Depression and Weight Issues - August 2009 - Come Chatter With Us!

Hi all! Happy Saturday! ;) And oh my goodness - August already!! :faint:

Hope - any workout is better than none - I can now walk three miles, still slow (for me) but it's getting me moving ;)

Leenie - things are healing really well, and I have the swelling mostly under control - it's odd how I'll swell as the day goes on, and takes some getting used to! That said - I have defined abs I would NEVER have had on my own, no matter how hard I worked at it!! I still can't have a really good stretch, but generally I am happy... though as the water weight comes off, and I slim down again, my boobs seem enormous! :o

Nothing of news here - just trying to keep busy, and take care of myself. :yes: I hope you are all enjoying some sunshine, wherever you are!

Heather :D

cant believe it is august.....feels like a lazy day.....yesterday was the ideal lazy day cause it was rainy...

I lived through the biker party! :scooter: And it made df happy. That was the whole point.

Good Morning,

Heather I'm thrilled for you and so happy you are happy with the new you. Bet there's some new clothes shopping in your near future huh. Oh.. it sounds like so much fun. YEAH YOU !!

:wave: Mom & Hope

August is kinda sad, its like the last horrah of summer... oh well. Its raining hard this morning, we've had a very very wet summer...feels like we got robbed I tell yah lol. Oh well, better then snow.

Have a wonderful day chicks :hug:

Good morning everyone:wave:

Okay! Hi Everybody! This is actually attempt number two this morning! My last post was eaten in cyberland! I know I have been away for awhile, I have been checking in a bit here and there but haven't had the time to really be involved. I am glad to see the familiar faces still around and welcome to all the newbies!!!

My weightloss has actually been non existent...I actually had to up my ticker by a pound but hey, I haven't been getting my workouts, my dogwalking has dropped off to almost nothing and I have been dealing with foot and knee problems so I figure that that was a small price to pay really. I had also slipped into the sugar zone (addiction) and am currently going through detox again. Day 3 today. Yesterday was tough...headachey, achey, felt like my body was lead, and raging stomachache! Yeah, sugar isn't a drug... Bull!

Also, our friend that also has brain cancer (my DH has it for those of you who don't know) passed away, and that shocked and shook me for awhile, brought up all the fear that I had dealt with before. I am delving deeply into meditation and self analysis and I have made great strides in improving my positive energy. Believe it or not, The Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan is being immensely helpful!!! And I am using his methods to handle my dogwalking as well.

Anyway! I just wanted to check in, tell everyone that I have missed you all and am glad to see so many still hanging in there.

luv luv everybody!!! :)

Raven- sorry about your friend...that does make it hard to think about. I am really struggling with the sugar thing. I know that is part of my problem its just getting away from it is the hard part!!


Nothing much going on. Vacation Bible School this week.....Take some extra meds to deal with all the kids..LOL...Just kidding...ok lata!!

Raven :hug: so glad you checked in. I've wondered how things were going. Sorry to hear about your friend. That must be really tough on you. I admire your coping efforts. Feeling good in the midst of tragedy takes effort and you seem to really be putting in the effort. Also congrats on stopping the weight gain at one pound. I wish I had done that 80 pounds ago!

Speaking of weight gain, I ate too much again today. I've been snacking at night again. I was getting away with a handful of berries and I was satisfied but now I'm all out searching for one thing after another. It sucks.

Just a question for any who might know.I have been on Pristiq for about 3 months.I am so drowsy.I can sleep 10 hours at night then 3-4 during day???Any input??

Good Morning Ladies :hug:

Happy Monday....


Just a question for any who might know.I have been on Pristiq for about 3 months.I am so drowsy.I can sleep 10 hours at night then 3-4 during day???Any input??

I'm not sure of the side effects of Pristiq... but the first thing I would do is call my doctor and tell him/her you are sleeping so much. Maybe he can lower the dosage?

Morning, welcome all - sun is shining...

Good morning all!

MY APARTMENT IS GUEST FREE! Woohoo! So now maybe this 3 week streak of being horribly unhealthy will go away and I can get back to normal. Really - I've been so bad these past couple of weeks. I've been stressed too so the will power I have needed to decline the suggestion to order pizza hasn't been there to help. I think I need to loose the "1 for every 5lbs" sunshine in my profile. Boo!

Have a great day. Super busy here, but I'll catch up and read through all posts from the past few days later on this afternoon when I *hopefully* get a few spare minutes.

Welcome everybody!

Harris, I don't know. I haven't been on pristiq but I think Leenie is right, call your dr and let him know what's going on.

I was off today and slept away most of it. I hate when I do that. I got nothing done around the house and it needs it badly. I did buy the books I need for the one class and lab I'm taking this fall, they were nearly $300!! If I was taking a full load I can't imagine what it would have cost. It's just crazy. I'm still eating too much. Why am I sabotaging myself?

Morning all! It's a lazy one here in oogi-ville. Got a happy buzz at weigh-in this am when I entered the 180's. Woo-hoo!!

Oogi - Congrats on reaching the 180's!


Hope all you other very fine ladies have a great day! :)

Good Morning Everybody!

Thanks Hope & Mom... Yeah, it was really hard to hear about our friend... But I have come to realize that even though they both have the same basic disease that is where the similarity ended. They had different symptoms, different recovery times for their surgeries...everything was...and is...different. There are people that are diagnosed with this illness and pass away within months...and then there are people who are still going 14 years later. You just have to believe. That is all that you can do...anything else negative that you allow just saps your energy, your will, and your happiness. I won't allow that.

Well, tomorrow is the day we find out the results of the MRI... I feel good...he feels tense...I can understand that, but I know that he is fine...I believe it.

I wore my heart rate monitor yesterday on my bike ride, I didn't think I was working as hard as I apparently was...hopefully I will see some results on the scale very soon.

Happy Tuesday Chickies!!!

Hi everyone!!:wave:

Hey Raven great to see you again. So sorry about your husband's friend and you are right everyone is different. I'd say good luck on the MRI, but you don't need luck as it'll be fine. Congrats on getting back on track, how are you feeling with the sugar detox?

Hope I hear you on the cost of books. I was shocked with DdA's first semester and the books came to over $400 and she was taking only three classes. As for the self sabotaging, well that would be the blind leading the blind here!!

Congrats oogie for getting into the 180's!!!! <happy dance>

Hope everyone is doing alright!!:grouphug:

The weather has turned a little here. It feels a lot cooler and its cloudy and windy. My hubby will be pleased as his office turns into an oven when its hot. (can't get use to that, my hubby in an office full time, he's been a truck driver for 20yrs!!this is just weird) Had a wonderful NSV this morning. I put on a new pair of size 12 jeans that I had picked up and they fit just fine this morning!(my 14's go between fitting just fine and being able to remove them without undoing the button) Walked out into the kitchen and DdB went "whoa! where did you get those jeans?" and DdC's comment was "you're sexy mom today" helped boost the ol' confidence for sure.
I should go and get something done here.

Take care everyone and have a wonderful day!
K

Raven, :crossed: Let us know how things go tomorrow. We would love to celebrate some good news with you.

Buddly,:bravo: Size 12, no fair! Oh how I want to be in a size 12. I'm short so if I was in a 12 I could be buying pants that I didn't have to have hemmed. You can find 16 petites but they are really size 14's. I find that they are off a size. Anywho... way to go!

Oogi, :cp: Wow, the 180's, that's awesome! I'm in the 190's ( I need to change my ticker) and I want to be back there.

I'm still struggling with wanting to eat all day. It's like somebody flipped the hungry switch again.

Morning all :wave:

Raven - let us know how you get on - thinking of you :hug:

I'm going away for a couple of nights with a friend - just a change of scene and a bit of adventure... chat when I get back. Hope you all have a great week :)

Heather :D

Where are you peeps?

Have fun Heather and enjoy your time away.

I ate too much again today. Please stop me!

Quick up date...its been Vacation Bible School week so I have been busy...Tomorrow I get to break raw eggs all over me. I got an egg splattered at me by accident the other day but hey the kids loved it. I guess acting crazy for the kids is worth it!! i have managed to knock props over, my net flew off the pole of my butterfly catcher...But the character I am playing is always suppose to be running into stuff and that so Hey i am doing good...LOL Thats why tomorrow he falls and the eggs he was carrying break all over him...

ANWAYS the awesome news. I got on the scale TONIGHT (usually high at night best in the morning) and i was still out of the 220's. I had went back up to like 222 around there and been there for like 3 or 4 months. well I was out of them the other day but it fluctuates so much that I figured it would go back up but it didnt it went down more!!! YAAAAA....But then I still drank a mt dew tonite...DANG that soda...errr


I will make it out of the 200's if it kills me...

ok well I was excited and for once I could post something good instead of something depressing!!! i think it might have been that meds I went on a few months ago. I havent lost any weight since I went on them. I have been off it for a little over a week and not tired and sleepy any more so maybe that was the problem!!!

K Lata

Hi everyone!
Didn't do much of anything today, but I did get a brisk walk in after dinner. Have to get DdC into town to write her knowledge test for her learners at 8:30 tomorrow morning (she wrote yesterday and just failed so insisted she wanted to go back right away) and then I get to go to work for a few hours.

Heather enjoy your visit.

Hi Hope!

Mom congrats on the loss!!! Have fun getting covered in eggs tomorrow!

Raven how did the MRI go?

Take care everyone,
K

:wave:

Hello My Beautiful Ones! :)

The MRI is CLEAN!!! Our wonderful radiologist is going to go back over his scans from the last two years with another Dr. just to go through things with a fine tooth comb but he said that is only a precaution that he likes to do once a year just to be ultra safe. The bottom line is that he is feeling fine, still doing well in college (as in 4.0) and we just returned from his (most likely) final reenlistment in the Air Force. Had to get up early and I didn't have time for my usual coffee so I am going to sit down over here, enjoy the posts and drink it now. It was such a long road for us and I don't know that either one of us thought that he would be allowed to reenlist...or to have even retained his career in the first place after the surgery...it was so very emotional. I am so proud of him...his strength, his will, his love, just everything. Thank you all for caring... I am going to go crash for awhile! :)

Wow Raven!! That is wonderful news!!:hug: I'm so happy for you all.:D

Raven - Glad to hear everything came out OK.

Mom - I'm assuming your avatar is a picture of your daughters - they are precious :) I'm glad you're feeling better.

Heather - hope you had fun!

Bud - sexy mom - yay! :)

Pure, Sassy - Where did you go?? Hmm... Perhaps I'll stick a link to thins thread on the July forum... unless someone did that already, in that case - Never mind!

