Alright, where are all the PIC chicks? Hope everyone is doing okay.
I have to say I'm glad I joined the Sonoma website. There isn't a lot going on there either but there is more than what goes on in the Sonoma/Med forum here. It has a couple other nice features that I think are worth the $4/month. I've decided for Oct. I'm going to start a support thread in that forum even if I have to post to myself. We'll see if anyone comes and talks to me.

Hey there L2L welcome back!

Well Dee I have come to a decision as nothing fits me anymore and even the nrewly purchased 22's are cutting into my waist... I guess I had an epiphany the other day in the store hunting clothes.... and I said all the cute clothes are 18's and I remembered when 18's were toooo big!!!!

I swear I am afraid to get on the scale .. So tonight I made myself go out and walk.. and the weird thing is once I get going .. I am like wow I have missed this so much... and start singing the BINGO song to keep my pace!

So yes.. I am gonna take your advice.. make time for me...

I know my problem is that I have to be totally focused on losing weight.. and I have to have a goal...
so... I have a friend that I met online back in 1999, I always teased him about when we were gonna met and go on a date.. and he would always say .. when i retire.. well his best friend who is our same age passed away and it made me think .. we really need to bump that date up and he agreed.... well needless to say I must unchunk before I can even think of meeting him in person sooooo


I said ok we will go out in the spring .. so i gotta get cracking!

school- sigh what can I say .. I am getting deep in debt ... taking classes i am really not enjoying.. I swear if I wasn't so close to being done I would quit.. by the time I get done I will be at least 25,000 in debt, it's creating too much stress and my job is nothing but stress...

ok .. I feel better now!

Petra, you really didnt like ww? I'm thinking about the online deal, cuz my health insurance will give me a good discount on it...

well mostly my problem now is lack of exercise cuz remember back I used to be able to eat a lot of food and still lose... Maybe I should go back and see my menus from fit day...

I really can't buy into the fat free thing at this point. I'll eat low fat but fat free is just going too far for me. Also, there is nothing that says you have to eat processed food on WW but there is certainly nothing that discourages it either. I just have philosophical problems with it. I suppose you could probably find a way to make it work if you tried.

I went over 100,000 into debt for my education and am still paying for it almost 10 years later. I still believe it was worth it.

I go to a new nursing home today for the first time. I'm stressing about that a little but I have been very good about taking my lunch. I know what I'm taking today too so I won't have any excuse to eat junk. So far, I'm still losing slowly and steadily. One of the interesting things I found on the Sonoma website, many of the success stories they have are of middle aged people. Clearly, this is a program that people my age can do successfully.

ok checking in... walked again tonight gonna work my way back up to my 3 miles... bout 1.5 tonight, then when it gets cooler in the daytime will start walking at lunch... I get an hr for lunch so can get some miles in there

that fat free stuff is full of carbs or sugar or both! I am still a big advocate for HIGH PROTEIN... I saw the difference today when I started the day with 2 boiled eggs no sugar cravings at all and stayed satisfied till @ 1 pm took a sandwich of ham and cheese on high fiber whole wheat... its 10 carbs for 2 slices

my other fav is sugar free pb with smuckers no sugar strawberry jam.. I think the hardest thing to do is to get back to that zone where you eat cuz you are hungry... not just to eat... but gonna try to get straight...


Petra I guess 25k isnt too bad.. I was lucky I had 2 AA degrees and between the two a lot of the classes transfered...

ok gonna try to report my walking each night... working my way up to getting back to the gym :cheer:

hmmmmmmmmm looks around..... see's no pic's

Hey Curly. I'm here. I didn't have the best weekend. I overate on Saturday-all healthy food but too much of it.

Took the dogs to get blessed yesterday for the feast of St. Francis. They did pretty good.

I've decided to experiment with the internet dating thing for a month or two. The problem is, I'm actually ambivalent about this. I'm perfectly content being alone which is probably not helpful in this process. I guess I better get ready for work.

Be careful .... lol the engineer (?) I dated thru an internet dating site is now in jail in fl because he has 3 wives and no divorces :lol: but you never know.... I hear ya.. not much extra time for dating here either!

How are all the PIC chicks doing? I'm still up my 4 lbs from last weekend which I'm annoyed about because I have been pretty much OP all week. I guess it will come off when it wants to.

I have a bite on the internet dating thing. Not sure if it is going anywhere yet. I'm doing the eharmony thing which is interesting. They have it arranged so you can exchange pretty innocuous information for awhile first before having direct contact. We are still in that stage-deciding if we have enough in common to want to talk to each other. He lives close by. I'll let you know what happens. As I said, not sure I'm really into this.

hey PIC chicks, we fell off the first page. Time for you all to come back and post.

Hi Ladies,

I've been in a computer funk lately. It's hard to imagine going from my addiction of 18 hours a day to not even turning on my puter for 3-4 days at a time. It seems even when I do check what's going on here, or my email I just can't even make myself respond to anyone. So anyway.............

I'm sitting at 205 right now. Been up and down for a couple weeks but all in all i'm ok with what's going on. I had my blood draw, and an appt with Dr. next week.... ackkkk. They've been talking about insulin the last couple visits, and I'm still not very well controlled so maybe I'll stop being a baby about it and give it a try. :shrug: (Heh, this is what my mood has been like the last few weeks.... just :shrug::shrug::shrug: at everything.

How's the internet meeting going Petra? :hug: You know that's where I met lee. Yup Yup Yup.... not a dating site tho. It was during my heavy chat addiction period lol.....

And Curly :hug: How have you been doing? And school????

well... hope you're both fabulous and happy. Will try to get over this whatever is up with me and post again soon.

:grouphug:
Dee~

eharmony not so good but a coworker introduced me to a free site that has been a bit more fruitful. I think there even may be a date in my near future. I haven't been out on a date in so long I'm not sure I remember how to act, LOL.

I'm really surprised you need insulin considering how much weight you have lost.

I'v been doing Metformin with Beyetta which did help but my readings are still averaging 140-150 (my guess since strips are so freakin' expensive and I only check a couple time per week). It's been as low as 118, but more often my AM reading is closer to 170-200+. I know if I would get off my lardbutt and exercise I could totally turn things around Mary, but I just can't seem to make myself do it.

WOW I HAVE to break this funk. Just look at me whine lol. It's been a long long time since I've been this low......

LOL!! dating!! It's so ackward. Then again, I have always been a social misfit ;) Sometimes I really miss it tho. Have fun with it GF!!!!

Dee~

Well girls, I have a date for tomorrow night. He's left it up to me to decide where to go so I have to pick somewhere today. Haven't done this in years. Hope it goes okay. He sounds like a really nice guy on the phone. Very southern.

Yikes Petra!!!! Relax, be comfortable, Have Fun!!!

Good Luck!!!!!
Dee~

Date went pretty well. I think there will be a second one. He is a really nice guy but I have a lot more education than he has. He doesn't seem to be too bothered by that right now. I have a feeling this will end up being more of an issue for him than me but we will see.