Yoo-hoooooooooo? Where is everyone? I am down a *pound plus* today, since last Wednesday. Had a few more calories than I should have yesterday, but I think the scale would be down a solid two pounds except for all the salt I had. I'll take one lb. If I lost a pound every week, next year this time I'd be 52 lbs. lighter. I could live with that ...

Tracy, Losing, Bhender, Stacy ... how are you all doing? Hope to see you on here soon. Any newbies who would like to hop on this wagon are welcome!

No real exercise this past week so I must rectify that! Have a good one, ladies!

Cheers,
Olivia

I'm here.....I have my WW meeting tomorrow and believe me I need it. The holidays messed up my normal meetings. I did see a new set of numbers this week 239 Hope to see a new set again come the end of jan.

Good job on the 1lb down. Nice and slow keeps it off longer or so I've heard.

when will i realize that eating is not going to make things any BETTER....sigh... I guess it always seems like it can't be just ONE thing that goes wonky at once, it has to be 10, and the normal response for me is to grab all the chocolate in sight and EAT it. ugh It's been a rough few weeks, my marriage has hit a bad patch, seems like more and more recently it's a cycle of trouncing each other and then trying to make up...This past week has been especially rough. My mother had a mild stroke, a family member is dying, we are just waiting, should be any day now, and then on friday my middle dd did a header off the counter (No, don't ask WHY she was on the counter) and ended up with a pretty serious concussion. Grrrrr.....I have got to learn a new coping skill, other than eating.
Trying to be back at it, well ok, haven't been trying all that hard. But, I need to be and today I am mentally back at it. I am mad at myself for losing ground. In all I have gained back about 6 lbs, and it really makes a difference. Those 14's I was so proud to get into are decidedly tight. So, today is a new day for me.
Hope all is well with you all. Please update, I know it's selfish, but I need to feel like there is someone else out there in it with me.
Hugs
tracyg

I hear ya Tracy We just have to pick ourselves up , dust of that will power and go forward. Don't think about what we've been doing wrong ...Start new I know it's hard when there are other things going on our lives. You put yourself last and try and take care of everyone else. Hang in there hon Getting back on track is the hardest part of dieting, once your back on you will feel better.

Hi there Losing and Tracy ... glad to see you girls on here. I have been lax about posting ...

Tracy ... sorry to hear about all the trying things going on in your life. I do hope your Mom completely recovers; what were her symptoms? I will send good thoughts her way. Isn't it frightening when one of your children takes a fall like that? My son, at about age two or so, decided to pull out his dresser drawers and walk up them like stairs! I hear it, about your marriage. It is so difficult not to hit the refrigerator when your emotions are up and down! I'm sending hugs and good thoughts your way!

Losing, congrats on your new set of numbers, and are your WW meetings still going well? Are they helping you hang in and battle against January boredom (at least, I get that)? I'm not doing too well ... the scale was down to 227# yesterday, then I ate a ton of salty stuff so I think I may be up again today. I am eating less, and I did take two long walks last week so some improvement ...

Hugs to both of you ... let's all post more often!

Cheers,
Olivia

well, I don't recommend getting the flu to lose weight, but it has given me a jump start. back down to 168 today. not much new to report here. ttyl
tracyg