Dee- I am praying that your injections are not too painful and that they work to reduce your pain.
Allison - it sounds like your Mom is on the mend, hope she is getting rehab to help her learn to transfer etc.
Shelley - how are you doing? Sometimes companies take forever to get back to interviewees, if they are starting to break ground until spring it may take them a while to get everything into place. I have my fingers and toes crossed for Mike.
I weighed in this morning and am down three pounds this morning. I lost two pounds the first week, so am down 5 pounds since the beginning of January. I will look for the Nature Valley bars at Costco, I'm sure they have them I just never noticed. I eat a lot of cereal for the fibre.
Have a great day everyone.

Wow \janice you are doing awesome. Think how hot you will look by Valentine's day?
Do find those granola bars if you like fiber and they are a great treat too.

Had my injections. they hurt more that they did the last time. I needed a few tissues to wipe away the tears.
I did get an explaination though of what they are doing. They are putting oxycontin in 6 locations hoping that is the nerves that are giving me pain. Then i got another 6 as a test to see how I do. I have to log my pain every hour for the first 24 hours then three times a day for two weeks.
They will availuate that to see if the pain improved especially right after the injections. If they see what they like then thye will coterize the nerves that are causing the pain. Normally this would be done two weeks after these shots but since I will be away it will be when I get bck. Now out of the options they could have done I was thinking that this is the one that is going to work. Guess I will find out in a few months from now. I only pray that they have found somehting to help me.

I am woozy but feeling pretty good.

Thanks for the prayers.

Dee - I sure hope the injections work. It sounds like they are on the right track. When do you go to Mexico?
I found the bars and they are delicious. 2 points I think they worked out to.
I'm going to make the WW vegetable soup today. Trying to keep on track.
The weather here is freezing. Minus 12 plus the wind chill. BURRR!

Janice I am glad that you like the bars. I count them as two points each. You think that you have it cold we have -25 during the day for the last few days. With the windchill it is -40. Sure is cold walking to the Y. I am glad that I will be out of here soon. I leave saturday.

Girls I want you to promise me that when I come back the board will still be up and running. I will check in and post the odd time but know that I will be thinking of you and even our long lost souls.

Hi everyone! I do pop in and read every now and then. There hasn't been a whole lot of dieting going on here, so I don't feel like I have a whole lot to add. Maybe one of these days I'll be able to get back on track with my weight, but I just don't have it in me right now.

Dee ~ You'll probably be in Mexico over your birthday, so I'll send you early happy birthday wishes now. Have a wonderful birthday and a great trip (bring back some warm weather and sunshine with you!)

Janice ~ You are really doing great! I wish I had your motivation to stick with it.

Dee- I PROMISE!

Suzy thank you for the birthday wishes. I leave saturday so you are right I won't be here. Sure do miss your posts.
I will be celebrating my birthday with my aunt, uncle and cousin. We had a party on sunday for me and my DIL. It was fun but it just isn't the same as on your birthday.

Janice thanks for promising me. Now you need to pinky swear!
I am going to be checking in on you.
Keep doing great, when I get back I hope to see less of you and by that I don't mean by posting. Just less per square inch.

I Pinky Swear! See I'm here. Still on program, now I need to get exercising.

Have a wonderful trip Dee and a very happy birthday. :hug:

Yesterday was a horrible day here. I ate almost continuously all day long and by evening I was miserable. I know some of this is due to depression. I don't know if I mentioned it here or not, but one of my best friends passed away after a year long battle with cancer on the 11th. Between losing her and my dad I have just been at the lowest of lows. I know I can't continue on like this though and that I need to start taking care of myself. This morning I got up half an hour early and got on the treadmill first thing and walked for 30 minutes. I'm also going to do my best to only eat when I am truly hungry and not eat to fill a void in my life. It's a start...I hope I can keep it up.

Suzy - how terrible for you. It is hard not to be an emotional eater when things are causing you such sadness. You are in my prayers. I think sometimes we need to stop worrying about our weight so much and get through the rough patches in life however we can.
Please take care of yourself and know that we are here for you. I feel like we are friends even though we haven't met in person. I share more with you girls than I do anyone else. It is nice to have a place to share without being judged for my shortcomings.

Thank you Janice! :hug: The trouble is that I did stop worrying about my weight back when my dad entered hospice and then after he died, I used that as another excuse to eat whatever I wanted and then MaryJo died and that was another excuse. I stepped on the scale yesterday and weighed in at 166! I am just 7 pounds from being right back where I started. It's time for me to stop sitting around and feeling sorry for myself and DO something that will make me feel better instead of worse! The dust is off the treadmill and I have been on it everyday since Friday. I'm trying hard to get the eating under control too. The weekend was tough because we had a birthday dinner Saturday night for my mom. Yesterday was better, but not great. I'm shooting for an totally OP day today! :)

Suzy - You know what to do because you've done it before. YOU CAN DO IT! It sounds like you are on the right track. It is so easy for the weight to come back. I am in the same boat as you. Back where I started. Lets do it together and try to keep each other motivated.

That sounds like a good plan Janice! :hug: I know you are right...I did it before and I can do it again. I did get on the treadmill for 30 minutes today and my eating was ok, not 100% OP, but not a disaster either.

Way to go Suzy, you are doing something positive. 30 minutes is a lot of calories.

Hey girls. I've been having a tough week. My eating has been all over the place with carb cravings. Must be PMSing. I'm determined to get it back on track today. DH is in SLC on business yesterday and today so our evening walks have been cancelled. I still am doing my morning running though and have walked/run 51 miles so far this month.