Good Morning!!! I am so ready to get back OP. At least until I get hungry. Nope, I am going to do it now. I just posted my fat picks on the 4 week challenge thread for Di. So seeing those again gave me a good boost to start today on the right foot. Me and Jay just did a 3 mile walk and the minute we got home it started to rain out. Now I would have enjoyed the rain while I was walking since it is so muggy out anyways. haha

Summer, glad you are back safe and sound. Sounds like you had a fun time. Dont worry about the scales we can start fresh and move forward

Noelle, sorry it is so crappy there too. That is basically what our weather has been for a week. YUCK!!!

Hi ladies, quick check in on my part, in a hurry.. hehe

have a great day!

angie, I am an idiot this weekend, it's been way bad. I am ready to clean up my s*** too

we can do it!

talk to you all tomorow!

Noelle, thanks for the congratulations and welcome back.

I had a fabulous time on vacation. I feel pretty guilty about the weight gain...four pounds...plus the six pounds I gained in June brings me up to a whopping ten pound weight gain since June. I am trying to put the guilt behind me because it is counter-productive. When I am on vacation, I refuse to deny myself. I eat and drink whatever I want...self-indulgence is what vacation is all about for me. I enjoyed every minute of my vacation, and it only comes once a year. I have the rest of the year to get my act together and lose weight. I guess it is a good thing that we can't afford to travel more than once a year. I would probably be even bigger!!!

I have to tell you all again how relieved I was to find this thread. I totally panicked when I had to sign up all over again from scratch as if I had never subscribed to 3fatchicks. Luckily you are all still here. I'm gonna really need you while I struggle to gain back control over my eating and exercising. I hope that I can be a source of strength and support for all of you as well. I will surely try.

Summer

I have been good today. I have the lobsters cooking right now for supper. YEAH ME!!!!

We have been having problems with Cappie lately and I cant figure it out. What would you guys do? We adopted him in January. We were told that the people who owned him had to give him up because he couldnt be in a fence or chained. He kept escaping. I have a huge fenced in yard and I dont keep my dogs outside at all other than to play and do their business so I didnt see a problem with it. Okay we brought him home and he is a big lovebug but he is pigheaded and doesnt like to do as told. Well, he has growled at me if I try to get him to do something he doesnt want to do so I wouldnt make him do it but I would put him in a sit or daown after he calmed down to keep the upper hand.(amazingly enough he will do sit and down when told but that is it.)

Today Jay was playing with the dogs and Cappie jumped at him and tried to bite(he didnt get the skin) we let it slide figuring maybe he got to excited during play so when we went to go out to work we put them in the field to play and Cappie didnt want to go out so Jay tried to nudge him and Cappie turned around and started to snarl and growl at him. Jay said he was not going to give his ground and go to the field until I came up and said foe Cappie to get in the field. We never push the issue or have never hit any of our dogs so I am stumped as to why he is pushing Jay so bad. I am seriously considering giving him up but it breaks my heart because all I wanted to do was save a dog and give them the best life I can. I am not sure he could be trained because he is so pigheaded and I KNOW the way my trainer had me teach Rebel wouldnt work. I would get bit I am sure. He has no ounce of submission in him. I really dont know what to do.

Yay Angie for staying on track today. It's almost lunchtime here but we may go out to the mall again. I made some muffins for breakfast w/some fresh peaches and chocolate chips...not too good of a low-fat choice, but they were very good. I'll do better tomorrow. It's still muggy here but at least the sun is shining today. As far as Cappie goes, maybe you should find an animal behavorist in your area. Some of the regular dog training courses wouldn't work with our dog since he was aggressive and using the choke chain on him only made him more aggressive. we used an animal behaviorist who employed 'gentle' techniques (it sounds corny, but it worked) and he's been much easier to manage. Hope you can find a solution to the problem, it would be sad to have to give up a beautiful dog like him.

Well, we're taking off for the day. I'll check back later.

Angie, I'm so sorry that you are having trouble with Cappie. We have had trouble with our dog, Duffy, who we adopted from a shelter in April. We also have a fenced in yard, and Duffy has dug his way out three times. Now we have to tie him on a line, but we have the line hooked up to the clothesline so that he has room to run. When we went on vacation, he "marked his territory" all over my friend's house. She had to go out and buy him a crate to keep him when they left the house. I vowed that I would never crate a dog, but he actually likes it. Now I won't have to come home to accidents on the kitchen floor anymore. I haven't had a problem with aggression though. If I did, I would definitely seek help from a behaviorist like Noelle suggested. I would probably check with my vet for a recommendation. He/she might have some ideas for you to try before you spend money consulting someone else. You can also check out the website for the American Kennel Club. They have a lot of info. Good luck to you. I really hope that you can solve this problem and keep Cappie. Summer

Well! Hello everyone!

NOELLE please do not tempt with with sushi! Eeek! I went to this Asian Fusion eatery yesterday, Oh, gosh so, tempting!

