WW Clubs and Groups - Night Owls #49

Hi Everyone,

I am sheepishly returning only to find everyone gone. Where is everyone? I have been doing soooooo awful on program and am actually embarassed to show my face. I re-joined ww 3 weeks ago, then skipped the next 2 meetings while stuffing my face uncontrollably and went back tonight to face a 3# gain, Yikes!! I need to re-comitt and am hoping some owls would like to join me, I am going to start a thread for it.

Hope everyone is okay. I am doing okay, still going through lots of tests. I had an MRI last week because my EEG came out "slightly" abnormal. I haven't had a seizure in a month though so I think I am okay. I should get my MRI results soon.

Hope everyone else is okay, I have missed you guys, just been too embarassed to be here.

Bren

Hi Bren..I'm still op and maintaining:smug: the storm caused all kinds of problems and now my puter is not cooperating:(


This will make you laugh I think! :D

The Knob

A lady in her late 40's went to a plastic surgeon for a face lift. The doctor told her of a new procedure called "The Knob."

This small knob is planted on the back of a woman's head and can be turned to tighten up the skin to produce the effect of a brand new facelift forever. Of course, the woman wanted
"The Knob."

Fifteen years later the woman went back to the surgeon with two problems. "All these years everything had been working just fine. I've had to turn the knob on lots of occasions and I've loved the results. But now I've developed two
annoying problems. First of all I've got these terrible bags under my eyes and the knob won't get rid of them." The doctor looked at her and said, "Those aren't bags, those are your breasts."

She replied, "Well, I guess that explains the goatee."

:lol:

Hi Owls!

Bren-Thanks for starting the recommitment thread. It was perfect timing. I had been away from the boards for days and rejoined WW today so this was perfect timing. Hope the test results come back fine and you are ok. Keep us posted.

Candace-Hope you are recovering from the storms. That was a great joke! Loved it!!!

I have got to get back where I was in 1999. The scale was disgusting today but at least I am doing something about it. My hubby called and cut his leg so we sat in the ER a while. It wasn't too bad but he had to go per his work and then the ER didn't do the required drug test so we had to drive over to his office. We did go shopping because he got blood all over his sneakers and of course I ended up with a new comforter for the bedroom LOL.
Well, I think it's time to hit the hay. We need to get this place rocking again.

How about a challenge? I want to do water since I am just getting back. I still drink water but not as much as I should so I challenge myself and everyone to drink 8-8ounce glasses of water from Sunday-Saturday (and then it will be habit and we will do it all the time :)

Hugs to all!

Setina

Hi Setina..welcome back and yes the water will become habit..a good one at that!

I better get to bed now..been hurting pretty bad and of course had to use some banked poitns..got the munchies:)

Brenda - I accept your recommitment challenge. Although I do the stay at home program.....I'll recommit and weigh in (at home) on the same day you do...how's that sound? Then it will be like we're really going to the meetings together. Cool idea????

Setina - I accept your WATER challenge. I have to tell you though...it wont be hard for me. It's been soooo muggy and humid here that we've been keeping the horses in the barn during the day with all the fans on (it's about 15 degrees cooler in there that outside) and then letting them out at night. Anyway, I've been riding every morning around 8 or 9am....just for an hour or so because it's just too hot by the time 10am rolls around. We have a full sized frig in the barn so I've always got a gallon sized bottle of water out there and it's always finished by the time I feed them in the evening which is around 6pm. :p But I'll still challenge you....maybe I'll keep some of YOU on your toes with the water and you all can help me with my FOOD intake.:D

