300+ Weekly Thread #1236
 

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Good morning all...

Yesterday we went to this place called Dave and Busters for my sons 19th birthday. We had a great time. I had nachos..which sucked. They were not normal nachos..they had all the fixins on it except instead of refried beans it was black beans and after all the toppings wee on it..they melted everything or deep fried it. Either way..I didnt like it! All that grease was not good for me. So I only ate about half of it.

Tonight is the Broncos game..yeah! I so do love football!

Hope everyone has a good monday

Getting ready to head to the pool. Even if I haven't lost any weight, I have heaps more energy. My doctor told me it would be nice if my outside looked as healthy as my insides do.

Has anyone heard from Annie?

Haven't been around much, ladies! I've been thinking of everyone though. Had a bad weigh-in last week. :( My first bad weigh-in actually. I gained 2 lb and it sucked. *sigh* And I let it get to me over the week I think, letting myself slip a couple of times where as I have been so successful up until now. However, I worked out really hard all week long.... and that's good... just slipped up on some food choices. Going to weigh-in today, and so nervous about it. :(
It Was SUCH a beautiful weekend here in north central Indiana! Today is chilly and gray though, and I feel like Winter is looming ahead... poking my brain with a stick saying "Brace yourself! I am coming! Muahahaha!" I really like Winter until after Christmas. Then I get over it really quickly, and it always wants to hang around until April. Ugh.

Hi everyone,

Sorry it has been so long. I've kind of just been hiding in bed with my dogs because I've been really low. The meds are finally starting to help I think though. I didn't expect the Zoloft to do anything but it seems to actually be helping.

Not sure where I am weight-wise, going to wait a bit longer to weigh.

Oh! I also got a new little puppy! His name is Oscar and he is a shih tzu!

Hi Ladies...tonight was a bad night and im kicking myself right now..I ate good all day and then i dont know what happened but my husband brought home pizzas from costco he got the mergherita for me and the 5 meat combo for him ( he doesnt like tomatoes) and mine was very good so good that i ended up eating 4 pieces ( yikes i know) but i didnt have any of his pizza but then after i ate that i found out that it was 630 calories a slice ( i thought it would be lower cause it seems like it would be a healthier pizza) anyway, then i had a craving for chocolate so i had one serving of dark chocolate bliss so i didnt go over my calories but came very close but i am just going to get back on with my diet tomorrow and i will burn alot of what i ate tonight off with my circuit training workout cause that burns 1500 cals but i am just so mad at myself cause i didnt stick to what i said i was only going to eat 2 pieces but it was soo good oh well whats done is done and im not going to let it ruin the 40 lbs that i have lost soo far..i have come to far i just needed to come on here and vent a little bit to you ladies soo thanks for listening

Heather

Well ladies, I lost 7 lb this past week! I'm baffled.... but I'll take it. This makes 32 lb total since I started Sept 18th. One more week left in my Y challenge... I'm really going to try and step it up this week. My partner and I are tied for second and oh so close to first place. We wanna win so bad! I'm kinda nervous for the challenge to end because of the motivation factor, but at this point I'm pretty confident that I will never turn back. :)

Did I mention all my pants are failling down? :D

morning ladies...

hippie: WTG on your losses!!

Pink: Glad you are back. post a pic of you new puppy!

hb: sometimes we just have to splurge. I know its easy to get down on yourself when you do..but try not to.

Catherine: I wish there was a heated pool here..I love swimming. Which it stays so hot here for so long in arizona you'd think they would keep the pools open longer..but nope! I have not heard from Annie..hoping she is doing better

As for me: Yesterday was terrible at work. The phone rang so much couldn't get much done. Hopefully today will be better. I watched football and sewed last night. I had not worked on my quilt in a while.

Hey ladies...kind of going through some things at the moment. Been MIA, just not really talkative. I don't handle stress well, as mentioned previously...

I hope everyone is well. My weight is up, down, up, down...annoying.

Hey guys!

Tonight I ate PIZZA and CHOCOLATE!!! :(
These are my 3 kids

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Hello Ladies

I am new to this website and just started dieting on Monday. Tonight we had a roasted chicken dinner with all the fixings. It was extremely difficult but I was able to remain focused. I have a long journey ahead of me but I am ready... :)

Welcome Heather...i have a long road ahead of me still too but finidng this 3fatchicks site has helped me alot with my weight loss this is the place to come and vent when you screw up and need some comfort and this is also a wonderful place to come and let everyone know about your achievements so welcome to the group!

Heather

Hey Everyone! :wave:

I am not new to the site, but new to posting. I've been lurking around here for a few years now and it's time to get involved! I haven't been able to start working out yet, which is a total buzzkill, but I am still recovering from the flu, so I am taking it easy. Also, has anyone noticed that if you have a toothache working out makes it feel worse? Maybe it's just me...

Looking forward to some with the kid tomorrow, since no work no school. Maybe we will go for a walk...


I can't wait to get to know everyone and hope you all have a wonderful evening!

Welcome Orca, is there a nicer name I can use?xxxx
I remember everyone getting Gazelles on here, I've bid on a 'platinum' Gazelle but there's no instructions with it & no matter what search I do I can't get any info on it's weight limit. Has anyone got one or knows the weight limit? thanks!xxxxx
Well I was doing great but last night I had some beer, why? I have no idea! Doh!!!
xxxxxsharon

ps Anyone heard from Zelma? I hope things are going well for her and her family.
xxxxxxsharon

Missed out on going to the pool today because it is Remembrance Day here and the classes were canceled. I can go tomorrow though, so I will be able to get my two in this week. The instructor on Monday seemed to have it out for us. I have never been to a water aerobics class that strenuous. I think she is an upper limit kind of teacher who wants to go as fast or faster than the fastest student, which is me. The little old ladies were practically dropping like flies and started just grouping up and talking. I thought I was going to have to take himself out of the pool with the big hook. Although this morning he looked at himself in the mirror, and said that he thought he was getting muscles. It was so cute. He's a serious nerd who never played a sport or did anything really physical growing up, so this is all new to him.

Went down to the cafe @ work today and had to pass up the Nacho's. Decided a cup of soup was a better choice. I have not dieted in such a long time I forgot how difficult it is. I have been walking the dog for about 15 minutes in the evening but other than that I have not really been exercizing. The doctor recently changed my Blood Pressure/water pill to Diamox and I am retaining a lot of water now making me very uncomfortable. We had to go with Diamox cause I had excess spinal fluid in my head. From what I understand overweight/obese woman are more apt to get this. Has anyone had any experience with this?

Hi Heather11, I've never heard of this fluid thing before BUT coming from the UK where we get free medical care we are often years behind AND Drs seem to keep us in the dark about tests etc. Good thing on the soup,:carrot: I'm like Homer:doh::drool: when it comes to Nachos (or Doritos), lol! No is VERY hard to say.xxxxxxx
Well I got the Gazelle, someone put a higher bid with 14 seconds to go & I just managed to type a higher bid before it closed, it makes me SO mad!! I was the only bidder until then. Hubby is fetching it tonight or Friday I'm excited, just hope I get on with it as well as Ammi did, wasn't it 100lbs lost or something? Anyone else had sucess or failure with Gazelles?
Where is everyone? So many 'regulars' aren't on here very often, if at all. COME BACK!!!!!!!;)
Pink, hope you have fun with your new pup, they can really help with depression, hugs & stroking are proven to be theraputic.xxxxxxxxx
Catherine, lol!!!about your husband, does exercise help his medical condition? It must be hard though when it gets so cold outside, all I want to do is snuggle under a quilt.xxxxxxx
xxxxxxsharon:hug:

Sharon I have a gazelle. Love it think Annie has one too. My only problem is that my hands fall asleep only after 10 min so I when I do it its only at 10 min intervals 4 or 5 times in a day. Some times that is good since some of the kids I babysit can only stay out of trouble for that long b4 then need to be redirected to a different activity.

Me again!!!!! I lost 3lbs SO happy!!!
xxxxxsharon

morning all...

Welcome to all the newbies! Glad to have ya!

Sharon: I have not heard from Zelma in a while..I too hope things are getting better for her. My friend had the gazelle a few years back. SHe was around 230lbs back then. THe only thing she said was her thighs rubbed together and she thought she was going to start them on fire lol

Catherine: Sounds like your water classes are going great! Muscle on the hubby..whoohoo!

11heather: Nacos are very hard to pass up! WTG on choosing better! ;)

As for me: My friend/co-worker told me yesterday at work that she watched Dr oz..and it was a show on MRSA. She looks right at me and says do you know you can die from that? Knowing all the crap and emotional **** i went through when i had it. I said to her..I am trying to not think about it anymore! She said do you know that you will always have it and you can pass it to people. I finally said to her..You can die from ALOT of things in this world..I am sure I will die of something! PEOPLE just make me so mad! She knows what **** I went through back then. Sometime people should just shut up! ( sorry for the mini rant lol) Now..I am on my paranoid thing again with it! Every little bump I get I panic.

Good morning ladies..not much new with me..taking today as my day off cause i did circuit training tuesday and wednesday and my shoulders are sore today so im giving my body a rest today but back to circuit training tomorrow! The scale was up a little today but i had alot of sodium yesterday and i think that is why so im gonna try to drink alot of water the next couple days and hope that it wont affect my weigh in on saturday morning! Well, got things to do i will talk to you ladies later

Heather

Good Afternoon all,

I have been gone for so long but I just wanted to pop in and say hello to you all and that I think about you all every day.

Things have been rough for me. I have gotten a bad tooth ache that needs a root canal but they won't touch it until the end of November for heart attack related reasons so I have been on antibiotics and pain meds. I have been having some major depression lately with everything at once.

I'm sure I will come out of it but just want to isolate for a bit so I don't contribute to anyone's mood. It is supposed to snow here tonight and it has been grey and gloomy so that maybe adding to my depression.

Taking things slowly as far as exercise goes cause that's all I can do. That is making me super sad. It feels like I was going 60 miles per hour then hit a brick wall.

So enough of my cheering you all up. lol. I will be back when I am in a better state of mind. KNow that I am thinking about you all, praying for you all and wishing the best of health for you all.

Blessings ,
Annie

Hello everyone! Hello newbies! Hello Winter... I can feel you coming.... lol. So found out today that after Monday's weigh-in my friend and I are merely .25% away from 1st place in our YMCA Better Weigh Challenge! I am workin' my BUTT off this week! So close to victory.... I know we can do it! I spent over 3 hours hiking and disc golfing today, and then did a 40 minute Indian folk-dancing workout I recorded on DirectTV. Gonna hit the gym tomorrow for a bit of circuit training, and then again later on for a Boot Camp class. I wanna win this thing SO bad!

Ummm, me AGAIN!! Has anyone had problems getting onto the site? All day today & some of yesterday I tried but kept getting 'connection problem' coming up.
Went on the Gazelle for a few minutes BUT as you said Cyn my thighs DO rub together but it was fun.
xxxxxxsharon
ps Hippiemom how did you do, did you win the YMCA comp you were in? xxxxx

Oh yeah Sharon,

Then entire site was down. Connection problems since late Thursday nite.

Glad it's back up! I missed you all.

Hugs,
Ratkity

Good afternoon ladies...lost 2 lbs this week! I have 7.7 lbs to go to make my goal of 50 lbs lost by december 19th which is exactly 5 weeks away..i picked that date because we have a xmas party that day on my husbands side of the family so i would really like to be down at least 50 lbs maybe more.

Today i went thru all my clothes in my closet to get rid of old tops that are stained or raggedy looking and i have 2 bags full plus i found a whole lot of tops that i can wear now so im excited about that plus i found a couple more holidays tops i can wear..i have a ton of holiday tops that i can finally wear that i havent been able to wear in about 10 years so i cant wait for thanksgivng to get here so i can start wearing them all..yippee!

I had trouble since yesterday morning logging on it it kept telling me that i couldnt connect to the site..it sucked! but im glad its back now and hopefully it will stay that way!

have a great saturday
Heather

Annie-Little or lots, we will take you however we can get you. Maybe when the snow hits the ground and everything is Norman Rockwell and fluffy, you'll feel a bit better. We don't call them dark nights of the soul because they fun. You know that you always have my prayers and best wishes.

Annie,

We are here for you, thick and thin.. for better or worse! OMG, we are like a marriage.. hehe.

You folks have helped me during times of high stress. Yes, I am like so many and isolate when I'm not doing well. A hug from my peeps here many times was the lift I needed to get thru another set of life's little experiences (I use that phrase loosely!).

For all of those going thru lots.. don't worry about being too depressing to post stuff.

Hugs to Annie and all my struggling lurkers and isolaters!

Ratkity

Annie: I am praying things get better for you. We are here for you no matter what..I know you know that.

As for me: I watched my niece today. We went to the library which was so much fun. She like her Auntie LOVE books. Then we came home and watch cartoons..lol ..she took a nap and then we had dinner. She didnt even cry when her mom left her here.

As always, well said Rat. You have all helped me so much.

Rat - do you have a surgery date yet?

Annie - I hope you are hanging in there, it sounds like you are. Thinking of you and sending you good and healing vibes *HUGS*

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I've been really quiet lately...I've been down myself, I think I'm in that group going through things that just sort of retreat to their inner self for a bit...

I dunno...blah blah.

Anyhow, my weight is the same...though I am on TOM and it is a lot lower than last month...perhaps that means something good.

*HUGS*

Funny you should ask... I just got my insurance approved Friday afternoon!!! This means a date sometime in January!!!!

I'm so excited. The biggest hurdle is passed.. ok, not just the insurance stuff and all the pre-op hurdles, but I finally told my Mom. BikerMa is an opinionated woman, but is open-minded and said she would be very supportive. One of my fears was that I'd have to deal with my own fears as well as hers (if that makes any sense). Again, a saying a good friend told me once comes to mind "Fear knocked, Faith answered and nothing was there". It's amazing how my lizards become instant dragons.. just add my imagination!

Hugs,
Ratkity

kayley: I am not even sure what we are doing for thanksgiving. My sister will be at her mother in laws and my aunt is going to her daughters. We may just go out to eat and take a drive not sure

Jacquie: miss your posts! I know what you mean though...try not to be hard on yourself..work it out and get back to posting

As for me: I cleaned a bit today. I also got a card done for OWH. The V-day cards are due out in the mail by Jan 5th soo I am working on those and also general cards. I am waiting for the Cardinals game to come on. Then I will retreat to sewing.

My brother FINALLY got a job. Well his old job back just at a different place. I am hoping he can start helping with bills in Jan. Well I knwo he will, just don't know how much yet. It was suppose to be $440 a month, but I know that his pay went down some. But hey even if we go $400 you cant find a place cheap like that here.

Good afternoon, ladies! I hope you all had a great weekend. I finally start my 2nd internship tomorrow, working for the county judge. I'll be doing lots of stuff, and it's going to be a busy 6 weeks for me, as I have to put in 132 hours of unpaid work by December 12th. Yikes! At least I'm out of school until December 1st, so I can concentrate fully on that (just need to catch up with some homework).

Ratkitten - That's just great that you were approved! Wow...January will be here before you know it! :) I'm glad that you've got a support system at home, too. So crucial.

Cyn - Glad to hear about your brother. I haven't been on much, been so busy, I never got a chance to ask if you're all settled in the new place? How are you liking it?

Good Morning everyone! We'll its still morning for another 20mins for us in Hawaii. I'm new to the group and look forward to getting to know all of you lovelies.

Kayley - Thanksgiving this year I am with my parents as usual, but I will be doing half of the cooking. My mom will be cooking all the traditional food and I have decided to throw in 3-4 dishes that are healthy and tasty. As long as I don't let my dad know before he eats it that they are healthy I'm sure he'll enjoy them. After he tries it then He's okay with it being healthy for him.

I guess he figures most healthy food is bland.

I've decided to do my exercising at night before i take my shower and go to bed since in the morning my son is all over the place and I spend most of my time chasing after him.