Well Hello Ladies! I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day yesterday! And are back on track today to conquer the world!!!! I can't conquer the world, but I can sure as heck conquer this weight problem I have. I did pretty good this week so far and I am back in the swing of things! Thanks for all the great support I am getting here. I can not believe I am finally back to my prepregnancy weight. I tell you it took me a long time. Well This is what I weighed when I started TOPS in 98 and here I am. I would not change it for anything because I have two beautiful little boys now. But I am back in control of me and ready to do the right thing!!!! I hope everyone has a great day YOUR TOPS PAL PENNY

Penny,
sounds like you are doing great. Good for you.
I have weigh in tonight. I kinda had too much yesterday, but I will be ok. We got our new puppy, named him "Bow" (short for Bow tie, as in Chevy bow tie, my hubby a big fan of the chevy).
Somewhat of a rough night, but Bow seems to be settling in just fine.
Question, how does one ever get over being totally nervous about weigh in. When I was younger and lost weight I felt great going to the scale. Now sometimes I'm a wreck. Is it because I know I could of done better, or is it because I want to do better. Or maybe because I want to blink and it's done ( I know not possible, but wishful thinking). Any tips on getting rid of this feeling.
Hugs to all
Wendy

Hello everyone,

Just thought I would pop in before heading to work. It is a beautiful morning here but.......wish it was still the weekend. Took the dogs out and it was so nice walking. I am back on track and will start going to my meetings again this week. I just found it too difficult to still keep trying to diet but life is settling down a bit so I should be okay now. I don't know what the scale will say when I go in but I am hoping I haven't gained. I will find out on Wednesday. I lost about 6 weeks but I figured that was better than quitting altogether.

Penny.......congrats on getting back to your pre pregnancy weight. That is a great accomplishment and would make you feel good. Glad your Mother's Day was good.

Wendy....I don't have advice on how to not be nervous about weighing in. I am nervous too. Congrats on the new puppy. They are a lot of fun but I remember some sleepless nights with ours.

I better head out to work. Our house still hasn't sold and I don't think it will. The market is a little slow but will see. We are giving it 70 days and then deciding if we will take it off the market or keep it on. We have had a few showings but not a lot.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Marie

Hi Wendy! Congrats on the new puppy. I love dogs!

As far as the scale jitters... I don't know how to cure it. I am so nervous every time I put my foot on the scale, even if I know I have lost. But it all goes away as soon as the needle goes to the bottom. I think it does help me a little to weigh at home right before I leave. At least I know what ball park I am in. Take care and good luck tonight!!!! How much have you lost ?? Penny

Sounds like you guys are on the right track.I had a real nice weekend and I also and still on track.I am doing better than I have in a long time. I am starting to believe I might make it this time
As for weigh in jetters.I do like Penny.I weigh beforehand so I know about where I am at.Only problem with that is making myself go to meeting when I know I have a gain.
I have some of the kids coming over so I have to go.Just wanted to stop in and say hello

Hi all,

Penny you are doing great. Congratulations on getting to your pre pregnancy weight. Just think now you can start getting charms and awards for all your great efforts. That will be great for you.

Marie,

I am glad you are back on track and getting to your meetings again. If you do have a gain don't worry about it you will take it off again. We are here for you.

Eleni,

You are just amazing. I am so happy for you. You are doing great. You are right you will make it this time. Hang in there and you will make it to your goal. Just take it one day at a time. Keep up the great work. I wish I could give you a great big hug for your loss.

Wendy,

That is nice that you got a puppy. My puppy is getting big now. What kind of dog is it?
As far as the nervousness goes here is my advice. I should listen to it myself sometimes.LOL
We all work everyweek so hard just to meet that big metal monster. We go by what it says whether we are doing well or not. If we gain we say that we are not doing well. But in fact we are doing great because first of all we came to the meeting and we haven't given up. We all stray from time to time. That is expected. We can't beat ourselves up over what the scale says. It isn't like it can talk. I know from experience that if it goes up I get down on me. We can't keep doing this because it sets us farther behind. We have to look at the whole picture not just what the scale says. If we really tried all week and had a gain. That makes us a winner because we did try. Maybe it is water weight or something. But lets determine how we do from our actions and not from what the scale says. We are here all the time and that is what makes us winners. We will all reach our goal in time, because we have each other.

Keep up the great work wendy. You are doing great and I am so proud of everyone here that is heading in the right direction and to those that have gaines I am proud of you to because you are still here and haven't given up.

I have been so busy with everything here. I really have to change my schedule to get here daily. I really miss being here and you guys help me so much. Sorry I am not here everyday. I try to get here as much as possible. I am feeling very overwhelmed. I told my husband that he needs to start helping me out. I am doing way too much. I don't have time to breathe sometimes it seems. But I am not giving up. I was real sick yesterday and last night. So because of that my scale is down 6 lbs. I am taking it and running with it. I don't want it to go up again. I am 1 lb away from where I was before all these gains. I am exercising a lot more. I started yesterday. But not today. My stomach isn't 100% yet. But hopefully tomorrow it will be back to normal.

Have a great day everyone. Keep up the great work.

Sherri