Weight Watchers - Supporting Each Other on our Weight Loss Journey!

This is a great thread for those who want support, helpful hints, friendship and a great bunch of people to communicate with. This thread has existed for a long time and we keep re-starting it whenever the old one gets too long. Feel free to stop in and chat, we are not a "closed" group and welcome newcomers. Some of us have been together for well over a year, some only a few days, but we care about each other. We offer tips, we share, we pick each other up of the floor when we've had rough times and we applaud when someone does well.

So, please do stop on by and share a bit, support is what it's all about! We can really do this together.

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Micasa, welcome and we can discuss all the points you want here!
I can't even tell you how many times I have re-started Weight Watchers. It is like an old friend. I hate to say that I ditch my old friend from time to time, but I am always coming back.
This week, I was going to go an weigh in at a meeting on Tuesday morning and ended up deciding to take that time and get on the treadmill instead of attending the meeting. I reasoned it out, and I do not recommend others do this, that is was a particularly busy week and that I needed to take time for me. What would make me lose weight more effectively? Going to that meeting and trying to cheat that scale by wearing really lightweight clothes and skipping my breakfast? (who was I kidding?) or would it be better for me to get my ____ on that treadmill and spend the time I would have spent at the meeting on exercise. I chose the exercise. The WW people wouldn't have liked me ditching the meeting, but as time was really short this week, I decided to recommit myself to my eating privately instead of there at the meeting and to get moving. It worked for me this week, I am down another pound.
I shall return to WW next week, though. I am no fool. I need those meetings to keep me motivated and on track.

Ash, I also have a snacking (and eating out and eating desserts) with the husband issue. He is a very bad influence on me. He is naturally thin by nature and it seems that no matter what he eats, he is always about the same weight. I nicknamed him "Mr. Haagen-Dazs" after his favorite ice cream. He can take the pint container out of the refrigerator and just eat with no portion control. He uses real butter liberally. He wonders why I can't control myself and I have him as an example all the time. I do love this man, but sometimes it can be exasperating to have his eating habits "in my face" all the time.

By the way, all, I am still really way to busy and have yet to even open the box my new dehydrator came in and read the instructions. I bought all the stuff to dehydrate and I worry that it's going bad before I can make time to use it. Maybe later on today? We shall see.

Ruth, what is a user CP???
I really quite computer illiterate. : )
Linda

Yeah, my husband can gain weight, but for now the Army keeps him thinner. His max weight is 196 lbs. and he goes anywhere from 193-6, I just worry about one day when he retires..actually I am hoping with our move to NC and more outdoorsy type stuff and no issue with exchange rates..we'll be able to get out and do more..I know we're def. not getting cable when we go back..I hate how much TV we watch here, but when we're not able to go places all the time..it's what we end up with over here..

Would you believe my 2 year old is 25.5 lbs. and asks me for food like 6 times a day. I know he runs around, but sheesh..I need to lose like three of him..lol

Ash, maybe you can take your 2 year old to some kind of playground and get out of the house? Both of you could benefit!
We need to all set tiny goals and take baby steps!

It's freezing over here in Germany so we don't go outside much. We do a lot with our Wii. I am hoping after we move, NC will be a lot more activities outside friendly..

Question - how do you plan ahead your meals. Apparently I am a mood eater - which sometimes becomes an issue..just wondering how people decide.

Ash, when will you be coming back to the USA? Today here in NH it is about 58 degrees, but I have a friend in NC and I guess it must be about 70 there today. You will love it. I've been to the Chapel Hill area.

Planning meals is difficult but I try to work out my points or calorie allowance for the day at the beginning of each day. What I do is try to have a 4 or 5 point breakfast, I never let it go above 5 points unless it's a holiday or very special occasion. I then figure out that will be our dinner. I try not to make it above 10 points unless I want to use flex points, as I often do.
Then, whatever is left is then divided into lunch with a few points for a small snack and a small Weight Watcher type of dessert or a yogurt.
I only get 21 points a day and it's VERY hard to stick to my plan. My appetite is more for about a 30+ point day.
I often feel deprived and sad about how I need to eat. It seems that others around me eat whatever they please and never gain weight. I have to admit that I strongly dislike exercise but I made myself get on the treadmill as often as I can.
I was in a gym for awhile but I slacked off and truly didn't like it very much. Seemed like, by the time I got dressed and got myself there and got home, I could have a workout DONE at home. I saved about a half hour or more of my time by exercising at home. I'm just not into sports of any kind.
Sometimes, if my mood is good, I like to put on music and dance when no one is watching. That can at least be enjoyable.

derrydaughter,

We will be backstateside in early January. I cannot wait. I think I am going back to meetings when we do get back, we shall see.

As for the planning I will keep that in mind. And I go through spurts of loving and hating exercise. That is why I am hoping to do more outside when we move.

I reached a milestone today!

My belly pooch won't hold up a pencil this morning! (You remember the bra test wih the pencil?) The pencil fell from under my pooch!

:carrot: :carrot:

I have been wearing such baggy clothes since surgery, I wasn't sure if anything positive was happening. But if I look back at my postings, I did manage to lose about 4 pounds in the past month.

Can't really take credit for it since I was eating a lot of donated casseroles and stuff. But I will take credit for keeping my portions in line.

I did have a moment where I considered buying a bag of Doritos. My thinking was "With everything going on, I deserve this". But I changed that to "With everything going on, you deserve to treat yourself kinder than Doritos".

And my surgeon gave me a warm fuzzy, we were talking about the upcoming port placement for chemo, and he said something about "you are thin enough that...." I don't even remember the end , I was just so tickled to be "thin enough" for something!!

I really hope no one thinks I am being shallow thinking about weight loss in the middle of all my other stuff. I am just very grateful to be a little lighter while dealing with this health stuff.

roundpeg - That is great that you're able to see progress in the middle of medical issues. I don't think it's shallow at all, if it's a positive in your life I think you should celebrate it. I hope everything else turns out good, I will say a prayer for your health; I guess I missed somwhere that this stuff was going on. Sorry for that. Take care!

Hello Ladies,

So I recalculated my points and I am supposed to be eating 28 pts. glup - I have not being eating that. Not on the higher end of it, but the lower end. I am sure that my weight probably has been effected by it. So, today, Saturday, I am starting a new. I started new in my journal and for today planned out not so much what I am having but where the points go at each time of the day. I am going to a baby shower and I thought of some foods that I know will more than likely be there and have given myself more points for "lunch" since it's around that time. I will take the sheet and my journal with me as well as my 1 liter bottle of water. That should help me not freak at the shower. At the end of today, I will post my journal so everyone can look at it.

0830 = 7 pts.
1130 = 2 pts.
1430 = 10 pts. <-- Baby shower
1730 = 2 pts.
1830 = 7 pts.

I am excited, hopefully all of this will help me. I also need to workout at some point today. I'll probably do it tonight.

Good day to everyone!

Okay, so they didn't have anything at the shower that I thought they would except the cake. So - um yeah, I had to guesstimate, but I actually did great. So, here is my journal for today. I did use 5 flex pts. but um, yeah it wasn't because of the shower, it was because I had ice cream with the hubby..but I didn't eat it all like I normally would have..so well it's improvement. Like I said I do good till my man is home, but this was all on me this time! : )


0830 - 1 egg scrambled 3
FF Cheese 1
Salsa 0
4.5 oz. Grape juice 2
Apple sauce 1
1130 - Fiber 1 bar 2
1430 - Turkey 2
Cheddar cheese 8 <-- I know silly, but I love cheese.
Baby carrots 0
Dip 2
Cake 3
1730 - Bean bake 6
1900 - Ice cream 5 <-- Flex pts worth it, but I know bad girl, lol.


So, 28 pts. 5 flex pts. I think all things considering it was a good day. I should do good today, Sunday here already in Germany, so I should see some sort of loss...

Ash

Morning girls. Haven't been around much. My eating has not been that great either. I gained last week. I'm hovering around 190. I'm still going to meetings. I'm in a much better place than I was this time last year. So I will try and do better.

Roundpeg that's good on the pencil test. I agree you deserve something better than Doritos.

I haven't been able to exercise in a few weeks. Need to get back into that.

Linda user cp is at the top of the page on the left hand side.

Have a good Monday.

Exhausted.
Was hospitalized Sun-Wed.
The doctors say I have an infection, but don't know where.
I had hives with it as well.
Anyway, I hope everyone is doing alright.
I'll be back Monday, hopefully I'll feel 100% by then.

Ash: That stinks, feel better soon!

I made the mistake of buying Halloween candy that I like :( . I am slipping back into bad habits.

I WI today just to see where I was.
I hate being thrown off track.
I am at 217.4 right now when on Sunday night I was at 215.4,
so 2 lbs. I am going to try and get my head straight this weekend
and hopefully I'll be down a little on Monday although I won't make my 10 lb
goal.
Oh well, wasn't expecting to be sick, you live and learn I guess..

Lucky we don't "do" Halloween, so I don't have to worry about candy laying around...all I can say ladies is put it down, and step away! lol.

Hi ladies, sorry I have not been around much. I've been so busy that I can barely breath.
I've not really gotten anywhere with my weight loss efforts, but I am about the same. I have started walking again, though, as I went clothes shopping on Sunday afternoon and was quite displeased that the usual sizes didn't fit me. I had a dismal week last week, a dear friend passed away. When I was getting dressed to attend the memorial service, nothing fit. I sufficed with wearing a skirt that belongs to my daughter that was slightly big for me as my own stuff didn't fit.
Hence, walking is going to be happening a bit more often.
I hope you all are doing better than I am.
I hope to also be back here more and give it a proper effort. Days are flying by and my schedule is horrendous, but I need to make time to deal with this and make it more of a priority.

