Dec 3 to Dec 9 Friends and Losers Thread
 

Up and at 'em, everybody! Time to start another week!

Have a great day!

FRAK! You posted just before I did with my F and L thread...

You beat me to it, so I'll have mine shut down..

You teachers sure do get up early! :lol:

Good morning all!

I've missed you all! I am having to use some self-control and not go back to catch up on all I've missed since I last checked in. I was so addicted to these threads and everybody's goings-on that I had to go cold turkey for awhile!

I am still on LAWL and would still be losing if I could be POP EVERY day. I'm struggling! I'm feeling pretty good at this weight although it's far from my goal. I get complacent when I'm not miserable anymore. Every day's a new day though and I start each day with every intention of being POP. Now if I can just make it through to the end of the day, I'll be in good shape! :D

How's everybody else doing? Holidays kicking ya in the butt? I hope I'm not the only one, but certainly want to hear how everyone's dealing with the temptations.

I've updated my ticker and my avatar - that pic is from the beach near Charleston, SC in mid-October. Sadly, I've only lost maybe 5 more pounds since then. Better than gaining, I guess.

Here's to a POP day!

Hey, doing my usual check in after a not so great weekend. I've just lost focus on this thing but am trying my best to get back on track....it usually last Monday - Thursday and then I'm off again. Haven't been gaining but I'm not losing either.

Felicia - I love the new hair and pic, you look awesome.

Dan - The family portrait is great!

Heather - you look wonderful!

Good Morning All! :wave:

I had a mostly POP weekend.. went a little overboard on the pasta yesterday, but otherwise it was good.

Hope everyone has a great day! :)

Happy Monday fellow losers :) i hope you all had a great weekend. We spent time with friends Friday and Saturday evening, so that was enjoyable. We don't get to do it as often any more since we had a baby! I eat a little more then I was supposed to this weekend. We started christmas baking and it is dangerous! I will try my hardest, but I am sure I will need to do another TO just to keep myself on track. We'll see...

Felicia! Love the hair!

Hope everyone has a great POP week!

Hey there..

Thanks for all the comments on the portrait.. We did the JCPenny thing this year.. We skipped it last year while our weights were "in transit", so we figured we should get it done this time around.

I wanted to pass along my little nugget of 5-cent philosophy from the other thread I started, but took so long to finish what I was writing that Felicia snuck this one in before me...

>>>>Focus on the small things this week... Sometimes details matter... Details like that "one small bite of fudge" or that "extra cup of hot chocolate" or that "small handful of Chex Mix"....

Yes, it's the holidays and we all deviate from plan once in a while, but don't use the holidays as an excuse to go nuts... You are free to live on this plan, but the PLAN AIN'T FREE, so don't blow it!!

Have a great day, all!!

Went to my WI and PSV this morning... I did NOT buy any LA LITES, and i lost 3 pounds! WOO HOO! Wednesday will be the end of my first week... I want to see how much I can lose by then! This is very exciting!

I don't know what POP means... but I am soooooooooo it right now! Hope everyone has a GREAT WEEK!

Hi All! I had a good weekend! But I didn't eat everything that I was supposed to. I was just so lazy sat I didn't eat hardly anything which I know is bad. And then yesterday too just couldn't get it all in. Ugh! So I am very nervous to weigh in tomorrow. Hope it goes well. You will be happy to know that I went out this weekend for a friends birthday and didn't drink. I am 1 month sober as of today! Crazy!
Felicia- like the new do!
Dan-Love the new pic!
Emily-Awesome job on the Inches! That's great!

Felicia, I didn't recognize you for a moment, you look so different from your old picture, you can really see the weight loss in your face and shoulders.

Cecil, Great that you've made it a whole month without indulging in the liquid fruit or starch. When you get to the point where you are able to indulge, take it easy, as after so long without it you will feel it more. I find what works best for me is to start out with a real drink, a glass of wine if I've saved the fruit or a light beer if I've got a starch to spare, and then I will order club soda after that, so I have a drink in my hand and am sitting there being social and really no one has ever commented on this, since the last thing I want when I'm out being social is to have to go on and on about my diet. If it is a long event where others are drinking quite a bit, I might have 2 real drinks, alternating with the club soda. That way I don't end up drinking too fast and making really bad decisions. Of course you have to have the exchanges for that. Anyway, club soda you can have in virtually unlimited quantities and still be on plan.

Thanks Cecil!

Michie - POP means "perfect on plan"... Way to go on your losses.. Keep it up!

WOW the new haircuts are awesome!! Congrats chickies!

HEATHER!!!!!!! You've been missed! I asked Crystal about you when I went to WI Thursday! So glad to see you checking in. I understand needing to take a break but next time dont fall off the face of the earth, me and the other Kim were worried about you!!! Got time to meet for coffee anytime before the holidays? Let me or Kim know and we'll see if we can work something out!

