Lemon: thank you for the encouragement. It was a rough day and night. I feel like I have a hangover today. Is there such thing as a food hangover? That is so interesting with the sizes. I know at 145 I am a 4. I don’t want to get that low again. I want to be a comfortable 8. I have a booty and hips the way I am built so I have to be careful with brands I buy. I’m thinking about buying a goal outfit and hanging it where I can see every day! I know we all fall on food so today O am going to get right back up. You got this too! I hate the TOM feeling it is awful. I started a new bc pill to try and help with that. BTW that’s super with all th inches lost.

Diane:. Okay I use lose it. It says I should consume 1726 but I know if I did that I would barely lose. It’s a struggle finding the correct range to still be successful on. I guess weight loss is not easy. It was sure easy gaining all that lol

Uber:. Yay for the weight loss! How exciting when there is a drop? Have any plans?

Jen: the only size 8 I have ever been was as a kid in girls sizes. Hah! I went from a girls 14 and the next day a juniors 11/12. I swear that is what happened and I hated it as I was one of the taller ones in my class. And of course the popular ones at that age were 5’ 2” and under with blonde hair and probably a girls size 10 and I’m sure they didn’t like something about themselves too. Funny how we view ourselves.

I understand the food hangover - that usually happens after I have traveled or eaten way too much. Yesterday and today I’m just all over the board.

Am: so I’m extremely tired - must be waking so dang early. I’m trying to lay down but the phone has rang 4 times, the suns pouring in, Ive had cravings for dumb things and I still haven’t napped.

I took a picture of my face as I want to see if my facial cream does help improve it. Oh did I scare myself - no make up today (not that I wear a lot) and saw my 90 year old aunt looking back at me. Seriously horrible. And I just read selfies cause your nose to APPEAR 30% larger - yep I can attest to the larger comment;)

Today is a day I had so many ideas and got nothing done. I’m doing well at that achievement.

Happy weekend all. I’m ready to run away.

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Uber: Look at you getting below 255! Yay!!! Congrats on the clothes being too big. I know it is expensive, but you know that things are moving in the right direction!!

Lemon: Nice work on the loss of inches!! That's definitely something to be proud of! I did make it to spin this morning. The one instructor who has wanted to go to Body Pump doesn't do this one. I'll see her on Monday. I am weird in that I am not wanting someone to work out with all the time. I like the people in my class, but I don't like being accountable to anyone (except you guys!!!), and I don't want someone feeling that they have to report to me. But I'm sure she'll go to the class next Thursday!!

Jenni: Yeah, that's a lot of calories. I have 1290 without any exercise, but I have it set aggressively, at losing 2 pounds a week. I did that so I didn't push up too high and then not lose anything. My measuring is ok, but not perfect. We all do what we can!! At least it gives us a little bit of guidance.

As for me, rare weekend check in, but I'm feeling like I needed to reconnect. We are going out to dinner tonight, and I'm still not going to restrict too much, but I don't want the weekend to be a free for all. So, here I am, reminding myself that I have a weigh in on Monday.

I went to spin, and it was so tough. My glutes and hamstrings are still sore! Anyway, have a good weekend!

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Jen I agree with Lemon! It was a birthday and a single meal! But it is frustrating when you are planning to keep it in line and then the menu doesn't agree! Still and all, in the grand scheme of things, I'm sure it will be fine-- although frustrating that it made your joint and fibro act up!!

Lemon I am ashamed that I'm just the opposite of practical in the seamstress dept. I can't take in my own clothes and have not used a tailor to take in clothes, although it might be a good idea! The biggest problem I have is with shirts and blazers-- I buy them oversized to fit across my belly and then they are so oversized everywhere else! I'm also thinking that I need to calm down, LOL. A lot of my clothes still fit fine. They seem baggy to me, but probably no one else will even notice, and by the time I start truly needing smaller sizes, it will be warm! But I may look into tailoring a few of my nicer pieces. One thing that is weird is that sometimes I'll have something that doesn't fit quite right, and I think, oh, it's because I put on weight, so I save it, thinking if I lose a few it will fit, and it goes from not fitting/too small to not fitting/too big without ever hitting the magic spot. And OH your gardening journal that you color in! So lovely! You seem to be such a creative person-- it's funny because I make my living as a writer, so I'm good with making up stories, but it's like all of my creativity got sucked into that and there is nothing left for art, crafts, gardening, sewing, what have you! So I greatly admire people who have so many artistic traits!

