Good Morning,

Boss will be in late yahooooo and out tomorrow and Wednesday....oh Thank God !! its the only time I can do my own work

How was your weekend. I did a little bit of shoping for Gracie yesterday. Now you girls tell me. She is 8 months old, she's very tall (like her mama) and weighs about 23 lbs. I had to buy her 2T and 3T clothes ????????????? is she THAT BIG or do they just make kids clothes like crap ? Even the 24 months clothes is to short for her. OY ROFLMFAO. My sister who has 2 girls 4 and 2 1/2, she gives me their clothes and they FIT !!!!! well the 2 1/2 year old does, not the 4 year old YET !

Anyhooo that was my weekend, cleaned shopped and walked. I ate like a pig booo hoooo Today is monday so I'm going to fast again. I really like the feeling when I'm done, you feel....ummmmmm light ? can't describe it but its good.

Have a wonderful day TTYL, Love Leens

I can't think of anything worse than having an industrial size can of marmite in the house. I just don't know what I'd do with it... maybe reroof the house? Perhaps I really should try it again. $3.99 for a jar with about 100ml in it. Hmmm.

Did you eat any candy, Den? I did reasonably well this weekend, although I did have a few slip-ups. Like the 1 1/2 Whoppers that I ate on Saturday night. I was famished. The kids were at my parents for the night, so we thought we'd pick up a couple of burgers to take home. We didn't bother with drinks and fries, but I ordered 2 whoppers w/cheese and my husband ordered one. Naturally we broke into one of mine on the way home. (I hate sharing... I would have liked to have taken both of my burgers upstairs to my room and eaten them quietly while reading my book.)

Leens, you're just gonna have to face it... she is one big baby! Don't worry... lucky little Gracie will be beautiful and tall when she grows up, and she'll have her mother to thank for it. Just instill lots of self-confidence in her... she could be president one day. There's nothing wrong with having a big baby. Dispel the myth that boys must be big and girls small (excuse me, Den). We are all goddesses, regardless of our size!!
Hey, at least you walked this weekend... good for you! You'll get back on track. How long will you fast for? A day? I've never seriously tried it. Do you drink fruit juices or anything while you're doing it?

Hey, girls, I did my 30km charity bike ride this weekend. You should have seen me afterwards... I was a mess. I had a tic in my right eye, my shoulders were all hunched up, and I could barely walk. But I'd made it up those ruddy hills!! (unlike some of the THIN people who got off their bikes and walked up!) Our friend Jim (who did the bike ride with us) came over afterwards for a BBQ. If he hadn't been there, I would have simply crawled into bed and pulled the blankets over my head. Fortunately he's a very comfortable friend, so, while my husband made us lunch, I just sat huddled in a lawn chair with my chin on my chest, right eyelid quivering, clutching a beer and grunting occasionally to be polite. And occasionally, I would emit a hysterical giggle. I was a real mess, I tell you. Friends who will put up with THAT are worth keeping.

I've got to go and clean or garden or something... if I don't keep moving, I'm going to seize up.
talk to you soon... have a wonderful day
ellis

HAPPY MONDAY SWEETIES!!!!!!!!

Ellis, I know I keep pushing Marmite (I just LOVE it!!), but honestly it isn't worth the money if you don't like it. I have NEVER known someone to change thrir minds about it. It seems like you just love it or hate it!!! (Okay, I should get PAID for the commercials I have been running on their behalf!!!) I stayed AWAY from the candy entirely!!! We have Cadbury Crunchies and toffee sitting downstairs now, though, and I hope my guys eat them SOON, so I don't!!!!!

WOW!! Sounds like you did a great job on the bike-a thon!!!!! I am SO out of shape right now it is DISGUSTING!!!! I have "worked my way up" to a 1 mile walk now. I USED to be able to go for miles. Doesn't it feel GOOD when you can do something (hills) that thin people can't? I know we should be judging ourselves by our own standards, but getting nasty looks out of the corner of the eyes of those thin people ("What's SHE doing here?") is SO obnoxious, it is just good to be able to say, "Biking, what are YOU doing!!!!"
I used to get this when I took karate and yoga. I'm very flexible, and could do things that no one else in the class could do!!!! Let's just say there was more than one macho young man whose attitude changed!!!!

I know what you mean about comfortable friends, they are the best!!! Lately they are the only ones I want to see, because they are cool with things even if the house is a mess!!!!!

Leens-Glad to hear the boss is gone!!! We miss your posts when she is there!! My kids ALWAYS wore a bigger size than their age. They were wearing 6 months at birth!!! Even now, my 15 year old is in size 18, and my 12 year old is in size 16 (and they are a bit small compared to their friends!!!) Ellis is right, variety is the spice of life. She is probably taking after you!! Our boys are unclear. Hubby matured late, but grew tall, and I matured early and stopped short(!!!) so we have NO idea who they are taking after. I don't know if I could handle a fast. Is it difficult? Do you have fruit juices or just water?

We had a busy weekend, and I feel like I need another weekend just to rest up!!! I should be at work, but I'm not!!!!

I lost another 3 pounds, for a total of 13!!! I know that it is going to start slowing down soon, so I have to get prepared for that!!! I lose from the top down, so right now I feel like my stomache is bigger even though the fit of my clothes tells me I'm getting smaller. Really a bummer. I carry most of my weight in the stomache, so I DO NOT like feeling like it is bigger!!!!

Hope you two (and lurkers) have a FANTASTIC day!!!

Hi,

Ellis congrats on the bike-a-thon, thats teriffic, shoot if I even rode my bike down the street I'd be pooped

Den, 13 lbs WOW........YOU GO GIRL, thats teriffic, slow or not your losing and not gaining. I think I found that 13 lbs...right on my big ***

Fasting isn't that hard for me. I don't know why I don't do it more often. It seems if I don't eat at all I'm okay, the minute I take a bite of food I can't stop myself. I have my coffee in the morning (and I mean a HUGE cup) and then in the afternoon I have plain iced tea or water. Its aroun 1:45 pm and so far so good. The hardest time for me is around 9:00 pm, then my stomach starts to growl real bad But honestly when I'm done, I feel really good, almost a light feeling, can't describe it.

I'm also hoping this will get me started on dieting again...try try again right.

Okay ladies, gotta run.
TTYL, Love Leens

PS I'm trying to ignore your candy talk....I LOVE CANDY !!!!!!! ROFL

buon giorno!

Den, you've lost 13 pounds?!?!?! THAT'S GREAT!! Holy moly... I thought you were stuck! You lose from the top down, huh? Are you saying you're small chested? I was a 32 AA all through high school and college. I used to always want a big chest, and now that I'm a B, I'm wishing it would go away. I'd much rather be small.
1 mile is great! I know what you mean, though. It's very frustrating not being able to walk as much as you used to. I love walking with my husband, but I have trouble walking alone unless I have a specific purpose in mind. If I tell myself I'm going to get a newspaper from Mags and Fags, I'm fine, but I can't seem to simply walk for the sake of it. I feel as though everyone is looking at me and pointing and saying, "Where does she think she's going?" I'm such an idiot.

Maybe I should try fasting, Leens. It's just finding the right day for it. Uninterrupted. I'm the same... I can pretty much get through the day without eating. It's when I START that I can't stop. And I'm the same as you at night... I'm always starving, whether I've eaten like a pig all day or not.

My butt and my legs are killing me from the bike ride... funny... they didn't hurt this badly yesterday. Obviously I'd better do some exercise to keep these muscles working.

have a great day girlies.... ellis

GOOD MORNING!!!

Ellis-Actually, quite the opposite!!!! I'm about a 40DD right now!!! But I lose it in my face and bustline before my big fat stomache!!! When I weighed 93 pounds i was still a 32C!! I wouldn't mind being a bit smaller either!!!! Hubby is happy though!!! I know what you mean about thinking people are looking at you, I am the same way!! The thing that is funny is that MOST people are too busy doing their own thing to bother, and the critical ones are just idiots who we should ignore. STILL doesn't make it any easier!!! I lose VERY slowly, so I'm not surprised you thought I was stuck!!! The 3 pounds I lost this week is probably more like 1 1/2 because last week I didn't lose any weight because of my period, but 1 1/2 is probably really from last week. Does that make ANY sense? TOO BAD!!!!! As to your muscle aches, I think sometimes it takes a few days to catch up to you.

Leens-Hope you can get away long enough to come say "HI" to us!!!!!

It is grey and drizzly here today. YUCK!!! I'm feeling like I just want to stay home and curl up on the couch with a book and a sleeping bag. I need to go get some work done today though!!!

Hi Girls,

Its 12:45 pm and FINALLY my boss left, she is just running raggid and when that happens you know what they say "sh*t rolls down hill" and I'm there to do most the work I don't mind actually because it keeps me busy.

Nothin new here SOSDD. I did good on my 24 hr fast, now next Monday I'm going to try for 36, but thats it I don't go beyond that and there's no reason, I just do it for me. Today so far I'm doing good, A friend here at work went out at lunch time and we stoped at Burger King ...... I was oh so tempted but I got a salad and diet soda .... finally I made a good choice. I'm just hoping that every little good step I do gets me back in the swing of losing weight.

How much do you guys have to lose? 75 for me.

Okay ladies, I gotta run. Have a wonderful day, maybe I can play more tomorrow ???

Love, Leens (40D) before pregnant (36C )

Hey, how come there are only 66 posts and over 500 views...........................creeeeepy feeling.

Girls we're being watched

Leens-GOOD FOR YOU!!! Yes, every time you make the right choice it gets a little easier to do it again. When I started this I thought "one meal at a time", but it has gotten a lot easier. Unfortunately, though, I ate one of the candy bars that my Mom brought back from England. Had a bad day and just did it. Very Dumb. It was WAY too sweet and rich though, and I felt almost sick afterwards, so maybe my tastes are changing.

I am still about 100 pounds overweight by WW standards, but I think I'm going to set my goal higher. At this point I feel like I have to be realistic. I will NEVER be thin, and I am unwilling to starve myself to stay that low. (Which I had to do even as a young person. Now that I'm getting older it would be even worse!!) So my goal now is to get healthier. My first goal is to get below 200 pounds, and then i will decide on the next goal. I should lose AT LEAST another 65 pounds from where I am now.

Re the lurkers.....EITHER.........

1) We are just too cute and adorable for them to stay away!!!

2) We are paranoid, (or not) and people ARE watching us!!!

3) They think this is a closed forum. WE HARDLY EVER BITE!!!! IT IS OKAY TO
POST HERE!!! WE ARE FRIENDLY, EXCEPT WHEN WE AREN'T, BUT THEN
WE GET FRIENDLY AGAIN!!! I HAD ALL MY RABIES SHOTS!!!!!! REALLY!!!


ANYWAY.....Talk to you all tomorrow!!!

Who do think is watching us? It's probably just Ruth wanting to check out our chest sizes. Could it be that some weirdo men out there are entranced/intrigued by our depressed state of minds?

Leens, you're doing great! Good fasting and good food choice at Burger King. I just can't resist those Whoppers. In fact, when my daughter was born (remember... I had a C-section and was in hospital for a week), my husband picked us up at the hospital and took us straight to Burger King for a whopper before going home. My newborn child... exposed to Burger King on her first day out.
I have to lose about 50 pounds, Leen. It just ain't comin' off. I'm bone idle and I can't get the food down my throat fast enough.
In fact, my husband is picking me up some bridge mixture right now. sigh. What can I say... I'm tired and a little crabby... I "need" some sugar, and an apple just won't do it for me.

Hmmm, you gals are chesty. See, that's what I was looking for when I was in my early 20's, but now...
I figure if I ever have to have a mastectomy, they're BOTH coming off! Once the kids are off them, they're useless!! (yeah, okay...the men like them... so what...? I have many other charms.)
Leens, you're a tall girl... you can afford to be a little statuesque. Den... 32 C when you were 93 pounds! Wow, what a babe! When I'm slim, I look like a boy... no waist, no hips, small chest. The sporty look. I used to hate looking that way, and now I would LOVE it!
I only thought you were "stuck"; Den, because I've never heard you talk about a weight loss before. I'm sure you've never heard ME speak of one, either.

How cozy... a couch, a book, and a sleeping bag.
good night...
ellis

Morning !

You guys are funny, I enjoy so reading your posts. I think one of the reason's I don't like being chesty and I walk slumped down is because I'm tall and when you approach people they usually look right at your chest first so I slouch and bring them in. If a guy does it I am appauled !

Day 3 and doing great !! (God I hope this feeling lasts)

So you think Ruthie checks out our posts huh to see our chest size haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...... I've know her for years, she is such a doll. Ruthie Peek A Boooooo ... Huggs !!!!!!!!!!

Have a great day everyone, I'll be back later to chat.

Ellis, I hear you on the eating and shoving it down as fast as possible, I know that feeling only to well. Sometimes I eat so fast I can't taste what I'm eating .. sick huh. Oh well

TTYL, Love Leens
PS I lost 14 years ago 150 lbs...mostly by starvation and let me tell you its NO FUN !!!! and Stupid. I won't do that again.

HIYA!!!

I AM IN A FUNK TODAY!!! AND FEELING ROYALLY PEEVED AT THE WORLD!!!!!

so how are you?

Leens-good for you for getting going!!! I think that is the hardest part!!! The SECOND hardest part is that point when the newness has worn off, but your appetite hasn't shrunk yet!!!! I'm at the third hardest point. I've lost a little, and I want to have it all off NOW and eat whatever i want too!!! (Like THAT is ever going to happen!!) WHY OH WHY CAN'T I LOSE WEIGHT ON THE FRENCH FRY DIET?!?

Ellis-I thought I was fat THEN too!! Can you believe it? Talk about sick!!! I kinda agree with you about the mastectomy. Having one off would be a bit LOPSIDED!!! And I don't want implants. Sometimes I tell hubby I'm getting 'em 'cause I'm not big enough!!! He just groans...

I'll write tomorrow when I am in a (hopefully!) better mood!!!

you're not alone, Den. I; too, am in a pissy mood.
I'll write later or tomorrow...
hi Leens!
I hope we feel better soon, Den.

Hi Everyone,
Got room for another to join you ? I hope everyone's day improves. I was feeling kind of low till i finally caved in and had some chocolate and now i'm feeling much better. I know i shouldn't use food for comfort but old habits die hard. I'm a major CHOCOHOLIC and find it very comforting, ok i need to work on my will power.

As for those of you who wish you had a smaller chest i can sympathize with you, I was a 38DDD before i had my daughter and went up 2 cup sizes while pregnant and did not lose an ounce of it after she was born or when i lost 40 pounds. My chiropractor says he'll sign the papers for me to have reduction surgery done but i think i want to wait we are sure were not having anymore children. I would hate to have it done then get pregnant again and they grow back .

I had better finish up my work, Everyone have a marvelous evening.
MrsM

Look Den and Leenie... we have a new friend! Welcome MrsM95!


We love new people. We are the kindest, most nurturing people on this earth. And we're very depressed.
I'm feeling exactly like you right now... if it makes me feel better, I'm going to eat it. I know it's the wrong attitude, but...
How old is your daughter? How much weight do you need to lose? Do you suffer from depression?

I'm drinking club soda and orange juice. It's very yummy. And I bought some low fat butterscotch icecream. And my stomach is hanging over the top of my jeans.

I just bought myself a new game... Age of Empires... the gold edition which includes the expansion pack. Don't anyone tell me it's crap... it was the least undesirable game on the shelf, and I'm desparate for some mind-numbing distraction.

Den, you and I are completely on the same schedule. I feel like I could kick something right now.

Leens, stand up tall, and when they look you in the chest, raise your right knee sharply. Their head will jerk down and their hands will fly up to protect their groin.

Day 3! Good for you, Leens! Yes, Ruth IS a darling... she came to my house for coffee yesterday. And no; Den, my spice rack is NOT in alphabetical order. You should know me better than that by now.

Must go and install my new game...
talk to you tomorrow...
ellis