Welcome back Judy!!! Glad to see you.

I get 2 points for Sunday. I fell on food again. DAH! I'll get in a really good work out tomorrow...or...today....its kind 2:30 in the morning ;)

MONDAY: Today is Mission Monday and we continue March Madness. For this week, let's try very hard to have 100$ of us with 4 pointers at least 5 days of 7 this week. We can do it girls, together!

Susan: you get :dancer: for points

Judy: Oh, I am so very very glad you came back and we are going to help you work hard to get back on track and take control of your life again. Hurray for you and Ed. Hope it works out well for both of you as I am sure it will!

Check back in a little later ladies!

Faye :)

Hello Ladies,

I'm alive, and doing pretty well, all things considered. I haven't been posting because I've been in the type of mood where you snap at everyone around you, and haven't wanted to inflict that on anyone. (Thanks for the checking up email, Faye. I really appreciated it.)

Also, some things are shaking up in China right now. Don't want to go too much into it right now.

Anyway, I've been keeping up with my running program. Last night I ran 20 minutes without stopping, and I felt wonderful afterwards! And I'm doing good with my water. So, I get two points! *grin*

I'll try and keep more involved, but with the way things are that might be more difficult that it seems right now.

Morning All :
 

Welcome back Judy!! Glad to hear about your man...hope it works out, sounds great so far ... :love:

For Silly Sunday Poll - yes I believe in love lasting forever, but I dont know about the love at first sight biz - I know about "lust" at first sight :lol:
I think that is normally how it starts out, huh??? :smoking: ha!

AMANDA - Happy "Belated" B-day, hope it was a great one for you!!!
:wave: :hb: :hat:

I had two (3) point days over the weekend, stuck totally OP but no exercise, I used to have such hard times staying OP on weekends but now it is a peice of cake...mmmmmmmmmm, cake....JK :ink:

My dh and I had such a fun weekend together it is hard to come back to work, I know I should be thankful that I have a job but sometimes it is so hard to drag my big ol butt out of bed for it ... :yawn:

Have a good day ALL !!! :sunny:

Anna: I like to keep up with me "funsters" if I have their addresses just to make sure they are ok! Glad that is so and hope you are safe!

Well, ole Faye took stock of herself this morning after climbing on the scales and discovering I have gone backwards pretty badly over the last couple months. I am no longer close to my 300 mark, but I have re-committed myself to doing so. I have gone back to writing everything down, journaling feelings etc and trying to keep my head on straight. I know everyone goes through rough periods, and I am trying not to beat myself up about it, but I have to work on the whys of eating again, stay out of restaurants and fix food at home. I am having no problem with water or exercise, just the food part so that is where I am going to get tough. You can have all the support in the world and it is very very important to have it, but you have to look within you and make you work and that is what I am going back to doing.

Everyone have a great day and I will check back in later.

Faye :)

I am trying to attach something so if it doesnt work, I am sorry, if it does, it is hilarious, I am still laughing ....

yeah it worked....I am not completely computer illiterate , ha ha

Well Faye i hear ya and am right there with u... starting over.... i am going to curves today and will be joining... i cant stand myself anymore...lol maybe i will actually meet some people!!!! On a brighter note...lol i have been doing alright with my water and food program... just not with exercising... after i get ds off to school i have to bring my other ds his shoes for gym class then i am going tanning... my appointment with curves is at 2pm... so i will workout right away then and then come home. I bought a new dryer last week.. man i never realized how bad my old one was...lol it take half the time to dry everything... so i am a happy camper...LOL I wish you all a happy and healthy day... i love you all and i need to rememeber that i do have friends and that you are all wonderful ladies. take care of u today
Sandy

:) Hello Ladies....since Friday we have been down with a nasty virus....throwing up and running to the bathroom...I have one home today ...I guess it is going to go through all of us before it is over...so far I haven't had it but cleaning up from the kids has made me feel icky...I did manage to get my exercise and all saturday,the kids came home saturday afternoon,and every since then I have spent all my time looking after them...yesterday I did not do intentional exercise,but running around disinfecting everything sure wore me out ...and of course getting all the wash done ....phew...then at 3 this morning my youngest daughter woke up with it....I haven't had the stomach to eat much....kinda scared if I do I'll start throwing up...what a nasty thing to have ...poor kids..I'll be glad when it's over...it has been everywhere here...my hubby and I went to see the Passion For Christ...it was a really good movie,but very graphic...would not take children to see it though..well ladies I will check in later...take care...Joy :dizzy:

Hi everyone!
SOrry I've been MIA for so long........took a trip to Boston with my students to take a dance seminar and attend a concert by the Bellydance Superstars. Talk about motivating!! These ladies are some of the best dancers around, and they are so beautiful.....awe-inspiring is the word that springs to mind.

This is the first show I"ve seen in over 15 years that really made me want to be more serious with my dance. Actually get the practice time in.....I kept looking at those girls and saying to myself "I can do everything they're doing, but I don't LOOK LIKE THAT when I do it!" :lol:

SO, after 2 weeks of backsliding and depression over spring taking so long to get here, I'm refreshed! I have something else to focus on besides calories in and calories out. This is a good thing!

Looks like I missed alot while I was away from the computer....
Happy Belated birthday to Amanda!

Carrie.....you're slipping away from me! Time to give myself a kick in the butt...I'm so proud of you, though. Your steady progress is inspiring.

Who was it that lost 5.5 pounds last week?? Susan? WOO HOO to whoever it was!!

Well, guess I'd better get going...gotta go grocery shopping today. Was going to do it this morning but ended up changing a flat tire instead :stress:

Talk to you all later,
Julie

Thanks Julie, that is so nice of you to say....I do feel really good for the first time in a long time...I now know that 199 is within my grasp...I have not weighed this low in about 3 or 4 years so I am very excited...You are not far off from me though and once we hit "Onederland" together we will have to celebrate, bigtime!!! :)

EVERYONE IS DOING MAAAHHHHVELOUS, DAHLINGS! I am very proud of all of you. This is hard work because it involves changing things deep within our brains that have been set there in stone so I commend all of you.

POINTS TODAY SO FAR:

Anna :dancer:
Carri :cp: :cp: You will be in the 100's before you know it!

I entered a contest where the winner gets housecleaning for a year, now why would I do that? I cannot imagine myself letting someone come in and clean every week for me! lol Maybe I can get them to do the cleaning and then I can tackle other stuff like windows and such, who knows? I am your basic, "clean the house before the housekeeper gets here so she won't think your dirty" kind of person. Maybe I will win the other prizes one of which is $100 Petco certificate, which I can always use. Pet food alone costs me about $35 a month and I have two SMALL animals!

You ladies all have a great afternoon and remember shoot for FOUR today!

Faye :)

Hi Everyone :wave:

:goodluck: with the contest Faye ;) i'm just like you..i would want to clean before the cleaner too :lol:

I won't be getting a 4 pointer today as i've had a pretty stressful morning trying to fix the cable box :stress: the channel changes on the box but not on the tv :?: so i had to unhook everything, put new cables on and try again :rolleyes: i thought i'd solved the problem yesterday but it started again today :rollpin: i'm not much in the mood for exercising either :rolleyes: the weather is'nt very nice, the house is'nt very warm and i'm not in a very good mood :lol:

Hi all!

Thanks for the birthday wishes and prayers for Nigel's mum. We are going to visit her tomorrow.

Faye - thanks for the e-card, it was lovely!

JUDY - welcome back!

Can't stop I'm afraid

Love Amanda xxx

Hello
My my its been busy around here today
I did some extra time at the gym like I said I would to try to work off those brownies from last night!

Welcome welcome welcome back to everyone!

TUESDAY: Today is Target Tuesday. Our target this week is working to get 100% 4 pointers for the group for 5 days out of 7.

later girlies!

Faye :)

Morning lovelies,
3 points yesterday......not enough water. I'll work extra hard today to get all those points.

We're supposed to get a big snow storm today and tomorrow....sigh. My sinuses hurt, so it's probably true. Guess I gotta tell the kids to put their bikes back in the garage.

Hope everyone has a great day. I have tons of sewing to do, so I probably won't be back on today.

:grouphug:
Julie

Morning ...
 

Hi everyone...I had a 4 pointer yesterday...and froze my butt off outside walking :lol:
Today will be another story, I woke up to snow this morning, alot of it...and it is still going, probably wont be too much when all is said and done but I dont want any of it :flow1: I want the warm sun back....well if any of you know Indiana you know this will be gone probably tomorrow with a high of 50, one extreme to the next around here....what are ya gonna do??

You know what I have been noticing ( everywhere, not just this thread ), we can all come up with a ton of excuses as to why we didnt have an OP day - I have been guilty of this too, I just think it is odd that we will come up with anything to justify going off program...just an observation.. think about it ...
Food for thought ( no calories or fat, ha ) :goodvibes

Check in later ....

Well Good Morning BEAUTIFULS!! I had a 4 point dsay yesterday... i joined Curves... and going today for my first workout... and i feel wonderful about it... The sun is shining today and hopefully it wont be too cold... i have spring fever so badly... this time of year is always hard for me... Well... i wish u all a happy and healthy day... i love you all and i want to thank you for being my support... take care of u
Sandy

Good Morning
2 points for me.
Its 6am here...I haven't been up this early in ages...I don't Have to be...BUT, I've leaving at 8 and I wanted to get to the gym. I'm going on a little trip today. I'll let you know where to later because even I don't know yet!
Have a great day

:) TOP OF THE MORNING TO YA AND HERE'S THE POINTS:

Julie :cp:
Carri:bravo:
SandyB :bravo:
Faye :bravo:
Susan :dancer:

:drill: All right girls, you have the opportunity to kick butt today so let's do it. I want 4 pointers from EVERYONE tomorrow. No excuses, just good old fashioned hard work.

I wrote something in my journal this morning and it is very true. I wrote, "It is very hard to keep my mouth shut." I am working on keeping my mouth shut. Working on not giving in to urges that do go away if you wait them out. Be strong girls and try hard to keep your mouth shut today! You will be glad you did!

Faye ;)

Oh gah, is it Saint Patrick's Day? I didn't notice! *blush*

Hmm... 2 points. Sorry Faye, I don't have an eating plan so I can't exactly eat on plan. *hangs head in shame* Now I ruined it for EVERYONE!

However, I have really killed my caffeine cravings that I was strugling with so much before. I sometimes get cravings, but I realized I'm craving carbonation right now, not caffeine. So, I'm coping. I haven't had caffeine since... um... gah, the last time I got ticked with myself for having it, actually. My friends at home would be shocked.

Well, I got 2 points yesterday for water and for my running. Cuz me, I kick butt and take names!