Hey girls!
thanks for all of you making me feel better!!!!...im glad you guys still want me around!

I leave for camp on sunday...and i go back to school in 19 days!!! it seems like ive been home forever! i hate this just sitting around all day stuff! im excited to go back to school so i can be busy all the time again!!!!! i miss the rush!!! and im REALLY looking forward to grade 10 and all the high school stuff! it should be a blast!!!!!!!!!!


so i figured out....that my biggest problem NOW is that I usually dont get up till like......at least 1 pm......so then i eat like....a later supper......cause im not hungry again until like....8...and night eating is a bad thing! anyways..i had a VERY VERY bad day yesterday....i ate the whole house out! no pointers for me!!!!


but i gotta jet! later girls!!!!
luv
Kayla


p.s. wouldnt it be great if they made low fat Kraft dinner????

FEEL BETTER TIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
being sick sucks!

Thanks for the get-well wishes. I still feel icky, but HAVE to go to work. It's payday. LOL, plus you can't very well be seen out getting a pedicure on a Friday night when you didn't go to work that day! :o

That is my treat to myself for my hard work thus far, I have NEVER had a pedicure...so...I'll let you know how that goes.

Well....this not having the time in the morning to ramble as I usually do really stinks. I will have to catch up tonight for sure.

Kayla, enjoy camp! And my kids start school this next Thursday. They are freshmen and they are NOT thrilled. The high school is SO much bigger than the junior high and they are paranoid about getting lost and looking stupid. LOL....what grade will you be in again???

Huntress, thanks for the tip on the yogurt. Um...I think I will pass though. Yogurt makes me a little queasy anyway...I think I need to try some new kinds...the ones I have tried in the past have had kind of that "sour" taste...I want one that tastes like pudding. LOL ....oh, with low fat too. :D

Cafe, Mike eats the cottage cheese out of the container, and I guess it is pretty versatile, (I don't know cause I don't eat it) but he eats it with fruit AND with veggies. How many foods can you say that about?? LOL

By the way, YOU BROADS SENT THE RAIN MY WAY. It has rained all night and no end in sight. THANKS! ;)

Jo, I have to tell you...I am so proud of you for getting this challenge going like this. It will really make a difference in how you feel. Plus, your trip isn't far off now. :cb: You will feel great and confident and you should. It wasn't too long ago, you were really having a hard time and I am so glad you stuck it out, cause LOOK AT YOU GO!!!!

Dyan...you are another inspiration, we are eating your dust girl!!!
Keep up the great work, I am so excited to have you here with us, your results are amazing and I can't wait to see where you are in the following months!

Tig, is that rash getting any better yet? I can't stop scratching every time I think of it! :lol: I am imagining you hiding in the house with your yard about 14 feet high, peeking out of the curtains. Little children walk by holding hands and talk about the mythical "bumpy, itchy monster" that lives there and eats children. (Well, you know how rumors escalate :lol: )

Ok enough, off to work and hopefully another great day.
You wild girls enjoy yourselves and if we can't access this board tonight or the weekend, keep notes! Updates of your weekend WILL be required.

Take care all,
Tiffany

TGIF!!!!!! Boss's last day and I can't wait until it's over and he is gone gone gone gone gone!!!!!!!!!

Um, had another 3 point day yesterday, you guys. :devil: But as I just wrote in the challenge thread, today's going to be a tough one. Birthday cake today and I've already had a wonderful bakery fresh pastry. :ink: I've really got to be careful with the starches for the rest of today.

And then the weekend and all its usual challenges. And no forum access!!! :fr: Whatever will I do without you guys!?!?

Huntress, I was watching the weather channel this morning and they were showing the floods in Galveston and I thought of you. How's the rain level where you are? Maybe I'll ask Tiffany to pass it along to my drought-ridden area.

I checked in with my trainer last night. Turns out that I don't weigh in weekly. I have to wait until week 5 to see what the scale says. Actually, I'm thinking this may be a good thing. I used to have the bad habit of weighing in and then immediately indulging in something really bad for me because, hey, I have a whole week to "catch up", right? This way, it's more like an ongoing journey and really changing my lifestyle and eating habits.

I'm really learning a lot. She ran my questionnaire answers through the computer program and came up with some sample daily menus and exchanges, etc. I should be eating about 1700 calories a day and they should be split up 75% carbs, 15% protein and 10% fat. (Reflects my love of pasta and breads! :D ) As for weight, the goal that it came up with for the 10 week program is only something like a 5 lb. loss but it's also supposed to decrease my "fat mass" by about 5 lbs. and increase my lean body mass.

So what's all this mean? Beats me! :^: I admit I don't understand quite all of it yet but it sounds very realistic and doable. One thing I did note on all the print outs. It said something about not trying to change everything and make big changes all at once. That's one of my problems. I usually go gung-ho for a while and then start feeling deprived and fall off the wagon. This program takes more of a "eat 3 slices of pizza instead of the usual 4" approach and then talks about eating more slowly, concentrating on and actually tasting the food, and drinking the ever present water.

