WELCOME

We are a group of people who are working together to lose our excess weight.
We are on different plans and are of different sizes.
We want to invite everyone to join us in our journey.
We share laughter and tears.
We share what works for us and what doesn't.
We recently started a Topic of the Day.

Monday........Motivation Monday
Tuesday.......Tuesday Tips
Wednesday..... Weigh ins / Wacky/ Way to go Wednnesday
Thursday......Thankful Thursday
Friday........Friday Facials, Fingernails and Fun
Saturday.......Sit-up Saturdays - any physical activity
Sunday.........Soup and Salad Sunday - recipes

These are not required topics ...just ideas to share. We have found them very helpful. We also share heartaches and fears...joys and celebrations.

Please feel free to jump right in with us.
And be sure to check if there is a second page. We don't want anyone to miss any posts.

I have been in a diet "funk" for months. The only thing I consistantly do, is come here. If I created this habit I can create others - drinking water, eating healthy, exercising - journaling - okay, probably not that last one!!!

Water shouldn't be much of a problem today for Baylee and me...it is hot!!!! It was 90 yesterday. Hard to believe we had snow a few weeks ago.

So, my theory is that we have all fell under some some weird equinox that has played with our minds. We are women....we can do anything we want....I mean read some of your posts and look at what you do each day. So, (Scarlet) tomorrow is another day....and if not tomorrow the next. This is a journey and I need someone here to be on that journey with me.

I am right next to you Baylee...
But not long this morning. My ac went out and I am waiting for a repair guy to try and work me in... and he is going to call... so I have to stay off the phone line.

Just had to come and say Rise and Shine... it is a new day... a new beginning.
I just buried a wonderful man because he gave up trying to quit drinking. He tried several times and failed... and then he did the dreaded KILLER. He gave up hope. I have been there. It is worst than **** itself... it is **** on earth.. hopelessness.

Well.... I am not going down... not this time !!!!
I am trying again. I am drinking my water today and giving up my HIGH carbs foods today. Brinng on the veggies and grilled chicken and fish. I have a new inspiration this morning.... my DEAD brother in law. He died because he gave up. I am not giving up today. I am ON PROGRAM TODAY !!!!!

Baylee, any pool dealer probably sells them or the Y can tell you, I'm sure...I love aquacize classes, you don't even realize what a great workout you get in the water...You go girl!

Thank you for the eye opener, 2cute...I don't ever want to give up hope...I am re-committing to improving myself...I HAVE to do this.

Lucky, count me in on the journey...I'm in this for the L**O**N**G haul...whatever it takes.,,

Back to work...I'm on a house cleaning bender today...pulled out the summer stuff finally...seems like summer has arrived and is here to stay! Time to declutter the old and make some room in my closets. RUTHLESS...that's what I intend to be! If I don't love it, or hasn't fit for two years...it's gone! I was pleasantly surprised to put on a pair of shorts that fit better than last year...I guess the exercise has paid off a little...I guess I should continue!

Fun Friday...hmmm, cleaning CAN be fun! It just depends on the attitude while cleaning...Flylady (www.flylady.net)says to think of it as blessing your home. Makes it seem less like drudgery!

Back to work for me...love to all...

Quick post before I get a bath. DH took me out to a chinese resturant tonight its the 10th anniversary of our 1st date.

I'll check in tomorrow if I can stand.

Mary... at the funeral I met the guy who took my husband and I on our first date. My dh was only 15 and I was 16.
My dh was not old enough to drive and "lied" to me and told me he was older. LOL
Anyway... he needed someone to double date with us so I would not find out about the lie. LOL Well.. he did not even remember the event. LOL

Baylee... any sporting store should have that equipment. Even walmart and Target and such carry a wide variety of items nowadays.
I really miss my water exercising. Now the local kids are out of school and I would have to walk thru 100 of those little darlings to get to the pool.
I did it last year.... I need to do it again this year too.
If I am honest with myself... even if I lost 200 pounds... my flab hanging will still be ugly and I still won't want to face the public... so why am I waiting ????
I should be doing it for my health. My blood pressure. My mobility

You wrote about sooo much I want to respond to.
I just got my ac fixed tonighht. Ahhhhh...cool air again.

The blood clot going to the womans heart hit home here.
My grandmother died the identical same way.
I have a history of obesity in my heritage... my sister has gotten phlebitis several times too. I do not get any exercise.
Someone talked about quitting their job and staying home.... I don't recommend it... I quit to focus on my weight loss... and I GAINED. Fear of blood clots in my legs are a REAL fear for me.

Kat.... thanks for the web site for Flylady. I lost that site when I got my new computer. We are movinng my youngest daughter this weekend... and my oldest next weekend.... THEN I am going to get to worrk on my home !!!! I really liked that thought of "blessing your home". Thanks

Lucky... I agree with your theory...quote: "So, my theory is that we have all fell under some some weird equinox that has played with our minds"
But that oozzy spell is GONE now !!!!!! We have survived the spell and our minds are getting more and more focused daily !!!

okay ladies... I am leaving early early morning to head for Texas.
We want to get there before it gets too hot.
She got an "upstairs" apartment so I won't be going to visit too often...my knees just cannot take those stairs.

Oh wait !!!! I stayed on program today !!!!!!! Hip hip hooray !!!
I probably drank about 50 oz of water. Not enough but a good start. I did not get in any exercise... but I did not take a nap either. LOL
You know me and my theory... "Progress not perfection"... and "Practice makes progress". I am going to practice my water drinking and on program eatting and eventually I will make more progress.

Today is a new day...and I haven't screwed it up yet...I'm having a 6 point breakfast...I WILL be OP today! I haven't eaten any cookies yet...though not for lack of trying: My hand automatically reached for the cookie jar...but I yanked it back and said NO! out loud...my son thought I was talking to him! I will go to the gym today. I will be productive. I will be happy that I am alive and healthy.
~~~~~~~POSITIVE ENERGY is flowing, can you feel it??~~~~~~~

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry to be gone for awhile. I have not been OP for awhile now. I did exercise 4times this week, but will try for 5times next week. It must be summer. I love to drink soda, barbeque, hotdogs. It's rough looking at picnics and parties in a different light. I haven't been on a diet in the summertime for a long time. Please bear with me. On top of it, I'm going through burn out at work. We're starting to snap at each other. The new girl is not really working out. She's had too much to learn and is not absorbing anything. At least she remembers how to cashier. We must give her time, but her personality is very abrasive. Well enough of work.

Today, I had a great day at the beach. My niece and her two babies are visiting from San Francisco. We (including my mom, sister, and Mikey) met at the beach park. The kids are precious, especially the two year old. She has eyes like the precious moments girl. Mikey was on his best behavior. He loved the park.

I'll need to start the endurance part of my exercise program. 30minute aerobics in the morning and 30min of walking in the evening. Will order the Blast off tapes.

Enjoy your Sunday. By the way I went to UNDERCOVER BROTHER. It was hilarious. If you like James Bond spoofs but with a 70's music, afro touch you'll love it.

Take care,
Malia

Hey all...

Boy, Sunday sure comes around quickly...I have to work tonight. My son has a baseball game at noon today...so I can't be hanging around here for too long!

I did well eating yesterday...until dh came home with the ice cream, that is...I think that I must accept the fact that I'm going to eat the stuff...try not to go overboard and be sure to get enough exercise each day...I can't obsess about what I CAN'T have...that's what leads to binges. When I give myself permission to have something...and take away the 'forbidden fruit' aspect...it seems to lessen the call to overindulge.

We were very busy outside yesterday...I cut the grass while dh and son cleaned out the gutters... then I cleaned out another flower bed and planted a flat of red impatiens. There are big hostas behind them, and I'm going to fill in the bare spots with coleus, it really looks pretty. I must say, Thin, the mothballs seem to have done the trick! I haven't noticed any scratch marks in the mulch these past few days...

Malia..Dh was flipping around the channels last night and came across "Spongebob...king of cable."
There were 3 men discussing the merits of Spongebob, his appeal and what's in store for him...A MOVIE! I'm there!

Uh oh...I'm being summoned...I'll be back...

Hello fellow chickies
I'm back. No my legs haven't locked up yet but they do hurt.
I have been so busy the last few days.
We almost have all the books that were pre-ordered distributed but we have 300 extra to sell to make a profit.
A wonderful thing happened last week. One of our genealogy members is 92 and had to move to a personal care facility. She has been into genealogy for years. Her daughter-in-law called me Thurs and said she had all of the ladies genealogy stuff packed and it needed a home so I said I would take it. Well Fri. her 2 sons delivered it. 17 big boxes of books. I was shocked. It is a real honor to have her collection.

Well food hasn't been too good been eating on the run a lot
got to run

Found this poem on another site, no name attached thought you guys would enjoy it, I'm still around and lurking not much going on in my life right now, totally off program, and not drinking my water, but I still check in and like to see how all are you are doing, maybe the inspiration and motivation will hit me again, hopefully soon, don't want to gain any of the 17 lbs I've lost back.


FRIENDS WITHOUT FACES

We sit and we type, and we stare at our screens
We all have to wonder, what this possibly means.

With our mouse we roam, through the rooms in a maze
Looking for something or someone, as we sit in a daze.

We chat with each other, we type all our woes
Small groups we do form, and gang up on our foes.

We wait for somebody, to type out our name
We want recognition, but it is always the same.

We give kisses and hugs, and sometimes flirt
In PMs(IMs) we chat deeply, and reveal why we hurt.

We do form friendships - but - why we don't know

But some of these friendships, will flourish and grow.


Why is it on screen, we can be so bold
Telling our secrets, that have never been told.

Why is it we share, the thoughts in our mind
With those we can't see, as though we were blind.

The answer is simple, it is as clear as a bell.
We all have our problems, and need someone to tell.

We can't tell real people, but tell someone we must
So we turn to the computer, and to those we can trust.

Even though it is crazy, the truth still remains
There are Friends Without Faces, and odd little names.

Just had to respond ,

Queen B and Michelle, when I saw this poem, I actually said to myself, maybe this is what our group needs, we started posting here because we needed the encourgagement and motivation to lose weight, but we all know where not perfect, and just because you've fallen off program or maybe even gaining weight, nobody is going to think anyless of you, Alot of us just come back to these boards to see what's going on in everyone's lives and see how there doing, we've become friends and where just keeping in contact, even though ( myself included) don't post much.
Queen B -There's so many times I've come to this board, and started bawling over something someone has posted or laughed, or even gotten help in relationship issue's about some topic, someone else is going thru, and have applied it to my life. Just reading your last post, and the way you were saying how your husband was encouraging you, made me cried. You see I don't have that kind of support from my DF, he's says he loves me and does'nt care how much I weigh, but he doesn't see the depth of how much this weight bothers me, he laughs at me when I say I'm starting a new diet, he just doesn't say anything supportive to help me to keep motivated. I think I'll print off you last post and show it to him, it describes everything I'm going thru as well, and the support I want, and deserve, Your lucky to have him.

Starting tomorrow, begining of a new week, I'm going to commit myself to a program and start losing weight again, and posting more often. I may not succeed and it may take me many attempts but one day I will lose this weight, and with the help of friends and this board we can do it, we just have to give it time .

Have a great day

Where the heck is everyone today?! I guess it is such a nice day everyone is outside playing. I did my share of playing today too! Of course, I watched the race. Tony finished 11th. Not real pleased about that.....but I'm sure he isn't either. After the race, me, dh and the boys headed up to the lake. We had a really nice day. Even though I'm sure I've gained some weight back, I still have lost enough to see a definite difference in my bathing suit. YES.......... I wore a bathing suit. It has a skirt on it and it is 100 years old, but actually looked halfway decent. The last time I wore it, I was at least 50 lbs. heavier, so I definitely did look different. My boobs still looked huge in it, but at least one of them didn't fall out when I came out of the water. That is a definite improvement from last time! hehe....THAT is a long story.......I may tell you one day!
Anyways, had a really nice day........took a picnic, all that stuff. It was hot, but the lake we go to is actually on top of a mountain, if you can picture that, so it's not as hot as you might expect. I still have to go hop in the shower and remove all the debris and dirt inside my suit, but just wanted to hop in real quick to tell you once again how much I love you guys and I am so happy to be back.
P.S. So, I don't tell you a lie......I will not be doing my exercise video tonight. (I promised I would in my earlier post) I figure with all the swimming and walking on the trails, I more than made up for not doing the video tonight!

Tina

Welcome back, Tina and Duckie! You can run but you cannot hide! So glad to see you both back here...I just came back from my sister's house, gotta jump into bed for a quick nap before work... but I had to say HI to everyone...hope you all had a nice weekend!

See ya!