just popped in so i wouldnt be so far behind reading posts after the weekend. yikes, it's so slow.
hope eveyone is doing great. i had a bad day on plan yesteday, but will do better today!

Congrats Kayla! Good for you. I know how that feels!!!! What a rush. Where is DYAN?????

Things here were not so good for one day. Yesterday...I was stress eating, I guess. Today, nothing but water and exercise. Although after all the brownies, the scale was one pound lighter. Go figure!

So...I will be working it hard today, I had to have had about 4000 calories yesterday. *sigh*

I am slipping and losing my grip, and can't seem to get back on track. Well, I am good for about 5-6 days, and then go over on points and calories on the last day.

So, I am thinking of going back to WW and just going back to the points. I am obsessing over those calories too much. Plus, the last time, I dropped out before I learned about the exercise and got my little exercise slide thingy. So, I know if I eat at the low end all week and exercised, I would have points banked...so, maybe my one day of overeating isn't as bad as I think. But I need to either go back to WW strictly or just do the calories, I am getting too anal about it all. I'm trying to figure out whether the money spent is worth it. *sigh*

Speaking of money and being worth it...Jo...did you hear from your people????

I NEED TO KNOW WHEN THE NEXT FREE REGISTRATION IS AT WW?????? ANYONE KNOW?????

Ok, done rambling,
I'm sad today, and not feeling chatty. Off to do Tai Bo.
Tiff

Way to go, Kayla! It's got to feel great to shop at the same store as everyone else! I remember how dismayed I was when I went to the plus size store the first time - but once I got in and lots of things were TOO BIG - I think I lost perspective, LOL.

Anyway, I'm still here, doing okay. I was perhaps 2 points over yesterday but am not overly concerned as long as I keep the scale steady until TOM. So, doing good!

Tiffany, a friend in WW got me a bootleg-activity-points-finder, I think she just asked for an extra (one for purse, one for home?). *cough* LMK if you want to discuss this offline. [email protected] But don't let me discourage you if you want to go to meetings! The money is minimal compared to the jump in your income from your new job. Maybe it will help counter-balance the extra stress.

Check out the following website:

http://groups.msn.com/POINTingMyWayt...endieplan.msnw

Not sure if you have seen this before, but I was reading last week and found it very interesting. Maybe this will work for you - having one big eating day and 6 more moderate days. I think I'm going to try this - begin sometime next week?

~waves encouragingly at Tiger, too~

bye for now!

Cafe,

Thanks for that link, you know that is interesting. Very, very interesting. I think it has some merit to it, I mean, not letting your body get stuck with doing the same thing every day. Your poor metabolism wouldn't know what to do. "Well, she is starving today, Uh...no wait...she is binging." "No....she is starving!"

I just don't know what to do. In the beginning, I was doing 6 days of "dieting" and then having a free day. I think if I were to average my points through the week, I would be ok, or average my calories. But, I am getting a little lax in my charting. I used to do a spreadsheet at the end of the week, and I haven't for a long time. I need to do that again. I need the accountability. That is why I am thinking about doing the meetings again. I like hearing about recipes and new products and seeing motivational people. AND I like the feeling of being accountable to the leader when I weigh in. I want to have a loss, of course, so I don't feel bad. Everyone does.

I have a girlfriend, who, years ago...went SOMEWHERE, I can't remember where...and when their members had a gain, they had to wear a pig nose for the whole meeting. One of those with the elastic string around the back... CAN YOU IMAGINE? I can only imagine the shame and pain those women suffered.

Well....I am off to Yahoo to play Pyramids. (my secret passion)

LOL,
Tiff

I'm here, I'm here! You'll find that I'm not much of a weekend poster, as my 3, and this weekend 4, kids can be a handful. I have alot more time at work, if you can believe that!

Kayla ~ Congrats! I am so looking forward to being able to shop at "normal" stores. I'm sssooo jealous

Tiff ~ I know it's hard when there is no one around to "really" show you what the heck to do, but it sounds like you are "mastering" it, and on your first day even. go you gggrrlll!

Cafe ~ I'm waiting....... :sheep: lol. What kind of scale did ya get? Even though mine is fairly new I already want/need one that is most accurate.

