First I'm going to address the comments I got, to the first one: Yes, for SURE I was eating enough. Thinking now, maybe it was too much. I'd been eating 1500 calories a day and working out bout 400 calories off. That brings me into what I want to say about the second comment. I think that MY body (everyone is different) DOES need me to do MORE than that to lose weight. Since I always seem to come to the 140s, and it's where I've been whenever I haven't been huge, I think my body looks at it right now as the "set point". So, for me to *think* I was eating great and working out. It was probably more of a maintanence thing to my body. The second I kicked it up, and dropped my calories to 1200, my body is NOW responding. John, I think you're totally right. For ME, I think I need to have a HUGE amount of cardio and always be on point with my eating, otherwise my body won't gain, but won't lose.
So....that's ok. Now that I realize that, it's not so frustrating. Also, since I lost back that annoying pound, I'm also not as annoyed. ALSO, today I woke up feeling GREAT. I feel like I'm starting to get toned again and I *feel* stronger and all that. It's a great feeling. I don't even care what the scale said today, my body *feels* good. lol.
But enough about all that mumbo-jumbo.
I have a roadblock, but I'm going to look at it as a "challenge". Tomorrow, Shane's parents are coming into town and want to take the family out to dinner. Going out to eat is SOOOO hard on me if it isn't Applebees. (if it is, then forget it! I'm set! I LOVE their weight watchers menu!)But if it isn't.... urg. So...THIS is how I'm going to look at it. IF I can get through tomorrow, ordering something sensible, like a LONG time ago when I was in the zone: then I'll be fine. That is my challenge.
I accept.

I'm in a goofy mood today.
Anyway, that's it for my ramblings. I'm going to get the kids dressed and then hit the gym. (we're going twice today!) Yesterday I ran 1.5 miles non-stop, and I LOVE that my endurance it coming back. I don't know if this will help anyone (but it helps me, so i'll share it) but I listen to my mp3 while I run and for the first song I run on 5.5 at a 2.0 incline for the WHOLE first song. When you tell yourself you only have to make it through one song, it's easy to get through it. THEN, at the beginning of the second song, I turn the incline back to 0, and it feels like you're just gliding because of the incline shift. I do that everyday now, AND it burns a few extra calories.
So, anyway, I'm going to get the kids dressed like I said. Have a great humpday!!
ash

weight: 142.8

lbs left to hit mini-goal: 7.8

time left to hit mini-goal: 3 weeks 2 days

*OH* and at the circus I DID bring my own snacks (apple that I ate and 100 calorie cheese nip pack, that the kids ended up eating...)and a big bottle of water. I didn't eat bad there EVEN WHEN leaving Shane told me to get some cotton candy if i wanted some. I said no.