Hi girls

Still no word on the uni job front but I have been picking up little bits and pieces of contract work which is keeping me busy (plus my casual teaching work).

My baby girl (15) heads off to Sydney on a plane this morning for a 4 day school trip ... she's flown before but it was with me(!) so I am a little nervous for her. I love flying and it never scares me, but its different when its my children!

I don't have time for replies as she is leaving in 1/2 hour, but I just wanted to ask Valerie if you know of anywhere online where the south beach diet is written out? From what I've heard, it would be good for people suffering from PCOS, and I have recently been diagnosed with it.

Have a great day everyone

Hi all! Just a quick check in. Busy week.

Mother Nature decided to visit so the scale has moved down again. Totally no rhyme or reason to it. PMS was major B****Y this month. I swear, I never know what to expect anymore.

Lilion: Good job on your plateau break. Can't wait to hear the "official" verdict.

Ruth: Great description on the DH. Sorry, though, don't need another one with the same features, but I might be interested in an updated version with better benefits.

Terri: So sorry work is so stressful for you....again. Too bad you keep hitting the Equine meetings that are distressing and missing the ones that might be fun.

Valerie: I love reading your posts. You have such a great sense of humor. Be safe, my friend.

Lesley, Lilion, Valerie: Where were you guys when I wanted to trade in MY boys? Now they're too old to trade. They're out on their own so I've lost my trading rights.

Teresa: Congrats on the nice weightloss this week. Good for you! You're so right not to look at the BIG picture. It gets overwhelming. Concentrate on 10 pounds, then another and another. It will all come off in the end.

2cute: WOW, what a nice accomplishment for your daughter! Tell her congrats from me. Oh nevermind, she may not like that you've been talking about her. I know my boys wouldn't like it.

BarbG: You still hangin' in there?

Leanne: Hope your daughter has a wonderful trip! * I know you didn't ask me, but I'm not sure you'll find the whole SBD written out somewhere that you can get for FREE but here's the opening list of threads from the SBD section here. I looked at it tonight and it looks like it covers alot of information. http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=115

Well girls, after midnight and I still have two reports to write. I'll see ya later. Love ya bunches!

hi everyone
I am hopelessly behind on this thread and I dont know where I left off to go back and begin reading again. So if it is okay with Y'all, I will just start over from here. I hope to be a regular here as I am 43 but I am having trouble staying focused. I do three other threads here and maybe 4 is too many but I want to try. I probably did not even post enough for any of you to remember me being here at all.

So, I have been off program but I am back on as of today (minus an orange and no exercise today) I plan to start exercising again on the first (tomorrow) and I have restarted the south beach phase 1 again, officially now. So March is a new beginning. February I chased the same one pound around and around and ended up maintaining the 20 pound loss from January but losing no more....good thing not to gain anymore too because I was seriously off program several days in Feb. I had a fit of ebayitis too. So I have to tuck in on a budget now too.

My son wants to attend a technical school and I will probably be helping him out so no more spending for me until November. Everything has to go to savings that can. Wish me luck with this too because I am a spender like I am an eater if you know what I mean. Hopefully his GI bill will kick in and pay the difference between the grant he is getting and the full cost of the school. Keep your collective fingers crossed for him, please.

Also, my cat Dusty is sick again, please send him healing energy!

Thanks everyone! Happy March!

Good morning ladies, How are you this fine morning? The weather was gorgeous here yesterday. Made me want to get out and garden! I didn't do it, but I thought about it!

I came and read and almost didn't post. I thought I am really not in the mood to write, but if I don't do it who will. LOL! It seems we are getting a little lazy about posting these days. When it becomes a chore instead of fun, we quit, right? I know that is NOT a good thing. So here I am to bore you to death. I have nothing whatsoever to write about!

garnetfairy, drop in more often. Good luck on saving money for your sons education. One way to save is just don't go to the ebay site. LOL! You don't look, you don't buy.

Thin, I am so happy that I no longer have to worry about pms or periods, period! AHHHH, life is so much better without. I can honestly say I don't miss it one bit.

Leanne, Hope the job situation works out for you soon.

