Glad to see you back Misty! Feeling better it looks like too! I am seriously thinking about going to some real time WW meetings. Registration is free right now and I am hoping it will give me that extra boost I seem to need. I just can't seem to get back into the same swing I was in before and it is really irritating me. It will all depend on whether or not mom is willing to come sit with the kids for an hour while I go.
Melissa

Good to see ya around again Misty

I am charging full steam with my eye on the next 15 lbs. I want them GONE before my birthday. I realized tonight that I could be at my goal by this time next year if I keep going...even at the slow pace I've been going, I could be 150 lbs. by this time next year!!!! Next year is going to come whether I gain or lose, so I might as well do my best and lose, even if it comes off s-l-o-w-l-y as it has been.

I will no longer complain about weeks I maintain or just lose 1, it's better than a gain...that's my attitude for 2006. This is our year ladies!

Theresa

Losing or maintaining is better than gaining so good attitude to have Theresa!

Hey Misty Good to see ya!

Melissa- i bet it would help you get started w/ ww. It's a great program - if they had a different leader around here i'd be going for a jump start. I think you are just overwhelmed and being overwhelmd it's hard to focus on YOU. I hope your mom can help out-

I did get my blog started (thanks to support from you ladies) and even tho i haven't written anything yet I am feeling kinda good as tho I am ready to get inside my head (That could be scary ) and see if i can pinpoint when & Why my food addiction started- and WHY i can't control it all the time.

Theresa - You CAN do lose that 15 by your B-day!! I am hoping my BL book gets here tomorrow so I can check out the eating plan and will def. let you know how it is. I know i love the workout - because it is real -NOT because i love to exercise I really want to lose 15 before Feb 17-
2 pounds a week IS do- able! So with the DVD & the book i am hoping it gives me a kick start!

2 days OP and going for 3!
Have a good night all
Sandi

WW has been the program I have been following (or trying to) since I started trying to lose weight. I know they must have more updated material than I am using and plus I think having to physically show up would give me the boost I need(not to mention an hour break from kids)

Mom is talking about doing a float for the 4th of July parade for her doll dress shop and was talking about dressing us all up as different dolls and I would really like to look cute and not scary as I toss candy out to the kids plus that is a long walk and I don't want it to kill me off. I am just hoping she will agree to it for at least the next couple months. I think if I get back into the swing again I will feel more in control than I do now.
Melissa

What I did today to meet my goals:
1. 30 min. hip hop dance workout
2. 25 min. Gazelle (2 miles)
3. 30 min. strip aerobics
4. 20 min. pilates workout
5. under 1500 calories
6. lots of water

I think I might start listing this every day because it is motivating to see it all out like that, and I will be pushed to have something to list each day. Hope you all don't mind!

Theresa

It's good to see everyone getting it together again.
Today is my first workout session at the training center. It's snowing hard and I'm hoping I can get there. I really need to get moving, not just to lose weight, but to feel stretched out and limber.
Theresa- I think it's a good idea to post your day here. It will be an incentive.
Misty-I was way too fat at 2 weddings this past year, for 2 of my sons. I hate the photos, my dresses, and how I felt, especially next to the size 1 mother of the first bride. So a wedding is a good incentive.
Laura

Congrats on the blog-I think you will find it is going to help alot in the long run.

Doesn't bother me if you post Theresa-whatever works for people is what we need to do.

Hope you are able to make it to the gym Laura-no snow here but lots of rain and gloom.

Mom wasn't adverse to watching the kids so I am just waiting to hear what day she wants to do it. They have alot of different times most days and even though I hate to weight at night, I would do it. I am hoping to start next week for meetings. I actually only had to get up once last night and it was heaven! I also sent an email to the Everett Jaycee's to find out what is needed to get into the parade. My garage will house the float she wants to make. I can always help while kids are napping. I think it will be fun. I always wanted to be in a parade(don't ask me why) and in all my 40+ years never have done it. I think it would be a blast and watch the kids scramble for candy and I think it would boost mom's little business. She didn't do to bad on ebay last year but I want to boost her sales a bit this year if I can.
Happy OP day ladies
Melissa

My workout with a trainer was postponed due to our lovely snow storm till tomorrow AM. I was disappointed, because I really need to get started. I have been in the house since Sunday morning, working from here and getting nutsy. I was willing to brave the snow, but they cancelled.
Food is OP today and that's good.
I've been clicking on the 3FC forum and journals. Some of it helps.
We are working out of town Thursday to Sunday. I dread the restaurants, but I know I can do it.
Laura

Melissa- i hope you get to go- it would be helpful to you. Does your mom just do doll clothes or does she repair and make dolls too? When i worked for the comic store we did parades and it was great! we tossed candy and comics! lots of business after each parade. we'd have people all dressed up as characters and the kids loved it!

Theresa- I think it is good to post your day - it will help keep you on track! I'll love reading it too! may give me a few ideas!
Laura -I am sorrry you got snowed out of your training session. you can handle the eating out! salads and chicken! salads and chicken! I love to read the different posts and i like the forums too-


I was having a wonderful OP day even rode my bike this a.m. - then TOM showed up with NO warning- then i went to work and everything fell apart. A dear sweet man in the congregation had a heart attack this a.m. and passed away.then there is chaos and craziness. and it was so sad as he & his wife were getting ready to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday- there was a big party planned and i had been organizing decorations when i got the call- really hit me hard. His wife was in charge of the 2nd party of the day so i kinda took that over and that's a big to do for Sunday night- so with all the phone calls & stress i kinda munched a bit on some goldfish and ate 2 bananas instead of 1 and ate 2 SF/FF jellos and a SF/FF pudding... not OP but i didn't stuff or eat cookies - so i guess i can justify my eating behavior for today.. I am still under 1600 calories . but i am emotionally drained- part of my job i dislike is having to call and let people know someone has passed away. I always choke up & cry.

have a good night all
Sandi

She makes doll clothes for American girl and other 18" dolls. She never has gotten into the repair aspect although she has bought used dolls and outfitted them. All the proceeds from those go to feed the children and she calls them twice loved tots. She is just so creative! Last time she watched the kids she was thining of a pacifier type toy she would like to make. I wish I had a thimble full of her imagination. I just think it would be a hoot to do the parade. I sent away for a catalogue of float materials.

I would hate having to call people too and give that kind of news. You stayed within calories though so don't be too hard on yourself and TOM is a stinker, especially when he comes unannounced-too rude. I do think Mom is going to watch the kids so I can go to WW meetings so now I just have to nail her down to a day and I will start next week and just try to be careful until then.

Laura you will do fine while you are out of town-you have done it before and it is too bad the weather got in the way of going to the gym today. Better to be safe than sorry. It is hard being cooped up. I am all the time but at least I got the kids here with me, although sometimes it can make me nutty too.
Melissa

Melissa, the float sounds like so much fun...and it gives you something to strive toward. here's to getting out of the house without the kids for the WW meetings...hope that really works out for you!

Laura, sorry you got snowed out, but at least it's only postponed until tomorrow, could have been longer, right? I think salads and chicken is a great suggestion for restaraunts on your trip....just be careful with the dressing on salads, they can ruin it. I like to use FF dressing now, but I used to just get it on the side and dip my fork in the dressing, t hen in the salad so I didn't get too much.

Sandi, you did very well for all the stress you were under, on top of TOM, you did wonderful so just move on to tomorrow. TOM is no longer a surprise, you expect him in the morning.

What I did today:

1. 30 min. strength workout
2. lots of water
3. not sure on food, but I think I was under 1600 so should be okay...does that count?

I ended up at a friends house tonight and we didn't get home until after 8PM. Tyler fell asleep in the car without eating supper and wouldn't wake back up, so I am hoping he will sleep all night and not wake up at some crazy hour demanding food. He is pretty wiped out and played really hard, so hopefully that overrides the hunger I know he must have. I didn't get all my exercise in because we weren't here, but tomorrow is a new day.

My friend has a neighbor who is a hair stylist and we went over there and she got her hair done, and had her eyebrows and moustache area waxed. I am now thinking of having this lady do my hair, she really did a great job with my friend. I don't know what she would charge, but I think I'll find a picture somewhere of what I want and then have my friend ask if she'll do it and for how much. I always just get my hair trimmed and it's always just straight and long and BLAH. I would like to have a really nice cut with an actual style that requires more than washing and drying in the wind as I always do.

Okay, going to bed, night all!

Theresa

Theresa and Sandi- You are both right. I will be a chicken, fish and salad person all weekend.
Saturday night is dinner out on the road with friends who are meeting us. It's also DH's birthday and it's a great big one for him. So I think I will try to eat very little all day, so I can enjoy a nice meal out. I can get fish and a veggie and salad and a piece of bread and taste the cake. I know I can handle this. We are staying in a half way decent hotel Thursday nite and Fri and if there is a treadmill, I'll try to burn a few hundred calories each night. I'm not worried anymore. No food is worth feeling as bad as I do over fat. (silly sentence)
Sandi - sorry about the troubles at work. My brother in law is a rabbi and I know the deaths in the congregation are hard to bear.
Theresa- You are so lucky to have wash and wear hair.
Melissa- I look forward to seeing photos of you, a thin parading lady.
Laura

Laura, I hear that all the time, that I am lucky to have easy hair, but I feel it is so boring and unattractive. I like long, really curly hair, but when I was a teenager I had a spiral perm that looked so good, but it ruined my hair for a long time because it was over-permed and burned it up. Now it is healthy again, but just straight, long...BLAH, just all one length hanging there it's boring.

Doing good today, got 3 miles in on the gazelle, and did it in 41 min., it usually takes me a bit over 44 min. Going to do my strength training next.

I watched Oprah yesterday at my friends, and Dr. Phil today while on the gazelle, and both had women who lost a lot of weight and had all this loose skin hanging all over them. It has me worried that might happen to me. I keep checking to see if anything is loose and i think, at least so far, my only problem might be on the bottom pouch of my tummy, that's been loose hanging since I had Allie. Everything else seems just fat but firm. This is going to worry me to death because I am positive I cannot afford surgery to remove it! Anyone else concerned about this?

I will say that both women had lost a lot more weight than I have, and Dr. Phil also had another lady that had lost over 100 lbs. and didn't have the loose skin. The one on Oprah lost over like 200 or 300 pounds and the one on Dr. Phil lost just over 160 lbs....so maybe it's only if you start way high like that? I had 108, so maybe my issue won't be as big??

Kayelle...give us the scoop on this...any loose hanging skin???

Theresa

Part of the reason they get that is that they lost the weight really really fast and the skin didn't get a chance to shrink with the weight loss. Most people with gastric bypass have that problem because the weight falls off at a rate that the rest of the body can't keep up with it. I have some loose on my tummy too between kids and major surgery I had at 24 so I think I will save pennies maybe for a tummy tuck someday-still haven't decided. I think with the way we are all losing our weight, it should be ok. I didn't notice looseness on BL either but they did alot of excersize and ate right too.
Melissa