good morning! and
to nicola! thanks for your introduction
I am so sorry you are struggling and feeling desperate. But wow I am so impressed that you previously lifted so professionally!! that takes such self-driven control. I also loved what you wrote about your body, that even though you feel negative on your appearence, you appreciate what a kewl machine
our bodies are, that even if our body doesn't look the way we want, it gets the job done
I hope you find support and kindness here the way I have
KATHLEEN!!
so many congrats on your awesome loss!!!!!!
Hmmm now who has positive proof that deciding that program was a good thing
That is so fantastic. What a wonderful assertion that you can do this!!
and again you gets props for being so supportive and kind to all of us here
Hey Aunty Jam!! (I've 'known' her for years) GOOD to hear from you and yes we understand that we might not hear from you but it is so great that you are at a point where you feel OK!! How is winter (ugh) for you up there?
Fi, you really create some kewl images! my dumb computer didn't allow me to enlarge enough to read but I appreciated what I saw from the regular size
Hope you're doing good
Lisa (Ohiospirit) - are you OK?? I hope so
Please let us know, we love you
and are thinking of you.
HI to Lira, flower123, wickedcityx, Inviceable1 and anyone else I missed
I am finally completely over my cold, no more gook
For working out, I am doing the diff. levels of 30 Day Shred, because it is a quick workout (25 minutes) and it kicks my butt so bad
My eating is still pretty terrible, but I am hoping that my annual shift of thinking comes soon, just worried that usually by now I am on a more determined path with Spring, tee shirt weather, and motorcycles on my mind.
Please send me some positive thoughts on dealing with the public!! I am right on path with getting SO TIRED of interacting with customers, my usual deep well of patience is DRY
and I have the most awful, mean thoughts about people
and we have a huge busy weekend coming up, then Monday is PResident's Day, and the following week will be H-E-L-L because the neighboring states have no school, so it is a huge ski week. So instead of having a killer weekend, we will have day after day after day :shock: it is always like this, but we don't have any additional help
because the boss says 'we just will get through it'. Which is true...but is will be hard.
OK - I accidentally told a customer last night that his purchase was $20.80. So I said out loud, 'that will be twenty-eighty'.
He says, "what?? Twenty-eight dollars??"
I said, 'oh, no excuse me, twenty dollars and eighty cents".
Then I looked at the register, and it was in truth, $20.68. I don't know why I said the other amount..so I said, 'oh gosh, no. It is actually twenty dollars and sixty-eight cents".
He says, 'then why did you say $20.80?'
and I looked at him, really exasperated, and said, 'um , because it's at the end of a long day?' and my voice kinda broke at the end, because it WAS at the end of the day.
He says, 'I think you were trying to make 12 cents for yourself'. And maybe he was joking, but I thought it was a crappy thing to say.
So I said, kinda meanly, 'if I was going to steal money, it would be for more than 12 cents, believe me'. And we left it at that
I'm new!
Welcome!!!
That makes me feel so sad for you. 
(YIKES!!!) instead of using the scale. If interested in this technique, she said to suck in your gut (or not; just be consistent from week to week) and measure around your belly right over your belly button. She insists that this number is actually more accurate than the scale, in addition to being a more loving and accurate way to measure progress. It doesn't surprise me that you can't get the number on the scale to budge if you are working out so often and eating minimally (like yesterday). You probably have a significant amount of muscle (which, as you probably know, weighs more than fat) from all of the weight lifting you do. And since you do "tons of cardio and weights," you actually need to eat more to meet your caloric requirements and keep your metabolism going. Obviously, it is important WHAT you are eating, too. One other thing that strikes me is that you aren't giving your muscles time to recover if you are working out with weights every day. Believe me, I realize that I am NOT an expert on weight loss by any means!!! I am just sharing some information I have learned with you in case it might be helpful to you (or someone else in the group) in any way. It sounds to me like you are putting an awful lot of pressure on yourself surrounding that number on the scale. And YOU are so much more than a number on a scale!!! 
So guess who FINALLY got to DECREASE her current weight in her profile?!?!?! 
