Morning Girls, well I had a great OP weekend, so proud of myself for not having a cheat day, I lost all three pounds I gained over my 3 day weekend superbowl fest last weekend and even lost one more to put me down to 214!!!!! So I was really happy with myself

I usually have a cheat day over the weekend but decided not too as lately that has put me into a tail spin of eating...and I really do feel better knowing I kept on my diet the whole time ...

Today I gotta go get some blood drawn for my insulin problems, to check up on how my meds are doing, not looking forward to spending my lunch doing that.

We are supposed to get 10-12 inches of snow here today and tomorrow, so that should be fun Actually I am hoping to stay home and just stay warm during it, but we will see what actually happends.

Talk to you girls later!!

Hello ladies!

Carri - Congrats on the weight loss that's awesome!
Stacey - Congrats on staying on the treadmill!

Well, I have been in a bit of a funk lately. On Thursday, I had a luncheon department meeting for my night job office. They have been on a healthy living contest since the first of the year. I was hoping since they were trying to live healthy (for money) that they would eat someplace where I could get a healthy meal. Well, they decided on Chinese. That's the one place that I can't eat healthy. There is so much sugar in the sauces, etc. That continued (from the Superbowl) my downward spiral. I then ate off plan for breakfast on Friday and for several snacks over the weekend. With my eating, I seem to be an all or nothing person. I really need to get back on plan 100%.

I haven't been exercising like I should over the past few weeks. I still go to my class twice a week, but that seems to be the only exercise I've been getting. I don't know what's wrong with me. I know that I detest this time of year.....bah humbug to Valentine's Day! It is also the 5 year anniversary of a very tough time in my life. (Ironically, at that time I was living a very healthy lifestyle and was a size 6 at 120 pounds). Today is actually an ex's child's 5th birthday. Mind you we had only been broken up about 7 months when his kid was born. Oh and this month is also the 5 year anniversary of my last date. UGH!! It just hit me this weekend (not that it's new information, it just hit home) that I spend most of my time alone. I have about 2 hours a week that I spend with my best friend. Other than that I'm at one of my 2 jobs or at home alone. It's not uncommon for me to get home from work on Friday night and not have any human contact until I get to work on Monday morning. (This week I did have a brief encounter with a guy in a fast food drive-through)

Sorry I'm a downer today. I just needed to get a few things off my chest. Thanks for lending the ears!

Karen

Karen - sorry you are having such a hard time of it ... we havent talked about our personal lives much so I didnt realize that you were single ...Valentines Day can be such a crappy time of year if you are ...I know it will get better for you ...try to stay away from buying yourself some chocolates At least you recognize that you have been slacking on your program lately and came here to us for support. I know you can get back on track today !!! Just keep thinking about how good you are going to feel this same time next year, with all those pounds down !!!

YOU CAN DO THIS !!!!

Thanks Carri!

Hello Ladies!

I have to confess another thing that may have contributed to my mood lately. After the Superbowl cheat weekend, I decided to jump on the scale to see how bad it was. I was up quite a bit for most of the week. I think that may have been a contributing factor to my cheats later in the week. I really need to learn to stay off the scale except my official monthly weigh in because I know what small gains do to my brain! I felt different today (physically) and decided to jump on the scale to compare to my weight on the first. I was actually down a few pounds from my last weigh in (so lost the cheat weight and some more!) I'm not going to record it officially or weigh again until the first, but hopefully it will be enough to get me back on track mentally.

Have a good day!
Karen

Hi Girls,

Well I was fighting a war with a cold and the cold won I have been feeling pretty crappy today, bleh stupid cold! Plus we are getting a snow storm here right now and I am not a good winter driver so I am not looking forward to getting to work tomorrow as it is supposed to snow all night...bleh...stupid snow
Carri congrats on the weight loss! And skipping the cheat day, I wish I could do that, great job!
Karen sorry to hear you are in a funk and don't get down on yourself about your eating, it is fine you will get back on the wagon when you are ready. I totally understand what you are saying as I am a all or nothing dieter too, just do the best you can, ok? And honestly I understand how you feel I am a loner too, if it wasn't for my sister and parents or my best friend who works right beside me, I would be alone alot. And date.....what is that word? *L* Try not to let it get you down, its hard but hey you have Carri and I...yeah I know we are not a date......plus I would make you pay anyways *LOL* Just keep your chin up and we are hear to listen to you vent, about anything!
Well good news I lost 1.6 pounds again this week so I am down just short of 45 pounds.
Take care both of you!
Stacey

Morning Girls !! We got so much snow yesterday that they actually closed the ins company that I work for, and so did my dh's work, so we had a snow in day together, so about 4:00 we were ready to kill eachother ...he wanted to cheat and go to the store and get stuff to make ice cream sundaes ( we were watching food network alot all day ) but I finally made him see that it wasnt going to be worth it ...besides we really couldnt get out of our driveway anyhow ...

Karen - Doing better? Hope so ...glad that you were able to get those cheat weekend pounds off, now that you have seen that you will be able to stick to the plan I bet ...and like Stacey said we are always here for ya !!!

Stacey - I hate colds, had one last month that took like 3 weeks to get over, hope you feel better soon !! Also CONGRATS on your pounds down,
closing in on 45 pounds is great, just think of how much weight that actually is...I like to think about it in 5 pound jugs of milk or 8 pd bags of potatoes, it is truely alot of weight lost!!!

I also was down another pound this morning ( I cheated and weighed early cause I just felt smaller, ha ha ) and was down to 213, so that makes me at 23 pounds lost now since Dec 1st ...I am wanting that 199 so badly I can taste it !!! It sort of tastes like a brownie with caramel sauce - no wait, cannot get side tracked...okay better get back to work ...

Talk to you both later !!!

okay so I just made a bad choice, well not horrible but bad ...since we are all snowed in today at work they decided to get us Pizza Hut pizza for lunch, I tried to choose wisely and had one slice thin crust cheese and one slice thin crust mushroom ...okay so I thought that would be pretty good but turns out it was about 550 calories, geez ...now I am going to have to watch what I eat the rest of the day ...I wish I could have had the willpower to just eat the lunch that I brought in but oh well ...like I said it could have been worse but I am just feeling guilty ---- small rant ...

Hello Ladies!

It's official - I'm done! .....with winter! It's time for spring and I mean NOW!!! Well, yesterday morning I woke up and my hot water at the bathroom faucet was frozen. This morning the shower was frozen. I've had enough winter and it's time to move on! I swear to you girls that I am not just a "drama queen." (I've known people who seem to thrive on bad crap like this happening to them all of the time. Let me assure you that I am not one of those people!) I did still have hot water at the kitchen faucet so I put water in 3 large bowls and took my shower that way and washed my hair in the sink.

Moving on....I am doing okay today (aside from the house situation...Oh except that the fire alarm in the building I work at is now going of for the 5th time this morning!!) I have been staying on plan so far this week (except for a few pieces of candy this morning.)

45 pounds and 23 pound....Yeah! It's really an eye opener when you look at it the way Carri suggested in regards to bags of potatoes or gallons of water. Even my 8 pounds is 2 bags of sugar. Not such a small accomplishment! That 45 pounds must feel awesome! Do you ever watch the shows like Biggest Loser or Celebrity Fit Club where they have the contestants carry around the amount of weight they have lost? It makes them wonder how in the world they functioned having to carry around all that weight before.

Stacy - I'm sorry you've been sick. That has always been a trigger for me to get off plan. Congrats for losing even in the midst of it. Thanks for the kind words. (Side rant: fire alarm again....did I mention it's LOUD?!) Okay, I keep losing my train of thought ( alarm again!). Seriously, I had a whole thing I was going for here and it's gone. I've been having memory problems lately. I think part of it has been (and you're probably not going to want to hear this) that I have very little to do at my work. I search the web most of the day which I really don't have many things that I want to look at. I feel like I'm not using my brain and I'm so bored. That may be my memory issues. (Of course I have way to much work at my night job and am WAY behind!) Anyway, I'm glad you have a good support network. That's important. I need to figure out how to get mine a little bigger! All of my friends have families, so I don't get to see them as much as I'd like.

Carri - I would have probably had the pizza too. I think only 2 pieces is an accomplishment. Don't spend too much time feeling guilty. Take it as it is and move on. We haven't been having the snow lately (just light dustings) but the temperature is freezing. It's up to 17 degrees here (4 degree wind chill) Not being able to get out of the driveway has save me from cheat-fest before. It was good for me, but really ticked me off at the time!

Take Care Ladies and STAY WARM!!!

Well I did weigh myself this morning but it was still 213 but I will take it, cause that would be 2 pounds this week ...that is about what I am averaging every week, I need to get back into the gym and kick start it some...

what do you guys think of this whole Anna Nicole thing? I was just watching some of the live coverage on CNN about who is going to get to take her body and bury it ...I HOPE the mom does not get to take her body as she hated her mom and also Anna bought a plot right beside her son, Daniel, so that is where she wanted to be anyhow ...the whole thing is just so sad, especially for that little baby girl...

Well it is at the end of my break, better get back to work...hope you guys have a great weekend !!! Try to stay OP !!!

Hello ladies,
I had a terrible weekend. I did not eat on plan at all....not even close. I had to call a plumber out on Saturday only to find out that I have a leak in the Main Line (the line from the house to the street). He thinks it will be about $1200 to fix. I'm waiting on the main plumber to verify a quote. I have not had any running water since Saturday morning. So, since I can't cook or clean, I have been eating fast food all weekend. I am very stressed. I've been having panic attacks all weekend. As soon as I find out how much it's going to cost me, I'll need to call the bank to see if I can get a loan. I'm trying to decide if I should get a small loan for just the amount or if I should refinance and get a little extra for some other things that need done around the house.
Talk to you later!
Karen

Morning All - I had an okay weekend, food wise I did great !! I was down to 211 on Saturday, I seem to lose most of my weight at the end of the week
so now that brings my total loss to 25 pounds !!!!
I told myself that I would not get too excited until I was in the single digits of the two's and I am almost there ... I am in a good place right now, weight wise ...

I could have used a more restful weekend but good thing about weekends is there is always another one coming up !!!

Karen - I am sorry to hear about your house woes, I know how that is, my last house was falling apart for a while and then we bought the house we live in now which was brand new, so hopefully we will have while before things start happening there ...sorry to hear about your panic attacks, I would not wish any anxiety problems on my worse enemy, do you have any meds for it? Hope so ...Also the way interest rates are now I would check about refinancing the whole loan and getting some extra - but that is just my two cents ...I hope things get better on the home front and the eating front - we are here for ya!!

Stacey - Hope you had a good weekend!!!

Well back to work ...have a good one!!

Carri

Carri - Congrats on hitting the 25 pound mark! What an exciting accomplishment!!

I'm sorry I haven't been more diligent with posting lately. I guess it's alot easier to post when you've been good! I don't want to quit posting because this is just a temporary setback. I've stuggled all weekend because I can't cook or clean at home and have been eating out, but all of my pants are loose. In December before I got started back on track, I gave up and bought a couple pair of a size bigger pants for work because none of my 14's fit anymore. Last Thursday after work, I took off my belt and could actually slip the new 16's off without unbuttoning them. My jeans that I had a hard time buttoning are also loose and I am constantly pulling them up. I so desperately don't want to lose my progress. I am going to do my best to get back on track during the midst of this.

Stacey - I hope you're feeling better!

Take care!
Karen

Afternoon ...my day got off to a bad start, first I got my TOM three days early with a side of cramps ... then during our staff meeting I had a low bld sugar episode and had to be excused ... I am just ready to go home and get in my pjs and relax in front of the tv !!! So of course I am not wanting to weigh myself this week because everytime I am on it I am up 2-3 pounds that week ... ughhh...

Karen - I hope you can get through your rough patch quickly and back on track ...we are here for you ...I would know what to do if I could get in a pair of 14's ...I have not been in that size for a decade probably ...

Stacey - you better check in girley, we are worried about ya !!!

Later girls
Carri

Hello all! I'm not a newbie, persay, but certainly a newbie here! Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself! I love how you all are so supportive of each other! Great Job on all of your losses!!!
Here in NJ its a whopping 45 degrees! I'm currently in the middle of applying for scholarships, so i've gotta run!
Have a great day everyone!