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Hello Ladies
I have not posted because I justed worked 2 12 hr midnight shifts and trying to sleep during the day I got off work this morning and slept for 2 hrs then My DH and I took a bus trip to do some christmas shopping I mostly got stuff for ME but did get 1 gift for my daughter I doing not bad this week but could do a lot better I will exercise tomorrow then on Friday back to work for 3 more 12 hr shifts
Happy losing to all suz

Good Morning,:coffee2:
I had 1 piece of Choc. BD cake yesterday with ice cream. :o I haven't been execising this week either Suz, I'll try to work on that today.:lifter:

Wow Suz, where do you work and what do you do? :tired: It would be nice to have a job but I don't think I would want to work shifts.:faint:

We always have our "kick off" :cheer: Christmas shopping the day after Thanksgiving. All the girls in the family gather together the night before with newspapers. :gossip: We make a list of people we want to buy for and what we want to get. Then we map out all the stores that has sales on items that we are looking for.:write: We hit the stores about 6AM pairing off in two's :high: with cell phones in hand at different stores. When 2 of us enter a store we search for our sales items.:mag: and if there is a sale item there that someone wanted that isn't there we hold it :sumo: :club: Then we call the other people letting them know its there. :callme:

We meet up at 12:00 pm for lunch. :hungry: We laugh and tell each other the stories that went on that day! :blah: Its soooo much fun!.:rofl: Its a tradition in our family. It ushers in the Holidays!! :wreath: All the men watch the kids. :twirly: After all we did do all the cooking the day before :chef: while they sat around and watched foot ball!! :grouphug:
I have a friend who visited us for Thanksgiving and got to go with us the next day. She now tries to make plans to join us every year. :woohoo: We do have fun!:joker:

Hope everyone has a great day!

Kiwi

Hello Ivy. It's interesting that your son has a project to do about Connecticut! What about it?

Its Friday!!:cp:
I weighed this morning! 191!!!:goodscale I lost 3 pounds this week!!:high:

That's 5 pounds this month and just 5 more to go and I will finally reach a goal that I have set!!:dancer:

Go Kiwi, :cheer: Go Kiwi,:cheer:

HI Guys,

Hows everyone doing today I hope well I'm sick cough some virus I have trouble speaking my throat is soar I feel miserable and weak:faint: :tape: :?: :( I hope everyone has been drinking lots of water.

Kiwi: I wish I would be able to do that TAG shopping I love shopping:carrot:
IT sounds like alto of fun.:D

Maria: We had to research state info like flag,bird,tree,landmarks,parks,well just about everything. It sounds very nice I may go up to visit on the way to
Maine I have always wanted to go to Maine.

Missindy: HI!

What ever happend to Montu?

Scalewatcher how are you doing?

NOTE: MY SIZE 13 JUNIOR PANTS ARE BIG ON ME NOW HOW COOL IS THAT?

My Ivy you are wearing a 13 Jurior?!! :yikes: OMGosh! How much do you weigh these days?! I'm in an 18 Misses and I'm only 8 pounds above you! :crazy: I can't believe being 4 inches taller than me can make that big of a difference!:tantrum: Life is not fair!! :stress: Gosh! I need to quit worring about losing weight and get on a stretching block! I need height!!!

Oh well, that's not going to happen:genie: so I guess I will have to keep working it off one losey pound after another! :lifter: Congratulations!! :p I hate you!:rofl:

Seriously, you've done great!:bravo:

Mom2tu isn't the only one missing iin action. What happen to
Want2beHealthy, Danni Marie, Scalewatcher, suz, Gordie,sapphire35, Wendy6,RCsMommy, BrittanyIsAStar, many more. We miss you!:hug: Wouldn't it be great if everyone just started back up again. :grouphug:

Kiwi

Well, I'm gonna be gone for a week now. I'm going home in a few hours!!! I am SO excited! But, between seeing everyone and having crappy internet, I probably won't be on. So, if I'm not, happy a great Thanksgiving. And, Kiwi, I'll be out there with ya on friday morning. It's been a tradition with my mom for as long as I can remember.

peace
Jen

Have great Thanksgiving Missindy!:turkey: I'm glad you are going home for the holidays! Have a good one. :hug:

My friends arrive today in a couple of hours so I need to get cleaned up. :cp:

EVeryone have a great weekend:happ3:

:wave:
Kiwi

HI, Girls

Kiwi I have no idea how maybe its what you said reg hight I guess? I am happy as can be I will share my new photos of me how I look as of yesterday and I am also keeping a picture diary I will post when I accomplish my goal.
Congratulations on 5lbs down you are doing excellent :bravo: :cp: :wizard: I will weigh In at end of month I hope I can catch up with you!!!!!:carrot:
This time of year is difficult on weight loss:mad: and I am sick so I don't even feel like working out:( .

On a better not my son Dragis won his match yesterday my goodness the boy he wrestled was all muscles and about 4inces taller I was so worried:o
But my boy pined him down on mat and won In 4 min:carrot: :D I was so proud and my hubby was so emotional he cried and I have only seen him cry once in 18 years and was when his dad almost died. Well that was yesterday he wrestles again today his school is in 2nd place out of ten schools and he has only been wrestling 4 months.:carrot: :D


This is me now!:carrot:

Hi everyone
IVY you look great I am finally down a lb:carrot: i get to go to 2 exercise classes next week i feel so good after
Kiwi I work for quaker oats company now owned by pepsi I work in the lab testing all the products as they are made By this time next year I will be retired that sounds so old but I will only be 55:high: I still have to do better on the food I am at work so i better gogood luck everyone suz

oooooh Ivy looking good! Congratulations! All your hard work is paying off!!
Tell your son we are cheering for him! My husband and one of my sons was on a westling team at school.

Suz, I didn't realize Pepsi bought Quaker Oats. I use both products and I'm sure I help keep them in business! Ha ha
What kind of testing? Taste testing? tee hee hee? I would love that job!

Well, my son is preaching tomorrow. He is my youngest. The 17 year old. He's turning into a good preacher. My oldest son is 26 years old and is the Associate pastor at our church. I was happy when my oldest son was called to preach but now my youngest also feels he's been called to preach. Its nice having 2 preachers in the family. We can get into some pretty good discussions.

Well, got to run.
Kiwi

Hi Everyone
Kiwi yes I do have to do taste testing but also chemical testing on the products there is also a bake shop in the lab so you have to try to resist the temptation It is difficult when they are baking brownies all day or night
my DH is a retired pastor but still involved a lot he does services at 2 nursing homes and helps with sometimes with the services at the church He is also on the church board
I am at work again so I better go
suz

Hi everyone:wave:

Suz I could never keep my weight under control if I worked there! I mean really, Get paid to taste brownies!!:hyper:

Hey, I got to church today and had several people tell me that jake my 17 year old was in the paper. He was voted one of top students in Bay county by the Optimist club. I was so proud of him. My daughter works for the paper and she didn't even notice. Anyway, they wrote a little article about him naming his awards he has earned and all the stuff he does for the community and school and what he is planning after graduation. I got a letter from his Principle Saturday saying how proud she was of him and how he stood out among his peers and made her school look good but I didn't really "get it" untill I got the paper. Can you tell I'm a proud mom. (tee hee hee:rofl: )

I was not good today.:o We ate pizza for lunch :jeno: and then when i got home I had a pecan pie that was calling my name! (several times:devil: )
I don't even want to step on the scales.

Kiwi

i was sick most of the day yesterday. :barf: But I feel better. My scales aren't looking good. Looks like i'm retaining water today. I'm suppose to meet a friend for lunch today even though I'm not feeling super but I'll eat light.

Hope everyone has a good day:thanks1:

Write later

Hi guys,
How has everyone been? :wave: I hope everyone is doing good and loosing weight.
Congratulations Kiwi all that hard work seems to have paid off I'm so happy for you that your son's are so smart and kind and involved in church;)
You may go ahead and brag all you want it's a grate feeling:D

My turn to brag well Dragis won 1st place and got the gold medal I was so happy I think I might have sprang a muscle jumping and yelling so loud:carrot: and I had a sore throat to begin with:D

Well here it goes some more bragging I went shopping for an outfit have a big date on Saturday will be going to the Hardrock Café Casinos with hubby and all the firefighters from his station I'm so excited I'm going dancing weeeeee!!!!!! I was born with dancing shoes. I bought a pair of black DKNY jeans (stretch) SIZE 10 wow I haven't used a 10 since I was 20 WEEEEE:cool: :cp: :dancer: :woohoo: :cheer2: :belly:

Will try to take pictures and share...

I got all my Turkey day groceries I'll be making the whole dinner I love Thanksgiving!!:D

Congrats Ivy fro Dragis and the size 10!!! How is everyone else doing?

I cut my hair yesterday. Shorter than I expected but then again don't they always do that. grrrr. But honestly I love it!!

Be Safe and Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.


Kiwi

What a wonderful Thanksgiving!:turkey:
I hope everyone had a nice one. Family, Friends, SHOPPING!! :high:
Shopping was great! I managed to get everything I was looking for at great prices! :dancer:

I'm now decorating the house for Christmas :ginger: and the kids are coming over tomorrow to string popcorn and hang on the tree and then my grand kids are going to (for the first time) decorate the tree! :tree:

So I'm off to get the house in a festive mood for tomorrow.:wreath: Catch ya later

:elf:
Kiwi

:angel: :clause: I wish everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving :carrot: and spent lots of time with those they love. I had a grate time with my family and I did try to keep myself in control as not to eat apple pie and pumpkin pie. Well have not weighed in due to tom so will post any weight loss as soon as I can.
I'm sick in the stomach now got to go............:(

I hope you get to feeling better soon Ivy. :getwell:

Yesterday was a wonderful day! :goodvibes

Had a great time yesterday with family. Place looks festive. :ginger: The kids stringed popcorn for the first time.:tree: I enjoyed that. Actually, my grown kids were pretty into it also.

Back to the weight loss! Did good but I could do better and I still need to lose 4 pounds this month.

:elf:
Kiwi

Good Morning,:clause:
I'm so excited about Christmas.:wreath: I don't even know why. I feel like a kid. :present: I think I want a kitten for Christmas. The younger the better and I want it to be a Tabby. I also want to take up violin lessons. I don't know why I want try and play the fiddle. I just thought it would be interesting. No one plays the fiddle in my house. We have piano's and Guitars and drums. We need a fiddle player. ha ha ha:rofl:

I'm doing good keeping my weight under control. I haven't gained and I have lost some ounces. So I'm proud of myself. :cheer2: I don't think I'm going to lose 4 pounds by tomorrow. Bummer, I was doing really good this month to lose the whole 10 pounds but I did lose more than I would have if I had chose not to be accountable to all of you.:encore:

:elf:
Kiwi

HELLO EVERYONE!!!!

I have missed you all.....:hug:

I was put on a different job :mad: while someone was out on sick leave and I had to do my job and their job :stress: It was horrible..I was so so stressed :stress:.

I am happy to say that she is back on her own job manning the phones and I am completely happy at my own desk with my own computer and all my own things...:cp:

How has everyone been? :gossip: Well I hope...:welcome2: allthe newbies...I am Danni Marie, I went MIA when i was reigning queen :queen: and the rest of bunch was my court jesters...:grouphug: :joker: :joker: :joker:
Kiwi congrats on becoming Queen :carrot:
Who is this weeks :queen:?

I am still on track with exercise and diet...I have lost a total of 21 lbs. so far :cheer: :cheer: I am off to change my tracker...and go to lunch...hope to chat with you all and get caught up soon...

love
Danni :hohoho:

I got on last night about 12:30 am and left a message. I must have X'd out without saving it because its not here now. Weird. :chin: Anyway, let me see if I remember it.

Hi Danni, great to hear from you. We stopped doing the challenge. People were getting bored.:yawn: Its not fun being Queen when you are the only one writting in. It happens. Anyway if anyone has a new challenge they would like to suggest for the holidays to get people motivated that would be great.

Ivy and I hung in there. Actually, Ivy is looking great these days. :belly: I'll be glad when I can say that about me. Congrats on your weight loss.

:elf:
Kiwi

Hi Kiwi :wave:

Too bad about the challenge...I thought it was fun, but I understand this is a very busy time for people. Maybe for the New Year we can maybe start up again, I know that for about the last 14 years I have said come Jan. 2nd I am on a diet and by Jan. 10 I was done :o

It is cold up here we had a wonderful Indian summer this past week, but old man winter is here!! :fr: :tantrum: We have no snow yet where I live but it is suppose to be coming making the home commute a total mess on the roads.:mad: The temp. had droppped significantly and I wish I was south :D

I am all done with my Christmas shopping, and I have to stop by UPS to send off my gifts to my neices and nephew in sunny FL whew that is a load off..:dancer:

I hope I remembered my snow scrapper in my car today, looks like ICE is forming on the windows...arghh...:censored: :yikes:

Have a great weekend everyone, hope everyone eats "healthy" I have to find a different exercise routine now that the snow is here...yuck... :lifter:
maybe I'll dance...:belly:

Have a great weekend everyone....
Danni :mrsclaus:

Ooooh I long for snow.:snowglo: If only for a brief moment! I live in Fl. so right now its hot! :sunny: Shorts and sleeveless shirt hot!:beach: Although last night it did rain some.

I still have Christmas shopping to do but I bought the big stuff the day after Thanksgiving. :turkey:

I turn 50 next year and my goal from the beginning was to be into a size 8 or 9 by the time by birthday came. I figured out last night that if I lose 6 pounds a month until my birthday I will be down to my goal weight! :belly: I think that is pretty doable! Of course I would like to lose it a lot quicker but the most important thing is to just get it off!:goodscale

Kiwi

HI Girls,
Hope everyone is doing grate I am completely 100% in good health Thank God I was pretty sick cold,stomach well enough I'm good and healthy now.
Well my son Dragis l:( lost his 2 matches and won 2 :D unfortunately he did get hurt his hips are hurting when he runs and wrestles took him to Dr and MRI will get results soon and then its off to the ortho Dr oh well been very stressed about that:?: He still wants to wrestle he has a match tomorrow don't know if I should let him:?: . He really wants to go:( Oh well I will wait till tomorrow and see how he is feeling he says he's ok but I'm still worried:?:
Hi kiwi
Hi Danie
My little one Adonis lost his in the playoffs yesterday:( he was crying his team lost 2 to 3 I felt so bad the ump made some really bad calls and oh well practically gave our game away:mad: As for shopping I began already still have a log way to go I may get a joint gift with my hubby he said maybe we will buy a thread mill. I will know when we go check them out this weekend.

I did manage to loose some weight so my scale says I will go to DR this month did not go last month my meds end this month.

HI Kiwi HI Danie

Hi girls
I justed realized I have not posted in over a week I weighed myself on friday still not losing but I have lost 3.5 inches it must be the weights My legs and arms are a lot firmer as well as my stomach I guess since muscle is heavier than fat that may be why I am not losing any weight I would like to try and lose 5 lbs by christmas Looks like everyone else is doing good
I am at work so I better go suz

I hope your kids heal up Ivy. Did Dragis wrestle today? I know boys are tough but I hope he takes it easy until he heals. :getwell:
suz its good to hear from you. Hey if you are losing inches then Yeah for you!!
Ive been snacking alot today. I have an apple pie in the house so I keep nibbling. :T Haven't gained but haven't lost!:)

Well I had a good day yesterday!:D I'm not losing alot of pounds but I am losing inches. :carrot: Being short I am pretty compact. My weight is all over. So as I lose I usally lose all over. I do have alot of weight in my belly though.:preg: So I have notice this time I'm losing weight in my belly. I am still wearing an 18 but everything fits so much looser. :belly: I have an out fit I haven't worn because it was to tight in the belly. Yesterday it was loose and everyone commented on the about of weight I was loosing. But actually I have only lost 11 pounds altogether but I've lost alot of inches. I can get into a 16 but I want it to fit loose so I'm staying into my 18's until I can wear the 16's without looking like a hoochee mama.:rofl:

Hello everyone :D

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Ivy how are the kids? :hug:


Suz/Kiwi "inches" are good anything lost on our frames is a good thing. Keep going girls that is great! :cheer:

My week went well, no cheats not as much exercise as I wanted to but and lost 0lbs. :mad: all that hard work and nothing not even a pound. :?: well I am not going to let it detour me, I am keeping on track..maybe since Aunt Flo will be here for visit in a couple days that is why I did not see progress on the scales :dunno:
It is cold here the high is 27 I hate it!!! :mad:
Off to lunch...