Okay, so yesterday was my "offical weigh-in day" and I'm proud to say that I have lost 12 sticks of butter! okay, I'm getting a litle carried away w/ the my whole butter analogy.... But I was telling my sister Krys that with the 3 pounds I just lost that I've lost a total of 100 sticks of Butter! Yahhoo I mean just think about it....it's kinda gross that I was carrying all that and still have to do it 5 more times!

I had my "free" day yesterday and I do believe that I stayed within my calorie range. We BBQ'd and I had a hot dog, some chicken breast, a bite of steak and some catfish. I know it sounds like a lot..... But I guess if you actually saw the portion sizes you wouldn't be too surprised, that I stayed within range. I must say I was very proud of myself. Today I've already had about half my calories , but the day's not over and if I'm really focused, I may be able to stay within range. I didn't do well on the water, and am hoping to do better today. Also I take the weekends off on the exercise.

I do so well during the week. It's so bad, that I would rather go into work, even when I don't feel good, just so I can stay OP. I am so much more organized at work than at home. .

Well we're taking the kids to the musem and some kind of petting zoo. I CAN NOT STAY IN THE HOUSE!! I will over do the food! We have alot of left overs......

I'll try to get back on when the kids go to bed tonight. have a good day ya'll.

Hey girls...

BOYS are sooo much trouble!
UGH! this guy right....hes like...totally smart and sweet and an AMAZING guy.....hes cute too.. and we dated for awhile last year...and i like...broke up with him and stuff...but i never stopped liking him...and all of the sudden.....he calls me up and we got talking and umm....we might get back together......like..neither of us want anything too serious..but were going to talk..and he said he still likes me..and i still like him and oooooooooooh! im going to be the happiest person alive!!!!!!!!!!!!! not that im not happy now. but honestly...this guy is like a dream come true! He opens doors for me...he bought me flowers all the time...always walked me RIGHT TO THE DOOR when he took me home....both my parents LOVE him.....and like...so do I!! well i dont know if i LOVE him...were good friends....but i think that this time things are going to work out. so anyways.....i just had to tell you all that im DIEING waiting for us to have time to talk! ill keep you posted dont worry!!!!


ive been real bad for going to the gym this week! ive been working so much and its just been crazy...hopefully next week ill have a bit more time......

anyways!

hope everyone is doing good!!!!!

p.s. dyan....i cant EXACTLY shop at normal stores...and none of the girls stuff at normal stores fits me yet...but just the guys stuff.....but i love guys clothes so you know.....theyre comfy! but yah......youll get there! i believe in you!!!!

I'm back........Las Vegas was great, I didn't want to come home, was NOT ready to leave yesterday morning at 7:00. I think I walked my legs off in the 2-1/2 days we were there. Boy was it hot, but it didn't stop me from going to Aladdin, Flamingo, New York New York, Monte Carlo and Bellagio. I'm thinking that as long as I don't overeat from exhaustion this week I should see a nice loss on weigh-in Saturday. I did go to Starbucks Saturday morning but only had regular coffee instead of my usual mocha valencia and didn't even go near the pastry shop. In fact, I ate very little while I was there. I did have 1/2 of a cookie from the Nestle shop Saturday night. Anyways........I am ready to go back, we already have a trip in the planning stage for March, my birthday, and I will be impatiently waiting for the next 7 months.

Hope you all had a good weekend.

LJ
225/197/150

I'm bad. Didn't go to the family reunion. I'll be full of guilt for days. It was just so darn hot and it's a two hour drive. Just didn't feel like going. DH didn't want to go either. He actually offered to help paint the bathroom if we stayed home. The lesser of two evils. LOL
Speaking of evil...my eat'n over the weekend...WAY EVIL. I'm going to blame it on the heat. Too hot to cook, so ate out all weekend. Last night, Arby's Jalopeno Poppers with bronco berry sauce. Not good.
It's a new day, a new week and renewed spirit to this journey!

Well, just checking in before work. Got to get in the shower, but I'm glad you are back Huntress, sounds like a wonderful time. I have never been to Vegas, but would love to go. My birthday is in March too, (the 24th)...maybe I can get there for my birthday too!

Kayla, you little hootchie!!!! LOL...You go girl!!!

Tig, no sweating the reunion...I know what you mean! I don't want to do ANYTHING in this heat!

Dyan, glad to see you didn't abandon us!

Well...I'll write my usual book tonight after I get off work!

Jo....give us the skinny on your situation! Did you get those deadbeats to call you yet? If not...I would be getting a refund AND making them still do it for free.


OMG...someone knows I am a Homer Simpson fan. I LOVE him. I do, I do, I do. I have collected several Homer things...OMG

Thanks for the Homer...I LOVE him!!!!!!
DOH!
Tiffany

It's Monday morning and I'm depressed. I had a HORRIBLE weekend. Bridal shower on Saturday was the most boring event of my entire life. But plenty of food...

Then went to my sister's and pigged out. Burgers, dogs, mac salad, cake and the most wonderful artichoke dip. (She MADE me take some home with me and FORCED me to eat it all weekend long.)

I STILL have not heard from the #@(*!'s at the weight loss center. I'm going to call today and demand my money back. But then where will that leave me? Without a plan, that's where.

I got on the scale this morning and didn't even have the ambition to get upset. I'm wearing the tightest pants in the world at this moment (not breathing - I can't ) and am thinking I'll have to go buy some larger size jeans for my trip to Scotland because I'm obviously not going to lose any weight before then.

I'm sorry to whine so much. You guys at least have the option of not reading this. Me, I have to live with myself.

I feel BLUE...

Man, I feel like crap . I wish I knew what was going on. I am very uncomfortable. Okay, let me explain, really quick. A few months back I started getting some REALLY bad pains, not quite in the stomach area but above it. Well, it could be my stomach, since I just had my daughter not to long ago and all your organs move around when your pregnant (I thought I read or was told that it takes like a year for everything to move back to it's original spot. If that's the case, my organs haven't been where they're supposed to be in over 2 years! You know, since I had my son March 2001 and my daughter March 2002!!). Oops, I digress..... So anyway, I started getting this pain that was somewhere between the WORST heartburn I've ever felt (and trust me I know heart burn! Had it every single day with every single pregnancy. During the first pregnancy ~before I even knew I pg~ I thought I had that damn acid reflux disease) and really bad gas (I know gross, but it's that kind of pain). So I suffered through it twice. I could feel it coming on and it last anywhere between 30-60 mins. The longest time of my life. Well, the third time I just couldn't take it anymore. Every time, I ended up balled up in the fetal position in tears. Nothing helped. I was in so much pain I was vomiting. So the 3rd time I ended up going to the E.R. They did an EKG (I knew that wasn't it), and sent me to see another doctor upstairs. She tried to push on my stomach, and I swear I must have sounded like a dog baying at the moon. They gave me a shot of demerol in the hind area, and sent me to the lab for test. Nothing showed up on the tests. By the time the doc got the results "STAT", I was feeling so much better and like such a fool. I told her I felt like that, but she told me I shouldn't, that when I can in I was OBVIOUSLY in ALOT of pain. I thought to myself "whew, at least she saw that I was in pain, and that it's not all in my head" You know how it is. You're hurting, but by the time you get the dr. the pain is gone and feel foolish even though you know you were in pain. She wanted to do an ultrasound, but it was a weekend and there were no techs in. So she said if it happens again, hopefully it will happen when they can do an ultrasound. Of course the last thing I want is for it to happen AGAIN, but I feel the same way, about the ultrasound. So she sent me home w/ some heartburn medicine (I'm guessing because she felt that she had to send me home w/ something). SSSOOOO, I am feeling like I have the onset of the above mentioned problem. I felt it coming on every time. I am hoping that it will go away on it's own and not get any worse.

Kayla ~ good luck with the boy thang.... I'm really glad that I'm past that part. I think back and have to laugh at myself. I was so silly. Had a crush on a senior when I was a freshman, hehehe

Jello ~ I'm so sorry you feel (blue). Anything we can do to help cheer ya up?!

Huntess and Tiff ~ Omygawd.... if you only knew how many people in my family have birthdays in March. My sister-in-law is pregnant right now and she's also due in March. I was like, NOT another March baby. Let me give you a taste of the birthdays....BIL (4th) Mom(8th), DD(8th), Sister(14th), Sister (18th), Aunt (18th), Cousin(18th), Niece(18th), SIL(19th), DS (20th). Those are the only ones that are off the top of my head, there are many, many more, plus SIL is due March 14th (same day as one of my sisters). Doesn't include friends and distant family. I figure we know what's going on during those hot June nights!!!

Tig ~ don't sweat the reunion... Just think of this way, at the NEXT one, you'll knock everyone's socks off by how much weight you will have lost

Well ladies, the restroom beckons....I'm doing the pee-pee dance

Oh yeah......

and another thing...... This morning when I was getting out of my car, I had a diet coke in the cup holder and when I grabbed my purse, it tipped the can over and it spilled on my seat! and all of a sudden my hind parts feel wet (I thought the can was empty)! So now my WHITE pants have 2 brown stains on the back!

Isn't that a lovely site? DOH!

*Dyan pooped her pants, Dyan pooped her pants*...Neener neener neener!!

Sorry about your unidentified problem...hope they get that straightened out and soon.

JoJo....

Don't feel blue....you have soooo much going on in your life right now....it's hard to be perfect. And the good news is....YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE!!!! We love you. And in a day or so...you will be hitting the gym and back on track...pretend that you are two years old. This is only a phase!!! You will come through it. I promise.....

You have such a presence, I imagine you to be a strong woman, and strong women come out on top. (they also falter once in a while, but that goes with the territory)

Well, my life is a mess right now, and I have some sorting out to do....so, I may be scarce for a day or so.

My 14 year old daughter was dumped by her boyfriend and she has been crying for 2 days. Last night she wanted to go and get some hair color to "cover up her sadness". I thought that would be a great new slogan for Clarol. LOL....Anyway, her hair turned orange, so now we have to find something to cover her sadness AND her anger.

Well....I'm off to grab a bite.
Talk to you all later,
Tiff

Hi all, just got home.

Dyan - sorry to hear you've had a rough day, hopefully things will be better tommorow. I hope you feel better soon.

Jello - perk up sweetie, we're all here for you! Tell those guys at the gym to shove it somewhere, you don't need that. You ARE strong enough to do this on your own. You were doing just fine before those jerks pulled the rug out from under you. I know it was a big dissapointment, but pull yourself up by the boot straps and start over.

Tiffany - my birthday is the 27th! You would love Vegas.

Kayla - hey girl, where are ya, out with your sweetie? Are you still going to Weight Watchers? I'm probably going to start back this week, I intended to do it last week but things were just too crazy around here.

Tigerlilly - don't sweat not going to the reunion..........those things can be so stressful sometimes. By next year you will have lost this weight and will feel better about going.

Just curious, do any of you who count point find it stressful? I am going to rejoin WW simply because I have meetings left on my package from February and I liked the extra motivation, but I find that all that journaling and counting points stresses me out. Any ideas?

LJ
225/197/150

Hey everyone!!!!

WELL! ive been so bad the last couple days......tommorrow i plan to get goin to the gym again.....i havent gone much this week... and my diet has gone to **** this week! i guess its that....just been home gotta go out thing! but i PLAN to get back on the weight watchers thing tommorrow.....for sure.....

Tiff: take your daughter out shopping...indulge in some ice cream.....let her do whatever she wants...just spend a day doing something FUN just the two of you......get your hair cut together...anything.....anything that will make a girl feel pretty! get your nails done! when me and chris broke up my mom and me went out and just did a whole bunch of stuf....and it didnt change the situation....but it made me feel alot better......a broken heart still beats! it will be ok!!!!

Huntress: im here im here! so yah.....getting back on weight watchers tommorrow....it was hard while i was gone..but you know......and for one thing.....


my SWEETIE and i havent got to talk yet.....weve both been working opposite shifts so when i work hes at home and vice versa.......it sucks....... but i mean....hes like....i still really like you im not ready for anything big right now though....so what does that mean? and he got all crazy when i was like...i know you probably wont give me a second chance and he was like NO NO NO NO NO! i would TOTALLY give you a second chance.....so i dont get it...but anyways.....my sister and her friend are running around outside and shinning flashlights in the window and knocking..trying to scare me........i gotta go kick some little kid ***! anyways! later girls!

luv ya'll!

p.s. tiff, things will get better and everything will work out in the end! if it hasnt ....its not the end!!!


luv
Kayla