"JB" Blue Team Chat # 8
 

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Thanks for the :congrat:

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Chellez your awesome :) and great pics too, I bet you feel fantastic now you have done all that work .

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Just dropping in to say HI. My dh wants to go to the local race track tonight for fathers day. I will have to try really hard not to go and get those nacho's and frito pies !!! Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Im doing great , still losing weight and op .. cant ask for more then that.. I know im the slowest person in the team to lose weight but every bit counts for me.
I have taken my cals down 200 cals a day and that seems to have done the trick.. i was at 1920 and ive reduced it to 1720.. on calorie king.. to see if that makes a difference.. to do that i put it on sedentary lifestyle :) lol though im very active , and so far im showing good result.. everyday im shopwing a little bit less .. so .. its good . Im not gonna weigh till next week on weigh in day .. now.. i know its working ..
anyway .
Hubby is good . he was very drunk when i picked him up form the airport which means very grumpy.. Its the middle of winter here and freezing cold at night .. he flew in in shorts and a t shirt... . I had the kids in singlets tshirt , pjs, sweater , dressing gown socks and slippers , and he wanted me to put the heater on in the car.. i refused becuase of the kids.. and i hate the heater .. it makes me feel sick.. car heaters are awful.. i gave him my jacket .. which he refused to put on and a blanket out of the boot which he threw on the floor .. and he called me all the names under the sun on the way home.. saying he wanted a divorce .. yada yada yada.. we live 40 minutes from the airport it was raining and night .. and i hate driving in either let alone both.. I pulled over when it was really heavy and couldn't see... he went off his brain... he carried on the whole way home.. and then wanted to be driven to macdonalds... I took him.. and Cameron said we should drive off and leave dad there .. lol .. I didnt though .. john had a sarcastic smurk on his face when he came out.. When we got home i put the kids to bed and went to be myself.. John spent the rest of the night trying to suck up to me and apologise . in and attempt to get some.... lol.. i gnored him and when he sobbered up in the morning he told me he didnt remember a thing.. yeah right trying to get out of it are you.. so i told him.... and he was like.. oh .. i yelled at him and told him to not drink on the plane .. he has had a alcohol problem for a very long time.. drink = azzhole.. with him.. he gets very nasty when he drinks.. and trys to pick fights with poeple just for looking at him.. When he is home he deoent drink at all .. the kids hate it and so do i.. but while he is working away he is drinking everyday.. im glad i dont work with him .. lol he drinks in his room alone playing online games most nights..

I have asked him not to drink oin the plane or to come home half naked to winter nights in adelaide.. lol he has come from the tropics where it is hot everyday.. to here where its freezing..

I got upset with him but i didnt let it screw up my plan.. i usually eat when he is an ***.. but i didnt i just walked away and went to bed. and i was in the kitchen b4 i went to be becuase i had to do the dishes.. :) lol i call that willpower.. something i dont have very much of.. so im pleased with my self.. and have forgiven my hubby a little bit lol.

We are going to his parents house for lunch today , so he better not drink there or ill be pissed again.

Amy- sorry to hear about your ordeal with DH. Mine kind of has a drinking problem too. He blames his PTSD for it. He says he drinks to get his mind off of it. I think it's all out of habit now. I can't stand it when he drinks. He's not mean and nasty, he's just not himself and I don't like the smell and when in the middle of the night when baby's cry, he's so wasted and passed out that he doesn't hear them and I am the one who has to deal with them all night long. Uh, I can't stand it. Man, don't get me started. Sorry, it's your vent, not mine. Just sympathizing with you. I"m not a drinker so, I can't relate to him. Well, I hope you have a better day and/or night.

Amy - That is great that the scale is going down, and that sounds like a healthy amount of calories, way to go!

Chellez- Congrats girl!

I binged yesterday. UGH! Pizza (wholewheat) and icecream. I didn't eat a lot of it, but my tummy felt awful after. I also worked out so I am not stressing about it. I felt guilty right after I ate, but I let it go. Today is a new day. :)

I hope everyones weekend is going well, are you doing anything special for fathers day? I am so bad, I actually forgot!! I didn't get my dh a thing. Im going to try and write him a mushy letter and give it to him later today.

OMG...the most disgusting thing happened to me last night. I was out watching my hubby place baseball and I was chatting it up with a friend of mine. Minding my own business, laughing and talking...and BOOM a sea gull crapped in my FREAKIN EYE!! It was soooooooooooooooo nasty! It got in my eye, my face and all over my hand. I wanted to jump into a shower, but I had to sit with this nasty stuff all over me (wiped off with napkins) until the end of the game. Can I just tell you.... crapola in the eye....HURTS! :lol:

Hi Girls!!!

So sorry to be MIA - I have a good reason...

Beginning of June I rented a room in this lady's apartment in Amsterdam so I didn't have to keep going back and forth, home to work, 4 hours traveling per day. I had trouble getting on the internet while at this lady's house, come to find out I'm not "allowed" to go wireless on my work laptop and my blackberry was just new and I wasn't hooked up properly. THEN on the Thursday night I came home and the very next day we went to Manchester (UK) for the weekend. No internet. Arrived home Sunday evening/ Monday morning 1 am *yawns*, got up again at 6 to go to Germany for a week. I *just* got home Friday night. Believe me, I'm exhausted (Germany was a work trip), and I'm so, so ready to be on a normal schedule again...

Tomorrow I go back to Amsterdam until Thursday evening, back to Arnhem and I have a day off Friday *squeals with joy*! I want to get to the gym at least twice this week - if I have to, once in Amsterdam, once in Arnhem (my gym is all over and I can use it anywhere I like).

Good news is, I STILL lost weight! I don't know how, except last week I was VERY active at work AND I did a lot of walking, AND I even made use of the hotel pool! Food was WAY off though and I'm seriously craving fruits and veggies! So I hit my mini-goal in any case and went a bit under even!

Chellez - small question, I hope I didn't wreck your stats; you had me down for a freebie week on a week I actually weighed in (I think it was the week of the crash), so I moved the freebie week to last week, I do hope that's OK for you. If not PLEASE tell me and I'll change it back!!! I don't want to mess up what is already most likely a difficult system you have going for all the numbers!

I promise to be more active in the threads this week - you guys are really the ones who inspire and motivate me to KEEP GOING!!!

Morning gang!

I'm traumatized by the bird crap in the eye story! :eek:

Onthetee - Crazy storms right now moving your way... saying stay inside away from windows in a sturdy building... Severe watch...

Hi all!

I have had a brilliant weekend - firstly I finished my school reports!!!! I was hard on myself all week for pigging out on bad snacks the previous week, I stayed on plan and had snack size yogurt when I needed a break and some energy... this resulted in a loss this week WOOHOO!!

My greatest feelgood moment was though 3 weeks ago- when I was at my lowest I bought some jeans in a smaller size - and I havent been able to fit in them without thinking I had a camel toe! I gain at the top of my thighs. Anyway they fit -again!!!! I wore them Saturday and Sunday!!!! Only my son knew I had worn the same jeans two days in a row - but I had to wear them just to remind myself that I want more clothes in smaller sizes!

Hope you all have a good weekend!!!

Whoo hoo! That must have felt great, I'd STILL be wearing them!

Hey all!! I'm a proud member of the JB Black Team and I've started a new exercise challenge that is numbers based. It is open to all JB Teams and anybody else that wants to participate.

Here is the link to the challenge in the "Chicks Up For A Challenge" forum.

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...11#post2227111

Hope everybody has a wonderful Father's Day!!

Hey team!

So I ended up not posting a loss in weight for the week which is kind of annoying. I have seen an increase in my fitness level and I feel like I've lost inches (judging by clothing). Hopefully the scale is just not showing the change because of TOM and I'll have a larger loss to post for next week.

I'm wearing my spiffy new shirt that I bought the other day off the clearance rack. The first bonus is that I paid $9 for a $39 shirt, the second is that it's a size Large. No XL or plus size shirt for me! It looks really nice too. It's a stretchy black zip-up sportsy type top with white piping that's quite flattering. My upper body is starting to show some nice changes and my waist is starting to slim out again. Woohoo!

Hi guys, spent the morning going to the see Sex and the City, the movie. It was GREAT! Anyone else seen it? I still watch the re-runs on TBS so I was willing to go to the theatre and see this on the big screen. I think first time I"ve been to a movie in like 10 years?!?! lol Enjoyed it. Packed my own water bottle and got some popcorn and had a ball. Dh was a trooper enough to sit with the kids during Panda kungFu so that I could see SATC, even on father's day. awww.......... He's at the pool with the kids now. This is seeming more like mother's day!! should have a good loss to post tomorrow based on today's number. and then next week i will dive head first into exercise again now that i'm feeling great again after surgery.

Hi everyone! Hope you are all doing well. I have done well w/ food choices today and actually exceeded my water goal (yea!). My gym back is all packed for tomorrow and so is my nice, healthy lunch! I want to get back into doing some cardio in the am too, but this new med makes me really tired, so that will have to be put on hold right now. I really need it (the med) for now.

Earlier I was trying to figure out what to do w/ myself today, other than sitting home and feeling sorry for myself (still in missing my dad mode these days) when my best friend called and invited me over for lunch and girl talk. It was awesome!!!! We just sat on her porch and chatted away all afternoon. I SO needed that!

Ok, I need to go eat some dinner, not really hungry, but I need to eat a little something.

Have a great evening!

hey guys as of this morning i am.......269.9 ... woohooo i finally got below 270.. lol this is huge for me.. i have only got below 270 once before only to go back up again.. ands i have been stuck between 275 and 270 for about 3-4 months i think..

Im so happy ... bye 270 i hope i never see you again

WHOO WHOO! :bravo: Congratulations, that must feel WONDERFUL!

CONGRATS AMY! Bye 270!

WTG Amy!!!!!

Chellez if you join my PUV cause on myspace, I'll join your weird plurk stuff...
Who the heck started us on the plurk stuff...???
Much weirder than my 101 days, (by the way 6 down 95 to go)!

What a strange and wonderful day!

Last night, when some of the gals here were talking about their DHs and their drinking, I was in the middle of posting how my DH also drinks and how I also don't like it as he is not himself and is often a meaner self as well. However, just as I was getting to write that, he came downstairs to see me. He kissed me and was so sweet, and we looked online together for a little trunk for his scooter for Father's Day. (I had quickly dropped 3FC when I heard him coming - so I lost the post, etc.)

Today, I went to church like normal, and knowing we were having his mother over for Father's Day and DH was fixing a smoked turkey, I called home to see if he needed anything from the store. He said wine :( and stove top dressing. Then he said he had Subaru bugging him on the other line so he had to go. (We've been looking at new Subaru's since my Forester has 109K and I drive so much). When I got home, he met me at the car and said, "Take out all your personal belongings." I asked, "What's going on?" He said "They're coming to take your car." "Well, what will I drive to work tomorrow." "They're bringing a new one to replace it."

I couldn't believe it!!! For Father's Day, I get a new car??? DH was kidding wih his Mom (after they had quite a bit of wine) "What happened today? there's a new car down in the garage." He's been very sweet about it, and shelled out some cash, along with our trade-in to make the deal, with the balance at 0% for the next 2 years.

Needless to say, I had an off-plan meal, just one, and a real off plan day!:dizzy:

Congratulations to Michelle, both on her accomplishment and her sweet DH.

And, oh yes, Vix, we definitely see a difference. And like I said earlier, you look so young in your avatar, I thought it was a daughter. Wish I could say that!!!

Amy - Awesome to be below the dastardly 270 mark. You are on a roll now!

Good to see you back Renee!!! You globetrotter, you.

I'm looking for the under 220 mark next, being just under 225. Can't wait.

(The lady in the picture is the salesperson, who drove this car from Medford, 100 miles from here! Talk about persuasive - my DH is NO pushover.The white one's my old Forester, the silver, the new Outback.)

Working today (Monday), probably check in Tuesday. Have a great OP day!!!

Man, I've been missing all these posts over the weekend because I have my account set up to automatically subscribe me to any threads I post in, and then I just check my User CP for subscribed theads with new posts. I didn't see any new posts in our Blue Team chat thread Saturday evening, none yesterday, and when I saw none again this morning, I knew something was up...duh, old thread was closed :dizzy:

I didn't weigh myself this morning, but we ate out yesterday AND Saturday, so I'm sure it's up a bit if just from water retention--I can feel that my ring is fitting a little tighter today. At least my sugar didn't spike with the eating out, though.

We ended up not going to Jeff's cousins' as planned--they cancelled because their oldest son wanted to see Jeff, but he had to work all weekend, so we'll do it another weekend. Instead, I did a LOT of shopping! Not for clothes for myself, but for house stuff. The theme in my kitchen is palm trees, and I found some cute palm tree candle holders and palm leaf and bamboo plates and serving platters at Kohl's and some great palm tree stuff (scatter rugs and towels) at JCPenney Outlet. The Linnens 'n Things outlet near me is closing, so I hit their liquidation sale, but it's early, so everything is only like 10-20% off. I'll go back in a couple weeks for the really good bargains ;) I don't normally shop much at places like Bed Bath & Beyond simply because I'm cheap and can usually find similar items at Walmart, but I happened to pop in there, too, and I did find some cool stuff (Debbie Meyer green bags for produce and red bags for cold cuts were my happy find--my mother swears by them!).

Hopefully tonight we'll be able to get the first coat of sealer on our deck, and then the second coat tomorrow, and then I am travelling to NJ again on Wednesday, Thursday, and now possibly also Friday. My parents, sister, and nieces are coming to visit this coming weekend, so who knows when I'll have a chance to clean the house before they come!

Dora-Congrats on the new car. Wow, YOU get a gift for father's day, I wish my father's days were like that...lol. Nice car!!! My dream car is a mitsubishi evolution--gray or black!! Oh, to have that car....I think I would give almost anything.

Amy-Congrats on getting below 270. Trust me, I know how it feels to be stuck at a weight for such a long time. Keep up the good work.

My weekend was alittle irritating, I guess you could say. I did a cake for Leo for father's day. I made a toolbox cake for him--and he didn't even know what it was. I hadn't made the tools yet but finished the box and he couldn't guess it. So, finally ds1 gave him hints and he got it. He was drinking all night, oh how I can't stand it. By the end of the night my kids were covered in powdered sugar. They wanted to be a cake decorator like me and had powdered sugar all over their faces. Then Leo got involved and it ended up all over my kitchen floor (I still didn't get the tools done). I cleaned the kids up, the floor up, and got the kids ready for bed and decided I would save the tools for yesterday. Well, while cleaning everything up, I had demands coming from every angle. Leo asking for food, DS2 asking for ice cream, the dogs needed to be put away, DD needed a bath, and DS3 is sick. I was so irritated--no help from Leo because he's been drinking all night. By the time I got everyone off to bed he was becoming his obnoxious type "tipsy". I was so irritated. I told him that that's why I can't stand it when he drinks because he gets like that. He ignored it. He fell asleep and DS3 woke up to eat. I fed him and put him back to sleep. I couldn't sleep anymore because of how irritated I was so I came online. Yesterday, very lazy and boring day. Leo drank again half the day. He was having anxiety attacks and decided to drink to take it away. It didn't go away. He kept drinking more thinking it would go away. It didn't. As time was going on, I got more and more irritated by him and his obnoxious tipsy self. I didn't finish the tools because of how irritated I was. He didn't want me to finish it so I ended up not taking a pic of the cake because it was undone. Oh well, I'll make another one some time I'm sure. But couldn't sleep again last night. Leo wanted me to sleep with no clothes on but I wanted to shower, I had gone to the gym earlier in the afternoon and I was sticky and icky but he got mad. Took a shower and he was asleep. I couldn't sleep. I just layed there and tossed and turned for about 45 minutes. Oooohhhh, how I hate sleepless nights. Ever since I've been working out, I can't sleep that well at night. I have too much energy.

