Carb Counters - Weekly Chat......March 20-26

Well, I've gained back 1 of the 3 pounds I've lost. That's ok. It was an overnight thing and I didn't think it'd stay off to begin with. Going to wait until the next WI to see if I truly have to adjust the ticker or if I can actually claim it as gone :) Otherwise, I did good---if you don't count the cookie bar I ate yesterday. Ugh. I was SOO hungry and hadn't planned on being gone from home so long. Went to a benefit dance and they had NOTHING but junk (of course, you had to buy the stuff to raise more money.). Well, it went for a good cause and I was proud that of the stuff I bought for the girls (pecan/cinnamon rolls, chocolate chip cookie bars & a brownie) that I only ate the ONE CC cookie bar!! So I call it a success :) Didn't get my water in yesterday so my lips are all dry and icky feeling. Gotta do better today :)

Good Morning :coffee:

Good going Brenda on just the one cookie bar.......Ive been dodging the girl guide cookie tables that are set up all over the place.

Falon~ if you have a little bit bigger wine glass, a bottle is only about 2 glasses of wine!! :lol: I have nice big wine glasses :D

Im ready for 100% induction! :cb: I did some cooking yesterday, and I'll do a bit more today. I hate starting this and not having what I need at my fingertips. So Im good to go :)

Exercise is planned for this afternoon......I was going to go this morning, but I wasnt quite awake yet :lol:

Have a great day ladies.

Brenda - at least it was just one cookie bar. Better than 3 or 4.

Robin - I hate not being prepared too. Yesterday I cooked up a bunch of stuff so I can stay on plan and avoid temptation. Its the only that works for me. :goodluck: with your strict induction.

Not much new here. Worked last night and am heading to bed. They are predicting snow for us tonight. YUK...I'm ready for Spring!!!!!!!!!

:wave: to you all!

Good morning ladies - I'm having a depressing day. I've stayed on plan, but today is TOM and I'm up three pounds. I know it's temporary, but Monday is my official weigh-in day at the Y and I hate gaining on a Monday. I'm so tempted to just go buy poptarts and ho-ho's and all the things I've denied myself for so long. I'm definitely in comfort food mode. :(

Don't do it Morgaine...then your gain might not be temporary!!!!! Drink water or eat some protein or both!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, Jackie - had an Atkins shake for breakfast and I'm drinking a bottle of water right now. Trying to stay strong. Good point - it won't be a temporary gain if I give in.....

Hello - Hope you don't mind my joining you here. I lost about 30 lbs on atkins a few years ago. I went back to some carbs and gained about 10 back. I just went to Florida and realized I want to be able to wear my CUTE summer clothes when the weather gets warm. So, as of yesterday I am on induction. I did not do so hot yesterday, I had 2 eggs, 2 sausage, 2 string cheese, some steak and about 30 ounces of diet soda. I had NO VEGGIES and only ONE GLASS OF WATER.

So, the plan for today - get in all veggies and water. only 10 oz of diet soda. Ample protein.

Two questions if anyone knows:

1. Ketostix - It has been at least a year since I opened mine. I know you should toss them after 6 months, but I thought if they were old they wouldn't change colors. Yesterday morning, I used one and it stayed tan. From the afternoon on, however, they were purple all the way. Think this is a misfunction, or do you think I am already there?

2. Diet Soda - anyone have success without giving it up?

Thanks for being such an inspriration - it really helps.

Morgaine - Jackie is right! You can do it. Don't give in to that temptation. It is so hard, but it will be so worth it in the long run.

Robin: did you get to the gym?

Jackie: I'm ready for Spring as well. It's 34 degrees here but the sun is shining to so I'll take it. Next weeks forecast here is in the 40's and 50's. HEAT WAVE :lol:

Morgraine: Ok. Tempted to eat ho-ho's and poptarts. Time to make up some SF jello and top it with whipped cream. Or make some heavy cream, whip it and add a pinch of SF chocolate pudding (flavor). Get some LC crunchy/munchy stuff. STAY AWAY FROM THE HO-HO's!! Yup. Only a temporary thing and if you eat it you'll kick yourself! You can do this!!

Bailey: I've never used the ketostix so I can't answer that question. As for the soda. My mom drinks it and loses weight. Whereas I find if I drink soda I don't drink my quantity of water I should. Definitely get those veggies and water in :) But otherwise sounds like you've got things handled.

Doing ok so far. I've got to chugged the water down. Lips aren't as icky feeling as they were this morning, but a long way from feeling healthy. Some turmoil going on (again) around here. Giving it a few days and the "problem" with this person should be calmed down (as in...I won't speak with her and things should be ok). Well, off to get more of the LR cleaned. got a small start and then had to run errands. Dang, wish I could get exercise "points" for that seeing how I always seem to be doing those :lol:

Afternoon ladies:

Welcome Bailey - good to have ya. :)

Morgaine: I so identify, but after TOM starts, and the first 2 days pass (for me at least) those major craving subside. My favorite sweet treat that I developed is (for one serving) 1/2 C of heavy cream; 1 T cocoa powder (or less depending on how chocolatey you want it), 1 packet of splenda, and beat together until real thick. If you let it sit for a few hours to fully develope flavors, I swear it's just almost like pudding!

I am fully out of ketosis now, so I figure after tomorrow I am back on full induction. I have not had any baked good or deserts. The only baked is a few sliced of sandwich bread. The only other is rice, and this morning I had some fresh honeydew. I know this may not sound like the right thing to do, to get out of this stall, but I really think it's worth a shot. For me at least. So Wednesday, i'll begin again.. and try like Sherry was saying - do it as it is layed out.

We didn't get the Blizzard of 2006 like they predicted. I swear they even looked embarrassed on the news this morning. As they should! I cancelled going to a celebration because of it. *sigh* I only got 3 inches out at my place. A friend of mine said that weather people are the highest paid fortune tellers in the world. I am beginning to agree..

Hope everyone else has a great day. :hug:

Afternoon Everyone!

Bailey, I didn't give up diet soda, but I went from drinking 8-10 a day to drinking one and sometimes two. I won't give it up completely. I like it and sometimes it keeps me from having something else I shouldn't. Also, I have to confess that when I lost my first 100 lbs, there were MANY days where I only ate protein and fat and no veggies -- not good, but I did it too.

Falon, the only right weatherpersons are the ones in Phoenix, AZ. They can be guaranteed to be right at least 98% of the time -- they just predict hot and sunny. We didn't get much on the ground down here, but I-25 was not clear this morning and the stuff is blowing around.

Morgaine, one thing that I found that helped me was buying filet mignon instead of carbs. It was a very expensive steak and I grilled it and had garlic butter on it and made it yummy.

DH is having hernia surgery on Thursday. I'm thinking I may have to duct tape him to the sofa to keep him from ignoring doctors orders. I did tell him that the Oreck sweeper and the broom would be light enough for him to lift while he's on his two week restriction :D

Hi guys. I'm feeling frustrated with myself. I can't seem to recommit and get back on plan in a lasting perfectionist type way. I'm like half way there. Eating "mostly low carb". Deviations don't work with this kind of diet and I'm having trouble bringing my mind back where it needs to be for this diet to work for me.

I'm starting to wonder if I should pick a different plan for awhile. Maybe the Sonoma diet for awhile? Problem with that is that I think the foods I really want aren't allowed on that plan either.

I'm wondering what it would be like if I did low carb AND low cal? That way maybe any day that I wasn't strictly low carb, I could still count on being low calorie for the day? What do you think?

I guess the problem with that is that I've never really intentionally done low calorie and I'm not sure what would be considered low calorie for me. I'm thinking maybe 1700 calories a day might be low cal, but I'm not sure. And I'm not sure I normally go that high on a regular day anyway. I guess I need to start crunching some numbers and find out.

Hi all :wave:

I am fighting to not cheat. I think I am doing good. staying OP and holding those carb monsters at bay. But it sure is a struggle. I wonder what I am eating that should trigger that?? It may be those shakes I drink every morning for breakfast, but I am starving in the evening (even after eationg good for lunch.)

