Hello everyone...

Today is the first day I haven't felt like my head was gonna blow up. Did some bowling last night. I'm glad I went. I almost decided not to go and just have a substitute bowl for me, but definately glad I went. Then we went out afterwards. Did I ever mention that I bowl with a bunch of weird people? Let's put it this way. You know those cars with the moon roofs? Well, lets just say I have a whole new outlook for them now. The guys were trying to cheer me up... so what does the freak do??? He pull shis PT cruiser in front of our truck, and the next thing I know, I see this white guy come out through his moon roof, and THEN, I see this really WHITE rear end come out. HE MOONED US! From out his moon roof. The man is CRAZY! Needless to say, my mind was 100 million miles away from my problems and it felt good. I'm going blind, but it was fun. Going to try to hit the gym today.

Everyone take care!

Sue...

Hello Ladies
It's a quite, lazy sat. evening on my side of the world! how is everyone doing? I'm doing good, better than I have in while. the meds for my ulcer are working and that is a god sent.
I'm trying not to get on the scale until the end of this challenge. well I just wanted to drop in to see how everyone is.
Everyone have a great weekend and I'll chat with you later
Audrey

Ever seem like there is not enough time in the day? I need more days in my weekends.

I cancelled the gym today... I will go tommorrow in the morning. I also need to have my credit cards locked up. I went shopping again, just for shoes, but ended up with a lot more. Must stop!

This morning my step daughter had her youth bowling league. They won 1 out of 3 games. It's okie, she andthe team had fun. That's what counts.

I had a panic attack today tho. When I was looking at all the kids and looking at their scores and clapping for them when they got spares or strikes, I had a panic attack. I started to think all the parents were looking at me and wondering what I was doing to their child and why I was looking at them. I had to leave. I mad eup an excuse to James, told him, I'm falling asleep lets go out for some fresh air.

I didn't tell him til just now as to how I was feeling. He said it's understandable. I have an appt with the dr. at cal state next week to give me some more meds for my asthma... (a prescription for an inhaler) I'm going to ask her out the psychology department works. I don't think it's free and if it;s not, dunno if I will be able to afford it. But I wanna talk to someone, get this documented. My migrains, my panic attacks and so forth. I can't believe how much this is affecting me... other than being severly pissed off. *sigh*

Sue....

Hi.. may I join you all ? :-p

Welcome Newfiesara !!! We always love having newcomers. Sit a spell and tell us about yourself.


Hope everyone' weekend has helped them relax.
Fo most of us ... the SUN helps brighten our days.... but ...
For SueMarie .... I think the MOON brightened hers.

I had a WONDERFUL DAY !!! I was productive... and gave myself permission to sit back and relax and enjoy the beautiful weather too.

Tonight I watched two old movies.
The first was "If a Man Answers" starring Sandra Dee and Bobby Darrin.
The second was "Fiddler on the Roof".

I HIGHLY recommend everyone to go rent it !!!
It is a Musical with humor and serious story matter too.
Really... if you have not seen it... or if it has been a longggg time since you have seen it... Go rent "Fiddler on The Roof". It is long and well worth it.

Have a great Sunday !!!

Well, as my username indicates, my name is Sara. I'm originally from Newfoundland, but I'm living on the opposite end of the country in British Columbia. Woo!

I'm 22 years old, waiting for a job to begin in which I sit on my butt all day (but I walk 1.8 miles to get there each morning at 4 am)... I am at 324 lbs right now, but getting slimmer.

I'm tired of all the excuses, and have decided that nothing is holding back my weight loss progress but myself.

Good morning All, I thought I had better get off my backside and let you know that I am still alive and kicking. I haven't had a lot to add lately, so I have just read!

SueMarie, I am so sorry about your difficulties. I do hope things get resolved soon.

Joanne, Take a deep breathe and hang in there. There is always something going on in the workplace to make us crazy! I am sorry you were hurt. (feelings)

If you notice we had a man ask if he can join us. I think he is afraid we might be too much of a henhouse, so we should welcome him, right? Men need support to lose weight too.

Maybe it is too early in the morning, but I forgot what else I was going to say to you. LOL. On the bright side I am OP. I just can't get the water in as I should, but food is good! More ways than I want to think about.

See thin, your advice did work! I just keep saying "thin said you couldn't do it!" I will show her! Keep on telling me!

2cute, chug, chug! Are you with me. It is all uphill!

Everybody, chin up. Iwillbe

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone's weekend is good. I had a NSV yesterday, when shopping for clothes. This is not a ususual occurrence, lol. I had to buy pants/shorts in the "regular" section, not the plus. I still need plus size shirts,(because i have a large chest but anyway, this incident made my day! I also got my first tatoo, a butterfly, because that symbolizes how I feel right now.I need to weigh this week, last week i had lost 3 more lbs. Thanks to everyone for your support, and inspiring stories. Truthfully, being part of this group has made such a difference in my life. Welcome to all the new posters.
Have a great sunday!

