hey renee. its cool, i dont wanna be deprived either but eating what i want doesnt work for me i get hungry thats why i love being on core, im never hungry and i dont have to watch fat grams bc thats already built in.

andrea

We find what works for us and that is great. I don't have to count anything fit day does it for me. I don't even care about that really just the fat. Fat is pretty easy to watch. Sending you a pm lol

hey renee, like you said, what works for ya is what you go w.:)

hello Andrea

How are you? Not much change for me other than hurting my foot. I can't exercise ...... Way to go on the 145....where are you now?

hi l! good to see you!!

i wasnt gonna come here anymore but thought id giove it another try. what happened to your foot?? im so sorry. i haven e'd either but think im gonna try cuz im sick of the scale goin up n dn im not gettin anywhere. im not 145 i was like in july aug and now i can hardly remember 147! ive got af so thats no help and i had a lunch this week and now am up 3 lbs since my last official wi. im tired of this!

It's really hard I know...We just have to keep pluggin A.

I was helping a friend put up a banner and this HUGE soild wood picture frame came down on my foot...the frame was under the banner and I didn't realize it was on a tiny little nail....and to top it off STUPID me was wearing flip flops. It's getting better now..still a little bruising but thats it. It is dead around here isn't it? You have my email so don't lose touch K (((((HUGZ)))))

wow l that stinks! im sorry that happened to ya and i hope you are 100 p soon! im hangin in im still hurt a lil but i decided enough is enough w the sedentary thing bc im sick of bouncing bt 147 and 150 esp when i was 145 before! yep, dead aint the word---im guessing its time to bid good bye to our lil thread:(

I'm stuck....the scale doesn't want to move for me :( I too know it's from lack of exercise. I guess T isn't coming back to the thread? I don't think we have to say goodbye forever..we just don't reply as offen. Would you like to take a look around another website I found? It has more to do than 3fc has going on. I know your kinda set with the sites you like though...just let me know :)

im sorry l that sux. sure ill look:)

YAY! Okay I will email the site address to you :)

Oh and I gain two pounds from all the stupid candy I had last night :(

thanks:) and im sorry about your gain. i didnt eat any- i think bc i ate icecream all weekend.

Hey A...Are you still out there anywhere? How are you doing?

:happ3: Andrea & Tara

happy tg guys!

how are you guys? i really miss you!

HI A!!!!!! I'm so happy to see a post from you. How are you doing? Are you to your goal yet? How's everything else?

hi l!!!!!!i missed ya!! not at goal yet in fact i had one of my i dont care slip ups for about month and gained 9 lb. and now am bk 2 it bc i was chosen to be in health mag's i did it column so i gotta do it. luckily i have time bc due to the move on jan 3 i wasnt able to attend the photo shoot this month so w 1 person a month for 5 months i should begood il june. have been workin so freakin hard for a week now. how ya doin? was thinkin maybe for the new year the 3 of us could resolve to revive the thread w a brand one? whatya think?

HI A...I'm sooooo freakin happy to see a post from you. I missed you so much. How exciting a magazine :D You have to tell which one and everything so I can buy it and read it. Then I can show all my friends and say I know sooo know her :)
If you want to make a new thread thats fine with me. Have you heard from T at all? I haven't :(
Guess what?????? I finally joined weight watchers. I like it and have lost 5lbs since joining. It wasn't as much as I thought it would be...and after christmas I'm going to go ahead and pay for the 6 week special they have for the month of December.
I remember you saying you were moving to TN. How is that going....and Jan 3rd thats so close :hug:

:hugs: lorra! youre too sweet! ty!! dunno the when yet bc they only feature one person a month which is prob why it wont be for a few more months at least bc they shoot the ppl on 1 day cuz its easier for the photog which is understandable it just suckds foer me that it fell on closing week and cannot travel alone so when i shoot ill let ya know-its health magazine that i do know. its the i did it column.

congrats! are you dissapointed in a 5 lb loss? why????? i think i know just the thing to put it in perspective for ya girlie----never hjad this one fail yet so here it goes....lemme ask ya somethin---would you like me to take that 5 lb loss away from you? no you say? i thought so! so there ya go! go to walmart and buy 5 lb dumbells&then youll know how 5 lbs feels. congrats on joining---i never went bk but i plan to buy the new at home kit at midnight tomm night like i do every year. im excited that my new addy qualifies so i can juat order it whereas im used to using another addy just to get it. stupid i know but when they change the programs(starting sun) they usually have 3 months worth of materials and the home kit is cheaper than 3 months of meetings bc for that money youre getting all 12 weeks worth at once in addition to both food companions& a yrs subscriotion to ww mag.

i havent heard from t@all, but now that i know that ypou finally joined i think we should wipe the slate clean in jan w a fresh thread and make this the year we kck booty!!!!:D

keep up the good work---and stay tuned although as i said im not expected to appear in the mag bf june but when i know youll know!

Noooo A I didn't mean the lbs lost I meant the price of the meetings. I was actually scared I was going to get yelled at for losing 5lbs...someone told me it was to much. I was all worried until my leader was just as happy about it as I was. I guess every leader is different.
I'm going to keep going to the meeting cause I just paid all the start up fee's and updated my books. They also have a special for December ..I will pay 60.00 for 6 weeks that comes out to be 10 a week. I'm all for saving the 25 bucks. I like going too it's kinda fun and the having to weigh in there keeps me honest :D What a better time to be honest is during the holidays :lol:

Keep me updated on the mag for sure:D

A new thread sounds good to me. What do you want to name it? I think it should be named after our new year and new start. What do you think?

lorra they say up to 5 is normal for the firstb 2-3 weeks...they mean 1-2 lbs a week after that so no worries. good job! i might go to a meeting in TN dunno but i will still be ordering the kit very late tonight&hope to have it deliverd while my parents are there.

yea i def think a new comittment is in order here----weve all worked to dang hard, too dang long, to give up AND, weve all been awesome friends for way way too dang long to abandon each other now cuz i know havin you guys has helped me so much and i miss you guys! whatya say we go back to the way it used to be w daily or almost daily notes? i dunno about what to name it? do you?

im pissed that i allowed my high stress yest to derail my workout&to be honest, more carp derailed my training session today too but i will swim tonight therrees no way im gonna skip 2 days. lost like 1 1/2 lbs @wi today so ive lost abouit 5 1/2 lbs since recommitting:)

I remember reading losing more the first few weeks was normal but there was a woman in our meeting that lost three pounds and she had been there for a while and no one gave her crap. What comes in the home kit your ordering?

I agree on the new thread . I missed you too. I liked that even when we were not on plan we chatted about every day stuff. If we move it though it may be hard for T to find if she decides to come back. We can always leave a link though. Didn't think about that.... As for names.....Hmmmm how bout getting to goal 2008 or something like that or maybe new years recommitment???

I went to a Christmas party this afternoon.....All there was to eat was hamburgers and chips, cookies, and lots of regular soda. My plan was not to eat anything. I got up late and didn't get a chance to eat before I left so I was starving by the time it was time to eat. Sooo lucky I had a diet coke to take along and sipped on that. The hamburgers smelled sooo good. I made a plate of one burger and a snack size bag of chips. I slowly ate the burger ...mostly talking. By the time I was ready for my chips everyone was done eating and someone offered to take my plate to the trash so I said sure and gave the chips to someone at my table. Anyhow I'm not totally disappointed in myself. I can still enjoy dinner somewhat.

Next Saturday is the adults only party...may not be as easy at that one. Not sure what there will be for entertainment.

:cheer: WooHoooo :cheer: on the 5 1/2 gone....I lost another lb this morning so I'm 6 pounds down since joining WW. This is usually the month that I gain ten pounds then go on a diet Jan 1st to lose weight :lol: Will be nice to be ahead of the game come 2008...My goal is to lose at least 4 more pounds before 2008

hey l!

exactly gf! i dunno why, but somehow i know in my heart when i fell as hard as i did, it was bc i didnt have you guys to turn to and i dont get much support in this house.

good job on the party but you know what? very important!!!! never make a no eating plan cuz you know what? if you want to be a success at staying in control, you gotta keep it real and thats not keepin it real. keepin it real is making a plan like i will eat something healthy beforehand so i eat less junk when i get there or, i will only have a small amount of anything i really really want to have and exercise extra or something like that.

everyone has gatherings to go to this time i month. i myself have my monthly lunch date this week but how i usually handle it is keepin it real w/o deprivationand i usually dont eat much else the rest of that day.

you wanna laugh? i bought a fiber supplement to use when i eat fatty food b/c im allergic to chitosan and the things are as big as tums! i took two w dinner tonight and thought i was gonna die! lol---i think its bc youre supposed to chew them but no way in h-e-l-l thats hapopening i just pop it in and swallow w liquid.

how bout something like getting rid of the weight in 2008? i can email tara----- i wouldnt leave her in the dust...

well i couldnt get in the pool so i guess i better get my booty to the basement.

sure am glad to have ya back gf! esp since ive gotta strive for a major balance between being reasonable about getting readsy for the shoot while not depriving myself which isnt proving to be easy.this is my 2nd weekend back op and im managing to keep pizza consumption to 3(eventually 2 but baby steps cuz i was eatin 4) its hard cuz i know i gotta stay op as much as possible but i know ui have to be real about the holiday season too-which basically means rolling w the punches and using portion control when i eat crap and staying core the rest of the time. again---not easy but now i have you back so i know im gonna be ok----WE are gonna be ok!:)

duh i forgot aboput the kit: its a special program book with all 3 months of ww materials combined(all of which youll get over 12meetings) plus the food companions, slider which i never use,and the stupid magazine which i cant stand. i just like gtting all 3 months for 110 dollars cuz in ny 3 months costs more than that.

oh yea: and that lady w the 3.... they dont count times when you stall and lose big. they just dont want ppl losing like a lb a day consistently is all.

I'm glad to have our thread back up and running. I look forward to coming here and letting off all the steam of the day. Although there wasn't much steam today. I really did a whole lot of nothing and dh did the cleaning so other than laundry (if I could have put it off I would have too) I really didn't leave the house...unless taking out the trash counts :lol:

As for the party I did have a plan. I went out for a burger the night before and really didn't think I would be in the mood for them when i got there. If I would have ate before I left like you said I would had stayed away from the burgers all together. I just got up to late to grab a bite to eat first. The food wasn't anything to hard to stay away from if I would have ate.....chips, and suger cookies I can have any day. However this next party I'm a little more worried about because it's a drinking party. I hardly ever drink and depending on how long it is and whats there will depend on what i drink. I think my plan is to be good during the week and eat light during the day before the party (this one doesn't start until 5-6pm) and try to have fun.

I know what you mean by balance...... this time of year is sooo hard. I've only went out twice since starting back on plan. I shouldn't say OUT i should say take out. My biggest fear is the sweets...thats when I will feel like I'm depriving myself when I will have limits on the goodies. Will have to cross that path when I get to it. So far I haven't let much junk into the house

That kit is a good deal for people who want all that stuff. I don't care for the WW mag either. I bought it before and didn't find it to be worth the read. I think you can find better WW info online for free then out of that magazine.

Ouch! On the fiber chewable. Maybe you should try a different kind. Maybe the power that you can mix with food

I didn't know you had her email....thats cool then she will know whats going on . Hopefully she will join us. I wonder how she is doing this time of year?

Your right A...We can do this.....We will meet our goals in 2008 for sure. By the time we make it passed the holidays ...Jan will be a piece of cake...Wait I don't think that is the correct thing to say when we are trying to lose weight :lol: Maybe I should say This will be a piece of fruit :D
WATCH OUT 2008 here we come thinner and healthier :cheer:

hi l!

thanks for the chuckle---it came at just the right time, im not feeling well at all today& thats on top of all i stress. to be honest i think all the stress is why im sick. they say that chronic stress weakens the immune system resulting in illness.ive a cold& ive felt feverish all day. i def dont feel right-i hardly ate anything. i ate breakfast and dinner but i kinda had to make myself eat breakfast. thats usually the first signal im not right.

i didnt leave the house either i just layed around(after i slept in)

youre doin awesome!! better than me actually. i eat pizza every weekend&its a struggle just to stop@3 so far thank god for carb pills. some say they dont work but i think they help. its so hard this time of year&tyheres always junk in this house but ive been doin good cept for my sat. night choc. cake that i got addicted to when i started binging. its outrageous but now i only order 1 sl so when its gone its gone. i do love my sweets.

im glad that your back bc bf i know it im gonna be grabbing onto whatever sense of normalcy i have left&am gonna need it to get me through the **** im about to go through.

hate to sound like a buz kill here, but you might wanna reconsider letting loose on alcohol bc itll only lead to eating on top of that. why not budget 1-2 drinks and then drink diet soda?

i dunno how t is-i hope shes ok too:)

This is the time of year to be sick all the time with stress or no stress. Maybe you could try extra C . I usually do that when my DH or Dd has a cold then I never get it. I hope you feel better soon :hug:

I got some long time needed shopping done today. I have some healthy snacks back in the house. Tomorrow is my meeting. I'm looking forward to it yet not looking forward to it at the same time....if that makes sense at all. The week of Christmas I have to find a meeting at a different time...Well and the week after that because Christmas and New years falls on a tuesday. That kinda sucks cause I got to figure out what to do with DD.

When I'm craving pizza I buy the healthy choice pizza with everything on it. I haven't been in the pizza mood though. Thankfully I haven't had junk in the house yet......not sure what will happen when the junk starts coming in :yikes:

I may reconsider the whole party actually. I'm starting to rethink it. I do not know half the people there ...well most of the people there. It's a freind of a friend kind of a thing. Plus most of the people going are football fans and I'm so not a football fan. If we have to watch a game on TV and drink alcohol I will be sleeping on the couch in no time at all :lol:

I've never heard of carb pills. What are they supposed to do? Help your body rid itself of sugar/carbs?

That sucks A ...Can i ask you why you are moving if you don't want to? You don't have to answer if you do not want to. Or do you want to and just stressed over the move. Moving is very stressful :hug: :hug:

((((((lorra)))))) youre very sweet ty! and no i dont mind its bc ive no choice my parents are goin n im just gettin dragged:(

gl; findin another meeting and gl @ wi! i havent w myself since sat i really just dont wanna even know esp w no exercise. i already take extra c i finally took an advil to bring down the geverishness hopin to feel better tom. tom. is my klunch date.

i think if you truly wanna go to the party then go just do what i said alot yourself 2 drinks and then do diet soda or water but if you dont wanna then dont force it.

im glad you went shopping that always helps. diet pizza just aint the same. i will eventually be able to stop at 2 but its gonna take time. phaseolamin marketed as phase 2 is a kidney bean extract that absorbs carbs bvefore theyre digested. i only take them when i eat white carbs which is mostly only when i eat pizza or a white bun or something.

How are you feeling today A? Hopefully your feeling better and can get some pool time in. I got myself up and went for a walk this morning. Almost an hour long. I didn't track distance but I know it was more than a mile.

What in TN that your parents want to move there? I have some friends there and they like it. Not sure why but they do. Come spring we may be moving to Indiana. Dh has a buddy up there that may need help with his business. At first I was thinking it would be nice to make the move but now I kinda want to stay here. We will see no need to worry right now.

I agree diet pizza isn't the same but it does hit the spot when you need to stay low cal yet still have the junk food craving.

Well I jumped on the scale this morning and it hasn't moved.....Saturday morning I was down to 245 then the next morning I was back up to 246....Now I'm stuck there and have done everything right. I guess cause I lost so much last week my body says nah I think I will stay here for now.

I really do not want to go to the party anymore. Last week it did seem like a good idea but this week I've had more time to think about it. I haven't decided to totally say no yet but it's heading that way. There are some other issues I'm worried about too that have nothing to do with what the food and drinks will be. Like the girl I'm going with wants my daughter to hang out with her daughter while we are there and her husband is going to be there with them. My daughter doesn't really get along with her daughter and I hardly know her husband. Her house is only down the road from mine though so DD could always walk home ....just to many things are telling me I shouldn't go.


Okay I have to get in the shower so I can head out to my meeting. Hope you day goes better today.

Back from the meeting :D...No loss but I don't feel bad .....there was only one person in my meeting that lost only a pound. Only me and another lady that didn't gain and everyone else gained. I want to share some kinda funny... We have this one lady that comes in and shes always b*tchin bout something :lol: Last week it was because she didn't like the way they cashed her check this week she said the scale was broken because she gained 2 pounds and did everything right. The leader said next week track everything and bring it in to me ...she says I can't cause I can only eat 3 fruits and veggies and day more than that and I'm dead....shes out there...Funny to see what she comes up with each week to yell about.

hi l!

good for you for not lettin that nasty scale get ya down! our bodires are funny-they dont let go til they are ready to no matter what we want! lol.

lmao about that woman..tell me what she b's about next week:D she sounds like shes always good for a laugh. dont she know if shehates it that much she could do it from home? geez!

as for that party, i hate to say it, but something seems creepy about that woman and her dh---maybe she shouldnt stay there... might be just me, i get suspicious easily.

you know what? im scared my thyro went over the edge and thats why im sickbc i had this happen once bf and i felt tyhe same way i just dont feel right and im always hot. i ralked the dr into letting me go to the lab but i have to wait til just bf xmas bnow bc mom is gone now.

i dont even know if i should still be on my meds.

did you get your new book? it must seem funny to you to get a new book so soon bc you just joined and now they revised. im a lil po bc from what i hear, core wise, all they did was take away the snack rule which results in the way core was year bf last. im surproised cuz personally i could stand a few changes. dunno what they did to flex.

my sis is in the same town we will be in n its much cheaper. ny has gotten way out of hand.

Nothing has really changed for flex. The leader tried to explain like there was something new but either I didn't get it or really nothing has changed...They gave me a new week one book cause they said it changed but it's the same one I got the first week. Yea I was just thinking about that when leaving the meeting today about the books. They should have told me but I guess it doesn't matter cause I really only use the dining out book. There is a new cook book that i want to buy but I will wait until after Xmas ....I've already spent to much on shopping and I'm not even half way done. LOL at that woman....yeah she never stays for the meeting she just weighs in. It would probably be a funny meeting if she did stay to hear her bwitch about everything the leader says.

I get that hot feeling sometimes too. Just out of the blue I get so hot and everyone else thinks I'm crazy. Is there ever a point when you wouldn't need the meds anymore? You would still need the blood tests though right? I'm waiting until the new year to go to the DR for all that testing. My insurance makes us pay 500 out of packet before the insurance picks up ...I might as well wait until the new year so that I don't have to start over come Jan 1st.

yeah I know what you mean about that feeling. If it doesn't feel right I should listen to it. I do trust the woman I'm going to the party with. We pick up each others kids from school when the other one can't but I don't know anything about her dh. If I was leaving DD with her it would be a different story. Shes like mother hen ...really she is ...my dd is 12 and her DD is almost 11 or 12 anyway she treats them like they are 4 or 5. She worries about everything. I think thats why her DD gets on my DD's nerves cause she kinda acts like shes 4 or 5 sometimes. I better call her and cancel tomorrow instead of waiting last minute.

FL has gotten the same way. Everyone bought houses at high prices and now they are stuck with a house they can no longer afford because of insurance and are to far upside down to sell it.

I'm soooo tired I'm goin to try and go to sleep. I haven't slept good at all the last few days. I got four hours last night. Hopefully tomm I can have a nice peaceful day :)

woohooo the scale finally moved....I was sooo tired of seeing 246 .
Hope your okay A :hug:

hi l!:hug:

thanks i feel like ttal -!

congrats on the scale!! which cookbook sweetie? i might have it and id sell it to ya real cheap cuz your my gal pal!

Glad to see your okay. I was starting to worry about ya. :hug:

The new one that just came out. It's 20.00 bucks at the meeting.

:hug: thanks my ahol bro scared the chit outta me and now my cp is feeding off my anx. i hope the shaking stops soon!!!! lemme see what i can do bout the cookbook maybe its the 1 i got w my kit

is it this one?

My TurnAround™ Program Cookbook

http://cgi.ebay.com/Weight-Watchers-...sid=p1638.m118

No I don't think thats it. Let me get another good look at my next meeting.

What a mean brother...why did he do that? Just being mean or what? Are you feeling better now?

:hug: lorra

thanks. yerah im ok now...that was@1230 last night. he was just being the stupid idiot he is. he does it to mom all the time but mom thinks nothin of oit. im ok but couldnt sleep til 3 am and was up @ 1130. thanks for caring:) did i mentiion that whole thing was AFTER meds?? i coulda killed him.
take another look bc they usually incflude the new ones w the kits and thats the one in the deluxe kit. i dont have it but as you can see ebay has it cheap.