Happy Thursday,

Did great on exercise and food yesterday! WOW, one day in a row, one day at a time. Gonna keep it up today.

Sarah - ouchie-hope you are feeling better with that tooth, and back from zombie land.

Supersized - Great job on the loss. Rock on.

DS has hand surgery tomorrow, he is getting a little anxious about it. He hates needles, much less the surgery part. God love him.

DD is making me crazy with worry. She is 20, do I just let go and let her mess her life up. She doesn't seem to listen to anything.

Better get busy with work, since I am out tomorrow with son.

Have a great day, everyone.

((((HUGS))))
Annie

Annie~ being a young adult who messed up her life and made lots of crummy choices I recommend that you do what ever it takes so that she knows she is LOVED, IMPORTANT to you, VALUED, no matter what she does, that she has a safe haven in your heart and arms..............this is something I know for sure will matter to her and can change her life for the better in the long run. wish someone had given a rats *** about me at that age.In hindsight knowing I was loved would have made a big difference in getting thru the crap even if I did choose the wrong stuff. Dont give up or stop trying.

Fell asleep by 11:30, woke at 6:30.
I am so annoyed. Trying not to be upset and let it ruin my day but the construction is well on it’s way right in front of my house. 6:30 am...c’mon!!!! They went til 8:30 last night. 14 hours of noise, beeping and banging. AND they are using our driveway as a parking lot. 2 trucks wide, 2 deep and we cant get in or out and neither can my day care parents. I just called the township and asked for the trucks to be moved.I was sarcastic about not knowing our driveway was a public parkng lot. It made me giggle. Trying to find the humour in it. SO I am being forced to pay $15,000.00 I dont have to have me life completley disprupted for sewer service I am not allowed to use. WHATEVER!!!
Daily vent done.

DS has the dentist at 12:30. That is my excitement for today. Just 4 kids for the morning. 5 big kids in school.

Coffee is good, cheers.

I made oatmeal muffin yesterday that are good. I will use apple sauce instead of oil next time to cut the fat.

HUGS!!!

Holly~wow, I would try talking to the construction supervisor, explain that you work from home and that the parents need to get in and out of your driveway. Good luck!!

Great job to everyone else!!!

THings are good here DH and I made it to the gym Monday and Wednesday this week. I am aiming for a quick trip this afternoon, then again on friday with DH. Food has been good. I had a taste for hot dogs yesterday, so I treated myself, but I only had one. Dh and I split a soda and fries. THen we hit the batting cages behind the restaurant, and I took one round in the softball cage. I think I did pretty well, even though I was wearing Filp flops (sandals). Next time I will have to wear my gym shoes, just so I could get a better stance. HAve a great day all!!!

Hello,

Had a decent food day yesterday. 60 minutes on the elliptical (4.3 mi). DH went with me again. Coughing allergy-type thing has begun so I took a Benadryl before bed and it knocked me out. I slept the 6 hours straight through. Gonna try to get to the gym earlier tonite so I can get at least 7 hours.

Have any of you tried Kashi Crunch cereal? I tried Kashi Good Friends cereal but it tasted like dirt...but this Crunch is great! I had some for breaky with strawberries and Lite vanilla soymik. MMMM.

Lunch is a corned beef/spinach wrap with horseradish and fruit. And a granola bar.

I have trouble with dinner. I always want to eat something heavy at dinner. But I know I'll be exercising later in the night, and anything very heavy will make exercise harder and uncomfortable, especially if what I eat is acidic. So that keeps me on track. Last night I chopped up some freshly sliced corned beef from the deli with egg beaters and mushrooms. It was very good! Tonite I don't have much in the fridge. I may just do a frozen dinner and add some fresh veggies.

I just thought about this - I log just about five hours of cardio a week. That's 20 hours a month, 1200 minutes. Weird. Sounds like a lot!

I hope you all are well.

PS - At my WW meeting, we made Memorial Day goals. We wrote them on postcards that they will mail to our homes to arrive by Memorial Day. I don't usually make goals, but I wanted to do this one. I would like to have reached my 10% by then. I want to receive that postcard in the mail and smile becuse I know I reached my goal. How cool would that be? That is 7 full weeks - eight weigh-ins to go to lose 15 pounds. 1.9 pounds per week average.

Girlie

:) :) :carrot:

Later Friends

OMG I love Go Lean Crunch! It's great! :D

Congrats Jiggly! So what were you doing?

Hey friends,
I'm tired. a good tired. We spent the day at the track. We went to the Bush race today. Lot's of walking and climbing...WOO HOO. I did great snacking at the track. We carried some ff pringles, a pack of 100 cal cookies. a couple bottles of water and diet coke.

Chicky: :welcome3: Glad to have you here,

Jiggly: :cp: WOO HOO!!! GREAT JOB.You should be very proud, :hug:

Later :grouphug:

Can I join the race to 199? Right now I'm at 218 and I started at 234. I'm hopeful I'll keep going down but I know how it goes. Sometimes success is my enemy for some weird reason. I don't want to fail again. I hope that being in a group will help. So, can I join?

Hello,
It was a busy week ladies and a nerve racking one at the least. I am happy to say I had a 1.80 lb loss at the scales. I am very happy about it. But you know what I have overeaten ever since! What is wrong with me that I keep doing this to myself. I am really unhappy being over 250 again. I mean, a little over a year ago I was at 239 and I was so excited...I've let it creep back on me.

No more!!!! I ate so much today that I can't breathe while I'm sitting here. The next 6 weeks I'm going to be pretty strict with myself. I need to get off the sugar and get back into filling my body with food that has nutrious value..not just filling. I looked at my face, hair, eyes and skin and I need to eat that way not just for weight loss but to look healthy and pretty again.

I'm setting a goal of 240 by ARD day--June 17. That's 1.50 lb a week. I WILL do this!!

Cayzee: Welcome to the board! Excited about you being here!

Jiggly: Wow! What a great feeling huh? I'm very happy for you!

Jiggly ~ WHOOOHOOOO!!! Congrats honey!

Hello ladies!

I am finally back in the land of the living and feeling wonderful! Something weird happened! I decided to weigh myself yesterday - I normally only weigh once a week so that I don't get disappointed by daily fluctuations and I had lost 4lbs! How the @#$* is that possible? Since Wednesday?!?!?!?!? Delayed reaction from last week? I got on that scale 3 times to check and it was the same - no doubt it is a fluke and at my official weigh in on Wednesday I will have lost nothing! lmao or it was cos I was 'sick' even tho I wasn't exactly sick I was just in zombieland... I am not going to change my ticker just yet...

Congrats Jiggly! Keep going sweetie!

Welcome, welcome, welcome Cayzee!!! Well done on the loss so far!

Well done on the exercise Girlie! That's amazing! I need to take a leaf out of your book!

Debbie - aren't you so glad you took snacks with you? That's what we plan to do when we go anywhere now - saves time standing in all those tempting lines too - "I"ll just have a [insert healthy option here]" and you end up smelling all those burgers and hotdogs and it's just too much to bear!

Yay Susie on your loss! I know how you feel, I was 207 a couple of years back and let stress get the better of me - I didn't eat more I just ate wrong! Went off my meds, slathered myself in sugary stuff and went into the depressing spiral...SHALL NOT MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN!

I discovered something last night. DH and I had had a busy day and he really wanted something quick. Was going to get a nice healthy subway sandwich but they decided they weren't delivering last night and as we were both covered in dirt from digging out the old pool we didn't want to go far or take showers first. We went to Burger King drive thru (which I don't like anyway so was ok) I did get a strawberry shake as I hadn't had one in goodness knows how long and I got a baked potato and some chilli from Wendys instead.

Well the potato went in the dogs - I told dh it wasn't cooked well enough - 'put it in the microwave for a few seconds' he advised - but I think my body was telling me to ditch it, I only ever eat a bit of the chilli anyway, ate less than usual - that went in the fridge - and I couldn't drink the shake! OMG what is happening to me! lol It tasted to sweet and chemically. I made dh try it and he agreed on the chemical part (he's been not eating sugar either so...)
I shall no longer be wanting fast food shakes. Not that I really did anyway as I don't actually like McD's or Burger King etc. It's just a wonderful feeling that fast food won't be in my future (barring a visit back to the UK when I shall have to have fish n chips and a kebab! lol)

I'm feeling really good today! I hope it rubs off on all of you lovely ladies!

