Good Morning!! :coffee:

I hope this computer behaves today...I have already been kicked off once already. :mad:

I am happy to report WI yesterday gave me a loss of 3 TOM lbs!! I am now ready to tackle the remaining 7 lbs of holiday excess in order to get back to my ticker and start changing it again!!
We were flipping the channels on TV yesterday and HSN had an awesome deal on a treadmill, and since Doug had been to the Dr. in the morning,and got on the scale :faint:, we decided to order it. It was on sale and had free shipping and I also had a 20.00 coupon, so it wound up being a great deal. So now we are officially turning the garage into an exercise room. He is almost done with the weight machine and we have a bike(which I am too much of a spazz to use because it has attached handles to the pedals), so I hope this will help everyone in the family to start moving. :tread: :ebike: :lifter: Oh yeah, I almost forgot we also have "Slammy" as well. I have started using the Gazelle again, and I think I will keep that in the house for a while, at least until everything is set up in our new "room".
Tomorrow is "snip,snip" day for my little Jack. I have no idea how hard it is going to be to have no food and water down from midnight on, since all the furbabies share...even Brittney's water. So I will have to endure the meow's and fighting until 8am. Joy!! I feel bad, and a little nervous, but it is so important. I just hope he doesn't hate me too much. :^:

Uh, oh...starting to freeze up again...BBL!!
Have a Great Day!:cheer2:

Well, I was down a pound this week. A little bit disappointing seeing as I ate mostly on plan and got in 8 good hours of dancing. The thing is that I know what I am not doing, and that is the weights. I NEED to find a way to get that back into my routine. The dancing might burn a lot of calories when I am doing it, but it is the weights that cause real change because of the afterburn effects.

Today has started out to be a very rough morning. I somehow managed to not bring either my string cheese or my Luna bar to work (I KNOW I took them out and put them in my bag but now they are gone). Plus my payroll company made a MAJOR screw up with today's payroll and two of my people were left off the payroll entirely!!! I will get them paid tomorrow, but it is not good. Then I have to get 1099's out because I left them to the last minute. Bad me. I hope everyone else is having a better day than I am!

Story-I ditto what Sharon said. Breast cancer runs rampant in my family, my mother, aunt, and both great aunts, and none of them ever had actual pain in their breasts.

Kayley-yeah, back in Oklahoma, all it took was an inch or two, and the whole city would shut down. We didn’t have enough to invest in any snow plows except at the air port, so learning to get a car unstuck was something everyone knew how to do. The only people who have gotten stuck in our parking lot are recent immigrants from Africa where I’m thinking that they didn’t have to drive in snow much.

Tina-computer orientated people can make us feel pretty silly at times because they make it seem like it is all so easy. They also speak in a really foreign language. I’m glad that your computer is working again, because I know how scary and frustrating it can be when that stuff happens.

Carol-those doctor slide scales can get out of calibration pretty easily. My doctor had his calibrated once a week.

Donna-I was always worried when having my bassets snipped, but it was necessary. They have a tendency to have really big ones, and I had one who got sores from rubbing, and another one that basically was hanging out at all times, and was very uncomfortable. It still terrified me because of the anesthetic.

Nancy-I imagine the hardest part was telling those two that they would have to wait on their paychecks. Even if it wasn’t your fault, I know you feel bad. I hate tax time.

Well, I noticed that I was starting to get re-saggy again, so I guess I’m starting to lose the weight I gained while pregnant. That makes for a happy and sad at the same time. Today is the major house cleaning for the party, so maybe I’ll burn a few calories. I’m just trying to tread water until next week when I get to go and tread water for real in the pool.

Moosegirl: Hugs to you about your grandma. I hope you are okay.

Debbie: I have not been doing any exercise at all this week because this bug just is hanging on. I am hoping to make it through tomorrow continuing to come to work cause I don't want to take time off.

Ammi: Ooo. Rome does sound tempting. :)

Carol: I have to say I think your calories are too low as well. Hugs to you.

Kazz: Welcome. Everyone here is so nice and supportive. Looking forward to getting to know you better.

Nancy: Be careful with your knee. Congrats on -1!

Battle: Hi there.

Catherine: Hugs to you.

Jeanne: I will be praying for your daughter.

Tina: Glad your computer got fixed.

Heather: Hi there.

Heather DW: Hope your car is fixed easily without much cost.

Donna: Congrats on -3

To everyone else. Hugs and happy op days. I am at work so break over. I still have my bug but getting better slowly daily. WE didn't do our meeting on Tuesday with the weight loss suit because the meeting got cancelled.
Blessings,
Annie

Well last night's WI was GOOD! 2.2 down...and I was thrilled. I knew I had been eating better and more in control..so even that was a victory. I had my WW leader read my tracekr for the week and she said that it looked good and like I had really thought about what I was doing.

I adore my WW leader...she is freaking brilliant and she isn't one of those who lost 20 lbs. and thought it made her an expert. I have seen her before pictures...she has battled the same 80 lbs on and off her whole life and she speaks from the heart about being a food addict. It makes for a different approach.

So here was last week's big question:

"If you were going to give someone instructions how to GAIN weight...what would you tell them?"

