This thread is a sub-set of the 300+ thread.

This group is for those dealing with the challenges of having a significant amount of weight to lose and being fit which becomes harder after age 40. If you're an old or new friend and not over 40 and feel this is the place to post, jump right in.

Evening ladies,

Another weekend coming to an end. They go much too quickly.

I finished the Christmas decorating that Jeannie started and got all the containers and extra stuff put back in the closet. I've also done some general house cleaning - keeping stuff picked up and vacuumed. Jeannie will clean on Wednesday.

I pretty much finished up Christmas shopping today. I have done it all online and with DH sitting on the couch. Unless I get him some cologne somewhere, I am completely done. Oh crap, except for mom. I've told DH to ignore the boxes as they arrive and not to be even looking at where they are from. I just don't have time to be running from store to store plus the distance we live away from shopping, the shipping charges are reasonable.

I'm thrilled to report that I have excercised both days this weekend. I did some outside work this morning and just finished 35 minutes on the stationary bike.

Getting my exercise in this week will be a challenge. We have an all day meeting on Tuesday which I think starts at 8:30. They are changing the name of our company as part of the integration and it apparently takes all day to brainwash us into why this is a good thing. Then that night, there is the retirement dinner for my boss with no time in between work and dinner. Thursday night is dinner with two of DH's cousins. Not making excuses, but plotting ahead so that I work exercise in each day. I wish I had joined the exercise thread months ago.

I need to go put up clean clothes and finish laundry.

to everyone!

Hi Ladies

I'm back at 3FC after a long absence. I had lost 100 pounds, then turned around and gained all but 20 of it back But now I'm trying to get myself back on track (and into my smaller jeans!). I'm currently trying the "You On A Diet" program. Today is the start of my 2nd week and I've lost 1" from my waist and 1.6 pounds. One of the things the YOAD diet tells you to do is find weight loss buddies - well, I tried to have a couple of my friends be just that, but they aren't really interested in doing it for themselves, so I'm here looking for the support I know I will need.

I have spent 2006 learning to NOT purge, and now I'm looking to make 2007 the year I finally stop the bingeing. Right now I just want to make it through the rest of the month with no binge (so far, so good!!). I want to make my 46th year a lot better than many of the previous ones.

Okay, enough blah blah from me - I look forward to getting to know you all!

Hi Brunissen. Good to see you back and even better to see that you're working on getting healthy - the right. One step at a time. You can do it.

Ooops, oatmeal is boial over. Gotta run! Have a great day!

Terri!! WARNING!!! BUNCO can be dangerous to our health!!! It's very addicting!!! Seriously, it's a great fun game. Our Church has two differnt groups of 12 women each that meet once a month. We have a dinner, play Bunco and then have a "prayer circle" for lack of a bettere term for it. Anyway it makes for a fun night and helps us stay close as a group.

Thing have quieted dow a bit at work. We only lost two people the end of the month of November and none so far in Dec.

I have been aware of what I have been eating. My sister joined WW again and she is busy counting points so it has made me more aware too.

Most of my decorating is done. I'm having some church people over for a dinner meeting tomorrow night and then we are hosting part of the teenagers progressive dinner Saturday night.


Hope everyone else will have a great week and I;ll try to check in later.

Ruth: Have you gotten your results of your tests yet! I'm thinking about you.

Good cold morning to you my hens. How are all of you today? I think I am finally getting over being so sore. Of course when I sneeze, laugh or cough...look out! I have to hold my tummy.

Terri, you are so energetic it makes me feel like a slug! Ha! I don't have one Christmas decoration up yet. I haven't even got my wreath on the front door This is subject to be a no decoration Christmas. I will try to get my Christmas tablecloth and some candles in the dining room though. In case I haven't told you this before...I really enjoy your post about your activities. It is a real pleasure to read you

Barb, good to see you this morning. No, I haven't got my results back from the lab yet, or if I have they haven't shared them with me. I go back to the Dr. Fri. so I am thinking he will tell me then. Glad to hear that work is a little calmer right now.

Hello Brunissen! Welcome back!

Hey, Lilion, where are you?

Val, how is the new job?

I know I have missed a lot of you, but give me time to catch up ok? I will try to get back in the swing of things. Thin, are you out there?

Oh, by the way, my appetite returned with a bang I had a run in with a pan of brownies some nice friend thought I needed to help me heal.
Sheesh, I know they didn't hold a gun to my head and make me eat them, but boy were they good! Nough said! See Ya later! Ruth

Good Morning Ladies!

Some nerve, Ruth! I've posted like a bizzillion times since you did last! I'm here, never fear! Can't believe you haven't got those results yet...but I always figure no news is good news. If it's something serious, they don't make you wait. Mmmm, brownies! I love them, which is why I seldom make them! Put it down to stress and the holdays and try, try again! Watch the belly! (I'm talking pain, not growth! )

Terri I agree with Ruth, your posts are a joy to read, but you make me tired! Or maybe that's just lack of sleep on my part! I think you did the shopping the smart way. I keep going to the store!

Barbara: Good to see you! Watch that Bunco, I hear it leads to harder games like Texas Hold'um.

Brunissen: Sounds like you are ready, willing and able to get happy, healthy and slim! We're here to help when we can!

Mother: on that weight loss! Isn't that just the BEST when you expect a gain!

Thin, Judy, Karen and those hen's I'm sure I'm missing:

It was an odd and busy weekend. Friday I stayed up too late, to like 2 a.m! Not sure why either. So Saturday I overslept and got up about 11:30 and then had to rush. Had to go shopping and meet my friend at 2:30 to go to a Passions party. That's kinda like a Tupperware party - but NOT! (I think you can guess the stuff they sell! ) Then we went out for her b-day, ate Mexican food and drank margaritas, played pool and drank margaritas, then out with DH and threw darts and drank beer! By 11:30 when we got home I was more than a bit happy. Fun, but the hangover Sunday wasn't worth it...well, maybe it was. Sunday I did yet more shopping, some office work and then cooked for the party I have to go to tonight. I made Buffalo Chicken dip and banana bread. The banana bread recipe I posted on the recipe thread. It's YUMMY! I didn't get to bed until late and today I'm paying for it. I don't do lack of sleep well. I'll have to try to get to bed earlier tonight, but with yet another party? We'll see.

I hope you all are doing well and the holiday stress isn't building too high yet!

Much love to my favorite hens!

How is it going troops?

Lilion, Hee, hee, I am bad aren't I? By the way I enjoy your post too. That is why I asked where you were. I miss you when I can't read Ya.

Not so much going on here. I am waiting for the cleaning lady to come....yeah, I know I have gotten spoiled having someone do the work for me. As long as my Moms girl Friday is willing to come once every two weeks, I"m keeping her!

My Mom is doing so, so. The dementia hasn't gotten any worse, but there is so much difference from just a few months ago. So sad. Her mind has always been so sharp, and it really hurts to see it slipping away.

Well, my hens, That is it for this morning. Have a pleasant op day. Ruth

Good Morning Ladies!

And how are my hen's today? I'm BEAT! Got home from my Yuletide party at 10:00 or so, got the kiddo to bed but really had to stay up because the pups had been locked up most of the day and needed some time out and so didn't go to bed until midnight. I'm just not a person who does well on less than the full 8 hours and haven't gotten it in DAYS!

As for the party.... ... need I say more? I don't understand myself, social occasions tend to turn into full-blown binges sometimes, especially when there's a big table full of sweets. I was actually ill, headache and tummy ache, afterwards. WHY do I do this to myself!?!

BUT - it was the LAST social occasion until the family Xmas on the 24th. Then I just have dinner out with my brother's family on the 28th and a NYE party on the 31st that I really just need to put in an appearance at since DH has to work. This is good! I fully intend to be PERFECT the rest of the month and hopefully not end the month UP. I'll be quite happy if I'm still 238 - 10 lbs to go to 100 instead of 5, but I'll live with it.

Ruth: 2 posts in 2 days? WOW! I'm sorry to hear your mom is going downhill some, but I suppose it's to be expected. My folks both passed when I was quite young, so I never had to go thru the problems of advanced years, really. (Although Dad was nearing 80 at the time.) When is your mother's birthday? She'll be 100 at the next one, right? She, and you, are in my thoughts.

Thin: Shouting out to you!!! How's your mom doing????

Hello to everyone else too! Going to run now ladies. Have a good day!

Quick note from work - my home computer crashed and burned last night... as in "Windows has shut down... Memory is being dumped... Can't find a drive - any drive...." So I'll be sort of MIA for a while. I only get a half our lunch and only work 3 1/2 days a week most of the time, but I'll look in on every body when I can. Hopefully be the time I'm back up and on-line again, I'll be thru this little emotional & diet rollar coaster that I've been playing on and I'll have something good to report. In the meantime, I haven't forgotten ya, haven't given up, and will keep on fighting the good fight!

C-ya!

Hi Gals,

All's pretty quiet here. Snow's melted and it's above freezing. I'm enjoying it!

Things are pretty good on the weight loss front. I'm holding my own and doing my best to stay away from those cookies everyone has been bringing to work. I'd be in big trouble if I had them at home but I've learned my lesson about that and cookies will not cross my doorstep.

Sorry this is so short but I've got to scoot out to the store.

Love ya all!

I thought I would shock Lilion this morning by posting again

How are we supposed to stay on program through the Holidays when we have so many well meaning people? My family and friends, and I use the term loosely, have bombarded me with goodies. I know they mean well, but come on, I am only human. One big old tray full of cookies, 1 big sliegh full of chocolate, a cake, a coffee cake, homemade bread, banana bread and I don't know what all else. HELP! I am going down for the third time here! I could and should take it to the nursing home. Right? The bad thing is, I know there is more to come. AH, the Holidays! My will power is taking a Holiday too.

Just for today, I am going to stay op, so help me!

Well, chickies, it is early morning here and I have things I need to do. I am going through files and trying to clean out paper work that I no longer need. What a job. It piles up faster than I can handle it.

Take care, Ruth

Good Morning Ladies!

RUTH! YOU'RE BACK!
Silly girl! Now GET THEE TO A NURSING HOME! (Or a homeless shelter, soup kitchen or a food pantry if it's not homemade.) Must be someplace out there where people need calories! I'm one to talk! With my snack-attack of the other day! (and my nut-snitching that happens when I open my cupboard and see the baking stuff!)

I actually was pretty good last night. I did go over on pts, but I was just so tired and running late and didn't want to cook, so I got Subway on the way home. I was also really hungry, so I ate too much with the whole foot-long sandwhich, but I suppose I wasn't over by more than 5 pts or so and given the alternatives, I feel pretty good about yesterday. No WI this week. I'm going to weigh, but I'm not writing anything down until January when I'm officially starting over!

Judy: Nice to see your smiling signiture again! All our snow is gone too and so are the cookies, at the moment!

Valerie: We'll miss you!!! Hope your computer recovers soon!

Now, get Thin, Mother and Barbara to post every day and I'll really



to Karen and everyone I'm forgetting!

Evening ladies!

OMG!!! I have been a FREAKING EATING MACHINE TODAY!!

Sorry, just had to get this out....I'm off today and studying all day for my last final tomorrow. I don't know if it's stress or what, but I have been watching the clock all day, just to make sure I could eat every 2 hours. Normally I do eat every 2-3 hours but am never so conscious about it or in such dire need.

I had been eating to many nuts, olives and dried fruits lately (for my comfort level) and was trying not to eat those today, so maybe that's part of it. I haven't eaten anything I shouldn't, LOTS of veggies, protein, some brown rice and hummus, but I just seem so hungry today.

Ok, back to study. I'll catch up after the test tomorrow when i'll be FREE for a whole month!

Have a great night!

Ok, time to freak out Lilion!!!

Seriously, I have been here. I posted the other day and as I wrote about my scale being kind I decided I needed to change my ticker so I went to User CP, changed the ticker and then couldn't get back to the post I was writing. Note to self: do NOT get sidetracked when trying to post because you'll lose it everytime!

Anyway, now that I've let the cat out of the bag, the scale HAS been very kind to me lately. I was down into a new decade this morning that I haven't seen in several years. WooHoo!!!!

Honey was off on vacation all last week so I got NOTHING done. Well, I guess that's not TOTALLY true. We put up and decorated the tree in the family room, put up outside lights, got a bunch of stuff listed on eBay, and did the tree in my dining room. I finished putting all the other stuff in the dining room yesterday and put up the tree in our bedroom.

Honey's leaving for Canada tomorrow and won't be in until late Friday night so maybe I can get some stuff done. At least I can pull an all-nighter without anyone hollering at me in the morning. I'll have to see how much ambition I have.

It's good to see so many of us back together again. I'm sorry that I can't do replies to everyone right now, but maybe I'll be able to start fresh and post properly real soon.

Mom is still suffering with her poopy problems. She was cleared up for a couple of weeks and now is back at it again. We just don't know what's going on.

I've been trying to get Christmas cards ready to mail. Wrote my Christmas letter to friends and family. Now I just need to get some pictures reprinted and they'll be ready to go. I tried to do some on my computer tonight but for some reason my printer won't print them in color. I can print off a website or some of my Word documents have a color logo and those print, but pictures come out in black and white. I've got no clue how to fix it so I guess I'll be getting them done tomorrow at Sam's.

Guess I should head upstairs. It would probably be nice to crawl in bed WITH my Honey tonight since he's going out of town. Usually he's in bed LONG before I am.

See you all soon. Love ya bunches!