Cathy I too am pondering my motivation and the fact that I am paying WW £4.75 (sorry don't know the excahnge rate into dollars) every week for what ??????

20lbs for Christmas I'll see you and match you.

Whether I go to classes or not I am going to lose more weight I am going to be healthy, I want it so I will get it, quite agree with the think thin

Have typed for ever on the UK thread, about my motivation or lack of it and feelings for ww and lack of exercise at the moment. Won't repeat it all here, but am seriously considering not going back to the classes and going it alone for a short while to see how I do. Am going to give it some serious consideration while I make some soup, but need to have made a decision before 9, when the 20th year anniversary programme of Taggart comes on the TV.

Well done on the jeans Col. I put on a pair of size 16s the other days and paraded round in them with Ray laughing as I couldn't bend or breathe, was a relief to take them off, not sure I flew round the room backwards

My work isn't very motivating either, but somethings have just got to be done, so I guess we will just keep going.

Terry shopping for Christmas already, some people are always so organised.

Am off to make that soup it won't do it itself, unfortunately

Hi Girls,

T..i was REALLY lazy on my 'me' day..i did'nt get dressed all day!!
and i did'nt exercise either that is'nt going to help is it? anyway i stuck to my guns this morning and walked 3.25mls before i came online thats the only thing that works for me! doing it first So far so good with eating have'nt got a clue what i'm having for dinner but i dug out some great recipes for desserts outta my collection One is called 'easy apple cake' it packs 210cals and 2g fat per serving and the other is 'apple and raisin strudel' 114cals and 2g fat per serving. Sounds delicious..apples.. pears..raisins..pecans or walnuts in phyllo pastry..Yummy..can't wait to try that one Can't make them today tho' unless i go out for a few of the ingredients..got most not all

Carol..if i can do it without attending meetings then so can you! I figured that the money i spent on getting "weighed" while i attended could have bought me a nice piece of exercise equipment thats why i quit going.

Hello ladies,

Just a note to pop in and say hi. Mid term tomorrow so I'm studying.

Colleen, great job on the jeans! NSV (non scale victories) rock don't they?

Carol, I know what you mean about lack of motivation at the WW meetings. I know you can do it from home...I did most of it at home with the help of you ladies and DH and family support. I joined for the initial 12 weeks to get all the materials and that was that. I thought perhaps if I changed meetings it would help...it didn't and the past 6 months have been at home for me. We're here for you 110%

Cathy, that goes for you too! You've always been one of my biggest cheer leaders and it means alot to me. You go girl!

Terry, glad that work is going well. Did I read that you were Christmas shopping already? I adore you. I always plan every year to start now and then procrastinate and wind up going mad the last two weeks before the 25th Sometimes I am my worst enemy.

Em, glad you made it back safe and sound. Hugs to you and those little ones.

Dahlia, Grandma G, Colleen, Meg, Lisa and all you others, a big hi from me.

I had to go get my new car registered today too. Boy it never gets any cheaper to keep a car on the road. They soaked me over $60 in August when I had to get my license renewed and now another $68.00 to transfer the plates. Sheesh what a racket. I got a new Saturn ION coupe. I love it, it's very me

Have a great night all.

Pam

Am feeling very motivated today, funny how a good rant gets it all out of your system. Am going to go it alone, without WW, not without all of you for a while and am determined to lose weight before Christmas, as the decorations are already in the shops that sounds scary.