I'm still going to be here, no worried, but I am going to start another thread today called Christmas Losers that is more serious. It is a "walk the talk" thread with goals that is set up to acheive by Christmas.
Other than that, I have not been feeling tremendously well the last few days, stomach stuff. Last night really sucked. So, hopefully eating a bit better will get me on track.
RP? How is your recovery going? Let's have an update!

I'm wondering where all the usual people are that tend to post here? Is everyone off the wagon? I hope not.
I'm here!!!
I had a good day yesterday. Ate on program, got on that treadmill and exercised self control. Self control is a really important thing throughout all of this, isn't it?

I keep coming back here and hoping some of my old buddies will be back. So far, nothing. But, I do want to say that I either walked or went on my treadmill four times this past week. I'm trying again and I am looking forward to having my jeans a little less tight and fitting into a few of my older articles of clothing again.
What are you looking forward to?

Another day here with no one else. : ( I guess I stayed away too long and you all figured this was a "dead thread"? I'm not giving up on you all!
A challenge for today.
I will attend a quilt guild meeting this morning. It's a long meeting and the guild has two huge long tables laden with all sorts of scrumptious foods that people bring in.
I'm going to bring a 100 calorie bag of almonds and some of my dehydrated apples and just get coffee. I promise! I can do this.
This afternoon, I hope to get in a walk. I need to keep up my motivation.
I must drop a few pounds before the holiday season sets in or I'm going to be in HUGE trouble!

DD: How did you do yesterday at your meeting? Your attitude sounds great, very determined sounding. You are going to do it!

I have kinda dropped off since I just don't feel like I have any control at this point. From what I have read, now they give you steroids when you do chemo so you pack on the pounds. So I am still holding onto my too big stuff and feeling defeated.

I am really having to seperate between "body image" and "health issues" and I need to stay on track for health issues even though the body image thing is shot right now. Water and fiber need to be a big part of my plan due to the side effects of chemo.

Plus, I feel like I don't get credit for the weight loss, people assume the cancer did it, I don't get credit for the months of changing habits and healthy eating. That makes me mad, I lost 40 pounds worth of Dorito weight darn it! I do struggle with Doritos still, I haven't bought any yet.

I am going to focus on nutritionally dense food, if the chemo makes me lose my appetite, I need to make every bite count. If the steroids make me pig out, I need to be eating friuts and veggies that won't pack on the pounds.

Chemo starts Monday, wish me luck.

RP, I wish you luck! Even if no one else gives you credit, I do! I know you have worked very hard and you must retain that. Chemo will help you in the end, but those I know who have gone through it have not felt well. But, view that as temporary. You will beat this thing.
I wish I lived near you and that I could help in some way. I hope you have wonderful people, friends and family to support you through this.
Love and hugs!
Keep up eating the right foods and stay strong.
How long with the chemo be for?
I'm going to keep you in my prayers.

Oh yes, I was swamped yesterday and didn't got to a meeting, but I am going today! I promise!

RP, just got home from my meeting. Last meeting I went to I was 166, this time I was 163.4 and it's a loss of 2.6 pounds. Since 9/22, I really blew it all off and wasn't trying really hard until last week.
I will keep trying!
I wrote all the reasons why I want to lose weight on an index card and put it in my purse. I hope to refer to it when temptation outside of the home strikes. Maybe that will help?
I'm envisioning going Christmas shopping at the mall and smelling the cinnomon bun place and giving in. But, I will reach in the pocket on the outside of my purse and touch that index card and maybe read it at the mall. I will make sure to bring a low point energy bar instead in that purse as well. I am smarter than a cinnimon bun!

Way to go derrydaughter!
I am down a total of 8 lbs so far, but with being sick and in the hospital I will take it.
I may end up at the doctor again as I am not 100% - it's crazy!

Good luck to the rest of you!

Ash, good to hear from you.
RP, would you kindly send me a private message with your real name and whatnot on it. I would like to add you to my church's prayer list, if that is OK. I am thinking of you and have mentioned you in my prayers.

Ladies! I got on the scale here at home this morning and it was 162.4, but I'm not changing my tracker unless it's an official WW weigh in. I have two NSVs to report.
One: We went out to a local diner type of place for dinner last night. Breakfast is served all day. I was confronted with a wonderful menu and all the choices were so tempting. We love eating there at this place. I gulped hard and ordered an egg white omelette with fresh spinach and tomato and feta cheese. I had the fruit as my side order instead of home fries. They have sprout bread as a choice and I had it. I found out, after asking that it is Ezekiel bread. I was totally on program for once on a weekend day. This is HUGE for me.
Also, we walked the entire mall upstairs and down and we bought a Nintendo wii a few weeks ago and I could have cared less, but yesterday we bought the wii fit package. Instead of sitting on our butts watching TV after dinner, DH and I took turns snowboarding and doing all sorts of wii fit things. I'm a bit sore today, but it's a good thing.
I'm proud of myself!

Well I WI tomorrow, but I am finally back to working out after falling off the exercise train due to my illness. I ran 4.675 miles with my Wii tonight and then tried to run with my dog, Kahlua, outside. She is not a good workout partner though as she tries to sniff everything and not move. My goal is to run at least 120 miles with the Wii fit and at least walk the dog every night. So, here's to weightloss I hope! : )

Well I am happy, a loss is a loss after all.
After not eating to point and only exercising yesterday (Sunday) I woke up and WI at - 0.4 lbs for a total of 2.4 lbs. gone in November. and a total of 8.4 lbs. gone since I started back on WW October 5th.
Slow, but indeed I will take it.
I got a new journal and hopefully now that I am feeling 100 % things will go smoother for me!

Ash

Ash, great job! I WI today and we shall see! I have my fingers crossed. I have been a good girl and have been on program all week, still have about 15 flex points left as well.
We shall see!
RP, I hope you are OK. I know you can't worry about food right now and that is OK, but we do care and want to know how you are doing just the same. I wish I lived near you and could visit and cheer you up, etc.

derrydaughter - Thanks.
So, I started back to working out Sunday now that I am better and it's been really great. Since we're moving and about to have all of our stuff move, I seem to be more motivated that we go to the gym as a family. They have a family room so my 2 year old can play or watch TV in the play area and the adults can work out.

So, I made a deal with my husband, he needs to lose a couple of lbs. for his promotion test and I well need to lose weight, so 1 week of going to the gym as a family. You see we never workout together - he does PT for the Army and well I do stuff at home or go to the gym myself. So, anyway, this is day two and we're doing great.

11/16/09 - 1/2 hr. Wii Run, 1/2 hr. Elliptical @ Gym.
11/17/09 - 1 hr. Elliptical @ Gym.

I am givin' us a lil' whoot whoo..

Hope everyone else is doing well in all areas of life,
Ash

Ash, great job on the work outs! When are you actually moving? I think you'll be in NC afterwards, is that right? Good going!
I had my weigh in yesterday and lost .8, I was glad that I went and it felt good to have a loss, even if less than one pound. It's better than nothing.
I weighed in at 162.6.
I have used the wii fit for the last four days and hope to use it again today. Today is yet another challenge, a quilt group meeting. There is always food. Oh well, I think I'm only going to have fruit and yogurt for breakfast so I can have somethuing at the meeting without guilt.

derrydaughter, Well let's see we ship our car the 24th, they come for accompanied baggage on the 30th, and then come for our household goods on December 8th and we're not leaving until around January 5th, so we'll be without our stuff for almost a month. Way to go on the .8 lb. loss. I know how it is..my last was .4 lb. so we just have to keep treking right?

As for working out, trying to make it a family thing..so far so good, we're doing a one week challenge and see where we'll go from there...

Ash

Ash, can't believe they would leave you without your stuff for that long, particularly over Christmas. What a bummer. Will you lose computer access too? Will be not be hearing from you?
No car as well, goodness.
I also can't believe you had a car over there in the first place, though. I find that interesting.
I blew it today... went to a meeting and had pecan pie. I feel mad at myself now. But, on the other hand, I am wearing pants that haven't fit me in about two months today, go figure.

derrydaughter, well we will have stuff, it will just be the Army's stuff. So, it's better than nothing and then we are blessed a friend is letting use a car. So, the way I see it things could be worse. We have a laptop, so I should have internet access.

As for pecan pie, well I love it too. Hoping there's none for the Thanksgiving dinner we're going to personally...

Ash, sometimes I do not understand weight loss, other times.... well, who knows?
This morning, on my home scale, after having a small piece of pecan pie yesterday, I was down a pound. Not officially adjusting my tracker as my WW weigh ins are what will count here, but I don't get it at all. However, that one pound could be due to other factors like sodium, exercise, last weeks good behavior, etc. I don't think anyone can truly tell us when a pound loss or gain is to come from what you eat on a certain day.
So, for today, I forgive myself. I had a 5 point breakfast, I journaled and took a huge hit on my flex points for that pie, and I move on.
I'm glad you'll have some stuff until the final transfer, by the way, sounds a bit easier then, Ash!
I miss other people who have been in this group. I'm not giving up and I wonder if they have?

Yeah, you can only work on TODAY, it's hard to remember that sometimes. I am trying not to freak out, I do actually need to up my water in-take, so hopefully that'll help.

As for the others, I have been wondering too. Seems like it's only been me and you - I miss all of the sharing, it's so motivating for me..