I've been in a great mood at home lately - partially do to the fact that I've been so stressed at work - once I get home "good" mood is all the mood I have left! So I mentioned back in the day that I was writing this story.. basically getting what I need to write out of the way so I can write what I want. I gave a copy of it to my therapist a month or so ago (I see her every other week). Never actually gave an update as to how that went... Haha. Probably for a reason. Apparently my personality "shines through" - which is kind of funny because while I was writing it last week I decided this was one of those stories where most people would hate the main character. Grieving or not - she's a bit of a turd. So perhaps I'm just not likable. I should find that depressing, but it somehow makes me happy. WTF? Anyway, I gave it to her so she could read it and get the skinny on stuff I don't want to talk about. That backfired. It brought up more stuff that she wants to talk about more, which made me just start bawling during my last session. I meet with her again tomorrow morning. So not looking forward to it. Perhaps she'll forget that she read it *crosses fingers*.

Continuing to write it had me kind of down over the past month or so – which didn’t help the dieting. I’m an emotional eater, so writing something that’s upsetting it counter productive at best. Couple that with all of my guests – and I have my work cut out for me! Haha. I’ve gotten to the point in it where I’m adding more fiction than fact so it’s not bad. I actually kind of like it – which is weird. I never like anything I write when I reread it. I guess there’s a first time for everything.

Have a good day all. :hug:

Leenie :balloons::bday2you::balloons:
Hope you have a wonderful day!!!!!


And a huge Hello to everyone else:wave:

have work today, going to be a hot one in there.

marbear, thanks. Good luck with the therapist tomorrow. I just started seeing a counselor and I don't really like it when she picks up on certain things and starts digging.

mom, Hope, Sassy, oogie are you doing alright?

Should start getting read. Hope you all have a wonderful Friday!

Take care,
K

:balloons::bday2you: Happy Birthday Leenie!! :bday2you::balloons:

Raven :hug: WONDERFUL !!!


Thank you chickies... like my dear friend jiffy says... 25 again :D

(don't I wish lolol).

Love yah's !!!

:balloons: Happy Birthday Leenie - so glad I didn't miss it! Love ya! x

HAPPY BELATED BDAY, LEENIE! I HOPE IT TOTALLY ROCKED!!!!!!! :bday2you::D

I have just been doing the usual, workin' then last night DH took me down to Childrens Hospital (Where he works) we brought his coworker a baby gift and I got to meet everybody there. They are really nice. Then we went to an awesome place to eat that they all order from all the time. It was really good.

Today we had our friend over and cooked out, had steaks and baked potatoes and cucumber salad. :drool: I have pretty much fell off the "diet" wagon. I eat what I want, just in much smaller portions. It works better for me. I just gotta get back to excercising. Since I got sick last month, I stopped walking on my lunch at work. My coworker has been walking though, she is doing really well, lost weight. But she is 11 years younger than me and not as heavy as me. I know not a great excuse, but it makes a difference.

Anywho, right now our friend and DH are trying to fix our home computer. (I am on DH's work laptop). So lets hope they fix it! I was rockin' before to Def Leppard! YEEEEEAHHHH BABBBBBYYY!! lol. They are like one my favorite bands ever! I got to see them in concert when I was a Senior in HS! So that was like forever ago!

Thats about it. Sassy out...........:cool:

Sassy, I've fallen off the wagon too. Didn't take long for me, did it? I've been eating poorly for a week or two, not sure now. It's probably been a week since I've worked out. I'm not completely out of the notion of doing it so I need to try to hop back on the bandwagon before it leaves town for another six months or something.

I've been thinking about how much my weight hinders me lately and it's incredible how it impacts my life. I need to concentrate on that so maybe it will encourage me to keep making the changes I was making. I was feeling so much better. What happened? :o

what a long week....vacation bible school is over. It was fun but very exhausting. My house is trashed and tons of laundry...UGHHH..

well I got to prepare to go to another church with my friend and we are doing a drama for them. so I need to work on that!! Have a good day tomorrow!!!

Yes those are my girlies....they are beautiful but they are a handful!!!

Hello.

Hope -- I am the same, no motivation and I was doing so well. Then I got sick and everything went down hill from there!

Big :hug: to all who may need them!

Hello Ladies..:wave:

I read half of the posts I missed. I'm so tired if I remember... I'll finish reading them later.

Leenie ~ Happy Belated Birthday.

I just got back from being on vacation. I went to Indiana to see my daughter.
My mother and I drove there. Which was a 17 hour trip. We got back this morning at 6am. I got about 2 hours sleep but I am still really tired. Going to do some cleaning and other stuff and hopefully catch a nap at some point.

Then of course I don't want to get on the scale.

Have a good day ladies...

Hiya chicks :wave:

I'm so tired - my house alarm was set off last night by a bad lightning storm here, and there were no technicians available to fix the system. Gah! Yawn. Going to be a long day.

Hope you're all hanging in :)

Leenie – Happy Belated Bday!

Sassy, Hope – I’m in the same boat. But today I’m getting back on the wagon. Just not interested in counting or working out – which needs to change. Perhaps we need a “staying on the wagon pack”?

Pure – Hope you enjoyed the time you spent with your daughter.

Heather – Take a nap! That sounds like a stinky night

Budly, Mom, everyone else – I hope you have a fabulous day.


So, I didn’t have to go through the therapist thing this weekend b/c she had to cancel. Although that made me happy, it’s because her dog was sick – and that makes me sad. So all in all I’d rather have had the apt then have a sick doggie. He’s old too, so sick isn’t good . My hubby was supposed to read it over again this weekend but didn’t. Perhaps he’ll do it this week.

