GOOOOOD MOrning!!!!

Lisa--totally joking about the naked!!!! DH justifies sitting around in the evening watching hockey so he rubs my feet on the sofa!!! Then I feel all nice and will bathe the kids!!! I think the "nakedness" disappeared after 3 kids and 1 still sleeping in the bed!!!!!

Have a great morning everyone!!!! Remember TGIF~~~~~
RR

Good Morning Everyone,

RR; Sounds like a fun evening! You go girl!!

My evening well it wasn't great! I am so glad it is Friday!

sheila

Good Morning ! Im jumping on here before I begin my mad scramble getting ready for work ! I'm just so down! Its my 3rd week on sbd and I have a ton of weight to lose...over 150 lbs. I lost 26 lbs the first 2 weeks.. which I realize is due to the large amount Im carrying... etc... since we began
"phase 2" albeit thats been strawberries at 1 meal a day twice this week and cantaloupe once, and uncle sam cereal last monday... Ive lost not 1lb nothing... since last Sunday... Im just devastated...I realize it slows down... but Ive screeched to a halt... Im about to toss all the fruit out again ! Ive been militant about not cheating .. no candies... sugars.... white anything .. Anyway.. just wondering if anyone else has encountered this!
Yall have a nice day !
Beachbelle

RR: Good thing you fessed up on the fantasy from yesterday. I was about to kick GG to the curb and put you on the task of finding me a man! LOL I came in this morning all tired and moody and once I read that I was LMBO! Toooooo funny!

Lisa: I do like diet dew too, but it just depends on the prices and where I'm shopping @ the time. However, I also do love that flavored water too! I like the melon one and the rasberry! Right now I have a gallon of water mixed with a little lemon juice and cranberry juice-----I'm trying to drink more water and that's why I was mixing it with the regular pop. Regardless what kind I have, I'm only allowing myself that pleasure if it's mixed with, or if I drink equal amounts of, H2O. Now......RR definitely knows how to pahtee...so I would definitely not limit myself on that kinda pleasure!

Beachbelle: HI!!!! Don't get frustrated! I have never done South Beach, but my bodybuilding diet was very similar. Everyone loses differently, but there will be times when lots come off and then you will plateau. There will even be times when you will gain for several days and then wake up one morning and be down not just what you gained, but be lower than where you were initially. It's a crazy thing...but with SB if you really stay on it, the weight you lose will primarily be fat loss-because w/the increased protein you will save the muscle (which weighs more than fat, remember). Concentrate on how you're feeling energy wise and also how the clothes are fitting and don't fret so much over the scale (though I'm not really one to talk on that)! Again, welcome!!!

GG: Wow! Well, I guess she really needs to do some maturing before working in a professional environment again and I hope she learned a lesson from this experience (though it's doubtful). I mean, noone respects someone that can't admit to screwing up! Oh, and about this fedexed guy......I never got my Publisher's Clearinghouse Million Dollah Check either.....so something is definitely rotten in the state of Denmark! I'm gonna find that mailcarrier and we're gonna get the smack down goin' on!

Sheila: What happened last night to make it crappy babe?

Joan: Cool beans on the progress w/the house! YIPPEE!!!!

Ok, so we all know that I really should have learned by now...the second I get all slap happy and breakdancing on the sidewalk in front of thousands of adoring fans (yeah, ok).....I wind up crashing early. Yeah-6:30pm!!!! WHAT? Who the heck goes to bed during the news? GRRRRRRRRR......I slept hard though, so I guess my body needed it. But I'm PO because I didn't even do a set of squats or crunches! In fact, I didn't even feed fresh veggies to Vittori. This morning I got up and looked in her house and she was all smooshed down with just her little itty bitty head peekin' out. She just blinked her whittle hamster eyelids as if to say: "Mama, don't you love me no more?" Yup, that did it...I promptly ran into the kitchen and grabbed out a bunch of leafy greens to feed the little muffin! I'm really a horrible mother.


Hey, where the heck is Laura at and Molly? And again I cry: K-E-R-R-I where are you???? I miss ya!

Ok all, off to grab a bit more java and start processing this paperwork for you know who....and the second I catch her on a personal ad...that's it! I'll be enjoying a lazy day here since all my stuff is done! So THERE! HA!

Melinda

Hey Melinda

I ended up with a major headache my daughter is sick again and we are being evacuated from our home on sat due to this house across the street that they are burning which I would leave anyway. And the husband seems to think hmmm "Work" is his only duty around here. I informed him otherwise. I probably wouldn't be so mad but he is usually gone mon-fri and then dinks off on the weekends not doing any honeydoes **** if he did those it would be 18 years worth. I make more than he does and still have to do everything................ughhhh although I never say that to him I know he knows due to taxes but sometimes stuff like that is better left unsaid. I have been dealing with changing cassie's IEP and here in wyoming if the kids miss more than 15 days they turn you over for Educational neglect funny the county attorney is totally behind me so I visited with him yesterday and he sent the school a letter about changing her IEP status to other health impared, along witht the doc. See I have too much on my plate, so i might have to take a day and save calories for Beer.

Hey everyone! I will get off it is Friday everyone should be happy, Have a great weekend.

sheila

Mornin' All,

Flood waters must be receeding a bit, they opened up a couple more roads. Still didn't get home til almost 9 last night...at least I didn't miss Grey's Anatomy!

Shelia, I am soo not looking forward to dealing with the school systems when Peter hits school age!

Michelle B, Nice to see you!

Melinda, man I'd love to crash at 6:30 sometimes! Forgetting to feed the kid, huh? Geez, what're you gonna do with a real one?!

Beachbelle, awesome on the big loss...give you body some time to catch up...you'll get there!

RR, you are too bad!! Could be good though...FEEP!

Have a great day all!

Hi I'm a newbie but would love the support from a group. I am 31, my name is Vanessa, I think I have always battled the bulge and I think I was winning at one stage before I met my husband.

Anyway, since marrying, having a child (a gorgeous, precious boy named Liam) being in an unhappy marriage, separating, anxiety from being alone and a parent - the weight has crept on and I am not happy or confident in my appearance.

I am now making small steps to a big lifestyle change, one was joining a gym to lose weight and the other is joining this site, and making a committment to weight loss. I havent yet thought about a diet plan. I have got myself into regular habits of attending a gym, juggling fulltime work and being a single parent, and now I am going to step up the pace of the workouts, and focus on my eating. I will need guidance and support because I comfort eat...

Today was my son's last day with his family day carer who he has been with since he was 4 months old, she resigned to take up a position in a preschool. I am anxious about leaving my son with a new carer next week. When I picked him up this afternoon, I hugged his carer goodbye and cried all the way home- I have to work, and knowing he was in a happy and caring, nurturing environment made it easier to leave him in the morning, it also helped when my marriage did break up- to have a bit of stability in his life. Since Liam's dad moved out February 2006, Liam has been very clingy when I am home, and he goes new places, he cries when he goes to his dads every other weekend.

How are we gonna cope in the next couple of weeks - I dont want to turn to food - please be there for me...

VANESSA!

well i only have a moment..i have been sooo busy...

my little guy is FINALLY feeling better..no pain meds needed at all last night

my older one is coming home on monday, so i have been getting all of his appointments together to fulfill his conditions, and hopefully he will do what he needs to to get through this part of his life

i hope everyone has a wonderful day...think healthy thoughts (i ate icecream 2 times this week...i know bad...but ohhhh so yummy!)

have a great friday everyone!

Vanessa, Welcome to our group. I know personallly that it is very difficult to go through seperation and divorce, especially with a child. I have no children, however; I did do the seperation/divorce thing. We are here for you. The great part about this is that what is said in this board stays here. Most of us are doing all different types of diets, I am counting calories and exersizing (when I move my butt). We are here for you, don't feel as if you have to not tell us anything because we might judge. We won't ~ I promise.


Lisa

Vanessa: You are soooooo welcome to get support from us. As I've mentioned to others as they've joined on, sometimes the best way to get a reprieve from our daily challenges is to meet others and support them in theirs. I don't have children, so I'm not much of suggestion giver when they're strugglin', but here is a hug to start you off: ! But, I do want you to start feeling confident that you are not a bad person because of the separation, being alone or feeling heavier than you'd like. To me, anyone that can step out on a limb and share their frustrations with others is a diamond! I think you're just going to love it here and get a lot of needed support and even enjoy a few laughs. P.S. YOU WILL NOT TURN TO FOOD-turn to us and eat just a 1/2 order of whatever you're craving!

Sheila: Well, that little buttmunch husband of yours, send him my way!!! Ok gurl.....so let's talk beer. What's your poison? Me? Corona w/lime, baby...ya see, the lime kills the calories in the sweet golden fluid! Ahhhh.......

Good Morning Michelle & Christina!!!

Melinda

light drinking I like coors light when I am ready to let my hair down I will start with a margarita then hit the tequilla, what is yours

Hey everyone, another newbee here!! I was very excited to find this forum. It is so cool to to find out there are others in the same boat all over the place. Although since most of the population is overweight I guess I already knew that, but its nice to have it confirmed. If any of you saw my post yesterday I stated I weighed 159, well I am happy to report I finally got on the scale, success number 2 (the first was unfreezing my gym membership), and I am at 156 - lost 3 pounds and didn't even do anything!! LOL. I know that weight might not sound like alot to most but I am only just over 5 feet tall and I am starting to feel the effects on my health - which is kind of scary. Anyway, I am glad to be here. Lord just give me the power to remember everyones names!! I see there is another Lisa on here so to keep things simple I will sign as LMS God Bless and have a great day!

rowdieb: Welcome and don't worry I am under 5 feet tall glad you are catching it before it gets away from you, wish I had caught it before.

Welcom

Morning all
welcome newbies
And nope no baby yet
LBH~ she's due 04/27/2007
i'll check in later
Michelle AKA Goddess

Vanessa welcome, I am so sorry you are stuggling but Lisa is right we will be here for you and won't judge you at all. You will find that going to the gym is going to get you going and things are going to start falling into place with your eating.

What helped me loose 25 pounds was eating fruit and some small portion of protein for breakfast lunch I would have a weight watcher meal and dinner I had anything but watched my portion sizes. Lately I have been struggling too. I am a comfort eater too so I feel your pay. I also do the sleep walking/eating haven't done that in a while but I at one point could go through a whole thing of oreos and not remember it.

You will do fine. I do daycare myself and I know that your previous caregiver I am sure went through alot to make that decision. I can't tell you how hard it is on our end to see kids leave and go to school or move away, I have sat and cried so many times and some you hear from like at high school graduation {makes me feel old} other never hear from again.
Keep in touch with her because your son obviously has a closeness with her as well as you it will do good for all of you to stay in touch.

By the way don't you have a ton of spiders in Australia I had just watched a program that you all have the deadliest I couldn't live there I would have a can of raid with me all of the time.

Take care Have a great weekend.