WAKE UP....WAKE UP....WAKE UP....

Where the heck is everyone?! We were doing so well with bringing this forum back, making it lively again. I hope everyone is doing ok.

Since there's really no one to conversate with, Ill just go into my own spiel about what I consumed so far:

Rye toast - 150 calories
Cheerios with skim milk - 150 calories
Coffee - 50 calories

OH and I got FANTASTIC news. I was walking down the hall when a co-worker who I dont speak to often approached me and said "Nicole, are you losing weight?". I was so ecstatic, I quickly replied with "yes, thank you so much for noticing, no one has really noticed", she was like, "oh no, people are noticing, I think they are just afraid to say something because they dont want to offend you but we were all talking about it last week". YAY!!! Woot-woot.

I just wanted to give everyone an update. I know I have been MIA for a few days but you will soon know why. I have become absolutely obssessed and addicted to everything having to do qith weight loss. its all I can think about at work...at home...and I need to figure out a way to control it. if there is a computer near me...i want to sign into 3FC and just read everything. but it has to stop. I was neglecting work...i was signing in during work and reading and posting. we just had a meeting were they mentioned that there should be no personal usage of the computer. plus at night I have no time to post. so I am going to take a hiatus for a while. maybe I will come back soon when I feel like I have more control...but I just wanted to give you guys a heads up so you aren't wondering where the heck I am.
don't think I am giving up on my diet...xause I am certainly 100 percent not giving up. I have been going to the gym EVERY day for 1-2 hours...and food has been great. I just need to take a break from 3FC which has been fueling my addiction. I will miss you all and the support and encouragement you have given me. all the best to you guys!

Tiff - this totally sucks! I **GUESS** I can understand where your coming from but am a bit disappointed. I wish you luck on your weight loss journey and hope you can check in every now and again. I too am definately obsessed with my weight loss but I can honestly say that it is not a bad thing and for the first time I joined a weight loss support group this time around and I honestly think that is the ONLY reason that I have not given up, but to each is own. I cant fault you, only wish you great success.

Update on my food:

Granola packet - 190 calories

That puts me at 540 and leaves me with 260 calories for lunch. Easy...

By the way - on a separate note - Gabriella (my daughter) wants to cut her hair. She has the MOST beautiful hair in the world. It is long, thick, wavy and dark. She is half spanish and is just gorgeous. Well, my gorgeous girl wants to cut her long hair!!! Ahhhh....I know Im her mom and I ultimately can say no, but Im just not that type. Her hair is down to her butt and she wants to cut it to her shoulders! Grrrr.....Im going to let her do it because I know it will grow back but jeez... I wish I could have hair like that. Lol. No point to my story...just sayin.

Hey you guys! If you don't hear from me it because I'm been working then coming straight home to sleep. I was running late to work yesterday and forgot to take anything with me. Well.. I ended up not eating or drinking anything the entire 13hrs. When I got home I was starving and tired. Didn't feel like making anything. So I did something bad. I went to burger king!!! Ugh. It wasn't even worth it. I need to prepackage what I take to work so I don't do this. I did go to the grocery store though and got some healthy stuff. I'm not even attracted to any of the bad stuff we use to buy anymore. Our grocery bill is actually better because we only get good stuff and not all the extra junk food that adds up in $ and calories!

I woke up this morning and my husband left for the gym without me! So I'm stuck here until he gets back because he took my car. I don't like going without him but I will go as soon as he gets back. It makes me feel like I accomplished something when I go to the gym. I haven't gone in the past couple days because I had been sooo tired. But I have two days off, then work one, then off two more. So.. I'll have plenty of time now. My scale will not budge!!!!! It's driving me nuts. I think I need to hit the gym hard the next few weeks. Sorry for rambling on.

Tiff- I'm going to miss you! I agree with Lindy though. I really need this. If I didn't have 3fc I wouldn't have made it this far and would not still be motivated to finish and get to my goal. I think obsession is a good thing when it comes to weight loss. At least until you get to your goal. But come on whenever you can. I understand=)

Lindy- I bet your daughter is gorgeous. That must be hard. She's growing up. Aw=)

I just can't wait until this group is no longer weight loss buddies.. and it becomes a maintainers group!!!! Oh that will be the day!! We can do this ladies!

Hey Ladies! THanks for all the support. I have lost one more pound!! One at a time right? I am getting somewhere, slowly but getting there.

Lindy: I used to have realy long hair with waves as a kid too I wanted it cut really really badly my mom always said no I should just keep it long it's soo pretty. Well when I was about 15 I went to my dads for the weekend and got it chopped, I regreted it so much afterwards. But I wish overall that my mom would have let me do it when I was younger. I am not trying to change your mind, just saying what happened to me I think that your daughter is still young enough that YEs it will grow back and it's better to let your kids express themselves a little.... like a hair cut or certain shirt, harmless things! LOL I wish my mom understood that when I was a kid!!

Burgandy: lawl is la weight loss, they have actually closed and went out of business by me, but I found a forum with ppl doing the diet that is still in their area and they have been pretty helpful if I have questions. It's basically where you can still eat anything you want just in moderation, a daily intake of food is.....
3 protein (4oz serving, chicken, beef, etc)
3 starch (carbs) (bread, pasta, etc) (alcohol ,a light beer is 1 starch)
3 veggies (1 cup is a serving)
3 fruit (1 apple, orange, etc)
2 dairy (2 oz cheese, or 4oz milk)
2 fat (condiments, butter, mayo, dressing)
** theres a little more to it this is just the basics
I was on this awhile back and dropped 15 pounds without exercise, so I think with this eating habit, I can still have a cookie if wanted (example) I just need to count it where it is supposed to go. I have been doing it for about 2 weeks prior to going on vacation I did not do on vacation and then I am back to it now. I am doing no carbs for two days to boost my metabolism again, this I will do every two weeks. Then I follow with slim fast for three days as a meal replacement to keep the weight off. I am excited and feel that it will work It just means I NEED to stick to this plan.

I would totally be interested in doing a challenge type thing with you for your family event. I am going on vacation with my family on june 18th and this would totally help me get even more motivated, I always do better when I am doing it with someone. I am wanting to basically loose as much as I can in a healthy way by june 18th. I have stopped drinking alcohol, and been eating better along with jillian, I am seeing what the best results I can get will be. If you are interested let me know. I think it will be fun!!

Neesy - I realize your on a different clock than the rest of us, no biggie if your not on here everyday. I just want to make sure people are not dropping off. Anyway - good for you on going to the gym by yourself! I do it every day and love it. I really dont ever go in the evenings at all anymore, its pretty much mornings every single day Monday - Saturday. I only do 40 minutes but thats better than nothing.

Hey Kity - thanks for sharing your feelings on the hair issue. I have always said that I am not going to be "that mom" that does not allow their child to express themselves (within reason), so she sure enough is going to get her hair cut this weekend. When all is said and done, she will be getting 12 inches cut off! She is still gorgeous though no matter what. Good luck with your new plan!

I went off the straight and narrow just a smidge today, nothing Im stressing about because today was my cardio day at the gym and I did burn 300 calories, so anyway - update:

I had yellow rice (spanish style) with pork roast. It was a small portion and when I looked it up online it stated it was about 600 calories, give or take, so that would still leave me around 300 for lunch, slightly over but I am having baked cod for dinner which is only 180 calories and Ill have that with some steamed veggies.

Ill try to check in later. I am having company over tonight so not sure if Ill have time.

Tiff - I understand. This shouldn't be a hinderance with your job. Sometimes you have to step back to get a grip on what's going on around you. Come back when you are ready. We will be here for you. Maybe you could have your fiance post every now and then on how you are doing or your lbs lost. Hope you take care of what you need to and take care of yourself. You are our friend and we will see you again!

Nicole - Wow, you are a machine-6 day a week! Great job. I think it's great that you let your daughter have some control. Children don't have much control over anything, like your current situation with your husband, and this kind of thing helps them to establish themselves as a person and that their thoughts and opinions are valued. Good for you!

Kity - Yay! Another lb...it's adding up. That's my motto!

I hope Sandy and Basics are doing OK. It's been a while for them too. As long as things are good, then that's fine.

BEWARE: bad day rant is next. Sorry in advance...

Well, today was my meltdown day. I've been a little more stressed at work than usual, my aunt spazzed after work when we got the baby car seat/stroller combo cause she was late picking up her other grandson so anyone that did anything remotely wrong-she freaked out on, AND I'm feeling like I have no time for myself again...UGH! My friend came over last night, he had been drinking. He is drunk deaf...you know, talking very loud when he drinks. So I got to hear all kinds of stuff. Then I went to bed and he crashed on the sofa. Well, his snoring is like no other. It COULD wake the dead! I'm surprised there weren't zombies from the cemetary 2 blocks away pounding on the windows. So that woke me up and I couldn't go back to sleep for bout an hour. I'd yell down at him, he'd quit, then he'd start again. Then I slammed my door. That worked-couldn't hear a thing, but as I started to fall asleep, the cats started to claw at the door...AAAAAHH! So I made him sleep with his head at the other end of the sofa so the sound didn't travel up the steps and hall. This finally worked. I could still hear, but was able to block it out. Man, I was SOOO pissed. I should have told him to leave. I'm not letting that happen again. I got a bad night of sleep. So this combined with my day....I came home and pigged out....crap, crap, crap! I really wanted a cigarette, but there is NO way I'm doing that. I am on day 11 without them and I'm not going back.

But I turned to food and that really upsets me. I know tomorrow I will regret tonight and I will go back to eating right again. But tonight...I just don't care. I want to go to sleep, I want to forget everything my mom needs from me-I just want everyone to leave me alone for a while...gggrrr!!!

Sorry I dumped like that. I had to get it out. Oh yeah, and the guy that sits next to me at work-he's been coughing for 3 days straight and hasn't done anything about it. Says it's sinues...well go blow your freaking nose! Go to the bathroom and cough up a good one so I don't have to hear 'ahem' every 15 freaking minutes! It is driving me batty-I just want to strangle him.

Again, sorry, bad day. At least I'm not depressed today..haha!

Awww Kelly - man oh man are you down on your luck - Im sorry.
Your story about your friend, although sucky - was so freakin funny, waking the dead, zombies at the windows, lmao. THe fact that you binged today is really not that bad because doesnt that kinda fall into the whole Jillian motto, just make today your "binge" day and then do a really low calorie day tomorrow. CONGRATULATIONS on not picking up a cigarette! I think food over a cigarette is much better. I hope tomorrow is better for you.

I did SUPER DUPER good the rest of the day. Aside from eating that fatty lunch, I had an apple in the afternoon and cod for dinner and Im done - woo-hoo!

Hi ladies,

I caught up on all my reading...

Neesy - I can relate to the exhaustion. My week has been crazy at work and I'm mentally exhausted...I'm going on hour 13 for work right now. Today I didn't prepare my food before leaving and I'm definitely regretting it. I'm cooking chicken as I work away...

Sorry to see you go Tiff - although hope you check in. I was just saying on my blog how I wish I didn't have to think everytime I put something into my mouth. But I don't want to be like this anymore.

****, I am too tired to work - I am just going to go to bed (as soon as my chicken is done that is) I have another 14+ hour day tomorrow. I better figure out a way to ensure that I don't let work get in the way of my plans for a nice booty! Because this is my life for the next ten months. Not complaining because I LOVE what I do, but it's so hard to find time to do other things (like take care of myself?) - how silly is that. Lessons really are - prepare my food in advance (I am less likely to binge), always have gum handy and workout in the morning. I find that if I workout in the morning I will feel too guilty throughout the day if I cheat.

I will weigh in after my TOM is finally gone. It's been the worst one I've had in years...horrible!!

I also have a busy social calendar this weekend...no drinking, no drinking, no drinking....

Lindy - I can't wait to hear the oh you are losing weight...and for someone to actually mean it

Nicole - You know, with all my praise and worship of Jillian, I completely forgot about the extra calorie day....sheesh! Who knows, the way I've been eating this week: oatmeal, salad, LF pasta thing and minestrone...I probably have some calories I can add. Yippee!

Staccie - No drinking, no drinking, no drinking - I will chant with you. It works, I haven't had a drink for almost 2 weeks and I believe that's one of the main things keeping my focused and dropping weight. Drinking always led me to eating fatty, greasy food and too much of it. It also broke down my will power. So-no drinking, no drinking, no drinking.

On another note: THE TICKERS ARE BACK!!!

YAY to the tickers being back!!! And just in time, because yes....drumroll please....(I know this is too early (Sunday is my weigh in day) but I am too ecstatic to wait on posting this)...anyway, back to drumroll......I am officially at 194!!! Thats 26 poudsn, woot-woot, oh my gosh, do I feel awesome!!! WOW!!!

Stacie - good job on cooking up some chicken instead of ordering a pizza or grabbing a burger. I am so envious of you and your job, especially with the Olympics!!! I USED to work in hospitality, in event planning and I LOVED my job, I enjoyed going to work everyday but it was having an affect on my daughters life and schooling and I had to make a sacrifice. It was a HUGE sacrifice because not many people can say they enjoy going to work everyday. Now, my job now, I do love it and I do enjoy going to work but thats because of my boss and co-workers and less about the job itself. Anyway, keep with your chanting of no drinking...no drinking....no drinking...say it with me and Kelly, LOL. Also, sorry to hear about your TOM. I NEVER have a regular cycle, ever, and I havent since I had my daughter. If I wasnt I birth control, I swear I'd be on that show "I didnt know I was pregnant" because seriously, its no biggie to me if I go 7 months without a cycle. I do get cramps sometimes and THINK that TOM is coming but nope, nothing. Weird.

Kelly - glad I can enlighten you. Obviusly the calorie cycling is working because I have been eating junk here or there (within moderation) and am doing awesome. Today is a 1500 calorie day, heres what Ive done so far:

1 cup of cranberry juice - 120 calories
Carnation instant breakfast (I was mainly craving a milk shake, which is why I had this) - 220 calories. I am at 340 today, so far so good.

Hi girls, I am checking in looks like everyone is doing great. Some ppl seem to be missing, I hope all is going well for them.
Tiff: I hope you are able to check in here and there just to let us know how well you are doing!! Good luck to you!

Lindy: I can't believe that you work out 6 days a week at the gym, that's AWESOME!!

Regardign the drinking, I am right there with you!! I am going to go 30 days hopefully (fingers crossed) actually my goal date in June 18th, I have not drank since May 10th so I'd liek to take time away to get better results in my weight loss. It sucks since my sisters 21st bday is on may 30th and my cousins grad party from college is coming up. I hope I can really do this. It's like a personal challenge I'd like to proove to myself, it sounds stupid but it means something to me so I am doing it!!

I haven't heard back from Burgandy? Hope the Jillians is going well. I am actually going to hang out for about another week on first circuit, a girl at work wants to do it together. I told her I would act as if I just started today and do the entire 30 days with her and change on schedule here on out with the dvd every ten days. We work three night a week together and sit by eachother so I think that will help each other out also. I still plan to say my progress here as well and committed to this with Burgandy also. So I will actually be doing more than 30 days! That's ok. In exactly 30 days school is out so that is kind of a goal date for us! June 12th!!
I am having trouble getting breakfast in still? Is there a protein or granola bar that is low in calories and fairly filing?
I;ll check in later!!

Ok, update on my food:

2 cups of pineapple - 175
1/2 cup of chicken breast with 1/2 cup of red beach with 1/2 cup of salsa - 350 calories
1 bag of snack size cheez its - 210 calories

That leaves me a little over 1200 with 350 left for dinner, sounds good to me.

Ok, update on my food:

2 cups of pineapple - 175
1/2 cup of chicken breast with 1/2 cup of red beach with 1/2 cup of salsa - 350 calories
1 bag of snack size cheez its - 210 calories

That leaves me a little over 1200 with 350 left for dinner, sounds good to me.