Only 55 days till Spring! Isn't that wonderful. I am getting so jazzed about warm weather....It will be here before you know it.
I am doing quite well with food, however exercising is non-existant. Baby steps....I think I need to master one thing then start adding things in. I get so overwhelmed with all of it and lose my motivation.
Susie and Holly...hope you are both feeling much better by now.
Susie - I feel the same way you do about the weight loss and it always being on my mind. I am better about things now, but I used to say everything that went wrong was because I was overweight, which is not true, but that is how I felt. Every thought and decision, somehow was related to being overweight.
Hey everyone,
I was op today. I ended up with 26.5 pts and I made it to curves.
I also did some free weight work at home. I feel good today!!!
Alot of the weight loss battle is just keeping a positive outlook. It's hard to keep it when your family is eating burrito supremes and your eating a sm salad.
Debbie~great job staying op. I know the exercise makes you feel better. Keep up the good work!!
Annie~I know what you mean about the Spring! I can't wait for warmer weather.
Well, I am off to try to stay good today(It's my b-day and the kiddies are making me a cake) But I did buy salad at the store last night, so I can have my huge salad for lunch. I have missed having it so much for the last week.
I hope you all are feeling well and having great OP days!
11:15 AM and all is well!
Man oh man. Still sick with this cold but feeling less wonky. My dear hubby stepped right up and helped out. I am thankful, surprised, yes, but pleasantly so. I invited him to come and sit with me while I rested last night about 4 times and he finally did.
I recieved an email from a mom I sit for about our daughters. I was on the phone with her til midnight.We are having a storm and DS wanted to go to school so I drove him in and followed up on the isuue. I am feeling drained but thrilled with the this Mom and I handled this.
I need to wash poor DD’s clothes. 1 load to fold and put away. A kitchen to thoroughly clean.And rest is on the agenda once again. I am looking forward to going to the doc tomorrow.
I have some paper work to process for Avon.
Food has been good. I dont have a healthy appetite right now but eating fruits and veg.
DS’s teacher commented about the “beautiful,healthy” lunches I send for my kids. I was thrilled to hear this. I try so hard.
Hi Ladies,
My day yesterday was fine until later in the night. I did some snacking that added up quick during American Idol. BUT I really needed to do a healthy grocery shop, which I did this morning, so I feel better prepared. I was noticing that the fat in my mayo and salad dressings were killing me so I bought a few light items, which I hate, but I'll make the sacrifice for my health and so that my ranges track right. Can you tell I am a perfectionist. I shopped for 3 hours reading every dang label in the place. Got there at 8:30 and finished unpacking at 11:45. That has to count as exercise. Walking, lifting, bending. Other than the 15 minute drive home I was on my feet the whole time.
Annie- Good to hear you are doing well. Baby steps are the only way to go. Keep up the great work.
Debbie- You Rock!! Great job.
Ellen- Happy Birthday! Have a great day and do your best. Enjoy!
Holly- Glad you are feeling better. Right back to busy, busy, busy. Don't overdo it.
Lisa- Of course you should keep posting here, whenever you want. Your success is an inspiration.
Hey everybody.....I'm still here and still dieting. Was just super busy the last few days. My daughter is in 7th grade and she is a cheerleader with stuff going on every night except Wednesday. My son is a freshman and is in the band so he has to play at all the basketball games.
The diet is going well. My supervisor who didn't know I was dieting told me today that she thought I had lost some weight. If my big ol butt could have done cartwheels I would've done them down the hallway!!!!
I love the Biggest Loser dvd. I worked out with it several times and I really like it. I own a huge collection, mostly with dust on them and this is by far the best one I've come across.
Ed and I went on a "date night" Saturday night. We went out to eat, first time out for me in 3 weeks. I was so proud of myself. I had just a little bread and butter, a little salad with ranch and bacon crumbles but then I ordered mahi mahi and a baked potato butter only and on the side. I left that restaurant feeling so good. I'd only had yogurt the rest of the day.
I also went on Saturday and got all of my hair chopped off. It was about to my shoulders and now it's at my ears and I love it.
It was great reading everyones post. Glad all is doing well. I was touched you all wanted to hear from me.
Ed isn't going to drag me down this time. I'm motivated and besides, he'll feel bad when I'm looking great and he still looks 9 mos pregnant.
Hello All,
I just finished reading the posts. It sounds like everyone is doing well...maybe off track every once in awhile but then right back on. That's good..that's our way of life for the rest of this journey (isn't it?)
Thank you to all who answered my question about weight loss and how it rules your life. It really helped me to get it in prospective and to process the feelings that I was having. I'm feeling good about how my week has gone other than I haven't worked out due to the cold. I just thought maybe I shouldn't push myself. I am always on the go. It felt nice to just have some time at home in the evenings and catch up on things around there and spend time with my husband.
I have weigh-in tonight; I hope the scales are good to me--a little worried due to no exercise but then I've done really well with my food this week. It will be what it will be.
Stacy: I'm really proud of you for keeping on plan when you had to deal with Ed. Remember that feeling that you had when your boss told you that you looked like you lost weight. NOTHING tastes, nor does any food, make us feel better than those comments do. I think we need to keep a journal of that sort of thing so that when we are having hard times and want to turn to food we remember why we really don't want to.
That's all the time I have today...sorry for only one indivdiual personal. All your posts are very inspiring to me..Thanks for being here ladies!
Susie
Is life all about one conflict resolution after another?
Major conflict resolution from Thurs-Mon with DH,a huge ,somewhat emotional ,meeting on Tues at the school to mediate a conflict, major trauma and drama with a 5yo girl I babysit with serious accusations about my dd.I investigated yesterday and got to the bottom of it all and it was a lie. A big hurtful lie about my daughter’s character. The conflict was well managed and resolved by all parents involved, but, man it uses up a lot of energy. Hours and hours of communication and dialogue and double checking the “story” it involved 3 teachers at the school, 3 5yo girls and their parents.
What will be todays conflict to resolve?
My weight is the same. My body is so out of whack. Going to the DR today.
~11:29am and I am still trying figure out how to spend my day. Beautiful, cold and sunny with snow on the ground.A perfect day.
I will: clean the kitchen, make lunch, clean the kitchen again
-missed garbage night because I was sick( hubby has never done it), so I will gather up garbage and clean litterboxes and rabbit cage
this aft......
I am tired of dealing with issues. DD is getting upset when I ask her about it.She doesn’t get why others feel the way they do. So I am done. DD is confident and happy and says how she feels and asks for what she wants. It seems others are perceiving that as some kind of rejection.
DH has been kinder. He has let go his anger a bit it would seem but there is no way to know for sure.We have joked a bit about his complaints.
Today is the first day I feel fairly well since Sat. it is a bad bug.
Nice to see the sunshine.
Good Morning Ladies,
I had another decent day yesterday. I was under my calorie range after dinner and did some snacking because I knew I had the room. I had a bowl of Special K and some red. fat cheese nips. That added up quick and then I went ahead and had a hot cocoa which sent me over by a few.
Lesson of the Day: It really, really helps to track out everything to make sure it fits. Do not take for granted that you are under and go ahead and snack blindly.
Holly- Maintaining weight is a good thing. Maybe our bodies try to hold onto everything it has when we are sick.
Susie- How was weigh in?
Stacy- Sounds like you are doing terrific. Congrats about the compliment from your boss. Things like that can take you along way. Great attitude about Ed. Nothing can stop you. You are queen of the world!
**** there my name is Angie and I am new here this looks like where I need to be
I weigh 209
I am from Ga. (Go Dawgs)
I live on a farm (cows and chickens =)
I have 2 children Adam 22 and Deanna 20
have 2 doxies Beenie weenie and Lucy
1 blue healer Jo Jo and 2 cats choo choo and mini me (my hubby got to name the pets I named the children =)
I have been married for 23 years
And I will turn 40 in April I do not want to be fat and 40 so here I am my first goal is to be under 200lbs. Me and my hubby are weight together on Mondays.
He has never seen how much I weigh i have always hid it from him but I decided maybe this would help me stay accountable (for him to see the numbers) so far it has worked =)
Anyway it is great to met all ya'll =) I look forward to all the of our success post
Ang
Well, ladies, I still have not been doing good. I thought I was doing good, I had under 1200 cal yesterday, but I managed to gain wt. I know it is probably the sodium-DH wanted pizza hut-but it is ver dishartening to get on the scale and have that extra pounds staring back at me. Officail WI tomorrow, so there is hope. I just have to be good today and drink my water. My mom gets back on Tuesday, and then the kiddies will be hers. Once things go back to normal I will be able to get more exercise in. It is really difficult to find the time when I have 6kids all looking at me for stuff to do~you would think they would figure something out! Having a good start to today, but have to run~I forgot about my laundry. Happy Friday Ladies!!
Good evening friends,
I got my full time position. I start mon. You know what they say "careful what you wish for"...LOL. It's more inside than out. Now I'm outside most of the time, walking.
I've been pretty much op. I ate a cookie and a small piece of bd cake. But I've been extremely active. Maybe I balanced out.
Aahhee: We are glad to have you. Just jump in when you are ready. My sister lives in NE GA. I love it there. I was born in W NC.
UPS: DRINK, DRINK AND PEE....
Suzy: I'm bad about waiting till the end of the day to check my pts and then it's too late
Welcome Angie~We are the same age but my kids are 5&7, yikes.
My Grandma is 96 today!!! DD and I are going soon to visit. DS hads a party to go to. I called Grandma about coming and my aunt has a full day planned for her. I laughed and said she is always interfering. My Grandma said quite seriously, yes I know. I cracked up.So I need to go first thing to see her.
Last night DS and I went shopping, just the 2 of us. He needed runners(again) and we browsed. Nice to have the one on one. He wears out shoes in 3 months, so that they are literally shredded and falling apart. Even brand name expensive ones.
I am not feeling as run down.
Thanks Everyone! 
I'm still here!!!!!!
Angie
We are glad to have you. Just jump in when you are ready. My sister lives in NE GA. I love it there. I was born in W NC.
everyone I missed
