http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal.asp?id=PCPKMANN PCPKMANN's Blog on SparkPeople, home of free diet plans and a healthy living community http://assets2.sparkpeople.com/assets/nav/logo_spark.gif http://www.sparkpeople.com/ http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=3017892 For the past months, I've been in the Yo-yo Syndrome. I loose 3 pounds just to gain them back the next week. I know I get stressed out now and then, and my period always causes me to gain but this is getting ridiculous. I eat right 90% of the time and workout 4-5 days a week. I'm now 25 lb. short on my goal path and feel like I'll never make it to the finish line. <BR> Help...... <BR> Well, I suppose I know the answer - fix that 10% and find more consistency. But it's hard and I'm tired..... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:48:01 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=2696266 Last year, I weighed in at 297 and it really didn't bother me all that much until I got the pictures back from our January Cruise. I didn't even know that woman. My internal picture of 'self' is very strong but distorted. Over the last year, I lost 66 pounds but gained a different perspective of 'self' too. I am only making changes that i can live with for the rest of my life. ( walking, eating right, logging food choices) I stay connected with others on the same journey too, it helps. This ... Tue, 5 Jan 2010 06:04:16 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=2152565 I'm having trouble adjusting to summer. No School Bus Driving, No Schedule, No Commitments and apparently No Plan. I vowed to exercise twice daily this summer and continue to track my foods, but "things" keep throwing me off track. The weekend at the cabin for instance, I tracked my foods and stayed within my range but the choices were salt-laden, vacation type foods and I ended up gaining. When walking today, I happened upon an article in the April 2009 Good Housekeeping called "What THIN... Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:18:05 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=2010104 I am a miser (hate to spend money, especially on myself) and had decided that I would not buy new jeans until I hit my first 10% weight loss goal. Over the weekend, I was up north, standing on a ladder, stretching as high as I could to put up the hummingbird feeder and my old jeans fell down. I almost killed myself. So whether or not I lost the last two pounds, I had to get some new jeans. I tried on size 24, 22 & low and behold I fit into a size 20. Wow. 26w to 20w. <BR> I was so excit... Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:30:17 EST