Weekly Chat 6/6-6/12
 

Well, it's a brand new (gloomy) day and time to start getting serious about this weight loss stuff. That means water, water, water and exercise (blech). It means NO more cheats and NO EXCUSES!! I want this weight I gained off by July 4th so I can start where I was before Halloween and all those other lovely Holidays. I've got to realise I've got to be serious or stay this weight (or heavier). No choice there!!!

Good Morning :)

Come on Brenda, you can do it !!!! We're rootin for you.

I had a good weekend, went over a little to much on calories but I ate very healthy. Lots of fruits and veggies. I even passed up buying terra chips which is an earth shattering thing for me b/c I love them and they were on sale. I gotta stop buying that crap and trying to justify it. Instead I bought a watermelon ;)

Whats shakin girlies ?

Good Morning!
 

Starting fresh again today...hopped on the scale, and Im up 6lbs!! :fr: I have to smarten up!! Water is already out in my big jug, Im going to make some eggs for breaky and get the chicken out to thaw. I have good intentions today!

Have a good day everyone

hehe the only kind of cheating I like to do is hopping on the scale every morning :-p I will probably stop after induction, but it is really cool to see the pounds slide off every day...so far I am on day 6 and lost 11 lbs! :)

Leenie: :wave: How's it going? Congrats on passing up the junk and gettin healthy foods!!

Robin: Water is a good start! You can do it!

Clare: keep up the great work! Sounds like you're doing it all right!!

Well, so far I've gotten 16 OZ of water in and some exercise. Well, not sure how much to count it as. I was traipsing back and forth across the yard carrying branches and dead tree stump. But I bet we were working on that plus the garden for at least 1/2 hour...so counting it as a mile :lol: So I'm counting today as a success. Sure, it's not over yet. But I've already got supper planned and I'm not even hungry! I can't WAIT for the weight to start flipping off again. Then again, can't wait to FEEL thin again!!!

Morning chickies, up and at 'em!

Coffee with the girls this morning an little man is off on a field trip today...
We are going to hit 90 or above today so it is going to be HOT! 2 weeks ago we had to put the heat on...Welcome to New England.

have a good one, and drink up.
-L

L: You sound like you're getting the weather we are. We just turned the heat off also and now have to go buy an air conditioner because it's so hot! We're supposed to be mid-80's or 90's. Plus t-storms coming this afternoon.

DH went to a Yankee game (in Milwaukee. Quite a drive from us!!) last night so of course I didn't sleep too well. Now I'm tired and in desperate need of a nap. So I'm going to eat my hard boiled eggs and go back to bed. This day is going to be useless for cleaning!!! Oh well, make up for all I did yesterday :lol: NOT stepping on the scale for a couple weeks. Going to give my body a chance to surprise me :lol:

Good Morning

Its been hot here too!! All the windows have been open and all the fans on. I still have to put the pellets away for the wood stove!! At least we have sunshine.....for today, they are calling for t-storms for the rest of the week.

I made it thru yesterday!! :cb: Even heard from the ex, and didnt go on a hoho binge!! Im quite proud of myself. Dil is back in the hospital, the clot she has in her leg has quadrupled in size. They operated on her yesterday, and put a filter in her stomach, but they cant seem to do anything for the clots except give her blood thinners. She might be back home tonight. I find it so strange that with all they can do these days, they cant go in and get the clots out. :shrug:

Even with all this going on, the stress level had dropped considerably!! So, I think I'll make it thru today too!!

Have a great day ladies!

Robin - So sorry to hear about your DIL. Those blood clots, their prevention and treatment are a mystry to me and it sounds like they are to the medical community also! I will send healing vibes your way.

*waves* Hi to everyone. Busy, very hot-then-turned-cool, dateless, & non-motivated diet-wise here. Pants are getting a bit snug so I need to cut down on my intake again.

Where is Dottie? I miss her.....

Kel

Robin: Sorry to hear about the DIL and hope they can figure out something to help her soon. Has she gone for a 2nd opinion? Congrats on staying OP!!

Kel: :wave: If you can figure out a motivator for staying OP let me know cuz I could use it too!!

Well, the weather is hot and of course no AC in the house. Time to go shopping!!!!

HEEEELLLLLOOOOOO LADIES!!!! :) :)

I'mmmmm baaack!

Good to see you gals that are still here and looks like I have some new chickies to meet!!! I finally am starting to get my life back in order, computer fixed, and back to 3FC!!! Well I went on a little vacation from being good and pretty much gained back most of my weight and now I am getting back to basics, coming back to my chickies who I missed so much and getting back on track. I found that I REALLY need to do equator trek and food log to keep myself in check, not to mention support from all of you gals who mean the world to me, I am so sorry for being MIA I was just not in a good place. I hope you all will take me back, cause I missed ya!

I am kinda doing a modified LC thingy & lotsa exercise. LC but adding in some fruits and whole grains. So tomorrow is my big day, first day back to getting on track and back to visiting with you all.

Happy Tuesday! :)

Good morning ladies,
nice to meet you Theo...
Off for a walk with a friend this morning. Older boy is off on a whale watch today and the weather is looking pleasantly wonderful!
I work in the school library today, last one for this year and other than that feeling good.

hope you all have a great Wednesday! :wave:
-L

Wow L, whale watching.....thats just so cool!! I hope he has a great time!!!

Theo~ welcome back!!

Dh and I spent the day yesterday getting a sign made...after some choice words, and mistakes we finally got it done just before supper. Then after supper we found out that all the vinyl dh cut in the afternoon wasnt actually cut because the knife was jammed in the machine!! More choice words :lol: Sometimes working together is a good thing, other times its not :dizzy: I have to admit though, we both know when to leave the other one alone. Dh came down to check my progress...when he was greeted with hostility, he asked me if he should just go away :p poor guy! Of course I told him yes!! :lol: So he made me a cup of coffee, gave me a kiss, and went away. We love each other again today :lol:

I have more sign stuff to do today, but Im on my own for the most part, I can be irritated by myself.

Dil is home, they decided not to do the 2nd surgery to go in and disolve the clots. She has a home nurse coming in for a few days to give her, her shots of blood thinners. Hopefully this will fix things this time. Someone asked yesterday about 2nd opinions....she's had many and even went to a different hospital this time so she could get someone else. At least this time they did the surgery, last time they told her she didnt need it! :mad:

Eating was pretty good yesterday. I may have overdid it a bit at supper time, but it was all legal foods, and I was really hungry since I didnt eat much during the day. (had a sign to finish) So, Im counting yesterday as a success. 2 down!!

Thats whats happening in my corner of the world......have a great day ladies!

Wednesday
 

TG: Welcome back!!! Summer is here and the sound of fruit...YUMMY!! You can do this!!

L: Whale watching sounds like fun. Enjoy your day!!

Robin: Sounds like you and your DH have the system all worked out. I'm still trying to break my DH into leaving oldest DD alone when she's in THAT mood. Silly guy thinks he should be able to joke his way out of it. All I tell him is back away VERY slowly :lol:

Well, I listened to DH and didn't get an AC yesterday. BIGGGG mistake!!! So we're going to get one today. He's not feeling well so not expecting much help from him today. The girls...they're a different story! :lol: We're going to get the dishes done and some of the clothes folded and GONE. Winter clothes packed up and so on. That's the goal for today. Then again, no AC then probably no work :lol: Ate chinese last night so can't count that as a success. But I'm still feeling "thin" so I'm not worrying about it. Just making sure I go on and do better. I've GOT to kick this fat thing. My shorts are getting too tight!! Well, off to go have a couple hard boiled eggs for breakfast and then get some more cleaning done.

Good morning ladies!!!

Great to hear from old friend chickies and meet new ones!! Today is the first day back on track....or the rest of my life!! LOL :)


L- have a great walk!! I hope our weather holds so i can take one too, Oregon is still raining in June which is weird for us.

Robin- you are a saint to be bale to work with DH, we would kill eachother of I had to work with mine!! LOL :) Hope all goes well with your DIL.

B- Great to hear you, YES I am ready for summer and some fruits, I got some plums yesterday and cannot wait to try them, now if the weather could feel like summer I would be totally happy!! :)

Off to work, brought lots of legal snackes and some lunch, gotta keep that metabolism UP!!!

I had a lovely walk, thank you.
Whale watching is a big thing here as I am on the coast od mass. The water is cold and the whaes love it. I am sure he and the 49 other kids will have a great time.

off to work...
-L

Hey, all. Just a quick "Hi!" and a big "Welcome back!" to TG! We've missed you, girl. So glad to see you around again.

Things have been a little hectic and stressful work-wise, but hopefully next week will be better.

Still going strong -- OP and exercising. Still attempting to run/jog, and I've been getting in a 1/2 mile of jogging each time. I know that sounds pretty pathetic, but for me, jogging a 1/2 mile all at once is a big deal. I'm slowly getting better. Hopefully, I can up my mileage more in the next few weeks. Oh, and I lost a pound this week. Yippee! :cb:

Hope you are all having a great week!

Take care,
Jina

Welcome back Theo's Girl. I haven't met you before but look forward to getting to know you. Are you following a specific program or doing your own thing?

Thanks for the Welcome backs ladies, I am happy to hear everyone is doing good and to meet the new to me people! It is great to be back.

I noticed you guys don't have a food log so I started up a food log thread ( hope no one minds) so I can keep track of my eating, jump in if you want to, it is helpful to do it sometimes to keep yourself on track or to identify food that sneaks in and can slow you down.

Happy Wednesday!!! :)

Happy Thursday Ladies :)

Its been hot and humid around here, and they are calling for t-storms from now til next tuesday! :dizzy:

I woke up this morning to literally 100+ mushrooms in my vegetable garden!! I dont know where they came from or how they got there!! Ive never had that happen before! Any thoughts out there?

Dh and I are heading to another sign show in Rochester today, then of course dinosaur bbq for supper. I think I can keep the eating under control there....I'll just eat ribs!! :T and pass on the mashed potatoes!! :dizzy: You see, there really isnt any point in going all the way to rochester unless you go for ribs too!! :devil:

I got on the scale this morning, and Im down 7 lbs! I know its all water, but its enough to keep me from eating potatoes at dinosaur bbq! :lol: You gotta do what works!!

Have a great day ladies!!

Keep up the good work robin! Potatos come and stay so no need for the invitation!

Had a nice walk this morning. Huge rain last night sokind of humid today but I will take the worm over the cold any day.

Coffee girls are having lunch today to end out the school year. I love this lunch with friends and look forward to a 2 hour lunch :)

have a good one and don't forget the water...
-L

Thursday
 

This 1 weekly thread gets kind of confusing to me :lol: Another hot day scheduled today. Haven't even gotten dressed and I need to get to it because we're going horseback riding today with the Girl Scouts (youngests troop). It should be fun!! I haven't even eaten breakfast! I woke up and wasn't hungry. DANG! It's been ages since I could say that :lol: Just need to work on the water intake (uh huh..AND the exercise!!) and I should be set. Well, off to go get a shower (I know, why shower now when I'm going to smell like horse afterwards) and ready for the day.
Do you all like the daily threads or this weekly thread better??

Well i did pretty good with my eating yesterday with the 1 little slice of Apple pie messing up my good run, a friend at work didn't know i was back to my diet and she made me apple pie, I took a small sliver so i wouldn't be rude and then shared it with everyone else. But OH well what are you going to do? I was fighting some heavy cravings last night but resisted so that was a win!!