Bailey i have done one diet soda daily with no problem but the key is to drink drink drink and that is water!! welcome aboard!!! Listen to your body with the ketosticks i never used them so I do not know.

Falon ... Garlic butter MMMMMMM sounds just yummy!!!

Ok so I am still doing good and I made it to the gym today after work. I think I drank too much water today, cause I have such a headache. Ever happen to anyone else? I am so sleepy too. I am probably going to crash out early, but not before I have me some J-E-L-L-O. Oh yeah and I made my own whipped cream and it is oh so yummy and oh so carb freeeeeee. I am loving it. Nothing really new around here to report. Good night ladies. Talk to you in the morning. -Sandra

Sherry, lowcarb and low calorie works. For example when I did ww, I made low carb choices, and I was successful with it. For me tho, eating some of the "legal" choices trigged my sugar cravings, and sent me out of control.

What are the things you are wanting that you cant have?

I don't know. I just keep "tasting" things. Not a lot of anything, but little deviations. Like a few segments of orange today. Or a spoonful of normal ice cream. Or a glass of wine, or a Black Russian, or a bit of chocolate. Just little nibbles here and there, nothing major. But enough to ruin ketosis, or prevent it from coming.

You know what Sherry, now that I think about it, I went through that right before starting atkins this time. Like I had to get it all out of my system and now it doesnt really phase me anymore. So maybe that is what is going on with you.

Good Morning everyone!

Thank you so much to everyone who talked me down from my ho ho suicide yesterday. I didn't give in. I did buy a box of the Slim Fast Low Carb breakfast bars (chocolate chip) and had one of those. 4 net carbs with 12 grams of sugar alcohols - but a whole lot better than a ho ho or a pop tart. I still stayed on plan for carbs and calories for the day - so all is well that ends well.

I think maybe I should just plan for TOM from now on. I always get cranky - I always gain a few pounds in water weight and it always depresses me. So maybe once a month I should throw a low carb treat in the grocery basket in anticipation for the mood I know will be coming my way.

Yesterday's mood was the worst by far though. I've had three TOM's since I started low carbing. It took me by surprise that I got so depressed. Oh well - over with now....

Welcome Bailey - I can't help you on the diet soda thing. Lucky for me I was never a soda person. I did just recently disover the fruit flavored Aquafina water, which is kind of like pop to me. I love the citrus blend and the raspberry.

Sherry A - I've tried combining low carb/low cal with some success, but I"ve never alternated programs. Low cal for me is in the 1000-1200 range. My metabolism is so slow that I don't lose weight until I'm under 1300 calories a day.

Everyone have a nice day!

Hey Morgaine you should try the Atkins chocolate chip granola bars. They are so yummy and they only have 2net carbs.

OK, I will try those next time. The grocery store I was at dropped all its Atkins products and the only low carb stuff was the Slim Fast bars and the Advantage-Edge shakes. Thanks!

Falon: That's why they call it "predicting" the weather because they can't know for certain what it's going to do. Hope your plan goes well and you pop out of the stall :)

Susan: Hope the surgery goes well. My DH had that when the girls were younger and yup, hard to keep a good man down :) Good luck!

Sherry: Hope you find something that works for you. I considered doing something else. Then realized that for me it's not an option. Any allowance for carbs makes me binge. So this is the only way for me (even if I screw up). I'm good 95% of the time and so I'm working off that. Stick around though no matter what you're plan is :)

Sue: I've never had cravings while drinking the shakes. But then again, I don't drink them daily so maybe that's the difference? If it is, let me know!!

Sandra: I've never drank too MUCH water so I don't know about it giving headaches. Hope you got plenty of sleep :)

Morgaine: Congratulations on dodging the ho-ho bullet! WTG on staying strong! I don't always get the cravings every month so it's hard for me to tell when to be prepared. I used to eat TONS of chocolate (a piece every day) to ward off bad moods though. Didn't always work :lol: Keep up the great work!!

Well, I lost count of the water yesterday but I had to have come dang close....then had a run-in with some peanuts. ARGH!! I've got to quit eating those. Mainly because my belly and other parts don't agree with them. But dang they taste good!! Decided I needed to be strict about what I eat again. Any time I start to let up I eat stuff I know I shouldn't (peanuts). So until the weight starts to drop off (a pound every other week would satisfy me even!!) then I've got to watch things closely. Maybe even do the dreaded "E" word. Just have to figure out how to get it into my schedule of running errands!!

Morning Girls:

This is my last day off program, but I am debating going back on today. I don't know.. I have this fear that if I don't stick out 3 days, i'll go back into induction and not have carbed up enough to loose again. *sigh* I know it's all in my head. Eating the rice and sandwich bread just makes me feel yucky, and I am ready to stop it, but i'm doing this for a reason -- not enjoyment. Thoughts?

Sherry: You have come so far.. I admire your signature ticker everyday! How are these foods that you are "tasting" becoming available to you? Are they in your house, your office, or friends bringing them over?

Brenda: Them damn peanuts! You are the only one I know who can be seduced by peanuts! LOL

Morgaine: Congrats! I bet making it over that hurdle felt great.. Planning is good. Make sure when you know it's close to time, you have something at your finger tips. :)

Sue: Maybe switch and have the shake as your evening snack? I have the habit now of eating the whipped heavy cream with cocoa and spenda. It tastes yummy, and it's giving me the illusion of something sweet and forbidden.

Sandra: You really are on a roll! Stay there... ;)

Susan: I want to see a larger image of your avatar! I love the change.. After DH has surgery, does this mean you're not going to get to revel in your daily spoils? *kidding* Hope it all goes well.

Lots of arrands today.. you ladies have a good one! :hug:

Alright. I did a little reading online from other sites where people who are Atkiners did the same thing I am doing to get out of a stall. I think the 2 days wil suffice, so i'm back on as of today. :) Ending the debate makes me feel better... since I really don't like the way I feel after eating the darn carbs. *deep sigh* Ok! So, i'll be looking forward to loosing again... :)

Ok, me too. I just have to get tough with myself. Today I'm going to COUNT the carbs and keep them below 20. Just for today... One day at a time. I've got to remember my goals and where I'm going. I guess I'll change my signature too, so that it reflects the real scale. That is depressing. I hate having to relose, but it is water it should come off quickly and I'll be able to change it back soon. Just need to see some goals I can make.

:wave: Good morning ladies. May we all have great low carb days.

Good Morning :sunny:

Good for you Sherry, one day at a time works for me too :)

Brenda~ nope, I didnt make it to the gym yesterday. BUT...I cleaned literally all day!! I had agreed with myself that if I wasnt too tired, I would go after supper. Well I was, and thats ok with me, being tired from cleaning all day is a better workout than anything I could have done in the gym (in my books anyway)

Someone asked about what type of dog I was looking for....Im not sure exactly. Ive been looking at the golden doodles (golden retriever, poodle mix) it has to be a low or non shedding dog. Both dd and I are allergic, and these types of dogs we can both tolerate with very little problems. Keep you fingers :crossed: that dh will give me an "ok" Any ideas on how to get him over to my side????

I made it thru yesterday :cb: the cravings were a little wild last night but I made it!!!! Morgaine........WTG on making it thru your hoho ****!!! I have the same downfall.....I'll eat a whole box in one sitting!! Good for you!!

Its beautiful outside today, I have a bit more cleaning to do, then Im outta here to enjoy the sun!!

Have a great day ladies!

Brenda: I'm a peanut-holic too! Aren't they evil! :devil:

Morgaine: a wise old (LOL) woman in here told me once to increase protein intake when TOM cravings hit. It works pretty good ;) Your attempt at hoho suicide, that was cute!! you girls crack me up!

Sue:I agree, the shake in the evening works out well, your tummy isn't weighed down but you feel full!

Susan: :hug:

Robin: you're my inspiration, I HATE to clean house and you did it for the entire day LOL :hug:

Well.
I'm not going to air EVERYTHING that's been going on, but I do need to get some of it out! Yesterday I wore my favorite fair of fitted jeans and a fitted t-shirt and my favorite miracle bra. DH and I went to get the van fixed and the whole day he was being crappy to me. Then when it was time to go into a store, etc he stood RIGHT BY ME and wouldn't even let me go in to get the van key, he insisted that he go get it!!! So I've been trying my BEST to be nice to him even though he's been so rotten to me (all the stuff I left out goes here) and when he get home he goes to town to get cigarettes and brings me back a six pack of mikes lemonade (MY FAVORITE DRINK!) a HUGE bag of salted sunflower nuts and a box of pudding (One of my old time eats)

I am ashamed to say that I ate the entire TEN OUNCE bag of nuts, an entire package of jello and three beers. (approx. 250 carbs total)

WHY DID I DO THAT?!? I'm just so ashamed and embarrased of myself. He did not force the food down my throat, but those have all been foods that I have not allowed in the house since I started atkins. I really need more willpower.

Today I've re-started induction and I'm not weighing for 14 days. I'm afraid to weigh today I know I've gained several pounds.
anyway, sorry for the long post. I'm just stumped as to what to do about someone being so posessive.

Lacey

:hug: Lacey. That is terrible what he is doing. I hope he knows how hard you have worked to lose all of the weight you have lost. He should be so proud of you. Have you tried talking to him about how he is acting??? I think I would HAVE to say something to him....course I'm not too good at keeping my mouth shut.

Hang in there girl, you have come way to far to let someone ruin it. YOU LOOK GREAT!!!

:hug:

Awe Lacey :hug:

Did I ever tell you about the person in my headlights running for dear life through a corn field? I have? Oh, yeah... that's right. Hmm, well the other legal solution (joking aside) is an ultimatum. It's such extreme behaivor he's displaying.. and such obvious sabatoging. He has some serious internal issues going on. I hope it get's better, but it sounds like it's going to be a hard problem to fix. It might be time to assert yourself more than you have thus far, though we don't know him.. so it can be real easy to say.

All the luck in the world sweetie. You don't deserve this treatment, and I hope it changes soon.

Lacey,

Have you tried to talk to him about this? Is there anyone else that might be able to (maybe his sister or someone)? I am sure he is doing it out of love and fear of losing you - but that is not GOOD love!

Be strong and I hope things improve. You've done great!

Lacey, my exhusband was a serious sabotager!! Talking to him never helped, because he never would admit that he noticed a change in my weight. Big dummy didnt notice 100lbs gone from his wife :rolleyes:

Yes some women lose weight, and then leave their husbands. I was one of them. But I didnt leave for another man, I just got smart and left the a**hole. It had been a long time coming, and alot of factors initiated the change. So yes, I understand what your dh might be feeling, but that doesnt excuse his behaviour.

BUT.....when my now dear hubby started acting strange when I started loosing more weight, I got freaked out about it. I love him too much to loose him. So in a fit of frustration, I laid it out for him....and told him how he was making me feel. He got it. There were alot of tears, alot of yelling and acusations. The bottom line was, I wasnt leaving, and I had no plans to cheat on him....this weight loss was for both him and myself to enjoy!! Did he not enjoy the new inhabitions in bed????? That was for him, not for anyone else!! I had also asked him to point out the behaviour I was commiting that seemed to make him think I wanted otherwise. He couldnt. Now....when I loose a chunks of weight, he gets withdrawn until he gets used to the change. I'll take that over the other!!

I know its hard, and Im hoping that when you talk to him, he will actually listen. Sometimes men dont seem to want to listen or accept that what you are saying is right. Lay it on the line for him! I hope things work out for you Lacey, dont let him sabotage your hard work. You look amazing, and you look amazing for YOU!

Men are so funny. Sometimes they're just clueless. Other times the change scares them. They aren't allowed to talk about their emotions. Men don't like showing signs of weakness. So their fear erupts in other ways.

Why is it that men think that anger is an acceptable emotion in men, but that some of the other things aren't? Like fear? or a loss of confidence?

Anyway, I agree that the talk would be appropriate, and not giving in to his sabotage would be much more effective than letting it work.

I think if my husband did that intentionally to me, I would be furious and would throw the things he bought in the trash can. And let him know why I was doing it.

Sometimes though (and I think this would be the case with my hubby) they are just trying to be nice and don't really realize what you can and cannot eat. In a case like that I would explain it.

All I can say is he must have thought you looked REALLY good, or he wouldn't have felt so worried. So there is a plus side to it all! :)

Morning ladies!

Falon -- that is so funny that we both live in Colorado and we both have the same fantasy about cars. My ex lives in Colorado Springs -- wanna go get him??

Sherry - I've been doing the low calorie, low carb thing for 2 months now and it's not working. All I do is crave carbs. I'm going back to Atkins Induction and I will EAT. When I lost my first 100 lbs, I constantly had food in my hand or in my mouth. I found after the first 6 months that it backed off big time. By the end of the first year, I had to make myself eat anything at all.

Lacey, men are just plain old weird. Next time he shows up with that stuff -- flush it! Take it right in the bathroom, pour it down the toilet and flush. You know the real reason God made Man first, don't you? It's because when you are making a new creation, you always make a prototype to test and then you get it right!

You know the real reason God made Man first, don't you? It's because when you are making a new creation, you always make a prototype to test and then you get it right!


:lol: I love it :high:

Another one is that GOD made men first cause you always have to have a rough draft before you make the masterpiece.

Well my eating was fine today other than I have over eaten dinner. My TOM is coming and I think that is why I am so hungry. I just felt like I couldnt eat enough today. I think my head aches are from work too. The training room that we are in is always so hot then as soon as you walk out the door, well it is nice and cool. So in and out of hot and cold is taking a tole on me. But yeah I got another stupid headache today. Now my tummy is really full and I am a little miserable. Well I hope that you all had a good day.

Lacey: I hope that you get things straightened out with your husband.

Happy Hump Day ;)

Falon -- that is so funny that we both live in Colorado and we both have the same fantasy about cars. My ex lives in Colorado Springs -- wanna go get him??

LMAO! Funny thing is -- i'm going down there on Saturday. You caught me at just the right time. Since we get on so well in this forum, i'll even waive my fee! *evil grin* :p

Morning guys. Scale was down a little this morning. About 2.5 pounds or so from yesterday. I have to go in to work early today so whether I will see any more losses later on today or not I'm not sure. I guess it will depend on whether I have time to weigh again or not.

My body seems to be trying to create a TOM. So odd since it has been several months since the last one. Not sure what this is. A result of Atkins?

Anyway everyone have a great low carb day.

Morning Girls:

Sherry- It was down for me a few pounds this morning to so I know that water's coming off right away. Hope you feel better today. I felt like crap when I went to bed. Today's going to be a better day.

I need to get back to the gym, but don't think i'll be able to until at least Friday. I have so much to do in the next few day, I won't have time for anything. I know it sounds like an excuse, but it's not. After the kids being sick for 2 weeks, and everything else under the sun, I need to get back on the track! Well, I better get to work on my list of to-do's. :) Everyone have a great day.. sure i'll check in later. It's impossible to stay away from you guys!! LOL And that's a good thing..

:hug:

That is why I like having my "gym" in the house. I don't have to "get to" it. Of course, that doesn't mean I use it every day or even at all! LOL! But at least I know that I don't have an excuse for not using it except the one all of us have, a lack of time.

Good Morning :coffee:

Sherry and Falon, WTG on the losses this morning :cp: :cp:

Got to the gym this morning, its nice to get it out of the way and not have to think about it any more!

Im on day 3 of induction, and Im finally starting to feel like Ive got my groove back. Cravings, and wantings werent too bad yesterday. Hopefully today will be even easier. Im thinking Im already in ketosis...my mouth tastes like a camel crapped in it :( The price we pay :lol:

Im not sure what Im up to today....probably cleaning the bottom 1/2 of the house. I bought a new vacuum a few weeks ago, and Im loving it!!! I have had one of those upright ones with no attachements!! The little vacuum I had to do crevices and whatnot was totally useless!! Soooooooooo (with my new canister and attachments onboard)every nook and cranny upstairs is dust free!! I love it :lol:

Thats about all thats exciting in my little corner of the world...have a great day ladies.