The weekend was great. We went to the New England Revs vs LA Galaxy game. I was amused by the number women there who spent the ENTIRE game trying to get a good close up of David Beckham while ignoring the game. Sunday we hung around the apt which was quite fabulous as well. Sometimes, nothing is a great thing.

Hey all I had a nice long post and replied to everybody and hit a key and it disappeared! :mad:

Lets try this again, shall we? UGH!

Pure -- what part of Indiana does your daughter live? I am originally from IN.

Heather -- Yikes I hope you get the much needed rest you need!

Marbear -- I keep falling off the wagon, I need a wagon with seat belts! lol. I agree, sometimes doing nothing is great!

Have a Good One!!

:hug:

hi all,

Just wanted to say hi. I'm tired, I had to close at work tonight. It seemed like a long day. I'm mad at myself for eating so poorly. sosdd

Catch y'all tomorrow.

Hi ladies.

marbear ~ I did have alot of fun with my daughter. We did alot of shopping while I was there. It was nice.

Sassy ~ i use to live in Kewanna, it's about 15 minutes from Rochester and a half hour from Logansport. Its just a small little town.

Today is just not a good day. Yesterday or actually Sunday. I got into a car accident. Some guy ran right into me. i ended up going to the hospital and have soft tissue damage in my neck and my back is really sore. The doctor said I basically had wip lash. It sucks. I rested most of the day yesterday and finally got a chance to sit at the computer. It still hurts to sit or stand for long periods of time

Hope everyone else had/has a better day then I had.

Hope -- Big :hug:

Pure -- I am from a small little town called Batesville. Sorry to hear about your accident. I can sympathize. About 14 years ago (wow its been that long?! lol) I was in a head on car accident and I not only got whip lash I also received a injury to my spine that I will have forever. All I can say is take it easy and keep in touch with your dr. I know it hurts a lot. Gentle :hug:

Ugh. So my sil and bil were supposed to meet us in Boston this weekend on sat. Instead now they are staying at our place. Sigh. The weekends with guests keep continuing.


Everyone seems to need one of these - :hug:

Hola Amigas,

Well I totally screwed up. But oh well. lol. It was worth it! HA! I got one of those little microwavable cakes, ever have those? OMG it was soooo good.......hey at least it wasn't a regular size cake! lol. I almost got the "mini's" that they have that come in a 2-pack, and have one for my coworker, but I didn't want to share. :o So I just got the regular sized one which isn't that big.

But omg it was sooooooooooo good. :drool: I know I have said that already, but it was. So I guess there are worse things in life to do, right?! I just have to get to cleaning my house and my car on my days off and work it all off! ;) I plan on stripping the bed, cleaning out the fridge & freezer, cleaning the car inside and out, weeding my flowers (I know there are flowers in there among all those weeds some where! :lol3:) and do my normal cleaning and laundry too. I would love to get that all done when I get home in the morning, but I know I probably won't make it.........unless I stop for a cappuccino on my way home? :chin:

But wow if I could get that all done when I get home today, that would be totally AWESOME! Then I would have all the rest of my days off to do nothing! NADDA! Well we are going to our friends house on Friday, but thats it. Then again maybe I should stretch them all out because by the time Saturday rolls around (my last night off) I am bored. (My husband works every Wed. and Saturday night)

I do read, man do I read........DH says we have to go to the library and get me a card because I go through books too fast. I bought another book tonight at Wally World. Its called Impossible by Nancy Werlin and it was a good price, so I went ahead and picked it up. When I told DH he is like, "You read that other book already (Currently reading Julie and Julia by Julie Powell) I am like, "No I just saw it and it looked good and it was a good price, so I bought it." lol. I think I am even reading faster than my DH and his dad, who both read fast and also love to read. My mil loves to read too, but she is slow at reading.

Man I am just chattering away here aren't I? :blah: Anywho I think a big part of my eating badly is because I am bored. Plain and simple. I work and I go home. That is it. Nothing much more than that except for the Grocery Store, woooooooo I'm a party animal! :rofl: So not sure what to do about that, but have to do something. I know I could take a class, etc, but um no, I've been to college, got my degrees, no desire to go back, ty or take online courses. Hobbies? Only hobbies I have are reading and watching movies pretty much. Maybe I should get into scrapbooking. I have loads of pictures that need to be done. Any ideas?

Well that is all, I know "thats all?!" :fr: lol.

:hug:

Good morning ladies. Not too much here.

Sassy - I understand the phenomenon of going through too many books. We bought a 2nd 5 tier bookshelf in April and ran out of room on it mid July. I haven’t even read everything, but books are something I just NEED to buys. It's quite... silly. Perhaps one day I'll be able to take a relaxing vacation by myself and catch up with my collection.

Hi ladies,

I will be out of town on friday through next friday visiting my mom and friend. I won't have internet access at my mom's so if I'm mia I'll catch up with you next week. Have a great and safe week everybody. I can't wait to get out of here for a few days!

hello Ladies... :wave:

So I completely fell off track on losing weight and exercising and everything else on top of that seems to be going wrong. That being said, I'm going to work on getting back on top of it.

My back is still hurting from the accident I was in. I'm trying to just deal with the pain now and get things down around the house. I haven't really did anything since Sunday. Which is driving me crazy.

Hope everyone has a good day... :hug:

Hi girls! :wave: Bye girls! :wave:

:lol3: For all of us struggling to get back on the wagon - a little reminder that we don't 'fall off the wagon' - we ARE DRIVING the wagon! Let's take those reins and ride it out!! :yes:

Thinking of you all -
Heather :D

Good Morning :)

Nice to see everyone. Gotta get some cleaning done today and then maybe a dip in the pool (if the sun comes out).

Have a great day ladies :hug:

Luv yah, Leenie

Hey ladies. I'm dead tired. I have a long weekend coming up this weekend free of guests and traveling, so hopefully next Monday I can return to being human. I hope everyone is has a great day.

:hug:

Hey ladies. I'm dead tired. I have a long weekend coming up this weekend free of guests and traveling, so hopefully next Monday I can return to being human. I hope everyone is has a great day.

:hug:

Is has a great day? :?: Yeah - as I said - dead tired. ooof.

Its been a rough month. i am really trying to work on organizing stuff because I cant handle the constant mes and I hate spending 20 minutes looking for something stupid like nail clippers...LOL... So anyways pretty much cleaning all day!! ok well have a good day!!

Good morning.

Today is – meh.

My bunny died last night, which is very sad :(. He’s been lethargic the past couple of days, which we thought it was b/c of how hot it’s been. We’ve left the AC on for him all day the past day or two. Apparently that wasn’t it, and in hind sight I should have taken him to the vet. We only had him for about 3 years, which isn’t long for a bunny. We had my other bunny for 12 years (different breed, but still – big difference). It makes me think that I did something very wrong, and I feel horrible. Rationally I know it wasn’t my fault and that I didn’t do anything “wrong” – but… meh :(. I mean I had another rabbit for 12 years, and I’ve had one cat for 5 and another for 4. Both my cats are spoiled and totally healthy. So my guilt is not rational, but I still can’t shake it. I think my husband thinks I’m crazy. Maybe I am crazy. Ha – I was also convinced last night that he wasn’t really dead, he was just sleeping – so I was really freaked out after we buried him because I was convinced we buried him alive.

Guilt is a funny thing. I don’t like it. At all.

:hug: to all.

Awww Mar - I'm so sorry. :hug: There's nothing I can say to make you feel better, but it isn't your fault, and you know that. Hang in there.

SSDD here... trudgin' along. Weird weather, too. Harumph.

Big :grouphug: to everyone else!

Good Morning,

Marbear sorry to hear about your bunny, I know your heart must be broken. :hug:

How is everyone?

Leenie

Good Morning Ladies :wave:

Marbear ~ Sorry about you bunny.

I am about ready for this month to be over. I have been dealing with phone calls from the accident for the last few days and I am seriously tired of answering questions. Both my mom's insurance (since I had borrowed her car) and the other drivers insurance have been calling. I think I've talked to 3 different people from both insurances. Now I am just waiting for the adjuster to look at the car. Once they look at the tires on the car they will determine who is at fault. So far the way it looks the other driver is at fault. My friend who was in the car with me at the time wants to go after the other driver. He lied to the police officer and the fact that we're both still in alot of pain. I don't know what I want to do.

Other than that things are actually going good. I enrolled to go back to school. The program I applied for is only a nine month course but at the end of the nine months I will have my degree. It is for a Professional Medical Assistant. Its a foot in the door to nursing and its a start. I just went this morning to do my financial aid and got approved. So I am happy about that. Classes start September 14th. Trying not to think to much about it yet. I am really nervous.

Today is day three on getting back on plan and exercising. I've actually lost 5 lbs. I've been walking on the treadmill slowly. Trying to see how much I can do with my back still hurting. If I take a motrin 600 before I can stay on for 45 minutes but I get tired really quick. Not use to exercising again yet. I hadn't planned on it but I have been eating but somehow it has been very high protein and low carbs I've been eating alot of meat well not meat basically chicken. So far it seems to be working so I don't think I'm going to change it. I just have to go buy a potassium vitamin or I will start getting leg cramps. I did the atkins diet along time ago and if I didn't take them, I would get cramps. So that is a plus. :carrot:

Going to go get on the treadmill and see what I can do today. I am going to take my son to the movies this afternoon.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

:hug:

Popping in to say hi and that we are managing.. still lots and lots of down days, but our daughter moved home for a few months and we've been really good for each other, I think.

Son crashed & burned 9 days ago. He's in psych ward now, hopefully getting the help he needs. This has been coming for a few years, but got really bad around Easter. They hope to keep him 2-3 weeks to do a complete assessment, but we know we are looking at a major diagnosis.. quite possibly schiz or bi-polar.

I've gained back about 7 of my hard fought 30 pound loss, but I also feel like I'm coming out of the fog I've been in since my husband suddenly passed in May. 2 more weeks and I'm back to work after summer break. I know the routine will help with the eating.

Can't say it's been a stellar summer break, but there's always always a new day.

having a girls sleep over tonight all my youth girls...I think I might be crazy...LOL

Hi everybody,

I finally have internet access. I've missed you guys this week. I will be driving home tomorrow. I'm spending the night with a friend tonight who lives an hour closer to home. I really needed this time off but the week just flew by. I'm not ready for it to be over. I wish I had another week to spend at home so I could get a few things done. I've had no interest in cleaning my own house for a month or two now.

See you girls when I get back tomorrow!

Good Morning,

Judo its good to see you... my stars when it rains it pours huh. I'm so sorry to hear about DS. You all are in my prayers :hug: You are so strong. Take care of yourself sweetie and we love having you here with us.

Hope its good to have you back.. :hug: we missed you too.

Mom.. crazy, yeah... I feel your pain LOL enjoy the kiddies.

