Dearest Wannabe: How old is your baby????? My dear daughter had a wee son 2 wks. ago yesterday, and he still has his umbilical cord too....it's wonderful to hear from you, and congratulations on your wonderful new baby....
Hey there Gang! What do you say we set ourselves a goal of 10 lbs. by Xmas time? That seems realistic to me, and I will start charting myself today....I have missed the gang here.
Chris, thanks for your very valueable e.mail, I've passed it on to my daughter and she's relieved she's not the only one in the world doing the bottle/thing....
10 lbs. by Xmas...who's UP FOR THE CHALLENGE?
And I am writing down my present weight today, and charting the lbs. and oz. as they come off....will do that in private for the time being.
Jo, I'm still on the "good" side of 200 lbs...BUT not by a lot...it's scary how quickly it piles on again. Lately tho, I've been in "hibernation mode", I find every fall I crave heavy breads, homemade soups, and the like, and nothing like carbs (with butter added) to pile on those extra, unwanted lbs..
Good luck to all, and Lynne, if you're around and "out there" we love you and are thinking of you - so come on back into the room, and get your hugs...
Hey Kermie & Chris--good to hear from both of you. I've tried the last few nights to get back to you but the site is sooo sllloow--I don't have the patience. I,m still hanging in here. My craft boutique is this weekend. Came up way too fast. Ive been under the weather lately with female problems--don't know if ;they'll ever end. I,m going to a menop. seminar next week--maybe that will answer some questions. I started a new med this week--hopefully it will get this bleeding under control--that's the biggest problem--I'm so tired and sore all the time from the low hemo. counts.
Congratulations Chris--send pictures when you get time. WW will be a good thing for you--you,ve done so well there in the past. And with the nursing==the weight will come off quicker. Hope your little guy is ok.
Kermie--I know how you feel. I string a few good days together then down hill again.
I have been faithful to my walking--until this week--will get going again next week after my new meds have a chance to kick in. Are you still going to TOPS??
After my appointemnt next week I'll know more about what route I should take. My ob/gyn said that weight control and weight loss will be part of the seminar,. I hope soo--I'm tired of being FAT!
Will talk soon--I'll be busy the next few days but I'll keep you both in my thoughts. Stay in touch--you can support each other until I return__early next week.
Jo
HI Jo and Chris: Weighed in again this morning, still the same as yesterday, and am going out to dinner again tonight...but will attempt to be more astute (sp?) than I have been as of late....
Tomorrow is a watercolour workshop (away from fridge) for the day, and hopefully, will have a light dinner (alone) at home....and then Sunday will have my children and the new grandson over to dinner...and my son and his expectant wife here as well...babies, coming out of my ears....the 2nd grandbaby is due mid Feb., so it'll be fun in my life after Dave's death last year...
Will now go and do 20 mins. on the treadmill - Jo, that's your doing - you have been faithfull to walking, well - I've been faithful to cleaning out my garden, etc., and any kind of planned exercise has taken a back seat, and it's amazing how soon those calf muscles shrink if you don't use the treadmill or another form of everyday kind of exercise.
Have a good wk. end you guys, and what do you say - 10 lbs. off by Xmas? Or is that too lofty a goal for us...
Hey Kermie--sorry--craft boutique was this weekend so I've had three very long days---glad it's over with for another year. 10 pounds sounds wonderful. Hubby was just diagnoised with diabetes so it's time for a change in our household. We see the diatician on the 4th. I'm pretty ignorant to a healthy diet for diabetes. And with my sweet loving, pop drinking husband it will be a challenge I also see my ob/gyn for a menopase seminar on tuesday. She will also be discussing the best way to fight weight gain during menop.so maybe I'll get some answers. I got home from Church around 4 pm today and we walked to our local Subway for dinner. Figured it was a pretty healthy meal and with the approximate 2 mile round trip it was a little exercise thrown in. Yes I have been pretty faithful to my walking before work--except last week--too much bleeding going on to even think about walking. Started a new med to control it some--hope it doesn't have a side effect of weight gain Loved the picture of your new grandson?? what is his name? Very beautiful baby
Chris--how is Mr. Brooks??? We'd love to see him.
Gonna run--I'm pretty worn out from the boutique thing. I'm going to put my feet up and read the newspaper. Will talk tomorrow. Your on for the 10 pound goal Kermie--We can do it!!!
Jo
Dear Jo! You sure have things on your plate! I hope the Tues. thing is helpful and tells you something you don't already know (and gives solutions). And a diabetic diet is a healthy diet, and exercise that goes with it...
Chris: Yes, I'd love to see your baby Brooks also...take care, we love babies and I trust all's well with you.
Good to see you again JO!!! Hope the doctors get you straightened out soon!!!
Kermie: I am DEFINATELY up to the 10 lb challenage! Thank you for issueing it....maybe it will get me jump started. Right now I am having a tough time keeping out of the halloween candy. I wish those trick or treaters would hurray up and come get this stuff before I eat it all.
Brooks is doing good...Great actually! I will email Kermie some pictures as I have her email. Kermie, you have my permission to email them to Jo. I dont have Jo's email addy, but I believe you do.
I just hope they are not too dark for you to see them. We have a digital camera, but we dont have the light that goes with it yet, so our pictures are coming out dark a lot of the times.
I have to go....Brooks is crying....((((sigh)))) I really need to get him settled so that I can get a shower.
Hey Ladies--good to hear from both of you on the same day. Looks like we're all ready for this challenge. I haven't had the best day today but I didn't try to either--sorta my last horrah before D-day tomorrow. I haven't had a problem with the Halloween candy--mainly becuse I haven;t opened any of it. I know that if I do it would be one bar at a time until it turned into one bag at a time Just praying for lots of kids this year because I did buy a lot. Figured hubby would take the left overs hunting like in the past--but now with the diabetes diagnois that isn't the best plan any more. I am looking forward to tomorrow night--hope it/s informative. She did tell me in August that the average women gains 6 pounds every year during peri menopause and menopause. That would expain this giant pouch I'm carrying! I'm also interested in the right vitamins etc that I should be taking. After this seminar she is going to offer weight loss options in her office--including Meridia? The office calls and drugs probably won't be covered by insurance but I don't care--I need to have some type of support system behind me and that would be it. Stepping on the scale in her office every month would keep me on program. In August we had talked about a 3 month committment to get me started in the right direction--and then we'd go from there. I can do anything for 3 months---RIGHT????
Chris--you must be getting close to being ready to go back to WW. You did soo well there last time. You can send the pictures to me also--if you would. My E-mail is craftwomanJo @cs.com. I would love to see your little bundle.
Kermie--is TOPS still an option for you?? I continue to keep my eyes open for a convenient meeting time close by but no luck. Everything is closer to where I work and I'm not going to get back in the car after dark and drive 25 miles for a meeting. Once I get home in the evening--I'm home---wish I could find one at 4 pm--then I would go on my way home--and I would go--same with WW. I was going on Thursday mornings at 7:30 am--which was fine--but I had to cut out the last 15 minutes to make it to work on time. I did it for a while then quit. I found myself missing most of the lecture--which is the part that I needed the most. And with WW I liked the idea of weighing in in the morning--It seemed like a more accurate weight. I KNOW--as long as I weighed the same time every week it would be accurate--all mornings or all evenings--but I have a hard time accepting that....
I am taking off work to go with Hubby to his diatician meeting. He is really stressing out on this diet thing. He is very uneducated about nutiritional things. Can't get it thru his head that he can still eat very well--just different than he's used too. Hopefully they can explain the different food groups better to him than I can. He just called from the lake and today has been an eating disaster. He's way too heavy on the breads--ok on protein but dairy has been non-excistant oh well--some day he'll catch on. Now if I can convince him that vegetables really is a food group and their are more vegis than lettuce and tomato on a burger
Gonna run--I have lots of housework to catch up on--talk on Wed. I know I'll get home too late tomorrow to touch base but I will be thinking about you both. THINK THIN!!!
Jo
Hi Chris & Jo: Well - we're on for the 10 lbs. before Xmas...and that gives me direction, knowing I'm not doing it alone...I'm running out the door to my daughter's...going to feed and bathe the baby...and I'm showing up with a soother, hope she doesn't kick me out...but waking up at 3AM every night, then even after feeding he still screams bloody murder can't be fun. Chris does your bambino have a soother?
Jo, your husband will have to get a soother instead of digging into the grub, guess he's stressed out about the diagnosis....BUT....reality bites, and don't we all know it.
Chris: Will send the pics of your dear Brooks to Jo...right now.
WOO WHOO!!!! Stepped on the scales today and I have lost 20 lbs since giving birth to Brooks!!! Of course I am still WAY over my goal weight, but hey, have to take comfort in small steps right? I am now at the weight I was when I originally joined WW a few years back. So I figure I need to lose about 30 more lbs give or take a few. I need to update my signature to show my current stats.
Jo, Your hubby will get the picture eventually. It really isnt that bad of a diet....having been on it for the last 4 months or so of my pregnancy I speak from experience. He can still treat himself here and there, but will have to learn to pair carbs with protein. For example if he eats something sweet then he needs to eat something high in protein (like peanut butter) with it to counteract the carb. I am sure the dietician will make it make sense to him. Good luck!
Sandy, What is a soother? Is it the same as a pacifier? If so, then YES!!! We did not want to give Brooks one, but that rule was one of the first ones broken. He was given one (we call it his Nuk-Nuk) within the first few nights home. In my opinion it is better than him sucking on his thumb or fingers. After all, you can always take the paci away, but the fingers are there to stay.
I can say that I am blessed in the fact that Brooks usually goes right back to sleep after his late night, early am feedings. I dont normally have to much problem with that. After he finishes feeding I rock him for about 5-10 minutes and he is sound asleep again.
My breast milk has dried up and he is on formula completely now. Is your daughter supplimenting with formula at all???? If she is not opposed to formula feeding then that may give her some relief at night as formula is heavier on the babe's stomache and will help him to sleep better and longer between feedings.
Well, I need to run....I have at least gotten a shower and washed my hair today----yippee!!! I now need to put on makeup and get ready to go to wal-mart for my weekly grocery shopping trip. I am not supposed to start WW for another 3 weeks, but I am going to buy some of my old favorite WW foods tonight when I go shopping and start trying to get back into the groove slowly.
Good luck to you both working your programs---WE CAN DO THIS!!!
HI Chris and Kermie--Chris--didn't get any pictures with your e-mail--nothing attached. Did get the pictures from Kermie but haven't seen them yet--they just finished downloading--I'll check them out after I've signed off. Glad to hear your both doing well--20 pounds is GREAT Chris!!! Hope the rest comes off easily too. Can't talk long--dinner is almost ready and hubby should be thru the door any minute. Last night was very interesting. Didn'
t learn a lot about weight control but did pick up a lot on menopause--including a breakdown on just about everything on the market to help with the side-effects. Very informative and worth while. Can't get into my doctor until Dec---- so I guess I had better get started on my own--happy to say my halloween stash is still stashed and un-opened-----a new record for me!! Hurry up Halloween! Haven't stepped on the scale since I started this new med--but not feeling too bloated so hopefully weight gain won't be one of the side effects I'll experience from it--weighing in tomorrow--and getting started toward my 10 pounds by Christmas--
Talk later
Jo
Chris--nope--nothing attached again. I did see the pictures from Kermie. They are a little dark but I can see him. Bet he's already getting big. WHo's personality does he have--or can't you tell yet??
Having an ok day. Didn't get in a lot of walking this week....the weather has been terrible--rainy, drizzly and just plain ugly. Hope the weekend is a little better so I can get in a good walk. We're actually in town. Got a call back from my doctor today on her weight loss classes. Can't get in to see her until December 17--but I took the appointment. I'll just have to get started on my own until then. Still haven't stepped on the scale--don't want the sticker shock
Kermie--where are you? Thanks for forwarding the pictures of Brooks. And thanks for the picture last week of your Grandson. He is a cutie!! What is a soother?? I don't know that term either.
I wrote to Lynne last week--e-mail--but so far no response. She may not have a computer yet. The last time I heard from her she was using her Mum's. Wish we would hear something. I may go to the "Buddy" site tonight to see if she has started another thread.
What a gas--just got my "You've got mail" notation and it's from Kermie--guess your still around. I'll check here later to see if you've posted. If not--I'll talk tomorrow. Hubby just called and he's on his way home and Hungry!!! Gotta rustle something up for him.
Jo
Hey--It's the weekend!! Very warm today--so now we're under severe thunderstorm warnings. Cold tomorrow. Only in Minnesota and Canada--right Kermie??? Ok week for me--really feel like I've been dragging. I get that way when I don't get in my walking. I will get in some this weekend--even if it's only at the mall. Hubby bought me a new pedometer the other night. I'm having a devil of a time figuring it out--wish he would have bought me an easier one to use--like the last one I had--I may end up taking it back and picking out something I can figure out myself. I don't really need a stop watch, pace setter, date time year calories burned etc--I just want to count my steps. How is the life changes going girls--sounds better than diet--doesn't it??? Mine is not going well--haven't gotten motivated yet---but I will. Talk tomorrow or Sunday. Have a good weekend.
Jo
Dear Chris & Jo: No word from Lynne....here....A soother is a pacifier...and my family called it a "loo loo"....Chris. Will tell my daughter about the supplemental formula at night feeding - and thanks for that information.
Jo - I've done 30 mins. on the treadmill today and that's a big deal for me, the trick is to get on by 7:30am or I just don't have the time when I start all my "day things"....so I have that info now as well.
Chris...20 lbs. is great...good for you gal! Would love to drop 20 lbs., but have to start with one lb. first.
Glad we're here, and Jo let us know if you've found Lynne...
I also see my ob/gyn for a menopase seminar on tuesday. She will also be discussing the best way to fight weight gain during menop.so maybe I'll get some answers. I got home from Church around 4 pm today and we walked to our local Subway for dinner. Figured it was a pretty healthy meal and with the approximate 2 mile round trip it was a little exercise thrown in. Yes I have been pretty faithful to my walking before work--except last week--too much bleeding going on to even think about walking. Started a new med to control it some--hope it doesn't have a side effect of weight gain 
Loved the picture of your new grandson?? what is his name? Very beautiful baby
Just praying for lots of kids this year because I did buy a lot. Figured hubby would take the left overs hunting like in the past--but now with the diabetes diagnois that isn't the best plan any more. I am looking forward to tomorrow night--hope it/s informative. She did tell me in August that the average women gains 6 pounds every year during peri menopause and menopause. That would expain this giant pouch I'm carrying! I'm also interested in the right vitamins etc that I should be taking. After this seminar she is going to offer weight loss options in her office--including Meridia? The office calls and drugs probably won't be covered by insurance but I don't care--I need to have some type of support system behind me and that would be it. Stepping on the scale in her office every month would keep me on program. In August we had talked about a 3 month committment to get me started in the right direction--and then we'd go from there. I can do anything for 3 months---RIGHT????
Hope the rest comes off easily too. Can't talk long--dinner is almost ready and hubby should be thru the door any minute. Last night was very interesting. Didn'