Hi ladies! I just joined, and Robin invited me over to your weekly chats. I hope I am welcome here!

I read over the last few pages. I hope everyone is doing well!

I am on day 4 of induction, but I have been too scared to weigh just yet. I guess I am going to wait at least until I reach a full week! I am still feeling the "flu-ish" type symptoms that come along with coming off the sugar, and it doesn't help that DF actually HAS the flu. Maybe that's why I am feeling so crappy so far into induction, it's not the sugar anymore, it's really the flu. Thoughts?

I have been hitting my water goals everyday so far. I wanted to go walking with DF and the puppy last night, but I was too dizzy, and just stayed home... Anyway, I guess that's about it for now. I can't wait to get to know you guys and support you all in your weightloss!

Dahliameow :wave: of course you're welcome!! I dont know about others, and how long their withdrawal from carbs lasts, but mine is about 3 days. Some are 2 weeks. The very first time I started Atkins, it was about a week for me.

Good Luck on your journey :hug:

Thanks, Robin! I guess it would be a good idea to "re-introduce" myself a little better here, so you guys won't have to go back to my intro thread to know who you are talking to. I am 24, and live in Texas. I am engaged (no ring, yet...) and live with my finace. We have a sweet 5 year old cat named Dahlia (hence the screen name) and a 3 1/2 month old boxer puppy named Ali. We are ttc #1. We are not putting it off while I am LC'ing to lose, so I am careful to take lots of vitamins. Especailly right now during induction. I have endo, and LC'ing helps with the pain, too. I feel like a totally different person when I am OP. In my introduction, I mentioned how this is not my first go-round with this lifestyle. I lived LC for almost two full years before I "fell off" about a year ago. A lot was going on, I was comfortable at my weight, and thought I could maintain it even if I did eat off plan... HA! I started slow, and after a few days was full fledged back into the starchy-sugary-unhealthy crap that did me in the first time. I mentioned that the last time, I did well, and lost a lot really quickly. I maintained at about 180 for over a year, losing a pound or two here or there. Once I got comfortable, I just hovered. I'm not upset about that. I liked the way I looked. I know some people will say at 5'2, 180 is not a healthy weight, but I loved my 14/16's, and you couldn't tell me nothing! My weight is distributed very... um, how should I put this... I am a very 'curvy' type. Large chest, large butt/hips. Hourglass, that's what I was looking for. When I lose weight my bra size always tends to stay the same, so getting "skinny" (like cosmo mag skinny) it totally out of the question for me. I think full-figured women are more beautiful, anyway. I just want to be more comfortable, get out of these super tight 18's, get down to a nice 12/14 and be more comfortable. That's my main goal. I am tired of thinking about my fat all the time! If someone doesn't invite me to lunch, I think "Do they think I am too fat to walk that far", or "Are the embarassed to be seen with me". My work clothes don't fit me right, and I am down to one pair of "weekend jeans" that are a size 16 and no longer fit. I have to wear them with a big sweater or something to cover as much as possible, because I can't get them zipped. Ok, that was embarrasing. Never shared that anywhere before... I remember when I bought them, I was still LC'ing, and they were a little loose. I am depressed a lot. I'm rambling here. I hope you all don't think I am crazy for just getting all this out so soon... I just want you all to know that I am really happy to be here, and where I am coming from. I would like to be able to support you guys, and have you all know what all I have been through thus far. There is much more, shoot, I could write a book, I'm sure. But I will quit, and let the rest just come through conversation.

Everyones progress looks great! You guys are such an insperation. Stick to it. I don't remember who posted it, it may take me a while to get all the names down, but about the ho'ho's. O.M.G! DF is not LC and he has what he calls his "snacky-cake" stash. It's got ho'ho's, girlscout cookies, little coffee cakes and chocolate Oh my! It's hard, especailly since AF (you guys call it TOM, I think) is right around the corner. Hard to resist, but I am glad to see you did it!

And about the men thing. When I was LC the first time, my boyfriend at that time was sooooo jealous, it was unreal. He was a total prick to me! We ended up ending that relationship over his insecurities. I just hope DF and I will be ok. I was about 190 when we met, and he knows I am trying to lose a min of 50 lbs; the amount I have gained over the last year. I am 230 now. He met me when I was "thinner" so I am hoping the transition back will be a smooth one. But :hug: I am sorry he is giving you such a hard time. I would agree with the other posters, and just give him a good talkin' too.

BTW, any one else here in Texas?

WELCOME! :)

These ladies make this journey so much easier! You'll find so much support, you can't fail... Congrats on your pending marriage. As long as he supports your weight loss, you guys should be fine.

I live in Colorado, but am from Corpus Christi -- There are several people around from Texas. Where ya from?

:hug:

Thanks for the welcome. :)

I was born and raised in Houston, Texas!

Welcome Dahlia!!!!

OK...I'm so excited I just have to post this here....I have lots 20 1/2 inches since joining Curves in February. AND 12 pounds. I feel great. :)

I live in Texas in Universal City.

Jackie, that is FANTASTIC - keep it up!

:cb: :cb: :cb: WTG Jackie!!!! :cp: :cp: :cp:

Dahlia.....get your df to hide his snack stash!!! OMG, he has too many good things!!!! :lol: Tell him not to tell you where it is either :lol:

Thanks for the welcome. :)

I was born and raised in Houston, Texas!

Ahhh... My family (aunts, uncles, grandparents) all live in Rosenberg. Small world in a big state!

Universal City Eh? I lived in Canyon Lake (for 4 years) before moving to Colorado. :)

Back is acting up again which is why I didn't post yesterday..and why I'm not attempting to catch up on personals today. SORRY!!! I'll try and get back to things when the back is better. But right now sitting in this computer chair is NOT helping it. So off to go find a chair (or the floor) where I can ease it a bit. Sounds like everyone is still going strong (no ho-ho or peanut collissions)!! WTG everyone!!!

Well so far so good for me. I miss exercising on Tuesday, but I did go on Monday and yesterday and will be going today. I am trying to get myself in a new routine.

Hey do you guys remember me posting awhile back how I had a interview for a job that would just change my life, well I found out yesterday that I got it. I will be making 4 bucks more a hour, plus a 30% differential. I am so excited. I am getting out of the **** hole job I am in. YAY!!

Ok well I hope that everyone has a excellent day and no slip ups.

-Sandra

Sandra - that is awesome about the new job. And the $ sounds pretty nice too. Way to go.

Brenda - hope your back is better soon. Back pain is the worst!!! Keep us updated.

Morning to everyone else too!! Have a great low carb day!

Morning Ladies:

Jackie: Congrats on such a wonderful loss of inches. Really awesome! :)

Sandra: Great news on the job! How did you hold out on telling us about it yesterday?? Sneaky lady! :cool:

Brenda: Feel better lady.. There's not a whole lot worse then not being able to function due to the back. Be gentle on yourself! :hug: :hug:

I have some orders to fill, (I run a business at home) and get the kids to Irish Butterfly in Denver for a shoe fitting. Moose decided after watching his sister perform recently that he wants to join her class. Gotta get him 2 different shoes too! I am prepared to spend about $225+ today --shudder-- So I gotta get going. I'll check in later today, and everyone have a great one! :hug:

Jackie, that is a LOT, congratulations!!!

Brenda: it must be 'let your back give out' week, it sucks so bad, hope it strengthens up and quits hurting SOON!! :hug:

Sandra: I was wondering how that went, how awesome for you!! Congratulations!!

On my way to work and just wanted to send you girls some virtual :hug: and tell ya how awesome I think you all are!!! You DESERVE to give your body only the BEST today!!!

Lacey

Good Morning

Brenda~ I hope this passes faster this time for you. Feel better soon!

Sandra~ Awesome on the new job!!!! Great pay increase too!! Nice :) What is a differential?

