Morning girls - like your ticker Judi!
You know, I think falling into patience has been my most inspired introduction to a thread :-). I have to go back and read those quotes sometimes. It really sums up the experience for me.
Thanks to both on your kind words regarding DD. judi, your comments and advice are right on. Unfortunately, I didn't act much better on this go round. It was your typical, family goes nuts on a major holiday situation! Feeling better now though. She was at the door yesterday a.m. for the stuff she forgot and thanksgiving leftovers. She just stayed a little while, but I felt better after seeing her. I'm going to remember your words of wisdom "next time" and not take things so personally.
Well, I was down a lb. this morning, but still not to my low. I feel pretty good about things though and have the goal of meeting my ticker goal by Christmas. I'll add a new ticker then, I'm working in chunks instead of the whole amount for now!
Enjoy your Sunday ladies.

Hi, so happy she came by and all. and that it made you feel better. all will be ok.. oh your doing good. my scales are down a bit.. so got to keep them going down... we started meeting on thursdays now instead of the wed. so that gives me one more day. ha ha always helps. i jsut rode ex bike 2 miles and have walked. my leg i think i broke a blood vessel. it hurts and stings. so i got to looking at it and losing the wt can now see the veins. ha ha so its like i have. today has gone good with eating also. trying harder now. taking this debetic more serious then i have been. got to. have a great day both of you . your great. hey alice i miss you... come back with us.... soon..... LaDean

Hi! How do I make my ticker move? I am hoping I will lose a pound tomorrow (I doubt if it will be more but I am hoping for a pound).

Are potatoes bad for dogs?? Oh! Oh! I imagine the rush of insulin that the doggie pancreas must get when the sugar converts can't be good for them.

We bought new lights for outside. All the early Christmases we had colored this year I am going with white and blue (against DH's preferance).

Had a huge walkabout today. Sorry to hear about your leg incident today LaDean...that is too bad.

Ledom, honestly if I we didn't have a "typical family goes nuts holiday" I don't think I would feel like we were ACTUALLY celebrating a holiday. lol But I do "dream" and long for one where everything is tranquil and calm, people are filled with good will, where everyone recognizes how much work and time I have put into it, the food has turned out beautifully, all of it, the house is exquisitely clean and decorated with taste and style...lol....will it ever happen? I'm not holding my breath....

I am glad your D stopped by.

How will I move the ticker just one pound??? (if indeed I do lose a pound but I am hoping)

Hey, where is you ticker? At 9:43 p.m. I don't see it. BUT, when you lose that pound you just go back and do the same steps over with your new numbers.

Morning girls, I am up early today.

Yesterday I accomplished so much. I have a friend (woman) who is great at home repair. She came over and taught me how, and helped me fix my leaky kitchen faucet and repair the tiles in my shower. It was an all day proposition but I felt so proud of my accomplishments at the end of the day. We had a good time visiting while we worked. You just gotta love women.

judi, I still have cats but the names have changed. I lost both Brody and Bea since we last visited about the cats. I still have Tweeg, at least 17 by now. I also have Rosie and Buster. Rosie is just the sweetest, friendliest girl. Buster, well I am not sure how I ended up with him. After 2 years he is still wild even though he lives inside all the time. I can never just walk up and pet him, that only happens when he is extremely hungry or fast asleep. He's not much fun, but Rosie loves him and he loves her.

Due to my busy day yesterday I didn't get my workout in. Today was supposed to be rest day so since I "rested" yesterday I'll do yesterdays workout today. I did set my alarm for 5 yesterday a.m. in order to get it in but could not force myself out of bed. Gotta work on that as I'll HAVE to do that once work starts back up.

to have a ticker becuz I GAINED one pound and I don't know how...I haven't eaten all my calories these last two days and still gained...I am discouraged...maybe it is the water I didn't have it all....also I excercised more in these past two days than I have all month....what the heck

Maybe I will make a new ticker and do it in 25 pound increments than if I did lose it would look like I was going somewhere...I will make it tomorrow, I will drink all my water today and stay within the limits and hopefully I will lose something.

Ledom, sorry about Brody and Bea. Tweeg is 17...wow...that is something.

Good job on your home repairs! I am so useless at anything like that and I hate it because then I am so dependent on someone else to do it...either DH or I have to shell out for a repair person. SOOO nice to be able to do it yourself.

Hi LaDean? What's up??

We have snow....which is really early in the season for us.

Have a good day Ledom and LaDean....I am going to be very circumspect water and calories and I hope I will LOSE some weight tomorrow.

judi - don't let the scale upset you. As long as you are doing your plan you will get results, just be PATIENT! Yeah, I know what you mean about increments instead of the whole enchilada. Sometimes things like tickers work for me and sometimes they just stress me out. I think the trick is to recognize the times and adjust accordingly. For instance, challenges are generally a bad thing for me because if things don't proceed like I think they should I get rebellious and just undermine myself.

It's tricky.

Enjoy your snow, I'd love to see some.

How's it going LaDean? Alice?

its going fine here girls. i am walking and trying to stick to a eating plan. watching the carbs more. i deicded to take this debetic thing serious. and i have done good this week so far. got to stick to it. just eating food groups and watching portions measuring food again. and being good with that. lowering the carbs for sure. so far good. I am glad things are going good your way. no i long time ago decided that the scales are jsut #'s and that is all. i try not to fret over it. i just try change my ways and pray alot. that is all we can do really.. oh snow i am glad its there with you. had a wind and rain storm today.. cold to. had fire and it felt so good. we love our wood heat. so comfy.. i did get beau a walk this am and sun was out. so thankful for that. then this afternoon late took him out again just round the house here and on lot. it had quit now. tomorrow a nice day it says.. well hey have a good one. OH MY ALICE WHERE YOU BE/???????/ SURE MISSING YOU LOTS. HOPE YOUR OK AND JUST NO TIME FOR ONLINE AT THE TIME.. LaDean

Good morning,

Just wanted to pop in to say "Hi!" I haven't felt much like posting these past couple of months, posting just wasn't doing anything for me anymore. But I do come in every so often to see how you all are doing. You all are so determined and I'm hoping some of it will rub off on me.

Now that Thanksgiving is over with, we've started putting up our Christmas decorations. This year DH decided to put up multi colored icicle lights on the house. Everyone has all white ones, and I think the multi-colored are different. Around here people had their houses all decorated BEFORE Thanksgiving. They sure do start decorating early.

LaDean, glad that you and Beau are walking. Now that the weather has cooled off I've been taking Lacee around our block and she's enjoying every minute. I can't pick up my walking shoes now without her thinking we're going for a walk. Glad that you're doing so well with your diet and exercise. How is your leg?

ledom, glad that you had a wonderful trip. What an accomplishment on your home repairs! That must've made you feel good. Many years ago my cousin and I changed the door knob on her front door at her cottage in NH. We crowed about it for weeks. We did have some help though, I called my Dad and he walked us through it. When we were finished we had 1 part left over. But, it worked!

Judi, sorry that you gained 1 lb. It could've been that you didn't eat enough where you were exercising and ate below your calorie level. I know it sounds crazy, but different things I've been reading I'm almost convinced. My MIL just recently told me that on her first week on WW, she ate below her points and actually gained a lb. at her weigh in. Congratulations on your DD marriage. I hope they will be very happy. I can't believe your grandson is 2, it seems like he was born a short while ago. Glad that you still have your furry children. How is Bentley?

Take care.

Alice, it is just fabulous to hear from you. I sure understand how sometimes you don't feel like posting - it's just that I was WORRIED about you. Glad everything is as usual. No pressure here on losing weight, that is what I love about our little thread. I think of you guys as my friends first and foremost.

You have no idea how many times I have gone and stood in front of my shower to admire it this week! When I asked my friend to come do my home repairs she said she'd rather teach me how - very smart of her I think. I am empowered!

Morning to all. I am getting my hair cut this morning. Yesterday I went to work for a little while and the women all commented on how good I was looking. That made me feel so good! I am so very close to my first goal. Don't know if I'll make it by Friday but surely by next Friday. Also, I am into virgin fat loss, a new low for me by about 4 lbs. I wish I knew how long it has been since I was at this weight, a very long time ago though. DD is going out to dinner with me tonight and I am trying to figure out how to have something good w/out messing up my Friday weigh-in. Maybe I will be able to have a light lunch and skip one of my snacks. We'll see.

LaDean...GOOD for you being so determined about getting a handle on the diabetes. You are doing so well give yourself a pat on the back

Alice, it is so great to hear from you. Just post your every day news...it doesn't have to be about weight loss. Like in my case...there isn't any... Bentley is doing great... he cannot believe how we can look at the baby and go on and on over Nathan when "HE Bentley" is there...but he is very protective of the baby. I think since the baby walks around eating things and dropping them while Benltey gobbles them up , Bentley thinks of him as a major food source. The other day Marley started to follow the baby hoping to get the dropped tidbits but Bentley was ready to rumble over it and Marley (even though he is a Lhasa thug) backed off immediately. It was quite funny.

I think I am going to try to eat only one meal a day with just fruit or yogurt or cereal for the other two. It bugs me how I don't seem to be losing.

Congrats! on being so close to goal Ledom. That is wonderful! Have a good time with D. tonight.

We had power out most of the day yesterday because of all the snow fall. It was OK though. The snow was so beautiful. I took pictures.

Oh my aleka how great to see you in here again. i do understand not coming in but once in while now. i get into wanting to just do that on some boards i am on. so thanks for popping in today. so good to hear from you and see you in here. hey glad you and lacee are walking. it is fun. our daughter got beau the cutest jacket at walmart. he loves it. will sometimes go to it when he wants to walk. so cute.. tuffy did not let us do this. ha Oh i am glad lacee likes to walk to. oh your lites sound so pretty. i love the multi color ones to. and i bet there so pretty with all others white. some have them up around here to. i always put mine inside the windows. as all 3 windows face front of house. so looks like there out side. hubby is so worried about fire when to many so we do not put them on house outside.. i would love to. thinking about it. ha ha so glad all is going good your way..

Ledom and judi thanks so much.. yes i finally got to thinking about my health. this debetic thing so new. i do not want it getting worse. and its my choice. so going to take it and do my best. i am holding my wt is all. cannot seem to start losing... but guess i will if i jsut keep up being good. i always have a plateau. so just take it as it comes. i want to be below goal by christmas.. then first of year i am going for another 30 lb loss. dr. rules. ha ha have a good week to all of you.. the all of us in here now. that is great. Ladean

So good to see all you guys yesterday.

So here is what I have been thinking about recently. As time nears for me to get back into work mode I know I have to gear up to a higher energy level. Getting up mornings while on sabbatical have been the best luxury. Sitting w/ coffee and computer for a couple hours sometimes before doing my workout is about to come to a screeching halt. My workouts are essential, not something I can afford to give up when life becomes more rushed. I am going to have to learn how to move quicker in the mornings. It's going to be hard. I am already psyching myself for the change. I don't know if I should just go ahead and plunge into a simulation of that schedule or wait until I have no choice. It's definitely on my mind though.

Ah judi, if ONLY I were going to be reaching my goal soon. I decided to do my trackers in 25 lb. increments, there'll be at least 2 more to follow this one. On the other hand, this is the first ticker I will have fulfilled so I am excited about that.

You girls are so ahead of me on decorating for Christmas. I am planning to have some friends over the weekend before Christmas so that is my deadline. Every year I seem to get things out later and later. Is it weird for me to wish for a stage in my life when I can just ignore the holidays? Christmas every other year would suit me fine. I really need to think up a new way to honor the holiday because, after the disaster of Thanksgiving, what we are doing now is obviously not working. We are pretty dull and boring around here on the actual day. Because we need to spend it with my mother there is no breaking with conventions of the past. I am going to give this some serious thought though. There is going to be much less gift giving this year. DD is getting one very nice gift and a stocking. Probably the same for my mom.

Supper w/ DD was good last night. I don't know if I mentioned that at her new house her roomates are all guys. Yes, I know. She seems in her element though. Last night she said it was almost scary how well she like living with a bunch of guys. I am happy for her if it works for her. She is in the last 3 weeks of the semester, this is a tricky time. She often lacks the oomph to get through finals when she starts to get tired and weary. I avoided the same old lectures about "crossing the finish line" etc. She has heard it all before and either she's going to cope or she isn't. I don't want it to be my responsibility anymore.

Well, I hope I am not sounding down or negative. Just some musing before I finish my last cuppa and hit the basement. I woke up at 4 this a.m. so looks like workout may actually be done by 7:30.

Good morning everyone,

Lacee & I got back from our walk a little while ago. I had to wait until it warmed up a bit. Yes, you read it right. I actually had the heat on this morning. I think I've become acclimated to the FL climate.

I have discovered Kashi Go-Lean cereal and absolutely love it. It's the first cereal that stays with me more than 5 minutes.

LaDean, that's great you're taking control of your diabetes. Hopefully you'll be able to control it with diet and exercise. Beau must look so adorable in his jacket. We used to dress our other Boston, Shamrock, in jackets when winter came. Lacee inherited all the coats we had for Shamrock. But, now she doesn't need them.

ledom, I like your idea about decorating for Christmas. We have our's up for so long that on Dec. 26th take the majority of our decorations down. We just leave our ceramic tree up and a few other things out until New Year's Day. I think the older you get the less you want to decorate.

judi, glad that Bentley has taken to Nathan. They must look so cute together with Nathan dropping food and Bentley hot on his trail. Does Bentley still have his allergies? What are you doing now to lose weight, counting calories? Do you still have your WW books?

Enjoy your day, ladies.

I lost a pound! Finally! I am going to try to do a pound a week ... very modest I know. But I am encouraged. Maybe I won't let myself have a Diet Coke until I have had my 6 cups of water.

We are going out to put finsihing touches on the lights....we have the clear ones and now we are putting up blue on some trees. They are the new energy efficient one and they are so bright. We didn't do Christmas last year either Ledom because the child went with the other grandparents to Hawaii...but we were invited out on Christmas day to friends. (The Hawaii thing turned out to be a disaster for the other grandparents and DD and SIL...all concerned still haven't totally mended their fences....serves them right for not considering "ME" at Christmas time...lol)



Alice, poor Bentley does have his allergies still...he takes pills for them. But he is such a greedly little bum....he shakes and trembles when food is around like he has St. Vitus Dance or something...and he eats ALL the time so it is not like he doesn't get anything. He is still very fit though which is kind of suprising...not overweight at all.

No, Ledom your musings don't sound negative at all...I like reading them.

Your windows and lights sound beautiful LaDean.

Time to go out in the snow...DH is waiting