Time For Serious Fun #71
 

TIME FOR SERIOUS FUN

We are a thread dedicated to making losing weight a pleasant experience. We laugh, cry and talk together. We have challenges, points for staying on program, drinking our water, and exercising. We have a daily topic to join in. Our only focus is to help us realize that dieting and all that goes with it need not be unpleasant, but can be fun. Come join the fun here at Time for Serious Fun! Everyone is Welcome!


TOPICS:

Monday: Mission Monday New mission each week
Tuesday: Target Tuesday We target something to work on
Wednesday: Wednesday's Woes Our day to complain about anything and everything
Thursday: Time for Us Thursday The day set aside to pamper us!
Friday: Fabulous Lbs Down Friday. Report our losses!
Saturday: Sunny Thoughts Saturday We share stories and jokes to help us smile
Sunday: Silly Poll Sunday A new poll to give your thoughts to every week


POINTS VALUES:

STAYING ON PROGRAM IS 2 POINTS
DRINKING YOUR WATER IS 1 POINT
EXERCISING IS 1 POINT

POSTING A WTG: A WTG IS WHEN SOMETHING NON WEIGHT LOSS HAPPENS TO YOU LIKE A NEW DRESS IN A SMALLER SIZE. TO POST A WTG, USE ALL CAPS AND POST IT IN PINK. FOR EXAMPLE: WTG: I rode my bike 2 miles instead of one today.

SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE MAY 1-SEPT 1. THE MOST LBS LOST WILL WIN A $30 VISA GIFT CARD! ONLY THOSE WHO ARE MEMBERS AS OF THE START OF THE QUARTER ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PRIZE, NEWBIES, ARE ELIGIBLE THE NEXT QUARTER THOUGH ALL MAY JOIN THE CHALLENGE!

FRIDAY: Today is Fabulous Lbs Down Friday. Do we have any losses this week?

Later girls! I have had 3 hours sleep and now am drowsy from meds and to top it off I have to take dh to work because I have to go back at noon and administer his meds because he can't put them in his eye! YAWN!

Faye :sp:

Hi Ladies,
I am feeling so much better. In fact yesterday I had my first 4 pointer in at least a week. And on top of a nice 5 mile walk I also went to dance class so I got extra exercise. :cheer:
Unfortunatly my life is totally full of stress right now. The child I work with at work, left school yesterday for the year because he is having open heart surgery next monday. I am very worried about him and feeling very stressed because of it. I will not know how he is doing until at least Monday maybe later.
It is a very common surgery now-a-days and I am sure he will be fine, but it is weighing heavily on my mind.
On better news though: as it is LBS Down: I am down 1 pound this week. Not much but it makes me happy.
I hope you all have a better day then I am.
:wave:

Morning Chickies!

3 points yesterday.......no exercise, unless you count about 20 minutes of badminton with my 8 yearold. It wasn't vigorous badminton, so I'm not counting it. I was really depressed yesterday, and I'm not even sure why.....It was a beautiful day and I just sat around inside for most of it. Just procrastinating life, I suppose.

BUT I've already gotten in a 1/2 hour walk this morning, so today should be another 4 pointer. I'm not weighing myself until the end of June........trying to wean myself off the "numbers". My jeans are really tight today, though, which has me a little worried. They're freshly washed, though, so they probably just shrunk, right? :lol:

Can't wait to hear about everyone else's losses! Where the heck is Carrie???

Faye, I've got Jack in my prayers. Eye injuries are no fun, that's for sure! Nice that you have such a young stud for your husband, though! :lol:

Knhobdy--glad you're feeling better. I'm also praying for your student. How horrible to have to go through that at such a young age. Congrats on the 1 pound!

Hope everyone else is doing well! Have a super :strong: day today......

TTFN,
Julie

Hi All!

4 points for me yesterday - I went on the bike but didn't feel up to the stomach crunches as I was a bit nauseous!

SANDY - glad you are feeling a bit better. I also take anti - depressants and recently changed type because I was beginning to feel really low. Increasing your dose or changing them will probably give your brain a bit of a kick start which will lift your mood. Good luck with going to the gym at 6am - rather you than me - but we all know that the panda is NOT a morning person! If you like early mornings then a session at the gym will really set you up for the day! :dancer:

JULIE - Hope you are feeling happier today. holding back on the weighing till the end of the month is a good idea - you are only 7lb away from 'onederland' - you are doing fantastic! :cheer:

FAYE - Sorry to hear about Jacks eye. You must look like a right pair at the moment! Your story about that old lady thinking Jack was your son was so funny! I bet you didn't know wether to laugh or cry! :lol:

BEth - Glad you had a good day! I am thinking of seeing that film you mentioned - I imagine the special effects are good, and like you, I love weather!

KNOBODY - Glad you are feeling better! Congrats on the 1lb loss!

Pizza night for me tonight! :love: :jeno: :love: :jeno: :love: :jeno:

Love Amanda x

Hello Everyone,

Faye - It does sound like you're having a tough time of it. Hope your husband is better soon. Personally, I think I would have hit the woman upside the head lol.

Another 4 point day for me. So as long as I don't fall off the wagon tonight like I did LAST Friday all should be well. But I don't see that happening.

Well, I've lost 4 lbs for the week....woo hoo. So that is 7 lbs for the past two weeks. I'm glad to see all those 4 point days are paying off!

Knobhdy - Congrats on the loss. I'd talk a lb loss over nothing anyday!

Amanda - I think you'll enjoy the movie. It is actually a pretty good movie for a bad movie lol. If that makes any sense at all. I'd actually see it again.

Hope everyone is well,

Until later,

Beth
Day 24 on-plan
Total loss 23 lbs
Loss this week 4 lbs

Beth, WTG on the 4lbs loss :bravo:

Congrats on the 1lb loss knobhdy :cp: i lost 1lb too :dunno: i've been bad the last few days and had homemade fries more than a couple of time :rollpin: i'm going to treat myself to a hawaiian pizza today cos i've wanted one for about 2 weeks :lol: then i'll be an :angel: next week :D

Julie, i was the same yesterday :dunno: don't know why :?: it was an absolutely beautiful day and i stayed indoors and felt 'sad' all day :cry: feeling much better today and i will be going out later :cb: may even go to the beach.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO LOST THIS WEEK! WEIGH TO GO! :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb:

POINTS FOR TODAY:

Julie :cp:
Beth:bravo:
Amanda :bravo:
Knob :bravo:

I have no clue after the nutty day yesterday and you aren't going to believe this, it got worse today. BTW, Jack is doing great. A good night's sleep and the drops in his eye are helping tremendously. Me, I have been so good doing an hour in the pool everyday really trying to get a good cardio and toning workout. I came home from getting my nails done and had a call from one of my drs. The radiologist looked at the xrays and my arm IS broken though some said no. They got the hospital report which stated the hospital radiologist said it was broken, the ortho surgeon said it was broken, emergency room personnel, no then 3 drs looked at it and a nurse practitioner and said no but the medical center's radiologist said the radius bone is splintered! I have been using it since Tues even though it has been painful thinking it was just muscle strain that needed working out because I was told his WAS NOT broken . I have this funky wrap on it until Monday and the :censored: sling again and on Monday they will cast it for 6-8 weeks ! The sling gives me a :headache: with my fat arm pulling on it and I am back to being a total grump because I am not allowed to walk with my leg being as it is and now won't be able to get into the pool. Anyone know where I can get some sit down exercises or something. I am just beside myself about this. My lawyers better make the darn restaurant pay for all of this mess!

We are going to see Harry Potter at the late show tonight. Hopefully it won't be FULL of little kids at that hour, but whooee, I went this afternoon and bought advance tickets and there were little kids running all over the theater! :lol: I realize we are old people, but dh and I enjoy the books and the movies and are looking forward to this one.

I need to go as typing is difficult now again! (look up some salacious stories and jokes for me for tomorrow's sunny thoughts saturday. In my funk I need all the help I can get!)

Faye :)

SATURDAY: Today Is Sunny Thoughts Saturday. Do you have anything funny to share?

