Thanks everyone for the welcome back.

Lara, Thanks for posting that photo.

Theresa, Holy Cow! That is a ton of fish flys. You must be close to the lake.

Today was pretty good. I am on my high end of my range, but I did manage to avoid the leftovers from the work potluck. It is time to go water my garden and do some tidying up. Good night all!

Hi ladies.
Boy it been busy day. Just regular every day things.
cleaned up the garage a little. took the leaf blower and blew dead bugs off the house for about 1 hr.
cooked. cleaned, and went to work. Visited Jessie.
Nothing exciting. But a good day.

Tinky.
What a beauty. love the smiling pic

Crafty mom, Way to go. One pound at a time. that’s how we do it.


Lara,
I love the pic of you on the horse, regardless of you weight. You look like a
cute little girl there.
loved your joke too.
I never used those plastic mouse traps.
we use the yukky glue traps. Mostly they work very good. as long as the mouse gets his nose into the glue. It suffocates them very quickly.

its to funny, your buying those little 100 cal packs of goodies for your hubby.
My hubby would laugh me right out of the house on that one. I don’t eat them much my self. I prefer something that feels like it has a little substance. those seem like puffed air. I don’t feel like I ate any thing after I eat them.

I hope things get better with your daughter. That tough love… is tougher on YOU.
I am glad at this point, that my dd and I are getting along very well. I don’t envy you all that fun..


Zenor,
got to see pics of those shoes. So funny how something can ship like that.
We see it a lot here in ohio. Just mail a letter. It goes to Pennslyvania and comes back to ohio.

Charlene,
good luck with those pills. and Have fun with your grill. There are lots of fun things you can cook on the grill.

Meg,
Wow! 1989.
I had my last kid in 85. I feel OLD.
Not. Just kidding I don’t feel old.
but I did graduate in 76. So I guess in fact I am.

Nat,
Woooo-hoooo! congrats, almost 20 pounds. You are going to catch up with me yet.

My official weigh in is on the First.
Curves weighs and Measures once a month.
I use my scale at home every morning. before I eat or drink.

Petra,
I want that Mouse trap. Sounds pretty humain.

Milleradah- welcome


Lovemyboy.
Yes I am a couple hundred feet away form lake Erie. Half a block.
Its nice all year. except for a few day. I can deal with it.

Alright its enough of the novels here. got to get moving again.
night.

Calories for today~1461
Fiber~47 grams

Here's a link to the shoes I bought. I'd take of picture of my feet, but we need batteries for the camera. I got a killer deal on them, so don't think I paid that price for them (I'm a tightwad. Lol.)

http://www.shoes.com/product.asp?p=5...t_id=EC1006393

Charlene~ I had my nose pierced several years ago and had to let it close up for a job, I always missed it. So, when I reached under 200 I got it re-pierced. When you get it done make sure not to touch it too much and wash with anti-bacterial soap like they tell you! If you follow the directions for after care you shouldn't have problems with infections.

Petra~ Enjoy your long weekend!

Grammy~ I was completely knocked out for the removal of my wisdom. Lol. They gave me vallium to take before the appointment and it reduced me to a giggly motor mouthed 15 yr old. DH was laughing his butt off! The part I didn't like was the food you are supposed to eat afterwards. I can only eat so much soft food before I start wanting crunchies!

Natalia & milleradah~ on the losses! Way to go!

Tinky~ I agree, smiling picture wins!

I am still here but have not been able to post for a few days. It has been a good week, been able to keep the calories to a max of 1400 per day and i have even managed to get 3 30 min workouts in. The only trouble i have had this week was drinking water only had about 40oz per day. I am going to make a point of setting a large glass beside my bed everynight and drinking it before i get out of bed every morning, I think that may help. well it getting late i am off to bed, I dont have to work tomorrow so i will have time to catch up on everyones posts.

Hi all,
I know I don't post much, but I read through this thread every day (couple times a day, actually) and I really enjoy the "conversation". You're all very inspiring in your committment to losing weight and to doing it in a healthy way!

By the way Theresa, those bugs were absolutely disgusting! I don't know how you dealt with that. You're braver than I would be!! That's one great thing about living in Southern California ~~ practically no bugs..EVER!

Total calories today: 1426
Total fiber today: 34 grams

I weigh in tomorrow am ~ Hopefully I'll be changing my ticker!!

Anna,
not brave. You just do what you have too. these bugs only live for a day or two. And when we get lots like this year... it means that lake erie is clean. they live in the lake.

My calories for Thursday were 1499
Fiber: 37
and 13 glasses of water= 104 oz.

What The Heck?

I have to say, I haven't worked harder or more dilligently than I have this past week on losing weight and eating right. And when I weighed myself this morning, it appears I've GAINED A POUND. Needless to say, I'm a little depressed today. I'm starting to second guess myself, wondering if I should go back to counting points on WW or what. Maybe I should buy a brand new scale (mine's a little old, digital one and it reads something different every time I step on it which is why I said it "appears" I"ve gained a pound)

I always have this fear that I won't be able to lose the weight on my own, that I need some sort of diet plan like WW or Jenny Craig or I won't lose it. But I know that counting calories works! I lost weight last week.

So, here's my calories for the week:

Fri - 1535
Sat - 1433
Sun - 1320
Mon - 1659
Tue - 1499
Wed - 1610
Thu - 1426

I did 30 - 40 minutes every day (except Sunday) on the treadmill.

The rational part of me says that my body is readjusting (whatever that means, but it sounds good!) or that maybe since I've been sedentary for so long that I'm building muscle. But the irrational part of me says that I'm doomed to never lose this weight! AHHH!

I won't let this discourage me. I know that if I keep eating less calories than I burn, that I will lose weight. But I'm kind of lost right now, wondering if I'm eating too many caloires, not enough... I just don't know.

Then again, it IS only 1 pound, so maybe I'm just overthinking things. I'll weigh myself tomorrow and see.

Thanks for letting me vent!!!

Week two is going well. Had to check in with my buddies here. I'm between 1800-2000 calories still. I'm hopeful that I can still lose on these high calories because I feel really good today and all this week like last week. I'd love to get about 10 lbs. off these two weeks. I'm actually aiming for two pounds. I'm watching sodium intake. My family is really my Mom at meal time who eats out every dinner. I choose grilled meats, some kind of starch without fat or salt be it sweet potato, corn,baked potato kind of thing or a couple of slices of toast. I don't always order wheat toast because Freedom Plan didn't require that and that helps out for variety sake.

All I know is that I'm sticking with it. I need to drop still 50% of my body weight to get down to realistic numbers that I weighed in the past. I'm just glad I didn't hit 300 lbs. That would have really not been a good thing.

Well things are and aren't going so well....glad to see all the posts I am a sahm that homeschools with the occasional house cleaning to supplement our income, and so I come here a lot and look for updates.

Tinky we are very similar, both in the seattle are (we live in bothell) and both are aiming for similar goals! Maybe I need to catch up to you! Something to keep me really motivated, see if I can catch you lol.

AnnaA don't let it get you down with the scale, my weight varies day by day and hour by hour depending on foods and hormones and such. Once I got on the scale as soon as I woke (after going to the bathroom) then I got back on as I got in the shower about an hour later. Minus one cami I had managed to "lose" a pound and a half, don't think my cami weighs that much! lol One method of weigh in I have seen that seems intriguing to battle the fluxes is to average you daily weigh ins over a week. Also if you scale reads different when you step on it over and over again, you might want to find a more reliable one.

Littlered love to see your ticker, your someone who is doing it! You have made a lot of progress so far. So many of you have significant changes and I can't wait to be one of you.

Well things here have been good and bad, I have a kidney infection so I am on some icky medicine. Also my hubby just got informed that major changes are going on at work and his salary job is basically gonna be a prison with people constantly looking over their shoulders! Ugh so now we are reworking budgets so that way if its bad in a few months from now he can try looking around for a new job. Thusly two bad eating days!!! Indulged in a martini two nights in a row and then dinner added up faster than expected, sigh.

BUT the doctor confirmed I am down 5 pounds from my start weight by both my scales and theirs and even after two bad days, the loss is still there! It won't be official til Monday's weigh in but I am happy! Its motivation to behave over the weekend, and maybe even add a pound to the loss . So I have met my June goal if it sticks!

Well have a great weekend everyone and keep posting to motivate us slackers who like to lurk and read and only occasionally post.

Lara That mouse trap is awesome, I highly recommended it. All you have to do when the light is going off is take it to the trash and dump them in there. No touching them nothing. Course I won't get that close to it when it is blinking. I seen one in our garage last week I think and I was like what the heck are they doing in here it's summer? I hope that it won't be bad. But it sounds like you guys are pretty lucky will only have 2 a year.

Anne Just stay on track with what you are doing. It sounds like you are doing the right things. Sometimes the scale don't coperate with me either. But all in all it will work out in the end.

Well I had a doctor's appointment today. They are doing blood test to make sure that everything is ok. My period has been acting crazy since I started my healthier lifestyle. So of course they are checking my blood and all that. But he was very impressed with my weight loss. From the last time I was there Nov. when I weighed 184 to today when I weighed 140. But I told the nurse well this morning I was 138.2, of course that was naked, lol. He said that a good weight for me would be 130. I told him that I was thinking between 130-125 so that is all good. He did say that I am at a good weight right now. But I should be fit too. Which I am getting better everyday with getting fit. So that was a plus!!! And he put me on Chantix to help quit smoking, I hope that it won't make me gain weight, it's not suppose to be a side effect. So I will start taking that tomorrow and then I am suppose to quit sometime next week. So we will see how that goes. Well I am going to take a little nap before our fun at the festival tonight.
Mary

I am having a great day! My calories are under control and I have managed to drink 56 oz of water so far today. I just need to find some time to fit in some exercise, I think I may see if the kids want to go for a walk tonight, if not I will be sure to hop on my eliptical.

Grammy- Have you thought about getting a cat? The previous owners of our house had mouse trouble but we have not had a problem, we have 2 cats. The mice tend to stay away, our house is not a safe place for them.