Good Morning everyone!!!! Thought I'd get us started for the new week! I was catching up on last weeks threads. I hadn't been there since Thursday...........wow, I missed soooo much!!!!
INVU, DAPH, and Julz - Woohoooo!!!! Good job on your losses!
Synergy - good job on self control & willpower!
RockNRoll - Welcome to the boards! They are wonderful! Good luck and jump in anytime!!! Oh yea, your avatar looks good enough to eat!!!
Shay, Keitha, Ruthannie, Mom2QJ&T, & Hunniebunnie - Hi and hugs everyone!
I'm NOT going to hit the halloween goal , but hey, I'm halfway there and that's better than still being at the beginning!
I'm beginning to think my funk of funks lately is depression . It's probably being triggered by the pain medications I've been on for my back and that I'm prone to a seasonal blue in the fall anyway.
I'm going to call my doc tomorrow and make an appointment to talk to her about it. My brother brought it to my attention because he had back stuff and really struggled to get off the vicodin they had him on. Hopefully putting my finger on it will help me get back on track and on program.
So, good luck this week. It's a beautiful fall day and I slept waaaay late this am.
Hey I would love to join! My name is Liz and I am 24. I am doing WW at home. I have gone to meetings in the past but right now is just a hectic time in my life so I prefer to just count points on my own. I am doing ok with it, some days are better than others though!
Hello everyone! I posted another thread stating this, but I'm going to begin WW at home as soon as I get my books in the mail. In the meantime, I'm trying to cut back on the junk food slowly. I figure it's better to wean myself off the yummy college student quick junk slowly rather than going cold turkey. I didn't do very well with it today, though. At breakfast, I gave in and let myself have pancakes and a muffin. Then this afternoon my boyfriend and I stopped at McD's and I had just four chicken McNuggets. Then we went back to his place and the only snackables were Oreo cakes and sugary granola bars.
Bleh. I might have to drag the boy on to the healthy eating train, too, if I'm ever going to lose weight!! Anyway, good luck to everyone this week!
^I feel for you! I gained 20 lbs my freshmen year of college. It was just too easy to eat junk. I had no excuse. I went to a school where we lived in suites and had our own kitchen complete with an oven and fridge so I could have easily ate healthy but I chose not to. Good luck with getting your bf to eat healthy! That is what I am trying to do with my husband. So far it is not working so I am trying to be motivated all by myself!
Last edited by MommytoGirls; 10-29-2007 at 12:27 AM.
Welcome to the Newbies! You get a lot of great support here.
I am down 3lbs this week. Yeah! I am excited that I am able to continue to lose weight w/o exercise and making healthy choices when I have eaten out. I do start the C25K program next Tuesday so I am excited about that. Let the exercise begin. I hope my foot will be okay. I won't truly know until I get on that treadmill.
Well my best friend is off to start her new life. She moved yesterday, my husband went to help her with the heavy stuff, but I just couldn't take seeing her leave so I stayed behind. She is only moving two hours away, but it seems like it is across the country. I know she is happy and that is all that matters....even if I am sad.
I don't think I will make my Halloween goal either...TOM is visiting, so I will wait and weigh in next week. But, I hope all of you reach your goals. Has anyone started thinking of Thanksgiving goals?
Don't forget your H20 today
Jeanne: Thanks for getting us started this week.
Ruthannie: I think the depression thing is going around...so hang in there. I don't think I will make my halloween goal either, but I almost did and that is what counts.
Shay: Congrats on your loss girl
Liz and Lessthansign: Welcome to you both. You will love all the support you get here.
Hey everyone, I did pretty well this week. I ate within all my points and only used 5 points of the Flex points this week. I don't know if I lost any weight yet? The scale and I have a hate/love relationship. One day I am going to muster up the courage and buy a scale, and try to discipline myself to weigh every week! Good luck ladies this week. I know I am going to need it for Halloween!
I do have a Thanksgiving goal- I want to lose btw 5lbs-10lbs!
I am in full swing PMS time. TOM hasn't arrived, but I'm bloated, irritable, sensitive, and cranky. My poor hubby. lol. He tried to be sweet this morning. We got up early because our van had to be at the shop by 7 (nifty story about this to follow). So, he took me out for breakfast (we were able to leave the kids here at my in-laws house, sleeping.... one great thing about living with the in-laws... free babysitters!). ANYWAY, the entire way to breakfast, at breakfast and after breakfast all I did was just sit there. I was mad at EVERYTHING and then I started bawling for no reason. I kept telling him it was all hormones and if I could switch it off, I would. I hate feeling/being that way. So, no weigh-in for me this week (or until after TOM rears his ugly head).
About the van....as some of you may or may not know the story, here's the brief synopsis. Hubby lost job in January. Just recently got a job. We were barely making enough money to pay the bills each month. I kept telling everyone "if anything happened to our van, we wouldn't have the money to fix it....". Our van is very nice. '99 Honda. Fully paid for (we bought it after we sold our house). So, from our old place to the in-laws (where we now live) is about a 25 minute drive. This past weekend while bringing stuff down here, the check engine light came on.... talk about perfect timing! Not that I think that God made our van break down, but I did consider that to be a confirmation that we made the right decision by moving in here. One week earlier and we would have been without a van. We now have the money to get it fixed and don't have to stress about what we're going to do about it.
So, that's why I've been MIA the last few days. Busy moving. Things are actually going really good. I haven't wanted to pull my hair out even once! The true test is if I can get through PMS while here.... if I can do that - it'll be smooth sailing! lol
Anyway - I'm off now to keep on unpacking!
CONGRATS to all you losers! AND, Jar1965, I noticed your new avatar , that's awesome!
Last edited by LondonJulz; 10-30-2007 at 10:31 AM.
Hi ladies, things have been so hectic here the past few weeks. With me making new friends we are having play dates and such. We are going trick-or-treating tonight and I have a Halloween party this afternoon at school that I am doing. I am also babysitting a set of twins and a newborn three days a week for about 2 1/2 hours a day. They are the same age as my youngest.....three. I am also on the school committee and have been helping out at my daughters preschool several days last week and this week. I have been BUSY!!! Today is the first day I have really been home to do anything. I am glad to see everyone is doing so well. COngrats to all of you losers and welcome to all of you newbies!!
About the van....as some of you may or may not know the story, here's the brief synopsis. Hubby lost job in January. Just recently got a job. We were barely making enough money to pay the bills each month. I kept telling everyone "if anything happened to our van, we wouldn't have the money to fix it....". Our van is very nice. '99 Honda. Fully paid for (we bought it after we sold our house). So, from our old place to the in-laws (where we now live) is about a 25 minute drive. This past weekend while bringing stuff down here, the check engine light came on.... talk about perfect timing! Not that I think that God made our van break down, but I did consider that to be a confirmation that we made the right decision by moving in here. One week earlier and we would have been without a van. We now have the money to get it fixed and don't have to stress about what we're going to do about it.
an Update about the van...
So.....we took it to a car shop in Tulsa yesterday. They called yesterday afternoon and said that it was a problem in the transmission and something they couldn't fix. We'd have to take it to a Honda dealership. Oye.
Brett took the van to Don Carlton Honda in Tulsa. They called him with the update just about 3 hours ago. So, I'm telling you the update now.....
Brett calls and says the infamous line "I've got good news, and I've got really bad news, which do you want first". I said "gimmee the bad news".
Apparently, long story short, the transmission is dying. And, something about a computer that keeps restarting itself. We have to replace the transmission. I ask the cost of this. Brett said "$3500 on the low end". My stomach sank. I thought to myself .... $3500.... that's about 2 1/2 months worth of Brett's paychecks.... not impossible for us though...
So, I said "what's the good news". Brett said that Don Carlton Honda was so shocked that a Honda with only 78,000 miles on it was having this kind of transmission problems that they took it upon themselves to call the bigwigs at the Honda corporation. The bigwigs were flabbergasted by it as well, that one of their Honda vans which has hardly even been broken in, is having to get a new transmission already. So........ wait for it........
Honda has to offered to cover 100% of the cost of putting a new transmission in our van!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God is so good, people!
Last edited by LondonJulz; 10-31-2007 at 04:18 PM.
At Home Support Group.......10/28 - 11/3
Thought I'd get us started for the new week! I was catching up on last weeks threads. I hadn't been there since Thursday...........wow, I missed soooo much!!!!
, but hey, I'm halfway there and that's better than still being at the beginning! 
. It's probably being triggered by the pain medications I've been on for my back and that I'm prone to a seasonal blue in the fall anyway.
Liz and Lessthansign!
MommyToGirls & lessthansign3!!!!!
to all the newbits! 
, that's awesome!
I am glad to see everyone is doing so well. COngrats to all of you losers and welcome to all of you newbies!!