Check in later girls

Faye :)

Hey Ladies,
I had another 4 point day yesterday and the BF went on my walk with me. Yeah! I am on a roll!
Today I am going to see Mean Girls. I love movies.

Faye: How was HP? I am looking forward to seeing it myself. I loved the books and I highly recommend the Books-on-CD read by Jim Dale. (Who I love)

Have a great day Ladies.
:wave:

Hello All,

Quiet in here today. All is well here. I get 4 points for yesterday. Not much going on. It is storming to beat the band outside. I need to walk to the grocery store if there is a break in the storms this afternoon. Otherwise I might not get my walk in. I'll have to do something else inside. I don't mind walking in the rain, but I won't walk in the lightening. I live in the lightening captial of North America so we take it pretty serious here.

Faye - Hope you're doing / feeling better today. I've never broken a bone (knock on wood lol), but I know it must be painful and certainly a cast would be frustrating.

I don't have any funny stories at the moment, but I will see if I can think of one later.

Until then,

Beth
Day 25 on plan
Total loss 23 lbs

Hi all!

I got 3 points yesterday - I was feeling a bit weak and nauseous all day and didn't feel up to going on my exercise bike. I've just had a great home workout today though - I did 35 mins on the bike, then got my mat out and did 110 sit ups and lots of leg lifts, and I also hunted out Nigels dumbells and did a few weights aswell! I feel great now - that's the best workout I've had in a long time, and I didn't even have to leave the house! :strong: :smug:

FAYE - So Sorry about your arm, that is really bad news, especially as you were just getting out to the pool. I'm glad jack is getting better - you are having a bit of a run of bad luck aren't you? :grouphug:

Must Fly! :angel:

Love Amanda x

SUNDAY: Today is Silly Poll Sunday and our Silly Poll is, What is your favorite "diet" secret or food?

Morning everyone! Sorry I didn't get back in here yesterday.

Amanda: Good for you. You are going to be a beautiful bride!

Beth: I do water aerobics in the rain even if it is coming down hard but like you, if I hear thunder or lightening, of course I don't.


Knob: The movie was good, but both dh and I found it disappointing. I felt there was a lot of stuff from the book that was not tied into the movie and I think it is totally all the director. One glaring thing is that in both of the first movies, if you walked outside the front gate of Hogwarts, you walked to your left and went straight to Hagrid's. In this movie, the castle is up on a hill and his cottage is way at the bottom and you had to walk this path to it. Anyway, we had advance tickets, went to a 9:35 pm show and still stood in a long line for about 45 minutes to get into the theater.

Well, I need to get going this morning!

TTFN

Faye :)

Morning ladies,

I've not been very good this weekend....at least not with the food. We went to see Harry Potter last night. Ate theater snacks and then the kids talked us into McD's for dinner. So BLECH today. I did go canoeing for a while yesterday, though.

I've been evaluating my eating lately, and it seems I break down when it comes to trying to eat meals I cook for my family. I keep thinking I can just eat smaller portions of what I cook for them, but it never works. I'm just too good of a cook! Now, I do cook healthy meals, but I always make too much. And I have 2 kids who are under weight, so they need to eat eat eat. I don't know where they get energy from! I guess I just need to NOT make so much....or else, eat something totally different. I don't know. We got the direct TV disconnected this week.....so hopefully that will help with the couch potato syndrome. All we get now is fuzzy PBS.

Faye, did you tell your dr. that you are on a weight loss program and the pool is a very important part of it? Because I'm almost positive that they now make casts that can get wet. Fiberglass, I think. They are mainly for kids, but I would think they could make em in any size. Make sure you explain before they just "TELL" you what to do. Your water work is about the least load bearing/best all around exercise you could be doing and it's just awful that you will have to be out of it for so long.

I know that Susan Powter had a seated aerobics video out in the early 90s. Maybe you can still get it on ebay or something. She always used light weights, though and I think most of it was upper body/arm work. So maybe that won't work for you either. Sheesh, you are in a pickle! Can't do upper or lower body stuff. Ok, an exercise my mom taught me just leaped to my mind...........sit down on the floor and walk up an down the hallway using your butt! :lol: :lol: :lol3: Now, I know it sounds/looks ridiculous, but it is a legit exercise and is awesome for lifting the gluteus.

Sounds like everyone is doing well........Beth, 23 pounds! THat's awesome!! Amanda--you're on a roll, babe! Keep up the great work!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. I've got fighter practice this afternoon.......first one in a couple of months (took off right before the show so as not to get bruised :lol: )

Later babes,
Julie

Hi All!

4 points for me yesterday - yay! :D

I've done my exercise today aswell - it seems to suit me doing it earlier in the day as I have more energy - previously I've always done it early evening.

We are expecting a thunderstorm here - it is so hot and humid, I wish it would come soon as the air pressure gives me a headache! :(

Faye - that suggestion Julie has made about the waterproof cast sounds excellent!

Julie - It must be hard trying to diet when you have a family who need feeding up! I'm sure those here with kids will have some suggestions - but at least you have recognised that it is a problem and can make changes from here on. :^:

take care

Love Amanda xx

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! :lol: )

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! :lol: :lol: 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 !!! :lol:

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 :D

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 :cb: Thanks for noticing I was gone !! :wave:

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 :wave:

Forgot to turn the timer off on my tv and it came on at 4am :lol: 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 :rolleyes: not much else on at this time of the morning unless your a news junkie like my hubby :rollpin:
Looks like they've changed the line-up :dunno: third watch is on instead, its an old one too but i'll watch it :)

[COLOR=Magenta]Back from TX[/COLOR]
 

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??? :lol:

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!! :lol: 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!!! :lol: 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! :lol: 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! :lol: 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!!! :lol: 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!! :lol:

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 :bravo: now you know that what we was telling you was true :lol: you WERE'NT eating enough ;) so are you going to starve your body into stalling again or have you learned something from this? :lol: its a sad fact that the boobies are the first to go :cry: but at least you're like me and can afford to lose them :lol: 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 :lol3: and finding "affordable" sexy bra's is a nightmare :yikes: i think they think we only wear "hammocks" as my hubby affectionately calls them ;)

Sorry you are feeling so "low" Susan :grouphug: we've all been there you know :yes: and you've done fabulously well and will do again :D 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 :yes: 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... :lol:

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 :lol:

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 :)

Good Morning my lovelies!

4 points yesterday.....woo hoo! I've discovered I can eat loads of brown rice if I put just a little pesto and lemon juice in it. YUMMY! Then I tried fiddling with it to try and get the calories down cuz there's alot of fat in pesto (olive oil, though, which isn't bad) So.......I figured that pesto is just basil, parmesan cheese, garlic and oil. So I cooked the rice with a bunch of basil and garlic, and then just put the parmesan on top afterwards (plus lemon juice, cuz I likes it puckery). It was pretty good! And I probably saved like 200 calories in oil.

So now when I get those carb cravings for pasta or toast or pastries, I'm eating this stuff (I keep a bunch of it in the fridge). It fills me up alot! And it doesn't set me up for cravings like real rice or pasta does. Just thought I'd share that with you all. I've also seen recipes for brown rice pudding using splenda.....and I used to eat it with soy sauce fairly often in college.

Jaymie--glad you got home safe and sound. I think you should pay close attention to what happened in TX.......you ate, you didn't exercise (except for daily running around) and you lost. That should tell you something, and I really hope you don't go right back to your old patterns and starve yourself again. Maybe you could rent a Mommy and Me aerobic video and exercise WITH your daughter? It would be teaching her great things, and you don't have to fret so much about having the "perfect" time and place for exercising.

Susan--BOY have I been where you are!! Actually, if I don't lose anything this month, I'm STILL where you are :lol: Give your body a break! Don't think for a minute that your 30 pounds is insignificant!!! You achieved something great, that many people have failed at. Congratulate yourself, and find a way to at least maintain your accomplishment. When you're ready, you'll get back to business. I've only lost 5 or 10 pounds since Xmas, myself........and I'm more than frustrated about it. But I know that I'm not going back, so there's only one way to go. Plus, finals week sucks!! Who doesn't eat their brains out during finals??? Don't beat yourself up. And keep coming here......even if you're not actively trying to lose anything, at least it keeps your head in the right place.

