Hey Jellybeanz

I think I will join you on the slimfast optima plan. I went out today and bought the stuff so I will plug away at just being careful until Monday and then I am will start. It seems like a reasonable plan and...except that I would rather skip dinner than breakfast...I think it will free up some time for me that is much needed with 4 kids!

I love that the weather has finally turned around. We are going to get a lot of sunshine this weekend and am I ever ready for it!!!

Keep me informed as to how you are doing on the slimfast

PS - (What did you mean when you said you were 140 yesterday?)

HI girls! : ) THought I would check in and say hello. It's only 10 p.m here and I feel soooo tired! I''m typically a late night person. Being active all day sure helps. I got out and did plenty of raking and finallyyyyyyy combated that housework! No regular exercise though so I can't add any to my goal hours! that sort of stinks, but hey, I burned a lot of cals! I am in my glory ladies! Tonight, (I have the window open) and I hear the leaf peepers for the first time this year! (those little frogs, sort of like the little squeaky noise you hear in the carribean). How I love that sound!

THis weekend I am moving some deck furniture out! Oh yes! : )


jellybeanz, hey you! your a sweetheart! I am glad that you had beautiful weather there and enjoyed a nice outing with the kids. Your so funny, how you said about the mcnugets and fries and how to "leave you on your (MY) own world on that one"! hahahah I don't blame you girl, actually I feel it takes a heck of a whole lot of discipline to have only 5 fries! but I wont say more, leaving you in your own world on that one! lol I liked that! : ) speaking of posters, jellybeanz you were and are very supportive! Your terrific! Before starting this health regime, I was looking for a quick fix, a real quick one! I would set my limits so high.......to the point that not only could I not live with that plan long term but became very frustrated if I did not meet my incredibly high goals. I was in this way, ultimately, setting myself up for failure. Due to my own experiences, if I see what I beleive is a very high goal (like say 20 lbs. per month, etc.), I may say something in as gentle amanner as I can. NOt because I want to knock anyones hopes or goals, but in an effort to hopefully help someone avoid the same pitfalls I was going through! That indeed was your intention also sweety, your great! ANyways, while we are on the subject, I miss our madi I really do! madi, come out come out wherever you are! Congrats on your workout! That is super! I think it rocks that your freind joined too! : )

Ray of light, boy are you a breath of fresh air! lol greet us with a " hello svelties" all you want! hahahaha : ) lol ray at "slinging the crap" : )

hey hun, how about joining those little clusters? We can't always wait for them to say come on over, just walk on right over there and get yourself over there and start some type of conversation. What type of volunteer work are you doing?

giovanni, welcome! of course you may joing us! The more the merrier. What is the shangri-la diet? Also jellybeanz and lytricia, first I heard of the new slim -fast optima! I see they incorporated more foods to the plan than just the shakes ha? That is great, good luck girls and let us know how you make out.

Lytricia, I am glad the weather turned around for you too! : ) After a long winter, it sure is a nice change of pace. You have 4 kids? busy lady! I have 5 animals, lol : ) oops, make that 6! my dh! hahaha, if he could hear me now! lol

well my ladies, nice to read your posts as always. Hope you all had a super day and wake up to a new and successful day tomorrow. I cannot beleive it is Friday already tomorrow! wow! Take care, catch you soon.

I dont post as often as most of you do, but it certainly is nice to "hear" the chatter. I wish I could answer questions for others, but the team kicks in and says answers that I was going to say.

So, in a stressful day like today. Thanks for helping out

Hey everyone - just a quickie today, im off on business/vacation for 2 weeks tomorrow, so this will be my last entry for a while me thinks!!

Anyway great excitment in the piggin camp this morning.... 3lbs gone!! woo hoo!! im aiming to maintain over the next two weeks, fingers crossed!!

I love how everyone works so hard to lose weight!!! Congrats to everyone!!! My leg is about 85% better... i feel like i can start doing some light eliptical work... i'm actually really looking forward to working out again... and it's almost summer... i feel as tho it's crunch time. one of my friends invited me to the lake next weekend... i would love to go, but i do not feel ready for a swimsuit yet... it's not even May! That is the downside of living in Texas... less time to prepare for bathing suit season


FullSteam: Thanks for your positive outlook today, it set a good tone for me and was nice to read!

HI lytricia,

that was obviously wishful thinking on my part..i meant to put 240..(i guess my fingers are just itching to put me at my goal lol) I corrected it. I made the fajitas fromt he slimfast plan yesterday, they were awsome!! And we had them with a salad. I did have fruit lastnight with some nutriwip though. I wanted something sweet, and the fruit was ok, and nutriwhip is "supposed to be" healthier than real whipped cream, so i figured what the ****. Im going to the gym tonight, may have to skip the circuit though..I think i pulled something in the right side of my back while i was sleeping lastnight. I will still do the bike and the spinner tonight though. Im going to start into the slimfast plan on monday as well. So we can do this together, literally!! I'm not a breakfast person, and i dont even want to drink the shake for breakfast, but I know it's important not to skip meals. The scale says 237 this morning lol. I'm obsessed with the scale now.
Have a great day all, it's got to be 15 C here today, sun is shining beautifully and Im going to take the kids for a walk.

It's April 20th and I'm a late starter, but I'd also like to join. I want to lose 5 pounds by the end of the month. I've given up starches for 2 weeks and sweets. I gave up soda over 6 months ago and haven't lost anything from that - but I like that I did give it up!

I'll keep posting. Have a great and successful weekend everyone!

Hello ladies : ) Happy friday!

Hope you all had a good day. My day went well, last night I promised myself to get in my workouts before doing anything else, like getting outdoors, housework, etc. So i did! I got a late start as I slept in but did what I had to do and was then free. Pretty busy day, went to the grocery store again in the afternoon and got the stuff I needed. YEsssssss, finally, cook-out time! To those of you who grill outdoors, if your into green zucchinni, thinly slice them and put on grill! THey are delicious and go well with a tomatoe and cucumber salad in addition to almost any meal.

vegas babe, the more the merrier! Even if we get repetitive and say the same answers, it's a confirmation so post away : ) I hope you had a better day today. I recall what you said about drinking ice water the other day and I couldn't agree more! It just helps me in so many ways. I notice it aids in my weight loss and keeps any fluid levels on an even keel.

pigginpodgey, I am so happy for you! way to go girl! Have a super time , you will be missed and looking forward to hearing your news upon your return. Keep up what your doing, it's working! : )

nosnah, happy to hear your leg is much better. I know your taking off tomorrow too for your vaca. Wishing you as well a safe and super trip! : ) and also looking forward to your news when you get back. Have a super time and play one of those slots for me too okay? lol

Hiya jellybeanz keep on rockin' girl! Hope you had a great walk with the kids.

Ray of light, aw you. I am sorry that you had a tough time. I am with you 100 percent on your decision to stay on course and fighting the "usually I just stay on that level and keep going into ****" I think most, if not all of us, know that feeling. It really can be powerful sometimes and get a good grip, I am all for fighing it! I know , I know, it can get tiresome sometimes! In reference to " I just don't want to have this battle, fight, struggle for the rest of my life" Ray, I honestly feel that there are battles along the way of this journey and yes it's a pain in the butt, but fight we must!!!!! fight girl, fight! REmember we talked about habits and things like that? Well I feel and believe that in time those battles become less frequent and intense, because with time we learn the new habits, etc. I really feel in this sense, that it does get easier so hang in there! Listen, don't beat yourself up too much okay? It never helped me any, never! When I self-loathed is when that demon could and would get a stronger hold on me! So fight! Don't let it beat YOU, beat IT! Talk to yourself all night! Say to yourself, okay, so I sidetracked! so what? I am human aferall. I can't do things 100 percent perfect all the time........it doesn't mean I blew it or am "off" anything, I just sidetracked. FORGIVE YOURSELF! then take that energy and switch it around. Say, okay, tomorrow is a new day! THink about and plan your meal plan for tomorrow and have back-ups for any stress that comes your way. I highly suggest walkinggggg! Brush it off ray and start your new day, okay? Break out the bazooka's gril and keep on truckin'! okay? I can say with pretty much certainty that just one good day tomorrow will have you feeling okay again. Afterall, the biggest trick of all is just getting right back to it the next day instead of letting ourselves get depressed or self-loathe and letting that get a grip on us spiraling down even more. NOOOOOOOO, you wont spiral down, because you wont let it!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know what you had a t dinner and can't help but wonder if you had something which is one of your triggers or if you had more than planned and felt bad after, thus the binge! WIth me, white's are a trigger! whenever I eat blasted white bread, I want more!!!!!! It makes sense! The insulin spike it creates actually makes you hungrier after............anyways, just scope it out to see maybe what triggered you to watch for it next time and with that being said, then brush it off! Your do ing good sweety, don't let that sidetrack get in your way!!!

Hi debalina and wecome to our team I hope you all have a great weekend. Let's keep it moving ladies and when we need to fight, oh we will fight!!!!!! ciao for now

Well I am having a bad week. I had a couple of days that went over my target calories.. I got on the scale today and was up to 214! Even though I had a couple of bad days, they weren't THAT Bad..I broke even with calories in vs. calories out on my bad days..And the rest of the week has been normal. This gets so frustrating *sigh*

Hi everybody. I just love going through and reading everyone's posts. I really need to read them all today because I fell off the wagon baaaaadddd. I JUST ate one of those Texas cinnamon buns. Yikes!! all of the fat, calories and carbs. I feel like I'm going to weigh ten pounds heavier tomorrow. I also at brownies at lunch. I feel like I have let myself down and am so afraid of back sliding. I really hate that I can't keep a promise to myself. Shouldn't I be more important to myself than anyone else?????

Sheesh. Sorry to be a huge downer. I will be back up tomorrow.

Arrrrrgh I ended up binging big time tonight. I had eaten healthy ALL day but then I went to my friend's house this evening and ate a chili dog..then I had a chicken nugget meal from McDonalds. I don't know why I shoot myself in the foot like that. 2600 calories today. Wow.
Just got to remember tomorrow is a new day..

hey... I'm about to get on a plane to vegas... just wanted to make y'all laugh cause i packed my scale! ha ha ha... i am a big dork

anyways, i will have internet access... so keep posting and i'll keep reading

Sockmonkey: i know how you feel the weekends are the worst, i always go to the bar and then hit up jack-in-the-box after... i just always try to eat something super healthy for lunch and dinner to try and account for the extra calories... it is so hard not to eat unhealthy food on the weekends