WW Clubs and Groups - It's Tuesday!

I thought a shopping poll would be fun. I blame my latest shopping addiction on my co-worker. I love shopping for shoes b/c they last forever!

It's late and I had a great PL workshop tonight, so I thought I would pop in and start a new thread. Did really well on points. Got Subway for dinner and only ate half of it. Did have some munchies at the workshop, but haven't figured those out yet. Anyone have an idea on Artichoke dip??

KO: The top you wore sounds really cute! Good luck on your finals, you will do great!

Kay: My poor MOH and bridesmaids made their dresses. I couldn't find anything remotely near the colors I needed or anywhere close to affordable. They turned out perfect though and I bought an extra pattern b/c I want to make one for me someday.

That's all I can remember from the end of the last post so I will say so long. Here's my picture from Christmas Eve. I'm at about the same weight now (left my WW stuff at work by mistake so can't check for sure). This was the day hubby brought Nestle home for me. He was only 12#. I can't believe he was ever that small *pout pout* I'm growing my bangs out so my hair looks different now.

Brenda! Cute photo! And Nestle looks ADORABLE!!! I can't wait till I can have a cute furry little bundle of love all of my own. I'm so jealous of you! Blokey and I spent the whole weekend (catsitting!) thinking of names for the 2 cats we are determined to get just as soon as we are settled (how many years will that be?!).

Morning all ... yup, it's early and I am about to get off to the library and then ... WI!!! ... really don't want to go after the weekend digestive-biscuits-cheddar-cheese-and-peanut-butter debacle. 2 weeks' worth of gains would be soooooooooooooooo bad. But I've got to face up to it. Deep breath. Do you think my subconscious is doing this on purpose because it's scared of getting down below 200? OR is that a pathetic cop-out excuse?

Answered 'groceries' on the poll because that is the only kind of shopping blokey and I love equally, and it's just so much more fun going together. We like experimenting and we're trying soooooooooo hard to experiment with good stuff rather than working our way through every tortilla chip on the market ...

Back later!

Lxxx

Mornin

I answered household items. I love shopping for things for my house. My favorite is bathroom accesories....call me weird. I figure as soon as I have lost more weight I will want to shop for clothes. For now though home decor all the way.

I ate only 16 points yesterday (which is a bad thing) but I just wasn't hungry. I ate supper later in the day then normal, so I am sure that is the reason.

Brenda You are so pretty! And that dog is cute! We had Subway for supper last night too. So filling, and so low in points.

Lolly Good luck at weigh in today!

Angie

Morning girls,
Oooh - cute doggie piccie! And cute Brenda too! I want a kitten. Unfortunately until they can genetically modify them so they are always kittens I'll have to go without... Just kidding. Need to find a house before I can fill it with animals. Renting sucks. But London house prices are even worse.
I can't believe the weekend is over already! I had a fantastic time in Paris with BF. Travelled first class on the Eurostar, stayed in Montmartre, drank a lot and ate a lot (I'm not going to think about points). We did so much walking around and climbed up all the famous buildings - Sacre Couer, Arc de Triomphe, Tour d'Eiffel and so on! Visited the Louvre and the Musee d'Orsay and many, many wine bars and top restaurants. Paris is such a fantastic city. It's so clean compared to London and the people seem much less stressed out and friendly. But weekends are all too short and I'm back to work. Booh! Next city break is probably going to be Florence, Italy. I can't wait.
Belle - good on you doing the running! Stick to the program, I'm on Week 7 and can do 25 min runs now. Next week is 28 min runs and then 30 mins after that. Wow. Then I'm going to try and build my speed up a bit!! That's the killer!
Hooray on all those good losses. And booh on any gains, but don't fear, it'll be losses all round soon. Especially now summer is on the way and it's time to bare more flesh - eek!

Lots of work to do today, so a big HELLO to you all and I'll hopefully be back later,
Kirsty

Kirsty Welcome back! Glad you had a good time. Sounds like it was a lot of fun. I would SO love to go to Paris one day,....but I don't see it happening. We don't have the $ and my dh isn't into traveling at all. :( But hey, maybe one day I will be able to convince him.

