Starting Over #25~NEWCOMERS WELCOME [Archive] - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

Liza

03-21-2001, 10:45 AM

Bee 125 - enough 24 hours make a week on program and with 4 weeks you get a month and with enough months you get to goal. So 24 hours is a very good place to start and is the only place to start I think..

My office mates are dropping like flies, about half have called in sick, the component head is at his son's school play and the people here are not in great shape either. I am one of the healthy ones with a sore throat.

Tomorrow is a potluck at work, I am bringing salad, and plan to dress it up enough so that it is my meal. I am bringing black beans in vinegrette, and some tuna packed in water, so I can really be on proram and avoid the meatballs I see on the list of food.

Spring has sprung here, we are going to get a rainy three days but it is not three days of snow and the rain should wsh away the snow and dirt still hanging around.

Well, I am feeling in a pretty happy mood, have a great day everyone, sending positive program vibes to all.

Liza 195/192/140

shashe

03-21-2001, 05:33 PM

Hi guys, I'm back and I've missed you. Couldn't get on the internet for several days. Thanks for all the congratulatiuons. They really made me smile.

Pat Good for you pinning those pants up. You must be doing something right. I would say a whole lot of things!

Bee if you have the 24 hours down than you have the program under wraps. You can only do 24hrs at a time. Sounds like you are doing well.

Talk to you soon,
Take Care,
Sharon

Bee125

03-21-2001, 05:48 PM

So true what you say about the 24 hrs LISA and SHARON and Ill have to remember.
Ive always been one to be looking at the finish line months down the road and it can all get to be too overwhelming and depressing.
Time does fly by and if Ican do just one day at a time I may just suprise myself.

Hope your potluck goes well LISA although with lots of people sick I hpoe its still fun.

WE have a gougeous Autumn day here In NZ so our weather maybe similar today :)

Ellie

03-21-2001, 09:51 PM

Hi everyone! How are all of you? I've had a busy few days, didn't even get here. Tues. we had our Sr. luncheon at church. We left home at 9:45 A.M. and didn't get back home till almost 3 P.M. Then had a messge on my answering machine, my new glasses were ready, so naturally had to go to get them. I'll have to go back for an adjustment, have a sore spot behind my right ear. :(

Welocme to Lady Bug, and Jenny! This is a great place for support.

Sashe, congratulations, on your loss. A bit late I know, but........

Hi to everyone else. Gotta run, want to sit and knit for a while tonight.

TTFN :wave:

CGBuzz

03-22-2001, 09:31 AM

GOODMORNING ALL.......

Weather here in NYC is horrible, rain/wind and more rain....two days of it....they call it a noreaster, well not sure what it is, but last night the wind was strong here and now sitting with my coffee, the ' rains are a pourin'.

Well nothing new here and just as happy about that.
Income tax season is here, are you prepared you ask,
of course not lol....well if I don't soon not only will my DH be annoyed so will the IRS...lol....it's like Christmas, it comes the same time every year, but are we prepared, of course not....so will and better gather all the papers needed to get started....I'm what they call 'semi-prepared' lol, does that count for anything????????? NOT!

Made a pot of soup yesterday, a recipe my mom gave me...was delicious...will post I think for you all, don't really have a breakdown on pts...but would count 1 pt. per cup. It really was good.

Spring has sprung...lol...think the spring was wound too tight lol.....hang in there, somewhere out there the sun is shinning.

MAKE IT A GOOD DAY!!!

Carla :)

Liza

03-23-2001, 07:33 AM

Carla, very funny about tax time. I am the organizer in this family and we go to an accountant, who charges us next to nothing, a great job too. DH left the room with the potty training two year old and when he got back I was done and we were ready to leave. It gets quicker every year. This year we are painting the house with the return.

The rain was miserable yesterday and really put people in a foul mood.

We had the office potluck, a great success, of course, it did not include everyone, so the sourpusses did not have an opportunity to complain. A very upbeat subgroup I am hooked into.

Big birthday blast this weekend. Save lots of points for that, but seriously, I am going to really practice moderation. I just have to stay away from my mom who likes to cook for her family.

Ellie, am starting a new baby sweater this afternoon, it is a light purple color as we do not know if it is a boy or girl. I can not do that green color, too much for me.

Well, the 2 pound loss is still with me, so I am feeling somewhat empowered. I am thinking about returning to the meetings, I hate to give up an evening, but I may have to in order to make any headway.

Liza 195/192/140

shashe

03-23-2001, 08:30 AM

Good Morning All,

OK so I lost 6#s and finally got to the point where I wasn't losing the same pounds over and over again. Then for the last two days I've eaten everything in sight.

I'm working on renewing the lease at the school and dealing with a number of crazy people on both sides. I think I've been nervous and that's when I eat.

I am working onthe Dr. Phil program to stop my emotional eating. Yesterday I kept telling myself it was emotional eating but I wanted those cookies more than I wanted to feel miserable. Ok that just gave me a lightbulb moment. Of course I would, anyone would rather have cookies than feel miserable but I need to feel miserable and get over it without food. Of course I feel miserable later after I eat. So I can feel miserable once or twice. It's up to me.

Talk to everyone later. Have to go do a Pokemon puzzle with my daughter.

2BFIT1

03-23-2001, 03:04 PM

Liza, Did I miss something? Are you pregnant? :?:

Liza

03-23-2001, 08:16 PM

No, I am not pregnant, just surrounded by many who are. I bought some cute cotton yarn for another baby sweater, it is a verigated and I am dying to start it up.

I would love to have another baby, but not at this weight and not another full time daycare bill.

Got an estimate on getting the house painted, he says he can make it definiate once I pick colors, but so far it is between 4 and 5,000. Which sounds really high for a 2 story house which is not very big. I am going to get some more estimates. Would love to get this done this summer.

Program wise, doing well, but I think I am going to start going to meetings in person. This is working well, but I need some more contact and grounding. There is a great, but crowded, Monday evening meeting which should have cleared out from the New Year's rush and the summer rush won't have started yet. I'll keep posting here though, this is a great group.

My goal for next week is to get back onto the ski machine. The sore throat/head cold is gone and with it the excuses. I want to work out 4 times at 40 minutes minimum. Already have taped some mystery shows to watch. I really love the mindlessness of it all, and if TNT would do a miniseries, I would be right on track. I'll look them up on the WWW and see what they have planned.

Shashe, so happy to hear you are onto new pounds. I am a little envious as well. Emotional eating is very complex and maybe you can replace the food with some sort of activity, like the puzzles. Good Luck.

Liza 195/192/140

2BFIT1

03-23-2001, 09:40 PM

Good Evening! :wave:

Liza~~~ Thanks for clearing that up. I come here several times a day and I couldn't figure out how I could have missed something as big as that!

I had a wonderful day today. Stayed OP but could have had more water. The temp was 71 degrees today and I spent all day outside. I washed my car, egded my front yard and my neighbors (she did it for me when I couldn't because of my neck) and mowed the back yard. I live on 1 acre so that's great exercise!

I learned a lesson today. I learned not to put your arm on the lawn mower engine when it's HOT. I accidently put my inner arm on it and I actually heard it SIZZLE. It was like putting a steak on a hot grill.:smoking:
Then I met my DH at my school. They are redoing the horticulture grounds and I bought a few bushes for $5-10 each. We had to dig them up , bring them home and then plant them in the yard. No wonder I'm tired;)

Bad news is I gained a pound this week and had to post it on the Easter Challenge. :( I will do better next week!
Everybody have a great weekend! As Ellie always says.......

snerdlet

03-23-2001, 10:12 PM

What a grrrrreeaaaatttt day!!! Not as far as being OP, but great all the same. Today I could do no wrong at work and even did some pre-planning on a problem that actually helped me get out of work on time (with the pre-planning done it only took me minutes to finish my work instead of hours). I just really felt good today. Now if I could just bottle that feeling for later...........

Sharon - I know how you feel. Just keep working at it and you will get there. My new motto at work is - "If you really want to understand something - try to change it". Which applies to you as you are trying to change your life, and I'll bet you are understanding more about yourself than you ever thought you would. Good luck.

Sil - Thanks for asking the question. I thought Liza was pregnant also. What a shocker. Sorry about your arm... :(

Carla - I am so not prepared for tax time and I am the one who prepares them for us. I did a preliminary one to see about where we were and we owe Uncle Sam about $2000 this year, which surprisingly is less than we have owed in years past. Oh well...I changed my withholdings so next year is should be about even.

Liza - Good luck on the house painting. We finally had enough and got siding on our house. Just the thought of not having to deal with painting it is worth it. I usually do all the inside work on the house and relegate the outside chores to my DH. So painting the house is not my cup of tea.

Ellie - good to hear from you. I don't know if you remember or not but you were the one who found me on the buddy chat and told me to come here. Just thought I would say thank you for that.

Got a little joke for you guys -
What time is it when Sir Lancelot looks at his bellybutton?
Give up?

The middle of the knight! ha ha ha

Chat at you guys later. I need to make the most of this high I am on.....
Pat

Bee125

03-23-2001, 10:31 PM

SASHE >> anyone would rather have cookies than feel miserable but I need to feel miserable and get over it without food. Of course I feel miserable later after I eat. <<
I am an emotional eater ,sugar sensitive , food addict or what ever name you want to give it. I HAVE to stay away from sugar refined carbs if Im to get anywhere. Its so hard to get started but it gets much easier.Cookies and doughnuts are my biggest downfalls!!
I find the misery I feel after indulging is greater and lasts all the hours of the day Im not actually eating those darn cookies. Ive decided its not worth it and I cant do WW and allow for them.

OUCH hows your arm SIL, that was not a good move :dz: ,lol. hope its not too bad?
Sorry to hear about the gain, you deserve only success thinking up these wonderful challenges :) for us all.

Liza

03-24-2001, 08:01 AM

My arm hurts reading this post and you go on with the day. Brave girl.

Funny on how rumors get started, me being pregnant, DH would love it.

Gave up the third cookie last night while watching TV. Very pleased with myself. A little over pointwise, but not too bad. Today is going to be a heavy day with a party but I can handle it.

How many activity points do I earn hanging laundry? I am so happy to have sunny weather on the weekend and no snow in site. Already a better attitude.

Well, I am going to plan the menus for next week. Going to try meetings again. Going to exercise 4 days next week. Won't I be the busy bee, (that one is for Bee125)

Liza

Ellie

03-24-2001, 11:37 AM

Hi everyone, gonna be a pretty good day today, the sun is shining. We drove to Chicago yesterday went to a huge antique show. Found some shakers, nothing we didn't already have, but good for resale. :) Just got off of my t/mill, I THINK :?: I'm beginning to like it???? LOL LOL Got in 35 minutes this morning. Yesterday we walked for about 3 hours, albeit very slowly, but it should count.

Pat.......yes I do remember asking you to visit this thread. It's a good one isn't it?? Loved the joke, "middle of the knight" indeed!!! :)

Liza......I am working on a baby afghan. It's a varigated pink, blue, yellow, green. It is working up so prettily. Would go lovely with a llght purple sweater! LOL

Bee......I have a problem with cookies too. I love cookies. Anytime, anywhere, and you're right, it's hard to work them into the WW points.

Carla........procrastinator!!! We go to a tax preparer, the same one each year. He sends out appointments at the beginning of the year, you know you have to be ready to go, or forfeit your time, then you get put at the end of the line. We had ours done on March 9, he filed electronically, and we've had our state refund for 2 weeks already. A whole $22.00. Like DH said, " it'll take us to McDonalds's anyway" LOL LOL

Sil......I vaguely remember something happening to you, everyone else is talking about it. Refresh my memory please. Sounds like you were hurt, :( sorry!

Well, have some picking up to do, dishwasher to empty, that kind of stuff. Have a good weekend everyone!

TTFN

Ellie

03-24-2001, 11:53 AM

BEE........check your Private Messages!!! :)

shashe

03-26-2001, 07:55 AM

Good Morning All,

Just popped in to say hi. I'm doing fair on my program. I'm going to do better today and get back to drinking my water. I drink it for awhile and the I forget.

Instead of posting all my ups and downs on challenges, I'm only going to post losses that are under my lowest weight. Otherwise I'm just posting the same loses over and over. Did that make sense? I couldn't word it well.

I weigh myself every morning but look at a range. Now I'm between 224-227. For the longest time I was between 228-232. I can't weight 'til the high end of my range is 225 maybe I'll see that this week.

Everyone have a great day I'll check in later and respond to everyones posts.

Take Care,
Sharon
246.5/227/180

Liza

03-26-2001, 09:11 AM

Sharon, I know exactly how you feel about posting gains and losses. I have decided to go to meetings. I need something to really push me.

Since January 2nd, I have lost and gained the same five pounds, I have moved between 195 and 190 for three months. I need more motivation and help with the weekends and events. I do fine and then by the time the weekend is over I am back to where I started.

It is a good sign that you are looking for ways to deal with this back and forth and not giving up. I am not even really mad, just looking for some sanity in this operation. I do not want to feel that I have wasted three months.

Good luck on getting to 225, the water may really help in area.

Liza

2BFIT1

03-26-2001, 11:15 AM

Good Morning:wave:
Today is a new week and I'm ready to tackle it with a renewed attitude. I have been horrible with my water intake ( really, lack of intake) and it does make a huge difference. Absolutely NO chips this week and that means WOW or baked. I need to watch the sodium. I have my exercise planned, part of which includes mowing the rest of the yard~~Wish me luck~LOL.

Ellie~~~ I'm not sure which you are referring to. I had spinal surgery in January on a herniated disk in my neck but just last week I burned my arm on a hot lawnmower engine. One of the docs at work yesterday looked at it and verified that it is a 2nd degree burn that will probably leave a scar. I think that if I cover it when I'm outside (while it is healing) and then later use sunscreen on it this summer it will minimize the scar. But either way, I'm just fine.

Does anybody have a dependent that I can borrow for taxes? I don't understand why I can't deduct my two dogs. They are my babies and vet bills are not cheap~~LOL.

Today the sun is out so that is where you will find me for most of the day:cool:
I saw the first butterflies of the season last week so good weather is around the corner!
I hope that everybody enjoys the day;)
~~~Sil

Ellie

03-26-2001, 04:20 PM

Hi! I still don't believe it. Yesterday, we got about 5 inches of heavy, wet snow, it continued all night, and now we've have another 3/4. It is unreal!

Remember I told you we drove to Chicago on Fri.! It was a gorgeous day, temps in the 50's, last night it was about 10 above!

Someone please tell me it is STILL spring! LOL

I walked today on my t/mill for 1.5 miles, a new record for me. It gets easier each time I do it, want to work it up to 2 miles a day. Hope I can! :)

Sil.....like your renewed attitude. Thanks for clearing it up about the injury for me, it was the burn I was referring to, just couldn't remember.

sashe.....know what you are saying about the water, I need to get back to it too. I do like water, but when it is so cold, I prefer a cup of coffee. Maybe as the weather warms up (if it ever does) I'll find it easier to drink water.

Got to run, Hi to Pat, BEE, Liza, Carla, hope I didn't miss anyone. I have to do some better planning, I just plain eat TOO MUCH......maybe planning would help.

TTFN

2BFIT1

03-26-2001, 06:18 PM

Ellie, Attaching that snowman was too funny~~~LOL.

snerdlet

03-26-2001, 09:22 PM

Howdy partners......

I like the snowman Ellie. I couldn't make one with the snow we got, well maybe to little ones Calvin makes. It has been cold here though. Today was 32 and there was a small ice storm this morning no one was prepared for. In fact one of the guys I work with rolled his pathfinder twice. I think it is totalled...but he is ok. They took him to the emergency room to make sure he was.

Sil - I gotta tell you that butterfly you attach is so pretty on my screen. I love seeing it when I read the post (so don't change it - hint hint)

Sharon, Liza - I know you guys are a little disappointed at losing/gaining/losing/gaining - but just think of how much healthier you are probably eating. Even if those pounds keep flucuating you are probably eating more fruits and veggies and less fast food than ever. I know I am.

I actually did pretty good today - even though I started out on the wrong path. One of the guys I work with brought a large bag of macademia nuts back from his vacation to Hawaii, and wow did I find out how expensive they are on points. Luckily I only took 6 of those things. so I counted them and made sure I got on my exercise bike tonight.

Well, I hope you all have a great OP day.

Pat

shashe

03-27-2001, 07:32 AM

OK Guys I'm doing terrible the last couple of days. I'm eating everything in sight and I don't even want to tell you what the scale says. I don't know what has thrown me into such a tumble. No matter what it is I need to eat healthy through what ever is going on in my life or how I feel. I guess I'll try to stop figuring it out and just stop it now. I'm going to write down my food and water for today. Talk to everyone later.

CGBuzz

03-27-2001, 08:00 AM

Sharon....don't lose hope, just hang in there....everyone goes through rough times, and knowing we're all here for you will help...even if you have to come in and ramble about nothing, sounding off and venting does the trick...take one day at a time...don't give up girl!!!

Pat....lol lol that clipart had me hysterical...love it was so cool!!!......

Ellie...lol....that snowman was so adorable...he might have been cold, but he looks like he has a warm heart...he was just the cutes thing....

Sil...taxes...ouch...I've procrastinated still as Ellie called me lol...oh how I hate to do it...it smiles at me as I pass by and I tell the folders yes yes I know you love me, but I don't want to talk to you yet lol....once I sit down and do it, it will be fine...I laugh as I say that cause once I sit to do it I always wind up missing something then I rip the house apart looking for it so my DH doesn't just look at me and say something lol....oh dear, I'm so baddddddddd.....

Bee you mentioned doughnuts in your last post...ah....then I saw a Dunkin Donuts commercial...how I love a sugar donut with a cup of french vanilla coffee...sound like a little kid right....but think one of these days I will just have to allow for it I miss it alot...well maybe just a little that's how I get here to begin with lol...oh and hero sandwiches I forgot what they are lol.

Liz you asked about buring pts for doing laundry...lol...well if it's alot let me know I'll start to help fold the clothes....

Well gang just have to tell you, I really enjoy the terrific
little images you all have they are so much fun.....what a nice group we have here....I can just imagine us with a cup of coffee together what fun we'd have, hugs, laugher and friendship...doesn't get better than that!!!

Make it a good day everyone.

Carla :)

2BFIT1

03-27-2001, 08:13 AM

Happy Tuesday Morning~~~

Pat~~~ I'm leaving the butterfly there until I see some Spring weather! Maybe it will bring it on earlier~well, I can hope. This morning it is 27 deg and should get up to 54. I shouldn't complain since some of you are still dealing with snow annd ice, but I would love to see some consistent sunny :cool: weather.

I love macadamia nuts also. When I was on the Adkins diet they were a staple item because of their fat content. Infact we refered to them as "lard balls"~LOL.

I love the attachment~where did you get it?

Sharon and Liza~~~ Alot of us, myself included, are not having very good On Program days. I don't know what it takes to get that super-motivation back. I think that when I have something that I shouldn't (over points) it makes it easier for the next time, and so on.

Starting today, let's take one day at a time, but aim for 1 week of being totally OP as far as points and water. That's what I'm going to do. Then I'll aim for the 2nd and 3rd week. If I can do this, then the habit is re-started and it will be so much easier. Then I can deal with getting in the exercise. Of course I do consider yard work exercise, it's just not consistent.

Pat is right,even though we keep exchanging the same pounds we are better off because we are still trying to eat right. If we weren't making some effort, we would not be LOSING the same pounds~we would just be gaing.

To everybody else~~~Carla,,Ellie and Jenny~~~
Good morning,hope that you are doing well and have a great OP day.
~~~Sil

2BFIT1

03-27-2001, 08:23 AM

Carla~~~
We were posting at the same time. Good morning and thanks for sharing a cup of coffee with me. I was going to use it this morning (I think I stole it from you~~~LOL) but Pat talked me into keeping the butterfly for awhile. So it was a nice surprise to see it this morning. Thanks gal.
P.S. I still have not done my taxes yet,either~LOL.

shashe

03-27-2001, 08:41 AM

I post to another website and decided to make a plan for the day. So here it is:

Brkft: Cereal*skim milk*tsp sugar* coffee*banana

Lunch 2 oz. turkey*2 slices ww bread*LF mayo*Tom.*cuke*let.* and maybe a salad or light soup

Snack before work: Oatmeal*skim milk*1/4 c. raisins

Dinner: 1/2 bag Stiouffers Lean Cuisine Stir fry with additional veggies added.

What I want to accomplish today:

1.Send atleast 1 box of outgrown kids clothes to my friend in Minn.

2. Make appts. for a mammogram and my dental checkup. Two of my favorites Ughh! But I will be a grown up and take care of myself.

3. Play in the park with my kids.

4. Settle a disagreement with our bank.

Everyone have a nice day.

Carla get those taxes done. HaHa! Ok I'll make you look better and tell everyone that we just got our taxes done for the last three years. Am I the queen of procrastination. But I'm working on stopping that behavior. Did I mention that I was married to the king of procrastination. Who says opposites attract?~lol.

Bee125

03-27-2001, 04:37 PM

SIL.... yes I noticed you do love my butterfly dont you !,its pretty huh,
I like changing them (its fun) so I wont use that butterfly for now as it has identified itself to you and goes nicely with your blooming rose :)
I have the bee hive which kinda goes well with my honeycombe surname and Bee user name dont you think?
And I loved that arty African type grafic too PAT I saved that on my puter for future use :)

Those macadamia nuts are dangerous and and very morish alright !!!We have a farm growing them 2 miles up the road. At least if you buythem whole it takes extreme determination to get them out of the shell (its like they are set in concrete,lol)
SHARON I can so relate as Im sure we all can at how hard it is to get really back in to the swing of things once yourve lost it. Hang in there and seize the moment when it comes.
As SIL says we are ahead of our usual story as long as were not gaining.

CARLA how was that doughnut and coffee??? :devil:
your a brave women!! :lol:

I have lost 2lb this week so im pleased to back on track and with a nice bunch of supportive ladies , thanks :spin:
Im taking it one meal at a time.

Jenny