Weight Watchers - Counting down from 250 and above - Sept. 21 downward

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Hi ladies,

Quick post this am so I can go iron DH's shirts. What fun at 6:30 am.

Anyway, I made it to WI last night. I lost .8 and will take that. The veggie soup helped. That isn't great for a two-week weighin but do figure that it makes up for the .4 I had gained so I netted a .4 loss. :D And since I wasn't into WW last week I'll count myself extra lucky. So now just have to keep my focus so I have a good WI next week too.

I'll print the old thread out and get caught up with everyone. Someone had asked about my veggie soup and I got a tuna melt recipe last night at WI that I'll post. Plus think of some ideas for Bunny to cook. Maybe I better see when the servers are changing and plan my posts accordingly!

Everyone, must run, but have a great OP day and be strong!

And yes Lilac, we are missing a few. I do know Maggie is preparing to leave for her travels and is not posting here anymore. :( Sure do miss her.

Nice long, hilly, hard, rocky, wonderful hike today. :) Also weigh-in and down a pound. :D All that means, I'm tired and happy.

More later (I hope!) or tomorrow. :)

Hope you are all doing GREAT!!

hi everyone!
It is Sunday morning. I have a big pot of veggie soup bubbling on the stove, and am plotting to do something with some chicken thighs later - dont really know what though.

Recipes for Bunny

Well I have thought about this. I looked in Sue Kreitzman's book on low fat cookery and she has some fab mexicanish type things. Try Green Pea Guacamole (2 crushed cloves of garlic, squeeze of lemon, squeeze of lime, 1lb frozen peas (thawed), a handful of chopped parsley, and chopped coriander (cilantro), some chopped mint, and some (2tbsps) Mexican salsa. ---mix and blend together till smoothe and add more lemon/lime/salt/salsa until you get the right taste).

Also, she recommends doing duck breasts in fajitas - you buy them covered in their layer of fat, but the fat just peels off in one lump and you are left with the leanest meat imaginable - you can cook this on a ridged pan, or whatever. She recommends coating it in spices to get a 'smokey' flavour - she uses cumin, coriander, pepper and lime juice. Eccentrically, she then steams them for 10 or 15 mins over a pan of very strong (six teabags full) of Lapsang Souchong tea!!! Then she puts them in the ridged pan and finishes them off, and slices them in to fajitas with mango, salsa, salad etc.

Or Braised Chicken Mexican
3 crushed garlic cloves
half a red and half a green chilli - deseed and chop
12 spring (green?) onions
juice of 1 lime
zest of same lime
pinch cumin, coriander
splash of dark rum
1tbsp tom. puree
salt and pepper
6 chicken thighs
half pint chicken stock
chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves to garnish

You put everything except the last three above in to a bowl and then you put the chicken in to marinade for about half an hour. Then you put all that in a big frying pan and pour in the stock. Simmer for 20 mins until done and juices will be a thick boiled down sauce. sprinkle over the coriander leaves and she suggests serviing with somethign sweet potatoish - eg my sweet potato chips? where you cut sweet potato in to wedges and coat them in a mixture of cumin coriander cinnamon and anything else you like (I put cayenne pepper on last night and it blew my head off - you could use chilli if you want - personally cant stomach the stuff, but it would work here in moderation I think). Then bake the chips for 30 - 40 mins in hot oven. I always have some mayo with this...!!

Bunny, how about braising something? Then hubby gets his meat and veg and you get your soupy/stewy type thing, and what could be easier than bunging meat and veg in a pot, covering with water and leaving for hours in the oven?! And how nice to make your kitchen smell so earthmothery! Do you need a braising recipe? i could look some up if you do.

What fun talking about food.

I am going to try and do a sort of stove top coq au vin with my chicken thighs today - I bought filets in stead of ones with bones in and I think they will just fall apart if I try to do them in the oven.

I have to go and think of something other than food for a while :lol: I was up half a pound last week and I really want it to have gone this week, so a healthy walk or something might be best for me now!
love to all
lilac

Hello ladies,

Can't believe its Sunday early evening already and I didn't get done nearly what I had planned. Surely didn't get caught up on posts or recipes. :(

I did go down to ride the horse again today. So little time. I'd love to ride everyday. Maybe next year after she foals I can get her moved closer to home.

