WOW that's all I can say right now... bless your heart & your family

Morning Girls, sorry I have been MIA …just not feeling it lately …my food is not good, and getting ready to go on vacation …have gained about 4-5lbs back and am just trying to maintain until vac is over …I plan on coming back and starting back in on my next 40lbs off ….so trying not to get down but look towards the future, haha …

The problem with my body is that someone else can go off plan for a few weeks and maybe gain 2-3 ….I go off plan for a few weeks and I gain 10 …and I don’t know why, I guess the insulin issues …but it's just crazy

Susie – GOOD FOR YOU for telling us your weight …it is what it is huh? And no none of us would EVER judge you or think anything about a number …you aren’t a number, you are a great person and friend.

Dee – nope not on vacation yet …but getting close !!

Spunkygal – so glad to hear that your dh is well now and he was able to get into remission…

Hope you all are doing better than me …I had a healthy breakfast but then someone brought in cookies and I went over and had two. Carri , Carri, Carri

Later gals.

Satine : THAT'S the spirit & I will certainly join you full throttle !

Good morning girls ….still hanging in there …did great all day yesterday and then went home starving and ate half a bag of sour cream and onion chips….I had waited too long to eat and just grabbed the first thing I saw, and dh wasn’t home to see me ( closet eater ) so I just sat and munched on chips till he got home…then I made a decent dinner and wasn’t that hungry for it due to all the chips, haha

Going to get my hair cut today and highlighted ….my real color is a darker blonde but I like it a little lighter so I just get some highlights…and I will probably cut 6 inches off or more…it's pretty long right now …but I always let it get really long then cut it off, then really long again and cut it off…so getting off work early for that, nice to have a shorter day…I just don’t like to sit there that long and smell the fumes, I get antsy …that would be why I don’t go that often

How are the rest of you doing?

Spunky – I didn’t realize you had copied my response and posted to it, I was reading it and thought this sounds familiar – we are having the same issues right now, haha …then I realized it was my words, lol …

Hi Susie, Dee, and Mel

Wow, are we having an Indian Summer or what ? It might get to 80 today !!! Been high 70’s for a couple of days….but then true to Indiana form we are gonna be in the 40’s and low 50’s for the weekend…no wonder I have sinus issues and headaches so much this time of year …back and forth, back and forth.

I got a challenge for my myself ( and would love for you girls to join ) called the Holiday Challenge …clever huh, took me a while to come up with that one lol …anyway EVERY year I start eating like a pig from Halloween candy on thru New Years Eve, and EVERY year I gain about 20lbs during that time…and EVERY year I say I am not gonna do it the next year but I do …and this year I DON’T WANT TO DO IT TO MYSELF !!!!!!! Obviously there are a few freebie days built in ( Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc ) …
So when I get back from vacation I start back in serious and stay on thru the holidays except for the actual holiday ( and probably Christmas Eve, my family’s Christmas ).
Who’s with me ????????????????????????

Have a great day everyone !!!!

Food 10/23/12
Breakfast: one slice toast, 2 smoky sausage links
Lunch: frozen meal ( bbq chicken and potatoes ), one pudding cup
Snack – greek yogurt
Dinner – half bag of sour cream and onion chips, some shredded beef and mac n cheese
Snack – more chips !

I am here! I had such a hard time getting to the page yesterday. I usually try to take at least 15 min, eat something and come check up with your girls during my lunch time.

The posts a wonderful! I'm so excited to be with you all on this journey.

Dee: New counter tops!!!!!! How exciting! Thanks for the info on the wide calf boots...I will look into them but next year I won't have to!

Your DH's Holiday party sounds so nice. I used to work for a small company and we had a big formal party every year that I planned...and I always wore a fabulous dress!!!

Carri: You made me cry....happy tears....when you said I am more than a number and I am a great person and a friend.

Getting your hair done is going to make you feel so much better! and going on vacation will help you reset your mind and spirit.

I laughed when I read the chip story...I have had that story be mine way to many times!

I LOVE your challenge and want to get in on it. When do we start?

Spunky: Is your name LeeAnn? My friend delivered a very healthy 6 lb 4 oz baby boy. He is doing great for being 4 weeks early. Thank you for your kind thoughts for them.

Ok..forgot to weigh last night and this morning but yesterday morning the scale said 291.2

Back to work for me. I'll check in tomorrow.

Oh..we are going to a wedding in PA this weekend if I forget to tell you all. So, I'll be MIA on Friday-Monday.

Yes & that's good news 4 wks early can go either way. Have a good time @ the wedding & a small bite of cake for me ...I LOVE CAKE !

Lee Anne

LOL LOL LOL !

& YES ME.... ME..... ME..... I AM WITH YOU I need this soooo bad . I was an X-LG in a uniform & can now fit a LG but want a MD will not buy new ones till I feel decent in MD.

Okay Ladies, so our Holiday Challenge starts Monday 11/12 ( I will be back from vac by then )…we will encourage each other and try and stay strong thru the holidays to not gain weight…I am excited that we are all on board !!!! As I said we will have a couple of days off but that won't hurt us if we stay strong all the other days !

I am sitting here typing this eating a handful of M&M’s….so I need this challenge …

Susie – aww, I am glad it made you happy …it’s all true. The hair turned out good, my neck hurts today after having to keep my head in one position for an hour and a half, haha …but I like it …I cut off about 6-7 inches and it really needed it…
Yes, the chip thing almost happened again last night since I came home from getting my hair done and I was ravenous …

I think I will come back from vac refreshed and ready to get off another 35-40lbs …I honestly have gained back about 5-6 so now I am back over 200…and it makes me sad but I am pushing on , my head is in a funk right now ….and also because I am on my TOM ….which is making me moody, crampy, and I have had a headache for three days now ….can’t wait till it is over this weekend !!!

Lee Anne – yay for our challenge !! I know we can do this !!!!

Hi Dee and Mel !!!

Even though I am doing bad I will still post my food because I think it helps me look at what I am eating and acknowledge the calories …

Food 10/24/12
Breakfast: one slice toast, 2 smoky links
Lunch: split fried rice entrée with my brother at Chinese place, one eggroll
Snack: nothing
Dinner: 3 slices pizza, handful of chips
Snack: 2 halloween mini twix bars

Have a good day ladies

Hey There

Got back from tops late today, I was 143 lbs today, last week I was 144 lbs, then 142 lbs the week prior; I am a human Yo-Yo since Jan. 2012. Going from my original goal of 145 lbs to my new 141 lb goal I set last winter is irritating. Some girls @ my tops club tell me to just b happy w my 145 lb goal that I reached in 2007; until I can get to 141 lbs & maintain that 141#, for 8 weeks w/o gaining & then change it......It took me 1 year to loose that 28 pounds going from 173 lbs down to 145 lbs & I've kept it off almost 5 years;but in my tops club there r women that have lost over 50 lbs in a year, making me sometimes feel like a lazy elephant for fighting w these final 4 lbs I want to loose & b @ 141 lbs again. I'm a 36" DD cup & my doc said breast fat can b difficult to loose for some of us, well my belly-fat quickly disappeared & I have a flat tummy & a small booty, my hormones chose to save all my fat in my breasts Before I got fat I was a 36" C & 137 lbs 7 yrs ago, she was right...hormones r crazy. But I'm not ready to give up on my 141 lbs yet...not until March 2013 my b-day month.

I soo understand everyone wanting to hit their goals & b up & down especially since I won't diet & lost my pounds from: eating smarter/better food choices @ home & restaraunts, subbing ingredients like applesauce instead of fat & egg whites w 1 whole egg or eating only 1 serving size instead of 2.

Carri Let's Do IT...I'm IN, I'm ready for weekly physical goal challenges...Soo your Holiday weekly Challenge will Make 'me' put 'Myself' on my day-planner 5 times a week to tone-up & build stronger muscles I eat chips too, but Susie reminded me last winter to time myself as she was doing w dessert. I'm doing that w my chip habit, set a timer & then put'em away.... Have a VERY safe vaca, we'll b happy to hear about it & when U get back, U can Give us our 1st weekly Challenge goal to do & then each of us can 'name the following weekly challenge goal to reach

Susie, did U hire a new chef after yours left? How's she doing & your dh? Sounds like such a wonderful weekend, U really have lots of showers & weddings to go to, your always on the go somewhere every weekend (I'd eat the frosting & leave the cake ) I choose my sweets cautiously, thinking about how much walking I'd have to do, to burn-off those cals/fat from a 1 minute bite.

Lee Anne, you have such a wonderful career being a nurse; U have the inside track on good health

on 10/22/2012 re: {I've done so many things & visited states, but I still haven't been to NY & seen a Broadway show or climbed the Statue of Liberty/Empire State Building Have any of u girls & what shows did u see? When I win the lottery I'll take us all there & have a girls--weekend so we neeeed to get into great shape to walk-up all those stair-steps } What's your answer girls

no Candy-Coating these Facts: I Do Understand I am a adult & I Am in Charge of What goes into My mouth, belly, ateries. I can B ignorant & eat bad...OR eat by using my Brain & care & Live verryyy Happy.... Success in Life is earned by educating ourselves & following through w what we know....Each of you have proven that w your 'daily careers'; so its just a matter of 'Flipping' our eating & activity Weakness's from being the classroom failures into being the New 'classroom Honor Students' @ our goal weights w all this Knowlege we have

Life....Enjoy it without any Regrets that are in your Power to Change....B satisfyed...or...Fix It..&..B Happy....no Self-pity....no Shame....Because it's MY Choice & NOBODY else can Force me eat that candy bar or fried foods....Nobody is Hitting me forcing me to Eat: more than 1 serving of foods & fried foods & artery-clogging junk

MY Body ~ My Choice ~ My Health ~ My Happiness I Care

Take Care DeeDee

1st YEAH for your loss ! actually I'm a CNA (certified nurse asst) in the NICU but very good @ what I do if I say so myself. You would be amazed how many overweight people there are in the medical field (high stress) & people thank us with food allll the time. We are greatfull BUT there is always something yummy fattening in the breakroom.


Good Morning ladies I'm back down to 197 this week...I need to get a serious grip on things

Morning All

Lee Anne on back down to 197 this week
re: >> there is always something yummy fattening in the breakroom. I need to get a serious grip on things. <<
U CAN do It I know that simply means having an Emergency Snack ready in your breakroom for u/or in your pocket for those times; co-workers will probably follow your new healthy routine . Just plan it as if u were a diabetic or another disease/illness.

Being 'overweight' is not considered a disease; but 'obesity actually is'. So it would b nice if like the public would recognize the problems that obesity causes, but instead most of our society looks @ us like we r ignorant & lazy. Obesity affects our entire body system putting stress on everything & most people don't stop their 'stupid eating habits' or 'lack of a activity routine' until he/she is diagnosed w a critical illness/disease; so I applaud this website 3FC w its educational chapters & WW & other proven sites w registered dieticians like zonya.com.

I care about everyone that is Working to get a Healthier body Excuses r okay for Ill or legitimately handicapped people, but they even do chair-exercise to keep their precious hearts ticking. We can each cardio-walk 30 minutes daily, ya know we sleep for +5 hours for rest, so 30 minutes of cardio-walking after supper for our bod's is a cinch. Take your doggy/hubby/kitty for a 30 minute walk I've said many times that Susie is inspiring w her 5K training, whether she does it once a week or more, she Luvs her body & life enough to work those legs & her heart/lungs

to everyone. DeeDee

I am home from our wedding weekend in PA! We had a good time and I did very well with my food and overeating. Also, took a walking tour of Philly and saw The Liberty Bell and Independance Hall.

At the wedding you KNOW I danced and danced and danced..and then my knee hurt me all day yesterday but we were in the car all day (well...9 hrs) and so I iced it off and on.

I took the day off from work and so did DH and we are getting things done at home, grocery shopping (I think we are making chili this week) and getting ready to go back to work tomorrow. Tomorrow is our trick or treat night and I need to carve my pumpkins today as well.

I had a small loss a .25 lbs at TOPS on Thursday.

Dee: Concerning you winning the lottery and taking us all to NY and we can climb the Empire State building...I am ready to train for it! I actually was thinking about making this a part of my exercise program in 2013 and start using the stair climber machine.

Maybe after we finish with Carri's Holiday challenge for us we can start a stair climbing challenge. I'm sure that we have access to stairs somewhere?

You asked about my chef. No I haven't hired anyone. I have just been dealing with it since she left. It's hard sometimes but I try and cook something on Sunday that can be a leftover on Monday or Tuesday and then eithier on Monday or Tuesday fixt something that can be left over on Wed.

I will most likely keep to this until she comes home in May 2013. It is hard to find someone that I trust coming in and out of my home. I so wish you lived close to me; I would hire you in a minute.

Carri: I can't remember when you are leaving for vacation..but when you go have fun!!!!! And thanks for coming up with our challenge that will start on November 12.

Spunky: yea for you being back to 197.....now...hold on tight to that "grip"...you can do it!

I have a 5k on Saturday. It is to benefit Matthew 25 ministries. This will be a big race with a lot of people participating. I haven't really trained like I would for a upcoming race so my goal is to just do it under 1 hr.

My last 5k for this year will be Nov 22 (yep..Thanksgiving morning). It will be 1 yr that I started doing 5k's. After that one is done, I'm going to see make a appointment to see if I can figure out what is going on with my knee. I wll not consider surgery at this point but I want to get it looked at and see what sort of other course we can do to help it from hurting and swelling when I use it a lot.

In 2013 I want to do at least sic 5k's and I want to get started on the stair climbing traning/challenge. Also in Cincinnati every year in May there is a big race called The Flying Pig. They do all sorts of races during that event weekend which includes a full marathon. No way am I ready for that! BUT, I am thinking about doing the 10K race for that one. The only way I can do that is to be 40 lbs lighter by May 2013 and that only happens if I start now!

Ok...my "break" time is over..better get back to getting done what I need done.

Afternoon Girls !!! I haven't left for vacation yet but when I do ( don't like to post those kind of things online, safety reasons ), I will still get on here and post off and on like normal ...I should have time.

YAY for our challenge starting 11/12 and yes Susie I would be up for a stairs challenge after our holiday challenge ...we need challenge after challenge to keep us always working.

Susie - glad you had fun at the wedding, I love to dance too ...but I usually make a fool of myself haha ...and a loss of ANY amt is better than my last two week gains ....so be happy about it !!! Good luck with the 5k, sounds fun...and the weather should be nice and cool for it.

Dee - you always have such great advice, and its not sugar coated which I like...I need that kick in the butt once in a while...so again thanks...and a big congrats to you for keeping your weight off for 5 years !!! Don't be down about those last few pounds, you have done an amazing job ...maintaining is the hardest part, and look how long you have done it?

Spunky - great job on getting back down to 197 ...and now we move forward !!!

Not much going on here, waiting for hurricane Sandy's wind to get here ...even though we are in Indiana we have a wind advisory from 5pm till 8pm tomorrow for it ...the wind is crazy right now....just glad I am not in the thick of it on the east coast ...hope everyone stays safe. We have friends in VA that I am worried about.

I didn't sleep well last night, never do on Sunday nights...think its because I sleep in sunday mornings and then know I have to get up early on Monday, too much pressure, haha ...so I am tired and ready to go home for the day !!!

Halloween is in two days ... boo !!!!! Do you guys get a lot of trick or treaters in your area's? We actually always leave the house during it, go out to eat or something ...

See ya !!

Hey Lady's,

Hurricane Sandy is here in Va lots of cold wind & heavy rain. We are about 150 mi north west of Va beach. It will pass & all will be fine .


For some reason I want to eat today not stressed.... the storm is no big deal to me . I think cause its cold & rainy I tried not to sleep too much today either. I'm a hibernater in the winter anyway, as long as I don't have to go out in the cold it can do whatever it wants. I do REFUSE to gain my weight back just because it's cold outside. I got a bright idea today I'm gonna try to lose this weight 25 lbs @ a time. I did the 1st 25 & have 3 more times to make it to my goal.

Not too many trick or treaters here they have a party @ the club house. I live in an older community so not really too many kids either. So what mind games do you have to do to make your eating plan work for you & not eat all the Halloween candy if you buy it ?

Stay safe warm & dry everyone

Morning Ladies …………HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Yes Dee, if we are home we get A LOT of trick or treaters …we have 800 homes in the 5 adjoining neighborhoods….but we never stay home for them…our dog just goes crazy every time the door bell gets rung or the door gets knocked on, so it becomes a real pain in the butt …by the end of the night he is in full blown anxiety over it …so just not worth it …plus we don’t have kids so doesn’t really do much for us …we normally go out to eat or go hang with friends for dinner ( like we are doing tonight ) until the trick or treating hours are over.

And since when does no one follow the “porch light is off so not trick or treating” rule ? Last year I tried to stay home and just left my porch light off and damned if they didn’t come up anyway like every five minutes …geez people, lol …

Leanne – glad to hear you are safe from Sandy, I watched the news and I can’t believe how much destruction and damage there was…poor people…

Have a good Halloween all !!!!!