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:jig:Come on, Let's DO IT!!!!!!:strong:

Good Morning Everyone!!!!!

Hope you don't mind that I went on and started the new thread. The other one was way too long. I'm sitting here freezing this morning, not because it is cold inside the house but that it was near 80 yesterday with little wind and is now 20 degrees with gusting winds 20-30 mph and the high today is only suppose to be in the low 30's with possible snow. :( And I have to work out in it. BRRRRR!!!!!! If you can't tell I don't like winter much. I do like snow but normally here in central Texas we don't get much "real" snow. We mostly get ice or a mix and then maybe a little dusting. People here don't know HOW to drive in anything but normal dry conditions. So wish me lots of luck and prayers today. :p:

Well, gotta go, just stopped in for a minute. Have a good day!!!! I would love to be able to read your posts when I come back later today. So, until then let's get with the program we are on.........:jig: :strong:

Hello Everyone!!!!!:wave:

How is everyone this evening? Ya'll must be really busy since your are not posting. *sigh* I miss you! Oh, well, I've worked all weekend but thought I would check in one last time before bed. Looks like I'm talking to myself. LOL

Well, sweet dreams to all and good luck on a good Monday!!!!

Hi Sherry :wave: - Yesterday was my birthday and I went out to eat for lunch and dinner. Today I've been totally OP. I even got out my "Getting Started" booklet and re-read it. I decided to get serious, and even measured my portions
for supper tonight. I"ve been stalled for too long. You gals are inspiring me :)

Hello Everyone!! Hello Doxie!!!!

How is everyone doing? Where is everyone, Doxie?

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

Hope your birthday was great!!!!! Sounds like with all the measuring and getting serious that you will do SOOO well!!!!

Talk with you later!!!!

Hi Sherry...I finally found the WELL

Happy Belated B-day Doxie

How has it been going for all of you? I've been sick ( again) and so no exercising. Weigh in Wednesday showed only a .4 loss and left me frustrated. Today I'm back on top form. Cold is dissipating and energy level rising. I even went to aquacise tonight. Exhausted right now but happy cause I feel like I am back in the driver's seat. I admit it ....I am a control freak LOL:dizzy:

I need 1.8 lbs to get to my 10% goal of 26 lbs. I am going to get it this week ( hows that for confidence:D )

Wishing you all loss and love.

Kady

Good for you Kady!!! You stay on track! I had a bad weigh in last week. Gained 1 1/4 pounds. I weigh in again on Friday morning so wish me luck. I'm sure I did much better this week. I walked and excersiced more. And ate better. Lots of veggies.

I made that veggie soup in the book. It's really good. I did add a few things that it didn't call for like, broccoli and tomatoes. Lot's of garlic and onions. It was wonderful. I even took some to work today for a few others that are trying to loose also and they loved it. So, that made my day.

Plus one of the girls had a baby on February 12th and she brought the little guy in today. I love cuddling with a new born. I could have brought him home he was so soft and cuddly and cute. Someone teased me and yelled over that "I looked cute...Grandma". They were teasing me because of my son getting married this summer. I'm not ready to be grandma yet. Still too young for that. The kids are really too young to get married in my book but, hey what do I know. My sons first words were...you got married young. But, his father is 5 years older than I am. Here both of them are only going to be 20. But, she is a wonderful young lady. We love her. She is a blessing for the family.

Happy Belated Birthday Doxie!!! :hb: Hope you had a wonderful day!

Well, off to read my book. I've started a new one called...Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. It's wonderful so far.

Take care. Keep up the good work.
MySons3 :moo: :wave: I just love this little cow....:sheep:

Good Morning Everyone!!!!

How is everyone this morning? I am doing well and staying OP.
Have another hard day today and then I'm off for the weekend. Yay!!!!

Kady~ Sorry you have been sick. WTG with the loss, hey a loss is a loss!!! Don't be discouraged, at least the scales are moving in the right direction. You CAN lose that 1.8lbs and reach your 10% goal this week, I know you can. Go Girl Go!!!!!!!

M3S~ Sorry to hear about the gain but it's over and done and you're back on track. Good luck with WI today!!! Here's a few loser's vibes ~*\/*~*\/*~*\/*~*\/*~*\/*~*\/*~*\/*~

Hope everyone has a GREAT Friday and a GREAT weekend!!!!!

My seek peek at the scale looks good. I've been OP with food since Tuesday. The water & exercise continue to be a problem. I still have no energy. We are having a blizzard today, so I'm planning to make the veggie soup for lunch.
Can you have too many banked points? My calculator-thingy says I have 18. I upped my fruit & veggies and am not as hungry.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Sounds good Doxie, the part about being OP since Tues and the sneak peak. I dont even own a scale so no sneak peak here. I dont think I will buy one for a while, not if I can keep going regularily to WW meetings.

Its hard to be enthusiastic when you have no energy. Take it easy and when you do get energy dont overdo it. Slow and steady won the race.

I remember something about not having too many banked points but it escapes me.Thats a good question though. Any answers.
I check in for the answer

TaTa for now
Kady

My leader explained the banked point system to us. You bank any unused points daily and only for one week at a time. So I begin my journal on Sundays and on Friday or Saturday if I have any points banked I can use up to 10 points added to my daily total. This helps because we usually eat out on Saturday evenings and although I order salads they usually have chicken or shrimp on them as well as regular dressing.

Hope this is what you were looking for.

:D

I forgot to add this.

Once you begin a new journal, all banked points from the previous week are lost.

:D

Thanks for the explanation on the banked points. I don't journal, but use the points calculator. So, if I understand correctly, you can use up to 10 bonus points a day, if you've banked that many. It doesn't happen that often around here. I'm doing WW at Home so I had no one to ask.

Good Afternoon Everyone!!!!!:wave:

I have totally enjoyed being off today. I have really gotten a lot of things done. I have been cleaning and rearranging my bedroom. My DH found out he will have to have an angiogram on March 21 since he has a partially blocked artery and we will have out of state company. My dear SIL is a wonderful person except for she is a clean freak. And if my house should not be up to her standard she will tell me so. And right now I don't think I'm strong enough to withstand the war if she has reason to speak up. So..........I'm cleaning. My house isn't really dirty but needed a little more deep cleaning than usual. Ya know?

Doxie~ WTG eating more of those wonderful fruits and veggies. I love it! I bet you will find those iron demons in your favor when you officially WI. :) Blizzard . . . .BRRRRR!!!! We are having 50degrees with wind gusts from the north at 40mph and a chill factor of about 30. I would rather have the snow.

Kady~ Trust me you really don't want one of those iron demons. I hate mine. But everyday several times I climb on to get a reading. :moo:

#1Shopper~ Thanks for the advise on the banked points ........ Man I hate losing all those points!!!! Wouldn't it be great if you could bank 'em long enough to eat a whole pie or something. :ink::joker:

Well, I think I will go now and do something I long to do.. . . . . .
Take a l-o-n-g soak in the garden tub and relax. Talk atcha later. :sheep:

Good Morning everyone. It's really early....or late...how ever you want to look at it.

Our son and his fiance` live about 85 miles away and they invited us for dinner and then we went shopping with them while they did their bridal registry. It was so fun. And so nice that they included us. I was kind of feeling left out being the mother of the groom. I missed all the fun things with the dresses. They did all that up by her mother with is another 2 1/2 hours north of where the kids live. It was sooo much fun. (Thanks for listening to me blubber...) :) Not a proud mom at all...hey?... :) :) :)

I lost 1.8 pounds at WI yesterday. A total of 24 since last year March. I lost what I gained last week plus a little more. Now to walk more this week so I have a good week this week. :sheep:

Sunday night is our last night of our bowling league for this season. I'm kind of glad. Last month we blew it. We...for the first time in 12 years of bowling on this league have been or had been in 1st place for 3 months straight. Last month we blew it royally. We stunk is more like it. So, I don't know if we'll end up in 2nd or 3rd now or what. We still bowl tomorrow and it counts so hopefully....cross your fingers! I'll let you know. :spin:

It's late and I'm bushed. :yawn: Off to bed finally. Take care and stay warm. It's 15 degrees here now with wind gust of 45 - 60 miles per hour and wind chills of 15 below. It's darn cold. It's hard to believe that at 7:15am when we left the house it was 55 degrees out and I wore no jacket. Just a sweatshirt. That's Wisconsin for you. :moo:

Take care.
MySons3.....:wave:

Hi all

Just a short note today. I feel like I havent written in here for a long time. I was lacking energy all weekend- still recouping from my cold I guess.

Life goes on...and I am ready to take it on. I will go back to aquacisse and do what I can. STill kinda weak but hey.....something is better than nothing.

This counting points and making choices is starting to become part of me. Today we had a shared lunch wehre a group of staff brings lunch. I brought my 1 point bun from home as well as a low point treat. So while the others enjoyed the bounty I enjoyed the veggies without dip, and the treats I brought from home. While they ate the chocolate trifle I ate my double chocolate hazelnut biscotti ( ww recipe) I did not feel left out. Choices are a good thing.

Kady:dizzy:

Kady - Good for you! You handled temptation well.
MySons3 - Congratulations on your loss! You've done well.
I was OP all weekend. I WI tomorrow. Hope for some good results. I have several evening meetings that all end with dessert. I'm trying to figure out a way to decline without hurting anybody's feelings. I just as soon not say "I'm on a diet". Any suggestions?

Well I am not having a great week. We have all had the flu and I have spent the last two days at the hospital with my mother. So food was not a priority and when I finally came home last night, I stopped by the local deli and ordered a hoagie. (God, how many points are in a hoagie?) Well today is another day. I think I am back on my point system.

Doxie: If the deserts are something you want to include, try one or two bites of it. This way the others don't necessary know you are dieting (or eating healthy as ww says). I don't know of any other way, but my eating out partners are so use to me dieting or binging that they don't give it a second look.

Good luck.

Doxie- I will pass my findings on to you and hope it helps. You need to do what is best for you and dont worry about what others think. I have lost 25 lbs or so in the last 2 months and not one person at my workplace has commented on what I think is obvious weight loss. This bothered me at first but them I realized I am doing this for me and the only one I need to impress with my successful loss is ME. The message everyone is concerned about themselves. Do what's best for you. Others really wont notice.

Kady:o

I just wanted to join you all in your discussion here. I sure hope that I am welcome if not just let me know. I am Kristy and I am from Iowa. I have a lot of weight to lose but I am so determined to do this for my health and myself. PLease feel free to visit my family website at www.blumefamily.faithweb.com :) I am attaching a pic of my 2 boys hope no one minds!

WELCOME JOSHUA"S WIFE

You are most welcome to join. I too have lots of weight to lose. Im here for a long time and a good time. The support in this site is amazing.

;) Kady

Hello everyone:wave:
After lurking for about a month, I've finally figured out how to post!! I am 23, and a full time college student. I have about 90lbs to hit my goal. I am currently doing the WW point program and so far I have lost 5.6lbs in 2 weeks:) I also use the "Walk away the pounds" videos. I am very determined to lose this weight for good. I look forward to meeting everyone.
Take care, Christina:)

Imagin8tion you are well on your way. You can do it. Go for it! Walk walk walk...

Kady

Thank you Kady!! I am hoping that every week brings at least some sort of weight loss.. Hope everyone has a great day... Take care, Christina

Imagin8tion

We have almost the same starting weight. My start weight was 268 Jan2, 2002..... I have now lost 28+ ( weigh in tonight) I am now at 239....When I started I though oh I have sooooo much to lose but now having lost almost 30 ( I hope thats what todays weigh in shows) I KNOW I can lose the rest.

Kady

Hi Everyone
I am down 2 pounds (in 2 weeks). I'm happy it's going the right way for a change.
Christina - Are your walking tapes WW? Sounds like something I could use since my hubby informed me last night that it's warming up, and I now have no more excuses not to walk with him and our 2 dogs ( dachshund & huskie). They walk a couple of times a night - a long walk & later a shorter one. They about did me in last night, and we didn't go all that far. Talk about being out of shape.
I have around 95 lbs to lose.
Good luck to all this week! I have banned Easter candy from the house :) I love jelly beans and would eat them all. Fortunately, my kids are grown & gone so it isn't an issue for them.
Have a great week! It's nice to see new posts.

YES!!

Weigh in last night showed a great loss bringing my total up to 30.8 lbs in 12 weeks. :lol:

I am thrilled with this and now have the strength and determination to keep to my points through Easter holidays/foods. No chocolate will pull me down.

Kady:smug:

GOOD JOB KADY :D You must be thrilled! Easter weekend won't get the better of you with your determination.
So far, so good with my week. Although I may be turning into ff popcorn before its over. That has been my snack for the last 3 nights. It keeps me out of other things and is filling. Off to work I go....

Hi everyone!

It's been such a long time since I've gotten online. The flu has finally left my family (knock on wood) and we are on Easter Break. Now some time to catch up with everyone.

Joshuaswife - Welcome. The boys are wonderful. I've been back on weight watchers since February 1 and have had a steady loss although a few weeks it was .4 lbs. A little disappointing but at least a loss.

Imagin8tion - Welcome. I was glad to see you are determined to lose the weight and the exercise is a good way to begin. Weight watchers seems to be the best long time solution to weight loss that I have found and I think I have tried just about all of them.

Kady - It's great what you have done since January. 30.8 lbs is something to be proud of. Keep up the positive attitude, it will help during Easter.

Doxie - Keep trying the walking with hubby. It is great when you have someone to do it with and the dogs need to walk anyway.

Easter should be a little easier this year, we are going out to a restaurant for family style dinner. There are just too many of us to meet at anyone's home. My kids are past the Easter Bunny stage so there is very little candy that will be sitting around here, but we all love Milky Ways and they are here. God give me strength to refuse them.

Spring has finally come today, 55 degrees compared to the 20s we had on Tuesday. I think I'll talk my kids into going for a walk with me.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter. I'll post soon.

:)

Hello All, well I decided to join Weight Watchers (again). I'm 22, in college and have about 100 pounds or so to lose. I love this web site and I find a lot of encouragement from it. I'm going to get weiched today, I have no idea how much I weigh now so I'm kinda scared. Oh well, at least I'm starting to do something about it.

Off to the gym :strong:

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