WEDNESDAY: Today is Wednesday's woes. Gripe away!


POINTS FOR YESTERDAY:

Julie :bravo:
Beth :cp:
Carri :cp:
Amanda :flow2:

Check in later

Faye ;)

Good Morning Beautifuls!

3 points for yesterday.......procrastinated the exercise just a little too long and I succumbed (succame?) to the couch. Adjusting to the heat.......it's one thing when you slowly go from 50s to 60s to 70s to 80s over the course of a few weeks or months.....but 50s to 90s in one day is ridiculous! Not that I'm complaining :D

Should be a good 4 pointer today, though......got dance class tonight and it's too hot to eat much.

Faye--hope you have good news from the mri!

Jaymie--Brown rice and white rice do have about the same calories, but they are VASTLY different in what they do to your body. White rice is almost completely starch which breaks down into sugar quickly and often goes right to fat stores. This also means that you feel hungry quickly and you will have cravings for more sugary substances. Also, the only vitamins it has are the ones that are sprayed on by the processor. It has very little fiber, because it has been stripped of it's outer layers.

Brown rice, on the other hand, has tons of fiber, little starch, lots of vitamins. It doesn't give you cravings, keeps you full for a long time. The taste does take a little getting used to, if you really like the white stuff. I actually prefer the taste of the brown.

The same things can be said about brown/white bread or brown/white pasta.....not eggs though. Those are identical except the shell color, so I just buy what's cheapest.

Hope that helps!

Amanda--so sorry you're having a hard time with the meds. Don't let it throw you off your game, though. You're doing so well! Tough it out, do your exercise, stick to your eating plan......and then ***** about it all you want to. :lol:

Beth--Honey, you need to find something to do! Get a hobby.....here take one of mine, I've got hundreds!!!! Seriously, it sounds like you would have a great time taking some kind of class where you get out and socialize, make new friends and learn something you've always wanted to learn. If you're lucky, it will take over your life and you won't even notice the summer flying by. I would (ahem!) modestly suggest a belly dance class :D But maybe something water related since you're in Florida....windsurfing or something. Or an art class, pottery, weaving, painting, writing, learn to sew your own clothes (now THERE"S an addiction!)..........ANYTHING! Boredom is what made me fat and what makes me depressed. Get yourself out of the house and make some new friends. Anyway, that's my MOM advice for you. Oh, and WAY TO GO on not ordering that pizza!!!

Well, the kids are buggin me........gotta fly.

Everyone have a super day!

Julie

Hello Everyone -

I'm going to make this short. My stomach started hurting last night, I have no idea why, and it is really bothering me now. I get 4 points for yesterday.

Julie - Thanks for all the advice...Mom lol. I will do my best.

Actually my summer plans just changed completely. I was planning on going to SC for about 3 weeks in August to visit my parents and sister and her husband. Well, my sister called me last night and she wants to come down this Friday and then have me go back with her on Monday and stay until the first week in August. So it looks like I'm going to do that instead. I'll be there two months instead of 3 weeks. Not sure what that is going to do to the diet, but it will be nice not to be sitting here alone all summer.

My father is one of those people that could stuff his face from the time he got up in the morning to when he goes to bed and still lose weight. I joke that he is on a two-hour feeding schedule like a baby. Every two hours he has to eat. Unfortunately he wants someone to eat with him lol. Then my mother refuses not to bake cookies and cakes and so on and dinners no matter what you say. Also whenever I'm around my father wants me to make him fried chicken and gravey. It's really a no-win situation lol. My goal is just going to be to maintain until I get back. My folks have this HUGE yard. My father works in it 3 - 4 hours a day so I figure I'll help him with that. He also walks so I will do that as well and then keep the food fest down to a minimun. That should keep me where I'm at now.

Well, I'm going to go lay down and hopefully get rid of this stomach pain. :no:

Beth
Day 29 on-plan

:lol: @ gripe day :rofl: Faye, i don't think i could have an MRI if my life depended on it :yikes: i definitely would have to be sedated for that one! I suffer from terrible anxiety/panic attacks and would literally "fight" to stay out of that machine :( listening to your WOES about your arm reminds me of what happened to me a couple of years ago, i fractured my wrist in THREE places and the doc missed it! I was in terrible pain and my hubby is one of those "stop whining" type of guys :dunno: it was 10 days later when they rang me to say that the radiologist had determined that it was fractured and displaced :yikes: it was put in a cast for 6 weeks and hurt like **** and today i'm left with a deformed wrist :( that still aches like ****. I hope they finally sort your problems out :D

Its my turn to have the "blues" :( i feel like Susan did last week :cry: i'm eating like a :ink: and don't have much motivation at the moment :shrug: i've got to shake myself out of this and get on a losing streak again :)

Carri, :lol3: @ missing your boobs :lol: thanks for making me smile today ;)

Beth, that depression sounds terrible :yikes: i'm glad that you're much better these days :)

POINTS FOR TODAY:

Julie :cp:
Beth:bravo:
Jaymi :bravo: :bravo:
Faye :bravo:

:fr: MRI's are horrible and I didn't even have to lay there the length of time others would nor did I have to have my whole body in it. From my boobs up stuck out, thank God. I can understand how people freak out. As God is my witness, if they rolled you in full body there would be approx 6 inches between your forehead and the top of the machine. It makes horrible noise so you have to wear earplugs and lay deathly still. I kept thinking about the poor schmoos who have to have a head MRI. Not only all the claustrophobic and noise (which gave me a headache and I wasn't even in the thing and had ear plugs in,) but brain patients have to wear this halo thing she showed me where they strap down your head! :faint: ! The people there are so nice and they have a tv room, coffee and such and a computer room to use while you wait. The stupid doctor had not sent over my paperwork and the idiots wouldn't answer the phone so I volunteered to walk over and pick it up. Because I did that, they gave me this cool goody bag that had notepads, big box of kleenex, 2 tins of these really good mints, 2 containers of lip balm and this tiny radio with headphones that is about the size of a dinner roll. It had a key light on the end too!

Well, I want to finish watching the Reagan ceremony so ttfn!

Faye :)

THURSDAY: Today is Time for us Thursday. Please make sure you take time for just you today!

Had 3 pt today. I lost count of water and so I don't want to count it. I probably got enough, but this feeble brain has syfering problems! :lol:

Hope you all have a great day. Going to be over 90 today again so I definitely want to get out to the pool early. I burn easily and I noticed that even in the early morning, I am pinking a little bit so have to be careful with sunscreen etc.

Faye :)

Morning Ladies,
2 points yesterday. Was only off program for an ice cream cone after school. It was in the 90s and the kids deserved a treat. but today it's back to normal......low 60s and drizzling. Thank Gawd! I don't think I could take having more than 1 day of summer!! :lol: Well, technically I guess it's still spring. I can't believe in less than 2 weeks the days start getting shorter again. :(

Faye.....you have a hurt leg and the mri staff let you WALK to get your own papers????? They probably gave you that bag to take your mind off suing!

Jaymie....eating right and exercising when you can, that's what you're supposed to do! Good for you!

Beth, sounds like you have some good plans. I still think you should have a project or two going on, hobbies, something. Being cooped up with family is often worse than being cooped up alone. Will you at least have your own car? Or be someplace you can take a bus/train to get away??

Cat--hope you're feeling better today.

Carrie--you need to move north! The heat was a major reason why we moved here. Of course the total lack of crime and gorgeous scenery are nice too :D I don't have to lock my house and can leave my engine running while I go into the grocery store (only in the winter......you know, to keep the car warm so it will start again on the way home)

I had a dream last night about going to the mall with all you gals.....we were so beautiful and just had a blast picking out clothes for each other. I think it's a good omen! :crossed:

Well, gotta fly........
Julie

Carri: this is your post from yesterday and I didn't see another one. Am I missing your points in the post? Morning Everyone ... Man, my Weds woe would have to be the heat here, oh my is it bad, real thick and humid first thing in the morning, yesterday it was 90 degrees, ughhhhhh

Faye - Glad to see you get your MRI so soon, let us know how it goes....

Julie - It is hard to adjust to the heat, when it first comes on here I dont have the energy for anything but sitting...I do my best exercising when it is cool...I have always hated the summer, even when I was little, people think I am crazy but I hate to be hot

Amanda - I had a hard time coming off my meds too ( and going on ), it takes some adjustment and some are better than others...good job on not having the pizza delivered - I dont know that I would have been so strong - coming back off of vacation it has been really hard to stay within my points for the day, but I have managed to do it since Monday, but I have struggled...hope you feel better soon

Jaymi, Cathy, Susan, etc...have a great day all ... I am really sorry if I missed them somewhere else on the thread for yesteray. Where the heck were they?