I won't be around this morning, going to meet some friends.....there is ALWAYS junk food galore. Last week there were cinnimon rolls dripping with icing, and some banana cake, and cookies....I triamphed last week and didn't have a thing....hope I can do it again.

Those times where we are faced with food like that....does anyone else find it kinda scary? I do. Anyway, gotta run and get my oldest ready for school and get her lunch packed. She keeps eating my ff yogurt! grrrr :) Oh well, at least it is healthy.

Check back later

Angie

Hi Everyone :) I hope you are all having a nice day. There isn't a whole lot new with me. Trying to get back on track after a rather bad food weekend and Monday. Agh!

Anyways...just wanted to say hi :)

i admit i was going to have my breakfast of champs today poptarts and coke i only have half of it b/c i didnt have another single or any change
so im having full fat coke and nothing b/c the only other thing i have is twizzlers which arent quite breakfasty
im doing an open notes open book exam and irealized nothing i studied or have is notes prepped me
its one of those culmination of the class essays
a 3 hour essay thank god i dont have to use the blue book
Brenda you annnnnnnnnd nestle are gorgeous! scan a pic of the dresses
kirsty paris sounds fantastic i cant wait to go abroad!
lolly im keeping my fingers crossed
Angie RESIST you will be ok
Morning shalyne ;D how do you pronounce your name its so pretty
Annnnnnnnnyway back to writing!
Kierie
i put other b/c depending on my mood i like to shop for everything!

Kierie - you're in an exam right now!? Eek - good luck with it, I'm sure you'll do fine. Anything we can help with?! ;)

Good morning.

Brenda - I'll be praying to. So tomorrow night's the night. I was mad because my roommate had schedualed a study group at our place... and they run pretty late - so I'm going with a few friends to watch it at a bar.

Kirsty - I am so jealous you can just go to Paris for the weekend. Must be nice. I'm glad you had a good time.

Angie - Good lucking meeting with your friends. Being around all those foods can definately make people feel anxious. I'm sure you'll do fine.

Kay - It's so funny you posted that dress, the pink one. My roommate and I were looking through the Chadwick's catalog and saw that one. We both said we'd love that for our bridesmaids dresses (neither of us are even dating - but we just like to pretend :). I really liked that one.

Hi KO, Lolly, and Shaylene. Hope your days are going well.

I am a major shop-o-holic. I seriously own like EVERYTHING at Lane Bryant. But I'm trying to cut back. Especially because I'm slowing shrinking out of their clothes! :) But I love that place. I know the sales ladies will miss me when I'm gone.


ALright - I should get to work. Have great days ladies!

LIsa

can u use the concepts of public sphere and culture industry and the history of capitalist development to write an essay which explains the historical context for this article on media de regulation in the ny times and then go on and explain continuity between media history and current events or wax on about our times being unprecedented
gotta love finals
bbl
the ever lurkin
Kier

doubt i can be of help there. could you talk about freedom of speech and the media's right to report the truth and how they cannot do so in many countries, but that you can in the US. and then maybe how media can sometimes shape events these days, it no longer simply reports them. i dunno if that is any help - might trigger off something i guess!

time for me to grab some lunch. i brought some red wine back from paris for my friends. it cost 60p a bottle - that's under a dollar. hee hee! god bless the french!

kirsty

thanks for the input K and i do have some inspiration already but what the class is really about is that the media only shows us their truth being a future member of the media i have some issues with this class lol
ps hows the wine?

i work for a science magazine, so i guess i'm lucky in that we do try to stick to the truth cos it's v obvious when we don't!
but so many tabloids and magazines are full of nasty rumours about celebs started by someone who vaguely knew them years ago. it's quite depressing sometimes, but i guess most folk know the story is twisted and quite possibly completely made up by someone who wants money.
i was reading about the large gap in IQ test scores between blacks and whites and how many people refuse to go near this issue because no one wants to say it is genetic or environmental for fear of being called a racist. apparently the new york times and the washington post set the tone for mainstream media and the NYT does not accept that ethnic cognitive differences are real, and WP only occasionally approaches the issue with a very long spoon. so i guess that shows them hiding from the truth.

i'll be hitting the wine in 4 hours time...
Kirsty

Kier-Good luck! That seems hard!!! I remember finals well...
Hi everyone! those chadwicks dresses are pretty-I'll ahve to give them a look when i am bridesmaid dress shopping...

I answered 'other'-I like shopping for pretty much anything if I have the money to buy...but I HATE window shopping...it's like torture to me. I need to shop for a baqthing suit soon-I'm going to take a friend along for moral support!!!

I'm doing ok-the Pad thai was delicious and I limited myself to the correct amount...I am determined to post a loss this week-I ahven;'t officially weighed in in three weeks but have lost on the scale at home...we'll see on thursday!!! So far, so good-I've been running and drinking my water! Happy tueday everyone-Lori

I can't post much but I wanted to say hi!

And also, Brenda~ cute pic and I saw you wrote that you wanted that ad-doer thing. Is that the one you sit in and you lean forward, to the side, and such? If it is I read in one of my fitness mags that it is very un natural for you to bend in that way and it doesn't really target the stomache like it's suppose....just be aware if it is that one....

Gotta go, have a good one!!!

just a quickie b/c i just had a potty break
i found a funsized twix bar in the basket of my scooter how much fun or points do you think that was b/c lemme tell ya i didnt have much fun eating it
also
I love LB track pants!!! the black witht he grey and white stripe down the side theres also a matching skirt
they make my arse look small woowooo
lol

Down 2.5!!! THat's the 1lb gain from last week plus 1.5 more!!! I asked my leader if this meant I could trough half a jar of peanut butter every weekend and she said no. BOO. BTW BRenda, PB & honey is one of my faves. Also with jam (jelly) - when my friend's Mom came to visit from the US she brought me a giant jar of Goober jelly! That was SO cool. What an introduction to american food! Have you ever had PB in celery sticks? It's yummy, but better still - I reckon celery is negative calories so really it makes the PB healthy. What does everyone else think?

Hello again everyone. Kirsty! Welcome back! Might be in London next Tuesday and looking for entertainment between 5 and 6.30, if you're about - I should know by the end of the week.

Kierie - good luck on the finals. When do you finish? And when do you leave for IReland? I bet you're counting the days ... oh, and a funsized twix is ... not in my WW book. Sorry. Maybe that means it's point free???!

Just spent 2 hours shopping ... have a wedding on Saturday and no clothes - really, no clothes! I chucked all the big stuff out and haven't got round to getting new smart stuff yet. So unless I want to be wearing jeans on Saturday I have to invest. Tried on lots, didn't buy yet. But I wear an 18 (US 14, according to the labels) in every shop - YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hugs everyone,

Lolly (the soon-to-be-fashion-junkie!)
xxx

lolly you skinnny!
i leave in september still doing the exam now moved on to twizzlers
as for pb and celery its great add some raisins to the pb and u ahve bumps on a log a skiing fave!
back to hel err work lol

hooray on the loss lolly!
ooh, tuesday night is our work cocktails night! usually i finish work at 6pm, but could sneak off early....to the cocktail bar! just turn up or give me a bell or whatever. you've got my work and mobile numbers, yeah?

LOLLY!!! Hooray!!! You thin one you!Lori

leaving in about 5 mintues (if miss emma will hurry up and wake up from her nap)

Lolly Congrats on the loss!!! YAY!

Angie

HI everyone. I got up this morning for another quick dog walk.. yah me. Also took her for a walk after work last night. She did the weirdest thing... we were walking along and out of no where she turned about and jumped on me. Then back to walking. It was like she wanted some attention at that very moment!

Brenda.... Nestle is ADORABLE with those big floppy ears. I will post a pic of Sadie soon!!!! You are lovely too! For some reason I thought you had long hair! I love seeing these pics!!

LOLLY.... YAH FOR YOUR LOSS! You are almost to 199... I am JEALOUS!! I was there once, then a darling little girl named Emma came along :love:

Keiri... GOOOOOD LUCK! And I think the mini twix are 2 points... I think!

Kirsty... I am also jealous of you... wish I could take a weekend jaunt to Paris!! So very jealous!!! :?:

Well, Better get back to work... it's only 9:30... UGGGHHHH hurry up day!!! Hubby is going Mother's Day shopping for me and for my b-day... I turn 29 next week... :eek: ... I am not thrilled!!!

