Bandit, if you don't mind, post your recipe. Glad it turned out well. I'm ready for your chicken salsa dish again. As I remember, it is really good.

Princess, good goals and attainable. Don't fret about the goal for Sept. I certainly haven't done what I wanted to do this year, but I refuse to give up. Your exercise will make a big difference.

I knocked off almost 11/2# this week which was great since we were away from home for three days and ate all meals out. I am on track for today and will get back to exercising now that it's cooler. I realize how lame that sounds, but I only have today to work with and I can plan for the future.

Good luck to all the Turtles--Lauren and Cherry and Chrily.

My goal was to kinda restart WW this past week in hopes of gaining my focus. I did good sometimes but still made very bad choices in the evenings. Today is my official at home weigh in day and i am down 2.2 pounds and I will SO TAKE IT!

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I'm a south beacher by nature but i figured WW works too so I returned last night and joined up. I'm doing e-tools and monthly pass...

i'm Nessa
I'm 48
in May 2006 I started south beach weighing 286 pounds. (on my home scale)
last night the weight watchers scale had me a bit higher than my home scale (where i weigh naked in the mornings) but I figure this is my WW life so here it is in all it's glory: 223.6

I figured the more WW support I could get the better as I'm doing a hybrid of South Beach and WW.

hope it's ok to say hi here.

Hi Nessa and It's great to say hi here. Let us know a bit about you and we'll do the same.
Everybody, have a great Labor Day weekend. I've got a lot of planning to do since my kids will be here for the weekend and we're also celebrating my dsil's birthday. I have to get organized, plan and prepare for this time span.

Good luck to everyone. Drink that water!
Judy

well thank you Judy.

about me

skinny as a kid.
thought i was fat in high school so did WW back then (THIRTY years ago) as my mom had been doing it for YEARS (we are from NY originallly and she knew it way back when)..... i wasn't fat. I'll never see 135 again...

married (to my third and much younger) husband we are raising his daughter (she's 16) my boys are 24 (and he's disabled emotionally) and 22 (at Drexel University)

I do computer work for the Social Security Administration.

anything else anyone wants to know Just Ask.

Cherry,
Weigh to go! Losing over two pounds in a week is great! :
That's dynamite. So what if you had a few choices you would redo if given the chance? You did great and are onto your next week of losing. Yay!

Nessa, good to know about you. I'm a WW'r of many years and love this group. I am married, have three married children and three grandchildren. I'm in my mid-sixties but feel about 35 LOL.

Here's to all of us for moving on and doing the best we c an and then even better!
Judy

ok i had a good day yesterday... bedtime approaches and i'm 6 points short of my day (will so rarely happen it's shocking) so i had some dried peaches, some greek yogurt and half an ounce of walnuts.. Yummy!

is anyone else trying to eat mostly core foods while counting points?

Morning all and a very happy Friday to you all! Work right now it just kicking my butt... my boss is in a perpetual bad mood and I seem to be his kicking girl... I have had enough. I have thought long and hard about it and am looking into enrolling in school again after the holiday for a degree in nursing... I have had enough of the business world and it is time to move on... now if I can just get accepted to a decent school!!!
I have been ok this week, not great but ok. DS leaves to head back to college this afternoon and we had his farewell supper last evening... complete with dessert... ugh! DH went and bought them and they were not friendly let me tell you! Oh well... had a little bit and let it go. I did get a walk in almost every night this week with the exception of last night because we had my other DS and his GF there for supper, by the time everyone left I was just too tired to worry about it.

Welcome Nessa!

I will be back shortly but have a doctors appointment so I have to cut this short!

Hey Princess,
Sorry boss is being a jerk. You have the ultimate personality to be a nurse.
You'll be accepted. I'm sure you know, but in case you don't community colleges often offer nursing degrees in a two-year program and then you can work and continue onto a BS at another school. Congrats to you on and

I've got to run, but just wanted to check in and say hi.
Congrats to Nessa for doing so well for the day!

Good luck to us all.
Judy!

Oh, Nessa, yes--I have tried using Core foods on the points plan. I still tend to eat too much bread. Glad to have you with us.
Judy

See after 2 years on SBD I almost never eat bread (although it's allowed I've really gotten away from it)

Princess sorry to hear about work...

Thanks Judy and Nessa... as with all things "this too shall pass" =) Thank God! I am excited about going back to school and am looking into a community college program here that may work out well for me. Will just have to see what they say.

Any plans for the holiday weekend turtles?

We are going to look at a dog that needs a home... his parents are splitting up and as they have a lot of animals they can not keep them all... there is a dog that needs a new forever home and since he is a German Shepard which DH wants very badly we are going to take one of our dogs down to visit him and see if they get along... if so then we will have a fourth four legged child soon... LOL. Once you have one or two... what is three or four

Nessa, I am so glad that you are joining our group, what a wonderful addition you will make! Welcome again!

I have to run but have a great weekend everyone and do the best to stay on your goal path... it is all we can do.

Princess

It is nice to see so many posts on here since i last posted. It is very encouraging.

Nessa- So happy to have a new member. This is a great little thread with a lot of support and motivtion.

Princess- That is neat you may be getting another dog. german shepherds are beautiful animals.

Judy- If i could change anything from this past week it would be to stop sabatoging myself by eating a half of a large pizza while my DH eats the other half. Sometimes i feel addicted to it. Maybe it it the carbs. Maybe i should lean towards core foods myself to help with cravings.

Hi everyone & welcome Nessa - always nice to have new people with new tips on this site. Sure, you will fit right in - nice group of ladies.

Cherry - Nice job on yourloss this week, keep it up.

Princess - I hear you about the job - there are days when it would be nice to pack it in & change careers. Good for you for doing what you want.

Judy - have fun with your kids this weekend & I will post recipe when I can.

As for myself, I am heading to trailer tomorrow a.m. & some ladies are coming up for the day, so that should be fun. My gf is stopping by trailer Sun on her way to her trailer so will visit for awhile with her.

Weather is suppose to be nice so hoping to get in some swims,walks, and campfire.

Everyone have a great long weekend!

Welcome, Nessa! Hello, everyone.

I'm in my two-week weight-loss trough right now. Seems that half of every month, I don't lose any weight. It's funny. Well, not *funny* exactly; very trying, in fact! But I should see a good loss next week.

Still following my plan faithfully with the occasional extra fruit, veggies, and yogurt.

Our month of house guests has finally ended -- we have this entire weekend to ourselves! Hooray! Then next weekend, we're going to Chicago to be somebody *else's* problem for a few days. I told our hostess I'll be bringing a cooler with my meals in it. Too bad; she's a very good cook! Ah, well. I'm getting so close to onederland, I'm very motivated right now.

Hope you all have a marvelous weekend -- and happy Labor Day!