Well hello all you Losers!!! And I mean that in the best way possible!! Are we on a roll, or what?!?!?!

Jodi - YAY for your 3.2 pounds loss. And also for you getting into the jeans without having to lay on the bed, lol.

Angie - a big hello to you, my friend! I'm so happy to see you here, and hope you'll be back on a regular basis. How's everything going in your life?

Marti - 1.2 more down - 10 total! Yay for you! And won't it feel so good to get into the new pants.

Vann - so how did training etc. go today?

Cristina - 4 pounds! Woohoo! That's so great! And yes, I happen to know a real nice lady who happens to have a bd on 5/12, so too bad little Jackson is coming early.

Sassy, Julie, Sue, Tammy, and all else reading this, a big hello!

Today has been so hectic! First, we had our taxes done, then I went to Evansville with Mary and the girls for her RA doctor's appointment. After that it was home for a crock pot chicken supper, and following that was a meeting at church. Then I walked the treadmill while I watched New Adventures of Old Christine. Hopefully, tomorrow will be less busy.

How're things going for you?

Hi everyone it is nice to hear from all of you guys. We have been having some cold weather too. It got below zero the night before last. It isn't to bad when the sun comes out. I haven't lost any weight in the last couple of days. Tomorrow will be my 14th day, so I might try to stay on phase 1 of the SBD another two weeks. I am hungry at night lately. I go to bed and think about food. Thanks for being here. Joyce

Evening Ladies--

Let's see if I can catch up a bit.

Joyce--Good to see you again. I have never tried SBD, but there is a forum just for that.....maybe they can help you with the questions on the feeling hungry at night? Your weather seems extremely cold!! Hope you're able to stay warm.

Jane--I've never felt so proud to be called a loser! I don't care if I'm losing slowly....I'm just happy I'm losing. I had a gal at work today tell me I had little legs....I gave her this look of "what in the world are you looking at?" I have NEVER considered my legs to be little. That was a nice compliment......made me want to work out more tonight when I got home. Call that a NSV right? Hurray for you're loss!! Fantastic month of January with 8lbs gone! Proud of you!!

Jodi-- Congrats on the 3.2lbs gone!! I agree with Cristina....you should have gotten a star. And since we don't have star smilies....I'll give you a sun!

Cristina--Hurray to you too!! 4lbs is great!! If this week was a challenge...then you'll fabulously next week. Proud of you!

Vann--Another congrats!! 2lbs gone!! That's wonderful! I love how we all had a great WI this week. Keep up the great work...Proud of you too!

Wow....can you believe it? A bunch of losers! Now....that only confirms that 2007 is the year that'll make a difference!

Hello to all the other girls out there! Jules-MaryKate-Michelle-Angie-Sassy-----and everyone else I may have missed.


Got my walk in. My treadmill is acting up.....the incline wants to go up higher than I have it set, but instead of not walking and complaining about, I have decided to just walk it! What else can I do?? I don't want to cut my walks short because of it. And maybe it'll tone the back end a little more??? As long as the thing is still running, I'm still walking.

I am DEFINATELY going to pull my bike out of the shed this Spring. I talked about doing that all last Summer and it's still in the same place w/flat tires. This year will be different. We have a great bike trail that is only 6 blocks from my house......need to use it! That is my Spring goal.

Ok.....Here's to a great start to the week....let's strive for another great week and another weightloss on WI day.

BTW.....do you all have certain WI days?? I WI on Mondays.....just curious.

ok...off I go!

Joyce - glad to see you again. What I do to combat night-time hunger is to save some of my calories for evening, then I sleep so much better.

Marti - I weigh in on Saturday mornings. Naked. In private. After I potty. Hopping on one foot, if necessary, lol.

Mary Kate - how's the arm feeling?

BBL,

Hello Ladies!!

Just a quick Hello ..still in training..and it is so boring. We are suppose to go to dinner at Twist in Phipps plaza tonight..suppose to be very good!!

I did 30 calories over my limit yesterday..so not great, but it certainly could have been worse:-)

Christina-thanks for the congrats AND although I am not 100% I am so much better today. I have been quite sick:-(

Jane-Hope you are well...miss my long post!!

Hello and hugs to all..Tammy, Marti, Sue, Kathy, Michelle, Sassy, and who ever else I may have forgotten..I will be able to sit down and really say hello tomorrow night!

Quick Hello during lunch--hope to be back when I can stay longer!!

JoyceIsn't it funny that we don't think much about food or weighing in till we are trying to lose weight and then we get almost obsessive about it? I am that way with getting on the scales. I have one of the WW scales and it weighs exact to the one at the WW center and I have to fight the urge to get on it. So glad that you have come back. Have you ever found an eating plan in the past you have had success with? If so, if the SB isn't working maybe you could go back to the one from the past. Gotta do what works so you don't get frustrated and quit.

Marti Thanks for the sun! Makes me feel better. I know I will get my star next week. It did make me feel better when I logged onto the ww website and logged my weight and it showed a star on my wl graph. :-)
Great way to look at the treadmill situation. Don't let anything stop you girl!
And I WI on Monday's to answer your question.

Whoo hoo Jules! I just noticed your ticker and saw that you are 4 lbs down to your 10. Way to go!!!

I just got back from the library. I took back Richard Simmons, lol, I just couldn't handle it. I have decided that aerobic style stuff isn't for me. I like the walking tapes and I picked up some dvd's for pilates and yoga. I have never tried that stuff and so I am going to be open minded and branch out. Anyone else do these things?

Well l am going to go and do some housework. -Jodi

Hello ladies...

Thank you ladies! It means a lot to me to come here for all the support. I think we all did a GREAT job this week! So to us all!

JANE...bet the family is getting very excited about little Jackson. He will be here before you know it! How did Mary's appt. go? Have they figured out anything yet?

JODI...I LOVE Sweatin' To the Oldies, the orignal. I have it somewhere in this house. What is funny is my kids love it too! That's why I don't know where it is, lol. I'll just have to get the dvd. I like it because it is fun to me, not like exercising at all. I think your hubby is right...you will get your star next week for sure. DH got his, he is down a whopping 7 pounds! I got a little sticker that says "I did it!" So what is this oven backed chicken? I am looking for WW recipes big time!

VANN...you are welcome! And get to feeling better. 30 calories is not so bad, it could have been worse. Traveling is very hard on the diet. I think you'll do fine though. I've not heard of Twist, what kind of food is it?

MARTI...hopefully your treadmill isn't messing up. And good for you for keeping on keeping on! I too WI on Monday now. I did for the longest time and then changed to Saturday. There is no WW meeting around here on a Saturday so went back to Monday.

JOYCE...glad to see you back posting. I had the SB diet book a while back. Kudos to anyone who does it because I couldn't. And it's cold here too! Brrrrr...the sun is shining but with the wind...it is very cold.

JULES...hope you get some time soon. You have been a busy lady!

MICHELLE...how are you doing? How is our little Oreo doing too? I like your new avatar.

SASSY...hoping all is well with you and your arm. Missin' you.

The same with the rest of you ladies...hoping all is well with you all.

Nothing much going on with me today. A very slow day around here. I went to the post office this morning to get the packages mailed for the troops. Came home and got my 3 mile walk done. It always feels soooo good and gives me so much energy. On the 'puter while I get some laundry done then not sure what I will do with the rest of my day. I have loads of pictures I need to write on the back of and get put in the photo album so will probably do that. I used to be so good about doing that as soon as I had pictures developed. I have a stack of about 10 packages of pictures. Anyway...hope everyone is having a GREAT day!

Cristina- I posted the recipe for Vann I believe several posts ago. So, not knowing where it is, I will post it again for you. :-)
It's not a WW recipe persay... just low in points, and gooood!

Temp 425* Prep: 10 min Bake 50 min
1 T butter 2/3 C Bisquick mix 1 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1 1/2 tsp paprika 3 # chicken

Heat oven, melt butter in 13X9 pan. Stir together your dry ingredients. Coat chicken and place meaty side down in dish. Bake 35 min, turn chicken, bake 15 min longer. makes 5 servings

****note: I use cooking spray and found this time that putting in a baking dish rather than a metal pan in much better. I also didn't use the paprika cause I don't have that. I used onion powder and garlic and chicken seasoning because that is what I had. I think whatever seasonings you have would work great.
Also, the bisquick (generic) mix I use is 6 pts for the amt used here, but I don't use all of it, so I am figuring it's actually less points, but count as 6. I cook enough for 4 servings since there are 4 of us, so the chicken I use was 12 pts, since I didn't use the butter that makes 18 pts for the whole pan, divided by 4 = 4.5 points (rounded to 5), add a veggie and a salad and this is a really low points meal, but filling.

I have actually found that using Bisquick for different recipes is working well for cooking when counting points.

Hope this helps- Jodi

Hi again!

Thanks Jodi...I do remember seeing the recipe now, duh. But thank you for posting again. I am definitely going to give it a try. I am totally at a loss as to what to serve for dinner without my WW cookbooks. I'm not good at trying to figure up points for let's say, meatloaf. And the cookbooks have it all figured for you so all I have to do is follow the recipe. I like things easy, can you tell? Lol So I am on the prowl for some good dinner recipes.

Last night at the meeting she told everyone that had some good recipes to please share them. She hands out little papers each week, sometimes every other week and likes to share recipes with everyone, WW friendly recipes that is. So I look forward to getting those.

Anyway, better get going. Took a break to eat lunch and left the computer on, lol.

Take care ladies and have a good one!

Hello everyone

Just popping on really quickly. I just wanted to say hello to everyone. What a hectic past week it has been. Have some exciting news. I am an Auntie again to a very sweet little nephew. I was there for his birth, which was very stressful. Great news is my SIL has a very great doctor, and he saved little Owen's life. Then my little guy got the flu, so I haven't really slept for the last 4 days.

Anyway, I must run and get the same DS to bed.

Evening Ladies--

Tonight is my "can't walk" night. It hurts to sit straight! I was fine all day and then towards the end of my work day....my sciatica started acting up and by the time I got home I was hobbling! A few yoga poses tomorrow will help if it doesn't ease up tonight. Right now.....trying to sit comfortably is a hard chore!

Jane--You make me laugh! I WI w/boxers on and that's it. Only because the scale is in the dining room and it just feels weird to be naked in the middle of the house! (Maybe I'll lose a couple ounces if I take the boxers off!)

Vann--30 over the limit isn't too bad. It's actually really good! Now forgive me for being so forgetful here.....are you following a program or just counting calories? Looking forward to chatting w/ya more when you get back home.

Jodi--I have both yoga and pilates tapes and books. I love to do them. The only reason I don't do them as often is because I'm constantly clearing space to spread out! And that's my problem when it comes to exercise.....I'm lazy when it comes to putting effort to set things up. My treadmill is up at all times....off the corner of the room facing the TV if I watch it. Perfect. Just hop on.....no clearing space for it!

Jules--How ya doing? Sounds like they have you busy like crazy again at work! Tell them you need time to catch up w/the girls. Congrats on 4lbs gone!

Cristi--Great pictures! You sure got a lot of snow. We got half that. Makes me sound like a whiney Oregonian who doesn't know what to do when it snows! Of coarse....there was a nice layers of freezing rain on top, that didn't help any. I love my WW cookbooks. I only have 4 but they're nice to have. And James likes how they're easy to follow. I love the Balsamic Chicken. Do you like Balsamic Vinegar? I can always find the recipe and post it later if you like. It's one of my favorites right now and we have it often.

Kathy--Congrats on the new baby. Hope you're getting some sleep. And tell us more about your new nephew.

Hello to all the other gals out there!!

Well I finally got myself figured out w/my printer. It wasn't working for a bit and now it's doing great. So Jane & Cristi....I shall be working on your pages THIS weekend! It shouldn't take too long. So sorry for the extreme tardiness on my part.....hope you can both forgive me! I'll be printing on normal cardstock and not glossy photo paper....but they still print nicely. I will try and get an update photo taken of me and put in there too. (that's if you two still want the pages from me.......)

I need to go lay down, I'm sitting crooked to be comfortable and I'm no longer comfortable....so you all have a great night and I'll chat w/you tomorrow.

Hugs!

Hello Ladies....Sounds like there are lots of kudos to be handed out here. Wonderful! I wish I could say I can join all you LOSERS, but I don't have a scale here, so can't weigh. I can tell I am not gaining so far...like I have in the past. Just don't think I am losing. Getting back to walking this week will help. I did walk over the week-end and it felt great. My reason for being so down....back to the same trouble of the last 3 years. My side ache and what I think is gall bladder trouble. If you remember I went through a ton of tests for several months...they found no cause for the pain. It acts up periodically and has been doing a whopping good job of it for the past few weeks. And of course, we are far from my Dr., but he wasn't much help when we were in his area. So, I am just at a loss. I keep thinking if it is going to hurt it could at least keep me from eating...lol.

Marti- I hope you are not too un-comfortable to sleep. Hate sciatica and know what you are going through. Maybe a warm bath will help...if you can get in and out of the bathtub. (or sit once you are in there) Be gentle! WTG on the exercise and eating...and lbs. lost.

Jane- I see there is really cold weather coming your way. I hope you stay warm and cozy. Is snow in the forecast too? By the way...CONGRATS on the upcoming DGS. And another WTG to you for your loss. You are doing great.

Cristine- Hi and good news about your loss with WW. I am glad it is the thing for you. And V...wow to both of you. Good luck on the house selling too, I know how disruptive that can be. At least I didn't have to deal with the snow and ice...ick!

Vann- I would say such a small overage of calories is pretty darn good when you are traveling. You have been doing so well!! Reading here tonight has made me realize that I can count calories somewhat here. We eat at the same few places, and I know their basic fare...I can actually plan before we go. I am going to TRY. How long are you going to be away from home? I hope it is warm in the South.

Jodi- I don't do WW but I am going to try the chicken recipe. It sounds good. I have 3 Richard Simmons tapes...bought at garage sales. Ha...I can relate with not being able to do them. I never could keep up. I would end up just dancing in my own good time. I do like the WATP though. You also are doing so well. If I didn't love all the JL's I would be sooooo jealous of these good numbers.

Angie, Joyce, Kathy- Hey, don't be strangers. It is so good to see you here.

Sassy, Michelle, Jules, MaryKate- Hey to you guys too....hope you are all well.

Please forgive me if I left you out...I sure didn't mean to overlook anyone, but I am getting bleary eyed. Give me a HEY...and I will gab back at you!

We had a very long day here....I felt so much better that we went running to do a few things we had been putting off.

Happy Hump Day, Ladies!

Vann - I have to agree with the others, 30 calories over isn't bad at all. As long as it isn't a gateway to 300 over, lol. So how was dinner at Twist's? I have no clue what type restaurant that is, so you'll have to enlighten us all.

Jodi - I counted 1/2 points as just 1/2 when I did WW, because I wanted to eat every little 1/2 point I could, lol. I don't do yoga, but those who do seem to think it's just wonderful, so go ahead and give it a try and let us know what you think.

Julie - was that blur I saw you running through here, lol? I hope your week is going well.

Kathy - a big Congrats for the new little nephew! And I sure hope your little guy is feeling better today. It's so sad when little ones get the flu and look so helpless! Plus, they can dehydrate so easily!

Cristina - Mary's specialist said she will have to be on the medicine about 2 or 3 more months before we can tell if her hands will show improvement, or if the damage is permanent. For some reason, he's concentrating on just her hands right now, but she has RA in her shoulders, hips, and feet, too. Thanks so much for sharing the photos. What you said about the teen made me laugh. They get embarrassed so easily and mine were often appalled at my actions in public, lol. Your soldier is so handsome! Loved all the photos. I need new, nicer, albums. I looked at some at the Hallmark House, but the 4x6 pages were verticle instead of horizontal, which I thought was weird. About the recipes, I put all of our family recipes in a calculator online, and it told me the calories, fat, fiber, sodium, cholesterol, etc. for each serving which made it very easy to figure points. Then we could eat the family recipes we were used to, along with new ones. One more thing - tell Vince I said Way to Go on his loss, too!

Marti - woohoo, I can barely wait to see your scrapbook pages! So THAT'S what took so long.... you've been waiting for a slimmer photo of yourself to send, lol. Just kidding. Speaking of printers, Mary's puppy Sadie chewed my printer cord in half! Little dickens! Mary offered to pay for a new one, but I let it slide. Hope your back is better today. I've had trouble with my sciatica nerve before, and I feel your pain!

Sue - well, they're calling for snow tomorrow and Friday, but I'll believe it when I see it. Here I am, the only JL who really, really wants snow, and haven't had any yet. Well, just flurries. Btw, thanks for the kudos.

I bought some candy (malted milk balls) yesterday that threw off my calories, but I had been craving it for too long, and should have just worked it in my calories when I first felt the need. I need to follow my own advice! As soon as the episode was over, I got rid of what was left, and was right back on track. No candy in the house! There's something theraputic about pushing bad-for-you foods down the garbage disposal.

Neal and I ended up running some errands yesterday and I didn't get all my cleaning done. Plus, I need to get menus and a grocery list ready for tomorrow's shopping. Also, I want to pull out recipes from a stack of magazines I have, and make copies for my new recipe binder. I'm loving that new system. No more jam-packed recipe box!

What's on your agenda for the day?