Hi everyone! :wave:

Jennifer-maybe you should start a "combo" forum :lol:

Nikkic- painting is a real drag but the results are worth it. Is DH going to make you paint the shed too? ;)

Aleka-hope you had fun on your shopping/lunch spree! Nothing like just hanging out with a good friend for the day.

AnneD-good luck with the shoe shopping :)

I am exhausted:yawn: I came home from work with a load of veggies and spent the evening blanching and freezing them.
I am looking forward to this 3 day weekend.

night,
Mauvais

Good morning!
I finished the garage last night, after getting my second wind. DH is doing the shed today. I like to paint really. It's kind of like a Zen experience. I feel like I'm meditating after awhile, all I think about is painting and it makes me feel relaxed. Except when the paint falls over, or I'm getting bite by a million bugs like last night. I really would prefer DH not helping. He hates to paint and it shows. I'm not that big of a perfectionist, but he just doesn't do a good job. There's runs and globs of paint everywhere. I must sound like a :censored:. I think sometimes he is kind of immature about it. Like he was a little boy and forced by his dad to paint, so he doesn't do a good job. Nobody's forcing him now, but he still doesn't understand he's got to do a good job for himself now.
That made me think about myself and my relationship with food. I wonder if maybe I'm becoming more adult about it. Rather than using it for comfort and to make myself feel better. That is what infants do. I'm starting to see food as necessary to make my body have energy and to give it what it needs to make new cells and to heal itself. I'm making better choices and keeping myself undercontrol. I don't even feel deprived when DH has a malt from DQ. I have a little cream and I'm happy because I know it's good for me. Looks like I'm way to philosophical for this time of day. :halffull: I must have painted too much.:lol:
I did the abdoer and the gazelle this morning. I feel so much better afterwards. My muscles were so tight before and now I'm all limbered up and ready to go. :dance:
We're going to a craft fair over at the Bridges of Madison County tomorrow. It's a really big show, lots of stuff to see and buy. A big car show for DH to look at too.
Should we call our group Lowcarb Freestyle? (I saw freestyle on the Gazelle this morning and thought about us.:dizzy: ) Just a thought, anybody else?
Later, Nikki

Hi Everyone:

I got through my mothers birthday ok yesterday. I ate jello
and whipped cream instead of cake.

I a disgusted though, I have been the same weight for
three long weeks!:rolleyes: The only thing I can think of
is I have really slacked off on my water consumption. Do
you guys think that really would make a difference?

I went grocery shopping with one of my 12 year old sons
yesterday, picked up a pumpkin pie for thanksgiving and
put it in the cart. I looked at Sean and seen his long face,
I said whats wrong? He replied aren't you going to make the pie
this year? Talk about feeling guilty! When I'm not eating the
good stuff I lose interest in making it too!:nono:

Nikkic, lowcarb freestyle works for me!:lol:

Hi Aleka! , Hi Mauvaisroux, Happy Thanksgiving!!! I'm not
going to cheat, (I hope):o

Anne.

Good morning,
 

We're supposed to have rain off and on for the next few days. It's not supposed to clear up until Mon., just in time for the summer people to leave.

Had a great shopping spree on Thurs. I bought 4 T/neck jerseys, 2 of them to wear with a suede vest I bought a couple of weeks ago, and 1 to wear with a sweater I bought a couple of weeks ago, plus a pair of denim, and black leggings. My GF had to go into a jewelry store and I saw 2 rings that I absolutely adored and tried them on. The salesperson wrote down the product nos. and their prices on her business card. When I got home I handed DH the card and said, "Here choose one and that's my Christmas gift." :s:

ANNE D, a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you mother.:hb: I'm glad that you had a good time at her party and that you stayed OP.
You have lost a lot of weight and your body may be resting for awhile. Maybe if you go into SS site and click on FAQ's I think she has reasons for stalling, and tips on how to get going again. You will eventually start losing again. When I did SSzing the first time, I stalled, but kept losing size. Maybe you are losing size instead. Have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING on Mon.:df:

nikkic, low carb freestyle works for me too!:flow2: Sometimes men can be like that with chores. You really have a wonderful attitude in regards to food. Yesterday DH & I went out to lunch and I had a bunless hamburger, I put the lettuce & tomato that they gave me, plus some bleu cheese dressing they give you on the side (that was awesome with the bleu cheese dressing on the hamburger:T ) and I was full just eating that. I wasn't hungry for dinner either.

mauvaisroux, hope you are having a relaxing weekend. I want to wish you a HAPPY THANKSGIVING on Monday.

Take care and have a great weekend everyone.

Hi,
Anne, I understand how your feeling. I do think that your body is just resting and your weight loss will start again in no time. I get so impatient, I keep eating really low carb, exercising and all. Then I get on the scale and nothing for so long. I have been seeing some results here the last few weeks and I'm thrilled. I've lost another pound this week. That's why I went to Atkins. He says that ss'ing is like his plan but you don't lose as fast ssi'ng due to the fact that you eat more carbs and higher starchy veggies. He thinks the food combining is ok, but not necessary. It is a lot stricter, but for me, it helps me to keep going. I think ultimately, it took me years to put all this weight on, so it will realistically take about 2 years to take it off. Unless I got my stomach stapled. I don't want to take it off too quickly, my skin is already saggy enough from gravity. Losing lots of weight fast would just give me lots of extra loose skin. So I think maybe, your body has to have a little time to fit into its new self, before it can start to get on with getting smaller. If your happy ss'ing, I just keep on doing it and you'll see results again before you know it.
Congrats on not eating cake and happy birthday to your mom! Boy kids can make you feel like a rat sometimes. I told my DD no dressing at Thanksgiving this year and she was so disappointed. So I said we'll see, but I don't think so.
Aleka, I am so envious of your shopping spree. :p I've got a bunch of new clothes I bought earlier this summer for fall. Now they are going to be too big. I love clothes and I've got so many things that I've worn once or some not at all. I don't know why, but I tend to just wear the same things over and over and save the new stuff "for good". Then after a few years of hanging there and never getting worn, I give them away. I must like the shopping more than anything.
How about starting a new thread on Monday and calling it Low Carb Freestyle? This thread is getting a little long and may give the wrong impression to anyone that is looking for ss'ing only.
Later, Nikki

Hi everyone! :wave:

I think that that is a great idea Nikki! Since all of us are doing combinations and/or freestyling instead of following a single plan then we should start a new thread.

So I am starting the Lowcarb freetyle-thread tonight. Great title Nikki! :D

Ruthxxx or Jennifer, would either of you please close the thread for us?

Consider it done.
 

Lots of free style Low Carbers out here!