Welcome Carol! Glad you could join us. I like your avatar--it shows every mood I have during the week . It sounds like you are doing great with your walking. With Easter just shy of 6 weeks away I think building up to 6 miles is totally doable. Good Luck! I like to do charity walks myself although I didn't do the last one held here during our President's Day weekend in February. That one was a little over 8 miles but no one wanted to walk with me. Walking is fun and it's a great weight bearing exercise. It's helping me tone down the size of my hips, legs and behind.

I'm in Hawaii so we're not lacking for any sunshine, in fact, I walked my son to school this morning and it was rather hot. I do envy you folks who live in other climates where you get to experience the rebirth of spring and all the greenery. I'm sure you'd like a good dose of warm sunshine right about now though. There's plenty here if you care to visit. I have a good girlfriend who is originally from Scotland but is currently living in Spain. Her husband is an American and works for the US govt. so they are lucky enough to get transferred and travel the world every few years. Good to have you here and hope you post with us often.

Hi Smiling Sal. We will be more than happy to help you with all the support that you need. This is a great bunch of women here. I am proud to call them all my friends. I tend to want to eat more during the warmer weather myself. I figure it is too nice to be cooking. We can do this together, all of us.

They said we hit 53 today. I am amazed at how warm it felt. We had no wind to speak of so this afternoon when we went for another walk we did it without our coats. We had huge amounts of snow melt today. I hope this weather stays for a while.

Chris, I am sorry to hear that you are having a rough time. I know it must be an extremely emotional time for you two. All your hard work will be worth it when you get your baby though.

Noelle, I hate the scales!!! They had better be back to normal tomorrow. I swear I have been good. Geesh.

Good Morning!! I am ashamed to say this but the scale bouncing up on me yesterday must have had an effect on me. I ate a lot of wow chips last night AND about 7 fat free crackers with Peanut butter and fluff on them. I felt so guilty after because I was telling Jay as I was eating them that I weren't hungry I just wanted to taste something good. STUPID!STUPID!STUPID! So needless to say this morning the scales said 156 but at least now it has a reason to I guess/ I think that is what pissed me off so bad about yesterday was because I didn't mess up at all. I could see if I ate Chinese or something but I didn't. Now I have to work my *** off to lose weight that I didn't even mess up on to gain. The last time I lost all my weight I weighed every day and not once did I have that happen to me. It was like it melted off and this time it is taking alot more work.

I got a 2 1/2 mile walk in already. YEAH! I can't believe how sore I am from all the walking we have been doing. I also have been shoveling snow alot too. I want it away from the fence so Cappie can't jump it so I shovel and shovel and shovel! Jay shoveled the mountain of snow off my flower bed last night so maybe I can see tulips befor July. My driveway is down to mud now but I love it. I think spring has sprung! (hopefully) hehe

I really desperately need new walking shoes. My other ones are cramping my two smallest toes together so they are blistered. OUCH!

I HOPE YOU ARE HAVING FUN!!!!

WE MISS YOU!

SvelteChicky - I hope you're feeling better. Maybe if being "down" has you going for the kitchen, decide on only one or two controlable things you're going to eat.....and drink a lot of water.
It could just be that you picked up a bug but didn't get enough of it for very specific symptoms while your body eliminates it.

Is Chris your hubby's name ?


Kempy - Hope you're having a good time out there.


Carol - Welcome ! Without checking the map, I don't know who's further away from me here in Texas....Melekalikimaka in Hawaii or you in Scotland.


It's in the mid 70's here and raining at the moment.

Hey there chicks. I didnt know if I was gonna post today or not? Monday was a good day, no problem with the food or anything, just was dragging. Today, however, rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, I just want to eat everything in sight. Yes, emotional eatting it would be. Hubby and I had a disagreement this morning and he left for work with a slam of the door and I wasn't done yet!!!!!