Nice reverse psychology there....certainly made us all think and we were almost gleeful as we all divulged our tricks of the trade and owned up to our own vices.

Last night's meeting was about pre-planning for parties and whatnot...but a topic that came up was "special foods" and why we give ourselves to go crazy about "once a year" foods (turkey and stuffing on Thanksgiving, pumpkin pie, etc.). Her take is this...put food in it's place...not all over the place. If we make every event, celebration, moment about the food involved...of course we have more to overcome and more temptation. But if we are more rational about eating...allow ourselves the foods we want in moderation when we have a true craving and not deprive ourselves into a binge...we have a much easier time managing the things we do eat. If we made "special" foods "normal"...they wouldn't have the binge potential when we saw them.

Just some "food" for thought.

One of the interesting things about last week was that I ordered french fries twice. The first time DH didn't say anything, the 2nd time he made a comment...not in a scolding way...but more of an inquiry as to why I was doing it. I amazingly wasn't defensive at all. But I know why I did it. The first time I did it because I wanted them and I knew I had the points. The 2nd time I did it to see if I could resist them. Both times I promptly took half of them and put them on a differnt plate which I covered up and put on the other side of the table. It made me feel good to a) eat them and not feel evil and b) to be able to push them away and know that I was OK with it and not feel punished.

I'm not really intending to make it a habit...but on both days I knew I had enough points to do it safely.

Ok...back to work....

MWAH!

Nothing much doing here today. Although I did have to talk to four different people and get a certified cheque just because I didn't think to keep my highschool transcript. Heck, I'm surprised that I actually did have my diploma (what a pack rat I am).

MamaBplus3 - congrats on the purchase. I love mine, but I'm just weird that way. I know some people fight boredom on it, so get the tunes ready if nothing else. I tend to watch TV when I'm on it, just because the set up of where it is is just perfect for doing it.

Nancy - not using the weights is somewhere I fall down on as well. I've tried to set myself a goal for next month to try and overcome that. However, a pound is a pound, so pat yourself on the back for that.

Catherine - that just has to be an indoor pool as you would be cracking a lot of ice from an outdoor one! I miss swimming in the winter. Not enough I suppose to look for a public pool, but I probably should.

Julee - I'm lucky that the family is small (just 2 of us now), but I managed to work in a reasonable food plan for both Christmas and New Years. I fell off plan on New Years, but that was a silly impulse purchase at the grocery store. I convinced myself that I could buy something and portion it out (I wasn't there yet).

Debbie - thanks for the answer. And lots of things sound easy.... but when you feel that first trickle of sweat you know it isn't.

BattleAx - I sometimes think that people feel you're protesting only so they can convince you. I find my mother a little that way. She maybe doesn't see it, but she's often been the person who pushes some of the food on me. We have hamburgers (homemade) on Fridays. I don't know how that came about, but in the summer it's the market day and she gets fresh bread from a local bakery. This pushes into the winter as well (just with the bakery). Not a problem, I plan for it. Now she loves her potato chips, they are a weakness for me. I don't mind that she has them, but it took weeks of her asking and me saying no before it stopped. And I hate to admit that I got a little snippy about it. I tried to head her off around Christmas and my birthday (which follows in early Jan) with making sure she understood that there was to be no food gifts. She restrained herself and I ended up with a very small bag of Jack Daniels filled chocolate (of which I made her take half). I don't think we'll ever get that dynamic right. I know at night when I take my planned snack that she still doesn't get it (ie. thinks I'm going over, but I'm not). In the end we just don't talk about it, which is probably not helping.

Hmmm... that job 3 hours away is sounding good right about now. Kidding.

Sharon, sounds like you have all kinds of aches and pains going on at the same time. Sure hope you start feeling better soon :hug:

Kayley, have fun shopping and get yourself something special.

Carol, I was having the same problem with not seeing a loss on the scales too so for the last couple of days, I upped mine just a couple 100 calories and it seems to be doing the trick. Either that or I'm getting rid of more water weight after TOM, but guess what, TOM started again. Sheesh....been dealing with this on/off period since the 3rd of this month. I'm not really hungry either with the 1400-1600 calories a day either. Who knows what's going on with our bodies?? Crazy crazy!!:crazy:
Hope that the weather doesn't mess up your party too much. It would disappointing to go thru all the planning and then not have enough people there. I'll be thinkin' of ya!

Donna, YAY :cheer: on the 3 lbs lost and especially during TOM. Take good care of that little furbaby while he get's snipped. Poor baby, he will need special cuddle time when he gets done.
When we had Marilyn spayed, she moaned all the way home. It was sorta funny after she was healed, but during that time it was so pitiful to see her in pain. I've never heard a dog moan like that after being spayed so it was so sad to see her like that.

Nancy, still it's great news of the 1 lb loss.:congrat: Again, our bodies have a mind of their own and we are just along for the ride. I'm sure next week will see a bigger loss. Hope all works out well at work and you see better days.

Catherine, Did you guys finally get a total on how many people are coming so you know whether or not you'll be going somewhere else to watch the game? Glad to hear you're losing weight again, just sorry it had to happen the way it did. Take care. :hug:

Annie, continue to stay warm and take care of yourself. :getwell:

Julee, :woohoo: on the 2.2 lb loss!!

I'm sitting here freezing to death. BRRRRR!! But I don't want to up the thermostat because our electric bill has been in the $200's for the last two months. It's been ccccrrrrrrrrazy weather here. I'm feeling I need summer to get here. :rofl:
Still OP, exercising and drinking water. I did gain some weight over the last week, but I have one pound to go to get back to my 297, so I'm hoping that will happen by tomorrow for my WI day. I don't know if it was from the salf of those pretzels I ate, or TOM or whatever. I just seem to keep yo-yoing. I hope I'm on my way to losing again.
toodles
Debbie

Annie-Please don’t work so hard that you forget to take care of yourself.

Julee-Food as celebration is so deeply engrained in my family, culture, and community, that it is one of the hardest things I have had to overcome. I’m trying by making it about themes instead of food at parties. There is food obviously, but I feel I can make wiser choices.

Anne-Yes it is an indoor pool. The outdoor swimming areas all have hockey players on them right now. It just better be well heated, or I’m going to make myself a dive skin to wear to class, and if anyone wants to give me grief about that, I will tell them what they can kiss.

Debbie-I still have no idea how many or even who he has invited let alone a list of who may actually come. When I ask himself for any such accounting, all I get is this little boy grin, and an “oops.” I told him that was fine so long as I got my seat, and got to watch the game. If we run out of chairs they can sit on the floor. We can seat 19. Don’t ask me how.

Hi everyone,

TOM made a surprise appearance today. Last month he was late, and this month he's back to the same schedule as if last month wasn't late. Well, this certainly answers for why I have been a raving biooooootch yesterday and this morning. The good news with TOM's arrival is that in a few days I'll be back to feeling good again.

I hope this answers for why my weight is up again. I've been stuck in the same range for probably 5 or 6 weeks, so I'd say it's an official plateau at this point.

Today's plan is to keep the calories at my new level.

It may be a while until I check in again, as my flight is leaving tonight. Last time I flew Delta on the same planes I was size 24, this time I'm 22 and I hope that the slightly smaller size is enough to keep me out of total pain and discomfort in the 17" seats, and not needing an extender.

Sharon: I hope the TOM sickness passes quickly. This kind of weather always makes me want to eat and snuggle under the blankets.

Babybear: kudos to DH on fixing your computer. Let's hear it for new starts, too.

Carol: Hang in there. Eventually the body is going to cooperate. Let's see how the new calorie level works out.

Nancy: It can be so discouraging to put major effort in and see so little in the way of a result. Maybe next week will be better. I'm trying to figure out how to put some weight training into my program. So far I have not done any.

Julee: I'm sure we could all give some very good advice on how to gain weight! That is a great exercise your WW leader did.

RealCdn: When I'm not feeling crabby, I can see that others don't like it when we change things. They are used to us a certain way.

Donna: Woo Hoo on the 3 lbs! You go!

Debbie: I hope you see a loss by tomorrow.



Gotta run everyone. Have a great day.

Hi All,

It’s a cold, wet, windy night in Wales, and shock horror there is even a possibility of snow! I don’t know about where you live, but if there is even a hint of snow people go nuts, emptying all the shelves in shops of the essentials like milk, and bread etc. It’s my normal fortnightly shop tomorrow and I am dreading fighting the mad people. It’s not even as if we get enough snow EVER to make shops shut :rofl: But enough about all that.

Kazz – hello and :wel3fc: glad you found us here. Sounds like you are making a good start to your weight loss journey with your 3 healthy meals and some low calorie snacks. What about exercising, are you doing any?

Nancy – you know when you said you had joined a dating site I had the thought in my head that wouldn’t it be awful if your ex found you on there and sent you a message. It seems that I wasn’t far off with my thought, except he hasn’t been in touch has he? Like Debbie said if he came up on your list as a best match, then you’ll come up on his too. If he is considered your best match I am guessing that he wasn’t entirely honest when he filled out his profile because if he was your best match then you never would have split up. Anyway I say join Match.com because I can highly recommend it, it’s through them that I met Daren :love:

I’m sorry you’re not having a really good day so far, and that you aren’t happy with your 1 lb weight loss. It might have been more, and you have a bit of a fluid build up or something? You mentioned that by doing weights the afterburn helps with your weight loss. How does that all work then? Should I at least get a hold of my hubby’s dumb bells and work out with them?

BattleAx – as I just said to Nancy, I can definitely recommend Match.com, so go on, join up :yes: I never had one Nigerian scammer when I was on the site. I know a couple of women who’ve had trouble with them though. I don’t know whether to be mad at the men involved because they really hurt women that they sucker in, or be very sorry for them that they would go to such lengths to get out of their country.

That is so great that you are going to give speed dating a try, you will have to tell us all about it once you’ve been. I’ve only ever seen it on TV and it looks fun.

Catherine – I love romance and yet I am so useless at romantic things. I would never have thought of doing what you suggested, rent films filmed in Rome, make the living room Roman etc. That sounds like a brilliant idea, :thanks:

Carol – I always find I do better on my diet if I make sure I DO have snacks. All low fat of course. I don’t know if it’s because they keep my metabolism working or what? Why do you want to give up snacks altogether? I figure just as long you keep them low fat it’ll be OK.

