Just a quick note to say hi! Hi!

Hydra: I am a veteran colonoscopy girl. The prep for me is worse than the actual colonoscopy. PM me if you want any tmi details. I'll be home after work today. I'm glad you are taking care of yourself!!! :carrot:

Off to school. lol
Ash

WLW - the tuna salad recipe looks wonderful - I'll be trying it this weekend!
hotsplashes - get well soon!
hydra - will be thinking positive thoughts for you. For a few moments of awkwardness, lots can be learned - unlike many medical tests, this one is known to have tremendous value. :)
dmc - one day at a time! There are days ... it's one HOUR at a time. And sometimes less than that! Over in the Support Forum, there's a thread called "If you don't quit, you can't fail". I think most of us have embraced that philosophy.

I'm having a great week so far - I've been at and under my calorie ranges, and the next half-pound represents ... 20 lbs off!

Welcome to our new comers, we always have room for more.

WLW - That tuna sounds yummy. I might have to try that tomorrow when I get home from the farmers market.

hydra - It will be over before you know it.

Yesterday was not a good day for me. I'm avoiding making my calls for my root canal and to make arrangements for Tucker. We had hoped for a couple more weeks but at this point we will see if our vet can come out Tuesday morning. I have my yearly that morning but will cancel if I have to.

I am PMS'ing big time and last night an overload of salt & sugar has left me feeling like I have been hit by a truck this morning. The good news is I'm still doing my workouts and the scales have not moved.

Cruise Cat: sorry you're having to deal with all that at the same time : ( when it rains it pours!
hydra: inthemidst is right, the prep is the worst part. the benefits can be enormous!

I had a bad/good food day yesterday. I was actually able to eat without having my stomach give me fits, but didn't eat very healthy. My fasting blood sugar this morning was WAY up, highest it's been since the 1st week I started tracking it and taking the metformin. It has to be because of the pizza i ate for a really late dinner. Why is it I can walk to the local pizza place (half mile each way) and be satisfied with one small slice, but if I order in I end up eating at least 3?!
I finally got my books from amazon, have been waiting for The Insulin Resistance Diet and The Flat Belly Diet. Hoping to figure out what I'm doing wrong, and have a friend who is insulin resistant and did great with the IRT, in fact everyone in the family lost around 30lbs in the first few months. Mainly wanted the FBD because I had heard about some of the recipes on a tv show - and it does have a ton of great sounding recipes and meal ideas. I'm half tempted to try their 4 day jump start but am worried about the lack of fiber-I can go one and at most 2 days without my fiber before my tummy starts waging a protest.
I see the nutritional counselor today, am mad at myself because I had planned to do a food journal for at least a week to bring with me, and never did get around to it : ( Procrastination is one of my worst faults! However, since I pretty much ate the same exact thing every day for the past 6 days I should be able to give her a pretty good rundown.

I plan to enjoy opening my windows and getting outdoors on my midweek "weekend" as it's gotten a bit cooler here. Hope everyone has a great rest of your week!

GabbyTab: good job on getting to the gym, even when it was tough!

presmaggie: a bit of shopping and the beach sounds like a great way to handle a grumpy-starting day! Good planning.

Marie: LOL at your scale changing it's evil ways!

AuzzieDee: Welcome!

patchworkpenguin: Isn't it amazing how dependent we are on technologies that we couldn't imagine when we were kids? Nothing makes me grumpier than technology that doesn't work.

weightlosswanted: thanks for the recipe! I printed it so that I can make it soon. I hope things going well with the nutritionist -- I'm sure that you won't be the first person s/he's seen without a food journal!

dmc2009: slow and steady sounds like great advice -- thanks!

Hydra: keeping you in my thoughts

CruiseCAT: yay for doing your workouts -- I think they can be such a help during stressful times.

I'm going to a movie today to celebrate getting down to 235! I think I'll see Julie and Julia.

Diane, welcome to our group. We’ve all noticed that our 40’s has slow the weight loss but with all our added wisdom we’re hopeful we’ve learned to never regain it.

Penguin, I have begun to believe that manufacturers or technology like to put idiosyncrasies in their product so that we always want the newer, faster product. Built in customer retention.

Hots, I hope you feel better.

DMC, slow and steady is the best motto. The bad choices will be less and less as you see progress. It’s the best motivator.

Hydra, I bet with fasting tomorrow you’ll really stay on track. I bet you’ll be glad when this week is over.

ICU, here’s sending .5 pounds away vibes. Landmark weight losses are fun.