Boy I have another mess brewing about my arm now. I just wished this stuff was all over! I need to go and call the attorney about what is going on.

Faye :)

Hi Gals!

I'm still feeling a bit rough, but I'm getting there - I only got 1 point yesterday. I had done really well with my eating, but in the late evening I had somewhat of a binge :o It was totally emotional eating as I was feeling very agitated and depressed, I wasn't hungry as I'd had a big tea - but I had bought a baguette and some feta cheese earlier as a 'treat' (big mistake!) and I just pigged out on it! :ink:

Oh well - I'm not going to get down about it - just move on! Keep moving and losing!

So today I am back on track and even forced myself onto my exercise bike after 3 days off - I was still feeling a bit dizzy, but felt that I really needed to get exercising again so I just took it gently. I am glad I did it as it has really helped lift my mood a bit. :)

FAYE - I think clotted cream is a sort of extra thick double cream, that has a consistency like soft cheese - it is definately the most fattening of all the creams - so stay away from it lady! :nono: :lol: I don't know how to make treacle tart - I love pastry and cakes but could never bake them, or I'd be twice the size i am now! If you really want to know, I could probably find a recipe for you - let me know.

JAYMI - Well done for getting your exercise done! :cheer:

CARRIE - Well done for getting back on track. It's hard work I know - that is why I KNEW I had to get on the exercise bike today or I would have found it even harder tomorrow!

JULIE - Your weather sounds just like ours at the moment - we've just had a real heatwave for 3 days! Talking of ice cream cones......I'm going to have one right now, all within my points allowance of course! :lol:

Cat, Mscat, SandyB, Sandy Gigglez, Beth , Susan and everyone else - have a good one!

Love Amanda x

Hello Everyone -

I've been bad with the personal replies the past couple of days and am going to be today as well lol. My stomach is still bothering me and it kept me up last night until 7 this morning so I got almost no sleep. I'm dead tried. I got 3 points yesterday. I didn't exercise because I was just in too much pain. I did get a walk in today however. I have a ton of house cleaning to do before my sister gets here tomorrow. So far I haven't gotten that done either!

Hope everyone is doing okay.

Beth
Day 30 on-plan.

Greetings!
 

:wave: Hi everyone!! :wave:

:angel: Short post again! I still give myself 4 pts for today even if I did eat a kid's meal from Wendy's, because my calories arent going to be over, and I did extra exercises today and still plan on doing more. I just dont seem to have enough time!!! I get on here for a few minutes and it feels like 4 hours have passed! Well time to make short comments and off to exercising before hubby comes home!! :angel:

:flow1: Amanda :flow1: - Glad you are feeling better and back to exercising. I am so proud of you exercising while you are still dizzy, most people (like me) would probably use that as an excuse to lay down all day!! :lol: Keep up the good work! I can see you are really trying![/SIZE]

:flame:Beth:flame: - I'ts ok, I havent been good with commenting either!! :lol: Sorry your tummy hurts....that sucks!!! Hope you have fun with your sis! I know if will be hard when you go back with your family, but you can make it!!!

:flow2: Faye :flow2: - The MRI sucks!!!! I dont think I could do it, they would probably have to knock me out!! I need to go to the dentist right now, but because I hate pain or anything scary they would have to tell me it was life or death for me to go. I just need a rootcanal or my tooth pulled, they filled it in, but the filling came out and I just got a big hole in my tooth. OH WELL!! Not life or death enough!!! :lol:

:dancer: Satine :dancer: - been going through the exact same thing....Hey is that why my head has been hurting so much?!?! Sheesh! My TOM was at the end so I couldnt figure it out!! It's like I'm going through withdrawl...but from what?!? Oh well, we can struggle together!

:cloud9: Julie :cloud9: - Thanks for the info on the brown rice, I cooked some for me last night. I'm not sure if it really tastes that different or not, It doesnt really matter to me, as long as it doesnt taste bad!!! :lol: Sound good about your dream....seeing you chickies in person....and the shopping part!! :lol:

:sunny: Cat90 :sunny: - I thought I was the one who was missing their boobies?!?!? OH well who knows!!! :lol: Sorry about your wrist...that sucks!!! Hope your day is going well!!

Oh well everyone, If I missed you I'm sorry!!! I gotta go and get to doing something for pete's sake!! Talk you all later!! Have a great evening!!

Hi Ladies,

Julie and Carri, thanks ;)

Hope you feel better soon Beth :grouphug:

Amanda, i forced myself to treadmill 4mls this morning and it really is a mood lifter is'nt it? ;) i was'nt really in the mood cos i'm still feeling :blah: :lol: but i'm glad that i did now :D

I think the cause of my mood is the fact that i've been off track for a week now after i'd been doing so well :( it started with allowing myself that pizza and snowballed from there :p now i'm struggling and when i eat something i should'nt i feel guilty :o then mad and sad and then i eat more to cheer myself up :shrug: I need to get the :rollpin: out and sort myself out ;)

Jaymi, if thats a short post we'll have to look out when you get going :lol: its not me who misses my boobs its Carri :lol3: i'll be glad to see the back of some of mine :D gots lots of lovely undies waiting for them to fit in ;)

I wouldn't miss my boobs, but Jack sure would! :lol:

POINTS FOR TODAY: NOTICE I DID NOT FORGET CARRI TODAY! :lol:

Julie :dancer:
Jaymi :bravo:
Faye :bravo:
Beth :cp:
Carri :cp:

Ok, anybody interested in cutting my :censored: :bomb: arm off? I got a call about seeing an ortho only to have them refuse because it is a personal injury issue which means a 3rd party involved so she called my insurer to call me back about where I can go and gave me the info and believe it or not the dr A) doesn't have an appt until July 5 B) found out about the personal injury and may not be able to see me C) the only ortho in the network is 2 hours away. I ended up calling my attorney to ask them what I should do since it has been 2 1/2 weeks and I have no cast on a broken arm! She told me to tell the dr I have a subragation agreement and that should take care of it! SIGH! So they are working me in on the 23rd I guess. Jack has to call in sick and take a sick day to top it all off. I am so fed up with it all I can't stand it.

Amanda: Buck up sweety and focus focus focus. No, I don't want a recipe just wondered what it was as I know you Brits eat "tarts" that are not desserts but like main meal kind of thing and I didn't know if this was like a meat dish or a dessert kind of thing. Lord, why would anyone want to pour what we call here heavy cream on something! UGH!

Beth: Go back to basics and start over. Believe me, I have had to do that over and over but I am determined NOT to go back to where I was no matter what and if you have that in your brain, you will be ok.

Jaymi: It was a little creepy but nothing I couldn't handle considering all the other crap!

Well, ladies, I need to do some personal e-mails then I am calling it a night. I got mad at dh last night and slept downstairs on the floor with the pets so I am pretty pooped! See, even us old married folks still do stupid stuff sometimes. He came downstairs and I booted him back upstairs and told him to stay there because he knew what he did was wrong and I was too mad to go there so to leave me alone. This morning he profusely apologized plus wrote me a love letter and stuck it on the computer. I told him this afternoon that all people make mistakes and I forgive him and we should just forget about it so that was that.

See you in the morning!

Faye :)

FRIDAY: Today is Fabulous Lbs Down Friday. I know there are some good losses so let's hear them!

Check in later girls!

Faye :)

Morning ladies,
3 points yesterday.......no exercise again. I feel terrible, my body can really tell when I don't do SOMETHING everyday.....ANYTHING. Why is that so hard??? They're starting an aerobics class at my kids' school on June 21st. It's 3 times a week and only $2.50 per class. And there's babysitting. So, I'm going to go with my neighbor and check it out. I hope it's a good class, cuz I never get to actually "take" an exercise class, I'm always the one teaching it. It would be nice to just worry about myself for a change.

Oh, I tried some fat free feta cheese yesterday.........in case any of you were thinking of trying it, DON"T . It had absolutely no flavor. Now HOW to you take flavor out of something as strong as Feta??? I'm not even going to finish the box, it's just not worth the calories.

I peeked at the scale today and I've gained 2 pounds! :eek: I feel like I've been doing really well, not sure what's going on. Could be pms, could be that I"m just sitting too much. I'm going to try and get out just for a leisurely walk a couple times a day.......just to get the blood flowing. I feel stagnant.

Can't wait to see everyone's losses! Wish I could be one of them, but I'll check again at the end of the month.......there's still 3 weeks.

Later babes,
Julie

Morning All
 

Hello, everyone. I cannot post a loss this week, I am up...from vacation and also because I am on TOM ... maybe next week....

Julie - It happens to the best of us, I am up too...dont sweat it, we can get it turned around...I am with you, lets not weigh again until the end of the month... :lol:

Beth - Sorry to hear about your stomach pain, it must be awful - do you know what it is? Or are you going to be going to the Dr? Anyway I hope it gets better real soon :(

Jaymi - Yeah I tend to get headaches the first week I really diet or change my eating habits...I tend to think it is caffiene or fat withdrawal my body goes through, but more than likely it is just STARVATION!! :)

Faye - Glad to see you posted my points today, ha ha ha :lol: I know I looked back at my post and I didnt post points for that day...I guess it was me having the brain fart...or I could just put down the crack pipe ... :D

Cat - Glad to hear you are feeling better!!!

Amanda - Yes it has been very hard but I am slowly but surely getting back on track, sometimes it is so hard to stick within those points and other days just so easy, I guess it will all work itself out...

Girls I have the worst cramps this morning, I need to take some Advil or something but I dont want to take it on an empty stomach, guess I will go get some breakfast and take it - I cannot sit here all day at work in this pain, but thank God I do have a sitting job when feeling like this, ughhhhhh...

Talk to you all later, have a great day...

As to the Carri points flub, I think I should let you guys know something that I have never explained. I do not ASK for points from people who haven't posted and the reason is, I think it is something you have to decide to do. WHY? Well, for one thing, you may be embarrassed you have done lousy for several days and don't want to announce it so to speak and for another, it is your decision to make and not mine to force on you. Just wanted you to know that and Carri, I am glad I can now rest easy that Dementia has not yet seemed to start! :lol: :lol:

YOU GIRLS HAVE TO GO AND RENT THESE TWO MOVIES IF YOU HAVEN'T. ONE IS THE BEST FAMILY MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN AND THE OTHER IS A GREAT "DATE" NIGHT MOVIE WITH HUBBY OR BF. The family movie is "Secondhand Lions" starring Robert Duvall and Michael Caine. You will laugh, cry, and AUHHHHHH a lot. The other one is "Something's Gotta Give" with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton. Hilarious, sweet and even the guys will get a kick out of it I guarantee. Run don 't walk to the Blockbuster for these!

OK, YOU AIN'T A GONNA BELIEVE THIS, BUT THE OLE FAYESTER LOST.....DRUM ROLL PLEASE.....A WHOPPING 12 LBS THIS WEEK! :cb: :cp: :dance: Ok, factor in one of the pills I am on is a diuretic for bp, that my beginning weight was taken at the drs with all my clothes on and I was in a gown this morning and 1 lbs for possible difference in scales (though I weighed myself on my scales when I got home on Monday and they were the same) Let's see, doing my syferin' um -5 for water, -3 for clothes -1 for scale, I would say that still gives me a good ole down 3 lbs from staying OP and exercising every day. I think I just may make my goal of twoterville by July 1!!!!

Cleaning upstairs and need to finish so I can get out in the pool. It was 76 degrees at 5 am this morning so it is going to be a hot one!

Faye :)

Owww My Tummy!!
 

Man, I've been running to the bathroom all morning!! I could have gotten my exercises done and everything...but NO... I had to have a friggin virus or something!

I keep wondering if it was something I ate, but no one else is sick. I'm a little better now, but my daughter is awake now, so no exercising for right now. I guess I'll wait until later. My daughter is tripping. In some ways she is ahead of other babies her age, and in some ways she isnt! I know that all kids are different, but I swear she is 19 mths and still doesnt want to hold her own bottle half the time..yes bottle! She is not even thinking about getting off of it, and I'm not going to force her either! We bought her a potty, but shedoesnt want to sit on it, she stood up and walked a couple of steps and just pee'd on the floor!:( Last night she kept me up all night crying, then I put her in our bed and she goes right back to sleep. So I get up and put her back in hers and she may sleep for 30 minutes and cry again. I let it go on about 4 times and after that she won. I've been thinking about changing her crib to the transitional bed...which I think is before the toddler bed!?! But she sleeps so bad, I'm scared she's going to fall out.

Oh well now I'm just rambling. I have no idea what I"m eating today, My hubby wants me to cook hot dogs.....which as you know is not included in my plan!! I cant find fat free or low fat hotdogs like everyone else does!! But I did find some fat free shredded cheese. I might buy me some wheat buns. I guess I"ll just have to stick with the regular chilli. We are so broke right now it doesnt make any sense. Then it just so happens to be the time my sis gets here and we cant' even go anywhere fun or anything. My hubby buying that truck in TX made everything worse. He just had to have that truck sooo bad even though we discussed getting a family vehicle. Yes, it holds the whole family, but that doesnt mean it's a family vehicle!! But here I go complaining again, then although most of the bills and stuff we have are due to him, he tried to fuss at me about my cell phone bill being 100.00. Ok his was more than mine!! And he wanted to act like we dont have any money because of my phone bill.....:rolleyes: Please!!! It's not even paid yet and probably will be cut off soon anyway. He goes around the house moping talking about me and my sis make too much noise laughing and stuff. He's acting like such as a** hole right now. It's like hedoesnt want me to enjoy myself ever!! I finally have someone to clown with and hang with and he's mad about it. He acts like he doesnt even wanna watch our daughter while me and sis are cleaning up and stuff. I dont even make her clean up, I just ask her to help me out. She isnt babysitting or anything. He acts like she is a burden on our finances also!! But she's been buying her own food! And I didnt even want that to happen. Dang, I am being negative again!! I just need to get this off my chest.

Well I guess this makes up for missing Wednesdays woes!!!! :lol: That figures! Well I dont weigh in until Saturday. I tried changing it to Fridays to participate better, but my body doesnt lose on Fridays or something I guess!!Well I'll make a few comments and get my butt up.

:flow1: Cat90- :flow1: That is tooo funny!!! :lol: It started off as a short post, but then of course I procrastinated as usual and played around!! Bad Habit I guess!! Well sorry about the eating thingy!! Although the pizza sounds good! I"ve been having the same guilt problem, even when I dont go over my calories!! I dont know why, I should just let it go!

:cp: Faye- :cp: Good job with the loss!!! See what I mean, all the things you are going through and you still managed to lose....I"m so jealous of you!!!! :lol:

:cb: Satine- :cb: My sis swears by midol....I've never tried it, I carried it around in my purse for my whole TOM. I'm dumb, because the "aleve" wasnt working. I actually had cramps and a headache this time. Well you could always try the midol if nothing else works!!

:dancer: Julie- :dancer: that class sounds fun!!!! I wish we had something like that!! You'll knock those 2 lbs off and then some with that new class!!! Have fun!!

If I missed anyone sorry, but I better be going now so I can stop all of this whining and get back on track! I hope everyone has a great day!!

:flow2: ~Jay~ :flow2:

Hi Ladies :wave:

CONGRATULATIONS Faye :cp: that is AWESOME! FYI, Tarts are always desserts and are usually fruit, like apple pie. They are not the main course ;) if it was the main course it would be pie :lol: these can be meat :T btw, what else would you do with heavy cream? it is lovely on apple pie :T

Jaymi, hope you feel better soon :grouphug: as for your daughter why don't you put her in the transitional bed and get in with her until she falls asleep and then creep out :sssh: you could push it against the wall and put a chest of drawers or something on the other side so that she does'nt fall out ;) as for hubby just put HIM INSIDE the chest of drawers :rofl:

Carri, hope the cramps are better now :) my mum used to swear by indian brandy :p so did the nurse at school :( i can remember sitting in the sick bay drinking that in hot water :p it did work tho' :lol:

Julie and Carri, i'm with the "winners" not "LOSERS" this week :rofl: guess i can't call us winners eh? :rofl: showing a 2.5lbs GAIN this week, waaaaaaa :cry: well deserved i might add cos i've been a :ink: oink,oink,oink. :(

Hello Everyone,

My stomach is better today. I don't know what it is. I had this happen last term at school. For about 2 weeks off and on I had just the worst stomach pain. Not cramps, much higher. Then it went away. I did go so far as going to this walk in clinic, (I don't have health insurance), but as I was sitting there I noticed the place looked really shabby. Then the doctor came out for the person in front of me and he looked, well for lack of a better word, shabby as well. He didn't even have a nurse to come out and call the people back. I got a bad feeling about the whole thing and left. Not long after that the pain went away and didn't come back until now.

Jaymi - I'm the same way when I start a diet. Caffine withdrawls give me a serious headache for several days.

Julie / Carri - Dont worry you'll be losing again soon. It is never a straight line losing weight.

Faye - I hope you're feeling better today. You could come to my house and work off some of that anger cleaning. My sister will be here tonight and I have been doing major house cleaning and it still won't be enough lol.

Cat - I think anytime you can get yourself to exercise when you don't want to deserves a huge pat on the back. It just isn't easy to do it.

Amanda - Hope you're feeling better as well. I had a serious sinus infection a few years ago and ever since I have problems off and on with being dizzy. It is a horrible feeling.

I get 4 points for yesterday and I'm down 3 lbs this week.

Beth
Day 31 on-plan
Total loss 26 lbs
270/244/135?

Cat: I was interested in what you said about tarts and did some research. While it is true that in the US tarts are filled with fruit, in other countries that is not so and actually, a treacle tart is filled with a combination of syrup, breadcrumbs and a little lemon juice. Doesn't sound that yummy to me but I guess the folks in Great Britain like it! As for heavy cream, I use it to make ice cream or whipped cream, period. I know that English people serve it in a bowl with scones and like Amanda was saying it is called clotted cream there I guess.

Beth: Hope you are much much better now and YEAH for the loss this week!

I watched the President's funeral and it was very moving. President Bush gave a wonderful eulogy and if someone wanted to hurt this country boy bombing that place would have taken out the entire supreme court, both Pres and VP were there along with the house and senate and lots and lots of foreign governments. Thank goodness we had great security! May I just say, Peace be with you Mrs. Regan, we have lost a very great man in your husband.

Jaymi: I LOVE hot dogs and we occasionally have them. Louis Rich makes a turkey frank and Oscar Mayer, which owns Louis Rich btw makes a lowfat frank that tastes pretty good. You can also get turkey chili with no beans by Hormel and it tastes delicious, in fact we can't tell the difference. So if you are in to chili dogs, you can make a pretty decent one and be pretty low fat too.

Everyone have a great afternoon and I will do points this evening.

THIS WEEK HAS A 6 LBS LOSS FOR THE GROUP! :bubbles: :encore:

Faye - Congrats on the weight loss....you are doing really well. I too take a water pill with my bp meds and it did that to me the first few weeks of taking it, I dropped like 10 pounds the first week, it was wonderful, but it did not last, I do however still have potty issues, I tend to go all of the time with it...
especially with how much water I drink...

Beth - Woo hoo on your weight loss this week, you also did a great job...Ya know i have this weird painful stomach thing about once a month, it used to last for about 5 mins when it started and now when I have it sometimes it can be like 20 mins or more...it is a bad stomach cramp, it is hard to explain but I wonder if what you are having is similar. I have never been to the Dr for it but if it ever lasts as long as 2 days I would be right there cause I couldnt stand it...my Mom had gaul bladder ( sp? ) problems and finally had to it have it removed she says what I describe sounds like what she had, so it does worry me....

Cat - Yeah you join the Winner/Gainers group this week....aww we cant be too hard on ourselves, we can lose it...besides I had too much fun gaining it last week while on vacation, I had so much good food!!!!!! :lol:

Have a good afternoon all ...

Also I forgot to say that I love that Turkey Chili from Hormel that Faye mentioned, I use it alot, I normally use it making a low fat taco salad for myself, I lay down a serving of tortilla chips ( I use the reg ones, cant stand the baked ), put down a layer of the turkey chili, then top with lettuce, tomatoes, a little low fat cheese and low fat
sour creme and girls it is so good and hardly any fat...you should try it....

ok later

Hi!

I'm just posting my 4 points real quick as I'm going to watch a video - so thats 4 points yesterday and 4 points today - yay, the panda is back on track!

Hopefully it will be fabulous pounds down Monday for me - I'll be sure to kep you posted!

Love Amanda x

POINTS FOR FRIDAY:

Julie :cp:
Amanda :bravo:
Beth :bravo:
Faye :bravo:

Amanda and Jaymi: Looking forward to hearing about your weigh ins!

Boy I have a peach for a dil. She just called us out of the blue tonight to talk to us. Our son is in Dallas doing some kind of martial arts clinic (he is a black belt in some kind of "itsu" It is the combat form of Jujitsu using those poles, knives and what not. He sure does love it and he has only been doing it about a year now.

I talked dh into watching Something's Gotta Give and he loved it. He said he was surprised he liked it, but it is hilarious I think.

Everyone have a good Friday.

PS to Carri: I pee all the time taking the pills or not but it gets to be old getting up 3-5 times a night. I am looking into "Big Girl" Depends..... ;) :o :smug: :^: :lol:

Faye :)