LIn,
I'm so sorry about your husband's being laid off. I'm sending : and and You have been an inspiration in setting up this club at www.3fatchicks.com and I know you for a long time. You and your dh are facing a huge challenge right now, but I know you have it within you to keep on going and to do the right thing for you and your family.
Love, Judy
234.6/200.4/199.8 and closer to onederland

Happy Friday, It sure looks like everyone is working hard and doing so good...
I had some surgery last week and have not been able to do any exercise this week and that kept me down for a bit...On my way now to get the stitches removed and hoping to get started back moving..

Lin, I wish you and your DH all the best right now..I always have trouble when I go out to eat...

Bandit, Congrats to you, your doing so great...

Well I better run for now....BBL

Morning, turtles:

Lin - so sorry to hear about your family situation. That is really tough - financial stress is hard to cope with for sure. Hang in there & just do your best.

Judy - you are always on the go & are doing so great with your weight.
Keep it up - you are soooooooooo close to the next level. Congrats!

Kerri - hope you are doing OK after your surgery. That is never fun.

I spent yesterday poking around the house & organizing some things.
Made spaghetti squash with veggies & pasta sauce for dinner, which was good for a change.

Meeting up with dd at trailer for tonight & tomorrow, so will be nice to catch up with her & her roomate is coming as well. So a girly weekend.
Then Monday going out on a "new friends" boat for the afternoon. This is a new fellow I just met - so that will be a nice way to spend some time chatting.

Anwway, have a great long weekend!

Thanks for the supportive comments, everyone. We're hanging in there and moving back into "take everything one day at a time" mode.

Kerri-I hope everything went well with your surgery and you have a fast recovery.

Bandit, I love spaghetti squash. Your dinner sounds yummy.

Had another good weighin today. Down .5 pounds, to an even 227.

Keep on turtlin'!

Hi Turtles,
Kerri, feel better fast from your recent surgery!

Lin, weigh to go! : (and with restaurant eating in the mix) That's great news.

Bandit, have fun on the boat. Glad you met a new "fella". Have a great time. By the way, thanks for mentioning spaghetti squash. I eat that in the winter and love it. I hadn't even considered eating it in this weather, but when I read your post, I thought you had a great idea there. Thanks! I've been trying to tweak my eating patterns by having less grains and certainly less wheat to get a better weight loss and I miss spaghetti.

Okay, today I'm off to my dear niece's home for a celebration. She is a Vegan who is hosting a "Polish Fall Festival" for dinner. This should be quite the mix of food! All I know is that although I love Polish food, it can be plenty high in calories, sugar and fat and I'm going armed. I'm going to have a huge salad with some protein right before we leave to go to the party. Then I'm bringing my old standby of Pineapple Angelfood Cake so I'll have something WW friendly for dessert. I'll pick up something else too (pretty much our family does that---guests bring desserts and we end up with a fabulous Viennese table). Tomorrow we're having my dd and grandson and also our best friend, Mary, over for an end of the summer BBQ. I've got the food for that and it's all good stuff. I'll plan on having one burger and call it quits at that. Along with a huge tossed salad, pickled beets I'll make myself, and a small portion of orzo/spinach/basil/tomato salad I'll be set!

Everybody have a good weekend and keep on keepin' on. Dare I say it? Let's make sure we're drinking our water!
Judy
234.6/200.4/199.8 and finally into onederland

Life is so weird and I'm working so hard not to let food get a handle on me. Let me explain. In the past, if I had a party to go to, I would eat ahead of time since "the party would be so difficult and what's the use?" Now I'm working on planning ahead and making my life easier as far as food temptations. Today I was facing a huge eating challenge (Polish food at a party, but I didn't get to go. How about that? Worry over nothing. My dd and dear grandson caught bad colds and since my dd has been really pushing herself to get too much done, she was under the weather big time. To make the story shorter, my dh went to the party and I headed to my dd's home to help out with my grandson while my dd caught up on some rest. To protect my good eating, I stopped at a place that makes chicken, got some healthy sides and a tossed salad and my eating was just fine. Now I'll relax now that I'm home and all should be well.

You all take care. I guess my point today is "Don't worry and eat ahead of time. Face challenges as they arrive and plan and prepare as much as you can. " Guess that's like Lin's Plan A and Plan B. I'm learning a lot from you gals, so keep up the good posts.

Judy
234.6/200.4/199.8 and finally into onederland!

Had a few Min..to sit and catch up on my mail etc..Hope you all are having a great week-end...Catching up on laundry and made a quick run to deliver some Avon orders..I am feeling good..

Bandit, does he have a brother? I"m looking...LOL Have fun on that boat..

I picked bunches of basil from my garden and I made a great batch of pesto sauce, yum (not to WW friendly) cooked up some fetachini and shrimp and will take the whole pot to my Mom and Dad for lunch tomorrow...

Lin, glad your scale is moving down...

Hi,

Judy, I love your story. Life certainly does have its surprises. It's nice that you were able to cope with your food challenges in spite of having to change your plans.

Kerri, I LOVE pesto. And it's good for you, if you don't eat too much of it. You can measure out the amount for the number of points you want to eat and stretch it by mixing it with plain yogurt. You get the pesto flavor and a creamy sauce.

My philosophy is that everything's WW friendly, you just have to manage portion sizes and how often you eat it. I'm doing fine with portion sizes. I've been surprising myself lately in that area. I made a savory corn custard with white beans and only ate half of it because it was too much food. I ate the other half today for a nice 3-point lunch. The whole lunch was 3.5 points because the half of a peach was another .5, but the half of an heirloom tomato was 0.

So, I've been staying OP, so far, since my life went back into crisis mode. I really don't want to gain back the weight I've lost because of getting depressed. I want to keep losing. After all, regaining the weight isn't going to help my finances any.

Keep on turtlin'!

Hi Turtles,
Kerri, that basil pesto sounds yummy. And isn't Lin's idea great of stretching it with a little yogurt? Great idea.

Lin, weigh to go about watching how you're eating.

We tried a garden this year, but the rabbits ate all my basil. I didn't get any. We had a few eggplant and green peppers. The tomatoes have been yummy, but the humidity have taken a toll and we didn't get the crop we expected. Oh well====it's all pretty good anyway.

Tomorrow I may break 200# at the WW WI. I've got my fingers crossed. Today's eating was good and I've been below 200# a couple of times this week on my home scale. I can't wait! I'll post tomorrow either way.

Judy
234.6/200.4/198.8 and into onederland

Judy ~ HOW EXCITING!!
let us know the minute you get back home

Morning, turtles:

Judy - sending you "skinny vibes" for your weigh in - that is sooooo exciting!
Good luck!

Site has been busy this past week which is always good. Congrats to all of you who has lost at the scales.

So, my Tops meetings begin again tonight so I am excited and look forward to getting back on track with everything. I really do need the meetings to keep me focussed and on track.

Although I still have lots of social things coming up - this Friday is ribfest & that is really yummy & Saturday I have singles dance, so have to plan ahead for those.

But will be nice to get back to meetings & preplanning proper meals again.

Good luck everyone!

Hi,

Checking in this morning. I was supposed to work downtown today, but yesterday I tripped and landed splat on my middle. It was like doing a belly flop, but on the floor instead of in the pool. Didn't do any serious damage, but my ribs are sore, as are various muscles. My boss suggested that I work from home today. I love my boss!!

: Judy for your weighin. I'm looking forward to seeing you reach onderland today.

I'm glad your TOPS meetings have started, Bandit. It's obvious from your posts that your regular routine really helps keep you on track, so I'm glad you're able to get back to it. Looking forward to seeing you move forward.

I'm doing Ok with following the program. It's like it's one positive thing I can do right now.

Keep on turtlin'!
And a new one, in honor of my favorite goody--

Hi Turtles,
Lin, feel better soon! A belly flop without water must smart!

Bandit, good luck with your TOPS! Glad you'll be back to all that group support.

Well, my news is not that great. For whatever reason, the WW scale registered at 200# right on the dot! I saw 199.8#, but it registered at the higher number. The good news is that I'll be there next week for sure. The other good news is that I've lost 34# so far from my highest weight and when I lose a pound this week, I'll have lost 35# and I'll break 200#. A classic case of counting my chickens before they hatched. Oh well, I can do this and I'm on a roll. I lost .8# this week (I had the number wrong in my signature) and that's not bad. At least I'm going in the right direction. Thanks for all your early congrats and I'll have earned them this time next week. In the meantime, let's all keep on keepin' on! I'll start a new thread soon.

Hey Princess, how was the wedding?

Judy
234.6/200/195 and well into onederland

Hi Guys,
Time for another thread. See you all at #222 Bale of Turtles Facing Fall!
Judy
234.6/200/195 and looking forward to onederland