Weigh in night will now be on a Wednesday to get away from the monday panic after the weekend blow out. Means my weight is going to go up tonight, my scales weigh a couple of pounds heavier than the weight watchers one, but it will only be for one week and then things will balance out - think that makes sense.

thanks for your support, I am going to be so much lighter come next summer (well before then too)

Morning Ladies

Pam has it gone up to $60 to renew a license? it was $40 last time i got mine anyway, count your blessings that you live here because the cost of driving in England is astronomical and i ain't joking! I'm sure Carol will tell you the same. Hope you enjoy your new Car

Carol..glad you made your decision and like i said put your W.W. money in a jar for Christmas it'll soon add up and even if you don't use it on the kids you can treat yourself to something snazzy in a smaller size

I hopped on my scale this morning (like i do every morning and everytime i go to the loo ) and its in a "can't make my mind up state of mind" got a different reading everytime i got on it so i'm not bothering with it for a bit. I watched Montel this morning and he was touting his book with his trainer..god is she built! and the first thing she said to do was throw away the scale i like her already she says its body fat % that matters not a number on a scale and she said that Montel weighs 200lbs but its all muscle and thats what counts not the fact that he's 200lbs! Think i'll look at the website. I did 3mls this morning its so much easier when i do it first and then come online and do other stuff later..think thats what worked for me last time i always did my workout first before breakfast or anything especially 'online time' BBL

Morning Ladies

Up before the birds this morning..can't stand listening to hubby snore anymore entertainment this morning is Marcus Welby M.D. featuring a very young James Brolin I've not exercised yet (3.45am ) that can wait till the suns up

May as well do some homework i.e. looking at websites..still got to look at the Bodychange one..think i'll do that now..BBL

Had my visit weigh in on my scales last night, was scary, weighed myself at 9pm, 2 hours later than the WW class and weighed in at 14 stone 9.25lbs. A gain of 3lbs loads of reasons for that though, different scales, ate adn drank all evening, used to stop eating at 3pm and not drink anything after 5pm when I went to WW (how stupid!!!), and of course it was nothing to do with the 2 packets of rolos I ate on Tuesday night while thinking about this whole weight thing (chocolate stimulates the brain).

Am going away next week, is all a bit of a last minute thing, Ray is off from Monday and we plan on heading North and taking ti as it comes. Will just need to watch what I eat and behave myself, no one can force me to eat pure rubbish or in my case drink all the wine.

Have just walked 1.5 miles, much faster than I have done for ages, nothign to do with the weather not be as nice, was even slightly out of breathe when I got back, only slightly.

Afternoon Ladies! Just a quick check in see how everyone is, and to say that I leave tomorrow at 8am for Florida -- between the zoloft and the xanax, who needs a plane to get there . I'll miss you guys and I will be back on Wednesday -- behave, especially, you Cathy! BTW, Cathy, have you ever taken Tylenol PM -- it works really well for me. Still takes awhile to fall asleep, but you stay asleep once you do.

Pam and Carol and Meg and Emily and Col and everyone -- take care, and, Carol, enjoy your trip!

Always, Terry

Good morninge everyone!
Terry- have a wonderful trip to Florida! My youngest sister is there right now "nannying" for her boss (she does payroll at some business)- anyway got a free trip out of it Tell her hi for me!

What a week I've had!! Why is PMS so tormenting to me??! Tons of negative self-talk and giving into ice-cream (w/peanut-butter and chocolate on top!), chocolate bars and Wendy's more than once this week. UGH and DOuble UGH. So frustrating because I know it's about choices and stopping my madness. Just why is it so hard to find that resolve sometimes??

I know what I have to do so am just venting here...don't mind me I guess it really does have to be one meal at a time- or even an hour at a time asking myself- "do I want/need this or do I want to be thin?!" I don't even want to be bone skinny anymore- Just below 200 would be a great start.

Anyway, sorry to wake you up with my whining this morning

On top of everything else our computer mouse is completely broken-well, I shouldn't say completely, because I have it apart and am using the little wheels to scroll around. Our computer is SOOOO messed up!! We had a portion of the hard drive fry so our optical mouse won't work and now this old serial mouse is about to bite it. Maybe I'll just head down and surprise Jim with a new computer for his birthday- he would LOVE me for that (not-hehe) Hopefully he can figure it out.

Well, I've been up since 5:45 so if I wasn't going to be cranky before (which I have been all week so not likely) I probably will be now- my poor kids. I'll try to get some caffiene in me and a paste a smile...

