I have been doing so well fighting temptation lately but I am dying for a big fat burger and fries from Wendy's.....of course I am not gonna have one. I will just stick to the terryaki chicken I was gonna make for dinner tonight. Have any of you all been having bad cravings lately?? We can stay strong and not give in.

Ammi -- You haven't posted today and usually you do....I hope everything is okay.

Oh my goodness, taking time out from the PC has made me fall behind in just one day. So time to catch up. But first I have to admit I had a day off the diet today. I think this has been coming since I had my weigh in. OH I didn't pig out like I would have done before. I just didn't count points, and I had a cheese and coleslaw baguette, followed by chocolate cake for lunch when I was out, and for tea I had some lamb with vegetables. It's the lamb I didn't count the points for. Then for supper I did treat myself to a bar of white chocolate, just a small one. I felt no guilt, it just felt nice to have a break, and I am sure I am going to be right back on track tomorrow.

Ok now to get onto the posts. First of all -

Andrea - thank you so much for asking about me, it meant a lot that you remembered I had a doctors appointment. I didn't end up going to the docs, I slept in and only just made it to my counselor's appt on time lol. I am glad to say though that it isn't tonsilitis that I had, just a stupid cold which for some reason gave me a sore throat but only on one side. Very strange. My therapy session went well AND I found out that my therapist does Reiki and doesn't charge for it. She is dealing with two people at the moment, but when she has a free space she will start doing Reiki for me. I have heard great things about it, so am looking forward to it.

Congratulations on making it through all the cravings and staying totally committed to your new healthy eating plan for the last 4 weeks. It does feel wonderful to be in control doesn't it. I didn't want to have a cheat day for the first 2 months of my diet, but as you will have read, I finally had one today. I will be a WW angel again tomorrow though

I thank you too for asking where I have been today and hoping all is ok. You are very kind. I must say since reading your last post saying how you are fighting temptation and how we can do this, I feel a bit guilty about my day off today I promise to be a good girl again tomorrow

Vicki - that is fantastic that you are under 300 lbs now I am so happy for you. I still have that as my first big goal, it will feel so good to be under 300 lbs for the first time in ages.

Thank you for the congrats on my losing 3 lbs, I hope that I don't go and gain back a lb of that after my little diet day off today

Sue Marie - Thanks for the enthusiasm over getting my positive attitude back. Hope you aren't disappointed to hear that I gave in today and took a day off.

Congrats on getting such a fantastic score on your midterm are you happy with that?? I should think you are

Good for you for choosing the scales that take just less than what you are weighing. What a fabulous incentive to keep on the right track. It will be brilliant when you use the scales for the first time and see such a good loss.

Do you own an oil burner, the ones with little tea light candles that you put a couple of drops of oil in and the candles warm it up? I find that they are a beautiful way to help get a house smelling nice. I burn oil for half an hour after I have cooked chips (fries) for the family, and the awful smell goes for good. Perhaps that will work for you.

Manda - Hope you are enjoying your morning walks, do you have pretty places where you can take the walks? When I used to live in the Mountains in Australia there were such beautiful bush walks you could go on. I would dearly love to be living there now, you would never catch me in on a dry day, I would enjoy walking if I had such a beautiful place to do it.

Sheri - Congrats on the 2 lbs lost you are doing so well. 14 lbs gone forever!!

Jen - have you given away that left over candy. I am the same as you, if I have temptation like that in my path it is so difficult to say no isn't it. I liked one of the girls tips to buy candy that you don't like, at least that way you won't be so tempted to indulge!!

You go girl, you show those doctors that you can be fat AND healthy. I am so happy for you that your tests came back showing no cancerous cells, and that all those other tests you had at the health fair came back so great.

Mnemosyne - I don't think we have met, so hello, nice to see you posting. You are totally right about the Biggest Loser. On the UK version this week, one of the trainer said how the contestants work out 5 hours a day in the gym. Geez, no wonder they are losing so much weight. I think we would all do as well if we were in the same position!!

Brenda - good for you for not letting the bad weather stop you from going walking. I think you and your darling doggy will look so brilliant in your matching yellow rain gear. I hope you will get somebody to take a photo so we can see how cute you both look.

Lilion - nice to see you popping in to post, and that's a great tip you gave about the Halloween candy.

Lori - thank you too for asking after me. I am feeling much better now. Even more so after a diet day off. We went shopping, hubby and I. Initially we went so he could have his hair cut, and we were going to look for nice healthy roasted sesame,pumpkin, and sesame seeds. I couldn't find any, so we carried on shopping. Then hubby said we should have lunch out, and I thought blow it, I have been so good for two months, without giving my self one treat, so I gave in. It's amazing how having a break can make you feel so much better

Thanks for telling me where you got your siggy from. It's nice when friends can make nice things like that for you isn't it. One of the ladies from this site, and an email friend now has made me some lovely siggys lately.

Wyllen - I am pleased to hear that your PT is helping you, even if it does sound you are getting stretched to all sorts of weird postions. As long as it works though that's the most important thing.

Julee - how many Jewish holidays are there? Sounds like they all seem to fall around this time of year. Good for you for trying to stick to healthy eating during all these days when you could be eating as you would have done in days of old!!

Catherine - CONGRATULATIONS on your engagement, what absolutely fantastic news. I am thrilled for you. I am also so happy that you told your future husband how much you used to weigh, and how much you have lost. I am sure he is so very proud of you. I hope you are going to dedicate at least one chapter in your book to your wonderful romance

Alison - so glad to see your post. I am happy to hear you are on anti depressants and that they are already taking effect for you. It makes all the difference to trying to lose weight when you have depression under control.

Did you close your hotmail account? I tried to email you the other day but my email came back to me with the message there is no such account.

Jill - so glad to hear that your move went well and that nothing disasterous happened. Good to hear too that you have managed to finally shop and get some healthy food in. It will be easier to get back on track when you have some healthy stuff to choose from.

Well I think I have caught up with everybody now, so it's time to go watch Kath and kim, love that show. Bye for now everybody, see you tomorrow.

Hugs,

Ammi

Evening Ladies!

Andrea ~ I hear ya on the wanting a cheeseburger!! I just finished saying that to my hubby at supper! I was good though I had steak, carrots and a salad I decided that as good as a cheeseburger would taste, it wasn't going to make me "feel" good and I feel great today. I walked 3 miles again this afternoon

Ammi ~ Glad to see you posted! It was nice here today but the first day that we have to walk in the rain, I will be sure to have someone take a pic so you can see us

Have a good night everyone. I spent so much time walking and visiting with my mother in law that tonight, we clean the spare room. I need to get my gym set up!

Until tomorrow,
Brenda

Just wanted to drop by and say "hi". I had so many posts to catch up on! I have been working longer hours at work and not going to bed on time like I should. Consequently, I am a very tired girl! I wasn't going to post at all, but when I read that Catherine got engaged I had to pop on and say CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Ammi -- Don't worry about a day off.....believe me girl after two months you deserved it....I think I may allow myself a cheat day myself. We gotta have those every once in awhile. Glad to know you are doing okay.

Brenda -- Way to go on walking three miles....Hope the spare room cleaning was fun.

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