I have not baked yet this year, but my friend called me last night and invited me to a baking party! I am a bit nervous about all the goodies but I have a plan of attack. Lots of gum and Candy canes. They are low in calories (as long as I dont eat too many) and the peppermint will kind of be like brushing my teeth, I hope!!

Hope everyone has a great week and weekend! :)

I know it's December but come on everyone!!! Where is everyone at? Lets chatt!!!! :)

Our church Christmas concert is tomorrow night so I should have more time to spend chatting once that's over. I can't wait to sing the last note.

Got the tree up today and put on the lights and a few decorations. I've got to find the star for the top sometime tomorrow and put on more decorations. But the living room is in quite a mess yet where I moved stuff around but a few hours should do the trick and it'll look nice and neat again.

My weigh in is tomorrow morning. Hope I lose a pound or two. Catch you all tomorrow.

Hey everyone,

How is it going, I would love to do more chatting, but with Christmas coming I have so much to do. I am making 7 quilts as gifts, only 2 of which are finished, the other 5 are in different stages of completion. My kids are coming for Christmas the Sunday before, and my Mom's Christmas is that day also, so I really need to get going or I won't make it. After Christmas things should quiet down for a while. I don't even have 1 Christmas decoration up yet not even my tree. Hopefully tomorrow sometime I will get my tree up. Have a great OP week everyone.

Wilma

We put the tree up Thursday, It's so pretty!! I'm working almost non stop 'til Christmas. Tis the season, gotta love corporate retail.

Merry Christmas! I can say that now because my church Christmas concert is over and I lived through it and all the practice. Lost 2.5 pounds this week. That surely makes up for not losing anything last week. I'm now officially out of the 140s and feel great about that.

Take care and I'll catch you all later.

woo hoo! Hello everyone! I have survived my first week back on track and it feels great. Losing those two pounds again makes it so much easier!!! That's great about everyones trees being up! I do mine the day after Thanksgiving and it my new tradition with my fiance.

Great job getting out of the 140s retiredone~! I wanted to be in the 140's by New Years but because of my slip up that isnt going to happen. I am not even back in the 150s yet but that I can reach by New Years!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

I have been MIA the past few days. My brother had WLS last monday and on friday they had to go back in. He had a really rough weekend and we almost lost him. He isnt out of the woods yet.He is septic. I spent the weekend with him in a town 4 hours away. It was rough and eating was ok most of the time but today has been horrible. Its like it all caught up with me today and i crashed.
so right back on track in the morning..I have to get this weight off...I dont want to end up in the shape he is in. It was so hard seeing someone you love in such bad shape.

dgramie, how is your brother doing?

We're all MIA. It's the holiday season. Everyone is so busy. I'm ready to run away from home or crawl into a cave and hibernate until it's all over. Ha, ha, not really but I've had a few long, hectic days. I can't believe I did all this and worked too just a couple of years ago.

I'd just like to say it's hard at Christmas so I'm going to eat a little of the "good" stuff and try and eat lots of the "really good" stuff. I finally got a really good dinner into my body today and I feel so much better than I have in a few days. This hit and miss eating and eating on the run is for the birds. (Poor birds.) Things are getting less hectic so I can see the next week or two calmer and steadier than the last two that passed for me.

One funny thing keeps happening to me over and over the last few weeks. I've been out shopping, doing Christmas concerts and the like and meeting people I haven't seen in ages with so many people on the go. So many people keep coming up to me saying that they didn't recognize me when they first saw me. And it's true. I'll see someone I know and I'll say hi and ask them how they've been (like you would) and I see this blank stare and then the light goes on and they know who I am. Then they say, "You've lost quite a bit of weight, haven't you?" It's the same conversation over and over. Ha, ha.

I bought a lovely new suit for the summer. It's a size 10 and almost fits but it'll take a few more pounds before it fits perfectly. Of course, I got a huge discount on it at this time of the year. The jacket was $80 and the skirt $60. I got them for $25 and $12. It's a white 3/4 sleeve jacket and matching skirt. It's made from eyelit lace material and is so summery. Can't wait for winter to be over so I can wear it. (I know it isn't even officially winter but you'll not convince me of that weather wise.) So until that magical day when I decide summer has arrived it will sit in my closet with all my new skinny clothing waiting to be worn. That reminds me, I must try on a dress that was a bit tight last month to see if it fits better this month.

Catch you all later when you have time to post.

My brother is doing better..he is off the vent and breathing on his own. His kidneys are still not working. He is waking up some and was able to tell his wife he loves her today. If he continues to improve they will transfer him to a local hospital an hour away. I cant wait to see him again. I think I just got the best christmas present ever!!! I was so scared I was going to lose him!!!

I had a loss of 1.6 for the past 2 week period. I am not really happy but i know that its hard to lose when your stressed and i have done GREAT this week being back OP.
I get to babysit my granddaughter tommorow for the very first time. I can hardly wait!!! I am off work till the monday after Christmas and just work that one day that week. I am planning on getting alot of things done for the wedding.Its only 8 weeks away.I am also going to walk outside everyday its in the 30s or warmer. I miss being outside so bad!!!! I signed up for the 5K on new years day. It just now winter here and im already starting to think about what i want to plant in my garden. I will be starting seeds in feb this year. I cant wait!!

dgramie, such good news about your brother. Hope he'll soon be in a hospital closer to home and then home for good.

1.6 pounds is great with all the stress you've had and the time of the year with so much food on the go. I lost 1.5 pounds this week but I think I ate it all back today, ha, ha. A bit too much cake and then I started eating crackers and cheeze whiz. I never eat cheeze whiz like that. Usually only a couple of times a month on a piece of toast but tonight I was craving something salty after the cake so I chowed down on the crackers and cheeze whiz. Better than potato chips because I'd have eaten the whole bag tonight.

Merry Christmas!! thanks so much for your friendship and support this year!!

Merry Christmas to all and wishes for a blessed New Year.

Merry Christmas to everyone and Happy Holidays all around :)

Hey everyone! Talk about gaining some weight! Holy Moly! I get married March 14th and would love to be 130 something but with being up to 168.8 again!!!! I dont see that happening.
On a positive note, these are the things I am doing again. Treadmill every morning, 7 days a week. A work out video at night at least 3 nights a week. Atempting to stay under 1200 calories a day and watching my bread/sugar intake. I am so ready to do this, and now I have to stop talking and just do it!

Hope everyones holidays were wonderful and no one gained as much as I did.