Hello,

I'm new here but I'm definitely addicted to weighing myself. It got so bad I had to get rid of my last scale. But I know that I have to get another one. I don't know if I'll be able to handle a 'brand new scale'. I really don't want to fall into old habbits. Is anyone else here fighting the urge?

Splashes, I'm sorry to hear about your friend. But the lightbulb really does have to click for her to realize what you're saying. Sometimes people feel it's easier to sacrifice their own wellbeing than to challenge someone else (especially if the other person is supposed to have their best interests in mind). She's going to have to realize her own inherant importance before she can begin to fight the verbal diarhea being spewed by her sister...

Much love and light,
Shayla

Welcome to the group, Shayla! Yes, I get that urge everyday when I wake up...first place I head is the bathroom. And it's very hard for me NOT to dig into the back of the cupboard for the scales. I'm getting very good. I'm down to weighing myself only 1-3 times a week now. SOmetimes I go almost a week and half without hopping on.

Ladies, thanks for all the support about my friend. You are all right, I can do nothing for her, she has to want to do it for herself. All I can do is be there for her when she does decide to.

Thanks again, and see everyone tomorrow!

someone remind me of why I live in the SOUTH! We aren't suppose to get snow once a week! Until I was 20 years old I'd seen one snow storm....I've seen more this year than my entire life combined! School is closed AGAIN....at this rate it will be Feb 2005 and I'll still be writing about school exams! And hopefully not about how badly my eating has been

Shayla, WELCOME! Yep I really have to fight getting on the scales all the time! I even discovered that if I weigh right when I get up and then 20 minutes later I will have dropped 1/2 pound. At least I'm no longer in denial...I have a PROBLEM lately I haven't been so eager to get on them though. I've not been eating well and I don't want to see the numbers right now.

wow, it's almost a white out right now!

HS - I'm glad you're feeling better about your friend today. It's really hard when helping someone seems so easy "if only they'd do what you say!" We have a classmate that is exhausting all of us because she is in the middle of a ton of issues from childhood and thinks that gives her the right to treat us any way that she wants. Most of the time we just want to smack the crap out of her - but we're all trying to be patient. We have started our own "support group" to deal with HER!

Well guys. Sat is my bday - I'll be 31. We're going to celebrate and then Monday is the start of eating well. I'm excited about it. Getting back to the gym (can you really say "back to" if you only went twice before?)

Okay, off to work - to be sent back home again. Talk to you guys soon! mrm

Just a quick note. Thanks for the welcome everyone!!

I'm gonna go get a scale today. I'm so scared. I know I'm gonna be weighing myself every two seconds to "check the validity" of my new scale.

~Shayla

Welcome back Shayla and hope you do well on your Scale Shopping adventure! I freaked out the other night, I got on my neighbor's scale and I was 5lbs heavier on theirs. Then they had to calm me down and remind me, It was 7pm at nite, I'd just had a big supper, and I was wearing two heavy sweaters and a pair of jeans and big socks and shoes. Whew....So now I'm ok!lolol

Tulip! BusyBusyBusy! It sounds like fun tho. As for halting the spring cleaning...mine did too...all our snow is melting and with the muddy paws and boots that come in and out my side door...well the rest of the house has to wait while constantly sweep and mop my kitchen floor!lol I now have a towel at the boot rack so I can wipe the dogs' paws off when they come in from their walks...It seems to be a never ending chore.

THe weather here is great! It's 42 here withlots of sunshine. The snow is melting really fast. It's supposed to be in teh 50s for the next few days so I plan on spending lots of time outside. I'm going to repot my indoor plants too.

My eating has been good. I've gone a whole week without junk food! No chips and no cookies and such! YAY me. But I reallly realllyyy have to get into the gym now that I'm not at work everyday to burn off the calories. And got to start running too. GOnna try on the treadmill at first. I think...if I don't fall off and injur myself!lol

Have a great weekend everyone!

Hiyas Chickies...

Hiyas Shayla and welcome! I'm a relative newcomer to this thread, but not the site. And yes, I'm slightly obsessive about my scale, though I've gotten better. Not necessarily about how often I weigh, more about how I let the fluctuations affect me and my progress. I weigh in at least once in the morning. But then, like yesterday when I was stuck at home all day because of snow and I didn't feel like cleaning house... lordie I think I hopped on that thing at least 5 times.

Tulip - I moved south so I could get away from snow days. The one or two times we get it here is MORE than enough for me. I get cranky. I don't do cold well. I'm a self admitted weather wimp. I love the heat, though.

Grasshopper - Happy Birthday!!! I swear you don't look a day over .. uhm .. 26! Its a day early, I know, but in case I don't get a chance to pop in here and post tomorrow morning I don't want you to think I forgot your birthday! I think, personally, that if you ever thought about joining a gym, you can say "back to."

HS - I have to admit I stay away from "unfriendly scales" - which means any scale but mine and the one I have no choice about - the doc's. Good for you for getting the eating cleaned up!! And have FUN at the gym! Do you have a treadmill at home?

I'm a happy camper today. My horse rolled in the major muck the other day and got filth in his eye (I really do think he's half pig ), and of course it swelled up and looked horrid. I rinsed it real well, and put ointment in it. Thank goodness it's all cleared up today - I really didn't want to deal with a vet call right now! And!! I'm down another pound, which puts me at a half pound below my 5 pound goal for this month. Woo! I did 4 miles on the treadmill Thursday, since I didn't go to work because of the snow. Then did my usual 2 miles this morning. I suppose I really do need to throw in some weights again. This puts me back to where I was before I did my nose dive off the wagon last fall. I think there was a part of me that thought I'd never make it here again. Well, I did, and now it's time to Keep Going!!

Hope everyone is feeling good and looking forward to a great weekend!

Hi girls!! You won't believe the day I've had! We had this sweet little patient come in today. Happy as a clam when she got there (looking back....manic) and then 2 hours later she was yelling demons out of people and seeing evil spirits all over the place! At 5 when I left she was still there and still not doing well. None of us saw that coming at all. She is from out of state and flies home tomorrow. ug. I'd hate to be the person next to her on the plane - yikes!!! I don't mean to pick on her at all because she is just in pitiful shape right now and has no diagnosis that we are aware of that would let us know this could be hiding out in her little head. I felt so sorry for her but some of the stuff she came up with you just had to laugh at! Hopefully they can get her stable tonight.

Thank you for the happy birthdays! I'm enjoying the whole weekend so far. But to let you know how bad I am with time right now - over stressed I guess. TODAY is my birthday - not tomorrow. I forgot the date of MY OWN BIRTHDAY! (well, the day, not the date). Anyway, we ARE going out tomorrow night. looking forward to it.

RT I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post. Made me laugh! I think my dog is half pig. They really do need to put more laws on where pigs are allowed to roam freely - they're just mixing with all kinds of animals these days!!

Oh, and I DO NOT get on other people's scales!! I use to get on the one's at the gym, until they moved them to the MIDDLE OF THE WEIGHT ROOM!!! Now the whole room can watch you get on the scales. I DON'T THINK SO! I haven't seen a girl get on them since!

Snow is melting and it should be in the 60's by weekend-end. HS - how is you were warmer than us today? Something's odd about that.......

Well, I have to get ready to go to dinner. I'll write more later. Oh, got on the scales today. All this bad eating.....4 pounds. Pretty sure it's not just water now. I promise to do better next week.

Ok...and here I was the only one who thought Grassie's Bday was tomorrow! Even SHE thought it was tomorrow...well at least I got in the Bday Wishes while the day was still here!!

HAPPY Sparkley Day Grassie!!!

Just popped in to wish Grassie a Happy Birthday!!!

I'll be back tomorrow to see how your all doing!

Just had to post realy quick so we didn't fall off the board! I'll see everyone tomorrow hopefully!

Hi guys! Thank you for all the Birthday wishes. I had a great one. Blew good eating out of the water, but I knew I'd do that. I planned for it

We went to this great new place called Twisted Fork. It reminded me of something you'd see in NY or LA - not Raleigh. It was really cool and I had amazing food! I think this meal was worthy of a "last supper" before being very good again. I feel good about it all now. Got lots of massage stuff - sheets, blankets, candles....and BF got me an incredible set of knives. (I won't use those in my massage practice....don't worry )

I hope you are all doing well! Talk to you this week, when we're all back and doing well - time to be loosers!!!! I will bring the scales back out this week and let you all know the damage. Time to come clean and make some changes for the better. see you soon. Meri

HI Ladies

My scale and I are getting along VERY well these days....136.2....yay, yay, yay!
I am absolutely LOVING this weather eh HS?? FInally, getting rid of some of that SNOW...yuck!...I am looking forward to taking the boys out for a walk today and enjoying this "heatwave"....
I have developed a craving for Tim Hortons Bagels....I have always liked them, but now I always want them...and I know that wont reflect nicely on the scale...I have also become fond of rice cakes, so I am trying to replace the bagel craving for rice cakes...so far so good...*fingers crossed*
Glad to hear everyone is doing pretty well...

Leanne
SW 215 (august 1/03)
CW 136.2
Baby #3 Due, September 20th/04

Hay Leanne! Lovely to see you! Yes it was lovely here today. Nearly 60...but rain is in the forecast. Hope it's nicer up NOrth...and have you tried those Quaker ricecakes in Caramel? I LOVE them...unfortunately I eat a whole bag in one sitting.

Grassie sounds like you made out like a bandit! And I love getting a good set of knives. One can never have enuff sharp knives in the kitchen..

Well...I am proud of myself for the fact that bf wanted to go for fastfood for supper and I said NO!! YAY ME!

See everyone tomorrow after I take my neighbor for his bloodwork and his Qi Gong class.

Hi guys!! It's an incredible day here! Sun is shining (figures - I just bought a full spectrum light) and it's in the 60's today. Gives a nice dose of spring fever!! I'll have to start tending my herb garden soon. Can't wait!!

Leanne - even the plain rice cakes with a touch of almond butter are really really good!! That's my snack at school at night. I have to warn you though - I'm the only person that NO ONE ever begs food off of. Must look really wierd

ok guys. Today is it.....I WILL be good today and I WILL start back on my eating program today! I have all the food for it. I'm ready to go!! Getting my hair cut, going to the gym. Toe is better but not great so I'm sticking to weights and stretches - yoga, pillates, stuff like that. The main thing is that I'm going to MOVE! YIPPEEE!!! I feel like I'm ready. The problem I hit is that when I get to my afternoon job there is candy everywhere and not a healthy food in the whole place! That's where I have to be strong.

I feel like I'm ready again now though. BF is back on South Beach so that helps. 125 here I come!!!!

I hope you are all as excited about your monday morning. See you soon!