We are having hot, full of sunshine days. It feels like the start to Summer. In my mind it is.

I've been using my new journal everyday and I'm on track.
Just taking it easy today and I'm feeling relaxed. Going to the movies this afternoon to see The Posiden (I don't know if that is spelled correctly".

I am going to go for a walk this evening. I wanted to do that this morning but we had people over for a cookout last night and most stayed until 1:00 A.M.--I'm sure my neighbors loved us! lol

Jiggly: You are inching your way to 199..don't despire...you are getting there.

Holly: Congrats on the 3 lb loss.

See ya later!
Susie

Good morning ladies!

I have had such a lovely weekend. Saturday DH and I decide we need a new grill, so off I go to shower and get dressed and think to myself, bugger, all my shorts are too baggy and it had to be a shorts day as it was in the mid 80's. I decide to try to find some of my smaller shorts...found an 18/20 pair of bike shorts, pulled 'em on and WAHOOOOOOOOOOO they fitted perfectly! Wandering around KMart I see some bike shorts in the reg size dept and think ok 18/20 is an XL (XL? me?). I get home and try them on and they're loose!

I also bought loads of plants and got all those potted up, weeded the flowerbeds, caught a bit of colour so I'm not deathly white anymore, lobster red is a good description! Yesterday morning DH cooked me a fantastic high protein British brekkie of eggs, bacon, sausage and baked beans on the grill and we ate out on the deck.

It's so much easier to garden when you're lighter!

We finally met our 'new' neighbour (we're the new ones!) He has an inground pool, goes to 9ft deep. Said all I had to do was ask if I wanted to use it! (once he has it cleaned for the season, it's a tad green at the moment!) We had to dismantle the above ground pool we had (that was at the house when we moved in) as it was so nasty and there's no way we can afford one at the moment altho we did put a 15ft long blow up quick set type pool on layaway for coolling off splashes! Hopefully the neighbour won't mind if I do a few laps every morning when he is at work!

Life is good.

I'm not weighing till Friday this week as I have a doc's appt.

Holly, congrats on the 3lbs loss!
Jiggly, you can do it, just keep doing what you're doing!
Susie, well done on the journal, keep it up!

Love n hugs

Sarah

Today’s Deep Thought................

I am seriously questioning whether or not I am lazy. My reasons are 2 fold. 1) DS asked my last night at 8:30 pm while was laying on the bed watching Canadian Idol, “why are you always just laying around?”
We had a chat. I asked a bunch of questions...Am I laying down when I am up in the morning and making you breakfast and lunches and helping you get dressed and packing your back pack? Am I laying down when I am washing and folding your laundry?Am I laying down when i am clearing the bush to make paths for your bike?.....you get the picture. The root of the question came down to , he wants to be with me in the evenings more.Part of my issue is that there is always hockey on in the livngroom and DH is hard of hearing so it is LOUD and it is so messy. I go upstairs for quiet and to be alone and to get away from the mess.I have a table to do bookkeeping and Avon stuff.I dont ever just watch tv.Heaven forbid.

Part 2) I woke up this morning to dishes all over the livingroom table, empty cheesie bag on the floor, nail clippers on the floor, pen and paper on the floor and more.
I did the supper dishes last night and went to bed. I was feeling punky. We have air quality warnings. I have major allergies and I am extremely sensitive to the heat. I worked all day at Avon and housework and childcare( from 7am-9pm). i took the kids swimming. When is enough enough.How much more can I do???
Hubby worked outside for 10 hours in 34C/98F weather, came home and ate, showered and sat on the couch. Why isn’t DS asking him why he is always sitting around?
My dresser is piled high with mending etc, it really bothered my last night to see it. I was questioning whether I should have stayed up 2 more hours and cleaned and mended or gotten the rest I felt I needed.
Today I have 6 kids here all day. I have fed DS and 4 of them breaky already. Need to clean the kitchen. I still have about 10 orders to fill and book work to do plus entertaining and feeding all these kids.My day will be full. First i have to clean up all the crap left laying around from last night.
Why does hubby not care about our home enough to put stuff away? If I say it seems like he doesn’t care he goes balistic? He truly believes going to work is showing he cares.If he is home he cares. He is faithful= caring.......................
Boy, I must care A LOT because I do all those things and clean up after him and the kids all day long plus provide 1/2 the income we need to survive.

My other thoughts are do I run out of energy at the end of the day because i am fat and unfit? Could I do 2 or more hours of work each day if weighed 30 lbs less? I sleep 7 hours a night. I watch a soap in the aft while I fold laundry, make calls etc. I watch a hour of tv most nights and In read from 11-12 at night.That is not unreasonable in my estimation.
So how the heck is everything supposed to get done? I have tossed out most of the kids toys and tons of my own stuff. Hubby’s stuff is piled in boxes in his closet or shed.I follow a schedule. What am I missing????

Holly, first of all big hugs that one little comment got you feeling this way. I think I speak for all the girls here when I say that I find you to be one of the most amazing, organised woman I have come across.

You have your lists of stuff to do, you're always busy it seems, nothing seems to phaze you. I often marvel at your lists of things you plan to do in the course of the day. It wears me out just reading them sometimes!

I know I AM lazy. My laziness stems from the laziness of others around me. I try to tell myself I will not let their untidiness 'influence' me but it does. Sometimes I try the 'I will not clean up after anybody until the house looks like a s***heap' but of course it gets the better of me and I clean it all right up. DH is lazy, he leaves a trail of litter wherever he goes. Thankfully I only have to deal with kids mess every other weekend but I can't believe how untidy they can be in the space of a couple of hours. I am sure I was the same at that age tho... Our lodger has to be the most disgusting person I have ever come across - he gets threatened with death it gets so bad. Then there is the mess the pets leave, of course I can't expect them to be cleaning after themselves but a little help in picking something up the cat knocks down or running the swiffer around to get dog hair up would be so greatly appreciated.

Holly, you are truly an amazing housekeeper. You are a wife and mother and you work, WITH KIDS! which makes you a totally and utterly amazing woman!

Hold your head up high, you ARE NOT lazy. You're an inspiration. Kids say the darndest things but they are also the things that can hurt. I'm glad you talked to your DS the way you did. Kids don't get it. I remember one time my stepson (who has learning difficulties and is way behind his years mentally) said to me - "wow mom such and such really needs a dusting". I went ballistic on him and cursed the whole family for not helping me - DH said I should have just shoved a duster in his hand and told him to get on with it...which I should have...you learn...

Well, now I am rambling...

Chin up sweetie.

Sarah

((hugss) Holly! I think Sarah said it best. You are an amazing mom and wife. I can't even fantom doing the work that you do everyday. Take everything one day at a time.

Overcast and humid here. Only going up to 32c/94F today.

This morning has been a comedy of errors. All one can do is laugh.

My head is beyond full. My ear are clogged, my nose is running like a tap, post nasal drip is causing me to gag, I have the scoots....gotta love summer temps in Canada.
DS was at a friends til 8:45 last night. He woke up crusty and in search of the orange monster truck. Had a few melt downs and then took the green one. Someone else used DD’s swing. She melted down.
3 happy little people here right now, although one skidded across the gravel on his knee. Nothing a warm cloth and bandaid cant fix.

Stil need to focus on Avon . Will run DW.

HUGS!!!

Part 2 of yesterdays deep thought...
A good Friend asked me to answer some questions for myself...so here are my thoughts now.i AM interested in sharing and having feed back.

what do you do for self care? SOAK IN TUB, JOURNAL, POST ON FLYLADY, READ, WATCH A CHEESY MINDLESS SOAP, GIVE SELF PEDICURE, GO TO BOOK CLUB, GO TO SAC AND ANNE &TED HOUR, GARDEN, MEDITATE, GO TO CHURCH, DO YOGA, GET UP A ½ HOUR BEFORE KIDS TO BE ALONE WITH ME,

in what ways do you consider yourself lazy? I TAKE TIME FOR ME INSTEAD OF DOING ALL THE HOUSEWORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, I CHOOSE TO ENJOY LIFE RATHER THAN CLEAN, THINGS DONT ALL GET DONE EVERY DAY,

tell me about the time you spend alone with DS. -WE SIT AND CUDDLE EVERY MORNING FOR ABOUT 15MIN, WE SIT AND CUDDLE AND TALK EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL, WE READ TOGETHER EVERY EVENING FOR A 1/2 HOUR,I DO HOME WORK WITH HIM, I LAY IN BED WITH HIM AT NIGHT ABOUT 15 MIN AND WE TALK, WE ALL SIT DOWN AT SUPPER 7 DAYS A WEEK ,I TAKE TURNS TAKING THE KIDS TO RUN ERRANDS SO WE HAVE 1 ON 1, I HUG HIM ABOUT 500 TIMES A DAY AND TELL HIM I LOVE HIM ABOUT 1000,I STOP AND LISTEN WHEN EVER HE NEEDS TO TALK, I MASSAGE HIM AND DO HEALING TOUCH EVERY DAY

when you look at a typical week,

how much time to you give to the various balls you're juggling? -DAY CARE 10 HOURS A DAY, AVON-15-20 HOURS A WEEK, school council- 2 HOURS A WEEK, CHURCH 4 HOURS A WEEK, HOUSEWORK 2-3 HOURS A DAY, YARD WORK( I WISH MORE) 5 HOURS A WEEK, CARE GIVING FOR MY FAMILY -15 HOURS A DAY, CARE GIVING FOR GRANDMA-3-4 HOURS A WEEK, COOKING 3 HOURS A DAY, I DO ALL THE HOUSEWORK, LAUNDRY, GARBAGE,PETCARE, COOKING, FINANCES,BOOKKEEPING FOR 3 BUSINESSES, TAXES,GROCERY SHOPPING...............take DS to hockey practise and DD to dance/gym(fall, winter,spring),FARMERS MARKET-4 HOURS ON SAT.

what are the 'big rocks' for you? -MY KIDS, MY SELF, MY HOME, MY HUSBAND, AVON

how do you feel about that? FINE

what are you really happy with? I HAVE GREAT KIDS, I THINK I ROCK AT EVERYTHING I PUT MY MIND TO, I LOVE HOW I WORK THRU STUFF AND EVOLVE, I LOVE THE SUCCESS WITH MY BUSINESS,I ADORE MY HOME

what changes can you make to improve your happiness? HAVE A CLEAN TIDY HOME

what feeds you?SEEING MY KIDS FULFILLED,BEING WITH MY KIDS, GARDENING, SLEEPING, READING,

what do you need from Hubby? NOT MUCH- HIS PRESENCE, HIS INCOME, HIS FATHERING, A KIND VOICE.... HE IS A GROWN MAN, HE CAN MAKE THE CHOICES HE WANTS IN THIS LIFE, HE ALSO HAS TO DEAL DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE CHOICES

how is that reasonable/unreasonable? IT IS COMPLETELY REASONABLE

what do you expect from your kids? TO COMMUNICATE THEIR NEEDS/WANTS EFFECTIVELY, TO VALUE- LIFE, NATURE, THEIR HOME, THEIR PARENTS, TO BE LOVING, KIND CARING INDIVIDUALS, TO FULFILL THEIR DREAMS

what responsibilities do they have for the smooth running of the

household? TO PICK UP AFTER THEMSELVES

how are your 'minimum standards different from the rest of your

family's? I DON’T WANT GARBAGE AND DIRT ON THE FLOOR ALL THE TIME AND THEY DO

what's the minimum you can live with? I DO LIVE WITH THE MINIMUM

how might you go about getting your needs met? I TELL THEM (HUBBY AND KIDS) HOW I AM FEELING AND ASK THEM TO BRAINSTORM WAYS TO TAKE SOME OF THE LOAD OFF OF ME AND THEN FOLLOW THRU ON IT, IF THEY DON’T HELP EVERYTHING LEFT OUT GETs PUT IN A GARBAGE BAG- CLOTHES UNDIES, SCHOOL WORK AND ALL or THROW OUT STUFF THEY DON’T TREAT WITH RESPECT

Hi,
Well, you can do everything right sometimes and it still doesn't go the way it should. I had a small gain .60 lbs at the scales. I'm not sweating it this week. I feel that I stayed on track and sometimes it just takes a week or so to get my body going.

I'll continue this next week just like I did the previous week. I can tell you that I was very happy with myself and feeling good by doing so and that counts for something.

How is everyone else feeling?

I'm still in a good place lol. Went to doc's yesterday and BP is even lower and nice and normal. He reckons in 6 months I will be off the meds if I keep going the way I am going.

He was ecstatic about my weight loss - he says I have lost 47lbs since last summer - somehow I lost 16lbs between then and Feb when I started seriously eating right - I think it was mostly stress as MIL had just passed away and we were moving and decorating new house. I had lost 20lbs since I last saw him in March.

I am finally getting my hair dyed today after 7 months. I refuse to buy a bottle in the store as my hairdresser has worked so hard on getting my hair back in good condition. I am as grey as an old lady for about 4 inches of roots! It's been driving me nuts but I just didn't have the spare money to go spend $60 and get it done but as business has picked up a bit this past couple of weeks I reckon I am due a treat! I have coarse very curly hair and it gets very dried out and porous. Shawn (hairdresser) helped me grow out all the layers and treated me like a queen so that it now behaves itself and the curls are beautiful instead of a frizzy lump on my head! He's gonna kick my arse when I get there for not going but when you ain't got the money honey...

I also found out I can get into XL tops comfortably too! I've spent the past 2 days digging out my smaller t-shirts...my poor bedroom looks like a badly cared for fitting room...

It's pouring today...hopefully the mugginess will go away. We had cooked out on the grill last night and had the table all set up on the deck and a thunderstorm came in - talk about running back in the house with food! lol

Have a great weekend ladies!

Sarah

Sarah,

How exciting - I long to get back to XL. Maybe by the end of summer?


Ladies, I'm back, and back on track. I hate getting into these moods and falling off the wagon. But I get back on every time. I've gained a few pounds from what I had lost earlier in the year. I was nowhere near my Memorial Day goal, and that depressed me and I didn't want to face it. Last night was one of those epiphanies, and I got up at 5.30a, went to the gym and did 35 minutes on the elliptical, went to Weight Watchers to weigh in and sat through the meeting this time which was very good.

Then DH and I went on the bike trails and biked about 15 miles. The last two miles were tough. Our bike trails are nice - there are benches every so often, mile markers and every once in a while a picnic spot or observation deck. We stopped when we had about five miles to go and chatted, and then we'd started cooling off so starting back up was tough. The last two miles were very tough! We stopped with about a mile to go and drank water and had apples and that got us through. I hope to do it again next weekend - it was great spending a couple hours outdoors!

I am going to go back and read some posts. I am staying offline at work for productivity reasons, but I finally got DSL here at home this past week, so I can come on here in the evenings after work.

Thank you for allowing me back!

Girlie

Originally Posted by MyChoice2bfit:

So, there it was staring me in the face. However, I didn't get mad, I didn't want to cry, instead I wanted to get down and dirty and do this. I didn't have this excitement that I've been having when I think I'm going to "start over", no, instead I felt that I'm going to "start" and I feel calm.

Susie, I loved this post. I've been out of control for a month now and I feel the exact same way. That is all we can do, be rational and calm, and get back on track. Like they say, every day is a new day.

Girlie

Good Morning Everyone!!!!!!!

Been a while and had much reading of posts to catch up on. Everyone sounds great.

Holly - You are far from just laying around, I wish I had half of you motivation.

Just got back to work, was on vacation since 5/26, and in the Bahamas for a week of that time. The kids and I had the most fun ever. The best vacation I have ever been on. Both my kiddies were with me, my best friend went also. We swam, drank, beached, pooled, partied. Then came home and the best part, still happy as there was no mean hubby to greet us. (divorced, two years in July). I am still high on all of it. Even being at work.

This is the first day of my serious diet, as we got the pix developed from the vacation, and OMG, talk about horrified Susie....I AM the beached whale. What a shock into dieting.

Must get to work, have 157 emails with to do items. Nothing like the shock of reality of work.

(((HUGS))) to all, I missed you.

Annie

Hello ladies! The weekend kept me busy and offline. DH just left this morning for 2weeks. work has him at some class. I hope the kiddies survive w/o him for that long (and not drive me up a wall) Have to eat lunch, I am starving!

Later chicas!

A quick breeze through. My computer at home was infiltrated by some ugly bug. I am waiting for a techie friend to have some off the clock time to pop over. Life is less busy this week.I acheived presidents club with Avon and had highest sales over last years Campaign 13. I was asked to be in a national dvd and am writing my Avon"story". All this was tempered by another death in the family and a wicked intestinal bug and good all out arguement with hubby and the kids, LOL!!Suffice it to say that they are willingly helping around the house more*grin*.
The kids are reading quietly but my computer tme is up here right now. HUGS!!!

HEY!!!!!!!:carrot: Wake up chicks!!!!!!

At the library........have my Nerd coming soon I hope, the disc mailed out from my server has not come yet. arg. i need to place my avon order by Tues eve.Need to have something in place by then. I am feeling almost rested and relaxed.I am glad May is over. What a Looooong hectic month. Tomorrow we are having a yard sale and I will be at the market too.We will be up and at em around 6am. I could potentially earn around $600.00. Nice,eh. Church supper last nigh twas delish!! Hubby worked til after 7. I brought his home. Cant beat church lady pie!!!
All is good on the hubby front. He even started his own laundry last night. Didn't know how and I had to rescue him but I will print out instructions and tape them on the machine. :lol: Both kids had BIG fun field trips this week. Horseback riding and African Lion Safari.

I need to pick up lemonaide for the kids stand tomorrow too. And pick up litter to change the stinking( literally) cat litter.

Grass pollen is at a 9 count today. And every Friday afternoon everyone in the township cuts their grass. I am off for a nasal spray too. The pills alone aren't cutting it.

Love ya's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I quit WW today. Yup!, I logged on and clicked the cancellation button (I'm an online ww subscriber). No more WWing and counting points for me. I realized that it’s just not working. 11 pounds in 8 months.. That’s just crazy!
I'm going back to good ol' calorie counting, and low fat dieting.
My scales read 207.5 this morning but I'm not counting that. I'm on TOM just started last night so it must be water retention.
I've been doing so well on exercise and I won't let that get me down :)
I’m going to sit down this evening and work on the new diet I’m planning to follow. I need to set goal and reassess myself. Gonna look back on my old diet journals which will probably help in setting things straight.

Holly: congrats on making president club, yay for high sales!
Upswife: keep it up :hug:
Annie: welcome back!! And good luck with your diet :D
Girlie: Welcome back!!
Sarah: yay for low BP!

Everyone else, keep it up!! :hug:

Good morning ladies!

i've had a rather strange week eating wise and still managed to lose 2lbs! Monday I wasn't feeling too good, just a queasy tummy but only managed to eat a bowl of soup all day. Hubby asks what do I want for dinner, has to be something substantial (he nags! lol) Well the only thing I could think I fancied was big fat fries from the boardwalk! Come from when I was a kid and if was sick and would eat mum would get fries cos she knew we would eat them and have something to puke up if necessary! So, our friend that was here says he will run to the boardwalk and get the fries, hubby tells him to get pizza too and we'll have a mini Apprentice party (as a Brit was in the final) So I tell him to get 2 buckets of fries and several slices of pizza as I think he's eating with us.

He comes back with the food and then informs us he had eaten earlier aaaaaaaaaargh. Well I proceeded to eat a whole bucket of fries. Boy they were good tho AND the Brit won the Apprentice!

I spent the next day feeling like I had a rather large boulder in my stomach and very constipated! Didn't eat much that day I can tell you. The following day all **** broke loose in my bowels, omg I felt bad!

So I won't be doing that again! I was peeing like I had just started a diet the rest of the week, I totally messed up my poor body!

Holly, my hubby is the same with washing machine or other household appliances - at least he's trying eh?

Jiggly - congrats on making a decision - you can make it work YOUR way.

Well, I'm off to do some gardening...

Have a great weekend ladies! Love n Hugs to all.

Sarah

HI GALS!!!!
Yippee, GOOD MORNING!!!!!
Having a java here.
I am LOVIN the coolish temps. 10C/50F !!!!! only going up to 20C/70F. It could stay like this all month!!!
I have an Avon order due today but considernig to wackiness of the last few weeks I am not ready. I will put it in late. I will spend some time today organizing that.
This week is the week of the weeds. I want to weed gardens. I like to weed gardens. Why does work and life interfere with my gardening??? LOL LOL LOL
Never dull here, Clyde(the kitty) just puked 3 times. I just dropped a towel over it for now. So not ready for that.
((((hugs))))

I am just jumping in. My computer “Nerd"( his business name) was here for 4 hours Sunday aft. Things are running!!!!!!
I had over 70 spywares etc in my computer. So the deal is anti virus is not enough. Spyware likes to attack anything from microsoft so I have changed my internet server. I have paid for an up to date broad range anti spyware anti virus program.

Hope all is okay now with this machine.

I am feeling quite rested. Been steady busy but not crazy busy. Saturday was the town wide yard sale. The kids( and hubby) made $75 here and I sold $250 worth of Avon at the market. We went shopping after church to get their tamagochi’s.

Nice supper of steak and mushrooms and scalloped potatoes.Watched a movie on tv on Diva with Kate Hudson.
Saturday after supper I took down a toy self in the “toyroom” and moved the futon in there. ALL the toys(what is left of them) are in the basement. There are books, games and craft stuff in the former toyroom, now the games room.In the former Library, now my office, there is a shelf, file boxes,computer desk, piano and a card table I scooped from Grandma’s to do paper work on. Then, after the kids went to sleep I did the “tour of poop” and changed the rodent cages and litter boxes and went to bed and watched Trading Spaces....aaahhhhhhhhhhhh.
Tomorrow...I have some plants to get into the veggie garden and the kids bought some petunias for their own planters.I can almost see all of the diningroom.Will finish that tomorrow.
Oh, washed the kitchen floor before church in the morning morning, woohoo. ( should be a national holiday)
Later!!!!!!!

Hello,
It was a busy week for me last week, but I had great success at the scales! I lost 6 lbs. It felt so great to get back under 260. My goal this week is to get under 255.

I have a busy week outside of work. Our TOPS ARD is this weekend. We are also having a tea for the Regional Director that is coming in for ARD. I am starting a new TOPS chapter tomorrow night, the tea on Wednesday and then ARD on Friday and Saturday. I knew that I needed to make a plan to get my workouts in so I have the schedulded at lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday as those are the nights I can't make it to my workouts. I'm going to make sure those scales go down again this week.

Looking forward to reading posts.
Talk to you later,
Susie

Hey friends,
I hope everyone is doing well. I can't really explain my absence. I was having some trouble at work and I needed to focus on that. I guess it worked I went to lunch today with my GM,AGM, manager and was showered with praises for my improvements. That was a real relief. I didn't want to change jobs. The last month has been so much better.
Now for the bad news... I haven't been to curves but 2x in that month and have thrown my plan out the window. I eat ok for b-fast but the rest of the day is way off. I've gained 3 lbs but I hope now that I have gotten more comfortable with my job I can get back in the race.
I've really missed yal'll :grouphug:
I will post more tomorrow.

LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!

Hello ladies! Been busy here with Dh gone,but he comes back on Friday, I can't believe I am counting the days like the kiddies! We had B-day cake today for DS and DD2 and I only had one piece. It was nice, with out a lot of frosting, so it was mnainly cake and strawberries. Not too bad food wise, but I really need to get back on the food wagon. Exercise this week has been good, and I am looking forward to going tomorrow afternoon. Have to run, but will check in again tomorrow.

((hugs)) to all!!

Hi ladies. I feel so out of touch. Been pigging out on snacky stuff for a few days Not good.

HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thought I would jump in!!
 

Hello, My name is Shirley and I am trying to lose about 15 pounds which would put me under 199 or so, but it seems to be a rollercoaster ride. I am always looking for a new diet plan and that probably is my problem as my system is messed up. I am married 22 yrs with 2 girls, 17 and 23(lives on her own) and have been struggling for about 4 years to take this weight off. To be honest I hate following a diet plan but need guidance as I can easily slip off. I do have binge days and moments and jump back on pretty quick. I joined a gym about 3 months ago and was doing great until about 2 weeks ago. First it started with my back getting thrown out for about 4 days, then I have been having dizzy spells as well as feeling like blah, no appetite, etc (no not even the possibility of pregnancy but thank you very much!!) Oh and did I mention that I am hypothroid as well? I think my meds need adjusting so that makes it a bit more difficult to lose weight. Not feeling sorry for myself but I see some people on here that have the same problem as me and seem to be able to lose the weight. The only way for me to lose a pound or 2 is to have absolutely no carbs and workout for 2 hours daily(ugh)........which gets pretty boring after awhile and carb cravings for them come eventually. I just try to eat fairly healthy, adhere to the zone most of the time but find that snacks just don't fill me up for the 2 hour window I need to make it to the next meal. Doesn't matter how much fibre is in there, just seem to be hungry. Does anyone else feel like this? Am I the only one that feels like that?

Just a quick check-in. I'm having a good week this week. I'm exercising and the food is in control. I did something last night that I've never done. We went out for pizza and I only had 2 pieces. There are two left and I will have them for dinner tonight. I usually would have eaten all 4 but it was more important to me to see those scales go down than to fill myself up on it and really, 2 was enough.

Debbie: Great to hear from you. It seems that you have worked some things out at work and I'm sure that now you will get back into your routine and get those 3 lbs back of. I believe in you! You have been amazing..keep up the good work. :hug:

Welcome Shirley: I too have a low thyroid and I am a binge eater as well. Come to the board when you feel the binge coming on. Read the posts and look at the successes and have a little self talk with yourself. As for the low thyroid it does make it difficult to loose weight, but it can be done.

Just had some eggs on toast. my appetite is enormous. I wanted a big plate of spaghetti.( and garlic bread and salad)

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Still riding this wave!!!!

todo’s-
-fold laundry, 3 calls to make, groceries to be got, general tidying.

HUGS!!!!!!
I will exercise. Yesterday I cut grass for over an hour. I am thinking on the body sculpt dvd.

Good morning ladies!! I am already off to a good start. Dishes have been done, laundry is folded, and I vaccumed the van out. I have been wanting to do that for soo long, and I finally got to it today!!! For this afternoon: trip to the gym, errands, then pick up DH from airport. The kiddies are really hyper, and I am hoping thet they calm downduring the car ride.

I am also excited because I have finally dropped some weight!!! yay!! I will wait to change my weight until this loss has stuck around for a couple of days, but I am really excited this is the first time in a long time that the scale said anything under 229!!!! Have to run, and eat, I got off to such I good start I forgot to eat, so I am going to eat now and svae my snack for later in the day. ((hugs)) to all!!

Good morning ladies!

Somehow, I lost 3lbs this week! We ate out 3 times - Mexican, Chinese and Fish and Chips at the Irish pub! Maybe I need to test out the one bad meal a day diet and make a fortune!

It's been a great week, cept for last night. I had to rush my poor puddy tat to the emergency vet as he had a blockage in his urinary tract and had to have surgery and his bladder flushed out. He's still very groggy from the anaesthetic this morning but doing good.

Funny story of the week...was wandering around Wildwood, where the boardwalk is and stopped in the book store looking for some low carb cookery books. We picked a couple of books and when I went to pay I had a wad of $1 bills from the guy's trips the past few days and decided I would offload some of them. The guy behind the counter says to me "are you a waitress" no I said, "well you must be a dancer then". When I picked myself up off the floor I said to him "actually I own a cab company and WHO THE **** WOULD WANT TO SEE ME DANCE!" I was laughing so hard I left as quick as I could. I could barely breathe when I caught up with Ralph, who had heard none of this (prob a good thing cos he would have either punched the guy or collapsed laughing).

NSV of the week...was wandering around Kmart and saw the racks of bathing suits. I knew I needed a smaller one so I grabbed an 18 and off I go to the changing room. WAAAAAAAAY too big, so I grab a 16 and it fit everywhere but the bum, that was hanging half way down my thighs! Well as we're not going away for another 3 weeks I decided I will wait and get one just before we go in case I drop a few more pounds and inches. Chuffed is an understatement! We went to the lake yesterday (wore my old bathing suit) and when I came out of the water the bum was hanging behind my knees and the skirt was almost at my ankles as no belly to hold it up!

Happy food of the week...I get a call from my Algerian Friend Zak who has recently opened an International Food store down the road, and he found me some Taramasalata when he went to Pennsylvania today! Haven't had any in over 8 years. Even better, I look at the nutritional info and there are no carbs and no sugars! Guess who will be warming up the pitta bread tomorrow! (wheat of course!)

Holly - well done on the fantastic comments - you truly are amazing!
Ellen - congrats on the loss! I am sure it will stick!
Welcome Shirley!

Hope you all have a fandabeedozee weekend!

Thought I would put my first comparison pic here too today!

Love n hugs

Sarah

I'm making it...
 

Hello everyone!

I'm here and making it. I took some time to read through posts. Its our slower time of the year, but I'm so glad to see peeps here. I have been doing well the past couple of weeks. I'm getting back on track, slowly, and have seen losses at the scale in my last couple weigh-ins. I'm having a VERY hard time making it to the gym. I get home, it's so hot out, I don't want to do a single thing but lay around. I get so tired lately when it's hot like this. We finally turned on our window unit today in the bedroom only. I woke up at 5.30a as usual on Saturdays, went to the gym, went to WW meeting and weighed, and then I met my dad for breakfast for father's day. It was nice. I got my eybrows done at the salon across the street and headed home. I was so tired due to the heat and DH and I napped and read all day. Now it's 10pm and our day is starting LOL we'll probably go for a bite to eat, and a movie.

Oh listen, my friend- she lost almost 30 pounds since February. It's crazy - All she has done is cut out sugar I think. It was very inspiring. She used to drink lots of sodas, and now I notice her drinking and eating sugar free everything. So I'm glad for her and it has inspired me to keep going. I don't drink anything but sugar-free anyway, but it proves that small changes go a long way.

Oh, and sorry to blab on...but I got a swimsuit in the mail today that I ordered off of the Macy's website - I took the last one that was available, which was a size 20 swimdress by It Figures. The suit was very expensive, $90, but it is AMAZING. For some reason I was always against skirted swimsuits, but as I've lost some weight, my upper thighs are flabby with skin, and this slight skirt covers it up. I put it on and showed hubby and he loved it! Somehow, this suit makes me look smooth all around, it's so flattering and lovely and so well worth the money. I wanted to rush out and go swimming! If you are looking for a suit, check out the site: www.itfigures.net
If you want to see mine, click on "favorite suit", type in 3602001 and it will show that style number.

Sarah:
Thank you for the pictures, it's great to see you! And I'm so happy for your achievements. I can't wait until I'm in the 2-teens as well. You are so close to ONEderland! Hope kitty is okay!

UPSWife:
Good job- I long to be under 230 - that's untreaded territory for me! LOL

Holly:
The comments about Avon were great! BTW, since you sell, how is that press-on nail polish? I saw that in a catalogue the other day!

Susie:
Great job with the pizza. It's little things like that which will get us to ONEderland!

Shirley:
Welcome!!!! Hang out and post - it's a slow time of the year for our thread, but feel free to post and vent or whatever! You can get to ONEderland!

Talk to all of you later,

Girlie

Good Morning Ladies..........

Yesterday was glorious in Indianapolis, 90 degrees, hot and humid. lol Spend the entire day out of doors, cutting grass, planting, and fill holes for the crawdads. Man they can dig holes in the ground.

Eating has been fair, not really bad, but not as good as it could be. Exercise has not been great at all. I truly do not like to exercise. I guess i need someone to prod me with a cow prod on a daily basis.

My dd had her wisdom teeth removed on Friday, 2 of which were impacted. She has been in pain since, can only eat soft foods. i.e. milkshakes, mashed potatos, and soup. Jello, but she is sick of that. God love her.

My son has been camping all weekend. It started raining last night about 10 and has not stopped. He is probably soaked, altho it doesn't seem to bother him. My idea of camping is Holiday Inn. lol

Sounds like everyone is doing fairly well. That is great.

Have a marvy day.

Hugs

Annie

Hello,
It has been a very busy yet inspiring weekend for me. My TOPS ARD days were Friday night and Saturday. It was so inspiring to see the winners on stage and to hear their success stories. I WANT to be on that stage next year!

The other Area Captain, Cheryl, reached her KOPS status last year and was able to Graduate at ARD. This is a wonderful ceramony. One of the things that is done is that a yellow rose is presented to the Graduate. They are silk rose; the rose has a smaller bloom on it that can be taken off and given to a person of their choice that they wish to see obtain their KOPS status. I was so surprised when Cheryl gave me hers! I cried and I never cry in public!!
I am going to carry that rose with me every day to remind me of what I'm working to accomplish.

I also have good news that when I weighed in on Thursday I had a 1.80 pound loss. That's 2 weeks in a row; I'm going for a third one!

Girle: I bought 3 bathing suits at Sears about 4 weeks ago so that I would have them for my cruise in September. I bought them a little snug so that they would be ok with any weightloss that I had and I can assue you that I'm going to have a weight loss for that cruise! Anyway, they too have little snug shirts on them--something that I had avoided because I didn't want to look "matronly" the new ones look like a tennis shirt I think and I love the coverage that it gives my upper thighs.


Annie: I also "camp" at the Holiday Inn. I'm not one to rough it; I'm a pampered sort of gal! lol

Sarah: I loved the story! Doesn't it feel good to be noticed?

Good evening everyone,
I'm finally starting to do my laundry. I put it off till dh left for work. Now I have 3 loads to finish and a furbaby to bathe. SSSHHH! She hides if she knows she is about to get a bath. Spelling it doesn't help she's caught on to that...Crazy dog!
I can't seem to get a grip on my eating. I stay hungry. I've tried but I just keep eating too much of all the bad things. I really think it is the heat it has just zapped me. I have absolutly "0" energy. I somehow think I'm overeating trying to get energy but instead I feel like a sloth. Any ideas? Moving won't work. But I sure would if I could. I've told ya'll when I grow up I want to be a "snowbird". Summer in the north and winter in the south. That's my goal and I'm sticking to it...LOL.
I AM going to curves in the am. I've only been 2x in the last 2 months. I know that is some of my energy drain.
Everyone sounds so great and the losses are good. I really miss being able to post daily.
The washer just stopped the underwear and socks are calling me...Lol

Love you guys...:grouphug:
Later

Good morming ladies!!! I was not very good this weekend at all. DH came back, and we got a room for the night :D By the time his flight came in and we got the kiddies home and got ourselves settled in the hotel, the only place open was mcdonalds, and I hate to admit it, but I biggie sized. :( then to top it off, we got b-fast from there too. Talk about overload. I am going to do better today, but because I have to run around with the house papers, I may not make it to the gym, but then I will have to go tomorrow. But I Will make it to the gym 3 times thiss week, even if I have to get up at 5am on Sat to go before work.

THe loss did not stick around, due to the sodium overload, but I am happy to report that the average has gone down a pound! I have been averaging the same for the last 8 weeks in a row. I will do better and get this weight down. It will be easier now that dh is home, and I will be home more. ((hugs)) to all you wonderful ladies!!!

Hello, everyone.

Trying to be good with eating. It's tough! DH and I don't do much cooking in the summer - we don't have central air conditioning and cooking raises the temp in here greatly. But I try for sandwiches, or like now, I'm having a Lean Cuisine pizza.

I plan to work out 4x this week, for an hour each time.

Debbie -
I feel like you. So zapped of energy. Even if I get 7-8 hrs of sleep, I still am so tired in the morning! I'm trying to stick to foods with protein, been having protein bars for breakfast, and keeping low-cal drinks and water in me. Like now, I'm so warm and it would probably do me good to head to the gym, but I just can't move. I just want to relax.


Susie -
I know how you feel - I get really inspired when I go to WW and people are meeting their goals. It's taken me forever just to lose 10 pounds. I have 1 pound to get there, and I hope to make it on Saturday. I must keep that in mind! And I'm sure you look great in your swimsuits!!! When is the cruise? That is exciting!


Annie -
I had 3 wisdom teeth out last year. And yes, I ate mashed potatoes!

Hope all is well. Just keep going everyone. Hang in there.

Girlie

THank you for all the encouragement!!! THe weekend was pretty bad foodwise, but yesterday was better, and I am back under 230!!! I am planning to eat well the rest of the week, and I should stay where I am, which will be a net loss of 3pounds. I do need to get motivated about exercise, yesterday was a wash, and I am hoping I can make it later after work, if not I will have to go Sat before work (5am :() I am definitley not a morning person, but if it has to be done it will get done. YOu all are doing great keep on truckin'

Have to run and get my day started.

Hippy- great pics....nice ot see a difference!!!
Girlie~ the press on nail polish works and last 2 weeks.( even with dish washing , poopy diapers etc)
Deb~ HUGS!!!
Annie HUGSS!!!!
Yippee Susie!!!!
UPS -HI!!

I did NOT over eat yesterday. First time in months!!!!!!
Went to a dinner meeting last night. Had grilled chicken, greek salad and a few fries.I did NOT eat before bed… not 1 stinkin little bite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Need to to it again today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Food is NOT love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Ladies....

Whew weee is it hot in Indy. 94 today, humid and miserable.

Don't feel like doing much but sleeping.

Hope everyone is well.

Annie

Hey everyone,
I finally made it to my first ww meeting. I'm giving up on the on-line thing. I need more support than they can give. I really enjoyed myself. Now all I have to do is get back to curves. I'm going to change my ticker to to reflect the weight they got this evening. It is shockly higher than what they show at curves but I weight without my shoes at curves...Lol.

:dust:

:grouphug:

YES!!
I am up 12lbs. I feel good about getting it off. I feel like I'm back on track.
Tomorrow I will start posting my food.
:carrot:

I was so bad yesterday. I just kept eating, and I feel so foolish, but today I will pick up the pieces and dust myself off.

The kiddies have had some kind of virus, and now DH has it too, I am hoping that it passes me by. DS is still fighting it off, and DH woke up with it, so two sickies in the house. DD1 had it a couple of days ago and DD2 seems to be over it. Pray that I keep my sanity--And it is storming out here, so we will be cooped up all day.

Later chicas

Work's :crazy:

B- yogurt
S- apple
L-2 sm slices of thin cust veggie pizza, salad w/ low fat ranch
S-orange, 6 saltines. (not at the same time)
D- grapefruit

Not really great choices, but compared to the lg burgers and fries ect I've been eating lately it's not too bad.


A SLIP UP IS NO REASON TO GIVE UP!!!! I WILL SUCEED

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