Tai Grab
Spring Rolls (Fresh)
Sashimi which I ate!

Oolong Cha to no end, and Jasmine tea!

GAS....

Ok, I am on the SBD, right, so I cut carbs, watch fat intake, etc.

I bought a pack of ground beef lean and regular mixed! Still a little too fatty for me though! Since living abroad and on the island, I have not induldged in meat red meat often!

KOBE beef is so $$$$$$$$$

Anyway,

I grilled one onion, one whole garlic thin greenbean, turmeric, cardamon,ciltanto.

Another both the BEEF!
I mixed all together making Hamburg patties!

Lasted for four meals (just two of us)!

However, GAS, GAS,GAS!

We went to the movies the to see "Big Fat Greek Wedding" and my fiancee was like OMG, do you hear the rumbles???

Ladies, any ideas???

Grumble, Grumble!

I am down a cup size, and band size thus far, doing my daily walks with my partner fiancee, and playing with them in the park!

I am there with you. The humidity is high here, not sunny but the walk made me drip with sweat! I am lucky I brought my Hankie!

Does anyone here like Saba?

Hey there friends, I'm crawling out of this hole of self destruction and coming back to get support and offer it. I wish I had time to go back and read all I have missed but I am going to appologize and hope that you all understand that I will just start a new today. I did go back a few and read about Angie's troubles with Cappi.....guess I would take Noelles advice and consult either a VET or a Trainer. Good luck with him.

All in all I have not done too bad, I stepped on the scale this a.m and was not as shocked as I thought I would have to be. I am thinking this time I will use the calorie/fat method. I was doing the WW points, but I am going to be using the fitday site to track my food and stuff and it uses calories/fat, so I think I will do that. Easier maybe? We will see.

Angie: thanks for the PM, it ment a lot to me. I told you I would be back, so here I am. I hope you are doing well again. I'm sure I will catch up here in a bit. Wow last night was so muggy even Alexis was up like 4 times and I was like come on kid, Mommy has to work in the morning. I think she stayed awake from 2:30-4:00 am watching Homeward Bound in her room, I went back to sleep. I know another mom would have stayed up, but she is really good about staying in her room in the night hours. And she is almost 6 so no big deal. This week I guess the weather is supposed to be a lot better.

We took my oldest Evan to camp yesterday for a week, I will miss him. This is his third year of going, and although I don't mind him going away, by about day 3 I am ansy and wanting to go get him, then about day 3 of having him back I will be wanting to send him back....lol...

Oh my goodness, yesterday I bought some Compound W for the new warts that have decided to take residency on my hand. I had them when I was a kid and nothing worked, I had to eventually go to the dr's and have them all burned off. I am hoping that this stuff works this time. They are on the underside of my hand, as a kid I think I remember them being on a bunch of my fingers and 3 on my feet. Why oh why did they come back?

Okay girls, be back later to check in.

Welcome to the newcomers and I'm looking forward to getting to know you.

Kempy: How are you doing girl down there in the South? Is the heat really really bad, and the muggies?

Okay gotta run,

Sandy

Good Morning Beautiful ladies!!! I am so happy to say that I made it through yesterday right on track. I didnt even eat a snack last night. YES!!!! I know my boobs are thanking me today.(they arent all swollen and sore from all the junk I have eaten.)

I am going to have to do something to try and get Cappie to listen. He is weird because generally he is the most loving sweet boy but when he doesnt want to go do something watch out. We have never pushed the issue when he growls but I know that is teaching him that he can growl to get out of something. It is sad but he LOVES the kids. he has never so much as looked funny at them he just has a problem being submissive to me and Jay(mostly Jay) I dont want to have to find him a new home, even though he has many problems I still love him.

The wind is blowing today and it is cool when the sun isnt in my face but I am sure that will all change when I start to bake.

CG what is Saba?

Sandy, I am so glad you are back. You can do this. It is all mind over matter,just try to stay positive and it will happen.(I know easier said than done ) Plus we are all here for extra support when you need it! Ahhh camp... I would send Brittany in a heartbeat. HAHA All that girl has done this summer is argue with me or the twins. She is 11 1/2 going on 22!!! I do get to get rid of all the kids for the weekend this weekend YEAH!!!! Tuesday Brit goes to my sisters to babysit and then Thursday they all go to her house for the night and then my mom is taking all the kids until Sunday.

Oh, Saba is a fish!

It`s English name is Mackerel! Do you like it?

Anyone?

Sorry to hear about your dog, mine is doing the same!

Alpha Male Syndrome.

I am going out to buy a long pigs leather glove so I can grab is mouth and say "no" when he tries to growl or bite, this is what two vets told me to do!


: )

hello ladies! I basically took the weekend off from "dieting", and thinking about it 24/7. which probably wasn't a good idea, but maybe just what I needed to get to focus again ? Hopefully.

So the whole weekend was a wash as far as food goes. Even fitday can't be completed, I don't wish to know the extent of what I ate

But as far as other stuff. I just spent a lot of time with my family, we went to the park saturday for a few hours, I cleaned yesterday and played with my kids the rest of the day. Not really much goin on. Today is my daughters first day of first grade, but they are only doing a half day meet the teacher sort of thing. So I have the remainder of the day off

so far I am totaly on track, I WILL eat good today, and since I have the day off, I WILL work out

There are so many posts since I last had time!

Welcome back Noelle!

Angie, I am so glad you are back to focus, I will use you as inspiration.

CG girl, lol.. GASGAS!!! you make me laugh, hang in there, grats on inches lost!

Peekabo, fitday is awesome! sometimes I don't worry as much about my WWP , and just concentrate on cal/fat intake, I find it works just as well. I also find sometimes I go over on WWP, and still be only at 1000 - 1100 calories for the day.. which makes me wonder about WW just a little. but maybe I am making empty calorie choices.. in fact I probably am ! that would explain that though.

Hi to you Summer, and anyone else I may have missed, I apologize, Have a very very good day girls!

WOW you guys were busy!

Did you get Chris's e-mail? Doesn't she look great! I wish she would head back our way.

Angie I would talk to the vet. Maybe something is chemically wrong with him and he doens't know of any other way to tell you.

Good going Cosmo! It is always gret to put on clothes that were once to tight.

Summer I am heading out on Saturday but I am trying to prepare for the eating. I know I will be drinking that is a given in this family but maybe I can control the food. We are also going to be going on our anniversary date. It is Saturday. I can't believe that it has already been 6 years! Where in the world did the time go.

Noelle how was your weekend alone?

I don't know how you guys walk outside right now. It is so hot down here you just walk outside and you are covered in sweat.

Joe and I had to raise a flower bed yesterday and I worked on my (this is for you Sandy) pot plants. We didn't know how low the bed was but with all of this rain my plants were drowning. Talk about so hard work. We had to pull them out and them add dirt and them plant them again. I hope this works. Now we need to figure a way to drain that part of the yard. That will have to wait until after vacation.

I am so glad that we are all back into everything. I hope we can keep this up. I don't mean to toot my own horn but I am doing really good on this Body Rx. Joe is even helping me stay away from the bad foods. I bought this great cook book and I love the stuff in it. I don't even mind cooking. Who knew I would like it. Maybe it is b/c I know it is good for me so the extra work is paying off.

Kempy: Happy 6th Anniversary!!! Have a wonderfully romantic time together!!!

Cosmo Girl: The food you eat sounds so exotic! I wish I had such sophisticated taste buds. I have the eating habits of an 8 year old!

Sandy: I've been out of the loop too. I just got back from being on vacation for over 2 weeks. I felt really uncomfortable when I returned to a new format. I pretty much freaked out. I've calmed down after checking things out. Welcome back to both of us.

Tonya: What is fitday? I love to hear about all the different diets that people are on, especially if they are effective.

Angie: How's it going? Have you spoken to any professionals since you last posted? I would love to hear how things are going with Cappie.

Noelle: How are you girl? Is it super hot and muggy in Hawaii? The weather is humid and in the 90's with a constant threat of thunderstorms. That is pretty much how it will be until October. I just love late June- mid July. That is when it is sunny, clear, and hot....perfect summer weather for the beach.

Ladies, I need a big fat kick in the _ _ _!!! I have been eating like a !!! I just can't seem to break this self-destructive pattern. Vacation is over. Granted, I'm not back at school, but that is no excuse to keep overeating. I'm so uncomfortable. Anyone got any ideas? I could use some help right about now!

Take care everyone! Summer

www.fitday.com

Hey all!

Wow this forum was busy this weekend. My party and 2 weddings were fun and I did okay. At one wedding I had alittle more alcohol than I allotted myself. I'll half to do better because I have more weddings this weekend.

Anyone know anything on cholesterol. Just got a blood test and they said my cholesterol is 213 but that is 80 points more than a few years ago (early 2001). I have been eating rather healthy (healthier than ever before) and there is no family history of it. I am asking for a retest but don't know what foods I should eat, avoid etc. In the meantime. So any advice is appreciated.

Hi Summer! That is my name too but I guess I'll go by GEM so there is no confusion. I must of joined while you were on vacation.

Kempy congratulations on 6 years - I hope you have a wonderful anniversary!!!!

CG - I understand the gas issue. I take beano before I eat and that helps alot and my husband likes me more.

Angie and Tonya keep it up! You both have come so far and are inspirations to us all on the board.

Sandy - Dr. Scholl's also has a great wart remover that looks like band aids. I had one and it took it off in a week - ten days. Looking forward to getting to know you as well.

Hello to everyone else and I hope all are okay. Have a great day!

GEM/Summer