Ammi - Congrats on the pound!! When you are at the shop with the international goodies .. see if they have a choc bar called Perky Nana lol .. its a Cadbury one but so far I have only found it to be in NZ! (we get orders and requests for me to go and get some for customers quite often). Great on your pound loss .. I think I have put that on this weekend lol .. so I will have to work hard this week if I have a hope of losing ANYTHING. Ash is being Ash ... in this case no news is not good news ... I just cant think about it at the moment cos Im running out of string to my sanity rope .. so every day is an unknown with her .. have just heard also that my oldest nephew is back in hospital again but the good news is that his bone marrow transplant is planned for Sept 29 (he was diagnosed with Leukemia when he was 5, had the transplant and we were given the 5 year all clear last Xmas ... only to have it rear its ugly head again in a more severe form a few months ago, its his 11th birthday in just over 2 weeks). So that is taking up a lot of mind space at the moment now too . still ... nothing like keeping the mind busy to take it off thinking of food ... and as for the sweet boxes ... yes I do have a sweet tooth lol ... only if I start Im afraid I cant stop ... BUT last night I had one of my boxes ... didnt have the lollipop but I had the choc and the 2 boiled sweets - funny thing is ... I didnt really enjoy the taste of the chocolate!! Go figure!

Sue - great news on the even scale ... I always dread the going up ... I have reached the mindset that as long as it doesnt go up on weigh in day .. I will be able to accept it not going down lol .... try to reset your food times during the day as you will be having your dinner later .... like maybe a snack (which you would have had before bedtime perhaps) at your regular dinner time so that your metabolism keeps working and you dont get tempted to stop for fast food on your way home ... good luck!

Sabrina - Im sure you would be able to get through with the cake .. when it goes through the scanner they would definitely be able to see if there is a file in it lol .. if necessary ask if the cabin crew can keep it in the kitchen area if there is a concern. Good luck!

2F4U - Hopefully the doc will be able to help you with your headaches ... they are definitely terrible to have to put up with.

Nelie - Great work on your yoga!Im thinking of trying that out .. might wait til I am down a little further yet tho rofl ... keep up the great work!

Sharon - awww .. hun sorry you havent been having a good day, and dont beat yourself up about the m&ms, everyone is entitled to give themselves a sweet burst when things are getting on top of them ... Im sure the scales wont be that badly affected.

Lilion - dont fret too much on your journal .. at least you know when you havent done it and pull yourself up on it. Good luck for the upcoming week

I am now adding Pilates Zone every night to my day .. I do the Turbo Jam in the morning (which I am gonna get doing soon) and then I do the Pilates Zone at night before bed ... fortunately last night I wasnt in anywhere near as much pain as I was in the last time I did it last week rofl ... so all I can think is wow ... improvement after a day .. lol .. Im just waiting for the truancy officer to come around so that she can take Ash to school (that way I know she is going to get there!), then I just have to hope she comes home after school instead of taking off somewhere again ... which is becoming a daily occurence. Tonight its chicken breast and steamed veges for dinner, Im going to marinade the chicken, not sure with what ... oh . maybe my sweet chili sauce . will have to go have a look at my herbs and spices.

Hope everyone else has a lovely day today ... Its Tuesday over here and Im hoping its a lot more positive ... every day is a new day right??

Huggies

Re: my trail mix that I love so!

Like Ammi said, those dried fruits and nuts have a TON of points! The nutrition info says "serving size about 1/4 cup"..."servings per container about 24". But when I got out the 1/4 measuring cup and did the portions, I only got 15!

So....which do you think is more accurate...the "serving size" or the "servings per container"? I'm REALLY hoping the consensus is serving size here!

Katt - I just looked on the Cybercandy site, they sell stuff online as well as in their shops, and I found....................Cadburys Mega Perky Nana -
"Cadburys Mega Perky Nana: This is rather like a banana flavoured Milky Way but the bit inside is somewhat chewier than the inside of a Milky Way. Something like a cross between Milkway inside and marshmallow. Cool name unique taste". I have to say it does sound yummy, so just for you, and for my taste buds I will buy one

I am so sorry things are no better with Ash, it's so hard being a mum sometimes isn't it

Oh what terrible news that your nephew has Leukemia again after being in remission for 5 years. That must have been such a shock. I hope the bone marrow transplant will be a success and that he will be alright after it. An illness like that is awful at any age, but it just seems so much worse when it's a young child

On a lighter note, yay that you ate one of your treat boxes, it's kind of cool that you werne't too keen on the chocolate, maybe you can lose the cravings for it now you know it's not as wonderful as you thought it used to be. I hope that doesn't happen to me with my Violet Crumbles lol

Lilion - I would think that it's per serving size, if it doesn't come to 24 then you were 'done'

Hugs,

Ammi

hey guys
So I finally showed a loss this morning. It wasnt major and I am sure that it wont be there tomorrow since I had lowfat ham tonight for supper but I know that it is only the sodium and I am still down the weight. Finally after such a long haul.

Camping sucked *L* We arrived on Sat am and it was DEADLY hot out. Humidity was awful too. Tried to have a lazy day. Went walking. Cooked supper and had somewhat of a fire, crawled in bed early thenBOOOOM the baddest biggest thunder and lightening storm we have ever had to camp through. 3 hours and buckets of rain later the storm moved on.

So sunday we spent sitting n a damp tent while it continued to rain outside. Suppertime it stopped raining and I made steve pack up and come home.

Needless to say, I was happy when I got a nice cup of hot coffee and a warm couch to sit on.

Gone to scrapbook for the evening.....
Brenda

Hello all!

First chance I've had to check in for a while. Had an awful weekend eating-wise but a great time otherwise. What I thought was going to be a family get together for the MIL's last day (YEA!!!) turned in to a full-blown party once the word got out that I was making pizza! I guess it's semi-famous! We had about 20 people over on Saturday for pizza, karaoke and Panthers preseason football. So much fun! But I ate too much pizza and didn't exercise enough. But, back at it yesterday!

I changed my routine today and started walking on our road. It's gettng a bit too easy on the greenway I had been walking and our raos is nothing but hills, so I think I'll try that for a while and see how it works.

Valerie- Where are you in NC this week? I'm not stalking you , just wondering!

Brenda and Ammi (and anybody I missed)- congrats on the losses. Great job!

Well, guess I'd better go earn my keep! Have a great night!

hello ladies... i had a great day. People were shocked how much weight I lost over summer break (40 lbs). So anyway I have a very good day take care ladies

Heather- Thanks for the encouragement about my cheese eating yesterday. You are right- and i've analyzed what I did- see I didn't inted to eat any cheese, so I didn't put any on my plate, but grabed a piece. then later grabed another and so on and so on. so I think next time, I'll allow myself some cheese, making sure to know how much I'm taking and how that fits into my plan. That way I won't feel deprived, and will also have a measure of what I'm eating, so I can adjust accoridingly. I weighed today, even though I normally don't b/c I was in too much suspense, and I'm at the same weight, so-so far- no damage done.

Jill- you're comment about the cool day made me so jealous. where I live we've just finished our 15th day at over 100 degrees. I'm ready to cool down! It sounds like you did pretty good this weekend, after all the diet allows for you to eat some things- i'm sure the idea is to keep your body confused enough to put you through the intial phase of a diet over and over, thus loosing weight quicker- sounds good, right? Good luck starting again today!

Ammi- Congrats on being down 1 pound! that's great- I know it's not as much as you would like, but at least it's steady. you know what they say "slow and steady wins the race!" I glad I'm not the only one who has trouble with cheese- and there was pinapple too- at least I was planning on eating the fruit anyway. Thanks about the job interview- it went really well today, and they told me that they are closing the job out- and it is down to five of us (including me) we will still have several more interviews, but they said that they want someone in the new job by the second week of september at the latest, so hopefully there will not be too much suspense. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Sabrina- How exciting your 1 year anniversary! I wonder what you should do about the cake- here they've gotten so strict, no food carry ons are allowed at all. Maybe you could send it ahead of you to your final destination? I know there are companies out there the ship food, so you wouldn't have to worry about it arriving destroyed--the trick is finding one of them...

Nelie- your comment about salt really got me thinking- my nutrisystem meals are all prepackaged, so they must have a lot of salt. I looked- some aren't too bad, 250 mg, but others have like 700 mg. I wondering what i should do- I was thinking drinking extra water? I already drink like 20 8oz glasses a day- what does everyone think? they don't say anything about that in the diet materials.

Katt-I'm so sorry about your nephew- there's nothing that makes me more upset than a sick child. I hope the transplant goes well, and he's better once in for all. My prayers are with him and your family!

Brenda- I'm so sorry your camping trip wasn't any fun- sounds like a real drag that it was raining the whole time- I wish that ran could have come here, then you would have had a better time, and I could have cooled off a little- our weather is getting worse and worse- makes you wonder if all that stuff in the movie-what was it- you know where global warming caused tornadoes, ice storm, etc--well makes you wonder if the effect is going to be that drastic someday. I hope it never gets to that point.Anyway- I sidetracked- glad your home safe and sound!

Kenya- Yay!!! I'm so glad your day was good- what a great NSV! I'm sure you feel so proud, and it's so reinforcing when others notice your loss. I think that when you haven't seen people for a while, they are more likely to see how much you've loss than those who see you every day- so now you know it's really paying off!!

Well- my day was pretty good- didn't do fantastic staying OP, but I had the thought at one point "you've made a few mistakes, go enjoy a really good meal" and I was thinking about going to sonic to get a double cheeseburger with a banna split. I think a part of it was that I had 5 dollars cash- I never carry cash, because when I have it , I want to spend it, and it usually results in a drive through. Instead, I decided not to let a couple small mistakes turn into a huge one and went to the gym to do a kick boxing class and i used the 5 to get a bottled water, and the rest is change now- so I won't have the urge...I hope! I only have two more days of work left before I have off for four. I'm ready as that will be a ten day stretch and I'm getting tired. it's not the worse I've worked, but I still wish I could work a typical mon-fri and off weekends.

Well- time for dessert- nutrisystem gives me one a day- and bed- everyone stay optomistic!

I just signed onto FC3 yesterday.

I am hoping I can be a part of this group. Let me tell you a little about myself...

I'm 55. Contentedly Married. Three "kids," ages 35 (son, married, 2 redheaded grandsons), 21 (daughter), and 19 (daughter). Actually, my daughters are my stepdaughters (their birth mother passed away 15 years ago), but I rarely refer to them as "stepkids."

The only time I weighed close to normal was six months before I was pregnant with my son. And the only way I was able to accomplish that was to live on nothing but Hawaiian Punch and saltine crackers for 3 months.

I've never worn anything sleeveless. I've never worn shorts. I've never been happy (except for the birth of my son and my wedding day, where I got two beautiful daughters when I married my husband).

I used to have diabetes. As of last Wednesday, my doctor took me off my medication because I've had my blood sugar under control for 6 months. I'm hoping to keep it that way.

I've rejoined Weight Watchers 17 times in my life. I've tried Atkins, starvation, and have seriously wished I had the courage to just cut the fat off my body.

I am currently considering following the glycemic index way of eating. I'm in the middle of reading the book and I'll let you know how that goes.

I was born with one kidney. It happened that way because I was born with two complete reproductive systems (yup, 4 ovaries, 2 uteruses, 2 cervix, the works). I had complete reproductive reconstruction by the time I was 12. I had polyscystic ovarian syndrome which was cured with a total hysterectomy by the time I was 23. As a result, I was thrown into menopause the day after the surgery.

I lost my appendix, tonsils, and gall bladder by the time I was 30. Although I didn't know this until 1998, I developed fibromyalgia starting in 1980-ish.

I am unable to walk more than 50 feet without pain. I walk with a cane. I am depressed (I just started taking medication for it). I am afraid I'm going to die very young. There is a history of heart problems in my family. (My father died 15 years ago suddenly and my oldest brother, age 58, has already had a quadruple bypass and recently had 4 stents placed in his heart.) I've not had any cardiac problems.

I won't have weight loss surgery because I know it's not going to fix my brain. I've seen too many people I know (and others I don't) have the surgery, lose the weight, and gain more than half of it back because in the end, you can't fix the brain by making your stomach smaller.

I'm hoping to find some support. My husband doesn't support me. In fact, even though I know he loves me, he sabotages me at every turn. I don't think it's intentional. But, when you're 6 ft 2 inches tall and can eat anything you want, never gain more than a couple of pounds now and then, well then you eat.

I've lost all my friends. I have no family in the area. I don't go anywhere other than the grocery store or post office. It takes too much out of me with both the fibro and the weight. But, more importantly, I don't want to be seen.

I sound so pathetic. But all of it is true. But, I'm here. That's a start, right?

Thanks for reading.

Hi everybody,

Congrats guys on your pounds gone, even if they are small. SOME is better than none or a + pounds!!! for sure!!! So that's great!

UGH I am so full! I just finished eating my dinner and I'm in the process of drinking my 'with meal' water, and BOY I'm stuffed. I've noticed that my stomach must be shrinking, I get full much faster than I used to. The first 2 weeks I was DYING I was so hungry but it went away after 2 weeks (for those of you just starting out, hang in there, it gets better)

I do not normally eat much of that Lean Cuisine kind of food, usually it's fresh food non packaged. Tonight I actually bought a Lean Cuisine Skillet sensations package when I was at the store because I just felt too tired to be creative, and have plans to make something more elaborate tomorrow for dinner. The one I tried (my first) was called Chicken Primavera. I have to say, I am SO totally surprised, I liked it a lot!! It has quite a bit of sodium but this is a rare event for me so ehhh what the heck. It did not have much chicken, more primavera, but it was tasty. Half of the bag rings in at 280 cals and that was enough to fill me. Save the rest for tomorrow lunch I guess.

Also I tried a new Nestea drink - one of those little packs that go into a small bottle of water. It too was really good!! So wow! 2 good things in one day!

I feel rather tired today, I worked a lot this week and through the weekend, was up late. This week is more relaxed so I should be able to get back up to speed as the week progresses. My walking partner (hubby) is working nights this week so bummer for me. I'll prob exercise indoors this evening ( I prefer evening workouts).

Kenya, nice to hear you're having a good day and that everyone noticed your slimness you rock!! Keep it up! yay!

Matrishka
Welcome - I saw and posted to another one of your threads already but welcome to this group. You have some challenges for sure, but keep in mind you are still alive and kickin today, you have improved on the diabetes aspect and you can keep improving. It is bad that you definitely have some things going against you, but I bet you'll feel a lot better given a bit of weight loss and positive thinking. I'm amazed myself at how just trying to remain positive about the day changes how I eat and how it affects my weight loss. This forum has helped me keep my mind on the correct path for sure. I feel like we're all on the same team and it really does help. You are here and it's a great way to start.

~ Angie

Ahem.

Just a fly-by post, as I'm filled with joy. Please notice the 2, woo-hoo 2, that starts my weight as of this morning.

Apologies for not writing more...off to work.

Matrisha- You couldn't have found a better place to get started. I just started here a little bit ago and everyone here has been such a reason for to keep on track. There's nothing like a group of people who understand what you are dealing with and even if they don't have the answers are there to support you through it. I have never tried the GI system- I'm doing Nurtisystem (that way I don't have much to think about). I know you have a lot to deal with- but you are on the right track- I'm really glad you've found your way here. Keep your chin up and we will all be here to back you up!!

Sue- I'm sorry school wasn't great- when I find myself in those kinds of situations it drives me crazy. I'm so sick of having to put the armrest up at the movie theater- or worse yet, to sit down really fast so I can just jam in. One time, when I was using the jam method I caught my finace's finger- it was horrible, it got all black and blue-anyway I feel your pain, but good for you telling him that wasn't going to work- I probably would have suffered through it for the whole time and been miserable everyday!! It will get better now that you have that established!

Melissa- It sounds like your weight in will go really well- you are down so many inches! Good luck today!

Jen- down 2 pounds!!!

I feel renewed motivation today, so hopefully today will be better than the last couple were. I also feel really really tired. I just want to sleep. I keep reminding myself that i just have to make it through today and tomorrow and then I'm off, but I really wish it was Thursday right now- I just need some rest- this getting up at 4:30a is not fun at all. Well- off to work- everyone have a great day!

[QUOTE=kimpossible;1379286][COLOR="Magenta"] Well- my day was pretty good- didn't do fantastic staying OP, but I had the thought at one point "you've made a few mistakes, go enjoy a really good meal" and I was thinking about going to sonic to get a double cheeseburger with a banna split. I think a part of it was that I had 5 dollars cash- I never carry cash, because when I have it , I want to spend it, and it usually results in a drive through. Instead, I decided not to let a couple small mistakes turn into a huge one and went to the gym to do a kick boxing class and i used the 5 to get a bottled water, and the rest is change now- so I won't have the urge...I hope! I only have two more days of work left before I have off for four. I'm ready as that will be a ten day stretch and I'm getting tired. it's not the worse I've worked, but I still wish I could work a typical mon-fri and off weekends.QUOTE]

I am so proud of you for going to the gym instead of Sonic! I love your spirit and dirve you have. You are doing great and I think we all have have our "few mistakes here and there". I recall not too long agao when I had a small piece of cake and I felt so bad about it. However, when I came here these wonderful ladies told me it wasn't the end of the world. I am just taking things one day at a time! Anyway keep up the good work