I don't know what's with me today, but I'm really TIRED! Yesterday, I went to a different place to walk and walked 4 miles instead of the 2.4 I've been doing. Today, my legs feel fine, but my back feels tired. Go figure! Still got a great thrill about buttoning up the choir robe this morning. I'm going to try getting myself more hydrated and see if that perks me up, otherwise, maybe I'll rest today.

No w/i

I’m blue today - yeah- got to Love that heavy feeling upon an extra early wake up this morning. I’d prefer not to feel this way and I was unsure why and looked at the calendar and then I was reminded why. Alas I hope the feeling is short lived.

We are to get oodles of snow today. I’m so over snow it can just go dump elseswhere. I have chosen to make my own mind up as it’s fluctuating in inches w the weatherman: yesterday it was hovering at 10-12” dropped to 8” now this morning it’s “a well maybe” 4-6”. Whatever it’s dumb and right up there in dumbness is naming these winter storms. It’s not a hurricane people - the snow comes the snow goes usually without too much destruction or loss of life. The whole naming of winter storms is ridiculous we feel at this house. I’m just saying :) the weather channel can keep their trendy winter names.

Yesterday I ended up on a Girl Scout cookie bender due to being given a few boxes by my ILS. They really aren’t particularly great cookies and I don’t know what the heck my need to gnosh was. But it was there. And I ate and now I can say that was dumb too.

In fact today w my crappy attitude I’m saying my diet can be lumped in that category. I’m stalled in thought or want to loose today. I’m struggling to be optimistic and frankly I’m just tired of it all. It’s not something I remain focused well on, nor have the burning desire to shed 10 lbs this month. I’m just blah on the outlook (again maybe tied in with my general sense of everything).

So I will cheerlead for you all to do well this new week and take off the pounds
And do well with your diets/exercise. :broc:

Diane: good for you on getting to exercise class! You have been committed so long to going it now sounds like you’ve made it a good routine! Do you see the same people there each day? That’s one thing I never saw when I went to mine. Except for the guy who was the profuse flying sweater. I don’t think I’ve ever sweated that much- he was like a sprinkler! Did you have soup this weekend? I’m thinking that might be a good thing for tonight. Will have to see what I can find to throw on in.

Uber: yep I’m creative. Currently not working to make money creative but creative nonetheless. I have siblings that say I should be selling my ideas on Etsy and maybe that would be fine but I learned long ago I hate the customer service side of things people can be very nasty quickly if they choose to (seems the norm these days). When things are hand done there is always room for uniqueness in a piece in my eyes - but to others they should all be produced the same. I’d probably be richer to do something like this but I just haven’t the time to invest knowing this so I just do things for myself and family and call it quits. Maybe that’s a bad outlook. I’ve never been super saavy in wanting to sell my wares nor do I have the Kevlar coating I feel I should to do something like that. I don’t know if that makes sense. I’ve never been a good writer, I try to tell a story and it’s always kind of flat. Sometimes I just let the art take over and it can tell the story.

Your lucky you have been able to parlay your love of the written word into success. You havent said what genre you do and maybe that’s more info you’d rather not out there. Can you say what age group you write for? How many years have you done so? Book publishing has always intrigued me. The ones that make me raise an eyebrow are when they are famous for other things and then write let’s say a children’s book and the only reason it sells is because of their name. Those are the ones I always avoid for my kids. I enjoy searching out a beautifully illustrated and lovely story.

Morning gals!

AM part 2: I don’t even know if I’m going to walk today. I have a bit more to plant before it might snow. Of course with the wind as strong as it is I probably lost all my containers. I’m afraid to go look.

I was sitting in my living room and saw the cop pull down the street like he was looking for something yesterday so I watched and he pulled up to my neighbors. About 10 mins later the ambulance pulled up and took him away. He walked out on his own but got on the stretcher to go. I know he’s an older gent on his own, keeps to himself - I wonder if maybe he was suffering from the flu? He’d been home half of last week which for him is unusual to see him during the day - especially this time of year - not many take time off to sit at home when its snowy and cold.

I think I’m babbling. It’s way early, I probably should end this post and drink my coffee and listen to the wind whip. Please know I’m trying but not doing well. I feel like not embracing anything diet related of late. It’s not that it’s difficult to do but the last few days I feel I’m micromanaging without much success. I hate when I get in that place. Tomorrow I’m sure my outlook will be different. As for now it stinks. As does something making me feel like in the universe is not right. I hate that feeling too.

Ok I’ll take my sour apples personality and go hide back under the rock I came out from. My best for a good week ahead!

