Heather~Welcome and best of luck to ya... Take Care and looking forward to your posts.

Hello All,

Am I the only one who still can't see the tickers on the posts? I notice that nobody is moaning about them being gone today? Also the site is really really slow, pages take ages to come up, anybody else notice that?

Crock - wow that's great that you had a loss despite Aunt M's visit. You will probably have an even bigger loss next time. How are you doing with the exercise equipment?

That's cute that your dog has a 'date' tomorrow, let's hope she enjoys herself ;)

You are right about men losing weight easier, at least I don't have to worry about Daren getting moody about it all, he isn't even trying to lose weight!

Val - hi :wave: thanks for telling me more about Eagle Pass, it does sound like a nice place to VISIT :lol: I have always fancied seeing Mexico. A friend got married there and she hated having to leave.

I hope your sister's inducement goes well and that the baby is born on your birthday :D I went in to be induced on the 23rd of May, and Beth was born at 3.36 on the 24th of May, 12 hours of labour all in. So if you would love this baby of your sister's to be born on your birthday I hope she has a quicker labour than I did. I love that you are already planning to find the baby the best pony ever :D

SueMarie - darn it, why did you have to get on those scales again?? Well at least you know that by the next time you have an official weigh in you will be way under that 350 mark :D

It's so weird isn't it how everybody loses weight at different paces even if they do the same diet. When I used to go to WW I was always amazed at how our weight loss differed. There were a few of us at my size, on the same points, and from what I gathered we were all as active as each other, yet some weeks I might lose 7 lbs, and they would lose nothing, or visa versa. I wish there was a legal safe drug on the market that we could take to speed up our metabolisms. I bet that would make all the difference. My brother lost 140 lbs by dieting, and taking Speed. He didn't tell me that was what he was on at the time, and I was so thrilled for him. I asked him if he could get me some of the tablets he had, and that's when he admitted what they were. Well as much as I want to shift this weight, I wouldn't go to those extremes. Incidentally, he has put back on all the weight he lost!

MariaLucia - I could kiss you :D I have been trying to be positive about my hubby's weight loss compared to my own, and I have been doing ok. But I was so happy to read the information you wrote about why men lose weight faster than women. It all makes a lot of sense and I don't feel like I am just making excuses to myself about why he lost 4 lbs without even trying. Well I have decided to not put exercise off anymore. I might not be able to do much, if having more muscle will help burn off the fat, then more muscle I want :D

Sorry that you missed out on your hike, but it sounds like you got a lot achieved instead.

Julee - sorry to hear you have such a bad headache and aren't feeling your usual buzz after a work out. I hope you aren't coming down with something. Rest up, and hopefully you will feel much better soon.

Heather - hello and :welcome: Sounds like you are more than ready to lose the weight now and that will help you with all the will power that you need. I hear you on the thinking sometimes that you don't need to worry about losing weight because you have such a wonderful husband who loves you for who you are, weight and all. But we have to lose weight for ourselves, for our health, and our happiness. You have come to the right place for all the support you need from women all in the same boat as us. We can do this, we WILL do this :hug:

Ok better go, might pop back later, if not I will be back tomorrow. Bye for now,

Hugs,

Ammi :grouphug:

Ammi~ YUP the tickers are driving me CRAZY as well as the slow loading pages.. I have been on here a lot today,, I have done nothing today, been outside a little.. it is cold here, and basically been a Puter nerd all day.. The excercising is okay.. 3 times a week... Kim did not get to work on her house, due to OUTside work, and it has been rainy and cold today.. plus her brother never went to bed till day light , he usually gets up around 1pm or so.. I hope he gets a better schedule worked out if he is going to help her..

Hi all,

I haven't had a chance to go back and read all the posts since I was last on. I just stopped by to put my tracker back. I'm waiting for a phone call and I still have dial up. Yuch. I'll come back later tonight.

Blessings,
Dogpal / Annie

My First small goal
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Crock - I posted in the announcements section on the thread about the tickers. The moderator said that it's probably only a few people that are still having problems with seeing the tickers. Apperently the site that they paid for to host them they now have stopped using and they are back on the old server. The codes won't change though and the tickers should work, but it takes anything up to three days for it all to go through or something. So I guess we just have to hang in there and hope we get to see the tickers again soon. I do miss them, plus the slowness is driving me nuts too.

Glad you are exercising so well, 3 times a week is a good start. Then if the weight does start to slow down coming off you can just increase the exercise accordingly. How is your knee coping?

Annie - :wave: did you notice which picture I now have in my avatar :D

OK really going to bed now. Take care all and bye for now,

hugs,

Ammi :grouphug:

Ammi~ My knee is giving be fits.. it has been spazzing and locking up .. but It could be the weather causing it, arthritis..... I am up to 15 minutes on the Gazelle... and I find myself wanting to get on it out off schedule.. so that is a good sign,, I go to the Doctor Thursday for a follow up on the right leg swelling.. but the Left Bad knee is acting up, I think it is because I am babying the right leg so much and it is puttin strain on the Left leg..

Julee – Those are some AWESOME NSV’s!!! You must feel so GOOD! I can’t wait until I can shop at even Old Navy…they’ve got some CUTE clothes! :)

Ammi – I am loving the new pic!!! You guys look absolutely adorable!! And you are just BEAMING! I’m so glad you are happy. You have every reason to be smiling!!! :bravo: I’m really really hoping for a loss this week. I’m going back to basics, and I will NOT let myself fail! I was bad, and ate two Oreos on Sunday right after my disappointing weigh in. So counter-productive! I’m going to work my BUTT off (not that there’s much there…lol), and I WILL SEE A LOSS THIS WEEK! Looks like they fixed the tickers…although, not like it matters much…I need to move mine back up to 295! :( MEN ARE SO FRUSTRATING! Andrew will go on a low carb diet for two days, lose 6 pounds, and then go off of it, and KEEP THE WEIGHT OFF. And then when he feels like losing a little bit more, he does it again. Granted, he’s a weight lifter…but STILL! lol. SUPERB JOB on your loss AGAIN! :D They are just MELTING off! :)

Sue – That sounds GREAT! Sounds like you’ve got it all planned out! :) I’m hoping to use my free week at Curves next week, and maybe that’ll help out, too…I wanna see the 280’s so BAD…heh.

Sharon – So glad you are hopping right back on! As for South Beach…the only difference that I really noticed in my bowel movements, is that I only go once every other day now. I used to be a steady once a day gal…hehe…a bit too much information, but you asked! lol. As for tummy problems, I haven’t really noticed anything like that for me. It’s a great plan, and it really works! :) Gives you a lot of freedom, too. Good luck!

Zelma – OH MY! In a way, I’m glad that they didn’t tell you as well…I know if it would have been me, I would have been dwelling on that, and would get nothing done. I’m so glad it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. I’ve seen the effects that cancer & chemo have on a person. My mom’s had stomach, and recently colon cancer, my grandmother & great grandmother died from stomach cancer, and my aunt had skin cancer. And it makes me very happy to know that you aren’t going to have to go through what they did. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. :hug:

Val – OH!!! I’ll bet you are so excited! Hope everything goes well with the birth!!!

Heather – Hello and :welcome3: to 3FC, and to our board!!! What program are you going to be following (diet, exercise, or a combo of the both?) I look forward to getting to know you better, and I know you will have success here! Accountability here is wonderful, and so are the ladies. We had a gent, but I think he got scared off! Hehe. Best of luck to you, girl.

Annie – I’m suffering on dialup too…hehe.


I think I overdid it on the Buns/Thighs dvd yesterday. I guess there’s a reason it’s only 10 mins long…hehe. I did it twice, and now today, it hurts just to WALK. I need to learn how to listen to my body, when it’s said that it’s had enough! Kind of a lazy day, as my legs are killing me. If I’m feeling up to it, I might do some upper body stuff later on. Tomorrow, it’s back to job hunting…lucky ME…-sigh- Buchanan Meadows (the nursing home I ‘work’ at), called me today. They want me to work on Saturday….I really don’t feel like doing them any favors. I’d make about $40 after taxes, and that would all go in my gas tank…not even really worth it. Not after what they did to me…I’m not going to cover for someone. Nope. That may sound *****y, but OH WELL! Lol

We’re missing a LOT of people. Vicki, Catherine, Garnet, Jill, Luan (although, she’s probably busy busy with the makeup! Hehe), Brandnewme, and whatever happened to Mokster?!

Just a quick "drive by" post because I haven't got a whole lot to report. I was a little worried going back to work today because that tends to be a trigger for me to eat my way through the day. Well, not today! Granted, I did not eat only Core food today but that is because on Mondays we have a lunch staff meeting where we eat what is served. Today was spaghetti and meatballs withs garlic bread. Chocolate cake for dessert. I decided I would just eat it, count it, and move on. And that's just what I did. Later in the afternoon I felt hungry so I had a piece of fruit and some yogurt. All in all a good day...especially for a Monday!!! :lol:

I need to eat something for dinner, but not feeling much like it. Actually those meatballs were a bit "mystery meatish" and now I am feeling a but pukey. Blah.

Have a good evening, all.

Hiya! This is just a drive-by post to say that I think you guys are all so positive and encouraging and just generally such a great bunch. I lurk a bit but don't post because I get overwhelmed by all the postings that accumulate in my absence. But, I just wanted you all to know that you have groupies (well, at least one)! :)

AmmiUK – What can I say… curiosity is my biggest weakness! I just wanted to see how much I blew things from all that eating I did on Mother’s Day. I feel good though, it really wasn’t as bad as I thought heheheh…I have to admit, you are right about how differently everyone looses. That is why, when I first started loosing Weight, I took a picture of me at the start. When I think 30lbs, I go HOLY COW! That’s a lot of weight, but when I looked at myself I just didn’t see how the heck I lost it or where the heck I lost it. When I compared before and after pictures, I did see it and it was dramatic too… My friend who was loosing right along with me, you couldn’t see much of her before and after pictures. She’s about same size as me, and she lost a little more than I did ( I think 45 ). I wish there was a miracle drug as well… safe and legal…

Kayleystar – I’m with you! I would just be happy to be out of the 300’s… once I get into the 200’s I’ll work for the 275’s 250’s and so forth hehehe…baby steps!

It’s been quite a day… I got 3 papers due in the next two days and I only have 2 started… :yikes: I’m falling a little behind… just a little! Next week my observation portfolio is due as well as yet another paper UGH! I think it might be 2 papers, I’d have to check… but man, everything is coming down hard now…Thursday I’m bringing my parents Brittny’s old bed since we got her a new loft bed with a desk under it. Works out great for space saving! Then I’m going to pick up the treadmill from them and set it up right away so I can start working out on it instead of doing late night walks through the neighborhood. To many loose dogs… *shudder* Okie I’ve gotta run, you all take care!

Smooches!

Hi Ladies just stopping by to read.

Zelma I am so sorry about the news. The good thing with biopsies is that they can detect it early and the size..and get it out of there. Good luck!! I wish you well.

Catch yall ladies tomorrow.

Zelma posted the above quote in the exercise thread. I thought I'd comment on it here, since the exercise thread isn't really a discussion thread.

One of the things that happened to me after I got sad in dance class this Sat. (for those who missed my previous post - I got sad at how large my body is) is that I started feeling awkward and clumsy and uncoordinated. I felt really bad about myself and I kep f**ing up the choreography which of course lead me to feel even worse about myself and kept me messing up. It was a conditioned response, steming from being a kid. Still, I talked myself through it, and with the encouragement of my dance teacher and of my fellow classmates I got over the painful part and got back to being coordinated and having fun.

Ever since that experience, I've been thinking about being a kid in school and having "gym" class be all about teams. In my school, "gym class" was never an elective - for me it was 12 years of sheer ****!!! With me being the uncoordinated, shy, and as a teenager also fat, kid...well, I always got picked last for whatever team. Needless to say, I always, for 12 long years, felt humiliated; the experience was horrible for my self esteem...and of course, I didn't perform well in whatever I was supposed to be doing (baseball, soccer, basketball, etc.).

There are some programs in the US that are advocating giving children more alternatives to moving - with team sports being only one option so that the kids like me still develop their fitness through non-competitive aerobics - including dance class, using exercise equipment like treadmills, etc. I think it is a grand idea!

Zelma, I wish my teachers included dancing as part of "gym class," especially free-form dance like you describe; it would have made a WORLD of difference in my life. On behalf of all the shy, uncoordinated, self-conscious, non-competitive kids in your class, and on behalf of the little kid inside me who worked through painful periods of awkwardness in dance class this weekend, THANK YOU.

Hi everyone--:)

I haven't been here for a while. I've been kind of depressed since my scale hasn't been moving at all:( and I just haven't had the energy to come here because of that. That is so awful because you all give me so much inspiration--I just feel bad when I'm "stuck". I hate to say it, but as happy as I truly am for all of you when you're losing--there's a part of me that gets kind of jealous--which is why I end up not coming. I feel like such a schmuck! :( I decided today that I'm just going to get over myself and come back though. I've been missing you all too much. I'll try to make some individual posts later--I just wanted you all to know what's up. :)

I haven't gained any weight, but I haven't lost any more either. *sigh* I don't know how Catherine did it that one time she told us about. :?: Remember, where she stayed the same weight for 5 months and still kept doing her diet and not giving up? Part of the reason I haven't lost weight is that I ate a "healthy" breakfast of Salt & Vinegar potato chips for breakfast the other day, today I ate peanut butter cup like candy--I won't tell you all about the Cocoa Pebbles I've been eating for breakfast either--all no-no's for my diet. That's it! In the morning I'm going to re-start my low carb diet and get my butt back to the gym. This feeling sorry for myself is getting ridiculous! :p See what happens when I come here for just a few minutes? INSPIRED--that's what I am. Thanks ladies.

Maria Lucia--I never ended up measuring myself because I couldn't find the measuring tape. :mad: It wasn't where I thought it was. Anyway--I just found it today so I'll post my measurments tomorrow. I saved the formula so wish me luck!

Have a good one. :grouphug:

Vicki