Good Morning All!! Had to start a new thread. We hit page 3!!

So it's a peaceful Sunday morning and Jacob and Steve are taking naps!!! So I snuck down to the computer and am getting some needed catch up time!!!

I am having a good weekend, staying OP, although I didn't get my water in yesterday...weekend are hard, but it's only 9:30 and I already have 33 oz. in today, so it's better already. Not sure if I am going to lose tomorrow, but I am trying not to stress about it. I didn't have a great week, but I am having a great weekend and that's all that matters!!! I feel focused again. It is amazing to me how quickly I can lose my focus!

Tamara - 10% Way to go!!! That is such an awesome accomplishment!! I think you are so right about habits. We just need to replace our old bad habits, with new healthy ones. Water is so good for you and it really does make a difference. Can't wait to hear how it is going.

PNG - TOM...I hear ya!! That's what threw me last week. It was fun chatting Friday! I love all the pictures you have been posting. Sleeping until Noon...Hmmmm. Steve let me sleep in today and that meant 7:30 am! Jacob gets up at 6:00 am.

BethAnne - We were wondering where you were on Friday, but sounds like you had a productive night. Not real sure what you had going on w/ friends last week, but I am VERY glad that things are better. It's so tough when there are conflicts. 6th day OP!!! You go girl. I am so excited that you were able to go back to WW and see a much better loss. Good for you!! And...what an awesome thing...the Mount Majore challenge. You'll remember it for a lifetime. I know you can do it!!

Jen - 6 lbs!! WOOO HOOO!!! You are doing so awesome!!! Keep it up. For me and the water, I have to keep it in the front of my mind all the time. One of my friends keeps an 8 oz glass in her bathroom and every time she goes in there, she chugs 8 oz. She says over the course of a day, it adds up. Maybe that could help boost your intake.

Michelle!!! Hi there sweetie!! {{{{BIG HUG}}}} I am soooo glad to see you peek your head in again. I read your journals on your site, but it's nice to see you here. I think about you often. So glad to see you back on the horse. It's so hard, but it can be done. Just think of those runners!!!! Hope to see you around more.

Carol - So where did you get to go on Saturday?? How was your visit with your daughter??

lorelei - Hello my twin!! Congratulations on your loss!! 42.6!!! That is sooo awesome! You are past that 40 lb. wall. I knew you could do it!!! WOOO HOOO!!! Keep it up girlfriend!!

Jennifer - Well, missy what can I say...looks like I am not the only one that you help out daily. I hope you know what an inspiration you are. All I can say is you ROCK!! Keep up the good work. I know you will see your goal of 199 soon!! Are you liking the hair any better?

Jennelle - I am so proud of you for staying OP on your overnight trip! That would have siderailed me for sure!!! Good job!!

Pryia - Good job on staying OP!! I am very proud of you for sticking with it it! Keep it going, we want double digits!!!

Gayle - How exciting about the new health club!! Won't that make all the differnce inthe world!!!

MysticPoet - Thanks for joining us in Chat on Friday!! It was fun talking with you!!

Ok....I know....I really wrote a book...but I haven't been on much this week. Just one more thing. Yesterday I was at a party and this girl and I were talking about weight loss and she said she weighed more than me. I told her no way!! She said "yes, I do!! I weigh 197!!" I almost died. I said "I weigh 268!!" Can you believe someone though that I weighed less than 197!! Now obviously this girl isn't very good at judging weight, but it made my day anyway!!

A big HI!! to everyone else!! Love Ya!!

Sandi - that is a great idea about drinking you water after each bathroom visit. I have to keep my water attached to my body practically or I just don't think about it. I've had people think that I was lighter than what I really am, I guess we think we look heavier than what we really do. We are usually our own worst critics.

Drake has been a completely bear these past few days. We were going to see grandma earlier today but it was raining so hard I couldn't see out on the highway so I pulled off and came home. I plopped him in his exersaucer and he was quiet so I made myself a snack of air popped popcorn with 2 t of butter (3 points) and a tea and boy oh boy did just that snack completely restore me. I feel like a million bucks even though Drake is back to being a bear.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Well,

My weekend was ok with the food part. But my water has gone down the drain, lol.

My oldest has been sick all day and the last thing I was worried about was my water intake. Now I'm feeling it. I have drank NO water all day. It's 9:49pm and I'm just now going to drink my water. Even though I'll pee all night, I should manage to get in at least 64oz. O'well

Anyway, I weigh in and measure my self tomorrow so I'll let you all know then. My fingers are crossed.

Bella23

I ACTUALLY MADE IT THROUGH THE WEEKEND OP!!! I cannot believe it, I am in shock. I thought I blew it yesterday, but if I give myself a few of the points I banked this week, I actually did it!!! I think I'm going to go do a happy dance or someting. This was a HUGE HUGE HUGE accomplishment for me. this makes day 8 OP. I think that is a world record for me

So, now that I've gotten that out of my system, how was everyone else's weekends?? I did have movie theatre popcorn last night, and it was extra salty.. almost too much really, so I'm majorly bloated today. But I know if I can get down 3 of my 36 oz water things today, that I should have it all peed out by my weigh in tomorrow. I do believe that is the life of a dieter... Peeing... weird stomach issues as you get used to less fat... isn't it just soooo much fun?? But I was also PSYCHED because my boss was back today after being in the UK all last week, and said that she could REALLY notice a difference, and this with me being brave and wearing a little more clingy clothes today!! I was sooo happy to have her say that.

I think I need to give up on weighing in anywhere except at my weekly meeting. The gym scale and my home scale are both about 5 lbs off from each other, and say I weigh a lot more than I think I do. So maybe I should just save myself the aggrivation, and not step on any scale but my faithfully calibrated WW scale.
I think I will have hubby hide the scale somewhere tonight.

So we saw The Scorpion King last night, and to be honest, I was a little dissappointed. Because it made NO sense with what they had portrayed of the Scorpion King in the Mummy Returns. there were a lot of loose ends left untied, and although I want to continue to see the Rock go on in the movie chain, I wish they had connected things a little better. But overall I thought it was good. Of course the directors were still fixated on large bugs eating things, but other than that it was cool

Well its a new week ladies and gents, and if you screwed up over the weekend... chant this mantra

NO GUILT AND MOVE ON!!!

have a beautious monday!! hopefully your weather is nicer than the nasty rain we've had here for 2 days...

Well I had an over all good weekend ( not including the sick kid ). I did have some snacks this weekend, but they were snacks that I allowed my self to have. My thinking is that after a great week, it's not going to hurt me to much if I eat a couple extra cal. I didn't go over board on anything and all the cravings that I did have just went away.

I'm very proud of myself. Good job BA. It's always nice when some one other then family notices!!

Well I weight in when I go to the gym, so every one pray for me.

I will also measure some time today. I'll keep you all informed.

Bella23

Goodmorning everyone..

I am sick, battling some kind of bad head cold, sinus infection thingy..who knows. I will be seeing the doctor later today. Tired of seeing him every 2 months though. I think I will mention that to him too.

Besides being miserable, am doing okay. Wasn't perfectly OP over the weekend but didn't go crazy either.

My hair..everyone seems to like it, so that's a good sign. It's growing on me, an inch at a time. lol

Have a great day everyone...and think of me sitting with a box of tissues whyning like a baby.

Well...it was a good Monday, until the daycare called and said Jacob has not quit coughing, can't sleep and was even bringing up some of his lunch. Poor Baby, so I have a Dr. Appt this afternoon, which will of course intrude on my weigh in. Maybe I can go to a later meeting, or maybe tomorrow.

Hope everyone is well!

Well, I am feeling somewhat better... had a "thing" Yesterday, needed a lift... so hubby gave me money, dropped me off at the store, and I came away with some hair dye, jewelery for my nose piercing, plus my ears, and the lipstick I've been dying for so I did a makeover... got blonde hair dye but, it never totally blondes my hair... just lightens it to a nice warm auburn kinda color... I had a decent weekend, even shared just a small popcorn with hubby at the movies, we also saw the scorpion king, kinda cheesy, but entertaining, and I second that about not showing enough of the stuff that was mentioned in The Mummy Returns...

Ok, I'm off to look in on the other threads....after these short individual replies


Jenniffer, poor thing... I went to bed with a sore throat...grrrr, got up and drank some broth spiked with cayenne and garlic, to try and get it calmed down a bit, and took an extra vitamin c....

Bella, Sounds like you had a super weekend, wtg

Beth Anne, ditto the above

Hi all, it was indeed a wonderfull weekend. Saturday my dh and I went to Cumberland Gap State Park which lies in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. You are in all 3 states in a matter of 5 minutes. It was beautiful, there was one overlook where you could look straight down about 1/2 mile. It was breathtaking. We then went to Wilderness Road State Park in Ewing Virginia and saw buffalo grazing in the fields. It was awesome. We then went to Natural Tunnel State Park in Duffield, Virginia. There is a natural tunnel in the mountain that was shaped millions of years ago by water. It's big enough for a train to go through. God has done some awesome things in his great outdoors.

The really great thing was Sunday. We went to North Carolina to bring home some of my daughter's stuff from college and she told me that she turned down the North Carolina job and she is staying home this summer. She has excepted a job at our local YMCA. She will be a counselor for their day camp. yoohoo

Sandi and Bella sorry to hear about the sick kids. I know all about that.

Beth Anne I'm glad you talked things out with your friends and you've had such a great op week.

Jennifer and PNG hope you get to feeling better.

Welcome back to all those gals who have rejoined us.

I did really well with my food this weekend. I was so busy I didn't think about food. I also got in a lot of walking Saturday and I had my water bottle with me all the time.

Everyone have a great Tuesday.

Carol

oooooommmmmmggggggggg....somebody please help me...

I was fine, I really was, a lil sore throat, chased the kids around all day, the little one started running a raging fever... his mom came home, all was good.... suddenly, I feel like crawling into a hole and dying so, until I start feeling better, I may be a bit absent...

Hello, everybody! Sounds like a good weekend all around. Well, me too. I was really busy...and you know what that means...not enough time to eat!!

I got weighed in today. I lost 2 more pounds, so that's a total of 44! I'm psyched. So, I've 'recovered' from The Birthday Week!

I'm really tired, so I'm going to cop out on addressing each one of you. Please forgive me. I have read them all, but, just have to get to bed. I hope I can make it up tomorrow when I get back from my Dr. appt. It's a checkup to monitor my cholestrol. I'm sure it's down considerably since I've lost over 40 lb since I was there last and have been taking Lipitor. Hope he takes me off the Lipitor.

Congrats on everyone doing so well. You are all inspirations to me. Thanks for that.

Love, Gayle

PS: PNG, please e-mail that pic of Ravyn to me...I never did find it! [email protected] Thanks.

Well I can say that today was one of the BEST day I have had in a long time

I weighed at the gym today and have lost 4lbs this week, making my total 5lbs. And when I measured I lost 4.25 inches total.

I had a great day.

I hope your feeling better PNG.

and hope the rest of you all are doing great.

Bella23

Ok, so I'm a sucker for pain, and can't go a day without posting... don't feel much better, the idea of food is sickening (that could be a good thing) and my throat hurrrrrts!

I'm going to try to do some easy walking on the treadmill, and some crunches and stuff, I think my body SHOULD be able to handle that, and I have to do something...

Hope everyone has a great day!

Oi is all I can say about today. I would love to write all about it here, but I am getting a little computer weary... if you feel compelled to read about the horrors of the day, check out my journal

http://users.rcn.com/bethanneandgreg/BA99TJ/log

Anyway, I hope you all did better than me today. I"m trying hard to not beat myself up about blowing it.

I will post tomorrow, I love you all, I really do.