Missloud - Im a newbie (but a cool one) Congrats on your wedding planning! Im sure you'll look great!

Skinny - Thanks for the congrats, I feel great that what Im doing is working, but still wont stop until I at LEAST reach my goal! How long did it take to get your darn ticker?? It annoys me that I cant have one yet. Congrats on your loss too! You seem to be doing wonderfully!!

Ooo - You're lucky your boyfriend has decided to do this journey with you! I really believe it helps to have in-person support, especially from a family member or friend. Although my husband cooks low-fat meals and snacks for me, and my family & friends always give me verbal support, I still dont have an actual partner! Im sure you'll both do great!!

Willow - I regret not being at Bike week in Daytona!! LUCKYYYYYYYY!!!

Well, as for me, Im crampy & have a lower backache.. UGH! I fully plan to stay OP today, and to workout despite feeling yucky. This week cant go fast enough, because I feel bloated and just YUCK!

I know I've been MIA and I feel terrible. I had posted a long Poor Me post. Basically I got WAY off track this weekend and gained 4 pounds. Now dangerously close to getting back into ONEderland. I'm gonna start with personals today. I am back OP today and hoping to make myself start to feel better. I feel gross, stupid and yucky today.

Hi everyone. Bad, bad week last week every way you look at it. I gained 2.5 pounds. FIL is almost dead and DIL had a kidney stone and we thought she'd gone into labor but didn't. Emotions are wild and the eating just as wild. So far this week I've been on plan and I'm feeling better about everything.

The wedding activities have slowed down some because of the other things going on but today I want to finish the little favor bags that I've had on the go forever. I've got about 25 left to make and could have them done in a couple of hours. That would be one more item marked off my list.

Shannon, you're almost to the altar. You must be getting excited.

Have a good day everyone.

retire so sorry to hear about FIL and I hope DIL is okay. 2.5 pounds up isn't bad. You can lose that in no time!!!

I'm doing much better today. I had a POP day yesterday so that was good. I am down a pound today and that is good. I've also been very good today and it's my cardio day. Back on track now and doing great!

HI Ladies

Sorry I wasn't around yesterday.

Well I got to jury duty OK even if it was[6:45] early in the morning, with rain & glare of the incoming traffic.The rotary was as scary as I though it would be no traffic.and arrive at the courthouse at 7:45. The waiting around for a trial was the hardest & frustrating thing to do. After 2 hrs they moved 25 people me included to the district court and we waiting another 2 hrs when the judge came in to tell us the there were no trials here but the bailiff told us he wasn't sure that the superior court did need us. So we waited around to that until noon,and we let go.

This morning I got on the scale and I'm up 1.Will I ever lose this weight.Going down to 1300-1500 this month and see what happens.


PRINNY-OH Now I understand,after you get your new card,do go to the docs.Bronchitis & sinuses are not laughing matters. When I get them I use 4 way nasal spray or the Zicam brand.


VEGAS-Welcome to the chat& congrats on your 30 lbs loss.

FAITH-Happy Belated Birthday and congrats on your total of 2.2,you're doing great inspite of the cake.


MISS LOUD-Of course we missed you.I was wondering the other day what happened to you and others that I don't see on the board anymore.I agree with you selling a house is very stressful these days,but don't get discouraged hopefully some one will come soon.

DGRAMIE-Sorry about your bad tummy ache,I bet that the cause of your weight gain.Try to get plenty of rest and lots of fluid. Sending {{{{{{{get well vibes}}}}}}} you way.


SKINNY-Thanks for your kind words. I believe if we're on a support board we all need encouragement once in a while. I need some soon,if I don't get this weight down after visiting with the doctor and him reading my food journal. DON'T KNOW THE REASON I NOT LOSING AGAIN.

NICKIE-Oh No!!! You don't want to go the opposite to onederland. Hope you'll lose the 4 lbs shortly.


RETIRE-Sending your to ward off the stress at your house with over eating.




Have to go,have a nice evening

So I skipped Monday entirely by sleeping. I am just glad to be able to sleep again. Still coughing and waking up but getting better at going back to sleep after. Basically I slept for 27 hours getting up 3 times to pee (sorry TMI) and drink a small bottle of water so I didn't get dehydrated. Swigged some Robitussin but didn't eat the whole time. I do think sleeping helped but I went to the store after I got up and it exhausted me and I am still have coughing fits. Husband had to drive me, I am not driving till the coughing is under control. Still waiting on insurance cards. Plans for this weekend are tentatively canceled, not sure about the ones we have for next week though. Not looking good.

I want to work out so bad but yesterday I brought a flat of water downstairs and was out of breath and it triggered a coughing fit.

I have been coughing so much I do feel like I have been doing an intense upper abs workout... and now it hurts to cough because of it.

beach Thanks girl! I'm working on it

prinny Oh no! I hope the coughing subsides but I bet you enjoyed that sleep. LOL

So I did good today. OP today and did 30 min elliptical, 30DS and 30 min ab routine! I feel fantastic!

Yeah it took me forever to catch up on the post from the last few days. I got back on track yesterday. I did not do well over the weekend. We found out our Foster Daughter (16 yrs old next month) might be going home. We have had for 2 years. She has really really gotten settled here. She finally calls me momma. She accidently called me that on her visit this last weekend and her family flipped on her. I broke down Friday and locked myself in the bathroom and cried. I didnt even want to be around people. Church was hard on Sunday because I just wanted to keep to myself but with us being the youth pastor's I have to smile and say hi to everyone and listen to whats going on with them. Normally I am great at that but I really tried to hid on Sunday. When I get stressed I get snappy. But I ate a bunch of junk didnt gain any weight but I didnt track anything because I already felt bad enough.
Now last night I was soo happy with myself because right before we ate dinner I typed in what we were having and found out how much to eat including my snack I got for later and I came in right at my calorie goal!!! Because I was right where I should be I didnt want to snack or eat anything else.....

Nicki hows the toddler bed doing? Is she sleeping in it?? Suprisingly mine is doing well she plays a little bit at nap time but she lays down...the time change really has my kids screwed up!! Now at night she lays right down and goes to sleep. She is the ONLY one of the 4 that has been great at bedtime!! I am thankful since she is my last!!! Seeming as my two year old sleeps in our bed snuggled up to me!!
Well I gotta get the boys school done and get some dishes done....With 7 people they stack up very very quickly!!

I can't tell if I am getting a little better or if I am just getting used to feel like a**. The saline nose spray seems to be REALLY helping the sinus infection but the coughing is still really bad. To add insult to injury it's my ToM and I am crampy. No weigh-ins till I get past that nonsense!

Cramps + coughing fit =

I live so close, it would just be wrong not to go..lol We went both saturdays. Hubby wants to get a room down there next year.

I hope you are feeling better soon

mom It is going great! She gives me NO trouble at all. Guess she was ready!

So I'm back to where I was before my weekend. 195.5. Super excited. So now it's only down I plan to go!!!!! Almost reaching my ST. Patty's day goal

mom It is going great! She gives me NO trouble at all. Guess she was ready!

So I'm back to where I was before my weekend. 195.5. Super excited. So now it's only down I plan to go!!!!! Almost reaching my ST. Patty's day goal

Hi Ladies

Didn't have a chance to post this morning,as we had to return a pc of luggage that we bought yesterday. The combination lock would work for us so we exchanged it for a lock & key instead.

Well today is my new week,and I started using the 1300-1500 calorie count.My other change is to use a tray from a frozen entree as my plate when I have my meals.The tray has 3 sections each about 1/2c or 1c hopefully when eating out of that tray will help me get used to portion control. WISH ME LUCK WITH PORTION CONTROL METHOD.

PRINNY-I have a feeling you need some kind of med that is stronger like an antibiotic. Hope you get your insurance card soon so you can get to a doctor and get this cough under control.


NICKIE-Glad that you're on top of the situation.Nothing like working so hard to get that weight off,when something in our system trickers to have a craving.


MOMO-How sad that the child really feels your love and caring and now you have to give her away back to her own family. Hope everything works out Sending [[[[positive vibes]]]] your way.



Have to go, and get my chore done

beach that's a good idea!!!!!

Sooooo, did SO good today....and then dinner came. LOL. I had my chicken hollandaise, corn on the cob and baked potatoe with ff sour cream/butter. Just like I had planned. Yeah me! But I was still hungry. I'm sitting across from my sister who has cajun chicken alfredo and nachos. Damn her!!!! So I had a bite of the pasta. And then I finished her nachos........I know I know! It wasn't a lot of nachos. So I'm definitely doing some 30DS tonight. And I'm gonna skip my evening snack.

Hello people. I'm now officially a grandmother. Our little baby boy was born this afternoon and is healthy and happy to be out in the great big world. We're so excited but we won't see him until Friday.

I have lost the weight I gained last week so I'm back down to my ticker weight again. Thank goodness for that. And today, while waiting for the phone to ring with news of the baby, I finished the last of the wedding favor bags so they're all tucked away until July.