So I'm staring into my closet this morning wondering what to wear. Its overcast, high mid 50's, and possible rain, but not likely. I'm really tired of wearing my raincoat, too. So I'm standing there wondering how many layers to wear and I remembered I have four suits I bought a few years ago. I bought them in an attempt to spiffy up my style but I'm more of a seperates and sweater gal. So I pull the navy one out an try on the jacket. Its a little too big! In fact it fits me better than when I bought it! So I wore that today with a red top and a lacy tanktop layered underneath. I'm claiming a NSV. Flipping through my journals I weigh a full 15lbs MORE than I did when I bought the suits!

I started spring cleaning my sewing room again today. I feel strange calling it a sewing room since I haven't sewn anything in months but my machine is still in place and hooked up, so I guess that counts. A few weeks ago, we moved the TV out and re-arranged a few things, making room for a rocking chair.

Kitteh and Silly, great job on the losses!

Good afternoon.

Thanks for all the congrats, but this morning the darned scale said I'd gained a pound!! Good thing I waited on that chocolate bar. I don't know what to think about this flip-flopping weight. Maybe I need a mechanical scale instead of an electronic one, then at least I'd be able to trust it on cold mornings.

I also think I need to cut down my portions. I'm eating the same as I ate to lose the first (almost) 20 lb., but now the weight is being very resistant to change. I think I will start by reducing the higher calorie item portion size by 25-33%. More veggies will fill in the gaps.

No exercise today--didn't fit into the schedule. I'll have to make up for it tomorrow with two sessions.

This lunch time posting is hard--I feel rushed. Maybe I'll try evening posting.

Kitteh - how long did it take you to reach the (yep, you saw it, claim it) 20-pound down mark?

Penguin - CONGRATS on discovering those suits and having it fit better now! Cool!

I keep torturing myself by trying on a super duper tight pair of jeans that can barely button ... I need to put them away until April 10 - give it a month and see if it's better then! Like I'm expecting them to slide right up when I'm nto really losing anything, nor working out right now.

Ashley- Greek yogurt has triple the protein, you can get 0 fat or 2%. If you get the plain with 0 fat, it only has 100 cal., 18g protein, 7 carbs, 7g. sugar. I was eating the plain everyday at lunch, I dip strawberries or clementines in it. I felt so good after I ate it, so I'm going to eat it for lunch again from now on.

It's raining really hard here in Pa. This weather makes you want to go back to bed. But today I feel energized, so much better than the past week. I cut back on whole grains & only eat 3oz.with breakfast( my daily minimum according to the FDA standard),ate more fruit & little or no veggies( due to stomach issue). Basically eating like I did before the hospital stay, but with more sodium & fat added. I have to cut out veggies for now, discovered that all of them give me problems. So, i mainly have to live on fruit, 3oz whole grain, yogurt, nuts, nut butters & fish, if I want to feel my best. I did this yesterday, this morning woke up feeling great & I lost weight. Seems like the more fruit I eat, the better I feel. I always said fruit was magical, it's nature's candy! I tried so hard to eat a well balanced diet, but I felt like crap. I have to go by how I feel, I think that's more important. Rode the bike for 30min. Had 2500 calories, too much I know, hubby wanted natural peanut butter, I can't stay away from it when it's here. I had 5 servings today! Too full for dinner, that's ok. I had plenty of protein, I won't be hungry til tomorrow morning. It's so great when you were young & could eat anything you want and feel great all the time, when you get older, if you don't eat nutritious food or a certain food, you feel like crap. I wonder why it changes so much. Or is it just me?

Take care all!

Hello! New to the thread! Turned 41 in January. I started being more conscious of my health. Great communication and chatter on here with women who know what I am going through!

Welcome, Ruth!! Looking forward to learning more about your and your challenges, things you enjoy, etc.!

Morning started out okay - feeling a bit better, sound crummy. Just hanging on until this evening and then will relax and hopefully just spend the weekend doing about 12 loads of laundry. Hubby is fixing our washer today and we've got sheets, rugs, clothes, towels and more clothes to do. That's mindless for me (as long as everything works right) and I enjoy the process to a point.

Not sure what's going on with his older daughter (18) who is still in school - moved out/thrown out of mom's - who knows the full story. In with a friend but now supposedly getting an apt. ... we'll see how this goes. I get SO irritated with all the drama over there. He wants to help her, after all, it's his daughter, so that's fine. Had she not had such a mouth on her, I'd be more willing to do for her. As it stands, he can. I'm not making meals or helping outfit an apt.

PMS-sy day. Sorry for the cranky note. Friend went to ww for first week and lost what I've lost in two months. Happy for her (she has to lose less, too!) but jealous inside. WHY? I just want both of us to be healthy, happy, fit and energetic.

Penguin, way to go on the suits!
SillyCat- way to go on the two pounds! The cat you have in your picture looks just Like a cat I had while growing up that it is earie! She had the same tuxedo chest and white paws, she lived till she was like 18, and she was awesome.
Ruth – Welcome!
NP – sorry to hear about your stepdaughter woes. It is so hard being a step parent specially when the kids are older. When I lived with my stepson, (moved in months before he graduated) I always left his dad to deal with him. He was anti authority and quite lazy. He finally got kicked out as he would not listen to his dad about looking for work. Then he lived in our fifth wheel in the driveway for about 6 or 8 months and he was so cheap he would not even buy propane for heat in the winter. That was 5 years ago. He does not like spending money and has spent time living in his car (and doesn’t mind that) and at friends houses. I don’t understand him and how was raised was not good buy a drug addicted mother most of his life. He moved in with his dad 8 months before we got married. He is doing better now and has a job but still does not like spending money. It may not be my place but if he ever meets a girl and wants to get married I would like to warn her.

don't laugh but broke down and had some cake last night, the toping on it was real good and had as much topping as cake. Still not sure if it was real whippped cream and I am in trouble it was. Going for lunch today with work, looked up the cals and fat for a ceasar salad at this place cause i really like them, 578 cals and 50 yes 50 grams of fat. That forever ruined me having a ceasar salad at a restuarant. I will have to stick to buying the light dressing and measuring it out a home. After last nights cake fiasco i may just have to have coffee and carrot sticks.

fl - thanks for the info on greek yogurt, I have tried looking for it here but have not found it till last night in our grocery flyer there was a whole page for this new line of yogurt and one of them was greek. 20 grams of protien yay. Oh and is there any possible chance you could have celiac disease or have you already looked into that. A girl on the view shared she has it and she went on the survivor show and of course they barely eat anything there and she felt better because of it.

Good afternoon.

I have no idea what my weight is today, because I don't believe that lying piece of equipment. I shall console myself with the looseness of my jeans.

NP--I started (this time around) on January 1.

Ruth--Welcome.

Have a great Friday and weekend, everyone.

Hey ladies. Still having inner ear issues. Called doc and he wanted to put me on more oral steroids, but won't since I just had them two weeks ago. He called in a transderm patch for the dizziness and some phenergran for the nausea I am also now having. I'm beginning to get a bit worried. I had thought it would be better by now.

Saw 152 on the scale this morning. Not too bad. Still want to get back to losing, but I'll take it.

This earthquake/tsunami business is scary. I hope none of our members are affected. I've been wanting to watch the news, but can't get any streaming live news to load on my computer. I'm sure there will be coverage tonight on TV.

Love to all.

Hey ladies! I decided to change my avatar in case hubby sees our cat on there and decides to follow up and read what I've written. Doubtful, but picked something else I love - bouganvilla! I feel secretive but he doesn't "get" at ALL the issue I have with my weight and wouldn't want him to be hurt with things I write about issues with family, etc.

Just found out his younger daughter IS coming this afternoon and he'll take her back sunday morning on his way in to work. I have asked him before to PLEASE let me know when she's coming. He said he thought he had. He's exceedingly forgetful, rather than has a plan to not tell me. But c'mon!

Sorry to be the crank on here today! GRR. All I wanted to do this weekend was NOTHING, oh, and laundry. I'm sticking to that. ha! Just recuperate.

Annie - GOOD LUCK with that ear issue. How frustrating - will you be able to get the patch and other med today to get it started? This has been a tough few weeks for you!

Kitteh - that is great - I started in January, too, and am only down 6 - i'm flat out envious of your 20!! yay!!!! Own that 20! ha ha!

Ashley - loved your line about the topping was as big as the cake Sounds like you're really doing well - one dessert here or there isn't going to do any of us in. We have to live life, right? How was the work lunch? I'm not a caesar fan as I found out it had anchovy paste in it when I was a teen and am not a brave eater, so that got knocked right off my list. I'm not Ange, after all, eating all sorts of wacky things! Speaking of which, I guess she's enjoying her sunny holiday now!

ashley- Thank you, I've heard of Celiac disease, but I don't know anything about it. I'll have to check into it. What brand of Greek Yogurt did you find there in Canada? thanks again!

Cloudy again, I can't wait to see some sun. The rain & wind is over thankfully, I couldn't sleep last night, it sounded like pieces of our roof were falling down in the attic. I was kinda scared, there are alot of trees right in back of our ranch house. There is no damage that I can see from the outside, but know one went up in the attic yet to check( we have to use the rickety pull down ladder). That's hubby's job, the way he is, i doubt he'll ever go up there. Almost done painting the Sunroom ceiling. This is dragging out too long, my whole body is sore, so i only rode the bike for 20min. At least my weight has been staying the same, my stomach is better too. Eliminating the foods I had added before did the trick. If I wasn't so tierd from no sleep I would feel good. Off to the Farmer's Market tomorrow, I'm buying tons of fruit!

Have a great weekend!

Hubby stayed home from work today to try to get over his cold/allergies. We've been vegging on the couch watching movies. I feel tired but okay from the neck down but my head is stuffy and I'm sneezing a lot. Hubby is coughing and feels much worse.; his cold has moved into his chest now. It figures that is a nice day outside.

Ruth, welcome glad to have you join us.

NP, pretty avatar.

Good day, all! Sunny and upper 40s and WINDY as all get out. I'm in an organizing mode today, which is boding well for piles of stuff that had accumulated around here.

Went out for mexican last night and stayed away from most of the chips, except 6, so not too overboard. Dinner was pretty veggie-free, though, with rice and chicken being the main ingredients. Can change that today, though.

Hubby and his daughter went out on a couple of errands. I enjoy the quiet in here then. I sometimes resent being viewed as having to come up with something "to do" when she's here, even though it's not outright said. Some weekends I just want to catch up with my OWN stuff and not be "on".

Will set our clocks ahead early tonight so we can move our evening forward a bit so morning (4:30 a.m.) for him doesn't seem so quick... he'll drop her off on his way in to work, too. So tomorrow is going to be restful and peaceful, I hope. Want to get over this creeping crud SOON.

Penguin - did it hit you now?

I did WH Perfect Boby workout for about 40min. My weird knee didn't like this workout so I skipped exercises and CD on my own. In spite my weird knee I liked this one better than Workout in 10; it seemed better put together. It also seemed familar so I think I've tried it before.

Hubby went in to work. Its a nice day ;warm and sunny in the 70's. I should get out but I'm afraid of the pollen in the air, LOL, but its supposed to rain again tomorrow!

Hubby got the results of last weeks' bloodtest showing his chol is higher than before. He hasn't made very many changes in his eating {like he said he would} or exercised {ditto} and I think the dr is getting frusterated, because he threatened meds this time.

NP, I'm still feeling okay. I think I missed the cold and just got my regular allergies.