WW Clubs and Groups - Fabulous 40's #41

Myra,
You'll get it off. You are really getting back into the groove of things. You had a bunch of things get in your way. Good luck.


Essie,
The husband sounds so cute! Like a puppy.
Happy B-day to him.
LOL

Jen,
Thanks Britts is much better. I hope she doesn't get the pain back next month. Poor thing.

Dianne,
Have a great time and tell all.

Zoe,
Good luck. You are doing great!

TGIF!!!!!
Terri

Good morning everyone,

Myra, Terri's right, you've had quite a bit to deal with recently, it's difficult to stay strictly OP during times of turmoil. You'll get your focus back.


Zoe, it's very encouraging to read your posts. You sound as though you're doing great! :)

Essie, the Denise Austin tape you named is the one I've got. I really like her style, very encouraging. I prefer the simple exercises, not dancing, like the Richard Simmons' tapes have...I've got two left feet!

Joe's birthday is tomorrow. While we usually go out w/my bro. and wife for bdays, we've decided to spend the evening at home. I'm making him his favorite....ribs (and then I wonder why I've been struggling w/staying OP!). On Sunday we're having the kids and my niece for cake, etc. to celebrate his bday.

This is very special to me this year, that he's here to celebrate another one. Next year will be the big one for him....the big 5-0 :eek:

Hope everyone has a great weekend. We're in for nasty weather here. Right now it's 55, but supposed to get down to 9 tonight....and icy. Yuck!

~Jen


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Jen,
What a special birthday this is.
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Joe
Happy Birthday to You
:D
Terri
ENJOY!!!!!!!

Jen: Happy Birthday to Joe - hope you both enjoy with your family.

Essie: In case, I don't speak to you before, Happy Birthday to Pete as well. Enjoy!!

Hi everyone -- happy Friday!

Dianne

Jen, Happy Birthday to Joe! Pete will be 50 on the 13th. I must admit he looks great!! All that exercising pays off. We're going out to eat tomorrow then Sunday my family is getting together to celebrate my niece's birthday. She was born on the 13th also. She'll be 13. We have a busy weekend ahead of us. Enjoy it.

Terri, I think my hubby is cute. He's very good to me. I thank God for him.

Better go. Pete & David just drove up. We're going to Circuit City. Be back later.

Have a great day Guys! :)

Happy Friday Evening Ladies ~

Ok, whoever said that my posts are encouraging and that I'm doing so well, don't read this.....today was hard. I had a bagle for breakfast (5pts). I didn't take a lunch because I was so busy so I went to the snack machine and got a bag of animal crackers. Not too bad but, another 5pts. Then, for whatever reason and I have no idea what that reason is, I ate about 10-15 of these little chocolates, the kind that looks like money/coins. So after feeling so guilty, I dug all the 'coin' wrappers out of the trash, brought them home with me along with the rest of the candy and counted how many I had and weighed that many....1 1/2 ounces for about 6 pts. Do you think I stopped there, while I was still on the safe side? Heck no!!! We went to have pizza tonight. Ok, so I messed up. I'll be working out again tomorrow so I will have to work extra hard to get rid of some extra calories and points. I suppose, after being so good, we are bound to fall down once in awhile, right? :mad: :mad: Now all I need is the strength to keep out of the rest of the chocolate tonight......

Happy Birthday Joe!!!! :D :D

Sorry I don't have time to mention anyone. Hubby wants "air time" here. I hope everyone is having a great evening.



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Zoe ~ soaking up the "SON" in Texas

Leave the past in the past. Guilt will only hurt you. Today is a brand new day. Take advantage of that and start anew. That is what I plan to do.

Myra

Hello Ladies :)

Zoe my friend, I've had so many of those days I can't even count them. At least you brought the wrappers home & counted them. I wouldn't have done that. I probably would have said the heck with it, I'll start over tomorrow. So you had 1 bad day. You can burn some of those calories when you work out so don't worry about it. This is going to be for the rest of our lives & there will be some downfalls. Pick yourself up, go exercise & plan the rest of your weekend. Don't forget your water. You can't do anything about yesterday but you can do something about today. You'll be alright. ;)

Jen, have a great day with Joe today. Every day we spend with our loved ones is precious. I sure wish I was having some ribs!