Hopefully they'll be back. I personally can't give up!
I have to do this once and for all..
Ash

Ash, I can tell by the tone of your posts that you will be successful.
There are peaks and valleys to this journey and there are sometimes detours and roadblocks. The successful people pick themselves up, dust themselves off and move forward.
I'm moving forward, I had a really long detour recently. I forgive myself. I learned something. I will move on.
Going on a college tour with my daughter today, it's some distance from here and I will probably eat two meals out today, one at least. I hope this college cafeteria has healthy choices, not only for me but for my daughter if she chooses to go there.

derrydaughter - I think you and I both will do fine and I will say a prayer for your daughter as she enters college. I am sure she'll do well as well. Let me know how it goes whenever you can. Good luck!

Ash, my daughter is already in college, but is looking to transfer. It's a big step, though, a financial commitment and also she will be leaving home. We think she'll make this move in January. I have time to adjust to live without her around the house. She was away last year and the first few days that she was gone were hard. She came home this semester and is attending a community college and commuting from home. We did this to save some money, and we have. But, she has kind of taken a big, brave gulp and said she is ready to take on student loans. We had hoped to get her through college without a massive debt, but looks like she' join the ranks of many people in the USA who pay for their college up through when they are middle age. I hate the idea, but it is her decision.

As for me, I blew it yesterday. I did not like the food or the food choices at this school, she may have a very hard time there. I blew it again at dinner as well. So, today, I pick myself back up again and hope for a fresh start and better self control.

derrydaughter, I see about the situation. We are extrememly blessed that my Husband knows he's doing 20 yrs. in the Army, he just re-enlisted and was able to transfer his GI Bill to our son Logan so his college is paid for. I know how it is though to have a loan. I have one myself which is small, but we're still paying on. But as far as her leaving I know it will be hard at first, but I know you have a strong spirit and will adjust.

As for yesterday, don't worry I didn't do so hot either. I did use flex points, but I am not sure what I ate yesterday helped me at all..and not sure what we're doing for dinner tonight..we were supposed to go to the gym after my husband helped some of our friends move..but he's still gone..

We shall see

Good morning ladies.
How are you doing?
I am doing well and I think I need to come back and visit, who knows stay a while.
Where is everyone else? I guess life gets busy and other things get in the way.
Well I just wanted to say hello and I will be back.

Take Care
Ann

Hi, Ann! Welcome back!

Hi Ash, thanks for the welcome. How was your day.
I had a good day. I have decided to start points again. I wanted to try maintaining my weight and once I felt successful there I would try and lose the rest of the weight I have to lose. I went for a run today and have been on plan so far today. Wish me luck. Part of me wanted to wait until after Christmas as I am nervous why I am not sure.
Linda, how are you.
How is everyone else?
I hope you are all doing well.

Take Care
Ann

OMG after how I ate this weekend I am shocked. I guess the gym saved me a little bit, but I have to get over my weekend mental block. Anyway, lost 1.8 lbs for a total loss of - 10.2 lbs, my first 10!!! Yes!!

Ann!!!! So good to have you back. I love it when people who have been part of our long term WW Supporting Each Other thread know where to find us for support. I'm glad you are here and I am also back to working hard again.
Ash, me too on the weekend eating, but my eating was actually on Friday and it was my "wake up call" to get in control the rest of the weekend. I did better on Saturday and Sunday, Sunday was a good day.

I'm worrying about Thanksgiving as I have been on track again for four or five weeks and it feels good, I have had a few losses at the scale and I want to continue losing. I had an event to attend a few weeks back and had to try on almost everything in my dress clothing wardrobe before I found something to fit. I had also only been wearing about 1/4 of the pants/jeans in my closet as the rest had gotten too tight. I took a long hard look at myself and didn't like what I saw. It was either time to make a valiant effort to lose weight or shop for an entirely new wardrobe. So, here I am and here I am determined to be.
Thanksgiving, itself, can be survived if it was only one day, but for me it is an entire weekend as we travel out of state to visit family and we stay three days and they party it up the entire time with lots of food, alcohol and desserts. I accept (my personal choice) that I will eat what I want on Thanksgiving (within reason and being sensible). But I am worrying about the other meals and I've been told not to bring anything other than the assigned foods I am responsible for.
I am going to have to accept some kind of gain for this time period, I guess, but here are a few things I feel that I can do. I'd love it if some of you have other ideas as well.
1. I'm being very good this week up until we leave on Thursday morning. I will go and weigh in tomorrow.
2. I'm getting in extra exercise this week and plan on walking each day while we are visiting.
3. When appetizers are served, I am sitting away from the coffee table, across the room. They are my downfall and come at a hungry time. I'm bringing some sewing and knitting along to keep my hands busy.
4. I am not taking leftovers home, no way.

When I get home, I will begin a fresh journal, that day will be my day one and I shall put all the past behind me and think ahead towards the future. This future may include some bumpy roads over the holidays as far as eating goes, but I will keep trying, I am determined.
I feel good having written this out. Also, if I have time before we go away, I might make and freeze some WW Garden Vegetable Soup. It would be nice to have it all made when I get home, but I am concerned about the time factor. I'm swamped, and if I have to choose exercise time over soup making time, so be it.
Don't you all wish that you could buy a good version of that soup in the freezer section of your supermarket, that was not institutional tasting? Oh well, once can dream. I used to tell our dear Paige (who I miss and hasn't been here in awhile) that she should do that as a business as people don't have time to make that soup and it's such a standby!

Hi All,
I am new at this and trying to find motivation and support!
I figured thanksgiving week was good time to start.
Do you post goals and exercise here?

Thanks

derrydaughter -- Way too go! At least you and I are both able to take hold of our issues - and lose.
tigga -- Um, you can write whatever you need here and if you are having struggles or whatever really. We're all just here to support each other and help where we can.

Ash

Hello ladies,
How was your day.

Linda, it sounds like you can do this. Could you maybe eat an apple or drink water before appetizers. I find when I eat apples I feel full.
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Ash, sometimes it is hard to take hold of our issues. Kudo's to you.
Hello Tigga. I hope your day was great.

As for me I had a great day on plan so far. I keep thinking I should wait until after Christmas to start but I know that is a sabotaging thought and I should just get to it. I walked for an hour today and am planning to go running in a few minutes. I just wanted to say hello to everyone.

Tigga, what exercise do you enjoy? What is your meal plan for the day.

Take care all and have a wonderful evening.
Ann

Thanks Ann, not sure how long getting ahold of my eating issues will take, but I am trying. Just seems like everything (event) has to do with food.

Welcome Tigga! We're here for you and will support whatever you want to do. Just share and people will come back with ideas, info, and a "you can do it"!
Ann, I know you and you wouldn't be back here unless you intended to be working at this. I, for one, know that waiting until after the holidays is dangerous, which I why I am here as well.
I may not do awfully well over the Thanksgiving weekend away with family, but I sure can be trying hard before and afterwards as we all know that a clothing size or two can be gained over the holidays if you aren't careful. I sure don't want to be there!
Good for you, Ann, walking and running. Yesterday, I was swamped and it was the first day, in nine days, that I have not been on the Wii fit. I felt badly about it, but there was not an extra minute in the day. When time finally came that I could have, DH had the TV on and was sitting there. It's hooked up to the living room TV, so that was that. Today, I vow to do better!
I have a lunch today with some family members and will order the usual grilled chicken salad with oil and vinegar and have one tiny piece of bread. Then, diet Pepsi will be the drink of the day, or tea. I wish I could have certain foods at this place, a Steakhouse, but I have to be in control on Thanksgiving week and there is no way I can bend the rules. Bending the rules is how I got myself into this mess. So, my mind is made up and I shall survive, unless there is a nice broiled salmon with steamed veggies that could work for me.
What challenges are you all facing this week, OTHER THAN Thanksgiving?
Ash, you are so right that it seems like there is food at every event. People associate fun with food, don't they? Even at church each week, there is a coffee hour afterwards. I steer away from the food and it is so hard and so tempting as I am usually starving when church gets out and it's all just sitting there.
Oh well.
Round Peg, I am thinking of you. I know the chemo started and you might be feeling lousy. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers. Weight loss is not an issue right now, the issue is your health and dealing with this. Hugs to you.

Hello Ladies

How are you? I hope you are all doing well.
It is so difficult to get on this site.
I have been doing well with my eating and running.
Have been thinking of you all hoping you are doing great. If I can't get on the site I am still thinking of you all.
Have a wonderful day.
Take Care
Ann

Doing well, Ann, but I am sorry to hear you are having trouble getting on this site. I glanced up to see if I had let this thread get more than 10 pages, but that is not the case. Are you on dial-up?
Well, for the last 36 hours or so, I have let all proper food choices go "out the window" with Thanksgiving. I am still at my in-laws so will not have total contol over my food choices until noon time tomorrow when we are home again.
I promise myself and all of you that I will start a fresh journal and get back on program. I plan to do the Wii fit as well. Today I hope to get in a swim or walk, more likely a walk as I have a sore throat and a swim would be unwise, I think. my mother in law has a built in lap pool in her house, indoor and heated. It's very nice to be able to swim, no matter what time of year it is. But, when you are feeling as if you might be coming down with a cold, it's probably not the smartest choice.

Thanks DD for thinking of me. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

I am doing ok on the physical front, first chemo down.

I am struggling with the food issue a little. I guess it is like being pregnant, no one expects you to watch what you are eating during this period. Even though I am not having alot of nausea issues, I have adopted this mentality that I get a free pass on food right now. I even told my kids, "Mom cannot set a good example for you right now, don't eat like me".

So I am going to get honest with myself for a minute.

Other than a little mouth sore, the chemo has not really affected my gastrointestinal system (expect for that first week constipation). So there is no excuse for me eating donuts, fast food, and cream based soups.

This is not about me beating myself up, this is about me being accountable and not adding to my physical problems by packing on weight.

On the positive side, I am still eating breakfast. That one habit stuck. I have not eaten Doritos.

Hmmm, that is all I have on the positive side.

Yeah, it is like being pregnant, they really tell you, eat whatever you can tolerate.

But, my weight is stable, up and down the same 2 pounds or so. Maybe, I am in "maintenance" mode. But I am still not pleased with the thinking behind the maintenance.

I ate four donuts the other day, cancer, chemo, whatever, there is really no excuse for that.

Well Roundpeg I pray you're healing after your chemo.
It would be easy for people to say oh you should do this or that, but I will not be one of those people.

I know about eating one meal..As for pregnant, um I got the shock of my life on Nov. 25th we found out I am pregnant after being told by my doctor that it would hard to have any more children.

So I go to the Dr. on Monday to get things started. Since I am in Germany I go the the American clinic for refferals to my German OB.

So my plan, to eat as healthy as I can and then still go to the gym, walk the track with my family and be fit this time as I was the first time.

Just thought I would let you all know..

Wow, Congrats Ash! So we both need to make every bite count and not allow ourselves make excuses for bad choices.

Hello everyone.

Congratulations Ash, how exciting is that. I found when I was pregnant it gave me a reason to eat healthy.

RP, I will keep praying for you as you travel this journey. Thank you for continuing to share with us.

Linda, how are you. I can't get on this site as it keeps coming up, site busy try again later. I guess I should post at quieter times.

I was doing extremely well on my eating. Yesterday I ate cake. Yummy, I did not count the cake. I am back on plan today. I think the cake wouldn't have been my 35 points. It is funny because I am trying to cut out sugar and I ended up on such a sugar high. I woke up feeling like I had been drinking last night. Very weird the effect sugar has on my body.

Have a wonderful day everyone and take care
Ann

RP, I am so glad to hear from you. Truthfully, I would just go with the flow right now. Try to be as healthy as you can but if you are experiencing side effects and only certain foods appeal to you, then do not beat yourself up for it. Take care. You can beat this!
Ash, wow. Good news then? Congratulations. A few years ago we had a person on this thread who got pregnant and bailed out. She came back for awhile afterwards and had gained all her weight back and then some. I urge you to stick with us, stick with an eating plan that is healthy. Speak to your doctor about how man calories you should be having each day and try to stay in that range, making sure you have the right amount of proteins, calcium and stuff like that. Weight Watchers wouldn't see you and have you at meetings, as per my recollections, but this special time is all about being healthy.
As for me. Thanksgiving was not a good time as far as eating was concerned. I ate what I wanted. I was "saved" as the appetizers had crab in them and I hate crab meat. I also came down with a nasty cold and am now sick.
I have to square my shoulders and just move on, though, as I have way too much to do.
No time for colds, it's time to get moving and cross items of that long "to do" list of mine.

Still feeling sick today, but I need to "Cowboy Up" and just put it aside and do certain things. I bailed on my schedule yesterday and rested. Coughing, blowing my nose, drank tea and had cough drops. Wonder how many points a cough drop is? I don't care, actually.
I feel a tiny bit better today than yesterday but wonder how the day will go if I try to get things done and I wonder if I dare go to my WW meeting this morning? I think I might have a tiny loss, but it's hard to know. Their scales always differ from mine.
I totally blew it over Thanksgiving, but have done better since I got home from out trip. No exercise as I've been feeling so lousy, though.

Still at home, sick. I didn't dare attend my WW meeting for fear of giving these nasty germs to people. It's just unkind, particularly at this time of year.
But, I am feeling better than I have been so there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
I can journal and I might do a bit of exercise and I will certainly drink all my fluids.

Hellooo everyone. Linda said it best in the beginning of this thread; WW is like an old friend...and I guess maybe I need to come back, visit and stay awhile. =) Things have actually been going pretty well with me lately, maybe not so much weight wise but life wise. I have been trying to work from home and get my client base up so that after the new year I can maybe look for a space to rent. So that means being surrounded by desserts and cookies allll day long....but the good part is that I have been incredibly busy the last few months, and it looks like this month is going to be even busier.

I have to find a way to get my eating back under control. I have gone up and down so much this year...I'm probably the same now as I was in January or Feb, but that is still 10 or so lbs higher than where I was last year.

It always seems to go back to the same question...how do I get my motivation back? How do I keep it?? Weight watchers seems so "old" to me now...how do you turn something like that into being new and exciting?? Maybe go back to basics? Find new foods? I feel frustrated and bored with it.

Good morning all...

So yesterday was alright, could of been better. I did pretty well through the day, but at night when dh said he wanted some dessert I cracked. Today is a new day, right?? I need to figure out some kind of a plan of action, but am still feeling that rut of doing the same thing for the past ??? how many years??

Linda how are you feeling? The flu has been spreading like wildfire here; both my girls were out sick for a week each...not with the flu, but one with a very high fever and the other with cold symptoms that triggered asthma attacks.

Hope everyone has a good day...I guess I should get to work and get some cookies made to get ahead of the game, but I just don't feel like it!!!!

Hi Paige, welcome back.
That is great you are working from home and doing what you are passionate about.
I know the flu has been going around here too. I heard they think it has already peaked in our area. I hope that is true.
Linda, How are you doing? I hope you are feeling better soon.
Are you finding this time of year stressful.
I find that Christmas is creeping up so fast. I am finding there are so many families in need this year. I heard from one of the agency's that they have doubled in people needed help this year. I keeping thinking up plans to help out I am just hoping it is enough.
Ash, how are you doing? Are you feeling good?

Hello to everyone else and I hope you are all doing well.

As for me, eating has been good. Exercising has been minimal. I need to focus on adding more exercise in.

Have a wonderful day everyone.

Take Care
Ann

Paige, welcome back! I nodded my head when I read your remarks about WW being boring. But, in between some of my re-visits to WW, I have tried a few other things and nothing seems to keep me regimented. Regimented is probably the wrong word to use, but it will do for now. I need the program as, if I track and stay in that cursed point range, I do eventually lose weight. I have this love/hate relationship with it. I reluctantly drag that journal out and write in it. Yet, as I sit here typing, I reflect on something I had the day before that I totally forgot to write in. I also reflect on last night's dinner being higher in point than it should have been. We tried a new seafood restaurant near us and I enjoyed a glass of wine as well as french fries with my meal. At least I ordered grilled seafood and steamed mixed veggies, but I did not resist the French fries. This morning, I sit here and think about that choice and that I could have had the rice or mashed potatoes and been just as pleased and just as "full" at the end of the meal. Both my DH and daughter had fries and I could have had a couple of theirs to still have that yummy fry taste. Live and learn.
Thanks for asking, guys, I have re-joined the land of the living and I am feeling well. I am so glad to be back in the world and able to be out without fear of infecting everyone around me. There is so much to do. Yesterday afternoon, I finished a commisions piece of art that will be a gift for someone for Christmas and I was so relieved to get it done. My sickness got in the way of finishing it. It needs to be shipped out of state, so that is always a worry.
Ann, like you, I realize that Christmas is creeping up on me. Along with it, there will be the inevitable cookies. I'm going to choose only 3 cookies to make this year instead of my usual 6 or 7 varieties. I'm cutting way back. I used to give away tons of cookies as gifts, but this year I am going to try to steer clear of the high calorie treats. I have to make fudge for my addict husband, but that is for him and not for me. I'm one of the lucky ones to only want perhaps one piece of fudge a year, it's what I refer to as "sickeningly sweet". So, he can enjoy it, and I will easily avoid it.
I challenge you all to include at least 4 days of exercise into this busy week. Even if it's a 10 minute interval, it can be done.
Today, I vow to get on the Wii fit for about a half hour. Once I start it, I do enjoy myself. It's just dragging myself over to it that is the hard thing.

RP, I am thinking of you. You are in my prayers.

Linda I can't help but smile at your downsizing of cookie types this year. My kitchen is like a cookie store right now...I've been making 6 or 7 types of cookies in bulk each day. I have been getting a lot of orders and I know that it's only the beginning of the month...I'm worried about getting slammed as the procrastinators give me their orders. It is SOOO hard to stay away from those darn cookies...my willpower is just non existant. With that said, you'll have to send me your recipe for fudge...I have never found a chocolate fudge recipe that I'm really happy with, but I like to put some kinds of candy on my xmas trays.

I weighed myself this morning and am pretty surprised that my weight has held stable through November and the beginning of this month. But at the same time I'm annoyed with myself...this Friday is dh's company xmas party...every year I vow that the next year I will lose weight and wear some killer dress to the party. And every year I seem to be right at the same place and end up wearing black pants and a nice top. This year I have killer stilettos that I want to wear, so I'm hoping this week I can find some dress that looks good. Ugh, I do it to myself every year...torture trying on that many dresses and not finding anything!!!

Anyway, I am off to clean the kitchen and I guess get some more baking done. No bites, licks, or tastes though....promise!

