Hope all is well with everyone! Had a loss this week, so officially 10.8 lbs. down.

Janet: I have made a pledge to get some form of workout done each day, whether it's a walk, treadmill intervals, tapes or dancing around the house!!! Something to get the heart beating and the metabolism rising!!!

SheriaVA: absolutely, positively do not beat yourself up over the other night. You are human as you said and as humans we do function without perfection. In fact, our bodies are supposed to be geared to function on imperfection. Someone told me that sometimes after working whatever program you are doing "perfectly", a surefire jumpstart is to be "imperfect". That prevents you body from plateau. Okay not saying that we all should binge regularly, but you get the idea.

You have done an amazing job, per your stats and I don't believe that having pizza one night is going to bring those 36 lbs. back. Good luck to you and keep up the good fight!

Torrey

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hey singles! welcome torrey! i am back amongst the living, though over the weekend i certainly didn't feel it. i finally caught the flu bug and was so sick all weekend i could barely make it from bedroom to bathroom. it was awful. today i am feeling better. i only went to work for a couple of hours and decided to come home and take it easy one more nite.

i did join ww last thursday and did good that day and friday till i got sick late friday nite. i haven't done the plan over the weekend but i really didn't eat much anyways being sick. today i had some soup and i plan on getting back on the bandwagon tomorrow.

torrey - congrats on the 10.8 lbs gone 4-ever! :cp:

sheriva - i know all about laziness. i had all these big plans over the weekend and did absolutely none. i was just too wiped out. i guess next weekend will be the weekend to get things done. i don't know who that alien is that gets into our bodies but they must be from the same planet. i think we need to kick some alien butt to the curb and get motivated.

janet - i'm glad to see you're back. i think i have the right mindset to work ww this time. i just had that little setback of being sick. i couldn't keep anything down. yesterday the scale showed a loss of 5lbs but that was due to dehydration i'm sure. back on track tomorrow.

well, enough ramblin' for now. have a good monday!
kathy

Torrey: Thanks for the support re my pizza binge! I know the reality is that, sometimes, I'm going to stumble...we all are. I've gotten MUCH better about not beating myself up for the little stumbles, but the big ones are tough. At my age and with my metabolism, every pound of weight is a monster to battle, so I can't afford to gain. Not losing is one thing...I've been dealing with that a lot this year (plateauing), but gaining...that's another!

Kathy: I'm so sorry you were ill...sounds awful! I have not been feeling great over the last week myself...not sick per se but feeling like a bug is trying to bring me down. So far, I've been able to outrun it! So glad you are feeling better now!!

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hey everyone! it is a rainy miserable day here in ny. :rain: i decided to take advantage since i was up early. i got my cleaning done so that is one less thing i have to do this saturday. i am back on my ww program today as i am feeling much better.

sheriva - i hope you don't catch what i had. i wouldn't wish that on anyone.

well, thought i'd check in before work. have a good day!
kathy

well i have assended form the dregs of society to being a gainfully employed tax paying citizen lol and i start tomorrow

Congrats on the job, slimmingsi!

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hi singles! congrats slimmingsi on the new job and good luck!!

tomorrow is my first weigh-in and i'm afraid with being sick it is not going to be good so i'm a little nervous. i'm going to start trying a little exercise and see how my aches and pains feel. i'm going to start slow because i don't want to over do it.

how is everyones holiday preperations coming along??? only 16 days left!! :)

have a happy humpday!
kathy

That is very wise! I have learned the hard way that overdoing it too soon can have dire consequences!

Well I'm not QUITE as panicked as I have been. I have some of my Christmas cards done but those for my family and closest friends left to buy and send. I don't have many gifts bought, but 3 of the 4 of the friends I exchange gifts with have not only agreed to scale back on gifts this year but have given me wish lists or ideas for presents that can be bought online. YAY!

I'm hoping to get the tree up this weekend. I just have a little artificial one and I already got it out of the storage room, just haven't gotten it up yet.

Hi everyone! How is your week going? Mine is better! Down 3 pounds total since coming here. I had a little setback over Thanksgiving but I'm more determined than ever now. It seems like even one tiny bad choice sabotages my whole diet. But I know that and have to make good choices. Good luck to everyone this week. We all have the power within us to do this. This board is such a motivation!

Way to go, Shelbi!!! Congrats! I'm glad you find the board to be a motivating factor for you! It's wonderful to have support from people who understand the struggle!

no new job lasted 2 days then decided if i wanted to work with the mentally and socially challanged i'd be a social worker there place was full of nutters with imaginary friends and i'm not joking so i left

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hi singles! i had my first ww weigh in and i'm down 1.5. not a lot but a good start i'm happy with. i've been talking with someone on the exercise board about something on playstation 2 called "dance dance revolution". i've decided that is going to a xmas gift to myself. it is a game that has a pad on the floor with arrows and you try to step(dance) on arrows as they come up on the tv screen. sounds like a fun way to get exercise. and i've read lots of stories about how much weight kids and adults alike are losing doing it.

slimmingsi - sorry about the job. if it wasn't something you were comfortable with then you did the right thing. i will keep my fingers crossed you find something you like.

shelbi - yeah on the 3 lbs gone ever! woohoo!!!! it's funny how a tiny setback can change our whole mindset, but then make us have stronger resolve. it is all mind tricks that we can beat together!!!

sheriva - i have done some shopping. i'm going to try to finish this weekend. i have so many appts next week and then the following week i have to get packed for my trip. let the craziness begin!!!:crazy:

have a good friday everyone!!!!
kathy

You didn't know you would be working with the mentally and socially challenged when you interviewed for the job? Or you knew and thought you could handle it but the reality was worse than you thought?

i didn't know it was only working in a wharehouse caging up stuff for a supermarket chain and there was some right weird people there with special friends no one else could see.

Ah. I never was very good with the Brit sense of humor. See, I thought you really were working with handicapped people.

nnnnnnnooooooooooooo don't have the patience for that lol

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i'm done, i'm done, i'm done....with xmas shopping that is. i finished it all tonite in one fell swoop. whewwww! now onto the wrapping....

my friend and i took her grandkids (both 3 yrs old) to 2 xmas parties today. i really blew that diet big time. and i did it without a 2nd thought till tonite. now i am mad at myself. i am going to jump back on tomorrow for sure. that will give me 5 good days till weigh-in to hopefully undo any damage.

how is everyone else's weekend going??
kathy

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just bringing us back to the first page......

Sure has been quiet here this week, hasn't it? Well, 'tis the season. Everyone is no doubt running to and fro trying to get all the "stuff" done. I'm about to leave the house to do some of that "stuff" myself in a few minutes. Hopefully, the LAST of it! I can't wait to have it DONE and get rid of the stress of having it over my head!

Eating- and exercise-wise, doing okay. A week ago today, I hit the highest weight I've been since about June--very depressing. But maybe it was just water weight, because I quickly lost 1 1/2 pounds of it. Now I'm battling to get back down under 150. I've been doing that wonderful up a little, down a little thing for a month or two now and it's really REALLY annoying.

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hi singles!! just got back from some last minute shopping things. trying to get organized for my work party friday nite!

sheriva - your up/down thing might be annoying but during these holiday seasons even that is an accomplishment. i am doing the same even though i just started ww. it is so hard to say no to all the holiday goodies. my work is the worst place. i think we deserve a pat on the back for not gaining the holiday 15.:cheers:

have a good monday all!!!
kathy

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Hi all,
Sheri invited me to come over and check out this thread. We are buddies on another healthy eating board and she knew I was a single working on weight loss too. Enjoyed reading through the thread and looking forward to getting to know you all. I'm almost 2/3 of the way to goal weight but am currently just trying to hold through the holidays. After the New Year I'll be back to work trying to lose the last I would like to lose and then learning how to maintain. I'm currently totally stressed out by the holiday preparations but did make significant progress the last couple of days so hopefully by the end of the week I will have things under control.

