Heather,

Only green things with no writing on them. hahahaha.

I was prepping white bread to use for stuffing the bird on Sat. I started to salivate.I haven't eaten white bread in years.Never as a kid, once in a while at a shower or something. I made a Cheezwhiz on white sandwich. It was like eating cake!
It is definitely not OP. I am a slave to carbs.
Whtie bread doesn't cancel the bad stuff wither. it IS the bad stuff.
Heres' to salad!!!

White stuff with no, brown, Holly. hehehe

Hi everyone. Sorry I've been busy at work and this is the first time I could post! I didn't have time to read through everyones threads, but i'm so happy that there is so much going on here!

A Quick shoutout to Lanita - you go girl!!!!! I'm too scared to take kickboxing! Imagine what this is doing for you! You've got major guts!

Yesterday I did my WATP 3 mile as planned but had trouble sleeping and couldn't get up at 5a to go to the gym. Tomorrow...that is the plan! As for tonite, I'll do the WATP again. I don't like going to the gym at night for some reason. I've been doing excellent with the exercise, 45-50 minutes of cardio each day.

As for eating, I had two slices of Sunny Millet bread with REAL butter. Yes, you heard me...I used a tad of real butter on each slice...it satisfied me until lunch. Sometimes you just have to have the real thing. It doesn't taste like the calorie free butter spray I normally use. For lunch, I was running errands and ordered Chinese again...twice this week. I had about a half a cup of steamed rice and a huge amount of veggies in some sort of clear sauce. Not as low in fat as steamed veggies, but not too bad. I'm alittle bloated now because of the sodium that I took in, probably tons.

Since lunch, I had a fortune cookie and about 15 jelly belly jellybeans. I had to put the bag away because I'm not even hungry.

I want to tell you guys about the breads I buy, like the Sunny Millet. They are whole grain and very filling. Two slices at breakfast seem to be keeping me satisfied until lunch. They are also low in fat and high in fiber. They have some Low Carb varieties too. They are pricy, but I think they are well worth it for the fiber and for being filling in the mornings. I like the Sunny Millet but haven't tried any other varieties. I just keep getting the millet because I know I like it. Anyone tried any of the others?

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Have a great evening. I may have the leftover veggies for dinner, not sure yet...maybe a sandwich as I had planned to have for lunch.

And, WATP for dessert again!

Girlie

well hello ladies,
i have been trying all day to get in here and post. things just weren't going my way at work today. still trucking along, this has been one of the longest weeks!! thank goodness tomorrow is friday!! food is going ok i had a minor setback last night dh was out of town working and i got lonely and well you know the rest....so i didn't really have an all out binge but i picked at too much junk all night. moving on to better things today. and so far so good.

holly mmmmm cheezwiz. congrats on your loss, no matter how big or not so big celebrate it all!!

annie so glad you are feeling better, don't worry about the mcd's b-fast we all need a break once in a while. hang in there!!

hevron that is great that you 2 are so close to eachother, how nice it will be to meet up for lunch. i like the green m and m theory.

hi callachor!

labchick thats the right attitude the scale doesn't always reflect a loss. it will move just keep up the good work!!

suzy1965 good job turning the day around yesterday!

lanita wow so much energy keep up the great work at exercise class!!

girlie hope dh is feeling better. well if i missed anyone sorry and hello. i have to get going ds is almost done with football practice. talk to you all later.

I managed to stay on track today with no snacking or anything like that, but I will be pretty scarce for a few days. I had to take my son in to ER for pneumonia. Thankfully, it's only viral, but he's pretty miserable and needs round the clock nebs and meds.

I'm just grateful that I can take the weekend off work to take care of him.

Hopefully you are all well and on track. I'll touch base again on Monday.

Nan

labchick good luck with the little one hope he is feeing better soon!!

Hi Everyone,
Yesterday was one of the crazy days at work. I didn't even have time to check my work email let alone the board...but I kept thinking about all of you.

I had a little bit of a disappointment on the scales last night at my meeting, I gained 1/2 a pound. I keep playing with that 1/2 lb...this week I'm getting it gone along with another 1/2! That's going to be my goal every day for the next week...work that pound off!

I did go for a walk on my lunch hour yesterday. I had planned to do that in the morning when I was leaving home. I almost thought about skipping lunch so I could keep working, but I remembered my long range weight goal and the fact that I want to become a more balanced person, so I went ahead with the walk. That's a nonscale victory.

I don't have a lot of time this morning to answer all the posts individually. I see by reading them that some of you were as busy as me yesterday! I hope Annie got back on track....you all were awesome in encourging her! It takes a lot to come here and admit your faults..but when we do that to each other, we become stronger...something about "getting by with a little help from my friends"...sort of thing.

Keep up those goals ladies and I promise I'll get things caught up today so I can respond individually to each of you.

I'll check in later.

Yesterday was an ok day. Much better than any other but still with its bumps in the road (lol). I am trying a new thing (always trying to find the right thing. That must count for something, right?). I will not eat carbs until later in the day and stick to fruit, veggies and protein earlier in the day. I didn't eat until lunchtime and had a salad with tuna. Then I didn't eat until dinner, which was cooking healthily until hubby came home and needed to return the rental car. So we ended up eating out at Applebees. I had a burger but instead of fries had a small green salad. Then some ice cream. Trust me that is a much better day than usual. Sounds like everyone has things in perspective by being able to poke fun at our own slip ups. It is very important to keep McGriddles and candy dishes and the like in the right light. Someone said it and I can't remember who but if fat is the only thing someone can say about me than I am doing well.
Have a great day all.
Suzy

Finally. The weekend is here. What a crazy week. And not really a great one for me w/weight stuff. Hope to get to Curves today to exercise. I've been a big slacker all week. Food has been less difficult than the motivation to exercise, but still need to think about that journal idea. That will definitely help me get a handle on my eating habits.

MyChoice - Don't be too discouraged by that 1/2 lb. I have every confidence in you that it will come off next week! Good job for walking at lunch. I need to get in the practice of walking at work.

Jodi - Just remember that your setback was minor. I suspect we are all guilty of falling back into old habits sometimes. Yesterday was one of those days for me. Was on a chocolate craze like you wouldn't believe.

Girlie - Thanks for the tip on the bread. You go with that daily cardio! When I grow up, I want to be just like Girlie with my exercise...

Holly - OK, OK. I guess by "green stuff" Annie probably meant salad or veggies or something healthy like that. Ho-hum. There goes my excuse for green M&Ms. HA! And about that Cheez Whiz - I have to admit that I've had cheese & crackers for dinner a couple nights this week. It just sounded really good. Healthy? Well, it could've been worse, I suppose.

Suzy - Good luck with the new plan. It's often good to change things up. Keeps our body guessing and not falling into a routine.

Have a successful weekend everybody! I don't normally check in over the weekend because my computer at home doesn't let me post very easily. Will check in on Monday!

good morning everyone!!!
well TGIF i got my wish. the weekend is here!!! i don't hate my job but i am always so happy to see the weekend get here. DH was back in town last night and he helped me cook dinner and we all had a nice meal as a family. my progress has been slow the past 2 weeks i guess my body is just catching up to the loss i had in september. tomorrow is my official weigh in day and i can't see being down more than .5, but i will take it anything to make the numbers budge. i have been tweaking this plan of mine for several weeks and i am pretty happy with where it is right now so i won't make any adjustments this week just gonna stick to it and hope it works. lots of stuff to do this weekend and i am going to squeeze in some exercise somewhere. my morale is still up there today i am wearing an embrodered quilted blazer that my grandma gave me 4 years ago, it never fit but i loved it and so i kept it in the back of the closet, i pulled it out this morning for the heck of it and i was not only able to get it on but it buttons all the way!!! this is the one little thing for the week that i know will keep me going in the right direction.

mychoice- great attitude!! keep up the good work!! the scale will move down in no time.

hevron have a great weekend!!! journaling is a great tool, i have a hard time sticking to things like that but i find that when i do it i really do my best with diet and exercise, there is something about writing down that i ate a bag of doritos and 2 cups of m&m's i just don't like to see in print.

suzy1965 keep tweaking your plan until it is something you can really live with, you can do this!! i love the quote BTW it is so true

Mornin' Chicks!
Well, I had a hard struggle with the "why freakin' bother" attitiude last night. This is where I screw up. I kept it together all week. I am not seeing results. So last night I am decorating the church for Thanksgiving,I start to think this is too hard, I have too much to lose,I did serious mental battle over picking chips and dip to watch ER. I didn't cave. I did eat 1/2 a bag of low fat popcorn, though.
I dont feel as "off "today. I am going to do yoga instead of pilates. I have a sore neck.I am exctied about all the company coming this weekend. I will pick up the turkeys etc!! and start to get the house ready.
Have a glorious fall weekend!!!

Hello All!

Just wanted to say a quick hello. Yesterday didn't end the way I wanted it. First of all, I spent two hours searching for shoes. It's so hard to find heels to fit my feet because they are wide. Then I went grocery shopping and didn't get home until almost 8.30p! No time to cook, so I grabbed a roasted chicken from the store (thank God for those!) and DH wanted biscuits and gravy for his first meal after being so sick, so I baked reduced fat biscuits behind his back lol. The problem with that is that I ate THREE biscuits! They were the GRANDS brand too! They were so light and fluffy and I typically don't eat biscuits or bread, especially that late but I did lol. I bought this great honey butter...the brand is Downey's. The tub was $3.50 but worth it. Very good, and one tablespoon of it is an amazing 1g fat and 60 calories! I guess it's mostly honey. It was AWESOME on a hot biscuit and I caved in! By the time I got the groceries put away and dinner ready, it was 9pm when I was eating and was getting late, so I spent the rest of the time getting my gym and work clothes ready for today and went to bed. I did go to the gym this morning and was running late and had to cut my routine by 10 minutes...I did 15 minutes on the bicycle and 25 on the elliptical.

I had millet toast spread with the yummy honey butter. Mmmmm. Oh, and DH baked stinkin' chocolate chip cookies and I had one on my way out the door this morning.

I think everyone is doing a great job with trying to stay on track. That's all we can do is try. Some days we may not be trying as hard, some days we are trying very well. That's what it really boils down to. I don't think there is such a day as a "failure"...we just didn't try as hard or had other circumstance. But we never really unless we truly don't try at all. And I feel like all of you are trying...otherwise, you wouldn't be here!

Have a great weekend if I don't make it here. I have wedding festivities tomorrow. I got new heels, a fun dress and new underthings and I will feel good and look good tomorrow at the wedding. Hopefully as we go to the three weddings this fall, the dress will be looser by the last wedding in December!

Would you guys like to see pictures of me? I will give you the link to my wedding planning website. Sorry it's so funky with all the wedding stuff. But it's got a few pics of me and my husband. The first pic of the two of us was taken in 1998, I was around 180 then. The second pic of just me and my big hair was me around 220. The wedding pics, I was around my highest, 240. I feel like I was so fat in those and want to get as far away as possible! But oh well. I think my mom is in one of the pics...she is tiny, 4'11 and size 5 petite.

http://www.theknot.com/co_profilevie...amcreativedame

comic sans ms2deepskyblue

Holly - I have had the "why freakin bother" attitude for the past several days. I need to get off of it and move forward. I suck.

I did WALK over to arby's at lunch and bought a salad, WALKED back to my desk and ate it. It was very good. Dressing was not OP. THe entire walk part only took 15 minutes. I am not motivated, nor happy today. Tomorrow is a new day! Hopefully a better one!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Annie

That is the last time I try colors, they never work for me.