I agree with annabelle. Laura, if you are out there, PLEASE come back. We love you and miss you. You have been very motivational for us. Your words of encouragement have been extremely valuable in all of our lives. Let us return the favor, please.

Good afternoon,

Well I am so gald to have a few moments to check in. Well, it sure seems like alot has happened. I wish Laura would come back, we all miss you.

Sam, again, bravo on the gym trips. I can't wait to go back to the gym. You are actually inspiring to look into going back. I was there for 8 years. I haven't been in 3 years. Anyway thank you for sharing your story and accomplishments. As for your friend, doesn't that drive you nuts. My sister inlaw is a skinny beautiful girl, and eats whatever, she only watches what she eats after she gave birth to my two nephews. The first time she lost 70lb in less than 4 months. With my 2nd nephew she gained 75lbs and he is only 4 weeks old and she has 23 more lbs to lose. Her diet days are like my overeating days Metabolism: it is all about the metabolism. I don't think I have one fortunately she does not try to make others eat what she does. I agree, with you your friend probably is suffering from esteem issues. Keep up the good work, remember it is her problem, not yours.

Angie:
Have a great time on your trip. I am not concerned with you. I am positive that you will do great.... just enjoy your trip.
Bravo on the 45 minutes on the tread mill, 1+ qt of water before noon, wonderful. I agree with you about the shopping with healthy food in the cart. The supermarket in my town is a couple of doors down from my old gym, therefore, I alwasy see someone from there in the supermarket, I feel good whn my cart is full of good food.

Joy: I hope you had fun cleaning your house. I have to do the same soon. I am thinking I might spend a few hours on it tomorrow. I have a question, the protein for breakfast, what was recommended: I have just started eating yogurts (6oz) mixed with 1/2 cup of Go Lean Crunch cereal. I have been alternating that with an egg, 2 Bocas (veggie sausage), mixed with little cheese or toast. I will definately try the apple idea. I just bought a bag of Macitosh apples. It is apple season here, I can't wait to go apple picking in two weeks. We go north to Maine.

Trisha: I agree with you, I love this site. I hope we all continue this. I look forward to checking and feel sad when I can't. I love to hear all the idea. I love comedy plays also, what was the name of it? Does it travel? Enjoy dinner tonight.

Hey Mary, Fran, Julie, and Laura and and everyone else hope all is well. Talk to you all soon.

Hi everyone still learning to fly my computer thought Id see if I could work out how to do these smiley faces hope your all doing well and staying focused sorry to hear Laura is taking a break i enjoyed her poitive attitude will miss her I,m doing fine glad you gave me directions on how to find you guys I get lost at the best of times well haven,t got much to say having a good day so far just knowing there are others out there going through the same thing as ups and downs helps well keep up the good work stay focused bye for now I,m off for a cuppa JULIE

Morning Everyone
Glad you found us Julie.Watch out for those smiley guys they can get addictive I had a nice day yesterday.My aunt and uncle came over and my hubby and them went golfing then we had this awesome meal at my moms.The meal it's self was not too bad for fat but dessert was amazing it was black forrest cake and cherry squares and black cherry icecream.I was serving dessert so at the end I only took a small piece of each.
Today is a new day and starting tonight I am going to get on my bike as soon as I get in the door and ride it and row for 20 minutes.I have to get this weight off.
I am also going to try and email Laura to see if I can get her back in here.I miss her also.I haven't seen her on chat either.
I hope she is ok.
I have to go Have a Great Day everyone and see you tonight
Trisha

Good morning, ladies!
Yesterday wasn't a good day for me. I woke up with a terrible headache, and called in sick to work. Then all day long I was at home w/ my hubby..and since I wasn't feeling good he was getting on my nerves LOL...I feel bad saying that but it's true. To top it all off, the gym was closed, so I couldn't go there, it was raining so I couldn't go walking, and I don't like to do my pilates video when my hubby is at home because I can't do it well and I don't want him to see that LOL (stupid, I know)
So all day long I was bored to tears, and I am the first one to admit that when I am bored, I EAT.
So I didn't eat so healthy yesterday, but today I am back on the wagon. (I sound like an alcoholic LOL) I woke up this morning and made some scrambled eggs for my hubby and I, had coffee, and am good to go. Today I will be going to the gym around nine. No classes today, but tommorrow I am going to a class (don't know which one yet)
Don't mean to be so negative!!
How is everyone today?

Sam

Well I hope everyone is having a great day.

Well yesterday, my son hurt his knee at his football game, I was so worried, but felt like an ***, because I could not get my fat *** over the fence. I had to have my brother climb over the fence. It would have taken me too long to run,(who am I kinding) around the fence to the field. Who ever thought of putting a fence around the field anyway. Well I was so worried, but he is going to be ok. I then had a bad dream last night about taking him to a bad neighborhood, I was trying to get services for underprividge people and he decided to go back to the car, while I continueed my meeting and I LET him. Well as I was walking back to the car the police were at my car and something bad happened.... I woke up in extreme fear. I have been jittery all morning. I felt so bad....
Just had to get that out, thanks for listening.

Hey Julie glad you gfound us. Hope your plan has been goin well for you.

Hey Sam, I am the same way, I have my routines and I hate when others interfer with them.

Trisha, good job on the control, and not depriving yourself.

Ps, I PM Laura a few days ago, but never heard back. I miss her also. I hope she is ok, she is in my prayers... as is everyone else.

Well I have to stop cleaning and get dressed to pick up my son to take him to his Chiropractor, to check out his knee.
The school nurse just called, he went to her to say he was sore, but didn't want to go home. Well if I can I will check in later.

Laura – I think that I speak for everyone when I say WELCOME BACK. I personally don’t think you EVER came off as a know-it-all. We are all in this together, and we share our personal experiences, good, bad, and ugly, with each other. Everyone on this website knows (I’m sure) that people here are just sharing personal knowledge with everyone – and what works for one person may very well not work for another person. I also don’t think that you made yourself “too vulnerable” or a “total jerkoid,” because we all have been there, we all have had days that we didn’t feel up to par. That’s what this website is for, to help each other during our down times. We need you, Laura, as much as you need us, everyday, to bring us through the bad days, cheer for us on our good days, and teach us what you have learned, so that we can all learn from each other.
We love you
Sam

WELCOME BACK LAURA
I am so glad to you came back.And you have no need to be embarrased.We are all here because of the same reason and none of us are judging anyone else, that is what makes this group so special.Everyone's words are wisdom and that is what is going to get us through all of this.We all know what to do to lose weight but it is the support of everyone in here throught thick and thin that is going to make us all successful.Please keep posting wether you had a bad day or good.One thing I have learned about myself is to be honest if I had a bad day say I had a bad day,and we will be here to help you get through it.
Keep posting and you will see that it will work give it a chance. Talk to you later. Trisha :

G,day everyone, WELCOME BACK LAURALYNN , I have only been here for 2wks and when I found this site you all made me feel so welcome and we all have our own opinions and if we can,t say what we feel and think here where can we, I don,t think from reading your posts that you come across blunt or a know it all the things you say and comments you make are all things we have said to ourselves countless times well I know I have anyway so please don,t leave again I need all the help I can get hey Trish thanks for warning me those smilies are addictive well thats it for now glad your all well except for the headache Sam hope it improves bye for now BLESSED BE JULIE

Hello Ladies - how is everyone today? Today was alright for me, I didn't get to work out because I had to do laundry, but I did sit down at the laundry mat and make a work out schedule for myself. I ate pretty good today, I had some scrambled eggs this morning, then had a Lean Cuisine Fajita something or other for lunch. At work I had a Lean Cuisine macaroni and cheese, and then when I got home I ate what was left of my hubbys chicken fried rice - is that bad for you? It says "fried" but I don't think that it is REALLY FRIED, like dipped in grease, is it???

Anyways, guys, I will talk to everyone again in the morning.

Hi all a special welcome back to Laura

This is cause for celebration (not embarrassment)

I pretty much stayed OP today. Didn't get any exercise in tho. Class tonight.

Lynn, funny you should as about cereal and yoghurt. I asked specifically about that. She said it was best to eat natural non fat yoghurt with your cereal (I eat porridge oats, consisting of rolled oats, flax seed and bran). She said you should add your own fruit to it. The ones that say they have fruit in them generally are made with a syrup that has little to do with real fruit, and are sweetened with things we can't pronounce. The best sweeteners are natural ones such as pure maple syrup, honey and even sugar, when you put them in you know what's there and how much of it your using. She said you need to have foods from three groups in one meal. The yoghurt takes care of the protein (dairy too) the cereal is your grain, and the fruit is, well the fruit.

Well it's after 11pm. I still have to make lunches, coffee and journal.

I wish all of you the best tomorrow you can have


Joy

Hi
I had a really good day yesterday.Eating wise everything went well and I even exercised .I am trying now as soon as I get home from work instead of plopping my butt down and playing on this pc I go right to the basement and change my clothes and exercise away It felt good and by that time my supper is ready.I am really going to try and stay motivated for that because it sure made me feel good last night.
One thing I am going to miss is that at work I am usually running around alot and for the next 2 weeks I am training and being trained so they have me couped up in a board room for almost 8 hours a day .I think the only thing that I can do is go for a walk at lunch to help make up for that.Weigh in is tommorow so we will see what happened.
Have a great day everyone and will talk to you tonight
Trisha

LOL Laura you are right about the fried rice, I knew it anyways, I was just hoping that someone would agree with my justification LOL...Thank you for not putting up with my ****
Well bad news everyone...well, disapointing anyways. I weighed in this morning and only lost 3 lbs last week. I guess I shouldn't have expected to continue to lose 5 lbs a week, it just isn't feasable to expect that. But I tell you what, I think that not losing as much weight actually motivated me more to get in gear, as I have been slacking off lately. I need to get back to the gym, I haven't worked out for the last three days...I felt like crap LOL its amazing that I can honestly say that before this lifestyle change I hadn't worked out in AT LEAST 2-3 years, no wonder I got so FAT! But this morning already I did my pilates video. I should admit, though, that when I do my pilates video, I only do the first part, the standing pilates because I have NO ab strength and find the other half very difficult for me. I was thinking the other day (and I may be justifying again - please let me know if I am) that the reason that I have less ab strength than before is because when I had my baby I had a c-section and they cut through my stomach muscles. I am sure that they stitched them back together and I am sure that they have formed again but I am SO WEAK in my stomach. BUT I don't know if that is because I have been so lazy for so long. Has anyone else had a c-section? I am interested in whether you had the same problem, and if so what kind of exersizes should I do to gradually make them stronger?
OK ladies, thank you again for all of your support


Sam

Good morning to you all.

Laura Welcome back, as you know we all missed you very much.

As for the yogurt, I like Stonyfield Farm all natural with 1/2 cup of GoLean Crunch all natural cereal. I am actually eating in as we speak. My breakfast is late today. It is raining here and I am hoping that my son does not have football today. I really do not want to stand in the rain.

He is doing much better, and I have stopped having nigghtmares about something bad happening to him.

Well you'll have a great day and I will try to check in later if I can:
My exercise plan this week:
Walk 2miles a day 3X
Resistance bands 2X
Yoga 3X

Hi all

I've had an okay day. Stayed OP (used all my points tho) and went to an aquasize class after work. Hubby made a fantabulous supper. Chicken and mushroom caesar salad in a pesto wrap and french onion soup. mmmm mmmm good No points left for my nightly piece of RATS. Weight in tommorow. Wish me luck I'm not sure how it will be with my - shall we say - less active week. (another way to say lazy)

SAMANTHA !!!! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT"Well bad news everyone...well, disapointing anyways. I weighed in this morning and only lost 3 lbs last week. THIS IS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION ouch..... I think I've hurt myself

Trish tomorrow with your WI. You're motivation may just be catchy.....

Do I see a challenge coming up anyone.....

Lynn for the game It must be a weight off your mind now that the nightmares have stopped. Its very difficult to take when you child is unhappy.... and by the way GO TEAM GO

Laura Thanks for the info on the Stevia. Actually a friend had given me some a while back, I tried it and liked it. Unfortunately, I wasn't watching what I was eating at the time and forgot about it. I need to watch my HBP too. I'm glad to see your back on track with your eating. 1650 is "a" okay. and so pleased to see you back posting... would love to sneak a peek at your fitday journal ONE POUND GONE FOREVER ouch.... I keep doin' that

Annabell and Julie sounds like things are progressing for you. It's nice to see someone else gets hooked on smilies...

Sure hope Angie's having a good visit with her family.... I though maybe she would pop in....

Well til tomorrow - which is probably now for some of you. Have a splendid day.



Joy