Paige, if I were making money selling cookies, I would be baking like mad - just as you do. I think the novelty of them would have worn off by now, though. It would be just a product by this stage of the game. Baking my own cookies is such a tradition that I love, I can't imagine not having them. I make all my mom's recipes. But, that doesn't mean I have to eat all of it myself.
I hope you find a great dress, Paige. I know exactly what you feel like. I have a ton of "killer" dresses that do not fit me right now. I hope to wear them again but I've been saying the same thing year after year. I have hope, though. The Wii fit is giving me hope. If I can't do all of this by controlling my eating, doing the right exercises that will help control and tone will be good.
I did the Wii fit for about a half hour yesterday and I hope to segment some time into tomorrow, it's a wildly busy week, though. But, I have the desire!

Now for some good news. I sold another painting today! I went to kind of a craft fair kind of thing that quilt guild was putting on and showed my stuff and someone bought an oil painting I did of a lighthouse. I'm really thrilled!

Tuesday = weigh in day
I'm going to a meeting this morning and hope that there is a loss. It's been a few weeks since I went, we had Thanksgiving and I was really sick for awhile. I have no idea weather there will be gain or loss, but I am going and I am trying!
Hope everyone else is trying too! This is a very hard time of year.

So glad I went to the meeting. We were talking about strategizing for the holiday and things you could do. I have a pizza gathering tomorrow and I went right out after the meeting and purchased a veggie/dip tray on my way home. Now, I can nibble on a few veggies and try to avoid excesses!
I lost .8, slow and steady wins the race. I'm pleased with that as the last time I weighed in was before Thanksgiving and I was so sick in between weight ins. I have to admit that over Thanksgiving I was not a good girl and I wasn't as careful as I could have been when I was sick. So, this is good news.
Next week, though, when I weigh in, I am going to modify my "official weigh in outfit". I wear the same outfit each time I weigh in so that I know what my weight really is. The weather is getting so much colder that I am going to have to go to heavier weight clothing. So, even if there might be a loss, it could show as a gain and I need to be prepared for that. I want to be warm, though!

I blew it yesterday, but today is another day for fresh beginnings. I wish you all a good day.
I vow to exercise today. I have to deal with the fact that just because you don't exercise first thing in the morning, that doesn't close the door to it at any time of day. I can and will make time later on this afternoon.
What challenges will come up today?
Leftovers from yesterday's holiday party....

Linda

I am glad to hear that you also have a weigh in outfit. Folks in my at work program thought it was odd that I was wearing just about the same thing every Tuesday (same shirt in different colors, same pants as I had 2 pair alike) For me it keeps me from making excuses. I did just have to swap outfits as the pants I am in now are 3 sizes smaller than the ones I was wearing. Congrats on slow and steady.

Blimey I haven't posted here for ages. Sorry girls I will do better.

I have plateaued for the past 2 months. I go up 1 down 1.

I'm still going to meetings.

I will check in more often.

I am going to be very anxious for the holidays to be over...it has been too tempting to have all these sweets in the house. UGH! Tomorrow I'm printing out a fresh tracker and starting new.

Good for you Paige, I didn't track today, have a lazy attitude and that can snowball if I do not watch it. Maybe I'll try to write it all after dinner tonight. I have done OK with eating, though, and I did the Wii fit this morning.
Clydegirl, good to hear from you again!
Allison, I have to have an "official weigh in outfit" as I think it's the only way I can truly know if I have gained and/or lost. I'm going to bit the bullet this week and weigh in with warmer clothing on. It's so darned cold out that I can't wait my capri pants and short sleeved shirt any longer. I did it last week and froze. So, I will possibly have a gain of about a pound due to this. If I lose and then change the outfit, if I am lucky I could weigh in about the same?

Lazy attitude is not helping. I tracked part of the day yesterday and didn't finish. I'm going to start off with a new tracker this morning and try again. I need to do this. At least I got on the Wii fit yesterday and did a nice work out. Though, I see that now I am getting bored with it. This is my problem with exercise, it is boredom. I have noted that those routines do not vary and I was hoping they would. I get bored and sick of going back and fourth when I go to a gym, so at last this is here and I hope to continue trying. My cable TV network has work out programs "on demand". Maybe I will check some of those out.
I'm looking ahead to the next couple of weeks and seeing lots of potential "sins" in terms of eating. I need a coping strategy for the times that are not parties, but there certainly will be quite a few parties coming up.
How are you all dealing? Not much activity here.

Paige, also, do you have any gluten free dessert recipes that would be a "hit"? My sister in law has recently gone on a gluten free diet, for health reasons. I'm usually in charge of desserts for family holidays as I travel from some distance and it always seems easier for me to bring this kind of stuff with me.
I'm also looking for a good WW friendly dessert that doesn't seem at all like it's WW, so I can get by with it. I'm going to have to make my usual carrot cake that is demanded each year at Christmas, but that doesn't mean I have to eat it.

Here I am again. Not much to say, but was hoping that a few of you would be here to lend some support.
I'm "caving" this week, nothing seems to be working but yet the desire to work at this goal of mine is still with me. Yet, the holidays are giving me a run for my money.
Hope you all are well and happy.

RP, I am thinking of you. I put "R.P." on my church's prayer list. I don't know your real name, but know that you are being prayed for and that you are being thought of.

Linda

I understand the nothing working. I just went to WI, thought from what the home scale said I would hit 35 lbs gone this week, even had some leeway. Missed by quite a bit, only 32.8 gone. *garumph* I did notice when I came back that my Nalgene bottle only had about 4 oz left in it, it was full (32 oz)at 9 am this morning. This time of year is tough, lots of going going going and no time to concentrate on keeping track.

I'm giving myself a little slack this week. My sister's birthday is this week, plus Christmas activities. I'm not going to go TOTALLY off plan, but I'm not going to freak out if I go over 2-3 points.

ibc and Allison, I do think the secret of survival is acceptance and forgiveness during the next two weeks. Christmas is a week from today. Everywhere I have been this past week (except one place) has had food. I always wonder why people just show up with stuff everywhere you go?
I eat when it's there as it's a time of celebration, but then I feel guilty afterwards.
I think if I was not trying to lose weight, though, I would probably be eating more and be one of those people actually bringing food places.
All I can do is be the best I can be when I am at home and not around all the other party people and events over the next week.
I've gotten three parties and one birthday celebration over with and I actually have yet another "thing" to go to tomorrow.
What I will do, this very day, is get on the Wii fit and spend a half hour. It's helping me to tone even if I am not losing. My husband told me my jeans looked baggy this week! I was shocked to hear that but it felt great!
The step aerobics part of the Wii is really making the backs of my legs feel taught. So, if I can't resist the party foods and I am not trying quite as hard as I usually am trying, I can at least be proud of this!

Before we know it, it will be Jan 1, 2010 and we will all be squaring our shoulders and setting goals. I started a new thread this morning about that. Join if you feel like it. I think it could be quite encouraging.

Well, here I am. I think it's a tough time of year to be watching your weight, everything seems stacked against a person. My daughter is baking Candy Cane cookies right this minute and we have sugar cookie dough cooling in the refrigerator.
I should be making salads? : )

DD, a salad sounds good to me right now, ;)

How was your holiday? I hope there was quite a bit of :hug: and cheer.

I managed to get my father ('bout 56 years old) hooked on playing the Wii hunting game. I get him and the neighbors across the street playing the various Wii sport games every now and again. I plan on unveiling the fishing game the next time I head down, but maybe I'll play with the Wii fit before I pass over the controls this time. :)

I got the Wii and the Wii fit for my mother originally, but she's become a watcher more than a player recently. Well, when she gets more serious about weight-loss herself, maybe I'll be able to entice her back. The pair of them will be working on the "maker's diet" and I hope they have better luck on that then the last dieting phase they were on. Maybe when I start working on getting healthy and moving around on the Wii fit myself, maybe we'll get back on it together again.

I love reading these posts, and I hope everyone has enjoyed their late-decembers. :)

Welcome Aanheltangia (interesting name). Nice to have someone else stopping by.
I'm still eating in holiday mode and tomorrow is the last family celebration for this season. Then, I must purge the refrigerator and start fresh.
I have to take time to use the Wii fit, no excuses! Time to get back on track!

Well, it's January 1, 2010..... what will you do differently today?
I'm hoping to do a bit of grocery shopping later on and try to buy more healthier choices. I have been totally off track over the holidays and I will be doing better!

Hi Linda,

I hope your New Year is a great one with many accomplishments. I joined curves yesterday. I kept thinking it was a waste of money but I am worth it.

Hello everyone and I hope you all have a wonderful day.

take Care
Ann

I hope everyone is having a great start to a New Year....

Ann, Curves is a good idea. The one that was near me closed, sadly. But, I am going to re-start with the Wii fit today and I did journal two out of three meals yesterday. I'm going to fill in the rest of the day this morning and hope to journal all day today and stay on program as best I can.
It's hard getting back on program after the holidays, but I am here and I intend to make a concerted effort.

Derrydaughter:
Thanks for thinking of me, I really appreciate it.

I ate Doritos :( But I didn't eat the whole bag and it didn't fix anything, so maybe it was a one time deal.

I think I can safely say I have not retained any of the healthy habits I learned in the past year. Fiber, nope...water, nope... portion control, nope.

Since the chemo makes everything taste like crap, I eat junk with alot of greasy flavor.

This should not be about what size jeans I wear, this should be about taking care of my body in the best possible way. Why do we punish ourselves instead of showing some self-love? If my kids were sick, I would never encourage them to eat crap.

Friends invited me over for steak dinner last night, I did eat broccoli and carrots on purpose, but I had seconds on the mashed potatoes. I craved green beans this week, maybe there is still something in there trying to make good choices.

I think I'll make a pot of beans this week, without the ham stuff. I have been craving beans, why do I give into frozen food cravings but won't make something healthy?

I'm back :)

I kind of felt guilty posting on here while eating fudge, if that makes any sense lol! I gained two lbs during Christmas week, but I lost 1.5 lbs the week after Christmas. I was also working a very hectic work schedule during Christmas week. So no biggie! It's all about moving on right? :)

Saturday night I biked for 25 minutes and did the Arm Sculpting workout on WW online. My shoulders and arms are KILLING ME! It hurts to do anything lol Today I'm going to walk for about 20 minutes and try the Yoga for Beginners workout to relax and stretch a bit. Exercise is going to be hard to keep up with. It's like -5 degrees outside right now.

How are you all doing? :)

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all having a great day. I felt like lying on the couch and eating candy today but so far have eaten very healthy and walked for 40 mins.

Have an awesome day everyone.

Take Care
Ann

Round Peg, I would probably be doing exactly what you are doing if I were in your shoes, no one can know until they have been through it. What about setting a goal of eating one good for you food per day, at least? When is the chemo over with? I hope it is soon. Take care of you!

Ann, you are such a good example. I haven't been able to be back on track yet, fully, but I have made a bit of progress. I tried the new (at least new my area of the country) WW breakfast burrito that has egg whites, low fat cheese, turkey bacon and veggies in it for 4 points. I have to say that I love them. I will be buying them again when I see them in the store. It was a treat for me and tasted "normal". I love "normal".
Today is my monthly quilt guild meeting and there is usually food galore, so I am going to have to be careful and perhaps get some exercise later on.
This week, my goal is to eat at home all of the week days. Eating out adds points/calories and unknown elements to my day that I can't find predictable.
We went to Longhorn Steakhouse on Saturday night. I kind of blew it, but could have been much worse. The meal was late coming and the server brought us another loaf of that wonderful warm bread. I was tantalized..... I blew it. Usually, if I go there, I have a certain meal I can trust and allow one small piece of the bread and a small amount of butter, but I lost control
Oh well, another week begins today....

I need to do a bit of shopping myself, all I have in the Fridge/Freezer is ham slices and eggs... I ate all my veggies so there's a good thing for my year so far.

I just can't seem to get motivated today, it's a chilly 40F for me here in FL, and my fingers are icy cold as I type this. I should invest in a pair of gloves and a USB powered blanket. Maybe my boss will get the hint when he sees me bundled up and typing away? ;)

Well, I offer :hug: 's to you all, keep warm and get a few laughs in today.

<3,
Bee

Zanh.... a chilly 40 sounds good to me when I am here in NH with about 9" of snow on the ground and 25 degrees at this moment. But, I expect this and live accordingly.
I once flew down to FL in January and was so dissappointed finding temps in the 40s when I brought my bathing suit and didn't have a winter jacket with me. I guess you do have sort of a winter, depending on where you are down there. Seeing as we are involved in Weight loss, I do hear that when the body is chilled you burn more calories trying to keep warm. So, electric blankets are not smart, putting an extra blanket on and allowing your body to generate it's own heat is better. : )
Today, my plans are to stay home all day and I hope to be able to eat healthier. I usually do much better when I am home and have no outside influences.
Today's challenge for all: Do sit ups and do them until you really feel it. For some, it might be 3 or 4 and for others it might be 30. I cannot tell you the number, but challenge yourself and your abdominal muscles.
Also, measure out the amount of water you should drink in a day and put it in a container that you see on the counter or someplace. Pour from that into a glass and if you must add ice to cool or keep in the refrigerator, fine, but drink from that throughout the day and stay aware of how much you need and how much is left at the end of the day. Hopefully there will be nothing left at the end of the day.

Today's plan: 21 points

breakfast:
light toast with butter spray - 1
1/2 pink grapefruit - 1
one egg, poached, served over top the toast - 2

lunch:
spinach
1 cup gluten free brown rice pasta (really quite good, more on that later) - 3
lite margarine - 1
one baby bon-bell cheese - 1

snacks:
1/2 banana - 1
micro 94% ff popcorn - 1

Dinner:
Chicken - 3
rice pilaf - 5
carrots - 1

total remaining: 1
Will use one flex point and have a 2 point WW dessert
Now the day is planned, I am at peace.

Note, my sister in law has started a gluten free diet for health reasons. She has lost 5 pounds and my brother in law has lost 8 pounds and they have made no WW efforts other than this diet change. It made me think about limiting gluten and maybe even cutting it out completely for a little while as an experiment. They are happy with the substitutes and when I tried the brown rice pasta yesterday for the first time, I was impressed. It's slightly different in texture, but quite good. I might challenge myself to go gluten free for a week at some point.

Hello everyone.

I hope you are all doing well. I went to curves today and walked for one hour. I have added more protein to my diet and I find I am not as hungry. I have never done anything like curves before, I am truly enjoying it. We are going to Florida the last week in January/first week of February. I hope it gets warmer.
Have a great day.

Take Care
Ann

Ann, wish I was going to Florida right now.
We are having some construction work done at our house and things are just torn apart right now. I had no running water for a few hours and cooking/dishes were just not going to happen. So, we got pizza. Talk about sabotage.
But, this will only be happening for a few days and by the end of the week, my bathroom will be all shiny new and the workers will be out of here. So, I can manage.
I was too embarrassed to work out on the wii fit with strangers in the house today. Silly, right?

Since I am sitting at work, I think I might have to pass up that challenge until a little later.

I got a bottle that I fill twice to have 9 cups of water. It seems to work so far.

Sometimes I just get so cold that I need a bit of assistance warmin' up, but I understand the perk of trying to do it just by body heat. I need a thicker sweater to retain that heat though, brrr!

I should post one of my day's meals on here and get input on it. I think I'm eating too many veggies with my 33pts and too much of the same foods - but as I am always buying food for one it's hard to vary and still eat all the groceries before they spoil. I weigh in today, and after a quick jump on an unofficial publix scale Monday, I think I have no worries at the moment.

Speaking of my state, we're going through a 'cold' spell this week that should go into next week. I figure it'll warm up after that though since it never stays cold for long, so I wish you luck on your stay Ann.

I managed to make the ice worse on my windshield this morning before I caved in and went back in the house for hot water and a towel. I know I could crack it, but my car heater is crap and I couldn't just let it run to blow air on the inside of it as I was about to be late for work. I spotted a few people scraping at their windshields on the way to work, so odd to see in FL.

Silly, Derrydaughter, but I think I might have done the same thing with regards to the wii. :o Did you work out once they left? :D

Wrote a novel, didn't I? *facepalm*

Hi! I've been in and out of this thread (and board) but am back on track. I'd been doing WW on line but went back to meetings last week.

We're quite cold too. DC usually has very mild winters, but we've been in the 30s for more than a week, and that's cold for us. Windy, too, and some snow from the December 19th blizzard is still on the streets!

In Kansas it's supposed to get to -30s with the wind chill tomorrow. It's ridiculous! Tonight it's going to get down to -19. I'm used to walking outside even when it's in the 20s but I can't handle this :P

Hello Everyone,

I have been visiting this thread and you guys are a great inspiration. I went to weight watchers 5 years ago to loose a little, and then stopped. I have a new baby girl (6 months) so I need it again. I decided to do it at home. I am so glad I found this site. I just weighed my self for the first time after starting, and yeah I am down 5lbs..... So thank you to everyone!

G'ah, had to scrape my windshield this morning. What is up with Florida this week?!?! *long sigh*

First weigh in last night, I did pretty good :carrot:
I hope I get a good head start before it tapers off like I've heard it will.
But I'm still just :Ding. I'm very happy with this life change so far (weight-loss being a huge perk, but I'm just happy that eating a lot more veggies and fruit has reawaken my lackluster appetite).

FL got down to 28F and less last night, I hope the farmers' crops aren't severely damaged... It was far too cold to hope for no damage at all (even with preventative measures).

ibcnuldu and Xan, I don't know how you two can stand to travel around in those temps. Brr!!!!

calboydoc! Congrats! Both on the weight loss, and the (without a doubt :D ) beautiful baybay!

Just wanted to say hello! I re-started WW again today... I've been going sporadically over the last year and not losing a thing. So now it's time to get serious. I had been logging my food and following the plan on my own since New Years, so have already lost 4 lbs. Looking at some of the before & after pictures on 3FC has been inspirational. I want to be an AFTER!!!

Welcome newcomers!
Next week, I plan on really getting serious again. This week has been crazy, having two bathrooms being remodelled at once. Last night, I'm sure I got in so many activity points cleaning and vacuuming, but I have not been watching my eating at all as it's just too crazy around here for that.
I hope the final construction worker leaves here today, it's difficult to manage a household with plaster dust all over....

Hello everyone. I have been reading through your post and have to say WOW there are some strong women on here. You gals amaze me. The ups and downs of weight lose are so hard. Just like most of you; I too have had them. I gained with pregnancy and lost some, and gained with pregnancy and gained with pregnancy then lost some, then gained when I went back to school. It does a number on ones self-esteem. So here I am joining everyone to once again lose the weight – this time for good!!! This morning my unofficial weigh in had me down 3.5 pounds this week. I sure hope I keep that off and more for Monday weigh in. I would love to fall below the 190 mark. The 10’s always make me feel good. Below 190, below 180, below 170. Looking forward to saying that real soon.

Linda, not sure how you are managing. 2 bathrooms at once – wow. We have been raising our ceilings, so plaster and drywall dust is something I am use to. The only thing I like about it, is being able to repaint. Fresh painted walls make me feel good.

~Melody

derrydaughter I bet you cannot wait to have the house as your own again. But how are the remodelings going, looking as you hoped?

Melody, I have to agree with the freshly painted walls thing. Did that at my last job, very soothing to have nonwhite walls for once!!! (most of the office was a nice blue [not pastel!] and my office was a glowingly bright Yellow! I miss that office, even though it was probably the size of two walk-in closets smushed together, as I am back to the uninspiring white-blah walls. Draining really. :(
Congrats on the unofficial weigh in! :carrot:

AnneL, with a some hard work, you'll get there! :)

I've missed this bunch!

Won't go into details - had a string of very bad things happen to us, and sad to say, my health & weight have taken the very, very, very back burner in all of this. I have gained back almost every lb I lost since last spring - I am actually -1 lb from that weight. I'm so sad about it... but determined to get back on track!

I can't do meetings and my WW online membership is going to run out at the end of this month - DH is probably losing his job in a few months so we're saving as much $ as we can (he's a professor and is in contract through May) - so I just have to rely on the tools I already have.

Hello everyone, well it has been a while since I have been on this website. I am currently following WW and keep gaining and losing the same 5 lbs most of it I think because I have just not been accountable to myself. So yesterday I was trying to remember why in the past I had so much more sucess and then I remembered it was because I used to get on this forums and talk with others. I hope ya'll don't mind me dropping in.

this is to derrydaughter--your challange to all to measure out the water you are to drink daily--how do you know what your daily allowed amount of water should be? I need to start drinking more water. thanks ladyfirefighter.

Today started out good but turned bad. I stayed at 10 points until dinner time. We had company over so I made my famous - not so healthy taco salad and ate a ton of it. Yesterday was my cheat day and i used my flex points then, so ouch. i don't even want to know how many points for taco salad. I did 30 mins on the bike and might try to get on it again when baby gets to sleep.

Ok getting back on the bike. 30 more mins wont kill me.

edit: doing another why not.

Hello everyone.
It is so nice to see so many people posting here.
Welcome.

I have a busy day planned but just wanted to say hello before I get started. One good thing for me about busy days is I eat on plan.

Have a wonderful day everyone.
Take Care
Ann

HoosierHeather, :hug: Great to hear that you are back! I seem to be mimicking your DH. My date is the end of April, :( hopefully we'll get renewed, ;)

Have you made yourself up a WW personalized cookbook yet? I'm going through my favorite recipes, tweaking some of them to be less pricey to make (points and cost-wise) and printing them out.

I put the pages in clear plastic sleeves in a 3-ring binder for when my WW membership will stop so that I can keep going with 3fc forum support, online point searches for missed items, and a few other things. I am going to start working on a few reference pages of all the basic/whole/plain foods I tend to eat over and over too. Actually focusing on that book has helped my stress level just a little bit. Just an idea, really.

Hello, haylo921, I sure don't mind! ;) :D

mhosner, just make a note of it and keep on going, :hug: I hope you enjoyed your visitors. :D

Hope it's a fun kind of busy, Ann. ;)

I'd like to add this to whatever derrydaughter says, ladyfirefighter1 :)
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283

Well, I managed to walk around the mall for a good three hours without spending very much. Got a pair of fingerless gloves for work and stayed within my points for lunch as I visited my sister. :halffull: Wow, I seem rather Smilies-crazy this morning... heh.

So I did it...last Wednesday I threw in the towel and went back to meetings. I guess I was in denial about how much weight I had gained...yikes. But I went back and have been on plan all week. Let me tell you I'm so annoyed about it though...not happy at all. Happy that I have been able to stay on plan but so stinking annoyed that I have to limit myself (and I am hearing the voices out there...but you DON'T have to limit yourself...bull!) Instead of going to bed last night feeling glad that I wasn't stuffed and feeling awesome that I had stayed on plan all day, I felt irked that I had to work so hard to stay within my points, and irked that I had to wake up the next day and do it all over again. These are feelings that I haven't felt before with weight loss. Before with WW I've always accepted that I have to stay within my points, blah blah blah...this time I feel so po'd about it! But I know I have to...and I'm doing it.

thanks Zanheltangia for the water article. I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for your help. ladyfighter1

Hello. Id love to "join" this group.... Im a WW life yoyo er lol! Ive done WW off and on for about 15 years (Crazy since Im 28) Grew up chubby etc... my mom weighs about 450 lbs!!! Anyways.. I am a SAHM to 3 kids... 71/2, almost 5, and 15 months. I gain a LOT when preg, though did manage to lose SOME after my other two, Im having a LOT of trouble this time... I started LAST january, and lost about 15 lbs, then gained it back then lost it again, then just gained it back over the holidays. Sadly Im currently heavier than I was right after I had my baby. EEEEK! Anyways.... Im doing WW from home (due to finances) and I started working out again yesterday... I really want to do this!!!!!!! Id love support and frienship along the way, esp since Im not going to meetings...... Looking forward to getting to know you all.

Wow, mpaigew, that sucks with having to force yourself to do it! Reminds me of how pissed off I get when I attempt shopping for work clothes. Either the store doesn't carry anything in my size or I might as well sit down and bedazzle a sheet and wear it as a toga to work compared to some shirts and pants the stores want me to force myself to wear. Yet, I still have to find something. :mad: I think that's where I'm getting my inspiration to lose weight.

Yeah, there are limits with the WW points or else you wouldn't be losing weight. I'd like to have a nice chunk of meat every once in a while, but it burns up the points quicker than anything, same as work luncheons at not so healthy establishments, but that comes with the territory so to speak. I find myself eating a lot of veggies to make sure I don't cheat, and that has me content so far, but trying to make sure it's a variety can be a pain in the butt.

But if losing weight is something you are set on doing, maybe you can redirect the anger from following the plan and channel that energy for good. ;) Being PO'd is pretty good for powering a walk in my experience. :mad: Though I tend to have a habit of glaring during such walks and making some people look uncomfortable as I walk past 'em :devil:.

Your welcome, LadyFireFighter1, glad I helped. :D

Hey, Noeys! Pull up a chair! ;) Sounds like you've had some practice with WW, I just started Dec 30th, myself. This is a pretty good site for support. :hug:

Zan-I think my po'dness is probably subconsciously directed at life in general. I'm kind of in limbo right now...waiting for my dh's job to relocate us to ?? somewhere?? Hopefully Orlando. I have been trying to get my own business going for the past few months (I'm a pastry chef) but now I don't want to look for an outside location to expand because of the potential moving. Sometimes I'm content on being the size I am but I know I'm really not...this isn't my first (or 2nd...3rd...10th...)go around with WW...I know what I have to do and how to do it...I'm just po'd that I have to do it at all.

Linda is probably going to laugh at my negativity because that isn't really like me...what is my deal Linda?!

Noeys-Our stats are similar...I have been up and down so much this past year as well. My daughters are 7 1/2 and almost 5 too!

Hope everyone is having a great day...my weigh in is tomorrow and I have been op all week...let's hope the scale is nice to me!!!

Hello all.

Welcome back to everyone. Paige, it would be so nice to move to Orlando, isn't your sister in Florida? It is difficult when you have nothing set in stone and you feel like you are in limbo. Good luck with your weigh in tomorrow.

Zan is the weather getting better there? I hope so. Great idea about the WW personalized cookbook. It sounds like a lot of work.

Linda where are you?

Hi Noeys, Ladyfirefighter, Haylo, mhosner and anyone else I missed. I hope today goes well for you all. I am off to the gym. I have been on plan all day. I find if I pack my meals and snacks for the day in a lunch bag it works well for me.

Take Care
Ann

Hello again.

Mhosner, I saw this on another thread and brought it over here, I hope that is okay.

-I can exercise more consistantly
-I will get under 170 lbs in 2010
-I can stick to my WW daily points and weekly points.
-I will cut down on excess...excessive food and excessive spending.
-I will be a more patient wife and mother.
-I will stop to think about what I'm really hungry for before I put a bite in my mouth, a drink in my hand, or an item in my shopping cart.
-I will become more focused in all areas of my life.
-I will follow through on my plans.
-I will save money.

Great goals.

Yeah, it's a lot of work if done all at once, but kind of nice to have it all at my finger tips - no need for internet or flipping through various cookbooks just hoping to find the information. And I can take it where ever.

Maybe since I've always pasted things I wanted to keep as a reference or smile at as I look back at it later in a blank book (I call it a muse book, kind of like a scrapbook full of newspaper clippings, photos, things from the internet, and odds and ends, only without the pretty-ification that 'real' scrapbooks have. ;))

Guess I'm odd like that, :D

Well, keep your spirits up Paige, :hug: I hope everything falls into place for you soon. I'm cheering you on for tomorrow, :carrot:, hope I'll do okay too. It's been a unusual week.

Oh, and Ann, today it was 41F with frost on the windshields over near Melbourne for the third time this winter. Coldest was the last week so far up to just recently. It should warm up as the week goes on, but we are also suppose to have rain (possibly thunderstorm) this weekend. So hopefully we'll get a break next week. :dizzy:

Good morning everyone.

I did well with my eating yesterday until about 9pm when my DH sat beside me eating chips and dip, I thought I will have just one. Okay having just one isn't something I am capable of. I think I need to go to bed before late night snacking happens.

I am off for a walk.

Have a great day everyone.

Take Care
Ann

Good morning all!

I have my weigh in today @ 12:30 so hopefully I'll have some good news to report back. My scale says a good loss, but I am not getting my hopes up...I've done that before and have been disappointed by the WW scale. I also have to do some grocery shopping afterwards so I'm going to see if I can find some new foods that will excite me.

