Annie: We were posting at the same time. Sounds like you had a wonderful time. The zoo sounds wonderful. I'm a big zoo fan.
I think we all feel the effects of alcohol more as we drink less. In our 20's we went to the neighborhood bar all the time. Now We might have a drinkl every 6 months. Getting old really sucks...lol

Hi, I'm Back.

Annie:
Your meeting with your GF sounds like FUN!!!

Holly:
You've got some very good thoughts and questions in your post that I know many mothers and wives feel. I am not a mother yet, but I can only imagine what it would be like from DH and I having to watch our newphews. I am a total "my space" kind of girl as well and I know I'll have those types of questions as well. Deciding to become a wife and a mother are both tough jobs that take on so much responsibility. Fortunately, My DH and I very much do our own thing, as well as nurture each other so it's not hard to find "me" time right now...but sometimes I wonder if I'm up for the challenge of motherhood!!! I hope I can be a mother like you!

I feel better now, thanks everyone. I had the stent removed on Friday and my bladder had spasms all day - it was SO painful. But I started getting my appetite back on Saturday. Yay.

Girlie

WOWSER!! I rock again. I am so jazzed. I was down 2.6 last night at WW. My total is 25.6, will only mark 25 on my ticker, cause it won't do tenths. I will check in later, I have lots to do today! I did walk 4 times last week too!

Everyone have a marvy day!!

HUGS Annie

It's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood....
It rained ALL day yesterday right into the evening. It got cold and blustery. I LOVE this weather!!
It is 8c/46F this morning. I actually put on long pants this morning. Mostly cause it looks funny taking the kids out to the bus when I am in shorts and everyone else in in coats, LOL.

4 little guys all day, 5 big kids in school, all 9 for an hour at 3:30.
The “diet”.....
I try to follow the Canada food guide but i have not been. Veggies low and starches and fats way up. I have been reading up on SB. The principals make sense. I will try out some recipes too. I have been living off of sandwiches for a few months.
Basically i am revisiting the whole food thing because I have time to focus on myself right now.

I had a great day yesterday. 6 kids most of the day.DH was home because of steady rain and worked on installing the bathroom sink!!! Just waiting for a seal to set and then we can use running water in our upstairs bathroom!!!!!!!!!!! weehee. it’s been 5 years wihtout a sink up there.
At 5 the boys went to hockey practise and DD went home with a friend for supper and play. I puttered at Avon, watched a soap and relaxed a bit. Since then i worked on final revisions of the parent handbook. I had a great chat with the school board media guy!! We may be in print next week!!

I firmly told my mom we were not coming for thanksgiving dinner on the 9th but would come for lunch on Monday for some leftovers.( she emailed 6 times).
We really want to spend two days home uninterupted just the 4 of us.
The traffic in here is crazy some days.We were planning on three. Two in a row is better than nothing.

I have all the order books ,campaign books,and how to info ready for the Playschool. They start using Avon catologue shopping for their fundraising. The is a ton of potential in this for everyone!! I will take the 4 little people with me to stuff the mailboxes and then play at the park in town this morning.

Gotta get the kids dressed, teeth and hair brushed, lunches whipped up..........

Have a brisk day, woohoo!!

Annie! I want to be jazzed too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Girlie...HI!!!

Yesterday was nice all around.Food was odd in amounts. I was feeling really bloated. i did get the veggies in so hopefully things will move more today. i did eat a bowl of icecream last night left over from DD's bday out of sheer "what the heck". It was 11 pm. I wasn't hungry at all. I wasn't even bored.
I watched Gilmore Girls. Luke and Lorelei remind me a lot of me and DH, it cracks me up.
I have 6 kids today and a busy evening. I go to my Grandma's( she's 95) (in London,Canada,45 min from here) to do her hair and feet, laundry... every other week.I am also going to be running a few errands and doing a few other haircuts and picking up some books i leant a friend like 2 years ago.It will be late getting home.
I delivered some Avon last night. Kids were angels. Gotta love it.
Now I am feeling a bit of guilt about my family issues because someone commented that they would give anything to be with their family for the holidays. I wish our relationship was open and genuine.sigh.
Day 3 I am aiming for no blips in the food area!!!
HUGS!!

Good day everyone.

Annie: You ARE jazzed! Send a little of that music over here!

Holly: My family situation is strange in that I've never met anyone on my mom's side (all in Japan), and I've never lived close to my dad's side of the family so while we are family, we are not very close. I don't have the family ties that everyone has, I have lived hundreds of miles from my mom since I was 10 years old, and I don't have an immensely huge bond with my father - only since I moved out and got married have we gotten closer. So I was hoping that I'd have that family stuff with DH's side, but things are just crazy, we all see stuff so differently and it's really showing since we are watching my nephews. It's nuts, and stressful...so I feel ya!

Me, I'm doing terribly eating wise. It seems like I'm always hungry, always, no matter what. After not being able to eat last week, I feel like I'm trying to make up for lost time. The cravings: bacon and sweet stuff! Eek. I definitely don't want to gain the weight back, and I so want to see my Halloween goal of 225. I'm on the way, but can't mess it up. I have my first 1 month weigh in next Friday for the community weigh-in program, and I'm about 8 pounds down, naked - so with clothes it will be less when I actually weigh, but I want it to be at least 10 pounds down. I plan to go to the gym every day for the rest of the week, and weigh on Sunday.

It's so weird because usually I know when I'm not hungry and when I'm eating just to eat...but I feel like my body is insatiable, an that I'm always hungry and craving. It's the weirdest feeling. For my lunches, I eat veggies - today I poured most of a bag of frozen green beans in my bowl, added a dab of real butter and some bacon bits for flavor. It's a huge bowl, so hopefully it satisfies me.


How is everyone else doing?

I am also feeling the lovely cool weather. It's been getting to 45-55 degrees F at night and it's great to wake up to a cool morning, but that means I'm having visions of pumpkin pie and all kinds of fall/winter comfort foods - baking, etc. I would like to work on eating more soup and chili this fall/winter so I have leftovers and don't have to plan so much.

Anyone have any soup ideas/recipes? I have a great potato soup crock pot recipe that I made last year - it's awesome and hearty. It STARTED as a low-fat potato soup but after I added stuff to it, it wasn't so low in fat, but still a decent choice. I'll post the recipe in a few weeks as it gets colder.

OR anyone have any other crock-pot recipes to share?

Good evening everyone,
I'm glad this day is over. Not only were we swamped at work, one person short but it was the hottest day of the year. It got to 104f This weather is crazy it is suppose to only be 78f tomorrow. Looking forward to that.
I was down 2lb at my wi. I was surprised I really hadn't expected a loss since I had a couple of real bad food days.

Annie: CONGRATS!!! on your loss. Your right, You do rock!!!

Girlie: I thought I was the only one who ate veggies like that. For dinner I had a WW meal and a whole can of spinach with 1tbs of butter.

Everyone have a great evening

Hi everyone,
where is everyone? Hope everyone is well. I really blew my points today
I don't even want to know how badly...Mexican Buffet.
I'm going to bed early so I'll talk to ya'll tomorrow..
Good night

Hello All.........

It's Friday, Friday, Friday....weeehaaa. Going to my son's homecoming football game tonight, working at Kohl's tomorrow, then going to a bonfire party tomorrow night, then BF is coming over to go for a bike ride. A lot on my plate for the weekend, probably be pooped for Monday work.

Staying OP, hope to do well on Monday night at WW.

Debbie - don't let one little jog in the points system mess you up. That is the past and today is a brand new day. Make the most of it and you will be great.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Stay focused.

Chat at cha on Monday.

Annie

HI Ladies!!! It is nice to see a few of you here. I have been spending a bit of time revisiting my eating habits and have been reading up on and doing a modified South beach diet this weeks. I have been living off of sandwiches,cheese and crackers and ice cream for a month and gained 5 lbs.
I have dropped my starchy carbs enormously.
On fitday the last 2 days my numbers have been. 40% fat, 30 carbs, 30 protein. Obviously i need to drop the fats.
A week ago I was at 75% carbs,20 fats,5 protein. LOL!
Every day I seem to have eaten 1 slip up. like yesterday i had cheese and crackers before bed. The old me would of eaten the whole box of crackers and gone for more. I had a handful. So that is a small NSV.
I would say the “diet” has not given me more energy physically( I didn’t lack any) but I feel more clear headed, which is nice. So my goal starting today is to really do phase 1. I am half detoxed as I type.
Our fair is this weekend. Fair food is a non issue. It will be FUN. Both kids will be MUTTON BUSTING.Which is sheep riding just like bull riding. DS came in 2nd out of 22 last year.
Just 2 kids and DD today. We are going to the Early Years group.
I may go back to the thrift shop. I picked up 2 small lamps yesterday. Many of our rooms dont have overhead lighting. It gets gloomy in the winter months. One was a vintage sconce. I LOVE it.Only $2.00. woohoo.
The Avon sales meeting was a bummer in a way. I won an award but dont like the gift, bah. I just started in May but there are women selling $2-3000 but have been doing it 25 years plus. I spose I will get there.
I am doing well. My brain has great ideas and vision. I dont have the time to impliment it. Next Sept is a whole different story. I will have DD and 3 other in school fulltime and 2 other in parttime. Can you say ding dong!!

Hubby was sweet and cuddly last night. Mostly he is just obnoxious LOL!

It is 6C,42F.Nice.Going up to 17C,64F. Perfect!

Off to putter in the kitchen.

Have a glorious day!!!

Hi Everyone,

I'm a bit down today as I'm up a pound since last Friday

I was soooo close to Onederland last week, but sometimes it seems so to take for ever to get there!

Anyhoo, I'll just have to cut back a bit - I've gradually been increasing cals (I use Nutridiary to keep track) and I've gone from an average of 1450 to 1500 per day over the past couple of weeks. I don't want to go too low, though, as I'm afraid of totally stalling out and slowing my metabolism.

Now might be a good time to start upping my exercise. I work out 3x a week at Curves, but I think I might start walking again too. I can't walk very far because of a bad foot, but I'll do what I can.

This is my "danger time" to start gaining - the beginning of cooler, darker days and the holiday season - so I'll have to watch my carb cravings.

All the best to everyone in the Race to 199!

Hello All,
I feel like I've been gone forever! The Sales meeting last weekend and the 1st part of the week was great fun.

The meeting were sort of boring, but the party times were awesome!
Saw "The Rolling Stones" on Saturday night...we were in the party tower next to the stage. The Band looks old..but they still rock! Didn't get much sleep the whole time that I was gone. Usually had time to chill out for a couple of hours in the afternoon, then party all night with the Reps. We had a blast though. However, I can tell I'm not in my 20's anymore.

I did really well with the food when I was gone but I think not exercising got to me; I had a .25 lb gain at TOPS. I'm really unhappy about it even though it's a small amount. I've got to get those scales moving again. I'm going to continue with the food journal. I know it is helping me to stay on track and I can see areas where I need to improve so I'll work on those.

Work continues to be busy..well insane really. I just feel like I never have a moment to just relax. I go in early, stay late, miss lunch. I know I need to stop and if it piles up it just does but that's not in my personality and it would drive me crazy. Any idea here? I'd gladly listen.

It's getting close to the weekend and I'm looking forward to it. I plan on relaxing somewhat. Hubby and I are going to the movies tomorrow. We are going to see "In Her Shoes". I've read the book and loved it.

Looks like most here are doing well.

Everyone take care.

Susie

T G I F ,
Another week in the history books. I have done fair today on food. I still have 6 extra pts. I hope to make it to curves tomorrow. I've gotten a little slack in the exercise area. I'm just glad I have a very active job.

Susie: Glad you enjoyed you trip. Just seeing the Stones would have made my trip.
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt I would have gained more than .5lb. I
have "0" selfcontrol when we eat out. You did great.

Penpal: This also my danger time. I really love cold weather foods. Chili, stews, soups and cornbread.

Holly: I love thrift stores, Some of the finds are fantastic. Looking is most of the fun.

Hi everyone,
I'm just having a lazy Saturday afternoon. Just sitting around in front of the tv. I think I might get up and go for a walk. It's only 88f now so that would feel pretty good.
I 've done fair on food. It's real hard when dh is here. He is addicted to fast food. We work (fuss about) on it constantly. He got use to it when he drove longhaul for almost 30 years. When we first came home he dropped 40lbs in a couple of months. Now he is slipping back into old habits. Trust me it is hard to teach that old dog new tricks...LOL.

Annie: Hope ya'll had fun at ds football game. Enjoy your bike ride today.

Everyone have a wonderful w-end. LATER

Hey guys,
I went to the local flea market this am. It got too hot too fast. I came home early. I only bought a couple of things.
I really blew my pts today We had company and I made chicken alfredo. Love the stuff.
Dh is off work tonight so we have had a great day together.

BIG HUGS EVERYONE