Cruise, my thoughts are with you , Mack and Tucker. I truly empathize what you’re going through.

WLW, my guess the reason one slice is satisfying is that you exercised on your way to the parlor and on the way home. Exercise and feeling good about yourself is a great proponent of eating on plan.

Joy, YEAH!!!! On the 235. You are doing great.


Things are still bad on the DD vs. her ex-partner front. A custody battle has begun. My poor DGS. Partner took DGS across statelines and won't say where they are - I'd think that would be illegal but I'm not a lawyer. The only bright spot is I no longer have to like the partner (she made that difficult). And I haven't eaten out of emotions/anger. On track daily with 1400 cals. I have been beating up my elliptical with raw anger - I guess another side benefit as I have really pushed it. This morning my quads reminded me that I went a little overboard yesterday. I kept visualizing the partner was under the foot pedals so I was slamming them down. My idea of therapy...
Marie

Thank you all for your support. Although we have known this time would come it doesn't make it any easier. Back when Tucker was just a year old we came very close to having him PTS because we could not control his seizures. He would cluster 3-7 times in a two day period every 7-10 days.

Here is a video I made back then and although I have 1000's of additional photos of him and the pack this is my favorite collage of Tucker.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBrind...54/DqVIlFs7b4k

I didn't feel very well last night, I kept taking Tums to help my stomach ache. This morning I figured out my problem. TTOM. So now I'm cramping and have a headache. This is unsual because I rarely get a warning/sign, and actually thought I was very sore from yesterday's pilates. Rolls-eyes. I still want to workout today so we'll see what happens. Mind is willing but the body is weak.

I get to make an apple cobbler today {I hate peeling apples}. Wed night at Renee's house has been moved to Thurs because her Hubby's school schedule changed, but I have to make the dessert tonight because I may not have time tomorrow.

Cruise, I'm so sorry about Tucker, I didn't get to see the whole video {loading slowely} but he's adorable.

Marie, There's wanting and affording. The DVD player is only two years old while the one it replaced was from when DVD's first came out! {donated to us by my Dad}. I would think taking a child overstate lines is illegal also.

WLW, I've done the 4 day fast/jumpstart from FBD. It wasn't that bad since its 'only' four days, LOL. My parents have the book and they did it so I tried it. I think I had a sandwich on a slice of wheat bread for lunch which was my added fiber?? Anyway I survived. I think I lost 4lbs. Its been a while since I did it so the details are a little fuzzy. My theory on pizza is if its there I'll eat it. I like to make my own but occasionally Hubby and i will order out. I would like to get a large and only eat two pieces saving my other fourth for tomorrow, but Hubby eats three so I feel deprived and eat another then we end up polishing the whole thing off. If we order a small there's three pieces and we polish that off too.

Hopefully tomorrow will be better!

Well it seems the bottom line is I'm not eating enough calories...which I've previously been told by the trainers in my gym could be an issue. They suggested a minimum of 1200 calories which I have trouble doing (except on the days I eat out or order in) and the nutritionist thinks I should aim for 1400-1600, preferably the higher end. The fact that I don't feel normal hunger pangs on a regular basis and have trouble eating bigger portions apparently is a common side effect even long after chemo is done : (

She was helpful as far as explaining how to follow a plan with "consistent carbs" to keep the blood sugar better balanced. It helps to know how many carbs and how much protein I should be eating at each meal. I think though that since I can't always eat the full serving size of a food that I may need to find a way to eat more smaller meals/snacks throughout the day.

Cruise Cat and Marie: so sorry for the tough situations y'all are dealing with.
Marie: great way to channel the stress and anger!
Diane: welcome to the group, the ladies here are great!

Hi Everyone
 

Thanks for the warm and cordial welcome.

We spent the last year living in Australia and we are now back in Canada. It is nice to be home, but I certainly will be missing Auz. when its -30 here and plus 30 there.

There is a hiring freeze on at the hospital that I worked at so since we've been home I have not been back to work. I find I am quite bored at home and waste alot of time eating and doing nothing. I need to break this habit and quickly. I won't have any clothes that fit if I don't.

I love the support and accountability that a board like this brings. A few years ago I joined Ediets and found it amazing, I lost 35 pounds with that.

I look forward to getting to know each of you and providing a listening ear and hopefully some inspiration.

Diane

I tried to get a workout in but the DVD player acted up and just wouldn't let me, I went into my sewing room to use that one {less room} but the TV wouldn't turn on! What is going on here!?

