Chick Chat ~ March 24th - 30th
 

Good Morning,

It looks like a beautiful day, sky is light blue and just so pretty.

I am home today....took a personal day, DD's still had her fever last night, I'm hoping it will go away today. I'm feeling MUCHO better finally... rest is really what I needed. I did go to the doctor on Friday b/c it was really scaring me LOL. So while DD is resting today I'll clean :shrug: lol and get the house in shape for our Easter next weekend.

Heather :hug:

Hope everyone is doing well :hug:

Whats going on this week?


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Leenie, I hope your DD gets better soon!

It's a beautiful day here, too. The sky is blue and clear and the sun is out. It would be a nice spring day if the temperature weren't -13 F! :eek: :fr: My classroom is still as hot as ever, though, so the key today is layers!

Hi, I'm new to this thread and suffer from all kinds of depression, made worse by chronic pain. I mostly lurk but decided it is time to jump in and find some support. I've lost 5.5 pounds and 1 inch in the waist in 2 weeks so that makes me happy.

It must be beautiful every where cuz it sure is nice here in southern Washington state. Enjoy!

Hi Stampinlady and :welcome: I'm glad you decided to join us. Congratulations on the WL and Inches :cheer2:

Emmy :hug: thanks. -13 :faint: thats to cold for me.... just the thought gives my goose bumps, goose bumps ;)

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Morning chickies!

:welcome2: stampinlady! Nice to meet you :) Congrats on your loss so far!!! I look forward to getting to know you.

Emmy - goodness! -13 F IS cold, and I grew up in Montana, so I know cold. :lol: Stay bundled up chicky (well, when not in class that is). Good luck with your monsters, er, I mean pupils. I remember what devils kids can be in the beginning of spring. I forgot - are you at a coed or all-girls school?

Leenie - Happy Monday! Glad you are feeling better. Tomorrow will be cleaning day for me, I think... So if you have extra time, feel free to come on over!

Sassy - :hug: Yeah I noticed more emotions, too, when I stopped using food to suffocate them into submission. Its good for you, though, Honest. Well, at least better than taking your frustration out on lemon pound cake, anyway. I hope this week is cheerier for ya!

Heather - :hug: Happy thoughts and wishes are heading right back at ya chicky! Be strong and be well.

Hope - WTG! 2 miles!!! I'm so impressed!

Well, I've fallen off the exercise wagon. I've been doing couch to 5K and really enjoying it, but then my ipod crashed, and I was WAY too willing to let that be all the excuse I needed not to stay on track. So, I'm gonna get it replaced today and get back out there!

This is my big week off... so far so good. I'll probably slack off on the posts this week because my home 'puter sucks. But, even when I'm not posting, I'll be sending happy thoughts and :dust: your way.

Francie, Beauty, KK, Cathy, Buddly, and everyone else - have a great week! :grouphug:

Hi everybody, :wave:

Well, I have an interview on Thursday! :dance: Yay! And luckily, the lady seems a little desperate to fill the position. :dance: I don't know a lot about the job, but it really doesn't matter at this point. It's better than nothing.
I had told my friend that if the job description is 'shoveling shi*', I'll take it.

The thing that kind of scares me is that Thursday TOM will be here in full force and sometimes it makes me zone out and not be able to think or form sentences very well. Not a good day for that to happen when you need to be able to come up with as much bull as possible. :D My plan is to try to eat healthy, which I haven't been doing, and workout daily for stress relief, and lots of advil. Any other suggestions to fight off the TOM blues would be welcome.

I spent the day getting waxed, cut, trimmed, and polished in preparation. Now I need to follow through on the exercise part. :woops: OK, enough of that.

Stampinlady: :welcome2:

Leenie: Good to see up and at 'em again. It's cloudy here today.

Amarie: Hope you have a fun week off. Just restin' or do you have any plans?

Sassy: It's so much easier to eat than feel anything. I hope I can get back on track since I've been so slack.

Good to see you Emmy!

Heather: Chin up girl! Sending u goodvibes! :goodvibes:goodvibes:goodvibes

:hug: everybody BBL

Hi all! I too am new to the board. I've suffered with depression ever since I was young, have one suicide attempt under my belt and decided to lose weight so I'd feel better about myself (very low self esteem)! I've been on WW for one week with my 1st weigh in of 12.2 pounds gone! I know it's just water weight, but what a start! ;)

Can't wait to get to know the rest of you better.

Take care and have a great week!:hug:

Sara! where have you been girl ? ;) its great to have you here with us. 12 lbs wowwweeeee thats an awesome start, congratulations.

Marie enjoy your week off and shoot girl, if I had the time I would pop by and help you clean. Tomorrow its back to work for me so you know you'll see less of me until the weekend :( Good for you for getting back on track with your exercise. Why is it that its hard to get back into exercise but its so easy to get away from it...not fair.

Hope you go get em and good luck on the interview. I wish I could tell you things to help when TOM comes but I myself am going through my "changes" and TOM just throws all sorts of things at me lately, I never know from one month to the next whats gonna happen...sorry. I think your plan of healthy eating and exercise will help. Don't worry your gonna do just fine.

Well girlies, I gotta get dressed and get to the grocery store for some benedryl for my DD.

Have a great week...hopefully I can sneak in here and chat.

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Leenie

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Hi Chicks.
 

Me again,

Hey Shop: Way to go on the exercise! :carrot: Did you walk outside or inside? I think there are DVD's for the exercise ball. I think one came with mine when I bought it, whenever that was. I have no idea where it is though.

Sassy: :dizzy: You should be lost by now with all the moving! :lol: I overate last night too, not sure why though. I just couldn't get enough.

Hi Sara and welcome. I do WW too. 12 lbs. Wow.

Today I did a mile with WATP and did a half hour Jillian Michael's workout. :running: I may be sore tomorrow.

Hi everyone! Thanks for the welcome.

Sounds like everyone's doing good. I'd love to be working by myself!! One gal I work with finds it more important to be on the phone and I'm right outside her office so I hear everything she says. :rolleyes: Thank goodness for my ipod! Crank that baby up and drowns out everything.

It snowed here too overnight. Not too much, but enough to say ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

Ended up getting sick again last night...second night in a row...so no exercise for me. Hope I'm feeling OK when I get home, then I'll be hopping on the treadmill to make up for lost time.

Have a great day everyone.. :hug:

Hi ladies,

Can't stay long. I have pool tonight and I want to get a workout in before I have to leave. (I'd better hurry.)

Hope you all have a great day.

Sarah: Hope you feel better tonight. :crossed:

BBL

Uhmm....HELLO, HELLo, HEllo, Hello, hello...:listen:

I'm now talking to myself. Where is everybody?

Good Morning :coffee:

Hope... hello helloo hellooo ;) how'dya do at pool. You must be pretty darn good eh. Sore indeed !! how ya feeling today?

Sara there is just so much sickness going around, I had a wicked stomach virus for over a week, now I'm home with DD b/c she's had a fever and cough for a few days :faint: Stay well and take care of yourself.....I sware rest is the only thing that helps...so rest up or it'll come back.

Sassy I think Mother Nature is having a break down too :rofl: why should she be exempt from the rest of us LOL. Glad you like your new clothes ;)


Well, DD is still sick, so I'm home again today.... guess I'll find something to clean :rofl:

Did anyone see that house on Oprah yesterday, the one that had clutter from the ceiling to the floor..... OMG poor woman !!! it did make me feel better about my clutter though lolol.

Heather :hug:

Cathy... have fun with the kids.


TTYL

Good morning, all!

I'm a newbie (to the depression/wt. loss board anyway) and came back to 3FC's again because my weight is not only making it hard to get into any clothing, but now blood pressure and cholesterol problems are out of control.

Funny how when it affects your health, it's a little more of a pressing concern than a fat derrierre, eh? :^:

I especially got a kick out of the book displyed on the home page 'Does this Clutter make my Butt look Fat?' :D My kids left for college (last kid to leave) about 3 years ago, and I just haven't been able to get off my fat butt to declutter and organize this house of 18 years of living.

So recently I had been digging in with both feet and hands (and muscles and sweat) and doing so. I am so proud of my accomplishments thus far (and donations of stuff) and AMAZED at how much work this is! But GOOD work--lots of exercise!! :carrot: With two boys and all of their friends (and footballs and hockey equipment and bookbags) floating around here, somewhere along the way I had given up on clean and settled for 'surface clean.' :o I was always a neat nik in my younger days.