Ok....now for the not so good stuff. [b]I am sooooo disappointed in you guys!!!! Candice and I were the ONLY ones here for sooo long. Didn't you read MY posts??? How AWFUL I was doing and how lousy I felt. Geeeez, I'd be lying to you if I said I wasn't really PO'd but I love you all and I've been there done that but SO HAVE YOU... Brenda, Setina, Tara, Judy and everybody else. Now come on......don't disappear like that again because I have to tell you.......although Candice ...... I love ya girlfriend ;) was great company here........it would have been alot more helpful for ME to hear that you were not doing so well with your WW just like I wasn't. Isn't that what we're all about? The NIGHT OWLS started because we were woman who could only get on the puter late at night.....remember ICQ????? Well I do.....You guys were my life support with my Program and MANY other personal things as well. And those of you who go waaaay back know what I'm talking about....right. ;) So.....all I'm going to say is I have not been doing well at all, with the exception of the water and sweating my booty off every day.....who knows what I weigh right now...I'm afraid to look. So Brenda, let me know when your weigh in day is so I can start keeping up with you. k? Sorry for being such a bit** but you guys KNOW that's my nature. :p I've always been on the up and up with you and I'm very black and white....no in between. So don't get angry with me......get angry at yourselves for not being there for MEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. :cry:

I hope to see you guys here much more often. Sounds like some of you already are. I just hope it stays that way. We've been together for sooo long.....I can't imagine you not being here. OK? Ok!!!!!! Now have a great Sunday. :lol:

Hugs,
~Pamela~

The picture below is of my son Billy, in the middle (now 7) and my daughter Jackie on the right (now 14) and her best friend since 2nd grade, Vicki on the left (also 14). Just thought this was a cutie-pa-tootie picture and that you might get a laugh at my "homey" son with his big silver chain, baggy shorts and "shades" and spikey hair. What a little RAT. :p

How is everyone? I had to go to Maine yesterday to drop the kids off with their dad and will have to pick them back up next Sunday. I still have not been doing good OP but I packed my lunch and snacks for today and that should help me along a bit. Last week was a tough week for me, we have 2 people who handle the government, Linda is the Gov sales Asst and she fell down the stairs and was out of work for 3 weeks, hopefully she will be back today. Then last week Mark was on vacation and when we found out Linda still wasn't coming in, we panicked a bit and I got a 4 hour crash course training. So I was alone last week with no-one to ask questions, I was able to call Linda at home for emergency situations though. Everything seemed to work out okay though and I was able to pretty much keep up with my work and her work, it was just stressful. I have to say that I did enjoy it though because my job has got incredibly boring and it was nice to learn something new.

PJ, so sorry not to have been there for you, I have just been having a tough time for awhile now as you know. I cannot promise to be here often but I can promise to always be there for you in my heart and here when I can. You know you mean alot to me and that will never change. So sorry if I hurt your feelings when I disappeared, it was not intentional. I weigh in on Tuesdays, when I go(smile) seriously I am going to try to make my meetings faithfully and if for some reason I can't I will weigh in at home.

Candie, thank you for being there when PJ needed you, you are a true owl. I loved the joke you posted, it is good to get some humor now and then, I laughed myself to death. Congratulations on doing so well maintaining, I can't wait til I am doing it with you.

Setina, Hey girl, It is a tough struggle but my motto is never give up, sooner or later we will make it if we don't give up but if we give up, there is no chance. I will accept your water challenge and boy what a challenge it will be for me, I hardly ever drink more than a glass or two a day. I will do it though.

Come on out everyone, there is strength in numbers

Bren

Hi Owls!

Candice-Hope you are feeling better!

PJ-I am proud to say I drank all my water and then some today and I am over day 1 of being OP :o). Sorry I wasn't here for you. I have been going thru a lot myself and I know you are right about the support and strength in numbers so guilty as charged!

Bren-Did you get that water in? You better girl, if I did it you can too.

I go to the Neurologist 8/19 and I am trying to get in with my doc for my thyroid asap. I know not being on the meds is messing me up big time. I have a hard time eating and get this "lump" in my throat and even though I had hardly been eating the past month or so I gained like crazy!.

I weigh in on Saturday mornings so I promise to post my progress. I am hoping for big losses but I am not going to set myself up for failure if I don't see that. I know I may have really screwed my body up by not taking my thyroid med. but hopefully that won't hurt me too bad. I will take any loss and the main thing is that I am back OP and back with my friends.

Anyone know if they still make the L/C Fiesta Chicken? That was my favorite and I can't find it anywhere.....

Better get to bed....
Have a great evening
Hugs
Setina

PS PJ-The kids are adorable. I can't believe how fast they are growing!!!! I feel so old..oops, I reminded myself I hit the big 36 soon :)...oh well, you are only as old as you act right? so I am still a kid at heart

Hi Everyone,

Setina, Yes I did get the water in yesterday, just barely though. I did not stay on program well though. Today I am feeling better in control of it. I am starving right now but morning break is only 10 minutes away. Over the last few weeks I have been hitting the snack machine every morning but I have avoided it today, so far. I packed my lunch and am determined to stick to it. I am on water #3 this morning and it is 9:30am, so it is a good start.

Bren

Go Bren! I have day 3 under my belt and totally OP and drank all my water and then some. I had a really tuff day and have to get up at 5am so I am off to "count sheep" :dizzy:
Have a great Wednesday!
Setina

Ok-where are you other owls?:s:

Seems like I bank 5 then eat them the next day...hummmmm :cp:

Sounds like you owls are doing ok........sorry I was not much help pj...........:stress: I kinda get worried about you when you do not post or send email (sometimes I cannot get into my mail) and now my puter is freezing up so it makes posting difficult.:fr: Nice picture of the kids too!

Water is the easy part for me it is the late night snacking that gets to me! :cb:

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:flame: :dancer: :flow2: :doh: :dance: :idea: :sp: :shrug: :hat:

I love these new icons!

PJ...........
http://www.tidalweb.com/fms/rhg.shtml

Hi Everyone,

I lost 1# at ww last night, now I have 4# to go to get back to my lowest weight so far.

I am having surgery today at 3:30pm and can't eat anything but a clear breakfast, just had some jello and will have some broth, I can't have anything at all after 11:30. Maybe that will help my weight LOL!!

Candice, I too worry about PJ when she disappears.

PJ, we miiiiiiiisssssssss Yooooouuuuuuu!!!! Come say hi.

Later Owls

Bren

Hi Owls....I did not do this today :cbg: so I did not feel like this
:moo: or this :ink:

We had a free cook out at work and I took my WW lunch and ate it. It was great too because the line was so long and I used the microwave and didn't have to wait at all:dance:

I love the new icons too.

Congrats on the pound Bren! Hope surgery went ok. I must have missed something :stress: Best Wishes YFF

Candace-You are doing great as well. I banked this week too and so far only used 1.

I am so proud of myself. I am back like I was the first time I joined WW. :dancer:

PJ-Where are you? Please let us know you are ok. We love you girl :love:

Well, I better get to bed. Have a great evening!

Setina:joker:

:smug: Bren and setina great job staying op! Now Pj where are you and what are you up too?

I woke up feeling really crappy today but ate anyway now I ahve a terrible tummy ache but I still want to eat thinking it might help????:idea: I did get tot he store and bought some fresh fruit but I forgot my pts. calculator and hate that then I get home with something I should not have bought!:fr: It is better not to bring it home if ya know what I mean!

I'm all pooped out.............:sp: :stress: :sp:

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Hi There,

Well I had an awful day yesterday, after starving myself all morning, about 11:30 they called me and cancelled my surgery because the surgeon's car broke down, so then I was so starving I went straight to the snack machine at work and wolfed down 2 bags of chips. After a big fight with the doc's office they scheduled me for Monday instead of Aug 28 like they wanted. And it gets worse, I then got a call from the neurologist who wanted to talk to me about my MRI Results They found some old scarring on my brain, Probably from my ex-husband beating me for 9 years, and they want to put me on anti-seizure medicine. Yikes, I freaked and said no and was crying and everything. After I got home and thought about it, I decided I need to check into it, what if I had a seizure while I was driving and hurt the kids or someone else? This really rots but I am going to call the doctor and find out what meds he wants to put me on and look into it.

Candice, I sure hope you feel better soon! I hate it when I forget to take my points finder to the grocery store with me, makes me very nervous.

Setina, Doesn't it feel great to be back in control? Now I just gotta get there, working on it though.

I don't know if I told you guys or not but Janessa is having a boy and everything looks good. Her due date is Sept 8th but the doc says she may go sooner.

Where is everyone? PJ, Tara, Emmy, Sheri, and everyone else come out and play

Bren

Yes Bren..check into the meds...........that would be a scary thing to live with! To bad you had to starve for nothing!

I had a 10 point dessert the last two days but counted it and planned for it..just wanted something rich! It was not even homemade but sounded so good and it was!

My pain is still pretty bad right now but I have been doing body electric with Margarett Richards on PBS at 2pm for 20 minutes a day, might be why I hurt:strong: :sp: :strong:

Where are you all????????????????????

Good Morning - I'm still here.....just been very busy with several teenagers over every day. THANK GOD school starts Monday. I can't believe my daughter is entering HIGH SCHOOL !!!! :fr:

Anyway, I've had two glasses of water so far, just getting ready to have my first cup of coffee and walk back out to the barn to let the horses out and then I'll be back later to fill you all in on what's been happening around here.
By the way, I got an email from Tara a little while back and she said she's getting a bit more support on another thread on here. I forgot the name of it but I'm sure she'll pop in from time to time. Hope you're all having a good morning.
Hugs to you all,

Hi Everyone!

I am running late for an appointment but had to tell you I lost
:cb: :dancer: 7.6 pounds :cb: :dancer: this week. I will be back tonight to catch up.

Have a nice day!

Setina:joker:

OOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! !
Nice going Setina! Now that's called staying OP!!!!!:cp: I'll bet you feel like a million bucks right now. Thanks for the call the other night. You really surprised me......you were the last person I would have guessed to be calling at that time. :flow1: but what a nice surprise it was.

Brenda - What are you having surgery for? I don't remember your telling me anything about it. But then, I've got severe OLD TIMERS memory lately. ;) Please drop me a line and let me know what's up! Bummer on the doctor not showing. My Father went through something similar when he had his quadruple by-pass.....the day he was scheduled for surgery, he was in his hosital bed, hadn't eaten and it was now 2pm and still no word...then the nurse came in and said the surgeon had just finished with a surgery that took much longer than they had anticipated so he wasn't able to do my father's surgery since he was now exhausted. Naturally, we were more than happy to oblige them since we didn't want a tired surgeon poking around inside my Father's heart. :o ....but I totally understand where you're coming from when you speak of being ready for surgery and then having it cancelled. Really Sucks!!!!! Anyway, I want to hear EVERYTHING!!! about what's going on. K? :^:

All these new little icons are cute and fun to play with. My PERSONAL icon is the latest picture of me and as you can see....I've gained weight in my face!!!! That's always the first place it goes.....I HATE IT!!!! :eek:

Bill just left with Jackie and Billy to do last minute clothes shopping for school. I've got the entire house to myself. Awwww, peace and quiet. I'm on my 4th glass of water now and it's 12:09pm so I think I'll "make" my water challenge today. Now I just have to do the FOOD portion of my program and I'll be o.k. So far, I had two very large cups of coffee and I just now finished one banana. I'm getting ready to make myself a chicken sandwich and hopefully I'll enough points left over for something lushish tonight for dinner.
I don't know about where all of you are but it's been cooler and breezier here the past couple of days. Really, really nice weather. By the way....has anyone heard about the Colorado fires? I haven't watched the news or read the paper lately and was wondering about it. If any of you know anything..please let me know.
Ok...I'm outta here. Hope you Owls enjoy your weekend.

P.S. - I found this picture of Bill and Jackie from 3 years ago. Thought you'd all get a kick out of it. Heh-heh. Yep that's Bill, my "goofball" at times and an "ogar" at others....but then, aren't we all. :lol:

:fr: PJ...what a fun picture but does Bill know you put it up????????:lol:

Setina...... :cp: Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!Weigh to go girl..you must be psyched:smug:


I think I ate too much today....no cake but ate way too much sherbert and then something salty and then something sweet again..........alll my banked points are gone now and Im' not sure I want to add up what I ate! One bad day in 2 years..not too bad, but..don't want it to lead to anything steady! Maybe I'm trying to eat the pain away! Been having terrible pelvic pain but think it is just the Fibro, the hip and leg hurt too. We just have to stay on top of this eating thing and it is a constant battle...........so lets go to war!



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Good Morning

Hey Candice, one bad day in TWO YEARS????? Uh, I really wouldn't worry about it. That has GOT to be some kind of record! As for the picture.....yep, he knows. :D and so does Jackie. I love candid shots like that. I had an entire album online at picturetrail of that day. Almost all of the pictures were in the sepia or black and white effect and it was a little bit hazy...so they all came out really awesome.
I'm on day three of drinking all of my water and staying on program....so Brenda...I'm ready for our weigh in on Tuesday. ;)
Ok....it's drizzling here in Florida today......the sun it TRYING to peek through but I don't think we're going to see much of it today. Just in time too...it's been a pretty dry week. Breezy but dry. The really, really nice weather comes in a month or so. Can't wait...we've had a taste of it for the past couple of days with beautiful breezes and sunny skies. We had such awful muggy, hot weather this summer.

Ok, I'm outta here. Hope you all have a good day.
Hugs to you all.....

I just got back from Maine picking the girls up, long ride and glad to be home.

Pj, I am ready for weigh in on Tuesday, probably another gain but I will face it. I have just had too much stress eating lately and can't get it under control. The surgery tomorrow is just minor, I am having my tubes burnt. I am nervous about being put under but I have a very good surgeon and am sure everything will go fine. The whole seizure and brain scarring thing is what has me scared.

Hello to everyone and sorry I am just not up to writing much now, I promise to check in tomorrow night and let you all know how things went.

Bren

I just wanted to let you all know that the surgery went well today:cp: and I just got home.

Tara, I am very sorry that you don't feel like you got the support here that you needed and moved to another thread. You will always have a special place in my heart, I hope you will stop by and say hi once in awhile. We miss you.

PJ, well you won't believe this easily but I was scheduled for surgery at 10:45, had to be there at 9:45. Well The surgeon had someone go into labor and there were complications, he didn't get to me until 2:45, can you believe my luck? I just haven't had much luck with this thing. I wanted to say the heck with it and just go home but I managed to hang in there and thank goodness it is now done.

Setina, you go girl!! Wow, you always have the most amazing losses, I am so proud of you. Just keep up the good work and you will once again be the incredible shrinking woman. I am still trying to figure out the seizure meds, could you tell me again the name of the one you had such a hard time with?

Candice, don't be too awful hard on yourself, you have done so well. One slip up won't hurt you, just be sure to get back on track and not let it turn into 2slip ups in a row. You can do it, I have faith in you.

Emmy, Sheri, Sue, Erica and everyone else, are you guys allright? Just stop in and say a quick hi.

Later Owls
Bren

I reversed banked for two days so I am ok and Monday was cleaning day so got some activity pts too boot!

Hey Tara...you could pay us a visit..so what thread are you hiding on now:) I always enjoyed your posts, hope you wil stop back in and visit us, you told me once.."once a nightowl always a nightowl"..........remember that??????????????

Bren.glad you are ok......I hate being put out for anything!

PJ.......3 days OP..that is great! Keep going girl!

Eating ok but I must remember to always measure out my protions or I take way too much! I jsut never seem to fill up:o

Did my 20 minute workout and stretches today...........also got some rest, good day for it cloudy and cooler.

One saggy boob said to the other saggy boob: "If we don't
get some support soon, people will think we're nuts." :lol:

PJ, I gained 2#'s at ww on Tues, not doing too awful good. How are you doing girl? Stop in and say hi.

Candice, I know what you mean, I can just eat and eat and never really feel full. I really have to get back on track, just can't seem to do it. I am going grocery shopping tonight to stock up on low point items and try my hardest to get this whole eating business under control.

See Ya
Brenda

make sure you check the thread at the top about the server move..the sight will be down this weekend and you will have to go to www3fatchicks.com and navigate from there to get back on here..bookmarks will take you to the old server so you will need to change them.

Have a good weekend:)