Hi Everyone! How's the week? Ratkitten, 2 people at my work came down with the same thing you described - it's a really bad virus! I'm currently getting rotten sleep - they keep firing people at my job. I know that my job security is rock solid, but it's still unnerving. I'm making lots of excuses for not exercising. Where is the :dust:

Hopefully I have just misplaced it!

OMG OMG...I don't know how it happened but I AM DOWN 4.6 from 2 weeks ago. I am thrilled and I am now back over the 50 lb. mark...so I am happy...

and yet

I have a hard time being as happy about this as I shuld be becuase I know that the last 2 weeks i have not really been doing things in what I would deem "the right way." I have ben tracking and counting my points...but I haven't been eating as well or as often and I have gone back to skipping breakfast. But I have to let myself enjoy the success one way or another...so will!

I enjoyed not having a schedule today. Tomorrow I am having brunch with a friend and running a few errands. DH and I have a dear friend in the hospital and I offered to help out tomorrow afternoon if she needs me...either to bring her stuff from home or whatever. Her DH just had to meet a big deadline and then has a major meeting...

I'm off to watch Idol...even though i already know the results (thanks to my mom living on the east coast and texting me the info before I see it!)

Good Night Ladies...

ok ok ok!!!! After two different people sent me PM's I thought I better post before people think something fatal happened to me!!!! LOL

I've been reading and I'm afraid that I will NEVER be able to catch up on personals but know that I have rejoiced with all your loses and sending hugs out for all of you who are struggling!

I've just had a couple of taxing weeks...........we are ALL ready for spring break in our classroom!!! LOL it starts monday and monday can't come soon enough!!! LOL

We not only are having some unruly kiddos in our room but we are also having to deal with PACKING up everything on the floor (ie: bookshelves, cabinets, file cabinets etc...) so a crew can come in over spring break and rip up our carpet and replace it with tile......but still teach and keep the kids occupied this week.......so we are boxing things up daily but still using this stuff LOL just really mentally draining couple of weeks!

We had a field trip today to Mr. Gatti's (pizza buffet) so I planned ahead......I walked 1 mile DVD this morning and planned on doing it again this evening......which I did!!! So I ate a HUGE salad and then 2 small slices of pizza and one bread stick.....It was a fun day for our kids and was an interesting day for us LOL...........kinda comical in a way....just think of taking your toddler in pullups.........and only having one with you......and that one falling into a toliet!!!! LOL ok enough said! there is NEVER a dull moment with our little group!!!!

Well I better get to bed 5am comes to soon!!!! LOL

thanks for caring about me! and keeping me on target!!!!
Bernice

Heather: I think the boiling frog analogy is definitely applicable to our situations.

Hi just another quickie, the electricity went off & was off until 10.45 pm and EVERYTHING is electric here. Luckily we had lots of candles;) & with the clocks going back it's light here for a bit longer at night now. We were down to an inch of candle stumps when the men finally got it sorted. The boys wouldn't go to sleep as there was a 'baby' digger outside on the driveway, digging up the road & pavement, with the noise & excitement we were really tired & went to bed as soon as power & quiet were restored. The boys have a dinner at school so I did them sandwiches for tea, we had...:oahem.:o..wine and a kebab...though we waited til 9pm before Steve fetched them. I was hoping power would be back before then & I could cook us the pasta I had planned. No excuses really, it was just that, an excuse to eat cr*p, worse thing was I didn't enjoy it at all, the naan bread was soaked in fat/grease from the meat, the meat was too spicy and I felt sick, just hope I REMEMBER that for NEXT TIME I feel like :devil:BEING A PIG:devil: and there's an 'excuse' I can find or fabricate!!!
I hope that you are all well, or getting there.
SANDYxxxxxxx :hug:Hope your son is improvingxxxxx
Carol/ggg Oooh a sports car, how sexy!!!!xxxxx
Heather scuba diving, exciting!!xxxxxx
Annie good luck with the jobxxxxxx
Nancy, where are you??:hug: Hope all is wellxxxxxx
Gotta go, sorry about no other personals I have to shower before a Dr's appt, I'm getting weird palpitations so I have to get it checked out, it can't be serious though as it only happens when I'm resting, not during exercise or any other activity.
xxxxxsharon

Good morning ladies! Just wanted to stop in and say


Have a wonderful day!!!

Drink lots of water!!!

Move your bodies!!!!!

Enjoy life!!!!!

talk to you after work!

BErNICE

Hi chickies,

I think I am heading into the Summer of my weight loss (thank you Rainbow). The newness is gone, and I'm chugging along now, in the long main stretch of the slow process of losing. It hit me today that I have had probably over 200 days of being OP since starting. When starting out, even one day was a miracle. My demons had the best of me on most days. That is 200 victories, with untold thousands of smaller victories throughout each day, through the countless decision points each had.

Soon I will be closer to 200 than 300 lbs. Oh.my.gosh.

Have a great day, everyone! I hope today is a victory for you.

awesome battleax 200 days on plan!!

dmpls- good to see you again!

sharon_ let us know how things go at the dr. Glad you are getting it checked out! We are suppost to have storms tonight. I may get some candles ready just incase.

julees_ I went thru a fast weight loss when i was sick. I wasnt exercising at all..and i was eating but not all my calories per day and the ones I was eating was not healthy calories and i had an 8lb drop in 2 weeks. I think my body had gotten use to my normal ( diet and exercise)and the change kinda jump started the weigh loss again. Im suprised I didnt gain it back. I didnt loose any last week but I didnt gain either. I stepped on the scales this morning and looks like i might have a little loss this week> I weigh in on sat. Glad to hear you had a loss even if it is confusing. lol

Hope everyone has a wonderful day...Im back to all 3 kidos and No time for myself. Hubby has to go to the dr and he is wanting to loose a few pounds before he goes so we walked a mile last night came home had dinner and then lifted weights. Im pretty sore this morning. I usually only walk on the days i dont lift. Im so thankful he is trying to get inshape also. He had a big loss last year of about 50lbs and he has been able to maintain it and now he wants to loose more. He is at 240 now and that isnt to bad considering that he takes alot of meds that cause weight gain.
take care everyone
debi

Today is the last read of my book. I have to literally sit down and read the whole thing outloud to himself. It will be my last chance to change anything, and it will be the first time he has heard everything in it. This deals with a lot of raw stuff, so it is likely to be a long day. I'm starting to look forward to the idea of going back to work on my term paper, and that's even scarier.

Wow guys, thanks so much for all of your encouraging words. I am going to save everything so that when I'm hitting a hard patch then I can go back and read everything and just push forward.

Battle - That is TOTALLY me. I'm very active, my husband is a youth pastor and we are out doing crazy things with them all the time. We go play laser tag with them every weekend, but there are a lot of things that I don't do or can't keep up with them.

DMPLS - that's funny! gosh do i miss Mr. Gatti's, there was one in Paducah but not one here. oh well!

Tonight is my WI i'm so excited! *weird huh?* LOL I'm ready to move my ticker! yay!!! I will let you all know how it turns out.

Debi we are supposed to get the same storms tonight too, oh joy! So far it's poured all day long, i was kinda hoping to do some outside stuff today but that's not gonna happen! lol well, I'm off for now. Ya'll have a great OP day! and thanks again SO much for all of the encouraging words. New LIFE not DIEt.

Hi Peeps - I think we got those storms before sending them to you Lauren. It has poured and thundered all day long - and could watch things turn green right in front of you.

Spring cleaning has started around here - finally. Medicine cabinets and linen closets are done. Why I have kept every travel size bar of soap, shampoo, lotion and conditioner I have no idea - might need them someday I guess. They are gone now. Kinda like keeping all those extra pounds - must have thought someday I might need them - they are going right now.

Catherine - how are you feeling by now? Are you up to reading out loud all day?

Move your bodies, drink your water and SMILE.

Hugs,
Carol

Hi everyone!

Well, it's raining, raining, gray, raining...and it will be until Sunday! Sigh. No baseball game, no walking to see the cherry blossoms. Movies inside, I think. Which normally I would be cheering about, but I want to move around outside! All things considered, though, it's probably good -- my stomach's been killing me for a couple days. Yuck!

On a positive note, you all seem to be doing very well, and that's awesome! Hooray! And big kudos in particular to BattleAx, with 200 days OP!!!

Tomorrow: Cast off or cast on...???

Anne, I think you're right about spring being a short season. I have a feeling all the seasons are going to be short this year. Thankfully, we don't get too hot here. Once in a while it will hit in the 90's, but for the most part it's in the low 80's at it's hottest.

Heather, your life sounds so exciting now. All the fantastic things you are getting to do is just amazing. I'm so happy for you.

Battle, I don't think any of us really know the total toll weight puts on our bodies until we get older. I was so much more outgoing when I was younger even though I was still in the hi 200's. Now that I'm older, I feel myself withdrawing from life because of my weight. I don't want to bring any attention to myself, and I think that is why I don't do karaoke or dance while were out. I just sit there like a lump on a log. I want to get to a size that I feel I won't be stared at because of my weight, maybe for my lousy singing or cruddy dancing,:rofl: but not because of my weight.
How exciting to be closer to 200 than 300 soon!

Julee Yiiiippppeeeee on the 4.6 lbs gone forever!!! Now you need to get yourself back on track and eating right now that the show is over. It was probably a stressful time, but it's time to get back to it.

Bernice, I bet you those kiddos keep you on your toes. You did really well with the pizza buffet. So props to ya!!

Sharon, what did the doc say?

Debi, sounds like you are really getting a good workout. I wish Jim would want to lose weight too but he still eats so much junk. I think the closer I get to his weight though, he is going to try. He jumped on the scale this morning and is down into the 260s now. He was at 276 and I was almost caught up with him. Now the competition is on!!!

Lauren, I'll be lookin' at your ticker after your weigh in and cheering you on.

Carol, did you get all the backup cleaned up?

Well, I fed my face last night. I don't know why. All I kept thinking of was the provolone cheese and salami sitting in my fridge, so I kept eating it. Now I'm paying the price today with hopefully just a water weight gain since the salami is so salty. I plan on drinking tons of water and hopefully it will come off before my weigh in tomorrow. Why I keep sabotaging myself right before a weigh in, I'll never know. Today I'm totally back OP and am making turkey and pork chili for tonight.
Keep movin' and groovin'
Debbie

Hey all! It has been a few days since I posted. WELCOME to the newbies!!!
So far this week I am on track with food and water. Exercise is down but hubby is buy me treadmill!!! So maybe with my busy schedule I will be able to get some exercising in and not have to go 30 miles into town to walk/exercise! YEAH for the hubby!!!!! He will benefit from it also. He is 3 lbs away from losing 100 lbs. He weighs in on Saturday so it looks good so far. I didn't do so good last week with my WI, but I had alot of stress with truck/grandmother death/daughter-in-law. So this week looks good. I am enjoying my ARMY son home!!! He left to go to girlfriends and meet her parents for a couple of days. He leaves on Tuesday the 8th so I will have the weekend to enjoy with him also. Older daughter and younger daughter are both doing well. Older one lost 1 lb. and younger lost 1/2 lb. I am so proud of all of them. Well, I am making "healthy" baked chimichanga's for dinner so I better get them started before everyone gets home. Good luck to all this week, I'll do personal later.

Hi ladies! Thanks for the kind words! It's nice to be back! Well, I have had TWO good days. Thats a start! I stayed OP yesterday and today, but didn't get any exercise in today! Added water & journaled though!
Thanks again! Talk to you soon!