thats wild... I was looking thru my psp tubes just the other day and saw carla's kitties pic... and Petra's boys pic and POOF here they are!!!! good to hear from both of u!! I am thinking after christmas I am gonna get real serious and get the rest of this weight off... no more waffling...


OMG i broke my tailbone one time... cleaning the shower,,, talk about PAIN!!!!!
what kinda car did ya get carla?


And Petra hows living in the deep south?

Good morning. I'm thinking I'm going to skip church this week which is the first time in about a month. I live in the buckle of the Bible belt now, you know? They have a saying down here--if it ain't fried, it ain't food! Fortunately, I don't like catfish which is one of the things they like to fry most. It is definately a big change from PA. The area where I live has a huge air force base so there are people here from all over the country and it isn't quite like living in some other parts of the state.

I did decide what to I'm going to do about my eating which I haven't been able to get a handle on for some time now--between selling my house, moving, unpacking, starting a new job....... excuses, excuses. I decided I'm going to try e-diets at least for a little while. They tell you what to eat so I don't have to think about it too hard. I'm going to try the mediterranean plan which isn't too far from what I was doing except more fruits and vegetables. I'll try to get motivated for some kind of challenge here for the new year. I think I need that. I also need to update my ticker which won't be a pretty sight.

Did I scare everyone away?

Helloooooooooo PIC's,

WEll, I'm still on this silly fence. I get all motivated and that lasts for a couple days at the most, then I fall. I always pick myself up and dust myself off- but maybe by saying/doing that, am I allowing myself to much leniency??? I dunno PIC's.
I can't wait much longer for that exercise equipment. I'm so excited about setting up my little "gym"... I jut wish I could get them to hurry up with it. I'm not sure I told you, but the lady that is giving it to me, her 19 yr old son who owned it was killed in a car accident. One year tomorrow. So she's still working things thru so I won't push. It'll be when she's ready to let go. Meanwhile I'm using it as my excuse of the month. anyways..... still holding steady. No gain this week again, but no loss either ...

BTW I'm really kinda diggin' the idea we all "hike distance" together! I say we work on a way to do that in January!!!

Hey Petra!!!! Wow it's great to see you & The Boys again. Sounds like you're getting all settled in now. As you can see by previous posts, we're all kinda searching for that ol' mojo right now. But we haven't abandoned ship . It's wonderful to have you back!

Val~ Stay warm!!! I forgot, are you guys heading to Seattle this year? They've really been getting some nasty whether this year! I hope you're feeling a lot better by now.

Curly~ Did you survive the Chrismas Cookie assignment ok?? Hehe... I have 2 parties to go to next week! One is at a fancy restaurant so I bet I'll be ok there, the other is a buffet. I have to make something for that one too... I've got the Light and Tasty magazines all over the table lol.

Angel~ How's the job going? Have you got enuf Angel and kids time yet? Well, the season is just about over and hopefully you'll get to slow down some.

Until next time Girls!!!!!!!

HAHA no I'm not skerred ... i had to go do all my moms christmas shopping and mine this weekend...and her grocery shopping & mine

good grief talk about worn out !!! that should count as a few miles of hiking!!!

then yesterday i was working on a christmas project.... you take those clear glass blocks that u can get from home depot.. and ya drill a 1/2 hole in the side... then u feed in a 35 lite strand of xmas lites and then wrap the block with a bow and ribbon... they are sooooooooo pretty and it turns out to be an in-expensive but beautiful gift!!! but quite time consuming!!!

my dad has worked his way thru @ 6 lbs of the cookies... why can my family eat like piglets and stay skinny??? not fair!!!!!

I had a few myself.. tho in my usual carb-addict ways I just had them for my meal! NOT GOOD!

I bought myself a container of powered protein and plan to hit the straight and narrow this week so i can splurge on christmas day.. and after that I am going back to my disiplined routine!!!

We could make it a hiking/walking challenge ? that way if we cant get outside due to the weather we could do the watp tapes or walk on the dreadmill or ummm the "coat rack" previously known as a "gazelle"
hahaha

as for myself I plan to collect "hearts" starting the day after christmas... similar to our egg collecting... this will continue for me till Valentines day..

seems like the only way I can make progress.. is to have EVERY facet of my program in check and drill sargent myself ...

i think it will once again include points for water, exercise, staying op, and calories.. if anyone wants to play along u can adjust the catagories to your own plan ... like I know Val tracks her calorie deficiet..

I had forgotten how time consuming trying to lose weight is. It seems it consumes all my time other than work and taking care of my boys. One thing I have been consistent about is taking them for a walk every morning before work even though I now have to get up at 5 to do that. I spent a lot of time in the bathroom today so I think the diuresis has started. Lets hope it shows on the scale in a few days.

I'm back after 4 days of not counting. Funny how quickly it gets away from you. After a week of not exercising because of a ear & sinus infection I spent 4 days not exercising because my back hurts. I can't go to the chiropractor since I lost my insurance. Sorry for the pity party. I am so far off track right now. Gained 10 pounds on my ticker. Lost 2 last week and gained 3 back this week.

Dee we're going to San Francisco for a few days then Santa Rosa for a few days. It's actually been in the 50's here everyday.

