Bunna hold on!!! Think of the possibilities that can come from success! Change also takes time and attention. And it is hard to pay attention when you are ill. Just plan and focus on today. What is it that you do? danceing at night?

Hey Julie Nice to see you . It doesn't seem that youstress yourself when "life happens" You just assessed and then made a better choice for yourself , rather than rationalize really falling.

I had an OP day yesterday. Carb detoxing again. What a rollercoaster. Of my own making. But worth the time.

Hey Sue, Kina, Dana Pam I am thinking that a few of you got off the bus when we weren't looking. Come on ladies what I can't do alone we can do together!

Morning ladies!!! How is everyone? I am having a long and tiring week. My furnace was acting up and had the repair man come to check it out and found out it has a crack and it will have to be replaced so they are supposed to come take care of that today or tommorow. Sunday i am planning a mini vacation and going to spend the night in a hotel and have dinner out and go shopping in NH. Hubby has to go down for a meeting so we decided to make it a family thing.


Bunna- I hope things are going better now they are so definatly worth the effort. It does get easier I dont know how strict low carbs you are doing but i have gotten more creative in my cooking since going low carb.

Fralick-The detoxing is the worst i think. Once they are out of my system i am not bothered by them as much.


Where is everyone else???

Pat, the detoxing definitely stinks and like you it is a monster of my own making. Therein lies my problem right now I don't want to fight getting through the detox again and yet I don't want to weigh what I weigh. I am so happy for you getting through yesterday OP.

Julie, have a great time in NH. Glad the furnace could be resolved quickly. Were you without heat at all or just wasn't working very good. I know you probably said that already but I have been off for a few days.

I did my Tuesday housecleaning last night so I could do whatever I wanted today. Going to catch up on some Bible study and watch the rest of Secondhand Lions, then go to the gym come home, and relax the rest of the day. Sounds fun huh? I am also going to get myself ready so I can get going with the lc again and just jump in and detox myself. It is gonna be hard to give up the OJ I have been living on for three weeks.

We need help keeping this bus going guys, where are you all?

Bunna our furnace kept shutting off so we would wake up without heat or come home to a cold house. We would have to restart it manually. They will be here tommorow to put the new one in.
Someone was telling me they are comming out with low carb orange juice....how i dont know but they came out with low carb milk and it tastes like milk so they probably can do it.



Everyone else come out, come out, where ever you are!!

I went to the gym twice this week I even said Hi to the weights today!!!

I am haning in there wiht the diet.

Bunna post some of your meals you could be eating some thing that would trigger a craving. it takes a bit or practice to find your triggers and what you can eat.

Pat taxes will not do much for me I am just about breaking even. with no extra for fun or paying bills. I jumped a tax bracket. EEEWWWW

Well I need to get things going here I just got home and have tons of things to get done. SSSOOOO

Hope all is well with all of you!!


PPSSSTTT DANA??? Do I have to break outyour email????

OK I Missed a whole page of writings!! SORRRY!!

I managed to have problems with a boken furnace I know how you feel we were cramed in to 2 rooms wiht small space heaters in each!!! No fun and then the last thing you need is that for a repair bill. we have been good ever since.

Now I have found low carb yorgurt! it is small and just enough to give you a great taste!!1 it is from dannon, and the only flavor i found was vanilla sweetened with nutrasweet. but no hope on the OJ!!!

That's okay on the oj as I was only drinking cuz of being sick but it sure is strong for craving other sugars. I just have to get my attitude in the right place Sue. I know I am eating things that are causing cravings it is just a matter of giving them up. Part of the problem for me is that my dil keeps making all these desserts and shoving them under my nose, most of the time I refuse them but if I am feeling vulnerable at the time

I feel like such a failure when it comes to losing weight as I have tried so many times in the past and I just give up on myself. Ummmm maybe that's what I need to work on is that I am worth the effort huh?

Forgot to answer the question about dancing. I was referring to someone elses post that was talking about dancing. We own an Italian restaurant and have music occasionally but I am usually working so no dancing for me.

Okay, guys I have been doing some thinking about my weight and my total lack of self-control on my eating. My goal is to be down to 200 by my birthday which gives me 28 weeks plus three days to lose 65 lbs. This would be 2.32 lbs. per week. I am definitely going to need your help and your support. Time to get off my a** and run up and down the isles of this bus instead of sitting and looking out the window wondering why other people can eat things I can't. Time to be happy for what I have and stop thinking about what I cannot have. Sugar is like a drug to me and I have to face the addiction that I have to it and stop putting it in my mouth hoping the outcome will be different this time. It never is!

Thanks for letting me vent. I am off to bed as I have a dentist appointment early in the morning. Yuck, double yuck.

Oh my gosh bunna you own an italiuan restaurant??? My gosh what a place of temptation. For me anyway. DH and I used to live on pasta. Not sure if you are a Dr. Phil fan. But you might want to pick up his book on weight loss. I am about 1/2 way through it. It is taking me some time because he deals in reality and I am slow to "wake Up". For me it's about planning and then the commitment to keep with my plan. Bunna you are not a failure! You might want to start your day with some exercise and a protein breakfast. Also ask your DIL to ask someone else to sample her desserts, before they are in front of you. Remember you are not a failiure we are all on teh bus together! And we can do it! Lets remeber Julie who is well on her way to her goal. So this can be done!

Julie I too am experiencing furnace problems unfortunately had teh repairmen fix it went through the budget and it still has teh origanal problem. Very frustrating. Sorry about the expence of replacing it! Glad no one was hurt. And enjoy your Mini vacation!!A little romance?? Kids w/ the sitter???

Sue you are again teh OPGoddess ( well with Julie) Exercising too?? Way to go!!! I know we get Dana and Pma and Kina back and I think they got off the bus. Shoulda used the duct tape! Well breaking even is btter than paying in! but it is kinda disappointing.

Well I had another food OP day again. Water could have been better. seem to have more energy. SO if I can stay committed It should be comming together.

Good morning ladies! My mini vacation most likely will not happen now. Hubbys meeting got moved and Mom had a bad gallbladder attack last night and is now going to have surgery sometime in the next 3 weeks. But oh well i can think of other places the money can go.....

Bunna i would go crazy owning an italian resteraunt and being on a low carb diet! Pasta was one of my all time favorite foods and its still a trigger food for me. Every year on my birthday i would get to choose what i wanted for dinner and it was always the same. Spagetti with a hearty meat sauce and garlic bread. I have no idea what i am going to have this year since hubby is planning on taking me somewhere i dont that is a surprise for my birthday which is tommorow! I dont know if those plans are still in effect cause i think my mom was going to watch the kids and the pain she has been in she might not be able to.


Pat what is your furnace doing? We have a program here called community action that is helping to pay for the new furnace thank God cause we are on a tight income as it is.

Nasus there is a new low carb yogurt here too but i got it in rasberry creme and they had strawberry too.

RASBERRY???? STRAWBWEER???? OOOOHHHHH I do like the vanilla though it sure is yummy!!! Julie if you get to the restaraunt and it si spaghetti if iit is good then go for it. this is your break day!!! Havve a great birthday!!!

Pat my water is sadly lacking as I have not seen ay weight loss since jan!~~ so I think if I work on the fluid that will drop like a log. I have not lost anything since the first 3 weeks!! But I exercises again today!!! WHOOO HOOOO

Bunna I can find a wonderful web site on goal setting I have a copy of it posted on my board. it is very real!!! Let me see if I can find it! Girl untill you decide that you are going to do it it is very hard. when you see results it starts to come together. I know it will click or you would not have found your way here. list the pros of getting thin then list the pros of staying fat. HHHMMMM i wonder what ones would be good

FOUND IT!!! http://www.about-goal-setting.com/

Thanks for the website, I will check it out later.

Happy Birthday Julie.

Found out it was my phone line that has been bad all this time. Hopefully I am all fixed now so won't be disappearing on you guys.

It's late after a hard day so will check in tomorrow a.m.

I can eccho the hard day yesterday. I am hoping that today will be much better I have to do much clean up. I have been OP though and exercisng too. not full bore but soon!!! I am spending more and more time and working a bit harder every day!! so soon I will be ful bore and ripping with strength and energy!! WWWHHHOOOO I can not wait!

Glad it is fixed now. Bunna, I am sorry i can imangine how much it cost to have the phone company come in and say that!! sorry but glad you are here to stay!!!

A quick hello, Been doing OK eating. Weekends are teh worst! Still struggling with the water. Maybe next week we can challenge ourselves! in some way. I have a test due this weekend. Still haven't gained. I have got personel problems at work.
I wish the other would check in!

Morning ladies! Its friday the 13th are you ready??? I am hoping to have a good day today! Going to join the gym and then do some shopping tommorow!