I haven't done too horrible with food the last few days. Mom did have killer pecan pie though. When I got home from there, I took the dog for a nice long walk. Maybe that walked off some of the pie. I think horsebackriding burns some calories. Surely it must. :angel:

Well, I must go. I'm a bit tired and need to rest for the start of a new week. Really need to plan our meals and to do list.

Have a great evening and Monday. Take care!

P.S. Lilac - good ideas. I need to browse your post again. Hope you got out an enjoyed the fall weather to get your mind off the good sounding food.

Bunny - Great job on being down a pound and for taking that great hike. I really must come to your area.

Toodles!

Hello everyone,
I am sitting staring at the chaos that is my desk, feeling completely not like tidying it up! In fact I would rather be out in the air than stuck in here working, but I have a lot to get through.
I am planning a holiday in France for next week. I was going to go to cornwall or something, but then my friend started talking about wanting to sell her house and reinvest the money in a bigger house she can convert in to a retreat centre, and I said 'oh you should look in France its much cheaper and you get more for your money' and before the end of the phone call we had agreed to go over and snoop around a bit next week! We are going to go to Brittany - o-oh, look out for demon crepes and cups of cider!!! the points will suffer. I thought I could take a few disposable barbecues and we could buy fish and cook on the beach in the evening - that would be low point.
Anyway, I feel a bit scared at the prospect of taking my new car to france so soon - I have never yet driven there without losing a wing mirror! Its because they drive on the wrong side of the road....

Love to all. must do some work
lilac

Hi!

I am new to this thread. But, not to 3fc. I was in a thread about 6 months ago. We started remodeling our house & the computer got put to sleep for awhile. Now thats over! I really missed the support.

I am over 250 and recently started going to meetings again. I rejoined with my mom. I was on my own before. Did just ok... I just seem to backslide without the meetings.

I hope you have room for another. Can't write much tonight I started looking around much too late.

sherry

Good morning!

Not much to report. I think I'm getting a cold :( so I'm a bit groggy this morning.

I've had another good OP day. I ended my week with 5 banked points and am off to a good start this week. Now if I just don't chuck my plan for comfort food this week I will be on a good roll.

I dug a pair of black jeans out of the closet last night. I had quit wearing them because black jeans always seem to be tighter than blue. I hate it when they're tight and make the stomach roll even more noticeable. So I slipped them on and zipped them right up. DH even said I looked skinnier. Even though it wasn't going down a size in jeans, I felt good because the last time they had been so tight.

Liliac - your holiday sounds lovely. I understand about the car. My new one is six months old and had to fight with myself about driving it. I didn't want to pile on a bunch of miles. But had to get over that and now just love riding in it.

Sherry - Always got room. We're a bit quiet at the moment. Welcome to the group.

Time for me to get off here and go spend a few minutes on the exercycle.

Have a great OP day.

Hello everyone.
I just had lovely lunch - cinnamon and raison bagel with a slice of port salut cheese in - yum - 5.5pts. Its funny, but I find that less food is filling me up these days - I never really believed people before when they said they were full after not very much, but I am noticing a difference. Has to be a good thing!

I had my hair done this morning and it looks nice - short but well styled. Then I did a bit of shopping and bought a few little bits, including a thing called a potato ricer which is like a garlic crusher, only big enough for potato - its to get smooth mash.

Determined - those black jeans sound fantastic! Black is always a slimming colour too, although unfortunately it makes me look like a corpse with a cold, so I tend to avoid it! It is so motivating to get in to clothes that have not fitted for a while. I was shopping today, and thought that this time next year I reckon I will be able to go in to some of the 'normal' shops and buy things I like, and I cant wait for that! I really want a dark brown suede jacket, which I would wear with a silk scarf in golds/yellows/browns. Also I want to be able to get in to a nice brown suede pair of boots. Last time I lost loads of weight I went down a shoe size, and now my feet are too fat/swollen to fit in to most shoes. Yippee! Pound a week should get me to a size 18 (that is a USA size 16) next autumn!

Sherry - yes welcome! Its true about backsliding without the meetings, although for me its more the weighing that keeps me on track, rather than the meeting itself. It is really disappointing to lose and then gain again, but good for you for picking it up again! This is a very supportive thread, and I look forward to your posts!

Well, love to everyone! I am going to take myself off for a walk now. I walked round a big pond in the park yesterday, and it was really beautiful in the late afternoon sun. Later on I am off to the Albert Hall to see Victoria Wood (who is a comedian - I dont know if she is well known in the states). She is usually very funny, so I am looking forward to that.

Lilac

I hope there's room for another fellow "looser". No, I'm not insulting everyone...lol I love to come here after work and see messages from friends who share my adventure..

Sue
-45lb. (100 to go)

hi there sue - yes you are very welcome!

I see you are down 45 already! that is wonderful news.

I am just off out so I popped in to say hi and am popping out again. i missed my WI this week as I went to the theatre, which was good for my soul! I have been op so I hope for a loss next week, although I was ill with a cold this week, which got better and has come back today with a vengence as a cough and chest pain - :( all not very nice.

love to everyone
lilac

This evening I made "Open-faced Crab-melt Sandwiches" from a Weight Watchers recipe -- and they were VERY good. They are 5 points per sandwich. I served them with a fresh fruit salad. This was utterly filling. Here's the recipe:

1 pound lump crab meat (or imitation)
1/3 cup fat-free mayo
1/4 cup jarred roasted red peppers (water packed) minced
2 tsp Dijon mustard (buy quality -- it matters!!)
1/4 tsp table salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
4 slices pumpernickel bread
4 3/4 oz slices of low-fat Swiss cheese

Pre-heat the broiler. Mix all the ingredients except the bread and cheese well. Put 1/4 of the mixture on each slice of bread. Put a slice of cheese on each sandwich. Broil until cheese is golden and bubbly -- about 1 to 2 minutes. Serve immediately. Yum!

Love to see new faces here. :) I've not had the time I'd prefer to drop by and read/reply lately -- but I swear I'm planning to get better! :dizzy:

Yesterday we went on a moderately long hike (about 3 miles round trip) along the Appalachian Trail here in North Carolina. It was so beautiful, along a spine of the mountains, where you could see nothing but incredible vistas from either side of the trail. It was so cool ... we're going back tomorrow! And this time we're bringing a picnic lunch. :lol:

Love ya all. :) Miss ya!

Hi Everyone:

Had fun reading everyones posts. The recipe looked great so i printed it out. I am looking for a low fat salad dressing recipe. There is'nt really any bottled dressings that rock my boat. I like the ranch or creamy type dressing. Blue cheese is my favorite. I will look around in this site for one.

Did the WI last night & lost three pounds. Was a little disapointed since this was my first week back after rejoining. but, it was still a lose and I give myself a pat on the back.

I have 119 lbs to lose I guess. I think that 150 is the high end of where they want me? I am 19 lbs from 250. that is of course my first goal and 24lbs to 10%. I certainly belong in this chat room "3fat chicks".

I am still listening to news radio at work thinking I am going to miss some fast breaking national news...I have to get back to my music station before my head bursts. I have trouble sleeping now & I worry about my grandsons future.

ttfn
Sherry

Hi everyone! :wave: Sorry I've been AWOL for awhile. I'm sure you don't want all the excuses but.......I've had a friend in need and have been trying to help her out for the past week. It has brought me home totally exhausted where I just crash on the couch. :(

Food has not been good. After my nice loss last Monday I had a 1.5# gain this week. :eek: Just not watching, journalling, etc. and this behavior needs to STOP!!!!

I am getting ready for the Recognition Reception at the nursing home today so I can't stay and respond to all you all have written. I did read it all, however, and it sounds like you're all well and have some nice adventures planned. :)

Welcome to Sherry and Sue. I'm usually here much more regularly, but it has been really easy to stay away lately and consequently my 'falling off the wagon'. I will be back more often because it is good for my program and I really miss all my friends.

Gonna run. You all have a great day!

"Success is nothing without someone you love to share it with." - Billy D. Williams in Mahogany

It has been awhile since I have been able to post. I had a bad week 2 weeks ago, witheverything that happened, but this past week was better and I made up for most of my gain the week before. I must confess I have not been as OP as I should have been. I think I am gong to try to reread my WW materials to get myself back and raring to go. I also figure to look over the recipes again for some new ideas.

