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[MyChoice2bfit]

Hi Ladies,
I got busy and haven't made it here to post in a couple of days. I really miss the board when I can't get here.

Well, my weight-in at TOPS on Thursday was awful! We had not had a meeting for 2 weeks due to the weather that we were having here in Ohio and I treated it like a free-for-all until I got my act back together this past Tuesday. I knew I was going to be up and boy was I! I'm just going to change my ticker and start all over with my goals.

My first goal is to loose 8 -10 lbs by March 31. A girlfriend and I are going out of town that weekend to celebrate her birthday so I think it's a good thing for me to set a goal for...sort of a time line. I"m really going to have to buckle down and change my eating habits if I'm going to accomplish it.

I asked myself on Tuesday when I knew that I had been out of control if I really wanted to lose weight and why. I really do because I'm tired of my knees hurting, my pants being tight, shopping in speciality stores, being looked at when I order dessert, not liking myself...you know..overeating is not worth all those things to me.

I better get moving. I've cleaned the kitchen and I want to get the bathroom done before my hair appointment and then I am meeting my TOPS group at the Y for our walk.

That's another thing, I"ve only been exercising about 3 days a week...I need to and will up it to 5-6.

New roads ahead for me ladies!
It's great to read your posts...such inspiration on this board and I need it daily.

[Lady Jennelle]

Sirak ... great job with your 2 pound loss for this weigh-in!

I had to smile when you said that your scales said "low" 'cuz I had this funny thought about if it were me, thinking - woo hoo, they scales are actually saying my weight is low ... I must've done really good this week.

Okay, okay - I know I'm weird but what can I say? *Giggle*

worldsbestmom5 ... it sounds like you're feeling better and I'm glad!

As for my eating lately - I haven't had a real desire to either but I'm thinking it might be that maybe my stomach is shrinking and that's why [atleast I hope that it is! ]

Welcome Mia, I'm so glad that you're here! I'm sure that you'll love it here, everyone is so nice and supportive.

Hi Cheryl - how're you doing this week? I hope good!

marriedtoasoldier ... good for you with writing down everything you eat this week!

Funny thing is - I brought up the if you bite it, write it thing and I've been neglecting to do it myself. Shame on me! *lol*

Of course too, I've mainly been living on salads so if I miss writing it down - atleast I'll remember what it was that I had.

Susie, I'm sorry that you had such a hard week. Don't worry though - you're getting right back on track and that in itself is a major plus, right?

As for myself ...

I'm happy to report that I've done awesome this week and have been more determined than every to do this!

Mostly I've eaten salads and not much else and also even if I want to eat late at night [which I have a few times] - I've had salads then too.

What a major change that is for me!

Pancakes have HOW many calories?!!

Last night for supper I decided to have pancakes [a little salad break for me] and about fell over when I realized that 2 big pancakes were nearly 500 calories [yikes!!]

I'm going by the calories on the package since it was a mix in a pouch from Walmart and I didn't use the whole pouch like I normally do [which is a plus for me] ...

Still - it wasn't that long ago that, even after a whole day of eating - I'd be hungry late at night and would make 3 or 4 pancakes and eat them ... but of course, with diet syrup so hey, it couldn't do that much damage, could it?

WRONG! I guess I had never taken the time to see exactly how many calories were in the pancakes themselves [or maybe I just didn't want to know.]

But ... now that I'm fully aware of the calories in them, I will have a couple every now and then but only if I've eaten very light the rest of the day!

Gotta get for now 'cuz my friend is on his way up here to help me do a few things.

Talk to ya soon!

Love,

Jennelle

[sirak]

Lady Jen I often just eat salads-but today was my Mom's 69th birthday. I had a piece of three layer carrot cake with cream cheese icing. We all know that it's worth atleast 500 calories and it blew my totals, plus I didn't exercise today or yesterday.
I am not derailed-but I am not going to sit there and not celebrate with my Mom ( the diabetic for 50 plus years ate some too).
Tommorrow is another day, I have a fridge full of salad stuff to make up my salads and a can of soup if I get hungry for something other than salad.It's really hard to look at my fitday and see the numbers- but it is one day.
My washing machine has forgotton to stop filling and I think DH is going to buy a new one.DD21's has DMom's car and is looking into a lease on a Honda Accord.
I hope that this week will be calmer than the last- DS13 is out of school for two days and DH is talking about taking a couple days off to get some of the Ebay stuff squared away( he could take a week off and not make a dent in it).
Everyone have a great week- good luck on tommorrow's weigh in and keep your eye on the ball !
Karis

[Lady Jennelle]

Dear Karis,

See - atleast we're not letting one day do us in, right? That is progress!

I've been so careful lately but then last night my friend come up and brought me a soda [a Pepsi] and I drank it ...

It never even hit me until after I'd drank it, that ugh - that might not have been the best thing for me to do. *lol*

Still - I factored it in with the calories for the rest of the day and did no damage.

Even if I would have - I would've gotten right back on track.

I hope your mom had a nice birthday and ya know what? Like you said, you had to celebrate with your mom 'cuz it was her day!

Hope things settle down for you some this week. As far as I know, my week is going to be pretty un-stressful [at least as far as I know now anyways! ]

Have a good day!

Love,

Jennelle

[Soon2BFitChick]

Hi everyone. Karis was very sweet and wrote me to see how I am doing. I am doing ok. We had a bday party for one of our kids yesterday and we ordered too many pizzas and have tons of leftover cake. It's so hard to peel a grapefruit to eat when all this is staring at you. Well at me! LOL. So I've gone over yesterday and today but I'm writing down the horror. LOL. Ha!

Throw me some willpower dust cuz I need it!! I am doing well about taking all the cheese and toppings off and eating about 2 pcs when I'm hungry. Hopefully it'll be gone soon. Anyhoo, we are super busy here lately. That's why I haven't been around. And also why I'm slacking in the weight loss department. Sometimes life just gets in the way of our plans. But pray for me that I don't have a gain on there in the morning! I will freak.

I miss you all and will try try try to be here more. In about a week my life should slow down a little and I hope to be back on track for good. I'm trying to also help plan our 15 yr high school reunion. Talk about good motivation. LOL. I need any I can get.

Big hugs, tty soon Selina

[Lady Jennelle]

((Selina)), don't worry sweetie ... you can do this and I know what it's like to be too busy to get here.

You're right - a high school reunion coming up, what motivation!

I think my next one isn't till 2009 so I have a bit before mine comes up again but then too - I've only been to one of them in 30 years so no idea if I'll go or not anyways. *lol*

One pound down and ...

Well gals, I did manage to lose one pound this week.

I guess I should be happy about it [and I am!] but in a way am a little disappointed 'cuz I thought for sure it would be more.

Oh well ... again, one is better than none so I'm keeping at it!

Have a good day!

Love,

Jennelle

[sirak]

Woohoo Lady Jen !

You are going to make it to onederland ! We all are !
Selina- I almost did not buy grapefruit as I am getting really tired of looking at them in the morning. I know it is the best thing going right now ( Rio Star is still in season)-but I think I have had one each morning for the past month.

This week is my mess up week- I made baked beans and had two slices of bacon this morning.Fitday shows I am still under 1200 calories- but the kids screaming in the background made me want to eat all day. I finally loaded the heathens in the car and went shopping for a washer. Fitday does not have an activity listing "for shopping with a teenager and a toddler in five different stores".
Either way I guess I will settle it tommorrow with an extra mile to make up for my bacon,a two inch piece of smoked sauce, a slatering of BBQ beans on a spoon ( gotta taste em) and BBQ chicken( no skin, white meat only).
Right now I feel like a tugboat, just need a slab of ribs and I'd sink.
Karis

[MyChoice2bfit]

Hi Ladies,
It sure is easy to let life get busy and we forget to do what it important for us, isn't it?

I have been doing really well since my wake up call at Thursday's weight-in. It's like a have a new determination..not just hope and excitment. That's what feels different this time and I remember this feel at other times in my life when I really took of the weight. I"m glad to have that feeling back and I'm planning on using it to build on.

Selia: It was great to hear from you. You asked for will power dust....so here is some be sure you get to the board so you can get some every day!

Jenelle: You are clipping those unwanted pounds off.

Siark: How did you do with working that bacon off?

I must get ready for work but I needed to check in. I"ll see you all tomorrow or maybe tonight.

Susie

[miafluker]

you guys are doing great cant wait to be there if you dont mind me asking what type of eating plan are you guys on? all the diets i have come across is either too expensive or too restictive

[Soon2BFitChick]

Hi! Thanks for the wp dust and all the well wishes! My kids are going wild in the toyroom which my dh has been working on for days and they are undoing what was done! So I gotta go distract them. Also my friend is having her baby c section tonite so dh is coming to watch our kids so I can go. It's been very crazy. I didn't gain but I didn't lose either so oh well. I had gfruit and a little pc of cake this a.m. Can't wait for watermelon season.
Oh and today an electrician is here all day replacing plugs that need to be a diff. kind in the house. Costing us $760.00. Joy. AND we have decided to take another baby, in hopes that we will be lucky enough to be able to adopt if all rights are terminated at some point. So we take our babies, raise them as our own and wait. And wait and wait. And when the judge says we can keep them, then we tell our oldest that he/she is ours and we can name it, etc. It's so scary but that's what we do. I can't wait. We love babies and kids. We should be getting one more school aged child too. So we'll be back up to six.

