What a beautiful day! Good morning to all!

Kevin, I was reading through the old posts and read about your son turning 15, driving age and growing up. My son will be 13 next month and I too want my 5 year old back! He's my only child and I hate letting him grow up! I have done well on cutting the apron strings some, I have no choice since he now looks down at me when we are talking! I've been in a tizzy just thinking about him becoming a teenager....don't know what I will do when he gets driving age!

I know what you mean about the gas stations! I often wonder where all of the people come from to fill all of the churches here! Every parking lot is full every Sunday morning. It took me awhile to adjust to country life because I had always been a city girl but now I love it!!

So glad you all love to talk!! 3fc has become my daily inspiration for this weight loss journey! Instead of turning on the tv when I get up I get my coffee and get on here. I read the posts and know if all of these other people can lose weight then so can I.

Wishing you all a great Saturday!!!

Hey Sharla,

Ohhh, its just awful lol. My son was soo excited to turn 15. Thats all he has talked about. And there is no way I can legitimately not let him get his learners. The child would be devastated. I have another son as well, who turned 13 in July. So thankfully I have 2 years to go with him. My oldest son will be the one to break me in or break me down lol. Then Ill know exactly what to do with the next little rugrat! I stand 5 foot. So I very much understand how your son towers over you too. My oldest, Hunter, stands almost 6 foot. Takes after his father and my father. I dont know what happened to my height. I think it all settled in my rear end. Lost forever. My youngest son, Shelton, is gonna be built like me. Short and large rear. He hates it. Of course the girls at school, YUCK girls, think he is a cutey! They better Stand Back! Mommy on duty here!

There are several churches here as well, only 3 in town and LOTS of them in the rural areas. Lots of different denominations. I have always lived in small country towns, couldnt survive in large cities. Id be lost. I can hardly drive on a 4 lane highway lol, how in the world would I get around a large city??? TAXI! lol.

Oh I know what you mean. I check in every morning before work and read, then again around 9 each night. My hubby is usually on when I get home from work, and he allows me time on it at 9 lol. This site has helped me keep going for so many months now. And of course the wonderful ladies in this thread. They are my daily inspiration and love em dearly for it. Sandy and Renee, are great friends, as Im sure you will find out very fast here. We hope you become a regular with us and share all ideas and successes you have! We all need it!

Have a great day Sharla! Take care.

AHHHHHH!! 2 teenagers! Kevin, I hand it to you! I don't know how I'm going to handle 1!! He is starting to get that mouth going!! Sometimes I wonder whatever happened to the days when he thought Mommy knows everything and now he thinks I know nothing! It should be very challenging the next few years! He's good, does excellent in school and so on but I worry about the pressures he has coming. I always hope he makes the right choices but I'm sure he won't, I believe it's a part of growing up. I just remind him that somehow I will always know what he does, that it will eventually get back to me and if he's out of line I'll stop him dead in his tracks. It's funny throwing around my authority while the whole time I'm looking up at him!!

Can I ask how much weight you have lost? Are you doing WW or something yourself? Do you exercise daily? I'm a exercise dropout! I hate it! I think because I always felt bad. I am vowing to start walking since I have more energy now. I know I can't continue to sit on my butt...that won't help my weightloss at all.

Off to help Jordan with a school project. He has to make a model of the Tower of Babel.....what is that teacher thinking....sure wish we knew an artist!

Hello Again Sharla!

To answer your question on my weightloss. I began at 235 and I am now at 179 - 180. Ive got that 1 little pound bouncing right now. I am not on any specific weightloss plan. I modified what I eat. Cut down on my portions, cut out soft drinks, sweets (which I didnt eat alot of), and EXERCISE! I added lots of that, oh and I drink nothing but water. I started off walking 1 hour a day, after work and supper. Then me and my boys started playing badmitton. We still do that for about 1 hour each night. Our together time. Instead of walking outdoors now (the durn weather stopped cooperating, it has rained each afternoon for almost 2 months it seems), I went and bought the WATP's 4 mile challenge DVD. I do that each night. And thats it in a nutshell. Ive lost approximately 55lbs since March 11 of this year when I started. I just havent dropped but 1 pants size. Crazy isnt it. My pants are loose, but not enough to warrant a smaller size (im in a 18 now). Makes no sense to me. 55lbs and 1 size. I hate being short!

I try to talk to my boys about EVERYTHING. In depth. I dont sugar coat life for them, to protect their ears. I want them to know from ME, how it all is. Not some little "friend" at school. They are very comfortable coming to me with anything. Some things, of course, I call their father in to take care of, but all in all, I try to handle all that I can. I feel very confident Ive done the best I can, and at some point the decisions will be theirs and they will make the best choices. Or they know they will be grounded til their 30!

The Tower of Babel. Oh my. I dont think my guys have ever had a project such as that! Gee Willy lol. Good luck! Im not an artist either. I cant even draw a stick figure person! Im sure you and Jordan will do an awesome job!

Talk to yall later!

Hello everybody! I'm new to this site. I need to find a low carb buddy. Why low carb? I tried everything but it didn't for me. Probably, i'm not discipline enough and no motivation. Problem is, where i'm staying now, there's no Diet Centers like Slimming World, Weight Watchers, etc.There are a lot of Slimming Centers like Marie France which you come for a slimming treatment not meet every week as a group to motivate each other. I believe the success for keeping the pounds off is through motivation. I'm happy i found this website and i think most of the members in the list are very warm & friendly.
I just read about South Beach Diet and i'm gonna try it. I even made my own weight loss chart , got to weigh myself every week. But most of the food and recipes in South Beach Diet are western. I could probably, try my own Asian version of South Beach Diet recipes.
Check you out soon, ladies!

Good Morning!

Hi LaLuna....Great to have you join us. 3FC has lots of great information on low carb dieting. I dont know alot about it. Im not following a particular weightloss plan. Kinda made up my own . Ask any questions you need to though, if we dont know the answer, Im sure we can find them for you! You are 100 percent correct about motivation! If it werent for the great women I have met here, I dont think I would have made it this far. They are wonderful!

Not much to report on this lazy morning. Hubby is at work and I had to get up at 5 am to make sure he was up and then I had to make him coffee, at his request, and the little turd didnt even drink it. Grrrrrrrrrrr. There was a wonderful aroma of Irish Creme floating around the house though. No Renee, lol, Im not a coffee drinker either! LOL. I do like the smell of it, just not the taste.

Well, guess Im gonna check on my garden. Its really coming along. I planted some Mums, and they really added to it. I bought me 2 trellises for the lantana, and its growing up it already. Oh and 2 pieces of my Mums broke off, dogs or cats in the garden, and I placed them in a cup of water, and they are growing ROOTS!!!!! Woohoo. Maybe I dont have a black thumb after all LOL.

Everyone have a great day, take care and Ill check in again later.

Good Morning!!!!!

Mums, I can never get them to come back! Who knows! I have 2 flower beds that are so pretty, everything comes back every year but I can't grow mums! Kevin, 55 pounds, WOOHOO!! What a great job! I can't wait until I can tell someone that I have lost that much!

Laluna, I do the SBD and love it! It's the only plan I have ever tried that I am able to stick to. It helps alot to not crave the bad food because I love junk food! Lived off of it for years. HMMMM.. could that be why I gained so much weight?! I weigh more now than I did when I was 9 months pregnant.

The hubby and child are still sleeping. I can never seem to sleep late. I guess it's my inner alarm! We went to a 4 day school week this year and I thought it would be so nice to sleep in on Mondays but I'm always up. Oh well, there's always something to do or somewhere to go!

Have a great day all!

This is my first garden ever. If it hadnt been for my Mother-in-law, I wouldnt have one. She bought me the flowers and it was my job to plant and take care of them, sorta like sink or swim. She comes and checks it, and says Im doing a good job. I baby it everyday. Now as far as the Mums go. Well, I guess Ill find out next year if they will come back. She swears they are soooooo easy to care for. Hmmmm. She is a master gardener too. You should see her yard. Unbelievable. Sooooo many different types of flowers, shrubs, bushes, you name it. Im learning though. And I have to admit, it is very fun. I love going out each morning and afternoon and tending to it. It may be small in some gardeners eyes, but its huge in mine lol.

I know what you mean about sleeping in. Im up each day by 6 am. Earlier if my hubby has to be in by 6 am. I wouldnt know how to act if I actually got to sleep til 8 or so.

Im off again lol. Got some laundry calling me and a 13 year old telling me his tummy is hungry. Be back later!

I'm still here! Just having my coffee, reading and waiting for the guys to get up!

We had no luck on Jordan's project. I suppose we will tackle it again this afternoon.

I'm definately not a master gardener! Wish I was. I love flowers and plants. I always plant things that are hardy! That you pretty much can't kill!! Mums are hardy but I sure can kill them!!! I would love to have a yard like hers! I envy people when we drive by and their yards are so pretty and colorful. Always something in bloom.

I have to vacuum the pool today and get it nice and clean so we can winterize it and cover it over. It has been in the 50's at night and the water is way too cold for me to get in it. I don't see the water warming up much now.

Talk to you later!

Good Afternoon!

Got the laundry done, took a nap , did my WATP, tidied up a bit, and now its almost time to begin supper. Everyone wants Taco's. Uhg. I dont need a taco lol. I have some salad left from last night. I can have that.

Its nice and sunny out today. Gonna go and get some badmitton in before I start supper though. Hubby wont get home til 7 pm. I can tell Fall is coming soon, the days are beginning to get shorter, and the breeze is so cool outside now. I didnt turn the a/c on until 3 pm today. Ohh paying the light bill each month will be much more fun now lol. Thats the only good thing about winter. Lower electric bills. (we use propane for heat).

Hope everyone is enjoying their day, wanted to stop in and check. Talk to you later.

Good Morning!!!

There's a chill in the air this morning! Makes me think it won't be long and it will be time for the holidays! I love them! This year will be like no other! I will be making sugar free goodies for myself and am determined not to overdo on eating them. I will just eat the heck out of turkey!!

I will be doing laundry today and babysitting. My friend has a new baby. It's a little girl, 7 weeks old, sooooo tiny! I'm excited about keeping her. It's been a long time since I have had one that little. She is 7 weeks old and has that most wonderful baby smell and loves to cuddle!! For a minute I thought I might want another. Only for a minute!!! I can't imagine having a newborn and a teenager!

I have been doing phase 2 this week and am hopeing I am not eating too many good carbs. I should still lose 1 to 2 pounds a week. I like the sound of 2 better than 1 so I'm going to bring in some kind of exercise everyday. As of right now I don't do any. I will probably walk. I looked at the WOTP tapes because I have done those with a friend but I was too tight to pay the price. I will just have to decide that I am going to get them and go do it.

Hubby works 3rds so he is now sleeping and so is Jordan. I'm off to do a little laundry before the baby comes!

Have a great day everbody!!!!!

Well, so much chatting has been going on and I have missed it! I hate being so busy!

Welcome laluna! I think you should be able to adapt SB to Asian foods without a problem! You will have to cut out rice--but other than that--fish is a big YES on this diet! Good luck with that! Wow! Singapore--that is a long way from here! Kevin has lost 55 # following her own plan--so I don't think a diet ceter is a must for a healthy lifestyle change. I think they just suck up your money anyway. Now, if they would come in and cook for me and shop for me--then that would be worth it!

Sharla, glad to see South Beach is working for ya! I went to phase two and just got crazy! I am still looking for that balance with the good carbs thing. My problem has been sweets (kevin is right--banana bread is all she likes, I have found ! Oh i can't even imagine not liking those sweets--and chocolate! ) I have managed to maintain--but no loss since phase one. Let me know if you find the answer! It sounds like you are doing great though! Wow! You are watching a baby so little! I have started helping my neighbor with her in-home day care--which has now turned into a full fledged job (not what I had intended--but I just keep reminding myself it is for our Disney Workd trip) It's always the same--like you forget how those little ones work! LOL! Sometimes I wonder what happened to all that knowlege I gained taking care of 3 of my own??!! Has that happened to you??

I don't even want to think of those teen years--my oldest is 11. Only four more years to the learners permit!! My dh and I joke that she is going to get a bright yellow hummer with a flashing red light to drive when she gets old enough! She just says, "daaaaad! sssttttooopp!" Its funny. My 6 year old even points the yellow hummers out on the road or on tv and exclaims, "there is Nicole's car!" Oh she gets so mad. But...it is a parents privilege right?

Kevin--i know exactly how you feel about the loss and the clothing size changing! You are right--it probably has to do with height. Look at it this way--at least you are looking better and feeling better and you didn't need to spend a fortune on a new wardrobe!! clothing size is such a crazy thing! I haven't wore a size 10 since high school and yet there are moms I know that say they wear a 10 and I swear they aren't much smaller than me now and I wear around a 16. ( but still fit into some 18's too) Anyway--it's not size that counts right? ha! ha!

Looks like the weather is going to be nice all week. Warm and sunny. Our pool is already down for the winter! Finished it yesterday. Well, better get going. I am going to try to stop back later! Make it a good one ladies!
Renee

BTW Kevin--I love the new butterfly avatar! Keep forgeting to tell you!! Glad to hear the flower thing is working for you too! Your mother in law will make a gardener of you yet!!

Hey Everyone!

Just a quick stop by. Got supper going and hubby wrote and said he was gonna be about 1 hour late. So whats new??? LOL.

Thanks for the compliment on the avatar Renee. I was ready for a change, so I picked out a new one. The little butterfly looked so sweet. So I chose him for now.

Ill be back later to respond to all the posts for the day. If I sit here too long, I do think I could drift off into la la land. Im beat.

Be back in a bit!

Morning everyone. Sorry that I have been MIA for the last few days but I have been extremely busy here. Today is the day that I take Corey to have his test ran. I feel so sorry for the little fellow, he hasn't had anything other than popsicle since Saturday. He is telling me that he is ready for 3 order of chicken nuggets and fries. Ah the life of a child. Getting him ready this morning is taking all of my patience. Maybe after today I will find out what is causing this and I would love to find out this all of this is just him being lazy. At least it would beat anything being wrong physically. Gotta get a move on have to leave in about 20 mins. Will check back later.

sandy