I know you know this already, you said it yourself, but I am saying it too ‘KEEP AWAY FROM THOSE SCALES’ :rofl:

Jeanne – I am so sorry that your daughter is suffering such terrible headaches, I am sure it’s a huge worry for you especially after she had severe head trauma when she was in the car accident. How did the CT scan go? When will you have the results? I hope whatever is causing the headaches will be easily remedied, she’s already been through so much, you all have :hug:

Tina – phew what a relief that your computer was sorted out with just a few right keys hit. I hope that you can get the new bios battery quickly. Amazing what a little thing like that does isn’t it.

:cp: on your weight loss, I look forward to Friday and seeing just how much you’ve lost :yes:

Heather D – I think we all need to see results to keep us motivated enough to keep dieting. All I can say is don’t always look to the scale for those results. Look at how your clothes fit, or how your skin might be clearer, or if you just feel much healthier since cutting out junk food. There are many ways to see weight loss other than the scales. Don’t quit, you owe it to yourself to keep going, I mean when you have to buy new smaller clothes are you going to care what those scales say? Hang in there :hug:

Sounds like you are having a bad day, but hate me for being forever the optimist, but look at the bright side at least where the car is involved, at least you weren’t in the car when it had it’s bump :hug: As for the Chinese food, who knows, maybe a boost in your calories like that might bump start your metabolism?

Debbie – I used to do the serving food into a few bowls to work out the calories. What am I talking about lol, I still do :rofl: It might seem a bit crazy, but if we guess too much and we underestimate points/cals etc it will soon add up and will show by us not losing weight.

Julee – :cp: that is brilliant that you lost 2.2 lbs, I bet you are smiling now :yes:

Kayley – with all those early mornings with your new job I don’t blame you at all for spending your free time today just vegging out. I hope you enjoyed it.

Good luck with getting your debts paid off this year, debts suck don’t they!!

Anne – thank you for the congrats on getting close to my weight before I gained weight last year. I am actually 23 lbs away from that weight, I had lost 112, but my first goal that I am aiming for is getting back to the 100 lost :yes: I am sure you will get to your lowest pre gain weight sooner than you think :D

I love what you said in your post about not being able to change the past, but how we can fix the future. That is so true, well said :cp:

Angie – I can’t remember if I already said it, but in case I didn’t, then a belated happy birthday to you. It sounds like you had a lovely day, did you take photos of those sculptures?

Sorry that you aren’t doing well on the weight loss front at the moment. It sounds like you are very determined to get to 350 within the next week or two, so :goodluck: with it.

Sandy – I kind of guessed it was the same person, so whenever you get a chance to email please do and you can get it all off your chest :hug:

Cyn – I hope you get over your cold soon. Don’t worry about eating that burger, I bet in the past you would have had much more than that burger, and you wouldn’t have shared the fries. So you are doing good :yes:

Donna - :woohoo: on your 3 lbs weight loss, just 7 ittle bitty lbs to go until you can start changing your ticker again :cp: I am sure you are really looking forward to that!

That’s great that you got a bargain on the treadmill, sounds like you’ll have yourself quite the little gym there soon, and if hubby will exercise the same time as you then you won’t even get bored with it all :D

I hope all goes well with Jack’s ‘snip’ I am sure he won’t hate you, though he might sulk a little :yes:

Annie – I am glad to hear that you are feeling a little better, hopefully you will be 100% better soon :hug:

What a shame that the Tuesday meeting got cancelled and you didn’t get to try on that weight suit. Maybe you’ll get to do it next time?

You know every time I look at your ticker I always have a huge smile on my face, you started off over 500 lbs, and now look at those numbers, 294 and getting less, BRILLIANT :yes: :cp:

Brenda – where are you? I hope you are OK.

OK time for me to make a move, its bed time. Take care all and I’ll ‘see you’ tomorrow.

Hugs,

Ammi :chicken:

Hi Peeps - I am amazed at myself (pats self on back). I did not set an exercise goal for January but have handled 830 minutes - I know it's not much but it is at least double what I have done in the past - YAY me! Not to mention my overall feeling of well being. Tonight I had a long talk with my trainer about this plateau and he made a few suggestions. He himself is coming off a 9 month plateau so we're both in the same boat. He did encourage more calories like the rest of you. I will admit I am struggling to do that but a little at a time.

Regarding the snacking issue a couple of you have mentioned - I do have a snack in the afternoon at work - normally an apple, sometimes string cheese. At home though snacking gets me in big trouble - even healthy snacking so I have eliminated snacking at home. If anything I will have an extra small meal - but it is on a plate just like any other meal. Snacks are dangerous territory for me and at this point I just don't feel able to do a replacement until I have addressed the behavior. Hope this makes some sense.

It's great to see everyone posting - there is much strength here which I pull from. Missing some peeps - hope all is well with you!

Hugs,
Carol

Good morning Peeps - happy Friday to all! Big Super Bowl weekend is here. Seems I've seen a lot of Pats fans here - good luck to all - I hope it's a good game (with all the great commercials too, of course).

