Welcome Angie... If I read your bio right, your baby is named Emma.... SO IS MINE. She is 5 1/2 months old and just a darling. I talk about her often. We do start a daily thread, so join in at any time!!

Thank you for the welcome ILGBG and Jen, I will post often

Jen, How cool about little Emma! My little one is 8 months old. We are trying again (for the past 7 cycles) for another one...but no luck yet. I hope that this will be then month and we will soon have a 3rd munchkin around here!

Bye for now!

Angie

hi angie - you're most welcome to join us, and yes you've got it right, we usually start a new thread each day and all post on that.
suzanne, luckily i don't need to work over the weekend! today is monday and monday is tuesday and so on.
anyone doing anything exciting over easter? i have nothing planned, but boy am i looking forward to 2 days off!
well done on the loss belle, but do get better soon ok!
shalyne - hope you get to see your friend over the weekend.
well done on the exercising jen! and have a top holiday lisa!
brenda - i guess you have to really train yourself not to want the candy. don't let yourself take it absent-mindedly...try chewing gum so you already have something in your mouth maybe?
back to work, hope you all have a fantastic weekend!
kirsty

Brenda - i know your pain. I'm surprised after you said something about it, she still didn't take it off her desk. I have a similar thing with my roommate... but she understood and has really been helpful.

Her mom sends her candy ALL THE TIME. The latest are those Mini-eggs. I LOVE those. Well, Marcy (my roomie) used to put the candy in bowls and put them out on the coffee table. I would take candy without even thinking about it. I told her it was a weakness of mine, so now she keeps the candy put away in her room. She was really understanding about it... because had she put the candy in the cabinets or something, and I was craving it, I would have gone through the cabinets. But I'd never go into her room if she wasn't there... so I don't even have to think about the candy.

Also, when she buys ice cream (which I love more than any other food) she puts it way back in the freezer and doesn't even tell me she bought it. And it's not that she doesn't want me eating her ice cream... it's that she knows I don't want to eat it... but I could break down any time. She's been really great.

I've been in your situation. And you've done what you could do.. you said something. But if she can't help you out.. then you have to help yourself out. I'm sure you'll have more candy agian... but try and talk yourself out of it first. Figure out how much exercise you'd have to do to make up for it and ask yourself if it's worth it. Sometimes it will be. I wish you luck and will power. Just remember why we're here doing all this. We all stray sometimes... it's human. ****, I'm here because I've stayed all my life. But this time we can do it. I'm sure!

Belle... you need to get better girl. I'm so sorry you're sick. Take some vitamin C or something and rest up this weekend! And congrats on losing 1.5!!!!!!

Angie - welcome. Good to meet you!

Lisa

Thank you for the warm welcome!

Can't wait to get to know you all, you seem like a really tight group!

(hugs)

Angie

I am from Calgary, where are you from? there are a few canadians on the board!!

Belle

Hi all! Oh happy friday! I actually stayed OP last night for a change (gee imagine that). Hooray! Plus I excercised my fannny off last night.

Angie~Welcome to our group!

Jen~ Glad to hear about your excercise routine in the am. Maybe I should try that to.

Belle~ get well soon. Warm weather get here faster! My kids are still sick. UGH. My grandmother was just diagnosed yesterday with having walking pnuemonia.

Stacey~ Good luck surviving the boss today. I detest it when bosses get in there little tiffs. Makes everyone else cranky.

Tilley~ Glad to hear you have such and understanding roomie: My hubby is the worst about being supportive when it comes to food.

Shalyne and Suzanne~Hi!

Well, gotta run for now. I have a ton of packing to do. Chat with you all later.

Emily

Hello Everyone, I have not had a chance to catch up on everything I missed yet but hopefully by the end of the weekend!!! I had a wonderful trip to Vancouver, the weather was Fabulous. It only rained for about 2 hrs on one of the days, but I was in a meeting and then it rained again yesterday but we were leaving
I ate WAY to much food, not all bad but just LOTS On the upside we had to walk everywhere because there was a Transit strike!! I am a little scared to WI next week, I have missed 2 weeks
Oh well enough about me.....from the posts that I have read Belle I hope that you get better soon!!!! And I loved your picture, I can't imagine what your b/f problem is!!!

Brenda, I laughed when I read that bit about the size 0 and 1 until my trip I did not even now that size 0 existed BUT that is the most popular size in Vancouver...CRAZY....

Tilley, I am so jealous that you get to go to New Orleans, it has to be on of my favourite places to visit!! Good Luck with the no drinking!
Welcome to Angie and all the other new posters!!

Sorry I did not responed to everyone....I have a TON of unpacking and laundry to do, not to mention that I still live in "box world"(I moved on March 24 and left town on the 27 or 28) I will try and post later but if I don't have a great weekend!!!!

Steph

Emily we posted at the same time!!! Hi!

Belle, I am from Ontario Canada. Today is rainy and grey (how depressing).

Where are all the other Canadians?

Emily, Thank you for the welcome!!


Angie

Steph,

Thanks for the welcome. Glad you had a good trip! Sorry about the laundry.....I hate it when mine gets stacked up. Where in Vancouver did you go? I was born in Surrey B.C but I can guarantee you that I don't wear a size 0!!! LOL (oh, but we can dream!!)