Myra, Terri, Dianne have a great OP day.

Be back soon.
Essie

Essie,
Happy Birthday to Pete! This is a very special birthday....50 :D
Give him my best wishes.

Zoe,
I've been there: more times than I care to say. It's going to happen, how we react to a day like that is what counts. You are working out today, right? That's being back on track. Good going!

Terri and Dianne,
Thanks for the birthday song and wishes for Joe. I'm showing them to him right after I post this.

Hi Myra.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend.

~Jen

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Pete
Happy birthday to you!

Hope it is a good one!
Hi Essie!

Zoe,
It is over and done. You will be fine. You jumped back on. That is great! That is the key!

Jen,
I hope Joe's birthday is great!!!!

Hi Dianne & Myra! Have a great weekend!
Terri

Good Saturday Afternoon Ladies.....

I just got home from a baby shower luncheon. I must say that I was SO GOOD! I had a grilled chicken salad with fat free ranch and didn't eat the "cheese toast" that they served with it. Also, and this is a big one, I passed on the cake!!!! I was absolutely DYING to have it but I just said no thanks. I am glad I did.

thank you all for letting me know how 'not alone' I was last night. I know that this is something we all do from time to time and I know that we all just get back up and move on......and I am. But thank you all for your encouragement.

Myra ~ yes ~ the past only hurts you when you BRING IT BACK....your words were so true.

Essie ~ Thanks for reminding me about my water. Ya know, I drink 80+ ounces of water during the week but on the weekends, I just don't get it all in. I need to work on that.

Jen ~ Yes, I worked out before the baby shower. I did the treadmill, then my weights, then more cardio. I don't do all that much since I'm just starting out but I worked up a sweat. :D

Terri ~ hope your weekend is a good one...... :D

Happy Birthday Pete!!!!!!

Happy Saturday Y'all.....have a great weekend and I'll see you's later. :D


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Zoe ~ soaking up the "SON" in Texas

Zoe,
Great job on passing on the cake. That is a hard one. Yes, we have all been there with those off point days.

Well Brittany lost 4 pounds this week. She is psyched. I lost 1.5.
"Let's get it done in 2001"
I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday!!!!!
Terri

Good Sunday Morning Y'all ~

Today, I am not in church but watching Charles Stanley on TV ~ I hope that all of you are having (or going to have) a wonderful Sunday.

Terri ~ good goin' on losing that 1.5 lbs! Keep up the good work..............and congrats to Brittany on losing 4 pounds!! WOW!!

Have a blessed Sunday




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Zoe ~ soaking up the "SON" in Texas

Thanks so much Zoe.
Hope your Sunday was great!!!!


Guess what? I had someone else tell me that I could not be Britt's mother. They thought I was in my early thirties. That felt so good. They thought she was 18. She liked it too (for now).

Terri

Hi Guys,

I've been really busy. I did manage to go back to WW. I didn't gain since the last time I was there. There was a woman there that lost 52 lbs. in 5 1/2 mths!!! She had such a glow. I was happy for her & I didn't even know her. She smiled thru the entire meeting. I have to really try harder. I have to make it this time. I would like to lose 25 lbs. I don't care how long it takes.

Zoe, I love Charles Stanley. A lot of times I record it. I watch him every Sunday which works out cause I don't have to leave till 9:40 am & his program ends at 9:00 am. He's one of my favorites & Joyce Meyer. Thank you for wishing Pete a Happy Birthday :) Tomorrow is his big day.

Terri, you are doing great. Congrats to Brittany. I wish when I was her age I would have had someone to teach me about the importance of being healthy. My niece who turns 13 yrs. old tomorrow is drinking slimfastfor one of her meals. I told my brother I think it would be healthier for her to try WW.

Thanks to all of you for wishing Pete a Happy Birthday. He was just reading your posts. He finds it so sweet that we share a special bond thru cyberspace.