Gotta get busy as yesterday I just didn't accomplish much and the day is here now for the guests to arrive for tomorrow's party.

Everyone have a great day! Lurkers please post and let us know you are OK.

Move your bodies, drink your water and SMILE.

Hugs to all,
Carol

Carol: WTG on the exercising! You are an inspiration. I eat an apple at work for an afternoon snack..mainly cause I am still craving something sweet. But I tell you the last few apples were not so good. LOL

Kayley: sounds like this new job is keeping you very busy!!! Remember to take some time for you.

Babybear: glad your computer problem got fixed! I would crumble without mine lol

Donna: treadmill huh? Cool!! I had one many many years ago but I bought it at a garage sale..and I personally think the speed was way off. Let us know how it goes.

Julee: WTG on the WI!!!

As for me, I am still sick. Just mainly coughing now, which can be a pain since I do phone work all day. I use the mute button a lot! We have decided not to go to any Superbowl parties…lol mainly cause I live like 20 blocks from the stadium and I know there will be traffic galore and drunks everywhere..lol. So we are staying home to watch. I think we are BBQ hamburgers and I am sure I will make some potato salad. Have not had that in a long time. Funny, you would think living that close to the stadium I would have seen some celebrities by now!!! But nope! Lol. Hubby and I do a once a month date night at AppleBee’s and we do it on the last Thursday of the month..well with the superbowl here there is no getting in anywhere lol. Makes life a little hard on us that live here all the time lol. But its good for Arizona I think to have the revenue coming from it. Crossing my fingers that it don’t rain. HAHAHA go figure hardly rains here at all and on Sunday chance of showers.

Well all thanks for listening to me babble…take care!

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope everyone is starting off the morning right. We awoke to most the schools closed or 2 hour delay well everyone except ours. The kids were mad mad mad. However, there is nothing outside I am not sure why they all closed. Anyway, I am down 1 pound woot.. I am happy with it, I had a bad eating week. I also awoke to a problem I need to face, and I need you guys advise. My daughter 12 going on 20 has a bigger weight issue than I do. IT has been coming a long time now. I just havent wanted to face it. Since I started WW again everyone has been eating pretty good. Since I do most the cooking. My son lost a half a pound this week and my DH I know has lost several over the last month. Then we come to my daughter. She weighed in this morning at 265!!!! She has to be sneak eating?? That is a 10 pound gain for her in 1 week!! Well of course this started into a big deal, I just dont know which way to turn with her. I am banning all sodas and bad snacks. Any advise you guys have will be much appreciated. I am now battling to weight loss issues.

Tina

We actually have a "snow day" today. I've worked at this college 8 years and I think this is my first ever snow day! The kid in me is excited, but it actually screws up a bunch of stuff for me... Oh well! I'll try to get to the office later today and get some stuff done, but it's been nice not to have to dig out at 6 something this morning!

Babybear, try not to be too hard on your daughter, I remember my mum trying to FORCE me to eat healthy, I of course bought stuff from the shop. She might rebel against it all, try not to tell her off, talk (I KNOW it's hard to do at times) about her health & the lovely clothes she can wear in the Summer. Maybe the promise of new clothes, swimsuit/whatever might help her focus, how about a scrapbook/diary with pics of clothes she wants & exercise food at the back? Just a few tips, I'm sure others can offer better ones.xxxxxxx
I GAINED 3LBS this week, I knew I wouldn't lose much as I've not been totally OP, but I am fed up with this! I hope it's TOM causing it, rather than another failed week, sigh.....
hugs, hope you are all well or getting there.xxxxxx
xxxxxxxxsharon

Good Morning all,

I am at work and I have a minute before I need to book on into work.


Julee: Congrats on -2.2. That is wonderful also that you are able to bypass a favorite food like French fries with only taking what you have points for. I'm proud of you.

Debbie: I hope your weigh in goes well!

Catherine: Thanks for the concern. I am so hating my job. I am trying to hold on to Feb. 14th when we find out if we got the RFP or not for the state of Idaho. If not then I will get some unemployment while I find another job. If so, I have to pray about that and possibly still find another job. I think more than anything that is what is keeping me sick. The stress. Hugs to you and hope you have fun at your party.

Battle: Hope you have a safe flight. I hope all the seats are so roomy you feel like you are at home in the recliner.

Ammi: I will get you an email hopefully tonight. I changed my ticker again today. They will do the fat suit next Tuesday.

Carol: sorry you are at a plateau. I hope things start to move along soon. Hugs.

Cyn: Get better soon!

Kayley: Hope your days are less long soon.

Tina: Woo hoo on the -1. Hugs to you on your daughter. Is she at all interested in having an account here? It may help her to see other people struggle and also motivate her to do something about her health? Just a thought.

Heather: Have fun on your snow day. I wish my office would close for snow days. Dept. of Health and Welfare across the street were closed yesterday and we still had to be here. Ugh. We are in a state of emergency in Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington.

I weighed today. I guess I should just change my weigh in days to Friday now. I lost 2 more pounds. I sure notice a difference when I don't exercise.

Blessings all,
annie

Sharon: Hi and hugs on the gain. Probably water weight.

Blessings,
annie

Yuck, we have snow this morning (and it's still coming down). The only good thing is that Costco was almost empty at 10am. I mean, when we got to the checkout, the one guy at the checkout helped put the stuff on the belt as there was nobody else there. I don't think I've even been in there when something like that has happened.

Cyn - probably staying in and taking care of yourself is a good idea. I always find that winter colds hang on forever, especially if you don't take care of yourself.

Babybear - I'm not sure that there is an answer. I was an overweight child and when my parents tried to control food, I just found it elsewhere. Although removing the junk might help, there are probably lots of good things that she can overeat in the house. I used my allowance to buy food as well, and once I had my own income (babysitting, part time jobs) it didn't matter what was in the house. I think if my parents had known the right answer I wouldn't be here now.

Sharon - hope it's water weight as well. I do tend to stall/gain as much as a week beforehand, then after it all comes off in two or three days. It really messes you up as you can have 2 bad weeks out of four depending on when it actually arrives.

Annie - congrats on the loss. I always notice that I'm less enthusiastic the next day when I haven't exercised as much the day before. The winter and the snowy weather always seem to make me less motivated, odd since I always exercise indoors.

Catherine, it sounds like you will have quite a crowd there. Just take care of yourself and make sure you get the best seat in the house!! Have fun.

Battle, isn't it strange how TOM always shows up when you plan on going on a trip or vacation? Sheesh! So irritating. You had all the reason in the world to be a raving biooootch when it shows up. Hope things calm down for you.

Cyn, hope you get rid of that cough soon so you can yell for your team during the superbowl!

Tina, when I was overweight as a kid, my parents took me to doctors to see if it was my thyroid or something else. Of course, it never was, I was just eating too much junk. I didn't want to lose weight because it just didn't matter to me. Although they tried different ways to help me lose weight, it just never worked because I would find a way to eat fattening things and too much of them. I guess what I'm trying to say, is if she isn't ready to lose weight, you can't force her. All I can suggest is to sit with her and ask her why she eats so much and if she would "work" towards special rewards if she tried to lose some weight. Small goals maybe. Don't hit her with how much she needs to lose because that would scare any of us away. HTH

Sharon, sorry to hear about the weight gain but hopefully you'll have better results next week.

Annie, so sorry to hear you don't like your job. Nothing worse than being stuck somewhere you don't want to be. Hopefully the RFP (what is that?) will come to your state. Hang in there and try to get well.

I weighed in and didn't lose a thing. O well, it's better than a gain I guess. We got a light dusting of snow last night. That was a surprise since they said it would just be rain. Today we go into town for our shopping day and then take Marilyn to have her recheck on her ears. Hopefully they are all cleared up now.
See y'all later.
Debbie

Annie-when I got hurt, I found that I was unable to do the state grant proposal that had kept our organization funded for many years. I couldn’t seem to get the numbers to make sense, and I was incapable of the organization of the file period. I was trying to pretend that nothing was wrong. When we lost the funding 8 people lost their jobs including a couple of single moms. I felt so bad about it. The funny thing is that everyone landed on their feet with better jobs except for me. I want you to trust in providence and allow the spirit to take you down the path you are destined for. Relax and just look at what is right in front of you. Put on horse blinders to everything else.

Carol-the first step to changing a bad habit is identifying it as a problem. I also can’t have snacks (or any bad food) at home. I make good choices when caught out somewhere, but not at home. I suspect it is the idea that people are looking at me when I am out.

Cyn-I remember when Tampa had the Superbowl how crazy everything got, and I didn’t live that close to the stadium. I did live close to the fancy historic hotel in St. Pete where a bunch of the celebrities stayed. I didn’t see anything except photographers on motorcycles chasing limos. I got to see Brad Pitt and George Clooney when they were in town filming the opening sequence of Ocean’s 11. They showed up to take batting practice with the Yankees before a spring training game I had tickets for. That was definitely worth the $10.

Tina-I was a sneak eater, and she probably is too. If my mom had done a pantry purge, that would have helped me, but I still left the house everyday. I was 285 when I took my college physical as a high school senior. It’s not just the weight, there are so many hormonal issues in her body right now that are being negatively impacted. These can have lifelong consequences. If you can afford it, find a program for her age. The kind that has a psychological component and peer support.

Heather-we never got snow days. Even if only two kids showed up, they wouldn’t call off classes because we didn’t want to have to pay the teachers to make up the snow day. Everyone understood that we didn’t have to come, but the kids close enough to walk plus the kids of people who had to go to work and needed babysitters basically, would go for a few hours just to satisfy the state regulators. The teachers were supposed to come, but since half were nuns who lived in a convent on the grounds, that also wasn’t an issue. The non-nuns basically called in sick.

Sharon-I know that frustration of feeling like you’re just grinding the gears. I’ve had 10 fail weeks to every successful one.

Anne-an empty Coscto has got to be a fatchick’s wildest dream.

I must have slept crooked because my back is out on the left side which is weird. Most of the damage to my back was on the right side. I hope it is just temporary because I can’t afford to be down right now. I’m supposed to be in an all day conference tomorrow. I got elected president of our CWL. That’s the second time in my life that I have been elected president of a ladies group when I didn’t show up to a meeting. I have actually never been to a CWL meeting here yet. I just joined at Christmas. The old president came to our party and signed me up, but I hadn’t been up to going to a meeting yet. I told her the story about getting elected when I missed a meeting, so when she called from the meeting a couple of weeks ago to ask if I would be president, I honestly thought they were joking. That is until they announced it at church the next Sunday. My jaw hit the floor. I don’t drive or use the phone, so how they thought I could do the job, I’m clueless. I guess if they want me, they will learn to like chauffeuring me around, especially when the temp is -28 outside.

Debbie-I will have the best seat in the house or else.

Cyn – Oh, I’ll try! Lol. I was only gone so long yesterday, because I was helping my friend out all evening, and then I stayed and visited until way past my bedtime! Lol. I hope you get to feeling better, and have fun on Sunday!!!

Heather – Hope you enjoyed a little bit of your morning, before heading to work!

Annie – Woo! You’re almost to the 280s!! That’s so AWESOME! You are on FIRE!

Just stopping through quickly. I got up, and schools were closed again today, so a 3 day weekend for me! Woo! It’s pretty nasty here. I went back to sleep, and got back up around 11am, and headed outside with Mom & we shoveled about 7 inches of snow out of our driveway. Good solid hour of exercise, that’s for sure! Heh. We’re supposed to get 10-14 more inches tonight, and we still have to go out and finish up the driveway. We were going to do Walk away the pounds today, but shoveling is even better exercise than that, so we’re good for the day! lol

Hi y'all. It was suggested that I post in the 300+ forum in another thread.

You can see all my numbers by my trackers. My first goal is to get down under 300 lbs for the first time in forever. Reasonably how long should that goal take?

I plan to get at least 350 minutes of exercise in to start as well as the prescribed water. I don't follow a particular plan, just count carb choices for my type 2 diabetes.

Plan
 

I plan to start with walking on the treadmill about 20 minutes tonight after work and slowing increasing it from there. For this month I plan to get up to 350 minutes of exercise.

I'll increase it every month. I want to get back to where I was before (3-4 sessions a week with 40-50 minutes each session of cardio on the treadmill or elliptical machine plus an additional 20-30 minutes each session of weight training). I really enjoyed it once I got into it.

We have about 9 inches of snow here. Our town doesn't plow the streets, they just let the state highway department plow the main highway and leave it at that. Because of this, our car did not budge this morning a 6am when hubby tried to go to work. We had to call a friend with a 4 wheel drive to come get him. We felt bad about waking him up :(

I didn't do WATP yesterday but was helping hubby at work, so that counts for something. I also got under 1800 calories yesterday. I did WATP today but ugh , I am STARVING. I have a Nature's Valley trail mix bar I may eat. It has 140 calories but 8 g of whole grains!

Hi dear friends! Just quickie to let you know whats going on.
First let me say I got your messages and prayers!!!
Kaitlin was given a CT scan and blood work and the results came back pretty good. There was scar tissue and stuff from when she was in the accident, but nothing new appeared. They are going to test her for epilepsy. (My sister was a severe epileptic and actually past away during a siezure. She was only 24 and that was 27 years ago!) Medicine has come a long way since then - so no matter what (hoping it's not that though)............I'm sure she'll be ok. Again, thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers! I really "felt" them! Everytime Kait expresses that she has a headache, I get nervous! I guess I jumped to conclusions...........thanks for being there to catch my breakdown!

On another note - Good job to all the losers on this thread! wow, you guys are doing awesome. I haven't been getting much exercise in, but I've been pretty OP with a 1# loss this week. TOM is due Sunday - so I have been craving chocolate and doughnuts!?!?!? Oh my! Just craving not eating! Yet anyways!

Have a great day everyone! Talk to you later!
Again, Thanks & Hugs!
jeanne

Jeanne - I've still got you, your daughter, and your family in my thoughts!!!

Okay, the shoveling is finally done! We went out and put in another half an hour, so I got 90 mins of that today! Wooo! We were supposed to go to a hockey game tonight, but it might be cancelled. We shall see.

Hi everyone,

Just a quick drive by to say hi and let you know I arrived safely. I fit into the seats on the airplane and didn't need an extender. There was no extra room, but I fit. Oh, and like other losers who have come before me, I put the tray table up and down numerous times, just because I could.

There was a woman on the plane sitting near me who commented that a year ago she wouldn't have fit in the seats. She'd just lost 138 lbs.

BattleAx - That's so great! So glad to hear that!!! :D What a GREAT NSV!!!

Since I'm restarting this journey, I'm going to be taking some 'before' pictures this evening. Eeps.

Congrats! :carrot: I am so totally the person who puts the tray table up and down now just because I can. And I actually fit down the stupid narrow walkway as well as the seats!

Yay! I am so thrilled for you.

Lisa

Anne: I love it when Costco is slowwwww. Hugs.

Debbie: RFP is request for Proposal. The state of Idaho had 5 or 6 contractors like where I work that ran different regions in the state. This year they decided it would be in their best interest to have one company run the entire work first for Idaho instead of all of the different ones. So a bunch of companies including the one I work for put in proposals and the state is taking until Feb. 14th, suposedly, to decide who wins the bid for the state.
Sorry that you didn't loose this week. I'm sure next week will be a good one for you.

Catherine: Thank you so much. I am so new to this kind of work and sooooo not enjoying having people's food in my hands. I am such a giver and my hands are tied so many times not being able to give. I got a call just today and the lady hadn't recieved her food stamps yet and I am just so sickened that there seems to be no reason for it but yet this client of mine has no food for the weekend and I do. It kind of really gets to me. I pray for them and that is about all I can do. I can't give each of them money from my own wallet. So, I pray. I know that is the best thing I can offer in the long run that they will find jobs and really try to find jobs. Anyway, I appreciate your kind words and I am truly trying to just do what is best for me and my dh. Have a blast at your party my friend.

Kayley: Wow, you got a work out for sure. I went and did weight lifting again today for the first time in a while and my muscles were shakey. I got home and my DH was shoveling snow. I helped him for about a 1/2 hour and then I was wiped out. I think if I didn't have this bug I could have done it a bit longer. We have gotten 30+ inches of snow in January! I love the snow so much and I am not going to complain about a flake of it. lol.

Challengeme: Welcome. I'm glad you are here. Really most of us don't set goals of reaching weight and certain times. It is just discouraging to do that and not make your goal. We do have goals but the time is the least important part of the goals. Just work hard and stick with your plan. Exercise daily and drink plenty of water and you should see the weight drop regularly. Welcome to our neck of the woods. Looking forward to getting to know you better.

HeatherDW: I love snow!

Jeanne: so happy that Kaitlin is okay. I will continue to pray for her.

Battle: Thank you so much for letting us know that you arrived okay. Glad that your flight wasn't bad. Hugs on the tray and a big High Five.

Storey: so happy that your mamogram turned out good. Sorry about your ankle.

Well, I think I have prety well caught up for now. Till tomorrow or Sunday.

Blessings,
Annie

hey guys...i just decided to check in with everbody how are u? my weight seems to be stuck....so i'm just hoping it will drop sometime soon...good luck everybody~!!!

Good morning Peeps - party day is finally here! I'm already exhausted. I found even more new muscles yesterday while cleaning. I was surprised but perhaps it was lots of stretching. The house is spit shined for tonights party. Still a few things to get buttoned down for the afternoon party. I really should skip my yoga class this morning to finish up but I'M GOING. I can feel all the tension I am holding in my jaws and need to let it goooooooo.

Exhaustion magically made pizza appear last night. I ate pizza - I logged my calories and I was still at 1600 for the day. I do not want to get my extra calories in in this fashion but I am proud of the new behavior.

Today I plan to wear my jeans - remember this is a big deal to me - we will see if my snooty sister can bring herself to compliment me. Any bets? I bet she also won't say a word about the flowers - I did a great job in the designs - if I do say so myself.

Battle - what a sigh of relief about the seats. That would be the most stressful part of the trip for me.

Kayley - you are a shoveling fool - good for you!

Heather DW - we missed the snow completely here in KC although our dear weatherman had everyone in a panic. You must be central MO.

Annie - you are such a dear soul. Your clients are such very lucky people. I know it's hard but try not to take it all personally - you seem so tired with it all. It is such an adjustment working again. I sometimes wonder how I get it all done.

Jeanne - so happy with the results. Thanks for keeping us updated. How's the DDR going?

Heather - you've been going triple speed - did you take a few minutes for yourself yesterday with your snow day? Don't forget about Heather.

Hi to everyone. I need to get it in gear here.

Move your bodies, drink your water and SMILE.

Hugs,
Carol

Good Morning! :coffee:

Just want to let you know that my little Jackie Boy came through with flying colors. :cp: I think he knew what was happening and he shredded my left palm and hand when I was trying to get him in the carrier.:censored: Made me feel a little less guilty!! :lol: He does have gingivitis...I knew something was up since he has such stinky breath for a 6 month old kitty. So he needs this dental water additive..,$25.00 a bottle :yikes:. At least all the pets will benefit from it. {sigh}
I have also decided in my next life I am marrying for money and only having cats...no children! I am now in an all out war with my oldest who thinks he can do whatever he wants and there will be no consequences. I thought I was raising a decent human being but apparently not. He is being very dissrespectful and expects me to put up with it. I know he is 18 1/2 and feeling his oats, but that is no excuse for his behavior. What happened to my sweet, adorable, loving boy??????????? I am so sad and am trying not to "feed" the pain with food. And in the first time in quite a while am craving a ciggarette. I know it could be worse, he doesn't do drugs or drink (thank goodness as I have already been down that road with my brother) ,he is healthy, has a job and goes to school. I think all this might be comming from a new girl that is a "friend" he is always running off to. He has a tendancy to almost become somewhat obsessed when he is with a new girl. I really am not liking the person he is becomming. {sigh #2}

Ok...rant over...I am too sad to do personals right now...please forgive me!:sorry: Just know I am sending :grouphug: and :dust: so everything goes right for all.