ugh... i fell off the message board, in a manner of speaking

i've just been so busy, and so worn out lately. and i'm bummed 'cuz i didn't make my goal for August 9th. 'm still 8 pounds away. bleh. oh well! i've changed the date on it, so maybe i'll hit that (or even do better!)

so anyway, i'm back... really! *sends hugs all around*

Good Day Ladies!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! My weekend was the normal boring stuff...kids, work, lol. My food intake was higher than usual but I still came in around 1800 so I'm cool with that

Did my exercise today and am clocking 8000 steps so far today...2000 more to reach my M-F daily goal of 10,000 steps. Feeling like I can do it!

Holly - Glad to hear that you had a great weekend (minus the poison ivy incident) and that your cold is clearing up.

Susie - You can do this! You are stronger than you think! And come here and vent - we're all here for you!

Bat - Come on girl! Don't you DARE be down on yourself! Look at HOW MUCH YOU LOST! That's ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Congrats!

Pray - The whole Anne Frank comment is so true. I've felt SO alone for so long and I have an entire family around me! It's when I finally made a connection with and found my best friend. He is my rock and we've found so much support in each other thru all of our issues. Interestingly, he felt very lonely too. Our seperations from our spouses and our weight issues have been overwhelming. It helps to know there is someone else out there that feels like I do. It's funny how rare it is to really find someone you can just talk to.

Have a great day ladies and talk to you all soon!

Nice to meet you Bat!
You have had some great success already!!
I am sure you will get back on track.

I nodded off this aft with 4 kids playing in the house. I was shocked when I woke up and had lost 15 min.I am aiming for a good nights sleep tonight again and then I should trucking along.
I just ate 2 pieces of breaded fish.Delicious but not OP. I forwent the fries and had lots of beans and tomatoes out of the garden.
I will eat carb free tonight IF I snack!!
Have a delightful evening, Gals!

Welcome back Bat we missed you. You should be proud of yourself for the weight you have lost. You know what is good about goals not met-we learn and move on and set another goal. Just because you didn't make that goal does NOT mean you are a failure, you should be proud of the fact that you even tried and cared enough about yourself to even set a goal. So hang in there and try again, we will all be here for you. Someone once told me that God is a God of second chances, well I say of second, third and so forth chances. So give yourself another chance, God is. Have a blessed evening.

My Choice-the meds. makes some people gain weight because it makes them feel better and they want to eat, but you could have the attitude of feeling better is going to be the reason not to eat and you will not give in because if you gain weight then you won't feel good for long. So hang in there. God Bless.

ANgel good for you with the steps. That seems to be a popular thing now a days-counting steps. Does the steps you take just walking let's say at work count or just the steps you make walking for a couple of miles?

Holly-girl when I am at my shop all by myself and I am doing paper work and it's quiet, I have nodded off and when a customer walks in scares the heck out of me! Good for you for not eating the fries. Beans and tomatoes, good choices. Keep it up. God Bless.

I am having a great day.Things have calmed down considerably around here. My son was "off" the last couple of days but is groovin' along today.I took 4 kids to bible school and then 1 little one and I went for groceries.I was seriously lacking a variety of healthy things. Not so now! I picked up a turkey breast and drumsticks(hubby) for dinner, I made a yummy marinated salad and will cook up some corn on the cob!! MMMMM!!
Today is my son's last baseball game. He is very excited. I have 3 hair appts to do tomorrow night and 1 on Friday.(I was a hairdresser in my former life, some people still think I am ,haha).
I am eating well, no complaints! WOW!! Better put this one in the history books!

Holly-nice to hear you being so upbeat! What time is supper? Will be there in a little while! Just kidding. You are smart for having a lot of healthy choices around, it helps control binges. Good Luck to you and God Bless.

Good morning everyone. I'm sorry I didn't get to the board yesterday, it was a hetic day. You know, when things used to get hetic, I would want to eat something, but know I don't...I might think about it, but I don't do it. I think instead about how I want to get under 200, and about all of you on this board who are fighting the same type of battle with me and how far we all have come. There is truly strength in numbers!

I started on the Elavil for my IC. Yesterday I was really sleepy feeling from it, so I took it a little earlier in the evening last night and I feel better this morning. I'm not having any cravings (yet) and I'm not afraird if they do come, because I know I can come here and get help with those feelings.

I've been logging my food into fitday; I think that's a big help also.

Have a wonderful day everyone. Hoping to read a lot of posts this afternoon.

Susie

HI,
I think fitday is a great tool too.It has been pleasant so far today. 5 kids went to bible school and I had 2, 18 monthers here. They were enjoyable.Lunch was a circus and now the 3,5 year old boys are outside and the others are playing house.
breakfast- bran flakes, milk ,a boiled egg and banana
lunch- ww wrap with turkey, cottage cheese and veg, 3 cups salad
So far so good.
I will be busy all day and eve. Not a lot of chance to blow it!
I desperately want a haircut. I feel like I am changing on the inside and I have had the same style for 10 years.The problem is I dont want short hair and I dont dont have a good hairdresser right now!
Oh well, if this is my biggest worry in life, I am blessed!

I just cut my own hair. I am happy with it...now I have no worries at all.

I have really been enjoying listening to the girls play house.It is so nice that there is no chaos.

Hello Holly. I had to smile when I read you comment that you don't want short hair. I love my hair short, it seems the older I get the shorter my hair gets and the shorter my hair gets the more I weigh. Maybe I should go back to long hair!!! Have a blessed evening.

Good morning,
I went to my TOPS meeting last night and I had a 3.50 loss! I couldn't believe it. I felt like I had lost, but I didn't realize it was such a big one!

We had 2 other ladies who reached their 50 lb loss. It was a very motivating night at the meeting.

I'm really, really, hoping to be at 238 by my 9-08-04 doctor appointment with my Gyno. If so, I'll have reached a 50 lb loss from my hyst. date. Reagardess, whatever the scales show on that date, I've worked really hard this year to get this weight off...and there's no stopping me now!

Susie

Go, Susie, Go.
Fantastic!!!!!!

Pray~ I am 39 and I refuse to cut my hair when I am 40 cause that is the unspoken hairdressing rule.hahahaha
Have I mentioned that I can be stubborn.

Another nice day so far. Hubby was home cause of rain.We hung new curtain in the livingroom.It was delightful and fun.
My eating has been pretty good, although I have noticed a few extra breads creeping in. I really want to curb that.
I will work at that today!
Hope you gals are having a great day!

GO SUSIE!!! You are AWESOME!!! Congratulations. You deserve it. I don't think I have ever loss 3.5 pounds ever in one week! I would have to go back and check my old TOPS book to see. Anyway good for you.

Holly.. Glad you had a wonderful day. I love bread!!! Here they make fresh french bread at the bakery about 1/2 mile from my shop, but I don't dare stop in because there is nothing like hot french bread and butter!! I did good with my eating today also. Hubby boiled us some shrimp for supper and that was great, tomorrow will be spent peeling the rest of the ice chest. We had our weigh in this morning and he lost 2 pounds and I lost one. Have a blessed evening girls. God Bless.

Congrats on the loss, Pray!

Pray: Congrats on the loss. That's the way to do...just keep whittling it down pound by pound!

Holly: Glad to see that your days are going well and that the stress you were having seems to have go by the wayside!

I'm doing ok also. I thought about stopping for an egg and cheese crossiant this morning on my way to work, but then I thought, no...I'll just have my toast and boiled egg. It's way better for me and I'll be on plan!

It's those little choices that make the difference. Right?!?

Have a good day everyone.

Hey...Tardy, Jen...anyone else I've missed....where are you? You are missed!