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I don't know what is wrong with me. I feel like I am just blowing up like a balloon. My clothes feel so tight. I haven't had any ice cream or alcohol. But I am going to a baseball game so I might have some beer or something there. I am having such a hard time getting motivated and staying with it. I feel so tired and just down really. Makes it a lot harder when you beat yourself down about it. I just wish I could get that spark of motivation to keep me going

So this week. Not so good. Started out strong. The rest wasn't disastrous. But not good. This morning for the first time. I couldn't wear my Pants. Like I legit had to pick something else because my pants no longer fit. WAKE UP CALL. I spoke with my husband. I have to get serious. Or I am gonna be back like I was in 2010 or worse. We are both getting serious. No more sweets. That's our first thing, and our problem area. We love ice cream. But it is a problem. We have decided to cut out dessert. Eat fruit instead. No more ice cream. Not for at least a month. No candy, no cookies, no cake. It just has to be done. It's gonna be so tough. But I have to do it. Maybe after a month I will have enough control to be able to have an occasional dessert instead of every day. I'm also not drinking at all this week. No wine, bourbon, nothing.

I used to make friends pretty easily. Well I had a few friends growing up. But I've never had to "meet new people". Like you do as an adult.

Dinner went well last night. No disasters. Today. It was okay. I've not done any exercise. I've actually been a little pooped out. I will tomorrow, I guess today is my rest day. I had a Peanut butter and banana sandwich around 10 today. Some chicken salad and frackers from whole foods and a hand full of chips. Oh and a string cheese. So I've basically just been snacking all day. But not bad snacks. Well except the chips but I only a had a few. Not the best day for food. But not the worst either

I made the shrimp from the one pot recipes that you linked. It was super good. I added a lemon pepper spice thing to it and it was tasty. And I made it myself! Along with some roasted sweet potatoes and some vegetables!!! Yay!!

So I am an adult now. I have always made friends rather easily at school and work. But I also lived in the same town my entire life. I moved to Asheville, NC for about a year made a few friends at work. But now I live in NYC. There are tons of people everywhere and they all seem to be having a good time with their pals But how do you make friends? Other than spending 8+ hours a day with someone (work, school), how do you make friends to go and hang out with that is unrelated to your work? I'm 26 years old, living in Manhattan. I have a husband and a cat. I did make one friend at my last job and we hang out on occasions. But I don't really know how to make friends with strangers. Any ideas or suggestions?

Today. I had half a cliff bar for breakfast and then some coffee. My husband and I went to whole foods for salad. I had a little mashed potatoes with mine, because their mashed potatoes are out of this world. We biked for a long time today probably about 2 hours. I am way sore. I had a ham and cheese on multigrain bread when I got back. Tonight I plan to actually cook. I'm gonna make some sweet potatoes, shrimp, and mixed vegetables. So I guess that will count as trying a recipe because I have never made shrimp or roasted sweet potatoes before. I did cook one other time this week. So I could say I hit my mark. Yay

I ate my meal at 6:30. Haha. I'm not sure if the calorie count. I think it was around 500. I'm not really a big over eater. I never eat past being full. But I eat frequently, and I don't always choose the right foods. I love to eat out and I HATE to cook. I also love to drink. Like not get wasted everynght. But I love to drink a glass or two of wine, or have a nice bourbon. I don't ever drink fruity margaritas and the like, but I know the bourbon and wine can still put the weight on. Living in NY has def made my eating habits worse, because there is tasty unhealthy food around every corner.

Today has been a win so far 2nd yoga class this week. So I can check that off my list. Little bit harder today, it was a different instructor. But I muddled through it. Day number 6 of my food log. Still going strong with that. Breakfast today. 2 eggs, 1 piece of multigrain toast, and potatoes. I know white potatoes are not good for you but hey I had eggs instead of pancakes. So still a step in the right direction.

Today. Food pretty good. Had an awesome smoothie for breakfast at the fancy smoothie place down the street from my work. It had almond milk, almond butter, banana, and raspberry. It kept me me full until about 1. Not so bad. Had leftover Thai food from my dinner the night before. Then for dinner I brought some tilapia, roasted broccoli, and some watermelon that I bought at the grocery store close by. For or working out I knew I couldn't go to the yoga class today or really do any run or walk because I'm here 9-9. So I decided to try to do the academy body weight exercise in between patients. I wasn't able to do it all at once because I was squeezing it in in my office between patients. But I did manage to do it all. I consider that a win. Still tracking my food on my phone. And I have the day off tomorrow so I can go to yoga. I have already surpassed my drinking. But I haven't really "had drinks" this week. I just had a glass of wine at my apartment after work. So that is still pretty good. One glass of wine 3 times so far this week. Better than 2 bourbons twice a week plus a glass of wine with dinner. (Am I an alcoholic?.....nah)

I try not to count calories. For me it becomes an obsessive and leads to some mental health issues. I know some people say you'll never lose weight if you don't count calories, but it's just not good for me. But I do try to make a healthy choices for dinner the other night I had a huge salad from chop't. It had lots of veggies, chicken, and avocado. It had it around 630. I was hungry again at 930. I was thinking that big salad with all the protein and good fat would keep me full until morning. I don't know if it's really just my brain tricking me. But I can't stand that hunger feeling. It distracts me so much and it ends up all I can think about. I get so tired of carrot and celery sticks. But I haven't thought about radishes. I will give that a snack shot.

That is super helpful! Those one pot recipes look pretty easy. I have used a crock pot in the past but it always made me so nervous leaving it on all day. And I have a kitten in the house now so it's I telling what I would come home to now. But I might give it a shot again. I will have to buy another one. I don't tend to drink my calories. I put a little almond milk in my coffee and the terrible Splenda and I also drink diet soda. But I've been trying to drink more water. I do drink smoothies, but not the sugary ones, the ones from the fancy Schmancy smoothie shop and it's a breakfast choice usually. I work 9-9 when I work. About 3 days a week, sometimes 4. So I'm not able to go to the gym or yoga. But today I done the body weight exercises on the academy between patients. It wasn't all in a row. But it got done. Thanks again for all your advice!

So I am respawning. I moved to Manhattan and I tell you it has put the pounds on me. I don't have a scale, so I don't know how bad the damage is. But I have started a daily battle log again. Any tips on how to make my respawn successful? I am trying to cook, make good decisions. I bought some yoga sessions. I'm almost using the battle log as a journal type deal. I have been keeping a food log. I eat out a lot because I live in New York now and there is so much food here. Cooking is actually pretty tough in this tiny kitchen. I also don't have a lot of cooking supplies since I moved here and sold my my stuff back home. Any tips on how to stay healthy and on track in a big city? Thanks everyone

So what does everyone do about being hungry. I will have a good dinner around 6-7. But I am still hungry at 9-10. How do you get over that? I feel like I'm always hungry. I've been trying to drink more water, thinking maybe that I'm just thirsty. But really, I'm hungry.

Yoga went well. I have 2 months to use up the 15 sessions I bought from Groupon. Normally it's like 65 bucks for 5 sessions. And I got 15 for 37.50. That's quite the steal. I don't know if I can spend that much on it after this. But I will definitely do the 15 sessions My diet hasn't been bad today. Had whole foods salad for lunch. Thai for dinner at work. Will probably have a snack later. But not so bad.