139 Maintenance Club

Actually, 140 is my target, but it sounds so much better to say "under 140".  Anyway, I've lost about 50 lbs. over the last 2.5 years, which wasn't all that hard.  Seems like maintaining is harder.  Maybe we can share strategies/experiences with this.

135 for the Monday weigh in.  OK considering I was off running for 10 days.  Walked for an hour Sat/Sun and ran 2 mi. yesterday.  Back still hurts so can't do much with the weight machines.  Ate out tonight (1 beer, 1/2 chicken sand. chips) and will have wife's baclava for dessert.  Probably a big meal tomorrow and then the party is over (maybe).  Still going to try to control the work calories.

Have a Healthy and Happy New Year!   Maybe we can resolve to be still in the 130's (or maybe 120's for you guys) a year from now.

We're all doing so well!  yay!

Morton~  Congrats on the 135!  Even better considering you didn't get your running in!  That must feel good!  Hmmm baclava... never had it?  What's it like?

Snow~  Congrats on the 133/134!  That's awesome that you gained and you're still only 134!  Your dinner sounds good... yum.  I was kina bad and had chinese food tonight and then hubby talked me into having Dairy Queen .  I had a small chocolate chip cookie dough blizzard (700+ calories!).  Yikes!  I felt so guilty after... I can never seem to pass up that darn ice cream... I'm just an ice cream monster.  If that was all I could eat all the time and not gain weight, I'd be the happiest person ever! 

I just finished a really good workout... did my dvd and then the treadmill at a very fast walk and really high incline.  Good workout.  I know I'm gonna be bad again tomorrow night... hubby and I are going out for Italian.  Going to Carraba's again, same place we went on X-mas eve... it was soooo yummy!

Have a great New year everyone!!  =)

133.4 this morning!!  yay!  Now I don't have to feel so bad about tonight.  ;)

that's cool, morton.  :D  at least you're getting whatever exercise in that you can!  good job, too, since it's party time!  enjoy!

yeah, maybe it should be 134 maintenance club.  hehe  since i know i can do it now!  i remember my first post...  about just wanting to get under 140 & stay there.  well, i did it!  5 pounds plus or minus each way only goes up to 139.

k9, we're all doing so well, but we're the only ones left.  i wonder how the others are doing.  you know?  if they just got bored, started eating again, or what...

wow!  you had chinese & DQ the same day?  now, that sounds like something i would do.  hehe  i love DQ!  i've been wanting to go for awhile lately, but i'm not gonna mention it.  i'm sure hubby will want to go there soon anyway, so i'll just wait.

my stomach hurt today when i got up & so i ate doritos & chocolate.  i feel a little better now.  at least i only had 1 serving of each instead of going hogwild on it.  :D

i gotta go to carrabas someday.  i've never been there.  i only walked 1/2 mile yesterday, but i was cleaning & stuff all day.  i ate really good though.  i was 133 again today...  almost 132!  i would've been 132 if i waited & weighed myself again, but i was thirsty.  that's close enough...  lol  i think i'll call it 132 for new years eve.  ;)  i'll be up again tomorrow anyway.

OMG!!!  133.4?!  that's what i was!!!  :D  that is sooooo cool!!!  i'm still calling mine 132.  i most always lose a pound in the morning if i weigh again in about an hour.

i think that's like a coffee cake.  polish...  am i right, morton?

happy new year!!!

Wow, Snow, 132!?  =)  I'm jealous.

I'm happy w/my 133.4 though.  Actually, 130-135 is great.  ;)

Sometimes I wonder where everyone else went, but I figure they probably fell off the wagon and are pigging out.  Sad for them.

yeah, you should totally go to Carrabas sometime, it's sooo good.  

Have a good new year!

thanks  :D  of course, i didn't actually see the 132, but it's mine.  i called it!  hehe  i think that's great for me, too.  130 - 135.

i think whoever joined & left just quit CC, too, but who knows.  they might check in someday.  that would be so sad if they quit, because this isn't even hard.

i'm gonna tell hubby i want to go to carrabas then.  he'll be happy to take me.  :D

Happy New Year!

Hope you all had a great night!  I was bad and enjoyed lots of food... pasta, bread, wine, and chocolate cake!  Stayed up way too late and slept in too.

Back on it again today... had a healthy breakfast and drinking lots of water.  Had a great workout too!  Feelin good!   ;)  Feel bad for my hubby though... he woke up not feeling well and is not crashed on the couch sleeping and it's 3:00pm!  I think I'll get him something healthy to eat and he'll feel better....

LOL  poor hubby...  i hope he's feeling better by now!  :D

it's good to hear that you enjoyed yourself.  me too!  and you're back on track, me too...  well, except that we're having turkey today, so i hope i don't go berserk on stuffing.  i'll try to behave. 

Hi K9 and Snow.  You guys are going to 129.   Nice.

This won't help the 129, but the baklava is a really sweet Greek pastry made out of phillo dough layers with nuts, cinnamon and honey.  They're cut into 2" triangles maybe an inch thick.  My wife made it for the first time after finding an "easy" recipe.  Here's the link.  She modified it a little based on comments of others.  She used #4 phillo dough.  It was just as good as the bakery or greek restaurants.  Let me know if you want to know her changes.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Baklava/Detail.a spx

Snow~  Hubby is feeling better now... he woke up and we went to Subway, which made him feel a little better.  Good job being back on track!  Mmmm - I LOVE turkey and stuffing!  I'm jealous.  Enjoy some for me... it's been forever since I've had turkey and stuffing.  *drooling*

Morton~  Thanks for the recipe link!  =)  The baklava sounds amazing!  The recipe doesn't look too complicated either... I'll have to try it sometime, but not yet.  I'm trying to keep most sweets out of the house right now, if that's possible.  I'm really curious to try baklava sometime though... I bet it's delicious.

I love x-mas, but I'm really glad that the holidays are over... it'll make it easier to stay on track.  Only thing in the near future is my hubby's b-day on the 26th... we'll probably just do a nice dinner out and maybe I'll get a very SMALL cake.

OMG, morton!  that sounds really good.  I would like to know the modifications.  :D  thanks!  i'm sure hubby would love it!  me on the other hand...  i eat enough junk already...  :(

k9, thanks for hanging in there with me!  you are so cool & so almost exact in weight!  LOL  i used to weigh more than you...  i know!!!  man!  if i could just keep away from the stuffing!  you should see how much i had just in the morning!  LOL  it wasn't even cooked in the bird!  i just went berserk, like i do...  with stuffing...

your hubby's bd is 1/26?  mine is 1/24 & my daughter's is 1/20.  yep, these hard times aren't over yet & soon after that, it'll be valentines day!  sometimes it seems like it'll never end.  well, i guess it doesn't.  LOL  it never ends!!!

a small cake....  i wish....  nope, we'll probably get a huge cake & end up eating it all ourselves!  :(

Hey Snow, no problem!  ;)  We are pretty similar in weight... seem to hang around the same most often.  Glad you had some stuffing for me!

Sounds like we both have some b-day cake and more celebrations in our futures, lol!  I guess it never does end.

nope.  it never ends.  you just learn to eat it all & not gain.  :D  this is so cool.  i didn't think i'd ever be able to lose weight & look at me.  it didn't even hurt!

look at you guys!

Wooohoo, go us!!!  We rock!  ;)

Hubby and I went out for Mexican food tonight... yummy!  Well, gotta go workout and work it off now!!  TTYL!

i went out yesterday & bought 2 pair of size 3 jeans!  WooHoo!!!  what a great way to start the new year...  :D  i'm telling you,  man!  i couldn't be happier.

well, i could be happier...  my daughter, ashley stole one pair.  i'm gonna steal 'em back!

they feel great, too!

Wow, snow, good for you!  Size 3!!  Wow.  I can only dream of those... I think I'm in the smallest these hips will fit into, which is a size 4.  Oh well... we're all built differently I guess.  I'm happy for you, rock those size 3 jeans girl!  ;)

if i was wearing even sizes, i'd have to buy some super huge size just to fit my belly into.  then they'd hang hidiculously on my butt & legs.  size 3 is juniors & they wear them low, so that works for me.

thanks!  :D

i just walked 3 miles, too.  i'm trying to behave.

Yeah, I usually like to wear the junior's too because I like the styles a lot better.  =)  The smallest I can wear in juniors then is usually a 5... I have some super cute really low waisted levis - love them.  My hubby loves those on me too.  ;)  I love that I can actually wear the low ones now because I don't have muffin top!  LOL  No fat rolls!   =)

Just got back from taking the dog for a walk and now hoping to do some yoga and then make some lean mini turkey meat loaves for dinner.

136 this morning after being real careful on Sunday.  Not bad after seeing a 139 a couple of days ago.  Did buy some Dole fruit cups for work, but they keep bringing treats even after the holidays.  Now that we've gone through the baklava and the cannoli's, I should be back on track.  You all should be in the 120's this week.  Congrats!!  mg

hey k9, you must look great in them 5's.  :D  i DO have the stupid muffin top.  what a sweet word for it.  LOL  it ain't very sweet...

i hope you get that yoga in.  i haven't walked in a couple of days or was it only a day?  LOL  i forgot.  we have alot of company & stuff going on here today, so i can't.  i really, really, really wish i could.  i will tomorrow, for sure!

your dinner sounds awesome.  we just had noodles.  nothing great, but it beats ordering or going out.  i'm still trying really hard to be good.  132 again today!  WooHoo!!!

morton, you actually got up to 139?  i can't believe it!  that's awesome.  well, and it's pretty awesome that you were down again to 136 today.  it's not so bad gaining a few now & then.

them fruit cups sound good.  i only eat fresh fruit anymore.  i don't think i'll ever be seeing the 120's.  yeah, it would be nice, though...