Ok, just typing all that makes me want a nap! LOL. Hope u all are doing well. I have no idea when I can come back. I may have my friend here during the days bc she doesn't have anyone near her to help in the beginning and her dh has to work. He's very good when he's home but sometimes u just gotta be at work. So it will be busy around here. I will however be sure to come at least twice a week, even when I have the newborn and the toddler and the four kids too. I am not sure how my losing will go at those times so I am just working very hard to maintain what I've done and hopefully lose .5 to 1 pound a week then. Thanks for the support everybody. I love being able to come and vent to you all when the days are rough. We are excited tho! Will let you know how it goes!!

[sirak]

Hey ! I was up at 5:30 making sure those pieces of bacon were worked off and hopefully DD2 will take a nap and I can do another three miles in the afternoon.
Not only do I bite it and write it but I then procede to chase, three miles at a time.
Diamond Jubilee Watermelon and Pecos Cantalope !Wohhooo !
Diet Plan ?
I don't call mine a diet plan- it's an attitude change. My love of food is making me fat. I love to cook. I love to eat. I love to write about cooking and eating.It's not fast food, it's not home cooking, it's not tex mex or cupcakes it's food.
To me it's like seeing a person who cannot control his drinking habit.
I will eventually get tired of salads-but until I can start seeing the shape of the old me in the mirror I am not going to stop. Yeah, I eat an enchilada here and a piece of Mom's birthday cake- but I make up four salads at a time so they are ready to eat- no excuses. I make a diet dessert but it's all about portion control and keeping an eye on what I am eating.
I really do measure my food, infact I eat the cottage cheese in the measuring cup. I measure salad dressing.
It's about changing lifestyle- no more food network. I spend time on this board and reading other boards instead of reading food blogs. My board I have been a food moderator on has a healthy living forum so I am breathing so life into that.
I exercise hard. I sweat. I try to challenge myself everytime I put in a tape and get my shoes on. I also am trying to find ways to just downright remodel the hair, the librarian posture and the dry skin.I am working on getting my feet ready for that day that I bust out in a strappy little sundress and strappy little sandles.I am tired of looking like Jobba the Hunt's twin sister.
I reward myself with a couple games of tetris everytime I walk-no more food rewards.
Some of the stuff I did in the past month would be restrictive- but I am 43 years old and some times life does not give you second chances. I blew out my knee last summer and was on crutches.Being obese on crutches is really bad.Being fat is restrictive. Call this my little midlife crisis- but I will not be jumbo size forever.
It's a powerful thing to look down at the scale or to go down two sizes of jeans.It's even more powerful to look at 15 one pound cans and realize this is what my weight loss amounts to.
You have to listen to your body-miaflunker. Most of the time I have learned to say "no". Nothing unreasonable has happened as of yet other than a couple days I caught myself being a bit short of patience with the kids.
I gotta go walk- everyone have a great day and I promise I won't get up on my soapbox again for a while.

[miafluker]

thanks i really needed to hear that i love fruit but when i get stressed chocolate is better i love salad but same thing when i dont have time for dinner mcdonalds is better. I think i need to really evaluate some things and start trying harder. The thought of being on a diet seems like a punishment to me for gaining soo much weight. I think i need to rethink my whole stragety thanks for the support.

[Soon2BFitChick]

Mia, you can do this. Pick out all the healthy foods that you do like, and make them your menu. Learn their cal and fat content. And write down every bite you take, at least in the beginning. We sometimes just don't realize what some foods have in them and when we stop just some of those, we lose. Don't let yourself get too hungry bc then you are more likely to eat too much when you do get to eat. I eat several times a day. When you go to restaurants, look them up online first, look under nutrition and find each thing you will be eating. If I do this, I can go anywhere and be ok. Then you know ahead of time how much and what to order. Mainly I feel like all this is just about planning. I hate not being as spontaneous sometimes, but overall, just taking cereal with me in the car so I won't want to stop for fries or something is great. I planned, so I didn't mess it all up.

Take care, and don't worry, just move more and eat less and healthier. Oh and lotsa water, but I slack in that department. LOL.

Now to everyone else, Hi!!!! My friend had her baby, it's a girl. She hasn't named her yet. She is so sweet. I will be helping some bc of the c section. I dunno when I can be online. But I will try to check in often! I'll miss you guys!!

Bye for now, and talk to ya soon, Selina

[jennylou]

Just a quick fly by post to let you all know that we are back from our cruise. We had a wonderful time. I ddin't WI while on the cruise, but my 2 week loss is 2 pounds. I'll take it, being as how I did eat some things (dessert) I* really shouldn't have.

selena - congrats on 50 pounds gone!

[Cheryl14]

Hi All!

Selina! Props for you on the 50 pounds GONE!

Jennelle- I've been GREAT! I have just two more pounds and I am in ONEderland! LiasMarie71 and I will probably cross the tape at the same time!

Cheryl