WW At Home - WW @ Home - Amazing August Results!

Hello Ladies :)

I've been looking forward to starting-up again, so, it's August 1st & here it goes ....

I will stay OP, drink my water, & walk at least 45mins daily with my pedometer every day. My official weigh in day is Friday AM (however, I tend to "check in" daily to keep me on track). CW: 230 lbs

Have a good weekend! :carrot:

I find that of all the things to remember to do in a day, being sure to get in all my water is the hardest! It used to not be, I used to have my very own water bottle and I'd keep it topped off all day long. The water bottle has since been trashed (I don't keep water bottles for too long, I'd love to invest in a metal one).

I am going to do my weigh-in's on Friday's. This past Friday I was at 209.0 (down .4 pounds since the last time I had weighed in at the first of the week).

Next thing I need to do is update my blog!

Happy August everyone!:carrot: <---love that little guy!

Thanks for starting the Aug thread cher! :)

Well today I am op so far and I don't seem to have a water issure as a matter of fact it is mid day here and I have already got my water in...but then again it is hot.....and I just finished my exercise. I tried a new dvd today the 'Firm' burn 500 cal workout. I have to say I liked using the weights but the cardio moves left me baffeled :?: she moved so fast without a lot of warning and had some moves that were new to me So it is going to take me a few trys to get that one down. So I will alternate firm 500 cal and WATP 5 mile burn

I do my weigh in's on Wed and I will get that Aug thread started after I post here. Last month was only down 3.5 lbs. I know I will reach my goal but was hoping to do it before Christmas now not so sure I will make it

I will check in later with you chickies

I'm OP with the exception of the water...nope, didn't get it done but tomorrow is a new day...I'll try my best!! Food wise I did okay though...no major sins (a little night time indulging but totally OP so all good!)

Since my epic fail weigh in Friday, I've been on par with tracking every bite of food that goes into my mouth and I am feeling really good for the beginning of August. I have no travel or anything this month and feel I can get into some really good habits and routines. I did have attend a cookout yesterday and then had a college friend come spend the night. I did not eat hardly anything at the cookout, then when I went to dinner with my friend had a steak caesar salad (half portion) no croutons or cheese, dressing on the side. I was proud!! My main points came from the almost other worldly amount of wine I managed to consume between the two "events", but I kept track and deducted appropriate points.Thankfully I had gained 9 activity points yesterday hiking a mountain with my dad. I was under the impression it would be an easy hike but I swear the last thirty minutes of the ascent was walking up super steep rock!!!!!! I have no clue if it'll work (I am bad with online picture technology) but I tried to include a picture of me below at the point in the hike I wanted to either vomit, or throw myself off the mountain hahaha. I saw it today and it made me laugh and made me think of how hard we all work our asses off for health, fitness, and weight loss. Hope everyone had a great weekend, and welcome new folk!







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katier wow beautiful picture! reminds me of where I live and some of the hikes I have pushed myself through. I remember one that I took my girls on it was a mile of steep switch back nearly killed me, and I was in shape back then :)

Well today I stayed op even got an hour of cardio in...still feel guilty about the overdo last thurs with pizza, wine and cheddar cheese. Since I did not have a loss last week I am worried it will be the same this week.

How do you all mentally recover from a huge binge? I know I still have flex points left and have been working out but....:?:

Katier, What a beautiful place you live. We're going through a drought here so almost everything that's supposed to be green is brown. So thanks for putting up the pic and "reminding' me what green looks like. :) Do you get the chance to hike often or is this something you've just started doing?

I just got back from a weekend out of town and I'm wondering the same thing you are Nancy. How do we bounce back from a binge? I was doing so good and now I can't seem to get back OP and stay on. I'm a bit bummed and trying to get back on the horse so to speak.

Here's hoping we all have a great week!!! :D

I love it that you have a group for at home ww people!!! I'm kinda new to this whole thing, so i was wondering if someone could tell me what OP stands for? thanks!

Hey guys -

katier - wow- what a beautiful place to live! We have some beautiful places to hike here in Tennessee too.....perhaps when my little guy gets out of diapers, we can start camping again. :bb:

Did my weigh in this morning.....I have to say I am surprised I was down any since it wasn't a great week and I used up all of my points allowance..... This is the first week since I started a month ago that I just felt hungry all week. It was ridiculous!! I felt like I was eating everything in site. And....too much wine didn't help a whole lot either! :o So- Nancy & Chrissy, you're not alone.....I overdid this past week too....and felt pretty crappy about it.....but.....

What's done is done - we can't change it, but we can move forward......Today is a NEW day!!!

:welcome2: to new guys.....and gillyhicks115, I am kind of new here too...but I think OP means "On Program" - whichever ww program you are following. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong!)

Have a GREAT week everyone!

Katier - wow - that mountain is incredible. Congrats on that accomplishment.

Chrissy - I can't wait to find my own "new bumps!"

Well, I'm finally back OP. It was an on again off again relationship for awhile. One chinese buffet under my belt (I feared that would happen after the nurse worked on our floor (eating chinese for 2) last weekend). I had to get it out of my system. That behind me, way over on points last week, including all my extra points, and the new week has begun.

I neither lost nor gained. I think that's good news the way I was eating.

Well it is good to see everyone is getting back on track! This is a new week afterall LOL

op....it is either on points or on program I use it as a reference to being on points

check in later

Ok it looks like I am finishing strong today.. I worked out but only did 4 of the 5 mile walking dvd. I am really low on energy tonight though. ~~~ and can I whine a bit???
I have had an almost constant headache since last week along with my b/p being low. I go to the dr. a week from today and I hope she will adjust my medication

And on another note: my DD is due with her first anytime but the baby is in breach postion they are going to try and move the baby around tomorrow..bit of stress on her and me (well mostly her lol)

OK chickies I am off for the night will check in tomorrow

You know it's gonna be a long day when you can't seem to finish a simple post. :) I've started this post about 4 times today and each time I had to leave before finishing it. Thankfully this day is over (at least the work part) and I can relax somewhat.

I had planned on cooking stuffed peppers today but I feel so mentally exhausted that I can't seem to get the energy to get up and do it..... any ideas of what I can have for dinner that wouldn't require I move from my current location? NO? bummer.....

oh Chrissy you don't know how many times I get interupted when I want to post....don't people know this is way more important than work???? :o

And I too can plan a meal and not follow through but for the most part if I go to the effort to plan it I make it. My downfall is not planning and getting home and going...duh what do I want now???? But I try hard to keep staples on hand for the oops that was to much effort to plan nights....like tonight I had a 'turkey ham' that I sliced up, heated in a skillet while I nuked some corn on the cob....poof a dinner.