HEY WHERE IS TRISH?????????????????????

Holy cow! I can't even keep up!
Here is what I 'absorbed'...
Brenda: AWESOME! pic!! So pretty!! (Nestle, too) :D
Kirsty: welcome back!! Are you drinking wine at lunch? I guess the cultures are different! I'm def moving to England! v. cool!!
Lolly: YEe haww on the loss! You go girl! I hope I can do a loss, too!
KO: Good luck on finals...don't flip out on sugar! :)
Kay: Beautiful dress!!! Did the arm things make you itch?
Jen: I feel your pain re: working! I'm so ready to go home!
Boss is going on a smoke break soon, so I'll catch up with everyone else in a few...

You girls have been busy already!!

KO - you're in an exam?? DEAR GOD! Good luck!

Kirsty - wow, I can't wait to be able to run straight through! I need those walking minutes....oh well!

Bren - you AND puppy are both v. cute!! Nice pic!!

Lolly - Awesome loss!! Woo hoo!

Shay - hello. Goodbye.

Jen - 29, not so bad......next year we'll have to tease you though!!

Well, I walked to work today from HOME!! Not b/f's, which is closer - was 35 min brisk walk!! I loved it! Except I wore new shoes, so now have a blister, but I feel so alert!! I think I'll do this every day - saves cash, good exercise and saves mileage on my new Civic!!

Found 1pt bread that I really liked at the supermarket!! Woo hoo!!

I revised my goals...they are as follows:
2nd 10%, June 10: 199
Stampede: 192-195
Vacation in Aug: 185
Wedding in late Oct: 165-170 (about Goal!)

WEll, must run! Hello to Trish, Emily, Angie, Ali, Steph, Lisa, Lola, Lori, Slinko, Kim, Suzanne, Stacey, Julie, Tonya....etc etc!!!

Belle :D

hee hee, actually, we've not started drinking yet, but i'm about to go and open the wine. it's 4:30pm here (but we don't finish work till 6pm...).
hope everyone is having a good day,
kirsty

So I picked other. I realize that makes me very strange for a girl, but I've always hated shopping, even when I was thin. It bores me, and I hate malls with a passion. I consider it a great accomplishment when I can get through a Christmas season without buying anything at the mall. I do, however, like going into novelty stores and looking around for funky things. Oh, and I guess I like book stores and card stores. I like shopping for books ... I could spend all day in a book store browsing.

I love being able to buy stuff on the Internet, though! Yesterday I bought $90 worth of flowers for my mom, grandma and b/f's mom from 1800flowers.com for Mother's Day. I decided to splurge a little.

Kierie: You're probably through with your exam by now ... I hope you did OK! As a member of the media (I write for a newspaper), I agree that it can shape public perception, but I find that comes much more from TV media, and not as much as print. There's an intense rivalry between TV and print media ... I think print does much more of just presenting the facts and getting out of the way instead of pushing an idea in your face like TV does. Of course, when it comes down to it, any media outlet still shows what they find most important by what they chose to put on the front page or lead the 6 p.m. news with. Kirsty: Did you read the series The New York Times did on race relations last year? It was pretty interesting.

OK, off my soapbox now ...

Brenda: Cool pic! Nestle is adorable! I'll have to post a pic of my puppies.

Lolly: Yay on the loss! I'm hoping for one tomorrow!

Last night, the Pilates class I took was awesome! Very relaxing and all the tension was gone from my neck and shoulders. Some of it's back now, but I'm going to start going to that class every week!

OK, back to work. But here's a pic of my dogs! Stella is the red one, Toby is the husky mix.

I must get to work! v.bad! My boss is on her smoke break, but I now have a huge mountain of work to do!!
I brought the wedding invitations so I could address them at work! EEK!! They must go out in the mail next week! :eek:
Well, must get to work.
Hello to everyone I missed. Sorry! :(
Have a wonderful day!

hey kim,
don't read the new york times i'm afraid, but i bet it was interesting. race relations is a bit of a hot topic in the uk at the moment, esp with an election next month. each party is trying to say the other guys are racist. quite amusing to watch them as they spin doctor stories...
why don't women rule the world? i'm sure we'd be better at it.

I agree, Kirsty, it would be better if women ruled the world. Chocolate would be free! :D I wish a woman would actually run for president over here instead of just talking about it. I'm tired of these middle-aged white men who don't have a clue. Bush is going to run this country into the ground so be glad you're in the UK!

Hey, would anyone be interested in starting a photo thread so we can post our pics of each other?

photo thread would be a great idea!

OK, I'll start one. Everyone who's already posted pics, please post them again on the photo thread!

hmm, only problem with the photo thread might be the time it will take as we get more and bigger piccies on it...
not sure what to do about that. maybe someone that has a webpage could save them all to that as thumbnails and we could go visit it? i dunno. but here's one of me (about five years old, no, i'm not 5 years old, the photo is!) that can keep you going till i get to a scanner and post a nicer one (i'm prob about 20 pounds heavier in it). and i think the colour is a bit odd, but there you go (blame my friend cos i nicked it off his website).
kirsty

Can anyone tell me what 65 min of moderate walking is at my weight for points?? Need to know how many I earned today walking to work :D

Please let me know if you have your slider handy!

Thanks!

Belle

Haven't had time to read all the posts yet, but just a couple of things!

Thank you so much for all the compliments! It means a lot.

Jen: I do have long hair, it's just tucked around to the other side in the pic. I need to get some wedding pics scanned/on disk so I can put those out.

Stacey: See above....I'm dying to show you my dresses :D

Kim: Your dogs are sooo cute!!!

To all: Trish is doing well but is restricted on internet time at work. She was going to try and catch up some today.

OK, gotta actually get some work done. Check out this quote though...I love it!!

"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." -- James M. Barrie

It's 5 points! You go girl ;)

I am eating the LC Southern Beef Tips in bbq sauce w/ oven roasted potatoes. The potatoes are ok, not the best, but the beef in bbq sauce is awesome!!! I just wanted to share!
Kirsty: Wow! Great picture! You don't look overweight at all in that pic!!! Lucky Ducky!

Brenda ~ Fabulous pic!!! Your pup is so sweet :). My best friend had one that looks the same. Hers is HUGE now and named Bailey.

Stacey ~ I didn't wear the gloves for the wedding. I can't handle anything on my hands for very long. I had a shawl to wear in church and my veil was over my sholders. I thought the gloves would have been too much for the simplicity of the dress. My dress and the BM dresses were so comfy. I wish I could wear it again but 1. people would think I'm a freak and 2. It is too big for me now.

Kirsty ~ Great Photo even if it is 5 years old!

As far as the press goes, I used to believe everything I saw, but now I don't. I don't know if any of ya'll heard about it but a couple of years ago there was a tragic bonfire collapse at my university and 12 people died. Well my DH was still in school at the time and a friend of his was one of the ones killed. I was in Houston working and was watching cnn online all day long trying to get info. Once the phone lines were clearer I was able to compare stories with DH (then fiance). It was so weird how far the truth was from what the media was telling the public. I assume there is a reason things are mutated on TV, but it made the situation much more difficult for those of us with friends on site. I agree with Kim in that the print media (non tabloid) tends to be much more accurate.

Well, I gotta run now! Hi to everyone!

Kay

Hello to everyone. I have MAJOR internet police here now so I am trying to figure out how much time is allowed. AHHH. Very bad for me.

Well, I have been doing ok food wise. I missed weigh in Sat due to conflict of schedule but will be back this weekend.

Lolly: Great loss!!! I LOVE PBJ. I have recently read that the low fat kind is not that goo dfor you but that small quantities of the real kind is one of the most nutritions things you can eat.

Brenda: Such a cute picture!

Kirsty: Paris sounds like fun...and your picture is great. You realy do have blond hair.

I will have hubby scan a pic tonight if I can get him to.

Jen: that is great that you are getting the dog out in the mornings. My dog will do funny stuff like yours. It is strange but so cute. I love that pic of you and hubby . It is really good.

Kim: great pic with you and BF!


KO: How did the exam go?

Ok, sorry I did not get to reply to eveyrone. I have to get off line. Happy day and i will check back later.

Trish

Brenda thanks for the points count - woo hoo!! If I walk each day that will ROCK!!! I won't use them, but I will eat to 31 points if I am hungry to. I go to a new category soon and I don't want to get used to eating too many points....how many boosters are we allowed per day again? I think its only 2 anyway....?

I too love peanut butter - I eat it on apples. Its high count but worth it AND it IS nutritious, so I justify it there....

We are a good looking bunch....!!!! Wow! Kirsty - that is JUST how I thought you'd look!!

Well, back to the grind!

Belle

My boss is driving me crazy today! I can't wait till Friday when I leave and never come back!!!


Just a little vent :D

Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh i want to post a piccie too! Great photos everyone ... does anyone know how to make a 'sticky' like they have on the WW General thread? That way we could keep the photos at the top and they wouldn't get lost ...

Just had formal dinner in college (ie you have to wear an academic gown and get served at the table). I am supposed to go to these far more often than I do - but these are NOT OP dinners! Fortunately no wine today, and fruit salad for dessert, so that helped. Starter was asparagus soup (YUM!), then steak, green beans and croquet potatoes (so classy, I know ... I guess they weren't making too much of an effort tonight). Tomorrow is steamed fish so I might go along again. I can't wait to have my own apartment and cook for myself! (August ...)

Ooh, Belle, peanut butter and apple, that sounds yummy. And Trish, I know PB is so nutritious - all that protein - but I am physically incapable of not spooning it. Really! I think I need a chip in my brain or something ... Why do you think PB is so addictive?

Kim - your doggies are gorgeous! I will have to do a picture of my Jennyanydots when I finally get to a scanner.

Suzanne - YIPPEE! Only 3 more days to go! I forget, do you have something else lined up, or were you thinking about taking some time out?

Trish - eek! Internet police! Post when you can, won't you? We miss you!

hugs everyone,
Lolly
xxx

I love all the pics! Kirsty, you're gorgeous! We really are a good looking bunch! :) Doesn't hurt to gloat a little, does it?

Kay: I know what you mean about things getting distorted in the media. Oftentimes, I think it comes from the fact that the authorities are so closed-mouthed about things and don't tell everything ... speculation arises as a result. I have a heck of a time with the police departments I deal with sometimes. It gets very frustrating. If they'd just be open about stuff, it would help everyone. And the public doesn't always realize that the media is acting on their behalf ... it's not that we're trying to be pains, we're just trying to tell the truth about what happened. At least, that's my philsophy!

Ah! My computer won't let me read the other posts, so now I forget what everyone said! Sorry! I gotta run anyway. I'm going on a ridealong with a cop friend of mine tonight and have some work to get done first!

Brenda: Post your photo on the photo thread!

Here is one of my favorite pics of Emma. I know her hair is a mess, but her eyes got real wide when she saw the camera.

I promise this will be my very last pic but I have a picture of Sarah starting grade 1. It is a little blurry

Kay: I feel the same way about gloves or arm thingys
I also know where you are coming from on the press stuff. Yes, I do remember the bonfire collapse. Us Big 12's have got to stick together. It's too bad our fans don't do something even remotely close to yell practice.
Oh well, I digress. I for one am tired of all the publicity that goes to Timothy McVeigh and the entire bombing. Several people who were survivors but lost family members still get contacted by the big news magazines. It's like a wound that will never heal.
Hmmm, sorry to get down.
I'm ready to go home!! I don't have a clue as to how to post pictures! I did our engagement pic, but don't know if it will work now. I guess I'll just have to have wedding pics put on a disk or cd and then download them. It might be kind of fun to have one of those "free" webpages, you know?
Hey, where's Tonya? We found Trish...or at least she is running from the internet police. :)
Come say hi Tonya!
My boss just came back, so I'll see you around!

Please don't hate me for posting one more picture. This is a picture of my mom. It was taken on her wedding day, just 2 weeks before she died. Look how happy she was.

Stacy... Tonya is out of town, for I think most of the week.

I love pics!!! I just got some more back of my Emma, so I will work on scanning those for everyone to see!

We are a busy bunch today!!! Wow!!!

I don't really have anything to say, just bored! Will check out the pics thread....

Belle

OK, I'll jump on the bandwagon and share another pic. This is me and my sister, Meredith, on New Year's Eve.