You guys all have a good day and I'll check back later if it doesn't take me an hour with that stupid mouse!! Now lets see if I can post this in a timely manner...

Good morning gals,

Emily, I'm just sending you the biggest hug right now. I know what you are talking about and it is a rotten cycle. Please take a deep breath and know that what you're going through is something we all battle. Like you said Sweetie, one meal at a time. If you make a bad choice, ackowledge it and move on to the next choice and make it a good one.

I would seriously like to reccomend a book that I've just finished reading. It's called "Thin for Life" by Anne Fletcher. In it she interviewed over 160 "master" about how they lost weight and kept it off. Some of these amazing people have lost over 200 lbs and kept it off for over a decade. The minimum criteria for this book was having lost I think 20 lbs. and kept it off for a minimum of 3 years. It's a wonderful book of people who have done it, made the lifestyle change and kept it off. Very empowering and encouraging. No matter where you are in your journey, it's a fantastic read.

Terry, I know you're gone already but hope you have an awesome trip.

Cat and Em, my fellow Canucks Have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.

Meg, Colleen, Dahlia, Granmda G, hi to you all and hope that things are well for you.

I better get back to work here. I wrote my midterm last night so at least I can enjoy the long weekend without that hanging over my head. I feel pretty confident about it so I'm not worrying about it.

Have a good day ladies,

Pam

Girls, it is with a sad and somber note that I ask that we observe a moment of silence for the loss of my boobs I had to go bra shopping and I'm sure you gals can relate to what a chore that can be. I knew they'd gotten smaller since my last excursion about a year ago or so but I had no idea just how obsolete they have become. Let's observe a moment of silence for the loss 2 inches and one more cup sizes (total of 3 lost in all) How is it possible to go from double alphabet letters to a size you wore in grade 9???? How is that fair??? *sigh* no wonder I was falling out of the bottom of my old one

Okay, I'm done mourning now. Thank you ladies for taking the time to read my pitiful tale of woe. Poor Erwin didn't quite know what to do when I came out of the dressing room with tears in my eyes...

I'm off to my parents tomorrow so I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Pam

ROFL Pam that is hilarious..and i must admit i'm looking forward to it IMMENSELY I would love to be a 'standard' 36B again I have so many pretty lacy 'sexy' bra's all waiting for my boobies to co-operate and 'get in there again' the only person who would be 'crying' for the loss of my "melons" would be my hubby!!

T..hope you are having a ball!

Carol..you too..have a great time.

Pam I dream of that day, I have gone down two dress sizes but only one bra size, can now just about fit into the next smallest size (UK 16) of jeans (notice the almost). But I still struggle with size 18 tops as the fitted styles at the moment mean they gape over the boobs. I have gone from a 42C to a 40C but please I just want to be a 38B so the nice tops will keep my dignity.

Am up off North tomorrow and am so looking orward to it, no definate plans, we will just stop were we end up

Morning Ladies

Hope you have a great time Carol

Well, Fall has arrived with a vengeance this morning Windy, rainy and misty in the valley it will be a snuggle up on the sofa and do nowt day..well, do the bare minimum but i've got to exercise (scived off yesterday) I went to the mall and bought an exercise ball (on sale, $5) don't know what i'll do with it mind there are a few exercises on the leaflet..should be fun trying those. When i inflated it yesterday i tried doing sit-ups on it but thats all..i'll see if i can find anything on the net. I once saw a Kathy Smith video in Walmart i may check that out

Cathy - I have an exercise ball to, and I love it. Lots of exercises you can do with it - including push ups.

Just got back from Door County. It was so wonderful. The leaves were beautiful. The food amazing. The Pumpkin Festival was great. We did some shopping - lots of xmas gifts, and alot for us. It was SOOOO nice. Tomorrow our new tv is arriving. We are going from 20 some inches to 36 inches! It should JUST fit into our armoire. Very exciting weekend indeed.

Tomorrow I am going to make a few low carb entrees. Dan and I need to get back OP in a big way.

Talk to you tomorrow!

Meg