Well, its been 4 days. I think for the most part I have done good!
Hillarie - my scale has moved 4 pounds! Like you said, even if its just water, at least the number is going down! I am feeling good! I am not following Atkins to a "T", but I know I am taking in an extremely low number of carbs than what I was before! I am feeling good about myself and I can't wait till Monday so I can see the results after a week! I am extemely thankful that I have found this site and am receiving all the advice and suggestions from this wonderful group of ladies!:carrot:

Lucy, WTG it sounds like you are doing great.

Robin, she is still married to him. They've been married 26 years and this just happened last summer. He is absolutely the most selfish A--hole I've ever met in my life. I know my DH has done a LOT of incredibly stupid stuff but if he left me stranded on the interstate while he went to church, he'd come home to find all his crap in a Bonfire on the driveway. Me and her DH have butted heads more than just a few times over the way he treats her.

Originally Posted by lilybelle:
I know my DH has done a LOT of incredibly stupid stuff but if he left me stranded on the interstate while he went to church, he'd come home to find all his crap in a Bonfire on the driveway.

:yes: :rofl: yup mine too :lol:

I did my presentation last night (thanks for the well wishes Lily). It went pretty good. I havent stood up infront of a crowd in well over 11 yrs. Several of the women there commented on how much they really didnt know about my company, until last night. So it went quite well, with 2 definite leads. The best part......my hands didnt shake!! :lol: Next month, we have a speed networking function that should be alot of fun.

Eating still going pretty good, and getting my exercise in. Weight isnt coming off tho. I need to dig a little deeper :(

Have a great day ladies!

Hillary: WTG on the 3 pounds. Yup, it's probably water weight...but I always look at it like this....at least the scale is finally going down :) Welcome :)

BB: I am in agreement about the weather...and the men nowadays. Thanks for the idea for the index card as well!! :hug:

Robin: Glad your presentation went well :) Your hands didn't shake...but did your knees knock? :lol: I know mine would have-so KUDO'S on the great job you did :)

Lily: So is SD's DH home to stay or just for the weekend? And yup, isn't it amazing how brave deer can be when nobody's shooting at them! I think it's awesome that you can see deer out your window. We don't have that--but I'd love it!!

Lucy: WTG on staying on track. And sounds like you've found what's working for you :) Keep up the great work!!

Well, last night I ate "trail mix" which has raisins, m&m's and nuts in it...so of course the scale was UP this morning. So can't report a single pound off. But on the plus side, I DID do exercise yesterday. Watched tv and just went on & off the step. Didn't over-exert myself...but it's better than nothing :) I "feel" thinner so I'm going with that feeling instead of the scale :) Now to work on getting OP and water for the weekend :)

Hey, man I've missed you guys. I've been caught up in life lately, been in a crunch at home.

Anyway, I've stayed OP more or less. I've had another small wt drop - 1.5 lbs. YEHAW. This is the smallest I've been in years. I'm smaller than my wedding dress! After 5 years of marriage who can say that! My old pants are too big. My fat pants (the biggest stretchy jeans I owned) are nearly falling off! I think I'm dropping inches more than lbs now. I can tell my stomach is UNBLOATED and that when I snarf a carby thing I rebloat for a day or so. Must give away fat pants before they call me back to them.

To those who recall my saga - got my credits at school finally. They took it all, the good the bad and the ugly. Now my gradepoint is .01 too low to get into BSN program. One A I'm told will do it. Have A in Chemistry so far. I don't like sitting on the edge so much though! Too iffy. They however screwed up the fact I'm a bridge student - so there are more credits to claim when that's straight. But the biggest hurdle is done. I was afraid I would lose so much in the transfer.

WELCOME all newcomers. So many new names and stories, I've been out of the loop for only a couple weeks, and so much has changed!

Am comitting to exercise more this week. It's hard. I don't want to . I just am. Period. Must get butt off chair. Repeat as necessary. Not motivated to do this, just must make self.

Got my motorcycle too! That should motivate me. Don't want to look like elephant on a tricycle! Want to look like biker babe on cycle!

Hi Ladies,
sorry about being MIA. Have even been too busy to catch up on reading this thread.
BB thanks for the heads up about the challenge. GOod luck with it. No challenges for me right now....just doing the day by day thing.

My eating's been OK. Not great, but not horrible.

Lily-so sorry to hear about the DIL....goodlord, kick them out! You must have the patients of a saint, I would have had a tantrum by now for sure.

Robin-good for you with the presentation! My hands sweat when I do them....THe speed networking sounds like fun!

Have a great gals....I'm off to do more hair!
Tracy

Hi Ladies:)

Well it finally snowed last night, we got about 3 " nothing to hold us up with errands. My DD is feeling a lot better now that she has the medicine. She has pleurisy,and the doctor told her to rest if she can. We're relieved to hear she OK.


Lady_Adberb-Thanks :thanks: My DD is Ok the doctor called her and he say that she got the pleurisy from a a bad cold. She has to get the predisone until its finished.I'm glad you found a W-I day that works for you. I'm weaning off:yes: low carbing by adding some fruit & l/c bread back into my menu also. I think that its portion control and eating slower,is where I was getting into trouble.Glad I could help.

Hillarie-Welcome:welcome: to the board you'll find it very supportive.and yes the scales isn't lying to you,thats what low carbing does when you this WOE. Big congrats :congrat: on your 3 lb weight loss. Keep up the good work and keep posting.

Robin-My Son-in -law and his family are very self centered. Thank Goodness she healing,from this,and she'll be fine soon. Hope:yes: the presentation went ok last night,I don't like public speaking either,even though I had a 95% average in Oral Speaking Class in High School.

Lily-That aweful:nono: for a DH to do that to his wife,you maybe right when you said that the Lord would like him to take care of his wife instead of playing for the church.Happy:) & lucky :lucky: I have a great guy as a DH. S/D is pregnant again. How many children does she have??????????

Lucy-Thats great news big congrats:cheer: on your 4 pounds gone. I really believe its the low carbing that is doing it,along with other items like portion control & slow eating. Can't believe that they don't have more low carb products in the supermarket anymore.

Kel-You're doing great also 1.5 gone,Big Cheers:cheers: for your lose.Wow you gals are going excellent this week.Dropping inches or pounds is a wonderful achievement.I always forget take my measurements.

Have a great one

Hugs :) BB

Hi ladies, just have a minute we are leaving to go watch 17 yr. old SD play basketball (district's game). We picked our camper up last night, I can't wait to go camping.

Robin, glad your presentation well well. WTG.

BB, them deer sure are brave right now. I love being able to watch them from the patio door.

Kel, good to see you back posting with us. Sorry to hear about the GPA thing, yes transferring credits is a PITA.

Tracy, I don't have patience, that's why I whine on here, to keep from starting a family feud.

BB, she is denying she is pregnant, but she certainly looks it. She has the 2 kids already and can't handle them, so definitely doesn't need any more. It is now 3:27PM and she is still asleep in my living room. She never got up and went and picked her kids up from the other grandma this AM like she was supposed to do. This time it's a different grandma being Dumped on.

BB, glad to hear your DD is feeling better. Mine is back at school today after severe cramps (and b-tchiness) yesterday. She is 14 and when she has PMS I could swear her head spins. LOL.

Just going to do a fast drive by. Found out last night (by accident! ARGH! My family drives me nuts!) that my niece's boy (he's 6 I believe) has a tumor. He's in the hospital and they're going to be doing surgery this morning. And of course we're getting socked with snow so driving is terrible so I won't be able to go and support my niece during this. The hospital is like 3 hours away. So if I'm missing or don't check in, you'll know what's going on.

Wow Brenda, that doesnt sound like something you should have found out by accident!! Warm thoughts and prayers for the little guy.

Brenda, I hope your niece's son is OK. That is so scary. I'll be sure and add him to my prayers. BTW, my family does the same thing. I usually find out someone had surgery or was hospitalized after they are already back home and doing OK.

Robin, I may have some trouble right now keeping up with you on the treadmill walking. My left hip is hurting and I don't know why. I can' t even lay on my left side. I didn't injure it that I recall, so since it's very rainy right now, I'm assuming it's the old arthritis kicking in. k

Well SD left and went to spend the weekend with her DH. She finally picked her kids up and then promptly drove them by the BB game and dropped one of them off with her other sister to keep for the weekend. I don't know how she had the money to go out of town, as Thurs. night she went to Walmart with me and tried to buy $30.00 worth of junk and they denied her ATM card and her Debit card both. OH well, guess she found a new sucker to beg money off this time. I told her we didn't have any extra this week after paying cash for the camper (which was true).

DH will be working overtime again all this weekend so we can pay for his 17 yr. old DD's senior pictures next week. With a total of 6 kids, it never ends. My own DD is now needing a formal dress to wear to the Opera with her music class. Kids are so expensive. LOL.

My eating has been going fairly well. Never above 1700 calories and my jeans are looser than they have been since before the holidays. This much is going good.

I'm loving playing with my puppy (Lucy), but she isn't old enough or smart enough yet to house train. I'll work her on her more with this as she gets a little older.

Hi Ladies:)


We're having a nippy day and weekend along with another snow storm on Mon & Tues of next week. I shouldn't complain as we had it nice for the past couple of months.

"Everything is quit on the western front." DD is doing ok and I'm sure she'll be back to normal health soon.

Thanks for everyone concern about my DD and her family.


LILY-Don't know what makes some family members tick.Wow only two kids. My DD has 4,but than again she has the nanny with her.Hope your DD is OK,cramps I do know them well. A warm heating pad some time helps to relieve them.Have fun in your new camper.

BrendaSo Sorry:sorry: to hear about your niece's son.A tumor at that age,that rare. Sending some prayers & good thoughts your way.

By the way ,why doesn't anyone use the breakfast,lunch super and dessert thread anymore????????


Have a good one

Hugs :) BB

Originally Posted by beach bum:
By the way ,why doesn't anyone use the breakfast,lunch super and dessert thread anymore????????

because sometimes we need a kick in the pants to get us going again :lol: Good job BB :D

Lily~ thats ok, I was having the same problem the other day. I woke up from the pain in my left hip. Switched to the right to try to get back to sleep....that one hurt too. :( Im ok today tho....so I'll hop back on the treadmill.

Eats are terrible right now....but I'll get my exercise in regardless. At least I'll be doing something good.

Off to get some labels done....we got our postcards in the mail this week, and they turned out awesome!! Im just thrilled!! Postage has been applied and they are ready to go. I just have to start on the next set of mailings....labels labels labels :lol:

K, thats it for now......have a great day.

BB, I haven't been posting my meals anymore since switching to calorie counting. WAs afraid that since I'm eating higher carbs now that my food choices might prompt some of you ladies to want higher carb foods. I am posting all my food in Fitday everyday.

Since you ladies are my friends, I needed to share this. My DD gave me a pair of American Eagle cordouroy jeans tonite. They are the smallest size that I ever remember wearing in my whole life. This exercising is definitely paying off. After putting them on and them fitting, it inspired me to walk 2 miles on the treadmill tonite even though my left hip is still sore.