B-I would love to smell like a horse, I love the way they smell, weird but true! Good luck with the GS and the horses.

Robin- That is crazy about the mushrooms!!! Do you use mushroom compost?

L- have fun at your lunch, lunch with the girls is always so much fun :)

Have a great Thursday!! I am at work already and had to come early cause my sister drove me since my car is in the shop :( Hopefully it will be out today. My son graduates from pre-school tomorrow, it should be really cute! With the amount of excitement in our house you would think it was high school he was graduating from.

Happy Thursday - we are on the downhill slide to the weekend!

Freaky weather here (of course, we have had freaky weather for a while now - tornadoes, etc. NEVER in NorCal before!) and it has rained for 2 days and been pretty cold. All this after we were in the high 90s for a while. So we will probably have the humidity for the next few days also.

I like the weekly, Brenda. If you just click on the little 'v' in front of the title of the thread it will take you to the posts that you haven't read yet. I like the weekly cuz I can easily go back and re-check what people are talking about if I forget.

Well, I have already cleaned the kitchen, have a load of dishes washing and dinner cooking in the crockpot. Don't know what got into me this morning! NOW I need to jump in the shower and scoot off to the new client. I'll have a chicken salad for lunch from LaBou as the client doesn't have a frig.

Nice to meet you, T'sgirl - we the only west coasters here?

Have a great day all!

Kel

Brenda: I'm with you -- I'm getting a little confused by the weekly thread, but maybe that's just me. :dizzy: It might just take a little getting used to.

Well, yesterday didn't turn out quite like I wanted it... a friend wanted to go to Taco Bell, so I reluctantly went with the intentions of just eating the insides of three tacos. I ate all the insides and was still hungry, so then I ate the tortillas, too. :o Darn. Oh, well. Nothing too major, I guess.

Exercising is still going great -- well, cardio-wise anyway. I have the hardest time making myself do strength training. I've got to get with it, though. I could use some toning.

Hope you all have a great Thursday!

Take care,
Jina

Friday
 

Well, made the mistake of stepping on the scale. WHAT the heck kind of number is THAT??!?!?! Ok. No more scale!! I'm just hoping THAT number never pops up again!!! Jeez! DEFINITELY time to behave myself or I'll gain back EVERYTHING I've lost. Never made it to the horses yesterday. With it being a Girl Scout thing we were supposed to get council approval and all that paperwork junk and it hadn't been done (co-leader forgot). So that's postponed. So just sat and tried staying cool all day. One of these days I need to get the pool up. It's not that big...but it's big enough to get you cooled off and wet!!!

4 hrs of thunderstorms last night!! Did I mention that I HATE thunderstorms!! Im so tired this morning!! At one point dh asked me not to hurt him when I snuggled in closer with my arm close to his face! :p

Did good at the bbq place, ate lots of meat, and veggie sides. Only had a taste of the cornbread :D I'll count it as a successful day. Im back at it again today, and with all this heat, the water is really easy to get in...and then some.

Have a great day all.....Im off to make signs

Morning Chickies...

Robin, my dogs use to be terrified of the thunderstorms, I missed to fraidy cat dogs this week when we had huge thunderstorms.
Brenda, the heat can make you hold on to weight...you will be ok, just stick to plan...
kel, as always, good to see you!
:wave: to all of the chickies!

I am gearing up for summer! older boy is off to camp next friday and I have hit the stores! Kohls was having a 50% off sale. I figures 14 pairs of undies and socks and t shirt (3.00 each) and he should make it though the 2 weeks. Love cheep sales especially for the kids that can ruin a t shirt in a single wear.

I ate a huge lunch yesterday and it took me until bedtime to feel better. it was so good and it was great to be with the girls...

off for my walk soon, but a few quick calls to make first....
Drink up and have a good one....
-L

Robin: I don't mind t-storms if they're during the day. Hate them at night. Glad to hear your DH survived :lol: Good going on the cheat-free night!

