tell me what equipment you have, if any, and i'll see what may work for you. :) i have a couple you could just have if you like them.

Hello Power Gang!

Sorry I've been MIA. Hubby and son were sick and I had to stay home from work yesterday to take care of them.

I went out and bought the SBD book this weekend. I am into the second chapter, and want to make my way through it before I start the plan. I've heard good things from a lot of you and some others I talk to and think I want to try it. Some of the recipes sound wonderful! I'll let you all know how it goes and when I start it. I'm thinking Friday.

Mindi: I took the puppies in this weekend to the vet. The female is 3 pounds 8 ounces and the male is 4 pounds 10 ounces. They are 11 weeks old, and are so tiny. We are working on the potty training thing. It's going pretty well so far. Only a few accidents.

Susanne: Congrats on the losses so far. That's wonderful. I hate having setbacks. I figured that chocolate chip cookies are not going to be on the diet, so I made a bunch of them Saturday and ate all I wanted. Now I am not craving them, so I guess it was good??

Miki: I am feeling better. Still not exercising, as per doctor's orders. I am not going to overdue it, because I need to get this fixed.

Good news, ladies! The sciatic pain on the right side is totally gone. I mean GONE!! It just went away some time last week. I didn't really notice it. The numbness is more tingly now in the left side, which is a good thing also. I am jazzed that it's getting better. I am down to 1 steroid a day, and the doseage is going down and will be finished in a week. Yahoo!

I better go. I promise to get some puppy pics on here as soon as I can. Home computer's hard drive was what got killed. Purchased a new one, but still need to load all the software. What a nightmare!

Be good!

Chach

Mindi, my son has a weight bench/bar bell with up to 100 lbs of weights. He has dumbbells from 3 to 45 lbs. I have a pair of 3 lb, 5lb, and 10 lb. weights also. I carry the 3 lb ones occasionally when I walk. That's the only weight-type equipment that I have. Oh and I have some 2 1/2 lb ankle weights. I really need a planned program or routine. I dont know how much weight to start with for each area or how many reps to do. Oh, by the way, you're welcome to try my PowerHalfHour tapes if you'd like...any or all of them. There are 5---arms, abs, thighs, stretch, and buns. I did them for 4 weeks and then got kinda burned out.

Chachee, so glad your pain is gone! I hope your family is feeling better also. Cant wait to see the puppies!

Well better run...still need to iron before bedtime.

Miki

great miki! why don't you email me at [email protected] and we can discuss arrangments.

best to start w/light weights, the 3lbs will be good til you figure out if you can manage heavier or not.

Chachee, I too can't wait to see pics of those little darlins!! oh is there ANYTHING more cute than a beagle puppy? I don't think so. :)

Suzanne, how goes it for you on the beach???

Hi Power Gang!

I got my shopping list done for this weekend. I am going to start SBD hopefully Monday if I can get everything.

I need help, though, with figuring out how to pick out an eggplant. I've never cooked/eaten/prepared one, so I have not a clue. Any insights would be wonderful.

I met up with one of my friends from another thread on this site today. She's up here from Georgia to visit her family. I got to meet her and her daughter. They came over to the new house and visited with the puppies and me. It was nice to put a face with a name/comments.

I better scoot. Hope you all have a nice night.

Chach

Mindi, emailed you my address. Did you get it?

Chachee, how cool you met one of your net friends! The ladies in my other thread are meeting in Chicago in October. I'm not going to get to make it, and I hate that I'll miss out. :( I know they'll have a blast. Sorry I cant help you with the eggplant question. I've only eaten it once or twice in my whole life and have never bought or cooked it myself. I had it fried tho, like squash, but I'm sure that's not the SBD way.:lol:

Where's everyone else??:?:

Miki

yes i got it. :) i hope to get ONE tape off to you today. but if not today, monday for sure. haven't had time to go through all of em and see what you may like but will send TamiLee Webb's I want that body, which is a full body, excellent workout. You can keep it if you want, i have it on DVD now. :)

Can't help you with the eggplant Chach, I don't like em. LOL

Gotta run, work is brutal right now! have a GOOD DAY!

Hey Power Gang!
 

Just checking in. Haven't had much time to surf lately. I can't remember if I told you guys, but DH and I are adopting a girl from China. It's gonna take a long time. We were given some info this week that would help cut the wait by about 2-3 months (it would still take a year or so after that), so I've been running/calling around to try to get all our paperwork together. And it's a LOT of paperwork!!!!!

My eating hasn't been great, but I've been getting in my exercise! DH has needed the car for work, so I've been walking to where ever I need to go. yesterday I walked nearly 10 miles. Today will be around 6 miles.

CHACHEE--Glad to hear you're feeling much better. Just don't go full steam ahead and reinjure yourself. Take it easy. I may be joining you in getting back to phase one of the BEACH. I've been pretty bad with my sugar intake this week. I may allow myself some fruit and a bit of milk--just take out all the horrible starches. Can't help you out with the eggplant. I had a bit once and it was a bad experience for me, so I haven't tried it again. That's cool you got to meet an online buddy. I've met someone from another thread and it was nice to be face to face. I've only heard good things about people from this site meeting up.

MIKI and MINDI--The people on this site are just so nice, like you two. Exchanging stuff even when you've never met. It's nice to see how helpful we are to each other.

MIKI--I've heard ankle and wrist weights are not a good thing. Just my 2 cents.

Ok, gotta go scare me up some more paper work!!!!

Have a good weekend everyone!

I'm late this am so will try to post more later...just wanted to say MORNING and that I'll try to get that video out to you today, Miki!

'bad eating' here too, Suzanne. 'hangs head in shame'

Good Monday Morning Gang
 

I feel YUCKY this morning! I've done way too much BAD:p eating. Gotta get back to eating healthy again.

I think I'm gonna do a modified version of South Beach phase one. I'm going to allow myself some fruit and a bit of milk. I guess basically I need to cut out the bad starches!

I think I have most of my junk food cleaned out of the house. I'll just have to slap myself when I want to buy some more!

CHACHEE--Are you ready to start South Beach today? Got some hardboiled eggs done to snack on? Did you find some help with your eggplant?

MINDI--C'mon MINDI! We can do this. We all slip up sometimes, we just can't use that as an excuse to keep eating bad.

MIKI--How are you doing?

Better go get the little guy some breakfast. Talk @ you all later!

Hello Power Gang!

Had my follow up with the doc regarding my sciatica. He is sending me to physical therapy for the next two weeks. He is keeping me on the muscle relaxer and taking me down to Vioxx for the next month. I am feeling better, but he said to just ease back into things.

Started SBD today. I had to have peanut butter with my celery. Didn't care for the Laughing Cow too much. I am full, but still have my snack/dessert for later. I didn't make the ricotta creme, but I did bring the sf jello and the lite Cool Whip for my dessert.

Zanne: Didn't find any help with the eggplant. I guess if that many people have a hard time with it, I'll just need to go online and see how to pick it out and how to cook it. I can sub out veggies anyway with it. My hubby started with me today, but he came home from work and had a mayo and cheese sandwich and then some chips. Guess that doesn't count as a successful day. I need to get my measurements today so I have something to compare it with.

Miki and Mindi: That's cool about the tapes. I can't wait until I am released to do my exercise again.

Well, thats about it from up here.

Chach

Hello Power Gang!

Alright, so yesterday I did pretty well on SBD. I woke up this morning and recognized the face in the mirror—it was Miss Sabotage!! She took over my body as I stuffed three Oreo cookies in my mouth for breakfast. She left for a little while and I had a healthy salad for lunch, just as set forth in the menu. That b**** came back and fed me an ice cream bar. You think she would have had enough, but then she’s staring me back in the face as I pop spice drops for my afternoon snack.

Why do I do this to myself? I want to lose weight and I want to be healthy. I know it’s not easy, but dang, it shouldn’t be this hard. I guess I really need to look inside myself and discover what the problem is and why Miss Sabotage comes into my life.

I honestly believe the only time she didn’t appear was when I was on WW. I think “diet” makes that part of me appear and be so self-defeating! With WW I didn’t feel deprived and knew I could have something if I wanted it. I could save up for it. I still have all my stuff from WW and am thinking about doing it.

See, I am already writing off SBD. It’s the thought that I “can’t” have something that makes me want it even more. Last night I could have had SF Jello/Cool Whip for dessert. NOPE! Had to have an Oreo. It was the thought that it was on the list of “no’s” instead of “acceptable”.

Am I the only one feeling like this? Why is it so hard for me when I know it’s the right thing to do and want to do it? Some people say fat people are lazy. I don’t believe that. I think overweight people, myself included, are very stressed people. If I was fat because I was lazy, then why don’t I have any time to myself? I’m fat because I can’t control the stress in my life, therefore controlling life, so I can control the food I put in my mouth. Up to this point it’s been bad food, and that’s one thing I need to change. I also need to change my control issues. Use them for a benefit, rather than a derogatory effect.

Sorry I rambled. I needed to share with you ladies and get myself back on track.

