Good Sunday morning all,
Checking in for today and hoping everyone's weekend has been good. I took that break from exercise yesterday and today I was able to add an additional 10 minutes to my workout, it's a small accomplishment, one that I will take! I also did my weigh-in and as suspected there was not a huge change... 1 lb. for the week... I'm still on track so I won't complain I'm feeling bloated and my ankles are a little swollen. I'm sure it's fluid retention and hopefully I'll get rid of it in a day or two.

Sheila, so good to see you posting. We've been missing you! Congrats on the 4 lb. loss that's great progress. Sorry to hear you are still having puter problems... hope you can get it resolved soon, we need you here!

Cheryl, sounds like you're doing just fine. So what, a small slip up will happen from time to time, just as long as it's not an everyday thing and we can get ourselves back on program the very next day. I've read where some people save up just so they can have a day to enjoy if they so choose. Keep up the good work. Remember slow and steady!

Tina, shopping is always fun! I like reading your posts, they always seem like you are so full of energy. keep that motivation going girl!

Enjoy the day everyone. I'll check back later.

Hey ladies! Good Sunday evening to you all! I have been doing good and staying on course. My water intake has suffered a little bit this weekend (may be a lot), when I'm out and about I tend not to drink as much. But I'm really happy I haven't eaten out half as much as I usually would on the weekend. Once on Saturday, Wendys, had a salad and bottle of water. Today at Gullivers had grilled chicken terriyaki sandwich and caesar salad and water. I ate the chicken and left the bread. So that's amazing, usually I'm out almost every meal since Friday evening. Been keeping up the walking on the treadmill too, plus all the walking around shopping, that's just an added to shopping eh!?

Lois, good job staying on track. Weekends tend to be tougher for me as my parents come every weekend. So mom and I are always out and about, and when you're out there are a lot temptations! Good job adding 10 mins. to your workout, taking a day off could prove to be a good thing! Thanks for the great compliment aswell. Just knowing you enjoy reading whatever blah, blah I have to say makes my day!

Sheila!!! I'm so happy to see you here! You've been on my mind throughout the week. I felt bad that you couldn't stop by. I hope you're able to resurrect your computer so you can bury the dinosaur with the rest of the bones! congratulations on the 4lb. lost. That's great! Keep it up!

Cheryl, I think I said in a post before, that it's okay to have luxary items once in a while (yes, I consider pizza a luxary folks!! hahaha)

I hope you have an awesome night!!

~Tina

Good evening everyone! I've had a good day, stayed within my points. I took a rest from exercising today. But I will be back at it tomorrow morning, bright and early.

Lois... Hey, 1lb, is a pound gone. Good for you!!! Hope I see a loss as well when I weigh in the morning.

Have a good week everyone.

Cheryl

WOW, so many people losing, staying on plan, keeping within their points, making great choices--you guys are motivating!

I spent the weekend in Virginia Beach at my sister's place since she's been freaking out about her wedding in April...I was called in to calm her down My maid-of-honor dress came in, and I was SO afraid it wouldn't fit since I know formal dresses tend to run small, and it only went up to a 24, but it zipped up all the way even without any "supportive undergarments," so I was very happy I also made good choices when eating out--my sister and I did lunch at a somewhat upscale diner, and I had a pita with grilled teriyaki tuna, black beans, corn, lettuce, and a parmesan sauce (SO good--I'd never had grilled tuna before) and a side of black beans instead of fries. Then we went to PF Chang's Saturday night, and I got ginger chicken and broccoli--and I ate ALL of the broccoli (which for me is a major feat in itself). Overall, I came back only 1/2 pound higher than when I left on Friday, which is awesome because I normally tend to weigh about 2-3 pounds more on Monday morning from all of the additional sodium over the weekends from eating out

LadyLai--I usually eat out a lot on weekends, too, so hooray for good choices AND using the treadmill...I REALLY need to follow your example and get my butt movin' with some exercise!

ladylane--congrats on the pound

Cheryl--I'm sure the pizza was fine...can't you stock up on extra points and use them as flex points? I think just like calories, if you're low one day and high the next, it'll even out. Pizza is absolutely one of my major weaknesses

1FatHen--congrats on the 4 pounds I agree, I LOVE hearing people's stories on here whether they relate only to weight loss or not. It makes it more of a community of friends than just a group of people trying to lose weight

Jill--let us know how your sister is when you get a chance! I hope everything's okay...as for your daughter, teenagers will always find a way to do what they want to do. I'm only 23, and much lik your daughter, I always had good grades and had good friends and was an all-around good kid. My parents never had reason to worry or not trust me. Then one night, a friend and I pulled a typical stupid teenager move--I told my parents I was staying at her house, and she told her parents she was staying at my house, and we actually both ended up spending the night at her (guy) friend's house 2 towns away (with his friend there as well, so it was 2 guys and 2 girls). Well, her mother called my parents in the morning to ask my friend something, so sh!t hit the fan. Sometimes, even the good kids fall victim to peer pressure. I really hope you can talk to your daughter about everything--I'm sure she will be absolutely mortified at first, but I think most kids really do understand that their parents only have their best interest in mind

Hi everyone!!

Hope we all had a good weekend. I find I am enjoying doing housework much more now that I know that I can enter it into Nutridiary as exercise!! I can burn calories just by doing an hour's ironing standing in front of the TV watching Star Trek!!

Anyway, another pound as of this morning so that's three this week! I happy!!

Poo - my new digital scales came and they say I'm 3 lbs heavier than my other ones! Poo!!!!

Ah well - I have still lost 7 lbs so I've just adjusted my starting weight 3 lbs up to compensate!!

The good thing is, they weigh to the 0.1 of a pound so I can see even a small loss!!

Morning

Don't know if I want to believe my scales or not, but it showed I lost another 4lbs weighed myself three times, and got three different readings. So I lost between 2 to 4 pounds. Have to buy new batteries when I go to town on Wednesday.

Later

Good morning everyone,
I hope everyone had a good weekend and we're ready to tackle another week. I just got my workout in and I have added a little more intensity to it. I am also thinking it's time to do something else during the afternoon or early evening, but I'll see how it goes.

Robsia, glad you got your scale. Hey, I am going to have to start logging my household chores too... and does chasing behind a 3 yr. old count?

jillybean, sounds like you had a very good weekend and you made some good food choices. I bet the tuna was really good. So glad the dress fit, I know you were relieved .

Cheryl, Congrats on the loss , sounds like you had a very good day I have designated my off day for Sat. and you better believe I was back at it yesteday morning... and you know what, I always seem more energized and ready for the workout after a day off.

Tina, sounds like you had a pretty good weekend too. Psst. I had a Wendy's salad myself this weekend... I got the nutritional info from their website and plugged it into FitDay, it may not be the best salad to have but it's good and I stayed within my calories and got some needed protein.
I'll check back later and I hope everyone has a good day!

Good morning everyone,
I hope everyone had a good weekend and we're ready to tackle another week. I just got my workout in and I have added a little more intensity to it. I am also thinking it's time to do something else during the afternoon or early evening, but I'll see how it goes.

Robsia, glad you got your scale. Hey, I am going to have to start logging my household chores too... and does chasing behind a 3 yr. old count?

jillybean, sounds like you had a very good weekend and you made some good food choices. I bet the tuna was really good. So glad the dress fit, I know you were relieved .

Cheryl, Congrats on the loss , sounds like you had a very good day I have designated my off day for Sat. and you better believe I was back at it yesterday morning... and you know what, I always seem more energized and ready for the workout after a day off.

Tina, sounds like you had a pretty good weekend too. Psst. I had a Wendy's salad myself this weekend... I got the nutritional info from their website and plugged it into FitDay, it may not be the best salad to have but it's good and I stayed within my calories and got some needed protein.
I'll check back later and I hope everyone has a good day!

Absolutely it counts - apparently an hour's child care is 210 calories!!

GOOD MORNING! HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD WEEK END!!! I THINK I DID PRETTY GOOD THIS WEEKEND HAD PIZZA ONCE AJUSTED MY POINTS. I GUESS I WILL FIND OUT TOMORROW I'M OFF TODAY. THATS WHERE I WEIGH. JELLYBEAN CONGRATS GOOD JOB. CHERYL GOOD JOB ON THE WT. LOSS.. ROBSIA I'M SURE YOUR NEW SCALE IS GOING TO HELP KEEP A BETTER COUNT ON YOUR WT. IT WILL ALL EVEN OUT. YOU KNOW YOUR DOING GOOD.. LADYLANE I WISH I HAD YOUR ENERGY THIS MORNING I'M USUALLY AT WORK BY NOW SO ITS KIND OF NICE TAKING IT EASY, NOT FOR LONG I HAVE A LOT OF STUFF I WANT TO GET DONE AT HOME TODAY CAN'T WASTE AN EXTRA DAY OFF.. JILL I HOPE YOUR SISTER IS WELL ANY TIME YOU NEED AN EAR I HAVE TWO TEENAGE DAUGHTERS AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND ALSO WE WERE ALL TEENAGE GIRLS AT ONE TIME. SOME OF US LONGER AGO THAN OTHERS.. LADYLIA SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT WEEK-END. EATING OUT IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE BUT YOU DID GREAT. IFATHEN I THINK STRESS EATING IS MY BIGGEST PROBLEM. MOST PEOPLE I KNOW DO'NT EAT WHEN THEIR STRESSED. NOT ME!!! LUCKY I CAN WALK TREW THE DOOR.. I'M DOING WT. WATCHERS TOO. SOUNDS LIKE YOUR DOING GOOD YOU LOST WT. HANG IN THERE.. GOOD LUCK WITH THE COMPUTER!!!!! EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD DAY I HOPE TO CHECK IN LATER. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT! WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER

I've been a bit negligent around here lately but I've found a new quiz game online called qwizzle and its kept me busy lol. It has 100 levels and I'm only on level 54 (stumped on it too), so my butt has terraformed to this chair.

Good to see so many losing weight! Congrats to all of you I've also lost 2lbs more. I thought it was three but I somehow miscalculated but I'm still happy....down 8lbs total since Jan. 2nd ....Wooohooo! LOL.

Have a great day all!

I really appreciate all the kind words, thoughts and prayers!

Thank God my sister is doing fine. They thought she was having a stoke - did bloodwork, EEG, EKG, and cat scan and came up with nothing. They kept her for observation but she is home and back to work with the warning to be very vigilant about how she is feeling and she has to report to her dr. this week. She is my sister who exercises daily and is in fabulous shape - she has high blood pressure & she is very health aware. The rest of us (3) sisters are fat and lazy and we tease her all time saying she would be much healthier if she would gain a few pounds and stop exercising!

As for my daughter, we managed to get through our discussion without tears or shouting - I took her out to dinner and she was fairly open about everything. She said she had been thinking about telling me this weekend as she has been worrying about it. She has an appt w/ my gyn this Wed. We are still discussing consquences. Yikes - parenting is not for sissies!

Lois - Yes it was "My Space" too! I also had to pussyfoot around that so as not to tip my hand. Way to go on the weight loss and additional exercise!

Losing in LA - Thanks for the prayers and BBQ isn't that bad. Hang in there!

Cheryl - 2 - 4 lbs is awesome! Way to go! Being from Texas it is hard to relate weather wise. It has been in the 70's here all month. You must be very special to be a foster parent!

Tina - Thanks for the kind words. Like we need another reason to shop - burns calories! Good job choosing weel this weekend.

Shelia - Great to hear from you. Sorry about the computer, but 4lbs!! Maybe if my computer were broken I would spent more time exercising (NOT)!

Jill - Being with my family brings many food challenges too. Way to go on making good choices. Bet that dress will be too big by April!

Robsia - No matter what the scales say you are still losing weight! I've never really thought of housework as exercise - I don't know if that will make me like it more or less!

Kespinoza - Seems like pizza is tempting more than just you! Why do we love it so? Thanks for the words of encouragement!

DragonTush - Congrats on the loss!

In spite of being so stressed on Friday, I managed to get to the gym everyday with my DH. Eating was really good. Lost 2 lbs. this week - was hoping for more - but I'll take it!

Hope everyone makes today a great day!

Hugs,

Good Morning!

Just got done exercising with Richard and the gang. It is getting easier each and every day I do it. In fact, I kind of look forward to it. Can't believe I said that. Two weeks ago, I would of gone back to bed after my foster daughter caught the bus. Now, I'm up and exercising by 6:30 AM

Jill - So glad to hear your sister is doing better and it wasn't a stroke or heart attack. I was praying for you both.

Glad you had a heart to heart talk with your daughter, and your relationship is on the mend. 13 to 18 is a very tough age to parent, probably why I have so many grey hairs on my head. LOL

Way to go on loosing 2 lbs with everything else going on with you.

70 degrees sounds wonderful about now. I wokeup to a light dusting of snow and 11 degrees. Could be worse, we could be -20 below. I'm looking forward to May, when we start seeing 70 degree days.

I'll check in later on tonight. Hope everyone has a great day. I'm off to listen to some smooth jazz and work on a quilt.

Cheryl

Good morning,

Just checking in this morning. I got my workout in this morning... still on the 1 mile. I'm ready to bump it up to the 2 mile, but I can not find it... I think my DD has it but she swears she doesn't but funny she had my 1, and 3 mile vids, hmmmm. I really felt that added intensity this morning in my thighs. AF is just a few days away and I am feeling it... didn't want to get out of the bed this morning. I didn't eat after 7:30 last night and boy did I wake up hungry!

Cheryl, I know exactly how you feel. Two weeks ago I would have definitely gotten back in the bed after getting my ds on the school bus. He only goes half days and I would sleep until 10 min. before the bus was due to drop him off. What a difference two weeks and exercise can make... I'm loving it! I'm up by 6am to get my two teenaged sons up, and I get the little one up by 7am and I'm up for the day now. I also love smooth jazz, lately I've been listening to Paul Taylor.

Jill, so glad to hear your sister is okay and you are working things out with your daughter. I swear these teenagers can drive us crazy if we let them. We just have to be mindful that we were their ages. Of course they just think we are old and don't understand! ...but little do they know, right... we've btdt.

DragonTush, even though you're into the game, you've managed to lose 2 lbs. Congrats!

kespinoza, I wish I had my energy "this" morning.

I'll check back later, in the mean time I hope everyone has a good day!