Danni :santa:

Good attitude! Don't let it bother you Danni you are prob retaining water. It will come off. I did real good today. Actually, I'm hoping I will be 189 in the morning!! I'm telling you I am fitting into clothes that I haven't been wearing or they were to tight. I'm feeling pretty good. The goal is to make it through all this holiday season without totally pigging out.

Did some more shopping today. Well gotta go.

Kiwi

Well I didn't make it to 189. I am 190.2!!!! I can't seem to shake the 190's but that's okay its got to happen sooner or later. Maybe tomorrow.

I hear ya on getting stuck in the 190's...If I see the 180's that will be a huge goal for me!!! I usually give up after stalling at 190 :mad: but this time I want to see the 150's....:D
Now that I have lost a few lbs. (21) I am convinced that I need a "face lift" :o OMG all this sagging skin under my chin is unbelievable :^: I look in the mirror and wonder who the **** is that "old" woman, when just this summer I had a youthful, rather rotund face, but this sagging skin crap I :dunno: is for the birds...thank God it is cold here and I can wear a turtle neck to cover that unsightly mess up:fr: :stress: sheesh never a break either portly :ink: or saggy :tantrum: getting old just doesnt seem to have many perks eh?

Kiwi I know what you mean about the upcoming holidays....I am scared :yikes: my family expects me to make our tradtional foods which of course are loaded with fats, sugars, etc. and I don't know if I am that strong to avoid them :( Thanksgiving was not a cake walk but it was doable cuz i made lowfat, no sugar versions of what everyone else was eating, I have no clue :dunno: how to make any of our tradtional foods light :stress: someone said "every bite tastes the same, whether you have 3 bites or 40 bites so if you MUST have something only have a couple bites...controlling my bites has never been a strong suit of mine :sp:
Well Aunt Flo is here guess I'll go put my feet up and relax a bit while she is here....have a good day! and keep moving :woops:

Danni:xcheer:

OMGOSH!!! :fr: I don't want my skin to sag but I know it is going to! I've been noticing that I don't just have a double chin but mine moves! Its like those wings under your arm that moves when you wave.:cp: Which tells me that when I lose its going to sag. Can't they do something for that? How do you exercise your face so that your skin tightens! :lifter: This lady I know had her stomach stapled or something like that. She has lost all her weight but her skins sags sooooo bad. :dunno: Her ankles are huge but its all skin. Its pretty weird. She had surgery to remove some skin in her legs so she could walk but it got infected so now everything is on hold.
Well its not stopping me from losing. Tomorrow my goal is to be 189!!

Wish me luck!:goodluck:
:snowball1
Kiwi

There are acutally exercises you can do for your face and neck, however they do not seem to be working for me...:nono: :stress:

or I am doing them wrong, or my face and neck are too far gone for results :stress:..lol

You are suppose to "scream" :yikes: the vowels of the alphabet, you do NOT have to vocalize them but go through the motions that you would if you were actually screaming them, you are suppose to scream A E I O U and those are suppose to firm up or prevent things from heading south :yes: in your face and neck region. You can do them anywhere anytime, well I was doing them morning and night maybe I am in severe need to add more :chin: so I guess I'll scream the vowels morning, mid morn lunch mid afternoon and after dinner snack...LOL:dizzy:

I too share those lovely, arm wings that flap uncontrollablly as I wave :tantrum: I have seen improvement in that area. :carrot: Someone told me a long time ago to walk around the house with 2 unopened campbell soup cans, one in each hand while I do my everyday chores, and when I walk the tread mill :woops: and I have to say as the weight is coming off I am not looking like I am ready for "take off" IYKWIM.....:rofl:

Ohhh that poor woman...she could not even walk? then an infection to boot...I'll say a prayer for her... :yes:

Well since someone would think that I have totally lost my mind if I did my facial neck excercises in my office I am off to the Ladies room to scream my vowels...:lol3:

Take Care...

Danni Marie :xcheer:

Hi girls
I justed weighed myself and still at 170 I think my scale is stuck LOL As for the wings under the arms I have those but they seem to be getting better I know its from the weights that my class does after our cardio I have lost about 1 inch off each arm and they are getting firmer I have exercise class this morning first one all week as i have been working only 6 more classes until we take a break over christmas I guess i will have to get out the exercise tapes
I better go our daughter and her new boyfriend are supposed to be coming in for the weekend and i still have some stuff to do
keep moving and losing suz :carrot:

Do a little Dance!!! :carrot: Do a little Jig!!! :cb: Get down tonight!!!:dancer: I'M 189!! :high: I broke the 190 plateau!! :encore: I feel like singing!! OW!! I feel good! :hyper: na na na na na . Like I knew that I would. :hyper: na na na na na. I feel good! Okay enough! :dizzy:

We had unexpected guest that came in so I couldn't get on yesterday. I love the holidays.:wreath: Unfortunately, with the weather comes colds and flus. 2 of my grandbabies are sick.:barf: But I didn't have to watch them today because mom decided to stay home with them
Ow!!! I feel good!! :hyper: na na na na na. Sorry I lost myself in the thought that I have the whole day to myself!!:cheer2:

Ow!!!! I feel Good!! :flow2: Okay okay! I going back to be bed and do some sukudo puzzles. Drink some hot coffee and maybe not even get back up until 3:00 pm Why? BECAUSE I CAN !!:dance:

:elf:
Kiwi

Hi Kiwi Congrats on breaking into the eighties that should make you feel good All we need to do is watch how much we eat over the holidays I know its going to be hard but we can do it
I know all abour the flu a few years ago MDH got and then I got it so the next fall we got the flu shot and now get every fall no more flu and I have not had a cold since we started getting the shot
My company never arrived so I am thinking that my daughters boyfriends father has taken a turn for the worse he has so many things wrong (diabetes,kidney dialysis,ulcers, and main problem blood clots) Hopefully he is OK
suz :carrot:

Sorry Suz that your daughter couldn't make it. :hug: I hate that about her boyfriends father. A friend of mines grand father is very sick. They don't expect him to make it. Its always hard but its harder during the holidays.

We are off to a Christmas party.:present: I plan to be very good. I am really excited about my weight. My husband actually told me today that I looked like I was losing weight!! I don't want to get back into the 90's so I am going to be very watchful but I do plan to eat!

Write later
:elf:
Kiwi

Hi every one
Kiwi my DH and I are off to our legions lunch today that will be after my exercise class then tomorrow its the seniors (i like to call it the mature adults!!! ) Christmas dinner and then on Friday its the church Christmas lunch that i will miss as i am working that day Its such a busy time friends of ours have so many things this week alone that she fiqures she will only have to cook one night this week that would be nice
With all this I have to find time today to have a nap as I have to be at work tonight for 7pm until 7am i think I am going to be tired tonight

suz:carrot:

Suz I didn't pay much attention to time difference between us until today. Its right now for me 8:40 a.m. Looking at your message you left it at 4:35 a.m. I just always thought you were an early bird. ha ha :rofl: Have fun today. I love all this hussle and bussle.

Our church doesn't have Sunday night services so we go to the homeless Shelter on Sunday nights and have church for them. It was about 9pm when we left. Afterwards my daughter in law and I went Christmas shopping. :present: We didn't get home until 12 a.m. Its a great time to shop without kids!

My daughter came over this morning after dropping her daughter off at school. She is sick with the flu :tired: and is now sleeping on my couch so I can take care of her today. It doesn't matter how old they get. When a child gets sick they want there mommy. :hug:

holy cow! It's been so long! I just wanted to kinda check in here and say hi. I'm not doing completely horrible, but I'm not doing great either. I know this sounds like a total cop out, but I'm definitely kicking it in high gear over Christmas. I have 3 weeks at home with no class or work. That seems like a godsend right now, but I'm gonna get bored FAST if I don't have anything to do. At this precise moment, I am just desperately trying to get through finals. I don't think I've slept more than 4 hours a night since last Sunday, the 3rd. It totally sucks. Good news though: I got on my school's newspaper staff! I'm excited. Or at least I was before I stopped sleeping. Anyway, it sucks that the challenge has petered out, but I would prob be in the negatives anyway. I'll definitely be into doing it (or something else) once the new year gets here. I'm going to Vegas for SB and I wanna look good! :)
Anyway, since my schedule is SO messed up right now, I'm gonna wish y'all a stinkin awesome merry christmas in case I don't come back again for awhile. I'll also begin the happy bday in 19 days wish for myself:) 21!!! :D

peace y'all
jen

Hello every one!

Jen Happy Early Birthday!!!

Kiwi Congrats on the 180's you go girl :cheer: :carrot:

Suz sorry to hear that your family did not make it....:(

My daughter is home from Duke University, and while away this semestar she has managed to get herself a Yorkie! :yikes: So with that surprise my husband is less than thrilled already thinks our cat and dog are too much now we have this little 2lb. cutie running around trying to take over...:D He is cute, however trying to mingle him into the pack is not going over so well, so it is chaotic to say the least..:o
Well girls I have lost another 2lbs! whoo hooo!!! still in the 190's and my short term is to be like Kiwi (my hero) ;) and hit the 180s by Christmas!

Have a healthy day everyone and Kiwi hope fam is feeling better soon! :hug:

Danni Marie :santa:

Wahoo Danni and Congratulations!:congrat: I need to start doing some exercises so I can shake some weight loose!
I feel for ya when it comes to the pets. When my mom comes down she brings her poodle which doesn't go well with our dogs so there is constant whining and barking.

Good to hear from you missindy, My you are always having test. :book2: Its no wonder College kids are always wanting to release some built up stress!:woohoo:

Well I did awful yesterday on my eating.:corn: My grandsons birthday is today but we celebrated Sunday:woo: and of course they sent the cake home with me and i have done nothing but nibble!:stress: I wont' do it today and I am going to start doing some exercises to help me.:exercise:

chat later
:mrsclaus:
Kiwi

HI girls,:hug:

I have been MIA but my son had hurt his hip and my little one had some stomach virus was home 1week no school. :( Dragis was not able to wrestle and can't for 1 month DR said he has a tear on the muscle that connects the hip to the leg and swelling showed up on mri as well I have been so stressed and I had to shop as well not that I don't like to shop but I hate waiting till the last minute.
I hope every one has been doing well....
Kiwi congratulations on weight loss:carrot:
HI Dannie Thanks for asking about kids:)
Hi Suz :)

Well I have been sticking to my diet and the scale is happy as well today 174
I cant wait to get to 60's hope I get there before my B day December 31st
well still in size 13 I gave all my 16,18,1x,2x to my mom for her Church sale.
I hope everyone is drinking plenty of water!!!!!!! I bought this jug that holds 1/2 gal and have been drinking one a day:carrot: only bad thing is having to get up at night to peeeeeee:mad:

Tomorrow I have a date with the gynecologist I absolutely hate it!!!!:(
and soon will have my Mamo!!!:mad: I always wait till the last minute.

Morning everyone
glad to see everyone is still losing I am refusing to weigh myself i am tired of seeing 170 I will keep exercising and hopefully eating good and then maybe after christmas i will weigh myself and get a surprize

kiwi i am a early bird but when I came back to this site I never changed the time to my time zone i am in the same time zone that you are in and some of my posts i have done from work when I was working on the midnight shift so that might explain some of the change hours I try not to get up before 5 am

We went shopping yesterday I got my DH 2 of his gifts and have just a couple of small things to get and will be done the crowds are getting crazy i think we spent more time in line ups to pay than we did shopping!!!!

heres another early one for you Kiwi its just after 530 am my time!!!!!

suz :carrot:

its 11:30 am my time Suz and I am still in my pj's. Looks like its my turn with this flu bug. But i don't have it like the others did. I'm just very tired. Throat is very dry.

Ivy sorry about your son. I know it is killing him not to wrestle. That flu bug is getting everyone I hope your other son is feeling better. We are passing it around over here. Jake got his Foot ball jacket yesterday. He was so proud of it. It was really hot yesterday but he was wearing it. ha ha

I had this cute idea for a stocking stuffer for my daughters. I bought some nice kitchen utensils in the color of there kitchen then I wrapped it in a pot holder matching there kitchen. Tired a ribbon around it and I will put it in there stocking. For the guys I bought some craftmen wenches and sockets and wrapped them in work gloves tired it in raffia.

Well, i'm tired so I'm going back to bed

kiwi

I'M A GRAND MA (again):woohoo:
My middle son and his wife had there first baby :bb: (my 5th grand baby) today Dec 16 at 11:45 A.M. Her name is Brianna Brooke White! :hug: She weighed 6 lbs 2.1 ounces and is 19 1/2 inches long. She has so much hair she could wear pig tails!! :goodvibes

Kiwi:congrat: on your 4th grand baby My DH and I have 6 grand kids and 2 great grand kids Its so much fun
I have 1 day to work and I am off for 2 weeks It will be so great I still have a couple of things left to get all stocking stuffers then done and 3 things to bake
My DH is a retired minister who helps out with services and visits to seniors and does the services at 2 seniors residenices in the area On tuesday we are going to 1 seniors place to sing christmas carols that should be fun
I better go need to do some laundry and some tidying

Take care everyone suz:carrot:

We just got back from singing christmas Carols! :dancer: About 20 of us decided to go to the Seniors in the church and sing Christmas carols at each of their homes. We started about 6:00 tonight and got home about 9:30 and then had refreshments at my sons house.:T We really had a great time and all the Seniors loved it. :hug: We went to 12 homes. My throat is killing me. But it was worth it.

I saw the baby again! So pretty! :bb:

I guess I should fess up. :devil: Looks like I put 2 pounds back on. I was back up to 191 this morning. Just to many sweets and parties! But if 2 pounds is all I gain over the holidays I guess that is good. I'm not changing my scales yet. I'm going to wait until Friday and see if I can shake
it loose! :woops:

Suz enjoy your vacation! :flow2: Oh and she is my 5th Grand Child.:D

Kiwi

Hello Everyone: :gossip:

Hope everyone is doing well :D

MyIvy...how is your son doing? I hope he is feeling better :hug:

Suz - I would leave the scale alone for a while especially this time of year, sometime frequent weighing can thwart all your efforts when you are faced with very tempting foods IYKWIM..but you are doing great just remeber your exercise!!!!:woops: :trampo: :swim: :strong:

Kiwi....Congrats on "grandbaby #5!!! :congrat: How exciting a Christmas baby! She sounds beautiful! :D Enjoy!

Well as for me my daughter and my "grand DOG" have arrived...:carrot: He is a very cute Yorkie but yaps quite a bit, nothing annoying "yet" :dizzy: He gets along great with the Cat but the pug and him kind of keep their distance and when they get to close to each other they both "yap". :?: But all in all it is great to have her home! She has gained a few pounds this semester and after seeing me and the weight I have been loosing she is working out and eating like me since she has arrived, I hope she sticks with it she is such a beautiful person, but if anyone with a weight issue knows it is hard! So wish me luck on keeping her on track!! :D
As for me!!!!! I HAVE MET MY DECEMBER GOAL!!!!!!! I like Kiwi wanted to see the 180's by Christmas and today I am drum roll............189!!!!!!!! :carrot: :cheer: I have lost 4 more lbs.!!!!!!!!!! :goodscale: :carrot: So I am quite pleased with myself!!!!!! Thats my good news I hope you all have good news to report this week.

Kiwi...hope everyone feels better from the Flu!!

Danni :xcheer:

Good Morning
Danni thats great that you are in the 80's I usually don't weigh myself that often about once per week I will not weigh myself till Friday we have lot to do in the next few days i have 1 exercise class left tomorrow then we won't start up again until after the new year so I will have to get out my exerxise tapes for over the holidays

Kiwi I am sad that you gained back 2 lbs but you will be able to get rid of them I know you will

Now if can manage to get rid of a few by the end of the year I will be :) very happy I think once I get by this 170 hurdle it may come easier i hope

Take care suz

congrats danni!! You will be getting into a new smaller size outfit before you know it.

I'm down sick. That's why i didn't write yesterday. I look and feel awful. Hopefully, i'll be better by weekend. i've got my shopping done but i just like walking around and watching people shop.

JUSTED WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE HAPPY HOLIDAYS:elf: :clause: :rudolph:

:hohoho: :xcheer: :santa: :mrsclaus: :gift2: :snowball1 :tree: :ginger: :clause: :stardav: Happy Holidays everyone!!!!! Hope you all enjoy your holiday however you spend it.


Well mini update....I am in terrible pain, I have or should have said "HAD" a sebeceous cyst growing on the outer side of right leg...well it ruptured under the skin and I started to get a raging abcess :yikes: so on Thursday I had to have it lanced :yikes: and that hurt soo sooo much :stress: well today Saturday, my hubby and I get to remove the gauze packing that he (the suregon) packed it with....yuck yuck....:cry: Why do they send people home to do jobs that they are not equipped to do? :dunno: I mean if I was well versed in "wound care" I would not have a problem, however I did not attending nursing school and I think this task should be left to the professionals who studied hard and earned a degree to this kind of stuff, not me and my ill equipped hubby to do so in the shower! :yikes: changing the dressing the past couple of days was so so stressful...:cry: and now today we get to remove the packing that was there to help it drain :dunno: ?
Wish me luck and to top it off the Augmentin that I am taking well to put it nicely has kept me in the bathroom, and now this a.m I woke up and I am loosing my voice...:stress: Merry Christmas :santa: LOL

Hope everyone does not pack on too many pounds....have a super Holiday....gotta run...well hobble off to the shower to start the debreeding process, :cry:

Danni :cheer:

Danni bless your heart!:hug: I feel sorry for the pain you are in and all that yucky bandages you have to deal with.:(
I know exactly what you are talking about because I had to change my husbands bandages when he had surgery. :dz: You take care of yourself! Of course, I guess you have to since the doctors sent you home without a nurse.lol :lol: :getwell:


I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS!! :hohoho: :present: :stardav: DON'T OVER EAT BUT ENJOY!:candy:
:elf:
KIWI

Danni i hope you are feeling better I think my stomach just reading your post
I have not exercised in a few days and feeling sluggish so i will exeercise today its been a very busy couple of days
We had a green christmas but it is snowing a little now just enough to make every things white
I know i have eaten to much over the last few days so will really have to work harder to accomplish my goals i am due to retire in mid july 2007 and if I can lose 5 lbs a month I will be where i want in weight
Everyone enjoy the rest of the holidays suz :carrot:

Hi everyone

I hope all of you had a great Christmas!:tree: Mine was wonderful.:hohoho: All the family made it in. 3 of my Grand kids got new bikes and they brought them to my house so they could ride them.:bike: They were all learning to ride so it was quite a site seeing different people running along side each child teaching them to ride including me.:bike2: The neighbors came out on there porches to watch us. It was a Kodak moment! :hug:

We are having a party at my house for New years. :newyear: We don't drink but we like to have fun so I do this every year. :woo: We play all kinds of games tell stories and just have a great time. When 12:00 is about to be here we all kneel and pray for all the families, friends, up coming year and well just pray the New Year in. :grouphug:

I started doing this when my kids got old enough to go out and I wanted them home for New Years. :idea: They invited all there teen friends over.:dancer: Then the next year the parents wanted to come and more of our adult friends. Then before long more friends and family were included now after 10 years it has become a tradition at our house and those kids that were teens are now adults with kids and they bring there kids and new friends. I love it!:hat:

Have fun everyone!
Kiwi

Kiwi what a wonderful way to bring in the new year this year my Dh and I are going to go out for dinner and then go to movie then if we are still awake at midnight we will bring in the New Year but we proably will be asleep today we have to help out at church for a reception
I did about 30 minutes of exercise yesterday and 15 minutes of weights felt good afterwards I will do the exercise again today but no weights

Everyone take care suz

Hello Everyone: :gossip:

We too have survived Christmas :carrot: It was a very nice day :D On Christmas morning before we open any gifts we have to sing "Happy Birthday" to baby Jesus then the wrapping paper flies. Kiwi what a great tradition on New Years eve that you started!!!:cp:
I have managed to loose another 2lbs. last week, my weigh in days are on Monday, and on Christmas day I weighed myself and I was 187!!!!! :cheer: :carrot: :bravo: however I should have weighed myself after my Christmas meal, I think I ate my serving and few others in Pasta ( my severe weakness) :stress: but I will not dare get on the scale until New Years Day, I am trying to make up for my gluttony and at least break even on the scales :^:

My leg is healing nicely, I go to the doctor later today, he should tell me how well my husband and I handled "wound care 101" :dunno: I am no doctor but it looks and feels pretty good.

Well I have to run, we are having a New Year's eve party here, :?: :rofl:
and my neighbors all DO DRINK, my hubby and I don't but they all do, I am stressing over what to serve, I think I am just gonna offer beer and wine and food of course more food than beer....:stir: :cheers: and we are playing Eucure so I need to see if we have enough cards.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of the Holiday Season....and Suz great job on tryng to get in some exercise :cheer: you go ....
Talk to y;all in the New Year!!!

:newyear:
Danni Marie :cheers:

Good Morning everyone,:wave:
Congrats Danni for losing the 2 pounds! :bravo: You are beginning to annoy me!:devil: I haven't lost anything!
I love the idea of singing Birthday to Jesus! Russ has always told the Christmas story to the kids before we open presents but this year since no one was coming over until 10:00 A.M. and we have Grand kids we waited until after lunch and everyone had settled down a bit. oh yeah that went over big with the Grand kids. ( sit down, hush papa is telling a story, i want to go play, i heard this story, can i go now? :rofl: )

My husband made me go to the Doctor yesterday because we thought I might be getting a sinus infection and it turns out I have high blood pressure.:?: I don't know alot about that stuff because I rarely go to the doctor but they are making me go back next week take it again and then if its still high I have to take some test etc. I told the doctor I've been sick so I'm sure right now everything is out of whack but he insisted and Russ is such a worry wart.
Do any of you know anything about high blood pressure? Mine was 162/90. Is that really something to worry about or is the Doctor just trying to be cautious? You know doc, they always looking at the worst. He did tell me High blood pressure can lead to heart attacks but honestly I feel great(except for the cold) and I told him but I still have to go back. :dunno:

Danni have you ever heard of the game FARKLE? Its a dice came. It is so much fun to play!:cp: I haven't heard of Eucure. Its a good thing no one drinks around here because New years day everyone is playing paint guns (not me) in the woods and I would hate to have a hang over and get hit with paint balls! :dance:

Suz enjoy the movie, How much longer until you retire?:D

Have a wonderful NY and sbe safe!

Kiwi

Yes, 162 over 90 is pretty high. Not normal range.

But what is normal? On a scale of 1 to 10. 10 being ready to have a heart attack and 1 being Normal range where is 162? I mean I know it must be high but is it like a 3 or an 8?

I looked it up on internet but I couldn't find anything except how to lower it. It also talked about it being stressed related. I am sooooo not a stressful person. I think it may have something to do with the fact I've been sick.

Thanks Maria,

Kiwi

Kiwi,

I'm not a medical professional. But here's what I'm finding at nhlbi.nih.gov:

Normal: Below 120/80 (i.e., systolic [first number] below 120 _and_ diastolic [second number] below 80).
Pre-hypertension: systolic 120-139 or diastolic 80-89.
Stage 1 high blood pressure: systolic 149-159 or diastolic 90-99.
Stage 2 high blood pressure: systolic 160 or more or diastolic 100 or more.

This info is presented in an easier-to-read chart at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/detect/categ.htm.

You're categorized by whichever number is relatively higher-- whichever number falls into the higher category. (So, for example, your 162/90 would be categorized as Stage 2.)

Treatment (lifestyle changes and/or drugs) is generally recommended for anything above 140/90.

"High blood pressure increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, the first- and third-leading causes of death for Americans. High blood pressure can also cause other problems, such as heart failure, kidney disease, and blindness." (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/hbp/serious.htm)

It seems to me that if your BP is consistenly measuring around 162/90 that yes, you really should worry about it, and no, there's no good excuse for blood pressure to be that high.

Kiwi Please follow your docs advice for the high blood pressure it is a killer Maria gave some great advice One thing she did not say was that being overweight can also influence your blood pressur numbers So losing weight and getting fit should also help your numbers
I am planning to retire about the end of the 3rd week in July and since I omly work avg 15 days /month it really is not very long I can't wait

:newyear: Have a safe and wonderful new year suz

Hi Everyone :gossip:

Kiwi...I suffer from "white coat hypertension" which means everytime I go to the doctor my blood pressure sky rockets.... :stress: One "HIGH" reading does NOT mean that you have "HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE" the cuff could have been on wrong, too tight too loose, you are ill, nervous about being at the dr.s etc.

I would if your budget allows to go and get a at home blood pressure machine, SAMS club and Costco Walmart pharmacy all sells them and after sitting in the chair for 10 to 15 mins NOT after right after a meal either and take your blood pressure, then before you get out of bed take your blood pressure they have cuffs that you can put on yourself and you push a button and the cuff inflates on its own and a digital reading of your blood pressure will show on the display, after you have several readings ( I would keep a log) when you go back to the doctor see what theirs says and he should take the "average' of all your readings to determine if "yes" indeed you have high blood pressure or "NO" you do not. Remember 1 high reading does not mean you have high blood pressure, it is consistantly high at REST will mean you have high blood pressure, blood pressure fluctuates throughout the day, after you get up, eat, chores, and at rest. I am no doc, but I agree that being sick may also have something to do with an elevated blood pressure, your body can handle your blood pressure being elevated for a while it is "CONSTANTLY" high that weakens yours arteries and heart which makes you more prone to have a heart attack or stroke....so please ....relax... you need several readings to determine whether or not you have "high blood pressure" that requires medication. Exercise is one sure way to LOWER your blood pressure, 20 mins of average walking will bring it down 10 points..and of course loosing weight. So again relax....:hug: I hope this helps....do you relax when you pray? listen to Christian music? if so everyday make some Kiwi time and pray/read scripture or listen to inspirational music and that too lowers one blood pressure. don't go to Walgreens and use their cuffs, these are not always working properly either and you need to sit and relax for 10-20 mins before you take the reading anyway and sitting at the blood pressure maching at walgreens for that long well you will like a Q-tip in training.....LOL....LOL IYKWIM??? get it q-tip old white haired person...LOL...LOL...which you are NOT old....
RELAX....even medication if you do have high blood pressure will lower it.
Talk later off to buy party food....

one more thing I again want to make clear, ONE high reading does NOT mean you have HIGH blood pressure. YOUR body CAN handle high readings, if you CONSISTANTLY HAVE HIGH readings that are constant is when you could do damage to your body. REMEBER..blood pressure fluctuates throughout the day.....you need several readings before you determine that you HAVE high blood pressure.... big hugs again,...stay calm...:hugs:

hugs
Danni Marie :hug:

:hug:Well, I hope that I am still welcome here. :oI know it has been a bit since I posted. I have had some health challenages and I just couldn't get up the energy and courage to post. I am looking forward to connecting with you all again:grouphug:. I have have just read some of the posts and I see a few newbies:welcome3: since I was here last. I hope that the New Year brings everyone health and happiness:newyear:.

Hi Scalewatcher!:hug:Great to hear from you!
I hope everyone had a great holiday. :hat: Its time to get back on track if you've been off and get back to work.:exercise:

I always look forward to New Year. A time to forget the past and move forward to better things. This is my year! :cp: I'm turning 50 this year and I want to be in a size 7/8 or 9/10. :belly: Doesn't matter which. I was happy at both! So I'm determined. Hope you are. :lifter:

Kiwi

Scalewatcher I'm sooo excited! :carrot: Figure out the time that works for you on the exercise and we can start tomorrow. :running: Oh don't forget we weigh in too!:goodscale

I know we are going to do it!! :goodluck:

Kiwi

Kiwi:hug: I like to exercise in the morning. Is 8:00a.m. good for you? I will be weighing in in the morning also. I am very excited about this new start.:D

Ugggh!!!:yawn: Okay I'll try for 8:00. I'm usually up but slow moving. ;) We need to get some pictures of ourselves when we were smaller to put on the frig to motivate us!:belly:

I figure if I lose 5-7 months a month I will have this weight off by my birthday. :woo: There I go again. I need to focus on just getting 2 pounds off this week! :carrot:

That's my goal. :cheer: I just want to get 2 pounds off this week and exercise at least 10 min. everyday this week. That reasonable.:crossed: I was told 21 days makes a habit. So if you want to create a habit you must do it for 21 days in a row. If you want to break a habit you must stop it for 21 days!

I want to get in a habit of waking up and doing exercise before I go out the door.:bravo:

We can do it!:dust:

Kiwi

Kiwi- GOOD MORNING:carrot:

I just weighed myself and I weigh 201 lbs. I am going to exercise now.:yoga: :exercise: Be back later.

Wait its not 8:00? I just peeked in to see if you were up? :yawn: I've got a few more minutes! NO FAIR!!! :rofl:

Okay I've got time to get out of night clothes and put on something exercisey and I'll be huffen and buffen by 8:00 :exercise:

Oh I weighed in and i'm 191.2 !!!! :goodscale

Kiwi

We have a bad storm coming up here. :rain: I was finishing up posting you and the power went off. :dunno: So I'll try again.

I did about 20 min of exercise.:exercise: I feel good about that. Right now I just want to get consistent on exercising I can pick up the pace as I go. :woops:
I was watching "talking about women's health" as I exercised. Its was interesting. :chin: They talked about replacing breakfast or lunch with a protein shake to lose weight and stay healthy. :cb: Also Patty Labelle was on talking about her book and diabetes. She has "Adult onset diabetes" You have a higher risk of getting it if: 1. you are over weight 2. over 45 3. history of diabetes in family 4. High blood pressure. I fall into all those categories.:rolleyes: Its a good thing I went back to the doctor and let them run those test on me. They put me on Blood pressure medicine. :halffull: I don't feel any different at all except one of the pills (only 2 small pills I have to take) is a strong water pill and boy does it work! I have lost 4 of the 6 pounds I gained over the holidays! Yahoo! :bravo:
There is always a bright side to everything!!:flow2:

Anyway, getting back to Patti. She said she loves to eat and cook. :chef: Always has. So now she eats pretty much the same but cooks it differently but it taste good. Plus everything is low fat. I think I'm going to go to Books a Million this weekend and look at it and see if its something I would do. I'm also going to see about a good tasting protein shake.:crossed:

So how was your workout? I can't believe you started before me! :nono: Drag me out of bed to exercise and you already going at it! :frypan: Just kidding :joker: but there is no way I'm doing it before 8:00. :boxing: Actually, 8:00 a.m. seems to be a good time for me so I'll try again tomorrow!:goodvibes

Write later
Kiwi

Well, I did it I used my stability ball yoga exercises.:yoga: I only exercised:exercise: for 25 minutes but hey I am doing it. I am planning on taking a short walk :running:later in the day. But that is just an added bonus.

I have watched the "Speaking of Women's Health" before and they have some very interesting information.

My goal is to lose 40 lbs by 10/26/07. I am trying to keep :write:my calories under 2000 a day. If I exercise for 30 minutes a day that will help.

I hope that the blood pressure meds help.:hug:

O.k. I have to get going now but I am so glad we are doing this.

