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Ummm Heather I think I mis-titled this week's thread, sorry!xxxxx
Well we went to visit my parents at the week-end & it was not much fun! I haven't been online as the pc was acting up again & hubby to do 'something' to it.
Anyway I'm losing inches, but the weight isn't shifting, must be something to do with 'toilet' stuff, or the lack thereof.
xxxxxxsharon
ps post more later, stil got laundry to sort from the holiday.

Its monday again...wow the weekends sure fly by.
I count myself as lucky to not have any real damage from the storms that went thru on sat. Just 20 min north of us was a horrible tornado. Alot of hail damage around me. Windows broke out, cars beat to death, and all we had was a few dings in our oldest car and a few screens knocked out. We were not at home at the time so our car wasnt here.
One of the kids i keep lives less than a mile from where the tornado hit. We are very lucky!!
I only lost 5.4lbs during out BL challenge.I am not happy with that but at least I did lose a bit.
I am looking for a big loss in the next few weeks...anyone with me??
Thanks for all the nice comments on my pic. It was taken at the wedding.
hugs to all and drink your water!!

Hey everyone...dgramie, you look sensational! We didn't really have any storms here, just some thunder and a little wind. Other than that it was pretty tame. How big of a loss are you looking for?

devsmom our challenge was for 3 months...so my loss isnt much at all...but at least it wasnt a gain.
glad the storms missed you!

morning ladies...

quick fly by.

My weekend was busy busy. Sat night i babysat my niece and nephew while their partents went to a concert. Had fun. Yesterday was my niece 2nd birthday party. I did well on eating. I did have cake but it was a small piece and no ice cream.

Today is a week with no fast food. A whole week! I have thought about it though..rather sad. lol But I will make it through this 30 days.

Today i get my new glasses! I am so excited. My old ones, the polycarbon went bad adn they are all foggy. It is horrible. I think they ahve been this way a while, but only in the past few months have I really noticed soemthing was wrong. So yeah on getting to see the correct way.

dgramie: your avitar is wonderful! You look so pretty!

Debbie54: Are we going to do another weightloss challenge?

Happy Monday everyone! I hope it's warm and sunny where you are ~ it's not here.

I went out to eat with a friend Friday night. I stayed OP but clearly had waaaaaay too much sodium. Saturday I was up 10 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I drank tons of water all weekend to try to shed the water I was retaining. This morning I'm still up 7 lbs. How long does it take for y'all to lose water weight when you're retaining?

Note to self: visits to the buffet must be Strictly Limited from now on!

Quote of the day...

Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.
Henry Ford

Common gals lets get our groove on! We really need to focus on what we really want. How we are going to get it. And how we can help each other along the way! 3FC is here for motivation and support so lets give affirmation, motivation, butt kickin, and applause.

I already am in 3 challenges, two on another site and one personally. Let me know and we can kick fat in the behind. I'm ready!!

DG, Debbie, TOLD YOU YOU LOOKED GREAT in the pics!! Now everyone can see it too.xxxxxx So glad you weren't affected by the tornado.xxxxxx
Annie how are you doing? Hope the panic attacks are getting better.xxxxxxps Ami emailed she is still getting Sweets & now more stuff as well, if you get time send her an email, I think she really beeds some tlc/chering up.xxxxxxx
Well should be busy so I'll post more in the morrow..
xxxxxsharon

The final results are in!!

If you would like me to do another one, just convo me!

Hey there ladies!
Hope everybody had a great weekend. I took a yoga class for the first time and it was tough! But it was also a great way to stretch and strengthen. Think I'm gonna sign up for 6 weeks and see how I do. Did 11 minutes on the elliptical Saturday but also had a chicken crepe at the Original Pancake House, which was sooo good, but full of badness, I'm sure.

Did another 11 on the elliptical today, but I am up about 2.5 lbs. grrr. No more weighing until Friday!

Have a good Monday!

My boys brought home awesome report cards today! So in the theme of rewards. DH and I are teaching the kids healthy ways to celebrate without food! They get to play video games until dinner on a school night! LOL. And if they get awesome 3rd term marks in June it will be a trip to the Toronto Blue Jays game. Smuggling in healthy food choices of course!

Sharon -- Thanks for starting the thread this morning! I fixed the title!

We started a new term today, and it was busy with lots of little details... But I am happy to report that I've strung together more than a week of being on plan! Finally! I've not been consistent for, I think, over a year!

Hi everyone,

I had an appointment with the bariatric surgeon today and had the psych evaluation (re: my readiness to do this thing). Both went well. I've lost 6 of the 20 pounds the dr would like me to lose, and he'd like me to step it up a notch, getting more into the pre-surgery diet and more disciplined, all around, but overall he was encouraging. We're talking about a 'gastric sleeve' which is a pretty new procedure, comparatively.

Has anyone here had experience with gastric surgery?


Sweet dreams,