Peg

i have failed badly this weekend i had 3 curries more pints of beer than i can remember i was out friday saturday sunday and monday nights and got very very drunk on all of them lol. saturday was my birthday so that explains the weekend and last night was rugby club coaches christmas dinner

Welcome, Peg! Glad you found us. :)

Si...ah the memories of my drunken youth. LOL I know it's hard to believe NOW, but there may actually come a day when you don't feel the need to spend every weekend night getting wasted! ;)

Signed,
The Elderly Matriarch of the Singles Thread

LOL :lol: :lol: :lol:

i know there will come a time when i wish to wear elasticated jeans with starched seams and just have a quiet night in with my slippers on but hopefully not for a very very long time :D

People STARCH THEIR SEAMS????? Hey, I may be old, but I haven't started doing anything that crazy quite yet. :dizzy:

(I do, however, love a quiet night in with my slippers. hehe)

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hey singles! sheriva and si - you 2 are too funny!!! :lol:

welcome peg - nice to have you join us! and congrats on your weight loss success. it sounds like you have a good plan for getting thru the holidays. are you following any particular eating plan??? the baked goodies at work are overwhelming!

sheriva - i didn't know people starched their seams either!!:dunno: as for being a matriarch....you are only as old as you feel. i am 39 and love a good nite with a movie in my slippers too.:cloud9:

have a good humpday!!!
kathy

Thanks Kathy! I am not following a structured plan. Have done it all with small changes, eating more balanced and exercising regularly. My philosophy is all things in moderation and that is working. Work hasn't been to fraught with bad stuff so that has helped. Tonight is the work Holiday Party though so we'll see how that goes.

Peg

Pulling us back to page 1 again. Wow. It's been dead here the past week or so!

We're up to 7 or 8 pages in the thread again. Are we about ready for a new thread or would you guys prefer to wait until after the first of the year?

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hi singles! sorry i haven't been to visit. i am having a very bad week. my best friend lost her 15 year old son on monday. it is a tragedy. the dr. diagnosed him with the flu and he had appendicitis. so i have been with her a lot. the viewing is tomorrow and it too will be a long day. on top of all that i am trying to get ready to go to florida next week and i was organizing our work xmas party that was tonite. what a week! i'm glad it's almost over. i am physically and mentally exhausted.:stress:

i didn't make it to ww this week because i was so busy, but boy did i blow my eating plan right out of the water this week. especially tonite with our "dish to pass" party. so many goodies. the rest of the week i have been on the go so much i have been eating whatever and whenever i get the chance.:eek:

sheriva - thanks for keeping us up front. maybe we should wait because we probably won't have many post with xmas coming up and we can start fresh. i'll let you make the decision. i hope your week is going well!! :D

kathy

Oh Kathy, I'm so sorry to hear about your best friend's son. How tragic. And at the holidays yet. Jeez. That kind of thing just breaks my heart, because I know how, forever after, the holidays become associated with that loss and it just makes it harder.

My best to you, your friend and her family.

I'll wait til after the first of the year to start a new thread to make sure that everyone is able to find us when they get back to posting.

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hi sheriva - thanks for the thoughts. yesterday was one of the hardest days of my life, but we got thru it amazingly well. this xmas is a bad one but i think it will be ok next year. my friends just had another baby right before their loss so he gives them something to go on for. he is our saving grace.

i guess everyone is busy with their last minute holiday stuff. i am finally all set. i finished the wrapping tonite. now i have this week to focus on getting ready for my trip. not doing so well in the eating dept., i haven't been able to get a grip on it.

have a good week singles!! :)
kathy

Kathy, I'm glad to hear about your friends' baby...that certainly will give them something to focus on in their grief, because you can't ignore the needs of a baby as they are totally dependent on you!

Glad to hear you are all set for the holidays. I am done except for wrapping, which will get done today/tonight, I hope. I actually enjoy wrapping to some degree so it isn't as much of a chore for me as for some.

Sure hope to see the rest of the gang returning here sometime soon!

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I had to let you all know in light of our recent conversations re: pizza that I ordered another one and only ate the 2 pieces I intended to eat last night. Had another 2 for lunch today. I haven't eaten perfectly today (the coworkers brought literally a conucopia of food today) but at least I didn't come into the day following a 1/2 a pizza!

Peg

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congrats peg on sticking to your plan. it is a great accomplishment to set a goal and achieve it. pass along some of that strength please... :lol:

sheriva - i'm sure things will pick back up after the holidays when people get their resolve back. as for me...work is getting overwhelming with xmas goodies. stress is not helping my resolve any.

have a good tuesday!
kathy

You go girl! I really wanted pizza at some point this weekend and didn't have the stuff to make the healthy kind it home (the crust) but I wouldn't allow myself to call Domino's because the last 2-3 times have been scary in terms of watching myself lose control so I just didn't wanna go there again.

Weird thing is that, before I started eating healthy, I ordered pizza WEEKLY and rarely overate. I'd have 2-3 slices, pop it in the fridge and maybe have another 2 the next day for lunch before throwing the rest away. But now, it's like my body is saying "OOOOH forbidden fruit! Must eat it all!" and it is really scary to feel myself unable to control that impulse.

I am able to be so controlled in so many ways but I guess we all have our weak spot and "real" pizza is definitely one of mine.

Sheri,
It seems like that forbidden fruit thing is almost self-fulfilling for me. I have chosen almost entirely (I haven't had fast food fries and soda only once that wasn't a drink mixer...honestly 2 things that have no redeeming value nutritionally or emotionally for me) to choose to try and teach myself to eat in moderation all things instead of setting things up as 'not allowed'. I know this doesn't work for a lot of people but for me so far, I have tried to id what caused a problem and tried it again to find a way that it would work for me. So instead of not allowing myself to order pizza (and I did consider that tack), I ordered again with a different approach. It worked that time. I think the other problem with declaring things 'off limits' is there are times that it probably won't work and times it will be fine so it sort of rubs me wrong to just declare them 'gone'.

Mostly thinking out loud but I hear many of us (especially on the CT board) sort of declaring things 'off limits' a lot and I just don't necessarily agree that is the best approach. Not being able to live with some sort of food in your house or whatever seems like something to 'work on' not just 'avoid at all costs'. Of course, it's all about whatever works for you but I think this is just another symptom of 'all or nothing' thinking for me when I do it. Of course, I like you, rarely ate 1/2 or more of a pizza before I started eating healthier so binge eating isn't really the issue. I suppose if I was facing that, I might approach this wayyyyy differently.
Peg

But see, Peg, I actually AGREE with everything you just said. In fact, when people ask me "how did you do it (i.e., lose weight, eat healthy)?" I say that I don't consider any food "evil" and off limits forever (a mistake that I made for years in my "dieting" past); i.e., everything in moderation. As you've seen me say elsewhere, I plan for my days of having half a good restaurant burger and half an order of fries and eat it with relish! I also have a chocolate chip cookie when I want it (I buy ONE cookie from the Whole Foods bakery section). I eat a bite-size piece of Dove dark chocolate nearly every day for dessert. So the concepts of "there are no evil foods" and "everything in moderation" work great for most things.

But, for some reason, pizza is just another thing entirely. I can SAY (as I did the last time I ordered from Domino's) "I'm only going to eat 2 slices." but, once those two slices are gone, I find it nearly impossible to keep from going back for more. It's like a physical addiction that takes over my body and it is very unpleasant, especially considering that I am able to maintain control over almost everything else. This doesn't mean that, if I'm at a friend's house and he says "Let's order pizza." I would say no...it's not at all that I am expecting never to eat "real" pizza again. I am just accepting defeat, for now, on being able to order a whole pizza at home by myself and handle it well. I will definitely try again...just not right now.

P.S. There have been times when I have felt like a leper on the CT board for saying that I eat a bite of chocolate every day. Sometimes, it feels like some folks are SAYING "everything in moderation" but not LIVING it. Or maybe they ARE living it and they just don't talk as openly about it.

Yesterday must have been a day for tone to completely fail to come through on the boards! :) I knew you agreed with me and I just wanted to say/reinforce the thought...both for you (in case you were out of touch on this concept in re: to the pizza...obviously not based on what you said about having pizza in other times/places) and mostly for me to say to myself "it's really the right thing to learn to eat the pizza in moderation". I thought your line about 'not for now' was really important. I know we can't choose all these battles at once but I also don't think we should just accept banishing things either. Ok, stopping now before I dig myself deeper. :dizzy:

I think most of the successful folks on CT are the ones who are living that 'all things in moderation' but for some it is still more restrictive than you and I choose. That's the beauty of that site....lots of different perspectives (even when they clash).

Peg