Hi Everyone!

Pam - I was doing the WW at home program two years ago and the point counting got to me too. The way I look at it now is that a healthy lifestyle is only accomplished through common sense and the practice of it! Just do what you know is healthy and run from there.

Wanna talk exercise vids? Check this out: 13 Tae Bo tapes, 7 Denise Austin tapes and a new pilates DVD. Beleive it or not, I'm looking at getting the new Tae Bo Capture The Spirit DVD set at my first goal or for my birthday ! Am I nuts, or what?

Sammy - One of these days I'll challenge you to do a Tae Bo tape with me. How's that?

Well, today hasn't necessarily been off program, but I don't Culver's burgers are considered "on" either! I'll make it up for it at supper tonight by only having my smoothie and a small bowl of chowder. I did do a double up pilates workout today too, so hopefully that helps balance out my lunch! And of course, I'm working on my water!

BTW - Everytime I think about soggy tree bark and using it as a threat against children, I STILL chuckle! That was soo funny!

Well, gotta run! My son will be home in 20 minutes; my daughter in 30. Then the fun begins!

Good morning, Ladies! Where is everyone? I need ya! Besides the darn Culvers meal yesterday, I also had two handfuls of (fat free) chips last night. And my scale isn't moving, despite the 10 days of exercise & water and almost a week of extra fruits and veggies!

I am hoping that its the muscle I'm building that is slowing the weight loss down?

Its Friday - heading for the weekend. I know we'll spend some of the time watching some great football game this weekend. We usually load up on snacks for games like this, but the only thing we bought was tortilla chips & guacamole and my fat free chips, so that's an improvement (kinda!). DH is off today and this weekend, I think, so life gets a bit tougher when he's around. Why is it I get more housework done when he's not here?

Well, I'm working on almost 48 oz of water already. Had to go feed my neighbors horses cuz her DH broke his ankle in three spots yesterday and is in surgery today. Got my TB workout in and need to hit the shower before heading into the big city (that's what you get when you live in the boonies!)

So what is everyone else up to?

Good Morning Ladies,

Its getting quiet around here again No Loss for me this week..exactly the same as last week but i've only had 4 days OP and last night i cheated too..i pinched 4 of hubbies fries and had them on a butty (slice of bread) it won't have put me much over 1700 cals so i won't worry about it Thighs are'nt "bendable" today so i know that my exercise routine is working. Don't know what to do today i have so much to choose from i've even got to the point where i'm torn between one video or another I want to do the stability ball tho' because i've inflated the ball properly and it should be better now cos i'll be sat in the right position. BBL

Good evening everyone! Checking in kinda late, but we had a busy day today! I agree, Cat, its awfully quiet in here! Come on ladies - don't give up! We are all doing so great and I love to read about everyone else's lives, and gleaning motivation and encouragement from you all!

I'm looking forward to tomorrow - my day of no exercising! LOL! 6 days a week gets tiring! I'm still waiting for that "high" everyone talks about, that energy that exercising is supposed to give you. I'm more tired since I started working out!

I logged a .5 loss this week. Not that much but with everything I got going against me, I'll take it! Wow, This screen is doing weird things, I can't see what I'm typing on a few lines....weird!

Well, guess that's it for tonight...I'll check in again tomorrow, sometime between the playoff games!

Good morning Ladies,

Well once again this week, no scale movement. I'm trying very hard not to get discouraged. I know that I am tightening up again for exercising faithfully so I know sooner or later, the scale will catch up. Right now I'm concentrating on how much better I am feeling by being back in control.

Spent a lovely day yesterday out at my friends house with her whole family and parents. Lots of giggling and playing with the kids. I'm sure her kids sleep like logs when they finally give it up and go to sleep. If I had half of their energy I'd be set

Well I'm off to church and then as Erwin informed me, watching the NFL game on TV today. I guess that means he's not going to let me vacuum upstairs LOL.

Have a great day ladies.

Pam

Morning! Oops. it's 12:05pm so that means "Good Afternoon!"

I just went back and caught up on the last two pages of posts -- I was waiting with bated breath for Barbara to say the cereal was "Kashi" and I was right ! I bought a box of that once and I called it "sticks" -- THEY DO NOT get mushy which brought to mind nails going thru my system. Think battering rams or snow plows. No wonder it keeps you regular -- so does powdered fiber in coffee which is a heck of a lot better .

I'm afraid I am not a good source of motivation here as I have been off (more like dead - down - out) my plan all week. But I did buy the new SBD paperback last night so I will be back in business Monday.

It's snowing right now and it looks so beautiful and peaceful out.

I gather some of you are having things fly past your screens?? Either I am still half asleep or my pop up filter is working because I don't see anything.

Not much on tap for today except football -- I am in Patriots country so this house will be rockin' later today.

Barbara, I love the cereals with the dried fruits -- Cherrios just came out with a new one with dried bananas, and then there is my favorite Special K with Berries. And, before I leave, a great big & on your ten pound loss!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dahlia, Pam, Cathy, Carol, Lisa, Emily, Barbara .... see ya all later and have a wonderful Sunday .

Terry

Hi Ladies

Terry..i'm not seeing any 'flying things' either so my pop up killer must be working a treat mind you its not been 'ringing' so maybe there are'nt any around now I did'nt exercise yesterday but i did get some with all the cleaning and moving furniture that i did..my computer is now back upstairs in my gym i just had to get away from hubby and his obsession with CNN i just can't watch a soap or a movie when he is home..its terrible! He puts the tv on in the dining area and i can hardly hear what i'm watching in the lounge so i'll turn the volume then he does anyway, i've admitted defeat and have got quiet somewhat upstairs although its not totally peaceful as the house is all open plan so i can still hear the other tv a little now he wants to know why i've moved my computer (MEN) i might just bring the lazyboy upstairs next and the big screen tv

I can just see you Cathy, lugging all that furniture upstairs and your poor hubby down in an empty room and you typing away while you watch tv and exercise all at once...

Well, this morning I took my out of retirement and gave it a workout. I have to build back up again, but it's a start. I'm not sure if I will be going to curves tomorrow or not.. we have been getting lake effect snow all day and it is quite windy out so there are drifts across our driveway and our road needs to be plowed. I am a half mile away from the main highway but I may as well be in Siberia when the road drifts. We seem to be the last road plowed out by the county too..

Anyway, I've done well this weekend. I watched a show on tv earlier about this real heavy lady, who topped the scales at 335 and was having drastic stomach surgery done as a last resort. They showed taking out 75% of her stomach and dropping it into a bucket.. I wanted to (upchuck), but it was scary. I am not anywhere near that bad of a situation but I can see how it can accellerate into that easily.. she had to take 17 different types of medications for all the things wrong with her. Some of them were causing her problems with weight and some were because of it,, a vicious circle. I felt so bad for her.

Anyway, going to go make some supper now, I haven't seen my dh for most of the day. He is upstairs watching football on one tv, while I had the other one down here,, but I got tired of watching and came in to read posts.. but ladies,, there was only one from Cathy since I last checked.. come one girls we need to post and keep each others motivation going. we need each other.

Ok. enjoy the rest of the day. Will check back in the morning and there better be some posts if you know what is good for you


Dahlia

Just checking in per Dahlia's request! I love to come on and see a bunch of posts too, so keep up with the posting, even though its weekend! Any news is good news!

Pam - I know what you mean about kids' energy levels! I have a DS6 who is active almost all his waking hours. I can't believe how much energy children have, but then my son does sleep very sound at night! Oh, to just bottle some of it up - we'd be rich!

FWIW - I don't get pop ups either....must be the software we all have.

Terry - The SBD is supposed to be great. My mom was on it for awhile and lost 12 lbs really fast. I love my carbs too much to stick to it!

Cathy - I wonder if CNN is a man thing. Between that and "talk" radio (NPR), I certainly get my fill of news and other political stuff.

But then there's football.....the TV has been on all day with that stuff. Thankfully I do follow it a little bit...enough to find out who's going to the SuperBowl at least!

Last night we watched Bruce Almighty - man, that was funny! Glad I talked my DH into watching it with us. Today I spent most of the day working on stuff to sell on Ebay. I need to make a few $$ because my "work" [karaoke] speakers are shot and I need to buy a new set (anywhere between $400 and $1000! ).

Well, here's my bad news for the day. DH and DD went to the store earlier today and after they got back, I discovered that my DD had stolen some gum. So back to the store we went where I made her confess to management what she did. I can't begin to tell you how angry, upset and disappointed I was. At 14 years old, one should know better! The store manager was very nice to her and didn't press charges - although I almost wish they would have. She's now in her room writing a 2 page essay on what she learned and why stealing is wrong, and she's grounded from anything "fun" until I decide otherwise. How long would you ground your teenager if they did something like this? I know I have to set a limit somewhere, but at the time I couldn't because I was so upset I would have told her she was grounded until she was 18! So I needed some thinking time before issuing a crime-approriate groundation period. Any advice would certainly help.

Okay, well thanks for listening. I'm sorry I had to vent that but it was good to get it out.

Morning!

Gosh, Lisa, what a weekend you had. I commend you on making your daughter accountable and returning the gum. Why not ask her how long she should be grounded for? I have occasionally done that with my kids -- ask them what they would do in my shoes if it was their child, etc. Whatever length of time you choose, just remember to stick to your guns. As long as she learns her lesson that is all that matters. I also loved Bruce Almighty even though I am not a huge fan of Jim Carey's -- a bit too slapstick and goofy for me at times.

Dahlia, good for you for breaking out the treadmill as I am thinking of doing that today as well. We only got about 3" of snow yesterday but it came down slowly all day so it was pretty and peaceful to watch.

Cathy, like Dahlia, I had a great visual of you dragging furniture and your computer. I can't even begin to imagine moving the computer with all those wires -- it's like a jungle down there. As a news hound myself, and a lover of both talk radio and CNN, I can't fault John too much -- we junkies have to stick together! Don't hate me now .... .

I promise I am going to be very good today with all my food choices -- I really got out of control last week. I think all it takes is one bad day and then it's the dominoe effect taking over. And, Dahlia, thinking about having 75% of your stomach removed is incentive enough for me to really do this. Scary stuff.

OK, ladies, let's try for an OP day today whatever your plan maybe -- think summer and shorts!

Off to read the paper and my coffee --

Always, Terry

WHAT??!! No new posts since my lsat visit?? Of course it was 1 minute ago!

I found this bit of inspiration in an email this morning and thought I would pass it along. I know it's common sense but we lose sight of that at times so it's worth reinforcing -- at least I do anyway!


Overcoming the Urge to Splurge

Are you wrestling with the urge to splurge on junk food? You have two choices: Either indulge yourself and make up for it later, or figure out a way to work through the temptation. One Beachgoer shares her strategy for staying on the wagon:
"When I quit smoking about 20 years ago, I was able to cope in the following way, and I think it might work when a cookie is calling your name: Change your environment-that is, get up and walk away. You might want to put something legal in your mouth to help the cravings, but then go into another room or walk around the block. And while you are walking, remember why you are doing this to begin with! Picture yourself in that dress that you are longing to wear, or the bathing suit or the skirt. Just get through those difficult 10 or 15 minutes as best you can!"

Terry: I have both the Cheerios with bananas and SpecialK with berries and love them. I found some cookie recipes to use up the Kashi....just don't know who I'd inflict the cookies on. I'll wait to see if any of my neighbors tick me off!

Had a nice week-end. Like zookeeper, I take Sundays off from exercise which is nice as I usually try to do a lot on Saturdays. My fave restaurant "Macaroni Grill" added quite a few new/healthy items to their menu. We went last night and I loved the Portabella grilled chicken and instead of it being served on pasta...I got grilled asparagus. I also...and this may well be a first...pushed my plate away when I was full without finishing. And best of all...I didn't bite or growl at the server when they took my plate away! That's right....we're talkin' some serious progress!

My sons are home from school which means my routine of "finding" the house after the week-end has to wait til tomorrow. I like to at least appreciate it looking good for a few hours. We're going to clean the basement though and while down there...I'll do work-out on son's weight machine. I'm making improvements every other day..as expected but am most proud of my scary grunting noise I've mastered like the guys!

Have a great day (for a Monday)! Take care, Barb--

Barbara -- morning! Since I am trying to cut back on carbs, I have no problem ordering a steamed or grilled vege instead of the rice or baked potato or fries when we eat out, and we do that quite often. I thought I would miss it, but I really don't. The bread basket is still a problem though but one step at a time! I had the Cheerios with Bananas last night for the first time and I really loved it too. I am waiting for someone to come out with packaged freeze dried fruits (like those that are in those cereals already) so that you can add them yourselves to any type of cereal or oatmeal, etc.

Back to laundry -- amazing how that basket never empties out no matter how hard you try to keep up!

And, I agree, nothing worse than having the kids home on Mondays -- wait a minute I take that back -- throw in the husband and it's a horrible start to the week .

Later Gators!

Hi girls,
Glad to see some posts on here .. I too love fruit with my cereal.. but Terry what is wrong with adding some real fruit,, slice up a banana or throw on some frozen(thawed) fruit on whatever you are eating...It seems we all have a cupboard full of cereal boxes. It comes in handy for a bedtime snack, at least it's something good for you.

Tomorrow we are having our grandbabies over for supper and the evening. My menu is hotdogs and french fries, which they love. Am going to throw in some cooked baby carrots and sliced cucumbers and some fruit. I get weighed and measured Wed. morning, so I am going to hopefully skip the fries.

Already took a walk on my treadmill this morning, planning on going to curves tomorrow, wed, and thurs. this week. Didn't have my car this morning and now I don't feel like going out into the cold. But will get my 3 days in and do the treadmill too. When I went down to the basement to walk, my dogs went ballistic up stairs.. they sat and howled so pathetically I had to come back up and take them down with me.. course as soon as I hopped back on the treadmill, they got bored and wanted back upstairs.. but I made them wait till I was done.. it was funny, how bored they looked watching me walk...

YEah!! the snowplow just went by...Maybe I'll head to curves yet today... I am so undecided ... I'll keep you all in suspense till tomorrow, will I go or won't I...?

Keep up the good work everyone. Later

Dahlia

Hi Ladies,

Well, moving my computer has had the desired effect..i'm no longer sat at it all day i can actually keep my house spotless now i even did the spare bedrooms yesterday i'm in one of my chuck everything out and get everything organised moods and yes i do workout..watch tv and exercise all at one time now well almost..i'm just gonna do my 20min Pilates tape before B + B comes on.

Barb, "i did'nt bite or growl at my server" i don't know if i subconsciously do that or not i've never tried the grunting technique either.

Off to "roll like a ball" be back soon