Happy New Year everyone :gossip:

Hope you all rang it in with a bang :D

My weigh in day is Monday's so I was faced with getting on the scale New Years Day morn and after partying the night away just wee hours ago, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had lost 3 more lbs. :carrot: :cheer: So not being able to hit the 180's for years and years, I have now managed to go to 184!!!!!!!! :carrot: So this has given me great inspiration for the New Year...I hope I can stick to my resolutions:D

So what are you ladies up to?

Scale glad to see you back...hope your exercise continues to work for you!
Kiwi glad to see you got your BP under control.

Danni :D

Hey everyone. I'm new here. Hope yall don't mind me hopping in to say hello. I'm Hpnotq...I'm 23 and have been married to my wonderful husband for 2 1/2 years. Currently I'm working in retail and working on going back to school. I also write for a racing website. I don't believe in making new years resolutions because I almost always inevitably let go of them....I did last year. Instead I'm going for goals for 2007. Yeah yeah...so it's the same thing with a different name. Maybe it'll be easier for me to hold on to them. This month my goals are to drink no dark soda at all (only Sprite is allowed but once a week only), exercise no less than 3 times a week for at least 30 minutes and to drink a glass of water before I eat and one while I'm eating. I have a huge goal in the end, but right now I'm focused on those specific goals for the month. When I get through January, I'll add more for February. I look forward to getting to know all of you.
Hpnotq

Welcome Hpnotq!! Glad you have joined us. Danni Congrats on the one the weight loss!! Yahoo!!

Scalewatcher 40 pounds by Oct is awesome! You can do that. 4 pounds a month!! 1 pound a week!! That will put you in a 10? 12? You go girl!

Has everyone heard about the health challenge? I signed up but now I forgot the website. duh!!! If anyone knows what im talking about give me the site and everyone check it out. Its free and has alot of stuff we can use.
Scalewatcher is should be great for us and anyone else who would like to join us each morning at 8 am!

Well hello Kiwi! I'm happy to be here...and I'm here for good :)

You're referring to the Discovery Health Challenge I think...I signed up this afternoon, but it doesn't actually start until January 13th. Here's the linky: http://health.discovery.com/BodyChallenge/index.jsp

Danni Marie- :congrat:
Hpnotq-:welcome3:& :goodluck: Thanks for the link.
Kiwi24-I did my :yoga::running::exercise: for 30 minutes :carrot: and I wrote :write:down my calories :cp: :woohoo: . I will check out the website. HOW are you doing?;) I know we can. I Know We Can. I KNOW WE CAN. :hug:

Yahoo!! :carrot: I have officially lost the whole 6 pounds I gained over the holidays!!:bravo: I have no doubt it was the water pill the doctor put me on but hey I love it. Now I'm back to 189!! :D

Scalewatcher I bought a cd yesterday at walmart "Yoga Booty Ballet" :yoga: It has 2 cd in it. 1 takes about 40 mins and the 2 takes about 50. One has a salsa dance to it.:dancer: I like it! I keep forgetting to write my stuff down! :write: As soon as I leave here I will do it.

My focus is to be in a size 7/8 or 9/10 by Oct 24th (my Birthday) But I'm only going to concentrate on 1 week at a time. Otherwise, I'll lose focus. this week I must lose 1.5 to 2 pounds by Friday!
We can do this!!

I signed up for the website yesterday and started checking everything out. It is pretty cool. :flow2: We don't have a Balleys here but its not like I would go. The military gives us a free workout center and I never go.

I'm off to write my food intake down!:wave:

Kiwi

wow. it's been SO long since I've been here! you don't even want to know what is up with me. I pretty much crashed and burned at home for Christmas. It's quite pathetic. But, I'm back here at school now, and I'm feeling pretty good about things. I'm giving myself a day or so of not so strictness to get used to not having real food and stuff, and then it's on!

Hope everyone had some awesome holidays!

Hi Missindy! Oh the joy of school! Well I'm about to settle down and watch a movie but I wanted to drop a note to say I've done good today. Scalewatcher I'll be thinking of you at 8:00 am when I'm doing my Yoga booti Ballet! ha ha

Everyone have a great weekend!

Kiwi

Just checking in to say hello. That was my biggest downfall the last time....not checking in. Hope you're all doing well. Went for a 20 minute walk this morning before work. I'm starting the C25K on Monday with someone in another thread...so wish me luck there. No work for me tomorrow, but I'll be doing some cleaning and laundry etc. Hope yall have a wonderful Sunday!!

good morning everyone
I just weighed in and I have lost 2 lbs i am now down to 168 i was going to exercise yesterday but just got to busy i will exercise later after church i did manage to not gain any weight over the holidays and also exercised a few times the last week My exercise classes started back up last wednesday but I could not go as they had me working days last week instead of my usual shift
Hope everyone had a good holiday and are now ready to eat right exercise and meet there mini goals I want to lose 5 lbs /month and exercise at least 3x per week more if i can manage it
I am going to check out that website later it sounds interesting
good luck everyone suz

Good Morning,

It nice to see almost everyone back and ready to get going again! I'm going to do some exercise and then get ready for church.

Way to go Suz! How much weight loss does that make you now?

Good morning everyone! Went walking for 15 minutes this morning when I took my husband to work. I've got alot of laundry and cleaning to do...I swear it never ends! Everyone have a great day!

Congrats Suz!!!

Oh boy. Here I go. Things are starting all over again tomorrow. I'm starting with a clean slate. The only thing I will keep in mind is that I've already lost a lot of weight. I won't think of how much I had lost and gained back or anything. I think that might have been my downfall. I got myself too discouraged.

Keep up the good work y'all. You're making me jealous! I'm gonna have to start kicking butt just to keep up with you!

Oh, and wish me luck. I start my new job tomorrow morning. Holy cow am I nervous. Specially since I have NO idea when I need to be there. :)

good morning
Today i go back to my exercise class ,we stopped over the christmas holidays but I did manage to do my exercise tape at home about 4x and we also for for a couple of walks Now back to reality!!

Kiwi I was stuck on 170 for so long (like 2 months) but when I came back here in mid sept I was 174 and I am 5' 3" and want to get to 135 by mid July

suz :carrot:

Good Morning everyone!:wave:

Scalewatcher are you ready to exercise? :exercise: I didn't do it yesterday because I got to running behind for church. Then just totally flaked out the rest of the day.:dunno: 21 days makes a habit so I'm starting over today! I want to get myself into the mind frame that by 8:00 each morning I exercise. So that is going to include the weekends. :cheer:
Since I'm weighing in Mondays and Fridays I'm changing my ticker today!! My goal this new week is to lose 1-2 pounds:goodscale and exercise no less than 10 min each day.:dust:

Suz that is awesome. Consistence pays off again! :cp:

Good luck Missindy! :goodluck:

Hpnotq, way to go on the exercise! You are going to do it!:bravo:

Chat later
Kiwi

Kiwi:hug: GOOD NEWS I LOST WEIGHT. 1.4 lbs. YEAHHHHHHHH. I am back under 200 again. I will try to do some kind of exercise in the morning at 8.00am . I have been doing very well on calories. I will be ready to exercise tomorrow morning.

Hey, Everyone :) Good to hear from you all. I gotta run for now keep up the good work.

HI everyone, Happy New Year's Hope everyone had a wonderful time and wish everyone the best of health love and happiness this coming 2007 year!!!
I for one cant wait to crack this 47 lbs shell I have on. Will begin meds today I had a wonderful time on my b-day did drink and ate some pasta but I danced the night away my feet hurt still :D . I hope every one has been doing well !!!!

Congratulations Kiwi:carrot:
Congrats scale watcher :carrot:
Congrats suz:carrot:
hang in there missindy;)
welcome to all newbies:hug:

Hope everyone has a grate day!!!!!

PS DRINK PLENTY OF WATER:D

Hi Everyone: :gossip:

Glad to see everyone back :carrot:

Hello Hpnotg.......:welcome: glad to have you and great job on your walking.

Kiwi.....well at least some good has come from thos bp pills :D

Today is my weigh in day...and I lost another 2lbs!!!!! Whooo HOOOOO !!! :carrot: I am at 182 girls!!!! :cheer:
I walk at least 45 mins a day everyday no matter what, most days I do more but I shoot for 45 and all the extra running I do I don't count as exercise. I have to get mine in when I can....calories per day around 1500!

Just wanted to check in and give my report and tell everyone HELLO ;)

Drink your water....and keep moving....did you know that if you fidget (ie bounce your leg, wiggle your hands etc. you burn more calories than those who don't), so start fidgeting girls....:carrot:

Danni :p

:wave:Good Morning Kiwi:hug: I did my :exercise:exercise :yoga:at 8:00am. I have had a pretty good day so far. I stayed on track yesterday with my calories. How are you doing today. I know you must have been exerciseing at the appointed time cause I could not get you off my mind :goodvibesthe entire time. How about the calories did you stay on track? WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN 'CAUSE WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER. :kickbutt: BTW my knee is feeling much better today.

Way to go Danni, :cheer: that is pretty exciting, at least for you!::crazy: Just messing with ya.:devil: I didn't realize you walk or run as much as you do! That is pretty great! I actually admire people who do things I have absolutely no desire to do! :rofl: ha ha ha But then again that's why you are losing quicker than me.:p

MyIvy congrats to you. I see you've lost alot over the holidays!! :goodscale

Congrats to you Scalewatcher! That's awesome about the weight. :bravo: Did you chose a another type of exercise to do for awhile instead of walking?:exercise: Yeah I think of you each morning when I'm dragging myself out of bed wondering how did she talk me into this? :tired: But I do it and we will get this weight off!!

I drank water all day yesterday. I feel really good about that.

I'll write later.
Kiwi

Hello Ladies Can I join? I have been looking for a new group to join and one to make me more accountable for what I do. I am 36 and I have three children and Maried for 20 years. I have been over weight most of my life and I want to lose weight . I weigh in at a whopping 288 Pounds. I need to get motivation to get me back into loosing weight and exercising and eating right. Can any one help me???

Hi Bonnie,:wave:
You are most welcomed here. :welcome2: We are all different with different issues but what we all have in common is we want to look and feel better about ourselves. :grouphug: So we simply want to encourage each other. Everyone here has such good advice I hope you find the encouragement and help hat you need to succeed. :hug:

Kiwi:wave:

HI All!!!!

Well I'm glad to see everyone has been trying to exercise I myself have kinda been lagging will try to push myself back to CURVES I will I am happy to see such motivation you guys inspire me. I plan to go back on meds this afternoon I skipped the morning dose been trying to slowly take myself off the meds but now I want to loose 20-25 lbs quick so will go back on. Also I will cut my carbs again and will do 1,200 cal intake.

I HOPE THIS INFO WILL HELP EVERYONE THIS IS WHAT I GO BY AS PER MY DR.
FYI FYI FYI FYI FYI
:hug:
CARBS is about 30-40% The type of carb you eat is very important.

1. Decrease starchy carbs including pasta,rice,potatoes,and bread.
2. Do not eat bread after 10:00 am and do not eat free sugar.
3. Increase intake of fruits,veggies,salads, no fat soups and fiber.
PROTEIN
Protein should comprise about 40% of diet.
FATS
fats should comprise 20-30% of diet.
1. Eat low or no fat when possible. When eating fats, or cooking with oils eat monounsaturated fats such as olive oil and canola oil.
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Drink 8 glasses of water a day.
2. Coffee and or tea in allowed in moderation.
3. Refrain from eating late in the evening.
4. You may consume alcohol in moderation although it slows metabolism.
Note after initial period of weigh loss your metabolic rate will slow down and weight may stabilize temporarily this is known as plateauing do not become frustrated.
Exercise
The most important type of exercise for fat loss is aerobic.
Try to exercise slowly and advance to 45 min a day 5 days a week.
Strenuous exercise is not necessary and may be counter productive.
Goal is to maintain your target heart rate within a zone that calories and fat are burned efficiently.
Example stair-master, jogging, brisk walking bicycle riding.
Weight training not advised.
Duration and frequency are very important factors in your exercise program.
During first 20 min of aerobic carbs are used for energy.
Only there after does the fat burning begin.
The duration is more important than the intensity.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL:carrot:

Wow that's some great information Ivy!! :cp: Hope everyone had a good day. I did good but the scales will tell for sure. :D ha ha

Have a great night. Meet you in the AM in front of the TV
for some Yoga Booty Ballet!! ha ha ha:yoga: :dancer::belly:

Kiwi

Kiwi24 After one terrible night Iam feeling better now and I am ready to go. It is 8:46 Here and I have gotten the house cleaned out and I have gotten my breakfast out of the way already. sooo i am ready to go . I will get back and let you know what I have accomplished today.

( My terrible Night I had the worst Migraine I was in bed by 9pm)

OMGosh, I had a good workout.:hyper: I extended the moves further today. I felt like I could have done more but I started coughing. I'm still struggling with that soar throat but its getting better.

Good for you Bonnie on the exercise. :cp: Sometimes just getting started can be a killer. 21 days in a row makes a habit (so I'm trying to force myself into making exercise a habit. ugggh!:rolleyes: ) The migraines, have you been sick or cutting out something in your diet that may have triggered it?

How did you do Scalewatcher? I'm glad your knee is feeling better but I still think you need to chose an easier on the knees exercise.:carrot:

How is everyone else? Have a great day.:wave:

Kiwi

Hi everyone!!

I signed up for that discovery body challenge and got a free pass for ballys gym 8 weeks not sure if I will go I kinda have to scope it out I may do it specially if they have a free trainer thats what I need someone to push me a little. I have been lagging lately when it comes to exercise thats pretty bad but I am in the PMS days. I hope everyone is doing good and loosing weight.
I need to recruit a exercise buddy so we can go together.......:carrot:

Ivy

Drink plenty of water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kiwi I did it I did Leslie Sansone WATP . I did her 1 Mile Get up and get started and then her 2 Mile high calorie Burn and I was feeling good so I did her 3 Mile Super fat Burning. That was a total of 6 miles at 1 hr and 45 min. I had a great Breakfast. 2 Egg Whites, Slices of Jennie O Turkey bacon one Cup of Oatmeal, And 1 Cup of fruit.

I would like to let everyone know if they dont but When you eat alot of Veggies they have lots of fiber. Fiber can be hard on your Kidneys. My Husband Doc said that If you eat alot of Brocolli or high fiber foods make sure to eat lemon , Lemon breaks down the build up in your kidneys witch will help prevent kidney stones.
I buy some real lemon in( little packets )and add it in a few of my water bottles Hey you can even squeeze a real lemon too.

OMGosh Bonnie! I don't know how all you walkers do it? I am currently only 189. Of course I am only 5 feet tall but when I walk one mile my knees are killing me! I go shopping all day and my feet hurt plus my knees hurt. I can't imagine going 6 miles! Even if its in the house. I need to lose weight before I can walk that long. KUDO'S TO YOU Bonnie, Scalewatcher, Hpnotq, Dannie, Ivy, and I think Suz is into walking too. That's why you guys are losing the weight! I'm losing too just alittle slower than you! ha ha

Kiwi

Welcome Bonnie:welcome:
I am not sure i agree with not doing some weights as muscle burns more calories using light weights is not a bad thing it helps reshape your body and tone you i use 5 lb weights and do about 15 minutes 2x/week just for toning

i did not make it to exercise class on monday but did do my exercise tape at home

i also do not count calories I have theWW book and measure my food and also use a smaller plate for my food so far it seems to be working

keep on moving and losing suz:carrot:

Suz, getting a smaller plate is like setting your clock back at night 10 mins so you won't be late in the morning. :lol: I bet you do that! :D LOL

When you eat from your plate do you go " yum, look at all that food" :cp: or like me would say " what the heck happened to my plate? :tantrum: Its a saucer!!" :D When you wake up in the morning at what point do you realize you are 10 min. early? The first or second time you hit snooze!? :lol3:

Its a sickness! :lol: Its called denial!! :lol3: Its what brought you to this post! LOL :rofl:


I'm going to pee in my pants! :rofl: You are killing!!:lol3:

Okay a friend of mine has got me on her 3 day diet. Its suppose to kick start your diet or maybe help get you off that plateau. Anyway, she does one of those member diets you see on tv like WW, LA, SB, PWL, So she has given me the 3 day one to help me get going.

So here's the deal. You are only on it for 3 days. You may have all the Protein you want of the following:

1. Beef, Chicken, Fish, Nothing fried.
2. Green veg. and salad.
3. You must eat 2 eggs any style each day.
4. You must eat 2 oranges each day
4. You must have 8 - 8 ounces of water each day
5. You must have 1/4 teaspoon of lite morton salt each day
6. you may have only 24 oz of Diet drinks
7. you may only have 2 packets of sweetener per day

You may not have
any fried food
No pork
No dairy

Supposely you don't get hungry because you can eat when you want and how much you want. the more food the better she said.

She had a whole paper on it but I've given you the quick version. If you are interested. I'm going to try it for 3 days including today. What I've had so far seemed pretty healthy to me but she says its not on a regular basis so its only allow for 3 days. She lost 4 pounds hasn't gained it back. Of course she does the actual diet now that she has done this. She has lost 23 pounds.

anyway I thought I'd pass it on.

Kiwi

Just popping in to say hello. I went to the dr yesterday and found that my scale is horribly wrong! I weight 17 lbs less at the drs office than I do on the scale here at home! I guess we're gonna have to get a new scale or something lol. Hope everyone is doing well I've successfully made it through Day 5 of my 21 days without DP....with just one little craving for it yesterday.
Hp

Alright I finished up the night on the diet thing I was given. I ate all the salad I wanted without all the stuff I normally put on it. Then I ate all the chicken I wanted.
She's right I am not hungry. (at least today!) I drink bottled water so I had 4 today which put me over what I was suppose to have. I had my eggs and ate the oranges as snacks. I'll try again tomorrow and see how it goes.

Alright Hp!! That must have been exciting to see you lost at the Drs. office, normally you would gain on their scales. That's awesome!! 17 pounds in 1 day!!

Good Morning Everyone:) - Sorry I didn't post yesterday.:o IT WAS MY :woo:BIRTHDAY:D I did my :exercise:exercise:yoga: and then I was gone all day. Last night my friends and husband:grouphug: took me out to:cheers: dinner at a great neighborhood mexican resturant:p. It was as just as good as I remembered. ;)

Kiwi maybe I'll try the diet to see if I can drop a few pounds quick. I will be with you at 8:00am for :yoga:exercise.:exercise:

Good Morning,:smug:
Happy birthday Scalewatcher,:woo: I can't believe I forgot to wish you one yesterday! I hope you had a wonderful time!:hug:

On the diet I forgot to mention no Breads, pasta, rice potato.

I tried it yesterday and although its restrictive it was easy and filling.:high: Hopefully since its only for 3 days I'll stay true to it. Friday's my last day. I noticed I lost some ounces this morning which is good because I felt I was stuck again on the 189 thing.

Feel you at 8:00 :carrot:

Kiwi

Good Morning to everyone. Yeaturday went pretty good I did my workout and I ahd so much energy all day . Had my breakfast his morning and getting ready to start my exercise workout. See you all soooon.

Hello Everyone: :gossip:

Hope everyone is doing well. :welcome: all newbies glad to have you joing us on our quest to improve our bodies and health. :hug:

Hey Ivy...I'll give you a push..:coach: :kickbutt: now get to exercising....:woops: PMS is NO excuse :frypan: now get out and at least WALK!!! :running:
Seriously now...jk...when PMS hits even if you exercise in small intervals helps you than not doing anything at all. Walk 10 mins, then later add another 10 and so on until you at least get up to 45 mins a day, you;ll be surprized at how fast 10 mins goes.... good luck...I am cheering for ya :cheer:

HP wow....I would love to go and find out my scale is wrong and that I am actually 17lbs lighter :D :goodscale:
That would put me in a weight class that i have not seen for 10 years or so..**** the 180's have been a long time ago too but I am there....:carrot: :goodscale:

Today I walked 30 mins and I felt like I walked 2 hrs. I was so sleepy and really not motivated at all, but I did 30 and maybe later I'll do 15 to get my 45 mins in...:tied:

:shrug: Hey Kiwi how is that "rabbit" diet going? :rofl: what do you actually put on your salad? do you like balsamic vinegar? I love it and there are some with only 5 calories per tablespoon and I can eat that on my salads without oil...or what about those wishbone spritzers, can you have those? sorry but plain salad and chicken sounds very dry....like you....:joker: :devil: JK...how have u been feeling? :tired: still under the weather? Hows your throat? if ya quit yelling all the time maybe it would not be so sore...:rofl: JK hope you are feeling better :hug:

Ya know we all had that stomach virus in my house, my skinny son lost 6lbs. after he puked :barf: for 2 days and had well you know the other for a few more days...I too had the same thing and only had a 2lb weight loss for that week, Now I am not complaining abou the 2lbs, but geeze I would have loved a 6lb loss that would put me in the 170's......wouldn't that be nice...:crossed:

Drink your water ladies and fidget all day long...have a good one..

Oh I almost forgot: HAPPY BIRTHDAY... :hb: :hat: :balloons: SCALEWATCHER.....HOPE YOU HAVE MANY HAPPY HEALTHY, SKINNY MORE :)

Danni :sunny:

:carrot: Hi guys!!!!
Happy Birth Day!!!! Scale watcher Thanks Dannie A push A shove its all good:D I love to see th scale go down I always weigh in first thing in the morning and always in only undies:D I always think all those clothes make me weigh more ps I never weigh in during pms Its just disappointing.
I hope everyone is doing well and drinking plenty of water!!!!!:carrot: GTG

I have been ruining around all day with my son due to his back injury he needs 6 weeks therapy and he will be fine I hope.

Just a quick hello....I couldn't wait until tomorrow...so I weighed today...down 6 lbs!!! WOOOHOOO!!!
Hp

Thanks for the Birthday Wishes:grouphug: .

Well it is Friday and the :goodscaleofficial weigh in day. I hope everyone has a great :goodscaleweigh in. I didn't lose I gained 4 tenths of a pound. I am blaming:dunno: it on the Birthday Food:woo:. O.K. Birthday is over and I'm going to make my self a note :write:to try harder and not let special occassions get the best of me. Although this Saturday is our :cheers:"Family Night" :cofdate:We have one every month. It is where all of my family and thier families come over to my house for a :hun:dinner:eating2:. Every month has a different theme. This month my daughter Cindy picked the theme. She decided to have finger foods. So there will be a multitude of options. Everyone brings something different. I will have to try extremely :goodvibeshard in order to lose weight by the next weigh in on Monday. I have to go so I can exercise :exercise: at 8:00.
Kiwi- :^: HELP :goodvibes

Hello to everyone well I didnt get to exercise yesturday.I had all intention to do something. buttt I was checking out the web and I have been wondering where my Brother is I have lost touch with him about 8 years ago. I ended up googling his name and I thought I may of came across his son and I did I spent all day checking out email address and things. Last Night about 11 pm I got an email it was indeed my nephew and I got intouch with my brother. The sad thing is that I have DR Apt today so wont beable to do anything today either.

But I better run I have to get ready to go.

Yahoo I lost a pound which put me at 188! :D I kept going up and down but never getting below 189. :( So I lost 4 pounds total this week!! :carrot:

Congrats Hpnotq!! 6 pounds You go girl!:bravo:

Bonnie I'm so glad you found your brother. Maybe it won't be long and your families can renew your relationships :grouphug: But remember concerning your exercise, its easier to stop than to start back up. :D

Ivy you are looking good!:belly:

Suz I thought of you yesterday. My sister talked me into going to a weight watchers meeting and the leader there suggested using a smaller plate. :lol: Oh and by the way my clock is 15 mins. early! :rofl:

Scalewatcher I love your tradition! :hug: That is so cool. I think I'd like to try that sometime and see how it works for our bunch.

Danni I have today left on this 3 day " Rabbit diet" :p Yeah you can have any type of dressing as long as its lite. For instance last night I had a side salad of mixed greens with lite balsamic , green beans cooked in butter, baked lemon pepper chicken from walmart. You can eat all you want. For only 3 days its not that bad.:nose: J/K It is doable. :) You can get creative. You can add to your salad eggs, cucumbers stuff like that but I just prefer mixed greens or a Caesars type salad. Its diffidently not something I would want to do more than 3 days because it is restrictive :tape: but I was hoping it would help get me passed this plateau. I so far have only lost 1 pound from it but it did get me unstuck and maybe I'll get more off by tomorrow morning.:goodscale

Hope everyone is doing good!! This is our year!:dust:

Kiwi

I made it through my first week on the paper! Yea! And, I somehow managed to lose about 4 pounds. Don't exactly know how that happened cause I've been sitting on my bum all week, but I did.

It looks like everyone is doing well. Keep it up! I'm hoping to find time to exercise this week. Not sure how that will work, but I'm gonna try.

Just a quick hello....I haven't been very social in here lately, but I want yall to know I'm still around and reading. Have a great weekend!!

I lost another pound!!That was 2 for the 3 day diet.I think I could have lost an extra pound but I wasn't exactly faithful to it and I kept forgetting to eat the oranges. If I reach a plateau again I think I'll do it again.

I have somewhere I have to be so I won't make our 8:00 AM exercise class. But keep on puffin!

Have a great weekend and Missindy Congrats on the Weight loss!!

Kiwi

Hey Everyone- :hug:

I just now got a chance to get ont computer today. I have been doing OK today. I exercised at 8:00 Kiwi I missed you this morning:( . But I know you would have been there if possible.;) I weighed today and I was down 8 tenths of a pound. So I'm BACK in "ONEDERLAND":carrot: :dizzy: AGAIN FOR THE BIGILLIONTH TIME:?: :?: :?:. Got to go I have to get ready for the big :cofdate:FAMILY NIGHT:D . Don't forget to :write::exercise::goodscale:yoga:.

good evening
I have not posted for a few days have been at work i will weigh in on monday morning before exercise class i do not thonk I have lost any weight I did not exercise as much as I could have I have to work agaon tomorrow then I get 3 days off
kiwi by the way my clocks are correct and I do not hut snooze the clock is too far away and my arms are not that long LOL
I think i will go to bed now suz:carrot:

Hi everyone
I was thinking that I am going to try that 3 day jump start diet tha t Kiwi posted It might be just what i need

I was trying to check out the website on the discovery health 2007 body challenge but because i am in Canada I am unable to log into it i would really like to try but can't if anyone can explain it to me that would great i am going to try again after i log off here

Wish me luck on my 3 day diet and i will let everyone know how I do

keep on moving and losing suz :carrot:

I have had a AWESOME weekend!! :dance: :cheer: I think I told you that my sister talked me into going to a WW meeting. Well, I joined. :D I went to the Saturday meeting,(that's where I had to go) I LOVED IT!! :carrot: I learned, I laughed, and left thinking I am GOING TO GET THIS WEIGHT OFF!! :woohoo: I am soooo pumped.:cheer2: I was sooo excited that I was telling my sister I was going to lose my weight :goodscale become a group teacher :coach: and then buy a WW Franchise!!!:encore: NOW THAT'S MOTIVATION!! :high: I am telling you if WW had been a Home base business like Tupperware, Mary Kay or Avon she would have recruited me that morning!!! :lol:
I have done so well this weekend with eating right and learning the point system (I bought a point calculator, truly awesome) I went to Walmart and checked everything out with my new pt. calculator. Plus I eat out all the time and WW has a dinning out book which has just about all my restaurants in them .:T It makes choosing the right meal so easy! I couldn't believe how much calories(or points) something was that I normally ate when I could have had something just as good for half the Calories or Points!! When I was
done eating I wasn't STUFFED. I was "SATISFIED".
(new term they use in WW :joker: ) I think I'm going to be a Weight Watcher Nut!:rofl:

Scalewatcher Exercise at 8:00 AM! :cp: I'm pumped girl so I may do some double time tomorrow morning!:woops:

Everyone have a great evening and I'll write later!

Kiwi

Kiwi so are you using a smaller plate yet!!!! LOL :rofl:

Girl, I am using a paper plate, cutting it in half and saving
the rest for later!!:lol3: :rofl:

As usual....just a quick hello. Hope everyone had a great weekend. We've had quite the weekend...lots of cold and rain here. Looking like some freezing rain, sleet etc coming in overnight. If by some miracle our mall is closed, I may have a little more time to check in tomorrow. Have a great night ladies!

Good Morning,:wave:
Great weekend for the scales I dropped 2 pounds!! :dance: Quite honestly, it was 185.8 ;) but hey its was showing 185!!!! Anyway, I'm only 6 pounds away from the 70's!!! :goodvibes
I'm going to go eat Breakfast and then exercise. Scalewatcher we may have a new friend with us. Her name is Teacher. :exercise:

Teacher you need to introduce yourself to everyone.:hug:

hptnoq, blow some of the chill our way! The weather is getting warmer here so I went bike riding with my Grandson yesterday.:bike: It was nice but I'd like it to stay cool for a little longer. So proud of your progress!:carrot: I bet you are going to get more off this week!:dust:

Suz good luck on the 3 day diet. If you have any questions just let me know. But its pretty simple. Green vegetable are the safest veg to eat when in doubt. I gave you the short list.:goodluck:

Have a great day!
Kiwi

Good Morning Everone: :gossip:

Hope you all had a great weekend and stuck to your "healthier" way of life ;)

I for one struggled last week, I don't know if it was the weather, or that I am PMSing getting ready for my visit from Aunt Flo :dunno: but I really had NO energy to walk :running: so I did not do what I noramally have been doing and it showed on the scale this morning... :^: :tantrum:
I was really hoping for a 3lb loss this week :crossed: this would have put me in the 170's!!!! but I only had a 1lb loss, I know it, it's a lb of FAT off my frame, I know to look at a lb of butter and that is what is gone, but I was really hoping for a 3lber this week :( :shrug:

Well I know I have kick my butt in gear this week :kickbutt: leave the sushi alone :frypan: I mean all that sodium really...:dizzy:

Good Luck Suz :hug: wish you lots of luck...keep positive :)
Kiwi..WW eh? I am not a fan but I hope it does wonders for you :hug: glad to see you so pumped...you must be feeling all better :carrot:

Ivy how are your kids? How are u?

Missindy..glad to see you posting more...I am going back to school :( My classes start next Tuesday...hopefully this will take up "eating time" and keep my mind busy and not always thinking about food, hey can ya help write my papers....:rofl: :book2:

Well I am going to walk :running: walk :running: cuz I sure aint' eatin the calories... :drill: Good Luck ladies hope you have a wonderful work out and watch those calories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

love
Danni :headache:

Had a good work out! :wl: I let my bottled water run out so I tried my Special K proten water. Love it!! I also bought a fusion drink. Haven't tried it yet except for the sample sip they gave when I bought it at walmart. Its vegetable juice with Strawberry and banana. :cb: Its only 2pts so its a great healthy drink. Try it Scalewatcher I think you will like it. :cp:
Danni you are right, I am feeling much better since I was placed on the blood pressure medicine.:D I just feel better all over. Its hard to explain. I was afraid I would forget to take the medicine everyday:chin: because I've never been a big pill person but its funny I have a inner clock. I will start getting a headache and realize I haven't taken my HB medicine. Then I take it and within 30 mins headaches gone. :goodvibes That's so funny to me because I still can't believe I have it.

