Zelma- I am so sorry for your loss.You are in my thoughts and prayers.
twilight and torister- I am sorry for your loss and I know it hard. I will keep you both in my prayers.
I am doing good and trying to do ww points. It seems to be helping me stay focused better than counting calories alone.
I cant believe the holidays are coming so fast!

Howdy yall...

Just passing through. My bowels "seem" to be getting a little better. I really hope that I am getting better. I am glad tomorrow is Friday. Work is just busy busy and sometimes just sucks lol.

HUGS to those that need them!

Day 4, and I feel a bit like I'm trying to come off heroin or something. I have the shakes, I'm nervous and very cranky. I wanted to have chocolate so bad, but I didn't. I remember telling a friend who had problems with alcohol that they would never have to deal with a hangover again if they never took another drink. Guess I'm getting my payback. I had 1617 calories and 30 grams of fat. Right where I need to be. I have to go to a birthday party tomorrow, so I have to be real careful. It's at a Vietnamese restaurant, and I'm going to look over their menu tonight so that I don't have any surprises, and we are going to walk at West Edmonton Mall tomorrow for several hours before the party to bank some calories before hand in case I give in and have some cake. The party is for a friend of mine who is a model, so I'm hoping she won't be having a cake.

Hi everyone!

Sorry I haven't been around in awhile. I have been lurking! I haven't weighed in almost 3 weeks and I am certain I have surpassed my goal by now. I have been having trouble eating ENOUGH, which is odd, because the change of meds completely abolished my appetite. I will go weigh one day soon I am beginning to get frustrated that I have lost 20 lbs and there is no difference in anything. Close don't seem to be looser and I don't LOOK any thinner. I keep telling myself 20 more lbs and people will notice...

I have a job interview tomorrow to manage a fast food restaurant. I am just going to do it for awhile and go part-time for school while I pay off some of my debt and accrue some savings. My mom told me they will laugh at me because I am so fat and old enough to be the ther employees' moms (I am 27)

Catherine - I think day 4 is always my "hump day". Headache is the worst then for me. Stay strong - you know the course. Keep us posted.

Wow...I know she is your mom, but thats not very nice. Don't take that to heart. Do what you need to do and ignore the negativity...it will only bring you down. Good luck on the job interview....FWIW, I got my current job when I was at my highest weight and wearing a size 30/32 dress! You go for it!

good morning ladies..did my circuit training workout today and feeling great. Dont know how the weigh-in is going to go tomorrow because i think im going to be getting my visitor next week (TOM) and the reason i think that is because about a week before i get my TOM i get a few pimples on my face and some other signs (TMI) and as of this morning i was only down .8 so i think i might be retaining water or it could be chinese food that i ate yesterday when my husband and i went out to lunch but i had a vegetable stirfry with shrimp and crab and some sauteed mushrooms but i have heard that chinese food has alot of salt in it so we will have to wait and see what tomorrow's weigh in brings!

BUT...i am noticing differences in my body other than weigh loss...last week i tried on my size 28 jeans and i couldnt get them buttoned..close but no cigar..well i decided to try them on today a week later and i got them buttoned! they are a little snug but im wearing them today for a couple of hours hoping that i can maybe stretch them out a little so i can wear them thanksgiving day but i am soo excited to be wearing them today because i havent been able to wear them in at least 2 years and 2 years ago i didnt wear them very long before i started gaining weigh again so i am very happy to be sitting here wearing a size 28 and even though the scale isnt moving much this week i must be losing inches! yippee!

Sorry this was soo long im just really excited
well, i will check in later
Heather

So I told my husband last night about my project of goal setting and coloring in the squares of every 20lbs lost and he was very supportive of me he also said that if I wanted to I could take pictures of each and put it in that square pretty much visualizing myself and all that I have gone through. I thought it was a great idea. I am glad he is being supportive of me He really makes me feel like I can do this.

Hey everyone,

I finally did my weigh-in today and I was really disappointed with my loss. I only lost 4 lbs in the past 3 weeks. I am at 249 now... but I was really hoping that I had surpassed my mini-goal.

The interview went really well, but something isn't matching up with the pay. They are now offering less than originally -- they orignally said $32K/yr and now he is saying $11/hr, but those do not add up to the same thing.

tattoo: great idea about your goal setting!

Pink: that is not right..unless your gonna work more then 40 hours a week

As for me: I just found out that my cousin was having "issues: and she now has to have her gallbladder out. Boy ..those gallbladders sure dont last long lol.

Hubby bought his ticket to visit his sister right before christmas in Alabama. She is in Afghanistan and gets to come home for 3 weeks. He is sooo excited!

This weekend I am going to relax and craft.

Good Morning ladies...Well, today was weigh-in day and i was worried that it wasnt going to be a good one because i think TOM is coming but i was wrong..I lost 3 lbs! and i am truly happy with that because that means that i have 5 lbs to make it to 50 lbs lost!!! and I have 4 weeks to meet my goal of losing that 5 lbs for my mini-goal of a xmas party that i am looking forward to on december 18th on my husbands side of the family and i will get to see people that i havent seen in 2 months along with his parents who i havent seen in two months since they went to florida so i am really excited for everyone to see me but not only that...I feel better and I have more confidence which i think is really going to help me when it comes to going to interviews for jobs and stuff...

and not only that....I started this journey 5 months ago tomorrow!! I cant believe it has been that long already!

Sorry this was so long but i just had to share my joy and excitement with everyone!

Heather

Day 5 went great, I was too tired when I came in to post. I had the day planned out to walk at the big mall before the birthday party, and had picked out where we were going to have lunch. Instead we did some heavy re-arranging of stuff, so only walked 90 minutes. We went to a different place for lunch saving about 200 calories, and there was no cake, or dessert at the party (got to love eating out with models who don't eat), so that saved even more. I ended up only having 1404 calories and 21 grams of fat.

We bought a new digital kitchen scale, and I've got 20 pounds of chicken breast braising in the oven that is almost ready to cut up and measure and put in zip locks in the freezer. Feeling much better today. I got plenty of sleep last night, and that really helps.

Day 6 over, and I was able to get in 1653 calories with 19.5 grams of fat. Did okay, but didn't get much work down. It seems like the day after I do a lot of work, I kind of crash. I'm hoping my stamina will perk up some.

Zelma I'm so sorry, just don't know what to say except you were there for your brother & family, you did everything you could. Get lots of hugs from Neil and be kind to yourself.xxxxxxxx
Peggy so sorry about your sister, it's hard enough when some's old, incredibly hard when they are still young.xxxxxxx
Twilight you were there for your mum, that's all anyone can do, I hope you can be kind to yourself too.xxxxxxxx
Catherine, well done!! Though I thought your calories were a bit low considering your size (hope that doesn't sound bad as I need more than that AND I still lose) BUT you know your body. It is so good that you are in the right place now to get this weight down.xxxxxxx
I've been on my Gazelle, I managed a whole 20 minutes yesterday!!! I watch (re-runs-family & friends/pairs) of The Biggest Loser & pretend I'm training with them, LOL!!!! Wish I could drop 7lbs a week!!!! Wish I had Jillian or Bob to train me and of course nothing else to do other than exercise and be healthy. Still I'm doing what I can, when I can & that's all we can do.
xxxxxxxxxxxsharon