Good here. We just went for a hike and now I have to go pick up the birthday cake for my 1 year old - it's her bd today!! And get decorations for the party tonight. Just us and some cousins - nothing big.

Hope everyone is having a good day!

Hello ladies:

Cathy: I hope you're taking good care of yourself, did you collapse because of exhaustion? I hope something works out with the assisted living place

Nori: the pictures are great, when I first looked at them it looked like a desert backdrop. I pictured Washington State looking like a forest (yes, I've led a sheltered life!)

Sarah: Are you still moving to South Carolina, am I remembering correctly? Kindergarten is such a cute age! My two usually get along great but lately they've been getting on my nerves with their bickering and fighting over petty things. Last night they got sent upstairs for 20 minutes to prevent me from losing it!

Hello everyone else!!

As far as eating is concerned I didn't do great but much better than I had been. B: cereal L: Lean Cuisine S: 5 milkduds (last 5 in box luckily!), handful of RF sunchips D: 1/2 piece chicken, 1/2 cup baked beans, 2" piece cornbread, real small spoon on rice, S: granola bar w/ tea
Pts: 28? Water: 24 oz?

Again, my BIG problem is the minute I walk in the door. Today I think I'll eat my 2 pt yogurt just before I leave work and drink a seltzer on the way home. Does anyone go bike riding? I'd like to try again but last year when I tried my A$$ killed me like you wouldn't believe, even with a gel seat. I might give it another whirl, I'll see if I can fit the bike in my van (I don't want the neighbors to see me go for a 5 minute ride!!)

Have a great night, oh Idol is on!!

Mo

Nori - have a great time with your baby tonight!!!! I love 1st birthday parties. You should have seen my baby with his first cake. Let me see if I can figure out how to post a picture of him with it....lol.

Mo - yes, we're still on to move to SC! Looking like we'll move in July or early August. My husband's orders should be finalized soon!

Ok-not smart enough to attach picture. So I made Will & his cake my avatar. Check it out!

Hi again Ladies

I was so glad to hear from everyone ! Hope you are all doing well

Happy 1st Birthday to Nori's daughter
My Sam turned 1 on March 25th it was AWESOME. Sometimes I just want
to boohoo because he's growing up SO fast for his Momma.

Sarah, I know you're SO excited about moving to SC. It's a beautiful place. What area will you be moving to ? Loved the pic of your son and his cake btw. TOO Cute

Nori, you look FANTASTIC. And wow such a beautiful family you have ! Love the new pics of you. You are doing so awesome !! BTW, I know a Lenora and she's 3 1/2 and lives next door. We also had a family member who is a cousin in my family. So you aren't alone.

Mo, I meant to tell you Congrats on a job WELL DONE with weightloss !! Keep up the awesome work ! I know it holds you accountable when you journal everything you eat. You're a brave soul to post it here ! Go Girl !!

Katie, I do hope you will post a pic of you and your beautimous dress ! It sounds so pretty.

Catherine ~ I am SO sorry for all you've had to endure. I will keep you and your's in my thoughts and prayers. Assisted living is wonderful, yet costly but such a good place to give you and your DH some peace of mind. My Grandmother who is 96 yo lives in one and it's like a resort. She is SPOILED rotten there. LOL - but it's been a blessing and relief. I hope you get some needed rest.

EVERYONE ELSE - WHERE ARE YOU ?What has become of you ? You are missed, and it would be GREAT TO hear from all of you. I think some PMs are in order.

J says hello. For those of you who remember DownontheFarm that is my husband. He has been a little under the weather lately after some extensive oral surgery, but he's a trooper.

Keep up all of the Good Work !!!

P.S. At WW's tonight I've lost an additional 2.2 lbs

Hugs & Stuff ~ Elizabeth

Elizabeth - tell J hello and we hope he recovers soon! And a great big CONGRATULATIONS on your loss!!! Keep up the great work!!!

We're moving to the Columbia area. Wish us luck!

Username: desertdreamer
Real Name: Danielle
SW, CW: 257.1 .:. 254.1 Yikes!

Hi gang!

Good news! I managed to lose 3 pounds last week. I am still shocked by it.
I reinstated my memebership at Jenny Craig. I really really needed something and someone to keep me super accountable. The structure has been good for me since I seem to not be able to control myself with food. Also, I think my med change has finally been fixed and I am feeling pretty darn good.
Hoping for another great WI come next Monday, I'm definitely not "starving" or being deprived on this plan that's for sure. The food is so great, even better than I remembered. So glad that I made the decision to do this again.
I'm giving it 3 months and seeing how I do. If I don't have the results I want then I will quit and go on my own, but I don't really think it'll come to that. I feel too darn good!

Nori, your family is gorgeous! Happy b-day to your little one. They grow so fast don't they? Careful, before ya know it, they'll be in middle school! I am still shocked most days when I see my son and realize he's 13! Makes my heart hurt sometimes. Hope the birthday party was alot of fun!

Mo, thanks for missing me lady. You seem to be doing great, keep it up!
You are a brave soul for posting your menu's on here, don't think i could do it.
Get on that bike lady, your bod will thank ya for it! I had to giggle when you said you didn't want the neighbors to see you take a 5 min. ride. That is so me!

Sarah, sounds like things are shaping up nicely for your move. I really hope everything goes as planned and there are no glitches along the way. So frustrating when you're trying to move state to state and with little ones!
As usual, you're doing fabulous, so inspiring.

Elizabeth, hey sweetie girl. I am glad that you're here again. Hopefully things will remain calm for awhile so you can share in the fun here. Your weight loss so far is awesome!!! Great job. I really like WW, I think it's a really great program. I unfortunately am like a wild woman when it comes to being left on my own with food so it was a disaster for me when I did it. Plus, I hated the meeting that was available to me. Only one too that fit in with schedules around this house. I know you will do fantastic!!!
Hope J is feeling better. I am dreading some oral surgery that I have to get done in the coming months. I would love nothing more than to ignore it and pray it will just go away. But we all know that's a big fat lie, huh? LOL
I hate the dentist! Good for him for getting it taking care of.
Keep up the amazing losses lady, it looks great on you!

Well guess I should go do my housework before it gets too warm today. We're headed into 90 degree weather for the rest of the week. So not looking forward to revving up that a/c! $$$$$ But come just a few short weeks won't have a choice when we reach triple digit weather! Oye!

Have a super day ladies! I'll check in with ya'll in a bit.

I just wanted to know if any of you recieve the Jillian Michaels' newsletter? Also has anyone got her new DVD's yet? One is "Shape up the Front" and the other "Shape up the Back". I need the second one! I invited some newbies, I hope we see them here at the site. Be on the look out for them. Talk to all of you later! Catherine

Hello to everyone! I am one of the newbies that was invited. I am 25 years old and currently weigh 247 trying not to hit 250. I have a husband and 5 children (11,9,7,5,3) so I am typically very busy. I believe my biggest problem with losing weight is NOT EATING RIGHT. I skip meals and then I am starving by dinner time...NOT GOOD. I could really use some great GRAB AND GO ideas from people. By the way just in case you are wondering the 11, 9, 7 yo kids are my husbands but they live with us..I was not 14 when I had children...THANK GOD!! Anywho...I am usually a very upbeat person who enjoys life but HELLO my CLOTHES DONT FIT....I have worn the same clothes since I was a sophmore in high school (literally) I still have 15/16 pants that I wore in high school....but now they dont zip...I cant stand it. I would like to get down to a healthy weight..but am making a short term goal of 15 lbs. in the first 2 months. I figure it is easier to take off if you think of it as small numbers instead of saying I need to lose about 80 lbs. Realistically my "ideal" weight is 167 but I cant honestly say I remember ever being that small. I am gonna try and hopefully with all of your help I can achieve my goals..I will try my hardest to check in every day and would love some buddies online to talk to I have AIM and Yahoo Messenger...I could also provide my email to anyone who wants to be my MOTIVATOR....just remember some days are really bad...and Tomorrow is a brand new day.[/CODE]

Thanks for the welcome!!

Mary

Welcome back, Danielle, and Welcome Mary!!!!!!!!

Danielle - I did Jenny Craig before I got married. I liked the program, it just got too expensive. Keep us posted on it!

Mary, LOL-thanks for clearing up the ages of your kids and everything! LOL

My name is Sarah. I have 4 and 1 year old boys. My husband is an active duty Marine, and we're in California, but moving this summer to South Carolina! You can see from my ticker how heavy I was when I started this journey. It's taken me a long time to lose those pounds, but it's been worth it! You've got a great idea with breaking it up into smaller goals.

Again, welcome!

YIPPEE, we have newbies! Welcome! This is a great group!

Catherine - I don't really know anything about Jillian. I think Sarah has her book. Thanks for inviting newbies!

Welcome Mary! He-he - so funny that you clarify the whole kids/age thing! Right away as I was reading your "bio" and saw your children's ages, I had to backtrack and figure out how old you were when you started! Anyways, my hat's off to you big time. I'm so busy with my 2 and 1 year old that sometimes just getting to the bathroom is an amazing thing! Let alone a shower! And thank God for marinades and BBQ's!

Mo - that's so funny about Washington State being all "green" in your mind! The Western side on the mountains is, but over here in Eastern WA, it's very dry. And HOT in the summertime. I cannot wait. Although, we will be moving back over to Seattle sometime this summer. DH will be done with nursing school. Hey, are you SUPER hungry when you get home from work and that starts the problems? Maybe if you eat a snack at 4pm it'd help? I dunno? Regarding American Idol - I've missed the last 2 weeks of it now and feel "lost"!

Sarah - I love the new avatar pic of Will on his 1st bd!! How fun! Melina was fussy all day yesterday, I had to wake her up at dinner time, she was still fussy, cried as soon as we started singing Happy Birthday to her, hated her cake ... BUT LOVED opening the presents!! That's my girl! Loving the gifts!!

Elizabeth - congrats on 2 more pounds gone!! Melina nd Sam are pretty close in age. How big is Sam now? Melina just had her 1 year physical this morning and she is 19lbs 5 oz and 29.5 inches. Big head too at 18 inches! I cannot believe that this is my little colicky, failure-to-thrive baby from a few months ago! Hope J recovers quickly and easily!

Danielle - Howdy there! So happy that you are finding a plan that works for you. THat's what it's all about. Woo-hoo on 3 pounds gone already too! 90 degrees already? I'm jealous! Where do you live again? Although, I'm happy to have a couple more months before I'm forced to exercise outdoors in tank tops!

Well, I've done a short walk so far today and about 20 minutes of abs, but this is a 60 minute minimum exercise day, so when Melina wakes up (might be awhile since she had 4 shots this morning ) i'm going to take them out again in the double stroller. Check in later!

Well
Here I am again...I started the day out good....but then my hubby decided he wanted to argue...and being upset always makes me wanna grab a bag of cookies or something....THANK GOD there arent any in the house right now. I started my day with a bowl of Special K. Yummmm it was the berry burst kind. I enjoyed it. So now I am here with my 5 children for the day (because they are on Spring Break) I am gonna try to squeeze in about 60 min of excercise today outside of chasing them around. Today is definitely going to be a hard/bad day but I am going to post on here and hopefully it will make me feel better.

Thanks to those who made me feel welcome...I appreciate your support. :O)


Mary

Good Morning, Mary. Sorry about the fight. I have to fight urges to eat when I'm anxious too. Hope you have a good day with all your kiddos. Is the weather good? I hate not getting out everyday.

Hope Thursday is going good for everyone! My day is just getting started. 1 of my girls is up - the other is sleeping, so I already got a shower! Yippee!

Well things are looking up..and the day is not even half over. My husband came home sick from work...ugh...and apologized. It is a beautiful day outside so I took my dog for a walk...about 60 min worth of walking..and will probably go for another one later in the day with the kiddos & the wagon. I am feeling better...and really feeling good that I resisted the urge to snack.

Have a great day

Mary

Wow, I missed posting one day and I missed tons!

First, Welcome Mary!! Glad you decided to join the group, I hope Catherine only told you good things about us! Wow, 5 kids, God Bless You! I have to confess, like Nori, I was doing the math too! I'm glad your day turned around and ended on a good note. About the clothes...this is weird but when I have on clothes that feel tight, I tend to eat more, when my clothes are lose, I "feel" thinner and tend to eat less. I know, I'm weird!

Nori: Way to go on the exercise and hope your baby had a great birthday.

Sarah: Either I didn't know or forgot you lived in California. My sister lives in Gardena (south L.A.) are you anywhere near there?

Catherine: thanks for bringing us new blood! I hope things are getting better with you, are your kids on spring break? Have you gone rollerskating lately? I bought a mountain bike the other day for DS and it's a little big for him, I'm thinking of trying it out if my A$$ can stand it. It needs air in the tires though first.

Danielle: Congrats on the 3 lbs!!! Good luck on Jenny Craig, the food looks good on TV when Kirstie Alley is eating it!

Elizabeth: Congrats on the 2.2 lbs!! It sounds like WW is doing well for you! I don't know your DH but tell him I said hello too!

My DH is still doing well even though I took his ticker off. He's at 196 so that's 33 lbs for him! He tried on suit pants last night that he's been wanting to get into and they were even a little loose on him! The bad thing is now he weighs less than me

Confession: B: cereal L: lean cuisine S: 2 oatmeal pies D: small bowl of pasta with red sauce S: ice cream cone w/ two scoops
Pts: 40?? Water: 32 oz? Exer: none

After having my period lightly for 10 days, it went away for a day and now I have it pretty heavy again, maybe that's why I ate ice cream last night??? If it doesn't end within a week I'll have to go see the gyno I guess.

Well, have a great day. I have to work tomorrow We're going to a Seder dinner Saturday and Easter dinner at mom's Sunday, a very diverse weekend! What's everyone doing?

Maureen