Tanya - I'm glad the kids had a good time at the circus and you all had a good time in Hanmer, even with the pool closed for ahem, cleaning. Twizzlers are sort of reddish but it's all sugar so they're probably quite similar in "junkness" to Twisties.
I did OK last night. I stayed in the same room as Tony until I felt as if I was going to get a Twizzler and then I up and left for the bedroom to watch TV. I had some popcorn instead and that was it for the evening so I consider the evening a success! I have a chiropractor appt after work today so I guess I'll just try to do some gentle yoga for my back when I get home. Back to work today!
Good morning, I hope you don't mind if I join you. I want to lose 25-30 lbs. and I'm planning on starting today. Years ago I had been going to meetings and our leader was great. I have since moved to a different state, joined WW, didn't like the meetings at all, so I stopped going and gained everything back plus a few lbs. more. I do need the accountability of a weekly weigh in. I hope you all have a great day. Ali
Judy - WTG on the popcorn - i'm a fan of Twizzlers too but not black licorice - blech!!!
Welome Ali! I hope you like it here
had a pretty good weekend - got a little crazy yesterday with the food - I ordered a hamburger when we went out for lunch - I usually don't order them but it sounded good to me...but I had a salad instead of fries on the side and mustard instead of mayo (and lots of jalapenos!! I'm on a jalapeno kick lately - keep it spicy, I say!!)
Part of our fence blew down in a storm the other night so DH and I fixed that on Saturday - that was quite a work out but I think it went pretty well. DH and I didn't even fight during the little project - I consider that a feat in itself!
definitely need to get in some good workouts this week if I want to have a shot at hitting my Mother's Day Goal...got to keep looking forward...
Everybody! So today I was all excited to weigh in this morning. I went on to tap the scale and the darn thing wasn't working at all. I did not like that..I was almost in tears. I do not like not knowing where I stand for the day because I am a little obsessed with the scale and weigh myself numerous times through out the day! Does anyone else have this problem?
Well all in all my friend and I ended up started WW today. Just came back from our meeting. I will still continue to post on this site as you girls are wonderful and motivitating just what I need! So I weighed in and the scale was 180.4...I was estatic because I was 180.0 last year when I stopped the program in June! So doing good I thought! However since my scale was not working this morning I do not know if I had a gain or loss for this week. So I am going to go with WW's scale of 180.4...what I was last week. So no gain! Tee hee!
Judy ~ Oh, Twizzlers and Twisties aren't the same thing then, Twisties don't have sugar on them. WTG on your great controlled-snacking evening last night. Good luck with the Chiropractor today.
Ali ~ I'm sure you'll enjoy it here and receive the support you need. Good luck with your goal.
Emily ~ I'm sure the jalapenos counteracted the hamburger since hot'n'spicy is so good for your metabolism, lol. Sorry to hear about your fence blowing down. I'm sure it was great exercise fixing it though. WTG on getting along during the task. DH and I usually seem to argue during any sort of job around the house as we have very different approaches. Love your new avatar, btw.
Jenny ~ I used to be obsessed with the scales but have limited myself to once a week (although I often take a sneak peak the morning before the official weigh-in). Glad to hear you rejoined and got to a meeting. Having a friend with you is awesome motivation.
I'm full of a head cold and sinus infection today and feeling a little sorry for myself. My brother and SIL and two boys are coming over this afternoon to wish Bradley a Happy Birthday and then I plan to bake a banana cake as the boys are back to school tomorrow and need something for their lunchboxes.
Hi everyone, well today I weighed in at 162.4. Why is it I can get so close to getting out of the 160's but my body fits me at every turn. I have been around 162-163 for a few months now. I quess I should be happy since my highest weight is 185.
I finally weighed in this morning. I'm shocked and very grateful. In the last 3 weeks I've put on .2lbs (.1kg) making my total regain 2.4lbs (1.1kgs). My diet has been absolutely appalling with loads of bingeing and basically no exercise - as you can tell from my exercise minutes this month. How I have not put on a ton more I have no idea as I normally just need to look at food and can feel my hips expanding. Still I'm not complaining by any means. I'm still full of a sinus infection and cold and feeling very lousy so I probably won't be exercising for the next day or two at least. I do, however, intend to do what I can in the meantime, and start counting points again.
Bev ~ The positive is definitely that at least you haven't gained. Sometimes when you reach a plateau you need to do something different to give your body a restart back into loss mode. Good luck with your Mother's Day Challenge.
The boys are back to school today and Cameron will be at preschool til 1pm. I need to get some office work done while he's not here but otherwise I'm going to take some painkillers and go back to bed. I'm not getting much sleep as I'm coughing so much at nighttime in particular. I started taking Ventolin yesterday (as I tend to get a bit of asthma when I have a cold) so hopefully by tonight it should help a little.
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Hi, everyone. I'm new to the boards. I found it by accident. It seems wonderful. Anyway, I'm trying to lose 25 lbs. I bought some WW books on ebay. I've never been to a meeting. I've just been reading these MB for tips. So far, so good. I weighed in at 149 lbs. yesterday. Last Monday I was 151.5lbs. I'm very excited because I haven't been able to crack in to the 140's for a couple of weeks.
Jen - congrats on the no gain - it's always a little traumatic trying out a new scale
Tanya - sorry to hear about your infection. That's a great job that you've only put on 0.2 lbs while still feeling crummy. Thanks for the compliment about my avatar!
Bev - welcome to the thread and good luck reaching your goal. Hovering in the 160's is tough...although now i'm ready to climb back into them!
Ivy - congrats on breaking into the 140's!! keep up the great work
Well, I changed my weigh-in day to Wednesday and well, the scale did NOT go up - woohoo...I had a couple of bad days last week and I started lifting weights again so I wasn't expecting much of a loss. But hopefully in a week I will see another 2-3 lbs go away.
Emily – good for you for making good choices to go with the hamburger. Yup, sounds like the fence work was quite a workout.
Jenny Dee – I go to meetings and still post here because it’s a great group of people. Yes, I step on the scale every morning - wish I didn’t but I really don’t think this time around it derails my efforts. That’s fabulous to have only 0.4 difference between now and when you stopped last year!
Tanya – I’m sorry that you are not feeling well. Here are some Get Well {{{{HUGS}}}}}.
Bev – when I’m a little disappointed by the scale I try to do 2 things: concentrate on how much I’ve lost so far and think about where I would be if I weren’t following the program! You’ll be out of the 160’s in no time.
TOM finally showed up yesterday and that plus my aching back had me at home yesterday. I went to the chiropractor and felt a but better afterwards. I did take an easy walk outside yesterday as it was beautiful out and did a nice gently yoga/back stretch session afterwards. I have been pretty good program-wise and snack-wise but the sneak peeks at the scale aren't very good. I'm sure it's from TOM.. Darn, I hadn't gotten in since Feb and was hoping it would stay away for good.....perimenopause sure does take a long time!
Hi all I have started WW 2 weeks ago at home I use to go to the meetings but couldn't afford it anymore so I didn't go anymore. I try to do it at home after that but it was an up and down weight never went back to 240 but stayed in between 210 and 200 then that went on for last year in june till this year in Feb then I started really Exercising and stayed in between 200-195 but not making right food choices so thats were I stayed. So I started in a weight competition to get me motivated there is 21 one of us with the Max pot of 800 dollars so who ever lost the most % in weight wins 2 dollars a % max being 40 dollars. So as I pondered on it for a week I said what the **** this might be what I needed to help me so I started doing WW at home knowing thats the only thing that helped. so in 2 weeks I went from 198 to 191.5 eating healthy and staying active like a maniac. I have 2 kickboxing classes and 1 boxing class plus I roller blade on nights that I don't have class and I go to the gym or take walks during lunch.
I feel great and I am glad I took this challenge because it was my kick in the butt to keep going. And I have 2 vacations to go to this year and my jobs picinic and I want to look good with out having to wear big t-shirts in the summer.
Oh and I am a mom of 2 boys one just turned 4 and my youngest is 2 so I need to keep up with them.
I had another miserable night last night so went to the doctors this morning and got some antibotics and heavy duty painkillers for my sinus infection. Hopefully they should kick in soon.
Ivynikki~ Welcome and congratulations on the 2.5lbs lost.
Emily ~ WTG on the maintain and doing some weights. Have a great week.
Judy ~ Sorry to hear your back's been giving you trouble, glad you managed to get some relief from the Chiropractor. WTG on having a good week eating and exercise-wise. I hate weighing in during TOM - just think about the lovely loss you'll have the following week.
Nikki ~ Welcome. WTG on the weightloss thus far and all the exercise you're doing. I'm sure you'll reach your goal in no time. Good luck with the challenge, it's always great to have something to keep you motivated.
Karen ~ {{{hugs}}} and my deepest sympathies to you and Mike.
Need to get some work done and then I'm going to lay down for a bit.
Half a week more of hellaciousness and my schedule gets back to something closer to normal.
Judy - I'm sorry that your back has been bothering you. I hope it's all better soon. Too bad your darn period didn't just stay away. I'm also sorry to read of your accident last week. I feel your pain. Sunday morning I was at church to work a first communion and was backing out of a parking space. An elderly woman started backing up accross from me at the same time and she hit my car. Just when I think we're getting ahead - another bill. (I didn't even bother exchanging insurance info with her. I was too tired to argue about who hit whom.) Ah well, it could have been worse. It's just a car. Good for you for your maintain. Considering it was passover, that's pretty darn good. And Happy Graduation! I'll be thinking of you on the 14th.
Rachel - Yay for running the 5k. FIfty minutes sounds pretty good to me.
Emily - Every once in awhile I just have to have a hamburger. I love jalapenos too and get on spicy kicks - especially during PMS. Good for you for skipping the fries.
Jenny - I hate having to change scales. I used to weigh every day, but I try to limit it to every other day now. I'd like to get to once a week.
Tanya - I'm sorry that you're not feeling well. I hope your cold and sinus infection are gone soon. Sinus infections are the worst - they just knock you out.
Ali, ivynikki, and Nikki - Welcome.
Bev - Sorry you're dealing with a plateau. I'll echo whoever said try shaking up the way you eat.
Karen - My deepest sympathies to you and Mike. Take care of yourself and each other.
Well, I had an unpleasant surprise on Friday. On Wednesday I went for my pre-op tests (for those of you who are new, I'm scheduled for a gall bladder removal next week). On Friday my doctor called. He got my test results and my blood sugar was over 300. Needless to say, he started me on meds (metformin) right away. I wasn't shocked. In fact I was going to call him on Monday anyway because I had a blister that wasn't healing and I know what that means. Luckily I haven't had any of the bad side effects from the meds (other than feeling a bit woozy Saturday morning) and am hoping to experience the pleasant side effect: weight loss. Today I had an appointment with the doc and my blood sugar was down to 191, so the meds are working. And the killer fatigue I had going on is better, although I'm still wiped out from my crazy schedule. I have to track my blood sugar twice a day and call in the results to him on Tuesday and he'll decide whether I can have the surgery. So, no more fooling around with the diet and now I really must exercise. No excuses. No matter how tired I am I have to drag my body out of bed and get on the bike. I've set a goal for myself: by this time next year I want to be off all my meds - blood pressure and diabetes. On the positive side, the scale showed a 1.8 pounds loss today (and that's in the full throes of PMS). I've been really careful to try to keep my stress levels low, so we decided to host Ana's first communion luncheon in a restaurant. No one is stepping foot inside my house, so I don't have to worry about how it looks and I don't have to plan, shop for, and prepare a meal. Yay! And now, on to writing procedure manuals.
Weigh in at home 4/24 - 4/30
but not black licorice - blech!!!
I'm sure you'll enjoy it here and receive the support you need. Good luck with your goal.