Here's the thing. He comes home everyday saying oh I'm so tired I've worked all day, I just wanna sit and not be bothered. RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, well I work too!!!!! and on top of this I have the laundry, dishes, housework, kids to tend to, homework with them, get them here and there, groceries, meals......never ending!! He does nothing to contribute to the house other than go to work!! He gets up in the a.m has his coffee and ciggs, then gets dressed and off to work then home and has his coffee, cigs, supper, shower and tv. I on the other hand am left to do everything else and go to work and be expected to want to put out when it's bed time!! I think not!!!!! Maybe I say no to him more often than I should, but it seems to be one thing I can control in this house. He is a good provider and there is no problems in the bedroom area, but thats not all there is to life. I need help in the daily routines too. I try to tell him this and he acts like he does so much here and he dosnt!!!RRRRRRRR I wrote him a big long letter for him to read when he gets home today. I hope he stops to think about it.

Thanks for listening to me ramble on and on.....Life....

I had to make woopie pies today to......and I ate 1 and a 1/2 of them. Thats the first sweet thing I've eatten in frustration in such a long time. But there are only 6 left in the house because I sent the rest away to the homes they needed to go to (family thing) I did write it down today in my food journal and am counting the pts for them so all is not lost, but I feel bad I ate them out of anger. Who is it hurting? Just me. RRRRRRRRR, why do we do this to ourselves?

Sandy

Hey Chickies good morning to you. My scale is back to 180 this morning and I'm using that as motivation to keep this week OP. I walked my son to school and took my 6 y.o. niece w/me. She's a little chubby thing and I hope she grows out of it within a few years. I remember being the fat kid in class and being so uncomfortable and embarrassed about it--and now that I look back, I wasn't even that fat. It's too bad how your mental image of yourself as a kid can stay with you into adulthood.

Angie don't worry about the scale, those numbers can be cruel. So you had a snack-attack, it happens, you're human. I remember staying totally on track for 4 days straight w/extra exercise and no loss. I was about to say F*@k it and give up, but I didn't, and on the 5th day there was a sizable loss. The change in your scale could just be your body reacting to the different forms of exercise your doing, you know, walking and weights instead of the elliptical and bike. Say you're doing weights and pushups. Your body thinks, uh oh, more energy is being used, need to conserve. It's just shaking your metabolism up a little. I know you said you don't drink a whole lot of water, maybe you're retaining some. Try upping the plain water intake, you may be surprised at the results. It may seem weird like why would your body retain water all of a sudden when you've been eating the same foods day after day? I don't have the answer to that one, but I know when I force myself to drink more water than usual (i.e. 100 oz instead of just 64 oz) that's when I show the best losses that stick. Sorry to be so long winded but that's my $.02 . Oh yeah, I'm happy that spring is coming your way. 50 degrees is still very COLD for me. Brrrrrr!

How's everyone else doing today? We've got 75 degrees, sunshine, possible light showers with a high of 82. Sounds like a nice day to me.

Gar are you done organizing your rooms yet? In answer to your question about who's farther away from you in TX, me in HI or Carol in Scotland, me in my geekdom have searched the net and found that from College Station, TX to Edinburgh, Scotland it would be 4619 miles whereas from TX to Honolulu, HI would only be 3834 miles. Now if I were to fly from Honolulu to Edinburgh, that would be 6905 miles. All of these distances are 'as the crow flies' or so I found. Can you tell I'm having a bit of trouble getting started on my real work and am just fooling around here?


Well, I think I need to get going but will check back later. Keep your chin up ladies. We can do this!

((((((Sandy)))))) , have you ever thought about going on strike? If that sounds too extreme how about increasing the kids' chores appropriate to their age level? Then tell hubby if the kids can help out, so can he. I agree men can be blockheads. Maybe he walked out this morning because he knew what you were saying was the truth and he just didn't want to listen to it. If I were you I'd write down every single thing I do for the house/kids on a daily basis and show that list to him. Have him see exactly why you're getting frustrated with his lack of help. Yes we are Superwomen, but even we need help sometimes. Hope he opens his eyes and gives you a hand. Whoopie pies huh? I never heard of those until Angie mentioned them one day. I'd go to Maine just to taste one . Put them out of sight if you can once you've had your taste. Stay strong lady, you're doing awesome.

Sandy I too have a man who thinks the house cleans itself and the fairies come in when we are in bed and do the laundry. He does work long hours, but so do I. I have managed to get him doing stuff, but it is hard work, I need to keep on at him constantly. The kids do their share and put him to shame.

Was in a meeting all day at work, there was lunch provided which meant I over ate - again ! Will need to watch very carefully for the next couple of days, as I'm off to a friends wedding on Saturday.

I like the way you are all scale hoppers every morning. Most people tell you not to do it and for a wee while I was 'cured', but now I am back to my favourite past time in the morning. My scales showed 211 this morning which considering I had a couple of glasses of wine last night was too be expected.

Walked 2.5 miles this morning, I liked being out and about when the rest of the world was sleeping so the alarm is set for 5:55 again tomorrow. Got a pedometer today so from now on I'll be able to measure the walks correctly.

I plan on doing 30 minutes of calanetics once the boys are in bed, am sure exercise and healthy eating combined are the only way I am going to lose this weight.

Sandy, I hope you and hubby get everything worked out. I can't really say anything because if it weren't for Jay half of the things in my house would never get done. I agree with Noelle though, you should make a list of things that he could do and the kids could do to help take the slack up for you. My kids have to clean their own bathroom(I refuse) and they have to fold and take care of the laundry(which Jay does more than me) Sometimes I make them sweep the floors if I am in a hurry. Maybe that could help you a little. I do understand how you feel though . It seems like there are never enough hours in a day.

Emotional eating. Tell me about it! I ate some brownie at work. I wish I had never started to make those because now it is all I want. I am just having a psychological war with myself right now about food. I want to pig out on everything but I know I will feel like **** after. I would really like to know why our minds and bodies play with us like that. It is so not fair.

Good Morning!!

Sandy, did you and hubby make up last night? Remember when he bought you flowers and the card said I am Loving Less of you every day and you said to remind you of this when you are complaining about him? Or was it don't remind you. Smile! He is a sweety! I hope you are feeling better. Today is a new day and we all ROCK!!!!!!!

Noelle, THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Your comment in my journal got me through yesterday. I was in the process of saying when I get off the computer I am going to eat some chips and I read my journal and saw what you wrote and I exercised instead. I even didn't eat anything last night even while Jay was eating PB and fluff sandwiches.

Chris, You look great. You really are so thin looking. Do you have any before pics?

Carol, How are you today?

Thanks Angie, I'll put a pic in here, for the other girls. I'll have to look for a before picture, you know how we burn those nowadays! -- man! I can't send it, it's too big still. I'll send Angie a pic, and see if she can pare it down more.

Back again, been kind of down with no work and all. So the last few days all I did was eat. The scales went back to where I was on Monday thats why I ate I figured what the heck. But I still got on that poor treadmill every day and gave it a work out. Today it says I lost 4 pounds! Can't have water weight gain, at least I don't think so but maybe dehydrated from the hot flashes I have.
I feel a little better today and looking forward to this weekend, going down to visit my mom.
You know men don't realize what we do. That what makes women so great. We are able to basically do it"all" Take care of our men and children and house and what ever seems to hit us. But we deal with it some different ways and do what we have to do and men just are selfish. It goes back to the old times where the woman did it all and men worked and it has carried on over the years. My question is did we always do it when we first got married? I guess I should of "trained" my husband right in the beginning of our marriage.
I can't complain he works all day and me just a couple of hours so I will do it like always, because I love him.
I hope everyone is well and hang in there everyone

I am trying to see if I can post it. Is that okay Chris?

thanks girl!! When I got these pictures, I couldn't belive it was really me! I never like mysel fin pictures, but now that I"ve worked so hard, I can really see it in pictures now, which was never the case before.