I really did try. For example, Friday night I was hungry. Sooo hungry. So I thought, well, I will go get some vegetables. I ate a whole bag of mini carrots. We're talking two pounds of carrots. When I was done I still felt HUNGRY! My stomache was full, so I really wasn't hungry, but I sure still felt hungry.

Is there anything I can do about this? I have got to start losing again.

Til next time,

Donna M Clark

Weigh In- May 12, 2009

I am down this week, only 1.6 pounds, but still. Much better being down than up, right? I did not do any exercising this week, and ate way too much. Every night, except for last night, I ate like a pig. I ate a whole box of crackers on each of three nights, One night I ate two boxes of chocolate covered coconut bars. At least I managed not to eat anything extra last night.

I gotta say, though, that I have been hungry since seven p.m. last night. And I didn't eat anything until this morning after weigh in. So I guess I should be happy about that at least.
I don't know why I can;t control my cravings. I don't need to eat all of those crackers. I shouldn't eat all of those cracker. So why am I eating all of these cracker?
Does anyone have any hints to help me out? This has got to stop!
Til next time,
Donna M. Clark

Weigh In- May 05,2009

I am up 4.4 pounds. Didn't have such a great week. I didn't do any exercise at all, and ate pretty much whatever I wanted.

And I have been so thirsty., it's not even funny. For example, even though i weighed in today, I drank 2 12 ounce cans of diet soda, and 4 16 ounce glasses of diet soda. The only reason I stopped drinking was that I was too full for anything else. But-to be perfectly honest, I was still thirsty.

Someone told me that if I drank water I wouldn't be as thirsty, but I am not sure that I believe that. Maybe I will try more water this week. See if that helps.

At least I don't have to worry about the doctor getting mad at me for drinking too much water. I don't have to see her for a while. I haven't even scheduled a new appointment with her, yet.

So this week, I need to get back on track. I need to eat healthy, and stay out of the sweet stuff. Spearmint leaves are very bad. Not so bad, I guess, if you only have one, or two. But when you have a whole bag in one sitting, not so good. Probably doesn't do much good for my sugar, either.

I could use some words of encouragement. Anyone else ever have a problem with being too thirsty? What did you do to fix it?

Til next time,
Donna M. Clark

YoYo Dieting- April 28, 2009

I am down 1.8 pounds today. To 303 pounds total. This week I am down. Last time I got weighed in I was up. I think I am starting to notice a trend here. So far it seems that I cannot find a happy medium. One week I am up, the next week I am down. Is this what they call Yo yo dieting? This seems to be happening almost every single week.

What's worse, is I find that I have a sabotager in my household. An evil person, determined to make my losing weight fail. And who is this nefarious person? Me! Just last night I went and ate a whole sleeve of Ritz Honey Butter crackers slathered in peanut butter. I don't need Ritz crackers slathered in peanut butter., and even if I did need some, I certainly didn't need a whole sleeve of them.

For the love of everything that is good and decent in this world, I WASN'T EVEN HUNGRY! I guess I just ate out of habit. Makes me wonder, though. If I hadn't screwed myself up so totally, would I have been under that magic number of 300? My gut tells me that I might just have made it.

How do you deal with a sabotager? Especially if you are that said same person? I know I want to lose weight, so why am I doing this to myself?

Til Next Time,
Donna M. Clark