... pausing for a cool refreshing swig of the stuff ...

OK, I've rambled on long enough. Time to actually get started on getting the boss done and outta here! If I don't get to talk to you guys over the weekend, I hope to be able to find you all on Monday. Guess it'd be easiest to just go into 3fatchicks.com and find the forums again through there, eh? Well, we'll see.

Have a great Friday and a great weekend! I expect to see 9 more points in everyone's totals by Monday ... even mine.....

Jello attacked by giant pastry! Tigerlily attacked by cheese danish! :devil:
I'm having a real battle with myself right now. What would I rather have....a trim bod or a cheese danish? It's such a no-brainer, yet I ate the cheese danish. *banging head on desk*
I feel better when I exercise...another no brainer...more head banging.
I'm hope'n when the kids get back in school and I can fall into some sort of routine it will be helpful to my "way of life changes". I'll be able to food shop while they are in school...I have enough problem avoiding the treats on my own, hasn't helped having them shop with me all summer. Yes, routine it is. I need a routine.
The poison ivy is getting better in some places, but pop'n up in others. Overall, it's better than it was last weekend. I think I'm on the road to recovery. Wish I could say the same about my diet mentality.
I'm going to do some serious house cleaning today and try to finish up a couple projects. Having the house clean and accomplishing something always makes me feel better.
:wave:

Tiffany - I eat the "light" kind of yogurt that is fat free.........it doesn't have that nasty sour taste you refer to otherwise I wouldn't eat it either.

Jello - we did have quite a lot of rain, not as much as Galveston..........maybe 5-7 inches. It is sunshining right now but we have a good chance of getting more that we don't need later today. I'm glad to hear that things are going well with your trainer. I think it's a good thing that you don't weigh each week and I wish I could make myself stay off the scale.

Kayla - have a good time at camp.

Tigerlilly - I too am having difficulty this week, can't seem to get enough food and I'm not the least bit motivated to exercise or drink my water. Don't know what's going on with that. I'm thinking Mexican for dinner tonight sounds good. I know I want a trim bod more than I want the food, just can't seem to focus right now. Glad your poison ivy is getting better.

Have a good weekend all, see ya on Monday.

LJ

I like yoplait custard style yogurts, but haven't a clue about the fat or calories. That's how I've gotten to this point, I'm clueless. :p
FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS!

Bad, bad days, girls. I'm too unhappy to want to try very hard at anything right now. I'm greiving over someone who died last winter and - well it snuck up on me and knocked me over yesterday. It makes me REALLY, REALLY annoyed to have to be at work and pretend like any of this sh!t is important when I feel THIS down. Everything about this place that I can usually laugh at rubs me up the wrong way until I'm about ready to snap.

And the diet - well I'm just too ORNERY to try to be even one iota better than I feel like being. I think if I had some space & solitude I'd be fine.

Maybe I'll feel better tomorrow. :p

hey girls!

Cafe- I totally understand what you are going through......i had a friend pass away in january, she was only 13 and we live in a small town so EVERYONE knew her..... And it just hits me at the weirdest times. When i hear certain songs, when people talk about death and stuff, its a really hard thing to get over...and i dont think you ever do...but talking to people usually helps...you would be surprised at the number of people who feel the same way...even when you think people are over it....they arent really. Anyways..i hope you are feeling a little better......remember that even though you lost a friend, you gained an angel.......

Tiff- Im going into grade 10 also......its not so bad for me though because grades 7-12 are all in one school where i live....we just switch hallways! so its not all that bad....but my little sister is starting grade 7 and she is totally freaked out by coming to my school....its ALOT bigger than the elementry school.......but anyways.......

Huntress- I TOTALLY know what you mean about not being able to get enough food! im like......craving things left right and center! i hope this goes away sooooon!!!!

Tigerlily- did you put calamine lotion on it???? thats what we put on the kids at camp when they get poison ivy!it works like a charm!!!


anyways girls....i gotta go clean the basement and then get ready to go to work....im training the "NEW GUY" tonight....who just happens to be GORGEOUS! lol....anyways.....later girls....
luv
Kayla

Only have one split second to post this.

{{{{{{{{{{Cafe}}}}}}}}}}

Big hug to you, Cafe. Take care of YOU.

We love ya!

BIG BIG HUGS FROM ME TOO.............I'm so sorry.

Lajuna

Wow............things look a little different around here. I sure missed it this weekend.:cry:

LJ

Woo Hoo, I was like a maniac trying to get in here. I LIKE it, very nice!!!

Tiff

Hope you all had a nice weekend, I'm sure that Dyan and Kayla both did since they both were gone having fun.

It's Monday again, start of a brand new week and I'm going to leave last week behind. I'm not entirely sure what happened, I was cruising along just fine and then I crashed! Oh well, I'm just gonna get back in the saddle and not look back.

Hope you all have a good day, Cafe how are you doing? We're here for you if you need us.....take care.