Ok, gonna stop rambling now....

Sarah

Hi all. Thanks for the warm welcome.
Hippy, I know what you mean about stopping for fast food. My husband and I are both changing our lifestyles (not dieting!) because we have to. Anyway, I've been avoiding going out to eat because it's too tempting. But I've discovered there are many choices. Last week we ate a chicken caesar salad at McDonalds with half th dressing. Then we had dinner at Applebee's. He had grilled shrimp and I had baked tilapia with steamed veggies. Today we went out to TGI Fridays and I had grilled shrimp with veggies. Yes, it was hard to flip thru the whole menu with all the pics of formerly loved foods that tried to kill me but I got to the end and made the choice to eat what's good for me. I feel so good the last couple of weeks because I'm making new right choices. let's keep on keepin' on!

I started the day off right by writing down my food and looking up the points. I still have lunch stats to record and I'll do that here shortly.

I wanted to go for a walk today but I've been working on TOPS things and I'm going to run out of time before I have to go to a church program this evening. I feel like I should have made it a priority but I know me and when I have things looming over me I feel overwhelmed and that feeling leads to overeating, so I'm working on what I must get done.

I am determined that I will have a loss this week. It's very important to me. I want to gain my self-estem back and feel in control.

I'm going to go and relax with my book for half and hour and then get up and get ready to go to the program.

See you all tomorrow.
Susie

Life has been a bit of a nightmare but there is a peaceful glow at the moment. Just has some lovely shrimp and salad for supper and I think i am down 1 lb.

This is long but i will share. I have sent this to 2 local papers and my member of Parlimant and my municipality.

April 6 2006

Reality Check

I am wondering if the developers and politicians know or care about the human and real aspect of their choices and decisions.

Just in case they haven’t given it much thought I will share my thoughts on the sewer system being installed past our home on Petty Street.

Three weeks ago we woke to sound of chain saws. Beautiful and majestic maple trees were being stripped of their branches. My five year old daughter asked, "Mommy, why are the trees all naked?"

My 7 year old son asked about the one crimson maple that was our harbinger of Fall that turns a brilliant red every year two weeks before any other trees in the area. Gone.

Last week I needed to pull out of my driveway to pick up my son from school for a dentist appointment. Ten minutes before leaving I went and asked a fella to move his truck, that had been blocking our driveway for the entire day, to move it, telling him I would be leaving in ten minutes. He did so quite willingly. In ten minutes time when I went back out to leave, the truck was back across our driveway again with noone in sight. I drove out across our grass to get to the road.

I have a home daycare. The parents have been unable to turn onto our road or into our driveway for long periods of time, most mornings, for a few weeks now. Even when they leave home early to allow for the construction they are getting to work late. The school bus has been late many times.

For the last two days I have woken to sound of engines roaring, the incessant beep, beep, beep of trucks backing up and buckets crashing on the ground at 6:30 am. I have listened to this continually until 8:30pm at night. Yesterday, there were four pickup trucks parked up our driveway completely blocking it so noone could get in or out. People were afraid to park on the road because of all the huge equipment moving around, fearing for themselves, their children and their vehicles.

When I wake up at 6:30 am, I need to keep all my curtains pulled shut because there are half a dozen strange men all over our front yard. I sit and try to enjoy my first coffee of the day to the tune of beep, beep, beep.... crash.

It is not safe for our children to be outside without serious and extremely vigilant supervision.

On a much deeper and personal level these sewers are affecting our family values.

The more disheartening aspect of all of this is the long term impact on our lives. There has not been clear and specific information provided to us about just how much this is costing us. The proposals and estimates that were sent out stated that each household will be paying $15,000.00.

To break it down, we are looking at finding an extra $125.00 a month, for the next ten years, if this estimate was accurate. Along with the high rise in cost of fuel, hydro and healthy food our family values are being compromised. My husband has been working longer hours. This takes valuable one on one time away between him and our children. I have taken on a second home based job to still be here for our children but to also earn more income. I have begrudgingly stepped down as Sunday School Superintendent at our church to give that time to earning income. This position has been spiritually fulfilling for our entire family and also a service to the community we love. I have also declined helping out with Gala Days this year because I am afraid to give time to something other than my children and earning income.

We moved to this community based on many things but a big part of the reason was the type of close knit, caring, rural community it was, as well as being able to afford our home and it’s expenses. Six years later this is being threatened by circumstances beyond our control.

I have yet to speak to a single person, in the last three years, from Nairn, in regards to the sewer system, that is in favour of it, wants it or feels it is necessary and yet it is happening.

The developer and politicians have their pat answers and reasons for pushing it through and some may even be realistic. The bottom line is that it is hurting my family on several levels and I doubt we are the only ones facing these issues.

My husband and I work in trades that are the back bone of our society, we give back to our community of Nairn/Ailsa Craig every way we can, our children are the future of this community and their world and well being are being compromised.

My big questions are: Is the development of Nairn really worth hurting the emotional, spiritual, social and family values of the citizens who currently make their homes here?

Does anyone really care?

And for our next challenge as a community, will the people of North Middlesex really be able to have an impact on the proposed school closures in the area or will that just be pushed through too?

Sincerely,ME

Further Comments

April 7 2006

Today it is raining.The workers were out in front of our house at 7am. No one spoke to us. The entire end of our driveway is a 20 ft deep hole. They dumped a load of gravel across the part of our lawn that is on Municipal property but we still have to drive across our grass to get out. We have 1 ft deep tire ruts at the moment. I will be taking pictures. I have called the company and left a message.I have a home daycare and parents need to come and go for their children. They are getting stuck on our lawn.

Considering that it is Friday ,I am now concerned it will be left like this for the whole weekend.

I expect this to be remedied well and to our satisfaction.

Later:

I was contacted in person and by email to be reassured this would be taken care of and given phone numbers in case I was not satisfied.

April 8 2006

It did take 3 hours before anything was done with our "driveway" . Two hours after that the on site manager came by to apologize. It is still sloppy but manageable. I am not an unreasonable person. My concern at this point is that about two weeks ago when the pipe to access our property was installed there was a huge piece of machinery parked on the parking pad part of our driveway. It was tearing up the gravel and part of the lawn was heaved and it was spewing water and mud all over. I did ask the workers to be sure it was fixed up when they were done. Later I watched a man go over and pat the ground with a shovel. That was it. We had to rake and re-grade our driveway and the lawn is still heaved and caked in mud. We did not receive any written material or phone numbers until a week after this.

I would have appreciated being asked or notified that our parking pad was going to be used. Our house vibrated for several hours.

On Thursday several perennial plants I had around our 911 sign post were torn up. I know this is on municipal property but given the opportunity I would have dug them up and saved them in pots.

The access lane provided is adequate but not safe. There are two large pieces of machinery on either side. It is necessary to pull out onto the road to see oncoming traffic and then rev the engine to get out of the gravel.

We are definitely being inconvenienced in many ways by all of this. I personally feel very devalued and disrespected.

April 9 2006

I have now had time to thoroughly read the 4 page, full colour document that came in the mail on Friday from the Municipality. It is similar to the information in the website. We also have received a hand delivered document with contact info several weeks after the work had started ,the last week of March.

Interestingly, the "Project Background" does not include information about the housing developer who wants to develop the farms north and south of Nairn into subdivisions but cannot do so without a new waste management system.

I also understand from this document that because some of the133 households affected have not properly maintained their own septic systems and thus causing harm to the environment each of the households will be impacted and will pay a minimum of $15,000.00.

I also understand there were public info centres available. In 2003/04 when the sewer issue first came to my attention I was new to the area and home with toddlers. I did not know many people in the area and those I did know who had attended the public meetings came away thinking there was little an individual could do to change this going through. Frankly, I personally dropped the ball on this but have serious doubts as to what I could have done to change it.

The reality is, it is becoming a glaring reality.

For what it is worth, I am unaware of any environmental study being done on our property. We do regularly maintain our septic system and have documents to prove it.

I am also wondering whom to direct my children to with their disappointments over the next ten years?

Who will explain to our 5 and 7 year old children why Daddy is not at the dinner table each night like he has been every single day of their lives because he is working longer hours?

Who will console my teary eyed children that I send off to school on Friday mornings after telling them they cannot have pizza like their classmates because we do not have the money for it ?

Who will explain to my son why there is a good chance he will not be able to play hockey( his one true joy in life and ONLY extracurricular activity throughout the year) next year because we cannot afford it?

It is breaking my heart to have to deal with these let downs for my children.

We are humble folk, trying to live and humble and good life and provide for ourselves and children. Our wants and expectations are few.

$15,000.00 is a LOT of money.

Holly:
I thought of you yesteday - I was looking for seeds, and I found a package of Hollyhock :) I actually didn't know that was a flower, I thought you'd just made it up!

Jiggly:
Hooray for you!!! That's great!

I'm on the downside a bit...I weighed in yesterday - UP 2.6 pounds! How in the world does that happen! I did an hour of cardio every day this week. Food was okay. It's so disheartening. I am on my period, and I didn't feel that hollow feeling that I usually feel at weigh-in. My stomach felt heavy and bloated. And I had a lot of sodium on Friday, as we ordered Chinese at work for lunch and got shrimp and veggies. My leader even asked me if I'd had soy sauce the day before. She knows I've been doing well. Well, all I can do is keep going, eh?

This is just going to be a really long, hard, bittersweet journey...it feels so tough sometimes.

Girlie

Hey everyone,
I've had a very relaxing Sunday. I even took a 2 hr nap this aft. Now after 2 glasses of coffee. I'm UP...LOL
I've only ate once today. Bad I know. I never got around to b-fast then we went to the mexican resturant for lunch. I didn't do to badly. They make a chicken dish that has bell peppers onions and muchrooms. It's like a tex-mex stir fry. I only eat 1/2 of the rice and beans. It can't be that bad. I had a small piece of sf chocolate cake, and a hand full of grapes.
I went for a short brisk walk. I hope to go to curves in the am. I do so much better in the morning.

Girlie: Yes, it is a long hard journey, but we are all here for each other. :hug:
It is not impossible.

Holly: OMG... I'm so sorry for all the turmoil in your life...and yard. Keep on them and make them take care of the property damage they cause. They won't do anything about your inconvience, But they should fix as much of the damage as possible.

Cayzee: :welcome3: You are the right track...making great choices. Eating out is my biggest downfall.

Hippy: :cp: great job...:carrot:

Susie::hug:

Later :grouphug:

Hey everyone. I've been sick these last couple of days and I'm positive I've gained. :( *sigh* Oh well. I'm back on track tomorrow.

Feel better Shari.

Love to you Deb!!

Big kids launched. DD is resting, 3 little people playing cars.

I am having a sandwich. Turkey breast, FF cream cheese and baby spinach on whole wheat.Not really breakfast food but I have been up for 3 hours.

Today is day off from Avon. I always take the day after my order goes as an Avon free day!! It was HUGE order,yippee!!

Going up to 12C today. I will designate today as a yard work day. Good for the kidlets to be outside!!! I think I will expand the veggie garden while the ground is soft. We may NEED to eat form it as apposed to want to eat from it.

I can get early seeds in this weekend if DH gets it tilled.


HUGS!!!

Holly~Sorry to hear that you are having problems with the construction still. Hope it gets all cleared up soon. ((hugs))

Had a busy weekend~wait we ALWAYS have busy weekends! I wish I could just take a weekend off and sit and read, or just lay around. We did get a chance to go out, and that was fun. Went to a fundraiser for a friend's school, and saw two good comidians(SP?) Had a little too much beer, but it was all for a good cause. Have to get back to my housework.

Hugs to all the great ladies here!!!!

Doing well so far. Not overeating. When we got back from a church program last night I thought about having a couple of cookies but looked at my points and I was over by a bit. Decided to not make it any worse. That's a small victory because there have been times when I would have thought, "Oh well, it's already messed up just blow it and start over tomorrow". That is not the thinking of the new me!

We had to dress up at work today for our pictures and I feel so pretty and coportate in my suit. I wore my bodyshaper under it and I look so trim. It's sort of a preview for me. It's hard to imagine what I will look like with so much weight gone so this helps to visualize and I think that is important.

I got a lot done around the house this morning and when things are orderly, I stay on track so much easier. I know it can't always be that way and I need to learn to overcome it but also it's a tool. If I feel out of control then I know what will get me back in.

This is such a great place of support. Thanks to all of you! :hug:

Just checking in on my fav chickies :D Welcome to all newbies :hug:
We had a fire drill practice at work today, 12 flights of stairs in heels ...phew!!
Done some Tae bo yesterday, I'm starting to notice a difference, the first time I did it I hardly was able to complete each set. Now its getting alot easier. My TOM this week, don't expect a big loss on Sat. :)

i would love to join u guys my mini goal is to get down to 199 aka onederland
i think im mostly losing water weight from the pregnancy right now but as long as im losing i dont care

Hi Everyone..

Welcome to the journey Cayzee & Miafluker. Great place for support.

Jiggly - WTG, great job on the loss.

Susie - I am with you all the way on the weight loss journey, you must of read my mind.

Sarah - Great job listening to your body about the food from BK. Mind over matter.

Holly - Great piece of writing about the sewer project. Hope they take a listen to what you have to say.

Just cannot seem to focus and entire day on the WW gig. I do good till evening. I must get a grip, I will get a grip on this weightloss project.

Son is recovering great. He goes tomorrow to get his cast off and stitches out. He will then be in a half cast, that is removeable for shower time, for 3 or 4 weeks.

Took DS last night to rent his tux for the prom. Holy smokes. Right at 100. bucks, and that was from the BUDGET section of the rental book. He originally picked another tux, but when they showed us the prices, that was nixed. The one he wanted was around 200. bucks. Prom is April 29. Then there is dinner, the flowers, gas for the car. Holy crap. He is only a junior, so we will be doing this again next year. Thank God I only had two children. LOL

Here's to better results in the weight department.
CHEERS!!

Have a great Tuesday!

(((HUGS)))

Annie

Good morning,
We are having such pretty weather in Ohio, it's hard not to feel renewed full of energy!

DH and I took a 45 min brisk walk last night in the neighborhood instead of going to the Y. It was nice to have the change of pace. I then came home and did some push ups for toning and some pilates too. Not a power workout but I felt great afterwards!

I'm doing well on my food and keeping my journal caught up. I really want another loss at the scales on Thursday. It's been so long since I've had a loss for 2 weeks in a row!

Welcome to Mia!

Annie:So you are having trouble in the evenings? That's a hard time for me too. Is it because you aren't as busy? Are you nuturing yourself in the evenings with food because you have been so busy all day long and not given yourself attention? I know these are things I've identified with my problems in the evenings. Try and find the source then you can fix it. You are doing great. Keep it up!

Jiggly:12 flights of stairs! Think how amazing your calves and butt will look if you do them everyday! :D

I must get busy with work. Have a great day!

This is a really quick post but I had a thought! Evenings!!!!!!

I'm not a 'oh all the housework has to be done' to sit and relax, I don't have kids to see to and I don't watch TV much - Monday night is about it when I watch The Apprentice but I find that a good yak on an instant messenger with mates is great for keeping me out of the nibbles! I belong to a PCOS Support forum and have made some great friends on there over the years, some I have been chatting to for 5 years or so.

SO...if any of you need a distraction from the kitchen and the cookie jar, don't feel like watching TV etc etc jump on MSN Messenger and find me.

Just click on the MSN link under my avatar there, and Bob's your uncle!

If you don't have MSN, I have yahoo and aim too, I just don't always have them on, MSN is on most of the day so...

If ya fancy a good ole yak with a Brit who spells funny and says weird things that Americans don't always understand...come join me!

I am on Eastern Time BTW...

Sarah

Hi everybody and welcome Miafluker. I joined recently and I'm getting closer to the "onederland" as you called it. I love it! I lost 5 lbs this week. Yippee! I'm actually hopeful that this weight loss is gonna happen all the way down to my goal. This is a terrific feeling because I've failed so many other times. So many good things happening too. My back is hurting a LOT less, and I've been able to give up some of the meds I was on. Imagine! All this from eating right and exercising. So...199, here I come!

Well done cayzee!

Idol was FAB!!!! It was Queen. The old rocker in my had a blast.
Bucky went first and sang Fat bottomed girls. Top 5 fav song of my life!!
Taylor gave me goose bumps. my picks are Taylor, Bucky, Katherine,Elliott.

Kids and DH are sleeping, he got home at 6:30 pm, 12 hour day, ate supper, took a long bath and went to sleep. Poor guy.

I am feeling peaceful and relaxed!!

Gonna watch Gilmore Girls at 10 and cuddle wiht the kittes and maybe a rodent!

See ya!

Congrats Cayzee!

Was able to weigh in today (usually weigh in on Mondays but I had to work but I was off today). Tummy was feeling queasy cause I was so certain that I gained, got on that scale, and watched it weigh me in at 242 1/2! Which means that I've lost 4 1/2 pounds this week, 9 1/2 total, and 1/2 lb away from meeting my Easter goal! And Easter is five days away! YAY! :carrot:

congrats on your weight loss

Hi my name is AMureen and i would like to join your group. I'm 34 and 222 or 220 depending on when I step on the scales:goodscale I would really like to be down to 200 by June 1st as that is my 10 year wedding aniversary(SP?) I live and work in denver Co. I hope to make some friends. Anyone out there a vegitarian?:carrot:

G

Welcome AMureen! I'm not a vegitarian but I do believe there is a special forum on here for vegitarians. :)

Good Morning!!

Warm here but rain and thunderstorms all day. Thank goodness I had ALL the kids yesterday. Can you imagine 9 kids cooped up in the house for 10 hours?? YIKES. Big kids in school, 3 little people here.

I have caught spring fever. I am feeling hopeful and renewed. Getting my hands in the dirt the last 2 days was exactly whay my heart needed. Didn’t realize I had been a shack wacky. My daffodils are about to burst open. I have day lilies, daisies, irises,mint, sage,lemon balm, rhubard,bleeding hearts,peonies and breaking thru the earth!!!!!

DS made some hurdles last night and was running full tilt and leaping over them, clearing at least 3 feet in the air. I will be asking his teacher what grade they start track and field in. He is a good athlete in all sports that he tries.
He is so little, only 40 lbs, but soooo stong, he is a solid muscle and like spring ready to be sprung at any moment.

My friend is designing an ad for me for the magazine. It is a couple hundred bucks. I am hoping It will return 10 fold. It is very inexpensive comparatively. I can run an ad for 6 issues.They come out every 2 months.

I am feeling inspired!!!!

I have my desserts for Easter planned. Need to build a veggie tray to take to SIL’s on Sat.
I found these mini crunchy dill pickles!!! Yum!!

No plans for today yet. Need to think on that.

I have two baskets of wash to fold. I guess that’s a start. Maybe shovel all the mud out of the back hall!!!

Have a rockin day !!!

I am making a layered Jello for Easter desserts. You can chose your colours/flavours for any season or event.

When mixing the jello use 1/2 the amount of water in the instructions. Divide this in 1/2 and stir 2 tbsp into one of the halves of mix.
Pour the clear jello into a glass pan.Let set. Follow with 2nd layer and let set, continue with other flavours until the pan is full. It is beautiful.Cut into squares and serve.
OR~ use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes. For Easter I am doing bunnies with purple, pink, yellow and green jello.
For Valetines day I used red and pink jello and used heart cutters.

Eating the scraps is fun too!

Good morning ladies!

Well official weigh in today and I was 3.5lbs lighter! So maybe Saturday wasn't a fluke as such but I knew it might not be true! Glad I waited as I know for sure now and didn't change my ticker to be disappointed (even tho it was only .5lb we're talking about here and my ticker doesn't do halves lol!)

I've started drinking more water after reading a post on here. It's one of those things I knew I should do but I am not a water drinker as such. I don't drink cold drinks at all really, which is kinda weird now I think about it! I am managing between 36-54oz a day at the moment, which I will build up slowly but surely.

Welcome AMureen! Glad to have you aboard!

Easter is going to be quiet here. Just me, dh and his 2 brothers and possibly my niece. Dh's kids will be at church stuff as they have a sunrise service on the beach and a big breakfast back at the church and their mother never lets them eat a holiday meal here cos she's a selfish #$%^&! The kids begged to be allowed to stay here last Christmas Eve so they could open their presents here for once on Christmas morning and we only got an hour with them with rushed ripping open of presents as she had early plans. Still it was better than the usual when they would get here at 10pm and be falling asleep trying to open presents. Ah the trials and tribulations of being a stepmother!

I might try the layered jello (sugar free of course!) as my Easter dessert. I already have plans to have one cadbury's cream egg after dinner. They are one of my downfalls. I would buy the packs of 4 and eat in one sitting, instead of a meal!. Last time I did that was 8 weeks ago last night, the night before I started eating healthy! So I think I deserve my Easter treat! As long as I load up on protein at dinner, hopefully I won't get a sugar crash! Hence the reason I am eating it AFTER dinner rather than before!

I might even be adventurous and make a sugar free trifle (parfait). I could make a wheat sponge cake (with splenda instead of sugar) for the bottom layer, make the custard also with splenda, sugar free jello, carb lite canned fruit and as cream is an 'allowed' food I can get away with that too! I will just make it smaller than the usual huge bowl I would normally make.

Goodness, I am babbling away here...

OK, I am off to change my ticker!

Love n hugs to all.

Sarah

Hello,
I am still doing well with the food. I have felt a little hungry but I've been able to drink some water and talk myself out of it. I really want a loss for 2 weeks in a row...then I'm going for 3!.

As I said I have been hungry and last night I was hungry at dinner time. DH had a doctor appointment and I went with him. We decided to eat at Bob Evans. I thought I should just have a salad but then I thought about the fact that I was hungry and I might overeat later because a salad wouldn't be enough. So I had an egg sandwich with a salad, and half of my frieds. DH and I split a dessert and I was very satisfied physically and emotionaly and I didn't feel like I stuffed myself. That must be what it feels like for typicially thin people everyday.

I will get to work out tonight. I'm looking forward to my walk and doing some weights.

I made an appointment to see if I am a candidate for Lasik eye surgery. It's time for me to get new contacts and glasses and I thought why should I spend money on that when maybe I can get the surgery. If I can't then I'll know what direction to go in. If I am, then I'll see how much it would cost me. I'll know on Monday.

That's about it from here. Feeling in a good place.

Welcome to AMureen: I am mostly a vegitarian.

Jiggly: I'm so happy about your loss!

Ok...got to run.
Susie

Hello everyone. Congrats to everyone with the losses! That's awesome!

The weather is lovely, and HOLLY, I wish I could hang out with you in your garden! You can teach me the ropes!

I'm doing better with my eating. I was very disappointed with my gain last Saturday. It's crazy how just some little number can do it to ya. DH and I did our hour of cardio at the gym last night and I'm very much on track.

I'm thinking about making a simple soup tonite. I have a couple cartons of low sodium,free-range chicken broth and some barley...I'm thinking maybe fresh mushrooms, chinese cabbage and shrimp. Anyone have any ideas of what to put in it?

Have a wonderful day.

Girlie

Welcome Maureen. It's good to have you here and a big WAY TO GO for HippyHippo! It's great to be a loser, huh?
I just had to tell you all that I've had another milestone (literally) in my weight loss journey. I walked 1.3 miles outside this morning! Now ya'll don't really know me but I couldn't walk 1/10 of a mile 1 month ago because of my back problem. I used a treadmill and hung on to the sides to take some pressure off. The weight lifting and weight loss have strengthened my back enought that I was able to walk outside, on the sidewalk, by myself. Sounds kinda little but it's huge to me. The payoff for sticking to it is getting better every day.