Hello Everyone,

I had a little bit of a setback last night. I had 3 cupcakes! 3! I made myself stop when I realized that I was just stuffing them down. I did it when I came home from work. I'm pretty sure it's stress. I haven't given my notice to my company yet because I need to sign the papers at the other company and until I do that I don't feel comfortable giving my notice. However, it's getting down to the wire. The HR guy at the new company was out yesterday and should be back in today. I'm hoping so! I tried to call but got his voice mail. After my company taking it's offer off the table I just am a little gun-shy.

This morning before work I wrapped a couple of presents. I'm going to try and do that a little each day so I don't have so many to do at one time.

Well, time for lunch. I brought 1/2 a ham and cheese sandwich and some chips and some califlower (raw). I'm going to read my book. Yes! I'm reading for pleasure for the next couple of weeks...no more Accounting until Jan!

Susie

I just read the greatest thing. A woman listed 5 things she did RIGHT that day.
Why not do it every day. What a geat positive spin!!!

hello everyone,
you all sound good, i am having a really bad week. dh took the boys to help his uncle cut down a tree on sunday. the tree was covered with poison ivy, yup they all 3 got it!! my youngest has it the worst of the 3, i just got back from the dr with him he prescribed a steroid for him to take. poor little guy has it all over his face, he is miserable. my dd got hurt in gym class today (knee) the nurse called and they sent her home on crutches. the dr checked it while we were there and said she could of pulled a ligament. i don't want to see another dr this year!!! i did a good job not over eating because of all this i feel pretty much in control of the food situation so far. keeping my fingers crossed!! thank you all for posting here all of your inspiration gets me through each day!

holly- sounds like you had a good day! congrats to your son on the good report card!

mychoice- don't beat yourself up, good job catching yourself with the cupcakes. i hope you get the job situation worked out i know how stressful that can be. good luck.

debby glad you found us again!

greenlass- you sound so positive!! keep up the great work!! let me know how the book is. i am a diet book junkie.

Hi, everybody! I had a good day food-wise yesterday, probably because was busy all day. I need to get the exercise thing going as a habit again. It's amazing how quickly I can lose the good habits and keep the bad. It's weird-I don't hate walking, usually I like it when I get out there and get going, but it's SO hard to get my rear in gear and just do it.

Well, I need to get up and go do some housework and see what kind of trouble I can find to get into.

Jodi-Poor girl! Poison ivy is a booger to deal with. A few years ago when we went camping, my youngest son got a bad case of it. It was all over his face, also. It was so hard to get him not to scratch it and spread it! I'll be praying for him and your dd to heal quickly. How old is your youngest ds? I'm so proud of you for not using food to deal with the stress of this situation!

Susie-I can relate on the cupcake thing. I'm glad you stopped yourself when you realized what you were doing. I hope you get to sign your papers with the new company today. How did you do on your final? or no grade yet? Are you reading anything good? I'm a bookaholic.

Holly-Sounds like you are super busy. You're a good woman, taking all those kiddies about with you! How was the WATP?

Well, gotta go. I just started the Thyroid Diet book last night. Haven't gotten to the actual diet part yet. Keeping my fingers crossed that I will stay in control of the eating monster today. Being home all day is my worst time. God bless you all!

Jill

Good morning Everyone,
Thanks for all the positive words about my cupcake binge. I'm ok with it and I'm moving forward. I can truly say that because when I got home from an employee meeting last night (I had to go because I've not given my notice yet; my boss isn't in today! If he isn't in tomorrow I'm going to HAVE to call him then. I can't really wait any longer.) I felt like having a snack (stress eating) but I didn't, I thought to myself, it's not going to make anything less stressful. I just brushed my teeth and went to bed!

Jill: I'm glad you had a good food day yesterday. It is hard to get back into exercising, but once you start its easy, so just start! How's the book? I have a low thyroid myself and I take medicine for it. You asked what I was reading; right now I'm ready "Hard Eight" by Janet Evanovich. Have you ever read any of her books?

I am signing papers with the new company today. So at least that will be done. I haven't heard what I got on my Accounting final. Hopefully I know something by the end of the week.

Holly: I think listing 5 things we do right is a good idea. I'm going to be aware of that today and have my list tomorrow! Thanks for giving us something new to try!

Jodi:You really are having a tough week ((HUGSSS))) to you!

Ok, time to get busy at work. I've got a lot to do.

Susie

5 things I did right yesterday~
Got back n control of the house and tidied 3 rooms
I ate 3 bowls of salad in the aft when I ahd the munchies
got out and ran some errands instead of putting it off
bundled up 4 kids to go outisde in the cold even though I didn't want to
cooked a great dinner

I relaxed all evening last night. Watvhed some TV and read and had a good sleep.
Good morning so far.
Dh is home and "says" he will do some tiling!!!!!

Jodi~ (((((HUGS))))) holy cow you have a had a rough time of it. Keep your chin up. It has to over by now!!

Susie~ you are doing so well with all the uncertainy in your life.I am an avid reader too. I have read at least a novel aweek since i was 8 years old. I read all genres.

Greenlass~let us know ther premise of the diet. It might help all of us.

Take care dear chickies!!

hey all i'd love to hit 199 but realisticly its gonna be very very difficult for me although my supposid weight according to the "gospel" charts is around 180ish i'm very broad and stocky so 199 i'll be ripped up lean mean fighting machine. but i'm damn sure i'm gonna get there

Hi all. Sorry it's been a minute since I've checked in. With Thanksgiving and all, it's been nutty. Also had a knee problem over the holiday which wasn't much fun.

Greenlass - We're on the same page with exercise! I love doing it, but getting up off my rear is the hard part. Can't really exercise for about a week right now (knee), but will pick it up next week. Just do it, girl!

Jodi - Way to go in making good food choices, despite the stress!

Debbie - You and I have a similar problem (I'm also a 26/28). The sleeves seem to be SOO long in some of those clothes! But neither of us will have to be concerned about it much longer, right?

Holly - Love the 5 things idea.

Hope everyone has a great day. Talk to you later.

Good Morning Everyone, Im Having Trouble Sleeping Again. Hope It Passes, I Dont Like Taking Meds For It. I'm Still Working On Portion Size. I Dont Snack Much. But I Eat Too Much At Meal Time. I Weighted And I Have Lost 3 More Pounds. Greelass: I Am Always Telling Myself That I Am Going To Get Up And Go For A Walk And Then Finding Something Else I Think Needs Done Instead. Luckily I Have A Active Job And
Am Walking Outside For 3 Days A Week.
JODI: HOPE YOUR SONS ARE DOING BETTER!

SUSIE: CHANGING JOBS IS STRESSFUL, BUT IT WONT TAKE LONG FOR YOU TO GET ALL SETTLED IN

HOLLY: I LIKE YOUR 5 THINGS IDEA, I'LL TRY IT today


SLIMMINGSI: HELLO HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT DAY

Hi Everyone,

I'm still in limbo because I haven't told my old boss about my decision to leave. He hasn't been in the office. I'm thinking he will be in this afternoon. I hope so. I need to get this over and done with and move on!

Here are my five things that I did right yesterday:

1. I didn't have thos cookies and milk that I was thinking about having last night at 9:00 p.m. when I was watching the Nick and Jessica Christmas special. I really talked myself out of them. I waited 20 min and after that 20 min I didn't want them. Of course seeing Jessica Simpson's body in that one white outfit that she had on helped me to make my decision. Wow! Wouldn't it be something to wear that and look like she did?

2. I had a good walk at the Y.

3. I didn't wimp out on the weight training. I used it to get my energy back and my head clear.

4. I help someone who I know did me wrong last week with something that she wasn't able to do. It's easy to be a good person when people are nice to you, but it's hard to be nice to your enemys!

5. I told my husbad that I loved him and that I needed him in my life. I think he's been doubting it because I'v been in so many directions. So, I made sure that he knew that I consider us the most important thing going on.

Debbie: Congats on the 3 lb loss! I hope you get the sleep problem figured out. Have you seen a doctor about it? The reason I ask is that I had a friend who was having trouble sleeping. He went to the doctor and was wanting a sleep aid, but the doctor ran some blood work before giving it to him and he found out he was a diabetic. That was his problem. He's doing very well now with everything.

Heather: I hope your knee problem resolves itself soon.

Slim: Welcome! It's nice to have you on board with this. You sound determined! I know you can make it.

Holly: You are such a busy woman! and yet you seem to take life instide. I hope I learn to be much more like you!

Ok..got to run.

Susie

My day yesterday was fairly uneventful. I spent a lot of time rocking the wee baby and then a sick 18 monther. I got lethargic as the day went on. I did wash the floor at nap time.
Dh did not do any tiling. He slept on the couch from 10am-3pm and then again from 8pm-11pm. Then he came to bed and slept through the night. He must have been one tired little man.
The old me would have been pissed off. The new me felt compassion and realized how exhausted he must be to sleep so much.That would be the right thing #1.
I was grumpy after supper and stopped myself from yelling.#2
I went to TOPS and weighed in. I was down .5. I also borrowed the No Gain Holiday Challenge from the thread here and the group wants to do it.#3
I had to call the nasty Mom from SS and I have put it off for 4 days, I did it. #4
I did some stretched last night. #5
I thought I didn't do anything of significance. Maybe this is a good exercise!!!
I have 4 kids today.They are palying well. Tomorrow is a school holiday. ARG! It will be chaotic. I have asked a grade 8 boy to come and help out.

Slimmingsi~Welcome!!

Hevron~ How's the knee feeling?

Debbie~ Congrats on the 3 lbs, that's a huge loss!!!!

Susie~Hope all goes smoothly for you today. Our hubby's can take the back seat a times. I try to keep mine in the forefront too.

Jodi~ How's the crew doing today??

Have a glorious day chicks!!

Hello everyone!

First of all, WELCOME to anyone I may not have "met" yet.

I apologize for being so bad at posting lately. My computer at home is so slow when DH is not on it...and here at work, it's hard to get on here with all the smiley faces and stuff - not businesslike ya know? So I try to sneak a post here every once in a while! LOL.

I have been a little lazy. The wisdom tooth surgery went well but I took it as an excuse to be lazy. In honor of the holiday season and all the challenges that will come about with eating, I started a kickboxing class! I surprised myself.

New Year's is a weird time when I get depressed...but November and December is typically a good workout time for me...it's January that is the hardest. I'm not sure why. The gym is always so packed during January and February and I think I just feel more self conscious or something. I tend to lose weight in the winter...but fall out of it around March or April. So I'm taking my cues from how I know I typically act during certain times of the year and work on changing those behaviors.

Anyway, the kickboxing class was a little hard since it has been exactly 2 weeks (!!!!!) since I have been out for a workout. If I had not stopped going, it wouldn't have been very difficult for me. But I have learned that the body builds itself back up pretty quickly when it is given the chance. I'm going to kickboxing again on Saturday and I hope I can get the moves down and into the whole routine before New Year's, when I expect the class to become packed.

Sorry for the big post...I just wanted to throw out an update. I'll be back soon.

Girlie

WOO HOO! It finally happened! I'm down below 230! It's two days later than my goal, but I'll take it! I almost fell over in a dead faint when I looked at the scale this morning.

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. I've been so busy taking care of stuff for this next class and getting my kids ready for their winter sports that the computer has not been part of my daily routine. It feels good to be back though and see how you all are doing.

Girlie - I don't know where you find all the energy to do all those classes. I think one kickboxing class would be enough to do me in.

Holly - I'm glad you're feeling better about your reactions and all. It's nice to see progress on any front.

Susie - I hope your situation with your boss sorts itself all out. It is hard to do sometimes, but remember even if he has a conniption over it, wasn't he the one who told you you were lucky to have a job? HMMM, and now technically (for the moment) you've got TWO!

Debbie - I am so very happy for you on your loss! That's awesome! And just think, it's usually much harder to lose it this time of year so it's an even bigger accomplishment! YOU GO GIRL!

Hevron - I hear ya on the clothing not quite fitting right. My biggest problem is the shoulders. They always drape almost half way down my upper arm and I think it looks tacky. Things are fitting a bit better now that I'm down to a size 22, now the shoulder is only about 1/4th of the way down my arm. It's not much improvement, but it's better than nothing. I can never wear the same size top and bottom either. I'm always one size bigger because I can't stand it when tops pull over the bustline. It makes me feel like Dolly Parton whenever I see that in the mirror. I know it sounds stupid, but it's just a pet peeve of mine with clothes. Oh well, someday I'll have a body that fits the clothes better.

Slim - Welcome aboard. Hope you reach your goal!

Jill - Please let us know how that thyroid diet book is. I've also been looking at the blood type diet. It sounds silly, but I figured these books usually have a little food for thought so why not look into it?

If I've missed anyone, I'm sorry, but I have a preschooler yelling downstairs and that's NEVER a good sign,

Nan

Hi, girls & guys! Truly enjoy reading all of your posts. It helps to know we're all in this together! I worked yesterday so the house is in major disarray. Still haven't gotten to the Christmas stuff. It would be good exercise to haul it up the stairs fromt he basement. I AM going to walk today. My eating has been pretty okay this week but no real exercise since Sunday.

5 good things I have done today: 1) Got three adolescents off to school without losing it. 2) Got dh off to work in a timely and loving manner :> 3) Ate small bowl of high fiber cereal for breakfast 4) Checked in here and felt good about the day ahead 5) Got up from the computer and walked for execise and fun (Can this count as is in future?)

Has anyone seen the new Bridget Jones movie? I would love to see that in the near future. I think Hugh Grant is so cute. I did find a new workout outfit. Yea!

Nan-I'm doing a happy dance for you! It's so great to reach a goal! Have fun with the winter sports.

Susie-Very good things you posted. I'm glad you are doing so good at your exercising. It is important to keep DH first in life, even though it's hard to do at times. I love Janet Evanovich. Stephanie and Lula are a hoot.

Holly-Continue doing good work, girl. You are terrific!

Good to hear from Debbie (3 lbs-WOW!), Welcome, SI! Hi, Girlie-good luck with the kick-boxing-that would kick my rearend!

Ashamed to say, I haven't looked at Thyroid Diet book anymore yet, but promise to over weekend! Going out to walk! Bye!

Jill

hi all glad to see everyone is getting prepared to survive christmas and girlie well done on the kick boxing lesson they are very hard when you start up u use all sorts of muscles you never realised you had i do judo freestyle fighting and thai kickboxing and love it all but the first time i did thai boxing i couldn't walk for 2 days