Tyla - this is how I feel. I'm only sad that we don't get many kids on my street. I feel good about resisting Halloween candy in the stores, I'm having trouble resisting the Halloween decorations. And Halloween clothes. I was this close to buying some glitter-and-zombie themed t-shirt the other day when I walked into a store for painting supplies and temporary window coverings.

Though when I do get around to buying Halloween candy, I will keep it in my trunk until trick or treat night. (This, around here, is never ACTUALLY on Halloween, for reasons that remain unknown.)

By the way, I have a weakness for nuts, too. They might be healthy, but they cannot be in my house.

Snow - I do an offplan meal at least once a week. Sometimes more if there is an occasion. That doesn't mean PACMAN WHATEVER I WANT these days, but just worrying less about things. It's nice and helps me feel normal. I have a long way to go, so feeling normal is good.

Lishar - I am sure you will get a woosh soon!

It is still warm here, even hot, really, but it is FEREEZING COLD in my office. I hate that part of this time of year.

I found some Brie de Mieux on sale at the grocery store last night and so adjusted dinner plans to have some brie and salad. I still eat cheese but have not had brie in months. It was nice, but also dangerous.

Right now I am feeling good about my weight loss for the month, and this weekend will be good but I'll have some challenges in the weekends thereafter.

Thankst o all for the welcome!

id like in on this if its not toooo late? id like to lose 10 lb by halloween!

No woosh today. So just keeping on plan. I am trying to stay strong and WI once a week.

Hi Everyone!

Lishar, thanks for the advice on eating less calories the next week. I'm trying that this week. I have to, because I gained 2 lbs!

Julia, welcome!

mnemosyne,, wow, you sound really creative! There's nothing wrong with buying decorations. You should see my house! The kids are one thing, but these are to make me feel good! :

Sno, glad you found diet Fanta!

Hi all!

things are going well here--down another pound! had a flu shot today.

not much else to report--glad you all are doing well!

sno

tyla - hah. I'm not creative. The painting supplies are for my walls. I WISH I were a painter for real; though maybe I should just decide to become one, like grandma moses. I started a project to paint my living room and dining room over labor day weekend. I managed... to get the dining room done. This weekend I worked on the living room and got, uhm, some stuff done.

The house is old, and I have to repair the trim and wash (and wash, and wash) the walls, and sort out my books and other assorted items. But I am pleased with how it is coming along. The dining room is an aqua-y blue, while the living room is going green. My house is TINY so the supplies are jumbling up my kitchen, but I'm pleased that I've managed to stay on plan (which requires a reasonable amount of food prep for me) in the midst of this. And, well, I confess I would not have been able to manage the constant work, ladder climbing, and overhead work at my old weight.

I had a migraine on Sat, too. Resisted the Taco Bell urge (seriously: when I get migraines, I feel nauseated but I have the strangest conviction that eating something filling and kinda fatty will make me feel better. Maybe because mine feel like hangovers, where getting something in your stomach makes you better?) - took some Advil, and was better by mid to late afternoon. I'm pleased that I handled it without devouring something awful. (Though there's not much unhealthy food in my house, I did have a container of specialty ice cream I was taking for dessert to Sunday dinner.)

I am doing well. Dropped about three pounds last week, holding steady this week.

Oh, Sno, if you like diet Fanta, have you tried Diet Stewart's Orange and Cream soda? Delicious. Not certain if it is distributed in California or not - it was one of those local things, like Ale-8 in Kentucky, the stores are here in town - but the brand was acquired by some other corporation at some point and whatever. Point is: it is delicious.

I also have a thing for this Diet Coco Rico, this coconut soda, but I can only get that occasionally.

Have a good week, everyone!

Hi all:

just added up the days to see what we have to work with--plenty of time but it goes fast! I am going out of town to visit my folks tomorrow for 4 days. I usually eat a lot when I visit them--I am determined to keep it together and maintain.

Mnemosyne: wow those diet sodas sound good--I will have to keep an eye out for them--I think I have seen the orange cream soda but not sure if it is diet or not.

Julia: welcome--10 lbs by halloween! wow. good luck with that--if you are just starting it could probably happen--any longer term goals?

cheers all!

sno

mnemosyne, wow, what you're doing sounds like quite a project! Kudos to you for doing this alone! I've painted before, but it was with my husband. And I know, with all the supplies and floor coverings, what a mess it can be. Good luck to you on finishing the rest! And congrats on your weight loss!

Sno,, good luck at your folks' house. Hope you can get through 4 days without overeating. Sorry I stopped counting. When I went over last week, I felt like I I broke my streak. But I've been good since then.

Just finished exercising, so I know I'm back to my normal routine. Have been good for the last several days. However, I am a bit under the weather.

i know it seems like a LOT, lol. why not set your sites high though? even if i dont make it, that goal will help motivate me to work like nuts until then!

down 2.5 lbs from last post on this thread. 7.5 to go!! my longer term goal is 31 lbs (from my weight in august, sooooo 22 lbs from current weight) by the end of the year!


EDIT - ALSO, im an idiot. i meant 10 lbs by THANKSGIVING, not halloween.

Sno, good luck staying OP while at your folks! There's no place like home, but

Tyla, hope your feeling of being under the weather goes away quickly.

Mnemosyne, congrats on the 3 lb loss! Wow, painting - seems like getting ready to do it & cleaning up after takes more time than the actual painting! It's a workout, too. I admire your ambition!

Julia,

I smiled at this - I had wondered about this too! But good luck whatever holiday you use!

Lishar, how's your daughter doing these days?

I'm hanging in there. (Am I the only one who spends more work-out time at the gym when there's something interesting on the TV there?!! That is so wrong!)

[QUOTE=Mountain Mamma;4473618]Sno, good luck staying OP while at your folks! There's no place like home, but

Mama: I love this! I will keep your little finger shaking in mind when I am tempted! Ha ha--I used to stay longer on the exercise bike whne I was reading something I couldnt put down. now I just take classes.

tyla: congrats on getting back on track--that is so important. way more important than a slip up.

julia; tee hee--yes I was trying to be supportive but 10 by halloween seemed a bit. . . scary!

well I am down 2 lbs again for the week--I love it! now I am at 22 down.

getting ready to go and will talk to you all when I come back.

cheers

sno

dont get me wrong, if i lose 10 lbs by halloween i will do a naked happy dance in my living room, haha.

that seems like an AWFULLY lofty goal! im hoping to lose 10 lbs by thanksgiving, and then another 10 by NYE, which still feels like a lofty goal!

Hello Ladies. I have been laying low here. I am at a plateau right now. The same 2-3lbs up and down. Keeping on plan and hoping this too will pass and I can get on with loosing weight.

I will check back later to be more personal. I have to make dinner and DH lunch (he works nights). Then off to the Y to lift. I did not go yesterday so walked my stairs again last night. I am proud I did 100 up/down in 45min. This is so much better than a week ago when I was only able to do 40 in 20min.

Mamma, I'm on antibiotics now, so I'm feeling better. Exhausted, though. You're too funny... Going to the gym because there's a good show on. Hey, whatever gets you there! Great motivation!

Sno, congrats on another 2 lbs down!!

Julia, Good luck on the 10-pound goal! You can do it!!

Lishar, good job on the exercise at home yesterday! Stay off the scale for a while. I have to.

Tomorrow my hubby and I are going out to dinner with friends. Going to do my best to stay within my range. I keep working at being good and exercising, but I'm still afraid to get on the scale. Don't want to break my momentum.

I was over my plan last night. My parents took us out to dinner. I had such yummy food. Hungarian mushroom soup and butternut squash ravioli with hazelnuts. I don't feel too bad. Only 300 over and I will be better today.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.