Good mornings my wonderful WW friends! Today is my and DH's 3 year wedding anniversary We aren't doing anything to celebrate since we have been eating out a lot and we are both kind of busy. I have some errands to run after work and it is exam time at his school so he will be gradin g tonight. It is also better for me points-wise.

I feel selfish and boring to say that, but sometimes I don't want to go out to eat. I am trying so hard to recover from Reunion weekend. I managed to save another 8 points yesterday so I am on my way. If I can keep it up, I will have an ok chance of maintaining this week. Plus I can't go to the gym on Friday which makes it tough too.

so how is everyone?? I can't beleive that I am first again - that is twice in 1 week! I hope you will all come out and post soon!

Kim - Cool to see Ted Koppel even if you are not a fan. Enjoy your new bed tonight

Kay - glad that you are feeling better. I think you will feel much better when you know. If AF hasn't started by the weekend, you should try to get an appt on Monday. Good luck either way

Have a great day all. See you in a bit!

Sarah
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how confusing! i just replied to a thread started by tonya but it wouldn't work properly - prob cos it got deleted once tonya saw sarah's thread...ooh la la!
anyhow. here's what i was going to put earlier!

i had my second round interview for the weather girl job this morning. it was ok, but as usual they gave no indication of what would happen next. so i guess i just wait and see. looks like there was only 20 or so going for it which is good (apparently they went through hundreds of screen tests, so i'm not as crap as i feared!). quite weird that the other girl i saw going for an interview looked rather like me! tall, blonde hair, pretty but not stunning, and wearing a black suit too!!
a big hello to everyone else, sorry i can't stay and post properly to you guys but work is calling me. booh....

love to you all,
kirsty

ps sarah - CONGRATS! i know what you mean about not going out to save points (and money). i hate when my socialising means i miss going to the gym as well. quite tricky to fit everything in sometimes. anyhow. why not celebrate with hochmagandy - who needs food? i was a good girl at lunch and when we went for indian i had the diabetic thali cos it was smaller, each dish was cooked with less fat and salt and no rice but yummy chapatis.

HI everyone. I finally have something new to report to you all. The last couple of days I have been shaking my WW plan up a bit. Decided to try something that I have heard others talking about. Instead of counting points like normal, I am starting with dinner then Breakfast and Lunch for the next day. That is my day. I tend to eat more at night and sometimes feel deprived. So hopefully this will help. So far so good. I don't WI this Sat. because I am gone, but will next week. I am banking for a nice hefty loss!!!!

Sarah... HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. Hubby and I celebrate our 3 year this November. We are going to Disney World. We celebrated our honeymoon there and had a blast!!!

Kirsty... YAH on the interview. I wish you tons of luck!

I feel like I am always interviewing and hiring here at work. We are having major problems with our current receptionist, so now I am meeting with an agency to see if they can find us a new replacement. We haven't told the receptionist yet, so it is all so secretive! I know the woman that owns the employement company, so I am hoping she can come through for us. Very touchy situation, because it may cause a lot of hurt feelings with our staff. Why do I have to be the bad guy??????????

Oh and Kim.... Yah on meeting Ted. I think his hair is fake, at least it looks partially fake on TV. So does Dan Rathers!

Ta ta for now!

Hey everyone! I gained .7# last night. I'm not upset...rather glad that it wasn't more!
Kay: Are you getting lots of rain from Allison? I remember when Hurricane Alesha blew up through Galveston, Houston and such. It rained in Oklahoma for 2 weeks straight!!
Hello to everyone!
Sarah: Congrats on your anniv!!
Jen: Don't worry. Hopefully your staff will know it's for the best! Sometimes it doesn't pay to have "good" friends at work.
Kirsty: Good luck on the interview results. Hmm, a twin, huh? Ever see "Single White Female"? Scary...
Well, I must get to work. Waiting to see if McVeigh gets a Stay of Execution or not...I'm just ready for the whole damn thing to be over!!!
I'd better get to work!!

Hi!

Yep, Kirsty, you are right. I started a thread, saw Sarah's, and jumped on her's instead!

I am sending you <<hire me>> vibes, I hope you get the job!

Sarah ~ I am with you, eating out is a killer, I am trying very hard not too, I know that is where all my extra weight I have gained back is coming from!!

Congrats on the anniversary! DH and I's 5 year wedding anniversary is Oct. 5th. We are going to Vegas for the weekend, I am excited!

Oh, and Kim, that is so cool about Ted Koppel, I think it is really neat to see any celebrity, no matter if you are a fan or not.


Well, here I am at work again today, with not much ambition! It is rainy and cold again here today, but what else is new. I can't remember the last time the sun was out. How depressing!

I am so upset with myself for gaining these 10 pounds back, I feel fat and very unhappy. I even blew it last night, and ate about 5 oreo cookies, which put me over the top on points, why am I doing this to myself!! I need motivation, and I don't remember what was my driving force when I started losing weight over a year ago, I need that motivation back!!! Oh well, don't mean to complain, just need some advice, even if it is advice or suggestions I know I need to do, apparently it isn't pounded in my head, cause I am failing miserably lately!!

So far today, I have had 3 points, I am planning on having soup for lunch (veggie beef) and going for a walk over my lunch hour, even if it rains. Trying to plan something low-fat for dinner, and staying away from the treats tonight!!!

Well, better look productive! Talk to you all later!!

i know what you mean about putting weight back on! i worry all the time that i'm going to put it all back on. but we won't. first thing first - you are so not fat! try not to let the number on the scale upset you. hey - maybe for a change try not weighing yourself for a whole month. try getting in tune with how your body feels and not base how you feel about your body on what the scales say. then see where your weight is after a month. if you eat sensibly and do some exercise you may find your body settles at its own ideal weight (which may or may not be your preferred weight).
i found it fairly easy to lose weight, but i realise now that for me the challenge is keeping it off and not going back to bad habits, like eating what i want in ridiculous quantities even though i know i'm already full! maybe you need to set yourself a goal for motivation? this could work for all of us. at the moment i'm thinking i need to stay slim in case i get this job (cos then i'll be on tv and we all know how many pounds that adds!). think about a future event, wedding, party or whatever and work towards that. make sure the event is close enough to make you panic but not so close you don't have any time to lose weight/tone up for it!
then plan how you'll look, what you'll wear and how great you'll feel. once your brain has got the message you just need to stick to the points and drink the water and get exercising! read through all the old WW material again, it really helps.
enough waffling from me. better do some work!
kirsty
ps stacey - that gain is nothing - you'll shift it next week as you start getting nervous!!
pps cheers for good luck vibes!

Hi Girls...... I was just about to post and I got a "crisis" call, someones loan payment got "misplaced" gotta go..... Try and get back later!!!!

Steph

hey steph - how you feeling today?

oh, by the way. i haven't cut the tags of my new jacket yet... i figured if i don't get the job i take it back and if i do get the job i keep it. although i reckon i'll prob keep it anyhow cos i do like it! but then the whole tags thing became superstitious so i had to leave them on...
yes, i am mad. k

Stacey... the problems that may arise with the staff and our current receptionist is not that they are "friends"... she tries to be everyones mother. She is 50 something and thinks she is a mother hen. So when she leaves, some people may feel upset about that. Not good. Her mother hen-ness is not why we need to relieve her of her duties, it is because of her work ability and many problems that have been arising for months now. It's a whole twisted circle... yuck!

Tonya... The weather people here say we are supposed to have sun... haven't seen it yet. They also swore we would have sun all weekend... this morning it say scattered showers. This is ridiculous. I know that this is the reason I have no motivation (like you said)... Uggghhhh. But we can do this, I know we can. Remember, you did it once, so it's not impossible!

oh no!! our email at work is down and won't get fixed till tomorrow!!! argh - how will i cope without it!?!

Well, I walked in today and its raining.....has been for days. Its a good thing though b/c there were fire bans and huge fires all over alberta. But, not good for the walk in! Oh well...

I painted pottery last night, bought groceries and had a long bath.....nice night! I slept like a baby until about 4:30 am and then couldn't get back to sleep. Hate that!

And on points, I was at 26 when I went to pottery, but when I came home I was starving and ate 2 pieces of toast, which put me over.....I was pretty mad at myself after I ate them.

Kirsty - well I hope you get it! Iam sure you rocked!!!

Tonya - I can relate on gaining back weight only mine was way more than yours!

Sarah - Happy Anniversary!! Haev a great night!! Woo hoo!

Jen - interesting way to count! I might try that too since I am most hungary at night (think I eat to de-stress from the day a bit...)

Stacey - have been there when I was glad the gain wasn't more too. But .7 isn't even a pound. good on ya.

Hi Steph....bye Steph....

KO - hey, way to go on your interview in NY!!!

Ali - hello........what's up girl?

Brenda - are you out there?

Lolly??

Emily? Becky? Kay? Angie? come out and Play....

Well, off to meetings until lunchtime, so have a good morning and I'll check in at lunch!



OH - does anyone know how many booster points I get for 35 min moderate walking? Is it 1 or 2?? (hopeing for 2)

Belle! Everyone! Here I am! Have been running round like a mad thing today but am finally sitting down and able to write. Of course I should really be working but had to come here first! I skipped WI yesterday, but phoned in advance so shouldn't have to pay. That means if I stay on the wagon this week I have a fighting chance of hitting 200 next week ... but with a wedding this w/e and a big family meal too (to meet my sister's blokey for the first time, he's moving from Israel, arriving SUnday morning poor bloke) I'm going to have to be SO STRONG. Wish me luck! (But at least the hotel we're staying in for the wedding has a pool ... how long d'you reckon it'll take to swim off 17 slices of wedding cake and a magnum of champagne??!

Ooh, ooh exciting, fingers crossed about your interview, Kirsty - you will let us know AS SOON as you hear, won't you? Sneaky move leaving the tags on the jacket, btw ...

Sorry to hear the weather in Wisconsin is pooey, Jen and Tonya, and in ALberta too, Belle! - if it's any consolation, it's pooey in Oxford too and looks like it's about to tip it down. I hope it gets out of the way before the weekend because one of my schoolfriends is getting married on Saturday and rain would just be too bad.

Sarah - I sympathise about not always wanting to go out and eat. It's not selfish and boring, it's realistic. Actually I read an interesting article recently that made the case for moving celebrations away from food and finding other ways of celebrating - removing food from its position of prominence, if you like. I wish I could remember who wrote it, but I totally agree with the sentiments (even if I don't exactly practise it!).

Steph - hope crisis is calming down!

Yeah Stacey, .7 isn't worth worrying about - maybe you forgot to breathe out?!

Ok, gotta dash - back later!

Lxxx

I started a post a bit ago but the power surged and I lost it. I have made some major progress on school work today. I am two-thirds done with a case study and then only one more left. Yipee!!!

Lolly - Good luck on the weekend. Sounds very challenging. I will be enjoying cake and drinks as well. I am hoping I won't go craxy at the rehearsal dinner so that I won't worry too much atthe wedding. (not that I worry, I just ignore )

Belle - Yucky weather! We are having a storm right now as well. Pooh

Jen - I am siure that it will work out. The interest of the comany is more important in the long run. Hopefully everyone will see past that.

Stacey - Glad you aren't worrying about the gain. It will drop next week.

Kirsty - How exciting baout the interview. I can't wait to hear. I am sure that you were great!

Tonya - you are not fat but I undserstand what you are feeling. Eventhough I have lost 35 pounds I feel fat. I just can't get the last 7 to go! It is mostly mental but I agree with letting your body dictate your goal weight. Kirsty's suggestions were great!

Jen - Interesting way to count. Let me know how it goes. I may try it if it works for you.

Steph - come back!

It is getting close to lunch time but I will try to wait at least 45 more minutes. See you later.

Sarah
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Hey girls, how is everyone? I am having a kind of busy day but it will slow down soon. I finished yesterday over points but I did my kick butt aerobics class so Igot activity pts. I hate to use them but hey Olga's was worth it

Stacey- .7 doesnt count does it Oh well you are right not to worry about it. Keep pressing on. We are all cheering for ya.

Jen Let us know if that new routine works. It sound interesting. Wasn't it Kay who tried that before.

Kay was it you? Or maybe I am just imagining that.

Emily Thanks for the confession It just shows we are all human Sounds like you have a good plan though! I just looked at your stats and it hit me. WOW you have lost a lot. Have you done WW all along? How long did it take to lose? Fill me in

Kim- When you talk about Virginia it makes me homesick for the place. I would love the warmth right now. I thought your description of your work attire was amusing. I am the same way. I love to throw on a skirt and some sandals or capri's.

Sarah Happy anniversary!!! I noticed the wknd problem and I have the opposite. I do well on wknd. it is just the work week stress t hat gets to me

Kirsty- Miss Weather Girl!!!! LOts of luck to ya

Tonya I am with you on this weather stuff. I am going to take a walk regardless though. My co-worker and I will probably get sucked up in a windstorm or something from the look of things but I don't care I am determined to get outside. I feel like I live in Seattle. We've had rain or extreme cloudines for about 2 weeks and all of this wk is supposed to be the same. The weather is b/w high 50's mid 60's. Yippee it's JUNE!! UHHHH Ok done venting!!!!!!!! I wouldn't mind the weather if I were home sleeping. I love stormy weather and a good nap. Perfect combo!

Well I will check in later. Sorry if I missed anyone!!
Becky

WOH I am not sure how that happened but there were like 8 posts while I was posting. I will play catch up and get back to ya!!!!!!!!!!