LJ

Monday already!?!? Well, at least the forum's back up! Looks pretty good but I didn't see the dates and times of the posts at first and thought they weren't showing that any more. :o OK, so I'm a little slow. It's Monday. But at least the boss isn't in this week! :)

TOM hit me over the head yesterday and I spent a good part of the day lying in bed, flipping through the TV channels. Hey, there's something to be said for that! ;) But this one wasn't as bad as some in the past and by the end of the afternoon I felt well enough to point the fans at the treadmill, hop on and try to salvage my exercise point for the day.

Today, I'm following the sample menu that my trainer had created for me. A few minor substitutions but the calorie count and amount of starches, veggies, etc, comes out about the same. Let's just see how I feel at the end of the day.

I'm going to poke around the forum and see if anything else is new. Talk to you all later.

11 days to vacation....

Hi everyone! We made it to the new forum. I tried on Sunday night from home... No dice.

I hauled myself into the gym on Saturday & worked out good -n- hard which felt great! I was doing really well on food, too, but then we went to an outdoor film fest held by friends... And they were so cute they had these baskets like concession sellers and came around with homemade popcorn and all sorts of candy. So we all sat under the moon on blankets out in the country and watched an old Hitchcock movie projected on a huge white sheet...

And then yesterday there was a going away party for dear friends - it was pot luck and you know what that means. Lots of great ethnic food. But all in all it was a good weekend for me - good to get out and be social and I did do some healthy things.

Thank you all for your words of encouragement. Like Kayla said, it hits you at the weirdest times - seems like you should be able to just move on but when it's time to grieve again there's no shortcut around it - just happens. I'm better now.

New week!!!

Good Morning ladies!!

I am so glad to be back!!

:cb: :cb: :cb:

I have a LOT of catching up to do, both here and at work. So I'm posting quickly to let ya'll know that I'll have to read up on all the posts in a bit. I was VERY, VERY, bad :nono: :nono: , so bad that on Saturday (weigh-in), I gained back 5 pounds !!! :cry: ! I am very disappointed in myself :mad: and am so thankful that it's Monday and I can get back to my routine and back OP.

gotta run..... will catch up and post later.....

:wave:

Okay, I hope I read all the posts.....

I want to congratulate EVERYONE, first for accepting the challenge and second, for doing so well.

Tiff~ First I have to say that when you said you hate drinking that "devil water" I thought of the "Waterboy" have you seen it? Everytime his mom doesn't like something she calls it the "devil". It was so funny. So anyway, I still get a chuckle out it everytime I think about it. I am so proud of you :cp: , you are doing so well.

Jello ~ you are truly an inspiration. I hope to get back on the wagon w/ a vengence!!

I wish I could remember everything I just read, but things are just spinning in my head right now.
:dizzy:.

Okay, about my 4 day vacation. Had a good time in Reno. Came home with $300 in my pocket! Which is a lot more than what I left with. I seemed to be on a mini roll. I decided that I was going to take $20 and play the dollar machines (something I rarely do). and within minutes won $100, and that kinda set the tone for the trip. We hit Boomtown on our way out of Reno and I won $250 on a quater machine and then another $150 on a .50 machine. So all in all I had a blast.

Saturday, we went to the "flea market" or what some may call a "swap meet". DH and I got some Raider license plates and he got me a license plate frame that reads "I know it's cute, but get off my A$$!". (I wish it said I know it's "BIG" but get off my .......)If there's one thing I hate, it's for people to be riding me. :mad: GGgrrrrr. Got home and BBQ'd. A friend bought me a pair of capri's for my birthday and they were 2 sizes smaller than I normally buy at Lane Bryants, and guess what? I'm wearing them right now!! YYeeeeHHaaww!! Saturday night went and got another tattoo. Got a butterfly (colored in) with the name of all 3 of my kids around it. Why did I have to give them such long names? Cheyenne, Lucas (not bad)& Kaleigha. Very costly....$120, but I'm happy I FINALLY did it. I've been meaning to get my kids' names, but just didn't know where I wanted them, etc..... Oh yeah, it's on my calf. I figure I'm safe there, there won't be any saggage when I get to my goal weight.

Sunday, went and put about $1000 worth of stuff on lay-away, for all 4 kids and DH. We don't have to worry about "back to school" shopping, as we only have Adriana every other weekend and Cheye is still in Pre-school. But they all need winter clothes. DH got 4 pairs of jeans and tennis shoes. The good thing is....none of them will be in need this winter. We got everything, from Jackets, socks, panties and outfits to shoes. I didn't get anything! I refuse!!! Then we went to another aunt's and BBQ'd AGAIN! Yikes.... we were some BBG'ing freaks!

I did pretty good on the water, sucked on the food. Hard, to gauge things at the Buffets in Reno. Does walking in circles at the casinos and walking around the flea market count as exercise? Hehe..... Don't worry, I didn't count it.

Oh yeah, Thank you all for the birthday wishes! It really makes your day, when people remember you. :smug:

TTFN
:wave:

This is me!!
 

Okay, so Sandi from the 100# club, scanned in my pic. She was so nice to do that for me. Anyhoo, here's pic of me, taken 8 years ago. I was at 220lbs (I have to lose 67 more pounds to get back DOWN there :( ). I had lost about 40 pounds, and still needed to lose another 60 to hit goal. I then moved to San Diego and it all went down hill from there. I'm 5'6"ish but look like Super Woman, because of the angle. And man.....did I have on enough makeup? YIKES!! I don't wear any now.

Just remember is was two hundred and twenty pounds!!

with no further ado......(the quality isn't very good, because we had to shrink it down to size.)

Well, heck. I tried and TRIED all day today to get in here and no dice. Last night I could and now I can, so if I am not on here much, it's because I CAN'T GET IN!!!!!

Dyan, you look great in that picture, you look like someone I would love to go to Vegas with. You really look like someone who lives life to the fullest. Now, I am obligated to post a picture myself. Ooof. Golly, I don't even know if I can find one. I don't have a scanner, but I have a digital camera, so maybe that will be my goal in the next couple of days, to get a picture on here.

Glad you had such an incredible time! Coming home with money in your pocket is always a great thing!!! Oh, and Happy Belated birthday!!! :gift: I HATE it that I am not on top of things like I used to be! I promise to be better.

Oh, and I love Adam Sandler. Waterboy cracks me up! I keep hearing Kathy Bates talking about "the debil" :lol: And that "High Quality H2O"

Cafe, I'm so glad that you are doing better. The film outdoors sounds so wonderful. What a great idea!!!

Jo and Huntress, glad we all made it back here. Where are ya Tig?

Ok, I am off to catch some much needed sleep. Full day at work tomorrow and the inlaws are coming too. *EEEEK*

Tomorrow is weigh in and I know I gained this week. :( So, I will be needing support tomorrow night for sure!

Talk with you all soon,
Tiff

Dyan - glad to hear you had a good trip, it's always nice to come home with money in your pocket. Of course I always spend it once I get home.:lol: I've never been to Reno, can't make it past Vegas.

Yesterday was horrible. I got to work and within an hour started feel bad, achy, nauseous and headache. Came home and went to bed until I had to take my daughter to her piano lesson. I probably should have given myself a point for food, but I just didn't care. Feeling better today, but I guess we'll see once I get to work. Think I'm allergic.....LOL just kidding. I just push myself to the limit and eventually it catches up with me, usually in the form of a bug of some kind.

Pics sound like a good idea, match a name with a face. I had one on a diskette a while back but I don't know where it is. My mom has a digital camera too so I guess my son could do it for me. I have no desire whatsoever do to stuff like that, not that I have the time anyway. Gosh, I sound so whiney today, sorry.

Guess I'd better get up from here and get ready for work, kids went back to school yesterday.........hurray!

LJ

Is it Friday yet? No? :cry: Going to be a long one.

I think I mentioned one of our "phone gals" is on maternity leave. Well, the other one besides me didn't bother to show up for work AGAIN today. Didn't call. Nothing. :mad: So how do I get away from my desk long enough to go to the ladies' room today. It's TOM!!! :o This is just gross. So I complained to the HR supervisor. End result is that if I have to go, I'm just going and screw the phones. (Oh, please excuse the language.) And, get this, if I have to work over lunch and since I have to stay until 5 instead of leaving at 4:30, I get my hour of overtime approved by the company president!!! How's that for going straight to the top while my boss is on vacation!?!? :s:

Shortly after I complained about that girl and her supervisor (the "Old *itch") not taking responsibility for her dept., another person had a run in with the old *itch and went to HR as well. Boy, is she scoring points today or what?

OK, enough of my whining ... for now. I've vented to you guys enough. Sorry.

Dyan, sounds like you had a great time in Reno!!! I've never been but I love Vegas. Although I rarely come home with any money at all left!! I agree with Tiffany! I want to party with you!! You, me, Tiff and all of us here. What a gathering that would be!!! :dancer:

Tiffany, I love Waterboy too. That evil "Foozball"!!

Huntress, sorry to hear the bug has caught you! :( Hope you've shaken it off. Hm, allergic to work?? What a concept! "Sorry, boss, I won't be in today...." Nah, can't try that. I'd have to go with Dyan and win A LOT of money in Reno before I can try that excuse.

Better go now. I'm going to see if I can find someone to go fill my water bottle for me. How's that for brave?

Later!

Hi Everyone!
I'm in a funk. I think I have the "back to school financail blues". This next month is going to be rough, we always make it, and I shouldn't let it get me down. Ok, I can say all that, but it doesn't help. Funk. I think it's harder on me knowing I could be working, bringing home some bacon. But, DH and I want to wait until the youngest starts school full time. He's half day kindergarten this year. Babble, babble. Funk.
Eating is just ok, water is just ok, exercise...none.

Dyan, it's so nice to see a picture! I'll get one on here some day. We have a digital camera, but the pics are too many bytes. I don't know how to downscale them...yet.

Hope everyone has a great day!

:angel:

Good Morning Ladies!!

Tiff ~ funny thing is, the lady who scanned the pic for me, said the same thing. Me, looking like I a fun person. I can be. I'm the type of person who loves to do things at the spur of the moment. One time I was talking to a friend that had just moved to Arizona, and she sounded really bummed out. We got off the phone and I called my mom and said hey, ya wanna go to Arizona? She asked when, and I said as soon as I'm done with my laundry!! So needless to say, I called my friend back and told her I was coming. Of course she didn't believe me. Me, my mom, my sister and my baby (she was 9 months at the time) all jumped in the car and drove to Arizona. I'm known for pulling that kind of stuff. It's getting a little more difficult w/ 4 kids!!

Huntress ~ I've only been to Vegas once, for a friend's wedding. We didn't get to do or see as much as we would have liked :( . We live closer to Reno than Vegas. It's about a 4 hour drive.

Jello ~ I think, once we all hit goal, we plan to meet up in Vegas and tear the town apart!!:cb: That would be so much fun. And with this challenge you'll be there before ya know it. How about the summer of '04. I know it's gonna take me at least a year to get all this fat off. Plus it'll give us all time to save our pennies, nickles, dime, quaters....

Tig~ I am so sorry to hear that your in a funk! BTDT, and the saddest part is, all we can do is ride it out... Just try to be positive and remember that things could be worse. I know it's easier said than done. {{{{Big Hug}}}}

Cafe ~ The whole outside movie thing, sounds like a blast! I know my kids would totally enjoy something like that. But it'll never happen where we live. Who knows, maybe when we move.... We're planning to move early next year sometime. Too either Southern California or Utah.

Well, my peeps....I'm doing the peepee dance :dance: , gotta jet...

P.S. I would love to put a face to the names. It doesn't have to be a full body shot, a face would be nice :p

Have a great (3 pointer) day!

:wave:

There's Dyan with all that positive energy today! It's too darn hot for me, almost 100 here (by the way Tiffany did you ever get your air conditioner fixed?). Between Dyan and Jello, I don't have a chance with the challenge:cbg: I am doing better today though, have already gotten all my water in and I don't have anything major going on at home tonight so I think I will take a nice walk this evening. I've been thinking that maybe I should try doing my exercise on lunch hour since there always seems to be some excuse why I can't do it at night. In the winter when the weather is bad and I don't want to get outside I sometimes bring my tennis shoes to work and walk the building when my boss is gone. I guess every little bit helps.

Well, almost time to go home.............:dancer:

LJ

Huntress!

I love your positive attitude. Get those shoes and walk away all that unwanted fat!! If you gotta do it at lunch, go for it! You can do it!! I have so much faith in ya! Let's get ready to go to Vegas!! :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb:

i made chocolate chip cookies today :ink: cap off my funk in style :doh:

Thank you Dyan, I appreciate you so much! Hey, if I lived in Vegas I would not be this darned fat, I LOVE walking out there! I am ready to go!

Tigerlilly - I hear ya'.......I made those last week with choc chips and M&M's. Let's see what else, oh yes, there was a strawberry cheesecake, mexican food, fried chicken, chicken fried steak & mashed potatoes, ribs, fries........you name it I ate it. No wonder I was sick yesterday!:eek: You gotta pull yourself outta that funk girl! Get up tommorow morning and tell yourself you're gonna take it one hour at a time. I'm here and will try my best to monitor the computer tommorow while I'm at work, I'll help you if you will let me.

OK, food has been better today, maybe not worth a point, but definately better than the last week. Going for a walk soon, if I can get my lazy butt off this computer. Talk to you all soon.

LJ

Well now...we have a problem here. I ate a half a bag of miniature Reeses peanut butter cups. Mike forgot to take them to work on Monday, and I made it until tonight before I ripped open the bag and inhaled them.

ALTHOUGH, I did eat them with WATER. :D

So now....with the exception of Dyan and Jo....we are in a slump here. I have had quite a few 2 point days which is a miracle, but it is the food that I am blowing off. And that isn't going to help me in the long run. I wouldn't mind losing the point for the water and knowing that I was in my range on the food instead. :(

We need to pull it together girls. NOW....I don't know why I have been in a funk either. Maybe it is seeing summer come to an end and the back to school commotion...job sucks, money is tight, there are a million reasons to eat, I guess. We are only adding to our funks by letting ourselves down. We need to pretend to be our own personal trainers and make a plan for ourselves, something like what Jo is getting. Maybe that would help focus us.

I SWEAR to get my food right tomorrow. I can't keep doing this. I didn't weigh today, cause I was too afraid to get on and see a gain. So, I was going to work extra hard this week and THEN weigh next week, but I am off to a horrible start. Grrrr.

Tomorrow is it. I have been doing well, and have been slowly letting things slide a little at a time, incorporating more and more unhealthy things into my diet, and I have to stop and get back to where I was in the beginning. New beginnings for all of us as summer comes to an end. Winter will be a challenge for all of us, I want us to come out of it in the spring better than when we started.

Well, I am off to the tub to reflect on what goals I need to make and what I need to do to get there.

Huntress and Tig, I hope you two will pull each other through, I can really become inspired by your reaching out to each other and caring enough about someone you have never met to do that for one another. *Hugs*

Dyan and Jello....you two are really awesome. I admit to being a little :stress: GREEN with jealousy. Maybe I can use that to get myself back on track.

Oh by the way, I still have no A/C. LOL....adds to my crabbiness. LOL

Cafe, I hope you are feeling better and getting on with this new week.

I guess the old adage, "One day at a time" is SO true! We really need to focus on that and not next month or what will happen when we all get to goal. Let's get through today.

Well, I will check in on you all again tommorow. I hope that by then we will have ourselves in check again.

Off to soul search,
Tiffany

OK girls here's the thing, I was reading an article in AOL diets yesterday and basically it said that somewhere between 3 & 6 months is the point where most people start sliding back into their old habits. We are not going to let this happen! I don't know about ya'll but I have worked too hard and stayed with this long enough that I don't want to go back to where I began. I truly believe that we can all make a big difference in how we look and feel by next summer. Isn't that what this is all about anyway? So let's get out of this funk we've been in and get moving!:cb:

I did my walk last night, it was hard but I made it. I am commited to getting out there again tonight, I WILL drink my water today and I WILL keep my food in check. I AM GOING TO DO THIS DAMMIT! nuff said.

Tiffany - winter is also a tough time for me, once the time changes in October and it's dark by the time I get home I go into hybernation. I'm going to check out joining a gym, there's 24-hr fitness and Curves for Women in my area. Maybe if I have to pay out my hard earned money for it I will go. Even if I chose not to do that there are plenty of alternatives for exercise. Food could be a problem since cold days mean lots of warm comfort foods but we will all just have to learn to cook a little healthier.

Sorry, I don't mean to be so preachy...........I'm just ready to get outta this funk and get about business. I simply cannot stand the thought of living any more years of my life like this, I've wasted too much time as it is.

Have a great day all, and Tigerlilly I'm thinking about you.

LJ

Hello Everyone. I'm feeling good after reading all the posts, today is a new day, and I'm going to have a perfect day! Starting with my exercise video!
Money is a pain in the neck, but it's no reason to let other goals in my life go....especially something that I should be able to control w/o $. Taking care of ourselves is one of the only things we have true control over. I will do this.
I sent a large container of cookies to work with DH! There aren't too many left, and I promise not to binge on them! :)

Good for you sweetie, all you gotta have is a plan and a little resolve. I too worry about finances and this is a tough time of year.

Cafe - where are ya..........hope you're doing ok

LJ

Skinny is as Skinny does.
 

What would you do differently if you were at goal weight?

Would you wear different clothes?
Would you participate in sports more?
Would you chase your child around the yard?
Would you take critisism about your appearance from your friend/mom/spouse/sister?
Would you go dancing?
Would you ride rollercoasters?
Would you buy yourself a bright red dress with matching shoes?


What's stopping you now?


Unless your weigh physically stops you from doing what you really want to do, you only cheat yourself when you hold back. Moreso, you let your weight rule your life and your confidence. This is not a scientific fact put I'm pretty sure that confidence burns more calories than low self esteem!

Buy some trendy clothes if that's what you long for! Being overweight doesn't mean you must be frumpy!

Join that office softball team you've always dreamed of. Yes, it will be harder because of your weight but WOW will it feel good that you are DOING it!

Play with your children! Run through the yard! Frolic at the park! Who cares about those size 2 moms with the belly button rings. They can't take away any of YOUR fun unless YOU let them.

Address those issues you have with your spouse or friend or mother or whoever. Don't be a bulldozer but ask for what you want and let it be known if a comment offends you. They will look at you with new eyes for standing up to yourself.

In short, don't let your weight change who you WANT to be - be that person now and chances are, the weight will fall off faster.

Skinny is as skinny does.

Good Morning Ladies :wave: ,

I thought we could all use some inspiring words (above, borrowed from the 100# club).

I don't want to hear about everyone being in funks. I wish I had some magic fairy dust, to make it all go away. :angel: , and make you all HAPPY again!

I want ya'll to know, that I am NOT a healthy eater. I had a big ole cheese burger for dinner last night. The night before that a gigantic hot dog..... that's pretty much how I eat every night. I eat chocolate when I want to, and I don't feel guilty about it. I know that I want to eat 1200-1400 calories a day, so that's what I plan for. If I eat a candy bar for breakfast (240 calories) then I still have 960-1160 for the rest of the day. I realize that if I did eat healthy (veggies, salads, etc.....) that I would lose faster, but I also know that I couldn't stick to that. This is something that I will have to continue to do until the day I die, and I love pizza and pasta too much to feel guilty about eating them!

I have noticed that since starting this journey, that my clothes feel a litle looser. I feel better about myself. I have saved so much money! I don't go to the cafeteria for breakfast and lunch which cost me about $7-$10 a day!! ($35-$50 a week). That it makes me feel good, when someone notices, that I've lost weight. Who knew that 4 simple words could put you on cloud 9. "Are you losing weight?" or "Have you lost weight?" or how about "You look really good". Come on ladies, Come back over to this side and get out of funkytown. {{{{{BIG GROUP HUG}}}}}}

Tell me what's changed in your life, since you began this journey. P.S. I'm so glad to be going through this with beautiful, funny, intelligent women!

Okay, bye~bye :wave:

Biggest change for me - knowing that I really can do it. In the past I always let my doubts get in the way, I would hope and pray that I could stick to something but never really believed that I would. Almost 4 months into this, I guess just doing it for this long convinced me. Even though I struggle with funkytown sometimes I just get back up and keep on going.

LJ

PS..........YES! I want a red dress!

Whoa Dyan!! I'm cleaning out my spare bedroom. You're coming to live with me, girlie!! I need you to talk to me like you did in your last few posts every morning!!! :D And may I add ... WOW!!

I think I've mentioned being a cancer survivor since joining this thread. I agree with Dyan that you have to ENJOY life!! That's the biggest thing I've learned. Life is entirely too short to spend it worrying about things. P.S. I'm NOT a healthy eater either. Cheeseburgers and pizza sound good to me too! :T

Having said that, I'm learning a bit about eating a little better on this program. Fortunately, it's not one of those "plain fat free yogurt for breakfast, carrot sticks for lunch and one slice of low-cal bread and an apple for dinner" type diets. It's more a "3 slices of pizza instead of the usual 4 (5? 6?) today".

Crud. I'm making myself hungry.

Oh, Tiffany!! Yoo Hoo!! Ms. Tifffffannnyyyyy.... Um, me 'n' Dyan are leavin' you in the dust girlie!!! Nanny nanny boo boo!!!! You gonna' let us do that to you!?! Huh? Are ya'?? Come on. Show me whatcha got, 'k? :p

Sorry. That was just supposed to me my "inspirational" speech to you, Tiff. Come on. We need you out of that slump. And uh could you send me maybe just one of those little PB cups. Um, just a little one. I promise only one. Yeah, right. I know how it is, girlfriend. They just attack, don't they?

Well, like Tiff and Huntress, the winter fills me with all the "hibernation" feelings. Dark when you get up. Dark when you go to work. Dark when you come home. Dark when you go to bed. Cold and dark. Yuck. Last year, I swore I was going to bundle up and get out there and try something like snow-shoeing or cross country skiing. Nope. Maybe this year?? :^: Hey, I can at least see if I remember how to make snow angels and build snowmen. :dance: Can't stop the seasons from changing but maybe I can try to go with the flow a bit more this year.

Speaking of flowing, I have to fill the water bottle again. Then I suppose I should get some work done. We moved a new filing cabinet into the department yesterday afternoon and it has to be cleaned and then a bit of organization needs to happen. How long do you think it'll take me to find all kinds of "stuff" to fill it with?

Have a good one!

I'm back. And I am large and in charge. :D (But not for long, soon I will be thin and in charge)

Great advice Dyan. I was trying to think about the reasons I wanted to be thin, and what I would do once I was there. I need to start living life like a thin person. Eat what thin people eat and do what they do. There was a great thread around here somewhere talking about how your thin friends eat. I think we could all do some good for ourselves to remind ourselves that even thin people don't JUST eat veggies. I have seen all those thin people at the fair eating their funnel cakes and corn dogs. And NO, not all of them are teenagers. Which leads me to believe that it is OKAY to occasionally indulge in things that we love.

I need to plan ahead for the winter. Winter is my time for cooking and baking and making those "stick to your ribs" foods.
So, I need to prepare. My biggest downfall is not taking the time to cook healthy for the entire family. I will make a pan of hamburger helper for the kids and then be tempted to eat a big bowl of it.

RIGHT HERE ON THIS SITE, down under Weight Watchers recipes, are fabulous casserole and soup recipes, etc. I KNOW there are recipes there that my kids will eat. The best thing is....they tell how many servings, and how many calories/points are in a serving. So when I make a casserole, I can look at the pan and cut it into 8 servings and KNOW that I am having ONE serving and be able to accurately account for my calories for the day.

The problem is...I need to get organized. I need to plan a menu and make a list and just do it.

Today is a new day, and I am done vacationing in Funkytown. It was enlightening, but my next stop is MotivationVille, and my bags are packed. Meet you all there for a Diet Soda on the beach.

Hugs to all of you. You are all so brave and strong, and I am so proud and happy that we are all sticking together and getting this done. It is SO easy to get frustrated and stop posting here and hide out and let things go, but just coming here is half the battle. The reminders and the good advice and tips are SO important.

You know, winter this year can be a HUGE success for all of us if we let it be. We don't have the vacations and the fairs and the temptations. We have the power to work hard this winter under the guise of bagging sweaters and have new bodies to unveil in the spring. And if we work hard, we won't have to worry about our Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. We will make sensible choices and be able to indulge with our families on those wonderful days.

Oh yeah, and Halloween? Be the mean ***** in the neighborhood that gives out dental floss. :lol: Or fruit rollups or sugar free gum. LOL, you may have to clean egg off your porch, but you won't be raiding the bowl!!!

Well, I am motivated. I am on track again and I owe it to you. Sometimes, I am just not strong enough to pull myself out of the funk.

HEY, I bought one of the Walking Away The Pounds videos. I should have bought the 2 mile, but I bought the 3 mile. Maybe I will give it a try. It was only 6 bucks at Target.

I'm heading to the recipe section to get some ideas.
Hugs,
Tiff

Yeah!!!! I love to see people boarding the train and leaving Funkytown! :cb: . I love MotivationVille, and when I hit Funkytown, and I know I will as we all do at one time or another, I will have to come back and read about MotivationVille!

Huntress ~ That is so wonderful that you realize that you can do this. This is the longest I've ever stuck to any kind of Plan. I am trying to enjoy it, embrace it, instead of dreading it. When it comes to exercise, I don't think about it. Can you believe that? When it's close to the end of the day, here at work and I start thinking about walking or doing step, I start to dread it. So I just don't. I get in my car, drive home and the very first thing I do, is go potty :p , hehe. Okay really, I throw in my tape and go to town. I do the walk away the pounds (I have all three and have been doing the 2 miles) or my step tape. The 2 miles takes only 30 minutes. Once I'm done, I rewind the tape so that it's ready for the time. Then I go about my daily business. I feel satisfied that I did it, and that's why I continue.

Tiger ~ Have you thought about investing in exercise videos? I actually bought another box, last night at Costco (or in some places it's called Sam's Club). I bought a box set of "The Firm", it has 4 videos and it was only $17. It has a 5 day abs tape, upper body, legs, and advanced carido (I won't be opening that one for a while :^: ). I need to get things mov'n and shakin in this chunky body!

Cafe ~ Where are you girl? I hope your not in Funytown :( . Come baaacccckkkk........

Jello ~ I'll be there in a flash! It sounds like your on a very good plan. I wish I could find someone to not only plan but cook my meals!! HA. Kudos to you! If I had to go to a gym, I probably wouldn't make it very often. I'm such a slug. There is a gym a few blocks from my house. When I do drive by I think that maybe I should stop in and see what they got going on, but then I know me. I'll go everyday for about a week and then slowly stop going all together. I would have to go in the wee hours of the morning. Before work and I have to be here at 6am. After work's no go for me, because as soon as I walk in the door, DH has to leave to go to work and he doesn't get home until after 11pm. I stay up until he gets home, so as it is I only get about 5 hours of sleep a night! So I commend you on being able to do it!

Tiff ~ Just a warning... that Leslie Sansome can be really annoying! But once you get past that, and can drown her out, it'll be all good. I'm so happy that your back! I wish I had some organizational tips, but I'm so unorganized myself. Like I said before, I am such a slug. The other day, I was cleaning DD's room and didn't get around to feeding my kids until about 8pm!! Bad mommy :nono: !! I usually try to buy Halloween candy that I don't like. One year when I lived in Utah, I bought bags of candy I didn't like, and good thing too. Because not 1 single kid came to our door! Our house was decorated and everything. Oh well...

And speaking of Halloween.... I was wondering if you ladies were up for a Halloween mini goals, challenge. Can you tell, I love challenges? We would start Labor day, we post a weight loss mini goal and see how well we do. It would be an 8 week thing. For example: My mini goal would be 264 (which would be 16lbs in 8 weeks or 2 lbs a week). That's just an example. So what do you say? Are you in or are you out? We would start Sept. 2nd, and end Halloween. This kind of stuff really gets me motivated. As you can see under my signature, I am doing a Labor day mini goal. I am so close to my goal! I can almost taste it (no pun intended). Three more pounds and I would have lost 14lbs in 7 weeks. Can I do it? YES, I CAN! (got that from Bob the Builder, a kids show). What do ya'll think?

Ok Dyan. I have to focus on one thing at a time. LOL....I'm still working on the 3 point a day contest!!! But, why not. I will have to say, that I want to be at 225 by Halloween. So, if I make that goal now, I will have plenty of time to get there. That is only 9 pounds, but with my backsliding, I could use a weight goal to focus on. So, by Halloween I will be at 225 or less. I realize that this will officially start on Labor Day, but it doesn't hurt to get a jump start!

Tiff....

Tiffany - are you playing hooky today?

Dyan - let me know how The Firm is, I saw it on an infomercial this weekend and it looked pretty good. There's a store in one of the malls here that only sells junk from TV, I was thinking about getting it there, didn't know Sams had it.

You guys are gonna think I'm nuts, do any of you listen to Barry Manilow? Might be before your time I guess since I think most of you are several years younger than me.

Almost lunch, I have done excellent food wise so far

LJ