Ang~you should still tell your doc about the side effect, it may lead to others, adn he/she should know. they prob will not take you off of it if that is the only side effect

I am doing better today, I cab't believe that I allowed myself to go like that yesterday. Back on track today, adn I can't wait to go to the gym!! Dh has a late meeting and I have to go into Chicago for a group outing today, so we are going to go to the gym a little later than normal, but still loking forward to it. Official WI is tomorrow, so I am hopeful! All I am looking for is to be back to pre cruise weight!! I can't believe that it has taken me two months to get there!

Later chicas

Good morning all,
I'm on Paxil too, don't want ot chance the nasty postpartum depression I had with my first son. But I haven't had the added benefit of wacked out tastebuds, bummer....no seriously, that would be nice
well, I'm still with the office papers....

Hello,

Hope all of you are having a happy day. I'm getting excited - boss told us all we can leave early, and DH and I planned a very spontaneous road trip to Madison, WI. We leave right after work.

Since I'll be gone this weekend, I went to weigh in over lunch. I'm down another 2 pounds. I'm so excited.

Have a great weekend all!!!

Girlie

Well back from the trip....ate way to much....mostly out of boredom, but what the heck.....So came back Wed. night and went out "healthy food shopping" yesterday. Bought some of the 100 cal packets of chips and crackery things, Salad fixings, diet pop, sugar free international coffees, bananas, cereal, yogurt, and milk. Today went to the "meat store" (BTW no spotted dick anyway in sight!!!) and got chicken breasts, 85% ground beef, pork chops, pork loin, and stuffed peppers. My plan is to eat cereal for breaky, yogurt and fruit for lunch, a 100 cal snack in the afternoon, and make myself a healthy dinner with a decent protein and salad for dinner. Maybe not the perfect diet, but got in the protein, dairy, whole grains, fruits, and veggies.....Start back to the Y tomorrow!!!

I am feeling good about this plan...feels "livable".

I am on Paxil as well, LOL, it is my "drug of choice" I know if I don't take it I get very irritable and unable to handle little stresses.....and panic hits on the big ones...so just best off on it! I get an occasional bout of a bad taste, like metal, in mouth, but it comes and goes with no real reason. I had a significant loss of appetite when I first went on it....took well over 3 months for that to subside.....eating was impossible back then. Every time I change a dosage, I get the same reaction...Doc that that is a normal side effect that goes.....I have been on it for several years now so no real side effects anymore and I am "kinder and gentler" :)
Lilybutt

OK, I 've been to the docs, he was over the moon at my weight loss! My bp was normal! Even tho I am on BP meds last time I went to see him (2 months ago) it was still sky high. So he has halved my dose which is wonderful, hopefuly I will be able to get off these darn pills eventually! The pain in my side he says is a strained muscle. That would make sense cos the day I got the poopies is also the day I was dancing round the house like a total nutjob for 2 hours doing my housework. He reckons a combination of that and my few hours on the loo helped me strain something. The pain has actually lessened today but he told me to keep an eye on it.

After reading the Curves threads and talking to a friend who joined the Curves locally, it seems I should watch out for the joinup specials, where they waive the joining fee for a bag of food for the food banks etc or clothes so I am going to find out if they have anything going on at the moment. It also seems that it depends on what State you live in as to how much the joining fee is!!! Doc told me to wait until the pain in my side has gone until I start major major exercise.

So, a good day all in all, I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Sarah

I stayed home from work today and just slept all day. I guess I am really tired.
I stayed the same at my weigh in. I'll take that!
I just wanted to check in. I hope to make it back here this weekend.
Keep up the good work gals! We can do this!
Susie

a little update on my stats! I've reached my 900 min goal *yay* and lost a total of 3.5 lbs! I started at 215.5 and now I'm 212, I was expecting to lose only 2.5 :D
I'm starting a new 540 mins exercise goal for 2 weeks today, will be concentrating on losing a few inches off my upper arms :)
I'm realizing the whole "goal" thing is working really well for me, I'll probably be sticking to making those mini goals for every month starting April. anyone welcomed to join :D

OK, official weigh in today, I lost another 1.5lb for a total of 13.5lbs! I am so pleased and it's made a terrific end to my week! (which started rather badly! lol) The pain in my side has lessened even more and I feel great today! I actually feel thinner too! lmao

Well done on the 3.5lbs and all that exercise jigglybits! Yay! on no gain Susie!

Sarah

Sarah: You are doing great! I bet people are starting to ask "how much weight have you lost". Keep up the good work.

Jiggly: It does look like the goal thing works for you. Keep up the good work!

Well, my DH and I are out of sorts with each other. I'm not sure why other than sometimes I just feel like I'm all alone out there striving for things in life. I've been going about my business and doing things I like to do instead of just waiting around for him to join me and I honestly don't feel like we need to be together 24/7 but he does, as long as I'm sitting and doing the things he likes and talking about what he wants to talk about. It just FRUSTRATES me. I feel all jumbled inside...not a good feeling. I also feel like the only grownup in our relationship. I've tried to talk to him about it, he gets very defense. I've thought about writing letters to him...I don't know. I do know that I'm just going to be quiet for now. I need to quiet my insides. I feel like I don't know up from down at the moment.

I'm working on cleaning house this morning and getting things in order. That always calms my insides a little.

I know that we will work past this but I just want it to be that we get past it, not over it, not around it, but past it.

I feel like I can be so much more, but I feel held back. I don't like feeling this way.

Thanks for letting me vent. I know that these sort of feelings have a lot to do with my being overweight. I don't want to be overweight anymore..that's the bottom line.

Susie

i have a question to all you fellow ww gals i need help,on the last plan i was on i was to eat 6 times a day,on the ww do i eat six times a day or just breakfast lunch and dinner,help please,i can't find anything about that part in my ww stuff.

Charlie, as long as you stick within your points, you can eat however you like. If you find it easier to stay OP with snacks, then have them, so you don't get overly hungry. You are suppposed to get a certain amount of fruits and veggies adn milk though. I can't remember how much but it was in the literature.

They say small and often is better for you but I have to force myself to eat 3 times a day as it is!

Susie I understand totally about the 24/7 thing. DH and I run a business together and we are together all the time. My alone time is often a long laze in the bath as even if dh goes on the road he is only a radio call away!

These humps in life are meant to make us stronger right!!!!!!!!

Sarah

Evening ladies!! Oficcial WI was down 1lb, but now i am at where I was when I started this challange. So no ticker movement! But I am happy to report that I had two people at work say I look thinner, One who knows that I am trying to lose and one that did not. So I am in good spirts.

((hugs)) to all the lovely ladies

Good morning,
I got caught up on my housework and I did stay quiet yesterday; I'm feeling in a much better place. DH and I finally said our peace with each other. I'm not sure that it solved everything but we at least told each other how we felt.

I'm going to be gone this afternoon with a friend. We are going to see Chonda Pierce (she's a Christian comedian). I'm looking forward to the outing.

I made an effort yesterday to stay away from refined sugars and I can't believe how much better I feel today. I've got to remember this feeling when I'm tempted to fill my body with that sugar. I really am an addict to it. Once I start I can't stop. On the weekend my DH likes to make a big breakfast with french toast, or waffles, or pancakes. I asked him to only make me eggs and bacon so I wouldn't have the sugar to start my day off with. It really worked.


Sarah: Thanks for the understanding of the DH thing. It's so great to be able to be real here. Most of the time my DH and I get along great but then when things go bad they are bad and intense. You are right about the stronger comment. I can tell you that the older I get in life I feel like a much stronger person and I really like who I am now as a person as opposed to my 20's when I was a real people pleaser. I still am to a point but not like I used to be.

UPS: Those compliments do so much for us don't they? Just keep floating on that cloud and use it to have another loss this week. I know you will!

Have a great day!
Susie

Susie, so glad you managed to get some things out in the open with DH. I always used to keep things bottled up yet with DH I've always been able to be pretty open. The older I get the more I know I can tell him what's bothering me and it really does help me too. It's hard to tell the person you love most in the world that they are...a lazy bugger/that they take you for granted/that they smell/that they don't cook enough or whatever your gripe may be cos you know it may hurt them, but I've found that it works! I would never have done that in my 20's.

I had a good ole phone conversation with a friend of mine in California last night for the first time in ages. We met thru a PCOS forum and she can't get on the computer as much anymore as she has problems with her elbow that she is having surgery on in 2 weeks. I was telling her about this site and this thread in particular. It's weird, I've made lots of friends on various PCOS forums cos we all share a common syndrome but most of the women just want to get pregnant. That was never my goal. Mine was to educate myself about PCOS and what I could do to help myself and I somewhat gained that knowledge but it always came back to these women taking fertility drugs and bonking at certain times of the month and how their periods were etc etc and I felt like I really didn't fit in. Staci (the friend in Ca) on the other hand is in the same situation as me, in her 40's and given up on the idea of ever having a child so we have the same goal. On this thread, and site, we all have the same goal, to lose weight and be healthier. Even tho we are all using different methods we are all striving for the same thing. Don't get me wrong, I have made some wonderful friends on the PCOS forums, but I talk to them on msn or yahoo or on the phone where we DON'T talk about fertility etc.

The support I feel on this thread alone spurs me on to get to my goal. I thank all you lovely ladies for that! I have realised where I made my mistakes before with low carbing (it was boring) and I really didn't have any support (cept for family who couldn't really give me advice just encouragement) but here, well you all know the story...lol

To quote my fave singer, Jon Bon Jovi, Thank you, for loving me...I love you all!

Sarah

Well I am on track!!! For the first time in a long time!!!! Been eating healthy and even better, two days to the Y!!! Walked 2 1/2 miles and did some weights Sat., and swam 1/2 mile today!

I changed my ticker to a smaller mini goal.....I think I need something more easily attainable to I can see the end.

Susie...your comment about staying away form refined sugars is true! I also fine that eating a protein in the morning helps me stay satisfied!

Well off for another week.....keep on keeping on everyone!
Lilybutt

HI Ladies. I have not been a great cyber friend lately.
I took a week off babysitting for March Break. my kids went to my folks for 3 days. I did a lot of spring cleaning and Avon work. Getting my focus back.

DS off to school!!! Without a conflict!!!!! Yeah!!!!!!!!!

Today I will make Avon follow up calls and work on Laundry.I am wearing PJ's because there is nothing else.
All my PJ bottoms are FUN for at home kids stuff.These ones have pink kittens on clouds!
I would be embarrassed to wear them out tho. Must wash jeans.

It is bitter cold here but extremely sunny!!!

I am happy. I signed a new rep to My Avon team yesterday. I have cleaned bags and bags of kid's stuff out of our house.
I am very worried about our income but have a plan.
Our sitter downloaded PETZ 5 from her disk onto our computer.It is a virtual pet world. it is FABULOUS!! My kids are loving it. I highly reccomend it.
Hubby is back to fulltime work. Hockey is done.

HUGS!!!!

Hello Ladies - just a quick update as I need to get back to work after reading all the stuff I missed! So sorry if I don't do a personal for you! I left my eating journal at home over the weekend on purpose. My goal was to stop eating when I was satisfied and make good choices. I tried, but I did eat way too much at times...my plan is to follow my points this week and go on as usual, and I bumped my cardio up 5 minutes to 60 minutes this morning, and will try for the rest of the week. There's no reason why I can't continue to lose at weigh in on Saturday.

Susie & Jiggly:
Great jobs!!! Hooray!!!

Susie:
My DH and I are doing our own things when it comes to food and exercise and I wish we could be together in this...but I know that once he starts seeing how well this is going, perhaps he'll join me. Every week he says he'll go to the gym with me, but I can't nag him - he has to do this on his own!!! But I really wish it wasn't so hard when we make meals and stuff. I usually do have dinner for us, but I typically lay off the carbs as much as possible at night.

Charlie:
Sometimes I feel like I'm constantly eating on WW. I never miss breakfast, lunch and dinner, and I have granola bars and things in between meals. So I'm never hungry, but never overly full. Those points are there for you to use, so use them! :) If you want to use the 35 extra points, do that too.

Holly:
Does Avon still carry the circle of friends bracelets and necklaces?

Girlie

oh, I forgot to update my sig- I'll do it now. I weighed in on Friday during lunch and was down 1.8 pounds. I'm getting closer to 10 lbs down!

for the losers, :cb:
I'm a LOSER, and not in the good way as I'm up this week, sucks!!!!
1 lb up.
I'll have to make an effort I guess :o

Girlie: I'm so happy for you for losing. Keep it up you are doing great.
DewCan: You can do this..make the effort, you are worth it.

I'm sitting on hold with DHL at work, so I thought I might as well use my time for something I want to do.

Today is the first day of spring. I think for those of us that have been having trouble staying on plan it's a new start don't you? I'm setting a goal of 1 lb loss each week from now to Memorial Day. Any one want to join me in that?
This morning I put on one of my new 18/20 shirts and it was tight. NOT the way I want things to go, but I know it was enough to make me really take notice of all those little ice cream cones I might have each week and such. They have added up.

Time to get serious.

hi all! I have been MIA a little too! I am down a pound since last week!! Things have been slow here DH is sick, so I had to go it alone at the gym, but things went well. The kiddies are really trying to be good so thay can go swimming again on Friday. Ate pretty well, but I think I had too much for dinner, had to finish some left overs, and I didn't want anything going bad.

I bought a new puzzle, and I have had a little bit of a hard time! It took me an hour and a half last night just to get the edges mostly done. I had to go back through the pieces today because I waws missing some edges, anc I couldn't fit the edge together, THe girls "helped" me put all the pieces face up on the cardboard. I will work on it a little tonight, just because if this takes me too long I am going to have to put it away before I finish. It is hard to keep the kids off of it, and I have nowhere else to put it. Well, We will see how long this takes!!

Have a great week everyone!!!

well i offically did the ww and stuck to it today,yippie!!!
i am happy.but tommorrow is my birthday so its going to be impossible to stick to my points.

((( :hug: ))) all around! great job to all those who have lost! Keep going to all those who didnt :D

Happy Birthday charliekay, :hb: hope this year would be filled with losses (weight losses that is :cheer: )

My new goal runs for two weeks (till end of March) hoping to loose close to 2 lbs and completing 540 min of exercise. must stay focused :yoga:

Keep it up ladies ... we're almost there.. :snail: ... almost :D

jiggly- thank you so much,i appreciate it.

:hb: Happy Birthday Charliekay! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Sarah

Been MIA lately. Sheesh, can't seem to stick to anything.

It snowed here last night and this morning. Took me 2hrs 15 mins to do my normal 45 min commute to work. Was mentally exhausted, neck hurt from the strain. Didn't realize how tense I was till I got here. The good news is the snow has melted off the roads already, and supposed to be in the 40s tomorrow.

Got free tickets from work to the Pacers game on Sunday afternoon. Don't really care about the game, but my single gf and I are going, what a better place to meet men, than a basketball game. haha

WW at work begins March 31st. The meetings will be on Fridays at noon. What a good day for a WI. Hopefully there will be enough people around me for support that I will stick with it.

Hello to the newbies, welcome to a great place.

Chat later.

(((Hugs)))

Annie

Charlie -
Don't go off program today just because of your birthday. I know, easier said than done. But whatever you want, eat it, write it down, count the points for it. You'll probably see that A) you probably won't do as badly as you think, and B)you will realize you can eat anything you want on Weight Watchers. You just have to journal it all. If you are following the current plan, you know that you have your daily point target - but you also have 35 flex points that you can use any way you want. So if you wanted to use your 30 points plus ALL 35 in one day, you certainly can, that's what they are there for. Just FYI. I still hope you have a GREAT day!

I admit, I don't feel like I'm doing the best I can this fourth week of WW. But whatever I eat, I'm counting the points and doing my best to stay within my ranges. I slept in this morning but I'm going to the gym tonite - and the good thing about that is I don't have a time limit like I do in the mornings. In the mornings, I can't do much more than 60 minutes before I have to get in the shower, but tonite, I can do whatever I want. I may try out the treadmill tonite.

Talk to you all later! Have a great day!

girlie-thanks you made me feel soo much better,how would i count the points for alcohol drinks??? i plan on having two or three long island teas :)

I found this website with acholic (sp?) drink points:

Drink Points

Happy Birthday Charlie!!!!

Susie, I'm with you on the 1 a week. OK when's Memorial day?

You can do it Jiggly :cb:

Ellen, I love puzzling too. So does my 2 year old , woohoo

Annie, that drive must have sucked seriously!!
we haven't gotten that much snow this year :(

You can do it Girlie! :)
I think I might have to go on WW too, since there's a few of you here.

Hi Shari, like the glitters

Hello my friends,
Sorry I've been mia for a few days. I have been getting up at 5 and doing my
watp dvd, but I have had trouble getting here. I really hope I start doing better. I haven't done too bad on food.
I have to run I have to go get ds from work. His truck is acting up.
Later :grouphug:

Thanks hun! :D

jasonslea-thanks sooo much for the drink site,i appreciate it.its helpful.

Happy belated birthday Charlie!! I hope you had a great time!!

I was feeling so down yesterday, but I am better today. I did so badly with food, but I am going to the gym this afternoon. One bad day is not going to derail me. I have to run, laundry day!

ellen-thanks so much,i appreciate it.

Hi everyone,
I'm 22 years old with 2 boys and a husband of almost 8 yrs. I weighed 135 when we met. i gained 40 pounds that stuck with my first one plus and extra 15 in between the boys so that put at 190 then i got preganant and weighed 217 after my second boy. Breast feeding plus walking knocked me down to 192. But you cant breast feed for ever. I went back to work and didnt have time to walk so ive gained 18 pounds since sept.
I'm 208 so I have 09 pounds to loose to hit 199. but i want to do it before may 1st so im going to make my goal for april 13th thats 09 pounds in 2weeks.

hi yalondah, welcome, I have two young boys as well, one is crying right now so I should attend to him. My weight stury is very simlilar to yours, wven the numbers. Hmmm...you must have married very young. It'll be great ot be under 200.

Welcome Yalondah!

You'll find great support here! Lots of encouragement and a place to scream if you need to!

9lbs in 2 weeks might be an unreachable goal, do you think you should make it at least 3. Yes you will have the first weeks spurt but you need to take it slowly, the slower you lose the less likely you are to put it back on again hon. After all, you say you want to lose the 9lbs by May 1st...you got plenty of time! We all lose an average of 0.5-1.5lbs a week. Ok, we're not in our first weeks, some of the girls have lost huge amounts of weight already.

What is your eating plan going to be? Any particular plan?

and I gotta ask this...please don't be offended...you got married at 14?

Sarah