(hugs)

Angie

WElcome back!!!

I was born in Oakville, Ont angie, and I lived in Thornhill, Sarnia and Scarborogh before coming to Calgary. Ali Steph and Lola are canucks, and I am missing someone I think.....

Belle

Thanks for the welcome back Belle and Angie!!!!

Belle, I was born in Sarnia!!! Weird
Angie, we actually stayed in Vancouver, near the entrance to Stanley park(W. Hastings Rd.) , it is very grey and rainy in London too

Steph

It's Friday, so of course I'm busy. I hate Fridays. I always have tons of work. This time, it's coming in the afternoon so I'm sure I'll be here late. Grrr.

But I had sushi and salad for lunch so I'm doing well on points. I've been pretty good all week, but I haven't been writing anything down. I need to start doing that again. It always helps. I try and keep track in my head anyway, but we all know how THAT works.

I have to run. If I don't get back on here today, have a good weekend everyone!

Wow! 27 Posts. There is no way that I have time to read all of them. I have back to back clients allday. I had WI this am and I gained 1.4! I am so embarrassed to say that when I got in my car I cried I had a stressful morning. Iwent to my gym to do my favorite Elliptical machine and they were closed due to a power outage. This is after I spent 20 min. packing all of my stuff so that Icould get ready there only to discover I had to cart it all including my butt home to shower there. Then I got home and my roomates car wouldn't start so I had to drive her to work in Detroit where I always get lost and did Anyways I finally make it to WI at 9am and I gain! AHHHHHHHHHH I am sorry girls I am a colossal witch today so bear with me. Then I come in and have two clients thats lives are 10X worse than mine. I find it difficult to help depressed clients when I swear I am not too far behind them. I actually called a therapist today to see about going and talking about my emotional eating. I hope this isn't TMI but has anyone else tried this. I am just having a bad day girls and I apologize for all of the negative vibes
I am sure my day will improve so don't worry I am not losing my mind. I hope that all of you have great weekends and maybe I will check in1
Becky

Another stupid word of the day! This one is Spanish and is your basic word for ENT doctor (I think I spelled it right...)

Well, I read yesterday but I didn't post ... I have been up to my eyes finishing a chapter of my thesis, then yesterday I heard a paper I submitted to a journal didn't get accepted so I had a bit of a paddy and convinced myself that this meant all my work is crap and noone will ever be interested. Upshot was I didn't think I should post and give everyone a major downer. Anyway, I woke up this morning and realised that this is the FIRST paper I have ever submitted, noone EVER gets their first paper accepted, plus I haven't seen the letter yet (it's in Oxford, Blokey told me it came) and apparently it has loads of constructive comments. So I feel better now, and this evening I finished my chapter. YIPPEE!! I feel so stupid getting this upset about work stuff, but it's because I'm here in Madrid and I have nothing else to think about. But Blokey is coming Tuesday week so I have that to look forward to ...

Well, I guess I needed to get it off my chest after all. On a happier note, my jeans are getting really really loose so I am confident of a huge, ker-chunky loss when I get back to Blighty - will hopefully get past my 2nd 10% which is also the 50lb mark (certificate!) and be really, really close to 200... It will have been 6 weeks since my last WI so maybe even past 200? I hardly even dare think about that ...

Anyway, enough about me ...

Angie, welcome! YOu'll be happy here, these girls are TRIFFIC! Steph, welcome back! Good luck sorting out all the boxes ... Jen, Emily - YIPPEE! on the workout. I haven't done anything since Sunday but you have inspired me! Belle - WOO HOO! on the loss, you are catching me up ... hope you feel better soon. Shalyne - hope the weekend with blokey comes off ok! Kim - mm-mm! Sushi! Stacey - mm-mm-mm! Mexican! My mouth is watering just thinking about it! Lisa - that's funny that your whole family is on WW. At the moment it's just me and my aunt, but a few months ago my Dad and my sister were doing it too.

On a different note, I got American Cosmo last week, they had a cover with these 5 actresses from a tv series and 2 of them weren't even skinny! One is even a size 24! She sounds really cool (Camryn something?), she pointed out she never got to be on magazine covers, so I guess you could say Cosmo is making an effort. Did any of you see that? And re: our friend Renee, she does look good in the Bridget Jones trailer, I thought she looked worse on the Marie Claire cover she did after she lost the weight again ... I guess there's a major reality gap between Hollywood and real life, that's not so far from institutionalised anorexia. Eek. I was at a tv-filming once and the warm-up was making all these jokes about Kate Winslet being fat ... blokey had to physically restrain me from getting up and yelling at him, I was so mad.

Anyway, enough ranting (I'm full of it today!). Going home for my last bit of chocolate (sigh). I made it last more than a week! Very proud of myself ... Brenda, before I forget, re: the candy, Kirsty's right, chew gum and try and wean yourself off of just eating it without thinking. Even if you ask yourself out loud "Do I want this?" Hugs, honey, I know I couldn't cope with food all over the place all day every day. Your boss is evil!

hugs everyone, have a good weekend!
love
Lolly
xxx