Good morning everyone,

Coffee is in hand and things are going well. WELCOME to all the new members on the board!!! Always nice to have new TOPS family members around!!!

Last night I lost 1/2# so I am right at goal. I was hoping to be a little below with all the exercising I have been doing, but my eating has not been the best, so I am happy. There is always next week.

Had elections and I can finally take a little breather......had another lady who offered to be leader and I encouraged the others to vote for her since I have been leader for 6 years and I want a break from it. I have also been weight recorder for 1.5 yrs along with leader and now I will just be a weight recorder. I am thrilled!!!! Gee, it will almost seem like a vacation.!!

Sherri, Hope your meeting goes OK tonight. Keep your chin up...and don't forget that restart day to get back on plan. I'm rooting for you [I have my daughters pom-poms in hand. Hope you like purple and gold! LOL]

Alannah, Glad your back is better. Take it easy with Richard for a while if you need to.

Tammie, Congrats on your loss. I bet you're feeling great!!!

Eleni, The elections aren't hard to run. Sounds like you did alot of the foot work last week. You will do fine. Hope you are still walking.

Wanda, I too love SRD's. You will get your KOPS back and participate in the Circle of Lights when you do. I love it and cried each year when I had lost my status. Last year I was thrilled to be back in it, and you will be too. Enjoy your birthday, but make wise food choices while celebrating. This way you will be going into your new year healthier and one step closer to your goal.

Mary Jo, I agree that we KNOW what we need to do to lose weight but DOING IT is our struggle. I believe most over weight people are experts on what should go in their mouths. That's why I need TOPS and always will. For me, the scale keeps me alert to what I am doing so I don't stray too far of course.

Penny, Welcome home and back to the boards. Missed your posts. I bet you looked great and am so happy that others noticed also too.

Have a great day everyone and sorry if I missed anyone. Remember your goals and success will be yours.

Summer
231/170/170

Well....................I guess everyone wants to know how the election went last night since I have been babbling on about them for a week or more now probably driving everyone insane!!!!!

After much thought and deliberation I decided to run for leader and after the elections were over I was ELECTED unanimously as leader. I now have a month to get myself organized, talk to the current leader about rules and such and then take office.

Thank you to everyone here for their support and kind words of encouragement. I was up 1# last night but I blame that on my lack of being able to exercise this past week due to my back. I WILL do better next week - after all I have to try and set an example at least a little bit.

I think this was covered before but if anyone has suggestions for contests or challenges I would be very open to them. You can PM me here if you like with the ideas.

I'll stop in later this morning again to chat again!!!

Alannah

I just spent 30 minutes writing a reply and when I went to post it I lost it all.Now I have to go.
Will come back later.Good luck to all the new leaders .
have a good day

Hi Guys,
Well this board is definatly different, Its my first time trying to post on it so I hope it works lol, Tonight is weigh in night for me too, Wish me luck guys... I havent been to a meeting in 3 weeks because of work, But the scale shows the same... Man do I hope its right Thanks for all the cards and letters Eleni, it has really helped me to stay focused and I needed them desperatly!! Well guys I will check in later today if I get a chance...

Good Morning,

I have to be quick this morning but will try and post more tomorrow.

We had our elections last night. Most of the same people got in because nobody else wanted to run. We had our co-leader change. I was nominated for co-leader (it made me feel good that someone thought I would do well) but I declined. We are still waiting to hear about my husband's job interview that he had and it wouldn't be fair for me to possibly get a position knowing I may be leaving.
I was down 1.75 pounds. We had lots of gains last night.....they far outweighed the losses.
Our weather is nice and I feel for those of you who are getting bad weather. We do need some snow, however, because it is so dry. Even the mountains (where our water comes from) have very little snow and if we don't get moisture soon we are going to have a major drought this year. We have lots of farms here and that would be a huge impact.
I will try and post individually tomorrow. I am off and will have a bit more time. Hope everyone has a great day.

Welcome to the newbies and I am so glad your first meeting went well Donna. I too have a wonderful group of ladies and if we move I will miss them so much.


Marie

I just realized I was a newbie here. Everyone here is just as warm as the people at the actual TOPS meeting. I guess it is easier to feel in tune with someone when you are both going through the same thing. It is encouraging to read your posts and see success and struggles.
It is also interesting to hear of the elections that went on this week. I am still a little nervous of being a leader but like I always say the older I get the easier some things become.
Have a great Thursday, I am on the west coast and my day is just starting so I am going for my cereal right now.

Happy Birthday Eleni, just was reading bios and noticed your b-day.

I forgot it was your birthday too, Eleni. I hope you have a wonderful birthday.

Marie

Happy Birthday to you....
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birhday dear Eleni....
Cause we all love you!!!
Have a super one girl!!!!

Happy Happy Happy Birthday to you!!!!!! I hope you a have a great day, Eleni! Tonight is my weigh in day. I guess I used my vacation as an excuse not to eat heathly! And I am willing to except the consistenses. I hope everyone has a great day and I will check in later on night! Penny

Hi all - Where on the west coast are you TwinkleStar? I live in Surrey, BC which is definitely west coast. Our weather has been great but today we had rain which is a good thing since this year our moisture of any sort has been way low. We could be in for a bad time this summer.

Lots of good losses this week - congratulations to all you 'losers'.....And congrats to those of you who ran for office and got elected. Without you people we would have no groups and that would be sad.

Have a good day all.....and drink lots of water..It works...

Donna, I live in So. Oregon. We are way behind on rainfall for the year. I am not looking foward to the summer.
I am a water pusher too, LOL.

Hi all,

Well it is 11:12 pm here. I finally got a chance to get to the boards today.

Eleni,

I am so sorry. I did remember your birthday but I didn't get here early enough to wish you a happy birthday. Sorry. I took my daughter to an indoor play place today and we had lunch with my sister and went to the library then I did some phone work this afternoon. Then I had my meeting tonight. So today was a very busy but fun day.

I gained 3 1/4 lbs tonight. But I am okay with that. It is my own fault and saturday is just a day away and I am ready to get back on track. I am not going to spend much time on the phone tomorrow afternoon because I want to use the time for me. I plan on listening to the book life strategies by Dr. Phil McGraw from opraha show. There are 4 cassettes in all. I want to listen to them all tomorrow. I promised myself that I would listen to them before getting back on track on saturday and my time is running out. So I have to do it tomorrow. It will get me in the right frame of mind to get back on track and finally reach my goal. I am going to watch the video from when he was on opraha a few weeks ago also. He is very good and very motivating. So I should learn a lot tomorrow from listening to him.

Congratulations to everyone that lost weight this week. You did a great job.

Alannah,

I wouldn't be too concerned about 1lb that could very well be water weight. You will lose it next week. Keep up your hard work.

And yes drink your water everyone. At least 64 ozs. a day.

Eleni,

Are you still walking? How are you doing with it?

I might be going to the SRD in niagara falls on the ny side on june 8th and 9th. Who is very close to there?

If I do go and you live close enough maybe we could get together for lunch on the 9th. That would be cool to meet you guys. I know that you have all helped me out a great deal and you are always there for me. I hope I do the same for you.

I am going to go. I am tired. I will check in in the morning.

Have a great one.

Sherri