Chicks in Control, February Chat
 

Hi, everyone! :wave:
It's a new month. What are your plans for the day/week/month?

I'm starting my new program tomorrow, and I can't WAIT! I've been eating like a porker all week, and frankly, I am SICK of junk food. :lol:

Ellis~I am so excited for you!!! I can't wait to hear how the program is!

Marrianna~Do we have any news yet??? I have been praying for you and thinking baout you all week.

Rosetta~I hope you are doing better. I know it can be tough to get back on schedule.

I have been good. My mom and sisiter got home yesterday, and I dropped off my siblings. It was so noce to have a quiet house. I have a busy week, cleaning for a small party on sunday (Superbowl) and packing for our cruise. We leave early Monday morning. Sound suicidal having a party just before we leave, but we will manages somehow. You ladies have a great OP day!!!

Hi, all. Happy Feburary. I've had a cold for the past week. Ugh. My head's all stopped up. That sent me right to the chicken soup. But I did lose 4 lbs. last week so I'm doing okay. This month I have a big birthday and I'm anxious about it. That and a few other things. Once it's over maybe I can settle down and be faithful to my fast.

Ellis - I did the same thing before my fast. I only had about five days between the time I signed up and the start date, but I packed in every favorite food I could think of. By the night before I was so sick of eating (threw away a perfectly good chocolate eclair) that I couldn't wait for the fast. What are you planning for your last meal?

Ellen - Don't tire yourself out too much. Where are you going on your cruise?

Hi everyone.. I am not pregnant. I had a massive cry about it yesterday, mostly for all of the fertility problems we have had in the past. Today I am feeling fine.. thank you for asking and being so sweet.

Ellis - I know that you will do great on your new program.. hugs and best wishes for tomorrow

Ellen - enjoy the cruise! We had a big party just before we left on our xmas holiday... we told all of our friends finger food only and take your mess with you :) they were very helpful

Rosetta - congrats on the weightloss. I hope that the events you are anxious about resolve themselves.. good planning always helps.

I have a month off from university and am looking forward to making eating well and fitness a focus.. I just got my last paper back and scored 49/50... so happy about it! So some time to relax before the next round of uni craziness begins would be lovely.

Marianna, I'm sorry, sweetie... :hug: This wasn't "your time", but I just know that everything is going to be alright for you. I'll keep you in my prayers.
And congratulations on your paper! :hat: Enjoy your month off... make it all about you.

Rosetta, I'm sorry you're sick, hon! :hug: But glad to hear you're still losing. :)
My "last supper" wasn't very interesting. Pizza and a small bag of chips. :lol: Honestly, I'm so sick of eating badly that I had to force it down. :lol3:

Ellen, you crazy gal having a party the day before your cruise! :lol: You must be so excited... have a wonderful time!!

So... my program started today. I'm STILL not allowed to eat properly! I see the dietician on Tuesday, and I have to log my usual food until then so she can assess my eating habits. DARN!! :mad:
I DID get my pedometer, and I'm wearing it. :)

I hope everyone has a great day!! :grouphug:

I am off for my cruise!!! See you all next week!!

Ellen, I hope you have a wonderful time on your cruise! :wave:

Hi.. Ellis.. how is the new program going? I was thinking of you today. I hope that you are doing fabulously :D

I am feel really good actually - my eating is going well and the exercise is coming along as well.. hope everyone else is feeling positive as well.

Hi, Marianna! :wave: I'm so glad you're doing well... keep it up, hon! :hat:

My program is GREAT, thank you! I'm on Day 3. Longest I've stuck to a program in about a year. :lol3:
I'm on a 1700 calorie "diet", and I eat breakfast at 8, snack at 10, lunch at 12, snack at 2-3, dinner at 6, and snack at 9.
I'm supposed to lose 1-3 pounds a week, but I'm hoping to drop about 60 this week. :rofl:

Good luck Ellis, I have been thinking about you. The cruise is going well. but is almost over.

Marianna~I am happy to hear that you are doing well. I have been iffy on the eating, but I have been exercising my butt off, so hopefully it will ballance out.

((hugs)) Ladies!!

Ellen, we're looking forward to hearing all about your cruise! :wave: See you soon, girl!!

I'm off to my first exercise class. Weights, I think. I saw the trainer the other day for the first time, and to start, I'm to clock at least 5000 steps a day on my pedometer, plus attend three fitness classes.
I had a slip-up with a bowl of Raisin Bran and skim milk the other day, but otherwise, I think I'm doing well. :)

Upswife.. glad to hear that the exercise is going well :D

Ellis.. I am sure one little slip up would be fine. Good to hear you are feeling positive.

I also want to get a pdeometer to see how many steps I do. I have a feeling it is much less than I thought.

I seem to be going pretty well actually. I just feel like this is "it". I am ready for a change, know wheat I need to do and there you go! I think that tapping has helped as I have less propensity to want to indulge on certain foods. So my next weigh in is tomorrow and I am shapping up to have another loss this week - which is great for me... :D

What kind of program are you all on? I need to shake things up a bit.

I am doing South Beach.. hope you get some inspiration real soon :D

I'm doing a program that's "fitted" to my weight loss requirements.
1700 calories a day, 5000+ steps on my pedometer, and three weight-lifting classes a week.