Falon~ The little girl across the street is an irish dancer, and Im always floored when they tell me what they spend on shoes for her. She blows out her soft shoes often! I love it when she practises on her front porch...you can imagine how that resonates thru the neighbourhood. Brings everyone out to watch her. :lol:

I just got back from the gym, and I was very very pissed when I left. 3 of the treadmills are out of order, and the one I was on, wouldnt incline. The rest were full....then the bike I got on wouldnt work....so in the mood that all set me in, I left :mad: So I only got 1/2 a workout in....Im going to have to do something else later on *big sigh*

Oh well........have a great day everyone!

Jackie- WTG on the loss! That is fantastic. I wanted to join curves, but when I went in for information one time, the lady was rude to me. I'm sure she was just having a bad day, and I could have went to a different location. This is Jenni, making excuses... Anyway, GOOD JOB!

Brenda- So sorry about your back! Jackie is right, back pain is the worst! Rest up, and I hope you feel better soon.

Sandra- I need a new job so bad! I wasn't around when you first mentioned the interview, but I sure am glad you got the job. Hope you love it! Congrats!

Falon- Those shoes are expensive! Wow, but just think of how great it will be when they are in use and the kids are having fun learning! On another note, I have been trying to get my home business off the ground for a while now. I am still working full-time, so I spend hours every night (well, not this week- bad Jenni!) working on the website, and trying to get things together. It's been my dream forever. Just wanted to share that.

Robin- Sorry about the work-out. Or, should I say, half work-out. There's a reason for everything yanno? I hope you're able to squeeze something in later.

I asked DF to hide the snackey cakes last night, but he pulled a little "toddler tantrum". Something about "...nowhere to put them" and "what if my friends come over, and can't find the snacks." Whatever. This is where Jenni's will-power comes in, I suppose. It's ok. My big thing has always been the salty stuff, more than the sweet. Which is all still sitting on top of the ice box, btw. You know, DF is funny about it though. Every time I have cooked since getting back OP, he has asked me if it is LC. I made some hamburger patties the other night, and he ate them with a side of corn and put the patties on bread. He said he wants to eat LC. When I told him his "side items" kinda threw the whole thing off, he was like "I know". Um, ok then... He says he wants to "drop" 20 lbs. He is 6'6 360. We'll see. I think he's perfect... *love- blech*

I'm sure there was more, but I have to get back to work. I am training a new girl and she is excited to get started! Give it a few months, and she'll be as jaded as the rest of us up here...

Have a great day, ladies!

-Jenni

Hey guys thanks about the job. It took them so long with my background check cause at this place you have to pass the credit check and it took awhile cause I had to fight a bunch of things on there that I had to fax papers in for to show I was current, but the lady called today and it is official.

Robin: A differential is a % that I will be getting paid after a certain hour, see like I will be making 15.00/hr and after 6:00pm I will make a 30% differential, so 30% of 15.00.

Jackie: Congrats on the loss. Sorry I am so late with it. I always though Curves was neat. I never joined cause I like to workout on my own and do better that way, but good job you. YOu are on your way.

Well I made it to the gym again today and had a good workout, I have been weighing myself while I am there which is in the afternoon and I know that you are supposed to weigh in the mornings, but I am not dragging my butt out of bed at 4am just to go and weigh myself, anyways what i am getting at is even though I weigh heavier in the afternoon, the scale is still coming down.

Oh!! Well thats cool!! Nice little perk too, Im going to have remember it!!

Dahlia, you're right some things happen for a reason. Strange too, because, when I got home I wasnt feeling well. Then got into bed (which I dont do very often in the middle of the day) and slept for about 3 hrs.

Im feeling really weird, almost as if I need sugar. My insides are all shaky :( So, I had some rice for supper, a carrot/apple muffin, and lots of carrots with my supper. Im marginally better. I'll wait and see how things are tomorrow.

Hopefully tonight will be better.

Isn't it amazing how we can read our bodies now!!

Robin, maybe if you 'mention' all the problems you had at the gym they'll get them fixed faster and maybe just MAYBE give you some sort of 'incentive' not to leave them next month ;)

Lace

I hope that you feel better Robin!

Thanks everyone for the support. The back is feeling better. It's gotta be because tomorrow I've got grocery shopping to do (dh is going to be working all weekend and won't have time to come with. So figure it's easier to do it while he's working and the girls are in school). But I'm off to bed now (not that I didn't get ENOUGH rest. ARGH!). Hopefully tomorrow I can start with getting back on track doing personals. Not sure I can get caught up though :( :hug: to everyone!!

ok I have a question, what are the little egg looking things that appear in the bottom left hand corner when we post?

the egg with an explanation point: if you click on it then that particular post will be sent to the admin as a 'bad or offending' post...
the egg on the left: it sometimes shoes if that user is online or not...kinda like yahoo messenger but it's an egg :)

Good morning girls!!! I'm gonna try to get a walk in this morning then I have to pick my van up at the shop, it will be great having wheels again!!!! Have an awesome day ladies!!

ONE DAY AT A TIME!!

Morning to you all!! I'm going shopping today...I'm excited. Taking legal snacks with me.

Glad you are feeling better Brenda.

:wave: to you all. Hope everyone has a GREAT day!!!!!!!!!!!! :sunny:

Morning Girls:

Jackie: have a blast shopping, especially if it's for yourself! :cool:

Brenda: Gentle :hug: ! Glad you're feeling better. Back pain really sucks.. Our backs take incredible beatings, and we need to treat them better than we do. Do you do any type of Yoga? It is wonderful, gentle, and strengthening to the back (as well as the rest of ya) but you'll find a lot of doctors recommend it to back patients.

Robin: Feel better.. Do you think that feeling had anything to do with withdrawls since you're back on induction?

Jenni - It's a hard market, and one that is so cut throat, it's more of a pain than a pleasure. I certainly don't want to sound discouraging, because I do make some money, but I also have a one of a kind product (a particular type of artwork that my partner creates) and people search specifically for it, but I have always said that it would be easier to have a physical shop in town. You are 1 special shop out of, say, 5,000 stores, vs. the internet where you are 1 out of 3.5 million or more. Good luck, be patient, and advertise like a mad woman! Also, be sure to have your own domain, and a professional looking website -- easy to navigate -- and you should be fine. :)

Well, down another pound water, so I am back to 184 from 189. I refused to move the ticker since I knew it was temporary, and dangit, I worked so hard to get it there in the first place! LOL We'll see if it moves any more this weekend.

So yesterday DH and I take the kids to get their shoes, and I actually saved $25 dollars! I only spent $200! *sigh* They are expensive, but they get well used, and the only time they need to be exchanged is when they grow out of them.
Robin, i'd love to see what your neighbor girl is doing to 'blow out' her soft shoes. I wonder if she's practicing on a surface she's not supposed to. That will ruin them fast, otherwise there's no softshoe dance that rough.. not that i've seen anyhow. Now the hardshoe is a different story. Tap dancers have nothing on irish hardshoe. It even looks painful, and they have to have extrememly strong ankles or they can break them. It happens rarely, but has happened. It's so fun to watch.. It's nice you have someone across the street entertaining the neighborhood! :) If we lived in a neighborhood, Chelsea would be out there all the time!
So we had to get her a new pair, but the store has an exchange program, and if they are in good condition, you can get pretty darn good credit when you need another pair. The thing that I hate about having to get the brand new ones (besides being $100) is, now get this ladies, she's 12 and wears a size 9 1/2 womens! She's only 5'4 -- and she'll be out of those in no time. Anyhow, bought the rest of the show socks, got Moose a pair of hard shoes, and soft.. and $200 later, we got home and they wanted to put them on right away. Can't do that.. I have to get the pressed wood today to put over the lenolium (sp?) So that's the arrand for Friday. :)

Ok, long winded about the shoes, but that was an adventure.. even getting down there through an area of Denver I wasn't familiar with. Anyone else got a baaaadddd passenger seat driver? Yeah, my husbands one of them.. Argh!

Have a great day ladies.. Check in later. :hug:

Lacy: I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have a vehicle! Glad yours is fixed. And the one day at a time is a great show....and attitude :lol:

Jackie: Have fun shopping--anything particular you're looking for?? :hug:

Falon: WTG on the pound down...AND getting the shoes. Sounds like quite the adventure. Um...should I mention I'm a bad passenger seat driver? I much prefer to drive. lol. Should I also mention DH has had TWO speeding tickets in the past 6 months? Need I go onto why I prefer to drive? Cheaper :lol: No, I've not tried yoga. Is it hard to do? Maybe I should check into that--thanks :)

Well, I stepped on the scale yesterday and was up 2 pounds. Today I'm down 1 pound. I hate this see-saw thing. And especially seeing how I eat pretty much the same thing ALL the time so there's no reason for it to do that. On a plus note--my back is well enough to go shopping. On a bad note--would you believe I think I now have PINKEYE??? :lol: I should be ok to go shopping as long as I don't touch the eye. But DANG it's bothering me something AWEFUL! But to end on a good note--I've got meds from LAST year yet for pinkeye so I put the drops in this morning. :lol: One thing or another with me, eh?!! Ok..it's off to shopping

Good Morning :coffee:

Brenda~ Im glad you're feeling better. I cant imagine having my back randomly "not working" when mine acts up, its almost always pms or too much bending with pms on the way. .....yes I can understand why you like to drive :lol:

Jackie~ have fun shopping......going to get anything good???

Lacey~ I was going to say something yesterday, but you know you are just too pissed off, that you know you're going to come across as a real piece of work?? :lol: That was me yesterday :lol: What gets me is, they just installed all brand new plasma tv's in the cardio room *8* of them!!!! I think the $$ would have been better spent on the equipment....cuz now I cant turn the channels on the stupid things. Yesterday I was stuck watching the 700 club :dizzy: Im going later tonight, and I'll talk to the owner then.

Sandra~ if you see a yolk in one of those eggies, that means that person is online at the moment, no yolk, they are not online :)

Falon~ Sounds like an adventure getting those shoes!! Im not sure how she blows out her shoes, but its always at a dance meet or compitition. After one inparticular in pennsylvannia, we were anxious to see how she did, we went over while they were unloading the van, her dad showed us her shoes. She went blew out one pair, and the other pair looked like they were 100 yrs old :lol: They carry duct tape with them on these compititions incase they can't get a new pair for her to dance in. She uses those little mini trampolines and skippits to strengthen her ankles. Her and her dance troup travel all over the place for dances. I could honestly say she dances in meets, compititions and for the public about as often as hockey players, play hockey.

You had asked Falon if I thought it was induction that was making me feel that way yesterday. I honestly don't think so. When I start induction, I always plan for it, and take 3-4 days before, sort of coming down off the crap. I'll still eat it, but in much smaller amounts, so that I dont get all yucky and have severe withdrawals when I start induction. Yesterday was the 4th day of induction, and it was weird!! I slept for 3 hrs in the afternoon, then went to bed at 9, and got out of bed at 10 this morning :dizzy:

To be honest.......and being honest with myself, induction from the beginning hasnt felt good. Usually by the 3rd day, Im already full of energy, and feeling "good" inside. Not this time. Im looking alot better for it.......just looking at my face, you can tell I had been eating too much sugar. But that was about it. Ive lost a few lbs, because my jeans aren't nearly as tight as they were. But, but, but.....

So, Ive decided to switch my eating....Ive done it before, and I can successfully do it again. Lower carb and controlled calorie to keep the balance in my system. I have a harder time with the cravings when I eat this way....but for me, I think it might be better. Im going to think on it a couple days.

Well, I think Ive finished this book :lol: Im off to make some late breakfast and head out in the fresh air for a nice walk.

Have a great day ladies

Brenda look for a Rodney Yee video for "beginners". I think he has one specifically for the back. He is an amazing yoga instructor, the movements are all gentle and relaxed and you feel wonderful when you are done with one of his exercise tapes.

I have two of them by him. If any of the movements are too hard for you, you just don't do them. Work up to the harder ones. But most of them are just gentle stretches that anyone should be able to do (the begginner tapes anyway, I couldn't say about the more advanced versions).

Robin: I can't wait to see how your new WOE works for you :) Keep us informed :)

Sherry: I've got it written down and I'll look for him. I should probably be doing something to help strengthen my back. But I've got to admit I'm still in shock that it's doing this. lol

Well, shopping is done. And because I went to the "big town" to shop, saved money (I think). So we'll see how that goes. Just the "basic" necessities is what I'll need to get for the next 2 weeks (maybe). But still have 1 more errand to run for DH and then I can be home for the day. YEAH! I came home to get a piece of sausage cuz I'm HUNGRY and didn't want to buy junk from the store. Ok...I'm outta here (again).
:wave:

Brenda so nice to see you back posting again. Sorry about those 3 nasty pounds...I'd probably have to say the nasty "E" word (exercise) might help. Otherwise....as Lacey suggested...the fat fast might work. Just stay OP and they will eventually come off. Be careful with your back if you do any exercise though.

I went shopping today and got in lots of walking. Didn't buy too much, but went to Sam's and spent more $ than I should have. I almost bought a $700 refrigerator...then logic kicked in and I didn't. But it was beautiful...Stainless front with the freezer drawer on the bottom. I LOVED it. And it was discounted $300. What a deal. Anyway. Came home without it. AND I bought a new shirt that I loved, but I bought it a size too small...just a little incentive.

Jackie: The shopping sounded like fun. More fun than I had shopping :lol:


Found a cute skirt w/matching top for youngest DD (didn't buy it...hoping it'll still be there next time I go) for Easter and SIL's wedding. Has to double duty to make it excusable to buy---know what I mean? Also found out DH got a job same place but in a different department. He's been wanting to go back there for AGES. Now they're offering him the job...PLUS the department he's in, his boss wants to talk to him before he leaves (cuz he doesn't want DH to leave that department either). Can you imagine being fought over? No wonder he was in such a great mood :) The good news is that when he goes to the new department (he's already decided) they're working overtime. He likes that idea so we can put more towards getting the bills paid off. And he doesn't TRULY want me to work. So that'll make it so I don't have to :) On the down side--I had a couple soda's today and not enough water...on the other downside--I don't think I ate nearly enough. So I'm not looking forward to WI tomorrow. Well, there's always next week and the dreaded "e" word. Nope to the fat fast right now as I've done that and going to wait until I'm VERY frustrated before trying that again :lol: Well, off to bed. It's an EARLY day tomorrow. ARGH!!!!

Good Morning :coffee: :coffee: :coffee:

Ive been up since 5 :yikes: Tossed and turned for about a 1/2hr, and couldnt get my brain to shut up. So I got out of bed. I guess with all that sleep the other day, my body has had enough. :dunno:

Brenda~ that sounds nice for your dh. Especially since he has been trying to get back to that dept for a while. My dh doesnt want me to work away from the home either.......they get spoiled fast dont they?

Dh and I are off to Rochester today, for some dinosaur bbq and a whole lotta smoked ribs :T :T :T It was suppose to be my birthday dinner, but my mom had come to visit on that weekend, and this was the first chance we have had to get away. So that's what we are up today. Its only about an hours drive, and then I think I'll stop into the Land's End outlet while Im there. You just never know what your going to find there!! :lol: But I'll go there before BBQ, because nothing fits when I leave there :rofl: I was hoping for a nice day, but so far its dreary and snow/rainy. I wanted to do some touristy things when we got there. Doesnt look like we will get the chance. Next time.

I think I have things worked out in my head, Ive got a few books out, and I still plan to keep it low carb, but I'll add a whole grain of some sort (not bread) everyday, and I will not restrict my veggie carbs. Im going to keep them free....as in veggies will not be added in my carb count, but will be added in my calorie count. No more than one piece of fruit(or one serving of berries) a day, and I will try to have it early in the day, or just before bedtime. Im going to stick with ...nothing white, nothing starchy. Which is how I started on my weightloss 5 yrs ago. I'll have it better planned out by tomorrow, and I'll post my daily menus in the easter dress challenge.

