Supporting Each Other on our Weight Loss Journey!

mpaigew · 01-13-2010, 09:15 AM

Good morning all!

I have my weigh in today @ 12:30 so hopefully I'll have some good news to report back. My scale says a good loss, but I am not getting my hopes up...I've done that before and have been disappointed by the WW scale. I also have to do some grocery shopping afterwards so I'm going to see if I can find some new foods that will excite me.

My spirits seem to be back up today...I don't know what my deal has been for the last few days. Maybe just really tired out. I have an order for cupcakes that I'm doing today, and so far I haven't felt any temptation to cheat. It was a really small order of three different flavors and I ended up making extras from the leftover batter, so those will go undecorated right into the freezer as soon as they are done cooling.

Ann-Yes, my sister lives right near the space center in Fl. I want so badly to move down there, so I'm really hoping we are able to relocate there.

Anyway I'll check back in later and let you know how the wi went. Have a great day all! =)

haylo921 · 01-13-2010, 03:27 PM

Hello everyone,

Well it's wednesday but I feel like it should be Friday this week has just been crazy at work.. However, I have manged to stay on plan which is important!!!!

Paige: I hope your WI went well.

I hope everyone is doing well today.

mpaigew · 01-13-2010, 05:39 PM

I was down 6.2! Yay!!!

Newlifestyle · 01-13-2010, 06:25 PM

Hi Haylo.
Congatulations Paige, that is awesome.

Hello to everyone else,
Have a great day.
Ann

zanheltangia · 01-14-2010, 09:47 AM

WooWhooo!

Congrats, mpaigew!

I think the crazy is contagious, haylo921, my work is moving late feb and we've already had to go through every room and decide on what furniture goes and what'll be tossed or stored.

Best day to you too, Ann!

Noeys · 01-14-2010, 11:24 AM

wow 6.2 in one week? thats awesome!!!!

wtg!!!

derrydaughter · 01-14-2010, 07:49 PM

Hey guys! How are you all?
I'm here.
Have been swamped and have had a mess to deal with at the house, construction and plaster dust everywhere.
I didn't mean to be away and not be trying, it just happened.
But, I am here and hope to be getting back on track.

derrydaughter · 01-15-2010, 07:42 AM

Here two days in a row. That means something.
Paige, what an excellent loss, good to see you are really trying again.
Haylo, good to see you back again as well.
Looks like the old gang, and a few newcomers are here and working seriously again. I'm glad.
I hope to go back to a WW meeting next week, it's been so crazy around here. My daughter is also going back to college to live there next week, so we are busy. But, focus on healthy eating is essential.

Let's all try to find a new recipe for one family dinner this week to try and report on what the results were. We all probably have a WW cookbook (and certainly the Internet) at our fingertips and are we really looking? I want to find something less boring. Boredom is a problem.

Newlifestyle · 01-15-2010, 08:01 AM

Hello everyone

Welcome back Linda. Great idea about the recipes.

I hope everyone else is having a great day and if we have any slippery spots we just get back on track. We are all human and sometimes life just happens.

Does anyone have a set grocery list for each week or do you make you list up each week. I think I have to get back to routine. I am much more successful that way.

Have an awesome day everyone.

Ann

zanheltangia · 01-15-2010, 09:39 AM

Hm... Family dinner this week? I think I'm disqualified!

Unless I can 'nab some people off the street and call 'em family for a night! I'll actually cook something this weekend for a meal and call it that.

Why don't we post the meals on here when we give reviews of them? I'd love to get some new healthy meal ideas for when I do head over to my parents' house every once and a while, and tastes do seem to differ but they love it when they don't have to cook.

Ann, since I only buy for one it makes it much easier for me to go grocery shopping on plan. My lists to go grocery shopping usually include a lot of "don't get more of:" instead of "buy". And I avoid the center room-temp isles except for low point cookies that I pack with my fruit, veggie, and dairy work lunches. Publix had a nice sale recently on WW frozen goods, so somewhat regretfully (I try to avoid the frozen section), those are my dinners for now until they run out.

Well, 5.75 hours until my weekend!

haylo921 · 01-15-2010, 03:21 PM

Hello I hope everyone is well.

I think it will be helpful for us to post ideas!!! I don't have very many but you never know I may find something creative. Grocery lists, I typically just go to the store and see what might interest me. Funny thing is that I usually just stick to the same foods.

Janelle

derrydaughter · 01-15-2010, 03:37 PM

I keep an ongoing list on the kitchen counter and have an inventory that I keep up. But, when I want to make something special, I add those ingredients to my list.
Today's lunch was good, at least. Onion soup, salad with Gorgonzola cheese, dried cranberries, balsamic vinegar and olive oil with a bit of sliced turkey. It was tasty and I felt satisfied.
I should have exercised today, but I was feeling very low. I do have to share as I owe you guys the truth. Yesterday was my dad's birthday and I am still having a hard time after losing both my parents. Next week is the anniversary of her death and they died 4 months apart from each other. I feel like running away from it it, but you can't run away from things like that. You have to face it straight on and do your best. They were my best friends and it is just so hard.
Tomorrow, I shall get on that Wii fit and I shall move, today.... just can't make myself.

zanheltangia · 01-15-2010, 04:36 PM

Aw, Linda

It's good that you stuck to your plan, but I completely understand not wanting to exercise at the moment. You've got so much going on! Do take some moments for yourself, Linda, I wish I could give you a hug.
But e-hugs'll have to do for now,

derrydaughter · 01-16-2010, 05:56 AM

Thanks for the "hug wishes". I have requested of my husband that he get me out of the house and that we do something "fun" today, I just need a change of scene.
So, I hope we find an adventure. But, I do vow to do the Wii fit this morning and at least make an effort.
Three days in the last week, I started writing in my journal in the morning and then didn't write lunch and dinner, etc. But, I have not been totally bad, either.

mpaigew · 01-16-2010, 07:55 AM

Happy Saturday all!

I've been on plan all week I guess you could say...I haven't been feeling very good and completely lost my appetite (NOT usual for me!) I know I'm down a few more lbs but I'm a little nervous about gaining it back quickly because I know I haven't been eating. Hopefully when my appetite comes back it comes back gradually and not in full force!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!