:wave:

So all, I'm going to probably be scarce. Lots to do, no time to do it. Friday was okay, but frustrating. I have not gotten everything done I wanted to do over the weekend either. Now today I realized that I have a thousand dollars I specifically held back in my cafeteria plan to pay my hospital bill from my surgery - and I have no bill. I have to submit it by the 15th or lose the money. So I'm mildly freaking out here, thinking we should never have planned this trip, and just need to do other things besides internet forums. So...I'll be back.

So I caught a stomach bug this weekend. It had been a gross weekend at that. The sight of water makes me gag so I have been living off zero Sprite. I'm going to see if I can keep toast down today. I'm home sick but thought I would check in.

Lemon: I will share your spirit today of just being blah. I'm sorry you are going through this. The weight loss world is not easy to deal with one bit. I hope you start feeling normal.

Diane: Well that makes me feel better that I am about where you are. I think it would be really hard to go lower than 1200.

Uber:. You are making great progress! You will be in the 240s before you know it!

Hello everyone else!

Okay I am going to lay back down now! Hope everyone has a good day!

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Lemon: Sorry you are feeling blue today. I can understand how you feel about more snow. It can certainly bring you down, when you're really looking forward to nicer weather. I shouldn't complain at all as we have had a very mild winter, but I do anyway. It was so windy this weekend, and then snow yesterday. No hiking for us. Hopefully it will clear out soon for you. Don't worry about having a rough day. Sometimes, you just need to cave in and let it run its course. Oh, and no soup for me this weekend. I have some leftover chili, though, so that might be what we have for dinner tonight.

Uber: Heck of a nice walk you had! I'm sure that would set you back a little bit. I think that any change in exercise can make you extra tired. Sometimes we just need to listen to our bodies and have that rest day.

Lilion: Totally understandable that you have lots to do. That is awful on your cafeteria plan. Ticks me off about the rules on those things, the using or losing it. Maybe the hospital could give you a partial bill? UGH!

Jenni: Ugh for you too, with the flu. Never a good thing! Just take care of yourself and get lots of rest!

As for me, I'm kind of on the sunny side of the street today. I had a good weekend, even though I didn't get my house clean. I'm going to try to do a little bit each night after work. That's hard for me, because I get lazy and tired after work. I didn't get any hiking in, but I went to Spin class on Saturday. It was a killer workout. And, I was right in between two younger women and for some reason, I was feeling competitive, so I worked extra hard so that I wasn't looking older!!! Ha! (oh yeah, I already talked about this. I forgot I posted this weekend.) Anyway, Sunday was a total rest day.

For some reason, I had a big whoosh from the weekend, and had a good weigh in this morning. I hope it sticks and wasn't a fluke. I do think that for now, I'm in a good zone with food and exercise. I hate to say that out loud, as that seems like a jinx to me. I went to spin this morning and it was really good. Body pump tomorrow. Just need to keep focused while I can!!!

Oh yeah, on antibiotics again! And a call into the endo because I think I’m overmedicated again. joy! So that means labs this week to check if she agrees but she’s usually agreeable about pushing those through. Right now I feel like my heart is racing to the point I can hear it. Yes that’s the best way to describe it. That or feeling like I have a small set of lungs on top of my normal lungs and they vibrate against one another.

The winds are so high and strong today and the snow still hasn’t pleaded 8-10” or maybe 4-6” depends on who you watch. Dumb! Alas I’m waiting to blow away until the snow makes it way here. School activities are canceled for tonight (yeah!) and maybe school tomorrow. Will see if the oldest comes on home early. DH is still at work and hour north of home. So I’m watching road and weather reports - as I said before his boss is good about getting him on the road if it looks bad.

I’m tired maybe I’ll go lay down w the little. I’d love a nap but I don’t think that will happen.

My mood is still Grumbly! I want to eat chocolate and I could care less about the scale.

Happy aft all!

257.2 :mad::?::mad: Sigh. A 3 lb bounce up for no apparent reason. Patience, uber!

Lemon I'm so sorry you're feeling down! That is just the worst feeling and it doesn't sound as if the weather is helping. Just hang in there! And I think it's cool that you do so many artsy things and DON'T try to make money on it. It really does change things when you're not just doing it for the joy but also to try to make money. It's much nicer when you just do it because it gives you pleasure! As for me, I do try to keep my real identity under wraps or I'd be embarrassed by all the personal stuff I post (like how much I weigh, for one! LOL) but I write books for adults and I've done both true stories and fiction.

Diane How nice to be feeling that all is right in the world! And I LOVE your whoosh! I think your extra pounds whooshed over from Colorado and hopped on to me!

JenOh stomach flu is the pits. Hope you feel better soon.

LilOh that is frustrating about the hospital bill. I hope you get it sorted it out.

Me-- I was so tired yesterday, but decided to go for a long walk by the ocean. By the time I was done I felt so crappy-- I think I was just dehydrated. Worked really hard to get fluids in and felt better by bed-time. Hopped on the scale this am certain I was going to see 253 and instead it was up 3. I'm TRYING to let the scale get to me less, but it just doesn't work. And yet, the weekly weigh in terrifies exactly because of these stupid bounces-- what if my weigh in day is a bounce day and I don't know it. Nothing on my agenda today besides taxes. As a freelancer I HATE doing my taxes-- because no matter what, I always owe. :-( But I gotta stop procrastinating so I can move on to the next thing. Onward!

Bill Sorted! Took me most of my morning, but sorted Thank God! I was NOT happy this morning.

Uber - dehydration makes you weigh more! Crazy but true. Hang in there!

Jenni - feel better soon!!!

Lemon - so sorry you are grumpy. I hope things get better soon!

Diane - Bravo again! You GO girl!

And now I'm gone again. This time to get work done...I hope. :wave:

Lil: I loathe the whole use it or loose it mentality. If I put the money aside I will use it when I’m d@mn good and ready. I am glad you got it all worked out and hopefully bills paid as planned. Enjoy these hurry up days to your vacay and HAVE FUN ONCE YOU GO!

Uber: taxes, ours were done and because tax law keeps changing and I don’t have the patience to figure it out or make sure we aren’t missing something we hire an accountant. It always amazes me what they charge my DH assures me part of the fee is for their software license (Idk - I could say in today’s day and age - not so much). The good news was the money we were owed was paid up in a week and half for all parties. So fabulous on that front! Woot! I hope yours go easily!

I understand about being incognito! So since you’re are adults then lots of pages! I’m sure that keeps you busy. When you sit to accomplish your goal does it go quickly for you?Do you have to do lots of research before you begin? What made you get into this as I recall you were a nurse in your earlier life?

Jen: I’m sorry your sick! Ugh that crud is just nasty. Heal quick!

Diane: you are doing so well! Keep up the good work and kick those younger gals behinds but good - that’s great you can power through it all and do well.

Am: ok so I’m in bit better frame of mind. I’m tired and what’s frustrating me is the mixed symptoms I’m having because I’ve been both at various times. I lean toward over medicated just because of the weight loss. Maybe I’ll be going back down to a normal dosage. But I’m seeing a pattern emerge I need more in the fall and winter and the spring I shed the extra. WONKY!

I swear my house is going to blow over. The wind just hits it hard and I ran outside in my socks to ctch my planter I had out all winter w Christmas greens. My ice cream bucket is rolling somewhere but I am not going to chase it. That’s cheap to replace the planter not so much.

The snow flew for a bit and then stopped. Crazy day! It’s definitely a liony March right now! I should go find my kite and take flight.

Anyone else bracing for this craziness?

Ok I’ll go work on my mood some more but the diet today is the bottom of my list. One day I’ll get back on board but I’m going to try and keep steady on my current and not increase further.

226 give or take I kept my pjs on when I weighed

I’m tired and grumbly yet and I have an email into my endo because I think something is off thyroid-wise. I went and read again on the symptoms for hyper and hypo and they can overlap. I tend to think I’m hyper. I was last year at this time - I’m finding around time change I get this way. But I’m tired and want to eat and I’m tired again, I’m all over thought wise and can’t complete a darn thing and my heart is fluttering - and it’s worse when I’m Active (heart fluttering) so I’m tending to veg. And what can be done is adjusting my meds after labs are done. That’s it. Unless of course my heart does loopty loops, then I’d have to go in pronto.

I hate being dependent on a med to feel good.

The snow landed, now just waiting to see if school is delayed or canceled. I’m leaning toward delayed then they don’t have to make up a snow day at the end of the year. The wind has died down a lot and that’s helpful as it was near whiteout for a while with the gusts last night. DH got home no issue as did kids.

I hope the rest of you are doing well. I’m going to sit on the couch all day I’m afraid the more I do the crappier I will feel. And I peter out quickly. I hope that this goes away soon.

Oh and before I end my complaining - can I just say I’m having the weirdest dreams of late? Yuck - dudes I used to date, people I use to work with and I wake up feeling disgusted because there is a reason I moved on. In my “dreams” they act the nastiest and worse sides I recall and Thensome. I think I’m ready for dreams that are all flowers and puppies and laughs. That I’d be welcoming of.

Happy day all - sorry I’m scattered brained and whiny. I hope that leaves soon!

Guys, I disappeared, I know. I mean I kept up for like a week and a half and have personals noted down for up till then but I'm just feeling generally a little overwhelmed at work and I'm not going to have time to type them up till AT LEAST next week by which time they're going to be totally redundant. I've just been very "all over the place" and my eating has been bad-bad-bad!!!!!!! And I'm getting to the clothes tightening point now and I am definitely the heaviest I've been in 6 years and clothes-tightening point is a major problem for me, because I'm a loose clothing-wearing type of person (like generally an 8, the past few years, who typically buys a 12), so if my clothes are getting tight, it's NOT GOOD! All the sighs! I haven't been working out, I haven't been eating right, my attitude sucks, I'm tired and it's only March and I feel super unproductive and uninspired :whine:whine:whine:whine:complain:

uber: Boo the scale bouncing around, but yay the expensive but welcome NSV of looser clothing!

Diane: How was dinner? And the weigh in???

lemonthyme: I'm sorry you're feeling under the weather and I hope between you and your doc, you can get it sorted. I read that the US has been getting hammered by winter storms. Hopefully it all blows over (unintentional) soon. Do you live in one of those places when it's winter till June? Or do you have spring to look forward to soon. I've been feeling blue too but I can't even associate it to the weather because that's the same all year round here.

Jenni: Sorry about the stomach flu- it's the absolute worst. I hope you're feeling better now and feeling up to more than Sprite.

Lillion: Heyyy! I hope everything works out with your bill. What does the hospital say about when it will be out?

I've got so much to do work-wise that I'm feeling so uninspired and unmotivated to do, but do it I must because it's due and people are waiting for me. Sigh. I'll try to check in tomorrow even if it's just a hello. Because I have a major deadline for a proposal then that is maybe 1% done? So it's all a mad rush, but I'll try. Hugs to all.

Toasted: we get spring at some point. Some years it’s in March but most years mid to late April finally begins to be warm enough to sleep with windows open (which means nights are 50 or so) and wear short sleeves without a coat. Shorts too. I know people from warmer climes think we are nuts. Experienced that at Disney in Jan running around in my shorts in the 40s and had 2-5 people say you must be a Canuck or from WI or MN. HeY - I’ll show my pasty white legs any time of year it warms enough to feel warm! And I’ll proudly say WI as we know to celebrate any chance of warmth and sun.

I hope work settles for you. Being crazy about deadlines and not feeling inspired sucks. Been here often, even as a SAHM all of a sudden you’re out of time and uninspired. Hey, you’re by the ocean right? Go put your toes in the surf one evening for a bit - send your worries out to sea, enjoy the sun that remains on your nose, don’t have thinks about the stress, only good things and it may renergize you enough to get through the next wave (hah) of work.

And clothes and weight- GIRLFRIEND I hear you! Suffering the same issue and I have no desire this week to count calories; and bread and sweets all look so good to me. And I’ll grumble and complain and grumble some more. We’ll get the weight off. You know I’m a firm believer that we all put on extra in those winter months - doesn’t matter where you are - I think it more matters the vibes you get from the world (eat/hibernate/lie low ;) ) Sure your a warm clime but I still think we look at a calendar and the season we are in and just slow down some. Think about it - your season for doing outside things and activities in general you book through with excitement and zest: for me spring/summer and fall. And then winter comes and give yourself extra space to eat for comfort and not exercise because it’s dark early and later in the day and cold (my instance) and it’s nice to laze about and move slower because, well you can. I hear you. You’ll get it off once you have time to spend on it and make it a bit of a priority again. I hope to find it, but I currently can blame it on my other health issue that once again reared it’s head. And you know - it’s confusing when it does because some days it’s a b$tch slap hello I’ll wreak havoc IMMEDIATELY type of thing. So I’m hoping that’s my issue vs the generic I’m lazy and don’t want to track calorie version. May you find your happy spot and get on track soon! We’ll hand hold and get it done together, I just have 70 lbs to go give or take! So I’ll cheer you on YOU CAN DO THIS!

Now I’m off for my water and getting lunches made. I’ll keep the youngest home today as it’s a partial day due to snow. Off to deal with the day!