Anywho---so good to meet you all and I know I'll get a lot out of this board--hope I can give some back. :cool:

I hit the 10-lb mark today! WOOHOO! My size 16 dress slacks don't sit at my waist anymore, they're down on my hips. I have to say they look better that way - I feel kind of trendy. ;) And I'm able to fit back into some of my size 14 pants, which I never got rid of (because I thought being size 16 would be temporary). Actually, I've only been size 16 for half a year, and it was kind of what made me get off my bum and stop eating all the time. Because I was so disappointed in myself. That and passing the 200-lb mark. That really shocked me and freaked me out enough to change my life.

Amarie - I teach at a coed math and science magnet school. Sometimes I wish I taught at a single-sex school. Anyone who tells you that boys and girls are the same has no idea what they're talking about. The girls need such different treatment and they behave so differently! They just have such different needs, it gets complicated trying to keep it all straight!

Sassy - Man, that's got to be rough, having to move around all the time. I love that I have my same classroom, and I feel sorry for the few teachers we have who have to move around from one room to another depending on which ones were in use which block.

Sarah - Welcome to the board! I'm fairly new here myself, actually, but I guess the time has been flying because I've been here for two months. :dizzy: I'm totally with you on the snow - we've broken the all-time snow record with a total of 187 inches this winter. That's almost 16 feet of snow, and most of it is still on the ground! It's hard because when you're driving there's just snow piled high on both sides of the road, and you can't see when anyone's coming unless you're on a straightaway. And I'm in the country, so the road is usually curving! And it's snowing again today. Gah. I want the sunshine so badly, it's making me depressed being here in the cold, wet, dark all the time. I'm from the southwest originally (Utah) so I need the sunlight to photosynthesize properly. ;)

Hi ladies,

Tomorrow is my interview. :crossed: Say a prayer! Mama needs some $$$$!!

Yea Leenie, I'm sore. One thing I forgot about TOM is that all aches and pains are exagerated, so I'm really feeling it! I actually crashed today for a nap when I should have been doing something else. Howz your dd doing?

Just to let you all know, especially all the newbies, I just signed up again for the Biggest Loser challenge that will start mid April. It really got me to start losing again. If you any of you are interested, you can check it out under 'The Biggest Loser Challenges' forum.

Congrats Emmy and Shop and Sarah and Stampin on the great losses. Chervata, good to see you! Yes, when the weight effects your health, that can really get your attention. I didn't get my numbers checked, but I was afraid I was becoming pre-diabetic. I don't know about you, but I want to be able to eat some sweets in the future. ;) I would rather moniter that myself than have some disease dictate my chocolate intake. :chockiss:

The eating today hasn't been good. When TOM is here I could eat a house and still be hungry. I didn't work out either due to the long nap and soreness. :mad: Oh well, there's always tomorrow..

Heather: :grouphug:

Sassy, Buddly, Cathy, Amarie, and all the rest: What's up? :D

Hi there!

:welcome: Cheryl and Sarah! Nice to meet you. Look forward to getting to know you!

Well, all... I have been enjoying my week off, although I'm not getting anything accomplished. Haha.

I'll buzz back in later to say more and catch up. I fixed my 'puter today, so maybe tomorow.

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Amarie

I signed up for TBL challage!! Too bad it doesnt start now, I wanna lose 5 pounds by my bday.

Cool Shop, hopefully you will be on the Black Team with me. My bday is April 22 and I'd like to be 180 by then. I'm a little more than my ticker says now due to TOM and my eating habits the last couple of weeks.

Good to see you Amarie!

What is the Biggest Loser challenge? I have my own personal goals, but I'm wondering if I should do something with a group as well.

hope - GOOD LUCK!!! :hug: I just had a phone interview tonight and it went really well, so I'm so excited! They pretty much told me straight out that I'd be invited down for a full-day interview and asked to teach a sample lesson and everything, so we'll see! I have another school that I already did the full interview with and they should be getting back to me within a couple of weeks. Gah, the suspense!

I'm baaaaacccckkk...

Hope and Francie - WTG on TBL challenge! I'll be rootin for you! How will Francie find out what team she's on? I guess I just assumed people picked.

Francie - 'cause its worth saying: Congrats on you're awesome progress! 11 # rocks!

Hope - your birthday is earthday? That is so cool! I am sayin prayers for you tonight, and will send positive thoughts your way
all day tomorrow! Break a leg chicky.

Emmy - Woot! WTG on the first 10 and a belated welcome to onederland! I will keep my fingers crossed that you get the job of your choice! I can so relate to the misery of waiting; at least mine is winding down, and I should know final school admits in a little over a week.

Sassyfrass - Ugh. I hope they get the stupid office moving stuff settled soon. Why do they always try that stuff before everything is really ready?

Buddly, Leenie - what's new girls?

Cathy - hope you are having fun our nomad chick! How's the trip goin?

Heather - happy thoughts still beaming your way!

Sara, Cheryl, Beauty, and anyone I missed - :hug: Hope you are doing well this week!

Well, I'm going on another business trip this weekend. I will just keep keepin on, trying to eat well, and get my runs and walks in. I started counseling this week, I really think the time is right for me to make progress on some major issues. Anyway, lots to think about.

:grouphug: friends!

Hey all! I'm new to the site (have been lurking around for a few days) but decided to jump in.

I've dealt with depression for a long time now (my family's company moved us half-way around the world with a month's notice and I wasn't quite ready to move...) - my depression/anxiety/tourettes (and the meds associated with them) led to my weight gain - but I've been off all the meds now for almost a year and have seen a huge difference (even if I'm not losing weight at the rate I'd like to, at least I'm not gaining at the weight I used to).

I've lost 10-15 pounds since I joined WW this past summer (my weight tends to fluxuate a lot - but I'm working on trying to figure out why that is (the new theory is that I'm not meeting my daily points allotment - something I never thought I'd have a problem with!)

Hi Chicks.
 

Hi chicks :)

Still struggling badly, but still around....

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Hi Girlies,

Can't talk.... :drill: is here. Took DD to the doc yesterday, she has bronchitis... nice eh. Anyway...

Heather :hug: I'm here if ya need to talk.

GoneRiding :welcome:

TTYL

Will do personals soon... :hug:

I feel so sick today. Whenever I'm sick or hurt, I always think of my mom. Cuz who is the one that can make you feel better?? Mama!! Even when I moved out, I still called up my mom when I was sick. Heck, she even called up her own mom when she was sick. I miss my mom so much right now. I'm listening to all the songs that make me think of my mom right now. :( I want my mom so much it hurts. I havent talked to her in 2 years. I have her voice on my old answering machine, but its hard to listen to it.


I'm listening to "My Way" by Frank Sinatra right now. It fit so perfectly with how my mom was. Oh God..this is just a bad day. Why did I even wake up? I want Fonzo home!!!!

so i haven't posted on this thread before but here I am - also holy crap shopaholic, my bday is april 29 and i am turning 23 as well - talk about a small world!!

i've been treated for depression. i take lexapro and it works great most of the time. except... a couple of days a month. I get my period and I curl up and do NOTHING. don't leave the house. don't answer/return phone calls. just feel miserable - eat and sleep. i've talked to my dr. about this but he clearly doesn't "get it". i'm in the midst of this TOM right now - hence the need to post or SOMETHING.

HI,all, again! Thanks for the welcome, and congrats emmyloo on losing 10#. :carrot:

Took a nice walk yesterday, cause it was beautiful out, but today, it's freezing rain and trying to decide what to do. So tired of that ole' treadmill after a long winter, but I guess it'll have to do. ;) Or maybe it's a good weight lifting day. Have been trying to get back into that. :strong:

We're supposed to go out to the hospital today and see FIL. He has recently been put in a nursing home, and has had numerous pneumonias and other infections. I don't think he's going to be with us much longer, and DS#1 is visiting from where he lives in WA, and wants to see gramps.

Good afternoon ladies,

:carrot: Yay, the interview is over. It went well and wasn't that bad. She has already interviewed 2 people and has 2 more after me. I should know something in about a week. I think it will help that my friend recommended me and actually trained the woman doing the hiring.

About TBL challenge. Anybody with any goal can sign up under TBL challenge forum before April 19. Since I did the last challenge I can pick the team I'm on and all the new folks will be divided up among the Red, Black, or Blue teams. You'll be asked around start-up time to give a starting weight. Each week in the challenge you will weigh in on whatever day you like if you already have a set day you weigh on. They also want you to participate in the weekly chats, at least one post a week, for team support. There are no vote offs and you get a couple of freebie weeks you can take for whatever reason (vacation, cant get to a computer, or a gain if you wish). Summer can be hectic so there may be more than 2 freebies (it's not yet decided). Each week one team will be the 'biggest losers' and the biggest losers on each individual team will be recognized. At the end there will be an indiv. biggest loser and a team that had the most % lost will be announced.

You can still do whatever eating and exercise plan you want. No Jillian Michaels drill sergeant will show up at your door. :drill:

Our team had little challenges along the way like an 'easter egg hunt' where you get an egg for every minute you exercise and a 'healthy eating challenge' where you got points for fruit and veggies etc. , things like that which can kind of keep you on track. We are doing a beach challenge now where we have to travel 500 miles (or do 500 minutes of exercise) to the beach and we get to pick the cabana boy of our choice. ;) I picked Alex O'loughlin from CBS's Moonlight. :drool:

Negatives if you are interested: They kept wanting us to chat in the team threads, but there were so many people in the beginning it was hard to even read it all. The teams eventually thinned out as people dropped out in time.
Also, there was a little drama along the way to deal with. Basically grown women being immature, which I thought was crazy. But it all worked out and like I said, helped me start losing weight again.

This is long, but if you have any other questions let me know.

:welcome2: GoneRiding and Irish!

Emmy: good luck to you too!

Heather: more :hug: :hug: :hug:

Amarie: you aren't supposed to do anything on vacation!

Hi to everybody!!

Iris~Holy wow!! Your bday is April 29th too!!!! And you're gonna be 23!!!!!!!! That is so freakin awesome!! I've never met anyone who had the same bday as me!!! :D Plus, your name is Iris, right? That is our #1 baby name, lol!! Too cool!!


Hope~It all sounds so cool!! I cannot wait to start!! But I do know I'm going to San Diego this summer, so I guess I can use the freebie right? Unless the hotel has a comp, and a gym, lol. Which actually come to think of it..I think they might..because I could use the gym on base over there. Anyhoo, I'm thinking ahead..lol.



I'm starting to feel better. My pain went away after I took advil. I even got my exercise ball dvd today too..so I'm gonna try that out later today. Anyways..I'm gonna go now. BBL!!

I just started a FitDay Journal (so great.) and added up my calories for the day. I ate moderately well today and had 1430 calories! I can't imagine what my calories are when fast food and binge eating are involved.

ugh.

Hi :wave:

I'll catch up with everyone tomorrow... miss yah :(


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Hi all!

Jersey - I know what you mean! I think about what I used to do to myself when I binged on fastfood, and I makes me want to cry. We can undo the damage, though. My most recent "binge" night involved frozen pizza and tv dinners from a health food store. Even after eating myself sick I only took in 2000 cals that day! So, by modifying our inputs, we can make things better.

Leenie - :hug: busy again, huh? Miss you, too.

Francie - I'm glad the advil helped! Advil rocks as far as I'm concerned.

Hope - thanks for all the dish on TBL challenge. Your progress is amazing! WTG! I'll think about the challenge, although I've been trying to dial back my scale obsession, so I'm not sure...

Anyway, another day, another airport! Yay layovers!

Have a great day everyone!

Hi all,

Well, still eating WAY too much. I am going to try to workout today though. I'm still having cravings and with TOM here and the job interview stress, it has gotten the better of me. DF just went on a :scooter: ride and I need to try and clean and workout while he is gone. :p

Where are you headed this time Amarie, I can't remember if you said before?

Jerzy: I've never used fitday, but always thought I should do one of those sites.

Hi Leenie! See more of you this weekend hopefully.

Shop: Yes, you can use the freebie whenever you need it.

Chervata: Enjoy the visit with DS. Saying a prayer for your FIL!