Thanks JoJo, I'm going to try the positive thinking thing! It makes sense to me and it can't hurt ;)

In weighed in on wednesdayand I had not lost anything on her scale. On my scale at home I had lost 5 lbs so I'm not sure whats going on. My scale is newer than hers. I just bought it in July and it's the biggest loser brand that tells you % of weight lost and will keep beginning weight in the memory. This morning I was down to 235:carrot: but now I'm unsure because of the differences in the scale. It was a real bummer when I had to pay the $5 but I plan on getting it all back at the end:)

cinm..I used to breed labs and it kept me pretty busy. When I had my last baby I decided that i couldn't spend the time that I wanted to with the dogs and decided to call it quits. we only had two "girls" but still that is time consuming. maybe once my kids are grown I can get into it again but time will tell. All the CKC paperwork, and contracts got to me and if anything ever went wrong I would feel terrible. In all the years we did it we only had one minor problem regarding eyes but that was it. I'd love to see your website!!

take care all, and have a great weekend:hug:

Hey all!

Just to let you know that I wil probably not be posting all that often anymore. I am getting a lot more days teaching than what I was expecting (yay!!) and as a result, decided to go and start with a personal trainer. I need someone real to be accountable to and someone who will motivate me and not sugarcoat when I screw up. I am just meeting with him once a week for starters and then moving it up to twice a week when I am in range of bathing suit weather. ;)

I hope each of you makes your goal and it was great being a part of your forum!

Take care!

:wave: HI LADIES ~ boy, lots of posting since I was last here; have been busy lately too. Helping a friend out over the last while -- lots of emailing back & forth, but it was important for her. DH got stranded on a big run on Thursday; had me all stressed out ~ did make a few unhealthy choices, but managed to stay below maintenance cals for the day: phew! Have done my toning exercises each morning faithfully plus got some walking in too, and that helps a lot, I'm sure.

DONNA ~ glad you are feeling better; thanks for the prayers & good thoughts about that procedure ...

JJ ~ TOPS is kinda like that too; you have to pay if you gain weight. Eeks, I probably wouldn't do well there as I have so much water-weight fluctuations in my body ... ;) That was a nice offer your Dad made you; trying to give you support & motivation too, I think! I have a little book that I wrote out dozens of positive mini-mantras -- very handy!

JOJO ~ I am a big fan of POSITIVE THINKING; has really helped me in my life, for sure ... :D

MADDIE ~ sorry to hear you are leaving us; we enjoyed your company ... drop by anytime you have a moment to spare!

AUNTY ~ your doggies are sure cute; but I have lots to keep me busy here. DH says one of his hobbies is work creation; I told him to stop being so creative or I'll bonk him on the noggin' ... :lol:

ALANNAH ~ gee, sorry to hear about all those floods and the damage; it seems, it either rains or storms out there, eh? ^Prayers are ascending^ for your area ... :hug:

Well, I hope I didn't miss anyone; not intentional. We have had :sunny: for over a week now and warm temps during the day, but it all changed today. Clouds rolled in with some low temps; and DH says that we now have a light dusting starting to fall out there right now.

I just finished up another novel as well; nice way to spend a few quiet hours in the evening. Hope you all have a lovely Sunday tomorrow ... Rosebud :flow2:

I've just been kinda plugging along lately. Lose 1, gain 1 or stay the same. But its my fault cause i'm just having a hard time getting back in the WL groove again. I do decent for a few days and then not so good for a couple.

Amazingly the rain stopped on Friday and we have actually had a nice weekend. Warm and sunny. I even bathed the dog outside yesterday. Albeit a quick one but she didn't care. Her fur is so thick the water barely gets to her skin anyway. She loved every minute of it. At least she was nice and clean when she went back to her daddy's house today. I'll get her back on Thursday after work.

Tomorrow is my last day off and then back to it until after the new year. I'll only have weekends til then. Oh well, I am done there by the end of January and I can't wait. I am hoping to find something sooner but this is a bad time of year for job search so we'll see what happens.

Hope everyone ahd a nice weekend!

ALANNAH ~ glad that you had nice weather for the weekend -- that's cute that you share your dog with someone! What kind of work do you do? You probably already mentioned it but I just forget as so many people on this site talk about their jobs. I hope you will find one that you like real soon ... ^^^prayers ascending ^^^


Those light flurries quickly turned into :rain: last night; we could hear it on our tin roof too. They are forecasting some for tomorrow if the temps go down far enuff -- otherwise, we'll have some more rain ...

Have a wonderful week everyone ... Rosebud :flow2:

Hi,

I finally hit 189 Saturday :carrot:feels so good to see the 80's:D Now the next goal.I also ordered the other Jillian Michaels video.I have been breeding German shorthair pointers since 1999 and French bulldogs since 2006 it is very time consuming with contracts,ckc papers(much easier now that it is online) and vets etc..but I do love it.You can see pups at http://www.doublebarrelkennels.com/C...lable+gsp+pups and take a look around my web site.

Was suppose to rain this am but held out and the sun is trying to come through:)

Hi all from Ontario!

I just found you when looking through for other things. I'm in SW Ontario, and have been yo-yo'ing for many years. I'm in a bit of a rut lately and couldn't seem to get motivated again. I'm ready to start working away at it again.

Just thought I would say hi :)

:welcome: RUBY ~ glad that you came back; just keep on, keepin' on ... that's what really matters ... :hug:

:wave: HI CINDI ~ will take a look at your site ...


We had a tiny bit of sun, but more clouds today; and DH says it ***** a little bit out there, but it is supposed to clear up for tomorrow. It is mid-November and we still have green grass; gettin' spoiled this year for sure ...

Got lots of exercise today, dusting & washing floors plus a bit of laundry; had cabbage rolls for dinner (healthy & yummy too) ...

Have a great night everyone ... Rosebud :flow2:

Hi Ruby, welcome!!

I'm so tired and I can't bet motivated to workout. I even wen to bed early. I'm feeling....the scale keeps going up and I'm frustrated.

hey Ruby...I'm in SW ontario as well, near Woodstock actually. Good luck and keep us posted!

I checked out your site Cindie...very nice work. The GSP's are beautiful. I've always admired them. There was a hunter in my obedience class that had a speckled one and everyone loved that dog.

What a blah day here:( no sun, only clouds and the rain just started.

I go to weigh in tomorrow for the weekly weigh in for the biggest loser competition...wish me luck. I think I'll not eat a thing till after my weigh in. Ha ha.

:hug:DONNA ~ I can understand how tiring it can be to put in a full day at work and then try to go to a gym too; that is why I do my toning exercises first thing in the AM. I feel the freshest then and it only takes a few minutes (I started out at 8-10 minutes); later, I increased them, just becuz I found them helping me so much ...

I do tummy tucks & crunches; thigh lateral squeezes (sounds weird but they work; learned these at a gym too); plus butt squeezes -- I do all these on my bed before getting up. Later on in the day, I do some chair half-situps while waiting for stuff to come up on my PC (good use of time). :lol:

I also do some hand-weights about 3 days a week; again, just for about 10 minutes. These are supposed to help increase your metabolism all day long, and strengthen your muscles too. If you don't have hand-weights, you can just use a couple of food cans instead. These are all easy things to do at home to replace the gym, if needs be.

I think I will share my daily eating menu with you all so that you can see what I am doing each day; this is my healthier lifestyle plan ... for breakfast I had about 1 cup cooked OATMEAL (that was mixed with part natural cream of wheat). I made up 3 servings of it yesterday and just nuked some for today. Sometimes, I have a tsp brown sugar or 1 tbl NSA maple syrup, and a little skim milk. I also had 1/2 banana & a coffee when I first got up.

For lunch I had two small bowls of spicy veggie chicken & rice soup with 1/2 slice whole grain bran bread; boy, filling and yummy.

For an afternoon snack, I had 1/2 cup bran flakes & the other half of the banana. Morning snack was two wg soda crackers with a tsp of low fat peanut butter and a coffee.

Dinner was turkey thighs with small potatoes, a piece of yam, and lots of mixed veggies (onions, celery, carrots, green beans, turnip, broccoli, etc). I have some leftover for my lunch tomorrow.

Tonight, I had 1/4 cup pineapple, an apple, and tea so far for my snack. On my plan, I am allowed to have a second small breakfast mid-morning if I want to; and as many small, healthy snacks as I need to feel satisfied.

Things are going well; we did fall cleaning today -- that's good exercise and got some walking in too. We had a nice mix of :sunny: and clouds today; but now it is clearing up a bit and I can see that half moon and a few stars up there right now.

Have a great Wednesday everyone ... Rosebud :flow2:

Thanks for sharing all that Rosebud!

It's hard staying motivated but I'm committed to this process and continue to work on staying positive and not dwelling, it's really hard when I have so much emotional baggage right now but I'm working on it on a daily basis. Yesterday was a great day or reading some really moving and inspirational stuff that has got me thinking and planning.

My sleep schedule is messed up again not sure how but I'm sleeping later again even when I'm in bed early. So I'm working on that and will continue to work the exercise in.

Hi ladies! Thanks all for the welcomes :)

Snowbound ~ Staying motivated can be so difficult as it is, but I find it worse when I'm stressing or tired. I find my sleep schedule messed up too lately, and I am working on getting that in line :)

JJ ~ Hi! I'm in the Windsor area .. much nicer up your way!

Are you all following plans, or counting calories, or doing your own thing?

Hope you are all having a great Wednesday!

Woohoo...I didn't have to pay today!! I was down .6lbs, not much but still a loss.:)

Ruby~I try to do WW at home. I have the book and slider and I try to log everything I eat. Some days I just want to throw in the towel, especially when it seems like i did everything right and the scale still doesn't budge.:?:

Donna~keep up the good work. I'm not sure what you are going through but remember that everyone has a burden, just many of them we can't see. I'm thinking about you and you amaze me. You, in the midst of everything, still get your exercise in and have something cheerful to say:hug:

rosebud~you are the sunshine here!! I have to smile every time I see a sparkly post from you.:D

THANKS LADIES ~ we had a tiny bit of :sunny: and we also have ***** but we knew that it would come eventually and it did ... :lol:

My best computer crashed on me today; caught some doozy of a virus for sure. Using my old PC but she's sooooooo slooooooooow -- oh well, I managed to get in here to read & post a bit. I will do my best with it until I can get another good one, as the other one is shot for now.

Did my pre-op for the colonoscopy that I have to have @ 10 AM on Monday morning. Picked up all my juices, gaterades, and pop for the liquid fast day before ... oh boy ... ;)

Have a FANTABULOUS FRIDAY tomorrow, ladies ... :hug: