Marie - Congrats on losing the 2.2 lbs.! Your rollerblading escapade was a bit scary. The heat can catch up to us in a hurry, especially when we're exerting ourselves. I would love to be able to rollerblade - who knows? one day.......

Carol - I hope you'll be able to take a day off soon, it sounds like you need a bit of a break. That was a good idea to share the almond joy bar with your DH. I'm with you - 'a little bit of what you like does you good'. I know what you mean about shoes needing to be extra comfy for exercise, it can make a big difference as to how much we can do.

Nikki - 2.6 lbs. in two weeks is good progress - at least you're moving in the right direction again. for your doctor's visit.

Judy - I don't know what I'd do without Curves. It's the only exercise I've ever stuck to and I've been going faithfully for 2-1/2 years now. I had a frozen shoulder from my surgery and now have complete range of motion. It's also helped my arthritis a lot. What I like best is you can be in and out in about 45 minutes (including stretching) and not have to fiddle around with setting the weights like in a regular gym. Thanks for asking about my foot - it's still a bit swollen from the flight to California. I seem to have some edema going on. That's why I don't travel by air much anymore - I have such bad circulation in my legs.

Mirabai - Hi! I hope you did ok with your business lunch and dinner with your friends.

The four pounds I gained when I went to California last weekend is mostly gone, but I'm still up 1.5 pounds from my last weigh-in. I think I'm still holding on to some water weight because I've been on plan, so hopefully it will be down a bit more by tomorrow when I weigh in "officially".

Goodluck everybody!

Penny congrats on your loss

Hi everyone, just a quick note to say hi. Life has been busy, busy, busy. I felt much better by Wednesday. Of course I then did the same routine BUT it wa 10 degrees cooler. Felt fine the whole way. Actually had a good time. Tomorrow would be the day I try it again but it's going to hot so I'm not doing it. I'll do laps in my pool. Much safer in the sun.

Carol, good job on the candy bar. a 1/4 of an Almond joy sounds divine. I've been having a cocovia bar and they only have 100 calories. They're made by Dove and they are divine. Very spendy but since I only have them occasionally I don't care. Hungrygirl.com said they were great and they are.

Nikki, my thoughts and prayers are with you. Good job on the 2.6 pounds in 2 weeks. You ARE doing GREAT!!!!!! I hope the dr. visit was bearable.

Judy, you called my a goof. I started laughing at it and I'm smiling now. Idiot would have worked too. See, I learned - no rollerblading tomorrow.

Penpal, don't fret about the remaining weight from your trip. If you foot is swollen, you're definitely retaining water. Just stay on plan and then you'll have a big whoosh.

Carol (again), I ordered my aerobic shoes from onlineshoes.com. I'd read a bunch of reviews on Zappos and gave them a try. They have free shipping and free shipping if you return them. They are Avias A650W. Well worth buying them that way. I can exercise with them without my orthotics. I use them only for exercising.

Mirabai, hope you find us again. This is a great group. I love them all.

Talk to you tomorrow.
Marie

Penny I was going to take a break today but upper mtg. is off and it will hopefully be a catch up day for me. Gee the foot sounds sore to me. Yuk! Never easy having to deal with our bodies in discomfort. Hang in there. Congrats on your loss Penny. You too Marie and thanks for the sneaker info. I am going to ck it out today. Sounds like a great site.The hungrygirl thing sounds interesting never heard of that site either your a wealth of info. today thanks. No wt. loss to report hate to say but no gain either. I still have 2lbs. to lose by next friday for my mini goal. I know my exercise and water intake need to be adjusted to a higher level. My intake with food has been pretty good cal. wise. Just going to plug ahead I have the clam bake on saturday so will be extra careful today of my intake. Nikki congrats on the loss you deserve every oz. of that loss. You have worked so hard.
Oh the addition is coming nicely the ceiling is ready to be painted then primer the walls and paint this weekend hopefully sunday. Picking out carpet on saturday. Gotta get the moldings and doors up yet then move her in. It looks so nice over there I am jealous and want my livingroom over there. HAH HAH! She deserves something nice. We will be getting a puppy sometime in August to share I am sure. She is home all day to train it not me. But I miss having a little fur ball running around. It is going to be in the 90's here today and for a few days. I am only working for 6.5 hrs. today they owe me some time off for working later the other days. Now I am glad cause I get out early some grocery shopping is in order. Then home to change and swim. I need my exercise. Take care girls and keep up your good work.

Morning everyone-

I survived yesterday. I am pretty sore though so I won't exercise until Monday unless I do light swimming saturday or sunday. Ok so yesterday I thought the scale was screwy because it was showing me at a higher weight then I had seen all week even though it was a 1.6 loss. So today I got on te scale post fluid injections and post having salty food last night and I saw another loss today the big one I expected to see yesterday. Now I normally do not weigh until 11 today so I will wait til then but I am going to change my ticker again because I think stress yesterday effected my weight.


Carol- that clam bake souns divine. I have never been but always wanted to go.

Marie- those chocolate bars sound divine are they dark chcolate? I find myself liking dark chocolate lately.

I hope you have fun today.

Have a good one I'll be back a final weigh in .

Nikki

Ladies I think we will all meet our goals !!!


Well i got on the scale at 11 and it showed what it showed everyday except yesterday. I weigh 157.2 which is a 2.4 loss from last week. Total of 3.6 for the challenge so far. Yay me !



Nikki

Yaay, Nikki!!!

Just a very quick note before I head out for an office "field trip" to see the movie An Inconvenient Truth. I might not get to a computer for a few days, so if not, hope everyone has a great weekend! 'll be entertaining my brother and his lady friend, who will be in town for most of the coming week.

Keep it going, gals, you are all wonderful!

judy

Hi Everyone!!!

Nikki, congrats on the weight loss. And I'm sure glad you are through with yesterday. It sound like a lousy thing to endure.

Judy, unjoy your field trip and weekend. Remember to be good.

Carol, I saw hungrychick.com through a different site and I signed up for her daily emails. I've really liked the info she shares.

The Cocoavia bars are a dark chocolate. I'm not too fond of milk chocolate. I like the rich taste in dark. I get mine from Walmart in the sports bar section by the pharmacy. Be warned, they are spendy - 4 or 5 bars for around $5. That's why I don't have them often. I like the chocolate bar with blueberries and almonds best. BTW they have a web site at cocoavia.com.

I had a horrible day at work. Supt assistant met with me because our ADM from our student info system wasn't matching with what I uploaded to the state. After researching, the dept of education had a problem with their database and deleted 100 days of ADM from around 600 students. We calculated it out and it was about 1.7 million dollars. Deadline of changes was today. Because it was their fault and every record has to be hand fixed, I was given an extension until after my vacation. Of the records, I got 240 fixed but what a pain. Nothing like doing my job and having others screw it up for me. I was so mad. Now I'm just resigned to fixing they're mess. Oh, then on top of it their server started malfunctioning mid afternoon and I couldn't fix more records.

But I did exercise this am, WATP 3 miles and toning. I probably with jump in my pool in a bit, but I doubt I'll do laps. I just want to relax. I'll probably work on the bad records throughout the weekend. I'd rather not leave for my trip with that hanging over my head. Hopefully they fixed their server by tomorrow.

I did lose .2 pounds from Tuesday's weigh in. I'll take any gift the scale gives me. So other than the work fiasco, the day was pretty good.
Marie

Hi everyone-

Marie- Sounds like a cruddy day. I hope today is better for you. I'm still feeling the effects of thursday so I think I'll put off exercise until Monday. I did not eat that great yesterday because I was nauseous so I grabbed crakers, popcorn, soup and a little ice cream. In small quantities throughout the day when I had a break from the nausea. I also had lots of soda because that always seems to help when you are nauseous. Today I will try to go back to eating right. Hopefully the nausea will be at bay.

Those chocolate bars sound divine lol. I usually buy a bag of dark hershy kisses or linds dark chocolate balls. They last awhile and are not to many calories each.


Nikki

Nikki hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Me too but only a little loss .5 but 1 lb. less than yesterdays number. I only have 1.5 to go. But the clam bake is today! So I guess I will enjoy it and try to make some good choices but also eat the good clams with less butter. I ate dried mult. gr. cheerios for breakfast with 1/2 cup fresh blueberries trying to save my cals. Nothing else until 2 when the clambake starts. On sunday I promise myself to be good and eat only healthy foods and less than 1400 cals for the day. And for the next few days. I will use the scale on monday to monitor myself and pray to be the same at least. Then its forward march til friday!
Nikki try some pretzels when you feel that way the dr. says there better than crackers? When I was really ill he told me that. So ck it out. Worth a try. Marie I am also glad the week is over what the heck. I had just 3 weeks of heck! Its time things get better on the work front I say! I told people I can't fix peoples lifes that have been messed up for years I can only hope to make some improvements don't expect miracles. Oh well its saturday and I just colored my hair and showered and going to spend part of my day having fun eatting clams! Have a great field trip Judy. Stay healthy girls and lets reach these goals. Nikki I think your right we will either meet them or be darn close. A friend whom goes to ww says our site is just as good as that because we support each other and on a daily basis too. That is a great thing thanks for being here girls!

Carol-

I really love having you ladies here daily. It helps so much to have the support. Today I will try pretzels. Right now I was drinking water and the nausea is coming back

You should eat today but not overboard but don't skimp on something you really want just have a little.

congrats on your loss!

Nikki

I was really impressed to see that so many of you are staying with it and losing. This is a wonderful group. I am still trying to figure out who you all are and what you are sharing because there clearly is a history and at least for some time you have been sharing together and sharing your stories.

It looks like there have been a lot of successes this week and I have one too. I lost 1.5 lbs (weigh in on friday). I made it through my business lunch AND my dinner out on Thursday, but did tend to overeat some. Yesterday was a really rough day at work and last night I ate a bunch of crackers, though they are the healthy kind (Mary's Gone Crackers) and really tasty. Anyway, this morning I still had lost the 1.5 so that was great. I don't know about you all, but weekends are much harder for me.

So, I will be checking back in for sure. I am so grateful that this group is here you all sound really terrific! I am going to take some time and read back on posts to figure out who is who.

Hi Mirabai- Nice to meet you. I'm Nikki and I am working on a september challenge to lose 15 lbs well now I have 12 left. Feel free to join in and post often that is how we get to know one another. Congrats on your loss this week. I weigh in on Fridays as well.

Nikki

Hi Everyone, Mirabai, I'm glad you found us again. Just remember if we're overwhelming with some history, we all started here at some point. We've gotten some great posters along the way and lost a couple, but the thread moves on because it is so supportive. So please stay and we can help by telling you a little about ourselves (that way you don't have hours of reading to do).

Me, I have about 60 pounds still to lose. Thanks to Nikki's spring challenge I got myself in gear and have lost a little over 20 pounds. In 60 pounds I will be healthy and svelte. I'm an avid exerciser and an avid eater. So I had to change the eating sinc eI was gaining with increased exercise since I was hungry more. Regardless, I'm on track although nervous about the next week traveling. I've lost momentum several times on trips before so I'm a little worried about it.

Personally, I'm a wife, mother and grandmother. My DS and his GF live with us with their son while finishing college. There's a story in itself. I work for a school district as the database manager and webmaster. Most of the time I like my job but not yesterday.

Well, I'm going to go into town to meet DH for dinner. He has guard weekend and I'd like to get away from the others that live here. Love them but they can be too much occasionally.

We hiked with the doggies today and I did the 1 mile jog first thing in the morning. So it's been a nice day. Before I leave for town, I'm going to jump in my pool once again since it's a beautiful blue and is beckoning me.

Nikki I sure hope you start to feel better. Doesn't sound like you're overeating, just not eating stuff you'd normally choose. Regardless, take care of yourself.

Carol, I'm thinking of you at a clam bake. I hate fish/seafood but the bake sounds fun. I'd need a chicken tossed on the barbie though.
Marie

hey all, i am so excited about finding your group. i hope that you won't mind having a newbie join in. okay, a little about me. i am 39, married for 17 years and have a son, 14, and a daughter 10. i have struggled with my weight since the birth of my son. 6 yrs ago i decided that it was time to make a change and became really motivated and then my grandmother died. i was able to regroup about a year later and then my father was diagnosed with cancer. i did loose about 20 pounds during his illness but i wouldn't rec. the diet plan. he died in feb. of 2002. in may of 2003 my mother was diangosed with breast cancer and my paternal grandmother died. my mom recovered, thankfully. in the fall of 2003 i lost two great aunts within 2 weeks of each other and then in feb of 2004 my parternal grandfather died. in june of 2005 my sister's mother-in-law passed away. my sister is older than me and her mother-in-law was like a second mother to me. so, here i am trying once more to get myself motivated and on track. i did an 8 wk. ww prg that began in feb. and was able to loose 16 pounds. bad thing is, when summer vacation began i found it very hard to stay on track (i am a teacher). i have now gained 11 lbs back and am feeling really depressed. i am so thankful that i found you guys. i think that with if i have someone to report to daily i will do much better. thanks!

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