300+ And Ready To Try again.. #964
 

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Thankful Thursday
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Brenda - I LOVED the photos of the flowers in your garden, how gorgeous are they!! You want to come and plant some of those beauties in my garden??

Nelie - it's funny how people differ isn't it. I can't stand short tops, you can't stand long ones. Another reason I have to stick to long tops though is that I have an ileostomy (similar to a colostomy) and a nice long baggy top helps to keep that disguised :lol:

I definitely hear you about the boyfriend losing weight. I remember one week which a few of the people here will remember, I was dieting like an angel. My hubby ate what I ate, but also had lots of treats, treats I was a good girl and said no to. When it came to weighing I had lost 2 lbs, and was happy with that. Hubby weighed and despite not being on a diet, and having the treats, he lost 4 lbs. What's up with that, :lol: I was so miffed. Oh I know I should have been pleased for him, but come on, how unfair for a non dieter to lose 4 lbs, when I only lost 2!!! I had a lot of good advice when I came on here to moan about it, the most important was to remember that men DO lose weight quicker than women. It's an unfair fact of life and we just have to lump it :lol: Just think though, when you get to goal you will appreciate even more just what effort you put into losing the weight.

Rkrs - thank you :hug: I appreciate your comments and believe you when you say you aren't just being nice :D

Oh boy things are still bad in St Louis, that's really awful. Yes you are blessed to still have your power, and you are wonderful helping out at the childrens home. Do they have any idea how long it will be before the power is back on and people can go back to their own homes?

As for the exercise ball, I would be exactly like you, I would feel really low about it. But then I would think to myself, hey, I'm not that heavy now, and either I bought a ball that didn't take my weight, or perhaps it was faulty. And come on, if the roads can be melting in the heat, I am sure exercise balls could be weakened by the heat! So, don't be down, let hubby buy you another exercise ball and enjoy using it again :hug:

Crock - how are you doing today? I hope all is well, and that you aren't feeling as low as you were the other day :hug:

Sharon - sorry I didn't get to catch you online again this afternoon. I had a sleep and then I went to work out, and then I cleaned the house. Did you get some good bargains from the shop?

Idril - I see you started this thread, but no post from you yet? Is everything ok?

Annie, Kayley, Valerie, Jilly, Christineau, Zelma, Maria Lucia, Mel, Vicki, Julee, Lilion, Heather, Xena, Alison, Angie, Juliet, and anybody else I am too thick to remember :lol: I hope you are all well, looking forward to hearing from you all soon.

Hugs,

Ammi :grouphug:

Ammi-I know this is really late but thanks for saying you liked my avatar! It's my nephew and me on my birthday. He is my only nephew and I seriously love him! When we get together, I become a 6 year old and we just play. Actually I have that picture as my desktop. He is just so adorable.
You're pictures are AMAZING! You can see SUCH a difference! :carrot: :carrot: Way to go! :whoo:
BTW thanks for checking up on me. I am good! I have been dealing with emotional junk lately, but that is nothing new. LOL I actually have been writing a post for like an hour now. I keep getting distracted by my music. LOL
Heather-I know this is a week late but I wanted to comment on if I could wake up thin tomorrow would I? The first thought that crosses my mind is OMG **** YEAH! And I thought about it for a minute and realized that no, I wouldn't want to wake up thin. I have a lot of emotion ties to my being overweight. My fat is my safety and my buffer to the outside world and especially to men. Going through this process is bringing up a lot of emotional stuff that normally I run from. In the past when trying to lose weight I would get to about 20-30 lbs lost and would basically freak out and stop. Since I have now hit 30 lbs lost (:carrot:) the past couple of weeks have been very trying and I have had to figure out what I can do besides keep on this excess weight to make me feel safe. If I were to wake up tomorrow thin, I wouldn't know how to deal with my emotions and feeling safe. Which would just put me back in the place I am now. So being thin for one day just wouldn't be worth it, because thats about how long I would stay thin. Heh.
Sugarkube-I know this is late but :welcome3: :balloons:
Abbeycat-WTG on twoderland! :carrot: Say goodbye to 300's forever!
Nightkatt-I haven't welcomed you yet and said Hi, soooo HI! :wave: Congrats on the NSV of not eating the Chocolate. Sometimes it's the little things that you have to be proud of. The little things are what keep you going towards the big goal! And I know all about the TOM screwing up the WI's. I have such a problem with carrying a ton of water weight. And it doesn't seem to matter how much water or salt I intake. My mom has the same problem though.
Misti-A pound is a pound! It is nice when you are in a slump and you see a loss. And that idea about putting the water bottle in your pants is AWESOME! I bet that feels so good. Trust me, I know the grossness of it being so hot. It has been hard to work out because I am afraid that I will get heat exhaustion with it being in the hundreds.
Sharon-:eek: Oh no! I am sure no one thought that it was because you were fat that you broke your ankle. And if they did they need to get over themselves because seriously. If being fat made you break your ankle then I should have broken bones constantly. ;) Sorry about the horrible nurse. Sounds like he was a jerk. You are still doing amazing!
rkrs-Honey, don't beat yourself up about that. Unfortunatly stuff like that happens. When I was working at Disney World I broke a chair. A little plastic green one. I felt like such a fat idiot. And I beat myself up over it. Did it help? No, it just made me want to say forget it, I am just going to be fat for the rest of my life and I will just have to deal with it. But now realize what you have accomplished. You have lost 77 lbs!!!! THAT IS HUGE! You look amazing! And think about it this way. You broke it while you were trying to work out. You worked it out to death. It was like ok I am done, you are too tough for me and that is it. ;) Get yourself a new one and say **** yeah, I kicked its butt and had to get a new one!
Zelma-Any news from the mag yet?

Everything is going ok on this front. I have lost another 2 lbs! Making it an even 30! :carrot: :carrot: Finally I lost all the water weight from the TOM and it being so hot! I also peaked at the scale this morning and things are still going in the right direction! I think I finally got over my little plateau for the time being. *knock on wood* And it turns out the dude appologized for being a jerk! :eek: Yeah it surprised the heck outta me. I wanted to say "did that hurt? Do you need to lay down now?" LOL But I didn't and we are ok. So I actually am going to Michigan. I will still be going camping though. I will camp for 4 days (the 5th through the 8th and then go to Michigan from the 9th to the 16th. I thought about not going even after he appologized but realized that we have been friends for 5 years and it is time. I need to do this, I don't know why but hopefully I will find out.
Wow, ok this has turned into a novel and I need to get ready for work. I hope everyone is doing alright, :hug: to those who need it, and :carrot: for those who are losing!

Hi everybody!!! Glad to see everyone is keeping on keeping on, even with the heat. It was a bit cooler here today; "only" about 80 I think but it is supposed to be cooler for the weekend hope hope hope.

Ammi, great pix! Thanks for posting.

Sharon, what a bum deal about your ankle! Glad you are okay, and take care of yourself!!!

Blessings to all

Looks like I'll be getting that promotion to Administrative Marketing Assistant...so I'm pretty excited about that. Just been working a lot lately...not much free time except to really exercise. Got to over 2,300 mins so far this month! And I thought I was only going to be able to do 900 mins at the most! Andrew goes in for the vasectomy tomorrow...although, he's not at all nervous. I'm off now, but I'll try and stop in when I can, ladies!

Brenda - Chica, we've lost the same amount! We're awesome! :)

Welcome to the new gals...I've sorta been slacking lately, but I used to be a regular here...heh. I'll get better, I swear! :)

Misti - Still losing, I see! ;) GO YOU!

Sharon Sounds like you had a HORRENDOUS time at the hospital yesterday! I'm just glad you are better now.

Ammi - GREAT photos! You are looking so svelte! :)

Nelie - Andrew isn't trying to lose weight either....men get all the luck! lol

Thankies idril for the welcome ... I love the piccy of your avatar with your nephew .. I have 5 nephews & 2 nieces as well as my daughter .. and it was seeing a pic of me with my youngest ones and daughter than made me realise how big I had really gotten .. yuck! But your won looks ab fab .. great to see someone keep their childhood within reach :) An ab fab on another goal reached :)

rks -- hopefully things get better over there soon for everyone in your area. We have had floods in our area for the last 2 weeks and are still waiting for the loos to work in some areas .. fortunately our street was one of the safe ones.

Brenda - love your flowers hun, I have such a black thumb ..Im more the "let the garden do what it wants" sort of gardener lol .. weeds are but unloved flowers lol .. I have a bunch of beads that I used to use to make angels and witches etc ... will have a dig around for you if you want any . will see if I can get some in the post for you .. would need to know what sort of ones you would be wanting tho lol ..

Okee .. Im off to get weighed .. arrgggghh :) BB in about 10min rofl ..

Alrighty .. got my first weigh in out of the "weigh" lol .. I have erred on the side of heavier than lighter with my stupid scales ... but its definitely under the 140kg mark .. happy me considering TOM .. definitely encourages me for next week .. will have proper scales next weekend too! rofl .. woo hoo .. me goin for a walk now, just a lil one lol ... :)

Welcome nightkatt. Sorry that's a little late.

I've been a first-rate slacker lately, but got back on the wagon today. Gotta question: I normally walk for my exercise, 2 1/2 miles 4 or 5 times a week and haven't really had problems until today. My upper back started cramping so badly I thought I was going to have to stop and sit down. Afterwards, my arms were (and still are) so sore I could barely touch them or move them, as if I'd been lifting weights.

Anybody ever experience this? It's the weirdest thing.

Hmm. . . I think I've been gone since April. . . figured it was time to get back on track.

I can't really complain. . . I've stayed at 285 for months and months. . . but I was all the way up over 350 not too awful long ago and with the way I've been lately I'm surprised I haven't gained anything back. . .

Anyway, I dug out a couple of pics for comparison and have placed them on the picture thread here: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...00#post1349700 One is around 350, the other is around my current weight. I also put up a new profile in the intro thread. :D

Just started taking walks again, bought healthy food at the grocery store. . . I think I'm ready. The past few months have been rather stressful but I finally got some closure over something personal that's been nagging at me. Heh, I'm tired of being curled up into a ball, it's time to live again.

Anyway, sorry I've been away so long, but I've shut out more than just this site. I hope everyone is doing well.

Hi Chickies,

This is going to be a quick one because I have to sign in to work in THREE MINUTES! It's been a crazy day and I had to tackle some deep cleaning issues in my kitchen. But I did make it fun for the kiddos and we put on loud music and danced around like maniacs. Always fun!

Day four and not down. I am starting to get a little bummed but I am thinking it might be from working out so much. I know your muscles retain water when you start working out so I will attribute it to that. If it's the muscle thing then it's that I'm not eating enough -- I'm doing SBD and I have a hard time remembering to eat five times a day -- which is basically what we're supposed to do with the three meals and two snacks. Anyway, that's my goal for tomorrow is to eat as much as I'm supposed to. Good luck to me!

You guys are so awesome and on track! Yay for all of you!!!!

Gotta run now -- I have to sign in RIGHT NOW! :)

Karen - your piccy looks great (as do you!) .. keep up the great work & welcom back too .. :)

Sugar - hope work went well, dont get down on yourself about things tho or that will make it harder Im sure. Tis a bit depressing to think of doing so much work and it not appearing like anything is different, but dont give up ... it will be making a BIG difference in the long run :) Keep up your great work :)

Newsnerd - thankies for your welcome and its nice to see you on here too :) Sorry to hear about your pain etc, I dont think I have ever experienced it tho .. but then I dont really walk too far at a time at the moment cos I refuse to take my crutches with me lol .. hopefully someone on here will have an idea of what it could be about .. will cross fingers for you.

good morning everyone... no news on the weight loss this morning i seem to be in plateau city again!

rkrs -- I was sitting on a ball that kinda popped last year (this year?) I weighed in the 240-250 range at the time and I don't think it was my weight that killed it. Sometimes these things just happen.

idril -- I had the same thought process you did about waking up thin. Then I thought, in a world where I can wake up thin, why can't it be a world where I have the tools to STAY thin (and I can eat ice cream every day!). I mean, if we're going to have a fantasy, let's go all the way!!! :)

sugarkube -- relax about the scale. You will NOT see a change every day! And weight loss is not linear! Some weeks no loss at all, then, WHOOSH!!! 4 pounds gone. Give your body time and focus on the fact that you are DOING THIS! Pat yourself on the back for all the workouts and eating well. The weight will follow, but not as fast as you want!

I am a little down lately. I've had a rough week of just not wanting to keep plodding along, writing everything down. I've cut myself a little slack and up the cals a little, but I should still be in deficit (that is, I should lose a little bit). And, of course, for whatever reason the scale is up a couple of pounds, even though I haven't eaten enough to gain anything (and "should" lose), and it's not TOM, and I haven't had a lot of processed foods/sodium).

This shall pass, and I am slowly getting my head back on straight about it,but I think I am going to allow myself to shake things up a little sooner than I thought... I'll have to see...

Katt ~ Way to go!
Karen ~ Welcome back :) Good for you for getting back on track. I have been a real slacker myself :(
Heather ~ I can understand how it would get "OLD" after doing it for so long. And you are right to cut yourself some slack as you have been SO good :)

Brenda :wave:

Hey everyone... I am still around. Just very busy, unfortunately.

I am in the midst of trying to figure out if either my thyroid or hormones are "off." I just have not been feeling good, I am cold all the time, and have NO energy. My blood test came back in the normal range for the thyroid but I have heard that blood tests for TSH can be misleading.

I have been eating well, moderation... not too much but have been creeping up in weight again which really stinks and is quite discouraging -- that is why I want to have things checked out... something just does not seem right.

I will keep you posted.

Claire

Thanks everyone for the kind words after I "broke my ball" :)

Nightkatt -- congrats on your weight loss. You are doing so good.

Kayley- congrats on your promotion!

Esmaraude- Hello and congrats on the weight you have lost so far.

Everyone have a great day. I am going to dance, dance, dance today and then start reading for this upcoming semester

Hi all,
This week is challenging to say the least. TOM is making me feel ravenously hungry for anything and everything. I've been able to control it by giving into a few extra healthy snacks but still eating more than I would like to eat. I read recently something that made sense which basically was: Hunger is a natural part of weight loss. Hunger is your body telling you that it has fat cells that have room to be filled. So I am trying not to give into the hunger but it is hard.

Last night, I made a veggie pizza using whole wheat pizza dough from Trader Joes. The pizza had eggplant, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers and olives. I sauteed the eggplant, mushrooms, onions and bell peppers in garlic and olive oil first, then topped them on the pizza. With the sauce, cheese, veggies and dough, I estimate it was around 400 calories per large slice (basically 2 slices). Tonight leftovers will be pizza. I'm glad that I figured out how to make pizza myself because it has been an occassional treat for me.

Hello All,

Thankfully it's a cooler day today, still warm, but not too bad. I only need to have one fan on in the bedroom instead of two :lol:

Idril - looks to me like you are one very cool aunty. I wish I had an aunty that was as fun as you look. Mine were all old fuddy duddies :lol:

Thanks for the compliments on my photos, I can't believe I was brave enough to post them, but now the really bad ones are my before pics I don't feel so ashamed of them.

Sorry that you have had some emotional things to deal with, I guess one of them was deciding if you were going to forgive that guy and still meet him. I am glad that you are still going and I hope you will enjoy meeting him in person :D

Misti - glad to hear that it was a bit cooler there for you. Hot summers are lovely, but a little break now and then is always welcome :D

Glad you liked the photos, of course there isn't as noticeable a difference in my pics as your progress ones, but I am getting there :D

Kayley - glad to see you posting, well done on your promotion :cheer: You haven't been there long so you must really be impressing them to get a promotion so quickly :bravo:

I hope Andrew's vasectomy goes well and that he won't be too sore afterwards. I am sure you will be there to give him plenty of :hug: as he recovers.

Not so sure about looking 'svelte' lol, but I am definitely smaller now that I have 50 lbs gone. More importantly I FEEL so much healthier which is a huge bonus!

NightKatt - did I read correctly that you possibly had a gain rather than a loss at WI? If I misunderstood I am sorry, if I got it right, then I am glad that you are happy that you have made an achievement being under the 140Kg mark and that you are thinking positively towards the next WI :cp:

Newsnerd - I can't say that I have had the kind of upper back pain that you described. I sometimes get pain between my shoulder blades and I need to round my back to ease it. I get that from standing upright too long, but funnily enough not when walking. If you don't hear from anybody here who can assure you that what you experienced is nothing to worry about I think you should get it checked out by your doctor.

Karen - hello and welcome back. I remember you from before and am glad you have made it back here again. Well done on not gaining any weight back while you weren't dieting, just goes to show that you are going to easily maintain your weight loss when you get to goal. I looked at your photos WOW what a difference. You look so great. If I looked as good as you do now I don't think I would bother dieting anymore :D

You mentioned in your bio that you love Sailor Moon, my hubby and his daughter love it too. I haven't ever seen it but Caleigh has a DVD set of the show so I could give it a go one day :D

SugarKube - sounds like cleaning your place is a lot of fun. I barely have the energy to do cleaning the boring way :lol: don't think I am quite ready to add in a bit of dancing and silly stuff :D

Patti - that's rough that you are on that plateau again, maybe we need a digger to come and make a big hole in it so that you go down down down :lol: Seriously, keep on doing as you are and I am sure that you will weigh soon and have a loss to make up for the no losses you sometimes see. I read on the main part of 3FC that if you exercise you need to change what you do, or the way you do it every 5 weeks. It helps to prevent plateaus. Can you vary how you use the treadmill, maybe, speed up for 5 minutes of the time you do, or if you already go fast, then leave the spurt of speed for the end rather than the start etc.

Heather - sorry to hear you have been having a rough week. I am glad that you have your head screwed on the right way though and despite an undeserved gain on the scales, and feeling a bit fed up with it all, you are keeping on trying. You are an inspiration to me, and I know you will get past this rough patch and see those lbs coming off soon :hug:

Brenda - you inspired me to start my own blog. I noticed yesterday that I couldn't put photos with my post, have you had an problems with that? I wanted to put a birthday pic on there and am disappointed I couldn't.

Claire - I am sorry that you aren't feeling right. Dieting is hard enough when we are well, but it's so much more difficult when something is wrong. Don't feel to bad about your weight gain. Get your health sorted out and there will be time enough after that to put your all into losing the weight again :hug:

I see you use the same blog as me, and that you posted recently with a photo, is there some secret to doing so. I have posted before with a pic, but yesterday I couldn't add one to my post no matter how hard I tried.

Rkrs - seems that you are in a much better mood today. I am glad that exercise ball thing didn't get you down for too long. Hope you enjoy your dance dance dancing today :D

Nelie - sorry to hear that you are feeling hungry today, I like the idea of hunger proving your diet is working though. I hadn't heard that before.

That pizza you made sounds delicious. I used to make my own pizzas, bases and all when I was in my 20s. I should make some nice low fat ones because the whole family like pizza. I might give it a go if the weather ever cools down :lol:

Annie - Earth calling Annie, come in Annie? Are you ok, hope you are just busy. Take care and let us know how you are asap :hug:

Gotta go now, so take care all and I shall be back later :D

Hugs,

Ammi :grouphug:

sugarkube- good luck to you and no worries. . . as long as you're exercising and making overall healthy choices you're on the right track. . . the scale is only a number and is not always an accurate reflection of your progress (especially on a day-to-day basis).

Nightkatt- thank you so much!!! I was letting myself get more than a little down recently, and when I dug out those pics it reminded me of how far I've gotten. I still have a long ways to go, but I'm on my way. ;)

toofatforu- Good morning! I'm in plateau city as well, but we all know the drill. It'll work out. :hug:

wyllen- I'm sorry to hear you're a little down, hope you feel better soon. :hug:

going to lose- thanks! And no worries about being a "slacker," we all do it. I've been like that for months. . . but here we all have each other to stay motivated!

cc- hope everything's going ok with you.

rkrs- thank you very much!

nelie- ooh, that pizza sounds really, really good! I've been meaning to look for whole wheat pizza crust dough.


Oh, I wish this heat and especially the humidity would go away. . . it makes me so lazy (we have no air conditioning). :(

plateaus are so irritating.. its not like i have been eating non stop! i just dont feel well this week maybe that has something to do with it. Ammi looks like you need to threaten the fat fairy again lol!

ammi ~ No i havent had a problem.. i wonder what the problem is :(

AmmieUK- Ah, I totally missed your post whilst I was busy typing out my reply! Anyway, thank you so much, it's great to be back!!! :hug:

Yep, I'm a big Sailor Moon fan. . . the show has been a big influence on my art. I've just posted a piece of fan art of her in the picture thread here, hope you guys enjoy: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...12#post1350212

I've hit a plateau in more ways than one. . . I've been having a severe case of artist's block lately. I'm hoping I'll find the energy and interest in it again once I get rolling on this diet and exercise plan.

What Ways To Some Of You Use To Take Your Mind Of Diet Besides Exercise? I Do Video Games Which Works Pretty Good For Me I Dont Tend To Get Hungry When I Get Into Them. Ammi How Is Darin Doing On His Games?

Wow! Missed a few threads again. WELCOME BACK to some returning members I see, and WELCOME to our new friends! I've skimmed thru and I know I missed a lot, but CONGRATS to those who have stayed OP, whether you've lost yet or not, because you WILL! And BRAVO to everyone who is taking steps to be healthier & live longer! We're all winners that way!!

I've had a long couple of days at the county fair. My girls, both those I've been working with and those I just met in the last few days, have had a wonderful time and won a rainbow of ribbons. One particular tiny angel has stolen my heart, and she won High Point in her division, Walk-Trot Hunter. My dear Nina is 19 and this is her last year in 4-H, and she won Reserve High Point in Advanced Hunter. All the kids did great and I'm proud of them!

I, on the other hand, did not do well diet wise. Too much of the wrong things have bumped the scale back up a few pounds. I'm cutting myself some slack today to work thru some personal things and recover from exhaustion, but tomorrow I'm back O.P. For the moment I'm off to the barn for some quiet time with my own boys.

Sorry I've not done any personals - I'm rooting for you all, whether it's winning a National Contest, or defeating the Day One munchies, or anywhere on the journey in between!!

I'm still pretty new here, but I wanted to say hi. Ammi asked if I was coming back (I've known her from the WW message boards for five years!). So... here I am :).

I've had a weird week. In my first four weeks back OP, I used most of my Flex points over the weekend. This past week I've been using a few here and a few there... and I don't like it. I've just been so hungry. I know I can use them however I want, but I'd rather eat them for special events/treats over the weekends. Plus, I seem to lose better if I do that, rather than have a few every day. Who knows why?

Valerie, I have to confess... one of my strongest motivators to lose is so I can ride a horse I adopt someday. There's a rescue/rehab organization in the area I've just moved to and I'm going to volunteer there. It's been a lifelong dream of mine to own a horse... my grandmother, who died in 2001, loved horses like crazy and I inherited all of her horse memorabilia when she left us. I think of her every time I see a horse and feel, strangely enough, that I have to own one in part for her. I'm not a religious person, so it's not motivated by that... I just feel like I'll be closer to her when I have one. Silly, maybe... but I've decided if I adopt a female horse I will name it Ella, after her. Anyway, I just wanted to share that because though I haven't posted a lot, I've read several of your posts and you remind me of one of the many main reasons I'm doing this! So, thanks ;) !

To everyone else... I'm still learning who is who, but I hope you have a lovely weekend and happy OP eating :) !

Karen - WOW WOW and WOW again. I am so impressed, that picture you drew is fantastic. My step daughter loves to draw, her enthusiasm is better than her talent but she still likes to do it. I showed her your pic and she was in her words 'gobsmacked'. She wants me to print it out so she can try to copy it, is that OK? If it's not that's fine, I'll tell her it's copyrighted to you! It's a shame you have a block in both your art and diet. Let's hope both get up and running again, I look forward to seeing your ticker go down, and see more of your wonderful drawings!

Patti - for you my friend I will definitely threaten the fat fairy again. I think the heat is slowing her down, so maybe I will bribe her with a nice supply of icecream and a fan :lol:

Daren's still loving his gaming and is killing plenty of weird and wonderful creatures :lol: I am glad gaming helps to keep your mind off being hungry. For me it's emailing, catching up here, chatting to friends, still haven't caught you on yahoo! and playing on Pogo of course.

I am sorry you haven't been well this week, I think you are right about that being a reason behind no weight loss this week. I hope you will feel better soon.

Brenda - thanks for letting me know that you are having no problems with posting photos. I have posted pics before, so I know what to do, it just isn't working. Oh well I will keep persevering!! Did you get your fajita salad tonight :D

Valerie - glad to see you posting. Sounds like you had an emotional and enjoyable time at the country fair.

Sorry to hear you have had a small gain on the scales but I am sure now you are back OP those lbs will soon come off again.

Juliet - yay glad to see you posting again, I thought you had done a runner :lol:

I am sorry that you have been feeling hungry and have been using your flex points rather than saving them as you like to do. I reckon it's all that fresh mountain air making you feel hungrier!! Well at least you are sticking OP so you should be proud of yourself. When is your WI day? I can't wait to hear what loss you have had this week :hug:

Ok time for me to go get a cuppa. Take care all, have a great weekend and I shall be back tomorrow. Bye for now,

Hugs,

Ammi :grouphug:

Hi everybody! Happy Friday! Hope you are all hanging in there!

I am so glad it was cooler today but the sun came out again this afternoon so I decided to wait and go to the pool early tomorrow morning; it is sooooo crowded and hard to do my workouts when it is hot and sunny.

It was a good day too in that the local fruit market FINALLY got in a new supply of my dehydrated veggies... oh YUM those things are SO good and that is the only place I have found them. I am going to have to learn to make them before the market closes for the winter!!! They are made by a very small company in Oregon, and I may even call and see if I can order them directly. They are my favorite snack of all time; LOL in fact I may just have them for dinner tonight. :)

Hugs to everyone!

Poor Andrew! I'm sure you'll look after your Honey, KAYLEY. I'm sure he'll feel miserable for much of the weekend, but I hope he mends quickly!

JULIET, Getting back to riding is a strong motivator. I think your idea of adopting is wonderful. There are some great organizations that "recycle" horses. I'm on a Mustangs e-list that has horses that need re-homing all the time, some trained, some not.

I lunged my 4yo gelding tonight, and he's getting the hang of the whole deal pretty well. We even put a little weight on his back for the first time. When there was a human up above his head on the stool next to him his eyes got a little big, but she leaned on him a few times and he was fine with that so we quit. We'll do a little more tomorrow night. He's really good about new things, but I'm not in a big hurry (since I can't ride him myself yet), and I see no reason to push.

Thanks for the encouragement AMMI. As bad as I was, I'm not too upset about the gain. I just don't like that it hit the 280's again, but I'll kick this in the hinny starting at the next sunrise!! It's just a couple pounds, and really nothing in the big picture, but I want to knock it off before I have to push my ticker back up. YOU, my friend, have been doing just AWEsome lately and I am SO happy for you. I just need to LEARN from you, too!!

MISTI - I LOVE those dried veggies. I've found them in Connecticut and, um, Michigan I think - dried squash, carrots, taro, green beans and sweet potatoes usually. YUM!! Their fantastic, but the ones I've had did have a bit of dextrose (sugar) in them as well as sodium, but not enough to worry about. I'd love to find them locally!!

Can you believe that 2006 is more than half over already??!!? Wha happen? Well, those of us with Christmas or year-end goals had better get a move on it!

Melissa, Patti, both of the Karens, Dogpal, Zelma, Brenda, Crock, Lilion, Luan, Maria Lucia, Nancy, Wyllenn, Xena, Tracey, Sharon, Jilly, Julee & all our other new or missing chickies or just chickies that I've missed - Chirp up, keep your chins up, and have an OP day!!

Hi Valerie... I am surprised you found those chips there! They are made by a place called Janzen Farms in Oregon and yes they have sweet potato, taro, squash, carrot, green bean, non-hydro canola oil. dextrin and sea salt. However, I looked up dextrin, which according to all the sources I read is not sugar but "Dextrin occurs as an intermediate product of starch hydrolysis and is achieved by either enzymatic action or by cooking." Example, forms when bread or cereal are toasted. (I got this from anyvitamins.com page.)

In any case, I consider it "good stuff" and as you said, not enough to worry about. :) In fact I plan to call the company to see where else I can buy it as the place I get it is only a summer market.

I am glad to hear you are finding them other places as that means I probably can too. :) Aha! I googled and see that Janzen Farms is located in other areas also.

Hi Everyone!

Yup I'm still here! Seems like this thread moves along quickly.

Ammi I found your photos finally! You're looking really good, wow! Your face especially is where I can really see the difference. :D


Nightkatt you're doing awesome, I see you are -6, you're kickin butt!

Thanks everyone on the congrats for my arriving in the 2's. Today the scale put me back up to 299.5 so hopefully after this TOM week it will remove itself again.

Everyone else looks like they are just moving along too, which is awesome!:carrot:

This week has been emotionally draining for me. My first 4 weeks were great on plan.. then TOM hit. I had the cramps, tiredness, and the last 2 days I've been super angry and depressed too. I'm just a week away from hubby coming back from his 8 week trip and I'm tired of waiting!! I'm sure most of this emotion is hormonal of course. I feel the cloud lifting a bit tonight FINALLY. I haven't been a bad girl though, food wise, but exercise was not as much as I'd planned for, due to the evil one in me coming out. After I post a few messages here though, I'm off to bust a move on my eliptical.

The weather here has cooled off a LOT so whew finally I can sleep without spraying myself with a water bottle and fan blowing on me.

~ Angie

Forgot to add congrats to Kayley on her promotion! Way to go!!!!
and I hope your guy is doing well post op!

Last night when I did the weigh in when my hunny got home I wasnt sure if I should be dancing still or bawling my eyes out lol ...

When I first got on our old scales it said 141kg last week .. then when my JC guider rang me to find out the weight I had lost 3kg (was very happy .. dancing and all lol) .. BUT apparently they werent correct .. arggggh .. soooo .... when Scoot bought home the new ones from Jenny Craig I was told to add 3kg to whatever the new scales said ... very depressing to go back over the 140kg lol ... cos apparently my original starting weight was just under 147kg (323lb) .. didnt know whether to laugh or bawl my eyes out .. but then Im feeling better ... soooo Im thinking that my new weight as of yesterday is really my starting weight ... does that make sense? But Im still happy with losing what I have lost ... have also got my BMI which is terrible lol .. and I have to get my water up ... which is interesting considering Im at my TOM and I thought I was supposed to have a higher one lol .. but then .. I have never really retained water .. my hunny calls me a camel cos I never seem thirsty or need to go alot .... not sure now if that is a good thing or a bad thing lol ...

Sooooo ... its been a weird week ... like the idea of dancing tho .... soooo Im gonna get a couple of discs out and set up my stereo this week and boogie for a bit ... Im also gonna step up my flyer times ... determined to get to below the 140 this week if I can :)