Petra & Curly keep up the good work!

Monday: 2612 calories, 311 deficit, 45 minutes cardio, 15 minutes weights

OH Wow Val!! When you gonna be in Santa Rosa and for how long? And what is taking you there? Are you planning to do a trip to the coast? I'm about 85 miles from SR.. it's where I do my "big" shopping lol... Funny you have the warm whether now... we've been having really cold nights around here... I even had to SCRAPE the ice from my windows this moring!!!!! just focus on maintianing for today... You've been so diligent for so long maybe you need a little break from the detailed tracking. As Petra says, it really does take a lot of time. I don't know if I'm the best at giving the advice but maybe if you just focus on eating health, and not all the exact numbers you'll break out of your funk soon....

Petra~ How have the Boys been with all the changes? You've certainly been busy! Good that you can get up so early!!! Bet the boys love that walk almost as much as you do lol. Once again, it's great to have you back!

Curly~ ...And speaking of a busy lil' bee!! hehe... you are on the go! How's your mom doing these days? And Dad too? Are they both back up to speed yet? I don't know about counting all the hearts, it really was too much for me to deal with every day... but I'd love to work out the walking challenge... once I get this treadmill that is .. :cross: soon I hope.

So, today was a fairly good day, til I went to the store after work............ I have no idea why I did it, cuz in all my 47 years I've never had this particular craving, but I had to toss a box of Captn Crunch w/Crunchberries in my basket- and ate like 1/4 of the box on the way home..... yikesssss. LOL My tongue is all cut up now lol. I guess that serves me right. I'll give the rest to one of the girls at work. I'm really baffled about this one !

Tomorrow is a new day and I will get thru it one hour at a time. I've even already planned our meals... which I know I should do every day but it never seems to work out. (I had my best losses when I planned ahead and shopped ahead)... hmmmmmm I'm thinking my next mini goal is 2 complete weeks of planned meals.

Ya'll have a great day!!!!!!! ~Dee

Well I changed my ticker and I can't say how upset about it I am. Going back over 200 really hurts.

Dee I'm going to be at my Aunts in Santa Rosa on the 25 & 26. I'll probably be to busy to head out to the coast. I wish I could!

Tuesday: 1361 calories, 1056 deficit

awwww ((((Val))))), it's not so bad. Look at least you put your ticker back up. It's a baby step, but a step none the less. I'm not to that point in my head yet.
I didn't realize you had relatives so near. Sorry you won't have any extra time. I mentioned to Lee and we were thinking maybe we could hook up for coffee or something for a bit. It would be wonderful to visit with you again! (Not to mention I bet you look fantastic!!!!!!)I have to work on 25th, but I have 26th off (at this point anyways hehehe).

Today was gorgeous here! soooo cold last night but up to about 65 this afternoon. Food was realistic, healthy and controlled. Dinner is in the oven, and I'm makin the ol' sf pudding for dessert!! Gotta love Jell-O!

~dee

thats ok Val.. starting the 1st of the year we are gonna get back on track and start all over!!!


OMG Dee.. that has to be my all time fav cereal... Yes i am a ceral addict, thats y i dont even buy it anymore... I was laffin cuz its very true capt crunch will tear ur mouth up for sure!!!!

I know what you mean Val, I couldn't believe it when I saw that scale said I weighed more than 200 lbs again. After everything I went through getting below that number.

I'm planning my meals ahead right now which I really didn't do as much before but because time is such an issue it seems helpful. I even get most of my lunch packed the night before so I just have to throw it in the bag in the morning. I have a 40 minute commute each way to work.

Speaking of which, the dogs are having a little trouble with the amount of time they are alone all day. I have been coming home to dog pee on the floor almost every day. I'm not sure if I'm going to try crating again first or just ask one of my neighbors if they will come over and let them out in the afternoon. I'm not completely sure that it is a time thing because they have gone longer than this without a problem in the past.

I've been at my new job for a week now. I seem to be getting everything pretty quickly although the culture of every institution is a little different. Overall, I think it is going to turn out to be a good decision although I wasn't sure for awhile. My pager rarely goes off and when I am home no one bothers me which is the best part of all.

Got to go take my bath. Talk to you later.

Petra it's good to see you back. It is a lot of time to loose weight. Sometimes I just don't want to do the counting or exercising. I know that a big percent of people gain the weight back and I can see why that happens. After a year or more you just start loosing the motivation.

I am going to get that ticker back under 200. I know I've been eating to much and with my back the way it is now exersise is out of the question. I'm nervous about my CA trip to visit the inlaws.

Wednesday: 2230 calories, 187 deficit

I seem to be getting a little more efficient with the journaling and doing all my little food tasks which I suppose is a good thing. Hopefully they won't get on my nerves quite so much. I also checked out the scale this morning and it is moving in the right direction so all the effort is paying off.

Did you all hear that crazy news this morning about some bacteria contributing to obesity? I can't wait to hear the details on this one.

I also tried crating Kobe today and guess what--no pee on the floor when I came home. That was nice. I think I may have solved this problem.

Bacteria causing obesity? Hmmm haven't heard that one!

Still high on calories, and no exercise. My back is still really bad. It's fustrating.

Thursday: 2000 calories, 417 deficit