Hey everyone,
It hasn't been a good week. I tend to overeat when it's cold. Oh...HECK just another excuse. Dh has been off 9 days and we ate and ATE!! I have a cold and I'm trying to eat my self well... :blah:...:rofl:

Susie: I agree with dcapulate, Keep it positive. and always in your favor.
Keep your head up!! Things always work out for the best..something good will come your way.

:welcome3: Everyone new. We are glad to have ya'll

Hi,
I'm trying to keep poitive about my non-job situation. I did have a 15 minute binge this morning but I got it stopped.

I am happy to report that I had a 2.25 lb loss at the scales.

I've not been to the gym this week and I must get there tomorrow.

To answer decuplet: I live in Ohio an I think it is an at will state.

Debbie: I know you can get back on track...come on girl, where's that will dust powder? Like you say, a slip-up isn't a reason to give up.

Susie- i cant help with the work thing. I have been self employed for over 15 years. I just sell myself and dont use references etc. And I dont look for work in a traditonal sense. I network. Recently, I sent emails out to people I admire asking if they knew of job opportunites. I had several offers to choose from. I dont even have a resume.All word of mouth.The hairdressing job I am starting is working "for" someone but i am quite independant. Obviously she has the final word but I set my own hours, will promote myself.......

Good Morning all!!!
Today is my last day of relative freedom. I start regular hours for payroll tomorrow.The one thing that will be hard is that when I get tired in the evening I leave stuff for the morning because i know I will be here to finish. Not so now. I had trouble last night imagining pushing myself to finsh the dishes or laundry. I suppose a new routine will fall into place.I will need to prep meals the night before too.Our morning routines will be the same.

Volunteering at the school til 10:30 today and every Tues now, instead of Wednesdays.Will work at Avon in the aft.
I really need to do some clothes shopping. My daily wear of PJ bottoms and t shirts doesn't cut it in the work force. I can wear jeans. Need some funky tops.Bought some bras recently so the girls are saluting the sun.I need to upgrade some of my equipment too but i will do that gradually. Pro hair stuff is ridiculously expensive.

Weight is the same! Still down 12. Hoping to lose 1 lb a week. Steady.Being in my feet all day will help. I can also walk for my breaks now that I will be in a town and not on a hwy.

Need another java. HUGS!!!!!

G'Morning!!! I did pretty well yesterday and for the first time in maybe a year??? I hit 10,140 steps!! I felt good on the tmill last nite, didn't wanna get off really. Must have walked an hour on there yesterday, which adds 6000 steps, so in the whole day, I hit my goal of 10k. Yeah! :carrot:

Also, on Sunday I weighed. And ... I'm down 5 lbs. So happy for that. At 235 now. I can't wait to be in Onederland. I think my final forever goal is 177. Then I'm going to work to maintain that for one year at least. Then decide if I want to go any lower. (For one thing, if you weigh too little, you really can't eat very much. So I'm thinking, stay a little bigger and eat a little more. But maybe by the time I get there, food will mean even less to me. It already does since I lost the other 40 2 yrs ago. So we'll see.) What do you all think about that?

Good morning to everyone! I am having a mediocre week. I am a teacher and it is report card time, I justed started another semseter of grad classes, I pulled a muscle in my leg, and it was TOM......JEEZE!!

I still managed to work out most days. I lost about 2 lbs and am starting to hit a stride with the work load.....I hope.

Still trucking!

Mari

Mari, wow, you truly have had your hands full!!! I think sometimes we end up with sooooo many things that can get in the way of us putting ourselves in top priority that I don't know how we get all that done plus spend time exercising, counting cals, and all that! It's just incredible. And look, you've lost 2 lbs in the middle of it all! What a success!!!

I wanted to tell you also that it's so nice to see someone who has been as heavy as I was (and still am) and wants to only get to the 170s. I too have set my goal at 177. Partly because it's 100 lbs off me. But also bc I have only been as low as 179 as an adult and in a few months I was back up over 200. I'll worry about losing more once I get there and stay there a while. And that's if I even decide to lose any more.

I am currently learning new ways to deal with stress and I really hope that it helps me get this extra off me and keep it off. I want my kids to have healthy habits, and do you know now my 5 yr old son tells me every time he exercises at school or wherever? He said he wants to be healthy and strong. (He also told me when he noticed that I wasn't getting on my treadmill like I used to. LOL) That was a great thing for me. The Non-exerciser that I had been, he never saw. Once he turned one yr old I made the decision to be healthy. It's been a long road but he never really saw Ms. Couch Potato, so he thought that I just was an exerciser. When we started looking for a house, we had no time barely to wash clothes, much less stop and do anything for ourselves. It's good that things are back to normal now.

Also, he likes salad and fruit, and mostly what I make so I'm just really proud of him. Kids do as we do and I just couldn't live with myself if I set a bad example for them. So here's to the treadmill! I've been on it for 40 mins this morning. I think I'll hit my 10k goal!

Hope all of you have a great day!!! :carrot:

Hey Girls,
Susie and Mari those are some great losses. :cp:
Everyone is kicking butt...YOU GO GIRLS.

I go to ww tonight but I really don't expect a loss. :crossed:
I'm at work and everyone who goes by reads over my shoulder..drives me nuts.

Later

:dust:

Hi Debbie! I hate that too when someone is over my shoulder. Uggh. Just turn around and look at them like, "What are you looking at??" I bet they move on then. :devil: Wow, you have lost alot. I can't wait to be down that much. That's great. :)

Welcome Jennelle!!!! :welcome2:
So happy to have you here. The more the merrier!! :balloons: I just came back myself! Almost forgot my info also. But luckily I wasn't gone too long and did remember and it was still here. I'm just taking it one week at a time. I feel more confident at this point. I have bad days too but mostly I'm feeling good, Thank God. Feeling sad makes it so much harder to lose for me!

Anyhoo, welcome to the group. :grouphug: Bye for now!

Selina

Dear Selina,

Thanks so much for the welcome. :)

Your name sounds so familiar and I'm thinking that maybe when I was on these boards before that we were on the same thread posting.

Can't remember what the name of it was thought. *lol*

By the looks of your ticker - you've done great with losing. Keep up the good work! :)

Love,

Jennelle

Good Morning!!!
 

G'morning!!! :coffee:

Thanks Jennelle! We may have been. I was on alot in Spring 2005. Just glad to be back. Being able to post my good and bad days on here helps me so much. It gets alot easier after a week or so for me. I also handwrite everything I eat with cals and fat next to it, how much water I drink, my steps etc for every day. That way when I have a week or two where I don't lose, I know WHY! It's true too. My best losses come from weeks where I stay on track. (Of course, huh? LOL) Anyhoo, post as often as you need to to be able to keep yourself on track. I'm on here alot lately. But I need it. I will need to post several times a day for a few months. Then I will be in such good habits again that I will only need to post once or twice a day. :cp:

I have also come to realize that if I DON'T post every day for the rest of my life that one day I could revert back to old bad habits, probably during high stress times. :hungry:

So here I am! And here I plan to stay. :jig:

Take your time. Habits don't just form. Your body has to be eating those good foods for a few weeks to start really craving them. I learned to stop expecting myself to change overnight. I lead myself to each thing slowly. Like walking. I had almost stopped, when b4 I could walk several miles no problem, after starting at only 10 mins a day. :tread: I gradually added time. Then it seems like almost no difference. You trick yourself because the change is slow enough not to make you hate it. Knowing that has helped me when I fall. I just tell myself to go slower with it. :faint:

Like I didn't drop my calories so far at first. First, I just wrote down what I ate. I saw it was too much. :cbg: So I came down slowly. I was eating about 3000 cals a day. I went to 2600 I think. Then to 2000 after another week. Then I went to 1800, then 1600, etc. Now I eat about 1200-1375 usually a day. But I came to realize also that I can literally eat that in one small bowl, if it's junk food. But it now takes 3 meals and a snack to add up to that because I'm eating beans, lean meats, rice, less bread, little junk, more veggies, honey nut cheerios (the best snack ever)etc. So WHAT you eat matters more than ppl say. Yes, the cals need to be right but wouldn't it feel better to be full 3 times a day than to eat once and that be all your cals and then you are hungry the rest of the day? Not good for me. Hunger bothers me alot. :tantrum: So I eat 3-4 times a day, sometimes 5 or 6. :chef:

Ok, I will stop rambling. :soap: I hope some of that helps. I have read so many books, and I have just been losing ever since I can remember. (Oh and gaining back of course. LOL) I got heavy at 4 yrs old. So my whole life has been about how to find a way to lose and be normal. I doubt I'm ever gonna be what others want me to be, but I'm ok with that. If they aren't happy with me, that's their problem. But I will say that I'm much happier a bit thinner than I am now. So I proceed!!!! :carrot:

Thank you all for listening, esp. on my bad days. :grouphug: It helps me alot to have a place to vent and to also support others. That helps me stay on track too. :dance:

Have a great day everyone! :wave: I'm cheering for you, Jennelle! And everyone here! We can do this! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Hi Selina,

Thanks so much for posting on here and yes, you did encourage me alot and also gave me a great idea!

Though I've tried starting them before [weight loss journal] ... I just now remembered that I have a new [big] journal in which to write down everything I eat each day.

Also I can chart my steps each day once I get my pedometer.

I imagine that if I write "everything" down and then can look back to the prior week, it would help alot!

Oh good ... now I'm excited about this [keeping the journal thing] and hope that I can follow through with it this time and not just write things down for a few days and then quit.

The one thing that might help is this time it's a real journal and not a boring old notebook. *lol*

Have a good day!

Love,

Jennelle

Just stopping back by to say that I had a pretty good day and didn't eat anything that I shouldn't have. [Yea!!] :)

Hopefully tomorrow will be just as good ...

I can't wait to get my pedometer 'cuz I think when I do, I'm gonna post on the exercise board a virtual trip that I am going to make.

I'm going to go and visit Dale Earnhardt Jr. [for those who aren't into NASCAR like I am, he's a race car driver. :)]

Anyways - it's something like 800 and some miles to get to from where I'm at, to where Dale Jr. lives so if 2,000 steps = 1 mile, atleast I have a goal and can keep track and it'll help to motivate me.

Should be fun or atleast it sounds like it anyways 'cuz I've read where others have taken a virtual trip [meaning that I'd do my walking here but would chart how far I've gone each day until I arrive at the full distance to get there.]

I'm sure you already knew that but for some reason ... well, as you can see, I'm long winded and feel as if I need to explain everything. *lol*

I haven't started my journal yet as I planned on doing today 'cuz I was too busy to do it. May try later this evening or if not, try again for tomorrow to get it started.

Love,

Jennelle

Hello Ladies. This is the thread I need.

I can't wait for the scale to read 199.
I am on WW and have been maintaining for a while now. I know it's because I stopped journaling. I add up the points in my head and then when I get close to my target i stop counting. I NEED to start journaling again too and keeping up with my excercise. On Jan 1 i made a goal to do my elliptical 3 to 5 days a week. This is the first week I did it 5 days. (my weeks start on friday) I would love to join this group and get the motivation I need to keep going.


Jennelle, I do know Dale Jr. I'm a huge NASCAR fan myself. Jimmy Johnson is my driver. :cheer2: :cheer2: Can't wait for Daytona 500.

Good Night

Sunshine: Welcome, when I read your post. It was exactly what I would write. I also go to WW. I've maintained for several months because I haven't been journaling or exercising. Maybe we can motivate each other.

Jenelle: I would crawl to get to Dale Jr...I'm a big Nascar fan.. WOO..HOO Can't wait. I hope I get to our race in April.
I walk a lot on my job but I bend a lot and The pedometer I used before wasn't accurate. The new one's might do better. I might try one again.

Selina: Great advise, We are glad to have you here.

Holly, Ellen, Susie: Good morning chicas. :grouphug:

Big day, I got to go

:dust:

Doing good on this front... but I am going out twice this weekend for my b-day. I will have to try to be good and make up for it during the day. I made it to the gym 4 times this week... that is three weeks in a row!!!! It really has made a difference, I can see little changes already!!! Will just have to have the will power to ear clean!!

HI to all Have a wonderful weekend!!!

I had my weigh in this morning and i'm up 1.8lbs :censored: I drank my water, did my elliptical, watched my portiions, and still gained. The only thing I didn't do was journal. I did start noticeing my clothes fitting better this week. That's a good sign ~ i'm happy with less inches.

Ellen~ Happy Birthday :hb:

Debbie~ When is your weigh in day? I'll take all the motivaion you got.

Have a nice evening everyone.

Hi Debbie! Thanks. I'm glad you are here. I love knowing others who have lost alot. You GET it when I talk about changing it all. You just about have to change everything, the way you see things even, to succeed. I am so happy to be here, to have others to talk with about it all. :carrot: People who aren't losing get tired of hearing how I passed up cake, and got my steps in, etc. So thanks! I'm sorry to ramble on sometimes. :soap:

Hi Ellen! Woohoo! Great job with your exercising. :cp: Happy Birthday! :balloons: Hope you have a great time out. :)


Welcome Sunshine! :welcome: Don't fret about the lbs. It's all a process and you never know what the dang scale is going to say. Remember you are going to gain muscle is you move more than usual and you can retain water at different times also. Just keep on and it'll show. I know, I've been there. :hug:

Jennelle!! You are doing great. :cp: I started journaling again and it's helped so much. I even jot down the time I'm eating etc. It helps me to see what times I'm hungry (so I can prepare like if I'm going to be gone then, bring something so I won't need to stop for bad food). I tied a pencil to my journal and leave it in the kitchen. I am back in the habit pretty easily I noticed. Guess because I did it every day for nearly two years. And I plan to continue forever, if that is what it will take. I have learned by watching myself through them that I don't really get hungry til noon, I eat lite then. Then I eat a huge meal about 5pm and I'm happy with a little snack an hour b4 bed, like grapefruit or hot tea. So knowing that makes me aware of myself and my habits and what might need tweaking in the schedule or whatever.

I tried to retrain myself. They say eat alot in the a.m., some in the afternoon, and less at nite. Nope. Not for me. And I lost 79 lbs. going by what was best for me. Yes, stress, a family illness, my husband was ill too, moving and my preemie newborn who also had been in the hospital twice made it very hard on me the last 18 months (my baby is a joy, she didn't make it hard, just all of it together at the same time, she is such a sweet and easy going baby girl) and with no time at all for me and I was so exhausted, I gained some back but I'm here again!!! I'm not giving up. No matter how hard it can be. I'm in for the long haul.

Where do you do your virtual tour thingy at?? Can you choose any location? I would love that. As a matter of fact, I did one but it wasn't mile for mile. It was odd.

Well, I am at 415 cals, 6 gms of fat for the day and 9727 steps so far. I will eat again. And finish my steps then I'm off to bed early. DS has basketball in the a.m. DH is coaching as usual. I'm sleepy already. Not good. LOL. We have been unpacking all day today too. I can't wait to get done.

Have a great nite!!! :wave:

LOL I forgot to tell you all. My daughter is 19 mos. And it was so cute today; I was jogging in place. And she always wants to hug my legs when I do that, for some reason. LOL. Today she did, so I hugged her. Then she stood by me and was marching in place. So cute!!!! I said, "Are you doing your exercise?" So later then my DH was in here and I said "Show Daddy your exercise", and she did it! I love it! And she shares my water with me too. I am glad that some of what I am doing is teaching them good habits too. Makes me happy. :D

Hey friends,
I'm HUNGRY!!! I've cooked some pork for green chilie stew
I just cooked the meat and will let it cool overnight and skim all the fat off. Then finish it up tomorrow. Smelling it made me hungry.
I need to do some catch up journaling...as usual.

Dh is sick again. week before last he had a bad headcold no biggie, then the doctor changed his bp meds and the new ones didn't work. We had several days of his bp being way up he said he felt bad, now he has either gotten a stomach virus or ate something bad...JEEZ. Poor dear.

Ellen: :woo: :hb:

Sunshine: My wi are on Wednesday. I need all the help I can get. Not only have I fallen off the wagon, but the wheels fell off the wagon right behind me. I've not giving up... I just keep plugging on. In hope that I find a new wagon...LOL

Selina: Good job setting healthy examples for your daughter.

Susie Holly and Annie: :hug: miss ya'll

Gotta go...:grouphug:

Debbie, sorry to hear your DH is sick. Hope he gets better soon.

I'm doing ok today on food but my exercise is no good. Never is when my DH is home, not bc he tries to stop me but bc he coaches the team for my son and we are gone on Sat til noon then we go to pizza buffet or whatever where I have to read after eating my bit of food to keep from over doing it. Then back home and I've been helping him put together the new basketball goal. Here hunny, hold this. And can you hand me two more washers and that wrench there? LOL. So now we are almost done with that, and I need to go get on the treadmill. I don't like doing it at nite, bc I'm tired by then and not in a great mood. Anyhoo, wish me luck that I find motivation to hit my 10k steps today. :faint:

Have a great evening everyone! Hope your day went well! :cheer:

Selina, your little one sounds adorable. :)

You asked about the virtual trip [walk] and yep, that's what I did, was just to pick somewhere ..

I then went to Mapquest and put in where I'm at and the city of where I want to go and that gave me the total mileage.


I'm hoping it'll motivate me [I'm sure that if Dale Jr. were really at the other end, it'd motivate me even more though. :lol:]

It's nice to meet everybody 'n I guess I should have known that even if by chance someone weren't a NASCAR fan - all the ladies would know who Dale Jr. is. *Giggle*

Actually my #1 is Ryan Newman ... don't ask why I'm not on my way to see him [could be 'cuz I'd be afraid if I walked all that way ... that his wife might be there when I got there. *LOL*] Just kidding! :dizzy:


I got my pedometer yesterday in the mail ... wow, that was fast 'cuz I ordered it in the middle of the night on Wednesday,

they mailed it out on Thursday and I got it on Friday. Can't beat that, huh?!

I haven't messed with it yet but will probably do that tomorrow so I can have it ready for a fresh start on Monday. :)


I didn't really do either good, nor bad today with my eating.

I guess I could have done a bit better for really, I know for what I did eat ... that I won't gain from it either.

Anyways - have a good night gals and I'll either see you tomorrow sometime or on Monday.

Love,

Jennelle

YAY! There's a thread for this AND it's active, even better as I seem to be a bit of a thread killer. I haven't been under 200 lbs, in I can't remember how long. I've bounced between 240 and 255 for so long it seems, and just when I think I'll finally hit under 240, I get pregnant, and since we don't plan to start trying for our next and LAST child until Jan 2008, now seems the time to get it all under control. I'm closer to ONEderland than I've ever been so, I know if I can just hit that magical number of 199, it'll be the motivation I need to hit the rest of them. So, if noone minds, I'd like to join the challenge.

My name is Angi, I'm 31, and I have 2 kids, a daughter who is 3, and a 17 month old son, so needless to say, we're a busy busy house. I plan on picking up the book "Fat Smash Diet" as it seems to incorporate plenty of whole foods and a lack of dependancy on caffeine and white foods, sugar, flour etc and to really stress the need for excersize, every day. My daughter is gluten intolerant, so my home is already used to whole grain breads, pasta's etc, so there shouldnt be any issues with that, but the lack of sugar may kill us all.

Good luck to us all!

Welcome Angi! :)

I'm new to the thread as well and was thrilled to find it.

I haven't been under 200 - atleast for 6 years and this time I'm determined to do it [and we can!!]

Love,

Jennelle

Hi All!

I just spotted this thread and am SOOOO excited to find it! It's EXACTLY what I need to do right now to keep me going! I have to go make lunch for my family but will be back to read all the thread very soon! Woo-Hoo!

I have ten more pounds before I am in ONEderland!


Cheryl

Welcome you two!!
 

Hi and welcome to Angi and Cheryl!! :welcome2: We are so happy you have joined us. I found it recently too and I love it. It's what I need too. I want to be in Onderland very badly! :tantrum: Drives me nuts! LOL.

So Angi I like how you have your dancing carrots so Imma add something for each 10 lbs too. Hmm.. let me see what I want there..

Today isn't going so well. I have gotten a headache and I never get them. And I cannot find my bottle of Tylenol that I just bought, so I'm trying to use mind over matter and make it go away. So far, no luck. :(

I'm at about 4000 steps today. :tread: I have decided to hit 5,000 on weekend days and 10000 on week days. With my family all home from work and school, there is no time for it! So I will do what I can when I wake up then let it go.

Doing ok on food for the last week. Actually better than I thought I would do. Yay for that! :cp: I just want to make it all a habit that I don't have to think about as much.. In time, in time.

My computer is acting weird, so I have to hurry b4 it doesn't let me send this!

Have a great day! Oh, I will be weighing in the a.m. 2mrw, and will post after. Hope it goes well or I might have to start weighing every 2 wks.

Hugsssssss Selina :hug:

Oh Jennelle. Goody you got your pedometer! Woohoo! And thanx for the info on the trip. Imma make a trip too. I gotta decide where to....

Hi Selina!

Thanks for the warm welcome! LOVE your picture! You look like you are an actress!:)

I have spent a couple HOURS reading the first ELEVEN pages of this thread! There were so many good ideas and tips that I copied a bunch down! I keep a journal full of interesting ideas, good thoughts and positive words and pictures as well as successes that I have accomplished along my weight loss journey. Reading it helps me keep focused and positive when I falter and when I just can't seem to make the scale move.

I am GREAT at maintaining weight (have been 210 for EIGHT MONTHS!) but LOUSY at dipping below that weight!:( I finally lost a pound the other day, so I am hopeful that I can DO THIS THING!

I REALLY want to see the scale register one hundred SOMETHING after being TWO HUNDRED something since about 1980!:(

I'm really excited about finding all of you here!

Cheryl

Good morning Everyone !:D
I am going to give this a shot. I would love to make my goal by Easter- but it might be the end of school. I am doing WATP and trying a couple of other tapes(lots of modifications though).
I have been lurking here for a couple of years. I have shared the link with friends. I have always been a large woman. I had lost a little weight a couple years ago and then I got pregnant at 40.I kept my weight under control- but in the past couple of years things went haywire.
Here's the basics:I have three kids ( 2,13 and 21),SAHM,we have a small Ebay bussiness and live out in the sticks. I am a foodie who loves to cook- but I also love to work in the yard to- which will help me get this under control.
This week's goal is to continue with 1-3 miles a day each day and also try a second work out if possible a couple times this week

Hi Sirak!

Welcome to 3FC! :wave:

I'm a WATP devotee, too! In nice weather I walk outdoors, but the cold and snow drives me back indoors for my workouts. I like the 4 Mile Super Challenge. How about you?

I enjoy cooking and baking, too, and also love working out in the yard when it isn't covered with a couple feet of snow, that is!

Walking is such an awesome activity. Several years ago I went to Florida with my friend and walked for two hours in the gorgerous weather before anyone got up. I lost ten pounds while I was there!

Your plan sounds good. Glad to have you here with us.

I post on the 100 Pound group, the Support group and also the Exercise group of this site. There's SO much here and so many wonderful people who are ready and willing to support and encourage. I was so happy to have found such a great place. I have ten pounds to go to reach ONEderland (199). I can't WAIT!

Cheryl

Welcome Cheryl! :) Wow - you don't have far to go at all to get under 200 and I know you can do it!

This thread is just what "I" needed to find as well and am so glad that I did!

Selina, I hope your headache is better by now ... I don't usually get them either [well, except for when my sinuses act up, etc.]

Oh yeah ... when ya decide where you're going on your "virtual" trip - let us know, k? :)

Welcome Sirak ... I'm glad that you found us, it's so much easier being accountable to someone, isn't it?


I weighed myself this a.m. when I got up and guess what?

I lost 2 pounds!! :carrot: :carrot:

I now only have 2 pounds to go to reach my 1st mini-goal.


Okay ... so I am making a little revision to my virtual trip.

Don't laugh but 800 and some miles just seems like it's an un-obtainable goal for some reason so....

I'm still going to see Dale Jr., but instead of my counting 2,000 steps as 1 mile [which I think that's pretty standard for how many steps are in a mile],

I am going to count every 1,000 steps as 1 mile.


At first I thought it would almost be like I was cheating but then thought ...

Hey - this is my virtual trip and if I want to count 1,000 steps as a mile, why couldn't I? *lol*

I mean - the end result will be the same, atleast I am moving more than I have for a long time.

So, that's what I'm gonna do.


I hope you all have a good day ... so far mine is pretty good, I haven't eaten anything yet so haven't done any damage with the diet.

Yes, I know we are supposed to eat breakfast but I never have really 'cuz I'm not hungry in the a.m.

And, also - it seems that once I start eating for the day ... watch out, I wanna eat everything in sight.

Anyways, gonna get for now but will talk to ya more soon. :)

Love,

Jennelle

WOW!! This thread is hopping now. It got so slow during the holidays I felt like I was talking to myself... Glad to have everyone.
I have not been doing well. I need you guys. I have some very self-destructive behaviors in this area. I overeat when I'm upset,depressed, awake or whatever. It seems like I would be doing great with the loss I've had so far. but I have hit a wall... For months now.
I have a couple of WATP dvd's but I just can't seem to get going...:?:

Later guys, Lunch is over.
:grouphug:

:dust:

Hi Sirak!! Welcome to our little corner of the world!!! :welcome: :balloons: So glad you have joined us here! The more the merrier I say! :grouphug:

Hope you all are having a great day. We put up the new basketball goal the other day and since my dh coaches my son's team, I figured that I could get some steps if I play too. :strong: So today I got about 2000 steps in no time just shooting hoops with them. It was fun too! LOL :cheer:

I don't know what my trip will be yet..:?: I will let ya'll know!!

Oh and ... drumroll... ... .... I lost 3 lbs. this week!! :goodscale: I am down 6 1/4 inches this month!!! :carrot: (I measure bust, waist, hips, thigh, calf, neck, bicep and wrist about every two weeks or so.)

I am off to change my ticker and my avatar to the 45 lb chick!!! Can't wait to put the 50 back up too. :D

Bye for now, have a great day!!! :wave:

Hey Debbie! Just saw you wrote. I'm sorry you are having a hard time getting into it all. :( I went thru that too. I totally can relate to that. Just try for 5 minutes every day. Once you get used to making some time for it and all that, you will be able to add minutes.

I had to start small again, like when I first began. It might help you too. And of course I KNOW you know what to do to lose. You have lost more than me, almost twice as much! That is so cool. You can do this. Don't be so hard on yourself. Hope you have a great day at work! :cheer:

Cheryl! Thanks so much for the sweet compliment. I don't hear them that often. LOL. I carry my weight in my belly and hips and thighs so you can't tell so much in that pic. Ah well, no one is perfect! :D

Glad you are here, really. I love having people who have lost already because they GET IT. (I know I've said that somewhere else on here but it's true!) It means alot to have ppl who understand what we are going thru. I am ready to be in Onederland too. Let's do it, ladies!!!!

Also, would it be okay with everyone if I start a February Chicks Racing to 199! (Or any name ya'll want, I haven't really thought of a new one yet.)I know some of us won't get there that month but just to refresh our thread since this one has sooooooooooo many pages to it, etc.??? Let me know what you think. If you all would rather stay on this one, that's fine too, I'll stay too. But just thought we could start anew, all of us who are actively on here at this point.

Ok, so far, doing great today. Feeling good, almost to 10k in steps, used treadmill this am, then played basketball, then housework, lol. So good day today. Yay. :)

Hope ya'll have a great nite!!! :wave:

I think making one thread per month makes ALOT more sense. This is difficult to find sometimes, I had to subscribe to it. Also, it would be easier to roll over our total losses, month to month, by finding Feb/March etc, kwim?

Oooo. FUN. I am so close I can FEEL it. :D I sure as heck wanna join. :D

:hug: Hi Everyone,
There are a lot of new people on the board. It's nice to have the excitment here again.

I'm going through a tough time right now with losing my job (and I'm not sure I'm going to get unemployment) but I'm trying to press on.

I'm meeting with a staffing agency tomorrow. There isn't much here in my home town so I'm going to Dayton to registar with a agency there. Any advice on what ones are better than others? I have heavy customer service and Admin. skills.

I am happy to report a 1 lb loss last week. Not setting the world on fire but the scales are going in the right direction each week. I'm a little off track this week and I'm trying to get back on track.

I want to say Hi to all you new people.:welcome:

and give a hug to Debbie :hug: what can we do to help you get back on track? I would encourge you to come to the board every day to get yourself motivated.

Ok. I'll talk to everyone later.
Susie

Welome to all the newbies. :wave:
I'm new here too and i love it!

Selina, i look foward to reading your post. You always have nice things to say and your a great motivator.
Starting a february thread sounds like a good idea to me.

Susie, Congrats on your 1 lb. loss. Good luck with unemployment. My husband lost his job on Jan 3rd and we're still waiting for an unemployment check. I've been a SAHM for 7 yrs and now looking for a job myself. My husband wants to change careers and the training that he'll need is 16 weeks and doesn't pay well so i'll need to get back to work soon. I had an interview this morning that i think went well so now i'm waiting to hear either way. :crossed:

Debbie (and anyone else interested), why don't we make a goal to start journaling on feb 1st. We can also set an excercise goal for the week. Obviously yours would be wednesday and mine would be friday but we start the journaling feb 1st. We could also swap WW tips and recipes that we've tried. We've both fallen off the wagon and need to start journaling again so whatta ya say? Anyone else interested? :)

Good Night.

Good Morning everyone!!!! :coffee:

Welcome to Brooke!!! :welcome2: So happy to have you here! We are starting to grow quite a bit at this point. I think that is great. We are all going thru the same thing, so it's great to have each other to chat with and vent to! :soap: LOL. I think it is great that you are so close 2 Onederland. I can't wait to be where you are. :cp:

Thanks, Sunshine. :hug: That was real sweet of you to say. I'm glad you like my posts. I write alot though. I'm sorry if that gets on anyone's nerves. I just know that if I'm not on here, there is no one else to talk with about my journey. I'm pretty much alone in it. :cry:

Oh and Susie and Sunshine, I hope the job hunt goes well. I know it can be frustrating.

I am doing really well lately getting on my treadmill in the mornings after the kids get on the bus. I just have the baby then. Then we get my son from Pre-k at 11. I just have those two til 4pm. So besides him wanting me to play with him in the toyroom most of that time, I get my housework done and dinner started (after we have lunch here). But all during the day I move. I move as much as I can. I think I said on here b4, I jog in place and look like a lunatic several times a day. :crazy:

My hot water heater is in the attic, dunno why, and it takes forever for it to get down here. So in my kitchen I wait alot. For that, for things to cook or boil or bake, for the microwave, I even march in place while drying my dishes too. I have to do this because with a baby I can't just go running down the street to get my steps (I love walking outside though, when I can.):running:

And yes, I've tried the stroller. She gets to where after maybe 10 mins. she wants out. So I gave that up and bought the treadmill. :woops: Anyhoo, I find ways to add the steps. I actually wrote an article about it. LOL. I wonder if the link would show here?? I can try to put it. Let's see....

http://walking.about.com/od/holiday/a/busyholidays.htm

Might have to copy and paste. Let me know if you want to read it and the link didn't work.

One of you, who? Debbie? said you do the same thing. Move all the time. And your kids think your nuts? Well, that's me. I have to do it or I don't lose near as much. So when my shows are on, I get on my treadmill or march in place. I tell myself "Is sitting there worth finding that I haven't lost at the end of the week?" Heck no! So my dh puts his feet up and I move. It's hard to do the opposite of what you are used to, esp. when others around you aren't changing their habits as well. Just hard. :mad:

I can tell you this. I definitely remember when my feelings went from "Oh, why can't I have stupid junk fast food like everybody else? It's not fair!" :mcd: to "Omg, I wonder why they would want to eat that? It makes me feel so yukky and I'd gain wait that very day if I ate that." I think it was when I was down about 25 lbs. I could then see what my changes had done for me. :bravo: But the beginning was very hard. But I made it thru that and I plan to make it the rest of the way. :goodscale:

Then my challenge will be maintaining. I will continue to post and journal I know. Bc I think that's why I gained back last time. I stopped my support. Not good. Ok, well, that's the plan, Stan. Imma just keep my eye on the ball. (Oh and I have a green and white strapless dress that is so cute. Imma keep my eye on that too. I plan to wear it to my 15 yr high school reunion. What a motivator.) :carrot:

I hope you all have a great day today and that you keep your eye on the ball, whatever the ball may represent for you. :hug:

Hugs, Selina