Well, everyone, hope you have a wonderful day!!!

I also forgot, I bought my 20 lb loss reward yesterday. I bought a bikini top!!! I'll be getting the bottoms this coming weekend. Woohoo!!! I tried it on and it looks good. The only thing is that I still have some fat under my arms next to boobies that needs to be lost, but still, I have never worn a biniki before. Leo told me not to wear it. He didn't mean MEAN out of it, it was a compliment. He didn't want other guys to be looking at me. I feel so good!!!! WooHoo.

It sounds as though everyone has experienced success so far this week! Way to go, BLUE TEAM!!!!

Sport mom -I have also seen Sex in the City and loved it - I have seen every episode several times - I laughed and cried during the movie- did you shed a tear? I went with my best friends - one has seen some episodes, one hasnt seen any... they also loved it!

Velveteen - Thank you!!!

Morning Bluesters! :wave:

A few things to keep in mind for today...

You need to weigh in for the week by tonight at 11:59 pm EST if you haven't already done so.

You need to have all of your exercise for the 1st week of the booty challenge posted by 11:59 pm EST tonight so results can be tallied tomorrow.

Well I didn't lose and I didn't gain this week, which in hind sight it pretty fabulous considering we ate out all weekend. Sushi Friday night, chicken Saturday night and steaks with potatoes last night. :faint: But in any case I managed to hang onto 203. I'm hoping the next week to come I get back to Onederland! :)

Morning Blueser Gang. :cheer3:

I'm reporting a 4 pound loss for Week 8. Amazingly, it seems my average weight loss per week has accelerated over the last month versus slowed down as I expected. But hey, I won't complain about it. I'm sure it will slow down soon enough and I'll be whining about it then. Might as well just enjoy it for now! :)

Congrats Chellez and Amy!

Sadly I'm going to have to take a freebie this week. :( I have had the worst time this week and made some really bad choices. I'm back OP today and trying to just put the bad choices behind me. I really slacked on the exercise too last week (even though I did some exercise it wasn't even near what it should have been). Well I have a ton of work to do today so I'm going to get to it and try to check in later.

Someone give me a kick in the butt while I'm gone so that I can get back into gear!

How's everyone doing? Nothing much going on this end. I didn't lose a lot this past week but then it was also TOM week so I'm hoping it was cuz of that. I've been exercising almost every day and eating OP (well except friday night). I'm hoping to post a bigger loss next week :)

We went to see Hulk on saturday. It was a good movie. Special effects looked good without it looking cheesy. Please disregard the Hulk that came out few years ago with Eric Bana that was horrible compared to this new one. Edward Norton was good :) And oh if you guys decide to go there's nothing at the end of the credits.

Jill, let me know how you like the bags? I've been thinking about buying them too but don't know if it's a market gimmick or do they really work? I see the commercial all the time.

Tawnya, :hug: for hubby being a pain. Hang in there. Great on the Bikini top purchase. I am sure you look great :)

Dora, Congrats on the new car and it is a nice car :) My hubby drives an outback wagon too. We love our subaru cars. I drive a subaru too.

Jo, great loss!!! 4 lbs girl that's amazing!

Jennifer, :kickbutt: get back on track!!! There is that better?

Amy, congrats on the loss...bye bye 270s :)

Get your butt in GEAR young lady! There will be NO EXCUSES this week. You will GET IT DONE! :cheer3:

What weigh in is due today, week 7 RIGHT?

Amy - WTG on being under 270! :bravo:

Dora - That is such a sweet story about your DH buying you a new car!

Jill - Ooh, I love shopping for house stuff. Something about not having to try it on first ;) I keep meaning to go pick up some green bags but rarely make it in to BB&B unless I have a coupon :p

Tawnya - Wow, a bikini! Congrats on that, you must be lookin' awesome! Sorry to hear your DH was being a jerk, on Father's Day no less. :( I don't have any good advice for you (not sure you were looking for any anyway), but here are some :hug:s and positive vibes. Hang in there.

Josephine - Yeah, no complaining over there, you fantastic loser you. :dizzy: Congrats!

Jennifer - Sounds like you have the right idea - just put the bad choices behind you, move forward. You can't change the past but you can take charge of your future! I hope to see you back here later reporting an OP day!


Well, I went to my dad's house this weekend, which inevitably means I stop watching how I eat. Weirdest thing. It's not like they're food pushers, they aren't, but I always find stuff to snack on there. They keep food in the house that I can't keep in mine because I have a hard time resisting. So I went over my points Saturday and Sunday but I did get some good exercise in so hopefully that'll balance it out some. I'm proud of myself for going jogging every other day for the past week, it's my goal to keep that up this week too. I'm really loving it. I'm wearing heels today and I swear I can already see changes in the shape of my legs, but perhaps that's wishful thinking :p

In other good news, I don't know if you guys remember from the last thread me complaining about feeling somewhat underappreciated at work, and I was asking about strategies for asking for a raise/promotion. Well, Friday afternoon, 10 minutes before I leave for the day, my boss IMs me and says "by the way, we're promoting you effective 7/1, thought you'd like to know." :dizzy: Maybe he reads 3FC? :lol: So anyway, that set off my weekend in the right direction, still feeling great about it too :)

Hope everyone else is doing great, it's a new week! :D

Yes :)

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=144005

There's a sister in dire need of support, anyone who is on, please post!

mumtoliam - yes I did cry. But they were all very worthwhile tears. I can't wait for the movie to keep on going - even tho it exceeded 2 hrs I never checked my watch once. Could have sat there all day watching them!

Saw a 3.6 lb loss this week - yeah!!

Some of us are a week ahead (due to the way our weigh in days fell when the challenge started).

We're like teacher's pets or something. ;)

pinto-you said you watched the hulk, I didn't know you came to my house. My husbands nickname used to be the hulk, in a way he looks like him too. lol.

I am officially a mess diet-wise. Exercise has disappeared completely, and good food choices have flown right out the window. ***WARNING: food porn ahead*** My weekend included movie theater buttered popcorn, a steak topped with lots of cheese and some green things (I'm pretty sure it was their spinach & artichoke dip, plus some added cheese on top), a bunch of little Atkins bars, and it's continued today with a crappy Kashi bar and some cashew & macadmia nut butter right out of the jar.

I've got to gain control. I just took my 2 jars of nut butters and dumped a packet of honey mustard and some cough drops into them and threw them away (had to destroy the food for fear of retrieving from the trash later--yes, I have issues). I have no more Atkins bars and no more Kashi bars. Traveling later this week will mean eating out more, but it will also mean not having food around constantly to tempt me--no food in my desk, no food in my hotel room, just 3 meals and some 100-calorie packs of almonds as snacks in between when needed.

Jill, good for you recognizing you're in a bad spot and destroying those nut butters. I have to do the same thing when I lose control, or I face the real possibility of foraging through the trash to get stuff back out (gross, I know - you're not alone). Can you go for a little walk right now, just to clear your mind, to kind of put a "period" on your last couple days of poor choices? It might help you feel like you can move on and get back on track. Good luck with the next couple days traveling, hang in there. :hug: