As long as you make smart choices you cna have it all...Ive eaten out 3 or 4 times this week - geeesh - LOL and I just order salads instead of fries and water instead of anythign else - that kinda stuff...You can still eat out nad enjoy yourself as long as you make better choices and i liek to share dessert!!! That way I get to have some and Im not gettin all the cals with it...

I hope your visit goes well with your company and I am so proud of you for maintaing onderland and still losing!!!

OHHH I love spain I have been there several times and it gets better with each visit-Well in my single days it did
It hard to stay on track when on vacation-luckily the spanish have alot of tasty food that may keep you on track. May plan head and think of some of the food you will like to stay away from. I love Paella thats the first thing I use to eat when I got there.You also can get american food there.If you have full or half pension make use of it alot of the hotels have healthy things like musli fruits and yogurt for breakfast and lunch and dinner almost always have nice salad buffets.

Ok, back from a long vacation and an even longer time spent with family visiting. The day I left for Spain I weighed 196. Today I weigh 192.5. And with as bad as I was eating-wise, I'm not complaining at all. I guess all the swimming & walking helped balance things out.

It's amazing to me to be so close to being out of the 190s. When I broke 200 I was beyond thrilled, but kind of figured it would take months to get below 190. So far it seems like it's going quickly though.

I'm also getting close to my next goal of breaking the obesity rating attached to my BMI. I think in a pound or two I'll only be overweight... ha... who'd have though I'd ever be happy with that?

Man, I'm getting so bad about updating this. The good news is that I'm still losing weight, albeit a little more slowly these days. I'm down to 189.5 now, so I've finally managed to break that obesity barrier!

So that's the good news...

The bad is that, ever since we got back from vacation, I've felt like I was floundering. You know, sort of exercising... sort of watching what I eat... but only in a half-assed way. I miss the drive and dedication I felt a few months ago. I really, really need it back.

So I thought by posting here and spending a few hours concentrating on what's important... that hopefully I can regain whatever momentum I lost over vacation. Because while 189.5 is a hell of a lot better than my starting point of 220, I've still got a looooong way to go before I'll feel slim & svelte and all that jazz.

Time for me to ante up & get serious once again... wish me luck!

The main thing is you are still dedicated to yourself & your goal. We all flounder now & then & wonder why & how we are doing this. Just means you are human.

Congrats on the loss you have had so far & good luck with the future weight you say good bye to! Glad you are here again.

Down another pound this week and slowly working my way into the 180s. I vividly remember a weigh-in right before having my youngest daughter where I was 185. At the time I was shocked... it not only meant I'd gained 40 pounds during the pregnancy, but it was also the heaviest I'd ever been. Not a week later I gave birth and began the process of working it all off.

And here I sit almost 7 years later hoping to be 185 again (and this time not even pregnant). Gotta love life's little ironies.

In an effort to up my momentum, next week I'm increasing the amount of exercise I'll be doing and trying to cut back on my portion sizes. Yay. But hey, it's gotta be done if I want to ever feel comfortable in my own skin again.