Hi Chickies!

Cleaning house the morning and also taking a hard look at our budget and things. The cat has been very expensive. We have spend just over $1,000 in a month! Good thing I have had some overtime recently.

It turns out he has ceruminous glad adenocarcinoma. So it is cancer. The good news is that the total ear cancel ablation has removed the tumor and we are hopefully finished with this unless it grows back. We know she didn't get it all because it goes past the ear drum and that requires a specialist to do that surgery but this usually takes care of it in case the tumor grows. We don't know how much is past the ear drum but usually they keep it surpressed with steroids given off and on. We are going to give it a month and then see where we are at. He is healing nicely from the surgery and gets his stitches out in a week. That is a no charge appointment!

TODAY I am starting my goal of posting my food on My Fitness Pal for 30 days. I wanted to start yesterday but just didn't for some reason..today..no excuses! I have a weigh-in coming this Thursday at TOPS. Also told DH that from now on my daily 30 min walks are a MUST and will have a priority with me. He talks me into not going on the days that I don't meet my workout partner at the Y. I will allow myself one day to not get the walk in and that will be Friday.

Carri: I hope your air is in and working..it is HOT today. You asked about Pedi's. In the summer I get a professional one every month from March/April (depending on when Easter is) to September. I ask for gift cards for my birthday and Christmas to a spa chain that is close to my work and during I it done on my lunch hour..it is a treat to myself each month.

In the winter I do them myself. In the summer my feet are on display so much more..I only wear sandels that I feel I need to have them done professionally. It's hard to bend over and do a good job on them with this extra weight! Now THAT is a good reason to get this weight off don't you think?

Lyss: Sounds like you had a food fest with DH! Look at it this way..at one time in your life you would have eaten it ALL yourself and you went for your walk/run this morning so you are in control again and working for those 160's. Stay the course!

Dee: What fun things are you doing this weekend?

Tori: I think I might need to hunt your down via text or FB?

Ok..back to cleaning. See you all tomorrow!

Hi Chicklets, I'm Luving our temps the mid 80's w late evening thundershowers keeping everything Green & low humidity.
Nothing big going on w us this weekend, still getting ready for the garage sale & next week for camping. Dh was soo jealous of my morning kayak trip by myself that he lectured to scare me about strangers taking me @ the dock parking lot. I could've put a doggie life-jacket on & taken my miniDoodle but she would've got sunburn, so no I'll go alone if I want to.

Lunch: potato salad w 'more veggies' than potatos & fat free Miracle Whip dressing. Dessert: a Dr.Pepper float w cool whip instead of ice cream

I wear shorts, skorts & sundresses all summer w wedges or sandals: Birki's, Birkenstocks, Papillio's daily, so my toes r always polished. I dress casually, yet polished, for my 2 home businesses. I turned down another bridal party job last week; I dislike the hi-low/front-back hem 'trend' & I won't sew them for the bridesmaids because that look just isn't flattering on anyone. And I'm a salon-pedicure virgin, after hearing scary foot infection stories. I trust myself & can buy their equipment @ Sally's Beauty supply & others.

Susie, TY for wanting to kayak w me, maybe we can get together summer 2014. Go w dh or your bff to a canoe/kayak river/lake liverie & rent a single or a double kayak for a 4 hour trip & take snacks to get out & eat & swim/splash around, then finish your trip I am sooo proud of U for your new Committment for your body. Sorry about Hudda's cancer Well it's time for your dh to start doing a evening stroll w U or play horseshoes, bocce' ball or shoot basket ball hoops for 1 hour every other day, start him out w 30 minutes & make a bet or do a Bible quiz w him while playing. That will keep dh's inside Healthier.

Lyss, summertime soo much weight is from salt & that just melts away in the heat from sweating. I'm happy for U getting near the 160's again. Here's a dum story; a lady sitting beside us last summer had a 'wine cooler' inside her toddler's sippy cup & marked 'm' =mom, so she wouldn't b caught bringing alcohol in the b-ball park, her child's sipper wasn't marked.

Yes Carri I watch Hel*s Kitchen too & I'm only rooting for 2 ppl. Next week MC looks like Krissy may go home, I wonder if the judges r watching the prior shows, because Krissy has a rude mouth about most ppl & chef Ramsey doesn't take any bull-sh*t.

Bachelorette has been good & looks like James or Ben is tossed for being as*holes. PBS has 'Blues @ the White House' for 1 hour, good when the black legends sang on stage, but Cyndi Lauper sang her own style; funny when Pres Obama's oldest girl slept while mom & dad rocked w the music. I like the White House music honor specials. I'd love to go to a blues/jazz club, I watch Austin City Limits on PBS. Seth played guitar & trombone in jazz band 5 yrs. My dh plays trumpet & violin & somewhat the banjo. I'm a bad clarinet player & so-so w a guitar. My daddy played guitar by ear, sang great & was in a bluegrass band... My fav hymns r southern gospel, I wish I still lived near Charleston... But the humidity down there right now is 'sauna time'.

Water balloons r calling for me to fill-up for playing catch. Wives against our dh & the losers clean-up the supper dishes/tableware & load my dishwasher, while the winners jump in the pool first So dh & I gotta get prepped for our potluck cook-out w friends tonight. I'm butterflying shrimp & stuffing them w cheese/herbs & wrapping them w bacon for the grill & making drinks: peaches r in season so a pitcher of peach margarita's & 'no alcohol' after 9pm for driving home, so they only get ice tea, coffee, lemonade to drink after 9pm. I love potlucks, I hope a friend brings a frozen keylime cake Tonight everyone's kiddo's stay home w a sitter it's the parents time-out evening, we get together every 6 weeks to eat & play.

See everyone Monday or Tuesday.... B Happy & Safe

Morning Ladies, sorry I haven’t been on here much but this site has really been giving me trouble. I read on another thread that there has been virus’ on here and it makes me leery of coming on here, especially since I do it when I’m at work…I know the site it terribly slow for me sometimes too. Any of you had issues?

Nothing too exciting has been going on with me, it’s muggy and hot here so this I’m not enjoying….but I guess it is supposed to cool off by this weekend some and not be as humid, so that I will like. We seem to be outside a lot on the weekends and Carri does not do well in the heat. I did get in my friends pool on Saturday and did some of my exercises, which was good since I was eating chips poolside, haha.

Speaking of hot, we did get our whole new a/c unit in on Saturday and it is wonderfully cool in the house now, and we have a 5 year warranty on everything so that also makes me feel good. Now hoping the heater can hold on for a few more years , at least until we move, lol.

Susie – good goal ! I know that when I log my food ( and I normally do daily ) that I am a lot better at staying within my calories. So I hope you make your goal. I also do my own pedi’s in the Winter …no one really seems them then except me and dh and he doesn’t care, haha.
Sorry to hear about your cat…I know it’s hard when a pet is sick. Hugs.

Dee – Your temps are what I love…send them my way !!! I would like for Krissy to go home on MC, she is quite the b*tch…I liked her at first when she auditioned and her son was so adorable, but she doesn’t need to treat people the way she does. On HK I don’t really have a favorite…but we are getting down to the last few and I don’t know who is really in the lead… I am behind on The Bachelorette so I gotta watch that tonight if I can stay up long enough…Those stuffed butterfly shrimp on the grill had my mouth watering…I may try my hand at that…I love the idea of having all the friends over without kids too ( especially since I don’t have any haha ). I would have more people over if I didn’t live in such a noisy place, hard to have a good time and sit outside with all the activity around us.

Food 6/24
B = breakfast sandwich – 320
L = ham and turkey sub with light mayo – 385
S = pistachios – 65, popcorn – 160
D = taco – 270, mini pizza – 330 ( not a good dinner night, we need groceries haha )
S = choc pudding – 120
Total for day – 1650 ( not my best day , going to get groceries tonight )

Hope you all have a great day !!!

Morning Ladies…hope all is good with each of you.

I was down another pound this morning to 214. So that makes me happy, because before I got off the wagon I was at 213, so I’m almost back to where I started and can start clean and fresh again, going back down !!!!

For those of you that watch it Big Brother starts tonight …hope it’s better than last year. I heard Rachel’s sister is going to be on this season, so I hope she’s not nearly as annoying as her sister.

Food 6/25
B = English muffin – 100, 1 T peanut butter – 100
L = Frozen grilled chicken meal – 360
S = pistachios – 70, greek yogurt – 130
D = big hamburger – 390, bun – 170, cheese – 130, pickles – 25, ketchup – 20, four chips – 45
S = nothing
Total for day - 1540

Hope you all have a great day.

I'm new to 3fc but jumping on this express train. Hoping to get there by Christmas.

Welcome cleancowgirl!!

I'm thrilled today....the scale has finally budged in the right direction after three weeks. I'm excited that the 160's are getting closer and closer!

I've been kicking things up a notch and getting out doing my walk/runs twice a day. It's very hot and humid here so of course I am sweating profusely!

I'm also watching what I'm eating very closely to make sure that wasn't the reason for my stall. But, I do contribute some of it to a couple of non-OP days.

Have a great day everyone!

Great job Lyss !!!!!!!!

Morning Girls…we were supposed to get good storms last night and never did…we really need rain around here, our yards are starting to look like straw…last year was so horrible with the dry and the heat, I just want this year to be green and nice…but we’ll see I guess…not looking good so far.

Ya know I normally cut my eating time off at 8:00 – don’t eat anything past 8 ….for dieting reasons and also for heart burn reasons…but anyway so the last two nights I have been having dinner around 6:30 and not eating after that, and I have been down weight each day….there might be something to this…give my body more time to be hungry and burn the calories before bed…do you gals have a cut off time?

I’m so excited for this weekend, I am going to do some clothes shopping since I haven’t since I’ve gotten smaller …also need work appropriate sandals so I’ll stop wearing $5 flip flops, haha …so I’m looking forward to getting out and seeing what I can find…need to find a good sale that’s for sure. Probably go to DSW for the sandals…There is a Payless near me and they have good deals but those sandals are cheap and hurt my feet after a day at work…so need something with a little foot structure/padding.

SO who watched Big Brother last night ? I don’t think Rachel’s sister is going to be anywhere near as annoying as she is…but we’ll see…it’s early…I know the blonde Staten Island chic is already on my last nerve ( and seemed to be on other cast mates as well ).

Food 6/26
B = English muffin – 100, 1T PB – 100
L = roasted chicken breast – 200, one ear of corn – 110, pat of butter – 50
S = pce of hard candy – 25, banana – 85, granola bar – 145
D = chicken in low carb tortilla wrap with veggies and cream cheese – 2 of them at 260 cals each = 520
S = Starbux venti green tea – 75
Total for day = 1410

Have a good day everyone.

Thanks Carri!

I am happy to say I'm halfway thru these 170's now and getting oh so anxious to see 160's. Haven't seen those since.......well since high school I believe.

It has been raining here quite a bit lately. Makes things nice and steamy afterwards. I try and get out fairly early in the morning to do my walk/run and then again in the evening. I was just a few houses away before I started sweating it's so humid.

We are going out of town this evening for a few days (DH work) and hoping I don't come back to a gain on the scale.

Have a great day everyone!

Hi Girls Luv'in the weather this week. 2 thunderstorms cooled off our hi 80's & I won't need to water the veggies for a few days. But w everything sooo green the skeeters will b out in the evening

cleancowgirl happy to have U join us

Lyss on getting closer to your Goal ~

Carri, BB I like Rachael's sis & feel bad for her if her sis's rep gets her kicked-out early. I agree about the blonde & 2 others ego's r annoying. Krissy sure got-it right back from the judges on MC, hopefully she got a clue & now will b kind w her remarks. I couldn't believe Lynn sweating into the food I also watch the American Baking Comp. on cbs, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy.
Have FUN shopping, I buy my Birki sandals & B.O.C. from QVC on sale, my arches r low so I need support & have to buy good shoes or I'll put the gel insoles/arch pads, in inexpensive shoes I wear more than 2 hours. Dh & I got out of the pool @ 7:30 & drove quickly to get 2 choc./vanilla twist waffle ice cream cones, before BB came on last night, we're just enjoying the summertime before it ends in 2 months. But dh woudn't watch BB w me, he changed the oil in my Honda instead.

Susie & Tori I miss U.

I'll b real busy for several days, so I'll pop back-in on Tuesday. You'all have a fun weekend stay cool

Morning Ladies…having bloating issues again, took some gas pills last night and it seemed to make it worse…so gonna be going to the dr soon to get this checked out …my stomach looks really big after I eat and it doesn’t seem right …not having any other symptoms though besides the bloating…going to the bathroom normally. Just kind of annoying, still am losing weight just seems weird in my belly region after I eat.

Dee – Sounds like you and dh are having a great Summer together….my dh and I LOVE twist cones…that’s what we prefer when we go and get ice cream actually….are favorites…and I have the same flat feet you have, so I have to be careful …I will look around and try them on to get the best one’s.

We are gonna have good weather this weekend too …well it will be high 70’s and some rain, but I like the cooling off part…it’s been so humid and sticky…ick …my hair is all weird and wirey from the humidity.

I had to laugh at how mad Joe got at Krissy on MC …funny …she needs to just keep her mouth shut ….and yeah I will feel bad if Rachel’s sister gets sent home just because of who she is….she deserves a chance.

Lyss – Don’t know that I would ever get back to my high school weight …I graduated weighing 108lbs …that is not doable I guess at this age…I’m really only aiming for 130-135…but anything under 200 would thrill me right now. Have fun out of town.

Hi Susie, Mel, Leeanne, and Tori – hey where is our Tori ????? haha

Have a great weekend everyone !!!!!

Food 6/28/13
B = English muffin and 1 T peanut butter – 200
L = frozen meal – 340
S = pce of hard candy – 25, goldfish – 140
D = 2 ears of corn with butter spray – 270, low calorie hotdog – 80, bun – 110, ketchup – 20, onions and relish – 25
S = tortilla chips – 140, hot salsa – 30, yellow baby carrots – 25, ranch dip - 40
Total for day - 1445

Hi Ladies!

I have had such a hard time trying to get this site to let me in and to post.

I know Carri has mentioned she has has some of these issues before...it is frustrating to say the least.

But I'm here now! and happy to be here!

I've done pretty well staying OP this week..I have been logging my food and exercise on My Fitness Pal. That is just a great tool..when I use it!

Work wise I thought I would never get my head above the water. Our fiscial closes June 30 and so this was the push comes to shove week..I worked most days 12 hours at work and another 2-3 at home each night. Been doing that for 2 weeks now. I'm really looking forward to the weekend.

Also been stressing over my cat and his ear issues. The outcome isn't terrific but looking into some options if we can afford them. We love this kitty but we have to be realistic about the money as well....after all we have to have the money or believe we can budget it to pay for things.

Cleancow girl--WELCOME! this board is wonderful. Must of us post daily or at least 3-4 times a week. We share our ups and our downs and always offer support. We have those of us here who have gotten to ONEderland and those of us who are still on the road to there.

I hope you will join us in posting and keeping each other motivated.

Carri: I would love to go shopping with you! Especially shoe shopping. I too have to wear good shoes and I have found a brand called Lifesyle that are very comfortable. They sell them at places like Macy's and things, but I find my best deals for them are at DSW or Famous Footwears.

When I put a shoe on if it doesn't feel good immediately I don't buy it..if it doesn't feel good the moment it goes on, then it never will. That's my motto!

Lyss: You are doing great! I can't believe you are running in this heat and humidity. I hope you are going early morning and later evening?

Dee: You are having such a great summer! Twist cones are my favorite too.

The weekend flew by so quickly. I got a lot done around the house and also spent some time relaxing and napping and catching up on some sleep.

I only have to work 3 days this week! I am looking forward to the holiday weekend. We took Friday as a vacation day.

Stayed pretty much OP this week but didn't get the exercise in like I wanted to. On the weekends if I don't get up and go in the morning then I don't go. I feel good that I slept in. I needed it.

I'm looking forwad to seeing your posts tomorrow.

Morning ladies ….hope you all had a good weekend…I had a pretty good one, even despite the fireworks, haha …we have an ordinance in our town that they can only do them from 6/29-7/8 so since the 29th was Saturday they started in ….I know this weekend will be terrible…I’m not a fan of fireworks….well I am of the little one’s…not a fan of letting the average citizen be able to buy this big professional one’s and let them off all night in the neighborhood, those should be left to the town’s fireworks….but oh well.

I lost a total of three pounds last week !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I’m really happy about that …hoping to lose another three this week and get into the single digit two’s…but we will see…

I did have my first “cheat” meal in a long time on Saturday night …and as always it sounded so good and then wasn’t that great and not really worth the stuffed feeling and the all night heart burn, haha …

Susie – I only have to work three days this week too !!!! Yay us !!! I also took Friday off …seems crazy to me that these places would give us off Thursday only to bring us back for one day after …they know people are out late on the 4th if they go anywhere…heck right now it doesn’t even get dark here until almost 10:00 so if you go anywhere for fireworks they don’t even start them until then …I did go to DSW this weekend and only found one pair of work sandals and I’m not in love with them …seems like all the one’s I liked didn’t have my size. Ughhh …I might try to go to Clarks this weekend and just pay a little more for what I know is quality and comfortable.
Sorry to hear about the cat issues still…and it’s true, as much as you love them you do have to be practical about the financial aspect of it…hugs.

Hi to Dee, Lyss, Tori, and everyone else !!!!

Have a great Monday !!!

Happy Monday!

The scale was trying to be kind to me this morning after being out of town this weekend and having a couple of off plan meals. I only put on 1.2lbs, hoping it's just water weight and to have it back off soon.

Carri: Congrats on the 3lbs!! We can't shoot fireworks in Illinois, but wish we could We will go to see a public display on the 4th.

Susie: Hope your week flies by and you can have your long weekend

I'm sticking to low cal these next few days to jump start the weight loss again....anxious for those 160's!

Hi to everyone else!