Have a great weekend ladies :beach:

Robin: Sounds like a great plan :) And the BBQ sounds DELICIOUS!

We're heading to my parents house. They're doing the "March" birthdays (mom always celebrates everyone's birthday out there at least once a month). It's taco's for supper today so looks like I've gotta get a bowl out and keep it legal :) Even though the taco shells would be SOOO tasty I'm not even gonna eat one. I'll just eat the rest :) I got the 2 blankets finished for my nephews 2 kids. Set them up last night (got them pinned and ready for sewing) and then sewed them today. Oldest DD had solo ensemble (she was in a trio) and did pretty good. Not sure what the score is as we didn't stick around (as I had to sew the other blanket). So it's off I go (again). :wave:

Forgot to mention my WI. It was tolerable. No loss and it's back to where I was when I was on the fat fast (153). But you know...I'll even take that. :) Didn't have time for measurements so maybe check them out on Monday. :)

Well I have made it through the week with out cheating. I am so proud of me! I even made it to the gym 4 days out of the week. It is my TOM but even then I still am seeing some differences and cant wait till it is over so that all the water will flush from my system and I can see the real me. Plus I want to get a new weight for my ticker, but that wont be till next saturday cause I can only work out in the afternoons and I know that it is not accurate then and with TOM, well I am not going to dissapoint my self with that stupid scale, so I am going to wait till next Saturday and get a weight. So keep your fingers crossed for me.

We went out last night and I managed to say no to all drinks, but did enjoy some water, so I did good there. I am spending the day at my friends house and I am so craving some pizza toppins, so I think that we are going to do that for lunch.

My weekends are usually pretty spent trying to see all my family and friends, but in September when my lease is up, I am going to move back to my hometown so that I can be near everyone and not have to wait till the weekends to go and see them.

Also found out that I may be moving to Japan in December or January to be with my sweetheart husband and I am totally excited, trying not to get too excited till I know for sure. So that has really given me the motivation to lose weight cause I would love to suprise him with a sexy new slimmed down body, not that he doesnt love me the way that i am, but I want to feel sexy for him, know what I mean? Well I think I have rambled enough. Hope you ladys have a great weekend.

-Sandra

Afternoon everyone! I was 3 pages behind in reading posts and I feel like I've been gone forever.

DH had hernia surgery on Thursday morning and he's recovering nicely. But I've been busy doing everything around the house I'm used to him doing -- like cooking, laundry, dishes and taking care of him. You know how men are when they are sick!

Well, this is day 4 of Atkins for me -- I started over again on Wednesday. I did have 1/2 cup of strawberries one day, but other than that, I've been a good girl. The scale has dropped 2. But I have been feeling more tired than usual -- I figure that will go away in a few days.

Falon, I know how that passenger seat driver is -- and my DH gets tickets like some people get new clothes. I think he's up to #23 in his lifetime now. I close my eyes and hang on when he drives. When I was your daughter's age, I was already a size 10 women's and my shoe size has not changed. So hers probably won't either. I know exactly what that's like!

Sandra!!! I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed for you :crossed: Thats great news........especially being able to be with dh fulltime!!

Sue~ Im glad your dh is doing better!!

We didnt end up going to Dinosaur bbq today, we decided to switch and go tomorrow. Today we hit the "plantasia" garden and landscaping show, and out for a nice lunch. We were thinking about going to see "Larry the Cable's" new movie. So maybe tonight or tomorrow evening.

A very nice day was had :)

Hello all - I finally had a chance to sit down and (kind of) get to know you all. Thanks for being here!

Brenda - I feel your pain with the three lb struggle. You can beat it! How is the pink eye? Hope it cleared up -- I am SO impressed that you went home for sausage, what will power. Congrats on DH's job (very exciting) Hope you enjoy your family events!

Robin - Hope induction is still going well. Are you feeling better? Enjoy the exciting activities you have planned and good luck with the new plan.

Jackie - WOW on the curves success!! Keep it up. I wish I had been as successful "not shopping" as you were with the fridge. I went shopping for lettuce and bleack the other day and spent almost $300!!! I got tons of great stuff for the house and it was all great deals, but geez -- I didn't even come home with bleach!

Morgaine -- I always plan for TOM. If I did not, I would be at the 7-11 getting an oreo doughnut. Now think about how healthy that must be! Hope all is well.

Falon - How did your plan work? I hope you have beaten that stall. Hope induction is going well.

Susan - glad to hear DH is recovering nicely. How is induction coming for you? I was feeling really tired, but now it is gone.

Sherry - hope it is going well. I get in trouble with little nibles too. One thing I tried that seemed to work - I would put about 5 hair bands on my left wrist. Every time I had a little bite of something I shouldn't, I would move one to the right wrist. It is a constant reminder, which helped me a lot. (of coruse, you look foolish...)

Sandra -- YEAY on the Job, the not cheating, and the four trips to the gym. Good also on the drinking water while out. I wish I had done the same. How exciting about the possible move to Japan! Keep us posted.

Lacey - I read your bio. WOW - you have come so far so fast. Maybe your rapid success is making things more difficult for DH (Not in any way saying that is your problem). Hope things have improved with that. YEAY on uour daughter's pants!

Jenni - Hope induction is going well. How do you stay out of your husband's stash?

As for me, I am here on day 6 of induction. I was actually UP most of the week. I am over the "bad" parts of induction and hopefully the scale will work with me. At least my sticks are always pink-purple.

Let me extol the miracles of Jagermeister for a brief moment. OK, now I KNOW Jager is not on the approved induction food list. However, last night was my best friend's bachelor party. I knew I would be drinking. I started out with club sod and vodka, thinking that was not too bad. However, as the night progressed, things got a bit out of hand. Through no fault of my own, I wound up having about 40 carbs worth of Jager. Wouldn't you know, today the scale was DOWN!!! I realize it is probably just dehydration, but after a week of being good on induction, I needed a move in that direction! Of course, now I am nursing my hangover with one (and only one) diet coke with splendra. Will get the beverages back in control tomorrow.

Whoever mentioned FLYLADY - Thanks! I had forgotten her. You got me motivated to spring clean. I have a small apartment, but had trashed it as this is a very busy semester in law school. I have successfully decluttered and cleaned the bathroom and office. I have decluttered the kitchen and it is ready to clean. Next on to the living room, then the bedroom and I am done (although the bedroom may take a year). Right after I post this, I am going to go shine my sink. So again, thank you, although I do kind of blame you for my mad shopping spree (I got a set of 3 stackable hampers, a second set of sheets for the master bed and the daybed plus a quit for the day bed in the livingroom which will make living with a 160 lb dog so much easier, new plates as I only had two, and four other wicker baskets for organizing plus a ton of food.)

Have a great weekend all!

Good Morning :sunny:

Its a beautiful day in Buffalo!! :dizzy: can you believe it??? :crazy:

We are going to Dinosaur BBQ today :T Going to the plant show has cost dh $$$, and he doesnt even realize it :lol: Ive got many many new ideas for plants Ive been looking for, and found suppliers locally. Being from the north, I have fallen in love with the northern type plants....for some reason, Buffalo doesnt carry, or are very very rare the plants I want. Ive been looking for flowering almond bushes for 4 yrs!!! I found them!!! :cb: So Im looking forward to the spring and getting my hands dirty!!

Bailey~ Im not on induction anymore. I felt 100% better by the second day I was off of it. So I think my body is trying to tell me something. Im switching things up tomorrow morning. I decided to take the weekend off...which explains the BBQ and lunch out yesterday :o and put together my plan, get some grocery shopping done, and get organized.

Thats it for my little corner of the world, I hope you all have a wonderful sunday :)

Well so far I have made it through the weekend without cheating which is soo good for me. I usually bomb it on the weekends. I have been hanging out with everyone and what not just having a good time and trying to relax. I think all weekends should consist of 3 days.

Morning Ladies:

It's been a real busy few days, so let me try and catch up. :) Chelsea had a show last night in Boulder. I ate that yummy tenderloin salad I know I can have. I had a couple of mixed drinks -- other than that, I have done good.

As for if my "carb-up" worked, it seems to have and so far 4 pounds of the water weight came off, so i'm back down to 184. It has been slower going into ketosis, but i'm finally there. ;)

Susan: I'm glad you're back. I was just going to post this morning, if you had been heard from. I figured you were taking care of everything due to DH's surgery. Glad he faired well, and hopefully he'll have a quick recovery.

Sandra: I soooo hope you get to go to Japan! What a great experience that'll be and being with your guy would be wonderful! Now you really have to bust butt getting in shape! LOL

Brenda: Looks like we kind of have done the same thing, and gotten back to where we were before you fasted and i carbed up. It sure as **** is something, and worth being happy about! *laughing* We struggle to much not be satisfied with what we get. :)

Gotta get breakfast going -- and read the other posts. :)

Good morning ladies.

My plan was to take the weekend off, and get back to Atkins tomorrow. I woke up this morning thinking that I might be ready to get back to plan one day early. All the food (almost) that I've been craving didn't appeal to me as much as I thought they would, and although I still did want to have pizza before getting back on plan I think I could probably forego it. I felt pretty yucky yesterday, and the hands going to sleep at night thing is back after so many carbs.

My son made me mad though. He came into my room last night and said "I'm not trying to be mean, but I think you should get back on your diet."

I said to him, "yes you are trying to be mean". He then said no he wasn't trying to be mean, but with all the foods I ate yesterday I would surely gain weight. Well my son has the same problem with certain foods that I have, and his weight is a little high for his age too, not as bad as mine, but way worse than mine was at his age. So I asked him "What did I eat that everyone else didn't eat?"

He seemed to think I ate worse? Not from what I could see, he pigged out pretty good and had a huge piece of cake at my mother in law's house, several sodas, lots of potato salad etc.

Why is it people don't see what THEY are doing, but notice what you are doing? Yes those foods I ate were definitely not on my normal radar for what I've been eating and no I don't want to eat this way for long. But there was just something awful about it coming from my son. I can't even figure out why he would even be concerned about it, he's only 13, and while in general he has been slimming down a little himself lately, his eating habits aren't the best either. I think he is slimming because his body is growing taller and using some of that energy he has stored.

I'm glad to see that he is slimming down a bit, and maybe it might be partly due to the fact that I haven't been buying much junk since being on Atkins again. But I just can't understand why me taking a few days off should even concern him. It is just plain weird.

Anyway it really annoyed me. Especially since it was a planned day, intentionally taken, because I knew that in going to MIL's house there wouldn't be the kinds of foods that my diet would allow. In fact only the meat she served would have been allowed on my diet. Nothing else she served could have remotely been considered low carb. She had barbequed pork, potato salad, macaroni salad, jello with fruit, beans, sodas, and cake. Also potato chips, tortilla chips and fattening dips.

Her husband is diabetic, she is overweight herself, and every time we go to her house these are the types of foods offered. Sometimes if a vegetable is offered, she'll include corn on the cob. All highly starched or sugary items.

So in advance I know if I'm going to go to her house for a meal that I won't be able to stay on plan. The only way to survive a visit there is to take the day off, or not go.

I guess the part that really bothers me about it all is that she was a nurse. Her husband is a barber (and I understand that for barber training they have to learn all about the human body, which I guess springs back from the times when barbers used to 'bleed' people). Yet this is what you will find yourself eating if you go to her house.

I don't understand people. I don't understand how they can be so oblivious to certain things. Once in awhile I suppose is fine for a meal like that, but I get the feeling that it isn't once in awhile with them.

Anyway I'm not sure what the plan for today is. I did promise the family pizza for tonight. If they hold me to it, then I will be back on Atkins tomorrow morning, but if not I'll see if I can't get back today. Today will be a transition day. Scale is up as expected, but I think I managed to get some extra fiber and empty myself out better than I do when on plan. So that was a benefit of carbing up. I also no longer look at the oatmeal I bought for the family with longing. The oranges which were calling me tasted as good as expected, but I think my need for them has been satisfied now. Most of the other things I had weren't so wonderful that I can't live without them, so I'm ready again.

Maybe he is just worried about you Sherry. I wouldnt really take it so personally. I wish that someone in my family had the courage to tell me that I was fat and I asked my brother that in conversation the other day why he didnt say anything, and he said that everytime that someone mentions weight to women, we freak, which is true. So I have designated him as the person to tell me hey you really need to do something about your weight cause sometimes we need someone to break us away from our denial that we are living in. Just look at it this way, he wouldnt have spoken up if he didnt care for you.

Well said Sandra. And by the way Sandra, I hope you get to go to Japan to be with your husband. That would be awesome.


Yesterday I got so much food prep done. I'm excited, I cooked some chicken, made some cheeseburgers, made a great salad with yummy lc dressing, cooked some bacon, grilled some steak tips. I have to have food ready to take with me to work. I love this way of life and love it even more when I'm prepared.

Not much going on in my neck of the woods today. It is :sunny: and mild temperature outside. I sure hope Spring is here.

Sherry, .....ask him why he said that. Im thinking he was watching his grandparents, and realizing (maybe) he doesnt want you to end up like that? Im sure he wasnt being mean, and Im sure there was something going on in that 13 yr old head of his that made him say it out of love and concern for his mom :)

Sherry:

I really think kids look to us to be the ones in control. In control of anything in general, really.. Maybe he had been so proud of you for loosing what you have so far, being in control of your weight loss, and the foods you put in your mouth. Teen boys have a hard time saying they are proud of you, but inside they are. It could be, that at your inlaws, you weren't in "control" like he is used to seeing, and became a bit scared that you had lost all sense of what your original intentions have been.. to get healthy.

This is just what ran through my mind. A possibility..

As he see's you regain your footing again, he'll feel better about it. :hug:

I wish my family would've said something too, instead they always just kept silent or made excuses 'you just had kids, you just had surgery, work is stressfull, blah blah blah'.

today my brother weighed on my scale, he's 5'6 and weighs 250 and he asks me "Do you think I'm FAT?" I didn't know what to say. I just said "When I weighed 250 I didn't feel fat" and left it at that....what are you supposed to say in that type of situation??

anyway, g'night girls, I'll yack more in the morning and hopefully be down a pound or two by then :)

Everyone in my family knows I'm fat. We talk about it all the time. It doesn't bother me, and it doesn't really bother them. My boy is "fat" too. Not really. Just a bit chubby. My daughter and husband are as thin as rails, with a metabolism to match. Never do they gain weight, lucky things.

I did ask him. He said he said it because "I'm not used to it" and he knows that when I'm not used to higher carb foods and then eat them I sometimes get sick from it. He said he didn't want me to get sick. I thought that was a weird explanation since he didn't say anything while I was eating the foods, but after the day was over.

So maybe Falon is right. He is looking to me to set the example for how he should eat. Maybe my not eating on plan is scaring him with regard to his own tendancy to eat wrong. Maybe he feels like he has lost weight because of the foods I've been buying, and he's worried that I might buy more junk? That he will then eat more and gain back what he's lost?

I'm not sure. Anyway I start back on plan tomorrow. I'll have to relose a bunch of pounds, but I'll start back with renewed enthusiasm.

Well I made it through the weekend cheat free. I am noticing improvements in my lower stomach roll this time, usually it is my top one. Well I am running late, so I will have to catch up later.

Well I made it through the weekend cheat free. I am noticing improvements in my lower stomach roll this time, usually it is my top one. Well I am running late, so I will have to catch up later.

You have been doing SO GOOD!!! Way to hang in there, that is fantastic!!!

Have a good day everyone!!!:hug:

Way to go Sandra on your cheat-free weekend...especially since you went out. Beer is my downfall if I go out...I just CAN'T say NO!!! SO I think you did fabulous in that department for sure!! :cheer:

I had a good weekend too. Hope the week goes the same way. I'm off to bed, I'll catch up with you all later. :smug: