Sharon - That sounds horrible! I am glad it isn't broken though, and hopefully Steve will give you a few days of pampering.

I have been exhausted the last few nights - not sure why - and haven't been able to stay up to my normal time. But, I was very proud of myself this morning because I got up and made myself breakfast before going to work. I had an egg and a Thomas' light multigrain english muffin, along with some fruit and a cup of coffee. It was really nice to take the time to do that. I think I am going to work hard to keep that up. Who knows - maybe at some point I will shift into being more of a morning person.

One of the areas that I have been really working with recently is portion control. Before, I don't think I could have just eaten one egg and felt satisfied. It had nothing to do with what my stomach actually felt, but how I percieved one egg. I have been trying to retrain my brain that I don't actually need as much food as I think I did to be satisfied. This is not easy, but I am making progress. It is definitely one of the things that I am finding that needs to be done gradually. Trying to alter that overnight would be extremely difficult.

Ammi - WOW!!!!! You can see quite a difference all over and especially in your face but also in your stomach area.

Brenda - Is your favorite store Penningtons? I loved shopping there when I lived in Canada. I hope you find some good bargains.

Misti - That is great that the scale is moving again.

Ammi! You look Terrific! You look YOUNGER as well as slimmer! on hitting the 50 lb loss! I seem to remember you saying you always stop and gain back at 35 - NOT THIS TIME LADY! You are on your way and nothing will stop you now!

nancy ~ yup! Things are SO on sale. I am heading back there as soon as I finish up here. My friend showed up a little while ago with a 50.00 gcert for me for my birthday. I'll fill you all in on the deals later tonight

Brenda

Ammi-- you look great. I agree you look younger and slimmer! I see such a big difference and you are looking so good. Your face looks wonderful and again you still look so young to me.

Ammi -- You look great!! Definitely a difference -- I see cheekbones!! I just miss your smile from some of your other pics!

Ammi those pictures look great!

Afternoon, Ladies!

Brenda: I'm new so I don't know your story but WOW! Did you lose all that weight with SBD? I am just starting back out on it so you have completely inspired me! Thank you!!

Sharon: How awful for you! Thank goodness you have someone there to help take care of you -- as much help as they are, right? Chin up! Think good, healthy thoughts and take care of that ankle!

Nancy: If you do figure out how to retrain your brain, let us all in on the secret!!!

Day two for me on SBD and doing all right! I've managed to make it to the gym two days this week -- Monday and today. I think I've figured out the source of my pain thanks to my massage therapist friend. So instead of 20 minutes on the treadmill before weights, I did the eliptical first. Sadly, I can only do 8 minutes on that BUT that is one minute up from where I was before. So woohoo for that!

So glad to see how much progress you guys have all made. You all inspire me!!

Hi all..

I'm trying to see Ammi's new pics but I don't know where to look? I looked in the member galleries but I can't seem to find them. Can anyone help me? I'm lost!

AAAAA! The past few days have been horrible diet-wise. I haven't walked since Saturday, because we've had so much going on and I have eaten a lot of things (and too much of it) that I shouldn't have. ugh! I'm disgusted! And my mother-in-law announced upon her arrival today that she is staying with us for three weeks. yikes. just yikes.

But tomorrow, it's back on track (hopefully!)

Sharon ~ Oh my goodness.... I am so happy you are doing ok.

SugarKube~ No it wasn't ALL sbd but some of it certainly was. Before then I was exercising A LOT and counting calories. And Thank You

newsnerd ~ Sorry to hear you have been stressed! Jump right back on the wagon. We are only defeated when we quit

Gonna head to bed now. Talk to you all tomorrow
Brenda

Abbeycat -- Pictures should be in a thread stickied at the top of the forum.

Brenda ... keep forgetting to tell you happy birthday hun lol ... sooo HAPPY BIRTHDAY! probably wayyy belated .. but never hurts to have an UNBIRTHDAY too

Sharon .. oh you poor thing! I have had both of my ankles broken NUMEROUS times .. in fact .. I broke one on my way to hosp for a final check up on the last one I broke rofl .. talk about a clutz .. BUT I havent had a broken bone for 5 years now (knocking on a lot of wood), and dont be so hard on yourself hun ... one thing I realised when I broke my ankle once .. regardless of how big I was it was a lot easier the 2nd, 3rd and 7th time I did it rofl (did I mention I was a clutz??)

AmmiUK .. great goin hun You look fantastic too Keep up the great work.

Today has been an ok day for me .. Im still not a morning person .. but I get up to get my daughter off to school, have my breakfast then Im naughty and crawl back to bed ... but I probably wouldnt do that if I slept at night lol .. well . I do .. but not until early hours of the morning.

My Jenny Craig is going ok .. there is still too much food for me to take in each day .. think I have worked out that its not how much I have eaten .. but WHAT I have eaten ... mainly junk food .. that has put on all my weight .. all that comfort eating ... and OMG was I tempted yesterday ... just found out my daughter had booked up over $600NZ of text bills to those stupid code sites ... just about cried .. actually I did cry ... and all I kept on thinking about was the chocolate yogurt in the fridge ... but I stayed strong and ended up talking to a friend later on told her what happened then did my usual of making her crack up laughing with my sarcasm about it rofl ... had to laugh ... get sick of salt water otherwise

Im getting rather nervous about my first weigh in tomorrow .. I know I have stuck to the plan .. and have done SOME exercise (not as much as I should I know but every little bit is better than none at all ... even took the dogs for a walk to the end of the block and back today!) .. but the scales just wont stay in one place .. crappy things .. so I dont think I have lost anything .. and then my TOM keeps coming and going .. so I dont know if thats gonna affect it or not .. oh boy .. me ramblin .. anyway ... will know tomorrow if its working or not I suppose .. cant wait for my hunny to get the better set of scales .. but that is another week away yet lol .. never thought I would see myself type about WANTING scales lol .. usually Im happy to hide the darn things ... but I do feel better ... sorry for babbling peeps

Good Morning All,

Ah bliss, I have a full day of doing nothing. I should be doing some housework, but it's too hot, and I am fed up of having not enough time to catch up with all you lovely people here. So today 3FC comes first, and if I have time later when it's cooler I may just do my cleaning then One thing I really must do is my exercise. I know I walked a lot on my birthday and have been busy since, but I hate that I haven't had chance to go on my Gazelle Rider since Saturday. Today I will definitely be working out while listening to one of my new CDs

Brenda - sorry this is delayed in coming, but on your few lbs lost!!

What a great idea to make Bling Bling for little kids, I hope you will photo some of your stuff one day so that we can see how talented you are

I have enjoyed reading your blog, I hope you don't mind that I put a comment on there. If you do, I can delete it, and I won't add any more

Nelie - I hear you on the butt being bigger than your top half. If I was to wear a top that only went to my waist I could wear a 22/24 no problem. But because I want my tops long so they cover my butt and my belly I have to buy 26/28. Saying that though, it's not just a 'fat' thing. My step daughter has a tiny top half, AA cup size boobs, she has a little waist, so tops are a size 10. Her jeans need to be a 14 though because her butt is her biggest part, but because her waist is tiny she always has to wear a belt because the waist line on jeans etc is massive on her in order for the butt area to fit. So as I said, it's definitely not just a 'fat' thing

Angie - well done on being another 3 lbs down, you are doing so fabulously You are now a member of TWOTOWN it's fantastic news!!! I am sure you will lose that last 5 lbs you want before your hubby comes home. I can't wait to hear his reaction when he sees the weight you have lost.

Did you find the Picture Page with my pics on it. In case you didn't, this link should work http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...t=34758&page=5 My pics are on post 63.

Rkrs - How are things in St Louis now, I hope everybody has power again now. I should think they do considering I have been absent for a few days.

Thanks for your kind words about my weight loss and my photos. It took me a while to see that I do look a bit smaller in the full length photo, but was more than happy that at least my weight loss is obvious in my face

SugarKube - hi and a belated to you. Did you make it to the gym later in the day after you had finished looking after the kiddies?

How often are you intending to weigh yourself? I just noticed that you said you weighed as it was your official start day and that you were still the same weight. I personally hate the scales, and wish I didn't have to get on them ever I did weigh once a month, but realised that if I was doing something wrong I wouldn't know for a month to make any diet or exercise changes etc, so now I force myself to weigh weekly.

NightKatt - hello and a belated to you too. I see your first goal is to be in Twotown, it's not far away, I am sure you are going to be there before you know it How did your first WI go today.

Well done on not giving in to that chocolate mousse in the fridge when you discovered your daughter had run up such a huge bill Rest assured you are not the only parent that has had the misfortune of having that happen. I know two other people who have recently been in the same boat. How old is your daughter? I am guessing she is in big trouble right about now!!

Has Sharon (voodoo) introduced herself to you yet? It's no secret, so I am sure I am not letting the cat out of the bag but she has been thinking about emigrating to NZ. Lucky her, and lucky you for actually living there now! I used to live in Australia, and I had a few cruises with my family that took us to NZ as one of the ports we called at.

Misti - so glad to hear you have lost another lb With the heat a lot of us are having it's no surprise that the lbs are slower coming off.

I love how you put your icy drink inside your waistband when you went walking, great idea. Good on you for still exercising despite the heat. I am loving the summer we are having here, but I do hate it at night when it's too hot to sleep. I have an air cooler blowing on me all night, plus Daren installed a ceiling fan, and we are still melting

Sharon - my poor dear friend, how is the ankle today? I hope it's not too painful, but I am sure that hobbling around on crutches in this weather is no fun. Is Steve taking time off work to look after you and the boys? You take care and I hope you are up to sitting at the PC so we can chat soon

Nancy - I think it's a great idea trying to train youself to realise that one egg, or a small portion of something is still going to be able to satisfy your hunger. It's funny how the mind can sabotage us. I only have one tip that I read online once about having smaller meals. Don't serve them up on big plates. Change to a smaller plate so that it is full and you don't see a tiny looking meal lost on a big plate

Thanks for the compliments on the photos. I didn't think there was a noticeable difference in the full length pic. But after your comment on my tummy I went and examined the photos better, and yes, I do believe that my tummy looks smaller. Thank you

Lilion - oh yes you are definitely right when you say not this time lady about me stopping at 35 lbs and gaining it back again. I am so thrilled to have past that number and that I KNOW I am going to get to my goal this time!!! Thanks for the compliments on my pics, I was worried about posting them but I am glad I did now

Heather - I am glad you could see a difference in my pics, I am so happy that it's not just Daren who assured me that both pics showed my weight loss He's my hubby, I thought he was just being nice It's funny about my not smiling in the photos. The first lot I was feeling miserable in because I was so ashamed of my size, and then as I wore the same clothes for the progress pics I automatically did the same face I promise my next progrss pics will have me with a big smile on my face

Patti - how are you doing with the exercise and eating now, are you enjoying WW? Thanks for the compliments on my pics, much appreciated

Newsnerd - Hi and a belated from me. I hear you on MILs, one year I was going to have surgery so my MIL was coming to help out for a week or two. The surgery ended up being cancelled (bed shortage) and MIL decided she would stay 6 weeks!!!! I was about ready to pull my hair out by the time she finally decided to leave!!! I hope you don't end up in the same state by the end of your MILs 3 week stay.

Don't be disgusted with yourself about not getting your exercise in and eating more than you should have. Bad feelings like that probably make you want to eat more? So forget about it and move onwards again

I am sorry if I haven't commented on what others have said on previous threads, I am too far behind to catch up I just want to say to any newbies I haven't been around to welcome, to those here who have lost weight and/or had NSVs and big to all those who are having a hard time of it now. Take care all,

Hugs,

Ammi