And its a beautiful day here in Corvallis, Oregon...
Yay for two nice days in a row...its actually warm!!!!! Its great. You can smell flowers.
I'm having another good on track day and feel great despite the work I have to get started on later.
I got my bike fixed today! The wheel has been bent since last term. Its so nice to glide along with the warm breeze on your face.
Have a great evening all!

just a quick check in ..I am exhausted...I went out of town and did not get back until late today,and decided to take it easy for awhile...I got all four points for Sat and Sun,but that is not gonna happen for today...I will only get two for today....I went and had kentucky fried chicken,but I will not beat myself up over it ...just work harder tommorow I did relax and watch Dr phil today,and the show really was encouraging...I am still gonna make my march goal make everyday till the last day of march count....well,ladies i am off for the night...take care and i will see you in the morning.....Joy

TUESDAY: Today is Target Tuesday and this week here is our topic: Find a time when you can sit down with a piece of paper and pencil and make three lists. I COULDN'T, I CAN, I AM GOING TO

For example with me:

I couldn't walk from the parking lot to a department store
I can paint my toenails myself
I am going to be near my goal by year's end

Think of as many things as possible for each list and compare them. Those of you who don't have a lot to lose with not have a huge, I couldn't list, but I couldn't wear a size 12 jeans is as important as I couldn't walk up a flight of stairs for you so go to it girls. Tack this list up somewhere prominent and when the urge to binge, overeat, lay off exercising, whatever, hits you, look at that list! Oh, and btw, feel free to give us a sampling of each of your lists so we can cheer you on!
Joy you get for the weekend.

Later ladies!

Faye

Good Morning Ladies
Great topic Faye......here's one of my "I couldn'ts" I couldn't pull my socks all the way up! Now how lame is that?? I just noticed the other day that my calves were finally small enough to pull my socks all the way on instead of leaving them scrunched down like we did in the '80s. "I will be wearing a 2 piece costume for my show on May 15th!" (can't wait to send you all pictures when I get the thing finished........)

Well, I ended up with only 1 point yesterday. I've been ignoring the water, and I caved and bought the kids some cookies. I told myself I wouldn't eat them, but I did....just enough to throw me into sugar cravings all day. I don't think I went over calories, because I compensated later in the day. But I still ate what I said I wasn't going to, so no points. I've started feeling a little guilty lately about not having ANY sugary or salty snacks in the house for the kids. I mean,they love fruit and veggies w/hummus......but they are kids after all. I grew up in a house where my mom was always dieting......so we never had yummy snacks until she would go on a binge. Then we had all kinds of cookies,cake and ice cream for a day or two. It's amazing how fast we could eat that stuff when it was finally around. I know that "binge" mentality is so bad, and I don't want my kids to learn it. I'd rather them have stuff here that they can eat SLOWLY because it's not going to disappear on them. I just have to find stuff that I don't like, so I don't eat it! So far, they're pleased with Pokemon fruit snacks (which are really just gummi bears in a different shape.....fruit snacks, my butt!).

I've already gotten the exercise for today and have started on the water. So, today will be better. You gals are so right about the weekend eating! It's tough when everyone else is chowing down around you! It's especially tough for me in social situations. Like last weekend, we went over to a friend's house to play board games and I purposefully brought some bead work I had to do on a costume in order to keep my hands busy and out of the food! It worked great until they started making margaritas!

Guess I gotta fly........Faye,Joy Suzan Cat & Carrie, Keep up the great work! Everyone else, come back and chat a little..we miss you...

Julie

HAVING A CUP NOW.....THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUPER DAY...WORKING HARD TO GET IN THOSE BLACK JEANS ....GONNA MIX UP MY WORKOUT TODAY..WILL CHECK IN LATER....JOY

Hi All !!!

Well the mole removal was horrid, it was quite huge and she took a long time getting it off...I had 9 deep tissue sutures (sp?) and 8 on top, needless to say it is really, really sore today...really ...
Now they have to send it off to some place in KY to get it analyzed just to be sure, I am sure it is nothing....

I had 3 points yesterday, didnt feel like exercising after being cut on, ha ...
but my dh and I are going to walk tonight if I am still not too sore....

It is good to hear that we are all getting into better spirits since Spring is around the corner....warmer weather just makes you glad to be alive!!!

Well talk to you all later....Julie - Faye - Cat - Susan - Joy - Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi to everyone else!!!

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFULS!!!! Had a wonderful weekend... went to a BnB in Duluth,MN. It was so fabulous... very relaxing and nice to just be without the kidlets. We went to see the Passion on Saturdsay night... very powerful movie. I didnt exercise much last week with my TOM.. but got back on track today... did my yoga and the belly dance video... which Julie... i love by the way... altho i feel strange when i do the arms... i want it to flow ... and right now itsnot...lol so.. i will just keep on keeping on... I hope all is well with all of u and yours... take care of u... love u all
Sandy

Good morning!
Another 4 points for me yesterday. Not much else to update!
Carri - sorry the procedure wasn't no nice, hope you feel better
Sandy - Glad you had a great time!
Go Joy! You got your black jeans I got my black dress...Here were come!
Julie - just be proud that you are on track today.
Faye - nice topic, I'll get back with my list later!

A good day to everyone!

Hi Ladies,

Carri, Sorry that it was a horrible ordeal but its behind you now and you'll be glad you did it once you've healed

Only another 1pt day for me due to the fact that i went downtown playing tourist and could'nt resist going into the British Sweet Shop and buying some chocolate it was'nt that that put me over it was the 2sls of Pizza that i had for dinner Anyway, temptation is gone now and i'm planning a better day

I know what i'm gonna put on my list "I could'nt jog for 1 mile" and "I could'nt fit in the lovely yellow sundress that i bought specifically to shrink into" will think of lots more i am sure Great Idea Faye

Well, must do some exercise. BBL

POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS:

Julie
Carri
Cat
Faye
Susan

Carri: Praying that the results come back negative and that the sore spot heals quickly!

I have to fool with my list and don't have time. I will get it together and post it this afternoon later.

Faye **MARCH MADNESS IS HERE SO WORK HARD**

Hi ladies!

I got 1 point yesterday - not a good day!

I'm going to my weigh in tomorrow to see where I am - I'm pretty sure that I have put on weight, but I need to see it in black and white , so I can then move forward. I need to get into a good rhythm for a few weeks, rather than 1 good day, 1 bad, which gets me nowhere. Susan and Faye are right - Friday night to me has always been pizza night, and I'm having trouble letting it go! I moan about how slow my weight loss has been - but if i am honest, there has not been a week where I have not had a pizza! Now, that is an improvement on my pre-dieting days when I would have 4 or 5 pizza's a week, but I still need to work on it!

CARRI - Sorry you are feeling sore - hope you feel better soon.

JULIE - You sound like my kind of parent - that is exactly how I plan to raise my kids. Good on you!

SUSAN - Way to go on the 4 pointers!

FAYE - Interesting topic today - I shall have a think about that, as I think it could be really helpful and can be an ongoing thing.

Hello to Cat, Joy, Sandy and everyone else!

Love Amanda xxx

Amanda: you get a for points. Girlie, the hardest, absolute toughest thing I ever had to do when I started this was give up regular soft drinks. I would drink 6-12 a DAY. I had 2 for breakfast like other people have coffee! So, with that being said, maybe Pizza is something you are going to have to GIVE UP completely or completely for at least 6 months to a year. I didn't have even a sip of soft drink of any kind for the first 6 months and when I did, I found I didn't miss it like I thought I would, but like an alcoholic, I knew I HAD to stay away from it. I haven't had a regular soft drink in over a year and will never ever ever have one again!

As for the list: It is MEANT to be on going for you. I want you to just keep adding to it. The longer it gets the better you know you HAVE to be doing!

Here is some of my list:

I COULDN'T: walk from the parking lot to a department store without being winded, couldn't walk up stairs or downstairs without difficulty, couldn't fit into a baseball stadium seat, couldn't sit in an airplane seat without being totally squished and using an lap belt extention, weigh myself on our scales because they didn't go that high, couldn't use a treadmill because I couldn't get on one, get clothes anywhere but large womens' shops

I CAN: paint my toenails, fit into ballpark seats, shop for clothes at regular stores, see my feet, cross my legs, fit into smaller clothes, use a treadmill
carry my 45 lb grandson around the zoo on my back piggyback without getting winded (did this one today and was totally stoked!)

I am going to: ride a jet ski, go to an amusement park and fit in the rides, be 100 lbs down by December, fit into an airline seat comfortably, weigh less than my husband, wear a size 14, take a cruise knowing I can do any of the excursions, go snorkeling if I can talk Jack into it someday.

Let's hear some more of yours, girls! Let's get excited about this. It has infinite possibilities!

Take care sweeties!

Faye

Good afternoon all.
My list:
I couldn't: even zip up a 14, go into a weight room because I was too intimidated, picture myself succeeding.

I Can: zip up a 12 (even though they are still a little too tight), see the tendons in my neck if I flex them, see my collar bone with much less effort, KNOW THAT I CAN SUCCEED

I will: comfortably wear a 10, wear that black dress, wear a tank top! SUCCEED in reaching my goal

Ick. I know for a fact if I didn't take serious charge I was well on my way to morbid obeseity...maybe years away...but there none the less. That was the "what's different this time". I actually had a vision of success. I believed and still believe it. I WILL be a healthy weight. Right now I'm still working on crossing under the obesity line, but its just in a list of small goals on the way to the big one.
Have a good night all.