Hi Everyone,

The April Accountabiltiy Thread has been started. Come join. Make a commitment for April and keep track of your progress.

See you there,

Lynn

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No sun today . . . in fact we got a bit of new white dust overnight and this morning was very foggy. Now it is just dull.

Spring is on the way though -- I saw a robin -- he really stood out well against the pure white background. :lol:

:yawn: Good morning everybody,
I'm headed out shopping for my new hat.

What an inspiring thread! And nobody raving about grandkids etc. :) I have just started the Nutrisystem diet and am very pleased with it. I DID research first on this forum, and so my choices were things that tasted good. This is my first week, but I have decided to become active in this forum so I can get some help if I need it. Or help if I can help

Hey ggg! :welcome2: Yeah, join on in! Tell us about your hobbies, trips, sports, reading... all that good stuff!

Good luck on your weight loss plan!

Jay

Welcome GGG!!:celebrate:
Wow it is Friday already. I have gotten this exercise thing down great for some strange reason. I have clued into how much better it makes me feel and that is working for me. :carrot::broc:

The food not so good. I was doing one plan and then not so interested in that. Too rigid. Thinking of calorie counting like you all do. Did take a look at the pyramid.com and that was interesting.
I am off to see a dietician on the 22nd so that may be inspiriing.
What a battle this food is. :?:
Maybe something will inspire me. I know how much better I will feel just need to get some good days in.
Jay I have just gotten 2 implants. Better than a bridge so that was my choice. I worked a ton of overtime this winter and that is where it all went. Which is a drag. Hope I am done for a while. But they are great just like new teeth. :D
Jada so what kind of hat are we talking here? Your neighborhood sounds a little scary. Glad they have the police out. Maybe you need a walking buddy. Too bad about the fire at the gym. When it is done though it will be all brand new and that will be nice. :trampo:

Did housework this morning in lieu of the gym but will go tomorrow. Hopefully food will be better tomorrow as well.
Have a good weekend everyone and enjoy.
Cheers.....Jude :book2:

:grouphug: Welcome GGG. I'm fairly new too. I wish you a healthy and happy weight loss.

I have just started eating too much again. I lost 18 pounds and the day I hit that 171 mark I started celebrating and haven't quit yet. That was about 4 days ago. I always do pretty well in the mornings but this afternoon I lost it and have about every day. I will weigh in the morning and see what the scale reads but I sure want to start practicing my less food deal tomorow again. It's difficult.
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ggg: When you raise kids, you crave adult conversation, but it becomes a habit that's hard to break (for me), and then you start talking about grandkids which drive people nuts. Being on this thread helps to break that habit. I love being able to start talking just about adult stuff, and start getting that adult self back.

Jude: I think it's tough trying to change more than one thing at a time, like exercising and changing food routine. One seems to affect the other though. When I exercise, it tires me out so I sleep better at night, so I'm not up eating. And then eating less, helps me to sleep better because my stomach isn't bothering me.
It's a good idea to find a walking buddy.
I'm buying a grass hat for walking only.

Grabec: It is difficult to stop the eating. People say to "just stop eating." If only it was that easy. If I had not gained weight, I'd probably be one of those people who would say it. It does sound easy. But food is so good, and the hunger pains don't go away. But it's like Laurie said, food tastes even better when you get it under control. You probably find that you don't even like the taste of most foods you eat. I wasn't even enjoying myself because my stomach felt miserable. I had to use pepcid, and sometimes even that didn't work. I haven't had to take any Pepcid since I started 3FC.

grabec--an important "rule" that I think you just learned is that you don't celebrate weight loss by eating. That's like celebrating being drug-free by shooting up. :eek:

Jay

Today -- lots of sunshine and the temperature is going to get up to around the 50 mark. Tomorrow supposed to be more of the same and then things will get warmer and become rainy for a few days. I think Spring is finally, finally going to appear. :yes:

My internet connection was being uncooperative first thing this morning. Just when I was about to call the cable company and register a bitter complaint, I decided I'd better take a look at the main computer upstairs first. Sure enough, some wonderful little nocturnal beastie had managed to disconnect me. :dizzy: I love them all dearly but they can be challenging at times.

Have a great day, gang . . . :wave:

Hi all - my router was misbehavin' yesterday :( I miss all of you!

Lori - hope you are feeling better soon. Glad you got your grades done! We had several teachers get their's in before break started. I think I would be the same -want it DONE before I left town ;)

ggg :welcome: Glad you found us! I can't imagine this weight loss journey without the folk around here. They have been sooooo helpful and encouraging!

grabec - some things that help me keep from those food binges:

• Keep lots of raw veggies and low-cal dips/dressings around
• 100 calorie popcorn bags
• hot tea
• keep "trigger" foods out of the house, or at least in a very, very inconvenient place
• Put some common sense rules in place and post them prominently. Posting your weight loss chart, pictures of goal outfits or rewards also helps!
• Make a list of rewards that you CAN indulge in - and substitute those for food. Some of my favorites are - a pedicure, bubble bath, concert tickets, a new fragrance or lotion, new music, a new book, a new accessory or clothing (new means new to me - second hand stores are fun)
• Distraction - instead of eating, take a walk, call a friend, take a bath, weed the garden, anything that gets you out of the kitchen

Jude - calorie counting works for me. I'm not into deprivation and I seem to be able to stop after a reasonable portion of most foods. I found out a couple weeks ago that I still can't bake brownies at home - I have little self control around warm brownies. Warm home made bread is also problematic, but a bit more controllable. The cool thing is that I can still indulge in my "problem" foods - I just eat them in places where my portions are pre-set (church, friend's house, parties, dining out, etc.)

Jada :hug: More details when you find your hat, please! I'm in a clothes horse mood and would love to know what others are buying ;)

Linda - no sun here, and snow in the forecast :( I'm growly about that!

Jay - I'm betting the implants will be worth the cost in the long run. How about planning some "local" trips - do some out of the ordinary things that are lower in cost but still get you out of your usual routine?

We are traveling a lot more in MI this year, and we are enjoying our getaways quite a bit! There are places fairly close that we have never taken the time to explore. Our hiking trips in the state parks have been very enjoyable. We have found local "mom & pop" motels for CHEAP and most of them have a microwave and fridge. We bring our own food and dine out only once or twice on the trip.

Hi to everyone else! Hope you are having a good start to the weekend!

I'm doing well - I'm doing my Wii workouts and Wii Sports exclusively with my left arm (letting the elbow rest) which has been a hoot! Tennis has been :rofl:

I did have a NSV this week. SierraTradingPost had a great % off coupon and free shipping this week. I ordered some activewear including some wicking tees and really cute tops and jeans for 80-90% off. When the order came - every single thing fit beautifully. Gone are the days when I had to try on 15 tops to get one that looked half-way decent.

So the moral of this story is - stay on plan this weekend. It really, really, really is worth it. Of course this is advice to myself, first and foremost! Weekends can be more challenging with being in close proximity to the kitchen much of the day. Thankfully, this is the last Lenten study weekend - pizza and desserts, I gotta formulate a plan NOW to make it through that one!

Have a great, fun, and balanced weekend all!

Laurie

:dancer: Good morning everybody!!

A few minutes ago I heard a sonic boom. Here in Fla. we know that means the Space Shuttle coming in!

Sure enough--I got on MSNBC.com and watched it land live, over on the other coast.

I've been told that if it's clear, we can see it take off, too, even though it's 200 miles across the peninsula.

Has anyone been to Kennedy Space Center? It's on my list of tours I want to take.

Jay

Jay - I haven't been there, but I would love to go! BIL worked on the space program for about 20 years, so we have seen several aspects of the program, but never Kennedy.

A busy day here - I spent the day spring cleaning and doing laundry. I got a LOT of little projects done. I also got train tickets and booked the hotel for the Chicago trip over Memorial Weekend! Now, to research what plays we want to see :)

We are supposed to get a winter storm tonight. :( But, given what Fargo and the south are going through, I'm not gonna complain about sleet and 8 inches of snow (well not TOO much, anyway) ;)


Laurie