Carb Counters - Weekly Chat, Feb 27 - Mar 5/06

Good Morning :sunny:

Busy day planned today, managed to get my workout in already. I dont suspect I'll have time this afternoon. I was surprised at how busy it was at the gym this morning.

Have a great day ladies :)

Good afternoon everyone!

I went to the doctor this morning after being midway through my 3rd week of being sick. Saturday was really bad - major sinus headache and fever. She put me on an antibiotic and cough medicine and inhaler.

I went up a lb this week -- but I figure it's from all the cold medicine. There's lots of sugar in the stuff. But I have to be careful about what I can use since there's lots of gluten in some of it. So it's a tradeoff.

My kitchen tile is this close to done so I can start putting the kitchen back together again. We are hosting an Oscar party on Sunday so it needs to be completed. We took off the toilet in my bathroom last night to get the floor ready to be re-done and found a real mess. So my friend who is doing the work now has to sand the floor down and paint it with Killz before he can start on the tile. Nasty!

Robin: how was your busy day??

Susan: Don't you just LOVE home remodeling? I'm not planning ANYTHING because my kitchen is still on "hold". Mainly because I need to get the ceiling up and need an extra pair of hands.

Well, as you can see, I'm back. Tried to figure out WHY I was screwing up and can't pinpoint why. Just didn't take it serious enough I guess. Kept getting down because of the scale. So dug out my measuring notebook and HOLY COW I'm actually STILL losing inches!! So I'm a walking testimony to NOT trust the scale. I mean, I didn't even think I was losing inches due to my jeans weren't getting looser. Even though I had caffeine this weekend I'm still doing pretty good. Just need to work on the water and I'll be back to my old self :)
:hug: thanks everyone for caring and wanting me to post. You don't know how much that meant to me :)

Morning Ladies: :coffee:

Susan - hope you get over that nasty stuff soon! An Oscar Party eh? Sounds like a blast.

I didn't make it to the gym yesterday. The cramps I had were pretty debilitating. I usually can take Midol, and all is well.. but I took some Sunday and it made me feel funny, and even a little sick to my stomach. So I stayed away from the stuff yesterday. I just decided to ride the storm out. ;)

My mom (who lives with us) just left to Tai Chi, but i'll head out when she gets back. I really, really, want to reach my goal (or close to) when it's time to go on our historical vacation! I ordered a few books off Amazon yesterday, and one is Washington D.C w/ Kid's. The other is a historical guide to Philadelphia. Just more motivation for me. :D

There is some major crap going on in my husbands company, and my hopes are that this issue doesn't come to a head. It is possible for Conagra (my husbands company is contracted to pull their flour) to breech their contract with them. This new Conagra manager is a real jack*ss and is doing anything he can to get his company out. Turns out, the guy is engaged to a woman whos father owns a trucking company in the east, and has pushed Bulkmatic out of 2 other mills to bring his 'father-in-laws' company in. It backfired in the other mills because the FIL's company could'nt do the job correctly, so they put Bulkmatic back in there. Now he's trying it with this one, and told my husbands boss that if they had 2 weeks to get on the ball. This guy is scheduling their loads, when he has no idea how long it takes to do each one. When Bulk used to schedule their own, they were NEVER late. It's on purpose, and everyone knows it, but they can't seem to get corperate to take it seriously. Oh, man sorry about the rant, but it's really got us in a tizzy. I have to start gathering applications for him, just in case. The good thing about being a truck driver is, you'll always have a job somewhere, but it's starting over with a new company (when he likes where he is)that sucks.
And not to sound entirely selfish, but I wonder if this is going to screw up our summer plans, including the family reunion. Of course I want to hit the east, but my kids want to see their crazy Nana in Chicago.

LOL Ok, I needed to get that off my chest! Just ignore me. :o

Hope everyone has a lovely day, weather and all! We hit 74 here at my place, and the kids got to run around bare foot. They reveled in it. Hope today is a nice repeat!

:hug: :hug: :hug: to everone!

Yahhhhhhhh :cb: :cb: :cb: :carrot: :carrot: :carrot: Brenda's back!:hug: 'bout time!! :D Im glad you're doing good. Sometimes I feel like Im moving in circles, and I thought my 16 jeans were too small again, but even with eating not on target, the exercise kept the weight off. Can you just imagine how well Id do if I put it all together!?!?!?! :lol:

Yesterday went pretty well, thanks for asking Brenda :) We met with a consultant, who we think might be just what we need to help us move our business in the direction we want. Its the ideas, and paths we need help with. I think he'll work out alright. What it will cost for him, is about the same as some intense advertising we have done in the past (that didnt work) So, we'll give it another try and see. So we are in the process of revamping the website, and maybe even renaming it. As long as neither him or I have to get up on a ladder and install an outdoor overhead sign again, we'll be happy. This type of change might be tricky for us, but I think we are up for the challenge.

Today is another busy day, we have a meeting early, then off for an early supper with friends at an italian restaurant. Hopefully I'll find something that doesnt fill my plate with pasta. They are suppose to have their menu online, so I'll check that out before we go.

Food hasnt been great this week. Not bad, but because we have been so busy, I havent been paying alot ot attention to it. We also need groceries...that doesnt help either. I dont think I'll be able to get those until tomorrow. But on a positive point, I havent eaten any crap either :)

Have a great day ladies...time to get busy

Well, as you can see, I'm back.

HOLY COW!!! SHE LIVVVEEEESSS!!!!! :D

Yea! Glad you decided to come back, and congrats on the inches. If memory serves right, didn't you tell me to get rid of my scale, yet that's the very reason you were getting down?? LOL I know.. I can't seem to get rid of it either, nor stop getting on the darn thing!

So happy your back. :^:

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Falon: :hug: For cramps use those heating pads that stick to your panties. Works WONDERS!!! And yes, it was the scale that just about did me in--that and self sabotage. Mental mind games along w/real life crap going on here lately. I've dealt with it and am ready to move on :)

Robin: Sounds like a great meeting! Glad things went well and hope the direction is where you want to go :) :hug:

So far I met w/the ladies and didn't have soda/caffeinated beverage....bought a bottle of water instead. So I'm at least doing better than yesterday :lol: But still a LONG way to go before I get all my water intake in. Step at a time :)

OK, it's Fat Tuesday. This is going to be my very last fat "Fat Tuesday."

Tomorrow Lent begins and it's time to get serious with the program.

I have 365 days to get as close as I can to 150. Which is a pound about every 4 days.

So starting this morning, everything gets weighed, measured and tracked. 8 to 10 of those water glasses get checked off every single day including weekends. As soon as I finish my antibiotic, it's back to the gym -- which means Monday morning bright and early.

It's time to put my foot down, get serious with myself and get this done. I know I can do it -- all it's going to take is some good old-fashioned hard work and determination. I will not quit this time. I will make this a success.

I have the tools I need, I have the support I need and all it takes now is me.

So, it's 365 days to a thinner me!

Saw a glimps of a lighter weight in the scale yesterday I amhoping that it will still be there for a few days so I can count it.

I had another long day at work but it was because my friend was so sick she could not do it and it was the endo of the month stuff. So I stayed and did it. Other issues at work are going onand on, I made a big move and confronted the boss with a few things and We talked I apologised for not being so welcoming and backing of on a bunch of things. and not giving her the support and making her feel like a total intruder (along with several of the others) Making her a bit unreachable for many of us. Well I think it worked atleast I feel so much better. I hope she does.

*lurking*

Hey there -

I ate a whole bag of pork rinds this past weekend. I was so desperate for a crunchy snack food and celery wasn't cutting it. I wanted chips like normal people.

Well - I will never again eat another pork rind. I just kept thinking about what they really were. The bag said "pork skins" which didn't help one bit. I was sick to my stomach really bad on Sunday and Monday. I've barely eaten anything since then. Still don't feel well. I psyched myself out really bad.

UGH!

I've had a few pork rinds in the last two days. I don't like to think about what it really is either.

bnbsmommy1~I checked out your weight loss blog today. It really helped me mentally to read it.

Good Morning

Morgaine~ I cant eat those things :P They leave a horrible taste in my mouth and give me serious heartburn. Im guessing you wont be eating them anymore either....glad you're feeling better now.

Grocery shopping on the agenda today....nothing else planned. So, how do you stay on plan when you have had, or are about to have a huge fight with dh????? Im sitting here with the f**k-it mentality right now. Not a good thing :( I dont even want to go work out....I dont want anything to do with all the "trying" it takes to loose weight.

Have I ever mentioned I hate winters in buffalo :mad:

Well, Im off, have a great day ladies.

:hug:

Brenda- So glad your back. I know about the self sabatoge when the scale doesn't move. I've told myself before (the last time I was on Atkins) that it obviously wasn't worth the effort instead of actually trying to figure out where I was going wrong. I'm glad i've stuck to it this time, and glad you are too! :hug:

Morgaine - Sorry you got so sick. I still keep them around for the crunch but am reminded of what they really are since there's a picture of a pig on the bag (gross) and I can't eat that many. There's nothing worse that a food making you sick! Glad you're better.

Susan - your plan sounds iron clad! I like that sound of determination. You are certainly going to make your goal!!! :)

I went to the gym yesterday, but only did 1 mile due to cramps kicking in. Yeah, i'll get those little heat pad thingy's next time Brenda. I had forgotten about those. TOM is almost over, so no real point now. Eh, but at least I got 1 mile.

Well, i'm coffee'd out, and going to head to the gym, then my 500 other arrands today. Hope everyone has a wonderful day! :hug:

Sue: Sounds like you did a LOT of work (emotional and physical) yesterday. And hopefully the scale is friendly to you :hug:

Lacey: I couldn't lurk....so you can't either. Get your butt out here and post!!

Morgaine: I don't allow myself to think of what pork rinds really are. I just close my eyes and say "it's only popcorn". :lol: Hope you're feeling better soon.

Stacy: :wave:

Robin: Umm....avoid the fight altogether? Just do the best you can. Tell yourself that YOU are worth staying on track and that you'll feel worse after things settle down and you're not in the "mood" anymore. Go to the gym and punch a punching bag??

Falon: WTG on getting at least a mile in! It's better than nothing!! Keep up the great work and hope the cramps go away soon!

Well, half the water is in. We have bowling on Friday and I'm trying to figure out what to drink while I'm there. Usually I have diet Coke. It's cheaper than other soda they have there. I guess a couple cans just 1 day won't hurt. Just get back to being no-soda the next day. That sounds like a plan :) I'm SOOO hungry for nuts! You know, those peanuts in the shell? They sound SO good right now. I had a handful at my moms house on Saturday and ate the shell and all. She thought I was nuts but YUMMY!!!

shell and all? ewww. Well I guess you got some fiber anyway!

Well the scale for me was back down to 246 today. I had to practically starve yesterday for this loss, so I'm not particularly happy with it. Why? Because I know when I do that it will backfire on me. I'll probably gain like crazy today and be back up to 250 or something tomorrow in a rebound effect.

I wasn't intentionally "starving" myself, but I was trying to stay on plan and there just wasn't much food in the house. Not a lot that is approved Atkins anyway.

So today I must go grocery shopping. I hate doing that when I'm hungry and I am hungry today. But it can't be helped.

Robin: awww, I'm just bloaty and whiney so I thought it'd be more enjoyable to read today then complain to everyone :D

I think the talk with the new Big boss went well. We actually had a conversatin after work today and well I do see another side of the woman. I hope it stays. I found out that my boss is going to be out for a few months. and she is just sick about it. she was crying at work today (came it to see us all) and well that is not good. she will have surgery in about 10 days.

the scale did move and down further than yesterday so I will post my weight in my ticker. down 6 lbs from 235 to 229.

Woo hoo Sue!!! :carrot: :carrot: Congrats!

Off to bed early. I'm wooped.. it was a long day. I did my 3.5 miles on the track, and then had to walk about another mile in 4 different department store looking for a red skirt! *sigh* No luck. My daughter is an Irish step-dancer, and it's a performance skirt. If I don't find it by Saturday, she doesn't perform.

So I want to get up in the morning, and get to the gym for a repeat. Then I have to hunt this darn skirt.. Thrift stores weren't fruitful either!

Ok, off my b*tch box!

Good night ladies.. I hope you all have a wonderful nites sleep. See you in the morning.

shell and all? ewww. Well I guess you got some fiber anyway!

Well the scale for me was back down to 246 today. I had to practically starve yesterday for this loss, so I'm not particularly happy with it.

Sherry :hug: I bet it stays down so long as you stay on track the next few days. Increase your food for sure, so you definately don't end up in starvation mode. You are starting to kick butt!! Keep it up - you can beat this blue episode you're having. *winks*;)

I have been having a little 8oz bottle of that Coke Zero every few days, and I haven't seen any side effects as far as loss. If I do, i'll cut it out for sure. I don't see why you should beat yourself up at the bowling alley. However, if you think it might affect you, stop at the corner store and get a big bottle of water to take in! :)

Enjoy yourself either way, and congrats on the scale move!!! :D

Falon goo dluck with the skirt. that is really hard doing the step dancing wow I am impressed. My son is learning the bag pipes. The funny thing is I am Italian and DH is a mutt/ so where he finds his desire for the bag I do not know but I am not complaining. (except when he gets his bags then I am sure I will!!!)

Congrats Sue!! Keep up the good work.:D :D :D

Sherry hang in there. I know that you can do it.

Falon good luck with that skirt and great job on going to the gym.

Ok well as for me, I have been walking with my friend after work cause I am too tired to hit the gym in the mornings and it feels great. We walk 4.5 miles and I figure that is better than nothing. I havent weighed myself like I promised I wouldnt and I will wait until Sunday to do so to see what I have lost. I got a 2nd interview at a job that would just make my life so much easier so you ladies keep your fingers crossed that I get it. The hours will also help me to be able to hit the gym in the mornings again :carrot: cause I sure do miss it. Well I am off to another interesting day at work.

Sherry: Good luck w/the grocery shopping. I HATE shopping lately as it's always SO expensive now. Guess I best get used to it because it's not going to get cheaper. Let us know about the scale!!

Lacey: Complain away. We all do it at one time or another and it's another way we can support you :hug:

Sue: Sounds like a stressful situation for your boss. Glad you had that talk as it'll help her be less stressed (hopefully). WTG on the weight loss...and I LOVE listening to bagpipe music!! You're lucky! My daughter wants to play the DRUMS!!

Falon: Good luck on the skirt. Any way to sew one together quick? WTG on the exercise!!

Iluvmike: WTG on the exercise!! 4.5 miles is AWESOME!!!!


Got my water in yesterday...but "slipped" a bit off program with "tasting" food. Had a few bites of chicken tikka marsala to see what it tasted like...and had a chicken eggroll....and some taco meat w/cheese on it. Got home and thought WHAT DID I JUST DO!?!?! ARGH! Then thought..ok. No sweat. Back to it tomorrow :)

Mornin Ladies!

Lacey - for crying out loud, what is this place for if we can't complain? Let it out woman! It's hazardous for your health to keep it in! ;)

Sherry - I read the thread about bleeding, but wanted to say, if it happens again, please take it seriously enough to call the doc. There doesn't seem to be any logical reason for it, and I can't say I have ever come across anything nutrition-wise that would cause it. *shrugs*

4.5 miles? Wow! Congrats! I'm 4'11 so walking the 3.5 is like 5 to my wee little legs. I don't think I could do more than that! LOL

Brenda - like you said - NO SWEAT! It doesn't sound like you gorged on the stuff you can't have. You'll get back on track! :)

Sue - Your son sounds like my kinda kid. I am Scotch-Irish, and the sound of those bagpipes are in my blood. When I hear them I melt. Also, I have the major hots for a guy in a kilt! Know what they wear under them?? Absoultely nothing!! I don't know if you believe in past lives, but it could be something that he experienced in another time, that has drawn him to the pipes. :)

As for the skirt, I wish I would have known I wasn't going to find one or I would have sewn one up. I don't think I can get one done by Saturday. I'm not that good. So that is my quest today. I am going to the gym again this morning, and then look again. My last and finaly hope is the mall which I hate to go walk into, but oh well...*sigh*

Have a good one ladies, and remember today is a new day! :D

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Morning ladies!

Robin, next time do what Brenda said but when you go to the gym to use the punching bag, print off a picture of his face and tape it to the bag. I used to do that with my ex-MIL. Or you could just have a pillow fight between the two of you -- bet it kills the argument really quick and leads to using the pillows for better exercise.

Falon - can you find a white skirt and dye it red??

My DH was let go from his job yesterday. We've decided to try letting him be a house husband for a few months and then he may just go back to work part time and take care of the house the other part. I like it when he does that. All I have to do then is go to work and take care of me. I left him a huge to-do list -- if I write it down, he'll do it.

Brenda, me too. I hate grocery shopping. Especially when even the cheapy places can wind up costing you a LOT of money. Meats have all gone up so much and milk. In our area you can buy 2 gallons of milk for just under 5 dollars (at some stores) but if you buy one gallon alone it is over 3 dollars.

I went to one store the other day that I've always gotten that deal at, and the store is closing, can't stay in business. They had all these signs around the store for how everything was 10 or 20 or 30 percent off. The milk was supposed to be 10 percent off, but when I went to buy my two gallons like I usually do, they were going to charge me over 7 dollars! (this with a "10% discount")

I told them no way am I paying that and to take them back off the list of things I was buying.

Then last night at the grocery store my son decided he wanted a 5 subject spiral bound tablet of paper. They rang it up at 7 dollars or more! I was appalled! Told them to put it back, I didn't want it at that price.

You really have to watch things. It is amazing to me how much some things can vary in cost from one store to another.

Anyway My scale gave me briefly this morning a glimpse at 245.5 So I'm taking it! It's MINE. Now that I have it set right it is measuring a fat percentage of 49%. I don't like that, but it is better than 64 or higher that it was telling me back when it thought I was 5'2"....

I noticed this morning that my face is getting that look I didn't want. The one I saw on my sister not too long ago after she lost so much weight. I've lost my double chin. My skin indents under my chin and my neck is starting to look "old". Thinner, but funny and crepey.

Anyway I bought some cocoa butter yesterday. I remember when I was pregnant with my first child my mother told me to rub it on my stomach as it grew that it would make the skin more elastic and I wouldn't get stretch marks. I didn't. I did get them with my next two because I forgot about that good advice.

So I am going to be rubbing my skin with this and see if I can keep it elastic enough that it will shrink back as I lose the weight and not become baggy. My neck looked better this morning after I rubbed some there, and I don't think it was just my imagination....

Afternoon

Susan~ you're ex mil :lol: thats too funny!! I had decided that it wasnt for me to (this time) to insist on talking thru it. Simply because it wasnt my fault, and if he wanted to work it out....he'd come to me. So, he lasted about 48 hrs of my not speaking to him. Im not a fighter, which he finds very hard to deal with sometimes. He'd rather I ranted and raved and got it out in the open. Well, if I let that loose, we would have alot of broken windows....thats where I tend to throw things. So I tend to internalize....think the worst and hope for the best. Anyway, he addressed it, and things are on their way back to being good again.

Eating hasnt been good, actually not at all :( I havent been to the gym, simply because I didnt think I could keep my **** together long enough while I was there. So...its a bit better this afternoon. We finally got some grocery shopping done, and I found a new butcher, with some awesome prices...boneless skinless haddock for 3.69 a lb!!! Plus lamb loins for$5.99 a lb!! So, Im going to go back after I have tested what Ive bought, and if its good, I'll stock up.

I havent had a chance to catch up on personals, I'll do that tomorrow. Its still been fairly busy around here. If the weather holds, my mom will be coming for visit for the weekend. :)

Have a great evening ladies
Robin

I found a damn red skirt! *doing happy dance*
I went to our Super Walmart and they had a section with several of different colors, including red! They are sort of cheer leader style (which is what they wanted) and have shorts built in under for when she does her high kicks.

Just thrilled as heck. Susan, I wanted to find a white one and dye it but couldn't even find one of those.

Ok, got the gym in today. Did 2 miles on the track, and did a little more that 1.5 on the treadmill at an incline. Water could have been better, but hey...:woops:

Robin- So going to the gym and taking your anger out there isn'nt an option? I could just see myself doing that, but my husband and I never fight (yeah, I know we're freaks) but, if we ever did, I might go there before physically hurting him. LOL

Susan - sorry about your DH's job loss. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Having a husband at home doesn't sound so bad. I think mine would stink at the it, but I don't know since i've never had him do my job. LOL

Sherry - Milk is right under $5 here in Colorado also. It absolutely sucks the way the prices are going. My husband is a truck driver, and as long as the gas prices keep rising, so will food and other amenities. Everything pretty much moves by trucks in this country and diesel is still higher that regular. That's how they keep sticking to to us. Well.. one of the ways at least. :mad:

Hey Falon I feel sorry for your little treadmill guy. It must be hard running so hard with no legs!

If I dont let this all out I am going to go insane. Ok so things are not so hot at work, they shut down my department and put us in training for another one. The trainer sucks and I am not learning anything and I am very confused. So yesterday I was approached by our site manager and he is moving me to a different department cause I am "having trouble" understanding the material, which is complete BS. I understand what I am doing, the trainer just sucks. So I said fine and agreed to it cause i dont think I can take one more day with that trainer and his stupidity without choking him out. Well then after agreeing to the fact, I find out that the position pays 1.00 less, not a big deal to some, but I am living paycheck to paycheck so it is gonna crash me huge! BUT, I have a second interview today with a awesome company called USAA that pays at minimum 12.00/hour, so keep your fingers crossed for me please. It would help me out so much. And with all that happened yesterday, and I know that this is no excuse....I cheated. i ate bread and pudding and a rice crispy treat. We were at a buffet restaurant and I just went nuts. I am kicking myself now because I know that I have just wasted every bit of good that I have done. But I am getting back on track and it all actually made me pretty sick, even though i only ate a little bit of each. So I dont think I will do that again and dreading getting back to ketosis, but I know I will do it. I am getting away this weekend from everything and going to stay at my moms and I am dragging my friend Lacy and my brother with me and we are hitting the beach:carrot: I dont care if I am fat, I am going to enjoy life right along with everyone else and I am going to get a tan. HA HA. I am going to the gym this morning and I am going to work my @$$ off. The good thing about the new job is that if I get it, I will be able to go back to the gym in the mornings again and I am so damn thrilled about it. Sorry about the language if I offended anyone and thank you all for listening. -Sandra

I've gained 7 pounds in the last FOUR days. My food choices haven't been the best, but it's been a thing of low carb yogurt, or a celery stick with low carb peanut butter, nothing awful!!! I'm just sick about it. I've worked so darn hard to get where I was (177) and then I start eating just a LITTLE more than eggs and meat and I balloon up again!!! I keep reading in fitness and muscle magazine about the success rate of Atkins and it scares the crap out of me. I think I will go hang around the long timers who have lost weight on atkins and see how they do it. I want to lose this weight more than anything but does keeping it off mean that I have to only eat eggs and meat with no fruit or nutritional food for the rest of my life??? Hindsight is 20/20 I suppose and I should have thought of this before starting. I honestly thought that I could go into OWL and then maintain by eating an apple a day, veggies daily, but it just isn't looking like that. Ok, sorry for the rant but I'm really feeling so weird right now.

Sandra - hope you find a better job, I can't imagine how discouraging that would be!! :hug:

Falon: good job on the exercise!!

Robin: been thinkin' about ya! :hug:

Lacey

Good Morning :sunny:

Its a pretty day here today...everything is covered in a soft blanket of snow, and the sun it shining quite bright. Buts its still cold, so nothing is melting yet. Nice for a change.

Sandra~ :crossed: for you and the new job.

Lacey~ 7lbs in 4 days....you know thats just water right?? I find when I start adding carbs, I wont get on the scale for a while. Its almost as if your body needs to learn how to burn the carbs again. Almost always I eat my carbs in the morning....that gives my body the day to burn it. Give it a chance :hug: Keep up your water intake, and your exercise, and things should switch over for you just fine.

Things are looking up around here. Dh and I dont fight often, I think this is the 3rd in 5 yrs. But it was enough to scare us both pretty good. Im not sure what we are up to today, dh has to fix the pellet stove. It hasnt been lighting so that needs to be fixed pronto! Ive been thinking about getting my hair cut....maybe....and maybe some lighter highlights where the grey is. :dunno: Im still deciding.

Ive been out (when Im down I shop) :lol: shopping, and there are some awesome sales out there right now. Kmart has some really nice t-shirts for $5 !! Then I found some real pretty fleece 1/4 zip tops there, and out at gander mnt, I found more fleece at 50% offf!! I wear alot of fleece in the winter!

Our neighbour made it out of her open heart surgery fine, she should be coming home by tues, or wednesday if everything stays the course.

Eating still isnt op, but I'll get back there. A couple more days.

Have a good one

I've got to do a drive by today. Just wanted to let you all know that I made it OP and even though I didn't get the water in I did drink green tea (Lipton Diet Green Tea). I know..substitute the water bottle for the tea. I'm going to include pictures of my tattoo. I'll add pictures of DH's as well. His has the girls names in a design around his bicep. It looks SO cool (but I bet is still smarting him!!)!! The bruised look is only because of leftover ink that didn't get wiped off.

Ok thank you guys for listening to my vent this morning. I went to the gym and I am down 3lbs. so that lifted my spirits. Now if I could just get through this interview I will be fine.

Wow I'm SO excited! I haven't had this big of a WHOOSH since I started this.

A couple of days ago I was looking at 248 or so. Yesterday the scale went to 245.5, but this morning I got up and it was at 242.5!!!! First thing! No jumping on the scale again and again a few hours later to see if it would go lower.

Persistance DOES pay off. I feel like dancing!:carrot: :dance: :balloons: :cheer: :belly:

That's like my first goal met, and my second goal within 1/2 pound of being met all in only 1 day!

Of course the simple answer for this is that it didn't happen in only one day, but has been happening all along, but the scale wouldn't show it because of retained water or something, but Gee this is NEAT! I'm so happy I could cry!

I guess it says something to me that I really needed to know. For a long time when I was doing this before, when I got to my lowest weight and could never get below it, I would go through long stretches of no loss and I would get discouraged and give up and cheat, assuming that my body had just reached a stage where it wasn't going to lose any more. Now I'm finding that maybe it would have if I had just kept on keeping on and trusting in the process! What a good thing to know!

Hey Falon I feel sorry for your little treadmill guy. It must be hard running so hard with no legs!

Ya like that? LMAO! Yup, that's about what I look like on a treadmill. I couldn't resist. :D

Wow I'm SO excited! I haven't had this big of a WHOOSH since I started this.



WOO HOO! Now there's your motivation! It was just a matter of time. Good for you hon.. I'm doing a happy dance in the chair for ya! :D :carrot: I want a woosh like that too.

Speaking of scales: What do you find better, regular joe kind, or digital.
I have a Taylor Professional regular kind, and the weird thing is.. I can actually move it around the bathroom and get different readings. Of course, my heart wants to take the lowest of them, but i'd also rather be acurate.

Any thoughts?:dizzy:

The scale is use is digital. It is a Tanita with the body fat readings. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but it usually gives me a pretty consistant reading sometimes up or down by a half pound or so depending on how I stand on it. I always take the lowest reading it gives me, but that way I'm at least being consistent. What really matters is the loss, not the number. I mean you could always take the highest reading and use that, but if you constantly used the highest number then the loss would be the same. Either way it is the same and the lower numbers make you feel more encouraged so as long as you are consistent it really doesn't matter that much. I don't move it around though I leave it in pretty much the same spot on the floor.

Sherry - that's great - congratulations on the scale keeping moving downward!

Falon - I've always been the primary breadwinner - my DH usually has jobs that pay between $10 and $12 an hour so it doesn't hurt our income too badly. He needs to make enough money to cover his car payment and he only has 5 of them left. The paycheck he got yesterday will cover the next 3 since it was for 3 weeks plus OT plus they gave him back his benefits. I'd rather he works part time and takes care of the house.

Sandra - hang in there girl. Hope the new job works out. I have USAA insurance and I love it. My DH was in the military for 14 years. It's very cheap compared to others. And they don't hold all my DH's tickets against him.

Lacey -- I was having real problems without the fruit and nutrition too. I switched to a different low carb program - I got Prevention Magazine's Lose Weight the Smart Low-Carb Way and after 3 days, I love it so far. I know a couple of other people here were doing a different low-carb program as well - I bought the Protein Power book and am still reading it too.

I got the Sonoma diet book and have been reading it. It isn't low carb, but some of what it has to say is pretty good about "power foods" one of which is wine (or grapes). Grapes have a lot of sugar, and I don't want to stop Atkins yet, but I thought I would incorporate some of her power foods into the program I'm doing. I did have a glass of wine last night and the night before. Wondering if that helped with the whoosh?

awesome tattoo pics, I LOVE the cross and vines, just beautiful!!

Robin: THREE TIMES!!! Wow, I can't wait to tell my husband this, we fight about three times a day. I hate fighting but the making up can be pretty fun ;)


Falon: I have digital scales and I keep them in the same exact place by my refrigerator. My house is so old that I can move them around and get different readings so I just get on, weigh once and stick to that reading for the day :)

Thanks for the support girls, if I don't come in here on a daily basis I can REALLY feel myself sliding downhill. I've lost my Atkins book and I think I need to re-read it because I KNOW there are people out there who have been on maintenance for years doing atkins. I refuse to give up!!!

Lacey

I went shopping today. Bought some cute clothes. I love shopping for my daughter. She has this cute little tiny figure. I don't enjoy shopping for myself near as much although I did when I looked more like her.

I bought her a cute little pink and white skirt with a lime green top and a little brown jacket to go over it The fabric for the skirt and top is that crinkly imported type fabric and they look cute together. I bought her a pink blouse to wear with the skirt alternatively. But the thing she and I both really loved was a white dress that is really a bit too old for her. It is like a party dress that is strapless. It hugged her cute little body just perfect though. Has a cloth rose pinned over one hip, flared little skirt and stretchy material that hugs her body really nicely. She's going to need a strapless bra now though. She's only 14 and doesn't have much bust to speak of, and could go braless if you couldn't see too much through the fabric!

She loved it! I need to get her a little satiny jacket to wear over it though. I don't want her looking too sexy at her age.

For my son I bought an orange dress shirt and a black tie. I knew he would love it. (He's a San Francisco Giant's fan and those are their colors). I also bought him a dark blue dress shirt and a light blue tie. My husband was envious of my son's orange and black! I told him I would have got the same for him, but he never goes anywhere dressed up enough to wear a shirt and tie. (The kids and I go to religious meetings). He didn't care, he still liked the colors.

Good morning ladies -

*sigh* I can't get my husband to the gym to save my life. I have been trying everything. He told me to get the rec center family pass, so I did, but he hasn't been once. I have even offered to get up with him at 4 and go from 5 -6am before he needs to leave. 4 is his usual time to get up, but se sits on the computer until it's time to leave. Anyhow, he just asked me what my plans are for the day, and I said I was going to the gym this morning, then to get groceries. I asked him the same, and he said he was going to go down to the gun show in Denver. I guess my point is, I give up. He is still losing weight, and is down 20 pounds, so no complaints in that department. I just can't motivate him to go and I figure it's time to stop trying. I just need to let him begin when he does.

Ok, vent over.

Sandra - shame you're having to deal with petty crap at work. It's not fair. It's not fair, but i'm a firm believer that things work out the way they are intendend to. Good luck!

Thanks for the scale tips. I happened to figure out the different readings bit because my husbvand would pull it out from it's usual place since he's a big guy and needed more room. I think i'll have to get one.

Susan- My husband would love nothing more than to be a house husband. I just really think he'd suck at the job. Sounds like it works well for you guys.

Lacey - Your loss so far, is very inspiring. I hope you don't quit! YOu have come so far, and I am in awe.

Sherry - Sounds like you had a great time shopping! I'm not a shopper, but my daughter is.. LOL She's turning 13 this year, and her desire is to be a mall rat. I won't let that happen, but that's what she'd love most! :D

Ok, so i'm gonna head off to the gym, and see if Andy follows my lead. I'm not hopeful, but you never know. Hope you all have a lovely Saturday.

My daughter has her show tonight at an Irish Pub (of course :smug: ) and so I hope to get a bite to eat for dinner there that is acceptable. I am also going to splurge and have a rum and diet coke!

:hug: all around!

wouldn't it be so neat if we could do a scan of our bodies like we do our computers so we would know what's going on? Like "You are retaining water today" or "You've eaten too much splenda" LOL

Gonna clean house today, fun fun!! Hope y'all have a great weekend!

Lacey

GOOD MORNING! :coffee:

We had a grand ol' time last night with some amazing Irish music and dancing. My daughter got to dance 2 solos and was tickled pink! The sweetest part is, even though my husband tells the kids all the time that he's proud of them, he said it again last night when she got off stage, and I thought she was going to cry. :^: Something about hearing those things come out of dad's means more. *big grin*

We had an awesome tenderloins salad with a balsamic vinigrette. I dipped my fork into the dressing and then picked up the food, so I wouldn't get to much. It really hit the spot. Then I had my rum and coke, and Andy had a yummy Irish coffee w/o the whipped cream. It was so much fun, and the energy was incredible. When the hard shoe dancers get going, they are pounding their feet so hard, the place vibrates! We get to do it all over again on the 25th. LOL

Today is grocery shopping. I'll get my excersise there.. and hit the gym all over again in the morning. My goal is to get my walking in every day next week. At least M-F. The weekends tend to get busier with DH home.

I still have yet to get him motivated to go to the gym, so maybe this week will be different. He's down 20 pounds, but I want to see him excersising as well. Oh, well.. guess I can't get everything I want. :)

Hope everyone had a beautiful Sunday.

Falon that sounded like a wonderful time. Wow. And the meal sounds like it was great.

I on the ohter hand had a horrible weekend. first it started out having to do some catch up work at home , then gong in to work for a few hours. then bearly getting to bed and then being called out to go and cover the floor as an aide. I am the nurse manager. That was not fun considering I was the only aide there. I did get some help with bed check but still it was a bad night. I got home fell asleep on the couch and had only a few hours sleep. so since saturday at 4:30 am I have slept only 3 hours. and will not see the bed until tonight when I crash.

Interesting news. I am still seeing movement on the scale too much right now but maybe this is the whoosh I was expecting in jan that never came. I will not publish it until I see it several times.

Awe Sue. Doesn't sound like a great weekend for sure. :( I hope you catch up on your sleep soon. You'll be sleeping like they do in those funny NiQuill commercials.. rose petals, the whole works! LOL :hug: :hug:

SUPER CONGRATS ON THE WHOOSH!!! :carrot:
That's excellent! I can't wait to see you post it. I hope that's good inspiration for you to carry on... :D

I just got back from getting groceries, and picked up a digital scale. I was a bit disturbed by the major difference of the digital and the non that I currently use. I got on the non to see what it would say (though I don't take any stock in weight number in the afternoon, I only weigh in the morning) and got on the digital and there was a 2.5 pound difference. So, i'm not certain what to make of that. Was the non-digital lying to me all along and I actually weighed 203 when I started, or is the digital the liar. LOL Oh, who knows. We'll see what it says in the morning.

I wonder how everyone else is doing today.. :)

Ok well I had a great time at my moms and at the beach, but as soon as I got home, the drama hit. Geez, cant I get a break, oh well. It seems like my husband will never be home. 18 more months of this seperation and we will be back together for good. Well I have started packing getting ready to move into my new apartment. I am excited and I cant wait. I will be away from my evil neighbor lady. YAY! I hope that everyone had a good weekend and I will catch up with you guys later. -Sandra

I'm so shallow.

We took communion at church and I was FREAKING out inside because I'd be drinking juice and eating a cracker smaller than the size of a dime. (For the first time in EIGHT MONTHS) I'm seriously sitting there praying inside that God take the carbs out of what I'm getting ready to consume.

I need a shirt 'ATKINS DORK'

Work almost got better this AM i was again called out but for a incident and got home about 4 am fell asleep at the table and the computer. I need coffee and a good swift kick in the but to make it though the day. wish me luck.

Ok I am setting new goals for this week since I have to start over. I am going to make smaller meals cause I so know i was over eating and I am going to some sort of exercise everyday. SO wish me luck and I am not going to weigh myself for the whole 2 weeks of Induction.

Lacey, I have to admit I do the same thing -- I'm actually allergic to the communion wafer, but I take it anyway. I figure I'm protected. So maybe the carbs are gone too.