Well, I am feeling a little better hopefully I will soon be back in the swing of things. I probably have remained the same weight with no movement to speak of for two weeks but who knows we shall see on the morrow.
Melody.....My God Honey. You are blessed to be alive. You are working your angels overtime!!! I am so glad you are doing so well.
My Darlings I am going to keep this short for tonight as it is my first day up and I am still a little groggy but I am rejoining the world.
Pam

Okay yes I did stress eat and I am admitting to that.
Sus~~~here is my intake. You want me to eat more. Wow no I certainly didn't expect to hear that one. I thought I was eating too much. That is truly interesting.

B: water

L: Atkin's Shake 200 some calories

D: bacon, cheese burger with some fries and a diet coke

with my 6-8 glasses of water. Fralick you said HOW MUCH WATER? OMGoodness that is how much more than what I am drinking. I have a hard enough time getting these measley 8 glasses in.

Melody~~~ Are you feeling better?

Gbo~~~had you been feeling ill? Get better and take it one step at a time.

Okay a tornado hit here in my hometown. I am going to copy and paste from another post because it was a whole lot going on too much to retype. But this is why I stress ate today...forgive and go to the next page...hmmmm? I think I like that. Anyway here is the story of my day.

If you have seen the news it may have mentioned a tornado creating chaos in Texas. Actually it hit right outside the office that I work at on the College campus. I had heard the weather was getting bad so I figured I would call it a day and go pick up the kids and get home. Just as i was walking out at about 2:35pm I saw some other college workers standing outside looking up to the sky. The rain had started in really hard and the winds had picked up strongly. As I looked up I could see the image of Twister happening right before my eyes. The wind was moving in a circular motion with some debree. All of a sudden I hear a voice yell ''Every one inside head to the back of the building away from the windows!'' So as we were running in the door did not just close immediatley because the winds gushed through the breezeway pulling on the door. As we were watching our ears popped in such a way that caused us to clencth at them. The lights went out and the alarms started to go off. The wildness had passed. We went out to see the devestation cars that had been directly in the path of the tornado had all their windows busted out. An 18 wheeler that is used for the truck driving students had been pushed over on their sides. The library wall had been directly hit and was bashed in where a class was in session the debree fell on a teacher, that later died. A few students from that class had some injuries. Sever portable classrooms were demolished...luckily the students had left early for a field trip otherwise there would have been about 45 students in those classrooms. The student center across from our office had many windows shattered to peices. On the campus I work we have student training for firefighters, police, paramedics, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, mechanics, welding, cosmetology and a few others I didn't mention. All in all I think we were in good hands and unfortunately all that with just one fatality...a Math instructor Mr. Gillis.

I wanted to give you as much info as possible. A friend took some pics. I'll see if I can get some scanned to share. Enough said. I will talk to you all later.
bye. Kina

KIna did we say that melody has angels sittng on her shoulder?? well girl i am not gong near you either. OMG the feeling you must have had to see all that and feel that so close. well stress eating is minor just be gald you are alive.

I too have been stress eating and again it happened right after lunch. i need to find out what will help me. i used to take chromium and that helped greatly go i giess i wil get that out again!!!

for me it was

b-4 soft boiled eggs
l- huge plate of chicken with gravy
2- 1 cookie offered rfrom a little sweet 90 year old
s again a few blue berry doughnut holes then one small PB cup
s more doughnut holes
s m,ore holes again
s a few more
s tiny tootsie pop
dinner pork roast and home made biscuts
more biscuts
few oreos
well i guess it is totally blown!!! stress eating also wish the state would just go!!!

Got stress???
Well I also blew yesterday!
My fingers are like sausages this morninG! I can't seem to help myself! I amlike a heroin addict! I am not doing one thing to help myself either.

Kina I am so sorry that you had to go thru that and am glad you are OK.

SUE SUE SUE sounds like you and I are in the same carb ****.

I have no excuses I am not doing anything to help myself.


Well I'll see what I can accomplish this weekend.

Hey girls from the challenge thread jump right in and introduce yourself!

Okay yesterday had started out really great and then I weighed myself. You know I really wish scales were never invented. I was weighing 191.5 but this morning I am up at 192. Must have been the 2 tortillas I had for dinner.

Today is the celebration we are throwin for our boys. PIZZA...yum. Hopefully the damage won't be great.

Pat why are you swelling up like that? Did you eat too much food with salt? That doesn't sound right. Be careful with that. Thanks, it was first tornado I have ever gone through. Wow it was amazing. I was really scared going home because all the roads were covered with water. I was in my mini van. So I was circle the roads with no where to go other than through the water. Then my dad shows up in his BIG FORD truck to guide me through the roads. You can imagine how relieved I was when I saw my dad. I love my dad he is my world. My poor DH was home pacing the floor wanting to get out in the elements but I told him to stay put that I would call if I ended up stuck any place. So he was also relieved to get the call from me that SUPER DAD was at my side.

Yesterday intake:
B: nothing water
L: crispy baked chicken patty with a few tater tots, and diet sprite
D: fajita rancheras, rice, beans, 2 tortillas, hot sauce, tea

water, 2 pixie sticks, 2 double bubble gums (I was packing the goodie bags for the party...couldn't resist. Although I didn't keep the bag of chocolates for myself and didn't sneak one at all.)

I am not great with counting calories or any of that stuff. Sue when you say I need more food exactly how much more. The weekends are really different from my daily weekday intake.

And OH I saw all that snacking. I was like "hey what is this stuff. I want to be on that diet." LOL

Okay I better get going I have to tie up loose ends for the party. I'll fill you in on the damage assessment later. bye.
Kina

OMG Kina! I am so happy that you are safe, and alive!!! I am so sorry about the professor. That is truly sad. We have tornadoes here, from time to time...I hate them they scare the h*ll out of me! I am really glad you are okay.

Diet Fuel is a Diet Pill. You can get it at GNC. It is the first diet pill I have ever tried that ever did anything for me. It sqashes my cravings...I absolutely love it.

Kina, You might want to keep track of your calories for a few days...1000 calories are not enough...try to keep it above 1500. That way you will have energy to keep up with your life.

You guys would not want me to post my meals...they are not pretty....

Accentuate the positive...so what if you at a tootsie roll...don't dwell on it, move along and think about the good you accomplished during the day. That's what I do, and it keeps me straight. Also, little spurges are a part of life, accept everyday will not be perfect...No one is perfect....just make sure you always MAKE THE EFFORT...if you fail, brush it off...we all do. Also get those work outs in! I can not stress that enough. Working out, keeps me straight. It makes me feel powerful and strong....like i can accomplish anything...It will make you feel that way too. I look forward to working out now. It's the one thing I do for me! YOU ARE WORTH IT! TAKE THE TIME FOR YOU!!! This goes to all of you.....

Pam, You are in my prayers, you are so strong and positive! I hope everything gets better for you.

I will try to post tomorrow...Have a great Saturday!

Oh yeah...I lost 2 more pounds....down to 181! I don't know why it is falling off so easily....but I will not complain....

Okay I think we need to outlaw the dancing banana guys. They are just invading Melody's posts. LOL

I can't wait to see the 80s Melody. I don't know anything about calorie intake. So I don't even know how to count up stuff. So when you say I am taking in 1000 calories I have to just agree because I don't know otherwise. Diet Fuel I am thinking that is what my cousin was telling me about. I just didn't know what he meant because I kind of got lost in the conversation. thanks.

The party went great. We have had a down pour of rain all day long and last night. It has not let up. We didn't expect anyone to come to the party but enough came to make it a party. The boys were happy and we ordered just the right amount of pizza and cake.

I better go. I have homework I have to get done by midnight and turned in. I will check back later this evening. bye.
Kina

Well this will be short and sweet as I am rather tired I have spent so many hours researching Aramic Scriptures from Christ time that I can hardly see. Good thing I read rapidly and retain!

Down 7 lbs over the past two weeks of sleeping. I don't think my 20 lb weight loss goal for Halloween will be met but then sleeping for two weeks straight wasn't in my plans either!!!!

We shall see an good sudden burst would be great about now!!!

Kina, I was diagnosised with MS in 1994 and was very, very ill. A good miracle occured and I have been doing well for several years. It appears some symptoms decided to show there ugly heads again but this too shall work out in the end. We all have challenges to meet and this one long term doesn't stand a chance of winning!!!
Pam

kina are you any where near lempkin texas?? i have a email buddy down there. the diet is not pretty. the swellining comes from eating to much carbs when your body really does not want or need them. my fingers arfe a matching set for pats!

PAM yo never told me you had MS!!! what kind of treatmens are you on??

melody i am so happy for you too!!!

as for me the stress of the weekend is too much at work i will forgive my self and forget and just get on. i do have to make a cake tonight for DS2's birthday tomorow at school so today will not be pretty when i make the frosting nor will tomorrow with the cake either so i will try to be good but i know i will not look good for a while.

Well good morning all.
THe weekends are not long enough. ALl of a sudden it's Monday again. Got some things packed this weekend. ANd got things organized, THe chaos was distrcating.

Looked up some lo carb things on the web. But I forgot to post some links Sorry. To those from the challenge post.

The water comes from teh excess carbs. When you really embrace this woe eating you will see how the carbs (from simple carbs) do "bad" things to you. Like water retention, headaches. moodiness. It makes my arthritis and pms worse. Fake carbs can sometimes trigger things too. Because your body doesn't see it as sweet n lo.
Also there is a site called fitday.com, that will count your cals and figure out where the cals are coming from. It's pretty cool.

Pam I hope you continue to improve. Love to see and read your posts.

Sue how goes it w/ DH

Melody how was your weekend? How are you feeling Oh OP Goddess?

I am Off to start a Lo carb journal and new #'d thread