Hi Everyone,

Today was weigh in for me and I had a .50 lb. loss. I was happy with that. We have 2 incentives running and I want to do well in those. One is the dollar a month club. We put in a dollar each month and at the end of 8 months we have to lose 8 lbs. and the money will be divided between those that lost 8 lbs and KOPS that have not been in the red during that time. The other contest is simply lose 4 times in 6 weeks and get a free months dues.

Penny, how are you doing today? Are you back OP yet. You have been doing great and I know that you will lose to your desired weight.

Sherri, I have missed you. I guess you are back to work by now. Hope you are doing well and how is Jesse and Megan doing?

Christie..It's good to hear from you and you are right. We CAN do this!

Mickey, Hang in there friend. I know that you wanted to be well below goal, but I think the beginning of summer is hard on our diets. With company visiting and enjoying food with them and going on trips and celebrating holidays, it's hard to keep our weight down. But I think we are all getting back on track now.

To the new people, I don't know you all by name yet, but I'm glad you're here and will get to know you better soon.

Well, I'm glad it's Friday. DH is home on weekends and he hasn't been feeling too good. He has high blood pressure and the Dr. hasn't been able to get in under control yet. He is on 4 or 5 meds for it. Plus a water pill.

Have a good weekend.

Nita

Hey Nita!

Nice to see ya here!

Congrats with the 1/2 pound !!! That's great!

Hope that dh is feeling better soon!

Hope everyone is having a great day

I will check back in this evening!!!!

Hello all, My weeks vacation is coming to an end. I took two of my grand daughters to the movies today and we saw Garfield. Then I took them to lunch. Now I have another one here. This one went with Grandpa to Wendy's and to a car show with him. I stayed home. It's good for her to spend time alone with him. She is now at my art table using my pencils to draw. She thinks thats big stuff to get to use my table.
My weight is still pretty well stuck in same spot. Have too much stuff going on to fret about it too much.
Penny--Thanks for the postcard. You are always thinking about me.
My TOPS group is going good.It gets slow during the winter but we still have a good group. I have been putting them in groups and giving them several questions that they discuss. They really enjoy that as it gives everyone a chance to talk. By making small circles it is more intimate and they can really talk to each other. I do this once every month. I did it twice this month because my sister was going to do a program last week only I forgot to tell her
I am looking for another job but haven't found one yet. Not looking very aggressively yet. What will be will be. I may force the bosses hand.Right now I am making his life just as miserable as he is mine.
We had a good time in Orlando for our anniversary.Saw fireworks several nights. Went to the Dolly Pardon dinner theater which was great. It's only been in Orlando 2 years. Nita If you get over to Orlando check it out.
The week has flown by.It has been nice not to have to get up at 4:30 am.
My art classes are going good. Slow but sure.But I look forward to spending Sat mornings just being at art class.
Well I guess that catches me up. Hope everyone is ok.Just wanted you to know I am always close by

Eleni!

It sounds like you have been really busy! Enjoy those grandkids

Have a great day!

Hi all. I have tops on friday mornings. loss 5 lbs this week. i was so happy. loss 1.25 last week. so hopefully i am on a losing strick now. started the atkins monday. so far good. well congratulations to all losses. have a good week. LaDean

LaDean, that is a wonderful loss. Congratulations!!!

Flgal, thanks so much.. yes i started the plan and so far so good. i will have my 14th day in week from today.. My last check up a border line debetic. so its no choice now a hafe to do it. this is 5th week no sugar. so getting it all down to pat.. was down 2 more lbs since friday.. so i feel good about that. good luck to you.. your doing great. the boards are fun and so very helpful. friends and together make it fun.have a great day.LaDean

Hi LaDean
My DH was on the Atkins diet for several months and it brought his sugar way down. He was able to cut his diabetic meds down to one in the morning and one at night. And I have kept mine down for about 10 years with diet and exercise, alone, but now it is sneaking up on me again. I had to start on meds again last week, but I'm hoping that if I can get back strick with my diet, I can get off them.
Good luck with the diet and getting your diabetes under control.

Nita