staying on plan today because
 

even though I sometimes feel like food is the only thing I can truly count on to make me feel good (for a little while anyway), I'm ready to move beyond that.

Gotta run. busy day.

Melissa, I sooo feel for you with your gallbladder acting up. Had mine out about 3-4 years ago, and the last couple of bouts were really bad, putting me in the hospital. Take care of yourself!! :hug:

Melissa,
Do you still have your gallbladder? Don't let that go too long. I made that mistake, unknowingly, and almost died. Sorry to be so harsh, but that is something very serious.

Well despite my efforts, I am going to weigh in at 171 again this week. Darned all that going out. That's not bad considering how much I have eaten out this past week. I did gain but managed to get that back off, and then TOM came this week as well. I told my DH that i was going to be in the 160's by the end of this week and I am going to make a conscious effort to get there.

Gotta go take care of some business.
Chairty glad your back and had a good time.
Love

Good Afternoon girls!! Well I feel like I'm able to at least accomplish something now. Naps are wonderful things!

Michelle...good to see you!!! I hope you are having a fantastic day!!

Charity...I plan on putting some more miles on there this afternoon! At least a long bike ride!

Ann...I have that relationship with food myself, but in the end it only ends up making me feel worse! We can do this! We are the ones in control!

Love....yes i still have my gallbladder, I had my first attack about 5 or 6 years ago..really bad, called an ambulance to come get me and everything. Since then I've had what I call mini attacks ever so often, I can go years without one and what I had last night was NOTHING compared to that first one. I would LOVE to just have the thing taken out, and SOON! But I dont have health insurance so I'm stuck waiting till I do. I know its playing with fire trust me, and the medical community call it the wait and watch treatment. You can SO get into the 160s by the end of the week!!! I know you can do it!! Look how close you are!! Oh I'm so excited for you!!! Cant wait to read the good news!! Be strong and keep the control!!! You can do this!!

Time for some lunch!! I hope everyone is having a fantastic day!!!

~melissa

Hi everyone!!!

Melissa- no health insurance scares me so much!! Maybe it's cause I'm so accident prone. My BF doesnt have any either and he is forever having weird things go wrong with him, it's definitely the pits.

Love- I wanna be in the 160s this week too!! You can totally do it!! I will probably take two weeks, but it's so doable.

I went running today, not quite two miles. It almost killed me!!!! I had to take a bunch of walk breaks. I've been out of it for a little over two weeks, I can't believe how much I've lost.

Amber, that happens to me too! I can't believe that a short time off and I can't run much at all! Luckily, it comes back pretty quickly. Hang in there, I am hoping to go for a run tomorrow, so we will see how it goes! It has probably been nearly 2 weeks for me too!

Way to go on that run today Amber...and Charity I KNOW you can get it in tomorrow!!!

I did a LONG bike ride today, it was hard! Really got the heart a pumpin and was so beautiful outside!! My legs are dying tonight thought! LOL!!

~melissa

Thanks for the enocouragement all.

Amber-We can take the 160's on with a vengence. Let's up our water and make sure we get that exercise in. I don't have an excuse. I don't have any kids and it's just me this week, so I can eat what I want...meaning, lots of veggies and fruit without any complaining from anyone else. Let's make it happen.

Chairity- I thought it was just me. I hadn't done much running and when I tried, not only did my legs feel like lead, I was panting like I'd run a marathon. So I've been trying to space my days off. I used to do 7 days, but I think I need at least one day off to recoup. I may have asked you this before, but how long did it take you to loose your weight thus far. Your numbers are awsome!

Michelle-Glad you could do a fly by. Hope all is well with you and your family.

Ann-Good for you recognizing your relationship with food. I read a quote about doing what feels good for the moment and how we have to think past that. (I can't remeber the exact wording, so now I will be forced to look it up). but that was my attitude yesterday. I went out with some friends, and my meal came with fries. I ate some of them and boxed the rest up with my meal. Then before I left I decided that I'd had enough and that long term, those fries didn't contribute to my long term goal, so I put them back onto the plate. It almost killed me cuz I grew up with the "don't waste food" mentality, but it was better in the trash than on my hips. Keep up the good work.

Shelby-Good to see you. Don't be so hard on yourself. We all have our ups and downs. Just keep moving forward.

Melissa-way to go getting that bike ride in. Try and stay away from anything greasy and fried (I am sure you already know this), it's the mother hen in me.

Lindsey,Erika, Bella Mia...where are you????
Going to bed so I can get a workout in early. Looks like rain here all day.
Love

Love, it took me a little over a year to lose what I have thus far. I haven't been doing as well the last few months, but I am back with it and hope to get my weight loss moving again!

Red Team,
I am so sorry. I am such a dork. I forgot to post my weight. I posted here, but not on the weigh in thread. UGH! i didn't have a loss, but that was my second freebie, so I'll have to stay on top of that for the next five weeks.

Well I am off to exercise and drink my water.

Oh yeah, I am staying on plan today because: someone said I was getting skinny yesterday, and someone I hadn't seen in a few months commented on my weight loss. I am by no means skinny, but it felt good to have my name and that word in the same sentence.

Hey everyone... sorry I've been so scarce! Lots of strange things have been going on as of late. I was able to post a 1.2 lb loss this week, which I am thankful for considering all of the eating out I've been doing. My bf surprised me on Friday night by coming home from Austin, so we've been socializing a lot with our friends. Also, TOM was supposed to come on last Wednesday night/Thursday morning and still nothing yet. I've been on bc pills for 3 years and at least for the last 2 I've never strayed from the Wednesday/Thursday schedule, which is a little bit strange. I've taken a couple of home pregnancy tests, which were negative, but then on the instructions it says to test at least 19 days after the last time you, well, you know (for those who are irregular, which I was before I started taking bc)... which means I may have tested a bit too early even though I'm late. Actually, being pregnant would be the least of my worries. I much more afraid that it's something wrong with me. Good thing I've got my gyno appt. tomorrow morning (strange how I scheduled it so conveniently months ago) so hopefully she'll be able to shed some light on the situation. Sorry if all of this is a bit too personal, but that's the most important thing that's been going on in my life right now. I hope everyone else has been doing well... I haven't had time to catch up on my reading yet. Hopefully I'll have time to get caught up sometime soon. I'll update everyone here as soon as I know something about my situation... haha.

-Lindsey

Love, if you're a dork, then I am too! I totally forgot to post weigh in by yesterday. I had planned to in the a.m. but DH was off yesterday and when he's home he completely throws off my schedule. It's just as well I suppose that I had to take a freebie as I am up 2 friggin pounds. 2!! The only thing is now I gotta be on my game for 5 weeks straight!

Lindsey great job on the loss this week, you are losing steadily and doing SO well!! Definitely keep us updated on your visit with the doc, tell us if there is going to be a BabyLouWho! :D

Charity, you've done amazing with your weight loss! I know you will get it going again very soon, you've come too far to let it slip away!

Amber, you'll be running like a pro in not time again. Amazing how quickly the body settles when we don't keep up, huh? Just keep doing it & it'll be like you never stopped!

Mel, it sounds like you're really enjoying the bike rides with the girls, that's great! I wish it was cool enough here to even think about doing stuff like that in the summertime. Sometimes even swimming is hard because it's like being in a bathtub! LOL How's your gallbladder doing? I know what you felt was no fun, mine still acts up from time to time too! Eek! Guess it's one more reason for us to make sure we eat healthy and exercise, huh?

Well I am really trying hard to renew my spirit and recharge my energy so I can see the next 5 weeks thru. It's been a rough road for me but I will keep plugging away. Why does weight loss have to be so entirely complicated & hard? Maybe if I could just remove my brain I'd be able to do it, as I know this process is 99% mental. So frustrating! :rolleyes:

Ok, just a quick check in before I go to bed.
Danielle- Good to see you. hang in here girl. 5 weeks. you can do it.
ok so I am cutting this way short.
See you chicks in the am.
Love

Where is everyone? Ok let's make this last five weeeks really count. Recommit. Get back on the wagon and let's ride this thing out. We can do this!

I am staying on plan today because: I simply feel better without the weight. I am more confident and I am brining sexyback!

Good morning everyone. Trying to catch up a little bit!

Melissa -- Hope you are feeling OK. I am happy about the size 10 jeans, even though I know that in the 1980's I was wearing size 10 Calvins and weighed about 115-120. It's really true that women's sizes have changed over time.

Shelby -- congrats on being the biggest loser of the week. 3.6 is an awesome loss!

Love -- Hooray on fitting into your clothes better than last time. I don't think wanting to wear cute clothes is superficial at all. I'm thinking that dressing well is a sign of self-respect and taking care of ourselves. It's better, IMO, than wearing holey, worn-out clothes, or never buying yourself anything because you think you should lose weight first or everyone else in the family deserves things more than you do. Besides, I'll take motivation for losing, and then maintaining, anywhere I can get it!

Charity -- Glad your mini vacation was nice and that you didn't lose too much money!

Lindsey -- Hope everything goes okay with your Dr. appt. It is worrying when your body does something different and you can't figure out why.

Danielle -- Recommit, renew, and keep plugging away! In theory weight loss is easy. I mean, all you have to do is eat less than you burn, right? That would be easy if we were machines with no emotions or problems.

Everyone else, have a great day today!

I am going to visit my friend in the nursing home and drop off some books and other things she wants this morning. She has to stay there for at least 2 more weeks for rehab and she is mentally in great shape, but the place is getting to her. Unfortunately, most of the other residents are pretty gaga, so it's not like there is a lot of social stimulus for her. Her roommate is in pretty bad shape and does stuff like trying to rip up Betty's box of kleenex while shouting all kinds of nonsense etc. It took 5 people to subdue this teeny little old lady the other day, I couldn't believe it. Then the kids and I are going to explore this nature trail we've never been to before this afternoon. Have to pick up some groceries and then supervise my kids while they are cooking dinner :carrot:, then do my homework for school tomorrow.

Staying on plan today because I know I will have lots more energy if I eat well and I know that exercise will reduce my stress.

Hello ladies!

Well, just to update about the gyno appt... I went this morning and told her what's been going on and she did the pelvic exam and said that everything felt "normal and healthy". So in other words, I don't have some strange tumor growing all over my girly parts that would be causing me to be late. She said that if I didn't start in a couple of weeks to give her a call, but that was about it. She did warn me not to start a new pack of bc pills until I get it though. It was really kind of funny because she didn't seem too concerned at all. So I'm still left without an answer. Grrr. I was hoping for some tests and stuff, not a "wait and see", but I guess doctors want to give things a chance to work themselves out before ordering all kinds of expensive tests...

Anyway, I gotta run for now. See you all later!