Hello All! :goodscale:

I stepped on the scales this AM and saw that I had lost another pound! WOOHOO! Just to savor the moment, I stepped off the scale and then back on.......to see that I had, in that split second, lost another 6 pounds! This is my kind of scale! It is no wonder I can't make any sense of this....I would diet and exercise faithfully, then step on the scale and see a gain of 4 pounds......or would chuck the whole program, step on the scale and lose 3 pounds! ROFL!!! I thought I was losing my mind! Well, I trundled off to the store today and have purchased a lovely little scale....and now all I have to do is find the courage to get on it to find out where I REALLY am!

DNW.....how nice to have you post again! And to hear you are still slowly and very surely successful with your journalling and program! What have you been doing with your summer.....besides fighting with the puter? :)

Tig......hugs to you, dear - I have been there and done that. After my Dad died, I could remember the last 2 weeks of his life, in the hospital, in minute-by-minute detail. But I could remember nothing prior to that time! Nothing! It was like I had known him for only those 2 weeks. I think my brain refused to allow me the memories because they would have been too painful at that time. At any rate, within a few months, everything came back and I now have all those wonderful memories to treasure.

Hello, ladies. I've been AWOL because of junk going on at work. I swear I feel just like Jello before she quit. I'm sticking until January and if things aren't better, I going, too. I have been pigging out and sorry to report 8 pounds had shown up on my scale but I am determined to get it off - actually, if I have to go job hunting I'll need to so I can get in my suits. It made me feel better for 5 minutes then guilt took over so I ate some more and got into a horrible circle. I actually gained weight mostly on good for me stuff but let it all get out of hand. Peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches do not a snack make.

I'm getting my life in order again so I'll be more regular in my posting.

Hello all,
I know it has been a long time since I posted. Last time I posted I was in the midst of despair and pain after a breakup.....well nothing has changed there, although I still have hope that things will work out, since this isn't a relationship board, I will just leave it that my intuition says, to wait it out, there are too many signs to me that this is not over. Until I can truely feel it in my gut that it is over, I have to go with my prayers. Based on all of what the past 2 months has brought, I have lost some weight, mostly from not eating. I know that is not good, but between the emotional upsets, and increase in Paxil due to an increase in panic attacks from the emotional upheaval, I have been nauseous most of the time. I try to eat at least one decent meal a day as I can. I hate to get intot he mode of not eating much at all (sure the weight loss would be nice) but I know it will mess up my metabolism. I also have cut out all the diet pop and coffee, so basically caffiene free now. I am attempting a diet Mt. Dew as I type, but it makes me nauseous as well, just another side effect of the Paxil. On a more postive outlook, I have been working of trying to be good to myself. So I went to go get a facial, not really my thing, but a new experience no the less! I also hired a personal trainer for 10 sessions. I have met with her twice. She said I need to work on increasing my cardio endurance....ICK!!!!, but I have been and today she gave me a strength training routine, which I have been doing so that is not as hard. So on my way to a better me!!!
Lily

Lily: I don't know, Dt Mt Dew makes me nauseous just thinking about it so it may not be the Paxil! :lol: I heard this new C2 coke is great but I haven't tried it. They don't carry the lower cal Pepsi equivalent here just the C2.

Quilt: Jobs can be a real pain in the neck. For me not finding one has been stressful enough so I just quit looking. I would like the extra money it brings in but I am tired of the discouragement.

Tig: Visions of a full grown woman flopping around like a fish in a kiddy pool is cracking me up!

I have done nothing interesting. My life consists of cooking and cleaning basically, neither I hate but it is not much for conversation. I have read about 50 books in the last month so I am cleaning out my public library! :lol:

Carol: It was nice to hear from you. Don't stay away so long next time.

Everyone have a great day

Faye

Hi - time for a quick post before the dragon breathes fire again...at least it's Friday and the weekend promises to be wonderful - cool and dry. We've had so much rain this summer, quite unlike the drought 2 years ago.

I'm enjoying the fruits of summer - nectarines, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, etc. and stuffing myself with tomatoes and cukes. We have a great farmers' market on Saturdays.


Carol - glad you are still with us. I wonder about you every once in awhile.

Faye - I know what you mean about job hunting. Maybe I could be a greeter at Wal*Mart....less stress than I have now.

Tigerlily - just how big is this pool? Did you count it as swimming exercise for the day?

Lily - has your doctor said anything about using something like Ensure or a protein shake to keep you going when you don't feel like eating? Hang in there - things WILL get better.

Ladies, have a great weekend and watch out for those calories that like to jump on our hips!

Hello All :wave:

I am just going to chalk this weekend off......between activities and odd-eating times and some stress, I pretty much chucked the food plan. Started out by taking 85-year-old Mom shoe-shopping. Poor dear, she has dementia and is just lost at times.....even told the saleslady she was a waitress and needed good shoes. Saleslady was a gem - realized the situation and got Mom fitted properly. On Saturday, hubby & I went to a car show...got a little walking in there! Saturday nite, we spent 2 hours in ER with hubby (he has a condition that causes him chronic pain....usually controlled by meds....but Saturday things got out of control and hence the ER visit). I don't think he got to bed until 4am.....hopefully will sleep a while more this morning and today will be better for him. I hate to see him go thru all this.....makes me feel so helpless! (and we all know that helplessness needs ice cream!)

Lily......FYI, Mt Dew has 37 mg caffeine per 8-0z.(this is from the Mt Dew website) Most folks don't know this, as they equate caffeine with "brown" colas. They do make a caffeine-free Mt Dew.....so hopefully that is what you were drinking.

Faye.....getting to read all those books is my idea of heaven. It just doesn't seem like I have time to read anymore. Maybe you should start up a book review for us....so we don't waste our time on books that aren't worth it.

Quilter.....sorry to hear about your job woes. I guess I am just lucky in that respect.....25 years at the same company.....working with mostly great folks. The fresh fruits & veggies are plentiful around here too. We just finished up some fresh peaches.....want to get some blueberries next week. Have you checked out the summer fruit page on 3FC....it has some wonderful recipes.

Well......time to get moving......a little exercise is in order....maybe some chicken stirfry for dinner today......

Susan: I am with you on the fresh fruits and veggies. I grew up with them and really miss them during the winter months. They are so expensive anymore though if they are any good. I bought apricots, plums and two kinds of cherries and the apricots were awful and bland and the cherries rotted before I could even eat them. I have to be careful where I get them as we don't have any kind of farmers' market here just groceries and high end stuff.

MsRD: I read about 6 books a week actually but I would rather work I think. It gets boring here a lot of the times and for me boredom means binging.

The kids go back to school today. Glad I don't have to deal with that anymore. I don't see how parents afford 4-6 kids and up these days unless they have ultra professional jobs and they usually don't HAVE kids! :lol: Kids here have to wear uniforms and depending on where you buy them you can put in a lot of money on them alone. We had a lot of issues with stealing and kids getting hurt when they wore street clothes so all city school kids have to wear uniforms.

Not much going on in my world. I have gained a bunch of weight. DH and I sat down and discussed it last night as to what is going on with me. I am having some health issues which are causing part of the problem, but I have to overcome it and get to the other side because it is not one of those, pills will make everything right kind of deals. We are going to Vegas in August of 2005 and I want to be down another 100 lbs and close to goal so dh said he will help me. We figured what I should lose safely each quarter than for every quarter I lose that weight he is buying me something. Maybe something I have wanted for the house like a sewing machine or an expensive handbag or clothes maybe jewelry, whatever it will be something nice for each quarter. I think it will help a great deal. That and the fact I am going out and buying an expensive dress in the size I should be next summer so I have a final goal too.

Everyone have a spectacular day!

Faye

Faye, sounds like you've come up with a good plan for you. Isn't it wonderful to have a supportive husband!

I've managed to get 3 pounds off again - 2 to my WW goal then 5 to mine. Sometimes I am so stupid - but I get smart again and do damage control.

Hi Everybody!

Quilter: Thanks for thinking of me...yeah when it gets bad at work I look for food, but lately I have had better control.. Generally my people are pretty decent...but I don't want to say that too loud and break the spell...

gma2one: The one thing that has helped me more than anything is journaling everything I eat on fitday.com, which is free. In the beginning I didn't even try to change my eating habits. I just sort of studied what I was doing and only made a committment tobeing honest about what I ate and input every morsel to documentation that I put in my mouth. I really learned a lot and can no longer say I barely eat anything so why am I gaining...what a crock I was telling myself.

So far I am down about 26 lbs. in two years, which I have not regained any portion of back. Also slowly but surely, I have whittled my calorie count down to 1800-2000 per day which is good for the weight and exercise I am doing. Try fitday.com you may be pleasantly surprised to see how automatic it becomes. Nothing has ever worked this well for me and besides you're on the computer everyday anyway...fitday.com would just be an extra trip.

Tiger: I am thinking about you and hope you got my PM.. If not, let me know and I will resend to you.

To all my other friends on this thread I am doing OK and coming up on the first anniversary of DH's passing away. It will be hard but I find the grief nowadays only takes up as much my of my life as I let it...so I try to be disciplined..sometimes I win the battle and sometimes I lose...but I try.

I am still going to the gym and working with the trainer. Seeing some results finally...my body does hold onto the fat for so long, but when it starts to respond to excercise I can see the changes pretty fast. Also I am sleeping so much better, which is always the case when I exercise regularly.

Much Love,
Carol

Well, my morning started out just nifty! I took Jack to work this morning so I could run some errands. He works way back off the main roads just past a state park and you guessed it....I came around a bend and bam right into a deer! I hit him going 55 and tore up the front of the car. He/she ran off so I don't know how much damage the animal sustained. It tore through the whole front panel where the engine is and though I can drive it, it looks like the car has its mouth open. I have never had an accident and have no clue how to go about doing the insurance so Jack was going to call them from work and then call me. I think we have a $250 deductible but I don't know if we have car rental insurance or not. If not, we have to foot the bill for that when the car gets fixed. I am still shaky and very upset but there is no way I could have avoided it as I was coming out of a curve and I guess it had crossed the other side of the road while I was in the blind spot and then right in my lane when I came out of the curve. I guess I am a big weinie, but I had a perfect driving record and this shook me up pretty good.

It will probably be cold in the pool but I need to get into it anyway and try and de-stress so I don't eat over this. I am a nervous wreck and I hope I didn't hurt myself as my lower back hurts a bit. May just be nerves though and relaxing will help if I can.

You ladies have a good day PS: I will let things go for August and start a new thread in Sept. Sorry I didn't notice we had gone over but I didn't start this thread and those that did are not posting anymore so I don't even think about it. If one of you wants to start an August thread feel free.

Faye

gma2one: I just had an accident in this past February (someone hit me while I was at a light).

My car insurance (State Farm) paid for a car that I had to rent for 16 days of the 30 days my car was in the body shop. Call your insurer, as you well may be covered. Also car rental places charge a lower price for rentals when you have had an accident. This is probably because you will have the rental out longer.

If you call your insurer they will tell you what to do as far as making a claim, etc. Once you get the car to the body shop also see if there is a rental place they always do business with as they may be able to get you a much better rate too. Even if their rental place turns out to be the same rental car service you have initially, they will negotiate the price down with help from your body shop. And if you find out from the body shop that you are going to be without the car for a month...get the monthly rate as this is the cheapest.

Also a very important point find out from your car insurance if they cover you on rentals in terms of insuring you as a driver...most insurers do, but check. This will save you about $20 additional dollars a day for the insurance that the rental service offers.

I am so sorry this happened to you, but thank God you are OK. Everything else will fall into place, as much as a this is a financial and personal nusiance this is out of your hands and in God's hands. I know you have been through so much lately but this too shall pass...Good Luck!!

Carol

Ladies, just a quick note - have a good weekend and stay dry and safe if you are in Hurricane Charley's path - we're expecting a lot of rain and the ground is already saturated so there will probably be some flooding - I actually live in the flood plain. Oh, well, everything will work out...just paid flood insurance!

Hello All!

I spent the day at my Mother's house......we are getting ready to sell it and it needed to be cleaned out. Yikes! I worked 8 hours straight.....and almost got the attic done! My parents were pack rats. They kept EVERYTHING.......most of which is pure-d trash. I must have been up and down the attic stairs eleventy-nine thousand times; forgive me if I skip the workout tonight.

Faye.....I am so glad you were not hurt in the accident. I know how terrifying an auto accident can be. Even worse, my last car accident was MY fault.......I don't think I changed lanes for months afterward!

Carol.....good to hear from you. You are doing so well with your weight loss......slow and steady wins the race!

Quilter......high and dry here......it is rather unlikely these storms will affect our weather here in Michigan......but I am rather anxious to hear from friends in the southern states.

Hey ladies, how is everyone this Monday?

Carol: thanks for all the advice. We have Geico insurance and I meet with the adjuster tomorrow. I didn't have rental reimbursement as part of my insurance, but right after the accident, went in and purchased it so maybe I can use it. Sure hope so as I have no idea how long with will take to fix and we have only one car.

Susan: Hope the rain has passed you by now and you are drying out. We could actually use more rain here. We have been kind of dry. It has been chilly for this time of the year for about 2 weeks so the pool water is now freezing but I get in anyway! It is easier cold and all than walking and I only have a few weeks left until they close it for the year.

MsRd: Hope things are going well for you.

We had a pretty quiet weekend. I put a chicken on my rotisserie to cook and it was pretty yummy. I have one of those Showtime Rotisseries from Ron Popeil and I like it but it is darn hard to tie the chicken up so it doesn't rub the heating elements. That would be my only complaint with the thing. I have a recipe that gives me spices for the rotisserie taste just like you get in the grocery stores and it turns out nice and juicy. I bad girl, ate one piece of skin but that was all and preferred the breast meat which tasted great.

I am back down again having lost 10 lbs in the last week. If I could get a handle on the hormone stuff I know I would do much much better as when I am not having those issues I lose like gangbusters.

Well, I need to go and wash this clorine off. Have a good day.

Faye

How'd it go with the adjuster, Faye? More rain on the way here - 9 inches over average already for the summer and the reservoirs are 12 inches above normal for this year - and on the verge of overflowing. Wish we could send some of this rain to those who need it--several more days on the horizon with rain. My flower beds have turned into weed farms, the shrubs are all out of shape, grass is high as an elephant's eye. Can't get coordinated with my time and the sun to get the yard taken care of.