Happy Thursday night everybody!

Feel better soon everyone who is/has been ill.

Congrats on all of the weight lost!

I seem to be at a stand still, but at least not going back up so far........

Tomorrow is garden tilling day and i hope to plant on Sun. pm and Monday. i am looking forward to fresh veggies in a couple of months!

See everyone tomorrow!

Michele

Good Morning everyone.

I am very excited. I am down another 1.5 and that brings me to 20.5 total weight loss so far. Im so excited. I was a little shocked because I didn't really work out this week. Finally I got the scales consistantly moving again!!! Whooo.

Have a great day everyone..I'll check in later!!

Good morning my SB friends. I know I haven't been on in ages ,but I have just been so busy with work and taking care of everyone else that something had to give. I am very happy to hear that so many of you have been loosing.

It is definitely not easy to maintain a healthy eating plan when special occasions come up. I've had a couple of those lately, and really took adavantage of the situation. I did get back on track, and since the weather has been lovely here, I've been outside a lot doing yard work.

I still have a problem with my weight tracker. I can post it when that's all I paste in a post, but I can't figure out how to have it post automatically at the end of all my posts. Any help with that would be greatly appreciated.

Gym- wtg with the weight loss. I'm also happy to hear you're feeling better. Stay well.

dtrmnd-happy planting!! In a few months you'll have the best tasting veggies!!

155-I also worry about the loose skin. I noticed after I had my children, my mid section just stretched out so far that the elasticity is really poor there. My belly isn't too big, but it does hang down further than I'd like it to. Now that I'm at a weight where exercising isn't a killer, I'm really going to try to get toned. Like heartmom said, I'll take loose skin over diabetes, heart problems and strokes.

solly-better to gain weight in the "boobs" I always say!

peggy-Isn't it wonderful to be able to get those windows open and breath in that spring air. I plan on doing the same thing when it warms up a bit later. I will have to try the cauliflower casserole, as cauliflower is one of my favorite veggies. Congrats on the 8lb. loss. Enjoy your granddaughter. My parents call all their grandchildren their "little dividends."

toni-what a wonderful feeling to have help with the house. I always say I want a cleaning lady every 2 weeks, but I never do it. I always end up doing it myself. I think part of me is too cheap to fork over all the money they charge. Plus it's good exercise and I don't get enough of that. I didn't realize you had heart trouble. Stay healthy.

heartmom-I'm so sorry to hear you had such an awful week. I'm happy to hear that your son is okay, and as for the car,well that's what we have insurance for. As long as no one was hurt, that's all that matters.

bob-My daughter does have a roommate in Manhattan. You can't afford the rent there without one. She lives right around the corner from Madison Square Garden, in the Chelsea section. Their closet, oops, I mean apartment, is $2,200.00 a month. And as a special bonus they get roaches every month or so. But she loves it, and as long as she's happy, I'm happy.

I'll try to post my weight tracker now, but I'm sure it won't work. I lost 4 pounds over the past 2 weeks, so down to 170.

Morning! What a great morning! And all my friends are maintaining weight loss or better yet......Losers! For this week I can join the loser group b/c another 1.5 lbs are gone! Let's just hope they are gone forever! I really did not "deserve/earn " the loss...last night I did NOT eat right...had corndogs! I know this is a no no! Funny how you feel so guilty over it!
CHRIS~~~you and I weigh the same...for this second in time anyway! If I go get back on the scale I may find the "Corndogs" there! I wish I was NOT so addicted to the scales!
155~~~~I hope you get better soon, earaches are the worst! Be careful, last week my nephew ended up in the ER (sore throat and ear ache) and it turned out as streph!
GYM~~~I wish I had your motivation! All that walking!
Dtrmnd~~~The best of planting to you! We have a small garden spot and only have half of it tilled
Hello to the rest of you and I hope we all have a great day!
I have dogs at the vet being bathed and their nails trimmed, and banking /drugstore errands so I best get going here! Enjoy the day! ~Peggy

Just seeing if my weight tracker is working.

Okay, I think I finally figured this thing out. I think you have to copy the tracker first, then write your post and then paste your tracker. If all goes well I should be seeing my little egg walking in the tulips.

You should be able to put the tracker in your signature(User CP) and not have to fool with it again unless you make changes to it.

Thanks heartmom. I will try to do that as soon as I wake up a bit more.

Thank you too, Peggy!!!!

I haven't run away again. Life has just been busy. My aunt is still in ICU so I've been at my mom's most of the week cooking and helping her out. Today we went and saw my daughter. Eating has been pretty good. I finally got under 170 without the scales being broken...LOL

Hopefully next week I'll be able to visit at the board more. Reading everyone's post really helps me to stay motivated and focused. Congratulations to all those who lost weight and to those who keep on trying. ((Everybody))

Love and hugs,
Crystle

Hi everyone...just popping in and, as usual, just like praying to God, I only come here when I'm having problems. I have two threads about home schooling and co-ed gym class over in the General Chatter area if you'd like to read them. Shelley's going through some tough times and I'm doing my best to help her.

The shop is picking up quite a bit with the snowbirds coming back! Who cares about the robins!! They don't need haircuts!!

Eating is horrendous. I have to get under control, but I'm just stressed and have no time to shop properly. Derek remains in Michigan this week and had to stay the weekend and should be back later this week. We miss him terribly. We've gone from having him around ALL the time, to not having him around at all and it's been a tough adjustment. I'm hoping he can stick close to home after this stint.

Okay..I have to go make something healthy for breakfast. I went to Watertown yesterday to shop, but didn't get there until 3pm and after shopping for a good hour and a half for a bathing suit for Shelley and finding none and bringing her to tears, we went to eat dinner and came home. And it was HOT and we both felt like sweaty pigs. 85 degrees here at 4pm!! In April!! Weird!!

Okay...I'm going to get moving. I'm going to do very light shopping at the corner store and then go grocery shopping tomorrow if I can. I have to talk to the principal about Shelley and Monday is my only day off to do ANYthing. I tell you...I really regret starting this shop. I love it, but hate it as it takes up ALL of my time that I need to be a mom. I wish I had just waited a few years until the kids were older.

Morning Everyone,

Very busy weekend, worked both day shifts at my 3rd job! Feeling a little better though, throat is not quite so sore. Found the salt water gargle helps and making sure I have lots and lots of water. Soon as I'm dehydrated my throat starts to hurt.

Finally decided to give my notice at the pub. Now I will have weekends to myself. Will miss the money but figure the part-time job Mon, Tues, Wed nites will make up most of $. Feels like a weight lifted.

Oh ya, on the weight - I'm down another 4 lbs. I think sugar busters is obiviously the way the live for my body. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything and the weight is coming off. So glad a friend told me about it.

I don't even say I'm dieting, I just say I staying away from sugar, white flour and over processed foods because they don't agree with me.

Now it's time to get with the toning and strength training so I can have a little loose skin as possible.

Hope everyone has a great weight in today. Thanks for all the support. You gals are GREAT!!!!!

Cheers
155

Happy monday,

Well Id love to say that my 20 pouns target kept me in check this weekend. Sadly it did not. I will have a lot of work to do to make up for it if I want to maintain the loss, and hope to **** I do. The weekend was a mix of sugar foods and sugar free snacks in abundance. I paid for it this am though. One would think id learn..I don't

So far b-2 pc toast and jelly
s-grapes
l-tuna on pita with 2 pickles

I didn't work out persay, but I taught camp for 3 hours, and did a few things in the gym room. I kept my heart rate monitor going and from 8-1 I burned about 1500 calories so thats always a good thing.

Hope everyone had a good weekend!! It's a beautiful day here, maybe i'll go sit outside and read. Lata!

Howdy ya'll. The dentist visit went well. The tooth came out in one piece. Considering the font half was missing I feel very blessed. My face still feels funny.

Eating is going well. Exercise is another story. Last week I spent Wed. Thrus. and Friday at my mom's so no time to walk...errrr But this is a new week so a fresh start right?

155...you are SO right. It is a way of eating versus a diet. Knowing that really helps in the long run. I've been eating this way since 2002 I think...it may have been 2003. I lost focus about 18 months ago and I paid for it. Congratulations on all your sucesses so far.

Tech...awesome on the snowbirds coming back. I hope you stay very busy.

Gym...just jump right back on the wagon. You are still doing a GREAT job.

Monet...Bob...Solly...Peggy...Chris...Heartmom...T oni...Beth...Everybody ((hugzz)) I pray ya'll have a great week.

Love and hugs,
Crystle