Marianna, I hope you see a loss tomorrow!
I think you'll really like having a pedometer. :yes: It gets you moving. When you've been sitting at a desk/computer all morning, it's 2pm, and you look down and see... "YIKES!!! Only 456 steps!!!" ... you tend to get your butt in gear. :lol:
I take the stairs in my house more often. We have a three (well, four including the basement) story house with the bedrooms on the third floor, and I'm one of those people who piles stuff on the stairs until I absolutely HAVE to make a trip upstairs. Well, I'm no longer one of those people. :lol: I am now a "frequent stair climber". :D

Ellis it sounds that you are doing great. I am doing well, we were able to catch an earlier flight so we got back yesterday afternoon. I did gain 5lbs, but did lots of exercising,and ate well, so i am sure it will come off soon. DH and I placed second in a twisting contest. There were 11 decks on the boat, and we took the stairs as much as we could. (going from deck 3 to deck11 was rough, so we took the elevator then) I have to run, but will post again tomorrw.

Excellent that you had a great time Ellen.. twisting contest you say - that sounds like fun.

Elliss.. yep, I sit at a computer for the entire day some days and think that I would be shocked to see just how much activity that I DON'T do.

But I lost another kilos this morning :carrot: I am so happy... It has been a long time since I have lost weight two weeks running :D So I am down almost 5 pounds by your count so far this month.

Have a great day.

Sorry ladies I have been in a little funk since I got back. I found out that I must ot have been doing as much as I could have been. I gained 5lbs on the crise, but I think it is mainly water weight. I have already lost 4 of them. I have been extra diligent getting my water in and I have been watching my food like a hawk.
The kids have been challenging me since we got back, so that has made my life a little tougher, but we seem to be hitting a good area today. They have been much better Today, they must feel better now that they know that we are back for good.

Cruise facts~THey severd food 24 hrs a day(room service) but in one or the other dining rooms it was being served for 22hrs aday. Dh and I learned the basics of Swing dance and Salsa dancing. We had a blast. We also got up early and walked/ran a mile before breakfast. While we were docked in Mexico it was 80F and it felt like heaven. We saw some of the Mayan ruins and learned a whole bunch that I did not know before. I know I got some great shots, but I still have to develop the pics. We took a regular camera with us. We both also went snorkeling for the first time. It was so awsome. HTe only part I did not like is I swam right over a small baracuda on our way back in. My only thought was boy that is one mean looking fish, then I realized what type it was and swam as fast as I could to get farther away. (My dad says a baby baracuda can still take off your finger) And one last little tidbit...We got to listen/dance to live music everynight.

I hope you ladies are doing well. Drop in when you can. Later chicas

Your cruise sounds lovely. I have studied some Maya archaeology at uni and would love to visit the ruins in Guatemala.. what a wonderful experience for you.

I hope everything settles at home!

Ellen, what a wonderful time you must have had!
I'm sorry about the weight, but you're doing great getting it back off. I'll bet you're right... that most of it is just water. :yes:
I hope things go okay with the kids today, hon. :hug:

Marianna, congratulations on the kilo, sweetie! :hat: That's wonderful!!
Do you think we can get our butts off the computer for a few minutes today? ;)

I'm doing pretty well. My eating is good, for the most part. I'm starting to slack off with journaling it, though, so I'm going to work on that today. I really don't have a clue what, or how much I'm eating over the course of a day if I don't write it down.

I'm keeping our youngest home today. We allow our kids two "mental health days" a year, and this is one of his. Poor love... he had to redo some homework last night, got terribly distressed, and developed a wicked headache. :( We're going to play school today for a little while, and just be relaxed about it.

I went to another exercise class yesterday. Three this week! I'm feeling good about it... my abs and my lats and my thighs (squats!) are killing me.

I hope everyone is well... have a great day! :wave:

What a slow Chat!!! I guess we have all been really busy!! I am doing better now the kiddies have all been sick ,and I think I got a bit of it too. But they are all better and I am off my butt. Dha nd I are trying to decide if we should(can afford) A gym membership. We will be making a decision by the end of the week. I really hope we can it will be nice to be able to exercise outside of the house for a change.

Ellis~ I hope your little ones are better! You are inspireing(SP) THree days of exercise great job!!
Marianna~Congrats on the kilo!! I wishI could drop a kilo!!!(2.2lbs)

Have a great day Ladies!!

I finally have lost some of this weight! I am down 4# from my ticker(altough it was wrong) and I have broken through my lowest weight by a pound. I hope everyone is doing well!!

Ellen, congratulations on the 4lbs!! :cheer:
I'm glad your family is feeling better... :hug:
And I hope you find a gym! DH and I got a family membership to the Y several years ago, and we love it there. We let it expire last year, but we're going to join again soon. There's so much there for all of us.

Ellen - wonderful to read of your weight loss :D

Ellis - how is the new program treating you?

I am ok here.. we are starting a new business, so grabbed a few quick and easy meals like pasta and rice, so I have put on a kilo - with the pcos I just can't do carbs in any decent amount and lose weight. But I am not to stressed about it because my eating behaviours weren't bad as such - and I doubt that the choice of food would be considered terrible for most.

Classes at university start tonight. I am so excited.

Hope you are all well.

Marrianna~Good luck with your new clases at uni tonight. I know you will do Great!
Ellis~How is you r program doing???

DOing pretty well on this end, but ate too many carbs today and I feel very full. Have to go spend some time with DH