We are the Turtle Group here at 3fatchicks.com. We welcome you to join us as we work toward good health and fitness in a persistent manner. As our inspiration we use the race between the turtle and the hare where the turtle was the victor because he didn't give up. We believe in keepin' on even when the odds are against us. We believe in giving each other support. Good luck to us all!
Judy
Itryharder
(for Lin and Lauren)
Great job everyone on all your weight lossess! Really terrific.
I was down 1.4# tonight at my w/i so was happy with that. Went to curves afterwards & walked home from there - so got my exercise today.
My challenge this week will be staying at Niagara for 2 nights. I bought 2 small packages of light balsamic dressings (individual servings) to put in my purse & will order some salads when I am away. Also am taking my running shoes for a big walk & of couse, my bathing suit for some swims. Looking foward to this - love the casinos and shopping. Will bring some fruit & some instant oatmeal for in the mornings. And we will probably have 1 breakfast out - bf loves his bacon & eggs. So, I am really going to make an effort to stay OP as well as have a good time.
Everyone, have a great OP weekend. I know it's only Thurs, but I usually don't work Fridays so it seems the weekend has started.
My goodness, Turtles. I can't keep up with all of you! We're a rampaging herd here, blazing our ways to our goals.
Congratulations everyone on your excellent losses, it's really great to hear. :
As for me, my weight is up this week. Part of it is bloat because I've been eating nothing but carbs and sugars this week, and part of it is real (because I've been eating nothing but carbs and sugars this week). Conversations with DH have been all over the spectrum--from wonderful and accepting and supportive, to him telling me, "if you really believe that, then just get out." The possibility of DH having Borderline Personality Disorder has been brought up by several people (both laymen and professionals), and I'm waiting for DH's therapist to give me a call back so we can discuss the issue. Needless to say, there's been a lot of comfort eating going on.
I have decided that I'm going to give myself permission to just maintain as best I can for now. If I lose weight, that's great, but it's not something I'm going to conciously put effort toward. I have too many other things that need my attention right now.
Keep plugging away, Turtles, you're doing great. Ill be cheering you on as you go.
Judy -- Thanks! I am quite excited about those 1.5 pounds. Yes, I know about the recipes, I'm actually eating one right now that I made myself from one of those recipes -- I just get frustrated weeding through them, and I wish it were easier to find recipes in a certain point range, which is why I was thinking about the WW site. But I realized that, in order to justify the cost of WW each month I'd have to use their website almost exclusively, and I have several wonderful low fat easy cookbooks, some of which I just bought in the last few months, so I'm going to do my best to resist. I've found that stir fry WW recipes are often in a good point range (usually 5-6 points if it's just chicken and veggies) and I have a great new Rival skillet -- this weekend, I'm making Szechuan Chicken.
I guess I just have to make more of an effort to comb through those recipes and go through my own recipe books to caclculate points.
Bandit -- congrats on the loss, and good luck with Niagra. Enjoy yourself.
Mousie -- given a very stressful situation, mainteance is a perfectly respectable goal!
Bandit, Weigh to go! You are my inspiration for suiting your eating to your lifestyle. You outsocialize me, and that's saying a lot. Good for you.
Ariana,
Good for you for finding all sorts of recipes.
Mousie, I'm sorry this is so confusing with your dh and I have only a shoulder for support for you. Take it easy and take care of yourself, dear. :hugs:
I've gotta run and this weekend will be crammed with kids and fun and food so I've got a few things planned for myself and will try to breathe through stress instead of eating.
Judy Itry
HI Turtles,
Princess----you lost so much weight this week!!!! How fabulous. And your whole family is doing great. : I am so pleased that you're posting here and sharing your success. You're doing great. You had an instinct that your meds were slowing up your weight loss, and I would say from this week's results that they were. Wow! celebrate celebrate and keep on losing. Weigh to go!
Judy
Judy: Thanks so much for the kind words... they mean a lot!
mousie: Since I joined this group a bit late in the game I am not familiar with what is going on with your husband... personality disorders are really rough to deal with, I hope what ever it is gets better for you really soon!
Princess -- congrats on the weight loss! It's nice to see all of you ladies. I was feeling quite sick on Sunday and Monday, so I got OP -- I have no idea how many points I consumed -- I just didn't count. When my acid reflux acts up, I live on saltines or bread and peanut butter and jelly. It's the only thing that doesn't seem to bother me. I felt too darn cr*ppy to count points. So we'll see about tomorrow. And if it didn't work out, well, there's always next week, when I will hopefully not be sick.
Ariana: I sure hope that you get to feeling better soon... AR is no fun at all.
Looks like rain here today... but then again it is spring
We had a nice weekend... my son and I went to the IMAX theater on Friday to see Deep Sea 3D it was pretty good but since it was spring break there were a lot of little kids there so I am not sure how much fun my 17 year old had but he seemed to think it was all right. Went to lunch and did some shopping with him and then the storms hit so we headed home. The rest of the weekend was spent as usual... cleaning, laundry and grocery shopping.
Had a wonderful weekend with family, but sad news headed me to the food cabinet AGAIN. (Sorry Mousie, I really tried) Right now my dh and I will have a change of scenery for a day and that will help me get right back on track.
Have a wonderful week, I'll chime in tomorrow and let's keep this all going!
Ariana, feel better soon.
Princess, glad you got out with your ds. The movie sounds good, but I know what you mean about "little guys"--I taught 3rd and 2nd. graders for a long time and they are fun, but I'm not so sure high schoolers love being around them in large numbers.
Mousie, you know we're all pulling for you and sending you the best!
Bandit, keep on keepin' on. You're doing great!
Love,
Judy
Thanks Judy and Princess. I'm feeling much better. I don't know why it flared up like it that. It normally behaves as long as I take my Aciphex medication.
Sounds like a nice weekend, Princess. It's good to spend time with family.
Judy -- sorry about the bad news. What matters is that you are getting back on track.
Well, ladies, I normally don't post at night, but I couldn't wait, I had to tell you guys... I'm down another 1.5! That means I'm only 3.5 pounds away from my midpoint. I am so excited that I still lost even after two days of being sick and living on PB & J -- I guess it all worked out. Anyway, time to eat dinner, I was just so psyched I had to share.
Well it is a beautiful day here in Indy... supposed to rain on and off for the weekend but it shouldn't be too bad over all.
I have off for Good Friday so this is my last day for the week
Ariana: Congrats! Way to go!
I have to take a trip up north on Saturday to see my family so the weekend will be busy. Keeping my fingers crossed for W/I on Saturday morning... The scale has not gone down this week at all, if anything it has gone up a pound or so. We will just have to wait and see.
Well, it looks like everyone is doing great with their weight losses, so keep up the good work.
Had a great weekend away - but caught cold so have been laying low this week. We went across border to Seneca casino & I won a $250 there on the blazing 7's so that was fun - the buzzer went off & the guy came & counted me out the money! Won abit on our side but gave it back overall. The buffets were abit of a challenge but I kept the bread/potatoes to a minimum and got in lots of walking/swimming. AND had my w/i last night & was down
3 lbs!!! so was absolutely thrilled with that.
This weekend we are going to golf club for Easter buffet. There are 10 of us going so looking forward to that. Daughter & her friend from school will be there as well. So, should be a great weekend.
Hope everyone has a great Easter with friends & family and some "little" Easter treats.
Turtles #155: Turtles on the Run!
We are the Turtle Group here at 3fatchicks.com. We welcome you to join us as we work toward good health and fitness in a persistent manner. As our inspiration we use the race between the turtle and the hare where the turtle was the victor because he didn't give up. We believe in keepin' on even when the odds are against us. We believe in giving each other support. Good luck to us all!
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Yes, I know about the recipes, I'm actually eating one right now that I made myself from one of those recipes -- I just get frustrated weeding through them, and I wish it were easier to find recipes in a certain point range, which is why I was thinking about the WW site. But I realized that, in order to justify the cost of WW each month I'd have to use their website almost exclusively, and I have several wonderful low fat easy cookbooks, some of which I just bought in the last few months, so I'm going to do my best to resist. I've found that stir fry WW recipes are often in a good point range (usually 5-6 points if it's just chicken and veggies) and I have a great new Rival skillet -- this weekend, I'm making Szechuan Chicken. 
celebrate celebrate and keep on losing. Weigh to go!
(Sorry Mousie, I really tried) Right now my dh and I will have a change of scenery for a day and that will help me get right back on track.