L: Sounds like you got great sales!! I'll have to keep reminding myself that the heat is my problem! Thanks for the advice.

You'd think I'd drink MORE water with this heat. But I'm also not eating either. Danged if it hasn't killed my appetite altogether! I forgot to eat breakfast yesterday and it was 9:00 before I realised that!!!! I need to start posting what I'm eating to figure out what the problem is. Maybe I need to start measuring things just to make sure I'm gauging the portions correctly. Dang, though, I've NEVER done that. Off to drink more water!!!

Good Morning,

I changed the title on this thread to include the weekend, hope y'all dont mind :D

Whats shaking ? got any good plans for the weekend? Today is cleaning and running DD to two birthday parties lol. Tomorrow is my day to relax (cook clean laundry lol).

Morning Leenie :wave:

I just made my coffee, put a squirt of caramel (sf,ff) in it, and its heavenly :p We havent really planned our weekend yet. We have to put up a sign we finished yesterday....other than that, no plans. We just might take a ride in the country......see that way we can have the a/c on! :lol:

Still op, and doing pretty good. I havent had any cravings or needs to eat hoho's! :devil: So life is good :D

Have a great Saturday

Leenie: Sounds like you've got a busy weekend planned. Hope the weather is great for you!!

Robin: Congrats on staying OP!! Keep up the great work and going for a drive to stay cool sounds like a perfect idea!!

Well, it stormed last night so couldn't leave the windows open so it is SO hot in this house! Dang, knew this day was coming but was hoping to have an AC before it did!! Haven't WI yet (today's the official day) and trying to decide if I want to. Did well walking last night but didn't walk as long as usual (for Relay For Life). Planning on staying home for supper (instead of eating at my parents) so I should be able to stay OP. Hoping this week to see a loss for change!!! This weekend would be a good time to sit down and figure out WHAT I'm doing wrong and switch things up a little. Otherwise nothing planned for the weekend. Avoiding storms!!!

Morning,
Stay cool. I have to say I love the AC just for the humidity at night.

been to town for kids haircuts and the local strawberry festaval. Bought a baby quilt for my niece who little man and I are going to meet while older boy is away at camp for 2 weeks.

We are headed to the pool for the afternoon and then older boy is going to a sleepover with some friends that are moving to SC. Sad for us, better for them.

laundry and pulling together camp stuff is what I have planed for indoor time for this weekend...
have a good one ladies.
-L

L: hope you enjoyed the pool!!

Well, another hot day. We put an AC on layaway. Paid half down and we'll pay the other half later this week. It's supposed to cool off into the 70's this week. So the fans'll help. I bought another box fan yesterday so that helped draw cool air in last night. Stayed OP--but a little on the higher side. Still considering it a success!! Just waiting for the water to disappear so I can wear my rings again. Thinking I need to take my carb count down even further. I'll have to sit down and figure out what it actually is. Back to basics maybe is what I need for a couple weeks. Just not sure I can stick to strict induction anymore. Guess if that's what it takes I'll have to do it. I've only got 3 weeks before going on a GS camping trip and NOTHING is low carb there. BUT I'll get a lot of walking in. lol. Have a great day everyone!!

Good Morning Brenda :wave:

We went yesterday and picked up another a/c too. Just a little one for the sign office. When all those machines are on, and you have high beam lighting going, its gets brutally hot in here. Wow, its like a dream in here now.

Its raining now.....hopefully that will cool things off a bit. Not much else happening around here...have a great sunday ladies.

Good morning ladies!!

I have had the busiest weekend, Friday my son graduated from preschool and we had a party, and then yesterday I decided while I had the energy I was going to do spring cleaning!!! That took ALL day and some of the night. Sounds like you are all doing OK but hot, we have not even gotten into our spring weather yet here (very weird) it is still raining and in the 60's, it sucks I would like about 80 and no rain!!! :) that would be nice.

Happy Sunday :)