I had just pulled the cobbler out of the oven when my friend called and cancelled Thursday night's dinner at their house. There is a mandatory meeting at her son's school that night. Figures. I thought I'd give some of the cobbler to my parents so we wouldn't eat it all. It would be Sat before we could take some of it by my friend's house; we've done that in the past, too.

Dee, I spend a lot of time home alone also, I try to keep busy but there are times when boredom just creeps in and I find myself munching.

WLW, When we are told that overweight people eat too much, hearing that we aren't eating enough in just counterintuitive. I hope you get the carbs and calories straightened out.

Patchwork, time to go for a walk after all the vcr frustration.

Some of the chicks at work and me are going to start walking more at lunch so that should help me out.

Today was a good day (so far), I know I have left over chinese for dinner though. Oh well, it won't be too much.

I really would love to stop for a bottle of zin though, but I will wait until friday to feel like I have earned and deserve it.

Good luck to all today and tonight!

dmc

Day 3 got up at 5:45, did 35 minutes on the exercise bike. It's not that bad getting up early if I'm sure to make myself go to bed early. My problem is that I'm used to staying up til 11:30 or 12. Last night I forced myself to go to bed at 10.

As for eating, I'm doing well with what I have for breakfast and lunch but I'm snacking after school. Our nights have been hectic the last couple weeks with meetings and sports and school stuff. I know what needs to be done, it's just forcing myself to do it!

DMC, Say no to the zin! You can do it! Or maybe say it's for weekends only.

Patchwork, Sounds like tv's and dvd's possessed! Good luck with fresh cobbler in the house. You are very brave!

Diane, Welcom to the BEST group on 3FC. I work at a school and just went back to work after being off all summer. It's hard to be home alot! Make a plan to get out and get moving!

WLW, sounds like good info from the nutritionist, It's weird to think we aren't eating enough when we are trying to lose.

Cruise, :hug: Sorry to hear about Tucker. One shouldn't have to deal with that and the dentist too. Add me to the list of dental phobics! I'm sure my chart has "big Wimp" in bold letters!

Marie, Glad you have found a way to channel your anger over DD's partner. Sounds like the situation in not heading in a good direction. Not sure if there is any legal recourse if there is no custody specified yet. I have always despised those who use children to wage war against each other.

Gardener, congrats on getting to 235! Hope you enjoyed the movie!

ICU, 20 pounds is a big milestone! Celebrate!

inthemidst, Hope school is going well!

Hydra, will be thinking of you as you have your tests. Hope all the results are good!

Well done to everyone on your achievements, and my thoughts are with those who are struggling with factors that make weight loss not so easy.

I've been bang on plan this week and the scales haven't moved! Then I woke up this morning to TOM, 2 weeks after the last one. They've been really irregular lately - am I heading into pre-menopause? I'm not looking forward to that, mainly because I have a very strong family Hx of breast cancer (mother died from it, auntie survived it, uncle died from it) so HRT is not an option for me, and I'll just have to go it alone. Yuck.

Am waiting for the day to cool down so I can go for my run today. My legs have pretty much recovered from my 10k on Sunday, so it's time to get back into it.

Hi, ladies. I step out for a few days and look how much I missed!! I'll have to go back and read the past pages later...

Continuing to maintain here. I'm finding it hard to find time to exercise, now that the boys are back in school. Isn't that ironic, since I was finding it hard to find time to exercise when the boys were home from school???

In all fairness, with them going back, I've been getting around to some dr's appts, having a bunch of meetings at the school, and also had a fun day trip to an art museum today.

But I am committing to regular exercise, starting tomorrow. My calendar is currently empty and *nothing* will interfere with exercising once the boys get on the school bus. I am so sick of being careful about what I eat, but at least at this point in my life, I realize that I have no choice but to just keep at it, even when I go off plan now and again.

Here's a funny thing. With seeing all these people assoc. with the school, after not seeing them all summer, I am getting so many compliments on my hair. Really, it's weird. Even today -- when I didn't even wash my hair. The woman I went to the museum with asked me if I always had bangs, or if it was a new cut, or if the color changed??? I finally told her that my hair isn't any different, it's the fact that I've lost 20 pounds that makes me look different... So I guess people can't really put a finger on what's different about me; too funny... I am so not a hair person, and the other day a woman I bumped into at Wal-Mart was going on about how great my hair looked, and did I just get it done today, and so on... Too funny.

Welcome to all the new people, congratulations on everyone's progress, and hugs to those that need them...