went for my morning burn around the block twice..darned legs go numb about 200mts away from home...sigh..oh well..bought a mat to do the pilates on...going to do them this arvo..aiming to do the exercises twice a day eventually...got to work up to it..feeling good still...fruit today with veges perhaps a salad for lunch!! gotta do washing today it tis piling up again...i think sometimes it does naughty
things in the basket and reproduces itself!!..might start designing our yearly
christmas card..but i thinks we need a family portrait though..gotta get my bestie to take a pic of us and the animals!!..hopefully i will remember to ask her this afternoon!! my memory sucks at the best of times!

sheila-wow a 5k run...gosh i only wish!!oooooooh that shake sounds delish!!..i am thinking i might buy some for taking away with us after christmas!..well something similar..i cannot buy that particular brand here in aussie land...i clean the toilet, the kitty litter and also do our doona and pillows when i wash the ben linen with disinfectant spray!!

dangerous- yeps i knows what you mean about house guests..i love having them but i also like to see them go for all sorts of reasons..lol..lol..lol..oooooh i hope you have a good TOM this month..mine last month was horrid..well more horrider than usual! yeps i have to attack the laundry as well!! you can have some of our heat hun i would gladly give it away!!

sum-yay!! good to see someone else isn't on the right page..rofl!!

shiela-yay for you tooooooo!! tis good to have a clean home..well my clean might not be as clean as yours but i do get there..lol..lol..i am always fighting hubbys cluttering but then again i can talk...my study looks like a brothel...mind you a brothel is probably cleaner!! ROFL

olehcat-i survived 2 weeks on the soup diet hun..now i am sick of the soup so i am modifying it...cutting out the soup but generally doing the same thing..with a few additions...ooooooh i love milk so this suits me fine..it is what i want to acheive in my meal plans...low added sugar..low fat low carb...eating healthy!!

i hopes everybody has a wonderful day..you all keep warm now...i am soo jealous.. i would love to have some of your cold..but i do know that it sometimes gets very very very cold in places...i would be scared to drive on those icy roads!! be careful everyone!!...cheers liz

thanks hun..i was kinda concerned that you would all get sick of me...lol..lol..my friends say i can talk under water..lol..lol..lol...anyways
what a good idea to read a book whilst doing the treadmill..i never thought
of that!!..thanks for the idea!...not that i have a treadmill but i am thinking of hiring one...mind you the expense of using the pool might pull me up short...we will see..if i can exercise inside in the air con it is better than braving the heat..cheers liz

kelijpa- i was catching up on the december chat thread when i read about you and your little doggie...what do you use to lead him??...we use a head halti and it is the best...roxy does not pull and it is sooo easy to pull he into line...she cannot use a choker and i do not like them so this is the best thing i have used..i have seen it bring into line a big doberman...but never used it on a littledoggie..might be worth a try on your little man??...cheers liz

Thanks Liz, I'll have to look into that, I'd love to take him more places, he needs to get used to other people and dogs. We take him with us hiking and for walks, but not anywhere it's busy. I feel like I need to do a better job with training him, too, we got him from the shelter, he was already 4 so he had some bad habits, but is getting better and better.

Good luck with your exercising!

We just bought one and it is being used all the time; my son loves sparkling water. You will love it.

Thanks sweetie...ummm i forgot to say that roxy is a rescue doggie too...she belonged to a so called friend of mine and we used to babysit her when they went away...she is a border collie cross and the sweetest thing...she is very submissive and goes to pieces if i even raise my voice a little..anyways they used to tie her up all the time and rouse on her and when they had children of course it got worse..in the end they were going to give her to the pound but i had said to them that if they did not want roxy that we would have her and hubby and i discussed it and took her in...we have not looked back since..she is the most beautiful dog..if you can imagine a short haired red and white border collie you can imagine her...she is very intelligent and i have taught her heaps of tricks...i believe that with the proper training you can teach a dog almost anything..i say almost cause roxy won't take tablets from me...lol..lol..lol...cheers liz

here is a page i did of her!!

