Hey,
The guys are about thru with my plumbing. We decided to put in a gray water line for my washer. So ds is doing that now.
I've done fair on food and excellent on water. I really dont expect a loss when I WI wednesday. I didn't get to curves last week. I hope I do better this week.

Heather: my friends mother had the lap-band procedure done. She lost 90+ lbs in the last 8 months. She had to change her whole way of eating but she is just now starting to increase her exercise. She has done excellent. That is a lot less invasive. Every couple of months they inject saline to tighten the band and she keep loosing. She has had no side effects and I think see only took off a week from work.

Holley: BIG :) and warm wishes. Hope your day is going well.

Later

Yikes Deb~hope all is resolved.

Goodmorning Starshine......
blink blink Is it really morning? I have been doing the morning run around for almost 2 hours. It is nice to sit.
I have a bit of a headache. I will do some yoga for the neck and shoulders.
I had a dream that I was hanging out with FGA at her restaurant and we were laughing and chatting.

Lots was accomplished yesterday. My time to myself was compromised by the new rep who I signed up who would not leave or stop talking, whoosh. I did all of the vacuuming in the AM so that felt good.
Today is my busy day for sitting. 8 kids all day. my Avon order goes in tonight by 11pm. I will try and enter most of it today. I need to do some follow up calls. I am going to London tonight to do some hair and sign up another new rep.
I will do my daily list and prioritize and break it down.
SC meeting was great last night.
Food was awful in the evening. I need to stop being so self indulgant and use my brain.
It is breezy,sunny and cool!!!!
Water and stretches coming up!

Peace.

I'm in
 

Hello everyone, I want to join the race to 199. :D I'm new to this site and looking for support on my weight loss journey. I currently weigh 200.4 lbs (according to 1 of my scales and 202 according to my second scale).

I'v been battling the bulge for 3 years now. I'm a 24 year old wife and mother of three, including a set of 1 year old twin boys. I also have a 2 year old daughter. My long term goal weight is 145 lbs. My short term goal weight is 165 lbs. I really need you guys to support me and motivate me in my LONG and DIFFICULT journey, and I'll do the same for you. :)

Keep up the good work ladies and gents. :lol:

Good Morning Everyone.......

Last week was the week from ****. Here's to a better week.....

WI last night at WW went well down another pound. 23 total. Was hoping for more, but oh well, I will take it.

Holly - I love to clean, wish I live closer. My sis-in-law always says I do circles around her cleaning. hehe.

Heather - My friend has had zero problems since her surgery. As a matter of fact when she eats things she shouldn't she barely gets sick like most people. Kind of strange.

Artese - welcome to the race. Great support here!!

Shuwee - what's that smell - must be coming from Debbie. Hope your stinky problems are fixed.


Susie - way to stay strong, I know you can do this, as you have done it before. May the force be with you.

I am going to get more movement in my day. I am sure my loss would be more with more movement. I still love the WW'ers program and my leader is awesome. She was actually featured in the Indianapolis Magazine. She rocks.

Hello to everyone I have missed, I must get to work.

Big Hugs to all, stay OP and focused.

Annie

Good evening everyone,
I've had a mild sore throat for a couple of days. Then I woke up this am with a fullblown cold. I don't follow my horoscope but it might be interesting to see what it said for the last three days. Probably something like don't bother getting out of bed, everything you do will go wrong...LOL. My guys got all the plumbing fixed and everything is working well...YEA!!!
I didn't go to curves today. I had the chills and was very congested. But I have been staying op except for exercise.
My house needs some of my attention. Maybe tomorrow.
I doubt I go to work tomorrow. It is suppose to be right at 100f . I feel this bad in a/c I can't imagine being out in that heat all day.


Annie: CONGRATS!! on your loss, Every ounce down is a step closer to our goals.
I know what you mean about a better week.

Artese:WELCOME! WOW you are so close. You will do great. This is a wonderful place for support and everyone has some really great ideas.

Holley: Sounds like you are getting back instride. Remember to get plenty of rest. And... BREATHE.

Everyone have a great evening. Sniffle,sniffle..

BIG HUGS FOR ALL

Good Morning!

Hope all is well with you.

Debbie - Feel better. Take extra vitamin C, rest, take care of you.

I actually started my WATP tapes back up last night. I did the walk & kick tape. I was actually glistening when I finished. I felt really good tho. Stay OP all day long too! Yesterday was a very successful day. Thank you Jesus, Amen.

This Sunday is my company picnic at the zoo. My kids 17 & 19 are both going with. Most people here think that is strange that my older kids WANT to go to the zoo. I just think it is because we are so close. My daughter wants to go into the new under water dolphin pavillion. It is like a bubble you go into, then the water is on all sides and above you with the dolphins swimming around. I can hardly wait to see it. They also feed us dinner, so I am trying to see what is on the menu so I can get my points lined out for it.

Hope everyone has a feel good, OP, on track day!

Chat at cha tomorrow! HUGS Annie

Hello All,
Just finished a salad for lunch and need to head out for errands.
I'm not getting a lot of chances (or making them?) to work out this week, but the food is on plan.

Debbie: I had a cold last week...I hope you didn't catch it from me! Take care and rest.

Heveron: Congrats on the loss..keep working on it even if you are considering the surgery. You will have learned good habits that need to be in place no matter what.

Welcome to the Newbies.

I've got to run.
Susie

Hey everyone,
Still sniffling, but feeling a lot better. I've been op today, but no exercise. I start coughing when I start moving around too much.

Susie: If I caught your cold that would give new meaning to computer virus..LOL


Annie: Great job on the WATP :)
I think it is fantastic that your kids want to go to the zoo with you. You must have raised some wonder young adults. Enjoy them...:)


I'm keeping up with the news on RITA hoping she fall apart. PRAYING...


Have wonderful evening

Hello everyone,

Sorry, it's been a week! I see new faces and I want to say hello!

It's been a crazy week. A week ago, DH had to take me to Emergency - turned out to be a Kidney stone. I was doing well, had worked out at the gym 4 days that week but I think I wasn't getting enough water in the process. I had surgery to remove the stone last night. They thought I could pass it but I was vomiting for three days and couldn't keep food/water down! So I decided to have them go in and take it out. I'm recovering now and uncomfortable - a little bloated and I have a stent in my urethra...they remove it on Friday and I should be able to start up with the activity again this weekend - slowly!

If any of you have ever had a kidney stone, I'm sorry...and if you haven't - I hope none of you ever do!

I'm excited to get back to working out. My monthly weigh in is in a couple of weeks. It's gone by fast. Once we determine why I had the kidney stone, I may have to make some changes in my diet. I may have to cut out some calcium or vitamin D - all depends on what type of stone it was.

I'm just starting to get my appetite back and I'm trying to go slowly. I had baked apples for lunch and roasted chicken and lettuce and cucumbers and a little bit of Ranch dressing to dip into. It is so nice to be pain free and to be able to eat again.

I start back to work again on Monday. I must add more fiber to my diet. I'm really paranoid about getting another kidney stone. They say it's usually genetic. I hear people say you can get them from drinking too much soda but I rarely have sodas, maybe 2-3 times a month I'll have a diet something or another. But it may just be the way the chemicals are in my body. It was the worst pain.

Hope you all are well!

Girlie

Girlie: Sending you :) and (((HUGS))) and best wishes.
I've never had kidney stones but I have known people who have.
Don't be in too big a rush to get back to exercise. Give your body time to heal.


Everyone have a great day

Hidie Ho All....

Girlie...((((Many Hugs)))- I have been through the kidney stone ordeal. Wouldn't wish that on the worst. My stent slide out early and my duct closed was hospitalized with kidney failure on one side for 3 days. All is well now. That was about 5 years ago. No problems since. It is genetic, and it really doesn't matter what you eat, if you are going to get them, you will. They do say try to steer clear of caffeine, this and that. I did for a while, but do not now. Many wishes for a speedy recovery and feeling better!!

Debbie - hope your sniffles leave you very soon. Feel better!

Got my walk in yesterday, almost didn't but pushed myself. Glad now that I did.

Hello to everyone else. Where are all of you? I love reading yoru posts, so bring them on.

Here is to a wonderfully OP day!

Annie

Girlie~ OUCH!! Hope you are healing well!!
Deb~ how are the sniffles? Felling better.

SO, my baby girl turned 5 at 8:01 am this morning. She is my heart. I feel such a goddess connection with her.
She woke up and asked, all bleary eyed, is today really the day!Then she said,” I need to wear my best dress.” AW!
One family brought her a set of My Little Pony, out neighbour gave her another one. My family gave $. I will open bank accounts for the kids this week.DH’s folks are stopping Christmas presents cause the kids dont need anything and will give $ too.
Bon Jovi ,on Oprah, yesterday was DREAMY!!!! Hard bodied little rocker guys with pouty mouths make me insanely happy!!!!!
DH watched it with me. It was fun. He is a skinny rocker guy with pouty lips too. Too bad he didn’t have millions to give away.
I need to decide how to use my day. I have 2 loads to fold. 3 to wash. Many toys to tidy. I will give some away.
Dishes to wash. Books to stamp. A few calls to make.

I am so happy not to be going out tonight!!!!

Hey everyone,
Hope ya'll are doing well. I feel a lot better, I did work today. Looks like we make our 100f today.
It is so sad watching the people trying to evcuate from the coast. It's like no one knows any back roads. They are all on the interstate... Stopped. I pray they all get to safety.
I goofed at lunch and went to Taco bell. I'm eating a 4pt ww dinner this evening but I'm afraid it too late...LOL.


Holly's little angel: HAPPY B-DAY!!!! :)

Everyone have a great evening

I am thrilled that I have come through the last 5 weeks of massive work and commitments unscathed.I kept myself balanced and even tho I was exhausted last Sat I was smart enough to go back to bed and rest.
I am proud of my acheivements.
Last night I relaxed and watched TV and folded laundry. It was nice.
I didn't snack.
We had a long gentle rain all aft and eve yesterday.Great for the hydrangea I dug up and divided in the morning. That was job. Definitely a work out.
2 little guys for the morning and 1 little guy in the aft.
I am picking up cucs today. I will work on dill pickles over the weekend.
We have 2 bday parties Sat aft and then a very casual gathering for DD on Sunday.
She had a wonderful Bday. Loved playing with her Little Ponies.
DS had a awesome day!!! He asked his teacher to be moved cause the boys at his table were distracting him from his schoolwork!! I am so proud of him. What a huge deal. He has been getting his work done. He has a spelling test today.He has seemed calm and rested for a couple of days. Yahoo!!
I am looking forward to today and the weekend.
Best go feed the kids and get them organized for their day.

Deb~ glad you are feeling better. The news from your way is pretty rough. Hopefully it wont be as awful as anticipated. HUGS!

Happy Friday Everyone,

Work has kept me so busy today, I have not had time to post. Hope everyone's day has gone well, and have a terrific weekend.

Chat at cha all on Monday.

Annie

Good evening everyone,
I had a busy day but I came thru ok. I sure feel a lot better.
I've been op except for exercise. I plan to go to curves tomorrow. I haven't been coughing much today so it should be ok.
Looks like we will not be in Rita's path. Since she turned more to the east and was downgraded to a 3. They say all the bad weather in north of the state will be east of Dallas. I keep praying it won't be as bad on the coast as they are expecting.

Holley: YOU RULE!! I believe in you. Just always take time to get enough rest.

Susie: hope you are feeling better. (((HUG)))

Everyone have a great w-end

Hello All,
I'm trying to get an early start on the day because I have so much to do.
I'm packing for our Sales Meeting trip. I need to leave my house by 3:30 p.m. I'll be gone until Wednesday.

I'm determined that I won't overeat at this thing. I don't drink anymore, due to my IC, so I'm not worried about calories from alcohol.

The meeting should be a good one. It will be fun to meet some on the new Sales Reps. The thing I'm looking forward to the most is that tonight we are going to see The Rolling Stones in concert.

I had a little loss at the scales on Thursday. I lost .25...I'll take it..the scales went down and that's the direction I want. I was a little disappointed at first because I worked really hard for a big loss...maybe it will show up next week.

I did feel like I had some mini success this week. I was in a store and they have out the Halloween candy. I can't have chocolate (IC again) but I love candy corn. I almost bought some but I had a conversation with myself and I didn't. Then yesterday was a very busy day and very stressful. I almost came home and at the Doritios that are in the pantry, but I didn't..instead I took my new Shape mag and went in the bed room and relaxed with it for 30 min.

It's about lifestyle changes right? So I feel that I did that...makes me feel like I can do this..I can continue on and reach 199.

Debbie: I pray for your safety.

Holly: Glad to hear that you are more relaxed and at peace with you. I just got a new Avon order and I thought of you. I love Avon! If I could order from you I would make you a rich woman! lol

Got to get busy ladies. I'll see you all on Wednesday.
Susie

Morning ladies, I am interested in some feed back.

First tho~ Susie~ woohoo rock on sister. I Love the Stones!! It will be a good show.I love your successes!!! Have a great trip!
Deb~ Are you heading to curves? Glad you are feeling better! Glad the storm has been downgraded!!

Is it me??
What is the balance between what I need and what my family needs and if their needs are just as important to them as mine are to me then is it their right to ask for it just like I do for myself?
This is my first real day off in 5 weeks.The cucs I had hoped to get couldn’t be got, so no pickles. So this morning at 7 am DD crawls in bed beside me and says she is hungry, we have a nice little cuddle and I tell her Daddy is already up go ask him, she kisses me and says okay mommy.
DS then crawls in and enmeshes both hands tightly in my hair and wiggles and whines and pushes at me. i told him I just wanted to lay quietly and please be still and he freaks out ,crys and stomps out of the room. A few minutes later DH climbs in on top on lifting my nighty, gropes a bit,I tell him I will get up in a few minutes, he scraped me with his beard by mistake, I tell him he hurt me, he stomps out of the room and slams the door.
Obviously they all love me and felt a need to connect with me. What I needed was a 1/2 hour to lounge in bed and enjoy some solitude. I didn’t get it and feel irritated. They didn’t get what they wanted and feel irritated. Hubby will sulk for a while.Big baby.
Is it a gender thing and just personality? DD usually listens and respects my requests. DH and DS always get mad and pissy.I always stand my ground and state my positon clearly to both. You think in 9 and 7 years respectively they would get it.
I feel sad right now that I dont get the tenderness from DH I would like( need).
I get it from DD and my cat. LOL!
If DH wants to have sex, which is how he communicates love, he should try giving me what i need to to feel loved, which is space, solitude and tenderness.Then I would come to him with open arms. It is hard to explain this to someone who cant stand to be alone. I am not sure he like his own company. Very much like DS.
Fro what it worth we have a regular, wonderful sex life. I am not sure how much he wants from me in life in general.
I have always struggled with the balance of my needs and those of my family. I LOVE to be alone as much as I love them. I lived alone happily for 15 years, I spent most of my childhood alone and feeling separate from my family.I love my own conpany.
So now I have a pissy hubby to deal with when what I want is to enjoy the day and him and the kids, puttered and clean, garden a bit.......

Is it a wonder I nurture myself with food?

Later, this aft, we have 2 bday parties to go to. I will check out the farmers market in town for cucs and pick up the south beach book.

Good morning,
I hope everyone is having a great Sunday. I'm still op except exercise... No surprise there.

Holly: I don't have any helpful input. My dh is all consuming. He absolutely thinks the whole world revolves around him...LOL.
later

Can't believe I'm finally in the groove and losing again. Weighed in at 200 today! So close, so close..... Onederland here I come!

Another 5 lb. flower point! Woohoo! :dancer:

Penny: CONGRATS!!! YOU ROCK! :)
It's good to hear from you. Glad everything is going well for you. keep checking in. We need the encouragement

Thanks for the encouragement!
 

Hi Debbie,

Thanks for your kind words - I'm so excited that I might be in Onederland next week. :crossed:

I hope you guys were ok with hurricane Rita. It looks like the damage was worse than they thought on the news yesterday. I guess they can't see all the damage right away as towns are real spread out in Texas. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone in your state who has been affected.

I see you are working out at Curves. I've been going there for two years now and I'm starting to see some muscles peeking out now that there's a bit less fat covering them! :strong: Curves has been a life saver for me as it's the only exercise I could manage to do as I have arthritis in my foot. It's also helped strengthen my shoulder after I had surgery.

Have a good week! :wave:

Penpal~ very inspiring!!!!

Deb~ I have heard rumours that not all men are completely self asorbed?? Crazy eh?

Happy Monday!!

Had a wonderful weekend. Went to the zoo in the rain, the kids and I actually had a blast, we used umbrellas and had a good time. The under water dome dolphin thing was cool, however they only had two dolphins in the tank and they were not very active It was cool anyway.

Friday night I met a GF at a mexican restaurant, had one medium margarita, it was so strong we thought they slipped mickeys in the drinks. We were completely drunk after ONE drink. Her daughter joined us, then we walked across two mall parking lots to another place where she had other friends meeting, stayed there then walked across Targets lot (me on the back of a cart and GF pushing it with all her might) OMG we laughed till we cried. THen went into Chili's to meet up with her daughters two friends that worked at Chili's. Nothing like hanging out with 20 yr olds. We had a smashing time, and was home in bed by 11:00 pm. hahaha. Woke with a headache, that was soon gone with help from the asprin bottle.

Holly - in my opinion, most men think the earth revolves around their butts. Take all the time for yourself you need. They do not realize how much you do around there and do not respect your "ME" time.

Penny - Way to ROCK girl, congrats on your loss.

Susie - mmmmmmm, rolling stones, I will be there with you in spirit.

Debbie - glad to hear you are feeling a bit better. Here is to a much better feeling week..

Got to get to work. WI tonight at WW. I am very jazzed about it. Hope to lose 2 lbs, so I can get my 25 lb gold star!!

Helloooooooooooooo to everyone else. Drop us a line or two.

Have a wonderfully OP day!!

Anne

Good morning,
I made an apple pie this morning. I used slenda instead of the white sugar. It still has 1/3 c of brown sugar. I afraid if I totally mess with the recipe no one will eat it. Oh well thats 1/2 c of sugar calories gone. Better than nothing.
As far as Rita goes we live nw of Fort Worth and we didn't even get rain.

As soon as my pie is done I'm going to curves...no excuses!

Holly: I heard that rumor also. DH was the youngest and was raised like a only child...BRAT I should say. After nearly 32 years I've took some of that out of him, But he still thinks he's the boss. I let him. It seems like a fairly harmless fantasy...;)

Annie: We were posting at the same time. Sounds like you had a wonderful time. The zoo sounds wonderful. I'm a big zoo fan.
I think we all feel the effects of alcohol more as we drink less. In our 20's we went to the neighborhood bar all the time. Now We might have a drinkl every 6 months. Getting old really sucks...lol

Hi, I'm Back.

Annie:
Your meeting with your GF sounds like FUN!!!

Holly:
You've got some very good thoughts and questions in your post that I know many mothers and wives feel. I am not a mother yet, but I can only imagine what it would be like from DH and I having to watch our newphews. I am a total "my space" kind of girl as well and I know I'll have those types of questions as well. Deciding to become a wife and a mother are both tough jobs that take on so much responsibility. Fortunately, My DH and I very much do our own thing, as well as nurture each other so it's not hard to find "me" time right now...but sometimes I wonder if I'm up for the challenge of motherhood!!! I hope I can be a mother like you!

I feel better now, thanks everyone. I had the stent removed on Friday and my bladder had spasms all day - it was SO painful. But I started getting my appetite back on Saturday. Yay.

Girlie

WOWSER!! I rock again. I am so jazzed. I was down 2.6 last night at WW. My total is 25.6, will only mark 25 on my ticker, cause it won't do tenths. I will check in later, I have lots to do today! I did walk 4 times last week too!

Everyone have a marvy day!!

HUGS Annie

It's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood....
It rained ALL day yesterday right into the evening. It got cold and blustery. I LOVE this weather!!
It is 8c/46F this morning. I actually put on long pants this morning. Mostly cause it looks funny taking the kids out to the bus when I am in shorts and everyone else in in coats, LOL.

4 little guys all day, 5 big kids in school, all 9 for an hour at 3:30.
The “diet”.....
I try to follow the Canada food guide but i have not been. Veggies low and starches and fats way up. I have been reading up on SB. The principals make sense. I will try out some recipes too. I have been living off of sandwiches for a few months.
Basically i am revisiting the whole food thing because I have time to focus on myself right now.

I had a great day yesterday. 6 kids most of the day.DH was home because of steady rain and worked on installing the bathroom sink!!! Just waiting for a seal to set and then we can use running water in our upstairs bathroom!!!!!!!!!!! weehee. it’s been 5 years wihtout a sink up there.
At 5 the boys went to hockey practise and DD went home with a friend for supper and play. I puttered at Avon, watched a soap and relaxed a bit. Since then i worked on final revisions of the parent handbook. I had a great chat with the school board media guy!! We may be in print next week!!

I firmly told my mom we were not coming for thanksgiving dinner on the 9th but would come for lunch on Monday for some leftovers.( she emailed 6 times).
We really want to spend two days home uninterupted just the 4 of us.
The traffic in here is crazy some days.We were planning on three. Two in a row is better than nothing.

I have all the order books ,campaign books,and how to info ready for the Playschool. They start using Avon catologue shopping for their fundraising. The is a ton of potential in this for everyone!! I will take the 4 little people with me to stuff the mailboxes and then play at the park in town this morning.

Gotta get the kids dressed, teeth and hair brushed, lunches whipped up..........

Have a brisk day, woohoo!!

Annie! I want to be jazzed too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Girlie...HI!!!

Yesterday was nice all around.Food was odd in amounts. I was feeling really bloated. i did get the veggies in so hopefully things will move more today. i did eat a bowl of icecream last night left over from DD's bday out of sheer "what the heck". It was 11 pm. I wasn't hungry at all. I wasn't even bored.
I watched Gilmore Girls. Luke and Lorelei remind me a lot of me and DH, it cracks me up.
I have 6 kids today and a busy evening. I go to my Grandma's( she's 95) (in London,Canada,45 min from here) to do her hair and feet, laundry... every other week.I am also going to be running a few errands and doing a few other haircuts and picking up some books i leant a friend like 2 years ago.It will be late getting home.
I delivered some Avon last night. Kids were angels. Gotta love it.
Now I am feeling a bit of guilt about my family issues because someone commented that they would give anything to be with their family for the holidays. I wish our relationship was open and genuine.sigh.
Day 3 I am aiming for no blips in the food area!!!
HUGS!!

Good day everyone.

Annie: You ARE jazzed! Send a little of that music over here!

Holly: My family situation is strange in that I've never met anyone on my mom's side (all in Japan), and I've never lived close to my dad's side of the family so while we are family, we are not very close. I don't have the family ties that everyone has, I have lived hundreds of miles from my mom since I was 10 years old, and I don't have an immensely huge bond with my father - only since I moved out and got married have we gotten closer. So I was hoping that I'd have that family stuff with DH's side, but things are just crazy, we all see stuff so differently and it's really showing since we are watching my nephews. It's nuts, and stressful...so I feel ya!

Me, I'm doing terribly eating wise. It seems like I'm always hungry, always, no matter what. After not being able to eat last week, I feel like I'm trying to make up for lost time. The cravings: bacon and sweet stuff! Eek. I definitely don't want to gain the weight back, and I so want to see my Halloween goal of 225. I'm on the way, but can't mess it up. I have my first 1 month weigh in next Friday for the community weigh-in program, and I'm about 8 pounds down, naked - so with clothes it will be less when I actually weigh, but I want it to be at least 10 pounds down. I plan to go to the gym every day for the rest of the week, and weigh on Sunday.

It's so weird because usually I know when I'm not hungry and when I'm eating just to eat...but I feel like my body is insatiable, an that I'm always hungry and craving. It's the weirdest feeling. For my lunches, I eat veggies - today I poured most of a bag of frozen green beans in my bowl, added a dab of real butter and some bacon bits for flavor. It's a huge bowl, so hopefully it satisfies me.


How is everyone else doing?

I am also feeling the lovely cool weather. It's been getting to 45-55 degrees F at night and it's great to wake up to a cool morning, but that means I'm having visions of pumpkin pie and all kinds of fall/winter comfort foods - baking, etc. I would like to work on eating more soup and chili this fall/winter so I have leftovers and don't have to plan so much.

Anyone have any soup ideas/recipes? I have a great potato soup crock pot recipe that I made last year - it's awesome and hearty. It STARTED as a low-fat potato soup but after I added stuff to it, it wasn't so low in fat, but still a decent choice. I'll post the recipe in a few weeks as it gets colder.

OR anyone have any other crock-pot recipes to share?

Good evening everyone,
I'm glad this day is over. Not only were we swamped at work, one person short but it was the hottest day of the year. It got to 104f This weather is crazy it is suppose to only be 78f tomorrow. Looking forward to that.
I was down 2lb at my wi. I was surprised I really hadn't expected a loss since I had a couple of real bad food days.

Annie: :) CONGRATS!!! on your loss. Your right, You do rock!!!

Girlie: I thought I was the only one who ate veggies like that. For dinner I had a WW meal and a whole can of spinach with 1tbs of butter.

Everyone have a great evening

Hi everyone,
where is everyone? Hope everyone is well. I really blew my points today
I don't even want to know how badly...Mexican Buffet.
I'm going to bed early so I'll talk to ya'll tomorrow..
Good night

Hello All.........

It's Friday, Friday, Friday....weeehaaa. Going to my son's homecoming football game tonight, working at Kohl's tomorrow, then going to a bonfire party tomorrow night, then BF is coming over to go for a bike ride. A lot on my plate for the weekend, probably be pooped for Monday work.

Staying OP, hope to do well on Monday night at WW.

Debbie - don't let one little jog in the points system mess you up. That is the past and today is a brand new day. Make the most of it and you will be great.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Stay focused.

Chat at cha on Monday.

Annie

HI Ladies!!! It is nice to see a few of you here. I have been spending a bit of time revisiting my eating habits and have been reading up on and doing a modified South beach diet this weeks. I have been living off of sandwiches,cheese and crackers and ice cream for a month and gained 5 lbs.
I have dropped my starchy carbs enormously.
On fitday the last 2 days my numbers have been. 40% fat, 30 carbs, 30 protein. Obviously i need to drop the fats.
A week ago I was at 75% carbs,20 fats,5 protein. LOL!
Every day I seem to have eaten 1 slip up. like yesterday i had cheese and crackers before bed. The old me would of eaten the whole box of crackers and gone for more. I had a handful. So that is a small NSV.
I would say the “diet” has not given me more energy physically( I didn’t lack any) but I feel more clear headed, which is nice. So my goal starting today is to really do phase 1. I am half detoxed as I type.
Our fair is this weekend. Fair food is a non issue. It will be FUN. Both kids will be MUTTON BUSTING.Which is sheep riding just like bull riding. DS came in 2nd out of 22 last year.
Just 2 kids and DD today. We are going to the Early Years group.
I may go back to the thrift shop. I picked up 2 small lamps yesterday. Many of our rooms dont have overhead lighting. It gets gloomy in the winter months. One was a vintage sconce. I LOVE it.Only $2.00. woohoo.
The Avon sales meeting was a bummer in a way. I won an award but dont like the gift, bah. I just started in May but there are women selling $2-3000 but have been doing it 25 years plus. I spose I will get there.
I am doing well. My brain has great ideas and vision. I dont have the time to impliment it. Next Sept is a whole different story. I will have DD and 3 other in school fulltime and 2 other in parttime. Can you say ding dong!!

Hubby was sweet and cuddly last night. Mostly he is just obnoxious LOL!

It is 6C,42F.Nice.Going up to 17C,64F. Perfect!

Off to putter in the kitchen.

Have a glorious day!!!

Hi Everyone,

I'm a bit down today as I'm up a pound since last Friday :(

I was soooo close to Onederland last week, but sometimes it seems so to take for ever to get there!

Anyhoo, I'll just have to cut back a bit - I've gradually been increasing cals (I use Nutridiary to keep track) and I've gone from an average of 1450 to 1500 per day over the past couple of weeks. I don't want to go too low, though, as I'm afraid of totally stalling out and slowing my metabolism.

Now might be a good time to start upping my exercise. I work out 3x a week at Curves, but I think I might start walking again too. I can't walk very far because of a bad foot, but I'll do what I can.

This is my "danger time" to start gaining - the beginning of cooler, darker days and the holiday season - so I'll have to watch my carb cravings.

All the best to everyone in the Race to 199! :goodluck:

Hello All,
I feel like I've been gone forever! The Sales meeting last weekend and the 1st part of the week was great fun.

The meeting were sort of boring, but the party times were awesome!
Saw "The Rolling Stones" on Saturday night...we were in the party tower next to the stage. The Band looks old..but they still rock! Didn't get much sleep the whole time that I was gone. Usually had time to chill out for a couple of hours in the afternoon, then party all night with the Reps. We had a blast though. However, I can tell I'm not in my 20's anymore.

I did really well with the food when I was gone but I think not exercising got to me; I had a .25 lb gain at TOPS. I'm really unhappy about it even though it's a small amount. I've got to get those scales moving again. I'm going to continue with the food journal. I know it is helping me to stay on track and I can see areas where I need to improve so I'll work on those.

Work continues to be busy..well insane really. I just feel like I never have a moment to just relax. I go in early, stay late, miss lunch. I know I need to stop and if it piles up it just does but that's not in my personality and it would drive me crazy. Any idea here? I'd gladly listen.

It's getting close to the weekend and I'm looking forward to it. I plan on relaxing somewhat. Hubby and I are going to the movies tomorrow. We are going to see "In Her Shoes". I've read the book and loved it.

Looks like most here are doing well.

Everyone take care.

Susie

T G I F ,
Another week in the history books. I have done fair today on food. I still have 6 extra pts. I hope to make it to curves tomorrow. I've gotten a little slack in the exercise area. I'm just glad I have a very active job.

Susie: Glad you enjoyed you trip. Just seeing the Stones would have made my trip.
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt I would have gained more than .5lb. I
have "0" selfcontrol when we eat out. You did great.

Penpal: This also my danger time. I really love cold weather foods. Chili, stews, soups and cornbread.

Holly: I love thrift stores, Some of the finds are fantastic. Looking is most of the fun. ;)

Hi everyone,
I'm just having a lazy Saturday afternoon. Just sitting around in front of the tv. I think I might get up and go for a walk. It's only 88f now so that would feel pretty good.
I 've done fair on food. It's real hard when dh is here. He is addicted to fast food. We work (fuss about) on it constantly. He got use to it when he drove longhaul for almost 30 years. When we first came home he dropped 40lbs in a couple of months. Now he is slipping back into old habits. Trust me it is hard to teach that old dog new tricks...LOL.

Annie: Hope ya'll had fun at ds football game. Enjoy your bike ride today. :)

Everyone have a wonderful w-end. LATER :grouphug:

Hey guys,
I went to the local flea market this am. It got too hot too fast. I came home early. I only bought a couple of things.
I really blew my pts today :ink: We had company and I made chicken alfredo. Love the stuff.
Dh is off work tonight so we have had a great day together.

BIG HUGS EVERYONE