Oh, my mostly POP week netted me a 1.6 pound loss at WI Thursday then I proceeded to eat like a pig all weekend, sheesh! LOL

Hi all. Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. I learned how a trip to Whataburger can TOTALLY screw up your weight loss! I went with a friend to a state playoff game (her son is on the team) and the only place that wasn't PACKED was whataburger. We won 41-14 BTW. I did get some unexpected exercise. The bleachers at this stadium were HUGE. We started walking up the stairs, took 2 breaks and I was about to have my friend call the paramedics when she finally hung a left and headed for the seats. Whew! The stairs seemed to go straight up instead of a gradual incline. I later found out that they added on after the fact and didn't want to lose any parking so they did basically just go straight up! It was like climbing a ladder.

Back to being POP now and will be making plans for the upcoming weekend. I seem to love weekend binging. Maybe if I get something set in stone I won't be so tempted to deviate. Other than that the weekend was good and I have plans for a perfect week.

Do you guys having any luck finding reduced fat cheese? I can find the slices of american cheese, but have a really hard time finding any hard cheeses. Any suggestions on where to look or brands to try?

Stacy- I have the same problem.. the only one that has the 3g fat or less is velveeta made with 2% milk. I asked COD about this at my last visit and she said that it would be ok if I just had to have cheddar to just make sure whatever I get is made with 2% milk and not worry so much about the 3g fat.

hey everyone. pretty stressed today. worked from 4am-230pm. with only like a 10min break the whole time. such a frustrating day.
i have so much stuff to do before the big move--which is officially scheduled for december 26th. yikes. so much to do and so little time.
anyways..not doing so well with the eating thing. pretty hard to force myself to eat much these days. i know that's not good, but i'm trying my best. i did eat pretty well yesterday, but i know that doesn't make up for the previous 12 days. i guess with all the stress i've been going through this past month, i could be seeing massive gains and eating terrible, right?

ok, well..i'm gonna go and rest for a bit. hope everyone had a better start to the week than i did. :)

Hi everyone,
I was doing great on my new plan until I came home for dinner tonight. My mom had made shepards pie with ground chicken so it wasn't too bad but I ate way too much, oops! I should have been more careful because despite switching plans I still went up a pound when I weighed in earlier. I decided to do TO starting tomorrow. I am a TO virgin and must admit that I'm not looking forward to doing it!:o

Hello Everyone,

I decided to come back after a little hiatus! I must admit you all look GREAT! Felicia and Jillian look WONDERFUL from the last time I saw you guys back in August (I think!) GREAT JOB.

I am back at my starting weight back before I started LAWL in October of '04, so it's like starting all over again. Oh well! I know this works, so I am going to re-join!

Have a great week everyone, I am WI-ing tomorrow!

Look at my profile picture! Just being a proud mama! This is the picture I made into Christmas cards for this year!

What a cutie-patootie he is! You're looking pretty great yourself, girl!

HELP LADIES. I know on another thread you all were talking about a supplement that helps with all the hot flashes and other stuff. I wasn't suffering through it then. Know I need to know what it is. Besides the sweets I get dizzy and sick to my stomach right after the TOM. I know it isn't anything to do with my heart because I have had every test in the world done on it. So I thought I would try the supplement that some of you or your friends swear by. Thanks in advance for your response. Ok, I came back in to edit this question. I did a search and found where Lynx suggested Oliviasecret. Thank you! I just ordered some I hope it helps. If anyone else has a suggestion, let me know.

Felicia - Love your hair.
Dan - Love the picture of the family.
Heather - I was afraid you quit going to the center. Glad to know everything is OK. If you want to go to go for coffee let me or Kim#2 know. It would be great to see you. We missed you at our last gathering.
Emily - Thanks for the info on the cheese. I was doing that because I have to have cheddar and couldn't find any with 3g fat.
Jillian - you got to stay healthy. Don't get run down!!! I do right the opposite when stressed. I eat constantly. My husband has my stressed over one of his business deals and I am eating to much!!!!

I am not even keeping my diary. Haven't for the past week. Things have been crazy. I am just trying to survive without upseting DD and making DH mad. He is stressing me out though and this is a crazy time at work as well. I do not have the first Christmas decoration up. Usually have all that stuff done a WEEK AGO. Right after Thanksgiving. I don't know when I can squeeze it in. Have been with family and friends every evening for the past 5 days and I guess that is what its all about anyway. Enjoy the company and celebrate the birth.

Hey, guys. Just a quick fly-by tonight. I'm neck-deep in Christmas print orders. I'm printing Christmas cards for one of my best friends right now, so while they're going, I'm checking in. I'm having to really babysit one of my printers right now because it's jamming after every third card!

Amy (from Jersey) - it's so good to see you! I'm glad you've found your way back home to us!

Kimberly - what an adorable picture! Those eyes! He's a sweetie!

As always, our family cards won't get printed until after I'm done with everyone else's! We took some really sweet pics when the kids were decorating the tree and we're using some of those for our cards. I will probably go ahead and stay up late tonight designing them so they're ready to print.

I know some of you may remember about three weeks ago when I got a new student who was very challenging (cursing, fighting, no manners, a really tough shell). Well, he had gotten a little better - at least he was starting to respond to me and the rest of my kids. My class had a hard time with him at first because he just didn't seem to want to be accepted, but the kids had worked really hard to gain his trust and be his friends. He was still a daily challenge, but I could see that we were breaking through his exterior and we were liking the kid we were seeing inside. I was heart-broken this morning to learn that his mother had taken him back (he had been living with Dad) and had requested a drop sheet so she could take him back to his old school. Our counselor said, "I'll bet you're glad to be losing this one. He was such a tough one!" I am not glad at all. I think this is the worst thing that could happen! In our classroom, he had found a safe place where he was loved - no matter what. He had learned that getting my attention didn't take being bad. He had found out that he was a really good student when he wasn't misbehaving. I am just so sad. My heart has hurt all day long. He didn't come today, so all of his things were still at our school. I boxed them up along with a few treats - some new books and other little things - and a note telling him how much I would miss him. It will be delivered to his new school - which is still in our city.

I was so proud of my kids today when I sat down to talk to them about the little boy leaving. One boy in particular said, "Mrs. Pate, I hope he's okay at his new school. I hope they love him like we do." Another said, "It doesn't matter where he went. He's still part of our family." That's something we talk about every day - that we are a family and nobody in our class is ever alone at school. So many of them don't have a strong sense of family at home, so I try really hard to give them that at school. There's a sign on my classroom wall that says, "I've got your back" and they say that all the time - not in a fighting sense. Just in the sense that we're a family.

Those of you who are inclined, please pray for this little boy. I'm so afraid that he will just go back to his old behaviors at his old school and will stop trying to succeed. He is really a good kid at heart and I just feel so strongly that this move is the very worst thing that could happen to him right now. He SO needs stability and love and structure - mostly love.

Okay, back to Christmas cards!

Good Tuesday morning! I'm usually checking my work email at this time but as luck would have it the whole system is shut down so I get to check in here:)

Hope you all had a great Monday. I stayed mostly on plan but not perfect. Better than the weekend though. As I said yesterday I'm just not focused. Guess it is all the holiday activities and chores. Plus my DD's birthday is the 21st so I have all that planning to do as well. Bless her heart she gets overloaded this time year.

Felicia - So sorry to hear the little boy was moved to another school. Sounds like you had made some progress with him and once again his little life is in turmoil because all has changed. We can only hope that his new teacher will be as loving as you and 1/2 the patience.

Better run, I'm hoping that I can get alot accomplished today without the emails bombarding me:) See ya!

Good Morning all. Had a great weekend. Now I need to try to get focused on finding that Christmas Spirit. I'm getting closer anyway.

Felicia, you look so pretty with your new hair cut. You GO Girl! It breaks my heart for this little boy that you are losing. I hope he comes back to your classroom soon. I think he is better off there. I will pray for him.

Emily, Kimberly your new pics look great also. I have got to try to get a new one up of me. Just can't make the camera fix me the way that I want though.

I have been very busy at work so I don't have much time. Will check back in later.

Oh Felicia - my heart is breaking for you and the poor little boy. And his poor dad. Custody battles are just the worst! I've been through lots of battles with my DH and his ex...and the battles continue even after 11 years! Unfortunately (sometimes), the courts will normally side with the mother. Now I shouldn't be biased because I don't know these people. It just seems that he was getting a better life with his dad and in his new school with you as his teacher and all of his new friends. It's just so sad. I will be praying for all of you. I hope you get to see him again so you can at least give him a hug and let him know how much he'll be missed.

Welcome back, Amy! It's great to see you! :wave:

Love the new pic, Kimberly...of you and your darling little boy - what a cutie!

Morning all! Great pics everyone.

Slowly getting rid of Whataburger gain. I just don't really think hamburgers taste good enough to gain that much weight for. Seems VERY unfair to me.

POP yesterday and not doing well today. My stomach is churning today for some reason so I think I'm going to be hard pressed to get even half my food down. I'm also FREEZING, I've asked around and it's obviously just me; everyone else is comfortable. Boy would I like to be home under my down comforter.

Hey what happened to the girl from Cananda? Krispie (I think)? DQ Blizzard freak? Well she's not a freak, she just loves the blizzards! I always enjoyed her posts, she's hilarious.

have a great POP day all.

