Ok, everyone I am sorry I have been gone for awhile.
Getting ready for this trip is driving me nuts. I have not dieted at all.
My mind is actually gone as I am writing this.
I would love to write longer, but I honestly do not have time.
I will miss all of you
Have a great Thanksgiving!!!!!!
I get back on Decmber 5.
I expect to read alot!!!!!!
Amy

Ok, the holiday is over and I'm back! Sorry I haven't been around I've been very busy.. My husband had holidays and the two of us are more tired now than we were to begin with! LOL isn't that always the way.

I'm happy to report that I lost -2- lbs over the past couple weeks. Amazingly considering that since my husband had 2 weeks off I definately wasn't doing any exersize except for a few walks here and there and I definately wasn't eating as well as I should have been. :blush:

Anyway, holidays are over and it's time to get back on it!

I'm seeing that the messages on this board are slowly dying away. I truely hope that you all just were busy over the holidays and will be back. From personal experience I find that if I let certain things like this slide I tend to do the same with my eating and exersizing. It's really important to make sure we keep supporting each other and keep posting to make sure we hold ourselves accountable.

I definately know it's much easier to not post and keep any slip ups to yourself but we all joined this board because we NEED support so we should try to keep any promises we've made to each other.

I'll be doing another weigh in on Friday as that is my weigh in day. Hopefully by then I'll still be down those 2 lbs.

How was the cruise btw?! I hope you took my advice and pigged out on the seafood buffets!

Ok, I hope to see emails saying that you ladies have come back and posted!! Waiting to hear from you soon!

Chris

Wow.. what a weekend!! Long but not long enough.. i took a break for the holidays. I haven't exercised since last tuesday :S :O BAD!!!! But i'm starting back up tonight. Thanksgiving wasn't too bad. I had my one plateful and small slice of cake for desert. YAY! The rest of the weekend i didn't do too bad either. I'm so ready for the season to be over. I like xmas and all.. but people have there houses decorated and its not even decemeber yet!! :P It makes me nervous that i'm running out of shopping time!
Anyways, amy's on her cruise now.. i'm very jelous since i'm sitting at my desk waiting for 15 more minutes before i leave!! Well i hope you'll be able to get some rest and i'll talk to you tomorrow!!
Steph

OK, Where is everyone! I'll just talk to myself til someone else jumps in.
I've decided i am the biggest lazy bum around. i have wonderful ideas and plans but i've been so horrible about following through. I know i need to do this.. but anything else seems more appealing than exercising. And to make it worse, my sis in law that was going to class with me decided she doesn't want to go anymore so now i'm on my own. I skipped last night because running errands sounded better. Pathetic. Just pathetic. I was really good about going up until Thanksgiving and i even lost another 2 pounds when i weighed in monday AM. I need one of those mean trainers that don't let you give up. lol Someday my priorities will be right.. just not today.

Ok, I am back!!!! Where is everyone, I only got to read two messages.
I almost couldn't find you all. I had to dig and dig far back.
Maybe we should start a new thread.
Well, Steph is it just you and I or what?
I ate and ate on that darn cruise, but I only gained 2.5 not bad.
The food was excellent, I had big old desserts every night!!!!
What happened to everyone else?
Do you know how to do a new thread?
Send me a PM!!!
I can't wait to talk to someone!!!!
Amy

I'm still here

I weighed in on Friday and was the exact same weight so nothing exciting there. I hope you had a great time on your cruise! 2.5lbs is nothing you'll lose that in no time.

I haven't been going to the gym, I'm horrible. It's so easy for me to find excuses not to go and then feel guilty about it all day... No idea why I do it to myself.

Hopefully everyone will come back, it's been so quiet there's been no one to talk to!

Hope to hear from you all soon.

Chris

Morning Ladies! Welcome Back Amy!! I missed ya! Hope you enjoyed your cruise and i bet those 2.5 pounds were well worth it!! i love cruise food!! So yummy and all included!! Anyways, back to reallife. I've been such a lazy bum. I skipped my tues class last week and then tried to go on Thurs, but it was canceled. I went all the way down there, dreading every minute and then had to go home. Grr At least i tried. And we went on a walk that night. I finished my xmas shopping!! YAY!!!!!! I had a few looooooooooong mall walks this weekend too. and i passed up all the holiday goodies except for a tiny brownie bite. YAY again. I kept on diet pretty well this weekend. Ate alot of stirfryed veggies. Yum. Last night wasnt' good, we went out for my bro's bday and had prime rib. But i had the small cut and a pretty dry potatoe. Not too horrible.. but you have to splurge sometimes.
As usual, i forgot to weigh in this morning. I think Tuesdays should be my regular weigh in days since mondays never happen
Anyways, i should probably get back to work. I'll check in later today.. Hope you have a good day!
Take care!
Steph

Hi!!! Well, maybe it will be just the three of us!! I can not seem to get back in the groove of things. I seem to be so busy, and not time to concentrate on this weight loss thing!!
I am determined to get back on the wagon tomorrow.
I have so much to do, it is unbelievable!! I still have not decorated my house
yet and am not even done shopping yet. Usually, I am done by Thanksgiving and my house is decorated the day after.
I am going to set my alarm early and do my treadmill first thing in the morning
and then get busy!!
We have all got to get serious and lose some!!
Let's just keep on supporting each other and it will come off eventually!!
Talk to you all tomorrow!!
Amy

Welp, I think I might have gained a pound over the weekend. If I didn't it will be a pure miracle, I don't know what junk I DIDN'T eat

Today I have to go get my hair done and buy an outfit for my husbands company xmas party. Last thing I want to do is buy an outfit! I'm always in the frame of mind of.. "I refuse to buy ANY clothes till I can buy smaller ones" But then I run out of things to wear cause I haven't bought any clothes or lost the weight yet.

Anyway, I"m off to the hair salon and then shopping for an outfit bleh.

I'll talk to you ladies later. Oh ya, I still haven't gone to the gym, oh my god I'm horrible!




Chris

Ok, I had all intentions of trying today and whammo, I ate everything again What is my problem? I did so good for awhile, up until that darn vacation. Maybe I had it in my head that I needed to lose for that, and now losing weight is out of my head. That is wrong!!!!
I can say I got all my decorations up , Yippee!!!
Let's try again tomorrow.
Amy

Can I get one of those rolling pins to beat myself with too please?

I think it must be something in the air.. i've had one of those days too. Yesterday, ate when i wasn't hungry, didn't do anything for exercise. GRRRRRR Today has been a little better. we had a breakfast at work and i only had a slice of banana bread and fruit. But then i had two cookies after on the way back to my desk. And for lunch.. really creamy fatty but oh so good tomato soup and a grilled cheese sammich. However, i am going to my class tonight if it kills me!!! I got on the scale and no loss and no gain.. so thats better than a gain i guess. at 243 i really really really want to get into the 230's by the end of the year... my other goals aren't gonna happen so i guess i'll go back to the babystep idea... oh well.
I love xmas time.. but there's WAY too many sweets and goodies to munch on. 16 more days. Then its over. YAY! Well, back to work i suppose.. talk to you gals later and i hope you have/had a good evening!!!
Tomorrows Friday!!!!!!! YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!!!!!
Steph

Hello ladies!!! How was your weekend? Mine was very busy and not so good eating wise!! My sz 16 pants are feeling a little snug again, even though I have only added about 4 lbs. I do feel like I am bloated though.
I have a couple of weeks to pull this off before the new year. My goal is 5 lbs.
Anybody with me?
Talk to you all tomorrow!!
Amy

I'm with you! I think its a very do-able goal too! My Weekend was ok. We did alot of work around the house so i;m not very rested. But it was productive and we've been putting it off for a looooooong time. I even exercised last night! Not much.. but about 20 minutes of floor stuff. Eating.. well.. not so good, but not horrible. My office is full of sweets and cakes and chocolates today.. its every where you turn. So far i've been good but its only 10!!!! Time to go and buy fruit on my lunch so i can have some healthy sweets!! Take care!!
Steph

Good afternoon everyone!! Still not eating right, I try every morning and by lunch time I have blown it!!! I still want to try for my goal, will keep trying every day!! I can not seem to exercise either!!
There is also so many treats everywhere I go. I love them all!!!
Ok, I am going to try again!!
Amy