Jennelle, welcome back. I was glad to see your post. I know it's hard to join an established group but know that WE ALL love to have you here. You'll get to know us and we'll get to know you. Congrats on the lowest weight in 7 years. You are so close to ONEderland. It's awesome when you hit that milestone.

Penny, way to go on the loss. I have an upward 10 number from vacation. I still hate looking at the scale. I want the 160's back again.

Carol, you know, you enjoyed the buffet and you didn't go for seconds. If that isn't a major accomplishment, I don't know what is. You rock lady!!!

Judy, wholy moley, I would have so much have gone home with the alarm testing. Why didn't they test it after hours??? Good job on staying with coach and you measured the trail mix so that's a success. Very excellent.

Nikki, I sure hope you're feeling better.

Well, my message might be a bit shorter. I crashed on my bike this morning. Definitely I'm hurt - typing with one hand type of thing - the left one is in a splint. I went over the handle bars and caught with my left boob and wrists on the pavement. I was bad - no helmet so I protected my head as I went. I'd sworn years ago to always wear a helmet rollerblading and now it's extended to biking and I'm going to add it to skiing. I'm just accident prone. So the left ribs and boob are very painful. I just sneezed and then I swore right after. :) I feel every day of my 46 years at the moment.

Yesterday's stats: 1540 cals (yeah, it's about time) and 1.5 miles walking. Today DH brought me to DQ to nurse my wounds and I had a small blizzard for lunch. So far then I'm up to 800 cals for the day, so I should be fine. And I biked 10 miles before crashing. Walked .6 miles with the doggies early this morning. Tomorrow I'm thinking exercise might be hard, but DH said he'd go for a slow walk with me. He's a sweetie. And boy he pedalled fast to get the Jeep to retrieve me. And the couple that stayed with me I happen to know - they'd retired from the district about 4 years ago. So that was cool.

Marie

Jennelle ~ I'm sorry for your losses, its really hard to cope with these things and then watch your food and exercise, but you're doing an excellent job and soon you'll see onederland so hang in there. I'm new to this thread too but the ladies have been very nice and welcoming, I'm sure it won't take long for us to get to know everyone better :hug:

Judy ~ I ditched a movie date with friends yesterday too because the first thing that came into my head when they were talking about the movies was the nachos!. I really wanted to watch that movie but I knew for sure that if I did go I would've got nachos and scarfed down the whole thing! I'm wondering what snacks do you usually take with you to the movies? all I can think of is ff popcorn.

Marie ~ Ouch, that must've hurt! Its good that you had someone with you, paddling back home with your injuries would've been very painful. I hope you're feeling better. You are hurt but you seem to be doing okay exercise and food wise which is great. Go easy on yourself for a few days :hug:

The gym I go to had power problems for the last 2 days, and although I do have a treadmill at home (which is old and makes squeaky sounds -but still works) I took it as an excuse not to exercise.. ugh!
The first thing I'll do when I get home is get 1 hour of cardio!
Food was not so bad, I went off course and had a bite or two of chocolate cake, it wasn't worth it:barf:. I regained control and went right back on track, I'm doing good today had bran flakes for bfast, apricots for a snack, have a salad packed for lunch will plan dinner when I get home.
My birthday is exactly 1 month from today (19 Sept) I'm setting a little goal for myself: I want to be down 6 (or more!) pounds before then, will add it to my signature, try to stay on course and see what happens :)

I hope everyone else is doing okay!

Penny the ages are 22 and up I have on client 70. So quite a variety. Its an interesting job I ensure their medical appts are kept up with, desires, wants, safety and all services run smoothly. I oversee their needs being met etc. Good loss for you!!!
Jennelle sorry for your loss and its not easy to get through. But sounds like your doing better and that is good for you stay focused and make some changes your in control now!!!
Marie thanks for your kind words. I have been really good the last two days fitting in those back exercises a.m. and p.m. You have been so strong before in losing and I know you can do it again. Like me we both put a little back on but we are both aware of how to take control to get them dang lbs. off to so lets go. Of course its our wedding anniversary today so I am going out to dinner. Had a party for birthdays yesterday but didn't go too crazy. At some careabo spelling that wrong I am sure. I actually threw away a little sand. with meatballs as it just didn't taste all that great and wasn't worth the cals. A relaxing day with the family members though. Oh my I remember when my daughter was 16 and flipped over her handle bars going down a hill when she put the front brakes on her lip was so messed up etc. You poor thing trying to make good of some exercise time and down like that AWE I feel so bad hope your not feeling worse today but thats the norm. I wish it didn't happen so sorry feel better soon. Wow 10 miles is cool though don't think I could do that hope your back on that bike soon and show it who's boss.
Emma sounds like your doing well with your exercise thats the area I need to improve for sure. I don't go to the movies often but taking in your own popcorn is possible if you buy those small snack size ones and microwave it at home. For a drink try a white tea with raspberry take a big purse and have a good time don't stay home take control. You go girl !
*****Nice learning more about you newbies and remember we were all new at some pt. I am going to fill you in a little and maybe the other girls can follow so you know a bit about us.
I am a young 53 yr. old gram of 4 soon to be 5 grandkids. Have 3 adult children 1 boy whom lives in HI with his lovely wife, 2 locally only 5 min. away. I am married and have been forever 35 yrs. today. I am a very independent woman and like to do many things. I try to live everyday to its fullest fitting in as much as possible. My hubby is disabled from a disease and so sometimes I have a little added stress handling things. But he is great and does as much as possible. We live in the country and I work in the human service field with MR population adults. My hobbies are kayaking, knitting, quilting, cooking, baking, gardening, camping, going to the casino a bit, etc. You offer me something to do and I am there. I enjoy doing many different things and spending time with my family. We have many celebrations and its a laugh to all the spouses who's birthday is it now!!! My mom is 85 and I am pleased to still have her around she is an inspiration to me. Well thats it hope it helps to learn a bit about us we all enjoy this site and everyones support. I still have about 10lbs to lose. One wouldn't think thats much but its hard to get off but I will reach my goal someday.

Marie - I'm sorry to hear of your mishap on your bike. I hope you're not too sore today. Take it a bit easy with the exercise till you're up to it.

