300 + Weekly Thread # 1191
 

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GREAT NEWS!!! My brother is going home today!! His kidneys are showing slight improvements and they expect them to continue to improve. He is unable to walk without use of a walker..but hey we can deal with that! Thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers during the past month. It has meant so much to me to know yall care!! He will be getting his dailysis daily still and also alot of physical therapy. He is going to go and stay at moms so he is in town and not out in the country where he lives. I am so excited!!

Scales are down 1lbs today. I am still up 4. I have been exercising daily for 3 days and im sore..but it feels so good to be sore again. Eating has been great for 2 days now. I feel empowered again!!!

sprinkles :dust: on everyone

I'm off to work, but I wanted to say WOOHOO for Debi's brother! That's awesome. I'm so glad he is doing better!

Also had my WI this morning. Down to 404.2 from 410! I know there is still some water retention, as my fingers are swollen on one hand, and my ankle is swollen on the other side. Hopefully with more water today and tomorrow, it will go away.

Have a great OP day ladies!

Debbie -- That's great news!!!

Dgramie Congrats on your brother going home! That's a great way to start the week.

Brandnewme Hello! Congrats on a good weigh-in! Keep up the good work!

Hello everyone a former member is coming out of being a lurker and back on the wagon. I'm Ally and started back today on South Beach weighted in yesterday yucky but that's ok it's coming off for good.



dgramie : Congrates on 1lb loss.

brandnewme ~ Have a good day at work. Wonderful weight loss this week.:carrot::carrot:

Good morning all,

I'm back on the wagon myself as of yesterday. I used the holidays as a bit of an excuse to eat badly a couple of days last week. Although I know the damage will be minimal overall, I don't want to go back to old habits. I know from past experience that I can regain quickly.

Debi - so glad to hear about your brother. I think sometimes that people underplay the risks of weight loss surgery. I do understand that sometimes it's the only option for people, but the side effects can be major. I'm glad to hear that he's getting out of the hospital since people often recover better at home. I wish him the best.

Brandnewme - congrats on the loss. I dropped a little water weight (and food probably) overnight, and that always makes me feel better. I know from the water retention side I never feel swollen, but I see other signs. Here's hoping that the rest of your swelling resolves itself soon.

Ally - welcome back. I tend to be more of a lurker lately, but the ladies here are wonderful at supporting people through their journeys.

Well, I'm off to continue my slightly obsessive chores that I assigned myself during my school break. I've roasted meat, smoked turkeys, and made a lot of soup. Basically this will be lunches in the freezer for my mother and myself for the term. Yes, I did enough to keep us going for the term. It wasn't so bad until my mother decided to stop eating the processed stuff we were buying at Costco. Part of it was money (too expensive), but part of it was getting away from as much processed stuff with additives as we could.

I also made meatloaf and chili (will freeze the rest of it today). I'm taking a day off, but the next task will be to stew some beef I bought on sale a while back (cut and froze it). And if I have enough jars I'll use up the frozen rhubarb and make rhubarb ginger marmalade for my mother. That will likely be the cooking chores completely done.

Time to start some seeds for the garden, and I've found another obsessive little task - tidying up. I always feel that I'm moving stuff from point A to point B. I want to put away books that I've been storing in dresser drawers, but the bookcases are full. So, I'm scanning old recipes, and will toss (at a minimum) the looseleaf binders on the shelves. I can then maybe move my books to the bookcase, and rearrange the dressers. I've still got two weeks before school starts again, so we'll see how far I get on this... :)

Hope everyone is having a good start to their week.

Anne_ i got my seed packs out yesterday and looked at them. We usually plant around may 1 in the ground so i will try putting some seeds in soil in a few weeks. Im so ready for spring!!! I had eggbeaters for breakfast with bellpeppers i had froze from my garden. I cant wait to have real ones again.

Good Morning all,

Sandy: Please don't feel ashamed or embarassed. WE are all in the same boat here and just continue to get back on this horse. Hugs.

Debi: I am so happy about your brother. Thank God! Congrats on the scales down too.

Becca: Woo hooo on loosing 6 pounds! Way to go!

Ally: Welcome back or, welcome out of lurkdome. lol. I'm looking forward to getting to know you.

Anne: Sounds like you have your hands full with chores. Don't over do it.

Well, time to go sit with some heat. I think I am going to check out the Jillian Michael's DVD finally.

Blessings all,
Annie

Debbie-great news about your brother.

Annie-There has been a bit of a thaw with my MIL. I arranged for my FIL to fill out paperwork to receive a military pension from the British government. He actually fractured his back while serving during Korea, and never received any compensation. It coincided with a major reduction in his college pension because of the recent unpleasantness. I guess she thinks I'm not the worst woman her baby boy could have married. I think she liked the hood/scarf thing I made her for Christmas. Although she isn't the one wearing it. My FIL is. It was reversible with a tartan on one side, and he wears that side out. He does wear a kilt everyday, even in winter, so I guess I should have expected that.

Today is a cleaning day to get ready for New Year's party. I married such a party animal.

Catherine: I am really glad that your MIL is "coming around" so to speak. Your FIL sounds like a real character. Don't work too hard on cleaning for all that company. I really want to go out for New Years. It would be the first time in our 23 years of marriage to go out dancing or something. It all depends on the weather. We are getting dumped on again. I just cleaned a bit of the sidewalk and front walkway area and it is already covered again. It is so slick too because on top of the 5 feet of snow we got rain which made everything all icy today.

I got my hall bathroom or front bathroom cleaned which was my one big chore for today so I feel happy. I have taken all of the pictures off the computer from 2008 and saved them on discs so they will be safe and to start over. The Direct Tv guy is supposed to be here any minute because our satellite isn't working even when there is no snow. I feel bad for him to have to work out in that stuff.

Okay, see ya later if I have time before my early bedtime tonight.
Blessings,
Annie

hi ladies...

dgramie: I am soooo happy about the good news on your brother. All smiles here lady!

Ally: A familiar face!!! Welcome back!

Brandnewme: wonderful weight loss!!! You go girl!

Today is my last day off before I go back to work. (sigh) I have had a great time off though. BUT we are off Thursday so it is a short return.

Today I am watching my nephew who is 8. He is also staying the night. He is on Christmas break and my sister has no time off so he is here with us a few days. He is Mr Funny I swear! This morning I was reading posts online and he asked what I was doing. I said reading letters from my online friends. I said Zander they are my weight loss friends. He looks at me and says those are good friends to have. I said weight loss friends? He said no...computer friends. I said why is that, He says because They are always on if your computer is on. LOL kids I tell ya.

We are heading out to see another "free" movie lol Perks are so great! I think we are seeing bedtime stories!

Toodles ladies...

Melissa Great Job! Losing 15.4 pounds in 5 weeks is pretty good! Just think how big a 10 pound bag of potatoes is plus half of another. Or, three 5 pound bags. Pretty great wouldn't you say? Keep up the good work!

Hi all,

I took a nice walk in the 60 degree weather. It is sunny and beautiful!! I was able to get most of my tasks for the day done, so I am feeling pretty accomplished. And Claudia (my cat) is quite happy to have a clean litter box and I scoured the entire mud room.

And....I bought a BODYBUGG (woohoo). It is my birthday present (which is in January). I asked DH if he would get it for me and he said yes....so I ordered it now. Can't wait to get it!!! Maybe next week.

Not to much to offer at this point. Talk to you all later.

Angie

Angie - tell me more about the BodyBugg you ordered please - I'm still in search of. You're gonna blow those 1000 minutes away.

Cyn: Have fun with your nephew. It sure is hard getting back to work after a vacation.

Melissa: Love your avatar pic. You look wonderful. Congrats on the weight lost so far. Way to go on the attitude too.

Angie: I wanna know about a bodybug too.

Carol: Hi there sweetie.

Well, the direct tv guy finally made it here. He is out there right now working on the dish. He says it is out of alignment and shouldn't be too bad to fix. He is marking where it should go with a permanent marker so Joel can fix it himself next time if it goes out. I need to get up at 2;30 tomorrow a.m. so I'm off to bed now.

Blessings all,
Annie

Just touching base - Day two on the Beach... hardcore. When I make exceptions and "bend" the rules, they wind up shattered to smitherines. DH is being wonderfully supportive.

Hi all,

I ordered the Bodybugg Version 3. It is supposed to be able to track calories in (through something similar to dialyplate) and burned. It even tracks at night (if you wear it, which I will be for a while anyway). It is the armband. Although I was looking for something more like a watch, I decided this was better for accuracy. From what I understand you can pop your goals into it and it will tell you what calories you should eat and what you need to burned daily to hit that goal. Not sure if any of you have noticed, but I am a black and white person. If there are clear directions, I can follow (generally). If I need to make it up myself....well then, not quite as easy for me. I am a person with rules, and I like to follow rules. Some may think that is sad, but it's true, and I understand it. I can work with it, or against it. I am going to try to work with it. The one thing I am really looking forward to is understanding where my metabolism is. So, that is the bodybugg in a nutshell.

Angie

Debi, great news on your brother. Whew, what a relief for all of you to know that he will once again be a healthy THIN guy!!! Yay for him!!!

brandnewme, YAY on getting those pounds off. You'll be in the 300s in no time!! Keep up the good work!!

Ally, I'm so glad you came out of lurker mode!! Yay for getting on SB. I hope you do really well on it and yes, this can be the year to accomplish our weight loss goals!!

Catherine, how cute....a kilt every day??? Wow!! You have such interesting people in your life, yourself included. I bet there's never a dull moment. Have fun at your party!! Don't get too wild and crazy.

Cyn, have fun at the movies! What did you go see?

Melissa, sounds like you're doing very well. Keep up the great work and it will come off!! Patience is the key.

Angie, the bodybugg sounds interesting. Is it like the things that the people on the biggest loser show wear?

Annie, have a good sleep and I'm glad the satellite is working again.

Val, Keep going!! You can do it!!

Well ladies, only a couple more days and we'll be into the BL challenge. I'm so glad that so many of us have joined. It should be fun!! Don't forget to sign up for Heather's exercise challenge too. Speaking of which, I better get myself over there.
toodles
Debbie

Good Morning all,

Val: Great job on your new program. Hugs.

Angie: I am also a black and white person. lol. I really believe for me that is freedom. If I know the rules I don't have to experiment and try other things as much. lol. Thanks for the info on the body bug. Sounds really fun/cool.

Debbie: Hi there. Hope you have a wonderful day.

Okay, it is 3:11 and time for me to get to work.

Blessings all,
Annie

Good Morning Peeps - its just a quick fly by to say I'm thinking of each of you this morning.

Move your bodies, drink your water and SMILE.

Hugs,
Carol

Just wanted to say HI..and have a OP day! I am loving the feeling of being in control again!! Scales are down another lbs today..only 3 more to go to get back to my lowest! Going to go and do my walking diet dvd before the kids get here.

morning ladies..

We went and saw Bedtime stories with Adam Sandler. It was funny. Ofcourse monday early afternoon shows must be mommy play dates so we had a row of moms and little ones sitting behind us. At first I fretted. They were very chatty but once the movie started and my nephew who is 8 could laugh as loud and chat all he wanted I was ok! Even my teenagers were ok with it! AMC theatres allow you to take food in there, so we stopped at the dollar store bought candy and pop, $7.50 for it all and free movie, not a bad afternoon.

Today is back to work for me after my looong vacation. Instead of being gloomy I tried to find something positive about it. I am saving my PTO for another wonderful time off lol. I do miss my co-workers they are great...most of the time.

ok gotta get to scooting..oh and I am taking my lunch to work! Felt great this morning to actually make it yummy!

Toodles gals

Thanks everyone for the welcome back.

Just a short message right now. Getting house in order and boys ready their speech and occupational therapist will be here shortly. So just checking the boards super fast. I'm so sore today I did the 8 min workout Tae Bo every muscle in my body is so sore today but that is good :) Well need to run.

Hey ladies :D

Well a quick note from me. Muahahahahaha...

I'm feeling TOM symptoms which pisses me off since I feel like I just went through this. I mean this may not even produce an actual monthly, so we'll see. I'm going to the doctor this month to start that process, which is worrying me a bit, but I gotta get in there and get myself checked out. So many issues with my skin lol.

I found a bald spot on my head last night. Luckily I can cover it up, but am trying to tell myself not to get upset by it. It isn't working lol. It is the ol' Eczema haunting me on my scalp again. Just one spot that is red and inflamed, but we'll see. I'm changing my diet taking out bread, yeast, and other things to see if that is a better choice for me.

Not exercising much yet...feeling fatigued. Going to make myself go for a walk this evening to jump start myself. :D I want Jan to be a very "WOOOOOO" month! :D

*supportive hugs to everyone*

Hi! Happy New Year Friends!:newyear:

Hope you had a nice Christmas! I think of you all often!

Hugs~
jeanne

Just reading how many of us are a black and white people. I wonder if that has something to do with how we got so heavy? It seems we are perfectionist and if we can't accomplish the things that we set our minds to do, we feel like a failure and then compensate by eating. Just wondering.

Annie, doing good here. You take extra care and time traveling in all that snow back and forth to work.

Debi, glad to hear the pounds are coming off again.

Hi Carol, Cyn, Ally, Jacquie, Purple, Jeanne!

Gotta get busy making beads again. I've taken so much time off from doing them and the jewelry. Can't make money if I'm not being creative so I hope all of you have a great day!!

Debbie

Debbie,
I know I am a perfectionist. If I can't do it perfectly perfect, I know I can do a perfectly shi**y job, so have opted for that many times in my life. I think perfectionism is a thing to get over, I have been working on that for a while now as I do know I will never be perfect and have never known a perfect person in my whole life. Why should I feel the need to be perfect if no one else is?

Hi Girls! Hope you are all doing well today. I've been op today too. I haven't hit the exercise part yet. I'm wanting to wait til January 4th for that to kick off my part in the Biggest Loser Contest. I went shopping today too, after I had coffee with my dad. It was good to see him, but always depressing. Long story that I don't really want to go into except to say he's 84 years old. So, it was hard to go shopping. But I behaved. I didn't get any candy like reese's cup and I passed the donuts and the sweet junk from the bakery that's on the reduced price display. For me, that's a nsv even on a good day.

Sharon, Are you feeling better by now? I sure hope so.

:dust: to all!

I think you may be on to something with the "perfectionist" theme. It's so easy to feel like a failure if I don't get something totally right. I've far more forgiving of other people sometimes, than I am of myself. Also, it might explain one of hte reasons why going hard-core strict on SBD is a better plan for me than 'modifying' it, which has never been successful.

Debbie- I'm psyched about the BL thing. I'm already down 7 pounds since the Christmas stuffing, and figure my competitive first-week edge is shot, but who cares? However, I haven't started an exercise program yet, mostly because I'm so flamin' TIRED both at the start and end of the day. I figure I'm going to start bench pressing all those lame excuses for starters, and that will be the beginning of my exercise program. (Sandy- What's this, great minds thinking alike? :D ) But seriously, I know when I start excercising, everything will be better.

Day 3 of Hardcore SBD, challenges so far:
Box of Chocolates received as gift. Solution, Gave them away faster than a HOT potato.
Grilled garlic flatbread that arrived on my salad. Solution, trip to the ladies room garbage can.
Worked thru lunch & boss bought pizza. Solution, said thank you very much... and ate my salad anyway.

Food today:
Pork chop for breakfast
Salad for lunch
Western Omelette for dinner... hmmm, something funny here.

Best wishes for success and the joy that comes with it, Chickees!

Val Your journal entry reached the very depths of my soul. You have such great courage to post it. You are a woman of great valor. I'm sure I can say for all of us, "We're here to do it with you,"

With great affection,

Sandy

My ears were burning. Someone was talking about perfectionists. I think you will find a lot of them around here. How many times have I stopped dieting because I couldn't do it perfectly, or had one small slip. Just being able to stay here, even without losing any weight in a long time, is a huge change for me.

Valerie, hmmm... I think a lot of us have been there, me especially, including a broken ankle (my 'mounting' one too!!!). I hope we can all beat the food/booze/mood swing demons TOGETHER.xxxxxxxxx ps Give Gabe a sloppy kiss for me.
Sandy, so good to see you posting here again, 2009 will be the year to get jobs, lose weight and help each other get them any way we can. Thanks, I'm getting better but still keep feeling weak & tired, TOM arriving at the same time hasn't helped!!lol xxxxxxxxxxxx
Beth, where are you? Hope you are looking after your mum, lol. Tell her I LOVE those Pandora bracelets but has she seen the price of them and charms for them?? CRAZY prices, Daren needn't worry about me buying her any, I'd need a loan to buy just ONE!!!xxxxxxxx
Zelma, hope you're enjoying your holiday with hubby & feeling better/getting well.xxxxx
Carol, have a great New Year, Debbie, Debi too & anyone else I forgot, got no time as I'm baking 'nibbles' for a buffet this afternoon & must not burn them!!!!
xxxxxxsharon

Val _ you really touched me too!! Hugs and im so proud of you for posting it. I am also so happy you are back to putting yourself first. I feel kinda selfish at time ....but its finally time for ME!! I spent years taking care of my family and putting them and hubby first.

My scales are back to .6 up from my lowest. I think its amazing how much better i feel with eating right for just a few days and daily exercise. How had i let myself slide backwards so easily?? I think my biggest downfall the past few weeks had been lack of daily exercise.
Im heading out to start looking for a dress for daughters wedding. Havent a clue what size to even try at first...guess i will take a few sizes and see which one fits. Wish me luck!!!!

hugs and drink that water!!

Val: I am glad you found and posted that entry in your journal!!!

Today should be a short day at work. Maybe get to leave at noon! Yeah. Tomoroow if it does not rain, I told hubby we are going out hiking somewhere. I would love to go to this place call the whole in the rock. Basically you can climb the back and see the whole valley! I think they say it was carved out by water in the early years lol. You can fit about 100 people in it. They have put rail road ties up the back of the montain now for better footing. I know I will be huffing and puffing, but I really wanna try. If it is raining then game time we shall have.

Yesterday while watching the news..my learned the Denver Broncos fired long time coach Mike Shanahan!!!! We are big time Broncos fans and was in shock!! Don't know what is going to happen..lol..I know off topic but I was seriously floored.

ok going off to work..toodles ladies

Cyn, You'll probably find there are a lot of sports fans here. DH & I follow football and baseball closely. We were both shocked last night when he read OUT LOUD from nfl.com. They'll be sorry for it. We've always liked him too. (even though we're die hard NY Giants people) It's just a shame.

Dgramie Have a good time shopping for a dress for your daughter's wedding. It'll be a blast cuz you'll get to wear smaller you couldn't before. That'll motivate you to keep on going! I had dropped 2 sizes in 9 months from my daughter's wedding to my son's wedding when I first came here. My dsd is getting married next May and I can't wait to see what size I'll be then. Good luck and have a wonderful time. If you drink coffee or tea, stop at a cute little cafe for that a coffee or tea as a treat after you have your dress or between shops and stores. Is your daughter going with you?? Either way, I'm excited for you.

Sharon, Hang tough there girl! Hope you have a wonderful New Year too. If you drink tonight, be sure to have a glass of water between each drink. You'll feel better for it tomorrow.

GOOD NEWS! I will be able to draw unemployment while I look for a new job. I found out on line late last night and I am so relieved. It's not a lot, but it's a heck of a lot better than NOTHING!

I know it's only around noon here, but so far so good today being op. I'm saving up for tonight. I'm making salad with buffalo shrimp for a late lunch. I found a 1 pound bag of shrimp for $4 at Aldi's yesterday. I have home made buffalo wing sauce already made. Then DH is going to go out and rent a new to us movie. I'm making sweet and spicy home made meatballs, serving it with brown rice and steamed broccoli. I used to make my meatball sauce with jelled cranberry sauce and chili sauce ....until I looked at the ingredients. Now, I make my own sugar free cranberry sauce and will make my own chili sauce. I bought a can of organic tomato paste so I could get just plain tomato. I'm gonna add a little splenda, minced garlic, onion powder and pepper. I'll heat that and the cranberry sauce together and add it to my already baked home made meatballs and warm it all up. I'm gonna mix the broccoli with the rice, but it on the bottom of a serving platter and place my mini meatballs with cute little tooth picks. On another platter I'll do basic celery and carrots with a little salt and pepper sprinkled on top. Fortunately, we no longer like dip with our veggies. DD has a sugar free bubbly strawberry soda for midnight and we have one bottle of champagne. Remember, that's about 2 bottles of champagne and other alcohol less than past New Year's Eve celebrations.

I've got to start moving around here today. I never got my aprons or laundry finished. I'll check back in later today if I get the chance.

:newyear:

Hi gang,

A quick swing by. Need to go to the store to get some things for tonight, and need to clean some. And I need to get the last 25 minutes of exercise in to hit my 1000 minutes exercise. I wanted to say....I am back at my preholiday weight. It makes me prehappy to know it took about a week to get back, and several of those days were not good eating days. I feel back in the groove (although we are indulging for dinne a bit....we are having 5oz ribeye steaks, twice baked potatoes (from the Cooking Light magazine), and chocolate fondue for dipping strawberries). Yummo!!! And I think we are making mimosas with our champagne. That means I need to be very diligent the rest of the day to ensure I don't go over calories. If I am able to stay at the weight I am at today, I will have lost 7 pounds in December, even with the eating challenges. I am very happy with that!

Off to be a good kid. I think!

Happy New Year all. I look forward to us all being successful in 2009.
Angie