Pryia - Good for you on getting back on program, now stay there, ok?!?!?!

Hi all,

Well I am happy to report that I lost 4.6 this week. I am so glad that 4 from last week is gone! DH lost .2

I promise I will get here and catch up with everyone soon.

Happy Friday eve! My last work day for two weeks.

Yeah Nanci!!!!!
Just a quickie check in!!!!Lauren..where RU??????
RR

I'm here!! Been kind of busy at work, but I'm always here reading...waiting for M/S to kick in. :rolleyes:

A few of you asked how I lost 30 lbs. in two months, so I will tell you. It isn't what I did, but what I didn't do, that caused the weight loss. Before January 25, we ate out all the time. We ate burgers, fries, and cokes, supersized several times a week, we ate high fat, low nutrient, foods almost every day. I used to eat in one meal what I now eat in one day. We have this all you can eat buffet that we ate when we wanted "healthy" food, and we ate plates of food, followed by plates of dessert. I ate little Debbie snack cakes almost every day, and some times more than once a day. My favorite, Fudge Brownies, they are like 400 cals. per pack, and I would eat 2 paks in one sitting. The worst part of it now looking back on it was that we were taking our kids right along with us. Our kids still get the junk occasionally, because they are kids, and our diet now is so low fat, that they need the extra fat occasionally. But now I cook low fat meals at home. It is cool to all sit around our kitchen table, and have family meals.

Anyway, my body has adjusted to the new way of eating, and I am loosing an average of 5 lbs. per month, which is a good rate of loss, but not as much fun as loosing almost that amount per week. I am beginning to know what my body needs instead of what I want to taste. I may not get as thin as fast as I wanted to, but I believe I won't have as many health problems as I was headed for eating out. I now eat to live instead of living to eat (to quote Dinotopian law).

hi all!

Well, after my whining, I was fortunate enough to lose 2 pounds! The midol kicked in just in time. I was so happy to see the scale go down because I'd worked so hard. Now to continue . . .

Dab - hooray for all of the exercise!:cool:

Elisa - happy for you that you are still under 150!:D

Pryia - nice to hear from you! I thought maybe you'd be lurking out there.:)

Nanci - woohoo on the 4.6!!:eek:

Lyssa - well you have definitely made a lot of changes in the past few months! Good for you. ;)

gotta run - have a great weekend all.

Rabbit
OP since 5/13/02 :^:

:D I think this is a grat group of ladies and you are all so postive!
Lys I think it is great how you are feeling about eatting now. I remember the days when I would go to Burger King and have 2 Deep Fried Tacos with Onion Rings for lunch , maybe have Fast Food Chinese with 3 poppers on the way home before dinner. During the day have 2 lattee with 2% or whole milk and a flavoring. Wow why didn't I lose weight then? It is amazing when you keep track of what you eat what you really are eatting!
Last year when I was working in a mall job I would have a Pretzel Time Pretzel *sometimed 2 if on bogo* amd a Nordstroms Lattee tripple. Maybe 2 or 3 on some days that I was stressed. That wasn't even a lunch! The food at Rainforest Cafe is all fat and calories. I put on 60 pounds in 2 years there. I have lost 20 of it so far and am stuggling each day still.
OK I forgot what I startd to say but hope you all have a great day!
Rabbit congrats on the 2 pounds and Midol working! Yeah for Midol!
Nanci big congrats on the 4.6! That is a large chunk a meat there! A nice size roast!:lol: :lol: :p
Hi to everyone else! Ddaphne

Hey ladies

I hope everyone is doing well. HAPPY Friday. I am officialy on vacation. YIPPIE

Jul, Your play day sounds like it was a lot of fun. Good for you for taking it.

Karen, Did you get back on track? It is hard sometimes. I find weekends are the hardest for me.

Dabrat, That was very nice of the ladies to have the shower for you. You did great at skippers!

Rabbit, My parents cabin is about 30 mils north of Seattle. It takes exactly 45 minutes from our front door to their front door. That is if it is not rush hour traffic.
Congrats on that two pounds.

RR, Great attitude on worrying about the weight stuff once you've had the baby. Just get some moderate exercise in and you will be fine.

Elisa, Sorry the cravings got ahold of you. Congrats on staying under the 150.

Lyssalou, Great job at the restraunt. I too am finding that I am doing better in those situations. I was thinking the other day that it has been so long since I have ate so much that I am really full. It is so nice not to have that feeling.

Tech, Great goals for the week!

Bailey, I am really sorry that you are having so much stress with work. Maybe you can look at it as an extra day each week to enjoy the summer.

Pryia, Glad to see you back!

Lauren, I am not sure if you are waiting to get MS for the first time or if you get it every day and were waiting to get it that day. If it is the first maybe you will be lucky and bypass all of that.

We are getting really excited to get to PV. I am a bit nervous as to how I am going to do down there. I have decided that no matter what I am exercising every day. Lot's of walking and swimming laps. It is the food and alcohol that has me a bit concerned.

Hi all! Still here,lurking in the background and reading all the posts. I miss you guys, but I just can't seem to get my butt in gear - however I am thinking of you all, so don't think too badly of me for not participating how I used to :o

hello.

I went for a walk this a.m. outside - it was nice, except for the dog who cut my walk short. That's the only thing I don't like about walking outside. Got 20 minutes in anyway.

I have decided I am going out of town on Tues-Sat so I'm just going to have to keep this new-found motivation going. At home I can control my environment easier. Wish me luck.

Dab - you are doing great! Super that you've lost 20 so far.:)

Nanci - nice that the cabin is so close. I definitely think that would be a bonus and I'm sure it get used more often that way. ~ Good luck and enjoy your trip. You have done so awesome, I'm sure you'll be fine. Remember your progress, keep your goals in mind! YOu can do it.

BPB - always nice to have you pop in to say hi.

gotta run - have a nice holiday weekend.

Rabbit
OP since 5/13/02

OMGoodness!!! The scales say 158!!! I broke 160!!! Now if it will just stay under 160, I will be very, very, happy!!! But if it bounces for a while, I will survive that too!!! At least I know I am loosing this weight once and for all!!!!

Everyone have a great weekend!!!

BPB - It is so nice to see your smiling posts!!! I hope you get yourself in gear, and post some more, you are so much fun!!!

Happy Saturday!

BPB, Do not worry about not posting more. We love hearing from you. Take it one day at a time.

Rabbit, Ok how about we think of each other while we are both out of town. My WW leader says when you are traveling try very hard to have breakfast & lunch very similar to what you would normaly do, journal and try and exercise. We can do this!

Lyssalou, Wahoo on getting under 160 that is AWESOME!

Have a great day everyone.

Hi All,

It's a beautiful day here in NJ, to bad I'm inside cleaning! :rolleyes: DH went to work to catch up on stuff he missed on the two days he was off this week.

Lyss- Congrats on breaking 160!! :D It's great that you've got your whole family participating in eating better!!

Rabbit- Be Strong!! I know you can do it!! :strong: Congrats on the loss!!

BFB- Hope all is well!

Nanci- I am waiting for M/S to kick in for the first time, I'm 6w2d today, and nothing. Hopefully I will be lucky and not get it, since my mom and aunt didn't, but I don't know. I'm just constantly starving it seems! Been trying to eat more protein, as that's supposed to keep M/S away. Have a great vacation!!

Brat- I remember the times when my eating was completely out of control like that...and it's happened more than a few times since I've been on WW also. But I've learned soo much about how I should be eating, that it's easier to jump right back on when I have a moment of weakness like that!

Tech & Lyss- I'm sorry, I did not mean to be saying anything bad about the whole Christian/Catholic thing! I am not anti-Catholic. I was just specifying that DH is Catholic, I understand that that is Christian, sorta like his "denomination" of Christianity is Catholic. It is just easier to say he's Catholic, afterall, that's what he says he is! Did not mean any offense by it!!

Elisa- Glad to hear things are going smoothly with the house so far!

Oh well, time to throw more laundry in!! Have a great weekend all!! :D

Just wanted to say goodbye to everyone. Have a great couple of weeks.