Welcome Jen!! I notice that we have the same amount to lose (don't look at my ticker it is wrong) I am with youabout getting to ONEderland. I have been fighting this diet/lifestyle change for 18mos and so far I don't have as much to show for it as I would like, but we are recommitted and doing well so far. Keep up the great work!!

Nan~I hope you are doing ok. I know what kind of havoc thyroid issues can cause. But if it is not your thyroid look into your other hormones, they can cause a ton of nastiness. Keep your chin up you will get through this!!

Holly~I hit the buttom and forgot all about you. Glad your Bathroom is starting to get finished. You did a great job with your snacks keep it up.

Hi Everyone!

I remember 199! was only a couple of years ago and silly me let it all go back on - up to 263 - lost some weight over the summer when we were moving and stressing out - that got me down to 247.5 - had my first week's burst and lost 7lbs! Hopefully by my birthday in August (6 months 2 days!) I will have hit the one's! (if not sooner of course!)

I'm not sure what to do for exercise at the moment. I'm not a gym person (can't really afford it and not a lone exercise person), I do get plenty of walking round the house! lol but I know that's not going to cut it...I've suddently noticed I have 40 year old knees, oh what a shock that was! I love swimming but there is no public pool here, cept an open air one in the summer. I live in a tiny little seaside town that just dies in winter. Maybe I should just wrap up and try walks on the beach or along the promenade. Unfortunately I went from having so many friends in the UK and even tho I have been in the USA 8 years, I only really have one 'friend' and she is definitely not the exercising type, hubby has had double knee surgery and can't walk too far altho he is going to try after he has lost a few pounds too. I have 3 dogs that I just cannot walk on my own. Luckily we have a huge yard and they can get their exercise there, maybe I should just walk round my yard? As we have just moved in I shall be doing some gardening this spring as the outside is a bit boring and yucky so that might be a start...oh man, I'm rambling now...lol

Good luck and hugs to all!

Good day everyone. Sorry for not having posted for a couple of months.
I know it's silly, but it's hard to post from work. It's a small office and I'm afraid someone will want to know where I'm posting and I just don't want to explain

Hello to all of you: Annie, Holly, Nan, Ellen, Susie, etc...and nice to meet you Jen, Gremlina and Hippy and to others who I have not yet met!

I feel as thought I've hit the bottom! I weigh the most I've ever weighed. Sometimes I get so stressed and I just give up. I got up and joined Weight Watchers this morning at the 730a meeting. I was very productive this morning: WW, gym, grocery, car washed, etc....I was super hungry when I got home so I made a great brunch of egg beaters, mushrooms, ham and a bagel...trying to get back into the counting of points. The program is a little different than a few yeas ago when I was in it. That time I barely tried - I dropped out just after a few weeks.

I decided to join because the past two weeks have been horrible. I know that every single day this past week, my husband and I have eaten out or picked up food. I was eating like I just didn't care. You can eat out and still eat healthy, but I wasn't making healthy choices. I felt so sloppy and nasty. I hate that feeling. So last night while I was finishing off the last of the leftover pizza, I decided I'd get up and join WW in the morning. I tell you what, I admit it, it's been hard today. The first thing I ate today wasn't until around 1pm, so I made a hearty breakfast but half an hour later, I felt hungry again. I was watching the movie North Country and wanted to nibble. I've gotten so used to letting myself just nibble or eat whatever I want - and a big struggle this week has been those darn Girl Scout cookies! But I had a few of the low-fat oatmeal cookies which are quite good, and counted the points, of course...but I haven't been able to feel satisfied today. I'm munching on baby carrots as I write this...just trying to hold off another hour until I make my dinner. I hope it's easier when I'm at work because I'll be busy, ya know? I don't do much on the weekends, so this hanging out at home has been torture! But at least I've gone grocery shopping and I am slowly getting rid of the bad things in the kitchen and I've got plenty of veggies and healthier snacks.

How has everyone been doing? Who else is doing WW? The weird thing that confuses me are the "extra" 35 points that we get in a week. I don't understand where that comes from, because before, we had a range and we stay within that range. How can 35 extra points be "good" for you?

Talk to you all soon. I really want to get back in the habit of posting.

Girlie

I have been feeling burned out today.Kinda overwhelmed wiht all parts of life. After supper i went down to my friend/neighbour/hairdressers for the chunky copper/brown colour thing!! Feelin at least 38 in stead of my real age of 40 LOL!!

((Girlie)))

hey guys! today was a great day besides the fact that i didnt get to excersize and i only drank 4 glasses of water instead of 12 o well... tomorrow will be a better day!

good luck all of you and keep up those excellent results!
Jen

Hello,
I am happy to report a 2 lb loss at last Thursday TOPS weigh-in. For the past 2 days (Friday and Sat), I haven't been counting points and doing anything that is good for me and last night I felt so YUCK!

So I decided that this moring I would get back on track. Hubby always makes a nice breakfast on Sunday's, usually French toast and eggs, bacon and toast. I asked him to please just make me 2 eggs and toast. Right now I'm in a surgar frenzy and I was afraid that thy French toast would keep me in it which leads to me just eating whatever I want.

He is such a good support, he didn't make any french toast for his self. I'm going to spend the day reading my magazines and will try to get to the Y for a walk.

I was talking to a friend (Judy) about this on going weight loss effort and it came to my attention that in order to get to 199 I'm going to have to be obsessive about my effort. I REALLY want be at 199 when I leave on the cruise in September so if that's what it takes I'm ok with it. I know that I divide my energies in a lot of areas, and I have committements that I need to keep, but my whole focus on anything that I'm doing for the next 6 months is that 199 number.

If people think I'm boring of to focused on it, so be it. I'm who counts here!

It feels so empowering to type that.

Sorry for no personals today; I've got to get ready for church.

See you all tomorrow.
Susie

Oh jeezzzzzzz......
I weighed myself today...not good at all.....I'm going to ignore the number and just think that I need to get it together!!!!

Friday after work was a bit of a party for me......3 different groups to meet with...had some drinks, but stopped half way through, but did have the snacks. But yesterday, really didn't eat much at all, not hungry and just busy.....

Today to the Y and back in the groove.....what is wrong with me that I simply can't keep up the work.....LOL for some reason I had a dream and Richard Simmons was in it LOLOLOL Maybe that is a sign!!!
Lilybutt

Good Day, everyone.

I slept in a bit until 10am, and picked up a few other groceries that I thought would help, like minibags of microwave popcorn. I was craving noodles for lunch and I found a single serving package of Vietnamese noodles in my cabinet. The package ended up being 3pts, so I made them and added snow peas, bean sprouts, mushrooms and 2 servings of imitation crab. I ended up with a huge bowl of food for 5 pts. Very happy because I fulfilled my craving. I love ethnic foods but they scare me because it's so hard to find WW points/nutritional information for it all.

I'm feeling good today. Woke up a little sore and headachy. I'm going to take it easy today, rest and chill. Also, plan out my week as far as breakfasts and lunches. I usually have a whole wheat bagel for breakfast, but I can't find a good one that's less than 4-5pts, so I decided to do whole grain toast with sugar free jelly this week. I want to find something that works, and have it every morning. We all usually eat breakfast at our desks at work as we're getting situated, so this is something I can keep in the kitchen at work.

Dinner tonite will be a big old salad full of veggies like snow peas, sprouts, carrots and an Asian dressing that I found.

Take it easy, everyone.

Hey friends,
I Need F O C U S. I haven't been to the WW site in about a week. My portions have been getting larger. I only made it to curves once last week. I don't know if I'm just bored with it or if I'm having trouble keeping it all together working ft. HELP....
Ds is working on my van. It's old so it's a real challenge. Now he is cutting off a tool with a hacksaw so it will fit where he needs it to fit. SIGH....
I guess I'm just a little down.

Girlie: It is so good to hear from you.

Suzy: WAY TO GO GIRL.

Holly:

to all the newbies.

I'll try to do better later. I've got to go put some stuff on my lawn before it get dark.

Good morning all!!
Complements!, been getting a few lately. My collegue at work said that my face and hips look thinner! My sister was watching me try a new outfit this morning and said that I lost weight
Ordered a few new exercise dvds from the recommendations on the exercise forum, mostly dancing aerobic ones, I need to make it more interesting so that I can get it done I also got a tae-bo one, I'm not a big fan of kickboxing but I thought I'd try it out since a lot of the ladies were recommending it.
Keep it up ladies

Hey everyone! My name is Shari and my mini goal is to hit ONEderland! I've joined WW twice, each time I had to stop because I switched jobs or moved cross country. Now, I'm settled (for now) and I'm ready to do this once and for all! I just got a new job at Curves so I have NO excuse for not exercising! These first couple of weeks will be hard considering I'm just starting my job, have no money, and it's very difficult to find healthy food choices here in my mama's house, but I'm gonna do it! My mini goal is to get under 200 before my birthday in July and my main goal is to hit 150 by the end of this year. You all will see me on this board ALOT!

Welcome Shari!!!

So Much activity over the weekend. Unfortunately, That is the worst time for me. I did not keep track of my foods, but I do not think I did too badly. Except for a couple of shots at a party yesterday! Oh and the baklava that I Picked up for it.But I was able to give the last of it away. My dad dropped my son off this afternoon and I gave it to them, they have company, so it will be a nice treat for desert.

DH and I sat and did our budget on friday, unfortunately if does not include any gym memberships, but we are off to a good start paying down our debt. I will just have to get the resolve to do my Firm workouts here at home. The difficult thing is finding something for the girls to do while I exercise. I can't get up eary because my 2yo will get up an dstay up if she sees me up. I tried that and boy was it a mistake. Not only did I have to deal witha cranky overtired toddler, but I did not finish my workout. I know it is good that they want to exercise too, but I just don't want them getting hurt. On the upside...It is starting to get a little nicer, I will just have to take them for more walks! Maybe break out the old stroller (double) so I actually might burn some calories! Well almost time for my bed time, I had a rough day and I am beat.

Happy Monday Lovely Ladies.

Welcome to all the newbies, great place, this is!!

Susie - Great job on the loss. I saw an article on kicking the sugar habit. I will have to look for it at home and let you know where I saw it.

Girlie - I think we are all struggling for the most part right now, I think it is the weather. Stay positive, and focused. I went back to WW two weeks ago, lost 10.6 the first week, but don't think I will have a loss tonight, maybe a smidgen.

On Dotti's weightloss zone sight, I saw where she was using the "Enjoying Weight Loss" Hypnosis CDs off of the Hypnosis Network and has been very successful with it, so I took the plunge and ordered it. I also get a free "Mental Toughness" CD along with it. Now it is quite expensive, 119.00 US, however I will let you know once I get it, if it works. I am kind of strong minded, so don't know if the hyponsis will work on me. LOL

Have a great OP, focused day. STAY POSITIVE!

(((HUGS)))

Annie

Shari:
Let's do it! We are right at the same place and have the same 10% goal pretty much. Let's help each other out It is expensive to eat healthy. I'm trying not to rely on all the expensive low-fat/fat-free foods - I'm also including some of the foods that my husband eats at dinnertime. We're on our own during the day but at night I have to learn to incorporate some of the things he likes and lower fat stuff as well into our dinners.


I'm doing okay. Yesterday wasn't as hard as the first day doing WW. I'm always thinking about food though...like what I'm going to eat next and being obsessive about how many points I've eaten. Trying not to be obessive. Right now, it's hard to tell whether I'm listening to my stomach or my mind. I'm always hungry. I hope this gets easier.

I wanted to share this dinner I had last night. I had a Weight Watchers Smart Ones - Santa Fe beans and rice. It's really yummy, but it's not very filling to me. So I dumped it on top of a huge plate of lettuce, carrots, snow peas and tomatoes, all 0pt servings...so I had a really yummy and flavorful dinner for 5pts. I had read another girl do this and it sounded strange...but now I'm looking for other meals that I can treat the same way.

Have a great day everyone. One bite and one step at a time!

Workout:
50 mins elliptical