Merrrrryyyyy Christmas and good cheer to all. I just wanted to drop in to wish everyone the happiest of holidays....I send good energy and lots of hugs to all you wonderful ladies.

I'll drop back in later to tell you all how the eating is going today

cyan

Just got home from family Christmas gathering with the in-laws. There was TONS of food which I ate plenty of, but I did skip the desserts. I dont think I have gained anything over the last 2 or 3 days, but I do know I have definitely got to get back on the AirWalker first thing in the morning...no excuses!! My kids said this is their best Christmas ever. It was a nice one. I hope all of your are enjoying yours also. I may be back later on tonite to see if anyone had time to post.

Well tonight I had a lobster dinner with all the fixin's and my total calories for the day are 1419 and 46 grams of fat....I also cycled for 30 minutes for a distance of 9km and burned off 330 calories....I back ladies, I am back to exercising and it feels great!

So I challenge all of you to get back to exercising! Remember to work on your part of the letter to Oprah! The deadline is jan 5th...post what you would like to say here and I will join all the pieces together and email it to her staff incharge of tickets.

Big Hug to you all and I hope this day is filled with lots of happiness and joy

Cyan

Ok, so I skipped the desserts at noon. BUT tonite I had a ham sandwich and a bowl of banana pudding. Yummmmy! Since then hubby and I have been piled up on the couch with blankets watching TV wishing we could do nothing but that for days. lol I promise, tho, tomorrow the exercise begins again. I accept the challenge, Cyan. Gotta work off all these calories before the next weigh-in. Can't wait to hear from the rest of you. I just know you're all having a wonderful time enjoying the holiday. Hurry back and fill us in on all the details!

G'nite all....

MIKI

Hi ladies......it's now 10:54pm here in Taiwan and rainy and cold (well, cold to me anyway, after being used to 70's this weather feels cold! )

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas time. We had a good time here. Joshua is now 4.5yr old and gets more into it. Josiah is only 6months old and thought big brother's toys were interesting. He is starting to crawl---well pulling himself across the floor. Watch out

I wasn't exactly a good girl this week, well from Friday until Christmas day. We were hustling about with things for the Christmas program and all, that eating wasn't exactly good and didn't exercise at all. Though I did get my Donna Richardson 3-day rotation DVD on Christmas Eve!! So did that right away and have done something each day since. Boy am I feeling it!! Had muscles I didn't know about I 've done her kick and jab (love it) and toning--love that too!! I have tried her Dance aerobics, but ain't too coordinated, but will try again. I have another DVD of hers in the mail, it was out of stock. SO now that the holidays are over (well until Feb. 1st here as that is Chinese New Year) I am determined to get back into action!!! Cyan, glad to hear you are back to exercising too. MikiG, let's go girl Who else is determined to get back into exercising? Hey, is there a specific weigh in time? I have started taking measurments (so depressing) and dh got me a digital scale for Christmas (I don't know if that was a hint or not!!) so I am raring to go. Got two compliments about looking like I've lost weight today--I felt really good
Well, ladies, I am starving. I know I shouldn't but I am going to have a cup of Quaker's 3-1 instant cereal, only 110calories. I know, but really, I can't sleep on a growling stomach. I had dinner, soup and steamed bread (whole wheat and packed with grains) and the water thing just ain't cutting it tonight.

Hope you all have a great day. Get those tushy's movin'

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Cyan, please fill me in on the Oprah letter (if you don't want to repeat it here e-mail me at [email protected])

We had a white Christmas in Philly. My family and I stayed in our Pjs all day. Even our friends came over in their pjs. Maybe we just started a new Christmas day tradition. A pj party. Much better than black velvet and bows.

I made a standing rib roast that came out great, twice baked potatos and many more fattening dishes. I t was like my" last supper" I kept telling myself tomorrow I will get serious about dieting.

Well today is tomorrow so I am going to get motivated!! I am going to give myself the gift of control over my weight. No longer am I going to let my weight control me.

I started thinking about ways that I can start. Here's my list.

1. Track my food intake on FitDay. I think keeping a food journal is one key to weight loss.

2. Exercise. Things that I like to do--taking walks in the forest, maybe join a walking group at my local mall.

3. Be accountable -- to everyone here. Before I get the urge to binge write a post here. Weigh myself everyday. Be accoutable to myself if I am not losing change my plan--increase exercise, eat less.

4. Find additional support by joining my local weight watchers group.

5. Instead of snacking in front of the tv, spend time playing and reading to my children, painting, talking to my friends, even cleaning the house.

6. As soon as I am stressed out about something stop myself from reaching for food. Write down what is bothering me, how i can solve it or if I can not solve it how can I deal with it.

Well, I am sure I can think of more but for now it is a start. What will you be doing to motivate yourself?

Hello everyone
I hope everyone had a great holiday

It sounds like you all still did very well, and if you had that extra piece of cake of cookies, you were acountable for it.

Well, the tamales were done Tuesday morning about 3am and I was off to bed to start the 2 day holiday extravaganza! Christmas Eve, we went to my family's house up on the southside of Chicago! Had to hit two houses there, but I realized at the end of the night that I hardly ate, I was too busy getting pictures of Alex opening his gifts and running around the house asking for more
We didn't get home until about 2:30am that night, and I still had to clean the house for Christmas Day! We were going to have my in-laws over for dinner
Well we got up christmas morning and opened all our gifts and started getting the house ready for the family. I started cooking about noon and they were expected around 5:30 or so. I made Ham, potato salad, Turkey Breast, Mashed potatoes, corn, stuffing, tamales, cakes, cookies, and Hot apple pie!
I think I had 4 fork-full bites the entire nite. My in-laws had Flav(DH) and me at the edge of our seats. They couldn't have looked more excited to have been here. It was so depressing! I was thankful that my son's godparents were here, I don't think I could have made it through the night without them.
But it is over, and I am scheduled to pull out the scale tonight to see the damage that may have taken over my body!.

I hope Santa was good to you all, and Cyan, I am very happy you got good news from your mom's doctors!

I will check in later. YOu all have a great day!
Take care,

Hello...today I had 1557 cals and 52 grams of fat...not bad but no exercising...friends came over ..oh well.

Debee, we have decided to meet next year in chicago and go to the oprah show so we are writing in for tickets...so join us for the fun.

Well this one is short cause I am off to bed...till tomorrow


Cyan

Hello everyone. Our posts have been few and far between because of this Holiday Season. I hope everyone is doing well and having a great time. I had a Great Christmas. I've been eating very badly....or goodly..however you want to look at it. Tomorrow morning, I'm off to Florida for my brother's wedding. I am trying to get packed and put up with my family at the same time. I'm going insane. My flight leaves at 5:25 am. I'm already tired. I will be back Monday afternoon...I'll post then.

Lisa

Well I must have burned a few calories cleaning up the presents under the Christmas tree. How many calories do you think it burns bringing landry upstairs? With the seven loads I did yesterday I hope I lost at least a pound!

Last night we went out to dinner and I tried to be good but... they had hot rolls with honey butter (I ate 3) so instead of a full dinner I had a shrimp cocktail.

I would love to meet everyone in Chicago for the Oprah show please let me know when you are planning on going.

Miki thank you for the e-mail photo I hope to e-mail some photos to everyone next week.

Ok, I did it, I pulled the scale out a last night, and low and behold, I haven't gained a pound. I did go up 2 oz. but that is is.
Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I thought I was doing bad, but I guess my subconscious was telling me not to pick up the extra piece of cake or something. So I got up this morning and worked out for a little bit, and I am drinking my water today too....

Cyan, I am starting my portion of the letter, should we all be targeting something special or just full letter from each of us on how this group has helped up?

I would love to have all of you out here in the big city. When the time comes, I can make all the plans for everyone's visit. I know some great budget hotels and hot spots.

Have a great day everyone, I am going to dinner tonight with my sister and brother-in-law, and my family and then we are off to see The Lion King on IMAX.

Have a good one.!

Debee we are planning on meeting up in chicago some time in the fall of 2003 depending on when we get the Oprah tickets.

Reina...write about you and how you feel about our little team of determined ladies...the kind of support you give and receive, or anything really...and how much we would like to be part of the audience at Oprah...and that it will be our first reunion in person of our group and we chose Oprah because she is a great role model for women everywhere...well this is what I think...I dont know if you agree but anyway, something along those lines is cool...but feel free to write about anything....the deadline is jan 5th...also maybe we should include you as our contact person since you already live in Chicago...how do you feel about that? Let me know. And Kudos on you for not gaining...you go girl

Well today, I ate 1310 cals and 48 grams of fat and I exercise for 30 minutes for a distance of 8.3km and burned off 300 cals. I used my new heart monitor chest strap and watch...and boy oh boy....it sure makes you exercise harder cause it tells you if you are in you target zone...I didnt realize how hard it is to stay within that range...I peddled at a high tension and fast...wow what a work out.

Lisa have a blast in sunny florida

Miki How are you doing on the exercising and food? Keep going...you cant sabotage yourself now..you are doing good.

Taiwan the same goes for you...lets keep on track and keep going...on to a healthier thinner sexier you....onward to a healthier thinner sexier you...now repeat it again until you believe it and then...just do it!

Ok Ladies, we have been doing well during the holidays so let keep up the good job.

Cyan

I guess everyone is very busy cause no one has posted.

Well I exercised last night for a distance of 8.3 km, 30 minutes and burned off 320 cals. I ate 1963 cals and 87 grams of fat
so my net total is 1643.

Can someone please give me a cyber kick!

Thanks

Cyan

Good Morning everyone, I am hoping to see some faces today
I checked over the weekend and saw that everyone must have been pretty busy!

Well, I am not feeling too good today, I haven't been able to keep any food down for the past 2 days I think I may have the stomach flu or something....

But all things aside, my New Year's Resolution is to try to lose the 1.34lbs per week to make my 50lb goal by June 30th.

I have so many plans for when I reach this goal. I can't see anything else ahead of me. So I hope everyone comes back with the winning attitude and emotional strength to achieve all our goals.

Cyan, How is your mom doing? I hope she is feeling much better!

Once everyone is back, maybe we can set up a Chat night(Is it still available??) for all of us. If not, we can work something out. There are tons of free chat software out there.. If anyone needs help setting up one, please don't hesitate to ask. I have mine open all the time. I know of one free software that allows you to talk to all the different chat groups,(AOL, Hotmail, MSN, etc.)

You all have a great day and I look forward to hearing from you.

Hello Everyone!
Boy, I'm looking forward to getting back to a normal routine and back on track with my diet. My weight chart looks like a yo yo for the past month, up 2lbs, down 2 lbs. Up 1 lb down 1 lb. Right now I am 2 lbs above thge 146 I was just before the holidays and I'm hoping to take that off this week. I'd like to start the new year at 146 and continue on down from there. I was able to continue running and using weights while I ate myself through the holidays. LOL

Reina - I'm so sorry you're sick. Feel better soon. Congratulations on not gaining! Wow, I'm impressed! Your goals are the same as mine; to meet my 50lb loss by June 30th. A 1-2lb weekly loss is reasonable, so we should have no trouble doing it.
Your Christmas dinner sounded wonderful. I'm sorry your MIL can't appreciate what a sweet person you are. I can't log into the chat room with my browser, so I would love to get with you all through another software. We could set up a regular scheduled time, like Mondays from 7-8pm (or whatever works for the group). What do you think guys?? I can use AOL or MSN, but I really like the idea of free software that will let you talk to all the different chat groups. What is it and where can I find it?

OK Cyan - Bend over - here comes yourrrrr cyber Kick! The New Year is just around the corner and You, oh Fearless Leader, must lead us on to the Land of Success! So Buck Up and Carry on!

Debee - You did good, girl! You chose shrimp cocktail instead of a full meal, I don't think I could have been that strong. The PJ Christmas sounds like a blast. What a wonderful way to chill out and enjoy each other's company. I Like the gift you gave yourself and with the goals you've made, you are sure to succeed.

Lisa - Hope you are having a great time in Florida. You were about 2 hrs from where we live, but we were about 6hrs away in Miami! Darn! I would have loved getting to gether with you!

Miki, Prescious, Taiwan - hope all is well. I look forward to us all being back on the list again.



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