Hi everyone! :wave:

Kimberly- He is absolutely adorable! And your avatar is great!

Felicia- I am so sorry to hear about your student.. I know you had really worked hard with him and it sounded like he had things a lot better with his dad. Glad to see the Christmas pictures went well though!

This has been a hectic week already and it hasn't even started good yet.. Finals are next week so things are getting stressful! :dizzy:

Hope everyone is having a good week so far.. The only problem I'm having as far as LA goes is that I am still having a hard time getting all of my dairy in. I know, I know.. It shouldn't be that hard, but I am not a fan of milk or yogurt so my choices are limited..

How about pudding Emily? The sugarfree/fat free pudding counts as a dairy. I have the opposite problem, I LOVE milk, I would drink it with every meal.

Dairy is hard for me too. I don't care for the yogurt on it's own or just to eat it out of a bowl, but since I started the smoothies (because I also have trouble with the fruit!) it makes it much easier. Just fruit, yogurt and ice. I also like the cheese sticks but they only count as 1/2 D.

Greetings from Southern California,
I had some trouble getting out of Wisconsin because of the storm and fog, but I arrived here 3 hours late so all is well. Sunday afternoon my neice and sister-in-law picked me up from the aiport and we went sightseeing immediately.
Yesterday, my sil and I went to Tai Chi class in the am; then some shopping; then Curves; then some shopping; and finally a beach walk just before sunset.

It has been sunny and highs in the high 60's. Got to run ....

Take care everyone and be good....

Hi Everyone....

Love all the new hair "dos" - everyone looks great and the new avatars!

Felicia-so sorry to hear about your student.....especialy when he was making so much progress.....hopefully he will have a teacher that cares as much as you do at this new school and I know he will be so happy to get the package you sent him with the note. Hopefully, he'll hang on to your words in the note and it will help him for a long time. Sometimes it's the little things that make all the difference!

Kimberly-he's a cutie!

Amylou-how's the studying going?

I've still been having tooth problems which makes it so hard when it comes to eating. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that things will improve soon.

Thanks, guys, for the sweet words about my student. I don't mean to sound as if I think I'm the only teacher in the world who can help him. I'm sure his next teacher will be good for him, too. It's just that he needs to get someplace that he feels at home and STAY PUT! And it's always hard to see any student go. I tell them all the time that, at school, I'm their mom. When we're here, they are the center of my universe and I give them everything I've got. It's just hard to lose one of my kids!

Thanks for the compliments gals! I need it, it seems my motivation took a left and I took a right....

I am going to work off four big fat pieces of pizza I just ate... Ughh, no pain no gain right...
Remember tonight is BIGGEST LOSER night! Dont forget to do those commercial workouts!

Okay, so I survived day one of Take Off and must say I'm not liking it much. I was eating dinner and my stomach was growling so loud that everyone at the table could hear it. VERY emabarassing! Seriously, I was eating dinner so it wasn't because I was hungry, what's up with that!

Hey Everybody! :wave:

Well, I'm still here, and still hanging in there, trying to be as POP as I can be! It seems like I am either working or running around. Yesterday I didn't get home until almost 8:00 p.m., and my DD (reminds me) that she's got to be at dance by 8. I didn't even bother having dinner yesterday.

Stacy - have you tried Laughing Cow cheese? I've only tried the original. I've seen it at WalMart (near the deli case).

I still can't believe how great everyone that has stuck the program out looks!! I'm happy for each of you, but at the same token I am jealous and p*** off at myself (because I didn't have the willpower to stick with it). But, I'm back now, and going full speed ahead. :)

Hope everyone is having a great POP week!

Hi gals...

Greetings from Santa Rosa, NM... We're doing a prescribed burn here on our 100+ property south of town.. I did pretty well today, eating lots of veggies and stayed away from the ham sandwich sack lunches they provided us..

The good news is that while we thought this would take 3 days, our fantastic fire crews took care of it in about a day, so I'll be going home tomorrow! Meanwhile I sit here watching CSI at the La Quinta.. Woo Hoo!!

Hope all is well!

Hi everyone,

I am sooo busy this time of year. I work in retail so this time is exausting.

Everyone's new pics look wonderful. Felicia I am so sorry to hear about your student. I hope he gets as much as you and your other students were doing for him. I will send some prayers his way.

I finally hit my 30 pound mark last Friday. I was sooooo happy and proud of myself. Altho I didnt make good choices this weekend. I have been POP yesterday and today so hopefully I wont see too much of a gain.

To the biggest loser fans. I was SHOCKED to see Nicole's now she looks great!!!! I cant wait for the finale and see who wins.

Off to bed for me so have a good nigth and keep being POP.

Cathy. :)

I had my WI today and I was down 1.8! I will check in tomorrow when I have more time.