Here is a little something for everyone. Have an op day.....Y'all. Ruth

Hi ladies,

Absolutely no time to post again. Sorry! Hopefully I will be able to catch up tonight. I'm working on getting all the financial stuff caught up and maybe get taxes done too.

Ruth - Not bored with posting, just having to focus on doing other stuff yesterday and today.

Got to run!

GarnetFairy Welcome Back, I love that word ebayitis . I get down (or up as the case may be) much too often.

Ruth: You guilted me into posting too. I was just going to read, but you laid the guilt trip on me. If you can ramble and say nothing, so can I.

Lillion: How's the teeth? I'm on my way to the dentist this morining. I had a tooth bread away from the filling a week or so ago, now the filling is breaking down. Time to do something,

Terri: I'm right there with you with the job situation, my my story is I knew what I was getting into before I went back to it, so I'm stuck! We had three more people quit this last week, I can't count the number that had left in the 8 months since I've been there, and there's only about 25 involved if yo don't count the doctors and the satallite office. oh well...

Okay, time's up Have a great day everyone.

Good Morning Ladies!

The scale shows...246.8! Although not as good as I'd hoped...I'll give myself a carrot for actually being UNDER 248 on WI day!

I am a bit disappointed. Yesterday morning the same scale had me at 244.8. The day before that I weighed at the dr's office at 5:15 p.m. and was only 245.4. I wasn't going to change the slider until I was consistantly up or down two weeks in a row...but I just can't leave it at 248! I think I may have had a really high sodium dinner last night and have a bit of water making it a bit higher than the actual...really...I do! But I fully intend to get it even lower next WI - so I'm moving it! (And, lets be honest...moving the darn thing down just feels so good! )

I thought I'd posted here last night...but I did 5 minutes on the infernal machine! I did my old college study trick...I covered the display so I couldn't see how much time had passed...and then I set a kitchen timer for five minutes. I could study all night long in the old days without getting tired IF I couldn't see the clock. It worked! I just don't get as tired if I'm not watching the darn display count up the time/calories/etc. Think I'll be stuck at 5 minutes for a while...That eliptical is EVIL.

Barbara: The two fillings look great...but for some reason I still have an ache in my jaw at times. Sometimes it really hurts. I know the filling isn't too high...that was the problem originally and the dentist fixed that. So I don't know what it is. I'm giving it one more week...then I'm going back to find out wth he did!

Ruth: You NEVER bore me dearie!

GarnetFairy: I know I didn't respond to you on the other thread...I was saving up to keep you here! Don't you worry about that maintain in February! Think of yourself as having averaged 10 lbs a month! At that rate...you'll lose 120 lbs a year! And don't worry about that orange...no one ever got fat eating oranges! If you'd offered to take her other donut...then you could guilt-fest a bit. Consider the fingers crossed for your son and your kitty!

Thin: You know...I suspect part of my gain last week was PMS of sorts. I am sooo tired of that. But I'm actually looking into options that would rid me of it. Although I suppose if you stop the TOM without getting rid of the equiptment you may still have PMS??? Come-on menopause!

Leanne: Good to hear from you again! Hope your daughter has a great time in Sydney. Someday I hope to visit Australia...it sounds like such a neat country. (Having Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger and Russell Crowe come from there has nothing to do with it - honest! )

Well, I suppose I should get some work done...The first hearing defaulted...but #2 is just around the corner. I also need to fit in a walk today. I ate a GODIVA TRUFFLE a few minutes ago! I think they are something like 3 pts each! Ah, the things we put in our mouths without considering the consequences. But I just turned down another chocolate goody offered to me by a co-worker for having a good WI...so I still feel morally superiour!

Later ladies!

WOW! I just checked the sodium in Stove-top stuffing and one serving has 109% of the DAILY allowance of sodium! I may have been right that the darn scale is up for water retention...

And I was being a bit tounge-in-cheek!

Yep...dropping....Just WI at 246.4...

I'll finalize my WI at noon. See what it is then and call that one good.

Well that certainly got me in here too.
Oh how well I remember when in the past I posted too because I felt if I don't who will ??. LOL
Sorry I haven't been doing my part of keeping this site going and growing.

In fact.. several times I have even started my posts and then get overwhelmed because there was too much re-reading to reply to everyone and then not post at all. I suffer from guilt if I don't reply to everyone. I have seen people have their feelings hurt from that.

I must say though .. now that I am here .... I have really loved all of the posting that has been written. Giving away husbands and kids.
Many of you are such a joy to read. You are always so funny.
I want to thank all of you .... EVERYONE ... the funny stories and the serious stories. It helps all of us to know others SUFFER TOO.

Lilion... I hate to pick just one person ... but ... Your 2 minutes and 3.5 minutes and now your 5 minutes on that elipical machine has really really MOTIVATED ME. I owe you.
WE CAN ALL DO SOMETHING !!!! Thank you ... thank you ... thank you.

Hi girls, I didn't have time to read everyone's posts today but I have lurked a little in the past couple of weeks.

I am beginning SBD again today. Did it last year with some success then let stress get me down and gained another twenty to add to what I startede with. Frightenly close to 300 now. I thought a little support from people who are at the same place I am could be good besides the Fat Chicks on the Beach forums. By the way there is a wealth of information on that forum for whoever was asking about it.

Will be back this afternoon. Everyone have a good day today.

Hi everyone,

hope you are all well and managing to evade your food demons you just never know when those little monsters are out to get you.

There was one waiting for me in the cinema the other day, I took the girls and managed to get them their goodies without being tempted, we took our seats and the movie was just about to begin when in walks someone with a bag full of take out from Macdonalds. She sat right next to us and all I could smell was cheeseburger. My willpower held strong though-I only thought about grabbing it out of her hand and eating it, I didn't actually do it

Today I got the sweatpants I'd been looking for, I also got walking boots as well. As soon as I've got the all clear to exercise from the doctor my new walking regime will start.

After I'd got the pants (biggest in the store) and the shoes (mens because they are wider fitting) I called in to see everyone at work. This is my 3rd week on sick leave and I am missing work like mad. It was great seeing them all but one thing really bugged me. One girl who I know, and luckily don't work too closely with, was telling me she knows exactly how I feel and she shares my struggle with weight - she has had to join a slimming club to help her lose her few (about 6) extra pounds. If she doesn't lose them she doesn't know what she'll do, she'll never fit in her bikini, she feels so huge and is just so depressed!!!!! W E L L......my flabber has never been so gasted, I think it's the first time I've been truly stuck for words. But isn't it good to know that I've got someone who's 'just like' me to share my struggle when I get back to work. I'm going to secretly put sugar in her tea when I do the tea runs I know it's wicked but Hey, we all have to get our kicks somewhere.

Got to go now so good luck to everone.

Ta Ta for now,
Lesley
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Lesley: Sugar in her tea? I think I'd have to do something more than that. Maybe get some of that high-calorie powder stuff that body builders take and tell her it's slim-fast ...Some people! I would also have been lost for words.

Speaking of food demons, I wanted chinese tonight, and the buffet was easiest. So after we picked the boy up from taekwondo, we all went to the mega-chinese buffet place in town. I ALWAYS overeat at buffets. ALWAYS. My tummy is soooooo full. The second plate...first being a small plate of appetizer stuff...and I was full. So of course I went back for tha third plate. I didn't finish it...although truth be told it was the best food I'd had tonight. But I was too full to. I did have a lot of shrimp, crab, fish, etc... which was floating in butter...but still lower cals than General Tso's. I did have one small peice of that...but, when you consider in the past I'd have had the appetizer plate, with at least two or three crab rangoon, an egg roll and lots of othe stuff and ALSO two plates heaped, with rice and noodles and fried stuff...I probably didn't do that bad.

Still, I'm totally ready for the tummy to settle so I can get on the infernal machine for 5 minutes. I walked two miles + today. When I went back to the office from lunch, I had 17 minutes or so, and parked a mile from the office and walked. Then I had to walk back at 5 carrying my bag! Didn't seem like such a good idea then, but it was SUCH a nice day - nearly 80 degrees! Figured I wouldn't get the chance again anytime soon. I'm sure that Mother Nature will get us back for this!

2Cute: You make me blush! Quite sure I don't deserve any praise!

Bunnababy: Always happy to see newbies! Thes ladies here are wonderful and inspiring! I'm sure you'll be right at home!

OH, Lesley! I'm in stitches! Ya gotta love the poor twinkie - She's probably TRYING to really relate, and has NO idea how dense she is. Good job on the NSV - not harming the burger person at the movie. That doesn't happen over here. People don't bring stuff like that into the show.

Leanne - I'm so glad you asked about SBD on-line. I had the book when I started, but it's vanished (Probably stolen by some skinny twig with delusions of Grande sizing.) It's a GREAT idea to use the resources right here on 3FC! I think there's even a thread specifically about PCOS, but if you go there you have to promise not to forget us here!!! I'll have to check out the SB section myself.

Bunna * Good to have you here, and I wish you great success back on SB! I follow it loosely most of the time, but I've gotten SO "loose" about it that I was off-track. Back at it myself as of Monday 2/27. Here we go!

Lilion * SO sorry to have let you down the other night. Hope the boy didn't get frostbite waiting for me, but Bill re-routed us up through Chicago, Wisconsin (Yum- I'm stocked with cheese now) and North Dakota. Maybe next trip. *** And yes, Stovetop is evil! One thing I love about Wisconsin is that every exit has great cheeses and beef sticks. I love 'em, but I KNOW the high sodium will be with me for days. I used great restraint this trip thru: only one bag of curds & a few beef sticks. *** I can relate to the Buffet problem, especially Chinese. The other day I actually came across a buffet with FIVE green items, so I go it. I just filled my first plate with the green foods, and that didn't leave much room for the bad stuff.

As for the slightly used husband, Ruth, , that one may be hard to sell. I know cuz he sounds like mine, and I've never found a taker. Good thing I like him enuf to keep 'im... today, anyway. Tomorrow we may have to talk....

Thin, Yours is not to reason why.... as long as the scale is going DOWN! Good deal on the Thanks for the 3FC link for SBD, and for the nice remark.

Garnet * I thought you'd be way ahead of me since I slipped last month and am still sitting on the same weight. I guess once again we're in the same boat... and moving on with another shot at Phase I! Right about now, I've never wanted an orange juice more in my life, just because I know I should wait 11 more days. Good luck hanging in there, and hope your kitty is better!

2Cute * I enjoy your posts whether you say anything to M E or not - never worry 'bout that. I think we all understand that we can't all post to everyone every time, so keep us posted on YOU. And that goes for everyone who can't reply in detail. Heaven knows, I'm often lucky if I can catch up on the last 10 posts and say "Hi" to y'all. (See, Yankees from Ohio can say "y'all" too. )

Ageoldie * Hi !!!

Terri * Won't it be wonderful when we win the lottery, quit our jobs, and have to make our posts short cuz we're so saddlesore from riding all day that we just wanna to go soak?

Day 3 of Phase I going pretty good, but high sodium. I sure wish the sun would come up so I could go to sleep! I guess tomorrow we'll head down to Salt Lake or something. Nighty-night dear hens!

Good morning ladies, Are you all still speaking to me? I didn't mean to guilt trip you, but if it worked I may have to do it again. I should have used "I" instead of we, I can only speak for myself. Sometimes I just want to read and move on! I realize if we all did that this thread would die. We can't let that happen! I would be lost without all of you. Honest! So post when you can. Oh, and 2cute, don't worry about posting something to everyone, we aren't that super sensitive I hope. We are just glad to hear what you have to say.

It seems my scales are stuck again. I am not letting that throw me this time if I can help it. I will just be doing what is right. I think I can tell in my clothes that I have lost, so that will just have to do for now. I drank so much water yesterday that I thought I would drown in it. I started to just get a book and go to the potty, cause that is where I spent most of the day, or so it seemed. That is really the down side of drinking all the water. I hate having to run to the toilet every few minutes! Good exercise, but very annoying!

I think I am going to slink out of here now. Might as well go and exercise for awhile. See you later. Ruth