Bye Guys :)

Love,
Essie

Whew!!! What a weekend. Friday was a relatively quiet day, until Joe said "let's go out to lunch" and we had Mexican food. Saturday we ended up ditching our plans for a birthday dinner of ribs at home, and went out w/my bro. and his wife after all. After a visit to a local micro-brewery (Joe's favorite, which he enjoyed in moderation, by the way!), we went to his favorite Chinese restaurant for dinner. On Sunday we had some family over for birthday, part II....translates to pizza and cake. It was a food-filled weekend, to say the least.

When I got on the scale at home this a.m., it showed a gain of about 2 pounds. I truly expected more, and I don't know what the WW scale will show tomorrow, I don't know how accurate my scale is. But I'm not worried. After the last 2 weeks, I was afraid it'd be more. Perhaps it will be, tomorrow, on their scale. But it's over, we had fun and now it's down to business.

Essie, your husband sounds like a sweetie. Don't you feel blessed? I hope his birthday is great. And, you didn't gain since last time you were at WW...cool. You'll do fine!

Zoe, good going on both the cake and the cheese toast. I LOVE cheese; and, well, cake..that goes without saying. Doesn't it give you a good feeling to pass it up?

Terri, so happy your daughter is doing well. Especially to post a loss after all she's been thru! Tell her for me that I'm proud of her.....she's definitely going to get it done in 2001 !!!! :D It's such a difficult task to raise children nowadays (boy, that makes me sound old), and it's obvious that you're doing a great job. And, didn't I tell you that you looked too young to post here? LOL

Dianne, Myra, Hi. I hope you're both ok.

Hope everyone has a good evening.
~Jen

I'm here late tonight. I went to the gym after work, got home to my wonderful husband having dinner ready (pasta and salad) and then had a discussion with him and my son about my son wanting to move out on his own. I'm heartbroken. http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//crying.gif I know, I know, kids grow up and move out....but this is my baby!!! He'll be 21 on March 24th and I just feel like he needs to stay here. Ok, so that's crazy but I can't help it. I've been told that once you get over that "empty nest" depression, you love it so much that you can't imagine having the kids back in the house. We'll see.....maybe he won't move, huh? http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//love.gif

Terri ~ doesn't it feel good when someone tells you how young you look? I remember once when my daughter, at age 22or 23, went to the foot DR and since she's a 'baby', wanted me there. We were laughing and talking and at the front desk, the doctor asked me, "can I ask you a personal question?".....I said sure....he said, "how old are you?" He said he couldn't beleive I was her mom. Woo Hoo.

Essie ~ have a great time celebrating Pete's birthday!!

Jen ~ don't worry about the gain...maybe you'll end up losing at WW anyway. I see that my own scale went up about 2 pounds which is crazy. But I'm okay with it since I've been good and working out.

hi to everyone else. Hope you all have a great night....




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Zoe ~ soaking up the "SON" in Texas

Congrats Essie on going back and not having a gain. YEAH http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//smoking.gif
Thanks for your support about Brittany. I think it is so important for her to start now. I want her healthy and not have to go through this. I would like her to experience it now while it is not to hard.
Good luck to your niece.
Happy Birthday to Pete? Any special plans?

Jen,
Man, you were busy. You did great girl. I would have gained more than that. It might even be gone by the time weigh-in is. Good luck.
Thanks about Brittany. She really is a good girl. I wish I was too young to post here but then I wouldn't have met all of you. :D


Zoe,
I know what you mean about the empty nest syndrome. I am not looking forward to it. I want to protect my kids for the rest of their lives. I want the control. http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//nervous.gif
I want Brittany to stay until she gets married at 35. LOL (I want a couple of grandkids so I'll let her go while her biological clock is still ticking.)
I know I will change my mind when the high school yrs. make me go insane. http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//insane.gif
LOL
Good luck.

Hi Myra and Dianne!
Terri

Hey there Y'all ~

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Tuesday and evening. Nothing much going on here tonight. I'm happy to say that I am going to relax and watch TV tonight, do alot of nothing. Ha!

Tomorrow after work is Weigh In....I did get on my scale at home and it didn't seem to move AT ALL! :( I've not really been bad so I don't know what's the deal. Maybe the exercise is making me gain. :rolleyes: hahaha

Hey Terri, I wish I was too young to post here too but as you said.....we'd have never met. Maybe it's the age-thing that gets to me about the kids moving out. After all, I did have them early..... :)

nighty night......


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Zoe ~ soaking up the "SON" in Texas

Zoe,
Yeah, maybe it is because you are young for them to be moving out. Maybe by the time my youngest (7) moves out I'll be ready. If he leaves at 21 I'll be 56. Woah! Almost ready for hubby to retire. I can't stand to think about it. I still hold him.
He's my baby! :(
Terri

Hi Guys -- Happy Valentines Day! http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//love.gif

BACK AWAY FROM THE CHOCOLATES!!! LOL -- just kidding -- I myself plan on having at least one or two pieces, to calm my cravings. I will not be deprived!

Essie -- Hope Pete's birthday yesterday was great! 50 is really special.

Terri -- You and Brittany are doing great -- it's really fantastic that you are teaching her to be healthy while she's still young and not into all the bad habits we were when we were her age. Good luck to her.

Jen -- Hope Joe had a great birthday as well. Sounds like you had some good food and good fun. Don't worry about the scale -- you'll be fine. And more importantly, you had a good time with your family.

Hi Myra -- Hope your'e doing well.

Zoe -- I feel for ya -- with your son and all. We lost our son, Justin, at 13 when he went away to a prep school in Massachusetts. When he came back, he left again for Columbia University, so we have kind of gotten used to him being gone. Now, our baby girl, Alana, will be 18 in April and going away to college in September. I know that's going to be really rough, we are so close. http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//crying.gif So, my husband and I will be facing "empty nest" syndrome soon enough. I wonder what we'll do with each other.... mmm.... guess we could come up with a few things ;) ! Who knows, we might really like it, not having to worry about if we want to go away for the weekend, who's going to stay with Alana overnight, etc. I know it will be hard, but we do have to let them go and she's really excited about going away. I'm going to try and make it as easy as possible on her.

Well, Alana and I went to see the Vagina Monologues and had a great time seeing all the celebrities in the play, ie. Jane Fonda, Glenn Close, Ophrah, Brooke Shields, Claire Danes, Marrissa Tomei, Carol Kane, Swoosie Kurtz, Rosie Perez, Gloria Steinem, etc., etc., etc. too many to name. There were some embarrassing moments :o (for me, mostly)when I kind of wondered if my daughter understood some of the things that were being discussed, but on the whole it was a really good experience for both of us. And a really important cause.

Well, I hope you all enjoy your valentines day and give your hubbies a big kiss from me -- LOL -- Just kidding, don't hurt me!!! :D

Have a great day, you's guys.

Dianne

Hi everyone!
http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//love.gif Happy Valentine's Day! http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//love.gif

My weigh in yesterday was exactly what I expected...gained 2.2 lbs.

I waited as long as I could, went 12 days between weigh-ins, and considering the way things were around here, I was happy that's all I gained.

Now it's behind me. I'm not feeling very motivated right now , but I will not give up.

Dianne, having time alone with your husband will be fantastic! I'll bet you'll love it.

~Jen

Jen, sorry to hear you had a bad WI. But it is a new week now. I'm sure you will do great next week.

I was shocked with my WI. I actually lost 1.8 lbs. I guess these activity points actually work. Counting the activity points I stayed in my range most days but without counting them I was well above my range (I exercised like crazy). It is just so scary eating all those points. I was sure I would gain again.

Myra

Good for you Jen. getting right back to it.
:cool: Good luck! 2.2 is not that bad. You will get that off. Good luck!

Myra,
Congrats! Great job Myra! Way to work out!
:D

Dianne,
I'm glad you had a great time. That is so cool that you got to see all those stars.
:cool:

I maxed out my points at 7:00. I hate that.
So here I am. LOL I only had 2 hershey kisses. YEAH!!!
Bruce got me two nights in a Hotel suite starting Sat. I leave at noon on Sat. and stay until Mon. at noon. Cool huh? That is my main Valentines gift. I might take Britts with me for the first night ( I really enjoy her company, especially when it's one on one) and then Bruce will come and get her and take her home and she will babysit and Bruce will come back and fix dinner dinner and stay for a couple of hours.
He took me to lunch today and got me a beautiful card.
I hope everyone had a nice Valentines day.
Terri

http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//crying.gif :mad: http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//crying.gif :mad:
Ok, I finally did it.....I finally went to my WW meeting and gained. Heck, I don't know why I'm crying cuz I'm the one who caused it. Ok, so tomorrow, I am so bad on track....and I didn't gain that much, just "point 2" but heck, it was still a gain!!! I'm over it now and tomorrow morning, I start just like it was week #1.

I am sorry not to address each of you personally. I'm feeling pretty down about this stupid little (and it IS stupid and it IS little) gain.....so I came home and had ice cream. Is that not pitiful or what?? I need to get back on track. Like I said, tomorrow is going to be like Day One for me.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Zoe ~ soaking up the "SON" in Texas

Ok, I'm back. I guess I need to just get in here and post....be with Y'all and understand that it happens to the best of us.....I'm okay now.

Terri ~ maybe I'm being silly but I really do think I'm too young for them to be gone. I'd have 3 more right now!! We tried to have another and it took forever for me to get pregnant and then I lost it. That was about 12 years ago. At 45, I could really have more. :) My husband would DIE!!!! Ha!!

Dianne ~ my husband says that life will be great without Chris here....we can have the "run of the house"....I know what he means.... :o :o So I guess you'll be going through this too soon.....we can lean on each other. :)

Happy "V" Day to all of you. Thanks for all of you being here when I vent and feel down. It makes that down feeling disappear quicker. :)



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Zoe ~ soaking up the "SON" in Texas

Hang in there Zoe. That was a small gain. Your body needed a rest girl. The losses will slow down a little as your body gets smaller. It can get very frustrating. That is a big part of this. This frustration is the very reason so many people give up. Just think of it as a part of the new lifestyle. Sometimes we mess it up ourselves but we stop it before it gets out of hand. That is the important thing. Sometimes a small gain happens when we do nothing wrong. Our bodies will do this. It really is not healthy to have big losses every week. Just think of it as your new lifestyle. Hang in there.
You are doing great! http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//smoking.gif

Hi everybody!!!!!
Terri

Hi, Zoe, Terri, Jen, Dianne & Myra,

Just want to let you know I'm here but I don't have time to reply :(

Have a great day everybody.
Will be back later on this evening.

Essie ;)

Myra, good job on the loss. You're doing it right!! It's great that you're exercising so much.

Zoe, we can't let this go, we have to keep up our momentum and start posting losses. I know how you feel about having a baby now at our age. I would do it in a minute. But then reality sets in and I think of how nice it is to be free, and have grown kids. My mom had my sister when she was 42....no thanks!!

Terri, Bruce is so thoughtful, what a nice gift. I hope you take advantage of every minute of it, especially when he's there! ;)

Have you noticed that all of us here have such great husbands? http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//love.gif It's so nice to hear women speak highly of their guys. Too many put them down, or complain about them.

Dianne, Essie, hi!! Hope you're both well.

till later,
~Jen

Hi yous guys:

Jen -- you are so right -- we do have great husbands, and that's because we are great wives. :D No humility here, LOL! We are very lucky in the husband department. http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//love.gif

Terri -- I gave my husband a gift certificate to a spa to get a swedish massage! He was so thrilled. He's always asking me to rub his back -- now he'll get a professional to do it with oils, etc. for a whole hr! He will be in heaven! mmmm -- maybe I should go with him to make sure he gets nothing "extra" http://www.3fatchicks.com/ubb//umm.giflol! Enjoy your weekend Terri, sounds great.

Myra -- congrats on your loss and all your exercising -- its paying off, you go girl!

Zoe -- please don't worry about .2 -- you are doing great. Just think of all you've lost already and remember this is for life. We are going to have ups and downs or we wouldn't be normal! I think you've done amazing and I'm proud of you!

Essie -- Hi hon, how are you? You were in a big rush to get to work today?? Hope you're having a great day. Talk to you later.

Everyone have a wonderful day!

Dianne

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See you on #42. :cool:
Terri