:wave:Hi, Bluu. Glad you are here with us. Just send the blue skies my way another day. It started raining when I sent something to the mailbox, and we need it. No storms, just rain. The lightning was pretty last night but it never rained.

:dance: I am a happy girl this morning. I lost all the water plus 2 more lbs, so I am down from my beginning weight.:carrot: We'll see if the tracker shows up the way it's supposed to. Is it me? I am having the worst time working with that thing. Can't you just change it without having to start all over again? That seems to be the only way to get it to work for me. I spent a half hour just on that this morning.:devil:

Been running around this morning, cleaning and getting the dog to the groomer. He looks like a 70's shag rug that got thrown wet into the dryer, instead of a schnauzer. The groomer has been on vacation, then it took her another week to get to the messages on her answering machine!

Eny, I know what you mean about pretty days when you're working. I just hate it when the smokers go outside for a break and come in carrying on about how gorgeous it is. Just makes it hard on the rest of the day.

Good luck to all. Hope you all are "losers" today when you weigh in.

:cp:Kathy;)

We have had rain the past few days. I'm done with it, I'll send it to you. Today seems to be nice so far. I need to do yard work but I don't feel like getting all sweaty again. I had to go to work this morning so I got all stinky already today. Guess on the bright side it would force me to drink more water. Thats been one of my problems lately. I've slowed down on my water for some reason. I need to fix that. When I'm working and working out I drink plenty. The days I'm home ... I'm lucky to get half of my minimum in.
Ok, I ramble ... I'm done ... for now. ;)

I've been having troubles drinking all my water too lately, I dont know why because its hot here so you think I would be thirsty still.I'm not losing any weight already. I'm down from 184 to 176.8 since June 11th, but still the same...blah!! noone to blame but myself, not walking too hot out there and working alot with the long week-end here, and I'm the manager so I shold be there. I need to work in my flower beds sooo badly too, the weeds are looking pretty thick. Maybe Sunday or Monday when I have off finally and if it doesnt rain. Well better go and post some more so I can get my tickers soon.

Way to go "Losers" Keep it up :cheer:

Isabel :carrot:

Hey Blu, welcome, we are glad you're here.

Kathy, I don't think I could rent the condos, I'd never want to leave! Just click on your ticker, it should take you to your password to update it.

Isabel, I struggle with the water sometimes too, other times, it's the only thing I do right..go figure.

I have been having wild fluctuations lately, can't quite figure it out, staying off the scale so I don't get too wrapped up in it, but one day my rings are so tight I can't stand it and then they are better...trying to find where I am overdoing salt or underdoing water.

Pat, How are you doing?

Karen & Eny, I am with you, have a lot of time off coming up and not always so good then. I just signed up to go back to college and am taking a summer session course 2 nights a week, need to prepare for that too so I stay far away from the drive thru when I am hungry.

Eathshaker, wtg, compliments are the best!

Josephine, think I am going to restart C25k. I really want to get to where you are with the long runs!

:hug: Good morning to all! Hope everyone has a great weekend.

I was just sharing this on the other thread, and now I will share it with you. In one of my magazines this week, there was a blurb about a new free service (as in, non-subscription or pay as you go service). You text message in your cell phone a nationwide chain restaurant and a food item--say McDonald's Big Mac--to 34381 (DIET1), and it will send a message back with the nutritional information. I'm willing to bet that you would have to pay whatever texting charges you have on your cell phone, but those aren't usually too bad. I tried it and it works. What a great idea for travelling or if you aren't sure if the 2 scoops of chocolate ice cream at Baskin-Robbins will fit in the plan for the day! I don't know what all is on the list, they said they cover 1700 different restaurants but didn't list them in the little blurb. I had to laugh, though because whoever wrote it put the directions in backwards:o Wonder where we could find the list? I didn't think of this before, but I wonder if it would work for those outside the US.

Isabel, if your gall bladder is really out of whack, that may be everything that isn't going right for you. One of the "out of my control" issues that plague us all.

Talk to you all later.

Kathy;)

Kathy - what a cool find!

I am happy to report that I did VERY good last night at the tastefully simple party, and only tasted a few of the items instead of the 23 she had there! I've been to them before, so I know what ones I really like anyhow. :) I didn't pyscho-analyze every calorie (since the tastes were tiny bites) but I just added 200 cals to my count for the day to account for the 5 things I did try - and I was still under the 1500! :) Actually I was at 1236 for the day - AND I Decided to NOT eat the potato chips I was craving last night before bed! :yay: I love NSVs :) I feel good about the last week.

I have a wedding to go to today - and I'm going to be very picky on what I eat... I'm not a big cake person, so I'm not worried about that too much. I know there's veggie lasagna - I think I can make good choices.. and since I'm driving No alcohol! :D See how I plan it all out... Keeps me on target. :)

Have a great day girls! Stay ON PLAN! I know that weekends can be KILLERS! (especially for me!)

:grouphug: :santa:'s on his way!!!

Morning ladies... I got weighed in yesterday and I'm down 1.2Lbs :carrot:
Lastnight my family wanted to go out for Chinese and its my favourite, my downfall, I've been fighting the cravings for it. We went lastnight and I didnt eat any of the fried breaded stuff or the yummy chicken wings :dance:
I stuck with won ton soup(couldnt pass that up) very little rice because of starch after 4 isnt good and 2 very small ribs. I'll make sure I work hard today so when I weigh in tomorrow, I wont be up.

Well off to do some flower beds today, my flowers are screaming about the weeds after all the rain we've been getting :D

Have a great day!!

Isabel

Morning girls. I just had a kick a$$ week! I stayed on plan EVERYDAY! And during weigh in this morning IT SHOWED! I lost #3 this week!:yay: :cheer: :cheer2: I'm SO EXCITED!!! I'm now #28 away from my Christmas goal! And this last week is PROOF that I can do this!!!

I'm So happy with myself! It's been a long time since I was able to stay on task.. and I can almost "see" the #180's again!

Congrats to those who had a loss this week!
I weighed myself on Thursday and had maintained. Considering the choices I made that is a victory. Yesterday wasn't that great for me either. I had such a busy day and quite a few outings that I wasn't able to plan very well for. I did the best I could but I'm gonna have to really buckle down the rest of the week.
I'm doing good on water so far today. Lets see if I can keep it up. :)

:hug:Hey all! Been running around again.:dizzy:

Bluu--maintaining is a good thing:), unless it gets to be a plateau. Here's hoping you lose this week!

Good job Eny and Isabel:)

I was bad yesterday, in that I didn't ever plan my day, and it got away from me. I think I gained only some water weight from the Chinese DH wanted for dinner after church. I'll check in the morning. I am proud of myself in that I caught myself, planned for today and have stuck with it, and have planned the rest of the week already this afternoon:D Guess keeping up with all of you is helping me. Thanks.

Speaking of planning--There are some planned menus, called Good Sense Meal Plans on goodhousekeeping.com. There are 4 kinds of meal plans, each for 4 weeks. There is also some things from Jorge Cruise's 3 Hour Diet.

Have a great evening.

Kathy;)

Hi all~This was not a kick butt week for me, but it wasn't a total bust either. Tomorrow is weigh in day for me. I am not real excited to jump on the scale, but I will hold myself accountable for what ever happens. I mowed the yard today and scrubbed the daylights out of the bath tub. Maybe that counts for a little bit.This week I want to say I stayed op all week and exercised every day. This is my goal. I want to weigh 180 something. I will kick my own butt to get it done. I need you ladies to hold me accountable to report every day what I have done for that day. Here I go!!!!

MotherMavis~I am still an emotional mess, but I am better. It is slow going, but I will get back to being myself, and doing what I know I need to do for me. It is coming. Thank you so much for asking. Pat

Had a pretty uneventful weekend all in all. Tom's mother & grandparents came over this afternoon for lunch & to try and stop his grandfather from going completely stir crazy. It was a nice time and even though they insisted that we order from Papa John's I was VERY good! It helped that I got to be the one to chase after Johnny so hardly even had time to eat :)

Tomorrow night I do the whole weighing in thing. I'll be happy with any loss, of course, but I'm really hoping for something over a pound so I feel like I'm making some sort of headway with getting out of the hole I got myself into with the gains I've had this last month! Tomorrow is also one of my designated measurement days so we'll see how that goes, too.

It should be a pretty slow week at work this week - holiday weeks typically are around here. It's also a short week forme because of the holiday - off Thursday, Friday & Saturday rather than just Friday & Saturday. Horribly exciting stuff!

Kathy - thanks for the info on those meal planning sites! I'm HORRIBLE at planning so maybe they'll give me some ideas. Tonight, in fact, I woke up a little later than I had wanted from my pre-work nap and neglected to bring anything with me to work yet again ... ugh!

Isabel - any word yet on the gall bladder? How are you feeling?

Eny - congrats on the killer loss! You go girl!!!

Everyone else - I'll try and get more personals done later, but I've got a pile of paperwork to dive into before I get too more distracted!!!

Hi Everyone~Today is Monday, I hope everyone is having a good day. I want to say welcome to our new members.

I weighed in this morning. I don't know exactly how to count this. I had gained a pound and a half 2 weeks ago. At weigh in this morning I had lost the half pound, so I am still up one pound. Y E A H for the half pound gone.

K U D O S to all that lost weight. Way to go!!

Today I take my Sister to the doctors then go to our other sisters to play card this evening. I have a plan to keep out of the sugary sweets. I will do some exercise before I go. Soooo catch ya all later. Pat

afternoon ladies...

Whoopsieedaisies..Thanx for asking, I feel ok, not worn out anymore. I keep calling about getting my ultrasound set up and they keep saying the ER didnt send the paperwork and the ER says they did and so on, I've called twice now and I have to call back Wednesday and see if they have it by then.I just want this overwith so if I need to have surgery I need to know.I'm the boss where I work and I'll have to plan it for me being gone.Plus I have to tell Herbal Magic and they have to put me on a different program with different pills till I heal and get back up and going.

sorry I forgot to say Congrats to all the "Losers" way to go ladies!!!!!

Isabel:carrot: