*OHD waves good morning!*

Thanks everybody for stopping by! I definitely have to try those taco burgers. Today, was a bad day in a good week and I've decided to accept it. My breakfast was Muselix and Skim Milk which is just fine. We ordered out for lunch and I showed restraint. I got the Minestrone soup and had bread and butter with it. At a faculty meeting they were giving everybody fun size candy bars and I had a Butter Finger and a Baby Ruth (350 calories ouch). I know I should have said no, but geez I would have had 6-8 of them before. I went to a dinner party and the host considers himself a bit of a gourmet and everybody there was working on their weight. The dinners he cooks are usually very healthy. Well this time he had steak with a herb butter and gorgonzola topping, a dinner roll and 4 small buttered potatoes. There was also ice cream and biscotti for desert. I ate it all. I enjoyed it and looking back on it I can't think of a better choice (though I can think of less caloric ones). I will accept a bad day this week and move on. I hope everybody else is doing well.

Great attitude Cannon, I aspire to be more like you! Candy bars...yummm...I mean, glad you showed restraint! Sleep tight and have a great Wednesday!

Hey Cannon... sometimes u need a bad day to jumpstart your body for more weightloss! Dun fret and just drink more water / green tea to flush out regularly.

(The food u had for dinner sounds real good.. lol)

oooo.. dinner sounds soo yummy! Can I be your friend and you take me to dinners like that?! Let's be naughty together! lol. Great attitude. Pinky's right sometimes you just need to splurge to get metabo going.

Knowing you cannon, I bet you've haven't gone off that damn wagon. So you had a nice dinner, you also managed to restrain yourself all day, so it is a victory. Hope you have a nice day.

The key is continuous progress. I mean, odds are you wouldnt have thought twice about candy and junk before, now its something you are aware of, and in 2 months, you'll be even better.

YAY!!! Cannon you are doing good. Have a GREAT Day and drink that WATER!!!

Absolutely!! Good for you for recognizing how far you've come and that one day of eating off the wagon is going to hurt.

We're in this for the long haul!

Sometimes its hard to be patient. I really thought I might have a shot at hitting that 10% mark this week, but now it probably won't happen. Oh well, I am sure I can reach it next week. I do want a nice 2 or 3 pound loss this week though if possible.

Remember Cannon, it's a long road - just keep doing what you're doing, and you WILL get there

Well I am down two. I could have been down more, but as everybody says I'm in it for the long haul. As I look at my short term goal of getting down to 400 by my birthday it does look doable. If I can maintain 2 pounds a week I come up with 30 pounds total and my goal is 34. It'll be tough, but it is in sight. Of course I know that I weigh with my shoes on and my scale weight consistent, but heavy. If I am a few pounds over I'm gonna start weighing nekkid

Cannon- hang in there man. 2 pounds is a lot of weight, seriously. Keep going. Heres something I did after I had lost abotu 40 pound: I went to the grocery and lifted a 40 pound bag of salt. Just feel how much you have dropped. Its amazing! Your body says thank you.

Hey you!! Congratulations on those 2 pounds! You'd better get up and do the happy dance with me! That's fantastic! No ifs, ands or but(t)s about it!

Yay!! congrats on the 2lb. Keep up the great work, you'll hit your goal is no time!