Carb Counters - thursday 4/22

good afternoon all! i hope you will all have great days today. nothing special going on today, just regular house stuff. take care and enjoy!

supersized told me to tell y'all "hi" for her. she said that she'll try to start checking in once a week. since december, she has been unable to log in from work. have a great day! :coffee:

:wave: good morning Fulfig! Hope that you have a great day also!

Well....Thursday is finally here. It's my day off and one more day closer to the weekend ;) Got a lot planned for the day today. Need to get vehicle cleaned up, do some housework, and pack a few things for the beach trip. Unfortunately we have a meeting this afternoon at work. I hate it when I have to go in for a meeting on my day off, really screws up my day. After the meeting, it's off to the nephews baseball game. I have to go today, as I missed last weeks games!

Was wondering...has anyone seen Tummy Girl, Southern Girl, or Froufy? Maybe I've just missed their posts, but was thinking I haven't seen them lately. Hope everything is OK with them!

Ya'll have a great day! Gonna get some coffee in me and try to wake my sleepy butt up ;) I'll check back in after I am awake!

Lisa

fullfig-- Tell Supersized hello. And hope you both have a good day :)

Lisa: I haven't seen a post by any of them. Wonder where they went. Maybe computer/internet trouble like I had. Hope nothing else. Why can't they schedule your meetings for when you're there?? lol :D

Well, only 4 hours today and then 4 tomorrow and the weekend will be here!! And luckily DH gets paid tomorrow so we can go get some food. I made pumpkin bars last night.....ate 2 of them. Then proceeded to eat 1/2 the bag of pistacchios. Dang it I'm gonna have to tell DH to help me not buy them anymore. The good thing is (and weird) is that the scale (yup, I'm back to stepping on it daily again) says I'm down another pound. Saturday it'll be official and I figure I'll be happy if it's just 1 pound (1 pound a week would be cool!!!!!). Maybe this exercise stuff DOES have something to do with it :lol:

Morning all you fat-melting people!

It's a beautiful morning here and thank goodness for that. I haven't been able to walk all week because of the crappy weather. On a positive note, I have deep cleaned the apartment. I get to see the BF tomorrow and I weighed in to see if that other pound was still gone.... and I'm down another pound! It must be the results of coming of TOM. I usually drop 3-5 lbs after it hits. I'm still reluctant to post the pound and I'm FAR from posting the pound I was down today. Ok, I just confused myself :P
I had to put a belt on this morning so my jeans wouldn't fall down at work.... and I pushed the belt to where I needed it to be.... and had to make a HOLE!!!! It was way past all the holes on the belt and this is the very same belt that used to feel too tight if it was on the second hole. So, I'm pretty happy this morning. Another thing that's fabulous was this past weekend I dug out the ARMY shirt I had stolen off an ex bf that was super skinny. Now, this shirt was skin tight on him and before when I wore it my belly was soooo gross in it. This past weekend I wore it to a bonfire with my boyfriend and that shirt made my tummy look so flat (it isn't) and made my boobs look huge (they aren't). It's my new favorite shirt! :D

fullfig Good day to you too!
Lisa: sorry to hear you have to go in for a stupid meeting on your day off.... that really sucks. Hope you manage to enjoy the rest of your day

Everyone else :wave:

Good morning all.

fullfig: Yes, it still cracks me up when you are planning dinner when we just got up! :lol:

Mrs. H: We have a once a month meeting at work that is after hours :mad: They say they don't want to cut into "production time" WHAT ABOUT MY TIME? Would love to put the extra time on my timecard and see what they say :o

Brenda: Congrats on another pound!!! You are just melting before our eyes!

Well, I finally got the courage up to step on the scale and as I expected it is up....quite a bit.....but still, I deserve this. I changed my signature weight to reflect this disaster! I don't think I will make my End of May challenge either. Oh woe is me :(
:rollpin: :rollpin: :rollpin: :rollpin:
Ok, I'm done.....now onto the next round of weight loss.

Can't wait to get the Atkins book I ordered....should be in tonight I hope. Maybe it will give me a boost.

Have a great day.

Brenda: You snuck in on me!!! How many carbs are in those pumpkin bars? And if they're LC... what's the recipe!!! I LOVE pumpkin bars!

and now Jane snuck in on me too! :wave: Don't worry about the weight, it'll be off in no time at all!! You can do it!

Jane: You'll have that weight off in NO time!!! keep your chin up :)

Shimma: The shirt sounds great. lol. The pumkin bar recipe is posted in the recipe section---and I think it said about 3 grams per bar (they'll be small bars--but YUMMY!)

Shimma: Too funny...you snuck in on me too! Brenda put the recipe for her Pumpkin bars in the recipe section of this site. I printed it out last night. I am dying to make them.

Hi Baby Girls :grouphug:

Be back later :coffee:

Good morning chicks!!

Hi Leenie!!!! :)

Brenda: Great job with the exercise!!

Shimma: TOM seems to make everything all wacky! Great job on having to make another hole in the belt!! I love the clothes falling off thing about wieght loss it feel so accomplished!

Good Moring Fullfig!!! Have fun with the house stuff today! Say HI to Super!!

Jane great job confronting that dang scale, I hate that! The book will be a great boost.

Lisa: Have fun on your day off. too bad about the meeting but a beach trip!! YEAH!!

Well I am off to work and then I come home and go to the gym. Have had a few cravings while on TOM but nothing I couldn't handle!! So I am doign well on induction and will wiegh myself beginning of next week. We will see!

Have a great day!

LOve TG

Morning girls! Vacation fever has hit and I'm going crazy at work today. Not to mention the fact that people are so inconsiderat it just ticks me off!!!

Anyway. I'm 1 pound away from my goal vacation weight and we leave Sunday morning!!! I'm so excited. I never thought this would happen. I'll be happy even if that 1 pound doesn't dissappear by Sunday!!!

Hope everyone has a great day!!

Brenda ~ I have a hard time with nuts in general, don't want to stop at a serving, but they keep me regular so I quess that is one plus. I don't think I have ever had pistachios- but I love me some almonds.


Shimma ~ I wish it would rain here, It has only rained like 2 times in the past month and one of those day we were suppose to go to the beach- wouldn't you know it!

Jane ~ Don't worry about the gain- like everyone said you will have it off in a heartbeat.

Lori~ Gratz on the loss and vacation...

It is bed time for bonzo... have to hit the hay just finished my bedtime snack and got the kiddo to school so better sack or I wont want to get up when it is time.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Amy

Amy: if you like almonds you'll love pistacchios!! Bedtime? it's only 9:42am. What time zone you in??

Lori: Congrats on making goal. I can say it now cuz I have faith in you. You'll make that goal :)

TG: Congrats on staying OP!!! How'd you manage? What's the secret? I really need to know!!

Leenie: :wave:

I haven't actually gone through and double checked their math. So it might be higher carbed than they said they were--but they are worth it. lol. I've got a recipe I want to try for cinnamon muffins. They're only supposed to be like 1.5 grams of carbs (gonna check it on THAT one for sure!!) or something like that. The witch is away doing errands (yes, she SHOULD be in the office working but she does this a lot) so I'm boss-free for a while. Figured I'd check in, catch up and then find something to do at work again. I hate having to create work. Makes the day go by SOOO slow!!!

I miss Supersized. :(

Hey everyone!

I have survived yet another night of bad behavior (it's posted in the bad girl thread). I'm feeling fine this morning but my poor friend D is terribly hung over. Note: do not drink when you've had very little food all day!

Other than that, not much new. I'm down a pound - yippee! I'm only 4 pounds away from my all-time lowest adult weight. I'm 11 pounds LESS than what I weighed in high school. It's terribly exciting :D

Fullfig - I'm still just so dang happy that you're back!

Mrs H - I've seen Froufy, but not the other two. Hmmmmmmmm..... Have fun at the game today!

Brenda - WTG on the pound! I'm getting that recipe and trying them tonight. I can't wait! And good job on checking the math - sucks that we have to do that, but good thing that we do!

Shimma - The belt story is great! Congrats :)

Jane - It will come off!

TG - You're doing so good! And great job on fighting the cravings!

Lori - only 1 pound away - that's awesome!

Amyjo - Stick with the almonds. Pistachios are yummy, but they have twice the carbs as almonds :eek: And 'Bedtime for Bonzos' - OMG I haven't heard that since I was a kid :D

Ok, I really should work. Have a great day!

Thank you ladies I am working hard at OP! Brenda my secret is the weekly goal thread, it feels so good at the end of the week to have hit all those goals!! :)

I'll definitely try and reach those goals. I think I'm putting more realistic ones on there. lol "staying on strict induction" doesn't seem to be in me anymore. And I seem to be losing more with adding more foods (go figure!) so I'll take my pound a week and be happy :) I know it won't last. lol.
Another day down!!! WOOHOO!!!

Do whatever works for you girl. :)

Wow- got in here late so I'll just say Hello and BRAVO! to everyone here---For those close to your goal~ that must feel WONDERFUL! Im so happy for you....Im just really starting, but I know the minute I can go down a size of clothes Im gonna holler so loud ALL of you will hear....have a great day all and be careful...remember they say with each foot step you leave a little fat behind...so don't slip! :)

Afternoon Ladies,
Thrusday's work day is done and over, I wish I could have gotten Friday's out of the way as well. With the wedding last weekend I feel like I haven't gotten time to relax in weeks.. well um I haven't.. and I'm CRYING out for a weekend to do absolutly nothing. Today it was simply gorgeous out, I got home from work, ate a little, donned the headsets and went for a wonderful walk. I actually caught myself smiling on a few occassions. I'm guessing it to be about 2.5 miles, but I really have no clue. How do you girls estimate how far you've walked?

Brenda - All this talk about pumpkin bars.. can you say drool.. after posting I'm going to go dig up your recipe and give em a whirl. I've also found that adding more foods I'm losing weight more quickly. Must be the fiber :lol:

Shimma - Great news about the belt! I was just thinking today as I was walking and my pants were nearing my knees that I need to invest in one. I've never had reason to own one before, my pants were always a tad tight.. but now.. geesh I'm drowning in em.

Jane - Don't beat yourself up... a few pounds is no biggie.. Jump back on that horse and watch those nasty little creatures melt away.

Fulfig and Supersized - :wave: Hope you both have a lovely day!

MrsH - Meetings on off days stink! It's not really a day off at all now is it? They should pay ya doubletime for having to come in when not scheduled :lol:
Have fun at the game!

Leenie - Hey Girlie.. hope your day is going well.

Theo - You sound like your doing fantastic! You Go!!

LoriA - An early congratulations for reaching your vacation goal..That one little pound will sure be gone by Sunday! :cheer:

Amy - You work third shift? or do you just live someplace really cool?

Star - Gratz on the next pound down! You must be getting excited! I can't even imagine being that close to goal.

Marie - If it were only that easy.. I'd take a day to do nothing but walk and I'd be at goal by the end of the evening :lol:

Okies, time to STOP munching on these walnuts and head out to pick the girls up from school. Then I have to stop by the store to figure out something for dinner.. it's one of those nights I just do not want to cook. Maybe I'll just make tacos tonight.. I use my lc tortillas for a million things but I have yet to actually eat one as a taco :lol: Hope everyone has a nice evening.

Well I have to leave work early for a dentist appt so I thought I would check in for the evening now.

Marie: I CAN'T HEAR YOU! :lol:

Brenda: Real strict induction is not in my book either but I just try to knock off the peanuts and stick to lower than 20 grams a day and it usually works.

StarPrincess: You hang around with a VERY interesting crowd lady! :o

LoriAS: Congratulations on making your goal! Hope you have a wonderful time on your vacation.

TG: you are so good about going to the gym! Good luck on the weigh in next week. I am sure you will do fine.

:wave: to everyone else.

Have to go brush my teeth and get ready for my dentist appt. I have an appt to get my hair cut after that so I will be on the road for a while :dizzy:

Talk to you all again tomorrow.

That's what I get for writing a book....Trazzie you snuck in on me :wave:

Congrats Everyone on your WL.......just remember when your at goal you better not leave us here :(

Sorry I can't post and read more, things are very crazy here but I suspect it should slow down in a few weeks (actually I'm praying it does lol).

Hugs and kisses :D

Trazzie, I drive the same route in my car to get the mileage, of course, that only works if you either walk along streets or are an off road enthusiast ;)

* Pictures Jane sitting bolt upright in bed at 3am*
"What was that horrible shrieking noise??? Oh, Marie musta gotten those pants zipped...ZZZZzzzzZZZzzzzz.... :lol:

Brenda/Trazzie - I wish I lived somewhere cool guys, I am on night shift this week... I don't usually rotate but we have had some people out on vacation and I am just the most likely candidate to pull to different shift because I don't complain. I usually work 3p-3a.... so no Brenda I hit the bed about 9AM my time and am up now to do my afternoon running for the kiddos prior to going to work to night.


And I wonder why the heck I don't have energy to exercise.

Amy

HI Gang!

I wanted to get a post in while I could! THere is NO WAY I can catch up today!

I have been MIA.. Yep.. I know it...

On Monday, I was offered a position... a CONTRACT POsition to be the Crochet/Knit Coordinator for a Craft Publisher. I accepted it! It is soooo cool because I can work from home and I will be incharge of all production from Finding patterns and designers to creating the schedule to laying out the books to print! So needless to say I have been swamped and will be for a few days. once I get everything set up and my office set up.. I will be ready to go again!

Eating and exercise have been good. I still am getting up early to work out. Had a problem yesterday with my asthma so I had to stop mid run. But I am trying again tomorrow.

Hope all are well and I will try to get on early tomorrow! HUgs to all! :)

OKay Okay ladies my update progress picture is postd on the progress thread, don't ask me what kinda face I was making....i was caught off gaurd that is the only way anyone gets pics of me!!!

Karen CONGRATS that new job sounds fun!!

I've simply got to get back to exercising again. I noticed if I have something to do (GS meeting. Chiro appt., etc) in the afternoon I don't get my exercise in. So looks like I don't make my goal of exercising 4 days this week. GRRR. I also have to stay away from those pistacchios if I'm not going to be exercising. I've gotta admit I feel guilty for not exercising. It's not like the WATP takes forever to do. And even though taebo is more energetic it doesn't take long either. I'll see if I can fit something in tomorrow before DH and I go grocery shopping.