I actually woke up an hour earlier than usual. I AIM for 7am.I go to bed at 11, read til 12,get 7 solid hours of sleep, works for me......
Today I have cleaners coming to wash ceilings and walls. We had a school council meeting last night until 10. DH came for the first hour( parent forum). It was a fab meeting!! 4-5 new faces.
The supper dishes are still on the table and much putting away of things to do. I was pooped and headachey so I went to bed.
I love the solitude right now. I tend to stay in bed til the last min cause Dh is up early(5:30) and he IS a morning person, has every light on, weather channel blaring and talks and talks..... ew.He leaves at 6:30. I want to try and get up at 6:30 every day. I have been setting my alarm. Both alarms and shut them off or sleep thru both. I am waking at 7:45, just in time to greet the sitting kids and get my kids ready for school at 8:30.
It is not rushed but I like this time to myself.
Food was fabulous yesterday!! No extra exercise.I had a huge Avon order arrive. it is all sorted ,bagged, bills written, boxed in groups for delivery. I am going to set up a display at the playschool.Run some errands while the cleaners are here. 3 kids here. 4 kids in school.
Life is prettty wonderful.
I have a great Journal idea that I will type up and post later this aft.
Love to the chicks!!!!

Hello,
The board was very quiet yesterday. What's everyone up to?
I had a very trying day yesterday at work. I talk to people all day long about their warranties and they are not in the best mood when I call them. I'm getting used to that, but yesterday there was one claim that could have really got under my skin if I had let it. I did some but not as much as usual.
When I went home, after working 13 hours yesterday, all I wanted to do was to change clothes and get something to eat.
Instead, I sat down, drank a nice cold glass of water, then changed my clothes and hit the treadmill for 30 min. I didn't do any other workout than that but at least I did that and it really gave me energy after I had done it, plus I was very happy with myself for not sitting home and comforting myself with food.

These little battles that we win like that are all a part of us working our plans. I think we tend to forget about those little things and instead we should shout them out for ourselves to remember that we ARE doing this.

Tonight is a health fair at our local hospital for Breast Cancer Awareness. A few of my friends and I are going. I'm checking it out so that the next time there is a health fair I can maybe participate with a TOPS booth.

Looking forward to those posts today.

Holly: Tell us about your journal idea.

Susie

Had a productive day. I love productive days!!!

I started using a Daily Journal model to organize my thoughts and see my habits more clearly. I am lovin it.

Daily Journal
1.My renewal statement for the day.
2. Weekly weight.
3. Exercise-type, how long, what level.
4. % fat, carbs, protein.
5. # meals and snacks.
6.# fruits, # of veg.
7. How many glasses of water.
8. Time of last food intake, time I went to bed.
9. Why and when I ate due to stress or emotions.
10.General feelings about food, exercise, life.
11. Any really good events or feelings today.
12. Overall, how did the day go.
13. How can I improve for tomorrow.


Daily Journal
1.My renewal statement for the day.~ I will honouor my body.
2. Weekly weight.~230
3. Exercise-type, how long, what level.~ 2 hours cleaning, low level
4. % fat, carbs, protein.
5. # meals and snacks.~2 meals, 2 snacks
6.# fruits, # of veg.~0 fruit, 3 veg-not enough
7. How many glasses of water.8
8. Time of last food intake, time I went to bed.~Supper 6pm, 10 almonds at 11pm, to sleep 12am.
9. Why and when I ate due to stress or emotions.~didn’t, woohoo....hubby even ate a huge bowl of chips in front of me and I didn’t want a single one.!!
10.General feelings about food, exercise, life.~ I love food, I love shopping for groceries, I love finding new recipes, I love cooking/baking, I adore all the sensations of eating, I eat healthy whole foods regularily....I dont have an off button.
I dont get enough vigorous exercise, period.
I love my life in every concievable way.
11. Any really good events or feelings today.~Dozens- I got up earlier and didn’t feel rushed to journal. Hubby worked on the bathroom reno. I had 2 cleaners come to wash down walls, ceilings,light fixtures and clean in general.They worked for 4 hours, 8 hours collectively. When the heck do I have 8 straight hours to clean. Never. AND this was the only the main floor. What about the 5 rooms upstairs or the basement?HUH! Hubby was supportive about the cleaners!!! I set up a pretty Avon display at the playschool. I got the new Christmas brochures out to them.
Took my toddlers to the park. As the cleaners pulled things apart I sorted out the summer shoes,toys, coats etc and boxed them up!!. I have a large bag to give to the thrift shop.Then I fed the kiddies lunch at noon. 2 more toddlers arrived. Much hilarity ensued.I cleaned the kitchen, put away dishes, hubby washed pots( bliss). He asked jokingly, what? wash the pots again. He did them on Saturday. I would like him to do them every day. I had a tea and and watched the last half of AMC and then had a lunchish meal.At 2 I swept and washed the kitchen floor.The cleaners did the kitchen 2 weeks ago.5 hour job. Hubby worked on my rims for snow tires for the van.3:30 got busy. 3 parents and 7 kids here. DD’s class had a field trip, everyone gathered here after. Yikes. When I went to bed I realized there were 14 people here coming and going all day and at any given time there were at least 7.
I baked some ribs, hubby peeled his precious potatoes, boiled beans ,frozen from our garden. YUM. I took a 20 min nap, then took the kids to the school for a Literacy Fair til 8pm. It was fabulous. Home, into jammies,read with kids and then I curled up on the couch and read some in the SB book. At 10 I watch Gilmore Girls. Hello? Is this my life on TV. I so am Lorelai, hubby is Luke, her parents are my parents....the town people Crack me up. It was a particularily good one. Went to bed intending to sleep but Hubby was particularily sweet and well..... went to sleep about 12.
Up today at 6:30, briefly saw hubby is passing. Not long enough for him to bug me,lol. I have 2 kids off today and both of mine are still sleeping. the cat is being finicky about food. Arg!
House is still clean and SMELLS clean, even looks clean in most rooms.
12. Overall, how did the day go. Well,just peachy, I think. I had a parent say to me last night, “you know you do too much.” Been thinking on that. Yes,I do a lot. Is it too much? Everything I do is very important to me and my family. The volunteer stuff helps our community in a huge way and it uses skills I have that wouldn’t get used otherwise. When I wasn’t doing this stuff I became clinically depressed.
13. How can I improve for tomorrow. I will be more mindful of meals and eat all my veggies.

Hello Ladies.......

I must say sorry for the delay in posting. Took a vacation day yesterday and puttered around the house, got lots done I was dreading.

Monday nights WI @ WW was up 3 stinkin lbs., but was enough to get my big bottom in gear. I am down the 3 this morning. Worked out at Curves Mon & Tues. and plan on going tonight also. Food was OP yesterday, and plan to keep it that way today.

Hollie--Are Luke and Lorilei married now? That is my program I watch however ALWAYS fall asleep about 10 minutes into it. 3:30 am comes so fast, that I miss my programs. You have been one busy chick. Sounds as tho Avon is really moving along. Congrats!

Susie - I am not good with coming up with names, however I will think on your email addy.

Debbie - Good job on the pizza buffet, it could of been a lot worse. Shake it off and move on.

Gotta get to work, had 103 emails and about half of them have actions items for me. Bleck!

Have a wonderful Wednesday Ladies.

Where is everyone else....come on lurkers, get to posting, you need us as much as we need you. SUPPORT!!

(((Hugs))) to all

Annie

Good afternoon everyone,
I didn't make it to curves this am. I just couldn't get my act together. I had my wi at work and stayed the same. I'll take it. I'm just so thrilled I didn't gain.
I didn't have a stellar week as far as food goes.
It's still hot here. It's 7pm and still 86f. I'm not sure what our high was but it was in mid 90's.

Susie: I'm not good at the address thing either. I just use my name... LOL

Hey guys neighbor just dropped by. I'll do rest of personals later

Annie~ thay are not married yet. Good for you to get right back on track. Hard to do!!
Debbie~ sorry about the heat...ew.LOL! Great that you didn't gain. It is 0C, 32F at the moment.
Susie~ I will think on the name thing.

A somewhat restful day. I had a good early morning and then got wicked vertigo. I had to lay down. It passed.I took it as a warning to relax a bit. I didn’t do any mad puttering just watched the tube and fed kids and stopped a few battles all morning.

Daily Journal
1.My renewal statement for the day. ~I will honour my body.
2. Weekly weight.~230
3. Exercise-type, how long, what level.~zippo
4. % fat, carbs, protein.
5. # meals and snacks.~3 meals ,2 snacks
6.# fruits, # of veg.~2 fruit, 3 veg
7. How many glasses of water. ~8, 12 oz
8. Time of last food intake, time I went to bed.~supper at 6, low cal fudgesicle at 7:30,rice cakes at 9, bed at 10, asleep 11:30
9. Why and when I ate due to stress or emotions.~I ate because I felt wonky. I had some cheese and bread. I think I ate the rice cakes to nurture myself.
10.General feelings about food, exercise, life.~I need to see food as fuel for my body. Need to exercise.I love my life.
11. Any really good events or feelings today.~ My Mom keeps ordering Avon and doing it wrong and then getting whiny when it doesn’t come in right. I explained how to order in an email and she was receptive. She can be so waif-like. I have been a hairdresser for 22 years. I stopped doing her hair 20 years ago because she wants to be catered to so much. Very needy. Any how the positive is that it went well. It turns out my Dad bought a new fancy TV and wants to give us the “old” one. Woohoo. I was saving to buy one cause hockey season is coming. My boys hog the TV.It is a 34 inch TV.Holy cow. I feel I did honour my body and rested. I had a quick chat with a dear friend and made plans to go over for a glass of wine Friday night. I really miss her. I went to bed by 10, had trouble falling asleep but woke up for 6:30 , 3rd day in a row. Hubby is here but I am staying clear.It feels good to have this time before the kids are up. I read some more in the SB book and feel like it was sinking in.
12. Overall, how did the day go.~ it was a nice day.
13. How can I improve for tomorrow. Eat less bread.

I just have 3 kids in the morning and then 1 this aft. Our school is receiving an international flag of peace this aft at 2. The students are having a parade thru town! I am giving a friend a perm at 10. 5 kids in school. This week seems loooong. I need to deliver some Avon and get some books out. Maybe go for a walk in town tonight after the kids go to bed. No plans tonight.
I will do some yoga.

HUGS!!

I ate half an oatmeal apple muffin after lunch. sigh. Otherwise still okay. My goal is to hang tough for the rest of the day. I am feeling great.
We just had an assembly at the school to receive and raise our International Peace flag.The kids made banners and fire dept came out and we had a parade,with drums and intruments, through town and all the press was there. It was extemely exciting after all the negativity 3 weeks ago!!!! Very powerful message. I still have goose bumps.

How exciting Hollie. Parades are wonderful. I am getting ready to leave here, but wanted to drop a line or two.

I have stayed OP M-Th, and have gone to Curves every night this week and plan to go tonight also.

Hope everyone is having a groovy neat day!

(((Hugs)))

Annie

Good Morning and Happy Friday Everyone....

I am taking this afternoon vacation. Doc appt @1:00, then going home to finish laundry. Friends coming in for the weekend to go to the Covered Bridge Festival in Parke County Indiana. Look it up on the web, quite interesting. Working at Kohls on Sunday. Then WI on Monday.

Everyone have a groovy weekend.

(((HUGS))))))

Annie

Hey everyone,
I had a bad couple of days with food. Hope I can get a grip on it fast. Yesterday our general manager and assist gm and my manager and supervisor took our dept to lunch. All 3 of us. I ate real well thru lunch then blew it at dinner. (The big boss is who got me started doing WW.) Then at dinner I was starved and ate a whopper without cheese. Today I ate just as bad. I feel so bloated.
I will go to curves in the am and get back op. I hate feeling this way. So out of control. It's not emotional eating. Dh and ds are getting along great. Ds got a job starting mon and he will be gone out of town quite a bit...:dance:

Annie: I'm so glad you are enjoying curves. Enjoy your w-end with your friends.

Holly: Don't you just love a parade. It's so exciting. Our little town is so small we also get hs bands from neighboring town to join the parades.

Susie: :) Hope you are well.

HUGS Debbie~ did you get to curves?? Are you feeling in control?
Annie~ HUGS
Susie ~HUGS
We had our first full day of using the fire place! I love having a fire going. We heat all winter with it.
I have heard 4 times so far today from DH, “you are in my space, please get out of my space.” LOL! I really needed to be alone last night, which I had to reinforce a few times with him. I suppose this is his passive agressive way of telling me he is miffed or maybe he just loves me and is reminding me he respected my wishes....at least he did it. Yippee.

Daily Journal
1.My renewal statement for the day. I will rest when needed.
2. Weekly weight.~230
3. Exercise-type, how long, what level.
4. % fat, carbs, protein.
5. # meals and snacks.~3 meal, 3 snacks
6.# fruits, # of veg.~3 veg
7. How many glasses of water.~10
8. Time of last food intake, time I went to bed.10 pm, low carb wrap and tzatziki, asleep at 11:30
9. Why and when I ate due to stress or emotions.~Ia tre last night to relax and have a little party with myself
10.General feelings about food, exercise, life.~ I have been reading and rereading the SB book. At times I feel sad and depressed about it. there are things that I have eaten for years in an attempt to lose weight that are very high glycemic. They are things I cant stop eating and binge on so it all makes perfect sense. I have done better with food choices all day long. I need to focus better on the evenings. My choices then are better too but not necesary.
~I want to walk 20 min a day, probably at night. Our road is unsafe(trucks) so I will have to drive to another town. ~life is good.
11. Any really good events or feelings today.~ yes! - had a good breaky. Ds came to the farmers market with me( against my true desire) and when he got silly I drove him home. We both handled it well . I still had 2 hours there without kids. Nice.- we drove to the lake to get the TV. DH wasn’t a knob about any of it. He can get rammy about logistics,moving etc. He was great. Had a quick, nice visit with my folks. Very pleasant.DD and I stayed home from hockey. She was monumentally sulky but then I noticed she was warm. She has a low fever so is fighting something. Instead of doing dishes we cuddled til the boys came home. We enjoyed the new HUGE TV. I tidied the livingroom and rearranged a bit of furniture. Kids went to bed well. I watched all my TLC shows til 11. I LOVE the Saturday night line up. DH wanted to watch hockey. * must buy the 2nd receiver for the “old” TV for upstairs. It will cost less than $100 for a major conflict resolver. What a blessing. I slept for 8.5 uninterupted hours!!!!!
12. Overall, how did the day go.~ It was all nice!!!
13. How can I improve for tomorrow.~ no bedtime snack.

Today we have church. I need to deliver 3 Avon orders. Much tidying to do around the house. I am looking forward to it. I dug up some periwinkle from my folks I need to plant. If the housework is done early enough I will work at cleanig up the gardens for winter!!!
Feeling refreshed!!!

Hi Ladies,
I think I hit that weight where it's the key to getting me back on track again. I am and (was) really angry with myself because I had another gain at TOPS.
The key this time was that I weighed in over 250, 251 to be exact. I NEVER wanted to be over 250 again and I know that I was telling myself that as long as I didn't do that I would be ok. Well..it's not ok now.

It feels different this time. I'm not feeling like I'm losing out of something (food, the comfort from it,etc) but rather I'm gaining something by eating well, exercising, writing in my journals; I'm going to get a new life. I thought about it long and hard after last weeks weighin and I know that I've been gaining because I'm not happy in a lot of areas of my life and instead of finding out why I've ate to sooth myself and I've taken on a lot of things just so I feel busy. By being too busy I've had an excuse to not get honest with myself.

I'm approaching things differently this time. I'm working from the inside out. I decided to read "The TOPS way to Lose Weight" book. I'm seeing a lot of myself in it. I decided that in my new food/exercise journal I will write about something from that book that I see myself in and explore it.

I choose to do it this way, this time; the last time, because I thought about Oprah and I really think it's the reason that she was successful with her weight loss this time. She took the time to figure out what was going on with herself and she worked her way to happy...and in turn she got thinner. She didn't get thin and then got happy.

Does that make sense?

Huggss to all you gals, thanks for the understanding and for the cheering that each time I get down and then get back up I can hear you all shouting that "We can do this". I KNOW I can...and YOU can too.

Susie

I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!! I did it!!

I had a completely OP SB day. I had an OP for the fist time since...well.... last spring!!!!!!!!!!!
Susie~I so hear ya. I have been back around 230. Thought I has seen the last of that #. In reading the SB book for 2nd time. I am able to HEAR it this time and see myself in every page.

Daily Journal
1.My renewal statement for the day. I CAN do it!!!!
2. Weekly weight.~ hovering on the low side of 230, possibly 229....I need to buy a better scale
3. Exercise-type, how long, what level.~ Serious heavy yard work. It was FAB!!! 2.5 hours. I wish I could do it every day. my heart is out there.
4. % fat, carbs, protein.
5. # meals and snacks.~2 meals 3 snacks
6.# fruits, # of veg.~ 5 cups veg!!!!
7. How many glasses of water.~ lots
8. Time of last food intake, time I went to bed.~9pm, bed at 11pm
9. Why and when I ate due to stress or emotions.~ did not!!!!!
10.General feelings about food, exercise, life.~ groovy!!!
11. Any really good events or feelings today.~ YUP! Kids have a lingering cold. I went to church alone. It was peaceful. Had some good convo without someone hanging off my clothes. Gardened for 2.5 hours. Picked a satelite receiver for our old TV for upstairs.Finally found some LF ricotta. I idd buy splenda( EW!!!!) . I would rather use no sugar at all.Tidied up, delivered some Avon. Watched to tube, went to bed ,slept for 7.5 hours!!
12. Overall, how did the day go.~ very nice. Peaceful. Harmonious.
13. How can I improve for tomorrow. I cant !! I will stay on the wave.

Happy Monday!

WTG Hollie....I knew you could do it, I just knew it. I tried SB last year for about 2 mos. I lost 12 lbs, then was stuck, was pretty faithful to it too. My GF has lost about 65 lbs on SB. She looks awesome!

Debbie and Susie...I feel your pain. I was having a hard time too, and ate about anything that didn't eat me first. This went on for about 3 weeks. I am glad to say, I have my control back. Going to Curves has helped a lot. I used to belong to Curves about two years ago, and loved it then, now I really love it since I am also doing WW, maybe for a better result.

My boss is back this week, it will be **** in here for more than one reason. She is like the tazmanian devil whirling around in here, and I get caught up in her windy storm. hehe.

Covered Bridge festival was great. Sunny and about 62, not bad, considering it was supposed to rain and didn't. Got a couple of trinkets, and only ate a baked potato with chives. There was SO MUCH wonderful food I could of ate. I give me a NS success on that, cause I could of ate the apple dumplin ah la mode, fried breaded vegetables, corn on the cob, all yum! AND I DID NOT!

Have a great day, I will report in tomorrow after WI in tonight.

(((HUGS)))

Annie

Wish To Join The Race!!!
 

My name is Jeri Lyn. I am in such bad shape right now. I used to be everyone else's motivation back in '99 when i attended WW faithfully. I went from 251 to 174 in 9 months. Took a job working at a bank ....the ultimate "desk job" and gained back 30lbs in a matter of the time it took me to lose 80. I left the bank to open my own restaurant...."WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!!"....Got pregnant the 1st month i was open.."DOUBLE SABOTAGE!" and now I've gained it all back and more... SURE!...it's almost 6 years later...but...who cares...fact is, I'm miserable and feel like I've wasted the last 6 years of my life.

I was soooooo happy when i was thinner. Everyone treated me different and my self esteem was incredible. IT FELT SO REWARDING, i was turning heads, people would tell my husband how cute i was, how pretty i was, and my cousin used to tell me that i looked like a movie star!....There was no more comments of "oh....but you have such a pretty face!" Heck with the pretty face!...what about the rest of me!.....

IT'S TIME!!!! :o TIRED OF BEING EMBARRASED!....TIME TO GET MOVING! :carrot: AND EAT BETTER! AND ....TIME TO GET BACK TO THAT LITTLE PERSON....WHERE MY BIG HEART ACTUALLY STOOD OUT BIGGER THAN ME!!!!!

This is the first message i've tried to post here. Your Thread title caught my attention. Interested in meeting "like-me's" and maybe having some support through this journey.

Jeri Lyn,
34 years old
North Carolina, USA.