today is gonna be a tuff one for me... not becuz i wont have the will power to say no to the birthday goodies.. but becuz i know at work they will have goodies for me and I will feel bad if i hurt anyones feelings by not indulging in the goodies...

at my exercise place they are planning on having a sugar free. fat free cake and more goodies for me..........

this is gonna be hard.. I guess if i just have a small serving of some of the goodies i wont hurt anyones feelings ..

Happy birthday Curly!!

Welcome to the newest Lisa. I think we have 4 Lisa's now.

Good to see so many people posting and staying on their programs.

I couldn't wait to post my new weight because I haven't gotten to change my tracker in about 3 weeks. I lost 2 lbs this weeks. YIPPEE!!! I'm also still finding smaller clothes in my closet to wear. I have my shopping trip planned for 2 weeks from today.

Hope everyone has a great Friday.

way to go Petra Bet u cant wait to go get new outfits!

i found some new tops and a pair of old navy bib overalls at the thrift store yesterday!!!

and thanks for the bday wishes! Oh and what was the dosage on the L-carintine? i found some 500 mg pills for 10.00 at walmart


Dee: all the consumer reports ive read say the gazelle is a good workout for people who are not athletes.. and they say it also does take a lot of the joint stress off your body.. i really like it... tho i havent been on it that much.. its going to be my back up for those rainy snowy cold days that are comming up!

Hey Ladies,
Happy birthday Curly be careful with the cake and goodies, I seem to blow it no matter who's birthday it is. heehee. I need to just say no.
TGIF! I did my kickboxing yesterday and 20 min on the ellyptical. I couldn't get up to jog thismoringin though, not sure why, I just couldn't do it. I'll try and get something in tonight. I had a nonscale victory this moring. I went to eat with my son at our favortie breakfast spot and he always gets a waffle and I ussually nibble on it and eat what amounts to a lot of it. Today I ordered oatmeal and only ate my oatmeal, not a single bit!!! yeah me, now if I can just keep these kind of things up.

LisaWY, good job keeping off the smoking, and the excersising, whoo hoo, I wish I could get in 10 day straight!

Dee, keep up the 1 mile WATP I bet the 2 mile will get easier as you lose and as you get your body in better shape.

Angel, my son is begging me to get more halloween decorations, we are living with my sister and she doesn't have any plugs on the outside of her house so I'm not sure how to string the lights and things we have. but it is a fun time of year.

Hotcup, quadruple shift, no fair, I hope you get major over time pay for that one.

Petra, 2#'s how good does that feel. I'm hopeing for a similar result this sunday! keep up the good work.

jhiraqua, welcome to the group, post often we are good for encouragement.

Ok, better get my butt back to work.
Jenni

oo im stuffed but ive been good! i was very lucky that my friends at work made me a yummy dessert from sugar free jello with a topping of FF cream cheese & coolwhip.. i will post the receipe for ya'll cuz it was yummy tastes just like cherry cheesecake!!! and only 3 points!!

and crab dip made from FF cream cheese.... haha oh and they did have all kinds of food that wasnt OP for me but i picked and choosed, and stayed OP

Happy Birthday Curly!!!. .....mimiimimi....So glad you can't really hear me sing Happy Birthday to you, cause I'm really tone deaf. haha...but seriously....what a great bunch of friends you have to have such OP goodies for you to eat!!! yes, please post the jello one when you have time!!! Hope you have a fantastic birthday!!!

Just got back from the drs. office and my son really isn't better with his bronchitis. He now has in addition to his other meds, another antibiotic and a series of nebulizer treatments. HOLY COW!!! What a week this has been. Hopefully these treatments will shake something up and get his lungs better. Our whole afternoon was spent at the drs. and then racing around getting his meds and then the medical supply store.

Congratulations Petra....woohoo!!! That is fantastic about another 2 lbs. I guess you're right about that shopping trip!!!

It's only been 2 days!2! And I'm already dying for something,anything sweet or breaded. All I can do to keep motivated is think about the bigger picture and even that is reaching it's limit. When will I stop feeling this way? I did the low carb thing a few years ago but I was on the go,go,go and really didn't have time to miss anything. But now that I'm more settled into the single parent thing,my life consists of work and home. All I can think about is food right now and I'm not really hungry. What should I do besides work out which I've already done?

Lisa

Hi Lisa.....HANG IN THERE!!! I would do ANYTHING that doesn't have to do with food right now. How is your water intake today? Most people think they are hungry, when in fact they are thirsty. Did you know that? I'd fill a large drinking bottle (32oz or so) and down half of that for starters. Then do you have any odd jobs to do around the house? Clean your floors, vacuum the carpet, go through your closets, clean the bathrooms....ANYTHING to get your mind off of food. If after 30 minutes you can still only think of food....slice up an apple with some cinnamon and nuke it for 40 secs. YUM YUM....a natural sweet treat. I know these times can be tough, but if you keep your mind (and fingers) busy the craving will pass.

Hi Ladies,

First off Happy Birthday Curley!!!!! It really is awesome your friends/coworkers thought of your lifestyle when planning birthday treats! Sounds yummyyyy. And thanks for the info on the Gazelle. I'm nudging towards getting it.

Yayyyy Petra! It's fun to move that slider, isn't it? LOL. Congrats!

Jennie~ Oatmeal over waffles, WOW... Good job on your choices. It's really hard to go out to eat and not justify a little treat. Just keep your eye on your goal

AngelEyes~ Hope your son starts feeling better real soon! How are you doing? It takes a lot out of you when your baby's sick, so take care of you too. BTW, Great advice to Lisa about helping with the hunger.

jhiraqua~ Stick with it Lisa! I'm still a newbie and I can't say it will get easier tomorrow, but once you start seeing results it seems to get a lot more tolerable lol... Just don't give up and don't beat yourself up if you fall. Salt and sweets at night are my downfall! I will eat 4-6 triscuts if I'm craving something. Or a sugar free ice cream bar as something real special. Other than that, I drink my water. hehehe I always lose it at work, but evenings I make up for it Good Luck

thank u all so much for the birthday wishes... i had a piece of chocolate cake...... I really didnt want it.. but let me tell ya the story..
the place where i work out .. has these 3 young girls (17-20 yrs old) and they had said they were going to bake a sugar free fat free cake... well something happened and the healthy cake didnt turn out right.... so they went out and bought a fat full cake.. and candles and had the candles lit when i got there to work out..

Now how could i hurt their feelings after going to so much trouble?? so i had a small piece with them.. I figured i can always work those calories back off... and it was so sweet of them to go to that much trouble.. then they wanted me to take it home.. but i told them it wouldnt be safe at my house... y didnt they take it with them and share it with some friends...

last night i thought i would color my hair.. and i thought i picked up the color i had before... NOT... now my hair looks raggedy ann color... geez i gotta go to the store today and see if i can find another color and do some damage control..

YIKES!

Curly....Good job on only having one pc of cake. I would have done exactly the same thing. Very nice of them to do all of that for you, you've got some nice friends!! OMG.... .raggedy anne hair colour?....is that a bad thing? hehe, soooo you don't want to be a rag doll for Halloween?... SORRY!!! I couldn't help myself, haha. I would run not walk back to the store and talk with the colour specialist, some of the cosmetics staff usually have had training with that sort of thing. I hope the next colour works out for you!!!

iwmonn......Thanks for the well wishes. I have been a little more on edge since all of this, but more because both boys have been off school on a break and the fighting/teasing has been NON STOP!!! They are 12 and 7, so they are in the..."don't touch me....he did it again....he called me a.....leave me alone" phase. I think only another 15 years before it stops!!! or does it ever stop? Actually some of the meds are making my son a little hyper so he is a real handful. Dr. also said for him to limit his time outside due to the fact that the pollen levels could be heightening (sp?) his bronchial reaction. great!!

Other than that.....my food has been good. I made a killer crockpot lasagna last night, that was all but gobbled up with one portion left. hehe...supposed to serve 10 and we're a family of 4!!! I did well though, I measured out my 1 cup and then snagged a few extra tomatoe chunks. YUM YUM....
Have a good day everyone!!!

I have been lurking around this thread for about a week, reading all 111 pages and I would like to join this very supportive and active group.

I am a 68 year old computer geek with less than 50 pounds to lose, so I guess that I don't fit the profile very well, but I'm not sure that there is a forum for old fat computer geeks!

I'm not really a geek, but I did discover computers about 3 years ago when my dh bought one. I got interested, built my own and then when I discovered the world of Linux, I was hooked......good for the brain, but not for the bum.

I spent way too much time sitting and not enough walking, and also ate way too much in there somewhere!

The weight went on mostly in my belly and middle, not a healthy place for it at all. I started wearing more 'big shirts' and loose jackets and such when I should have been working to lose the weight instead.

I had a sort of wake up call when I stained our front porch and had difficulty bending over. I took stock and discovered that I am a mess!

I have started walking 2 miles 5 or 6 times per week [in hilly Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau], and counting calories. I have lost 10 pounds at the rate of less than a pound per week.

I am a retired RN with 3 kids and 6 grandkids.
I like computers [No!], cats and music.
We have 2 cats, Albert & Zoey

I hope that y'all will let me in!

Welcome to Zoey. I'm a doctor so you'll fit right in. We used to have another nurse but I'm not sure where she went.

jhiraqua-I'm sort of the low carb goddess here. I'm not on Atkins. I'm on protein power. What I'm about to tell you may explain why you feel the way you do but it won't necessarily make it any easier for you right now. All carbs are broken down in your body into sugar and sugar does the same thing in your brain as many addictive substances. That's why many people binge on sweets. When we stop eating large amounts of carbs, we go into withdrawal and have cravings, just like addicts do when they stop using. (how scary is that!) The reason almost all low carb diets have some sort of "induction phase" is to get you through this withdrawal period. It is difficult. Almost everyone has cravings but they will get better. Most people start to feel better by the end of the first week. Some people find eating a cheese stick helps, or organic peanut butter on a celery stick. Another option recommended in South beach is ricotta cheese with a little splenda and an extract of your choosing (actually not bad). Also sugar free jello is a reasonable option. It is really important not to give in to the craving or you just start the cycle all over again. I haven't had any refined sugar in 5 months now. I really have no desire for it anymore and believe me, I was a BIG refined sugar addict.

TTYL

Hey ladies.... want to see where all the Pic's Members live I created a Frapper Map!
Please go here and add yourself:

http://www.risingconcepts.com/frapper/partnersincrime


It's fun and easy & you can also add a picture.

Curly.....That was so neat and easy to do. Thanks for letting me add my stick pin for MO. I never heard of that before....a 'frapper map' so thats my learning for today! lol oh?...how did your new and improved hair turn out? Hope it got back to a more normal shade.

Hi Zoey and welcome!!! Glad to have you, but you need to post often or we'll hunt you down. haha, seriously though, its nice to meet you. Congratulations on the 10lbs lost so far, and your mile walking is fantastic.

Where is everyone today? Hopefully enjoying the beautiful fall day. It was just gorgeous here today, a nice sunny day. My exciting part of the day was when I shopped for a new iron. exciting eh? The one that I have used to be my mom's and is oh......about 40 yrs old!!! It gave up the goose today when I was doing some of dh's shirts.