Thanx for the support stillovecartoons :) And a huge CONGRATULATIONS on you 8 pound loss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm doing my portion control, I'm trying anyways.. Hopefully today I'll get my booty in gear and exercise finally..I really feel a difference in my energy levels since not getting any exercise for the past week :(
I'll check back with everyone later today.. I hope your day goes good ;)

I want in!

CONGRATULATIONS! How exciting!

Now, back to me: My user name is totally misleading as I haven't lived in NYC for like seven years or so - which is kind of scary because that means I've been farting around this site on and off for SEVEN YEARS and I've probably gained ten pounds (well, actually I've gone up QUITE high, and down about ten pounds less than I am now, and there was this pregnancy thing last year...I have lost all my weight from that but considering what I weighed to start with, that's not so impressive but, moving on...) but I don't want to focus on that just now. I'm 34, living in the deep South, married for almost nine years (shocking!) and mom to one great daughter (more shocking!!!) and a pretty excellent dog. I currently have no hobbies and no life except for baby baby baby and wondering when the baby is going to sleep. This? Is not so good.

I actually think I may join WW and Curves to meet people, which seems the height of sad. I'd also like to get involved with geocashing because really, what would be more fitting than dragging my totally NOT outdoorsy self into the woods to hunt for stuff? It's all about getting out of the comfort zone, people.

Right now, I have a beach (yikes) vacation that is fast approaching. I'm actually very excited EXCEPT none of my (very cute, many with tags still attached) summer clothes fit and I flat refuse to buy any more size 24 (yeah, I said it, what?) clothes. In fact, as soon as they are too big I am giving them away, never to be thought of again! So my Big Goal is to get back into my size 18, 20, and even 22 summer clothes (ahhh, how I remember the first time I went up to a size 12, how I cried in the fitting room. Foolish, foolish girl! If you had known you were not fat, you would not be fat now! So hug your daughters and tell them they are perfect! That's an order!).

Oh, that's my other Very Big Goal - I never want to complain about fat or my butt or talk about diets in front of my kid. I have wasted far too much of my own brain power worried about, depressed about, and obsessed with my weight. I am not passing that down. So I'm working hard at keeping the junk out of our house (not easy with my husband who has the dietary habits of a seven year old) and keeping my negative thoughts to myself. Today some old lady looked at my (perfectly normal, exceptionally beautiful if I do say so myself - and I will) daughter and said, "She's a plump one, isn't she" and my very own mother nearly had to hold me back. Things I did not say include: a. and you're a wrinkly one! b. and you're a *****y one c. you'll be dead soon, old woman. Whew.

And this is where I end, my kid is awake! Back later!

Did I frighten you all away?

:^:

Hi :) No, you didn't scare me away! I can't speak for the others though...Just joking ;)
I haven't been trying very hard with my food portions, and I haven't been to exercise at all this week, my excuse is simple; the kids' are home for spring break, it makes it difficult to get out of the house.. Bad excuse, but that's all I've got! I'll do better today. I don't like weekends though, my family always tempts me with donuts and eating at the buffet :( Wish me strength!

Weekends are hard! There are always so many things to do and everyone expects you to eat (getting together with family, lunch with friends, brunch, blah blah blah). I wish I could get back that phobia of eating in front of people that I had in middle school!

I actually started my food journal today. I planned ahead last night and then had to make some alterations today because of a family thing that I sort of forgot about but luckily I spent so much time chasing my kid, I didn't really get to eat.

My big goals for this week are to stay between 1200 and 1500 calories, keep a food journal, and WATP M-F. I LOVE the WATP dvds (if you tune out the chatter) - I just have to be very determined about carving out the time.

Good luck to you! Hope the rest of your weekend goes well!

ooh, Nicole, I like the WATP ones, too! I don't mind her chatter so much--she's not annoyingly perky to me like some other instructors (I can't STAND working out to Denise Austin :dizzy: ). Then again, I usually do the workouts at about 5am, so I'm not really awake enough to pay much attention to anything she's saying :p

In completely non-weight-loss-related news, I got my ring! Here's a not-so-great picture, but hopefully you'll get the idea. It's white gold and has a round diamond in a 4-prong setting in the center with a square-cut (but tilted, so more like diamond-shaped) blue sapphire on each side, and 5 additional tiny round diamonds set in the band on each side beyond the sapphire. I LOVE it!

Beautiful!!!

And for the record, I too hate Denise Austin. Perky little freak.

What a beautiful ring! Congratulations :)

Hey, what's going on with you girls?