Just to Tell everyone
 

I posted a picture so you can see what I look like !!!

Thanks for reading!


Erika Leigh

300+ and Ready to Try Again #1044
 

Hello everyone! Thought you could use a new thread since you were up in the 40's!

The weekend was a decent one. Had a Halloween Party I went to. Posted my photo's on the photo thread. It was nice. Yesterday I had yard work...ALL DAY! I was SO tired last night but it's all better now. That didn't stop me from going shopping yesterday! I bought a new skirt - in a 16! :D I was so happy! I own something that isn't baggy again! My thighs still think they are an 18 though! :lol: Still, nice to find something that fits and was on sale!

Food this weekend was okay...used all my flex points, but that was expected. I've been really good otherwise. Not that the scale knows it. It's up - again. Big surprize there.

A few replies:

Misti – I COMPLETELY sympathize! I just keep gaining and losing the same 5 lbs over and over again! I'm going to set my tracker at 238 and just leave it there until I'm under 230! I'm SO TIRED of this too!

Sharon – So nice you and Ammi had a good time, but MY what a time you had after! I'd have been pulling my hair out with all that going wrong. Congrats on the loss!

Katt – Your day didn't sound that lazy to me. Lazy to me is a Jammie day! Where you just don't even get dressed. :lol: I Love Jammie days! Nov. 5 – Guy Fawkes? Is that right? So strange to us here, thinking of fireworks in November.

Valerie – Looking forward to hearing about the new job! Good Luck! :crossed:

Nancy – A bakery across the street would be a real problem for me! On the way to my car I walk past a pizza place, a steak house, two coffee houses and a bakery! I'm usually starved by the time I get to my car at 5 p.m.

Eicka – :welcome:

Zelma – Watched your program! I still think that you should have won…but at least you deserve an apology! But regardless…You look FABULOUS! So nice to see someone you know on TV (well, on internet – but it's the same thing!)

Ammi – Don't feel too bad about eating poorly…I think that everyone does it now and then. Heaven knows even skinny people have "fat days". The difference is – you don't do it forever! You had a few bad days and now they are over and you get back on track. It'll be okay. Glad you and Sharon had a good time. Great photos!

Heather – You said:

As usual, you say just the right thing. I SO WANT that scale to go down…but I'm not giving up just because it isn't. Thanks!

Well all, I better get moving. Lots to do today! :wave:

Good Morning all and Happy Monday!

I have read all the posts but I don't know if I can catch up to you all.

Lilion: Thanks for telling me the type of puppy that is in my Avatar. He is so, so cute.

Mechelle: Yea to you on getting a smaller jacket. What a great NSV

Wyllen: Thanks so much for all the positive posts and cheer leading.

Nancy: Congrats on the -2 moore pounds.

Lavandel: Congrats on the -2 more to you also and hope you had a great weekend trip.

Nitekat: Yea on another -1 for you.

Po****a: Don't feel like a pest. Please come and post anything you feel like sharing. Hopefully someone will have something brilliant to say about it.

VAl: Whoop, Whoop on your new job. I knew you'd get it. I hope that your frist day is fantastic. Have a great day.

Andie: Hope you are not feeling blah anymore!

Jill: Great attitude about not having to blow the whole day just because you had breakfast at MC D's.

Patti: Congrats to you on all the losses you are having.

Katydid: Hugs to you about your mother in law. I know how it feels to hear things about how your in laws really feel about you. Hang in there and try to not let it bother you.

Wesi1126: I finally told my hubby how much I weigh. It was scarry and I cried and appologized to him that I let myself get this big. I appologized because it effects his life too. He was very loving and supportive. He told me that he wants me to get healthy and that is his only concern and that he still finds me beautiful. So maybe it will be a great thing for you if it is on your heart to tell him. Hugs to you.

ErikaLeigh: Welcome

Zelma: You look so beautiful on the Current affair thing and always. Glad to see you posting.

Ammi: Hi sweetie. DOn't be too hard on yourself. You can do this no matter if you gained weight or not. It will come right back off. Jump on your gazelle and go like crazy!

Sharon: So glad that you had a nice vacation. I wish I could have met you all there too. Hope things work out with the washer and stuff.

As for me, I had a great Pampered Chef party where I ate too much. I had a horrid not op weekend but I'm back on track now and really motivated to do well. Today is my DH birthday and I am making his favorite coconut cream pie instead of a cake. I know I won't have any so I feel no fear!

Blessings to you all and have wonderful op days,
Annie

hello chickadees! i just got back from the gym and am still having my exercise high! i love the mood i'm in when i leave the gym--so goofy! :dizzy:

good news! i'm winning the war with the halloween candy! i made a deal with myself not to eat any candy yesterday and i actually did it! it's pretty unbelievable since it's right by the front door, but i did it! :cb: but.....i may be winning that battle, but i'm losing the one with the scale! i know i haven't been as committed as i should be, but i still thought i was doing ok. however, i jumped on the scale today just to see what it said, and i'm up 2 pounds from last week. my offical weigh in is tomorrow, but i'm sure i won't be losing two pounds by then. so frustrating!!! :mad: i've been using work as an excuse to miss some exercise, so i've promised myself i'd get back on track this week. i figure if i can stay away from candy, my arch enemy!, for a day, i have the will power and strength to get my exercise in and have food that is good for me. well anyway, i hope weigh in is a little better tomorrow. i did do 45 minutes of water aerobics today and then about 10 of treading and some water running after class.

anyway, on to some personals:

lilion--i love your halloween costume! it was great! we went as sally and jack skellington from "the nightmare before christmas". i'll try to post some pictures soon.

erika--:welcome3: and great job on your loss already! hope to see you on often and get to know you better!

nancy--thanks for the info on photobucket. i'll try that--maybe i can actually figure this out myself without DH! i am so jealous of your upcoming trip! i hope you have a blast! i'd love to be going to the beach soon! and you were cracking me up with your "unintended exposure" swimsuit! :lol:

valerie--hope you have a great first day on your new job!!

sharon--i'm glad you had fun on your trip with ammi! i'm sorry things were so crazy when you got back! isn't that how it always goes--it couldn't just be the washer--it has to be three things all at once and happen in the middle of the night. that's my luck too!

annie--thanks for the positive thoughts about telling my husband the scary truth about my weight. if i do it, i'm sure it won't be as hard as i'm making it.

well, hope everyone has a great monday! see you tomorrow after i weigh! :goodscale lori

lori -- isn't it possible at least part of that 2 pounds is water?? Do you think you ate an extra 7000 calories?? Don't fret about it. Don't give that stupid scale power over you!!

Annie good for you for telling your husband.. i bet it feels better too.. i have recently opened up about my weight too and am getting loads of support!

wyllenn--i'd hope i didn't eat 7000 extra calories! i always forget how many calories it would have to be to gain or lose a pound. let's hope some is water and goes away soon! thanks for the reminder! :) i know--that mean nasty scale sucks! maybe that's my arch enemy--or maybe he paired up with the candy and they're working together! :) anyway thanks again! lori

Just a flyin visit ...

Im happy dancing!! I reached my mini mind challenge and made it 285!!! Albiet Im over by .2 ... but Im so happy I reached it ... esp after the wine on the weekend! Good on Richard Simmons and Pilates!! (I did Pilates last night for 20 min instead of Richard ... omg was I sweating!!!??? I was shocked at how hot I got in 20 minutes .. ) ... got on the scale this morning and there it was . 285.2 ... so Im off to change my ticker .. that makes this months loss 10.6!! Okee ... off to change my ticker .. will write more later :) OMG .. I almost hit my 40lbs total too!! hehehe .. okee.. that has boosted my motivation for next month now lol ...

Oh .. I also passed my exercise goal by 180 minutes!! :)

way to go Katt!

Thanks to everyone for the nice comments. I'd never give up...I can't, and I refuse to. I just get so unmotivated sometimes...I just wish I had more time to devote to this place, like I used to...you guys kept my attitude in check! ;)

So, I went to the doctor this morning. When I came home from Andrew's house at 6am, I asked my Mom to call and make me an appointment, because I needed to try and get some sleep, as I never did get back to sleep after I woke up at 1:30 this morning. I have NO insurance, so we were just going to go to the walk-in clinic, because we figured it would be cheaper or something. So, she called, and got me an appointment for 10:50am. I slept until 10, and got up, threw on some jeans and a hoodie, and headed out. Got there, and was told we'd have to go around to the other side of the building, as that's where people with appointments go. Went around, and told the lady my name, and she told me that the doctor on the other side of the big room would help me, so I had to go to the other receptionist. I walked around the corner......and saw babies. Lots of babies and toddlers. I looked at the sign on the wall..."Pediatrics". I'm thinking....great...they put me in PEDIATRICS?!?! I'm 20 freaking years old! I went over to the receptionist and asked her if there was a mistake...and she said no. So I went over to pediatrics, and talked to their receptionist. She saw me, and asked how old I was...I told her I'm 20, and she said, "Oh, I don't think the doctor will look at you". By this time, I'm pissed. I made an appointment so I wouldn't have to WAIT, and it looked like I was about to go and wait. So we went back over to the walk-in clinic, and I signed in....we waited in that damn waiting room for THREE HOURS. Three hours of complete misery before I could see the damn doctor. She came in, looked at my throat, and told me that my left tonsil was swollen really bad (well, ya THINK?!?!) She swabbed it, and I waited another 10 minutes to get the strep test back. It came back negative. The doctor said that I'd have to get on some anti-biotics, and if it's not better by tomorrow, I'll have to do a follow-up, and possibly go to a nose, throat, and ear specialist. Freakin' A. I canNOT afford that. It cost me $107 today...that's almost all the money I had! I have $100 to last me 2 weeks until I get paid again.

This is the first time I've been actively off my diet in 10 months. I haven't eaten in over 48 hours, so I'm trying to force down some chicken noodle soup. I hope this gets better. I haven't felt this miserable in a LONG time. You know, I don't get sick very often, but when I do, it's HORRENDOUS. :(

I'll be around this evening, so I may just get to some personals. I'm definately NOT going to class tonight, and I might not be going to work tomorrow, depending on how I feel. Thanks for listening..

Kayley - So sorry you are ill! Don't worry about how you eat for now. Just concentrate on getting better! :hug: Get well soon!

Thanks so much, Lilion! :)

Valerie – I hope your first day of work went well. That was a close call with the things left at the store!

Sharon – What a way to come back from vacation! It sounds like now you need another one. :) Congratulations on the 2 pounds down!

Misti –I wish I knew what to say. Of course there is no way you could have gained 4 pounds overnight, but that is very frustrating! Here is a big :hug:

Andie – 5 pounds is fantastic! Congratulations. I can’t help you with the medical coding. I work in accounting, although right now I am thinking about going into sales. One of our salespeople just closed a deal for which she will get almost as much commission as I make in a year. It is so unfair!

Lilion – I loved your pics of your costume! You and your hubby both looked great. I haven’t done the dress up thing in many years, but I will wear a pair of horns tomorrow that I got at the Ren Fest.

Erika – Thanks for posting your pics so we can put a face to a name. Congratulations on your graduation.

Annie – That is so sweet how supportive your hubby is. A very happy birthday to him!

Wezi – I know that I am extremely sensitive to the amount of salt in food, and I can easily go up 5 pounds in a day if I eat a meal that is really high in salt. What did you have for dinner the night before? That could easily account for you being up 2 pounds. Whatever the reason, don’t fret about it. You are doing great!

Katt – Congratulations on meeting your goal! That is very cool. Only .2 pounds to 40 lost – that is awesome.

Kayley – I am so sorry to hear that you are feeling so badly. Nothing sucks more than feeling sick and then feeling the stress of not being able to get the care you need. Please feel better soon and definitely don’t worry about eating a bit of chicken soup. The important thing is that you feel better.


Do any of you ever feel like none of this is real? Like you haven’t actually lost any weight – that somehow it is your mind playing tricks on you? I know it isn’t the case, but sometimes I have a hard time accepting that I am changing. People have started to comment on weight loss and I can fit into things I couldn’t several months ago, but still there is this nagging worry that someone is playing an elaborate trick on me and “fixing” my scale to make me think I am losing when in fact there hasn’t been any change. Weird, I know, but lately it has been a hard feeling to shake.

I’m missing some of our people. Where did Kim get to? I haven’t seen Xena/Deb or Tracey in awhile. What about Amy – did the move go ok? Angie – I think you have been busy because your hubby was leaving, but how are things? Kenya – are you surviving school? Anyone talk to Crock recently? I know there are others too - sorry if I missed you. If you are hiding out there, please drop in and let us know how you are doing!

Hello All,

Sorry I am late posting today, I have been busy busy busy and this is the first opportunity I have had to post. Ok so if I say 6 lbs will you know what I am talking about? I am talking about how much I GAINED :( I know I ate like a pig but surely in just 4 days I didn’t have 42000 calories etc :yikes: But I know I had stuff with a lot of salt, so I guess there must be some water weight involved too. Well whatever it is, it’s a horrible gain but it had a wonderful effect on me. It kicked my butt big time and I am back on my diet with no temptation to eat what I shouldn’t. I didn’t get to exercise today, not proper exercise, but I did walk to the shops, so that’s better than nothing. Tomorrow I will get back on my Gazelle and also work out to a DVD. I am back on track and those 6 lbs are going to be gone in no time :D

Zelma – I really appreciate your post to me, I love how you refuse to believe I just went on a binge for the sake of it :hug: Maybe you are right and it’s all linked to how unwell I was etc. Whatever the reason I am over it now and am going to work even harder to get to my 100 lb mini goal now!! What you said made perfect sense and I wish you were here so that I could give you a big hug for it, thank you :hug:

Erika Leigh – loved your photos, especially your graduation one. I bet that was a very proud moment for you :bravo:

I think your exercise target is a great one, don’t worry about it being low, we all have to start somewhere, and far better to set a target that is attainable rather than a high one that you might not meet.

Nancy – no you mustn’t think negatively, nobody knows what the future holds so you may just find yourself in the UK one day meeting Sharon and me :D Or maybe we will make it over there to see you. I love the thought of meeting you and the others one day, it would be the perfect reward for meeting my ultimate goal :D

Yes you are right that there will be times when for whatever reason we go off track. You are also right that we have to focus on getting back on track rather than worrying about why we went off track etc. I had a shock when I saw how much weight I had gained, but am 100% back on track now and feeling great about it.

Isn’t it annoying that things that are healthy can be so fattening like the trail mix you ate too much of. The other week I bought a bag of jelly sweets (candy) and a bag of mixed nuts, seeds and raisins. When I worked out the points of both there was actually more points in the healthy snack. I know it’s better for me to eat the healthy stuff, but some times nothing does it like candy does :lol:

That’s great news about your NSVs. I hear you on not wanting to spend out on swimming costumes when you know you will be too small for them before too long. That’s how I feel when I have to buy bras. Remember I bought some new bras in August? Well they are all too big now even after sewing them. So I bought 2 more new bras last week and hope to get a decent amount of wear out of them before they are too big. Still, much nicer for them to be too big than too small. I hope you will have a wonderful time on your vacation. Well done on being a member of two gyms now too, that’s awesome :cp: :bravo:

I kind of understand how you feel about your weight loss sometimes and wondering if it’s all real. I have a mechanical dial scale and when I started dieting it was at the very last number on the dial. When I get on the scales now and see how far around the needle has moved I just can’t believe it. I know my clothes need to be a bit smaller, but at the same time I am still in size 28 jeans which makes me think I have lost just a few lbs rather than how much I have. I even see myself in shop windows and think, wow that’s a flattering window, then realise that that’s me, not a flattering window at all. It’s all very strange.

Misti – I would have thought seeing as the FFM didn’t have to visit me this week that she might have a bit more time to come visit you. I am sorry that she didn’t. You are an amazing woman Sue. You could just give up, but you aren’t doing that. I am sure your perseverance will pay off soon :crossed:

Thanks for offering me honorary citizenship of Washington, I may just take you up on that offer, I really do like the sound of that Challenge.

Valerie – I hope your first day at work went fabulously well, I bet it will be great knowing you are driving that truck and earning some lovely money for doing it!!

Katt – :cheer: :cp: :bravo: :dance: :carrot: that’s brilliant news that you reached your mini goal and have nearly hit 40 lbs lost. It feels so wonderful to make those goals doesn’t it :cheer:

Thanks for reminding me about that stubborn chin of mine that I should be putting to use. I am doing just that. I refuse to be fat for the rest of my life. I am going to carry on losing and that 100 lbs is just around the corner. I am still thinking of a reward for reaching that milestone. I did tell Daren that when I have earned my next foot massage he can put nail polish on my toe nails too :lol: He said ok, so I might just risk seeing how steady his hand is :lol:

I love how much you are enjoying Richard’s Disco Sweat DVD. I do enjoy it, but I get bored so very easily. Tomorrow I am going to borrow one of Beth’s DVDs and hope it doesn’t kill me trying to keep up. I need a change that’s for sure.

Oh I didn’t realise you celebrate fireworks night on the same night as us in the UK. Australia celebrates it in June or something doesn’t it? I hope the fireworks ban does get brought in over there, and wish they would do the same here. I am like you, I much prefer the council displays. I bet the emergency services will be thrilled if a ban does go ahead!

Sharon – lovely to see your post, though sorry to hear that things went from bad to worse on the weekend. I hope you have caught up with all the washing now.

I am thrilled that you lost 2 lbs, I must have pinched it off you to add to the ones I gained :crazy: I am sorry I missed you on MSN today, I did send you a message but you must have been away from the PC.

Patti – well you will have read that I gained 6 lbs, so not good news. But the good news is that I am back on track and it’s like I never had the slip up. Did you get my last email from a few days ago?

Andie – WOW 17 lbs in a month is awesome :bravo: :cheer: I bet you are thrilled with that. In UK speak that is over a stone, brilliant!

Lilion – awesome photos of you and hubby dressed for Halloween. You both look amazing. Were there awards for the best dressed?

Glad you liked that photos I posted of Sharon and me, it was really great meeting her even with our kids not allowing us to have a good chat :lol:

You are right about us all having bad days, or even weeks, but that the important thing is to get back on track. I am so glad that seeing my gain helped me to do just that. I had worried I would find it just like starting my diet all over again. But I am ok, woohoo :lol:

Annie – I didn’t get on the Gazelle today, only because I didn’t have the chance, not because I didn’t want to :D Tomorrow I will definitely get back to it though!!

I am so happy that you told Joel how much you weigh. He reacted exactly as I thought he would, he is a wonderful man. Give him a big hug from me both for being such a wonderful hubby to you AND for his birthday :hb: :gift: :woo: :balloons:

Lori – body weight fluctuates daily, so you might be pleasantly surprised at your official WI tomorrow and see that you have actually lost weight. Don’t be too disappointed if you don’t see a loss though. Just keep thinking positively that you will lose those lbs by the next WI :goodluck:

Kayley – I am sorry to hear you are feeling so unwell. I also feel really awful that not only do you have to deal with being so poorly but that you have to worry about the cost of being ill. We all moan about the NHS over here and how long the waiting lists are etc, but when I hear stories like yours I realise how lucky we are in old Blighty. I hope the antibiotics will work for you and that you won’t need to see an ENT specialist :hug:

Jill – great to see you posting. :goodluck: with getting your exercise in 5 times this week.

Ok I am going to go change my ticker now, putting it UP for the first time. It won’t be nice, but it has to be done. Onwards and DOWNWARDS from now on. Take care all and bye for now,

Hugs,

Ammi :grouphug:

Good afternoon ladies.
Having a good day. My loss this morning encouraged me to get in some good exercise. I got in 70 mins already, with the possiblility of another small walk this evening. I am close to tripling my exercise goal. I am only 150 mins shy right now. I know I won't get that much in tomorrow but I can probably get half! And my presidential challenge this is moving along nicely!

Lillion: Awesome work on getting into that 16. You go skinny girl! :carrot:
I loved your halloween pics, you did a great job! :witch:

Annie: Happy B-day to your DH. :gift:
You idea making him something that you don't like. I just didn't bake mine anything this year, bad wife. :lol:

Wezi: Good going on your exercise! :swim: Have you joined the exercise thread? I find it very motivating to rack up mins!
Sorry the scale isn't obeying. But don't give up hope. Like other posters said its probably atleast some water. I lost 5 lbs in 3 days this week :hyper: anything is possible.

Katt: Big congrats on hitting your goal! :cp:

Kayley: Hope you feel better soon. I know whats its like to worry about doctors & having no insurance. I have had to wait at "free" clinics alot. Waiting sucks, especially when you are sick. Here's to hoping that the antibiotics kick in fast! :crossed:

Nancy: I totally feel like this is all a joke/illusion. I haven't lost much yet but I still feel like someone is tampering with my scale & making it go down. Very surreal. I felt the same way earlier this year when I lost 45 lbs. Wonder what it will be like when we lose 100 lbs or more....

:ghost: :bat: :witch: :sklol: :haphal: :badbat: :frank: :witch2: :spid: :dracula: -< Just because we only have one more day to use them!

Ammi: We were posting at the say time, lol.
Sorry to hear that you gained. I'm some of it is water becuase that alot in 4 days even if you were to you eat nothing but crap all day long.
That is awesome that it has shocked you back on track. You will be hitting that 100 lb mark real soon & then the next stop is onederland! You rock!

Ammi,

Soon you will be done with that 6 pounds and on to the next -5! We all know you can do it. Keep your chin up!

All the well wishers for my hubby's b day, thank you. He is a doll and he deserves the best. He just wants the Minnesota Vikings to win in football tonight. LOL.

Blessings all,
Annie

Ammi i am just glad to hear from you i was worried! and knowing you those pounds.. most of which mayvery well be water will disappear.!glad to see you back on the boards

Ammi i think i got your email but not sure.. i cant remember one day from the next lol!

Kayley Im sure you can do it hun ... its only 15 pounds ... and we have what .. about 8 weeks?? I have my Xmas Eve goal to go for too .. and infact I want it to be 270 if I can .. but as I signed up for the 40lb in 20 weeks Xmas challenge Im sticking to that ticker lol .. But I know you can do it .. you have done so great already!

Ammi - Hun its great to see you back on the boards .. and oops on the 6lbs .. but I know they will fly off now that you are back on your feet and ready to fight again .. just look on those pounds as the ones necessary for your body to use to recover lol .. and great to hear you putting that stubborn chin of yours to good use lol .. I KNOW you have the ability to do whatever you need to get to where you want to be :)

Sharon - Great to see you back .. I think your pics (this is to you too Ammi) look fantastic :)

Lilion - I LOVE your piccys!! Wow .. I would never think to dress like that lol .. you and your hubby must have stolen the show. WTG on the NSV with the skirt :) Yes Guy Fawkes is right :) I hate this time of year really, the amount of damage stupid people do and the injuries some cruel so-and-so's do to animals is disgusting. The only thing we have bought in the last 4 years is some sparklers .. and even those we still have about 3 packs of from last year! Seems silly to celebrate a failed attempt at blowing up a Government doesnt it??

Annie - Hope hubby had a lovely birthday .. every time I hear of a cream pie I keep thinking of shaving cream rofl .. lord knows why .. its just the image I have come into my head when I hear about them rofl. I had an oops weekend too hun so dont be hard on yourself .. I have a feeling we are gonna have a lot of challenges to face over the next couple of months .. but Im sure we can all get through it .. have fun .. maybe learn a little more ... and get ready for another new year .. cos this one has just FLOWN by!

Lori - WTG on your gym workouts .. and just keep taking the candy ban a day at a time... esp at this time of the year when you really are challenging yourself more than most other times of the year .. thats good tho .. cos then its a case of you being able to tell yourself you have done without it for ** days ... so you can go without it another day :) I think Im the naughtiest one on here really lol .. I havent given up my chocolate or the sweets ... BUT .. I dont binge on them .. and I have made a deal with myself that Im only allowed a treat box if my calories are low for the day and I have done some exercise .. so last week I didnt have any really rofl .. not for the calorie reason .. but the exercise one. And when I do get the urge .. that is where the dvds come in handy cos I have to do the exercise before I can have anything .. and by the time I have finished I dont want the chocolate anymore lol ..

Jill - Lovely to see you back, glad you managed to get rid of the headache .. Im still stunned at your workout time lol ... but great job on doing it! Good luck on your exercise goal for this week .. this months goal for me is to do one of my exercise dvds (Richard or Pilates) a day for 4 days each week for the month ... this month I had between 3-4 .. so next month its 4 .. then Dec Im gonna try for 4-5 etc ... but this weekend Im picking up my Elliptical at last .. so I will have 3 different ones to exercise with which should make it a little more interesting :)

Nancy - I know exactly what you mean about this being unreal .. I know the scales tell me Im losing .. I know my clothes occasionally tell me the same thing ... but I dont think Im really doing anything all that different than I used to .. I still struggle with the 3 meals a day (Im back to eating 2 a day .. just cant get lunch in grrr) .. and so not hitting my calories .. but this really does tell me what I did wrong to put on the weight .. it wasnt that I ate too much .. it was that I ate the wrong things and I never exercised. But it still doesnt seem real ... or there are some days where it feels like I have been on this round of the journey for YEARS .. other days Im wondering how I lost this much weight in only a few weeks (when its actually been 4 months now!). It does boggle the mind this journey we are on doesnt it?

Andie - Great job on your workout!! Im sure you will do well tomorrow too :)

Okee ... well I havent done much today .. except I have decided Im gonna go for my driving license .. I am gonna study for the theory over the next few weeks and book a time to sit the first part of the exam (we have 3 levels over here ... 1 is the theory .. you have to get that before you are allowed to get behind a wheel to learn to drive .. 2 is oral with practical .. you have this for about 6 months and there are driving restrictions on you .. and then you get your full license .. its longer for those under 20 tho lol .. ). I have signed up online to do the theory tests so I can practice with those before I go and sit the real thing at the testing place. I still dont know if I will actually be allowed to drive because of my eyesight .. but Im sure there are others out there driving with only one eye and they manage to do it .. so I have got to stop making excuses and get behind the wheel again (yea I used to drive without a license when I was younger lol .. terrible person I was!). I just sat one of the 25 tests that I can try .. and I got 24/25! And that is without any study!! I just have to really focus on the distances allowed etc .. and blood alcohol limits etc.

So that is gonna be my goal for early next year ... Im going for a part time job in town and my hunny has said that if I get the job and my learners license .. he will get me a scooter so that on the rainy days or days where I may have to work late at night .. I can ride home safely (you dont NEED the full license to be able to ride one of those .. but you have to have a L plate on the bike lol ..)

I know when I get my eyes tested at the driving place I will fail .. BUT .. they have a basic test .. so all I need to do is go to the optician and have a full exam and hopefully he will give me a pass where I will be allowed to drive some times (although I think my driving times and conditions will be restricted as my eyes are light sensitive so driving during the day is not an easy thing for me long distances .. but around town I should be ok :)).

Love and Laughter everyone!!

Thats great news Jilly .. about the elliptical .. as well as your work out this morning and sticking to it even tho you didnt feel 100% doing it :) Maybe you need to have alternatives to do in the morning to give your muscles a bit of variety .. thats another reason why I am getting the elliptical and started adding in the Pilates ... it gives me a little variety .. but Richard is still my fave workout tho lol..

Today I had hoped to do the Pilates stage 1 as well as the Richard .. BUT .. silly me did the pilates first and it realllllly works your muscles .. even for the short stage 1 because I also use a resistant band thingy (ouch!) .. so I should have done it BEFORE I did the Richard one .. as it was I could only do half of the Richard dvd .. sooo next time I decide to do both .. Im gonna boogy first .. THEN do the muscles lol .. Still ... it added another 45 min to the months total and I almost wasnt gonna do anything today cos I just wasnt in the mood lol ..

Okee .. 5 Positives ...

1 - Hunny got paid today lol .. so now he can pay for my elliptical machine on the weekend rofl.

2 - It turned into a beauuuutiful sunny day today .. nice and warm .. not too hot .. just the right amount of a breeze :)

3 - I had the urge to light incense today and it smelt lovely ... it was a coffee one and as the house was warm it smelt like a coffee bar .. mmmmmm (even tho I dont drink coffee very much if at all now .. I still LOVE the smell of a coffee shop lol).

4 - I got my washing done today!! The washing I did yesterday that I put on the clothing rack wasnt really dry so I put the clothing rack out on the porch and it got dry in no time :) Like having the washing all caught up lol ..

5 - My friend surprised me with a visit today ...we had a cuppa and a real good gossip (havent done that together in ages lol) .. nice end to a day :)

So tomorrow Im getting in a power meter .. where you pay for your power in advance? Do you have that where you are?? So anyway .. the power guy is coming in the morning to put in the new system .. and then dad is turning up and we are cutting down another tree tomorrow (hopefully the wind will stay calm cos its the one right next to the house lol). In the afternoon we are gonna go and get the rest of the materials to build the fence for our new BBQ area out the back .. that is gonna be a me and dad project :) Dont know how much help I will be lol .. but will give it a shot :) And then Ash is bringing her friend over for a sleepover lol .. hopefully they dont giggle all night .. lord knows what is so funny but the dumbest thing sets her and her friends off lol.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Halloween and you get rid of all the temptation that has made its way into your house over the last few days/weeks. Didnt have a single trick or treater visit .. I did have one bag of wrapped sweets just in case lol .. but as no one had been and it was almost 9 when my friend left .. I gave the bag to her to give to her daughter as she hadnt been allowed to go out trick or treating cos she had no one to be able to take her (my friend has a knee injury and couldnt walk far, and apparently no one else was willing to volunteer) .. so hopefully that will make her feel a little better about missing out and it got them out of my house rofl.

Oh .. my hunny told me tonight that not ONLY did he have a Big Mac last night (he reached his goal weight last week at JC and went completely off the rail on the weekend lol) .. well.. yesterday some time .. but tonight he opened the box of chocolates I told him to take with him and give the darn things away ... and did he give them away .. noooo .. he has opened the box and had a few of them today rofl ... I said that he only has a couple of pounds to play with if he wants to get some of his JC money back and this weekend he blew whatever spare cal he could afford to so stop being naughty rofl. He is just incorrigible ... oh .. and one of the pairs of jeans I bought him was actually a smaller size than the other one .. but they still fit!! Damn him!! rofl.

Huggies all

Love and Laughter!

Katt

Hello All,

I made it through yesterday with no problems being back OP. I didn’t go to sleep until 2 am, naughty I know lol, but I wasn’t tempted to eat anything, yay :D I am still feeling lousy with this stupid cold, but I am not going to let it put me off exercising. If nothing else I will use my Gazelle today!

Andie – wow you are doing great with your exercise. I bet when you set your exercise goal you never dreamt you will have nearly tripled it :bravo:

Oh wow, I am so busy concentrating on getting to 100 lbs lost that I hadn’t even given thought to it meaning I will be just 30 lbs away from being in Onederland. It seems so hard to believe. Actually I find it hard to believe I am 245 lbs now. Whenever anybody asks me my weight I automatically think 329. Daft isn’t it :dizzy: :lol:

I think and hope you are right that some of that 6 lbs I gained is water weight, I will know soon enough when I weigh next Monday. I am drinking plenty again now, and am back in my points range, so :crossed: that I will see a fair few of those nasty 6 lbs gone when I get on the scales next.

Annie – thanks for your confidence in me, I will make sure it’s not misplaced :D Oh and you know that avatar, it’s got to be one of my faves, how adorable is that doggy :D

I hope Joel had a wonderful birthday, did his team win?

Patti – I am glad you got my email. It’s just you said you had been worried about me and I thought maybe you didn’t get my email letting you know I was ok :D Anyway, thanks for your comments on those pesky lbs of mine, I hope you are right and that they won’ t hang around for too long.

Kayley – I am sure that you will make your goal to be 275 by your anniversary, but if God forbid you don’t, it won’t be from lack of trying. You are doing your best and you, like Misti, should be rewarded by the FFM big style :D I need to lose 16 lbs by Christmas so that I have lost my 100 lbs and will be more inclined not to be a pig with the Christmas food :crossed: that we both make our goals :hug:

Katt – ok I have to ask, how come you guys celebrate Guy Fawkes day? I thought that was just the UKs reason to have fireworks? I am really curious now :D Daren and Caleigh have a birthday on the 2nd and 3rd of November, so sometimes, like this year, we will have a joint party but on the 5th so we will have bonfire night food and fireworks. I only ever used to buy sparklers for Beth and we would go to a display. But Daren loves setting fireworks off, so we sometimes do this joint celebration thing.

Good for you for deciding to go for your drivers licence :cp: I hope your sight won’t stop you from being able to get one! I have never wanted to learn to drive because I just cannot judge distances. I remember once a friend of mine gave me a driving lesson, we were on a huge back road in Australia and a person was walking her horse along the edge of the road. The lesson had been going well, I had changed gears and all with no problem, but I REFUSED to drive past the person with the horse although I knew they weren’t near me lol. I just took my feet off the pedals and my hands of the wheel and stalled the car :lol: So yep, the world is a safer place without me driving in it :lol:

Thank you for being so sure that I will lose those 6 lbs I gained, between you, the other lovely ladies here and my own returning confidence in myself is going to make sure I stay OP and get to my mini goal by Christmas. I think Kayley will meet her goal, and you will too, we all have around the same amount to lose to get there :goodluck:

Your talk of burning that coffee scented incense made me really fancy a cup of coffee. I very rarely drink the stuff, in fact yesterday I bought a jar of it for the first time in about a year. I only got it because when Sharon came for a visit, if we weren’t waiting for a taxi I would have offered her and her hubby a drink and I thought oh no I don’t have any coffee. I don’t even know if they drink that, but I decided for any future visitors I must have coffee in the house. But now that you have made me fancy a cup, I think I shall have one with my lunch today :lol:

Jill – it’s funny isn’t it how it’s supposedly common knowledge that women take much longer than men to get ready to go out or whatever. Yet in reality, men like your Jeff and my Daren actually take much longer than we do :lol: Daren makes me laugh because he uses moisturiser on his face, fusses with his hair, and even covers up any blemishes with a cover up stick, whereas I don’t bother with anything like that, oh except doing my hair of course, but I don’t fuss with it like he does with his.

It’s scary how close Christmas is now isn’t it. Thankfully I know pretty much what I am getting my family, and I actually went nuts on the Net last night ordering a lot of what I want. I am going to love the next week or so when everything is being delivered :D My family are easy to buy for, Daren loves all things gaming and Sci Fi, oh and posh clothes that normally we can’t afford, Caleigh wants any and everything to do with Dr Who, and Beth wants clothes and everything Playboy :lol: Like I said, easy :D

Well I better go get some emails written and then I am going to exercise before making my lunch. I hope everybody has a happy Halloween :ghost: :frank: :witch2: :spid: :dracula: :bat: :witch: :sklol: :haphal: :badbat:

Hugs,

Ammi :grouphug:

good morning everone. hope everyone has a good day.. i am off to the eye dr, today ...seems like it is always something lol

Good morning, everyone, and thanks for the encouraging words. Heather you are right... there is no way I will give up but as my brother would say "I've been to two county fairs and a pie supper... and I ain't never seen nothin' like this!" :) I am still up four pounds this morning. I don't change my ticker though... once I get them I count them and I WILL get them again, yes I will!!! :yes:

Ammi, one thing about the challenge... you do have to enter in an address and of course there would need to be a place to send the award to. They responded quickly to my email asking them something so I just this morning sent one back asking if there is some way someone who does not live in the US can participate.

It is a really cold morning here for us... I think 30 degrees, wow! We are kind of wimpy here when it comes to extreme temperatures either way.

Everybody have a great day and stay OP!! This is our last day to see how many points we can rack up on our October exercise challenge!

Patti - oh no, what's up with your eye/s? I hope that whatever it is you will get some help from the doctor for it today. Please let us know how you get on.

Missy - I am keeping my :crossed: that you will be able to stay on track in November, exercise as much as you want to and that more importantly those scales will start showing great losses for you :goodluck:

Sue - just sent you a PM, thank you again for your efforts :hug:

Jill - have you seen my photo on the photo page, the one of me and Sharon together? You may notice that my living room space is TINY. I really can recommend a Gazelle Rider as the one piece of equipment you can use in a tiny area. It folds up, (in the pic it's behind me and Sharon, against my shelf unit) and when I use it, I just put my table up on the sofa and I am good to go.

Going to go do some more shopping on eBay now :D

Hugs,

Ammi :grouphug:

ammi i just have to go get new glasses its been awhile since i went. love that ticker!enjoy your shopping. i was naughty last night and ordered christmas gifts from pennys .. aint online shopping great!

Oh, I am having just the hardest morning. It feels like nothing is going right and I am just SOOOO craving food. I have already eaten more than I "should," but can't worry about it. If I am over for the day, so be it.

I got as far as taking some candy from the basket on our secretary's desk, before I remembered it is my "Victory Basket" and I have not taken candy from there since July 05! Can't stop now...

OH! I just realized, it is probably time for TOM! I don't usually have huge cravings then, but that combined with the stress would really explain why I just crave.... just anything!

I have already taken a walk around the building to calm myself down. I got a coffee (though that may not be the best idea...).

Goodness, I hate days like this.

OKay, for those of you who DO have TOM cravings, does eating the food you are craving HELP? Or do you keep craving it????

ACK!!

Congratulations to all those losing!! :D

I've had a busy couple of days and a rough couple. My second cousin was killed in Iraq and I'm not going to be able to go home to Chicago for the funeral... it's just too far away and too costly. Amazingly the stress of it isn't too bad and hasn't pushed me to eat, though I did wish I had a bottle of wine in the house - Katt I would have been downing way more than you did the other night lol. It's really a good thing that I found this forum when I did, it's family stresses that set me off binging and getting off my program this summer and that continued for months. Now that I've finally started regaining the ground I've lost - or losing it to be more specific! - I don't want to backslide again. So I'm here reading and writing instead of mulling and munching by myself in the house.

We have had so much snow that I haven't gotten back out of the house to walk. They haven't plowed our streets out here yet and we don't have sidewalks in this area (rural area where I am) and I really don't want to try and walk through three feet of snow or try to walk on packed snow-ice tire treads. Oy. But I've been trying to be active around the house instead and I'm excited about the new month with my first exercise goal starting tomorrow.

Nancy - I totally don't believe any of my losses so far! Maybe that argues the good thing of taking before pictures, because when I look at myself I can't really see a loss. I can feel the difference in the things I can do and to a degree in my clothing but yeah... the other day I was replacing the batteries in my scale and had the fleeting thought that maybe as the batteries had been running down it hadn't been reporting my weight correctly and when I got on it next I'd see I'd never lost anything. The ways we torture ourselves!! You're soooo not alone.

Ammi - a lot of that may be water weight. Have you tried using the Google 15 weight tracker? I've recently started using it thanks to the suggestion of a friend - it calculates your weight based on a moving average so the bumps where weight goes up don't affect your falling average so much. The friend that cued me in on it said that while it says to enter your weight daily you can also enter it weekly (in the day marks) if you don't weigh daily.

Katt - I've ordered the Disco Sweat DVD from Amazon along with a walking one so we may be dancing to Richard together soon :D Amazing that you're doing the pilates, it looks so difficult to me!! I think you'll love the elliptical once you get it, they're wonderful.

wyllenn - I think that depends on what is being craved! If I think I'm craving chips (Doritos used to be my BIG TOM food) I find that something salty usually fixes it. I try to go for sunflower seeds in that instance as it has a bit of a crunch too. If it's something sweet I'm craving, I actually burn a wax tart! I have a bunch in different "bakery" type scents and you'd think that smelling something really good would make you crave it more but I find that if I burn a tart and sip a cup of tea (when I'm craving sweets I go for chocolate orange or toffee flavoured tea with splenda) it makes the craving go away. There's a particular site that I buy my tarts at that I think have the best ones of the places I've tried, but I'm not sure if I can put the link here - if anyone wants it please pm me :)


Well it's getting late for me, and about time for me to go to bed (ah yes us night shift vampires). I actually got to see the sun today before bed at least with the time changing. Pretty soon that won't happen for a while as it'll be coming up after I'm in bed and going down before I'm up. Let's hope I don't get too whiny and drive you all crazy then hehehe :D

:sklol: HAPPY
HALLOWEEN:witch:
EVERYONE!
:haphal:

Not much to report today. Still working to stay OP. Buying only Starbursts and Pop Rocks to give to the kiddies is keeping me out of the Halloween candy! (I bought NO chocolate this year! DH making peanut butter balls has been bad enough!)

Heather: I'm a firm believer in giving in to cravings. By that I mean, if I have a serious craving, and I don't eat it, I'll end up eating everything else there is around trying to curb the craving. I just try to eat it in (a) a low-fat substitute or (b) in moderation. For example...if I really want ice-cream, I'll have a low-fat ice cream bar. We actually have those quite often, keeps me from getting the craving at all. Or, if I just HAVE to have a bratwurst at a bbq - I'll eat 1/2 and give 1/2 to DH or DS or the dog! If I want nuts, I have trail mix portioned out in the cupboard and I can get that. If I want chocolate, I get WW individual ones at the store. I usually don't have Jilly's problem of just wanting more.

Katy: My condolenses to you and your family on your loss! So many lives lost...it is so sad. You are doing very well, coming here instead of eating. Keep up the good work.

Hey- All you Non-American chicks - Is Halloween as big of a deal over there? (Where ever that may be?) I love to know how people celebrate various holidays in other countries.

Ammi: You've got a great attitude! I better move my big butt, or you'll get to 100 before me! :D Amazing to think of, isn't it? I've been stalled for so long! But I'm quite determined to NOT start 2007 without being 100 lbs down. (I'll simply make time stand still if I have to! :lol: )

Sorry I don't have time for more replies right now...but I'll keep trying to keep up!

Thanks for your feedback -- I didn't give in to the craving -- and I'm feeling better.

I agree with Lilion that when I really WANT something (like ice cream) I usually give into it. But those cravings often come on more slowly. But this was like a freight train, and I didn't know if eating something sweet would help. What reallyl helped was that I had to teach a class and could really focus on something else for a couple of hours. I came back and had my sandwich and feel more normal and awake for the first time all day.

Oh, and TOM actually started! So maybe it is a culprit too...