Beth--sounds like you're a little more cheery now. I guess you must've done something with the hot air, cuz it's supposed to be mid-80's today. Yesterday it didn't get above 53 and I had the wood stove going! I love Maine!

Faye--any luck with a plastic cast? Sorry the docs are being jerks.....you'll get through this. Just don't make the medical stuff the focus of your whole day.

Carrie--you know you can get back op. Just don't force yourself to go back whole hog, unless that's your style. Maybe you need a week or so to ease back into things.

Amanda--didn't see a post from you.......must be too busy doing situps to write! :lol: :lol:

Well, the kids are tugging at me, gotta get em to school. Hey, only 4 more days and we're off for the summer!!!!

Later babes,
Julie

TUESDAY: Today is Target Tuesday. This week take one emotionally issue that you have trouble with, be it a family problem, a growing up problem, anger, sadness, depression, whatever and work on eliminating it permanently. This is not necessarilly going to be a one week deal, but make it a target to start dealing with it.

Julie: I am ok now. I have decided just to go back to my life as it was. They told me yesterday the fracture is tiny so I am going back into the pool and just protecting the one arm so I can get back to a normal life! As for the pesto rice, if you like the taste of the olive oil, get some of the olvie oil pam and when it is all mixed up spray some of it on just for the flavor.

I have chores, housecleaning, and pool this morning so better hit the road and get started!

Faye **thanks for all your good thoughts for me girls**

Morning Everyone -

I get 3 points for yesterday. I didn't get out and exercise. I've been kind of down the past couple of days and it was storming yesterday so I used that as an excuse to be lazy. I sure had a battle last night. Depression always makes me what to eat. I decided I wanted a pizza and nothing was going to stop me from having one lol. It wasn't that I couldn't control myself I just didn't want to control myself. I had convinced myself that this whole diet / weight loss thing was stupid and useless. It is amazing the mind games we can play with ourselves. I went so far as to get money out of my purse and cut a coupon out of the paper. For some reason I kept putting calling off. In the end I never ordered one. I was rewarded with the scale going down today so that is something. I have a feeling the battle isn't completely over lol.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Beth

Morning All
 

I only got 3 pts yesterday...

Julie - Yeah I know I can get it back off and that was my philosophy while on vacation, I knew I would gain but I also knew I could get it back off...I may have to ease into it as yesterday was very hard and I had the ever popular
"hunger headache"...

Beth - You seem to be pretty down most of the time...You mention that you are depressed, are you taking any anti-depressants? I did a few years ago and they really, really helped me....if you arent taking any you might want to check into it before it gets any worse....I know, I have been there...

Faye - Glad to hear that you can still get in the pool and exercise...I wish I had a pool to get into, especially today as it is going to be around 90 degrees here today.

Everyone have a good day...

Beth: Fabulous! I am so glad you obstained! I know it gets tough and when you feel crappy about all of it and yourself, it is kind of a what the **** mentality, but we have to be strong!

Carri: I am so thankful for this pool and no one every goes out there first thing in the morning, so it is so relaxing even doing aerobics. You can think and ponder etc. We are going to be in the 90's for a week or so. The pool water is still pretty chilly so I hope this warms it up some.

I am trying to relax a bit before tackling the house. I think it will be downstairs first as dh dumped baked beans all over the floor last night and I mopped but the floor is still pretty sticky.

Have a wonderful day girls!

Faye :)

Carri - Thanks for the concern. Actually I was seriously, clinically depressed, for about 4 years. I don't mean just a little depressed, like oh my life sucks, poor me. I mean being so removed from life and myself that I forgot how to do simple things. Like how to do the dishes. How to relate to people. How to talk to people. How to hang up my clothes. I don't mean that I didn't want to do those things anymore. I mean I simply couldn't figure out how to do them. At the time I described it to the doctor this way: I felt like I was in a clear plastic box without doors. I could see what needed to be done. I knew what was on the outside of the box, but I simply couldn't get to it. I couldn't figure out how to stand up, walk over to the sink, turn on the water, wash the dishes. It was simply beyond me. Most everything was. The world had no revelence to me. I was no longer a part of it and daily I moved further away from it. It was as if I was falling backwards into a bottomless black hole. The world was disappearing and I didn't care. That's what scared me the most at the time. I longed for that darkness. I don't mean death. At least not a physical death. I was aiming for comatose at the time, but never quite made it lol. Not enough drugs I suppose. I'm such a happier person now. I know it might not seem that way to the casual observer, but I have just been having to deal with a bunch of stuff the last few months that does get me down. That's all it is though, an off and on blue funk, not actual depression. Believe me I know the difference lol. No, I don't take any meds. I don't like them anyway. They never helped at the time and only made me tried.

My relationship with the b/f has kept me on a roller coaster for the past 6 months and a few other things in my life. If you knew me from before you'd be able to tell the difference, for the better. Actually you would never of known me from before because I basically didn't leave the house for 4 years! Part of my problem right now is just boredom. I'm out of school for 4 months with nothing to do. I do my best to keep busy, but there is only so much I can do. I'm also alone for the summer which gets old after awhile, but not much can be done about that either. I would say what I am now and have been off and on for awhile is sad. Sad is a normal, heathly emotion unlike depression. Sadness goes away with time. Depression is a friend that moves in and stays, although it never helps with the rent lol. :lol:

Anyway, I fine, actually much better than fine. But again thanks for the concern. I'm sure that was way more information than you wanted lol.

Beth

Beth - You are welcome...no that was all good information...I too was in a similar state years ago, so we have that in common :lol:
Just wanted to make sure you were alright :)

Later

Hey Girls!

I have been soooooooooooo ill! :(

I think it is the last effects of coming off my pills, as I have reduced them to every other day and suddenly I feel like I have been hit by a bus! I think I may have overdone it with the weights a bit aswell - they didn't feel that heavy so I was really going for it, and now every muscle in my body aches like crazy! Nigel said to me at the time to take it easy, but i was like 'I'm fine, stop going on at me!' - man I hate it when he is right!! My body feels so heavy, and I feel dizzy and nauseous - and all of this in the middle of a heatwave! :faint:

Consequently, I only got 1 point yesterday for my water - I couldn't face cooking so ended up having something from the freezer and loads of bread, which took me way over my points. But in the past i would have called for a pizza - I thought about it for about two seconds, but honestly didn't really want one! So I am pleased about that - knowing that I have my pizza as a Friday night special treat seems to be really working for me, I've even got one in the freezer ready for Friday, but I didn't eat it last night as i want to save it! :D

Today I have been a bit better and stayed on programme, but I'm still not up to exercising, which I'm not happy about - now I know how you feel Faye! :)

BETH - I can identify your description of your past depression - you described it very eloquently. It's a disassociation isn't it ? I avoided meds for years, but finally gave in because I was going to lose my job if i had any more sick days (in the end i lost it anyway! :lol: ). I must say my life has improved dramatically since taking them - the ones I am introducing at the moment make me quite drowsy, but I kind of like that - it is better than feeling tense and agitated! Nigel calls them my 'cuddle drugs' because they chill me out so much! I'm glad you are happier now, as am I - it's a horrible horrible illness isn't it? :grouphug:

Take care you guys!

Love Amanda x

Woohoo got a call that my MRI is scheduled tomorrow. :cb: Only I would be excited about being slid into a round coffin and having to lie perfectly still! :lol: I just want to know what is wrong with my knee and if they can fix it or do I have to live with it?

Amanda: Oh sweety I am so sorry the "coming down" off the pills has been so tough. We are here for you though so come and b*^%$ all you want, ok?

Man is it ever hot here. Even in the house it feels hot and it really isn't. I did get 4 pts today though, yippee!

Everybody have a great night and I will try and post first thing, but have to be at the hospital at 7:30 so I may be late getting in. Just remember it is gripe day! :lol:

Faye ;)