My spirits seem to be back up today...I don't know what my deal has been for the last few days. Maybe just really tired out. I have an order for cupcakes that I'm doing today, and so far I haven't felt any temptation to cheat. It was a really small order of three different flavors and I ended up making extras from the leftover batter, so those will go undecorated right into the freezer as soon as they are done cooling.

Ann-Yes, my sister lives right near the space center in Fl. I want so badly to move down there, so I'm really hoping we are able to relocate there.

Anyway I'll check back in later and let you know how the wi went. Have a great day all! =)

Hello everyone,

Well it's wednesday but I feel like it should be Friday this week has just been crazy at work.. However, I have manged to stay on plan which is important!!!!

Paige: I hope your WI went well.

I hope everyone is doing well today.

I was down 6.2! Yay!!!

Hi Haylo.
Congatulations Paige, that is awesome.

Hello to everyone else,
Have a great day.
Ann

:carrot:WooWhooo!:carrot: Congrats, mpaigew!

I think the crazy is contagious, haylo921, my work is moving late feb and we've already had to go through every room and decide on what furniture goes and what'll be tossed or stored. :dizzy:

Best day to you too, Ann!

wow 6.2 in one week? thats awesome!!!! :) wtg!!!

Hey guys! How are you all?
I'm here.
Have been swamped and have had a mess to deal with at the house, construction and plaster dust everywhere.
I didn't mean to be away and not be trying, it just happened.
But, I am here and hope to be getting back on track.

Here two days in a row. That means something.
Paige, what an excellent loss, good to see you are really trying again.
Haylo, good to see you back again as well.
Looks like the old gang, and a few newcomers are here and working seriously again. I'm glad.
I hope to go back to a WW meeting next week, it's been so crazy around here. My daughter is also going back to college to live there next week, so we are busy. But, focus on healthy eating is essential.

Let's all try to find a new recipe for one family dinner this week to try and report on what the results were. We all probably have a WW cookbook (and certainly the Internet) at our fingertips and are we really looking? I want to find something less boring. Boredom is a problem.

Hello everyone

Welcome back Linda. Great idea about the recipes.

I hope everyone else is having a great day and if we have any slippery spots we just get back on track. We are all human and sometimes life just happens.

Does anyone have a set grocery list for each week or do you make you list up each week. I think I have to get back to routine. I am much more successful that way.

Have an awesome day everyone.

Ann

Hm... Family dinner this week? I think I'm disqualified! :D Unless I can 'nab some people off the street and call 'em family for a night! I'll actually cook something this weekend for a meal and call it that.

Why don't we post the meals on here when we give reviews of them? I'd love to get some new healthy meal ideas for when I do head over to my parents' house every once and a while, and tastes do seem to differ but they love it when they don't have to cook. ;)

Ann, since I only buy for one it makes it much easier for me to go grocery shopping on plan. My lists to go grocery shopping usually include a lot of "don't get more of:" instead of "buy". And I avoid the center room-temp isles except for low point cookies that I pack with my fruit, veggie, and dairy work lunches. Publix had a nice sale recently on WW frozen goods, so somewhat regretfully (I try to avoid the frozen section), those are my dinners for now until they run out.

Well, 5.75 hours until my weekend! :carrot:

Hello I hope everyone is well.

I think it will be helpful for us to post ideas!!! I don't have very many but you never know I may find something creative. Grocery lists, I typically just go to the store and see what might interest me. Funny thing is that I usually just stick to the same foods.

Janelle

I keep an ongoing list on the kitchen counter and have an inventory that I keep up. But, when I want to make something special, I add those ingredients to my list.
Today's lunch was good, at least. Onion soup, salad with Gorgonzola cheese, dried cranberries, balsamic vinegar and olive oil with a bit of sliced turkey. It was tasty and I felt satisfied.
I should have exercised today, but I was feeling very low. I do have to share as I owe you guys the truth. Yesterday was my dad's birthday and I am still having a hard time after losing both my parents. Next week is the anniversary of her death and they died 4 months apart from each other. I feel like running away from it it, but you can't run away from things like that. You have to face it straight on and do your best. They were my best friends and it is just so hard.
Tomorrow, I shall get on that Wii fit and I shall move, today.... just can't make myself.

Aw, Linda :sorry:
It's good that you stuck to your plan, but I completely understand not wanting to exercise at the moment. You've got so much going on! Do take some moments for yourself, Linda, I wish I could give you a hug.
But e-hugs'll have to do for now, :hug:

Thanks for the "hug wishes". I have requested of my husband that he get me out of the house and that we do something "fun" today, I just need a change of scene.
So, I hope we find an adventure. But, I do vow to do the Wii fit this morning and at least make an effort.
Three days in the last week, I started writing in my journal in the morning and then didn't write lunch and dinner, etc. But, I have not been totally bad, either.

Happy Saturday all!

I've been on plan all week I guess you could say...I haven't been feeling very good and completely lost my appetite (NOT usual for me!) I know I'm down a few more lbs but I'm a little nervous about gaining it back quickly because I know I haven't been eating. Hopefully when my appetite comes back it comes back gradually and not in full force!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Hello Ladies

Paige, that is great you are doing so well losing weight, it is too bad you aren't feeling very well.

Linda,:hug: I hope your day went well yesterday.

Haylo, are you still traveling a lot, the reason I was wondering is I am going to Florida and I was trying to think of strategies to help me be successful on vacation.

Zan, how are you doing. You are always so positive and caring. Thanks.

Noeys, hello how are you.

I think we are going swimming.

Hello to everyone else, I hope you all have a great day.

Take Care
Ann

HoosierHeather, :hug: Great to hear that you are back! I seem to be mimicking your DH. My date is the end of April, :( hopefully we'll get renewed, ;)

Have you made yourself up a WW personalized cookbook yet? I'm going through my favorite recipes, tweaking some of them to be less pricey to make (points and cost-wise) and printing them out.

That's a wonderful idea! Thanks!

Haylo, are you still traveling a lot, the reason I was wondering is I am going to Florida and I was trying to think of strategies to help me be successful on vacation.


Not haylo- but last May we went to Florida and I was able to lose .2 lbs that week (totally expected a gain or break even). I think what helped was that we packed all our travel food (we drove), and went grocery shopping while we were there. We only ate out at restaurants 2 times and I made sure it was something I REALLY wanted (big fried seafood platter once :) ). Otherwise we ate in our rental house, cooked meals, just like at home. That helped a lot. We also swam every day and biked to the beach and around town.
Have a great trip!

Heather

Thank you for those tips, I will use them while I am away.

Ann

Great idea, Linda! I hope you had an awesome time! As long as you keep working at it, all will be well. :D

I'm sorry to hear that you don't feel well, mpaigew. It's tough to make yourself eat sometimes, but your body still needs that fuel to get better, I wish you well quickly! :hug:

I thought I'd have a rather blah weekend this time, what with making myself work on my resume and job application essay questions for Tuesday. But my sister needs a few bucks for toliet paper, milk, and face wash, so I plan to drive down to her and stock her back up. Sometimes it's tough being young, but she'll figure out her budget eventually. I'm still working on that myself. I can sense a day of procrastination on my end, :p

Ooh, Newlifestyle, I'd say portion out some snacks in a cooler that you could keep in the trunk or backseat of your vehicle or just toss a cup measure back there with some bagged veggies and fruits to keep you honest on portion size as you grab what you want. Toss ice on them and you could always restock at a grocery store where ever you head down a city road here in FL. Muching on 0-1 pt fruits and veggies while driving helps keep me from thinking, "Man, I'm hungry. Oh hey, fast food." That just came to mind as a helpful hint.
I'm doing alright. Tracking daily and staying out of trouble! Plus I got a 4 month extension on my job, so I just might be set until late August. :carrot:

Your welcome, HoosierHeather. I tend to distract myself with something to do rather than sit here worrying. No sense worrying, when you are doing all you can do. ;)

Hello Everyone. :) I made a challenge for myself to go 60 miles by valentines day on my treadmill, so its really been helping. If I dont feel like running/walking I tell myself I have to or I wont hit my goal for my challenge lol!!! Its working out great! I weigh in on mondays, but am hoping for a great 2nd week loss, as Ive been working out a lot this week.
As for recipe's I tried a GREAT one this week. You can google it cause I dont have it right here to share, but its Buffalo Chicken Lasagna. My kids loved it, hubby loved it etc. Only thing is I didnt use whole wheat noodles cause DH doesnt care for them. lol!! :) super yummy though!!!

Everyone seems to be doing a great job and trying. I hope to be there myself... just coming back here and posting is a reminder.
I will earn activity points by shoveling snow here today, if nothing else.

Hello,
Well this weekend I ran four miles on sunday and four miles today.

Ann: Yes I do go in and out of town but haven't been lately. I just try to make it a point that i get on the tredmill at the hotel if there is one. I also just try to make the best decisions I can like ordering something that I think is within my points range.. I guess you have to think of it like this if I wouldn't eat at home.. why should I eat it here. Of course it's hard because going out of town always makes me want to try new things so I will usually give myself a lunch and a dinner that isn't necessarily points friendly, but then I try to hit the pool or the tredmill. It's hard but it can be done.

Paige: hope you feel better

Heather: great ideas, looks like you and I have the same line of thinking.

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-watchers/191440-supporting-each-other-our-weight-loss-journey.html#post3103539

I re-started the thread this morning, so please continue on there.
C-ya there!