Good morning ladies: I couldn't sleep last night for the leg cramps and then when I did I had dreams that made me wake up crying, so I just got up in the wee hours of the morning. But it gave me some time to catch up on the post.
Last night was my weigh in and I lost 1.75 pounds. It's a good thing June has 5 weigh in's or I wouldn't have met my July 4th goal. I still like a pound. I'll make it somehow. I have to lose next week to have a weight loss for every weigh in for this quarter.

Teagranny...Congrats on the 65 pounds that you've lost. I'll be glad when I get that much gone. I think I'll be really feeling better and getting around much better.

Eleni...I sure hope your feeling better now. I know just what your talking about when you just can't get enough to eat. I ate for too much after the meeting last night. I've go into a habit of doing that every week and I need to break it.

Christian...Your doing quite well getting off the sugar. I haven't got off all sugar, I have some once a week on Thursday night.

MyChoice2bfit...I think you have the right idea about thinking of the life style and not the food so much. After next weigh in I'm going to start in that line of thought.

jillybean720....You are so right you do have to get out of a vacation mentality. I just never know if it might lead to me gaining all that I've lost and more back. That's why I need to get out of this "I just weighed so I can eat all I want tonight and I'll have 6 more days to whip it off mentality."

If I missed anyone, I'm sorry, but I'm falling asleep here. Have a good week end everyone. Belle

Good morning, Belle Have you had your potassium checked lately.Whe it gets loww leg craps will start. I don't always sleep well eithet. i went to bed early and then got up later for an hour or so after just tossing and turning.
I did 2 hours in pool this morning.I really had to push myself out the door as so far ot doesn't seem to be helping the weight loss. I was told that if you walk for 30 minutes in a pool it is equal to 1 1/2 hours on land. I have been working my way up to it and did 30 minutes today. Then another 10 minutes after laps.
We only had 4 people at TOPS last night as we had a terrible rain storm and roads were bad. The four of us just talked for almost an hour.Whe we left the sun was shining.Thats Florida for you.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. We eat out a lot on weekend so I have to be careful.The places we go often now know I don't eat bread or potatoes.

Hi everyone,

It has been a busy week for me. Saturday, I went to our area workshop and Eleni, I met your area captain there. She asked to be invited to our next open house tea party. She seems like a nice person. I left the workshop early because my niece and her hubby and 4 children were coming down for a visit. We Had a HOUSEFUL. I spent most of the week running around with them and I enjoyed every moment of their visit. But on top of that, the cat was sick. She hadn't been eating much lately. She would take a bite of her food and run away. She had to see a new vet because ours was on vacation and I suspected her teeth were hurting, but the new vet was afraid to put her to sleep to check them without running a blood test. Well, today she finally got her dental and one of her teeth was rotted out and full of infection, no wonder she couldn't eat. She's been a good little friend and I was really worried about her.
Despite company and worring about the cat, I had a great loss this week. 4 lbs!! I had a big gain last week, which must have been mostly water because I usually have small losses.

Congratulations Belle and Eleni on your losses this week. You are both doing great.

The workshop Saturday was very good. They explained a lot and I was sorry that I had to leave early. I got an award for having a perfect resume.

Take care everyone and have a good weekend.

Nita

Nita congrats on perfect resume.I just can never do it.I spend hours and still screw up.Ha Ha.
Our area captain is nice but she spreads herself thin. It took me two years to get her to come visit my chapter. But I have known her for a long time and she works hard for TOPS.
I have to take my cat Simon in and get his teeth cleaned. The doc said he is in great shape for being 14 years old. Have to get it done soon.

Hello All, Another hot and beautiful summer day here in NY..... As usual I am up early and the house is quiet... Still having foot problems, keeps me from exercising when I want to, think I might try today if I can.. I do go in the pool, might try walking in the water a bit, do some stretching, work on my tan .....

I do read the posts and it sounds like everyone is hard at work on their weight loss journeys... we started a bingo game at Tops this past week, first time we have ever tr ied that.. Copied a board from a Fla snow bird that brought one in for us to see. We dont have a regular game/contest person.. think we should......

I weigh in monday nite so will post my results, didnt cook a lot all week so hopefully I have lost a little bit... take care all, India