Weekly Chat, December 26th - January 1st
 

Good Morning :D

Okay who's got the sugar blues LOL !!! :lol3:

Hope your all doing okay today and back on plan and bravo to all who stuck to their guns.

Hugs.

No sugar blues for me :carrot: I stayed totally OP and didn't cheat a single time...the scales showed a 3 pound loss as my reward :carrot:

(sorry to seem like I'm bragging but that was THE HARDEST day I've ever had food-wise)

Ready to start the V-Day challenge!!:D

How's everyone doing??

gotta go to work but hope to get some miles in this afternoon :)

breakfast: eggs
lunch: salad
supper: shake

Good Morning :coffee:

Lacey~ Good for you!! WTG on the 3 lbs :carrot: :cheers:

Leenie~ Im suffering, but not so much from sugar, but from the bread, potatoes, gravy, well you get the picture :lol:

OMG did I suffer all night!!! Wayyyyy too much holiday cheer (food) and still when dh and I sat down and really looked at what I ate, it wasnt all that much. BUT when I imput my day into fitday OMG OMG OMG I had 245 carbs :eek: and 3155 calories for the day :dizzy: never mind the 755 calorie breakfast(which I kept lc) :crazy: So Im bloated and headachey today. I need a box to keep this feeling in, so when Im craving, I can open up the box, put this feeling on and REMEMBER what it feels like!!

Back to it today! I have some clothes I need to fit into!! :cb:

What did Santa bring for everyone? :hohoho:

Have a great day ladies!

Just bringing over my post from the old thread, rather than retype it :).

Stacie~ I agree, and I over averaged everything a bit....just to be on the safe side. Alot of times, what a package says, and what fitday says are off by 4-6 carbs. So I dont get too bent out of shape when Im over 20 carbs, by a few. WTG on your 2lb loss!!! :cheers: :bravo:

So far so good....Im not having any ghost hunger, and no sugar cravings...so I think Im good *whew*

Ive got a pot of eggs boiling, for egg salad, and tastey roast beef for supper :T (minus the bread) :lol:

I'll check back later...

Thanks Robin. TOM just had to show up when it did tho...ugh!! Glad you are not experiencing any sugar cravings. I've got the munchies today, not necessarily for sweet, just something (TOM related I'm sure). You know, I was looking at your stats again and have to tell you once more how awesome you're doing. You're down 27lbs in basically 6 weeks...that's an average of 4.5lbs per week. Very cool!! :woo: Was watching the TV guide channel earlier and there are always advertisements running as the guide scrolls through. Anyhew...this woman is yipping about how I should get a Gazelle (or something like it :blah: ...wasn't paying too much attention to her at this point) because she lost 45lbs in 1 year by using it :chin:. THAT caught my attention. You're down 27 in 6 weeks, I'm down 19 in 5 and it took her a year to lose 45? At the rate you're losing, you would have lost 234lbs in the time it took her to drop 45! Maybe SHE should have done LC instead :lol: :D. I wanted to contact the seller and thank them for convincing me not to waste my money on their product :lol3:

Good Morning :coffee:

Stacie~ LOL, Thanks :) It would be wonderful if I could keep up the momentum. I wonder sometimes when I watch those commercials if they really think they are convincing anyone. They didnt get you did they :lol: Good for you. Im at about 2lbs a week, but thats with very little exercise. About 3 walks a week. Maybe if I did more, it would come off faster :D

Im up with the birds this morning, dd is up and playing with the very irritating pixel chixs .....that thing doesnt have a volume!! So Im bundled up with my laptop and green tea, wood stove lit, and trying to figure out how to use the pixel chix :dizzy:

Im not sure what we have planned for today, but it will start with starbucks :lol: have a good one!!

I need to stay away from the nurses station and I should be OK. But cravings are bad. It would help If I started,:D: I can not seem to stay.... away but good news is I am starting to get sick from all that stuff!!!

shoulder is much better still very tender and I am babying it, DD2 (Crash) Is doing OK. A bit touched from all the teasing. It was a source of talk the whole Christmas day.

Parents are comming to visit on Friday, but it looks like the weather is not going to cooperate, so I guess I will make then cancel.

Not much else is here happening but can not wait untll these 2x are too big!!!

Wow, you guys did wonderful, congratulations !!!

Robyn, I hear ya on the suffering :dizzy: how are you feeling today?

If your looking for your Valentines thread I made it a sticky. Good luck everyone.

Hugs!!

Much better today thanks Leenie. The headache is gone, and the fuzzy brain is gone too :lol: no, really :lol:

Morning ladies!

'Nother rainy day here today! I predict flooding in our future here if this keeps up. Everyone is leery of of that here in the Sacramento area since we are New Orleans 'sister city' with all our levies (which haven't been maintained well) and 2 rivers. Luckily I live on high ground but we become an island and there is no coming or going (happened in '86, 93, 98, I think)

I'm so proud of you guys! You did great on the big day with losses to report even! Whoo wooo! I woke up with a cold on Christmas morning (thank you, Cody) and TOM is expected today so hopefully the lack of appetite due to illness and the muchies due to TOM will counteract each other - ya think that will work? lol I did endulge in some of the christmas cookies but I've lost my taste for them now and am just waiting for the boys to polish off the leftovers.

I took Melis to the train back to SF last evening. You know, I talk to her on the phone 6 out of 7 days every week and don't miss her too terribly but it seems after she had been home for a weekend, the next couple days are really bad for me. I get such comfort when I know all three of my babies are cuddled in their own beds under one roof at night. Silly, I know - they are all growing up and it is perfectly nature and healthy for them to venture out on their own - and I WANT that for them. It's just a mom thing, I guess. And TOM! I get so emotional - lol

My 'gentleman friend' is good. Thank you for commenting, Stacie! lol He gave me some nice jewelry from China and, um, something else but I'm not crazy about it. It is a Louis Vatan (knockoff) purse. Supposed to be all the rage in high fashion but it just looks like a big *** old lady's purse to me. It's the thought that counts, tho, and it was very sweet of him. I just can't see my self dragging it around. I don't know what to do/say about it. He has the day off today (so do I) and he is taking me to old town Sacramento to walk around (in the rain) and visit the shops/museums and then to lunch. What if I'm not using the purse?

Ok - well, I better jet. Have a wonderful day all! Keep up the good work! And I'm going to have some kind of chicken salad for lunch today. Actually, I usually have a chicken salad since I like 'em so much! Quite a few LC things I've stuck with even if I'm not being strict - It really is a way of eating for life!

Kel

Well hello this is my first weekly post (the first of many i hope) This holiday season i wasn't really paying attention to the low carbs I've decided to start whole heartedly on the 1st. I've started by ditching the soda which was a little difficult and now its just the only way. I had a drink of husband to be (whos name is David) soda last night at dinner and it made me really thristy and all i could taste was sugar. Yuck! So its been pretty much just water for me. I spent a good portion of this morning @ Barnes & Noble. Reading about Low Carbs, and making realtionships work. I may go back tomarow. So it's no carbs for me starting the first. There are a few things i HAVE to HAVE before this starts one is my beloved Egg rolls I am a lover of Chinese Food. High in carbs i'm sure. Broccoli Beef is my weakness and I'm going to indulge before the first of the year. Other then all of that my life has been pretty decent. David is being driven crazy with my board games and books. He said if i'm not begging him to play a board game with me, im in the spa with a book. So...it might be my sign to let up. Well anyways i'm off...i hope you all have happy healthy and succesfull weeks! Good luck and keep up the good work!!!

:sumo: <---OMG she is brutal tonight!! Im hoping when I get thru the evening, tomorrow will be so much easier. I started off ok today, but Im thinking this is backlash from xmas day. :dizzy: So, Im here keeping motivated!!

Bride2B~ :welcome3: to the weekly! What program are you following? Ive never heard of a No-Carb diet....thats any good for you anyway.

Hey Ladies, :) How are you all doing? I hope well, and Lacey Congrats on the 3 pound loss! You are doing so wonderfully.
Robin, I don't even want to calculate ANYTHING in Fit day.

My family finally left again yesterday. They won't be back up again until next week.

Just subbin' for now, staying up to date. I think I've calculated my perfect diet for me and am going to go post it in General Chatter to see if it would be possible to lose weight on.
Its not low carb (vegetables and some fruits) but kinda low carb. If I could lose weight on it, I think I will do that one. Atkins is just too easy for me to fall and stay off on. Plus, I kinda am of the opinion that if you crave a piece of fruit (apple craver here too), your body is trying to tell you something. I dunno, I'm definetly not a nutritionist.

Hopefully I'll still be able to stay????

Okay, gonna go. We had christmas yesterday and I'm still full.
love,
EM

Good Morning :coffee:

Em~ I dont know about the cravings, when Im craving chocolate, I know thats not really what it is Im needing. But Ive never been a big fruit eater so its not much of an issue for me. The only thing I really like is watermelon in the summer time. I could eat a whole melon in one sitting....I LOVE the stuff!! We all have to do what works for us....I hope this works for you :)

Had a girly sleep over last night, so I have giggling girls roaming around the house this morning. I have to find something for them for breakfast :dizzy:

Have a great day ladies

Ms.spotdog: I KNOW what you mean! A co-worker got me a purse for Christmas and I like it but it's just not 'me'. So now what's a girl to do? I thought about dumping all my stuff in it when I went into work but it's such a hassle because I'm a clutter bug. So for now I've just been leaving the purse I DO carry in the car when I go into work. what a hassle.

Yesterday dh and I got some flooring for the bathroom and a new sink and faucet and got an antique looking chandelier for the kitchen and a new dryer :carrot: We needed it all so badly, the house is just so old and needs lots of improvement.

had a hamburger at chilis (without the bun) and some grilled brocolli then I had a humongous taco salad when I got home...feel kinda guilty for eating so much but at least it wasn't anything too bad for me :dizzy:

Well, gotta help dh put all this stuff in now, y'all have an awesome op day!!

Lace

Well, I completely caved on Sunday and Monday. I've come to the realization that I can completely control myself outside of my house, but when there are four bowls of cookies sitting on my counter and my whole family is sitting around all of the food just eating and talking and eating and talking, I can't resist them. I was OK with it because I knew I wouldn't gain back 70 lbs in a weekend (at least I don't think you can... ;) ) So I let myself have Sunday and Monday as freebie days (cookies, cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting, rolls etc...). I jumped right back in on Tuesday as if nothing had changed and let me tell you, I will never binge that much again. I wasn't feeling like a failure like I had felt in the past diets when I binged so it wasn't hard for me to get back OT, but physically I felt like crap. I had heartburn for the first time since I started Atkins, I didn't sleep well, I was tired all day, I was bloated and easily winded when playing Rusty... I felt horrible and it made me realize how easy it is to gain back by going crazy with the bad foods and carbs and also how I never want to do that again. I didn't realize how bad I felt when I used to eat like this constantly...it just was how I normally felt so I didn't really know how good it felt to eat right and at that time, I didn't really care that I would feel good if I ate better. Now, I know how great it feels to move easier and not have heartburn and not always feel sluggish and out of breath... Like I said, I'm not mad at myself for going off for a couple days, but rather happy that I was able to get right back on and not let it ruin my progress.

So I have 3 lbs left to lose to get back to my pre-holiday weight (which isn't too bad considering what I stuffed my face with for 48 hours) and I will have money before New Year's so I can stock up on good snacks (we should be having steak and lobster like most years, but I'll probably have chicken and lobster) and it's not at my house so I won't have the bad foods sitting around in my fridge awaiting the family's arrival. I applaud everyone that stayed OP throughout the holidays.

One more day until another 4-day weekend! Have a great day and good luck everyone!
Andrea

I did it.....my size 20, and 18 pants are GONE!! In the trash, it gets picked up tomorrow! Im in my 16's quite comfortably :)

Hey BOB, we havent heard from Herb in quite a while. Maybe he will see your post, and update us.

Good God Crash did it again this time a car hit her car. All ok and very little damage to the car. (better than another person!!)

State is here doing their inspection and well things are OK not as good as I would like them but OK. some dings for stupid stuff and I am sure that there is not much that we can do. but learn to document the things we do better.

well hope to check in later. things are really busy right now. (just in time to get nice and even for the first of the year!

Robin...CONGRATS (I have emoticons disabled, but I would have a huge banner saying that if I could!)

I am wildly HAPPY for you, ENVIOUS cause I wanna be there, and Oh so PROUD of you.
I'm getting off my *** and getting back on Atkins when Dwayne gets paid and I can go food shopping in 5 more days. and minimizing the damage until then.

Two weeks (3 by then) off is enough. I hate being fat. I hate being fat more then I like carbs. I havent been a size 16 since I was 15. I can do this. I know I can. I just got to stay focused...."Decide that I want it more then I am afraid of it"
Eh, Lacey?
I think I will start posting in the overeaters/binge eaters forum too. I've always known I've had a problem, but it never really dawned on me until I read why an overeater/binging person does what they do and how they do it. Some of my happiest memories are of woofing down 2 whoppers with cheese smothered in french fries, or Arbys onion petals, mozz sticks, jalepeno poppers, and a sub and fries to boot. Or the times after a full dinner I've made Totinos pizzas and burritos and ate it so no one would know I was eating. I've made myself sick on food so many times from over eating it isn't funny.

I hate to sound like the stereotypical fat person with the description of those foods, but food makes me feel so good even if I'm loathing myself while doing it. Its a hard cycle to break and I dont know if I can do it, but I will try hard.
On Atkins, I dont have the desire to over eat /binge as much and so that just leaves me not knowing to handle any of my other emotions. Atleast if I'm bored/sad/mad/happy/distraught I can drown my feelings in food. It makes me forget whats bothering me. Thats gotta change.

Robin, I'm going to print out your weight loss record goals and post that everywhere. To see so much weight loss is an awe inspiring thing. Must stay focused!!!!
Sorry I'm such a problem poster you guys. Life is just coming at me fast and sometimes its all I can do to keep up! Thanks for helping me out.

love to you all,
EM

Holy cow - it's not been her week for driving! Hope she is OK!! :hug:

Good Morning :coffee:

Sue~ OMG, I hope everyone is ok. Are you guys having bad weather right now? I can only imagine how shaken up your dd must be. Give her a big hug for me.

Em~ I want to reply to your post, but Im short for time this morning. I'm going to come back later.....I just want you to know that you are not alone, your not a bother or problem!! You sound sooooooo much like me!! Im a binge/compulsive/overeater too. A person who hides her food to eat it too. Its hard, so hard, but you can do it.

Not alot happening around here today....dd and I went out shopping yesterday for appropriate clothing for the funeral next week. I have to try on stuff from my closet, and see what fits (lots now) Dd have to go return her cd player, it uses up batteries like a kid eating candy on halloween!!

You ladies that have girls aged 9ish....where do you shop for clothing? That doesnt make them look like street hookers!?!?!?! We actually found a few things at rave girl. Not a store I would go into, but I got dragged in!! :lol:

Anyway, have a great day ladies....keep up the great work everyone!

Em~ here is my before picture....I havent a clue how much I weigh here, but this is the biggest Ive been. I do know that its over 300lbs. How did I get there? My sugar went berserk!! I was drinking a case(24) of coke classic within 4 days. I was eating 3 and 4 quarter lber meals a day, eating bags of potato chips and whole containers of chip dip in one sitting. My husband at the time worked out of town all week, so it was easy to hide all the food I was eating. I could eat like a normal person on the weekends (when he was home) and say "I dont know why Im so fat, I really dont eat that much" the kicker was....I believed myself!! He would leave, and I would make a trip to the corner store, and donut shop....load up for my evening.

It was all emotional eating, I understand, filling up makes you feel better. I SOOO understand that!! I can catch myself now, but its taken a few years to learn how NOT to do this. I know when Im filling an emotional hole.....I try very hard to make better choices when I absolutely still need to fill it. There are times that still happens. So, instead of a box of hoho's or a bag of marshmallows, I'll make myself another low carb meal, and stuff the whole. I know maybe thats not the best way to deal with it, but sometimes, the walks, self-talk and bubble baths just dont do what I need it to do. Thankfully though, it doesnt happen as often as it used to. Im usually good if I pay attention to the time of the month, and the emotions that have triggered it. I can straighten it out in my head. Sometimes, I just cant. Ive learned to live with that.

I had gotten to a point where I said "to **** with it" Im going to be like this for the rest of my life, and Im going to live with and like it! I couldnt do it, I had just so much self hate, I had to fix it. At the time, I was living with a sabotager. He went out of his way to stop my progress, but still to this day, he will NOT acknowledge that Ive lost weight. The man I am married to now has been unbelievably helpful. He has alot of insight when it comes to my issues, and helps me get thru my tough days.

You mentioned posting over in the overeaters/bingers forum. That might be a good idea for you. For me however, I have a hard enough time admitting to myself I have a problem, I can't go there....I dont know why, I can't read it either. Just a funny quirk I have I guess.

Im not going to tell you that "If I can do it, YOU can do it" Because its got nothing to do with me. You have to have that little switch flipped in your head. When you're ready, you'll do it. Nothing will be able to stop you then. Those ppl who work out, and get buff, then say ....if I can do it......I want to stuff their sweaty work out cloths in their.....well you get the picture :lol:

You are going to do this for yourself.....nobody else, and on no one else's time table!!

Please dont be so hard on yourself, you have alot of things going on in your life. Some you have no control over and some you do. You do have control over your food! You can control your work out time. You will control it, when you're ready.

If you're interested I have an e-book that I can email to you....its mostly the motivational stuff that I took from it. Sit and read it, and do exactly what is explained in how to motivate yourself, and set your goals. I think you might find this very helpful. I sure did. If you can get your hands on a 12step book (A.A.) or an overeaters anon. book, or google to get the steps. This has also helped alot for me. I have a problem...I am an addict, and I readily admit it. If you give me a choice between a glass of my fav wine, or my fav cheese cake....Id pick the cheese cake! :lol: But unfortunately, we cannot take food out of our day. We need food to live on. But if I keep the bad stuff out of the house, or out of sight, Im ok.

Pm me if you want to pick my brain Em, I dont mind. I know where you are at, and I understand.

Good Morning :flow2:

This is the 4th day in a row, I've had to have the lights on in the house because its been so dreary outside :( I hate winters in buffalo :p

Dh's son is in town from sweden, but has yet to call :mad: sometimes its so hard to stay uninvolved. The son living next door is great (usually) and when problems arised before he was to leave for Iraq, I had to step in, get in his face, and make him go see his dad. He did, and thanked me for it later. But this other son is another story......

My brother and sil is suppose to be coming to visit today. Hopefully the weather wil be good and travel wont be too bad. They have about a 2 hr drive to get here. So hopefully everything will be alright. No doubt when he is here is when dh's son will call or drop in.

Food is still op, I need to get out and get in a bit more exercise. If it would quit raining, I just might get a walk in :kickcan:

Have a great day ladies!

Robin: Can I get the name of that book? I'd be interested in reading it :)

Sue: Is everyone okay??

Em: :hug: How are you doing? Been thinkin' about ya!

Bob: nice to meet you!!

The morbidly obese fat *itch that was once me has been pounding on the door to my brain all day long. I will post what I've eaten today just to humiliate myself
cottage cheese/ sf pudding/ peanut butter blended up
5 carb yogurt drink
5 carb vanilla yogurt
1/2 tub of cottage cheese
1/2 of a package of polish sausage with 1/2 cup lc bbq sauce:( :( :(
that's 3 times what I normally eat, my stomach hurts, I feel like crap and I'm tired. I wish she'd just shut up and go away, I don't need her right now. I think it maybe be due to the fact that it's ttotm and when I weighed it says 199.5 which just makes me plum sick even though I KNOW it WAS water weight.

sorry for the rant and lack of personals, it's been crazy busy here

:hug: to you all

Lace

Hang in there, Lace! TOM can be horrible for sticking on plan. Try to just up the protein intake (I try to have one of those roasted chickens around just for me to pick at all day) and then might treat myself to a spoon of PB and savor it a long time if nothing else seems to be working. Not the best choice, I know, but waaaay better then all the other things that voice in my head is telling me to stuff in my face.

I hear ya on the rain, Robin! I was telling the boys that they had better start gathering the wood for the ark building project we will need to start ASAP! Geeeeze, a break in the storms would be nice about now. I think a great way to spend time and get to know someone is to take nice long walks in the park but Rob and I haven't gotten to take ONE park walk yet! Grrrrr!

Em - *Big hug* Robin has said some profound things. I think we can all read them and glean something from them but maybe not until we are ready. You know, we are all individuals and will all approuch our goals in different timetables and ways. I do what Robin does with the emotional eating. When all the other 'redirection' stuff doesn't work and I feel like I'm going to just 'lose it', I will eat something. I try to make it be a good food choice and I don't beat myself up about it. I just recognize the fact that I am making progress and doing better then I used to. But hang in there, Em. We are here for ya when/if you need us.

I better run. I'm getting my tootsies prettied as Rob is taking me to the local indian casino tomorrow night for NYE - plus I need to try to find a sexy(!) top to wear with my jeans and strapy sandals!

Kel

Lacey~ your choices weren't too bad...they could be worse! Try to up your protein like Kel said, and get some fat in there. I dont know why, but when I full my belly with protein and fat at the same time, Im usually good for hours. Pull out that 2x4 and whack that fat b*tch in the back of the head to shut her up!! :D

Kel~ Sounds like you have a nice new years evening planned. Have fun!! ;)

We have gotten so much rain, that ALL the snow is gone. I told dd, that we would go snow tubing a few times while she is off for school break. We had LOTS of snow before she started her break.....now there isnt any :(

My brother showed up with his mrs, and my mom!! It was so cool. We didnt think we would have been able to see my mom until probably may! So that was a nice surprise. My db and sil bought us polar fleece sheets for the bed for xmas. I hadnt ever heard of polar fleece sheets.....but they have already been washed, and are in the dryer, cuz they are going on the bed tonight!!! Sil loves them, because my brother sleeps with the window open even in the winter!! So she thought me and dh would love them too. My dh is ALWAYS cold in the winter! I'll report in the morning :lol:

Im off to figure out what to have for supper :dunno: somfin tastey I hope :D

Robin,
Here in OK we have a burn ban and aren't allowed to pop any fireworks for new years (like we do that a whole lot :dizzy: ) They even suggest watering the lawn in case a fire starts. Isn't that weird? Picture someone standing outside watering their lawn on December 29th.

I'm chomping on a roast right now, thanks for y'all suggestions, I will start hitting the protein heavier the next time my period decides to visit.

Has anyone heard from Tenn?? I think I'll drop her an email or pm if I can find a post around here. Hope she is okay.

Lacey

I think she is still at her mom's. Im not sure, but I thought she was going to have access to the net. But I dont think she comes back until after the 1st?

Nope, I cant imagine watering my lawn on dec 29th :lol:

Thanks for wondering where I am :)
I'm going through what's probably the worst time of my life at the moment - not even really sure how to even start writing about it. The gist is that I got here on Wednesday night, my Mom started chemo on Thursday morning, had a bad reaction, and was unconscious in ICU on a ventelator by Thursday evening. She developed pnenonia, etc. and it's been touch and go, hour to hour ever since. We don't think she's going to make it, but there's no way to really know yet, so we're just waiting. I'd appreciate your prayers for my Dad - he's in such agony that's heart wrenching to watch, and we can't do anything for him but maybe God will if we ask him.

I'll try to post again and keep y'all up with the details as I can

Oh, Tenn, I am so sorry - my heart are prayers go out to you and your family at this very tragic time.

Kel

OMG, I'm SO SORRY :hug: my thoughts and prayers are with you all, I hope you're able to come back and post lots of good news for us.

Tenn: I'll be praying for your family!!

Hi everyone :wave:

I'm still around. Just haven't had a chance to get online this week. This is the first chance I had...and probably the last until Tuesday. At least, I'm HOPING I can get online Tuesday!! Then I'll WI, be accountable and start to work my fat badonkadonk (if you don't listen to country, you won't know what it is....well, you can if you think about it :lol: ) off. Got some great new exercise tapes I can't wait to start. DH is going to start with me!! So those are the plans. :hug: and see you next year :lol:

Oh Tenn :hug: I can only imagine what you're going thru. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

:lol3: badonkadonk!! He has to be the sexiest man alive Brenda!!!! I walk to him all the time!!

Dd and I might get over to see Narnia today. Thats about all thats planned for today.

Its snowing!! :cb: dd was so excited :lol: we just might get some snowtubing in!

Have a good one ladies!