dkkrf, 8 pounds?!?! Wow! That's amazing!! I wish I'd have lost 8 pounds in my first 2 weeks combined... oh well I'm just happy to keep seeing those numbers go down!

I just finished my workout! 30 minutes on the stationary bike for 6 miles, and 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.5 mph!! Then I did lower body lifts It was a GREAT workout!! But man am I beat today!!

Well off to take a nice long bubbly bath and then fix supper...teryaki chicken!!

Hi Ladies,

I have been MIA. It has been forever since I checked in. It would take forever to "catch up" on personals, so I will just give a blanket, I MISS YOU,and I am glad to be back.

Happy Birthday Holly, Yikes, 40 is creeping up on me, and if I handle it anything like you, it will be truly a gift.

Last time I was here, I was very ill, and recovered, and then relapsed. I ended up with worse symptoms, and sleep. I have never in my life slept like I have in the last month. I am better now, feel like I am back in the groove.

I am back at weight training, and actually walked a 5k last saturday. It was a big step for me, and I didn't finish LAST. There were alot of people behind me. I haven't weighed in for over 2 weeks, so I am not sure how I am doing on that end. It seems like I have been eating more in the last week, from pure hunger. Making good choices, but still eating none the less.

My little sign co. is busy, busy, busy. We have landed about 4 large accounts, and one job is done. We even did our town's water tower. That was exciting, but I am looking forward to school starting.


Anyway, just wanted to check in, and say hello. Will get back in the groove and start posting again. Welcome all the newbies.

Sandi

((((Sandi)))) so sorry to hear about the relapse. Glad you are on the mend. Rest is so important in our lives.Congrats on the 5K walk!!

I was still 214 yesterday. I got too impatient and jumped on the scale today, still 214. I hope this isn't the start of another plateau. I just plateaued at 222! I haven't even gotten 10 more pounds off since then, it better not happen again. Hopefully I'll at least be down to 213 on Saturday.

Has anyone heard from Caro? I wonder how she's doing.

Jaque, I eat between 1400 and 1600 most days and I am 214 right now. I had no appetite for a couple of days, thanks to a cold my daughter shared with me, so I was closer to 1100 or 1200 earlier this week. Today, I had 1700. I really try not to go over 1600 the majority of the time. So far so good.

Holly, congrats on the offer from Avon. Keep us posted on what you decide to do with it! And, step away from the ice cream, go for a celebratory powerwalk instead . Happy belated Birthday!

Susie, if you figure out how to conquer the sugar addiction, let me know. I'm such a sucker for sweets, that's definitely a daily battle for me.

Annie, congratulations on a wonderful first few days of WW. I hope it's a good program for you. I have a local friend who lost 60 pounds on WW. It's a great program, it seems.

Debbie, good job for going to curves 2 times this week. Have you gone a 3rd time yet? Keep it up!

Kelly, 8 pounds in a week is awesome. Glad you figured out how to save the thread. That makes it a lot easier to find, doesn't it?

Sandi, I haven't "seen" you before, so I'd like to say hi. I hope you'll be around more often.

Turning 40 ROCKS!!!!!!!
It was a great day.
I did housework all morning. DH has finished the new deck and steps, he needs to build the railing today. It is like a new room. It is 33 feet long( length of the whole front of the house) and 7 feet deep. The kids think it is a stage. Much performing has gone on.
Mom and dad came to take us out for dinner. It would seem there is a new normal established. There was no anxiousness and it did not feel as intrusive and there was absolutely no negative talk about anyone or anything. We all had a really nice time. The paintig Mom painted for me is a peaceful dream. It all soft tones, a rural scene, with an old barn up on a hill and a meadow down in front with all my fav Ontario wild flowers!!!
The kids got gifts too.
Dad bought DS a brand new set of kid sized Dunlop golf clubs!!! My dad loves that my son is athletic. He excelled at many sports for all of his life. It is a nice bond for them. There is a course in London that allows kids so the 2 of them are going next Friday.
DD got some new beanie babies to have something to open but also got some $$ towards gymnastics in the fall.
After dinner the kids and I popped into Walmart to take advantage of the summer furniture sale and bought ME a 3 seat porch swing with a canopy!!!!

Had a great sleep!! I have 8 kids this morning and then 4 go home. Much toy tidying to do later.
Baseball tournament tomorrow at 10:30. Casual party here tomorrow night for ME. I have no idea who is coming. Sort of a drop by thing. We have a sitter for over night with our kids. Then I dont have to get up in the morning!!!!!!!!!
Having my coffee right now!!!

Thanks for the wonderful birthday wishes. I LOVE the friends I have a 3FC. You make everything in this life better!!!!!

Have a festive day!!!!!!!

Hang in there Gray~ The trend is downward!!!!!!!

Mornin Ladies...........

Holly, um HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! Yes, 40 Rocks.....45 Rocks even more! I love it. Of course I act about 43, hahaha..... Sounds like you have a wonderful week, then night for you, and no kids, planned. Hooray for you!!

Gray Eyed....214 sounds wonderful. If it is a plateau, maybe jounal all you eat and see what is up that way!

Sandi...Glad to see you back, hope all is good, and you are back on track.

Legally B - Man you rock on exercise, way to go! Hope you enjoyed your hot bubbly.

Hey there to everyone else.....pop on in.

I am kickin' butt on WW. My 1st weigh in is Monday to see how the first week went, however I have an eye doc appt and will have to find a different meeting to go to for WI, so may not make it on Monday. Friday's are jeans day, and I think I must be down a bit, as the jeans are not as tight as last week. I am pumped. Just need to stay focused ALL weekend. At least I work all day at Kohl's on Saturday, 12-7, so that will help me not eat. and it will be very busy, as it is Super Saturday sale with early bird specials, it is always caotic at customer service desk where I work on those days.

Guess I am babbling...haha.

EVERYONE have a great OP on track weekend. No puter at home, so will chat on Monday.

(((Hugssss))) to all.

Annie

Bubbling over with happiness.........
I just spent an hour on my new porch swing ,snuggled up with my babies ,having a coffee and listening to the birds. Last night before bed I sat out ,gently rocking ad listened to the crickets!!!


I put the swing together all by myself!!! DS was most concerned and felt I should wait for Daddy to help. Bah!! Now he is extremely impressed!!
I had a lovely phone call from my oldest dear friend! I received 2 cards from afar yesterday.
I also heard from both parents and they were very loving and kind.
The deck is all built, the post are ready for the railng and the building inspector gave us the OK!!
We have a baseball tournament from 10:30 til 2 today and then I will clean like a mad woman to get ready for company. We have extended an casual ,open invite to many to drop by. it will be fun to see who shows up. J is bringing fireworks!!
I have 6 lite coolers for ME!! Enough to catch a good buzz but not be hungover.
Gosh I am smart in my old age.
Must clean the kitchen and get ready for ball.

Life is just peachy!!!

Woo Hoo! Yesterday I hit 1400 calories and 1 hr of cardio!! I am so darn proud of myself! However, I finished the Harry Potter book!! (My rule was that I could only read it at the gym) So now I need a new motivation...I'm debating starting Stephen King's "The Stand" although I've already read it once... but another read could be fun!! Today I shall go with just little old me...perhaps a magazine there!

I'm anxious to weigh in tomorrow!! I know that I've been good this week, but part of me is still nervous! I wonder if that thought will ever go away... *sigh* I suppose it probably won't!! But I'm sure I'll see good resaults tomorrow!

Sandi, Congratulations on your 5k!!! I can't wait until I can do one of those!! And don't worry about that scale, so long as you're making healthy choices, a few weeks away can't hurt too bad! And if you're only eating from hunger, not boredom...that's a great sign!!

Grey Eyed Girl, Thank you for sharing your thoughts I love this website because there's so many people who are in, or have been in my spot and the advice I've been getting here is priceless! ::: How did you decide on how many minutes of exercise you want to do in a Month?

Holly, Glad to hear that your birthday was wonderful!! It sounds very productive as well!! Now that you're hubby is near done with your deck, would you mind sending him to my house, if for nothing else to kick my hubby's butt in gear?? Your swing sounds marvelous!! I'm jealous, I'd love to be able to sit in the hammock I got for our first anniversary, but hubby has yet to help me decide how to hang it!! That, and it's been triple digits, not so fun for being out doors!

Annie, Good Luck on Weigh In!! I'm sure you'll get positive resaults!! I've been thinking about joining WW, if for nothing else, for the support! I remember when I went last time I loved all the ladies, even if they were twice my age!

Hello,
I've missed everyone! I don't know how I can go from being on top of things at the beginning of the week and it all falling apart starting Wednesday night and then I feel like I'm behind.

Anyway...I'm caught up again and I WILL stay this way..I want to and I will..being behind makes me feel out of control and feeling that way starts me to being out of control in all areas of my life..mainly with the food.

Ladies, I've been playing this little game..it's confession time here, i have figured out how long i can eat out of control and then get it back in line so that i show a loss at weighins. Now, I'm sure that there are many reasons that I'm doing that and I'm the only one who can answer why I'm doing this to myself, but it's the reason I've been in the 240's for over 6 months.
I am so mad at myself for doing this every week..but when those sugar cravings come over me, I give in and I think..tomorrow I'll get on track and stay there. It's like from Thursday until Monday I'm out of control, then back in and I show a little loss, or a little gain at weighins and then I start all over.

I really want to move on...can anyone help guide me in the write direction? I know that admitting this is a step there...how do I keep going?

I want to keep going. I want to feel my clothes getting looser and looser..to have people ask..how much weight have you lost, you know..all those things...but I can't seem to stop my little game and ladies..it's costing me BIG time. I'm wasting time...my life..I'm wasting my life.

HELP!!

Holly: I'm so sorry I missed your birthday. This was my 40th b-day year also. I thought it would bother me..but it didn't. Happy B-day!

To all you ladies who are hitting your goals.. I'm so proud of you..keep inspiring us.

Huggsss to you all,
Susie

213! No plateau for me . That means I only lost one pound this week, but I'll take it. Slow and steady wins the race, right? If I lose just one more pound in the next week, I'll meet my mini-goal for July.

Holly, I'm glad you had such a great Birthday. Thanks for the encouragement. I lost a pound this week after all. It sounds like you're really enjoying your porch swing! Sounds wonderful to me, too.

Annie, I keep a daily journal at Fitday of all my foods. I think I'm just going to be a slow loser. I know that my body likes to cling to every little molecule of fat (as do the bodies of most of the women in my family) but it's coming off. I was down a pound this morning. I'm glad WW is going so well for you. How nice to see a change in how your jeans are fitting.

Way to go, Jaque! I'm glad you are doing so well. I kind of chose 1500 minutes randomly. Sounded like a good number. I'm not sure I'm going to get them all in. I might, but it depends on my kids and husband how much I get to the gym this week. We'll see. How did your weigh-in go this morning? If the scale hasn't moved yet, I'm sure it will soon.

Susie, the first thing I'd do to break the binging cycle is to throw out ALL of the junk in your house. ALL of it. Don't bring money or checks or a credit card or ANYTHING with you to work. Make it impossible for yourself to buy those bad foods. It won't take care of the overeating, but it's a lot better to overeat on carrots than on chocolate. Would it help you to plan out your meals in advance? Every night, sit down and plan your menu for the next day. Do you journal your eating? Getting a good, long look at exactly how much junk you're putting into your body may help. I did this too, which is part of the reason I stayed at 248 for a year after my son was born. Journaling it and realizing what a huge amount of food I was eating really shook me up and got me to get serious about what I was doing to myself. Maybe that brutal honesty would do it for you, too. If nothing else, it will take away your ability to make any excuses. It's a lot harder to justify a chocolate bar when it comes time to put it into the calculator and face those 250 calories.

A little bleary this morning. Just had a big piece of choc cake with my coffee. LOL!! I am not really a sweets person. It was decadant and yummy. I am ready to refocus too. I have a month now before school starts and things get really busy and all my summer commitments are done.The next 5 weeks are all about me!!
Our party was great last night. About 20 people stopped in. I received gifts!!?? I am feeling spoiled and blessed. One of the Mom's I sit for had a pine quilt rack made for me. My partying gals all brought this huge cake and bottle o wine. I had a sitter here for over night. She's still here. We had fireworks. Lots of dancing and laughs.
We had quiet cozy moments out on the front deck!!
Friends, old and new got to know each other better.
I was up til 3 and got to sleep in til 10. Yeah!!
The house is tidy. Absolutely NO PLANS or CHORES today!!!! I may lay around and watch decorating shows all day!!

Today I will think first before I eat! No more wandering the house with a sandwich in one hand, tidying toys etc with the other or making phone calls.......

Have a splendiferous day!!!

Good morning everyone,
I made it to curves 3x last week. I am trying to get eating back under control.
I'm still not snacking. I just eat too much of the wrong foods. We've been eating out too much again, and I have NO! control there. NONE!!... It's so hot if dh say's lets grab something while we are out, I can't say no.

Holly: your porch swing time sounds wonderful. We have a huge tree in front and it shades the deck. We sit out there and it is so peaceful. We live on a deadend road and we have very few people drive by.

Susie: (((HUGS))) I definatly know your struggles. Seem's like we both were doing so well, then we just lost our focus. You know we can do this. I missed my goal for june and now july. But I REFUSE to give up. I don't want to go into my senior years this large. I have no health problems now, but if I don't loose now.
I will. I'm going to try a reward system.
I'm not a me person. I have a bad self image and dress very simple. Jeans, t-shirts and tennis shoes, But I think I'm going to buy something nicer every month I reach my goal. I hope that will help.

Gray: CONGRATS!! You are doing so great.

L.B.: I really admire you keeping such close tabs on you intake. By the end of the day I barely can remember what I ate never mind how much...GREAT JOB!

Annie: Glad you are enjoying WW. I can't budget both it and curves. So I went with the exercise for now. Maybe later. Dh's
new job pays much better.

Sandi: (((hugs))) Glad you are well, and back with us. We really missed you.

Now if we would just hear from Spores and Jody.

Everyone have a blessed day and remember to hold the ones you love close.

BIG (((HUGS)))

Good morning...Hope you all are doing well.

Gray- you are SOOO right about keeping that stuff OUT of the house! I figured since I had my own smarter treats, I wouldn`t be tempted to get in the kids snacks. WRONG! Can you believe I hit the cookies and chips AGAIN lastnight! Not as bad as the first night, but still, I didn`t need it. Why I bought MY favorite cookies for them is beyond me. Well they`re gone now, I made sure I gave the kids the last of them and went shopping this morning, got them some cookies I won`t touch! And chips are now banned from the house, My kids don`t NEED them, and neither do I!

Jacque- you are doing so great! You were a little afraid of so much exercise and now look at you! I was the same way, then I started to do it and now I can`t imagine NOT doing it. You must be feeling so wonderful! Keep up the great work!

Susie-- I was so gung ho when I first tried, in April. And the 2 months I sat around 231-227 I so wanted to do it, I just wasn`t ready I guess. I just woke up on June 23rd with NO plan to start, no set day, nothing., I said I`m going to exercise at least 30 minutes a day. It took a few days and then about a week to really start journaling my food, make changes in my grocery shopping... it all happened kinda fast but I didn`t try to do it all from day 1. I think it might`ve overwhelmed me the last time. You know you want to do it. You do not sound happy with yourself at all. I agree with Gray, the first step might be to stop putting things in the house or at work that are poor choices. And journaling, I thought it was too time consuming and I didn`t need to do it, I was wrong! I`ve never been a breakfast eater, but it took me a whole month to see I start snacking a lot after noon, so I`m going to start eating something for breakfast. Seeing that 4 small cookies cost me 240 calories made me see when I would eat 10 or 12 I would eat over 1000 calories just in my cookie habit! It really helps you learn what you need and what you dont! And of course, there are some wonderful sweet treats I keep in the house. From skinny cows, 100 calorie packs, fruit with fat free cool whip, and a huge assortment of slimfast peanut butter snack bars... but if those chewy chips ahoy are in the house I cant resist! Another big issue for me was cheese. I`d get that fresh deli american cheese and snack on it slice after slice... I now buy the individually wrapped for the kids (hate it myself) and when I need some cheese I have a cracker barrel one ounce stick with a few turkey pepperoni. It`s my favorite snack. You can`t give up everything you love, just make some better choices. Take it slow. Even if you don`t get on plan right away, still journal your food. That might be all you need to really see where the changes need to be made. I really do feel for you, I can just feel in your post you are not happy. The only person that can change that is you!

Wish you all a wonderful Sunday! Take care And lots of luck to you, Susie!!

Jeez, I feel terrible….I have been reading posts, but just not posting…seems that I just get busy…doing what??? Not much of anything, but busy!!!! All is well with me…..had my physical and was told, based on my report and blood work that I am extremely healthy…..just the weight as the only issue. But the Doc said that at my age, it just is harder…..stick with the diet…1500 was her recommendation and exercise 5 times a week for an hour!!!! Holy cow!!!! So yesterday I went to the Y and walked the track for an hour…going to try again today!

Holly…so glad you had a great birthday party….my 40th birthday party was legendary among my friends!!! We still talk about it! Nothing wild and crazy…just a GREAT time!!!!

LB…..Wow reading at the gym…I haven’t been that coordinated, but maybe I will try a bike today and a magazine!!! That’s for the idea!

Susie….not much to add to the good advice already given….just be true to yourself….you can do it! And we are always here to help!

To everyone …..I truly admire all of you….your commitments to yourself help me to keep my commitment to myself….thanks!

Lilybutt

Hi everyone my name is Jennifer! I came to the right place! Right now my first goal is to get under 200lbs! My highest weight was 220 and that 9 days ago. I am on the atkins diet, and it seems to be working, I am down to 209lbs. Last year I was on atkins I went from 211 to 191. So In a year I gained it all back plus 10. Anyways a little about myself. I am 23 year old female in college, living by myself 400mi away from my family in San Antonio. I am now the chubbiest person out of my brother and sister. My brother just lost a ton of weight during his State Trooper training! and my sis, lets just say shes always been thin, about 140. My mom has been saying that I've let myself go and I believe her! It's so true! I am too young to be weighing what I weigh, I don't even have kids yet! All my dads side of the family (who i look like) are majorly obese! I do not want to get to that point. I am also looking for buddies. I am always on AIM, sn: ttugurl