Morning turtles

Bigmomma - I don't do much baking but this year I will be making quinoa mini muffins so will let you know how they turn out. Healthier type muffin.
Last night I went to gf for dinner & stopped and picked up spice cake for dessert, had a piece & left the leftovers there. I know I would have had more if I had brought the rest home & I knew I didnt' need anymore.
So that is an option with anything we take - just refuse to bring leftovers back home & when guests come by you can send some extras home with them.

All - 2 days of work then I am off for 2 whole weeks which will be a nice break.

Going to taping of TV show (Steven & Chris) this Wed so that should be fun and maybe they will give us a nice gift to bring home.

Enjoy the season!

Terri on keeping your food good over the weekend. Yay! Weigh to go!

Bandit, smart not to overbake for the holidays. I like your advice about leaving desserts with the people you visit and also sending "goodies" home with your friends. I have very little in the house, and I do that on purpose. If I get hungry or am searching for something good, I can make cocoa and I also can pop popcorn. Those help. (Crackers and cookies just can't be here! I'd eat the whole sleeve, etc).

I see real improvement with us and our posts. It looks like we are concentrating more on what we really want : and are eating accordingly rather than giving in too often to make progress.

I'm sending cheer to all our buddies. Big Momma, thanks for joining us!
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to Princess and Cherry and Life4evr. I hope this holiday season finds you well and happy.

Judy
The scale is finally cooperating. I know what is ahead, but I'm trying to do this sensibly one day at a time.

Happy rainy Tuesday!

Bandit have fun at the taping, one of the girls at work went a few weeks ago and said it was fun, I have been to Rick Mercer and This hour has 22 Minutes tapings, boy the behind the scenes stuff is hillarious!!!

Judy glad the scale is going the right way! The box of chocolates got me yesterday!!! But I stopped at 2! Will do better today!!!''

Big Momma hope the bug is out of your house and all are well for the upcoming holidays!

Princess cherry and Life! We are always thinking of you gals and hoping you will pop in when you can!!!

Terri

Terri, stopping at two chocolates at this time of year is really good. Glad you kept reins on the temptation.

I'm heading to WW mtg. in a couple of minutes and I know I've lost weight.
I hope I am down a couple of pounds, but I'll chime in later. Having a few of my WW friends in for lunch after the meeting.

Have a great day! : to us all.
Judy

Hi Gals, : today. I was down 2.6# and am very happy with that.
To do that I had to track and I had to pass over some goodies I wanted. It was worth it. Next challenge: Hold onto this weight loss over the next 7 days and then work on losing the next pound. Yay.

Judy
Wishing you all : I was stuck at this higher weight for a long time. Now I feel like I can release more weight as long as I put in the effort.

Thanks for the tips for the holidays...I have been busy the last few days with Christmas prep and cannot wait to relax. Great news on the weight loss Judy! I want to maintain my loss over the holidays and I am planning my workouts all week long...got to keep moving! I find that after a workout, I am more likely to stick to plans.

I am going to chew gum when I make my cabbage rolls this Friday....wish me luck!

Big Momma, you have a great weight loss already and you are closing in on Onederland (as we call breaking 200#) Weigh to go.

Good luck with your cabbage rolls----one of my favorite comfort foods.

Hey Everybody-----have a great OP day.

I had a small group of girls from WW in for lunch yesterday. WE had a nice time and we kept the food WW-friendly, always a help around the holidays.
I am sad that so many of our friends from just 5 years ago aren't at the meetings anymore. Some have gained weight and are embarassed to come back. Some are working as WW leaders or receptionists, others are working in other places. MY longest friend has been a WW for over 20 years and still comes to a weekly meeting. She is sure that is the backbone of her success.

Turtles, busy weekend coming up and then Christmas. Enjoy every minute and chime in when you can. :
Judy
234.6/195/180's and thinner

Hello everyone and happy Saturday to you all! I am so sorry for being MIA lately! The hubs is home recovering from his last surgery and what we hope is the final round but are not sure, there were issues and we had to run him to the hospital for a last minue CAT scan last week... Doctor says that the results were ok and that with time things will heal.

Hope everyone is well and managing to stay on track... me, not so much but I am really feeling like I must do something because I am a runaway train right now both in activity and eating. So it is back on track for me... as of today, I am digging out my walk away the pounds CD's so that I can do SOMETHING - the PT says that I need to take it slow or will have another flare up so it is walking for me and with the recent snow that means it will be in doors.

I miss everyone here very much and hope to get back online this weekend to read thru posts and catch up on what is going on with everyone's world.

Have a great day all!

Hi Turtles,
Princess, so glad to hear from you. I'm sorry about your dh's surgeries, etc. but I have faith that he will heal and be feeling well soon. I also think it is very smart for you (and I mean me too) to do some activity. Walking is great and I remember when you did well with that CD/DVD for walking indoors. I have to make peace with my and treat it as a helpful friend rather than a bore I need to run away from. Lol.

Never feel bad about being MIA. We all go through times and episodes when we really don't have time to post here. What I have always appreciated is someone is always willing to keep this thread going. So, jump in when you can. You've had some extraordinary things happen this year and I have a feeling you'll be glad (along with me) to kiss 2012 good-bye.

I've had a couple of tricky days with food, but I also realize I don't have to be perfect.....just better. Have my food planned. DD and dgrandson will be here for some hours during the next four days. I have individually wrapped food in the freezer for myself if the others want high calorie dinners. I'm saving my "special time" for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It's hard staying away from the cookies, but so far so good.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend leading into Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!!! All the best to the Turtles and their loved ones.
Judy
234.6/195/180's and thinner into goal

Hi everyone - missed chiming in a couple of days with every being so crazy at this time of year. Had my Tops potluck Thurs evening and now off there for 2 weeks. At my weigh in I "turtled" so was happy given all the activities.

Judy - congrats on a fabulous loss!

So officially ready for Christmas - everything bought, wrapped and final
running around for veggies was today. So thats it. Tonight have gathering
at one of my cousins, so heading there shortly. Then dd home tomorrow til after Christmas which will be nice.

So lots of visiting coming up both at my place & others.

All - have a great Christmas and hoping everyone all the best throughout the holidays.

Stay safe

BAndit, glad to hear your had such a great turtle WI. : at this time of year. Weigh to go.
Enjoy your company and also your travels.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!!!
JUdy

hello everyone and happy wednesday! We had a nice Christmas day with the family and am now in the middle of a blizzard here in Indy so it is a snow day for us! Yeah!

Food was not good yesterday but I will do better today!

Take care everyone!

Hi! Good hearing from you.

I am concentrating on tracking every single thing that goes in my mouth.
I have found that tracking turkey meat loaf and Brussels Sprouts and forgetting to track Christmas candy doesn't work. Duh! Really had a decent week and had promised myself that Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were fine to go overboard. Today I am working hard on getting on track. We're expecting another nor'easter, so I've got my fingers crossed that we keep our power.

Princess, glad you've got the day off--I've been watching the crazy weather in Indiana and wishing you're fine!

Okay gals. I went to my mtg. this morning but didn't WI. Good to see my leader and friends. The meeting is changing location for next week, so I'll have to see what stays the same and what works.

Have a great day!
Judy
234.5/195/180's and thinner one step at a time.

Hey everyone I am back kind of. Beeng going through issues as usual. Needless to say what weight I did loose I gained back. I have managed to stay under 290#. the last time I went off the wagon I went over that.

I am realy trying ot concentrate on actually eating breakfast which is part of my downfalll. Going to actually try and remember to actually eat real meals instead of snacking.

See how that goes for a week then add and then add exercise.

Hope everyone has a goodnight.

Good morning Turtles,

Life4evr, glad to see you back. So glad you didn't go over 290#. That's an accomplishment. I like you idea of doing something and then adding other skills as you make progress. Good luck!

Yesterday was fine. I allowed myself to "overindulge" on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Now it's time to get back on track. Yesterday wasn't perfect, but I did track everything I ate and went over my points plus by only a few. Had the courage to weigh myself this morning and it wasn't a pretty sight but these "fake pounds" will go away as long as I track. That's a good feeling. I'm trying not to think ahead to the food for New Year's but to only think of today------which happens to be my dh and my anniversary.
Yay! We've been married a long time and we're doing fine.

Okay, everybody have a great day! The holidays are tough but we can come out of them okay as long as we try.
Judy