Good afternoon ladies. Lost another pound this week. I wonder if I will ever get over disappointment at losing "only" a pound. I don't remember getting too disappointed at gaining 5 or more pounds. I just keep thinking that at a pound a week, it will take me 4 more years to reach my goal. Of course it has taken me 3 1/2 years to get this far, so I know I have to be patient.

I had an emergency baseball mitt to fix today. For a 12 year old, everytime they have a problem with their mitt it is an emergency, but during all-star tournament time, I feel a bit like a trauma surgeon. I swear they'd helicopter me in to the field if I could fit in one. He was in his uniform, and it was still clean, so I know he was on his way to the game. His dad dropped the glove off, and took him to the game for warm-ups and then came back to pick up the mitt. I haven't had to work that fast since I used to have to fix mitts between innings when I helped out with my roommate's son's team. He couldn't play without his "lucky" mitt. They are so cute at that age.

I had a bad energy day yesterday. I sometimes get these times where my energy just dives. I have to remember that I am burning many more calories than I am taking in right now, and I think it is my body's way of letting me know that I need to take a break. So I did. Getting adequate rest is as important as getting enough exercise. I'm going to hit my bed extra early tonight so I'm ready to hit the pool bright and early tomorrow.

Hi everybody...I just got home a little bit ago and just wanted to check in...I missed you guys!!!

I ate horribly...got no exercise...but I am not stressing about it...I needed the break. I got to visit with family...did some shopping and did all the touristy stuff that can be done there...Moline, Illinois...not exciting = ) took pictures at the John Deere museum and ate a hot fudge sundae at the almost 100 year old soda fountain...and pigged out at Lambert's on the way home...I caught 2 rolls so that should count as exercise = )

anyways...I will load some pictures later and I am back to all seriousness...now that I have no cravings for all those bad things that I ate...and to think that I used to eat like that all the time...

Hello girls!! Wow, it was a really fun day off. My mom and I spent the day together, we went to the next town over and spent some money that we don't have. I got my hair cut at Supercuts (you'd think it would be cheaper at a place like that, but it was 21 dollars for a wash, cut, and blowdry!!! I might have to stick with wal-mart...I'm so cheap!!)

I'm happy to report that I maintained my weight all week despite slacking on both eating and working out. I however just purchased a couple motivational books to keep me going through my rut.

Any Oprah fans in here? If so, you'll know the books, one is called You! and the other is the Total Body Makeover. I couldn't resist with my 33% discount

Anyone else reading these books want to join me in some sort of temporary book thread?

Wow, everyone's been having a tough time, it seems. I'm no exception. The past 6 weeks have just been a roller coaster--I keep thinking I'm going to get my life back, and then I fall off the wagon again. I've gained back about 7 pounds or so. I guess the last time anything this traumatic happened in my life (when my dad died) I wasn't actively trying to lose weight, so I didn't realize quite how much I'm accustomed to rely on food for support in times of crisis. It seems like my choices are to drink too much, eat too much, or get so blue I don't care about anything. Oh, or I can play a lot of chess. Which is, I guess, the least damaging of all these activities, but it often blends into blues/crying fits and it certainly keeps me from getting my book revisions finished.

I know, I know, I should "talk to someone," but honestly, I don't know what I'd say to a therapist. I miss him every day, I hurt so bad to know that he felt so alone that he had no choice but death, and then I get angry as [expletive deleted] with him for not thinking about the people who loved him. There's nothing else to say, and I keep saying this to anyone who will listen, thinking, if I just say it again, maybe I can start to move past it. And now I've said it again, to you all. Thanks for listening.

I am having a wonderful, fabulous, amazing, beautiful day.

It started with me going to the Chinese Market that is 3 blocks from where I live. I picked up a LOT of produce, as for some strange reason it's oodles cheaper than if I were to go to a chain store, like Safeway. Got some sugar-snap peas, broccoli, cherries, pears, lettuce, tomatoes, and my all-times fave: STARFRUIT. *drool* Mmm. So good. ALL that for $15 canadian. Amazing!

So then I went to the gym, hopped on the elliptical.. then the recumbent bike. I also did my lateral raises *shudder* We hates them precious. The ball ab exercises, but no weight training. I then walked 2.5 k home, and did another 2.5 k walk this evening with my boyfriend... And even did dishes!

haha.

My eating for the day is at 1796 calories, which is PERFECT. The past couple of days have been me trying to struggle to keep below 2200, but it looks like I've gained some insight into my trigger food: YOGURT. Ugh. I ate a .75L tub of it on Saturday!

Okay, new week, let's all start fresh!!!