Good morning ladies ! i am new to the beach and these threads so i am trying to make myself known as possible so i can learn all the wisdom of you gals...I started phase 1 and this icky monday is bringing me down ! i like reading that you all go through the same troubles and temptations as me... everyone stay warm and lets kick this mondays butt

RHP9, I like your thinking! Although, I'm kicking Monday's butt from the coziness of my blanket in front of the fire.

All,

I too am feeling the Monday woes. After a generous three weeks of vacation, I'm back at work - and, to say the least, it's hard getting transitioned again. I've been so out of it that I couldn't even remember half of my passwords for my office!

Schmoodle - That cracks me up about your DS. I used to try that all the time, and it never worked with my parents.

Jenne1017 - Stay strong. We often have catered lunches and meetings at my office (like 3 or 4 times a week) and I know that that is going to be a battle for me to resist.

Just an update on me: I did stay strong, ate with everyone (I think the shrimp, chicken and salmon were cooked and then flavored with a vinegarette of some sort so I skipped) and only got a few weird looks. To which I replied "new year, new me, new way of eating better" as they shoved cookies in their mouths.

Nothing tastes as good as thin (and healthy) feels, right?

Still haven't taken down the tree or Christmas decorations.... working off of 4 hours of sleep so I'll do that tomorrow! Tonight is taco night, so I'll have a big taco salad minus the tortilla chips of course. We are working our way through seasons of that show Oz, that went off the air 2003, and it's really intense! On season 4 and working our way up through the seasons, so gonna watch a few episodes tonight and then go to bed.