Friends and Losers thread May 4-10
 

Good morning everyone!!!! Make good choices today and be good to yourself!!!
XOXO

Morning Nicole!

It is really quiet around here today.

I was really bad this weekend. We had friends and family in for the weekend because it was my son's First Holy Communion and we had a party back at the house. My poor son got sick at about 1 am Saturday morning and didn't get any sleep (neither did my husband and I) so he was sick AND tired for the Mass. He slept most of the day and was feeling a little better by the evening, but I ate VERY badly and ate very bad portions of the good stuff.

I am back on track today. I am doing a Takeoff for today and tomorrow to get all the crap I ate (it even made me feel lousy last night and this morning) out of my system and get me back on track.

Wish me luck, I have been doing well and want to get to my 100 lb milestone this month. This week though I want to maintain since I know I gained weight this weekend with all the awful junk I ate both Saturday and Sunday.

You can do it Kelly!!!

G'mornin' everyone..

Another busy week out of the gates.. I'll be on the road again later this week, so let's hope there are no fires to get in my way..

Our weekend was up and down, food-wise.. We did some early celebrating of DD's 11th birthday last night with my mom and her husband.. They are going on vacation this week and will have to miss the actual party next week.. Dinner went well and I have to admit we did end up eating a small slice of cake each.. and a dolup of low-fat no sugar added icecream..

No sage words of advice so far this morning.. Just do your best and keep your eyes on the prize!!!

May the POP be with you!

Good Morning all. Here's to a POP week.

The kids will be out of school in less than 3 weeks. FYI for those of you who have to plan for that! EEEKKK!

Dan......how the heck does Liz put up with you being gone all the time? I would want to choke you :lol:. Also....it always cracks me up when you say, My mom and her husband." I get it........it just makes me laugh.

Morning Amy. I have been counting down the days until school is out....and I have to say that I am so thankful that I am a stay at home mom. Sure, they will drive me insane, and I may end a day or so each week with tears.....but man, I am so glad I can stay home. It definitely has it's pros and cons......but this is so the right decision for me. I was thinking yesterday about how fun it would be to write a screenplay about the life of a stay at home mom with lots of kids and limited funds. Oh, if I only had the time......

Kelly.......congrats on almost making it to the 100 lb mark!!!! You will get there.............look how you pick yourself back up when you waiver. Keep up the good work.....and I hope your TO days fly by.

Ok, I have to be good today. We have 20 days, give or take, until baby gets here. That means I have less than 2 weeks to get my house well organized. We will be having sooo much out of town company, as all of our family is far away..........and so many ladies trying to, "help out," that I really really really need to make it simple around here. So, hopefully, you won't be seeing me too much here. Wish me luck.

On a more heartachy note.....we said goodbye to our furbaby, Maggie (mini schnauzer) on Saturday. She was sooo sick. She looked more peaceful after we put her down than she has looked in a long long time. My 10 yo DD made the sweetest picure at school that read, "Maggie May Massie was a sweet little dog and will never be forgotten by the Massie family." And that is just how it is.
XOXO

Good morning Nicole! I'm sorry to hear about Maggie, thats never an easy decision. Shes running and playing now with no pain.

Kelly-I'm joining you on the TO. I went to WI Saturday, I hadnt been in 6 weeks, ack!!! I was up 3 pounds so I decided I needed to get myself focused again. I just dont want 5 pounds to turn into 10! Keep up the good work, you're doing great!

Dan-Good morning! Be safe when you travel.

Amy-Anything new on the house? My sister should be in her new cabin in less than a month!

My dear sweet hubby is doing so good sticking to the plan. He lost 4 pounds last week. He's so cute, he emails me from work to tell me what hes had to eat so he can figure out what hes got left. He still doesnt know how to count things but hey, hes giving it a try!

We had plans to go out Saturday night for a big juicy hamburger at this new place that opened, looked forward to it all week. My tummy had other plans, I got up Saturday morning sick at my stomach. It was protesting before I even ate the darn burger! LOL

Morning guys!

I am really sick to my stomach today! I get so upset about exams! I have my final in Finance today and just feel awful about it. I cannot wait til it is over!

I posted this is last week’s friends thread, but it was at the end, so I’ll ask again here. I have TERRIBLE headaches! I know they are stress related, but I need some relief! Exedrin, etc don’t really help! PLEASE tell me someone has a secret to get rid of them!

Thanks guys- have a great day!!

Amy.. Good luck with the finals.. I'm SO glad I'm not having to deal with those anymore...

Kim - Congrats to your DH!! Fantastic work.. Tell him we're all pulling for him..

Nicole - She's pretty good about it.. I'm not gone THAT much, compared with some of my co-workers, so I remind her about that.. :lol:

Sorry to hear about your pup (all dogs, to me, no matter what age, are pups)... Seems like a lot of us are losing our pets lately... That really sucks...

As for "my mom and her husband".. He's a really great guy, so while it may sound like I have issues with that, I really don't.. It's just the fact that he's in his mid-80's and so calling him "step-dad" just doesn't sound right...

Morning everyone.

I've been a bit MIA around here. Just trying not to think about the diet 24/7. I've been exercising 5 miles a day on the elliptical and i'm up to 50 miles done today. I'm so proud of myself. The scale was showing a nice loss but of course the weekend is always my downfall. I swear there is about a 2lb difference from my sat morning WI to my monday morning official WI. I'm not stressing, i know its water. I was going to change my WI day to saturday but i like it being on my worst day.

Nicole - So sorry to hear about Maggie and i cant believe your grandbaby will be here so soon. I wish your DD lots to luck with the L&D. I hope its a quick and easy one.

Well thats all from me for now. I'm gonna go change my ticker.

I'll catch up with you all later.

Have a great day!

Hello, all

Not a good weekend at all. Ate whatever I wanted, and then some. It actually make me sick. I'm so glad to be back POP today. I've promised myself I won't step on the scale until Wed. Went shopping and bought some new things to try, like veggie burgers, to up my variety. Looking forward to a great week.

Amy,

Try rubbing lavender essential oil over your forehead and temples. Also, an amethyst or clear quartz crystal held on your forehead and temples will absorb the negative energy (stress and tension), and leave you feeling a lot better.

Julie - Ain't it the truth?? Just as our bodies rebel when we first start the plan, they rebel again when we suddenly reintroduce crappy food... Just one more incentive to stick to the plan...

This is why, when all is said and done and we're in the maintenance phase, we have to reintroduce these kinds of things VERY slowly..

Hi all - back from NYC - had a good time, froze my A$$ off at the Yankee game friday - walked about 250 miles :running:. Now back on the wagon again.

Nicole - you know I'm thinking about you losing Maggie. :hug:

Debbie - I soooo hear you about not wanting to think about food 24/7. I tried WW briefly a few months ago, but I felt like I was focusing of food too much.

Amy - what works for me with a stress headache is - heating pad on back of neck, ice on forehead. Hope you find some relief!

OK, gotta go - quick drive by today I guess!

Good Morning!!

Good luck to our college ladies on their finals!

Nicole - Sorry about Maggie...what is going on with all the sad pet losses...it's scaring me.

Dan - I completely understand your stepdad thing, I have the same situation. They have been married 15 years now, and he is great, but he's not Dad.

I slipped up last week and let myself have a few too many cheats, so I didn't lose any weight, but I didn't gain either. I think I've got my head together again and set on losing this week.

Katie, I had a scalp massage once with lavender oil, and it was the most soothing relaxing thing ever.

Amy, I know you are tense, but just lay down and do some deep breathing and try to relax your whole body. I have a thing that goes in the microwave and heats up that you wrap around your neck that helps relax the neck muscles. You might try warming up a small damp towel in the microwave and wrapping it around your neck, since for me tensness in the neck muscles contributes a great deal to my headaches. Your finals will be over soon, so try to not get too stressed out, take good care of your body and soul, and you will do better on your exams anyway. Taking a few minutes out to relax is only going to help.

Dan, It is hard to avoid the cake when it is a family birthday. Have some safe travels, and be careful out there if there is a fire.

Kelly, My weekend was not the best. I actually underate on Saturday (fell asleep with no dinner). Then made up for it in Sunday. There will be times when you are less than perfect. Just get back on plan, and it will be a memory in no time and you will hit your 100 pound goal. The biggest part of success is to keep working on it!

Nicole, 20 days! Yikes. Time flies.

I'm finally less stressed. Got my DD moved into her condo. I feel really good about that, as I really disliked the place she was living before, so I feel she is in a really safe place now. I better run... got a meeting to attend.

Just an FYI, if you decide to print Debbies cookbook its 339 pages! LOL I didnt even check before I hit print, ack!!! Its all printed now though and I just gotta find a notebook big enough to hold it all!

:lol: Kim........good luck with that notebook!

Amy.........what Barbara said about the thingy that goes in the microwave.......you can make your own. Just steal one of DBF's long socks......fill it with uncooked rice.....and tie or rubberband the end tight. Pop it in the microwave for 2 minutes.......and you are set!!! I use mine on my neck all the time. It stays hot for a long time. My cousin had one a long time ago, and it was called a bed buddy :) Here is a link if you would rather purchase one :)
http://www.amazon.com/Carex-Bed-Budd...0008461&sr=8-1

Hi Katie :) I knew you would have great ideas!!!

And Barbara........the scalp massage sounds WONDERFUL!!!!

Hi Debbie :)
XOXO

Nichole - Just an FYI, most babies these days come early for the Dr's convenience so I wouldn't get too comfy in the 20 day span you have planned out. You better get it in gear and plan on maybe 14 days. I am also so sorry about your Maggie Mae. We have a Maggie and she is a Black Lab.

Kim - No other progress on the house. The foundation is done, block is laid. But is the Septic tank finished you ask? NO! OMG the only comfort I am having with that is I don't have to write that Big check until it is. On a down side, the other building materials are going up, up, up. But I'm not worried. God knows my needs.

I am slowly getting back on track. I did add the Luna Bars back and that has helped, but I just don't know what happened Saturday. I can't even talk about it. Talk about binge eating. I have learned what my new weaknesses are and am trying to adjust to them. And by new I mean the ones that are on plan but just not the whole box type thing. I am also trying to eat Cantelope for my fruit to see if that will help with the WL.

Lets make good choices this week people.

Yeah I had tough weekend as well. I didn't have hardly anything to eat saturday I was sooo busy! Working, moving furniture, working again. By the time we went out I was starving so of course we got a pizza. I had 3 pieces! What? I haven't had that many pieces of pizza since I started LA. Needless to say I was over by 4 starches that day. And had like 1 veggie and 1 protien. Yeah. I felt so bad Sunday. I keep telling my self I can't beat my self up but it's so hard not to!
Hope you all have a great day! Stay pop!

hey everyone,
just checking in..got a busy week ahead of me..not really looking forward to it. anyways..i'm down a couple more pounds, so that's good.
still trying to get back into my usual workout routine, but it's been slow going.

Nicole- I wanted to add that I was so sorry to hear about Maggie Mae. It is so tough to lose them, that is for sure.

Julie - What type of veggie burgers? Don't give up first try - I tried the Boca and hated them, but I LOVE the Garden burgers :)

I love the Morning star veggie burgers! Hated boca!

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thanks for the recipes

It's not that I don't like veggie burgers, but since they changed the plans, the servings went from two burgers down to one, and that didn't seem like much to me. I've always had the Boca ones, but GardenBurgers were on sale yesterday. I'll try them, I can always smother them with horseradish or something. As far as veggie hotdogs, no way am I ever having them again.

Hey everyone,

I will try my best to catch up at least on this thread by tomorrow. I got back Thursday mid afternoon from my trip and today is the first day I was not jet lagged. I had a great trip and tried to eat as best I could. I don't think I had one day completely on plan. But I guess that is how vacation goes especially in a foreign country. I did get exercise in though. Well, I at least hit the gym twice. One of those was at 4:30 in the morning. I couldn't sleep so figured I should go ahead and get exercise out of the way. I had a great time. The people in Malaysia were super nice. I went and weighed in for the first time in a little over two weeks. I was up 1.8 lbs. I will definitely take it. I am not so sure that it still doesn't have something to do with water retention from trip and TOM. Well, at least I have proved to myself that I can do this for a lifetime. So, I am at it again today. I am doing TO today and tomorrow because I have been off plan for over two weeks and wanted to get back in the swing of things. My center didn't even try to sell my the juice. They just said go back on plan and if no lose by Wednesday we could do the juice. I plan on having a lose. Well, I better go finish laundry DH leaves again in the morning. Oh what fun.

Everyone have a great afternoon and night and I am glad to be back on here.

Hi Dionne, welcome home!!!!

GOOD AFTERNOON,here.:carrot:

Kim........your pics WOW looIin goood girl :D

WELCOME DIONNE

Ferr........ Glas to see your back
JLem............. Great loss

I have a weigh in on wed or thurs I have been eating on plan so ther should be a loss o of some kind

Take care everyone
Roma

i just wanted to post quick to see if everyone's had a chance to check out my webpage (link in my signature) for my upcoming Walk that i'm trying to raise money for..it's such a great organization! :)
thanks everyone!

Hi gang!

Nicole- very sorry to hear about your furbaby! I hope you and the family are doing better!

Amy- GOOD LUCK with the rest of your finals. I know how tension and stress can effect your body, so I hope you are taking care of yourself. Breathing and getting enough sleep is what works for me with the headaches. The rice/sock thing feels really good too!

I am so ready to be back on track it's not even funny. I had horrible "celebratory" weekend after my last final and I am left feeling bloated and disgusting. I've had a good day today and I'm ready to get back on a roll!

I do need to update my ticker....I've gained about 8-10lbs! I have been avoiding the scale like nobody's business!

Goal for the week: POP and excercise every DAY!

Hooray.........Amylou!!! I have been avoiding the sclae too. Wanna WI in the a.m.? I might be too scared......but who knows :) Good to see you :)

And you too, Dionne :)

Ok, to bed I go......
XOXO

And wow.....Jillian.........every week a loss for you, for so many weeks now :) WTG!!!!
XOXO

Good Tuesday Morning All!. O.K. I was POP on Monday, now for the rest of the week. Just got to try to add some exercise in.

;)"Sclae" will end up in a dictionary somewhere, I can see it now.

Dionne!!! Nice to "see" you!

AmyLou-Woooo hooo finals are over, I know that feels great!:carrot:

Roma-Thank you. I admit it does feel good to look in the mirror and like what I see looking back, ok for the most part! LOL There are still a few things I would tighten up if I could afford it!

:hug:Good morning Amy and Jillian and Katie and Nicole and Numba One Kim!!!

:hug:Morning everyone!!!!

Morning!

Nicole- I just w/i after bfast and it was NOT good. I have time before my hair appt to do a DVD workout so I'm puttin my shoes on right now.

I graduate Sat and am determined to lose this puffy/bloated look so that I can rock the pictures all day! I'm wearing a new black dress that fit just right when I bought it last month---I'm kinda nervous to put it on now!!

I KNOW I can do this. I have a lunch date today, but I've already looked up the menu to make sure there are some on plan foods.

I hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday! I'll be back later to check in with everyone!

Mornin' all!

Jillian.. Good luck with the event. I'm sure you'll raise the funds in no time!

Amy - Congrats on the graduation! Drink plenty of water and take some beano with your meals to avoid any gas build up that could affect the pictures!

Can someone tell me what the veggie burgers taste like? I have looked at them a few times, but haven't take the plunge just yet. It would be good if they counted as a Veg. LOL Just wondering.

Day 2 of TO is going ok so far. I'm supposed to go WI tomorrow, just in time for stupid TOM!:tantrum: I'll be guzzling HLW tonight. It'll tick me off if I have a gain after doing TO! LOL Somebody please convince me that chocolate tastes like dirt! :rofl: