Oh yes and thanks also for the previous post....I just realized you are only 2 pounds shy of your mini-goal!!!! THAT IS AWESOME!!!

Nobody else around? May be quiet with the holiday...Happy 4th of July to all the US folks on here!!

Sarah, I read your other blog about exercise. You are on a roll. It's interesting how first we change our mindset and then the rest follows. How we start enjoying exercise and eating well. It's like we have two different personalities living in the same body. One eats at night, stealing food and gorging fast and furious on fats and sugar, and another is a beautiful healthy person proud of her choices.

I did not have enough food yesterday. It was a busy day and I skipped lunch. It was foolish of me because I noticed right away that i liked being in control and limiting food. There is another danger in bingeing - restricting food to the point of anorexia. I was even a little dizzy. Its' very seductive, to stop eating altogether and enjoy it. I have to be mindful about the other end of the cycle.

And just to prove that starvation doesn't work on weight loss, I did not lose any weight although I ate under 1000 calories and exercised two hours.

Today I will make better choices.

Its soooo true...I watch close enough that if I do have calories left at days end...I try to have a healthy snack. In my reading I saw and article...I will try to find it...about an obese person living on 700 calories a day and still gaining. We can go one way or the other...so a happy medium is what we need!! I didn't think I would feel the effects of exercise that fast...without binging and adding the exercise...my tummy is 'feeling' lighter and flatter!

The 2 personalities you mentioned...so very true.....controlling all day and then I don't understand what happens after 7 but the battle begins. I have been distracting myself all week just keeping busy or going to bed early! Its been working so far! I am hoping to be down one more pound by Monday or Tuesday....but even that wouldn't bother me. I am enjoying the amount of energy I have by eating right, exercising and drinking my water....I haven't felt this good in years!

You can do it.....you are doing it!! We can keep each other in check....I am very grateful to have found BuddySlim.....and this thread....keeping my secrets was enabling me to stay the same and all that has changed with this place! Thank you so much for all your comments and encouragement! It does not go unappreciated!!!

Today was a busy days. Meeting with friends and getting ready to go on vacation on Wednesday. I managed to eat 1340 calories and made okay choices. I really need to exercise today though.

Sarah, enjoy making healthy choices. You know what to do when the battle begins. Have a good night and let's do it, let's put binge eating behind us.

Lost another 0.5 pound. I am excited because I will start a boot camp tomorrow at 6 AM. In the park. There will be two more people and my trainer. She said that she will come up with alternative exercise for me when other people run around the park. I still feel pain in ankles.

Eating has been fine. I think that my stomach shrank so much that I feel immediate pain if I try to eat more than I need. Smaller meals did the trick.

I am a little nervous about a vacation. Let's see if what I planned for it works.

Oh, Sarah, I went shopping yesterday and was able to fit into a size 10.

Yesterday went pretty good here too! Going to a family pool party this afternoon and that should be fun!

I hear you about the shrunk stomach....I keep getting full faster now too!! A SIZE 10 ......AWESOME!!! SOOOOOOOOOOO proud of you..you are doing an excellent job and NOT letting circumstances get you down too fast or too long!! Hope your vacation plan works out!!!!

Just gonna finish eating my salad and do my 3 Fast Miles DVD.....not brave enough for the new one I bought on Friday...4 Fast Miles with Strength Training at the en....ouch....LOL!!

Have you done your DVD Sarah?

I am going to the gym in 15 minutes.

Well, I have PMS and crave chocolate. Almost got a piece of dark chocolate but then remembered my new dress and stopped.

Feeling kind of blah and cranky.

How are you?

OH NO...not two of us in PMS LOL!!!! Seriously I am feeling moody today craving carbs...haven't caved yet! I am saving loads on groceries now haha I haven't been running to the store every 2 days for more junk food. I did manage to do 2 and a half miles....but I went swimming all afternoon too....tired now!
Hope your trip to the gym went well! Gonna go have a green tea and then chew my gum!

I did work out at the gym for 1.5 hours. All is well. My mood is better but I still feel kind of cranky. I did not go over my calories and I did crave some carbs.

Sarah, it's amazing how much longer we can stretch food. I still have almost all the fruit I bought two weeks ago. Instead of gorging on pounds of fruit, I have two a day.

Let's stay positive. I am not expecting any loss because usually I gain weight during PMS and TOM. But I am positive I will continue with no bingeing.

You did an excellent job today too Sarah. And swimming is so refreshing and relaxing.

Yes I have seen myself gain anywhere from 1-8 pounds with TOM. Maybe I won't this month with all the salt cut back and the increase in water intake? I am hoping so anyway!

Last night went well....the tea and gum seem to help the most right now plus I try not to go into the kitchen at all after I get my tea! Whatever works!

So proud that you are not bingeing still!

Off to start my day.....cleaning first, laundry, then all the kiddies show up and the chaos starts haha!!