Emma - Good luck on your birthday goal! Way to go getting right back on track after being tempted by the chocolate monster :devil: You were very wise to avoid the movies if it involved nachos, etc. I usually find that I start craving those things if I fall off the wagon too often. I've gotten used to not having anything to snack on at the movies. There's no law that you HAVE to eat while watching! :lol: If you feel you have to eat something to fit in, you could sneak in some low cal popcorn in a big purse (they can be pretty snarky at some theaters about bringing in outside food).

Carol - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! :congrat:.
You have quite an age range of your clients you are responsible for. I'm sure they would have really missed you if you had taken that other job. It would be hard not to get emotionally attached to your clients - so much different dealing with real people rather than just paperwork.

Judy, Nikki & Jennelle - I hope your weekend is going fine.

We celebrated my birthday yesterday by going out to a nice place for brunch. We had a light lunch and then to a good sushi place for dinner. I did ok on the calories except for a pastry from the best french bakery in town - a bit of a splurge but sooo worth it! I counted it as my "birthday cake". Better that than having a whole cake hanging around and calling my name! :lol: My DH gave me a nice silver necklace and some of my favorite Spanish perfume. I did tons of yard work so I probably burned off a lot of those calories. We had quite a rain storm last night and everything is lovely and fresh this morning. My garden is starting to look how I want it - an "English Cottage Garden". I don't see it as such a chore anymore as I can now sit back sometimes and just enjoy looking at it. Once we get the new retaining wall built I'm going to extend the flower bed all the way along the side of the house. We're going to get another wrought iron arbor and bench for that area. I can hardly wait to start my new garden project.

Morning all,

Happy Belated Birthday Penny! I forgot it was yours as I was obsessed with not forgetting it was my moms (and I didn't forget), Aug 18th is a good birthday. :) Sounds like you had a great day.

Carol, happy anniversary!!! That many years is awesome!!!

Emma, stopping on choc cake after just a couple bites us wonderful. Pat youself on the back for that one, Not sure I'd be so good.

I'll follow Carol's example... I'm 46 yo married mother of 2 adult sons and grandma to one adorable grandson. DS1 just moved 800 miles away with DGS so that's different. DS2 lives with DH and me and will be starting college in a month for mechanical engineering. He's in his 2nd year of the air natl guard. I'm a database manager and webmaster for a school district. I am mommy to the two most gorgeous (and naughty) huskies in the land. I am obsessed with them and make no apologies for that. In other words I'm an animal lover. I should have been a vetrinarian but hurting animals to heal them was the drawback. I'm also a stained glass artist, rollerblader, skier and I love to bicycle except yesterday... And walk - I do lots of that.

DH and I did take the doggies for a 1.5 mile stroll this am. I can't take deep breaths as the ribs and chest are too bruised. But we did the walk leisurely. I don't know about tomorrow as Kody pulls on his leash and I couldn't take that, For now, swimming is out as I can't lift my arm, so exercising will be day by day.

Last thing as typing one hand is too hard - I wanted to make M&M cookies. I kept making myself wait and the urge is gone. I kept telling myself I'd be screwing up the cals so I didn't do it. I'm pretty happy with that.

Yesterday's stats: 1512 cals (including the 630 cal blizzard) and 10 miles biking and .6 mile walking.

Marie

Penny, happy birthday :celebrate:. You had a lovely day, good meals and good choices.

Carol, happy anniversary! I hope that you have a romantic evening.

Marie, you are in much better spirits about your fall than I would have been, I'm quite the little whiner :cry:

Jennelle, I'm sorry that you've been feeling melancholoy around these dates. It takes a lot longer to grieve sometimes than we think. I am not looking forward to 9/11. I lived in NYC in 2001, and while each year the date seems more ordinary, it does bring up lots of memories of that day and the months just afterward.

Emma, good luck with your b-day goal! I have one too, to be under 200 by mid-December (hmm, I'd better get on the stick!). Re movies: I like to bring sliced veggies, a cheese stick, nuts or my own mini-popcorn. If you've got stuff tucked into a bag, I don't think you get a hassle from the movie ushers.

So about me: I'm single, a few months away from 50 years old, work the nonprofit sector. I enjoy working out and eating right, but I enjoy the opposite even more :devil:. I've been stuck in this decade of pounds all year, and trying to bust out (downward) by Labor Day.

I've been on program all weekend, and worked out yesterday (weights and cardio) and today (50 minutes of gym machines). I spent a lot time yesterday cleaning out my stash of articles about fitness, weight loss and success stories, and ran across past diet logs (or attempts at logging), going back to 2003. So I had a lot of mixed emotions...it's taken over three years to lose 30 pounds, but I'm still at it! I will celebrate two weeks of logging faithfully and sticking to the program by adding one serving of grain (oatmeal or qunioa) and one other starch to my day's plan. Maybe I've gone down too low. Today I'm having dinner at a friend's house, so I will make good choices.

See ya tomorrow!

judy

I like the introductions thing carol started so here is mine: I'm 25 years old (26 in September), single but would like to have kids someday. I'm in the IT outsourcing business, currently working as a helpdesk supervisor. My job is really stressful, trying to calm down angry customers, keeping the helpdesk agents motivated, running reports and metrics, making sure that we don't break any agreements with our clients (some of them want phones answered within 6 seconds!) while keeping everything up and running. I'm always running around between client sites, getting things done, meeting people, running projects on the side etc. So, yeah, all fun! :faint:
I've previously mentioned this, I'm diagnosed with PCOS (weight gain, hair loss, periods that never come on time etc) and have been on bcps which is one half of the cure, the other half is to lose/control my weight. its like a loop, pcos causes the weight, weight won't come down, have to lose weight to control pcos. But I'm getting there :dizzy:

Thanks for the ideas on snacks for the movies! I really like the veggies & cheese idea. Will remember to take my own snacks next time I go.

Carol ~ Happy anniversary :) - will try the snack thing, have a huge bag, so will use it when I go to the movies next.

Penny ~ Love english gardens! Good luck with that, maybe you can share pictures once its all done ;)

Marie ~ I hope you're feeling better today, 10 miles is amazing you go girl! I'm always tempted to make my fav dishes but I try not to and it helps that I don't have all the ingredients at home :)

Judy ~ I too keep my old logs and articles from magazines and the web. I sometimes look back for inspiration and recipes etc. I also want to add before & during/after pics. Yay for staying on the program during the weekend & the workout! :carrot:

Hope everyone else is doing okay! - Gotta get back to work, later! :hug:

Penny sounds like your b day was fun and enjoyable. Your garden sounds pretty. I need to take a few pictures so I remember where things are planted as the bloom at different times etc. But thats kind of fun seeing diff. stuff come up. I put in a few rose of sharons yesterday little ones, bleeding heart red. I wish you were closer we could share plants. Oh maybe we could send each other some? Just a thought.
Marie glad your on a mend sounds sore. Good job saying no to the cookies I know how hard it is. I am going to make some zucc. bread and need to look up a low cal recipe. I have done my back exercises for the a.m. trying to do them as soon as I put the coffee on. Bear is getting better about leaving me alone while I do them. Thank goodness. I am off to work today and am going to call Golds gym I hear that they are honoring my gym membership which is still closed. This gym is new and beautiful and all the higher folks can afford it not normally me. But it has a lovely pool and that would be nice and a great workout area and all the machines are fairly new and top of the line so working out could be enjoyable there. I am calling this a.m. and maybe going after work. If it works out for me.
Judy my romanic evening was going to dinner with our friends whom are in town from FL. But it was nice and we enjoyed there company. Wish my hubby was a bit more romanic but I can't say he is. At least I got a card and went for dinner.
Judy taking that long is okay as you can be proud that you have achieved keeping them off. Now thats the main thing not yo yo dieting so much. We all slip and fall but the main thing is knowing enough to pick ourselves up before it goes to far. We all enjoy a little cal. extra here and there at least I do but knowing that its monday and the weekend splurge is over is important. Next weekend no big bashes so I hope to accomplish staying on program for a whole week. That is this weeks goal. I too run through my old logs once in awhile at times there good as reminders of what I was doing during a loss. I have read a lot about logging and it seems to be a very important part of losing and keeping it off. I am not always faithful in logging all day everyday but I am trying to be better. Skipped the scale this a.m. but will do it on tues.
Judy I am proud of your accomplishments and your always so honest and thats a blessing in itself.
Jigglybits I was on the Sparks.com site and was reading up on some of the info. regarding PCOS as I wasn't to knowlegable on it. There are some folks on there too with some good ideas on dealing with wt. mtg. and that disease yah might want to ck. it out as a reference never know what you might pick up or learn. Just a thought in your direction. Just type in PCOS info. and you should get to it if your interested.
I picked up some dried fruit mixture for work. It has 120 cals. per serving 1/3 cup so I measured it out and will take it for my 10:00 snack. I read that eating 6 small meals is very good for you. I am not sure if I could do it all together daily but having a morning and afternoon snack seems to help keep me going and not straving when I walk in the door. I am also trying to drink 2 glasses of water in the a.m. before work. This will help get in my servings for the day. Good luck today on staying on plan and making a change in your lifestyle.

Hi everyone-

Jiggly welcome to the group.


I am so behind on the board that responding personaly to all of you would take forever. But, I will be posting regularly starting now. So I am sure I will catch up with all of you soon.

I have decided that I will go back to watching what I eat but not go low carb. At least for now I am going to just eat healthy.

Nikki

Good Morning, Friends!

Well, I just got up and weighed myself and am at 204 which I've been at for the past 3 days so ... that makes an even 40 pounds. :carrot:

Thank you all for your condolences, it's been really tough ... especially since one of them was a close neighbor [she lived 3 doors down the hall from me.]

And, with my ex-boyfriend ... well, I still absolutely refuse to let myself think about it, or to believe it. :(

Penny, don't worry about having spelled my name wrong 'cuz people do it all the time. :lol:

It sounds like you've been doing a good job with losing too [it feels great, doesn't it?!]

By the way ... Happy Birthday [sorry I'm late with the wishes but that's me, I always seem to be running behind in things. :o]

Marie, thanks so much for your nice welcome and also for the encouragement!

I can't wait to hit under 200! The past 2 days I haven't gone overboard but have eaten more than normal but it's back on track starting this a.m. :)

I am so sorry that you had a crash on your bike, when I read that - I could nearly feel your pain. :(

I hope you get feeling better soon and get over your soreness. :hug:

Jigglybits, staying on plan with eating wasn't all that hard even with losing so many in such a short time but exercise?

Uhmmm, well ... I've been off-track with that for a way long time and just can't seem to get myself started again. :o

I know I should start making myself walk but just haven't had the energy to do it, I guess.

I hate to ask this, especially since I'm new here but is there a way that you could put a space between your paragraphs?

I have severe ADD and it's nearly impossible for me to read text that is all run together without any breaks in it.

Please don't be upset with me for asking this but I'd hate to miss anything by not being able to read all of what you wrote. :o

It's embarrassing having to ask but I have to even skip over any type of web pages that don't have breaks [too much text so close just totally overwhelms me.] :(

Cacmsc ... Yes, I am doing better and am doing all I can to stay focused.

It's weird though 'cuz when I had like 15-20 pounds to lose, I could not wait to get to onederland but now when I'm so close - I don't feel as desperate to get there.

Is that weird or what? :lol: Maybe it's 'cuz I know that it's just a matter of time before I do 'cuz I'm so close ... not sure if that's why or not.

Happy Belated Anniversary!

Judy, that had to be so hard with living in NYC on 9/11 ... I mean, it was horrid for the entire country but I can imagine it was even worse living there at the time. How terrifying [and devastating!] :hug:

Guess I ought to get before this gets book-length. Have a good day everyone! :)

Love,

Jennelle

Jenelle - Congrats on your 40 lbs lost :dance: :dance:

Nikki

Thanks Nikki, it feels great to have hit another milestone! :)

Now my main problem seems to be that all of my shorts are getting too baggy on me but I refuse to buy new ones till I lose at least another 20 pounds or so.

I'm hoping one of my friends who sews can maybe take the ones I have now, in a little bit to get me through till I'm ready to buy new ones. :)

Love,

Jennelle

Jenelle-

I understand that problem.All my clothese were lose on me 2 weeks ago. Some stil are but with the 5 lb gain I had over the last 2 weeks they fit ok. I think I'm going to have to break down and buy new clothes this fall. I lost 15 lbs from last fall. Hopefully 20 by the time I need to wear fall clothes.

Nikki

Morning all. Still the one handed typist. :) and will be for awhile. I had a dentist appt this am and having the teeth cleaned every 6 months makes it so much easier.

No doggy walk this morning. I felt like a truck plowed me over. I did get in the pool last night and used the aqua jogger stuff from years ago to help the muscles move a little.

Cals yester - 1542 and 1.5 very slow walk.

Emma, I hate the occasional time all our helpdesk people are gone and I have to answer the phone. I'd hate it on as daily basis as your job is never done.

Carol, my DH isn't romantic either but as he was so great the last 48 hours with my accident, I think I'll keep him another 24 years or so. :) Romance isn't everything.

Nikki, welcome back and I hope you're feeling beeter.

Jennelle, I too have ADD but not severely. If I didn't have it, I probably wouldn't have crashed as the accident was because I was very distracted and was doing more than just biking. Good luck getting on track with exercising. I wish I could tell you that exercise helps with ADD but it only alters my depression. :)
Marie

I don't want to work today! I am slow as molasses today, but luckily it's one of those rare days when I don't have to worry about meetings or other appointments. I will be meeting friends later to celebrate one of their b-days. At my recommendation, we'll go to an Indian place that has lots of appetizers or small dishes, so I can pick at little bits of food instead of ordering a big dinner.

Last night I had dinner at friend's house, she has two kids under 4 years old. I miss being around little ones, so it was fun to play with them and read Dr. Seuss.

Marie, glad that you are moving around as best you can. But gong to the dentist when you're already feeling beaten up seems like adding insult to injury:headache:

Nikki, are you feeling better? I'm glad that you'll be around more often.

Jennelle, forty pounds gone is quite an achievement :encore:. You inspire me. I hope I can say the same by the end of October.

Carol, does Bear think that you're getting down on the floor to play with him when you're doing your back exercises?

Emma, I don't envy you doing customer service work. People can be so nasty, I'd be in a bad mood all the time.

judy

Carol ~ thanks for the suggestion. I've been to many of those site, a lot of them suggest a low carb diet something like atkins or south beach which I can't really stand. I'd rather die than go a week without bread :p
I'm like you, I try to get in some water before work, usually 1 glass is all I can handle so early in the morning. I get around 4 glasses during work and then another 4-5 after work during workouts etc. Its really hard, and I have to always remember my water because for some reason I keep forgetting to drink it. Have you tried to mix in some crystal light? there are a lot of flavors out there, I've tried the lemon and peach so far, not bad if the water is ice cold.

Jennelle ~ have you tried increasing the size of the text on your browser?. from the top menu go to View> Text size > Largest. Don't know if this would help.

Will try to put extra spaces in my replies, there is no need to be sorry, I understand :hug:

Yay for the 40 pounds lost! :cheer2: You have to get yourself a reward for losing this much, maybe a new outfit?


Nikki ~ thanks for the welcome. Good luck with your plan. By checking in more often I think you'll get the motivation you need to get back on track :)

Marie ~ I'm glad that you are still able to do some sort of activity despite your injuries. It must be really annoying and painful to be typing with just one hand. Hope it all goes away soon :hug:

Judy ~ I hate my job but then again I love it, I know this must sound crazy. There are bad days and sometimes there are good days when everyone is calling in to actually thank the agents for all the help they're giving.
Hope you had fun at the BD, I love Indian food!

I'm sore all over, my abs, my arms, my shoulders all because I finally was able to do the Tae bo workout I was planning to do last week, Yay!! - got 70 minutes of exercise yesterday, I'm in pain but its good pain :)
Food was also good so rewarded myself with a piece of 70% dark chocolate - yumm!

Gotta get back to work - Later!

Marie your so right and when there too much that way heaven only knows what they could be up to. Just another thing to have to worry about. I bet the pool helped a bit are you sure you didn't break something? Sounds bad! Oh two of my coworkers are thinking of applying for a different company more flexible hrs. one closer to home it will be interesting. I am sure the one girl will take it if its offered she currently enjoys working with kids and this would give her a chance.
Judy it must of been in the air no one was into working yesterday my office mates and I felt the same we did but it was a drag. I am sure Bear thinks that for sure. He's something! Crazy little pooch.
Emma I like to use fresh lemon in my reg. water. At work I put it in the little freezer for a bit and when its ice cold its so good. Our water at work isn't really drinkable so I bring it in almost daily. I have tried lately the white tea with raspberry by Lipton. Its pretty good an a nice treat.
I made zucchini bread last night oh so good but not on the hips. I am gald the little children are coming over today I cut it up and its on a plate already and milk will be poured and those cals will be eaten by them and not me. Grandpa is going to watch the 4 of them today while my DD works. They will come over and play and entertain grandpa. Soon they will be back to school. Bear will entertain them I am sure and will get some exercise today.
My intake was on the high end yesterday as I had a sub for lunch. Dinner time I made chili it was cold here. Taking chili to work today and making a taco salad with it so not too bad. Good breakfast and some chicken grilled and squash for dinner. Have a good one everyone.

Carol - It will be fun having your grandkids over - I'm sure Bear will have a great time playing with them. Good thing they can help out eating the zucchini bread!

Emma - Sounds like you had a good workout from the Tae Bo - keep up the good work! :carrot:

Judy - I hope you enjoyed the Indian food. We have a great Indian restaurant near us but I don't go very often because they have an "all you can eat" buffet and I just can't pass up their mango custard with fresh fruit or the Indian rice pudding (or both!)

Marie - I hope your sore muscles are healing fast. Sometimes it take a couple of days after a fall like that to feel the full impact of the pulled tendons etc. Good for you passing up on making the M&M cookies :m: :devil:.

Nikki - How are you feeling? I hope lots better. Good idea to concentrate on healthy eating, it will help your body to heal.

Jennelle - Congratulations on your shorts getting baggy! That's a great feeling. It's good that your friend can help you take in some of your old clothes. I've started doing that as I have several things I really like and didn't want to part with. It's great when you can say "please take this pants in at the waist" - I never thought I'd say that!

Thanks everyone for your birthday wishes :thanks:

I'm off to a crafts planning meeting for our fall bazaar. I'm going to make some lavender soaps and lavender soap petals (silk rose petals dipped in scented soap). I put them in pretty lavender tulle bags. People use them instead of guest soaps or in public rest rooms when there's no soap.

Good Morning!

I hope you all are having a nice day so far. :)

My day's going pretty good, I guess ...

I weighed in and this a.m. was 206.8 which is up a little over 2 pounds but I'm not sweating over it.

For one thing, I know that over the past few days that I've eaten more than usual,

And too, with the fluctuation [water weight, etc.] - it's bound to happen from time to time.

Nikki, it looks like we're both gonna end up having to buy new clothes soon, huh? :)

I know me though and that I'll put it off as long as I possibly can. :lol:

Marie, I'm sorry that you're still so sore but hope that as the day goes on, that you'll get some relief from the pain. :hug:

Having ADD is sure no fun, is it? Too much of the time, my concentration is close to zero. :o

Judy, mmmm ... Indian food sounds like it'd be really good!

I absolutely love trying different ethnic foods but live in a really small town so all we have here is Chinese [which I love!]

I've never had Indian food but here that it's hot and spicy and so I'm sure that I'd really like it. :)

Thanks so much for the congrats/encouragement on my having lost 40 pounds. [I can't wait till it's 50 or 60 pounds gone. :lol:]

Emma, I love Crystal Light and besides coffee - that's what I drink the most of.

70 minutes of exercise? Woo hoo ... way to go, girlfriend! :)

You asked about increasing the size of the text but unfortunately that doesn't help any if the text isn't broken up. :(

Carol, how many grandchildren do you have? I have 6 of them and another one on the way.

There are only 3 that are close enough that I get to see on a somewhat regular basis though.

Well, gotta get for now 'cuz I have a ton to do today [but don't feel like it! :lol:]

So far today I've had approximately 75 calories ... had a couple of cups of coffee [with creamer] ...

and then had a cup of General Foods Swiss Mocha coffee. Mmmm, I love that stuff!

Have a good day, friends!

Love,

Jennelle

Penny, thanks so much for the congrats! :)

Like you ... I also never thought I'd be saying "please take these pants in." :lol:

Have a good day!

Love,

Jennelle

Morning all, the good news is my shoulder is starting to feel a little better and I can lift my arm a bit. That's progress. I did aqua jogger in my pool again yesterday and it helped loosen things up. No arm work but I have pathetically out of shape arms so it's not surprising they're slow. My legs and such are recovered as they are in good shape. I took the doggies out this morning and most of the walk was brisk except up the hill as I can't take deep breaths. I'm recovering though and that's good.

Jennelle, on one of my intakes with my psych we learned we're form the same small town and when we talked, I told her how I blank out while driving home - I just get there and I have no recollection of driving just all the thoughts that flitted through my brain. She then asked which of the two roads I took and she said "Good, I take the other". I still think that's humorous. My brain never stops and flits form topic to topic. Going to seminars and classes drive me batty. An hour is the longest I can endure.

Emma, I can tell you pain isn't good. :) Good for you on the workout but you might want to ease into it. Going full throttle usually results in not wanting to do it again.

Penny, the lavendar soap petals sound cool. I've enver heard of them before. I hate public restroom's soaps. Mucho moisturizer afterwards.

The scale was mean this morning but nothing new - it seems stuck and that's pretty amazing for a digital scale.

Carol, is one of the people thinking of leaving the pain in the butt?? One could hope.

Judy, I'm definitely not in the working mood but soon I've got to find it as I have too much to do.

Yesterday's stats: 1558 cals and 45 minutes of mild water aerobics.
Marie

I have 4 grandkids and one due in November in Hawaii. I won't get to see that one in person til spring. Oh now that gives me an incentive to get on the ball a trip. Well that will be my new goal.
My back is sore this a.m. and I am thinking of returning to PT. I don't really want to.
I started to be more careful with portion sizes. Measuring 1/2 cup of cereal is interesting I must of been over for along time.
Looks like rain here but I am planning on taking my sneakers and walking after work toay hope it clears.
Yes pray she gets it. Yesterday she said I was shocked when you stayed. I said well things happen and tried to let it go she tried to find out why I said yah can't beat my vac time and walked off. Keep good thought in that direction sure would be peaceful.
Girls my thoughts are with your on the ADHD. Its not easy some meds out now are working well for folks some that have had bad past experiences are unwilling to try them and I understand that. But a low dosage sometimes makes a world of difference just a thought.
I just had my grapenuts and milk a little oj. Packed some chili for lunch and am off to work got to go put my face on. Take care and have a good day.

Hi, all. Monday's dinner with friends was nice, and I made mostly good choices. I was feeling a bit peckish yesterday, so I worked from home and took naps. I'm fighting allergies or something, and my energy is low. Plus it turned amazingly cool--only in the upper 70s today--which always makes me want to sleep in and eat meat loaf:yawn:. So I haven't worked out since Sunday, but plan to do so when I get home tonight.

Everyone seems to be doing well! I will use your good energy to focus on my Labor Day goal.

judy

Hi all, a quick note. I'm getting better every day. I'm typing with both hands even though the left is in a splint. I can move my arm and shoulder now so that's speeding my typing up dramatically!!!

Carol, re-weighing stuff for a while is a great idea. But it might make me hungry... :devil: I guess you have a goal. The bikini for Hawaii. :D

Judy, take care. allergies are such a pain in the nose. I hope you feel better by tomorrow. Your too busy of a chickie to lay low.

Penny is a darling - did you all know that??? She's made my favorite scent soaps and I'll be getting them soon. I'm so excited. :hug:

Emma, Jennelle, and Nicki, hope all is going great for you today.

Yesterday's stats: 1620 cals and 1.5 miles walking. Not horrible but I can do better.

Marie

Jennelle - I get a lot of weight fluctuations too, even in one week's time. I can be up and down 2 lbs. within a few days.

As long as the numbers are gradually heading lower, I don't worry about it. Even drinking a couple of extra glasses of water can add a pound of weight until it gets out of your system :o.

Marie - I'm glad I'm not the only one who "blanks out" while driving! I even blank out when I'm in the mall, like the other day I couldn't remember which store I'd started out in!

I'm going to have to leave my racing thoughts at home! Of course, we could always say we're "mult-itasking"! :lol: I'm glad your shoulder is getting better.

My right shoulder blade has been really sore and I think it's from certain yoga poses which put a lot of weight bearing on my arms & shoulders. I have an old injury from 30 years ago right in that spot and I think it's stirred things up. I could do with a deep tissue massage.

Thanks for the compliment - I'm happy I had the orange blossom essential oil so I could make the soaps for you.

Judy - I hope you're not coming down with something. Take care of yourself. I always crave meatloaf - no matter what the weather! :drool:

Carol - Sorry your back is sore again. Seems like we all have some kind of aches and pains lately. I hope the PT works for you. I didn't quite understand your last post. Did you mean that the "person" who has been giving you grief at work is looking for another job? Let us know when we can uncork the champagne! :lol:

Nikki & Emma - I hope you had a good day.

Morning all, things again are slowly improving. Yesterday I "swam" .25 miles. I actually used my aqua jogger vest on backwards and did a lazy breast stroke to just move the arms in the circular pattern for 20 lengths then it was too sore. So I finished the last 15 lengths kicking with the kickboard. But, hey, I moved myself for .25 miles. I also did 1.5 mile walk in the morning. Yestedays cals were at 1600 (I think a hair under but I'm too lazy to get my PDA to check). So a good day.

Penny, I'm so excited for my soaps. I told DH and told him he's not to use them. :) Then DS2 piped in that if he wanted to smell nice his dad could use his cologne. I gagged (DS2's colgne reeks) and I said I'd much prefer DH use the orange blossom soap. Quite an entertaining conversation. Take it easy on the shoulder. I'm thinking of really starting a beginner yoga for better balance and flexibility. I'm noticing I'm much more tippy than in years past. Eeks, old age is on its way...

Hope everyone else is well!!!
Marie

Marie - I'm glad you're able to do a bit of swimming again. That's funny about your DS2 and his cologne :lol:. The yoga is helping with my balance. I read somewhere that you lose the sense of balance as you get older which can cause falls (one of the reasons so many old folks break their hips). My instructor told me continuous messages go from your brain/foot/brain when you are trying to stand on one foot. Your foot constantly makes tiny adjustments to keep you from falling. It seems to work as I can now stand for a minute on my bad foot as opposed to a few seconds when I started. A lot of the yoga poses are to do with balance. I think my posture has improved as I was always a sloucher!

Marie, you make me feel like such a slacker! I've been finding reasons to sleep and not exercise this week, and there you are, all banged up and still swimming :swim:. I'm glad that you are steadily improving.

Penny, just reading about your soaps makes my nostrils flare...hmmm, maybe not a great image, but you know what I mean. I don't spend money on make-up, but I do love rich, fragrant soaps and lotions. One good thing about being single again is that I can slather myself at night with products that smell of vanilla, roses, lavender, etc, and no one complains that it's too much. I miss the days when women had signature scents, but that's not so popular in these times.

I'm feeling better. I think it may be mental, that the summer's ending and my worklife will be at full speed again soon. Besides blowing off exercise, I didn't log my meals Tuesday and Wednesday, so I'm back with my Coach today.

Hope everyone else is doing well!

judy

Marie I love making soaps sometimes Penny gives me some ideas. I love lavender with mint so pretty it is. Your doing better it sounds thats good. I worked on garage sale stuff last night for saturday. Really cleaned out my craft room. Now its a mess but beeds to be reorganized. Somethings I never would use are going out. I think it will be better soon and maybe give me an incentive to start some projects. Bear is enjoying a knotted piece of fleece I made him. My two coworkers are applying where my last supervisor went to. Time will tell how For me the benefits there might be good but her moo d swing woo!
My cals were okay yesterday I got a walk in. This a.m. I did my back exercises a little pain med is also helping. Until I get rid of my muscle pain its smart to take a little something why suffer I figure. This weeks work has been stressful just lots of issues I am dealing with them one by one and that seems to be helpful. I think there must be a full moon or something. I did run into the girl whom is leaving to be a director at the other company she was disappointed I was not going there but understood. She told me if I am ever ready to leave and things don't improve for me here that they would love to have me. That they were very impressed with my skills and knowledge. Nice to know and I told her that is something for me to keep in mind in case its needed. But for now I am trying to just keep things working out for me here and if I am unhappy I am first going to try to address it with the right people. I did tell my supervisor the other day that we were talked to in an appropriate manner she asked well how could I of said what I needed to get across. I gave an idea. People are getting frustrated over the manner and tone things are said. The dept. is small and its hard not to over hear etc. Oh well thank goodness it is friday.I plan to go to the fair on sunday for the whole day lots to see and do. The hubby hates it even when he could go easier not a place he enjoys but what is lately. Seems he's becoming the grumpy old man not wanting to go places.
Judy I like your idea just lathering up and doing your own thing. Hope you have a restful weekend planned.
Penny what kind of soap are you brewing these days?
Nikki hope your doing well. Everyone else hello.
Trying my best to stay on track today.

Carol, I can answer that one for Penny - she's brewing up Orange blossom soaps for moi. I'm so excited for them to arrive. I love, love, love the scent of orange blossom. Brings back the great trips to my grandparent's house in Florida during the spring. There was an orange tree outside the guest room and at night, I'd smell the orange blossoms all night long. It was intoxicating and now Penny made me soaps to bring back that feeling. As I said, I'm excited for them to arrive. Told DH hands off my soaps when they get here. :)

Carol, your office still sounds like a hen house. Hopefully the roster will get it under control. Don't you hate office politics. At least you know that you'd be wanted elsewhere if necessary.

Things are going good and I'm glad it's weekend. The scale was the same as Tuesday but at least I'm not hiding from it. Cals yesterday were 1620 and I walk 1 mile and propelled .25 mile in the pool. I tried without the splint yesterday and that lasted for about 10 feet. So the left wrist is pretty bad still. The ribs are better but no deep breaths - I sneezed 2x today and oo-la-la, that was painful.:)
Marie

So I take it back--I only missed one day of logging this week, so I wasn't as bad as I thought. I ate on program yesterday. For dinner, I threw together some odds and ends and called it "Italian cabbage soup." Marie would've hated it but I thought it was quite tasty :hungry:

I did a light aerobic workout this morning. My foot is really bugging me, but I don't think it's the neuroma. This is been a problem for more than a week, and it's not getting any better. Dang! I will be checking out the physical therapy place for my knees next Friday, maybe I oughta make a day of it and try to see a podiatrist, too. It's always something, isn't it?

Carol, you are in a position to make a difference in the management at your job. It sounds like the right people are counting on your wisdom for guidance. It will be nice to know that you made a difference for your colleagues, not just your clients!

Marie, thanks for telling us what the smell of orange blossoms means for you! I feel that way sometimes, too, but like that French guy in "Remembrance of Times Past," I get all nostalgic about the smell of food...cornbread, for example..ahhh....

I have been a little out of sorts lately. Worried about workoverlaod this fall and disappointed that I didn't accomplish more this summer, in terms of office projects and weight loss. But I'm wearing a dress today that was tight when I bought it last year in the spring, and the dress is roomy on me today, so there!

I hope everyone else is doing well! Have a great weekend!

judy

Hi everyone, I'm glad it's weekend. I'm a bit sore but DH and I took the doggies to the mtn and let them run free. They had a great time. We stayed on the road and walked leisurely. I will be glad when I feel recovered. The left ribs and left wrist are miserable. I plan to float on the pool today. :swim:I've got a bit of work from home stuff to do and will do it during the NASCAR race if it doesn't get rained out.

Judy, I know how you're feeling with the regret of not getting more accomplished in the weight goals. I'm about where I was last Christmas. Truly smaller than Christmas by a size (more muscle) but the same weight. I wouldn't have foreseen that nearly a year ago.:tantrum: But at least we're not gaining and our smaller clothes fit better.

Penny, the soaps are wonderful!!!! I love them and thank you so much. I enjoyed an orange blossom shower this morning and the rose petals are so awesome!!! Thanks again. I'll order more when I run low. :)

I haven't added yesterdays cals but am in my head at about 1600 and I walked 1.5 miles. Today so far I'm TOM craving. I'm thinking I'll probably succumb to one of them. But perhaps not...
Marie

Marie - I'm glad you like the soap. That must have been wonderful waking up in an orange grove when you were visiting your grandparents. I remember how great the orange groves used to smell years ago when we lived in California. Sorry to say, they've nearly all been plowed under for housing developments and strip malls :(. I hope your owies heal quickly.

Judy - Good for you sticking with your Coach. Sounds like you've been in the doldrums a bit but just think of all you've achieved in the past year - your loose dress is the proof! I think you do great considering how much you are on the road. You still find time to work out and are able to stick to your diet most of the time. None of us has a "perfect" record of sticking to our diets 100% the time! I hope your foot problem gets better soon. Your cabbage soups sounds good - thrown together soups are always the best!

Carol - I hope you have fun at the fair tomorrow. Watch out for the elephant ears and funnel cakes! :lol: I'm not making much soap lately, I used to sell them at the farmer's markets and I had them in several local shops, but it was a lot of hassle and it really only paid for my "hobby". Now I just make them for fund raisers and special requests like for Marie. In order to make a lot of soap I'd need to buy in bulk and that gets a bit spendy. I enjoy experimenting with different kinds of soaps. One of my girlfriends just reminded me of some coffee grounds soap I made for her son who gets his hands very dirty in his job. I added vanilla and it smelled like a latte! He even commented how well it worked which is unusual for a guy.

Nikki, Jennelle & Emma - I hope you are having a good weekend.

I woke up with a migraine today and went back to bed for a while. I'm feeling a lot better now but I've had to fight the munchies. Funny how I get hungry when I get a migraine, you'd think it would put me off food :dizzy:. I'm still down a pound, so I don't want to mess up and start gaining again.

Carol ~ I hate organizing and cleaning out but when your done you get a sense of relief that its over! I'm sorry to hear about the stress at work, hope things work out there. Me too, I had a really bad week last week. Ended up having an argument with one of my senior agents and then had to drag the supervisor into it.. ugh. Hope things work out!

Judy ~ the soup sounds yummy. I add cabbage and sometimes bean sprouts just at the end to soups sometimes to vary the textures. I hope your foot gets better.

Marie ~ I'm so glad to hear that your injuries are better. We're so proud of you for making an effort to keep moving despite the pain! You're inspiring!

Penny ~ I really hate headaches, its strange that you still want to eat despite the headache. lol. I hate doing anything at all when I get one. Hope you feel better soon.

Nikki & Jennelle ~ hope you girls are doing okay!

I had an okay week overall, got my exercise in, was okay on food (except for the noodles and chocolate yesterday!) have a weigh-in this afternoon with my dietitian - hoping for a loss but I'm not sure if its gonna be big because of AF visiting today. Will be happy with anything (loss or no loss) as long as I don't gain! Will check in and let you know how it went tomorrow :hug:

Just when I was about to pitch the scale down the garbage shute, it nudges down a couple of pounds to 222, my lowest weight (by half a pound) so far this year :goodscale. Despite working out, logging my food and eating more veggies than a rabbit, I thought maybe I was waking up in the middle of the night eating in my sleep:lol3:. I celebrated by buying lots of new (clearance sale) underwear and bras.

Emma good luck with the weigh-in :goodluck:

Penny, I hope your migraine has migrated elsewhere.

Marie, I want to join you in the tantrum :tantrum:! All I can do is step back from the week, month, season or even year, and consider that I've been overweight for decades, most of my life, so maybe I should measure progress from a broader sweep of time. Ten years ago I was nearly 270 pounds! Still, it would be nice to move along just a teensy bit faster :tired:.

I've been eating on program this week, and had good workout yesterday and today. Time to throw together a new soup!

judy

Emma - Thanks for the get-well wishes. I'm feeling fine now, thanks. I did cave and have a tiny bit of chocolate that I was craving, but otherwise I'm on track and maybe even a bit low on calories today. I hope your visit to the dietician went well. I hope your work problems smooth out next week. I've found that extra stress makes it harder to lose.

Judy - Congratulations on your loss! :carrot: :cheer: :woohoo:
You deserve a whoosh! Your patience has paid off. My weight loss is glacially slow too - so I know how it feels. As you say, it took us a long time to gain the weight so it won't be gone overnight. Slow weight loss is far healthier in my humble opinion. Every time I've lost weight quickly I've gained it back quicker and then some. Keep up the good work. Enjoy your new undies :D.

Hi all, I'm a little bit blue today. My improvements from my bike crash have stalled for the last couple days and I'm depressed. I so want not to hurt anymore. My left rib/breast is still so screwed up. And my left wrist, we'll not go there. And then there's the toe surgery 3 weeks ago that reminds me it's stere every step. So I'm depressed. I was patient for a whole week and I'm out of it. I resolved not to whine to DH so I'm going to whine to you all. You can just skim to the part where I stop. :)

I really want to work out. I'm mean, get my heart rate up and feel like I'm working out. If I do that I can't breath in because of the ribs and probably soon because of asthma. I gave up trying to take my inhaled meds as I couldn't get them in so I'm only on the singulair pill. Keep your fingers crossed I don't have an asthma attack.

Ok, done with the whine - at least for now.

DH and I walked the 1.5 mile block with the doggies this morning and whne he was measuring the floor area for the wood stove we bought in April, I sat next to him on the exercycle (while giving my so wise opinions). So I decided to pedal. I went 5 miles but without much resistance.

Judy, thank goodness you didn't throw the evil scale down the shute or you wouldn't have gotten such good news. WTG chickie!!!

Penny, I'm glad your migraine has left. I always just want to eat when I don't feel good (hence the major struggle the last week). For some reason my body thinks gaining a pound or two a day when not feeling well will have a positive effect.

Emma, hope that the evil scale treats you nicely. While AF is to visit you TOM is to visit me. I know about that saying that if women live together, they have TOM together - but a diet blog??? :)

Hope everyone else is okay. I guess I'm ready to go back to work. As all my crafts require wrist strength and the right wrist is doing ok but not not recovered, I can't do much. I've slept a bit this weekend. Probably didn't help my deep blue funk.
Marie

Marie - I'm so sorry to hear you're having such a rough time with the after effects of your fall. Don't be hard on yourself, you need to give yourself some TLC and not expect to do do too much till you feel better. I'm incredibly impressed that you managed to ride your exercise bike for 5 miles! Did you get checked out by your doc when you had your accident? It sounds like you're in a world of pain and I hope you soon feel lots better.

I have the same problem that when I'm in pain I tend to want to medicate with food resulting in not only having the pain but also the guilt!! :?: I once read that women who have PMS symptoms also feel pain much more acutely in the week before their period (not just period pain but any kind of pain). If that's true in your case, hopefully you'll feel much better once TOM has gone. Take care of yourself :getwell::hug:.

Judy ~ OMG, that's so great! 2 pounds is amazing progress! and you were about to chuck the poor scales down the shute :p just keep on doing whatever you were doing when you lost those two and you'll eventually get there. Yay for the new underwears & bras, you deserved that reward :yay:

Penny ~ I feel the same way about pain before periods. Once I had to do my eyebrows the week before my period and it hurt three times more than on normal days! I also get a terrible headache the night before my period comes.

Marie ~ You need to take it easy, you're doing great by trying to keep moving. don't be too hard on yourself, your injuries need time to heal. I think TOM is not helping with the depression either huh. I really feel bad for you, I hope you get better soon :hug:

Jennelle, Carol, Nikki ~ hope you girls are doing okay! :hug:

So about the weigh-in, well, here's the thing: her scales say that I've dropped 6 lbs in 15 days - she uses the old big bulky one where you have to adjust the readings. according to my electronic scales I've dropped 4.4lbs . The thing is I did not weigh in on the first day I visited her on my scales so I may be a little off with my calculations. 6 or 4 lbs, at least its a loss, I'll take it! :cloud9:

Didn't do any exercise since last week, will hit gym as soon as I get home and get at least 60 mins in. was on track yesterday and will try to keep this going and hopefully lose another 6-4 lbs before I see her next :D

Hello all its been a crazy busy weekend and I am ready for work almost anyways! Almost glad to go and rest from my busy weekend hah hah! The garage sale wasn't too good guess advertising more would of worked better we are to far off the road for folks. They just thought we were having a party and our garage sits sideways so the couldn't tell we even had stuff in there. Oh well at least I cleaned out and more to go. The hubby pack rat had a fit on a couple of things and bet he took them back in the house as I went the fair. Hah hah! Oh well! At any rate in two weeks we are going to take it all somewhere else and try again as its marked etc.
The fair was fun first we of all we rode there with my daughter and the kids my friend and I spent time taking them around after around 5 hrs. They went home my friends daughter and her boy friend went to a concert and we did our own things which was nice. We all had a great time and the kids enjoyed the concert but it ended late and so I got home well after 11. ( Carrie Underwood) I gave them the tickets as she was a fan and I just knew who she was and the tickets were given to me. They really enjoyed it more than I would of probably. Getting up for work wasn't fun at 6. But I did really well with lots of walking plenty that is. Also I can proudly say my intake was great we had breakfast at home then no lunch and had a nice dinner with some pulled pork which seemed very lean, cabbage salad with a vinegar dressing and baked beans. More walking we must of put on several miles at least it sure seemed it. This was the New York State Fair. I did see a chiropractor in the health building he was the chairman of the asso. He ck'd my back and told me I had a lower back problem before I mentioned it. I am really thinking of making an appt. He talked to me about calcium but I told him I had a bone density test and I was off the chart. He said well guess your good to go there. Have any of you been to one and did you feel it was helpful? I'd like your input. I wonder Judy if your soup is like the ww one?? What do you use for broth? I have used V8 before or just crushed tomatoes garlic onions etc.. I should make some in the crock pot and freeze it in my seal a meal bags for work. It freezes well and cals wouldn't be bad at all. If its the ww one you can eat as much as you want as they say. As long as we don't eat it with nice thick crusty bread. Oh I am being naughty. The soaps sound lovely girls. I will have to make some orange blossom soap this fall. I made one with coffee and vanilla put some almonds in as well oh it smelled great. Fun stuff too. Marie so sorry about you not feeling so well from that fall. Are you sure you didn't break something? My SIL fell the other day at the fair on a slippery bathroom floor. She and her friends never reported it. I told her thats crazy you always should just in case you need medical assistance later on. She has iced it on and off all weekend and is feeling a little better now but it ended her fair activities for this year too bad. She really likes it.
Well its monday and I am ready to go make some flax seed toast before work and take in a peach for my mid morning snack. Trying to eat healthier. Tonight I will venture for a walk since I am all into it from yesterdays walking might as well keep moving I think. Take care and hope everyone is in a good mood at work. The supervisor as us on friday if anyone was interested in her job she was giving notice but then she laughed and moved out of the room quickly leaving us all wondering if she is leaving? Oh time will tell. I am hoping for some positive changes in our office and for me I am trying to stay away from some of the neg. vibes.
Judy hope your work week goes well. Congrats on that loss its a nice one and I also need some undie treats too maybe it will motivate me.