Well, survived the stormy weather we had last night. Nothing like the super storm the east coast had, but I did get woke up at least 4 times last night due to wind & rain. I LOVE rain, but not all at once.
The scale moved! 257.5! WOO HOO!!! Thought I was going to have to truely stomp it to pieces. But no, it listened to me.
Got to visit with my mom today. I LOVE going back to the ranch. This time of year the area is just FILLED with all sorts of water fowl...geese, ducks, swans. All the rivers, streams & canals were way up due to the storm so every creature seemed to be loving the break inbetween fronts. Went for a long walk. Ate healthy. Dumb old TOM showed up today. I was HOPING I was starting menopause (I'm 48), because I didn't have a visitor last month. Probably because of the stress of H's health. Oh, well, I still consider today to be a plus day.

liz: Love Roxy! She's a cutie! Wish we could have a dog, but our apartment is far too small & Agatha (our cat) would NOT appreciate it. I know all about laundry reproducing! UGH! I wish that stuff would learn NOT to do that! BAD LAUNDRY! BAD! Vitamins? I personally take vitamin C (cold/flu season), vitamin D & B12 (always been lacking in them) & iron a few days before/during & a few days after TOM. Keep up the good work. Always remember you don't have to be great to start, just start to be great. That's a Zig Ziglar quote. RIP Zig.

Sheila: My house next! Wish my house would just clean itself! But that's life. I LOVE visting with my mom, especially when I don't have to share her with others. She's a good strong woman who never fails to make me proud to be her daughter. She's now in her mid-80s & I want to spend as much time with her as I can. Also good job on keeping up the 5k...you inspire me to keep my exercise going strong.

kelijpa: Your goal is calling you!!! You know your treadmill misses you so!!! You've got to visit it!!! I know what you mean though...some times it's just so darned hard to get motivated. I keep a calendar & on the days I do the following: eat healthy, drink plenty water & exercise I get a different colored check mark. I can see at a glance how consistent I'm being. My goal is to exercise at least 4 days a week & that calendar is my Jiminy Cricket...keeping me on the straight & narrow. My water intake always wakes me up at 6AM without fail!

olehcat: Just keep pluggin' away. You'll make it! I know you will! Remember you didn't gain overnight so loosing won't happen that way either. Sounds like you're doing right. As for strength exercise, I use simple lifts with 2-3 lb weights. I'm a big gal already so I don't need a lot of bulk...just toning. I also have used resistance bands to. Both seem to work well. For the rest I do leg lifts, squats & pelvic lifts. Remember tone muscles are long & lean making you look long & lean.

Night all! Rest well! Be healthy!

I was up at 3 am this morning. Hate it when I can't sleep.... so my kitchen is clean, a load of laundry is done and I have drained a pot of tea

MrsT Congrats on your weigh-in! -- I am 45 and each month I hope that TOM would not make his appearance as well...mum had her menopause in her mid 50's tho, so I know I may need to wait another 10 years...

Liz Oooh, I love border collie and mixes!! They are the best and smartest dogs around. I have a lab mix, we adopted her when she was about 18 months old. I love her...she is my walking buddy -- I set a goal to walk 1000 miles this year; I am 35 miles away from it...I could have never done it without Shadow; she motivated me each day.

Kel What kind of dog do you have? -- I can't take my Shadow to places with lots of people...she is just too scared. We got her at 18 months and it was too late to train her to be around people and other dogs. -- She is doing better at home with visitors.

sum38 - wow, 3 a.m. That happens to me, too, sometimes, but I am not nearly as productive as you when that happens. I just get frustrated and lie in bed. Those sparkle water things look awesome!

MrsTryingAgain - yikes, storm! Sounds scary. I'm in Illinois and it was like 70 degrees here yesterday. Good advice on the toning! I think I should dig out my Pilates/yoga dvd.

lizarddau - beautiful Roxy! And I miss living in a more tropical place (I lived in Florida for several years

Meh, I weighed in at 144.8 today. But I came down with a nasty cold last night and had some chicken soup and of course that always makes me bloat up like a balloon. I hate getting sick because then I don't want to eat vegetables at all. I just want carby comfort food!

Hello Everyone! Wow, i have so much to read and catch up on, I haven't been on here for a few days.....

What a weekend...it was a busy one. I don't think that I ate that badly but the scale is definitely NOT my friend today and I feel so bloated and gross. I went clothes shopping yesterday and bought a few things to get me through what I hope is just a "phase". Stretchy stuff and long shirts to cover my bum. I can't go through life in a pair of sweatpants.....although I wish that I could!!!

Fell off the wagon with my BBL workout..going to start up again today. Joined a gym that I used to work at because they had a special price that was too good to pass up for a three month membership....I have no excuses now not to weight train. The good tihng about this little gym is that it is always empty so I won't be self conscious working out there and /or wait for machines......it is a step towards reaching a goal.

No presents bought yet for the kids and house is not decorated. It is hard going through what I am and trying to stay "jolly" but I will put on the happy face anyway.

Took some time off from my shakes but I'm starting up again today.....

My goal for december is get to 139. I know it is nuts to have a goal like that during holiday season but I need to strive towards something otherwise i"ll be in the same place I am now mentally next month and I don't want to waste any more time!! I miss my clothes and I miss feeling comfy in things that I am wearing. I'm tired of camouflaging myself.

Enough about me...taking little man to school and will be back to catch up with you lovely ladies!!

rats..i JUST WROTE TO EVERYONE AND THE COMPUTER GOT STUPID ON ME....

Dare I start over? I hate when this happens.....

SUM: Loved the clothes you bought from WHBM, new clothes are so exciting aren't they? I absolutely love them and I wish I could be a stylist for someone.....

OLEHAT: Feel better!!!

Mrstrying: congrats on seeing that scale move!!!! Keep up the good work...

Lizard: I laughed when you said Talk under water....that's me too, I am a chatterbox in the right company.

KELIJPA: I give anyone that can get on the treadmill credit...I just never could stand it, would rather be dancing... Tried dancing on the treadmill but that is a bit dangerous...

SHEILA: its great when we get the house clean...feels so good afterwards.

SEEMYFEET: I try to get on the other forums but always forget where i was, it is a lot to keep up with. There is a binging thread that has been helpful to mei n the past.

Hello, all! I feel so far behind in posting! You all are doing great. I am still trying to get a handle on my eating and TOM. This month has been really awful - terrible PMS for days, then TOM started and I barely had a flow for 3 days - figured it would be a light month, then BAM! yesterday things started full force. This whole TOM thing is messing with my eating, water weight, mood, etc. I can't seem to get a handle on it. Hopefully next month will be better. In the meantime, I am just trying to hang onto my eating and weight.

Good luck today, everyone.

Wow you ladies continue to inspire me. So much wisdom and motivation in this thread.
I am sorry I do not have time to personally comment on each of your threads but want you to know that I am reading each day for inspiration.

Food was not too bad this weekend. I did not start the week with a gain, which makes me happy. No real loss but no gain so that speaks good for my weekend food.
I cannot seem to shake this cough. This is probably TMI but I have had two kids and when I really get to coughing I wet my self a little. Ugh, so gross and annoying. I am a smoker and have not tried quitting for a year or so. I cannot stand the cough and gasping for breath so I did not buy more smokes this morning on the way to work. Slapped on the patch and have nic gum. I also want to try the ecig just need to get to a place that sells them.
I have been trying for so many months to get the scale to move and am making NO progress. I have a new goal to lose 3lbs each month for 5 months. My 43 birthday is in April and if I can do this then I will be very close to goal by my birthday.
Keep repeating to myself. 3lbs a month, I can do this. I can do this. I hope I can do this.
Have a great Monday all!!!

Well wouldn't ya know.....two apple turnovers for lunch. Why do I buy that junk...I can't have it in the house!!!

NE: TOM and hormones reak havoc on us trying to get to goals, don't they? Keep fighting the good fight...Good for you for trying to quit smoking, so NOT easy. YOU can lose 3 lbs a month...YOU CAN DO IT!

quick hi n hugs and hope everyone survived the weekend! ive got great news... weighed in this a.m. and had a 3lb whoosh over the weekend that puts me at 200lbs and knocking on the door of ONEderland! and this is with my TOM still waiting to surprise me too! ill write more tomorrow and catch up just had to share the news before i busted at the seams lol!