Here are my goals for the end of the year:

1. Lose 25 pounds. (I want to lose 50, but 25 is an attainable goal.)
2. Maintain a food log and track what I eat and when.
3. Stay on WW program starting Wednesday, October 1. Weigh-ins on Wednesday and report them here.

Okay, that’s me for today. Any feedback is appreciated. I wish you all the best of luck with each of your goals.

Chach

Hi Girls!

Miki, sent a video your way yesterday! Hope you like it!

Zanne, you're right, gotta quit making excuses...I do like Chachee does, I want stuff I shouldn't eat, like bread, pasta, cookies. I'm trying to figure out what makes me crave this stuff so...and its not because I don't KNOW what they do to me, I DO know. I just want them.

Maybe we need a dose of Dr. Phil? In SMALL doses of course..he ranks on my nerves but he DOES have some valid points..I need to GET REAL w/myself and I need to STOP w/the excuses.

We need to take care of ourselves better, nurture and love ourselves and not with food, cause that's not love, its abuse. You're right, Chach, stress IS a bad thing and for me food is medicinal..and I gotta stop thinking that way.

Hang tough everyone..New Taebo in 6 days. Do you realize that looking FORWARD to new exercise is INCREDIBLE for me?? Its a good step towards a goal because before my idea of exercise was to walk from the car to the house!

Big HUGS all around!

Hey Gang!
 

Well, at least I've been getting in a little more exercise than usual! I've been walking everywhere I need to go. Luckily we live close to where I need to go, but I must log around 3 miles or more a day.

Well Ladies, here's the next confession! I haven't been doing do great either! I did so well on SBD for the 2 week induction and then WHAMO!!!!! back to the horrid eating again. This morning I just HAD to try all the Halloween treats--chips, cheesies, chocolate bars--I feel horrible. BUT I am now sucking back a healthy fruit smoothie. So we'll take it one mouthful at a time.

We can't give up because we're worth it to be healthy. So we slip up. We just have to get back on that horse and keep riding. As long as we keep getting back up, we're doing GREAT! We are NOT always going to be perfect and we have to stop kicking ourselves when we are not perfect.

ok, enough of the:soap: And would someone please remind ME of what I just said once in a while:^:

CHACHEE-- I found it easier if I didn't have all the no no stuff in the house. Also, I don't like the word "diet". To me it has negative connotations. Instead I use the term "way of eating" or "eating plan". Sometimes if people push stuff on me I just say I'm diabetic and they back off! A little white lie won't hurt. Now I know it says at least once in the SBD book that the plan was created knowing people weren't going to be 100% on plan. It says to have a little indulgence and then go back to eating properly. I couldn't do WW because i'm not good at journaling. I have PCOS and getting rid of the sugar and white starches works best for me. We're all different and we're here to help each other. If you've got a lot to lose, then 25lbs by the end of the year is do-able. We can do a WIW (weigh in Wednesday) here if you like. I missed today so I'll try to start next week. If you need ideas how to get over a hump, come here. We'll try our best. One thing I do if I want chocolate is I make a chocolate flavored coffee. I use brewed coffee. Those mixes are full of sugar and other crap. But that usually helps me. Or have good snacks already cut up in the fridge. Just my 2 cents!

MINDI--I've been watching Dr Phil and his challenge. I may go to his site and check things out. I eat when I'm bored. When I'm stressed, I don't eat at all. That's not good either. I'm sure that sometimes it's our hormones that make us crave stuff. I'm more of a salty, crunchy snack person, but once a month, I want chocolate. Great news you're looking forward to exercising!

MIKI--How are you doing? Hope things are ok with you.

Hey, do you think we should start a new thread? and if so, should be put it into another category? Or should we keep it in "exercise" to keep us motivated to do exercise?

Ok, I've got to go. The inlaws are popping in later. Just found out this morning.

Hi everybody!

Wow...seems like forever since I was able to post. Missed you all! From Saturday nite til yesterday, I had my 2 yr old neice, Kaylen. I took her home yesterday afternoon. She lives 2 1/2 hrs from here. We had a blast with her, but I couldnt seem to find time to post or walk at all.:^: Time to get on the ball again.

Sounds like all of us are needing to get remotivated. I know I am for sure!! We cant undo all the good we've done this far!!!

I dont have time to reply to everyone's posts right now, but hopefully tomorrow nite I can. Let's all try to have a great active, healthy-eating day tomorrow...one day at a time, we can do it!

Miki

PS...Zanne, I was just thinking the same thing the other day about our thread...probably misleading to other folks who drop in thinking we're discussing Power90.:lol: