Hi Ladies!

Well, I am not new here, but I haven't been on for quite a while. I lost some weight this spring, and I have maintained that lost, yet it would be nice to lose the rest! I just need some motivating! Good luck ladies!

Oh, and Happy Birthday Gonzostar!

Courtney

Hello everyone,

I kinda feel like saying, "Happy Monday", although technically it's not one. It could be worse.

BTW - Sorry to seem lazy, but I am doing a copy/paste for all my regular threads with this post. It's just too depressing to try and write it multiple times.

I was in another car accident on Friday. This time, it was a wet road and a dead animal as I rounded a curve. No other vehicles were involved, I did a 360 and the front of the car crumbled on impact with the guardrail.

One the one hand, I am very lucky. I drove away from the accident. My wrist was sore (now feels fine) and my back is cranky, but I am otherwise unharmed.

One the other hand, this is my second accident in 3 months. The damage is pretty extensive since it involves both bodywork and mechanical parts. The car is at a shop right now. We have not contacted my insurance yet; we are waiting for the estimate. I don't know what we're going to do.

DH has an uncle that was wild when he was young and had many accidents (I find him very uptight now, so it's hard for me to believe). He told us that the individual agents for insurance companies want to keep their customers. They will usually talk to you "off the record" about what your best option is.

Best case scenario in my mind? The road conditions are cause to not repremand me too hard, and they fix the car.

Worst case scenario? They total the car, drop me, and I have to find new insurance and a new car.

We have the option of just not reporting it, but I have a feeling the estimate is going to be too high for us to consider just absorbing the cost ourselves.

Besides the financial issues, I am having some emotional ones as well. Having another accident is pretty depressing for me. I have never thought I was a great driver. But I certainly did my fair share without having any problems (600 miles roundtrip every two weeks while I was in grad school to visit BF (now DH)). And the thing is, since my first accident, there isn't a day that goes by when I haven't made conscious efforts to be safer - slow down, give people more room, etc.

This relates to eating because usually I try to smother sad feelings with food. I have done OK so far. I made a huge effort on Friday, and Saturday I was too busy to eat during the day - I had over 1000 calories I could still consume for dinner! But yesterday I went over a bit.

I am hoping that now that it is the weekday, and I have a more structured eating habit M-F, I will be able to get past it. I did make up cookie bags last night without eating a single one! Now if I can just make it past tonight (last big bake), I will be in the clear I think.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and is enjoying the Christmas spirit.

Good morning all,

First post in the December thread. Seems like a supportive bunch...looking forward to joining in!

I introduced myself last week in the 'Getting to Know each other' section that Monique started.

Monique...I am indeed living in Ottawa...am a big knitter too. I noticed in your post that you said that you wanted to learn to knit. There is a really great book by Debbie Bliss (I think called Learning to Knit) that would be great to learn from. I have found that knitting has helped me to stop boredom eating while I watch TV. Can't be feeding myself when my hands are busy knitting!

Anybody else going to be staying with family over the holidays? I will be staying with family for 10 days! I am somewhat concerned about loosing control over what I will be eating...especially when the diversions are bound to be so tempting (my mother is an AMAZING cook)! Anybody have any coping suggestions to stay on track?

I have decided that I will make a couple of dinners that are healthy while I am visiting. I was thinking that I could do so under the guise of being helpful and considerate. Perhaps I will make tons & tons, so that I can eat healthy leftovers.

HoHoHo,
Kris

SW - 255
CW - 197.5
GW - 150

Monique....How to Knit...that's it. Lots of pictures (if you're a visual learner like me), as well as a text description, for those literary sorts.

Funny that you are going out west...that is where I am going, too! My family is in Calgary, AB.

I'm sure that your mother will appreciate the help with the meals.

Are you counting calories, or on the WW plan? I have found the WW plan to be quite flexible, although I have adapted it a bit to include a low(ish) carbohydrate intake.

Kris
255-197.5-150

Hi everyone.. I sorta survived the tortue of my finals. I am now praying that I did not screw up to badly. Graduate has very strict rules about grades, so one small slip up and they kick me out
So I am flying home tomorrow for a much needed vacation. I am going to get back on track and start losing my last 10 pounds. Actually I think my goal was 145 but I'd like to drop to 140. So just 10 to go.. wow.
I have missed you all on this thread.. and I hope to post more.. especially next month!

-Tanya

I am new to the board. I posted a "get to know me" post titled "Hi, My name is Chelle and I'm a fat chick". This forum appears to move a little slower than others I've seen and I haven't seen any responses. This seems to be where all the action is at so .. here I am.

To kill two birds with one stone, a little more about me:
I'm 25, married, two cats (no kids), and am working as an "internet communications specialist". I'm 5'4" and weigh 170lbs. Three years ago, I weighed 210lbs and I lost 70 lbs in a little over a year. Then, I gained back 30 in a little over a year. =)

My goals for what remains of December are to be nice to myself, eat vegetables and drink water. I've been beating myself up for slipping back into old habits and not drinking enough water and thats not any healthier than being overweight!

Happy Friday everyone!

Today was a complete replica of last Friday - it is raining hard here again. Boy, didn't THAT make me nervous driving DH's truck into work this morning! Thankfully I arrived a little late but intact.

The estimate turned out to be much lower than we expected, so we are getting it repaired ourselves.

This week I realized how much I rely on this board for support. None of my regular threads got much traffic and I really have let my old habit of eating too much at night creep back.

Dealing with the accident has been very stressful and depressing, and I don't really have anyone here in "real life" to talk to about it. With everyone that I have to deal with on a regular basis, I want to down play it because either 1) I don't want them to think bad things about me or 2) They have enough to worry about already.

But, I am feeling better. I hope that a busy weekend and holiday season will snap me out of it. I think getting my car will back will help a lot.

So, tonight we go out to dinner and I hope that will help me get back on track. I know that sounds funny, but a lot of my eating has been grabbing snacks from the fridge. If I go out with a certain amount of food set in front of me, I hope I can make better choices.

I have kept up my exercise, vitamins, and most of my water. I am not getting enough at night (probably contributes to the eating more) and wake up thirsty. I think I will bring home water bottles so I can count them there like I do at work.

Monique - I had a similar cookie problem. Two kinds only had to bake 8 minutes, but the other 22. I definitely ate more while baking the third kind because it was just more time with cookies overall.

Next year I will either just bake the two 8 minute ones (BTW - I came up with my own chocolate recipe, and it is divine!) or make the 22 minute ones all at once, by themselves, after a big dinner.

I think you did wonderful at the lunch. You can only control so much. I am trying to get into the habit of asking for lunch portions or ½ portions, but usually even those are huge!

looosingit - Welcome! I am not staying with family, but at Thanksgiving I did. I made some turkey chili beforehand and froze it in individual containers. That way, it could either be my contribution to lunch for everyone, or just for me to eat as lunch/dinner by myself. My family is very supportive of my healthy lifestyle, and many of them have dietary restrictions as well.


Tonic - Good to hear from you! I remember how strict grad school grades were - I think I wasn't allowed to get less than a B. Let us know how it went.

Chelle77 - welcome! I think all forums have spurts and sputters depending on everyone's schedule. We usually have one thread we follow for each month, so that's why this one is so active.

And congrats on being so successful in getting the weight off before. We are the same height and have about the same weight goal.

You goals for December sound wonderful! I too have been beating myself up lately, despite all of my prior experience knowing that it will get me nowhere! I will take a lead from you and try to be nice to myself - starting with a long bath tonight and having a good play session with the kitties. Christmas time brings such interesting toys for them - bows, ribbon, odd bits of wrapping paper…why did I bother buying them toys and catnip for their stockings?

OK ladies, rumors has it that the average person gains 7 pounds over the holidays! So, with that in mind, let's enjoy ourselves in moderation and keep things in perspective. Last year I weighed 20 lbs. more than I do now, and I gained 10 lbs. over the holiday. I am not going to beat myself up over cookie accidents and cheese and cracker trays when I know that I have come so far!

Not sure how frequently I will be posting (1/2 day Monday then vacation until January 2nd), so Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!!


Betty

All in all, I have had a wonderful holiday, and hope the same of everyone here.

One highlight was definitely last night. We went to party and I got dolled up complete with skin tight jeans and a marvelous black velvet halter top. I have to admit, I looked pretty hot.

And what was even better, was that I felt comfortable socializing in this attire. I had been very nervous, and even packed a sweater to change in to, but once I got there I felt completely confident. Very good way to ring in the New Year.

The scale has been kind, but not unrealistic. I believe I am about 2 lbs. up - but I have also had a heck of a time getting my water in. I know that once I get back on track, it won't be too hard to shed those 2 lbs and more!

One of my New Year's resolutions is to be more professional at work. Just before Christmas break an email went out asking for "volunteers" for layoffs. As of Jan 10th, involuntary layoffs may occur.

While I feel confident with my job, I am the sole bread winner of our family and I have to worry about that.

Therefore, as part of being "professional", I am going to try and lay off the internet usage at work. I don't know what that will mean to my time here, but I hope to check in now and again.

Take care everyone!

hi everyone!!!!!!!

I've been MIA lately-very sorry for this. i have been swamped at work (still am) and also off on vacation from work, visiting family & friends, etc etc etc. but now that it's the new year-i am ready to get back into this thing in full swing.

i won't go over my december goals again because i am sure i didnt complete them-i don't even remember what they were. the last two weeks of the month i only exercised twice-so you can imagine how the rest of it went.

i am, however determined to make a new start in 2003!

i see that there is no January challenge thread-so i'm going to make on now~

FM-sorry to hear about your accident. i hope everything turned out okay. congrats on the "sexy outfit"!! i wore a form fitting black top & jeans to my parent's new year's day party yesterday. i felt i looked good but still was not as comfortable as I'd like to be. good for you!

Cya later!