I did not workout tonight ~ I listened to my body from last night and took tonight off. maybe a bad move since tomorrow is weigh in. but it looks like if I journaled correctly I still have 9 wp pts left and earned 29 ap points that I did not use....this is either going to hurt or help me. I have been stuck at the same weight now for two solid weeks and tomorrow will make 3. I so want to break that 150 barrier!

There are those that want to be in onederland ( and that is sooo awesome) but I to want to make it to 140ish land and it always seem I get to about where I am now and then 1. stop exercising, 2. stop journaling, 3. start to eat poorly......I have to find a way to break this cycle

Am I afraid to get healthy???


OK I am done with my whining....just need to vent once in a while

I'm going out on a limb here and guessing that I'm not gonna like the scale of mine come this Saturday!!! I just got home from a BBQ cooking class (yummy stuff AND late night eating...ooops) and tomorrow we head up for a night of camping...(I'm gonna TRY to be good but it's ladies and kids only and it's probably not a great idea to save all my points for alcohol!! Bwahahahahaha) and than Friday night we have a wedding...I see a little "fluctuation" in my future. :O

Hi everyone,
New here, but not to dieting.

Chrissy, I'm in Texas, too. Isn't it brutal??? 104* here today (Austin). Will it ever be cool again?

The pic of New England is stunning, wish I was there..

I've had financial trouble for the past 2 years after losing my "real" job. Making 1/3 of my past salary made me very frugal at the grocery store. Now I just buy stuff for salads and enough Lean Cuisines for the week.

My worst part of this journey is exercise. I. Hate. It. I used to work out 5 times a week (years ago) and I do know that you get to a point where you really like it and hate to miss a day. I just can't get to that point!

Oh, well, cutting my calories at least in half is really helping.

Hope to see everyone on the boards.

Keep cool (or warm, as the case may be)

Does the term depressed strike any cords???? :o I took a peek at the scale on tuesday and was down a pound so I pumped up thinking the official wi I would be down at least that pound........got on the scale this am for the official and was +1.0!!!!! how in the f**k did that happen 2lbs in one night????

and why did it have to show up on my wi in day??? :( I would slit my wrists if I thought it would do some good and lose that poundage but it won't.

ya know I sometimes am not in love with my body...I think it does this to me just to mess with my head LOL

Oh well as my dad use to say, knock it off and get over it so I will

Aw Nancy we all have those weeks (lol remember mind was 1 lb times 4), and your dad was so right!!!! You did your best and it's probably just bizarro body chemistry at work. Keep at it!:carrot:

Thank you all for your appreciation of my beautiful location! I'll even go as far as to say I live in New Hampshire, mainly because people forget we exist and I appreciate that in my town I am 55 minutes from that mountain and 25 minutes from multiple beaches on the Atlantic. Loooove it here!


sorry I haven't been checking in, I've felt kind of sick this week and blah and just not been into the forum for some odd reason. I've done much better eating this week, though I overdid it on a glass of wine tonight (2 pts over!), but I plan to work it off tomorrow. I had a blah moment today where I found some journal where I had been tracking my weight and in December I was 174 and I remember feeling gross and out of shape then and now I am 179. I got pretty down about it then ripped up the page and tried to remember this isn't about what I weighed then, it's about how I feel now and what choices of make. Of course then I made the choice to have the one glass of wine over my points:dizzy:

I also was thinking about the face that people overeat most when happy. I had an awesome day today where I had my benefits/orientation meeting at my new teaching job then had a potentially awesome living arrangement pretty much handed to me, and I found myself so happy I just let it go more than I have. Which is silly, if I am happy I should keep eating in a way that is going to make me even more happy. Anyone else have this problem???

Katier, sounds like you have had the world by the horns. Congrats. Beware the peer pressure at the new job, it can be harsh until you get your footing and your place made with them. Best wishes.

I've been a very very good girl. Even did something I never expected - I went walking cause I WANTED to. My friend invited me, and I WANTED to go. My eating has been very OP, even a point under, cause I didn't want to eat more than I did. Weight dropped an extra pound - and it isn't weight in day yet. Had a nice night at home - got my sink shined per my next flylady goal, and ran a little laundry. Life is good.

Good morning all!!

Just wanted to say.......I'm glad you're all here for me to lean on. Thanks for being here.

And....:grouphug:......seems like we all might need a hug this week!

Hello all!


Tomorrow is my weigh-in day and I am actually really excited about it! Is that weird? lol. I've followed everything I can follow this week to a tee, so I am hoping, hoping, hoping for some payoff. More great WW recipes this week (desserts....yum!)

Making this short because I believe the kidlets are jumping from furniture in the living room...yay!

Here's to the scales tomorrow! :carrot:

katier thanks for the encourgement and Ragsy for the group hug!

Well had to work late so I did not work out but did hit my pts right on the money. I am feeling a bit bloated though tonight and not sure why???maybe because I did not work out? cause I worked late? don't know but I am having my allotment of wine :D (which is included in my pts total).

So my commentment the next four nights is to do a min of 60 min cardio....unless of course I oops :o please hold me to it chickies if I miss checking in kick me hard

... Well, I'm finally back OP. It was an on again off again relationship for awhile. One chinese buffet under my belt (I feared that would happen after the nurse worked on our floor (eating chinese for 2) last weekend). I had to get it out of my system. That behind me, way over on points last week, including all my extra points, and the new week has begun...

... I hear ya sista-friend :) I too had to get the Chinese/Thai food out of my system (& the extra lbs that came with it too!) so now that I'm out of my "high" weight & back down to near this weeks starting weight, I'm a little optimistic towards tomorrow's weigh-in!

Other than the aforementioned indulgence, this week has been full of drama that has kept me away from checking in here. One of my best friends left her husband on Monday (along with all 5 kid-lings), so there's alot going on & I haven't been able to get in my exercise re: last minute babysitting, lots of coffee chats, & trips to the local dairy for FF/SF frozen yogurt!

Anyways, it looks like everyone's having a good week - I'll check in in the AM with weigh-in results.

funny you should mention chinese/thai food LOL had viet soup last night and today at lunch my own homemade stir fry...3C 3pts almost entirely veggies, no oil, dash of soy sauce and a few Table rice

Down 3 pounds this week!!! I am only 1 pound away from my mini-goal (which is set for Aug 15...next Friday!). I would be SO excited about that but I also know that next week TOM will be here and I've never had any good luck with weigh-ins with him and his nasty water retention! And it seems like it takes a good week or so to recover. But, here's hoping!

Yep. Hear 'ya. TOM just came to visit today! Gotta make sure I get in my water to offset the wine :hat: that's offsetting the cramps! Cheers!!

Well gals looks like you are all back in the saddle!
I am still licking my wounds about my gain this weeks so I really pigged out last night and used 1/2 my flex points...oh well that is what they are there for and I will get back on the stick and start exercising tonight.

oh if you all could do a little happy dance for me -- daughter is due to give birth anytime now and it is making me a bit nutsy. If she does not go into laber between now and the 20th they have her scheduled for a c-section then. But it looks like she will have the baby just a tad early. I am scheduled to fly down on the 20th LOL (you know of course the dr. did not consult me about that date or I would have taken an earlier flight) So it is a race against time......:carrot:

Nancy, congrats to you and your daughter on the new little one. :broc: IMHO, babies are the most wonderful gift from God and I'm happy for anyone that gets that gift. And I'm glad that you're getting to go spend some time with them. How long are you going to be there?

My desire to have children one day is one of my top reasons for losing the extra weight now. Although I'm not in the position to get pregnant now, I want to be ready when that time comes. I've read different things that say it's harder for someone who's overweight to get pregnant and since I'll already be fighting the age thing I figure my weight was something I could control.

OK... now ya'll know one of my reasons for wanting to lose the weight I suppose I should share them all:

1. I want to feel good about myself. And just feel good. I'm tired of being too ashamed of my weight to go out and meet people (guys) and I'm tired of being too tired to go out when I do want to.
2. I want to meet someone. For years I've said I don't want to date a guy who can't love me as me. If you can't love me fat, you can't love me skinny. But I realize that's not true. I don't love myself fat so how can I expect someone else to love me fat.
3. I want to have babies. I know that being almost 34, even if I met someone today there's little chance I'd be pregnant by the time I'm 35. So I'll be fighting that risk, I don't want to add to it by being overweight at the same time. I saw what being overweight did to my sister when she was pregnant and she was 25 at the time. I don't want to go through that.
4. My health. Like I said I'm just almost 34, and yet my body hurts like I'm much older. I want to be able to wake up in the morning and not walk to the bathroom like I'm in my 90's. My great-grandfather had more movement at 93 than I do now when I first get up.
5. My vanity. :) I graduate from college in December and I'll be seeing members of my family I haven't seen in a while. They've all seen me overweight but I want them to see me smaller. Vanity I know but I can't help it. Also, I'm moving back to my hometown after I graduate to start grad school. Because of the field I'll be working in, it's likely that I'll run into my ex-husband or someone in his family. I got bigger towards the end so they’ve seen me heavy. Now I want them to see me thin. Especially since the last time I saw a picture of him, he had gained a lot of weight. Is that wrong? Yes, probably, but I don’t care. It’s my vanity. :)

Ok…. So now you all know what reasons. I think I’m going to print them out and put them when I can see them every day. What are some of the reasons you all want to lose the weight?

chrissy I will be with my daughter for a little over 2 weeks!
I applaud you on your reasons to lose weight, but re-think that no one can love me if I am fat syndrome....if you meet them and they can not love you for YOU no matter what the size then they are not worth your time.

now the baby thing...that can be a strong motivator. I had my brood (3) starting in my mid twenties and stoped mid 30's so it can be done (10 years between oldest and youngest)

and there is nothing wrong with vanity! :carrot:

So hang in there with me we have both been up an down on this forum but by Christmas we are going to be awesome

Nancy, Thanks for the encouragement. :hug: I know I've said this before but that's why I love this site. No matter what's going on I can find encouragement here. :)

And I just reread my post and realized I wasn't clear about the whole love me fat thing. I wasn't saying that NO ONE would love me fat. I was saying that if someone couldn't love me when I was fat then they wouldn't love me skinny either. And I don't think I would want to be with someone would only loved me if I was skinny. I mean I'll fight this battle for the rest of my life. I don't want to live in fear that my husband would leave me if I gained weight.

I have come to realize over the last few years that if I don't love myself, fat or not, then how can someone else love me. Now I get that someone can love me even if I don't love myself but if I don't love myself I'm not likely to let them love me. Does that make sense? :) So I guess #2 should be that I want to lose weight so that block of loving myself will be gone and I can let someone else love me back. (And I know that losing the weight will not make me automatically love myself..... I'm working on the other blocks as well. :) )

And I think you're right, Nancy. We're going to work through this... I'm here with ya....

Nancy - how exciting for your daughter!!!!! Fingers crossed and congrats!!

Chrissy - I got what you were saying loud and clear! I understand it completely! I originally started trying to lose weight so that we could start trying for baby #3. Now I'm just doing it strictly for myself. 1) Health 2) Vanity! :D If hubs and I could get over the issues we've been having lately then it'd also be nice to be able to have the option for baby #3

Hope that everyone else is having a great weekend!

UGH! This week is apparently going to be a gain!! I don't know what the problem is but every morning I am up between 3 and 5 pounds. My weigh in is on Monday. This sucks!!!

chelly no worries about being up this week so am I and there is no reason for it to happen...that is what is most frustrating :mad: but no one said it was fair so what! it is only one week out of our lives....heck I plan to live to be 100 so whats 7 day????? And I am already past the half way mark

It is so weird many of us seem to have hit a rough patch at the same time. It makes me appreciate the forum even more though, because I have felt like giving up this past week. It is silly and defeatist but I just feel like WW isn't working as well for me as it has before. Probably it is more how I am approaching it (especially since I actually did meetings last time.) I haven't been as active on this site the past week or so cause I just feel blah, but I still read it and it makes me feel not alone to see other people struggling (not that I am in any way happy you are, I wish you were losing big, but just knowing it isn't just me).

Chelley and Nancy--Keep at it, it might be an unearned gain this week, but some other week at some point you'll have an unearned loss, it's weird scientific stuff and weight loss karma:)

Chrissy- I loved your reasons why you want to lose weight. I agree with Nancy nobody should have any problem loving you for who you are, but I also agree with you that if this is getting in the way of you loving yourself, it makes it trickier to be in a relationship.

I have been thinking about my reasons for wanting to lose weight and here are a few:

-I am not close to having kids now, nor am I exceptionally overweight or unhealthy, but I still want to be in awesome shape when I do have kids. I want to be prepared physically for the challenge.

- I am only 24 and I keep thinking, if not now, then when?? This applies to both looking good and losing weight. My family struggles with weight and I accept it will get harder and harder for me as time goes on, so why not lose it now and enjoy what I can have for a body at this age? And as for losing, what better time to fully learn to understand my body and how my body loses weight than now. Going back to the kids thing, it will be SO SO much harder to do this for the first time after kids, but now all I have to focus on is myself. Understanding how my body loses weight now will make it easier to lose it during more stressful busy times in the future.


So thanks Chrissy for bringing up that question, it kind of refocused me:) My plan for this week is to work out yet not count activity points (I find I just work out for the sake of eating more, I want to work out for the sake of working out), and to avoid the scale until Friday. When I did WW before I had no scale in my home and I only weighed in there, and I think it did help mentally. So we'll see!!! Here is to an amazing week for every single woman on this board!

:carrot::broc::dust::broc::carrot:

nancylmm - hey, the 20th is my birthday. I THINK YHAT'S THE BEST BIRTHDAY OF ALL.

Chrissy - hang in there. I too am hoping the wt los will help the fertility.

Tonight I'm home sick (sux). My ear is swollen up like a cartoon. I saw the NP with it and am counting on her scripts to start helping soon. Good news about it I guess is that I don't want to eat and it hurts to chew (swelling goes into my jaw). Am pretty much only eating when time to take meds.

It seems I have hit a rough patch also, but I have been having entirely too much fun not to blame myself for this stall. The thing is, I also forgive myself immediately. I find summer the hardest time to lose weight!! I have heard it is supposed to be easier (fresh fruits and veggies, easier to exercise and be active outdoors) but with all the increased social activities (and therefore food) and fun girlie drinks that I love...it hasn't been easy! I'm okay with that, I could abstain (although it would take tremendous self control!) or I could try to do a little damage control while still enjoying some of my fav's. So I do that, and I have some treats but perhaps not others and sometimes I stay the same and sometimes I gain. BUT, I tell myself that last year...I wouldn't have thought twice about having ALL the treats without a second thought to my scale. So accountability is my friend all of a sudden. Hmmm, imagine that. Hee hee. :D

Here's a hug for all those going through a rough patch!!! (((((hug)))))

Well I know we all will get through this rough patch But I look at my ticker and I started this time last year and I have to say it has been a rollor coaster ride.....lose 18 gain 20....lose 15 gain 10 but I have learned in this journey that I can do it, and I think back to every time I start to gain again was not as bad as the time before and I am more aware of my food choices.

I have made a lot of small permenet changes over the past year. I rarely eat chocolate, candy, etc. I have cut bread down to a english muffin once a day, I only eat meat once or twice a week. So I am healthier that way. My snacks tend to be raw veggies during the day (did not mention eve LOL :D)

I bet if you all look back you have made small changes that are sticking -- remember it took a long time to put on the weight and it will take twice as long to lose it? Or at least that is what I have heard

Ugh I just had a weird eating day. I was so so good the first half of the day, I ate like 6 points between breakfast and lunch and ran a mile and walked three miles. And I ate nothing during the afternoon, but I went with my mom to see Julie and Julia (we both read the book which is, btw, f*ing hilarious). Things were fine eating wise, no popcorn or anything, but it turned into a super emotional outing! My grandmom who lived with my family since I was 18 months old passed away in April (which def. added to my pre 3fatchicks gain) and she watched Julia Child on tv a lot. It hit me in the theater when all the old ladies with walkers and wheelchairs rolled in, but I recovered. It hit my mom at the end of the movie, just the Julia Child aspect because she actually remembers when my grandmom (who died at 91) watched the show. There were many tears.
I don't know, it put me in a weird mood and we already planned to make summer cocktails tonight, which we so did (have to counteract tears), but I also ended up eating chocolate cream pie. I am so good at resisting dessert but I just felt weird today and felt eating it was right? I don't know, I am not sure if anyone else had any weird food family connections, but my grandmom loved good food and I felt today was a bizarre connection to her. I would love other family food connection stories.

I just did my WI - sux. I gained. I've been sick for days with a giganto ear, fever and not feeling like eating. Didn't get close to eating all my points. Dh said I wasn't moving around like usual and the I also realized I'm getting constipated. That resolved this AM and still gained wt. I can barely eat or move without shooting sharp pain, and my wt went up. I NEED SOME LOVIN'

katier it was a wierd day yesterday! I too went and saw the movie and loved it and it inspired me to do more creative cooking. And of course I noticed they were all drinking martini's so...had three last night and I feel it this morning.
Arkansas :grouphug: we are here for you I know how you feel. Last week I had a gain for no apparent reason so what do I do this week? not work out and eat wrong and I am sure I will see the results on Wed

I am off for now got a dr. appt to check my hypertension med's hopefully I can get the dose lowered

Well, good news and bad news :) No 3 pound gain as I had feared but I only lost .2. I know that any loss is a good loss but still stings to not lose at least a pound. The good news is I am wearing size 12 jeans and Size large tops and dresses. I don't think I have ever worn this size as an adult. I bet if I didn't have all this extra skin I could shimmy into a 10 or a medium. Well just means I need to keep losing. :o

Congrats chelly! you are doing fantastic

news flash---daughter will give birth on the 17th via c-section...little girl she will name Katie...this makes grandchild 3 for me..whoo hoo

I just did my WI - sux. I gained. I've been sick for days with a giganto ear, fever and not feeling like eating. Didn't get close to eating all my points. Dh said I wasn't moving around like usual and the I also realized I'm getting constipated. That resolved this AM and still gained wt. I can barely eat or move without shooting sharp pain, and my wt went up. I NEED SOME LOVIN'

Here's some :hug: sending out to yah! I home the meds have kicked in & you're feeling better now. If if still hurts to eat, try drinking a meal substitute drink (ie. slimfast or a protein drink) & lots of water through a straw. You'd be getting in some nutrients & would help to flush the toxins to get you back on the road to recovery sooner. Take care :wave:

To Arkansas Kel-- How are you feeling today?! You must keep us posted!

About the constipation and weight gain, I have IBS so my stomach is always a mess some way or another and nothing is more frustrating than knowing you've eaten the right things but still feeling bloated and awful (I call it my 5 months pregnant stomach when that happens), but it'll pass and I bet you have a big loss next week!

Well, weighed myself this morning & am glad to report that I lost my "pizza hut sunday weight gain" :woohoo:

Glad to report that I've found a walking buddy and this is day 2 that we've been up in the morning for our 3km walk (now done in 30 mins). It sure does help to have someone in the morning that you're accountable to b/c I did not feel like getting up today!! but I did it & am glad!!

How's everyone else doing? Staying OP? Trying any new "good" habits?

Well chickies I just looked at my journal and I have ate all my pts and flex pts and only earned 14 ap and wi is tomorrow I can only hope I stay the same and not gain another lbs this week since I was not so good. Do you all ever feel just plain bloated???? and know the scale is going to be up???

You know it sucks getting older..this whole just over 50...the dr.'s blame all weight gain on age then I get the added zinger medication. Some days I want to throw my hands up in the air and say :o won't say that here and eat what I want when I want and as much as I want but I won't

Update of baby news....DD c-section has been moved to this friday at 9:30am. I will fly down to stay with her on the 20th..she does not want me down there when she is in the hospital LOL can't figure it out but oh well

:dance: Some mircle happened I was down 2.0 pounds this morning--go figure?

I am excited to start a new week for me and try to balance my exercise and eating better.

Everyone have an awesome day :hug:

Yay Nancy!! I bet you should be eating more because you normally exercise so much. Maybe your body needs the extra points to do it's thing! Great job!

oh my chickes have to update you! :carrot: went for check up today, I take med's for hypertention have done so for the past 8 years....well this past 4 weeks I have taken my blood pressure every day and it has dropped really low 98/68 and sometimes lower....so my dr. :) is cutting my med's in half and going to review my med's in six weeks if my pressure stays this low I can go off my medication and I can only hope this works because I have changed my eating and exercise habits!.......I hope it works...if not well :o back to square one?

just needed to share :hug:

Well Nancy - I can't think of any better proof that what you have been doing is RIGHT than to get to quit taking blood pressure medicine!! That is great! You have been exercising and eating right and are an inspiration to the rest of us! :yes:

I got some nice news this week. I'm getting a roommate!! I know this might sound silly but I'm really excited about her moving in. I've been feeling lonely the last few weeks and having someone in the house I think will help that. AND she also wants to lose weight. :broc: So I'll have someone to work the program with me. I'm going to plan the meals and cook and stuff (because I like to do that) and she's going to keep us on track with the exercise and stuff (because that's what she likes to do).

I'm really excited. LOL.... I wish she was moving in this weekend. Of course I'm not really prepared for her to move so it's a good thing she's not coming yet. I've got to get my spare room cleaned out. Isn't it amazing how dirty a room that you never use gets?

Well, I guess I'd better get back to work. Hope everyone has a good day!

Thank you Ragsy for the great note!
Chrissy how awesome for you, a lifestyle change buddy who has the same goals as you. :hug: wouldn't it be awesome if you both posted here as you encourge each other? It is inspiring me! I guess I am lucky in that my DH does encourge me but her does not understand the struggle (of course he is reed thin always has been (love you sweetie) ).

Today has been just a so so day I have not planned well for my meals but at least I am covered through afternoon snack, it is dinner that will put a glitch in the works. Don't have any quick protien to cook and don't want to dive into pasta that sets off an entirely huge craving once the beast gets out if you know what I mean.

Suggestions? By the time I get home from work (5:30pm ish) workout (6:45pm ish) cool down (7ish) then start cooking.....well see my delimia I don't like to eat that late but don't see a solution (exercising in the am would mean I would have to get up at 4 to be done by 5ish, shower & dress to catch bus at 5:45am---that just does not work for this gal)

I have no clue if this would help you, but I have found a miracle food!! It's a frozen meal by Amy's, and it's called "tamale pie". It looks like a chicken pot pie kind of, but inside is a mixture of a Mexican tomato sauce, veggies, and beans. The "crust" on top is polenta. It tastes amazing (especially to me because I am obsessed with anything Mexican food related) and is 2 points according to my points calculator! Not sure if you'll have time to pick it up tonight Nancy, but in the future, it's a great thing to have in the freezer. Tastes way better than two points and keeps me full way longer.

Also, I have to ask, what does DH stand for?? Is it a person's name or does it stand for something else?

Nancy, thanks for the encouraging word. Most of my friends are the same way your husband is. They are supportive but they are so thin and have never been overweight, so even though they try they really don't understand. My good Guy friend is actually TRYING to gain weight. That makes for some interesting meals, let me tell ya. ;)

Katier, that sounds really good. I enjoy mexican food myself. Although I guess what I really like is called Tex-Mex. :) Anyway, I'm going to try to find it. I'm not sure if I'll be able to because I haven't been able to find any other Amy food at my store. Maybe I'll try a different store this week. :D

OH... and DH stands for darling husband. :D

katier what an awesome find I will look for some of those this weekend. I think I have seen them in the frozen food section under some vegetarin or gourmet, not sure yet where it was but I remember seeing them at Safeway. I was lucky tonight DH (thanks Chrissy) picked up some viet food so I had 2 fesh spring rolls (2pt ea) and the won ton soup (sm 4pt) it was very filling.

I did work out tonight too did 4 mile WATP, I wanted to do more but my body said nope so I stopped.

Ok off to have my glass of wine and hot shower, my reward for working out :carrot:

I am going to look for that tamale pie too! Sounds great. I love Mexican food, but have had a hard time making it "healthy" :). Thanks for the suggestion katier!

Chrissy, I think think the roomie situation sounds great. Having someone around to do the program with you can make all the difference. It's so great to have someone to help keep you motivated! :D

Nancy.....isn't the baby making her appearance today? Happy Birthday baby Katie! :bb:

... just checking in ladies - haven't been here for a couple days & feel like I'm outta the loop a bit ...

Cheers & have a good weekend :)

Just a quick note: Baby arrived this morning via c-section...8lb 2oz don't know how long mom was tired, sore and a bit cranky all she wanted to do was sleep for a bit; will have more info tomorrow

Congrats Nancy!!!!! Must be an amazing feeling:D
Did I read somewhere that the baby is named Katie?? Or am I confused???

Well as of right now the baby is named Katie, but since the mom was tired, sore and wanted to sleep I can only hope it stays the same or I am going to have to do a mental adjustment LOL

I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!

It's been bad. So very sick, OMG, I was ready to be shot for awhile. Took a visit to Urgent Care, and the the Dr's office as well. Had allergic reaction to one of the antibiotics. Slept 2-3 hrs at a time for days. Missed work. Stomach messed up from meds and postnasal drip. Tonsils swelling started next.

Then got to feeling better, slept good finally - FINALLY! Had to return to work unprepared! Made up for lost groceries. OH how I've eaten. I wanted just about everything. And I ate everything.

Today, day 1 back on track. Ear is much better, throat is barely scratchy, appetite is STRONG. I just have to be good until I'm back in the groove. Today I am on program and just have to keep my resolve going.

I want to send out a WARM WELCOME TO KATIE!!!

Arkansas WELCOME BACK :hug:
I am so sorry you were sick, nothing is worse! And thank you for the congrats on my 3rd (yes 3rd) grandchild.

You will be back in the groove in no time! I went way crazy last night and ate all my pts plus 20 flex--geez pizza & wine add up fast. But I am going to just keep going.

this morning english muffin with a bit of egg beater and I am on my way!

well I was on my way until....we went to a local pub and I had 2 beers and the humus plate which were pretty good pt wise...but...then came home and kept going.

no flex pts left and wed a long way away...going to have to do some extra ap's just to keep my head above water lol...crud

I don't have any results yet, just thought I would post the beginning weight. As of today I weigh 332 lbs. It looks like everyone is doing really well. I can't wait to start posting results!!

Welcome Lauralou! It is always exciting to watch one's weight go down and one way we keep each other motivated is post our loss each week on the weight loss thread....can't wait to get yours up there. What day is your official weigh in? Mine is on Wed. But most everyone who posts on that thread is a different day. I update them as I find them.

If you have any questions please let us know!

Hey lauralou glad you found us. You'll like it here. Good friends to support you and sometimes kick you in the butt.

I'm doing good today. But am nearly out of points! Had a tuna melt (DH made it - but I controlled my ingredients) so it wasn't too bad point wise, but ate up more than I needed it to.

Seems I'm having a lot of trouble (and it's where my points are going poof much of the time) with my night shift thing. I am up in the wee hours of the morning on my days off - nobody else is up. Just me, the TV and whatever critters are in. I begin to graze my way through my points. Then after I sleep awhile, I don't have enough points for much meal wise with DH. I need to fix this grazing. Need to brainstorm a little on that.

Arkansas I tend to do the same thing even though I am not a night owl...dill pickles, 97 fat free popcorn, sugar free/fat free fudgecycles, and at times fiber one bars seem to get me through.

I think that my weigh in day will be Monday. Well, it seems like all my favorite foods are too many points! Oy!

LOL laura think of this as a journey to make new 'favorite' foods :carrot:

Hi, I hope you don't mind me jumping in today. I just started WW today and am looking forward to learning from everyone. I have the WW at home kit and hope to be able to post good losses like the rest of you! Wish me luck!!!;)

I love this website! Support here is incredible no matter what you're going through!

:welcome2:Welcome mattraces5 & lauralou! I'm glad you are here. This is a great group. I ordered the ww at home kit too and have done pretty well with it so far - I am sure you will too mattraces5.

Arkansas Kel - glad you are feeling better. :)

Nancy - I am excited for you and your new grandbaby. I know you can't wait to meet her. :bb:

I had kind of a yucky week and am only down. 0.2. :(

I guess I really shouldn't complain, as I was completely out of control and I am just lucky that I didn't GAIN instead! My uncle died this week and a friend of mine's husband was killed in a motorcycle accident. It just STINKS. So, it was just a crazy week and I have just been bummy. :cry: Plus - a glass of wine or two and my food decision making ability just flies right out the window!!

Ok....enough feeling sorry for myself! Sorry guys! Thanks for "listening"!

It's a new day and a new week and it HAS to be better! :goodvibes

Have a great day everyone!!

mattraces5 welcome aboard I know you will be a great success :hug: and the suppport here is awesome

Ragsy sounds like you have had a yucky week :grouphug: But you will be back on track in no time at all.

I don't know if I mentioned this but I started new hypertention meds well I tried to workout and kept getting slightly dizzy and had to stop it just sucks so I am going to try again for the next few days if it does not go away I am going to have to call dr. and get meds changed again :(

Ragsy, it's good you were on WW, you were probably more aware of when you were out of control, even if you couldn't stop it. Any loss is a loss. I've had to have "do overs" sometimes. That's ok. So long as you do over instead of quit.

Lauralou - are you able to use the WW online? YOu can search on there based on points to help build your new favorites list. Also, recipes are available all over online. One of my favorite recipe spots is hungrygirl. she has a couple cookbooks and a website. Post something you miss now and then and I'm sure we'll help you find a substitute. Also, exercise will help you earn more points, plus your weekly points so you can splurge a little now and then. Between these things, many times I don't even feel like I'm on a diet. Take your handheld points calculator to the store - and explore. My saving graces are 100 calorie popcorn sngles (and popcorn flavorings you sprinkle on), canned soups (progresso gives some counts on the can), frozen dinners, mini pretzels, baked tortilla chips and salsa (for a meal with ff sour cream, red fat cheese, and boca crumbles), fiber one bars.

I'm shocked that I too dropped a bit of weight this week - just a sliver, but that's ok. I was way off track this last week with being sick. I guess the no appetite paid off!

Welcome all new members!! This is a wonderful place for WW support, so you've chosen well:)

Arkansas Kel-- Welcome back and I am glad you are better! Congrats on a loss, being sick can throw off eating so much (saltines and chicken noodle soup---holy sodium!)

I hope everyone is having a good week! I've eaten way more flex points than I planned already, which will prove very tricky because I have book club this afternoon. My book club usually ends up being more of a eat delicious foods everyone has made and drink lots of wine club:dizzy: I made a WW black bean and rice salad that is two points, so I can have one definitely healthy choice there, and hopefully all of the treats aren't too tempting!!

Have a wonderful day everyone!!!

ooooh katier please pass on your black bean and rice salad recipe!

Well chickies it is very early morning or late night however you want to look at it and I can't sleep. My entire body seems to ache. I worked out earlier this evening but am use to the routine. So I have just taken some tylonol and hope I can get some rest in an hour or so....5am is going to come quick

Anyway on the bright side I feel pretty good about my week how about all of you? We have had some off point days this month bur it looks like we are all on track again. Oh and hey don't forget to post your loss on the other thread only a little over a week until the month is gone! :carrot:

I am going to type the recipe up later to e-mail to the ladies in my book club and I will post it here also. Everyone was shocked when I told them it was a WW recipe!
I definitely misbehaved yesterday, and I am guessing was way off point but I lost track sadly. Renewed efforts today after an iffy weekend! I have even more incentive because my boyfriend and I have begun a weight loss competition. I am pretty sure he will win (as a 22 year old male who has never actually tried to lose weight or work out), but it still is a good incentive to try to keep from gaining.
I hope everyone else has done better than I have this week!

Also congrats on the little one Nancy. As a Katie, I definitely approve of her name!!!

Ok so today was a mediorocer <sp?> day had the biggest allergy attack I have had in months actually left work early because I could not stop blowing my nose and was so congested. Which made it impossible for me to work out but did eat a sensible dinner and 2 glasses of wine.

Tomorrow is weigh in and tomorrow night it is pizza with no cheese as a treat ...whoo hoo here I come

So I am completely dreading weigh in tomorrow, and found myself finding excuses NOT to weigh in and post here. I decided that is the moment I NEED to post here. I've been off point the whole week I feel, and I got lax with my keeping track of points. There have been way too many tempting meals (ex: my brother's going back to college dinner last night was fried chicken, pasta and sauce, and caesar salad. I ended up not only eating all three parts but having SECONDS!) and I have had no will power, and on top of that TOM is arriving today or tomorrow and I can already feel the bloat. I am almost positive tomorrow will be a gain and I just feel mad at myself about it. :mad:

I can match you bite for bite katier! I ate an entire pizza last night and a bottle of wine. the pizza was real thin crust and added my own cheese but still and entire pizza and bottle of wine? I went over by 17pts in just that one day....

And today and for the next two weeks I will be with my daughter and new grandbaby no telling what I will be eating

So I am not the only person...important question, what kind of wine? lol. Still feeling bloated, so who knows tomorrow. Hopefully helping with the baby will keep you busy!

Okay, coming here to fess up to the fact that I haven fallen. Hard. It started on Friday when a friend and I went out after the movies...nachos, margarita and a McFlurry!! EEEKS! THAN, we went camping where I ate hot dogs, corn with BUTTER and chips! Oh, and more ice cream! Seriously...it was only four days of cheating and I put on 7lbs!!! So, I've taken 3 off...4 to go. I can't believe how fast it can pack back on! However, I am not a slave to my new lifestyle, I just have to pick myself off...and keep going. I'm at 15 points today...still lots left for a healthy dinner and light snack. I'm gonna be good!

I might even weigh in this week. I totally skipped it to avoid the scale. Too bad it doesn't make it all go away eh? Hmph.

:D

Boy we have had a rough few days chickies! I now see how things are going to go at DD house. BF loves to cook! lunch roast beef sandwitch with chips...dinner steak, baked potato, salad and several glasses of great wine...I keep this up for two weeks I will pack on 10 pounds easy.

and to top it all off I had/have the great intention of working out while here but I re-injured my back and it will take a few days for it to feel better if the past is any indication...there is a lake here I can walk around -- 4.5 miles so I am excited to try when my back is ready

I don't know about you guys.....but I need a hug today! :grouphug:

I had one too many glasses of wine last night, myself. And.....as I have said before.....I tend to snack when I drink and my ability to make good food choices is completely lost! :cheers:

Katie - good job on the loss this week.

Nancy - enjoy your time with your new grandbaby! Sorry to hear about your back...hope that it feels better soon and you get to take that walk around the lake.

kiki100 - hope your week gets better. I think that it is completely unfair how easily we put on weight and how hard we have to work to get it back off!! :D

Arkansas Kel - how's the night shift going? Getting "back in the groove" after being so sick?

Chrissy1175 - how is the roommate working out??

cher37, lauralou, mattraces5, londonjulz, chelley, morrowbay1990, gillyhicks115.....you guys still out there??? Hope so!!

Hope that everyone has a great day and weekend!

:hug: Here is your hug Ragsy!!!! All of us wine drinkers have made that mistake....many times for most of us!!

Thanks for the support on the loss! I screwed up a lot this week but as I got nervous mid week I stepped up my workouts, and I think it really paid off!! I am now preparing to leave for camping for the weekend, so I am hoping to keep things under control there...camping is a tricky one.

Kiki- I gained the weight when I went to Canada and just this morning returned to my pre-trip weight.....it's so so so unfair!!! Stick with it, you'll come back!

Nancy- It is so hard to be a guest of someone serving non-WW friendly food, especially because you want to be gracious!! Hopefully when your back is better you find a balance between the your daughter's bf's cooking and exercise. Until then, enjoy that little baby!!!!!!!!!


Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! I look forward to reading about it when I am back from camping.

well chickies I did walk the lake today and I knew walking there .5 miles that my back was feeling better when I left was back to pain when I got there but I still decided to take that walk...so 3.5 miles in 56 min so not bad while I was hurting

food wise today I did better...since I could not bring myself to eat sugar cereal, processed bread, or deli meat...so it was 2 bananna, and a peach for breakfast and lunch, snack of grapes...but for dinner a great 3oz marinated beef and steamed mixed veg. and two glasses of red wine..

btw baby is so cute!

ok I figure if I post here while I am on my vacaton I won't over do so bad. B grapes and apple, lunch apple (I would eat what they have but it is not ww friendly-beleive me) dinner grilled salmon and mixed veggies and two glasses of wine. I did walk at a moderate pace for 60 min. I also managed to get a blister on my foot. I don't know if it was from my tennies when I power walked yesterday or my sandles today...both pair are not new to my feet

How is everyone else doing? weekends can be a real pain to stay on points

:carrot: ok tooting my own horn! I have been working out using watp dvd and usually do the 5mile burn. Well since staying with daughter with baby they do not have the space to do the dvd so as you know they have this lake you can walk/run or stroll around.....Today I pushed myself and did 3.5 miles in 42 min so a 12 min mile....that is a first. I mean the dvd says you do 5 miles in 60 mins but to actually do it on a real hard surface and move forward made me fantanstic

That is an awesome pace Nancy!!!!!! Congrats! I had a typical unhealthy camping weekend....it rained a lot so there was way more snacking than planned. I used up my flex points, but I am feeling okay. School stuff begins this week, like workshops, etc. so I am feeling excited to get back into a regular eating pattern. I don't have that during the summer, and it is so helpful! So despite the camping craziness I think the rest of the week will be good!

Good Morning, Everyone!!!

After a stressfull month I've decided that I'm ready to jump back on the WW wagon. I've been pretty steady at maintaining the weight I've lost but I haven't lost any more. :( OH well, it's a new day right? My new roommate moved in this weekend and we've decided to lose weight together. I'm not sure how it's going to work out because we seem to be one different levels of commitment. We'll see how it goes.

Well, I suppose I should get back to work. Hope everyone has a good day. :)

katier I know getting back into a routine will make it a bit easier to stay on track

chrissy w/b we have missed your posts and I am sure with our without the new roomates support and/or lack of you will do great.

Well I am trying to eat healthy but when you are staying in someone elses home it is hard to do. breakfast was fruit, lunch was a tuna sandwitch and dinner will be ginger chicken finers but they are being fried...ouch

So tomorrow I have offered to cook dinner tomorrow, so it will be boiled fresh shrimp and steamed veggies I am looking forward to it....

everyone else doing ok?

I am actually having a really tough week. I did the camping thing with food made for me by my parents, not much room for pickiness. Plus the snacking and drinking associated with camping! Then I've been in workshops the past few days and I planned on eating fiberone bars or heading home for lunch, but they've been catered. There were panera sandwiches one day, with salad as a side, then pizza today with salad as a side. I have many more of these things this week and it's an awful position to be in because I am new at the school and nobody wants to be the new person rudely rejecting food right away. I could eat salad only but then have no protein and I am STARVING by lunch because they are all day workshops. I have made the ultimate decision to take a pass on weighing in this coming Friday. I am so stressed about school and my first year of teaching that I have found the whole eating thing only more stressful, and as I've tried point counting I got the failure feeling and just felt like pigging out. I am not going absolutely nuts but I am just taking this week to focus on the work part, which I've found I haven't gone too crazy at night. I will still be on the boards and will weigh in next week (and will TRULY have my own eating schedule once school actually starts next Tuesday), so we'll see. Either it's the right thing for me right now, or not, who knows??:dizzy:

Oh Katie hang in there this has not been my best week either! I can't weigh in since I am not home so I have no way to judge if I gained or lost--more likely a gain--I won't be able to weigh in until Sept 9th!

Just keep posting and we will work something out and keep it all positive I know we can

btw good luck next week on your first days of 'school'

Thanks Nancy!!

Where is everyone, how is everyone doing???? Updates!!!!!!

I haven't been counting this week because of the craziness, but I think I still am doing okay. I have been busy and though eating the heavier lunches etc. that have been catered at school, I have hardly snacked because I don't have the time!! I will try to get back to normal this week.

Katie, ...it's hard to make good choices when there are such yummy 'bad' ones around!! Your first year of teaching...how exciting!! You'll do great and I bet they wouldn't be offended if you passed for health reasons on the catered lunches but not being there myself I wouldn't know the atmosphere at your school like you would. Chin up!!

Hang in there Nancy, you're always so positive and offer great support...I know it's hard when you're away from home but you can do it!! Or you can reset after you're home and get back on track again too. I firmly believe we have to live also!!

I am in teacher's college this year. I have just finished my first week back at school after 13 years!! I am loving it!! I'm finally doing what I was meant to be doing years ago! My youngest child is in school this year full time so it seemed like it was a good time to do this for me.

It's been easy to get all my water in as I take a bottle with me to class and eating healthy breakfasts and lunches is easy as I plan and pack my own but my issue is at night! I'm up at 5:45 and by the time evening rolls around...I'm starving, ravenous....UNSATIABLE! I've managed to lose the weight I gained camping but it's taken MUCH longer because of this darned snacking!! Maybe once I'm used to this new schedule it will be easier. Let's hope. :D

Hope everyone had a great week and will have a great weekend too!!

Oooh what do you want to teach Michelle??

Everyone at my school is super nice, and in the future I will definitely pass on the unhealthy stuff (greasy pizza makes me sick now, apparently!) All the new teachers at the school who have taught before were saying how generous it's been for them to offer lunch and breakfast, so I just didn't want to start out being rude if it's apparently not a common gesture on the part of the admin. I am super excited to teach, just nervous too! All high school freshman should make for an interesting year!

Katier you will do it, those HS freshman--think of them as junior adults who know everything and you are there only to take up space LOL--kidding :hug: As a mom of three and the youngest is now 17 I have had my share of teens come through the house!

Well had a scare yeserday -- mid morning I started having intestional cramps then chest pains, shortness of breath, dizzy, light headed they would not go away when I walked, sat, laid down...so I had my daughter rush me to er. After 7 hours there (nothing fast about that place) I was feeling tons better if not over tired and all they found was that I had a high white blood count and could not find the cause, said it may be viral. But anyway I am back at my daughters and feeling fine today, I plan to resume my regulr activies.

So with all that excitment I did not eat my meals as I should breakfast and snack were fine but then it hit and the rest of the day all I had was some cheetos when we go home from the ER....but they made me feel better

How is everyone else...you know it is almost the first of Sept and we will have to start a new thread

I had a busy week myself. I started a new work schedule AND I started back to school. It's my VERY last semester as an undergrad!!! YAY!!!!

I'm so excited but I admit that I didn't have a great week point wise either. We were doing really good until Tuesday night when we went up to the school for a welcome back get to know ya thing. Mostly it was for the freshmen but my roommates friend was on the committee that put it together so we went to support her. I can only say 1 thing.... Free Food.... lol... the food vendors from the student union put on quite a spread and it was so hard not to partake. :( Once I did that it was hard to put myself back on track.

But here I am. :) I spent the morning planning my menu for the week. I've decided that I need to keep some frozen dinners in the house for nights that I'm out late and don't feel like cooking. I know that's something that's worked for me in the past and I'm not sure why I stopped doing it. Since I'm back to both work and school I know there'll be nights that I just don't feel like cooking.

Here's hoping we all get "settled" into a routine again and we'll be able to get back on track. :grouphug:

Oooh what do you want to teach Michelle??

My program qualifies me to teach K-6 and in a perfect world I'd choose gr 2 but it's very hard to get a job as a teacher here right now so I'm thinking I'll get an opportunity to try lots of grades as a supply teacher. :)

Well I know we are all going to be back on track this week afterall Sept will be starting in a few days and new threads to chat and weigh in....:carrot: I am excited.

I have one more week of staying with my daughter, her boyfriend and the new baby. So eating is still a bit of a challenge but ai have to give the b/f credit he is the one who does the cooking and shopping and he is working with me so I can eat healthy. He even bought some fresh shrimp and salmon to eat this week. Which is expensive but good for all. (considering they are mostly red meat eaters)

Tonight was not good though...fresh ravorili with speggetti sauce and a slice of garlic bread...but I did walk 4.5 miles

Chrissy - frozen dinners are my saving staple lots of days. Smart Ones were onsale at Kroger - check them out.

Kiki - how exciting, I didn't go to school until later in life either. Well, I did, but didn't graduate until later. I found my focus to be a lot better than many of the more traditional students. I was there to learn, and interested in the learning so much more than when I went when I was younger. Also, I found I ENJOYED it.

Nancy - what can I say but enjoy that baby luvin'.

I've been having an on again, off again relationship with WW, but still losing weight. I have found that I am aware (yes, it has sunk in I guess) of when I am overdoing or eating badly and reel myself in. OH, I have endulged, but less than I would have before. I just survived a kids party that would have been a hot dog eating binge - and I ate 1. woohoo. For me, reigning myself in is a big deal. It's not like me.

Also, my aunt is in town off and on. She loves to walk, so I've been walking with her sometimes to spend time with her. She walks my butt off - literally and figuratively (sp? - looks wrong no matter how I spell it!).