Good Morning everyone and happy Monday to you all! Boy oh boy that weekend sure went fast!

The hubs had a good time on his fishing trip and got home safe so all went well there. I got to do everything that I had planned to do also so it was a fabulous weekend and I was sorry to see it end... LOL!

My apologies for my last post sounding so whiney... a large gain like that was hard to swallow but it goes to show that eating is just as important as exercising and just because you are doing one very well does not mean that you don't need to pay attention to other...

Using my smartphone with the WW app on it to do my food journal and log exercise so we will see how that works out this week.

I hope that everyone had a great weekend and is looking forward to a fantastic week!

Good Morning everyone and happy Tuesday. I have been watching the news this morning as they cover the horror and devastation of the storm damage in OK - how heart breaking...

Hope everyone is safe and well!

Hey Turtles,
Princess, this is the place to whine and get over it and then move onward and downward. You are allowed to whine as much as you want.........which is much different than to "wine" as much as you want. I'm glad you've got the exercise down pat and now you're working with the apps, etc. and it will all fall into place. I'm sorry for your gain and know how devastating that is.
I have been playing around with that 200# magic number and it feels tough to go up and down on the wrong side. We can do it! We have done it and there is no reason why we can't do it now. : and to us and all the turtles!!!

The nightmare in OK is horrible. God Bless them all.

I've been working so hard at my dd's and watching what I eat. I am looking forward to a decent WI tomorrow. Two of my closest WW friends and I are
getting together for lunch. It should be really nice and a wonderful time to catch up and have a few laughs.

Okay, wishing everyone well. Keep on keepin' on. Chime in when you can.
Hi to Princess and Terri and Life4evr and Cherry. We'll get this done!
Judy

Hey everyone so I am down like 25 lbs and two or three sizes I had to go shopping for a few pieces.

I am still working for my sanity I switched to a straight mon thru Friday second shift. Also from rehab to long term so far so good. Looking at gyms now and my health insurance kicked in yay. Hope everyone is well.

Good morning everyone and happy Thursday to you all! It is race week here in Indy and the excitement is building in the city so lots of fun stuff to see here. We are not huge race fans so try and stay away from the Speedway area this time of year LOL - it is crazy over there!

We are thinking about a day trip or two for the holiday weekend but nothing too large. I have lots of stuff that I would like to do around the house and yard so will keep busy.

Having some issues with the HRT that my doctor has me on and I can not help but think that might have something to do with me not being able to drop any weight right now... not sure but food is pretty good and exercise is good also so will keep at it.

Life: Congrats on the loss and the new size! That is fabulous! Glad to hear that things are coming into line for you, that is a wonderful feeling when our hard work pays off.

Judy: Good luck to you and your W/I and it is so nice of you to help your DD and her family!

Bandit: What have you been up to lately?

Have to run, have a great day all!

Morning, turtles

Been busy up here with organizing things at house plus all the yard work beginning of season, plus opened up the trailer & got that all up & running as well as yard work there. So busy time.
Been doing OK with my food but still lacking with regular walking, although
last weekend did 4 hours of yardwork between the 2 places. But am
pretty focussed with organizing my meals & controlling snacks.
Have Tops tonight, so hoping for another loss (was down 1# last week)

Been watching the news about the tornado - that is just so awful. My prayers are with everyone there coping with everything. I cannot imagine such drastic weather conditions. We had severe thunderstorms and that was enough.

Life - congrats on such fabulous results

Judy - hope all is well with you & family

Princess - hope you get your medication under control. Years ago I went on that for 3 months then quit & have not taken anything since. I didn't like all the bad press at that time & my mom didn't take anything, so thought I would follow suit.

Alll - hope you all have a weight loss this week.

Stay safe!

Bandit: I am actually considering it... to be honest it is not really helping and I have had my TOM for over two weeks now - I mean seriously!?!??! LOL no one wants that for 2+ weeks! Thinking I would be better off with out any of it and see what happens.

Hi Turtles,
Life4evr, it is so wonderful to read about all the progress you are making.
First you got your education, then a job, now a better job, and through it all you ended up accomplishing a great weight goal!! : There is nothing as great as new clothes in a smaller size. Keep up the good work and chime in when you can. Congrats!

Okay, about me: I lost 2.6# this week at WW's. Hadn't been to a meeting for about 4 weeks, and I know I had gained quite a bit of weight during this time, so it felt good to get it under control and see a loss. I feel each day is a new challenge and I'm working hard at this. Also------no exercise, but I've been helping my daughter big time with the baby and setting up the new household and that seems to make a difference.

Princess, oh.............TOM for 2+ weeks would interfere greatly with a weight loss. ugh. I never tried HRT, but it seems like Bandit didn't have a great experience with it. I'm sending : and am happy you are exercising and have the food under control. You'll drop weight soon.

Bandit, I hope your WI was good. You are so busy. I know we all try to get walking in, but doing that much yardwork counts for a lot! Keep up the good work.

Things are going well here. Sending : to all the Turtles. I've been thinking about Lin and Lauren lately and wonder how they're doing.

Best to everyone. Judy

Thanks everyone. As for TOM whew let's just say that is not my friend and will be a Dr visit soon. So even though I am down like two sizes I can't tell which is crazy. I can look at my fingers but that's about it. One of the nurses that I work with made a comment she was like look at you I can tell you are loosing. Truthfully if my scrubs weren't getting bigger I really wouldn't notice. So I am still on a night 7p-7a sleep schedule. Hopefully I adjust soon. Okay enough randomness everyone have a good day.

Hey Turtles, have a great weekend! Here in the states we have a three day weekend for Memorial Day.

Life, you have lost a really nice amount of weight. I have an idea and I hope you don't think I'm being bossy. Here's an idea: Buy some ribbon or use string from around the house. Use it to measure your chest, another for your waist and another for your hips. Then as you lose inches you can mark where you are on the piece ofstring. It's really great because using a tape measure (at least for me) is disheartening but the string shows progress without the actual number. Also, I'd like to mention that sometimes it is tricky to really look at ourselves and acknowledge that we have lost weight.
I am giving you a and for sticking with this through a lot of tough times and having such a great result. Onward and downward!!!

Terri and Princess and Bandit and Cherry and all the Turtles. We can do this! We have made nice progress and it's time to lose some more weight!

Have a great weekend.
Judy
234.6/198/170's or thereabouts

Good morning everyone and happy sunday and holiday weekend! Love the long weekends!

I went to W/I yesterday and stayed for the meeting... I was down 3.0 lbs so even with TOM still here, yep it is still here!!!, I am down so that was a wonderful feeling! I will be calling the doctor next week if things don't improve. I stopped the HRT three days ago - going to see how things go but to be honest the headaches have come back now so I am not sure how all this is going to turn out... ugh.

The hubs and I are going to take the dog and head to one of the state parks later today if the rain holds off so am looking forward to that. We are looking into another GSD rescue dog so that ours wont be so lonely, I think he is really missing our old girl that just passed away earlier this month. We are not in a huge hurry and want to make sure it is a good fit so will just wait and see what happens.

Judy: Great loss for you! Good idea about the string also!!!

Bandit: Hope your weekend is going great!

Life: You are doing so great so even if you don't see it and I know what you mean about not noticing it, I am like that too, you are doing great and getting healthy which is a fabulous thing!!!!

Have to run but have a great weekend all!

Hi Turtles,
Princess : and and That is a wonderful weight loss especially with TOM still hanging around. Ugh. So glad you dropped that weight. Yay and triple good for you!!! Hope you beat the bad weather and got out there to walk.

I haven't gotten any "official" exercise, but I have been working my butt off....well, one can dream. In any case, I mowed the lawn and washed down some plastic chairs and carted chairs and a table outside for the summer. Getting ready. In the meantime, my dd and grandchildren are here. We spent a nice day. They'll stay overnight and her dh will join us tomorrow. A good friend is coming to enjoy the family and BBQ tomorrow and our other dd and her dh are also coming, so we will have a nice gathering. I made a barley veggie casserole and if I think it's good, I'll post the recipe. Lots of ingredients, but all either froz. or canned so very easy.

Okay, everybody.............have a pleasant weekend. I think we seem in a good place so let's keep tackling our goal numbers a pound at a time!
Judy
234.6/198/170's and thinner!!!

Hi turtles

Hope you are enjoying your long weekend (ours was last weekend)
Princess - congrats on your weight loss, fabulous
& I love you are conssidering another rescue dog, So kind of you to open your hearts & home for them. That will be one lucky dog!
Life - you are really doing awesome, keep up the good work
Judy - you sound like a busy gal, hope you are having some down time for yourself & great you seen a loss on the scale.

Our weather has been crazy, last weekend we had a frost warning & today
it is hot, really have no idea how to dress when I leave in the a.m.

Baryley casserole sounds extremely tasty! I loved what you said
"new clothes in a smaller size" That would be a great magnet for my fridge!
Think I will post a sign to keep in site on my fridge & in my office.
That is truly motivating, love it!

All - enjoy your weekend, and lets all have success this week at the scales!

Hello everyone and happy thursday to you all!

Busy times here for me... we adopted two very young puppies that needed a home desperately and quickly so it was a whirlwind thing but they are settling in and so am I... thank God that I work from home these days otherwise I could not have done it... not in a million years, they need too much attention. They are three weeks old and very cute rolly balls of fur and moving full steam into our hearts.

Very glad I made it to cycle class on Sunday and Monday because I have not been there since but will go tomorrow evenin as usual. Not a lot of time to eat right now between work and puppies so heres to hoping that a busy schedule will pay off at the scale!

I made a celebration cake to take to TOPS with me tonight since it is the awards ceremony for the year I think... I attend when I can but to be honest I am a bit out of the loop and concentrate on WW on Saturday more then I do TOPS - it is more for the fellowship that I stay I think.

Bandit: Crazy weather here too and they are calling for wicked storms this weekend. Have you read anything good lately? I am reading a Sanibel mystery novel that I purchased when I was there, it is from a local auther and not too bad... I think there are more in the series but I am not sure I will pursue it to be honest, one and done

Judy: You are so busy lately I just don't know how you manage to do it all! How is your DD and her family doing getting things settled? I bet you are of great help and comfort to her! How was the casserole?

Life: How are you doing... did you get to go clothing shopping yet? Especially a fun activity when it is in a size or two smaller! Yah you!

All: Have a great day and I will check in with you all again when I can... chances are it will be when the puppies are taking a nap... kind of like now, peace and quiet - I have forgotten how wonderful it is since we are empty nesters lol...

Hi turtles

Princess - Those puppies are so cute, and awesome that you could give them a new home! I just started to read "The Best of Me" by Nicholas Sparks and so far good. I am a slow reader, but like to have a book on the go and read when I can.

Super hot right now & very windy and as you said, we are in for some strange weather.

Judy/Life - hope you are all doing great.

I have Tops tonight, so will post my results tomorrow (not sure since I overdid last weekend, once again)

All - good luck at the scales!