Morning...busy at work so just a quick update...happy November.
My dad is out of the hospital. They did extensive testing and it looks like he didn't have a heart attack or a stroke, so who knows. I guess it's a good thing, but on the same page, what was it? He's had so many problems in the past. Once he went in for blood in his urine and ended up getting open heart surgery. So I can't help but wonder what the **** is wrong. He's going to see his regular doctor today. So we'll see.
Hope all is well. My weigh-in this morning wasn't great. I'm about a pound above pre-weekend. Hospital food is bad. Very bad. Have a good one!

Well wishes for your Dad, Ade, I hope his doctor can figure out exactly what's up.

Well, the evil-faery brought a bowl of leftover Halloween candy to work this morning, leavin' it all temptin' like in the "fridge room". I had felt so proud of myself last night for dumping my candy on the two neighborhood boys, every bit was gone.

So, I face planted again, but that's okay, I think I almost have this food-problem out of my system and the visual sign of Ur-Not-Doing-This-Right is appearing on my face in the form of fresh acne, oh joooooooy...

So that's my struggles. Let's do what we need to do this month, ladies. We've got holidays closing in, so any plans?

I weigh in on Wednesday so we'll see how it goes. I'm hoping I still have a loss. We moved this weekend...which meant 2 days of take-out. I think I squeezed it all in correctly with counting the points...but we'll see on Wednesday night.


I'm glad your Dad is out of the hospital. You'll be back on track now...sometimes it's unavoidable.

Thanks for the support, girls! Apparently it might have been a stroke...more tests today and seeing his cardiologist tomorrow. Hopefully we will get some answers.
Zan - I understand with the acne...it sucks, but it sure is a good reminder. No holiday plans. I'm not too worried about Thanksgiving over-eating. Sure, it might happen, but it's just one day. And I'm not big on a lot of the options, so perhaps I'll make my own "healthy" dishes. Looking forward to Christmas, though! I will be done with college!!!!!!
mmel - Good luck with your weigh-in. Take out is tough, but at least you counted points! Usually when I don't have "accurate" information on what I'm eating, I pretend I didn't eat it or just stop counting completely.

Today has been good. I'm back on track. I also got paid, so I can go grocery shopping. I'm going to try "all organic" this month and see how things go. Pay attention to the cost. You know, all those exciting aspects of being a grown up.

Hope Monday is flying by for everyone!

Ade, Grats on school being almost over! That's awesome!
I usually estimate the points or throw my daily total into the negatives, it's written down, but still not quite helpful.
I hope they can figure out how to prevent further problems for your Dad, it's tough not knowing exactly what to do.

Hiya, Mel!

I'm keeping the candy-temptation at bay here at work. 2 cans of Coke Zero, gum, and granny smith apple slices have held the "must have sugar" cravings so far. I just hope that the stash doesn't survive much longer (though it is not going down very fast, eeeeee...).

Wow, November already! So I was totally planning on spending the entire weekend by myself and being miserable and skipping Halloween, but I felt so sad and lame on Saturday night that I wound up calling one of my lab mates from this summer and forcing him to go out with me. I definitely overindulged on the alcohol points, but I had a really good time and managed to jolt myself out of my one woman pity-party.

I've been doing okay with the food still, but I've definitely been using more of my weekly points on alcohol, and clinics are really time consuming so I've been terrible about exercise. On the one hand it's frustrating because I know I could be working harder to get this last half a pound off, on the other hand, it's good to know that I can be busy and totally unmotivated, and still be in control of what I'm eating.

Ade, how are things going with your dad? Have they figured out whether it was a stroke? Is he doing any better? Also, don't you find it totally weird that hospital food is so unhealthy?

Mel, welcome, and good luck with your weigh-in tomorrow? Have things settled down after moving?

Zan, what are you using on your face? When my skin gets icky I sleep with a little bit of clay mast on the bad spots. And then I pray that they go away before I wind up picking them into giant face craters... Way to go on resisting the Halloween candy. There's a giant bowl of Reese's peanut butter cups in the anesthesiology rounds room right now and I'm doing my best, but it's not easy.

ugh. Seriously, you know how they say everyone has that one ****ty semester? Well I was thinking, man, I'm so lucky, I never had that. FML. Here it is. My mom's aunt died in September...my best friend's grandpa died in October, followed by my dad's hospital stint. And I just found out tonight that my grandpa's brother died (I live with my grandpa...he's pretty upset). So here it is, the semester from ****. I'm so afraid to answer the phone anymore. Or call anyone. I called my dad to find out about his dr appt, and he was crying, so I was freaking out thinking it was something to do with his health. Nope, his uncle died. Maybe if I just avoid my cell phone bad things will stop happening? One can hope.
As for dad, still don't know much. He is doing well. Off work this week. Pain/numbness seem to be gone. Testing, testing, and more testing.
Diet was great until I got the news of my Great-uncle. I didn't know him very well, I was more upset for my grandpa, you know? Well, I need to get some sleep. I'll see you guys around! Please cherish your loved ones.