Pure.. congrats for enrolling in school, I think thats amazing..you go girl. 5 lbs :bravo:

The rest of you Chickies.. :hug: love yah.

Leenie

Good Morning and Happy Saturday

Its a wet day... thanks hurricane bill ;)

Hope you all are having a great day.

Leenie

Hello Ladies. :wave:

Marbear ~ How are you doing hun? My boyfriend ended up giving away one of our kittens without asking me and I was really upset with him over it. It feels like he gave away one of our kids. I love all the kittens and I can still tell she is not here. I got attached to all of them. :cry:

Mom ~ How was your sleepover?

Hope ~ How was your trip? Glad to see your back. Coming back from vacation is never fun and you always want it to be longer especially when you go away. I hope you had a good time :)

Judo ~ Hang in there.

Leenie ~ Hurricane's very rarely make it this far north. It keeps saying that it's going to rain her but it doesn't. I really wish it would though. The humidity has been terrible.


:yawn::coffee: Trying to get moving today but until now I felt like I was in slow motion. I think I finally managed to catch up on some sleep (Last night I fell asleep at 7pm and then woke up at 1am. My bf and I went for a walk to the store and then I fell asleep at 2am and woke up at 11am) but my body hasn't caught up with being awake yet, but I'm working on getting moving now.

Yesterday ended up being my cheat day, but I didn't do to bad. I took my son, his friend and my step mother out to pub 99 and then we end to see GI Joe (which was a really good movie) and then we hit an arcade and played games. I had thought I would end up gaining but I ended up losing .6lbs (which is not great but it's still a loss). :carrot:

Today I have some cleaning to do. (what a surprise) and I plan to spend time with my son. :cb:

Have a wonderful Saturday Ladies. :hug:

Good Afternoon.. wow the morning went fast.

Purefire sounds like you had a great day yesterday :D

Nothing happening here, sosdd ;)

Have a great day chickies.

Leenie

Hello Ladies.. :wave:

Just popping in. Nothing going on today except a little cleaning.

Hope everyone has a good day. :hug:

Mornin'

Not too much here. Took a long weekend to mellow out after a hectic summer. It was enjoyable. I'm a little off kilter b/c my sleep schedule got messed up. At 2am I was still WIDE awake so I took allergy medicin (it knocks me out in about 20 min). I'm still a little out of it from the meds, but better than I would have been if I fell asleep at 5 and had to wake up at 7.

I'm drinking my coffee with Spelnda and lite coffee-mate today instead of cream adn sugar. Bleck. Cutting back calorie everywhere I can. I can't cut out coffee so I tried to make it do the least damage possible. If I drank it for the taste and not soley because it makes me human, I'd be doinging without it tasting as it does today!

My therapist got going on something this weekend that was un story related. Still have yet to go through that hassel.

The printer at work just took a crap. I hate that thing. It's amazing how a printer can ruin an entire work day.

Mom - Hope you had fun with the S.O.

Hope - Hope you had a good trip. We missed you too :)

Judo - :hug:

Pure - I'm ok, thanks. Sorry about the Kittens :(. Pets do have an odd way of making you get WAY too attached to them...

Everyone else :wave:

:wave: Hi everyone

SOS, DD

I'm actually kind of excited today (because I'm a total dork). One of my favorite authors, Patricia Briggs, has her new book coming out today. I'm that kind of nerd who has new books on thier calendar as exciting events. Seriously, it's just... sad. Anyway - after work I'm hitting up Borders to pick up an online order I had delivered to the store and the new book. Then, I will go home and read it. All. :book2:


Hope everyone has a great day...:grouphug:

Hi all :wave:

I'm just winding down into the end of summer - back to school next week!

Back soon!

Happy Tuesday,

Back to work for me today. I can't believe the kids start school in 2 weeks.. where the heck did the summer go? Amazing how the winter is slow and the summer just zooms by :( Oh well lol

Got lots to be thankful for :D

:hug:

Hi Everyone.. :wave:

Marbear ~ Your not the only one. :) I do the exact same thing. I have a favorite author. (Christine Feehan) I always know when her new books are going to be in stores. The day they come out, I am at the store buying them. I have 2 totes full of books in my attic that I can't put out yet, because I don't have the space here. Everytime I go to a book store I always end up leaving with 2 or 3 books. Its a nice hobby.

Heather ~ My daughter is already back in school and my son starts next week.

Leenie ~ Its always like that. With the summer going by so fast and the winter dragging. We have so few months of nice weather.

I've hit a plateau already and I've only been back at it for a week. I've been at the same weight for three days and it's driving me nut. This is normally about the time I give up. But I am trying to figure out what I am doing wrong and fix it.

Going to take my son to the movies again today. I want to see Harry Potter.

Purefire, I don't think you are necessarily doing anything wrong. You won't lose weight everyday. That would mean you are losing at least 7 lbs a week. Unless you are on a very extremely unhealthy diet 1-2 lbs a week is normal. That may mean you don't lose a pound for 2 weeks and then lose 3 lbs on the third week. Just keep doing what you are supposed to and the scale will move, just not usually when we want it to. ;)

I haven't been doing so well on my eating and exercise since I've been home. I hope to change that. My class starts this weekend and I'm a little nervous. I really need a good grade.

I don't have much to tell. sosdd. Work has really been getting on my nerves lately. I just don't want to be there. What a waste of time.

I'm off tomorrow but I have pool tomorrow night. My house is mess so I should clean. Should is the key word.

See you tomorrow. :hug:

:hug:

Hi all..

Heather ~ I normally have a Special k Meal Bar or Special K cereal for breakfast. A salad with tomatoes for lunch with lite dressing or my low fat/cal pasta salad and Chicken with Broccoli for Dinner. I've been obsessed with the chicken and broccoli. and I have an apple or grapes for snacks. and I walk between a half hour to 2 hours a day.

Other than that things are going ok. I went to see my therapist today. She said that she's proud of me because I'm doing so much better than I was a month ago. But she thinks I need to go to my doctor and do something about my meds. I'm working on getting insurance so I can go to see him.

On a funny note my kittens are driving me nuts. They keep climbing on my chair.. playing with my hair, waiting to be pet, and meowing if I don't. I was playing a dice game on facebook and the male kitten decided she would try to go after the dice. The screen got in his way.

Hope everyone has a good day...

g'day ladies

Pure - Awww, they love you :)

hope - don't be nervous, I'm sure you'll be fabulous.

As for me, nothing to report in. I need to get my 24 oz cup of coffee in drinking shape (aka: find cream) and I should be good to go for the day.

Have a great Thursday! Almost Friday!

hello ladies..

Its been a long night :P Meaning Ive been up for 28 hours. I couldn't sleep last night. I just got home from a walk and now I'm exhausted and I have so much to do today. Going to try and take a 2/3 hour nap and then get things done.

hope everyone has a wonderful Thursday.

Hi everyone :wave:

Not to much new around here. It is so hard to believe that school starts so soon. I guess I really should do that back to school shopping thing. Its DdC's last year and she is taking a lot of woodworking courses so we really don't need many supplies as such, but she will need some new jeans and that takes forever. :dizzy:

Haven't been eating to much but getting my walks in so the scale is moving down, don't know how healthy it all is tho. Got put back on the celexa as I've spent the last two-three weeks crying. So now I'm not sleeping, but not crying. A vicious circle.

Anyway a daughter has asked for chicken thighs "in the sauce that sounds funny but tastes good" have no idea what sauce that is, but know I have to go to Costco to buy thighs. At least one of them gave me an idea for dinner. :)

Have a great day everyone and take care,
K

Hi ladies,

It's been really slow in here for the last week or so huh? I miss everybody.
Having said that I really don't have anything to say. :lol: I lead a boring life however, what is your excuse? ;)

Dh's back went out yesterday and he spent the day today in bed. I came home tonight and mowed the front yard and now mine is hurting. What a pair we are. My lack of exercise is catching up to me I think.

Buddly, what was the mystery sauce? Did you figure it out?

Good Morning,

Summer is winding down, this is the last week of camp for the kids by me. Funny, ... the summer is ending like it came in, rainy and cold :( Oh well.

Hope everyone has a great Weekend.. any plans? Nothing here cept a rainy saturday, it'll be nice to stay in and snuggle ;)

:wave:

Oh good, somewhere where I can run my gab! I am one chatty chick, lol! I de-lurked yesterday (I'd been hanging around the main 3FC site for like a month), and loooove it here already! 3FC helped me break my plateau :3

I have a 5 day weekend wooo! So today my plans are to do a quick morning ballet workout (the free one on ExerciseTV.tv that I adore so much), then I'm taking my dog for a walk, and then I'm off to swim for the day at my best friends pool! What are everyone's exercise plans for today?

Plat - Hi! Welcome and 'yay!' for de-lurking.

Hope - my life is quite boring now too, but I kind of like it! I'm doing an independent study this semester so I have no idea when my classes start - but I'm enjoying the down time until then. Well, as down as a fidgety over-anxious girl can be :)

I really want a bodybugg, but they are so damn expensive. We need a new laptop, and I need a camera to shoot my BIL’s wedding with so there goes close to if not over $3000. I love money. 40 hours a week to make, 30 seconds to give away.

Part of my whole “therapy” thing is to not flip a sh*t if someone sees my artwork. So I’m taking small steps… like my avatar for example. Hey, I’m showing people my work right? *Sigh* Very small steps…

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

marbear24, I LOVE that piece!! Is it water color? Or prisma marker? It's stunning. My art skill is limited to graphic design on the computer lol.

Thanks... still a wee bit uncomfy about having it there, but I need to get over it :o .

Is it water color? Or prisma marker?

Prisma marker! :)
My husband doesn't understand why I need to spend $4.00 per marker, but they are soooooo worth it... Though - I have noticed I'm not as immune to their smell as I used to be. By the end of that piece I was as loopy as ****. :dizzy:

Thanks... still a wee bit uncomfy about having it there, but I need to get over it :o .

Prisma marker! :)
My husband doesn't understand why I need to spend $4.00 per marker, but they are soooooo worth it... Though - I have noticed I'm not as immune to their smell as I used to be. By the end of that piece I was as loopy as ****. :dizzy:


You're welcome! You should be proud to show it off, it's beautiful!! I love Prismas :3 I still have all of mine somewhere, when I used to do paper arts lol. And you're right, they're soooo worth it!

Good Morning,

Welcome Mary (NJ Neighbor lol) enjoying all this rain... dang danny lol. Are you from North, Central, South?

Marbear I agree, thats really a beautiful painting. When I was just out of high school I wanted to go to a school for art / drawing but my dad passed away so I got a job and helped with the house finances instead. I was scared to get a loan because at the time all I made was minimum wage $3.35 / hr and I had a big fear of how the heck could I pay it all back... so ... I never went and I never enhanced the skills I had (which I probably lost by now :( ). Keep up the good work !!

Nothing planned for today but I will try to be good ;)

Whats shakin by you?

Leenie

Good Morning,

Welcome Mary (NJ Neighbor lol) enjoying all this rain... dang danny lol. Are you from North, Central, South?

Leenie

South! Right by Cherry Hill :) This rain is driving me crazy though :| My twig of a boyfriend and I like to go for walks.

Hi all!:wave:

Welcome Mary!

Marbear your painting is beautiful.

Hey Leenie sorry to hear about all the rain you've been getting. I'm so glad we've been getting some sunshine, I'm already dreading the winter.

Hope it turns out she just wanted thighs in any of the "funny named" sauces I make. So I threw together "Celebration Chicken" I have no idea why its called that but the recipe is from a cookbook the school put together and its really easy.

I really have to get my day started, my kitchen is a disaster and I have 22 lbs of peaches I need to can. Unfortunately I have to find all my jars etc. I'm hoping the jars are in a box out in the shed, and I'm not sure how many lids I have, but I have to pick DdB up from work so can get more then if need be. But first I really need to find the table! I haven't done any canning in a couple of years so this should be an adventure! :)

Well have a great day everyone and enjoy your weekend.
Take care,
K

Buddly, I need to get going too. I had my first class today and I'm thinking that my teacher may be fairly easy (knock on wood :crossed:). Dh is out on the motorcycle till tonight so I have the day to myself. :carrot: Now is my chance to get a few things done. I better run before I lose my steam...

Marbear, the art work is great. I assumed it was a famous piece that I was just unfamiliar with!

Good Morning,

Looks gloomy out but I'm hoping we get some sun today.... my brain needs it lol, you too Mary? lol

Hope good to see you chickie... good luck w/school.. its not easy thats for sure and I give you so much credit..you rock !!

Buddly canned peaches mmmmmmmmmmm sounds awesome, do you make jam? I hear ya about dreaded winter... sigh.

DD is still sleeping and my pup's won't let me type LOL seems they want some mommy attention so I better play with them or they'll wake the house up.

Have a great Sunday Chicks :hug:

Leenie

Hello ladies,

even though it's almost the end of August, can I join in?
I've been diagnosed with depression, anxiety and other issues and will be beginning treatment for depression soon. My weight loss journey is part of my determination to get better. The past couple of days have been really rough - I don't have any meds yet except sleeping pills - but today is shaping up to be a good day.

I'm a bit nervous about beginning treatment but also anxious to begin - looking forward to it if you like. Can anyone if possible share a little about their experiences in therapy? The unknown is a bit daunting, even though I know so well that I need to get better.

Welcome Salsa, please do join in! Looking forward to getting to know you. Good for you on getting help.

Well ladies, I'm making some EXTREMELY poor food choices. I'm so mad at myself. :mad: I've gained back most of the 10 lbs I had lost. Blah. I need to get a grip again. I was feeling so much better. What is wrong with me?

I got some of my cleaning done yesterday and did a little when I got home tonight since dh wasn't here when I got off work. Hope you all had a good weekend.

Hi all :wave:

Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Welcome Salsa, looking forward to knowing you better. And thats great you are getting some help. I've only just started seeing a counselor and have been finding it helpful as I'm gaining the tools to deal with everything, plus of course she makes sure I stay on my meds.

Hope how was your class?

Leenie I haven't made jam in quite a few years, now that the girls are older we don't go through much. The girls would only eat strawberry jam and I love raspberry jelly, but as I said, haven't made it in years.

The canning went a lot smoother than I expected, which was a pleasant surprise. Ended up with 11 quarts. Now I'd like to get some beets and do some pickles beets, love those things! Hubby finally got around to replacing the bathtub taps. That was a bit of an ordeal as nothing is standard in this place so he had to do some mix and matching. DdA and her friend who lives with us are heading out tomorrow for a three day road trip. I'm trying not to worry, they both have cell phones and DdA has an auto club membership. They should have a blast. Unfortunately the third girl is sick and can't go with them. This is their last run before they add university to their schedules.

I should get to sleep here.

Take care everyone,
K

Good morning,

Bye bye August.... sigh.

Salsa :welcome: we can certainly understand you being nervous, but boy you'll feel good afterwards :yes:

Hang in there Hope ..... I too am making awful choices :(

Buddly I've never canned anything lol, but would love to try it one day..is it easy? I have not had a garden in a few years, when my DD came along that kinda put an end to alot of things.. just no time. But now that she's getting bigger I'm hoping next year to have at least tomatoes.

Nothing new today SOSDD :D

Have a great week ahead Chickies :hug:

Leenie

Welcome Salsa! I was raised by parents who were COMPLETELY opposed to therapy. Whatever the problem, one should be strong enough to work it out themselves. So needless to say after 20 some years of taking that road I was VERY anxious when my doctor informed me I needed to see a therapist. It's really been great, you have nothing to fear. It's like having a friends who is bound to tell you the truth and not just what you want to hear.


Hope - Here's my wagon. I'm rebuilding it, jump on! Anyone else want to join?


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Can you tell I'm desperatley waiting for it to be time to go home?

My self-hatred for overeating today was shocking even to me. Maybe I was just more aware of it than usual. I usually get mad at myself but today I was just bothered by my self-loathing. It's not healthly.

Marbear, thank you. :hug: I need to jump on your wagon tomorrow. Don't leave without me!