Hello and welcome to the Thin Group! We are a great group of ladies (but men are welcome if there are any who care to join us) who have one thing in common. We are all working together toward our goal of being healthier in our daily lifestyles and to lose weight. There are all different ages and backgrounds here and we all have different ways of losing our weight. We all love to have fun and laugh, but we also give a lot of support, encouragement and motivation for one another. Everyone has their ups and downs and we’ll be here with you thru both! Please feel free to post with us - just jump right in and believe me, you will be welcomed with open arms. The more the merrier!

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Love, CJ

OK ... since Carolyn did not want to be "The Brat" I guess I will have to do it ... I am sorry I have not been around much ... just been very very busy. Can't stay long now either ... have a bunch of company for the weekend ... got to feed them!

I hope everyone has a great weekend ... and I will be back. We need to get this group woke up!

I am still the same weight-wise ... have not been journaling really ... will start for sure again after the weekend..

So .... where is everyone???

See ya later ....
Love, CJ

CALLING ALL THINSTERS!!!!!!

OK ... the Labor Day holiday is over now ... where are you all ?? We need to get in here now and start posting ... we all need to get back on program and get ourselves all spiffy for "Christmas" ... what do ya think?

Well, all our company just left ... quiet here now, except for the banging going on at the garage site ... the roofing crew are here. As soon as the roof is finished I am going to set up for a garage sale up here ...

I have not been journaling but am going to start today! Back on program for me - Will check back later to see if anyone is around ... come on girls! Let's make this group HOT HOT HOT!!

Talk to you all later ... hope you had a great weekend .. hope to hear from you all soon!

Love, CJ

CJ it's really good to hear from you. You are right, you must journal, that seems to be the key for me. It's to easy to cheat if I'm not journaling. I went back to WW tonight after missing 2 weeks. I must get serious now! Three more girls from my school joined tonight, so the pressure is on. I can't let those girls beat me! We are pretty noisy during the meeting but at least we keep everyone awake. Lunch at school is going to be fun now. All 22 minutes of it!

Where is everyone? The holiday week-end is over and here we all are. CJ you're right, Christmas should be our next goal. I hope I will stay real serious about it. I have lolly-gagged long enough. Is lolly-gagged a word?

CJ when the garage is finished, what is the next project. I know you have one. Will you spend the winter at the cabin? Somehow I feel like your cabin is bigger than my house. How is your weather? Ours is still hot. I am ready for that hot stuff to leave this area.

I will try to get back tomorrow. Everyone have a good day.
Carolyn

HI LADIES!!!!!!!

I’M BACK!!!!!!!

We had a wonderful vacation….. we arrived on Saturday late afternoon and it was 107 degrees…… needless to say I melted. But the temp came down as it rained the first four nights, while we slept…. Then it rained the next 4 days!!! But we didn’t let that stop us… we did our thing anyways…. Shopping, more shopping, eating and more eating!!!! We found a great shopping village/mall that we loved and it had everything right there….. I went to the ocean once and got in the water, never swam in the ocean before, with a bit of coaxing from Joanna I went in….. didn’t like it at all….. it scared me to death….. YUCKERS!!!!!! Everyone else went back to the ocean a couple of times but not me….

Mom and I left on Saturday and headed for the Smokies to visit friends…… the Smokies is where my heart is….. It is so beautiful there….. It finally quit raining when we arrived on the North Carolina side of the Smokies…. Visited with friends and then came home on Sunday with Joanna and Tim on our heals who left Myrtle Beach early Sunday morning…

Now I am pumped for our Memphis/Nashville trip in October… I over packed way to much on this trip so I will be down sizing quite a bit.

Glad to see that Jo is back……. And I realize that she is probably in Scotland by now… to cool….

I’ve got tons of work to do here at work so I am going to close for now….

Everyone be good and take care… more tomorrow…..

Lots of Love to All… Carolyn

Well, at least there is 3 of us posting! LOL

Carolyn (CH) - our little cabin is not all that big ... the garage (my hubby's dream garage that I call his "playpen") is probably big enough to put 4 of our cabins in! It's really huge! Now that I see it up (3400 sq feet - 40x90) I am having second thoughts on the floor plan we have for our house. I think I am going to re-do the room sizes and down size. As much as I love the bigness - I don't want to be cleaning all the time! What is next in our plans? Well .... this garage has cost us way over budget, so next year we will be paying off some bills ... and finish the remodeling in the cabin and some much needed repairs on our house in Royal Oak so we can put it up for sale. Then ..... we will begin our new home up here but don't think we will be doing that now until 2004.

The weather up here has cooled down - still nice but not as hot. We will be putting our pool away soon - don't think we will be needing that any more this year. We are leaving for home Friday morning ... need to get my hair done (changing my color again) and we have a wedding to go to on Saturday .. then back up to the cabin Saturday nite after the wedding. I keep changing my hair color cuz I am not totally happy with the red ... I started out with a dark auburn - then we changed to light auburn - then light copper (the best yet) but now I am missing my blonde, so am going to have it done strawberry blonde (the best of 2 colors? reddish/blonde. The light copper color looks good one me, I just miss my blonde hair.

Carolyn (regency): So glad to hear you had a great trip ... sounds great! I always overpack when we go on trips - better to have too much than not enough.

Well, got to go put some din din together for us ... gonna have a fire tonite - have lots of trash to burn. Last couple nites have been really windy so could not have much of a fire ... Spent time shopping on the internet today ... xmas presents. Got 3/4 of my list finished already - believe me, it's a long list! My daughter and family from Kansas are coming home for xmas this year but hubby does not know it - we are planning a surprise for him. I almost blurted it out several times accidently tho ... got to watch myself - lol

Well, hope to find some more posts here when I return ... SHARON! SWEETTOOTH! and everyone else! Where are you hiding? Come out - come out - wherever you are!

Talk to you soon ....
Love, CJ

Howdy ladies!!

Just popping in for a quick hello. I hope all of you had a fabulous weekend. It sure is quiet in here .... YYYYOOOOOOUUUUHHHHOOOOO
Just making sure you are all awake!! Glad to see the 3 C's in here (CH, Regency and CJ). Almost feel like I'm invading in your privacy!

Nothing new with me ....I'm still unemployed ( 7 months) still trying get over my carb addiction (very difficult) and still not pregnant. I'm trying very hard to keep a positive attitude but it's getting very hard. I figure whatever happens happens. God has a plan for me and I need to accept it. I'm very grateful that during this time off, I haven't gained weight ....I've actually lost a few pounds so that is very encouraging Like I said, trying to keep a positive attitude!!!

Well ladies, I'm off to finish up my laundry then it's off to the grocery store.

A big hello to all of you!!! Hang in ther ladies, we didn't get here overnight so don't think the weight is going to magically dissappear ...we have the power to do whatever we set our minds to do ( I'm trying to give myself a pep talk as well). Remember .... baby steps and a lot of support from some wonderful ladies!!

Much love to all-

Sylvia

Hello Ladies!!!!!

Dropping in to say hello..... the new smilies sure are cute aren't they?

Well I stepped on the scales after 11 days of vacation.... I didn't take a water pill every day, in fact I think I only took about 4 pills the whole time and I was sooooo bloated... yuckers..... I could look at my feet when I walked and they just jiggled.... I was up about 4 pounds and am now back on the water pill and have lost that... I am still up about 10 pounds from when I quit WW a year ago August so I have to get back down..... back and forth.... If I could just take myself seriously I wouldn't have this problem.... I've been kind of good with the pop.... didn't do to much on vacation.... and I've had ice tea everyday at work.... that in itself deserves a

I've got tons of work at work and another secretary is on vacation and I am now getting some of her work until she comes back on Monday.... I've got my own to deal with I don't need hers too..... no one did mine while I was gone.... and I made sure it was caught up when I left. It just aggravates me... but it goes with the job...

I missed my kitty so bad while on vacation and I believe he missed me too..... he follows me around and is laying at my feet now..... when watching TV he has to be in my lap..... it must be love I know I love him..... Poor Dreamer loves me too and she missed me but I have a feeling I can be replaced as far as she is concerned.... I think the girl that I have house sit really pays attention to her and loves on her.... the kitty hides the whole time I am gone.... he's afraid of people.....

I've been pretty good eating.... not perfect but not on the edge either.... good portions and good choices so far this week....

September 11th is coming up and I am thinking of attending a memorial on Sunday...... I've asked a couple of friends to come with me, I hope they go as I don't want to go by myself but I will.... Its such a sad time and I count my blessings that I have my family..... and I can't believe the lawsuits and grumbling that I have heard on the news about how to split up the money that was donated for the 911 victims families.... some saying its not enough.... and now the Oklahoma bombing victims familes are complaining they didn't get anything when their family members died in the bombing..... what is wrong with these people have they lost their minds? Its really a sad state quarreling about money..... I just don't get it. Money truly is the root of all evil and we will pay for it in the end if we become a greedy nation. I've always noticed that when the economy gets bad, the lawsuits start piling in faster and faster.... we haven't seen that happen in our law firm yet..... But I expect it very soon.

I had better close for now as I am very tired and I hear my bed calling my name......

Everyone take care and be good.....

Lots of Love.... Carolyn

Sylvia - You really sound like a person with a positive attitude and a lot of faith. That will take you far. I have always been a believer that God has a plan for each of us so he knows what's ahead for you too. I wish you the very best on this subject and I will add you to my prayer list.

Carolyn - sounds like you had a great vacation and that makes going back to work so hard to do. You really did well on your diet I gained that much just last week! I am really being good this week because I have some friends I want to keep up with.

CJ That sounds like the garage of every man's dream! I wish I could get mine cleaned out. I think everyone in my family has something stored in my garage and it's not that big. I can barely get one car in it. Do you have the recipe that contains 1 yellow cake mix and 1 can diet drink? The one I had used Diet Rite Strawberry Kiwi. It's very moist and only 2 points per piece. If you want chocolate you use chocolate cake mix and a diet cola.
I am afraid to make one at home for fear I will eat the whole thing. How has your week gone?

I am off today but have to go to a special called meeting at 3. How dare they call a meeting on my day off! Be back soon.
Carolyn (CH)

Hope this is what you are looking for:

1 white cake mix (do not use kind with pudding in the mix)
12 oz diet soda (Diet Rite Red Raspberry is good)

Mix cake mix and soda and pour into 9 x 13" cake pan and bake according to cake mix directions. (Do not add the eggs and water which are usually called for with the cake mix - just use the 12 oz of soda)

You can use your own combination of soda and cake mix, also heard that white cake mix and cream soda is very tasty.

For people on ww, calculate the points according to the nutrition information on the cake mix box.

Also excellent is chocolate cake mix (moist, any brand) with 15 oz can of pumpkin in place of eggs/oil. Makes a great bundt cake !




Gotta go folks! Going to a wedding and then back to the cabin ... will post again tomorrow.

Love, CJ



Also excellent is chocolate cake mix (moist, any brand) with 15 oz can of pumpkin in place of eggs/oil. Makes a great bundt cake !

Thanks CJ, cant wait to try chocolate one. I love pumpkin, just afraid I'll eat the whole thing.
Be back later. CH

9/11 Will forever be in our hearts.... Forever in our minds and forever in our prayers... for those whose lives were taken and for those that gave their lives... our Country will never be the same, instead we will forever be united and stand tall. God Bless America.

Lots of Love to all.... Carolyn

Hi Ladies…….

Yesterday was certainly a somber day… The TV was on here at work and every once in a while some of us would drift in there to catch a glimpse of what was going on…. My day started with a phone call at home at 7:00 a.m., a friend of the family passed away at 5:00 a.m., he wasn’t expected to live through the week-end but he did, and waited to die on 9/11. That’s the sad part…. 9/11. I have a cousin whose wedding anniversary is on 9/11 so they have switched it and will celebrate it on 9/18 because he doesn’t want to be celebrating on 9/11 it doesn’t seem proper. I have a cousin whose birthday is on 9/11 and it’s a hard day for her too….. she hasn’t decided to celebrate hers on another date, not yet anyways…..

My girlfriend called me from work about 8:30 a.m. just to say hi and that she was thinking of me… we both started crying and then we hung up…. She called me back a few minutes later and asked if I was going to be okay…. Of course I said yes…. By this time we had composed ourselves….. a little…. We told each other that we loved them and hung up…. I talked to mom and told her that I loved her… I called Joanna and woke her and Tim up (they work midnights) and was crying and told Joanna that I loved her…. She thought something was wrong… and I just told her it was today, that’s all… At Hart Plaza downtown Detroit there was a ceremony for those that had died that were from Michigan. There were 16 people. During the ceremony they let loose 16 white doves to represent each one of the Michigan people killed. Then I left work to go home…. In the mail wasn’t there a booklet from Paw with a Cause…. The charity that I give to, they train dogs to help disabled people. They have articles about the animals and there I sit crying again with the World Trade Center on TV and the planes going into them…. And doesn’t mom call me to see if things are okay? I told her yeah blubbering all over myself and told her what I was reading and she told me I had better be reading something else and watch a good movie instead and I agreed….. but it was hard to turn it off…… but I eventually started watching a movie…….What a day…….. 9/11.

I do have some good news…. I have my test results from my blood work, my liver is excellent, kidneys are too, my cholesterol is 165 (with Lipitor) it was 242 before Lipitor. My triglicerites are still high being 365. My sugar is good….. there is a number in my sugar that is important and is suppose to be 7 and it was 9, now its 7.5 so that’s good. Can’t think what that’s called… HDL?…. I don’t know…. You used to have one number for cholesterol and they wanted it under 200 well, believe it or not they break that blood test down to about 4 different things now and those all have numbers……. Its hard to keep up with them. I am still carrying about 10 extra pounds that I have gained since spring…. Can’t seem to shake them, but apparently I haven’t tried or they would be gone right?

Well….. I had better close for now… everyone have a wonderful day and be good…..

Love to all…….. Carolyn

Hello Ladies!

I hope you are all doing well. I'm just popping in to say hello.

Yesterday such an emotional day. I too was hooked to the tv .... had to do laundry and go grocery shopping just to get away. So sad. May God bless all those who lost their lives, those who lost a loved one and those of us that are left to to wonder why.

CJ- I'm going to try out that pumpkin recipe. It sounds yummy!

Well ladies, I'm off to jump in the shower so that I can meet my husband for lunch.

Ladies- Keep hold your head up high and never doubt yourself.

love-

Sylvia

YOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!! (echo echo echo) ... Man, it's so empty in this room I'm getting echos! Where is everyone??? Not many people around lately ... have you all skipped the country?

Oh well, there's CH, Carolyn, Sylvia and me anyways ... at least I am not totally alone ... wish the rest of you would get back in here and post - SHARON! JELLO! (oops, forgot, she is on vacation, hope having a wonderful time) PEGGY/SWEETTOOTH! JUDY! (I know you are around Judy, get in here and post) JOANNA! CHRISSY!

Well, anyways, we are back here at the cabin. Had to go back home for a couple days last week cuz we had a wedding to go to, my niece's son (my great nephew). It was a beautiful wedding indeed. My sister from California was there also so got to see her ... her daughter is the one who just passed away from her fight with cancer, and since I never did get out there to Calif it was good to see her. She is doing pretty fair.

I have not been journaling at all and unfortunately have put back on 2 lbs ... so today I got my notebook out and once again am starting to journal my food intake. I am also going to start another thread so hopefully someone else will follow me and post your daily food too???? Please??? It's lonely doing this alone.

Well, I am going to go now and get busy on my garage sale ... I brought bunch of stuff up here from home .. gonna have me a garage sale (in our new garage) hopefully in the next couple weeks ... maybe make a buck or two! lol

COME ON GUYS! Get in here and post! MISS YOU ALL!

Going to go do my journal thread starting today ... anyone care to join me?

Later...
Love, CJ