Thanks Lidian!! So are YOU sweetie!!!

Aw, Den. Thank you! I am sitting here after everyone else has gone to bed - can't sleep, it is too hot and sticky and somehow my brain is wide awake. And also maybe I am awake as I was going through old letters today and it is just weird, to say the least!

And I realize that all that has NOTHING to do with anything here!

Lidian:)

NOPE! But I can relate COMPLETELY!! I have nights like that OFTEN, and reminiscing (whether good or bad) can really "get you going" and keep you awake!!

Yeah, and so of course I sorted MORE letters today, and stuff of my mom's and her mother's, so am expecting another 2 am bedtime! If so I will certainly post a few posts then -

My mother had horrible insomnia every night, though - and no computer!

Lidian

I have learned not to sort through things/think deep thoughts/reminice later at night. Too much lost sleep.

But to keep with the thread I think I am down another 1/2 lb.

Congratulations, Squeak!! :hat:

I keep my old letters and "memories" in a couple of old suitcases. Once every couple of years I'll pull them out, but it takes AGES to go through them, and there are a lot of tears while I'm doing it. AND some laughter!

Went to the cliinc today and I weighed in at 177.6, thats a 5.2 lbs loss since I started on Thursday. I am so happy that the cheating I did on friday and saturday didn't show up. But I wonder what the scale would have said if I didn't cheat those days. Anywany I happy that the zombies (nurses) at the clinic didn't have to wake up long enough to give me grief about the cheating (not that I told them). I find that it is harder to sleep at night mostly because my mind is still up thinking about the diet. I got up this morning at 5:45 and went for my 3.2 Km walked, had a shower and then walked to the subway another 1.5 Km so hopefully tonight I will be way to tired to think.

Squeker congrats on your 1/2 lb that's great!.

I ate out too much last week so I am not sure how I am doing for the challenge :?: My WW meeting was cancelled due to the Civic Holiday so I have not weighed in. This gives me a week to get back OP :crossed:

Well done, Squeak! And Mauvais I am sure you will get back OP with no trouble...I am painstakingly writing stuff down again in my food diary, which I had conveniently misplaced (hah!) - it is the right size and I can't use anything else smaller (I need to write down every little bite and can get wordy).

I just had TOM and am about 145.5/146 I think, but hopefully will have a good OP week and not go up any more! I have been eating more from frustration/boredom since we got back from England - lots of rainy days playing on the computer and arbitrating between the young ladies of the house (i.e. saying "I don't want to HEAR what she said, you two have to work it out yourselves!")

Lidian:)

CONGRATULATIONS TRIXI!!!!!!!

So I behaved for the past two days have not cheated and walked my 3.2 Km. each day and I go into the clinic this morning and I have only lost 2 oz. I do feel really bloated today and I think I am retaining some water but it is depressing.

I think you are reatining water too - don't worry about it, just keep on doing all the great things you are doing and you WILL see results...I have been about the same weight for months now, down a couple then back up a couple - but better to just keep plugging away. And better than a gain - a loss is a loss, so congrats!

Lidian

Thanks Lidan you are a great source of support for people here and I am grateful for your kind words and encouragement. I worked really late last night and was so tired and depressed I gave in and had 4 beers. I got to say I slept like a baby and right through my alarm. Work up a 8 (have to be at work at 9) I took a cab and went to the clinic. I stepped on that scale and it said I was down 2 lbs since yesterday. ( I guess I got rid of the water) I now know that there are going to be days that I wont lose and I shouldn't get depressed over it. Last night was a give in night and I am going to try not to do that again. (this week anyway)

Trixi-Take care of yourself sweetie. Congratulations on your weight loss!!! It DOES happen.....just never as fast as we want it to!!!

I agree with Den...you know I have been known to go up as much as 4-5 lbs from morning to afternoon and I KNOW I didn't eat enough to make that happen - I reckon some of us are just very sensitive to water, or salt, or both...or the time of day (or time of month) - there's something to be said for weighing just once a week or so, though I am pretty bad about that (jumping on at least once a day, etc, hence being able to note the afternoon jump in weight!)

Lidian

YUP and YUCK!!!

I went to the clinic today and weighed in 1 lb gain (I epected it so I wasn't shocked) I was also given my bloodwork back (To give to my family doctor) and guess what? it says my cholesterol was double what it should be. Must have been all those "double" burgers. So I really wanted to cheat today but didn't cause now I have something else besides just the weight to consider (bummer). Well that was my day.

Yeah Trixi, I think we have all had those 'wake up call' sort of days and they are lousy - for me it has been days when photos come back, or my dad arrived for a visit and gave me his special devastating Look of Disapproving Horror...but you will put a few days between it and you and THEN you can say, OK, I am gonna get something out of this, and you can improve things little by little, in whatever ways work for you.

Also I think you deserve to do something extra nice for yourself like buying a new book or nice candle or new tea or whatever else you like that can recharge you...

Lidian:)

Hi girls,
Sorry that I've been awol. I was not doing too well with my food and was skipping out on the gym...but, I'm back in the saddle...in fact, gonna run downstairs and weigh myself and report back...I don't think that I gained much, haven't been that out of control...but, just disappointed with myself. got out of my routine when we went on vacation and never got it back together.

Work has been busy, my father moved into my sister and bro-in-laws, my other sister was visiting from out of state, umm..wait, I'm sure I can think up more excuses... :)

okay, you all know how that is...I don't have to make excuses here, just sorry that i didn't stop in for words of encouragement. But, I'm back. No date scheduled yet for the boobie-reduction. I'm still waiting on the final approval from the insurance company.

the kid is finished with camp for the summer, home sick today with a fever, just a little virus...okay, I'll be right back, going to go weigh-in...and then, makng a commitment to a good day and a trip to the gym today.

love, Soozie
(i'll be right back)

HI SOOZIE!! I haven't been doing that well either. My excuse? I have to use up food that nearly went bad during the power outage....(like those chips on top of the fridge!)

Oh yeah....I figured some of you were effected by that...is everybody okay????
everybody survive it? You all could have come down here and used my a/c but, then, you wouldn't have been there to eat up the food...and...I heard that you couldn't even get gas as the pumps need electricity to work...
okay, now I'm really gonna jump on that scale...
okay, 179...
but, I just talked to my insurance company and my surgery was approved!!

:strong: :cb: :cp: :hat: :yes:
now I'm seriously inspired to get to the gym and work off the rest of this stuff so my whole body can match my new wet t-shirt contest, girls gone wild, boobies...oops, sorry to any of you that find even the mention of girls gone wil offensive...don't mean to demean...just can't help it...too excited about my boobs changing their course...no, I'm not succumbing to the will of the patriarchy...I'm just thrilled that I'll have no more constant pain and muscle strain in my traps...from carrying those things...and no more numbness in my hands from the bra straps constricting those nerve endings...just like in carpel tunnel but that tunneling happens up higher...and, of course, the boobs of my dreams...
so, I'm not going to be a slug any longer...
yeah, baybees, I'm a happy camper.

Love, Soozie...
ps...hope my ranting inspires you Denny...and anyone else who needs it.
just take control one minute at a time...
love you.

YAY SOOZIE!!!!!! It is WONDERFUL that the insurance company is going to cover the procedure. They SHOULD, but they don't always do what they SHOULD do!!! I was GOING to write you a breast reduction poem, but I am just too tired right now!!! You are tempting me too babe!! I'm afraid that a couple of heavy jumps right now would result in a black eye!!!!

We no longer have to boil our water, which makes life a LOT easier!!! Still drying our clothes with the solar-powered clothes dryer (a little alternative energy humor there!!!) HOPE I CAN BUY A(n energy efficient) HOG SOON!!! We were hot and miserable, but other than that things were okay. we tried to make it into an adventure and just go with the flow! We actually got to know one of our neighbors better!! He had GROUND coffee, and we had a gas stove.....KISMET!!!!!

We are leaving for Tobermory tomorrow morning for two nights. Wish we could leave RIGHT NOW!!! I'm feeling HYPED!!! See you all Friday morning!!!

Hi Girls,
176 today...not too shabby....one week to go and one pound to goal!

I like those numbers...

My yoga teacher is coming to the house today to work with me...
time to start exercising again...I had fallen off of the wagon for a bit.
Then I'll pack and we're going to the beach for a few days.
I'll be walking, doing yoga, reading, eating healthy food...that's my plan
anyway. Hope that you're all doing well.

Love, Soozie

Hey Soozie, could you email me, please? :D Thank you. Lost my addresses when I lost my computer.

sure...I'll be right there...

Have fun at the beach!! I HAD been doing well on the challenge, but got off track. At least my weight is lower than when the challenge started, but I doubt i'll meet goal.

Goal? We have goals?

YUP!! I plan to be PERFECT by the time I am 200!!!

:lol:

Pounds or age, Den?

:lol: Oh gawd... good one, Ruth. :lol:

tee hee - can you tell I'm marking time waiting for Gail to finish cleaning the kitchen floor? It shouldn't take long as I had to wash it yesterday.
Somehow I doubt I'm going to make 194 by next Monday!

HEY!! I'm only 15 to 20 pounds OVER 200 right now, and I think it is going to take be a BIT longer than that to reach perfection!!! (Even though I AM wonderful....and humble too!!!)

I have failed miserably at the September Challenge. I am at 171.5, which would be up about 10 lbs. since May.

awww....poor Squeak! My sympathies :grouphug: I'm not doing that well either :(

You could always start fresh and join the Halloween challenge that starts on September 2nd :D

Hi girlies,
oh Squeakette, don't despair...did I spell despair wrong...it looks funny....lousy speller, always rely on spell check...and no spell check here...(i did, but I came back in and fixed it...think it's right now?)

Anyway, on to the Halloween Challenge Squeak...or maybe you need to make up your own thing...maybe the challenges spark your inner adolescent to rebel...my inner adolescent can be quite a nuisance. She was ornery and fiesty then and she hasn't changed a bit.

Well, my weight is 176.5 today, which is up a half from my last weigh-in...however...still a few days until September 1st right? And I was at the beach eating lots of snacks...so, if I'm a well behaved girl for the next few days and get lots of wonderful exercise, I may be 175 by the first...a girl can dream can't she?

which reminds me, Squeak, maybe you should take a Scarlet O'Hara approach...what was her line about not worrying about stuff...come on Ellis, you're the literary one...

or maybe Blanche DuBois..."why, Ah jus luv comin in here with you lovely girls and chattin about ma weight...you see, I've always relied on the kindness of strangers..."

see you on the first...I'm goin back to the beach...
love, soozie

I think that was Rhett, wasn't it? :D "... I don't give a damn!"

Squeak, you're still a babe and you're still a NICE person (I mean that in the nicest way ;) ). The fat'll come off. You couldn't BUY your looks and personality. Not to mention your bulging brains.
xoxo :grouphug:

Soozie, welcome back from the beach! :wave:

FIDDLE DEE DEE.....

I can't think about this today, I'll think about it tomorrow...

I hear ya, Sflake. :rolleyes: Me, too.