Hey ladies! And *BUMP* need to move this thread up a bit..

Ashley - Girl i am so sorry you're having a rotten week! Glad your pop is doing better though, or seeming too, but I'm so sorry for the loss of your Great-Uncle. Hope that your week gets better...

Zan - Keep that candy out of arm's reach! I'm having that trouble too! Our county did trick or treating on Saturday night, and I was hoping for some stragglers to come by Sunday and get the leftover! There's not much, thank God, but I definitely don't need it in the house!

MsCohen - OOOOH Reece's those are my archnemesis!

Everything's going pretty well here... for those of you were interested in the new program I found this article from the UK that talks a bit about it:
http: //www. dailymail.co .uk/femail /article-1326447/ Weight-Watchers-Pro-Points-plan-A-new-approach-dieting-success.html
Added spaces so just remove those when you copy and paste... interesting information!
Hope everyone is having an awesome November so far! Weigh in for me tonight...

It went really well. I lost 3 lbs last week.

My goal is to make it 4lbs this week and get out of these nasty 300's.


Unfortunately...no...nothing is really unpacked because of work and the twins...I just want my treadmill set up so I can use that. I've been trying to go to Walmart and walk on my lunches a few days a week since it's kind of cold and nasty here in NY now. That's better than nothing.

Mel, walking walmart is dangerous for me, I am too tempted to pick things up, if you know what I mean, Muahaha .
And yeah, I feel like a whimp for muttering about florida being "chilly" today, But I am always the freezing one in average office temp, .

Ade, but if you avoid your cell... does that mean you're avoiding me too? Just messing around. Semester from **** is right! Hug your grandpa for me, that way you get a hug too! (plus any other relation that just happens to be nearby, )
I am going to hug my mom very carefully when I get home, I think we could both use it, and even the not-touchy-feel-ly father of mine, . Yeah, hugging that man is going to be awkward .

Miss, the candy is gone, thank the goblins! Though I have to admit that I helped a bit
I'll have to check out that UK post when I get home,

Woohoo, glad you had fun, Coh! I really just use a basic acne face wash in the shower each day on one of those bath scrub puffs and then let it be. I've had bad acne since early teens, so I have never really cared about my facial skin, *shrug* no changin' it , so yeah, I understand craters as my face is like the moon,

Zan- I leave my purse in the car unless I have to buy things for the twins. But I do like to look at the baby stuff while I'm there.


It's always super hot in there so I def. sweat a little. lol

hey ladies, I hope you don't mind if I join in. I lost 66 lbs on weight watchers, but slacked off and never made it to my goal of 150 (101 lbs lost)...and have recently put around 20 of those pounds back on due to my ADDICTION to fast food. I would seriously eat the stuff 3 times a day if I could, and the worst part is that after I eat it I feel absolutely terrible....but I still keep buying it....not anymore though.

I went to the grocery store and got sandwich stuff and grapes and oranges and bananas and green tea....and I have tons of smart ones in my freezer from before I started slacking off. I am back on track now....i hope. I am still going to allow myself one fast food meal a week, like I used to. If I try and completely cut the stuff out I go crazy and keep breaking the diet, but if I allow myself fast food once a week, when I am craving it I can tell myself "just wait until sunday and then you can have it"...

I hope everything is looking up for you ladies. I read a lot of your posts but I am posting this from my phone and so I can't see what you all said in order to reply. When I am back home with my computer though I will. I hope everyone has a great day!!

Wouldn't work for me, Mel, I'd have to leave all forms of currency at home if I did that. I'd just stash my finds somewhere and go out to the car to get money, lol!

I'm not a fan of the smart ones, Divi, but if they work for you, awesome.

I like some of the smart ones. I find I like the lean cuisine better. They have these steamable bagged dishes that are awesome for lunch. I ususally grab one of those and a salad.

I like the lean cuisines better, but the smart ones are cheaper and i'm broke atm. Lol. I usually don't eat them much, but I have been working so much lately that I haven't had much time to cook. All the diet frozen meals are just so convenient when you're super busy and don't have much extra time. I haven't tried the steam lean cuisine ones, I will have to get one next time I am at the store. I think my real issue is that I am SO Picky when it comes to food. I don't like fish at all, I don't like salad at all, I don't like lettuce and tomato on sandwiches that are cold, and I don't like ham or turkey sandwiches warm. I have tried both greek yogurt and hummus and cannot stand either of them. I just have trouble finding new things to eat, so I get sick of what I am eating and slip up and eat things I shouldn't. It makes it really tough to stay on plan...