Checking what I did.

ok I am at a loss-how are you guys getting the mini goals ect to work?
Melissa

ok one more time

LOL helps if you use the right code huh?
Melissa

mary~Hi! Glad you made it to the thread! Don't worry about your starting number, your success will just be that much more dramatic! Can't wait to see your ambitious little ticker! I also need people to help kick my butt in gear--so here I am! I will nag you to your heart's content if you want me too! How'd the first time back to the gym go for you today? Sweatin' much? I'm going to try to really push myself on cardio tonight because I kind of want to just watch tv tonight so I know I have to work through this laziness thing.

neo~you got the ticker!

macdeez~ sorry you're having such a tough time with the insomnia, that must be driving you crazy. Good luck with the doc and I hope you catch some zzzzzs soon!

laurab~you nailed in on the head for the WI--if I did allow myself to wait that long, there's no telling what I'd see when I finally did get on the scale.

Well the donuts are gone and I didn't have one (mmm...sugary lard balls...not!). Now there's snickerdoodles. Dang! I mean, there's always something out there, isn't there? I think I'd lose 10pounds a year just by avoiding all break room temptations and afternoon coke breaks. If I were a patient person, that's an experiment I'd do. As it is--I want to lose faster !

wal-mart is so crazy. i'm so glad we don't have hurricanes here. if there is a natural disaster -- no warning, no wal-mart maybe i should stock up on some bottled water or something. always mean to, but in comes the procrastination.
well, i am off to get ready for my interview.

Good luck on your interview! We are all pullin' for ya!
Melissa

Melra, sounds like you've hit a plateau...which everyone does sometimes. Your body gets used to what you're doing and just pauses. You can stick it out and eventually it should pass, but it can take awhile. Or, you can do something to snap your body out of it. The best way is to vary your workout, start doing something different than you're doing. In the walking section of www.runnersworld.com there's a plateau busting workout that I hear actually works. You can also eat differently and that sometimes works, but I think exercise works the best. Just switch to something new and that should work. If your'e walking, do a video or something, etc. You can rent videos at the library if you don't have one and don't want to buy one.

Oh, and if you really, really pump up the water that will help get ya going as well.

Theresa

Welcome Mary!!! YOU CAN DO IT...just get going on your points and watch it happen. I know, much easier to say than do, but we are all doing it and SO CAN YOU!!!!

Melra, if you count your calories the evening to evening way, then you can allow yourself a little snack at night...that way you don't feel deprived, yet you can control it so it doesn't take a lot of calories. If you can go on less in the afternoon or morning, then this could work.

Theresa

Hi kids. wanted to stop in and tell everyone how proud I am of you in your weight loss AND in overcoming all the other stuff life throws at you! Makes losing weight that much more difficult.

I just have to make it onto this posting board more often! UGG.

So I'm wondering...what are some kinda unusual things ya'll like about yourselves?

I ask this random question because I was just thinking how much I appreciate my ability to walk in really high heels. Not all women have that and as a 4'11" shrimp it is a really cool quality

Guess for me it is my ability to make people laugh. I feel my best when I can make people happy and I am part of the shrimp group myself at 5ft 1in. I used to walk in heels on all terrains but since the arthritis happened, I am a flats gal always. I used to be such the shoe collector too!
Melissa

I getting very moody. I don't feel like being nice to my dh or kids. I think it's cause I 'm so use to eating everytime there is the slightest bit of stress, opening the fridge, grabbing something, that now that I'm not doing it, I have to face real ifeelings instead of stuffing them down.
Anyone else feeling like this?
Laura

Yep I go through it too. Partly for me I think it is grieving because I have lost my "friend" who wasn't one really but I treated it that way. So you have anger, resentment, ect for having to give it up. I have been snappier at the kids of late-was better today. So now the trick is to find other methods to cope with stress and other things that happen in life that cause me to eat too much. I really haven't found the "thing" yet other than walking away and counting to 10 when I am able to catch myself getting undone.

Ok i have ya'll beat.. I am only 4ft 10 in.. Yes at my weight I look like an ommpa loompa or a weeble.. But thats ok- I am me and getting healthier day by day-
Laura I stay moody at times because I want to eat and I am not fit to be around- I go in my room and read or exercise- there are times I DO NOT cope well with anything..

I gues what I like about myself is my sense of humor- and when I accomplish something I set out to do (like meet my mini goal) but if I fail I want to get back up and keep pushing..

I am doing the dinner to dinner count and it's really working well for me. I save enough points to have dressing on a salad if I get the munchies in the afternoon..

My day was unreal -Needless to say we had to call the police today because one of the homeless men who come by for food decided to take a shower- Buck naked in our back lot with our hose - we have bags of food and hygiene supplies available as we get lots of homeless and transients as we are on a major hiwayand I guess we are known for our soft touch - i make alot of PB&J to hand out during the week. So one of the older ladies (around 75) comes running in saying there was a naked man behind the building so one of the men went out and sure enough he was taking a shower - he wouldn't get dressed so I had to call the police and the poor officer who showed up was prolly all of 23 years old and she was embarrassed as could be- the little old lady is in my office in a tizzy as are the other senior ladies who are there for an afternoon tea.. Now i was wasn't laughing at him - he was distressed, and I felt bad for him as he really needed help. I was in hysterics at the little 84 year old who calmly stated, "my he was well endowed wasn't he???
and she then said "Haven't seen anything that nice since my husband died years ago.." at that point I almost lost it and had to escape back to my supply room so I could die laughing..

ya'll have a nice night!
Sandi