Hi to all I am back not doing to good but I am staying the same just need to get a kick start again I am still walking and eating healthy i am geting smaller but not on the scales I will have to try a little harder Hey I see a lot of new names I will have to bread back a few pages Hi to soready par suzq55 and kriseliz and and all the new ladies

Hi to Bonnie broad I see now you changed your name Jean

Today I have started again in earnest. Last night was a disaster. The freezer kept calling me to eat the ice cream and the funny thing is I'm not an ice cream lover. I like large portions of food.Salty things are not my bag either, I don't use much even in cooking and that goes back to the days when my Dad wasn't allowed salt so growing up never developed a taste for it. I've been known to send food back in a restuarant because the food was so salty. I think I am buying a food scale and going to start to measure my food. I have big eyes and don't know what a real portion should be. My daughter joined sparkspeople.com on the internet and so far is doing well. I don't think I need to pay for diet help as by this age enough people have made money off my fat and I know what I have to do. Wish me luck. Thhe real test comes tonight as we are going out for dinner with friends. Bernice

Hello everyone: Hope you all are doing well. Wanna know my weight huh?
Ugh. The highest I have ever been in my whole life was I think 212. At 5 feet 3 thats pretty scary. I started this newest self improvement at 178 and just the other day I weighed in a 170 So! I am pleased with myself for that. Bonnie I also love salt. Don't know why. I also am addicted to peanut butter. I just don't get that one. So.........I don't have peanut butter in the house. The dynamics of obesity (or overweightedness!)!!! I eat when I am stressed or tired. How about everybody else??? I often am very impressed with the dramatic weight losses of the gastric bypass/stapling surgeries but I wonder if People will gain the weight back? I don't eat because I am hungry!! What do you all think? Starting to feel better now. I hope none of you gets that upper respiratory infection. Yuk! sure glad I don't smoke anymore! Linda

Hello to day is SAt and so far I am doing good did with out Breakfast had lunch at 11:00 Salmon sandwich pea soup and grapes lots of water . I think the most I weigh was 210 Lbs I am 5'5" and now I am 174 or 175 . I too like peanut butter but I am not giving it up I do with out cookies and chocolate so when I want something it is peanut butter and crackers I am just finding out what hunger and full means it takes along time to learn how to eat to be healthy I have been trying for along time well thats all I have to say for now Jean

Ok Bonnie, Where do you get this stuff? I often wondered about my "frame" I am average I guess. How about anybody else? Just had some dry popcorn. I wish I had a WHOLE jar of peanut butter!!!! But I can't have even one. "one is never enough" In my line of work!! Linda

Hello well to day I am doing good but the day isnt over yet
Well my fingers just meet so I guess I am average size bones Jean

Good afternoon Ladies hope that your day is a great one!!!!!! just got back from walking the dog or I should say she walked me up to 6 blocks which is good for me just made it back in time as it looks like rain any minute well my highest weight has been up to 169 right now 153 my ideal is 140 not really on a sdtrict diet just cutting down on food my fault is sweets just cant stay away from them welcome back Jean!! Linda, well you ladies have a great sunday!!!!!!!!! Rita;wave;

OK went out for dinner and was good till dessert. Actually went to friend's house first and had a club soda and none of the horr deorves. The restuarant almost didn't serve us because we missed our 8:30 reservation and got there at 9 and I think my friend went into the kitchen and pressed the palm of the chef cause suddenly we were not a problem anymore. We were the only ones in the place and I guess n the country they just close the kitchen at 9 and that's it. Anyway had a salad with a little blue cheese dressing, some bread with butter which I usually don't partake in but I was really hungry as all I had eaten was breakfast. Dinner was rack of lamb with veggies and mashed potatoes but I only ate half. Dessert was another matter. Because the other couple ordered dessert (their fault-LOL) I felt like I was given permission to do the same and I ordered a tiramisu that I sort of shared with my DH however I really ate most of it. Trouble is I have no guilt for my transgressions. Bad!
Today I had a fried egg in Pam with 2 strips of turkey bacon, 1/2 a toasted bagel, small amt of margerine and coffee with skim milk. Lunch was a frozen quesidilla and coffee and skim milk
As for frame size, can't remember if I answered Bonnie's question. Medium boned. Really in my next life I'd like to be small boned and about 5 ft 3 in and wear a size 4. I love fantasy.
Hope everyone's having a pleasant Sunday, it's cool here in Jersey. By the way, we called about tickets to Luciano Pavarotti's concert in Aug and would you believe they have the nerve to charge 604.25 a ticket That's right 604.25. What nerve. Hope nobody goes. Bernice

Hey Bernice: Where are you in NJ? I was born in Queens and raised outside Paterson. I can't believe that!! Over 600.00!! Guess he has gone hi maintenence now!! I need to ask, what or who is DH? That dinner sounds lovely. Am I the only one who works outside the home? I thought somebody else did? UGH, I will be working forever too. Oh well. Tommorrow is weigh in. I can't wait to break into another digit. PS, to all those who "blew it" this week. Tommorrow is another day. We will perservere (sp) Yawn. Linda

Good Morning Ladies well hope you enjoyed your weekemd I had it off so I did but today is another story it is and it looks like it will be all day so hate the thought of going out in it which I will have to after I get dressed and drink my last cup of Bernice your dinner sounded wonderful that you had even if you ate too much desert I would of grabbed the whole thing and not let hubby near itbesides eating everything else Bonnie I am med built but like Bernice wish I was a small frame and a size 4Linda I work outside of home probably till I am 99good luck with your weigh in today!!!!!!seems like all you girls have lived inNJ at one time or another must be a nice place!!!!!!!well ladies have a great day time for me to get busy Rita

Your enthusiasim is contagious. I am thrilled for you.
You are an inspiration and I promise I'll be good today.
Went to water aerobics and that instructor really gives us a work out to music of the 50's It's a lot of fun. Bernice

Linda, Forgot to answer your question. live in Sparta, NJ which is in the Northwest part of the state. Probably 45 minutes from Paterson. We probably are the loveliest part of the garden state because we are mountains and lakes and near the Pocono Mts of Pennsylvania.

Nine lbs!!! Hooray for you!!! Congratulations and thank you so much for the motivating happy faces! Sounds like everybody is in the same mindset that we need to watch out for our health. Weighed in today. Still the same but I am not discouraged! 8 lbs since the 4th of July isn't bad. But I can't wait to reach the next plateau. Walked again today and good grief I thought I would melt by the time I got back to my house. Even though it is so hot I still enjoy walking outside more than being on the treadmill.Yep old Jersey girl. Raised in Little Falls. Also lived in the country of the Pocono Mts for.. probably 12 years or so. Also lived in Oregon and my most recent move from No. Va (don't know why I am writing all of you my whole hx!) THE BEST ITALIAN FOOD IS STILL IN N.J. I miss it! Oh well.. I am getting tired. Good night one and all..........Linda

Hello everybody. I think I am going to get a post-it with everybodys names on it. I can't keep "ya-all" straight! Each one of you helps me to stay motivated! Let me ask another question of all members here. What do you do to reward yourselves when you reach a personal weight loss goal? I have decided to buy myself some 1940-1950 type earrings. A pair came yesterday from e-bay. What about everybody else? Gotta go to work. Have a nice evening and will chk in later. Linda