I am glad to see some new faces here. When we are all writing we can be a very supportive group, but some days just sneak by and before we know it days turn into a week. I am also happy to hear that everyone is doing pretty well.

My work schedule has changed so that means that so has my gym workout schedule. I am a bit bummed about that, but life happens. I am trying to fit it in when I can. Also my eating has changed. I am looking for easy things to eat in the car while I am driving to work (about an hour) on major roads. I know it isn't all that safe, but that is when I have a chance to eat. I have been eating dry cereal and an apple, but I am looking for other ideas. I am also working on sandwich ideas that are not too many points and don't require refrigeration or much cooking. Kind of has me limited, but I am trying to make that a challenge for myself.

Have a good OP day and take care.
:) Melissa

Hi all! :wave: Today food is no better than it was yesterday I'm afraid. Too many yummy cookies. I did make taco soup for lunch. So tomorrow and the rest of the weekend will be behavin'!!! :eek:

Melissa: You're right. A day missed here easily turns into a week. And then it seems like there is so much to catch up on that it's overwhelming! :eek: Are you opposed to Morningstar or Bocca burgers on the run. Easy enough to 'nuke' before you walk out the door and not real messy to eat in the car. I also take apples with me all the time. Helps to get a couple of servings of the fruits in anyway. 98% fat Free ham slices are good for a sandwich with Wonder White Lite bread which is 2 slices for 1 point. That makes a 'cheap' sandwich. Grapes are also a good 'car food'. Ummmm. I'll have to think some more on that these. :spin:

Gonna run. You all have a great night.

"Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be." - Grandma Moses

I'm so pleased to see new faces -- and happier still to see old friends comin' back. :) What a great day!

Today my family and I went hiking -- we did a 5.8 mile round trip hike along one of the sections of the Appalachian Trail in the Smoky Mountains. We brought Subway subs for lunch and soft fig cookies (Newtons, maybe?) for snacks. We nearly (but not quite!) ran out of water. Its time to pick up another water bottle -- our hikes lengths and difficulties are just increasing all the time now. :) This is one of the most phenominally beautiful walks I've ever taken. It was a total "wow" all the way there and back. We turned back at the point where there was a new sign posted: "Campsite 24 closed due to aggressive bear activity in the area." Yikes!

Dinner was Taco Bell (steak soft tacos for me) and I'm in under points and exhausted! I don't think I could lift my arms long enough to bring food to my face tonight honestly. ;)

So tomorrow we'll have the Oriental Beef Salad I've been looking forward to making; tonight its relaxing and whining about our aches and pains. :D

Tomorrow is weigh in. I'm feeling silly because I'm torn between wearing jeans and a t-shirt (what the weather seems to call for) and wearing my more standard minidress. The jeans actually weigh almost a pound more than my usual dress! (I sell jeans so I know what they weigh -- I wasn't actually strange enough to weigh them just to see :lol: )

Anyway - hope to drop by tomorrow. Y'all have a good night!!

Hi Everyone!

Just back from the pool and taking a well deserved sit-down. Went to WI yesterday. Lost the pound I gained last week. Phew!!

Went, with a friend, to north central Massachusetts on the weekend. The mountains were just beginning to show their autumn colors. It should be glorious there in another week. My friend is also my tracking partner and she and her dog were entered in a test that was held in a wildlife management area in Gardner, MA. She drew the first track and we spent the rest of the day hiking all over the hills going from test sight to test sight to watch the other competitors. This is like a very modified wilderness search and rescue test. It's geared to show the dog's ability to find a lost article by following a strangers path for about 1/4 mile and finding a glove that they gropped at the end of the track. There were several breeds you'd never expect to see doing anything like this in real life, a fox terrier, a beagle and my friends bearded collie.

We found a super restaurant on Sat. A lovely old Mill converted to an inn. Had salad and broccoli with zita in a white wine sauce. Yummy and not too high in points. I passed on the home made, pecan, sticky buns and had just a wonderful, fresh dinner roll. Mmmmm talking about it makes me want to drive the 5 hrs, back just for more.

I'ts great to see new faces in the group. Welcome Sue and Sherry. We try to support each other during our weight loss journey. We share our ups and downs and use the group to help each other stay on program and work towards our goals.

Linda: Are you enjoying Scotland and seeing your daughter?

Bunny: I admire your stamina. Hiking each week and going farther each time. Good for you. I know what you mean about clthes for meetings. It was cool here yesterday and I dug out thin slacks and a tee and froze rather than wear my heavy jeans LOL!

Melissa: Rereading your WW stuff is a good idea. I've done that when I've slipped a little and it does help me get back on track. I hate it when I have to change my sched. too. There was a fire at the Y and they had to close the pool for a week. I was about to try aquajogging in the tub if it hadn't reopened today. I missed it sooo much!

Lilac: Enjoy that trip across the Channel. This has to be a super time of year to spend some time in France. Hope you get to the wine country and can do some sampling.

The dryer is calling. Suit and towels must be dry. I'll try to visit again tomorrow.

Good evening everyone: :)

What a night! chased around the puppy(beagle). My new son-in law brought the dog with him from Virginia. He is only here for a little while until they get a place that allows pets(the dog not my son-in law).
Anyway, tonight he stole some food out of my neighbors hand, ran off with one of their kids shoes and had someones underwear on the front lawn.(I hope they are clean). Got my exercise in & vented on the phone to my daughter.

Had a pretty good day. What is it about work and food? They have more food brought in to share than at a convention. I really have to use a lot of self control. Had to calculate how many points in a half of a maple bar. But, stayed in my point range today. waaahhhwhoooo...

Slutbunny, where did you get that name? The only reason I ask is because my sisters nic name is Bunny. I hope noone calls you that in real life.

What do you all mean by the different weights on the bottom of your posts?

ttfn
Sherry

Hello ladies!

Everyone is back and posting and I got behind again!! Good to see so many back. It got quiet there for a few days.

I went to WI last night and got a big maintain. Which kind of irks me because my food has been so good for the last two weeks. I must not be getting enough water in. It seems my body is changing as clothes feel different and my body just feels different. However, the evil scale is not budging. I'm going to try to retain my focus and hang in there for the big loss (someday soon I hope!).

My sister and her family are in town for Nascar. I took a half-day off yesterday and we met our SIL down at Hallmark to shop in the employee store. Hallmark goodies at 50-90% off. WooHOO! I got some lovely things for our new house and a few christmas goodies.

After WI, we met them over at the fried chicken place. I don't have a clue as to how to begin to count that. But oooh, was it good.

Geri - I hope your friend is doing okay. A good person you are to be there for her. Get rid of those cookies!! Get your journal out. We had two people making milestones last night and both said that the key to their success was write, write, write it down. So easy yet so hard to want to do.

Sherry - I had to laugh about chasing the dog and the underwear. I laugh because I have a big dog puppy and he snatches socks or whatever he can and runs. They can be great exercise buddies. Our work is having goodie day today and fortunately it will be situated across the dept and not in sight. I think I can avoid it that way. The weights at the bottom are our starting weight/current weight/goal weight.

Sue - Welcome to the group. You've done great to lose 45.

Lilac - How's the cold? Mine is winding down which I am attributing by taking lots of echineacea (sp?). It seems to nip a cold in the bud. Are you off to France yet?

J-Ann - Your weekend sounds lovely. I would love to visit that area during the fall. And the tracking event sounds fun and lots of good exercise.

Bunny - Thanks for the recipe. Your hike sounds great too. Our weather is cooling off which inspires me to dig out my hiking boots and head for the conservation parks.

Melissa - Welcome back too. Its hard to stay OP when our routines change or just can't get a routine. But hang in there and find solutions to one change at a time. Soon you'll figure out how to make it work. I take peanut butter on toast to eat in the car sometimes. I've also made my own sausage mcmuffins with morningstar sausage. Good to eat on the run. Boiled eggs and fruit and a yogurt at my desk later on. Good luck!

I must run and get my butt to work. Hope I didn't miss anyone. Congratulations to everyone's losses and to everyone for hanging in there when it gets rough. Keep up all the great work and spirits. Remember, we must love ourselves as we are now so that this journey is a positive journey.

Take care!

Hey, guys! Today is weigh-in and we're about to take off for the morning but I wanted to try and re-build the habit of coming by and replying everyday. :) So here I am -- even with moisturizer still on my face! :lol:

J-ann -- our mountains are just beginning to show their colours too! It is beautiful. Everytime we drive down to the Smokys, the drive is more colourful. I think we're about a month away from blazing beauty here. I'm hoping we'll have tents by then because I want to go tent camping (a three day, two night hike) and walk along ridge lines and just look, ya know? Glad you're pool is open again. :D Routines are soooo important!

ssdiane -- my real name is Jenanne. Most folks call me Jen. Slutbunny is a nickname I aquired a few years back during the course of a conversation with a fella online regarding women, privacy and whether its necessary to "hide" your gender in order not to be targeted by weirdos. As we were talking, I said, "I'm not going to hide my gender to please someone else. I'll be known as jen, daphne, slutbunny or whatever the **** else I please, thankyouverymuch." A couple days later (for reasons too complicated to cover in a post, I think), I was required by the board manager to change my name from "Daphne" to something else. Recalling that conversation, I choose Slutbunny, and so its been ever since. A few folks use the name in "real life" but mostly not. It amuses me because the name really isn't a picture of who I am at all (I'm a Roman Catholic mom, married happily, and neither slut nor bunny like in the least). ;) So it goes.

Determined to succeed -- WOW! How wonderful that your clothing are fitting differently!!! The evil-scale (I have one of those around here some weeks, too) doesn't know what its talkin' about. :D Your butts getting smaller, your arms are getting smaller, your tummys getting smaller -- that's real progress! I slid my own bottom into a pair of size 22 jeans that hadn't fit ever -- I bought them on spec a couple years ago and wasn't willing to give them away because I just knew I should fit them. Well, now I do! (Remind me of this chat if I come back today with a tale of maintaining or gaining... its easier to pep talk someone else than it is yourself, huh?)

No hiking today -- too busy, too achy. Hope you all have great on program days!!

Well, I have not been around much. I am not very well, and cant shake off this cold I have. It is now a cough on my chest. Several people I know have the same thing - it seems to go on for weeks.
Food has been ok but not my main focus. We will see what happens at WI on tuesday.
I enjoyed reading everyone's posts, and will catch up individually next week when I feel a bit stronger.
love
lilac

Good morning,

Just dropping by for a quick post before I go to work for a couple of hours. After talking about write write write, I took my own advice and tried to realistically account for points at our big chicken dinner. That put me back into perspective and am planning low point days to offset. Without having done that, I might have slipped into overdo mode and then wondered how I could have gained. I also took the dog out for a big walk last night. I'm noticing that I am walking much faster and even jogged for three different blocks. Woohoo! Of course, I only do this in the dark so as not to humiliate myself. :lol:

Lilac - hope you get to feeling better soon. Its so hard to care about being OP when you're fighting a cold. Its a good time for low point hot soups. Take care!

Bunny - I've got several size 22 jeans that I've had stored away. I'm going to dig them out and check to see how far off I am from wearing them. That will be my guide more than the scale.

Must run so I can get back home to work on chores here.

Oh, I have to tell this. Some of you may remember, back in the spring we were going to be buying a house in the country. So I ordered trees and such. I got little twigs but planted them in pots anyway and some did come to life. I ordered scarlett maples. My little bitty trees are turning fall colors. They are soooo cute. Makes me smile every time I look at them.

Have a great OP day ladies! Be Strong!

Good Saturday Everyone!! :o

It is a glorious day today. I think it was a little too hot (85). I read a few talking about the fall colors. We do get a little of that & probably more since we are up by Mt Hood. Nothing like the East coast though. I would like to see all that color. My daughter & son-in-law also found a place to live that will take their dog & they will be moving in about two weeks so that means no more finding strange things in the yard.

I really need to reel myself in on the weekends. I am so good counting every point during the week. And then the weekend rolls around and we are so not on schedule & running all over that I eat not so good things on the run. Today it was TacoBell. Jezzzz.....But, will count the points & determine I can have nothing to eat tonight but lettuce :(.

Terri: I love your sausage McMuffin Idea. I will have to try it. I do miss the McDonald ones. Also, your trees sound beautiful. We have a few lace leaf maples that are nice. We also live in the country. If you like breakfast sausage I am going to submit one in the recipe section for Turkey & apple breakfast sausage. Has only 3 points. Great for breakfast with an egg.

Bunny: Sounds so nice where you are. How do you get all that energy for the hikes?. I even get a little winded on my walks. One reason for the weight loss effort.

Lilac: Hope you are feeling better soon. Being sick does really zap the energy out of you. Wrap a big blanket around you and watch some classic old movies. You will probably have a good weight loss.

Wishing everyone a good evening.

Sherry
272/269/under 200

Sherry -- my husband and I have wanted to walk the entire 2100+ mile Applachian trail for several years now. So -- we've always been walkers. We try to do at least 15 miels a week -- and most weeks we make it to 20 miles. :) When I started, I was winded walkin' from the bathroom to my bed. Now I can hike 6 miles or more and be okay (though I am often winded during the walk, ya know?). You build up to it. :) Plus we do live in paradise, so we have incentive to get out and walk. :D I've never walked in Oregon -- though we hope to make a family trip out your way one summer for hiking. It looks so beautiful in the magazines I've seen.

Terri -- Your trees sound just darling! How cute!! The leaves here are finally beginning to change -- we're probably a month or so away from truly magnificent colour. We've already planning our "fall colour" hikes.

Lilac -- I'll be wish healthiness for you this weekend then. Take care of yourself -- and I'm looking forward to your full-humoured return. ;)

Today was a shopping day and work day. Found some neat stuff in the retro-gaming field (for my husband) and even a couple cute bras. Here's a cool thing: as of today my bras are slipping off my shoulder no matter what I do. I think think that what I need to do it change the band size to the next one smaller. I'll found out as soon as I have time to play with inventory. :lol: Fun fun fun!!!

Hi ladies! :wave: Food is crappy. :mad: I have not been able to get it together this week at all. :( Tomorrow is a new day.

The weather is wonderful here. Low 70's. I could live with this year round. I love the windows open and sleeping at night has been heavenly.

Gotta run. Mom's coming over for dinner tonight because my youngest heads back to school on Tuesday. Have a good one.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. " - Madeline L'Engle

Its been a crazy weekend. I headed off to work yesterday AM only to find a message from DH that his mom was in the hospital with pneumonia. So I worked some and went for a quick visit. Then my sis and her family are in town for Nascar so met them for the afternoon and evening. While we were getting ready to eat dinner, we got the call that his mom had taken a turn for the worse and moved to ICU. We left family to fend for them for a fast trip to the hospital. Looks like some new heart blockage so new meds for the poor old gal (she's 81) and then home in a few days. Whew.

Today I took the dog for a big walk in the woods. We have a conservation park nearby so I thought it was time to do something besides walk the neighborhood. What a workout. He was so excited. We tromped through the trails at a very fast pace; over tree logs, across creeks, along cliffs. Its the closest thing to Bunny's hikes as I'm going to get here at home. We hiked about an hour and both loved it.

So food hasn't been the best the last couple of days. Tomorrow's a new day. (Just call me Scarlett :D )

Sherry - I agree with Bunny. Start small with the walking and if you're consistent and persistent, before long you'll be up to hiking too. I started about 10 years ago and could barely make it around the block. Within a few months, I was walking volkswalk 10K walks. Those are very big in Oregon btw. But it got me hooked on hiking. I also have a very hard time keeping my act together on the weekend. I do more stupid eating then than any other time. I haven't figured out how to whip that bad habit yet.

Bunny - Its a great accomplishment when you can get into smaller underwear!! Are these new bras you buy or used? I'm going have to plan a trip to your area after hearing about all your hiking. Maybe next fall.

Geri - Hang in there, you'll get it together soon. Just don't give up completely.

I'm tired from the weekend so I think I'll go finish the night off being lazy in front of the TV for a change.

Have a great start of the week. Be strong!

I wish I had more time for a more in depth reply.

Sherry - you asked about the numbers at the bottom of our posts. For the most part they are:
Starting Weight
Current Weight
Goal Weight

They can be written in under your profile so you only need to edit them when the numbers change. It adds it to your signature.

Talk to you all later.
:) Melissa

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