You are really doing great on your diet. :carrot: Dannie, Whatever it is.;) Probably due to all that exercise and walking you do.:exercise: :running: Of course if you will notice your ticker. I am right on your butt!! :kickbutt: I believe I can take you! :boxing: :goodscale :devil:

Kiwi

i weighed in this morning still at 168:( i started the 3 day diet my DH decided he would do it also He will probably lose 6lb and I will lose 1 lb thats the way it goes

Did not make it to exercise today we had freezing rain this morning so I will do my tape later

Talk to everyone later suz :carrot:

Well I just walked the treadmill for 50mins....argh...:woops: boy only loosing a lb. really kicked my butt into gear...:kickbutt:

Suz....good for you, I wish you mucho success on the three day diet... :D :yes: I know what ya mean about hubby's loosing much more than us :mad: I hope your hubby looses weight, but I hope you loose more :cheer: Keep us posted.

Kiwi as long as you stay behind me where you belong, "no worries" :club: cuz I don't look back...only forward...only forward....I gotta catch Suz...geesh 160's I would not know how to act, yes I would go out and by me some lacy undies that my fat butt could not fit into if I was in the 160's...:rofl:
so you keep bringing up my rear Kiwi that is right where I want ya...:rofl: and we are good :p

My diet is the HMR Healthy Solutions Plan...It is a medically supervised program through a local hospital, but you can join on line as well. When I was on WW I never learned how to eat HEALTHY..I always saved my points for junk, junk in junk out :^: :blah: plus always counting points all day long day in and day out was just not for me, I was constantly thinking about food :chin: :cbg: and worrying about how many points I had left before they were all gone for the day :( So needless to say I was not a success story on WW :stress: :nono:
With Healthy solutions I consume about 1200 1500 calories a day, they have classes you can attend if a local hospital is near you if you sign on line you get a phone sponsor...they practice "MORE IS BETTER" attitude and you need to stay in the box, meaning they give you a tool box so to speak and as long as you stay in the box you will loose weight. They really push Physical activity also known as PA and fresh fruits and veggies...for me this is something that is finally working :carrot: I have always maintained there a million "diet" plans out there and they ALL carry success stories :carrot: most of the battle we face is to find out which one really works best for our selves, so after numerous diets, WW, south beach, shangrali, slimfast, etc to name a few...this has been working the best so far for me, I hope to become one day a success story where I reach my goal!! :crossed: so that is what I am doing good luck with WW it has helped alot of people obtain their goal weight...unfortunatly I was not one of them :(
Well I am off to eat lunch....and drink some more water, I think that was part of my problem last week too, you need to drink water to flush away the fat cells and I did not drink my min. :dz: let alone drinking over....so drink your water girls...:cheers:

Danni :stars:

Hey Everyone:)

I didn't get to post earlier today. I did my exercise and I did my weigh in. I am at 199.2 no loss no gain. I am going to kick it up a notch this week.

Congrat s Kiwi- I tried doing the WW on my on from information I could gather from the internet, books, and other people. I love the Points System. That is what I was doing to lose the weight I lost last year. I just can't afford to pay for the meetings right now or I would so be there. I am proud of you for trying it. I think you will see a great result. I am so invious (sp).

Danni, Suz, Ivy, Misscindy, and Hp - Keep up the good work :D

Who is this teacher? I can't wait to meet her or him????:dizzy:

Got to go til tomorrow I meet you at 8:00.;)

Morning everyone
I also WW and lost 25lb then I quit I found that the leader was more supportive of the people she knew and not so with newer people when I quit i put all th weight back on and about another 10 lbs

i eat healthy but enjoy food to much so i always seem to eat to much that is why i now measure my food and joined the fitness classes in town i know the exercise is working i have lost at least as many inches as lbs

Keep moving and losing Ladies suz :carrot:

OMGosh! Is this what I can expect from WW? :fr: Its seems all of you have tried it and then stopped for one reason or another.:?:

I know what you mean about the Teacher. Actually, my sister and I went first to a Thursday meeting and I didn't like the Teacher.:dz: She seemed very uncomfortable speaking and seemed to just ramble seeking approvable from the crowd. :halfempty She ignore the new people so I felt confused about her topic. Actually, this group seemed more like a selective club with many clicks:snooty: so I felt unwelcomed by all of them. :gossip: When I become a teacher;) I will make sure new people feel welcomed.:lol:
We decided to try Saturdays group. This teacher was friendly, funny and knowledgeable and could handle the crowd.:high: I liked how she got the crowd talking including new people. People will tend to reflect their leader or teacher so everyone seemed friendly and as guest we felt welcomed.:grouphug:

I know what you mean about counting points. :dizzy: It seems I do that all day long. Then again I did that with calorie counting. :shrug: But the point system seems easier for some reason and it includes fat and fiber count, which I never did when counting calories. :chin:
Of course my favorite way of dieting was the "I don't count calories or fat diet" :lol3: Which means I didn't want to be accountable to what I ate so I cut back on what I ate assuming I would "know" when to stop or what not to eat. :mcd: 77 pounds later I'm seeing my relection in a window wondering what the heck happened?:rofl:

I believe that anyone successful at dieting had a good support group. :cheer: I believe you ladies are mine. :grouphug: I also believe WW will be supportive. :high: So for all of you dissing Weight Watchers I say this:
DON'T HATE ME 'CAUSE YOU AN'T ME!:D

Just kidding. I am prepaid on this thing for 9 weeks. :tantrum: So, I plan to work with it and if it doesn't work then I'll try something else on this non ending struggle to find my beautiful figure :belly: under this women's size body!:yikes:

Kiwi

Kiwi
I for one wish you luck I lost the weight but did get the support I needed so I left and gained t all back I try not to think of what I am doing as a diet but as a Life stlye some thing I will need to do for the rest of my life This way I can eat whatever I want but just smaller portions that way I am not cooking 2 meals every time If I think of my life stlye change as a diet it will not work for me This just my thoughts ladies
I go to exercise this morning
Keep eating healthy,moving,and losing suz:carrot:

Hello to everyone. I am sorry that I have not been around here lately. I have been thinking here the last few days and I soo Much want to loose weight. I dont know what it is like to be under 200 pounds. I soo want this butttt I jest cant seem to get it in action. I have to do this I am having pains in my knees . I dont want to get like my sister and be confined in a wheel chair because of my weight. I jest dont know how to get it back on line something is always their to drag me down. either I dont have the food to eat or I dont have the time. I do soo want to get back and I will I have tooo.

Good Morning everyone,:wave:

Its been wonderful so far. No Grandkids today which means I can get alot of things done! Yeah!! :cp:

How is everyone else doing? Suz how did the 3 day work for you? :carrot: I hope it did. You probably could have been more faithful than me. How did your Husband do? Men! :devil: My husband can lose so quick!! grrr!:tantrum:

I know what you mean about not getting the support and that's why I'm so thankful for all of you. :hug: Like both you and Danni were trying to say. There are so many diets out there with success stories and we've just got to find what works for each of us. :carrot: If this isn't the one that works for me this time,:dizzy: I'm going to run the next one before all of you FIRST before I spend any money!:lol: HA HA

Butterfly, just take one step. :hug: Figure out what you can do and do that. It took awhile to get the weight on and it will take awhile to get it off :goodscale Just find one thing right now that you can change that will make a difference in your weight loss? Example, Do you drink cokes? Stop drinking coke for 21 days and drink diet or water or tea for 21 days. just make 1 small change. It will make a huge difference in your motivation. Make your goals achievable. :high: You wouldn't expect someone to exercise 1 hour a day if they have NEVER exercised? That would be defeating? They couldn't do it and then they would feel like a failure so eventually they would quit all together.:(
Hang in there girl! :D

Hope everyone is doing great today. I skipped exercise, :barbell: sorry, so much for 21 days of habit! :rofl: I think I do better with weight loss when I limit it to 4 or 5 days a week. Does that seem like it makes sense? :shrug:

Anyway, chat later.
Kiwi

Kiwi I know what you mean I have tosit down and decide exactly what I want to do and what I want to achive. Sitting here and thinking about being thin isnt working so I know I have to do something about it.I am going to start tomorrow and try to drink at least the recommed 8 8ounces glasses of water . Thanks for everyone being their for me :hug:

Great Bonnie,
Drinking water is a great choice. :bravo: But remember even that may take some building up to. I find it easier to drink the required amount by getting 4 -16.9 bottles of water and drinking one by mid morning the second by mid lunch the third by dinner and then I usually finish off the last one by bed time. I tried drinking from 1 big 64 oz mug. But I never finished it. :(

How is everyone else doing? Aunt Flo showed up a few days ago so I really expected to have a hard week.:devil: But its been great:cp: (still pumped) but I haven't lost anything either and I don't think I can retain water since Doc has me on a water pill.

I have a hair appointment today so Scalewatcher I will be exercising early today so I can get ready and leave on time.
Haven't heard from you lately.:listen: What's up with that? :shrug: Did you over do it again? :nono:

Hope everyone else has a great day.

Kiwi

Kiwi Thannkks. I have about 4 20 Oz Bottle of water in the freezer getting cold. I had me a cup of hot herbal tea this morning with my breakfast. so far things are going good for me. Havnt had a chance to do any exercise this morning and the kids are out of school till Monday sooo. Trying to get some cleaning done. Its Raning here and they say it might freeze. I will check in later and let you know how my day is going.

Hi guys

Just popping in to say whats up doc? ha ha

Quick note I got the voucher for 8 weeks free at baleys I went on Sat and also on Wed I worked out for about 3 hours 20 min elliptical 1 hour aerobics and the rest weight training and stretching wow I'm sooooo sore every thing hurts well I will go back today and maybe tomorrow for more.... I feel full of energy just very sore............BRB GTG

Hi Ivy,
That's great about the Voucher.:woops: We don't have a baley so I didn't bother with it. Had my hair done today.:sorry: I didn't think you could thin my hair out to much but OH YEAH YOU CAN! :fr: Good grief,
lets not go there. :stress:

Still doing good not cheating or falling off the points. :carrot:

How is everyone else doing?

Kiwi

Kiwi Doing good I am on my forth Bottle of water. I didnt have he best dinner but at least I am trying again. We ate Beanie weenies . When money is tight you have to do what you have too. I had a great Breakfast and Lunch . I will be back in the Am. Congrats to everyone.

Well hope everyone had a great day. :carrot: I did great. I was planning on having this awesome soup I heard about but I forgot to buy some of the ingredients so I ended up with salad.:rolleyes: It was okay but I'd would have preferred the soup.

My dog had pups so I'm going to go stare at them awhile before going to bed.:hug:

Bonnie how did that work for you today? Keep up the good work on the water. I personally could live on Beanie Weanies. LOVE 'EM!! :T

Scalewatcher what's happening with you lately?:listen:

Well i finished my 3 day jump start and weighed myself today and i lost 2lbs YEAH!!!:cp: I do not know how much my DH lost as he forgot to weigh himself :dizzy: i will now go back to measuring my food and using a smaller plate
why is it that when we lose weight it never where you need to lose it my legs are getting smaller and firmer but i need to lose most of my weight in my torso so it makes my gut look bigger :dunno:
I am at work tonight and will exercise a couple of time this weekend and weigh in on Monday and see if I can maybe drop one more lb by then
butterfly hang in there and as Kiwi said start with small changes and when you start to exercise do not over do it work up to more and more start with 10 or 15 minutes and add about 5 minutes more each week and try to find an exercise you like to do make little changes each week good luck

Talk later suz :carrot:

Kiwi things went well for me last night. I got a little hungry so I snacked on some fresh cantaolpe and then a little bit of sugar free Pudding. Other then that water went well. I am going to try to a little more today. Hopefully some exercise too. So let me eat and I will check in with you Later.

Alright Suz!!:bravo: I'm so glad that gave you the boost you needed. :high: It did the same to me. If I get hung up again it will be worth doing again.:goodscale So far so good on WW. I can't wait to see what my weight is Saturday at WW. I weighed in with them at 193.5 (of course that's with clothes on.) :o I'm thinking there is a 4 pound difference in there scales and mine. I'm expecting a 4 pound weight loss with them but hoping for a 5 because I get a Key chain at 5 pounds!! :lol: ha ha ha

Way to go bonnie! :cheer: Be sure you don't get hungry through out the day. You need to be satisfied when you eat.:) Not stuffed but satisfied. If you are eating just light snack foods you are going to stay hungry and eventually binge.:ink: Eat good meals.:hungry: By that I mean healthy. If you are eating healthy you won't crave to snack :mcd: as often which can cause a binge.

Kiwi Have some bad news I am soo steaming it isnt funny Was all gared up to do One of my Leslie sansone WATP DvD When I popped it in and Found out that my Husband has disconnected it I was sooo steaming. So I spent 1hr taking my fustration out on Cleaning my sun room.

I will have it hooked back up tonight. Eating is gone well today I had 2 Egg whites and 3 slices of Turkey bacon. With Some fresh cantalope. I was feeling kinda not soo good so I had a samll bowl of Frosted Flakes for lunch. Im feeling better right now and I am have some turkey Breast and some cantalope. I have only drank one bottle of water but Iam getting ready for my next one. More happy news later..

hey y'all! So, I totally suck with posting on here lately. I've given up saying that I'll post more cause it's not likely. I've been trying to keep up with reading your posts, and I must say it's quite discouraging. Y'all are doing SO much better than me! so yea to y'all for that!

I just cannot get with it. I don't know what my deal is. I feel like giving up. Actually, I feel like I gave up about 2 months ago. argh!!!

I watched Super Size Me last night/this morning. I can see where a lot of people criticize it. "there is not anyone who eats it that much" Well, I'm sure there are. Also, the crap he ate is the same as other crap. It just has a name brand on it. The movie was quite inspiring. I did okay today even. My only problem was that I caved and bought a cherry coke. I had an extremely difficult class (mostly hit my emotions and stuff, very odd) and I caved.

I work tonight though, so that's good.

Well, I think I've rambled on about enough. Have a great weekend!

Missindy its good to hear from you.:hug: I really think part of what helps me lose is being accountable to everyone here. So don't give up on us. We're here if you need us. :carrot:

Bonnie you are doing great keep it up.:cheer:

I've been doing really good but tonight we went out with friends and ate at a Mexican restaurant. I drank water and NO chips. I guess we'll know tomorrow if I over did it. :goodscale

I have dachshunds. Weiner dogs. My dog had puppies. They are 2 days old. One is Black and tan and the other is white with black spots. The daddy is a miniature dapple dachshund and the mother is miniature black and tan. Soooo cute!:goodvibes

Well I'm beat! I'll chat later:yawn:

Kiwi

missindy don't give up we all know you can do it It all depends on how much you really want it YOU CAN DO IT

Kiwi when you weigh in today at WW make sure you are wearing the same thinge you had on last week One lady from my WW days always weighed in shorts and T shirt

I did not exercise yesterday when I got home from work at 730am my DH had been up since 430am my older dog got him up and then he could not get to sleep , so he and I went to sleep and got up about 1130am we ate then I did some house work I will exercise today

Hope everyone else is doing well suz :carrot:

Hi Everyone!!!! :gossip:

Suz whoo hoo on your weight loss!!! You go girl :cheer: you are on your way!!

Kiwi Good luck at WW this morning, I think :crossed: that you will be pleasantly surprised. I hope the scales are good to you! :goodscale:

Missindy, Please do not give up......:hug: weight loss is a journey and on every journey you are bound to run into a few obstacles, key is to NOT let the obstacles steer you off course. You can do this, just give yourself the time! :hug: :goodluck:

Bonnie good luck with your baby steps, everybit helps. :D :goodluck:

As for me it has been one heck of a week, I have been in meeting after meeting after meeting and when I get home it seemed like my phone never stopped ringing :yikes: I have stayed on track with my eating :carrot: I have done at least 1 hour PA (physical activity) each day so far...it will be hard today, cuz Aunt Flo will visit any day now...:^: I weigh in on Monday so I am hoping for a nice loss :crossed:
I went shopping yesterday, just cuz Kohl's has a great sale, not expecting to look at clothes cuz that has been always a stressful point..:fr: Here I am in the womens section and I am looking at the size clothes I used to wear 22W, my mind has NOT caught up with my new body of course they are too big...:dance: so I go down slowly and by gosh "EVERYTHING" in the "women's plus" section were TOO BIG!!! :dance: :cheer:
It has been so long since I have shopped anywhere but the Plus section I did not know where to go...LOL :dunno: well I went on over to Misses and I am happy to say that I am in a 14 MIsses :dance: :cheer: cofortably and tried a 12 misses and they fit but I would be uncomfortable in them all day!! so that blew my idea that I was gonna cheat last night, I was so pumped I came home and had my dinner and water and quite proud of my accomplishment thus far. :carrot:

that is my update ladies, I hope the scales are good to all of you this week :goodscale: and I will try to post more next week. Stay on track, keep moving and drink your water........:dance:

Danni :wave:

Hello I jest wanted to say that I did it. I Did 45 min of WATP this morning.. I feel petty good now. Had a great night last night and Iam doing great. I will check back with everyone soon.

Went to my meeting this morning thinking that if I lost 5 pounds I would get the key chain! :carrot: Imagine my surprise to learn you must lose 10% of your weight to get the key chain!!:stress: Fortunately, I only lost 4 pounds instead of 5 so I didn't make a scene! :tantrum: I am very happy that I lost the 4 pounds but I was really hoping for 5 but I will get my STUPID STAR :rolleyes: next week! ha ha ha :rofl:

Anyway, we had a great meeting today.:cheer: I love this woman that teaches! She is so motivating , informative, and funny. I know I will achieve my weight goal. :belly: Suz its so funny to watch people weigh in. They are taking off their shoes, watches, wallets, jewelry! Shoot I got on with jeans shoes, Fully loaded! I figured when I have a bad week I'll wear my lightest clothes and sandles! :lol:


I had Fajitas last night. Sooooo Gooooood! :whoo: I counted it up to be 19 pts . So that put me over yesterday 12 pts but still kept me within my 35 and now today I start all over again!!:encore:

Congratulations Danni!!!! How wonderful to to be in a 12 to 14! Right now I'm still squeezing into a 16. Being short is such a bummer at times. It takes so much weight to lose to show a difference in sizes.

You go Bonnie! Exercise is really great first thing in the mornings. I think I like them better. I'm still only up to 20 mins. though.:exercise:

Off to the post office
Kiwi

Good Morning Everyone:hug: - Looks like you are all doing great. My computer has been acting up. My son fixed it for me. I can now start posting again. I have had a not so great week. I am ready to get back to the task at hand.... LOSE THIS WEIGHT. I have gained 1.2 pounds instead of losing. So I have to try extra hard today to get back to 199.2 by tomorrow. I would really like to be under 199.2:p . Before my knee injury I was at 195.4 I really would like to erase all the ups and down and just have the downs(weight loss). OK enough of that. I can do this I can do this..... :dizzy::dizzy::dizzy:.

Hello I thought I would stop in and see how things are going?? well I went to the doctor today. Half of my hand is numb all the time. well he says that it is nerveritis( Inflamation of the nerve ) and then I was talking about the Knee pain and he said it was tendonitis and some arthritis. They gave me a shot for the inflamtion and a perscription and I have to see him again in 1 week . He said I must considering on looksing weight and making it better on my knee joint. I want to weigh in cause his scale said I lost 4 pounds But I will see what mine says. I hope that everyones weekend is going well will check in back in the am.

Good Morning everyone,:wave:

I had a great weekend. There is a website called Dotti's weight loss zone that our teacher talked about. :comp: It really is wonderful. I had bought the dinning out book from WW but this had over 500 restaurants in them with alot more choices! I was going to Zaxby's until I pulled it up on Dotti's and saw how horrible even the Salad I normally would have ordered was loaded with points! :yikes: I ended up going to Captain D's for lunch after church and was able to have the shrimp scampi. :carrot:

I found some pants this weekend that were the kind I was looking for a long time. The problem is they are a 16 and fit way to tight to be seen in them. I was excited I could actually put them on and zip them but would never wear them out. Sooooooo I bought them and I am going to work myself into them!!:woops:

Bonnie that is really a bummer about the Doc's. Which is another reason you should take things slow.

Scalewatcher, I'm so glad your computer is fixed. Been there so I know what its like. Don't beat yourself up about the weight gain. Let me share something that happened to me this weekend and put me on a different mindset.:idea:

I was at a stop sign Saturday and this guy was blowing his horn at these people who were not crossing quick enough. :frypan: When they finally did I watched to see where he was going in such a hurry and he pulled into the Drive through at McDonald's. :lol: I just laughed but it got me to thinking. We live in a self gratification world. :love: We want results and we want them now. We stand at elevators pushing buttons because the door won't open quick enough. :rolleyes: We rev or ingines when at a red light because we don't like sitting there waiting. :scooter: We get mad at the drive through windows because those poor people don't give us what we want quick enough.:tape: We are a fast pace society and we want results immediately!:tantrum:
Its that same mind set we have when dieting. We have been faithfully dieting all week sometimes 2 or 3 and get on the scales just to see it hasn't moved. :sorry: So in our quick gratification what do we do?
WE PIG OUT!! :ink: When the results we want doesn't happen quick enough we get discouraged, frustrated or mad and begin doing things that will result in defeat. :cookie: :m:
Losing weight takes time. But if you keep doing enough of the right things it will come off. Lets commit that we will stick together. Don't worry about everyone else's weight loss. Focus on your own progress and take it
one step at a time.:hug:



Kiwi

I woke up feeling completely gross this morning. I haven't felt this disgusting in awhile, and honestly, I'm glad about about it. I think I was getting comfortable with myself again, and that's why I wasn't trying as hard. Now, I just feel like working out and eating well and stuff.
This weekend wasn't that great for me. Bad weather and the off season made us dead at the restaurant I work at, so we spent half the night sitting around and talking and munching.
And now I'm off to class. hooray!

:D Hello Everyone :gossip:

Glad to see everyone is on track and working towards loosing weight!!

Kiwi....whoohoo :carrot: :cheer: on your weight loss! Very proud very proud:bravo: :cp:

THIS WEEKS MOTIVATION LADIES.....

NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS THIN FEELS!!!:carrot: :dance:

Today I weigh in and I had a 2lb loss this week :dance: that puts me in the 170's :cp: :cp: :cheer: I am now a 179!!!!!

Will try to check in more this week, if work is not so crazy :dizzy:

Drink your water and remember your mantra for the week

repeat after me: :club: NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS THIN FEELS!!! REPEAT :club:.....:rofl:

Danni :dance:

Hey whats up??? Hopefully getting better for me. Well I did some research on my knee and Elbow What is wrong with my elbow is Cubital tunnel Syndrome it is from bending my elbow for long periods of time . the only thing I can think of is I bend my elbow when I go to sleep and Put my hand under my pillow . HHHHMMMM . Well for my Knee thats another story Tendonitis ??? I kinda watched what I ste today but I want to give my body some time to heal. My Half of hand is still Numb. If I go back to the doc on monday and my hand is still numb they are sending me to a neurologist. From what I read the only other course is to wear a arm splint to bed at night. If that dont work they have to go in and remove my Nerve that is causing the problem. Other then that I am doing great.. Check back in tomorrow.

Way to go Danni!!:tantrum: I'm happy for you!:rollpin: You are doing great!!:crazy: Seriously, Bravo girl!:bravo: So, you are 5'5 and are 179 and dropping and you are in a 14. Can we call you SKINNY yet?!! :D That's so funny because me being 5 feet tall a size 14 would still be considered chucky for me. :lol: A 9/10 is a athlete look for me. Meaning I could stand to lose a little more weight but I don't look bad. An 8 is where I need to be to look good. :high: I bet that would make you look like a skeleton!:yikes:

Bonnie I've known 3 people who have had surgery for corporal tunnel on there hand by different surgeons. All three regretted the surgery. :( I don't know if what you are talking about is close to the same thing but Before any surgery you should get several opinions by doctors.:gossip: Then find out if the surgeon doing it has had many success rates after the surgery.:mag: I mean if they all agree you should have the surgery then you should at least make sure the person doing it has a success rate with it. :crossed:

How is everyone else doing? Well I'm going to go exercise so I'll write later.

Kiwi

Kiwi I dont have corpal tunnel I have cubital Tunnel . It is where the nerve from my elbow to my small finger and ring finger is inflammed. I will be checking into it thought.

I went on Dotties web site and I thought it was good I even downloaded the weight Manger. You can have it for a trial for 5 days or pay 9.95 and keep it foever. I like it cause I dont have to be on line to use it. Everyone should check it out..

HI Guys,
What's going on how is everyone? just got beck from dr today weight 171 will try my best to loose 10lbs at least this month...I have bee working out the gym is aw-some I am gonna try YOGA and kickboxing.... I love the elliptical machine it's aw-some I hope every one is doing good been working around house washing ext. My son had the whole wrest,ling team over this weekend they had a ball went in pool and lake....They all call me the team mom!!! I'm happy they all like me..soon will be last match SO sad the season IS OVER NOW BASEBALL BEGINS and here comes baseball mom!!!! weeeee!!!

will post soon
take care drink plenty of water!!!!!

Hi Everyone
I have not had time to post since the weekend and I see everyone is doing good I did weigh in monday and have lost another 2lbs I am now at 164YEAH!!!!! I knew once I got past that 170 I was stuck on gor so long that my weight would start to drop I still need to lose abort another 30lb
I go to exercise class this morning LETS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK !

I will check back later suz:carrot:

Good Morning everyone! :D
What a beautiful day we have been given!:carrot:

Bonnie sorry to hear about the health woes, that does not help when one is trying to shed some pounds. :nono: Try not to let it discourage you, you are making a "healthier you" and to do that you need to take care of medical issues and drop some weight. You can do it just stay focused on the goal...a new improved, healthier, slimmer Bonnie! :cp:

Kiwi, I am so glad you share my joy in my weight loss :rolleyes: You are just too kind :rolleyes: to me :rofl: Skinny? :rofl: not yet, well to everyone who knows me, yes they say I am so skinny now :cp: for those who just see me on the street and I am in my size 14's and do not know that I dropped almost 40lbs already would say...she needs to shed a few pounds...:tantrum: I have been in the plus sizes for about 14 years now so to be in a misses 12/14 is an awesome feeling for me, I never thought I would get here, I figured maybe an 18 plus would be an improvement so to me I feel skinny!!! :cp: :dance:

Ivy...:wave: that is so great you are the "MOM"...I always said when I had kids I wanted to be the "koolaid" mom and have all the kids at my house...:?: :kickbutt: Becareful for what you wish for...cuz I am the KOOLAID MOM and all the 13 year olds are at my house :fr: :frypan: But I love it too, I love being that mom too...along with soccer mom, basketball mom, pool mom...LOL

Suz, yeah we are all hanging in there...wow...you go girl glad you are over your hump...:cp: :cp: :cheer: soon I will be knocking on your door :D Glad your plateau is a thing of the past, good for you for sticking with it, plateaus can really get discouraging, but you stuck in there you rock! :bravo:

I started my Nursing class yesterday...I am the fattest one in there :tantrum: not too good for the ole self esteem :nono: everyone else is a size 0, I mean I always wondered who the **** wore that size and now I am in an entire class with them :fr: :shrug: either I am gonna have to join them, :rofl: (yea right me a size 0)..:rofl: or they are gonna have to just fatten up a little :rofl: I am gonna bring them all ...CARBS...:devil:..:rofl:

have a good day and remember....before you put food or drink in your mouth ask yourself ...DO YOU LIKE ENOUGH TO WEAR IT??? hmmm????:blah:

Danni :dance:

Good Morning,:carrot:

Hosted a Pampered Chef party last night. :hun: She baked a 5.5 pound chicken in 35 min. from the Microwave. She didn't put nothing in it but seasoning and it baked in its own juices in stoneware. It came out brown and sooo moist.Very Good and the party went great! :D I earned a lot of stuff free! So naturally I got that stoneware as one of my free items. Anything I can cook in a microwave that good I like to have. :lol:

Congratulations Suz! Its so cool to see you dropping!:bravo: I can't wait to get there!

Congratulations Ivy, your weight is peeling off.:carrot: You don't have much longer to reach goal! You go girl!:dance:

Congratulations Danni, You are only 29 pounds away from reaching your goal!! How awesome is that?!! :cp:
I love all these sayings you have but my favorite has got to be this one! I will use it for everything!

"DO YOU LIKE IT ENOUGH TO WEAR IT!!":rofl:

Bonni that sounds great about the website. So far I've only checked out the restaurants they have.

Kiwi

BREAKFAST:

* 1/2 grapefruit
* 1 slice whole wheat toast
* 8 oz skim milk

LUNCH:

* 4 oz lean Broiled chicken breast
* 1 cup steamed zucchini
* 1 Oreo Cookie
* Herb tea

MID-AFTERNOON SNACK:

* Rest of package of Oreos
* 1 qt. rocky road ice cream
* 1 jar hot fudge

DINNER:

* 2 loaves garlic bread
* Large pepperoni & mushroom pizza Large pitcher caffienated soda (any brand)
* 3 Milky Way bars
* Entire Sara Lee cheesecake - direct from freezer.

DIET TIPS

1. If no one sees you eat it --- it has no calories.
2. If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar they cancel each other out.
3. When eating with someone else, calories don't count if you both eat the same amount.
4. Food used for medicinal purposes NEVER counts such as: Hot Chocolate, Brandy, Toast and Sarah Lee cheesecake.
5. If YOU fatten up EVERYONE ELSE around you--then YOU look thinner.
6. Movie related foods don't count because they are simply part of the entire entertainment experience and not part of one's personal fuel, such as Milk Duds, popcorn with extra butter, and Junior Mints.

good evening
Thanks danni for the support I can hear you breathing back there :running: Heres hoping I can stay just ahead of you :D

I had a great day today went to exercise class this morning great workout Our regular instructor for our friday class (step class) is out hurt right now so our other instructor who has never taught a step class is going to try to do one friday she said if we want a good laugh come to class friday I am looking forward to class on friday :rofl: it should be good

My DH was gone all day so I had a "ME DAY" I got to do what ever I wanted so I had anice relaxing bath and pampered myself it was great

Take care ladies and keep moving and losing suz :carrot:

Okay I sabotaged myself yesterday.:devil: I allowed my daughter in law to bring a cake into my house yesterday believing I would be fine. :^: I ate good bk., then lunch, but that choc. muffin plus looking at that cake put me in the mood for cake all day. I hardly had any water just diet cokes. I craved sweets all day:hb: and I finally broke down and ate a red velvet cake with cream cheese icing!!:shrug: Just a small sliver of a size but then I did it again :ink: and then right before bed!! :stress: I drank a whole bottle of water before going to bed but this morning I was up 1 pound. :tantrum:
I threw the cake in the garbage. I will be drinking water all day today and back to exercise. (which I'm still not addicted to, I think someone lied to me about the more I exercise the more I'll love it! :rolleyes: )

suz, let us know how your class turns out. That is funny. :lol:

Danni that diet is for your new size zero friends! Guaranteed to put the weight on!:devil:

Oh, and I really DIDN'T LIKE THAT CAKE ENOUGH TO WEAR IT!!!!:rofl:

Kiwi

Aw Kiwi...you had to mention THAT kind of cake, didn't ya? That's pretty much my favorite! :)

Things here are picking up. My roommate just pushed too far last night which was good cause I was so pissed I went and powerwalked around campus for about an hour. Things don't seem to be getting any better, so maybe I'll do it again soon. ugh...

I'm so disgusted with myself I've decided not to count pounds lost yet, not till I get back to where I was. That may sound defeatist, but it's not. I think that when I know I'm losing weight I start to feel like I can do things and it won't matter. But then I do too many things and it all turns to crap. So, right now I'm just gonna focus on getting everything back under control (in EVERY aspect of my life) and then I'll worry about the pounds again.

Hopefully I'll be back to post later today (I'm gonna work on that too :))

peace y'all

:high:HELLO FRIENDS:grouphug: I am ready to get back on track. :tread: I have been in the trenchs too long.:club: My daughter gave me a book to read and I just want to say if you are having anxiety or fears caused by old wounds and you need to refocus:chin: then get this book--Charles Stanley's THE SOURCE OF MY STRENGTH. I have heard him say some of the same things that he says in this book but I really did need to read it and apply it to my life. I am thankful that God is always faithful even when we are not.
I am re-commiting to make me the best I can be. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Phil. 4:13.
I am going to :kickbutt:KICK MY OWN BUTT IF I DON'T :exercise: :running: :yoga: .

I know that GOD IS THE source of my strength.


I have to go.

Hi Everyone :gossip:

Kiwi....:kickbutt: :fr: :frypan: red velvet cake??? :yikes: How many points was that...:rofl: No seriously, we all have been there we know exactly how it happens and how ya feel after, well o.k. the red velvet cake is now flowing down the Swannie river by now well maybe already in the Gulf...:o :dunno: just a minor set back if you do good for the rest of the week you should still see results at the scales :goodscale: kwim? :hug:

Suz, Missindy, Ivy, Scale, Bonnie hope you are all moving, drinking your water, and eating all those "healthy" things that our bodies need to burn FAT.:yes:

I have been having a good week so far, exercise - check :yes: eating right - check :yes: water - check :yes: hoping to get through the weekend with no major cheats :crossed: IYKWIM??

todays words or wisdom :blah: :blah: :blah:
IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE DONE, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GET THE RESULTS YOU HAVE ALWAYS GOTTEN....make sense? :dunno: think about it...:chin:

Have a great weekend...NO CHEATING :blah: :club: :club:

Danni :cheer:

DARN IT!!!

Totally crapped everything up today. I was doing totally well, but then I got great news about a scholarship and internship and I got to leave work early, and everything was just high and my roomie wanted mcds and ice cream and I went along, and now it's 11 and I feel like total crap.

ugh!!! I'm definitely getting up and going for a walk in the morning.
And then there's all my homework. Plus an editorial to write. Grrr on life right now.

hello
Here I ama t work it the middle of the night and I want to go home and go to bed
Well Kiwi the step class went really well you would not know that she had never done a step class before It was not as long as the other instructor does but was fast paced We all worked up a good sweat then we did our weight and mat workout
Well i better go keep moving and losing suz :carrot:

Hi everyone!:wave:

Went to my WW meeting today and had dropped 3 more pounds!!:high: But I had to do some major working out and drinking water to shed that Red Velvet cake!! :D

Missindy Congratulations on the News of the Scholarship.:bravo: I hope by that news you meant you got it!! Wahoo!!:cp:

Scalewather good to see you back on track. :hug: I've been slacking on the exercise sense you've been gone. :beach: Monday I'm starting back. I promised myself I would exercise at least 15 mins a day 5 days a week. :exercise: Anything less than that is just excuses I make.

Suz I'm glad your instructor was good but it sure would have made for a funny story. ha ha ;)

Danni your wisdom astounds me.:yoga: :lol:

Bonnie how are things going with you?:carrot:

hey everyone!

I ate kinda bad last night after work, but I didn't eat hardly anything all day, so I guess it kinda made up for it. And, anyway, it was REALLY good and definitely what I needed/wanted, so I'm gonna be okay with it. But only this once!

Other than that, I'm keeping pretty good on everything. Got some extra exercise this morning cause my car wouldn't start. Man it is SO stinking cold here. I called my dad to complain about my car, and my hand seriously hurt when I switched ears and put that one in my pocket.

Oh, and unfortunately, I have not gotten the scholarship yet. I had to fill out a killer application a few weeks ago, and now I'm in the finals for it. It's all good though cause I have to go do an interview, and it's in my hometown, so I'll get to see my parents again in a couple of weeks. yea!

I hope y'all have/had a great weekend. And stay warm! :D

Good Morning Everyone: :gossip:

Hope everyone :gossip: had a great weekend!

Kiwi :cp: :cp: on your weight loss....good for you! You keep it up and those size 8's will be on your butt real soon :D :hug:

Missindy.....it is cold here too :tantrum: my family lives in Alabama and they are all complaining abou the heat :rolleyes: please....send some up this a way...:rofl: Good Luck on the that scholarship will keep fingers crossed that you are picked...:crossed: :hug:

Suz...you are my inspiration ;) I am at a plateau :tantrum: I have not lost or gained and I increased my PA this week :woops: No cheats, drank all my water and this morning NOTHING :tantrum: not even an ounce...:dunno: :stress: Aunt Flo came and went :dunno: so I have to have hit that damn plateau thingy....this is where I usually blow it, when I work hard and stick with it and NO LOSS I tend to give up :dunno: :tantrum: I will keep trying to look at you Suz and you stuck with it and now again you have started to loose again...so keep your fingers crossed everyone :crossed: that his plateau does not stick around long :yes:

Going to dance :dance: maybe I will feel better once I have done some PA.
Have a great day girls....and stay on track..:nono: no words of wisdom today :cry: :cry:

Danni :( :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

What do you mean no words of Wisdom! :shrug: I write these things down!! I love reading them! I try to apply them!

A few days does not make a plateau. :nono: You are doing great. But just to help motivate you a little Danni, here's my words of wisdom::yoga:

I'M DOWN TO 181 AND GETTING SMALLER FOR ALL TO SEE.....

IF YOU DON'T LOSE WEIGHT I'LL MAIL YOU MY CLOTHES....

'CAUSE THEY'LL FIT BETTER ON YOU THAN ME!!:devil: :lol:

Kiwi

good afternoon Ladies
well I am down 1 more lb and really feeling good about this weight lose and fitness
Kiwi Are those fighting words of wisdom :rofl:

danni Where in michgan do you live? My DH is from Milan and My brother lives in ann Arbor and we have a trailer near Homer

missindy GOOD LUCK :goodluck:

talk to everyond later suz:carrot:

Good Morning Everyone: :gossip:

Kiwi....:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :club: :club: :rollpin: :rollpin:
Your clothes may fit, but who really would want those "old" outdated rags on their back? hmmmm??? donate them girl to a "short" homeless shelter...:rofl:

Suz I currently live in the thumb of Michigan...Port Austin...quiet little resort town that booms in warmer months..Ann Arbor is about 2-3 hours away, have had to take my son to their wonderful hospitals :cry: so I know that area all too well. If you ever come to Michigan :callme: look me up we can do a lunch oops..no:tape: we could take a walk :running:

I am feeling better today, not so blue about not loosing even a pound, ounce something..:dunno: I danced around for about 45 mins. :dance: I am switching up my exercise routine and I am suppose to increase my calories every other day, according to my coach :coach: so I added 200 extra yesterday today will be a "normal" 1200 and tomorrow I will add the extra 200..geesh...no one ever said all this was easy..:stress:

Words of wisdom for today:

Becoming enlightened is like being a pumpkin.
God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt off of you.
He opens you up, touches you deep inside and scoops out all the yucky stuff -
including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc.
Then He carves you a new smiling face
and puts His light inside you to shine for all the world to see.
So if you fill yourself up with junk, all the hard word to enlighten you wil be lost! :D

Have a great day ladies,... (even you too Kiwi.:snooty:....:rofl:)
Keep moving :exercise: and drinking that water....:carrot:


Danni :flow2:

Good Morning,

I'm exercising at 8:15 this morning so I have a few minutes. Danni, I think my motivation might have worked for ya! (meow psst psst) Don't hate me 'cause you an't me!:D

I've bumped up my exercise routine also. :exercise: :running: I learned Saturday how to figure points for exercise so that I can either eat more, maintain or lose. Pretty cool. My goal for them was to add 3 points for exercise this week. Which means 25 minutes at low impact at least 3 times this week. My personal goal was 15 minutes 5 days this week. So it all works out!

Congratulation Suz for the weight loss!! :bravo:

Missindy good luck. I like your new pic on myspace.;)

Where is Bonnie and Scalewatcher? Com'on ladies hang with us. We all have set backs, DON'T GIVE UP! :carrot:
Scalewatcher when ever you are ready just let me know. Tell me what I need to do that will hep you.:hug:

Yesterday was pretty horrible for me. Because of dealing with my car, I had to deal only with food in the office cause I couldn't get back to my room. (oh how I love puppy chow though) I did get a bunch of extra walking though cause my car was stuck on the other side of campus. I'm probably gonna weigh myself tonight to see if I've gotten anywhere. I've tried not to cause I haven't been doing that great, and I didn't want to get down and do worse, but now I'm curious. :)

Oh, and Danni, it's still cold here. They said it would get warmer, but now they're saying snow. I love snow, but I would rather it wait until I get my car back.

And Kiwi, I'm glad you like my pic. It's an old one. I have to do my "photo shoot" tomorrow to get a pic to go with my editorials in the paper, so hopefully there will be another one, a new one, up in a couple of days.

have a great day y'all!

Good Morning everyone: :gossip:

Hope you all are doing great and still on the "healthy" track of life. :listen: We have not heard from some of you and are getting a little concerned....:listen: Ivy where are ya? Scale? Bonnie? hope to hear from y'all soon...:D

We know Kiwi is still here, ya hear her contantly :blah: :blah: :blah: don't ya...I am starting to hear her in my sleep :yikes: talking all that trash she talks...:rolleyes: "don't hate me, cuz ya ain't me", :rolleyes:...plllllleeeeaaasseee.......the heat in FL must be getting to ya, or is your bp up again? Messin with your thinking? :rofl: Just playing with ya...ya know I love ya...:hug: my new diet buddy....:crazy:

Missindy...it is cold here too...whoo eeee...it is a whole 1 degree... :fr: :tantrum: :faint: my poor dog won't even go outside, and I know he has to pee...he just looks at me and turns around and gets back in his bed...:rofl:

Well ladies...I have to go take blood pressures...:rofl: well I am learning how, it is not going well :yikes: I mean most hospitals and dr.s office have the automatic bp machines right? :dunno:....mine do.. Ya strap on the cuff, press a button and the machine reads the bp right? :dunno:
So why the heck do I have to learn with antique equipment???? :dunno: They keep tellin me that soon it will be like tying my own shoes :dunno: time will tell right? :dunno: so off to use my poor kid as my patient...boy is HE glad I am taking this class...:rofl:

Words of wisdom:
Don't count the days in your weight loss journey, make the days count. One bite at a time.....:blah: :blah:

Danni :val1:

Good morning!:coffee:

Why is it that I lose all the weight I'm going to lose for the following week on Saturday and Sunday?:?: I weigh On Saturday mornings. Then on Monday morning I will have dropped 2-3 pounds from Saturday morning.:goodscale Then I spend the rest of the week TRYING to lose more:exercise: but only to find that on Saturday Morning the only weight lost was what I lost that Monday morning. :rolleyes: I know I know at least I lost. :^: But what in the world am I doing on Sat. and Sunday that is causing the weight loss that I'm not doing the rest of the week? :dunno: If I could figure that out I could probably lose more weight!:halfempty

Okay take a deep breath......:yawn: So how is everyone this morning? ;)

Danni every time you do your blood pressure thing this week I want you to think of me.:^: Picture my face.:devil: Hear the words coming out of my mouth :p as I say........
"What is wrong with you? That's to tight!!" :yikes: :rofl:

chat later
Kiwi

Kiwi- that's kinda odd. it would seem that your weight would go up over the weekend and drop during the week. that's kinda how mine is. weekends basically just don't count. I get no exercise unless I work a bunch, and if I work a bunch, I eat there too and that combats any good.

yea it's snowing!

Hey try this new reciepe I got. Its wonderful!! I made this tonight for the church and everyone loved it.

1 can ff chicken broth
1 can ff refried beans
1 can black beans (drained)
1 small jar salsa
1 14 oz can diced tomatoes (use the petit diced)
(I used Rotel in place of the salsa and diced tomatoes)
1 can corn (about 14 oz is what I used)
10 oz chicken breast, cooked, shredded.

I added the refried beans, tomatoes or rotel and broth.......heated it to "dissolve" the refrieds and then added the rest of the ingredients. Think it was 3 points for a 2 cup serving. I LOVED this soup- 1 cup was very filling and yummy. Enjoy......

Good Morning,

Well I made the soup for everyone at church and they all loved it! :D Everyone wanted the recipe. I did change it up a bit. I didn't have any tomatoes :chin: so instead of adding salsa and a can of tomatoes I just added 1 can of Rotel to replace both. Basically the same thing but with a kick.:cp:

Missindy if I didn't lose on the weekend I just wouldn't lose all week. It can be frustrating because I really don't do anything on the weekend and all week long I'm trying to exercise and control my eating habits. Maybe that's what it is.:chin: I work all week to lose but nothing. Then on the weekend when I'm not really dieting all the work I did that week shows itself. The rest of the week is showing what I did over the weekend. ;)

Goals?....7 pounds for Feb:carrot:

Well, we got snow, but we also still have class. I hate going to a school where almost everyone lives on campus.

Got some personal turmoil going on right now, but it's all good. Lost another couple of pounds. That's good. And now I must go and study for a quiz. hooray!

I'm thinking about starting a new post. :D

This one is like over 10,000 comments. I was thinking that maybe since its so big it causes new people to avoid it.:( What does everyone else think? ;)

We would use same title we would just start new at one. It might even be good to start fresh since this is a new month. :carrot: We can start new goals. Actually find something that we all have in common that we can work together to achieve. :smug: Yes I know we all want to lose weight. But I'm talking besides that.
Like something we can all DO together to make each other accountable. This way we can encourage each other more because we are doing the same thing.:hug:

Make sense? Give me your feed back.(today) If we are going to do this then lets start today. Lets find a common ground. Like walking (which I hate) But I've seen where people count there steps? I guess you would have to have something that tracks that. Lord knows I don't want to count my steps all day. I'd forget and have to start over! ha ha Are if you have a better Idea let me know

Kiwi

:D I'm in..... Just let me know how to get to the new thread through this one :o sometimes I get lost on message boards..:rofl:

I walk, I could count steps, so far today I have walk 648 :carrot: I walk alot not sure if you really want to count steps, I walk all day...but I am in for whatever everyone wants to do...;)

Wish me luck, I am going with the girls for "girls weekend"....:carrot: there will be plenty of JUNK FOOD :yikes: FOOD FOOD :yikes: and ALCHOL double :yikes: all calories, calories, calories......I am bringing "my" food but not sure if I will stick with it with everyone around me piggin out.....:ink: :ink: not that I have to :ink: out but it will be hard :stress: I know I will have a couple of drinks :cheers: I just dont want to consume mass amounts of calories eating..:cbg: I will keep repeating my mantra...Do I like it enough to wear it? But ya know alochol lowers your resistance and makes you weak!!! :fr: I am already weak, :frypan: dont really need an inhancer...:rofl:..does anyone know who to PURGE? JK..well maybe not..:nono: :lol: .Well maybe this will shock my system enough to get off my plateau :dunno: we will see on the scales :goodscale: on Monday...:stress:

Have a great weekend ladies...let me know where and how to find you if we move.....cuz we are IN this TOGETHER!!!! :p :hat:


Danni :crazy:

I don't care. So, I guess I'm in. The walking thing is fine, but really easy for me considering I go to college and I serve. So, I'm gonna totally kick your butt with the step thing. :) Yea! I'll finally be ahead in something!

Well I stay away from Alcohol. :angel: I obtain from evil! :devil: I Used to drink. It didn't make me eat at all. As a matter of fact I was pretty thin. ;) Unfortunately, when I drink I lose all inhibitions and becomes
a bit of a "Ho".:belly: :rofl:
So, since I do have 2 sons who are preachers and a husband who's in the ministry, I don't think they would appreciate me resurrecting that side of my life again. :nono: Then again my husband might appreciate an
occasional binge! :devil: :lol: Oh Lord, :judge: you know I'm just kidding! :^:

Well, moving on then I guess we can count steps. Unless we can come up with something better. I had thought of inches but that takes real long. :smug:

We've started a new thread. Join us at:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103793

I hope that works. Ha ha ha