Hello Everyone,

Hope everyone is having a good day. I seem to be in somewhat of a blue funk, but hopefully it will be gone soon. I get 4 points for yesterday. I was bored out of my mind, still am actually, so I went to the movies. There wasn't anything I wanted to see so I saw Shrek. I was a bit disappointed and found it boring, but maybe that's just due to my mood. I did think that the humor was certainly directed towards adults. I wondered if kids would find the movie boring? There were several in the theatre and they didn't seem to be all that excited over it.

Anyway, I'm going to try and figure out something to do to improve my mood.

Amanda - You seem to be doing very well with all of your 4 point days!

Julie - Personally I don't know how you do it. If I had to fix food for a family or have food in the house that I shouldn't eat I wouldn't have the will power to stay away from it. You should pat yourself on the back for doing as well as you do.

Faye - Swimming sounds wonderful to me. So refreshing. Of course here in Florida the water gets so hot in the summer it feels like you're taking a bath. Otherwise I think I would go jump in myself.

Well, hope everyone is doing well.

Beth

Ladies, thanks for the info! It is possible they will put on what they call a cast splint and those are plastic I think. Sort of an L shape that fits over the arm and stays on with velcro. I am pretty much beside myself about the exercising as it is so very important to me. I am surely going to talk to the dr about it first thing tomorrow.

Julie: It is a tough dilemna for you, but maybe you should just aim to eat more veggies or something. I don't know. It is pretty hard to stay away from the extra food. Our "fat" brain doesn't seem to want to convert to "thin" brain very easily and permanently.

Beth: I wasn't all that impressed with the first Shrek movie so I am not too interested in this one and I heard it had a lot of more adult humor in it. We are taking dgs to the movies to see Garfiled the end of the month and I am not sure he is going to like it but I know dh will split a gut because he loves the cartoons and comic strip.

Amanda: Exactly what is treacle tart and how is it made? Took me forever to learn about scones and that was because a friend of mine was married to an "american/Brit" and her mil taught her how to make them. Is "clotted cream" what we call sour cream or is it what we called whipped cream? (I went to see Harry Potter over the weekend so am in a British frame of mind I guess! )

Answer to silly poll: I find oatmeal for breakfast a great thing to eat and not get hungry so quickly, frozen grapes (Julie's tip I would guess) is great too for a no fat snack and something I have been doing for months and find really beneficial is taking a powdered fiber every morning. Keeps me from getting constipated if I don't have enough water or have been eating a lot of fruit and veggies or grains etc.

See you tomorrow! Faye

MONDAY: Today is Mission Monday and our mission this week is a positive attitude. Many times we get so down about one thing or another it effects our whole weight loss program. Let's strive this week to be positive about everything in our lives!

check in later after I get back from the drs.

Faye

Good Morning Ladies,

4 points yesterday. Hurt my neck at fighter practice, but I think it is just sore muscles from not practicing for so long.

About the "extra food" at the house. My kids are probably the most deprived in the town! I don't buy cookies or chips or snack cakes, etc. When I break down and buy stuff for them it's usually fruit gummi things or fruit roll ups (I can't stand either one!) Snacks for them means popcorn, ramen noodles, apples, banannas, grapes, celery sticks. My oldest used to sit in front of the tv with a head of cabbage! They don't complain though, which is nice. It's just that I love to cook and I make really yummy things (though they might argue on some of them).....I end up eating too much.

Oh well, I had a long talk with my mom yesterday about various midlife crisis things that are cropping up for me and I feel much better about myself and my choices. I know things will work out in time, and I just need to be patient. This not weighing myself is driving me NUTS, though! I feel like my body is in the middle of some major shifting or something. My joints feel like they're too big and loose, my balance is off a little....nothing major, just feels like I'm in a different body than I'm used to (well, DUH!).

Amanda......keep going girl!!!

Faye, hope you have good news from the doctor.

Beth, hope your blues disappear soon! Blow some of that hot air up here, will ya? My kids have a pool party on the last day of school (next Monday) and the temps haven't been much out of the 50s in weeks!

Well, guess I better skedaddle........Hope we hear from some of you MIAs soon.

Julie

Hello everyone!!! Julie, I am back !!!

I was on vacation with some friends last week...we got home late Saturday, we had a good time but it is great to be home...we actually came home a day early because one of our friends decided that she wanted to come home a day early and didnt care what anyone else wanted - so since they drove we had to come home too, it ended up in a nasty fight and it is not over so we will see, I dont know how some people can be so inconsiderate...anyway I had a pretty good time and now I am back...I dare not weigh myself for a while, I basically pigged out while I was away BUT we did do some exercising like walking all day at the zoo, etc...so I guess I will get back OP this week and weigh myself at the end of the week, and then access the damage

Julie - I like your idea of weighing at the end of June, and being a scale junkie myself I know it will be hard, but you can do it...I know if you wait until then you will be in Onederland when you check Thanks for noticing I was gone !!

Faye - Sorry to hear about your bit of luck lately. Seems like you are taking it all in stride though...glad to hear that your dh's eye is better...hope your arm gets to feeling better, I have had a cast on before and know that it is no fun

Amanda - Great job on working for the wedding goal, sounds like you are doing a great job on it so far...

I know I have to catch up way too much to do anymore personal replies, so will try to get back into the swing of things....it is going to be hard to get back OP today, especially since I had soda all last week, so bring on the caffiene withdrawal headache Man I hope not....suppose I will be really hungry today trying to get back to eating less...wish me luck girls it will be hard to do...talk to you all later....

Morning Ladies

Forgot to turn the timer off on my tv and it came on at 4am i was awake anyway so no biggy and no point trying to get back to sleep so i got up and did some sewing. Going to treadmill in a mo while i watch Murder she wrote not much else on at this time of the morning unless your a news junkie like my hubby
Looks like they've changed the line-up third watch is on instead, its an old one too but i'll watch it

Hey everyone!!

Well I'm back from TX, 7 lbs lighter, and I dont even know how that is. I didnt get to exercise not even one day and I didnt eat like I was supposed to. Many days I had happy meals or even cooked food, and many days I had nothing at all. I guess because I kept busy from 6 am to 1 or 2 am helped with the exercise thing. I probably sat down for a total of 5 hrs the whole 9 days I was there. So anyway I guess I'll save my woes for Wednesday.

Today I am at least aiming for a 3 pt day, since I didnt get to sleep until 3 am, when the alarm went off at 6 to exercise I must of not heard it and my hubby cut it off, so now everything is off balance. I cant exercise while my daughter is awake, and since she woke up later than usual that means her nap will be even later and who knows what kind of exercises I will end of trying to do. Right now she is quiet looking at Dora, but duh, she has the TV and I cant exercise in my room, our bed is too big, so that sucks. But I guess my mission for today is to get back on track, and make 4 pts for the rest of the week.

My goal for this month is to lose at least 5 lbs. I'm one lbs away from my first goal of 145, I cant believe it!!! But the thing is, I've went from a 40DD to a 36 D...!! What gives?!?! I'd rather my butt and thighs disappear instead!! I needed the fat in my breasts to stop them from looking like dried up prunes like the do now!!! SUCKS!!!! But oh well, I guess I'll make a new goal of 125 or 130. My height should go along with like 115 or 120 but that is NOT!! Going to happen! I know that, my body was never made to be that small, and when I did weigh that much I was shorter. But last time, my breasts didnt shrink so much....I dont get it.

Anyways, I'd like to get into at least a size 9 jeans, because it is soooo hard to find a 13/14. And is it just me but am I the only person who hates that store in the mall named "5, 7, 9"?
Ok they had sizes 00, 1, 3 but nothing over 9!!! I could have blown that store up!! But anyway I will try to comment on you all, but my computer sucks....

Faye- I hope you feel better and everything works out with you. I cant even start to imagine what you are going through, but I am sooo proud of you. You are still on here trying to support us when you are going through so much....and you also haven't given up.

Satine- Welcome back!!! Your vacation sounds a bit like mine, people being inconsiderate and all, but at least it wasnt a total waste right?!?!?....right???

Mirabelly- I eat fruits and and I just bought a big jar of pickles. I know they arent good because of sodium, but sodium doesnt really affect me since I sweat like a big zummo wrestler, and since they dont have calories in them...hey!?!? I just try to stuff things in my mouth that are healthier. I sometimes want chips, so I go and get a bag of baked lays....(which I hate) and I eat about 3 or so and lose my appetite. The baked doritos and the chedder and sourcream are my fav's, so I dont get those!! I buy my kiddo's snacks, but mostly things like poptarts and baby snacks, they love them and I hate them!! You get a hang of it, My hubby is all excited because he gained 6 lbs, I could have slapped him the way he was stuffing his face!!! But he keeps his snacks at work or in his car, cuz I'll throw them somewhere!

Cat90- Murder She Wrote is one of my favorite shows....matter of fact, I'm recording it right now! Up at 4 am? Wow you've got me beat!!

knobhdy- Keep up the good work!!! Youre doing GREAT!!!

Beth- I probably wont see shrek2 or Harry Potter unless it is bootlegged or until it comes out on DVD! The last movie I "went" to see was Bad Boys 2 and I spent the whole time at the bottom walk way rocking my daughter because she kept crying, I vowed to never go again!!! Youv'e been doing outstanding with your points and Congrats on your loss!!! You should be happy and proud that you have done so well!! Snap out of that bad mood chickie!!

Amanda- Good going with your points!!! I hope everything is going well with you!!

Well, I think I've gotten everybody, If I havent, I'm sorry!!! Gotta go now and try to eat or something..... Talk with everyone later!!

Jay

Hi................
Sorry I've been gone for over a week now. I'm just really not doing well...in fact I'm doing quite poorly and have all but abandoned any efforts concerning weight loss or even maintenance for quite a while now. It will be a year next month that I really decided to do this, and I don't feel like I have much to show for it. I've come to accept the fact that I will not reach my short term goal of 184 by the 11th and will come up quite short, and my long term goal of 150 by January 10th.

In this past year I have lost 26 - 30 pounds, which I'm happy about, but I'm not happy that I lost all of that by December and have made NO progress in these last 6 months. I've in fact gained about 5 back.

I'm not giving up. I can't. If there is one thing I do for myself in my life I want it to be this. I've never been what you would call a "go-getter" or ambitious but I NEED this. So its time for some serious reevaluation. My biggest weakness is eating with friends. Even if I'm not hungry, if my friends go out for food, or coffee, or desert, I go too, and eat to my addiction's content. This is finals week and the Newman Center is open late for students to study and we are provided with brownies, cookies, candy, etc. I thought I might be able to go and control myself. "Just DON'T EAT THEM", I tell myself. But, no matter what I go in thinking, I come out with a stomach full. I CAN'T DO THIS.

If I know one thing its that if I weren't posting here I would not have even made it this far. Thank you all. I hope all of you are well, Faye - so sorry to hear about the medical problems .

Oh! and I LOVE Jim Dale too, I can't read the books without him.

Well Done Jaymi now you know that what we was telling you was true you WERE'NT eating enough so are you going to starve your body into stalling again or have you learned something from this? its a sad fact that the boobies are the first to go but at least you're like me and can afford to lose them when i weighed 115lbs i was a 36B and i thought that was ample i don't need these things that i've got now and finding "affordable" sexy bra's is a nightmare i think they think we only wear "hammocks" as my hubby affectionately calls them

Sorry you are feeling so "low" Susan we've all been there you know and you've done fabulously well and will do again you'll get up one morning (like we all do) and think "right, thats it i've had enough and i'm gonna do it!" You've got SIX MONTHS to reach your goal of 150lbs thats really do-able don't give up yet

Susan: I am so very sorry you are going through a rotten slump. It really takes a toll on you after awhile. Just don't give up or give in. Focus on the mission this week and pick something positive for each day!

Carri and Jaymi: Glad you both had good times with friends and family. I can't wait to go away the end of the month for the holiday to see my son, dil, sister and friends. I do miss them so and this accident thing has become such a burden on me. I am trying not to let it get me down, but unfortunately it does. I went this morning to get my cast, but they didn't have the appt put down and it was all a mess. They took a 3rd set of xrays and decided to send me to an ortho specialist (isn't that where I started?) and I have an HMO which means a referral, which means, my arm continues to hurt and I just have to wait. Still waiting for the MRI referral for my leg. The new meds they just put me on make me dizzy, nauseous and sleepy but was told I have to stay on them for awhile to see if I can "adjust." I have never had bp problems and figure I don't now because they use a cuff that is too small but no one listens to me about it. Medical personnel are supposed to HELP you, right?

Julie: You hang in there sweety. Your ole body with adjust itself and you will feel right as rain soon.

Cat: I took out cable because I was tired of the exhorbitant price gouging they get away with so we only get local channels and BORING to say the least.

LET'S LOOK TO THE POSITIVE THIS WEEK LADIES AND NOT LET THINGS GET US DOWN!

Faye

Faye - My Dr's office used to do the same thing with me on the whole BP thing, they used to use the smaller cuff and my bp was always extremely high, and I went on bp meds...then they started using the bigger cuff for us large armed girls and it went way down...they are supposed to know that a bigger arm requires that bigger cuff...since I have lost some weight they can now use the smaller one and get a good reading, but for now I am still on the bp meds....I would definitely be pushy about that....I am a perfect example...

Susan - Sorry to hear that you are having a bad time of it, believe we have all been there, over and over and over again...you can and will get back into the swing of things, there is a saying on one of posters on here that says "One year from now you will wish that you started today" and it is true, you dont have a huge amount to lose, you are young and you can do this!!!!!!

Jaymi - Well I guess we can both say that we are glad to be home...congrats on the loss

Cat - I was a 34B before I gained my weight but now thinking of that size ( I am a 38C now ) it just seems so small... of the 37 pounds that I have lost I would say 20 of it has been boobs...it is sad really...I do miss them...

Well everyone have a great afternoon

Hello Everyone,

Sounds like a bunch of down people today lol. I've had better days myself, but I'm trying not to let it get to me. I get 4 points for yesterday so that means I had my 4 point week. Woo Hoo for me.

I would think taking bp meds when you don't have high bp would be really dangerous. I would demand that they take my bp again with the cup that fit correctly or I'd refuse to take the meds, but that's just me. I hate doctors personally.

Not much to add beyond that lol.

Cheer up everyone! It could be worse.

Beth
Day 27 on-plan

Beth - No I actually have high blood pressure ( or at least I did 37 pounds
ago ) but using either the big cuff or the small cuff can give a more accurate reading...my Dr will try and take me off the meds after I lose a little more weight....I am working on a more healthier me every day - except for last week of course

Ok so today has been sooooooooooooooo hard keeping myself OP since I had a week and a half almost of not being OP....I pray I can make it through the evening still being OP, I am going to the grocery after work so I am going to stock up on fruits and such, I think I am going to try Julie's frozen grapes...

Later...

Beth: I have a home bp machine that I bought for dh after his heart attack and I am keeping daily track of my bp. If I feel it gets too low, I will stop the meds immediately and call the doctor. It is dangerous to take bp meds when you don't have high bp, but I know I am probably borderline so it will probably help. I have just been down about this whole arm thing! I got it out of my system talking to dh Lord love him. He listened to me rant all the way home from his work then told me what he thinks I should do so I am better frame of mind now.

For those of you who are on or thinking of doing a straight cal and fat counting program, Dr Phil's Weight loss food guide has a pretty extensive list of foods in it. I got it on sale at Target for less htan $6 and am using it just for the food lists because I am not too keen on ole Dr Phil when it comes to some of the stuff he says. Anyway, FYI.

Everyone, have a great night and will talk to you first thing in the morning.

Faye